The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

sEriE)II3ER 18, 1857

DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.)

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

DON STAKES.

Ignoramus
MATCH—Meta beat Night Ranger.
DONCASTER STAKES.

..walked over.

Skirmisher
Wardersmarske

Swint erer

Five ran.

LATEST BETTING.
THE CUP.
Even on the Field.
100 to 30 eget Commotion.
6 to 1 net Black Tommy
10 to 1 bar three.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING.
WEDNESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED.

The Portland Plate of 200 sous. izi specie, added to a
Handica , Stakes of 5 sous. each ; the second to re-
ceive 25 sovs. oat of the stakes. Red House in. 77

Mr. West's Meta, 2 yrs, 54 41b (Snowden) 1
Lord Clifdea's Chauoinesse, 2 yrs, 54 21b (Pritchard) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Olympus, 2 yrs, 74 9lb kFordham) 3
The following al.o ran :—Flyaway, New Brighton,
Katherine Logie, Peter Flat, Old Tom, Diphthong
enit, Lancet, Sorceress, Proud Preston Pr.g, Wanda,
Rotten am, 8,1 EApeianzi, Era, Orchehill, filly by
Touchstone—Elerdale's dam, Terrific, Pelissier, and
Swale.

Betting—.s o 1 each agst Chanoinese and Terrific, 7
to 1 agst Prond Pre,ton Peg, 8 to 1 agst Peter Flat,
10 to 1 each aget Orianda, Now Erighton, ard Ella,
100 t • 8 each agst Meta and Sorceress 100 to 7 aget
Bel E.peratzl, 7 to 1 agst "Cliff's lot" (Flyaway,
Olympu., and 0:c1 Tom),
Won by a neck ; same distance between the second
and third ; Terrific was a bad fourth, Orchebill fifth,
and Orianda thxt. Behind them in a cluster were Eller-
dale's dam c alt, Flyaway, Peter Flat, and Proud Preston
Peg.
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The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 50 sOvs, added to a
Sweep takes of 5 sovs each. The second to sate him
stake Red Holm in. 15 subs.

Mr. Simp4ou's luder, aged; 7st 6il; (Charlton) 0 1
Mr. T. Hughes's Emulator, 4 yre, 81 7lb
(D. Hughes) 0 2
Mr. Mellish's Jessie, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb (Fordha'u)
The following alas ran :—Breeze, Melissa, Lawn, Dr.
Saud with, Young Hopeful, and Fairystoce.
Bening-5 to 2 agst Fairystone, sto 1 agst Melissa,
6 to 1 each agst Emulator and Jessie, 7 to 1 aget Inder.
A dead heat with Inder and Mutilator, and a dea/.
heat RI. Lex: place with Breeza and Jessie, who finished
about a neck from the first two.

Decidiug heat.—=Betting-5 to 4on Emulator. Won
by half a lergtb.

The Corporation Plate of 100 sove, in specie, added to
a sweepeakes of 10 sovs each, h ft. Winners extra.
The stelnd to receive 15 sove out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
62 subs.

Mr. J. Merry's Sunbeam, 2 yro, 53t 4113 ...(Pritchard) 1
Lord L9ndesborough'ls Rosa Rmheur, 3 yra, 7st

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(Charlton) 2
Mr. Dnlsworih's Skycutter, 3 yrP, 6 t 121b(Challoner) 3
The following also ran :—New Brighton, Culeavy,
Lady Ha mthurn, Churah Langt;n, Lady Emily, and
Condon or.

Be'ting--7 to 4 each apt Sunbeam and Rosa Bon-
hour.

Won easily by three-platten of a length ; bad third ;
Lady HaorthOrn was fourth.

TUE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT NIGHT.

Speculation was not resumed with any activity.
Scott's horses were in great demand. For the Cesare-
witch Victoria was backed heavily at 25 and 20 to 1 ;
20 to 1 was taken about Imperieuse for the Cambridge-
shire, and the same odds about foxophilite and Long-
range for the Del by. Several inquiries were also made
alter Cock-a-doodle-do.
DONCASTER CUP.
sto 4 apt Vedette (offered)
CESAREWITCEI STAKES.

103 to 5 agst Apathy, 3 yrs, Est 1016 (offered)
20 to 1 agst Victoria, 4 yrs, 6.t 101 b (taken)
20 to 1 agst Colt by Alarm, out of Plush, 3
yrs, 54 lib (taken)
25 to 1 agst Aster, 3 yrs, 54 81b (taker.)
25 to 1 agst Decsmber, 5 yrs, 64 llb (taken)
25 io 1 aget Colt by Surplice out of Beeswax, 3
yrs, 64 llb (taken)
25 to 1 agst Relapse, 3 yrs, Sit 12Ib (offered)
30 to 1 agst Aliee, 5 yrs, sst 101 b (offered)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STASES.
20 to 1 aget Imperiense, 3 yrs, 74 21b (taken)
20 to 1 agst Madlle. de Chantilly, 3 yrs, bat 31b
( aken)
40 to 1 agst LAnotlf, 3 yrs, 6it ( aken)
2,000 to 20 cast Tho Z )uave, 3 yrs, sst llib (fake"))
DERBY.
1,000 to 60 aget Clydesdale (taken)
'lO to 1 ag,t Toxophollte (taken)
20 to 1 agsi Longrange (taken)
25 to 1 agst Kelpie Oaken)
30 to 1 agst Cock-a-doodle-do (taken)
THURSDAY.

The Scarborough Stakes of 20 soya eaoh, 10 P., for 3-yr
olds ; colts 8;t 71b, fillies B,t 31b, that never won a
sweepstakes value 200 soya, including the winner's
own stake before the day of running. Allowances and
penalties. One mile. 8 subs.
Mr. Simpson's Fright, Set 71b...._.... ..(T. Sherwood) 1
Mr. T. Par.'s Sir Colin, Bst 71b (Well) 2
The butting opened at 6 to 5 on Sir Cilia, and closed
at 5t04 on Fright. Won by a length and a half
The Eg:inton Stakes, of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100
added, fur 2 and 3-yr-olds. Certain penalties and
allowances. T.Y.C. 46 subs.
Mr. Jackson's Saunterer, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Osborne) 1.
Admiral Harcourt's Sister to Ellington, 2 yrs, 7st 21b
(including 51b extra) (Bullock) 2
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M. Saxon's Princess Royal, 2 yrs, 7st 121 b (inc. Sib
extra) (Dales) 3
The fo:lo wing also ran :—Old Times, Mainstay, Tar-
rtt, Relapse, Hospodar's dam, Gourd, and Tournament.
Betting-7 to 4 agst 011 Ti Les, 7to 2 agst Tourna-
ment, 7 to 1 agst Sister to Ellington, 8 to 1 each agst
Mainstay and Saunterer.
Won by ball a length.
On returning to eca'e Fordha'n °Li acted to the win.
iker on the ground of foul riding on the part of J.
Osborne ; the case was instantly investigated by the
rtowardu, whe that the rhar cji venq no, p*,,,d.
The C:ey.land Handicap of 25 soya each, h It, and 5
only if declared, &c. with 60 added. Curtain winners
extra. The second to receive his stake. Ohe mile.
42 subs., 21 of whom pay 5 soya each.
Mr. J. La Mert's Katherine Logie, by the Flying
Dutchman, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Bray) 1
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bal Eeperanza, 3 yrs, sst 9 b
• (Woo]) 2
Mr. Copkland's S. Dunstan, :4 yrs, 6st7lb (Snowden) 3
The fr rowing also ran :—Ellerin re, West Langton,
Agra, Bracken, and Bandal re.
Betting-5 to 2 ag‘t Eliermire, 5 to 1 agst Agra, 6
to 1 each agst Bel E'peranza and Katherine Legit), 8
to 1 each agst West Langton and Bracken.
Won by half a length ; four lengths between the se-
cond and third. The other horses not being at the
Aarting-post at the time appointed Bel Esperanza can-
tered over the course. She was afterwards, however,
led again to the post, started with the others, and ran
in second, being beaten half a length from Katherine
Logie. On returning to scale the trainer of Bel Espe-
ranza claimed the race, asserting that the jockey had
received official orders to canter over, the others not
being at the post. The case was considered by the
stewards, who decided in favour of Katherine Logie.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50
added, for 2-yr-olds. Winners ex ra. The second to
save his stake. Red House in. 23 subs.
Mr. Barber's Prince of Denmark, by Annandale, 7st
(Dales) 1
Baron Rothsclii:d's Scribbler, 7st 71b (D. Hughes) 2
Admiral Ilarcuures Ellerdale's dam fi:ly, 7st 131 b
(Aldcroft)
The following also ran :—Amine, I'elisaier, Interol-
(lona Herne, Ronconi, Lot 3, Medallion, and Magnus
Bett'ng-3 to 1 agat Magnus Tr 1, 4 to 1 agat Prince
of Denmark, 6 to 1 agat any other.
Won by a lungth ; half a length between the third
and foarth, the 6:th close up.

Juvenile Selling Stakes.

Plague Royal
Saxony
Sweepstakes of 10 st.T I. for 2-year olds.

D:tto
Brother to Marchioness ..

Old Times
3
Ss L- •ide col Amsterdam, Garuieb, and

Sllabue, ,atltude colt,
Proud Preston Peg ulio ran.

THE APPLICATION OF STE if POWER
TO T E ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The term perfection, as applied to mechanical invsne
tions must alwaya:be a changeable and evanescent one in
an age of progressive improvements, such as the present.
The mechanical coutrivances which by their apparent id-
-genuity and utility excite our admiration to the utmost
one day, may on the wee; be supersedeo, nod looked
ripen as out of date, until finally they are only regarded
as the distant landmarks which trace out the rcriel &long
which improvement has advanced. As a teen!". of the
spirit of emitlation which anintatee the whble human
race, that which was wonderful yesterday becomes by
comparison common place to thy. and tiee subject of ridi-
cule to-morrow. The electric telegraph feriae no Ex tep,
Lion to the general rule; At the time of its inventioti,
the wonderful facilities; of in. tantaneous communication
which it gave were quite unequalled and perfectly beyond
the reach of improvement. Nevertheless this wonderful
piece of perfection has undergone several modificationi
during the brief period of its existence, each of which has
added something to its simplicity and utility, and yet ite
the end it is but a very imperEct instrument after all.
These who are accoi-teteed to read and hear of fabulous
thousands of miles being sienared through in the space
ef a second will find it difficult to realise the fact that
the chief obj?ction to the electric telegraph as at present
constructed is the slowness of its eperation. Yet such
is neverthelees the case. The Electric current will, it is
true, circulate through a long length of wire in a second,
and thereby register one signal; but it is no less true that
very few of these signals can he formed and transrnit•ed
with the present arrangement in a good many minutes.
It is therefore at the clenching stage of the transmission
that the delay cceers, Various expedients have been
devised to overcome the difficulty, which is purely a me.
chanicel one, but hitherto without success. Magneto-
electric and recordieg telegraphs have successively been
tried in vain, for though decided improvements on the old
needle instruments, they offered no effectual remedy to the
great evil—slowness'. The present tardiness of the
signalling is one of the chief reasons of the high prices
which are charged for the transmission of a compara-
tively few words. It of course becomes a mere matter
of calculation to the telegraph companies. If a certain
number of words occupy an equal number of minutes
in sending, it must be clear that the limit of words which.
can possiuly be sent iu the course of the twenty-four
hours are very soon reached, and therefore to secure an
adequate return for their expenditure of capital the com-
panies are obliged to charge a comparatively lerge sum
for each • word. It is also frequently kuni necessary,
a here there is a great deal of telegreaph business for com-
panies to lay down two, and in soma cases three separate
lines to enable them to transmit all the messages en-
trusted to their care. Thus the public are obliged to
pay interest on double and treble the capital that would
be necessary it really rapid_and effective instruments
were in use.

Such an instrument has, however, recently been in-
vented by Mr. Isham Bagga a gentleman whose name
has been for some time most intimately connected with
the progress of electrical science, which for its ingenuity
and real utility may be nassed among the greatest in-
ventions of modern times. By means of this contrivance,
the whole of the difficulties which beset the present sys-
tem of tele graphing are removed, And a very great number
of signals transmitted thrmigh a single wire in an aimo-t
incredibly short space of time. The chief no,t lty in Mr.
Bigge's invention is the substitution of seam power for
the ordinary manual labour in the sending of the signal',
by which of course a very great saving of both time and.
expense is efintel The manner of registering the
signals at the end of the current is also both novel and
efficacious, and interesting alike al an ingenious adapta-
tion of a scientific principle, and as a means of utilisieg
a power which has never before been usefully employed.
To describe minutely the modus operandi of the
machine would necessitate long descriptions of technical
ilstai!s equally interesting and unintelligible to those not
thoroughly conversant with electrical ecienc a Therefore,
it is merely intended in this notice to give a general de-
scription of the mechanical contrivances, and to pass ewe r
briefly the theoretical reasons for the effects produced.
In order thoroughly to make the improvements which
have been effected manifest, it will be necessary to give
some short description of the method of telegraphing at
present in vogue. The signals are sent by making a cer-
tain number of successive communications between the
pales of a voltaic battery, and a wire included in its &-
unit. Thus, by uttering the succession and direction of
disconnection; needles and papers are variously deflected
and marked at the end of the circuit. These connections
are made by means of a handle, of course slowly turned
by the hand of a clerk, who occupies the wire the whole
time that the message is being transmitted.
In substitution of this method Mr. Bags proposes to
have a series of gutta percha bands rolled round appro.
priate wheels. In the series of holes with which the
hands are studded the clerks insert brass pins, variously
combining them in twos, threes, &c., according to the
letters to be sent, and thus, as it were, "set up" the
message in type. Any number of clerks, according to
the number of gutta percha, bands, may be at work at
once, totally irrespective of the wire, which is all the
time open for other purposes. The gutta percha bands
when full of signals are passed rapidly by means of steam
machinery between the charged electrical pales of the
instrument, in such a manner that, as each pin passes,
it fame a metallic communication between the instru- -
meet and the wire, and a signal is consequently trans-
mitted. There is hardly any limit to the rapidity at
which the signal bands can be passed through the
instrument, as, in consequence of the almost instan-
taneous nature of electricity—each pin only forming
electrical contact for the 100th part of a second—it
will be amply sufficient to register a corresponding
signal at the other end of the circuit. lieu many pages
of letter pros may, by a division of labour and an ade-
sleet. ea ,bor of laga,cla, ha cat up in half an hour, and
ttin transmitted from one end of tee earth to the othtr
;n few minutes, one wire being used all the time. It is
impcs-ible t ) overrate tho advantages of this invention,
when we consider that electrical communication is now
no longer as it were a luxury, but has become by long
use a necessary part of our system. Telegraphing, thorn
is no doubt, will in futnre become, with the increased
facilities of this inveution, almost as common, and con-
sequently nearly as cheap, as postal communication.
The importance of this instrument for a Transatlantic
telegradle may at once be seen by those who know the
difficulties which were experienced by the Atlantio Tele-
graph Company in transmitting the signals through the
cable with s efficient rapidity, although the most expen•
sive contrivances in the way of powerful batteries were
used to obviate them. It is generally admitted that
even bad the cable been successfully laid down it would
with these instruments have been impossible to send
more than 30 or 40 messages per diem each way ; and
it was therefore contemplated to lay down a scond cable
at the cost of several hundred thousand pounds to en-
able the company to undertake the transmission of
even one-half of the messages with which they would,
at the lowest carol nation, have been entrusted. The
steam telegraph, I o vever, has overcome at least that
difficulty which at, o I hi the way of the accomplishment
of one of the greatest ut d rtalcings of modern times.
Supposing a single wits to have been laid dote re
between England and America, it woull be
Iperfec ly possible to rxelange daily between the
two countries the prircipal contents of the morning
papers, and that two with v •ry little difficulty or ex-
pense. Though the pi incipls of Mr. Begg's invention
is applicable to telegraphing with voltaic electr c.ty an
the ordinate, stay, yet he preen to work his iestru-
ments with static or high tewion electricity. The
application of thia description of electrical force .to
'telegraphic purposes, though not absolutely new, has at
least the novelty of being cuceeseful, while all the
former attempts to accomplish the same object failed
most signally. The advantages possessed by static
electricity as a conmunicating medium in place of voltaic
electricity, consist chiefly in the cheapness of its pro•
duction, and its high intensity, which renders it cap-
able of overcoming obstacles in the shape of slight
defects in the communications, &c., which would en-
tirely interrupt au ordinary current of voltaic elec.
tricity. The necessity of agumenting the intensity
of electric currents for telegraphing has lately been cow
sidered of great importance by electrical engineers, and
for this put pose " induction coils" have been very ex-
tensively employed of late. The method of supplyirg
the static electriety is novel, and at the same titre
simple. It requires no introduction of an electre-rg-
netic coil at the end' of the circuit to enable it to register
the signal on the paper, the mere force of the electrici
discharge being sufficient to pierce. the poatpethr.o
.o
als-
tinguish the difference of the pohsitton sign
of
and Ito es charges
through the pins are the levfht,
sent through those on tle
which
peculiar arrangement of
negative electricty aro sent,
hfl,etphoosuitgihve
heoletchtroihciatrygoiss
pass through the wireoneeiby
made to pierce the paper in different directions. the apparatus, the efferent aspeciesof electricity
Theare
electrical force is while the machine is in operation, cor.
Isambye sptelaat.en machinerymachines which
are keptemployed in rolling off the gutta patella signal-bands.
is t` toughof '• in h fir
The signal pies, t soug course pn. trespective
tinually
iboe
bob s by mai ual labour, do not requ e to be taken out
milniogtioguenbyeratht:
in the same way, as by a peculiar process they are all
disledged by the band being rol:ed round the second
drum and are caught in a basket, placed underneath for
that purpose. The invention, which is only just perfected,
will, no doubt, when it is fairly brought before the
pubic, entirely supersede the present system of telegrr-
phic communication, A. eenspeey is, we believe, at
the present time in process of fornsation for carrying out
the invention on an ex.ensive scale. The evident ad-
vantages which it possesses over all the electric tele•
graphs hitherto used will undoubtedly eusure it oatire
success as a commercial speculation.

MUNIFICENT GIFT BY HER MAJESTY TO THE CHUB( It
OF SCOTLAND.—Lter Majesty t` e Queen has coniri
tributed the sum of 5001. towards the Endowmer,
Scheme of the Established Church.—Montrose Stan!
dame.
FURTHER MEETINGS TO EXPRESS SYMPATHY FOR
THE SUFFERERS IN INDIA —A requisition is being nu-
zn.lrou-ly and influentially signed, which is to be pre-
sented, to the Mayor of Manchester, asking his wor-
ithMay theor bhearesaved expressed an
ship t...) convene a public meeting for the purpose of
expressing in fitting mode the deep and general
ofeym-
p:theryersi
tnhisincdoinantr . country
w
The
readiness to comply with the dothhiesr
sufferers
request, and proposes,
when he shall receive the requisition, to convene the
meeting on Thursday next, the 24th instant. The
Mayors of Newcastle-oc-Tyne and Sunderland are about
to convene public meetings of the inhabitants of those
important towns, with a view to commence subscrip-
tions for the relief of the sufferers by the revolt in India.
Several families of north-country engineers have been
bereft of their all by the revolt. Special religious ser-
vices have also been held in Newcastle and Shields this
week, on behalf of India.—Manchester Quardian.