The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-11 00:00:00

SPORTING IN TE'LLIGEINCE.

TATIERSALLS.—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Mottyn's Milton—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy
10 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena
11 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster
12 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Corranna—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning
25 to 1 agst Mr. Standish's Little Hampton. •
GOODWOOD CUP.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Irwin's Faugh-a-ballagh_takes
5 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Stomacher.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
11 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Pythia
12 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Libel
16 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple
17 to 1 agst Sir J. Ilawley's Venus entelL
18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's John o' Gaunt--
18 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Europa—taken
20 to 1 agst Sir C. Menck's Glossy
20 to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Lothario
20 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Warp
20 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Agis 1 gise
25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding Schoe.-
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick.
ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
6 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch.
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NEWMARKET JULY MEETlNG.—Tatuesp;t sytof
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for 2 yrs old, 6st 111 b, PP
9at. New T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200'•'
1
(Four Subs.) (MO"
Lord Exeter's Tunick, 3 yrs ..
Duke of Rutland's c by Glaucus, out of Minikin, 3
........... 4
Mr. Freeman's Stamp, 3 yrs
Mr. Parker's Tom Sare, 2 yrs... ............... ....... ,_••• 3 toll
Betting-6 to 4 agst. Stamp; sto 2 agst Tuniel;oe
S sr
agat Tom Sere; and 3to 1 agst Minikin c. Ton f
Stamp made play at moderate speed, for a quarter oct, tho
and were then passed by the Minikin colt and Tun' „t oP;
former leading • half-way down the hill the latter ice", bto
and, after a middling race, won by a length • SW°
Al
third.
The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for
colts, dst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner 0f
e I,v
Stakes to have carried 91bs, and the second 41b extra' I
half of B.M. (16 Subs.) /Net) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, by Jereed ...... ••'` ..
Duke of Rutland's f by Caesar, out of Ramadan's doll "..
....
....
Mr. E. Walker's Guzman
Loa' Exeter's bc by Colwick, out of Mecca ......
Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook.. ........................ ..
... mad° to
Betting-6 to 4en Free Lance, sto 2 agst a,
and sto 1 agst Mecca colt. The Ramadan filly_
running, followed by Nell Cook aad Guzman, dis
waiting at Nell Cook's quarters. 'I hey reineinet or,
positions to the bottom of the hill, where Nell was u!'" :for
Free Lance here showsd in advance, took the lead inn.midos
three strides and won in:a canter by two lengths, the
filly beating,Gusman by half a length. shirr
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft for a
starting post of B. M. to end of New T.Y.C.
Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 4 yrs, 7st ............••.
At a meeting of the Jockey Club on Wednesdel'oeir
George Bentinck was proposed and unanimously app 14).4
as Steward, in the room of the Earl of Stradbroket
term is out. The Garden Stakes did not fill.

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SUN OFFICE, Sews o'C
RAILWAY COMMIT'''.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
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THE CORNWALL RAILWAI,
Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock in the Lord Cu
Court. When their Lordships took their seats none of tbe.
counsel were present, whereupon
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The Earl of ELLENBOROUGM (the Chairman), whose puheirl,i,4
is remarkable, observed that the counsel ought to be at `"ed;
at eleven o'clock. The Committee ought not to be Me/ 01
were punctual, and so ought the lawyers to be.
Pled.oos'
The cross-examination of Captain Moorsom was resu
land on the line would cost 58,160/. ; the fencing about
111:011.,:
the earthwork 158,6081. ; masonry, 157,0661-i o,Qrd,
29,0001.; permanent way, 254,1181. ; stations, Oa' /0,4
The expense of the branch to Bodmin was—land, 3.5501n"il
1,473/.1 earthwork, 8,3331.; masonry, 6,025/. ; pern4s," • oi
15,121/. The line would be doublelecometive *O9
•''The •cebsCeldrairiation of-Captain Moorsom eint,4ol4
during almost the reitiainder of the "day, best notbing:4o,
but dry' engineering lOcal details, which have been sat •
the public. tOeir
A question arose respecting the assent of the Admiral
it 0,-ai
the bridges on the projected line, which crosses a creek.; 019
sinuated by Mr Rowe that that assent had not nee"„
drot
whilst Mr. Merrivale objected to the disclosure of any allif"$111
which had taken place between the officers of the Ad'rgt
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the promoters of the present Bill. .6refilj
Mr. ROWE contended that the knowledge of the asseniereil
of the Admiralty to any part of the line which inter' itteet_air
navigation was absolutely indispensable to the Colonloiro
otherwise the Committee might be uselessly consuming t 00/".
examining into the merits of a line which, after all, thement might throw out.
'aer
There was a long argument on this head, and a gr-
t
legal ingenuity depended. Or
The Committee decided that questions on this head
generally. le
fe4lr
Mr. ROWE then resumed the cross-examination of COP
som on this head, but nothing of interest or importanoe..„tr. ertd
Mr. Bastrict, engineer of the London and Brighton l'";:t °I II
mined the projected line. The ruling gradient in one Piey
line was one in sixty, and another one in forty. There euslA
no more difficulty or danger in working a light train Os pOyLl
clients than a heavy train on better ones. The curves /13/
to do with the gradients. The worst curve was one - 0
oof
chains radius.
The remainder of the day was occupied in the cross—pxstini o
of this witness, and the Committee adjourned at four n'Ci

SCOTTISH MIDLAND rtAxL..r—w Alffe
The Committee re-assembled this morning, and se°°,l2oo,
ceesled with the further consideration of the Bill before o'yerfios
The evidence of the traffic was gone into, and T'* old
had superintended the making up of the traffic tahlcesoiskel
mined at considerable length. He went minutely into coll 1:)
of the manner in which he had instructed the Pers°°;:b
how to take the traffic, and explained the mode by wh- oft
il
on various turnpike-roads might be evaded by passeoger6
Ipl
along the by-roads. tto
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At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. ANDREWS Ob)6ea
of
evidence being proceeded with, on account of the abse°"id. yr
of the books from which the traffic tables had been corn ; of
After some discussion, the objection was overruled, all
tpr
mination was allowed to go on.
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The examination of the witness was resumed. It aProoilsrli'epi
the annual income expected to be derived from the, r P,-,0
traffic amounted in the whole to 9,909/, 125., se'l elsti
doubled according to Parliamentary usage on railways
would give a total result of 19,8191. 4s. annuallY•
from goods, including cotton, cloth, flax, wool, stone, e'i6ed"l7l
potatoes, and general merchandise, amounted to 4,15'21' O,V
From coals and lime a return or 4,5531. per annuhin,es,ll,
realised. Fat and lean cattle and sheep, exclusive of le",c10;
yield au income of 3,7111. 10s. 7d. The
gross total r`"of
rivable from these different sources, including the relco°l,
sie' ttvosmaanlld mails,railway wwohnilictls
atmheoua to 3es
Clom,any,instBel.n to Pur-,..11 ,
parcels
3d. occ9
The examination and re-examination of this witness Deft:,
their Lordships nearly the entire day. All the facts Which coo
already appeared in the report of his evidence be ore the pi
tee of the House of Commons.
Mr. Pane was examined and corroborated the ev;dDC't,ite
previous witness in every particular.
At the close of the evidence their Lordships adjourned'
oxr io oit, worzczsTEß., AND V/o"t,Vs 0
HAMPTON.
Cededllol:o'
The Committee met today at the usual hour, Lor Ad
the chair, when the examination of witnesses was proo„jsi,sl
[We have to correct a misprint in our report of Yetrisisi
which Mr. Bond, of Kingswinford, in speaking of the cio
coal from that place to the south, is represented to havelis.) tlyb
the carriage to London was Is. 7d.—it should have beet soed?
Mr. Harrington, of Oxford, was the first witness
,jc tee oil,
morning, and examined by Mr. TALBOT—Iie represente'e
ing of Oxford to be generally in favour of the present hholei
s 0
way. They considered it was the one best calculated fftrcesteriot
of the district. By the Tring line the traffic from ‘l,?efrere
London did not touch at Oxford, whereas the Great toso,.ofP
did. He considered it would confer great benefit on then os'
neighbourhood. There was a great demand for coals !to to
shire, while agricultural produce was sent In large eltie°ll 11C/
north.
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The cross-examination of the witness did not elicit tb
material importance.
3fer,ell
Mr. Hinnon and Mr. Steel deposed as to the local tt„ she
they described would be much better accommodated by Ot
Western Company than by the London and Birminghe'°. 5511 0$
Mr. James Lemon, of Chipping Norton, gave evideric-
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traffic of that place. The sale of barley annually is the 001
Norton market was 15,000 quarters. The district se's, propi
portant agricultural one, and for Its produce there V 135 pet')
no cheap or easy mode of searching the mineral and InnutiColt
districts. In the event of a railway being formed, the PI! se
produce of the south would find its way at a cheap ostelloos fps
populous districts of the north• By this means both redbl
,
south would be benefited. He considered the line pret°- •sr
Great Western scheme much the best of the two. so° 01
2, e% j
Mr. Sessions, brewer of Charlesley, near Oxford,
respecting the trade and traffic of that town. The I)°,,,i'ipti'pitr,
the town and neighbourhood was 7,700. The con'-cerf
coal was at present about 6,000 tons yearly. This cost „0111`,0P
Prices at present. It was his conviction that if the P'",,sle'pe
were formed, it would create a reduction in the price of 001,
to all the poor-rates of the district. There was a large,. 100/
tory of gloves in the town employing about 600 Pcre°l' e
goods cost in carriage from 2001. to 3001. yearly. n „,
amount of groceries, received principally from Lood°-,101;st
weight 130 tons. There was a considerable amount o';leo
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in the town and neighbourhood, which at present was
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very high rate of carriage. ditr
Cross-examined by Mr. Hope—His estimate of thetroesric4
in the price of coal that might be expected by the 00%4 cliS
the line was founded on the supposition that coals would
Id. per ton per mile.
the .01
Mr. Lancaster, ironmonger of Lancaster, deposed to see 0
tags which the proposed line would confer on the trade l° c 1,3
was engaged. He did a large business with Wolverha.
ironmongery goods. Me considered that a saving would bt3-0551•1e
of 2/. 3s. per ton. He estimated that they would De •d ill
the present line at the rate of 1/. 10s. per ton. lie ,fr,
sent for a ton of goods from Wolverhampton 3/. 3s•
to London, and 11. 2s. 3d. from thence to Southampton•
alone for carriage to the South- Western Company the sum rof
o
annually. Ce froo,
,
Cross.examined by Mr. Hope—The South-Westernods,l,oo
took off a considerable discount for large quantities of g
30 to 40 per cent. on quantities above five ton. The chargose'',
the discount was about 3d. per ton per mile. That was theit., disC;resl
He was not aware that tho Great Western line gave arl" 101,10
They charged, he believed, 3d. per ton per mile. He O.,o„coeshissil!
objection to the bseaks in the lines, oriaccount of the t. hut h
of goods. He gave evidence to that effect last year. "i4ooo'
seen Mr. Brunel's machine for facilitating the change 140
•
opinion of the difficulty had much altered.
gaincd theft
Mr, Thomas Congreve, near Rugby, was next el d tee) die
fatted beast for the London market, but could not sen_„,eed ,
by railway, on account of the high charges. He tra ,
up to London at present. His neighbours did the seit'
e diosiiote
.
Captain Huish, secretary of the Grand Junction es of
examined at some length respecting the differences 'v° coot, 1,1
between the London and Birmingham and Grand Juintiocoollo
panics. He stated that, in self-defence, the Grandoet j",{
under the necessity of taking steps to c tee sPer,
dependent communication to London, because
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don and Birmingham, through the Churoe co rSi,
other schemes, were seeking to reach Liverpool without, r1):0
the Grand Junction line. He likewise bore evidence as
void
with which transhipment could take place from the
narrow gauge.