The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Vast crowds of persons still continue to visit Notre Dame to view the decorations. At one period of the day the queue extended as far as the Quai Napoleon. It is supposed that not less than 100,000 entered the cathedral in the course of the day. Workmen commenced in the morning taking down the decorations of the Hotel de Ville and of the Rue Neuve de Rivoli. The flowers and shrubs placed in the court-yard of the Louvre have also been in part removed. The brooch presented by the Emperor to the Empress on her marriage, and which contained a portrait of his Majesty, painted by M. Paul de Pommayrac, cost 30,000 f. The Emperor has ordered the parure of diamonds offered by the Vile de Paris to be bought on his own account, and the price (600,000 f.) charged to the civil list. The municipal council of Amiens at its last sit ting voted a credit of 2,000 f. to be divided as a marriage portion between three couple belonging to the poorer classes of that city, in commemoration of the marriage of the Emperor. The manufacturers of Puy have forwarded a very splendid present of choice lace to their new Em press, as a specimen at once of their tasteful pro ductions and a testimony of their devotion to the Emperor. The Emperor and Empress on Tuesday visited the manufactory of Sevres, and were well received on their way, both going and returning. On being informed of the recent death of au artist of the establishment, the Emperor gave 100 fr. for the widow, and assured M. Regnault, the director, of his interest. Congratulatory addresses to the Emperor on his marriage appear in the Moniteur, from the munici pal councils of Amiens, Clermont, Bar-le-Due, Dijon, Strasburg, Metz, Montbrison, Bordeaux, Melun, St. Etienne, Arras, and Napoleon (Ven dee), as well as from the Court of First Instance of Nantes.. On Sunday last, the day of the celebration of the religious ceremony of marriage, a marked and cha racteristic difference was observed between the atti tude of the Polytechnic School and that of the Military School of St. Cyr. Several pupils of the former establishment had sent round sheets of Paper, on which each of them should inscribe his vote by yes or no as to whether they should cry or not "Vivo l'Empereur." It is stated that the num bers were 190 in the negative, and 14 for the affirmative ; the result was that the school, drawn up under one of the balconies of the Tuileries, maintained complete silence. The school of St Cyr on the contrary manifested considerable enthusiasm. At all periods the same strong difference has been found to exist between the two establishments. The Polytechnic School in 1830 was among the first who joined the insurrection with ardour, while that of St. Cyr appeared ready to march to the succour of Charles X- After 1848 the Poly technic Schoolwas decidedly democratic, and almost Socialist, while its rival figured on all occasions as the. adversary of the democratic party. With reference to the health of the Countess of Chambord, admitted to have been extremely deli cate, two different accounts are given, and, cu riously enough, each proceeds from a person who is in an excellent position to be well informed. One is founded on a letter from Venice, received yesterday, from the Duke de Levis, and which an nounces that the Countess is re-established, or nearly so, from her late indisposition, and that she had not incurred any serious risk. Other letters, of a similar date and from the same place received by Legiti m i s ts quite as att ac h e d as the distinguished Person just mentioned to the Royal family, state that the health of the Countess was not improving, and that, much alarm. existed in consequence of her spitting blood. Which of these accounts we are to believe it is difficult to say. The Moniteur states that the appointment of the Baron Brenier to the embassy at Constantinople is only temporary • and that the return of the Mar- , quis de Lavalette, whose services are highly appre ciated, is owing to no other cause than leave of ab sence in consequence of ill-health. On its restora tion, the marquis will resume !those functions at the Court of the Sultan, which the Baron Brenier merely fulfils ad interim. The wife of M." Bianchi, formerly editor of the Messager du Nord, who had been expelled from France, was arrested on Saturday last at Roubaix. She was accompanied by a child, who carried a basket containing six copies of a prohibited pam phlet by Victor Hugo, and a copy of a political work by M. Schcelcher, relative to the events of the 2d of December. From discoveries made by the police, they proceeded to Madame Bianchi's residence, and there seized 3,000 copies of the pro clamation of Charras, and about a score of one of Victor Hugo's most obnoxious pamphlets. A most valuable coal-field has been discovered in the forest near Douai. Four new veins of the very finest quality of coals have just been commenced, and from one of them alone, with a comparatively limited applicati on o f l a b our, the produce has bee 1,100 hectolitres a-day. The approaching carnival in Paris ha s ca ll e d f or th some very stringent regulations from the Prefect of Police, which have-been warmly applauded by the sober portion of the Parisians, but are likely to be as hotly contested by the classes who have heretofore run wild with riot and disorder at the privileged season. No person will this year be allowed to carry any insignia tending to ridicule any character exercising public functions, or to wear any ecclesi astical costume, or any other religious dress legal ised by the state • and no masks of any kind what soever will be allowed in the streets between the hours of six at night and ten in the morning. The Emperor returned to Paris yesterday for the purpose of presiding at a Council of Ministers. He was accompanied by the Empress. They came to Paris in an open carriage and' four, followed by a second carriage with some members of the house hold, and had no escort. The Ministers had arrived at the Tuileries be fore the arrival of Louis Napoleon, but nothing is of course known yet as to the result of the delibe rations. It is thought, however, that, at this coun cil, two questions will be settled, which ex cite very considerable interest in France one with respect to the fate of the exiled ge nerals ; - aria! the second with respect to the modi fication of the infamous decrees of the 22d of January, 1852, by which the Orleans family have been despoiled of their possessions. It is credita ble to the young Empress that she has endeavoured to make use of her influence over Louis Napoleon, to induce him to permit the exiled generals to re :turn to France, and also to modify the Orleans decrees. It appears that a few days before her marriage, Mademoiselle de Montijo asked as a spe cial favour to herself that the four exiled generals should be allowed to return to France. Louis Na poleon *replied that they were quite at liberty to re turn, and that they themselves knew that the gates of France were open to them whenever they might choose to enter. Mademoiselle de Montijo left in great spirits, thinking that she had gained her object ; but on informing a gentleman who felt interested in the fate of the generals, he explained to the lady (who was evidently inexperienced in such matters) that it was quite true they might re turn, if they would do an act of submission to the Present .Government, but that in their position it Was impossible they could do so without dishonour ing themselves ; so that a condition of that kind 'was equivalent to a sentence of perpetual banish raent. The lady then said she would ask the Em peror to allow them to return unconditionally, and ~s h e did so ; but hitherto her request (althou g h th e u rat made) has not been acceded to. The efforts of the young E m press in favour of the Orlean s f am il y have hitherto been also fruitless ; but, as we have said above, the question, it is supposed, would come Yesterday before the Council of Ministers, and it is still hoped th a t some thi ng will be done. At all 7ente, the Moniteur will soon show us whether u"0 influence of the Empress Eugenie is to be con siderable, as some say ; or null, as is maintained by others. We read in the Patrie :—" It is positively stated that th e G overnment has under considerat i on a bill relativ e.. to th e sav i ngs ' b an k s, w hi c h will make ine modifications in th e ra t e o f i n t eres t, an d in t he greatest amoun t o f deposits. The essen ti a l co nditions of the in s tit u ti on of sav i ngs ' b an k s li e i n sgauriw ty of investment, and in facility of with al secondary importance. The reduction of the rate of interest to 4 per cent. which which may be regarded as the normal rate for ihe savings' banks, is only the natural consequence of a return to a regular State of thi ngs. It is said that these considerations Will determine the Government to fix the interest at that rate, from the Ist J t ul. next. The deposits n° o f any one p erson willbe allow e d t o excee d 20 0 f. pe r wee k , except for substitutes of the army and navy, a n d for Mutual Benefit Societies." More than six columns of the Constitutionnel are filled with an article b ahem rapier de Cassagnac in continuation of his yattempt to show that the Principles of the revolution 1789 were not due to the writings of the phil b o e so o p f he rs of the last cen tury. his last article contendedf that these Principles were not the work Voltaire ; he now contends_ that the attempts o of Rousseau were failures. The most curious part of the article is L . Li st in which M. Grapier ocil3einiCoassao-nac quotes Arom Voltaire to show the that he enter tained of Rousseau. He says tr Rousseau was the sole man of letters of im.portance - who ap- Peared to of h. separate himself from the common ideas P I ° Bl :Thera on government, and 'wished to shar e . . Power amongst the multitude. This caused an immense scandal amongst the philoso phers, and they thought they could never protest sufficiently against it. 'My letter to Mr. Hume,' wrote Voltaire to Damilaville, is only an honest and legitimate, though pleasant, justification against the accusations of the paltry seditionmonger named Jean Jacques Rousseau, who has dared to insult the King and all his Ministers in all his works, and who merits at least the pillory, if not also a lunatic asylum.' Voltaire did not consider it sufficient to condemn the politics of Rousseau—he refuted them. Read, I beg of you,' he wrote to the Marshal de Richelieu, this sheet which I detach from an En cyclopaedia of my making—it is the commencement of an article in which part of the absurd extrava gancies of Jean Jacques are refuted. I detest the insolence of such a philosophy as much as you de spise it. The system of equality has always ap peared to me to be the pride of a madman.' And as if these explicit declarations did not sufficiently gratify the philosopher Voltaire, he added, I only know Jean Jacques Rousseau who can be re proached with these ideas of equality and indepen dence, and all the chimeras which are ridiculous.' In a letter to Damilaville, written on 25th June, 1762, he said, ' The Contrat Social, or insociable, is only remarkable for some insults coarsely ad dressed to Kings by the citizen of the small town of Geneva, and by four insipid pages against the Christian religion.' " The report is confirmed that the Governor of Cayenne has been recalled, and Captain Fourrichon, of the navy, appointed in his place. The ground of his recal is] non-conformity with the general instructions of Government, whose views with re gard to the unfortunate persons removed to this penal settlement he could not be made to compre hend. Some letters of a character severely re flecting on the treatment of political prisoners in penal settlements have appeared from time to time in the Presse, and M. Emile de Girardiu got great credit for the courage of his remonstrances on the subject, and if some better mode of treatment is about to be instituted, as may fairly be supposed, no small portion of credit will be due to the able editor of the Presse newspaper. The Con stitutionnel has the following on this subject : " Some journals have talked of the causes which have determined the Government to recal M. de Sarda Gar- riga, the Commissary-General of French Guiana, and to confide the direction of that colony to Captain Fourri chon, who proceeds there with the title of governor. We have reason to know that in different important points the Commissary General of French Guiana departed from the spirit of the instructions which he had received on his departure, as might be seen from the recital of some episodes which have taken _place at Cayenne, and which have been published in a journal of that place. The direction which M. de Sarda, Garriga gave to the Penitentiary of the Salutation Island, was Calculated to compromise the result of the important and useful mea sure of the suppression of the Bagnes. Regretable re laxation of discipline, and serious infractions of the regu lations, tended to diminish the respect due to the autho rities among the convicts. The Government was called on tct correct this error, and it has done so. The new agents designated by the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, have already given proofs of experience and capacity. Endowed with great firmness, they - well know how to again introduce into the Penitentiary of the Salutation Isle that spirit of discipline without which nothing can go on as it ought to do. An intelligent and good direction given to that establishment will soon make it fulfil the object of its creation." "The Duke of Parma was absent (says the Moni teur) from his States when the Empire was pro claimed in France. As soon as his Royal Highness returned to his capital, he hastened to have notice given to M. de Gabriac, charge d'affaires in France, that new credentials would be immediately for warded, accrediting him representative of the Court of Parma to the Emperor of the French." Tile Cons titutto . 7mel gives the following contra diction to statements which have appeared relative to some pretended violent measures of the Govern ment of Parma :—" We mention with pleasure that from information given by the Piedmont journals the acts which have been reported to have taken place in the State of Parma are perfectly unfounded. There has been neither an expulsion of a 'French man from the Court, nor the imprisonment of a lady in the service of the Duchess. Other charges brought against the Government of Parma are equally unfounded." A letter from Brest of the 30th ult., states that the electric wires to effect a communication between Brest and Angers had arrived by a steam-boat at Morlaix. The Government proposes to extend the system of electric telegraphs throughout the de partment of the Finisterre, and to place Brest in communication with Paris, and likewise with Quimper, Landerneau, and Morlaix. A letter from Pontarlier of the 30th ult states iat a heavy fall of snow in that neighbourhood had stopped the passage of all travelers or car riages. A number of operatives were engaged in clearing the roads. Some disturbances have occurred at St. Julien de Cassagnas, in the department of the Gard. Some of the Republicans arrested after the coup d'etat in December, 1851, wished to celebrate the anniversary of their incarceration. The gendar merie of St. Ambroix immediately repaired to the place of meeting and arrested 15 of the most vio lent of the party. Having been reinforced by a letachment of the 16th Light Infantry, they lodged their prisoners in the fort of Alais. The Journal des Debats announces that the celebrated writer Beer has become a convert to the Catholic religion. His conversion was accom plished by Father Ratisbonne, who was himself converted by " a miraculous vision." • The Bourse was more firm yesterday than for some days past, and the price of public securities rose slightly. The approaching change of Minis ters was spoken of, and it was stated that M. Car her, former Prefect of Police, would take- office with M. de Morny. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 50c., fell to 79f. 30c., rose subsequently to 79f. 65c., and closed at 79f. 60c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 990 f. ; Rouen , 970 f. ; avre, 467 f. 50c. ; Bale, 340 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 745 f. ; Paris to Lyons, 850 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 720 f. ; Western of France, 655 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 557 f. 50e. ' • Caen to Cherbourg, 595 f. • Dijon to Besancon, 517 f. 50c. Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 717 f. 50c. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,. FEBRUA-RY 3, 1853. GERMANY. The Lloyd of the 29th January states that the ar rangement of the difference between Austria and the United States has been confirmed by dispatches from Washington brought by a special courier. The best disposition is said to prevail in the States to wards the Austrian Government. The Correspondez of Vienna complains that the new customs tariff issued by the Ports in 1852 has failed to benefit the Austrian traders in Bosnia and Herzogowina, and the Danubian principalities, who are continually subject to oppressive dues and rates arbitrarily levied by the Turkish authorities. This (says the Ministerial organ) is a direct infringe ment of the Passarowitz treaty, which guaranteed to Austrian merchants the maximum of a three per cent. import and export duty on their wares, in common with the most favoured nations. In 1839, in consequenceof the Anglo-Turkish treaty of trade, a 2 per cent. import and a 9 per cent. ex port duty were adjudged to the Porte. This treaty Austria acceded to for maritime traffic, and for that only ; so that the stipulations of the treaty of Passaroivitz, relative to the commerce on the borders, remain in force, to the conclusion of all othen—the more so, as in the above-named pro vinces monopolies never existed. From the same source we learn that the silk export trade of Lom bardy has withi n th e l as t t en years con siderably declined. Two million and a half pounds is the falling off in the exports to England, owing to the increasing trade with Chi na ; an d Chinese silk, equal in quality to the Italian, is finding its way into Germany. It is, therefore, essential (says the writer) that in the commercial negotiations with Germany stress should be laid upon this point, with a view t o promoting the interest of the silk growers in Austria and Italy. There are grounds for believing that the reports of the sth Russian itude. n g papart commanded ef the b y sGe neralixe r and y e t f e o h l s von composing b corps d'armeepe so-called active army under the orders of p askiewitz—which army is echelloned from the n Polish-Prussian frontier to the vicinity of Warsaw received orders to hold itself in readiness to move las towards the Danubian provinces. Similar orders have, issued to the 4th corp s of th e it is affirmed, been same army. The whole of these corps being • uniformly organised, gives a total of 50 battalions, 32 squadrons, and 59,000 men, with 11 2 field-pieces. A letter from Badevormwald, in Prussla "The Protestant clergyman Haver, wholi had ays : sepa rated from the church of the country w ith the great est portion of the Protestant commune, and who had been exposed on that account to vario us at tacks, has been found dead in the forest. Il e was shot in the back with two balls, which came out through the breast. The assassin has not been dis covered." A letter from Berlin states, we have arrived at the Ist of February, and, with the exception of two days, the thermometer has not fallen below freezing point. We are meantime deluged with. rain. Ice is so scarce that even opticians are com pelled to pay large prices for the necessary regula tion of their thermometer manufactories. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 28th ult. The Heraldo publishes a petition from the Syndicate of the Agents de Change of Madrid, praying for the re-establishment of time bargrins in the public funds. They state in support of their request that, with only cash transactions, they are not able to support their expenses. The Espana, the Glamor Publico, the Diario Espanol, and the Nacion have been again seized. The Gazette publishes the following paragraph : " We have been assured that several national poets intend to dedicate an album or poetical crown to her whom we persist in calling the Countess of Toba." The Three per Cents were done at 401- ; the New Three per Cents. at 22* ; the Debt of the First Class at 10 ; and that of the Second at sg. ITALY. Intelligence has been received from Rome to the 24th ult. A discussion had arisen in the last secret consistory of twenty cardinals on the exchange of the duchy of Benevento. The affair is by no means so far advanced as was supposed. The exchange was proposed only as an eventuality, and as a ques tion on which it was desirable to have the opinion of the cardinals. A rather small majority declared in favour of the plan. The minority dwelt par ticularly on the smallness of the sum offered by the King of Naples, which was at first re presented Co be eight millions of piastres, but is now stated to be only three millions. It is consequently probable that a very considerable time will' elapse before the definitive conclusion of this affair. The Council of State has at last pre pared a rather confused decree for the withdrawal from circulation of the paper money. It had not been as yet approved of by the Pope, and all that had transpired concerning it in public did not meet with any great favour. The King of Bavaria was to remain in Rome until after the carnival. Count de Spaur, his minister at Rome, was to give in hon our of his sovereign a grand ball costume, every one at it being bound to appear in the attire of the age of Louis XIV. M. de La Tour d'Auvergne had resumed his functions as first secretary of embassy. It was said that General de Cotte had asked for leave of absence to make a journey to 'France. It is stated in diplomatic circles that the real ob ject of' the Secret Consistory lately held at Rome, and at which the cession of the Duchy of Bene vento to the Neapolitan Government was discussed, was to take the opinion of the . Cardinals as to the propriety of the Pope's consenting to proceed to Paris to crown the Emperor Napoleon. Of 21 Cardinals present, 18 are said to have given a de cided negative to the proposition. MONTENEGRO. The accounts from Montenegro are beginning to assume a uniform character, in as far as regards the conduct of the natives, who appear to defend their mountain passes with success against treble their numbers, and fight for their own with a fierce heroism worthy of their forefathers. Nor is their courage less remarkable in the plains. The at tempt of three Turkish generals, Omer Pacha, Selim Bey, and Reis Pacha, to reach the heart of the country by a simultaneous movement, appears to have been a signal failure, no real impression having been made as yet upon these indomitable tribes. Their cause has received a check in the southern district- of Czeminsko, where we read that a force of 12,000 Turks, though repulsed at first, had maintained a very favourable position taken up on the heights of Carnghe against several desperate attempts made by 2,000 of the enemy to drive them across the frontier. On the 16th a combined attack of cavalry and infantry was made upon the small town of Grahovo, in the district of that name bordering Montenegro on the north. The Wojvod Wujatich (a special object of aversion with the Turks on account of his Russian tendencies), with 40 of his followers, had turned his house into a fortification, resolved to set it on fire sooner than yield to the invader. The telegraph now reports from Trieste that news had arrived at Risano, in the Gulf of Cattaro, of the destruction of Grahovo by fire. Eighteen of its de fenders—the brother of the Wojvod being one of them—fought bravely to the last, and then perished in the flames. What became of Wujatich is not known. In spite of these reverses, nobody believes for a moment that the independence of Montenegro is endangered, or that the Turks, even if let alone, will succeed in occupying the country ; nor is it easy to see what advantage they would reap from the conquest. A correspondent of the Vienna Presse 'writes from the Bocca di Cattaro, on the 17th :—" The Turks are beaten everywhere. They are in great force. Omer Pasha concentrated at Podgarizza (one of the three border fortresses of Montenegro) 10,000 ' Nizams and 14,000 Rayahs. The Pasha of Scutari left Antivari with 10,000 men, including 4,000 Nizams ; while the Pasha of the Herzegowin attacked the northern frontier with 8,000 men. They were everywhere driven back by small numbers of the Montenegrins." Fire and slaughter, it is added, mark the passage of the Turks. Austrian vessels of war, and land forces, are on the spot to prevent the passage either way of Turkish troops across the two strips of land belong ing to the Herzegowina, on the Adriatic coast. A Vienna letter, of the 29th ult., states that the Count de Leiningen, who has been sent by the Austrian Cabinet on a special mission to Constan tinople, has received full powers to propose and negotiate an arrangement between the Ottoman Porte and the Montenegrins. WEST INDIA .MAIL. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain C. G. Weller, arrived at Southampton yes terday afternoon, at six o'clock, from the West In dies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant O'Reilly, Admiralty agent. On her homeward voyage the La Plata experi enced head winds for the first nine or ten days, after which she had fine weather. The latest dates brought by the La Plata are : Vera. Cruz, Jan 5 ; Tampico, 1; Havannah, 9 ; Cliagres, 8 • Carthagena, 11 ; Jamaica, 11 ; Deme rara, 9 • Trindad, 11 ; Barbadoes, 16 ; Grenada, 'l2 • Porto Rico, 14 ; St. Thomas, 19 ; La Guayra, 9 ; Nassau, ; Antigua, 13 ; Jacmel, 12 ; Santa Martha, 9 ; Grey Town, 2 ; Bermuda, 11. The La Plata brings on freight $1,038,000 on merchants' account, $21,500 for the dividends, $1,060,000 gold dust, four packages platina, 138 serons cochineal, 32 serons of jalapa, 30 kegs of ginger ' 51 cases of cigars, containing 12,000 each, two bales of sarsaparalla, and a general cargo, con sisting of 22 serons indigo, and 59 packages sun dries. At Barbadoes.—Her Majesty's ship Dauntless, Captain Halsted, having lost 73 men and 15 officers. The Devas'cation, arrived here, with orders from the admiral to tow out the Dauntless, if unable to proceed herself to Anti g ua ; but Captain Halsted having refused the assistance, the Devastation re turned. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships.—The Great Western, Captain Jellicoe ' Spanish Main ; the Thames, Captain Abbot, at Barbadoes, having lost the purser, Mr. Edward Channell, of fever, a few days before the mail left ; the Trent, Captain Bevis, at St. Thomas's, two midshipmen having died of fever, Mr. Woolley and Mr. Allen ; the Dee, Captain Wilson, at St. Thomas's, having lost 13 hands, including two engineers, Mr. Bacon and Mr. Irving, the second officer, Mr. Hammond and Mr. Ritchie (chief engineer) having been left sick at Carthagena ; the Conway, Captain Sawyer, at Jamaica, en route to Chagres ; the Eagle, Captain Baynton, en route to Honduras ; the Derwent, Captain Ellison, from Northern Islands, having lost Mr. Henry Edo, purser, and the chief steward. Mr. Ede died at St. Thomas's on the 3d of January. Our accounts from Barbadoes state that the yellow fever still lingered there. The fever had disappeared from the populous localities of the town. Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Cum mings died on the Ist of January, after a few days' illness. The House of Assembly had adjourned for a month. The weather had been very favour able for agricultural operations, and the canes had recovered wonderfully from the injurious effect of the drought. Planters were busy preparing for the harvest. The Trinidad papers contain no news, and are chiefly occupied with descriptions of the first annual exhibition of live stock, staples, and provisions, which took place on the 2d of January. In St. Lucia the weather had been unsettled. Several States had commenced grinding, and a fair progress in the manufacture of sugar had been made. The new ordinance for the collection of rum duties was proclaimed on the 3d of January. Martinique continued very unhealthy. The manager of the newly established bank had arrived from France, bringing the necessary powers for commencing business. From Antigua we learn that, with the continu ance of fine weather, the island will ship one of the largest crops known for some years. The Domi- T ni h ca ohe Colonists state that the crops of that island promise very fairly. The Throughout t i te sh h M w ai e n st p l o n rt d s ie w s e g r e e n g er e all ner y all th y e healthy. weather was very unseasonable and unhealthy from the hadmopep r r e es h si e v ara e lt h hy ea . t. From St. Thomas's the fever disappeared, and er a a n r d a t he e re sl w iip as pin a g gr w e a at s deal of sickness, particularly among the shipping— so much so that black captains were appointed to several vessels in place of the masters who had died. The Dauntless is stated to have lost 73 men and 16 officers by yellow fever. The Devastation had touched at Barbadoes with orders from the Admiral to tow out the Dauntless if unable to proceed her- self to Antigua ; but Captain Halsted refused the offer on account of his - stores being on shore, and the Devastation returned to Trinidad. La Plata, on her way out, off Kingston Harbour, was delayed at Port Royal to allow Admiral Sir George Seymour to pay her a visit. The Royal Mail steamer Conway was at Jamaica, en route to Chagres ; the Dee at St. Thomas', having lost 13 hands, including the first and second engineers ; the Derweat at St. Thomas', having lost the purser and chief steward ; the Eagle en route to Hon duras ; the Esk at Barbadoes ; the Great Western in the Spanish Main ; the Thames at - Barbadoes (purser dead); the Treut at St. Thomas' (has mid shipmen dead). Her Majesty's ships Cumberland, Imaum, Highflyer, Persian, Buzzard, and Geyser, were at Jamaica ; the Alban left Port Royal on the sth for Port-au-Prince ; Her Majesty's schooner Bermuda was on a cruize, having been towed out of Greystown on the 2d of January by the Dee. JAMAICA. The yellow fever has been very severe in this port among the shipping, but it is now going away. There is a little sickness in Kingston ; but it is now, on the whole, rather healthy. The small-pox is still prevalent at San la Mar, but other places are healthy. The Chiistrnas holidays have passed off quietly. The Surrey assizes opened on the 3d instant, but not much doing. The soldiers of the Ist West India Regiment, for riot in Kingston, will be tried in a day or two. The House of Assembly will meet on the 23d instant. The expenses of the island will have to be very much reduced, but it is expected that the Council will pass no bills for that effect. The weather is still warm, and the rains are not yet over. The roads are in a very bad state. The arrival of the West India mail steam-vessels so irregularly is still a matter of complaint ; but it appears useless to say anything, or,to write, as• so little attention is paid to the colonies relative to their complaints. _ The weather has been very much against the planters, and the want of labour is severely felt ; and the news from England relative to the sugar question is very discouraging. It is expected a poor crop will be made this year. The state of trade is very dull, and many mer chants are about retiring from this island. There are several persons left here for Australia via New York, and many more are getting ready for the next opportunity. Vessels of War in Port Royal.—Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, flag, Admiral Seymour ; her Majesty's ship Imaum, with broad pendant, Com mander M'Quahe ; her Majesty's steamer High flyer, Captain Heathcote : her Majesty's steamer Buzzard, Commander Dobbie ; her Majesty's stermer Geyser, Commander Wilson; her Majesty's brig Persian, Commander Mitchell. • MEXICO. At the date of the Trent's departure from Vera Cruz it was generally supposed that Ariosto's Go vernment could not stand. Vera Cruz seconded the revolutionary movement of Tampico on the 28th of December, and the towns of Jalapa, Oro zaon, and Cordova, joined as soon as the news was received at these respective places. The principal feature of the revolution is for the reduction of the tariff and the removal of prohibitions. A commis sioner, representing the civil and military authori ties of Vera Cruz, came up in the Trent, on his way to Carthagena, to invite Santa Anna to return. Vera Cruz was generally healthy. A few cases of cholera had occurred in the hospital, but the disease was declining. Business throughout the country was very dull, and all classes were anxious for a change of government, hoping thereby to see busi ness in a more flourishing condition. Fever was at length on the decline at Barbadoes, but it still prevailed in force at Demerara, where it had been necessary to place black captains and black crews in some of the ships in the river. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM SI ACCEPTANCES for the NOTTI Yrs st lb Bardolph 4 8 7 May Day a 8 7 Humphrey 6 8 7 Little Davie 4 8 7 Prestige 5 8 5 Psyche 6 8 3 The Bishop 4 8 3 Ricardus de Pig burne 5 7 13 Tower 5 7 7 Chilton ACCEPTANCES FOR Yrs st lb Hobbio Noble 4 8 10 Nowininster 5 8 8 Weathergage 4 8 8 Mountain Deer 5 8 5 Stilton . ...... 4 8. 4 Nancy 5 8 2 Lady Evelyn a 8 0 Woolwich a 7 12 Chief Bazo.i Nichol son 4 4 7 7 1 12 2 Augur Truth 5 7 10 Confessor 5 7 10 Prime Minister 5 7 10 Leopold 4 710 Chaseaway 5 7 8 King of Trumps 4 7 8 Goldfinder 5 7 6 Hunt,e-ford 5 7 6 Cardir al Wiseman 5 7 6 Adine 4 7 6 Indian' Warrior 4 7 6 Grey Tommy 4 7 6 Muscovite Retail a 7 Poodle 4 7 4 Gossamer 4 7 4 Black Doctor 5 7 3 Neasham 5 7 2 Lucio Colsterdale 5 7 0 Terpsichore 5 7 0 The Bishop 4 7 0 Koh-i-noor 4 7 0 Redmond O'Hanlon 4 7 0 Lin irick Montague a 6 12 b c by Melbourne — out of Sally War foot 4 6 12 The Red Lion 4 6 12 Allegro 4 6 12 Haricot 6 6 10 Little Jack 6 6 10 Caliban Bellewstowa o Timid Fawn 5 Hirsuta 4 Sanita .... lanthe.... 4 5 Galvanism 4 St. Michael 4 Lambtou .3 Vermuth 5 Sister to Wanota 5 ScarecroNv 4 b f by Venkon, out of Wedding-Day .4 6 4 Bardolph 4 6 4 Bold Boy 4 6 4 Maria 4 6 4 Constantine 4 6 4 Pelion 3 6 2 View Hallow a 6 0 Victress Waterfall Harp 5 6 0 Babe . ;.k 4 6 0 Richmond 4 6 0 Pelopidas Ammonia 4 6 0 Braxey 4 6 0 Agnes Wiekfield I .w ai i l th Co th m e p w any es 'a steam ship t left thi s after to the amou n t SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 2.—The Royal y l , l no Indiaon. - mails, s She e Parana, ih nadcilaa charge guel Captainlofcargo;L F i eu F. . andWß o a S o r rp l 1 o e e vevfe of 50,0001.,0f which was in five -franc pieces. She had upwards of 30 passengers. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's, stea m - shin Queen of the South, having undergone a thorough refit, made a trial trip yesterday, at the measured mile, at Stokes Bay, which proved highly satisfactory. Her speed per hour was as follows : Ist mile sm. 24 sec 304 rev....... 11.11 miles. 2d „ ...... 9.6 10.36 3d „ s m. 30 sec— .•• 303 » .... .10.9 4th „ 6 in. 6 see.. •••358 ...... 9.83 this delightfulcandhoawf r iat the balls 10.36 From the above it will bo seen that her average speed was upwards of 10 nautical miles an hour. After testing her steaming qualities, she took a trip round the fleet at DISPENSARY.—The nsweuvianesnerteoeunsltyh attended. anniver- Spithead, and returned into dock in the afternoon. The appearance of this magnificent steamer as she entered the dock was the theme of general admiration. held at Willis' BLENHEIM D has dservedly become a favourite stewards, it proved , and the excellence of and refreshments were lui its eai l y selectTa abundant, n c ds h ua a pi ri supper r t a e n r d there was a general toßst anniver sary y e v i o i ) in n e mb g u sa o : l t ni l to . ce no p t h n or M of e v great o ti behalfn hde d ed a ,y mostoi I t fa s exertions t m l w n io d t rh e e e tt d hh , ea f nrpo public. expression of fear lest the liberality of the stewards would prevent them realising much towards the funds of the charity. No doubt, however, those present will testify by liberal contributions the gratification they ex perienced at being so politely and hospitably entertained. The charity is one pre-eminently deserving of support, a total of 21,500 individuals having received medicine and surgical attendance there during the past year. 100 100 100 100 21s. 1. 100 20 11i 100 ICO all 100 5 100 all IC) 6 100 100 100 -, 100 all all all 100 all 100 15 10 2 3 [Aberdeen 100 8A all 100 15 Ambg. Nottng,. Bost & Eastn. Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O. Bristol & Exeter Caledonian........ Chester & Ifolyhea, Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belast June. Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction ......, Do. •New East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (XlB E. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edin' , .Prth. &Dundee Glr sgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., t B. Stock ' Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western.. Irieh South-Eastern Lancaste:&Canis'e Do., Thirds... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Finhs Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & SouLhpt. London &. Blackwall Lo . ad. Tub. & Sthend. rio id. Bright. & S. Cbt. Lor don & N. Western Do. Fifths all' all all 3 100 100 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £5O Do. £40. ... Lndndrry.&Coleraine I idndrry. di Ennisk. Winch. Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. tin. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Kidlane She •es .......... Newcastle do Carlisle Nea.nark et ........... Do. Bury Extensionz Newpt.Aberg.dtlit'Vl Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New ; Northn. Counties L North British ..... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. Juno Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central 'Scottish Midland.., Shrewsbury & Birmg, Do., L. & N. WeAn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrowsby. & Herefd. Slirewsby. & Chestei (Nor. W. Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon. South Eastern.. South Wales.... Yorsgh. River Dun ,Do.. Stockton & Hartlopl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath.... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbletion &Croydol Woodford ....... . York Newetl.&Ber 'Do. Estensions...... (Do. G.N.E. Purchase ffork & N. Midland.. Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c.. Bris. <St Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. C. Shares .. Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent..., Cork &Bandon 53 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... EastA ugliau (£3los) 6 per cent. Do: (£5) 7 percent..', ,Do. (.4.17 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 pets. Edinb. Pr th &D ur deel 51 per cent..... . Glasgow & S.Weste guar. 5 per cent. Great Northh. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p 0. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brigl ton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares .............. Londy. & Ennis. A Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1... :.. Do. New, £10..... .. . . Do., £6 Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. I Do. 41 per cent....... Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4;1 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester Wolverh. £15,6p. c De 'Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. dp. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch Antwerp&Rottei BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besanon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp.c, prof . Luxembourg Do. (Railway) , 'Do. Do. (Canal).. Do. 6 p. e‘. pref..... L'yons & Mediterran. Madras Maria Ant0nia..,...,, Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Ws (fmy. B. &Ams. She.) NorwegianTrunkPref i'aris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ' FarisCa• & Chzrbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Hart J Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. et. pref Southern of Frande Upper Irdia Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerlan Zealand PREFERENCE SHARES. 97 64 3 lo7i 103/ 27i 6 1 i 624 1 i a 5 12 $ 251 61 751 ICA i 89 84 i 7 8 1'1 104 15A 81 106 119 18A 91 18; 14f 89 i 29/ 9 751 6& 35 4i 13,i a pm. 1 76 i 7i 374 6S 98A 12 i 9 54 3i id pm Pm ex DCW 4f xin I in 98 4 pm LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid Ramws.x3. Least ans ng Cloth's sing day. Pri this day ces Business Comp. . 50 all , 3€.•dforl. and London & B/etchley. .. N. W es t 301 all Birm. & °yid. .• guarantee Gt.Westn. 30 31 301' all Do.W•thoutgr Do 29a 304 301 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghainsh .L. & N.W lOB 110 50 all ClydesdalaJc. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. ... Gt.Notrlin 149 151 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn. 32i —33ixd x. d, 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. . . 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 113 115 25 all Do. 4 Shares Do s6i --- 574 12 all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 —l4/xd 134 20 all Do.Preferenco Do 25 —26 i 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all o. 61,3 r et... Do 23 —25 xd x. d. 51 all Manc:i.Bxton. Ln. &N. W and Matlock & Mitlld 3 34 50 all Nliddleshro' & Stckton & . Darlingt. -- [OO • all &lidltl .aradfd. Midland lOB 109 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do — ••• 50 all 9o.Fisedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &IS . W &Ln&Yk 12a 11 Do. a Shares. Do — pin St. 100 Roystn.di Hit. Gt.Northn 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 150 152 25 18g Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh - 12 98 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 50 all WearVallt,igr Stockt. 6 per cent ... Darling. 25 all Do.. Do 3ll 324 32 St. 100 Wilts diSomrst Gt.Westn lo2i 1031 MINES. 1 all Apia Fria —l4 p 2 10s. all Anglo Californian p 10 2 Australasian —2i p 20 5 Australian 4i 5 p 1 all Australian Ccrdillera par 4 p 1 all Australian Freehold 4 d ar 1 all Ave Italia d d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 1 all British Austrin. Gold g 20 13.5 British Iron 8 — 1 0 p 35 244 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 2i 34 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada' 1 —2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O Carsons's Creek par s P 40 all Cobra Copper 4l. 424 5 1 Colonial Gold 24 —24 p Copiapo 6 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng ... 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent — ...p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —14 d 20 all General 154 164 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth 1. all Lake Bathurst.. ........ d 1 all Liberty — I p 11 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — A 3 1 all Mariquita d par x all 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 44 44 x d 1 all New Granada — pl 4 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 — 14 p 2 1 all Port Philip 1 —14 p 1 all Quartz Rock p ar pl 4 50 all Rhymme Iron 23 25 14 Do. New 7 8 40 10/ Santiago de Cuba 7 8 1 all South Australian 4d— 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ....... .... - 12 284 all United M ex i ca n 6 64 64 5a 64 1 all Waller — 2 p 1 all West Granada 4— pl 4 1 all West Mariposa a d— p 1 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 81/ 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 14 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond —x d 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 14 p 20 74 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 - 4 p 11/ 50 20 London and County — 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 10 20 Lond. & Westminster 36.1 10 35 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. — 464 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 I Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 43 45 43 25 all Union of Australia 72 73 72 2x d Do. Now 7— 8 7 x d 50 10 Union of Loudon — 40 all lUnion of Madrid — MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 225 230 228 5 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail x. d. 10 5 Australu. Royal Mail 384 Brit. American Lani 100 32 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electilc 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 , Nrth.orEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . 25 25 South Austral. Lana 43 46 4P, 1 1 Submar. Telegraph — 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 14 16 15 141 15 MARKET NEW►.°-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 3, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales . per Imperial Quarter. - •• IWHEAT.1 WHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 46s Od 31s 2d 18s 7dl I 324 2d I 34s 9d 31s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od is 00 Od is Od Is Od lis Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 112,208 ; Barley, 97,830 ; Oats, 25,860; Rye, 89 ; Beans, 8.103; Peas, 2,274 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, Si 15s to 51 Os ; mid straw, 115 s to 1113 s per load. Supply good, and trade ra th er d u ll. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; and straw, 115 s to 1/ 148 per load. A fair average supply o and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 41 Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade du", at previous quotations. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, as follows : Beef, 28 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton; 38 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 48 per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, FEB. 2.—The supply of stock was mode rately, good Here to-day, yet the general demand ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 38 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 48 8d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 38 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 2.—Beasts moved off slowly at barely last week's currency ; otherwise the trade ruled firm. Beef, from 2s 6d to 38_10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to Is 10d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 23s each. LEWES, FEB. I.—The general demand ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA T. ) LONDON, Feb. 3.—Wind at Noon, S.E. Light breeze, and dull cloudy weather. DEAL, Feb. 2.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Senator, Ade laide. Arrived—Ko eed F O I LT O H U E T L H: zA F it e D b ..—G I ip — se A y, R eal io J m. ane Ar iro ;l 13? , Buenos Ayres ; Bee Sate, Pernambuco ; Ellen, Trinidad. Sailed—Faith (s), West Coast of Africa. Arrived—Lydia, Bonny; John R t o P n O O ; L G , IFdeebn. Age, 2.- n .John, S N . E . B . ; John Peile ; Islay ; Neptune, Buenos Ayres ; Conqueror ; Mobile ; W. Rathbone, Savannan ; Forest Stale, Charles ton. Sailed —City of Manchester (s), Philadelphia • Orient, do. New Off Yo rt P Mayfl o wer, do. ; Alps (s), do. ; C o lumbia, remise • Mobile ; Cornelia Savannah , • Universe, do. ; Amrapohs ; Astrologer (s). Rothsay, p r o k r—Co Newfoundland to Pernambuco, was spoken with 22 Dec., 1 deg N., 29 deg. W., with top off mainmast, Szc. POBESMOUTH.—Wind, E. by S. Sailed—Vander Palm, Batavia. SHIELDS.—Wind, S. Sailed —Europa, New York. The Blessing (s), of this port, struck on a sunken wreck within the bar, and sunk in the narrows. BELFAST. Wind, S.S.W. Arrived Majestic, St. John, N.B. COLTC.—The Felicity struck on an anchor and filled. PLYMOUTH.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Pioneer, Hobart Town ; Caroline Chisholm, Adelaide. JERZEY.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—lris, Pernambuco. CLYDE. Wind, S.W. Sailed—Thomas Fielding, New Orlean s. BR ENCHLRY.—INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Thursday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, a wheat stack, the prop arty of Mr. George Wightman, of Dunk's Farm, was . discovered to be on fi re . Th e T un b r id ge W e ll s fire engine was sent for, which arrived shortly afterwards, ace oulpanied by Superintendent Gilbert, Mr. Dadson, and 'Serjeant Swift ; and through the exertions used, a row -of hopping houses and a pea-stack were saved ; but the wheat-stack, containing about 25 quarters, was totaaly destroyed. A searching investigation was made by the officers as to the origin of the fire, and from what the y c o u ld gl ea n th ere i s no d ou bt o f it s being purposely set on fire. Suspicions are entertained of the guilty pa rty, but we are not at present in a position to give further particulars. Mr. Wightman insured.—Maid g Dne Journal. LITERATURE. On, the Proper Condition, for all Horses. By Harry. Hieover. T. C. Newby. It has already been the priN;lege of Harry Hie. over to enjoy several successes —successes, by the way, none of them inconsiderable—as a contributor to our sporting literature. And no wonder ! For in sitting down to the composition of his volumes, he possessed two very essential advantages, not un frequently altogether overlooked by the adventurer into the realms of authorcraft. He took especial care, we mean, before attempting to write the first sentence in the first chapter of any one of his diffe rent productions, to provide himself with a clear and complete knowledge of his subject, and to feel perfectly conscious, before he commenced, that he could impart that knowledge to others in a manner readable and even exhilarating. Now, it would seem from the character of not a few among the works nowadays submitted to our criticism that the writers go upon a precisely different cal culation. They appear to think that they may the most effectually accomplish their object, namely, in obtaining an audience, by being in the first instance altogether unacquainted with their subject, and, in the second, incapable of rendering themselves, in any other way than by the exposure of that in-no ranee, comprehensible. It may appear exaggerate% to talk thus, but indubitably those who think so have never been doomed, like the unfortunate reviewers of a public journal, to wade through shoals of dog grel to got at one respectable poem, through swarms of indifferent novels to get at one tolerable romance, through oceans of twaddle, and vapovring, and rodomontade, to get at one scrap of common sense, or at one fragment of really serviceable informa tion. Among the writers of the hour, Harry Hie over is at least not one of these—he knows what he has to tell us, and he says what he has to say in a manner that altogether defies misapprehension. With all this, too, he is gifted with a very congenial good. humour, and a very contagious hilarity. From the first, you never dream for a moment of resist ing the influence of his very apparent bonhommie. This, even, if you happen to be unluckily for your self a curmudgeon. He has you by the button hole even in the Preface. You feel that at once and resign yourself (not to an infliction, but) to an entertainment. It is a profitable entertainment too, for through all those pleasant conversational pages which the eye , skims over, agreeably one after another, until you Bud y ourse lf su dd en ly brought face to face with Finis, (of whom. the unlettered Irishman once said, " What a num ber of books that gentleman does write !")—you find that your memory is being stored impercep tibly with a great many original hints, and a great deal of really useful instruction. Harry Hieover gives his instruction, moreover, not like a peda gogue, but rather, we should say, like a boon com panion ; and a companion, too, of a gay, rattling, talkative, and yet unobtrusive and thoroughly delightful, character. Here is his last book, for example, which tells us everything that a reason able man can seriously want to know about the " Proper Condition for all Horses." It is just such another little volume as the " Pocket and the Stud ;" but while that tells us all about the value of horses, this tells us all about their condition. From the title of the work, however, it must not by any means be supposed that the author has ventured to encroach upon the ground already entered by his eminent predecessor—" the Nimrod, as a writer, of his day"—the late Charles Apperly. In fact, Harry Hieover disclaims the notion at the very outset of his present performance. He says truly enough, that any comparison between Nimrod's work upon Condition and his own is effectually ob viated by the circumstance that the former applied solely to the condition of hunters, whereas the latter applies (as its title plainly enough intimates) to the condition of all horses indiscriminately. In ac cordance with this comprehensive view, the volume before us is portioned out into six distinct chapters, preceded by an " Introduction," and succinctly acquaints the reader with the real state of the case as to the most desirable condition for the race horse, the hunter, the ladies'-horse, the hack, the carriage-horse, and the cart-horse. In this way of course the condition of the hunter is subordi nated to the condition of all horses gene rally, and Harry hoover thus avoids any direct collision with the theme originally monopo lised by Charles Apperly. From what has already been remarked, it is obvious that the book here noticed addresses itself to a larger number of read ers than perhaps any other of the same writer's popular productions. It holds out a temptation to the wealthy Turfite—to the country gentleman who follows the hounds—to the young lady who carrocoles down Rotten-row during the dusty days of " the season "—to the merest Guppy on "an out " into any one of the suburbs of the metropolis—to the physician and to the agri culturist. All these, and scores of others too numerous and too obvious to need enumeration, will find interest in these pages, and not only in terest but information. They are the result not of theory, but of practice ; not of conjecture, but of observation. The author, indeed, if through no thing else, through those capital sketches given by his pencil of the same Horse (" Fit to show," and " Fit to go,") under two conditions—reveals clearly enough his intimate acquaintance with the subject, his knowledge of a theme which he has herein thoroughly and delightfully mastered. United Service.—ln this month's number we find the commencement of an interesting paper by Prince Joinville, on the French Navy, translated. by Sir Frederick Nicolson, R.N. in which the Prince states that the e x i s ti n g French fleet dates its origin from 1839, in the spring of which year there were three line-of-battle ships on the Levant station, which number was increased in November of the same year to thirteen, and in the following year to twenty ; and although subsequently re. duced in 1847 to five, that owing to the skill and energy displayed by Admiral Laland, and. his suc cessor Admiral Hugon, the fleet ha s f rom the first maintained its character for discipline and effi ciency. The tone of bravado in which Prince Joinville sometimes writes, especially when the re spective merits of the English and French ships are the subject of discussion, shows the satisfaction that a brush with the enemy would have given that gallant seaman. A French account of the war with China, by A. Haussmann, is continued, which carries us to the retreat of the British squadron. from the Pekin river to Canton. M. Haussmarn plainly and clearly narrates the movements and operations of the contending parties, and his ac count is well worthy of perusal. e German campaigns of Gustavus Adolphus, by C. E. Watson, continues, and is a good history of the thirty years, war in Germany, of which, notwithstanding its importance, little is in general known by the public, except the names of the celebrated generals who took part in it. The campaign in the hills gives some idea not altogether disconnected with bricks and mortar—of life at a new station in the Pun jaub. Notes by the Youngster of the Mess in a, gun-brig—must improve greatly if it would con tinue to find favour with the reader. 'RING MEETING. :NGHAII SPRING HANDICAP. Yrs st lb Llanforda 3 6 13 Bold Davie... Lady Sarah 3 6 11 Anne Page 3 6 7 b f by Liverpool Junior, out of Fair Louisa 3 6 7 Pride ch f by Irish Bird catcher, out of Grace Darling 3 6 7 TliE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 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THE CHESTER CUP. 1 Yra st lb The Queen 3 6 0 Banshee 4 5 12 Happy Joe 4 5 12 Tiale 4 5 12 The Carrier 4 5 12 Lady Hargett 4 5 12 The Deformed ..... Charley 3 5 10 Madeline 4 5 8 The Sutler 4 5 8 Richard Primmer 4 5 8 Termagant 4 5 8 Missive 4 5 8 Recommendation 4 5 8 Valour 3 5 8 Moscow 3 5 8 By Faugh-a-Ballaugh b. m. out of Minia- tore — 5 5 8 Snowdon Dunhill 3 5 0 Tremble 4 5 6 Sextus Tickton Ann Eliza 3 5 6 Peggy 3 5 6 Faiiplay 3 5 4 Ids, b o by Crozier, out of Summerhill Prevention 3 5 4 3 5, 4 T u S t t l e TAn en t a lew 35 2 Pastrycook Hatchet 3 5 2 3 5 2 b c by the Emperor, - . - out of Begum 3 5 2 b c by Don John, out of Potentia Friar's Hall f by Touchstone, out of Boarding School Miss 3 5 2 Ireland's Eye 3 5 2 Pos , alant Hannah 3 5 0 Polly Llanforda Fionn-ma-Cool 3 412 Contentment 3 4 12 Lockit 3 412 Effie Deans 3 4 12 Friday Lady Gough 3 4 10 f by Cotherstone, out of Wedlock 3 4 10 Lord -Lieutenant Shropshire Lass A.uelinleck 3 4 10 Guicowar Charity 3 4 10 Talfourd 3 4 10 Deerhound 3 4 10 Rosalba b c by Mickey Free, dam by Rainbow 3 4 7 Jacqueli ne Nerve ... .... ... .. . . b c by The . I:Tgfy Buck, out of Lady Ledger Ann Page Tawny .. . 50 40 25 25 13i 20 20 501 St. 20 St. 15 St. 16 St. St. 121 12i 12i St. 1.0.61 10 20 20 3'4A 20 20 20 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Sharpe's London Magazine contains the continu ation of Mrs. S. C. Hall's story of " Helen Lynd sey," and of "Immeritus Reclivivus," by the author of " Mary Powell." There is also the well-known tradition of the unknown architect of Cologne Cathedral, in a new form. The two engravings represent a Hindoo Woman and the Fan-leaf Palm. —The British Journal has its usual variety of tales and sketches.—Chambers's London Journal gives us Lectures on Gold' and Ideas about the Diggings.' " A Visit to Banwell Caverns " de scribes two caverns known as the Bone and Stalac tite, situated in the Mendip Hills.—Le Follet pre sents three elegant pl a t es, one of wh i ch shows a group of children. The chief feature in this num ber is the continuation of an Irish story.—The Charm has its usual instruction and entertainment variety for juvenile readers. There is a picture of the Hippopotamus, and o f the Hotel de Ville, Brussels.—The Picture Pleasure-Book contains up wards of sixty wood engravings, of a very superior kind to those generally intended for children. The first volume is completed, and the second is now commenced. It is a great acquisition to the ju venile picture-gallery. THE SEWER QUESTION.—The existence of the fatal epidemic at Croydon, termed " the sewer fever," has given rise to a considerable discussion in Southampton, where a complete net-work of sewerage is being con structed on a precisely similar plan to that in operation at Croydon. The subject was introduced at a meeting of the town council on Tuesday, when a resolution w.vs brought forward to delay the works now in progress (.1 construction, until the cause of the epidemic at Croydon . was clearly and positively ascertained , M r . Ra nger's plan being considered .as a most expensive experiment on the ratepayers. A discussion of considerable length terminated with a resolution to continue with as much expedition as possible the construction of the sewer/ under his plan. SCARCITY OF LABOUR IN MANCHESTER.— One of the local trade circulars states that a great scarcity of hands is complained of, and many new looms are idle from this cause. This scarcity does not arise from emigration, but the great extension of our productive mechanism ; the drain from our labouring population in other quar ters may be found preventing that influx which higher wages might otherwise tempt here, as they have done on former occasions. It is a matter of gratulation that our workpeople are well employed, contented and prosperous. We have no stocks of any importance either in first or second hands, and the chief difficulty experienced by merchants is in obtaining early deliveries, owing to the , great extent t o w h ic h th e fabrics in most general demand are pre-engaged by contracts.