The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

RAILROAD FROM ORLEANS TO

BORDEAUX.

Three Companies have been formed for this railway.
1. The Company of the Comte d'Anthouard, which
includes amongst the members of the French Com-
mittee three French Peers, besides men distinguished
by their special knowledge of railways and other
modes of transport, and whose experience offers to
the Government and the public a high moral gua-
rantee for the execution of this new line.

2. The Company Mackenzie, whose Paris Com-
mittee is composed of but two Frenchmen, whose
position or experience cannot be classed as equal to
those parties composing the first company.
3. The Company Rothschild, it is said, has with-
drawn.

It is on the 19th of this month that these Compa-
nies must justify their titles before the Commission,
presided over by the Minister of Public Works, in
order to be admitted afterwards to compete for the
adjudication of line which will finally take place on
the sth of October next. It has been asked—will
the Commission find in Mackenzie's, a purely
English Company, sufficient guarantees ? This is
much doubted. That Company has obtained a deposit
of but 1/. per share, and should difficulties arise be-
tween the two countries so small a deposit would not
be sufficient to hold the shareholders. There is
another circumstance of great importance which
affects this Company. The laws relative to
railways, and particularly that of the 26th of July
last relative to the Bordeaux line, imposes conditions
on the Companies that may be formed not to negotiate
the shares from hand to hand, until after the grant of
the line is obtained, and the statutes are approved of
by the Council of State. This measure has been con-
sidered wise by the French Chambers. Its object is
to retain the first subscribers of undoubted solvency ;
otherwise the:shares, if made negotiable before grant-
ing the line, the list presented to the Minister might
not have any reality. The object of this measure, no
doubt, has also been to stop gambling in shares not
having any real validity previous to obtaining the
concession of the line. Mackenzie's Company has
not acted in conformity to the law in allowing the
sale and circulation of their shares in the stock market
before being assured of the concession. It is very
possible, for these reasons, that Mackenzie's Company
may be excluded from the adjudication by the Com-
mission. Afterwards there will only remain the
Company of the Comte d'Anthouard, who would then
obtain the concession.—Gourrier de 1 'Europe.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTaBDAY.
The two leading favourites, after some unfavourable
indications in the early part of the day, came strongly
into favour, and left off respectively at 7 to 2,
and 4 to 1, The Cure with a very slight advantage.
Red Deer was backed repeatedly at 6 to 1 (7 to 1
laid in fifties), and The Princess at 8 to 1 as often as it
could be got. Bay Momus was so little fancied, that
Valerian, who was in force, had a decided call of him at
the close of the betting. 18 and 20 to 1 were laid
agst Foig-a-ballagh ; 30 to 1 each agst Godfrey and
Morpeth in small sums ; and 3,500 to 100 agst Light-
ning. The Yorkshire Handicap was touched upon, but
so much did the St. Leger engross the attention of the
subscribers, that several commissions were not executed.
ST. LEGER.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Salvia's The Cure--taken
4 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken
6 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess
10 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus
16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh
30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Smith's Morpeth
35 to 1 agst Mr. J. Hampson's Lightning.
Vattel is declared not to start.
WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—(CONCLUDED.)
FRIDAY.
The Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 25 added
Two miles. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Armytage, 4 yrs
Sir J. Boswell's Geneva, 3 yrs
The Two Years' Old Stakes of 25 sovs. eac, 10 ft with 25
added. Three quarters of a mile.
Lord Eglinton's Pythia, by St. Martin (Howlett) 1
Mr. Merry's John Harris
Mr. Ramsay's Minden
3
Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Crawford's Tina (Crawford) 1
Sir J. Bosvvell's Swift
Mr. Onslow's Chatty
Mr. Stephenson's ch m
Major Campbell's nd Nell
Mr. Hay's ch g
6
Plate of 501. ; for 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ;
yrs, Bst 21b ; 6 yrs, &e., Est 71b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31bs ; winners extra. Heats two miles. The
winner to be sold for 150/, &c.
Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest, aged (Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Robertson's Arnagill, 6 yrs
Mr. T. Grieve's Nightmare, 3 yrs