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railways and telegraphs. 
New Russian Telegraphic Line.— T he Czar has juit 
completed arrangements by which he may learn the London 
news of tlio morning almost, perhaps quite, as soon as our 
merchants see their newspapers. The electric telegraph has 
Jong been In operation between St. Petersburg and Warsaw, 
„ I1( | for some time numbers of men have been employed in 
completing the line, which is to extend from Warsaw to the 
Prussian frontier. Rut, in order not to lose time while the 
works of the latter nro going on, the Czar has caused the 
portion already constructed to bo connected with the 
Prussian telegraph near Myslowit/,, and by this means St. 
l’clorsburg is placed in direct communication with the 
capitals of Western Europe. There is no longer any reason 
why the embarcatlon of a regiment at Southampton, or 
the departure of a ship from Portsmouth, should not 
l,o known in the Russian capital before either can get 
out of the Channel. There is, however, no reciprocity 
of udvantago. The Russian Hue is not open to private 
despatches. 
Turin and Chambery Railway.— The Courrier dc 
Li/oh says “ Some journals have seemed to imply that 
tlu- project of the Victor Emmanuel Railway from Turin to 
Chninbery was to bo abandoned, the company which had 
obtained the concession having como to the determination 
to renounce its task. Wo are happy to learn that this is not 
the case. There hove been, it is true, some delays in con- 
M'oiicnco of the pretensions of the Piedmontese ministry not 
to accord the authorisation to commence the work until it 
h,.d all the plans of the whole of the sections submitted to 
it A more mature consideration having decided the 
ministry to desist from that pretension, it has now given 
authorisations for certain parts of the line, the surveys of 
which have been completely terminated. Wo can announce, 
in a positive manner, that the works will be commenced 
almost immediately on the section between Suda and Modana, 
on the line from Turin to Chambery, and on that from 
Chumbory to Aix, on the line from Savoy to Geneva. As 
to the portion from Chambery to St. Genis-d -Aosta, the 
Mirv.ys nro going on thcro most actively, and It is certain 
that i hat jiieco of lino is not to be abandoned any more than 
tho rest.” 
Stuikg on the London and North-Western Rail- 
■w VY . —Liverpool, Wednesday. — Ever since Tuesday 
afternoon all business has been suspended at the goods 
department of tho London and North-Western Railway 
Company in this town, in consequence of the strike of the 
hookers, deliverers of goods, cranemen, and foremen. The 
interruption cuused to the trade of tho town and the manu- 
facturing districts generally was very great, from the 
suddenness of the strike, of which no previous intimation 
had been given. A few months back the same men struck 
for nn advance of wages, when the dispute was settled by 
a compromise. This morning 15 delegates from tho men 
waited upon Mr. Braithwaito Poole, the manager of the 
goods department, to lay a statement of their grievances 
before him. They stated that since the last strike the price 
of provisions had considerably increased, and they therefore 
asked for a general rise in their wages, averaging 2s. per 
week for each man. They also asked permission to leave 
oft' work at five o’clock on Saturdays, in order that they 
might make their marketings at nn earlier hour, and that 
their wages should he paid weekly, instead of fortnightly. 
Tub Magnetic Telegraph. — Extension of Subter- 
ranean System hetween Dublin and Belfast.— Re- 
volt of tiie Workmen, and Attack on the Pay- 
master.— On Monday, the 10th instant, Mr. Ilcnley, the 
company’s contractor, broke ground, with the men en- 
gaged as the various wages of 10s., lls., and 12s. per 
week, and boys at from 6s., 7s., 8s., to 'Js. Saturday lust 
the number of operatives employed amounted to upwards 
of 230, besides more brought over from England. The 
men were assembled around a house at Finglns, on 
Saturday afternoon, to receive their wages from the 
paymaster. When five had been paid according to 
agreement, the sixth, James M'Cahe, engaged at 10s. 
a- week, refused to take that sum, demanding 12s., and 
instigated all others to demand a like sum. The 
paymaster yielded to their illegal demand, being 
afraid of his life, and without protection ; four police con- 
stables only were to he found in tho neighbourhood, which 
left Mr. llculey perfectly powerless against such a mob. 
About 130 of the men were residents of Dublin, mid they 
incited the others. Tho paymaster, therefore, could do 
nothing, and nearly all those employed got Pis. each, hoys 
included. On Monday last, all new men were engaged, in 
number 240; between 30 and 40 set to work without 
orders. The Ashbourne men, and other countrymen, 
worked steadily, and the paymaster, protected by a con- 
stable, adopted the plan of paying thorn, one by one, along 
the line, at the close of the day. As he returned, some of 
the Dublin men, who were not re-employed, threw stones 
at him, and one of them seized his horse’s reins. In 
endeavouring to extricate the animal, a pistol, it is sup- 
posed accidentally, went off, the contents of which lodged 
in the horse’s jaws. 
gits anti Spurs. 
CANZONET BY THE CZAR. 
A province is to me 
A material guarantee ; 
So’s a chair, and so a a table : 
With me all’s fish that comes to net, 
I take whatever I can get, , 
And prig as much as I am able.— Punch- 
ANOTHER SMALL ITEM IN THE BILL AGAINST 
RUSSIA. 
Nicholas Romanoff, Esq. 
To John Bull. 
Dr. 
March. To Bill delivered per Messrs. Napier and 
Dundas ,* * • *- 1 > uuu » uuu 
Anril 11. Very fine Reform Bill (beat manufacture, 
' with great variety of clauses, warranted 
to cure all defects in the representation, 
to give new members where wanted, and 
take awav old ones where not wanted, 
to reward industry', and to recognise 
education by giving each the franchise, 
to secure the expression of the feelings of 
minorities, to separate the polling-clerk 
from the tax-gatherer, to extend the 
right of voting to about a million ot 
deserving candidates, and generally to 
rectify the Constitution) ; such act 
being utterly destroyed this night by 
your outrage 
£2,000,000 
With J. Bull's Compliments. 
Naval Intelligence.— Just as we were about to goto press, 
we were favoured by the inteUigence-fthrough a private and 
confidential source)-that T. P. Cooke had been sent for, and 
ordered immediately off to take the command, vice Admiral 
Dundas, of the Black Sea Fleet.— Punch. 
Music for the Fleet.— The favourite air performed by the 
band of Admiral Dundas’s ship, is the old one of “Peaceful 
Slumbering on the Ocean."— Punch. 
Mean Spite— Russia, enraged with Turkey for having been 
the cause of depriving her of her markets for tallow, revenges 
herself by stirring up Greece!— Punch. 
“Stop, Czar '.’’—Nicholas, it seems, can rob a late ambas- 
sador, with the like completeness with which he can ravage a 
province. On the other hand, he illustrates the strength and 
delicate dealing of the elephant. For, says the old saw the 
elephant con alike tear up an oak and pick up a pin. Nicholas 
can, it is now proved, pick an ambassadors pocket; all that 
now remains for him to do is to tear up the British oak.— 
Punch. 
The Longest Day.— Why was the first day of Adam s life the 
longest ever known ? Because it had no Eve. 
Sydney Smith said there were three things which every man 
fancied he could do— farm a small property, drive a gig, and 
edit a newspaper. 
The Buckhurbt Stakes. — D.M. Twelve subs. 
Lord Derby's Boiardo, by Orlando, 8at 71b (A. Day) j 
Mr Knowles’s Baalbcc, by Ion, 8st 71b < Bumbv i o 
SPORTING. 
(Continued from page 381.) 
NEWMARKET MEETING — continued from 364, 
BETTING— WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
The Two Thousand. 
7 to 2 agst Ruby (taken) 
7 to 2 Boiardo (taken) 
0 to 1 Champagne (taken) 
At one time Boiardo had the call of Ruby. 
Great Northern Handicap. 
14 to 1 Agulla (taken) 
25 to 1 V index (taken) 
Chester Cup. 
10 to 1 agst Baalbcc (taken to £50) 
12 to 1 Newmlnster (taken) 
2o to I Duchess of Lorraine coR 
1000 to 15 Jujube (4000 to 40 nlso laid) 
1000 to 10 Catspaw (taken) 
1000 to 8 Dear Me (taken) 
1000 to 0 St. Spiro (taken) 
1000 to 0 Amos (taken) 
1000 to 6 Domino (taken) t , , 
10 to 1 Dr. O'Toole, with Mare Antony " to help 
him" (taken to £100) 
500 to 100 Baalbec and Newmlnster coupled (taken) 
Derby. 
0 to 1 agst Autocrat 
6 to 1 King Tom 
8 to 1 Dervish (taken to £125) 
1000 to 30 Wild Huntsman i taken) 
1000 to 30 Bracken (taken) 
New Warrior (offered) 
. Neville (taken) 
. Uelgrave (taken) 
- Canute (tuken) 
- l’rlnco Arthur (taken) 
C to 
7 to 
8 to 
16 to 
7 to 
26 to 
26 to 
30 to 
33 to 
40 to 
40 to 
40 to 
45 to 
50 to 
- Champagne (taken) 
. Marble Hill (taken) 
40 to 1 
40 to 1 — 
60 to 1 — 
60 to 1 — 
50 to 1 — 
1000 to 10 - 
3000 to 16 wuiuic uiu 
It appears that Wild Huntsman was sold without his engagements, 
and his decline In the betting is attributable to a report that tho seller 
threatens to exercise his power to scratch him. 
Dervish showed a slight Improvement. He mis scratched for the loo 
son slake. 
THURSDAY . 
Sweepstakes. D.M Three subs. 
Pebble beat Sir Harbottle (2) ami Prevarication by three lengths. 
Tho winner was claimed. 
Handicap Plate of £50. T.Y -C. 
Lord Clifden's Antoverta, Ost 101b (Wells) beat Folly-o’-the-Day, 
«st 101b (2 1 ; Speed tho Plough, 8st (3); Adeline, 6st lib ; Black Swan, 
sst 1010 ; Lady Flora. 8st 81b; Petrel, 7st 121b; Sweetness, 7st 61b ; Lady 
Elegant, 7st lib; and Jessamine, 3 yrs, 6st 101b. 
Sweepstakes of lOOsovs. each, h ft. D.M. Three subs. 
Mr. Stevens's Incubus, by Slane, 8st 71b .(Yates) 1 
AIUI... » .. V,... 'P.nmn Mil. ( FlllHTl ATI I 9 
NEW DESIGNS. 
New Discovery in Smelting. — Many silver lead ores 
also contain copper, which not only embarrass by its pre- 
sence the extraction of silver, but in the end is totally lost. 
Many plans have been suggested for removing the copper 
out of the slag, but all inapplicable on a large scale. If 
we are to believe the testimony of a Russian mining agent, 
M. Guerngross, superintendent of the smelting works of 
Zmeinogorsk, in the Altar Mountains, this difficulty bad 
been successfully overcome. His plau, at all events, is 
rational, and deserves to be tried. It consists in subject- 
ing the slag, either alone if it contain sulphur, or mixes 
with sulphate of soda if necessary, to a process of slow 
roasting, and washing the residue. The rousting operation 
generates sulphuric acid, which, uniting with the copper 
already oxidized, forms a soluble salt of copjier, which 
can he easily washed away. This method, remarks the 
discoverer, may be applied to many ores of copper and 
silver, as well as slags, requiring neither lead nor mer- 
cury, nor salt, for the purpose of removing the copper. 
Its advantages are thus obvious. Instead of the complex 
operations now followed, it would suffice to stamp the ore, 
pass it through a sieve, roast it, and wash it, by which 
means removal of copper would fie effected. 
Jir. SIUH'IU » JUtUUUa, UJ “ 
Mr. Payne's Olltlpa, by Van Tromp, 8st 31b (Flatman) 
Betting— 2 to 1 on Ineusbus. 
The favourite mado all the running, and won la a canter by two 
k Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. D.M. Six subs. 
Mr. Grovllle’s Quince, by Slane, (61bs) 8st lib (Flatman) 1 
Duke of Bedford's Student (Gibs) 8st lib (Rogers) 2 
Mr. Combe's Testy (Clbs). 7st 10lb (Crouch) 3 
Mr. J M. Stanley’s Helmet (41bs), 8st 31b (Bartholomew) 4 
Betting— 5 to 4 on Student- 5 to 2 ngst Testy— 7 to 1 agst Helmet. 
Testy made the running to half way In the cords, where Student and 
Quinco singled themselves out— the latter achieving the victory by a 
length. Same distance between the second and third. 
Handicap Plate of 100 sovs. Ab. M. 
Mr. Drlnkald's Inder, by Ion, 4 yrs, Cst 101b (Wells), beat Dlomedia, 
7st 121b (Pettit (2); b. f. by Sesostrls, out of Anvil s dam, 5st 121b (3); 
Farmer's Boy, 8st ; llazlenut, 7st 41b ; Cock Pheasant, 7st 41b ; br. g. 
by Assault— Miss Norton, 7st 21b; Epigram, Cst 101b ; The Handsomo 
Buck, Cst 71b; Oxus, Cst 51b; ami Miss Bolton, 5st 121b. 
Subscription Plate of £50. D.M. 
Mr. Newland's El Dorado, by Harkaway, 3 yrs (Wells), beat Racka- 
pclt. Blue Beard, Sweetness, Georg)', Cyrus, Little Jem, Lamartine, 
and Lioness. . _ . , 
Betting— 7 to 4 against Cyrus, 5 to 2 against El Dorado, 7 to 1 
against Little Jem. 
El Dorado won by a neck ; Lioness and Lamartine were tho next 
two. 
Aske Pbodccb Stakes. D.M. Eleven subs. 
Capt. Lane’s Crosslane's, by Slane, 8st 21b (Bartholomew) 1 
Six R. W. Bulkcley's llumguffln, by Epirus, Sat 71b (Bumby) 2 
Belting— 3 to 1 on Crosslunea. Crosslanes waited to within a short 
distance of the chair, when she went op, and after a smart set-to won 
by a length, 
Mr. Knowles’s Baalbcc, by Ion, bst 71b . w , 
Lord Exeter's Phaeton, by Phlegon, 8st 71b (J. Mann) 3 
- Betting— 6 to 4 on Boiardo— 6 to 2 agst Baalbec. 
Baalbee made the running, with Phaeton lying second until they 
arrived at the T.Y.C. winning post; Phaeton then gave way and hi 
place was taken by Boiardo, who waited until they were half-way in 
the cords, when he 6hot a-bcad, and won very easily by a length and 
a half. Phaeton was beaten off. 
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, D.M. Nine subs. 
Mr. Howard's Apollonius by Orlando (31b.) 8st 41b (Wells) 1 
Lord Exeter’s Caliban by Nntwith(31b.)8st41b (Norman) 2 
Lord Exeter’s Tbe Consul byBeiram, 8»t 71b (J. Mann) 3 
Betting — 3 to 1 on Apollonius, who won easily by three lengths. 
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Criterion Course. 5subs. 
Duke of Bedford's Student, by Chatham, 8st, 101b. (Including) 
31b. extra) ..(Rogers) 4 
Mr. Turner's Census, 8st 71b ....(E. Sharp) 2 
The betting opened at 7 to 2 on Census, and closed at 5 to 4 
on Student. 
Won cleverly by half length. 
The Claret Stakes. D I. Five subs. 
Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwlth, 8st. 71b., Norman, walked over. 
Roscius won the first prize for thorougli-bred horses at the Howden- 
shire Agricultural Show. 
Ferrtna has had a fine brown colt to Surplice, and has gono to him 
again. 
CRAVEN MEETING.— Friday. 
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. D.M. 1) subs. 
The Trapper (Flatman) beat Fact (Rogers). Betting- 3 to 1 on 
Tho Trapper, who held the lead throughout, and won by 8 lengths. 
The Port Stakes. T.M.M. 11 subs. 
Orestes (Charlton ) beat Sittingbourne (Rogers). Betting— 3 to 1 on 
Slttlngboume, who held the lead to the cords; Orestes then lessened 
the Interval at every stride. When half way np lie collared his com- 
petltor, and at lost defeated him cleverly by a length. 
Handicap Plate ol £100. 
Khadldjah, by St. Francis, Bst 71b (Sly), beat Veteran, 7st 111b (2), 
and Miss Bolton, 6st 61b (3). 
Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each. R. M. 6 subs. 
Marble Hill (Bumby) beat Violet (Flatman). 
The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Marble Hill, and closed at 5 to 4 
against him. Marble Hill made all the running, and won by a length 
LATEST BETTING. 
Great Northern Handicap. 
6 to 5 agst Virago (taken to some money) 
7 to 1 Defiance (ditto) 
The Two Thousand. 
4 agst Boiardo 
2 Ruby 
1 Champagne 
1 Pliysalls colt (taken) 
Chester Cup. 
8 to 1 agst Newmlnster (taken) 
10 to 1 Baalbec (taken) 
11 to 1 Marc Antony (tuken) 
22 to 1 'Duchess of Lorraine colt (taken) 
Derby. 
6 to 1 agst Autocrat (offered) 
6 to 1 King Torn (offered) 
1 Dervish (offered) 
1 Andover (taken) 
1 Wild Huntsman (taken) 
1 Marsyas (offered) 
1 Scythian 
1 Neville (taken) 
1 Bracken (taken) 
1 Canute (taken) 
1 Boiardo (taken) 
ou n, 1 Prince Arthur (taken) 
1000 to 15 The Trapper (taken freely) 
1000 to 15 Marley Hill (taken) 
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. 
Wc are requested to state that there will be a special Main to New- 
market on Sunday, tho 30th in»t., at 1. 30 p m. 
YORK RACES. 
Theao races will commence on Tuesday next, at half-past two. The 
Great Northern Handcap will be run at hall-past four . 
CATTER1CK BRIDGE MEETING, Wednksdat. 
Sixth F.asby Triennial, for two-years-olds. straight run In. 23 »ults. 
Mr. Meiklam's Sicily, by Touchstone (1 empleroan), , beat T tor- 
mus (2), Bianca (3), Cormbus, Westminster, f. by Chanticleer out of 
El Betting— 6* to°4 1 on Sicily— 4 to 1 each ngst Titormus and Blanca. 
Won cleverly by a length, about the same distance between second 
FouRTH d EASBY Triknnial for four-year-olds. Two miles. Twelve 
subs. Falrthom, walked over. 
TheBuocon Handicap. Two miles. 23 subs, declared. 
Mr Chilton's M.ddlcsboroiih,Cst51b (Carroll), beat La Belle, 7st 3lb 
/ Aidcroft) (2), Sir Rowland Trenchnrd, 7st 111b (3), Haricot, 8st, Guu 
co war, 7st 111b, Tho Vet, 1st 71b, Jauey, 7st 61b, and General Breezo, 
6S Bettln'fr— 2 to 1 agst La Bellc-3 to 1 agft Middlesborough-9 to 2 
atrst Haricot 5 to leach agst Guico war and General Breeze. 
General Braze came In first by a length; half a length between 
Middlesbovough and La Belle, Sir Rowland T renchard next. 
After the race General Breezo was objected to, on the ground that 
he had gone’on the wrong side of the post, and the race was eventually, 
awarded to Middlesborough. 
The Speculation Plate. One mile. Six subs. 
Greek Slave (Bates), beat Saquenay, Game Tommy, Miss Alien 
Ghurab Turwar, and Remedy. . 
The Claret Stakes. One mile and a-half. Nine subs. 
Mr H. S. Thompson's Orange Blossom (Mr. Thompson), beat Amal- 
gamation (2), Tommy (3), Maid of Balmoral Sklnnygrove, Game Lad, 
Aribbas Liberator, and f. by Sweetmeat, out of Theano. 
BeUlng-EvTon Game Lad, 5 to 2 against Tommy, 3 to 1 against 
Arribas, 4 to 1 each against Orange Blossom and Maid of Balmoral. 
Won by a neck ; a length between second and third. 
Thursday. 
Tiie Hornby Handicap. About a mile and a half. 13 subs. 
Mr. U. Robinson's Billy Richardson, by Cato, 7st 31b ((L Oates), beat 
Jack-tlie-Ulant-Killcr, 7st 31b (2); Middlesborough, Cst (3); La Belle, 
Cst 131b (4)- Evndnc, 8st21b; Sir Rowland Trenchard, 7st 81b; Axwell, 
Cst Clb ; Birdtrap, Ost 51b; The Sheriff, fiat 51b ; and Bridokirk, far. 
Betiiug— 5 to 2 agst Jack-the-Glant-KUlcr— 4 to 1 each agst Mid- 
dlesborough and Sir Rowland Trenchard-C to 1 agst Billy Richardson. 
Billy Richardson made all the running, and won easily by a lengtn 
and a half- a neck between second aud third; La Belle a bad fourth. 
The Cattekick Stakes, three quarters of u mile ; ten subs. 
Mr. Meiklam's Sicily, by Touchstone, tot sib, Including 61b extra 
(Templeman), beat Lord Alfred, tot 71b (J. Osborne) i (2) ; St Miuk, 
8st 71b (J. Marson) (3); Medina, 8st 31b (Baahum) (4); and Han let, 
8st 31b (Holmes) (5). „ . . . 
Betting— Even on Lord Alfred— G to 4 agst Sicily. 
Won cleverly by a length ; same distance between second and third . 
bad fourth. _ y h ASDIC ap, one mile. Seven subs, 
Mr. J. Henderson's Patience, by Assault, Cst 101b (T. I!o >'«)’ bcn 
Brideklrk, 5st (2) ; Gamelad, 5st Clb (3,; Itch, 7st 81b; Game Tommy, 
%JSi-6 d .o r 4"g m .('o“ S-2 .0 . .« Tommy— 3 1 .... He*- 
4 to 1 agst Patience. ...... 
Won very cleverly by half a length— bad third. 
The Scramble. Three quarters ol a mile. 10 subs. 
Mr. Osborne s Johnny Taft (Carroll), beat Mrs. D°dds (2) ; Ingoma 
( 3) . , by Flatca tcher out of Menton Lass, The Heiress, Game Tommy, 
Julius Ciesar, Remedy, Saquenay, and Amalgamation. , 
Betting— 6 to 2 agst Johnny lull 4 to 1 agst Julius Cresar 5 
ngstSaquenay— 0 to 1 agst lngomar. an d 
Won in a canter by a length. Same distance hetween second ana 
third. 
The winner was sold for 71 guineas. , Ro blu 
Hurdle Race. Two miles. Eight subs.— Mi. Thomas * W 
Hood, (Leedle , beat Cilladilla, i J Abdalc) (2), W ater M 
(3), Glengarry, The Quaker, Trumpeter, St. Mark, andMary Y»i g- 
Betting.— Even on Quaker— 2 to 1 agst &t. Mark 4 to 1 eac g 
Clttadillu, and Robin Hood. Won by half a length. 
Forty-one horses have accepted for the Manchester Tradesmens 
Cup, and forty-seven for the Salford Borough gup. 
Sc"t n tVho«»Vw l 8' the York Herald) will not go out for exercise on 
The Goodwood Cup has twenty-nine subscriber s. 
The Races at the Ccrragh commence on Monday; and tbe Clark 
Hvtit §IEBFLKVRA9W are fixed for Monday «nd Tuesday. 
