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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXX. 11 Y Derby fancy, notwithstanding his uncommonly fresh state, and well adapted as he is to the nature of the course, electrified my vision amazingly when he cried qua "um suf. at the beginning of the Stand. I still hold a good opinion of him, and fancy he will do a good thing in the time to come. The majority of my re marks, in my analysis of the Derby published three Months ago, and again on Tuesday, were remarkably correct. In the beginning of March I stated that the O nly antagonists Orestes had to fear were West Austra lian, Prince Leopold, and the Reiver. The two last were disposed of—one by going altogether to pieces, and the o th er by being a month or more back in his prepa ration. In my final observations on Tuesday I gave Orestes to win ; but if anything beat him it would be either West Australian or Pharos ; so that I may take 4 diminutive amount of credit to myself in having re served West Australian in case Orestes should miss the mark. The day was as h ot as that in Surpl i ce ' s year, and I think the attendance was, without exception, the greatest ever witnessed ; the mass of carriages completely uvering the hill—th e f avour it e resor t o f p as t days— _"ing equal to the Derby day in Merry Monarch's Year. THE OAKS. The only event requiring any particular attention to morrow is th e O a k s S ta k es , o f 50 so y a . eac h, h ft. N ew Derby Course. Out of the one hundred and forty-three nomination s , think we shall not see more than twenty ttoaltwenty-t I ree at the post, namely, The Queen, Tell s ggy, Hybla, Miss Tennyson, Itch, filly by Don ° n, out of Miss Sarah, Coalition, Maria Bell, Mistle toe, Helena, Charity, Sylphine, Amazon, Lady Louisa, entinore Lass, Catherine Hayes, Mabella, England's zea a tw one or two of Lord Exeter's. Another or ra 0 , perhaps, may start, and one or two of the foregoing 1;1 , 3 Y he deducted, such weather as the present being "'„,,,elY to affect them. / :be QUEEN the representative of Scott's stable, by R 3 1, 1 " ° "t of Trickstress' dam, claims my attention first. y o e jan three times last year, making her deb& at the f Spring, where she beat Grapeshot by half a neck $ or the Z e tl and Stakes, L am b ton b e i ng c l ose up. H er ee " (1 appearance was at the York August Meeting, l ength, carried o ff th e P r i nce o f W a l es ' Staes by half a beating a very moderate lot, however. Her last exhibition was as Doncaster, where, carrying Bst 111 b, 1 41 , 1 e finish e d a very bad th i rd to L am b ton, B st 1 1 1 b, an d 7 . ten, Bst 71b. This was for the Two Year Old Sweep es, I expect she will run uncommonly well to-mor 2°W, but I do not think the winner will be found in her. A fter all the noise made about PEGGY, she ought to „,;;„ 3 enlewhere about winning, but it is my opinion she first not be abl e to get into the third place, much less the xi.„,z.rTetEter 'L TALE, TALE, livai4A, Miss TENNYSON, THE ITCH, and horses, I have not the slightest fancy for. b - think Lord Glasgow's couple will run tolerably well, i t 11 0 such luck as winning is in store, I am afraid, for lordship,34 ARIA BELL made some sensation in the market a s hort time back, but I have no reason to think she will ck -nl errow, or that she will finish anywhere but in the ru . i‘ t e Ii sTLETOE, after having been first favourite, receded to 1, but yesterday came back again to 5 to 2. Her • 411 '3" seemed to be very sweet upon their horse, but, not withstanding, she is a nice showy-looking animal, yet I doubt h er capa biliti es f o r winning. If she running in Ireland was uncommonly good. S ne can improve upon it on English ground, she may aye a chance of winning—not otherwise. C4 Alurr will only make one of the field. of .T f LPHINE, after the knocking about she has received this tim e a . nd her very doubtful condition, is of no use de nbt AliAzotr bouty say, will run well, but I am very ful it. Louise I should hardly fancy would run as W l,:t as her s t a bl e companion Mentmore Lass. She has n. backed though by rather knowing parties for a good deal of the circulating medium. 4ENTMORE LASS has her reputation founded on her nee namonly easy victory for the One Thousand Gui neas' That performance was quite good enough to en tie her chance to grave consideration. She is a regular d a lighter of the Melbourne blood, and shows it. Her „ 411 ; Emerald, by Defence, is a capital brood mare ; Plsequently she comes from good blood on both sides. win eensid er that she will run uncommonly forward, and ivr inanage a place at least. gr. • Wauchope's celebrated br filly CATHERINE 'IRS, by Lanercost out of Constance, is, to my think -1)g, the finest animal in the race. She is as yet un -1;4". She made her first appearance last year at the Vi ?wick spring., when she ran a dead heat with Con for the two year old stakes, and afterwards won decidino• heat in a canter. She next shews her parkat Salisbury, where she wins the Wilton note Stak es very easily, having nothing, however, of fto beat. Her third and most extraordinary per 311:nance was carrying the top weight for the Nursery 1 ,4 at Good wo od, and winning cleverly by a length. Ri 4ler l ast appearance was a walk over. This mare, I . I . l glY fancy, will be the absolute winner. I think a.' ~1 8 as quite as fine an animal among the Oaks' fillies west Australian was among the Derby gentry. MABELLA I have very little opinion of. za . GLA.N - D's BEAUTY, though one of the best bred ani of 'als in the rac e , i s , famafraid, not equal to the task g 6 ttmg more than a third place at the outside. 'oub brin g m y ob§ervatione to a point, I have but little t but that 'Marlow on CATHERINE HAYES ~ ti ~ll be first past the judge's chair, and that THE QUEEN -14 MEIsiTMORE LASS will be her nearest attendants. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. EPSOM RACES-DERBY DAY. has re in our long . . ~ The attraction of the Derby 411 precedent. Never , this me in year bra n remembrance, surpassedwas s o o hour in the m het a multitude collected upon any similar o o c r ca n s in io g n t o h n e the Downs. From an ea rly town, poured into th e h that t!air!ls continued to arrive in quick succession, e ach add ing its numbers to the c rowds of the approaching Little k 4 ' 1 , (1 blocked up the streets from the Spread Eagle to e t on e . t , - `,T . g's Head, where the chanc es 0' formed the subject of animat t e e d d, di t s h cu e ssion. -usities, Was , however, transactor "the r i ng " on th e professionalseeurse ~,i e r ii t esides the immense number of . visito th rs e w ra h il o , fineness of the or eady and rapid mode . of transit by ~' Persons, tempted by the extraordinary hundre dspreferred weather selected the road,t r from the cos e vehicles' of every grade and fashion, which . was thronged with f c ,,,_t; . fl oury donkey-cart to the aristocratic barouchofe the (.4 r e g li rl, - halid, recalling the_ almos t .i f y o . rgo T tt h e e n glories brilliancy of tbge s highway on the Derb y . cla je pro uce , were corn e sun d d however, its invariable consequence the cloud o f dust with which the outsiders Pletely envelo pe d which cour t, 1 ; - modp - raise is due to the officialrthehLyond -I,•"ge station for the admirable arrangements . , t i t li e e t n e bl i d e fa lv e e n r i e v ad r m e it o t n e f d usi t o o n, tl a ie nd tr f a o i r ns the without a t n h d e 1 1, 4 •tt,. 111arit Y l otith t "wh e ich the transit of so vast an assem theewas effected to and from Epsom. . ey eit fi rst race—the Carew . Stakes—being over, the eid i meat commenced in earnest as oa t e h h e ed t . ime Th f e or da d rk 1 / 41 '' the great event of the day gta h uman beings by which ti d i a rg se r ro b u e n it d o w n a b s o c t o h ve si r d e e d s , of dually formed itself into an t‘v e c ° l lrse, which lay like a br o a d I ) , e a two dark borders, from 44 the Old Stand House. At length, after an Il a t te n g h r a e m e n Cornerr i bbon be yondf ar Lo os i kh4,„ i n terval, the telegraph h ic r b se o s ard n s am i littek. c'ealleedereP oierem,ned that 28 of the 32 n ed th o e n i t a h e e le c s a u r r d e d es . pate for what the late Lord George Ben " the blue ribbon of the turf. (14 afterwards cantered up the course fr o om w T n h t e e h rs e ho p r a s and t • Whieli, for the accommodation of tlitier.lieathcote. After due time b d the starter, allowed for tooi',asPection of the horses, Mr. Ih cl bur -, sta rti ° large of the troupe, an d conducted ll them to the be dif fi cult l ea.i I . l g Post; and at the first signal . got them away in t ,, . itiful order At this moment it would ~. ie 1a ,.. ;... . . Nip glu e a more animated an d was resplendent With" presented. The Grand Stand d exciting scene than the ate stands were erowdaaPmer fashions , and the .. Club in short, a more 4 41 t i e u• With the members P and fli p e r n i d v s of the stewards brilith„ie,gentlernen of the Jockey ; has never been Vi sit f 7 4 nleeting, both as regards the number of the feu an d the fineness of the weather, It i 8 4 -958014 Downs. ~, tslieh years circum • importance, a moues c h i p Ystery, interest, and imp BC' 13113 e since the Derby was od invested with an unpreju a,,eyeltizefly attributed to the Cineas and Honeywo ;ged -4"• The however, who, w i th .k 411.,, l'egard, Tie r for the Two the " e ' 'when the pulled up after the Face, , us atd, , y y uLiniseil West Australian and Sitting eon4 f ha never any doubt re kt , or the Derby. Through good . report and evil d the lead in of their being first and '4 ',,W.est Australian firmly maintained 1114 la 41 1_ 4 g," and fully did he justify the confidence of lt ew ' e ' e r It is doubtless well remembere d . t ha t AI ' 4 41 4,111:. In 1835 he won the Derby with Mu dl ; '.11:4 3411e ved a similar triumph last ear with Daniel n..g Th e "43 with Cotherstone. Nleatlrefreshrnent rooms in the Grand Stand we re j ex '4o w,,„And abundantly supplied by Messrs. a q uet A rri --,oornfr. de N "g the Ina f ashionable visitors were the Duke 1 ) ,., btri ours , . i , )3 , h Ambassador, the flake of Rieviis Excellency the French ell o k a.rcini ft : ll) :°lld, the Duke and Duchess . of Montrose, de and the Mar- Wi,ess o f 7, 8 0 1 Exeter and Clanricar Jersey,, ),,, 40 4, ( , 4-Y.lesbury ; the Earls of Derby, borough, ,7440, ranville, Annesley, Chesterfield, Bes Viscounts 4 14,4 1 ' mr.ith 41 ,, fit olle ',,,, more, Bruce, and Longford ; d , Lascelles, te,ateld, -Vif,',4ewPort, Anson, Curson, Chf en Count Ben to?klio . -,,;lers; and 'Viscountess Villiers ; t e rds ii . Bare ; Baroness, and Meyer Ro thschild ; Alex. G. 4,4llox,•c,„'`.°rdon Lennox, Geo. G. Lennox, _ N '',4llarirre°•._ Manners, M. P. Burleigb, Exrn . out i l t l, 4: 1 , .i r t uunkellin, and Londesborough ; ': S l l3- o. o t . 1 44,. r. ~,1r , ..1 1a 1n, Sir G. Armitage, Sir R. I. ...P Itii ra 4 Ohr t i d, l i I ' 4 M R. L awley,Anson, Hon. J . Ti; e t elis, & e on . Gl'. S. Smythe, Hon. W. Bagot, Ad- Alt 4,04 c ame off as follows :- 3't•olq„tw,, STAIrEs l'Pwa„' St alb • 5 sovs , each, with 50 added ; 2: kilo --"' sst 1211;three, Bst 61b ; four, 9st 71b ; five an d . ro, a wan ee __ beaten; ares allowed slb and geldings 31b ; A ir 'tete of f :I; . horses, &c. New T.Y.C., three i ll ' 11 . Cla r k, nile (13 subs.) 1., (1 , Yre, 7 8t .. Mr. Sykes, by Sir Tatton Sykes, k .. r . d clif.d._ 1.21 b ............. . ............... (J. Osborne) 1 r,,_ Goilivl_,B Nightshade, 2 yrs, sst . 51b (Oliver) 2 ho foilov? Village Lass, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Wells) 3 %lig also ran :—Determination, Don Quixote, Pelopidas, The Kafir, Folly of the Day, Blondel, and Miss Dela,mere. Betting-5 to 4 agst Village Lass ;3to 1 agst Night shade, 4 to 1 agst Pelopidas, 6 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. -A good race from the distance with Mr. Sykes, Night shade, Village Lass, and Blonde!. Won by a neck, a head only between the second and third. Blondel good fourth. The others beaten off. The winner was objected to on the ground of not carrying proper weight. DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 216 ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. New Course. One mile and a half. (195 subs.) Mr. Bowes's West Australian, by Melbourne (F. Butler) 1 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus (Bumby) 3 Mr. Howard's Rataplan, by The Baron (Wells) 4 The following also ran : Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 0 Lord Londesborough's Mayor of Hu11...(J. Holmes) , 0 Count Batthyany's Stone Plover (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes . (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Mare's Pharold (Pettit) 0 Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 0 Mr. Perren's lonic. Lord Derby's Umbriel Duke of Richmond's Pharos Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer Lord Clifden's Cheddar (iiornsby) 0 (Temple►nan) 0 ....(Flatman) 0 (Sly) 0 (A. Day) 0 Lord Caledon's Prince Leopold. Mr. B. Way's Brocket Mr. Knowles's Talfourd ... (W Shari)) 0 (Thick) 0 (Basham) 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco. Mr. Howard's Lascelles .(Marlon) 0 (W. Day) 0 Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert (Crickmere) 0 Mr. , Surtee's na Honeywood (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Rowan's Fion ma Coule (D. Wynne) 0 Mr. J. Ayling na Rattle (G. E. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Thompson's Coomburland Stathesmon(Aldcroft) 0 Lord Glasgow's Barbatus (Whitehouse) 0 Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (Marlow) 0 Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (H. Neale) 0 Betting at Starting-6 to 4 agst West Australian, sto 1 agst Orestes, 6 to 1 agst Honeywood, 8 to 1 agst Sit tingbourne, 20 to 1 agst Umbriel, 20 to 1 agst Pharos (off), 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer, 30 to 1 agst Cineas, 30 to 1 agst Peggy, 50 to 1 each agst Cheddar, Barbatus, and Rataplan, 100 to 1 agst Coomberland Stathesmon. An excellent start, all getting off in a cluster, except Coomburland Stathesmon, who was some lengths behind. Cheddar and Cineas started in front, but they had scarcely proceeded halfway up the bill when Umbriel took up the running, with Cheddar, Cineas, Orestes, Ethelbert, Ninnyhammer, and Rattle, well laid up, and directly in their wake were Pharos, Honeywood, and Filbert ; West Australian, with Sittingbourne in close attendance upon him, being the next two. No material change occurred until they arrived at the turn into the straight, when Umbriel began to drop off. Rattle immediately went on with the lead, but at the road was passed by Cineas, and at the same time West Australian, with Sitting bourne at his quarters, was seen to draw forward. At the distance theseitwo singled themselves out, and a very exciting race home ended in favour of West Australian by a neck. Rataplan, who left the ruck in the last quarter of a mile, and gradually improved his position, finished about half a length behind the third. Honey wood and Rattle were the next two. Barbatus pulled up lame. Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Amount of the stakes, 5,425/. Jerry Kent was scratched at 10.30 a.m. EPSOM TOWN PLATE of 50 sovs. (Handicap) for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, by Sleight-of-Hand, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b . (Alderoft) 1 Mr. Reeves's Abdallah, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst, 3 yrs, 7st (Oliver) 3 The following also ran :—Telescope, Merriment. The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Telescope, but closed at 2to 1 agst him. 2to 1 agst Snarry. A fine race with Snarry, Abdallah, and Sandhurst. Won by a neck ; the second beating the third by three quarters of a length. Telescope a bad fourth. GREAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 sovs. (handicap), for all ages ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Magennis's Clair de Lune, by Lanercost, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Oliver) 1 Mr. Wigan's Forester (h b), aged, 7st 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, Bst 4 lb...(Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Puritan, Sweetheart, Iresine, f by Confederate. Betting-6 to 4 agst Narcissus, 3to 1 Clair de Lune, sto 1 agst Forester, 6 to 1 agst Puritan. Won cleverly by a length ; a neck only between the second and third. Sweetheart and Iresine were fourth and fifth. DIIRDANS STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Half a mile. (10 subs.) Lord Londesborough's Gold Dust, by Dulcimer, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 51b (E. Harrison) 1 Captain Little's m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy, 5 yrs, (401.), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (401 ), 6st 121 b (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-2 to 1 agst Gold Dust, sto 2 a gst Empress colt, 3 to 1 agst Venison filly, 5 to 1 agst Counsellor mare, Bto 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; a length between the second and third. The winner was afterwards sold for the 230 guineas ; the fund thereby realising upwards of 1801. LATEST BETTING ON THE OAKS. 2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). sto 2 agst Misletoe (taken). a to 1 agst, Mentmore Lass (Laken). 7to 1 agst The Queen. 10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa. 10 to 1 agst England's Beauty. DESTRUCTION OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE, EDINBURGH, BY FIRE. On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, which ended in the entire destruc- tion of that building, and nearly all its properties and accessories. The fire was discovered about a quarter to five o'clock by a carpenter, who observed smoke issuing from the omnibus-box and the coulisse on the left of the stage, and coming apparently from the music-room im mediately below. The manager, Mr. Wyndham, who resided within the building, was immediately apprised of the fact, and an alarm was speedily conveyed to the fire-engine stations. Within a very short space of time the fire caught the scenes and proscenium, and before a quarter of an hour elapsed, the flames had traversed the whole area of the interior, and sought egress by several windows at the side and by the roof. The work of destruction was fear fully rapid, and the beams of the roof and wooden gal leries, ripened for combusaon by age and the drying heat of the gas, were quickly encompassed by a general blaze. In little more than half an hour after the fire wa discovered the roof fell in, and the flames burst forth with intense strength and fury, causing great alarm for the security of contiguous buildings. So great indeed was the mass of fire that, though the wind was light, it caught the window-frames of a house on the opposite side of Little King-street, fully 60 feet distant. The Adelphi Theatre occupied a site in the corner of Broughton-street and Little King-street, these streets being respectively to the east and south. On the west was a high and thickly-populated tenement, into which, by a gable window overlooking the theatre, the flames obtained success. On the north was St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, and between it and the theatre was a small cloister or ante-chapel. The roof of the cloister and the astragals of the Gothic windows of the chapel took fire, and considerable apprehension was entertained as to the safety of the consecrated edifice. The altar piece, a painting of the Virgin, valued at nearly 5,0001., was dislodged from the wall, and all the sacred vessels and properties removed to a place of safety. By the praiseworthy and well-directed exertions of the fire brigade, however, the chapel was preserved, and the flames which caught the two other buildings were ex tinguished before they had gained strength, or had caused much damage. The efforts to confine the fire to the building in which it originated were thus happily successful ; but, though the fire-engines had arrived very soon, and the supply of water was most abundant and .well applied, the progress of the flames could not be stayed till they had left the theatre a complete ' ruin. The building was about 130 feet long by 60 feet broad, and the front of it towards Broughton street was occupied as the manager's residence. A stone wall separating the house from the theatre, the manager was able to save a large portion of his ward robe and property, as the fire did not immediately en velope that portion of the building which contained them. On either side of the box entrance and corridor and under Mr. Wyndham's house were shops, a large part of the stock in which was saved. The Adelphi theatre has for 60 or 70 years been a place of public entertainment in Edinburgh. It was originally known as Corri's Rooms, and subsequently as the Caledonian theatre. Latterly, and for a long series of years, it was leased by the late Mr. W. H. Murray, along with the Theatre Royal, thus preventing dramatic opposition. Since Mr. Murray's retirement, however, nearly two years ago, the two theatres have been let to different managers. In the competition which ensued Mr. Wyndham was able to keep his ground against suc cessive lessees of the Theatre Royal ; and, the latter having become for the third time vacant since Mr. Murray's retirement, Mr. Wyndham offered himself as one of the candidates, and was accepted as the lessee ; and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that th e Adelphi theatre should have been destroyed the day previous to that on which Mr. Wyndham was to enter on the lesseeship of the Theatre Royal. The Adelphi Theatre was insured to the extent, we believe, of 3,0001. or 4,0001., on the building, and the manager was insured to the amount of 1,2001., a. sum which will not, it is feared, be adequate to meet his losses. Unfortunately, the whole wardrobe of Mr. Wyndham's large and respectable dramatic company was destroyed ; several of the musicians likewise los:, their instruments. It is truly fortunate the fire did not occur three hours later, when the audience would have been assembled. The quick destruction of the building would in such a case have been most frightful and calamitous, for the means of escape were scarcely so =pleas would have been needed for a crowded audience, such as would probably have assembled on the evening of the Queen's birthday. The engines continued to play for above four hours upon the building. There was no accident, except a fireman, who was scorched and bruised by a fall. The Lord Provost and the civic authorities were present at the scene ; and the ground was kept by the police and a detachment of the 4th Regiment from the Castle. The conflagration attracted many thousands of spectators, the crowd being all the more numerous as the day was a holiday. The origin of the lire has not been ascertained. THE 'SUN; LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 185. E THE FRE NCH E i\IPIRE On Tuesday evening Lord and Lady Cowley gave a splendid ball at , the British Embassy, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The whole of the suite of apartments on the ground floor was thrown open on the occasion. The garden was brilliantly illuminated with 'coloured lamps, pro ducing a charming effect. A military band was stationed among the trees, and played from time to time. Over the gateway in front of the hotel of the Embassy a huge Imperial crown in gas was placed, with the letters "V. R." also in gas. The number of guests was upwards of sixteen hundred —among whom were the whole of the diplomatic corps, ministers, functionaries, &c. ; Princess Ma thilde, Price Lucien Bonaparte, and a large number of British nobility were present. At one o'clock the supper-room was thrown open. The tables were covered with delicacies of every description, and every arrangement had been made made for the perfect accommodation of the guests. After the supper the dancing was re sumed with great animation, and was kept up till 4 o'clock in the morning. The Ambassador and Lady Cowley were constant, in their attentions to the company. Her ladyship did the honours of the evening with equal grace and urbanity. The Emperor will pass in review on Sunday next, at one o'clock, the troops united at the camp of Satory, near Versailles. The Duke of Genoa will be present. The Eastern question is not the only one that engages the attention of the public. The rupture of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Austria adds to the general uneasiness of the politi cal world, and it was reported last night that there was some idea of establishing. a Corps of Observa tion on the frontier. The Government of Berne has addressed a note, dated the 18th, to tho Swiss Federal Council on the subject. The Moniteur says :—" Malevolence has en deavoured to disseminate the rumour that the Go vernment intended applying for a supplementary grant for the civil list. Tis rumour is without any kind of foundation." The Assemblee Nationale says :—" M. J. Odier, who has just been appointed by the Emperor to the important functions of member of the Central Council of the Reformed Churches, is the brother in-law of General M. Cavaignac. Ve congratulate the Government on not allowing itself to be in fluenced by political considerations in a selection so highly recommendable." The Minister of Marine has within the last month received several reports from Admiral Fourichon, the new Governor of French Guayana, giving an account of the state of the colony from the end of January to the 12th of April. At Salutation Islands the typhus fever had ceased to rage 'about the end of March, and the convicts soon recovered their usual health. Two attempts at escape had failed, and the men finding it useless to endeavour to get away, appeared more reconciled to their position, working regularly a fixed number of hours per day without complaining. The Saluta tion Islands were appropriated exclusively to con victs from the bagnes, who were in April about 1,500 in number, whilst all the individuals transported by the application of the decree of Dec. 8, 1851, were sent to the small island known by the name of La Mere. At this latter place, there were collected about 500 persons, in cluding the superintendents and the garrison. The health of the persons at this place had never ceased to be good, and the discipline observed was most satisfactory. The establishment undertaken at the Silver Mountain, on the left bank and at the mouth of the Oyapock, had not turned out as favourably as was expected. Several cases of death had taken place both amongst the persons transported and the superintendents, and difficulties of communication had been found to exist at low water. The crops in this quarter were, however, most luxuriant, and the produce of manioc was so great that it had been in part substituted for bread for the convicts. The report states that Silver Mountain appears destined to become a very useful intermediate post between, on the one hand, Salutation Islands and Reunion, and, on the other, a great establishment which the Governor was actively founding higher up on the Oyapock. Already, at the last-named place, 200 hectares of land were cleared, and 100 convicts were to be sent there in the month of July to re side. Large forests were in the vicinity, and the Governor intended erecting saw-mills there as soon as the machinery arrived from France. The unfavourable character assumed at the close of business on Tuesday at the Bourse, in conse quence of the reported recal of the Austrian Minis ter at Berne, has again continued, and a consider able fall occurred in the public securities—in the Three per Cents. for the account to the extent of if., and of 50c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. The Three per Cents. for cash declined 65c. ; and Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 25c. In the Bank of France Shares there was an advance of 2f. The closing_ wices were :—For Money—Three per Cents., 801. 35c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 55c. For the end of the month—Three per Ceuts., 80f. sc. ; Four-and• a-Half per Cents., 103 f. Bank Stock, 2,697 f. Mortgage Bank Shares, after undergoing no change for some time, have to-day declined 27f. closing at 835 f. 50c. In shares of the Societe Mobiliere a fall of 25f. took place, being finally quoted at 882 f. 50c. The railway share market was also unfavourably affected, and a con siderable decline eventually occurred in most of the principal lines. Paris awl Orleans fell 20f. ; Strasbourgs and Rouens, 17f. each ; Paris and Lyons, 14f. ; and Northerns, Of. In Lyons and Mediterranean Shares no change occurred. Closing prices :—Northerns, 908 f. 50c. • Paris and Or leans, 1,080f.I; Paris and Strasbourg, 925 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 941 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,128 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 800 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 20th, are, like those of preceding days, without political interest. A decree in the Gazette suppresses the supernumerary employes of the Ministry of the Interior, and a number of employes recently appointed ; it also declares that increase of salaries and presents here tofore granted to different employes of that depart ment without being mentioned in the budget shall cease. These reforms will cause an annual saving of 443,500 reals. By the reforms previously effected in the Ministry of Finance, 400 employes have been deprived of their places. The King of Bavaria was shortly expected in Madrid, and a steamer has already been sent to Italy to convey him to Barce lona or Malaga. It is said that the object of his journey, is to negotiate a marriage between the Prince Albert of Bavaria and an Infanta. Accounts from the Philippines to the 14th March last repre sent that all was tranquil, and similar accounts had been received from Cuba to the 21st ult. BELGIUM. The budget of ways and means has been adopted by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. All the members present, 73 in number, voted for the adoption. The Duke de Brabant has received from the Emperor of Austria the grand cordon of the order of St. Stephen. General de Liem has received the grand cordon of the order of the Iron Crown, and the other officers who accompanied his Royal Highness have received the decoration of the order of Leopold of Austria. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from Milan, of the 20th, in which it is stated that the judicial inquiry now on foot concerning the insur rection of February 6, has not as yet afforded a single clue to bear out the assumption of Mazzini's having in that attempt met with aid and counte nance from higher quarters than his immediate followers, and that nothing has been elicited to incriminate the refugees ; those of the constitu tional party disclaiming any connexion with Maz zini from principle, and the majority of the refu gees of the extreme party being loud in their con demnation of Mazzini's imprudence. The corres pondent adds, that the Austrian government has in consequence found it expedient to give another turn to the refugee question, and that Count Rechberg, who is represented as a kind-hearted man, has secretly instructed the provincial delegations to divide the emigrants into three classes—the first comprising those who absented themselves before 1848, the second those who emigrated in 1848 and 1849, and the third class those who emigrated in consequence of the conspiracies which led to the Mantua trial. The delegates are also to collect in formation respecting the political conduct of those who possess property and those who do not, the object being to limit the sequestration to those only against whom specific charges may be sub stantiated. The Milan Gazette contains a notice from the Imperial Delegate of the Province of Brescia, sum moning the Countess Lechi, to return to the Aus trian States, her passport having expired, and giv ingaio her s i x mont h s ' t i me to appear b efore the Im perial Deleg a ti on t o answer f or h er ill ega l absence, p A letter a ino pf ftec. n t patent t i oFfni on Rio Florence e cch p e r 2o o tf v , i thesl 3 i 8 0n 12 5 9. o t f h Art. Imperial in the lamento of Turi n , s t ates that the monks CroceofSranatra have f o ran received additional notice battaliont o hold of their convent readiness Austrian troops, now on their way to Florence. TURKEY. We (Dgbais) have received letters from Constan tinople dated the 12th, whi c h ena b le us to re establish a little order in the telegraphic dispatches which have succeeded each other so rapidly for the last few days, and which come down to the 13th. The first fact worthy of remark mentioned in our letters is that the note by which the Porte signifies its refusal to accede to the demands of Russia was • drawn up, and notified to the Russian Ambassador by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was put in possession of power at the time of the arrival of Prince Menschikoff at Constantinople, for our letters say nothing of the Ministerial crisis which, on the 13th, brought Reschid Pasha to the Minis try'of Foreign Affairs. His return was to be re garded as a confirmation by the Sultan of the de termination he had come to not to yield, and which appears to have caused not a little surprise to Prince Menschikoff. As a comminatory demon stration he had, in fact, embarked two days before with all the personnel of his Embassy on board the Russian steam-frigate Bessarabia, an chored off the Palace of Buyukdere, and on the 10th. he received the negative reply of the Divan. Instead of starting for Odessa. as was expected, he on the 11th sent M. ArgyropOulo, first dragoman of the Russian Embassy to ,the Porte, to declare to the Ministers of the Sultan that he considered their reply as evasive, and requested to have a ' more categorical one. k. Argyropoulo was, more over instructed to recommend the Ministers to accept a fresh delay of three days which the Prince offered to•thein, in order that they might have time to weigh maturely the consequences the negative reply they had sent might entail on the Sultan and on the Empire. If, therefore, the telegraphic dispatches, dated the 13th, are correct, and the article of the Moniteur proves that they are so, we may conclude that the Porte, encouraged perhaps by the hesitation which appeared to it to be evident in the conduct of Prince Menschikoff, re plied to his fresh overtures by the nomination of a Ministry notoriously hostile to Russia. On the other hand, we are assured that the language used by Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords, on the 24th April, contributed to induce the Divan to show resistance, and that the note by which it signified its refusal to accede to the demands of Prince Menschikoff had been concerted with the English Ambassador at Constantinople. However, the note is moderate and polite, but dignified and firm. If we are well infOrmed, it is couched some what in the following fAixins :.The Porte is animated with the strongest desire to draw closer the bonds of perfect amity and_ alliance between. the two governments. The Sultan is himself constantly and sincerely disposed to keep up and to increase the relations of good neighbourhood and intimate union which have so long and happily existed be tween him and the Emperor of Russia. The Porte will therefore receive favourably such of the demands of Prince Menschikoff as wound neither its honour nor its independence. It grants the erec tion at Jerusalem of the church, the convent, and the hospital which the Emperor Nicholas wishes to found there, provided that it takes place in such a manner as to maintain intact . the rights of the Sultan to internal administration and after mature negotiation between the two governments. As far as regards the religious privile g es granted to all the Christian subjects of the Porte, and espe cially to the Greeks, by the predecessors of the Sultan, and on the maintenance of which Russia appears to have some doubts, not only has the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid never thought of withdraw ing or restricting them, but th&r maintenance and development at present and for the future have been, and always will be, the object of his con stant solicitude. At the same time he cannot con clude any treaty with any foreign power on a ques tion which exclusively belongs to the internal administration of the Empire. To do so would be to sacrifice his rights of sovereignty and his in dependence ; and whatever may be the character of the friendship with which the relations and re ciprocal sentiments of the Sultan and the Emperor are impressed, that friendship cannot go so far as to impose such a sacrifice on the Porte. It would be contrary to international rights, and to those of every free and independent State. The Sultan ap peals entirely on this subject to the justice and equity of the whole world, and particularly of the Emperor of Russia, who is so well known for his good faith and uprightness of character. The Sul tan formally declares in the face of the universe that he will maintain in all their extent the pri vileges and immunities which have been so long enjoyed by the Christian Churches in his State, and particularly by the Greek Church. This de claration ought to suffice, for he would no longer be an independent sovereign if he were to consent to bind himself on the question by any treaty .or convention with a foreign power. Such is the sense of the note, which does honour to the govern ment of the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid. What followed is known, namely, the offer of a fresh delay made by Prince Menschikoff, and the return to power of Reschid Pacha, It is the debut of a new state of things. St. 10 St. St. The - following telegraphic dispatch has been received in Paris. It is dated Constantinople the 16th :—" The new Ministry has issued a finnan relative to the question of the Holy Sepulchre ; the other negotiations are still pending. Prince Menschikoff has obtained an audience of the Sul tan ; but nothinr , has transpired of the result. The preponderance of the anti-Russian party is gene rally believed in, without, however, any fear of serious complications being felt." The English fleet was still at Malta on the 18th inst. On the previous day the French fleet had anchored' at Egina, in the Bay of Salamis. The following information extracted from a per fectly credible private letter, cannot fail to prove interesting : " CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 12. " It was not until the question of the Holy Sepulchre was settled that new demands were formally made by Prince Menschikoff. Strictly speaking no ultimatum has been presented, but a period was fixed within which a reply to a certain demand was to be returned. This was, that all the concessions and privileges granted to the Greek Church since the reign of Mahomet 11. (1451) be guaran teed by a regular diplomatic convention. The Greeks in Turkey are governed entirely by the clergy, who unite temporal with spiritual authority ; ' consequently, should the Porte consent to the wishes of Russia, the non united Greeks and Armenians will become in reality Russian subjects. The Sultan leers to make any such arrangements for securing the rights, privileges, and religious freedom of all the different Christian sects as may be required by the parties to the treaties of 1841. But will Russia bo satisfied with this ?' Can or will the other powers look quietly on should the Russian Govern ment attempt to carry its measures by force ? This question is more than I can answer." 50 25 100 St. 6 25 St. 20 St. 15 St. 16 St. St. SWITZERLAND. The New Zurich Gazette, under date of Berne 22d, says :—" Yesterday M. de Karniki, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, called on M. Naeff, President of the Federal Council, but did not find him at home ; he did not see him until the evening. M. do Karniki, it is said, declared that his Court was convinced that ulterior negotiations with Switzer land on the differences which had arisen would not lead to any result, and that consequently his pre sence at Berne was without object, and that he should leave it for an indelinite length of time. The Chancellor of the Embassy will remain at Berne to continue the dispatch of secondary busi ness. The President of the Council is said to hair() afterwards requested M. Karniki to communicate to him, in writing, what he had said verbally, in order that he might submit it to the Federal Coun cil, which M. de Karniki, it is said, promised to do." THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday the Queen's birthday and the attractions of a grand review in the Phcenix Park diminished considerably the influx of visitors at the " Darga neurn,” as the small wits of Dublin have already christened the Exhibition. A grand parade, witnessed by an immense concourse of spectators—fine weather —5,000 troops in the highest state of discipline— Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery —all performing their evolutions under the inspection of the Lord- Lieutenant and a brilliant staff; —these are great things to look at, mid when to them is added the noble expanse of "the 15 acres ; and its commanding prospect, one may well excuse the taste which drew all the pretty faces, the cars, and the carriages, from Merrion-square to the Phcenix. The Dublin Exhibition, however, is and must be an immense success, for people can talk of nothing else, and not a word of disappointment or dis paragement is heard with regard to it. When it opened, beyond the building and the Fine Arts H a ll no estimate could be formed of its merits. The one comprised much that was pleasing and even splendid in design ; the other embraced a collection of paintings in some respects the most remarkable that had probably ever been brought together. For various reasons it is quite absurd to compare the present building with that in Hyde-park ; and its contents are equally incapable of being set off against the Wor ld ' s Fair of 1851. There are points of resemblance in both respects, it is true, and it is fitting that there should be. A child may fairly be expected to show some traces of its par en t age , and that of the Dublin Exhibition may be m a d e out by various signs. The distribution of pillar and girder, for example, in the building, and the arrange. ment of courts and counters, and the trophies of art and industry in the central hall, all suggest recollections of that unparalleled display. There are, also, ana l og i es t o be discovered in the classification of objects adopted in the style of internal decoration, and in the coup d'ceil but, as Mrs. Malaprop says, " Caparisons are odorous," and it seems snore useful and appropriate to mark th o se s t r ong points of the Dublin Exhibition whi c h, as th e y arise, give it a distinctive pharacter,. and recommend it t o the attention and curiosity of an intelligent public. The return to-day gives— Season ticket holders admitted 3,341 Number of persons at 2s. 6d 843 Total SHAD E MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paidl 100 II RiTLWATII. Aberdeen ...... ....... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. do Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cans.... Do., Bristol & Exeter...... . 1) Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJune undee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New ......... East Anglian (£25 L. di E. Sr L. dr D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class 25 25 St: 50 A. lato E. U. Sly , Do., do.. IDo., B. di C all 100 all East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edi üb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk De., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 'rest Western.. itin South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle 0., 'Thirds ncash. &Yorkshire 0., Fifths .... i - do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern ..... Liv. Crsby. & So utb pt London & Blackwall nd. nib. & Sthend. bond. Bright. & S.Cst. don & N. Western o. Fifths 0 114 1 0 6L. n a Sh s ...ler w tß s te .. ni . CI .it Do., £40....... Lndndrry.&Colerain( Ludndrry. 6z Ennisk, lianch.Shef.dtLincln, Do., Man. &Lin. tin, 100 - 100 4731 Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) o. A Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket.. Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.driftfd Newry dt Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint tk Rostrevor 100 all 3i 100 Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British ...: North Devon, No.l Do., No. Dc., A A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed, North Staffordshire- 1 North Westeru N. & S. Westrn. June ' Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. 4 N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. 6z Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern... South Wales I S. Yorksh. River Dun Stockton do Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway. ...... Vale of Neath Waterfd. tic Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydob Woodford York Nowa &Bony. Do. Extensions... .... Do. G.N.E. Purcase York & N. Midland.. Aberdeen [ Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... 1 Bris. dt Ex. 4p. e St. Do. 4 p. a. Shares ... , Caledonian £lO ...... , Chester dc Holyhead Guar. 54 per cont... 1 Cork &Bandon 51 p.c. Dundee Perth drA bar deen Junction....... EastA nglian (310 s) 6 per cent. ... ....... . Do. am 7 per cent... 'Do. (E7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dunde! 5i per cent Glasgow & S.Wcster guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,R edeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &West'. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Bcrks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lau. & York. F. 220, Do., 6 p. c., Stock ,Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ....... Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loudon & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares_ Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Mauch. ,Shet , & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, £10......... Do. , £6 ........... ..... I Maript.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent Do Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birin. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4. per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 51; por et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ..... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. 'Do. 5 per cent South Devon. Do. New S. Easton' (Readini Aun.,) of 21. 05. 1 ,1 d, S. Yorksll.4p. c.Guar, Waterfd.&liilk.6p.c. York Newcastle aik Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do.. York& N. Midland H k S. Purch Closing Prices yssterday. 29 . - 30 6 6.1 10 103 7 6 d 21 - 22 3A -- 254 d 102 -- 104 704 -70 i 232 -- 24 21 -21 i i - -- E p 8 - 9 6 -- 6i 4 4i 131 -- 14 10 -- 11 72 - 7i 74 - 75 53 - 56 74 -- 75 . - ... 30 -- :32 89 -- 90 55 -- 67 135 A -136 k 113 -- 114 901 -- 914 8; 94 -- 96 13A -- 14 p 801 -- SOA , 41 -- 3/d 3 -- 21 d 164 -- 17 - 9i -- 96 104 6 6 -1656 p 118 -- 1184 2/ 2ip 11 -14 p 89t -- 901 5j -- 5 d 4. 4d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 30 -30 A 34 -- 2id 75 -- 751 42 -- 44 51 53 4 3 d P 2/ 9 i 53 55 , 3i 2,1 d ... ... d ••• ..-.• ••• --' 4 - 8A 8t ••• - ••• PI 53 - 54 96 - 98 60 - 62 64 - 66 73 76 11 Nis 17 19 81 91 13 -- 15 3I 3id 20 211 75. 76 36 --- 37 13. -14 A 4 - 4 - 23 25 15 1 15: 1 ; o 4 10 10! ti 71 72 3 I: Irc i 6 61} PREFERENCE SHARES. 92 • - 96 -- id 1 107 -- 109 pus ~ is 191 -- , 4 - 4. 5 - 54 6 -- 161.) lf -- 2 y lt -- 2 pi 14t -- 15 18 - 18 3i - 3 130 - 131 112 - 113 8 sz 7} ,106 103 PP - I P . 1.53 - 154 ••• xd ... xd ••• - ••• 154 - 157 3i - 4 p 10 - 11 131 - 141 8 9 lot 1150 - 1521 i - i PI 118 - 1201 115 - 117 25i -26 i 2 2fp 101 -11. E 173 -- 183 -- 1 P 15 -- 16 par -- ip 261 -- 265 19. -- 203 id — P 104 -- 106 5a -- 53 I - iPI 1 OAd 1 par 4p i 14A 1511 -- 1 did 5 —5 p 1 llp 2 2 —2. p par i id 7 7:t 4i I—lr 1 —1! _ d 2 —2. P 71 3 . 6 —14 S 18 181 43 44 441 —45 i 37. 38 5 21 .24 81 94 6 6i 1p 4 tiad pis; par 11 —111 p ad R d 2 - ljd' Bemoans done Ws day. FORE: A utwerp&Rotterdaix BelgianEastn. Junet, Baziers to Graissessa( Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian.. Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp. e pref........... ...... ... Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. , Do. (Canal)... I Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons dti Mediterran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. She.) NorwegianTruukPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg PatrisCaen & Chcrbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre— Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 p. ct. pref Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders fEO .:.5i per c. Pref...-. 1 Western of Franco West. of Switzerland Zea1aud......... 000000 .., 901 11 pm SO 1 9 1 I 105 i 5 LlB 17j 182 xn 144 x n x n 89i 90 894 27 h 36W LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid RAILwAys. Leasingcomparth. all Bedford am" Blotchley all Birm. & Oxfd., guarant,e ...i 1 0. withoutgr; I Birm.Woly. &I Dudleyguar. i o.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Pr : iiirtlpl. Dk. dot Railway Mull (1; Selby Do. A Shares Do. J Shares Lon. &Grecuw Do.Prefercnce Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et Mancli.Baton and Matlock Mildlesbro' & Red car . Midld Bradfil 'Northern and' Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. I I Do. Fixed sp. cl ;Prest. & Wyre I Closing Prices Yesterday. London N. Wesi Gt. \Vesta Do Do Do L. it N.W, Calodon , Gt. No trim 77esto. . New. di Derw Y.& N. Md Do 'Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk I Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Stck ton & Darliugt. E. Count Do L. &A . W. 4r.Ln&Yk Do Do. A Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e , S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. I G p t.Northn' Laucash.d; Yorksh.. MrMClean ,Stockt. di Darling Do , Wilts &Somrsl Westa. 106 -108 54 - 56 150 - 152 33i - 34 112 - 114 56 - 57 274 - 284 14 1 - 14/ 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 3i foe --- los 65 - 67 ••• ..--. ... 151 - 1531 151 - 1531 j i d 33 -- 34 105 i -- 106,1 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria —14 p 10s. all Anglo Californian ... p 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 34 4 p 1 all Australian Cordillei par p 1 all Australian Freehold. it 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) #d p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4l 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 44 54 20 15 Do. St. Joha Del Rey 31 —32 1 4 Carsons's Creek par 4 40 all Coke Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold l# 1 4 ... 14 Copiapo . 94 94 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 65 —75 2i all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 11 11 34 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll 2 31 3 all Great Polgooth . — 1 all Lake Bathurst..., —4 d 1 all Liberty par 4 P 1 all Lond.&Calif orn• G o ld Quartz Crush. Co i 1 all Mariquita a d— par 10 9 Mexicau&S . A mer i cu 74 81 1 all New Granada . . 1 all Nou veau Mondo — • 5 1 Port Philip — P 1 all Quartz Rock — P 50 all Rhym ne y I ron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cub a ...., 6 7 6i 1 all South Australian..,,, p 10 7 Tin Cr0ft....... • 9 11 284 all United Mexican 5 54 1 all Waller ...... . 1 all West Granada, p 1 all West Mariposa..... d— I P 1 all Yüba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 14 lip 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 lip 20 124 bond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 24 —34 p 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 20 2 oadon Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 223 ational of Ireland 25 all - Oriental Bank of Corporation. 524 —53 i 25 5 Do. Now ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... d par 25 all South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 774 784 2 1 Do New Bl 81 50 10 Union of London..., — 40 all .Union of Madrid.-- MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Alizicuit. 76 78 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australis. Royal Mail . . 50 383 Brit. American Land 71 73 100 321 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 3i 3# 81 8 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 3 20 1 Eastern Steam .. .. . 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel. 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 7i Nrth. ofEuropeStcam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental . 50 25 Do. D o . ... 44 100 60 Royal Mail St eam 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 46 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.......- 100 28i Vau Diemen's Lead 19 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TRIS DAY). LONDON, May 26.—Wind this day at Noon, light airs and fine clear weather. The wind veered round to the westward last night, and has been variable this morning from N. to N.E., and is now at N.W. For the last three days the barometer has been going back, but is steady this morning. PORTSMoIITH, May 25.-"-Wind, E. to S. Arrived— Francisca, Bahia, for Hamburgh ; Liverpool, Demerara ; H.M. steamer Porcupine, westward. OFF THE WlGHT.—James, of Shields, West Indies ; Clitus, Demerara. WISBEACH, May 25.—The Krogers Minde, from Voile, grounded in the harbour yesterday, started her stern-post and butt-yards ; a great part of cargo damaged. BRISTOL, MAT 25.—Wind, E. Arrived—Orson, Mau ritius ; Manalo Ycazo, Havannah. Sailed—Mona, Cape of Good Hope ; John Walker, Quebec. SWANSEA, May 25.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Amico Deo, Cape de Verd. , . SHIELDS, May 25.—Wind, E. S. E. Sailed—Albyu, Quebec. So UTHAMPTON, May 25 . — Sailed—Washington (steamer), New York. SUNDERLAND, May 25.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Royal Lily, Bombay ; Friendship, New York. AMSTERDAM, May 23.—The Aldebaran, Sporl to Syd ney, N.S.W., was spoken May 1, 37 N., 13 W., with slight damage, from contact with the Adolph et Marie, Marseilles to Dieppe. The latter sunk immediately : master, mate, and two men saved ; three men drowned. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 26, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. wHEAE. rai.EY. I OATS. I BTE. BEANS. PEAS. .. 43s Ild 30s II d 19s Id I 25a Eicl 136 s 01 132 s la THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. WIIEAT. BAUM 1 I OATS. I EYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 448 5d 3ls 5d 18s lid 30s 6d Us 2d 32s lid DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BAILEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Oil is Od Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Whoat, 87,844 ; Barley, 12,042: Oats, 13,748 ; Bye, 75 ; Beans 4,646 ; Peas, 718 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 41 Ss ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 78 to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 4/ 108 ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade dull. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 41 88 ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 117 s to 1/ 148 per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market, at very full prices. Beef, from 2s Bd. to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4(1 to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 441; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, MAT 25.—The supply of each kind of stock was seasonably good, yet the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4d • Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 513 Od to Gs ; Veal, 4s Od to 43 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFOHD, MAY 25.—The trade at this market to pe - ao d er a kh y :. was tolerably firm, and the quotations were w e ll supported . Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s f4d ; Mutton 3s 8d to 4 s gd • Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4810 d to 4s 8(1 3 s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. Suckling ca l ves, 20s to2;ss PROPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN TONBRIDGE WELLS AND LEWES.—A committee consisting of the Earl de la Warr, Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., Sir Walter Stir ling, Bart., Sir Henry Shiffner, Colonel Harcourt, M.P., and other gentlemen, has been formed for the purpose of promoting railway communication between Lewes and Tonbridge Wells, and instructions have been given for a preliminary survey of the country. All the landowners in the neighbourhood have signed an agreement to take a fair agricultural price for such of their land as may be required for the railway, at a valuation, so that no neces sary expenses may be incurred by legal proceedings. .1 1 7 I TEE FRENCH NA PART I 4 :1;Z: L (Continued from The sun of Mae 4 , r-"r4 The commission gives an u nqua lifi e d a V • '1 ; system of Prefectures Maritimes establishe during the Consulate. The coast is divided in dissepients, of which the great naval arsenals are the centres. There arc five arrondissements, the head quarters of which are Cherbourg, Brest, L'Orient, Rochefort, and Toulon. The Prefet resides at the arse nal, and has supreme command, under the Minister, of the naval establishments on shore, and of the force afloat. The Prefet is a vice or rear admiral, with a junior admiral or capitaine de vaissenu, entitled " Major- General du Port," and a staff of naval officers under bins. He unites in his own person the functions which with us are divided between the Port Admiral, and the Admiral or Captain Superintendent of the dock yard. The following extracts from the report of the Conseil d'Etat to the First Consul show the objects with which this important element in the French system was first introduced : " To build the ship, to supply it, and to employ it, con stitute the sum and substance of the marine. These three services should go in concert. But who shall direct their march ? Who shall niake the different co-operators unite for the saine object, by exciting their emulation, and not their jealousy? This is the grand question that, after 100 years, is not yet solved. This fluctuation in the system of the government of the ports proves that no superiority should ex i s t on the part of the naval officer, the adminis trator, or the constructor. It is necessary to render their functions independent, and to make them work together for the same object. In the same manner as the Minister at Paris is the principle of life of the marine of the Republic, we have thought that his delegate at a port should fulfil the same position, arrest rivalries, limit each of the authorities in their functions, remove local obstacles, and, by the unity of his power, concentrate all the means for the success of an operation. This chief we shall call Prefet Maritime.' Placed at the head of all, the Prefet will give to each of the several chiefs the orders for the conservation of the ports and harbours, and for the con struction and armament of the ships."—(Vol. 1., p. 6.50.) The Sub-Commission, proceeding with its report, says : "In the inquiry no criticism has ever been directed against the system of Prefectures Maritimes. This is a fact worthy of remark, and proves the wisdom of the Conseil d'Etat of the Year VIII., as well as the high sagacity of the Consul. The Minister of that period, Forfeit, and subsequently Admiral Decres, intrusted to the Prefets the execution of general instruction ; the Administration Central° was not yet drawn into a multitude of details, fertile in superfluous correspondence. The Prefets under the Empire did more and wrote less ; it is this usage we would restore. All that does not affect in the highest de gree the responsibility of the Minister should be left to the Prefet—all that refers to the inferior employes, so worthy of interest, and necessarily ill-judged of from afar—all that concerns discipline, which delays must weaken. On those conditions, the Prefet in the arsenal will b e w h a t h e s h ould be and what he was—the centre of action, the arbiter of differences, the source of recompences. He will be elevated in the eyes of the subordinates, by the increase of his in fluence both within the arsenal and outside it." The Conseil d'Administra.tion, composed of members of the various departments in the arsenal, was instituted to assist the Prefet, by the regulations of the Year VIII. The Sub-Commission advises the number to be limited to six members ; and, after recommending a slight ex tension of its functions in one particular, thus guards itself from being supposed to limit the authority of the Prefet " But we may here repeat what was said by the Conseil d'Etat in the Year VIII.; that the object of this institu tion is not to bind the Prefet in the exercise of the func tions which belong to him. The object is to regulate the co-operation of the chiefs of the services under his orders. At equal distances from him are those assistants, called upon to give him periodically sincere opinions, and not to raise difficulties. That which the ordinance demands of the Prefet is to inform himself before he decides—that which is permitted to him is to decide for himself, that which is required of him is to take care his decisions are executed." The opinion is unanimously expressed that the Prefet and the departments in the dockyards should be placed on a footing analogous to that existing between the Mi nister and the central boards at Paris, and that the cen tral boards at Paris should bear a similar analogy to the several establishments in the dockyards. This view is insisted on by Admiral de Mackau in his evidence before the Commission : " Every creation is to be feared that might affect, directly or indirectly, the authority o f the Prefet, which should be as complete in his arrondissement as that of the Minister in his Ministerial department." The report of the Sub-Commission observes : " The ports have to execute the dispositions ordered by the Minister; to establish a regular system of govern ment, and to prevent delays and disputes; the central orga nisation must be placed in harmony with that which is adopted in the arsenals." The complaints are universal of the complication of the system, and of the excessive multiplication of forms and correspondence. The Sub-Commission says : " We see around the Minister of Marine an Administra tion Centrale, five inspectors, two councils, two committees, six commissions, without counting 15 or 18 commissions formed by order of the Minister to deal with certain special questions, the solution of which is often long delayed." The Minister, M. Ducos, observes : "The simplicity of the administrative machinery, the promptitude of execution, the unity of the central direc tion, are the indispensable conditions of all good naval or ganisation. The /multiplicity of chiefs retards the activity of the orders, paralyses the authority of the command, and weakens the responsibility of the decision. Employes too numerous and badly paid produce but little work and take little pains. Agents well rewarded and few in number talk less and do more. These are the considerations which have suggested my project. The more important orders anti the immediate direction of the fleet should emanate directly from the Minister, who is alone responsible, and who alone knows the private thoughts of the Chief of the State. The movements of the naval forces, the maritime opera tions, the armament and disarmament of ships, and the in structions to the commandants, shall be henceforward con centrated in the Cabinet of the Minister, where should be at the same time combined the unity of command which adds to the force, and the secrecy which is often one of the best conditions of its exercise. The Minister will know at each instant the forces he has at his disposition. lie will in some sort hold in his hand all the active fleet, and will always know all his resources without having to refer to offices out. of reach. The Marine Department comprehends too many directions. The Minister works directly with eight supe rior chiefs, comprising that of his Cabinet. This is a machinery multiplied, useless, and expensive. Its incon venience betrays itself by the complication and the con tradiction of its movements. The Administration should be adapted to the service of the fleet, for which it is insti tuted. The most simple idea is that which prevailed in times when the p ower was great, and was not obliged to borrowits strength from personal considerations and in fluences. The fleet is constituted by means of men, ships, and money. B eyond these three necessities of the first order there ar e b u t secondary and accessory wants. The constitution of three great administrative branches cor responding to each of these fundamental necessities will then easily and completely satisfy all the exigencies of the service, under the titles, simple and ra ti ona l as themselves, of Direction du Personnel,'" Directi on d u Materiel,' and Direction de l a C ompta b ilite Generale.' All the affairs of the Marine are inevitably bound up together. They must be adjusted one to the other, and they require an absolute union of ideas common among the chiefs of the service. It is necessary that the Minister should be con stantly on his guard against the want of unity of under standing that arises sometimes from the nature of things, and more often, it must be said, from the antagonism of the uniform or the rivalry of the function. I have had the honour to lay before you, Monseigneur, that too many employes injure the administrative service. I have already made some reductions ; I reckon on effecting more, as soon as circumstances permit. With this object, I shall apply myself, above all, to reduce the mass of writings of every form and sort which, without real necessity, over whelm the administrative agents. Business will thereby gain in dispatch, the details will no longer absorb matters of principal importance, and the public money will be ex pended in a worthy manner ; for I cannot forget that tho sums devoted to useless employments and expen!3es . are to the prejudice of the fleet, and that ev er y suc h diminution of the resources of our marine produces necessarily a ,cor i responding reduction in th e nava l p ower o f t h e S tate. ' The decree of the same date reorganises the Central Administration. The Cabinet of the Ministeris placed and i u s n d d i e v r ide t d he into dir t e w c o tio b n ure o a f ux. th T e hechfiiersft of fashtihse staff, and reserved business, the " centralisation du travail ave 9 le Chef de l'Etat," the private correspondence of the Min ister, audiences, Rte. The second, the m ovemen t s o f th e naval forces and maritime operations, instructions to the commandants of the naval forces, to the inspectors general of all branches of the service, &e. The first direction manages the personnel, and is di- Tided into five bureaux, each charged with a specific branch of the service. The second direction has the materiel, with the work distributed in the same manner among four bureaux. The third direction is charged with the colonies. The fourth direction has the Compatabilit6 Gears]; with its duties divided among five bureaux. • The Cabinet of the Minister and these four directions, with the addition of " l'Establissement des Invalides " and " Le Controle Centrale," complete " l'Administra able report to tion Centrale," and the system appears very ably con stituted with a view to fulfil the conditions of secrecy, unity, and dispatch, so strongly urged alike by the Com hEolnegl English -Ybas mission and in the Minister's striking and the Emperor. ma T y he be c lo o n n g tras to t b th et e we la e t n te t r h , e u F po re n no t h he an is one responsible head, the adv 1 r a en g- e s l . l toms is very apparent, and, somethouguhnder , , lance Prefecturesse em s much man t i m a against n ” s there h e i r t e . capable of performing all its functions its parts, and by virtue of the centre of a system complete in a its own internal machinery. In th yards the authority is divided, and the e English dock head upon the spot with sufficient co t is in? supreme harmonious and efficient execution of n rol to insure the The Admiral Superintendent has 1 the public service. ordinary ; the moment a ship ' c charge of the ships in under the Port-Admiral, andwhen is commissioned she is both. The perpetual intervention repairing f she is under . part of the system, and, without it, thethe Admiralty is a scarcely go on at all. Hence arises .. a mass of correspon dence, and a great amount of additional work devolves upon the Admiralty. The confusion of the executive and administrative duties undertaken by the board almost overwhelm it, even now ; in case of war, it would be too late to reorganise our system when events called for energetic action. With regard to our central adminis tration, one of the first objects is to place the several branches of the service under the same roof. The Ad miralty communicates with Plymouth now in three minutes. The communication by writing between I Somerset-house and the Admiralty takes often nearly as ) many days. The necessity for writing, in nine cases out of ten, would cease, and with it endless inconvenie nce , f time which are inseparable • expense, and loss o , from the present preposterous arrangement. Buiness this say. 1 all 100 all 100 all all all all 50 25 12A 12 123 St. St. 25 11?, 100 100 1811 10 20 50 50 100 25 ' ltt r ;PI 0 11Id Cl e- { Ind 100 100 100 100 --z all 100 all 21s. 1 100 20 11? 1 1100 123 123 25 12. 121 124 St. all 84 100' 100 all 100 all 100 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 all 14 all 10 20 20 20 9 4i all 10 20 10 20 IGN. 70 21 3f 89 81 10 341 4 71i 13 631 41 i LOS 9 14j i 3 5 4 i 819 r~