The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-18 00:00:00

C111M11M.... - DA l( ' ) ,,c rAY CO 31 . 1' ,1 1 11; occUpl?' . ale mOlO S DA Y '; NGLANINJ ngland b e ° d d r-heard nut the I" BEVCS.), 1 thing of in. t AM) . 1 mo''''''jp upicd his DAY') :.) . of DK BAIL ; DAY,) a. f [e sum °, be led to. nd go r _ e i ys it sign 6 ' that he ;4 was sig ° T .of set AO ,A Cog!" ;arY• • 11 nterest I n de etarY to ter wh o 6 lll dela"A itneo WO ry idea tc : purPO S " u0( 1 , wa s N Ws / Nas wore , ' 4 t, obe y " 7 in ooa~ tor a ver to co ~ elic4t eii~ rho g' ' DAir. i i, e ) , [nat ion iog of W I/ 0 ost loe h 11P esre bog )ff th e b e d fi r er, be bog the be 1, at t' Ole o•-• ,roande . till ) A il) ' OW , h S' n ibia t° II b' itl f , IVi i Sp e• polio Of t 00 tir MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTE.It 10 7'HRE E. There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Americans were *d. to -V., and Brazil and Suratl3.perlb higher. The sales were estimated at 10,000 hales, of which 1,500 American, and 300 Pernam and Ahranhani, were taken for export. The sacs comprised 6 000 American at SU. to 72(3., 500 Bahia at 6d. to 7 0. 7 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 7*(1., 1,000 Surat at 41 , i. 50 S,a Island at Is. 2d. to Is. 63., and 1,000 Pernern and Maranham at 6d. to 60. per lb.—ln Rail way Shares there was q,ain a further decline in prices. The six weeks' average price of wheat is again re turned at 38s. Id. per quarter. The meeting of Spanish bondholders held yesterday opens out, as we trust, a new era for the unfortunate creditors, and we hope it will be a precedent in many other similar cases for contractors to come forward and co-operate in obtaining satisfaction in whole or part for th, it clients. It is obvious that since foreign loans are perseveringly brought out ss a mat tAt of profit to large firms, and the right of Gov( rnment to interfere is contested, the con• tractors should he made in part pecuniarily amenable, a, natal as they are int.rally liable for the injury done, and it would be no bad plan, as suggested by one of the speak, ro at the taceting, tor our Government to require ! te curity to th e extant of five or ten per cent. for every loan brought out, that innocent and inexperienced par tics !night have some assurance that a eangerous and s '" ete l.Y speculativ e steck was bring offered to them. The Pirudit Governme n t, in its existing position, labours Under a stigm a which should attach to that of no Euro pean and ciliated country. It has abundant and in creasing revenues, and provides the miserable sum of about 200,0001. or 300,0001. per annum in satisfaction of a n demand s tor interest upon a debt of from ten to twelve millions eive millions sterling. If any race of people posses- Sin ga spark of national pride or honour can longer en dure this state of things, they certainly deserve neither respect nor admission RAD honest company. The meeting held yesterday, of parties interested in the mercantile marine of England, has awakened atten tion to the Government Bill, which previously was but little known, and there seems to be much difference of opinio n upon it. A better provision for the seamen is deemed essential, and yet in the new race of maritime eultpetition with "all the world, great latitude should be tievd n eli pla itis cont en d e d, t o th e owners . P oss ibly, a modi might secure greater favour. The quotations of Public Securities come much lower from Frankfort owing to the decline at Paris. Austrian inetallics were 79 on the 15th instant, and Spanish Three per Cents. 291. At Amsterdam on the 16th instant " ( itch Securities were more buoyant, but Foreign Stocks Were flitter with the exception of Peruvian. Fr "o The Funds have been steady, but not active. The 4 . h news, De and the interest attaching the election o r another puty, on the 28th inst., are to chiefly against the market, but the Bears do not in the face of the CQ sti n g abundan ce o f mon ey, o perate very freely. 2asols have been 951 fur Transfer, and 95 4 for count, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. .tsve been 968 to 97, and the Three per Cents. 94 i t t. 444,9hequer-bids are 68s. to 70s. premium. Gen the Foreign Market, the transactions have not a e n of magnitude. Mexican Boads have realised 29i, , --ci t . 3 a, Grenada 161, Venezuela 341 to 35, and have 0 8 Ayres 521 to 53 ex. div. Peruvian Deferred ie.aliiitelea3374-3 to 30. Portuguese Four per Cents. have to 334, and Spaniih Five per Cents. 18i, with scarcely anything doing. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 56. s to li d tiliv aY Shares have rallied to some extent, it Xr-m, is to be hoped that now the Stock r , .4; r al e i ge Committee has given power to buyers to the delivery of shares at the exact date for one they were sold, there will be a healthier tone. No its e el e f an have confidence in a property, however good in 9 which issubject to such merciless and indiscrimi a bowte uangin-,, whenever an opportunity seems to occur, e ver it m a y y apply in reality to some particular com :I alon e . Great Western have recovered nearly 21., Z r ighton U. los., North Western about 21., South Wes- IL, and others in proportion. day, aretie last week's railway receipt, ascertained up to this as under:— 1850. 1849. Not th. Western .bnut h estor £43,707 13 8 £40,818 2 5 ktdian'd". . 9,508 12 7 9,468 12 5 Kbri.,,,h t ,,, n Soutl 9,565 14 1 10,253 15 8 20,988 10 2 20,456 5 9 ~ I-Eastern .... valedonian ......... 4RITIS Ici FIINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • D b (From the O ffi cial List.) ank Stock 206 3 ?er C ent. Reduced Annuities aN per Cent. C onso l s A nne w qiO4 - .- ,- ,n per Cent. Arms. 97 967 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1360 B% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 Do. 30 Y ears, E xp i re J an . 5, 1360 B% India Stock 266 Do. Bonds, 10001 92 95 p Ditto under 1.000/ 92 95 p South Sea Stock 105 1 / 8 Ditto Old Annuities 94 Ditto New A nnu i t i es 4 Per Cent. Annuities,l7sl. 1:onsola for Account 4zelloquer Bills. 95%7 8 1 ihd. 2d. 1,069/ . Buick.. June. 500/. 70 63 p - Sinai' 70 63 p - 71 68 p , - F , PRI CE r OaLiaoBonds, FOREIGN 5 F p U e N r D C S en A t - T ONE O'CLOCK. is 87 1 / 2 , Ditto, Small Juuenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5 2 1 /2 53 ex d Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent - • Ditto, 5 per Cent Ditto, Scrip ••••• 3% Equador Bonds Grenada, 1 1 / 2 per Cent. - . - Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account - Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Account _ • Ditto D e f erre d Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per C en t. 33 1 / 2 Ditto for the Account :puDasnsiitiatsonh Bonds. 1822 , 1 5 5 1822,5 per Cent - 2 p 18% Ditto Passive Bonds per s Cent 34% 35 Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent.,56 3. , , Ditto 4 n ea r Cent. Certificates lININESS DONE IN RAILWAT SHARES AT ONII O'CLOCK l'El. SHARI. RAILWATe PAID. 10 ..... to 10% Aberdee n ............ : ........... 50 1% dis. to 2 Ditto, Preference . . . ... i Amber., Notting., 80.5t.0.n",&c. pi lii to - Ayrshire and Galloway - ._ "" . to - Petfast and County Down .. 30 .. •• - - 'Barks and Hants Extension G t. West.Perpet.s per ct.) 6 liirmingnam is (haw dJunct , calls duly pd, or with guar . 20 . to - Do., without a Btumiughern, %Vol., ot Dudltty, g uar antee... 20 - ... .. to -- Ccalls duly pd, or with guar. 15 - to - aledonian - Do.. New 10/. Preference.. 10 .. .. 5 Vs•••••• t° - Ch• titer and Holyheed.... ..... 50 ..... - - Ditto, Preference ........... 15 „. „.. to -- Direct London & Portsmouth 514 - Dundalk and Belfast Junction.. 40 ...... - - ._tindalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... _ to - Aaat o rn Counties ...- ........ 20 ...... 7 Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 ..... 11 3 / 4 - Do •Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.13a. 4d - - p.. - u O ., Northern & Eastern... 50 ...... _ to - Do„ 5 per cent. ...... -- Easter n Union, Class A (late to - • ,E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 ...... -- - ~, uitto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 .. t 0... - aast Lancashire ••• 25 ...... -- P i o., New Quarters - E ast • -°,," 6 per Cent. Preference 6 1 ,4 ...... -- - Cent Darter Shares vibisLuinr:o.h.inshire guar. 6 per 25 t, ' 26t % ••• -- Dirt to to _ and Glasgow s° - - ...... to - Elt ,o,New port 4uur g,ia and Northern (.1 e'er, Yeovil & Dorchester 2% - 636%... to - Bo reatNerth 22 De t ',M... t ... 3 914 •4116 Cen t. ~ ~ per 12 1 / 2 c.. •.: 0 per Cent. Pref.. !t. oouth. & West (Ireland) 50 ..... .9 3 A y s x.i to - ki rt t i V estern .......... .........100 ...49i4 •18 .1 / 2 50 to to 51 'lto' Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 20 - Q 1)0 ' New 17/, .. ... 6 ...... to 6% ill and Selby 6O Di i tto. Ralf Shares 25 ...-- 47 - tt o • ...... to - L. 'Quarter Shares .. , 12 1 / 2 - to - enctiater and Carlisle.... .... 50 , Do.. Thirds „ . ... 10 - Dito 33 1 / 2 'ailaBllilreaud"f°"r.k;lllr...e. -17 ........... 2 Dots,' hinds....., -•••• 11% to - ~Aew Guar, 6 nor cent. 10 T _Lo., Westßiding Union-. 11 1 A •••• • 7. - - to i 6-81/2 ecl.B and Bradtoru • Leda and Thirsk • ...-... 550 - 9 u ...... to - UO., -- /MP •• • • • • r,l)o.,clO.,Preter. 6 per Cent. 31 i 4 • •"" - ...... Ditto'• '''tt'o ditto...' . No. 210 -- -t. - P 2 ditto . No .3 5 ll -A••• • ••• to - D°7B% to 79 ‘ lti../4,,,right..&. ..................... -.. 77 9, 133 1 / 2 ....• to - Dittot o • , i' , 6l , v 5 1., gua. ti pr Ct.loo Nen and Greenwich... 12/. 15e. 4d - •••••• t° - to - U I Preference . .. 20 4.4"ruien le North - Weet ". e . in.......100......102 4 IoYA.- to - 103 1 4 to 103 . °' New Qaarters. .......... 12 to - t o '''. i'lfths ..................... 1 ,t o 1:4 101 . ... AI. and B. (C.) 1 )(Jou and S. Western ......109 ..... 58 56% to ',',. 2 , to zu74 . * o °4l o. New 50 4.... . - ..... 42 1 / 2 .... 21 1 / 2 I, ai de man d Coleraine... 25 - to - ......• • I• ° 00 Half Shares . .......... 5.. ••• - ,Idonderry and Enniskillen 25 14 uo., Half Shares ............ 6 1 4 - 0 4 , guar. 4 per ct ...... 20 - to a,„ to (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - - -__ ...- to ...• to -•• - blanch Buxton, p& Matlock 5 - ancht, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - tto 1. Shares( No. 1) ... 25 .. o - ki)it;to, New 101. Preference 10 .... 6% ...... to - th, Llau. & i.in. Union 41.2 s - ~ i 5.... to - 1 1114 •-•• • .... ...... . .•.100 , pitvt(tt., co,,,ni. A- re;ereti c. 0... let) - . ..... to ••- 4;141o, 50/. :' It trey ..... ...... 30 ad, tiirrn., end Derhy...loo ... - ...... to - •, !and, Consd. Lirlutot and kPittningharrt, h per cent.... 100 119 ,•••••• to - elland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... - - • ..pDitto ditto .. .. . . ....... 22/. 7s. itto,Er ewa;ll l / 3 1., Pref... 50 ...... - - ul.dhirul, Leices. end Swan kllington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... • - - , Great Western (Irish ) 47% - ...... t° - 'ulddlesbro' and liedczr. 6 Ne w cent. guar. ...... •........ 50 - ...... to - -.`ew.eastle and Carnal° . ..... 100 ..- - ...... to - ~,,,Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 • ... •• - •••••• to -- ' market ........ .. ...... .. .. 23 - vitt° Extension Scrip... 21. ...... to -. 12s. - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1860. Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1 (!Wry, Warrenpoint, alio Ilostrevor .......... ......... 20 ... .. to Noriolt •••••• Ditto New `201.. Ditto Ex!ension .... 2O Do. Do. 5V 2 per cent 5 •• ••• Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North Western 1 3 34 ..... ...... to North British .. .. .....,... . 25, _ . North Staffordshire— Oxford, 'Worcester, arid "AT ol- verhampton Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 4% — ... — to 1,:o. Shepreth Extension... :N Scottith Central Shrewsbury and Binninglgatu 13 1 4 — die to Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9 Aurew.lbury and Hereford .. 5 `;brewsbury and Chester (Nor. 'W. diin.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 10 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry lb ~ i — Ditto (Nev: ).. Ditto b per Cent. 1'ref....... 10 =cuth Stallordslike... B l4 3ontb Etztern Ditto, No. 3. 30 Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 :?.oath Wales .. South Yorkshire, !Doncaster _ , . and Goole. •heflield. Rotherham, and Goolt (ti I)) (qua. 5 perct. 18 1 ,y...... 16 1 ,i..... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 iwans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stna. Coal ..... .... . 8 raw Vale Extension Flames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17 1 ,E — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 471 A.— .. Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw, , and Dublin... - 3 wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 50 ..... 39 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do.:and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 8 nrk and North Midland .. 80 Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzou) ... 20 Pans and Itonen ......... MINES. Santiago de Cuba ........ lO ..... 18 ...... to 10 1 4 United Mexican JOINT STOCK ZANES Australasia Anglo tiexican lOO ...... Asturian ........ ..... ... ..... 15 ...... Australian ... 4 - Barrossa Range 285. Blaenarvou Iron aad Coal ... 50 BolauoB Scrin British Iron Brazilian Imperial ....• ..... 2414...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 39 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General ..... ...... ....... ......... 29 ...... ...... to Real del Monte. Unregistered . .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures .... ondon Joint Stock 5......... 10 Union of London .. 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 18.—Wind at noon W., light breeze and fine clear weather. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. John Farnham, Demerara. Sid. ilexham, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17.—A Dutch longboat, belong ing to the Urania, together with her oars and gangway ladder, and several other things, have come on shore. DEAL, APRIL 17.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Adelaide, South Australia; Hiudostan, Co lombo; Portendennis, Havannah, for Hatnburgh; Isa bella, Wilmington, U. S. Arrd. from the River, Bowes, of Streatham, Rio Janeiro; Flora, Berbice; Cath a ri na and President, ditto; Appolline, Halifax. OFF MARGATE, APRIL 17.—Southampton, Madras. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind W., blowing hard.— Arrd. John Witt, Donovan, Canton. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Ellen, Havannah; Oregon, ditto; Bolton Abbey, Charleston; England's Queen, Shanghae; Thelum, Bombay; Eleanor, ditto; Regulus, Maranham; Rockaway, New Orleans; Washington, Mobile; Aberdeen, ditto; William Penn, Philadelphia; De Witt, Clinton, New York. Off port, Princess Victoria, Rio Janeiro. Sld. Kirkwood, St. John's, New Brunswick; Clara Symes, Quebec; Trium tante, Havannah; Eliza Ann, Staten Island. RAMSGATE, APRIL 17.—A timber-laden brig, water• logged, dismasted, and abandoned, supposed to be the Leonidas, was picked up at sea this morning, and towed into the North Foreland. COWES, APRIL 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Roseberry, Canton; Marie, and August, Porto Rico, for Bremen. TORBAY, APRIL 17.—Wind W.—Arrd. Amor, Leer, Dublin, leaky, and cargo shifted. Put back, Camden, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Provi dence, Bahia. A brig, supposed to be English, with female bust figure-head, dismasted and abandoned, and painted light brown inside, was passed on the 12th inst., 43 N. 18 W. BELFAST, APRIL 16.—The William, from Troon, and Prosperity, from Ardrossan, both for Runcorn, got on shore on the Long Rock of Ballywator on the 14th of March, but are expect-A YARMOUTH, APRIL 17.—The Mary Ann, of Seaham, for Treport, has been assisted in very leaky, baying been on Sherriogham Shoal on the 15th inst. OFF MARGATE, APRIL 17.—Barhare, Calcutta. CLYDE, APRIL 16.—Arrd. Hinds, Demerara. Dunnirv, APRIL 16.—Wind SE.—Acrd. Demerara. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W., strong.— Arrd. Rmja, Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 17.—S1d. Dee steamer, Bar badoes, &C. GUERNSEY, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ware, Havannab. SWANSEA, APRIL 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Mary Ridley, Cuba. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEV7GATZ AND LEADENHALL. These markets were steady today, at full prices. Beef, from 2s Od to 3s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s to 38 10d; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Blbs. by the carcass. KAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD. — Meadow Hay , 2l 8s to 31 13s; Clover Jitto, 31 O to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 83 per load. A full average , supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. -- Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31155; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 7s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade dull at our quotations. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/103; and Straw, 11 is to 11 8s per low). Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT VlElnicztirs. SOUTHALL, APRIL 17.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs commend( d a steady sale, at an ethane@ of 2d per Sibs., otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state, yet prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4i 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 33 to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3: 8d per 81bs, to sink the off.l. ROMFORD, APRIL 17.—Our market was firm to-day, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beet, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Lamb, 54 to 5s 10d; Veal, 3a 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 186 to 246 ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. LEWES, APRIL 16.—The general demand was firm, at Tery tull prices. Beef. from 26 10d to 36 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3. 8d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 11, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. IBAELET.I OATS. ETT. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 381 5d 22s 11d I 153 3d 120 s 8d I 235 8d 26s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. IBAT. I OATS. 1 EIS.I BEANS. PEAS. 13 Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od 13 Od THE NEW PRINTING PRESS AT PARIS.—Mr. Gray, of the North British Advertiser, has visited Paris expressly on purpose to see this machine, and the result appears to be not only an order to M. Worms, the inventor and patentee in England as well as elsewhere, for the first of its kind, to print tt, e North British Advertiser, but a confident belief on the part of Mr. Gray, that a new era in printing is opening on us through its aid, the one great peculiarity in which, besides a concatenation and simplification of various other processes, is "letterpress printing in the web." From Mr. Gray's interesting detail of its construction, we gather a few more precise particulars than those already given. The ma chine does not separate the sheets when printed —as they are, on both sides, almost simultaneously—but only partially divides them, so that the folder's work is greatly facilitated, as it also is by a crease produced for the folding. The web is carried cff as it went on, only in any required length or portion. The stereotype mould consists of several layers of paper and paste, the latter thickened with a little Spanish whiting. The type form stands on a hot iron plate, and partially dries the mould, which is then laid within a hot semicylinder, where it is dried into a semicylindrical form in two or three minutes, and has another and concentric semi cylinder fixed above it, so as to leave a uniform thickness of semicylindrical space, which is filled in with the fluid metal after the mould has been placed in the casting trough— another half cylinder. Two of the stereotypes are of course placed edge to edge on the printing cylinder, from which to print. To obtain an end view of this machine, says Mr. Gray, take a half crown piece, and with the point of a lead pencil make eight circles on or round it, at a short distance from each other. On the first, to your left. write "Roll of Paper," —on the second " First Form of Types,"—the third "First Impression Cylinder,"—fourth "Second Impression Cylinder,' - "Second Form of Types."—sixth and seventh "Cut ting and Greas'ng Cs linders,"—and eighth " Receiver." Thi4 riaigh idea, as Mr. Gray remarks, gives the whole of the end view, minus the inking apparatus, which is not new. —Budder. • It is an old saying, that " self-praise is offensive." In regard to the breath of calumny, the public nose appears to be less delicate— Eliza Cook's Journal. TOE FORCE OF HABIT.—The Duke of Cambridge was Oa chairman lately at some country meeting—it was either a Burial or a Teetotal Society, we are not certain which,—when a resolution was put into his hand. His Royal llighness immediately rose, and, with his usual good humour, said, "Gentlemen, the next Health I have to pro- pose—." It was only after innumerable coughs, and nud ges of the elbow, that the Duke discovered his mistake.-- Punch, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. .NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. COLUMN STAKES. 2to 1 igst Mickleton I3to 1 agst Longinus (t) 5 to 2 agst Clelia TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Bcebunter 3 to 1 agst Pitsford 6 to 1 agst Ratdinge CIIESTE 6 to 1 agst Mickleton 20 to 1 agst Nutcracker 14 to 1 apt CLlrca (r) 15 to 1 agst Pocv-o'-llay Boy 15 to 1 ngst Roland 18 to 1 agst Ess'darius 18 to 1 ngst Chantrey 18 to 1 agst EUerdale 22 to 1 agst John Cosser R CUP. 25 to I agst Mounseer 40 to 1 u gst Woolwich (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gulliver . 6,000 to 90 agst Vesta (t) 10,000 to 50 agst St. George (taken) DEB 11 to 2 agst Bolingbroke 7 to 1 egq Ghillie Callum 12 to 1 ag,t Clincher 14 to 1 agst The Nigger 14 t) 1 agst Voittcui• 20 to 1 stgst Mildew (t) 33 to 1 agst Nutshell (t) OA: BY. 33 to 1 agst Pi.nang (I) 40 to 1 apt Blarney 40 to 1 agst Mick Won 1,000 to 15 ugzt Dick's Hat band (t) 50 to 1 apt Hardiugo KS. 9 to 1 ogst I 14 to 1 agst Gill) flower 12 to 1 agst Tiff I 15 to 1 agst Probity. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Sivt epstakes of 50 sovt , . each, h fr, fur three years old. Last half of Ab. M. (4 Subs.) Major Martyu's Fernande, Bst 51b (W. Abdale) 1 Duke of Ruilana's Ondinc, Bst 51b Lord Clifden's Le Beau, Bst 71b (Pearl) 3 Lord J. Scott's Albreda, 7st 131 b (Flatrnan) 4 Betting-5 to 2 each against Le Beau and Fernande, and 3to 1 agst Albrecht. Fernando made all the run ning, and after a good race up the cords with Albreda, won by a neck. Run in 49 see. Subscription Plate of 501; fur three years old, 7st; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y.C. Mr. Bolt's Collingwood, aged (Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, 4 yrs Duke of Bedford's Bun Mot, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 3 Mr. E. Batson's Thistledown, 3 yrs J. Mann) 4 Betting-7 to 2on Collingwood. Honeycomb made running at a good pace, but was caught half way up the cords, and beaten by half a length; Bon Mot a bad third. Run in 1 min. 13 secs. _ _ _ Sweepstakes of 10 Bove. each; for three years old colts, Bat 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 soya. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (5 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Cora (Norman) 1 Lord W. Powlett's General Seidlitz (Rogers) 2 Air. Stephenson's bc by Dromedary (F. Butler) 3 Colonel Peel's Sisiphus (Flatman) 4 Sir J. Hawley'a Hippie (Templeman) 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Dromedary colt-3 to 1 each agst Sisyphus and General Seidlitz-4 to 1 agst Hippie. A most exciting race between the first three termi nated in favour of Cora by a head; General Seidlitz beat ing the Dromedary colt by a neck. Run in 54 secs. The Column Stakes of 50 toys. each, h ft; for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 31b and 51bs &c. Colonel Peel's Longinus, Bst 71b ...... (Flatman) 1 Mr. Greville's Carriboo, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry, Bst 41b (Templeman) 3 Mr. Bowes's Mickleton, Bst 716 (F. Butter) 4 Lord Exeter's Clelia, Bst (Norman) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Mickleton-5 to 2 agst Clelia— and 5 to 2 agst Longinus. Longinus made strong running all the way, Clelia and Cranberry lying up with him to the bushes, where, on their giving way, Carriboo took the second place. The race up the cords was remarkably exciting. Cariboo drawing upon his opponent every stride, and making the issue so doubtful, that until the jcdgo gave it in favour of Longinus by a head, many thought it was a dead heat. Run in 1 min. 48 sec. __ _ Match-50, h fr. T.M.M Duke of Bedfor,l's Minto, 7st 71b (F. Butler) 1 Captain Lowther's Watchdog, Bst 71b (Pettit) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Minto. Won by a length. Run in 3 min. 45 see. Post Match-200 each, h ft, Bst 71b. P.M. _ _ . _ Lord Exeter's Nutmeg and Clelia received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's St. Sophia and f by Erymus out of E•meralda. BETTING, WEDNESDAYEVENING, SIX O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to 4 agst I'itsfurd (taken I 3to 1 agstl3eeHunter (t) freely) I 3 to 1 Hardinge. 5 to 1 apt Bolingbroke 8 to 1 Clincher (t) DEBBY. I 15 to 1 agst The Nigger I 15 to 1 Voltigeur to 1 Mayors 125 to 1 Rut. of Avenal to 1 Ghillie Callum 33 to 1 Penang. Any odds against Mickleton. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Subscription Plate of 501.; for three yrs old. D.M. Dulcet, aged—Philosopher, 6 yrs—Tutthunter, 6 yrs —Defaulter, 5 yrs—Beauclerc, 5 yrs—Cayenne, 4 yrs— Clarissa, 4 yrs—Westow, 4 yrs—Sobraon, 4 yrs—Lea Beau, 3 yrs—Ghio, 3 yrs—Sisyphus, 3 yrs—lmpression, 3 yrs —Bastinad 0, 3 yrs. Handicap for four pa old, and upwards. A.F. Tophana, 5 yre, Bst 71b—Keraun, 5 yrs, Bst 51b— West9w, 4 yrs, Bst 11b. The highest weight accepting being 7st 21b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Optional Selling Stakes. D.M. Dulcet, aged (701.)—Telegraph, 5 yrs (100/.)--L-Bull - 3 yrs (401) New Match (Thursduy)—Mahratta, 4 yrs, 9st 61b, ngbt Beaufort, 2 yrs, 6st 131 b. First half cf Ab.M. 100 h fr. LATEST BETTING UP TO TEN O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 6 to 4 agst Fitsfurd 13 to 1 agst Beet:muter 3 to 1 agst Hardingo. I CHESTER CUP. Woolwich was backed for several hundred pounds, at 1000/. to 25 and 30—no ocher named. DEBBY. sto 1 agst Bolingbroke 20 to 1 agst Pitsford 7 to 1 agst Clincher 25 to 1 agst Kt. of Avenel. 8 to 1 agst Mayors 30 to 1 agst William the Bto 1 agst Ghillie Callum Conqueror 15 to 1 apt The Niggtr 30 to 1 agst Penang 15 to 1 agst Voltigeur 33 to 1 agst Nutshell 18 to 1 agst The Italian 50 to 1 agst Deicoon 18 to 1 agst Mildew 66 to 1 agst Cariboo SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. A meeting of Spanish bondholders was held yes terday at the London Tavern, Mr. J. Capel in .the chair. The Chairman said that circumstances ren dered it probable that some proposals would be shortly made by the Spanish Government fur effect ing a settlement of the claims of the bondholders,. and the meeting was convened for the purpose of appointing a committee to act on their behalf. The Prime Minister of Spain, the Duke of Valencia, had given an engagement, in his own hand writing, that he would take the demands of the bond holders into consideration, with a view to their final settlement. The recommendation of the chairman was adopted, and the following gentlemen appointed to serve on the committee :—Baron L. Rothschild, Mr. D. Milne, Mr. L. Samson, Mr. V. Eyre, Mr. J. Tasker, and Mr. J. Capel. Mr. Croker, supported by Mr. Henderson, suggested that a petition should be presented to Parliament, setting forth the claims of the bondholders, and asking for the interference of the Legislature and of the Go vernment in support of their claims. This proposi tion was resisted by the Chairman, who said that the Government looked with an unfavourable eye on the investment of British capital in foreign loans, and that the number of foreign loans lately negotiated would be an argument with Ministers not to interest themselves in the cause of the bond holders. Baron Rothschild, also, said that he accepted a place on the committee on the distinct under standing that they were to act only in the most friendly concert with the Spanish Government, which at no former period had shown a greater disposition to discharge the claims of its creditors. In the House of Commons he would feel himself bound to vote against any measure for a forcible recovery o f t h e i r claims, and he felt certain that any a g it a t ion on th e subject would he useless and injuri ous t o th e i r in terests. The committee were empowered to incur all necessary expenses,to be repaid ou t o f their first dividend received from Spain. A resolution was passed, ex pressing the grateful thanks o f th e meet i ng to the public press for its assistance and co-operation in the and also t o th e S pan i s h houldseers of o who, in presenting a memorial of their own grievances to the L eg i s l a t u r e , cafth 4 e anbdonsdh perold bondholders, cents., made generous allusion to the misf or t unes enta il e d on other sufferers in English, French, and D u t c h l oans , by the non-payment of their dividend s . A vo t e o f thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. TRIAL OF DR. WEBSTBR.—PLIILIDELPHIA, APRIL 2.—On Saturday night last, and after a trial which lasted for twelve days, thejury, having deliberated only three hours, returned into court with a verdict of " Guilty of murder," against Dr. Webster, of the Medical College, Boston, for having slain Dr. Parknian, the founder of that college; and you will remember that the murderer afterwards attempted to barn and otherwise conceal or destroy the body piecemeal. Thou sands are of opinion that the evidence was not sufficiently strong to produce this conviction; but Dr. Webster could not or did not show how he became possessed of the money which he alleged that he paid to Dr. Parkman; and two of the wit nesses who swore that they saw Dr. Parkman after the time of the murder, as charged, subsequently retracted their evidence, having discovered that they were mistaken in the day. The more direct evidence was very strong, though only circumstantial. This hes been the most painfully interesting trial that has ever occurred in the United States. CALEDONIAN RA ILWAT.-1t appears that in accord ance with a resolution passed at the last half-yearly meeting of this company, the directors held a conference, with depu tations from the several guaranteed and preference share holders, on the subject of reducing the amount of the gua rantees, and they have agreed to submit to the consideratio❑ of their constituents the following alteration in the terms of the dividend : —The Garnkirk, from 8 per cent. to 5 per cent. ; the Clydesdale Junction, from 6 per cent. to 4 per cent. ; the Wishaw and Coltness, from 10 to 51 i per cent.; the Barrhead, from 6 per cent. to 2), per cent. ; and the Ca ledonia❑ preference shares, from 6 per cent. to 3 per cent. This arrangement, if agreed to by the guaranteed companies, will have the effect of reducing the present annual charge on the Caledonian Company in respect of the above from 125,9001. to 1'9,150/. THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.— A va cancy has occurred in this foundation by the almost sudden death of Lieutenant John Alien, one of the Military Knights of Windsor, who died on Monday last, after two hours' illness. This veteran officer entered the army as en sign in the Ist Royals, and afterwards served in the 84th Foot ill the Peninsula udder the Puke of LITERATURE. DAVID COPPERFIELD. Charles Dickens. No. XII. By Having somewhat recovered from the shock of Aunt Betsey's misfortune, Trot communes with that must estimable and delightful of women, not only upon her altered circumstances, but upon his own love passages with Derr. During the first night after the discovery of the domestic calamity the occupants of the upper rooms in Mrs. Crupp's establishment are kept awake in a state of restlessness, David by a heavy sense of his vicissitudes and Aunt Betsey by a conviction from a certain light in the sky that West minster Abbey is in flames, and that if the wind changes Buckingham -street may be involved in the conflagration. The apparition of this same excellent relative in a certain flannel wrapper, in which she looks seven feet high, coupled with the grotesque dreams of poor Trot when he has at length fallen asleep from exhaustion, tend yet further to illustrate a night all circumstances have conspired to render memorable. *Next morning Daisy ineffectually at tempts to get his articles cancelled, but is repelled in the endeavour by the inexorable Jorkins, or rather, as the reader suspects, by the yet more inexorable Spenlow. Dear Agnes, who has arrived in town with her father and Uriah Heep, encounters our dis consolate hero as he is returning from Doctors' Com mons, and, on returning together, it is discovered that Mrs. Crupp and Aunt Betsey have had a very serious altercation—Aunt Betsey informing Mrs. Crupp that she " would trouble her to walk out" as " she smelt of my brandy," and Mrs. Crupp (rendered incoherent by indignation, if not by the brandy bottle) acquaint ing Aunt Betsey that her expressions were actionable, and that she would assuredly bring them under the consideration of a " British Judy." Having wel comed Agnes, Aunt Betsey recounts to her the his tory of her misfortunes in a manner as beautiful as it is characteristic. Shortly afterwards Mr. Wick field and his "red fox" of a partner drop in; where upon Uriah Heep becomes so decidedly "galvanic" in his mode of wriggling about, that Aunt Betsey can restrain herself no longer. " ' Deuce take the man I' said my aunt, sternly, what's he about ? Don't be galvanic, sir !" I ask your pardon, Miss Trot wood,' said Uriah, aware you're nervous.' Go along with you, sir!' said my aunt, anything but appeased. 'Don't presume to say so !I am no thing of the sort. If you're an eel, sir, conduct yourself like one. If you're a man, control your limbs, sir ! Good God I' said my aunt with great indignation, ' I am not going to be serpentined and corkscrewed out of my senses !'" Somewhat subdued by this rebuff, Uriah goes away soon afterwards "kissing his great hand, and leering at us like a mask." The little incident of the blind beggar at the close of the chapter is beautifully told. Shortly after, we are informed how David is engaged as the amanuensis to his old schoolmaster, Doctor Strong, now resident at Higbgate, thereby obtaining an increase of income by 701. per annum. Mr. Jack Malden and Annie are again introduced to our notice, and we have a momentary peep over the garden wall at Rosa Dartle. Mr. Dick obtains also a trifling occupation as a law copyist, having previously expressed anxiety to work by exclaiming wistfully—'" You see, if I could exert myself, Mr. Traddles—if I could beat a drum—or blow anything !" Once more we carouse with the Micawbers prior to their journeying down to Canterbury, where Mr. Micawber is engaged to act as private secretary to " his friend Heep.' The following mention of Master Micawber's restlessness of limb, is one of those rich pieces of " fictitious reality," in penning which" Boz is always surpass ingly humorous : '• These observations, and indeed the greater part of the observations made that evening, were interrupted by Mrs. Micawber's discovering that Master Micawber was sitting on his boots, or holding his head on with both arms as if he felt it loose, or accidentally kicking Trad dies under the table, or shuffling his feet over one another, or producing them at distances from himself apparently outrageous to nature, or lying sideways with his hair among the wine-glasses, or developing his rest lessness of limb in some other form incompatible with the genet al interests of society; and by Master Micaw ber's receiving those discoveries in a resentful spirit." Mrs. Micawber's anxiety to learn the facts relative to Mr. Micawber's eligibility as a judge or chancellor, is deliciously absurd. The love scene in the next chapter, where David tells Dora of his altered for • tunes, and where Dora exclaims, " Oh dear ! oh dear ! And oh, she was so frightened ! And where was Julia Mills ? And ob, take her to Julia Mills, and go away, please !" is enlivened by the vagaries of Master Jip, now " barking injuriously" from the balcony " at an immense butcher's dog in the street, who could have taken him like a pill," and now " scrambling out, tumlling over his own growls, under the impression that David is a Bandit." The number terminates with Dora singing to her " glorified guitar" one of those " dear old French songs about the impossibility of ever, on any account, leaving off dancing, La ra le, La ra la!" Up to to the close of this instalment David Copperfield promises to be Dickens's masterpiece. OLIVER TWIST. Cheap Edition. By Charles Dickens. In its cheaper, and, consequently, more popular form, " Oliver Twist" is embellished, not only with a new etching by the inimitable pruikshank, but by a new preface, also, by the inimitable " Buz." Yrom this "Preface" we must transcribe one piregraph, too rich in sarcastic humour to be over looked. It has reference to a most ludi crous blunder on the part of Alderman Sir Peter Laurie who, at a certain vestry meeting, deduced from the circumstance of Jacob's Island having been mentioned in " Oliver Twist," as a fact, that "it only existed in a work of fiction." Whereupon, says our witty novelist : " hen Icame to read this, I was so much struck by the honesty, by the truth, and by the wisdom of this logic, as well as by the fact of the sagacious vestry, including members of Parliament, magistrates, officers, chemists, and I know not who else, listening to it meekly (as be came them), that I resolved to record the fact here, as a certain means of making it known to, and causing it to be reverencd by, many thousands of people. Reflecting upon this logic, and its universal application; remem bering that when Fielding described Newgate, the pri son immediately ceased to exist; that when Smollett took Roderick Random to Bath, that city instantly sank into the earth; that when Scott exercised his genius on Whitefriars, it incontinently glided into the Thames ; that an ancient place called Windsor was entirely destroyed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by two merry wives of that town, acting un der the direction of a person by the Lame of Shak spore; and that Mr. Pope, atter having at a great expense completed his grotto at Twikenham, incau tiously reducel it to ashes by writing a poem upon it— I say, when I came to consider these things, I was in clined to make this preface the vehicle of my humble tribute of admiration to Sir Peter Laurie. But lam restrained by a very painful consideration—by no less a consideration than the impossibility cf his existence. For Sir Peter Laurie having been himself described in a book (as I understand he was, one Christmas time, for his conduct on the seat of justice), it is but too clear that there can be no such man." Not one of the lovers of genius who have been precluded from the purchase of the more costly edition of " Oliver Twist" by its price, will fail to exult in its re-appearance in the present cheap and portable form of publication. COURT CIRCULAR: The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, took a drive yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitz roy and Lieut.-Colonel P. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Royal Family took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord George Lennox, and Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes terday, at Gloucester House. A deputation from the vestry of St. Paul, Shad , well, consisting of Messrs. John Mitchell, Thomas Hewitson, Thomas Moore, and Thomas Martin, and Mr. P. ellish, vestry clerk, bad an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labuuchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Balding&mmittee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. The members present were Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Barry, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Cockerell, and Mr. T. Donaldson. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the Royal Commission, attended. Colonel Reid and Mr. M. Digby . Wyatt were present. A deputation from the South-Eastern Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Mac Gregor, Mr. Free man, and Mr. Venables, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Van Dieman's Land, Labuan, and Hong► Kong.; The ex-King and Queen of the French have walked on our elegant chain pier almost everyday during the week. On Monday they proceeded from their residence on foot to the pier, and seemed to enjoy the breeze. Their ex-Majes ties attended Divine service on Sunday afternoon at the Ro man Catholic chapel. We regret to say that the departure of the distinguished visitors is fixed for Saturday next, when they will return to Claremont, and will be joined there by the Duchess of Orleans, the Count de Paris, and the Duc de Chartres. Lady Byron, we understand, has devoted her re sidence at Esher for the occupation of the illustrious guests. —Brighton Guardian. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. , --Trlfflo for the week ended April 14, 1850:—C. and H. Main Line, 2,1051. is. Id.; Mold, 901. 6s. 7d.; Steam-boats, 1751. 13s. 11d.; Taal, 2,3711. ls. 7d. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The complimentary benefit to Mr. Anderson took place last evening, and the house was, as we expected it would b^, a bumper. Previously to the play, Mr. Vandenhoff delivered the following address, written by Joseph Lunn, Esq. : Ladies and gentlemen—kind patrons—friends! Bafore the curtain for our play ascends, Some transient moments of your time I claim, To speak of this night's chance—its cause and aim. Oft we behold, on Britain's peaceful coast, A noble ship—of Commerce late the boast, Moored in some tranquil port! Her sails all furled have ceased to watt her o'er the watery world: Her hull, and spars, and cordage idly sleep, As if they ne'er had braved th mighty deep. The anxious crew—who oft her deck have trod, Obedient to some bold commander's nod, Now daily loitering on the harbour's banks, Gaze on their long-loved vessel's manless planks, Eager to sail again the world around, When some cow ageous spirit can be found To freight the lark—assume the chief command— And give empl'iyment to the hardy band. Thus Iny the good ship "Drury!" stout and tall— Ample for stowage—staunch for calm or squall! Day after day, by those who erst had manu'd The stately argosy, her form was scanned: Yet no one dared the fabric to equip,— And risk her freightage—fur a season's trip! At length a brother came, of venturous mind, Once more to spread her canvas to the wind! No upstart dabbler in our noble art, But one well skilled to take the leading part. With weather sometimes fair and sometimes rude, Thus far his course he firmly has pursued: While we, to him who set the ship afloat, This night our steadfast services devote; Trusting to you the union to reveal, Of your kind succour with our friendly zeal. Yet not alone your generous aid we ask To grace this night our tributary task— That by your smiles our enterprise you'll crown, And leave our captain then to swim or drown; But that his future efforts you'll befriend, And bring his voyage to a prosperous end. The play was the Lady of Lyons, and at its con clusion, Mr. Anderson having been loudly called for, stepped forward and addressed the audience: He thanked them for their attendance on that occasion, and, after alluding to the brilliant success of the Pantomime, he briefly touched upon the ill-success which had of late attended his exertions, and spoke in warm terms of the loyalty of his actors. He added that the necessity of closing the theatre would be for tunately, avoided by the kindness of friends by whom he should be enabled to make further efforts—there was a good time coming, and he fully trusted to their aid in carrying out those objects for which he entered upon the duties of management. The announcement that the theatre would continue open for the present was received with loud applause, and we hope that those who applauded, and all who rejoice at seeing the announcement, will not content themselves with merely applauding and rejoicing, but will, by their attendance and patronage, enable Mr. Anderson "to carry out those objects for which he entered on the duties of management. The grand Easter piece of the Devil's Ring concluded the evening's entertain ment, and we believe that it is principally owing to the growing attraction of this most gorgeous spectacle, and the urgent recommendations which Mr. Ander son has received from all quarters for its continuance, that he has been induced to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede for the present the closing of the theatre. EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION. A brilliant exhibition of paintings is now opened to public inspection in the Portland Gallery, 316, Regent-street, immediately opposite the Royal Polytechnic Institution. The society under whose superintendence the galleries are hung with these productions of our living artists is the same which has hitherto been known as the " Free Exhibition of Modern Art," opening its annual collection to public view in the Hyde Park Gallery. For certain sufficient and cogent reasons, mentioned by the Coun cil in an "Address to the Public" prefixed to the catalogue, reasons unnecessary to particu larize in this place, the name of the association has been changed to that of the " National Institution," and thg locality of its exhibition transferred to the Portland Gallery. Whether or not an additional effort has been made by the members and associates of the institution to exert their talents additionally on the occasion of these alterations we know not, but unquestionably, to our thinking, the exhibition for the present spring season evinces, in many respects, a considerable and very visible improvement. Out of the three hundred and seventy-three works of art hung on the walls of the dif ferent apartments devoted to the exhibition, we should find no difficulty in making a comparatively large and valuable selection of paintings, in many respects, eminently meritorious. Our time and space, just now, however, being somewhat limited, we are only enabled to specify one or two of the most re markable of the numerous productions which arrested our attention on Saturday afternoon, when we had the gratification of attending the " private view" of the exhibition. Among the classical pictures in the gallery, No. 38, "Medea," by J. T. Eloulton, cannot fail to be ob served with much interest, from the graceful vigour with which the mythic narrative has been rendered. No. 51. A Sketch from Shelley's glorious " Queen Mab," by J. Harris— • " Long did she pia-, and silently, Upon the slumbering maid," though ingenious in conception, is principally no-' ticeable from what appears to us the deformity of that mischievous immortal. No. 55, " High Shamus gu brath mo Mhac—Here's his health in water," by R. R. M'lan, is an impressive representation of the last moments of a Highland gentleman of 1715 in the prison of Carlisle. No. 76, " The Highland Coronach," by the same artist, is replete with pathos, earnest, and passionate. No. 106, " Marie Antoi nette and her Children," by M. Claxton, pourtrays with singular effect the escape of those royal unfor tunates from the apartments of the French Queen at Versailles through a secret door, while the mob are besieging the palace. The interest of such a picture is of course materially enhanced by the recollection that the young Princess, now remarkable from her age and her misfortunes, is still to this day a sur vivor of three terrible revolutions. No. 140, " Win ter Scene," by A. 0. Deacon, forms a cleverly de picted snow-clad landscape. No. 143, A Scene from Shaksperc's " Twelfth Night," by W. Deverell, stands forth conspicuously in the collection as one of the most highly imaginative productions in the whole exhibition. The listening countenance of the Duke, the observant look of Cesario, and the chaunting mouth of the Clown being as inimitably drawn as the garden view in the background is odd and fantastic to the very last degree. No. 147, " The Sun dispelling a Mist, with Smugglers landing their Cargo," by H. P. Parker, deserves some mention, if only in reference to the absurd felicity with which the luminary of the day is transformed in the semblance of a burst orange. No. 159, " The Excommuniation of Robert King of France and his Queen Bertha," by L. W. Desanges, is altogether a bold and, in many respects, a highly successful and splendid composition; the features of the excommunicated sovereigns being drawn with surprising energy of expression, and the figure of Abbon, the ecclesiastical dignity, robed in purple and crowned with a round of jewels, who is pronouncing the terrible anethetna of the Pontiff, having a noble grandeur of aspect and attitude. Abbon, by the way in profile, is something like an effeminate and blunt nosed Napoleon. No. 244, " Captivity and Liberty," by Mrs. M'lan, though unquestionably clever, is marred by the circumstance that the swallow intro duced into the dungeon looks, like an uncertain waver between a bat and a cobweb. No. 251, " A Jealous Man, disguised as a Priest, hears the Confession of his Wife," by D. W. Deane, represents in a most humorous manner a ludicrous incident mentioned in the immortal " Decameron" of Boccaccio. No. 280, " Christ appearing to Two of his Disciples on the way to Emmaus," by R. S. Lander, forms a brilliant specimen of the school in which Mr. Herbert, the Royal Academician, has proved so eminently suc cessful. Other productions, both in the water-colour room and in the apartments already traversed, will deservedly arrest the observation of future visitors. REVIVAL OF ANTIENT COSTUME.--A visit to some of, the leading 'West-end houses induces the conviction that a greater self-dependence is manifest in the production of articles of fashion and taste. Whether this has arisen since the revolution from the dearth of newness among the French —the source from which all neighbouring nations expect to be supplied—or from an improvement in our native ability, is a Imatter for more mature inquiry. It is, however, the opinion of many, that our English milliners have as equal an aptitude as the French, but that the latter from our de pendence upon them have always been upon the alert to seize, add to, and reproduce whatever former periods had deemed recherche. From the conviction that such is the case; the Messrs. Jay, of Itegent-Etreet, have caused a research into numerous antient MSS., which they are led to believe will produce results gratifying to public judgment; and to which, when these revivals appear, we may again refer. Observer. CIVILIZATION.—A consolatory progression, which ought to make us proud of the present, and to inspire us with confidence in the future.—Eliza Cook's Journal. DRINKING AT MEALS.—It is injurious to drink much at meals. Those who take a large quantity of liquids during dinner generally eat more than those who take less. The sensation of thirst depends upon the quantity of aqueous fluid circulating in the blood. It has been found by physiolo gists that the most severe thirst of animals is appeased by injecting watery fluids into the blood. A moderate quantity of liquid should betaken at dinner; too large a portion acts injuriously by dilutingt he gastric fluid. Persons whose diet is more animal than vegetable require more liquid during their meals. Drinking before a meal is pernicious, whilst by drinking during the meal the digestive process is promoted. Those who eat fast require more drink than do others, for, as Dr. Philip says, ' the fuod is swallowed without a-due ad mixture of saliva, and forms a dry mass in the stoulach t '•••• Tr - inflater; ,Elealt4 of /hey and Inc. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.V. SlR,—The necessarily brief notice of the discus• sions "at the bar of the House of Lords," in your papers of the 16th, 19th, and 23d, and your "edito rial summary" thereof, as well as the proceeding place the interests which I have to maintain in a . position, and with an aspect so unjust, that I trust to your sense of fair play to let me make the matter more intelligible from the evidence. A brief summary of the facts will demonstrate the injustice inflicted. Two questions were raised. The first, that a "statement" sent into the " Railway Commissioners" was a forgery, because it had been mistaken by them for an "original," instead of being a " copy ;" and an opprobrious phrase was applied to it, and is continued in your reports, although that l i mistake was corrected the same day through the feelings of justice entertained by the Peers. After it had been demonstrated to ordinary business minds that there was a " mistake," and that there was not, arid could not be, any intention to inisle,rd, nor object to gain thereby, the second aspect was put to the discussion, namely, the " volunteering informa tion" to the " Railway Commissioners for their use, if they thought proper ;" that was the second ques tion, and the " breach of privilege" involved, based on the following evidence :—An " order" was made by the " House of Lords," on 31 May, 1849, fur a " return of share capital, &c., of every railway com pany" (Lord Brougham's order). It was not made upon any one; and, having revised it, I inn able to say that it was framed advisedly so, and to enable any one (commissioners or shareholders) to comply with it; the object being to get that unpalatable informa tion on the financial condition that session. The object failed so far as the leading companies did not comply with it before the prorogation of 1849. I❑ concert with nearly all the genuine shareholders in this hopeless company (five hundred of whom coin cide in our objects, and not fifty are aginst them), I was anxious to see what information our officials would give to Government, which they had refused to us on our financial position ; but no return was made, nor has it been made up to this hour, al though the directors are promoting a Bill through Parliament, based on our financial position. I had long been in communication with the Railway Com missioners, especially frequent since Christmas. Our opposition was notorious. I had also offered to supply them with the information required by the "order ;" and having afterwards received requests for written statements of any facts we wished to lay before them, and it being material to our interests to have our true position known, and any returns by the company corrected, as inaccuracies existed in former returns by them, I prepared the financial " statement" in question (in the form of a return to the order), and sent it in to the Commissioners, after the House of Lords had made a peremptory order for the returns, and after letters inviting or sanctioning our making a statement of facts. That was signed by me with my own name and ad dress, and on behalf of a "committee of shareholders," accompanied by a letter from myself for the " Com mittee." There could be no mistaking of us for the "company." We have knocked often at the doors of Parliament and the commissioners "for inquiry" into the position and management of our company. At tached to that " statement " were three appendices verifying its allegations. Eight and a half pages were in my own ordinary writing, and the signature in question (to Appendix 3) also written by me, in my usual style, to perfect the copy ; the rest were copied by a clerk, and corrected by me. " Appendix 3" was referred to thirteen times in the body of the " statement," as a copy of a "Return made to Par liament in 1846," under the "Duncombe resolutions" (which required information from all companies of their financial affairs at that time). Those papers were lodged in Parliament by the directors. Every railway and Parliamentary man of business could not help knowing that the paper was only a copy. It was headed " Return made to Parliament," and my addi tion of "Courtown, Chairman" was made so as to correspond to the original, and not with any such ab3urd intention as to mislead, or pass this off for the original, which ought to be in the Parliament•office. Certainly if the paper had stood alone, or I had sup posed that any official would look only at the last page, and not into the interior, I could, and would have removed all chance of error, by writing " copy" at the top and bottom, sides, and back of the paper un der discussion. The handwriting was familiar to the Commissioners, Lord Courtown and his solicitors, they having had many communications in the same writing; and my writing was well known to their solicitor, as I had the honour of being a fellow-clerk with him. I handed in the fac sirnilii of the writings which also demonstrate the non-resemblance. All these papers are printed by the louse, and a copy lies in the cofft e-room here for inspection. If the original has been mislaid since the spring of 1848, whose interest was it to supprss it ? Not ours ; fur it is essential to our cause to preserve and have it. Have the papers of the House of Commons been kept or removed by wholesale from place to place, so as to warrant the statement that they are not ? The documents show that up to the day this matter was mentioned in the House (16th of March) I was infrequent communication with the Commissioners, who were calling for more statements, yet never asked one word about that document which they bad had for .oven weeks from me. I hope the House will not content itself without an inquiry into the truth of the statement itself, and the oppression exercised, and wrongs inflicted upon a body of shareholders. I am, with apologies, yours respectfully, CHARLES R. NASH. Fendall's Hotel, WestminBter, April 4. BISHOP OF EXETER. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sia,—Agreeing with you entirely that " it is the law, and the law only, that can decide between the Bishop of Exeter and Mr. Gorham," I consider you have done good service in giving so able an explana tion of the matter in The Evening Sztn of Thursday last. The lay members of the Church, as by law established, seem particularly uninformed as to the nature, origin, and maintenance of their Church po licy, and consequently more liable to be easily im posed on by the representations of jesuitical divines longing to reacquire the ascendancy enjoyed by the Catholic priesthood of yore. It is, indeed, one of the many remarkable features of the present day, that those divines who desire to usurp (under the flatter ing name of the Church) a papal supremacy in mat ters of faith, afford in themselves the moat striking proof of our Church being pre-eminently " an Act of Parliament religion." Whence got they their bene fices and rich endowments and scholarships but through that mighty arm—the law of the land ? that law which a rebellious prelate would fain set aside. For the dissenting part of the community they indeed re quire little enlightenment on the subject, seeing they pay for keeping up a boasted uniformity which exists nowhere in reality, and certainly not in the Church of England at the present day; the only matter of surprise is, that the Dissenters have not long since demanded of the Prime Minister which schism of the Church is to be upheld, which to be condemned. The clergy will do well to consider that men who pay towards the support of a set of doctrines which they approve not themselves, must ever do so reluctantly : if the law compels them to contribute, they have on their parts an undoubted right to protest against any misapplication of such payments from their legitimate purpose. The value and boast of an Established Church has ever been that it upholds uniformity of belief (that dreaded nightmare which has so often scared the human intellect), but what becomes of this boasted plea, when in the same Church we find one set of divines insist that eternal salvation depends on a few drop% of the material element being scattered on the infant forehead, whilst another as firmly ma intain that nothing man can do will ever lead to life eternal—a blessing granted only to those who believe in the doctrine of atonement as set forth by themselves ? ill not the English Protestant learn from these discrepancies what the most Catholio King discovered three centuries ago ? "That as two watches could not be made alike, it was folly to attempt bringing men's minds to an exact conformity." However much it may amuse theologians to enter into long discussions on infant baptism, prevenient grace, &c. &c., they may rest assured the more they write on such matters the more will the common reader discern, and feel too, that real religion in its earnest simplicity is little un derstood by these men ; that the mercies of God are not poured out to us according to the desires and conceits of man, but in every country" He who feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." I would not undervalue the forms of baptism, sacra ment, &c., or any of those helps to devotion which frail human nature so gladly clings to; these are indeed the outward expressions of our inward fifth, beneficial as means to lead to our improvement. They become dangerous only when we rest upon them as ends to be attained. The grand aim of our Saviour's mission on earth, all pious Christians in all ages must agree, was to plant his religion in our hearts; to every Church and every sect he left the freedom to choose its own pe culiar form and rite, as best might suit the frailty o f our nature ; to none did he give permission to lord it over his fellow man. Wher, therefore, an indivi dual, be he prelate or otherwise, dares to limit the rich, free, and everflowing merci es o f the Almighty -Maker o f this stupendous Universe, he has gone be yond the bounds of his natural province, is amenable to, and requires to he brought up at the bar of com mon sense, there to receive the verdict of censure which he has so justly merited. That before this truly English tribunal the Posey section of the clergy, along with their evangelical brethren, may shortly have to appear and hear judg ment pronounced, is the very earnest wish of, Sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND 'lO COMMON SENSE. pril 15, 1850. REWARDS TO FIREMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As you have ever been ready to assist the working classes, may I he allowed most respectfully to solicit a corner in your wide spread journal rela tive to Rewards to Firemen, a deputation concerning which waited on Mr. Cornwall Lewis at the Home office a few days ago. As one of the London firemen, I thank you on behalf of my fellow-servants and myself for the praise von have of ten b estowe d on us i n your journal, and it will always be our anxious wish to merit the same, thus showing that the public are satisfied with our services. Relative to the fire rewards granted under the 14th George the Third, viz., 303. tOr the first engine, 20s. for the Fecond, and 103. tOr the third engine, as also 103. fur the first turncock, the public will be sur prised to hear that very seldom more than half, and sometimes not one-third of those rewards are pe.id us; and, in fact, o ne -t we lf t h only liberally awarded by one par i sh, that of St. Anne's, ...-ohe; and from St. James', , , Westminster, tl,e most wealthy at the West-end, the rewards vary from 2/. 103. to 16s. for fires, and from 13%. to 163. fur: chimney?, and these sums for three engines and a turncock, t o say nothing for a doz_n or more assistants, who demand payment for assistance; and the consequence is, that sometime?, from the vexatious feelings of some paro chial functionaries towards us, we are money out of pocket. Therefore the public can judge of our in terest in such matters. 'The parish of St. Pancras is still lower, allowing only 18q. 6d. for three engines and turncock for fires, and 13s. 6d. for chimnies, and St. Anne's, Soho, with 1-12th of the rewards. Look to the parish of Marylebone, where they say they have paid 3001. fire-rewards during the last fire years, but according to a return made from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1 ii4B, it appears that the sum paid for rewards during that period was 76/. Bs., out of which sum 651. 4t. had been repaid to the parish by persons in whose houses those fires happened, thus leaving the ratepayers in that extensive parish only 111.45. to pay. Bermondsey parish paid 691., St. Pancras 231., and St. Luke 481. But these authorities do not say how much they have returned them from church wardens' summonses for chimnies, &c. When it is considered that one-third of the fires in London have been occasioned through foul chiennies —and I know from experience such to have been the case—as also from carelessness in many other in stances where, was it not for the dread of engines and firemen arriving, some would allow their chimnies to burn out to the danger of their neighbours with im punity. Ido respectfully hope that you will allow your readers to form their judgment of the propriety of our rewards remaining in force, and settled as allowed by law, without a compulsion of submitting to the various caprices of parochial functionaries who, in many instances, from the timely arrival of our engines, are deprived of the premiums awarded in case of fire. As to foul chimnies being the cause of many de structive fires, I need only refer you to the cases of the Thatched House Tavern, Islington, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower, and an establishment at the corner of Bond-street, Piccadilly, where unin sured property to the amount of 3,0001. was destroyed. In fact, in nine cases out of ten, when fires happen, not more than three out of every ten have been known to be insured. I trust, Sir, that I have shown the necessity of these rewards, as they tend to teach the careless por tion of the community the duty they owe to their own property as well as those of their neighbours. I remain, Sir, on behalf of my fellow servants and myself, . _ _ A LONDON FIREMAN. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE COURT-MARTIAL AT PORT ROYAL. By private intelligence from Port Royal, Jamaica, we learn that the Commarder-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dandonald, G.C.8., had arrived there in hi s fl ag - s hip, the Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith, with the Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Mat thew Nolloth, and remained there on the 18th ult., with the Imaum, depot ship, Commodore Bennett ; Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren ; Helena, 16, Com modore De Courcy ; Sappho, 12, Acting Commander A. Cochrane ; Persian, 12, Commander A. G. Bull man ; and Vixen, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Jenner. The court-martial on Commander Mitchell and the officers of the Sappho, on account of that vessel getting ashore at Belize, had been held, and the result was the commander was sentenced to be dismissed the ship ; Lieut. Malcolm was sentenced to he admo nished fur not having kept the lead going ; and tha acting-muster, Mr. Gilpin, second master of 1847, was sentenced to he admonished, and to be reduced to the rank of master's assistant, and to serve in that capacity for two years before he swill be deemed eli gible for promotion. The Commander-in-Chief has appointed his flag lieutenant and on, the Hon. A. A. Cochrane (1845) acting commander of the Sippho t vice Mitchell di . . missed. A PPOINTMENTF. Commander—Walter Reid (1846), to the 'mann; depot ship, pendent of Commodore Bennett, at Jamaica, vice IVorsfold invalided. Lieutenant— George J. Malcolm (1849), from the Sappho, 12, to Wellesley,; 7.2, flag-ship, West Indies. Masters—Edward J. P. Pearl' (1827), from com mand of the Athol, troop-ship, to be master. attendant of Deptford Victualling-yard, vice Morice, promoted to the retired list of commanders • Manser Bradsh aw (1824), formerly in command o f the Alban steam transport, to command the Resistance, troop-frigate, at Sheerness. Second Masters—George R. Morrison (1845), John C. Solfleet (1847), and J. W. M. Burnett (1849), to the Resistance. Asdstant-Surgeons—James M. E. Wallace (acting, Jan. 27, 1849), re-appointed to the W e ll es l e y, flag ship, East Indies, on confirmation in rank ; Dr. Francis C. Sibbald (acting, Dec. 31, 1846), con firmed in Adelaide, tender, at Sierra Leone ; Thomas W. Rimell (1844), to the Wellington, depot-ship, Sheerness ordinary. Clerks— John Retallick (1844), in charge to the Columbia, surveying -steamer, Bay of Fundy, vice Phillipps, promoted ; J. E. Tiery, to the Resistance. Midshipman—Douglas Walker, to the Bxcellent gunnery-ship. Master's Assistant—C. T. Renny, to the Fisgard, flag-ship at Woolwich. Naval Cadet—Nathaniel C. Barton, to the Superb, 80, at De vonport. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.H., Colonel-Commandant, and the officers of the Artillery at 'Woolwich, will entertain Captain IL J. Austin, C.D., Captain Ommanney, and the (Beers of the Arctic Expedition at the Artillery mess on Mon day next. The squadron is fast progressing towards completion. All the provisions are on board, with the exception of the four months supply, which is to he taken on board from the hired transport Emma Eugenia at the Whale Fish Islands. The 'Marquis of Westminster and other noblemen and persons of distinction have visited the ships. As there is nothing, however, very peculiar or very striking to be seen on board, and as the interest is more in the perilous enterprise on which the officers and men are engaged than in the ships that will con vey them to the Arctic regions, it is very desirable that the crews should not be interrupted or the work of completion retarded by swarms of visitors running over the ships. Ajax, screw two-decker, is alongside the Vic torious hulk, off Portsmouth Dockyard. She is not yet commissioned for the flag-ship at Queenstown. Alert, 8, Commander Dunlop, was paid off at De vonport on Tuesday. Bulldog, sloop-steamer, Commander A. C. Key, was paid off at Portsmouth on Tuesday. She was dis masted and taken into the steam basin. Cygnet, 8, has been taken into No. 4 dock at Devonport, to be repaired. , Dauntless, screw-frigate, is nearly rigged, and is taking stores on board at Portsmouth. Devastation, steam -sloop, is nearly rigged. Sh e i s coaling, and it is said will be commissioned to-day at Portsmouth. Encounter, 12, screw-corvette, Capt. Gordon, joined Commodore Martin's squadron of exercise in the Tagus on the Bth, after a long and boi s t e r o us passage from Spithead. The G e yser, 6, steam•sloop, C o mmander Brown, was in Simons Bay, Cape of Good hope, Feb. 24. She returned from Dassen Island on the 18th, with passengers and part of the crew of the wrecked ship, Childe Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and child, Mr. Waller and two servants, Mr. Minde, chief officer, Mr. Hawkins, surgeon, and fifteen of the crew. The bull is bilged, but not broken up. Griffon, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant- Commander Thurburn, was also paid off at Portsmouth on Tues day, and dismasted, and has been taken into the old but.in, to be fitted up for apprentices' exercising brig at Cork. Human, lighter, Wood, master, arrived at De vonport on Tuesday, with stores from Pembroke. Recruit, 12, gun iron brig, sold some months back to Mare and Co., of Blackwall, was towed down to Southampton, from Portsmouth yesterday, by one of the Southampton tug steamers. Sea Lark, 8, Commander Monypenny, arrived off Aseemion, March 7, on her way to England, to be paid off. Sharpshooter, ecrew schooner, Lieutenant-Com mander Bailey, had her defects completed et Deeop port, on Tuesday evening. rizu - Av e [th roc. ;leg rta' ° o' 6 ! , e 01.16, dead ,