The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-03 00:00:00

a war, should. rally round her Government. The majority of the committee could not dou'.t siu cerity of M. de Montalembert's declaration and was of opinion that the dignity of the Assembly was interested in not allowing a member to be prose cuted for an act which he disavowed. The majority consequently decided on not granting the authori zation demanded by the Attorney-General. The Chamber after wards ,rde red the report to by, printed and distributed atmon2: its me obers, and adjourned to Monday to discuss it. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 63f. -10 c., rose to 63f. 45c., and fell to 62f. 35c._, the closing price for the end of the month ; the Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 88f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares 1,040 f. ; Rouen, 815 f. ; Havre , 410 f . ; Great Northern, 705 f. ; Strasburg , 677 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Paris, 770 f. • Lyons to the Mediterranean , 640 f. ; West ern ("France, 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cet te, 490 f. ; Cheat Central of France, 387 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 415 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 465 f. AUSTRIA. The Archduke Albert has left Vienna for Sem lin, as Commander-in-Chief of the army observa ..tion on the Turkish frontier. The army on the frontier, including the inhabi 'Tants who perform a permanent service, is not less than from 120,000 to 150,000 men. Stores are being collected on a large scale. Negotiations have been going .on between the Treasury and the Bank for an advance on the security of the State domains, and the Bank has just declined the proposal. PRUSSIA. The committee on the loan has lately had im portant conferences with the President of the Council, many of the deputies being present. The President of the Council said that the Prussian Government, in accord with the cabinets of Vienna, London, and Paris, and founding itself on the views expressed in the conferences of Vienna be tween the four powers, will use all its efforts for the re-establishment of peace. He did not, how ever, enter into any details. M. de Bonin, the Minister of War, did not reply to all the questions Put to him by the committee, but the explanations given by him produced a great impression on the members of it, and it was resolved unanimously to Propose to the Second Chamber to vote the loan. ITALY. The Parma Gazette of the 27th 'ult. contains the following account of the assassination of the Duke .of Parma : • "A horrible crime was committed yesterday, 26th, at • p.m., by an infamous assassin on the sacred person of hi s Royal Highness our august and beloved Sove eign, while returning from the public walk, and in the midst-of a number of quiet citizens ;he was on his way to the royal palace on foot, accompanied by one of his adjutants. It appears the assassin stood in ambush at the corner of the Borgo San Biagio, leading to.the street of Santa Lucia, and when he saw the august Prince ap proach he stepped in his way, and wounded him with a stiletto. His Royal Highness fell under the stroke, but was immediately taken up and c trried to the Royal Palace, which was close by. The wound being exit 'rained, it was ascertained that the stiletto had penetra t e d to the depth of nearly three inches into the cavity of the IYPogastrium, causing injuries to the periteneuin, and at the same time wouoding the ventricle, from which proceeded most violent haemorrhages, repeated six times in the course of four hours." The Opinione of Turin quotes a private letter from Parma confirming the above statement and adding some further particulars. It states that the assassin was unknown to the Duke f that he approached as if to speak to him ; that the uke made a sign commanding him to stand aloof, and that it was then he struck the blow. The officer who accompanied the Duke upon this drew his sword, but stumbled and fell while at tempting to pursue the assassin, who, turning a corner, disappeared without leaving any clue to the place of his concealment. The Opinione also Mentions a rumour by which it is attempted to explain the motive for the crime, but which does alot coincide with the circumstances above related. It is said that the Duke having invited several of his favorite officers to his table, he became rather gay, and happening to mention more than lightly the name of. a lady who was sister to one of the officers present, that the latter stepped forward and bid the Duke retry ;t his statement • in answer to 'which the Duke threatened to strike him ; that the officer then snatched up a knife from the table and Stabbed the Duke. The other officers were then Stated to have connived at the escape of the culprit. The refugees from Parma who had established themselves at Stradella, as soon as they learnt the death of the Duke, returned to their homes, after a short struggle with the douaniers. A number of Piedmontese officers have applied to the Minister of War for authorisation to enter the French service in order to proceed to the East. The Minister of War is said to have given a nega tive reply to all these demands, became he pro bably thinks that Piedmont may have to take its Tart in the approaching war. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 28th ult. M. Isturitz had arrived at Madrid. We read in the Espana : "For some days rumours of Ministerial crisis or modi fication of the Cabinet have circulated. Messrs. Isturitz, Narvaez, and Bravo Murillo were talked of as likely to be charged with the construction of a new Administra tion., General Cordova was previously said to have been entrusted with the same mission, and Messrs. Llorente, Pastor, and Murge were reported to have accepted °ißee under him. If we be correctly informed, all these rurnours are totally unfounded, at least for the pre sent. Nobody was deputed to Marshal Narvaez, none of the above-mentioned personages were summoned to the palace, and no partial renewal of the personnel of the Cabinet was even thought of. The account of the murder of the Duke of Parma, ho was last month in Madrid, had caused a pain- Ili' impression at the Spanish Court, The Clamor Publico of the 28th had been seized by order of the Civil Governor. _ - ------- The Three per Cents. were done at 33 50 ; the New Three per Cents., at 17 50 ; the Debt of the First °lags, at 8 ; and that of the Second, at 4 25. T 11.6 COM.A.T. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 811 ,--The following ephemeris, indicating the approxi mate positions of the comet in the heavens, and derived 'OM elements which I calculated last night from our 01 vn observations, may probably be acceptable to such cif your readers as are desirous of tracinv, its course A mong the stirs. They are adapted to 8 o'clock, Green wich time, which is about the most favourable hour for °l:eery ation. Right Ascension. North Declination. h. m. Monde April 3 h. m. ... 2 19 ... 17 12 Sets at 9 8 p.m. cesaay, 4 ... 2 32 ... 16 18 Wednesday, 5 ... 2 44 ... 15 22 1 11 . 11 , 4 11 rtlaY, 6 ... 255 ... 14 25 —uaY, . 7...3 5 ... 13 26 Sunday n 8 ... 3 14 12 28 / 9 ... 3 23 ... 11 31 Sets at 914 p.m On Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, the comet will be 7 .il.°P. distant from a Arietis, towards the south point of the horizon, at abont the same altitude as the star. On Saturday, at the same hour, it will appear in the verti tical of the Pleiades, 13 dogs. below them ; and on the 12th its position will bP 10 dep. below the brizht star Aldebaran, in the Hyades, in nearly the same vertical. The comet was at its least distance from the sun on the 24th of March ; it is now slowly receding from the earth, but this circumstance is less likely to affect its brilliancy during the ensuing week than the increasing laloonlight. It will cross the plane of the earth's path at noon on Tuesday next, a little outside the orbit of Mercury, at an inclination of pearly .80 degs. to that plane. I may add that the nucleus this evening was rather more than 5,000 miles in diameter, and the extent of the tail 6,000,000 miles. At my best views I was certain of the existence of a luminous jet, thrown out from the star-like point some 30,000 miles along the preceding border of the tail—an appearance which has been remarked in several previous comets. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. R. HIND. J Mr. Bishop's Observatory Regent's-park, Saturday Ni ' ght. THE RIVALifiEv'BLANCS. solicitor 14, Mr. Henry Davies, so Buckingham-street, Strand, applied to Mr. Hardwick, at the Marlborough- Street Police-court, on behalf of Mr. J. R. Smith, pro prietor, of the panorama of Mont Blanc and the Tour of Europe, Leicester-square, for a summons against Mr. Albert Smith, for sending a threatening l etter to his client, calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. The following is a copy of the letter alluded to : g, E g yptian Hall, Piccadilly. "SIM,—I understand that you are in the habit of making impertinent remarks about me in your lectures. If this is not dropped I shall be under the necessity of giving you you oua sound thrashing the next time I see you ; so, if after receive this, any more remarks are made a bout me, I i=hall take th e law into my own hands, and teach y ou that in England a gentleman is not insulted with i m p unit y . I have always refrained from making the slightest allusions to y ou in m y addresses to the London gentry, and shall expect you to do the same in regard to myself After this notice you will take the consequence. I am, sir, yours, &e "ALBERT SMITH." lir. Davies said Mr. Smith, his client, on the receipt of the above letter, fel, di-posed to settle the "difficulty after the fashion of his country, with revolvers and 1 1 ° leg : but, acting and ri its (Ar. Davies'a) advice, he thought better to apely to his worship for the protec to o of the law. Mr. Hardwick immediately grantec the summons. 'EWERS FOR ARCTIC SHlTS.—Letters for officer, seamen, and marines, serving in the undermentioned !hips will be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Plicenix, if sent to the Admiralty no or before 12th of April : "--Rer Majesty's ships Enterprise, Investigator, Assist' Wee, Resolute, Pioneer, Intrepid, and North Star. Iwo°, of _the e is - to he pro- 1, With confi per line . adopt signed ,ck Sea vacuat are 21 fort of ; it was posses- aged in I trans- rt, aad e forts. ascer re thus vs, and for fur hat the ,e their ;arrison weaker pate an Che sea ye mea part of turn to dog the ;Lug an nlagen, English one of 27 : he Baltic .30 a.m. Le squad -6 in the Admi t, Capt., n d Bull in sight, il. The showed force of alitieg to role fleet is Light- L.m., and 4 miles, %thorns. role day. I housed 'ot up in t had to 'ous, 10 Nyborg, evening:. Captain n recoil -She 1114 ✓ copper Admiral Lt 10.3:0 t 1 p.m. t along . - ving oil ✓ at the Napier, Minimter )oard he lent canoe night. gh t, and admiral Pa]orous, eir order. ;, had a E'e w day bassado r vill pr< , - Ley is to against a the in- ing from liminary , nspiracy by the ded into Turkish las, and 35 horses e follow' Etruat .m. The iadron is d. The ;Sunday) ops to be , frigates, nlibled at d divided Marseille, e Colig* wses. e, the In• ,130 men, tross, the ontingent Men and sighted at rovisionst of ques • ttorner he Puttter. . his 0 : tranga hat, 5° wutiouf he sill . Lie, P h i 0 eiro ED NE' rf COIL. EA.() 1 - 121.1. N tir' E. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were in a very excited state as regards the demand for wheat. Prices advanced from 6s. to, in some instances, 10s. per quarter. Barley was in improved request, and is to 2s. dearer. All other articles moved off readily, and the cur rencies ha,l :;,n upward tendency. The ne-vr centi - ental markets have become rather firmer for wheat aud ~u r on rather higher terms. Our last ad vices from New York state that prices of most articles were drooping. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad, the imports were, 26,413 quarters of wheat, 5,145 barley, 8,834 oats, 1,280 rye, 1,851 beans, 82 peas, 157 tares, 2,130 linseed, 376 rapeseed, 32 mustard seed, 159 sundry Goods, 2,610 sacks and 21,266 barrels of flour. A very moilerate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, whilst the show of samples of both red and white was limited. Owing to the dration of war against Russia, the small stores held by the leading millers, and the large number of buyers in attendance, the demand for all kinds of wheat of jwme produce ruled brisk. A. clearance was made without Va cuity, at a rise in the prices of Monday last of from es to per quarter. The general quality of the supply was goo - d. For forward delivery, very little was doing, arisingfrom the extravagantly high rates demanded by the growers. Notwitiotanding that the show of all kinds of forei4n wheat wa large, that article commanded rather a brisk inquiry, at from is to 8s per quarter above the rates of M G nday last. lu some instances, even higher quotations than those just noted were paid for red Baltic qualities. Floaijng cargoes were held from 6s to 7s per quarter, above the nrices obtained on this day se'nnight. Barley the show of which was good soldbriskly at from is to 2s per qua: ter more none', There was a fail . sale for ma3t at extreme rates. The oat trade was very brisk, at 25 per quarter above the rates obtained on Monday last. The sale for beans was firm at a rise of is per quarter. In the value of peas no change took place. The flour trade was brisk. Prices advanced 3s. per sack and barrel. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier •• 758 to 76! lOats Yorkshire and Linoolash,Feed 30s 34s Potato ...... 3 a 365 Yonghal and Cork Black 30s 32s Cork, White •• • • 29s 35s Scotch, Feed,— 343 36s Beans—Tiok ......... 438 528 Pigeons .... 47. 61s Peas—areY • .•• •• • • 44s 48s Map1e..•..•••.•• 478 sis White. • •• 56s 62s Boilers • b6s 6es Flonr--Town-made... 68s 70s •• •• •• 60s 64s gtooktn s Norfolk 60s 66s Wheat—Essex & Rent, Red • • new 76 to 863 Ditto•••••••••••• old 78s 89s onto, White new 781 903 Ditto.• •• .... old 78s 92s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 76s 86s Ditto new •••••• 76 , S6s Rye—Old •• • . 51s 52s Sow •• •• 503 51s Barley —Grinding ... 363 88 3 Slatting .•• .• 39 / .;ls ilhevalier•••• ... 423 443 Kalt--filiffolk and Nor- folk ••• • • • 06s 71s Brown .•• ............ 603 62s iLingst r: id Ware 738 75s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last wea: wore moderate —viz., 1,424 head. Durin g the correspondaZ i g period of 1853, we received 2,761- in 1852, I,lBj ; 1851, 2,218 ;in 1850, 1 , 151 ; 1849, 1,061 ; and in Mild, 1,395 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Harlingen ..„., 297 10 New Diep 24 14 Hamb - argh 4l ... 259 Antwerp Rotterdam.— 151 Ostend..., Lisbon.... .. ••• 301 ... - --- ... - viJ ... 587 ... 218 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Calves. Pigs 12 ... 6 55 117 20 .. - Total Beasts. LRS3 928 1852 205 1851 4OO . 1850 272 . 1849 259 . Sheep. 1,416 664 1,547 ... 737 604 ... Lambs. Calves. Pigs• 397 20 316 ... 232 29 142 ... 196 ... The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was very modeiate, and in but middling condition. From our own grazing dlstricts, as well as from Scotland, the fresh arrivals of beasts were on an extensive scale, and we observed a decided improvement in their general Con dition • indeed, the supply was the be st shown here this year. 'Although the attendance of buyers was good, the beef trade ruled exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the prices of Monday last of 2d to 4d per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. A few very superior Scots realised 4s 4d, but the general top figure for beef was only 48 2d per 81bs. The receipts of boasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,600 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 600 horned and polled Scots. We were extensively supplied with sheep, in.full average condition. The mutton trade was heavy, at Friday's de pression of 2d per Blbs. The extreme value of, old Downs in the wool was ss, out of the wool 48 4d per Sibs. Lambs wer , in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at from 5s 2d to 6s 10d per 81bs. Prime small calves were scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Inferior calves ruled dull, and rather lower. There was very little doing in pigs, at last week's currency. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large eras. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 ISucklingealves ..22 U 28 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 50 2d to 6s 10d. Per Bibs to sink the ofilas. s. d. s. d.' Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 , Second cinality.....? 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 3 101 Prime Scots, die. 4 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 •iecoucl quality . .. 3 10 4 4 Prime crse.-wllel. 4 6 4 E Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. ••.. • • ........ 5,199 Sheep ..... _ . ..... ......25,759 Pigs .. •• .... ••••... • •• •• 330 FOREIGN SUPPLY. .Beasts.... ••• • • •••• .• • 53 Calves.... •• .• .. •• • • ...... 66 Pig 5........ • • .• • the supplies and prices of fat . Smithfield Cattle Market, on ol this day, Monday, April 3, ink' the offals. April 4, 1853.1Apri1 3, 1854 s. d. s. d.ls. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 210t0303 0 to 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen ... 3 6 2 8 3 8 310 Prime Scots, f:c ••• ••• 310 4 0,4 0 4 2 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 310 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 4 0 4 43 10 4 4 Primo coarse woolled ditto 4• 6 4 B'4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 04 10 5 0 Lambs ... .• • ... 5 0 6 0 5 2 610 Large coarse calves ..„ ••• 3 4 4 0 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto ... ••• 4 2 4 65 2 5 6 Large hogs •,. ••• ..• 2103 23- 0 4 2 Meat small porkers ••• 3 6 40 4 4 4 8 Beasts ... 4,677 5,199 ..• ••• 22,290 25 , 75 Sheep Calves... 203 97 Pigs • 190 321) SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aprirs, 1852.• —Beasts, 3,368 ; sheep, 22,630 ; calves, 178; pigs, 410. April 7, 1851.—Beasts, 4,110; sheep, 23,110; calves, 1.30 ; pigs, 460. & statement and comparison of stock exhibited and sold in Monday, April 4, 1853, an 1854. Per 81bs, to si NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report these markets have been rather extensively supplied with each kind of meat. On the whole a good business is doing. as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large ...• 3 4 4 2 Lamb s. d. s. d: Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do, prime 442 4 4 Veal 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 4 .8 5s Od to 6s BJ. . -BOROUGH HOP. Fine hops continue in good request, at extreme quota tions ; but all other kinds move off slowly. Last week's imports were 50 bales from Hamburgh, 17 ditto from Ostend, and 50 ditto Rotterdam. The quotations e Mid and East Kent pockets, 6/. 10s to 12/. Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 6 1 . Os to 71. Os ; Sussex ditto, 51. 12s to 61. 10s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets continue to be well supplied with most kinds of potatoes, the demand for which is inactive. Last week's imports were 190 tons from Rotterdam, 1 ditto from Cork, and 180 ditto from Belfast. The quotations are as follows :—York Regents. 120 s to 150 s ; Kent and Essex ditto, 129 s to 159 ; Scotch ditto, 115 s to 135 s ; ditto cups, 110 to 120 s; Irish whites, 1003 to 115 s; foreign, 1008 to 115 s per ton. WOOL. There is a moderate business doing in fine English wool, at full quotations. All other kinds are dull in sale, and late rates are barely supported. Last week's imports were 1,711 bales from Port Philip, 393 from Hamburgh, 79 from Antwerp, 10 from Calais, and 141 from the Cape. SEEDS. The demand for clover seed is steady at fully last week's prices. Linseed, both English and foreign, moves off steadily at higher rates. All other seeds support former terms. The inquiry for cakes is by no means active, yet holders are firm. C:umip.White, per bush. 22s to 24' Swede .......... 22s !24s Austard, Brown.• .• 12s 144 White, new •••• .. 13s 164 r are4,Wlnter, new.... 9s 04 9s 64 Old.• • • ........ is Od 8s Od Canary, per quarter • Oa 54s •tve xrass•• • 244 285 Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 583 643 White • • • • ...... 54s 844 Foreign Red...... 52s 644 White.... 623 904 Trefoil, new.. •......• 263 33a iCarraway............ 433 463 'Coriander •• .. 173 18s liempseed, per quarter 4ts 44s loseed, Eng.iowing.• 62s C6s Crushing •• 60s 64s Baltic .. •....... 593 63s Odessa ..........62• 3 E s s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• . 101 Os 11. 103 Foreign, per ton 9 , 53 111 100 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 153 7. 59 Rapeseed,New,prlst 31 ith 33• Cs TALLOW. Since Monday last a considerable advance has taken place in the value of tallow. To-day the demand is less active, and pikes are a shade easier than on Friday. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 68s 6tl per cwt. Town tallow is 67s per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 9d per Bibs. ld~,U 1854 I 1653 I 1..4 - 7:„ 37----.28! 7:2.8r2te1, Stock this day ...... 30, 5 -- 4 s 61 to Price of Y. C. .. 1 . 36 3 8 7 9d od 40 00 s s ed 0, ,o , I ' 4 3s s s 9d ,t 0 45 , 0 , 1 004 Od 4 3 4 1 ; 5 1, 7 d 9 V 4,28 Delivery last week 1,623 • ,296 1.198 i 2,0 1 0 1,727 Ditto from June I .... 83,180 34,083 94,724 8 8 , 6, , 3 8 .681 Arrival , : last week.. 73 1.`”19 276 9 1 207 Dittofrom June 1 .... 88,627 14 816 101,02 79,574 96,649 Price of Town .... 331 Od 41- 6 , 1 33s 0d 146 s 6.1 69s 9d ROTAL DUBLIN SOCIETY'S SPRING CATTLE SHOW. — The show bids fair to exceed any of the former ones in 'joint of numbers, and cannot fail to be the theatre of considerable interest, as the munificent founder of the Great Industrial Exhibition Building has placed that splendid edifice at the dispos a l o f th e Roy a l Dublin So wety's committee, ,therefore , rotnenad eb,e with enabled am plteoasned cure to the public a w s h p o le w nd it i l d promenade, comfortable accom modation for the various lots, stock, machines, W 10041004 poultry, a*--.Actrioce atzttte. (THIS DAY.) Paid.l RAILIPATs. Aberdeen.. Pkinbg Nottng. Bost and Easta. Junet.. I gelfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ••• Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Janet. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., X 20......... ..... Blyth & Tyne original 425 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian... . .... • Cheater & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dubliu(zEelfastJunc OuncteePertli&A.ber daeu Junction Do. New...... .. East Anglian Do., (.£lB E & I-1) , Morn Counties Eastern Union, A Stock .., Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh do Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prtb &Dundee Forth & Clyde Jam. Plano w & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ... ... Gt. Sth. StWest.(lre.) (Great Western Irish South-Ea-stern iLagoaster & Carlisle Do. ' Vie,rds ......... Do. Now TiArt4 , Lancash.audYorksh Do., Fifths D 3. , wst. "titling Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright &S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn, Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Do. Eighths London and S.Westn. Do., £5O ..... Do. .Z-10 iLndudrry& Coleraine ndudiTy. &Enuisk. Linclu Lin. Un. 8/2s 100 . 100 100 47), 177, Aidland )o. Miming. &Derby \lidld. G. West. (I re.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmarket Do., Bury Extension ti wpt. Aberg & rf, I. Newry & Newry Warrenpoiut and Rostrevor. Norfolk , Northu.Counties tin. North British North Devon, No. 1., Do., No. '2 A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed Nortli London 'Do. New £lO N.&S. Wstra.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western & S. Westru. June Nuneatoh, Hinckley, 20 20 10 10 17A all 10 1 and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & 20 St. St. St. St. 21 2E 100 100 Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Coutral Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Biimg Do, L. & Y. Western Guaraute ad Si ct.k Shrewsby. & Barad Shrewsby. & Ct.estei (N. W. Min ;., Do. Halves,l s Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 21 2s all le4 too Do itaines, Wok &W ok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale , st. 10 St. 25 Do. £lO shares. ~. Do. Pref., No. 1. Thames Haven Roe, - and Railway 20 20 50 20 17 all all 14 Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterfordnimerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace ' West London Wimbledn&Croydon York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland, 51s. 100 20 1.3 100 St. 11 St. 25 O lberdeen .. Do. No. 2, p. c. 10 Laythaud Tyne 10 per c. prof. (issd. at 50/; ris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. St. WI 20 St. U) 15 al Do. 4 p. c. Shares Ualedonian £lO ... 64 64 a] 5 al 7i 6; a] ll .)hester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 6j Jork&Baudonsip.c. T Dundee Perth dtit.Ler ,leen Junction 11 astAuglian (£3l o s; 6 per cent ,11 Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. e. e r y, 10 20 a] 5I a] 10 al 5 i al 11 Eastern Counties Ex • tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 11 : io. No. 2 . .11 ' n). New 6 p. c. St .11 i:astern Union, Scrii. Guar. 6 per cent 51., 10 per cent 11 Do. 101. Debentr.Sh i i last Lan eash.6 p. ets. 11 - , :ast and West York shire Juuc. Pref 11 EdinbPrth.&Dundee 56 per cent. 0 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 0 Great Northn. sp. c 10 - Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem .0 Do. 46 p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei t. Southn.&Westm. 5 10 11 10 I 6,1 (Ireland) Eighths)... 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 at. Westn. (Ilerks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. coy. red. 4A P.C. )0 Do. con. red. 4p. c. )0 DG. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O )0 Do. 6p. c. Stock 15 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 00 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 00 Do. Pref., sp. c. St., till ,Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 00 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 00 Lon.&N. WT., Coy. dr, Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds dl Londonderry& Coler Shares Lll Londy. &Ennis. Sb Lll Nan., Shef., & in , Shares, No.l. al Do. 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Arrived — Calcutta, and sailed for London; A nna , Callao, and sailed for Antwerp. PORTSMOUTH.—ApriI 1, wind W. ; 2d, S. Arrived— Anna, Callao, with loss of one anchor a nd p art of c hain cable, and has been supplied ; H.M.S. 'Tyne, Ascension ; H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, westward. Sailed—H.M.S. Des perate, Baltic ; H.M.S. James Watt, do. DARTMOUTH, April 2.—Wind, B. Arrived—Dart, Lec,. fi es tonjee Bo man j ee , horn ; Chanticleer, London, for Newfoundland. Off Port—Arrived—Gwalior, Calcutta; Bombay ; Flying Dutchman, La Guayra, for Alton a . FALMOUTH.—ApriI 1, wind S.W. to N; 2d, E. Arrived—Clio, Philadelphia; Minalto, Mauritius; Hib• bert, Cyprus ; Anna Elizabeth, Troves'.; Thetis, Leith, for Melbourne, compasses out of o rder. Off Port—Ar. rived—Constantia, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Hamburg ; Glide, Varna. SHIELDS, March I.—Wind W. Ar rived—Aden,Mmain • Arendal, Christiana. Sailed—xpress, Demerara ; British Queen, New York; Amelia, CsXthagella. SWANSEA, March 2.—Wind W. Arrived—Beethoven, Valparaiso ; Law Ogilby, Madeira. Sailed—Pere Rio, Rio Janeiro • Paqueto de Aviero, B o oms Claypool, Cape de Verds ; Ringdove, Gibraltar. Off Port.—Arrived— Arabistau, Callao, and sailed for Loudon ; Superb, do., and sailed for Liverpool. NEWPORT, March 31.—A vessel's boat, with white bot tom and black topsides, marked on the stern " Rebecca, of Newry, Hollowoval," was picked uP sear Rhumn..,y river, yesterday. QUEENSTOWN.—March 31, wind, S.W.; April 1, W.N.W Arrived—ln Mauritius ag iu , Norma Cape Town, for iiatuburg ; Rose, Callao, leaky, and with loss of rudder ; Oliver Cromwell, Callao ; Cathcart, do.; Sarah, Pernambuco ; Crusader, Paraiba; Norval, d o .. , Georgi ans Savannah ; Marys, Mauritius, for Bristol ; Anna, do., andsailed for Bristol ; Carleton, Calla° ; Larne, do. PANAMA, March 7.—The English barque Sultan, from California, took fire last night in the galley, which was destroyed, and the fore and mainmasts considerably injured ; damage estimated at $250. ROTTERDAM, March 31.--The Petrel (a a) from Hull to this port, is still on shore on the Hindert, off Helvoet, and has been abandoned by the m aster and three men who had remained by her. The sea breaks over her, and she has four feet of water in her hold. The master and crew of the same returned to the wreck on the Ist April, to try to save materials and cargo. ............. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, llonday Morning. Wind, W. •, tide, three-quarters ebb . ; weather very fine. Arrived, 3d.—Euclid from Savannah • City of Norwich (s.), from Hanaburgli ; Fyenoord (B.), from Rotterdam; Ravensbourne (s.), from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday, 9 a.m. Wind, N.N.E,; very fine. Passed in tow.—Burmah, from Calcutta, for London. PasQed—Mary Ann, from St. , Michael' s f or L on d o n ; Fleece, Marseilles for Lond on ; Salem, Charente for Lon don ; Plicenix, Newcastle for Genoa ; Raleigh, China for Kinibur,g ; Helen, London for Hobart Town ; Colgrain, No, 12 transport, London for Malta; Ruflno, ..011,0311 for Malaga ; Pancho, London for Santander ; James Norma, London for Quebec. Sailed—The whole of the outward-bound. Remain—Her Majesty's ships St. George and Prince Regent. Proceeded—Her Majestv's screw steamer James Watt, from Portsmouth, for the Baltic. , iustrioss this day. 281 91 3i 4.i 4 i X !lOW X DOW WAGES. On Saturday evening this establishment commenced its campaign for the season, before a very crowded and fashionable audience. Being now without a rival in the metroplis, and having at its head a gentleman whose enterprise and liberality of management is well known, it will be hard indeed, if with the growing taste of the public for high class operatic entertainments, the season of 1854 does not turn out to be not only one of the most brilliant, but one of the most successful on record. Mr. Gye is to be felicitated in having been enabled to open with one of the masterpieces, if not the masterpiece, of Italian lyric art—William Tell--instead of one of those minor operas, pretty and pleasing in themselves but of no musical importance, with which it had been too long the practice to open operatic seasons, leaving th e majoresDei for after Easter. The very splendid manner in which this opera is scenically illustrated at the Royal Italian Opera is well known. So Also are the personations of the cha racters of Arnoldo, Tell, and Gessler, by Signor Tam berlik, Ronconi, and Tagliafico ; but there was Same novelties in the performance which demand special notice. The first of these was the debut of Madlle. Maria, in the character of Matilda, formerly sustained with great excellence by Madame Castellan, now no longer a member of the Covent Garden company. The second was the substitution of Madlle. Nantie'e Didiee for Madlle. Berina, in the small but important part o Jemmy, which wasa decided improvement. The entrance of Madlle. Maria excited a murnier of satisfaction. In form of middle height, slender and grace ful, her features are frank and intelligent— while her fair complexion and almost flaxen ringlets indicates her foreign origin. The voice of the debutante is a clear, pure soprano, capable of much ex pression, of excellent manner, and showine; careful train ing ; while its facile powers in fiariture, and its occa sional indications of a vigorous breadth and power, all gave token of an acquisition to the establishment. Mdlle. Marai manifested not the slightest stage timidity or awkwardness of motion. She had little in the cha racter to display her dramatic powers, but the little she had to do she did with an intelligence and grace which gave favourable symptoms of her future prowess. Despite some shortcomings she was very successful, as she in certain respects well deserved to be. Madlle. Didiee made quite a feature on the part of Jernruy. Well-sung, well-acted, and well-looked, her delineation was in every respect most satisfactory, and served materially to heighten the effect of AvAny of Tell', best scenes, in which, on former occasions, th e ad. mirable Ronconi was forced to bear an undue share of the labour, and feel the want of being " acted up to." The greatest piece) of acting in the opera was, as usual, Ronooni's, where, in the third act, Tell embraces, his son, previously to executing the tyrant's senteace. The delivery of the passages commencing "lea, Calma del tuo cor," and "Resta immobile, e 'NI la terra inchina," bore the true stamp of galley,. The rendering of the whole "conspiracy scene,' which concludes the sec , ,, n d act, was alike creditable to principals and '.norus. The third act introduces to the habitues a r. e w pre m i er dan•seuse, Mdlle. Battalini. She is a 'eery rapid per former, but last night she did nothing new or extraordi nary. The corps de ballet pleases us exceedingly; their execution of the several cla,nces, not forgetting the Pets de Soldat, was beatutifull us the extreme, and richly de served the applause with which their efforts were ra- Wllrded. The min ell scene was gorgeous and superb, and reflected the highest credit on Mr. A. Harris, who, in this peculiar and important department stands without either rival or equal, After the opera, the " National Anthem" was sung, the solo verses being assigned to Madlle. Marai and Madlle. Didi6e. The worde “Reatter her enemies," and " Frustrate their knavish tricks" called forth thunders of applause. LOSS OF FOUR AMERICAN EMIGRANT SiIIPS. HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS, By the arrival of the American ship Pride of the Ocean in the river on Saturday, from New York, in telligence has been received of the loss of the emigrant ship Sea Nymph, bound to New York from Liverpool, with passengers, &c. ; and but for the timely aid of the former vessel all on board would have perished. With craw and emigrants (the latter all Irish) the number amounted to upwards of 50. She left Liverpool on the 2lst of February, and had scarcely been out more than a week before she experienced most terrible weather ; the gale increased to a hurricane, and her topmast, yards, and sails wore carried away over the ship's side. Sne then became utterly unmanageable ; the fearful straining she had undergone caused her to leak, and as she lay in the trough of the tempestuous sea, which kept breaking over and sweeping her deck, her founder ing was momentarily expected. She continued in this critical position for 24 hours, the crew doing their best in keeping the leak down by pumping and clear ing away the wreck. At length the Pride of the Ocean, bound fcr London, appeared in sight, and on observ ing the signal of distress instantly bore down to the Sea Nymph. Two of the boats were lowered, and after much difficulty the emigrants —men, women, and chil dren—were dragged into them as the boat rose with the seas alongside. After several trips all were got on board the Pride of the Ocean, which had brought them to London. The Sea Nymph was fast settling down when last seen. Another loss is reported by the Isaac Webb, which reached Liverpool on Friday, from New York, with 50 passengers of the ship Russell Sturgeon, bound for Boston, from the Mersey, She was met with on the 16th of March in a sinking state, having encountered the same heavy gale as the Sea Nymph. The Isaac Webb succeeded in taking off the emigrants, and the Rainbow the captain and crew. Another loss has been announced in tin) wreck of the Julie, from Newcastle to New I'. ork, which lost her topmasts and yards in a gale on the 12th of March. Two of her hands perished. The remainder were taken off by the ship Roger. The barque Orline, St. John, for Barbadoes, was dis masted in a gale on Feb. 21 and filled. The second mate and a seaman were drowned in the cabin. The captain's wife and a sailor died from exposure on toe wreck. The survivors were without food, and to sus tain life devoured the flesh of the dead sailor. They were taken off by the Saxonvilli3 in a very deplorable state, and landed at Boston. Two other Liverpool and New York ships are missing. NORTE DURHAM ELECTION.—The election to fill the vacancy in the representation of the northern division of this country, caused by the elevation of Viscount Seaham to the peerage, took place on Saturday at Dur ham. The only candidate was Lord Adolphus Vane (who was unseated for this city last year for bribery by his agents), son of the late Marquis of Londonderry, and brother to Lord Seaham, now Earl Vane. The whole of the proceedings, however, were very dull, and excited scarcely any interest. Lord Adolphus Vane, having been preposed by the Hon. Thomas Liddell, and seconded by Mr. Tanner, was declared duly elected. REPRESENTATION OF LICHFIELD.—The announcement that the Hon. F. Calthorpe would be a candidate for the representation of Lichfield, in the room of Lord Anson, now Earl of Lichfield, was, if not merely specu lative, at least premature. Lord Waterpark, the uncle of the late member, is the family nominee, and there is reason to believe that he will be returned without oppo sition. His lordship is a strong adherent of the present Government, ,land this, in addition to the Lichfield influence, although it is said the electors dislike strangers and nominees, renders his success all but inevitable. Should any change take place Major Richard Dyott, who formerly contested and nearly won the southern division of Staffordshire, will be brought forward by the " independent party" as a candidate for the city. REPRESENTATION OF WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE. GLOUCESTER, April I. An address to the electors of West Gloucestershire was issued to day by Mr. Nigel Kingscote, one of the members, who has been ordered on foreign service on the staff of Lord Raglan. The honourable gentleman after stating the fact, writes, " I am not insensible of the many evils inseparable from a state of war, but it is satisfactory to know that in the present instance war has been resorted to only when peace was found to be no longer consistent with national honour. I hope and believe the struggle will be brief, and I anticipate with pleasure the moment when I may be enabled to return to the discharge of my duty as your representative, and to the protection of those liber ties and the promotion of those important ;interests which you have committed to my charge." Mr. Kings cote has paired with the Hon. J. P. Maxwell. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMORELAND.—The election for a member to represent Westmoreland, in the room of the late Mr. Alderman Tnompson, took place at Appleby, on Friday. The Earl of Bective, the son-in law of the late member, was the only candidate. Ho was proposed by Ai r. George E. 'Wilson, and seconded by Mr. James Gandy. No other person being nomi nated, the high sheriff declared the Earl of Bective duly elected. His lordship afterwards addressed the meeting, and the usual return having been formally signed by a few electors, the company dispersed. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.— On Saturday a deputation from the association of the city of West minster waited upon General Sir de Lacy Evans for the purpose of presenting an address to the gallant general upon his acceptance of a command in the expeditionary army, conveying to him their approval of his conduct. Sir De Lacy Evans, in reply, expressed his thanks to the deputation, and assured them that if he should be detained longer abroad than he expected, and if it should be desired by his constituents, he would resign his seat. He also expressed his conviction that England and France ought to send out at least 100,000 troops, in order to bring the war to a speedy end.—Observer. FAILURE OF MESSRS. LEROY DE CHABROL AND COMPANY.—Owing to delay in the French mail yes. terday, the Loudon agents of Messrs. Leroy de Chabrol and Co. did not receive any notice of their suspension, and, holding a balance in their favour, continued to honour their draughts. Subsequent advices, lintiv ever, confirm the event ; and although, in referring to it, the various letters from Paris express less anxiety than was expected, there is no doubt it will cause much embarrassment. The capital of the establish ment is estimated at about 480,0001., but a large por tion of it seems to have been looked up in shares and other speculative investments, and the rumour of their.being in difficulties caused a run upon them by their depositors, which they were at length unable to meet, as much as 60,0001. having been taken in one day. The particulars of their exact position are not yet known ; but, whatever may be the fate of the share boltlers, it is not supposed the general creditors will ulti mately be heavy losers. ILLNESS OF THE RIGHT HON. W. BERESFORD, M.P . . —The Essex papers announce the se rious illness of Major Beresford, M .P. for the northern division of that heonat.aiy duties, gentle gentleman has been unable to c attend .unty t o Thihse right tin (F 1 ens the 'Weekly Dispatch.) The sentence pronounced on our first parents has been called the first curse. It is the greatest of blessings. Idle ness is the mother of the vices. Could men eat bread without any expenditure of Lrain-sweat, no work would ever be done ; while distempered fancies and diseased appetites would take the place of natural wants, healthy desires, and instinctive, longings, to gratify which the best energies and highest faculties are called into activity. It was our frequent reflection, during the agitation of the free-trade question, that the doubt of the result of the repeal of the corn laws was not whether prosperity would reward that great act of social justice, but whether the intelligence and moral at tainment of the people would be found capable of sustaining with moderation and wisdom the tide of good fortune that was sure to follow. The issue has verified our forebodings. Employers in all trades have raised their wages ; and all complain that they daily get less work done for money paid. Wages and profits are of use solely as they stimulate reproduction in the employed, and invention, enterprise, and skill in the employer. Wages which bribe a man to produce less are a positive evil—a social nuisance ;if they, in addition, form a fund solely to consume more, without replacing the consumption, the end must be national• bankruptcy and social chaos. We say this essentially in the interest of the working classes. It is they who are the first to suffer from the pinch of national adversity— the last to be relieved from the calamities incident to commercial pressure. If they receive so much remune ration as to be thereby tempted to work less—to in crease their profusion and consumption—to squander and dissipate, without replacing the waste—nothing but ruin and misery can be the issue. Suppose they had the realisation of their secret dream and desirel-the profits of capital as well as the wages of labour—what would they do with the proceeds ! Can they lay their hands on their hearts and honestly say that they would be frugal, saving, and provident? Why are they not so now, when they have greater need ? Is it because the smallness of the existing su r pl us o ff ers no encourage ment to the attempt ? lie only who is faithful in a few things can be lord over many —the fewer the talents the less reason for hiding them in a napkin, or burying them in the earth. It matters nothing to society at large whether the profits of production are enjoyed by the capitalist or by the operative. What realky does concern the public is, that profits, by whomenever *re alised, should be economised, not Squander ed without replacement—should be accumulated as a future labour fund, toibrace the sinews of fresh enterprise, and to afford the means of opening up new sources of produc. than, What would really become of these profits, or of an amount of wages greater than the intrinsic value of the work done for it, need not be difficult of con jecture, because we tee before our eyes the applica tion made of turplus wages by their recipients. So long as the operatives can afford to keep a Saint Monday, all the talk about the "down-trodden sons of labour" and "the grasping capitalist" is mere fudge and cant. But is that the only saint's-day of labour 1 A clerk in our employment was, about 18 months ago, appointed accountant and cashier of a large colliery and iron mine in Staffordshire. For a great many years it had entailed a .very heavy loss on the proprietor. Wages averaged 3s. 6d. per day. Notwithstanding the great deficit suffered by their employer, the miners and col liers, by striking or threatening to strike, screwed up the wages by 31 at a time until they have managed to extract an average rate of ss. per day—thus leaving the proprietor to suffer all the loss, and bearing off his recent profits by raising their wages to the extent of his gains. What is the effect ? Not one man ever appears on Monday ; a very few on Tuesday ; not a great many on Wednesday. Many are entirely idle three days out of every six ; they spend all their surplus earnings on their lowest appetites ; they raise thereby, to their own class, the price of coals, iron, and corn ; and they waste on their craving maw what the capitalist would have saved for reproduction. It is high time these men should be assured that the country cannot afford to keep them in this state. If the middle classes or the employers were to allow themselves similar leisure, or such indulgences, they would be ruined in a month. It is very clear that wages which can afford the means of idleness and dis sipation for a third or a half of the ordinary hours and days of labour are not only adequate, but greatly above an equitable reward for the value of the ser vice. The fact is, the more men in such an inferior state of moral and mental attainment get for their labour the less they will produce, the greater will be the fund for bribing them to dissipation and debauchery, and the more rapidly will the capital or labour fund of the coun try be reduced without any4rrocess of reproduction. But we have no need to wander from Preston in search of materials for discussing the question, every day becom ing more important, at issue between employers and em ployed. Mr. Cowell himself unconsciously groped and stumbled his way into truth, when he told the Spital fields' weavers that, if they succeeded, their satins and silk velvets would find their best customers in the factory operatives. Mr. Lowe, the Lancashire correspondent of the Leader, the great advocate of the Lock-outs, tells us I that— Frotn one cause or another it may bo safely estimated that, even in the best of times, one half of the operative population aro in debt, and how far they are excusable in being so may be imagined from the following case, which is by no means exceptional. A single family in Preston, consisting of a father, two daughters, and four lads, takes home weekly at the mill at which they work 85s. 6d. The sum is made up thus— s. d. Father, a spinner Two daughters, in the card room, lls. 3d. each Eldest daughter, a piecer ll 0 Three lads, in the card room, ss. 6d. each 16 6 85 0 Yet this family is iu debt to the extent of more than 501. Let us not be accused of partiality cr exaggeration. Mr. Lowe no doubt states that the case "is by no means ex ceptional," and then in his next letter says that it is ex ceptional. An income of 221/. a year for a family of thrum sters certainly affords no very promising material for the poetry of those who call weavers " white slaves," and ma nufacturers "blood suckers." The writer declares he takes the statement of earnings of this family from the mouth of the manufacturer who now employs them. But Mr. J. B. Horsfall, of Royton, takes him to task for exaggeration, and gives his own version thus— The case, when fairly stated, should stand as follows : s. d. Father a spinner Eldest lad, a piecer ll 0 Two daughters, in the card-room, Os. each lB 0 Three lads, at 3s. Gd., 4s. Gd., and ss. 6d l3 6 62 6 To the above may be added the mother and three children who have no earnings; making in all ten persons who have to subsist on 625. a week, a trifle over 6s. each, which goes in the following way : 8. d. Rent of house, which belongs to master (worth 35.) 4 0 Coals, candles, soap, soda, &c 3 3 Clothes, shoes, hats, caps, stockings, bedding, and everything in the wearing line for 10 persons l2 6 Taxes, medical fees, schooling, books, &c. Assistant washerwomen to the family (one day) 2 0 Sundries, which every housewife knows 1 6 Loss of work, through sickness, holidays, break downs, &c. 30 9 Thus you see, nearly one•half of the entire income is ex pended before a bite of food can be bought. Now, what we desire to ask, not, indeed, of Cowell and his corps, nor of those cotton spinners who appear to think that nothing is good enough for them, but of the neutral public, is, does this case, as stated by the operative champion himself, afford any pretext or apology for a strike,, or a demand for an advance of 10 per cent ? Is there any such great witchcraft in spinning and weaving, or rather, in looking on while the machinery of the capitalist spins and weaves, as that a family of operatives should be regarded as ground down and oppressed by an annual income of 162/. 10s. I Pray, how many well-taught clerks or shopmen get so much ? What are the average incomes of our dissenting parsons, or working clergy ? Take a solicitor or bar rister, from the time of his admission, through his whole career, do the class on an average, from first to last, make more ? Is there anything so unendurable in 3/. 2s. 6d. per week, as that a set of psalm-singing pietists should raise hymns to the apotheosis of 10 per cent., and glorify God by the assurance that his angels look down in smiling satisfaction upon a call for 3s. 10., from hard-hearted millocrats, to sainted carders and martyred piecers ? These men have just six times the income of the average wages of our agricultural popula lation—three times the average of our shopmen and clerks twice that of our curates and Dissenting preachers—more than twice that of our schoolmasters. Nay, nobody pays school fees or pew rents more gru i rig• o • ingly than these 10 per cent. Gracchi—and so mucl t they grumble at the living of the poor shopmen, aa‘ they are the great projectors of co-operative s •t°les, to of the save in the prices of their purchases thesalaries htoould what poor "counter-jumpers." A fallacy h workmen and the public is that operatives n deceivessg both paid according to age and se x, not act is, the pay w a o t f q rn nne v ey ui s t l e igh a,3 t they produce. What they really wiT skilled able-bodied men for work that an well done by women an d children, ,with W a ll d tuition, by common labourer s. e oes Mr. R. thus appeal to the Leader : e I am the father of a family . , sf q ii in number with those in the case stated by Mr.- - 11 ,r a • I carry on a business in one of the main streets of a city, and am engaged almost incessantly behind mycouter, from 7 o'clock in the morn ing till 9 at night, with the help of my wife and eldest daughter. My yearly profits do not subject me to the in come tax ; and the rent being left out of the account, I may put my weekly gains for all household expenditure, education of my children, &c. &c., at 3Ss. • while Mr. 'Jordan, with a d e d uc ti on of his rent, will etand at 58s. 6a. Now, considering the difference which necessarily a rises from our different positions as to appearance, what can his privations be to mine ? My eldest lion is bound apprentice with a premium, and only one of my children earns any thing. My case is only a sample of millions in this country among the trading classes, who have their lives worried with the labours, the uncertainties, the vexa tions and cheatings incident to business ; and yet these grumbling factory operatives, who have no trouble in mak ing out bills, or giving receipt stamps, but only once a week to hold up their hands for their wages, think them selves the harshly-treated and ill-used victims of capi talists ! Messrs. Scott, Richmond, and Co., in their trade cir cular, state that 1,000 new hands have been imported into Preston, who acquire the art with great quickness —that many of the old hands have fallen away from the strike, and that most of the mills are running. In these circumstances, with victory in their hands, why have the masters had the folly t) convert disccmfited plotters into martyrs, by committing the leaders of the strike for conspiracy ? The step is false, unwise, unjust--what ever the law may he. For the law itself, we think it very doubtful—as the judges of the land themselves do. Confident in the certain failure of the absurd principle _ - advocated by Cowell, we desire to see both parties fish the case out without the aid of the law, or the petti fogging of attorneyship--assured that the principles of political economy will vindicate themselves. If they can not, we would give them up. SPORTING NOTES. THE METROPOLITAN STAKES. The race for the Northamptonshire stakes exercised little material or perceptible influence over the betting on the Metropolitan. Still speculation was marked by several significant incidents. Royalist received increased support, and the running of Rataplan and Defiance oc casioned a still stronger desire to " get on" Jonathan Martin. The demonstration which was made in favour of Royalist has been sustained with spirit and effect, and no movement, however well directed ; is likely to drive him from the position to which he has been advanced. Report states that Royalist has been most highly and satisfactorily tried, and the betting seemingly attests the truth of this rumour. This circumstance, and the light ness of the weight at which he is handicapped, induce me to estimate his chance more favourably than his publio performances warrant. Indeed, were his pretensions to success founded solely on his running last seaso n , th e y would be of the s l en d eres t an d mos t insignificant cha racter. Still, notwithstanding the boasted improve ment in his form, I regard doubtingly Royalist's ability to achieve success. Jonathan Martin has received almost equal support with Royalist, and their recommendations to notice are somewhat evenly balanced. Both horses belong to " stables" that seldom make a mistake in their calcula tions, and both have been backed with a spirit and fre quency that indicate extraordinary confidence on the part of their respective supporters. But of the lightly weighted division, notwithstanding the growing popu larity of Royalist and Jonathan Martin, I deem St. Clair the most fairly entitled to notice. The manner in which 'ue won the Spring Cup, at Liverpool, is sufficient to warrant high expectations of his chance. From the top weights I shall select Muscovite and Hace to represent my interest. Of late many heavy invest ments have been made on Muscovite, who, it is said, is about to fulfil the expectations which have for some time been formed of him. Soon after the publication of the weights, I expressed an opinion that he was handicap ped on advantageous terms, and stated that if intended he would prove a formidable competitor. Circumstances have confirmed that opinion, and, with Flatman's assist ance, I shall expect to see Muscovite figure prominently in the race. Haco has been carefully prepared for this engagement, and since last autumn a marked improve ment has been effected in his form. His owner has backed him for 4001., and calculates with con fidence upon the ultimate profit of his investment. Annie Sutherland was advanced prominently into notice during the recent meeting at Northampton, and her alleged pretensions to support are not incom patible with her public performances. She has frequently displayed racing merit of more than a second class order, and the comparatively favourable weight at which she is handicapped will doubtless enable her to show to advan tage in the encounter. The chances of the other ani mals likely to compose the field I shall not now bring under notice. I have merely confined my remarks 'to those horses whose titles to consideration I deem the soundest. Muscovite, Haco, Annie Sutherland, and St. Clair are, in my opinion, those whose chances to success ° appear to be Most formidable. To-night I start for Croxton Park, whencemyfin t a h l e se ,g l,ee eitl etii "gentlemen shall e ri b d e er c s o u ra i municated. There, among may hear of something to my advantage. The City and Suburban Handicap is likely to occasion an encounter of perhaps more enduring interest than that for the Metropolitan. The field indeed is likely to be numerically stronger, although speculation on it may be less actively pursued. On examining the list of ac ceptances, the eye is attracted by the following names : Orestes, Adine, Catspaw, The Friar, Itch, Merry Monk, and Lysisca ; and these horses appear to be the most favourably weighted. From the lot I shall select Orestes, Itch, and Lysisca to occupy the foremost places in the race. At present I shall not extend my remarks to either the Railway Plate or the Two Year Old Stakes ; indeed, so little is yet known about the probable starters for either event, that it would be ridiculous to attempt to select the winners. The Croxton Park Races will commence to-morrow, but the approaching "doings" of the .thib have yet ex• cited no attention among betting men. Bourton seems likely to follow up his recent successes by winning the Granby Handicap, although his defeat by Titterstone would occasion me no surprise. April 3. A FRESH MAN. SERIOUS FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, information was received at the fire-stations, that an alarming fire had broken out in a range of premises, let out in tene ments, situated at 15, Tottenham-place, Tottenham court-road. To that spot the engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England started, upon reaching which, the firemen found that the whole of the upper portion of the building was in flames, and the fire was rising so high through the roof as to illuminate the surrounding districts to such an extent as to draw some thousand persons to the scene. Fortunately, an abun dant supply of water was at once procured, and, no time having been lost in setting the engines to work, and the help afforded by hired assistants, the water thrown upon the flames soon began to tell with amazing effect, and in less than an hour the conflagration was entirely ex- tinguished, but not until the upper part of the preMises was entirely destroyed, and the lower part seriously damaged. The origin of the fire is enveloped in obscurity and unfortunately the sufferers were not insured for a single penny. A fire also happened in the premises of Mr. John Jones, architect, No. 24, Margaret-terrace, Oakley street, Chelsea. It commenced on the ground floor, and rapidly extended towards the upper floors. At the time of the outbreak the inmates were in their beds asleep, and it was a work of no little difficulty that the parties were enabled to effect a safe retreat. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and that of the West of England Office, attended as early as possible, and a plentiful supply of water having been procured, the fire men and parish engineers managed to confined the de structive element to the premises in which it originated, but not, however, until a serious amount of damage was done to the premises and their contents. The origin of the fire is unknown. Fortunately the sufferer was in sured in the Manchester Fire Office. Another fire broke out in the premises of Mr. saber (private), 37, Whiteeross-place, Nelson-street, Finsbury, but, owing to the timely arrival of assistance, the damage done was not very extensive, which was fortunate, as the sufferer was not insured. Between ten and eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon a fire happened in the premises of Mr. John Hamblin, carpenter and builder, 14, Dartlett's-buildings, Fetter lane. It commenced from some unknown cause in one of the workshops on the first floor, and, owing to the inflammable nature of the contents, a fearful conflagra tion was at one time expected. The engines of the London Brigade and the West of England Office were soon in attendance, and, owing to the exertions of the firemen and neighbours, the flames were extinguished, but not until that part of the premises in which the d►s aster commenced was all but burned out, and the re mainder of the buildirk greatly damaged. ft is un known at present whether or not the sufferer was insured. - Last evening (Sunday), just as the parishioners were proceeding to church, the neighbourhood of Pitfield street, Hoxton, presented an unusual scene of bustle and confusion, in consequence of the cry of fire being suddenly raised. It was soon ascertained that a fire, of rather formidable character, had braked out in the premises a fancy bread and biscuit carryingr:n Henderson, n;tlarg large business at the belonging baker, to 3 corner of Queen -street and Pitfieid-street, ne a rly a djoining Mr. Mr. Alderman Lawrence's extensive timber-yard and stores. The outbreak coMmenced in a flour store, over the bakehouse l itijoinin i g, but at the rear -of the front preml. • 'ses Owing to the valuable contents of the sur rounding bmidinco, messengers were at once depatched in sundry directions for the engines, to prevent, if pos sible, the conflagration from extending to the contiguous premises. In the course of a few minutes the parish en gines attended, followed immediately afterwards by 31r• Baylis, the head engineer, with the Whitecross-street engine and firemen. Several other brigade engines, and also that of the West of England Company, arrived in rapid succession, and owing to the exertions of the fire men, under the superintendence cf Messrs. Fogo, Con norton, and Baylis, the' fire was, in the course of an hour or so, subdued, but not until the flour store in which it began was burnt out, the roof destroyed, and an adjoining store damaged by fire and water. Fortu nately the sufferer was insured in the Imperial and Legal and Commercial and Manchester - United Fire offices. The damage done, however, it is stated, will not prevent the business from being carried on as here tofore. The misfortune is attributed to some children playing with some lucifer matches, and who had a narrow escape from being burnt to death. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at tb• meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 31st ult. :--- Messrs. john Dixon, Hemsworth, Yorkshire ; James Robert Moriarty Pomery, St. Erne, Truro , Cornwall ; Richard Buswell, Northampton ; George Stratten Sym mons, Sloane-street, Chelsea ; George Mainwaring Fast, msey, - army ; Thomas Dickinson, Sloane - street , Chelsea; Ro bert Henri Moon, Ilfracombe ; Wad del B Htuizzettt, E.I.C. Service •, George Berwick Mead, oa th, ingdonshire ; Christopher Thilteei, Plymouth, Devon Robert Boxall, Guildford. CAPTURE or A Russia= VEssEr.. —yesterday (Thurs in = ki n , for Waterford harbour, day) a Russian vessel, was fired at from Duncannon fore and captured. The wh i c h as corn laden, from the master and crew were totally; gnrant of the declaration of war. The vessel, Black Sea, three months out, is at present in Water ford harbour, and the m aster and crew have been com mitted to gaol as prisoners of war.—Dublin Mercantile "The first Prize," AtbderecltriaBtecriTor7/13/&le.:. has tbe thheeadfotwing paragraph : " The Russian ship Norden, which arrived in this port on the 27th from Odessa, With 2,550 quarters Indian corn, and 800 quarters wheat, was sold on Wednesday to Messrs. White, Brothers, for 2,0001., the captain being under the belief, probably, that a seizure would take place when war is declared. 'The . Norden is' 486 tons register, said to be only five years built; . aid in goo d s ailing order." • I I 11 all 115 - 1 all MIN 5 4i 3 28 i