The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

THE BUDGET. (From the Times.) To-night we are to realise one of the first " hor rors" of war. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to tell us in his Budget how we are t o p a y f or it. There is, indeed, no absolute necessity for doing or saying anything about the expense yet, and an ordinary nation would maintain a grave silence on that part of the subject for many a month to come. The increase in the Estimates, though large in these days of retrenchment, does not exceed the three millions of annual surplus ; and, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer calculates he is saving a million a-quarter on the old Estimates, he starts well for a war—better, probably, than any Minister of Fi nance ever started before. But as the war, now imminent rather than impending, goes on, expenses will increase. We shall have to arm, to feed, to clothe, and to convoy our Eastern allies ; to make fortifications, and raise the whole cost of the war from a Turkish to an English standard. It is true that, even with a whole continent intervening, we shall be able to make war more economically than the Russians, who have to march their troops thou sands of miles by bad roads, through as ill provided country. It is true, also, that in the power of steam we possess an immense advantage over our fathers, who brought the last European war to so just about though so costly a conclusion. It was about the close of that war when the appearance of something like a coal barge, with a steam engine on board, moving a pair of paddle-wheels, excited the curiosity and the contempt of old sailors on the Thames. Besides a surplus, and steam, and astock ef national enthusiasm which willlast ratherlonger than Mr. Cobden expects, we have also such an accumu lation of shipping and material of every descrip tion as no nation ever had before, or is ever likely to have again. Thus prepared we could wage a war with Russia for the next six months so tre mendous as to shake her huge bulk f rom sea to sea, without paying one shilling more tha n h as a l rea d y been included in the annual estim a t es . B u t , str ik e as we may, and astonished as Russia may be at the blows she will undoubtedly recei ve , we h ave no right to expect that six months or twelve months will bring the war to a conc l us i on ; so we must rec kon on its further continuance and increased expenses, and consider how they are to be met. When . Europe sees th a t we are prepared to be as lavish, necessary, as in the last great war, that alone will have th e f orce o f powerfu l armaments and brilliant successes, inasmuch as the world will see, that even should we suff er defeat afte r d e f ea t, and exhibit ever so muc h m i smanagemen t , we mus t win a t last from un li m it e d resources an d s h eer de termination. Should the war be protracted from year to year, and, as some prophets of ill have predicted and others have desired, involve all Europe in the quarrel—stir up the discontented "nationalities" —fan the embers of revolution—and finally sweep over as wide a range, and endure for as long a period as the last war—we shall then un doubtedly have to retrace our steps through the whole course of financial remission. We should have to raise the succession-tax as a perma nent resource, and, possibly, also res t ore some of the import duties to their former oppressive amount. Indeed, there is no saying where we should stop. But, without any attempt or desire to conceal the full danger, we may honestly say that there is no real reason against an early and happy termination of the war. If England and France put forth their best, and Austria, and Prussia only observe their neutrality, there can be no doubt, humanly speaking, that Russia will suffer such loss and dishonour as must bring her to reason. Driven back across the Pruth, shut up in all her ports, with her great dockyards, her arsenals, and most probably all her navy destroyed, and her commerce entirely suspended, she must soon feel the utter folly of her own first appeal to the ultima ratio, in the invasion of the Principali ties. But such a war must not be done by halves. We must take care, and we can very easily take care, that not a yard of Russian bunting shall be seen in any part of the globe, and the Czar shall become as unknown and fabulous a personage as the Llama of Thibet or his old neighbour Prester John. In this there can be no real difficulty, see ing that Russia, huge as s h e i s , cannot molest the world without passing through the two narrowest apertures in the whole range of the Ocean,—the Bosphorus and the Sound. Providence, which has made such great inequalities, and which has accu mulated on one semi-barbaric throne so many con ditions of power, has counterbalanced them in this instance with a fundamental weakness that no wealth, no territory, no population can over come. This weakness is fatal. It has ever been found that e mpi re was i mpossi b le without. the command o f th e sea. In ancient days, to have the Mediterranean was to govern the world ; to be excluded from it was to be nothing. Much more is it so now. We have only to make this known and felt in Russia, and we shall soon create a public epinion in that country that will fight with our fleets and do the work of an in vasion. To do that well and at once, whatever the cost, will be the best economy in the end, and we trust that the House of Commons will this evening show that it is prepared to enable Government to pursue such a course. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer will make his financial statement this evening under very differ ent circumstances from those which attended the Budget of 1853. A year ago, it was not necessary to increase the public revenue, nor even to main tain the existing amount of taxation. The Finance Minister had only to compare the ciaims of different classes for relief, and, while reducing taxation, to adjust the p u bli c b ur d ens i n the most equitable 7 manner. Mr. Gladstone accomplished his difficult task to the satisfaction of the country ; and, with a foresight which will now be more fully appre ciated, he took measures to secure, not only a stable, but a growing revenue. To-night, how ever, it will be his less welcome duty to devise the means for engaging- in a war, of which it is at present impossible to foresee either the extent or the duration. The House of Commons has already granted, with unstinted liberality, the supplies which have been asked ; and, according to the well-founded constutional practice, the provisi on of Ways and M eans i s considered after Parliament has sanctioned the requisite expenditure. The Government is immediately responsible for the prudent choice of financial expedients, rather than for the outlay for which it is necessary, according to the votes of the House, to provide. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will derive but little aid, on the present occasion, from the practice of his predecessors during the last European war. It is generally admitted that far too large a portion of the expense incurred in that struggle was thrown on the shoulders of posterity. The annual charge of the additional debt created between 1793 and 1815 amounted to 23 millions—a larger sum than the entire expenditure of the country, inclusive of the interest on the debt, during the first or second year of the war. Even in 1798, the revenue amounted only to 20 mullions, while the expendi ture exceeded 50. It was not until 1799 that the Income-tax was imposed; and it raised the revenue, in the following year, to 29 millions—a sum which would have defrayed the total outlay of the year 1794, when the public income had only reached 17 millions. In 1815, the amount raised by taxa tion reached the enormous sum of 72 millions, of which no less than 42 millions were absorbed by the charge of the debt. It was only in the thirteenth year of the war that the total expenditure of the country began to exceed the amount which was eventually raised within a single year. A capital of 800 miilions, added to the debt in two and twenty years, represents the price at which exemption from immediate sacrifices was Purchased by the nation. Air. Pitt was fully aware -of the inconveniences of that funding system which he carried to so great a height. I n 17 98, i n proposing to the House of COECtr a tea the fts a large increase of tax a ti on , h e contras the p,ube°lieraparaive advantages of providi ng f or expenditure by loans, or out of th e annual revenue. " Raise the present sums," he said , " by ta xation in two years, and you and your posterity a re Completely exonerated from it ; but if, on the other hand, you fund its amount, it will ' entail an annual tribute for its interest, which, in 40 years , w ill Amount to no less than 40 millions. . • • • Sh all. we, eacrifice i or shall we save to our posterity,, a sum between 40 and 50 millions sterling ? Unfortu na t ely, the views thus ex pressed by the Minister were not oven rtially carried into effect, untillotohedebt had . l been augmented by more than millions involving a permanent charge which greatly ' increased the difficulty of furnishing the necessary re venue by annual taxation. It cannot, howevee supposed that any such difficulty exist s at thehave i nogn(jloey.gerede. dulruinglBtlhse, pre sent moment. The resources . of the country expanded to an astonishing long r peace which we exports were valued at 52 millions —in the last twelve months, they have been declared at 90 mil lions, while the taxes have sunk from 92 to 53 mil lions. Moreover, the economy of war is far better understood now than it was at the commencement of the last European struggle- The expedition which is about to be sent to Turkey is more nume rous than any land force which was employed during the whole of the war, up to the death of Mr. Pitt • and yet th e es ti mates s h ow that a mode rate addition to the national income will be sufficient to meet the increased expenditure. It must, how : ever, be'Temembered, that the extraordinary ex - -penses-of the campaign, cannot yet be ascertained. i's .?' Ll -P ; ut t.,„4 .L.-wha 1g -' e-idttional lesot'.rces rill ba neces• i ,'", 7 -/ ,:..:,61 ~,2 i. i .?..1; ; -,..- , - ,, ;),',N '-`),..\--'! . /), • sarily required, it is satisfactory to know that the financial arrangements of last year have hitherto proved highly successful. The actual surplus, on the sth of January, amounted to 3,000,0001. — including, however, the proceeds, for a part of the year, of the various taxes which were repealed in the Budget of 1853. The Succession duty has. as yet scarcely come into operation for the benefit of the Exchequer ; but during the pre sent year, the first instalments will begin to fall in, and the amount will gradually increase, until it becomes permanent in 1858. There is some reason to fear that the elasticity of the re venue arising from Indirect taxes may be re p resse d by the operation of the war ; but it may, at all events, be hoped that the allied naval forces will be strong enough to secure com merce aga i ns t any interruption by sea. There seems no reason why the American or Australian trade should be seri ously checked by a rupture with Russia. The immediate wants of the Government will probably be supplied by the issue of 1,750,0001. Ex chequer Bills, for which Mr. Gladstone will ask the House of Commons to-night. He will probably ex plain, at the same time, his intentions with respect to the unfundedd e bt. Th e amoun t o f ou t s t an di ng Bills—which was greatly reduced in the early part of last year—has again been raised to its ordinary limit of between 17 and 18 millions by issues in the autumn, which, in consequence of the change in the value of money, were required to effect the conver sion of the South Sea Annuities. It is well known that the same causes operate somewhat differently on the value of those securities which are always convertible, and on the funded debt. If the war continues, Exchequer Bills, though they may fall in actual price, will probably rise in value as com pared with Consols ; and this peculiarity acts as a protection to the Government against the possible risk of a sudden demand for the payment of the Bills in money. Bank-notes are held with confi dence by the public, because they are payable on demand ; and Exchequer Bills are willingly ex changed in March and June, because the exchange is not compulsory on the holder. The Ways and Means which Mr. Gladstone will this evening propose to the House of Commons will be known throughout the kingdom in a few hours ; and there is, therefore, little use in con jectural anticipations of the Ministerial intentions. In the latter part of the last century, a Chancellor of the Exchequer, under similar circumstances, hunted through the tariff to find commodities on which duties might be imposed or increased. The long list of Mr. Pitt's taxes, extending from hair powder upwards, shows how severely a sound fi nancier must have been pressed, when he sought for money, not where it might be obtained at the smallest sacrifice to the community, but wherever he could get it. The effect of multifarious imposts on the springs and sources of wealth is now, how ever, more generally understood. The country has reluctantly resolved on undertaking a just and necessary war; and it will not refuse to the Go vernment the means of conducting it to a successful issue. The needful expenditure must obviously be met by that form of taxation which is at once the most simple; the most economical, and the most easily withdrawn ; and the unpleasant necessity of the crisis has been so generally foreseen that there can be no doubt as to the assent of the House of Commons to the measures which will be proposed. POSTPONEMENT OF THE .REFORM BILL. The postponement, and only too probable sup pression, of the Reform Bill, may be regarded as the first of those sacrifices which the country is called upon to make at the altar of the implacable demon of battles. The sacrifice is doubtless a great one, yet we can hardly hope that all similar sacri fices will be made with equal cheerfulness and alacrity. The ready approbation with which the House of Commons met the proposal to immolate this great, liberal, and beneficial measure on the shrine of their country, or, at any rate, to sequester it from public view for a decent period previous to its execution, must not, we fear, be anticipated when the Chancellor of the Exchequer asks, as he may probably this very day do, for an increase of the public burdens, which may curtail our incomes, abridgeour pleasures, and confound our plans. It is one thing to surrender, from a sense of patriotic duty, the disfranchisement of a borough, which with all its faults has, at any rate, had the good taste to re turn one good member to Parliament ; or to post pone the enfranchisement of a number of ten-pound county voters, who, whatever be their abstra c t merits, will have the drawback of swamping a county influence in which one is interested ; or to adjourn the granting of the representation to a minority in a borough where one's party has hither to rei g ned supreme. These are sacrific es w hi c h every true patriot makes with pleasure ; but the proposal to forego hard money, or money's worth, is not likely to be received with uproarious cheers, or carried, if carried at all, with a burst of accla mation. We fear there is no denying it,—wherever the desire for reform resides, it is not in the majority of the House of Commons. Ministers may see clearly the wisdom and policy of passing into a law with as little delay as possible provisions with regard to our electoral system, which will obviate the necessity for a considerable time of any fur ther change, and, by adopting the state of the re presentation to the state of society, may at once insure the smooth working of the representative machine and delicate sensibility of the political balance. But the House of Commons does not share in this conviction, or, if it does so, it is con tent to let it sleep with other convictions till some imperious emergency shall occasion a disinterment of buried principles, or the necessity of appealing anew to popular favour shall cause men to look about for some topic of interest and excite ment. Ministers may give what reason they will for deferring or abandoning their Reform Bill, but the one reason of infinitely more weight than all others put together is, that they have not the means of carrying such a measure through such a house. If a Reform Bill is framed on the old system, on the precedent .of the measure of 1832, it will require for its success conditions very similar to those of that stormy period. There must be union, there must be enthusiasm, or a bill which combines against it all the corrupt in fluences of the country, by striking at them all, is sure to miscarry. There can be no want of union among the antagonists of the Reform Bill ; a com mon interest and a common danger secure this without concert or preparation. But where is the bond which is to unite and organise its supporters? Every private abuse has its natural champion and indefatigable defender, hut who will enter the lists on the part of the public ? The great ma jority of the House of Commons seem to have no vocation whatever for this task. Impressionable they doubtless are, but there has hitherto been no attempt to make any impression upon them. If the house has been ready to make the Reform Bill a holocaust on the altar of Bellona, the country has shown no wish to interrupt the rite. Iphiienia is bound to the altar, but no Diana comes to rescue her. Calchas, in the form of Lord John Russell, raises the knife, and there is no Agamemnon to avert his face. The public mind of this country, though clear in its convictions and ardent in their pursuit, is certainly not qualified to entertain many ideas at the same time. The majority of the middle and the upper classes are too much absorbed in those lucrative pursuits which the prospect of war has as yet but little interrupted, to spare time or attention for a scheme which requires to be considered and ana lysed in order to be understood, and appeals rather to the understanding than the passions ; and the people—those by whose voices and whose influence the first Reform Bill was carried, and by whose opinion the second must pass, if it be destin e d t o pass at all—are engaged so entirely in contemplat ing the preparations for war, and have thrown their passions and thoughts so completely into this one novel and exciting subject, that questions of domestic policy fail even to get a hearing, and the national pugnacity, fairly aroused, leaves no room for any otheX. sentiment. Since, then, the house will itot act without the people, and the people have not sufficient leisure or eagerness to drive their legislators into a Parlia- mentary suicide, we suppose we must give up all hopes of passing this bill, good as it is, and adjourn to a future, and perhaps a remote, time the cor rection of abuses which, little interest as they may excite within Parliament or out of doors, are never theless of the highest moment, and materially in terfere with the working of our constitution, and detract from the credit due to representative insti tutions in general. There seems to be no help for it, and it is neither prudent nor dignified to pro tract a struggle with impossibilities. We must, however, remark that the proposal and withdrawal of such a measure at such a time is, though proba bly unavoidable, an evil of a very serious nature. The war must be very - unlike other wars if it remains all through its prosecution as popular as it is at pre sent. The public mind is flattered by the exhibition of our strength and spirit, and dwells upon our comin g glory without coun ti ng th e cos t . I f dis content, the inevitable concomitant of protracted hostilities should arise, every one w ill b e f urn i s h e d on the highest authority with a manual of griev ances ready prepared to his hand, and we shall not be surprised to find the call for reform, which is so silent now, loudly ra i se d a t a per i o d when it will be next to impossible to attend to it. The county householder will have been taught to feel his grievance in being deprived of the franchise. The other classc intended to be admitted to the suffrage by the :provisions of the bill will complain, under incteisei burdens, that they hare no voice in imposing them. Districts will feel that they have an inchoate right to members not yet granted, and boroughs that they are under sentence, and only await the hand of the executioner. These evils would be small if we could only insure the continuation of the present state of popular in difference. But this we cannot do, and we there fore regard it as no slight misfortune to be obliged to embark in foreign conflict without having pre viously sttled our domestic relations.—Times. MB BELGIAN GIRL'S CASE. On Friday afternoon a private application was made to Mr. Arnold, at the Westminster Police-court, by the police, in consequence of which the information, upon oath of Alice Leroy, the unfortunate Belgian girl, and of Elvire Cerckel, who aided her in her escape from the house of ill-fame in Denbeigh-terrace, was taken in writing, and a warrant issued for the apprehension of Alexander Desaux, the father of Laura Leboucher, alias Madame Denis. Inspector Simonds proceeded to the house in Denbeigh-terrace, but had no sooner effected a partial entrance than Desaux attempted to close the door against him, and called a very powerful and savage dog to his aid. Fortunately for the inspector, he had taken with him Antonio, the foot-boy recently in the e stablishment, to whom the dog was much attached, who succeeded in quieting the animal, and Desaux, a miserable dirty-looking old Frenchman, the janitor of the establishment, was brought away, and on Saturday placed before Mr. Broderip for examination. The warrant, as in the case of Feistel, alias Harrison, who has undergone two or three examinations, charged him with conspiring with others by false representations to procure the defilement of a girl under 21 years of age. Mr. Threw, for the prosecution, said, that apart from the present charge, defendant had rendered himself liable to the law as the keeper of a brothel, and for assaulting and falsely imprisoning Alice Leroy. He would, how ever, at present confine himself to the charge under the common law, as cited on a previous occasion, in the case of the " Queen v. Mears and Chabot," and wou ld s h ape his case in accordance with it. It was then determined that the information upon oath before alluded to should be read and translated to defendant as evidence for a remand, and this was accord. ingly done. Alice Leroy's information was as follows :—Defendant is the father of Madame Denis. He was always in the house in Denbigh-terrace. He was there the day I ar rived from Brussels, and dined with us that day, and every day after. Several times when I have been going dawn stairs he has met me, and told me to go up again, and he has told me his daughter would scold him if he let me go down. This happened more than six times. He remained almost the whole day with me, and the other girls, in the room there, smoking or reading, and if I went to the window he would draw me back, and say his daughter would scold him. The words he used were, " What do you want always going to the window ; you don't want anything, and we shall be scolded ?" I never saw but the two young ladies in the house before spoken of, and they had not much more liberty than I had. Only the little one who was brought from Brussels with me by Harrison went out sometimes with him and madame. Defendant slept in the third-floor front, and I and another girl in the back. The morning before I I I escaped madame came into the room where I was cry ing, and said to me, " You think to escape, but you shall not," and locked up my cloak and bonnet. I had previously told one of the girls that I would rather live in the streets than in that house ; and I told defendant that madame had locked up my bonnet and cloak. I told him the same evening that they were locked up in the morning. Elvire d j erckel's deposition was as follows :—I first knew Madame Denis'i; father a year ago. He passed a few months with her then, and came to the house to live altogether about 6 months ago. He was always up stairs with the girls ; but what he was doing there I do not know, as I was always down stairs. I did not sleep• there. I went about half-past seven or eight in the morning, and the girls were not up then. He was up and down stairs before they were up, and up and down stairs the best part of the day. Sometimes he went out, but very seldom. It was his watchfulness prevented her escape sooner. The morning that I effected her escape he was to come down, and I went up and remained up ; and I found he was in his room, so I woke Alice and got her up and out of the house ; and after, when he ran out with me the wrong way, he told me that as her things were locked up he thought she could not escape ; and that was the reason he went up to bed again that morning. Mr. Broderip (addressing the interpreter)—Tell him I am quite ready to hear what he has to say, but inform him that I shall not be the magistrate ultimately to dispose of the case, although I remand him till a future day. Ask him, therefore, if he wishes to say anything before me. The interpreter made the inquiry and replied—He says that the day before Alice escaped, they had offered to put her on board a steam-boat and send her back to her own country. Mr. Broderii—Ask him whether that is all he has to say ? The interpreter replied—He says the girl advised Alice to escape to get money from madame, and that he went out every day with the dog for a walk. Mr. Broderip—Tell him it is my duty to remand him till Monday at two o'clock, when he must be brought up before the magistrate who will dispose of his case. Upon this being communicated, the interpreter re ph ed—He says if you will let him go he will come back again. r - Mr. Broderip—Tell him I cannot do that. Defendant was accordingly remanded. M. and Madame Denis, alias Laura Leboucher, ab sconded directly after the girl's escape ; 30 guineas has been offered for her capture, and ten guineas for her husband's. A NEW PLANET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—At half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Marth, assistant at this observatory, discovered, close to the bright star Spica in, Virgo, a new planet, evi dently belonging to the group between Mars and Jupi ter. It appears like a star of the tenth magnitude. The following are the positions given by Mr. Marth's obser vations Greenwich Apparent Apparent Mean Time. RI lit Ascension. Declination. h. m. sec. h m. sec. deg. m. eec. March 1, at 14 45 6.7 13 17 31.05 10 5 28.8 South, March 2, at 13 53 47'6 13 17 4 . 61 13 5 25'4 „ I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, • J. R. HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, March 3. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Mr. Norman Pogson, on e o f th e ass i s t ants at this bservatory, has been observing a star to-night in the constellation Virgo, which turns to be another planet. As I am not aware that this object has as yet been seen elsewhere, the announcement of it in your columns may be interesting to astronomers. Its position in the heavens is as follows : Greenwich Right North Polar Mean Time. Ascension. Distance March 2 ... 13 24 46 13 17 4'98 100 5 30'0 „ ... 13 58 57 13 17 4 . 30 100 5 30 . 3 „ ... 16 32 51 13 17 I'2B 100 5 28.9 Daily motion in R. A. = 28 see.; in N. P. D. = 11". Yours, &c., M. Radcliffe Observatory, O x f or d, M arc h 3J. JOHNSON. . DISASTERS AT SEA.. -On Saturday information was re ceived at Lloyd's that the Edinburgh steam-ship, one of the fleet of the General Steam Navigation Company, on making the entrance to the Texel in the course of Tues day last, struck on the Borkum Reef, one of the patches which abound near the approach to the river. 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Rose b f by Planet— Canute's darn c by Planet--Bonnie b f by Poynton—Pink Bon net Puncture hill Lady Palmerston Yrs et lb Bourton (in 101 b ex) Peter Simple a 12 0 Oscar The Colonel Half-and -Half a 10 10 Abd-el-Bader alo 5 Melon 6lO 2 Bedford (h b) a 10 0 Lucy Neal a 9 12 Tom of Tuam a 9 11 Victress a 9 11 Spring 6 9 10 Trout (in 101 b ex.) a 9 8 Malay Clansman Star of England a 9 7 WXIGHTS for the SnuIIELI 50 soya. (handicap) for tl Last mile. and ROTHERHAM PLATE oi tree-year•olds and upwards, Yrs st lb Snowdon Dunhill 4 8 2 Lancashire Lass 4 7 10 Billy Richardson 5 7 7 b f by Charles th• Twelfth, dam by Orleio, out of an Yrs st lb I Determination 4 6 2 Annie 4 6 2 St. Clare Ptolemy ...... Mirabeau Ludwig 3 5 10 Contender 3 5 10 Poetess f by . Napier— Ca therine Parr'a Arabian mare 4 7 7 Braxey Voucher 4 7 4 Little Tom 4 7 0 King David 4 7 0 The Tempest 5 7 0 Worcester 6 7 0 The Twin 6 .7 0 Donskoy ...... 4 7 0 Lord Lieutenant 4 6 12 Marchioness Take Notice 6 6 8 Game Tommy Hazelnut Shamrock 4 6 6 St. Mark 6 6 6 Wings of a Dove 4 6 4 Nancy Martinson 5 6 4 darn - 3 5 10 Pauline 3 5 8 Adelaide Daphne 3 5 5 Field Marshal Monimia Orange Blossom 3 5 2 Annabel 3 5 0 Mrs. Humby 3 5 0 Communist .. Julius Caesar 3 5 0 Antonia 3 5 0 Violet The MUNICIPAL STAKE of 5 soy.; each, with 25 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. St. Leger Course. To close and name this day (Monday). WEDNESDAY—THE HANDICAP. The DONCASTER HANDICAP STAKES Of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 100 sots added. A winner once after the weights are declared. to carry 41b ; twice, or a winner of a handicap of 100 soya clear, 71b extra. The second to save his stake. St. Leger course. (78 subs., 34 of whom pay 3 soya. each.) Age st lb England's Glory 5 6 2 Helena (1.1 b) Vixen... Light of the Ha Age at lb Hungerford King of Trumps 5 8 1 Eulogist 4 7 13 Daniel O'Rourke 5 7 12 Ethelbert 4 7 7 Alonzo Feversham 4 7 4 The Little Fawn 6 7 2 Lerrywheut St. Michael 5 7 2 Mr. Sykes 4. .7 0 Jack Leeming Dove Windsucker Colaterdale Lord Fauconberg 4 6_ 12 Catherine Parr Radcliffe Hero 4 6 10 Janey 4 6 9 Jack the Giant Killer 4 6.8 Needwood a 6 8 Marchioness St. Andrew 4 6 4 rem 4 5 12 Pearl Criterion Village Lass Middlesborough 3 5 7 King Alfred 3 5 7 Caliph Baalbec 3 5 6 Midsummer ' Ptolemy 3 5 5 Lady Napier 3 5 2 Blakeley Toggery Streatlam Fairy 3 5 0 Julius Agricola 3 5 0 Pauline Sister to Aphro . dite 3 4 9 Antonio 3 4 6 The BETTING-ROOM STASES of 5 sovg. each, with 50 added ; for two-year-olds, 6st. 121 b. ; and three, 9gt. ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. A. winner once in 1853 or 1854 to carry 31b. ; twice 51b. extra ; horses that have started twice in 1853, and never won, al lowed 51b. The second to save his stake. Red House in. (26 subs.) Age. B c by Sir Tatton Sykes —Southdown 2 Cbaon 2 Thessaly 2 Adelaide 3 King Alfred Wire Monimia - 3 Horatio Pauline Ptolemy 3 B f by Orlando—lodine's darn i. 2 Ruminator.. - 3 Tadcaster Age. Br f by. Rochester—The , Doe, by Melbourne 2 Foxhnnter 3 Qualm 2 Marco Spada 2 Gamekeeper The Sole Star.... 3 Sine•qua-non 3 Johnny Taft (h b) 2 Langley Cardsharper Rosa May Br f by Melbourne— Testy Sister to Aprodite 3 THE JUVENILE SELLING STAKES of 5 soya, each, with 40 cove. added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, 9st; fillies and geld ings, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs,, ttc. Half a mile. THE SCURRY STASIS (Handicap) of 3 sous. each, with 20 Bove. added, for horses of all ages. A winner after the publication of the weights to carry 715 extra ; the second to save his stake. Red House in. To close and name at seven o'clock on the evening before running, and the weights to be published as early as possible the same evening. THE INNKEEPERS' STAKES of 3 soya. each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. One mile. To close and name this day (Mon days. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. By the Great Northern, King's-cross.--First-class ex press day tickets issued from express stations to Don caster to-morrow (Tuesday) are available for return on that day and Wednesday by any train to the stations at which it calls. First and second class ordinary day tickets issued from any station to Doncaster on Tuesday are available for return on that day and Wednesday by any train except the Edinburgh express, to the stations at which it calla. A special train will be despatched on Tuesday at 8.45 a.m., and will arrive at Doncaster at 12.45 p.m. This train will return an hour after the last race on Wad nesday. _ _ All - who return by the Edinburgh express will he charged the full fare back, without any allowance for the special ticket. By the North-Western, Euston-square.—First and second class ordinary day tickets will be issued at the Euston station to Doncaster by any train excepting the the 9.30 a.m express, on Tuesday and Wednesday, available for returning by the ordinary trains on either of those days. First class express day tickets will also be issued on those days by the 9.30 a.m. express train, available for returning by the express or any train on either of those days. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. The races will commence each day at Two o'clock. TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) THE STEEPLECHASE. The Trust, STAKES of 7 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 30 Boys. added ; for 3-yr-olds, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings al lowd 31b ; and maiden 3 yr-olds, at the time of start ing, allowed 31b ; four, 51b ; and upwards, 71b. Win ners of 200 sovs. at any one tim e t o carr y 51b ; twice, 101 b ; and thrice, 141 b extra. T.Y.C. (13 subs.) Age. Age. . 4 ' Eulogist. 4 3i Romeo 3 Sine-qua-non 3 3 , Miss Agnes 4 3 Blakely 3 4 C by Cotherstone -4 Duchess of Lorraine 3 The HOPEFUL STAKES 'of 5 sovs. each, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 31b. A winner before starting to carry 41b extra; the second to receive 20 soya. out of the stakes. Half a mile. 55 subs, Prince Plausible Roulette b f by Footstool—Lady Milton The Slave Excitement The Rajah Sahara Redemption b f by Orlando—lodine's - ---- - dam b f by Cowl—Merriment The Baronet Brother to Flirt Phoebus The Usurer. Brother to Twinkle The Medway b f by Toucbstone—Va lentia Cypriana oh f by The Hero—Nubia The Great Prophet Plausible b f by Chanticleer, dam by Don John—Game Lass ch f by Cotherstone—Maid of Saragossa Baroda b f by Van Tromp, dam by Bay Middleton—Nitocris Menzie Brother to Snowdon Dun- The GRAND NATIONAL STREPLRCHA.SE (HANDICAP), Of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added. A winner of 100 sovs. clear, after the weights are published, once, 71b ; twice, or a winner of 300 sovs. clear, 101 b extra. The second to save his stake. About three miles and three•quarters, over the usual steeplechase course. (38 subs., 7of whom pay 5 soya. each.) Yrs st lb Forest Lad a 9 7 Cervas Sir Mark 6 9 5 Geraldus a 9 5 Royalty br g by Young Priam, dam by Woldsrnan a 9 0 Lueks-all Jurnpaway The Farmer (h b) 6 9 0 S wiftsure Little Charley a 9 0 Robin Hood Burnt Sienna a 8 10 Chester The Old Rake a 8 7 1 one mile and a half ; 50 been declared, pay 5 sovs. Yrs st lb Sharavogue 5 8 9 Nabob ......... 5 8 7 Red Lion 5 8 2 Talfourd 4 7 7 Aquila 5 7 7 Indian Warrior 5 7 6 Evadne 5 7 4 Annie Sutherland 4 7 3 Lerrywheut 5 7 2 Mentmore Lass 4 7 2 Vanderdecken 4 7 0 St. Michael 5 7 0 Alonzo a 6 12 Revolver 5 6 12 Windsucker 5 6 10 , subs., 21 of whom haying . each. Yrs st lb Lucio 5 6 10 Captain Cornish 4 6 8 Aldford 4 6 7 La Belle 4 6 6 Ammonia 5 6 6 Hatchet 4 6 2 Sine qua Non 3 512 Ivan .3 5 10 Light of the Ha rem 4 5 10 Virago 3 5 9 Surgeon-General...3 5 6 Toggery El Dorado.... 3 5 3 Kennyside Hero 3 4 7 CHELTENHAM SPRING MEETING, Entries for the Grand Annual Steeplechase of 20 sm. h. ft., and 5 only if declared, &c. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. About four miles. Lord Waterford's Lord Mr. Forster's View Halloo, George, aged aged Lord Waterford's The Mar- Mr. Higgins's Sir Philip, quis, 6 yrs aged Lord Waterford's Cockcrow Captain Ainslie's The Ad -6 yrs miral Mr. Sait's Sam Hood, aged Mr. Land'sNeedwood, aged Mr. James's Maurice Daley Mr. Mason's Oscar, aged aged Mr. C.. Boyce's Victress, Captain Rhys's Royalty, 5 aged yrs Mr. H iggi n son's Burnt Mr. Evan a Teddesley, 5 yrs Sienna, aged Captain L. Newman'a Co- Mr. Henderson's Crabbs, lumbine, 6 yrs aged Mr. W. Moseley's Vain- Mr. Thompson's Come hope, aged away, 6 yrs Mr. W. Moseley's Trout, Mr. Barber's Spring, 6 yrs aged WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. Weights for the Grand Annual Steeplechase. Handicap of 25 sove. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra, &c. About four miles. Forfeits to be declared on or before Wednesday next, March 8. st lb Bourton l2 10 Oscar ll 8 Miss Mowbray ~ 11 2 Lord George ll 0 Agis Vainhope Peter lO 6 Spring Trout lO 0 Need wood 9 10 Lobster View Halloo 9 10 st lb The Marquis ...... 9 6 Crabbs Jumpaway 9 2 Star of England Princess 9 0 Cockcrow Comeaway 8 12 Burnt Sienna 8 1` Mountain Maid 8 10 Theodine Seaman 8 5 TADCASTER ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. MARCH 15. Acceptances for the Handicap Stakes, of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added, Three miles. Yrs at lb Maley Diana (h b) a 10 0 The Duchess a 9 12 Blueßonnet (hb) a 9 7 b g by Young Priam Yrs at lb Robin Hood . a 9 2 St. Mark 6 9 0 Juan 6 9 0 Mary Barton (h bred) a 810 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. MARCH. Doncaster Spring 7 Catterick 27 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Abergavenny ..............30 Warwick Spring 21 AP Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny 2O York Spring 25 Malton 27 AY. M Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S 16 Shrewsbury l3 Lothians and EdinburghlB i Lewes l9 ° Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom . 30 'NE. JU: Manchester Ascot Heath. l3 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 I Bibury 2B Stockbridge ... 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Newmarket ...... .. ...,. JII. . 4 Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll I Liverpool l2 I Ipswich 13 1 'L Y. Cheater Autumn v 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 Stourbridge l7 Stamford 18 Nottingham 2O Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 PER. Warwick Autumn 17 Caledonian Hunt 17 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 YORK SPRING MEETING. Acceptances for the FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP of 100 sovs. added to a Sweepitakee of 20 cove, each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c,; certain winters extra ; , THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, SATURDAY EVENING. It is stated that the agents of the associated masters who have been despatched to almost all parts of the kingdom) have already entered into contracts with some hundreds of people, to whom constant work is guaran teed for at least 12 months. Many young persons are to be brought here, and instructed in the various branches of the cotton trade. Detachments of the strangers are coming every day. The police force and fire brigade, and frequently several magistrates and other local autho rities, attend at the railway station to escort the new hands from the platform to the omnibuses and cabs en gaged to convey them to their destination. To provide for the accommodation of a portion of these people, the associated masters have taken and fitted up a commodious building, formerly the Bolton railway station, situated in Fishergate, the chief thoroughfare of the town, and with in about 200 yards of the London and North Western Company's station. The millowners, I understand, are also renting cottages adjacent to their works, and furnishing them for their new hands. It is even alleged that bed ding has been carried into some of the mills, or out buildings connected with them, for the accommodation of the strangers. The importation of these people (most of whom appear to be Irish) has produced unusual ex citement, though only on one occasion has a serious breach of the peace been committed. This was on Thursday night. A number of persons, many of them children, arrived from the north about 8 o'clock, and were transferred to an omnibus, three cabs, and a Whitechapel, to be conveyed to the mill of Messrs. Leigh. A crowd collected ; cries of " Turn them out " arose; first mud and then stones were thrown at the conveyances, the windows of which were broken, and a child was struck on the forehead. Seven policemen were despatched to the scene of action in a carriage, which was also assailed with a shower of stones. The disturbance was soon quelled. Two youths, who were captured on the spot, have been committed for trial at the ensuing Liverpool Assizes. Yesterday afternoon about 50 Hihernians, of all ages, arrived at the Mandland Railway Station from Belfast vid Fleetwood. They presented a miserable spectacle ? nearly the whole of them were destitute of shoes and stockings ; few of the females had bonnets, and some appeared in night-caps. Many of them, it was said, were from the union workhouse at Belfast They were received by detachments of the police and fire-brigade ; the mayor and two other magistrates being also present. A large concourse of people having congregated in the vicinity of the railway, the authorities deemed it expe dient to read the Riot Act. As may be supposed, some excitement existed, but, so far as I could ascertain, no violence was threatened. After the reading of the Act the police cleared a road for the vehicles employed to remove the strangers, and they proceeded without ob struction to the works of Mes rs. Birley Brothers. Other strangers continue to arrive daily. In consequence of people assembling in the neigh bourhood of the mills of the associated masters when the hands were leaving work, the authorities issued a cau tionary placard forbidding such assemblies as unlawful. At a meeting of the watch committee, held yesterday, the mayor, on behalf of the magistrates, suggested an augmentation of the police force, to meet the present state of the town. Eventually, it was decided to in crease the force by a hundred men, to be obtained without delay from the metropolis, if possible. A tele graphic despatch was, forwarded to the Home Secretary, requesting the loan of; hundred men of th e metropoli tan force. His lordship, however, is understood to have replied to this effect—that it would be better to swear in a number of special constables, and if an emergency arose to call in the aid of the military. In accordance with Lord Palmerston's suggestion, the enrolment of special constables has been proceeded with to-day. A proclamation, by the mayor and magistrates, for bidding all public meetings, has caused great consterna tion. In consequence of this prohibition, the weavers' committee decided to hold their usual Saturday's meeting on Ashton March—a plot of land reclaimed from the Ribble, without the borough. The town's bellman being sought to advertise the meeting (he having performed this duty on former occasions), it was ascertained that he had been forbidden to wield his bell or his paste brush for the object named. Under these circumstances, a delegate undertook the mission, adding, after his announcement of the meeting, " God save the Queen, and preserve the peace of this borough." Thousands of the unemployed re paired to Ashton Marsh, at three o'clock this afternoon, when, much to their amazement, they found posted on the rail several written notices, intimating that all tree . passers would be prosecuted accordingtolaw. In this emergency, a farmer residing in the village of Cottam, about three mile.; from the town, offered the use of one of his fields, which was joyfully accepted, and thither the vast concourse forthwith adjourned. The prohibi tion of their meetings was the chief topic referred to by the speakers, the proceeding being condemned as -un constitutional, tyrannical, and oppressive. A strict observance of " peace, law, and order" was urgently enjoined, in conjunction with their own motto of " Ten per cent, and no surrender." Thanks were voted by acclamation to the owner of the field, and cheers were given " for the ten per cent, and the downfal of cotton lord tyranny ;" also " for Eiackburn and the trades of England." The day being fine and sunny, the proceed ings were protracted until half-past five. There has been a decrease this week of 198 in the number of hands receiving relief, the disbursements of j the committees amounting to a,267/. 188. id. 1 GREECE. The Observatuer of Athens, of the 17th ult., gives the following details of the Greek insurrection : " Os the 27th Jan. the force of the Scaltzojanis, who had some time before revolted against the Turks, on the pretext that they had not received the pay due to them, amounted to 500 men, in consequence of their having been joined by some inhabitants of the province of Radovitzi, who were discontented with the exorbi tant taxes which were levied on them. On the 29th this body had an engagement with a detach ment of Turks at the convent of Robeliste, killing 40 of them, and taking four prisoners. On the 30th they attacked 400 Turks stationed in the village of Dimarion, and after a cotnhat of 24 hours the Ottomans were com pelled to surrender at dlscretion to the rebels, who allowed them to return to their homes with their arias. Instead of so doing, having received some reinforcements, they assailed and took the village of Alegorchi ; but the Scaltz , janie, being joined by the inhabitants of the place, who were hostile to the Turks, fell on them, and so com pletely put them to the rout that the small number of survivors with great difficulty reached Arta, accom panied by the Dervend-Aga. The Christians, in this affair, which was so murderous for the Turks, had only one man killed and a few wounded. It is estimated that in the different engagements which took place up to the 3d February the Turks lost 150 kilted, 40 prisoners, and about 60 wounded ; while on the side of the Christians only one was killed, and a very few were wounded. The number of the insurgents is every day increasing. The authorities of Arta having given notice that, in consequence of these events, every one was at liberty to provide for his own safety, the Turkish and Jewish families retired into the fort, and the Christians went to Athens. On the 4th February two sub-lieu tenants of the battalion of frontier guards abandoned their ranks, and, accompanied by a number of the in habitants of Epirus, joined the insurgents on the Ottoman territory. In the meantime the greatest alarm prevailed at Arta, where an attack from the insurgents was hourly ex pected. The province of Souli is also in a state of insur rection, and it is even said that its inhabitants have ex pelled a certain number of Ottomans who have been re cruited at Laca, by Cokalis, for the purpose of gaining possession of the position of Zalonco. It is also said that the son of Thymos Zacas was going through differ ' ent parts of the province, exciting the people to join the insurrection. On the 4th of February, also, 400 men, under the command of Gianoulis Oeconomos, who were concentrated atVrangiana, on the Ottoman territory, set fire to the Turkish barracks at Platen* after driving out the troops quartered there. On the sth the number of the insurgents at Vonitza amounted to about 1,50 U men. On the Bth, S. Karaiskakis, having with him the priest Basile Aspropotareitis, had divine service performed at Comboti, and after a sermon from the said priest they left, with a number of followers, and with the stan dard of insurrection unfurled, for Peta. 350 Turkish recruits, who had been sent from Janina to reinforce the garrison of Arta, were not allowed to enter the place. The primates of the villages in the plain of Arta had all joined Karaiskakis, and had driven their cattle with them for the supply of his men. Oeconomos bad driven the Turks from the village of Vrangiana, and taken possession of it. The insurgents encamped near Arta sent a notice to the garrison on the 6th, that if they surrendered the fort within 24 hours, every security should be given them ; but that if they did not do so, they must take the consequences. The garrison replied by the demanding a truce of three days, which was granted to them. All the villages between the bridge of Corocos and Petolles are also in a state of in surrection." The Observateur, after giving these details, in vites the Greek people to declare themselves openly against demonstrations as vain as they are cul pable ; and states that the Government has taken all the necessary measures to repress the insur rection, and only regrets that it has not a more imposing military force at its disposal. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday!) MANCITESTER, March 3.—The American advices tend to in crease that restriction of business which we have latterly had to report. At length, the receipts at the ports have begun to show au increase, for the week, as compared with those of the corresponding week in 1853 ; being in all, 128,000 bales against 126,000 ; and a gradual progressive increase is now looked for. The exports to Great Britain for the same week (ending the 14th ult.), were 34,000 against 26,000 bales. A rather severe monetary pressure was experienced ; and prices had fallen in the southern markets about ic. (id) per lb. Against this, however, was to be placed a decline in the Ex change to about 6 per cent., together with high freights, say id. at New Orleans. NorrixonAm, March 2.—There has been a little more in quiry for some descriptions of lace goods since our last, still the trade is dull for the time of the year. We have not had anything like the amount of German business to which we are accustomed at this season, and the time for the spring Leipsic fair is approaching so fast that ao great quantity of goods could now be sent supposing they should be wanted. LEICESTER, March 2.—Some contracts for the army have been given out, but the general aspect of the woollen hi-mach is flat, and but for the cotton demand a large quantity of machinery would be idle. But little is doing in yarns, there being no confidence in present prices. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday. ) LEEDS, March 2.—Ne have no change to report in the state of the woollen cloth trade. The markets have been of a simi lar character this week as they were during the previous week. There have been some good deliveries during the week direct to the merchants' warehouses, so that perhaps on the whole there is not any very important variation in the quantity of balk goods that are changing owners. ROCIIDALE, Feb. 27.—The flannel market is more inactive and the demand for goods more limited than they have been ; but the prices obtained are much the same as those of the previous weeks. Wool keeps very firm, especially the low and middle qualities, which are becoming scarce. HUDDERSFIELD, Feb. 28.—The market has been quiet in nearly all its departments, though not more so than might reasonably be expected in the present unsettled state of poli tical affairs, acting, as it necessarily must, to the derange ment, more or less, of 'commercial transactions. BRADFORD, March 2. - There is nothing to encourage spin. ners to buy, and the business is languid. Yarns—Yarns are dull sale, at ruinous prices to spinners. Pieces—ln the discouraging aspect of things, the manufacturer finds it pru dent to limit stocks. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 4. ENTERED INWARDR.—The ./Eolus, from St. Michael's ; Undaunted, Berdianski ; Ellida, Kallundberg ; Welcome, Rouen ; New Express, Demerara; Amable Marie Louise, Dielette. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Segunda Do lores, for Monte Video and Buenos Ayres; Rangoon, Mon treal ; Mary Lyon, Terrol and Cadiz ; Maria, Cape of Good Hope ; Esperance, Adelaide ; Ernte, Memel ; Anne Logan, St. Vincent's. CLEARED OUTWARDS wag CARGO.— The Weranda, for the Falkland Islands ; Granite City, Sydney ; Wilsons, Algoa Bay ; Enig•hcten, Gothenburg • Julius Cesar Au gustus, Stettin Florida, New York ; Tullock Castle, Port Philip ; Buon Poare, Trieste and Venice; Anna Meta, Altona. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4. The Kangaroo (s s) has arrived from the Clyde to embark troops for the East. The Retriever has arrived here from Wexford, with wrecked goods, ex Niagara. The Mary Ward, from New Orleans, at this port, with mainmast sprung. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Limenienne, from St. Peter's, Newfoundland, to Mauritius, crew suffering from scurvy, Dec. 10, lat. 25 S., long. 58 E. The Home, from Madras to London, Dec. 26, lat. 35 S., long. 25 E. The Lauriena, from London to Algoa Bay, Jan. 22, lat. 2N. long. 19 W. The Pauline, lat. 48 N., long. 14 W. The Crown, lat. 49 N., long. 7 W. The Menaus, from Shanghai to London, Dec. 26, lat. 34 S., long. 27 E. The Baldaire, from Mauritius to New York, 27th, lat. 36 S , long. 24 E. The Germanicus, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Feb. 4, lat. 26 N., long. 80 B. The Kinsman, steering W., lat. 38, long. 74. The Masonic, bound S., lat. 38, long. 75, Feb. 12. The Huron, from Calcutta for Boston, Jan. 2, lat. 35 S., long. 19 E. ' • - The Providence, from Memel for Melbourne, 22d, lat, 1 S., long. 21 W. The Camperdown, from Calcutta for London, Dec. 22, lat. 12 N., long. 86. The Liberia, from Liverpool to St. John's, N. 8., Feb. 21, lat. 49 N, long. 28 W. The Agnes, barque, Feb. 15, lat. 41 N. long. 14 W. A British ship, No. 7,524, the 17th. The Wilhelmina Luna, from London to Sydney, N.S.W. Jan. 9, lat. 1 N. long. 21 W. The Eva Johanna, from London to Geelong, Fob. 25, lat. 48 N. long. 5 W. The Mariquita, from Calcutta to Bordeux, Jan. 22, off St. Helena, _ The Koophandel, from London to Hobart Town, Nov. 15, lat. 38 S. long. 40 E. The Bellatrix, from Amsterdam to Melbourne, Jan. 7, on the Epuator. The Parliament, from Liverpool to Boston, Jan. 22, lat. 47 N., long. 30 W. The Sully, from Singapore to Havre, Jan. 8, lat. 28 S. long. 6 E._ The Lady Franklin, barque, outward-bound, Feb. 16, lat. 41 N. long. 13 W. A schooner, No. 7,264, second distinguishing pendant, Feb. 18, lat. 42 N. The Isabella Blyth, outward-bound, March 1, lat. 49 N. long. 7 W, DEATH FROSI TIGHT-LACED STAYS.—An inquest was held in the city of York, on Saturday last, before J. P. Wood, Esq., upon the body of Mary Britton, a servant to Mr. Christopher Hall, miller, Walmgate. The do ceased was 17 years of age, and about ten o'clock on Fri day evening she was engaged in the kitchen removing some candlesticks from the chimney-piece to the table, when she staggered towards the fire, and fell down in a state of insensibility. A surgeon and the deceased's father were sent for, but before either of them arrived she expired. It appeared that the girl bad been wearing a pair of stays belonging to Miss Ann Hall, which were very strong, and tightly laced. Mr. Matterson surgeon, said his opinion was that the deceased had died of apoplexy , caused by th e p ressure of the stays bein g t oo tightly laced. A verdict in accordance with this o pinion was returned by the jury.— YorbAtreman. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON-31Ancil 3. The following aro the prices of grain at our market to-day : WIIIAT. BARLEY. OATS, latilf!. First BBs Od 50s Od 46s Od 61s Ad Second 7Bs 5d 41s 5d 36s 3d 505 6d Third 623 Od I 303 Od I 31s Od 143 s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 555 qrs., 479 sold PP PP barley „ 365 qrs., 256 sold PP PP ~ oats 747 qrs., 580 sold PP PP PP beans 232 qrs., 228 sold Average of wheat £3 18 5 9-I2ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MABan 3. Wheat on the top is up, current price is up, and the lowest is up. Oats on the top is 4d up, current prise Ga 8d up, and lowest 2s 4d down. Barley on the top is 6cl up, current price is 6d up, and the lowest same as last market. Peas and beans on the top is up, current price 3s up, and lowest lOs up. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 272 Wheat 84s 01 1590 Oats 36s Od 3os Od .... ..... 16s Ott 415 Barley 43s Od 3ss Od 53 Peas & beans 53s Od 49s Od Average of wheat, 3/. 8s Dd. ABE A.DEEN—MaRcH 3. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 27a 6d to 28s 6d ; 401bs pei Lushel; new oats, 00s Od to 00s Od, 401bs per bushel ; here, 36s 6d to 37's lid, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 36s , i(1. to 363 6(1, 531bs per bushel - wheat, red, 60 4 Od to 7us Od, 621b3 per bushel ; w h ea t, white, 72s Od to 764 Od, 621bs pet bushel ; oatmeal, 23s 0(1 tc 21s Od per boll; flour, 60s Od to 629 Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 6d to 8d ; mutton, litto, 6(1 t,> :d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 7,1 ; salmon, per lb, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, each, Od to Od ' - tallow, per ston e , 5 s 9d t o O s Od ; potatoes, per peck, t2d to Os Ott ; butter, per lb, 10d to Is ; eggs, per doz, Os 61 to O s 8d ; h ens, per pa i r, 3s Od to 3s 6:1 ; chickens, ditto, 2s a 1 to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 0 1 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 43 01 to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 80s to 84a Od; ditto (summer cured), 008 to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, sid to Od ; 11b loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d • pork, fine small, O s Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od t o ' Os Od lamb, per lb., 54 fid to Od ; cheese, per imperial stone, 5s 6d to is. DITBLIN—MencII 3. White wheat, 44s Oct to 46s Od; red ditto, 41s to 44s Od; barley, ris 6d to 224 ; eats, 14s Od to 17s 0(1; rapeseed, (0s Od to 410 s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 16s Od to 17s Oct ; bakers' flour, 24s Od to 28s Od per cwt ; Ludlam core, 47s Oct to 51s Od per 4801bs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been quiet to-day at a decline of upwards of 1 per cent. on the leading stocks, closing very flat :—Caledonian, 27;3 ; East Lancashire, 16; 16 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 30} ; Great Northern, 224 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67 1 ; Liverpool, Crosby', and Southport, 111 ; London and North Western, 1014 ; ditto fifth shares (C) 4 pram ; Midland, 64 ; North British, 81 7-16 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 18i; Man- chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (6/. new), I prem. MANCHESTER, MARCH 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Caledonian, 27i i; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 30 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66i ; ditto, 161. shares, # die ; Manchester and Birmingham, C Quarters, I prem ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshires, 21k ; ditto, 61. Preference, f, prem ; Midland Rail wa y C onso l s , Goi 1 ; North Western, 71 ; South Eastern and Dover, ISt. BIRUINGHAM, Mallen 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following were among the closing quotations :—Midland, buyers 60, sellers 61i ; North Staffordshire, buyers 6, sellers 5i dis ; Shropshire Union, 3i die; South Staffordshire, buyers 24, sellers li dis. ex dir. BRISTOL, Banat 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very fiat. Great Westerns were done at 78 ex div; Vale of Neath, 15; ex div. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-otitte by the night—and 4 by the morning —despatch,) Day when made Frooi r hut When (YOUN PRIES, in General Post- Port due In Office, London.* Dlsoatched. England. imerica(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool Each Men. tmerica (by United Sts. packet) ..........N • • Liverpool , tmerica (by U States lustralla packet) (via South- •.• • .. Soulhainl, Arrived ampton) .......... M ' March ........ Southanr• Feb. 20 Ditto (via tiarseilles) N March 8 )itto (via Cape of toed' Hope) ...... •••• • • N Feb. .. Liverpvl 'l - ncertittn tfrica (West Coast) N 13d of the month . Plymouth .. March 6 tlexandria .......... NB, 9, 24, & 30 t o in. Dover .1 tlexandria.. Bahamas ...........M 17th of the 'float:: Seuthatainow Belgium Dover ...... Daily trazil ..........., ..M,9th of the month,. Southampton March 16 tittenos Ayres .. M ,9th of the month.. Southampton) I ;ape of Good Hone ..Nil4th of the most Plymouth .. !Arrived Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton • 'ape de Verde 14th of the month Pip:flout, Feb. 26 .leylon Ogee India) Ceylon 14th of the month Plymouth .• Feb. 26 Ch anne l Islas ......N'Mon.,Wed.,&Frid, iS , Euthamp ton ,Tu.Th•Sat Chili 151;2d & 17th of moot', Stou thamp ton China (see India) 1 Constantinople ......N17,F1,17,21,&27 of in.iDover !enstantinople .........4th & 20th of moll ;Dover Feb: 20 :ont. of Europe M & NTvvict- daily . !Dover ...... Twicedally Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N'TAvice Dover ....•• TwiCedaily ;ibraltar 7, 17, 20, 27 of 8 ;tan xmii'.ori; ;leece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Arrived Harnburgh Tuesday & Friday London ..... i . Elavannah of the month Southampton March 1 Holland gonduras ......... m 17th of the month Ifienthainptoo Feb. India (vlaSouthampt.)Mi4th Pc 20th of mon. Southampton March 4 India (via Marseilles) M Bth& 21th of moot I, Dover lonian Isles (see India)!7, 17, &27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & NiTvrice daily Holyhe4•l Twlcrdaily 9, 17; & 27 of in. Southampton March 6 Nradeira ............M '9th of the month Southampton Madeira 23d of month Plymouth .. Halta (see India) Halts 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover ...... ttauritius (see India Wauritius 14th of the month iPlvmouth .. Feb. 26 Mexico .. . of the month. ilSouthamptoo March 1 Naples . ........ N "kb I s t l2s thormon.lDover ......! yew Granada M 2d & 17th of montltSouthamptoni New /3y private ship „(Various ports, Uncert a i n . Papal Slates ........N sthlsth2sthonnon. Dover Peninsula ..... .isflithl7th2Bthofrnon. Southampton! Peru & 'l7th of mon Southampton Port Natal .........;Xll4th of th e mont h Pl ymouth .. Feb. 26 Sicily ..... y s thlStll2stholinon,:Dover ......: Tuscany th 15th25tholtrion.1Dover Venezuela 2d & 17th of . 1 Van Diemen's L an d ( see . Australia) ...... 1 West Indies t 17th o month 43outhampton March I * When any of these dates fall on a .un4lay, the mails will be lespatched on the following day, with the exception of the Indi •ia Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatch° ' the day preceding. FATAL ACCIDENT IN ROTTEN Row.—On Saturday, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, received information of the death of Mr. Henry John Blagrave, No. 8, Southwick place, Hyde-park, which took place at St. George's Hos pital, about 3 o'clock that morning. On the afternoon of Thursday, Mr. Blagrave was riding in Rotten-row, where there was at the time a fashionable attendance of equestrians, when, on the animal stumbling he fell off, and came heavily to the ground. On being picked up he he was found insensible, and removed to St. George's Hospital, where he rallied a little. A relapse came on which continued till his death, which is supposed to have been the effect of a fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. Deceased, who was aged 34, was in the possession of a large fortune. WOMAN'S RIGHTS' CONVENTION. The Woman's Rights' Convention was opened at Albany on the 14th ult. Though the drizzling rain, ice, water, and mud in the streets kept the timid within doors, several hundred men and women were in attendance. Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, called the meeting to order, and nominated for president Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of Seneca Falls, which nomination the committee accepted. The Rev. Miss Brown, from the business committee, read a series of resolutions, setting forth, among other things, "That for men to govern women, without consent asked or granted, is to perpetuate . an aristocracy utterly hos tile to the principlea and spirit of free institutions ; and that it is time for the people of the United States, and every State in the Union. to put away for ever that remnant of despotism and feudal oligarchy—the caste of sex. That the fundamental error of the whole structure of legislation and custom, whereby . women are practically enslaved, even in this Republic, is the preposterous fic tion of law, that in the eye of the law husband and wife are one person, that person being the husband ; and that the final result is that system of tutelage, miscalled protection, by which the industry of women is kept on half-pay, their affections trifled with, their energies crip pled, and even their noblest asp i rations wasted away in complains vain efforts, ennui, and regret. The r eso l u ti ons pro ; and the editor o f t c h ee e d N at elo gr r e o a l t .R; le ll n have sent him the copy of an address t o th e L eg i s l ature "four columns long." He is p rovoked into adding, length in inthis tra that the convention in " While these women are wasting ti me at Alb any, nurses are wanted in every part of the country, at wages rang ing from $5 to $25 per month, according to capability. These women complain that they are deprived of their rights, have no opportunity of making money, and yet refuse to fill situations when offered." BIRTHS. OF A SON. Jam©s Erski ne . At the Chat eau of Ering, in Bavaria, the Hon. Mrs. On the 4th i ns t ., at 5, Houghton DAUGHTER -place, Ampthill-square, Mrs. Charles Roby. MARRIED. At Edinburgh, on the 3d inst., John Balfour, Esq., of Colinton, 3foreter Bay, to Jane C. Graham, eldest daugh ter of Patri c k G ra h am, Esq., of Robshill, ienfrewshire. DIED. On the 3d inst., at Blyth-hill, Sydenbam, Kent, Janet Jerman, wife of Robert Edy, surgeon, R.N., aged 61. LONDON: Printed and Published by BEITRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savqy, in the count, of !diddlesoz, Monday, M.aroh 6,1654. • • THE SUN, LONDON,, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1854. iss ay. of GE o'G for TE cla Lli Prim Gth Yo, frig On( flrn Reg my I S ~... A 0• On ; c,ll Loc Rea E.X, Or , ^ .4 4