The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. da3 lye have received the Paris journals of yester . The C ons tit u ti onne l con t a i ns an ar ti c le on the encouragem en t given by the Government to at tempts to improve the natural resources of the Cou ntry. Our contemporary enters into some de tails to show what may he expected from the policy of the Government on this subject, and bestows some eulogy on that policy, which, however, is not More than is deserved. The first person in France Who devoted himself seriously and practically to the task of rendering the waste lands of France pro ductive, and at the same time removing the inju rious effects which they had produced on the health 1 the i n h a bi tants, was M. C as i m i r P er i e r. Wh en th at gentleman was minister he endeavoured to form a company of French and English sharehold ers for th e cu lti va ti on o f the waste lands in Brit tny and in other parts of France, and subscribed own name for a million of francs. His death V e t a stop t o hi s prudent and benevolent efforts . fore the capital required could be raised, and i v a ith the exception of the efforts made by a few I ldcwners and on a small scale, nothing had been d 1: 11 e until the reins of Government came into t he hands o f the present Chief of the State. So me„_ fears have been expressed that the Em peror of the French is aiming at more than he accomplish, and that the resources of the Z e asury will not be equal to half what he intends do without adding considerably to the burthens taxation. Were this fear well grounded, which it ( loes not appear to us to be, it should be remem bered that works of public utility remain, whatever 'TY have been the sacrifices at which they were (Maine& All outlay for improvement should be Judicious and properly apportioned to the means of e State, but even when the State has been to a i ce ,_ r tain degree impoverished by an outlay beyond raearis, the good that has been effected remains, ando many years do not pass before the nation re ceives back the capital with compound interest in t he increased produce of the earth, the amelioration of tuhewpe üblic health, or the comfort and convenience channels of communication. If the Provi °llal Government of the Republic, instead of Was ting enormous sums in employing the starving oourers in digging holes and filling them up again, (1 spent t re ble the amount in the making, of " f ads, the building of bridges and the improvement th y. waste lands something would now be shown for e outla But what remains of the labours of We ateliers nationaux in different parts of France ? e see no more return for the outlay than if the — te3 , had been thrown into the sea. The Constitutionnel says no examining the budget of Public Works, we ", out the increase which was demanded for the Wants destined for the fertilisation and clearing certain Parts of the territory. We shall return hereafter with and detail s on th e works commenced , in the Sologne, re u: proje c t e d i n t h e D om b es or i n the Brenne. We now eea r ,._elY call attention to a measure which has been suc • s 'ellY adopted in Belgium to realise improvements li ndlar to those which we are now making, and which measure was recently the subject of an interesting dis asien in the chamber of representatives It is well kno wn that Belgium has taken the start of us in paths in which We have only made a first step. It is the great Onits obtained by our neighbours in the Campine which h r , " given rise to the new plans which are in contem plation for rendering productive certain portions of our W orks and desert territory. Some skilfully directed -ork f d • the 8 0 drainage and irrigation have sufficed to sextuple b value of several thousands of hectares. Such has h ee : a the starting point of the works devised for the im provement of the Sologne and other parts of the country etern a l similar causes had appeared to have condemned to f or sterility. The measure which we now recommend hiss examination is very simple ; it is the distribution of at a reduced price to small farmers. What particn 7, 1 Y contributes to the unfruitfulness of the Sologne, the nutinbes, &c is the too exclusively silicious nature of e soil, and the absence of the calcareous element in the composition of the land. The works which are to be car ried on there must not therefore have merely for object to drain such parts as are marshy, and to irrigate others that are in want of water ; they must also furnish the means of spreading marl over the whole country, so that th e farmers may be able to restore to the soil the ele ment of which it is deprived, and which is necessary to ‘rende r it productive. It is calculated that, in the Sologne, 30 cubic metres of marl are required per hec tare. Unfortunately marl, in certain localities, costs as much as from 6fr. to 10fr. the cubic metre. In spite, nowever, of the dearness of it, landowners who can af ford it do not hesitate at the expense, because they find a profit from the outlay. According to authentic ex periments made, and published by several , large farmers lU the Sologne the net revenue of the hectare before the a s`Ze of marl is 6fr., whilst after that operation it is from fo al% to 33f r . Th e money l a id ou t i n the article there re in reality brings more than 10 per cent. Small farmers,4, however, who have not money at command, o are not generally fond Of innovations, cannot have ;e o u se to this means of impreiement. The following ob ject is done in Belgium in a similar case. The ob th't Is to increase the use of marl in the barren parts of c redit has For some years past, an annual r ,.,cut has been opened to the Government of lime, at a I ,7 ti l e ed price, to the farmers of the Ardennes. The pro -04(1141 council of the Luxembourg, the agricultural ve re e lesion, and the agricultural committees of the pro su% are unanimous in admitting the immense in log or grow • that measure had exercised on the clear tion. the nd, and the improvement of its cultiva only grant distribution of lime at a reduced price, being aPpli ' -a ' l ted to the extent of 100 hectolitres to each la n d o c u , an t , it is more particularly the small farmers and the b „_"ners who profit by it. Thanks to . this measure, d er ea "'“"en region of the Luxembourg will be soon ren 17' Productive, We will now quote figures. During 8 G re .; and 1848, before p r emiums were granted by the o i,iernment, o nly 145,00 0 hectolitres of limestone were mln 1849 and 18 50 , after the establi shment of pre mium s , the quantity increased to 424,000 hectolitres, that is to say that the use of lime more than tripled in Shod space of time. The credit which is annually ti,, ° „wed for this purpose is 75,000 fr. The central sec teri" of the Chamber of Representatives proposed to Ra ice it to 40,000 fr., but the Chamber, which at first a ft e e tioned the reduction, rejected it by a second vote, r. having been informed of the good results of the poB,4l.bution of lime at a reduced price. What more particularly is deserving of remark is, that the mainte ..a,,,_ eti ,7 of the full credit was defended' with the greatest 01 ;0 by men whose economical opinions are in general is c „ ( "d to any kind of intervention in matters of )4 . "- b e'rY on the part of the Government, particularly by b, '"gier and M. Orban. In pointing out what has done in Belgium, in an order to extend the use of a lt areous amen dments, dto favour the clearing of eai r iren land in the Luxembourg, our only object is to seededoi to a measure which has perfectly its on the other side of our frontiers, and to induce Government to ascertain whether it cannot also put 11 ,, 1 , 1 Practice in those portions of our territory which it count to improve." den Rrampe, Governor of Iceland, has just el named Officer of the Order of the Legion of h ( Tour in return for the important services which has on several occasions rendered to French tr„ la, and Captain Angelopoulo, Commandant at Piraeu s , has been on the same grounds named chevalier of the Order. 4 „; 41 -. Lagorce has just been appointed French Con • re w. at Saint D om i n go, and has received orders to Ppimmediately to his post. The Duke de Rovigo and the other defendants W ho were l a st week condemned by the Tribunal of %d a Asectional Police, have given notice of appeal gaTat he judgment. ?he Journal de Lot et Garonne advertises the 71 . e of the property of M. Baze, ex-questor of the Dispatches Assemby, who is now in exile. L'inPatches have arrived from the Gomer, steam -Ir,,l;gate, be a ring the flag of Rear-Admiral Romain %fosses, commanding the naval division in the 'e'srant. The Gomer after having visited Rhodes a n _Cos bad proceeded to Salamis to join the French squadron. ( - 1 - 1211 e Minister of the Interior has addressed to the cantonal Statistical Commissions a circular, im tesaing on them the importance of collecting accu rate information relative to all matters concerning a griculture and manufactures. It requests them b esides to take particular pains to remove all idea front th e public mind in their neighbourhood that t he Government has any idea of increas in g the t axes now pressing on the agricultural interes t, its object, on the contrary, being to relieve that inte rest as much as can be Safely_ effected. Bourse market for Government Securities a t the was dull, and at the conclusion of business 'here was a downward tendency in prices :—For Z' B h, the Three per Cents. remain unchanged, but e Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell 20c. ; the T hree per Cents. for the account declined 15c., and t he Pour-and-a-Half per Cents. of. In Bank Shares t here is no change to report. The following are the closing prices :—For money—Three per Cents., • 50 c- ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Fo r the en d o f t h e mon th—Th r ee per Cents., 80f. 3 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Ri.,es, k Stock, 2,735 f. I n B a nk of Credit Foncier - , Lar no change occ urred, but Credit Mobilier d echned 12f. The final quotations were, for p r o e ult Fonci er , 900 f. • C re dit Mobilier, 928 f. r e l g l l Securities :—Piedm-ontese, 5 per cent. 99 : Spanish Deferred New, 24. A reaction took place in th a , e Railway Share Market yesterday, and the 11 -va nee of Tuesday was not maintained, with the exception of Paris and Rouen shares. There SPAIN. is nothing in the Madrid journals of the uty on the subj ec t o f th e c h ange o f Mi nis t r y, 'which had not previously reached us. The Gazette. tublishes the decrees accepting the resignations of late Ministers, and nominating their suc cessors. Thre e per Cents., 42A. ; One per Cents., 24. GERMANY. We le arn f rom Berl i n that thr committee of the ec °l id Chamber reeomxaenda the adoption of a bill, authorising the interdiction of foreign publi cations without the previous decision of the judicial authorities. Access to the burial-place of the persons killed at Berlin in March, 1848, has been interdicted by the Prussian police, and the place has been en- closed. The King of Prussia has conferred the wand cross of the Red Eagle on Baron de Varennes, re cently French Minister at Berlin. ITALY. The Constitutionnel says :—" The Retribution, frigate, having carried Mazzini from Genoa, cast anchor in succession at Leghorn and Naples. When the Neapolitan Government learned from Turin that this vessel carried Mazzini, it hastened to take precautionary measures. The frigate weighed anchor, but unfortunately also put into Palermo. Whether Mazzini has really made any attempt at insurrection in Sicily, or that General Filangieri desired to take severe measures of pre caution, it is certain that there have been a great number of arrests at Palermo, and even, we are assured, five capital executions. The [Lieutenant- General appears to think that Mazzini has landed in the island to there take his revenge for the check which he received in Lombardy. We have good reason to believe that General Filangieri is mistaken. A work of .Mazzini's is in the press, bearing the title of Agli Italiani. The Italia e Popolo of Genoa gives an extract from this pamph let. If Mazzini wanted to revolutionise Sicily, he would, it says, be more engaged in proclamations and appeals to the people than in giving an account of his attempt at insurrection at Milan. Mazzini is at Malta, superintending the printing of his work, and from that place he sent part of it to the Genoese journal." A letter from Turin, in the Constitutionnel, says : —" A traveller, who has just arrived from Milan, says that at Magenta, on the frontier, and in the police offices at Milan, he found much fewer diffi culties and formalities, and was much less ques tioned than two years ago. No trace of the late events, he adds, is to be seen in the moral condi tion of the population.i No doubt there is a dis tinct line of demarcation between the Milanese and the Austrians, but that has always existed. The only mark of superiority of the Austrians which he noticed, was at the theatre La Canobiana, where the first five rows in the pit are reserved for the officers of the garrison ; but that is a privilege which would be but little envied at Turin, for those rows in the pit are always the least occupied, as the danseuses cannot be seen so well from them." A letter from Ticino of the 14th, in the Basle Gazette, says :—" Persons are still arriving from Lombardy. They are in general Lombard women, who had married citizens of Ticino. They had re mained with their families, in the hope that the Afistrian police would not disquiet them, but the police insisted on their taking their departure with their children." A telegraphic dispatch from Turin says :—" In the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Council of Ministers presented a law project de manding a credit of 400,000 f., for a loan to be Lombard emigrants who had become Sardinian citizens, and whose property had been sequestrated by the Austrian Government." Accounts have been received from Malta to the 12th. The English squadron had not yet made any preparations for departure. Admiral Dundas had on the evening before dispatched a steamer to Constantinople. and had received notice of the speedy arrival of a line of battle ship and a steam frigate from Portsmouth. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, 16th :—" The Bund of Berne has published the news that the Austrian authori ties in Lombardy had received orders to put them selves in immediate relations with the Federal com missioner, in order to arrange the differer ces which have arisen between our Government and Switzer land. This account is inexact; the Austrian authori ties have only received orders to communi cate to Col. Bourgeois, the Federal commissioner, the docu ments and information necessary for the inquiry which he is charged to make in Ticino, relative to the attempt at Milan." The Cattolico was seized at Genoa on the 14th, on a charge of having, in one of its articles relating to the anniversary of the battle of Novara, ex pressed an evident wish for the destruction of the monarchic constitutional regime ; an offence punish able by Art 22 of the law of March 26, 1848. The Italia Libera of Genoa, of the 14th, has been seized by the police. The Mediterraneo of Genoa has suspended its publication. Field Marshal Radetzky arrived at Venice on the 11th, from Verona. On the following day he paid his respects to Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. TURKEY. The New Prussian Gazette states, under the head. of Vienna, that M. de Bruck, who has been ap pointed Internuncio of Austria at Constantinople, and who is to leave his post in a few days, has re ceived the most pacific instructions from his Go vernment, which is, it is added, doing everything in its power to bring to an amicable conclusion the differences between Turkey and Russia. M. Titoff, the Russian Ambassador at the Porte, passed through Warsaw on the 11th, on his way from Paris to St. Petersburg. The Trieste Gazette publishes a letter from Odessa, which announces the arrival in that place of a courier from St. Petersburg, with dispatches order ing the supension of warlike preparations. Col. Kowalewski, who had been dispatched by Russia as a Cabinet courier to Montenegro, arrived at Trieste on the 11th from Cattaro. The Trieste Observer states that 13 vessels of the Turkish fleet were anchored off Corfu on the Bth, namely, two 44-gun steam-frigates, two 22-gun corvettes, four 20-gun brigs, two steamers for tow ing, and three transports. A letter from Semlin, Bth, states that the Ser vian Government has not acceded to the desire expressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, for the dismissal of the public functionaries, M. Marino ries and M. Derchs. The Servian Government invokes the constitution and the treaties which guarantee its full and entire independence as regards foreign Governments. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 31st ult., in the Deutsche Volkshalle, says :—" The last intelli gence from the Caucasus announces a new victory of the Russian troops, 200 of the enemy having been killed, and the rest being forced to take refuge in the forests of Tschetchua, where the Cossacks pursued them with ardour. The Russians had two officers and nine privates wounded." Lord de Redcliffe has had an audience of the Sultan. M. de la Cour, the French Ambassador, was to have an audience on the 11th. Prince Menschikoff's propositions were still pend ing. He is reported to have threatened that, if not speedily complied with, he would leave Con stantinople. Advices, by a steamer which arrived at Trieste, via Galatz, having left Constantinople on the 12th, say that the excitement was increasing. Turkey continued her warlike preparations. Disturbances are reported to have taken place at Broussa. SWITZERLAND. In order to facilitate an arrangement with Swit zerland, the Austrian Ambassador had been in structed to make a verbal reply to the accusations which Switzerland preferred against Austria at a former period. The Ambassador has complained of a certain poem which was published at Geneva under the title of " The Cry of Blood." This poem treats of the differences existing between Austria and Switzerland. To support his com plaint, the Ambassador has appealed to the Federal press law. HOLLAND. A telegraphic dispatch from the Hague, dated 19th says :—" The Ministry is dissolved. MM. Thorbecke, Vanbosse, Strens, and Vanzuilen have tendered their resignations, which have been ac cepted ; those of MM. Pahud, Enslie, and Dan benoy are not yet accepted. The members of the new Cabinet already named are—MM. Vauban., Foreign Affairs ; Dankercurtius, Justice ; Vanra neen, Interior ; Vandoorn, Finances." A WONDERFUL PEOPLE ! -- Nowhere in the world ar e there such manufacturers, such lovedmer chants,a Sovereign, such pee surs,seuh mimo such mechanics, gentry, such s q so ,great and so such a tradition of loyalty, such unfortunate and intractable races of men, such "nabobs," s uch ploughmen, such men of practical sc i enc e, such soldiers, sailors , church dignitaries, Ro manists, Dissenters, and men of every other condition or opinion. It is the number of almost distinct commu nities to be consulted and conciliated that makesthedifficulty and the glory of our Government. No mere federal union ever pr esented such a task. The man to advise for such a State should possess a more than Im perial mind. A despotism, indeed, may include a thou sand races in one Procrustean rule, but when this variety exists under a constitutional Government, and these races are, in fact, to govern one another, a common rule is only attainable by the soundest judgment and most extreme consideration. —Times Budget. THE EDUCATION DISCUSSION IN THE MANCHESTER ~TOWN COUNCIL was resumed yesterday on Mr. Coun cillor Heywood's motion in favour of local ratinedgucation , under local management, for placing the means of within the reach of the poorer classes. After a pro tracted discussion, Mr. Alderman Pilling moved an amendment, to the effect that it was inexpedient to com mit the council by a premature decision on this subject, -as the Government measure must shortly come under its consideration. The smendinent was carried without a division. HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1853. 'THE SEL ARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid.( RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business done this day. LITERATURE. Paris After Waterloo. By J. Simpson. Black- wood. This volume consists chiefly of a series of sketches of the different incidents and characters which ap peared in the French capital after Waterloo. It also contains some lively descriptions of the town and its chief attractions. It includes a revised edition of a visit to Flanders and the field. The following anecdote is interesting : " I had the good fortune to travel from Brussels to Paris with a young Irish officer and his wife, an Ant werp lady of great beauty and very pleasing manners. The officer had been in the battle of Quatre Bras, as well as of Waterloo. An anecdote of his fair Belgian, which he justly took some pride in relating, will further serve to give an idea of the kind of scenes then occur ring. He was in cantonments at Nevilles, having his wife with him. The unexpected advance of the French called him off on a moment's notice to Quatre Bras, but he left his servant with his wife, one horse, and the family baggage, which was packed on a large ass. Re treat at the time was not anticipated, but was suddenly ordered on Saturday morning, when he contrived to get a message to his wife to make the best of her way, attended by the servant, to Brussels. The ser vant, a foreigner, had availed himself of the opportu nity to take leave of both master and mistress, and made off with the horse which had been left for the use of the latter. With a firmness becoming the wife of a British officer, she boldly commenced on foot her own retreat of twenty-five miles, leading the ass, and carefully pre serving the baggage. She was soon in the midst of the retreating British army, and much retarded and• en dangered by the artillery. Her fatigue was great ; it rained in waterspouts, and the thunder and lightning were fearful. She continued her route and got upon the great road from Charlerois to Brussels, at Waterloo, when the army on the Saturday evening were taking up their line. In so extensive a field and large a force it was in vain to seek her husband ; she knew, moreover, that the sight of her there would only have embarrassed and distressed him ; she kept therefore slowly moving on to Brussels all the Saturday night, the road crowded with all sorts of conveyances, waggons and horses, mul titudes of native fugitives upon it, and many flying into the great wood, while the wounded worked their painful way, and some dropped to breathe their last. Many persons were actually killed by others, if by chance they stood in the way of their endeavours to save themselves. And to add to the horrors, the rain continued unabated, and the thunder and lightning still raged. Eight miles further, in the night, this young woman marched in the mud, her boots worn off, so that she was nearly barefoot, but still went on unhurt. She continued to advance, and although many lost their baggage and many their lives, she entered Brussels in the morning in safety, and without the loss of an article." Faust, a Tragedy. By Goethe. With Notes, Grammatical Philological, and Exegetical. By Falck Lebahn, Ph. D. L'ongman. - The object of this work is to assist students who read without a master, and it will doubtless afford them great advantages. There are three divisions of notes, the grammatical ones give the rules of grammar, and the words in German and in Eng lish. In the exegetical notes the meaning of the author is explained in contradiction of many sup positions on the subject. In the introductory re marks it is observed-- " The popular traditions of northern Germany give strange accounts of Dr. Faust. They represent him as having been in the possession of supernatural secrets, of a magic mantle, and other conjuring apparatus ; he was said to have performed wonderful feats, with the aid of his associate and familiar demon, and at last was duly seized and carried off by the devil as per contract. The simple fact is, that Dr. Faust, being far in advance of his era in the physical sciences, made experiments, the results of which must have apKared superhuman to the narrow-minded understandings of the people. All that his contemporaries could not account for, by their own limited experience, they ascribed to magic and unholy arts, and Faust paid the usual penalty for superiority in an age of ignorance, by being traduced as a sorcerer." The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland. By Thos. Tod Stoddart. Blackwood. The fact of this little volume having reached a second edition sufficiently proves its value ; and, indeed, from the variety of the information it con tains, and the completeness of the directions given, it would be difficult to imagine a more useful " Angler's Companion." It displays considerable knowledge of the subject and of the country, for it gives a minute account of all the rivers and lochs, their characteristics, the fish frequenting them, and the best means for ensnaring them. It has been revised and subjected to extensive alterations, the result of the author's increased experience. It is ornamented by an. engraving of the results of " a day's fishing," and possesses the useful accompani ment of a map of Scotland, illustrative of the rivers and lochs described. ,e Events of a Year. By Emilie Carlen. 3 vols. Newby. This is another of the novels of that celebrated authoress of the " Birthright," " Woman's Life," &c. She is not to be surpassed in the life-like de lineation of her characters. They all seem perfect in their different styles—not that these in question are pleasing ones. The events are rather painful than otherwise, but the mode of expression, the descriptions, the whole arrangement of the plot is admirable. The Rittmeister is very ably drawn — bold, stern, and unyielding to those who did not understand him • but when once his heart was t ou ched his whole character underwent a change, or rather developed itself. Then he was affable and pleasing, possessed of a strong power of fasci nation and attraction, almost impossible to resist. Lavinia was a most remarkable woman, appa rently calm and composed ; she was really full of deep feeling and exciting impulses. A marriage de convenience between these two unusual person ages produced an extraordinary confusion of ideas, sentiments, and passions ; all turned out right at last, but it was not till after both had drunk deeply of the bitter cup of sorrow, and learned the hard lessons of experience. Julia was a regular spoiled child—pretty, trifling, and faulty ; she went on from one extreme to another till we leave her at last in the enviable position of a tallow-maker. Some of the subordinates of the tale are very vividly brought before us, and as an animated pic ture of Swedish life it must be regarded. 20 20 50 20 Frank Merryweather. By H. G. Ainslie Young. 2 vols. Newby. 12 This is a very complicated tale. There is a great deal of the romantic in its events. T h e hero is 12i deprived of his father's property by a forg ed will 25 being brought forward in place of the real desires of the deceased being executed (he left no actual 16° will.) Mr. Munroe was a thoroughly selfish man. 12) His great wealth made him arrogant and conceited ; 12i but it was impossible for him to enter the high so- 12A ciety he wished, for his want of education was too T . : apparent, and his manners were extremely un polished. Besides all these disadvantages under 16:4 which he laboured, there was another and a 20 greater—his mode of life in India was necessarily 2 5 contracted, and he was, from his high position , a person of the greatest consequence in his own St. circle there ; but at home it was very different. 20 He was lost in the aggregate of celebrities. He St. could not succeed in gaining a place in the privi leged classes of merit and of fashion. He met with 15 8 one disappointment after another ; and finally, to cheat his cares, took to opium eating. He nearly 10 caused his death by these means, and it was by a fortunate change of events only that he was saved. 10 Frank, the hero, is a very interesting character, 25 although he loses some of his attraction from giving 1 1 6 0 way to passion on one occasion, and subsequently destroying the life of a valued friend in a duel. 20 Constance was a most unhappy lady. Her mother 5 died, her father did not care for her in the least, St. and her favourite plans were always thwarted. At 1 , last, however, fortune smiled on her, and the con- 2; elusion leaves her under the most favourable auspices. Perhaps the most amusing character is Mr. Munroe's sister, Aunt Dorothy, who spends her time in collecting specimens and curiosities. 10 She devoted so much of her senses to these studies 5 that she had not much to spare for every-day life ; 20 and her mistaking a courier for a nobleman in 20 Paris was very ludicrous. On the whole, this 20 story may furnish amusement ; and some of the 2C sketches of Indian life introduced give a pleasing variety to the oft-repeated tales of home oc- 2( currences. 2( STRIKES AND RISE OF WAGES IN WALES.—Nearly all the trades in South Wales have followed the movement initiated by the English operatives for an advance in " wages ; and where such addition has b een refused, g eneral re course has been had to the " strike. In some cases this has been successful, and the masters have been obliged to accede to the wishes of the employed; whilst, on the other hand, in many instances, it has been un availing, the employers preferring to obtain fresh bands rather than comply with the conditions proposed. The shoemakers in particular seem very generally to have met with the desired advance, which in some instances has been as much as 25 per cent. This has been esta blished throughout Merthyr, Newport, Caerphilly, Aber gavenny, &c. The painters also have had a rise of 10 per cent., and carpenters and masons have also benefited. A MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HER SON.—On Sunday last a shocking accident occurred to a woman of the name of Holland, residing in Albion-street, Notting ham. It . appears th a t d ur i ng th e h o u r of breakfast, on the morning i n quest i on, the son o f M rs. H o ll an d , a b oy about fifteen y ears o f age, was handling a loaded pistol, and his mother in att empt i ng to ta k e a crust o f b rea d out of his hand, either touched the lock of the pistol herself, or caused her son to do so, as the piece instantly discharged, and the contents p asse d i n t o th e f ace o f M rs . Holland. The pistol was loaded with I shot, and, of cou rse, inflicted a fearful wo un d. Surgical assistance: was immediately procured, and the woman is now doing as well as can be expected. 100 Aberdeen BAAmbg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Janet._ all Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey,,,,,,, 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. u Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. D0.,1g £2o 100 Bri stol and Exeter 100 Caledonian a ll Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. , a ll Cork, Blackrock an d Passage 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction a ll Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) all Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) a ll Eastern Counties.. all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) gi Do., do a ll Do., B. tit d C 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 14 Edit, and Peebles 100 - Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern a ll Lancaster & Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths I.li Do., Wst. Riding Un a ll Leeds Northern a ll Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cat. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M. &B. C 100 London &S. Western 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O a ll Londerry. &Coleraine a ll Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 4 Do. , Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. &Derby 47 Midland G. West. (Ir.) In Do. Shares a ll Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3i Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg. &Hftd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrer aoint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk a ll Do., New Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 6i Do., No. 2 a ll Do., A A Deferred . 5 Do., B Guarantee d 174 North Staffordshire all North Western .. . ... 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswestiy 6A Sh ro p s hire Union all South Devon 100 South Ea5tern......... all South Wales .... . .... 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun. 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neathl.. all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall ... . 11. ls Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford , 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 114 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 1.00 York &N. Midland PREFERS. 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledoui4n £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. s{ . per cent, 34 Cork&Ban'clOn 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and - Aberdeen Junction all E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. all Do. (.£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p et. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.& Band 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem it all Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4a per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. o 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. 0., St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 6 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds, 10 Londonderry & Coler Shares all Londrdry:* Ennisk. 5hare5........ all Manch., Shef.,&Lin., I Shares, No. 1 all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., £6 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent. BiDo ......... ........ 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent .5 Do. Pref. 4i percent all NoAblk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per et. all Do. Waveney Valley, 5 per cent ' 100 North British . . .... ::: all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh. 4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Prof 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, 11. & S. Purchase... 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Par i PI [O6l ad aGN. 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin . 8 Dij on and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension .. all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 204 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref 15 Luxembourg ......... 10 Do. (Railway) • 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) ..........•• 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons & Mediterran. 74 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New ............. . all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] all Norwegian Truk. Pref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen &Cherbrg. 5 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre.... all Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. s t i per cent. prof. 4 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip... al West Flanders........ 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref... 9 , Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 Now Zea1and.......... Ad id 1 13 3 i 144 d 5 —6 p p 2 p 1 2 2, - 1p id p 7.,-7 Li 46 —1 2 iel 2 -- 21 p - ... 7i - 8 36i -35 i 14 - 15 8i - 8i 17 -18 p 414 - 424 44 - 45 34 -34 i 5i - 6 p - 1 p 21 - 22 9 - 9i 6 7p P 46 5 d 11 —d, RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. without : Birm.Wolv. & Dndleyguar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamah. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 1 Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. e. Do. 6 per ct.. D o. Fixed sp. e Prest. &Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh.. WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts dtSomrstl Leasing Compass, London N. West, Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N.W CaWan,. Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Stckton Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do L. ik IS . W dtLn& Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh Mai Clean Stockt. dti Darling Do ,Gt.Weatn Closing Prices Yesterday. 107 -109 52 - 54 148 —lsoxd 32i —33 i 112 - 114 56 - 57 274 - 284 14 -14 1 26 - 27 19;} -19 i 26 - 27 2i - 3i 105 - 107 64 - 66 149 - 151 149 - 151 4d ••• - ••• 324 - 334 1 1044 - 105 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian - 4 p 10 2 Australasian — 1 p 24 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 14 1 all Australian Freehold. d as 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 1 all British Austrln. Gold k - p 14 20 13.5 British Iron 6 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .£5 pm.) 54 6 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 54 - 6 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 Carson's Creek par— 4 p it 40 all Cobre Copper 46! 474 5 1 Colonial Gold l— 2 p 3 14 Copiapo 6 74 St. all CopperMinersof Eng 75 85 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 —l4 d 20 all General , 16 —lB 2 all Great Nugget Vein.. 14 1 p 3 all Great Polgooth - 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 all Liberty P 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 all Mariquita (l— par 10 9 Mexican &S. Araeric 8 84 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 p 24 5 1 Port Philip par- p 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago do Cuba 1 all South Australian, d 4pxn x new 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 ad 284 all United Mexican 6 64 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada....., par -- p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 1 all Yuba p 1i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 874 -- 884 87 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 1p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — 4 English Scottish and .•• Australian 1 14 p 114 20 74 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 3 p 154 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. &Westminster 354 20 2 London Bauk of Aus tralia and India ... 4 par 50 22i National of Ireland... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 54 55 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co /dig— par t 25 25 South Australia ... 25 all Union of Australia 76 77 24 Do. New 8 9 5S 10_ Union of London , 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 'BO 83 83 1 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail . . 38A Brit. Americo. Land 7 . 8 SO 81 100 324 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace l4 11 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France I S 3 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam — 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 24 Nr .of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam._ n 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 148 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 6 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation 100 284 Van Diemen's Land l9 20 LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E.; Light breeze, dull and hazy, with rain. LIVERPOOL, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Bunyan, Apolachicala • Stranger, New Orleans ; Kossuth, New York. Off Po rt— Tyro. Sailed—Bella, Pernam buco Mahaica, Demerara ; City of Glasgow, Philadelphia; Baltic (s), New York ; T. J. Roger, ditto ; Empire Queen, Boston. FALMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Dos Amigos, Havannah ; Omricio, ditto; Rauma, Jaffa. Off Port—Nancy Trent, Matanzas. DEAL, April 20.—Wind, Westerly. Arrived—Elen thera, Honduras. Arrived from the River and Sailed — King Alfred, Bermuda. DOVER, April 20.—Wind, N. to N.W. Sailed—Mary borough, Miramechi. PORTSMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. to N.N.W. Sailed —Thomas Rowell, Quebec, having stopped her leak. COWES, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Franklin (s), New York (on freight 200,000 dollars), and proceeded for Havre. PLYMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. N. W. Sailed — Dahlia, Quebec. Off Port—Westminster, Honduras. JERSEY, Aprill9.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—Canopus, Labrador. BRISTOL, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Put Back—Jane, Quebec, leaky. SOUTHAMPTON, April 21,—The Tennessee Pacific Mail Steamer has been totally lost, near San Francisco, having run on shore in a fog; passengers and mails saved. YSTAD, April 14.—The Isabella Thomson, London to the Baltic, is on shore, but is expected off. GIBRALTER, April 14.—The Placid, of and from Sunder land, is on shore S.W. of Cape Sparta, and abandoned by the crew. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April2l, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors is the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. I BY I BEANS. I PEA/. .. I 441 10d 31s 11d; 19s Odj 29s 10di 34s 3d I 33s 7d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BASIST. I OATS. i RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 45s lid 318 8d 18s 10d 318 Id 349 4d 32s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I EARLEY. OATS. EEL BEANS. I PEAL IS Od Is Od 11 Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 7 - 5 - ,972 Barley, 29,751; Oata, 16,333 ; Rye, 130 ; Bear 4,374: Peas, tact Quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to Si Os ; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 14s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 51 5s • and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATS AND LEADENF general demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s Sd to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 68 dd ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6.1 ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL:APRIL 20.—T0-day's market was moderately supplied with each kind of stock, which sold steadily, as follows :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d. to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs Od. ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, APRIL 20.—The demand for each kind of stock at this market ruled steady, at extreme quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4 d to 6 s 4 d ; Veal, 3s to 45 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. HAILSHAM, APRIL 20.—Each kind of stock moved off steadily at this market, and prices wore on the advance. Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s 2d to 58 4d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 68 4d ; Veal, 3s ad to 4s Od. ARUNDEL, APRIL 19.—Trade generally at this market to-day ruled firm, and quotations were well supported. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d • Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; L am b, 5s 6d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3 s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, APRIL 20.—The demand for each kind of stock at this market was steady, at higher prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 40 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5. gd 1 Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to ill 2d per Blbs. Business this day. 7a § t 00 1 911 2 Pal 77 all 100 all 100 11i 100 100 9i all SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCXV. MILTON MEETING.—The bill of fare for to-morrow embraces no less than six events, three of which require no remark from me. The Langton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 20 added, half-a mile, will most probably be carried off by THE JEWESS ; King David being a doubtful runner, or he would have been somewhere about the mark. The v Convivial ~ Handicap of 10 soya. each, &c., one mile, Scott ought to make sure of with one of his nomi nations—PHANTOM the most likely to be selected. The Tally-ho Handicap, mile and a half, I should book to MIREHILL or THE ITALIAN. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—Something less than a week will bring home to us the decision of this important stake ; therefore it behoves me at once to take into consideration the merits of the animals engaged. The field will, I understand, be composed of West Australian, Filbert, Orinoco, Barbatus, Towton, Las celles, and perhaps another or two. Cheddar and Ninny hammer's appearances are scarcely among the probabili ties. Umbriel does not run, neither do Mr. Payne's. The Reiver and Sittingbourne also must be set down as non-starters, which leaves but a very diminutive field to contest this so called " Key to the Derby." Some months since I published my first remarks on this race, at the time selecting West Australian as the winner, declaring my belief that there was no animal entered for the Stake that had any chance, if he kept well, of beating him over this distanoe. I also remarked that he was the representative. of the great northern stable, and that Umbriel would not run. The list of horses I gave then as the most likely competitors, I have only to make one alteration in, and that is with respect to the representative of the Fyfield stable. I was unable to discover which was to be the horse, Orinoco, or North Pole. Since I wrote the foregoing my opinion has under gone no alteration. I still believe Mr. Bowes' large strided son of Melbourne, and Mowerina, to be quite enough to carry off this stake, and with tolerably ease too. I cannot fancy that Filbert has any pretensions to more than a third or fourth place, or that Orinoco, although tried very high for the mile, can do more than run a respectable second to West Australian. Lascelles, notwithstanding his victory at Epsom over two or three of the great guns of last year, I cannot it agine will figure in a very forward position in this race. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the horses who are certain to be on the missing list are the follow ing :—The Lion, North Pole, Mustang, Sir Walte r, Umbriel, War-Whoop, Pindus, The Adjutant, Hazle nut, Nutpecker, Pensioner, ar-Eagle colt, Constan tine, Singapore, and Exhibition. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—It is uncommonly difficult to discover at the present moment what may be the component parts of the field for this stake ; I have reason to believe, however, that Mrs. Nutting will re present Lord Exeter's half dozen ; that Mayfair will be started from Fisher's stable ; Vaultress from John Day's Sen. ; Sylphine from E. Parr's ; Hybla from A. Tay lor's ; Mentmore Lass from W. King's ; Comfit from Osborne's • Bridget from M. Dawson's ; and one or two more, including something from Messrs. Greville and Payne's lots. Mayfair is but an indifferent animal. Vaultress, I fancy, has lost her two years old form. Hybla gave us a specimen the other day that she is in tolerable form, but I cannot believe she is good enough for this bout. Bridget's performances will not entitle her to a win here. Mrs. Nutting is much talked about and fancied at Newmarket, but, according to my view of the case, she and the rest must give place to SYLPHINE and COMFIT, whom I think must occupy the first and second places. THE NEWMARKET STAKES.—Out of the twenty-two nominations the running of the previous four days to the decision of this stake will make the majority a case of forfeits, Stone Plover, Filbert, Orinoco, and William Rufus being all that are likely to show • and as the Fyfield horse O r i noco h a s b een p rove d t o be something superior at a mile, he will doubtless secure the spoils for Mr. Stanley. _ _ Within - the last few days a very considerable change has been effected in the position of several ani mals in the betting for the Chester Cup and Derby, the most significant of which has been the introduction of Nancy for the former at SO to 1, at which price a mode rate sum has been got on. The party have as yet failed to obtain a large stake, the price required being refused. Trifle, after having oscillated for a week or so, is once more firm as first favourite at 8 to 1. I entertain a first-class opinion of her chance, and think she must obtain a place. Lady Evelyn's party, I presume, have got their money on, as they have been very quiet lately, and the mare has been steady at 10 to 1. She has done excellent work, and, under Nat's guidance, ought to be one of the first to find her way home on the " Coop" day. Talfourd, on the strength of his late victories, holds the position of third favourite ; and I am inclined to place a little confidence in him for the great event on the Roodee. The Derby movements, if anything, have been more decided than those for the Chester Cup ; West Austra lian, upon a continuous outlay, has gradually risen from 10 to 6 to 1, and seemingly will soon be at half that figure. I have a notion that he will carry off the Guineas, be beaten in the Derby, and win the St. Leger. This is founded altogether upon his build and action, the latter being well adapted to the Rowley Mile and St. Leger courses, and not to that at Epsom. The next great movement is the immense amount of cash that has been thrown into the market to support Honey wood, who, within little more than a fortnight, has advanced from 15 to 7 to 1. I consider all money invested on this animal to he given to the book-makers. I cannot for an instant bring myself to believe that, at the very best, he is a better horse than Neasham was in his Derby form. I shall resume the subject at early period. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.—Mr. Vickers, the publisher, has forwarded me an early copy of the Wizard of the North's- pamphlet on the Derby ; but it came to hand too late to be reviewed in my Notes to-day. YORK SPRING MEETING.-WEDNESDAY. THE EGLINTON STAKES of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 50 added ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; allowances for maiden horses. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Lord Zetland's Ivan, by Van Tromp, 2 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 1 Sir C. 11Ionck's Vindex, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 9st (Ewart) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Vindex, but when seen to have a good start 3to 1 was laid. The young one took up the running at the half distance, and won easily by two lengths. The LONDEBBOROUGH CLIP, value 100 soya., in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 5 sovs. each ; for three-yr olds and upwards ; winners extra ; the second to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 21 subs. Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps, by Velocipede, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. I'Anson's Haricot, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. H. S. Thompson's Agnes Wickfield, 4 yrs, 6st (Waddington) 3 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Basham) 4 Mr. Beeley's Beech Nut, 3 yrs, sst 31b (F. Bates) 5 Mr. Baker's Tomato, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Boyes) 6 Betting-5 to 4on King of Trumps, sto 2 against Hari cot, 6 to 1 each agst Hungerford and Agnes Wickfield. King of Trumps waited to half way between the road and the stand, when he joined Haricot and Agnes Wickfield, the two leading horses. Agnes dropped off, and the King defeated Haricot easily by half a length. Bad third. The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE of 30 sovs., added to a han dicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages. T.Y.C. 12 subs. - Mr. H. T. Thompson's British Farmer, 3 yrs, Est (Boyes) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Morris's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Basham) 3 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Bumby) 4 The following also ran :—Mr. John Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Osborne) ; Mr. T. Holtby's Rosa Lee, 4 yrs, 7st (Wells) ; Mr. H. S. Thompson's All's Lost Now, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Waddington) ; Mr. Parker's Lady Mowbray, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Carroll) ; Mr. Armstrong's Julius Caesar, 2 yrs, sst (Bates). Betting— -3 to 1 agst Game Tommy, 4 to 1 agst Rosa Lee, 5 to 1 agst Lady Agnes, 8 to 1 agst British Farmer. Won by two lengths ; same distance between second and third ; head between third and fourth. _ . The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 25 sovs., added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 2001. ; allowances if to be sold for less. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. T. Walker's b c by Birdcatcher, out of Surprise, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. H. S. Thompson's Sweetness, 3 yrs (301 ), sst 131 b (Wells) 2 Mr. T. Masterman's The Salmon, 3 yrs (301.), sst 131 b (Boyer) 3 Won by a head. The weather was fine, but the sport was somewha . scanty. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst West Australian (taken). 3to 1 agst Oronoco (taken). CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Trifle (taken). 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken to 2001.). 35 to 1 agst Nancy. 40 to 1 would have been taken about Nancy to a large amount. DERBY. 6to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 7to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 15 to 1 agst Cineas. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. The SUFFOLK STAKES of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, if declared, Ste. on Tuesday in th e First Spring Meeting, with 50 added. The winner of the Somersetshire 4 S l t b ak eexstro. . r t Ch es ter Cup to carry 81b extra, i of any other Sweep stakes a mounting to 200 sovs., including the w i nner ' s own stake, after the decla r a tion of the weights, or of the R.M. Plate on the preceding day, Suffolk Stakes Course, last mile and a half of R.C. c Yrs st lb Indian Warrior 4 8 10 Hungerford. Cf. Bii. Nicholson 4 8 7 Adine 4 8 4 Officious 6 8 4 Nutshell 6 8 2 King Pepin Hothorpe Waverley Hirsuta St. George 6 7 4 Cotton Lady Sabra Dame Tattle Ilex 4 6 12 Yrs st lb Nathan Sextus 3 6 8 Alexia 3 6 8 Chilton Lord-Lieutenant 3 6 7 Dabchick Nutpecker Rackapelt Veteran Petrel 3 6 0 The Dandy 3 5 12 Torment 3 5 10 Ch g by Verulam, Gavotte out of I\l a d inella 3 5 9 7 Madrid tJ: a M , ,; -., - ASCOT HEATH, JUNE 7. A Piece of Plate, value 500 sovs., the gift of his mt r ty, the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a s eep stakes of 20 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds, to carry Est 4 101 b ; four, Bst 61b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b mares and geldings allowed 31b. To start at Cup Post, and go once round and in. About two miles and a half. Vindex, 3 yrs Gadabout, 3 yrs Newminster, 5 yrs Leopold, 4 yrs Little David, 3 yrs Ninnyhammer, 3 yrs Songstress, 4 yrs Weathergage, 4 yrs Defiance, 3 yrs Umbriel, 3 yrs Beverlac, 3 yrs Exact, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs Lady Evelyn, aged Orinoco, 3 yrs Teddington, 5 yrs Stockwell, 4 yrs Kingston, 4 yrs The Indian Warrior, 4 yrs Talfourd, 3 yrs Pelion, 3 yrs Chief Baron Nicholson,4 yrs SHREWSBURY, MAY 12. Acceptances for the GREAT CLEVELAND HANDICAP. About two miles and a quarter. Yrs st lb Weathergage 4 8 11 Chaseaway 5 7 4 Goldfinder 5 7 3 Black Doctor 5 7 1 Merry Bird 4 7 0 Lindrick 4 6 12 Father Thames 4 6 11 Lough Bawn 5 6 10 Red Lion 5 0 9 Gholab Singh 5 6 9 Clothworker a 6 8 Bardolph Le Juif 5 6 8 Melford a 6 7 Antigone 5 6 6 Farewell 4 6 3 Banshee was struck out Monday, the 18th inst., at GOODWOOD, July 26.—Th, 30 subs. • Yrs st lb 'Leap-year. Llanforda 3 6 0 Newman Noggs Morning Star 4 5 10 Harp 5 5 10 Waterfall 5 5 10 The Carrier 4 5 10 Richard Primmer 4 5 10 0 Tame 4 5 8 Athenia Pallas 4 5 8 Ibis 4 5 8 Audubon 3 5 1 Tavistock 3 5 0 Pastrycook 3 5 0 Placid 3 4 12 Ann Page 3 4 6 of all her engagements on [0 a.m. ,e Goodwood Cup closed with THE LATE FATAL FIRE AND THE ARTILLERYMAN. Sir R. W. Carden attend;d at the Guildhall yesterday for the purpose of communicating to the poor soldier, whose in case has ex c it e d so much interest i n t h e pu bli c mindcoirequ ence of his ga ll an t con d uc t an d the inju ries he receivedin attempting to save the life of Serjeant Patterson, the amount of cont r ib u ti ons th a t h a d b een forwarded to this court on his behalf by benevolently disposed individuals, and on the worthy alderman taking his seat uu the bench ; Inspector Cale handed up a valuable silver watch and guard, the former engraved with the follo w i ng inscrip tion, and the whole enclosedin a neat morocco case : " Presented by the officers and constables of the second division City of London police to James Haviland, o f the 9th battalion Royal Artillery, for his brave conduct in attempting to save from fire the li fe of the late Police serjeant Patterson, of the same division, on the 9th day of March, 1853." Inspector Cale requested that the worthy alderman would present it to the soldier, who had obtained leave of absence for the day and was then present in court. Inspector Teague requested a similar favour with re gard to a handsome crimson velvet French purse, con taining six sovereigns, which the same division wished to present to the widow. On one side of the purse was a silver plate, inscribed with the following : 7 " Presented to Emily Patterson, widow of the late Serjeant Patter son, by the officers and constables of the second division of the City police, as a mark of respect to the memory of her deceased husband, 20th April, 185 3 ." Sir R. W. Carden said there only now devolved upon him the pleasing duty to present the watch and chain to the soldier as an acknowledgment by the police, in whose division the unfortunate fire occurred, of the service he had endeavoured to render to the late Serjeant Patter son, and his heroic conduct in exposing his own life in rescuing a fellow-creature. At the same time he felt very much gratified at the liberal manner in which the public had responded to the appeal made to their feelings on behalf of the soldier and the widow ; and he was happy to announce that the amount of subscriptions he had received was about 2401., which he intended to ap portion, according to the wish of the donors, in the fol lowing way :-2001. for the soldier, and 401. for the widow. With regard to the sympathy displayed by the police, he could only say that it was extremely credit able to the force that out of the sum he had named as much as 251. had been contributed by the City police, independent of the watch he had just had the pleasure of presenting to the soldier. Such a feeling existing in such a large body of officers and men only showed their admiration of acts of this kind, and an anxiety to reward persons who so inobly did their duty. He, therefore, hoped the soldier would preserve the watch as a memento of an honourable and praiseworthy action ; and as it was his intention to invest the sum placed in his hands in securing a life annuity for the soldier, he trusted he would live long to enjoy it. In presenting the purse to the widow, he would not wound her feelings unneces sarily by recalling to her mind her recent loss, but would let the token of esteem for her late husband by his colleagues in the division speak for itself. With the 401. collected for her, be intended to ascertain in what manner it could be made most beneficial to her, and lay it out accordingly. If the unfortunate widow had any consolation at all, it must have been that her late hus band lost his life in the performance of his duty. • James Havilaud expressed his gratitude as well as his feelings under the circumstances would allow him ; but hopeming a little reassured he said ho could never suf ficiently thank the alderman and the police for the hu manity and kindness with which he had been treated throughout, or the public, for the sympathy they had shown for him. The poor fellow then applied to Sir R. W. Carden for so much of the subscription as would enable him to send for his wife, who was left at Gibraltar when his detach ment returned to England, she being afflicted with asthma and unable to encounter the passage in the winter season. Sir Robert gave him 201. for that purpose, and the soldier seemed delighted with the prospect of getting his wife home. The widow then returned her most grateful thanks for the assistance afforded her, and the court having been cleared of the crowd of policemen and others, who met the soldier with the greatest cordiality, the usual busi ness was proceeded with. PASSPORTS TO THE CONTINENT. REGULATIONS RESPECTING PASSPORTS ISSUED AT TUB FOREIGN-OFFICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. I.—Applications for Foreign-office passports must be made in writing to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the word " Passport" written upon the cover. 2.—The fee on the issue of a passport is 7s. 6d. 3.—Foreign-office passports are granted only to British subjects, including in that description foreigners who have been naturalised by act of Parliament, or by certificates of naturalisation granted before tho 24th day of August, 1850 ; in this latter case, the party is described in the passport as a " naturalised British subject." 4.—Passports are granted between the hours of 12 and 4 on the day following that on which the application for the passport has been received at the Foreign-office. s.—Passports are granted to persons who are either known to the Secretary of State, or recommended to him by some person who is known to him ; or upon the written application of any banking firm established in London, or in any other part of the United Kingdom. 6.--Passports cannot be sent by the Foreign-office to persons already abroad. Such persons should apply to the nearest British Mission or Consulate. 7.—Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission, or at some Consulate in England, of the Government of the country which the bearer of the pass port intends to visit. B. A Foreign-office passport granted for one journey may be used for any subsequent journey, if countersigned afresh by the Ministers or Consuls of the countries which the bearer intends to visit. Foreign-office, April, 1853. The countersignature or visa of the Prussian or Sar dinian authorities in London is not required. EXTRAORDINARY YORKSHIRE ELOPEMENT. — In Ley burn there has lived for many years an ingenious person, whose versatility of talent has long been acknowledged by the inhabitants. Some little time ago our hero ma nifested a slight eccentricity in expressing a wish to his housekeeper that he might be able, at Christmas, to turn the beans at 20 stone (he then weighing upwards of 16 stone), at the same time promis in g her marriage if,. by dint of high feeding, she could assist him in accomplish ing that object. She accordingly set to wo t r h k e ; de mft r ny and ludicrous were the experiments tried ere y alt o e u ra r ti h o e n ro at a neighbouring structure gradually ex scribed, our worthy's corporeal . d d until at length it was whispered that his outer ed pan e , specific was found. By properdie , judicio_usly spre hasuntoratisy was brought to the beam, which he easily cast at twenty stone three her part e o x f a t c h tl e y a t g h r r e e e e m p en ou t, n n d:oreth u a p n c : d st e m r t i D g a O w i s t re ci t i in ri for. His housekeeper having successfully accomplished stipulated garmen ts tailor ' tailor's. called y • hi s promise at the altar, lie at once assented, and made preparation for the ceremony. But alas ! the bond was not to be completed so easily. The two de votees of Cupid h a d not, neighbours a thing unfortunately, consulted th e ir small towns. On o f paramount importance in all the day when their bliss should have been consummated a mob assailed the house, hurling bricks, stones, and windows, other available mi ss il es th roug h th e until the unfortunate couple were quit the scene o f d evastation, and take refuge in obliged an t to warehouse. Here th ey rema i ne d unt il t h e mob subsided, l and then retired to their shattered domicile, determinqd to be up with the lark, and, on the wings of love, fly to the haven of Gretna. A postchaise was secretly ordered at the Bolton Arius ; next evening, at five o'clock, they were over the Border, and shortly after, man and wife -were congratulating each other on having outwitted their "knowing" neighbours.— Ti r o) cestershire Chronicle. A MYSTERIOUS FOUNDLING. —A female child, wrap ped up in the finest linen, and covered with a handsome velvet cloak, was found a few days ago in a passage leading to the vestry in the church of St. Roch. On unfolding the clothes the following letter was found :-- " Imperious reasons compel me to momentarily desert my child. I shall not cease to watch over her. I en treat the person who shall take charge of her, to pay her the greatest attention. Some day, and that, per haps, not very distant, she will be generously reward ed for her trouble and her maternal care. I wish the child to be called Marie, and that the necklace which sh e his on may be carefully preserved." The wife of the beadle ' took charge of the child, and, according to the wish of the mother, it was christened Marie.—Gaignanz's of sever. ~- 611 4 22 li 131 it 1043 120 112 i F- L•. • 4, , rir