The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

REGULATION OF RAILWAYS BILL.

A meeting of the members of the United Mercan-
tile Agency was held yesterday at 145, Cheapside,
to consider certain clauses in the bill—Mr. Robert
Slater in the chair.

A long discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Sla-
ter, Howell, Leaf, Buckingham, Morley, Hughes,
Greatorex, and Candy took part ; and after hearing
remarks by Mr. Dalton, solicitor, who had waited
on Lord Redesdale in reference to the subject,
the following resolution, on the motion of Mr. C.
CANDY, seconded by Mr. M'INTYRE, was unani-
mously agreed to :

" Resolved, that a committee be appointed, with
power to take such steps as may be necessary, with
a view to give the best consideration and, if re-
quired, the most strenuous opposition to the 15th
clause of the Regulation of Railways Bill now
before Parliament ; the committee to consist of
Messrs. Samuel Morley, Slater, Greatorex, Allcroft,
Hughes, Buckingham, and Howse."
It was also proposed and agreed to that the com-
mittee should prepare a report on the subject, to
be submitted at a general meeting to be held at the
London Tavern on Wednesday next, at twelve
o'clock.

DEATH OF SIR DOMINIC DALY.—The death is
announced of Sir Dominic Daly, Governor-General of
South Australia, which event occurred on the 19th of
February. He was the son of the late Mr. Dominic Daly
and nephew of the first Lord Wallscourt, and was born in
1798. For nearly 26 years Sir Dominic acted as Chief
Secretary in Canada, was appointed Governor of the
island of Tobago in 1851, and in 1854 he received the
honour of knighthood, and was made Lieut.-Governor of
Prince Edivard Island. This appointment he held until
1859, and he succeeded Sir R. G. Macdonell as Governor
of South Australia in 1861.

. HARROW SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS.—The final
heats of the champion hurdle races, which had been post-
poned from Saturday through want of time, were success-
fully decided yesterday morning as follows :—Big Cham-
pion Hurdle-race, 200 yards and five flights—Templer, 1
W. S. Gore, 2 ; Ord, 3 ; Rodwell, 0 ; Cooke, 0. Gore led
by a trifle at the last flight, but tripped slightly over it,
and lost a good race by a yard only. Small Champion
Hurdle-race, same course as in the Big—Beaufort, 1 ;
Brown, 2 ; Carnac minimus, 3 ; Groyune, 0 ; Carnac major:
0. Won by a couple of yards.

LETTERS FOR ABYSSINIA,--Arrangements Have
been made for maintaining a direct weekly service be-
tween Suez and Zoulla, instead d sending a steam vessel ,
as hitherto, to intercept the Indian mail packets off
Jubbel Teer, in the Red Sea ; and the mails for the
British forces serving in Abyssinia will, therefore, be for
warded in future to Suez, for transmission direct to
Zoulla. The correspondence addressed to persons serving
on board transports engaged in the Abyssinian expedi-
tion, which has heretofore been sent in the mail to Aden,
will, in future, be forwarded in the mails to the post-
master at Zoulla. The rate of postage chargeable on a
letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight will be the
same as on a letter to India, viz. :—To officers of the army
or navy, via Marseilles, 10d.; via Southampton, 6d.; to
soldiers or seamen, via Marseilles, 5d.; via Southampton,
ld.; to persons serving on board transports, or other per-
sons not belonging to the naval or military forces, via
Marseilles, 18. lci.; via Soutlaaiiipton, 9d.