The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-17 00:00:00

same price. Rape steady, quarter. Cakes are quite as ( are lower to purchase. Turnit,,Wl_ lite, per bush. 8s to 11s Swede ........ •• lOs 12s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 8s 8s White, new ......5s i d 6sOd Tares,Winter ...... ..Rs Od Os NI A 3S 61 to 39i 61 per [ear, but most other articles fCarraway •••• • .. 333 :i6s Coriander ........ • . lls 13s Ilempseed, per quarter 32s 3Fs Linseed, Eng..iowing 50s 554 Cru,hing, ........ 45s 4Ss ......... 42s 45. Odessa .. • ..... 415 48s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • • . 8/ Os 11`s Spring .........• 3s id 4s Od Canary, per quarter .. 37s 39s RTe grass.. • • .... 28s 34s CloTer,ltedEnF,. (cwt.) 40s 50., White .. • • .... • . 40s 49s Foreign Red.. •. • . 40s 50s White• ... 40s 50s Trefoil ............ • • 21s 2Es sitaxTurvemn. Foi : Cign, per ton 71 lOs 8! lOs Rape C:tkes, pr ton 4/ 5s 4/ Irs Rapeseed, New, prlst 211 Os 24d Os Fair averoga timeoryTaT supplies of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last weck•—the total import having smourved to 1,995 head. Daring the cor. responding period in 1851, they amounted to 2.899; in 1850, 1,373; in 1349, 1,363; in 1848, 2,503; and in 1847, 1,939 head. At Southampton, 132 Oxen came to hand from Oporto, in excellent condition. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves.. Pigs. Harlingen 132 ... 637 .. 1 ... 31 .. Antwerp _Rotterdam Guernsey 11amburgh ... 351 ... Amsterdam... ..• 3 ... 25 4 Dordt, 13 ... 216 1 Total The yearly comparison of the weekly arrivals is as under:— • Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1851 531 ... 1,80 ... 8 „. 442 1850 1819.... 1;43 860 —. 5 ... 301 4 1818... 475 ... 1,705 ... 23 ... 300 In addition to the imports noticed above, 79 Oxen have come to hand from Comors.. The so beasts have arrived in wretched condition, end their average value was not more than Si. each. 'The show of stock from Holland was very moderate. From our own gla zing districts the srriials of Beasts, owing, in a great measure, to the more plentiful supply of grass, were considerally less than those reported on Monday last. The attendance of buyers being on the increase, the Beef trade ruled some% hat firm, at an advance on the quotations of 2J per 81be. The primost Scots sold readily, at from 3s 4d to 3s 6d per Sibs ; and a good demand was effected. The snpply from Norfo!lc, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire, amounted to 1,750 Scots, short-horns, and home breds ; from other parts of England, 450 of various b; - eeds; and from Scotland, air fly per railway, 450 horned and polled Scots, the remainder chiefly derived from abroad The supply of Sheep being on the decrease, the demand for that description of stock was firm. In some in stances the primest old Downs realised 3s 10d per 81bs, but the general top figure for Mutton did not exceed 3 s Sd. However, the currencies were considered 25 per 81bs higher than on this day se'rinight. About 450 Lambs arrived from the Isle of Wight, but the receipts from other quar7ers were very moderate. All breeds moved off freely at the extreme rates of last week. Prime Down Lambs realised 5s 4d per Sibs. We had a steady sale for Calves, at Friday's improvement—the primest Veal having produced 4s 4d per Blbs. The Pork trade was very dull, at lute figures. For Bibs, to slam the offal. s, d. to s. d I nferior Beasts... to. d. 2 4 2 6 inferior Sheep •. 2 8 210 Second quality .• •• 2 8 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxon— 3 2 3 4 Coarse-wecaledditto3 4 3 6 Prime Scots •—• .. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Weiner 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 2 310 Ditta outof the wool° 0 0 0 Primesman ditto .. 4 0 4 4 Large Hogs ...... 2 6 3 4 Bl eklint Calves • •19 0 23 0 Small Porkers •• 3 6 3 8 Lambs .......... 4 2 5 4 Quarter old Pigs ..1G 0 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MAti.N.ET. I Sheep. I Calves. ► 1 Pigs. 1 22,980 207 340 FOREIGN Slit PLY. Feasts I Sheep. 1 i Calves'. I Pigs. 506 790 149 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 19, 1851, and this day, Monday, May 17, 1852. Beasts. 3,714 Per 81bs., to sink the offals. May 19, 1851. May 17,1852. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 6to 2 8 2 4to 2 6 Second quality ditt0.........2 10 3 0 2 8 3 0 rime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots, 3 6 3 8 3 4 3 6 C oarse and inferio r Sh ee p... ... 210 3 (1 2 8 210 Se cond quality ditto ... ... 3 2 3 4 3 0 3 2 Pr ime coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 6 3 8 3 4 3 6 Prime Southdown ditto ......3 10 4 0 3 6 3 8 Lamb s ... 4 8 510 4 2 5 4 Prycoarse Cal ves ......... 3 2 3C 3 2 310 rime small ditto ... ... 3 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 L arge Hogs 2 8 3 4 2 6 3 4 Small Porkers •• 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 Boasts ... ••• •" 3,499 3,714 Sheep and Lambs .. ... 22 , 850 22,980 Calves ... 259 207 pi gs . . . 510 340 S heep ox S ALE , MAY 20, 1850.--Beasts, 3,571; "eep and Lamb s , 26,230 ; Calves, 176; Pigs , 383 . tiny 21, 1849.—Beasts, 3,350 ; Sheep and Lambs, 25,070 ; Calves, 171; Pigs, 310. NEVJGATE AND ZDADM1`47311.81 , 7e.. Meat Monday last the arrivals of country - killed meat up to these markets have exhibited a decided falling off. T o -d a y th e supplies slaughtered in the opolis were but moderate, and the general demand ruled steady at very full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1. d. to A. e. Beef, Inferior...—. 2 0 2 2 t Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 6 middling 2 4 2 6 middling.. 2 8 210 prirnolarge .. 2 6 2 8 prime •—• 3 0 3 6 ;7" - • Prime small 10 2 , Pork, largo— •• 2 4 210 •• •• •• .• •• -• 2 3 3 4 2_l small .• •• •• •• 3 o a 6 Lamb, 4, 0,1 tg, 53 21. BOROUGU .O.ND SPIEMI,MICELDS. The supplies of good Potwoes having btcome prices have further advanced, with a steady demand. Mott other kinds are dearer, although the supplies aro seasonably good. Prerent rates as follow:--York Re gents, 90s to 125 , ; Scotch ditto, 703 to 955; Essex and 80s to 1658; and Cambridge and Wisbeach, 65s to 1653 per ton. sonouGn 130 P manna m. We continue to have a lair inquiry for all good and fine Hops, at very full prices. Old qualities command but little attention. Sussex pockets, 518:5 to 6163; Weald of Kent 6/ to 7155; Mid and East Kent, 71 to 121 10s; Yearlings 3l 10s to 51103; Old Olds, 112 s to 2/ 103 per cwt Wool. Theimports of Wool last week wore 81 bagsfrom Ham - burgh, 18 f rom B uenos Ay res , 3,127 from Geelong, 7 f rom Calcutta, and 212 from the Cape. Owing to the. rlear approach of the public sales, the private contract demand has become less active. Prices, however, are firmly supported. TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is very moderate, yet the trade is -firm, and prices are 3d to 63 Per cwt higher than on Monday last. To-day P.Y.C. (_) , n the spot is sellin g a t 36 s 9d to 375, and for forward , u nvery 37s 9d to 31s per cwt. Town Tallow 35s Gd to per cwt, net cash ; Rough Fat 2s 01-d per 81bs. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. I 1652. Steck this day ...... 7,652 21,130 24,382 31,974 42,301 Price of Y• C •• I 45s Od 38s 9,1 36s 91 37s 31 to 38s 9d C. t to46s6d to 39sCd to 37s 0,1 378 6 , 1 to OsOd Delivery last week .. 1,003 1,268 , 1,415 235 1,221 Ditto from June 1.... 97,051 95,417 i 92,158 89,176 101,326 272 1,652 Arri vals last week • 791 283 D itto from J une 1 ... 96,565 112,041 I 91,0 9. 98,632 107,093 Pr:ce Of Town ...... 48s 6d 39s 6d J 38s Od 38s 61 37s Od MA RLI3II,O'-S - rREE r -(THIS DAY.) DuINGS OF TILE POLlCE,—Louisa Au& rt, a fashion -10)1Y -dressed young French woman, belonging to the class called unfortunate, wa; brought before ar. Hard , Wick on the foll ow i ng c h arge: — Loaith, 156 C, state d t h at on S atur d ay n i g h t, a b ou t half lower past t en , h o saw t h e d e f endant loitering about the '°wer part of Regent-street, fur the purpose of soliciting gentlemen. As witness had repeatedly spoken to her on the subject, and warned her as to the result of a convic tion, but to no purpose, he took her to the station. Mr. HARDWICK inflicted a fine of 75., which was at once paid. The interpreter who attended for the defendant said as the case bad now been adjudicated by his Worship, ho (the interpreter) was instructed by the defendant to prefer a charge against the constable, but in j us ti ce to the latter, ho not understanding the French language, and the di sc h arge d d e f en d ant not speakin g English, h h e: should state the ease in English. Th e p was instructed to say, had been in th e h a bi t for some time time past of receiving hush money from the defendant to allow her to follow her avocation. Since she had ceased to satisfy his pecuniary demands, ho bad made a point of taking her into custody every time he saw her in Regent-street. lie Cho interpreter) had witnesses who would come forward and corroborate his statement. Mr, HARDWICK said, if the woman had any charge to prefer against the officer, and could bring evidence in support thereof, she had only to lay her statement before the Commissioners at Scotland-yard, and they would cause the strictest inquiry to be made into the case. If it should be, proved that the officer had acted in the abominable manner described, he would most assuredly be severely punished. The interpreter said he should do as his Worship had r a g a gested, and go to the Commissioners at once. He alr eady spoken to Mr. Superintendent Otway on the subject, and he no doubt would aid him in the matter. Commander Sir William Wiseman of the Excel lent, we regret to announce is ill in Ilaslar Hospital with amall-pox. In our notice on Saturday last of the Electro- Medical Institute two mistakes Ccurred --it ought to have been Bentinek and Chevalier Le instead Molt for Mott of Benton- street, Ma nc h es t er - square , SCOTTISH SONG.—This evening M r en o ininents in the o Milne, the Vocalist, gives one of his delightful tea Assembly Rooms, Eyre Arms, St. J ohn , s known ability as a mu ician, will no doubt d, and. d rawthenliosvewreslol we are very f Scotland's music round him in great fo rce , mire they l and well selectedl experience no common treat. he pro gramme is both long . TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.—The arrival of ves sels at Liverpool from America, and in the Port of London, from all parts of the world, is now communicated t o all the , principal ports and places on the continent of Europe by means of the submarine telegraph within two hours of their appearance in port. The line of electric telegraph between Amiens and Boulogne is completed, d private dispatches to and from an the latter place may now be transmitted. GRAND BANQUET TO ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM P APacER, BART, G.C.B.—On Saturday last the members of the Senior United Service Club gave a magnificent enter tainment to Admiral Sir William Parker at the London Tavern, on the occasi o n o f hi s return t o England from the Mediterranean, Lord Saitcon took the chair, and was supported by the most distinguished officers of both ser vices. Mr. Bathe did his utmost to do honour to the distin guished guest. The dinner and wines were of the most per fect description, and the result was complete satVaction to . tha party. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesl - erday. The statement which the Pairie peremptorily denied of the demand for reimbursement made on the part of the Emperor of RUSSIA, consequent on the con version of the Five per Cents., appears to have been put forward en good nod sufficient grounds by the other slewspapers. The fact is now acknowledged by the Constitutionnel. The amount of the sum claimed by Russia was 29 millions, so that there must have been sold out beforehand 21 millions. The whole amount of stock held at home and abroad, which has, or will have to be reimbursed, may be set down at 74 millions, a sum which must, as a matter of course, go to swell the floating debt. Still the Constituti mi nd persLts in saying that the Government has no need of a loan, the Treasury having 195 millions to its credit. There is here some error, for in the next line the same journal states that after paying off the 35 millions amount of the stock to be reimbursed to foreign holders, there will remain a disposable sum of 63 millions. As the subject is full of interest, we give the article at length : The nominal capi al of Five per Cent. Rates, which were held by foreigners, may be estimated at about 500 millions. We do not mean the Rentes belonging to Frenchmen residing out of the country, and to whom the delay of two months was ((pally applicable. Only 35 millions have been demanded to be reimbursed, not withstanding the accidental depreciation which the pub lic funds latterly u n(4crwent. If we are well informed, out of these 35 millions there are about 29 millions by the Russian Government; so that the demands from all other countries united only amount to six millions, which proves the general ccnfidence felt by foreigners in the stability of the present Government, and in progres sive development of cur public credit. Is there any thing calculated to cause astonishment in the demands of the'Ru,:sian Government? Can it be considered as an indication of bad feeling towards us? Not the least in the world. There is nothing political in the affair, and if it he remembered under what circumstances the Russian Goverment became the holder of the Berates, of which it now demands the reimbursement, it will be seen that its conduct explains itself in the most simple and natural manner. " The investment made a few years since by the Em peror of Russia in French Rentes could only be tempo rary. It took place at a moment when the largo im portations of corn, in consequence of our bad harvests, made us debtors to Russia to a considerable amount. The Cz tr found it advantageous at that period to pur chase from us two millions of Rentes; and the French Government was wrong, in our opinion, to lend itself to that operation without thinking of the embarrassment which the possession of such an amount of the pubic se curities in the hands of a foreign Government might have caused under circumstances which it was possible to foresee. Every one must have expected to have seen the Emperor of Russia on the first opportunity get out of the singular position of a Government placing its money in fureign stocks. The reason why ho did not do it sooner was, because the fall which affected the French funds after the revolution of February, prevented his selling Rentes which he had purchased at the rate of 118 f. As soon, however, as the consolidation of order and the strength ening of the Government had raised public credit ho took advantage of it to successively realise his ca pital, and from the amount of reinforcement now de manded it may be seen that he had already sold a portion of his Rentes before the conversion took place. Now, the Emperor of Russia has seized the opportunity of the offer of reimbursement to definitively close the affair, which, we repeat, was from its nature necessarily tem porary, and would have been terminated sooner if cir cumstsnces would have ;Mowed it. The Government announces that the reimbursement is to take place to day. This is a proof that the demand of 35 millions does not embarrass it. Did we not yesterday see that the amount of its account current at the Bank was 87 millions? If we add to this the sum in the Treasury, there is a disposable resource of 195 millions. When the 35 millions for the reimbursements shall have been taken from it, there will still remain 160 millions, much more than sufficient for all the exigencies of the public service, and to meet all eventualities. The Government will thus reimburse these 35 millions without having recourse to credit of any kind, and solely with the resources at its command. The demand for reimbursement both at home and abroad will have been 74 millions out of a nominal capital of 3 ; 600 millions, or about 2 per cent. The proportion would have fallen to 1 per cont but fur the demands of Russia, which, as we have 'elready shown, arise from exceptional circumstances. The operation may be summed up as follows :—An annual economy of 18 millions on the budget; reim bursement and consequent reduction of 74 millions on the public debt; conversion of a capital of Four-and-a- Half Rentes, amounting to 100 millions, into Three per Cents. It is impossible that a measure of such impor tance could have been• more skillfully and fortunately conducted; its SUCC , 'S3 is complete; and it reflects the greatest honour on the Government of Louis Napoleon and on the Minister of Finance, M. Bineau, whose name is attached to it." The Pays publishes the letter of General CHAN GARNIER to the Minister of War, evidently supposing that the excessive vanity, so characteristic of the man, which breaks out at each line, and the grossness of the personal insults addressed to Louis NAPOLEON, will neutralise any amount of truth it may otherwise possess. It is said that Generals LA➢IORICIERE, BFDEAU, and LEFLO, will equally refuse to take the oath of fidelity. The delegates of the army were reviewed on Fri day in the court of the Tuileries by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, who distributed several crosses and medals on the occasion. After the inspection, the PRESIDENT directed them to form themselves in a circle around him, and then addressed them as fol lows : " Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Soldiers, — I have been detdrcus of addressing you before your de parture in a few words of felicitation and encouragement. " I was anxious to tell you how happy I was at the late solemnity to see myself surrounded by the repre sentatives of our valiant army, and to assure them that my sentiments of esteem and sympathy were the same for all the corps of which it is composed. " Many services and many merits have, without doubt, remained unrewarded; but, be certain that the day of just reparation will not fail to arrive for each. 4 B: aides, if such recompenses are right, they are neither in your eyes nor in mine the principal motives of action. What constitutes your force and your glory i 3, that in speAing to you of honour and of your native country, nothing is impossible with you. That is the real mainspring of the conduct of the army—ono that will never fail—and ono ou which I count. " Carry back, with pride, to your regiments those standards, the venerated symbols of cur national glory, and on which is written the history of each regiment; I entrust then to your patriotism. Say to your comrades that my thoughts are always in the midst of them, and that I ant always ready to share their dangers, as I share in their love and cievotednea for the grandeur and pa triwism of France." This address called forth the loudest acclamations, which lasted until the PRINCE PRESIDENT withdrew. No public fete for a long time past has attracted so many visitors to Paris as the last one. Not only were the furnished hotels in Paris filled, but also those of the banlieue. The crowd eagerly hastened to the review and to the fireworks ; and more than 4,000 carriages mere employed in conveying the per sons invited to nod from the ball at the Ecole Mili taire. It is really extraordinary that in such an im mense concourse of people, of troops, and of carriages, not a single serious accident has been heard of, or a single robbery of any consequence. It must be ad mitted that the police regulations were on every point very well organized, and the orders given carried out with intelligence and devotedness. It is by such acts that an Administration acquires real claims to the esteem and gratitude of the public. For the benefit of our gastronomical readers we subjoin the bill of fare of the supper at the grand ball last week, and which was furnished by Chevet, of the Palais Royal :—Potages of different kinds, 109 dishes of fish, 67 galantines, 114 pa•6l, 16 dishes of roast beef, 98 hams, 60 boars'-head brawn, 22 pates de foie grin, 52 lobsters a la Mayonnaises, 192 roast fowls, 96 bundles of asparagus, 12,000 small loaves, 214 piec e s o f ornamenta l pastry , 8 b as k e t s an d 460 plates of fruit, 456 p l a t es o f ca k es an d bi scu it s , a number cf dish es o f straw b err i es, 9 5 0 1b 5 . o f sma ll cakes, plums, sweets, sugar &e. ; 3,100 bottles of champagne, 5 ,r00 bottles borde3llX , 30,000 ices, sorbets, &C., d26il:eooro glasses of punch, 17,000 glasses w alters in attendaennc of siropsdifferent. kinds, &c. There were 300 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15. Great iilndian Peninsula, s—Namur East Indian, 22 y, and Liege, 65/B—Northern of and str France, 22% 8 —rleans and Bordeaux, 1 5 , 4—Paris 21 %—Rouen and '4l—Tours and Nantes, Havre, 11 5 4—Sambre and In euse. as V r g , 11 1 / 1 —Western of France, 7%. ' THE SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th. R ThQy state that during Lord 110_W_ DEN'S absen ce f rom Madrid, the official duties would be disch ed by Mr. OTWAY, First Secretary of Legation. ar— General AIIMEE.O, who has resigned the o ffi ce cf . Minister cf Marine, will retire to Andalusia. We read in a Madrid letter of the 10th The most contratlictery rumours are current respecti ng the intentions of the Government, as to the projected changes in the constitution. Some Tersocs pretend that the Ministry, finding public opinion against its projects, has abandoned them ; others dplare that they are merely postponed." MADRID BOURSE ' MAY 11.—The Three per Cents. 43 1 ; Exchange on London, 50 50. GEV,MANY. --- - - A latter from Vienna of the 11th " The review which took place to' d4 Y 1 s t r i a , was ins presenco of the Emperors of Russia and u n were on the favoured by magnificent weather. There . 0 A stria ground about 45,000 men. The Emperor -i Au stria to arrived at a quarter before ten, and was thus ready„ says 8 rtho glacis, receive the Emperor of Russi a , minutes aster, followed by a brilliant staff. The Czar wore the uniform of a General of Austrian Hussars, end tho Emperor Francis the uniform of an Austrian Field who arrivt:d a tew Marshal, with the Russian Grand Cordon. The two monarchs passed in front of the troops, commencing by the right,. The Emperor of Austria then took the •.,...... ....._ SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, LITERATURE. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JERDA Vol. 1. Arthur 1011, Virtue, and Company. WILLIAM N. Autobiography—and we are glad to think that in saying this vs e are utteri ng w h a t w ill be generally recognised as a truism— au t o bi ogra phy is, perhaps, the most attractive amon g a ll th e v arious phases of literature. Through no o th er c h anne l can we pene trate so thoroughly into th e i nmos t rec esses of a man's character. Writing in the third person, that is to say of another, an author, however subtle in discernment, becomes necessarily (in comparison with an auto , biographer) superficial----viewing what he describes, so to speak, from the outside. Whereas, whenever an author writes in the first person, that is to say, of himself, he writes, as it were, from within—he does not so much narrate as, to use an old familiar phrase, he actually thinks aloud—he lays bare the secrets of his nature, he tell s y ou o f hi s emotions, he relates the developme n t o f hi s f ee li n gs, he opens up, unconsciously it may b e , b u t none the less effectually, the var i ous myster i es o f humanity, which charm the curi os it y w hil e t h ey baffle the pene tration of the psychologist. One of the principal attractions in the n o bl es t bi ograp hy that was ever written, namely, " Bos we ll' s J o h nso n," a charac teristic, by the way, hith er t o over l oo k e d even by the searching scrutiny o f C ar l y l e an d b y the vigilant observation of Macaulay--is the fact, that it par takes so much in its very style and colouring of the pej autobiographical. It r en d ers us f am ili a r with the foibles, and the folli es , an d the ruqices, a nd the ever-present and all-d e v our i ng inqusitiveness of Bos wsll, almost as intimat e l y as w i th t h e b r own coat, and the grunting, and the t reasure d scra ps of orange peel, and the pet-cat H o d ge , an d t h e f a ithful negro Frank, and quiet old M r . L evet t , an d poor, blind, peevish, tea-making Mrs. Williams, and all the other well-remembered peculiarities and com panions of the incomparable Johnson. There are those among the most popular writers of our own age, who appear to be so far impressed with the superior allurements of the autobiographical, even when it happens to be fictitous, that they have emulated each other in the very same department of literature. Thackeray has in this manner told the story of " Pen dennis," and Bulwer has related in a similar way the fortunes of the " Cax tons." Disraeli has described the viscissitudes of " Contarini Fleming," and Dickens has depicted the joys and sorrows of "David Cop perfield." Each of them after the feshicn of a verita ble autobiography. Pope tells us that "the proper study of mankind is man," as remembrance assures us that it is about the most delightful : and by no other means can we obtain this knowledge more readily than through either biographies or autobiogra phies. Before us is the commencement of a workof the latter description, "The Autobiography of William Jerdan," a work extending in its reminiscences and correspondence over the last fifty years, throwing a ray of light—the light of a clear and faithful me tury. The politics, and of I m i t o e r r y a t — u r o e v e d r u r t h i n a g s t t ahtee past o f s h o a c l i f e t o y e , n 0 f provin cials, or more generally speaking, those who are not acquainted with the literary circles of London (for there are many, and some of them, moreover, cliques), may not know that the author of this volume is a man whose name is thought of only with kindliness by those who have been admitted to his friendship, and whose abilities have, during upwards of thirty four years, been evidenced almost without any inter mission in the labours of periodical literature. Al though the author of several volumes enjoying, some of them, a large share of popularity, among others, "The National Portrait Gallery," in four vols. 4t0., "The Rutland Papers," "The Perth Papers," the " Voyage to the Isle of Elba," and the three vols. of " The Paris Spectator," Mr. Jerdan is more generally known from his position as a critic and a journalist. That position he has maintained during upwards of thirty-six years, - having been editor of The Sun from 1812 to 1817 inclusively, and subse quently, after a brief interval had elapsed, editor, up to 1850, of the Literary Gazette. From his con• nexion with this journal —although at a period so remote, namely, at a distance of forty years from the present moment, dating back to the time of its com mencement—it will be readily understood, and assu redly not less readily pardoned in us, that we acknow ledge to a feeling of kindness towards our predecessor such as might, if the book were more rife with ble mishes than it is, interfere with the serene im partiality of criticism. This sentiment of ours towards a work containing the personal recollections of Mr. Jerdan may be more fully appreciated and forgiven when it is remembered that throughout the five years during which, thirty-five years ago, Mr. Jerdan occupied our position in the editorship of The Sun, The Sun was then an avowed Tory organ, so resolute in its devotion to Mr. Pitt's party, that (according to a candid admission in the volume before us, see page 161) it was characterized at the time as " a paper peculiarly resorted to by Minis ters for the propagation of their ideas." How entirely The Sun has been transformed since that period, our readers have long since learnt, our earnest endeavour having been to render this a journal upon which might, with accuracy, be inscribed those noble words of Junius—" Ours is not the cause of faction, or of party, or of prejudice, b u t t h e pu bli c i n terest of every man in Britain." I t i s, to emp l oy t h e phrase of Mr. Guppy borro we d f rom the la's', " without prejudice," as it is with ou t su b serv i ency , to either party or faction, that we would spea k as we have already spoken— greeting w i th a ll since rity and cordiality the memorial pages of William Jerdan, some time edit or of The Sun newspaper. t Fortunately h o l t u m e r e e w i s h i b e h a t emssmallbraces r o w o i m t h i o f o i r t s leniency s such ample store of lively and agreeable information , and written, moreover, throughout, in a style of suc h fascinating vivacity. Continu e d i n a similar spirit, and sustained by the same unflagging li ve li ne ss, the work must, when completed, constitute one of the most charming of li terary autobiograp hi es . The author possessed peculi ar opportunities for the trea suring up of facts wo r th y of ultimate narrat i on , hav ing been brought either into personal contact, as a n active man of letters i n th e metropolis of Eng l an d, or into correspondence with a l most all the ce l e b r ities of his age, front Lord Byron to Lord Brougham, from Sir Walter Scott to Sir 11 1 1 from George Colman to Charles Di c k ens, and so on through a long catalogue o f brilliant names, includ ing very many of wer Lytton, the renowned in art , science, and literat ure. Mr. Jordan evidently delights in dragging th e readin Y world st ill f ur th er on into what , Mr. Ro gers once facetiously called its " anscdotage' —for his chapters abound with those pleasant mementoes al o sever off departed these ably above the lev e l o f ordinary interest—one, i n particular, being abs o l ute l y enthralling in its charac ter. It relates to the murder of Mr. Perceval, when Prime Minister of England by the wretched crimi nal Bellingham. The whole scene is depicted with a masterly hand—its vividness, as a description, being worthy indeed of an ' e ye - witness—for Mr. Jordan was standing close by the unfortunate Minister when he smiled the smile of recognition. He was, in fact, the last person greeted in this world by kencer Perceval—the last wupaosnaswshasosminahteed had e ! The subjoined passage, describing the moment of the ca t as trophe, will be read, w e f ee l assure d, w ith me lancholy interest and breathl ess curiosity : 0 On ascending the broad flight of steps which led to the folding door of the lobby, I perceived the Minister, w ith whom I had the honou r of a slight acqua i ntance , i mme di a t e ly behind me, w i t h his light and lithesome step following in the same directi on . I sa l u t e d him, and was saluted in return, with that benevolent smile which I was so instantly destined to see p us hing open and holding b ac k the half door, to allow i the precedence of enterifig, - of course made way for him to go in. effaced for ever ,and " He did enter, and there was an instant noise, but as a physical fact it is very remarkable to state that, though I was all but touching him, and if the ball had passed through his body it must have lodged in mine, I inside of th n e ln lo so bby p , rnaxnidmlit did not hear the report of the pistol. I s i s true i t was fired was just out of it; y, I have always to account for th e phenomenon I have noticed. I saw a small curlin g wreath of smo k e rise a e. above his head, as if the breath of f b n u n t , d n inittdifficultb e considering in s our gar ; I saw him reel back against the ledge on ' the in s id e of the door; I heard him exclaim, ' Oh God! or . o h my God!' and nothing more or longer (as reported by several wit nesses), for even that exclamation was faint; and then making as impulsive rush, as it were, to reach the en trance to the house on the opposite side for safety, I saw him totter forward, not half way, and drop dead be tween the four pillars which stood there i n the centre of the space, with a slight trace of blood iEsuing f rom hi s lips. - "All this took place ere with moderate speed you could count five!" Thereupon, of course, the confusion in the lobby became fearful. The lamented victim of this most diabolical atrocity a miuute before crossing with his " light and lithesome P step the the very same spot where he fell struck down by the bullet of the murderer, was carried, dying, into the office of the Speaker's Secretary. Bellingham raeanwh,l3 having fired the shot moved slowly to a bench near the fireplace, where he was quietly sea ted when . pointed out as the assassin by Mr. Eastaff and sem(' by Mr. Jerdan. The criminal was forthwith stripped to the waist in order to be searched—the discharged pistol (with another loaded and primed) was taken from him, besides an opera. g l ass , papers, and other articles— and in the midst of all this hubbub the news came from the adjacent office that the Prime M in i ster had expired. " Villain !" exclaimed the person w h o brought this intelligence, addressing himself to Bel lingham, " Villain ! how could you destroy so good a man, and make a family of twelve children orphans ?" According to Mr. Jerdan's account the agonies of mind endured by the miserable criminal during the whole of these proceedings must have been something appalling to witness. Ile says : "I have alluded to Ballingbam's `frightful agitation' as he sat on the bench, and all this dreadful work Was command of the Ist division, which filed off, sword in hand, before the Emperor of Russia. The Grand Duchesses -Sophia and Alexandria were present in an open carriage. The n hole proceedings were over at twelve. The crowd of spectators was immense, and the nresanee of the Czsr caused great enthusiasm. The Emperor of Russia sot off in the evf fling for Prague, cc companied by the Emperor of Austria." The Austrian Lloyd publishes a decree of the Em peror of Auslara, ordering that all persons charged with attempts to induce soldiers to violate their oaths, or other wise abandon their duty, shall be tried by court-martisl, and if found guilty, be punished with imprisonment of from six months to one year, where the attempt has not succeeded, and with four years' imprisonment if the attempt has been suc cessful. Gt oit6E - r has recently published a work on the Hungarian revolution, which is so strictly prohibited in Vienna that some of the first men in the empire have applied for it to the Governor of the city in vain. It is evidently the intention of Government that the work should disappear without leaving any trace be hind The principal reason why the book is so stricily prohibited is, that the author roundly asserts that the - Hungarians were on legal ground up to " the declaration of independence" at De breczin on the 14'h of April, 1849. It is said that GEORG EY does not attempt to conceal the fact of his having completely broken with the "Pragmatic Sanction tearers" from that time. The Government has issued telegraphic dispatches to the governors of the provinces with instructions to prevent the sale or distribution of the Memoirs. A great camp of evolution will be formed on the sth of June at Czegled and Keresstur, in Hungary. All the:disposable cavalry of the 3d Army Corps, and 30 batteries, will manoeuvre during 40 days. A telegraphic dispatch received at Berlin on the 12tb, states that the Emperor of RUSSIa had arrived that daY at Dresden. ' going on; and I r e t urn t o it t o d escr ib e i t as far as wor d s can convey an idea of the shocking spectacle. I could only imagine something like it in the overwrought painting of a powerful romance writer, but never before could conceive the phy s i ca l su ff er i ng of a strong s ma,cu• hr man, under the tortures of a distracted mind. Whilst his language was cool, the agonies which shook his frame were actually terrible. His countenance drops the hue of the grave, blue a n d cadaverous; la; of sweat ran down from his f ore h ea d, l i k e rain' on t pallid window-pane in a heavy stor m , an d, coursing his ll . d e cheeks. fell upon his person w h ere their moisture distinctly visible; and from th e b o tt om o f his chest w to his gorge, rose and receded, with almost every breath, a spasmodic action, as if a body, as l arge or l arger than a billiard ball, were choking him. The miserable wretch repeatedly struck his chest with the palm of his hand to abate this sensation, but it refused to be repressed." It will be seen from the subsequent narrative of Mr. Jerdan, that the papers found on the murderer where handed on the spot to Mr. Hume, who idintified them by his initials, J. H. "For myself," says the author, " I was so shaken by the awfulness of the event, that I was leaning on the stair-ballust,r for support, and believe I should have fainted but for the kindness of Mr. (now Sir Charles) Burrell, who procured a draught of water for me, and himself administered it to my parched lips. I have a grateful remembrance of this relief of forty years ago !" He describes the excitement created by the event in all parts of Lon don as extraordinary—the alarm it caused was, says he, "as if a revolution had broken out and been com menced with a foul murder, unparalleled for national concern since Felton's assassination of the Duke of Buckingham." The murder of Mr. Perceval oc curred on Monday, the 11 tb, and the execution of Bellingham on Monday, the 18th of May, 1812 (exactly forty years ago to day, calculating by the week, and to-morrow calculating by the month), so that, to quote the final remark made upon the crime by this important eye-witness, seven days had " suf ficed to fulfil this memorable tragedy." At the close of a very long " Appendix," including many interest ing documents, and among other things the entire romance of " Lamia ;" a plan of the lobby is traced by a wood-cut, so that the whole of the letter-press de scription is rendered at a glance comprehensible. We are fain to believe that to our own readers not the least attractive portions of this initial volume to Mr. Jerdan's autobiography will be the chapters headed one " The Sun Newspaper" and the other " Sun Anecdotes." From the latter we are tempted to extract the fol lowing sketch of the appearance and peculiarities of Mr- Proby, forty years since a frequenter of The Sun office, with other " characters, such, for in stance, as John Kemble and Sir Francis Freeling. The quotation will prove, from its delightful humour, an admirable contrast to the solemn passages pre viously excerpted from the " Autobiography : " Proby (says the author) had never been out of London, never in a boat, never on the back of a horse. To the end of bag-wigs he wore a bag; he was the last man that walked with a cane as long as himself, ulti mately exchanged for an umbrella, which he was never seen without in wet weather or dry; yet he usually re ported the whole debates in the Peers from memory, without a note, for the Morning Chronicle, and wrote two or three novels, depicting the social manners of the timed He was a strange feeder, and ruined himself in eating pastry at the confectioners' shops (for one of w hose scores Taylor and I bailed him as related); ho was always in a perspiration, whence George Colman christened him King Porus; and he was always so punctual to a minute, that when he arrived i n si g ht of the office window, the hurry used to be, There's Proby —it is half past two,' and yet he never set his watch. If ever it came to right time I cannot tell; but if you asked him what o'clock it was, he would look at it, and calculate something in this sort—' I am twenty-six minutes past seven—four, twenty-one from twelve, forty —it is just three minutes past three!' Speaking of Madame de Steel, with whom he became acquainted, Mr. Jerdan describes her as far from handsome or attractive, and an almost incessant talker." After that, we forgive Napoleon for her ex patriation, for she must have proved a most intolerable bore. Having been present at the grand banquet given at Vauxhall Gardens, in honour of the battle of Vittoria gained by Wellington, the writer mentions that the illuminated V.'s and W.'s were very brilliant, and that the jest was then made of one Cockney ask ing another what the letters meant, and receiving for answer, " Vy, the V.'s stand for Vellington, and the W.'s for Wictory, to be sure !" Various literary curiosities, scarcely less remarkable in their way than many enshrined in his popular miscellany by Disraeli the Elder, are scattered through the volume, and in this manner, at page 172, we meet with the love sick rhapsody of verses addressed to Miss Stephens, now Countess Dowager of Essex, by—Mr. Adding ton ! Altogether, we conceive that it would be un necessary, after the comments already passed upon the work, and after the brief but suggestive extracts made from its contents, to say more in addition than that the autobiography gives ample promise of prov ing, on its completion, a valuable as well as an amus ing contribution to our anecdotal literature. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORNI ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—On Wednesday the 12th, the attempts to obtain the removal of the duties on Paper, Newspaper Stamps, and Advertisements, were negatived by majorities which may be roughly described as being of 2to 1. The time is not arrived, when a Chancellor of the Exchequer can be expected to have reached the pitch of wisdom which would lead one of your masters of machinery not to try to turn a penny by cutting short the supply of oil. Any man can soo_half-a crown when it is before him ; but it is not every man who can see when the half-crown is raised by the stoppage of seven and sixpence by half pennies at a time in other places. On Thursday the House did not meet. On Friday the Militia Bill was proceeded with in Committee. I can profess no g r e at admiration of the mode in which the opposition to it is conducted; but having no charge, there is nothing to be done but try to keep my own horse out of a ditch. For example, what was the use of dividing against raising men by voluntary enlistment "in any county immediately ad joining,"—when the only effect of it if carried must be, to increase the number of men to bo forcibly raised by ballot? But what was a man to do? There was no likelihood of the thing being carried; as was proved by the votes against it being finally more than 2 to 1. To have voted against it, therefore, would only have given the appearance of the opponents of the Bill being two less than they were. Ido not know whether any of your friends will call this sinful casuistry. But it is a kind of difficulty in which a man often finds him self, and in which he can only act to the best of his judgment at the time. The same kind of objection may bs made to the divi sion with the view of striking out the bounty. If the bounty were struck out, the immediate prac tical consequence would apparently be, that all or the greater proportion of the men must be raised by ballot ; and who would be the better for that ? " Oh," but it will be replied, " what a nice thing to get rid of the bounty 1" Is it, Not, I suspect, if the men are to be taken from you and yours, at an expense of practical suffering which ten or twenty times your payments to the bounty would not compensate to you. Here, then, is the same difficulty again. There appears no alternative, but leaving it to be said " The Mem bers for Bradford voted with the Government on the Militia Bill." I am amused with a petition noted in Friday's Pro ceedicgs of the House, which is from the " Proprietors and drivers of Omnibuses and Cabs, for removal of the obligation to wear a metal badge upon their person; to lie on the Table." They are quite right. It is part of a . system of insult to the middle classes who ride in om nibuses and cabs. It does not proceed from the real aristocracy, but from that would-be aristocracy who think they rise in the social scale by intimating that the people who ride in omnibuses can never bo too much put under the control of the police. It is not the driver alone that is hedged; the badge may be considered as split in fragments, and divided among the twelve inside and ten cut, who are base e nough to take the benefit of his conv e y ance. There is no war between the real aristocracy and the people; but there is a root of bitterness in t he class which has been alluded to. It may be worth noting, that the cab and omnibus drivers in London , with of course individual exceptions, are very well-behaved men. The cab drivers have sometimes been charged with rudeness to young ladies who insist on being driven all round the metropolis in a somewhat excited s tate at two _ morning. But every trade has its temptati o ns; and otherwise, their hands are clean. I am informed the Leeds Mercury of last week makes o _ some searching examinations into the circumstances ! the proposed division of the West Riding.. My the two pro lection is, that the number of electors an . recol posed divisions was stated b . y the arch projector to be not very different. But behind this, may be interest ing inquiry into the numbers of population; and an inti mation from a political friend leads . me ' o believe that the leading article of the Mercury is the place to look for it. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, OLD ME B. REFult N OLD Bl ac kheath, May 17, 1852 A. Captain Cuddy arrived in Great Ryder-street, St. James's, on Thursday last, from Ireland. EADVERTISEMENT.j—The Roya powerful waistcoat l Exbibition. — A valuable, newly-invented, very small pocket glass, the si ze of a walnut, by w hich a person can be see n and known miles distant; they ans wer ever on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country scenery and ships are clearlyseen at 12 to 14 miles ; _they are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to Sportsmen, Gentlemen,liamekeepers, and Tourists.—Te be had at Messrs. S. and B. Solonions, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 3 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only three can be seen a person's countenance 3,) 1 miles distant, ounces, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Race course glasses, with wonderful powers ; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving S pec tacle Lenses , immediately they are placed before imper - - feet vision, every object appears clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief prextreme delfness.39, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, op. ite the Yea lietei! SWITZERLAND. The Grand Council of Switzerland assembled at Berne on the 12th, and adopted a proposition for a very extensive political amnesty, extending as far back as the events of 1846. This measure of clemency was regarded at Berne as a clear indication of the force of the Conservative party. The Radical party in the Grand Council was becoming more and more weak. Some of the members had given in their re signation. ITALY. _ The Grand Dukes of RUSSIA. were remaining at Rome on the Bth. The Russian envoy, M. BOUTE.- NIEFF, on the 7th, gave a splendid file in their honour, at which the cardinals, the prelat es, a nd t he French officers were present. In the sitting of the 11th of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, the Bill on the tax on per sonal property was passed by 85 votes to 37. The Chamber then proceeded to elect a new president. The contest was obstinate ; M. Ratazzi, the leader of the Left Centre, and candidate of the fusionists - of the Right and Left, obtained at first 56 votes ; Chevalier Boncompagni, the candidate of the non-fusionist centres 23 ; Count Revel, the candidate of the ex treme Right, 20 ; and M. Tecchio, supported by the extreme left, 22. No one having obtained the abso lute majority of 65, a new ballot commenced, in which the numbers were :—Ratazzi 58, Boncompagni 32, Tecchio 23, Revel 13. The ballot between the two candidates who had obtained the largest number of votes at last decided in favour of Ratazzi, who ob• tained 74 votes against 52 given to Boncompagni, who nevertheless was afterwards elected vice-president by 77 votes against 36, given to Tecchio. CHASSEUR, RIFLE AND SWORD. WooLwicu, MASt: 15.—Messrs. Pritchett and Son, who have fur many years supplied the Board of Ord nance and the Hon. East India Company with small arms, attended in the Marshes here in the early part of the week with a new rifle, similar in principle to the ce lebrated rifle of the Chasseurs de Vincennes. The prac tice was remarkably good, the following being the result of the firing:—The target fired at was 18 feet high by 12 broad, and of the first 16 rounds fired 14 bit the target at 700 yards' range, and two only did not hit. The range was next extended to 800 yards, and of 17 rounds fired ,at that distance 14 hit the target, and three did not hit. Fifteen rounds were fired at 900 yards range, 'and out of that number 12 hit the target, ono catering the bull's eye, and the other three did not hit. The trial , was completed by firing the last 15 rounds at 1,000 yards' range, and at that distance 13 of the balls entered the target, and only two did not hit. The eiperiments may be considered a very fair test of the. Chasseur rifle, as the wea ther was bad, with occasionally a Scotch mist or driz zling rain. Tho Chasseur rifle is 2 feet 10 inches long in the barrel, or five inches Shorter than the barrel of the Minis' rifle, the latter being 3 feet 3 inches in length. To place the Chasseur riflo in an equelly ad vantageous position for cicse quarter defence, a sword of the same description as those used by the French Chasseurs and artillery is fitted to the muzzle in a strong but similar manner as the bayonet, and the sword being 1 foot 11 inches in length, the Chasseur rifle and sword is exactly equal in length to the Mink rifle, or common musket and bayonet. Tee weight of the Chasseur rifle is sib. 7uz , and the each of taking the sight when firing exactly on the same plan as has been adopted in the Mini 4 rifle. The ball used is on the same principle as those used in the MinhS rifle, and each ball weighs liez , and the charge of powder is two drachms. The Chasseur sword is a most powerful weapon when fixed on the end of the rifle, and being sharp on ono side, with a slight curve near the point, the wounds inflicted by it would be of a most destructive nature, and it may also be used with th , hand with great effect, the blade being 1 foot 101-inches in length exclusive of the handle. Tho following com parative statement of the result of the experiments with the Chasseur rifle and the Min:6 rifle will exhibit their respective merits. Out of 200 rounds fired from the Minie rifle at 900 yards 28 hit the target 6 feet high and 36 feet long. Out "of 15 rounds from the Chasseur rifle, at 900 yards, 12 hit the target, ono of these entering the bull's eye. Out of 200 rounds fired from the Minh" rifle at 700 yards range 37 balls hit the target, and cut of 16 rounds fired from the Chasseur rifle 14 hit the target. The great majority of the balk from the Chasseur rifle hit the target in a straight line with the bull's eye, but mostly above it. Tho weight of the lgin:6. rifle is 91b. 10ez , and the charge of powder 21 drachms. The weight of the ChaSseur rifle is 81b. 7i z and the charge of powder 2 drachms. The weight of the old musket is 111 b. 7ez , and the charge of powder 41 draehou. SURREY THEATRE. Miss Glyn is performing at this well -managed theatre with grent eclat, and supported very efficiently. Tc night she is to appir as Constance in King John. The part of Hubert, iu which Mr. Ryder ha s achieved such a signal triumph at tho- Princess's, will be, we doubt not, ably sustained by Mr. T. Mead, a careful, judicious, and impressive actor. On- Wednesday the School for Scandal will be played for the benefit of Mr. Shepherd, who de serves the most cordial support of the public for the ex cellent management which has signalised his possession of the Surrey Theatre, and enabled it to compete fairly with themoss favoured Cis-Tamisian houses. ROYAL ITALIAN OPEE.A.—His Royal Highness the Duke of C.i.rmbridge honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with his presence on Saturday evening. The Queen's box was occupied by Colonel the Hon. C. 13. Phipps, Lady Caroline Barrington and Miss Barrington, and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph. Among the fashionable com pany present in the theatre we remarked the Duke and Du chess of ,Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Duchess of Montrose and the Ladies Graham, the Marquis of Douro, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl of Cardigan, the Marcliesa Brancaleone and Mdlle. de Branca caleone, the Count and Countess de Morella, Viscount and ViscountesS'Torrington., Viscountess Villiers and Miss Doyle, Viscount,Exmouth,. Lady William Powlett, Lord and Lady Carington and the Hon. Miss Carington, Lord and Lady Foley and the , Hon. Adelaide Foley, Lord Alfred Churchill, Viscount LasCellec Lady Jane Lepton and Mr. Ilepton, Lady Macfarlane and Miss Macfarlane, Lady Lynd- hurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and the Misses Bulteel, Lady Virginia Sandars and Mr. Sandars, M.P., Lord John Hay, Lady Peel and Miss Peel, Sir Henry Webb, Sir John Campbell, K.T.S., and Lady Campbell, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir William de Bathe, lion. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. E. W. Russell, M.P., Sir Geo. Armytage, Mr. H. Greville, Mr. St. Leger Glyn, Captain Meyrick, Captain de Bathe, Mr. Lloyd. Clayton, Captain Grant, Captain Mey nell, IZ.N. ' the' Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Horbert, Mr. Mitchell, M.P., Mr. 'W. F. Baring, Captain Stanley, Mrs. Hatton and the Misses Batton, Major the Lieu: .tames Macdonald, &c. Miss LOUISA. PYNE'S BENEFIT.—The English nightingale takes"her benefit at Drury-lane Theatre on Wed , nesday evening next,_ and unless taste and appreciation of vccal excellence be utterly departed from the metropolis the house Will be crowded to overflowing. • .. ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations tor the . diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of • the Court of Examiners on the 14th in stant :--Alessrs. Richard Clarke, Beccles, Suffolk; William Ashton Shepherd, lion. East India Campany's Service; Henry Septimus Beddome, lludson's Bay; Godfrey Bingley Robert Wadsworth,: Warwick-street, Regent-street ; Thomas Sowerby, Loughborough ; George Prowd Lambert, En field ; Harrison Hanna, Belfast ; George Thomas William Mugliston, Westham, Essex ; James Pratchett Drinkwater, im,reeesttientnglairdxii io : o o ttu t rr t tti i , s J l3 l:L am ,reos , isr C (si.u an irA t Shrewsbury ; James Graham Hildige, Dublin; Richard An thonyFFederick Gurney, Lilburn, Northamptonshire; and t i Cambridgeshire. Richard er h A a t r d examinationst he Richardsa n; e e b t r i a d u s g s s e t e u s d i s l for naval Burg been admitted: members ' c These gentlemen had previously bearin • , members of. the • ollege, their diplomas g date respectively F 1846. ebruary 20, 1846, an d J u ly 17, DEPARTURE OF THE CAMERIA.—At about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Stone, left the Mersey for Halifax and Boston, With the mails for the United States, Canada, New foundland. &c , a fair average freight, and about 60 pas sengers. On leaving the river, the Cambria met the Asia, inward-hound, and exchanged salutes on rounding the Rock lighthouse. - POWDER MAGAZINES.—In consequence and Waltham f d t t h h a eaar: me lancholy explosions otthe magazines at - Tri lo w escape from a similar accident last weel , Abbey, a " panic seems to have been c rea t e d at Liverpool, w here an immens e q uantit y of g un p o wder has been just el' or d er ed to be moored within three or four miles of th a t town, and a cons iderabl y shorter distance from the densely popu l a t e d south suburbs of the town. Holbree Island, about eight miles from Liv o e n r a poll, iii i i s ar n y ol strongly recom mended et the 15th - Ltd . for p‘ . tlfet.Y."7 l ‘: c " ) - (4 . 1 ._ MAY 17, 1852. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 15. By the royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain J. Judkin, which was telegraphed off Holyhcad at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, and arrived in the Alersey about five o'clock, after a remarkably fast passage of 10 days 45 minutes mean time, we have advices from Now York to the sth instant. She brings 130,000 dolls. in specie on freight. The United States' mail steamship Pacific arrived at New York on the 21. _ - - - On the 6:h instant the Asia spoke the royal mail steam-ship Europa. The steam-ship Crescent City, with the California mails of the sth ult., 1,840,000 dolls. on freight, and 600,000 dolls. in the hands of passengers, arrived at New York on the 2d instant. The mails had a narrow escape in coming down the Chagres river. The boat in which they were conveyed struck a snag and sank, with the mails on board. Had the accident occurred a few rods further down the stream they would have been irre coverably lost. The passengers by the Crescent City came over the Panama railway from Buena Vista. The road was about to be opened to Frijola, and in a few weeks would bo completed to San Pablo, six miles from Gorgona. In — Congress no particular business had been trans acted. The Curr ency Bill , the passage of which was considered expedient by the Administration, was about to be taken up. In onr advices w e fi n d li ttle political news. Six towns in Erie county had elected 18 Fillmore delegates , em h e a d th a to p t o h r e ti C on on o v f en n tr e on D , a em nd oc a r t at ß s c e a W rri h e i dh gs l a e ssi election there by a majority o f 50 over the regular sted Charter by De mocrats, had carried the Charter election there by majority of 50 over the regul ar D emocrats. At Rich mond, Virginia, nearly all the Democratic candidates were in favour of Buchanan for the Presidency. Our miscellaneous advices mention that Koss ntb find ing himself in comfortable quarters, still remained at Boston. In the West a severe hurricane had been ex perienced, by which the town of Leavenworth, Indiana, had been nearly destroyed. The officers of the Dutch man-of-war Prince of Orange had been received with much attention at Washington. The lake navigation was completely free from ice. The health of Mr. Henry Clay, one of the United States' most able statesmen, which has far some time been precarious, was pronounced hopeless. According to a telegraphic dispatch of the 4th, from Washington, he was sinking fast, and it was feared would not survive the night. Though much reduced in . strength, he was perfectly conscious of his awful position, and seemed rally prepared to meet death. President Fillmor e h a d visited him, and the interview is said to have been of a most solemn and touching character. Chevalier Hulseman, the Austrian Charg‘ d'Affairs, left Washington on the 3d. Previously to his departure he addressed an official note to the Secretary of State, and communicated copies of it to the members of the diplomatic corps; the contents had not, however, trans pired. Since the departure of our last advices the New York stock market had experienced but little change. Foreign exchanges had become rather heavy, and buyers ap peared unwilling to meet the views of drawers. London, 1094 to 1101; Paris, 5.15 to 5.17 k; Frankfort, 404 to 403.; Bremen, 78 to 78i; Hamburgh, 36 to 364. The Cotton-market on the 4th closed tamely, a necessary consequence of the previous excitement. The sales of foreign dry goods had been fair for the season of the year. The demand for tobacco and iron was firm. Breadatuffs had undergone no material change. In freights engagements had been made at an advance. The California news contains little in addition to that published last week. The Vigilance Committee, which was recently resuscitated, had hung a Mexican for murder. A duel was to take place at San Francisco on the evening of the sth, between a member of the Assem bly and a naval officer. The population of the State was increasing at a rate truly astoniAing. From the mines the most encouraging accounts are published. All prac tical men concurred in the opigion that the yield of gold for 1852 will be enormous. The San Francisco Herald gives the following statement: — Export of gold dust for the quarter terminating March 31, 1852 (as per ships' manifests). January. February. March. Total. Where to Dolls. Dolls. Dods. Dolls. Panama.. .. 3,050,000 1,667,500 2,650,010 7,277,500 San Juan del S. 88,620 150,012 54,071 332,703 liong-Kong 26,330 26,330 • Manllla 49,850 49,850 Valparaiso 20,549 20,519 Costa Mica 4,000 4,000 Total .• • • 7.718,932 Add to the above the amount shipped in the Golden Gate, and the estimated quantity taken by passengers, and we have an aggregate, from January to April 5, of nearly 14,000,000. A lump of gold, valued at 1,200 dolls., and another massive piece weighing 261 b., are reported to have been found at San Andreas and Valecit. The value of a piece of gold picked up at Kelsey's dry diggings was estimated at 4,000 dolls. Numerous instances are given of the discovery of lumps of gold weighing from Ilb. to 21b. Tunnelling was being extensively carried out by the miners. At Duggan's Flat a party of 30 man were engaged in tunnelling through the solid rock. They had bored 100 feet, and expected to go 50 feet further before finding gold. In the San Francisco markets great activity continued to prevail. Difficulties had again broken out in the Indian districts, and a war of extermination had been declared by the whites. The irtelligeneo from New Mexico is devoid of in terest. The party that went to the Gila for gold had returned unsuccessful. The settlers had petitioned Con gress for protection from the Indians. From Mexico we have telegraphic advioes to the 19th ult. Great excitement continued to prevail with regard to the tariff. The Foreign Minister had addressed another letter to the Government, demanding the esteb lishment of the tariff drawn up by General Antos. The reported rejection of the Tehuantepec treaty by Congress is cr,Lfirracd. It v+ as propelled to extirpate all foreigners who we; o found conspiring to disturb the peace. Wo have intelligence from Savannah to the 29th ult. The sugar market continued active, and exchange had slightly improved. In the news from Bogota we find an announcement of the retirement of General Herrera, Governor of Panama, and his departure for Paste, an extreme southern province, where he had gone to command the national forces for the suppression of the revolution which still existed in that district. From Valparaiso we have advices to the 26th March, and from Guayaquil to the 13th of April. The British mail steamer Santiago arrived at Panama on the 19th April from Valparaiso. This steamer left Guayaquil on the 13th, and reported that General Flores' expedition was still at the mouth of the river, and that ho had not made any further advances towards taking the city. When the Santiago went up the river a gun was fired over her from one of Flores' vessels. The captain did not return it, but putting on more steam passed up to the city. It was supposed that the object of this was to obtain the Guayaquil mail. It was reported that the British Admiral of the Pacific squadron, with his entire force, was at Callao, and had determined to run up to Guayaquil. The success of Flores was highly probable. According to the Diario de Valparaiso "hie force amounted to 5,385 men, as infantry, cavalry, and artil lery, with twelve cannon. His squadron consisted of two steamers, two square-rigged vessels, and twelve small craft, Of this force, embracing Europeans, North Americans, Chilians, and Peruvians, is a corps of ninety American riflemen, under the command of Captain Jackson. The fear of Flores' friends was that the Swedish frigate at Guayaquil would interfere and prevent the landing of the expedition, but it appears that the Captain intended only to protest. artiCLl- Our New Granada advices do not c ontain any p lar news. The reported assassination of General Car mona at Cieneja is confirmed. THE NICARAGUAN QUESTION. ral ] repair that the Brit ish Consul-Gene f PHILADELPHIA, MAT is understood at Washing tonwith an American agent, and in an American . vessel o war, to Nicaragua, there to arrange all the San Juan difficulties, as bet ween Great Britain and the United States. Nicaragua and Cost a Rica have settled their With American reference companyto for the crossingtreaty theconfirming thmus a grant at to an Tehuantepec, the S outhern telegra p h of y este rday brought intelligence that it had been positively rejected by the Mexioan Senate. Also that Flores is likely to bo successful in his invasion of Ecuador. He has 5,300 men under his command, including 90 American rifle men. The British commander of the Pacific squadron is reported to have sailed for Guyaquil, the town which Flores is expected to at ta ck . Commodore Vi • rgln, of a Swedish man-of-war, has protested to Flores against his proceedings. PANAMA.--A line of American steamers is soon to be established between Panama and Callao at all the ports, largo and small, in ; and to tou c h Ecua dor, and New Granada. The steamer Peru, Bolivia, C a lifornia, the pioneer of th e lino, has b Quickstep, o f for the purpose, and by thi s t i me is probablyeen purchased to Panama from San Francisco. This on her way facilitate the early recept i on of enterprise w ill news Pacific coast, and th e interior• • from th e l ower on that seaboard. cities of South America SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—The Colonist, from Liverpool; Lesmahagon, from Tralee; Western World, from Havre; Rebecca, from Bremen; John, from Plymouth; Ganges, from Dublin; Graf von Brandenburg, from Newcastle; Heinrich, and Nancy and Emma, from Bremen; Pacific (steamer), from Liverpool, 2d inst.; Ashburton, from Liverpool; Howard, from Hamburgh ; New Hampshire, from Antwerp; Centurion, from Antwerp; New World, William Hitchcock, and I n di an O cean, from Liverpoo l ; . Urgent, from BelfNast; Middl e t on, from L i verpoo l ; Her mine. Magdalene, a n d N ata Gruner, from Bremen; W D. Sewall, Malaba r , an d Persian, from Liverpool; AM rt, from Waterford ; Ch ar l es Tottle, from Cardiff Elu l "' from Elul' from Palermo; Minna, from Bremen. Arrived at Boston —The Arnbassador,lfrom Sabine, from Liverpool. m Arrived at Charl es t on —Th o F ranc hi se , fro m Liver pool. Arrived at City Point, Virginia—The Yor k s hire, from Newport. Shields; Arrived at New Haven—The Viola, and Sunderland: Carl Johann, from News 4 s t i e i nd, f ro m Li- Arrived at Portsmouth—The Jenny ve; pool. B unswiek—The Sir Arrived LI St. John's, New r from Liverpool; Dalston, from A iciori, Harry Smith, from London; I Henry Poreher, LIR ; Facid: , , from London; Ant, from ~ from Lonaonderry ; from Grangemouth; Mary A 1 ;. 001 Liverpool. Alfred, from Shields; Carebria*ilson , from Liverpool. Arrived at Savannah — Arrived at Wilmington — from Liverpool. x from Grangemouth, for The British barque Oily I 1 1,0 Muskingum and Mecca, Boston, was abandoned en the 14th ult., an — a crew taken off, and arrived at Halifax on the 20th. Her cargo consisted of 100 tons of pig iron and 100 tons of coals. NASSAU, N.P., APRIL 21. The British ship Duke, for Liverpool, was lost on the 141 h on the west end of the Grand Bahamas. She had 3,912 bales of cotton on board, about 2 , 0 00 of whi c h had been saved. A Briti s h s hip from Jamaica, for London or Liverpoo ) , was also ashore near the same place. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. SCTJTHAMPTON, MAY 15.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's screw steam.ship Chilean, Captain Down, took her departure to- day for Sydney, with 28 passengers and specie in gold value 139,0004 sterling on freight, the latter shipped prin cipally by the Australian banks and on merchants' ac count. The Chusan will call at Teneriffe and the Cape of Good Hope for coals, and then proceed to her desti nation, touching only at Port Philip en route, after which she is destined to take up the station between Australia and Singapore, thus completing a chain of steam pos^al communication with the Australian colo nies by way of the Isthmus of Suez, Ceylon, and the passage of the Eastern seas, as stipulated by the con tracts recently concluded between the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty and the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Thee° new arrangements with the Go vernment do not come into operation (according to agreement) till tho Ist of January next; but it is in tended, immediately on arrival of the Chusan at Sydney, that the shall make one or two experimental voyages between Australia and Singapore, with a view not only of at once opening up the communication, but also for the purport) of visiting and perfecting the preliminary arrangements at the several intermediate ports of call and coaling stations, in order that when the service is formally commenced at the beginning of the new year it may be conducted with that regularity, efficiency, and precision which distinguish the extensive operations of this great steam company. Several other screw steam ships are being prepared with the greatest dispatch in the Clyde, and will as soon as possible follow the Chu san to take part in this important service, which is to be performed each way once every two months between Singapore and Sydney; thus, in conjunction with the Australian Royal Mail Steam Company, whose vessels are to proceed viii the Cape, effecting a monthly mail service between E ng l an d an d t h e A us t ra li as . It i s expected 65 that to 68 tb d e al Tusan's run to Sydney will occupy about She took out a very heavy mail, consisting of nearly forty bags, for Port Philip and Sydney and the London journals of this day. The Cape screw-steamer was to leave Plymouth this morning, and there is a chance of a race to the Cape between the two vessels, but in consequence of the ' Chusan 's departure from Southampton she has the advantage of one day's later dates from London than can be taken from Ply mouth, both vessels leaving their respective ports about the same hour. The want of a steam communication between Australia h severely as long been felt, and the re cent astounding discoveries of gold, together with the complete revolution b o th i n mercantile and agricul tural affairs, which is immi nen t i n the colonyby y rea3oll of the displacement of labour, ca use d b y an almost gene ral migration to the gold fields, has r en d ered this facility intercourse more and more indispens a bl e f or the we?: fare of the colony itself, and for the extension and conso lidation of its trade and rapidly increasing commerce with the mother country. It is not to be wondered at, there fore, that the departure of the Chusan for the distant scene of her future operations as the pioneer of the Australian mail service was considered en event of some importance, not only in Southampton, but by many gentlemen who are deeply interested in Austra lian affairs. Accordingly, a large party of ladies and gentlemen, at the invitation of the directors of the Pe ninsular and Oriental Company, left London by express train at eleven A.ll. this morning, arriving here at one o'clock. Among them were the Duke of Augustenburg, the Earl and Countess of Morley, Earl Talbot, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Sir W. Verner, M.P., Sir R. Booth, M.P., Sir W. Galway, M.P., Mr. J. M'Gregor, M.P., Mr. Reynolds, M.P., Mr. W. Monsell, M.P., Mr. Wyndham Geoid, M.P., Mr. Lowe, Capt. War ner, Colonel blued'', besides many gentlemen connected, either politically or commercially, with the Australian colonies. Several managing directors of the company also attended, including Mr. Anderson, M.P., Captain Thornton, Messrs. de Salis, James Hartley, and James Allan, and Captain Engledue (the company's super intendent), Mr. A. Lamb (engineer in chief), &c. The Chusan moved from the dock-head precisely at the time appointed forler sailing, amid loud ch eer s f rom a grea t number of prtsons assembled to witness her departure, the excellent brass band of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Bentinck playing the National Anthem. While steaming down the river in splendid style, an elegant dejaner was served on board the Chusan to the distinguished guests, at the conclusion of which the usual loyal toasts were drunk, and received with the greatest enthusiasm, after which, " Prosperity to the Chusan, to the Australian colonies, .to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to Captain Down and the officers," having been given and suitably acknowledged, it was announced to the company that the Chusan having passed Cowes and entered the Solent a final parting was necessary, and the steam tender having taken on board all the visitors the Chusan stood gallantly out to sea, to enter upon her long and arduous voyage, with the best wishes of and amid hearty cheers from the large party of ladies and gentleman who enjoyed the pleasure of this agreeable trip. 1 , ... special train left Southampton at five o'clock, with the directors and their friends, and the whole party reached the metropolis about seven o'clock, having been absent but eight hours. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCXXVII. BATII AND SOMERSEr COUNTY MEETING, &o. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sits,—l am enabled this morning to be rather more particular in my cbservations on the Bath races than I was on Friday last. Iu the first place, the Lansdowne Trial Stakes, it appears, will only bo contested by I'its ford, Bordeaux, and Old Rowley; and I expect they will pass the post in the order I have placed them. Should Lamartine at the last moment supersede Pitsford as Day's horse, I expect, in that case, he will occupy the position I have awarded to Pitsford. For the Biennial Stakes, I believe I may calculate upen see ing Stella. Amazon, Oaklcaf, colt by Mathematician, and perhaps Massava, at the post. Of course Stella and Amazon will be the first two past the post. The runners for the Somersetshire Stakes I am not so positive about, but I expect they will comprise the fol lowing:—Chief Justice, Exeter or Hugo (the last-named in all probability), Ballet Girl, Young England, Madame Wharton, Bacton, Darkneso, Waterfall, Grand Duchess, muise BRITAN NIA Miss Bundy, and perhaps Ferret. As Exeter is re ported to be out of the fray, I must look to WATER FALL, HUGO, and GRAND DUCHESS for the occupant s of the three first places; HUGO, if I take anoanfrwiosorataresbdheloidkieebely. The Sslling Stakes closes tonight at nine o'clock. The Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, to be run in heat will fall to BENITA, if to t t h h e e y ß ru a n n, h b er a , t o l th: h r a NIA and WATERFALL will fight the affair out. O n Wedneesutdheaeraywlllyihnene: i i t: c O L u x p vE h a a ll s o b tr e s e E n , ell up es any in the race. Weslon Stakes, and will probably be won by public s r s e u ge n to r, send her. The Qaeen of Spain . KATE, if at t the sur prisedrly ltteooa , without MONTAGUE bowls I have already touched upon th e myop inion Tlie Arj s t r o e c m r a n t i i n e s un4l Handicapt r td. I tu G r E n out anything but a bad spec. sous. each A G I : goor will, i ‘ l V l, E l ler f a H n E c R y : them over. , will bring t h e for the Durham Stakes. The betting, animals, has c h st a e s rd u a n:r The Sweepstakes of 5 heats of half a mil e • , to be run off in since Saturday, in respect to several Saturday at 12 to elusion. meeting to a con- Noble A is o nce mor g" • e e in force, having shown boldly on considerable change. Hobble 1, Was as good a favourite as any thing premier and are ea a c s h f- a u gs - tS : lel il a an th d e the od A ds m . azo T n h fi e is this morning undoubt pitsfo,u"_" Lansdowne Trial Stakes -6 to 4 agst 1 "1.3 tO 1 agst Bordeaux. Biennial Stakes-2 to Hy. Somersetshire Stakes--7 t o 2 ' latest quotations Waterf '1 to 1 egst Miss , I. and the Grand Duchess, 7 B andy, 8 to 1 east Chief Justice, Little Harry agst Hugo, take 4t01;6 to 1 each agst Girl. City C _± 8 to 1 agst Ballet Cup to 1 apt the Bar. Western Stakes —2 to 1 agst Placid. Derby--7 to 1 agst Hobble Noble (taken freely), 8 to 1 agst Alcoran, 9 to 1 each agst 100 to 7 agst Alfred the Great, 20 to 1 agat Stockwell i n to first-rate fettle), 30 to I and Harbinger, 12 to 1 agst Claverhouse, (reported to be doing no work), 20 to 1 agat Kingston, 25 to 1 each agat Augur, Orelio, and King of Trumps (the last-named getting each agat Elcot and Chief Baron Nicholson, 40 to legit Missive, 50 to 1 agst Nabob. On and after to - m orrow, up to the Tuesda y p receding the " day of days," in order to make these Sporting Notes as true a guide as may be to the Derby victor, there will appear, from day to day, all the moves upon the metro politan board, together with all scraps of information concerning the animals engaged in the great event that may come to hand , the morning's betting, Ito., &a- To-morrow I shall lay before my readers the probable starters, with their riders. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. g a y 17, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. DEBBY. 7to 1 agst Hobble Noble 20 to 1 agst Kingston Bto 1 aget Harbinger 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller 8 to 1 agst Alcoran 25 to 1 agst Orelio 9to 1 agst Little Harry 25 to 1 agst Augur 12 to l agst Cleverhou A - ) .33 to 1 agst Elcot 14 to 1 eget Alfrtd the Gt. 50 to 1 agst Missive 1G to 1 cyst Stockwell 50 to 1 agst Maidstone Orelio and Chief Baron Nicholson not mentioned. BATH R ACES. BATII, SUNDAY EVENING, TEN O'CLOCK.---7110 fol lowing horses have arrived : —Pitsford, Lannartine, Cuens. Ferret, Vaultress, Amazon, Charon, Content ment, Clothr, erkE.r, Runnymede, Young Erdand, Ma dame Winston, Darkm ss colt, Britannia, MI:A Talbot. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—This com pany have made some extensive arrangements for enabling the public, during the ensuing summer, at a moderate cost, of between 5/. and 61., to make tours of a month's duration One of the last acts of the Whig throughout the whole o f I re l and. Board of Admiralty was to e 3 -ow the situation of libr arian to the Admiralty on Mr. O'By rne, t h e nava l biographer. We re gret, however, t o fi n d that the members o f t h e present board have chosen to dispense v: ith Mr. O'Byrne's cervices in this capacity ; but we trust only to avil themselves of his talents in EOM@ the department.—United Service Gazette,