The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

THEATRE -BO Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Euckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE ;LAMB. After which, at ball-past 7, will be performe v.22d time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenthard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA. CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence a. 7 . OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. E , Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 155th Night of the continuous run of " Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara "eston, eston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at '. Box-office open daily from 11 tills. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE : Messrs. J, G. Shore, B. Potter, R. Cathcart, Miss Elsworthy, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Maria Harris. Followed by DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Fechter. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Garden, Shore, &c., and Miss C. Leclercq. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. - - THIS EVENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Stephenson ; Miss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Sim m s, Mi s s K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. After which, THE PHANTOM. Ruthven, Mr. Dion Boucicault ; Messrs. Emery, Toole, Billington, P. Bedford, Miss Simms, Miss K. Kelly, &c. Commence at 7. ci NTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. The renowned RUMSEY and NEWCOMB MINSTRELS at Nine o'clock Grand Selections from "La Sonnambula," by Miss Rus sell, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. UNSWORI'II, in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or any other man," and EUGENE, the great Burlesque Singer and Dancer, at Ten o'clock. The best Comic talent in London. Messrs, Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon don during the Exhibition that the CfALL rat x ot I'AfiNT INGS well be Open, free between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- ' " MAY DAY," a cantata written by John Oxenford, music by G. A. Macfarren ; Burns' "Jolly Beggars, " also a cantata, with George Linley's music, and Grand Operatic Selections by the entire company. Full Band and Chorus. —Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, and Unsworth and Eugene, in addition to a host of comic talent ; and HENRI and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze every evening. if all, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, lh. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 2m. To-monnow.-Morning, 2h. 27m.—Afternoon, 2h. 50m. NOTICE. Ail remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. X 4g) • 9 D •.• - 6a • • . biro THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY,NVENING, MAY 14, 1862, THE LAGUNA SILVER MINING COMPANY. (Limited.) Capital, £20,000, in 4,000 Shares of £5 each. Deposit, per Share. To be paid on application, £1 in throe months from the date of allotment, and the remainder in instalments of £1 if required. DIRECTORS. John Wormald, Esq., Brockworth Manor, Gloucestershire. Charles Rule, Esq. (late of Mexico), Falmouth. E. Edwards, Esq., C.E., 1, York-buildings, Adelphi. MINE DIRECTOR.—J. R. Rule, Esq., Mineral del Chico. AGENTS IN MEXlCo.—Messrs Bates, Barton, and Co. BANGERS.—Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co. BROKER.—George S. Herbert, E-q. ' 73, Old Broad - stree t . SECRETARY (pro ten).—Mr. F. Henderson Grieve. Temporary Offices, 10, Bread .street -buildings, City. The Laguna Mine is on the Veta Madre, or mother vein, of El Chino, which varies in width from 10 to 16 yards, and it lies between the Arevalo Mine on the west (which in the hands of its Mexican owner now produces £20,000 to £30,000 annual profits), and upon the east the Rosario Mine, and the Jesus and San Ratael Mine, which have also produced enormous profits. It will bo seen, therefore, that it would be impossible for the Laguna Mine to be more favourably situated, and were it untouched it would offer every chance of success, but this chance seems turned into something very like certainty by the discovery of ore in the shaft which has been sunk 25 yards on the vein (here about 10 yards wide), at a point close to the boundary of the rich'Arevalo Mine, and at this 1 1 little depth the vein is precisely similar in character to the latter, and contains silver ore throughout its entire width. This Mine is situated in the Mineral of El Chico, 70 miles north the city of Mexico. It is in an undisturbed locality, with an excellent mining population. The pre sent owner has obtained from the Government the licence of the usual extent, with the sight to hold it for an un limited period. subject to the usual payment of £3 per cent. on the value of the Silver produced. The district of El Chico has been one of the most pro ductive in Mexico; and although it abounds in mineral veins, yet it has but one great vein, which is called the " Vete, Madre," or mother vein, and is about 35 feet wide on an average. The Mines of the greatest celebrity are on it, and Laguna stands in the midst of them, in virgin ground, Its having remained until lately undeveloped is owing to an error of the Mexicans at a former period, who sunk the shaft perpendicularly, while the vein had a southern declination of about one foot in a fathom ; the result was that the shaft left the vein entirely, and the Mine was declared of no value, and abandoned accordingly. Having been found in this state by the present owner, he proceeded to sink the shaft on the course of the vein and found it to retain its full width , the ore comm enci ng, ' the surface and extending all the way down, a depth of 78 feet, and to have ores disseminated throughout. In the course of this operation the vein much improved, as the ores became more massive, with a larger proportion of sil ver. And 30 tons of ore were raised, which produced 2,160 ounces of silver. An adit level is now being made to the Arevalo Mine, which, when completed, will drain the Laguna Mine to a depth of 300 yards and upwards, which will be of great benefit, It is now proposed to sink the shaft a few fathoms deeper, and then drive levels east and west ; and should the ore continue as it was left in the bottom of the shaft when the mine was suspended, there would be a commencement of profits, with a prospect of their increasing, as the mines on this vein have been characterised by great durability. For instance, the Mine of Arevalo, whose workings are within 50 fathoms west of the Laguna Shaft, has continued its operations without interruption for upwards of one hundred years, during which period it has given profits to the amount o f ma ny millions of dollars, and is still a rich mine. The similarity in the eveappearace of this mine to that of Arevalo, at the same depth, is ry striking, and being on the same vein there is little doubt that Laguna will give a similar result. This remark applies equally to the mines adjoining it on the east, viz., " Reser* Jesus and San Rafael," which are among the most celebrated mines of Mexico, and which gave to Spain such enormous wealth, and added so materially to her greatness. It is particularly worthy of remark that the ores of Laguna are of the most " docile" character, and peculiarly adapted to the amalgamation process, by which the silver can easily be extracted from the ores. Extensive smelting and amalgamation works are close at hand, where the ores can be reduced at a low price, as there is mucii water power available, and the Company will therefore htzve no need to erect works of their own. The owner, Mr. J. Richard Rule,transfers two-thirds of the property to the present Company for 11,200, the amount expended by him, agreeing to superintend the operations until the Company may think proper to appoint another person, t is estimated that an additional sum of £4,000 to £5,000 will be amply sufficient to bring the Mine into condition to yield the most satisfactory results to the shareholders. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of the Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. The deposit of £1 per share must be paid to the Com pany's Bankers previously to the application being sent in; this sum will bo returned in full if a sufficient number of shares be not applied for, or if no allotment be made to the applicant. THE LAGUNA SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited).—NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received after Twelve o'clock on THURSDAY NEXT, the 15th inst. By order, (Signed) F. H. GRIEVE, Sec. pro. tern. ----- IMMENSE INCREASE OF REVENUE 1—L1,000,000, ON evasion a Stamp Aet since 183 0 —' pious fooling , —(No. 3 a)._ B 0 URTON- ON - THE - WATER RAILWAY, 11 Branch of Midland & Great Western.—Title doubts. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. Lieut. CHARLES ACKERLEY, R.N., v. COLE, Solicitor, the defendant. (Before Judge F. Bayley).—On the rehearing-clause and sec. 81, touching 15s. costs against plaintiff on 23d April last, in loss of 6d. Stamp Act memo and Folio-tax.' This tortuous suit for payment of loss of time, and con sequently (by defendants' own letters to sign railroad deed conveyance, on Plaintiff's Wiltonee.--.Grey position in trade right of pafenteeship 1840), with duplex use of name in a petition to the Master of the Rolls Court on 27th Feb., having the word Budges De Lacy ' disbarr'd—to obtain a railway judgment, six days before the expiration of 21st 31arch-2•ide Gloucester journals of Ist, Bth, and 15th—as of Armor unl. Jnian T n af;h , to tit. 26, § awf 8 1 (for their Guizotoqti and Brougham Soc :, ;Act 4 Amendment of the Law for Benchers-club 'De Societate Mercer i n Aurea-bulla, pax religiose,' lib. I, tit. I, § 4), with Co's L'ezpositionra Civil bill decrees in N. Ireland. The Judge held that the Plaintiff's time lost NI as not tenable, tho' in his name Act, there being no contract. (with respect), maintained that as re-hearing Plaintiff was admitted, so followed § 81,—reduction of costs with fzegistrar Disraeli subpcena fees, under judgment by Rolls on Defendant's non-appearance. def.rahuilst, legal Procedure being granted, which by late act placed the Defendants in a cleft -stick, the Court were some what surprised by the hasty uprising of an Attorney for 3lr.Cole, as Talbot t. Radnor & Sir G. Bowyer—Clapham A t ki a .Atkyns Chamberlayne trustees, by 1-2, Will. rt. * No 64.. under which the Capt. (Ackerley) is heir 'in Chelten ham-let pivot remainder' for its Gt. Western Branch deed an _Baptist Hicks—life-title exchange—of Campden, &c. (as given in The Sun of 28th April). The Plaintiff reminded his Worship that as this case, although small, embraced contempt of the Rolls Court' and evasion of the Stamp folio Act—[the revenue on which will he increased to £1,000,000 a-year]—whereon he officially am the First Consnl•meter-magistrate qualified at Worcester 1837, demanded silencing of the intrusive Attorney of Cole, nnlesa he could produce his Sixpenny stamped memo randum of agency, since Advocates' College word disbarr ' applied t o him, by State loss on this § Anglo - Indian habeas corpus • is question, , under 14 Geo. lIT., C. 83)—so for feiture subpoena of all benefit from the document, which (nicht to have been die-stamped. This the Judge adm itted, on Defendant's contem p t of Court, as of Stow Sr. Edward's, 14 J. I. as the a'zenith Die iudent of Somerset -house—mace of Car. 11.—Ec0,,,,. His 4 onour ordered the reduction of fees, and subpoena money of Plaintiff's witnesses to be returned C , with permis sion of case-removal to Stow-t ower County o urt. '"Note.—This Act of 1832 is the only one in which two brothers aro named (to sue and be sued in all courts eccle siastical, military, and marine, under one name—Joseph Chamberlayne oNLY)—one in the Royal Artillery, and the other [Charles, his x enry by law struck out] in royal Navy, star-set as the Brazil'dll Montague 'o' of 1825 over'Catho lic' Emancipation Act of 1829-30 Stamp- hVt —for Sect " (or as the burden to the 15th clause " a lay body corporate French say, faisant partee de leur police corporation secu- Here') on Primeval-tenet of Christianity—so Civil-service opposition of the War-office and Admiralty, &c., by' refus ing to strike out of the Army and Navy lists the double and treble Christian names of fashionable and heraldic import. Now by final judgment, whence parish-rate G-uardiens (prior to 1603) successors in office, will, with back to the East enrobe their Siderial days-man as Sunday reader — seen by 58 canon of moral disc i p l ine — of late perverted by a gown warden - take for self-clerk assu mption (on ministers mo ney now ceased) of the rate-paid white Surplice. if,r By clauses 1 and 3 of the Bourton Act Co.s (on its hamlet unregistere d Clerk of - Peace Inclosure' award), they w i s h to forestall the four-miles circumference of the Stow Market tolls, by judicial extra-name quibble of its King's Post Magist rate, by committee of foreigners in violation of the " Adam and Eve consorted" of 1822, for Criminal basis on 16 Car. il.'s Tent fire-hearth, yr-tax 2a for Common law 6 & 6 Native Crt., of the one Arbiter, by sec. 29 of its rider 8 Vic., c. 18—he being the Prince Consort' with the Indian lady for title to American soil Rota-law Gyre-on,' as reuse for 1842's Man in God ' election of Peter B (nephew of Joe Brant, of 1775 Stamp-act) as now colonial Stamp Income tax Chief, unpaid 20 years- 11 yr s supported by plaintiff on £1,600 oath—for the native coloured races—"ligne-tiree'd from the imbedded Spirit-°-level in Nob-equerry Constable- Staff for its lzbre book to local courts, without sect ask. Tine base' (qni se Charraee la nace -noire Si grande g sous la loi civique ¢), peso avec Fierte Oil l'on voit quo jamais I'ENGLAND' no warch ande 8 Quand faut par la mer le ur donner Liberti . ++ • • * 24.3 llCrufmrs ' ' ACKERT:EY, " 1-2 W. Iv., xo, 54, Chamberlayne' Die-sworn. 55.. • PETER BAsQuz.r, Income-tax chief (1842, unpaid. • China Rug . wall circuit horizon of--,London, May 14, -;;, 4 1862), its Montezuma - Texas Red Flag Die. 'Wig ship' pship' seyltß e w l gi e So Paris - ga b i - a v ot oc i s s n r t os li i a n if s a r t y e i r e e n n , sklff Id Omega —item, het is een klock- ship in fallen." Ure-Elijah (Se e The Sun of 19 and 28th.) FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LEITH AND PORTO BELLO RAILWAY.—About half -past 7, on Monday night, a young man, about 19 years of age, named Alex. Good a ll, a gardener, residing in Queen-street, was standing on the highway between Leith and Portobello, close to the level crossing gates on the railway near Seafieid Baths, and w as conversing there with a carter, Nrho was waiting until the gates should be again opened. A train came up at the time, through _me, and the horse becoming frightened and restive, "iiall, to avoid being kicked by it, su ddenly rau the wicket on to the line, when he w as caught by j uk t , ~ 4, the engine, which knocked him do wn ou the line, and : ttle train passed over him. The poor f ellow was killed (.2 ceously.--Scolsman. At Messrs. Lotze and Larnach, menchants, chautg,"hay.-' through losses caused by advances on stocks and she` heir liabilities are estimated at about £mool mr• enzies, merchant, has also stopped, with liabilities to thl-• ‘ ,t unt of £17,500, and assets, £6, 900 . Thu Clonmel ~ le remarks upon the fact that no mention was Ela4,C xthe murder of Mr. Thiebault from the altar of the chap w hich he had been in the habit of attending, while cheers of sy k , by greeted the suspected assassin as he was conveyed in tkt,, . 4 to the county gaol, THE SUN. [LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1862. How was New Orleans captured?—is a question we are all asking, though as yet we can get but a partial answer: To the tax payers of England it is a question of almost as much importance as that of the true interpretation of the battle between the Merrimac and the Monitor. Millions of our money may be saved if it reinforces, as we expect it will, the lesson of the comparative inutility of forts against gunboats and mortar vessels, especially when in motion. Forts Philip and Jackson, with their crossing fire, the chains across the river, with guns enfilading their length, and the connected works; were, relatively to the wooden small vessels which attacked them, quite as strong as any forts head. Lord PALMERSTON'S " follies," for that is their proper name, would never be attacked, or the attempt made to pass them, except by such iron shielded or plated vessels, as would have paid no attention at all to, the American forts, but have passed by them as we might through a swarm of gnats. If, as seems to be the fact, only one small vessel out of fifteen was injured by these forts, en joying every possible advantage, we may conjecture of what use confessedly stronger forts would be against ships quite as much stronger than those of the Federal& But where, meanwhile, are the Confederate gun boats ? We heard much about them before the Federal attack ; but, like our policemen, they seem to be out of sight just when they are wanted. We hear of them, if they ar3 anywhere, hundreds of miles away up the stream at Fort Wright, which the Confederates are beleaguering. This Confede rate fleet, respecting which no definite information can be obtained, seems at least afraid to venture any attack on the Federals. Whatever its strength, it now lies between Commodore FOOTE'S fleet in the North and that of Commander PORTER, which has just taken New Orleans, in the South. Its inaction would seem to indicate that its strength, after all, cannot be very formidable. We may expect that it will do what it can in aid of the Mississippi forts, which the Federals, coming down from the North, are successively capturing ; but in all pro bability both the forts and the fleet will soon fall into the hands of the Northerns. We confess that we look with almost intense interest on BEAUREGARD, in his position at Corinth. Never was an able man, with a large army, placed at greater disadvantages; and if he extricate him. self he will win a military name, whatever be the fate of Secession. He seems to be hemmed in on all sides. South of him, the great city on which he must have chiefly relied for supplies is in the hands of the enemy—a railroad leads direct to it from his position. The enemy cannot use this to attack him, because General BUTLER, who shnnlrl be at New Orleans, is not strong enough to do more than hold that city. On the other hand, while the guuboats command the city it is useless for BEAU REGARD to think of retaking it. They could sup port their own troops, and shell him out without difficulty. BEAUREGARD has also another railway south, to Mobile ; but that smaller city is also blockaded, and cannot help him. The South being so hopeless for him —in front of him, North, HALLECK has stretched his line in augmented force ; and, if he look East, it is but to see himself cut off from all the Atlantic States by General MITCHELL, who occupies the railways, and General POPE, who is marching to join MITCHELL. On the west rolls the Mississippi between him and Arkansas, into which, could he cross, he would fled a country which is wholly unfit for more than guerilla warfare. A great victory over the Federals opposed to him would still leave him raucl , to do to work out his deliver ranee north, south, east, or west, though it would doubtless give him freedom for a time. Unless he can gain one, the course of the Mississippi will soon be in the hands of the Federals, and the whole of the State of that name will be substantially in their hands also. They will occupy all its important cities, and leave to the Confederates only the barren central uploads. Northern Virginia, too, is an exciting object of attention, though none of the generals are in the romantic position of BEAUREGARD. Not one of them is surrounded by three others and a couple of fleets. Still there is quite enough to make it a perfect mili tary game of chess. There is Richmond, the political capital of Secession and Virginia, for the prize of the winners, carrying, no doubt, all Virginia with it. Three Generals are matched against each other on three several approaches to it. Federal gunboats might sail up the St. James River, on which it stands, and place it in the position of New Orleans, but something better than forts stops them. The Merrimac lies repairing, repaired for aught they can tell, that is their fear, in Norfolk navy yard; and so the Federal fleet modestly declines either to attack Richmond, or to aid AP CLELLAN to shell the works of Yorktown. And now the question is, What is to be the next move ? Will M'CLELLArr attempt to storm Yorktown ? It is probably too strong. Will he work at it by regular approaches ? If he does, is its capture his ultimate object ? or, will he attempt to take the works in flank ; or, again, will he occupy the main body of the enemy, while BURNSIDE, only sixty miles south, marches north, and captures the navy yard, which is the nest of the Merrimac, and of the little but formidable Confederate fleet. In that case, aided by the Federal fleet, more than one road would be open for ITCLELLAN to Richmond. On the whole, high strategic ability is now required in both the great seats of the war. BEAUREGARD needs it for escape—M'CLELLAN needs it for attack. The conditions in the two cases seem to be just re versed. The defence is the great difficulty in Mississippi; the attack in Virginia. We cannot still but wonder how the King of PRUSSIA likes it ! Never has a constitutional So vereign (so-called) received from his lieges a lesson b 0 direct and overwhelming. It is not simply that the answer given just now by the various constitu encies has been adverse to the policy of the chosen Ministers of the Crown : it is, that not one of these Ministers has been returned,tbrough all Prussia, to a seat in the popular branch of the Legislature. The Cabinet is nowhere. The Prime Minister and all his colleagues have been rejected by the electors, and, what is worst of all, rejected ignomi niously. M. VON DER HEYDT himself, the Premier, nominated against the wishes of the Chambers by the arbitrary will of King WILLIAM, having sat during many years past for the borough of Elberfeld, has been at length disdainfully set aside by his old supporters there, not because he has in any way lost his identity in their regard, not because his candidateship presents to them no other than M. VON DER HEYDT in proprza persona, but because M. VON DER HEYD.T stands before them in a new role, as the Prime Minister of the Prussian Government. A role so outrageously dis proportioned to his capacities that they are, for the first time in the intercourse that has so long, and hitherto so amicably, subsisted between himself and his constituents, rendered too ridiculous for further recognition ! It is again an illustration of the folly of vaulting ambition—that ambition that is in the habit of overleaping itself. M. VON DER HEYDT has descended from his height—in the usual way with "arch-mediocrities"—namely, by turn ing the old, invariable summersault ! Changing the figure of speech—the result has been for the entire Cabinet, as the result was with that wretched little Ox-envying Frog in the Meadow. It has fairly burst in the abortive effort at competition. Not only is the chief Minister of the Crown, the Premier VON DER HEYDT, thrown aside by his former constituency—the like melancholy fate has befallen each and all of his colleagues in the Admi nistration. General VON ROON, M. VON MUHLER, and the rest, have had their names erased, one by one, from the list of the national representatives. Even the royal and loyal constituency of Potsdam has refused, by upwards of four votes to one, to accept as its representative in the elective chamber L.. vt.llll.lt, I.\ ever was tnere a more painful anti -climax. Remembering the astound ing scene witnessed upon the occasion of the reigning manarch's Coronation, remembering that most audacious of anachronisms, the appeal to the spirit of the Right Divine in the middle of this nineteenth century after the seething over Europe of the burning lava of a series of democratic revolutions—it certainly does appear the most preposterous of non sequiturs when the Sovereign who placed the crown of Prussia upon his own head with so haughty a defiance of Modern Liberalism, finds his first "chosen" Ministry re jected, one and all, root and branch, unanimously, throughout the whole of the constituencies ap pealed to. It is for all the world a result as ridi culous as that which befel the Spanish Hidalgo in the old Joe-Miller anecdote, who, in the midst of a consequential strut along the fashionable lounge at Madrid, inopportunely stumbled prostrate in the presence of all ! And whose sense of wounded dignity—enhanced by a broken nose and a muddy doublet—had only the feeble resource of stalking away (broken nose in the air) with the indignant ejaculation, "This comes of walking upon the earth ?" King WILLIAM of PRUSSIA has come to grief during the elections no less egregiously, igno miniously, ridiculously than the Spanish Hidalgo whom we have ad laughed at. His Prussian Majesty, after donning that crown—compared with other crowns of Europe but of yesterday, the crown, not of the Bourbons, not of the Guelphs, not of the Bra• ganzas, but the bran new diadem of tilt Princes of the House of Hohenzollern—after donning that recently manufactured symbol of sovereignty over Prussia, with an exclamation of pride like that of CHARLEMAGNE and NAPOLEON the GREAT whln assuming the Iron Crown of Lombardy, Dam me la donne gore a qui la touche I—the reigning Sove reign of Prussia has the anguish (after this) of be holding upon the very first occasion of a ministerial appeal to the Prussian constituencies, of beholding every one of his own chosen ministers turned to the 1. 7 4.lftatasa toln2atitU CU VICO. To ourselves here in England, viewing the events now referred to as we do, namely, as deeply interested, but at the same time per fectly dispassionate, spectators, we cannot but understand the whole situation of things yonder in Prussia at this present juncture ; and understand it too, one might say, in a manner, instinctively asd at the first momentary glance. In point of fsct, we had our own electoral experiences here in Lng land, experiences recorded upon the pages of our constitutional history, that serve upon the instant by way of apt and most ready illustration. :,The ministers of a m inority—administrators thrown upon an unwilling House of Commons—have before appealed (theironly resource—and too often, as it has turned out, a very desperate one) have before now appealed to the country only to be rejected, as the rnernuerb tho VON DER HEYDT Cabinet have just been rejected by their former constituenta. The nation revolts at so transparent an attempt to dictate to it despotically. The Sovereign in the instance now brought under the consideration of all Christendom, the Sovereign and not the minority raised the defeated Administrators to power. The members of the moribund Cabinet at Berlin were in the first place the more insignificant members of the previous Administration. To these "leavings" of the last Govern ment,there was added a little eruster of mere nobodies from the back benches, the most neutral-tinted of political mediocties. A Cabinet so formed was thrust by the arbiary will of this " Right-Divine" Ruler of a Kingom only created in the last century, upon the acceptance of an unwilling Parliament. Unable o act with that unwilling Parliament, the latter I t s been dissolved, the country has been appealed tc and with what result all Europe now recognies—the wilful Monarch himself now feels ver painfully and ignominiously. "Pride," the adge says, "shall have a fall." It has seldom met 'ith a more sum mary punishment of that kind han in the in stance before us. King WILLIAI has certainly cause at length brought directly iome to him for serious reflection. May it lead aim, this timely meditation—as it ought—to a rerion of his policy ab initio. Otherwise—they havei pleasant pros pect, politically, at Berlin ! For, what in effect is the situatia of affairs there at this juncture in the annals of tht Constitutional Government ? Here is a Prince, Low seated upon the throne of Prussia, who, while eir presumptive to that Crown he now wears so ver3arrogantly, was supposed to be a champion of the cost liberal ideas, an ardent lover of the most advaned and enlight ened principles. Scarcely had the liberal Prince succeeded the poor roi faineant, Is brother, who had for so long an interval lapsed ato imbecility in that misnamed scene of his sad setusion, San Souci —when the illusion of this suposed liberalism has utterly vanished from tb ken of all ! King LOG has given place to Kng STORK. The diadem of the 110IIENZOLLER7S is seized by a hand delicately clothed in Sill—but within the silken glove there is a grasp of Iron: WILLIAM of Prussia is crowned, or rather, disdaining to be merely crowned by a church dignitary, however exalted, crowns himself after the fashion of NAPOLEON, though without NAPOLEON'S recog nised and consummate genius as a Lawgiver, and assuredly without NAPOLEON'S fame and his heroic and deathless deeds of valour as the Conqueror of other nations and the Organiser of a Strong Go vernment for his own. The earliest Ministry work ing under the regsme of this newly enthroned and haughtypotentate—now in possession of the sceptre, and as he apparently thinks also of the fee simple, of Prussia—does not work to his liking, is not submissive enough to his will, is not composed in fact of sufficiently plastic mediocrities. It gives place, under his mandate, to another, so feeble in its general character, so insignificant in the reputation of most of the men composing it, that it has been forced into power in very despite of the Prussian Legisla ture. The Representative Chamber is consequently, in obedience to a simple necessity, dissolved. The constituencies are appealed to by the Ministry— yea, through the Ministry, by the SOVEREIGN him self. For the Cabinet is notoriously oneof His MAJESTY'S own construction. Hence the extraor dinary and unexampled fiasco —a Ministry with not one of its members having a seat in the popular branch of the Legislature. We shall look for the sequel, of course, with eager curiosity, but at the same time without one particle of anxiety. For in simple truth, the KING, with all his hauteur, is utterly powerless in the presence of so over whelming a demonstration. The House of Lords, in its wisdom, has again, if we remember rightly, the third time rejected the " Qualifications for Offices Bill," sent up to it by the House of Commons. It is of very little conse quence, indeed, so far as the subject -matter of the bill is concerned. It is to repeal a declaration, sub stituted for the old Test and Corporation Act, by persons taking certain offices—that they will not, by virtue of their office, do any harm to the Church as by law established. It is cleverly contrived, by means of an annual indemnity act, that no pers6ns shall be liable to any penalty for omitting to make the declaration but the municipal officers of corpora tions. The reason, no doubt, why the stiff Church ,uat Me ;at ter are irequentiy Dissenters. Many Churchmen do not like the declara tion, it being, as they say, absurd to call on them not to injure their own Church. Dissenters dislike it because, as Lord CHELMSFORD expressed it, the declaration was a testimony to the dominance of the Church of England. This indeed is all. It is a badge of Church supremacy, and Dissenters do not like to wear it. It cannot have the slightest practical utility as a check upon the hostile opera tions of the most virulent Dissenter. It is strictly limited to his official conduct, and if ho used his office to aid in dis-endowing and dis-establishing the Church, he could plead that with his views he was doing the Church service. He thinks Volun taryism a purification for Churches. The conduct of the Upper House must strike every common sense Euglishman as exceedingly petty and wilful. They are worse than children in the matter. They show a silly pleasure in simply teasing. Last time the ex-Lord Chancellor or ex barrister, Lord CLIELMSFORD,headed the rejectors ; this year the saintly leadership of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH was invited. This sage legislator of an Upper House, too, had actually the wisdom to faggot up the Bill with a number of measures, ap proved by the Liberation Society —all of which must be meant to destroy the Church. So a legis lator for all the English peop e, instead of asking whether a confessedly superfluous and useless declaration should be abolishcd, merely because, though useless, it was insulting to some of her MAJESTY'S subjects, gets it rej.cted by others as wise as himself, because some other persons approve the Bill. Men, not measures, he rays. These men whom I hate, like it, therefore I don't like it. So reason evangelical Dukes, and lords, who laugh at them, yet vote, for party's sake, withthem. BURNTISLAND—ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALFRED, AND EMBARKATION ON BOARD THE ST. GORGE.—As previously arranged, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred left Balmoral yesterday morning, on his return to his ship, the St. George, and travelling via Perth, arrived RI- ,i,„ railway terminus hero exacly at 8 p.rr. Some prepara tions for a becoming reception to sg august a visitor were improvised by the railway authgritias—the station having its arches and pillars hung with festoons of evergreens and flowers, with the word " Welcome" twisted in large cha racters, and the building otherwise tastefully decorated. A considerable number of people assemb'r l at the 5 p.m. train, expecting the Prince at that hour, mid by 8 p.m. the quad rangle in front of the station was completiy blocked up by the crowd, a select number only being adDitted within the precincts of the station. The arrival ofthe train was the signal for a continued ru,ind of cheeritg) and as the Prince stepped out, dressed as a china - a, the assemblage cheered vociferously. Captain Egerton waswaiting at the station. The Prince was accompanied by Major Cowell. The crowd drove in the gates, and accompa ied the Prince to his boat. He left the shore amidst greatcheering, and looking very much pleased. He bowed seveal times, and lifted his hat to the crowd.—Scotsman. PRINCE ARTHUR.—His Royal Hie:less Prince Arthur landed at Plymouth, from the Vivi, and left by the eight o'clock train this morning (Tuesdi), for Tavi stock, and inspected the mines there. iliaßoyal High ness returned to Plymouth at 6.30 p.m. to-di, and rG-em barked on board the Vivid. Their Highnesses the Prince and le Princess ritihel Schahoffskoy from St. have P eatrerrisvbeudrag, fortthe i ß h r e tt e zic n. k Hotel, Jermyn-street, The Earl and Countess Russell ewrtained the Japanese Ambassadors at dinner last evenig, at their re sidence in Chesham-place. The following vere also pre sent :—The Mardis and Marchioness 4)1 - Westminster, Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Dufferin, e. Mr. Mac. donald was in waiting on the ambassadors Later in the evening her ladyship had an assembly. _ . It appears that the promoters of scheme put forward in Melb ourne f or a mon thly li ne steamers with England propose co m i n g h e r e for a portioPf the necessary capital, should tbe colonial government t aut the subsidy asked for, HER XAJESTPS T.I7E.4T.RE, SIGNOR ARMTENDI. The " tragedy of tragecl'ies," as -Byron so empha tically called the "B:•ide of Lammermoor," has scarcely supplied to Donizetti the breadth of design one would have supposed. He has translated all its pathos, ail its deep and absorbing passion, but he has left almost untouched the historic beauty of the story. Edgar of Ravenswood under his hand has sunk from a highly poetic to an ordinary passionate conception. He in no longer, as he is with Scott, a sketch - of medizeval heroism—a relic of the past, lofty in attitude and noble in proportion—which from the very shadow that it lies in gathers a grandeur that not unsuccessfully combats the strong light of the present—he emerges in the opera as the mere hero of border rivalry, whose highest characteristic is a certain personal and family pride. A family feud is the entire subject—a gulf of border discord, bridged over, as in ancient story, by the love of one of the combatants for the sister of the other. A secret pledge, a forged letter, and a broken vow, in consequence, followed by the sudden return of the. betrayed lover to re veal the treachery which has ensured the utter de solation of the victims such are the entire materials. Denuded of all historical, and there fore imaginative beauty, they have nevertheless an emotional depth that sufficed to elicit from Doni sette some of his most vigorous and pathetic fancies. Some of his loveliest meledies, some of his noblest choruses, and some of his most character istic concerted pieces, are to be found in this pro duction. His mode of treatment has made the heroine instead of the hero its central interest, on whose account, with but rare exceptions, the opera is now produced• Never theless, he has given certain distinctions to the music of the Lord of Ravenswood which render its effective delivery a very rare matter of success. It depicts a proud, impulsive being who unites the opposite qualities of the utmost vehem ence and tenderness— : who requires to combine a highly declamatory with a highly passionate delivery. Effectually to render the maledizione and the fra poco of the opera would ordinarily demand the powers of the most differently gifted singers. Such a conception is one that Rossini and Meyerbeer, in their " Arnold " and " John of Ley den," have treated on the grandest scale, but which few singers in recent years have been found at all adequate to realise. Duprez and Moriani are the most signal instances of the past, and of all our liv ing artists the great exemplar is Signor.Tamberlik. Signor Armandi, who last evening made his debut in Edgar, at this theatre, challenged the the ordeal under circumstances which almost de prive us of the right of criticism. We under standthat he was labouring under an amount of indisposition which would have prevented his appearing, but from his anxiety to keep faith with the management. We can judge of him therefore but partially, though, we are happy to add, that all we have to say is very greatly in his favour. His defect last night lay in his voice, which seemed to want both power and quality —an impression which it is very probable his subsequent exertions will remove—his obvious merits were his genuine passion and his high dramatic feeling, which stamped his acting throughout the character with every quality it needed. These merits, we must add, he sustains with the advantages of a manly per son and an easy spirited bearing. To these conclu sions we must limit ourselves till we have an oppor tunity of again hearing him—simply recording that he produced a very favourable impression in the opening act, and that he extended it in the great scene of and in the delivery of the malediction, which roused the audience to a degree of enthusiasm that led to his recall. The Lucia of Madame Titiens requires no sonees sions at our hands. Though a character which affords her no dramatic scope whatever, and one which also seems scarcely in unison with the mature bloom of her person, nevertheless the pre rogative of genius to elevate everything it touches, enables her to make it the vehicle of some of ner most passionate ebullitions, and the channel also for the display of some of her most brilliant vocalisation. Never was her incomparable voice in finer order than it was last evening— never more resonant, more fluent, or more cora mpr,l:- -1- "• ALIA quaituy•-• which places it apart from anything that has been heard in recent years, and in the matter of delicious sound makes it alone a great enjoyment, flooded the house throughout the night with all its best impressions. Nor did her triumph terminate here. If her delivery of the opening cavatina, the superb duetto with Enrico, and her share in the grand concerted piece of the scene of the malediction, " Chi ritiene it mio furore," sustained all her ample fame, and fulfilled the highest expec pectations, it was in the music of the mad scene that she carried satisfaction to the highest point— alike in the force of its dramatic, expression and the singular brilliancy of the vocalisation. Here the music rose from her lips like the clear stream of a fountain, and, high in air, broke away into as brilliant a mass of sparkles. The acknow ledgment of this achievement was a very vociferous recal—an honour which, with signor Armandi, she also enjoyed at the end of every act. Signor Gassier was the Enrico, and very ably he sustained it, giving another proof to the public of his sub stantial power as singer and actor ; a power not more remarkable for its strength than for its range. The charming choruses of this opera were very admirably sung, and the band under Signor Arditi was all that could be desired. The scenery and the movement were also very striking. On the whole this was a very excellent and satisfac tory performance. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAlL WAY.—Yesterday a special general meeting of the share holders of this company, convened in compliance with the Wharncliffe order, was held at the London. bridge station, Mr. Leo Schuster in the chair, for the purpose of consider ing the following bills, which are at present before Parlia ment, viz. :—A. biil for making a railway from the Sutton station of the Croydon and Epson branch of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, to Banstead and Epsom Downs, in the county of Surrey ; a bill for making a rail way from Horsham to Dorking, and for other purposes ; a bill for making a railway, to be called the " East Grinstead, Groombridge, and Tunbridge Wells Railway," and for other purposes ; a bill for enabling the Mid Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway Company to extend the time for completing their railway, to sell or lease their under taking to the London, Brighton, and Soi,+l. D poses. The meeting having Company, and for other been opened in the usual form, the Chairman said he very much regretted that, as the bills mentioned in the notice bn a ..dd a second time in the House of Lords, as the directors had expected would ere this have been the case when they fixed the day of meeting, he would have to trouble the shareholders by asking them again to attend. He would therefore move that the consideration of the bills in question be postponed until Monday, the 26th inst. The motion, having been seconded by Mr. Lushington, was una nimously agreed to, and the proceedings terminated. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.—On Saturday evening, as some boys were bird-nesting among the ivy which grows on the top of the wall at Tweedbank, on the Coldstream road, opposite Shedden Park, they came on a parcel wrapped up in some pieces of black alpaca, which, on examination, proved to be the body of a full-grown male child. It was shortly after taken to the police station, and on being examined by a medical man, he gave it as his opinion that the body had lain from three to four weeks in the position in which it was found. It was vary much de composed. No trace has been obtained of the unnatural mother.—Kelso Mail. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAIL -wAY.--On Saturday evening James Gray, brakesman on the Caledonian Railway, accidentally lost his life near Hangingshaw, on the south side of the river. He was reaching over the tender of the engine, which was in mo tion at the time, for a piece of cotton-waste, when he over balanced and ftll on f. the rails, tho locvu.avtive passing over him. He was 22 years of age, and unmarried.—N. B. BALLOON ACCIDENT.—A dreadful accident has just taken place in the town of Barcelona. The ascension was announced of a Montgolfier balloon of 14,000 cubic metres, to which a trapeze was attached, on which gym nestle 'eats were to be performed by a young lad. The bal loon shortly after ascending took fire, and the lad, who had got up on the trapeze, was seen calmly holding on by one of the ropes below it. The balloon at last fell on a house, where the lad hung from the roof until his strength failed, when he dropped to the ground, fracturing an arm and a leg. A young man, who had got on the roof of a house to witness the descent of the balloon also fell, and was killed ou the spot, LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. NEW YORK, MAY 3. Full confirmation has been received of the cap ture of New Orleans. There was no blockade; there was no bloodshed. General Mansfield Lovell, with his whole army, retired by railway to Fort Monroe, 78 miles on the road to Memphis, to effect a junction with General Beauregard, who is said to have evacuated Co rinth. A great battle is imminent at Grand Junction, near Memphis, between Generals Halleck and Beauregard. Both have been largely reinforced. Fort Macon surrendered, on the 25th ult., to General Burnside. The, garrison retired with the honours of war. The Federal loss was seven killed and 18 wounded; the Confederate loss is not stated. Congress has passed a vote of censure on ex- Secretary Cameron, of the War Department, for adopting, with regard to army contracts, a policy highly injurious to the public. A similar vote with regard to the conduct of Secretary Welles, of the Navy, has been negatived. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 2. Money easy. Gold 28 premium. Exchange, 111 bankers' bills. Stocks active. New York Centrals, 86-1 to ; Illinois, WI to 61; Eries, 371 to 37i. Flour, wheat, and other corn firm. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar firm; mo lasses in good demand. LISBON, MAY 12. The tumults in the province of Minho are com pletely ended. Troops have been sent to Oporto. The question of the Sisters of Charity is still being agitated. The Government has a majority in the Cortes. FRANCE. The visit of the Prince Napoleon to Naples suggests the following observations to the Presses " Prince Napoleon embarks, preceded by his speech of the Ist March ; by that speech, in which, history in hand, he has demonstrated—first, that the Government of the Roman States has at all times been considered as execrable; secondly, that Napoleon I. considered as a misfortune the union of the temporal and spiritual powers on the same head; and, thirdly, that the idea of Italian unity, far from being one of our own time—one of conquest and ambition—was germinating in all minds and in all hearts at the period of the Restoration. We have had, especially on the Italian question, too many miscalculations of all kinds to abandon our selves blindly to our hopes, and to take our desires for realities. We do not look upon the recall of General de Goyon as a solution, and we do not forget the note of the Moniteur upon the presence of the French fleet in the Gulf of Naples. But facts are facts, and their importance remains, in spite of all official reserves, and all diplomatic exigencies. In whatever manner they may be explained, the salvos of the French and English fleets have re sounded in the ears of Europe like the artillery of a naval battle, and the language of M. Benedetti .and Sir James Hudson to the King of Italy has been the funeral oration of Francis II and of the dynasty of the Bourbons. As for Prince Napoleon, if he has not received any political mission, his journey has not the less, for Italy and for Europe, an important signification." BOURSE, May 13.—The amount of business done has been limited, but prices have been firmly main tained at about the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 70f 85c. The Railway Share Market has also up to the present time been firm, but the amount of business mode rate. The market continued firm, and closed as follows : 4 per per Cents 97 L 5 r pp e r ct if t l,hs i m er .... lgi 50 .__ 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 70 80 Piedmontesc Fives 72 30 New 3 per Cents .. 69 80 Italian Loan 72 Do, end month.... 69 85 Austrian Credit Mobilier..., 843 75 Spanish Threes 521 Do. end month.... Home Debt .. — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1325 .. 1330 Northern .... New ditto -- -- •• - ..... Lyons and Mediterranean 1110 .. 1115 Geneva .. Southern B5O .. 853 -, 5 Western - ' Jo Eastern .-- .... . 568 75 • • 565 25 Sardinian 390 __ _ . 390 Austrian Ile Lombard 605 608 75 SPORTING IN2ELLIG.ER CHESTER RACES.-TUESDAY. This meeting opened under good auspices, for the num ber of horses in the town exceeded that of the previous an niversary, and the attendance on the course was above the average of the last few years. Many arrivals took place on Monday evening, but owing to the late hour at which the afternoon trains from London set down thier passengers there were few backers of horses in the subscription rooms , and betting was in consequence remark - ally slack. On the following morning, however, speculation upon the cup be came more active, ;and Fairwater, after being backed for some money, was upon even terms with Zodiae and Silk stone, who were all at the same price, 7 to 1 being offered on the field, and 8 to 1 taken about each of them. Stam pedo stood next in public estimation, and trod closely on the heels of the favourites ; Caractacus and Brighton also received support, but beyond these no animal was backed except at a long price. The field was expected to contain 20 limners, but the six we have named were the only horses whose friends appeared to have any sanguine hopes of winning the great prize of the week. Seven races stood on the card for the first day, and busi ness commenced at two o'clock with a highly interesting contest, in which the winner of the City and Suburban. Stakes met the winner of the Cambridgeshire upon even terms, and a head only separated them at the finish. One other race was looked upon with some interest, the Mo,tyn, for which seven 2- yr-olds ran, and one was backed almost against the field, but a very clever outsider named Carnival, by Sweetmeat, won in a canter. He is engaged in the Derby of next year. The Vest colt, s long in the bet ting for the Cup, was well beaten in the Palatine, and sent out of the market. The turf was slightly holding, but the fine weather throughout the day will, in all probability, have rendered it good going this afternoon. Grosvenor Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, winners 51b. extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Grosvenor Course. 11 subs. Mr. G. Bryan na Sawcutter, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b eir.) (Challoner) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Palestro, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra Mr. T. Parr's Dusk. 3 yrs, Est 121 b (carried 6st 131 b) (Clements) ) Betting—Even on Sawcutter, sto 4 agst Palestro,, had 6 to 1 agst Dusk. Sawcutter was the first to show in advance, but was soon after pulled back, and the running taken up by Dusk, who came on with a long lead, followed by Sawcutter, and the Frenchman to the half-mile post, where the latter ran into the second place ; and on rounding the Gmsvenor turn he took a clear lead, waiting upon the favourite to half way in the distance. A fine race home ensued, which ended in favour of Sawcutter by a head ; a bad third. Chesterfield Stakes, a handicap of 10 sous each, with 100 added, for three-year slds ; second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra. Seven furlongs. 17 subs. Mr. Drummond's Egyptian, 7st 71b (Fordham) Mr. Fobert ns Lachesis, 7st 121 b (Doyle) 2 Capt. White's Jung Frau, 7st 71b . (Challoner) 3 Pilot, Allez-y-rondement, Real Jam, Miss Livingstone, and Ophelia also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Egyptian, 4to 1 agst Lachesis, and 5 to 1 agst Jung Frau. Egyptian made play, followed on the whip-hand by Lachesis, Pilot, and Jung Frau, the others, headed by Ophelia and Real Jam, lying close at their heels. On reach ing the half-mile post Pilot fell back, and his place was taken by Ophelia, the three leading horses running in close company into the straight, where they were joined by Mr. Naylor's filly. From this point the race was never in doubt, Fordham winning without the slightest effort by half a length. Jung Frau, who came in with a rush a fe•,v strides from the chair, was beaten by a head only for second, Ophelia was a good fourth, and Real Jam neY.t. Pilot and Miss Livingstone were the two last. Wynnstay Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Second to receive 20 sovs. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 27 subs. Mr. Payne's Voltella, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ......... (Drew) 1 Mr. Moore na Eidolon, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (11, Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Bowie's Fig, 3 yrs, Gat 21b (Bradford) 3 Mr. Fobert's Dictator, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (carried 7st 71b) (G. Fordham) 4 The following also ran :—Lord of the Manor, Juliet, Prophet, Recovery, Leonora, and Mayflower. Betting—Even on Voltella, 4 to 1 agst Dictator, 6 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, and 100 to 12 agst. Juliet. After one failure, in which the favourite, with Mayflower and Fig, got off and ran to the T.Y.C. post, the flag was lowered, when Voltella rushed to the front, and came on with a commanding lead, followed by the Prophet, Eidolon, and Fig, with the others, widely spread, following some distance in their rear, the last of which was Dictator. On rounding the Grosvenor turn the Prophet gave way tcr Eidolon, Fig, and Mayflower, who followed in the wake, of the favourite into the straight, where they were joinc,d by Dictator, who half-way up obtained the third pla.ce, but was passed opposite the stand by Mayflower. V oitella held her own to the end, and won in the commonest of canters; by 10 lengths, a length separating the 'second and third, and two lengths separating the third wad fourth, the others beaten off. Mosytn Stakes of 10 soya each, 'with 100 adck,l, for 2-yr olds colts Bst 10Ib, filli es an d geldings Est 61b. S econ d to receive 20 soya out of the stakes. 'sT,ri„,„ Three-CillnrfAra:sf „ Le.js. Fl} orcbrw~ Mr. It. C. Nayl or ' s Carnival, Bst 11 ,- Mr. T. Hunt's Blithfield,'lb 10th (Challoner) 1 Captain Goff's Rudimer,ts, a t ' 6lb (S • Rogers) 2 s J. Goater) 3 Mr. Murphy's Erin-t?'o-Brragh Bst 101 b (G. ( Fordham) 4 . Harris 5 Mr. R. H. Jones's C ory d op Count F. de Logranf g e's . (J. (E Kenda 7 al Bst 101 b entine, Bst 61b. (Grimshaw ) ) 6 Mr. W. Hart' s ISP .d dl ;watch, Bst 101 b Betting-5 tr• J4 rtgst Blithfi e l d, 4to 1 agst Rudiment ll) s, 5 to 1 and agst E'l ln-go-Bragh, and 7 to 1 each agst Vale n ti ne Carp' Aft ar one slight failure the lot was despatched from the P°r t in close order, Erin-go-Bragh having a slight lead, closely attended by Carnival and rudiments, the favourite lying last but one. In this way they ran into the straight, when Blithfield drew forward, but never had a chance of reaching the leader, who won with hands down by six lengths, Blithfield beating Rudiments by four lengths for second ; Erin- go-Bragh was a bad fourth, the others passed the post as placed. Palatine Cup Stakes of 15 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added ; 3-yr-olds and upwards, Weights for age. Winners extra, with maiden allowances. Second to receive 200 sous out of the stakes. Mile and a half. 15 subs. Count F. de Lagrange's Royallieu, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. T. Parr's Dusk, 3 yrs, E s t 616 (H. Gri (Doy 1 lemshaw) ) 2 Mr. Merry's Vest colt, 3 y rs , Est lib (Whitc,i") 3 Betting-5 to 2on the Vest colt, 10 to 3 agst B.oyallieu, and 7 to 1 agst Dusk. Dusk jumped off with a slight lead at a bail, Pace,followed by Royallieu and th e f avour it e to the Infir mazy turn,where he was passed by the Frenchman and the V eat colt, the pair running abreast to the Castle turn, where the latter was beaten, and his place taken. by Dusk. The three finished a close race home, Royallieu , winning cleverly by a length, a like distance separating th e secon d and third. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with roo added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for agri, with certain allowances. Winners extra. The winwa to be sold for 100 sovs. Si x furlongs. 5 stabs. Mr. R. Chearl:te's LoonteF,, aged, Bst 71b ((boater) 1 Mr. W. PVlips s Harext, 4 fist s bib 71b (Midgeley) 2 Mr. T. Plunt's Jacob, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Ifincoln's Ross, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Mr, Copeland's Bridewell, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ',Fordham) Betting-7 to 4 agst Leontes ;2to 1 agst Ross ;4to 1 agst Harriet; 5 to 1 agst Bridewell ; 8 to 1 agst Jacob. After the first 100 yards the favourite went to the front, was never after caught, and won in a canter by six lengths. A distance between the second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Phillips. Handicap Plate of 50 goys. Winner .uy handicap afu3r after publiem 4 — we weights 71b extra. 2 son ~.Liance. Half-a-mile. 17 subs. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 31b.. Mr. Bowle's Hefty, 5 y rs , E st low .. (Daley) 2 Mr. Barber's Abron, aged, 7st olb.. (Entwistle) 3 Mr. Saxon's Paresseuse, 3 yrs, sst 91b .. (J Gritrishaw) 4 Betting-2 to 1 agst Hetty, 9to 4 agst Abron, sto 2 agst Julia. Hetty was first off, but was directly after passed by Miss Julia,who made all the running and won cleverly by a length. A bad third, MARKETS---THIS DAY. WEST INDIA AND P ACiFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Royal Mail steamer Seine, Captain Revett, arrived at 3.30 a.m., bringing usual mails, 304 pas sengers, 691,786 dols. in specie; jewellery and pearls, value 2,850 dols. News from the Pacific is unimportant. At Peru exchange on England was at 361 per dollar; at Valparaiso, 454 to 46. Freight to England, at Val paraiso, from £4 to £:4 2s. 6d. per ton, Central American advices, dated Costa Rica, March 31, report that the coffee crop was all in, and amounted to about 85,000 quintals. Prices had fallen 50c. to 75c. Quality of crop in general satisfactory, though not as good as anticipated. Rain was wanted at Demerara. Flour sold a shade higher, but sales were slow at advanced rates. No sales of produce. Freights advanced. Ex change on London :-90 days' bills, 483; 60 days', 486 ; 30 days', 489 ; three days', 492. • At Grenada sugar-making was progressing as at previous accounts. MEXICO. The French war-steamer Berthollet., Cruz, arriv e d a t St. Th omas ' s o from Vera on, having left V era C ruz on t h e 15th + :ne 27th ult., with Mr. John ston, attache to her Britannic M'. , jestv's T.Pn. - Mexico, and M. Devar.-- to Admiral uraviere, both bearing impo r t an t , despatches for their resper tive Governments. Both these gentlemen have arrived in the Seine. The Berthollet called at Jamaica on the 22d, and left again on the 23d, The Jamaica Guardian says : "By the French war steamer Berthollet, intelli gence of tit highly interesting and most important character has been received from Mexico. The allied expedition to that country is broken qp, owing to the resolution taken by the French to eztablish themselves in the city of Mexico, and to give their support to what is called the moderate party there. The English and Spanish authorities in the expedi tion, regarding this step as a violation of both the spirit and the letter of the treaty between the Allied Powers, have consequently decided upon withdrawing altogether, leaving the French to follow the course they have marked out for themselves. A large number of Spanish troops had already been sent back to Havannah ; the remainder were embarking ; and the British vessels of war and a considerable body of English marines were also to leave Vera Cruz immediately. Sir Charles Wyke, the English Minister to Mexico, had resolved u p on qu it t i ng t h e coun try. He and Commodore H. Du n l o p, C. 8., th e British Commis sioner nnapr tho oonvorxtion, TrGJCV L. - ve snortty after the 21st in s t. f or B e rmuda, to join Admiral Sir Alex. Mil ne a t th a t place. The French a rmy was to leave Vera Cruz for the city of Mexico on Monday, the 21st inst. It was expected th a t t h ey would be opposed by the Mexicans on thei r march to that place. There had been great mortality among of the expedition at V era Cruz, arising the troops fromy yellow fever. The British marines have also suffered severely from this scourge. Several of the medical men and officers had fallen victims to the fever." Mersey, Phaeton, Her IVP.:; - esty's ships Challenger, loperate, and Plover Were at Vera Cruz. MARK -LANE. The show of samples of English wheat on sale here, to day, was moderately extensive, and the trade ruled heavy for all descriptions, at fully Monday's fall in the quota tions. We were well supplied with for eign wheat, and a ll d e -. s v c i r l i u p e t ! ons moved off heavily at th e l ate reduction in their terboating cargoes of grain W ere in slop request on former nab as in a sl ugg i sh state, and prices ha T d h a e : d'rwtwfoar ba rdt r e l eny'wdency, especially as regards foreign qualities, cf which there is a large import. The transactions in malt were confined to actual wants, at previous rates. Good and fine oats were in steady demand, and prices currenruled ficirm, Inf erior qualities move d o ff slowly at previous es. l , ' ,, .hea:d r e u f:Ders.beans and peas was fi rm , a t f u ll quotations. In all kinds of flour sales o prozressed elnwiy at about ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. O a t s. Flour. English.... •• " Irish. - / 570 110 ; 290 sack& • i 1,200 ' Foreign.. ...• •• " 2 580 27,030 1 23,640 1 - 2,601 2,450 bl„e. BOUGH HOP. On the %and for hops rules steady, a n d pre well supported. There is still a !moderate inquiry fir old hops for expopricesa th re e w whole, WHITECIATEL. The supply of each kind of eat is mod era t e, an d th e demand rules steady, as follows:_ - - Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutto, 6s Od to 7s Od ; veal, 3s 8d t o 4 s 8d 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, and pork, as 8d tu 48 84 per 81b8 by the MOW. 0