The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERMAL INTELLIGENCI2I. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool ,Cotton Market yesterday closed wren firmer than on Tuesday, and compared with the rates of Friday all kinds were id. per lb. dearer, except Surat, which advanced id. per lb. :The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, including . 9,000 American ; 1,000 Pernam and Maranham at 6kd. to ; 100 Bahia, 6id. ; 1,000 Egyptian, Old. to Bd., and 900 Surat, 4d. to sd. per lb. Of the gross sales exporters took 1,000 for export, and 2,000 bales were purchased on speculation. There Was no particular feature in the Railway Share Market, but on the whole a better tone prevailed. The reports from the principal grain _markets throughout France show a further decline in the prices of wheat and flour during the past week. At Paris the choice . qualities of flour began to decline on Friday about 3 frs. per sack, and at the close of the week failed to recover, when the average rates for the four marks, were 80 i to 811. per 157 kilos. Wheat fell lf. to 2f. ' per sack, with choice kinds ruling at 51f. per 120 kilns., and Lorraine and Burgundy qualities at 46f. A lot of red American was sold at 46f. and 47f.. and white Spanish at 49f. At Havre there has been some important sales by auction of the stocks an hand of American wheat and flour, which for the time has paralysed the market. These Were composed of 22,069 barrels of Baltimore flour, which realised from 33f. to 36f. 50e. per barrel ; and 13,600 barrels New York at 28f. 76c. to 31f., the old market prices being from 36f. to 39f. for best qualities ; of wheat 4,500 sacks, at 80f. per 200 kilos. for white, and 70f. to 71f. for red ; and 2,690 bags inferior sorts from 45f., some of which Were damaged. iccounts from the Vienna Bourse state that there is - great feebleness in the'public Funds,"with a ten dency to decline in other Stocks. The 5 per Cent. Idetallics have fallen I to 85k, and the 4i- per Cents. 77k. Shares of the New Hypotbek Bank have declined 3 florins to 340, and Austrian Rail ways 260. Money is again becoming scarce, and foreign exchanges rising. The rates of exchange on London is now 10 4, and on,Paris 1191. Accounts from India by the Overland Mail state that at Calcutta no variation had occurred in the market for British piece goods. If the money Market, however, became easier there was likely to be considerable activity, as the stocks of several articles were reduced. The Money Market exhi bited no signs of immediate improvement, and dis counts on the other hand have slightly advanced. According to the last . Bank return there Was an increase in the loans and discounts of 72 ,20,875 rupees, and the Bank was 17 lacs in a worse position than in the previous week. Heavy remittances, however, bad been sent to Burmah for purchases of rice, but these would soon cease, and it was expected that towards the termination of the season the directors would make some mate rial alteration in the charges for discount. The Batavian papers state that owing to the failure of the rice crops in Jambi (Sumatra) the Governor-General of N. India had decreed that all Paddy and rice imported into Muraa Kowpeh, in 'lambi, during 1856 should be free from duty. The Blackwall, M'Kerlie, has arrived from Port Philip, with advices to the 28th December, and 8 7,281 ounces of gold. She landed her passengers at Penzance and proceeded up Channel. This vessel, owing to unfavourable weather, was obliged to put into Pernambuco, and the passage home f rom‘the Colony has therefore been protracted. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 18b6. Great Western N orth-Western south: Western Brightt-n 12,289 Midland s outh -Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and YGrkAire Eristol and Exeter 6,178 Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 5,836 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 8,773 Forth British.... North Stafford Edinburgh and Gla-(,pow Waterford and Limerick Great Western of Canada 13,134 1855. £26.410 54.259 14.971 13,912 28,109 18.140 11 293 18,498 18,994 5,955 4,555 5,576 8,730 4 674 6,489 5,447 800 8,529 The market for Public Securities presents a v ery firm appearance, and the improvement which Occurred late yesterday is maintained with firm 11ess• It is now generally expected on t he Stock Exchang e that the new loan will be for a compara tively small amount, and will not be taken in Con sols. This may partially account for the buoyancy t, c 'w apparent. Consols are 93 to for money, and for account. The New 3 per Cents. have 92 • Bank 92/ and the Reduced Annuities 91 i to Bank Stock is 2121 to 2131, and East India Stock 230. The June Exchequer Bills are Is. dis count, and the Bonds are 98g. Forei gn S ecur iti es are qu i e t, but generally firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are flatter, viz., 981 /, and tl l° Guaranteed 4 per Cents. have been marked 1011 Tr, being steady. Russian 5 per Cents. are 1 i 6) and the 4i per Cents. 95 to 951. Sardinian ends have risen I, being 951, and Spanish 3 per cents- remai n a t 45g. Mexican Bonds have risen t 0 22 i and 23k. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are 99k and. Dutch 4 per Cents. 93 1. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7i ; Mexi can, 23k; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Portuguese 4 per Cent s., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 1 ; ditto Deferred, 241 ; ditto Certificates, u i 6 ; ditto Passive, 71 1. The Railway Share Market is firm, but there is v ery little activity. Greats Northern, Midland, _ a nd North-E as t e rn (Berwick) are firmer. In the _ ro reign Shares a good business is doing, and the prices are buoyant. The Canadian are steady. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are 'without particular alteration. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES, r Prom the Oficial Luz. done sank Stock 3 per Cent. Redstoed . ....... 3 per Cent. Console Annuities 93A 3 I New 3 per Cent. Annuities 924 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. IRSO A 3.16 Ditto :10 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 15-15 3 Ditim 30 Years, expire sth April, ii!cBs . 17 1‘ id l 7 India Stock 230 28 India Bonds. £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO console for Account Exchequer Bills, 2id. £lOOO £5OO ,8 3 d 93 t March. June. 1d 4 1 d %all ..... • • 5 p 1 3 a par Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 98i Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian B on d s. 5 p er C e nt. — Ditto Account .... li9 Ditto Small 99i 100 Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 994 x(1 iteTiev 3 per Cent Ditto Account 22 31 2i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent 5O nussian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO6 5i Ditto 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cent. ... ....... Srprisi Rosds, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Twkiti) ,:nods ti per cent Ditto Account 9Bl 4 ixd Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl4 i i•,. ~., , nclo, n • t ,, . ahtme . aoP - '-, 01 Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guil — Ditto 4 par Cent. Cortidcates Consols, money Ditto Account (May 8) THREE O'CLOCK. 93i i 93A THE COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. —Copies of sundry Treasury minutes and correspondence between the Trea sury, the War office, and the Board of Audit, relative to the Commissariat Department, were published yes terday. The result appears from a Treasury minute dated the 22d of January last, by which the financial business of the commisariat was re.tran4erred to the Treasury. A committee was appointed for the carrying °" of sundry details. WAYENEY VALLEY AND GREAT YARMOUTH RAILWAY. fil ia l dividend of 6s, per , -hore On such of the orv,i tat scrip of this company as has not h.q.') exchanged for Norfu;k Five per Cent. WaVeney Valley Extei.Eiion Stock will shortly be paid. 5 5 -„tp to know ha Sacritia o I you ce Mood —holy extinction influences" )phant, re i us for the I leave it ," to settle 3ady taken be so lost not to fol• yore base' 'don, that England- - eir fiat to t and clef/ with the the brief re been OGRE. Evidence. ;ional Gal• 3,508.9, Dsta,blish • occasion ice these y Mdlle. hitherto another Liam also 'rovat ore, part of tta. Rizzi Sal viani ; lovanni; be,ides lg. The le namtll Russian produo• now so Outed to There 'eis. ntion to when ch Mr. ye won be per• )ecu liar visible bution, iod her drama edit on he dra• that hi lessee mpson ,be en- insure td, but jr his move unday judi uncut cress• scaps SHARE MARKETS. {TH-18 DAY.) __„~- RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Price ilia day 26 - 27 9i 9 17i -- 184 154 - 10, 12f -- 13, - 91 61 4 61 ra 7 37 IT 18 91 104 34 3? 24 26 77 78 61 - 63 29 - 30 pie ^" 88 - 92 7 -7, 95 - 96 79 -- 81 124 - 103 O . 641 frz 63 58 60 70 15 1 6 7p 5"3 - 6A 89 89h 7i 103 101 101 k - 102 par h p par •—•- p 4 24i 95i ... ..... OM - 74i - 75; 43 - 45 . '"'" 14i -- 15 55 87 34a 78i 791 54 - 5i u 34 d 56 !7 88 92 I - 6,1 lf !Paid, .cram. Ambg. Bottog. Best and Eastn. fast & Ballymen.% Wolverh r Stour Valley hirkenhd. Lancsh. tlt l Cheshire Janet...... Choth. & Birk. £5O and £25 0-ms Do., . htyth & Tyne origins% £25 (Ladd. at £46 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Caren. and Cardigan: Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, dt Pas , Cornwall ........ Do. A Do. B Crial J unction . „ Dub dgßelfast,J n Lc. Dun. P. & A '„ Jnc. East Axglian ...... Eastern Counties., e.st. , inion, A SO Do., B. fit Do., New East Kent TA - Altemh ire „ 51inFurgh& Glasg, Fildinb.isnd Peebles Edin.Prtb 4 DIM Drth & Jnn:: Furness. Tlo. Extension..,,,,,, Glasgow ?".s. Great N. of Scotlnd ,Uroat Northern Do., A. Suck • B. itoci :Th. 3th . &West.arb theat Western Do. Stour Val. Ra , Gua. Stk.. ..... ~..... Irish South-F.astor , Lancaster & Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds,„ Lancissihandirorksi , . 1)1., Wet. Riding Ur, Liv.Crsby.&South, t London & BlackwaU Lend. Bright & S.Cst. Lend. and N. West:, Fifths Do.lol.l3h..lit&ti ..( Do. Eighths.,. ..... London andB. WNitt• £s(i. ...... „ Do., £4O. Lndneirry&Colera Ludndrr7. & . lanch.Sttef.k Lir.c;n ;10,, M an. & Liu. Metropolitan Midland Biruing.&Der' Midld. G. West. (I c..k, Do. Half Shares., Nawcastle& Carlini; , Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf .'Newry Newry Warrenpoih ud Rostrevor. .. .. Norfolk Northn.Counties North British ~, s . \th Tle.v,;ii Rail. & Deck Stock :.;0., A Stock B Stock Do., B Gnaratacc N. Eastern—Berwi Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. eurat Lie. Leeds Do, York North London N.&S.Wstrn.,Harn'. • stead, and City T,, Staffordshir North Western.„. & S. Wegtrn.Jun qnueatort, ffinckif an: 1 Leicester...,. Wo IW,ottisli Central hrepshire i :in Month Devon Soath =3, - ;utb. Wsles Yrke!). ,k Stockton k Datil ‘443.Att,on a firtrtic:: . : 17,00 . n. Pr f., No. riftV. P.& F , Ulierstone & Law. Vr.le Waterti. & WAterford&Limer West Cornwall._ W•mit End of Lonfi and Crystal Potivio4 - , Do. A Do. B. iWent London.- Wimbledn & Croydo: A mei.... Rott rd.••m Do. 5 p.c. Oblfts. con. in Sit . at par till '64 Ardennes - idgi an KaAn. Jun( :,eziers to Gra , st , ..rs , Rornba , ,i liarod a, AV 'lontral nd !L K_ • ri Do. •;zl:erart. );1t& Rhenish FAstern France • - •: u r ATew _• cleat Indian, g. 5 p. . , . D 0.4 p.c.Bnde.,' s7 Gee ong Melbou ne guar. 5 per c ut. . Do., Lon. allot., do. Git. Tk ,>f Calla. ta.A - 1 Do. .................... ►o. Cert. of Delia% eon. into Stk. till I )r). Comp. 8 p. e., do Central of F!aL , .'• Ot. Indiftn Peninwr• ' Great Luxembour. Constituted share , Do. Obligation, re-4. , orftd. Sh. i Ot.Wstern of Canmlal `Zt''riT?R Do. New 'D.. file., payable's7, with option UP .. Do. do., '62. p. Do. do., p. D. do., '73, *then: Option Ham Ann Torout , Do. t`.7. por cent. Lake CMIEIt, flast Liorre and Turnhout Lucca ••• Pist. 5 p c.p ILyous and 44c.. - n-Nrf, . I#OllP , gua. - 4 D, New • 0., 5 p. Po. 4i p. c. Exten Maria Antonits t)o. do. Now ST..Tonr & Liep.? (wit' Interest) . ,f)o. (ex interest)._ northern of Fran,.. 1.)e,,20/ She. ? p. 0 I'..TorweeitnTrunk.Pre nna nittc , 'fonds !Nri. Rome and Frascati.. Rnvalgn'sd4 Do. Obligations vtbre And None,: N,pt Pr• , guar 5 p. c D 0... 3onthern of France . St. .kndrow's :ineboe t Wept Panders.-- n,, g twr c. Pro' W. dr N. W. of Franc, West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden •aiand 28i - 1 04 1t 6 74 78 47 - i 5 . 15,i 73 74 71 73 4 --- •2 1i id '5 - 37 19/ - 90 4/ 51 7i ... - - PI 8; 8f per 2 *, 7i 2 1 1 2t • 31 1 , 1 1 ' 1 1 2 1 42 , 224 - :es • 7 174 ,8 75 77 86 87 8 - 9 ' 21i - 224 6A - Si 31 - 3i 26 - 1 ' 7 3 3* - 30! 99 - 100 125 130 125 -- 130 108 Vr9 '2B 123 - 128 pir 20 11 par - - p 71--a 54 - 6 431 - 43: R 9 57 3 / 4 -- 58 , '5 ._ c,Y 16i - 14i ,-- 14 - 21p1 4i 5 35 - 36 18 d'Olfk'T-tire( - SA.llK>.i,„ 0 .1 A ~,t r:- . ' . .iMi A. ..,. ~ , ,9t 4 53 4 25 5 Bank of Egypt le la 101 ; - si) Bank of London .„, 63 ,_65 , . 4: . •1 - ! ~ ..r. Col. .)4(.&:...0. C, • ' 'l'll% l l N. Aulorit' •aL • - • • - ••• -- 66 :•lharta. .ktult of ksia i ..„. 1 p 11 - ;':! , rtfl.. r . ir.k. of !ma i, Nictra., it, k Thii-_,.:. - .41 10(' :',, : City ..,... .. 63 - 65 10 1 ! - _J ',; , 151 altiriAtti of 1.,0 , ,,i, • • ; ),I - ; •;: v .;-•;coi,,Sz Inn.Cht. 15t lii 2.i ill Loud. C.:imei.. B. o 4 An3tralis. ..... .. -, : l.6i - 174 2(. , 5 'J'iitto New .......... , 3 2 ,i' 5(1 21:; 1. , - , ..d0n and ConlitTF ... - ... 34 1 5 10(: 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.COrp par 2p '5O H , London Joint. s' , oe',.. ..• - 32 100 10 London and Paris 34 - • 24d 64 iv• ?i , L..,,a. & ,ttetrilinstr ... - - , 4bt - . 100 3:r National Pro.lf [Eng ..., -- -•., 20 10 Do. Now„ ......... 50 22, Natione of Ireland ... --- ••• 20 all New South Wales 40 --- 42 2ir, r.' , Oriental '85.m1... If ~ , ,,,,.th,n _ . ., ., 41 ~... 43 ' 4'i 2 20 5 Ottoman Bank ls Up 6 1 4 i to ~., ltoyai British ...„. .. 281 • , :ti, ~ , 41 - ,,,1,, 4 1 ' 1 4 . ' ''.7'.07.). .70 4,”....‘ •1.,„., 0 72 70i 1 . • '2. 'Me:: ..,.....„,,,, i';'; 0 ;', - H'ir , " '-f r,,,,,1r m . ' ... 274 4 ' 1 10 30 Wgsteru Bk of Lou' Si -- r . : 24d Bustneas done this day. 41 4 shr. 1:X) 425, 1 100 100 in all 14 i~ ~(. 7f: )~: ~': )R ~(~' I; 20 100 A all all 100 100 100 13f.) 411 14 5 ,11 ~r. 1A 95 9 80 126 64 1 i i 59 891 9 1 102 1 i 91j 5i 291 i 75} 5 15 14i 55 1 7 74 15 9 111 k 55 29. 8 St. St. 10 t. t. • it, St. 8 1 i 161 18 1 - } 17 I 11 42 3 22i 151 i R6i 4 23 2t P 2ll I x a 8 9 1081 si i ,1 ~, , 40 !),5 25 ,! 26 431 I 20 1 201 14i a i 10 , . , THE . FrNy - LOWDOlkrtitunsrlA FVENTNGLAPRTL 1 , 1. - lase: LINES LEASED AT YIXED wENTALEL LITERATURE. those who were.unahle to resist its temptations are oer tainly unfitted for their present occupation. " itegaroing the ladie4 who went out various opinions have beeu entertained. P , :rhaps in this case their own view of their position may be the best, as they learnt thei knowledge by experience, and most of them agreed that though in the great emergency thathad . called them forth their efforts had been ble,Sed. to the relief of much suffer in,. the system was baeled On no 'permiinent footing. To raise the occupation of a nurse to a h:glaer standard, to farm- a body who will both nurse in our home hospitals as well as be ready to atten , i. the sick in the army and navy, other means are required." aArGYFLYe t Leasiu. Ce=pans Cilqsia.! P11,:/* this dE.,. this .lej, Rank and B - eaNty ; or, the Young Baroness. 3 _ vols. Aunt and Blaokett. Bodfot d Bletsbley, ... Buckghamell. Clydeedale,Te. Col, Stour Vy, Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. Er. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Noile. Direct Do. New %dr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Share 4. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rodeas. (London &I 1 N. Wo..t E. Un. E. C This story contains the adventures of a young lady who was-at-. the swim-lit of the social scale. Her numerous gifts of fortune and endowments of n-4ure, however, did not shield her from danger; ou the contrary, she was exposed ,to all sorts of annoyances and vexations. Her father was a kind and devoted parent, but he had not sufficient judgment to enable him to be of much service to his daughter. Considering the perilous position in which she was placed, the' Baronefis Umfraville was singularly fortunate in her general - , fate, al though' in .some particular instances, when, her name was circulated abroad with ridiculous ru mours attached to it, she might have exclaimed, "Then, happy low, lie down." Many different characters appear in the several scenes of social life to which we are introduced, and some of them are described with great vigour. Sir Luttrell Wycher ley is a most disagreeable person--one `particularly suited to poison the atmosphere of, the circle in which he moved ; his talents were considerable enough to give him an advantage,, of which he availed himself unscrupulously to tyrannise over others. He was meats and selfish to an inordi nate excess, and vain -to .-an extravagant degree. Be was the bane of Lsdy Umfraville's existence ; she found him alike incapable of taking hints or receiving refusals ; nothing daunted him, and when at last she repulsed him decidedly, he plotted un ceasing,iy to annoy her and avenge himself. His final discomfiture and disgrace are .pleasing illus trations of retributive jus-.ice. He whose slander had desolated so many homes was himself homeless ; and he who had caused so many hearts to ache, was himself a prey to tormenting reminiscences and gnawing remorse. It is with pleasure that the reader turns from him to the contemplation of the character of the noble-minded Lord Rupert Conway. H 9 does not appear very frequently on the scene, but whatever is known of him is of that genuine na 4 uie that stamps its possessor as a hero of the highest order. He was worthy of being the ideal of Lady Umfraville's thoughts amid the reali ties she met with. The description of the tour nament is very exciting and interesting, and pre sents a decided novelty to the romance-reading community. Lady Barnstaple is a very admirable sketch of a fine lady, with her - airs and graces. Evelyn Umfraville appears to advantage in the striking contrast she presented to the vain 'woman of the world, who asserted her claim to honours she should have relinquished to those younger and fairer than herself. Lady Umfraville gracefully gave up her right, and acted as attendant where she should have reigned as queen. Not that she was the loser, as all appreciated her forbearance and amiability, while- they , recognised her rival's as sumption and vanity. The hook is entirely de dicate(' to the chronicles of high life, and there are many gay and sparkling scenes pictured before us, enlivened by amusin g conversa ti ons , an d di vers ifi e d by romantic adventures. Lady Umfraville cared for other things besides those brilliant reunions inseparable from her station ; she valued rank at its true ea.iniate, and prized beauty at its real worth. She was an instance of how the highest rank can be made subservient to the benefit of the lowest who were connected with her, and an ex ample of the brightest beauty preferring to grace the retirement of home, than to enter the fascina tions of the charmed circle who eagerly welconied her with their homage and applause. It is satin ' factory to find at the termination that Lady Umfraville was united to Lord Rupert Conway, one who was likely to' her mind upwards—from the glitter and glamour that surrounded her state, to the consideration of the intellectual, the noble, and the exalted concerns that engrossed his thoughts for ever. Althauli there are not many events recorded in these pages, those who take an interest in the study of character, and are pleased with conversational novels, will find ample enter tainment for their fancy, and exercise for their thouv,lits, in the perusal of the records of "Rank and Beauty." 95 - 97 94- - 11 --.13 Ot.Nrti , n. E. Count. Caldoniun. 4i ... 5 "Many who will read these pages have perhaps never pasJed.within hospit a l w a ll s , man y tnore, if they have done so, have paid their visit at appointed times when all looked its best. But others as well as myself have learnt our experience of hospital- work how more authentic sources. We have lived in hospital wards, going there for the parpose of prepariuc , ourselves—first, to undertake the nursing of the poor at home, and again when about to pro ceed to the lki.st. - ' Do Gt. Restn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &N M Do 1104 - 106 Do EARtOTT Do 121 ifl lfo —• lis instructionsplaeciourse f l r v o e m s utnhdemer,tahnettostphintaßlbneiunrgseps,oarseecseiseva ing" We our of no authority over them, were admitted behind the scenes of hospital life; and what we saw theie—of dis obedience to medical orders and cruelty to patients—would fill pages, and make them who read them shudder I shud der as we often have done when we saw some little innocent child, who from some terrible accident had been brought into the 'hospital, exposed to that a , mosphere of evil. More evil was heard in one hour in a London hospital tkan would meet one's ears during months passed in a militaty one. Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midi& 'Raton k Darlingt., - ifidld.Bra if.l Newmarket Bury E. G.spc Est.s p. c. Do. 6 tier et. Do. Pixeds p c Preat. Do.. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Sliet.Roth.an , l Gooleg.sp.c. Sluvws.&Her, S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent., Do Wilt,OteAr.urst 92 - 94 -- 56 - Fg En. Conn. E. Count. Do "One word must be said for the' bursas. Their work is no light one. The founder of the Sisters of Charity deemed that the attendance on all the loathsome diseases of man kind should exempt his daughters ftiiin practising any of those austerities which are enforced on religious commu nities. It is no,easy task to b,ar with patience the end less fretfulness of hundreds of sicir, to listen to long com plaints with real sympathy, and speak soothing words whey body and mina are alike worn. To stand by the sufferer when about to undergo some fearful operation, to maintain a cheerful spirit when the familiar sounds are those of moans, of sufferings, or sharp cries of agony, while the very atmosphere is impregnated with-disease. To be firm in carrying out the doctor's couimaids when they are a torture to the patients, and yet gentle and self-sacrificing in all that concerns themselves. While watchful care must be taken that familiarity with th,i sight and sound of suffering does not bring that hardening to it which is apt to creep over even a naturally tender nati,v, and which is one great cause of the cruelty and neglect practised by hospital nurses. No, a good nurse must receive every, new case of affliction as though it were her first. Yet all this and far more would be the portion of an hospital num. Can any believe that the love of gain or Isere kindliness of heart can accomplish this ? Generous impulses, enthu siasm, and benevolence, were called forth , by stirring so counts of the sufferings of our country's heroes, and bore many forth to struggle through a time which, like that of all passing distress, was one of great excitement ; but, the spirit that can relinquish the fair things of this world to attend upon the grievously afflicted —must be the one of love springing from the sole desire to follow His steps, who came not to be ministered unto, Lut to minister.'" L.&N.NV. 45 - .47 I Gt Nerthn' Lancash & Yorkeh. T. Brassey M.MCloan Stoat. & Darlingt Do 134 - 136 . 8 ••• 3 t 2P 31i 32} lUtWestn. We earnestly trust that this important question will meet with speedy and careful consideration. Meanwhile, to those who desire a simple and plainly written record of what some of the Eng lish nurses saw and accomplished in the Eastern hospitals, we comniet,id-these volumes, cer t a i n th a t they will excite interest and Mind gratification, less from their style than their subject, less from the importance of the events narrated than from their showing that the heroism of the battle-field is not forgotten on the bed of suffering, and that England has also hei Sisters of Charity, iu spirit, if not in name. Bechstein's Handbook of (thadnber and Gage Birds. .• Elited by H. G. Alains. Ward and - Loch. To all thuse who keep feathered prisoners, this little volume is an indispensable auxiliary. It is edited by the author of many works on birds and flowers, and is translated from the German of Bechstein, " the greatest of authorities upon the Natural History and Tieatm‘,mt of Cage Birds." Every variety of songster appears to find a place in these pages, which include those which are kept in aviaries ; also parrots, macaws, and cockatoos. Useful practical directions are given for their food and treatment, and the owners of feathered favou rites cannot provide themselves with a more con venient and elegant manual. The Westminster Review. Mr. Motley's " IVie of the Dutch Republic," in which the events of that memorable period during which the United Provinces won their indepen dence, are, for the first time, fully and faithfully recorded, is the sul ject of a highly eulogistic notice in the present number. Tois s more than can 1 e said of "The English L.i,vr of avorce," which is dissected with a keen and merciless sca'pel, and its injustice laid bare to public reprobation. "Scan dinavia, Past and Present," is the subjeCt of au able historical review. Tne concluding paragraphs are so apropos to present time that -we make no apology for introducing them to our readers : " Utiey who flatter theuiselves that by the present war we have put a stop to.the aggressive career of Russia can have read little of her history. She pauses now be o use she is playing a losing game, and foresees that another campaign must make that game ruinous. She pauses because she wants railways, and she frankly avows it, that she may he able to bring her troops across her vast surface to any point in a few days, and that, during the p,ace which shall follow, be it longer r shorter, she may fortify every part of her coasts with tenfold strength. We hear what she is doing at this moment at Cronstadt—putting do vn a triple row of piles entirely across the Gulf of Finland, six miles from Cronstadt, and twelve miles in length. At this work she has 30,000 men employed, and hopes, if the ice last, to finish it this year. Few openings are to be left in the row of piles, and these can be closed at will, and thus she hoasts that there her steam navy, already con sisting of 13 ships of the line and frigates, 14 corvettes, and 70 gun-boats, shall ride in defiance of the world's navies. These are such ominous prospects for Sweden that she is also preparing to fortify the pert of Stock bolm. Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses. By a Lady Volunteer. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The subject of tliese volumes is one of almost universal interest, and the fact of the writer having been for twelve months a witness and partaker of the scenes and labours she describes, will at once arouse the attention and excite the sympathy of the reader. SLie was one of the earliest bands of nurses, one of those who went through all the worst time of suffering, who was an attendant in the hospital through those terrible months when confusion and mismanagement reigned pre-emi-: nent. The public are already acquainted with the i main facts of this part of the narrative, how rou tine and reeulatious served only-to add to the dif ficulties, how ;things that were wanted were not obtainable, how some mysterious obstacle generally presented itself to convert abundance into scarcity, how bales of goods containing necessaries most ear nestly desired were lost on their way, and all the thousand methods in which the criminal neglect and mismanagement of officials at home and abroad, affected the comfort of the sick and suffering. To those who wish to obtain a more accurate know ledge of what the little hand of nurses effected, the difficulties they had to conteed with, and the pri vations and fatigues they had to undergo, and more especially to the fri e nds of those engaged in that truly charitable work, these volumes will be highly interesting. Notwithstanding all drawbackS, want of experience, or strength sufficient for the fatigue, want of sufficient assistance or authority, it is fearful to think what would have been the condi tion of the hospitals, what the amount of neglected suffering, without _tile presence of that self-devoted baud. The universal' feeling of gratitude and affection throughout the army towards them suffi ciently testifies to the success of their exertions. The writer constantly alludes to the difficul ties occasioned by the misconduct of the hired nurses, half of their number having to he sent home in disgrace. The best of the re= mainder, with one exception, required constant watching, and could never be trusted to perform any important service without the supervision of one of the lady volunteers, or a Sister of Mercy. Of these &sure de la Chlrite, as the French call them, the author speaks most, highly, rendering the strongest testiinnuy to their utririug patience, energy, and devotion to their patients. . To the patience and endurance of the sufferers also the writer awards the highest praise : " People have often spoken of the patience, courage, and endurance of the sick in English hospitals. bat they have only pain to endure, and doctors are busy to alleviate this, and careful to give them all necessary comforts. It was in the Eastern hospitals that the true heroism of patient courage was pre-eminently displayed. We have attended many hundreds of the ,-ick of the British army suffering under every form of disease—the weary wasting of low typhus fever or ciysentry, or the agony of frost biti—and they were surrounded by every accumulation of misery. For the fevered lips was there no cooling drink ; for the sinking frame no strengthening food • for the sore limb no soft pillow ; for many no watchful hands to help ; but never did we hear a murmur pass those lips. We have seen the brave and strong man laid low,- have seen him watch death coming, and meet it calmly, for he died in doing his duty. Oh ! that they who speak harshly of the British soldier had been with those whose privilege it was to nurse hitn—h.al'witriessed that wonderful spectacle of the woe of the winter of 1854 and '55--had seen the obedience to order, the respectful gratitude, the noble qualities there aisplayed !" " Sickness is sad at all times—sad is it to languish and suffer on our soft English beds, with skilful physicians full of anxiety, with tender nurses and loving friends, with every comfort earth can give ; but only those who saw can enter into the dreariness of those sick beds. It was so sad to see them die one after another—we learned to love them so—ever ringing in our ears seemed the anxious hopes and I prayers of the fond hearts in England. The mother's only I stay was there, r the loved husband or brother, and they I were dying, not in the glory of the battle-field, but in these dreary corri.lors. They who had fought so bravely suf-. I ferea so nobly; they who, if they had lived, would have been honoured by a nation's gratitude—they were passing 1 away by hundreds—no name would mark their graves, and they would, save in the loving hearts of home, be soon forgotten. " No, not forgotten either. Surely when the tale of that memorable winter shall be told, when future genera. tions shall hear how they stormed at Alma, charged at Baluklava, arid held their ground at Inkerman ; how they resolutely waited before the walls of Sebastopol, till at length the gallantly defended city yielded to her dauntless foes—England will not forget those who shed their blood for her sake, though no glory hovered round their death bed, save a ray from flis glory who first taught us to be ' obedient unto death.'" Many are the interesting incidents and anecdotes recorded, the little details of the laborious daily lives of the attendants at the hopitals. It was at Koulali that the chief part of the writer's duties were performed. She, however, met and conversed with Miss Nightingale, of whom she speaks in the usual terms of respect and admiration. Some of the Sisters of Mercy', and some of the lady nurses fell victims to the severity of their labours and the in salubrity of the climate. Very touching is it to read the record of the last hours of these, dying far away from home and friends, with only s t rait , gers near them, and of their hurried interment the next day iu that distant country— " But we cannot lament, their blessing is sure, Who fought the good fight of the feeble and poor." The writer's opinions on the question of hospital nursing, both military and general, petkiess some claims to attention. In the first place, sh e has the important qualification of experience ; and secondly, there is much truth and sense in her ob i servAtions, whiCh the reader will readily per " Let Rus43, then, complete her railways. Let her be able to brill; down In a few days her countless hordes from Tartary, Siberia, awl the very borders of China ; let her once possess Drminark, command Hamburg, Lubeck, and Brennen, the Eyder, the Weser, and the Elbe, backed w,d supported, by sympathising Prussia, and lesser German Sates ; and Europe will be prostrate at her feet." " Sunday in Great Britain" deals with the Sun day question in 'a ccanpreheusive and effective man ner. Tile writer intimates, as we have done, that Luther's well-known sentence may come to be deemed sound advice as well as doctrine if the struggle is prolonged. "If anywhere," says that sturdy reformer, 6. the day is male holy for the mere day's sake ; if any one set up its observance as a Jewish foundation, then I order you to work on it, to ride on, it, to feast on it, to do anything that shall remove the encroachment on Christian liberty." Justin Martyr, iu the second century, and Calvin and Crannier, as well as Luther, iu more modern times, were opposed to Sabbatism. " The Con gress of Vienna," its members, objects, controver sies, compromises, 415 c., are all vividly presented in a nervous and graphic article. " General Wil hams and the Fall of Kars" is chiefly noticeable for the insinuation it throws out that Lord Pan mure and the French Government are the parties to whom the fall of Kars is really 'to be attributed. The head of the War office, it is said, " should be a soldier who bad directed great military opera tions in the field." Mr. Headlam's Bill is severely handled in a slashing article, headed "Medical Despotism." Tnesemainder of the number is de, voted to minor notices of contemporary literature. In a brief review of Macaulay's History an opinion is hazarded with respect to the secret of his extra ordinary popularity. It is this : he possesses, as SAM Slick would say, the art of " soft sawdering" to perfection, and contrives to put his readers in good terms with themselves and him, by impres sing the conviction on their minds of the vast superiority of the present day (and, of course, generation) over the past. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—A new oratorio, entitled "Jephtha and his Daughter," was produced last even ing under the auspices of Mr. Hellah, who conducted its performance. It is by Herr Cart Reinthaler, cf Cologne, who has now visited. England for the first time. Its announcement excited great .interest, and drew a very crowded audience, including a host of our musical notabilities, English and foreign. Mr. Hullah bad evidentlV bestowed great care on its production, and One execution on the whole was excellent. The two principal part- , , Jephtha, and Miriam Ins daughter, were sung by Mr Thomas and Madame Clara Novello ; the subordinate solo parts were well sustained, and the ocbestra and chorus were good and effective. The suc cess of tha T ertorrnance was complete. Many of the airs and ea ruses were warmly applauded ; and the composer, having been loudly called for, was brought forward by Mr. Hullah, and greeted with repeated cheers. A work of this character is not to be hastily criticised on a silltgle hearing ; but its favourable recep tion will insure its repetition, and enable us to become better acquainted with its merits. In the meantime we may say that Herr Reinthaler is a composer of unques tionable genius, who has produced a work of no small power and beauty. _ THE RIGHT OF MEN TO BEAT THEIR WIVES. —A meeting of a somewhat extraordinary character was held in the Town.hal, Leicester, on Monday night. The handbills conveiimg it stated that di-. object was to con sider the laws relatve to the iirk,ection of women, acrd that no men would be admitted, "excepting, of course, gentlemen of the prete." At seven o'clock, the hour narked in the b;".s, very few had assembled, but sub sequently the meeting numbered about 200. The Mae jority were females of middle age, of the operatic claa, but iq general respectably attired. A Mrs. Wood ford was voted to the chair, and the principal sFellier was .a Mrs. Wigfield, who made some really clever speeches: The injustice of the existing laws, by which a ,woman is deprived of a'l control over her own earnings and offspring, was vehemently denounced, and it was unanimously resolved to support the motion of Sir E. Perry for a revision of the marriage laws. A petition to the House of Ctinmons, praying that it might be adopted, was unanimously agreed to, and the proceed ings, which were conducted with great order an d pro priety, terminated soon after nine 0 clock, by the singing •of the national anthem. It was agreed, with one dis sentient, not to support Mr. Dillwyu's measure for in troducing flogging as a punishment for wife-beaters. : ceivo :- 1 ' " Attention bag been drawn towards the class of women whose task- it is to nurse the of England. These pages will in some degree show how unfitted they are for that responsible office. 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(Front the 31 orriny Herald of this day. ) We have adverted this week to two of the points in the terms of that agreement which misplaced courtesy calls a " peace," but which we have re peatedly shown to be the ground from whence may g‘irmina.te complications to involve both the eastern ithdvresteru races in nue common disaster. We dealt first with the permission conceded to Russia to retain a certain number of vessels of war in the Black Sea, and to form a steam flotilla at Nicolaieff, against the time when she shall, ac cording to her traditional policy, be prepared to convey to the shores of the Mediterranean those Eastern hordes who ultimately must look on her as their protectress and avenger. We explained next that either Amapa is to be preserved as a Russian fortress to overawe the Circassians, or to be destroyed, lest it should give the Circassians a point d'appui of resistance against ; the Russians, no stipulation for the independence of Circassia being a possible part of the policy of her Majesty's present advisers. To-day we have to say a very few words on the means taken to produce insurrection in Turkey. Our readers will have seen accounts of serious insurrections which have taken place at Mcca, in Kurdistan, and in other parts of the Ottoman do minions. There is no difficulty in tracing these movements to their primary cause—the hatti humayoon, by which discontent has been sown br , Adcast amongst the Christian and Mussultuan populations subject to the Porte, as it is a violation of the rights and privileges of the followers of both faiths, aLd an interference of the Western Powers with the integrity and independence of the Sultan, which they professed to take up arms to deft-nd. The particular point to which we wish to direct attention is the position of the Eastern Christians, upon whom, under pretence of relieving them from a burden of which they have not complained, is imposed a violation both of their civil and religious rights, which from the time of their original capitu lations successive Sultans have always respected, with which Christians have heretofore been satis fied, and which are now destroyed. First, the Eastern Churches, which have from time immemorial had the faculty of electing their spiritual chiefs, are now deprived of that permission, and are subject to the nomination of the Divan, so that the Eastern Church has been virtually made Erastian, and has been reduced to the same state that the Russian Churches were at the time of Peter the Great. This is at once a degradation of the Oriental Christians and a violation of Ma.ho mei lan law, which has always recognised as a funda mental principle the right of every religious com munity to govern itself by its own institutions and to appoint its own head. _ _ Stondly, the conscription for military service has been also forced upon the Christian subjects.of the Porte. A most onerous burden, from which they have always been exempt, is invented to oppress them, and Mtissulinans and Christians are com pelled to serve in liscriminately and side by side in the same racks, in direct violation of the *cruples of each, au arrangement which, by its mere con templation, has raised in Christian and Moslem in tefuecine hatieds against each other, and both against the Givernment at Constantinople. By the convention of the Bth of Mty, 1854, the English and French troops are bound to evacuate the strongholds of Turkey within forty days after the ratification of a treaty of peace ; but as this finnan, <xtorted by the Allies, must bring about a state of anarchy in that ill-fated country, a pretext is afforded for its continued occupation by those armies which we are bound by treaty to withdraw. Tl peace will, therefore, be a peace with Russ.a alone ; the state of war will he kept up by thy various occupiers, by England, by France, by Austria, as well as by unhappy Turkey. Our war expenditure will continue, our waste of treasure, aye, and of life also, will not cease, and we shall be left to derive what consolation we can from the knowledge that what spare capital we have is employed in developing the internal resources of lir,sia, and upon the rockets to be fired iu Hyde park iu honour of the peace. (Front the Morning Advertiser of this day.) The fact has become too palpable to be any longer concealed, that there is a deep and rapidly xteriding, feeling of hostility towards this country, pn the part of the people of France. We allude to the fact, in the hope t_iat a few explanatory obser ♦ations may go far to diminish, if not entirely to remove, this unfriendly feeling. It has its origin in the assumption that their Ruler is popular in this country, and that his continuance in the posi tion which he occupies is mainly to be ascribed to the moral support which he derives from his popu ' larity in England. The whole thing is a miscon ception and a mistake. Tho people of France con found our Government with the people of England. They assume that what the Government do is done with the entire concurrence of the country. There could not be a greater error. The people of Eng land have no more sympathy with many of the acts of their Government than the people of France have with the despotism which exists in the Tuileries. Take, as an illustration, the case of the Peace which has just been concluded. Never was any measure more unpopular with the English nation than this Treaty of Peace. They are ashamed of their country, because their Government has come to terms so ignotuinious and unsafe. There is hardly a! man in the kingdom who did not feel as if he had sustained some private calamity, when he heard That Lord Palmerston had consented to accept con ditions of peace, which, after all our expenditure of blood and treasure, and loss of military prestige, conceded everything to Russia that she could desire. A lid it is with regard to other portions of the policy of the Palmerston Administration. The na tion utterly repudiate some measures which G)- , 6riitrient introduce into 1 3, u.hament, and, by ;beans of a subser vieut House of Commons, carry with compai - ative ease. It is therefore of the utmost importance that a distinction should be made between the Govern ment and the people of Eiigland ; and if the people of Franca could only be led to inquire into the ac tual state of affairs between this couutry and their oivn, they would find that whatever popularity the luau who is, pro tern., their chief magistrate, may possess with the English Government, he is not popular with the English nation. On the contrary, our sympathies are with oppressed nationalities ; and no nationality is more trodden down than the French, at the moment at which W 9 write. We may, perhaps, be reminded of the reception which was given to their Ruler when he visited this country ten mouthsago,and be asked how we recon cile that reception with our statement, that he is not, properly speaking, popular in this country I The answer is alike easy and conclusive. It was riot to him, individually, that we offered the ex pression of our homage. It was to the French peo ple, presumed to be impersonated in him. We wished,l too, to proclaim to the world how hearty was our alliance with France. He himself so un derstood the matter. And in all his public ad dresses he acknowledged the fact in the most ex plicit terms. He never ceased to disclaim the idea of supposing that the ovations with which his foot steps, while on our shores, were followed, were meant for him individually ; but, on the contrary, declared that he was profoundly impressed with the conviction, that they were intended for the people of France, in whose name, and as whose Sovereign, he had come among us. In accord ance with this representation of the real state of the case, we affirm, in the most confident manner, that, were a change of dynasty to take place among our neighbours to-morrow, and the newly-elected of the people, whether as Sovereign or President, to visit our shores a few weeks after wards, be would not only meet with as enthusias tic a reception as that which was accorded last year to Is ruin Napoleon, but one a great deal more so, inasmuch as a chief magistrate of France , reall y chosen by the people, would be hailed wi h th a heartiness by a nation like the English , no representative of Absolutist principles ever u b. Were, for example, either Cavaignac, or any other Republican, in the course of tilosa chan ges which the wheel of fortune brines round in nations as well as in the history of individuals, to appear on the soil of England a few month s h ence, as Pre sident of a French Republic,—his progress through our land, and our streets, would be one uninter rupted sere • s ^f magnia.ent ovations. Had Lamartine, during the fee- mouths he was at the head of affairs in France, in the year 1843, visited our shores, he would, for the reasons we have stated, have met wis h a reception far exceeding in enthusiasm that which was last year accords I to the present possessor of supreme power in France. This is no mere assertion. We can confirm it by a reference to fact. Wrio has yet forgotten— whoever will forget, the reception with which K oB ' 4lo ll was greeted when he presented himself among us ? We venture to say that nothing like that reception was ever given to any Emperor or Sovereign in ancient or modern times. The recep tion accorded to the Ruler of France could not bear a moment's comparison with that which was given to the illustrious Hungarian. ,Let then the people of France be undeceived with regard to the feelings with which the present system in their country is viewed by us. If any ulsome compliments are paid to their Chief Ma gistrate by our Government that will not be the act of the people of England. If the French shall be fortunate e- ough to get a Ruler more in accord ance with their own feelings and principles, they may rely on this, that such a man will be popular with the English nation. The allianee which we wish to cherish with France is with the people of that country. And such an alliance—a real and cordial alliance between the two peoples—would not only be pr.)ductive of incalculable advantage to themselves, but prove the source of unspeakable good to all the nations of Europe. And, happily, we feel suisured that things are rapidly tending to a consummation so devoutly to be wished. Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THE SUBSCIIIPTIOM Rgonc—TUESDAT NIGHT. The subjoined list of quotations will sufficiently indi• cate the nature and extent of the business transacted NEWMARKET HANDICAP, 4to 1 aget Fisherman (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Jolly Marine (taken) 9 to 1 agst Smack (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mary (taken), 12 to 1 also laid THE TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 4on the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Bird in Hand (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brother to Bird-on-Wing (taken) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Hospitality (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Imogene (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Fatalist (taken) 33 to 1 agst Scythian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Pumicestone (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Cannobie (taken) Bto 1 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yellow Jaok (offered) 25 to 1 aget Fly-by./sTight (offered) 50 to 1 ag,t Sugar Plum (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Furioso (taken) WEDNZID.LY. Handicap Plate of 501., for three•yr•olds and upwards. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards. Air. J. Barnard's Woodcock, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Crerswell% 1 Mr. Bird's Ariosto, aged, Bst 121 b (Bartholomew) 2 Sir R. Pigot's br to Folly o' the Day, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Fordham) 3 The Czar and Donald also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ariosto-4 to 1 agst Woodcock and Donald-9 to 2 apt the Czar. Won by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third ; the other two beaten off. The Column Stakes of 50 6078 each, h. ft, for three. year olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41h ; certain al• luwances. R Al. 1 mile 17 yards. 27 subs. Duke of Bedford's Palmer, by Chatham, 84t 4115 (S. &igen) 1 Mr. Bowes's Victoria, Bst 4lb (Bartholomew) 2 .rd GI .sgow's colt, by Orlando, out of Clarissa, Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Maid of Masham colt, and Tue Flying Duchess. Betting— 6 to 4 on Walmer-3 to 1 agst the Clarissa colt. The favourite got off with the lead, was not headed, and won ea ily by a length ; three quart-Ts of a length b,tween the second and third; bad fourth, \latch, Bst 710 each ; 100 h ft.. Lis , . half of Ab. M. 3 furlong- , 217 yards. Mr. Payne's filly by Cutherstone, out of Catalpa (Flatman) I Duke of Bedford's Palm (S. Rogers) 2 Won by a head. The Craven Handirlip Rate of 100/. Certain winners extra, T.Y.C. 5 furlot.gs 140 yards. Mr. R,ther's New B. ighton, by Birkenhea 1, 6 yrs, lit 121 b Soo.n's Pretty B iy. 3 yrs. bit (Fordbaiu) 2 ilr. Swan's Piccaninny, 3 yrs, 5.t B.b (J. Rogers) 4 The fullowing also ran:—Falcon, Rudston, Sneer Duke of Lancaster, kloquence, Panpipe, and Bishop of 0 -naburgh. Bttutig-6 to 4 sot Pretty Boy-5 to I agst Elo quence-6 to 1 agst New Brighton-7 to 1 agst Falcon and Duke of Lauca ter. New Brighton made all the running, and won by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Bishop of Osnaburgh and Duke of Lancaster were fourth and fifth. Eloquence was sixth. Sweepstakes of 100 sow; each, h. ft, for three-year olds ; colt, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bit 31b. D. M. 7 furlongs, 201 yar.le. 6 subs. Duke of Bedford's Walmer, by Chatham, 8-t 71b (S. Rogers) I Lord Glasgow's colt by Orlando, out of Clarissa, Sat 71b (Aldoroft) 2 Won easily. The day was fine, but the spurt was meagre in quan• tity and uninteresting in quality. BURWELL STAKES.—After a long and patient investi gation, the stewards decided that Cannobie was entitled to the stakes. DURHAM RACES.-TOESDAY. Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 am each, with 20 added. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Gregson's Johnny Russell, by Sleight•of-Hand, 4 yrQ, 7st 411) (Ducker) 1 Mr. Morris's Kitty, 3 yrs, 7st (Munday) 2 Mr. Flarrison's Evelyn, 2 yr*, 5-t 10lb (W. Grimmer) 3 The following also ran :—Cherry Brandy, Imposture, The Lune, Peace, King of Scotland, Sweet William. Betting-5 to 4 agst Imposture, 3to 1 agst Evelyn, 5 to 1 agst The Lune, 6 to 1 each agst Cherry Brandy and Peace, 7 to 1 agst Johnny Russell. A fine race in with the three placed was won by a short head ; same between second and third. The Lune was fourth, and Imposture fifth. The Hunt Cup, value 50 guineas, with 20 added from the fund. Gentlemen riders, list 71b each ; tho roughbred horses, 71b extra. Two miles. 6 subs. Mr. H. Surtee's Rifleman (h b), aged, list 71b (Mr. Peart) 1 Mr. Curry's Sir Colin Campbell, aged, 124 (Mr. Cozen) 2 Mr. R. J. West's Polka, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 3 Curragh and Lazarus also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sir Colin Campbell, sto 2 agst Frfl , rnan, 3 to 1 agst Lazarus. Won cleverly by a length ; a neck between the second and third ; Curragh close up. At the last • turn Laza rus ran against a post, fell, and injured his rider. The owner of Polka objected to Rifleman and Sir Colin Campbell, on the ground that their riders were not qua lified according to the conditions. North Durham Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 aclied ; extra weight for certain winners; tho ecori,i to save his stake. One mile. 19 subs. Mr. Morris's Eulogist, by Birdcatcher, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Monday) 1 Mr. W. C:ickcr , ft's The Medway, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Speight) 2 Mr. Harrison's Spinster, 3 yrs, Ist The following also ran :—King of the Gipsies, St. Andrew, Mary Ann, Angelo, Alma, Villiers, Impos- ture, Double Mixture. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Eulogist-3 to 1110 The Med way-4 t•) 1 agst King of the Gipsies-5 to 1 agst Im• po.ture. Won cleverly by half-s length ; a neck between second and third ; good fourth. St. Andrew was fifth. Double Mixture and Alma fell. Selling Stakes of 3 sovs eacb, with 20 added. The se cond to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr. Morris's Kitty, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, sst 41b (W. Grimmer) 1 Mr. Hodgson's Vanessa, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b ...(Munday) Mr. J. Osborne's Cherry Brandy, 4 yrs, 7st (Bearpark) 3 The following also ran :—Bright, Outcast, The Lune. Betting.— 6to 4 agst Kitty-2 to 1 agst Vanessa-4 to 1 agst Bright. Won cleverly by a length ; same distance between the second and third. Bright and The Lune did not get off. The New Stakes. Mr. Jackson's Remedy by The Cure, 2 Yro, (Moorpark) walked over The Juvenile Selling Stakes did not fill. Tat 21b LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Ap ril 17. —Wind this day at noon, N .E. ; fine, and blowing stron g . April lb.—Wind N.E.—A r rived—H.M.S. the East Indies ; Ign es , Calcutta ; Peri, St. sails split. Sailed—lmperatria (s. tpt.), Grecian,iPehLaTeml os. from u w r i t , h for the Baltic; Marathon, Constanti nop l e. PORTSMOUTFI, April 1 6 . - -Wind E.N.E., blowing hard. _Arrived—Pomona, from Havana, for Amsterdam ; dill, Emden ; H.M.S. Euryalus. the Baltic. FALMOUTH, April 16.—Wind N.N.E., strong and sqnally.—Arrived—Amity, from Seville ; Noree, Dieppe, for Cherbourg, with loss of jib-boom and sails split. SALCOMBE, April 16.—Wind N.E. strong gale.—Ar• rived—Elfi n, from Porto Rico, for London, with main boom carried away, boat washed overboard, sails split, Sc. MILFORD, April 16.—Wind fe Barcelona. SWANSEA, April 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Fanny, for Malta ; Bezer,Glbraltar. BRIDLINGTON, April 16.—Wind E.S.E. freah.—Ar .ived—Sportsinan, f rom Ply mou th, for Sunderland, with loss of an anchor, and since being in harbour reported to be leaky. (PIIR ILEOTHIC TELEGRAPH.% SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Glova, Design, Ditto Isabella, Resolute, Ml' rian, gleon, and Poultous, from guuderland ; Wave Queen, from Montrose. Ssiled—Friendship, for Sunderland ; Atalanta and Ciwrier, steamers, Jersey; Wonder, steamer, Havre; Rapid, Swamies. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind E. S iled-x-Good Intent, for Gibraltar; Emilia, Chris tiania ; Fisher, Shippegan. (Er .‘l/BMARINP ktIP .PRITIEN Tratift a ipT4.l GRAVESKXD, Thursday, 940 CEOs Wind E. ; tide, two hours' ebb, -tiong. Arrived, 16th—Astechina, Ilona Dantzic. DIAL, Tharsday, 9.25 a.m. Wind E.N.E. ; fresh. Sailed- Her Mr t jesty's ship Harrier. for Portsmouth; Corsair, London; Avon, Quebec. NORTH SHIELDS ♦ND TYNEMOUTH DOCK,••..The pro. motors of this important undertaking have withdrawn their bill for the present session, in deference to the wishes of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Duke of Northumberland, the River Tyne Commissioners, and the bondholders of the Hayhuld Dock had organised a strong oppsitiuu agaieet the Tyuemuuth Duck Bill be fore the Committee of the House of Commons. am• D or will 'en• Lary will efa- pert cap 'ha Is ist eh at en by 141, 3U f s. 100 15 FOR IGN.