The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXX. My Derby fancy, notwithstanding his uncommonly fresh state, and well adapted as he is to the nature of the course, electrified my vision amazingly when he cried quantum suf. at the beginning of the Stand. I still hold a good opinion of him, and fancy he will do a good thing in the time to come. The majority of my re marks, in my analysis of the Derby published three months ago, and again on Tuesday, were remarkably correct. In the beginning of March I stated that the only antagonists Orestes had to fear were West Austra lian, Prince Leopold, and the Reiver. The two last were disposed of —one by going altogether to pieces, and the other by being a month or more back in his prepa ration. In my final observations on Tuesday I gave Orestes to win ; but if anything beat him it would be either West Australian or Pharos ; so that I may take a diminutive amount of credit to myself in having re served West Australian in case Orestes should miss the mark. The d ay was as hot as that in Surplice's year, and I I ...Mnk th e attendance was, without exception, the greatest -I ever witnessed ; the mass of carriages completely 3P ering the hill--the favourite resort of past days— being equal to the Derby day in Merry Monarch's Year. THE OAKS. The only event requiring any particular attention to tl°rrow is the Oaks Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h ft. New to- Derby Course. Out of the one hundred and forty-three to nom inations, I think we shall not see more than twenty t eweuty-three at the post, namely, The Queen, Tell tat p ' - eggV bl Miss Tennyson,ltch, filly by Don , o h y a, _ _ toe, u, out of Miss Sarah, Coalition, Maria Bell, Mistle itHelena Charity, Sylphine, Amazon, Lady Louisa, entinore Lass, C a th er i ne H ayes , M a b e ll a , E ng l an d' s t w e o al itY, and one or two o f L or d E xeter ' s. A not h er or fig perhaps, may start, and one or two of the foregoing IP, cc deducted, such weather as the present being ,7,(3' to affoct them.he QuEEN, the representative of Scott's stable, by e o ut of T r i c k stress ' d am, c l a i ms my attent i on fi rst. rail three times last year, making her debtit at the f ork Spring, _ r where she beat Grapeshot by half a neck 4 .e Zetl an d Stakes, Lambton b e i ng close up. Her el lo °ll4 appearance was at the York August Meeting, 1 o „, e , a rried off the Prince of Wales' Stakes by half a e e z r, beating a very moderate lot, however. Her last she finis was as Doncaster, where, carrying Bst 111 b, ' l ished a very bad third to Lambton, Bst 111 b, and EtZ t ", Bst 71b. This was for the Two Year Old Sweep row I expect she will run uncommonly well to-mor- A u ut I do not think the winner will be found in her. be -- "' 0 er all the noise made about P . E . GGY she ought to Rill rutewhere about winning, but it is in ' y opinion she fi,,_,. 4. 40 b be able to get into the third place, much less the xI'EeLLTALE, HYBLA, Miss TENNISON, THE ITCH, and i t + ,r'S horses I have not the slightest fancy for. b ut : l ink Lord Glasgow's couple will run tolerably well, Li ft 1 4.° such luck as winning is in store, I am afraid, for - , ord s hi p. ko r °ll O t BELL made some sensation in the market a to time back, but I have no reason to think she will tuoi qr uw, or that she will finish anywhere but in the to 5 4,ILETOE, after having been first favourite, receded 1, but y es t er d ay came b ac k again to 5 to 2. Her tot 3' se emed to be very sweet upon their horse, but, Yetl it bstandin z she is a nice showy-looking animal, E doubt h er capabilities for winning. She running in Ireland was uncommonly good. b aps e c an improve upon it on English ground, she may 6, 4 cha nce of w i nn i ng — not ot h erw i se. S - 1 4 b IlI TY will only make one of the field. e t' e after the knocking about she has received ti es this "U. her very doubtful condition, is of no use Ati tA c' 40 t hi rl, they say, will run well, but I am very Labout it. ell LOUISA. I should hardly fancy would run as be th her sta bl e compan i on M entmore Lass. She has good ba cked though by rather knowing parties for a DZE eal of the circulating medium. 4 tleo LASS has her reputation founded on her . t otk luul o nly easy victory for the One Thousand Gm title h That perfo rman ce was quite good enough to en tlao he chance t o grave cons id er ation. She is regular da.tilghter of' the Melbourne blood, and shows it. Her eotse tuierald, by Defence, is a capital brood mare ; co t ,q 4 ,, e utly she comes from good blood on both sides. Will i per that sh e w ill r u n uncommonly forward, and all age a place at least. gdi- ir Wauchop e ' s , ce l e brated br filly CATHERINE 14 4', }' 15 y Lane rcos t out of Constance, is, to my think- Le at " finest animal in the race. She is as yet un- Wac , She made her first appearance last year at the ict f',., e LL Spring, when she ran a dead heat with Con 1e e l ;,,the two year old stakes, and afterwards won tit deciding heat in a canter. She next shows .her '4dt galisbury, where she wins the Wilton tot e takes very easily having nothing, however, of tc beat. Her third ' and most extraordinary per- Cup - Ce was carrying the top weight for the Nursery 4 ; 1 31 Goodwood, and winning cleverly by a length. ~e- .a tt "tror m a PPearance was a walk over. This mare,h think e iB fa ncY, will be the absolute winner. ak l s, 4 W e fts quite as fine an animal among the 0 fillies ELBEst Australian was among the Derby gentry. CtE have very little opinion of. 4) 41 8 ` l ' A •l'lp's BEAUTY, though one of the best bred ani of get i , l , the race, is, I am afraid, not equal to the task ,""),g more than a third place at the outside. o o „? ) - ur irl.g my observations to a point, I have but little t but that Marlow on D iu CATHERINE HAYES kO t i Ifirst past the judge's chair, and that THE QUEEN - "I'II:gTMORE LASS will be her nearest attendants. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. EPSOM RA CE S—DERBY DAY. The ;11, attraction o in our long any similar occasion he I,tirteedent. of the Derby Never, upon ha s remembrance, this year was. surpassed o s n o th e 1,4 multitude collected 4..;an ea tr4i oWno. From. succession, inquick the town, 10,1,1 Continued to arrive rl hour in the morningeaeht add and ''ll tombers to the Spread the approaching con it, t eked up the streets from crowds that poured d in E to a,le the Little to the tt it ic 4 Ilead, where the chances imat of ed discussion. ro IN:tilted the subject o Reile:.,B,,a was, however, f transacted, an " t t h he e c -gal); reserving themselves for oli„, ringfessionals n the tiltsta the immense number of visitors of the 4' t,ady and rapid mode of transit is y itors who p . preferred "o *41:8°"8, tempted by the extraordinary which was thronged with f as thefineness hundreds w th `?thi4tr, selected the road, w,h' he o - til t 01,, es of every grade and fash is i t o o n e , rat fr m orn ba t r he ne coster - f ',tiirlr,a d onkey -cart to the t The brilliancy 4,..4;tatd, recalling the almost ar forgotten glories of the f ; II a h ighway on the Derby day. outsiders were min gle 1 uc e ' which the 14 414 131 'Qd d however, 11tt ti t ouds of dust with w its invariable consequence Thy enveloped. 'ir Utmost praise is due to the which arrangements by ti t , Re station for the admirable trans officials at the London i without the d iiiiii'toblie were admitted to Ittpii:i.,4 difficulty or confusion, th a . . e t nd f fo s r o v th a e st o a r n de a r ss a em n . 'ia .R , `4Y with which the trans' o TlitN'''.4 effected to and from Epson' • Stakes—being over, the .leite,"rat race —the Carew h d The dark liNiil4,lttt co mmenced in earnest as the _time for de roac e . r ,! 4 or h`le great event of the day nhvadamillitan beings by which th a r g e ro b u e n it d o w n a b s o c t o h veLe e d s , 1, ,'Y formed itself into an dens ",t;en e°llrae, which lay like a broad o -fitwo dark borders, from Tatten length, after an "11)6011; ro te Old Stand 'House. greenl i a m Corner ribbon far e - amed on the card 111151 1 -8 Lliterval, the telegraphic boards At in the inclosure l ' i tro tl ,, ce 'l that 28 of the 32 horses n 4401 i Caaled ' l ' il tk t- t°4lPete for what the late Lord GTeohregehoßresnes ' the blue ribbon of the turf" from the pad- afterwards cantered up the 0 ,r4hO'hith, for the accommodation of o by Mr. A-r -:,atir i i ." t 'i of horses again thrown open f owners and allowed for j.,,‘ 4 i "4thcot After 'Nvas due time had been ',..titti4Pettit e of the Ntt 4tge f • e an to "es ' d nducted them a in Mr. Hibburd, ihe stiaortteirie, t e N „,.. 0 the ti oup , tolitifilivust, and at the first signal . got them scene than the p., 111kr,.. Ner. At this moment it . would be away y cult , - 'llr ,„'6te a ra animated and exciting :tt4,llrittioer and the private witll- Pr"ente°dre • The Grand Stand was resplendent w er e a more 1541 'z' geittle e members Club ; in short, ' 4(l ih - ' With the fashions, and friends of standsthe stewards pi,it:.t nlee,.inen of the Jockey _ s weather, has nev 4; 4 , ,i:a a , t4 t_g2 both a o s f t r he g d the number e o r f be th en e I t n w3,,au.,ll,,rieness lip ,Iki sons "s Downs. was invested with att' l leh tn Years since the Derby and Honeywop . ot,oe olielatery, interest, and importance, a circum ci cit t eto ttlt Y attributed to the Cineas ~, an mi.prFju L 'They, however, who, with etir egard -' Australian and 1 , 4 acne vh ; scrutinised West t,°llidaild hast'bey pulled up after the . for the S it t rr i nwgdo te-tltd ft,: never any doubt of their bei o n r g t iort \\,' the Derby. Through good ti t, he ili),"t,Australia,n firmlyfi an rs d t and confidence of N h aek e "R*; and fully did he justify the b te maintained rep the lead in d that Mr. il,les 4,4: 4 ,* It is doubtless well remem el ltk "ed a similar triumph last yea e r . witl i 4D un a d n i i g e , l k td i t , , t• In 1835 he • the Derby with dl h t :et a with Cother=. k„,,,,,4tiy aliment roe in the Grand Stand were ex- A` W Ood a r t i l l t abundantly supplied by Messrs. Jaquet it ' t too r , ''. i,4itelue'lurtia4,_a'ny fashionable visitors were the Duke the ~ .. e of RJA•ilig Excellency the French Ambassador, the Ntlethe 41krqiii-',"ltild, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, ' lB f ' ' eB ° I . Exeter and Clanricarde, and the e l\ r l b a y r , - 4 toi l, ot._ A.3.desbur ; the Earls of Jersey, It a !' e il, ``,trranville, Anneley, Chesterfield, Bessborough, qatort, 4tbinere Bruce, and Longford ; Visc e o e i .t n e t_s , t4rapit\,..id, \;'.ice\vport, Anson, Curson Clifden,oLuanst Ben- i o ; 11 , ta, and Viscountess Villiers ; C te. 4 tt r-.41.°0, Baroness, and Meyer Rothschild ; I.,:ifc'tok *,`lordon Lennox, Gee.G. Lennox Alex. G. ital 4 ' l . l .-1•00._., Manners M. P, Burleigh, 'Exmouth, lil 1:)111'..1„irrIQ,g). Graham, and Londesboro , u .r gh l i . Sir R. ik t ir. ,nd ~,lain, Sir G. Armitage, oi 41 1rai ) 1-, 4 1d , teovi-rs. R. Lawley, Gen. Anson, Hon. J. Pti, -, oli ts ,st u. G S. Smythe, Hon. W. Bagot, Ad 'Ori e. 3, -4/tt ''aille off as follows • ~told., W '1 , 4 1 , *--- tv ''' en a tg of 5 sous. each, with 50 added ; 2- o l Zle /hit ibczibthree, Bst 61b ; four, 9st 7lb ,• . five and t‘lakst2leell 4 1 , , mares allowed Sib and geldings 31b ; ai r "'rit of al. b eaten horses, &c. New T.Y.C., three i t. It. clitiie. (13 subs.) tort% R• Cl l ail L's Air. Sykes, by Sir Tatton Sykes, ai r ~,.0 1 ift i 4 ,-21b .. ........... . ... (J. Osborne) 1 , i k k4 v 1 1 i \ Z s ,8 I\ll.ghtshade,....i.slb ..... (Oliver) 2 'lt foli,w.B s age Lass, 2 yrs, sst 121 b.. (Wells) 3 IN' also Determination Don Quixote, Pelopidas, The Kafir, Folly of the Day, Blondel, and Miss D elam ere. Betting-5 to 4 agst Village Lass ;3to 1 agst Night shade, 4to 1 agst Pelopidas, 6to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. A good race from the distance with Mr. Sykes, Night shade, Village Lass, and Blondel. Won by a neck, a head only between the second. and third. Blondel good fourth. The others beaten off. The winner was objected to on the ground of not carrying proper weight. DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. New Course. One mile and a half. (193 subs.) Mr. Bowes's West Australian, by Melbourne (F. Butler) 1 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus (Bumby) 3 Mr. Howard's Rataplan, by The Baron (Wells) 4 The following also ran : Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 0 Lord Londesborough's Mayor of Hu11...(J. Holmes) 0 Count Batthyany's Stone Plover (\V. Abdale) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes. (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Mare's Pharold (Pettit) 0 Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 0 Mr. Perren's lonic. (Hornsby) 0 Lord Derby's Umbriel (Templeman) 0 Duke of Richmond's Pharos (Flatman) 0 Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer (Sly) 0 Lord Clifden's Cheddar (A. Day) 0 Lord Caledon's Prince Leopold (W. Shari)) 0 Mr. B. Way's Brocket (Thick) 0 Mr. Knowles's Talfourd (Basham) 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco (Marson) 0 Mr. Howard's Lascelles (W. Day) 0 Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert ..(Ciickmere) 0 Mr. Surtee's na Honeywood . (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Rowan's Fion ma Coule (D. Wynne) 0 Mr. J. Ayling na Rattle (G. E. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Thompson's Coomburland Stathesmon(Aldcroft) 0 Lord Glasgow's Barbatus (Whitehouse) 0 Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (Marlow) 0 Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (H. Neale) 0 Betting at Starting-6 to 4 agst West Australian, sto 1 agst Orestes, 6to agst Honeywood, Bto 1 agst Sit tingbourne, 20 to 1 agst Umbriel, 20 to 1 agst Pharos (off), 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer, 30 to 1 agst Cineas, 30 to 1 agst Peggy, 50 to 1 each agst Cheddar, Barbatus, and Rataplan, 100 to 1 agst Coomberland Stathesmon. An excellent start, all getting off in a cluster, except Coomburland Stathesmon, who was some lengths behind. Cheddar and Cineas started in front, but they had scarcely proceeded halfway up the hill when Umbriel took up the running, with Cheddar, Cineas, Orestes, Ethelbert, Ninnyhammer, and Rattle, well laid up, and directly in their wake were Pharos, Honeywood, and Filbert ; West Australian, with Sittingbourne in close attendance upon him, being the next two. No material change occurred until they arrived at the turn into the straight, when Umbriel began to drop off. Rattle immediately went on with the lead, but at the road was passed by Cineas, and at the same time West Australian, with Sitting bourne at his quarters, was seen to draw forward. At the distance theseitwo singled themselves out, and a very exciting race home ended in favour of West Australian by a neck. Rataplan, who left the ruck in the last quarter of a mile, and gradually improved his position, finished about half a length behind the third. Honey wood and Rattle were the next two. Barbatus pulled up lame. Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Amount of the stakes, 5,4251. Jerry Kent was scratched at 10.30 a.m. EPSOM - TowN PLATE of 50 sovs. (Handicap) for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, by Sleight-of-Hand, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Reeves's Abdallah, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst, 3 yrs, 7st (Oliver) 3 The following also ran :—Telescope, Merriment. The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Telescope, but closed at 2to 1 agst him. 2to 1 agst Snarry. A fine race with Snarry, Abdallah, and Sandhurst. Won by a neck ; the second beating the third by three quarters of a length. Telescope a bad fourth. GREAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 BOYS. (handicap), for all ages ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Magennis's Clair de Lune, by Lanercost, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Oliver) 1 Mr. Wigan's Forester (h b), aged, 7st 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, Bst 4 lb...(Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Puritan, Sweetheart, Iresine, f by Confederate. Betting-6 to 4 agst Narcissus, 3to 1 Clair de Lune, 5 to 1 agst Forester, 6 to 1 agst Puritan. Won cleverly by a length ; a neck only between the second and third. Sweetheart and Iresine were fourth and fifth. DIIRDANS STAKES of 5 30VS. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Half a mile. (10 subs.) Lord Londesborough's Gold Dust, by Dulcimer, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 51b (E. Harrison) 1 Captain Little's m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy, 5 yrs, (401.), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (401 ), Est 121 b (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-2 to 1 agst Gold Dust, sto 2 agst Empress colt, 3 to 1 agst Venison filly, 5 to 1 agst Counsellor mare, Bto 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; length between the second- and third. The winner was afterwards sold for the 230 guineas ; the fund thereby realising upwards of 1801. LATEST BETTING ON THE OAKS. 2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). sto 2 agst Misletoe (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mentmore Lass (taken). 7to 1 agst The Queen. 10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa. 10 to 1 agst England's Beauty. DESTRUCTION OF THE A DELPHI THEATRE, EDINBURGH, BY FIRE. On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, which ended in the entire destruc tion of that building, and nearly all its properties and accessories. The fire was discovered about a quarter to five o'clock by a carpenter, who observed smoke issuing from the omnibus-box and the coulisse on the left of the stage, and coming apparently from the music-room im mediately below. The manager, Mr. Wyndham, who resided within the building, was immediately apprised of the fact, and an alarm was speedily conveyed to the fire-engine stations. Within a very short space of time the fire caught the scenes and proscenium, and before a quarter of an hour elapsed, the flames had traversed the whole area of the interior, and sought egress by several windows at the side and by the roof. The work of destruction was fear fully rapid, and the beams of the roof and wooden gal leries, ripened for combustion by age and the drying heat of the gas, were quickly encompassed by a general blaze. In little more than half an hour after the fire wa discovered the roof fell in, and the flames burst forth with intense strength and fury, causing great alarm for the security of contiguous buildings. So great indeed was the mass of fire that, though the wind was light, it caught the window-frames of a house on the opposite side of Little King-street, fully 60 feet distant. The Adelphi Theatre occupied a site in the corner of Broughton-street and Little King-street, these streets being respectively to the east and south. On the west was a high and thickly-populated tenement, into which, by a gable window overlooking the theatre, the flames obtained success. On the north was St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, and between it and the theatre was a small cloister or ante-chapel. The roof of the cloister and the astragals of the Gothic windows of the chapel took fire, and considerable apprehension was entertained as to the safety of the consecrated edifice. The altar piece, a painting of the Virgin, valued at nearly 5,0001., was dislodged from the wall, and all the sacred vessels and properties removed to a place of safety. By the praiseworthy and well-directed exertions of the fire brigade, however, the chapel was preserved, and the flames which caught the two other buildings were ex tinguished before they had gained strength, or had caused much damage. The efforts to confine the fire to the building in which it originated were thus happily successful ; but, though the fire-engines had arrived very soon, and the supply of water was most abundant and well applied, the progress of the flames could not be stayed till they had left the theatre a complete ruin. The building was about 130 feet long by 60 feet broad, and the front of it towards Broughton street was occupied as the manager's residence. A stone wall separating the house from the theatre, the manager was able to save a large portion of his ward robe and property, as the fire did not immediately en velope that portion of the building which contained them. On either side of the box entrance and corridor and under Mr. Wyndham's house were shops, a large part of the stock in which was saved. The Adelphi theatre has for 60 or 70 years been a place of public entertainment in Edinburgh. It was originally known as Corri's Rooms, and subsequently as the Caledonian theatre. Latterly, and for a long series of years, it was leased by the late Mr. W. H. Murray ' along with the Theatre Royal, th us prevent i ng d ramat i c opposition. Since Mr. Murray's retirement, however, nearly two years ago, the two theatres have been let to different managers. In the competition which ensued Mr. Wyndham was able to keep his grou a n n d , against lastutecr cessive lessees of the Theatre Royal ; d having become for the third time vacant since Mr. 11.1urray's retirement, Mr. Wyndham offered himself as one of the candidates, and was accepted as the lessee ; and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that the Adelphi theatre should have been destroyed the day previous to that on which Mr. Wyndham was to enter on the lesseeship of the Theatre Royal. The Adelphi Theatre was insured to the extent, we believe, of 3,0001. or 4,0001., on the building, and the manager was insured to the amount of 1,2001., a sum which will not, it is feared, be adequate to meet his losses. Unfortunately, the whole wardrobe of Mr. Wyndham's large and respectable dramatic company was destroyed ; several of the musicians likewise lost their instruments. It is truly fortunate the fire did not occur three hours later, when the audience would have been assembled. The quick destruction of the building would in such a case have been most frightful and calamitous, for the means of escape were scarcely so ample as would have been needed for a crowded audience, such as would probably have assembled on the evening of the Queen's birthday. The engines continued to play for above four hours upon the building. There was no accident, except a fireman, who was scorched and bruised by a fall. The Lord Provost and the civic authorities were present at the scene ; and the ground was kept by the police and a detachment of the 4th Regiment from the Castle. The conflagration attracted many thousands of spectators, the crowd being all the more numerous as the day was a holiday. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. ' last few days, and which come down to the 13th. The first fact worthy of remark mentioned in our letters is that the note by which the Porte signifies its refusal to accede to the demands of Russia was drawn up, and notified to the Russian Ambassador by the Minister of Foreign. Affairs, who was put in possession of power at the time of the arrival of Prince Menschikoff at Constantinople, for our letters say nothing of the Ministerial crisis which, on the 13th, brought Reschid Pasha to the Minis try of Foreign Affairs. His return was to be re garded as a confirmation by the Sultan of the de termination ho had come to not to yield, and which appears to have caused not a little surprise to Prince Menschikoff. As a comminatory demon stration he had, in fact, embarked two days before with all the personnel of his Embassy on board the Russian steam-frigate Bessarabia, an chored off the Palace of Buyukdere, and on the 10th he received th e nega ti ve reply of the Divan. Instead of starting for Odessa, as was expected, he on the 11th sent M. Argyropoulo, first dragoman of the Russian Embassy to the Porte, to declare to the Ministers of the Sultan that he considered their reply as evasive, and requested to have a more categorical one. M. Argyropoulo was, more over instructed to recommend the Ministers to accept a fresh delay of three days which the Prince offered to them, in order that they might have time to weigh maturely the consequences the negative reply they had sent mi g ht enta i l on the S u l ta and on the Empire. If, therefore, the telegraphic dispatches, dated the 13th, are correct, and the article of the Moniteur proves that they are so, we may conclude that the Porte, encouraged perhaps by the hesitation which appeared to it to be evident in the conduct of Prince Menschikoff, re plied to his fresh overtures by the nomination of a Ministry notoriously hostile to Russia. On the other hand, we are assured that the language used by Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords, on the 24th April, contributed to induce the Divan to show resistance, and that the note by which it signified its refusal to accede to the demands of Prince Alensehikoff had been concerted with the English Ambassador at Constantinople. However, the note is moderate and polite, but dignified and firm. If we are well informed, it is couched some what in the following terms : The Porte is animated with the strongest desire to draw closer the bonds of perfect amity and alliance between the two governments. The Sultan is himself constantly and sincerely disposed to keep up and to increase the relations of good neighbourhood and intimate union which have so long and happily existed be tween him and the Emperor of Russia. The Porte will therefore receive favourably such of the demands of Prince Menschikoff as wound neither its honour nor its independence. It grants the erec tion at Jerusalem of the church, the convent, and the hospital which the Emperor Nicholas wishes to found there, provided that it takes place in such a manner as to maintain intact the rights of the Sultan to internal administration and after mature negotiation between the two governments. As far as regards the religious privileges granted to all the Christian subjects of the Porte, and espe cially to the Greeks, by the predecessors of the Sultan, and on the maintenance of which Russia appears to have some doubts, not only has the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid never thought of withdraw ing or restricting them, but their maintenance and development at present and for the future have been, and always will be, the object of his con stant solicitude. At the same time he cannot con clude any treaty with any foreign power on a ques tion which exclusively belongs to the internal administration of the Empire. To do so would be to sacrifice his rights of sovereignty and his in dependence ; and whatever may be the character of the friendship.with which the relations and re ciprocal sentiments of the Sultan and the Emperor are impressed, that friendship cannot go so far as to impose such a sacrifice on the Porte. It would be contrary to international rights, and to those of every free and independent State. The Sultan ap peals entirely on this subject to the justice and equity of the whole world, and particularly of the Emperor of Russia, who is so well known for his good faith and uprightness of character. The Sul tan formally declares in the face of the universe that he will maintain in all their extent the pri vileges and immunities which have been so long enjoyed by the Christian Churches in his State, and particularly by the Greek Church. This de claration ought to suffice, for he would no longer be an independent sovereign if he were to consent to bind himself on the question by any treaty or convention with a foreign power. Such is the sense of the note, which does honour to the govern ment of the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid. What followed is known, namely, the offer of a fresh delay made by Prince Menschikoff, and the return to power of Reschid Pacha. It is the debut of a new state of things. The - following telegraphic dispatch has been received in Paris. It dated Constantinople the 16th :—" The new Ministry has issued a firman relative to the question of the Holy Sepulchre ; the other negotiations are still pending. Prince Menschikoff has obtained an audience of the Sul tan ; but nothing has transpired of the result. The preponderance of the anti-Russian party is gene rally believed in, without, however, any fear of serious complications being felt." The English fleet was still at Malta on the 18th inst. On the previous day the French fleet had anchored at E in the Bay of Salamis. gm a, The following information extracted from a per fectly credible private letter, cannot fail to prove interesting " CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 12. " It was not until the question of the Holy Sepulchre was settled that new demands were formally made by Prince Measchikoff. Strictly speaking no ultimatum has been presented, but a period was fixed within which a reply to a certain demand was to be returned. This was, that all the concessions and privileges granted to the Greek Church since the reign of Mahomet 11. (1451) be guaran teed by a regular diplomatic convention. The Greeks in Turkey are governed entirely by the clergy, who unite temporal with spiritual authority ; consequently, should the Porte consent to the wishes of Russia, the non united Greeks and Armenians will become in reality Russian subjects. The Sultan •ffers to make any such arrangements for securing the rights, privileges, and religious freedom of all the different Christian sects as may be required by the parties to the treaties of 1841. But will Russia be satisfied with this 1' Can or will the other powers look quietly on should the Russian Govern men t attempt to carry its measures by force ? This question is more than I can answer." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 85 Zbirb Mintion EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOUR-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Hugo walked over. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Dervish Splitvote filly Jack Frost . STAND PLATE. Doublethong Madame Landeau Five ran. THE OAKS. 2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). 5 to 2 agst Misletoe. sto 1 agst Mentmore Lass. 12 to agst others offered. Charity scratched. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. On Tuesday evening Lord and Lady Cowley gave a splendid ball at the British Embassy, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The whole of the suite of apartments on the ground floor was thrown open on the occasion. The garden was brilliantly illuminated with coloured lamps, pro ducing a charming effect. A military band was stationed among the treeg, and played from time to time. Over the gateway in front of the hotel of the Embassy a huge Imperial crown in gas was placed, with the letters "V. R." also in gas. The number of guests was upwards of sixteen hundred —among whom were the whole of the diplomatic corps, ministers, functionaries, &c. ; Princess Ma thilde, Price Lucien Bonaparte, and a large number of British nobility were present. At one o'clock the supper-room was thrown open. The tables were covered with delicacies of every description, and every arrangement had been made made for the perfect accommodation of the guests. After the supper the dancing was re sumed with great animation, and was kept up till 4 o'clock in the morning. The Ambassador and Lady Cowley were constant in their attentions to the company. Her ladyship did the honours of the evening with equal grace and urbanity. The Government of Berne has addressed a note, dated the 18th, to the Swiss Federal Council on the subject. The Assemblee Nationale says :—" M. J. Odier, who has just been appointed by the Emperor to the important functions of member of the Central Council of the Reformed Churches, is the brother in-law of General M. Cavaignac. We congratulate the Government on not allowing itself to be in fluenced by political considerations in a selection so highly recommendable." The Minister of Marine has within the last month received several reports from Admiral Fourichon, the new Governor of French Guayana, giving an account of the state of the colony from the end of January to the 12th of April. At Salutation Islands the typhus fever had ceased to rage about the end of March, and the convicts soon recovered their usual health. Two attempts at escape had failed, and the men finding it useless to endeavour to get away, appeared more reconciled to their position, working regularly a fixed number of hours per day without complaining. The Saluta tion Islands were appropriated exclusively to con victs from the bagnes, who were in April about 1,500 in number, whilst all the individuals transported by the application of the decree of Dec. 8, 1851, were sent to the small island known by the name of La Mere. At this latter place, there were collected about 500 persons, in cluding the superintendents and the garrison. The health of the persons at this place had never ceased to be good, and the discipline observed was most satisfactory. The establishment undertaken at the Silver Mountain, on the left bank and at the mouth of the Oyapock, had not turned out as favourably as was expected. Several cases of death had taken place both amongst the persons transported and the superintendents, and difficulties of communication had been found to exist at low water. The crops in this quarter were, however, most luxuriant, and the produce of manioc was so great that it had been in part substituted for bread for the convicts. The report states that Silver Mountain appears destined to become a very useful intermediate post between, on the one hand, Salutation Islands and Reunion, and, on the other, a great establishment which the Governor was actively founding higher up on the Oyapock. Already, at the last-named place, 200 hectares of land were cleared, and 100 convicts were to be sent there in the month of July to re side. Large forests were in the vicinity, and the Governor intended erecting saw-mills there as soon as the machinery arrived from France. The unfavourable character assumed at the close of business on Tuesday at the Bourse, in conse quence of the reported recal of the Austrian Minis ter at Berne, has again continued, and a consider able fall occurred in the public securities—in the Three per Cents. for the account to the extent of if., and of 50c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. The Three per Cents. for cash declined 65c. ; and Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 25c. In the Bank of France Shares there was an advance of 2f. The closing prices were :—For Money—Three per Cents., 80f. 35c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 55c. For the end of the month—Three per Cents., 80f. sc. ; Four-and- a-Half per Cents., 103 f. Bank Stock, 2,697 f. Mortgage Bank Shares, after undergoing no change for some time, have to-day declined 27f. closing at 835 f. 50c. In shares of the Societe Mobiliere a fall of 25f. took place, being finally quoted at 882 f. 50c. The railway share market was also unfavourably affected, and a con siderable decline eventually occurred in most of the principal lines. Paris and Orleans fell 20f. ; Strasbourgs and Rouens, 17f. each ; Paris and Lyons, 11f. ; and Northerns, 9f. In Lyons and Mediterranean Shares no change occurred. Closing prices :—Northerns, 908 f. 50c. ; Paris and Or leans, 1,080 f.!; Paris and Strasbourg, 925 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 941 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,128 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 800 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 20th, are, like those of preceding days, without political interest. A decree in the Gazette suppresses the supernumerary employes of the Ministry of the Interior, and a number of employes recently appointed ; it also declares that increase of salaries and presents here tofore granted to different employes of that depart ment without being mentioned in the budget shall cease. These reforms will cause an annual saving of 443,500 reals. By the reforms previously effected in the Ministry of Finance, 400 employes have been deprived of their places. The King of Bavaria was shortly expected in Madrid, and a steamer has already been sent to Italy to convey him to Barce lona or Malaga. It is said that the object of his journey, is to negotiate a marriage between the Prince Albert of Bavaria and an Infanta. Accounts from the Philippines to the 14th March last repre sent that all was tranquil, and similar accounts had been received from Cuba to the 21st ult. BELGIUM. The budget of ways and means has been adopted by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. All the members present, 73 in number, voted for the adoption. The Duke de Brabant has received from the Emperor of Austria the grand cordon of the order of St. Stephen. General de Liem has received the grand cordon of the order of the Iron Crown, and the other officers who accompanied his Royal Highness have received the decoration of the order of Leopold of Austria. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from Milan, of the 20th, in which it is stated that the judicial inquiry now on foot concerning the insur rection of February 6, has not as yet afforded a single clue to bear out the assumption of Mazzini's wtithanalidlisanimdmcoeudniattee n havingance fromin that higher att e attempt met arters h followers, and that nothing has been elicited to incriminate the refugees ; those of the constitu tional party disclaiming any connexion with Maz zini from principle, and the majority of the refu gees of the extreme party being loud in their con demnation of Mazzini's imprudence. The corres pondent adds, that the Austrian government has in consequence found it expedient to give another turn to the refugee question, and that, Count Rechberg, who is represented as a kind-hearted man, has secretly instructed the provincial delegations to divide the emigrants into three classes—the first comprising those who absented themselves before 1848, the second those who emigrated in 1848 and 1849, and the third class those who emigrated in consequence of the conspiracies which led to the Mantua trial. The delegates are also to collect in formation respecting the political conduct of those who possess property and those who do not, the object being to limit th e sequestrat i on to those only against whom specific charges may be sub stantiated. TURKEY. We (Erebals) have received letters from Constan tinople, dated the 12th, which enable us to re establish a little order in the telegraphic dispatches which have succeeded each other so rapidly for the SWITZERLAND. The New Zurich Gazette, under date of Berne 22 . d, says :—" Yesterday M. d e Karniki, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, called on M. Naeff, President of the Federal Council, but did not find him at home ; he did not see him until the evening. M. de Karniki, it is said, declared that his Court was convinced that ulterior negotiations with Switzer land on the differences which had arisen would not lead to any result, and that consequently his pre sence at Borne was without object, and that he should leave it for an indefinite length of time. The Chancellor of the Emb assy w ill remain at Berne to continue the di s p a t c h o f secon dary busi ness. The President of the Council is said to have afterwards requested M. Karniki to communicate to him, in writing, what he had said verbally, in order that he might submit it to the Federal Coun cil, which M. de Karniki, it is said, promised to do." THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN) WEDNESDAY. Yesterday the Queen's birthday and the attractions of a grand review in the Phoenix Park diminished considerably the influx of visitors at the " Darga neum," as the small wits of Dublin have already christened the Exhibition. A grand parade, witnessed by an immense concourse of spectators—fine weather —5,000 troops in the highest state of discipline-- Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery—all performing their evolutions under the inspection of the Lord- Lieutenant and a brilliant staff ; —these are great things to look at, and when to them is added the noble expanse of " the 15 acres ; and its commanding prospect, one may well excuse the taste which drew all the pretty faces, the cars, and the carriages, from Merrion-square to the Phoenix. The Dublin Exhibition, however, is and must be an immense success, for people ca n t a lk o f nothing else, and no t a word of disappointment or dis paragement is heard with regard to it. When it opened, beyond the building and the Fine Arts Hall no estimate could be formed of its merits. The one comprised much that was pleasing and even splendid in design ; the other embraced a collection of paintings in some respects the most remarkable that had probably ever been brought together. For various reasons it is quite absurd to compare the present building with that in Hyde-park ; and its contents are equally incapable of being set off against the World's Fair of 1851. There are points of resemblance in both respects, it is true, and it is fitting that there should be. A child may fairly be expected to show some traces of its parentage, and that of the Dublin Exhibition may be made out by various signs. The distribution of pillar and girder, for example, in the building, and the arrange ment of courts and counters, and the trophies of art and industry in the central ball, all suggest recollecti o n s o f that unparalleled display. There also, analogies to be discovered in the classification of objects adopted in the style of internal decoration, and in the coup d'oeil ; but, as Mrs. Malaprop says, "Caparisons arc odorous," and it seems more useful and appropriate to mark those strong points of the Dublin Exhibition which, as they arise, give it a distinctive character, and recommend it to the attention and curiosity of an intelligent public. The return to-day gives— Season ticket holders admitted 3,341 Number of persons at 2s. 6d 843 Total 100 all 100 5 100 all 54 all all all too 1.00 10 all if all 2s. all 10 50 25 100 St. PAIII BRITISH RAILWAYS. 181 100 100 all all all 25 25 St. 50 Ei all 100 all RAILWAYS. Aberdeen lA.mbg. Nottng. Bost. & EAstn. Birmg. IV°'verb. & Stour Valley... Birkcnhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 100 all 10( 13 20 20 10 St. St. St. St. St. 20 20 h 0 20 100 100 100 100 10 St. 25 25 St. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (xn L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18/. E.eic H.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. Oats E. U. Sh.) Do., do ' II B. and C East Lancashire lEs.st & West Ind. Dk. & tinning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles l Edin. Prth. &Dundee ,Glasgow &S. Western IGreat Northern Stk Do. A. Stock Do.; B. Stock Great Southern and' Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern ILancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un 'Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. ,London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,XlO Sh. M. &B. C London k S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln De., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.kliftd. New.. 7 & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpeint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties 1.7 n ) North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock. ShrJw3by.lic Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) ... Do. Halves do ...... all all 6i all 100 all Do Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union South Devon. South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh.River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartl4)l Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath • 17 all all 14 1/.ls Closing Prices this day. 283 - 293 6-64 10 -10 i 7 - Oil 21 22 ( 34 2id 102 104 70. 23. 24 21 22 4 - 5 pm 8 - 9 6 - 61 4 - 44 134 - 13, 10 11 7i - 7i 74 - 75 53 - 56 73i -74 i ici 1- -- ii 88 - 89 55 - 57 135 -136 113 -- 114 90i -- 91 7i -- 81 , 94 -- 96 131 -- 14ip -- 79 60t 4 —4 di 3 -- 2i t 16i -- 17 1 9 1 — 4 11 --2 p i 104 i -- 1051 117 -- 1181 2 -- 2p 11-- 1 p 89;— 5 -- 5 d 4i -- 4d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 29! -- 30; 3; -- 20d 1 741 42 --441 51 53 I— B P 4 3d n - 31 84 94 53 55 35 3 1 6 i 2 d ••• .•• d ... 4$ 41 a 8$ -- 8i 52i -53 i 96 - 98 60 - 62 64 - 66 73 76 1 d 17 19 8a 9a 13 15 31 3k d 20. —21 a 74 —75 a 36. 37 13 —14 i 4 2i 3 15 15 104 34 3 , 4 104 d par 100 20 11 3 / 4 100 I€ 4 91 1 29i 74i i 4 3i Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall W imbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 701 -71 i 7i -- 6i 2h -- lid 63 -- 64 15 10 311 4 71 3 / 4 13 96ii THE SHARE MARKETA% 70 69 70 24 n PREFERE: 'Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4p. c. Shares ) Caledonian £lO !Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent. Cork&Bandons3p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cont. Do. (.£7l7s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. e. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p er cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta Edinb. Prth.lz Dund Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Gt.S outhn. di Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berke & . Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. C. London dg S. Western, Con. Thirds .. Londonderry & Coler Business done this day. 89 8i 9 554 136 54 901 11 901 Pa 80 i 79i 105,1 5 118 17i x new 1 141 x new 89 1 90a 89# _ i Shares ............. Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares ............. Manch. , She! ,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... Do., New, £lO . ..... Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent .. Mid. Consol. 6 p.e.St. Do, Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i percent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British ...... North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shre )wsbury & New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W.(Min).3p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York,llewcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... .61 15t 16 FOR: Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Be sangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luiemboin . Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p, cent. pref Lyons & Medfterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New, Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds amy.l3. &Avis Shs.) Norwegian Truk. Pref Paris and Lyons 35 1 i I i 141 27 61 43h Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen kCherbrg. Quebec ,k Richmond Rouen and mac. • Sambre and Mouse Do. 5,1 percent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref.,. Western of France IWest. of Switzerland Now Zealand.,,, 10 20 50 50 100 25 1 106 - 108 54 - 66 150 - 152 33i - 34 56 - 57 27i -28 i 14i 26 - 271 98 - 100 3 - 34 1.66 - liii 65 - 67 'l5l - 153 151 - 153 4 :: i'di 33 -- 34 105 A -1 06 A Business this day. MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 4 1 p 10 2 Australasian.. par— 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillei p 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) i f d p 1 all British Austen. Gold 8 p 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilian Imp.(issued at X,5 pm.) 44 5 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cniab 5 - - 54 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —32 4 all Carson's Creek kntr— p 40 all Cobra Copper 46 —47 5 1 Colonial Gold l4 —ll p 2i 14 Copiapo 9l 104 9i 10 St. all CopperMinersof Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2l —l4 d 34 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll —li p 31 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst ld— / 1 p 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 all Mariquita ld par 10 9 Mexican &S. Am er ie 8 Si 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 P 2 1 5 1 Port Philip P 1 all Quartz Rock * P 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 271 15 Do. Now 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba..., 6 7 64 1 all South Australian par —4p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 281 all United Mexican 5 51 1 all Wailer d 1 all West Granada p 1 all Went Mariposa....... id p 1 1 all Yuba par p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6l -- 874 50 all British N. American 20 2 Child. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China' 11 lip 31 100 25 Colonial • ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ... 10 English,Scottish j aud Australian l4 l, 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 3 p DO 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. &Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 524 534 534 25 5 Do. New — ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co 4 d— par 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 774 781 774 81 21 Do. New 50 10 Union of London.-- 40 , all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. i 100 35 Australian Agricult..l 75 77 75 20 8 Austrlasn.Peific.Mail , .. ... 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail/ : . . . 38A Brit. Americn. Land' 6 8 . --- 72 70 1 100 32] Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 2i 34 84 8 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France' i 1 3 20 1 Eastern Steam ..• 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar, ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel, ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land., ... ... 20 7j Nrth.of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 77 6 50 25 Do. Do. ... 100 GO Royal Mail Steam, ... ... 78j 25 25 South Austral. Land 43 45 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ) ... ... 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation.. .I ... -- 100 284 Van Diemen's Land ' 19 -- 20 191 i 19 -- 20 191 i LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TIIIS DAY). LONDON, May 26.—Wind this day at Noon, light airs and fine clear weather. The wind veered round to the westward last night, and has been variable this morning from N. to N.E., and is now at N.W. For the last three days the barometer has been going back, but is steady this morning. PORTSMOUTH, May 25.---Wind, E. to S. Arrived— Francisca, Bahia, for Hamburgh ; Liverpool, Demerara ; H.M. steamer Percupine, westward. ,- OFF THE WIGHT. - -d ames, of Shields, West Indies ; Clitus, Demerara. WISBEACH, May 25.—The Krogers Minde, from Veile, grounded in the harbour yesterday, started her stern-post and butt-yards ; a great part of cargo damaged. BRISTOL, MAT 25.—Wind, E. Arrived—Orson, Man- Manalo Ycazo, Havannah. Sailed—Mona, Cape of Good Hope_,_. John Walker, Q ue b ec . SWANSEA, May 25.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Amico Deo, Cape de Verd,... SIIIEI:DS, May 25.—Wind, E. S. E. Sailed—Albyn, Quebec. _ _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, May 25.—Sailed—Washington (steamer), New York. SUNDERLAND, May 25.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Royal Lily, Bombay ; Friendship, New York. AMSTERDAM, May 23.—The Aldebaran, Sporl to Syd ney, N.S.W., was spoken May 1, 37 N., 13 W., with slight damage, from contact with the Adolph et Marie, Marseilles to Dieppe. The latter sunk immediately : master, mate, and two men saved ; three men drowned. CE SHIRES. 92 - 96 107 - 109 !108 -- 110 19j -20 j P 4 1 4 5 51 - 1 3 P -- 21 p 14 -- 2 p -- 15 18 18i 1 3a 130 --- 131 1112 - 113 8a 8i 1.06 108 P 413 153 154 157 3i -- 4 i 10 -- 11 131 - 141 1 8 - 9 10 ^ 9 1150 - 152 if - iP 118 - 120 115 - 117 251 - 266 21 21 101 11 171 18. i 1 p 15 16 par § p 261 26 19. 20 I -- I p 104 106 51 5 1 #— i P .EIGN. 1 105 1 1 1 - 14 Lt - 15 3pp 1 3 5 -5i p 11 - 1 p 1f - 14 2 Par i P i - 1 7 - 71 41 1 1 - d 2 2 pi ... -- •• 7 - 7i _ 35i - 361 !41--144 - 9 17 -17 k - 4 63 —44 i fG 37 4 . bip 81 91 $ —G ip id par lo s $ d t 101p 1 2 4a a .08 9 141 1 all ,100 all 100 all all all all all 100 111 100 100 18g LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. r aid.l RAILWAYI • I Lensingcompans, 1 Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. I Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. a Shares. Do. Shares. Lou.& Green/v . Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbre & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count, Do. 6 per ct. D 0... Do. Fixedsps Do Prest. & Wyre IL. & N. W London & N. West. ;Gt.Westn !Do L.N. IDo St W Caledon IGt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. & NMd Do 00.. IS. Eastern (Do !Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & IDarlingt. ,Midland.. &Ln&Yk Do.. Shares. Do Royitn.k, Hit. Gt Northn Do.Shepth.St Do Shef. Roth.and Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. S. Statlordsh. M.MClean Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlint. Do Do Wilts&Somrst GtWestn Closing Prices this day. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 26, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and TWOS in England and Wales . per Imperial Quarter. .. WHEAT. 'EMMET. I OATS. I I.IT. MANI. PEAS. 43s lla 30s lid 19s ld 25s 8d I 36s 01 1 32 s Id THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. ___ WHEAT. I RARITY. I _ OATS. I .... ___ EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 44s 5d 3ls 5d 18s Ild 30s 6d 35s 2d 32s Ild DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS. I ILTE. I BEAM. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEF.K. Wheat, 87,814; Barley, 12,042; . Oats, 13,748; Rye, 74; Beans 4,6 - 6 ; Peas, 718 Quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow 111;i, - 31 Os to 41 8s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 515 s ; and straw, 117 s to 1114 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 4 100 ; clover ditto, 410 s to Si 5s ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade dull. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, 313 s to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 410 s to Si 5s ; and straw, 117 s to 1114 s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market, at very full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton , 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 58 CO. to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 38 Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, MAY 25.—The supply of each kind of stock was seasonably good, yet the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4 d ; Mutton, 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Ocl per Sibs, to sink the offal. • ROMFORD, MAY 25.—The trade at thus market to-d a y was tolerably firm, and the quotations were well su pp or ted . Beef, from 3 s 2 d to 4 s ; Mutton, 38 8d t o 4 s Bd . Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 10d to 4s 8(I •, 3 s Oct to 4s Oct per Sibs. Suckling calve s , 20 a t o 25a each,. PROPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN TONERIDGE WELLS AND LEWES.—A committee consisting of the Earl de la Warr, Sir J. V. Sh e lley, Bart., M.P., Si r W a l ter Stir ling, Bart., Sir Henry Shiffner, Colonel Harcourt, M.P., and other gentlemen, has been formed fur the purpose of promoting railway communication between Lewes and Tonbridge Wells, and instructions have been given for a preliminary survey of the country. All the landowners in the.neighbourhood have signed an agreement to take a fair agricultural price fur such of their land as may be required for the railway, at a valuation, so that no neces vary expenaea may be incurred by legal promdiags, TEE FRENCH NAVY. PART 11. (Continued from The Sun of May 24.) The commission gives an unqualified approval to the system of Prefectures Maritimes established by Napoleon during the Consulate. } The coast is divided into arron dissements, of which the great naval arsenals are the centres. There are five arrondissements, the head quarters of which are Cherbourg, Brest, L'Orient, Itochefort, and Toulon. The Prefet resides at the arse nal, and has supreme command, under the Minister, of the naval establishments on shore, and of the force afloat. The Prefet is a vice or rear admiral, with a junior admiral or capitaine de vaisseau, entitled " Major- General du Port," and a staff of naval officers under him. He unites in his own person the functions which with us are divided between the Port Admiral, and the Admiral or Captain Superintendent of the dock yard. The following extracts from the report of the Conseil d'Etat to the First Consul show the objects with which this important element in the French system was first introduced " To build the ship, to supply it, and to employ it, con stitute the sum and substance of the marine. These three services should go in concert. But who shall direct their march ? Who shall make the different co-operators unite for the same object, by exciting their emulation, and not their jealousy ? This is the grand question that, after 100 years, is not yet solved. This fluctuation in the system of the gover nment of the ports proves that no superiority should exi s t on the part of the naval officer, the adminis trator, or the constructor. It is necessary to render their functions independent, and to make them work together for the same object. In the same manner as the Minister at Paris is the principle of life of the marine of the Republic, we have thought that his delegate at a port should fulfil the same position, arrest rivalries, limit each of the auth or iti es i n t h e i r functions, remove local ' obstacles, and, by the unity of his power, concentrate all the means for the success of an operation. This chief we shall call `Prefet Maritime.' Placed at the head of all, the Prefet will give to each of the several chiefs the orders for the conservation of the p or t s an d h arbours, and for the con. struction and armament of the ships."—(Vol. 1., p. 650.) The Sub - Commission, proceeding with its report, says : " In the inquiry no criticism has ever been directed against the system of Prefectures Maritimes. This is a fact worthy of remark, and proves the wisdom of the Conseil d'Etat of the Year VIII., as well as the high sagacity of the Consul. The Minister of th a t p er i o d , Forfeit, and subsequently Admiral Decres, intrusted to the Prefets the execution of general instruction ; the Administration Centrale was not yet drawn into a multitude of details, fertile in superfluous correspondence. The Prefets under the Empire did more and wrote less ; it is this usage we would restore. All that does not affect in the highest de gree the responsibility of the Minister should be left to the Prefet—all that refers to the inferior employe.% so worthy of interest, and necessarily ill-judged of from afar—all that concerns discipline, which delays must weaken. O n th ese conditions, the Prefet in the arsenal will be what h e s h ou ld be and what he was—the centre of action, the arbiter of differences, the source of recompences. He will be elevated in the eyes of the subordinates, by the increase of his in fluence both within the arsenal and outside it." The Conseil d'Administration, composed of members of the various departments in the arsenal, was instituted to assist the Prefet, by the regulations of the Year VIII. The Sub-Commission advises the number to be limited to six members ; and, after recommending a slight ex tension of its functions in one particular, thus guards itself from being supposed to limit the authority of the Prefet " But we may here repeat what was said by the Conseil d'Etat in the Year VIII.; that the object of this institu tion is not to bind the Prefet in the exercise of the func tions which belong to him. The object is to regulate the I co-operation of the chiefs of the services under his orders. At equal distances from him are those assistants, called upon to give him periodically sincere opinions, and not to raise difficulties. That which the ordinance demands of the Prefet is to inform himself before he decides—that which is permitted to him is to decide for himself, that which is required of him is to take care his decisions are executed." The opinion is unanimously expressed that the Prefet and the departments in the dockyards should be placed on a footing analogous to that existing between the Mi nister and the central boards at Paris, and that the cen tral boards at Paris should bear a similar analogy to the several establishments in the dockyards. This view is insisted on by Admiral de Mackau in his evidence before the Commission : "Every creation is to be feared that might affect, directly or indirectly, the authority of the Prefet, which should be as complete in his arrondissement as that of the Minister in his Ministerial department." The report of the Sub-Commission observes : " The ports have to execute the dispositions ordered by the Minister; to establish a regular system of govern ment, and to prevent delays and disputes; the central orga nisation must be placed in harmony with that which is adopted in the arsenals." The complaints are universal of the complication of the system, and of the excessive multiplication of forms and correspondence. The Sub-Commission says : " We see around the Minister of Marine an Administra tion Centrale, five inspectors, two councils, two committees, six commissions, without counting 15 or 18 commissions formed by order of the Minister to deal with certain special questions, the solution of which is often long delayed." The Minister, M. Ducos, observes : "The simplicity of the administrative machinery, the promptitude of execution, the unity of the central direc tion, are the indispensable conditions of all good naval or ganisation. The multiplicity of chiefs retards the activity of the orders, paralyses the authority of the command, and weakens the responsibility of the decision. .Employes too numerous and badly paid produce but little work and take little pains. Agents well rewarded and few in number talk loss and do more. These aro the considerations which have suggested my project. The more important orders and the immediate direction of the fleet should emanate directly from the Minister, who is alone responsible, and who alone knows the private thoughts of the Chief of the State. The movements of the naval forces, the maritime opera tions, the armament and disarmament of ships, and the in structions to the commandants, shall be henceforward con centrated in the Cabinet of the Minister, where should bo at the same time combined the unity of command which adds to the force, and the secrecy which is often one of the best conditions of its exercise. The Minister will know at each instant the forces he has at his disposition. He will in some sort hold in his hand all the active fleet, and will always know all his resources without having to refer to offices out of reach. The Marine Department comprehends too many directions. The Minister works directly with eight supe rior chiefs, comprising that of his Cabinet. This is a machinery multiplied, usele ss , an d expens i ve. Its incon venience betrays itself by the complication and the con tradiction of its movements. The Administration should be adapted to the service of the fleet, for which it is insti tuted. The most simple idea is that which prevailed in times when the p ower was great, and was not obliged to borrowits strength from personal considerations and in fluences. The fleet is constituted by means of men, ships, and money. Beyond these three necessities of the first order there aro but secondary and accessory wants. The constitution of three great administrative branches cor responding to each of these fundamental necessities will then easily and compl e t e l y satisfy all the exigencies o f th e service, under the titles, simple and rati ona l as th emse l ves, of ' Directio n d u Personnel,' " Direction du Materiel,' and ' Direction de la Comptabilite Generale.' All the affairs of the Marine are inevitably bound up together. They must be adjusted one to the other, and they require an absolute union of ideas common among the chiefs of the service. It is necessary that the Minister should be con stantly on his guard against the want of unity of under standing that arises sometimes from the nature of things, and more often, it must be said, from the antagonism of the uniform or the rivalry of the function. I have had the honour to lay before you, Monseigneur, that too many employes injure the administrative service. I have already made some reductions ; I reckon on effecting more, as soon as circumstances permit. With this object, I shall apply myself, above all, to reduce the mass of writings of every form and sort which, without real necessity, over whelm the administrative agents. Business will thereby gain in dispatch, the details will no longer absorb matters of principal importance, and the public money will be ex pended in a worthy manner ; for I cannot forget that the sums devoted to useless employments and expenses are to the prejudice of the fleet, and that every such diminution of the resources of our marin e produ ces nec e s s arily a cor responding reduction in the naval power of the State." The decree of the same date reorganises the Central Administration. The Cabinet of the Minister is placed under the direction of the chief of his staff, and is divided into two bureaux. The first has the secret and reserved business, the " centralisation du travail avec le Chef de l'Etat," the private correspondence of the Min ister, audiences, &c. The second, the movements of the naval forces and maritime operations, instructions to the commandants of the naval forces, to the inspectors general of all branches of the service, &c. • ... The first direction manages the personnel, and is di vided into five bureau; each charged with a specific branch of the service. The second direction has the materiel, with the work distributed in the same manner among four bureaux. The third direction is charged with the colonies. The fourth direction has the Compatabilite Generale, with its duties divided among five bureaux. The Cabinet of the Minister and these four directions, with the addition of " l'Establissement des Invalides " and " Le Controle Centrale," complete " l'Administra tion Centrale," and the system appears very ably con stituted with a view to fulfil the conditions of secrecy, unity, and dispatch, so strongly urged alike by the Com mission and in the Minister's striking and able rep or t t o the Emperor. the latter, and, upont hougthhesowmhe o The contrast between the French and En g l ishv sys temsmaybelong is ve t very apparent, o the F renc h " Prefectures Mantim es " th ere i s on e e responsible head, the centre of a system complete in capable of performing all its fun c ti on sanits parts, and its own internal machiner. 7.1 n by virtue of a the English dock yarJs the authority is divided, head upon the spot with sullici an there is no supreme harmonious and. efficient ent control to insure the The Admiral Superintendent l execution of the public service. ordinary ; the momentashipms charge of the ships in under the Port-Admiral, a d is commissioned she is both. The perpetual nwhen repairing she is under intervention of the Admiralty is a part of the system, and, Hence without it, the machine could scarcely go on at all. a mass l of correspon dence, and a great amount of a a r d is d e i s ti upon the Admiralty. The confusion of n the w e o x n e k eti l v volve , ; administrative duties undertaken by the board ex ecutive tend overwhelm it, even now ; i n case of war, it would bo too late to reorganise our system when events eta for, energetic acti on . With regar d t o our cen t ra l 4Millli tration, one of the first objects is to place the *OOl4 branches of the service under the same roof. The Ad miralty communicates with Plymouth now in three minutes. The communication by writing between Somerset-house and the Admiralty takes often nearly as many days. The necessity for writing, in nine cases out of ten, would cease, and with it endless inconvenience, expense, and loss of ti m e, which are inseparable f rom the present prep arrangement. 111 i 81 9 St. 50 St. 50 25 12$ 13i 20 20 12i St. St. 25