The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, Marc. 25. First time, COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY.. Supported by Messrs Howe, Rogers, Barry Sullivan, W. Farren, Corri, Tilbu:y, and Vin cent ; M 141; Helen Fauna, and bliss Vining. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Aram 25, Will be performed the new Drama, adapted from:he French of mow. scribe, by Mr. Pegrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Ryder, Graham, end Ever. tt ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. After which, on this occasion only, the Tragedy of AIACDETH ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vostris. - THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be performed A.S.S. (second time). Characters by F. Ma thews, Suter, an I Roslere ; M re. Macnimara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRE SU E. Messrs. C Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To be followed by THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Cha. ratters by Me.srs. F. Matthews. Suter, Horneastle, and Temple. ton ; Madame Vestris. M sses Robertson. Eglinton, &c. To conclu.le with A PRACTICAL MAN. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Arum 25, Will be performed MASKS AND FACES ; or, Before and Behind the Ctutain —by NieSbra. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedfozd, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgat, !cc. .After which, A DtsPERATE GAME. To be fullowed by THE PEET FY GIRLS OF STILSBERG. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCH HAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. First Night of Macbeth. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, !Pill be performed FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY Characters by Messrs. 11. Farren and Morgan ; Mesolames Ander ton, Turner, and Bartlett. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Mr. Farren and Mrs. Phillips. To be followed by (first time) MACBETH. Supported by Mr. F. R,bson and Mrs. Phillips. To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS, in which will be danced Pop Goes the Weasel. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Continued and brilliant success o f th e New Spectacle.. F rst Night of an entirely new Drama. THIS EVENING, Apau. 25, And daring the week, the performances will commence with the increasingly popular spectacle of AMAKOSA; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare; with all its new and beautiful scenic. intresting dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. The purging Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed over the Falls of the Umtata, nightly received with enthusiastic approbation. To be followed by a novel and incomparable display of Equestrian Achievements in the ticenes of the ARENA, supported by the most accomplished Artistes of the day. To conclude with a new Cemic Drama, entitled IN FOR A EIG ; or, Life at the Diggings. Bat-onice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DST —Morning 49 min. after 2 I Evening 11 min.aft. 3 To- Mormovf—Morning 32 Mill. after 3 Evening 54 mi n . a ft . 3 THE WEATHER.—Strs OFFICE, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 this day at noon. BAROMETER, up to 29'94, now 2 9'88—yesterday it rose half an inch. WIND, S.W.—Smart breeze, and dirty, rainy weather. Afternoon, fine. APRIL 25. 50— highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 35—a fall of more than half 'tin lite. since yesterday. WIND, N.W. to N.N.W.--Stormy weather, with snow, sleet, and rain. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLT A MENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. Oh' IS! Z o lb • • LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1853. The real contest on the Budget will commence this evening. Hitherto it has heen confined to the sharpshooters and skirmishers of the "Fourth Estate." But it will no longer be an affair of outposts—the legislative corps on either side will at length be compelled to take an active part in the engagement, and the fate of the conflict, and with it of the ABERDEEN-RITSSELL-MOLESWOR TH Ad ministration, will depend on the result of the first trial of strength between the belligerents, on the division respecting the renewal of the Property and Income Tax without change or modification, and that not for three years, but for seven years more. That there are good points in the Budget, we freely and willingly admit, and for these we are disposed to give every reasonable de gree of credit. But it is not because we approve of the extension of the Probate and Legacy Duties to real estate that we are bound to sanction the monstrous iniquity —the infamous injustice perpetrated on the industrious classes, or to give an assent to its perpetuation— for a renewal for seven years is to all intents and purposes equivalent to a perpetuity. It is im possible for Mr. GLADSTONE to give any valid or binding pledge as to what the Legislature will do in 1860. The ' then Representatives of the people may entertain fiscal opinions of a very different character from those which he now professes. They may not be so very willing to sacrifice the rights of industry on the altar of property, or to maintain a number of vexatious imposts, in order that accumulated and realised property, should be exempted from contributing anything towards the liquidation of the National liabilities or the maintenance of the National Establishments. Many circumstances may arise to render the redemption of the promise impos sible or inexpedient. The only points for con sideration, then, will whether the tax should be at all renewed in its present form, at least until some bona fide attempt had been made to remove some of its glaring inequalities, and to afford something like an approximation to justice. 2d. Whether the term for which it has been demanded should not be limited to two, or, at the outside, three years, so that the popular branch of the Legislature should be enabled to exercise its legitimate control over the fiscal and financial policy of the nation. On the first of these points, it would be a work of supererogation to repeat the arguments which we have so repeatedly, almost incessantly, put for ward, showing the very important differences be tween precarious and permanent incaif6s. Mr. GLADSTONE is, or at least professes himself to be, unable to recognise the distinction ; but we ven ture to assert that no other person of ordinary ability who has been instructed in the primary rules of COCKER could feel any difficulty on the subject. As we announced on Saturday, " The Times even vet observes, it is clear to every one else what are precarious incomes, and what are not." Now, Mr. D_lsriBttA.ELdt. .recognised the distinction; and had the ofti tvision been taken on that portion very different Budget, of from what it has been, and making a financial statement might norntayhaovreeasdevolved upon Mr.. and o j n o ably GLADSTONE. We RUSSELL. dis even Lords ABERDEEN suppose the kinds corned a distinction between th suppose that of income. We cannot fora moment sup? these Noble Lords endeavoured to obtain in i dul gence under false pretence s , or th at their speeciesto which such frequent all us i ons h ave been made were delivered without any real intention of proposing an equitable, or comparatively equitable, arrange_ meat of the vexed qu es ti on . N o, they gave their own impressions at the time, but unfortunately they have suffered themselves to be overruled by the crotchets of GLADSTONE and WOOD (there is, perhaps, not a third member of the Cabinet who would abide, with such perverse ob stinacy, by the untenable proposition), and have, therefore, shown themselves to be totally unfitted for the stations they respectively occupy. The notion that, because the number of those who earn entirely industrial incomes are compara tively limited, that their contributions amount to only one twenty-second part of the entire proceeds of the tax, that the injustice may e continued with impunity, is too ridiculous to require contradiction. Nothing can sanctify an injustice, and if the amount realised be so small, it surely can bo the more easily dealt with, or even abolished' altogether, so as to permit industry to escape uninjured from the nets of the Tax Collectors. That, how ever, is a principle which Mr. GLAnsTom—the champion of the moneyocracy—will never con cede until reduced to the last extremity. On the second point, as to the duration of the Tax, we cannot perceive any valid grounds for its extension beyond the terms hitherto granted. It is not at a time when the people are demand ing a reduction of the duration of Par liament from seven to three 'years, in order that the electors might exercise a more salutary control over their representatives, that we should extend the duration of the tax from three to seven years, in order to increase the term of Ministerial irresponsibility; or lessen the influence of the inde pendent Members. Mr. GLAnsToNE'sproject for the cessation of the tax is practically nothing more than an ingenious device to get it renewed for a longer term, but we should scarcely think that he could catch many votes on such a very transparent and shallow artifice ; for as he can give no security for the redemption of his undertaking, we arelustified in considering it as a very shallow artifice. If he could do so, we should regard it as the greatest misfortune that could happen to the nation. Nearly three year-ago there appeared a most remarkable article in the pages of the Westminster., Its authorship was attributed, with what reason it would be difficult to decide, to one of the most eminent writers of the present generation. It referred to a subject so painful, so disastrous, so vile, so odious, and degrading that but few men have ever found courage to drag it into publicity and bring it deliberately under national considera tion. Few ? Why, in the whole of France and England put together there have been scarcely more than four statists who have ventured boldly upon its analysis. But, happily for the world, those four men were men of heart and industry— philosophers, in their way, and philanthropists. There was JAMBS BEARD TALBOT,* with his ap palling narrative of the monster-evil, and its de plorable consequences. There was Dr. RYAN,t with his mournful account of its progress in our own metropolis. There was that brave-hearted physician of Paris,* PARENT-DUCHATELET, with those two dreadful volumes compiled by humane researches extending over eight years devoted en tirely to the work of investigation. Lastly, there was HENRY MAYHEW, § with his startling reve lations of the state of the poor in London, first published through the columns of the Morning Chronicle. The question has been whispered about, once or twice, within the walls of Parlia ment. Yet, even there, even in that House of Lords, where evidence is occasionally heard of the most revolting character, in dubious cases of imputed depravity—even there the question of which we have spoken has been hushed up when mentioned, as altogether too loathsome for even._ ameliorative or corrective examination. "Of all the social problems which philosophy has to deal with," says the writer of the remarkable paper already alluded to, 11 " this is, we believe, the darkest, the knottiest, and the saddest." Nay, as we find observed almost immediately afterwards, " Statesmen see the mighty evil lying on themain pathway of the world, and with a groan of pity and despair 'pass by on the other side.' " It is a leprous blot upon the frame of society, which our rulers have shrunk from touching, with a view to the diminution of its virulence, for it is vain to dream of its total eradication. Every one has, there fore, refrained from dealing with the question at all—restrained from so doing by the terrible nature of the truths which would have to be particular ised. Fortunately, the anonymous reviewer in the Westminster had more daring than the rest of the community, even than the mass of our publicists and philosophers. To the high moral courage dis played in this matter by a nature of evidently noble and beautiful benevolence, the nation is in debted for a treatise, as dreadful in its details as it is purifying and elevating in its tendency. The moral ulcer requiring to be healed, though in every way loathsome and revolting, has not die mayei the heart of this philanthropist. The tale he has to tell is terrible, no doubt ; but, through all its aggregated horror, its influence is strangely humanising. Under its present title, the essay, reprinted from the Westminster, is significantly presented to the public as " The Great Sin of Great Cities." Upon the occasion of its original appearance as a contribution to that periodical, it was simply and boldly designated by the one word—" Prostitu tion." Our purpose in referring to the present reprint, is merely that of directing to it, most earnestly, the attention of the more humane and intelligent members of the population. It con veys in every sentence a moral that it were well for the credit of humanity if cur Legislators ultimately took into consideration. It re counts the miseries of those 50,000 wretched victims of the infamous system of prostitution. It inveighs against the cruelty of that popular in difference upon the subject which abandons so many unfortunates to their evil fate without one effort for their redemption or reclamation. It were needless, at this moment, to enter more at large into the painful analysis of the evil by this uncompromising and undaunted reviewer—bravo and gentle in his benevolence for here, within the compass of a pamphlet, the whole question is laid bare to the public gaze— so that " all who run may read "—so that the most squeamish amongst us cannot plead ignorance in regard to the existence of this dread and damning abomination. * " Miseries of Prostitution." By James Beard Tal bot. London. 1 "Prostitution in London." By Dr. Ryan. London. * "De la Prostitution dans la Ville de Paris." 2 tomes. Par Parent-Duchatelet. Paris. § " Letters in the Morning Chronicle—Metropolitan Poor." By Henry Mayhew. London. II " The Great Sin of Great Cities. Being a reprint, by Request, of an article entitled Prostitution.' From the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review for July, 1850." Bvo., pp. 52. Chapman. London, 1853. ARRANGEMENTS OP THE COURT.—We understand that her Majesty, who is progressing most satisfacto r ily to wards perfe c t recovery, and who is expected to be able to take a carriage airing in a day or two, will, with Prince Albert and the Royal Family, prolong their so journ in the Isle of Wight, for which place the departure of the Court continues fixed for Saturday next, until the 1 third week in May, and the Royal natal day will, it is probable, be passed in comparative privacy; at the Queen's marine residence. The Xing of Yianover, it is understood, will stand sponsor in pe:son to the infant Prince, who will receive the name of George, after the last monarch of that name, Geo; the King of Hanover. His 7% ge the Fourth, and of 11. o y a 1 Highness the Prince of Prussia, one of the ir .. : .curate personal friends of the - e - otsdam, and the Princess, have Queen, who is now at illustrious foreigners, to be w p itk. other p b r e e e s n en i t nvi at te t d h , e - - ..0yal christening, which will take: place in the iniddle . of. June. The Court season, which will commence about the Ist of June, th.ugh short, is ex pected to be brilliant. RO .fAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tkanen have undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 22nd inst. : Messrs. Thomas Forder, Winchester ; Edward William Alexander, St. Helena ; William Cuthbert Blackett, Durham; Thomas Hen r y M oxon , B r i gg, Li ncolnshire ; Thomas Dixon, Bedford • Joseph Arthur, Shadwell ; Samuel Joseph Bayfield, St. 'Thomas-street, Southwark ; Edward Sword Morley, Blackburn, Lancashire • Jose Maria de Mier, Santa Martha, New Grenada ; William Edward Hedge Vaughan, Crewe, Cheshire ; and James Tirlden Howard, Rochdale, Lancashire. POETRY AND LITERATURE. Edinb urg h , author of the "Lays Profe e ssor Aytoun of of th Scottish Cava liers," intends delivering in London, early in May, the cours e of lectures on poetry and dramatic literature which cLomTopleTt:Ed t Tie Edinburgh, r, u h e A h i a E s m j o u n s l t A KE OF WELLINGTON.— Upward s of 80,000/. h memorial to the late D ave been subscribed, towards a ellin t will be applied to the erection`of g on. The am ount in the shape of a school or collet, e a b at..onal monument the gratuitous, or nearly gra.tuitboup "..ring his name, for children of officers in the army, -, education of orphan Prince Albert, will lay the fr , , andat i o is Royal Highness building so soon as the necessary 4 arcane-st° of the new made, and there is every Probability thYar MZe a st re the'Queen will be Pr,"eseilt at the interesting ceremonial! MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 Ame rican were taken for export. The market closed heavily with a large supply of cotton offering. The sales include 500 Egyptian, sfd. to 7d. ; 700 Surat, 3id. to 41d., and the remainder nearly all Ameri can. Railway Shares were steady and firm. The Corn trade is steady to-day at last week's prices. The overland mail has been telegraphed, and the next arrival there will probably be dates of the middle or end of February from Australia, as the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's vessel, Shanghai, was to leave Sydney about that time. Several vessels which left in January, and are still due, had considerable sums in gold on board. The Calcutta dates are March 19. The exchange on London was at 2i. Trade at Bombay was dull and money plentiful. The news from China is very serious, and the insurgents are stated to have taken Nankin. The steamer Niagara brings information of an easier money market at New York, and trade was in a satisfactory state, being very active. Breadstuffs were in demand, and there was a fair inquiry for cotton. In freights there was no alteration. Exchange 1091 The Lisbon mail brings accounts of the Ministry being in a weak position. The exchange in London was at 54 3 / 4 . The discount on Lisbon Bank notes was 2i. The Honourable East India Company drew bills from the Bth inst. to Saturday last, to the amount of 57,8351. on the three Presidencies. The funds are very firmly supported this morn ing, but with scarcely any dealings for time, as the jobbers are anxious to await the further proceed ings in reference to the Budget. Money purchases continue, and Consols have been done at 1001 for Transfer, and 1001 5 for Account. The New 31- per Cents. have been marked 1031 to and the 3 per Cents. 100 to 5. Bank Stock has been steady at 226 3 / 4 , and India Stock at 262. Exchequer Bills of June are 4s. premium. Mr. Weisweiller has sent a reclamation to the present Finance Minister of Spain, Senor Bermudez de Castro, on behalf of the Certificate holders. Senor Bermudez de Castro, was formerly an ad vocate for the just rights of the . Coupon holders, and, therefore, it is to be hoped, as Ministe r , he will carry out his expressed opinions. Mr. Weis weiller will forward the Minister's answer as soon as received. In the Foreign Market, the feature is a further sudden rise in Greek bonds, the " Red " being preferred and as much as 10 and 11 have been paid for them. Brazilian old bonds are worth 1001, Peruvian Deferred keep firm at 68, Equador are steady at 61, and Mexican at 27i . Spanish Certificates are supported at 6i to 7i. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are worth 40. Russian p per Cent. bonds have been marked 120 to f. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Place. Company. Date. Dieppe and Fecamp April 29, Paris. Grand Junction of France April 30, Paris. Great Indian Peninsula April 27, 3, New Broad-s' London and North-Western April 30, Euston Station. Lyons and Mediterranean April 30, Paris. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire June 8, Manchester. North of France April 30, Paris. Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris. Paris and Ronen May 3, Paris. Paris and Strasbourg April 28, Paris. Sambre and Meuse April 30, Jardines. Southern of France April 30, Paris. South Yorkshire May 12, London Tavern. The following note, dated the, 19th inst., has been received from the Secretary of the Norfolk Railway Company : " I beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Stock Exchange, that on the 25th inst., the following shares of this company will be converted into stocks, bear ing the same rates or interest as the shares now bear, viz, : " The 5/. per cent. extension shares will be converted into a Consolidated Si. per Cent. Extension Stock, 1846. The '5l. 10s. per Cent. Preference Shares into a Con solidated Si. 10a. per Cent. Preference Stock,lB47. "The 51. per Cent. Waveney Valley Shares into a Consolidated 51. per Cent Waveney Valley Extension Stock, 1847, and— "The Shares of the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company will also, on the same day be converted into stocks bearing the same rate of interest, viz. : " The 4 per Cent. Shares will be converted into a Consolidated 41. per Cent. Stock, and the 6 per Cent. Shares into a Consolidated:6l. per Cent. Stock. Notice has been given (under date the 16th inst.) to those English shareholders who have not yet claimed the returns payable both on account of the deposit and call upon the Deadre Valley shares, and which have been payable since the month of June, 1852, pursuant to former advertisements, that they are requested to do so forthwith, as the liquidators are desirous of making a further and final distribution of the fund, and closing the ac counts of the company. The Railway Share Market has been without any alteration of moment, and with but little do ing.. French shares are steady. 'The Joint Stock Bank Shares are quiet, the Land Companies' rather heavy, and the Gold Mines firmer, especially the Agua Fria. The N ova Scotia Copper have been as low as prem. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitios lOO - A 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities • 1034 4 India Stock 262 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. June. March. £lOOO. £5OO Small .. 48 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account lOO4 Ditto Small Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Reduced ‘ Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto 4] per Cent lO4l Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent - 48 8 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.. 24 3a• Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. no t f un 7i 6i p a Consols.... Ditto May kcconat HALF-PAST TWO. POI MUSEUM OP PATENTED INVENTIONS.—A numerously and influentially signed memorial has recently been addressed from Manchester to the Board of Trade, pray ing the Government to give every facility in their power towards furthering that portion of the surplus scheme of the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, which relates to the establishment of a Museum of In ventions. The Board of Trade has informed the me morialists that it has forwarded the above memorial, together with a similar one from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, to the Commissioners of Patents (within whose province the subject more especially rest), accom panied by an expression of its sympathy with the object' prayed for. Memorials to the same effect have been addressed by the above towns and other to her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition. THE BUDGET.—The principal feature of Mr. Glad stone's budget is its injustice to the landed interest. All property in land is to be subject to a heavy tax when ever a death occurs, and the malt tax is not to be touched. The injustice of the income tax in assessing incomes from fixed and fluctuating sources at the same rat% is to be continued, and the Times is bribed to silence by a huge gift of 40,0001. a-year in the repeal of the stamp on its supplements. The budget throughout is crowded with injustice, as we shall show at length in our next. It is the general belief that the budget and the Ministry will fall together, if ministers have staked their fate; upon it : it never can be accepted by the House of Commons.—Herts Guardian. THE RIBB IN WORKMEN'S WAGES. —On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the miners of Northumberland was held near Bedlington, with the object of asking fur an advance of wages, and to adopt certain resolutions to secure a better protection of their health and lives in the mines. There is no doubt, from the flourishing state of the coal trade, that any reasongtble demands will be acceded to by the masters. The joiners of Sunderland and the tailors of Hartlepool have heal digoil Strike. The bricklayers of South Shields struck work for an advance last week, 81Y1 they were - -;;;) plentiful is employment, that ..,early all immediately engaged to work in uunderland at the advanced wages-275, per week. DRMOCRACIr RAMPANT.—First Juvenile Politician : " Wall, say, hOw the beittiiiyofittS is in, what do you spose they'll do V' @econd Juvenile rolitieitm (scorn. fully) : " Do, you fool ? Why, 'nex Cuby and Canadee take the Givano Islands, 'nex Hingland, and bring Hal bertll they'll do " First Juvenile Politician • vatand Wietory over and show 'em at Barnum's—that's yen r_A mmTcrats for ever g will ? Hooray ! ' De plug, will ritertCcin paper. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1853. FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OF THE OLD SOCIETY OF WATER-COLOUR PAINTERS. On Saturday afternoon we had the gratification of at tending the private view of this annual and popular exhibition. The present, which is the fortieth display made by the Old Society of Painters in Water Colours, may be numbered, in several respects, among the ranks of some of its most successful predecessors. We believe this was pretty generally the impression of those who passed through the porch of 5, Pall-Mall East, and crowded the gallery during 'the fashionable hours (for even time in civilised life haiportions that are and other portions that are not fashionable) the day before yester day. Nevertheless, while we must in justice speak thus in ungrudging terms of commendation, we must perforce assert at the outset that an annual visit to the collection distributed over the walls of, that department becomes in the end somewhat monotonous. Our taste grows sated by that inevitable uniformity, even though it be (as it is in many instances) the uniformity of excellence. It is possible to imagine beforehand exactly what we are going to witness at No. 5, Pall Mall East, as the season comes round when we are invited by that agreeable fragment of pasteboard to inspect the treasures of the new Exhibition. We can foresee the general appearance of the room before we ascend that almost perpendicular stair case. Somebody recently writing in one of the Quar terlies lamented the improbability of any one making away with that everlasting suit of armour—fluted— which glitters in almost all the products of the easel of Mr. Corbould. Somebody else, long ago, declaimed— we cannot but think rather unwisely—against the eter nal repetition of yellow and green, green and yellow, in the paintings of Mr. Poole. Unwisely we say in this case, seeing that the artist may well be pardoned for any sort of partiality or predilection yielding to the world—as in "Solomon Eagle during the plague of Lon don," or as in " Job and the Messengers"—such incom parable masterpieces. Yet the principle implied in.the objection commands our hearty recognition. Whenever we see the same old story told (in the manipulation at least) over, and over, and over again--we long for a change, even though it were at the risk of its proving a change from merit to mediocrity. We yearn to see the genius of art rising above the deteriorating level of mere mannerism. We long to see Mr. Frost, for example, giving us something else than those enamelled crudities of his—exquisite though they We pine to see Mr. Maclise devoting more care (as he used " once upon a. time") to the grouping, and the passion, and the poetry of his com positions, and less to the delineation of rusty nails and minute May-blossoms. We are beginning to dread more and more the dogged repetition of the same wearying peculiarities, until we can scarcely look without a sup pressed shudder at those abominably clever rustic boys of Mr. Hunt, and those detestably ingenious Italian mendicants of Mr. Mir:stone. It is with feelings like these—half of pleasure, half of indignation—that we visit each year the collection of the Old Society of Water Colourists. The chiefs of the society are wonderfully gifted, but they are also wonderfully given to the vice of repeating themselves. There is Copley Fielding, the President, with his masterly sea-pieces— always the s s a a y m in e g — : v — ery washe pairdoifhtuhpoemh a "as neutral-tint like a s twogr ground, pins," with t t h h a e touch that has come at last to be very nearly indeed the touch of perfection. There is Frederick Tayler again, with his mountain scenery, enlivened by figures who are always " bringing home the deer." And so on , to the end of the chapter. It would really seem that having once succeeded in some particular method, the same path is pursued by the artist thenceforth and for ever—the same ground is traversed perpetually, the same walk is trodden and re-trodden, until it becomes worn out like the steps of some old shrine or confessional. Notwithstanding this extraordinary curse of sameness, our galleries are each season adorned with works in some instances highly meritorious. It is thus in the present case with the Old Water-Colour Exhibition. Several pictures hanging at this m oment on the walls of the gallery are really a d m irable specimens of the masters from whose blended skill and industry they have emanated. No. 50, "The Water Meadows, Droxford, Hants," by W. Evans, of Eton, is a delicious land scape— a landscape worthy of being coupled through the catalogue with that daintily suggestive line from dear old Izaak Walton--" Trust me, I have caught many a trout in this particular meadow: The production, we re peat, is delicious as a limning fronf nature—but then W. Evans, of Eton, is always delightful— a keen and appreciative observer of that sub lime subject, the contemplation of which Harold Skimpole did not wish to be obstructed by "the absurd figure of an angry baker." No. 68, " Marino Faliero," by Carl Haag— one of the most attractive pic tures in the Gallery— is a brilliant example of colouring, the situation of the two figures introduced, the Doge and the Spy, being marvellously effective and dramatic. No. 62. " Highland Peat Girl, Banavie, Inverness shire," by T. M. Richardson, though a small and un pretending sketch hung out of the way, at rather too great an elevation, is noticeable especially for the grace ful form of the lassie and the natural repose of her atti tude. No. 73, " Old Mill at Ringwood, Hants ;" and No. 84, "A Showery Day," both by George Fripp, are charming glimpses of that home-scenery George Fripp knows so well how to pourtray, without overlooking the main source of their fascination. No. 77, "Richard 11. resigns his Crown to Bolingbroke," by John Gilbert about the most pretentious work in the col lection is, to our thinking, also, about the least satisfactory. Its indefatigable artist fails in proportion to the a scen t o f his ambition. No. 82, " Italian Landscape—composition," by T. M. Richardson, is chiefly conspicuous for the merit displayed in that same composition. The rustics grouped together in the foreground are introduced with a freedom and grace quite inimitable. There are two capital little gleams of Irish humour in Nos. 110 and 121, by H. P. Riviere, respectively entitled ( an d th e ver y titl es are comically suggestive of the fun in each) " A Bit of Blarney" and " A little Botheration." Alfred Fripp has two extraordinary productions, productions to our mind as extravagant as extraordinary. No. 124, "Il dolce far niente, ' as raw in colouring as tasteless in de sign, displays the domestic evolutions of a sort of Oriental Professor Risley. The other extravagance alluded to, is No, 165, " Pompeii the city of the dead," by the same artist—a work ghastly with blue-lights and ruin, being, in short, little better than a Vauxhall transparency. Carl Haag has, besides the picture already noticed, another, No. 172, representing his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother of the Prince Consort) and his Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen (half-brother of her Majesty the Queen of England)— returning from a chamois hunt, in the valley of the Inner-Riss, Tyrol. The oddity of the costumes worn by the Princes imparts a piquancy to the composition. We observe that the painting is announced to be the pro perty of her Majesty, according to the catalogue. A horrid subject is treated rather preposterously by J. Stepha noff—meaning No. 190, " A Party of Huntsmen an noying a Congregation in a Church." The work in question is altogether detestable, and, looking at it, we cannot but regret that the artist ever glanced at " Smith's Games and Amusements." It would be un fair not to notice as commendable. No. 191, " Elizabeth Castle, Jersey—storm clearing off," by C. Bentley. A variety of pictures in the gallery might be particularised in terms of deserved eulogium, especially several among the contributions of Cox and Callow, of Duncan and Gastineau. - Among the visitors we observed the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Marchioness of Camden, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess Grey, Earl Grosve nor, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Bradford, the Bishops of London and Winchester, Lords Colborne, Overstone, Galway, St. Leonards, Campbell, &c., &c. ; together with several of the Foreign Ambassadors and Royal Academicians. are. ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Earl of Rosse, as President of the Royal Society, gave his first soiree for the season on Saturday. Among thosa present were, the Duke of Leinster, Earl of Lanesborough, Earl of Enniskillen, Earl of Sheffield, Lord Colchester, Lord Trimlestown , Lord Berriedale, Lord Mahon ' Lord Radstock, L or d Carew, Lord Beaumont, Baron Goldsmid, the Austrian Minister, the Prussian Minister, Bishop of Oxford, Bishop of St. Asaph, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir P. Eger ton, Sir W. Harris, Sir W. Ross, Sir H. Douglas, Sir G. Phillips, Sir J. Clarke, Sir J. Staunton, Sir R. Inglis, Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Sir H. Ellis, Sir J. Boileau, Sir J. Hansler, Sir D. Brewster, Sir B. Brodie, Sir J. South, Sir C. Lemon, Sir C. Fellows, Sir L. Ot way, Sir H. Holland, the President of the College Phy sicians, the Astronomer Royal, Professors, Farcday, Sharpey, Whaatsone, and Tennant, General Wavell, Adr_rui . -al Bowles, Mr. Babbage' Colonel York, Colonel Sanderson, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., .Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Tite, Hon. Mr. Parsons, Mr. Weld, Mr. Murray, Mr. Lefroy, Colonel Sabine, R.A., Captain Beechey, Dr. Farre, Dr. Playfair, Dr. Bence, Jones, Dr. Thompson, Dr. arre, Dr. Owen Rees Dr. Twiss, Dr. Sibson, Mr. Rennie , Rev. J. Barlow, Colonel Chesney, Dr. Lee, Mr. Tuppe r, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Hind, Mr. Godwin, Mr. Burk, Mr. Neville, Mr. Everett, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Auldjo, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Pickersgill, &c.,.. &c. PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.—In the last sitting of the Academy of Medicine, Professor Jules Cloquet com municated a letter which he had received from Teheran, from his nephew, who is physician to the Shah of _Persia, in which he gives some interesting details on the subject of the cholera. He says : We are thre atened with cholera this spring, and I am obliged to do the honours of this the coUntry to this disagreeable visitor. The malady in instance follows a progress quite unusual. It broke out at Bussorah in 1851 ; it has already Como up the course of the Tigris as far as Bagdad; from Bagdad, in crossing the Kurdistan it directed its course towards the province of Azerbaidjan. After having ravaged that co untry, and particularly Tauris, the capital of it, it proceeds to the south and south-east, following the borders of the Cas e earanc pian Sea, and It is stated tha t it l has made its app at Cashin, which is only 22 leagues from Teheran. Ac cording to this itinerary it is not probable that on this occasion it will direct its course towards Europe, and there is every reason to hope that after having levied its quota on Persia, the malady will proceed to India, its native el:wintry, which it ought never to have quitted. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess de Nemours visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Pal ace. Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday morning attended by Lieut.-Col. F. H. Seymour. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena. and Louisa took a drive on Saturday forenoon in an open carriage and four. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buck ingham palace. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic household also attended the service. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, honoured the performance of the French Plays on Saturday evening with her presence. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Clarence House, St. Jamess. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House, Piccadilly. The deputation from the Atlantic and Pacific Junc tion Company ...had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday at the Foreign Office. The de putation consisted of Lord Wharncliffv (chairman), Mr. J. Pemberton Heywood, Mr. T. Crampton, Mr. Win. John Hamilton, Mr. H. T. Hope, Mr. L. H. Hasle wood, Mr. Alex. Wilson, Mr. George Cowan, Sir Char. Fox, Capt. Mackinnon, Mr. Charles Freshfield, Mr. Lionel Gisborne, Dr. Black, and Dr. Cullen. A deputation on the subject of the Royal Albert Park, for the City and the borough of Finsbury, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street, on Saturday. The deputation consisted of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., the Lord Mayor, M.P., Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., Mr. Josiah Wilson, J.P., Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. G. W. Alexander, Mr. Jacob Vincent, Mr. Frederick Sandoz, Mr. Thosi. Dix, Mr. William Tyler, Mr. John Barnett, and Mr. James Lloyd. A deputation of the chairman and directors of London and Limerick Steam Ship Company, contisting of Mr. W. Russell,. M.P., Alderman M'Donnell, and Mr. Henry O'Shea, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation on the subject of the repeal of the at torney's certificate duty had an interview with 1 1 he Chan cellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Wm. Verner, M.P., Mr. Fitzgerald, M.P., and Mr. Hinderley (vice president), Messrs. Keith Barnes, Cookson, Dr. Leman (members of the Council), and Mr. Maugham, secretary of the Incorporated Law Society. • Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Sa turday from the Governors of the West India Islands. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer , Sir James Graha Sir Charles Wood, the Right H on . Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The council sat three hours and a half. A Commission is about to be issued to proceed on a complimentary visit to the American Exhibition of In dustry at New York. It is to be headed by the Earl of Ellesmere and Sir Henry de la Beche. SYDNEY. Accounts have been received from Sydney vie/ Pana ma, dated the 15th of January, and consequently more than a fortnight later than those by the last arrival. With regard both to the gold-mines and the general course of trade, they are interesting and satisfactory. The production of gold, it is stated, was rapidly in creasing, and the accounts were equally favourable from almost all districts.. At Turon the water was rapidly subsiding, and great results were expected,' the average return of each claim being alleged to amount to about 10 ounces per day. At the Southern diggings, in the neighbourhood of Braidwood, the returns are reported to continue large, the average weekly sum per man being 30 to 40 ounces. In the north, at the Hanging Rock, the diggings are said to be nearly deserted ; but at a spot called Rocky River, all employed were doing well. The statements from the Victoria frontier, in rela tion to the yield at the Ovens were very encouraging. New discoveries had been made, and the number of miners at work was estimated at 6,000. A private escort company had been formed at Sydney to proceed to these mines, and had started its first expedition on the 13th of Jan. According to general report, a very large quantity of gold was waiting for transmission to Sydney, and it was thought likely that the escort would return with a ton weight. The difficulties with respect to vessels getting away appear to have diminished. The Kate had sailed for London on the 12th with 28,977 ounces of gold, worth 115,0001. ; and the Cuthberts on the following day, with 445 ounces. The John Taylor had also sailed with 11,847 ounces, the Joshua with 5,732 ounces, and the Sir Robert Sale with 13,836 ounces ; the latter all from Victoria. The steamer Sarah Sands was to sail from Sydney for Liverpool, via Melbourne and the Cape of Good Hope, on the 27th of January. Among the sailing-vessels about to depart for England were the Washington Irving, on the 17th ; the Lydia, Windsor, and Waterloo, on the 20th ; and the Cheapside on the 21st of January ; the Cyrus, on the Ist of February ; the An glesey, on the 10th ; the Templar, on the 12th ; the Carnatic, on the 20th ; and the Vimiera, Black River, and Catherine Jameson, at dates not specified. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Shang hai was expected from Singapore about the Ist of Feb., and would be dispatched during the same month. The price of gold was 725. 9ad. for Victoria, and 70s. 9d. for New South Wales. The discovery that spurious gold had been mixed with the genuine had caused much ex citement. Some of the persons had been apprehended, and a man named Carey was committed for trial. It was not supposed that much of it had reached Sydney, but that a large quantity had been shipped from Mel bourne. The demand for consumable goods continued very large, especially for beer, spirits, wines, spices, coffee, cheese, hams, pickles, and cured fish. Flour was in less request, and sugar, although taken in large quan tities, had, declined 30s. per ton. Metals, paints, &c., owing to the scarcity of mechanical labour, were not sale able to any extent. The Sydney Herald contains an article intended to discourage the new English banks, in which the enormous profits of the existing banks are attributed to the fact that they employ very little capital, and that the gains from their large deposits have consequently to be distributed only upon a small amount of shares. At the same time, however, there is no attempt to deny that these deposits are employed with ease, and at rates sufficiently high to show that there is a fair field for competition. A meeting of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney was to be held on the 25th of January to arrange for the establishment of a branch in London with a local board. Among the new companies lately started at Sydney was an Austra lian Clothes Washing Association in 5,000 shares of 1/. each. Subjoined are the latest quotations of the prin cipal lßbaanlickienfgandgc:ld Australasia,nonecompanies : offered ; Union Bank, 62 per cent. premium ; Bank of New South Wales, 201. paid, 36; Commercial Bank, 251 . paid, 41 ; Australian Joint Stock, 1/. paid, 2 ; Sydney Gas Company, 61. paid, 8a ; Sydney Railway, guaranteed 5 per cent. interest on secu rity of public land fund, 3/. ss. paid, 2i dil. ; Wentworth Mining Company, par ; Australasian Mining Company, par. ; Turon -Gold Ridge Company, par; Great Nugget Vein Company, pm." NEWLY-INVITED DIVING APPARATUS.—We mentioned some days ago that an experiment had been made in the Seine of a diving apparatus invented by a M. Simon Sicard. A second trial has just taken place: M. Victor de Grandchamp, a friend of the inventor, was let dowh into the river at twenty-three minutes after one o'clock, seated on an iron chair at a part of the river near the Ile des Cygnes, where the water is not less than 15 feet deep. On reaching the bottom M. de Grandchamp quitted the chair, and commenced his subaqueous promenade, and again came up at 48 minutes after one, thus making 25 minutes that the experiment lasted. The apparatus is very simple. It consists principally of a metal box, which the diver carries on his back like a knapsack, and in which is produced an artificial atmosphere, which remains the secret of the inventor. To this box there are two openings corresponding to a kind of helmet, which forms the head dress, and which terminates at the back by two tubes in caoutchouc, about 20 centimetres long ; these tubes con duct the artificial air contained in the box to the interior of the helmet. The dress is in caoutchouc, and reaches from the shoulders to the feet. The extremities of the arms have the form of gloves, in order to give free action to the fingers, and the legs are terminated by socks. This dress opens on the breast, and is arranged in such a manner that it can be closed hermetically enough to entirely exclude water. The part over the chest is strengthened on the inside by a kind of cuirass, in order that the pressure of - the water may not prevent free respiration. The helmet is of a round form, and large enough to admit of the head moving about in every way. It is furnished in front with three round glasses—one in the middte opposite the eyes, and the others on the sides. To the waist belt of the dress are adapted several leaden weights, heavy enough to act as equalibrium to the water. The aocks are composed of leaden sandals, fixed to the legs by means of straps. The system is completed by a lantern, which burns under water. Three times during the experiment, which was attended with the most complete success, M. Grand champ came to the su rface, brin g in g with him sto nes from 201 b. to 30 1 b. weigh t, without requiring any f supply of air beyond that at first contained in the box. —Galignani's Messenger. EXPORTS OF SPECIE.—The official statement of the ex ports of the precious metals from the port of Lond on during the week ending Thursday last is as follows: - - Goldfollows:-- Gold bars to Boulogne "to Belgium lO , OOO oz. " Coin to Melbourne and Port Phillip., 93 2001. " " to Bekum , " "to Hamburg ............. 80,000 oz. „ to Sydney 16,146 „ Total g01d...... £93,200 and 127,126 oz. Silver Bars to Bombay 146,389 oz. to Boulogne 6OO Coin to Boulogne 2OO „ Total silver 147,189 oz. The shipments from the oetports have been to the extent of about.3oo,ooo/. SPORTING NOTES.—No. COOOXVI. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.--ThiS, the oldest meeting at head quarters, having been established some two centuries ago, and then much patronised by the "Merry Monarch," has maintained its pride of place from the start. The present reunion commences at half-past one to-day, but as two-thirds of the races will be. decided before these notes meet the eye of the reader, it is useless expatiating upon them. To-morrow, the grand day, par excellence, of the week, the sport will open at the same time with a T.Y.C. Sweepstakes, which with the Queen's Plate, another T.Y.C. Sweepstakes, and a D.M. Sweepstakes have yet to close and name. The Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, 100 ft, B.C. will be contested by Lord Exeter's ILEx and the Duke of Bedford's Hugo—the former probably winning, with something to spare. The Match for 100 sovs., h ft, over the first half of the Ab. M., between the Duke of Bedford's HESPERUS, Bst 71b, and Lord Glasgow's Senorita, Bst, will be won by the former. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, R.M., will attract to the post seven at least of the 30 nominations. Towton paid forfeit last week, and Exhibi tion, the Adjutant, Pensioner, Pindus, and Ama zon are the others that were scratched up to last night. The Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne I must set down as a very doubtful starter ; but if. he should go, under the guidance of Sam Rogers, I think him quite capable of running into the third place. Mr. Bowes' West Australian, in my opinion, will prove him self to be the best mile horse of his year ; I entertain little or no doubt about his capability of winning this stake. Ninnyhammer is stated to be a non-runner. The same is said of Cheddar. Neither of Lord Eglinton's run ; and Umbriel stops at home. It was reported yes terday that Cobnut or Nutpecker would be started to assist Filbert ; and that -Marlow will be put on the last named horse, and Norman on the other starter. Barba tus, over this course, ought to show off to some advan tage, and so I'Anson says he will; but upon the strength of such a trial as he had with Knight of the Garter the other day, I am afraid it would not be safe to: venture much. Milesian, Oxonian, the Lion, and Mr. Morris's couple, together with Osiris, Break-o'-day-Boy, and Mustang are all reported absentees. Mr. Payne's War- Whoop may be started to assist some of the others, but of course can have no chance of winning. There are no hopes of • the Reiver doing aught for Lord John Scott either here or in the Derby. Lascelles, not withstanding the good running qualities which he showed at Epsom and over this distance too, is, I am afraid, incapable of obtaining a place. Mr. Stanley's couple, it is said this morning, will go to the post ; but as I cannot discover how North Pole will be able to render any assistance to his stable companion Orinoco, I shall not class him among the starters. My view of the result and of the field that will be brought to the post, is as follows : WEST AUSTRALIAN (F. Butler) ... 1 ORINOCO _ Filbert (Norman or Marlow), and Barbatus (Nat) third and fourth, Lascelles (A. Day) fifth, Mr. Sykes (Bar tholomew) sixth, with the Friar acting as whipper in. Sittingbourne, North Pole, and another of Lord Exeter's may also start. Wednesday's list numbers nine races, five of which have to close and name to-morrow evening. The Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, D.M., I presume, will be received by Lord Exeter's FILBERT or his Nut pecker without a race, Dabchick being their only possi ble opponent that might go for the off chance. The Sweepstakes of 50 sovs., A.F., without Sitting bourne should put in an appearance, is a tolerable cer tainty for SPEED THE PLOUGH. The Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, like the preceding A.F., will probably end in a compromise between Mr. Payne and Mr. Barnes. The Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. D.M., in which the name of Pharos figures among the entries, will terminate in one of Lord Exeter's animals walking over, as Pharos will not leave home again until the Derby. Thursday's races, seven iri number and a match, are, for the most part, as usual, of the skeleton description. The 100 soya. Sweepstakes over the D.M., will pro duce an interesting race between Veteran and one of Lord Exeter's. The match over the first half of the Abingdon Mile be tween Hesperus, Bst 101 b, and Sophistry, 7st 71b, with out anything is wrong with the latter, ought to be won by her. My opinion on the One Thousand Guineas Stakes I gave last week, and as I still think SYLPHINE good enough to beat the rest, I need say no more than that I will•give the probable field on Wednesday. Friday's races I shall comment upon on Thursday. THE HORSE FOR THE COMING DERBY. By the Wizard of the North. Vickers, Strand.—This pamphlet, of which we have heard so much of late, has at length ap peared, and the sporting public, to whom I can conscien tiously recommend it, may now gratify its appetite for knowledge by a perusal of the sterling information which nearly every page of it contains. " The Wizard" has evidently studied his subject thoroughly, the present production showing a wonderful improvement upon that published a year ago ; in fact, he has almost put it out of my power to find anything to cavil at, the difference of opinion with respect to the " Horse for the coming Derby," of course being an open question. I must take leave, vanity pricking me on, to raise a doubt about the veracity of a remark, in which "Priam" is mentioned as " the most successful sporting writer of the day." Take the file of The Sun for the past year, and compare the prognostications of the "_ Sporting Notes" with those of any other writer, and it will be seen, with respect to the information contained in that partic ular department, that The Sun is second to none. "The Wizard" has given us his version of Dorling's Correct Card," in which, I have but little doubt, the name of every starter for the Derby is recorded, together with, in the majority of in stances, the names of the jockeys who will have the mounts. The advice of the tipping fraternity also ap pear. The pamphlet, take it for all in all, is well worth the attentive perusal of every individual connected with our great national sport, and I hope next year to " look upon its like again.' THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. NEWMARKET-(THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The following have pa id : Two THOUSAND GUlNEAS.—AEmlChaziboint,ioriT, owAtdoj:,taanntd, Milesian, The Lion, Pindus, Pensioner. O NE THOUSAND GUlNEAS.—Physa,lis f., Exhibiti on, Belgravia, Oxonia. Races commence at three o'clock. poned. No betting. Matches post RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of days' racing. MAY. Chester (4) .. . ... . 3 Newmarket .... ... ( . 3)-10 Liverpool Hunt (2) 11 Sh re wsbury ( 2 ) ll Edi n burgh (2) IIJ2 Newton(3) 2 A sco t (4) l5 H a mpton (2) Beverley, Hull, ezc. (2) 15 Newmarket (3) 5 Worcester (2) 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool (3) 13 Redditch (2) 155 Bath (2) l7 Manchester (3) 18 Epsom (4) 24 Bibury (1) 42 Stockbridge (1) 22 Winchester (1) 28 Newcastle (3) i .2g *LY. Stamford (2) 19 Nottingham (2) 21 Goodwood (4) 26 AUG Brighton (2) 3 Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 North Staffordshire (2) 9 Y a rmouth ( 2 ) 9 Reading (2) lO UST. York (3) 17 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Derby (2) . 24 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 30 MBER. Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Northallerton (2) 29 ---- SEPTE Warwick (2) Pontefract (2)... 8 Doncaster (4) 13 I3edford (2) 20 Leicester (2) 21 , OCTO Chester Autumn (2) 4 I Newmarket S. 0. (5) 10 NOVE Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Richmond (2) ............. 19 Newmarket 11. (6),,,, 2 TER Warwick Autumn (2)...16 Shrewsbury (2) ............ 23 Aberystwith (3)..Last week N E W DARMSTADT BAN C iv ' O a — sl h t Taamtvheeeeda sformationn d O sat f dh v t e cat e eu s t n hhr e oe v c r l t a i v e r n S d O S f t f r a o d F m t r a ß t n h a k n a f k t o rt toappears t s e called together all the leading merchants institution, and e to e e n o a nf e er a g on g new the propriety of establishing a and that the result hail been the nomination of a bcom mittee to draw u p a plan for approval. banking AC CIDENT TO TH E O RESTES EMIGRANT SHlP.—Yester day intelligence was received at Lloyds that the Orestes, Captain Mackenzie, bound from London to Adelaide, Australia, With emigrants, had encountered a terrific storm, during which she sprung a leak and lost her fore mast : it was only by incessant pumping by crew and passengers that the leak was kept under, and with great difficulty they reached Lisbon. Here the passengers were all landed and provided with accommodation by the British Consul. In the meantime the cargo was discharged and the ship hove down in order that she may be th roughly overhauled before proceeding on her voyage. Portsmouth Times. THE TIMBER TRADE.—The large influx of vessels from the Baltic!, and others daily expected to arrive from the north of Europe, with cargoes of timber and wood goods generally, has caused a vast accumulation of stock to accrue at the great dock establishments on the south side of the river appropriated to the recep tion of this description of merchandise, and extra ex ertions are found to be necessary on the part of the dock authorities to find convenience for the stowage of the wood, and otherwise meet the requirements of the trade. MRS. BEECHER STOWE IN ABERDEEN.— The authoress of " Uncle Tom's Cabin " visited Aberdeen on Thurs day last, and was entertained in the evening at a festival held in the Public Rooms, presided over by the Lord Provost of the city. A handsome purse containing 1201., being ing subscriptions raised in aid of the Uncle Toni Penny Offering, was presented to Mrs. Stowe in the course of the evening. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the provincial markets held on Saturday wer e but moderately supplied with wheat, in which a fair aver* age business was transacted, at full prices. Barley- - th e show of which was comparatively small—moved off freely, at extreme quotations. In the value of malt, no change took place. Oats ruled steady, and the currencies were well supported. 3eans, peas, and flour sold slowly► st barely previous rates. Advices from New York to the 15th inst. state that both grain and flour were in good request, at very full prices• Most of the Continental markets have ruled inactive, on former terms. Up to our market, last 'week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad, we received 22,691 quarters of wheat, 0,677 barley, 10,835 oats, 2,8 35 beans, 330 peas, 1,237 tares, 800 linseed, 18 mustard seed, 410 sundry seeds, 4,813 sacks, and 4,120 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise from Essex and Kent, was very moderate , and in but middling condition. From the East coast the arrivals were small, but of full average weight. By land carriage, from the Midland counties, they were by n o means large ; and the total show of samples was decidedly limited for the year. Notwithstanding that the attendanc e of both town and country millers was comparatively limited, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled steady. In a few instances, really fin e Essex white parcels ruled the turn in favour o f the growers ; whilst the value of low and middling qualities was well supported, and a good clearance was effected . For forward delivery parcels the dempnd was in a sluggish state. The show a foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-grans l 7l, was again rathe r ex t ens i ve. A mo d erate business '33'" transacted in good and fine parcels, at full prices ; but IoW qualities were much neglected. In the quotations 31 ° change took place. Floating cargoes, the arrivals of which have fallen Off t° some extent, met a dull sale, and late rates were barely maintained. The supply of English barley was limited -- ,of foreign moderately good. There was less inquiry for ' malting samples, on fo rmer terms • but grinding an dis tilling sorts moved off s t ea dil y , at very full prices. W e had rather an inactive inquiry for malt; in the quotations , however, no alteration took place. Although the supply, of Irish and foreign oats was sonic' what on the increase, the demand for all kinds was toler ably firm, at full currencies., _ _ We were rather scantily supplied with beans. Dealers generally purchased with extreme caution, on former terms• There was a slight improvement in the sale for peas, th e finest of which were well supported. The flour trade was very dull, at the late decline value. Wheat—Essex SD Kent, Red .. •• new 42s to 478 Ditto.. .. old 4is 52i Ditto, White new 44s 583 Ditt0........ old 49s 608 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 46a 52s Ditto new ...... 17s 475 Bye—Old ............ 285 30s New ...• • • ...... 2913 ils •arley--Grinding ... • • 26s 293 Malting .•• •• •• 308 33- Chevalier.. •• . 358 '3BB halt—Suffolk and Nor folk .. .. •• .• 54s 58s Brown .••• • . • Kingston and Ware 57s 60s CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. • Malt—Chevalier 61s to 63 Oats Yorkshire and Limolnsh., Feed 16s 21 , 6 . Potato . ..... 21. 2 ' l Youghal and Cork Black... 165 19 0 Cork, White..... 175' ' 21 .! Scotch. Feed. 215 Beans—Tick 345 a" Pigeons. 445 ' Peas—Grey 305 35 2 Maple. •• •• •• •• •• 33! White........... 36 4 A ,7 Boilers ••••• •• .. 375 4 r Flour—Town-made... 393 44 , 1 ; • Suffolk .......... 32s Stocktn & Norfolk 323 3v.' SMITHFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock ink London amounted to 3,895 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we received 1,889 ; in 1851, 1,573;: i 3 1850, 1,093 ; in 1849, 1,035 ; and in 1848, 1,877 head. From Dordt : Ostend.. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. - Sheep. Lambs. ... 406 ... - Harlingen 361 Antwerp Hamburgh Rotterdam 213 Total . ... 126 ... • - 1,572 ... -- 654 -.-- 620 ... 2,883 Calves. Pigs. 11 ... 20 ... 325 19 37 ... 356 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. rig s ' 1852 419 1,038 ... 441 .. lssl lB4 985 337 6 8 1850 395 ... 317 . . 211 ... 1849 - 588 ... 504 • 211 . '- 1848 — 643 ... 1,024 210 ... The show of foreign stock in to-clay's market was toles' bly extensive, but in very middling condition. For the time of year, the arrivals of beasts put up fr°m our own grazing districts were good, and of full averag e weight ; indeed, very few of them were b enea th th e midw w . quality. The attendance of buyers was not to say larger whilst the beef trade ruled inactive, at, in most instances' a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday of 2d P ei 81bs. A few very superior Scots realised 4s 4d, but th e general top figure for beef was 4s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, ice f received 2,000 Scots and short horns ; from other prig n } England, 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and, fr ° Scotland, 340 horned and polled Scots. The number of sheep was again very moderate. On 3 O e . whole, the mutton trade ruled steady, at last week's cu r g rency. The primest old Downs, in the wool, sold at ", 4d ; out of the'wool, 4s 6d per 8 lbs ; and a clearance was effected Lambs—the supply of which was tolerably good--_ Isle off steadily, at from 5s to 6s per 81bs. From the 180 oi Wight 230 had come to hand. Prime small calves sold at full currencies ; otherwise, the veal trade was rather heavy, at Friday's prices. We had a fair demand for pigs, on former terms. IV supply was but moderate. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, tte. 4 0 4 2 Inferior sheep ...4 0 4 2 Second quality ...4 4 4 S Prime erse.-wiled.4 10 5 0; Lambs TOTAL SUPPLY. ti• s. d. 4 Prime Southdown a 2 Large erne. calves 3 4-1 6 Prime sm ill do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 3 0 1 6 Small porkers 3 8 7 0 Suckling c a l ves 20 0 24 Q Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 5s Od to 6s Od. 8ea5t5.................... 4,562 Sheep ..nd Lamb s ......29,230 Calves, ..................... 249 Pigs ........................ 175 FORICIGN SUPPLY Beasts 4 70 9 4 , 5 , Sheep 209 Calves Pigs A statement an d comparison of the suppli es an d p r i c es of tit a stock exhibited andsoil iu Smithfield Cattle Market , :, , Monday, Ap r il 26 , 1852, and this day, Monday, Apri l 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. 3 April 26, 1852. Apr.25,- 185 a r. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 2to 2 4 3 to . 1 6 Second q ua lit y ditto ... ... 2 6 210 3 4 1 ! 1 0 Prime la rge oxen ... 3 0 3 2 3 8 , Prime Scots, &e 3 2 3 4 4 0 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 2 6 2 8 4 0 g Second quality ditto ... ... 210 3 4 4 4 ! 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 3 6 384 10 5 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... 310 4 2 5 2 5 0 Lambs ... 4 4 5 4 5 0 6 0 Large coarse calves ... 3 0 3 83 4 Prime small. ditto 310 4 2 4 2 4 6 Large hogs ... ,2 6 3 4 3 0 ° Neat small porkers 3 6 3 8 3 f , ; Beasts._ 4,341 4, 59 930 Sheep 20, 25,950 24 9 218 17 5 SurridEs ON SALE, April 28, 1851.—Beasts, 3,772 ; 411 ' 4 and lambs, 23,300 ; calves, 169 ; pigs, 380. ;0; April 29, 1850.—B eas t s , 4,418 ; sheep and lambs, 23,0- calves, 165 ; pigs, 225. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. marked The arrivals of count killed meat up to these mar--, 0 last week were seasonably extensive, and in fair avol n condition. To-day, the supplies on offer slaughtered , 0 the metropolis are tolerably good. On the whole t' general demand is inactive, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. ..; Beef, inferior 28 3 0 M u tt on , I n f er i or 36 1 g Do.,middling 3 2 3 4 Do.,middling 310 4 6 Do., prime largo 3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 4 • 4 Do., do. small ....3 8 3 10 Veal 3 4 4 6 Pork, largo .—..3 4 3 10 Pork, small 4O 4 Lambs RUG HOP. Our market i s very BO mo O derate H tel supplied with all kil l : of hops, in whi c h on l y a li m i ted business doing as folloW o f Mid and East K en t p oc k e t s, 1 20 s. to 160 s. ;, Wesk i t Kent, 110 s. to 1265. ; an d Sussex , 105 s. to 120 s. per eYi" BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The import of potatoes into London last week were oe r sonably large—viz., 451 tons from Rouen, 33 ditto frog' Gravelines, 46 from Dunkirk, 28 from Erguy, 6 6 fr° ,... ° Nantes, 210 f rom R o tt er d am 45 from Calais, 10 P - , Borde aux , 72 f rom P on t l'Abb e , an d 54 f rom Jen Coastwise th e arr i va l s were t o l era bly goo d. Th e den lsll . : is heavy, at barely stationary prices. The quotations 5 1; York Regents, 115 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshire ",i; IC3s to 1255; Scotch ditto, IC3s to 1255; Foreign , to 100 s. WOOL. The transactions in English wool since Monday last had been trifling. Prices, however, have ruled steady. For e _, l o r and colonial parcels have moved off slowly, on fo,r; o • terms. The imports last week were 41 bales from 113 burgh, 36 from Madras, 287 from Alexandria, 1 6 4 . 1 „ r 1. Mogadore, 57 from Amsterdam, and 1,107 from bourne. SEEDS. 10 ° Since our last report th e b us i ness d o i ng i n linsee been comparatively limited. At public sale, a parc el :t East India has been forced o ff at f ro m 44 s to 4 5 ,!_ n i) je quarter. Alexandrian, off the coast, has changed ii i . e ,7"aa at 435. Shipments fr om th e Bl ac k S ea i s quo ted ittA - iet 44s to 46s ; and C a l c utt a , 46 s t o 48s p er quar t e r. " seeds are dull in sale. In cakes very little is doing. 4 0 carraway.......• •• •• 46a 14! Coriander •. • . • • It: 1 4 : Hempseed, per quarter 385 60P Linseed, Eng.-;owing.• 58s ba g , Crushing ...... • • 40 " 4 9 ' Baltic .......... 4 !' 48 1 Odessa • • • • • • • • • • 4 ' s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— 9 English •• . 81 8° PP Foreign, per ton 71 109 9 09 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 1( s 01 Rapeseed, New, pr lst 2110 Turnip,White, per bush. 93 to Ile. Swede .......... 108 12s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 7s 9s White, new.. • ... 7s ud to T4res,Winter, new.. OsOd OsOd Spring ... •.. .. 5; 6d 63 ed Canary, per quarter . 403 44s Rye grass.. •.. • • •• • 28s ass Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 4IS 623 White ••••.• .. • • 483 67, Foreign Bed.. • • 44s 624 White.... 503 678 Trefoil, new.......... 243 28 • TALLOW. bli Our market is very ac ti ve , an d pr i ces are c onsider s 'oo higher than on Monday last. The delivery last Wee st very extensive, ow i ng t o th e very li m i te d stocks herre° the outports. New tallow is selling in large parcels rto autumn, at from 47 s t o 47 s 3d ; an d from Sept'e lli 3 01 111 December, in separate months, 47s 6d to 4 60 . tallow, 46s to 47 s ne t cas h ; rough fat, 2s 71d per 810 - 2 --- ------- 1 1 °_./ . 1849. ! 1850. 1 1851. 1852. .-.71 Stock this day ...... 25,151 , 28,155 1 34,562 42,8 4 3 2/ 0 1 0d of Price of Y. C.' .... 1 to 3B oo s 8 9 0 d a 3 3 6 7 s s 9d oti to 3 0 9 0 3 8 6d 0d t0 t0 36 0 8 08 0 0d ' , 924 ) .60 Delivery last week .. 1,612 1,421 818 I• 179 gsl s t Ditto from Juno I .... 91,74.1 87,817 87,057 9 7,800 of Arrivals last week .. 520 394 1,138 1,126 81• 1 Ditto from June 1.... 106,367 90,531 98,101 104,909 48 0 64 - Price of Town .• .• •• 411 0 d 38s Od 398 6d MS " IBER.