The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-28 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat and Malt for this Market last week, coastwise, were somewhat on the in crease; but those of all other articles of home produce were small. No Grain reached us from Ireland; and the receipts from Scotland were very small. The foreign imports were tolerably extensive, viz., 13,592 quarters of Wheat, 13,248 quarters of Barley, 22,775 quarters of Oats, 17,611 quarters of Beans, 439 quarters of Peas, 41 quarters of Tares, 2,599 quarters of Linseed, 83 quarters of Rapeseed, 1,549 quarters of Indian Corn, and sundry seeds; 3,502 sacks and 560 barrels of Flour. The weather to-day is very damp and humid. The accounts received from nearly all parts of the United Kingdom relative to the general appear ance of the growing crops are very favourable. The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to this Morning's market from Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, 4 e., was very small, but of full average quality. By land carriage the receipts were confined to a sew pocket sera phs from Essex. The supply being exceedingly small, and the attendance of country millers on the increase, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce, especially for selected parcels, was steady, at prices fully e qual to those obtained on this day se nnight, and at Which a clearance was effected at an early hour. With foreign Wheats we were again fairly supplied. There was less inclination on the part of the dealers to operate 1 11 this article; hence sales progressed slowly. Really fi ll() samples sold without difficulty at full rates of currency; but all other descriptions moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Scarcely any business was doing in floating cargoes, °.,wing to the late large arrivals at the principal outports. /slither lower terms would have been accepted to effect s ale& No English Barley at market. The supply of foreign was somewhat large. Grinding samples were in fair request at very full prices, but malting and dis tilling sorts were neglected, yet we cannot call them cheaper. The sale for all kinds of Malt, the supply of Which was moderate, ruled heavy, and late rates were with difficulty supported. With foreign Oats we were again largely supplied; the quantity of English, Irish, and Scotch was very small. For most kinds the demand Was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Indian C orn was fi rm , and oating Cargoes of Galatz were taken, chiefly.for Ireland, at 33s to 36s per quarter, freight and colt. Indian Meal was quite as dear. The market Was well supplied with French Flour, which was taken to some extent, at from 30s to 35s per sack. Other kinds Of Flour moved off slowly, at late rates. Although the Supply of foreign Beans was large, English samples were steady at full prices. Peas were in short supply and Moderate request, at late currencies. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevaller• • • • • • 595 to 6s Red. .. 38s to 485 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 39s 521 Lincoinsla., Feed. 16s 20e Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. •• .. 38e 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White •• • • 393 483 Black . Irish, Red •• • • 393 423 Cork, White Ditto,White. ••• .. 41s 45s Scotch, Feed •• • • 20s 23s R7s—Old •• • • ...... 25s 27s Beans—Tick ... •• •• • • 25s 345 New. .... • • ...... 252 26s Pigeons .. 40s 44s Barley—Grinding .•• .. 2as 25s Peas—Grey ••• • • • 303 33s Malting . ........ 28s 305 Maple. •• •• •• •• 32s 33. Chevalier •• • • •• • 31$ 32s White..• •• • ... 245 27s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 27s 110 s folk• •••••• • •• .. 57$ ass Flour—Town-made .• • 42s 44s Brown .••.•• . • • • • 4811 50s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 343 38s EingStOn and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk. 335 36s SEED MARKET. Rapeseed and Canary are in steady request, at full prices. Most other kinds of seeds, as well as inferior Cakes, are lower to purchase. The stock of Clover seed, on the sth instant, was 41,233 cwts. Turnip,White, per bush. Ils to 12s .... Icedand 6;een .. ••1 ls 12. mustard, Brown.. .• . 55 lOs white.......... 55 lOs Tares, New .......... 6s 7s Carraw ay 29s 20s Coriander .... Hempseed, per quarter 32s 34s Linseed, Eng. :owing 4Bs 50s Crushing .. • • 36s 403 Baltic ...... • Odessa • . Linseed Cake, pr.l.ooo— •. • . 91 Os 101 Os Canary, per quarter ..120s 16Cs It Ye grass.. • • ... 20s 24s Clover, Red En,. (cwt.) 30s 52s White 32s 44s Foreign Red .....• 28s 40s White.... 30s 40 s Trefoil• ••• • • • ....... 12s 17s SMITHFIELD. There has been a further slight increase in the im k;),rts of foreign stock into London in the past week. ne total arrival has amounted to 1 , 739 head, against h ` ,355 . at the corresponding period in 1848 , and 2,961 head imported during the same time in 1847. It will be ten that a few Oxen and Sheep have come in from Ltaraburgh. Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 710 s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 lOs Rapeseed, per last 331 Os 351 lOs IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. r ° ll l Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Middleburg 19 Harl lngen 241 ... arnburgh 55 .• Aarhuus .• Antwerp .. • 4 Rotterdam 87 439 .. 5 ... 37 ... - 25 ... - ... '''' yes ..... -- •• 512 ... 5 ... 255 ... 2 , Total ...... 406 ... 976 ... 10 ... 345 .. 2 • •orreponding 'Week in 1848... 615 ... 1,389 ... 18 ... 333 ... Di fference... 209 less. 4131ess. ti less. 12 more. 2m. Only about 130 Beasts and 300 Sheep and Calves have arrived at the northern outporta from Holland. The fresh supply of stock for this market by sea from Ire land, has been con fi ne d to 7 Oxen. From Buenos .Ayres 1,597 trcs of preserved Beef and Mutton have come to hand i n good condition. Large additional sup plies are on their way hither. The arrivals of Beasts from our various grazing districts fresh up to this morn ag's market we r e m oderate as to number, but of excel y. lnt coa ri t _ . Notwithstanding that the weather was un favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade ruled toler ably steady, at prices about equal to those paid on this day gennight. The primest Scots sold at from 3s 6d to 'is 8d per albs, and at which a good clearance was effected prior to the conclusion of business. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,500 Scots and shorthorns; from the western and midland counties, 700 Herefords, Devons, Hunts, &c. ; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds; and, from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep we were seasonably Well supplied. Prime Down qualities moved off freely at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's Currencies. All other kinds were in moderate request at Bill prices. Lambs ' the supply of which was good, moved off steady at fully previous rates. The best Down ambs sold at 6s per Blbs. The sale for calves were heavy, at drooping currencies. The numbers were Somewhat extensive. Pigs were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to 5. d• I. d, to s. d. Interior Beasts-- 2 4 2 6 _Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 8 ~ .'-'"cond qua li ty .... 2 8 210 coarse-woolledditto3 8 310 41 118i,...._e large Oxen 3 0 3 4 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 /...—"" Booth •• • • .... 3 6 3 S Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 i.—ge coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Large Hogs ......3 2 3 6 s _ ri lne small ditto 3 10 4 0 Small Porkers ••• • 3 8 4 2 . _•iCkling Calv es .. ..18 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 iarorior sh eep .. . 3 4 _3 6 Lambs .......... 410 6 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beast s . Calves. 1 Pigs. a I Sheep. i ,199 25,360 212 23 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 285 Beasts* I Sheep. I C 10 alv 5 es. 1 Pigs. 1,060 — NEVITGATE AND LZADENIIALL. Very limit e d su ppl ies of country-killed meat have Ten received up to these markets in the past week; and those on offer slaughtered in the metropolis, have owing to v er y mo d erate. S t ill, h owever , th e g eneral de .- n d has been far from active, and late prices, owin 'o the : lty suprevailing warm weather, have been with dile ported. Only about 300 carcases of fore i g n eat, chiefly veal, have appeared on sale. At per stone by the Carcase. Beef 1 ,„ ... s• d. to s. d. i s. d. to s. d. 'e'""•• •••• 2 2 2 4 , Mutton, inferior •• 3 0 3 2 *---- middling ..., 2 6 2 8 ' ---- middling.. 3 4 3 6 ---- Prime large .•2 10 3 0 .-- prime .... 3 8 310 irlZl.prlnte small Pork, large.. • • ••••••• • • • • 3 2 4 21 small ..• • 3 8 4 0 Lamb. t 3 to 5s 10d. , nOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very few arrivals of Potatoes have taken place for theset markets, coastwise, in the p ast l week , but from abroad, the importations have ben from b the time year—viz., 280 tons, 1,719 bag s , 4 ar tt s :O from as A ke n t t s w f e r r o p m Rotterdam; 135 tons, 40 bags, 11 6 sack ' , 45 bag s v. from Leer, 70 tons from Ghent, 74 tons from ame, 312 tons from Harlingen, 125 bags from Calais, 50 tons from Dunkirk, and 12 baskets from Oporto, forming a total quantity of about 1,590 tons. The best qualities are mostly held at full prices, bu t all other kinds are lower to purchasers. The foll o win g are the current rates:— Per Ton. Per Ton. York. Regents 200 s to 215 s Essex Regents —s to —s Ditto Shaves ... —8 to —8 Ditto Shows —s to s Scotch Regents 140 s to 150 s Ditto Kidneys sto —3 Ditto Cup 5...... —s to s French Whites Bos to 90s Ditto Whites... 90s to 100 s I Belgian ditto BOB to 90s Lincolnitegents. —s to —s Dutch ditto 11011.017 GEL BOP MARKET. The plantation accounts being very favourable, most of the h o lders have become a nxious to realise. All k inds 7 of Hops are, there f ore , dull in sale, and the turn favour of the buyers. Sussex po ckets, 214 s to 2/ 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/10s to 3/ 8s; Mid and East Kent ditt o, 31 5s to 61 16s per cwt. The WOOL. Colonial Wool, amou ntin g to 2 public sales o the bales, have passed off rema rkably well. Nearly whole of th e a bove large supply has been disposed 14 9 at 'very full prices. About 3,000 bales have been taken on French and Belgian account. The private contract market is inactive, yet the quotations are fairly supported. The imports in the past week were exten roo. viz. : 50 bales from Buenos Ares, 2,857 ditto from bart Town, 88 ditt o f rom llamburgb, 2,325 ditto PM Islay, 105 ditto from Port Victoria, 102 ditto from the Cape, 820 ditto from Algoa Bay, 1,106 ditto from Launceston, 2,139 ditto from Port Philip, 16 ditto from tk, ontwerp, 34 ditto from Alex an d r i a , 183 ditto from Bombay 191 ditto from Lisb on , 3,700 di t t o f rom Sydney, aEI 200 bales and bags from various other quarters. TL mark Since M on d ay last our AL market has ruled tolerably steady, and prices have been fairly supported. To-day, P-Y.C. on the spot, it selling at 38s 9d to 395; and for forward delivery, 39s Gd to 403 per cwt. Town Tallow is 37s 3d to 37s Gd per cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2s Id per 816 s. Aivices from St. retersburgh state that the demand for Tallow was heavy, at the previous decline. 184 - g, X 847 Stock this day •••• • • 15,972 Price of Y. C. [ t 3 , 5 459 ( 03 Od Delivery last week: .. 1,301 Ditto from June 1.... 86,180 Arrivals last week . g Ditto from June 1 ... 83,781 Price of Town ...... 42s Od 1848. 1849, 9,253_ 7,961 42s Gd 495 3d to 05 Od to 49s 6cl 82 1 925 87,600 j 78,892 81,000 76,228 267 159 4356 d 515 Od 7,717 24,760 455 6d to 38a 9d 45s 9d 'to39s Od 870 1,113 97,885 96,560 935 1,743 97,801 113,787 488 6d 398 6d CRICKET."--ELEVEN OF KENT v. SIXTEEN Or OXFORDSHIRE.--This match was commenced on Thurs day, and was not brought to a conclusion till Friday evening. In their second innings the "stars" of Rent " 104 .down for the small total of 36. In the result e►erelie>tea by 10 wickets. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 4 A.M. The North American mail steamer America, Captain Harrison, has just arrived, wit h accounts from New York to the 16th, and from Halifax to the 19th instant. The run from Halifax to Liver pool occupied only eight and a half days. In Canada the excitement which succeeded to sign ing of the Rebellion Indemnity Bill by the Governor.. General of Canada, and which found vent in the de struction of the Houses of Parliament by incendi aries, as well as the burning of that official in effigy in almost every town in the two provinces, is rapidly subsiding, aad sober, temperate, and calm action is taking place. The association known as the British American League is increasing rapidly in point of numbers, and branches are being formed in the upper province. Sir Allan M‘Nab has been appointed special agent to proceed immediately to England and urge the Home Government to disallow the Rebellion Bill and recal Lord Elgin, as the only method by which British dominion in Canada can be maintained. A slight enzeule took place at Montreal on the 9th inst. The military were called out and restored order. Strong detachments of troops are kept sta tioned about the present Parliament-house. Beyond this slight affair no disturbance had taken place. A serious riot had taken place in New York on the 10th, in consequence of Mr. Macready's determina tion to perform at the Astor House. Dense crowds assembled round the theatre with the express deter mination to insult Mr. Macready. Some persons were arrested for disorderly conduct, and in revenge they attempted to set fire to the theatre. The mob outside then commenced an attack on the house, the military were called out, and 20 people killed. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that circumstances justified the authorities in giving the order to fire on the mob, but that had a sufficient number of police been called, the use of firearms might have been avoided. The following is a sample of a number of placards extensively posted about New York : " Americans! arouse: the great crisis has come. De cide now whether English aristocrats and foreign rule shall triumph in this, America's metropolis, or whether her own sons, whose fathers once compelled the base born miscreants to succumb, shall meanly lick the hand that strikes, and allow themselves to be deprived of the liberty of opinion so dear to every true American's heart. Americans come out and dare to own yourselves of the iron hearts of '76." The Southern mail has arrived, bringing us New Orleans papers to the Bth inst., which mention the arrival of the ship Tyrone from Vera Cruz, with accounts from San Francisco to the 7th of March. The steam-ship California was still lying entirely deserted by her crew, which accounts for her non arrival at Panama. The crew were busily engaged in digging gold, the reports of which are fully con firmed. Lots in San Francisco were worth from 5,000 to 30,000 dollars. The gold region extends into Lower California. Late Mexican papers state that General Don P. Garcia Conole, Commissioner to run the boundary line on the part of Mexico, had left San Francisco for the purpose of meeting a Commissioner from the United States, furnished with the rations for one year. Venezuela accounts of the 23d of April mention that President Monagas had resigned. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 16.-The money market is quite easy. There is little or no speculative demand fur stock. The price of United States' Sixes maintains itself, as well by reason of their comparative scarceness in the market as by the recourse to them, as more favourable remittances to England than bills of exchange at exist ing rates. Exchange on England is rising, notwith standing the considerable sum in stock recently remitted it is now in demand at from 8 to 8/, quotations which forbid any further importation. On Paris Fives, 26; to 25; on Bremen, 78: 4 - 1 to 79. Bread Stuffs, &c.-There was no change of moment in flour; the market was steady at the recent concession . in prices since the steamer's news, with more doing. The sales embrace the usual variety of brands, including a considerable lot of low grades for export. There was no marked change in meal or rye flour. Sales of Gen nessee Wheat, with a small lot of Virginia, were made on terms stated below. Corn sold quite freely, but on easier terms to purchasers. There was fair business in groceries, with sales of sugar and molasses on terms stated below. Pork was less firm, and sales made on terms in favour of purchaser. Cotton-The market has continued rather quiet, the transactions being only moderate; prices, however, are steady, not having varied during that time. The receipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 2,437,768 bales, against 1,986,282 to saute date last year, an increase this season of 451,486 bales. The total foreign exports this year is 315,295 belts more than last ; say 338,357 bales increase to Great Britain, 26 , 959 decrease to France. 22.766 increase to the North of Europe, and 18,869 de er, ase to other foreign ports. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 180,747 bales more this season than last, and there is a decrease in stock of 25,216. The sales since our last are 3,300 bales, -as follows:- Upland and Florida, 2,100 bales. Inferior, none. Or dinary to good ordinary, 6c. to Gic. Middling to good middling, qc. to 71c. Middling fair to fair, 78e. to 7-ac. Fully fair to good fair, 7 4c. to Bc. Mobile N.N. end Texas, 1,200 bales. luterior, none. Ordinary to good ordinary, 6-ic to 6ftc. Middling to good middling, 7-ic. to 71c. Miudling fair to fair, 7ic. to Bc. Fully lair to good fair, Si-c. to 9c. Exports from the United States since September, 1848 -bales 1,634,980. Sante time, 1847-1,319,685. Freights to Liverpool-Considerable engagements of heavy goods at 255. to 275. 6d. Flour 23. to 2s. 3d. Cot ton 4 dull. to 9 dulls. 32c., and corn 6id., in bulk, with but little offering. To London-Corn meal, 2s. 6d. To Glasgow-Oil, 325. 6d. Butter, 305., and flour, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. To Belfast-Corn was taken at Bd. A British vessel took a cargo for another direct port at the same rate, and a British ship for Liverpool took 5,000 barrels of turpentine, &c., at 2s. 6d. To Antwerp-Oil was engaged at 3/c., and 100 casks rice and 100 barrels ashes, 355. Shipping—The North American mail steamer Hi bernia, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston the 12th inst. The West India mail steamer arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on the 12th; she loft, on her return, the following day. The Royal mail steamer Teviot from San Juan do Nicaragua, arrived at Chagres on the 26th ult., and sailed for Cartkagenathe 29th, with a consider able amount of specie. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) EX PARTE.—SIMPSON V. THE TOWN-CLERK OF LITCIIFIELD. Mr. WI LIATELEY applied for a mandamus to be di rected to the Corporation of Litchfield, to compel them to show cause why they should not pay Mr. Simpson an annuity of 501. 18s. 2d. from the time of the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act in 1835 instead of 1844. It appeared that three of the Lords of the Treasury de cided that Mr. Simpson should receive an annuity of 501. 18s. 2d., as compensation for having been deprived of the office of Town-Clerk, in accordance with the provi sions of the Act. The Corporation had originally awarded the applicant an annuity of 301. He appealed agairst the order to the Treasury, as provided by the Act, who decided that he should receive an annuity of 501. 18s. 2d. from the 9th of September, 1835, which they subsequently rescinded, on a communication from the mayor, to January 9, 1844. Now it was contended that . the Treasury had no right to alter their first order, for if they had that power there was nothing to prevent them from making a third :order, and that the corpora tion must obey the first.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) ,Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDS, and Justices COLTMAN, MAULE, and CRESSWELL.) BAILEY V. WILKINS. In this case, some time ago, a rule to show cause was obtained, why a nonsuit should not be entered, or a verdict for the defendant. It was an action for money paid; the plaintiff being a gentleman on the Stock Ex change, and the defendant residing at Swansea. It appeared that the defendant authorised the plaintiff to purchase for him twenty Vale of Neath Railway shares, at one and a-half discount. The plaintiff; accordingly, bought twenty of those shares, at 21. discount, which would leave 101., and h e c h arged the defendant ls.'a share for commission and received the money amounting to 11/. It afterwards turned out that before the purchase by the plaintiff a deposit of 21. per s h are h a d b ecome due, and the plaintiff was obliged to pay that deposit, amounting to 401. Ile then commenced his action to recover the 401. from the defendant. The real question at issue was, whether a person living in the country who deals with a broker on the Stock Exchange, and w ho cannot himself be cognizant of the rules of the Stock Exchange, is bound by the laws of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Sergeant BYLES now showed cause against the rule, and submitted, first, that a person who employs a broker, and authorizes him to act according to the rules of the share market where a purchase may b emade, is boui,d by the rules of t he Stock Exchange, na although ud seeu t i he principl is not cognizant of those , rules; ru rules of the Stock Exchange the defendant acted accordinl., tothe Exchange he could n ot act otherwise. 'lhe argument was proceeding when we want to press. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) QUEEN V. ANSILL AND ANOTHER. Mr. PARRY applied for a rule calling uponlir. Bevan, the prosecutor in this case, toishow cause why the indict ment should not be removtd to the Court of Queen's Bench. The defendant Ansill, who is the proprietor of the Satirist newspaper, with a young woman named Mills, was committed some time ago from Bow street on a charge of misdemeanour for writing threatening let ters to the prosecutor, but before the indictment was preferred at the Central Criminal Court, a judge's order was obtained to remove it into this court, on condition that both Ansill and Mills put in bail for their due ap pearance in the Queen's Bench. Mills, however, did not attend at the last sessions to answer the charge, and upon its being stated that she had absconded to Boulogne her recognizances were entreated. It was quite impos sible, therefore, for Acaill to comply with the condition' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 28, Ift49. of the judge's order, nor indeed could the case be re • moved into this court by that order, as the prosecutor had preferred a charge of felony in the indictment which was never mentioned at Bow- street, end for which there was n.) foundation whatever. The indictment charged the defendants with a misdemeanour and a felony under Lord Campbell's Libel Act, in conspiring together to extort money from the prosecutor, and that circumstance rendered it necessary that another writ of certiorari should be issued, which could not be done in the first instacce, but only on a rule to show cause. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN took time to consider the ap plication. MA RLBRO'-ST REET— ( THIS DAY.) Patrick Jordan, John Leary, and William Barry, three rough-looking Irishmen, residing in Gee's -court, Oxford-street, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham charged with being drunk and assaulting the police while in the execution of their duty. Bower, 143 D, stated that this morning, about one o'clock, he was on duty near Gee's court, Oxford street, when his attention was called to the prisoners, who were in company with about twenty others standing at the corner of the court. Jordan appeared to be disputing about a pot of beer, and the whole of them were con ducting themselves in such a manner as to cause very great annoyance to the inhabitants. Witness desired them to go away peaceably. They refused, and Jordan struck him a violent blow on the side o his face with his fist. He (Jordan) then called upon the others to come and smash the "b -peoler." Directly he had called upon his comrades he began striking him again in the face, the prisoner Barry at the same time following up the attack in the rear. Witness was then completely surrounded by the lot, and after some difficulty he succeeded in getting out his rattle, and was on the point of springing it, when Jordan called out to his companions to take the " b--- rattle away." The prisoner Barry then wrenched it from him, and tried to break it. Witness then rushed upon Barry and got the rattle from him. Witness was then knocked down on the flat of his back, and as he was lying in that defenceless position the prisoner Barry kicked him about the body; and a man named Dooland (not in cus tody) struck him a tremendous blow on the head, frac turing the top part of the skull. The prisoner Leary, by way of a finisher, then came up and kicked him in the ribs with great force several times. They continued this until a gentleman came up, and took his rattle from him and sprung it. Some constables came to his assistance, and the prisoners ran away. Witness was so exhausted from the loss of blood, that he was obliged to be carried to the station. He was now returned as unfit for duty. Police-constable 16 D said in consequence of hearing a rattle sprang this morning, he ran to the corner of Gee's -court, where he saw the last witness bleeding from the head and face. The prisoners no sooner caught sight of witness, than they ran away. Witness left the complainant in the care of some other constables, and went in pursuit of the prisoners. He subsequently took Jordan and Leary into custody at a public-house in James -street. Police-sergeant, 20 D, said he went in pursuit of Burry, and caught him secreted in a door-way in Ox ford -street. Witness told him he was wanted for as saulting a brother constable. He replied, " What, me, you b—; take that," at the same time striking him several blows with his fists. Witness then took him into custody. The prisoners denied the charge, and said they were not near the place at the time the row took place. Mr. Biscmix thought the charge against the pri soners completely proved, and committed them to the House of Correction for three months. LO URT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 26. The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk this morning, and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, took leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and lett Osborne for London about nine o'clock this morning. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes erday. MAY 27. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the :,Ladies and Gentlemen nt the Court, attended Divine service this morning in Whippingham Church. The Royal children took their usual airings to-day. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yes terday morning in Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Royal Highness crossed from •aborne Pier in the Fairy royal yacht to Gosport, and travelled to town by the London and South-western Railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marl borough Home. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Count of Syra cuse, honoured the establishment cf Mr. Hancock with a visit on Saturday. Mr. Holden, of Belfast, accompanied by Mr. Robert James `ferment, M.P., Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., Mr. French, M.P., and Mr. Bryden, had an interview with Lord John Russell at his residence in Cheshans place, on Saturday, on the subject of extending to the south and w,st of Ireland the manufacture of sewed muslins by ratans of industrial schools. Dr. Paris had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home-office, and presented the annual report from the National Vaccine Establishment. The Rev. Dr. Harper and the Rev. Dr. Johnston had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left town on Saturday, fur Mickleton Hall, Don caster. Sir Henry T. De la Becho had an interview on Satur day, with Sir George Grey. Lady John Russell bad an evening party on Friday, at her residence, in Chesham•place. The company included the Duke of Norfork, Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Dowager Lady Morley, Lady Theresa Lewis, Mr. and Lady Mary Abercromby, Mr. Stafford, Mr. R. W. Grey, Mr. Curzon, Mr. Boileau, Lord Melgund, Lord Dufferin, Mr. and Lady Georgians Hominy, and the Earl of Minto. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The opera of Semiramide was repeated here on Saturday evening, and Mademoiselle Parodi more than confirmed the favourable impression which she had made on Tuesday by her magnificent im personation of the Assyrian Queen. Her per formance on Saturday was even superior to that on Tuesday. It had greater breadth and colouring. On her first appearance the sympathies of her audience were excited, and were carried to a climax by the tomb scene, the scene with Assur, and the last scene with Arsace. Her rendering of the "Giorno d'orrore" in this last scene was excessively fine. It was diffi cult to whom to assign the palm, to Parodi or to A lboni in this exquisite duet, which was re-demanded with enthusiasm. The " Bel raggio," in the first act, was a perfect marvel of brilliant execution. She was frequently called before the curtain during the course of the evening, and at the conclusion of the duet was honoured with a separate call. The beauti ful ballet of Fiorita, with its statues and fountains, concluded the evening's entertainment. ASTLEY 'S ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE. The recent campaign in the Punjaub is the subject of the new grand Eastern spectacle, which Mr. Batty intends producing this evening for the amusement of the Whitsuntide holiday-makers ; it is entitled lifooltan and Goojerat, and embraces all the prin cipal incidents of the campaign. It will be followed by the scenes in the circle, in which the celebrated Marie Macarte will appear, and the favourite drama of the White Maid of Calffornia will conclude the entertainments. THE BALLOT. List of Members who voted for the motion in 1848, excluded from voting in 1849, by absence or having paired :-- Messrs. Anderson, Barnard, Bright, Dawson, Divett, Fagan, C. W. Grenfell, Greene, Hastie, T. Hobhouse, Hume, Humphery, Locke, Macgregor, Mangles, Mowatt ; Sir D. Norreys, O'Brien, Ogle, Lord A. Paget, Lord C. Paget, foto, Rice, Sir J. Romilly, Reynolds, Spearman, Tenison, Townshend, Tynte, Wakley, H. Willyams, Wilson. Mr. Pattison, who did not vote last session, was paired with Mr. William Miles, and Mr. Scrope and Mr. Grenville Berkeley, and Lord G. Paget, were absent, with numerous others professing to be favourable to the measure. Of the Government, Sir John Romilly, who voted last session in favour of the motion, was shut out; Cap- tain Berkeley, who did not vote last session, voted in favour this session; Admiral Dundas and Lord Marcus Hill voted both times in favour; and Mr. Tufuell, absent last session, was paired off in favour of it this session. Lord Alfred Paget was paired; Lord Clarence Paget shut out. DEATH FROM A "COUP DE SoLEm."—Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, an elderly gentleman of respectable appearance, crossing the fields from Bromley to Lewisham, was observed to stagger and fall to the ground by some labourers, who instantly hastened to his assistance. Finding him in a state of insensibility, they at once conveyed him into the town of Lewisham, where, upon meeical examination, he was f oun d to be dead, having sustained a coup de soled, or sun stroke. On the body, which is that of a person about sixty, was found 12s. 71d. in money, and other valuables. It now lies in Lewisham workhouse for identification, and a coroner's inquest. - - SELF-INCARCERATION.—The first person confined in the Plymouth New Prison was a woman, who went there from curiosity on Sunday week last; while alone, examining one of the cells, the door was unexpectedly closed, and, being furnished with a spring lock, she could not open it again. There were no official persons in the building, neither could the party possessing the key bo found till late in the evening. The woman was thus confined from three o'clock in the afternoon until ten at night. — Plymouth Paper. B RODI ES' BANKRUPTCY. — It is gener a lly re p o rted that a further dividen d will shortly be declare d. The sum of 33,0004 is iu bond,--gants.Telegraph.j LITERATURE. POEMS. By Sir F. H. Doyle. Second Edition. It is a matter of no surprise that the poems of Sir Francis Doyle should have become popular favourites, for they are fraught with a spirit and energy that render them most fascinating. One of the best of the poems in this collection, " The Old Cavalier," has been twice cited by Eliot Warburton in his recent work on the Cavaliers. It presents an affecting'picture of the sufferings of the loyalists, and of the ingrati tude with which, in some instances, those sufferings were repaid, as, for example, the first verse of the Old Cavalier's lamentation : " For our martyred Charles I pawned my plate, For his son I spent my all, That a churl might dine and drink my wine, And preach in my father's hall: That father died on Marston-moor, My son on Worcester plain; But the King he turned his b ick on me When he got his own again." The concluding verses will be rightly appreciated by all who have perused the recent memoir of Prince Rupert : " On the fatal field of Naseby Where Rupert lost the day, By hanging on the flying crowd Like a lion on his prey, I st. od and fought it out, until, In spite of plate and steel, The blood that left my veins that day Flowed up above my heel. " And certainly it made those quail Who never quailed before, To look upon the awful front Which Cromweli's horsemen wore. I felt that every hope was gone, When I saw their squadrons form, And gather for the final charge, Like the coming of the storm. " Oh! where was Rupert in that hour m o a r vi t ed h ws a eaey h n ü bt n yh d at r the the Royal blackyß e o a y r a s a Inohdf horse I f s o e e And Rupert of th e Rhine!",o m y Of danger, toil, an d str if e: It would have b een to a l l b rave men xi To e W t h As it pour'd d own i n li ne, force, " The Doncaster St. Leger," is a spirited description of a hardly contested race. The following vivid pic ture of the spectators during the anxious moment of trial will come home to all the visitors of Epsom during the past week : " Then momently, like gusts, you heard, ' He's sixth—he's fifth—he's fourth—he's third!' As on, like some arrowy meteor flame, The stride of the Derby winner came. And during all that anxious time (Sneer, as it suits you at my rhyme), The earnestness became sublime; Common and trite as is the scene, At once so thrilling and so mean, To him who strives his heart to scan, And feels the brotherhood of man, That needs must be a mighty minute, When a crowd has but one soul within it." The grand trial is between the " Derby winner " and a Yorkshire mare, the favourite (of course) of the people of Doncaster. The mare has taken the lead, but after a while the " Derby winner" overtakes her : " And head to head, and stride for stride Newmarket's hope, and Yorkshire's pride, Like horses harnessed side by side, Are struggling to the goal. Ride ! gallant son of Ebor, ride ! For the dear honour of the north, Stretch every bursting sinew forth, Put out thy inmost soul, — And with kneee, and thigh, and tightened rein, Lift in the mare by might and main; The feelings of the people reach, What lies beyond the power of speech, So that there rises up no sound From the wide human life around; One spirit flashes from each eye, One impulse lifts each heart throat-high, One short and panting silence broods, O'er the wildly-working multitudes. But hark I what a rending shout was there, He's beat I he's beat I—by heaven the mare Just on the post she springs away And by half a length has gained the day. Then, how to life that silence wakes, Ten thousand hats thrown up on high, Send darkness to the echoing sky, And like the crash of hill-pent lakes, Out bursting from their deepest fountains, Among the rent and reeling mountains, At once from thirty thousand throats Rushes the Yorkshire roar, And the name of their northern winner floats A league from the course, and more." This is only a sample of Sir F. Doyle's power of description ; poetry of a more thoughtful cast abounds in this volume. As be truthfully says in the " Poetas ter's Plea," addressed to Mr. Gladstone— " Still there are times, when fever and unrest Besiege the silent fortress of the breast; Unspoken heaviness and cares unshown, Which yet are bitter to endure alone; When on some sunny dream cloud-shadows fall Or sorrows come to me that come to all— Days of uprooted hope—of fading flowers— Of rainbows, waning into wintry showers— When hidden languor follows secret strife, And the heart sickens at the length of life— These are the seasons, which of right belong To thoughts, which rush and kindle into song. Milton rose up when fate grew hard to bear, From earth to Heaven, and drew empyrean air. From the salt bread he loathed, and paths of pain, Up alien stairs, when life was on the wane, The Tuscan sought his seraph love again. And Tasso kept in gloom, when hope was dead, One brightness, from the laurel on his head. Auguster grief was theirs, whose awful sound, Sea like, is heard the listening earth around — But yet the same perennial fountains fill The ocean-deeps, and shadows of the rill. Though vast the space between us, not the less We seek a common solace in distress." The influence of such hours occasionally chas tens and subdues, in a beautiful manner, the fire and energy which forms the predominant characteris tic of the muse of Sir Francis. It is said that smiles and tears are, at their source, no t far apart. Be this as it may, Sir Francis Doyle possesses the power of evoking either by his strains of melodious pathos, or his outbursts of martial energy. CHEAP EDITION OF EUGENE ARAM. A startling announcement is made by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in his preface to the present edition of "Eugene Aram," the last volume completed of the beautiful edition of his works now publishing by Messrs. Chapman and Hall. The announcement will henceforth confirm the fame acquired by this noble romance, and will materially tend to elevatethe already noble and lofty character of Eugene Aram. Says the author—" On going with maturer judgment over all the evidences on which Aram was condemned, I have convinced myself, that although an accomplice in the robbery of Clarke, he was free both from the premedi tated design and the actual deed of murder." So thorough is the conviction of Sir Edward on this point, and so fully has that conviction been corrobo rated, that he says further on—" Finding my convic tions, that in the murd er it se lf h e h a d no share, borne out by the opinion of many em i n ent lawyers, by whom I have heard th e su bj ec t discussed, I have accordingly so shaped his confession to Walter." This will be grateful news to those who, like ourselves regard "Eugene Aram" as one of the best, and cer tainly as one of the most m o r a l of his productions. It is almost unnecessary to say of the cheap re-issue of the works, four of the volumes of which have already appeared, "Rienzi," "Paul Clifford," "Pelham," and "Eugene Aram," that it is admirably calculated, by extending the reputation of a great writer, to im prove and cultivate the tastes of the multitude. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. One of the latest numbers of thi s c l ever per i o di ca l (171) was adorned with a Portrait and a biographi cal notice of Thomas Babington Macaulay. No greater writer of the present age, and few greater of the past, could be represented to the greedy and ad miring curiosity of the populace. The p ortra i t w i ll, we are satisfied, be looked to with eagerness, as por traying the features of , one who is termed de servedly one of the greatest mei of this generation. The likeness, drawn by Anelay, represents the historian as he must have appeared when much younger. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Number IV. of this already favourite periodical contains, besides an amusing fable about ." Puss and Dash," addressed by the editress to the littl e h a bi tan t s ofse Self-Help," f h . nursery , e Helpa agseenntle and sensible paper "Providence and togeth er w i t h a very humanizing chapter on " Sympathy between Classes , graceful and charming argument on the wisdom of the old device "Nil Desperandum ." Th e l atter con tribution is enforced by illustrative anecdotes, culled from the histories of Columbus, Leonidas , and Solario. Altogether the journal sustains its character. of his coppice s quantity o t E and ggesford A Goon EXAMPLE.—The Hon. Newton Fellowes andha s givenbrake brakes, orders the t o h a ve neighbourhood Chawleigh, cleared and broken up for tillage, which is now affording a large amount o f l abour to the poor; immense tracts, which but a few years since were planted with furze., for the purpose of affording shelter for the a great foxes, are now undergoing that change which will soon, we hope, repay the owner a better return.-- Western 7 imes. COUNTY COURTS.—We understand a memorial has been addressed to the Home-office by the County Court Judges, and that a deputation of them has waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, complaining of their salaries having been permanently fixed at 1,0001. a-year —a sum, they say, quite incommensurated with the dig nity, responsibiiity, labour, and usefulness of the office.— Western Times. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RA I LWAY. - -Traffic for the week ending May 19, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 990/. 5. 11d.; parcels, 401. 12s. 10d.; goods and cattle, 1731. /i, steal-inigth 1454 7/.-1041, 1,304 9 1 . 8,1 SOPHOCLES FOR THE MILLION. EDIPUS, KING OF THEBER. Translated from the CEdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. By Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. Four summers back the reception of Antigone by an English audience in Covent-garden Theatre suf ficiently showed that the old Greek dramatists were not incapable of finding appreciation among us bar barians. The enthusiasm with which that great tragedy was welcomed by the inhabitants of London was scarcely owing so much to the splendid histrionic abilities of Mr. Vandenhoff and his daughter, or to- the noble composition of an il lustrious musician since deceased—Mendelssohn liartholdy—as it was to the dramatic majesty of Sophocles, a majesty which was recognised even through the film of a translation. Remembering that incident, which almost constitutes of itself an epoch in the drama and in literature, it is with peculiar gratification that we observe the appearance of the present diminutive, but most estimable volume, an English version of the renowned CE.lipus Tyrannus, from the pen of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, late Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. From the few words prefixed to the translation it would appear that in the event of the writer meeting with anything like adequate encouragement the present will only prove the pursuivant of many similar performances. With all possible cordiality we trust to see this double intention realised—we trust to witness this success which will evoke this scholarly enterprise. For the purpose of the trans lator is eminently deserving of encouragement— seeing that it is a solicitude to familiarise the masses of his fellow-countrymen (unacquainted as they are with the language of ancient Greece) with the famous masterpieces of antiquity. To do this effectually Sir F. Hastings Doyle has here pro duced a faithful yet elegant translation into our mother tongue of one of the chef d'auvres of the im- , mortal Sophocles—at a very trifling expenditure for the reader, and of a most portable size for his con venience. As we have already intimated, the trans lator in his preliminary " Notice," expresses his in tention of furnishing versions successively of the six other plays. This intention, we repeat, we earnestly hope to see realised. It will do honour to Sir F. H. Doyle, while conferring an inestimable advantage on the community. It will tend to diffuse still further the fame of Sophocles, and in so doing it will elevate the tastes and widen the intelligence of the mul titude. FINE ARTS. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS. Part I. By George Godwin, F.R.S. A new pictorial serial, especially directed to the representation of the various achievements of the science of architecture, is here commenced. Plate one is a sketch of her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne ; two, a beautiful design of the north porch of Redcliff Church, Bristol (as it would appear restored), a spot famous as being surmounted by the muniment room in which the monk Rowley was created by a schoolboy. We should marvellously like to see that muniment room surmounted by a colossal figure of Chatterton ! Plate three gives us a view of St. Isaac's at St. Petersburgh. Plate four is the interior of the new hall at Lincoln's-inn. Plate five, the new Carlton Club-house ; six, the Arch bishop's throne, Canterbury Cathedal ; seven, the Kensington Union Workhouse; eight, the Liverpool Branch Bank of England. The work is edited by the editor of our able contemporary the Builder. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION. A half-yearly meeting of this excellent society was held at the Free masons' Tavern, on Saturday last, the Rev. Dr. Shep herd in the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Bishop of London. After the minutes of the last meet ing had been read by the Rev. Mr. Glennie, the secre tary, the Reverend Chairman commented upon the great loss which the society had sustained by the death of his co -treasurer, Charles Frederick Barnewall, Esq., and the meeting then proceeded to the election of boys and girls into the schools at St. John's-wood, when, from the great number of applications, and the unfortunately few vacancies, an animated discussion arose as to the relative merits of the candidates, but eventually those who were recommended by the committee were elected. These were five boys, namely, Wm. Thomas, H. B. Marshall, Alfred Williams, John G. B. Owen, and W. De Jabet; and five girls, namely, E. F. Sisson, M. M. Durand, E. M. B. Lewis, Ellen Lee, and C. E. A. Ro gers, all orphans of clergymen of the Church of Eng land, who have been left in a destitute condition. We are sorry to be informed that the annual subscriptions to this valuable institution have of late years fallen off, but it is to hoped that if greater publicity be given to the existence and objects of the charity, this diminution will be arrested, and the accounts present a more satis factory appearance than they have done for several years past. LARGE ARRIVAL 01' SPECIE.—The following nu merous arrivals of specie have taken place into the metro polis in one day from the different countries and ports rnrntioned. The ship Alfred, arrived in the docks from Calcutta and the Cape, brought from the latter place 15 boxes of specie, consigned to nine different firms in the metropolis, and two boxes of specie consigned to order. The ship Agincourt, also from Calcutta and the Cape, has brought from the latter place 12 boxes of specie, consigned to order; the vessel New Margaret, from Canton, brought 32 boxes of treasure, consigned to the Oriental Bank, and also 22 boxes of treasure, consigned to order; the vessel Cowlitz, from Port Victori a , Co lombia Rver, and Honolala, respectively, brought from the former place 12 cases of specie, consigned to the Hudson's Bay Company, and from the latter, 5 cases of specie, and four cases of gold ore, consigned to the same company, tied also two packages of gold dust, consigned to a party in the metropolis ; the Owen Glendower, from Bombay, Cannanare, and St. Helena, 16 boxes of silver, consigned to a firm of eminence in the metropolis; the Alverton, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope, 3 boxes of specie, consigned to order; the Frowning Beauty, from Hudsco, ,Iquique, Islay, and Callao, respectively, 3,050 bars of copper from the first place, consigned to a metropolitan house, and from the last mentioned 22 packages of specie, consigned to order; and the Wellington, from Hobart Town, 1 case of bullion, addressed, and 1 case of specie, con signed to a firm in the metropolis. The following ar rivals of a similar nature have also just taken place:— The Winchester, from Launceston, Van Diemen 's Land, has brought 1 case of bullion, addressed; the Athena, from Canton, 5 boxes of treasure, consigned to order; the Meteor, from Sierra Leone, 1 case of gold, consigned to a metropolitan firm; the Broadaxe, from Bahia, 1 box of diamonds, addressed, and 1 package of coins, con signed to order; the Sir Robert Peel, from New York, 1 package of specie, addressed; acd the vessel Bucephalus, arrived in the docks from Whampoa, has brought 50 packages of species, consigned to a banking establish ment in the metropolis. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DERBY DAY.—On Saturday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, in the Westminster Hospital, on the body of Nathaniel Rice, aged 11 years, who was killed under very dreadful cir cumstances on the Derby day. It appeared by the evid ence that it has been the custom for a number of boys to assemble on the days of the Epsom races at the Millbank side of Vauxhall-bridge, and to run alter the carriages returning from the Downs, for the object of obtaining money, which is too often thrown from the windows, or by the riders in cabs. On Wednesday evening, about half-past seven, Captain George Gardner, R.N., of 16, Bury-street, St. James's, and Captain Jones, a member of the Conservative Club, arrived in ono of Ransom's patent cabs, driven by the owner, Mr. Everitt, of Royal Oak mews, Paddington, at Vaux hall-bridge, from the races, and when the ve hicle had turned towards Millbank, the deceased and many other boys ran after it, and importuned the gen tlemen inside tor some halfpence, but did not succeed. The driver, in order to get away from them, pulled to the off side, and the deceased, by some means, fell over a stone, and was thrown under the near wheel, which passed over his head, and literally crushed it to pieces. He was taken to a surgeon, and afterwards to the hospital, where he died the same night from the effect of the dreadful fractures. Captain Gardner stated that the cab was not going at a rate of more than five miles an hour, and the driver was perfectly sober. Neither he nor Captain Jones had thrown out any money to the boys, but from ono which was in front of them something had been tossed into the road, which the boys scrambled after, and then came to their cab. The Coroner, having deprecated the dangerous practice of throwing about money on such occasions amongst crowds of boys, the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death." TIIE RUNNING OF VIE DERBY.—The result of this race, which excites such interest in the provinces as well as the metropolis, was telegraphed yesterday after noon with wonderful rapidity. The race, which, as will be seen, was won by " Flying Dutchman," is an nounced to be run at half-past two; immediately the result is dispatched on the wings of numerous carrier pigeons trained for the purpose (there being no tele graph between Epsom and London). For the moment a cloud of those messenger-birds is seen, and immedi ately each flies off like a shot in the direction of its home, the goal of some being across the Channel. Those destined for London sped the distance generally within half an hour, end from the Electric Telegraph-office the intelligence was momentarily transmitted over the greater part of the kingdom. Tne result of the race was re ceived here exactly at half-past three. Thus, within the hour, the race was run (and it frequently dots not com mence till ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after the time stated), the carrier pigeon received its message, flew with it to Lyndon, the roYsterious agency of the telegraph conveyed it here, and we are now enabled to announce it to our readers.--Caledonian Mercu,y. APPOINTMENTS.—Major Hope is appointed Audi tor-General ,at the Cape of Good Hop.. Mr. James Duncan is to be the head of the Botanical -gardens at the Mauritius. 06 --The following mem- MIDDLE TEMPLE, 1‘...‘“ hers of this society have been ca lled to Smith, to the bar, Esq., and henry Sc o tla n d, Escp and were sworn in this ev e ni n g in the nail: Captain . Lott, sailed for The steam-ship Europ a, on Saturday last,. carrying out Halifax and Boston seventy passengers, a nd the we ekly mails for Canada and the United States. THE COMMISSAR IAT SERVICES. —The amount; re quired to be voted by Parliament this year for the com missariat department is 531,8721. a gainst 577 , 1621 . for the year 1848.9. The effective services require 488,0001., 43,8721. End lae 139 u-effective, rt tar Varttion TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. ASCOT STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Essedarius—taken 7 to 1 agst Gardenia 7 to 1 agst Jelly Fish 7 to 1 agst Swordplayer 12 to 1 agst Glutton 12 to 1 agst Cymba 12 to 1 agst Chicaneur EMPEROR'S 'ASR. 3 to 1 agst Canezou 3 to 1 agst Chanticleer 7 to 2 agst Van Tromp MANCHESTER CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mahon CENTRAL GERMANY. In the sitting of the Frankfort Parliament of the 25th inst. the following resolutions were moved by M. Simon, and accepted with a majority of 37 votes : " 1. The troops of such States of which the Go vernment refuse to recognise the legality of the Par liament and of its resolutions shall be freed from their equivocal and painful condition, either by being sworn to the Constitution, or by being removed from the territories of the States which remain faithful to the Constitution." " 2. The Parliament expects the Regent's Cabinet will favour them to-morrow with a definitive declara tion on the above subject." The House then adjourned to the following day, the 26th inst. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to May 24: ASSETS. Cash and ingots ... . . ... f. 205,650,881 41 Ditto in branch banks ... .. 126,133,296 00 Bills past duo ••• •.• ••• 72,983 34 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,035,3251. 65c. are from the branch • , banks 47,359,335 8 Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 76,596,003 00 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 12,169,900 00 Ditto on French public , securities ... 25,585,892 45 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,470,837 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 00 Routes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... ... 12,779,541 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,288,928 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 1,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... ... 6,187,574 59 Ditto at the branches ... ... ... 3,735,200 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 486,091 64 Ditto of the branches ... ... ... 391,845 00 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 964,167 34 Advance to the department of the Seine ... 3,000,000 00 Loan3f ,000,000 f. to the city of Mar- seilles , ... ... 1,000,000 00 E 685,408,152 87 LIABILITIES. Capital . . f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 375,032,700 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 27,557,525 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 930,309 75 Account-current with Treasury creditor 30,167,207 4 Various accounts current ... 93,854,902 30 Ditto in branches 27,439,114 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... 4,092,300 00 Ditto at branches ... 1,145,326 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by - - the Bank ... ... ... .. 5,633,114 63 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 4,562,127 00 —• • - - • • -- - - -- -- Dividends payable . . ... 213,353 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 184,832 44 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,492,691 8 Ditto branch banks ... 1,834,648 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks •.. ... 460,661 00 Miscellaneous ... ... 330,481 53 f. 683,408,152 87 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. D'ARGOUT. EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. Captain Sir Samuel Brown, R.N., the inventor of chain cables, and whose name is well known in con nexion with some of the finest suspension bridges in this country, was, some time ago, furnished by the Admiralty with a boat 32 feet long, 5 feet three inches in breadth, with a draft of water of 1 foot 10 inches, for the purpose of ascertaining the com parative advantages of the expanding and con tracting of the blades or fans of the screw-propeller now in general use in her Majesty's steam-ships and vessels. The boat was fitted with an engine of six horse power, with a length of stroke of 6 inches, each stroke causing three revolutions of a screw pro peller 22 inches in diameter, when placed in the usual position of the common screw propeller, with power to expand the blades to 28 inches diameter. The first experiment was made on the Surrey Canal, with the propeller regulated to the ordinary dimensions, the strokes of the piston 120, making 320 revolutions per minute. The speed attained under these circum stances was one measured mile in 10 minutes 30 seconds, and the same distance back in 10 minutes 20 seconds, giving an average of five and three-quarter miles an hour. A second experiment was made with the propeller, expanded full out, the strokes of the piston 84, making 252 revolutions per minute. The boat then run the measured mile in 9 minutes 10 seconds, or at the rate of 7 miles an hour, and back the same distance in 9 minutes, or at the rate of 7 one-eighth of a mile an hour. The expansive prin ciple having been proved advantageous by these expe riments, Sir Samuel Brown was requested to have the boat taken to Woolwich to have her tried in the river, and she was steamed down from Greenwich to Wool wich on Thursday and Friday last for that purpose. The boat started from the Dock-yard at twelve at noon, and on arriving at the east end of the Royal Arsenal, where the Justitia convict-ship is stationed, the experiments commenced, the full power of the steam being put on 701bs. to the square inch, and the screw propeller adjusted to an angle of 15 degrees with her keel. The time occupied in running a dis tance of about a mile and a half from the Justitia to the eastern extremity of the practice range in the marshes, was 11 minutes against the ti&, the pistons making 88 strokes per minute, and the screw propel ler 264 revolutions in the same time. In returning the same distance with the tide, the distance was accomplished in 10 minutes, the piston making 70 strokes. The third run was made fr om th e J us titi a to opposite one of the boards put up as a guide to the collier stations, and the distance being less it was accomplished in 8.50 minutes, the strokes of the pis ton being 86, against the tide. The fourth run was accomplished in 6.3 minutes, with the tide, the piston making 80 strokes, or 240 revolutions of the screw propeller per minute. The screw was then altered to an angle of 25 degrees, and the boat made the same distance as in the third run in 7.10 minutes, the piston making 66 strokes, or 198 revolutions of I the screw propeller. The sixth, or run back, was effected in 7 minutes, the piston making 72 strokes. The screw was then reduced to the same dimensions as the common screw propeller, and although making 140 strokes of the piston per minute, it occupied 7.29 minutes in the seventh run, and 7.16 minutes in the run back. The actual speed attained by the boat, as near as could be ascertained in the ab sence of marks to denote a measured mile, was with the expanded screw propeller, and the piston making 88 strokes per minute, or 246 revolutions of the screw, fully eight miles per hour; but when the screw propeller was contracted to the common form, and the piston making 140 strokes per minute, and 420 revolutions, the propelling power only gave a result of seven miles an hour, showing that, with a decrease of 150 revolutions of the screw per minute, or 2,360 revolutions per hour, Sir Samuel Brown's plan gave an increase of speed to the boat of fully one mile an hour. The experiments were carri▪ ed on under the superintendence of Lieutenant Robertson,who will have to report the result througha Commo doredH%eransr)c- o E n d s e id n e t r o ed th g e oo Lo d r , d e s o o n f si t d he n A n dmir see w e the whole of the trials on Friday,e t,lYur• Tin he persons in the boat. t he g g r a t 1 I ere nine a • moans l' u u t o r t. c a AuTntoiorin ofA Ryde, Isle of Wight, chemist, patented by Mr. Hors ey and mechanical 1:1 1 1 I C r a A l lEit—B processes, y to purify water as in filtration, et is proposed not only h 74 c i fien of 9 ic r a T1 1 .1 t f h n d o r t a w a ' l a s l o o to f depriveits sulphates it Of f allor other to ,, s h of a t r e d n en i i t ng b)„ . s t al e ts, ' warijilomleasloorarevefogretahbuime impregnation,human and animal use, and econt mical and useful for domestic purposes and for many processes of art and manwacture, as well as for the prevention of incrustration in steam and stove boilers, which arises chi( fly from the deposit of the sulphate of lime during the evaporation of the water into steam. For this latter purpose, we remember, a patent was some time since taken out, under which sal-ammoniac was inserted into the boiler and became decomposed, the sulphuric acid of the incrustation uniting with the ammonia of the sal ammoniac, and its limo with the muriatic acid forming a very deliquescent salt in place of the incrustation. lc may be by some combination of an analogous process with the other means alluded to that Mr. Horaley's pa tent operates. And at all events, the idea is a very im portant one, and its realization most desirable, especially in localities where there is good reason to believe that calculous and other diseases are generated by hard or impure Water,—Builder, DT. MANZ ON I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. fbaeveonurbarbolueglhigt light, andfore h t h e e e l, yEnglishcharges public, bav e b n e o e t n Sia,—As C oun t M anzon i' s name has unfortunately fo ri ng m a pre ferred agai ns t thi s most respectable gentle g an iv y e otneetbwehEo n h g as lis th b e p f n or b t l u ie ne sc o m f e kn in o w ina man even the in in the H ouse o f L ords, I think it to be the duty of ing him. Count Giacomo Manzoni's family is a noble, wealthy, and most respected family of Lugo, in the Legation of Ferrara; and the Count is a nephew of two of the most celebrated men in Italy, Vincenzo Monti, with whom Lord B roug h am use d to cor respond, and Bartoloneo Borghesi, an antiquarian second to no one in Europe. He is an antiquarian himself, and a great orientalist. To increase the store of his knowledge in the difficult and extensive branch of science to which he devoted himself, the Count undertook long and expensive travels in the East, and especially in Greece, and has got together one of the richest libraries in Italy. As he had faith in the triumph of the sacred cause of Italy, and was horrified at the disgraceful misrule, especially in the financial department, of the reign of Gregory XVI., he gave himself to the study of political economy, hoping that one day would come in which he might be useful to his country. The Count became such an economist, and acquired such practical knowledge of public administration, that I do not hesitate in stating (without depreciating the merits of others) that he was the most competent man to fulfil the duties of a Minister of Finance in the Roman States, and that it is only due to his extra • ordinary exertions and ability i f the Government, both before and after the Pope's flight, did not be. come a bankrupt. I had the honour to find myself in the Ministry with Count Manzoni at the time of Mamiani's Ad ministration, and consequently I speak with a thorough knowledge of the facts. It must be further stated that Count Manzoni has always served his country without receiving any remuneration from the state, and that he is daily buying in the metropolis rare and expensive books to increase his library, instead of pursuing the object which has been falsely attributed to his visit to England. He is not an exile, as Lord Brougham has asserted in the House of Lords, a circumstance which Count Manzoni has denied in a letter to the Times, but he is here in his cfficial capacity of Minister of Finance of Rome, on a mission from his Government. I hope that, from a sense of justice, you will insert this letter in your widely circulating paper, and I have the honur to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, CARLO GONZALES, LL.D., Late Chief Secretary of the Foreign Office, at ROM) under Mamiani's Ministry ; Envoy to the Pouti- Seal Camp, and Extraordinary Commissioner in the Venetian Provinces. 24, Broad-street, Golden-square, London, May 24, 1849. ABSENCE OF COUNSEL-JUSTICE TO CLIENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —As an untiring and powerful friend to the op pressed, as the great annihilator of abuses in courts of law, and the staunch advocate of justice to the people, em I induced to trouble you with a short detail of my case, in the hope that your kindly intercession may have the effect of remedying the evil through which I am la bouring and kept in confinement, and by so doing, if not producing liberty to me, at all events rendering hereafter justice to others. In the month of July last I was, from the reverses of fortune, incarcerated in Whitecross-street Prison, and, from my then poverty-stricken circumstances, had no alternative open to me to relieve me from such difficulties but that which the very liberal insolvent laws shed around the " fallen trader." To those laws, then, did I appeal, and in the course of time (some nine months) did I obtain the adjudication of the Court on my case, by which I was discharged as to my detaining creditor's judgment debt. On its receipt did I hope and prepare to quit the prison which had held me for so lengthened a period, when, alas! I found that from an ambiguity in the wording of my adjudication order my detaining creditor was permitted to, and had lodged at such prison, what is legally termed a " e s pi es t o h o ld to bail , " which pre cluded my release until monetary satisfaction had been rendered thereto. In this fearful state of things, dis tracted in mind, and borne down by domestic losses of a near and dear character, did I lay bare my case to, and seek advice from a " fellow-prisoner," a gentleman of th e law. An opinion thereon was obtained favourable to me, the writ by which I was held was perused and compared with the statute, and was at once pronounced, " informal." Steps were taken to set aside such instrument, and money was from me obtained to effectuate that object, on the success of which my liberty depended. A judge at chambers was to decide this, to me all-important question; but lo! when the time arrived to discuss and settle such point, my legal friend (my former fellow pri soner, who had since then obtained his discharge from cus todj ) was nen et inventus. The summons was dismissed, I mulct of my money, and left again to bewail on uiy now dJubly wretched incarceration. Shortly subs, quent to this my ease is laid before another " legal gentleman," who, after minutely considering the same, determined on layir,g it before a full court of the Common Pleas' judges on affida'tit of the facts! This appeal was by my newly-instructed attorney entrusted to a .) oung member of the bar, who last term made a mo tion to set aside this writ of capias to hold to bail," and discharge me from custody, and obtained a rule nisi thereon returnable on the day before the last day of the then term. On the return of such rule an application was made for and an extension granted thereof to the first day of the present Trinity Term, I still remaining a prisoner, a thing of minor import to these legal func tionaries. The first day of such term, however, now arrives; in structions are handed by me to my attorney, and by him (so lam told) to my counsel. Anxiety reigns in my bosom, and a brother is dispatched to the court to witness the discussion. The rule is called on, a counsel rises to oppose the rule, and when " it is inquired, who appears to support," my advocate is nowhere to be found; that coming to the ears of the Court, " justice" is administered to the struggling and oppressed client, by what is called " striking the rule out of the paper." Information hereof speedily reaches me, and for expla nation, do I apply to my attorney, and he to the counsel, who gives none further than that he was absent by arrangement with the opposing counsel, and did not, of course, think the rule would be called on. However, this morning my counsel tries to get such rule re-opened; this, however (which would have been but "just" to the confiding and injured client) was preremptorily re fused, and the dismissal of the rule wholly confirmed. My counsel bows to the Court, says, " he's sorry," and quits it. I receive the intelligence, and debarred of all remedy or appeal, am left in pr ison without redress. What I am now to do; how much longer in durance vile I am to remain, or where I em to find redress, are problems neither my attorney or myself can solve. Public grounds have induced me so fully to detail my case, in the hope that its appearance in your all-powerful journal may have the effect of altering this fearful state of things. I have trespassed much on your Yalu.. able time. I have claimed considerable space in your paper, but the severity of my case and its loud all for justice, I trust will plead an excuse for the same, and act as a sufficient incentive for the insertion of my lengthy narrative, apologising for which, I am, Sir, yours obe diently and respectfully, ROBERT COOL, Formerly Bide and Skin Salesman, Leadenhall-market, now a prisoner in Whiticross-street Prison. May, 1849. EAGLE SHOT.—As Mr. Allan Maclean, Lord Mac donald's gamekeeper, at North Uist, was taking his round at South Lee, on the 12th instant, be shot a large eagle, of the white. tailed tribe, as she was flying off the nest; and afterwards, though with great difficulty, h. secured her two eggs. The bird measured three feet nine inches in length, and about eight feet between the extremities of the wings; and weighed 171-Ib. This is, of course, propitious to the neigbouring flockmasters, as this avis Jovis was supposed to be making great havoc among the lambs.—lnverness Courier. OrENING OF THE NEW STATION, EUSTON -SQUARE. —The new station of the North-Western Railway, at Euston-square, which has been for several months in progress, was, on Saturday ; opened for business. The building (externally very plain) is in the Homan style; the interior decorated with Corinthian and Doric columns. The length of its south and north fronts is 168 feet; the east and west fronts, 221 feet. In addi tion to the handsome waiting-rooms, booking and other offices, compactly arranged within the building, are two vestibules ; the outer, for general traffic, measuring 64 feet by 21, is paved with patent metallic lava, resembling tesselated pavement, an article impe rv i ous to damp. The inner vestibule is a magnificent apartment, 140 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 61 feet high; around it runs an elegant light iron gallery communicating with the uppe r room. d n i t ng to the At general the er a e l a m st ee e t n in d g is room, a bold ld o ffices : it will be used as a genera l waiting and rdrehs - which fi is ig_htcaolfcusltaetre)osdf, to hold 4,000 person s . O ver the entrant© is sculpture in Caen sto ne , representing Britannia sup ported by Me rcury and Science, executed ence, executed by John Thomas ; and contiguous (by the same artist) are bas relief devices symbolical of London, Birmingham, Man chester, Chester, Northampton, and Carlisle. The deco rations of the principal apartments are profuse, chaste, and elegant; the general offices are neat, convenient, and spacious: the whole in fact, as a railway station, is without equal. It has been executed by Messrs. Cubitt, from a design by P. Hardwick; Esq., the architect, at an expense of nearly 140,0001. SERVANTS' PROVIDRNT AND BENEVOLENT SO. CIETY.—Ou Saturday a supplementary meeting to that held on the 16th inst., at the lianover-square Rooms, and at which his Ito al Highness Prince Albert presided, took place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, SL James's. It was most numerously attended. There was a large number of domestic servants present, and the female por tion of them, at the request of the chairman, the Bishop of Oxford, were accommodated with chairs close under the platform, on which were the Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Hon. C. Pelham, Hon. Dudley Pel ham, Sir C. Aldis, Sir W. Stirling, the Revs. Sir H. Dukinfield, H. Mackenzie, J. (Jackson, W. Williams, Robert Wilson, G. G. Gordon, W. Rawlins, R. Alston, A. R. Pennington, 11. Ellison, T. Black, T. Braithwaite, T. Ainger, Dr. Brewer, Captain Burrows, J. Tidd Pratt, and J. Twining, Esqs. Resolutions in accordance with 019 object 91 . the iglictY Me PIA glad carotid.