The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

HOUSE Or COMMONS--(YESTERDA.t.) k t torrirry DISPOSAL BILL. On the qui:at:ion for resuming the adjourned debate sen the second reading of this bill, Mr. MALINS supported the bill, the object of which was to prevent professed nuns from disposing of their property in favour of convents, without the deed or in strument of disposal was executed in the same manner as deeds are executed by married women in favour of their husbands. No objection had been made to the principle of the bill, but it was said the preamble con ained improper assertions, As the preamble, however, - was a matter of secondary importance, he was sure his hon. and learned friend who had charge of the melt , sure would consent to strike it out altogether, if the house would only sanction the substance of the bill. The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to argue that ladies who take religious vows renounce the world and its temporal affairs, so that they bad no free will in the disposal of their property ; and it was - therefore only right that some protection of the sort proposed by this bill should be thrown around them. Sir J. YOUNG had hoped that the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen would have been disposed to follow the example of the hon. member for Bath, and, withdrawing his bill, relieve the house from those po lemical discussions which had produced so much excite ment out of doors, and especially in Ireland. With regard, however, to the bill. itself, it was hardly likely that it would be accepted. by the Roman Catholics, coming from the quarter it did. The evils or injustice of the system which the bill dealt with, fell wholly upon Roman Catholics, and. if the bill had. come from a " m so em. bar professing , that faith, there mig ht: baTa _ ' me reason for adopting it, but coming from a Protestant member who was not remarkable for any predelictions in favout of Catholicism, it was only natural that it should be looked upon with doubt and distrust. Sesides, the- Roman. Catholics received it as cast ing a dishonourable' sospicioa upon an important class of their bodr: and knowing that there was no foundation for isocline suspicion, they had unanimously rejected :with scorn. A stronger- animus actuated the promoters of the bill than a desire to assimulate the law relating to nuns, with that affecting married women, and hence the bill, supposing its provisions had been sound, would have been distasteful to the Roman Catho lics. He denied_ _that the Government opposed measures like this for the Bike of obtaining Roman Catholic sup port, they, resisted them because they were opposed to the tolerant spirit of the Reformation, and being ani mated by the same feeling, he was confident the hou s e, would negative the second reading of this bill. Sir Js.PAKINGTON denied that this was a polemical question, and said lie viewed this subject from. a directly opposite point to that of a religious view. Ile protested also against its being supposed. that the supporters of this bill were .actuated by a persecuting spirit, or that the provisions of the bill were at all opposed to the principles of toleration established. by the Reformation. The policy of the Church of Risme was aggressive and anti-tolerant, but that should, never induce him to sup- port any attack upon the religious liberty of his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects.. This bill, however, meditated_, no suck attack, it was a lt oge th er di ves ted f anything like a religious character, and proposed to deal only with one of the temporal matters of the Roman Catholics. The only ground upon which this question could be dis cussed, was simply this : was there, or was there not, something in the constitution of these mo nastic and conventual establishments which vio lated the rights of the subject. ? • He believed there was as their rules and regulations interfered with the great civil right of disposing of private property, and that was the reason why he supported this bill, which would only extend to Roman Catholics the same law that already applied to Protestant. He denied that the bill assumed that the disposal of property in favour of convents was invariably made under undue influence ; it assumed_ nothing of the sort, but it did assume that there were occasional cases of such a disposal being made - under duress, and it was to meet such cases that it was now proposed to assimilate the law in -reference to the inmates of convents with that which applied to married women. In the absence of a bill of, this nature there was only one alternative for the house to adopt, and that was to revive the law which held nuns to be civilly dead. Mr. HADFIELD thought the acts of the right hon. baronet presented a strange contrast to his professions. .He professed to entertain a high respect for the Roman Catholics, and yet he was ready to support a bill which cast a most offensive insult upon that body. The Roman Catholics made no demand upon the house in support of their religion, and what right, then, had the house to interfere with their religious establishments ? but, above all, what right had the supporters of the bill to interfere with them ? None whatever ; and he advised the house to reject the bill, as in this enlightened age neither this nor any other mortmain law was necessary for the sup port of civil rights. He felt humbled as a Member of Parliamentto find these religious differences being forced upon thehouse. In the American Legislature polemical discussions were never allowed to take up the time of the senators, because there the religious sentiments of all were respected, and the same rule ought to prevail In the House of Commons. Mr.. COLLIER suggested an amendment to the bill, and observed that if these amendments were made, he could see no objection to the measure. The purpose of this measure was but a corol lary to the Mortmain Bill, and having sanctioned the second reading of that bill, he could not understand why the house should reject this one. Mr. J. FITZGERALD reminded the house that con vents had existed both in this country and in Ireland for many ages, and it was very strange that these abuses had never been heard of until the honourabie and learned member for Enniskillen came forward to remedy them with this bill. If such abuses did exist, which he denied, except in an occasional case, the common law of the land was quite sufficient to meet them without a bill of this nature, as recent trials in the Irish courts, both law and equity, fully established. The bill was false in its preamble insulting in its la nguage , as it was i n t en d e d to b e , while it vio lated the maxim of our law, that those who as es2rted a fact should prove it.! Mr. F. SCULLY opposed the bill. Mr. WILKINSON also opposed the bill, and thought this a most improper time to bring such a bill forward. He deprecated these dissensions in the house upon polemical subjects, or their inevitable consequence must be the separation of Church and State. Mr. LIDDELL supported the bill, and contended that both monastic and conventual establishments were of questionable legality. The inmates of both were in a state of spiritual and moral subjection to their su periors, and by that undue influence they were com pelled to dispose of the property for the benefit, of such institutions to the utter neglect of their kinsmen, and it was upon that ground that he supported the prin ciple of the bill. He differed with some of its details it was true, but the objection which he entertained in this respect, which went especially to the se cond clause, could be removed in committee. Mr. J. O'CONNELL insisted that the majority of the supporters of this bill were acting under the delusion, first that while the bill was necessary for securing their civil liberty, it would not be offensive to the Roman Catholics. He urged the hon. and learned member for :Enniskillen to pursue the generous and common sense course of withdrawing the bill, which, though it could result in no good to the people generally, was yet calculated to create an unhappy dissension between England and Ireland. Lord BERNARD gave his cordial support to the bill, which might be thwarted this year, but assuredly would be carried next. Sergeant SHEE observed that this debate had pro ceeded upon the notion—erroneous, of course—that an act done under religious vows must be considered an in -voluntary act. Nov, a more irreligious opinion than that he had never heard ; it was impossible to suppose that an act done under a vow was involuntary—it might be dis tasteful, as not nnfrequently happened in post obit obli gations, but it would be to overthrow all morality to say that an act done under the sanction of a vow to the Almighty God was an involuntary act. Of what use then, would this bill be ? None whatever, unless it went the length of declaring that such vows were illegal, which they certainly were not, either in the Protestant or the. Catholic Church.. It would revive all the evils of civil death with none of its advantages ; and instead Z w eei °ll4 %Ci tii3B Attod, it would be productive of incalculable Th e • - ' lll .ng, and heartburning in Catholic families. prineikla of this bill tried just after the reforma tion, both m a te and thou g h . 1 : 1 1 and in Holland, where it failed, the sincerity of the hon. and learnesl (m a tted. imploeu tie who had charge of the bill, he must of such a measu Pie re before he inflicted the injustice are upo n th e realms. Catholic community of these Mr. FREWITI supperts, the bill. Sir J. FITZGMayt," Ate this the house that this was not &mom' s, ' ehinitOwas Catholic question, ,c6Usidering that Ireland, cou ntry, ititlPlied the Tee ar my with recruits It would do no good, of odui,whileit " m i g ht endang the loyalty at least eine house Would he r re - Majesty's subject s, and he hoped 'the ject it Mr.. MAGIBRE rose to oppose the bill, and o pied the attention of the house until a queiter,toe;. o'clock, when the debate was further adjourned. MEDICAL GRAONDON) DUATES B (UN I LL.ERSITY' ma L IV This bill was read a second time, and ordered to b e committed on Monday next. CRUELTY TO A N IMALS` BILL: This bill was read a sec ond time, and ordered to be committed. THE MALT TAX. Mr. WILSON, o f ways and means, in committee moved the following drawbacks of Excise " Provided always, that if th quantity ma lt mashed and used in the production of such spirits shall be less than after the rate of one bushel of barley malt, o r ono bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of malt ma de from bear or bigg, for every two gallons of proof spirits charged with duty a deduction from the amount of such allowance shall be made after the rate of four shillings for every bushel of barley malt, and every bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of bear t,r bigg malt which shall respectively be so deficient. " And for and upon such spirits distilled in Scot• land from malt only, and on which the allowance afore said shall have made, and which said spirits shall be duly removed from warehouse for exportation, or for use as ships stores, and be duly exported or shipped as, sto res under and according to the laws land regulStions of Customs in such respect, I over and above *** allow ince aforesaid; and—in lieu of the drawback granted and payable under the eleventh section of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 122, for every gallon of such spirits actually exported or shipped as stores as aforesaid a drawback of Bd. " And for and upon such spirits distilled in England or Ireland from malt only, and which shall be duly removed trona warehouse for exportation, or• for use as ships' 10 I,: 12.STrI:n 7.1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. stores, and be duly exported or shipped as stores under and according to the law s and regulations of the Customs in such respect, oc -er and above the allowance aforesaid, and 'in lieu of tb s drawback granted and payable under the thirteenth motion of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 122, for every gall of such spirits ac tisally exported or shipped as story 36 as aforesaid a draw back of Bd. . The resolutions were agreed to z in d. the house resumed. The other orders were then disc ?closed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'cl( ,ck. METROPOLITAN COMMIZ ;SION OF SEWERS. A special Court was held on Tuesday at the office in Greek-street. Present—Mr. P. Jebb (in the chair), Mr. Spencer Smith, Sir Chaetes Yellows, Lieutenant- Colonel Dawson, R.E., Mr. Gteorge Baker, and Mr. T. F. Gibson. Mr. Woolrych, the secretary, reported the available balance in hand to be 31,5271. 12s. ,?ed. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMOSSION OF SEWERS. Lieutenant-Colonel DAWSON rose and said—l wish, Sir, to inquire whether you have received any commu nication from the Home office in reply to the application which, at the desire of the Court, you were requested to make at the last court ? The CHAIRMAN.—In answer to the question of the gallant colonel, I have to state, in consequence of the wish of the last Court, I wrong to the Secretary of State the letter which is now be ibre the Court, dated the 17th inst., to which I receiv, !.d a reply on the 20th. I will now call upon the secret ary to read those docu ments. Mr. Woolrych then read as follows -- "No. 1, Greek-streefi, S o h o , May 17, 1851. "My Lord,—At the request of my colleagues of the Sewers Commission, I have the honour to call your Lord ship's attention to the presrint 'position of the commission with reference to the greater part of the loan of 200,0001. effected under the powe.ra of the Sewers Act of the last session. " Your lordship w ; :.11 doubtless recollect that of the above-mentioned sum, the commissioners determined to set apart 150,000/. tow•Ards the commencement of those por tions of the main eArainage works which are most urgently needed—namely, the Hackney Brook, or northern high level sewer, and, {he main sewers on the south of the Thames the estimates for which amount to 1,050,000/., but that they didn'ot feel warranted in entering upon those works until thr i y had the written sanction of the Government, whose slid in Parliament is requisite for obtaining the funds necessary to complete the works. " The commissioners now feel that they are placed in a position of much difficulty as to the proper application of this sum of 150,0001. On the one hand, in the absence of the necessary sanction, they are precluded from using the money for the commencement of the main works ; on the other hand, as long as there is any probability of that sanction being obtained they consider that the money can not properly be applied to any other object, as that would he at variance with the assurances from time to time given to your lordship, and also disappoint the expectations held out to those more immediately interested in the early exe cution of the main works. In the meantime the season most favourable for entering into contracts and for proceed ing with drainage operations, is rapidly passing away. " The commissioners would therefore beg respectfully to represent to your lordship the importance of your favour { ng them with your decision with reference to the main works, in order that, if your lordship should think it right to give the requisite sanction, the works may be at once commenced, or else, if your lordship is not prepared to give that sanction and would be kind enough to communicate with the commissioners to that effect, the money may be devoted to other works now much needed, and the imme diate execution of which would alleviate a great amount of present evil. " I beg to acid, that it will depend upon your lordship's decision whether the commissioners will feel justified in incurring the expense and responsibility of prosecuting in the present session a bill which has been read a secon i time, and now awaits the investigation of a committee, the object of which bill is to enable the commissioners to take land near Deptford Creek, indispensably necessary for the commencement of the southern works. In order that this bill should pass in the present session, it is re quisite that the next step should be taken without any delay.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your lord ship's most obedient servant, RICHARD JEBB. The Right Hon. Viscount Paltnerston." " Whitehall, May 20. " Sir,—l am directed byViscount Palmerston to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., and to state, in reference to your inquiry as to the application of the sus of 150,0001., set apart by the Commissioner of Sewers towards the commencement of those portions of the main drainage works which are most urgently needed, that the main drainage should be suspended for the pre sent.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser van t, " Richard Jebb, Esq., H. WADDINGTON. Chairman of the Sewers Commission, 1, Greek-street, Soho." Lieut.-Colonel DAWSON—Sir, we cannot serve two masters, and you yourself explained at the last Court that the obligation upon us to do our duty was to the ratepayers, and not to the Secretary of State. The Government, in fart, have the power to displace us if they see proper to do so, but otherwise, I believe, they have no control over the exercise of our powers in expending the funds of the commission according to the terms of the act arid our own discretion. That, I believe, is a true statement of our position under the act as it now stands, but I should nevertheless re gret, and I am sure the commissioners would regret, any disregard on our part of the , opinions, wishes, or views of the Government—(hear, hear)—but when the interests of the ratepayers are so deeply involved, under circumstances of extreme urgency, I d , , not see how we can hesitate to apply the funds of the commission to works of such extreme urgency as we have the power to complete. I believe that the present sum of 200,000/. was granted for works of urgency, according to the list we gave to Government of works that amounted to 567,0001., which was the sum applied for, but only 200,0001. was granted, and that was required to be expended before last Easter. We were not re stricted as to its application to any specific works ; but we reported to the Government that we had got two works on hand which we deemed most important, although not less urgent than others, and they were the main drainage on the north and south sides of the river. The sum set apart for those two works was 150,0001., but the ultimate cost of them would be upwards of a million. As we had not under the act of last session power to carry out those works to their completion, we were most anxious to. have the sanction of the Go vernment at the commencement of the works, for the purpose of securing to us funds for their completion. As we have not obtained the sanction of Govern ment at the commencement, and been told that the main drainage works are to be suspended, it appears to me that, as there are works of equal urgency, but not so expensive, they should be at once commenced and com pleted, for it is our duty only to undertake works with the funds at our disposal ; which, according to the act, we are bound to expend according to our wisdom and discretion. Sir, I therefore move that the order for the works to the Counter's Creek district, reserved at the last Court, to the amount of 51,300/. be immediately executed, and that the engineer be instructed to prepare plans and estimates for other works of the most urgent nature, to the amount of 100,0001., to be submitted to us for execution at the next Court. Mr. T. HAWES seconded the motion, as he considered that they were not justified in keeping this amount in the banker's hands. If they could not undertake large works, they must tske up such as they could complete, their best duty being to spend it in the worst and most urgent districts. The CHAIRMAN—Before putting the question, I beg to say that I concur in all the observations that have fallen from Colonel Dawson, but with reference to an observation in which I said that we were bound to ex pend the money without obtaining the opinion of the Secretary of State, I made that statement in answer to one of the commissioners, who seemed to be of opinion that we should get the sanction of the Government for all works of importance. My observations had refer ence only to its legality. I object to pursuing that course, and I do not think it is one consistent with our position, or a ground for throwing from ourselves a degree of responsibility that the Secretary of State would not thank us for. It is our duty, on all occa sions, to pay proper deference to the Government in the execution of our works, but I must protest against on every occasion running to the Secretary of State to cast on him the responsibility of what properly devolves upon us. When, however, a measure came before Par liament to furnish us with the means for making large sewers, it behoved us to satisfy him and the country, by obtaining his sanction for the large sums of money placed at our disposal. We are now relieved from doubt as to the propriety of the works we are about to order, for we are well satisfied of their necessity, the public were sa tisfied, and I believe we should have the sanction of the entire engineering world for them. Lord Palmerston differed from us on the principle of drainage of part of our works, but there was not a doubt as to the main drainage ; it does not apply to works of this important nature, which the Counter's Creek sewer and other main sewers of London represent. In addition. I can not collect any distinct information that there was any desire on the part of Lord Palmerston to control the commissioners, as I expressed at a former Court, in the exercise of our judgment upon this matter. I made an observation some time ago that the expressions of Lords Palmerston were made to elicit from us a reply, so that he might, having the two cases fully be fore him, be able to form a judgment and come to a conclusion upon it. I think there is not the slightest ground for delay, and that we should be shrinking from our duty if we hesitated to order these works. After a few words from Mr. Gibson, The CHAIRMAN put the question, which was unani mously agreed to. The works re f erre d t o , es ti ma t e d t o cos t 51 , 3001., consist of 1,500 feet of sewer, 9 feet 6 inches by 9 feet, to commence at the river Thames between Cremorne gardens and the Kensington Canal, and proceed in a northerly direction to King's- roa d, Chel s ea ; and 11,190 feet of sewer, 8 feet the King's-road, Che?so.elenae, h a e n s d b p y r e f e e d e t in to o a c n o o m r t m h e e rnlcye dit - rection Royal crescent, Notting-hill. -road, an d t o a po i nt near rection to th e Uxbridge-road, The Court granted permiss it io h n to Mr. Ri c h ar d D over to make a commu n i cat i on w for taking a portion of the sewage water Essex -street sewer, therefrom. ordered to be paid were o r The following expenses of wo''rkswadti by means of special sewers -rates out of the district sewers-rates of such dirsetdri to be paid respec tively :—Counter's Creek, 4341. 158.4 d.; R an Z 3 ,,, 2s. 7d.; Western Division of Westminster ' r sewers, 6351. 16s. 2d.; Eastern Division of Westminster sewers, 1,0541. 165. 9d.; Holborn division, 1,7651. 4s. 7d.; Finsbury di vision, 3,5591. 9s. 2d.; Spitalfields, 2,8061. ss. 9d.; Ser. rey and Kent, 2,6211. 2s. 2d. A document was transmitted to the Court giving the humiber of persons at the public zconveniene.A,in Covent-_ garden for the three year s it has been established. For the year ending May 21, 1852 91,600 ; for 1853, 33,222 ; for 1854, 97,121. Total for the three years, 276,933. After disposing of some routine business, the Court adjourned. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINkG. MAY 25, 1854. SKETCH OF OMER PACIIA. A. German nobleman, who is doing a little amateur soldiering with Omer Pacha has sent me a graphic sketch of the domestic manners and customs of the Turkish cap tain. Although it may be somewhat damaged by being upset (übersetzen, as the Germans have it), from the ori ginal into our vernacular, I send you a translation of his sketch, premising that in its German attire it is singu larly showy, which you would never divine from the tawdry frippery in which I have dressed it. My Ger man friend says that when you first get sight of Omer Pacha, having been told that he is only 47 years of age, you marvel at his appearance—the 47 summers which have rolled over him must have been accompanied by severe winters, whose snows are still unthawed on his beard. Time, it is true, has not thinned the flowing hair, of which he has a goodly crop, but it is becoming gradually grey ; his beard is already of a snowy white ness. Nature played the same prank with that less illus trious hero, Charles Phillips, who asked Lord Brougham why his hair retained its blackness whilst his whiskers had become grey. Brougham told him it was because his jaws were always at work, whilst his head was ever idle. The same cause cannot be assigned in this in stance, however, for Omer is no great eater of beef," like Sir Toby Belch, but his head is always at work. His features give strong evidence of his slave origin, and his brow is deeply furrowed by the traces of the fierce conflict of contending passions. The expression of his countenance is not exactly martial, but it reveals the energy, the indomitable (unbengsamkeit) unbendingness, as:the Germans say, of the will which lies hushed in grim reprise under that noble, and broad, yet not very high forehead. His physiognomy, however, receives its ex pression from the eyes and the thick bushy eyebrows which overarch them. When the Muschir becomes excited, you can plainly discern the latent fire within glaring through his countenance. His nose is of that form which the French charmingly denominate as " re trousse," which in German degenerates into "stumpfnase," whilst the only word which our vernacular supplies for the description of such probosces —with shame and sorrow do I transcribe it—is " snub."' His mouth is not well formed, and his thick lips are not unfrequently wreathed into a sardonic smile, reminding us of Macbeth, " but when he smiles, he smiles in such a sort," which still, however, reveals two rows of white and regular teeth. Although none can call him exactly handsome, there is something striking about the man. He has a frank and manly carriage, but looks, prudent Niithal, and when lashed into anger his aspcict become terrible. His stature is rather below the ordinary height which nature has assigned to us bipeds ; however, he is thick set and well-built. He has a stiff, soldier-like bearing, somewhat haughty withal, acquired by long habits of command—the dangerous knowledge that he is monarch of all he surveys, and that " none but himself can be his parallel." As you may suppose, his dress is Turkish—that is to say, he wears a fez, and on ordinary occasions the com mon blue military Turkish frock-coat, which closely re sembles the old Prussian cavalry uniform. He wears no epaulettes, though the bands mark their whereabouts on his shoulders. He wears his uniform generally open, simply held together by a single button at the waist, re• vealing a waistcoat of snowy whiteness, and a shirt and collar of the same pure hue. Lord Cardigan himself will pay a tribute to the cut of the Muschir's trousers, and poor D'Orsay would have told you at a glance that his admirably-built coat was the chef d'auvre of a Vienna artist. Thus attired, Omer Pacha looks more like a European than a Turkish General. From the care and attention bestowed by him on his dress, it is evident that he lays much stress on the effect which his appearance may pro duce on his troops. In the hot summer this dress is changed for one of lighter materials, nankeen, &c., but then he affects the head-gear of the "Arab Emir of the desert." Under his fez, which makes it cling to his head, he wears a large white gold-bespangled kerchief, which, as he dashes forward in his gellop, floats fantastically over his shoulders. Thus, you see, he tries to conciliate all classes, by adopting a portion of the costume of each ; but he is evidently as proud of his appearance as a young Ensign, when he first glitters on parade in his new uni form. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. DERBY. The downfall of Autocrat yesterday, and of King Torn to-day, created quite a sensation. After 175 to 50 and 100 to 25 had been taken about the latter, and some even bets, amounting to 1,2001., had been betted between him and Dervish, hints were dropped to his prejudice, and down he went at once 7 to 1, and nobody seemed inclined to step in to the rescue. No wonder, for a report was current at the close that as much as 30 to 1 had been laid against him at the Club. Dervish declined to 9 to 2 ; 20 to 1 was taken to 1751. about Autocrat, but he gained nothing by the motion, the odds were still offered with a readiness which be tokened the probability of further depression. An dover and Neville had an upward tendency. Very few members were present. Closing prices : 9 to 2 agst Lord Derby's Dervish (taken). 7 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's King Tom. Bto 1 agst Mr. Gully's Andover. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Clarkson's Neville. 20 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat (taken . and offered). 25 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Hospodar (30 to 1 taken). Legatee and Punjaub were scratched for the Derby on the 17th inst. The filly by Launeelot 'out of Eulogy, and filly by Melbourne out of Treacherous, were scratched for the Woodcote ; and Appollonius, The Druid, Applause, Communist, and Moresca, were scratched for the Derby on the 20th inst., at eleven a.m. All the Marquis of Exeter's horses were scratched for the Derby and Oaks on. the 22d inst. BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING. CONCLUSION OF TUESDAY'S RACES. THH MEMBERS' STAKES (handicap) of 501. Once round. About a mile and a half. 34 subs. Mr. Snowden's Postulant, 4 yrs, Est 91b Parroll) 1 Mr. Dilworth's Cable, 3 yrs, Est 81b. (Bates) 2 Mr. Night's Montague, aged, fist 4113.. ..,(Wakefield) 3 The following also ran :—Bordeaux, Hybla, Battery, Calatnus, Rose of Ellel, Nonsuch, Balmoral, Fanny, Lina, Miss Hercules, Betty Pockets, and Stonehenge. Betting - 4 to 1 each agst Montague and Nonsuch, 6 to 1 each agst Postulant and Thrdeaux. Won by a neck. A length between the second and third. The others scattered. %VEDNESDAY.—The CITY COT of 1001. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. The second to Pave his stake. About two miles and a half. 25 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Night's Jephson, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Carroll) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Charlton) 3 Mr. Shritnpton's The Victor, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Bundy) 4 Mr. Clarence's Remnant, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Cordery) 5 Betting-5 to lon Rataplan. Won by eight lengths. Same distance between the second and third. CRICKET. TWO S ELECT ELEVENS OF THE MARYLEBONE CLUJ 3, WITH TWO PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE. This 1 was the return match to that of last week ; and, like its r 'redecessor, was played at Lord's. As on the for mer occ: ►sion, so on the present, the respective elevens were sel acted and headed by the Earl of Winterton and Mr. Eye aston. There was a great deal of good cricket ex hibited d Airing the day, and all appeared to enjoy the doings of the ev eat. At the. conclusion of the play the score presented the following: appearance : MR. KTNASTON'S SIDE. First Innings. C. Du Ca ne, Esq., c Haygarth, b Polle tt W. Wyn: card, Esq., c Pollett, b Roys bon l9 b Campbell 22 A. Baillie, Esq., c and b Royston 5 s Royston, b Hay- G. Barker Esq., c Campbell, b garth 49 Royston lO c Benson, b Campbell 23 L. H. Ba.l 'ley, Esq., b Pollett 4 c Benson l9 R. Kynast ion, Esq., b Royston.. 9 b Haygarth 5 C. Grevill e, Esq., b Royston... 0 not out l4 Captain D b R0y5t0n.....,, 1 c Grosvenor, b Hay- Second Innings. The WESTON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, fur two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. Straight half mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. Clark's b f, by Sir Hercules, out of Dexte rous, Bst 4lb Mr. W. Gulliver's Bessie, Bst 91b (Yates) 2 Mr. H. Lewis's Helena, Bst 4lh (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Matilda, Professor Airy, William the Third. garth - 8 W. J. CI tristie, Esq., c and b Pollett . 6 not out 2O Dakin, c and b Royston 7 S. Taylor, , Esq., b Pollett 2 s Royston, b Hay- Nixon, n( ►t out 0 garth 0 Byes IA I, leg 1 Total. B3 EARL OF WINTERTON'S SIDE. Total 195 First Innings. C. Scott, Esq., c Bayley, b Dakin 1 H. Hatton, Esq., b Dakin A. Haygarth, Esq., c and b Nixon l4 E:krl of Winterton, b Nixon 4 R. Grosvenor, Esq., b Dakin . . 4 R. Campbell, Esq., b Nixon .. 1 It. _Bateson, Esq., b Nixon R. Benson, Esq., b Nixon 7 Cu rjones, c Dakin, b Nixon 0 A. :Peyton ' Esq., b Nixon 0 Po flett, b Nixon 0 Ito yston, not out 7 Byes 2, wides 3, no ball 1 6 Betting-6 to 4on Bessie, 4to 1 each agst Professor Airy and William the Third, 6 to 1 :a.gst Dexterous filly. Won by a neck—a length between sacond and third, the others close up. Total 4B This w as a one day's match, and therefore Mr. Kynas ton's side won by 33 runs on the first innings. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES. These :annual and delightful races commenced on the evening of Tuesday last, over the old course, from Iffley Lasher to Oxford, and, as usual, attracted an immense assemblal );o of spectators. The number of flags stream ing from the University Barge Club was not so many as on previous occasions —indeed, it is many years since so few eight -oared boats showed at starting as on the pre sent occasion. This, we understand, in one or two in stances, (vas owing to the illness and absence of some portion of the college crews. The flags indicated that twelve b oats would start, and in the following order, Viz. :- 1. Brasen.ose 5. Pembroke 9. Wadham 2. Balliol 6. Exeter 10. Trinity 3. Worce:iter 7. Lincoln 11. Jesus 4. Christ Church, Ist 8. St. John's 12. ChristChurch,2d The racing throughout was good, and but for an acci dent it is very probable that no bump would have taken place. By some means the coxswain of the Jesus crew allowed Oat: bung and the cord attached to it, by which each boat is started, to get entangled with the rudder, which drove them in the bank, and while in this dilemma the second. Christ Church, which had just started, came so quick. upon them, that before either boat could light tself, Jesus was capsized, and seven of the crew were thrown, into the water by the concussion. Christ Church, therefore, takes precedence of Jesus in the next race. The DYRRHAM STAKES (Handicap), of 1001. Once round; about a mile and a half. .37 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Noisette, 4 yrs, Est 121 b.. (Wells) 1 M. Snowden's Postulant, 4 yrs, fist '.7lb (Carroll) 2 Mr. Henry's Little Charley, aged, Est 61b...(Aslunall) 3 The following also ran :—Orinoco, e Druid, Queen's Own, Miss Golds:Aunidt, Lioness, Miss Hercules, Stone. henge, St. Stephen, b g by The GAbbler. Betting-5 to 2 a g st Orinoco, 3to 1 agst Noisette, and 4to 1 agst Postulant. Won by a head. Bad third. Orinoco was fourth, Lioness fifth, Queen's Own sixth, and Stonehenge seventh. Miss Hercules fell at the top turn, and got loose ; her rider escaped with trifling injury. The ARISTOCRATIC HANDICAP of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 20 added. Once round. 11 subs. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, 4 yrs, 12st 51b (Owner) 1 Mr. Bevill's Garforth, aged, lOst 51b .(O wner) 2 Mr. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged, lOst 10Ib(Capf t. Little) 3 The following also ran :—View Halloo,. Warwick, Battery, Waterfall. Betting-6 to 4 agst Garforth, 2to 1 agst Defiance, and 7 to 1 each against View Halloo an. Waterfall. Won by four lengths. Bad third. In the - week that ended last Saturday, the mortality of London was rather high. The deaths, which had de clined to 1,093, rose again to 1,188. In the ten corre sponding weeks of the years 1844-1853 the average num ber was 957, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,053. The return of last week, therefore, exhibits an excess of 135 above the calculated amount. In these trifles you 'may trace some of the feature which lie embedded in the depths of his character : they mark the man. In his language and bearing you can always detect a certain straining for effect. He is always an actor ; with him " life's but a stage '• " and assuredly,, during the last six months, no player has been so much stared at as he. Your first interview with him leaves a pleasing impression ; your second does not destroy the first, but convinces you that he is an excellent actor. You will find him reposing on his divan, or sofa, dis carding the tailor, or Turkish fashion, the legs tucked beneath the body, but one leg thrown over the other. The tchibouque in his hand, is with him a plaything whereas with the Turks it is an object of solemn soli citude and respect. On your entrance, he will rise and greet you with European politeness, and bid you wel come after a fashion unknown to and unpractised by the Turk. If he wish to do you special honour, he will seat you by his side, and then clapping his hands, the the attendants will enter with pipes and coffee. If you decline the former, he will assure you that smoking is indispensable during a campaign. You talk to him of Turkish affairs, and the probable results of the conflict : he smiles ironically, and says all will end well, but he sneers that all will not go on very. smoothly. . Talk to him of the Turkish artily, his faze lights up at once, it is the object of his parental, care and love, for he formed and fashioned it. He likes to talk of Monte negro, for he knows it was there that his name first be came historical. But he loves well to talk of the days which he passed as Commander-in-Chief of Bosnia and Bucharest ; and the band under his windows has orders to play all those well-remembered airs, calling him back to the campaign of 1848, when, side by side with his present foe, Luders, he was the cynosure of every eye in Moldavia. His activity is astounding. You know that on one occasion, in the depth of winter, he rode from the moun tains in Montenegro to Shumla, in nine days, recon noitering on his way the whole neighbourhood of Sofia. His constitution is so hardened by exposure, that there is no wearing him out. He is seldom or ever ill ; cold water is his panacea for everything, and no hydropathist ever used it so successfully. Several pails of cold water are thrown over him, when he rises in the morning,. before he commences the, important operations of the toilette. To behold him to advantage, you should:see him vault into his saddle. Then all the hero stands confessed before you. He has one strange gift of being able to detect the slightest whisper which has reference to him or his actions—as Byron said of another hero in a smaller way : " He had the skill, when cunning's gaze would seek, To probe his heart, and watch his changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny." By the way, all his portraits represent him with a telescope in his hand, but he never uses it. Omer Paella is a man of no ordinary intelligence. He possesses strong powers of reasoning and argumenta tion, and brings forward his proofs, step by step, till he has firmly established the grounds of his argument. From the warmth with which he does this, you would suppose it to have been the inspiration of the moment, but it is the result of careful study and preparation. With respect to his acquirements, his superiority over every other Turkish commander is unquestionable ; but when measured by the European standard, they are not remarkable. His friends admit that he has no preten sion to any solid knowledge, beyond that of military matters, which with him is extensive. In another re spect he is a striking exception to the Turkish comman ders—he is remarkably disinterested—his pay is enor mous—he receives about 1,5001. sterling per month, but he spends every piastre, and is always slightly in debt— his generosity is unbounded—his hand is ever open as day to melting charity, and what still more redounds to his praise throughout the territory over which his juris diction extends, the Pachas are not permitted to indulge in their wonted extortions. His manner of life is simple, but he can scarcely be called abstemious • he likes a good glass of wine, and indulges more freely in the juice of the grape than be comes a rigid Mahomedan ; but in this respect he re sembles his colleagues, for there are left few officers, whether in the civil or military service of Turkey, who abstain from the use of wine. Many a Pacha may be found at noon with something more than " jist a drappie in his ee," but Omer Pacha never allows himself to be thus " overtaken."—Morning Advertiser. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY.—On Monday, Mr. W. S. Rutter, one of the coroners for the county of Lancaster, held an inquest at Haughton, on view of the body of John Knowles, aged 50 years, who was killed on Thursday. He was night banksman at one of Mr. Fletcher's collieries at Denton, and on Thursday had been assisting to wind coals out of one of the pits. Having finished this about midnight, he and the man in care of the steam-engine boilers proceeded to alter the rope preparatory to winding up water, and for that purpose he went to the drum upon which the rope coils itself when lifting anything out of the pit, in order to detach the end of the rope that was fastened to the drum. The mode of doing so appears to have been exceedingly dangerous, even to a man acting with the greatest cau tion. The drum works close to a wall not more than 2i inches from it. In this wall there is a large hole cut, through which a person altering the rope has to get, at the risk of injury to himself from accidental starting of the drum, or other cause. Knowles untied the end of the rope and called out "Go on," upon which the engi neer below started the engine, and the drum had made about three-fourths of a revolution, when the fireman called to him that Knowles was killed. It would seem that when he had unloosed the rope and given the order to go on, he thrust his head beyond the wall into the narrow space described, to see if the fireman had caught the end as it unlapped from the drum, and the conse quence was that one of the iron spokes of the drum, which are flush with its exterior rho, struck his head and carried away a full half of the entire skull, from hack to front, scatterin g blood, brains, hair, bones, and flesh in all directions. His eye was also scooped out at the same time. The unfortunate man was found quite dead, and presenting a most horrible spectacle. A ver dict of " Accidental death" was returned. [ADVERTISEMENT.} —The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.--An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. See extract front his lordship's letter, dated "Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the _Continent had not ‘)eq . p able to etnetnay, not even the t waters of Carlsbatl or ALiri -- enbad. (Signed) Aid borough." These T o h r essetornae wonderfpillsul sold( w a i l l s l o eu H re ol a lo n , y va d y is s oi o 'd il e i r t s of. Strand, Londo n , rnent) at P rofessor Holloway ' s Esta bli s h men t, 244, and by all medicine-venders through- out the world. The SELLING SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. ea.c.h, with 20 added, half a mile, was won in three heats by Mr. Y. King's bf by The Hero, out of Wet Nurse, yrs (201.), sst 61b (Bundy), beating Mr. Goodered's Rally, 3 yrs (201.), sst 61b (carried sst 1.01 b), (Carroll). Nine ran. The meeting was very satisfactorily conducted. Mr. Manning officiated for the first time as clerk of the scales at Bath, and time was kept with the most praise worthy punctuality. Slight showers fell at intervals, but on the whole the weather was favourable to the en joyment of the sport. The stewards for next year are the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. J. M. Stanley. LATEST DERBY BETTING AT BATH. 3to 1 agst Dervish (taken and offered). 7to 1 agst Andover. 12 to 1 agst King Tom. 12 to 1 agst Hermit (take 15 to 1). 15 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 30 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 40 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 40 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Middlesex (taken). 50 to 1 agst Autocrat. 4to 1 agst Andover and Hermit coupled (t). ASCOT HEATH,-JUNE 13. WEIGHTS for the ASCOT STAKES of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on the Monday in the Epsom race week ; the second horse to receive 50 sous. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake ; the winner of any handicap after the weights ar e d ec l are d to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. Age st lb Sharavogue 5 9 2 Kingston 5 9 0 Ariosto Leopold 5 8 12 Adine 5 8 8 Little Harry ...... 5 8 7 Joe Miller ......... 5 8 6 Ilex 5 8 5 Talfourd.- . Catherine Hayes 4 8 3 Ethelwolf Pantomime Khadidjah . . Mentinore Lass 4 7 13 Cleveland Mr. Sykes Charley Grapeshot Andover 3 7 7 Cariboo Ireland's Eye Catspaw 4 7 7 Duke ofLancaster 3 7 7 Montague lanthe Lady Flora Nutpecker • 4 7 5 Sphynx Kaffir 4 7 4 Cock Pheasant .. Knight of St George Rackapelt Allington (h b) Little Jack a Age st lb f by Don John— My Dear Bracken 3 7 0 Remnant Queen's Own 3 7 0 Calamus 3 7 0 Inder 4 7 0 Massaroni Coup d'Etat Crosslanes William Rufus Baalbec Dr. O'Toole Veteran Newbold Pancake 5 6 10 Theodine Waterfall Brown Brandy Phocion 3 6 8 Jack Frost 3 6 8 Sweetness St. Spiro Mortimer Mulligrubs ..... , 3 6 4 Hercules 3 6 4 Stonehenge Shunting Sir Peter , 3 5 7 Lincoln's-inn 3 5 7 Cable Jennala Filbert Caliban Poodle ABERGAVENNY. DANYPARK STAKES. — Admiral Rous, to whom the dispute was referred, has given this race to The Spider. MONTAGIIE AND THE SHROPSHIRE SWEEPSTAKES.--... Many disputes respecting the weight which Montague would have had to carry for the Shropshire Sweepstakes having occasioned a good deal of betting, and the point being still a vexed question, the case has been sub mitted to the clerk of the course, who framed the con ditions with the express intention of preventing, if pos sible, the same horse from winning both handicaps, and the following is his decision --" Montague's original weight for the Shropshire Stakes at Shrewsbury was sst 121 b, but after winning the Cle veland he wou ld have had to carry 7st 51b, being 211 b extra. RACING FIXT -RES FOR 1854. Y. Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Halifax 5 Redditch Manchester Lenham 7 Epping Town Coggesball 7 South well 8 Ascot Heath 13 Tenbury l5 Nowcastle•on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Harrogate 23 Knighton 23 Carlisle 26 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding 2B Bibury 2B Ludlow 28 Stockbridge ... ........ 2B Winchester 3O X. Stamford 18 Newton 18 Snutsford. l9 Nottingham 2O Great Grimsby 24 Goodwood 25 Radcliffe 3l Deritend Pool 3l Ripon 31 Newmarket Worcester 4 Barnstaple 6 Lancaster 6 Odiham 7 Mansfield ll Liverpool 12 Abingdon l3 Ip4wich 13 Stourbridge l7 AUG Brighten • Airdrie Durham 3 Brighton Clab 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 NOVE Epsom Autumn Liverpool , 7 Egham Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29. Plymouth Lincoln 3l IBER. Co wbridge Hunt 8 UST. The increase on the previous week chiefly arises, from epidemic diseases, some of which have become more than usually fa tal. This class numbers altogether 301 deaths, while the corrected average is 212. In the last six weeks the deaths: from scarlatina have been consecutively 39, 42, 64, 67, and 49 ; those from pooping-cough 63, 83, 59, 61, 50., and 72. Typhus was fatal last week in 56 cases, diarrhoea in 17, small-pox in 7 ; and in Guy's Hos pital, on 16th May, the son of a bricklayer, aged 20 y6,rs, died with " symptoms of hydrophobia." Seven persons, of whom 6 were children, died of syphilis. Last week the births of 886 boys and 903 girls, in all 1789 children, were registered in London. In nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number w:a..3 1,415. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29,989 inches. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on Tuesday and Friday-. The barometer rose to 30.11 in. by 9h. a.m. on the latter day. The mean temperature of the week was 5]1.9 deg., which is 0.9 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean temperature was below the average on Tuesday and three days fol lowing. Ti ie highest temperature was 70.5 deg., and occurred on Wednesday ; the lowest was 34.8 deg., and occurred on Friday. The mean dew-point temperature was 44.6 de g. ; and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 7.3. The wind blew generally from the north-east till Saturday, when it changed to south-west. There was us rain during the week, exce p t a little on Thursday. MOW CALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER C. 7 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TH. EC WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 20 Zymotic D weasel Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 4l Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration..,...,. lo n . ..., Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digest i on Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 5 Premature Birth and Debility 34 Atrophy ._.. 42 Old Age 43 Sudden . 14 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 5l Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerate& sponding week in the lBbl. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 237 South Districts Totals Males Females. 1,099 1,188 618 570 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males BB6 Females 903 Total . 1,789 STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) HAnlritz, May 20.—The attendance of merchants in our Piece Hall to-day has been about as slender as usual, and the sales very limited. Yarns and wools continue pretty much as they were. ROCHDALE, May 22.—We have had a somewhat better piece market to-day, and rather more inquiry after goods, at prices not less than those of former weeks. The wool market has been quiet, with a limited amount of business transacted, and former prices fully maintained. MA.NCRESTER, May 23.--Our market continues very dull, and the inclination of prices at large, in yarns and go , ads, is still downward, though, the alteration observ r.ble is but slight. Twist and cloth for the East have re ceived no impulse from the overland advices which came to hand last week ; but the producers of those articles had sold pretty freely before, and are not without orders. In the American accounts there is nothing to affect prices in any sen s ibl e d egree. HUDDERSFIELD, May 23.—The market has been very flat again t o -d ay ; the amount of business transacted been fully as sma ll , as on any pr ev i ous T ues d a y f or som e weeks past. Th e goods delivered to-day have been small in quantity. A. little more has been done amongst the woolstaplers since Tuesday last, but the manufac turers, like the merchants, are evidently purchasing from " hand to mouth." EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT SALISBURY.—SALIS BURY, Wednesday. --The inhabitants of Salisbury were aroused early this morning by the cry of "Fire !" and the ringing of the alarm bells. 'lt was soon discovered to be raging on the premises of Mr. Saph, hatter, in Silver street, where some alterations on the premises had been going on. The fire quickly communicated to the adjoining house, occupied by Mr. Reith, an extensive draper, and thence to Mr. Roe's, chemist, and these soon fell a prey to the flames, together with a vast deal of valuable pro - perty. The adjoining houses, ocup:ed by Mr. Wristbridge, clothier, and Mr. Shepherd, grocer, also ignited, and were much damaged. The fire broke out about four o'clock, and it was caused, it is supposed, by the carelessness of some carpenters who had been at work very late over night. The property destroyed and damaged by water is very great. Mr. Saph had a narrow escape with his life. When he was aroused the fire had gained such as. cendancy that escape by the ordinary way impossible, and he was obliged to clamber over'the roofs of sev era ! lintise ,, , in his -,. t}o: stietst. Tile propertie ‘,41. >yiili 1 gi'cat ~f timber work about them, were soon consumed, :4nd as it may be supposed, the flames were visible at a consider able distance. ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. The delightful gardens, known as the Botanic, in the Regent's Park, were yesterday thrown open for the seasonal exhibition of rare plants and flowers. The day was magnificent, the company comprising la creme de la creme of metropolitan society, and the exhibition one of the finest we have seen at this period of the year. Among the visitors the following were recognised : The Duke of Norfolk, the Duchess of St. Alban's, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishops of Winchester and Lichfield, Arch deacon Jones ; the Earls of Clare, Shelburne, and Devon ; the Countess of Essex, Devon, and Wiuchelsea ; Lords Gordon Lennox, Clinton, A. Harvey, Templeton, Sondes, and Walsingham ; Ladies Pant - mire, W. Stirling, De Brook, Macfarlane, Hill, Vassal Webster, Maclaine, Northcote, Beauclerc, Marshall, Bethune, G. Uodring ton, Edith Somerset, H. Campbell, Barrow, Hamilton, Fellowes, Antrobus, and Buchan ; Judge Bennett, U.S., Consul Hanbridge, Judge Colt, U.S., Hon. H N. Walker, U.S., Hon. G. B. Coopes, U.S. ; Admiral Sir C. Ogle ; Sir W. Stirling, E. Johnson, J. Clark, W. J. Newton, J. Lushington, J. Doveton, H. Pyn, H. Goring, G. Hodgkinson, J. M'Donnell, P. Laurie, J. Rennie, J. Tyler, G. Staunton, J. Goldsmid, J. Hamil ton, and C. Fellowes. We subjoin the list of prizes awarded EXTRA GOLD.—To Mr. J. May, gardener to H. Colyer, Esq., Dartford, Kent, for 16 stove and green house plants ; to Mr. B. S. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., Hoddesdon, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. LARGE GOLD.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrohus, Bart., Cheam, Surrey, for 16 stove and green house plants ; to Mr. Woolly, gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., Cheshunt, for 20 exotic orchids. MEDIUM GOLD.—To Mr. Sneed, Edmonton, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Messrs. Fraser, nur seryman, Lea-bridge-road, Leyton, Essex, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Dingle, gardener to A. Lawrence, Esq., Bath, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Messrs. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhampstead, Herts, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ; to Messrs. Rollison, Tooting, for 16 exotic orchids ; to Mr. Carson, for 12 exotic orchids ; to Messrs. Lane, Berkhampstead, for 10 roses. GOLD.—To Messrs. Rollison, nurserymen, Tooting, Surrey, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Carson, gardener to W. T. G. .Farmer, Esq., Cheam, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Messrs. Rollison, for 10 cape heaths ; to Mr. J. May, for 8 cape heaths ; to Messrs. Fraser, Leyton, for eight greenhou-e azaleas ; to Mr. Clarke, gardener to Mrs. Wells, Hoddesdon, Herts, for 12 exotic orchids ; to Mr. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums ; to Mr. Nye, gardener to E. Foster, E , q., Clewer, for 10 pelargo niums ; to Mr. Francis, Hertford, nurseryman, for 10 roses. LARGE SILVER GILT.- -To Mr. Gilliam, gardener to J. R. Scott, Esq., Leyton, Essex, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss Treill, Hayse-place, Bromley, for 10 stove and green house plants ; to Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. Coster, E-q., Streatham, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants ;to Mr. Green, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Carson, for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Sumrnerfield, gardener to J. S. Venn, Esq., Highhury Park, Islington, for 12 exotic orchids ; to Mr. Green, for 6 exotic orchids ; to Mr. Dobson, North Isleworth, for 12 pelargoniums ; to Mr. Winsor, gardener to F. Steel, Esq., Kiddepore Hall, Hampstead, for 10 pelargoniums ; to Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, Herts, for 10 roses ; to Mr. Roger, gardener to A. Rowland, Esq., Lewisham, for 6 roses. LARGE SILVER.—To Mr. Clarke, nurseryman, Streat ham, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. loser, gardener to J. Bradbury, Streatham, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. An trobus, Bart., for 6 tall cacti ; to Messrs. Leyton, for 10 Cape heaths ; to Mr. Williams, gardener to Miss Traill, for 8 Cape heaths ; to Mr. loser, gardener to J. Bradbury, for 6 Cape heaths ; to Mr. Barter, gardener to A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford-hill, for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Roser, for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Jervis, gardener to J. Ruck, Esq., Croydon-lodge, for 6 exotic orchids ; to Mr. Turner, Slough, for 6 fancy pelargoniums; to Mr. Winsor, for 6 fancy pelar goniums. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 24. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKE T- MAY 23. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s Od. to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stogy ies tron ; wheat do., 4s 6d to is Od ; barley do., 5s Od to 65, , Od. Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone,. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-MAY 23. There were in the market to-day, 22 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-22 at 21.. 12s, 0 at 01. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MAY 22. There were in the market to-day 38 bags of oatmeal, Bof barleymeal, and 2of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was is 6d up ; the second was is 6d up,. and the third was Os 6d up. Pot-barley on the top price as beiore. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Th ird imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Oct Pot-barley, per ditto NEWCASTLE-MAY 23. A slow sale of wheat at Saturday's prices, and very little done. In spring corn no change, and little passing. Other articles were unchanged. LEEDS, MAT 23. Trade has been active. The extreme rates of Friday at Wakefield were insisted on, and sales were made. Bar ley was steady. Oats and shelling were fully as dear. In beans and other articles no change. DUBLIN—MAY 23. Prices :—White wheat, 43s Od to 47s Od. ; red, 00s Od to • 03s Od. Barley, 16s 6(1 to 22s 6d. Oats, 16s Od to 18s Od.- per barrel. Oatmeal, 16s Od to 18s Od. Bakers' flour, 22cs Od to 27s Od. Indian corn, per 4801 b., 41s to 455. COAL MARA Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d.l Buddle W. Hartley 2l 61 P. 4, Hol ywell ...... ...... ..... lB 6i Pensher . . ..17 6. Howard's West Hartley Stewart's Netherton "0 6 Denison 17 3: Old Adairs l5 9 South Hartlepool ........18 0 Tanfiehl Moor lB 6 South Kelloo 18 0 Walker Primrose .........16 3 Whitworth l7 3 Bell's Primrose 16 0 Birehgrove Graigola 25 0 ICowpen 20 6 IDerwentwater Hartley. 20 6 ....17 6' :ET.—MAY 24. ,he close of the market Wallsend, &c. Wallsend, &c. Lumley.— RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been steady to- day, and closed without any particular feature. Aberdeen,. t 2 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 26i ; Lancashire and York-. shire, 60 ; Midland, ; North British, 713-16 ; South Eastern, 18 5-16; Whitehaven and Furness, 4i ; shire and Yorkshire, 121. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This share market was firm agai.n to-day ; Midlands were done at 58i, and London and North-Westerns at 96i. Shrewsbury and Birminghz im were in demand ; they were quoted at 54 to 56. MANCHESTER, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been exceedingly flat, but without change of prices. Blackburn pref., z 0 ; Manchester and Birmingham (C quarters), 5-16 die.; Dover, 18 LEEDS, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a little more activity on 'Change this morning, though on the whole prices have a little given way. The folio wing are the closing transac - tions :—Midlands, at 583 . ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 60,i 60 ; East Lancashire, 14f ; North-Western prefs., 14i ; South-Eastern and Dovers, 184. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-otn ce by the night—and M by the morning —despatch.) ENTERED INWARDS.—The Olaf Tryggvesen, from Ko nigsburg ; Red Rover, Rouen ; Johannes, Norderschleuse ; Grecian, Jamaica ; De Brea, Nantes ; Equity, Manilla ; Bernhard, Tenoz ; Harman, Hamburgh ; Claret, Bor deaux ; Sunnyside, New York ; Mary Mae, Alexandria ; Narcissus, Charente; Emanuel, Bremen ; Concordia, Memel; Hanse Jorge, Odense ; Endeavour, Rotterdam ; Wager, Konigsburg ; Marquis of Bute, Charente ; Geer dina Bertha, Dantzic ; Angiolina, Odessa ; Jason, Dantzic ; Segundus, Alexandria ; Catherine, Callao ; San Giovanni Battista, Marseilles. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO —The Zaro, for Lisbon ; Aurora, Harburg ; Coquette, Antigua ; Concord, Constantinople ; Grecian, Jamaica ; Elizabeth, Geelong ; Catharina Sophia, Harburg ; Cores, Konigsburg ; Albrecht Beyling, Geelong ; Genovz., Naples ; Sarah Lay, Hong Kong ; Harvest Home, Sydney ; Caroline Henrietta, Stettin ; Mohawk, Sydney ; Union, Hobart Town ; Silvas, Hanaburgh ; Charles Mayne, Jamaica. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Maria The rese, for Konigsburg ; Christian Huggins, Port Philip ; Planter, Tobago ; Maitland, Hobart Town ; Osbert, Do minica ; Susan and Mary, Cherbourg ; Christiania Packet, Drontheim ; Maria Christina, Santander; Maria, Grenada. DEAL, May 24.—The French steam-corvette Milan re mains here for a Baltic pilot, and has not sailed, as re ported.—The Wellington reports, May 3, in lat. 37, 13 N., long. 43 5, passed a waterlogged schooner with foremast and bowsprits standing, and a house on deck. Name on her stern " E. M. Johnson." apparently an American, and been about two months in that state. WEST HARTLEPOOL, May 22--Wind, S.S.W. Arrived —Marie, from St. Vallary ; Nijailin, Tsigney. YSTAD, May 19.—The Voouw Houwina (schooner kuff), of Emden, from Lisbon to Memel, got on shore at Sand hammaran 17th May, but has been assisted off and into this port, and will repair. The brig, timber laden, capsized and derelict, which was picked up at sea and carried into Skellinge on the night of 7th May, is the Agnes, of Rostock. VESSELS SPOKEN WITHJ4 The Koh-i•noor, Cochin to London ; Villo de Rio, Rio Janeiro to Havre • and Schah Jehan, Mauritius to L on d on —all three same day. The Albion, Caledonia, Ottawa, Shandon, Cambria, St. Lawrence, Toronto, Montreal, Britannia, Americ a , City o f Boston, ity of Hamilton, and the Joha Bull—all 13 April 26, in the ice off Cape Ray. The True Briton, of South Shields, May 6, lat. 44 N., long. 32 W. The Patriot Queen (ship), of and for Liverpool, March 2, lat. 23 S., long. 44 E. The Ingleborough, Bombay to England, March 13, off Cape Agulhas. The Lady of the Lake, of Glasgow, for Savannah, April 17, lat. 37 N., long. 47 W. The Newton (schooner), of and from Liverpool for Pro vidence, April 14, lat. 36 N., long. 59 W. The Jane Parker, Newport to Havannah, April 8, lat. 48 N., long. 12 W. The Brothers, of Waterford, for Quebec, April 12, lat. 50 N., long. 19 W. The Governor Brigas, Gibraltar to Baltimore, April 13, lat. 49 N., long. 24 W. The Edward (barque), of Devonport, bound west, April 15, lat. 48 N., long. 31 W. The Orient, Liverpool to New York, April 19, lat. 50 N., long. 12 W. The John Henry, Matanzas to Queenstown, April 19, lat. 42 N., long. 40 W. The Meldon, of Yarmouth, Trinidad for Bremen, April 15, lat. 30 N., long. 80 W. the Ophir, Bahia to Havannah and Bristol, April 23, Cooper's Hill, Florida, bearing W. 25 miles. The Belgian (barque), Portsmouth to New York; out 15 days, May 15, lat. 47 N., long. 19 W. The Rydal (barque), Mauritius to London, May 16, lat. 47 N long. 17 W. , - The Frances, Bombay to Liverpool, April 19, lat. 4 S., long. 19 W. _ _ The Ocean Wave, London to Sydney, N.S.W., April 22, lat. 1 S., long. 23 W. The Anne Holtzberg, Calcutta to London, April '2 4 , lat. 3 N., long. 25 W. The Belfast, homeward bound, May 4, lat. 29 N., long. 37 W. The Thebes, Penang to London, May 9, lat. 40 N., long. 31 W. The Columbus, Benin to Liverpool, May 10, lat. 41 N., long. 30 W. The Emlyn, Colombo to London, May 15, lat. 47 N., long. 22 W. The Warlock (barque), Callao to Cork, March 7, lat. 57 S., long. 7 W. The Undine (Hamburgh ship), California to London, March 13, lat. 50 S., long. 42 W. The Maria Theresa (transport barque), steering S., April 14, lat. 1 N., long. 23 W. The Schau Ichan, Mauritius to London, April 18, lat. 5 N., long, 24 W. The Enterprise, Hong Kong to London, April 19, lat. 6 N., long. 24 W. The Tamerlane, China to Liverpool, May 13, lat. 46 N., long. 22 W. The Rolla, Hartlepool to Quebec, May 4, lat. 46 N., long. 47 W. The William Denney, Clyde to Port Philip, Dec. 17, lat. 4 N., long. 20 W. Th e Almirante, Oporto to Sidney, N.S.W., D ec . 30 . The John Matthie, Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 8. The Nil Desperandum, Bristol to Melbourne, Feb. 4, lat. 39 S., long. 24 E. The Sarah and Mary, April 14, l a t . 4 7 N . The Canada, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal, April 28, off Cape Ray, to leeward of the ice. FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A GENTLEMAN. —Yesterday morning a gentleman named William Jones, aged 45 years, made the following frightful and deter mined attempt at suicide from a third-floor window of the house of Mr. Adams, landlord of the British Stores, Wells-street, Oxford -street. It appears from all that can be gleaned, that the unfortunate gentleman, who is parted from his wife, about six months ago arrived in London from Abergavenny, where he had obtained great practice as a surgeon, and at once took a lodging at the house of Mr. Adams, in which he had since resided. He was rather reserved in his manner, and had latterly seemed de pressed in spirits. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, he was observed by a passer by to precipitate himself from a window as above-mentioned into the street, and on being picked up covered with blood, was forthwith conveyed to Middlesex Hospital, when it was discovered that, besides severe injuries to his head and other parts of his person, both legs were broken. Every attention was paid to him, and last evening a consultation of the medical officers was held, when it being the unani mous opinion that the o nly chance of saving Iris life was by amputation of both limbs, he having been restored to consciousness, was asked if be would consent to the ope ration, when he emphatically `replied, " No." All the 1 exertions and means possible will be used to restore him, but it is not supposed that he can long Ouryiye. Day when made ul From woe When COUNTRIES. in General fort- Port due in Office, London.. Dispatched. England. ,---- America(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool . Each Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N May 2 .......... Liverpool .. iM ay 31 America (by U. States packet) • .. • • ...... Southampton Australia (rla South ampton) .......... M May 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N May 8 .. Dover June Ditto (via Cape of Goodl Hope) ............N June 4 Africa (West Coast) ..N`f3d of the month . Plymouth .. :Jane 6 Alexandria.......... N,B, 9, 24, & 30 of in. Dover ...... A lexandria .......... 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ........... M ;17th of the mont , !Southampton, Belgium ............N. I tally .. Dover ...... I May I Brazil ........ 31,9 th of the month Southampton l Jtme 16 Biienos Ayres.... .... 51,9 th of the month.. SouthamotozniMay 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N ;14th of the mont , Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope .. N ,14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ~.N 'l4th of the mouth Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. ........ N 14th of the month Channel Isles NlMon ~Wed.,&Frid, Southampton Tu.Th.9at. 3112 d & 17th of monV. Southampton May 1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N1,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .... •• Constantinople ........ :4th & 20th of mon. Southamptonl w nont. of Europe M& N I T w i ce d a il y Dover ...• T icedally Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N I . wice daily„ Dover ...... Twicedaily ..ilbraltar 7, 11, 20, 27 aril Southampton 'May 6 Greece (see India) 1 Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton;lMay 16 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday (London Flavannah .......... M '2nd of the inont; ISonitharnp , m; June 1 Holland ............M Daily.. ..... Dover Daily Honduras ..... M.l7th of the month. South am pton 'May IS India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon, Plym .uth • • 'Arrived India (via Maraeilles)M Bth&24th of moon: Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead .. , Twicedally Li5b0n.............. M:7, 9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton May 26 Madeira M '9th of the month Southampton Jane 16 Madeira N i23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta .............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m.,Dover Mauritius (see India) Vrauritlus ..........Nll4th of the month Mexico .... M 2nd of the month. ISouthampton June 1 Naples N s thl ls th2.sthormon.jDover ...... May 2 4ew Granada M '22 & 17th of month 'Southampton May 1 New Zealand ........ ,By private ship ..jVarious Uncertain Papal States _l4; 'stin I 5t112! , th ofm on. 'Dover 'May 2 Peninsula .......... m:7thl7th2Bthofmon. Southampton, May 6 Peru AVM & 27th of mon. Southampton; May I Port Natal ..........Nll4th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily ............ N sthl sth2sthoirtion, 'Dover ......'May 2 Tuscany sthl6th2stholtnon.lDover .Nay 2 Venezuela ~ M2d 17th of 'llol3thlSouthampton 'May 1 Van Diemen's Land (see( Australia) .. West Indies M & 17th on month!F.outhamptonJune 1 SouthamptenlJune 1 When any 01 these late' tall u i a -ildulaY, the wxei• will he despatched on the following day with the exception of the India, vie Southampton). and the Malta. both of which will be despatched the day preceding. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta- Arabica Food invariablyrestores health, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its cost in other remedies. We extract a few out of 50,000 test i menials of cures, whi c h h a d r es i s t e d a ll medicines. Cure No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery,.and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time.—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk.' Cure No. 1,784—" Not expected to live six days longer. I was cured by Du Barry's admirable food. —Magdalena Purvis, Moffatt, Scotland." Cure No. 51,416. —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency„ spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent F.3od.—Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk?' Cure No. 3,900. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have b een remove d by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, lladdington, East Lothian." " T revag l er , Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Ei g ht een y ears ' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the he a rt, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbess of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b ., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., Gs. ; 21b., lls. ; tilb., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pic cadilly; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4, Choapside. BIRTHS. OF A 80.7. On the 23d inst., at Croydon, the wife of Robt. Shotton, E sq. On the 23d inst., at 14, Dorset-square, the wife of John C. Cowley, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at Flint, the wife of the Rev. Thos. Williams, incumbent of Flint. On the 22d inst., at 6, Harrington -square, Mrs. F. W. Oliphant. M A RRIE D. On the 15th inst., at Pau, in France, the Rev. Raymond Blathwayt, of London, to Christina, daughter of the late Mr. James Ballantyue, Edinburgh. At St. Petersburg, Nestor Postnikow, M.D., to Maly Jane, second daughter of th© late Henry Wellings, Esq., formerly of Ludlow, Salop. DIED. On the Ist of April last, at Kohat, Punjab, of typhus fever, John Edwin Cathcart, M.D., Assistant-Surron 4th Punjab Cavalry, youngest son of Elias Cathcart, Esq., of Auehendrane, Ayrshire, aged 25. On the 21st inst., in London, Thomas Horatius Cannan, retired-surgeon, Madras N. 1., eldest son of the late David Cannan, Esq., aged 47. On the 23d inst., at 12, Cambridge-square, Hyde-park, George Perceval, the youngest child of Dr. and Mrs. Jas. Bright. !-,:,;Di)zr Priutcd and Pnbilabed by MEJRDO YOO G, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (hike, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, May . 2s, 1854. THIS Evi Saturday); + B n ,tana, ( 4;area IRE IN That the notified tcr to 41 . per c 0 S. lit gent - hcay i t arty ly c 41 „prcled at lt% at 11xed 114Ec a t ike place DAYithe' tght Hon Xight lion 'gilt Hol Barot 1 1. Lan; PUR tOinat 7,..9R15 ranty' or !ober, 18 1 41st day Mndersle Taal! they the Bald (J Wedne E at the Stli, the claim Dated 1 IT A)s transacts , Tin , Every AlsMiran ( I remit to Polley An • flume end ow , m, Po icie 11 0 ch kolie3 Active a trictiltt Apply '4Pecta Lest buy llocke Messrs bury, Inansi 4 ! i :AL Li and b, Perte The guard Sole Londe ands (kant E T har 1, 4 r BYsti effee , tradi leaveOf a, IS th 'lnfo evit, tars; sep a &c. n or ; 150 , -.._