The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-22 00:00:00

;rs were great ;hey were the ad even gave :11 persecuted are poor and )3 , the sale of re they stand ring co nfiders• , and offering lir of secrecy Dlitical eariee them infinite the Sultan 1 11 upported but )presentative s niusement to to un d e rstood . aped," _ Feb, s to political ed them with that in India ;nt of a battle ted with the ce runs along I is whispered t be anything At the time news of the .th to mouth Ivan-roads of talk of the , re the event ant crisis they rb about still figment as to an be judged, should quit er. The fact the English Surely the the country , s with theim malt of the 1 and natio!)• friends and f Europe are nay any day ;he Sultan to at Beyler oman Minis' with General r dinner the the Emperor Sultan, it is s than on the ), hope " that ed the world against each IS admirable aid, " which their disin: prove their ;hat since be re than ever ;rinitted hira lsehid Pasha , eon ; the air 1, and pipes Viceroy of yid Gihaad. a's name—is tan's daugh of the most her father ; the vessel in uilt a short is to be pre has been ac ;hi Pasha at s at the dis one who re , in England. country the )ntinual ; no ,the present )nstructed at itan's use, at •ailway from egards num pe is better ecaying and Embassy in ce. It was ere for some St. Arnaud, Ind all sorts poleon's re s uncle was topes of em spirits who •ps of volun ied to each Lid such a is for those rps, instead .kish army. ne on which brave, and 7my has not ;cover from t, the men cesses, and, weep their eable as in oured with :Hess. The Lnd English roes of hay Coustanti the bounty pis country e Russians vantage by Great part the most I just be in :s will thus 3omparisou us. nitting eg neple have Of their ong resist ked for the eath ; and fin the au dpline and le English f Admiral )le time of Id with the 'fidence of I some ex 31ack Sea. ,perations, company seems, can the coast 14 prizes, salt, and [soners on admirals 3acken to and other [ to be so. ortunates fleet, and them on a various .eated by er, made the pri ed up great fa ' English, res. They t of box xd one of a boat, ided, off on shore occurred. Dobrud d by the iy killed as about Ed itself ; about ['he cap deed, it Dse upon sailors up the re con and no been Id make od-sized e of the he 30th. !scaped, are the 3s. Sa es and thieved le chief 3, balls, ;ed task Let us t hand, evotion which Will justify the promises and prophecies that have been made. From the whole extent of his vast and silent empire the Czar is pouring down his hordes to the banks of the stream which he now considers as the frontier of his empire. How many days may elapse before we hear of the investment or the fall of some fortress on Bulgarian ground it is impossible to say. The fate of the war will probably depend on the issue of the first campaign, and for a successful result we must look to the European troops, and those alone. THE DOBRUDSCHA. The Wanderer of Vienna The news from Odessa announce that the military authori ties have given orders to withdraw from all the foreign vessels in the port their sails and oars. An order of the day was published in the place, declar ing that the Emperor was well satisfied with the conduct of the troops during the bombardment. Krajow a was occupied by the Turks on the 7th. The officer in command in Lesser Wallachia has no tified officially to Austria the occupation of that part of the territory by Turkish troops, and explained the reasons which led to the assemblage of forces on the Austrian frontier. The bombard ment of Silistria has not ceased an instant. The Russians have passed the Danube with boats, and the operations on the land-side have commenced under the command of General Chuleff. The Turks often make sorties, and cause considerable damage therby to the Russians. Letters from Bucharest of the 7th state that Prince Gortschakoff had given orders to all the troops in the towns and villages to leave their cantonments, and to place themselves in camps which were to be organized. Another letter from Bucharest of the Bth states that the Russians have commenced constructing a fortified bridge over the Danube, near Silistria." SCHUMLA. SCHUMLA, May 3.—The assemblage of nearly 60,000 men here has quite enlivened Schumla, and given it more than a holiday appearance. There is really a number of military sights at present in this place which would prove attractive to people of better taste than the native inhabitants. The plain in front of the town is the chief point of interest. There the greater part of the field, horse artillery, cavalry, and infantry, is encamped. Early in the morning the plain is full of life. The troops are all out and in motion. Omer Pacha is keeping up the spirit of his men, and improving their soldiership, by a regular habit of drilling them —a thing rather unusual with a Turkish com mander. And nowhere can work of this sort be done to greater advantage than on the plain. There Would be room for 500,000 men going through their evolutions. It is a very easy thing for a visitor to see all that is doing. In the shape of ditches, fences, stones, rocks, or trees, there is nothing to be met with. He can ride from one detachment to another more easily than he could gallop across an English nobleman's park. On the Ist we learnt that the Russians had summoned the gar rison of Silistria to surrender, and that the answer given to that had been what it ought to be—a distinct refusal. It was expected that the fortress Would be attacked this week ; not, however, by the troops on the island or the opposite side of the river, but by those who were occupying the Do brudscha. They were moving in the direction of Silistria. More recent intelligence has been re ceived from the Danube. The Russians appear to be faltering in their designs on Silistria. The in decisive character of their operations is said to be caused by the anticipated approach of the allied armies, and the news of the catastrophe at Odessa. Symptoms of fear have shown themselves among the Russian soldiers. Several of them (deserters) Yesterday arrived at the Polish or Cossack encamp ment here, giving bad accounts, not only of the but of the health of the troops. Silistria, and not Schumla, is the object of most interest at present. The idea of the Russians planking their flag upon the fortifications of Schumla appears now to be more hopeless than ever. The Turks here form such a strong army, and the allies are mus tering in such numbers on the other side of the Balkan, that the advance of the Russians on this Place would be considered as a move only dan gerous to themselves. Silistria, however, may be attacked without such great risk. The cer tainty of any determined attempt on it has not, however, been accurately ascertained. We hear of their threatening it one day, and showing symp toms of deserting from it on another. The vigo rous method which the allies appear to have adopted in the prosecution of the war—their firm resolution to fight out the quarrel with all their strength —may, perhaps, make the Russians think they will have enough to do to keep on the defen sive. The Ist of May was not forgotten by the English here. It was celebrated by a dinner, at which all were present, with the exception of one gentleman, who was unwell. The toasts were suite as patriotic as any that could be given at civic feasts. The summer has now really set in, and the *verdure all around the town presents something pleasing for the eye to rest upon. The elasticity of the atmosphere gives great effect to the music of the military bands. WARSAW. The Lloyd of Vienna says :—" Accounts from Warsaw of the 10th state that a third levy of troops was to be ordered towards the month of June throughout the Empire. A brigade of the garrison of Warsaw left for the southern frontier. The Government is treating with the steam-packet Company on the Vistula, for the conveyance of troops. The troops concentrated in the South of Poland are to be placed in two camps. Tents and stores are being sent there from Warsaw." FRANCE. A telegraphic despatch from Malta, dated 17th, (via Marseilles), states that more than 10,000 French arrived since the Ist inst., the greater part of Whom have left for the East. The 14th (Eng lish) Regiment had arrived, as also detachments of the 17th Lancers. There were three candidates spoken of for the Mission to Constantinople, namely, M. Thouvenel, General Daumas, and General de Larne. It is said ,the choic e has fallen on M. Thouvenel, and that is nomination will appear in a very few days in the Moniteur. Rumours are again afloat of efforts made by Prussia and Austria to effect, even at this late hour, an arrangement with Russia ; but it is said that very recently the Prussian and Austrian Ministers represented to the French Government the possibility of a settlement on the basis of the status quo ante bellum, and that the reply was that there were many things to dispose of before any proposals or an arrangement Could be listened to, and among the first was that of indemnification to those who have suffered since the breaking out of the war. There the matter dropped. An arrangement on such a basis as that mentioned would be absurd. The object of ilia Powers evidently is, not only to resist the en croachments of Russia on the Ottoman Empire, but als to p ; revent those attempts from being renewed hereafter in fact, to render Russia less formidable to the E ast and West • to reduce her to such limits as that she shall no longer be a cause of fear to the rest of Europe to place her in such a position that she shall not at her caprice menace and to 13 the tranquility of th e world. To produce such a result, the basis of the status quo is not ad missible. The Black Sea must not again become a Russian lake, the power of blocking up the mouths of the Danube must not be left to Russia, the Crimea must not be left as it was, before the war— and the Dardanelles must not be closed to the navies of the West. In fact these and similar modifica tions must be effected if the present war have really an object ; and if such be the case, it is sim ply absurd to talk at this date of the status quo ante Nihn. The landing of a Circassian force in the Crim ea is spoken of very confidently in political circles, simultaneously with an attack by sea on Sebastopol. The French steam corvette Caton and the Eng lish steam trio-ate Furious have captured some Russian vessels in the bay, situate to the north of Seba s t opo l , un d er t h e e y es and within range of the Muskets of the 1,000 or 1,200 men forming the garrison of Eupatoria. The st eam av i so H er on, belonging to the divi sion of R ear -Ad m i ra l l e B ar bi er d e Tinan, has sunk or destroyed, in the bay ofSt. Nicolo, two schooners and a brig, which were being fitted up for piratical purposes. The Emperor has conferred the Cross of the Legion of Honour on F. T. Abbe, master gunneron board the steam-frigate Mogador, who particularly distinguished himself at the bombardment of Odessa. Thirteen medals of honour have also been granted by the Emperor to the seamen of other ships who signalised themselves oit the same occasion. The 11:loniteur de l' Arnage announces that the Emperor had decided that General Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely should assume the command of the Imperial Guard on the 21st inst. The General re viewed yesterday the regiment of Guides, and pro claimed its admission into the Imperial Guard. A similar proclamation will take place for the regi ment of Gendarmerie, when its organisation shall have been completed by General de la Rue, who is now inspecting that corps. The screw corvette Plegeton, of 400-horse power, Captain Coupvent Desbois, left Cherbourg on the 17th, to join the French squadron in the Baltic. The Three per Cents. were done yesterday on the Boulevard at 68f. 30c. SPAIN. The 15th being Monday, none of the Madrid journals except the Gazette appeared, and its con tents are not of interest. A letter says :—" It is the measles ' and not the small-pox as at first sup posed, with which Queen Christina has been at tacked, but at her age the malady is not without a certain degree of gravity. It is alleged besides that her Majesty is affected by the souvenir of the death of her sister, the Infanta Luisa Carlota, wife of the Infanta Don Francisco de Paula, who died of the same complaint a few years ago. One of the Queen's daughters is also attacked ° with measles. To-morrow, or the day after, the publication of bulletins on her Majesty's state will commence."— The Stock Exchange was not open on the 15th, that being a holiday. MADRID, May 16.—The illness of Queen Christina has taken a favourable turn - it is thought that her Majesty will so on b e ou t o f danger. Three per Cents., 55. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Pianchd has left extravaganza for awhile, to throw into a new five-act dra.na Tice Knights of the Round Table, produced at this theatre on Saturday night with complete success, much of the sparkling wit and epigrammatic point abounding in the class of enter tainment which his pen for some years past has made famous on the boards of the Haymarket and Lyceum. The scene of the drama is laid in 1740 In the opening act we learn that Leonard d'Arcy (Mr. Howe), a pro fligate young man, moving in good society, has not only squandered the small fortune left him at the death of his mother, but has appropriated and spent the larger fortune rightfully belonging to his half-sister, the offspring of his father's econd mat•riage with a German countess. In order to possess himself of this money he treacherously causes his young sister to be brought away by a gipsey showman, who conveys her to this country, and, after the manner of Antigonus in the Winter's Tale, leaves his young charge on a moor in Cumberland, D'Arcy in the meanwhile being left under the impression that she is dead. At the card room of the Neapolitan Minister in London, D'Arcy meets Captain Cozens (Mr. G. Vandenhoff), a model swindler, who cheats him and other players to their last guinea. D'Arcy is about to denounce him, when his antagonist—a perfect Fouchd in the possession of secret intelligence—exhibits a thorough acquaintance with all D'Arcy's affairs ; tells him, for the first time, that his sister lives, and that by breathing a word of her existence, D'Arcy m►ght be brought to justice for his tur pitude. The sister, five years before, had been discovered upon the moor, adopted into the family of Lady Bootle, and called Perdita (Miss Reynolds). At the period of D'Arcy's career recorded above, young Sir Ralph Bootle (Mr. W. Farren) conies up to London on his mother's death, in the possession of enormous wealth, but with scanty knowledge of the world. He seeks out D'Arcy —the acquaintance of his youth—as the person best able to initiate him into the London mysteries of the period. But Sir Ralph Bootle has not seen the charms of Perdita unmoved, and to the discomfiture of his newly-found friend he acquaints him with his passion. Of course the wealth of the young baronet was to go into no other channel than the pockets of D'Arcy, Cozens, and his confederates, the veritable Knights of the Round Table. How to prevent the union ? The conspirators plot to circumvent their victim by charging him with Jacobitism, and they seek to provide a substitute for Perdita, who, having in the meantime fled to London to avoid the advances of Sir Ralph, not because she does not love him, but because a sense of honourable delicacy deters her from what, in the igno rance of her origin, she believes an unequal union, has been seen by General Grantley (Mr. Chippendale), an old gentleman, who, by the strong resemblance to her mother, to whom in former years he was himself secretly but hopelessly attached, thinks he recognises the daughter. Various villanous contrivances are resorted to by the wretched D'Arcy and his companion to blast the charac ter of Perdita and obtain the money from Sir Ralph ; but their schemes do not arrive at maturity—one great effort at Perdita's ruin, by marrying her to one Smith (Mr. Compton), an instrument of Captain Cozens, having failed, through the medium of Tom Tittler (Mr. Buck stone), who has otherwise largely contributed in the work of frustration. The story is far advanced in the fourth act ; and in the fifth virtue prevails and vice is confounded. Perdita generously forgives her brother, who is left to remorse and amendment, and Captain Cozens receives his quietus from the professional rapier of Tom Tittler in a duel. A drama, play, or what you will, in five acts, is a for midable thing to contemplate. But what matter whether five acts or three, if the dramatist can keep the curiosity of the audience on the stretch, enlist their sympathies, or keep their risible muscles in full play for the time allotted to a theatrical representation ? In all these respects Mr. Plane)* in turn, succeeded. Capital situa tions abound in the production. Without much striving at the creation of character, the keen and pungent dia logue of Mr. Planch4 pleased the ear when it did not reach the heart ; and the comic writing for Mr. Buckstone, in particular, is eminently suited to that eccentric indi vidual. The colouring of the dialogue, and the little references to the localties and events of the epoch, show the pen of a conscientious and a finished artist. Mr. G. Vandenhoff has undoubtedly the best character in the piece, and we may accord him the praise of superiority in his portrayal of it. Before the curtain rose, this gentleman made a graceful apology on the score of hoarseness ; but despite this infirmity, which almost prevented his utterance throughout the piece, Mr. Van denhoff acted his part with consummate skill. The next is Peggy Poplin, a thorough London grisette, most pleasantly and amusingly acted by Mrs. Fitz william. Mr. Compton has a splendid little bit cut out for him. Some excellent fun also arises out of the personal history of Count Livonwitz, Baron Grieffen Klaus, le Chevalier de la Finesse (the knights of the round table), who are three (Irish, Yorkshire, and Hebrew) sharpers in disguise. Mr. W. Farren, as the young baronet., was at first sufficiently verdant to be come the foil for his designing friends, and subsequently displayed taste and judgmt nt. Perdita is a mere sketch, intelligently—of course prettily—played by Miss Rey nolds. The other characters were adequately sustained by Mr. Chippendale, Mr, Clark, Miss Ellen Grey, and Miss Grantham. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the scenery, dresses, and decorations. All were in admirable keeping. The curtain fell amid loud applause—renewed upon the raising of the drop•scene displaying the whole of the company. To the general call of the audience for the name of the author, Mr. Buckstone responded by archly stating Mr. Planchd ought to be somewhere in a private box, but he could not see him. The piece was an nounced for nightly repetition. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 22.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; ligh breeze, and cloudy. RAMSGATE, May 21.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Thomas Lee, for Callao. PORTSMOUTH, May 21.—Wind, S.W. to W. Arrived —Norden, from Cardiff, for the Baltic, to repair ruder. Sailed—Hydaspes (s a), for Constantinople. CowEs, May 20.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Union (s), from York, for Havre. FALMOUTH, May 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Syren, from Havannah ; Jenny, do. ; Skulda, Alexandria ; Wave, do. Sailed—Alida, for Quebec. DARTMOUTTI, May 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived--Urania• from Stavanger, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, May 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ariel, from Hamburgb, for Bremen. Sailed—Nestor, for Port land Bay ; Thetis, Adelaide, S.A. Off Port—Sophia, from Bremen, for New York. OFF DOVER, May 19.—Three French frigates, for th Baltic ; Elsa (Amsterdam steamer). SOUTHAMPTON, May 20.—Sailed—Colombo, for Alexan dria ; Orinoco, Candia. SHIELDS, May 20.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Gratitude, for Carthagena, ; Mary Mitcheson, Alaxandria ; Huntcliff, Barcelona ; Alice Thompson, Havannah. SWANSEA May 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Henrietta, from St. Jago de Cuba. Sailed— Railway, for Gibraltar. MILFORD, May 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Dale Park, from Sierra Leone. QUEENSTOWN, May 20.—The Bona Des, of and for Liverpool, for Savannah, which was abandoned off Mizen bead in February, was pissed on the 18th May, 40 miles W.N W. of the Dorsey, in tow of two pilot cutters. ILFRACOMBE, May 20. The Ace of Trumps, from Guernsey to Cardiff, which sank 12th April to the east ward of Village Point, has been weighed by the Sulsan (schooner), and taken into Watermouth. STOCKHOLM, May 15.—H.M. steamer Amphion arrived in Farosund 2d May, with two prizes, viz., the Finland schooner Najaden, of Ulaborg, from Lubeck, captured 22d April in the Gulf of Finland, and Carolina, of Riga, from St. Übe ,a captured in the ice off Riga 28th April ; an d on the 3d May the schooner Gebrueder, of Riga, also a prize, arrived in Farosund. All three prizes sailed sth May to the southward. ST. JOHN, N.F., May 4.- The Cleopatra (s. a.), from house,P round-house, Liverpool noA Quebec, put in here 24th April short of coals, with part to awa °fl the decky'bulwarks and stanchions on both sides, ice lat. 4°71 8 1 0 0: 7 3 d 1 after larboard quarter boat galleycar ried shattered, and several articles swept from in having encountered very heavy weather 17th struck by a sea ; she has April,for her destination 26th 31, which c c h oa l l a e a d te , d re 4 p B ai h r o e u d r , s, an an d d sa b i e le e d n The Cleopatra (a.) arrived at Portland, U.S., sth May. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. Arrived—Christiana, from Hamburgh ; Estafette and Drie Vrienden, Amsterdam ; Clorinda, Enos ; Stephen Glover, W. R. Hallett, Goliah, Edward Stanley, and Gl an ce, New Orleans ; Pride of the Sea, Baltimore ; Bark hill, Pernambuco ; Sophia, Mobile ; Petrea, Charleston ; Queen of the Ocean, Virginia ; Acadian, Boston ; Den mark, M arse illes ; Gannet, Lisbon. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPR.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.40 a.m. Wind, S.W.; high water ; fresh and cloudy. Arrived—Caledonia (s), from Hamburgh ; Fyenoord (s), Rotterdam ; Marchioness Mar retha, Nykiobing ; dustry, Dunkirk ; Eclipse, Rouen; Atlas, Guernsey; Zenus, Tarragona ; Charles, Rouen ; Anglesey, Jamaica ; Kate, Callao; Marie, Wismar; G. Gilford, Odessa; J ong Rentie, Worcum. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m, Wind, S.W., fresh, with rain. Johannes. from Constantinople for London ; Galampus, from Marseilles, for London. Anchored—Zephyr, from London for Demerara ; Ken nett Kingsford, London, Port an Prince. Proceeded.—Merioede, from Constantinople for Dun. kirk. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 185 4, ALLEGED CASE OF CRILD-MURDER AT STEPNEY. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) LITERATURE. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very scantily supplied with home-grown wheats, in which a steady business was transacted, at an advance in prices of from is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley and malt were very dull, but not cheaper. Oats, beans, peas, and flour com manded full currencies. _ _ Yesterday and to-day a rumour which unfortunately turns out to be too true, has been circulated in Stepney to the effect that a female named Mary Ann Coopers had murdered her step-son, aged 7 years. It appears that the woman and her husband occupied apartments at 2, York-street, Philpot-street, Stepney, and had three children. He was a jobbing bricklayer, but both of them had led a life of great dissipation, neglecting their family and home for days together, frequently quarrelling and annoying their neighbours. Yesterday afternoon the lodgers heard a great noise, and about 5 o'clock one of the children was heard to cry for some minutes. The husband was from home, but shortly before six o'clock Mrs. Cooper was seen to leave the house with one of her children in her arms, covered with a shawl, and another child by her side. She then carried the deceased to the accident ward of the London Hospital, where she stated that the child had fallen down and struck its head against a stool. Mr. Green wood, the house surgeon, immediately examined the child, and pronounced life to be quite ex tinct, but the body was still warm. Stimulants and other remedies were administered, but all efforts to restore animation were entirely useless. The woie.an was not sober, and appeared to be very little concerned about the death of her child, which was very emaciated, and ofsicklya.ppear- The French markets have exhibited increased firmness of late, and the quotations have been on the advance. In the Baltic and Mediterranean markets wheat has com manded extreme rates. In the United States the trans actions in flour have been very moderate. The receipts of English grain up to our markets last week were small. Tire imports of foreign wheat were about 40,000 ; of barley, 5,000 ; and of oats, 50,000 quar ters. Those of flour were 5,000 sacks and barrels. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to day coastwise were on a very limited scale ; whilst the receipts by land carriage were comparatively small. The show of samples of both red and white was trifling, owing to which, and the steady advance in most of the country markets, factors were firm in their demands. The amount of business doing, however, WP9 by no means extensive. In some instances, the finest white parcels were a shade higher than on Monday last ; and the value of all other qualities was well supported. We were rather heavily supplied with foreign wheat. Importers generally were very firm in their demands, but dealers acted cautiously. Very fine wh ea t s were the turn dearer. Low and middling kinds realised extreme rates. Very few floating cargoes have been reported off the coast from Falmouth, and they were mostly held above the views of buyers. The show of barley was good. The sale for most de scriptions was rather inactive, at last week's currency. There was very little business doing in malt, at the advance consequent upon the rise in the duty. Large supplies of oats were brought forward. A good business was doing in them, on former terms. We were but moderately supplied with beans, which changed hands at full quotations. Peas realised foil prices, but the demand was by no means active. ante. Mr. Grirnwood made an examination of the deceased, and found on one side of the head a large lacerated wound of the scalp, five inches in depth, from which blood had flowed copiously. There were also several abrasions and bruises on the face and hands, and there is no doubt the child died from external violence. The woman was allowed to leave at first, but re turned again in an hour, with the little boy with her which she represented as her eldest stepson. The medical gentlemen then present asked the boy a few questions, when he said, " Mother knocked William's head against the box." The wound was of such an exten sive character that the medical officers sent for the police and gave the woman into custody. She was accordingly taken to the station-house, where she was charged on suspicion of causing the death of her child. The police of the K division have been busily occupied in making strict inquiries, and it has been ascertained that the woman seized the child by the legs and violently struck its head against the sharp edge of a large box several times. The flour trade was steady, at extreme rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • 75s to 76! Red •• .. new 733 to 853 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto.. • • ........ old 77s 893 Lineelnsh., Feed 30s 34s Ditto, White new 77s 89s Potato Ditt0........ old 80s 91s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- Black. ...... 308 338 coin, Red, old 73s 843 Cork, White ..... 293 35s Ditto new •• •• .. 74s 84s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 34s 36s Rye—Old • • .......... 515 52s Beans—Tick ......... 45s 54s New ............ 50s 51s Pigeons ...... .... 49, 66s Barley—Grinding .• • • • 36s 38s Peas—urey .......... 448 488 418 Map1e........... 48s 53s White........... 56s C2B Walt—Suffolkand Nor- Boilers .........56s 66s f o lk., .......... 66s 718 Flour—Town-made... 66s 70s C M h a e l v t Malting i e . r :: •• •• •: • ~. 603 628 Suffolk .......... 58 8 62s 3 4 9 2: 44s Kingston and Ware 73s 75s Stookta &Norfolk 588 64a ry The prisoner was brought up this morning before the magistrate at the Thames police-court, Arbour-square, and after several witnesses were examined, she was re• manded for further evidence. SPORTING NOTES. BUSINESS AT BATH. The close approach of the Epsom Meeting will doubt less militate materially against the complete success of the gathering on Lansdowne, which will take place to morrow, and on the following day. Still, the appointed sport is sufficiently attractive to command the attention of turfites, and it is not unlikely to be marked by inci dents of much interest and importance. The programme comprises eleven items, six for the first day, and five for the second. Although, however, on paper, the supply of sport appears to be ample, yet it is not improbable that the fields will be numerically insignificant. The proceedings will commence with the Lansdowne Trial Stakes, which numbers seven nominations. The Reiver's chance is certainly the most entitled to conside ration. St. Spiro may be capable of winning the Bien nial Stakes for three-yrs-old. Failing him, I shall take a turn with Spinaway. The other horses worthy of notice are Mishap and Diana. The Biennial Stakes for two-yrs-old is likely to occasion an encounter of no ordi nary interest, and may "introduce" a formidable can didate for next year's Derby. Oulston has already been somewhat sp;ritedly backed for the Great Epsom Event for 1855, and his performance on this occasion hism a y f o c r confirm fir andm t a h b e i l go i t y o d on o p i hisn o n d w e b h u i t c t I s e x a I p i r s e b s u s r ed y. as His most formidable antagonist will be Bessie. The victory of Hercules at Shrewsbury on Friday occasioned his rapid advance to the position of leading favourite for the Somersetshire Stakes. Although that performance was not remarkable for any extraordinary display of racing power, yet it was justly calculated to excite some expectations of his chance for this event. Still the animals which he will encounter at Bath will be somewhat superior to those which he met at Shrews bury. Among the entries too figure the names of Epam inondas, the winner of the Chester Cap, and Coup d'Etat, the winner of the Newmarket Handicap, but the 7lbs. penalty which they have incurred renders it questionable whether either of them will be capable of following up his success. Some doubts exist as to the starting of Ilaco, doubts which the betting seemingly indicates to be well founded. Lough Bawn has received some support, and in consideration of his running at York, I am induced to place some confidence in his chance. Rataplan, too, should he go to the post, must not be slightingly regarded. The animals, indeed, that I am inclined to " stand on" against the field are Rata plan, Lough Bawn, Coup d'Etat, and Hercules. With a fair start and no favour, I shall expect Lough Bawn to prove the winner. Ireland's Eye, Montague, and King Alfred, are my selec tions for the Members' Plate, but until the " numbers are up" even a guess at the winner will be hazardous. The events " set for decision" on Tuesday may be briefly dismissed. The result of the race for the Dyrham Plate will be ma terially influenced by the running on Tuesday. At pre sent the probabilities in favour of Orinoco, Ireland's Eye, St. Faith, Lioness, and Hercules, seem strongest. Re port speaks favourably of the chance of William the Third for the Weston Stakes. Garforth and Waterfall may occupy the first and second place for the Aristocratic Handicap. The " Cup" will perhaps be carried off by Rataplan. Some expectations are, however, lam in formed, entertained of the success of Valeria, a mare bred in France, and now trained by Sherwood, at Epsom. John Scott's horses are already located at Leatherhead. They, therefore, who have bad a recent opportunity of seeing Dervish are loud in their expressions of admira tion as to his general appearance and condition. He has recovered from the temporary "depression" under which he laboured in the turf market, and is again as •‘ buoyant" as ever. A heavy commission was, I " out" to back him, and I am informed that at present it is only partly executed. The highest offer against him is 5 to 1 ; indeed, he seems likely to become second favourite, vice Autocrat, who is gradually receding in the betting. The cause of his down ward tendency is scarcely clear, for the facetious "General " states that Lascelles goes into fits after galloping a mile with him. The desire to " get on " King Tom is apparently undiminished. Many persons, however, still regard his pretensions with pre judice and suspicion, and significantly declare his trial, the particulars of which I stated in The Sun on Thursday last, to be " too good." The Trapper, who gave "signs of coming" last week, is now in - little demand-1000 to 20 has been currently offered against him. "People who go about saying things " assert that he " makes a , noise " whilst galloping, and they who have laid against • him shout in high glee the refrain of the old nursery ditty about "he shall have music wherever he goes." May 22. A FRESH MAN. a RES FOR 1854. I North Herts 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 I Harpenden 26 I Epsom 30 'NE. Hampton 2l Harrogate 23 Knighton 23 Carlisle 26 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding 2B Bibury 2B Ludlow 28 Stockbridge ........ 2B Winchester 3O LY. Samford 18 Newton 18 Knutsford... l9 NoAingham 2O Great Grimsby 24 Goodwood 25 Radcliffe Deritend Pool 3l Ripon 31 IBER. Cowbridge Hunt . 1853. 1650. 1854. History of Europe : from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852. By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., D.C.L. Vol. 111. Blackwood and Sons. Our distinguished annalist is indeed indefatigable. His daring design is now rapidly approaching the term of its complete accomplishment. That extra ordinary and apparently most hazardous enterprise, it will be remembered, was nothing less than the continuation of his voluminous and brilliant nar rative of the History of Europe since the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, from the period at which it closed, namely, from 1815, the date of the Battle of Waterloo, down to a time almost im mediately contemporary. In these supple mentary volumes Sir Archibald Alison pro posed to recount the different events of note which have occurred in Europe during the interval of nearly four decades, extending back from the accession of Napoleon 111. to the downfall of the mighty founder of his dynasty, the Cesar of Gaul, the modern Charlemagne, the later and greater Alexander, the Sesostris of civilisation. It was an undertaking, the astonishing difficulties of which might well have deterred any man gifted even with a more than ordinary amount of courage, industry, and determination. They were altogether insufficient, however, to repel Sir Archibald Alison from an enterprise so peculiarly vast and adventurous. The intention of the his torian was scarcely intimated to the world through advertisement when the first volume of his work was announced for publication. It had barely made its appearance when it was followed by another more ample in theme and more mi nute in elaboration. The project was forth with recognised as at once making speedy progress towards its satisfactory realisation. In somuch that we have already arrived at the third instalment—five, if we recollect rightly, being the proposed limit of the undertaking. In this volume, a substantial book of 754 pages octavo, divided into seven chapters, and these again sub divided into no less than 803 sections, each section with an explanatory heading, the dates and autho rities throughout being given, moreover, with scrupulous exactitude by marginal reference—in this volume the annals of Europe are brought down to the close of the first quarter of the present century. The portion relating to Turkey, indeed, is carried on as far as to 1829, namely, to the rati fication of the treaty of Adrianople. While that referring to the domestic history of France, con ducts us even to the summer of 1830, to the final expulsion of the elder branch of the House of Bourbon by the Revolution. But, saving with exceptions like these, the volume before us may be said to be restricted on the whole in point of time to the first five tustres of the nineteenth century—the account here given of the progress of events in England, for example, ending in 1825 with the monetary crisis of December. Perhaps of all the volumes yet given to the public from the pen of Alison, the one actually under consider ation is the most timely in regard to the coinci dence of the date of its original appearance. For to it we are indebted at this wonderful juncture, when the great nations of the earth are becoming again embroiled with each other in a war that threatens to be terrible beyond example, either in its rapid violence or in its disastrous prolongation. —to this sin -.ularly apposite addition to our his toric literature we are indebted for a timely record of the last notable struggle between Russia and Turkey. The fifteenth chapter, in fact, is alto gether so curious as a reference to scenes and localities, with the names of which the masses generally are just now becoming once more strangely familiarised, that we cannot but think it would be a boon to the community at large if it were issued from the press by the Messrs. Blackwood in the form of a separate pub lication. As a pamphlet printed at a cheap rate it could not but be peculiarly acceptable to the multitude. This would not, moreover, militate in any way from the interest of the more costly work from which the chapter here specified, would be, for an occasion and a purpose, excerpted. Prof ferred to the reading public in the manner we have indicated, it would acquaint the population with matters especially interesting and especially in structive also, everything considered—the chief incidents here recounted being discovered at this critical moment to be in a most wonderful way re peating themselves. To understand this on the instant, as it were, and at a merely superficial glance, it is only necessary to revert for a while to the description given by Sir A. Alison of the con temporary history of Russia and Turkey, from 1825 to 1829, from the accession of Nicholas to the Peace of Adrianople. It will there be perceived how the rupture between the Muscovites and the Mussulmans began simultaneously with the commencement of the reign of the brother and successor of Alexander. Starting from the date of that rupture and from the earlier successes gained by Russia over the Persians immediately afterwards it will be perceived how oddly the subsequent an nals read to a certain extent like th© annals of events now transpiring in the same quarter of the globe—along the banks of the Danube, between the forces of the Sultan and the forces f the Au tocrat—with this immense difference, however, that all the while, in the former war, for the most part, England and France looked on from a dis tance as mere spectators, or interfered only be tween the belligerents diplomatically through their plenipotentiaries. If the ruler of the Ottoman Empire in 1828 and 1829 was other than the one at present reigning over 35,350,000 souls, as Commander of the Faithful, if the Sultan was then the father Mahmoud and not the son Abd-ul-Medjid the Czar of all the Russias was still the same daring and audacious potentate, against whose lawless aggressions on his weaker neighbours the chief nations of the earth are rising from London to Ispahan. Examine the narrative of his earlier and somewhat similar pro ceedings towards the Sublime Porte—turn over the pages of this luminous and impartial record of the former war adventured upon against Turkey by the Emperor Nicholas—and the very cities and per sons, the very provinces and commanders men tioned in it, sound like echoes from the diurnal annals of our current newspapers. Read this fifteenth chapter in the third volume of the " His tory of Europe," penned by Sir Archibald Ali son in continuation of his former masterpiece, and you might almost imagine at times—[we do not ' presume to arrogate the notion of any resemblance in "style," but simply refer to an obvious similarity in " fact"]—you might almost imagine that you are reading the latest news in The 1 Sun, or in La Patric, in th e Ti mes, or i n th e Moniteur, and not of events long past and now inscribed upon imperishable tablets with the fluent hand, but the weighty authority, of the annalist of the Europeans. Read—and you will hear of the passage of the Pruth, p. 265 ; of the advance of the Russians beyond the Danube, p. 270 ; of the fall of Kus tendji, p. 271 ; of the blockade of Schumla, p. 279 ; of the warlike measures adopted at Odessa, p. 280 ; of the siege of Varna, p. 287 ; of the operations before Widdin, p. 292 2 • of the retreat from Silistri a , p. 293 ; or , aga i n , a t p. 302, of the plan of attack proposed by Prince Paskiewitch. The whole of this portion of the narrative, in truth, is a political curiosity—a curiosity which will be found, particularly nowadays, at once instructive and interesting. Altogether Sir Archibald Alison's narrative fur nishes about the most lucid and dispassionate ac count yet given to the world of the campaigns of 1828 and 1829 in the principalities, and, beyond all manner of doubt, gives, of it, an account the most masterly in condensation. Elsewhere, moreover, in the present volume, our historian has recounted events scarcely less attrac tive than those we have just particularised, scarcely less attractive, we repeat, during the momentous period recently arrived at by his immediate contem poraries. Alison relates, for instance, in one chapter, the nature of the progress made by Asia Minor and Greece, socially, politically, and statistically, and, in another, gives a detailed record of the Greek Revolution, including a description of the battle of Navarino, and a statement of the circumstances under which Hellenic independence became estab lished under a quadruple protectorate. What is here said by our historian, in especial reference to the internal course of events in France, brings us down to the fall of Charles X., as we have already taken occasion to observe. It extends over the 16th and 17th chapters, the former dating from the death of Louis XVIII. to the accession of the Polignac Administration, the latter from the ac cession of the Polignac Ministry to the July Re volution. In one we read of the coronation of the King at Rheims, in the other of his flight throu g h Cherbourg. It is, as ever with France during the lives and reigns of the later Bourbo ns—a series A most of dazzling and affecting vicissitudes . moving and attractive tale when tol d by. any one, even by those least gifted with sensibility edorwiimth agination, but one which, as here u all the pictorial vividness and oratorical eloquence . of Alison, becomes invested with an irresistible and pathetic fascination. A subsequent chapter in the volume before us should be particularly referred to as among the most remarkable criticisms p enned by Sir Archi bald Alison—a writer already almost as dis tinguished as an essayist as an , historian. It re lates to, and indeed is entitled, ' Literature of France during and after the Restoration." Treat ing successively of annalists, military histo rians, memoir writers, travellers, philosophe r s, poets, and novelists, Alison takes an ample and corn prehenaiye survey of the whole of moclorh French The London Pulpit. By James Ewinc , Ritchie Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Mr. Ritchie's pen-ana-ink sketches of the popular preachers of London are as life-like as they are brilliant and delightful—occasionally blotted with personality and sometimes exaggerated into cari cature. The thought of producing them was a happy one, and has been carried out, in the volume before us, with much agreeable animation. The collection of silhouettes herein presented to our contemplation will bo especially acceptable, we conjecture, to our country cousins as a guile among the more generally known of the metropolitan ecclesiastics. It will be perceived at a glance that the writer has familiarised himself with the sub ject before undertaking its treatment. He has sat at the feet of more than one Gamaliel. He has drunk in the wisdom, and eloquence, and fervour, and verbosity, and affectation of the Bosniets, and Knoxes, and Irvings, and Praise-God-Bare-Bones, of London and Westminster. And listening to them one and all he has " taken down" each, not in short-hand notes, as a stenographer, but rather we might say in vivid profile, or full face, or three quarters as a photographer. Chapter after chapter brings the popular preachers of the capital before our mind's eye in a sort of stately clerical proces sion. Here, for example, is THE REV. THOMAS DALE. "All eyes are turned in the direction of the pulpit. We look there as well, and see a man rather below the average height, with fresh complexion, mild grey eyes beneath light-coloured eyebrows, with a common-place forehead, and a figure presenting altogether rather a pedantic appear ance. This is the Rev. Thomas Dale, D.D. He looks as if the world had gone easy with him ; and truly it has, for he is a popular Evangelical preacher—perhaps, next to Mr. Melville, the most popular preacher in the English Church. He is a popular poet—he is Vicar of St. Pancras, and Canon of St. Paul's." Here, the expelled Professor of King's College— THE REV. F. D. MAURICE. " Mr. Maurice has the true appearance of the professor— short dark hair, sallow face, precise manner ; all indicate the man of study and thought. His voice is clear and agreeable, though not strong. His reading is very rapid, but, at the same time, emphatic. As to action, he has none. Tie aims more at what he says, than how he says it ; and, if you listen, you will find food for thought in every phrase." Here, one of the most popular pulpit orators of all iu the metropolis— THE REV. HENRY MELVILLE. Tall, of dark complexion, with black hair and blue eyes, with a face lit up with genius—the most brilliant preacher in the English Church : such is Henry Melville. His action is simple and singular. When he commences scarcely any is observable. Then as he flies along, and warms as he proceeds, the head is dropped with a convulsive jerk, and the right hand is raised, and the climax is ejaculated (for so rapid is his delivery it can scarcely be called preach ing) with a corresponding emphasis. NO sooner is the text enunciated than he plunges at once into his subject, deve loping and illustrating his meaning with a brilliancy and rapidity unparalleled in the pulpit at the present day. You are kept in breathless attention." The sketch, half critical, half biographical, given immediately afterwards, of the Rev. Robert Mont gomery, is one of those portions of the volume already alluded to as blurred by personality, and distorted into caricature. The author depicts iu a more genial and kindly spirit his next subject— THE HON. AND REV. MR. VILLIERS. " His figure is prepossessing—a great thing in a public speaker. Weak, stunted, deformed, wretched-looking men have no business iu the pulpit. A man should have a portly presence there. He should also have a Sue voice, and Mr. Villiers is singularly happy in this respect. In the Church there is not a man who can read its stately service with more effect. Anti that service, well read to the bearer in a fitting mood, is a sermon itself. Nor does Mr. Villiers' merit end here. He is no dull drone when the service is over and the sermon has begun. With downcast eye he reads no moral essay that touches no conscience and fires no heart. On the contrary, he is exceedingly active and energetic in the pulpit. He looks his congregation in the face- —he directs his discourse to them. Ile takes care that not a single word shall lose its aim." After these five popular preachers of the Church of England, come six of the Independent Denom John Campbell, the Rev. John Leifchild, the Rev. Thomas Lynch, the Rev. Samuel Martin, and, last of all, one from the delineation of whom we shall indulge our readers with a brief extract— EDWARD MIALL, ESQ., M.P. " place Miall in the pulpit, and a (glance will tell you the man. You can see he has been brought up in a divinity lle e • he has all the prim and unfashionable air of youth co are g d 'in such secluded spots. His pale face tolls of rtehought. You see in his small clear eye that th oug ht cr ystallises in his brain. His clenched hand, his determined teeth, his shrugged-up shoulders, prepare you for the tena city with which he clings to what thoughts come to him, In the House of Commons and elsewhere, Miall is the sam e—not elated when applauded, not depressed when re viled ; unbending, imperturbable, mild in demeanour, yet inflexible in purpose." Having thus depicted the editor of the Noncon formist, Mr. Ritchie " pencils off" three popular preachers of the Baptist Denomination—the Rev. William Brock, the Rev. J. Howard Hinton, and thus also— literature. Speaking of romance writers, it is amaz- lated ;of action he can be said scarcely to have any. Bap. ing that he makes no adequate mention either of test Noel is a thorough Englishman in this respect. Charles Paul de Kock, or of Alexandre Dumas the As a companion picture to this we give the fol voluminous and inexhaustible. Ref - rring to the lowing mention by our author of the " shining philosophers renowned as scient ific men-of-letters, light" of the Presbyterians it is matter of astonishment that he dedicates not ,t Dr. Cumming THE himself JOHN CUMMING. a page, not even a paragraph, to savans as illus - determined man, with f i t looks oo good intellectual a large sturdy,cr Scotchpo er w , and e trious as Arago and Leverrier. That he should that power well cultivated, but all in the overlook Juste, or minor writers of that class, though so little does the Doctor's speech y betray him, Y cannot, of course, be in any respect surprising. A. that you would scarcely notice that his pronuncia, tion , was that of native e _ of the ' Land of Cakes? few mediocrities are (at all times and under all circumstances) amply sufficient. OXtya aXtc TOT 11 e s y i o s u n brown.looking, s h he ishwaeirars spectacles, and 0 1 . 1 . is corn , tarp/eq. apKEt. But with all their scarcely nu- plosioncan say nothing about his eyes; or, as merable faults, neither Dumas nor De Kock gown and bands, asto the robustnessof his frame. He looks a can assuredly be designated mediocrities. And agile and well set ; strong in the faith, and master of texts assuredly, also, among the greatest of the great men innumerable wherewith to support that faith. A polished, who have dedicated their genius to the most sub- i g 3 r e seeful self-contained and self-satisfied man. H ' of large heart and sympathies, but he has ema o y lime of the physical sciences, may be ranked the appearance of one. He rather seems a man grest n in t those two glorious astronomers—Arago and Le- small things, tediously proper and scrupulously correct— verrier. While, however, we may object to a great gun, I imagine, at an Evangelical tea-table—and, sundry faults of omission in regard to this remark- with his ultra-Protestantism (he is a countrymen of Miss able survey of French literature during and after Cunninghame's, and every Scotchman hates Popery as a the Restoration, we could . mention . among its certain personage does holy water), he is a tremendous favourite at Exeter Hall. Indeed, Ido not know that blemishes but few faults of commission. Gratefulfor there is at this time a more popular performer on those the delight which the perusal of this masterly cri- boards, and he is a favourite with people whose favour ticism has yielded us, wo can speak of it in terms P only of unaffected admiration. It matters but little pecuniarily is worth something —with people who can afford to buy his books. Hence, also, he is one of the most in its regard—when weighing it in the balance of copious religious writers of our day." judgment—it signifies comparatively nothingt,hat Another Presbyterian is described in the person we find it remarked with more familarity ephratse of the Rev. James Hamilton, and then come sun than we should have thought befitting the dig n ity dry pages devoted respectively to Johannes Rouge, of history, that Napoleon was always "on the the Re v. William Forster, and the Rev. Henry look-out" for genius in any department. w e e lerson, classed together under the vague head of the miscellaneous. A curi ous su pp lement relating, can pass by as of no account the casual straws c aught up in the flow of that rushing eloquence as its title intimates, to the cathedrals of the capi which time will solidify and eternize into the tal, introduces the reader succ essivel y to St. Paul's, amber current of historic narrative. Closing the to St. Geor , e's, to the Irvingite , an d to the old Abb v olume after a perusal of this brilliant chap- Abbey at Westminster. ter—a chapter in itself a masterpiece — we can think, not of the occasional flaws in the style, but of the exquisite taste every sentence evidences, the rhetorical power of the annalist, his extraordinary variety of knowledge, his classic erudition, his wonderful familiarity with every branch of modern literature, his eclectic en thusiasm, but, above all, his noble and splendid magnanimity. This magnanimity he reveals at the very outset of his criticism when be is consider ing the relative merits of contemporary historians, as though he himself had no pretensions to the name of annalist. With no unstinting hand, but with words of panegyric, and with cordial fervour, Alison awards the bay garland of Clio, with more or less ample umbrage, according to their deserts, to Guizot, Sismondi, Thierry, Michaud, Barante, Salvandi, Tillers, Lamartine. It is worthy of him —for the critic has no need of jealousy, even if his nature could harbour so vile a feeling. Another peculiarity scarcely less deserving attention may be coupled with this same magnanimity. The flowing periods, or rather the ample folds of his rhetoric, do not preclude Alison from the sparkling point of sen tences eminently epigrammatic. He says (p. 559) of Chateaubriand—" He was a man of the olden time stranded by fate on the storm-beaten shore of the Revolution." He writes magnificently of Thiers (p. 621), particularly iu reference to his Histoire au Consulate et de l'Enipire—" Not only is he in genious, dramatic, and eloquent, but his writings abound in important, general, and often in just generous appreciation of individual character." He talks (p. 618) of Chateaubriand having visited the Holy Sepulchere " with the mingled feelings of a classic scholar and a devout pilgrim," and Lamartine " with the highly-wrought imagination of a poet and the brilliant conceptions of a painter," and Michaud " with the heroic spirit of a Crusader." Throughout the whole of this elaborate criticism, moreover, Alison continues to approve himself alike earnest, discriminating, genial, and magnani mous—even to the close of the chapter, when turning from letters he directs his attention to actors, painting, and architecture. Altogether his latest volume will in no way deteriorate his reputation : on the contrary, we rest assured that so far from in any respect derogating from his fame as the historian of modern Europe, it will constitute only an additional and important means towards securing its perpetuation. Murray's Rand-book to Turkey. Third edition. Murray. As timely a re i ssue o f one of Mr. Murray'c; world famous hand-b oo k s as we have ever marked among this class of publications. Doubtless, had the volume appeared yet a little earlier, it would have been advantageous it for its circulation. But, whoeverything hav have examined under be notice, obvious to that th the ose rapidity with which the pages the information contained them, has been collected and l arranged together in adaptedac cording to fo the r aff accustomed ording facilitis a n for a in p st l a an nt admirably refeee —is really, in a remarkable facilities extraordinary. Transmitted, as, we doubt not, e many Hand-book will inevitably be by t a h n e y fr a i home) of our brave soldiers now encamped Scu tari or Gallipoli, it cannot fail to be accepted at t dScu them with all eagerness as a more useful companion peby in Italy in n th e in than the travelling Englishman would fi n d France or Belgium in the courier, cicerone, or in Turkey itself in the most skilled and faithful dragoman. Accompanied with new maps and plans, revised and greatly augmented, this the third edition of the " Handbook to Turkey" w ill be found on examination to supply the traveller with a fund of valuable information in regard to Constantinople, European Turkey, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia. Sections relating to passports, firmans, Turkish money, Turkish weights and measures, the Mahommedan year, and a Turkish Vocabulary, are comprised in a very read able and gossipping General Introduction. friends lefdf thista.t OPENING OF CANNON-STREET W EST. This day, at one o'clock, the entire line of the New Cannon street, from the statue of King 'William, at Eastcheap, to St. Paul's Churchyard, was formally opened to the public for carriage traffic by the Improve ment Committee connected with the Corporation of the City of Sondon. The boarding round the plot of ground recently cleared will be taken down, for the purpose of furnishing to the Committee and the public a full opportunity of viewing the south front of the cathedral, the object specially being to determine what steps are to be taken ultimately as to throwing the site into the public way. Mr. Tite, the Chairman of the Royal Society of British Architects, with several of the members, were in attendance at the architect's view. We understand that, in consequence of the movement made in the matter by the press, and from other causes, the improvement Committee have agreed to recommend a plan which will give to the public a large portion of the space. The suggestions made to-day by the Cor poration, to the Royal Society of Architects, we hear to be as follows :—They propose to cover that por tion of the present street called " Old Change," lying between the intersection of it by Cannon-street West and Watling-street, on the north, by a rounded frontage, facing St. Paul's church, and looking westward. By doing this the ground now forming the roadway of that part of the Old Change would be made available for building purposes, a finish given to the new street, a useless bit of thoroughfare profitably disposed of, and the major part of the space now cleared thrown into the public way. There is, we have moreover the satisfaction of stating, but little doubt of these propositions meeting with the approval of the Court of Common Council. The chief objection to the proposition is the probable money loss the Corporation would sustain, but this ob jection has been met by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Al derman Muggeridde, Deputy Harrison, and other in fluential members of the Corporation, who argue that an improvement of this character is not only of City, but of metropolitan, and indeed of national, importance, and that, if necessary, a general local rate in order to effect it might justifiably be sought for. At all events it is to be hoped that, now there is such a favourable oppor tunity of promoting so desirable a design, no paltry pe cuniary considerations may interfere to prevent its being carried into execution. THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOEL. " Immediately ho rises in the pulpit you feel that you have that undefinable mystery, a gentleman before you. Few, indeed, are the gentlemen who surpass him in ele gance of appearance, or urbanity of manner. He is about fifty-five years of age, tall, and of a fine figure ; his hair is of a light brown colour, his complexion is fair and pale, his face long, and his features handsome. He has a high forehead, deep set blue eyes, a long and rather aquiline nose, and au expressive mouth. His voice is rich and silvery, not harsh and crabbed,' but " 'Musical as is Apollo's lute';' and indeed it ought, for Baptist Noel rarely concludes his sermons within an hour. If his eloquence be compared to that of a stream, it must be that of no mountain co u ntry,.i i but of peaceful plains, of one of which it may b e sa id that " Through delicious m eads, The murmuring stream its winding water 105(15. He is remarkably fluent ; his sentences are particularlyi smooth and well constructed, and his voioe_g ellt. 5 ' 131°4111 RACING FIXT Lewes l9 Bath 23 Royston 23 Tavistock 23 JU Halifax Redditch Manchester Lenham 7 Epping Town Coggeshall 7 Southwell 8 Ascot Heath 13 Tenbury l5 Newcastle-on-Tyne 2O JII Newmarket Worcester 4 Barnstaple 6 Lancaster 6 Odiham 7 Mansfield ll 12 Liverpool 13 Abingdon 13 Ipwich 17 Stourbri dge NOVE 2 L E i p v s e o r m pol A o utumn DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A FEMALE. Yesterday a most distressing attempt at suicide was made by a married woman named Mary Davis, residing at No. 8, Poppin's.court. ft appears she had an alter cation with her son, a youth about 15 years of age, and became highly excited. She went down stairs to the water closet, and was shortly after discovered with her throat cut so severely that on being taken to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital little hopes were given of her re covery. The unfortunate woman had taken a carving knife to effect her dreadful intent. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS —Mr. Edward Thornton, secretary of legation at Mexico, is appointed her Ma jesty's Consul-General and Charg6 d'Affaires at New Granada, in the place of General D. F. O'Leary, de ceased. Mr. Frederick Warre is appointed u npaid attach 6 to her Majesty's mission at Washington.— Observer. When the great Napoleon used to beat the Russians in pitched battles, and there was no mistake about it, the Russians always sang Te Deum, as if they had won victories. Napoleon when he heard of this, once said, " The Russians are great rogues ; they not only lie to Riau but they lie also to God." • SMITHFIELD... Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were but moderate, the time of year considered, being only 1,978 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we re ceived 2,582 ; in 1852, 2,505 ; in 1851, 2,451; in 1850, 2,012 ; in 1849, 1,739. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Hamburgh...... 52 ... Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Calais Rotterdam 4B ... Amsterdam 11 Ostend — .. Dordt ••• Harlingen 242 Antwerp — ••• - ••• 446 ... - ... 24 1 ... 276 11 ... 1 ... 456 ... 7 ... '''. • •• Total ... 353 ... 1012 ... 3 396 . 8 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1853 462 1,741 13 338 29 1852 3BO ... 1,646 30 ... 435 14 1851 426 ... 1,587 45 ... 322 61 1850 227 1,428 230 ... 127 1849 406 976 10 345 2 To-day's market was very moderately supplied with foreign stock, the general quality of which was by no means first-rate. Nearly the whole changed hands, at full prices. From our own grazing districts there was a considerable falling o Tin the arrivals of beasts, compared with several previous weeks. The attendan ce of buyers being good, the beef trade was brisk, at an advance in the prices obtained on this day se'nnight of ful l y 2d per 81bs, and a good clear ance was effected. A few very superior Scots sold as high as 5s per 81bs, but the general top figure for beef was 4s 10d. The quality of mos t breeds exhibited a falling off; hence the weight of beef here to-day was small. For the time of year the arrivals of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire were small, viz., 1,932 Scots and short horns. From other parts of England we received 400 of various breeds, and from Scotland 420 horned and polled Scots. We were fairly supplied with most breeds of sheep, the condition of which was by no means prime. Butchers generally complain that sheep come light to the scale. Prime Downs sold steadily at last week's currency, the top figure being 5s per llbs ; but most other breeds moved off slowly, and, in some instances, the quotations were a shade lower than on Monday last. Lambs, the show of which was tolerably good, were in moderate request. In prices very little change took place. The supply of calves was tolerablyigood. The trade ruled steady, at Friday's decline in the quotations. The top figure was 5s 4d per llbs. In pigs very little was doing, yet the quotations were supported. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 10 4 0 Large crse. calves 4 2 410 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 2,Sucklin,gcalves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs ss 2d to 6s Bd. TOTAL SUPPLE. FOREIGN SUPPLE. Beasts .. • • ............ 3,510 Sheep . • • .. ..... . _ —27,110 Calves .• ••• • .. .... ...... 200 Beasts • • ........... ..... . . 498 Sheep .................... 1,450 Calves.... ..............•• 157 Fig 5............. ......... A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 23, 1853, and this clay, Monday, May 22, 1854. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. May 23, 1853. !May 22,1854 s. d. s. d. ,s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 oto 3 2 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 4 3 6;3 10 4 0 Prime largo oxen ... ... 3 8 10;4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, dm 4 0 4 4 , 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 3 10'3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto .. 4 0 4 2'3 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto 4 6 4 8 . 4 8 5 0 Lambs ... ... 5 0 6 4 1 5 2 6 8 Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 1 4 2 410 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 05 0 5 4 Large hogs ... ... 3 4 3 83 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 310 4 4'4 4 4 8 Beasts... 4,869 3,510 27140 Sheep ... 22,740 , 140 Calves 237 200 - Pigs ••• 330 280 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 24, 1852.—Beasts, 3, 681 ; shee p and lambs, 25,140; calves, 221; pigs, 450. calves, 247 ; pigs, 490. 27,070 May 26, 1851.—Beasts, 3,835 ; sheep and lambs , ; NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL. The supplies of country-killed meat continue seasonably good, but those slaughtered in the metropolis are but mo derate. For most kinds we have a fair demand at our quotations. _ Beef, inferior 2 10 Do., middling 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 Do., do. small 3lO Pork, large 3 4 Lamb .... 8. d. s. d. 3 8 3 10 ~4 0 4 4 ~4 6 4 8 .3 10 5 0 ~4 2 4 8 Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. I 3 4 I Mutton, Inferior 3 8 Do., middling.... 3 10 Do., prime........ 4 4 Veal ............. 4 0 J Pork, 5ma11....... 5s Od 6s 41 BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for most kinds of hops, the prices of which are fairly supported. We have had an arrival of 18 bales from Ostend. Th e quotations are as follow :—Kid and East Kent pockets, 51. 5s to 81. Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 51. Os to 6/. lOs ; 6'l3B®X ditto, 5/. 5s to 6/. Gs per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELD S. Our markets are but moderately supplied with all kinds of potatoes, yet the demand is in a vora inactive state. Last week's imports were 2 baskets 3 11 bags from Rotter dam, and 371 bags from Belfast. York Regents, 115 s to ' 185 s ; Scotch ditto, 125 s to 155 s • ditt o cups, 110 to 135 s and foreign, 110 to 120 s per ton. WOOL. Although the public sales continue to be well attended by buyers, the biddings since our last have been inactive, and prices have ruled from a halfpenny to 10 per lb be neath the previous auctions. The following rates have been paid :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 6d ; tegs, Is 8d to is 9d ; scoured, 1s 2d to is 6d ; mixed, 11d to is 2d ; damaged, 9d to is 2d; hoggetts, is 2d to I s 7d ; lambs', rease, 9l to 11d. is 7d to 2s ; pieces, lld is 7d; e 80 to 11d; Cape—Scoured sheep's, 10d to is 2d ; black, 7d to lld ; handwashed, lld to is ld; damaged, 8d to 10d. Sydney—Clean sheep's, is 3d to is 6d ; scoured, is 4d to is 7d. New Zealand—Clean sheeps', is 2d to is 6d. SouthAustralian—Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 4d • lambs, Is 2d to is 6d. ; grease, 7d to 10d.. Van Diemen'; Land—Clean sheep's, is 2d to is 6d ; skin, ls to 1s 7d ; handwashed, is to Is 5d : grease, 7d to 9d per lb. In the private contract market scarcely any business is doing. Last week's imports were 31 bales from Hamburgb, 1,350 from Port Philip, 9 from Antwerp, and 64 from Odessa. The prices of English wool remain as follow :—South-down tegs and half-bred hogs, is 00 to is ld, South-down ewes, clothing, is Id to is 10, do. combing fleeces, Isld, K en t fleeces, is ld to is 3d, combing skin, lld to ls, flannel wool, lld to is 3d, blanket wool, 7d to is id, Leicester fleeces, is to is ld per lb. SEEDS. The market for linseed continues steady, but the busi ness doing in it is by no means extensive. Bombay on the spot has changed hands at 68s ; Odessa, 66s per quarter. Rapeseed and cakes are quite as dear as last week; but all other articles command very little attention. Ternip,White, per bash. 14s to 20s Swede .. 245 385 dastard, Brown— •• .. lOs 13s White, new ••• • .. 103 14s Tares,Winter, new.... 9s Od 9s 6d Old ••• • • • is Od 8s Od Canary, per quarter 44s 488 Rye ,Trass • • •.. • • ... 24s 28s Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) 58s 64s White •• • • .... • • 515 82e Foreign Red •• .. 463 56e White •• • • GGs gOs 185 243 , ' CarrawaY •••••• • • . • • • 42 s 48s Coriander •• • • .... • • 103 15s fi e mpseed, per quarter 40s 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 74 s 76s Crushing •• • • .... 6 e 68s Baltic • • • ... 66s 70s Odessa ..•.•..... 663 70s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • • . 101 Os 12' Os Foreign, per ton 915 s 111 5s Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 155 7/ 55 Ra p e seed, New, pr Ist 33103 401 Cs Trefoil, new ...• .....• TALLOW. Our market is in a very inactive state, and prices con tiuue to decline. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 61s, and for forward delivery, 62s Gd to 63s Gd per cwt Town tallow is 588 Gd per cwt. net cash. Rough fat 3s 3d per 8 lbs. 1851. Stock this day ..... i .1 24,611 36,848 42.054 ) 23,935 35,975 37s s 6d oc • i o 37 3 ; s Ockio to 47 o s o, o o tl d Price of Y. C. .... 6 0 1;4 3 0,1 0 r i ' t0 36 3 5 75 9(1 0d Delivery last week ..1 1,147 766 956 i 766 539 Ditto from June 1.... 93,305 89,942 ; 102,282 1 101,249 92,066 Arrivals last week.. 1,376 j 2,640 1 709 324 1,190 Dittofrom June 1 .... , 92,445 '101,272 4107,802 I 84,556 104,726 Price of Town .... .. 386 0d , 386 Od 58A 9d 493 ad 618 Od ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB• The first match of the season for prizes offered by this club was sailed for on Saturday. The contest was limited to third-class vessels only, belonging to mem bers of the club, and although the day was remarkably fine, the wind most unfortunately disappointed the ex pectations which had been entertained by the numerous company which had assembled to witness the race. The committee had as usual chartered a steam-boat for the accommodation of the members of the club and their friends. The company having received a considerable addition to its numbers at Blackwall, found on ar rival at Erith the following yachts ready moored for starting : Name. Tons. Owner. Romp 9 Mr. Isfumford. Cormorant Mischief Kitten One minute per ton was allowed for the difference in size. The Romp was on the Kent side nearest to the shore, and the others in the above order. The signal for the start was fired by the Commodore, Mr. Goodson, at half past eleven precisely, and the yachts at once got under weigh. The Kitten, however, was much the smartest, a❑d although, from the absolute lack of wind, it was some time before they could obtain any steerage way, the Kitten first caught the breeze, and took a lead of about 100 yards. She was followed at intervals of some distance by the Mischief, Romp, and Cormorant. They continued to drift down with the tide in a most mono tonous manner, and although their positions were con tinually changing, this portion of the match did not afford the slightest test of the superiority of any of the competing craft. In this state of affairs, the Commo dore most judiciously shortened the course at Rosher ville, when the tide turned, and the vessels with very great difficulty rounded the steamer in the following order :-- H. M. ES. Mischief . 3 0 33 Kitten Cormorant 3 56 12 Romp 4 5 0 A promising breeze having sprung up, the Mischief made the most of the commanding lead which she had obtained, and the issue of the match was apparent. The wind increasing, the others gradually gained upon her, and the advantage the Mischief had gained by catching the wind first was made up for by the fact that the in creasing force of the breeze overtook the rearward yes. eels sonic time first. The match, therefore, was no trial, either of the capabilities of the vessels, or the skill of the crews. They arrived at the winning buoy, off North Woolwich, in this order : H. M. S. Mischief Kitten Cormorant Romp The day was delightful, and, in the absence of a yatching match, the band of the Royal Artillery was pressed into the service of the dancers, who improvised a ball on the afterdeck of the steamer. There was a great number of shipping and transports, in the river, dressed out i n th e i r co l ours i n h onour o f her Majesty . 0 birthday, an d th e J ason was me t w ith, steaming at full_ speed, w ith ar till ery on b oar d f or Constantinople. She was duly saluted with two guns from the Commodore, citea which act of courtesy was immediately returned, on come pally on board the other vessels was e somewhat grander scale. The enthusiasm o f on utmost pitch, and they loudly cheered the troops x d to the board the Jason, who returned the comPlimela Iran the greatest heartiness and goodwill. MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.—On Saturday the annual return to Parliament was printed containing en account of the income and expenditure under the Mer cantile Marine Act and the Steam Navigation Act. The income, with the balance was 40,2951. 12s. 7d., and the expenditure, 33 , 0341 . 15s. 7d. ; leaving a balance a 7,2601. 17s. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.—On Saturday a Par. liamentary paper was puplished giving an account of the receipts and e xpenditure under the Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act in the year ending the 31st December' and bonds, bonds, 161,821 i. 1853. The receipts , with the bala nce in hand, were, in I v 9 a s .r various payments , and stock r 4 e ol/.los. lid. On the 31st balance at the D ec ember lcesdslo2df 6.t3hA fteryear6 last l fund, and the pensions amounted 26,306 pensioners to 59 , 5301. 15 7 . 3 th l e The amount received for wages and effects (with balance in hand) of 3,469 deceasedas seamen was 30,585/. 9s. 4d., and 13,9081. 14s. 10d. w d at deceased seamen, leaving a paid last year to the relatives and representatives of 2,015 balance tinolalras 014 nfthe year 0f1,6 6761 its 6el , .