The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-09 00:00:00

febotut rHE LONDON GAZET E. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CH AMBERL AIN' OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1352. Notice is 11, , telay given, that h er ILjPsfy will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st April instant, at two o'cicely. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7. Notice is hereby given, that her tiajesty will hold drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock:—Thursday, 29th April inst.; and on Thursday, 13th May neat, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N. 13. The Knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars at the drawing - room on the 13th of May next. REGULATIONS TO BR OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING- ROLRS. The Ladies who purpose to attend her Majesty's draw leg-rooms are requested to brieg with them two large cards, with their Dames legibly written thereon, oiie to he left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. And those Ladies who are to be presented at the Drawing-room on the 29th of April instant are hereby informed, that it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the Ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamber lain's office on Tuesday, the 27th of April instant, before 12 o'clock, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Majesty's command, ,that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the Lady presenting, together with that of the Lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which name shall correspond with those previously sent in to the Lard Chamberlain's Office. It is particularly requested that in every case written cards only be delivered. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 9. - The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Napier, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point the Hon. Richard Bingham, now Secretary to her Majesty's Ligation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint William Robert Ward, Esq., lately appointed Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point William Taylor Thomson, Esq., now First Paid Attact 6 to her Majesty's Legation ac the Court of P, r ani, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at that • Court. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to apprint Horace Hamond, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Cherbourg. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 6. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Captain William Dom vile, late of the Queen's Royal Regiment, one of her Ma jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Thomas George Wright, retired. WHITEHALL, APRIL 7. The Queen has been phased to present the RPv. Lachlan Mac Lean to the church of the united parishes of Liff, Invergowrie, and Benvie, in the presby tery of Dundee, and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. George Addison, late minister thereof. Commission by tl..e Lord-Lieutenant of Fiintshire. _ John Offley Crewe Read, t , ) be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Jonathan Bather to be Surgeon, vice Taylor, deceased, March 24. WHITEHALL, MARCH 30. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, lint.. Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Granville Leveson Gower Ward, of the city of Durham, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be ex, cuted by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assur ance, in and for the city of Durham, also in arid for the county of Durham. BANKRUPTS. Constant Champion, merchant, Fenchurch-street, to surrender April 16 and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cob-man-street- building; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Samuel Trickett, stone merchant, Isle of Dogs, April 19 and May 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Cox, Old Broad.street. Thomas Burton Lawrence, zinc dealer, Parliament street, Westminster, and York-place, Lambeth, April 19, at eleven, and May 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild .hall-chambers ; Stevenson and Ley, Victoria-street, liolborn- bridge. Thoosaa Cowdrey, wine merchant, Brighton, :April 20, at half-past eleven, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Link -Inters, Sise-lane, London. Joseph Williams and William Williams, shopkeepers. liolynos and Varteg, Monmouthshire, April 26, and May 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or M uscova d o S ugar , com puted from returns made i n th e wee k en di ng A pr il 6, 1852, from of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 19s. 9d. per cwt From the Mauritius From the E ast l ad i es . No retu rn. lss. 3d. r, Average price of th e th ree foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 183. Lid. By authority of Parliament, filmy BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company urooers'-hall, April 9. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) Art --.4.,"—unt, ptinsuaut to the Act 7th and Bth o. Victoria, cap. 52 for the Week ending on Saturday, the a 1 day of April, 1852. 1881:71 DEPARTMENT. N otes issued .. .. .... Z. 33,084,485 Government debt .. 11,015,1C0 Other securities • ... 2,9g4,900 Gold coin and bullion 19,051.110 Silver baDion • • • • • • 33,375 £33,C84,485 433.084,485 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 31 Dated the Bth day of April, 185; 02. EPAZTX6IN T Government seenri ties(including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,5c7,593 Other securities .. ~ 11,720 843 Notes ........ •• •• •• 12 397 030 Gold and silver coin.. 512,016 £38,197,482 :. MARSHALL, Chid Cashier. ANGE.-THIIRSDAY. Gibraltar.. • • .. BO Leghorn .• •• • • • • • • •• •• tletton •• •• ••.. 25 G2> N.....• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo..Na • • •• •• •• •• •• 'Pero. .122 Lisbon Messina 122 _, .. ........ • 53 143 •• •• .• 5 3% :tie Janeiro ........ •• —uencie Ay - rag • • NOW York, 60 days'alght P hiladelphia •• • num BIILLIONt PER oz• Foreign Geld l nbars.•4l 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Allver in bars Dollara ..• 0 . 0 0 0 0 BANKING D: Pro p r ietorecapitah. 14,553,000 Rest • .•••• •• • (• .. 30,24,418 Public deposits In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-bks, and D ividend an accottno).. 7,687,708 Other deposits ... • •. 11,191,626 Seven day and other Bina ...• ...• ...• 1,140,730 A 38,197,482 Dated the Bth day of April, 185! COURSE OF EXCH Amsteriva Ditto. three rnonths 12 034 Itotterdan i 12 1 % Antwerp " 12 2 Brussels • ....„ •• " 5 7% llambargh •• • • 25 1 67 % Altona• •• • ....„„ „... 3 11 Paris, 3 daYs i sight :. 25 45 DittO, 3 months .... 25 60 Marseilles ** ** ••• 25 Su Bourdesul.... . Prankiorton Maine el, se 122 Berlin.•••• •• •• ••" Vienna, effee. AO •••• •• 13 0 Trieste, ditto.... • • 13 0 Petersburgh, il. Ebbe.. 371,E Madrid ••.••••• •• •• .• 4936 Cadiz ~•• .• ••** " 50% Itareeiesa •• •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• " " DETERMINED SUICIDE. yesterday morning a ... most ,determined su i c i de was na temitted by Mr. James arralt, printer and stationer, of Miller's Hotel, 131(ickf r i ars-roa d of No. 262, S tran d, a t . c The deceased, who was well known and respected in th e trade, a n d f ormer l y proprietor of the East Indi a M a ziae, the Magazine of Science, and ot her valuab le patiali cations, had from circumstances beenehinsvoolaysedoirnedcuocne aiderable pecuniary difficulties, 5 ° hini to a low and desponding state, altthhoeugdhiffiliceulbtieeds fiegaently expressed a hope of facing Baca that about twelve that surrounded him. It apPEar o'clock on the night of Wednesday he and baying entered the coffee-room, cal" fora the same went of brandy and water, and engaged a bed, at thrie making a special request that the boots or port i er as h's should call him at half -past eight in the morning, he awln appointment to attend to. He was shown to i room by the chambermaid, who delivered to him a candrlu., mid left him apparently calm. In the morning, as 0 " me d. the porter knocked at his door (which was found ta be fasto ewer. T n eed) several times without receiving any an at once. fact was communicated to Mr. Miller, who ceased suap„„, jed °Pea the d oor, when he saw the de nice of tb,, bed a r o p e from the foot-rail or CON dispatch e d one of i t l tt .s ad, el e v . u Mr. Miller instantly a few doors from the h s o etrevants to M r . Tbbi tt, surgeon, diately, and, fi nding the 1;1 Mr. Tebbitt arrived imme once cut him down, b ut alleceased still suspended, he at tioa iv , re hopeless, lir. gp e a b tte nitas at rr storing anima • deceased bad been (1,a3 severalirlg satisfied that the not beeli slept in. Oilthe counter' hours. The bad had cord, evidently cut truce that Kish w ttl a piece anew which th,, ticcett.ed had hatiged himself, the cord bein otaietae ordinary tl3, b th e e i cord, and but little doubt could be a c t n esd on closing the dc , or had 0 proceeded to carry his intentifyi in. o effect." NA- - E-- _ltlacwr .u.SCAPE.—Dr. Hunter Lane, o f Brook, street, was riding yesterday on horseback in Rotte row, when a dog flew at the heels of the horse upon whinch his eonSpanion a young lady, was riding. The horse took fright, an d the lady was thrown off. The doctor jumped from his horse, although both were cantering rather craickly at the time, and so, by timely assistance, rescued the lady from her perilous condition. The horses leaped over th e rails, and were with difficulty stopped near Grosvenor -gate, without having done any mischief. This permission of curs into the park ought certahily to be prevented. Many acci dents have arisen from the same cause, and the owners of the dogs too commonly enjoy rather than deplore the acci dents - consequent on their animals' conduct. A• Doer..—A - duel with swords took place at Madiid on the Ist, between M. Sagasti and M. Mantilla, in consequence of a political dispute. They were both wounded in the luuad, but not seriously, THE SUN, GREAT NORTHERN OF FRANCE RAILWAY. A general meeting, ordinary and t mtraorclitimt-7 , of the shareholders of this company took oa Satur day, April 3, in the Salle Ste. Cecile, Rae do la Chauseee d'Antin, Baron James de Rothschild, the president, in the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :—The Duke de Galli,re, the Marquis Dalon, M. Delebeeque, M. Hoctinguer, M. E. Pereire, M. July de Banlineville, M. Adam, M. de Sc. Didier, M. Mallet, and M. Lebobe. The business before the meeting was of an exceedingly varied character, partly relating to the operations of the last half-year, and partly to matters connected with the extension of the concession of the company, dependent on the ratification of the treaty signed on the 19th of February last between the directors of the company and the Minister of Public Works, for the execution of several lines to complete the railway net-work of the Northern Company. In order to render the bearing and importance of the various new lines proposed more evident, a map of the northern part of France, with the direction of each tnarlwd carefully on it, was distributed with the accounts to each shareholder as he entered the room. At half-past two o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting, The PRESIDENT rose and said that whilst the scru tators were examining if the meeting had been regu larly convoked, the drawing would be proceeded to of 275 debentures of 500 f. each, to be reimbursed at par on the Ist of July, 1852, to the shareholders of the Boulogne Company, in conformity with the treaty entered into in July last between that company and the Northern. When, however, the persons appointed for the pur pose proceeded to place the great mass of numbers in the wheel, it was found to be too small to contain them. In consequencs the board decided that the drawing should take place this (Monday) morning at ten o'clock, at the office of the company. The CHAIRMAN then stated that nearly 600 share- holders being present, entitled to 1,107 votes, and re presenting upwards of 30,000 shares, the meeting was duly constituted. M. BEAUDE, in the name of the committee of ac countability, then read a report on the accounts of 1850, which were declared to be perfectly correct, and kept with the most scrupulous regularity. The accounts of 1850 were then put to the vote and adopted unanittou.ly. M. PEREIRE next proceeded to read the report of the board of directors. In consequence of the amal gamation E.& c t-cd latit year with the Boulogne Com pany, the length of the concession of the Hues at pre sent worked by the Northern Company expired at three ditlerenr periods —thet of the imin line to C,llais and Dunkirk in thirty-five years and five months; of the line from Creil to St. Quentin in twenty-one years and nine months; and of the Boa ogne line in ninety• one years and seven months. In addition, a special clause empowered the state, on certain condi tions, to take back to itself each of these lines after a delay of which not more than ten or eleven years had now to run. This latter provision, in the eyes of the best judges, aggravated considerably the critical situation caused to the Northern Company, by the extreme shortness of its concession. By the new treaty, these two point , had been most satisfactorily disposed of, since the concession of all the lines is to • be for ninety-nine years, and the clause allowing the state to take back the lines was not to come into efhct before February, 1876, or in twenty-four years hence. The treaty further s anctions the amalgama tion with the Boulogne line, and authorises the Northern shares to be limited to 400 E, as the share holders so ardently desired. Finally, the Govern ment has re-established at 3 per cent. (in place of 5 per cent. imposed on the company after the revolu tion of February), the interest to be paid by the company on the sums expended for works on the line at the charge of the company ; and this without capitalisation at the end of each year, as was required from the company after February. As the reim- bursement to Che state had for the last three years been constantly effected by anticipation, there re mained due by the company on the 31st of December last, only ]6,538,600f. of capital, and 8,548,0891. of interest, or, in all, 25,082,689 f. It bad been formerly stipulated that the company should give four miiliona a year in payment of that debt, but, by the new arrangement, it would have to pay only two mil lions a year. In adding to the 25,082,689 f. men tioned above, the interest to become due until the repayment of the principal, the whole debt would amount to 27,243 ; 288f., and all would be paid off by the end of 1865. In return for such advan- tages, the company engaged to construct-Ist, in four years, a railway from St. Quentin to the IMgian frontier by Maubeuge, 85 kilometres in length (53 English miles); 2dly, in four years, a branch line from Noyelle, on the Boulogne line to the pert of St. Valery, 5 kilometres (3i English miles in length) ; 311 y, in six years, a line to unite together that of Maubeuge with that of Valenciennes, by Somain and Le Cateau, with a possible variation to take in Cam bray, the length being 38 kilometres (22k English miles) i and 4thly, a junction line between the Sc. Quentin and the Strasburgh Railways by La Fere and Rheimw, the length being 80 kilometres (50 English miles), and the time allowed for its execution nine years. The report then enters at considerable length into an examination of the advantages likely to accrue to the company from the completion of its railway system by the addition of these new lines; and then goes on to say that the total expense of the four lines is estimated at 69 millions, looking at each as a special undertaking, relying individu ally on its own resource. But as the company had effected an economy of four millions in the con struction of the line from Creil to St, Quentin, re presenting a reduction of 15 per cent. on the esti mates of new lines, it conceived that it would be able to construct them all for from 55 to 60 millions. In order to cover the interest and sinking fund of that capital, it would be sufficient for the new lines to give a return for themselves for 2i per cent., or 1,500,000 f., and to augment by an equal amount the preient traffic of the principal lines, making up 3,000,000 f in all—certainly not an extravagant pro vision. The first effect of the extension of the con- cession would be to reduce the sum placed aside each year for the sinking. fund, from 2,326 384 f. to 168,200 f. That change, joined to the reduction of the interest to the state from 5 to 3 per cent , rendered it necessary to modify the accounts of the preceding, years. The sums kept back in 1848, 1849, and 1850 for the sinking-fund, amounted to 5,584,562 f.; but calculated on the basis of 99 years for the cutlet ssion the sinking-fund for those three 3 ears ought nut to be more than 403,7691. Consequently, there remains disposa ble on the sinking-fund account a sum of 5,180,793 f.; and it from that amount be deducted the balance of the interest of capital employed during the construc tion of branch lines to Calais, Dunkirk, and St. Quen tin, namely, 548,004 f., there would remain a total balance of 4,632,789 f, applicable to the reimburse ment of the sums due to the state. As to the ac count of interest on the said sums, if calculated at 3 per cent., from September, 1845, to December, 1851, it would, at that date, give a total of 8,544,089 f.; and, as sums bad been set down on that account, up to December 31, 1850, to the extent of 7,778,6551., there remained to be Set down to the debit of the working, for the year 1851, 765,434 f. The whole debt to the state would ba completely liquidated by the year 1865. In order to provide ways and means for the construction of the new lines, the board pro posed that the meetiag should open to it a credit of 60 millions, to employed successively as occasion might require. The board required at present only 25 millions, and to meet the expenses of the first two or three years "The first issue," says the board, " which we will make, in virtue of the credit which we ask for, will consist of 75,000 debentures of 500 f. each. These debentures will bear 151. interest, and mortg age e h will be rei m b ursa bl e at par ( 5001) b y means of 74 equalort annual payments, compo s ed o f the interest a n d I:'' ftuhnodse. w l h n io f h ac w t, e the h y uv w e iden ticalillalrbeeadpyerfecertelyatedin Place of theof Boulogne 3Br shares. sec January spe, but the •- the price They will be issued at ia, : e with right to the interest of the The payment is to be effected in paying only otieu.bncribers will have the faculty of .the remaining two-thirds at scription, and of paying at the moment of their sub th,sir convenience, Z ln _g admitted in 1, 1853, the cenapen3,a delay cent. on the payments defee7l!:g dividendand an interest of four per re:I" not going beyond July predfe•rence for the new de- The shareholders of the company T sh h a e l r l e ha vv ve il t l h ebe bentures. and payment as cash the coupon of est falling due on July 1. which coupons due on Jan. 1 and, Janudr37; inter tional delay of fifteen months the pop ptiou for the new debentures will the last two-thirds will permit shareholders t o e - a l y e S tn y oo e y x i c r e e p;o : you to the pur h p e os s e ub th sc e ri due on may make of the coupons .. tot. . account bleBs3l3.open n lfrom of the April anticipated t s i c i t p o a 25. t s e d of will write :be syndi c of the Ist of July next, we w dividendfailing the agents de change to hav e that coupon detached the 1001. which are forthwith at the same time th at now nominally quoted shall be r emoved." Toe receipts of the line during the past year shoat an a nt '' inentation over those of 1850 to the extent of 1,461,316 t .., with out including 1,168,3471. for the secon d half- y ear of the Boulogne receipts; but, including thes e latter, the augmentation would be 2,629,553 f. Whilst the re ceipts have thus increased, the expenses have been re duced. This result is owing to the saving produced by the amalgamation with the Boulogue line. The report enters into details connected with the working, showieg that the whole increase of produce over that of the preceding year is not less than 4,800,000 f., and tud ;hen proceeds to state that the receipts for the year h ave been 25,107,060 f. 89c., and the expenses 9,210,19 2 1 . 23e , g iving a gross pro fi t o f 15 , 896,8621. 68 e.; or, after all the charges of interest, sinking , Scc., were defrayed, 201. a share, which, with the stun of 161. per share paid for interest, would give LONDON, for the year 36f. a share, or 9 per cent. on the paid ' up capital. The above - maationed pr..fit was thus employed. :—la.erest on the funds due to the state, 765,438 f. 31c.; interest on the debentures delivered to the Boulogne shareholders, 56,500 r. ; sinking fund for the same debentures, 68,750 f. ; ditto for the capital of the Northern Company, 184,3501. 79c. ; interest on Northern shares, deduction being made of the interest on disposable funds, 6,123,1996.44 c. ; dividend of 20f. per share for 1851 to the Northern shareholders, 8,000,000 f. ; balance for 1852, 192,6281. 62c.; making a grand total of 15,896,862 f. 66c. The year 1852 the report states, was also opening most auspiciously, as the first quarter showed an in crease of receipts amounting to 855,3291., of which 362,1281. applied to the Boulogne line, which the Northern Company did not work at the same period last year. The report also states that the sum allowed by the State for the injury done to the lino by the devastations of February, 1848, was 739,8891., which was allowed for by the Government in the sums to be paid to it by the company. The report then sp?eks of the railway round Paris; of the propriety of increasing the sum allowed to the railway discount bank to 400,000 E; and con cludes by stating that M. Joly de Bammeville, the Duke de Galliera, M. Adam, M. Pereire, and M. Delebecque, were designated by lot as outgoing direc tors, but capable of being re-elected. The report was adopted unanimously. The five outgoing directors were then re-elected, and a vote of thanks passed to the board of directors. The meeting then separated. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The great change that has now taken place in the mode and expense of constructing railways has put this undertaking on such a footing that the directors ought no longer to delay its completion. We understand that this line can now be constructed for less than one-half of the amount estimated when it received the sanction of Parliament, while the traffic in its neighbourhood has greatly increased; justifying the expectation that it will be a much more productive line than many which are now in working. The Board of Trade has reduced the capital by one-fifth, or to 1,125,060/., and consented that every 501. share shall be reduced to two 20/. shares, and that every 251. share shall be reduced to one 201. This will greatly lessen the responsibility of shareholders, and must improve the mode of raising the capital. We understand that there are contractors ready to take the construction of the works at the estimate, and to embark their capital extensively in the undertaking. Considerir g that the port of Falmouth is, as a mercan tile port, tor position, security, and accommodation, su perior to any other on the south-west coast of England; that the shipping which frequent it have enormously in creased, and that a railway to it will have the cordial aopport of the Admiralty, the Board of Tzade, aul the Government generally; that it will command the ship ments and landing of the Transatlantic mails; that the light goods from Manchester and the north will reach it by way of Bristol cheaply and quickly, the construc tion of this railway from Falmouth to Plymouth, and an extension of the Great Western line, will be a most valuable and important accommodation to the public. If the directors saopt a spirited course of action, and copy the rigid economy' observed upon the West Corn wall line, there is no reasonable doubt but that the rail way system will be soon completed to the Land's End, and its promoters have a property which will rapidly improve fur their advantage. RAISING OF THE CHEPSTOW RAIL WAY TUBE. CHEPSTOW, THURSDAY EVENING.—After two postpubements, the operation of floating the tube to its position between the piers has been accomplished to-day with complete success. At a quarter to nine o'clock this morning the operation of floating come menced. Among those upon the tube, or who wit nessed the experiment, were—Lord Villiers, M.P., Earl Cadegan, General Pasley, late a Government inspector of Railways; Captain Claxton, R.N. en gineer of the Great Britain ; Mr. Appold, the patentee of the great centrifugal pump exhibited at the Crystal Palace; Mr. C. Saunders, secretary to the Great Western Railway Company, and several of the direc tors; Mr. E. Clarke, Mr. F. Clarke, and most of the directors of the South Wales Company; Mr. Wool combe, chairman of the South Devon; Major Buike ley, chairman of the Windsor ; Mr. Grissell, Mr. C. Owen, and a large number of Mr. Brunell's staff. In order to understand what follows, it is neces oessary to give a short description of the nature of the structure. The bridge, when completed, will be in length, from bank to bank, 610 feet. It will be of four spans, three of about 100 feet each, and one of 290 feet. The three smaller spans rest upon iron piers, filled with concrete, supporting cast-iron girders, on which the railway will be constructed. The fourth or principal span will be constructed upon the suspension principle, the great length of the girders requiring snore support than that afforded by the piers alone at each extremity. Mr. Brunel has therefore constructed a tube 309 feet in length and 9 feet in diameter, which is now being raised to the summit of pips erected on the east bank and in the centre of the river, and from which massive chains depend, which will be fastened to the girders and will hold them up in the centre. The girders on which the railway will run will be 50 feet above high water mark at spring tides, which here rise higher than in any other river in the kingdom (50 to 60 feet). Of these girders, those for one line of rails are already fixed from the centre to the west bank of the river. In commencing the operation of sinking the cylin ders to form the piers of the bridge, the workmen had first to pass through t we nty-nine feet of bl ue c l a y and sand, below which they met with a thin bed of peat containing timber, some solid joak, hazel nuts, &c. After that was encountered four feet of fine blue gravel, and next came the bed of boulders, upon which the cylinders were originally intended to rest. Then came a bed of red marl, about five feet i n thick nee s, beneath which was the solid rock, w hi c h re sembles what is known as " millstone grit." Into this the cylinders were sunk. The modus operandi was as follows :—TI, i cylinders were placed on planks to prevent their cuaing into the soft mud. One by one cylinders were added until the column had reached the top of the stage, about forty feet in height, which had been erected for the purpose of sinking the cylinders. The weight of the column then cut through the plank, and the cylinder descended about six feet into the mud. Men then descended into the cylinder, two or three working at it at a time; and, as they excavated the so il, so the cylinder continued to sihk, and as the column descended fresh cylin ders were 'idled at the top. The excavation then continued, without interruption from water or any other intrusion, until a depth of about seventeen feet had been attained, at which point the water broke in from below in such force as to require the constant operation of two 13-inch pumps worked by an engine to keep it under. The water burst in at a moment's warping as soon as the spring was tapped ; and the most remarkable phenomenon attending this occurrence was the fact, that the spring water invariably rose in the cylinder exactly to that height at which the tide was standing at the moment. That it was not an irruption of water from the river was beyond dispute, inasmuch as the water in the Wye at this point is, from the action of the tide, always tainted with mud, which is held in solution in great quantities at all times, whereas the water which rushed into the cylinder from below was of exceeding purity, and contained no particle of salt. From the period when the spring was first tapped the pumps were obliged to be kept at work until the cylinders had been sunk to the rock; when they were filled with concrete. This irruption of water at a depth of 17 feet from the surface of the bed of the river was the same in the sinking of all the cylinders for the centre or principal pier; but the water did not interrupt the works to so great an extent iu sinking the other piers ; the workmen penetrated to a greater depth than 17 feet before the water broke in. The spring appeared to be in the bed of gravel about 12 feet from the point where it, first burst into the cylinder. Mr. Brunel and some of the principals of his staff, with Captain Claxton, R.N., having taken their stetion on the top of the tube, which was lying upon the stage erected for it, at right angles with the river, the word was given, and at a quarter to nine o'clock the operation of floating commenced. The tube was supported on a massive timber framework, at each end resting upon iron rollers lying across a railway; and powerful " crabs" were used for drawing and pushing the tube along the stage, which projects 160 feet into the river. At the end of the stage three pontoons, braced together, were lying in the river, end these received the east end of the tube, which was made fast to it; and as the tube was projected for ward the pontoons were moved across the river, and pleted, kept in their direct course by cables attached to strong moorings both up and.down the river, worked by other crabs upon the pontoons. Everything went on in the most steady and even manner. Gradually the huge tube glided from its place across the river, and at the the cbeerseof expiration of exactly an hour the floating was corn end the arrival of the one end of the tube on the- coat • sit - le of the river at a quarter to ten o'clock tance low r was announced by some cannon placed at a short dis cheering down the river. This was answered by stow church Was t ali , people and the workmen, cnd the vv b y a 3 the maintained, peals bellsof tower, which rank out merrily. The scene was a very b usy ad in al t heohuegph one during the floating, but 1 policemen were on the the most perfe tl et k ,s u e p r ground to keep back the spec -1 tator:4, there was no attempt beyond the prescribed ,i on their part to trespass lines." As soon as the float ing was completed, tackle depending from the sum rtit of the towers on .. the east sid e o f the r i ver was attuched to that end of _ . h,e tube, ,r ea d y to commence 1 the second oper atioa o higher el f ilft_l evation. ng each end of the tube I alternately to a The operation of 1 floating having been effected about the time of high water, the tubeuntil nearly which time the tide having receded had 12 o'clock, by left the east end safely lodged on the platform pre- FRIDAY EVENING' pared for it, at a short distance above high wafer mark. The pontoons, which were constructed under the so perintendence of Captain Claxton, and answered their purpose admirably, were then removed. Their buoyancy had been calculated to an inch, and there was three feet of freeboard. They were constructed out of six iron barges, used :for the Neath Canal, one bar g e being i nver t e d over ano ther and the two married" together. Early in the aft ernoon, t h e mos t difficult operation having been succes s f u ll y per f orme d, and "Success to the South Wales R a il way " toaste d on the top of the tube in first-rate ch ampagne , t h e secon d operation of lifting the tube to a l eve l w ith th e railway com menced. For thi s p urpose t h ree sets o f chain-lifting tackle are employed, the lower parts of these chains being of three-inch iron, each tested to bear a weight of 80 tons without injury. Suspension rods at three points pass through the diameter of the tube. These chains extend from a timber framing at the top of the worked by thre e d ou bl e cra b s o f great po wer, worked by yast twelve pier, men 18 0 feet abo ve the r a ilway level, and are to each. This process was being pro ceeded with whe n th e l ast available train left Chep stow. Great credit is given to the principal foremen, to whom much of the important work of floating this tube has been intrusted—Messrs. Crew and Whiffing, of whom, with Mr. Pope, such favourable mention was made in the relief of the Great Britain steamship from Dundrum Bay, Only one accident occurred. One of the workmen fell from a scaffolding into the water, but was picked up by one of a fleet of boats employed in assisting at the operations. RAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, A PRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th e market was b uo yant to-day. The tansactions were as f o ll ow :—Bristol an d E x eter, 90 1 / 2 Great Westerns, 88 %s—Nest Cornwall, 49 1 8 dis. LIVERPOOL, Arm 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. --.There was an improved feeling ex hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business has been done at improved prices. The transactions were as follow :--Caledonian, 183 4—Ditto, Greenock guarante ed, 15 —E as t er n Counties, 9 5-16—Hall and Selby, 109—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 711 / 2 —Ditto, Fifths, 6 5- 16 dis.—Lon don and North-Western, 1233 4—Ditto, New Quarters, SP. -- Midland, 64%—North British, 814—South -Eastern and Dover, 21 5 / 8 . MANCHESTER, APRIL 8. Srocx EXCIIANGE.—The business to-day was very limited in amount, but prices generally were well sustained. The transactions were as follow: —.Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71%—Ditto, Fifths, 6% dis.—Leeds, Mel., and North, 1 9-16 p.—Midland, 64 %. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been ex tremely firm to-day, but there was very little business doing on 'Change. There were, however, several sales effected in private and for other markets. London and North-Western were done at 123% —South-Eastern and Dover, 21%. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week ending March 28:-- Passengers ••• ... £2,254 19 6 Goods ••• ••• .. 1,294 14 0 Parcels ... ••• 174 3 6 Mails ... ••• —• ... 223 4 2 Total —• ... £3,947 1 2 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RanwaT.....Traffic receipts For the week ending April 4 : Passengers ... £630 18 7 Parcels, horses, Sze• ••• ... 31 14 7 Merchandise, minerals, Sze. 1,006 15 8 Total ••• £1,669 8 10 Corresponding week last year ... 1,656 5 2 LONDON AND BLACKWALL Rmiwkr.--Arnount of revenue for the week ending April 4 : Passengers £BOl 8 4 Goods ... ••• ••• 29 10 0 Total ••• ••• £833 18 4 Corresponding week last year ... 917 19 1 MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the weak ending April 4 :—Passengers, &c. .•• ••• £B9 16 0 Corresponding week last year ... 122 811 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffie for the Week ending April 4, 1852 Pase,engers (7,052), :parcels, horses, and carriages ... £BO5 5 5 Goods, cattle, &c. ••• 1,079 10 3 Total .. ••• 1,884 15 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,689 6 6 Perth, April 6. 1852. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY . 188 miles). —Return for the week ending April 3:— Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £3,235 6 5 Merchandise and cattle 989 12 3 Total £4,224 18 8 Corresponding week last year ... 4,273 1 5 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. - ( 20 miles open)--Return of Traffic for the week ending April 3, 1852: Passengers, parcels, &c. £96 13 11 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 34 2 6 Total ... £l3O 1G 5 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... 31 13 11 Merchandise, cattle, &c. .; 1 4 3 Total .. 35 18 2 MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of last evening you c,amtnent in no measured terms upon the proceedings svhich took place in this town at the late election, an .d had you confined your observations to the garbled iind exagge rated statements contained in Mr. Lindsay's letter to the Times, I would not trouble you, having already ad dressed a letter to the editor of that paper in reply; but I find the following paragraph, which I cannot allow to pass unnoticed .‘ The police, who behaved exceedingly well, had se veral hundreds in custody at the same time. Now, the truth is, that the largest numb er of persons in custody at one time was sixteen, and the total number in custody during the week was less than thirty. I trait to yo!ireandour to insert this letter. - I am, Sir, your mos t o b e di ent se rvant,. HENRY JOHN DAVIS, Newport. Newport, April 8, 1852 . Mayor a TO THE EDITOR OF THE S UN. Sin, —The statement in The Sun newep %per of last night, that several hundred r .:xsons were U i custody at Newport during the e l ect i on i s utt e r l y u . ntrue. Not twenty persons were in custo d y d ur i ng t h e pfhole of the election, and only two cases resu l t i ng f ro m i.t came be fore tha magistrates for az.ljudication. Ti here was no disturbance at any of the polling booths, and not a single voter was prevented from recordir 4; his vote. Several of Mr. Lindsay' s statements wan t Os a important element of trurtibil.-olmalis RESSICK, , Sir, yours. &0., Justie e's Clerk. Newport, April 8, 1852. = MR. J. L. TOO LA'S ENTERTAIN A lENTS. On Wednesday evening Mr. J. L. Toole, of the City' enter tainment St the Literary an d S c i en tific Institution, C arter - s treet, Wal wort b . The ball was nit ieh crowded, H n ts f t a r c io t, ni n c (? C t lu a b gav e h is second draw i ng — room room w had even standing pom. Th e performance corn t nenced with Mr. Toole's witty little pi ece o f " T a bl e Ta Jfk," entitled, " Trying a Magist rate , " to go awa y with( )at obtaining which he gave i ;is a manner which call( d forth the most rapturous appli t use. In the other characters which Mr. Toole assui o ed, he met his lt,bert "Ike . , In a selection from t' i e School of Reform, fell . nothing off. The , His Paul Jry was ad :ctiirable, and selections for the even . were admirably adap I.ed to show of talent, and the mart ner in which he did his part in all of thou, showed that h 4 3 has talents of no mean order. In the different selections , he was ably assisted by several gentlemen, members ,of the City Histrionic Club, vibes!, entertainments hs eve met with much success at th© different metropolitan institutions. withi M ug r :sTteocinoutle'ri stasVill'enersMCS.alStilSit'ity .....................-_ ENT.] [ADVERTISEII. ...1—...' Royal Ex b ibition.—A ?er e ), small powerful waistcoat p valuable, ocket ne wly-invented , glass, thesize a a walnut by which person can be seen and known li m iles di stant ; they answer • every purpose ea on the Race-cours e, at the Opera - houses and ships are clearly seen at 12 t o 14 mil e s; the } ;e' *Wry scenery for shooting, de er stalkin g , yachting, t are invaluable to , Sportsmen, G en tlemen, Gamekeep ers, an d Tourists. i• be 'had at Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle satreet, Picca dilly, opposite the York-hotel . T 1 e em s —, A in Tel • pe new and most important invention _Mopes, possessin, g such extra ordinary powers, that some, pe ; .nehes, with an e ostra eyepiece, will show distinctly, Jupiter s Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weigl sing only three oun ces, can be see n a p erson's countenance 3.1 16 to 20 me l miles distant, and an object fro m es. Th ey su ieersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of Narger and all sizes, with increasing powe rs accordingly . Op era and Race course glasses, with wanee powers ; an s sibject can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 m i les distant. Mes sirs. S. and B. Solomons, Optic ians, havelnvented invalu Ipreserving S they a ills preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediately r are placed before imper fees vision, every object appe ars clear and dist i net , the most aged defective sight becomers.bnieetnd brilliant;., is brought its youthful, natural, and . 0_ %I al ate. The Invisible Or ganic ' Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instrun a ents for relief of extreme deafness. -39, Albermarle-street, P iccadilly, op posite the York Hotel. es THE CONVICT NEE-E . T hi s culprit still conti nuesll to remain in his usual se otherwise n mood. Oil Wednesday, he appeared rather nervous, and . exhibited signs of fear. During the previous met thelept a ioundly , and whilst awake, talked jocosely with two men who sat up with him. The criminal becomes more at t entive to the Rev. Mr. Rowe' s doctrines; but : soon s as t. b. at gentleman leaves him, he begins to talk to t he turnkeys a ibout the fun ho has had while travelling with g i psys. . He says that his wife and mother would never have info a med against him if he had not left her (his wife) to f a how gipsys. He eats well, and sleeps soundly, and is in good bodily health. During the Wednesday e venings he o t 'served seve ral times that the time was getting short. Up to yesterday afternoon he had made no confession, but still ' 1 enies that he threw the child down the well, and says that his wife has perjured herself. EXTRAORDINARY DV?. , ITCEL—III the . 3tase of mur der at Axbridge, reported in our assize intelli; essnce, a most extraordinary succession of events followed es. eth surprising velocity. Toe act of murder was committed on . the morning of the 26th of March ; death occurred on the 27th ; a post mortem examination was made, and the funei 'ail took place on the 28th ; the prisoner was examined befoi ea the justices and committed for trialon the29th ; he was set et to Taunton gaol on the 30th • a true bill fo und a g ains t him on the 31 st; and he was tried ,' found guilty, and sentenced to be trans ported for life on the Ist of April. Thus the ci Setae, prelimi nary examination, trial, and sentence: of the 'prisoner, and i the death an d b ur i a l o f the victim , were encon apmed in the 1 brief apace 9f one week i — Bath Gazette. . APRIL SPORTING NOTES. No. CC. THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. (Concluded from No. CaCIX,) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,--Before continuing my remarks on - Thursday's and F'riday's races, I must state with respect to the Newmarket Handicap that circumstances have necessi tated an alteration in the selection" made for this stake yesterday. I shall throw ov,r Poodle and take Maria as the representative of the light weight division; in other respects my opinion remains unaltered. Thursday's races commence with a sweepstakes of 100 sous, each, h ft, over the Ditch Mile. This stake has six subscriptions to it, including the name of Glen luce, who for the last few days has been a favourite for it, but is likely to be dispossessed of her position by Aleoran, a first-rate-looking specimen of horse flesh, though his qualities have not yet been tested either publicly or privately. To GLENLLICE or ALCORAN the money says I must look for the winner; Stockwell, pro bably, finishing in the third place, with one of Lord Clifden's nominations last. The Claret Stakes of 200 soya. each, h ft from the Ditch In, nearly a hundred yards over the two miles, may possibly be contested by three out of the five nomi nations, but there is very little probability that the starters will exceed that number. I shall not enter into the merits of any of them, but confine myself to stating that the race is all but a foregone conclusion for ARIOSTO. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, over the Ditch Mile, has the name of Longbow among the entries; I think it scarcely probable, however, that he will show, and consequently must award the stake to ODESSUS. The match over the Ditch Mile between Mr. God dard's colt by Auckland and Mr. Batson's Ben Nevis, if ran, will in all probability fall to the lot of the former. On Friday the Sweepstakes of 50 SOV3. each, for two years old fillies, over the:Ditch Mile, will possibly be con tended for by Sophistry (by neon), Hirsute, and Ro sary. There is nothing to all appearance to deprive SOPHISTRY of this stake. The Port Stakes, which last year produced such a furore in the betting world, is likely to be a very quiet affair this year. It will probably be con tested by Midas, Prime Minister, and Lamartine; and as MIDAS is gifted with the most staying powers, the distance being about two miles, he will in all likelihood be the winning horse. A Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, over the Ditch Mile, has four nomination s , th ree o f wh om, at least, and not impossibly the lot, may go to the post. The race will be entirely with Ambrose and The Nabob, and to my think ing it is a toss up between thi s c o u ple. The betting yesterday at " the Corner," was of a very nninteresting nature; what little was done referring principally to the Derby, Cheater Cup,and 2,000 Guineas; scarcely a Stake at the ensuing Craven Meeting was touched upon, the Newmarket Handicap being only talked about, only one or two bets having been made. The ease was very diff erent both at th e W es t-end and in the City last evening, for all the principal and se veral of the minor stakes were spoken of, and the fol lowing are the prices. 100 sous. Stakes, Ab. M.;-2 to 1 on Livermere. 100 Soya. C.C.:—Even on Il ex; 2to 1 agst Hesperus. Tuesday ' s Riddlesworth:—Ev en on the Nabob, 6to 4 and 2to 1 taken freely. Newmarket Handicap:- 4 to 1 agst Maria, taken freely; Bto 1 agst Bardolph offered; B to 1 a g st Mounta in Flower offered; 12 to 1 agst Officious, taken freely ; 12 to 1 agst Poodle; 15 to 1 agst Tophana, taken; 15 to 1 . apt Corypa t a, taken. Column Stakes:—Even on Lapel . Ist, 5 an d , 6 to 4 taken to some extent; 3 to 1 agst Sophistry by -aeon; all sorts of offers agst Glenluce, from 2t05t0 1. 100 Sovs. Stakes (Thursday):- 6 to 4 each agstAlcoran and Glenluce; 3 to 1 each agst Stockwell,and Hesperus; 10 to 1 each agst Magnes and Weathergage. Claret Stakes :—Even on Ariosto. 50 Sovs. Stakes (Friday): —6 to 4on Sophistry by Theon. Port Stakes: —Even on Midas; 2 to 1 each agst The Prima Minister and Lamartine. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE Spnur OF THE TURF. April 9, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. _ TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Williams's Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, 3 yrs, sst 81b 8 to 1 agst Mr. Robson's Bardolph, 3 yrs, sst 61b— taken and afterwards offered 10 to 1 eget Doke of Richmond's Officious, 5 yrs, 7st 81b The above were the offering prices at the close. We did not hear a bet laid, except against Bardolph, who left off anything bat strong in the market. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed 4 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist 5 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Hobbie Noble Offers to take 6 to 4 about Hobbie Noble, with a start. Claverhouse is scratched. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Stilton, 3 yrs, 4st 121'o—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pilling's High Sheriff, 3 yrs, sst 61b —taken 25 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg, 4 yrs, 7st—take 30 to 1 25 to I agat Mr. IL Hill's Hothorpe, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b —take 30 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs, 9st Ilb— taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's The Indian Warrior, 3 yrs, sst 11Ib—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. E. W. Hughes's Sophistry, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—taken On this, as on the other events quoted, business was almost at a standstill ; Stilton, Nancy, and Hothorpe only were in request. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble—take 6 to 1 13 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur 15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse—t 16 to 1 15 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist—t 16 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Arnold's Little Harry 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Home• brewed—t 35 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Phantom—take 40 to 1 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Orford's Alcoran—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob—taken end afterwards offered The quotations, made chiefly from offers, show a slight decline in Bobbie Noble, a decided retrogression iu Augur, who was very weak in the market, and an im provement in Lapidist and Claverhoase. Scarcely any thing was done. STEEPLECHASING IN FRANCE. Although a steeplechase took place a short time ago at La Marche, near Ville d'Avray, the real opening of the season must be dated from Sunday, both on account of the interesting steeplechases which came off, and of the vast crowds which flocked from Paris and the adja cent villages to witness them. It will be seen from the account below that the principal part of the day's busi ness was full of moving incident: and it may safely be asserted that no sporting solemnity in the neighbour hood of Paris has for a long time past attracted such a multitude of epectaters of all classes of society, or ex cited so strong an interest. The railway stations, and especially that of the Right Bank, were literally be sieged, and it was not without a severe struggle that places could be obtained. The trains, which left in rapid succession, were of enormous length, anal were crowded to inconvenience. In addition dashing equi pages and troops of horsemen proceeded to La Marche by the different routes. The coup d'ceil which the ground presented when spectators vehicles and horsemen were all assembled was very animated, and its éclat was in creased by the presence of a great number of ladies in elegant toilettes and of cavalry officers from the adjacent garrisons in uniform. The ground was laid out with some skill; but the stands, of which there were only two, were not well placed for seeing, and were inconveniently and too slightly constructed. The Prince President of the Republic, for whom a special stand had been erected, was expected, but was not present. Prince Murat, however, was on the ground the whole day. Most of the leading members of the Jockey Club, and of the principal patrons of the turf, were also in attendance. The business was as follows: — The First Steeplechase for 2,5001., added to 150 f. entry; forfeit, 100 f.; weight, 1421 b, with 41b extra on the winner of a steeplechase of 1,500 f., 81b extra on the winner of one of 3,000 f., and 121 b extra on the winner of one of 4,500 f., and with 41b less on horses that have never won, and 41b less on horses ridden by gentle men; the second horse to receive twice its entry; dis tance about 4,500 yards. 7 entries. M. de La Motte's b h Franc Picard, 1461 b (Jackson) _ 1 Count de Coataudon's eh h Bedford, 1421h(Edwarde) Viscomte A. Talon's ch h Emilius, 1501bs (Owner) Viscomte de Tournon's b h Pilot, 1381bs ...(Owner) g " M. Dollfus' br h Archer, 7 yrs, 1421 bs ...... (Gamble) M. Aumont's oh h Hardi, 5 yrs, 1421bs .......... . ......... " M. Delamarre's hr h Black Devil , ag ed, 1501 h. . first A All got away pretty well together. 6 h than a obstacle, consisting of a turf ban k, rather to r r e join the yard high, Hardi fell, and was not abl e e ce lane a bout the re race. At the sewed, consisting of a more was seen same height, Archer bolted, an d nothing r° and made it of him. Pilot then cut out the ru o nni:g , to the turf bank, nearest the st and ands he g ig u h ar t te e r f . which was rather more thaknaineywaray, w ho ro e h d d o e i a trheelimyma,bi remained turning e ms There he fell in a very . rein pletely over. Vicomte de TBoru.rn. on under him, and was so mtsch injuwres'els that imm senseless for some minute:. He g r e a m t m v e i d o , lance, e a n t o ce l theh chateauhaonfkM, ryS n ellee: and conveyed on a litter t far, the painter. In taking t s ame came headforemost to the ground w i t h and dislocated his neck. lie died . alm d ost i after, and his jockey wasKlig dteYcolnetibute Four of the horses being thus placed hors .... b a t , the other three went ahead Picard some ctstance its front, &Il f o rd second, and Emilius third. ha thls way . ,pro ceeded to a brook about yards Picard took it very cleverly; Bedford htunabied on the brink hnd threw his Jockoy, bul the utter soon recovered his seat. Meanwhile Franc Picard went forward, followed by Emilias. At one time the latter gained ground con siderably, but was never able to catch Franc Picard, and as the race drew to a close he was caught, and then passed, by BAford. Franc Pic ar d eventually won eas ily, and Bedford was a good deal atoad of Emilius. The number of leap s was twent y , but, with the excep tion of those mentioned, none were very important. Por tions of the ground, however, were very heavy. Second Steeplechase for 1,000 f., added to 50f. entry; the second horse to save its entry. Weight, 1521 b, but less on horses declared of leas value than 4,000 f. The winner to be claimed for 5,000 f. G en tlenaen only al lowed to ri de. Distance about 2,300 yards. Six entries. M. Cheri-Salvador's b 1341b...(M, Blake) 1 9,185 Q. Duke de Fitz James's ch m May Fly, 1401 b (Rowley) 2 M. Delamarre's ch h Nonsense, 140 lb (Mr.LaurestcE) 0 M. Tesieire's gr h Turk, 4 yrs, 14011 - • M. M. Loyer's b h Austerlitz, aged, 14016 ...(Owner) 0 Tne nunibcr of obstacles in this race was only twelve, and few incidents of interest occurred. Felcnie went away with the running, followed by May Fiy, svd kept it to the brook, where she stumbled. May Fly then took it up, and continued it to the turning at the bottom , (a consith , rable distance). She was th eke caug ht by Fe lonie, who went ahead and won very easily. Turk and Austerlitz stopped at the brook, but the latter again started, but shortly after refused a hedge. Nonsense was beaten at the brook. May Fly fell at the last bank, but neither she nor her rider were injured. The last account of the Vicomte de Tournon was that he was going on favourably—no bones are broken. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Admiral Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Briggs, K.C.8., the Admiral Superintendent H. Prescott, with their respective suites, have set the example of volunteering the gift of a day's pay each towards the relief of the unfortunate widows, orphans, and distressed relatives of the seamen and marines lost in the unfortunate steamer Birkenhead. This noble example has been followed up by the cap tains, the officers, and the crews of the ships in har bour, consisting of the Victory and Neptune, flag ships ; the Excellent, the Royal yachts, the Blenheim and Winchester; also by the Sprightly, the Ports mouth, and smaller vessels attached to this port. No doubt all the ships at Spithead will follow, and a day's pay will be subscribed, which all together will make a handsome sum for a beginning. Mr. Stafford, M.P., the Secretary of the Admi ralty, accompanied by Colonel Green and Mr. Grant, have arrived at Portsmouth. They will proceed to Plymouth in the Retribution, steamer, Captain War den, it is said. We regret to announce the death of Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dunbar (1842). This gallant officer had seen much active service, having been fifteen years in tropical climates, seven of which were passed on the west coast of Africa, where he was present at the capture of 34 slavers. He was one if the first who was seized with fever in the unfortunate Eclair, and though he survived the attack, yet his health never entirely recovered the shock. He subsequently commanded the Acheron steamer, in the relief squad ron, during the famine in Ireland, and was much beloved by the officers and men under his command. Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, is expected at Portsmouth the latter end of this week, to be in readiness to embark his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, who, it is said, will embark on her on Tuesday next. Lightning steam-yacht sailed from Portsmouth on Wednesday, for the Channel Islands, with Lord Hardinge on board. His Lordship visited the new forts recently built at Brown's Down, and en route in the Lightning will visit the site selected at Hurst for the fort which is to be erected to protect the Needles passage. Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, was paid down at Spithead, on Wednesday, and one watch of the ship's company went on a fortnight's leave. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, has not yet been paid, but will probably be so about Monday next. _ e Rodney, 92, C ap t a i n G ra h am, C. 8., was exerc i s i ng her crew at gunnery pract i ce yester d ay morn i ng . Sprightly, Bt e a - te She fired severa l b roadsides from both starboard and port guns simultaneously.nd,_ Master Commander S • ntl Allen, went to Southampt on on Wednesday, taking down Mrs. Lushington and family. There are no orders as yet down at Portsmouth re specting the Vulcan, screw-steam Master Commander Penn. She is still _ frigate , alongside the Blake hulk, with royal yards aloft. Pestongee B omangee, convict-ship, arri dve at Ports mouth on Wednesday morning, from the ri • ver ; she will embark about 100 more from this port andpro ceed on her voyage to Australia. The Vulcan, iron screw-steamer, Master Com manderPenn' was towed into Portsmouth Harbour by the Echo on Wednesday at one o'clock. Yesterday a board of naval officers, consisting of Captain Hen derson, C. 8., of the Blenheim • Captain M'Dou ga ll, of the Hogue ; and Captain *arden, of the Retri bution, assembled to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances attendant on the long-protracted pas sage made by Vulcan home. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY . — The Victory, 104, Captain G. B. Martin, C. 8., flag of Admiral Sir Tho mas Briggs, G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief, has resumed her moorings on this side the harbour t o -day. The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, has re ceived her crew ; and the Illustrious has returned to her ordinary moorings to-day. The Winchester, 50, Captain Loch, C. 8., has been brought into le angle dock to-day to have her bottom cleaned and examined. SHEERNESS, APRIL B.—Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Horatio, 24, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, was removed from the fitting-basin yester day to moorings in the harbour. It is stated she will be sent in a few days on an experimental trip of 48 hours' duration, to test to the fullest extent the effici ciency of her machinery and screw propeller. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo, 2, got up her steam on Tuesday forenoon, and pro ceeded round the Great Sore for the purpose of try ing her machinery, under the inspection of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, superintendent of the steam squadron of reserve, and Mr. F. W. Paul master, her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Horatio. Mr. T. Taylor, the Admiralty pilot at this port, was on board during the cruise. The Cuckoo returned to her moor ings in the harbour in the afternoon, the result of the trial having proved in every respect satisfactory. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Adder called in here on Tuesday forenoon, and proceeded to Woolwich with boats for one of the steamers at that port. She touched here yesterday c.t 9 A.M., raid, after communicating with the dockyard, returned to Chatham. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34, is progressing rapidly with her internal fittings. She has taken a great portion of her tanks and sea stores on board, and is all ataunt in the fitting-basin. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Geyser, 6, chief engineer J. Neill, fitting at Woolwich, is, when complete, ordered to be stationed here as one of the first division of the steam squadron of reserve. Her Majesty's ship London, 90, Capt. G. R. Mundy, will be completed by the dockyard artificers in a fortnight. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops, 6, has had nearly all her defects made good. New copper has been put on her forward, from the waterline to within a few feet of her keel. The schooner Buchan, Chancy master, arrived here . _ yesterday from Hartlepool. The Useful, Kellett master, and the Clar a Jane/ Cheeseman master, both bound for Newcastle, are lying in the harbour windbound. . dto the We " Commander J. B. Marsh is a terloo, 120, as part complement of that stated. for service in the steam flotilla, previously " Avon steam-vessel, riggersin ffrom WooLwicir, Arum tender to the Impregnabls,rnaogov, s hip at Devonport, appointed ship, end not fte t h a e nd Valorous to Devon thheav arrived here yesterday Miller, Ravenhill, le f t Woolwich on Friday last round this dockyard 0 Lieutenant eky er d whe nv. Robertson isga a. t — e f lb; P. 16-gun sloop, fitted with port. The Valorous i$ power, by and enginesce., when tried by three tuna at the her average speed, ascertained to be 1 oafnd4owoh-henorseh: Of knots per measured mile, was she had h hour. On Saturdayher compasses adjusted left Johnson, and Greenhithe at noon, in by Captain Robert • • charge of Lieutenant son, arriving at Plymouth four o'clock at ha lf- P ast voyage on Sunday afternoon, and during the enfiredof 1 round made an average f upWar S nuts, with the whole of her speed 0 , a nd 200 tons of ballast on board. The ..., s0 le ft this afternoon on her return to Devonport. 4- 7 08 ARCTIC EXP EDITION.—The greatest activity is di s played in getting the remainder of the requisite store s on board the vessels of Captain Sir Edward selcher's expedition; but as the two screw steam vessels, the Intrepid and Pioneer, will not be ready for taking out of the basin until Saturday, it is not expected that the whole of the vessels will be able to leave Woolwich until the early part of next week. Hundreds of visitors went on board the Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8., to-day, as she is lying along side the wharf wall at the west end of the yard. kinong others were a number of ladies with presents for the gallant captain and the officers of the Reso lute, consisting of silk flags, various kinds of knitted comforters, elegantly worked and embroidered caps, sofa and chair covers, and many other articles. The whole of the ship's company of the Fisgard flag-ship of Commodore Henry Eden, at Woolwich, on hearing of the disaster to the Birkenhead, autho rised Mr. Bean, master of the Fisgard, to say that they will give each a day's pay towards the relief of the sufferers. ROCKETS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE. It was a remark of Sir William Congreve, cs "strange that the powers of the rocket were lucre appreciated on the continent than in this country," which he attributed to the little information that ple vailed here on the subject. He accordingly most earnestly de?ired that his own countrymen should hs more gradually informed of its importance, without disclosing anything from which our enemies could derive advantage. We do not hesitate, therefore, briefly to continue our description of the mode of applying this powerful prejectile* for naval . The explanations we have formerly given , s w u gh Bested by the success of the attack on Logos r the service rockets, by a few men in a boat fitted fo purposes.- * The penetration of the 12-pounderh lihell t b -rocket their (rockets being denominated as can no-s distance,oy r is actual weight), at from 800 to 1,200 yards not less than 20 to 25 feet into • solid bank of earth; its extreme range, 2,500 yards; that of bombarding rockets, 3,600 yards. under command of Lieut. Corbett, and which drew forth the hearty cheers of the neighbouring ships' crews, applied to their projection solely from boats. We now add a few words of explanation of the mode 0 f disch arg i ng roc k e t s f rom vessels, premising that it is th e inhe ren t power possesse d b y t h e rocket of pro jecting itself, without reaction upon the point of dia. c barge, that f orms one o f it s c hi e f a d vantages, as by its means as m uc h may b e accomp li s h ed in a few minutes by a few small vessels as, in the ordinary mode of naval bombardment, would be the work of some hours from the same number of the largest bomb-ships ; whilst such is the simplicity of the system, as defined by Si r Wi ll i am C ongreve him self, that the equipment requi re d f or t h e di sc h arge o f whole broadsides consists simply of the spare spars of the vessel. It would seem, therefore, that the rocket might, with great advantage, be put more generally into the hands of the navy ; i ts economy, as a self-motive weapon, being as remarkable as its power, and the gradual perfection of our ste am navi gation, since Sir William Congreve , s day, opening a wider field for this species of naval warfare, by the facility of its combi na ti on w ith the heaviest rockets. The mode of fitting ships for firing rockets—the weight of the app ara t us l ess th an the rocket itself—is by the construction of scuttles in their broadsides, giving to every vessel having between-deck a rocket battery, in addition to the gun batteries on the spar deck, without one interfering with the other, or with out risk to the ship, the spars of the rocket in going off being completely excluded either by iron shutters closing from within, or by a particular form of scuttle and frame, contrived so that the whole of the scuttle is completely filled in all positions of traverse and at all angles by the frame, and thereby the possibility of the entrance of fire prevented. This arrangement literally gives the kind of small vessels here indicated a second and most powerful deck for general service as well as bombardment. Smaller vessels still, such as schooners and cutters, may be fitted to fire rockets by frames similar to the boat-frames described in our former number, from their spar-deck, and over the side or the stern. A single rocket, it should be observed, is not to be corn. pared with a single gun-shot by firing at a target. The consideration is whether under some—indeed, most circumstances, and for sudden emergencies—the concentrated power of quantity and rapidity of fire do not counterbalance the greater accuracy of the gun, remembering also how few men are required to discharge the most powerful vollies with this peculiar arm. (Whilst incidentally, as to the land service, the one system comparatively requires only the transport of the ammunition—in the other, not only the am munition, but of the most massive ordnance, without which it is useless.) _ We do insist, therefore, that it is of the deepest moment, at this juncture, as an auxiliary means of defence, that all possible precaution should not only b 3 continued by the authorities at the Ordnance to guard the manufacturing details of this matured and now thoroughly-tried invention against disclosures ; but to provide, in case of sudden need, such a store of Congreve rockets for the navy as would meet the contingency of any war, whether of invasion or not ; the more so as it has been clearly demonstrated from official experiments, that rockets are the most durable of all ammunition, they having been successfully tested, and returned into store for future service, after seventeen years knocking about in all climates—a state of preservation which is owing to their being inclosed in a metallic case that, with common care, is impervious to air and moisture.—Herald. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. The General Steam Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Propontis, Captain Glover, commander, which brought the disastrous news from the Cape of Good Hope of the loss of the Birkenhead steamer, has just reached Gravesend on her way up the river, and reports having been in serious collision with a Dutch merchantman while coming up Channel from Plymouth, which ended in the foundering of the vessel and the somewhat narrow escape of the crew. It appears that after the Propontis had landed her mails on Tuesday, and had made the usual stoppage at the above port, she resumed her voyage up Channel for the Thames. The Start-point was made between six and seven o'clock, and it would appear that the ste4rner hoisted the u.ual-coloured lights in con formity with the Admiralty regulations. About half -past 9 o'clock, when some 24 miles from the Start Light, the look-out man reported a vessel ahead on the port bow. At that time the Propontis could scarcely be going more than seven miles an hour, having to contend against a strong tide and easterly wind. Her helm was ported—the proper course when two vessels are approaching—and her speed reduced, and it was anticipated that the sail in view would have also put her helm sport, which would have directed both vessels far away from each other. From some misunderstanding or other, however, it was put astirboard, which brou‘;ht her towards and under the steamer's bow. A collision appearing pro bable, as the vessel was coming down with the tide and wind, the Propontis was stopped, her screw reversed, and helm put hard sport, in the hope of averting the ac cident. All precautions failed, however, and the two came in fearful contact, almost bows on. The Dutch vessel proved to be the Ann Rebecca, of Amsterdam, bound for some port in Syria, with a cargo of sugar and other merchandise. The force of the collision drove in her bows and spars, and on getting clear of the Propontis, the crew speedily ascer tained that she was fast filling. Their cries brought to their aid a boat from the steamer; an d the chief officer, Mr. Hunter, perceiving the condition of the vessel, at once took off the master and crew (eight in all). They had scarcely left her before she took a tremendous lurch on one side, and went down in deep water. The crew were put on board the steamer, and lights resumed the voyage. It would: T e l e m that that the vc t i h g e hts sta f rt the h Ptrho pentii were rni,tfor happen does not very easily appear, as the steamer's look-out of the Dutch ship, though how thatycoulde mo ment. The latter does not appear t o have sustained ded Th a e nd E e ir a o l s a n t n . lndia Docks red light must have been fully exposed at the the least injury, which may in a great measure be l ir prove resp e c t ive rather heavy, es. but the vessel attributed ship wrecked c r e t wo wereh w e her e re taken tc onstruction heoynwtoi ltlh o e t b . The loss of the Dutchman for wardedutßc h i u n : t k aon w a wt st.lted to be insured. OU(gomMiUt:liSzlaCcAoLows yes, "a street org,4,l,e"nitsieceerteinly C .l ° o_u ilt r n N aI E ) R . . iii.tomper; or when one is attcranunr , some thing in three fiats on a a nuisance, when 04no vis ex p q ir u a i t ,, i bi o t n el , y " o in rc tu o n e e c , ea a l n ed d one is in a state of the said street o T t r u e s . trikes up a a difficult popular something in three sharps. window et this m is a regular old grinder under our with all its might, tOintellilet' perpetrating " Lucy Neale" _ . utter derangement of a stanza we were aboutcompletteg, consequently we have been cempelied to " tumble down to prose," and feel half inclined to abase the general race of itinerant music boze, e, but a phantom of gratitude rises and forbids the quarrel, for we owe some of the most pleasant hours of our life to street organs. Occasionally we have a half-holiday visitation trcm some half-dozen " of the rising generation," who insist on considering us as a "playfellow," and pay no more respect to the interesting volume or poetic musing they may break in upon, than they would to the intact form of a raspberry tart or ounce of toffee. We are always expected to p'ay at " Margery Daw," or " Aughts and Crosses" (a game, by the by, we have played at pretty often on that large slate—the world); or we must enter into the "Political Biography" of Dick Whittington, or recapitulate the horrors attending the bigamies of Bluebeard, or we must lend a hand in making our very odd dog stand on his hind legs for lumps of cake. This is all very fine, but 1 it is rather hard work to " keep it up," as Atlas said, when he took the world " pick-a-back;" however, we bear it all as well as we can, and when by chance a street organ bursts out with a presto polka, the crowning point of rude joy is attained; Whittington is done for, Bluebeard is nowhere, Margery Daw is an " abandoned young woman," and such a course of gymnastics is instantly gone through as Orpheus himself never eli cited from the bulls and bears of old. Stamping, hop ping, jumping, leaping, and all sorts of impossible actions are indulged in, and designated as " dancing, ourselves not being unfrequently turned into a human " Maypole," of some five feet three, or " Jack in the Green,' as the fancy of the cherubic " Ballet corps" may dictate; but we certainly have "rare fun," and it is I! question if Adams's band ever yielded as much real festivity as the poor ragged Italian's street organ. We often wonder whether these active citizens of nur w se a rY: land will enjoy their elegant steps in the s pac o ious n _ e xx lighted ball-room in years to come, as they dtn s e house teuiporaneous mumular combustions o ur areenge _ 13 a ds in fre hold goods, where they bring their curamble full length quest contact with an arm-chair, or I r lace skirts and en the hearth-rug. We wonder of a f broad sashes white neckties will carry the charm-rkling champage and end plaid tunics; whether the p s e ; Olympian (are n as the delicate chickens will prove Such of gingerbread; home-made orange wine,, and o " e the ceremonies will b whether the dainty meets; Skye terrier flying be as peasant as the audsc:ouour .edition ,_. at the i r he;dr. We wenid wa,gef, hc,so n , e i s : kr . ol Shake ere t h-,t t bny it r erv:! , , Le vis , on• f - ;;Inni" . dances with a distinct end g ratefu l ht . , , e, 'ph:an childhood is at all what eeihihood oug : to be, its ;Amory imbibes a from the buttercups Led freeerauce . . __ . - daisies of life, that ~i,r a bouquet in Alaturry' t h e g eese •-• . , 4 d ress-coat, or the rose-decked flounce on Proi rio.y's trailing-robe, can never overpower; but we are becoming sentimental, we fear, and se the street Organ is gone, we will do a little music on cur own account, and reduce the heap before u 3 into a less reproviep, siz , s. COLONIAL AT -- ~,A Ra- --- -. El's —These markets closed last evening (Thursday) for the Easter holidays, and re-open next Wednesday. TIN ER --EST TO SAVINGS BANS.S.--Fr°M a return, printed W i t hi n the last f ew d ays, it appears that, from the 2 ISL of N ovem b er, 1849 , to th e 21st of May last, the amount credited to the truAees of savings banks in their accounts With the National Debt Commissioners was 1 , 842 ,0661.45.7 d. The Earl of Hardwicke has been pleased to appoint Peter Dickson, Esq., to be his Lordship's print(' Ocretary, in the rOODA of A. W. Blake, Esq., resigned.