The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

artirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTER'SALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) The business transacted was on too limited a scale to require quotation. 10 to 1 was taken in the City about Peggy, and 5 to 4 was betted on her agst Aldford. LATEST CITY BETTING. CHESTER CIIP. 10 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 12 to 1 agst Aldford (taken). 16 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). 20 to 1 agst Acrobat. 20 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 20 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 20 to 1 agst Domino (taken). 25 to 1 agst Catspaw (taken). 25 to 1 agst Sandhurst (taken). 25 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (t to some money). 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken freely). 25 to 1 agst Tom (taken). 33 to 1 ag,st Star of Surrey (taken freely). 40 to 1 agst Llanforda. 40 to 1 agst Epaminondas. sto 4on Peggy agst Aldford. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. _ _ Eva, Cestrea,Alonzo, Lily, Mirabeau, Jujube, Punch box, Dear Me, Texture, Lough Bawn, Lord Lieutenant, Indian Warrior, Surgeon-General, Bright Phcebus, Usurer, Baalbec, Talfourd, Helena, Lord Alfred, Mid dlesborough, Lord Oswald, Gabriel, Robin Hood, Red Lion, Gorin, General, Annie Sutherland, Miss Peddie, Tom, Blame, Myrtle, Rataplan, Alas, Epami nondas, Brown Brandy, Domino, Orpheus, Jessamine, Lioness, Nightshade, Anteverta, Bro. to King of Troy, Grananthus, Bianca, Erycina, Billy Richardson, -v7L derdecken, Stiletto. SCRATCHINGS.—The following horses are scratched for all their engagements :—Dan Cupid, Merry Monk, Rinaldo, Ringleader, Alexia, Dewdrop. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The house met at the usual hour. . The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from 16 of the surviving soldiers of the last Peninsular war, praying for an inquiry into their cases, relative to the distribution of medals. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from several mercantile firms in Edinburgh against the assimilation of the bankruptcy law of Scotland to that of England. The Earl of EGLINTON supported the prayer of the petition, and expressed a hope that a full opportunity would be given for the consideration of the bill. Lord BROUGHAM considered that the opposition to the bill was founded altogether on wrong impressions. He believed that the bill would confer great advantages upon Scotland, and that it would be received with general satisfaction. On to-morrow he would state what his intentions were with regard to the further progress of the measure. COMM.UTATION OF SENTENCE OF DEATH IN IRELAND. , The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for a copy of any memorial or petition to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land in favour of a commutation of the sentence of death passed upon Hugh Tierney for murder, at the late Spring Assizes for the county of Westmeath, with the signa ture attached thereto ; also, a copy of the notes taken for the Crown of the address made by the Chief Justice Monaghan, when passing sentence upon the convict ; and also a transcript of any note or observation made by the Chief Justice IVloliaghan, or any memorial , or petition which had been forwarded to the Irish Go vernment in favour of a commutation of the sentence on Hugh Tierney aforesaid. The noble marquis said the prisoner was convicted on the clearest possible evidence of an atrocious murder; and the learned judge, in pass ing sentence, held out not the slightest possible hope of his life being spared, and the people in the county of Westmeath were quite thunderstruck when they heard that the Lord-Lieutenant had commuted the punishment, though the day of execution had been fixed. He understood that the only reason why the me morial in favour of the prisoner was got up was that they were against an execution taking place in the town. The Government were bound to state what mo tive they had for obstructing the ordinary course of justice in this case. The noble lord then alluded to other cases in which sentences were set aside, and com plained that the landlords in the county, the protection of whose property depended upon the rigorous execu tion of the law, had not been consulted. The Earl of ABERDEEN explained that, when the memorial was received by the Lord Lieutenant, he trans mitted it to Chief Justice Monaghan for his opinion. After full consideration, and making further inquiries into the case, the learned judge recommended to the Lord Lieutenant to commute the sentence of death to transportation for life. He did so on the ground that, though death ensued, the intention of the prisoner was clearly robbery and not murder, and that death did not take place at the time of the robbery, for it appeared that the deceased was able to walk after wards, and never complained of any personal injury. Was there any of their lordships who would say that the Lord-Lieutenant should have hung the man, notwith standing the recommendation of the judge ? The Lord- Lieutenant could not have done anything else than act on such recommendation. He had ne objection to the return with the exception of the note of the Chief Justice to the Lord-Lieutenant, which, being of a con fidential nature, he could not consent to produce. Lord CAMPBELL hoped the noble marquis would be satisfied with the answer of the noble earl. [LEFT SITTING.] ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. The Hon. C: FITZWILLIAM took the oaths and his seat for Mahon. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Executor and Trustee Society ; Ryde Improvement ; St. Mawes Port, Harbour, and Pier ; Blyth and Tyne Rail way ; Caterharn Railway ; Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway ; Eastern Union Railway ; Lancashire anil York shire Railway (Middleton Branch) ; Lancashire and York shire Railway (Liverpool Dock Branches) ; London, Brighton, and South Coast - Railway ; Newcastle upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway : Perth and Dun keld Railway ; Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway; Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway; and North London Railway. The North Railway Bill, and the Swansea Harbour Bill were considered and agreed to. The Holyhead Harbours Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. GOVERNMENT ORDERS. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that orders of the clay should have precedence of other orders on Thursdays during the remainder of the Session. Mr. FREWEN moved as an amendment that on Thurs day, the 25th of May, and on every alternate Thursday, bills introduced by the Government, or any other Govern ment business, shall have precedence of the other orders of the day till the end of the session. Mr. L. KING supported the amendment, observing that the state of public business did not justify the original motion. The Marquis of BLA.NDFORD also supported the amendment. Mr. GOULBURN supported the original motion. Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed it. Mr. F. SCULLY observed that so low , as the war ab sorbed the public mind in the manner it does now it was useless for independent members to be nromotincy bills of their own. He should therefore support the original mo tion. Mr. HUME thought, in the existing state of affairs, it wlctillib to up Thursd a y s t o th e G overnmen t. him to propousseintehses motion, o e t x i o p n l a , i nwehdi which reasonewas simply o forward induced the public la 0 „ ? a: _as not to have such an arrear of business as too session. its happened towards the close of the Mr. SPOONER thought this motion ought not to have a retrospective effect, and should not affect notices already sen the paper. Mr. DISRAELI hoped the noble lord would accede to the proposition of the hon. r . for North Warwick shire, and thereby save them from dividing on the ques tion. North favour of the After a few - remarks from Mr. COBNDEorxt Warwickshire, suggestion of the hon. member for and Sir G. GREY, in favour of Lord J. Russell Lord J. RUSSELL said he would agreetom mo tion, so that after the 20th May Government order s o: day should take precedence of other orders of the e d a ROMAN CATHOLIC SAILORS. 7. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether Roman Catholic sailors are to be compelled to attend Protestant religious worship. Sir J. GRAHAM said the law as it at present stood was that divine service should be performed every Sabbath on board her Majesty's ships according to the ritual of th e Church of England. The instructions further were that the crews of all religious denominations should be "per mitted," not compelled, to attend ; and np to the present time a single complaint had not reached him on the sub ject. (Hear, hear.) METROPOLITAN SEWERS. Mr.W. WILLIAMS asked the Home Secretary when he - would bring in his promised bill to constitute a Metropoli tan Commission of Sewers on the representative principle? Lord PALMERSTON said the bill was iu preparation, sad he hoped very shortly to be able to introduce it., u ,„•j.• CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Mr. SEYMOUR asked the President of the Board of Control when the first examination will take place for ad mission into the civil service, and when the Government will be able to state what the nature of the examinations will be. Sir C. WOOD, in reply to the first question, said the examination would take place at Midsummer, but with regard to the second question, the form of examination had not yet been prepared. OATHS BILL, AND BRIBERY PREVENTION BILL. rktreply to Sir F. MESMER, Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed the Oaths Bill to , • maul aon the 25th inst. With respect to the other bill, ~, . -- ,-,---:.. A give an answer until b e saw what progress the 7. . . t i more pressing business of the country made. (Hear, and a laugh.) SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL. In reply to Mr. BAILLIE, Lord J. RUSSELL said he intended that this till should come on on Friday next. THE NEW BUDGET. The house having resolved itself into a committee of ways and means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose at a quarter to six, to state the terms of his supplemental esti mates. Towards the end of February last, when he submitted to the house his financial statement the country was not at war, though the Government, even at that early day, in structed him to state, that the money then demanded was not adequate to carrying on war, and that it would be again necessary for him to appeal to the house and the country for a further supply of means for carrying on that war in which we were BOW engaged. But before he did so he felt it necessary for his own honour to notice charges which had been industriously made against him sometimes in thi s house, sometimes elsewhere, that he was unworthy to fill the post which he now occupied. It had been first stated there was a gross mismanagement of the surplus fund, and that the lowering of the rate of Exchequer Bills was un wise and reckless. He could not pretend that what was done last session with respect to the unfunded debt was hastily done. He wished to state that that step was taken deliberately, and on the ground that the public were entitled to obtain money in the market, on the cheapest terms they could. The man who buys his Exchequer Bills at 58. he knew it was secure, and that he could get his interest at a certain day, but if he bought at 60 or 70 the case was totally different, for he might lose all that. Ever since the peace the principle was whenever we could let out our Exchequer Bills at an easy rate then we let them out, but when a time of pressure came it was totally different ; there being only two instances since the peace, in which theydid not incur a large addition to the debt by funding Exchequer-bills. It was in easy times they ought to reduce the unfunded debt, because if they waited till a time of difficulty they would do it at an enormous cost. (Hear, hear.) 9,000,000 t. of Exchequer-bills wer advertised at id. a day, and not a man came forward to purchase ; but the very first day the word " discount'' appeared, the bills were named at ls. dis., so that for six months from the time the bills were advertised, they never were at a substantial discount. But he was told they had a violent reaction, and the interest was unduly high ; but, he asked, was that the case ? He would not take the speculative opinion of an individual on that point, because the means were at hand of proving it by facts. He had looked at the rate of in terest at the Bank since 1840, and in no instance was the standard which they were paying since that time and now unusually high. (LEFT SPEAKING.) KING'S COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES The distribution of prizes in the medical department of King's College took place on Saturday in the great hall of the institution. There was a very numerous and. brilliant assembly present ; among them we observed the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of Cashel, Lord Clancarty, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Rear- Admiral Lord Radstock, Dr. Jelf, Dr. Golding, and many other gentlemen interested in the college. The chair was taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who opened the proceedings by expressing the gratifica tion he felt at being called upon to take part in so in teresting a ceremony. In his official capacity as one of the visitors of the college, he might sometimes he called upon to perform unpleasant duties ; but he was sure he need have no apprehensions of the kind as long as the college was conducted on its present principles. It was always gratifying fur him to be summoned to witness the prosperity of an institution in which he felt so deep an interest, and to reward those who had contributed to that prosperity by their industry, and the successful ap plication of those talents with which Providence had blessed them. He felt it a privilege to be the instrument of rewarding the successful candidates, and he hoped the prizes got that day would encourage them to greater ex ertions in the cause of science. Dr. Guy, the dean of faculty, having read the annual report, the prizes were awarded in the following order : Senior Scholar—Thomas Buzzard. Second Year—George William Lawrence. Junior Scholars—Frederick HoWletClOhn Way, and Anthony Whitford. Gill Prize—Francis E. Anstie. Warn eford Scholars—Edwin Edmund Day and Frederick Howlett. Daniell Scholar—Edward Ash Hadow. Divinity—William Woodward, Samuel Neal, and Ed- win Edmund Day. Warneford Endowment—Christopher Heath, James H. Thornton, Nottidge C. Macnamara, and Henry Townley Bilderbeck. Leathe's Endowment—Christopher Heath and William Woodward. Anatomy—Thomas P. Teals, Francis Workman, John C. Booth, William H. Collins, John Walters, and Edwin E. Day. Physiclogy—Fran cis Workman, Thomas P. Teale, Rinso R. Siccama, Frederick Simms, Samuel Spratley, William Liddon, Edwin E. Day. Chemistry—William S. Riding, Thomas P. Teale, Al fred Meadows, William H. Collins. Medicine—John F. Straker, William Woodward, John H. Tutin. Surgery—Nottidge C. irlacnamara, Christopher Heath, Thomas E. Hale. Surgical Clinical—Nottidge C. Macnamara. ___.... Medical Clinical—WilHain' Woodward. Medical Society's Prize—John Martin Hyde. Botany—John v H. Tutin, William H. Ci:ossley, Charles J. Devonshire. Materia Medics,— George W. Lawrence, H. J. Sutton. Practical Chemistry—Geo. G. Corbould J. H. Tutin. Midwifery—William Woodward, Joint R. Kealey, Jar• man Patrick, Edwin T. Edwards. Forensic Medicine--Nottidge C. Macnamara, W. Wood. ward, Gilbert B. Hadow. Comparative Anatomy—Henry Robert Si'vaster. Medical Clinical—John Martin Hyde. Surgical Clinical—Peter Charles Price. CRICKET. THE UNITED ELEVEN v. FIFTEEN OF SHEFFIELD. The United Eleven opened their season last week at Sheffield, where, upon the new ground known as the " Newhall Cricket Ground and Pleasure gardens," they were met by 15 sturdy Sheffielders. The weather was somewhat unsettled in the early part of the match ; but it cleared off as the afternoon progressed. The ground, al though it had not been long laid down, stood the wear and tear far better than from the weather we have of late had was anticipated. It is between three and four hundred yards from the station of the railway, and it is said, toge ther with the pleasure gardens and attendant matters, to have cost no less a sum than between 9,0001. and 10,0001. The result may in some measure be fairly attributed to the newness of the ground, and the want of more water and rolling. However, all that under the circumstances could be done was effected, and the play in due time was entered upon. The attendance amounted to about 2,000 on each day, and the proceedings were greatly enlivened by the presence of the band of the 34th Regiment. At the conclusion of the contest it was found that the northern team had been vanquished in one innings by 12 runs. The final score standing thus : SHEFFIELD. First Innings, W,Prest, Esq., c Picknell, b Second Innings. . _ Wisden - 3 b Nixon 3 P. Smith, b Wisden ll b Wisden 3 John Berry, b Nixon CoAtes, s Lockyer, b Wisden ... 2 run out 1 Rowbottom, b Nixon 0 b Wisden 1 T. Dakin, c Grundy, b Nixon.. 0 c Pickuell, b Wisden 5 Sampson, b Nixon 8 c Lillywhite, b Nixon 7 Stephenson, biWisden 4 c Grundy, b Nixon... 7 Wright, c Lockyer, b Wisden 5 b Wisden Chatterton, b Wisden 6 b Wisden 3 Thompson, b Wisden H. Mann, Esq., run out 0 run out 0 Biggins, not out ...... . Shearstone, run out 3 not out 2 R, T. Skelton, Esq., b Wisden 8 b Nixon . . 0 Byes Total 4l THE UNITED ELEVEN. Total., First Innings. W. Nicholson, Esq., b Berry Dean, b Stephenson Hunt, b Wright l9 Bell, b Berry John Lillywhite, c Sampson, b Shearstone Adams, c Biggins, b Smith Lockyer, c Berry, b Smith 22 Grundy, c Berry, b Shearstone l5 Picknell, run out 9 Wisden, ruu out Nixon, not out 4 Byes 3, legs 1, no balls 6 Total 120 And so the United Eleven won in one innings by 12 runs RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market for shares has been dull and drooping all day, but closed steadily at a slight reduc tion on the currencies of yesterday. Caledonians 26i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 59 ; London and North-Wes tern, 95 ; Midland, 57 ; North British, 7 7-16 ; South- Eastern, 17A 7-16. IRMNGHAM, 6. STOCK EXCHA B NGII. I This share m MAY market was somewhat more depressed again to-day. Midlands were done at 574 ; London and North-Western Eighths at 15-16 dis. ; Lon don and. North-Westerns closed (buyers) at 951. STOCK EXCHANGELEEDS, MAT 6. . — There has b een another flat market to-day f or railway shares. Buyers operate very reluctantly, and the tendency of the market shows a further tendency downwards. Iu the larger stocks very few transactions are taking place, and though quoted as yesterday, they are on the whole weaker. Eastern union (B and C) were done 4 ILLNESS OP THE POPE. —RO ME ~~ April 30.—The st a t e of the Popes nealth is s t i ll very unsatisfactory, chest is considered to be affricted, and the e factory. His en largeinent of his person re vea l s a dropsical nenormous which is not likely to be much improv e d b y the bleed ing and Sangrado style of treatment prevalent here. On Monday his holiness was anxious to be present a t . the funeral mass performed at the Sixtine Chapel in honour of the late Queen of Portugal, as is customary in Rome on the demise of anv Catholic Sovereign ; but he was not strong enough to any so. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,';'''MAY 8, 1854. AMERICA. The United States' mail steamship Hermann, Captain E. Higgins, arrived off Southampton last night, and, aft er coaling, will proceed to Bremen. The left New York on the 22d ult., and brings 215 passengers, 138 of whom are for Bremen, and on freight specie value $700,000, a portion of which is for the Continent. At 3 p.m. on the 6th, off the Start, the Hermann passed the transport barque No. 38 standing to the south. On the 27th ult., in lat. 40 15, long. 50 15, spoke the ship Mary Glover, bound west ; and on the 2d inst., the English ship Faside, of Glasgow, for Quebec. The British and North American mail steamer Asia, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 20th ult. This steamer brings little news of importance. Ad vices from Mexico, in the New York Herald, state that Santa Anna and Alvarez had ceased hos tilities, the former having made concessions to the latter. The _Herald says : " Our despatches from Washington bring us some de tails concerning the melancholy dissolution of the Gads den treaty. It appears that the most strenuous efforts were made by the Administration to save this Joint stock compact with Santa Anna and his American allies in the job. It seems that the President, as a last des perate expedient to enforce ratification, threatened, if the treaty were rejected, to occupy the Mesilla Valley with a military force, and thus get us into a war with Mexico, as if the war in Europe were not large enough for our warlike Administration. To be sure, it is a fearful thing to contemplate the danger of a war with Santa Anna, especially as he has neither money nor means to sustain himself at home, unless supplied from our Treasury. The treaty, however, has gone by the board, and we shall wait patiently to see whether Gene ral Gadsden or General Cushing is sent down to make a new treaty, or whether General Scott is sent down again with 10,000 men at his back, for another march to the Halls of the Montezumas. But we are very much afraid that in a war with Mexico the Administration will fail as signally as it has failed in everything else. It is stated that the probabilities are in favour of the adoption of the Sloo amendment to the Gadsden treaty by the Senate, and the confirmation of the treaty itself." The New York papers contain distressing particu lars of the wreck of the ship Powhattan at Barne gat, which was attended with the loss of nearly 250 lives, and the total destruction of the ship and cargo. The circumstances of the wreck were of the most melancholy and harrowing character. The packet ship Underwriter, from Liverpool, had not been got off, but remained at Squan Beach at the date of the last accounts. She would come off, it was hoped, the next fine weather. All her passengers had been landed in safety. The ship Saxony, from Boston, bound to Matanzas, went ashore on the Bth of April on the coast of Florida, to the southward of Jupiter Inlet, and was left with 12 feet of water in her hold. A telegraphic despatch (in the New York Herald) from Washington, of the 21st ult., contains the fol lowing in reference to the difficulties with Cuba : " Commodore Newton, commanding the home squad ron, arrived here to-day, and had an interview with the President and Secretary of the Navy. We understand his conduct in refusing to salute the Spanish flag at Havannah while a misunderstanding existed between his Government and that of Spain has met with the full ap proval of the Pre-ident. " The joyful feeling among the Cubans at the thought that there may be a difficulty between the United States and Spain which will lead to the annihilation of Spanish power in the island is represented as being universal, This feeling is attempted to be kept down by the Spa niards, who fill every office in Cuba, but it is, neverthe less, apparent to the most careless observer. " Mr. Dean's resolutions to abrogate our neutrality laws excited the liveliest hope. The despatch which Lord John Russell said he had sent here on the subject of the Black Warrior has not yet been received at the State department. No des patches of any importance have yet been received from Mr. Buchanan. " Commodore Newton came to Hampton Roads in his flagship, the Columbia. The Government have ordered him to remain in readiness till they receive the reply from Spain relative to the Black Warrior. The commodore leaves for NewYerk to-morrow morning, on a visit to his family. Commodore Newton communi cated to the Government the important fact, which had come to his knowledge at Havannah from a source he deemed perfectly reliable, that the Captain-General has in his possession a Royal decree, authorizing him at any moment he may deem proper to emancipate all the slaves in the island. This is the measure of defence which has been hinted at by English and French papers, and is in tended to carry out the threat that Cuba must be Spanish or else a second Hayti." Accounts from. Nova Scotia state that the Pro vincial Legislature, previous to its adjournment, had adopted addresses to the Queen, expressive of its warm attachment to the 13ritish Crown, and pledging the militia to guard the province and pro tect the public works from public attack. The Lieutenant-Governor is authorized to call out the militia in case of necessity. In the New York markets ashes was in moderate request. The market for breadstuffs unsettled, the common sorts having declined in consequence of an absence of export demand, while the medium and finer sorts were in good request at rather firmer rates. Wheat more inquired for. Corn tending upward. Cotton firm, at cent advance. Freights without material alteration. Provisions were less active. The navigation of Lake Erie was reported to be unobstructed by ice. The New York stock market was unchanged. Exchange on London, 109 to 1091. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. ( Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. ) This retur❑ comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,191 registrars in all the districts of England during the winter quarter ending March 31, 1854 ; and the mar riages in 12,039 churches or chapels, about 3,479 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 625 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, 1853. The return of marriages is not complete; but the defects are inconsiderable, and approximative numbers have been supplied from the records of previous years. The general aspect of the returns is favourable. The marriages in the last quarter of 1853 not only greatly ex ceeded the mean proportion, but the maxim of the pre vious years. In the quarter that ended on March 31, 1854, the births exceeded the average ; and the public health of the country was such that the mortality was considerably below the average of the last ten years. The improvement is chiefly in the country districts. as in the towns the deaths rather increased in proportion to the population, and are still, out of the same population, one third part more numerous than the death in the surround ing country. fordshire, was severe at Bilston, and carried off 71 chil dren there. The weather, which was cold, and subject to sudden changes, raised`the mortality in some parts. A case of cholera occurred at Sedgley. Small-pox was in creasing at Droitwich, In Birmingham the deaths rose by 400. In the North Midland Division (VII.) 7,227 deaths are recorded—a number which is rather high. Scarlatina was frequent in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, and Derby. The city of Lincoln has lost many lives from it, and in one of its sub-districts more than half of the deaths were from the fever; Grantham and Horncastle continued to suffer. Worksop and Nottingham have been unhealthy, the former had scarlatina, the latter measles. In Bakewell and Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, fever much prevailed. The mortality has been considerable in the North- Western Division (VIII.), where the deaths number 18.506. At Marple, in Cheshire, scarlatina and typhus were fatal ; there were 14 deaths from small-pox in Con gleton. In St. Thomas, Liverpool, 3 deaths from cholera occurred in January. Low fever was prevalent at Lower Crumpsall (Manchester), where " the drainage is very bad." Cholera was fatal in one case at Oldham. Measles and scarlatina prevailed there, and the latter disease in fested Ulverstone, where the foul state of a stream that intersects the town constitutes a serious grievance. The deaths are fewer in Preston, in consequence of a decrease of the population, caused by the closing of mills ; 16 cases of small-pox were fatal there. _ _ _ The York Division (IX.) and the Northern (X.) exhibit an average condition of health. In the former the deaths were 11,194, in the latter 5,568. Deaths from cholera are reported as follows :-2 in the quarter at Hunslet, 21 in Leeds, with diarrhoea prevailing, Cholera and choleraic diarrhoea with diarrhoea prevailing. Cholera and chole raic diarrhoea have been fatal also at Castleford. (Ponte fract). Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, York, and Mal ton have lost children from scarlatina. CAPTURE BY THE CITY DETECTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF 5,500/. On Saturday another of those dexterous exploits which have recently obtained the City Detective Police a wide-spread notoriety, was consummated by the ap prehension of two Antwerp merchants, father and son, and which led to the recovery of no less a sum than 5,5001. It appears that about a month ago a person of tha name of Morris Hartoh, a merchant at Antwerp, was entrusted with 57,000 guilders by the banking establishment of De Cock, for the purpose of taking up some bills for which that house was liable. Hartoh absconded without taking up the securities, and soon after his father-in-law, Joseph Hartoh Macmilsone waited upon Mr. De Cock in a state of affected distraction, and stated that his son had absconded, after robbing him of 20,000 guilders, and that if he could find the delinquent he would bring him to Holland, and deliver him over to the bankers. M. Macmilsone also stated that his son had gone to America, but he would hand over all he possessed to De Cock. The style in which Macmilsone lived, and his reputation as a merchant, threw Mr. De Cock off his guard. Intelligence, however, of the fraud fortunately reached the police of the City of London, and two of its most able members, Webb and Funnell, undertOok the difficult task of keeping a " sharp look out" in this country. After most persevering inquiries they found a clue at Liverpool, and, following it up from place to place without interruption, they at length disco vered that not only Morris Hartoh, but his desponding father-in-law were concealed in a Dutch lodging-house at No. 7, Prescott-street. Whiteebapel. The officers im mediately telegraped for Mr. De Cock, and he arrived in London on Wednesday evening. Mr. Haines, the Dutch Consul, was applied to, and rendered every as sistance, and on Friday Mr. Justice Coleridge, while discharging his judicial duties at Guildhall, granted a capias against the accused. Yesterday the officers met the offenders in Swan-street, Minories, and, after a des perate struggle, succeeded in taking them into custody. They were taken into a public-house in John-street, Minories, aril upon the son was found a canvas bag, beneath his shirt, containing 4,5001., and upon the afflicted father-in-law 1,0001. A mob of nearly 2,000 persons, principally low Jews, collected in the neigh bourhood, and the personal safety of Webb and Funnell was in considerable danger. Tne officers' clothes were torn, and they sustained other injury. Both Mr. De Cock and Mr. Haines, the consul, witnessed the capture, and the former was so pleased with the vigilance and courage displayed by Webb and Funnell, that he on Saturday afternoon presented each of them with a bonus of 100 guineas. Hartoh and his father-in-law were allowed to make themselves "scarce," after the recovery of the valuable booty, as the English law, it was found, would not reach them. It will be remembered that Webb and Funnel' are the same " detectives" who recovered above 2,0001. from the bankrupt Graves, of Manchester, and succeeded in apprehending and bringing to justice Heilbron, the traveller of Al'lntosh and Cob, who escaped to America with 7001. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, May 6.—lt seems that the conclusion formed at the beginning of the week, that the Preston strike had come to an end, was something premature. Whilst the spinners and self-actor minders, a numerous and peculiarly powerful body, declare their determina tion to persevere in the demand with which they com menced the campaign, the weavers and other classes of operatives evince a spirit of disquietude, hold meetings, subscribe funds, and intimate that they only " bide their time." The spinners have to-day issued the annexed address : " To THE WORKING CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. "On the wings of the press to all corners of the land has the intelligence been conveyed that the Preston strike is at an end. So far as the weavers are concerned, this is true, arising out of a chain of circumstances that neither the executive nor the weavers themselves could help; but so far as the spinners and self-acting minders are concerned, the Preston Strike is not at an end ! " This body of men numbers 3,000. They met on Mon day morning, the Ist May, and passed unanimously the following resolutions : " ' Resolved,—That we, the spinners and self-acting minders of Preston, do hereby pledge ourselves not to re sume work until we have gained our object, i. e., the same prices as we had previous to being locked out, or the average prices of the trade. " '2 That we tender our sincere thanks to the trades and the public of the country for their liberal support, and beg a continuance of the same during the remainder of the struggle, and we especially acknowledge the noble exertions of the Amalgamated Committee of Trades.' " Our minds are firmly made up that we will continue this struggle, if the country will only lend us that support they have hitherto done ; and when we tell the country, that throughout the whole of this protracted dispute very few of our body have up to this moment resumed labour, it will, we hope, be encouragement to proceed. Indeed, why should we ? Our wages, with toil the most incessant, with an industry that never flagged from year end to year end, were inadequate to find for ourselves and families those common comforts of life that should be found in the homes of the industrious poor of this country. " Has the condition of the master class during the last nine months been such as to impress on our minds anylove or veneration for them as masters or English gentlemen ? " Have they net refused to listen to the voice of reason from whatever quarter it came ? and feeling sure that we, like the inhabitants of a beleagured city, would have to yield before gaunt famine, they have hugged the haggard fiend to their bosoms with a dove-like devotion. Shall we now, when the storms of winter aro gone by, and the seventies of the struggle will be lessened by more genial and sunny days (for nature is still bountiful, however harsh man may be) relinquish to contest ? The country must give the answer. Our colours are nailed to the mast and shall never be pulled down in token of sur render, so long as those who have stood by us will continue their support. " If twenty or thirty thousand people could be supported for so long a time, surely now our numbers are reduced to three thousand, the united trades with a small subscription each will enable us to continue this contest till the masters of Preston give something like the same prices for labour as the majority of the manufacturing districts. " The press of this country has said much about the demands of the operatives, but they never show us why the masters of Preston should not pay the same for their labour as other places. " We deeply regret the misery and distress now impend ing over the town of Preston ; the famishing poor which must ere long crowd to the overseers' office ; the bankruptcy and ruin looming over the tradesmen, and the dismay that begins to be felt in all classes of society; but knowing, alas ! too well, the miserable price we receive for our labour in comparison with other towns ; having earnestly requested the masters to refer our claims to arbitration, claims the justice of which they have not endeavoured to dispute; having found all our efforts unavailing, and knowing the strength and powers of support we possess, we are deter mined to maintain this contest for justice ; we invoke the aid of labour throughout the kingdom, and thus convince the employers that the spinners and minders are not yet the crushed and soulless things they would make them. "By order of the spinners and self-acting minders of Preston. " Preston, May 5, 1854." The mills are now supplied with hands to the extent of their present requirements ; but the non-resumption of work by the spinners and self-actor minders of course prevents the employment of a large number of weavers, card-room operatives, dressers, &c. It is stated that the "emseoacnieawrtshe, a d ile m , asters are making every exertion to bring in immigrant s to supply the places of the spinners and mind the numbertown suffers being lamentably expected fromiuits trade, Glasgow. and in the moral deterioration of a large portion of its ope rative population. IMMNP MARRIAGES. The number of marriages continues to exceed the average; 97,772 persons were married in the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1853—a greater number than has been recorded in any cor responding period since the Registration Act came into force in 1837, and 3,356 iu excess of the 91,416 persons who were married in the same period of 1852. On an average of De cember quarters of the 10 years 1844-53, the proportion of marriages to every 100,000 persons living was 999 ; in the same quarter of 1853 the proportion was 1,075. In the fol lowing counties the increase in the number of marriages is most perceptible :—Susses,Ham pshire, Bedfordshire,!Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire—where the marriages in the De cember quarter of the last five years have been 1,743, 1,770, 1,782, 1,890, and 2,208, respectively—Worcestershire, Lin colnshire, Derbyshire, the three Ridings of Yorkshire, Durham, Nortnumberland, Westmoreland, Monmouth shire, and South Wales. An increase is apparent in most of the large towns in the coal and iron districts of the mid land and northern counties, .but many of the chief setts of textile manufactures exhibit a decrease ; marriages fell off in Nottingham, Stockport, Great Boughton (Chester), Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Burnley, Preston—in which town the marriages declined from 333 to 258—and in Halifax. BIRTHS. 160 892 births were regisle;etrin the first quarter of the year 1854, being a decrea.e of 706 as compared with the 161,598 births registered in the corresponding period of 1853. In addition to London, the only counties in which an increase in the number of births appears are Surrey, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Durham, and South Wales. INCREASE OF POPULATION. The births that were registered in the quarter amounted to 160,892, the deaths to 111,970, leaving in the population an excess of 48,922 persons, which is increased on the one hand by the immigration of the Irish or Scotch, and dimi nished by the emigration of the English. The number of emigrants from the ports of England at which there are Government emigration officers was 46,619 in the same time ; and the emigrants from all the ports of the United Kingdom were 48,565. Hitherto the number of emigrants from the United Kingdom has been published in such a manner that it has been impossible to say how many were natives of England. In consequence of an instruction from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Duke of Newcastle, the infor mation that has been registered for some time, in confor mity with the act of Parliament, has been abstracted, and the Registrar-General is thus enabled to publish the in formation that he has for several years been endeavouring to obtain ; for the emigration commissioners have supplied him with an interesting table, showing that in 1853 the emigrants from the United Kingdom amounted to 329,937 ; of whom it was ascertained that 128,787 were adult males, 109,145 were adult females, 67,634 were children of 1 and under 14 years of age, and 10,192 were infants. In 11,179 instances no information was obtained. In 20,349 instances the native country was not stated ; of the 309,588 persons remaining, 192.609 were natives of Ireland, 22,605 of Scotland, and 62,915 were natives of England ; so that of a hundred, 21 (nearly) of the emi grants were English, 7 Scotch, 6'2 Irish, and 10 foreigners ; or, of 100 emigrants natives of the United Kingdom, 23 were English, 8 Scotch, and 69 Irish. The births in England and Wales in the year 1853 were 612,341; the deaths, 421,775 ; leaving an excess of 190,566 in the population, which is reduced to 127,651 by the sub traction of the emigrants. As a set-off against the emi grants, there is a number of Irish and Scotch immigrants into England, which the census returns show amount to many thousands annually. The population of England is, therefore, still increasing, but at a less rapid rate than it increased formerly. PRICES OF PROVISIONS. The rise in the prices of the chief articles of food which was noticed in the summer and autumn quarters of 1853 has continued during the first three mouths of the year 1854. The average pric.. of wheat in Engl ,nd and Wales was 455. 7d. per quarter in the three first months of 1,853 ; in the same period of the present year the price has averaged 795. 6d. per quarter, being an increase of 75 per cent. The average weekly quantity hold in the cities and towns which make returns was 95,115 quarters, represent ing an expenditure of about 216,767/. weekly in the quarter ending March 31, 1853, while in the same period of the present year 60,022 quarters have been sold for about 238,587/. Meat has been somewhat dearer; and potatoes, which averaged 1275. Gil. per ton at Waterside Market, Southwark, in the quarter ending March 31, 1853, rose to 140 s. in the same period of the present year, being an in crease of 10 per cent. Meanwhile the country has been in a prosperous state, and notwithstanding that "strikes" have prevailed in some places, the working class on the whole have been apparently well employed, at good wages. %TATE OF TAB PUBLIO REALTII. 1 The returns from all England and Wales for the first quarter of this year records the deaths of 111,970 per sons. The general result is, that while on an average of ten winter quarters 2,492 persons died annually out of 100 living, in the last quarter the proportion was 2.481. The people were subject to rather less than the ordinary rate of mortality, and although many suffered fatally from severe weather near the commencement of the quarter, and sudden changes during its course, the class of diseases that prevail among children appear to have been more subdued. In London (I.) 16,534 deaths were registered—a greater number than in any of four corresponding quarters (1850-53). The increase arises chiefly from the zymotic class of dis eases, which destroyed 3,254 persons. Hooping-cough was far m•re fatal than any other in this class, the number of deaths referred to it being 941, while to typhus, which was fatal in the next degree, the number is 582. Scarlatina is third in the order of mortality, and numbers 417; measles, 344; diarrhoea, 308; a number which proves that this complaint was considerably more rife than is usual in winter. Diarrhoea, in the five winters, produced succes sively 207, 223, 225, 221, and, as has been stated, 308. There were only seven deaths from cholera in the three months. Bronchitis and pneumonia were both extensively fatal. Cancer numbered 213, 236, 231, 243, and 281 deaths in the five quarters; carbuncle, 2,3, 17, 20, 25, showing a constant increase. The deaths referred to intemperance last quarter are 29, besides 34 to delirium tremens ; those to privation, 12 ; besides 76 to want of breast-milk. The South-Eastern Division (II.) enjoyed an average amount of health. The deaths entered on its registers were 8,446, which is about a thousand less than the deaths in the first quarter of 1853. Parts of Kent suffered from scarlatina, and in Maidstone and Sandgate, where it pre vailed, the deaths have been above the average. The sea son appears to have been fatal in Tunbridge. Flaces on the south-east coast, about Deal and Dover, were healthy. In Hampshire, small-pox prevailed at Kingston and South ampton, especially the latter town, where it was fatal to 26 persons, ma ny of whom were beyond th e y ears o f child hood ; but the county generally was not unhealthy, and at the Isle of Wight the Registrar of Newport states that the dryness of the season had been beneficial. Scarlatina visited parts of Berkshire ; it was reported at Walling ford; and also at Windsor, in January. The South Midland Division (III.), in which 6,547 were recorded, was healthy in comparison with former periods, and of the counties of which it is constituted Buckingham and Huntingdon enjoyed unusual exemption from fatal disease, though High Wycombe was visited by small-pox and Great Marlow by measles. Scarlatina attacked Peterborough; in Shitlington, Bedfordshire, the deaths were 25, and nearly a third was from small-pox ; and at Ampthill, in the same county, hooping cough was prevalent and fatal. There was typhus in Weston and Carlton, C a mbridgeshire ; Ely, in this county, was healthy, which the registrar of Hadenham ascribed to the dryness of the weather, for in the wet corresponding quarter of 1853, he registered 43 deaths, and now he returned only 20. Four deaths occurred from cholera at Ely, one on each of the following days, 3,1, 4th, sth, and Bth of January. Newmarket also makes a very favourable report. In the Eastern Division (IV.), 6,101 persons died; the return differs little from the returns of the winter quarters. ' This division consists of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. In the first of these counties the mortality was considerably higher than in any of the four corresponding quarters, not excepting the unhealthy winter of last year ; in the two others it was reduced below that of any of the same quarters. The diseases which placed Essex in this un favourable position were typhus, measles, hooping cough, and influenza. Finchingfield had suffered for some months from typhu.,, which was fatal in 8 cases. The registrar considers that reduced means of subsistence, in con sequence of the high price of provisions, had favoured the progress of the disease amongst the poor. It had pre vailed also in the parish of Littlebury (Saffron Walden) and Hedingham. Small-pox attacked tienstead, in Nor folk, and continued to prevail in the city of Norwich, in one of the sub-districts of which (East Wymer) 18 deaths, and in another (Conisford) 9 deaths, are referred to it. The return for the South-Western Division (V.) i s fa vourable, and, as in all the preceding divisions except the first, exhibits an improvement on the winter quarter of last year. The deaths number 9,907. The mortality was high at Highworth, in Wilts, partly from typhus, which has pre vailed. In Devonshire the registrar of Heavitree (St. Thomas) states that the small-Pox and hooping-cough were very prevalent all over the s ub-districts, and adds, "sanitary arrangements are not carried out." Small-pox was fatal at Newton Abbot, having caused 12 o ut of the 74 deaths. Cholera destroyed 32 persons in Plymouth in the quarter ; 22 of this number occurred in the district of St. Peter, where cholera first appeared in 1849. The ground is marshy, and the marsh has been almost entirely built over and covered with a dense population, who live in the most filthy and wretched condition. The annual mortality in St. Peter, w hi c h i s usua lly excessive, was raised by cholera last quarter to 66 out of a thousand living, whilst in some parts of the same sub-district is was only 23. A case of cholera occurred in Redruth. Typhus, which arose at Martock in Somersetshire, from an open ditch behind some cottages, had been raging for several weeks , but was con tinued to one street. At Yeovil, out of 60 deaths, 44 were of children under two years, who had been carried off by hooping-cough and complaints of the respiratory organs. The West Midland Division (VI.) furnishes the second instance, and in the whole series there are only two in which the deaths in a division last quarter outnumber those of the same quarter of last year In 185:;, 14,832 were recorded ; last quarter they rose to 14,993. The three counties of Staf ford, Worcester, and Warwick produced this result ; the other three, Gloucester, Hereford, and Shropshire, which complete the di v i s i on , were healthy. In Staffordshire 5,330 persons died, or 576 more than in the three winter months of 1853. The ravages of scarlatina in this county were described in the last report; it continued to exert its power, but with less violence. In Sedgley (Dudley) it was fatal in 149 cases in the autumn quarter ; it fell to 23 in the winter quarter. The registrar of Fenton (Stoke upon-Trent) aga i n reports the disease, and repeats his complaint of the bad sanitary condition of the place. In Wolverhampton East, scarlatina still existed in its epi demic character, and in the quarter proved fatal in 29 cases, Measles, which was also common throughout Staf- SHIPPING- INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 6. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Caroline, from Jamaica ; Arminius, Dantzic ; Eindracht, do. ; Gothenburg, Gothen burg ; Vere, Jamaica • Canoe, Buenos Ayres ; l on i a , Mar sala • Clarence, Seville ; Palmyra, Bs.rbadoes ; Samson, Port au Prince and Gonaives ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Belgium, Ostend ; Reliance, Guernsey ; Fairy Queen, do. ; Stockton, Guernsey ; Jubille, do. ; Joseph, Guern sey; Eliza Sharp, Antigua; William, Jamaica; Skalany, St. Kitt's ; John and Jane, Brussels and Antwerp ; Hamburgh ; Soho, Havre; Agincourt, Calcutta and Cape of Good Hope. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Christiana, for New York Panope, Genoa ; Emer, Newport, St. Thomas's, and St. Croix ; John Bunyan, Calcutta, and Cape of Good Hope ; Belgium, Ostend ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Gity of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Countess of Lens dale, Hamburgh ; Neptune, Cherbourg ; Margaretha, Hamburgh ; Forfarshire, Bombay ; Alfred, Alicante ; Tongataboo, Port Philip ; Eliza Sharp, Antigua ; Nevo Burhoven, Elsinore and Memel ; Enchantress, Nantes. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Driving Mist, for Rio Janeiro ; Neptune, Cherbourg ; Sunbeam, Quebec and Montreal ; John Bitson, Hobart Town ; Monarch, New Zealand ; British Empire, Sierra Leone; Flech, Ghent ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Batavier, Rotterdam ; Enchantress, Nantes ; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Lord John Rus.ell, Harlingen • Albion, Boulogne ; City of London, Dunki r k ; Triton, oalais ; Melbourne, Belize and Honduras ; Woodcock, New York. DEAL, MAY 7. Arrived and Passed—The Rookery, from Colombo ; the Electra, from Grenada ; the Emigrant, from Callao ; the Isabella, from Cape Coast Castle ; the Zephyr, from An tigua ; the Jan Vesser, from Falmouth ; the Plarten, from Tobago ; the Castle Lacklan, from Manzanilla ; the Calder, from Guayaquil ; the Arab, from Porto Rico ; the Elspeth, from St. Lucia; the Pallas, from Oporto; the barque Union, from the westward—all for London. Arrived and anchored—The Hermin Queridas, from London for Bilboa ; the Prometheus, from London for Cadiz ; her Majesty's brig Waterwitch, from the west- ward. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Fox, for the westward, in tow; the French war-ship Trident, for the Baltic. Put Back The Harbinger, No. 61 transport-ship, for Malta ; the brig Demerara, from London for Demerara, proceeded to Harwich to stop a leak. The French line-of-battle ship Duperre, 82 guns, arrived in the Downs this day from Brest, and fired a salute, which was responded to from Walmer Castle. On anchoring she got into, collision with tha barque West, from London, for Batavia, and did considerable damage to her rigging anti spars, which will compel her to return to the river in tow of a steam-tug to repair damages LIVERPOOL, MAY 7. The Red Jacket, hence to Melbourne, was passed on Friday, at 10 a.m., between Bardray and Tuskar, in tow of the steam tug Constitution. The Lady Faulkland, from Apalachicola, arrived here to-day, with loss of bowsprit, head, cutwater, &c., and making water, having run against an iceberg in lat 42, long. 46, during thick weather. On the 20th of April she passed a large quantity of wreck, and several seamen's chests. QUEENSTOWN, May 6.—The Russian barque Argo, from Cardenas, for Liverpool, has been brought in a prize to a revenue cutter. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH The Henry Hood, April 22, in lat. 48 N., long. 40 W. Enterprize, of New York, steering W., April 7, in lat. 48 N., long. 23 W. North Briton, barque, of Southampton for Quebec, with loss of topmast and jibboom, April 24, in lat. 41 N., long. 21W. Eliza, barque, of Glasgow, Aracan to Liverpool, in lat 7 S., long. 15 W. The flu (Swedish brig), outward bound, 29th, on the Line, lat. 23 W. The Sophia (Swedish brig), from Callao, 3d April, lat. 9 N., long. 34 W. The Rookery (barque), from Table Bay to London, 26th, lat. 43 N., long. 24 W. The Phantom (schooner), outward bound, 27th, lat. 44 N., long. 24 W. The 'ylph, 7th Feb., Straits of Sunda, the Toronto the same day. . _ The Ingleboro, from Bombay to Liverpool, 17th March, lat. 3O S.,long. 9 E. Tha Serena - , from Chili to Swansea, 21st April, lat. 29 N., long. 45 W. • The Robert, barque, from Singapore to Trieste, lat. 1 N., long. 21 W. The Dunbar, Ist May, lat. 44 N., long. 9 W. The Emma, outward bound, 3d. 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Indeed I was in utter despair, and never expected to get over It, when I was furtun ste enough to become acquainted with your Revalenta Arabica, which, Heaven be Praised, restored me to a state of health which t long since despaired of attaining. Sly l ungs, li ver , stomac h, head, and ears are all right. my hearing perf ec t, an d my recov e r y is a instvel to all my acquain tances.—l; em, respectfiks, " JAMES ROBERTS, Wood Me. chant." In caniaters,2s 9d 2 h., 4s ad ; 5 lbo suitably packed for all climates, aid with tallinstrue tions-1 lb. ; 121 b., 225; super re. tined, 5 1b.,, 22s ; 10 lb., 33a. The 10 lb. and 12 lb. carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry, Du Barry, and Co., 77, Itegmt. street, London; Fortnutn, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Wajesty, Piccadilly; also at 63, Oxford-street ; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 49, 1i1 9 bc9 5 3310-xtreot ; 4, clumped° ; 330 stud 451, aunt. SPORTING INTELT,IGE'NCE. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Aldford (taken). 14 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 14 to 1 agst Peggy (taken freely). 15 to 1 agst Baalbec (16 to 1 taken). 20 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 20 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole. 22 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). 25 to 1 agst Domino (taken). 25 to 1 agst Tom (taken). 25 to 1 agst Catspaw (taken). 25 to 1 agst Sandhurst (taken). 25 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 30 to 1 agst Llanforda (taken). 33 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken). DERBY. 7to 2 agst Autocrat (taken). 6 to 1 agst King Tom. Bto 1 agst Dervish. 16 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 800 to 100 and 850 to 100 agst Andover and Her mit. (taken). Dan Cupid is struck out of his Chester engagements. HORSES ARRIVED AT CHESTER. Adelaide, Acrobat, Sabra, Barrel, Cobnut, Break of Day, Lord Hill, Faulkner, Colt by Tearaway out of Ballinasloe'a dam. CHESTER RACES. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. TUESDAY. The GROSVENOR STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age. About a mile aid a quarter. 12 subs. To name this day (Monday). Mr. Copperthwaite Mr. Morris Mr. Saxon Mr. Greville Mr. J. Osborne Mr. T. Parr Mr. Hargraves Mr. Magenis Mr. C. Spence Mr. E. Parr Mr. G. Munro Mr. Gulliver The PALATINE STAKES of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each ; certain penal ties and allowances. From the Castle-pole, once round and in, rather more than a mile and a quarter. 17 subs. Lurley (71b) Durindana(slb) Device (51b) Ariadne Village Lass B. by Ascot Qui Vive Adelaide (31b) Seaweed The Ranee Selina (51b) Ariel (71b) Blanca (51b) Eva Mishap (71b) Bay Celia Maud Mary (31b) Ossifrage The MOSTYN STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b; fillies and geldings Bst 31b; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. A winner in the present year of 100 soya clear 31b extra Three-quarters of a mile. 29 subs. Titormus Saucebox Dewdrop Cuicavy Exmouth h c by Verulam—The Hind Toby Fillpot The Moor of Venice f by Epirus—Pelion's dam The Gipsy King Chalice Myrtle Careless Antoinette The Trojan Warrior Paradigm Emma Bennett Lily b c by Poynton —Merry Lass Cockspur Catastrophe Donald Lord Alfred The Flatterer (3lb extra) Mrs. Rigby br f by Ep►rus- -Reel. Evangeline f by Cotherstone—The Maid of Saragossa The CHESTERFIELD STAKES, a Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for three-year-olds ; the second to reoeive 25 sovs. out of the stakes ; certain winners extra ; once round and a distance ; 33 subs. st lb st lb Grey Plover 8 7 'hiss Sellon Ch c Verulam, out of Bro to Andante Marchioness Seducer Nightshade 7 8 Amos Swiftsure.., 7 8 Brigadier 6 12 Ortolan() Lord Hill (late Eta) 7 8 3right Phoebus Sarsfield Lady Napier Falcon 7 8 ropsy Robin Hood 7 6 Cestria St. Clair The Handsome Buck 7 6 Device 6 6 Contender Syvagee Jetty Treffz 7 4 Sis to Aphrodite (pd) THE WYNNSTAY HANDICAP of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 200 sovs. clear 51b, 300 or more 81b extra, but not to be accumulative ; to start at the Castle Pole, run once round and in ; 22 subs. Age st lb ' Age st 11 -, Pelion 4 8 3 Maid of Golborne 4 6 12 Captain Cornish 4 8 2 La Belle ' 4 6 4 Lerrywhent 5 8 0 Rosalba Evadne 5 7 12 Domino 3 6 3 Guicowar 4 7 8 Nightshade 3 5 10 Gauntlet a 7 6 Swiftsure Royal George 5 7 6 Garrulity Annie Sutherland 4 7 6 Nelly Hill 3 5 4 The Hatchet 4 7 4 Wire 3 5 4 The General Miss Agnes 4 7 2 Dick Turpin SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs in the usual way. Once round and a dis tance. Closes this day (Monday). WEDNESDAY.—THE Cur DAY. The Third Year of the SECOND TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STASES, of 10 sovs each, b ft, with 30 added, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; and fillies, Bst 51b ; certain allowances. One mile and three-quarters. Seven subs. b f by Mickey Free—Anna Maria (31b) Jaquenetta (31b) Moccasin (31b) Defiance (31b) Phoebe (31b) Dudu (31b) Oxonian The TRADESMEN'S PLATE, of 200 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each 15 ft, and 5 only if declared. The owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Certain penalties. Cup course, about two miles and a quarter. 214 subs, 102 of whom paid 5 sovs each. Age. at. lb. Age. st. lb. Mountain Deer... 6 8 4 Tom Nabob Newminster 6 8 2 Domino 3 5 3 The Reiver 4 8 2 St. Clair 3 5 3 Trifle 4 8 1 Brown Brandy... 3 5 1 Torment 4 8 0 Gamekeeper Mu3covite 5 7 13 Caliph Cineas Pelion.. 4 7 10 Sir Jas. Graham.. 3 5 0 Lough Bawn 6 7 7 bc by Tearaway... 3 5 0 Indian Warrior 5 7 6 Toggery 3 4 12 Lerrywheut 5 7 5 The Jewess Cobnut 4 7 5 Jack Frost 3 4 12 Talfourd 4 7 5 Sarsfiell 3 4 12 Haco 4 7 5 Billingham 3 4 12 Pantomime Joe Miller Um bi iel Annie Sutherland 4 7 2 Trump Queen Ireland's Eye 4 7 0 Dr. O'Toole 3 4 10 Lancashire Lass.. 4 7 0 Ossifrage Crusader Lord Fauconberg 4 7 0 Robin Hood 3 4 10 Cariboo lanthe Grey Tommy 5 6 12 Baalbec The Cruisk 5 6 12 St. Spiro 3 4 10 Dove Dagobert Catspaw 4 6 10 Farsa 3 4 10 Llanforda Black Doctor 6 6 8 Seaweed filly 3 4 10 La, Belle 4 6 8 Amos . 3 4 10 Ballinafad Kilquade Don Quixote 4 6 6 Shakspeare 3 4 7 Ammonia Alexia 4 6 6 Royalist. 3 4 7 Aldford Sandhurst ...... .. 4 6 6 Ham Ida 4 6 4 Mortimer 3 4 7 Peggy Lord Lieutenant 4 6 4 Hybl a St, Andrew Dear Me England's Glory 6 - 6 0 Landscape 4 6 0 The Early Bird 3 6 0 Richard Primmer 5 5 12 Miss Peddie.. Contentment 4 5 10 Wild Huntsman 3 5 10 Acrobat 3 5 10 Light of the Ha rem 4 5 8 Barrel.. 3 5 8 Canute Orson 3 5 7 Ptolemy 3 4 7 Comfort 3 4 7 Swiftsure Master Adam ujube 3 4 4 e Lamproeles Samson (b h) 3 4 4 Jephson 3 4 4 Gabriel Marc Antbony Little Jem Blame Device (owner dead) Nelly (owner dead) 3 4 4 Tonic (paid) Dan Cupid (paid) 3 4 10 Entries for the Helter Skelter Handicap, Members Plate, Scramble Handicap, and Queen's Plate, to be made this day (Monday). THURSDAY. The DEE STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 200 added ; for lill 3-yr-olds. Derby weights. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Grosvenor Course. 61 subs. Prince Arthur Eryeina Fugleman's dam Scythian Wire Ariel Apollonius I3essus Hope Applause Mortimer Lady Helen Communist Bobby Boer Moresca Mogulistan Sir Oliver Martext Illte Lightning Corin Moss Rose Major Dumo Dan Cupid (paid) Arthur Wellesley Horatio Mirabeau Rodomeli Alas Hurricane Royalist Inheritress's dam Gammon Astolfo Emotion Prince George Tabouret Ringleader Bacchus Roseortunon Rinaldo Monimia The Blacksmith Bats wing Device B. Sharp e (d ea d) P a l tner i a Nelly Hill Lord O swa ld S t il etto Br. to Assault (dead Gameke e p er O rson Juliet Knt. of St. G eorge C hampagne Phcebo The No rseman L or d J o h n Professor Buck Glaucopis WEIGHTS for the CHESHIRE WELTER CUP of 100 SOW. by subscription of 20 soya, each, h ft, and 5 oply if declared on or before tho 9th of April ; jockeys allowed to ride on carrying 51b extra ; the winner of any handicap of the value of 100 sues, clear after the publication of the weights 51b, and the winner of the Trades' Cup 10ib extra, but not to be accumulative ; Grosvenor Course ; 18 subs., 6 of whom pay 5 sovs. each. Age at lb Eulogist Orpheus Win ter 4 10 0 Milk Boy 6 912 Lord Lieutenant 4 910 Gabriel 3 8 4 Age st lb Ephesus(in.slbex) 6 12 1 Capt. Cornish (in 51b extra) 4 10 13 Kennington Lerrywheut The Surveyor Revolver The FIRST YEAR of the F, STAKES, of 10 sous each, yr-olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; 61 auce. T.Y.C. 7 subs. Claret Astronomer (61b) Lady Tatton (61b) B c by Melbourne Lady Palmerston Ch cbyFaugh-a-Bal -Collina (31b) Lord Alfred (31b lagh—Caurouch's. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE, value 100 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; the owner of the second horse to re' ceive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Certain winners ex tra. Grosvenor Course. 37 subs. lOURTH TRIENNIAL PRODUCS h ft, with 30 added ; for 2- lies, Bst 51b ; certain allow- Age st lb Frantic Harbinger Pelion 4 7 10 La Belle Indian Warrior... 5 7 6 Tom Evadne Lerrywheut ...... 5 7 6 Comfort Annie Sutherland 4 7 0 Ossifrage The General Catherine Parr ... 4 6 12 Swiftsure Vanc:erdecken .... 4 6 12 Ruminator Rattle 4 6 12 Punch 80x.... Sextus 4 6 10 The Empire Itch 4 6 10 Mishap Eulogist 4 6 10 Amos Sandhurst Aldford Peggy 4 6 10 Daniel O'Rourke Whalebone 4 6 8 (paid.) 5 8 5 Tavistock .......... 46 8 Aguila (paid) The Scurry Handicap, the Selling Stakes, and the Dee Stand Cup close Wednesday night. Age st lb 4 6 6 .4 6 0 .4 6 0 .3 6 0 3 6 0 3 5 10 3 5 10 3 510 3 5 10 3 5 6 3 5 6 3 5 6 3 5 6 3 5 2 3 410 3 410 FRIDAY. The Second year of the THIRD TRIENNIAL PRODUCT STAKES of 10 soya, each, h ft, with 30 added, for 3-yr olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Certain allow ances. From the Castle-pole once round and in. 10 subs. f. by Safeguard —Sa rah Rebecca (31b) Affghan Stiletto The Gem (31b) Field Marshal Maggie (31b) Thessalian (31b) Phcebe (31b) Panchbox (61b) Juliet (31b) MATCH, 100, h ft. One mile and a half. Mr. R. Nokes's Birdlime Girl, 3 yrs, agst Mr. E. Foulkes's Little Queen, aged ; 6st each. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for 2 and 3 yr-olds ; 2-yr-old colts, 6st 121 b ; fillies, Est 81b; 3-yr-old colts, 9st ; fillies, Bst 10Ib. Certain winners extra. T.Y.C. 10 subs. The EATON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for 3 and 4-yr-olds ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; 4-yr-olds, 891 121 b. Certain penalties and allowances. Grosvenor Course. 8 subs. The CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 on ly if declared, with 60 added ; certain winners extr: i; second to save his stake. From the Castle-pole on co round and in, about a mile and three furlongs. '2B subs, 7 of whom pay 5 sovs. each. Age st lb The Reiver 4 8 0' Pelion 4 7 10 Lerrywheut Cobnut Lancashire Lass 4 7 0 Vete,. Annie Sutherland 4 7 0 La Belle Jacqueline 4 7 0 Barrel Vanderdecken ... 4 7 0 (1 " Master Slender ... 5 6 12 Puritan Sandhurst ..... 4 6 10 The GRAND STAND Cur of 200 soya. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. The winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 300 sovs. clear 71b, 600 or more 10Th, and of the Chester Cup 14Ibs, the second in any of such handicaps 51b extra ; once round and a distance ; 47 subs. Age st lb Aldford Pantomime 4 6 10 Alexia 4 6 6 Georgey 4 6 4 Veteran La Belle 4 6 0 Barrel 3 5 L 2 Comfort Jack Frost. 3 5 6 Mishap Age st lb Pelion 4 8 3 Captain Cornish (incl. 71b extra) 4 8 3 Lerrywheut 5 8 0 Evadne... 5 8 0 Larnbton 4 7 10 Octavia 5 7 6 Annie Sutherland 4 7 6 Jacqueline 4 7 6 The General 4 7 6 The Hatchet- 4 7 6 Gauntlet a 7 4 Vanderdecken 4 7 4 Catherine Parr 4 7 2 Typee 4 7 2 Scarecrow 5 7 0 Peggy 4 7 0 Alexia 4 7 10 Timotheus 6 6 10 Patience 4 6 10 Middlesborough (incl. 51b extra) 3 6 5 Rosalba La Belle 4 6 4 Corin 3 6 41 Domino 3 6 41 RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. GREAT WESTERN.—An express excursion train will, leave. Paddington on Tuesday at 5.45 p.m., to reach Chester at 11.45 p.m., and return on Wednesdf iy at 5.20 p.m. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.—In addition to , the ordinary trains at 6.15, 6.30, 7.0, 9.15, 10, and 12 a.m., 5 and 8.55 p.m., there will be (on Tuesday) Marcus's special express train at 6.15, returning the same night at 5.45 ; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning s at 7.30. Age st lb New Warrior 3 6 2 Merry Monk 3 6 2 Little Princess 4 6 0 Alas 3 6 0 Sledmere 3 6 0 Tommy 3 6 0 Game-lad.. Mangerton 3 6 0 Sine Qua Non (in 51b extra) Swiftsure 3 5 1 2 Nigt•hade 3 5 1 2 Epaminondas 3 5 1 2 Ossifrage 3 5 12 Falcon - 3 5 12 B c by Tearaway —Ballinasloe's darn ......... . 3 5 12 The Assayer 3 5 12 Sarsfield Ring Alfred 3 5 9 Bro to Andante 3 5 6 Nelly Hill 3 5 6 Sy vagee 3 5 6 Bianca 3 5' 4 Juliet 3 5. 0 COUNTRY MARKETS. FIADDINGTON—MAY 5. The supplies of all kinds of grain larger, except beans.. —The are the prices of grain at our market, to-day : WHEAT. I BARLEY, I OATS. BEANE. First B 2s Od 143 s .:d 36s 6d 524 Od. Second Third s 6s Od 1 35s Od I 33s Od 45s 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 3'6 qrs., 329 soidi PP PP barley PP 367 qrs., 351 sold( PP PP PP oats 489 qrs., 442 soldt PP PP PP ueans 113 qrs., L.,9 soldl Average of wheat £3 15 6 4-12ths Ditto of Barley -12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans . . .. 2 9 d 74.2ths DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAT 4. . Wheat on the t o p t o -d ay i s 6 3, t h e current price 3s 0d... and the low.3st 2s Od, down. Oats on the top are as before,.. current price is Bd, and the lowest is 4d, down. Barley' on the top as last market, the current price 3d down, and. the lowest is down. Peas and beans on the top 5s Od down.: current price is up, and the lowest as before. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.. 322 Wheat ........ .82s Od 765 Oats ...........378 4d 334 Od 231 Barley 43s 6d 3Bs 6d 33 Peas & beans 54s Od Ws Od Averaze of wheat, 3/. 13a 1O d. ABERDEEN—MAY 5. The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 31s Od to 34s 6 3.; 401bs pei Lusbel; new oats, 00s Od to OOs Od, 401bs 1 err bushel ; bere, 37s 6(1 to 38s Od, 531bs per bushel ; bark y, 36s 6(1 to 383 0(1, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 68s Od to 70s Od, 62103 per bushel; wheat, white, 76s Od to 78s ( kJ, 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 25s 6d to 26s 6d per bol 1; flour, 6os Od to 61s 0(1 per sack. Provisions—Beef, per I b,, 6cl to 8d ; mutton, litto, 6d. to 8(1; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per lb, Os 6(1 to Os 8d ; salaion, per lb, 2s Od to Os Od. ; rabbits, each, Od to Ot1; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os Ott ; potatoes, per peck, Od to is Od ; butter, per lb, 10d to 12(1. ; eggs, per doz, Os 51 to Os 7d ; hens, per pair, 3s Oil ti 3s 6(1 ; chickens, ditt o, 2 s 6(1 to Os Od ' ; ducks, ditto, 2s & to 3s 0 1 ; du c kli ngs, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkey, , each, 3361 to 4 s 0 ( 1 ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; butte r for ex portation (present cure ) , per cw t , 80 s to OOs 0 ditto (summer cured), 00s to OOs 0(1 • eggs, wholesale pri, ;e s per dozen, 54 t o Od ; 41b loaf, 9(1'• 21b loaf, 44(1 ; pot 4r-, fine small, O s Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os 0 i lamb, per qr., 7a 6d to Od; cheese, per imperial stoi 1(P, 5s 6d to is. DUBLIN—MAY 5. White wheat, 40s O 1 to 44s Od , red ditto, 39s to 42s 041 ; barley, 16s 6d to 22s 6d ; oats, 15s 6d to 18s Od ; ra p ese ed ; 00s Od to 00s Oct p er b r l ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 18s Od ; baker; A flour, 22s Od to 27a Od per cwt ; luaian corn, 38s Od to 42s II 0 per 4801bs. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the sth inst., at 14, Eaton-place South, the Hon • Mrs. George Denman. On the 4th inst., at Eatou-square, the wife of Col. Cod .- rington, Coldstream Guards. OF A DAUGHTER. -- - On the 3d inst., at 25, Belgrave-square, the Hon. birl Keith Stewart. On the 4th inst., at 12, Woodland -road, Glasgow, th. 6 wifo of the Rev G. Stanham. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at the parish church of St. Maryleboysep the Hon. W. Napier, younger son of the late Lord Napier, to Louisa Mary, youngest daughter of J. H. Lloyd, Es 4• DIED. On the 9th of March, at St. Petersburg, Lieut.-Colove L H. N. Bradford, aged 43, late in the servic. of the En a— peror of Russia. On the 3d inst . at Stratton, Cirencester, county of Gle cester, Mary, the wife of Lieut. C. A. Boyne, 60th Regi ment 8.N.1. On the 3 , 1 inst., at the Dockyard, Portsmouth, Isabella Anne, eldest daughter of Capt. Sir T. Maitland, of • M.S. Excellent. --- LONDON: Printed and Published by MUNDO YOUNG► of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The sun Office, No.:112! Strand, in the Precinct of the ";avoy, iu the conaty.of Middlesez, Monday, May 8, 1854. EGR ( EXPRESS DAy, m ay and will reti back, 40s. al IR AN} Inec of tsritsh N GENERAL to the Deed °tee of th, at One o l eo( rocall Place ,of thou London, 8 NVE: IN(l. Cornposing I P r esent amp With various Principl e, pr 10 vf,s} a "'BLIP. 10 . at 8 o'cic GIB SON, 51 'tickets, to Pfthy, 5 , w Where illust THE P and revisionall Capital, 130 al] pt ce p and anct Bt Bathe SI for to the c ( DD'ce, Pall-r D for SI RoyA 1 „, Opel ~ErlzzsDAl W IDNZID AI /I° Nbiy, 3 WZDNEBDAI NrlbliEriDAl London BAR( ALE Wit ea eri abl opimon e kvall a d a na n 4 • n1.../x (i. (for l uneti IM PiRI 4PWitrds Depa `THE Lori tad Irelan( l io n l u t ant, at -a, u n -• to her m Vex xhe ieri t4tal74 T tn r e i a 7 g want • sis'unpie in v. a Sive] a nY pa ,ark. or a , rejected The sam ate i r equest , Facts hay( To tende 'Ned for atthe laid Service at The cone ton ts call litistol, treaty, an , a gent on b tract, a. t Ce ratrinnici Every to kid bear 11 ittust!also I Since lh issued for _ Two Bo 2 per cent. Policy of 1 ,2601 Pro(its diseased ``.,o w lessed allow. Policies agents b .roep o , Y be of tion t o an, SUN filui t/ 11clea P ATE I` 4 h g after 13'e pri 'ftletr a The Pr ate 'owe, 4 °n fun -. )..erniurn Policy 141 :1 1. (1 ) : P e lio ()the' The pa Terr ace Pier. 11% 1 k i 3 2 5 4 ~~. blrec t rant ve ry q I/RUN; Fen, chore] Stre, ......... , 0 101 4 14 11N IN 214 414 41 4 614 To or taw AO, Three Pack, Pal Ur. litre e i Ap --__