The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-26 00:00:00

THE LEVANT. SOUTHAMPTON, June 25.—8 y the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Manilla, Captain Methuen, we have dates from Constantinople, June 1 ; Smyrna, June 6 ; Malta, June 11 ; and Gibraltar, June 18. Among the passengers by the Manilla is Mr. Ra.ssani, from Mousul, Nineveh. The freight list comprises 2,653 cases of raisins, 848 barrels of fruit, 70 bales of skins, 73 cases of sponge, 324 drums of sultanas, 60 bags of galls, 3 tubes of leeches, and sundry cargo consisting of gums, sul phur, carpets, valonia, silk, &c. The following ships of war ; transports, and packets :r•ere at Constantinople when the Manilla left :—The screw steamers Melbourne, Megmra, Simoom, Golden Fleece, Victoria, and British Queen ; the Royal Mail steamers Trent and Med way ; the transports No. 6 and 18 ; the barque Tyne ; the steamers Banshee, Emperor, City of London, Black Swan, and Emu. At Smyrna—An American sloop-3f-war, a Dutch 50-gun frigate and schooner, the screw steamer Baalbec, and several small merchant vessels. On the Bth inst. the Manilla spoke the transport ship Kenilworth, No. 40, and iJondon, No. 34, the Asia, of Liverpool, No. 53, the Lady M‘Naughten, and two French screw steam-ships with troops. On the 19th, the barques George and Elizabeth Thompson. From Gibraltar-we have accounts to the 18th inst. The screw steamer Danube sailed on the 15th inst. The British transport-ship Talavera passed the Straits of Gibraltar to the eastward on the 16th inst. The American steamer William Penn sailed on the 17th for Marseilles. A Sardinian and Prus sian frigate passed to the westward of the Rock on the 16th. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 15th inst. says:— " Last night an easterly wind sprang up, and very early this morning the numerous westerly-bound vessels detained in our bay, Algeciras roadstead, and at the back of the Rock, were in full sail, to the number of about 200. It was a magnificent spectacle to witness this vast forest of masts, crowded with white canvas, gliding onwards with a gentle breeze towards the Straits, making for the Atlantic, and was no doubt highly interesting to those who have so lately come among us, both military and civil." At Gibraltar, on the 17th instant, exchanges Were quoted as follows :—At 90 days' date on Lon don, 514 ; Paris, sf. 36c. ; Marseilles, sf. 37c. ; Genoa, sf. 43c. ; at eight days' sight on Madrid and Seville, 4 dis. ; Cadiz and Malaga, par ; Alicante and Valencia, 4 dis. ; Barcelona, 4 dis. ; Spanish pillared dollars, 9 per cent. pm. ; Carolus dollars, 10 per cent. pm. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The Prince of the Seas, 1,450 tons, Captain Brown, laden with wool and timber, was off the Lizard on Friday, and landed a mail at Penzance. She has 20 cabin and 30 steer age passengers, and sailed from Sydney on the 25th of March, three days after the departure of the steamship Chusan: Her passengers report that business was not brisk at Sydney. Governor FitZ roy and suite were at Port Custis, to open that new settlement for the embarkation of produce, where land had already been making a high price, as much as 3001. having been given. for small water frontages. A dray road from Sydney is projected. Gold ranges from 4/. Os. 3d. to 4/. Os. Gd. per ounce; flour, about 301. per ton ; bread has advanced from ls. 3h. to ls. 4d. per quartern ; beef, 41d. to 7d. per lb. ; legs of mutton, 60 ; fresh butter (Wool longong), 2s. 6d. to 3s. Gd. per lb. ; Maitland market, wholesale, 2s. per lb. ; eggs, 2s. Gd. to 3s. per dozen ; potatoes, 3d. per b. ; vegetables very dear. Labour is in great demand, especially for agricultural purposes, and the settlement of respect able families is much retarded through the defici ency of good domestic servants. Labourers' wages, 10s. per day ; painters' wages have recently risen from 12s. Gd. to 15s. ; carpenters', 20s. and 255. ; stonemasons', 30s. ; seamen, 9/. to 10/. per month. Those on board the Prince of the Seas will receive 50/. for the run to England. Some fears are en tertained of the safety of the colonies from attack by the Russians. It is calculated that the banks hold nearly 5,000,000/. in specie. The contem plated alteration of the site for the military barracks from Sydney to Melbourne is very unpopular in the former city. The colonists consider it highly detrimental to their interests that the French nation, which al ready possesses Tahiti, should also hold New Cale donia ; they are reported to have fortified it most strongly, and to have hoisted their flag on the Isle of Pines, with the intention of bringing all the neighbouring islands under their dominion. The Nile was loading wool, and would leave Sydney about the 7th oCApril. The steam-ship Golden Age, running between Port Philip and Sydney, had accomplished one passage in 40 hours. The Crcesus was hourly ex pected. The Prince of the Seas rounded the Horn about the 30th of April, and reached the Equator about the 20th of May. North of the line she spoke the the iritz, from Antigua, for Cork; about the 14th of June, the 'Mary Stuart, from Porto Rico, for Londonderry ; and on the 23d inst., 22 miles from Scilly, the Herefordshiae, from Sydney, 10th of March, for Landoll. REFORMERS TO THE RESCUE. That very commendable measure—the Public. Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill—is to be considered in the House of Commons this evening. Every Reformer will, of course, be pre sent to support it. By the introduction of this bill Mr. Gladstone has gained golden opinions from men of all classes. The object of the measure being to put the whole of the taxes under the control of Parliament, those who are iuterested in keeping up useless civil servants, or in perpetuating any under hand clippings into the public purse, are sure to muster strongly to oppose the Chancellor's plan. The more the need, therefore, for every Reformer to be at his post to-night. The organ of the Tories, the other day, yrade a howl in favour of keeping some Irish officials out of the operation of the bill. It was a strange thing to see the organ of Orange ism coming forth as the champion of what looked vastly like a Romanist scheme for keeping clear of Parliamentary control. Opposition may doubtless be expected again from the same sources, but no good reforming measure can hope V) pass without struggle through a House of Commons so strangely constituted as the present one. But the difficulties now before Mr. Gladstone's best bill can only ren der all the more complete his credit if he carries it safely through. Mr. W. Williams for years. urged Parliament to permit no portion of the taxes to be spent by those who gathered them. Mr. Gladstone now worthily strives to carry out this suggested fiscal reform ; and we therefore repeat—we can scarcely do so too often—let all true Liberals rally round him to-night.—Daily News. THE PRUSSIAN LOAN.—A letter from Berlin of the 20th, states that the half of the loan of thirty millions of thalers, voted by the Chambers in April last, has been definitively conceded to the See Handlung, or Maritime CommerciaPCompany. This company was founded by Frederic the Great, in 1772, with a capital of .1,200,000 thalers, for carrying on the salt trade with England, France, and Spain ; but as it did not answer the ideas formed by its founder, the State, which had re served to itself 2,100 shares of 500 thalers, took it into its exclusive direction in 1782. It was annexed to the Finance Department in 1808, and in 1847 was transferred to that of the Minister of State. In 1820 it was reorganised, under the title of Direction General of the Company for Maritime Com merce. It became a commercial institution of the State, independent of the Ministry, and is managed by a re sponsible royal commissioner, who has full and unlimited powers for carrying on all its operations. The company directs, as formerly, the purchase of salt from England, France, and Portugal, and delivers the necessary quantities to the entrepots on the coast, from whence the trade is afterwards supplied. The company ' also manages for the government all financial affairs, without distinction both abroad and at home. The State guarantees all its operations, and all the engage ments it may enter into, and exercise a surveillance over it by means of a commission. This company, which has just charged itself with the new loan at 41 per cent., at the high rate of 96, will issue it on the Ist of July. The government has bound itself to the company not to con cede the remaining half of the loan before the Ist of October, but it is free to make the concession of it to whom it may think proper. ST. MARGARET'S COLLEGE, CRIEFF.—Monday last being the day appointed for the annual distribution of prizes at this institution, some of those who feel an in terest in its success assembled to take part in the pro ceedings. . In addition to the wetness of the day, the absence in London of many of those who have been present on former occasions caused the attendance to be smaller than usual. Amongst the company were Mrs. Wordsworth and Mrs. Barry, of Trinity College, Rev. Canon and Mrs. Humble. Perth, Rev. Temple, Canterbury, Mrs. Waters, Major and Mrs. Boscawen, the Misses Cator, &c. After th e di s t r ib u ti on h a d t a k en place, Mr. Lendrum feelingly addressed the governesses as: ,? pupils ; and with Mr. Lendrum's permission Mrs. Humble added a few words in praise of the college, which is founded on excellent • principles, and of the management by which it has been enabled in so short a time to become one of the permanent institutions of the Church. After having been hospitably entertained, the company retired, and left the young ladies to enjoy the NEUTRALITY or BRAZIL—The Brazilian Government festivities attending the breaking up. has answered the Anglo-French communication relative K EN SINGTON GARDSNR.-- The* band of the 2d Life to the rights and duties of neutrals during the actual G uar d s , c onducted by Mr. Grattan Cooke, continue to War. No privateer under Russian colours can be fitted pl a y (by perm ission of Colonel Macdonald) every Tues. out or provisioned, or admitted with its prizes into any day and Friday, between the hours of half-past four and port of B raz il. B raz ili an su bj ec t s w ill have rigorously half-past six o'clock, selections of music from the most to abstain from taking part in the fitting out of privateers, admired com p os ers, comprising overtures, waltzes, or in any other measure contrary to the duties imposed . polkas, &c., in lieu of Thursday and Saturday, as by strict neutrality, [ heretofore.- but the general opinion is that it will not take Place. The Three per Cents. opened on Saturday at 73 f. 45c., and declined to 73f. 15c., the closing Price, for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a lialt per Cents. closed at 98f. 250..; and the New Loan at 72f. 60c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,166 f. 25 0.; Rotten, 1,000 f.; Havre, 520 f.; Great North ern, 865 f.; Strasburg, 7 9 5 f.; New Shares, 627 f. 50c.• Paris and Lyons, 94 6 f. 25c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 817 f. boc. ; Western of France, 655 E; Bordeaux and Cette, 605 f.; Great Central of France, 505 f.; Lyons and Geneva, 492 f. 50c. ; Lank o f Credit Mobilier, 760. There was no business done on the Boulevards Yesterday (Sunday). ITA LY. The Official Jou rnal of the Two Sicilies, of the 9 th, after recounting the fact of three political refugees, Iliterdonato, Savona, and Scarperia having landed tear Messina, states that when the house in which t hey were was surrounded by the armed force, they nevertheless contrived their escape under favour of the darkness of the night ; but that subsequently ta'n of them namely, Interdonato and Scarperia, g urreudered to the authorities of the commune of Giardini to take their trial. Caroinal Fornari, died suddenly at Rome, on the 15th aged 66. ROM E , June 16.—The opinion of the Roman Go l'ernment on the Eastern question appears to be anti-Russian, and may be seen in the selection of new s in the official journal, where the Turkish successes figure as prominently as Russian achieve 'tents do in the Bourbonic organ of Naples, King F erdinand being devoted body and soul to the Czar's cause. His Neapolitan Majesty may indeed get into some trouble with the Western Powers if he continues to show his partiality quite as dis tinctly as at present. Under pretext of the Strictest neutrality he has recently prohibited t he exportation of that great staple of Sicilian corn teree, sulphur, in spite of the treaty with England, esides horses, cattle, hay, straw (the export of c orn was already prohibited), and everything e l se "'licit by the greatest ingenuity can be construed lilt° contraband war stores, so that his subjects, by the failure of last year's crop 3, having no oil or Wine to export as usual, and being dprived of e ther resources, find themselves reduced to a p er. f eet commercial stand-still. The warlike demon- Strations of the Papal government continue on a small scale on the western coast, and the diminu tive steamers San Giovanni and Archimede still cruise about off Porto D'Anzio, prudently towing Piece of cannon in a gunboat, in ordernot to en danger their own timbers by the concussion of a discharge. The land forces of his Holiness have `ieen diminished by the desertion en masse of 40 Swiss soldiers from the garrison of Macerata — a circumstance which has not a little afflicted the government, as showin g a spirit of disaffection in t he battalions most relied upon. SPAIN. None of the Madrid journals appeared on the tth, that day being Monday • but a letter from " F Ministerial source says :—ive persons arrested Within the last few days have been sent off in a Post-carriage, under a strong escort, for the Bal earic Isles, where they are to be placed at the dis - Pesal of the Civil Governor. They are journalists of a low order, and have passed all their lives in e ,,enspiracies. The newsmongers of the Puerta del Sol announce that it is on the 24th 6f this month, ,S,t. John's Day, that the long-talked-of insurrec tion is to take place. The police, however, are on guard, and will know how to re-establish " r der, if, contrary to all serious probabili, it should be disturbed. The news from the provinces With respect to the loan are most satisfactory ; e verywhere subscriptions are being zealously made. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, June 25.—8 y the Asia we have ad aces from New York to the 14th inst. She brings 767,972 in freight. The captain of a vessel arrived at Portland 44 ePorted that, on the Gth inst., he discovered, at c onsiderable distance, a steamer resembling the .`,.lty of Glasgow, which a ppeared to be abandoned. 4 °l.e lost s i g ht o f her in the fog. The Earl of Elgin experienced a warm reception t Portland. The New York Courier and Enquirer, speaking Of the fishery treaty, says it is not unlikely that the Southern senators will insist upon a clause for the r estitution of fugitive slaves now in Canada, and t he practical extension of the Fugitive Slave Act to thos e provinces. The same paper again asserts that there exists an u tganisation for the invasion of Cuba, which in the number and position of the men who are committed ° it, and in the means at their disposal, dwarfs previous attempts into mere bucaneering . parties. President Pierce and several of the offidials had , 3 .eon hung in effigy in Massachusets by the Aboli tionists ; the church bells tolled during the cere- Meny. Th e judge of the Wisconsin Supreme Co urt had leclared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional, Ind declined to convict. The House of Representatives amended the ''acific Railroad Bill by limiting the northern route .0 the seventh parallel, the same as the southern 91.1te after which a motion to postpone its fur ther consideration to December was unanimously agreed to. Advices from Havannah to the B th inst. report the prevalence of a rumour that the Spanish Iteamer Guadalquiver had had an action with ',lvo schooners off St. Jago (le Cuba, which she cap "'red, and carried into that port. All was quiet in Havannah, the troops were being continually drilled. Preparations continued '0 be made to resist invasion. The marriage of White with coloured persons had been authorised. The Governor-General had issued a circular, de !)Ying the rumour of an intended abolition of slavery . 1 ,!1 the island, and cautioning the African slave dealers not to countenance , or assist in any designs on Cuba. Official despatches had been received by the Government from Commodore Perry, confirming t he intelligence of the intended opening of the Japanese ports. Advices from the city of Mexico to the sth inst. mention a report that the Gadsden treaty had not been accepted by Santa Anna, but had been re turned to Washington with some amendments, the Purport of which was not known. Great preparations were being mae to celebate °mita Anna's birthday, when it was d currently re- Ported he would declare himself Emperor. We hear nothing further as to the movements of Alvarez. Mr. Gadsden arrived at Vera Cruz on the 31st of May, and was received with unusual attention. lie immediately proceeded to the capital. The British ship Challenge arrived at Guayamas on the 24th of May froin San Francisco, with the 3 80 men, mostly French, recently enlisted by the Mexican Consul at San Francisco. Much excitement existed at Guayamas in conse quence of the commander of the English brig-of- War Dido having released five prisoners of the Walker expedition, who were being transported on board the English ship Ethelbert, under a Mexican guard, to Mazatlan for trial. • The New Spanish Minister had arrived at Mexico, and had had a formal reception. A tremendous hurricane occurred in the vicinity of Mexico on the 19th ult., doing considerable da- Mage. A destructive hurricane had also been ex perienced at San Luis Potosi. Seven highway robbers had been executed at Guadalajara. Senor Perriet, Minister of Finance, had resigned on account of sickness. Senor Alcorta, Minister of War, was lying at the point of death. In the New York market nearly all the depart ments of trade continued stagnant, and there was an unparalleled absence of speculators in the legiti mate channels of trade. The protracted stringency in the money market was severely felt by the trad ing community, and the prices of many of the lead ing commodities were barely sustained. The con tinued loss of specie by the banks, and the proba bility of increased shipments of coin to Europe, had Caused the discount houses to advance the rates of interest about 1 per cent. The stock market continued to decline, with very Moderate sales. Exchange on London was quoted at 9 , 1 to 91. Flour ad.declined very materially. Wheat and corn had not receded in a correspond ing ratio, the supply being light. A rapid advance had occurred in linseed. Ashes were in good demand. Cotton was firmer in consequence of the Pacific's advices. Iron was also firm. Tobacco dull. Freights were easier, with less doing. Vessels were detained in consequence of the scarcity of hands. Foreign dry goods were quiet, with few sales. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1854. CENTRALISATION AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS. The Turks have a source of strength which it is mere folly and ignorance to overlook in their municipal insti tutions, while the intense centralisation of Russian ad. ministration is sure to prove ruinous from the moment that the system is put to any real stress. In Turkey the Government may be dilatory, unskilful in business, and in some respects in that' transition state which is often one of weakness : the empire may be ill-compacted ; its commerce is so far from being facilitated by any ge neral arrangements that it has to work its way through all manner of barbarous impediments ; and the soldiery are so badly officered, that the most sanguine of their allies dreaded each hour of actual collision with the foe. Such were the symptoms which, in the keen eye of the northern vulture, made the "sick man's" case hope- ' less, and set the foul bird pluming itself, and snap ping its beak, and sailing down the desert wind upon its prey. But the sick man's disease turns out to be merely functional, and not organic at all. Under all his ailments, his vital strength has never been sapped ; and he has buffetted the vulture, and sent him drooping away—hungry and bruised. The sound principle of local self-government, in opposition to the modern practice of centralisation, has saved Turkey under circumstances which made all but the wisest of her friends despair. Those wisest friends have long observed that in spite of the poverty and unbusinesslike ways of the Government, commerce has expanded and improved : that the Turks have a strong love of country, and espe cially an attachment to village life that the constant and eager immigration from Egypt into Syria testifies to the superiority of the diffused government of Turkey to the highly centralised one of Egypt ; and that, wherever the experiment was fairly tried, the valour of the Turkish soldiery has proved indomitable. Hence forth, truths like these will be more easily recognised than hitherto; and the source of strength will, we trust, be everywhere perceived and frankly acknowledged. The scattered communities of Turkey have been wont to manage their own local affairs ; and hence has grown up, an attachment to home and country, and national faith and usage, which has saved the em pire in its day of deep calamity, before aid could be given by the heartiest well wishers to the cause. Every man has gone into the conflict a volunteer, and has fought with his heart as well as his right arm : and hence the success in spite of the gravest of all military disadvantages that of deficient or faulty secondary command. Hence it is that the turn has come for the cruel foe to be the "sick man." Sick indeed !—" the whole soul sick, and the whole heart faint !" And this has come of the very centralisation I which the Czar has ever prided himself on, and made it the aim of his life to spread. He reckoned on Austria as his tool because centralisation is already established there. He reckoned on Prussia as his tool because the King clings to the centralising principle, even to the for feiture of his solemn promises to his people. The Czar wanted to force the principle and practice on the nations who guard their borders from it more anxiously than from the plague. He long ago put his foot down on the municipal liberties of Sicily, in aid of the imbecile King of Naples. He trod them down in Hungary, as much for his own sake as Austria's. He has now tried what Ihe can do in Turkey. We know his jealousy of the re forms in Sweden, and yet more in Denmark • reforms which all tend to diffuse self-government through' the whole body of the nation; and all the world knows that Norway, with its bold and thorough popular representa tion, is an abomination to him. As for us—his recent proceedings have opened our eyes to our duty to ourselves as well as to the Turks ; and our demolition of the two recent schemes of civil service and county constabulary organisation, is a pretty strong proof that the Russian principle of government has small chance among us. Every townsman seems to have the instinct that our statesmen appear to lose on crossing the threshold of office; that instinct which is the true bond of alliance between ourselves and the Turks, and all other true de . fenders of hearth and home . and the lesson which in England has first to be learned from the adversity of the Czar is, that no statesman must be trusted who shows the slightest taint of the Russian disease of centralisa tion : and that every citizen must be convinced, once for all, that national security exactly corresponds with the diffusion of self-government through the length and breadth of the Empire. Never was that lesson so taught as by the success of the Turks at this day. The old false plea is now demolished, the assertion that Turkish courage and conduct are owing to fatalist fanaticism. Fatalism might give the courage, but not the conduct. And the Russians are fully a match for the Turks in the attribute and the consequent quality. The Russians have followed the Cross to the battle-field full as devoutly as the Mussultnans the Crescent. If the Sultan is the head of the Faith, and the lord of all " true believers," the Czar is, to his people, even more. He is a demigod, and the representative of the Highest. He is actually an object of worship, and his cause is verily believed to be that of Heaven. We know how many of his soldiers have been looking for Jerusalem on the horizon of Wallachia, and adoring the comet as the star of Bethlehem ; and how un doubtingly they believe that to die in battle is to go straight to the martyr's throne in Paradise. Yet, has this fanaticism failed, while the Turkish valour has held out and conquered. The spell of fanaticism once broken, all is lost ; whereas the love of country and home is in vulnerable and indomitable. If any of us need this les son, here we find it taught in all possible solemnity and pathos. By the heroic joy of the Turks, who have saved Dome and empire ; by the slaughtered Muscovite serfs, whose blood cries out to Heaven ; by the anguish of survivors whose faith and hope are gone, and who have no liberties to fall back upon ; by the shame, remorse, and agony of the mad devil who has been constrained to preach this sermon from his unholy lips—let the lesson never be forgotten I None are too high or too low to take it to heart. It is a lesson for the humblest villager who can read a newspaper—a lesson to observe and up hold local laws against licence on the one hand and tyranny on the other. It is a lesson for grey statesmen and youthful potentates. A hoary Metternich and a tem porising Aberdeen may learn what comes of trusting to any organisation but what has the popular heart for its vital principles. As for the Sovereigns—the Sicilian "Botnbas," and the Prussian Fredericks, and the Greek Othos ' are incapable of learning, and must remain unbenefitted by the lessons of the time. Victoria in England, and Oscar in Sweden, have not waited for the spectacle of retribu tion to learn their duty and true policy. Popular reforms have proceeded continuously through both their reigns. There are younger sovereigns—one in Aus tria, one in Spain, one in Portugal, and (in regard to sovereignty, though not years), one in France. Will they show a capacity for taking instruction from the de feat and humiliation of the most prodigious despot of the age ? If they and their peoples can learn it together the world may thank Heaven for an inestimable boon. If not—there remains a fiercer lesson for them and all men : that human duty and conscience henceforth forbid that one man, be he whom he may, should be the evil genius of his race, as tne Czar Nichola s has been. While the world grow- more and more careful not to intrude on the councils of any nation as to its form of govern ment it must and will henceforth sec that no single un representative despot shall ever again have license to do what Nicholas has done. If any people choose to let such an one baptise them into his own blasphemy in blood and tears, their pitying neighbours cannot save them from the fate they will deserve; but the vigilance of na tions will permit no more sowirvs of the wind—,ecing that in reaping the whirlwind the melancholy madman lays waste many a fairer scene than the dismal swamps and jungle of his own dominions.—Daily Nous. VAUXHALL GARDENS. —These beautiful grounds have been numerously attended during the past week, visi tors being attracted by the fineness of the weather and , the variety and excellence of the amusements. In order to afford the younger branches of families home for the holidays an opportunity of witnessing Vauxhall in all its brilliancy, the dirtctor intends giving a juvenile fete on Saturday next. CONFLAGRATION. —Yesterday (Sunday) in orninFs,, at a few minutes before nine o'clock, the industrious and densely populated prrish of Bermondsey was visited by the outbreak of a terrible fire, which, in a compara tively brief period, laid in ruins property valned at several thousand pounds. The premises in which the conflagration began belonged to Messrs. Morgan and Sons, rope, line, and twine, manufacturers, and formed a considerable portion of that part of Bermondsey termed the Blue Anchor-road, Jamaica-level, and were adjoined by the equally extensive rope factory be longing to Messrs. Ellis and Barwood, so that, when the discovery was made, it became clearly manifest that unless the flames could be extinguished in their in cipient stage, a fearful fire would follow, and unfortu nately the latter has proved to be the case. Owing to the combustible nature of the building, formed as it was principally of light timber, the fire extended with such amazing rapidity, that before an engine had time to reach the spot the entire structure in which the misfor tune commenced was levelled with the ground, from whence the devastating element extended to the covered rope factory and walks, and also to the spacious store houses. In the last-named premises was deposited property of great value, amongst which were many tons of Manilla hemp and jute, worth 751. per ton. RAILWAY CARRIAGE LAMPS. -- A correspondent says :—These call for great improvement. At present the light from them is flickering, cloudy, and inade quate for reading. This is the consequence of the ir regular and inadequate supply of fresh air, which is unable to enter the lamp from their being only one ori fice to serve for the escape of the exhausted and the en trance of fresh air. At present the only orifice is im mediately over the flame, and tile descending current is impeded and vitiated by the impure current that the flame sends upward, and in consequence of the want of fresh air, much of the oil is vaporised by the heat, and passes off as smoke and unconsumed. Were the chim ney divided so as to give a separate orifice for the escape of the exhausted air, or another opening afforded for the entrance of a free current, the flame would burn more steadily, the combtistion of the smoke would be more perfect, and the light would be proportionately pleasanter and greater. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—IIia Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, gave audience yesterday at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house, to Mr. Michael Williams, M. P., the chairman, Mr. Tweedy, deputy-chairman, Mr. Brunel, engineer, Mr. Smith, solicitor, and Mr. Bond, secretary of the Cornwall Rail way, to receive a drawing and plan of the Royal Albert Bridge, now in course of erection across the Tamar, at Saltash. His Royal Highness having put several ques tions to Mr. Brunel on the subject, was pleased to ex press his satisfaction-with the undertaking, the construe tion of which is proceeding with great rapidity. • CARLISLE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ORDER OF RUNNING. 3. o—Corby Castle Stakes. 3.4s—Grand Stand Plate. 4.3o—Tally-ho Handicap Stakes. 5.15—H01m Hill Stakes. ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. CORBY CASTLE STAKES.—Tommy, Nelly Hill, West minster, Baroda, Lord Alfred, Steelyard, and Menzie, are hero. Expected—Harriet and Alston. GRAND STAND STAKES.—La Belle, Cheapside, Cassio, Tommy, Gamelad, Crockford, Quin, and filly by Charles the Twelfth, are hero. TALLY-HO STAKES.—AII are here. HOLM HILL STAKES.—AII four are here. CUMBERLAND PLATE.—The following are here :—La Belle, Atwell, Aribbas, and Claret. Expected—Hobby horse. ENTRIES FOR HER MAJESTY'S PALTE (Run on Wed nesday). Two Miles.—Jetty Treflz, The Skinner, Little Jack, Brother to British Farmer, Guicowar, Jenny Lind, Colsterdale, Aribbas, Quin, Grampian, The Swell, General, Cassio, Snowdon Dunhill. All here but Little Jack and Snowdon Dunhill. SPORTING NOTES. BIBURY, STOCKBRIDGE, AND WINCHESTER. The sport in Hampshire will commence on Wednes day at Stockbridge, and terminate on Friday at Win chester. The preparations for its due celebration are in active progress, and the meeting at the first-mentioned place is likely, to be attended by the leading aristocracy of the turf. Few features of general interest mark the programme for the opening day, which will be devoted almost exclusively to the equestrian exploits of the gen tlemen of the Bibury Club. On Thursday, however, no shortcomings will be displayed in the supply of sport, and no lack of public interest will characterise the pro ceedings. Six items are contained in Wednesday's list, including two handicaps, a two-years-old race, a three-years-old race, and two selling plates. Of these three have yet to close. The difficulty of selecting a winner from the horses weighted for the Bibury Stakes - would perhaps, be somewhat obviated, could the riders be ascertained with any degree of accuracy, for, with amateur jockeys, the race is seldom either to the swift or to the strong. Panto mime, Waterfall, and Cock Pheasant, seem entitled to some notice. For the Champagne Stakes, Oulston is liable to a penalty of 81bs, but notwithstanding this additional impost, I shall not, should his owner be in clined to start him, deem his chance of achieving success utterly destroyed. The animals likely to be arrayed against him apparently possess the slenderest racing pretensions. Should Oulston, however, be withdrawn, William the Third shall do battle for me. The once for mida`Nle Autocrat is among the seven nominations for the 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes, but I presume that his absence may be calculated upon with some certainty. Whether the stake will even occasion a contest is some what doubtful. The Empress Catherine may secure the prize. Long lists of nominations are appended to the five stakes which have already " closed" for the Stockbridge Meeting, " Triennials" constituting the leading items in the programme. The Triennial Stakes for 4 years old will, perhaps, be carried off by Cobnut. Report states that Andover is not likely to start for the Triennial Stakes for three years old, but at present it certainly lacks confirmation. His 71bs penalty for winning the Derby, will scarcely militate against his success, although in Ivan he will unquestionably encounter a formidable antagonist. For the Two-yrs-old Triennial I shall select the intended of Mr. Bowes's lot, and Joshua. Oulston and Border Chief will undoubtedly be, despite their extra weight, the most trustworthy competitors for the Moltisfont Stakes. For the Stewards Plate I shall select RE taplan and Hermit. The extra Sibs. which the latter will have to carry, may cause his Ascot running with Rataplan to be reversed. The Winchester Meeting will certainly form an insig nificant "tail-piece" to the sport at Stockbridge. For the Hampshire Stakes my fancies are Lascelles and Cleveland. The Grange Park Stakes will, perhaps, be carried off by either Titmouse or Mary. Mr. Thomas Arber, the respected proprietor of the London Club, is not, I am happy to state, dead, as was reported a few days ago. He is recovering slowly from his recent severe illness. His sufferings have been most acute, and at one time it was feared that his foot would have to be amputated to save his life. All symptoms of mortification have, however, disappeared. June 26. A FRESH MAN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jnno 26.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. moderate breeze and fine, with passing clouds. LOWESTOFT, June 25.—The Quicksilver, of and from Sunderland to London, which grounded on the Holm Sand on the 23d, was assisted off the same night, and proceeded. YARMOUTH (I. W.), June 25.—The Fanny, from Milton got on shore 23.1 June on the Shingles, but came off without damage, after throwing overboard about six tons of bricks, and sailed this day for Devonport. DOVER, June 24.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Jane Archibald, from Plymouth, with damage to bulwarks, etc., having been in collision. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Leila, from Shields, for Cadiz, with loss of bowsprit, figure-head, rails, sails, etc., and leaky, ha v ing been in contact with her Majesty's s. Swallow—the latter lost port quarter boat, and received other damage. Sailed—Martha, for the Baltic ' • Tonning (t ranspor t s t.), C ons t an ti no pl e ; Spar row Hawk, Baltic. from Sydney, with 300 oz. of gold. Arrived—Herefordshire, Juno 26.—(Per Ei ee . FALMOUTH, June 25.—Wind, variable, with fog. Ar rived—Perdiguers, from Havannah ; Frederico, do. ; Hunter, do. ; Aurora, Allah ; Triton, Bremen, and sailed for New York ; Agenoria, Havannah. Off Port—Moise, from Akyab, and sailed for Havre ; Margaretha, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Bremen. SHIELDS, June 24.—Wind, W. Sailed—Catharine Morrison, Rangoon. SUNDERLAND, June 25.-- , Wind, S. Arrived—Mal vina, Fecamp ; Dalmetta, Ceylon ; D'Arcy, St. Thomas ; Actif, Havre. SOUTHAMPTON, June 24.—Arrived —Argyll (s), from Carentatn. Sailed—Esmeralda, Swan River. ELSINORE, June 20.—The Union of Flensburg, and the Noreen, of Bergen, passed through the Sound yesterday, prizes to the English. 2i—The Francisea, of Copenhagen, passed through the Sound, June 19, a prize to the Eng lish, and proceeded to the northward, and the Steen Bille (schooner), of this port, passed through yesterday, also a prize to the English. HAMBURG, June 22.—The bead of a ship, with a female bust figure, was picked up, May 26, i n l at . 38 N., lon g . 45 W., by the Alid u, arrived here from Cape Hay t i. QuEENSTOWN, June 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Charlotte, London, for Calcutta ; Delegate, London, for Montreal ; Marquis de Pombal. LIMERICK, June 24.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—James, for Quebec ; Frcia, St. Übes; Harbinger, Quebec. (EY ILECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind S.W., light breeze, and showers. Arrived .—Pyreole (screw steamer), from Nantes; Joseph Tarrat.t, St. John's, N.B. ; Manhattan and John Bright, New York ; Carnation Luccia and General Parkhill, Charleston ; J. H. Gliddon, Mary, Old England, Sea King, Chimborazo, Britannia, and Falcon, New Orleans ; Vivid, St. Lucia; Iris, Barbadoes ; Marion and Radiant, Savannah; Aldbro, Rio Grande ; Margaret Ridley, Pernambuco ; bite, Barbadoes ; Preter, Odessa ; and Blanche Marie, San tander. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday,.lo.4o a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide, one hour and a half s flood ; fresh and cloudy. Arrived, 25th—Beta, from Rouen ; Metti Killerup, Horsens ; Anne Elizabeth, Skiv e ; Neran, Drontheim ; Christian, Stralsund ; Sophia, ' Konigsberg • Itlargarett, ' Danzig • City of Rotterdam, Amsterdam ; Erie, Freda rickstadt. Arrived, 26th—Jane, from Hobro ; Caledonia (s.), Ham burg ; Ravenebourno (s.), Antwerp •, Queen (s.), Oporto. Sailed, 25th.—Frederick Ovetbeck, for Memel; Caroline, for Sydney. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, S.S.W Passed—Emm. fresh, and cloudy . a, from London f or Galli p oli ; Jame s Scott, Lond on -for New Zealan d ; Las Palmas, London from Teneriffe ; Jonas Waren, Ha vre for Stockholm. Anchored.—John, from Lond on for Monte Video. Sailed.—Ch a ll enger , Nangasaki, Ardfoens , James , Arm strong, Calmius, Dolphin, Pilot, Paramatta, and King John, with the whole of the outward bound. ILLNESS OF M. KOSSUTIL—The Gateshead Oboe) ver states that M. Kossuth is so unwell as to be unable to leave home, consequently his intended visit to Newcastle is of necessity postponed. FIRE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. --Yesterday a fire broke out in the " kitchen department " of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. The mischief occurred at the time when a large body of policemen were near the spot, by whose exertions the fire was quickly subdued. An escape of gas was said to have had something to do with this accident, which, but for timely detection and the efficient efforts of the constables, would have threatened the destruction of a wing of the building. HALF-HOLIDAY 1110VEMENT.—A movement which pro mises to become general for closing business at ah early hour on Saturday, was commenced on Saturday in some of the principal city warehouses. In several instances the closing took place at one and in others at two o'clock, and among the firms by whom it was adopted were Messrs. Morris & Co., Pawson & Co., Brettle & Co., &c.—a favourable feeling being manifested with regard to it in almost all quarters. The plan has been pursued by the Stock Exchange and the principal firms in the East India trade for a long period, and there seems now a vei y satisfactory disposition to facilitate its uniform introduction. ARRIVALS or GOLD--The arrivals during the week have been very large, again amounting to a total of nearly 800,0001., of which 510,0001. was from Australia, and the remainder chiefly from New York. The shipments have consisted principally of silver, and are eatimated at about 620,0001. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderate ; neverthe less, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy at drooping prices. There was a moderate inquiry for grinding barley at full currencies. o:4s, bans, and peas were held on former terms ; but other articles were neglected. Our latest advices from New York state that flour was dull in sale at drooping prices. The business doing in most of the continental markets on English account is by no means extensive. Very limited supplies of English grain were received fresh up to our market last week. The imports of foreign produce amounted to 22,870 quarters of wheat, 1,735 bailey, 15,684 oats, 492 beans, 70 peas, 15 tares, 7,223 linseed, 327 rapeseed, 47 sundry seeds, 1,171 sacks and 7,163 barrels of flour. Compared with Monday last the receipts of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise from Essex and Kent, were on the increase ; yet they were small, even the time of year considered. By land carriage the arrivals were limited. On the whole the attendance of buyers was good, and we had a fair inquiry for really fine wheat, at last week's currency. Low and middling qualities moved off slowly, and the quotations were mostly ls. per quarter beneath the currencies of this day sen'- night. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. We were again well supplied with foreign wheat, espe cially from the near continental ports. Good heavy quali ties changed hands to a fair extent, at full quotations. Few parcels were dull, and rather in favour of buyers. The few floating cargoes reported off the coast were offer ing on rather easier terms. The demand for them was heavy. The supply of barley was small. Grinding parcels were firm, at full prices. All other kinds were dull, and nomi nal in value. There was very little doing in malt, on former terms. Oats, the supply of which was moderate, moved off steadily, but we have no change to notice in prices. Beans met a slow inquiry, on former terms. The demand for peas was wholly in retail, at late rates. The sale for flour ruled dull, at barely last week's quo• tations. The supply of foreign was good. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex ED rent, Red • • new 71s to 833 Ditto • • • • ........ old 73s 853 ditto, White new 75s 86s Ditto.. . • .... old 76s 88s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red,: old 71s 81s Ditto new • • • • 70. s 80s Rye—Old . • • . .... • • .. 51s 525, New • • • • ...... • . 50s 51s , Bailey —Grinding . • . .• 318 383 Malting . • • • • —s —s Chevalier •• • • • .. —s —8 alt—Snffolk and Nor folk . • . • . • ...... 668 71s Brown . • • 603 623 Kingston and Ware 73s 75s Malt—Chevalier •• 75s to 76! Oats Yorkshire and Line°lush., Feed 29s 33s Potato Youghal and Cork Black. —•• •• 298 32s Cork, White •• .. 288 34S Scotch, Feed..... 333 35s Beans—Tiok ••.. • • 434 52s Pigeons •• 47- 60s Peas—Grey ...• .•.• • • 443 48s Maple . • • • 46s 51s Wtilto... • • •• • 54s 60s Boilers ... 56s 608 Flour—Town-made... 66s 70s Suffolk •••• • • • • 588 62s Stooktn & Norfolk 58s 64s SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock last week amounted to 5,452 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 6,585 ; in 1852, 6,056 ; in 1851, 4,691 ; in 1850, 3,502 ; in 1849, 4,035 ; in 1818, 1,718 ; and in 1847, 3,517 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Lambs. Calves. Pigs From Beasts. Sheep. Hamburgh 4O ... 1,173 ... Rotterdam— 294 .1,049 ... 311 ... 121 ... 36 Harlingen 455 ... 685 920 Dordt 46 ... 125 ... 38 ... Calais .......... Ostend ....... ••. - Antwerp ...... Guernsey 40 ... - 11 ... - - ... - ... 80 2 ... . _ Total .. 837 .. 3,032 ... 379 ... 258 256 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 811 4,324 451 ... 730 179 1852 468 ... 4,165 ... 596 ... 679 ... 148 1851 • 375 --• 3, 288 ... 337 604 105 1850 509 2,285 262 ... 359 87 1849 419 2,996 ... 170 ... 450 We were moderately supplied with each kind of foreign stock to-day, but its general quality was inferior. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, was rather limited, and we observed a decided falling off in their general weight and condition. The primest Scots, from their scarcity, moved off freely, and in some instances prices had an upward tendency, 5s per Blbs having been realised for them ; but all other breeds met a slow sale, at last Monday's currency. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 1,600 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 230 horned and polled Scots. There was rather an extensive supply of sheep in the market. Prime old Downs were comparatively scarce, and in but moderate request, on former terms. All other breeds moved off slowly, and last week's curriencies were barely supported—indeed, in some instances, heavy breeds were 2d per 81bs lower. Lambs, the numbers of which were good, sold slowly, but we have no change to notice in their value. The top figura was 5s 10d per Sibs. We were heavily supplied with calves, which moved off slowly, at last week's decline. In pigs very little was doing, on former terms. The arrivals of stock from Ireland by sea were 46beasts, 108 sheep, 62 calves, and 9 pigs. Per 81bs to sink the offais. s. d. s. d. oferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 Primo large oxen 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 Second quality ...3 8 Primo crse.-wlled. 4 2 4 0' 4 6 5 0 3 6 4 0 4 6 ; Prime Southdown 4 1 Large crse. calves 3 Prime small d 0... 4 Large hogs 3 Small porkers 4 Suckling calves ..22 Quarter old pigs 21 9s sa to 5s 10d. d. s. a. 8 4 10 S 4 4 6 4 19 O 4 2 4 4 8 O 29 0 O 28 0 Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..•• .• •• •• •• 3,431 , Sheep .•• •• ..... —33,100 Calves ..•• ..•• •• 507 Pigs ...• •• •• •••• 310 A statement and comparison 01 stock exhibited and sold in Monday, June 27, 1853, ar 1854. Per 81bs, to s, Beasts ..... ••... 896 Sheep •• •• ............3,750 •• ........ 4b5 the supplies and prices of fat Smithfield Cattle Market, on id this day, Monday, June 26, ,uk the offals. June 27, 1853. 1June26,1854 s. d. s. d.'s. d. s. d 3 2to 3 43 4to 3 6 3 6 3 83 S 4 0 310 4 2,4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6'4 8 5 0 3 4 3 83 4 3 6 310 4 03 8 4 0 4 2 4 6;4 2 4 6 4 8 4 10;4 8 410 5 0 6 44 8 510 4 0 4 63 8 4 4 4 8 5 04 6 410 3 4 3 83 0 4 2 310 4 4;4 4 4 8 3,830 3,431 26,910 30,100 . 288 507 • 305 310 Coarse and inferior beasts ... Second quality ditto Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep ... Second quality ditto ... Prime coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto Lambs ... Largo coarse calves Prime small ditto ... Large hogs ... Neat small porkers .., „. Beasts... ... Sheep ... ,„ ' „, Pigs &remiss ON SALE, Juno 28, 1852.—Beasts, 3,977 ; sheep and lambs, 31,370; calves, 421 ; pigs, 620. June 30, 1851.—Beasts, 3,150 ; sheep and lambs, 30,690 ; calves, 352 ; pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Owing to the prevailing warm weather, the supplies of meat on sale in these markets are very moderate. A steady business is doing, as follows : Por Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 1 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., middling...., Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 i Do., prime Do., do. small ....4 2 4 4 Veal Pork, largo 3 4 4 0 Pork, small Lamb 4s 6d to 5s BJ. s. d. s. d. 32 3 5 .3 8 4 2 .4 4 4 8 .3 8 4 8 ~4 2 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. Although the amount of business doing in our market is by no means extensive, the late advance in the quotations is supported. The plantation accounts are still unfavour able, and the duty has been called 90,0001. to 95,0001. Last week's imports were 4 bales from Rotterdam, 140 ditto from Hamburgh, 18 ditto from Ostend, and 16 ditto from Antwerp. Mid and East Kent pockets, 71. lOs to 101. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 71. lOs to 9/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 61. 15s to 81. 15s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of old potatoes continue seasonably good, but the demand is heavy, at from 1008 to 190 s per ton. New qualities are coming freely to hand. English are selling at from 10s to 12s per cwt., and foreign 7s 6d to 8s 6d per basket. Last week's imports were 12,016 baskets from Rotterdam, and 200 sacks from Dublin. WOOL. Since our last report so little business has been doing in this market that the quotations have ruled nominal. The imports have amounted to 664 bales from Port Fairy, 57 from Trieste, 111 from Hamburgh, 2,103 from Melbourne, 138 from Seville, 1,200 from Sydney, and 96 from Callao. The following are the nearest quotations of English wool : South-down hoggets, is to is ld ; half-bred hoggets, lld to is ; ewes, clothing, I.ld to is ; Kent fleeces, is to is 04d ; combing skins, 100 to is ; flannel wool, 10d to is ld ; blanitet wool, 7d to ls ; and Leicester fleeces, 10d to is per lb. SEEDS. A good business has been done in canary seed, at an advance of 2s per qr. Linseed is dull, and Calcutta on the spot is selling at 62s to 635, and on passage 63s 6d per quarter. There are about 30,000 quarters now shipping in the Sea of Azoff. Other seeds, as well as cakes, are dull. Turnip,White,per bush. 14s to 20s Swede .. • • •• . ........215 38, Stinstard. Brown .. .• 10 3 1 3., White, new.. •... lOs 14s r tres,Winter, new.... Os 0.1 Os 01 Old• • • • • • • • . Os OdOs Od Canary, per quarter •. 47a 50s Rye grass.. • • 24s 28s Closer, Red Eng. (cwt.) —3 a White •• • • —s —a Foreign Red .. ••.. —3 —a, White .• —s Trefoil, new.. •••• •• —ll —3l Carraway .......... 424 48s Coriander...• ........ 10t 15s flempseed, per quarter 41's 44s Linseed, Eng.:owing • • 744 76s Crushing .. • .. 6 s 6gs Baltic .......... 661 70s Odessa .......... 663 7 a Linseed Cake, pr, ton— English .. 10/ N 12' 0, Foreign, per ton 915 s 111 5s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 15s 71 5s Rapeseed, NCIT, pr Ist 2slos 40; Os TALLOW. Tho amount of business doing in our market is limited ; yet prices aro well supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 61s 3d, and for September delivery 66s Gd per cwt. Town tallow is 63s net cash ; rough fat, 3s Gd per Slbs. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. Stock this day ...... ' 23,971 36,527 ) 41,182 22,499 J 34,07 J 36s 9d 37s 9d •.o 38s 6d :o 49s 6d 64s 3,1 to Price of Y. C." —• • I , to 37s fal o's Od 1 00s Od to 49 , 9d 005 ocl Delivery last week •.1 802 11,4 5 1,150 1,826 1,083 Ditto from June 1.... 1 4,286 4,3 50 4,674 4,935 3,:3n Arrivals last week.. 1 80 244 1,525 175 664 Dittofrom June 1.... 2 , 633 4,344 , 5,229 -4,069 3,615 Price el Tops ..... Of 04 89i-Od 1 94 6d ...bop 6d 016 d ___ LIT ERAT URE. Tilbury Nogo, or Passages in the Life of an Unsuc cessful Mon. By the author of "Digby Grand." 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. These " Pas3ages in the Life of au Unsuccessful Man" were originally published in the Sporting Magazine, and the favourable reception they met with has induced the author to publish them in their present form. It is to be hoped they will prove - a contrast to the list of failures so amus ingly recounted. The hero of the autobio graphy is seized with the desire of achieving fame and distinction by his success and dex terity in field sports. In these, however, he does not attain the celebrity he desires. A series of untoward accidents always intervenes to defeat his object ; and, after a long catalogue of mistakes and mischances, ho is forced to style himself an unsuccessful man. To add to his troubles, he marries an attractive widow, who does not appear so amiable and charming as Mrs. Nogo, as she did as Mrs. Montague Forbes. Sportsmen will find many characteristic accounts of foxhounds, harriers, steeplechases, and such subjects, and the general reader will not fail to be entertained by the narra tive which is not so technical in style as to be te dious to the uninitiated. It is not devoid of some slight romance, as the introduction of the follow ing graceful song proves:— " THE DAYS WHEN WE MET." " There is mirth in the sunshine, there's peace fn the shade, There's the fragrance of June on the flower ; There is love in the whisper that steals through the glade— But the sunshine may pale, and the roses may fade, And the skies may be dark in an hour; And the heart may grow weary—the brain may forget— And the loved one be changed since the days when we met. " There is morning to hope for, when darkness is past; There's a dawn that shall smile into day ; Though the winter be chill, and unsparing the blast, Yet the flow'ret shall bloom in its spring-time at last, And tho bird carol forth from the spray. But the heart hath no morrow, when its sunlight is set, And its music is hushed since the days when we met." At the close of the volume is a paper on " Scotland and the Moors," relating exploits in grouse shooting and deer stalking. The following extract is from the concluding soliloquy of Mr. Tilbury Nogo " Like many a wiser and better man, I have been the victim of an unworthy ambition—not the noble infirmity which urges the aspirer to be great—not the heaven-horn sentiment which impels him to be good ; but the paltry, and unmanly thirst for frivolous distinction, which, origi nating in vanity, finds its end in disappointment and dis gust. Not satisfied to take the sports and amusements of life as I found them, it has been my desire to raise for my self a kind of spurious fame for proficiency in pursuits which, after all, deserve but to be the pastime of an idle hour, and even this worthless distinction I have failed to attain. When the man who had spent a lifetime in learn ing to balance peas on the point of a needle, was brought before Alexander, the conqueror of the world ordered him the appropriate recompense of a packet of needles and a bushel of peas. Alas !my proficiency has not even de served the Macedonian's sarcastic guerdon. Money, time, and perseverance have been wasted, and I cannot balance the pea on the needle after all ! In vain have my stud eaten their heads off at Melton, and I myself gone to the height of personal inconvenience, not to say bodily peril, to achieve a first-flight character on the grass. Can I lay my hand on my heart, and tax my memory with one•single instance on which, after hounds had been running hard for ten minutes, I was present in the same field with them ? I have ridden a two-hundred-guinea bunter, and been pounded by young Graceless on a forty-pound hack ! I have placed my horse's head at Lord Rapid's tail, and vowing to stick to him throughout the day, have lost him in three fields ! No ! High Leicestershire was no arena for my prowess; and hopeless as was my success in the pastures, the turf was even worse. What availed it to elbow my way into the waving mass which constitutes the Ring at Epsom ; or to swagger, with open betting-book, and pencil daintily fitted between my front teeth, down the sunny slopes at Ascot? the `make and-shape' backer jumped at the odds I offered against his favourite, and showed his judgment by the form in which his selection swept past the goal an easy winner, and ' the only horse I stood to lose by in th e race ;' or the better-informed leg, with his liberal investment against th e Fly er th a t b ro k e down this morning, gave me another opportunity of what is playfully termed ' paying and looking pleasant.' Shoot ing, deer-stalking, sparring, cricket, hare-hunting, rowing, fishing, &c., not forgetting my first and only appearance as a jockey at Weatherley-1 have had a turn at them all— and if this be what is meant by ' sowing wild oats,' I can only say that in my case the crop has failed to pay the ex penses of cultivation. " And what has been the result of thus wasting the golden, the irretrievable years of early manhood—that im portant period in which alone can be laid the foundations for a future superstructure of utility and self-content, if not of distinction and renown—an edifice to which success in the more trifling pursuits of life should bo but as the carving which decorates its pillars, the ornamental work which softens the severer grandeur of the whole ? "A brief period of hollow excitement, constantly em bittered by dissatisfaction and disappointment ; a con sciousness of time misspent and opportunities thrown away ; something very nearly akin to remorse for the irre7 mediable past ; and above all, the degrading conviction that though age is steadily and surely stealing on, wisdoni is still as far distant as ever, and the experience which makes ' even fools wise' has in my own case been entirely thrown away." Transmutation ;or the Lord and the Lout. By N. or M. Chapman and Hall. • Although this story is founded on the often-re peated subject of changelings, there is novelty in many of the events, and a freshness of style per vades it that redeems it from being dull or com monplace. The young heroes early displayed the native tendencies of their characters, suca as might be expected from the stations for which they had been created. As it happened, however, nothing but evil and confusion ensued from what should have been a blessing and a benefit to every one. The cunning and avarice, which in the son of selfish, worldly parents was to bo expected, and which would have delighted the Earl and Countess, filled with dismay and consternation the denizens of the humble roof under which the heir of Rycot was brought up. On the other baud, the hold and reckless daring, the free and careless conduct, which would have done honour to the miller's son, only embittered the lordly sphere to which Luke Harston's child was taken. The chief point of in terest is that portion of the narrative where the real Lord of Rycot commits a murder, which un fortunate circumstances attribute to his lowly representative. The son of the people had to bear the full fury of the storm which had. been created by the evil conduct of the lordly race of Rycot. A long life of ill-usage and neglect had. sown the seeds of deadly hatred in the minds of the earl's tenants ; and no sooner did they suspect his son than their fury knew no bounds, and with one accord all rose against him. The unfortunate young man, whose own imprudence had materially injured his cause, was thrown into prison as a felon. He was detained for some time before his trial, in the midst of which, just as all expected him to be pronounced guilty, an express arrived announcing that his aged father the earl had just expired. As a peer of the realm, the prisoner had to be removed to a higher tribunal. Before that time arrived, however, through the instrumentality of a valuable friend he had made in prison, the young earl was proved innocent. The most pleasing character in the story is Bessy Harston, the miller's daughter, whose honest and simple nature is a striking contrast to the crafty and vindictive tem per of her supposed brother. After a great many trials, she died, in the midst of the trial im pending against the earl. The knowledge that her brother (as she believed him) had committed mur der, brought on brain fever, from which she never recovered. As she was the favourite of the village, all crowded round her coffin to pay their last re spectful tribute—" and where was there ever a sweeter face than the one whose whiteness gleamed like marble, wasted by sickness, worn by anguish, the touch of death appeared to have re-endowed poor Bessy with youth and beauty, as With com posure and peace." The cause of all this misery, John, was found dead at an infirmary, where be had confessed his crimes. After a triumphal re turn to Rycot, the young earl busied himself in ameliorating the condition of his tenants, and so much good did ho effect, that it is observed that, could Peter Prosset (the old doctor who had changed the children) have perceived. the results, he might fancy he had done a wise and virtuous action by his transmutation. Transcaucasia, Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Baltic Sea and the Caspian. By Baron von Haxthausen. Chapman and Hall. This is not one of the numerous works of travel or geographical description that the present crisis has called forth, though its title naturally gives rise to such au idea. It was completed in 1849, but the unfavourable state of the publishing trade prevented its appearing at that time. It is now first given to the English public with the inten tion of subsequently producing it in Germany and France. The author is a Prussian, who has a lready published a work on the internal staistealsoosf Russia, which has not been translated. He the author of tome articles which appeared in 1842 1 in the A llgemeine Zeitung, Signed " A v II ~ which displayed so much ability and linoN•vled.g,ol that many supposed the initials to represent Alex ander von Humboldt. Il is.ie o T w h a o s lu sh t ortly a fter in vited by the Emp eror inquiries in his d oma i ns. Perhaps ' it is ir o r w s l i n e g h t i o s 1 this attention that he takes a favourable view of Rusrseisaenatndthiins in the b ts g Government estli e , v h id t ent l ly desiring to rep lie is not likely to coincide with the gennetrhalisorpesitPlicoent of the day. However, indignant readers must re member that the work was completed and in pro cess of being translated long before-the- commence ment of the events which now give it an additional interest. Georgia Ci rc assia, and Armenia , with all the surrounding provinces, are described, not with the lively superficial manner of a hasty traveller but in the style of one who has evidently searchedand studied the subject. While the Eng- MI reacier is likely to diffa trona hint Oiititely in many of his views, he will feel that the statements may be depended on. Many of the customs of the country are exceedingly curious, and their laws and social regulations no less so. The volume possesses the great attraction of eight coloured plates, from drawings by Herr Graeb of Berlin, from the sketches of Baron Haxthausen, and his travelling companion, Prince Paul Lieven. Among the most striking of these are, the View of Tiflis and the Great Mosque at Erivan. The frontispiece of the interior of a Georgian nobleman's house, is also A very pleasing iliustration. A map of the Caucasus is appended to the volume. Constantinople of To-day. David Bogue. This little work is translated from the French of Theophile Gautier, by R. Gould, M.A. It is illus trated with engravings from photographic pictures, which give a very excellent idea of the different scenes represented. Lively and entertaining sketches of the shops, the bazaars, the dancing dervishes, the mosques, the Palace of the Bosphorus and the surrounding scenery are scattered through its pages. It will present to the reader a very attractive literary panorama of the city of the Sultan. Records of the Chase. by Cecil. Longman. This volume contains Records of the Chase, and Memoirs of Celebrated Sportsmen, illustrating some of the usages of olden times and comparing them with prevailing customs, with an introduction to most of the fashionable hunting countries, and comments. Thus it will be seen that for sporting readers it will form a valuable work of reference as well as an entertaining volume of amusement and anecdote. Afcmorials of the Life of Amelia Opit. By Cecilia Brightwell. Longman. These memoirs of this well-known and charming writer are chiefly selected from her own letters and diaries. The events of a long life, and the nume rous and distinguished acquaintances made by one so well calculated to shine in society, and in early life so much attached to it, present the reader with a variety of scenes and characters full of interest and• entertainment. She was acquainted with many of the celebrities of her own day, and on two occasions visited Paris, where she made many friends. After joining the Society of Friends, h e r life was more retired, though she still retained her old attachments. This work is published by her executor, to whom all her papers were left for super vision. His daughter has undertaken the task of writing the memoir, which she has performed very ably, with much simplicity of style. Long extracts are given from Mrs. Opie's letters to her father and intimate friends, and from a journal which she kept at one period of her life. She was of a very benevolent disposition. Most of her time in her later years was taken up by works of active charity. The present volume shows her in a most attractive aspect, and all those who are acquainted with her from her works will find pleasure in perusing these memorials. HAMPSTEAD HEATH AGAIN. This evening a sixth application will be made to the House of Peers by Sir Thomas Maryon 'Wilson for a decision which will, virtually, enable him to block out the public from the use of Hampstead heath. There can be little fear as to the result, but still it is desirable, just at the moment the matter is about to be taken in hand, that the public should be reminded of the exact facts of the case. Sir Thomas Wilson is tenant for life, under his father's will, of an estate which comprises the greater portion of Hamnstead•heath. Annexed to this will were certain codicils. By the codicils were granted leasing powers over certain sections of the property in question, but none over the Hampstead estate. The point has been raised whether this silence was inten tional or accidental. The necessity of proof naturally lies upon those who would set aside the fair inference arising upon such arrangements made in a solemn and well digested deed—namely, that the testator's real intention wai, that his legatee should enjoy the property in the manner pointed out in the will, and not otherwise. The matter has been referred to the judges for their opinion under an order of reference from the House of Lords. By a return to this order dated the 29th of May of the present year, and bearing the signatures of Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Williams, we find that their . • opinion is adverse to the present pretensions of Sir Thomas Wilson. "It may well be," they say, "that the testator abstained from extending the leasing power to the lands in question for reasons which would have ope rated in his mind with equal force, even if the lands had been as valuable for building purposes at the date of his will as they are now." They conclude to the effect that, even if the petitioner should succeed in establish ing the allegations of his preamble, there is no case for the interference of Parliament. In the same way, when ten years ago a bill was introduced into Par liament at the instance of Sir Thomas Wilson, which would have enabled him, not to lease, but to sell the property in question, Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Cresswell gave it as their opinion that, if it should appear that the testator, by giving to his son the power of granting long leases on certain portions of the estate, intended that he should not have similar powers over the remainder, then by the bill such intention would be evaded. The intention of the testator, as a question of common sense as well as in point law, would seem to be obvious enough from his manner of dealing with his pro perty. In addition to these considerations, it is said to be notorious that an understanding, to which he was a party, existed that he would not authorise any building speculation at II ampstead. It would appear, then, that the present tenant for life enjoys his Hampstead property in•the way in which his father intended that he should enjoy it, and there can be no reason why the public ad vantage should be sacrificed in order that the present Sir T. Wilson may be made a richer man than his father ever intended he should be. _ . . The story of Sir T. Wilson's repeated attempts to evade the language and intentions of his father's will and the established rule of construction is curious enough. Upon five different occasions—in 1829, 1830 ' 1843, and 1844, and 1853—a similar attempt has been made and frustrated. It would perhaps be more correct to say that Sir Thomas having hitherto been unable to ob tain a decision in his favour upon the whole of the Hampstead estate, has now altered his tactics, and is dealing only with a part. Should he succeed, of course this success will be drawn into a precedent, and a brick wall round Hampstead-heath follows as an inevitable corollary. The bill brought in last year, by a very od d coincidence, made no mention of the codicils, but recited only the 'provisions of the principal deed. This year Sir Thomas has been compelled to rehearse his codicils, and the effect of their reinsertion is the a nswer returned by the C hief Baron and Justice ovferyrefoedrdencceeihncladdeencel.iy Tthhee he P\hlie-llielrolsifa.lmassTtlyiteoeraeis h r t s aon f r o od r te p re o r wer to build over the whole of the Hampstead estate. This was rejected. The bill of this year deals with the property in a less sweeping method. The very title is modest. Sir T. Wilson's advisers, having found that there was something in the name of a Hampstead Enclosure, Hampstead Leasing, Hampstead Building Bill, which gave offence to the nerves of the Peers, have upon the present occasion dis guised their object under the title of " the Finehly-road Bill." Who would suppose that so much mischief lurked under so unassuming a title as this? The Finchly road Bill, however, is but a piratical craft. Her master showed his real colours in 1829, when ho hoisted his proper ensign, and boldly applied for leave to build on and entirely round the heath. The bill of 1829 con tained express provisions for so building thereon and surrounding it. It is needless to repeat that if Sir T. Wilson should furtively obtain a Parliamentary sanction to build upon a portion of the estate on which his father intended that not a brick should be laid, he will soon resume his former pretensions and be in a condition to enforce them. Most fortunately, the scheme was discovered, and we give the matter this notice in order that the Peers may fully understand that this evening they are dealing with the very samd point which has already been raised and decided five times in their house. Four law lords—Lords Tenterden, Denman, Brougham, and Campbell—have, on three former occa• sions, given their opposition to the measure. We ven ture to trust that two of the number will be found to. night iu their places, to guard the interests of the public once more. Especial attention, too, should b e g i ven t o the manner in which Sir T. Wilson's advisers have dealt with the codicils to' his father's will. them last year, they obtained a favourableroßly eport suppressingfonfront e th m e en C d hi t e h f eßirarroencitablsu.t w m e , r h e en ve th ry e he e er e e t a e g n a c i e n , sinubemonitituendettiocaSlirwFi Polio k i " er y ordered t returned an opinion most str t o ll n l n l y Pr a . tensions of the life tenant of thegl‘ amended atndjrvuoestretsiac d ve jot:lulls a e in e ti t: consideration e poefrltt\hy'e: hpaevtiet,ioinnstohfisthbericeof C B c eto the pre th pro cumstances of this remarkable recapitulation ase o mitted all mention cage, enough has been said to put every person more or less interested in the decision of the Peers on their guard. The householders pyliolders of the chief cir cumstances of the neighbourhood are primarily affected, but, were their interests alone at stake, the " Finch . ly-road I w v -ol o il v, d ,r n it e a ve ir r i hthaevelietteaionfetdbae p li u n b e i o n otcthetbonsen i ds es. nay, of the million s, who have derived health and relaxa tion' from many a breezy afternoon spent on Hampstead heath. Where would the worn-out, smoke-dried Lon paeftoefrnroesoonaofv,h,ceraeltchloasnedd regmoninntstryhiamiri with its clumps of Scotch firs, with i i ild t fc) s airinicsirP delightful le a°rdntifavourite oteeraatpl'a prospects, with its merry thousands, and happy child?ron, is essentially the park of a large portion of the population of London. We have little tear, after this notice, that it will be taken from them to-night, but it would be most politic if some arrangement could be made which should effectually put an end to all similar attempts for the future.—Times. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, at tended by the Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento, Colonel Folque, Lord de Tabboy, and Major-General Wylde, went on Saturday morning to the printing-office and establishment of the Times newspaper, and after• wards visited St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Christ's Hospital, the central station of the Electric Tele. graph Company, and London-brid ge . The King and his party went down the river i n a steamboat, and re . turned up the river as far as H u norford•bridge, from whence they proceeded to iusrect tike St. ktartia 5 Batlig _ 1 and Washhonfer. estY bat- i in• me fight Fyne 3es• ar $ in ood ;dll [lira I