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

Intrb Ulttion4t SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Dervish (take 7to 2). 6to 1 agst Andover (taken). 10 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 14 to 1 agst King Tom (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (taken). 13 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 20 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 25 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 25 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 50 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). 50 to 1 agst New Warrior (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Ostrogoth. OAKS. 7to 2 agst Meteora (taken). 7to 2 agst Omoo (taken). 7to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken). 10 to 1 agst Malmsey (taken). 12 to 1 agst Sortie (taken). I ISIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Cr— cris EVENING.) The SpzAirEß took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. A. SMITH took the oaths and his seat for Hertford shire, in the room of Mr. Halsey deceased. PRIVATE BILLS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ; Chester, Farn don, and Worthenbury Road ; East Lancashire, Lan cashire and Y or kshire, and Manch es t er an d Southport Railways ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Rail- Towy Vale Railway ; Winchester and Petersfield Road ; Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex at the bar in favour of the Oaths Bill • by Mr. M IL ES from Chew, Mag na , an d ot h er places in Somerset shire, in favour of closing public houses on Sundays ; by Mr. T. DIINCOMBE from six gentlemen connected with the commercial trade of the metropolis complaining that though they are naturalised British subjects, British passports do not avail them in travelling in foreign countries ; by Mr. HEADLAM, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, ag ainst church rates by Sir J. S HELLEY, f rom the propriet ors of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, complaining of the stamp duty; also a petition from St. Anne's, Westminster, praying for a bet ter water supply to the metropolis ; by Mr. Alderman KERSHAW, from certain inhabitants of Manchester, pray ing for the abolition of church rates. IRISH WORKHOUSES. Mr. BELLEW asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether Government is ready to bring in any measure, in accordance with the prayer of petitions presented to Par liament, to enable poor law guardians to consolidate or very much to diminish the establishments in certain poor law unions in Ireland, by which greater economy may be effected without prejudice to the comfort of the inmates of said establishments. Sir J. YOUNG said undoubtedly the workhouse accom modation was much more than sufficient ; there were only 100,000 persons in these workhouses, whereas they were capable of accommodating 314.1)00; but the Irish unions being unusua'•ly large, it would be greatly detrimental to the poor if any of these workhouses were abolished. SHIPPING BONDS. SCHOLEFIELD asked the Secretary of the Trea sury whether the commissioners have had under their con sideration the advisability of substituting for the numerous separate bonds now required for the shipping of certain goods, a single bond from the captain or consignees of each ship; and if so, whether he is prepared to state the deci sion at which they have arrived. Mr. WILSON said, such a proposal had been made to the Treasury, but the Treasury did not think it would be advisable to accede to it. LETTER-CARRIERS. Mr. T. DIINCOMBE inquired of the hon. Secretary to the Treasury when they might expect the report of the commission appointed to inquire into the grievances of the letter-carriers ? Mr. WILSON said it was a mistake to suppose that the commission was appointed to inquire into the grievances of the letter carriers ; it was appointed to inquire into the whole state of the Post-office establishment, and the grievances of the letter-carriers had come before them in an incidental manner. The commission, how ever, had prepared their report, and he hoped he should be able to present it in a very short time. OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION. Mr. WISE asked Lord John Russell, whether there is any foundation for the report that the Rev. George Raw linson and the Rev. Samuel William Wayte have been recommended to her Majesty's Government, as fit and proper persons to officiate as the Secretaries of the Oxford University Commission, should the bill now before the house be passed into a law ; also, whether, if the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Rawlinson be contemplated, her Majesty's Ministers are aware that that gentleman has described the Reformation as " so-called Reformation," and that a ma gazine published at Oxford he alluded to the appointment of a Parliamentary commission in the following terms, " We look upon the appointment of a commission as the very worst calamity that could possibly befall the univer sities. We can scarcely conceive of an event that would in flict greater injury, either upon the universities themselves or the country at large, than an i nquiry so instituted, and a reform so conducted. A Parliamentary Commission for such a purpose would, at all times and under any cir cumstances, be a huge and terrible evil." Lord J. RUSSELL insisted that the question went be yond the limits of inquiry allowed by the rule of the house, and therefore he declined to answer it. BANKRUPTCY COMMISSION. Mr. KEATING asked Lord John Russell, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to intro duce any measure, during the present session, founded on the recent report of the Bankruptcy Commission. Lord J. RUSSELL replied in the negative. STAMPS ON FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE. In reply to Mr. MASTERMAN, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government saw no reason to recede from their already expressed intention to impose a stamp duty on foreign bills of exchange. - BUSINESS FOR TO-MORROW. Mr. DISRAELI asked Lord John Russell what business he proposed to take to-morrow. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the Finance Bills, with the exception of the Excise Duties Bill, would be taken first, and the Oxford University Bill afterwards. RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUSINESS. Sir J. PA_KINGTON wished to ask the noble lord when it would be convenient for him to move the resolution agreed to by the committee on public business. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that next Thursday would be a suitable day. Sir J. PAICINGTON gave notice then that he would put the resolution on the paper for that day. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he should take the, sense of the house on that resolution, which proposed to abolish the usual motion made on Fridays, that the house at its rising should adjourn until the Monday following. OATHS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved the recond reading of the above bill. Sir F. THESIGER rose to move an amendment, that the bill be read a second time upon this day six months. The returns upon the subject of petitions against the bill were remarkable. It was true they had to-day a petition from the city of London in favour of the bill, presented with the usual formalities, but that was to be anticipated, but the petitions from the country were remarkable. There had been presented three petitions, with 166 signatures, for alterations in the present oaths, . but not in favour of the present bill, and one petition in favour of the measure, while the petitions against the bill presented up to yesterday were 481, containing 6,171 names. He considered this measure, in fact, showed that the ' noble lord (Lord J. Russell) would allow nothing to stand in the way of accomplishing anything he wished to have done. And that being so, it would be well if they were to con sider what had induced the noble lord to meddle with this . subject first. It was in consequence of one of those ill considered pledges with which the noble lord sometimes (sm . 'hammed himself, by undertaking to introduce a bill for the imr t 1 ,08 0 of admitting a gentleman of th e J ew i s h p ersuas i on 1 2 11 0 that hotuse. The hon. and learned gentleman retraced b l _l_eCTUlle of the noble lord's conduct in reference to this question, and the decisions of the Court of Exchequer and s i t e d t) l t o e n t e l chequer Chamber on the same subject; the noble lorcillo _die would ask the house to contrast could hardly b elie A v Bs l- and the noble lord of 1854, and he mind that u se d su lit was the same voice and the same (Sir F. Thesiger) Col different language—(hear)—and he conduct of the noble lo _ltot help tracing, in the present tional course i n 18 50 Ilia and 1851, w e to retrace his constitu. must rememberlheztberthee (Hear, hear.) They 0 4 8 1 5 e l lord now sat in a cabinet, the principal opponents of Papal aggr ems i ol Zhi,t l had been strenuous bination of circumstances eo ram .'"' ear.) In such a com eacTr(alse Was inevitable, and B e te *of their dearest there must be a sacrifice by friends to the antipathies of the Thesiger) was not aware that the e a O He (Sir F. subjects had ever complained of t hu s plitais fellow macy of the Crown, and, therefore, no relief NT : s / aupre by them, such as was introduced into the oat for Roman Catholic members of that house ; and it Wm most lamentable to see the noble lord receding from those senti ments which he put forw ard in such a manly spirit in ~s celebrated letter to the B isho p of Durham i n 1850. (Heal. hear.) And now the noble lord was introducing a bill; the only object of which was to benefit those whose a goes sions he so manfully opposed in 1850-51. But were they only old who followed the noble lord on that occasion now t o retrace their steps, and go with him in his present mea sure ? By this new-fangled measure the t noble b le e the lord would have the coronation oath of the Sovereign one which promised to guarantee the maintenance of the Protestant religion and to allow the subjects of the Sove reign to take another oath so totally in fact in the o a th w hi c h the noble lord introduced in differing from ; and proposed Reform Bill in 1852, he retained the form for Roman Catholics which he had said on a previous occasion that no highminded Roman Catholic could take without pain, and that it was an insult to them to put such an oath to them. (Hear.) Of course those who were to derive benefit from the measure would gladly range themselves under the banner of the noble lord ; but he thought he might venture to appeal to the members of the Dissenting body in the house, and he would then to consider wheth er th ere was any imagi .....xtatjr aPPreheilklon in reference to the Roman Catho /;,..,*-9:ll7lfousupremacy, and if they would not . - Af4tjef 1 I'M= lagibr Nf Rome far thicker than the loins of ' 0.,..,,th ) ii-?Utt47...-A" d• (Hear, hear.) The honourable 41 .454,1 0 1* , ~Zeliti fill u concluded by moving his amend , ~;,!" \,. 1 :,, 7 2047,0„...„.. i, class. 044;437,141:e6„,(rxenFti:ofasnrt(Ehi:WzaEisZHEQUER then rose !,. IT M 1 ?T.ROPOLITAN COMMISSION SEWERS. I special Court was held on Tuesday at the office in Gr, 3ek-street. Present—Mr. R. Jebb (in the chair), Mr Spencer Smith, Sir Charles Fellows, Lieutenant- Co! lonel Dawson, R.E., Mr. George Baker, and Mr. T. F.. Gibson. • Mr. Woolrych, the secretary, reported the available mice in hand to be 31,5271. 12s. 3d. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSION OP 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 snake 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 wrote to the Secretary of Elate the letter which is now before the Court, dated ti 'le 17th inst., to which I received a reply on the 20th. I will now call upon the secretary to read those donu t' ►tints. Mr. Woolrych then read as follows -- " No. 1, Greek-street, Soho, May 17, 1851. Ztify Lorcl,—At the request of my colleagues of the S ewers Commission, I have the honour to call your Lord st►ip's attention to the present position of the commission w ith reference to the greater part of the loan of 200,0001. effected under the powers of the Sewers Act of the last session. Your lordship will doubtless recollect that of the aibove-mentioned sum the commissioners determined to set apart 150,000/. towards the commencement of those por tions of the main drainage works which are most urgently nceded—namely, the Hackney Brook, or northern high le. vel sewer, and the main sewers on the south of the Thames the estimates for which amount to 1,050,0001., but that they did not feel warranted in entering upon those works until they had the written sanction of the Government, whose aid 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 be 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 ing 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 add, 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 second 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 IV 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 Palmerston." " 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 sum of 150,1)001., 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 servant, " 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 fact, 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 aed 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 200,0001. was granted for works of urgency, according to the list we gave to Government of works that amounted to 567,000/., 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. liewEs 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 t%ke 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 ref e rence t o a n 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, buil. I must protest against on every occasion running to the Secretary of State to cast on him the responsibility o f 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 largo sums of money placed at our disposal. We are now relieved from doubt as to the propriety of the works we a‘re 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 thorn. Lord Palmerston differed from us ou 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 madis to elicit from us a reply, so that he might, having . the two cases fully be fore him, be able to form a j udgment 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 pnt the question, which was unani mously agreed to. The works referred to, estimated to cost 51,3001., consist of 1,500 feet of sewer, 9 feet 6 inches by 9 feet, to commence at the river Thames between Cremorne gardena and the Kensington Canal, and proceed in a northerly direction to King's-road, Chelsea ; and 11,190 feet of sewer, 8 feet 6 inches by 8 feet, to commence at the King's-road, Chelsea, and proceed in a northerly di rection to the Uxbridge-road, and to a point near Royal crescent, Notting-hill. The Court granted permission to Mr. Richard Dover to make a communication with the Essex-street sewer, for taking a portion of the sewage water therefrom.. The following expenses of works directed to be paid by means of special sewers-rates were ordered to be paid 2:vetheotiviu6itssi.oo2nfd,; E d u is te trict . sewers-ratea of such districts respec -6:7.l:7.;CRooulnbtornerr's Creek, 4341. 15s. 4d.; Ranelagh, 3471. •; Western Division of Westminster sewers, 6351. , 13 62 1, 11 i5 . i 2 0n of Westin , in , ster s . ewe . rs, I n.; , g o s s tu 4 hr / ei Sur rey eed3renut., 92n division, 1,7651. 4s. 7d.; Finsbury di vision, document :a 2 s t p h e e r persons e a t years:llA d t .: atz S sse p .m i 2 ta idtt l . fi ed eld to s th 2 e B C o6 o / ur s t s gi 9 v d i g n a u r m d b en er fo o r f convenience in Covent garden been established. For May 21, Total for the three years, the year ending 88,222 ; for 1854, 97,121. 1 852, 91,600 ; for 1853, 276, 933. After disposing of some routine business, the Court ' adjourned. 111111 Pal ILTVAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending May 21, 1854 24 ,444 16 2 4 ,784 15 11 Corresponding week la st year,' Decrease in 1854 Whitsun week V33:1 19 9 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending May 21, 1804..•... £3,356 11 4i Corresponding week last year 2,802 9 Oj THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN I NG, MA Y2S, 1854. SKETCH OF OMER PACEIA. 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) unbendinguess, as the Germans say, of the will which lies hushed in grim repose 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 Garman degenerates into "stuntpfnase," 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 withal, and when lashed into anger his aspect 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 sno wy 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'oeuvre 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 Etnir 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 gallop, floats fantastically over his shoulders. Thus, you see, he tries to conciliate all classes, by adopting a. portion of the costume of each ; hut he is evidently as proud of his appearance as a young Ensign, when he first glitters on parade in his new uni form. In these trifles you .may trace some of the feature which he 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 secoud 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 tchibougue in his hand, is with him a plaything whereas with the Turks it is an object of solemn sol►- 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 ar►ny, his face 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 ho 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 cr 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 Pacha 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 be 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 —hi s 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 Paellas are not permitt e d t o i n d ulge in their wonted extortions. His manner of life is simple, but he can scarcely be called abstemious • he likes a good g l ass o f w i ne, 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 A dvertiser FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY.—On Monday, Mr. W. S. Rutter, one of the coroners for the county of Lancaster, held an inquest at Houghton, 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 is 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 24 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 rim, struck his head and carried away a full half of the entire skull, from back to front, scattering 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 dt.ad, 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 from 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 been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Ald '!r°131;11." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stohlach.---Sold (also Holloway's oinz glernatn)d at Poir°Bews°r Holloway's Establishment, 244, , Lon _ O -- ) iaild by all Tedicine-venders through out the world. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. DERBY. The downfall of Autocrat yesterday, and of King Tom 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). 7to 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 Launuelot 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. THE MEMBERS' STAKES (handicap) of 501. Once round. About a mile and a half. 34 subs. Mr. Snowden's Postulant, 4 yrs, fist 91b (jarroll) 1 Mr. Dilworth's Cable, 3 yrs, Est 81b. (Bates) 2 Mr. Night's Montague, aged, 7st 41b.. ...(Wakefield) 3 The following also ran :—Bordeaux, Hybla, Battery, Calatnus, Rose of Ellel, Nonsuch, Balmoral, Fanny, Lina, Miss Hercules, Betty Pockets, and Stonehenge. Betting 4to 1 each agst Montague and Nonsuch, 6 to 1 each agst Postulant and B wdeaux. Won by a neck. A length between the second and third. The others scattered. WEDNESDAY.—The CITY CUP of 1001. in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. The second to save his stake. About two miles and a half. 25 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st slb (Flatman) 1 Mr. Night's Jephson, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Carroll) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib (Charlton) 3 Mr. Shritnptoree The Victor, 3 yrs, Est 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. The WESTON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 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 41b Mr. W. Gulliver's Bessie, Bst 91b (Yates) 2 Mr. H. Lewis's Helena, Bst 41b (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Matilda, Professor Airy, William the Third. Betting-6 to 4on Bessie, 4to 1 each agst Professor Airy and William the Third, 6 to 1 agst Dexterous filly. Won by a neck—a length between second and third, the others close up. The DYRRHAM STAKES (Handicap), of 1001. Once round; about a mile and a half. 37 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Noisette, 4 yrs, Est 12ib (Wells) 1 Mr. Snowden's Postulant, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Henry's Little Charley, aged, Est 61b...(Ashmall) 3 The following also ran :—Orinoco, The Druid, Queen's Own, Miss Goldselunidt, Lioness, Miss Hercules, Stone henge, St Stephen, b g by The Gabbier. Betting-5 to 2 agst 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 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added. Once round. 11 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, 4 yrs, 12st 51b (Owner) 1 Mr. Bevill's Gai forth, aged, lOst 51b (Owner) 2 Mr. B. Land's Bordeaux, aged, lOst 101b(Capt. Little) 3 The following also ran :—View Halloo, Warwick, Battery, Waterfall. Betting-6 to 4 agst Garfortb, 2 to 1 agst Defiance, and 7 to 1 each against View Halloo and Waterfall. Won by four lengths. Bad third. The SELLING SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, half a mile, was won in three heats by Mr. Y. King's b f by The Hero, out of Wet Nurse, 3 yrs (200, sst 61b (Bundy), beating Mr. Goodered's Rally, 3 yrs (201.), sst 61h (carried sst 101 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 Toni. 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. Qeorge (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). CRICKET. TWO SELECT ELEVENS OF THE MARYLEBONE CIA) B, WITH TWO PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE. This was the return match to that of last week ; and, like its. predecessor, was played at Lord's. As on the for mer o ecasion, so on the present, the respective elevens were selected and headed by the Earl of Winterton and Mr. K .ynaston. There was a great deal of good cricket ex hibit& I during the day, and all appeared to enjoy the doings of the event. At the conclusion of the play the score presented the followis: g appearance : MR. KTNASTON'S SIDE. First Innings. C. Du C ane, Esq., c Haygarth, b Poll ett W. \\Ty) iyard, Esq., c Pollett, b Roy stow l9 b Campbell 22 A. Bailli s, Esq., c and b Royston 5 s Royston, b Hay- G. Bark , tr, Esq., c Campbell, b gar th 49 Royst L. H. Bi iyley, Esq., b Pollett 4 c 8eu50n...... ......... 19 R. Kyna stop, Esq., b R ,yston 9 b Haygarth 5 C. Grevi Ile, Esq., b Royston... 0 not out l4 Captain Davie, b R0y5t0n...,.,, 1 c Grosvenor, b Hay Second Innings, garth W. J. ( )hristie, Esq., c and b Pollett . Dakin, c . and b Royston 7 S. Taylca . Esq., b Pollett 2 s Royston, b Hay- Nixon, riot out 0 garth Byes 1 0, leg 1 Total EARL OF WINTERTON'S SIDE. Total First Innings. C.. Scott, Esq., c Bayley, b Dakin 1 H .. Hatton, Esq., b Dakin A - Haygarth, Esq., c and b Nixon l4 E arl of Winterton, b Nixon 4 R.. Grosvenor, Esq., b Dakin . 4 R.. Campbell, Esq., b Nixon 1 R. Bateson, Esq., b Nixon R . Benson, Esq., b Nixon 7 C arjones, c Dakin, b Nix0n....... A _ Peyton, Esq., b Nixon 0 P ollett, b Nixon 0 R oyston, not out Byes 2, wider 3, no ball 1 6 Total 4B This vas a one day's match, and therefore Mr. Kynas ton's sidle won by 35 runs on the first innings. OXIFORD UNIVERSIT Y BOAT RACES. These annual and delightful races commenced on the evening of Tuesday last, over the old course, from Riley Lasher to Oxford, and, as usual, attracted an immense assembl age of spectators. The number of flags stream ing froc i the University Barge Club was not so many as on prey' ions occasions —indeed, it is many years since so few eigl it-oared boats showed at starting as on the pre sent occ:asion. This, we understand, in one or two in stances, was owing to the illness and absence of some portion of the college crews. The flags indicated that twelve boats would start, and in the following order, 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 /a 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 Winchelsea ; Lords Gordon Lennox, Clinton, A. Harvey, Templeton, Sondes, and Walsingham ; Ladies Panmure, W. Stirling, De Brook, Macfarlane, Hill, Vassal Webster, Maclaine, Northcote ' Beauclerc ' Marshall, Bethune, G. Codring ton, Edith Somerset, H. Campbell, Barrow, Hamilton, Fellowes, Antrobus, and Buchan ; Judge Bennett, U.S., Consul Banbridge ' 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'Dunnell, 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, Mg., Hoddesdon, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. LARGE GOLD.—To Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Cheam, Surrey, for 16 stove and green house plants ; to Mr. Woolly, gardener to H. B. Ker, Cheshunt, for 20 exotic orchids. MEDIUM GOLD.—To Mr. Sneed, Edmonton, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Messrs. Fraser, nur serymen, 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 greenhouse 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, Esq., Clewer, for 10 pelargo niums ; to Mr. Francis, Hertford, nurseryman, for 10 roses. LARGE SILVER GILT.- -To Mr. Gilham, gardener to J. R. Scott, Esq., Leyton, Essex, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; to Mr. Williams, gardener t 6 Miss Treill, Hayse-place, Bromley, for 10 stove and green house plants • to Mr. Taylor, gardener to J. ,Coster, Esq., Streatham, for 6 stove a n d green h ouse plants ; to Mr. Green, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Carson, for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; to Mr. Summerfield, gardener to J. S. Venn, Esq., Highbury 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. Roser, 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. Roser, 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 INT ELLIGENCE. CIISTOM-HOUSE, MAY 24, ENTERED INWARDS.—The Olaf Tryggvesen, from Ko• nigsburg ; Red Rover, Rouen ; Johannes, Norderschleuse Greci:n, Jamaica ; De Brea, Nantes ; Equity, Manilla Bernhard, Tenoz ; Harman, Hamburgh ; Claret, Bor deaux ; Sunnyside, New York - Mary Mae, Alexandri a Narcissus, Charente ; Emanuel, Bremen ; Concordia, Memel; Hanse Jorge ' Odense ; Endeavour, Rotterdam Wager, Konigsburg ; Marquis of Bute, Charente ; Geer. dina Bertha, Dan tzic ; Angiolina, Odessa ; Jason, Dantzic ; Segundus, Alexandria; Catherine, Callao; San Giovanni Battista, Marseilles. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO —The ZsTO, for Lisbon ; Aurora, Harburg ; Coquette, Antigua ; Concord, Constantinople ; Grecian, Jamaica ; Elizabeth, Geelong ; Catharina Sophia, Harburg; Ceres, Louigsburg ; Albrecht Beyling, Geelong; Genovv, Maples; Sarah Lay, Hong Kong ; - Harvest Home, Sydney ; Caroline Henrietta, Stettin ; Mohawk, Sydney ; Union, Hobart Town ; Silvas, Hamburgh ; Charles Mayne, Jamaica. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Maria The. rose, for Konigsburg ; Christian Huggins, Port Philip Planter, Tobago ; Maitland, Hobart Town ; Osbert, Do. minica ; Susan and Mary, Cherbourg ; Christiania Packet, Dronthefin ; 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, Isigney. 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 WITH. The Koh-i•noor, Cochin to London ; Villo de Rio, Rio Janeiro to Havre • and Schah Jehan, Mauritius to L o nd on —all three same day. The Albion, Caledonia, Ottawa, Shandon, Cambria, St. I Lawrence, Toronto, Montreal, Britannia, America, City of Boston, City of Hamilton, and the John Bull—all 13 April 26, in the ice off Cape Ray. The True Briton, of South Shields, May 6, let. 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, let. 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, let. 48 N., long. 12 W. The Brothers, of Waterford, for Quebec, April 12, let. 50 N., long. 19 W. The Governor Brigas, Gibraltar to Baltimore, April 13, let. 49 N., long. 24 W. The Edward (barque), of Devonport, bound west, April 15, let. 48 N., long. 31 W. The Orient, Liverpool to New York, April 19, let. 50 N., long. 12 W. The John Henry, Matanzas to Queenstown, April 19, let. 42 N., long. 40 W. The Meldon, of Yarmouth, Trinidad for Bremen, April 15, let. 30 N., long. 80 W. he Oph!r, 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, let. 47 N., long. 19 W. The ltydal (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, let. 1 S., long. 23 W. The Anne Holtzberg, Calcutta to Lonc.on, April lA, let. 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, Mt. 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. The Almirante, Oporto to Sidney, N.S.W., Dec. 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, lat. 47 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-fioor 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 hismanner, 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 eevere injuries to his head and other parts of his person, both legs were broken. Every attention was paid to him, and last evening a consultatiap of the medical officers was held, when it being t.heunani amti that, the (filly' el,ence vi sPvio;2: wa , of I,e2,f_‘o rt!st . .occA if he would er.,11:; , ,r1: ; (.) p ration, when he emphatically " No. All the exertions and means possible will be used to restore him, but it is no t su p pose d th a t lie can long survi ve. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARK ET- MAY 23. There was a large supply of straw of all descri, ptions in the market. The prices today were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s Od to 'Ts Od per kemple of l 6 stones tron ; wheat do. , 45 6d to Ts Od ; bailey do., 5s Od to 6s Od. Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—MAT 23. There were in the market to-clay, 22 sacks oat ca Leal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-22; .M 28. 12s, 0 at 01. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. ASCOT HEATH.-JUNE 13. WEIWITS for the ASCOT STAKES of 25 Boys. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on the Monday in the Epsom race week ; the second horse to receive 50 sovs, out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake ; the winner of any handicap after the weights are declared to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half, Age st lb Sharavogue Kingston Ariosto Leopold 5 8 12 Adine 5 8 8 Little Harry 5 8 7 Joe Miller 5 8 6 Age st lb f by Don John— My Dear Bracken 3 7 0 Remnant Queen's Own Calarnus 3 7 0 Inder Massaroni Coup d'Etat Crosslanes William Rufus Baalbec Dr. O'Toole Veteran Newbold Pancake 5 6 10 Theodine Waterfall Brown Brandy Phocion Jack Frost 3 6 8 Sweetness St. Spiro Mortimer Mulligrubs 3 6 4 Hercules 3 6 4 Stonehenge Shunting Sir Peter Lincoln's-inn 3 5 7 Cable Jennala Filbert Caliban Poodle Ilex__ 5 8 5 Talfourd Catherine Hayes 4. 8 3 Ethel wolf Pantomime Khadidjah 5 7 13 Mentmore Lass 4 7 13 Cleveland Mr. Sykes Charley Grapeshot Andover 3 7 7 Cariboo Ireland's Eye 4 7 7 Catspaw 4 7 7 Duke of Lancaster 3 7 7 Montague lanthe Lady Flora Nutpecker 4 7 5 Sphynx Kaffir 4 7 4 Cock Pheasant Knight of St George Rackapelt Allington (11 b) 7 2 2 Little Jack a ABERGAVENNY. DANYPARK STAKES.—Admiral Rous, to whom the dispute was referred, has given this race to The Spider. MONTAGUE 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 o f 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 Clevelandhe would ha ve had to carry 7st 51b, being 211 b extra. rRES FOR 1854. .Y. Epsom , ... 30 Hampton 2l Harrogate 23 Knighton 23 Carlisle 26 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding 2B I Bibury 2B Ludlow 28 Stockbridge ........ 2B Winchester 3O 'L Y. viz. :- 1. Bras( !nose 5. Pembroke 9. Wadham 2. Bald, A 6. Exeter 10. Trinity 3. Won :ester 7. Lincoln 11. Jesus I 4. Christ Chur c h, I s t B. St. John's 112. Christ Church, 2(1 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 the bung and the cord attached to it, by which each bo at is started, to get entangled with the rudder, which (rove them in the bank, and while in this dilemma the second Christ Church, which had just started, came so quic'k upon them, that before either boat could right 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. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Report of the .Registrar-General. ) In th e week that ended last Saturday, the mortality of Lonelon was rather high. The deaths, which had de clined t o 1,093, rose again to 1,188. In the ten corre spondin g weeks at the years 1844-1853 the average num ber was 957, which, it raked in proportion to increase of populat ion, becomes 1,053, The return of last week, therefore, exhibits an excess of 135 above the calculated amount. The increase on the previous week chiefly arises from epidein'tc diseases, some of which have become more than usually fatal. This class numbers altogether 301 deaths, while tl ie corrected average is 212. In the last six weeks the den the from scarlatina have been consecutively 39, 42, 64, 67, and 49 ; those from hooping-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 years, died with "symptoms of hydrophobia." Seven persons, o)f 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 was 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 9 h. a.m. on the latter day. The mean temperature of the week was. 51.9 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. The 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 deg. ; 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 ne rain during the week, except a little on Thursday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 20 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4l Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . —.. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 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 Old Age Sudden l4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemper ance 5l Causes not specified DEA.TIIS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1861. 011853. 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 Females.. Total .. 886 903 1,789 STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) HALIFAx, 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. MANCHESTER, May 23.—Our market continues very dull, and the inclination of prices at large, in yarns and goods, is still downward, though, the alteration observ able 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 sensible degree. HUDDERSFIELD, May 23.—The market has been very flat again to-day ; the amount of business transacted been fully as small, as on any previous Tuesday for some weeks past. The 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 SALISBURT.—SALIS BURY, Wednesday. —The inhabitants of Salisbury were aroused early this morning by the cry of " Fire !" and the ringing of th e a l arm bells. 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, o ccup i e d 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, ocupied by Mr. Wristbridge, clothier, and Mr. Shepherd, grocer, also ignited, and were much damaged. Tho 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 sever,,( houses, in night dress, before lie could gain the 't: - eO , . The properties being old, with a great deal of timber work about thern,.were soon consumed, and as it may be supposed, the flames were visible at a consider able distance. RACING FIXT Harpenden 26 Halifax . Redditch Manchester Lanham 7 Epping Town Coggeshall 7 Southwell 8 Ascot Heath 13 Tenbury l5 Newcastle-on-Tyne 2O ... 5 Stamford 18 Newton 18 Knutsford. l9 Nottingham 2O Great Grimsby 24 Goodwood 25 Radcliffe ..31 Deritend Pool • 3l Ripon 31 JU. Newmarket Worcester 4 Barnstaple 6 Lancaster Odiham 7 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Abingdon l3 Ipswich 13 Stourbridge l7 AUG Brighton Airdrie Durham 3 Brighton Club 4 Ripon 7 Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes Wolverhampton ll j Lincoln VST. Egha,m Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 NOVEMBER. Epsom Autumn Covrbridge Hunt Liverpool DALKEITIT MEAL MARKET-MAT 22. There were in tills market to-day 38 bags of o: amend, Bof barleymeal, and 2 of pot-barley. Sales dull. The top price of oatmeal was is Gd up ; the second w: s6d up, and the third was Os Gd up. Pot-barley on the top price as before. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second.. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od I—s Od. --s Oct Pot-barley, per ditto NEWCASTLE-Bar 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 rat es of Friday at Wakefield were insisted on, and sales we, e made. Bar ley was steady. Oats and shelling were fully at dear. In beans and other articles no change. DUBLIN—MAT 23. Prices :--White wheat, 43s Od to 17s Od ; red, 00s Od to Ols Od. Barley, 163 6,1 to 22s 6,1. Oats, 16s Od to 18s Od per barrel. O a tm ea l, 16 3 Od t o 18 3 Od. Bakers' flour, 22s Od to 27s Od. Indian corn, per 4801 b., 41s to 45‘. COAL MARKET.—Mer 24. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the m arket : 11. d.l Wallsena, &c. Buddle W. Hartley 2l 6' s. d. Holywell Howard's West Hartley ,Stewart's Netherton 20 6: Denison 17 3 Old Adairs 15 9.South Hartlepool ........18 0 Taufield Moor lB 6tSouth Kelloe Walker Primrose .........16 3 Whitworth l7 3 Bell's Primrose 16 0 Birchgrovo Graigola 25 0 Cowpen ...17 6 Derwentwater Hart, l oy. 20 6 Wall2end, Sze. Lumley . RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been steady to. day, and closed without any particular feature. Aberdeen., 12 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 263 ' • Lancashire and York shire, 60 4 • ' Midland, 58i ; North British, 713-16 ; South Eastern, 18 5-16; Whitehaven and Furness, 4i; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 12k. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. STQCX ExcilaNGE.--This share market was firm again to-day ; Midlands were done at 581, and London and North-Westerns at 96i. Shrewsbury and Birmingham were in demand; they were quoted at 51 to 56. . MANCHESTER, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been exceedingly flat, hut without change of prices. Blackburn pref., 20; Manchester and Birmingham (C quarters), 5.16 dia.; Dover, 18 LEEDS, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANG E.—There has been a little more activity on 'Change this morning, though on the whole prices have a little given way. The following are the closing transac tions :—Midlands, at 58A ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 60A 60; East Lancashire, l4k ; North-Western pmts., 4i ; South-Eastern and Dovers, 184. SEABORNE MAILS. - (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-n Mee by the night—and Ai by the morning--despatch.) Day when in v . ie ti, From wha. When COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port. du, in Office, London Dlspctched. England. -.. - ---- I, merica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) .......... N May 2 .......... Liverpool .. May 31 America (by U. States • - Ipacket) .........N .. .• ...... Southampton, Australia (via South ampton) .......... M May 4 ....• .... • Southampton June 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N,May 8 . . Dover .... June 4 Ditto (via Cape of Good, ' Hope) ............N June 1.. Africa ( West Coast) ..Nii3d of the month. Plymouth .. June 6 Alexandria.......... N'B, 5, 24, &30of m Dover .... . Alexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ...........B 17th of the mont• Southampton Belgium ............N Dai1y............ Dover ...... May I Brazil ...........„ .. M 9th of the month .. Southampton 'June 16 Buenos Ayre5........ Ai i9th of the month.. Southampton May 16 Cape of Good Hope ..Nii4th of the moat: Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope .. N I4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde ...... N 14th of the mo n th Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Channel Isles .. ......N Mon „Wed.,Bc F rid. Southampton Tn.Th.9at. Chili— .............M 2d & 17th of month SouthamptopMay 1 China (see India.) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 o f m . D over ......I, Constantinople ........ 4th Sc 20th of mon Southampton 1 Cont. of Europe M & Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Twicedaily Egypt (see India) • France ........ M & N,Twlce daily ... Dover ...... Twicedaily Gibraltar ..........Ml4, 7, 17,20, 27 ofm. Southampton May 6 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........Mllnd & 17th of mon. southampton May 16 Hamburgh .. .... ..N I Tuesday & Friday 'London ..... Havannah ........... M 2nd of the monti, Southampton 'June 1 Holland ....... . M, Daily.. .... ...... Dover ....... 'Daily Honduras ..........Mll7th of the month. Southampton IMay IS India (viaSoutliampt.)M 4th & 20th of m.m. Pim uth .. 'Arrived India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see Indla)'7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. .... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead .. Twicedsily Lisbon.. ...........„ M,7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton May 26 Madeira ............ JR 9th of the month Southampton June 16 Madeira ...'......... N 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27.30 of m. Dover ...... Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico ............M,2nd of the month. Southampton:June 1 Naples ... ........N sthlsth2sthof mon. Dover ......IMay 2 New Granada ......Ml2d 8c 17th of month Southampton 'May 1 New Zea1and.......... Illy private ship .. Various ports I Uncertain Papal States • .......N l sthlsth2stholinon. Dover ...... iM ay 2 Peninsula .......... M'7 thl7th2Bthotino n . So u th ampton May 6 1 Peru ..............M id & 27th of mon. South amp t on lM ay 1 Port _Natal .......„.N 14th of the mo n th Pl ymout h .. 1 Sicily •• .• •• • .......N sthlsth2s t h o h non, Dover ...... I May 2 Tuscany .. ..., ~ „N sth 15th25thofmon. Dover ......'May 2 Venezuela ..........51 2d a 17th of month Southampton May 1 Van Diemen's Lana (see Australia) .. West Indies ........ M 2d& 17th oi month Southampton ,June 1 (Southampton !June 1 When any ch these ,tatem fall of a Autiday, the wail will be despatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via 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 testi menials of cures, which bad resisted all 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 titne.—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,203.—" 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. 51,4 J 6. —"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 Food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,900. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Focd.—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.— An drew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 18 51.—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, 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. 641. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, lib., 6s. ; 21h., lls. ; 225. ; 101 b., 338. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage freo, 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, Cheapside. .BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23d inst., at Croydon, the wife of Robt. Shotton, Esq. 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. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Pau, in France, the Rev. Raymond Blathwayt, of London, to Christina, daughter of the llte Mr. James Ballantyue, Edinburgh. At St. Petersburg, Nestor Postnikow, M.D., to Maly Jane, second (laughter of the late Henry Welliugs, Esq. , formerly of Ludlow, Salop. DIED. On the Ist of April last, at Kohat, Punjab, of typhus fever, John Edwin Cathcart, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon 4th Punjab Cavalry, youngest son of Elias Cathcart, Esq. , of Auchendrane, Ayrshire, aged 25. On the 21st inst., in London, Thomas Horatius Cannal l , retired-surgeon, M a d ras N . 1., e l dest son of the late D a vid Carman, Esq., aged 47. On the 23d inst., at 12, Cambridge-square, Hyde-park, George Perceval, the youngeat child of Dr. and Mrs. Jas. Prii,t/y3 1)111,Thi;-.3,1 iJ at.7 . 1t1)() of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun o%oe, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, lalay_2s, - 1854. /~ !k f