The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) MINIIS.—The market, owing in a great measure to the Easter holidays, and the absence of any large bUying orders, has been very quiet this week, and prices have slightly given way. The standard going down has also given an uneasy feeling towards some or the heavier shares, which, owing to the high price of copper, have had so extraordinary a rise. The following dividends have been declared during March : Mines. Devon Great Consols Wheal Buller Par Consols Linares Alfred Consols West Wheal Providence Cara Brea North Basset South Frances South Caradon North Roskear Wheal Clifford . Spearne Consols Wheal Prockter Kirkcudbrightshire . Per share. £l2 0 0 25 0 0 015 0 0 10 0 0 13 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 O 5 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 6 0 10 0 O 1 0 O 5 0 Amount. £12,288 0 0 6,400 0 0 4,800 0 0 4,500 0 0 3,328 0 0 2,560 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,488' 0 0 1,024 0 0 700 0 0 568 12 5 512 0 0 320 0 0 196 10 0 Total In the bullion market, Mexican and South American dollars, 4s. 118 d. per oz. Spanish pillar dollars, ss. ld. to ss. lid. per oz. Bar silver, containing gold, all gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for, ss. gd. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. gd. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Fine silver, ss. 54d. per oz. In the metal market—the smelters being occupied with orders on hand —copper remains unaltered in price. Lead continues very quiet, with somewhat of a down ward tendency. Though tin is rather fiat, orders arc not taken under quotations ; and tin plates are in de mand, fully maintaining their positior. Spelter is de cidedly easier, with very limited business. The market for the gold mining shares has been very !Inlet. There has been, however, more disposition to invest in the favourable descriptions, and, consequently, Prices have rather shown a stiffening tendency. The inquiries have been chiefly for Nouveau Monde, Colonial Gold, Yuba River, British Australian, and Australian Cordillera. Speculative sellers of Port Philip have also been buying back, and realising profits. Our arrivals of gold this week have been, the Lochnagar with 3,324 ozs. of gold, of the value of 12,8961.; the Meteor with 44,704 °zo., worth 178,0001.—making a total of 190,8961. Up to the middle of Febs nary, upwards of $3.795,000 had been shipped from San Francisco to New York and the United States from the mines of California. The Peel River Company, we understand, are about actively to develop the valuable property belonging to them. Port Philip shares have improved, in consequence of the an nouncement that the directors were not empowered to make a call unless with the consent of two-thirds of the shareholders. The descriptions that would appear to be least in demand have been—Quartz Rock, Australian Freehold, Australian Mutual, West Mariposa, and Aus tralian Consols. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) GERMAN MARKET.—The German wool report, under date Berlin, 28th March, states that there has been little change in our wool market since our last report. From England i nqu i r i es h ave b een made after fleeces and lambs' wool, but having no suitable stock of either article here, no transactions could be effected. Some inland cloth manufacturers and combers have been in the market, and for combing wools have paid as high as 70 rix dollars. Sliped and skin wools are also very dear and much in demand. For wools which were taken off by the tanners in our town 58 rix dollars per cwt. were paid, and now 60 rix dollars are firmly asked ; for better qualities 63 to 65 rix dollars are the market price. The cold weather continues, and the mass of snow which has fallen about will probably prevent the people from East Prussia and other par is of the country coming at the regular time to the Leipzic - .air, which begins next week. It is, therefore, expected that not much busi ness will be done there. ENGLISH MARKETS.—The imports of wool into Lon don during the week ending to-day, were only 20 bales from the continent. The market continues firm. Large sales have been made in combing wools this week, at advancing prices ; the chief d eman d i s f or low deep grown wools. In the Liverpool wool market, a good de mand for wool at full prices, but want of stocks prevents much business being done. Imports the past week-40 'Gibraltar, 115 Marselles, 28 Leghorn. LEEDS.—The woollen trade of Leeds and the sur rounding district continues in a sound, buoyant, and prosperous state. Throughout the month that has just closed, there has been a steady good business done. The mills in the adjacent villages are well employed, with the e xception of Batley and its neighbourhood, where, Consequence of a strike by the weavers, many ef the mills are standing, although if the differences between the masters and their workmen were settled, a A ll l,l t t h h e e manufacturers would be fully employed at once. various departments of the woollen business par ti pate in its activity. The finishing mills have abundance of work, and t h e dyers allege that they care not about having more employment unless at advanced prices, and more commensurate to the rates they are paying for their materials, in which considerable advances have for some time been regularly taking place. The stocks of cloth in the manufacturers'hands, as well as in the mer chants', is very limited. Prices are firm, with a regular tendency to advance. The markets this week have been acneeaverage ch arac t er . Th ere was a good business both on Saturday and Tuesday, considering this has been partially a holiday week. There have been several purchases lately of goods adapted for the India and China market, which trade is rather on the move at present. In the warehouses there is a moderate business doing by some of the shipping houses, but the home trade has been rather dull this week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—There was good at tendance of merchant s , country drapers, and u f acturers. Middle qualities, fine g oods ; dyed and strong Y or k s hi re domestics, sold ago, and all sorts of tbeetdter flannels,price weeks than were o b ta i ned .a f ew good s were i nc li ne d u p w ards. The stocks ofgoods an i d n the w are h ouses are low, and both factory operatives handloom weavers are fully employed. The wool mar ket was moderately brisk, and English wool sold at very high prices. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—Being holiday week, but little has been done in the warehouses. Wages appear likely to have an upward tendency. Yarns and wools remain without alteration. BRADFORD.—WOOIS Since last Thursday, several holidays having been observed, the consumption of wool has been lessened, and less inquiry by buyers. The prices which are now quoted, and said to have been realised, are such that it is impossible to use without any hope of realising cost. The spinners have been anticipating some ease in the price of wool, and have worked their stocks down in consequence—but it is now certain that no ma terial reduction can be looked for until a supply of the new clip comes to the market. Noils and brokes are very eagerly sought up at firm prices. Yarns—There is now considerably more inquiry for yarns, conse quent on the termination of old contracts, and the manufacturers, having taken orders for goods, are de sirous of securing yarns to cover. The conflict is greater now than at any previous period, for it is impossible to Make any numbers of yarns under 12s. per gross, a price which the trade cannot pay, and at less the spinners must lose considerably; and if wool should at tain any higher price, we fear a considerable stoppage of machinery will follow, till either higher prices for yarns be established, consistent with the cost, or some relief by the new clip, at easier prices, which the closing of the old one does not hold out much hope for. The supply is not greater than the demand for spools, and for bank or reeled yarns, the market is exceedingly low. Anything that is now offering is very second rate, and Prices are much higher than a few weeks ago. The ex ports thus far, in 1853, are 372 packages below the same period of last year, so that unless a substitute has been found for worsted yarns we may expect ere long to see the shipping houses more active. Pieces—There is a large business doing to order, and the stock of goods in the hands o f t h e manufacturers is not great. The many difficulties that present themselves make it exceedingly arduous to produce goods upond which prime cost can be realised. The prices den for cotton and worsted s ea such that it is far better a t n o esecitz the la looms . than make goods. In Lancashire the great, and some whose business is pentinrienlgsw7trlei worsted pries contract except arup-nriscoesutthfoart yarns are turning to cotton, till they entirely get better Prices for their goods, for as every yarns they cannot place new ones, will incur a great loss. Cotton—Fine double twist naps are again dearer—say 4d. to 6d. per lb. through the en tie range. TILE FIRE AT W INDSOR C A STLlL—Yesterday th e fol. !:!srng reply t o th e a dd ress f rom th e i n h a bit ants of Windso r to his Royal Highness Prince Albert was posted outside the Town-hall : " Windsor Castle, March 29, 1853. " Sir am commanded by hi s R o y a l Highness Prince , Albert to acknowledge the receipt of the address forwarded by you from the inhabitants of Windsor, on the occasion of the late alarm of fire, and to assure you of the deep gra tification with which his Royal Highness has received this assurance of the affectionate and loyal interest taken by them in all that concerns the happiness or comfoi t of her Majesty and the Royal F have th h nour to be, am y.— the " C. siri,zaur, most obedient servant, "C. GREY. W. D. Holderness, Esq., Mayor." mail T HE MORNIN G MAlLS.—This' morning the morn i ng sat the General Post-office were so " heavy " that it was found to be almost impossible to get them out. As it was the dispatch was half an hour behind th e time. EXECUTION OP SPAEKES.—The murderer Sparkes was executed yesterday, in presence of a large multitude. entire were spec i al services during the time of the exe c:l, at th e T ractarian churches of the city, but ac ttrding to the Weatern Times, th e y were ver y scan tily men end ed ; the att rac ti on of the execution being the st. • travE _ nsITY or LONDON.—Two examinerships in con nexion With this university have become vacant ; one, that in IVlateria, Medica and Therapeutics, by the death of Dr. Pereira ; and th e o th er, that in Classics, by the death of the Rev. D r . J errard. For the examinership in Materia Medic a th ere are several candidates, including Dr ' R eYle, P ro f essor of Materia Medica in King's Col :a gres i ; ty p e r. ou G e a g rrod, P ro f essor of Materia Medica in Uni- Rober Dickson, author of the Articles on Mate ria, Medico and Therapeutics in the ; P 0 en on ny C yclopmdia ;" an d D r. Ballard, a graduate of there Ldon Univer s it y . For the Classical examinership ‘are understood to be several candidates, but their '4148 have not yet been made public. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1853. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 27th ult., announces that the Queen of Spain has, on the occasion of the ceremony of the adoration of the Holy Cross on Good Friday, commuted into imprisonment for life the sentence of death pronounced by civil and mi litary tribunals against several criminals. The Heraldo states that the Government will soon pre sent to the Chamber of Deputies two important bills, one for a loan, the other for reforms in the constitution. The G<x•mor Public°, of the 27th, was again seized by order of the police. GERMANY. The German mail brings us some more details from Berlin, under date of the 29th ult., of the re cent arrests in that city. The Prussian Govern ment has published nothing on the subject, but the New Prussian Gazette states that the police had been for some time apprised of revolutionary intrigues and conspiracies connected with foreign-, refugees in London. This journal informs us tat Dr. Frankenthal, who had been arrested, was at the head of a democratic association. At the ma nufactory of M. Hauschild, the foreman of which, a person named Geissler, has boe_i arrested as chief of a democratic associatioa. There were found concealed under the roof a quantity of ammunition, twelve mustkets, and two Congreve rockets. At the house of Dr. Frankenthal there were found a quintal of gunpowder, a large quantity of ball car tridges, and 158 rockets, &c. ; moulds for casting balls, swords, daggers, &c. One of the swords bore the inscription, " For right and German liberty." It is added that letters of a compromising character and proclamations of Mazzini were also found. A Berlin letter of the 29th states that no doubt was entertained there of the conspiracy being on a very extensive scale, and that many discoveries of papers, arms, ammunition, &c. of which the Berlin journals do not speak, have been made. A Berlin letter, in the Independance of Brussels, mentions a rumour that the plot which has been discovered, was to have had its execution between the 3d and 6th of this month. M. Behrends, ex deputy of the National Assembly of Prussia, and M. Sheckfuss, the author of a history of the French Revolution, who were arrested, have been set at liberty, their innocence being perfoctly established. The Assembly of the States of Nassau was opened on the 30th ult. by the Prince de Wittgenstein, in the name of the Grand Duke. The Invalide of St. Petersburgh publishes the followinc , rescript of the Emperor to Colonel Count O'Donnell, Aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Aus tria : " Appreciating fully the importance of the service which you have lately rendered to your country and to all Europe, in saving the precious life of our august ally, the Emperor of Austria, to whom we are bound by the ties of a reciprocal filendship, we have conferred on you the insignia of Commander of our Imperial Order of St. Stanislaus, and send you herewith the grand star of the same.—Remaining your affectionate " NICHOI4 s. " St. Petersburgh, 26th February, -1853" Dispatches received in Vienna from Poland men tion that there is great actiN Ity at present in the Russian army. All soldiers on furlough have re ceived orders to join their respective regiments. The Russian fleet in the Black sea, composed of 44 vessels, has been placed under the command of the Grand Duke Constantine, together with the whole of the Russian naN y. 4 courier arrived at Vienna on the 28th ult., the bearer of dispatches from Baron Brunow, the Russian Ambassador at London, relative to the in tentions of England as regards the question pending between Russia and the Porte. It was believed that they stated that England does not intend to interfere in the question of the Holy Places. SWITZERLAND. The Basle Gazette, of the 31st ult., says it is as sured that the protocol of London relative to Neuf chkel has been completed by an additional article, declaring that the King of Prussia may assert his rights according to the law of nations, and by the force of arms. A letter from Berne, of the 29th ult., states that the Federal Council has deprived of the right of asylum the Prussian refugee Know, for publishing some seditious poetry ; and the Baden refugee Dietrich, for having refused to obey an order to withdraw to the interior of Switzerland. Eight Hungarian deserters arrived at Berne on the 29th ult and were immediately sent off to England. ITALY. The Parlaniento of Turin, of the 29th ult., pub lishes a complete list of refugees from Lombardy, whose property is under sequestration by the late decree ; it occupies six columns of print, and in cludes many noble families. The Parlamento of Turin quotes corres pondence from Florence, stating that Prince Lichtenstein, having received a telegraphic dis patch on the 22d ultimo, a rumour became current at Florence that there had been a new outbreak at Milan ; the troops remained in their barracks all day, but no disturbance occurred. The expulsion of Mr. Crawford from Tuscany has led to serious remonstran :.es on the part of the British Government. The Kinc , of Sardinia has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus upon Count Cavour, President of the Council, and General Dabormida, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Bologna Gazette states that six persons were executed at Pesaro on the 16th ult., having been convicted of homicide from party spirit in 1849 or 1850. A letter from Florence of the 21st ult., in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, states that the law of June 30, 1852, by which all public instruction is submitted to the clergy, is being now rigorously executed. The directors of boarding schools have received orders to dismiss all professors that are not Catholics, including English language masters • and two lay schools, under the direction of MM. Zei and Lamonnier respectively, are to be closed in July next. TURKEY. Negotia'cions have again been opened between the Divan and Prince Menschikoff. The conduct of the Prince is more moderate. Large bankruptcies have taken place at Smyrna. The Zollverein trade, in particular, is affected by them. The vines of Cephalonia are being decimated by disease. MkLANCHOLY DEATH OF LORD GEORGE BERESFORD'S " STUD GROOM."—Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent held an inquest in the Workhouse, New-road, on John Dann, aged 63,tate stud and travelling groom to Lord George Beresford. Some years ago, deceased left his lordship's service, as his lordship had discontinued travelling. After that he was so reduced that he was compelled to work on the public roads. Notwithstanding this change of circumstances, he enjoyed good health, with the ex ception or giddiness and pains in his head, which he attributed to the violence of a fellow-servant, who struck him about the head with two bottles. On Tuesday, while workng in High-street, Portland Town, he fell as if in a fit, and before medical assistance could be pro cured expired. Mr. Squires, the resident house-surgeon, stated he performed the post-mortem examination, and found that death resulted from congestion of the brain. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. ADMIRALTY COAST SURVEY OF THE WEST HIGH LANDS AND ISLANDS.—We had the pleasure of in specting the trigonometrial map of the Island of Islay, as executed by Captain Robinson and his staff. The work reflects the highest credit on the care and painstaking accuracy of those employed on this national undertaking. The coast is literally studded with soundings to the distance of four miles from shore. In an artistic point of view the work reflects great praise on the draftsmen, Lieutenants Creke and Ward. The specimens submitted to our inspection are the part of work executed during the summer of 1852, which are deposited in the Ad miralty at the beginning of each fresh campaign. This is a wise precaution. We recollect of three scientific gentlemen, who began a private survey of our west coast some years ago, and after being five years employed, and finishing the coast from Cape Wrath to the Crinan Canal, the whole work was lost by the wrecking of their vessel—just as the entire work was ripe for publica tion. The Admiralty surveying staff are to be employed this summer about Jura, Colonsay, and Scarba, under the command of Capt. Bedford. Capt. Robinson retires on half-pay, after a laborious life of twenty-two years—com mencing his survey at Devonshire, and charting the west coast of Britain to Oban. It is to be regretted that, for the sake of a paltry living, the services of so experienced an officer as Captain Robinson should bh lost to the nation. It is rumoured the captain is to be promoted to the office of port admiral on the English coast ; his thorough knowledge of the coast certainly qualifies him in an eminent degree for such a situation. At so critical a period, men of the longest experience and first abilities ought to have the command of our coast defences. — Glasgow ifeisa/d. TYPHUS IN PARIS.— In consequence of the number of cases of typhus fever, which, during the last two months, have appeared in the military hospitals of Paris, Messrs. Begin and Michel Levy, Military Medical Inspectors, were lately ordered to send in a report on the subject. It appears from this document, which has just been transmitted - to the war department, that the disease is at present on the decrease, and that most of the patients who had been attacked by it, have now entered on a state of convalescence, NAVAL SERVICE REORGANISED AND THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Union has the following interesting article on the) Eastern question : "The English journals affect to treat with the most complete indifference and with sovereign disdain the re ligious question of the East. That is quite natural. The Protestant pride and deep hostility which they bear to Catholicism and France perfectly justify this conduce. But ought it to be imitated, even remotely, by th:.; French journals ? Let us consent to attribute this strange anomaly to the account of ignorance and levity, and let us rapidly bring forward some facts to prove that the religious question is the principal one in all the countries subjected to Mahometanism. It is useless to say that all our influence is connected with the tradi tion of the protectorate exercised over us by the Latins, and the most_ important object of which is the possession of the Holy Shrines. It is useless also to mention the solemn treaties which guarantee to us that high patron age. Within the last twenty years in particular, thanks to the liberty which the Catholic religion has en joyed in the Ottoman Empire, our religious establish ments have been much extended there. At Constanti nople, the mission of the Lazarists, directed by the Abbd Eugene Bord, has founded schools which propa gate the faith and knowledge amongst a multitude of papils belonging to ell races and religions in Turkey. At Smyrna, as at Constantinople and Alexandria, sisters of St. Vincent-de-Paul have been established, and excite the admiration of the disciples of Mahomet by their Christian charity. The fathers of the society of Jesus possess in Syria alone five considerable establishments, namely, the residence cf Our Lady at Beyrouth ; the residence of Our Lady the Deliverer at Bicfaia ; the re ligious seminary and residence of St. Joseph at Gliazir ; the residence of the Sacrd-Coeur of Jesus, at Sahleh ; and that of St. Joseph, a branch of the preceding one, at Maalaka. These residences are at the same time re ligious schools and ordinary ones. Thus at Beyrout there is a double school of Arab and of French ; it is confided to the care of two French priests and two Arab` masters, who spare nothing to merit the confidence of families. This school is alike frequented by the Maron ites, the United Greeks, the Armenians, the Syrians, and the Latins ; even the schismatic Greeks often send their children to it. Dicfaia is the residence of Emir Haider, successor of the celebrated Emir Bechir in the Government of Mount Libation. It was at the invita tion of the Emir Haider that the Jesuits founded their establishment at Bicfaia ; and he has aided them by his encouragements, his alms, and his protection. The Maronite clergy is composed of the Patriarch, nine archbishops and diocesan bishops, six bishops 'in partibus, and 1,200 priests, serving 156 churches. The Catholic Church of the different rites possesses in the Ottoman Empire twenty-five patriarchs and arch bishops, the residences of which are Jerusalem, An tioch, Constantinople, Aleppo, Alexandria, Antivari (Albania), Babylon, Bagdat, Damascus, Tokat (Anato lia), Diarbekir, Durazzo (Macedonia), Scopia (Servia), Smyrna, and Tyre. It was in the secret consistory of October 4, 1847, that the present patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latin rite, Mgr. Valerga, was re-established in his see. It is well known with what fidelity and devoted ness, and at the price of how many struggles, privations, and sufferings, this courageous and zealous prelate, as well as the Franciscan brotherhood, keep guard over the Holy Sepulchre. The protection and the alms of France have supported, up to the present time, their devotedness against the difficulties caused by schism, heresy, and Mussulman avarice. If, which God forbid ! the influence of France should happen to diminish, the Catholic esta blishments in the Ottoman empire would soon decline, and perhaps succumb under the influence of Russia. We know what Catholicism has become in our times, in the countries subjected to the action of the agents of that government. The cchoola founded in Persia by M. Eugene Borci have disappeared, because they displeased the Russian ambassador. The Greek schism is more in tolerant than Mussulman idolatry. As Catholics and as Frenchmen, we have consequently every interest to.pre vent the Ottoman empire from becoming the prey of Russia. If, in the designs of Providence, that day is to arrive, we ought to be in a position to ensure an efficient protection to the Catholic establishments in Turkey, and, above all, to those of Jerusalem. Let us never forget that France is answerable to Catholicism for the guar dianship of the tomb of Jesus Christ." The Moniteur contains a decree of the Emperor founded on a report of the Minister of War, in creasing the pay of the two veteran companies of gendarmes by 25c. a day, allowing them also the increased pay for the chevrons, and an indemnity of 50f. a-year for such of the men as cannot be ac commodated with their families in the barracks of the places where they are stationed. Another de cree fixes the fees to be paid on appointments in the Legion of Honour at the following rates : Chevalier 12fr., Officer 25fr., Commander 40fr., Grand Officer 6Ofr., and Grand Cross 100 fr. Sub officers in the army and navy, and soldiers and sailors, will be exempt from fees. The Illoniteur says—The receipts of the octroi to the 22d ult, inclusively amounted to 81 millions. If they continue in the same proportion they will reach 38,300,000 fr. for the year, or 3,800,000 fr. more than was set down in the calculation of the Budget of 1853. Several of the claims made by Frenchmen on the American Government, on account of vessels seized at California, have (says the Moni teur), just been settled. Indemnities have been agreed to by the Federal Treasury in favour of MM. Rolland, Brier°, Gauthey brothers, Champion, Demeuret, Berthon, Marie Dumel, Richardot, Bureaux-Richardot, J. Vassieux, P. C. Clerisse, Virt et Monmert and Depierres, passengers and shippers in the Edouard of Havre; MM. A. Civrac, Dalidet, and Co., and Fauche brothers, shippers of brandy by the Chili, Vaillant, and Roeher de Saint Malo, of Bordeaux ; MM. Viand and Allard, Gardet, Schroder and Vandoiner ' Dufour, and Arrive and Bouquet, shippers of brandy by the Alcibiade, of Bordeaux, and the owners of the Surprise, of Nantes, and the Ceres, of Havre. Tho amount of these indemnities has been paid into the Caisse des Depots et Consignations, to be distributed to the above claimants. The annual ball of that most useful institution, the English Charitable Fund, took place on Thurs day night, and passed off most brilliantly. The large salle of the Jardin d'Hiver was tastefully fitted up on the occasion with crimson velvet hang ings, the arms of England being placed aloft at one end, and faisceaux of tricoloured flags ornamenting the other. Rows of seats were arranged between the pillars at each side, and in the intervals of the dance presented such a show of lovely female faces as per haps no other festive assembly in Paris could equal. The lady patroness and stewards arrived in general early, Lord and Lady Cowley, however, under whose patronage the ball was given, being somewhat later than they had intended, in conse quence of having dined at the Tuileries with the Emperor. About half-past 9 Strauss's band gave the signal for the dance, which continued without interruption until half-past 11, when the doors at the further end of the ball-room were thrown open, and showed the garden brilliantly illuminated. This coup de tltedtre excited great admiration, and the cool refreshing air of the larger space was most delightful after the heated atmosphere of the ball room. An additional and most agreeable surprise also awaited the guests in the appearance of the fine band of the regiment of the Guides, which Marshal Magnan had had the gallantry to send, in order to give additional éclat to the fete. In con sequence, such of the company as preferred prome nading about the garden to the pleasure of the dance, were able to enjoy the fine pieces of military music which these accomplished performers exe cuted for some hours. It is supposed that nearly a thousand persons were present, the company in cluding not only most of the principal English resi dents in Paris, but a considerable number of Ame ricans, French, and foreign guests. Everything passed off most agreeably, and dancing was con tinued till 4 in the morning. We read in the Gazette des Hopitaux :—" We learn that Professor Paul Dubois, Dean of the Fa culty of Medicine, has just been named accoucheur to the Empress. Every one knows that when the king of Rome was born, it was the celebrated An toine Dubois, father of M. Paul Dubois, who at tended the Empress Maria Louisa." The last elections for the renewal of the Chamber of Commerce of Valenciennes have just been an nulled by the Minister of the Interior, on the grounds that the members of it should be named by the Principal commercial men of the circumscrip tion. havin de M nal i ed Perichard, wh o , a f ew d a y s ago , was con takn by Court-martial to transportation for g part in the insur rec ti o n o f 1848, and who wa s e the accused Archbishop but acquitted of having murdered Revision against his f P aris, has a pp ea l e d t o a Co ur t of s sentence. The Patrte says 'Accounts have been received by the Gomer s team -frigat e , bearing the flag of R e ar-Admiral Rom a i u e9fosses commanding the naval squadron in the Levant. The G when the accounts left, in th e Archipelago, ando f Gomer was, was, i gn orant of the order given f or the sailing was the French fleet, and looked upon th e state of affairs at Constantinople as perfectly satisfactory." A telegraphic dispatch from Brest announces the arrival in that port of the Proserpine frigate, Capt. Jugan, from Guadaloupe. At her departure the situation of the colony was satisfactory. The Russian General Ogareff, Aide-de-camp to the Czar, has lately been visiting the dockyards and port of 4orient, accompanied by M. de Rayneval, a French naval officer. He made the most minute inquiries concerning the question of the transatlan tic packets. The Moniteur contains a list of the prices of corn per hectolitre in France. The highest price, 23f. 82 c ., is paid at Marseilles, and the lowest, 15f. 46c., at Hennebon. A conflagration broke out on Tuesday morning in the port of Bercy. The fire destroyed all the storehouses, and 15,000 casks of wine. At the Bourse yesterday the rise in Rentes ob t lined. on Thursday could not be maintained, and these securities have gone down. For cash the fall has been trilling, 11c, in the Three per Cents., and sc. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. For the account the decline has been heavier, 30c. in the Three per Cents., and 35c. iu the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. Bank Stock, however, has been more firm, and advanced ICf. on the closing prices of Thursday. The following are the closing prices : For cash : Three per Cents., 791. 4k. ; Four-and a-half per Cents., 1031. For the account : Three per Cents., 79f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. 90c. Bank Stock, 2,6601. IMPROVED. (From, the Times.) Among the measures taken by the late Administration for the defence of the country and the improvement of the naval service, none was more important than the ap pointment of a commission to consider the subject of manning the fleet. This commission was selected from the most eminent members of the profession, and with so little regard to party interests that Admiral Sir Charles Adam, formerly a sea Lord of the Admiralty under the Whig Government, was placed at the head of the list, and the commission proceeded to examine with great fairness persons of different opinions who had at tended to the subject. On one part of the qkiestion there could be no dispute—namely, as to the urgent ne cessity of placing the most essential portion of the naval service on a better footing ; for it is utterly vain to build ships and improve machinery if the Government has not at its disposal that human force which is the life and sinew of every navy. Other cout.tries, with resources far inferior to our own, have contrived by organisation to place themselves on a better and more secure footing than we can boast of in the event of war. The old re source of the press gang has not an apologist left except in the pages of the Qua,lerly Revicw, and the enormous impulse given to the mercantile operations and shipping of this country, by fr e e trade, emigration, and the discovery of gold have increased the obstacles to manning the Queen's ships. It is admitted that at the present time very great diffi culty is felt in getting together an efficient ship's com pany by the means now employed. In consequence of this state of things, which would be alarmiag and injuri ous if it were allowed to continue, the Commission made certain recommendations on the subject, which have been adopted by the Government, and were approved yester day by her Majesty. The first point on which all the authorities consulted were agreed is, that whatever measures are taken must rely for success on the voluntary acceptance of them by the seamen, and that any. attempt to introduce a coer cive mode of enlistment would be followed by mis chievous consequences and failure. The mode, there fore, Which could alone lie resorted, to consists in rendering the naval service of the Crown more attractive to the seafaring population, by rendering it more per manent, by an increase of pay, by a large augmentation of privileges and advantages to petty officers and war rant officers in the Queen's ships; by opening officers' commissions to petty officers who shall greatly distinguish themselves, and by forming a permanent col ps of traired seamen in the receipt of pensions, but still available after the expiration of the ordinary period of service. If we are correctly informed, these measures will now forthwith be carried into effect, and the seaman will at once find in the new arrangements of the navy a degree of security, accompanied with prospects of advancement he has never before possessed. In the mere amount of pay it will always be possible for the merchantman to compete successfully with the man-of-war; but that su perior class of men who are fitted to become petty offi cers, and even to rise higher, will find advantages in the Queen's service which they can scarcely even meet with in trading vessels ; and these rewards of good con duct, ability, and daring are precisely the grounds which may fairly entitle the navy to the choice of the best hands. It is proposed, in the first place, that the esta blishment of boys for the navy should be placed on a permanent footing, and that they should be enlisted for general service for a period of 10 years ; and this is, per haps, the most important condition of all, for lads per fectly trained in the duties of a man-of-war are not only the best class of men in the navy, but they are generally averse to seeking any other employment. Provision will also be made for the enlistment of able-bodied seamen of-the first and second &Ass for a period of 10 iynegarisn, the w with h fleet somwe ill b c r e e a a l s l e o w o f e pay, a dto, volunteer nd th em s e a on h n e n s o e w s terms, e r v reckoning, of course, their actual period of service. Upon the expiration of the term of enlistment they will receive a pension of 6d. a day, which may be increased by their joining the body of trained seamen who will be held available under certain conditions, and would be of the utmost value in bringing a raw ship's company into a smart and well-ordered condition on the occurrence of any emergency. The condition of the petty officers will be materially improved, with proportionate augmenta tions of pay, and it will be in the power of every well conducted seaman to aspire to this upper rank in the service. These measures, fully carried out, will very extensively change and improve the whole condition of the navy, and we are convinced that there is not an economist in the House of Commons, or a man in England, who will grudge the comparatively small increase of expense re quired to support our maritime establishment on its proper footing. In fact, the training, education, and character of the men are of even greater importance than their numbers, and we trust that the first result of the new system will be to put an end to the absurd prac tice of dispersing a body of seamen at the very moment when they have attained the highest degree of efficiency. Due regard must of course be had to the occasional "fling" of independence which varies the life of a sailor from the discipline of the service and the mo notony of the ocean. Nor can he be altogether de barred from the right of choosing the officer under whom he intends to serve, which has more effect than anything else in attaching men to particular ships. But he will no longer be turned adrift when his ship is paid off, and he will be able to look forward with certainty to the beneficial results of 'ten years spent in the prime of life, from 18 to 28, in the performance of his duty. The naval service of this country ought to be by far the most attractive and advantageous position to which men brought up to a seafaring life can aspire. The duty on board a Queen's ship, with her proper complement of men, is of course much lighter than in merchant vessels, with a very inferior allowance . of hands ; and the nation, in taking these men into its service, contracts the obligation of systematically re warding them for their exertions and never losing sight of them in after life. The deficiency of men has been felt, not because men have not entered the navy in suffi cient numbers, but because at the expiration of compa ratively short terms of service they have left it, allured by some prospect of high wages, for a voyage or two, or foreign service, which has not permanently improved their condition. Probably the knowledge that some measures were in preparation, and the uncertainty as to the extent of them, have contributed to induce the blue jackets.to hold off from the Queen's ships until they were distinctly made aware of the terms on which they can dispose of their services. But this uncertainty will no doubt speedily be removed, for the whole plan will of course be made known to the country, and the navy at the earliest possible time, and Sir James Graham may justly lay claim to the merit of having carried the re commendations of the commission into effect with his usual promptitude and vigour. STRIKE OF THE SAWYERS IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. On Thursday afternoon, in consequence of the sawyers in this dockyard being told that they would be checked a day's pay, they refused to proceed with their work at half-past two, and returned to their homes. In the evening they assembled at the Manchester Unity Arms, Queen-street, for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted to remedy their grievances. It was there stated that about six years ago a new system was brought into operation with respect to the sawyers ; the work was to be measured, and a certain quantity of work was to be done before they were paid for it. For four or five weeks after that nothing was said about checking them, but at the end of that time some were checked 35., some 55., and some more. They then, by dint of hard work, contrived to keep themselves from being checked ; but the work, as was stated there, " was worse than slavery in America." They were hardly able to sit down or stand up on returning home from their day's labour. So it had continued until a short time ago, when Government, or the dockyard officers, considered that a sufficient quantity of work was done for the pay received (18s. and 21s. a-week), and a new system was again brought forward, which involved on the men about one-fifth more labour to obtain the same amount of wages. This had been carried on for some months, and they had threatened to check them many times. They appealed to the officers over them, and others, but could obtain no redress. Some little time ago (in September or October last) a de putation waited on the master shipwright, and presented a petition to him signed by the whole body. When they went to him he asked them their business ; they told him. "Oh (he is reported to have said), the sawyers can earn their money if they like ;_ they do it at the other . yards." The deputation then stated that at the other yards they had the new work, whilst here it was job work. He then said that the work was only one tenth more, or about 2s a week less ; but one of the de putation present told him he had been checked 65., and they came away with the answer that he would " see their master about it." So the matter stopped until Thursday, when they went round that afternoon and told them they were checked so much money, some 3s. 4d. the pair of men ; they then struck work. The timber master went along and saw them aopping from their work : he asked the reason of it, and on being told, he said, "he did not care if they stopped work for a wed* it did not make any difference to him." Aft er thi s h a d been stated to the meeting,.it was agreed that after they broke up a committee of six should be formed to draw up a petition to present to the Admiral Superintendent yesterday morning, and that they should resume their duties yesterday morning as usual. It was also stated that the men in the other yards had made the same com plaints.—Portsmouth, Times and Naval Gazette. LOST TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE.—On Saturday last man named Archibald Gemmill, who follows the occu pation of assistant or "concurrent" to the town's officers, was charged at the police court with breach of trust or embezzlement, in neglecting to deliver a tele graphic message sent from London on Saturday, the 12th ultimo, and addressed to a gentleman filling an important public office in the city. From the evidence and defence, it appeared that the man had been duly en trusted with the message, which had been properly sent from the telegraph office, but, while executing some other messages, he lost it. Gemmill troubled his head no further about the matter, trusting that somebody would pick up the document, and deliver it, or put it into the Post-office. The case was continued. This telegraphic document was, we believe, of a highly important character ; it required the attendance of per sons and the transmission of papers to London by the ensuing Monday, to be used in a civil cause then to be decided in the House of Lords. The judgment was eventually adverse to the parties concerned in the mes sage, but what effect the dispatch might have had, had it been acted upon, we have no means of knowing.— Glasg9w _ THE' SE ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. lA.belleen Nottng. Bost, & hastn.Met—. Birmg. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Junet. Do. Chosh. & Birk., - £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast Juuc Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L and El' & L: & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& 11.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. 1.3 . . Sh De., do ' Do., B. and C - • East Lancashire East & West Ind. D & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Ediu. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great . Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Do., Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. , £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. 4 Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension.' Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen, Newry,Warrenpoint,l and. itestrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties TJn North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., i A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcest3r, Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesti y Shropshir• Union Sou Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh.River Dan Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn Woodford . York. Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions ... Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices Yesterday. 28 - 29 6k 6ial 101 7i bid 21 —22 .1 —2idad 103 105 631 —63 i 21. 22 18. 193 -1 pm 8 -- 9 - 5t - 4 12i - 13 10 - 11 7i 72 - 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 - 341 61 - 63 81 -81 i 46 - 48 122 -124 107 —lOB —6t 87 11 92 —94 13 —l3p, 74 -- 761 -- 31 d: 16 -16 i 9 -- l —-- 94 1 11 ip 103 1044' , -... 117 114 2 -- Sp 1 -- li p 90 -- 91 5 -44 d 4 -- Sid i 10 -- 11 29 -30 i! 30 3 -- 3 d 744 1 42 --44 50 52 Si 3 3d' a , 84 94 51 53 7i 8 Et 2i d 35 26 ... ... d 8— Bf d - - Q-34 52 53 98 100 62 64 64 66 20 10 15 id , 21 86 , 1 - 134 - -- 21 15 —1 5 i 9 9i 29 31 -- 9i cl par 68 7 1 71 d i 2 201 58 PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen . ..... Do., No. 2, 7 p. • , Bris. & 115.4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. e. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead. Guar. 5A per cent. Cork&Bandon 5A p.c. Dundee, Perth; and Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. o. No.l Do., No. Do. , Now 6 p. o. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta Edinb. Prth.& Dund Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent, Great Northn. 5 p. e Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. o. prem IGLS outim. &Westn. (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4. per cent Lan. St York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. 0., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 Do. Pref. 5 p. a., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c London &S. Western, Con. Thirds ... Londonderry & Coler. i Shares . Londuclry. & Mini* Shares .. Manch.,Shef ,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... Do., New, £lO ..... Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.s. Do. 4i per cent....... Do 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. (Shrewsbury & Birm, New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Deyon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4 p. e. Guar. Waterfd.StKilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle, and Barwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... I - - 'lO6 - 108 1101 - 106 18 —l9 mill id 6 - 6Lx,l 3 -3;; 3 - i - lii; -- 14 P 1h -- 1 14i- 15 ' 1 - 19 3i - zd. - 127 1109 - 111 S$ - Si 61- Ti LOS 107 id iPmd L5O 152 1831 3 1 - 3 11) 1 10 -11 14 --13ixd 8 -- 9 101 trad 11i i -- 148 -- 150 2 21 - - 23 in 61 1i -- 2h 1064-- 107 25i -- 26 4 11 -- 2tp 101 -11 t 17 -18 A 1 14 -- 15Atp par -- A p 251 -- 26 19 -20 A d Apar 101 -- 103 5 -- 51 Par PI FOREIGR. Antwrpokßotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi di Erquelin Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd . Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5' 3r cent. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Omni) Do. 6 p. coat. pref Lyons & Medi,ierran Nfadra,s Maria. Antonia Do. New INatuur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France 1 Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds rmy.B.&Ains.Shs.] Norsvegiau'ilk.Prei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg.l Quebec & Ricimond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 per cent. pref Southern of France Upp ei India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerland NOW Ze11111a........5i id id 1 15i 16 2 2ip 2. 2 d 5 6 1 p 2 2 p 1 1 p P 7-8 4 - 4 2 1! - AP 9 -11 p 2 - 2i p ,„ •-.-. ..• - • 74 - 5 - 6 36 -36 f 14 - 15 18 18 9 1 p 421 - 41 -42 33 - 331 4 -5 p - P 20 - 21 9h - 9i 4 5 p - d par 9 1 lop par & 6 - 6 Old Business done this day. 63i xd 19 xd 10 pm MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian — p 10 2 Aastralai an 1 —li p 3 20 6 Australian 1 all Aust-align Cordillera p 1 all Australian Freehold. id pp 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austria. Gold 4 4 p 11 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Brazilian Imp.(issued at f.. 5 pm.) 4l 41 51 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiaba 61 - 7 63 20 15 Do. St. John Dcl Rey 30 —3l - 1 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Coors Copper 46 —4B 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2l p 14 Cogiapo 6 61 Si. all CopperMinersof Eng BO 90 25 all Do. Preferznee 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 1 d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —2l p 3 all Gr-at Poin'oo . th 1 11 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 dis— par 1 all Liberty 4 - P 1 all Lond.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 all Mariquita. . . Ad par 1 10 9 Mexican &S. Amerie. 8 81 1 all New Granada P 1 all iNouveau M on d e l. —ll p 2g 5 1 Port Philip s P 1 all Quartz Rock id — AP 50 a ll woymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cuba..,_ 61 -- 1 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft ll 1 281 all United Mexican 64 64 1 all Waller . 1 all West Granada p 1 all West Mariposa dis p 1 all Yuba P p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 9l -- 93 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India Australia, & China 2 100 25 Colonial. ... 100 20 Commercial of Lou don — 32 ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 2 —2.1 p 20 71 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 4l —41 p 60 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & Westminste 20 2 London Bauk of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank •f Corporation 551 —s6lxd 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New 6 1 Royal Australn•Bkg & Gold Imp. Co. .I dis— ip 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 7B 79 781 ... 21 Do. New Bl 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult i 98 102 20 6 Austrlasn•Peifie.Mail 10 5 Austrain. Royal Mail 88A Brit. Americo. Lan& 631 21 x d 100 521 Canada — 5 I Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam , 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar, 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. ••• •.. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.. 25 25 South Austral. Land 52 54 1 1 iSubmar. Telegraph 1 1 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 I and Colonisation I 100 281 Tan Diemen's Land 22 24 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ABERGAVENNY STEEPLECHASE. The General Dearest Mae Ploughboy LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 2.—Wind this day at Noon, N. to N.W., fresh breeze, and cloudy at times. DEAL, April I.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate. Arrived —Arnon, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land ; Forfarshire, China ; Land o' Cakes, do. ; Locket, Woosung ; Cceur de Leon, Calcutta ; Akbar, do. ; Venturia, Colombo ; Gipsey Queen, Mauritius ; Stratford, do. ; Carlston, Callao ; Lamina, Savanilla ; London, Now York ; Countess of Seafield, do. Arrived from the River —Hoppet, for Port Philip; Perseverance, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Ann Nelson, Singapore ; Cicely, Aden, &c. ; Sydney, Mauritius ; Jenny Lind, Algoo, Bay ; Nile, Cape of Good Hope. Put back— Calypso, for Melbourne, with considerable damage from contact with a brig, and has proceeded, in tow of steam, to London. COWES, April I.—Wind, Arrived—Agamem ! mon, Santa Martha ; Olveon, Havannah ; Fabian, ditto, and sailed for Antwerp. DovER, April I.—The Celerity, of Colchester, has been brought in a derelict, and abandoned. PLYMOUTH, April I.—The Agnesta Juliana, Saville to London, and the Emma (Belgian barque), drove foul, and the former received much damage„ and must repair. RAMSGATE, April I.—Wind, W. S. W. Arrived—Anne, Plymouth to Newcastle, with damage from contact with the Calypso, for Melbourne. FALMOUTH, April I.—Wind, S.W., fresh gales. Ar rived—lda, Buenos Ayres. PORTSMOUTH, April I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived H.M.S. Vulcan, Cape of Good Hope ; Charlotta, Coast of Africa; Oronoco, for -Bremen. LIVERPOOL, April I.—Wind, S. to W.S.W. Arrived— Agnes Leeds, New Orleans ; Ellerslie, do. ; Mencius, China ; Albert Edward, Calcutta ; Charles, Bombay ; John Dalton, do. ; Tara, do. ; Coquette, Loango ; Gardner, Tobos Islands ; Cormicopia, Buenos Ayres ; Mahaica, De merara, ; Josephus, New Orleans ; Bl anc h, d o . ; Warbler, do. ; J. P. Harward, do. ; Carnatie, Charleston ; Isaac Webb, New York.—The Ebba Brahe, for Melbourne, has been got off shore, and is in the Mersey. Off Port—Norval, Pernambuco. HOLYHEAD, April I.—Wind, S.W., strong gale. The Mary Ann, Chepstow, for Greenock, and the Domestic, Liverpool, for Naples, hove been in contact, and have come in with damage. The Osprey, of Liverpool, is sup posed to have gone down at her anchors outside the new harbour ; her boat came ashore this morning, having cap sized at the rocks, near Pertheven, with three m en i n it, who were drowned. OFF HOLYHEAD, April 2.—At 6 30 a m., the Great Britain (s), from Australia, with 130,000 oz. of gold. JERSEY, March ‘3l.—Wind, S. Sailed—Hermatope, New Brunswick ; P.R.C., Arichal. QUEENSTOWN, Mirch 31.—Wind, S.S.E, heavy gale. Arrived—Robert Maihew, Valparaiso ; Clara Maria, ditto. HULL, April I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— John Erskine, Pernambuco. Sailed—Wolfs Cave, Quebec. BELFAST, March 31.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Willing Lass, Melbourne ; Lady Sale, Barbadoes. The Minerva (s), arrived here from Liverpool ; had been in contact, near the Calf of Man, on the 29th, with a schooner, which went down immediately with all hands. SWANSEA, April I.—lt blew a gale last night. The Bristol, of St. Ives, the Chieftain of Bermuda, and the Victoria, of Bridgwater, are on shore, but expected off next spring-tide without much damage. ZANTE, March 21.—The Honer, of Yarmouth, is on shore, and it is feared is bilged and cannot be got off. MAURITIUS, Feb. 14.—The Adelaide, Tremaine, from Adelaide, for London, with a cargo of wool, and tons of gold, put here, Feb. 11, with cargo on fire since Feb. 4, which was extinguished on the evening of the 11th inst. ; cargo landed, and some wool very much damaged.— The Old England, Liverpool to Aden, put into Rettimer, Feb. 3, making 28 inches water per hour, having encoun tered a hurricane Jan. 26. Cargo discharging. A RESIDENCE OF CLESAR.--About twenty years ago, while the workmen were employed in digging the canal, there were found at Drevant (Cher), some Roman baths in marble. A few days since there was discovered about 24 miles from the above, at Enay-le-Viel, what appears to have been the palace inhabited by Clesar while he besieged Bourges. There have been already opened to view two very curious rooms, the floor of which is of marble of different colours arranged as mosaic. Several statuettes have also been found, as well as the skeletons of a man and a horse, which are in good preservation, and appear as it petrified. DEATH OF H. J. CONYERS, Ecl.W week to record the death of this veteran s— sportsman,ehavethisth the father of the Essex hunting field, as he might well h b o e u c n a d l l s e d f 0 , r s h i n a c i ; a he c e h n a t d been u ry, a n a d t tnhoe manhe.d h o a f d a s p p a e c n k of t more, o f o r e x : or applied afine greater portion of amusement of the chase in his time and energy, for upholding the its spirit. He died on Thursday morning, at Copt Hall, his seat, near Epping. ATTEMPT TO UPSET A RAILWAY TRAIN.--A diabolical, but happily unsuccessful, attempt to upset one of the trains on the South Yorkshire Railway, running between Doncaster and Barnsley, was made on Wednesday even ing. The 5.15 p.m. train to Barnsley left the Doncaster station at its usual time, and as it passed the Don Cottage, and was about entering the Sprotborough cutting, the engine-driver and passengers were suddenly alarmed at the jerking of the carriages, and it was generally be lieved that some formidable obstruction had been placed upon the rails. The train, which was at full speed, was brought to a stand still, and the officials in charge of it went to the spot where the obstruction took place, and found a large iron towing chain on the rails, the whole of the carriages having run over it without getting of the rails, in consequence of the check rail, or guarding rail of the points where the chain had been placed, keeping the wheels of the carriages from jumping off the line, otherwise both life and pro perty must have fallen a sacrifice. Inquiries are being made to trace out the person or persons who thus placed the lives of the passengers in jeopardy, but as yet no clue has been ascertained. The river Don runs near the railway, and belongs to the same company, and there are also a number of men employed in widening the Sprotborough cutting ; and whether it had been placed there by some of the excavators, or the watermen from the river, remains to be seen. What renders the affair more strange is the fact that it must have bean placed there in broad day-light, and at a period of the day when I there are the .most trains passing along the linft NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 1. The body of sawyers employed in this dockyard struck work yesterday afternoon, in consequence of the nume rous grievances under which they labour, in the matter of checking or docking their wages, which they consider most rigorously and unjustly pursued. They held a meeting at the Manchester Unity Arms, Portsea, last night, to debate upon their grievances, and to resolve on the best mode of obtaining a remedy. They agreed to return to their work this morning (which they did), and to memorialise the Admiral Superintendent to give a deputation from them an audience, to enable them to explain their case, which really seems a hard one. They state they are now working on a new scheme of prices, the terms of which they find, by practical experience, they cannot justly perform, " making more than a day's difference in a week" (as set forth in their memorial), for them to accomplish extra ; and are this week (as fre quently before) to be checked part of their pay. A deputation presented the memorial embodying the fore going facts this alernoon to the secretary of the Admi ral Superintendent for presentation to the Admiral. We will report his reply when we arc informed of it. The Vulcan, steam troop-frigate, Commander Von Donop, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from Austra lia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Ascension. She left the Cape on the 9th of February, and has of course, no news from that colony. She arrived at Ascension on the 26th, and left on the let ult. Assistant-Surgeon Culhane, one of the survivors of the Birkenhead, has exchanged with Mr. Hardinge into the Tortoise. The Vulcan has on board 32,021/. in gold-dust on merchants' accounts, and 6,0001. Government treasure. The fol lowing passengers came in her :—Captain Armytage, 6th Regiment, and Mrs. Armytage ; Mrs. Hadaway, wife of Staff-Surgeon Hadaway, and four children, from the Cape of Good Hope ; and twelve invalids from the Cape and coast of Africa squadrons, Mr. Douglas, mate, in valided, died on the 20th of February. The Hastings, 72, Capt. Austen, called off Ascension on the 28th Feb., and sailed the same day for Spithead. On her passage home the Vulcan spoke, passed, and exchanged numbers with the following ships :—The British schooner Go For ward, from Dartmouth, March 14, in lat. 15.35 N., long. 26.9 W. ; an English brig, running to the southward, which showed (apparently) second distinguishing pen dant 1,798, March 15, in lat. 17.40 N., long. 26.55 W. ; the English schooner Quiver, March 26, in lat. 39.42 N., long. 20.25 W. • the bark Matilda Luckie, March 30, in lat. 47.51 N., long. 9.25 W. ; her Majesty's screw steamer, Megwra, standing to the southward, March 30, in lat. 47.51 N., long. 9.25. Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence struck his broad pendant this morning, having returned to town. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 1. The steam-ship Cyclops sailed yesterday morning, at half-past eight, for Woolwich, to take in tow the Melam pus, with the gear of the St. Jean d'Acre. The steam troop-ship Rhadamanthus, 4, Master-Com mander John Belam, sailed on Thursday, with stores, for Pembroke. The crew of the Impregnable got up lower-yards and topmasts yesterday. The officers and crew of the Edinburgh, 74, were paid wages on the 31st ult. Five shipwrights and four riggers left the Devonport arsenal yesterday for Australia ; all the hired carpenters and masons were discharged the same day. MALTA, MARCH 26. The overpowering excitement produced in our public by the arrival of the Wasp from Constantinople, with dispatches, and the departure of the Caradoc to Mar seilles, as previously mentioned, has considerably sub sided since the arrival of the French boat on the 24th. DREADFUL GALE. The London papers have lately teemed with disas trous accounts of suffering and damage from heavy gales that have devastated the country and destroyed her shipping. There has also been great loss in the Mediterranean from the effects of a cyclone that has lately been blow ing. On the 20th and 21st inst. upwards of 40 vessels, of all nations, sought shelter in our h ar b our , w hi c h , from their shattered hulls, bulwarks, stanchions, and masts, present an appearance of ruin frightful to con template. The principal damage done is related in the following list ; we have been fortunate in having nothing of local suffering to lament : English Flags.—The brig Seaton Sluice, from Tenedos for Cork, leaky, and rigging damag e d ; th e brio. Colches ter, of Liverpool, from Constantinople for Cork,' with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, &c.; the brig Hawk Hill, from Smyrna for Cork, leaky, and rigging damaged ; the bark Niagara, from Alexandria, for Liverpool, pumps choked and has lost her bulwarks ; the brig Lord Ra vensworth left Malta on the 9th inst. for Cork, and has returned with loss of topmasts ; the brig Pearl, from Galatz for Cork, left Malta on the 15th inst., and put back leaky on the 21st inst. American Flag.—The barque Sultana, from Smyrna for Boston, much damaged from fouling a vessel near the Balearic Islands, has put in for repair. French Flag.—The brig Heureuse Adele, from Smyrna for Marseilles, has thrown a large portion of h er cargo overboard ; the brig Albreda, from Alexandria for Mar seilles, has her stern, bulwarks, and stanchions washed away. Russian Flag.—The Enterprise, from Odessa for Hull, was entirely dismasted on the 18th inst., off Cape Bon, by a heavy sea, which also carried her bowsprit away. She has lost her longboat. Norwegian Flag.—The barque Peter Schroeder, from Bourgas for Constantinople, has lost a part of her bul warks. Belgian Flag.—The ship Clotilde, from Odessa for Cork, is leaky, and has lost sails and bulwarks. A heavy sea broke over her and carried away her watercasks from the deck. There are several other vessels in port, with less da mage, leaky, &c., and cargoes shifted. The Jerusalem bombard Due Cugine, which left Malta on the 24th ult. fur Mesurata, sprung a leak on the 14th inst. in the Gulf of Sidra, IS rn;les from land. The vessel was abandoned, and foundered a few mi nutes after, and the crew reached Mesurata on the fol• lowing morning. Captain Ellul and a part of his crew have reached Mala by the Ottoman schooner Meshoud, from Mesurata. The schooner Honor is a total wreck at Zante In a recent letter we were informed that the Wasp had been on shore when on her passage from Corfu to Con stantinople. This vessel, on her arrival here, was docked for repair, and, on examination, was found to have suf fered far greater injury than was at first supposed. She must, indeed, have struck heavily, having carried away her fore foot, her false keel, and a portion of her main keel. A court of inquiry was held in the early part of the week, which has terminated in acquitting Lord Hay and his officers of all blame, but reprimanding the pilot, Papolardo. THE CAPTAINS' GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—You have generally remarked on the bestowal of the good-service pension. I have seen none on Commo dore Seymour. You quote from " O'Byrne," by which it appears he was made a lieutenant in September, 1822, a commander in December, 1824, a captain in August, 1826 ; so that, in less than four years, he obtains three steps, and ranks with a " lieutenant-colonel." Now, he holds the appointment of commodore, with 1,0951. a-year, allowances for stationery, &c., with a good house and garden. The only services I find of his recorded, since he was a mere child, are the losing of the Challenger. He also is Secretary and Registrar of the Bath. Whe ther he is paid for that I know not. Surely his being put over the heads of many to get 1,0951. a-year, house, garden, &c., is enough, without the good-service pension. 'Tis too bad ! London, March 31. . A CONSTANT READER. THE FEVER ON BOARD THE AGAMEMNON. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—What an awful warning does not the fatal fever which is now unhappily decimating the crew of the Aga memnon hold out to us all, and to public writers in par ticular. And who so much to blame as those writers in the Times who now endeavour to fasten the responsibility on a public department with hasty upbraidings ? Who so much as those self-sufficient writers who have for years scoffed at every one who presumed to have a well grounded fear that unless proper quarantine precautions were established and judiciously enforced, the virulent fever of the West Indies, South America, and Africa would some day visit with fatal effects even this northern latitude ? Any one who presumed to differ from that paper on this subject was instantly assailed as a stupid day-dreamer of impossibilities, and now, forsooth, instead of humbly and sorrowfully acknowledging its own errors, establish ingrweigßudlanntion of s to bespatters others with abuse for not having done that which itself deprecated. What abuse would not th e Times have heaped, day. a fter day, on the Ad m i ra l ty, if the s d a e f p e ar a t z ni za e r n e t t t h o a s d a insisted r a o n n ti t n h e e protect us from the fatal visitation which the poor fellows of the Agamemnon are now struck down by, andwhich will most assuredly spread itself now, or at some early period, over the whole face of the land, if precautions are not a d o pted against it I--your obedient servant, ANTI-FEVER. SINGULAR FUNERAL OF A SLAVE.—At a funeral of an aged and faithful slave, which recently took place at Lynchburg,. Virginia, five hundred coloured persons at tended. Nearly all of those were slaves who had been released from labour by their masters in order that they might pay the last tribute of respect to fidelity; i honesty, and duty well discharged. In the procession thpre were also some dozen private carriages of the citiii.ll4, sent by their owners as a token of their respect to fidelity, how -1 ever humble may have been the occupation in which it was exhibited.—New York Courier. RAISING WHEAT.— A singular discovery has been made in France by a M. Fabre, a humble gardener of Hyde, but of some local note as a botanist. The herb cegilops heretofore considered as worse than useless, grows Aundantly on the Mediterranean. It produces a species of grain resembling wheat - in form, but much smaller. In the year 1839 M. Fabre sowed a quantity of this grain, and he was struck by observing that the produce of it seemed to bear a close affinity to wheat. The produce he sowed the next year, and the yield was still more like wheat. 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