The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

The Two Year Old Sailing Stakes of 5 soya, each, with
30 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bit 71b ; winners
extra ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya., &c.
T.Y.C. 5 subs.

Mr. G. Holmes's ch. c. Massaere, by Mildew, Bst
101 b (201.) (Withington) 1
Mr. Walker's b. c. Repute, Bst 10th (20/.)(Snowden) 2
Mr. G. Hall's br. f. Columbia, 83t 71b (20/.)(Bullock) 3
The following also ran :—Spider, Jeremy Diddler.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Jeremy Diddler, 4to 1 art
Mass icre, and sto 1 agst Repute. Won by a length,
half a length between second and third ; Spider was a
bad fourth. The winner was brought in for 58gs.
The Lyme Park Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50
added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 7th, fillies Bst 41b;
winners 51b extra ; straight hall mile ; 17 subs.
Mr. Merry's br c Dispute, by Melbourne, Bst 71b
(Ohillman) 1
Mr. Osborne's b f Intercidona, Bst 41b (Chailoner) t
Mr. Capperthwaite's br c by Buckthorn out of Anne
Page, Bst 12ib (including slb extra) (Bates) -I-
The following also ran :—Knockburn, Captivator,
York, Honeystick, and Collodion.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Dispute, sto 1 each agst Inter-
cidona and Knockburn, 6to 1 agat York. Won by a
head, a dead heat for second, the fourth beaten by a
bead.

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The South Lancashire Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sovs,
in specie, added to a Handicap of 5 says each ; the
second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; winners
of any handicap value 100 sovs after June 9 51b, ur
two of that value or the Gold Cup or Great Newton
Handicap 71b, of both those handicaps 1011) extra ;
once round ; 32 subs.
Mr. T. Parr's b c Van Dnnck, 4 yrs, Est 91b...(8ray) 1
Mr. Hunt's b c General Williams, 3 yrs, bat
(Challoner) 2
Mr. Hawkin's gr o Master Bagot, 3 yrs, sst 61b
(Pritchard) 3
The following also ran :—Greencastle, King of Scot-
land, Peto, and Blight.
Betting-6 to 4 ayst Bing of Scotland, 4 to 1 each
agst General Williams and Master Bagot, 6 to 1 each
agst Van Dunck and Peto. Won by a length, half a
length between second and third, Greencastle an indiffer-
ent fourth. Blight fell.
The Manor Handicap Plate of 60 sovs, for all ages ;
winners of an race after June 9 51b, or the winner of
the Makerfieltl or Garswnod Handicap 71b, of both
those Handicaps 101 b extra; straight half mile.
Herdinan's bk c Jack Spring, 3 yrs, 53t 12Ib
(including 51b extra)
Mr. Haivey's b g Chester, 3 yrs, sst 71b...(Pritchard) 2
Mr. Smith'A br c Olympus. 4 yrs, 74 131 b (Cliff) 3
The following also ran :—br g by Theon, Breeze, Cum-
berland.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Chester, 7to 4 agst Jack Spring,
6to 1 agst Olympus, and 10 to 1 agst Breeze. Won
easy by three lengths, two lengths between second and
third.
The Scurry Handicap Plate of 50 sovs ; once round.
Mr. Robinson's Attorney General, 7st 21b (W ithington) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Our Sal, 74 121 b (Snowden) 2
Mr. Saxon's Frodsham Squire, Get 101 b (Shakespeare) 3
The following also ran :—Kelpie and Tyrone,
Betting-5 to 4 agst Attorney General, and 2to 1
agst Our Sal. Won by two lengths, Frodeham Squire
a bad third.

L ATEST BETTING.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6to 4 on the field (offered)
5 to 1 agst Underhand (offered)
14 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken)

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER—YESTERDAY.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6to 4 ags Skirmisher (taken)
sto 1 agst Underhand ((aken)
9to 1 agst Mongrel (taken)
12 to 1 agst El Hakim (taken freely)
12 to 1 agst Heir of Line (taken)
13 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken)
15 to 1 agst King of Scotland (taken)
20 to 1 agst Vandal (taken)
ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 offered on the field.

CARLISLE, 1857.
Acceptances for the Cumberland Plate of 100 sovs,
added to a handicap of 10 says each, h ft, and three
only if declared ; winners of a handicap subsequent
to the declaration of the wei,gh;s of 100
sovs orNor up-
-
wards Glb, of two of that value 91b, of the
thumberland Plate 91b extra. Twice round and a
distance. 52 subs, 28 of whom declared. The highest
weight accepting being ist 91b, it has' been raised
to Bst 10lb, and the rest in proportion.

Age st lb
Heir of Linne 4 8 10i
Merlin
Maid of Derwent 4 7 12
Pantomime
Van 4 4 11
Imogene 5 7 8
Greencastle
Alma
Baroda,
Riseber
Underhand
Mongrel 3 7 3
Van Dunek

Age st lb

Liverpool (inc 611 a
extra)
Kingof theGipsies 4 7 1
King of Scotland 4 6 13
Black Tiffany 4 6 12
El Ilakitn
Norton
Janet
Cara Fatima
Jollity
Lima ......
All's Well
The re-t pay 3 eovs each.

APOTHECARIES' HALL—The the sciefollowingnce
o
and practice of medicine,
18 :—Thomas Thompson
practise, on Thursday, Jun
e ; 'William Sutton,
Pyle, Earsd On, Northumberland
Stnithwick, near Birmingham
Zealand ; Ed ward Evan;i ;
e Robee. Metcalfe, New
enes, London ; Robert
John David james,
John Sprakeling, Canterbury ;
Bedwelty, Monmouthshire ; Thomas Trollope, Brain-
tree, Essex ; and John Wilson, Whitby.
CALLAO. —The following is an extract from a mercan-
tile letter dated Lima, May 12 :—" Vivanco
effected a
landing here of his troops to the number of about 700,
and attacked Callao on the morning of the 22d April,
but met with no sympathy, and after a sanguinary con-
flict in the streets, in which about 200 fell or were mor-
tally wounded, only one man returned to him on board
the frigate,. On Sunday last the rest of the squadron
(the frigate remaining with him) entered the bay and
surrendered to theconstitutional goverument."—Sh ipping
Gazette.
TgE Two ARISTOCRACIES, by Mri. Gore, in three
volumes, is just published by Messrs. Hurst and
Blackett. In this last and pleasantest of her novels,
Mrs. Gore has given us the ideal of the grand feature of
the age, led the pageant of ancestral glories amidst the
rattling looms of commerce, and welded into images °f
all that is lovely in life and noble in character, the tra-
ditions of our nobles and the daring energies our men
of trade. We need scarcely add, the book being by
Mrs. Gore, that the lightning flash of satire relieves with
its lustre the swiftly alternating scenes of pathos and
passion. "The Two Aristocracies"
most popular noel of this season. is likely to be the
_.._

A meeting of merchants and others interestfilin
the Suez Canal project assembled in the Commer-
cial-rooms, Bristol, on Thursday, to hear explana-
tions from Mr. D. A. Lange, as representative of
M. de Lesseps, as to the objects, advantages,: and
feasibility of the enterprise.-
Mr. T. P. JOSE, Master of the Society of Mer-
chant Venturers, was called to the chair ; and there
were present M. de Lesseps, the Chevalier de Ilas-
carelhas, Portugueie Consul ; Messrs. Bevan,
Wright, Wheeler, Wood, Bruce, Thomas, and other
gentlemen. After stating the object of the meetiug
the chairman called on Mr. D. A. Lange.
Mr. LANGE commenced by stating that the Vice-
roy of Egypt had granted a concession to M. •de
Lesseps, empowering him to form a company for
constructing a canal through the Isthmus fur Suez.
Several of the most eminent engineers of Europe
had reported favourably as to the feasibility of the
scheme. The distance to be cut through was only
92 miles, the width of the canal would he 329 feet
in some parts, and 262 feet in others, and its depth
26 feet. The soil was well adapted for its forma-
tion, being compost, and the depression along 'tbe
entire tract of the Isthmus where the canal has to
be cut, was in its favour. There was no perceptible
difference in the level of the two seas, consequently
no locks would he required, and vessels would be
able to to towed right through, witboir any delay
or impediment, in about ten hours. There would
be a charge of ten francs per ton on the regular ton-
nage of the ships, iLclusive of the expense of towagr.,
and vessels could, if required, coal at Purt Timsah, a
harbour situated half way along the canal.. The
Viceroy had granted a lease to the company of the
lands through which the canal had to be made for
99 years, besides a grant of 250,000 acres, likely t
be extremely productive, and had, at his own ex-
pense, commenced the branch canal from Cairo to
Lake Timsah, about 60 mile& The cost of execu-
ting this canal would be about 360,000/., and it was
necessary for the project, for purposes of irrigation,
for carrying on the trade between Lake Tinasah and
Cairo, and for supplying sweet water for the execu-
tion of the labours of the grand canal.
As to the anticipated advantages, Mr. Lange
stated that, notwithstanding the number of vessels
employed by the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
the traffic was so rapidly increasing that. only the
other day the company announced their intention
of despatching extra steamers both for the outward
and homeward voyage. The dangers of the Cape
route -were universally known, whereas the Red
Red Sea is admitted to be of easy navigation.
By the Cape route coaling stations were few ; and
though the construction of such enormous ships as
the Great Eastern was intended to obviate that
difficulty, it was too much to suppose that the
trade with India and China could afford t 3 wait for

the general construction of such vessels, and it
was satisfactory to owners of the present class of
steam vessels to know that the opening of the Suez
canal would enable them to maintain their position
in the shipping trade. By the canal route they
would have the advantage of coaling stations at
Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, and Aden. Three
hundred failures had taken place at Melbourne in
one year owing to the present uncertain mode of
transit. With regard to India the great Indian
cotton question had been recently brought before
the country. Attention had been directed to Can-
deish in India, a province consisting of 5,000,000
acres, and capable of supplying all the cotton wants
of England. But the great difficulty in carrying
out this desirable end was the want of regularity
and the delay in transit. Now the opening of the
Suez Canal would enable steam-vessels of all sizes
to contribute to these requirements. Sailing ves-
sels, too, might largely share in the advantages of
the shorter route.

The capital required was 8,000,000/. At 5 per
cent. that would give a sum of 400,0001. annually.
To that was to be added 63,0001. for the, annual
maintenance of the canal. Now it only required
two vessels of 2,500 tons each to yield double that
sum. The annual amount of tonnage passing round
the Cape from countries in Europe is 3,000,000 tons,
of which we might calculate on two-thirds passing
through the canal, and if the future probable deve-
lopment of our trade, especially with China, was
looked to, the success of the scheme appeared even
more decided.
After dilating at some length on the impulse
which the canal would afford to the guano trade,
and to that of a variety of African. and Abyssinian.
productions, Mr. Lange stated that nearly the
whole of the capital had been reserved, and in the
following proportions :—Egypt and Turkey, two
millions ; Germany, Holland, and Belgium, one
million ' • North of Europe, one million ; United
States, Spain, and Italy, one million ; France,
1,500,000/4 England, 1,500,000'. When the news
arrived in Egypt that it had been decided to reserve
only two millions for Egypt, including Turkey,
great disappointment was felt, and although the
list had never been fully opened, the shares, much
against the wish of M. de Lesseps, were sold at 8
and 9 per cent. premium.
In reply to questions, Mr. Lange stated that it
was part of the scheme to keep steamers to tow
vessels through the canal, and that no extra charge
would. be made for them ; that it was uncertain
whether steamers would be kept at Gibraltar by
the company or by some private company ; and
that with regard to the shifting of the; sand in the
Mediterranean, the engineers had made particular
inquiry and reported, favourably.
Mr. R. P. KING moved, and Mr. E. SLATGATER
seconded, the following resolution :—" That this
meeting is gratified with the explanations afforded.
by M. de Lesseps and Mr. Lange, and highly ap-
proves of the proposed ship canal across the Isth-
mus of Suez, being of opinion that it is of great
importance to- the commerce of the whole world,
and that it would afford facilities which no railway
could present."
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. E. BEVAN moved, and Mr. R. BRUCE
seconded, a resolution that a memorial, founded on
the foregoing resolution, should be entrusted to
the members for the City for presentation to parlia-
ment.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
After a vote of thanks to M. de Lesseps, Mr.
Lange, and the chairman, the proceedings termi-
nated.