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

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXX. M Derby fancy, notwithstanding his uncommonly ' r esit state, and well adapted as he is to the nature of the course, electrified my vision amazingly when he cried Mottunt suf at the beginning of the Stand. I still hold a geol opinion of him, and fancyle will do a good thi ng in the time to come. The majority of my re niarks, in my :aths analysis of the Derby published three oago, and again on T ues d ay, were remar kably co rrect. In the beginning of March I stated that the °III Y antagonists Orestes had to fear were West Austra lian,; Prince Leopold, and the Reiver. The two last ..ere disposed of —one by going altogether to pieces, and tri;other by being a month or more back in his prepa rn• t on es my final observations on Tuesday I gave either i n ; but if anything beat him it would be ca. di 'West Australian or Pharos ; so that I may take tieru_lminutive amount of credit to myself in having re 4iarvkccl. West Australian in case Orestes should miss the da y Was as h o t as th at i n S urp li ce ' s year , an d I the attendance was, without exception, the greatest ev er witnessed ; the mass of carriages completely ) o , o A ... c ling th e hill —the favourite resort of past days— Year-lg equ a l to the Derby day in Merry Monarch's THE OAKS. to n e only event requiring any particular attention to • , wis the Oaks Stakes, of 50 sous. each, h ft. New horo r LY p•ourse. Out of the one hundred and forty-three to a 'Aen i s I think we shall not see more than twenty tai e lntY-three at the post, namely, The Queen, Tell eggY, Hybla, Miss Tennyson, Itch, filly by Don Tell toe 7 4 ° , t it of Miss Sarah, Coalition, Maria Bell, Mistle -elena, Charity, Sylphine, Amazon, Lady Louisa, B eau atreore Lass, Catherine Hayes, Mabela, England's tw o T , and on or two of Lord Exeter's. Another or iea , Perhaps, may start, and one or two of the foregoing Tbe deducted, such weather as the present being Y to affect them. fR bO e QUEEN, the representative of Scott's stable, by Abe "t ef rickstress' dam, claims my attention first. y o i t all three times last year, making her debat at the fer r j B P r ing, where she beat Grapeshot by half a neck e Zetland S takes, Lam b ton b e i ng c l ose up. H er she eo rici appearance was at the York August Meeting, le s , e , a rried off the Prince of Wales' Stakes by half a ezir , beating a very moderate lot, however. Her last she fi n was as Doncaster, where, carrying Bst 111 b, T4, l 7 l seed a ve r y b a d thi r d t o Lambton, Bst 11113, and qa.k e ' 4ll ' Bst 71b. This was for the Two Year Old Sweep row, I ,* expect she will run uncommonly well to-mor o"ut I do not think the winner will be found in her. b e t „ - :, all the noise made about PEGGY, she ought to Itiiiii-4'ewhere about winning, but it is my opinion she e first ' c ' t be able to get into the third place, much less TL 1 , Exet e r HIBLA, MISS TENNISON, THE ITCH, and _ s , hl ,uerses I have not the slightest fancy for. but b t : 111 ' Lord ' Glasgow's couple will run tolerably . well, al e 1 5 4 , 1 1, L e . h luck as winning is in store, I am afraid, for ouip. 4 to llortt i tßELL made some sensation in the market a back, but I have no reason to think she will 111 e e rr o ru ck, or that she will finish anywhere but in the 5 t o - r T ", after having been first favourite, receded Par t , - but yesterday came back again to sto 2. Her bet,";;L ee nled to be very sweet upon their horse, but, f(T Yet tanding , s h e i; a nice showy-looking animal, If t , t "bt her capabilities for winning. ff she ENO's running in Ireland was uncommonly good. h ate a e n , improve upon it on English ground, she may CC, b enance of winning—not otherwise. gy I 7 I TIr will only make one of the field. 14his t; „ after the knocking she . has received ti4 l and her very doubtful condition, is of no Ak A7 e ' 'eub tfl i - i ° ll , they say, will run well, but I am very about it. 'l4.by *ell Louisa. I should hardly fancy would run as be en aB ,her sta b le companion Mentmore L ass. Sh e h as to o 4 d u aelted though by rather knowing parties for a , lof the circulating medium.. Z 4 eo il ;,„ 4lc °RE LASS has her reputation founded on her s eas 7 °lll Y easy victory for the One Thousand Gui "4l h "at performance was quite good enough to en tl4 e b er chanc e to grave consideration. She is , a regular m ato; I,er of the Melbourne blood, and shows it. Her „Na st "Aneraid, by Defence, is a capital brood mare; A e es q ; (l . ,ently she comes from good blood on both sides. V eil 11 , 4 'er that she will run uncommonly forward, and anagel4l-,, a place at least. fig,'A A i p . vv aueho e's celebrated br filly CATHERINE 1 1 by Lanercost P out of Constance, is, to my think \74ttn-e finest animal in tea race. She is as yet un -I;orewlet. She !made her fir ppearance last year at the , i le spring, when she ran a dead heat with won self for two year old stakes, and afterwards won b' e4 vi ni tung heat in a canter. She next shows .her 'ark --R", alisbury, where she wins the Wilton foie 1. - ' a kels very easily, having nothing, however, of or beat • Her third and most extraordinary per 11 4- " Was ca in the top weight for the Nursery 14P 4t, g ood "3 7 g . la st wood, and winning cleverly by a length. Totg . PPearance was a walk over.. This mare, I ii " l ien 'will be the absolute winner. I think o 4 ' B quite as fine an animal among the Oaks' fillies )4 "t Australian was among the Derby gentry. z ;'nELL A I have very little opinion of. 14ala LAND', BEAUTY th oug h one of the best bred ani (li ; 11 the ra ce , i s, I ' am afra id , no t equa l t o th e t as k e o t i g More th an a thi r d pl ace a t the outside. doubt,Talg rny observations to a point, I have but little thal Marlow on CATHERINE HAYES kti ue first past the judge's chair, and that THEEEN - `I , NTM O BE LASS will be her nearest attendants. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. •tli EPSOM RACES —DEI cc ttraction of the Derby h as Rl3l t 7 his D y A ea Y. year surpassed 41 ktedent. Never, ourM the m ultitude collected upon long remembrance, was so i n the morning the occasion on similar • it i , town IN ' °WIIII . From an earl hour in poured into the 4), •„ continued to arrive in quick ht succession, each add -1,.4e•1ii)1 n umber s to the crowds t 4,," ) ,,eed up the streets from 0. the approaching c I t titl i ' Itead, where the chances animated t t a heSpread Eagle to the t the subject of the professionals transacted,"the professionals e •411-- - • eti t4 _ ..r reserving themselves for EJ ring" on the by the rail, hundreds t he I • i ' l es the immense number of visitors who preferred et peeady and rapid mode of transit 44tit:4118, tempted by the extraor in fineness of the Vellie, selected the road, which . t tll en z ,„ e : °f every grade and fashion, w as fre t m h ro t n h g e e d e e m e - t i e t r h . •Il er:1 • d onkey -cart to the aristocratic tten g b l a e r ri ou ee ch ef e th o e f (44,.11;hatid, recalling the almost forgo S e - highway on the Derby day. 1 4 4 14 th e , Produced, however, its invariable e consequencebrilliancy of Tb l'ltt, i ° wilds of dust with which the outsiders were cora- TilY enveloped. ,IN:ell,trzl?st praise is due to the officials at the London "l," tkation for the admirable arr g . without the a t n rai e n m s ents by which i ht e •ll-li e, were admitted to the NIII 4t difaculty or confusion, and for the order and thigetitY with which the transit of so vast an assem- Thov'as effected to and from Nit, 48t race the Carew Stakes—being Epsom• over, the t1 .: 111 4 ,41 4.1 eb t coro merited in earnest as the time T hfeordadrek 'ta• of is" great event of the day covered, gmi, wally being s by which the was approached. ,1 4 ;ii aLt Y formed itselfinto an den gr se o b u e n it d on bhsid b e e s . 'We:, °ours° which lay like a broad green ribbon 4 4 k ?" th e a o l i At length, after an 14'1.-‘ tour (1 dc. borders, li f e ro n m ee. Tattenham Corner far n 4411 oi l , i ote., (.1 Stand Ive). °ll need rv al, the telegraphic lr e ar n ds am in ed th e e n i t n h c e lo e s a u r r d ti c t o that 28 of the 32 horse isoo,,,call_d , " The horses 1( el3tonete for what the late Lord George Ben d°'the blue ribbon of the turf. P and tr& 4 W it h e i llt ch, alt c t a i i i i e ter a e e d ee %o the course from the ad modation of owners - t t l it• 1 1 1 .3 4. 1 , herses, was again throw:_ been allowed for open by Mr. Ar 1:01i.44,4c00te. After due time Hibbard, .., d the starter, et i ,,, cha r 4 Of the horses, Mr. Bib Leant 4 k ,b o e of the troupe, and conducted them to the in N I P Bt, and at the first signal got them away • 1 (o'der scene than the (1 11 1114 giiie • At this moment it would be difficult \,,, ; „ 1 '1% , a inore animated and exciting '4 ah-t.reBellted The Grand Stand was resplendent stewards 4oc•alv'led-sg4w°l4°,l• fashions, and the private stands were the b e 't th e " 4 the members and friends of more 11114 Retitle/0 , a N to nt Iteeti en of the Jockey Club ; in short, 4 4 1) 111 a tid t ,ng ! both as regards the number of the I t ?ti ixi .e fineness of the weather, has never been , io „Is 341 Downs. ''L -11 Q1 -' Years since the Derby was inve a ste c d irc w u i m th . 44ce • 111 Yster • I llo v ehi ef i_ Y , . interest, and importance, u qi e thelne...r attributed to the Cineas and Honeywo . od . 1 4 4 t ega rd Il ley, however, and Sitting who, with an unprej 'l , ll tne, who' scrutinised West Australian eee°,ll'ianel,ll they pulled up after the race for the Two l' -114 f ' " a d never d übt of their being . t l ,, , rt w°leate ber bjr. any Thr o ough good . report and evil 1 1 ; 4 qe Ili Australian firmly maintained the lead in to baokeeg' • a nd fully did he justify the confidence ,,r of r t' wed atilt% thieve la doubtless well remembered that Ai ! kno . 14 k e. • r uo a S imilar triumph last year with Daniel 11 111 18 43 1 - 11 . 1 835 he won the Derby with Mundig, 41,1: ,efr...svith Cotherstone. 114 .1" Y a 7 "lent rooms in the Grand Stand were ex- W nd abun A A 1 -, latkirliff dantly supplied by Messrs. Jaquet 't I , ' ° ng tl • ti terti _ie inarl 111 c. olir, h Yfashionable visitors were the Duke th, liar o f RiA if, xeelleney the French Ambassador, the ~io'lareli,-•-"Ill°11d, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, We l ees `1." 13 of Exeter and Clanricarde, and the Mar- Va, 0., 0 "tylesb t,, l ;', gr any .„ ury ; the Earls of Jersey, Derby, 14, i ' St 1"°, Annesley Chesterfield, Bessb . orough, I lh ci '' t( le taivt"l°re, Bruce and Longford ; Viscounts I tiv e k l3 Vilic e ew P o rt, Anson, Curson, Clifden Lascell e es, 'S 40 1 ,(1 1 11 ° • t... 1 • 0 8. and Viscountess Villiers ; 6ountll; 4 , I ,a 11. 0 7 ;I, Baroness, and Meyer Rothschild__ ur 4 "")E, e r °roon Lennox, Geo. G. Lennox, Alex. G. toeilldani,e°',Matiners, M.P., Burleigh, Exmouth, lan Ai r r §, : G-oranhinakmellin and Lon.desboreughß;.Spirigeßt: ~,,4 4 k 1 • a nd M rs , Sir G. Armitage, Sir ... 'ltz,enald "'l' It Lawl Gen. Anson Hon. J . 1/ ' lion G • e Y' 'th ° l ls, ke • • S. Smythe, Hon. W. Begot, Ad o, 'iPort at. yt..Z% l llt w , e no off as follows ‘1441% NilikkEs of 5 soya. each, with 50 added ; 2- Ml o ~,a'tds, s a t three, Bst 61b • four, 9st 71b ,• five and 44 grade, f 121 b ; mares allowed • 51b and geldings 31b ; k, kte r ,, of 6r beaten horses, &c New T.Y.O , three ,; E. ii. a Inile• (13 Subs ' ) • . I .o u r f ,, , 7 Clark's mi. ~ . • . : 11 ell4 t 1 216 ' Sykes, by Sir Tatton Sykes, ,j„G . eri ,_ ,_ ........................ . .... (J. Osborne) 1 `-tullive,," -Nightshade, 2 yrs, sst 5113 ..... (Oliver) 2 `ftt f o b ' 13 Village Lass, 2 yrs, sst 121b...(We115) 3 gowi n g 44 ° ran :--Detemination, Don quixote, Pelopidas, The Kafir, Folly of the Day, Blondel, and Miss Delamere. Betting-5 to 4 agst Village Lass ;3to 1 agst Night shade, 4to 1 agst Pelopidas, 6to 1 agst Mr. Sykes. A good race from the distance with Mr. Sykes, Night shade, Village Lass, and Blondel. Won by a neck, a head only between the second and third. Blondel good fourth. The others beaten off. The winner was objected to on the ground of not carrying proper weight. DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. New Course. One mile and a half. (195 subs.) Mr. Bowes's West Australian, by Melbourne (F. Butler) 1 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne, by Chatham (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Powney's Cineas, by Touchstone or Epirus (Bumby) 3 ..(Wells) 4 Mr. Howard's Rataplan, by The Baron The following also ran : Baron Rothschild's Orestes (Charlton) 0 Lord Londesborough's Mayor of Hu11...(3. Holmes) 0 Count Batthyany's Stone Plover (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr. Sykes (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Mare's Pharold (Pettit) 0 Lord Exeter's Filbert (Norman) 0 Mr. Perren's lonic (Hornsby) 0 Lord Derby's Umbriel (Templeman) 0 Duke of Richmond's Pharos (Flatman) 0 Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer (Sly) 0 Lord Clifden's Cheddar (A. Day) 0 Lord Caledon's Prince Leopold (W. Sharp) 0 Mr. B. Way's Brocket (Thick) 0 Mr. Knowles's Talfourd (Basham) 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco (Marson) 0 Mr. Howard's Lascelles (W. Day) 0 Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert (Crickmere) 0 Mr. Surtee's na Honeywood (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Rowan's Fion ma Coule (D. Wynne) 0 Mr. J. Ayling na Rattle (G. E. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Thompson's Coomburland Stathesmon(Aldcroft) 0 Lori Glasgow's Barbatus (Whitehouse) 0 Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken (Marlow) 0 Mr. Wilkins's Peggy (H. Neale) 0 Betting at Starting-6 to 4 agst West Australian, sto 1 agst Orestes, 6 to 1 agst Honeywood, 8 to 1 agst Sit tingbourne, 20 to 1 agst Umbriel, 20 to 1 agst Pharos (off), 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer, 30 to 1 agst einem, 30 to 1 agst Peggy, 50 to 1 eaoh agst Cheddar, Barbatus, and Rataplan, 100 to 1 agst Coomberland Stathesmon. An excellent start, all getting off in a cluster, except Coomburland Stathesmon, who was some lengths behind. Cheddar and Cineas started in front, but they had scarcely proceeded halfway up the hill when Umbriel took up the running, with Cheddar, Cineas Orestes, Ethelbert, Ninnyhammer, and Rattle, well laid up, and directly in their wake were Pharos, Honeywood, and Filbert ; West Australian, with Sittingbourne in close attendance upon him being the next two. No material change occurred until they arrived at the turn into the straight, when Umbriel began to drop off. Rattle immediately went on with the lead, but at the road was passed by Cineas, and at the same time West Australian, with Sitting bourne at his quarters, was seen to draw forward. At the distance theseitwo singled themselves out, and a very exciting race home ended in favour of West Australian by a neck. Rataplan, who left the ruck in the last quarter of a mile, and gradually improved his position, finished about half a length behind the third. Honey wood and Rattle were the next two. Barbatus pulled up lame. Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Amount of the stakes, 5,4251. Jerry Kent was scratched at 10.30 a.m. EPSOM TOWN PLATE of 50 sovs. (Handicap) for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, by Sleight-of-Hand, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Reeves's Abdallah, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst, 3 yrs, 7st (Oliver) 3 The following also ran :—Telescope, Merriment. The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Telescope, but closed at 2to 1 agst him. 2to 1 agst Snarry. A fine race with Snarry, Abdallah, and Sandhurst. Won by a neck ; the second beating the third by three quarters of a length. Telescope a bad fourth. GREAT EXHIBITION PLATE of 100 soya. (handicap), for all ages ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Magennis's Clair de Lune, by Lanercost, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Oliver) 1 Mr. Wigan's Forester (h b), aged, 7st 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 6 yrs, Bst 4 lb...(Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Puritan, Sweetheart, Iresine, f by Confederate. Betting-6 to 4 agst Narcissus, 3to 1 Clair de Lune, sto 1 agst Forester, 6 to 1 agst Puritan. Won cleverly by a length ; a neck only between the second and third. Sweetheart and Iresine were fourth and fifth. DIIRDANS STAKES of 5 soya. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Half a mile. (10 subs.) Lord Londesborough's Gold Dust, by Dulcimer, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 51b (E. Harrison) 1 Captain Little's m by Counsellor—Miss Lucy, 5 yrs, (401.), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (401 ), Est 121 b (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-2 to 1 agst Gold Dust, sto 2 agst Empress colt; 3 to 1 agst Venison filly, 5 to 1 agst Counsellor mare, Bto 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; a length between the second and third. The winner was afterwards sold for the 230 guineas ; the fund thereby realising upwards of 1801. LATEST BETTING ON THE OAKS. 2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). sto 2 agst Misletoe (taken). 6 to 1 agst Mentmore Lass (taken). 7to 1 agst The Queen. 10 to 1 agst Lady Louisa. 10 to 1 agst England's Beauty. DESTRUCTION OF THE A DELPHI THEATRE, EDINBURGH, BY FIRE. On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, which ended in the entire destruc tion of that building, and nearly all its properties and accessories. The fire was discovered about a quarter to five o'clock by a carpenter, who observed smoke issuing from the omnibus-box and the coulisse on the left of the stage, and coming apparently from the music-room im mediately below. The manager, Mr. Wyndham, who resided within the building, was immediately apprised of the fact, and an alarm was speedily conveyed to the fire-engine stations. Within a very short space of time the fire caught the scenes and proscenium, and before a quarter of an hour elapsed, the flames had traversed the whole area of the interior, and sought egress by several windows at the side and by the roof. The work of destruction was fear fully rapid, and the beams of the roof and wooden gal leries, ripened for combustion by age and the 'drying heat of the gas, were quickly encompassed by a general blaze. In little more than half an hour after the fire wa discovered the roof fell in, and the flames burst forth with intense strength and fury, causing great alarm for the security of contiguous buildings. So great indeed was the mass of fire that, though the wind was light, it caught the window-frames of a house on the opposite side of Little King-street, fully 60 feet distant. The Adelphi Theatre occupied a site in the corner of Broughton-street and Little King-street, these streets being respectively to the east and south. On the west was a high and thickly-populated tenement, into which, by a gable window overlooking the theatre, the flames obtained success. On the north was St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, and between it and the theatre was a small cloister or ante-chapel. The roof of the cloister and the astragals of the Gothic windows of the chapel took fire, and considerable apprehension was entertained as to the safety of the consecrated edifice. The altar piece, a painting of the Virgin, valued at nearly 5,000/., was dislodged from the wall, and all the sacred vessels and properties removed to a place of safety. By the praiseworthy and well-directed exertions of the fire brigade, however, the chapel was preserved, and the flames which caught the two other buildings were ex tinguished before they had gained strength, or had caused much damage. The efforts to confine the fire to the building in which it originated were thus happily successful ; but, though the fire-engines had arrived very soon, and the supply of water was most abundant and well applied, the progress of the flames could not be stayed till they had left the theatre a complete ruin. The building was about 130 feet long by 60 feet broad, and the front of it towards Broughton street was occupied as the manager's residence. A stone wall separating the house from the theatre, the manager was able to save a large portion of his ward robe and property, as the fire did not immediately en velope that portion of the building which contained them. On either side of the box entrance and corridor and under Mr. Wyndham's house were shops, a large part of the stock in which was saved. - The Adelphi theatre has for 60 or 70 years been a place of public entertainment in Edinburgh. It was originally known as Corri's Rooms, and subsequently as e e a a s t r e e d R b by y t a h l e , t l a h t u e s M p r r e . v N e V u . t g . d M r a u m r r a a t y i e , the Caledonian theatre. L a tt er ly, an d f or a l ong ser ies n a o l f on y g ea wl Ih it th w e as Th l opposition. Since Mr. Murray's retirement, however, nearly two years ago, the two theatres have been let to different managers. In the competition which ensued Mr. Wyndham was able to keep his ground against suc cessive lessees of the Theatre Royal ; and, the latter having become for the third time vacant since Mr. Murray's retirement, Mr. Wyndham offered himself as one of the candidates, and was accepted as the lessee ; and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that the Adelphi theatre should have been destroyed the day previous to that on which Mr. Wyndham was to enter on the lesseeship of the Theatre Royal. The Adelphi Theatre was insured to the extent, we believe, of 3,0001. or 4,0001., on the building, and the manager was insured to the amount of 1,2001., a sum which will not, it is feared, be adequate to meet his losses. Unfortunately, the whole wardrobe of Mr. Wyndham's large and respectable dramatic company was destroyed ; several of the musicians likewise lost their instruments. It is truly fortunate the fire did not occur three hours later, when the audience would have been assembled. The quick destruction of the building would in such a case have been most frightful and calamitous, for the means of escape were scarcely so a m p le as would have been needed for a crowded audience, such as would probably have assembled on the evening of the Queen's birthday. The engines continued to play for above four hours upon the building. There was no accident, except a fireman, who was scorched and bruised by a fall. The Lord Provost and the civic authorities were present at the scene ; and the ground was kept by the police and a detachment of the 4th Regiment from the Castle. The conflagration attracted many thousands of spectators, the crowd being all the more numerous as the day was a holiday. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 185 i,.4 birb 'bttion EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOUR-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Hugo walked over. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. r a :vish THE OAKS. 2to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). sto 2 agst Misletoe. sto 1 agst Mentmore Lass. 12 to agst others offered. Charity scratched. THE FRENCH EMPIEE, On Tuesday evening Lord and Lady Cowley gave a splendid ball at the British Embassy, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The whole of the suite of apartments on the ground floor was thrown open on the occasion. The garden was brilliantly illuminated with coloured lamps, pro ducing a charming effect. A military band was stationed among the trees, and played from time to time. Over the gateway in front of the hotel of the Embassy a huge Imperial crown in gas was placed, with the letters "V. R." also in gas. The number of guests was upwards of sixteen hundred —among whom were the whole of the diplomatic corps, ministers, functionaries, &c. ; Princess Ma thilde, Price Lucien Bonaparte, and a large number of British nobility were present. At one o'clock the supper-room was thrown open. The tables were covered with delicacies of every description, and every arrangement had been made made for the perfect accommodation of the guests. After the supper the dancing was re sumed !vith great animation, and was kept up till 4 o'doji in the morning. The Ambassador and Lady Cowley were constant in their attentions to the company. Her ladyship did the honours of the evening with equal grace and urbanity. The Government of Berne has addressed a note, dated the 18th, to the Swiss Federal Council on the subject. The Moniteur says :—" Malevolence has en deavoured to disseminate the rumour that the Go vernment intended applying for a supplementary grant for the civil list. Tis rumour is without any kind of foundation." The Assembles Nationale says :—" M. J. Odier, who has just been appointed by the Emperor to the important functions of member of the Central Council of the Reformed Churches, is the brother in-law of General M. Ca vaignac. We congratulate the Government on not allowing itself to be in fluenced by political considerations in a selection so highly recommendable." The Minister of Marine has within the last month received several reports from Admiral Fourichon, the new Governor of French Guayana, giving an account of the state of the colony from the end of January to the 12th of April. At Salutation Islands the typhus fever had ceased to rage about the end of March, and the convicts soon recovered their usual health. Two attempts at escape had failed, and the men finding it useless to endeavour to get away, appeared more reconciled to their position, working regularly a, fixed number of hours per day without complaining. The Saluta tion Islands were appropriated exclusively to con victs from the bagnes, who were in April about 1,500 in number, whilst all the individuals transported by the application of the decree of Dec. 8, 1851, were sent to the small island known by the name of La Mere. At this latter place, there were collected about 500 persons, in cluding the superintendents and the garrison. The health of the persons at this place had never ceased to be good, and the discipline observed was most satisfactory. The establishment undertaken at the Silver Mountain, on the left bank and at the mouth of the Oyapock, had not turned out as favourably as was expected. Several cases of death had taken place both amongst the persons transported and the superintendents, and difficulties of communication had been found to exist at low water. The crops in this quarter were, however, most luxuriant, and the produce of manioc was so great that it had been in part substituted for bread for the convicts. The report states that Silver Mountain appears destined to become a very useful intermediate post between, on the one hand, Salutation Islands and Reunion, and, on the other, a great establishment which the Governor was actively founding higher up on the Oyapock. Already, at the last-named place, 200 hectares of land were cleared, and 100 convicts were to be sent there in the month of July to re side. Large forests were in the vicinity, and the Governor intended erecting saw-mills there as soon as the machinery arrived from France. The unfavourable character assumed at the close of business on Tuesday at the Bourse, in conse quence of the reported recal of the Austrian Minis ter at Berne, has again continued, and a consider able fall occurred in the public securities—in the Three per Cents. for the account to the extent of if., and of 50c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. The Three per Cents. for cash declined 65c. ; and Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 25c. In the Bank of France Shares there was an advance of 2f. The closing prices were :—For Money—Three per Cents., 80f. 35c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 55c. For the end of the month—Three per Cents., 80f. sc. ; Four-and- a-Half per Cents., 103 f. Bank Stock, 2,697 f. Mortgage Bank Shares, after undergoing no change for some time, have to-day declined 27f. closing at 835 f. 50c. In shares of the Societe Mobiliere a fall of 25f. took place, being finally quoted at 882 f. 50c. The railway share market was also unfavourably affected, and a con siderable decline eventually occurred in most of the principal lines. Paris and Orleans fell 20f. ; Strasbourgs and Rouens, 17f. each ; Paris and Lyons, 14f. ; and Northerns, Of. In Lyons and Mediterranean Shares no change occurred. Closing prices :—Northerns, 908 f. .50c. ; Paris and Or leans, 1,080f.f; Paris and Strasbourg, 925 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 941 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,128 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 800 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 20th, are, like those of preceding days, without political interest. A decree in the Gazette suppresses the supernumerary employes of the Ministry of the Interior, and a number of employes recently appointed ; it also declares that increase of salaries and presents here tofore granted to different employes of that depart ment without being mentioned in the budget shall cease. These reforms will cause an annual saving of 443,500 reals. By the reforms previously effected in the Ministry of Finance, 400 employes have been deprived of their places. The King of Bavaria was shortly expected in Madrid, and a steamer has already been sent to Italy to convey him to Barce lona or Malaga. It is said that the object of his journey, is to negotiate a marriage between the Prince Albert of Bavaria and an Infanta. Accounts from the Philippines to the 14th. March last repre sent that all was tranquil, and similar accounts had been received from Cuba to the 21st ult. BELGIUM. The budget of ways and means has been adopted by the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. All the members present, 73 in number, voted for the adoption. The Duke de Brabant has received from the Emperor of Austria the grand cordon of the order of St. Stephen. General de Liem has received the grand cordon of the order of the Iron Crown, and the other officers who accompanied his Royal Highness have received the decoration of the order of Leopold of Austria. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from Milan, of the 20th, in which it is stated that the judicial inquiry now on foot concerning the insur rection of February 6, has not as yet afforded a single clue to bear out the assumption of Mazzini's having in that attempt met with aid and counte nance from higher quarters than his immediate followers, and that nothing has been elicited to incriminate the refugees ; those of the constitu tional party disclaiming any connexion with Maz zini from principle, and the majority of the refu gees of the extreme party being loud in their con demnation of Mazzini's imprudence. The corres pondent adds, that the Austrian government has in consequence found it expedient to give another turn to the refugee question, and that Count Rechberg, who is represented as a kind-hearted man, has secretly instructed the provincial delegations to divide the emigrants into three classes—the first comprising those who absented themselves before consequence framn tautiao trial. nr e s ofe respecting hi the ne g pt the 1848, the secon d th ose w h o em i gr ated in 1848 and 1849, and th e thi r d c l ass th ose w ho emigrated in delegatesco nspiraciespo litiacrael which a c l s o o n dt conduct l e e t d collect of t ° in the Mantua those who possess property and those who do not, the object being to limit the sequestration to those only against whom specific charges may be sub stantiated. TURKEY. We (Wats) have received letters from Constan tinople, dated the 12th, which enabl e us t o re establish a little order in the telegraphic dispatches which have succeeded each. sAller so rapidly for the last few days, and which come down to the 13th. The first fact worthy of remark mentioned in our letters is that the note by which the Porte signifies its refusal to accede to the demands of Russia was drawn up, and notified to the Russian Ambassador by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was put in possession of power at the time of the arrival of Prince Menschikoff at Constantinople, for our letters say nothing of the Ministerial crisis which, on the 13th, brought Reschid Pasha to the Minis try of Foreign Affairs. His return was to be re garded as a confirmation by the Sultan of the de termination he had come to not to yield, and which appears to have caused not a little surprise to Prince Menschikoff. As a comminatory demon stration he had, in fact, embarked two days before with all the personnel of his Embassy on board the Russian steam-frigate Bessarabia, an chored off the Palace of Buyukdere, and on the 10th he received the negative reply of the Divan. Instead of starting for Odessa, as was expected, he on the 11th sent M. Argyropoulo, first dragoman of the Russian Embassy to the Porte, to declare to the Ministers of the Sultan that he considered their reply as evasive, and requested to have a More categorical one. M. Argyropoulo was, more over instructed to recommend the Ministers to accept a fresh delay of three days which the Prince offered to them, in order that they might have time to weigh maturely the consequences the negative reply they had sent might entail on the Sultan and on the Empire. If, therefore, the telegraphic dispatches, dated the 13th, are correct, and the article of the Moniteur proves that they are so, we may conclude that the Porte, encouraged perhaps by the hesitation which appeared to it to be evident in the conduct of Prince Menschikoff, re plied to his fresh overtures by the nomination of a Ministry notoriously hostile to Russia. On the other hand, we are assured that the language used by Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords, on the 24th April, contributed to induce the Divan to show resistance, and that the note by which it signified its refusal to accede to the demands of Prince Menschikoff had been concerted with the English Ambassador at Constantinople. However, the note is moderate and polite, but dignified and firm. If we are well informed, it is couched some what in the following terms : The Porte is animated with the strongest desire to draw closer the bonds of perfect amity and alliance between the two governments. The Sultan is himself constantly and sincerely disposed to keep up and to increase the relations of good neighbourhood and intimate union which have so long and happily existed be tween him and the Emperor of Russia. The Porte will therefore receive favourably such of the demands of Prince Menschikoff as wound neither its honour nor its independence. It grants the erec tion at Jerusalem of the church, the convent, and the hospital which the Emperor Nicholas wishes to found there, provided that it takes place in such a manner as to maintain intact the rights of the Sultan to internal administration and after mature negotiation between the two governments. As far as regards the religious privileges granted to all the Christian subjects of the Porte, and espe cially to the Greeks, by the predecessors of the Sultan, and on the maintenance of which Russia appears to have some doubts, not only has the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid never thought of withdraw ing or restricting them, but their maintenance and development at present and for the future have been, and always will be, the object of his con stant solicitude. At the same time he cannot con clude any treaty with any foreign power on a ques tion which exclusively belongs to the internal administration of the Empire. To do so would be to sacrifice his rights of sovereignty and his in dependence ; and whatever may be the character of the friendship with which the relations and re ciprocal sentiments of the Sultan and the Emperor are impressed, that friendship cannot go so far as to impose such a sacrifice on the Porte. It would be contrary to international rights, and to those of every free and independent State. The Sultan ap peals entirely on this subject to the justice and equity of the whole world, and particularly of the Emperor of Russia, who is so well known for his good faith and uprightness of character. The Sul tan formally declares in the face of the universe that he will maintain in all their extent the pri vileges and immunities which have been so long enjoyed by the Christian Churches in his State, and particularly by the Greek Church. This de claration ought to suffice, for he would no longer be an independent sovereign if he were to consent to bind himself on the question by any treaty or convention with a foreign power. Such is the sense of the note, which does honour to the govern ment of the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid. What followed is known, namely, the offer of a fresh delay made by Prince Menschikoff, and the return to power of Reschid Pacha. It is the debut of a new state of things. The following telegraphic dispatch has been received in Paris. It is dated Constantinople the 16th :—" The new Ministry has issued a firman relative to the question of the Holy Sepulchre ; the other negotiations are still pending. Prince Menschikoff has obtained an audience of the Sul tan ; but nothing has transpired of the result. The preponderance of the anti-Russian party is gene rally believed in, without, however, any fear of serious complications being felt." The English fleet was still at Malta on the 18th inst. On the previous day the French fleet had anchored at Egiva, in the Bay of Salamis. The following information extracted from a per fectly credible private letter, cannot fail to prove interesting : " CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 12. "It was not until the question of the Holy Sepulchre was set:led that new demands were formally made by Prince Menschikoff. Strictly speaking no ultimatum has been presented, but a period was fixed within which a reply to a certain demand was to be returned. This was, that all the concessions and privileges granted to the Greek Church since the reign of Mahomet 11. (1451) be guaran teed by a regular diplomatic convention. The Greeks in Turkey are governed entirely by the clergy, who unite temporal with spiritual authority ; 'consequently, should the Porte consent to the wishes of Russia, the non united Greeks and Armenians will become in reality Russian subjects. The Sultan offers to make any such arrangements for securing the rights, privileges, and religious freedom of all the different Christian sects as may be required by the parties to the treaties of 1841. But will Russia be satisfied with this 1' Can or will the other powers look quietly on should the Russian Govern ment attempt to carry its measures by force ? This question is more than I can answer." SWITZERLAND. The New Zurich Gazette, under date of Berne 22. d, says :—" Yesterday M. de Karniki, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, called on M. Naeff, President of the Federal Council, but did not find him at home ; he did not see him until the evening. M. de Karniki, it is said, declared that his Coup was convinced that ulterior negotiations with Switzer land on the differences which had arisen would not lead to any result, and that consequently his pre sence at Berne was without object, and that he should leave it for an indefinite length of tune. The Chancellor of the Embassy will remain at Berne to continue the dispatch .of secondary busi ness. The President of the Council is said to have afterwards requested M. Karniki to c ommunicate to him, in writing, what he had said verbally, in order that he might submit it to the Federal Coun cil, which M. de Karniki, it is said, promised to do." THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday the Queen's birthday, and the attractions of a grand review in the Phoenix Park diminished considerably the influx of visitors at the " Darga neum," as the small wits of Dublin have already christened the Exhibition. A grand parade, witnessed by an immense concourse of spectators—fine weather —5,000 troops in the highest state of discipline— Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery — all performing their evolutions under the inspection of the Lord- Lieutenant and a brilliant staff ; —these are great things to look at, and when to them is added the noble expanse of " the 15 acres ; and its commanding prospect, one may well excuse the taste which drew all the pretty faces, the cars, and the carriages► from Merrion-square to the Phoenix. The Dublin ixhibition, however, is ' and must be an immense success, for people can talk of nothing else, and not a word of disappointment or dis paragement is heard with regard to it. When it opened, beyond the building and the Fine Arts Hall no estimate could be formed of its merits. The one comprised much that was pleasing and even splendid in design ; the other embraced a collection of paintings in some respects the most remarkable that had probably ever been brought together. For various reasons it is quite absurd to compare the present building with that in Hyde-park ; and its contents are equally incapable of being set off against the World's Fair of 1851. There are points of resemblance in both respects, it is true, and it is fitting that there should be. A child may fairly be expected to show some traces of its parentage, and that of the Dublin Exhibition may be made out by various signs. The distribution of pillar and girder, for example, in the building, and he andarrange ment of courts and co unters, and the trophies of art industry in the central hall, There suggest recollections es of th a t unparalleled disp la y . , also, analogito be discovered in the classification of objects adopted in the style of internal decoration, and in the coup d'oil ; but, as Mrs. Malaprop says, " Caparisons coup d' and it seems more useful and appropriate to mark those strong points of the Dublin Exhibition which, as they ar ise, give it a distinctive character, and recommend it to the attention and curiosity of an intelligent public. The return to-day gives— Season ticket holders admitted.... Number of persons at 2s. 6d...... 3,341 843 Total SHARE MARKETS.--(THIs DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. BAILWAT4. Closing Prices yesterday. Bas'ness done this day. Aberdeen ........ Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc • irmng. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter— Ca1ed0nian........... Chester er Holyhead . d Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ...... . .... £ East Anglian (. 25 L . & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., d 0.......... ..... Do., B. & C. East Lancashire .. East & West Ind. D . k. Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock . Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) `rest Western........ rieh South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds.... ...... .. ncash. &Yorkshire ►o., Fifths ....... to., Wst. Riding Un.l eds Northern..... .. Liv.Crsby.& So utb pt. London & Black - wall raond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Coo. Fifths Do. ,10/. Sh on - don S. Western Do., £40.......• ..... ndndrry.dreolerai . no Lndndrry. dz Manch . Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. &Lin. Uu. Midland ...... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmark et ...... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British . ...... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0...... . Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. di Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydoi. Woodford York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions .. IDo. G.N.E. Purchasel York & N. Midland.. 71 7 tit 63 Aberdeen .• Do., No. 2, 7 p. c••• Bris. & Ex. 4 p. a. SJ Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork&Bandon 53 p.c. Dundee Pertli &Aber dean Junction....... EastAnglian (.£3 10s) 6 per cent............ Do. (E 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (7 17s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l Do., No. 2 .... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 pats. Edinb.Prth.&Dunde , 54 per cent Glasgow dz S. Western' guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4} p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St, Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6p. c London & S.Western Con. Thirds.. - - 96 $ -- ( 1 1107 -- 1091 iiii :: 110 is 201 i P --aPm - 6 ; 4 - 4 5 -- 5.1 - lk - 2} r -2 p 14i - 15 18 18, 3f - ;tici 131 1 112 - 113 8 - 8,1 - 7i 105 108 P - 4•~' 153 - 154 xd ad 154 -- 1c Londonderry& Coler Shares Lundy. & Ennis. A Sh 'ManA.,stief.,& Lin., i Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO 1)o., £6. 1 Niarypt.&Carl. 4 p e. I Do. 41 per cent....... 3i -- 4 pl 10 -- 11 13i -- 8 -- 9 10i -- 11 Do. .. ....... Consol. h p.c. St Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 51 per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester Lai Wolverh. E 15,6 p. c Do 150 - 152 - 118 - 120 115 - 117 25i - 26, Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 17 -18 i -- 1 p 15 -- 16 par -- i p S. Easturn (Readiugi Ann.,) of £1 05. 1 3 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Croar.l Waterfd. kKilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick ,4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland 11. k S. Purch.. PREFERENCE SHARES. 211 2gp 10 111 26i -26 A 19 id-A P - 20 - 104 -- 106 P FORE: utworp&Rotterdam RelgianEastn. Junct. Bazicrs to Graissessap Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca S.; Pistoja sp.e, pref........ Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6p. ct. pref ' Lyons dz .7.llcclitcrrau I Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Ms (fmy. B. &Ams. hs. ) NorwegianTruukFrell Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 51 p. et. pref Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. Do. 5.1 per c. Pref Western of France , West. of Switzerland, Zealand IGN. 1 —04 d 1 1p — A 117) 3 3 p 11 -- 1 dis 5, 51 1) 1 V B p; 2 2A 2 par h 7 11 8d p 2 7# 141 -14 i Si - 9' 18 - — 1 8 i 43 44 44i —45 i 375 i— A 38 id 21 —21 j 8i 91 4i - s x( l par 11 Hip id 2 lid, Shr. Paid 50 all 304 all 29 - 30 6 64 10 10 7 6d 21 -- 22 3i -- 2A d 102 -- 104 701 -- 70 23t -- 24 21 -- 216 4 - 5 p 8 - 9 6 - 61 4 13i -- 13?, 10 -- 11 7i - 74 74 - 73 53 - 56 74 - 75 30 . - :3.3 89 -- 90 55 -- 57 1351 - 136 113 -- 114 90/ -- 911 E;t 94 -- 96 13i -- 14 p 41 -- 801_ 3id 3 -2/ d 16} -- 17 9} —2 p IGSA 1N 1 np lap — 5 so di 4 d - 76 - 37 1.11 1 all all all 100 all 100 10 all all 90/ li Pin 80} 9 1 i 1051 5 118 17i 18g in 10 i n in 893 90 89.} '71 3 / 4 13 6931 - lid\ —61 i 27 i i 36i i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Company. Closing Prices Yesterday. 13asinest this day. ll{ • "` • ray 24.) ap. val to r" p shed vide.* int. ayron - 4 .61 arse -. _ .• - , nen Brest, LIT' IL% :sides at the arse- all 100 all 100 RiILWAYS, Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee o. withoutgr Birm.Woly. & Dudleyguar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent ] Glstr.&Dn.Fr , Hrtlpl. Dk. do Railway null & Selby Do. Shares Do. s Shares Lon. &Greenw Do.Praference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar 'Midld.Bradfd., (Northern and , Easternsp.e. l Do. 6 per at.. Do.Fixedsp.e Prest. &Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.tir Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrsb Loudon & .N. West. Gt.Westu. Do Do Do L. dr N.W. Caledon , 106 -108 54 - 56 1G t.Notrhn I pt 'estn. Yk. New. dr Bcrw Y. drN. Md Do I D o 150 - 152 33i - 34 1112 - 114 - 56 -- 57 27 -- 28 141 -14 i 26 -- 27 IS. Eastern, 1 15 o Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W Midld Stckton Darlingt. Midland 98 - 100 3 - 34 166 ---- 108 E. Count Do 65 - 67 'L. &N. W &La& Yk Do -- ... Gt.Northn Do 151 - 15.3 151 - 153 Laneash.ei Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. Darling Do Gt.Westn i d 33 - 34 1054 - 106), MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ..... l.l - li p 23 10s. all Anglo Californian # i p 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 3. 4 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par i p 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id i p, 1 all British Austria. Gold * gp{ 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24.3 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4t 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 4,; 5A 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —32 1 4 Carson's Creek par ; p 40 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold l# li 2# 1 ... 14 Copiapo 9l 9i- 94 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 65 —75 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co n - 1 4 34 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein li 2 . 31 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst # 4 d 1 all Liberty par 4 p 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co / 4 1 all Mariquita .. ... ... 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien 7/ —8/ 1 all New Granada - $ p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 lip 5 1 Port Philip — g p 1 all Quartz Rock p 50 all Rhymney Iro n 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba..,, 6 7 61 4 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ...... ....... 284 all United Mexican 5 5a 1 all Waller # is 1 all West Granada ,d— p 1 all West Mariposa ad— 1 p 1 all Yuba par— p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 44) all Australasia B7 88 50 all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China, 4 lip 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 lb, 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of 1 Australia 2i —34 p 50 20 London and County _ ... 50 10 London Joint Stock . ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... „. 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22 National of Ireland .., ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 524 534 25 5 Do. New — ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 d par 25 all South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 773 7 8 2.; Do. New ... 50 10 Union of London .. 40 all Union of Madrid ... ... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 76 78' 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 6 Australu. Royal Mail ... ... 50 383 Brit. American Land 71 73 100 32j1Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 34 3$ 84 8 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France g.— 14 3 4 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 20 14 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 5 Irish Bect:oot SuTar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land ... ... 20 74 Nrth. of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental . . ... 50 25 Do. 100 60 royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 4G 1 all Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... ... 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(T.FIIS DAY). LONDON, May 26.—Wind this day at Noon, light airs and fine clear weather. The wind veered round to the westward last night, and has been variable this morning from N. to N.E., and is now at N.W. For the last three days the barometer has been going back, but is steady this morning. PORTSMOUTH, May 25.- -Wind, E. to S. Arrived— Francisca, Bahia, for Hamburgh ; Liverpool, Demerara ; H.M. steamer Percupine, westward. OFF THE WlGHT.—James, of Shields, West Indies ; Clitus, Demerara. WISBEACH, May 25.—The Krogers Minde, from Voile, grounded in the harbour yesterday, started her stern-post and butt-yards ; a great part of cargo damaged. BRISTOL, MAT 25.—Wind, E. Arrived—Orson, Mau ritius ; Manalo Ycazo, Havannah. Sailed—Mona, Cape of Good Hopo ; John Walker, Quebec. SWANSEA, May 25.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Amico Deo, Cape de Verd._ _ _ SHIELDS, May 25.—Wind, E. S. E. Sailed—Albyn, Quebec. __ SOUTHAMPTON, May 25.—Sailed—Washington (steamer), New York. SUNDERLAND, May 25.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Royal Lily, Bombay ; Friendship, New York. AMSTERDAM, May 23.—The Aldebaran, Sporl to Syd ney, N.S.W., was spoken May 1, 37 N., 13 W., with slight damage, from contact with the Adolph et Marie, Marseilles to Dieppe. The latter sunk immediately : master, mate, and two men saved ; three men drowned. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 26, 1853, made up from tho Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. !WHEAT. 'BAILEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. .. I 43s lld 30s lid I9s ld 251 Bdl 365 0,11 32s ld THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARMY. OATS. I NYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 44s 5d 31s 5d 188 Ild 30s 6d 35s 2d 32s Ild DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. 1 OATS. I KU. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od is Od is Od Is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 87,844; Barley, 12,042; Oats, 13,748; Bye, 75; Beans 4,646; Peas, 718 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3l Os to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade dull. WiirrECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market, at very full prices. Beof, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s d; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3 s 8 d t o 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, M00d ,5 supply of each kind of stock was seasonably gyet the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 3s Od to 4 s 4 d ; Mutt on, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s (ki to 6s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8(1; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROSIFORD, MAY 25.—The trade at this market to-day was tolerably firm, and the quotations were well supported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s h 4cl ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Sd ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs 4d ; Veal, 4s 10c1 to 4s 8d ; P or k 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs. Suckling calves, 20 s to 25s each. PROPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN TONBRIDGE WELLS LEWES. —A committee consistin g o f th e E arl de la W A N a n n., Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart. ' M.P., Si r W a l ter Stir ling, Bart., Sir Henry Shiffner, Colonel Harcourt, M.P., and other gentlemen, has been formed for the purpose of promoting railway communication between Lewes and Tonbridge Wells, and instructions have been given for a preliminary survey of the country. All the landowners in the neighbourhood have signed an agreement to take i a fair agricultural price for such of their land as may be required for the railway, at a valuation, so that no neces sary expenses may be incurred by legal proceedings. 50 25 121 20 all all all all 11? 100 100 180 20 50 - i0 100 25 TEE FRENCH NA V: PART 11. (Continued from The Sun of M The commission gives an unqualified system of Prefectures Maritimes establii during the Consulate. The coast is div dissements, of which the great naval ...1 centres. There are five arrondissem, quarters of which are Cherbourg, B) Rochefort, and Toulon. The Prefet rep" ntroduced nal, and has supreme command, under the Minister, of the naval establishments on shore, and of the force afloat. The Prefet is a vice or rear admiral, with a junior admiral or capitaine de vaisseau, entitled "Major- General du Port," and a staff of naval officers under him. He unites in his own person the functions which with us are divided between the Port Admiral, and the Admiral or Captain Superintendent of the dock• Yard• The following extracts from the report of the Conseil d'Etat to the First Consul show the objects with which - his important element in the French system was first " To build the ship, to supply it, and to employ it, con stitute the sum and substance of the marine. These threeservices should go in concert. Bnt who shall direct their march ? Who shall make the different co-operators unite for the same object, by exciting their emulation, and not their jealousy? This is the grand question that, after 100 years, i s no t ye t so l ved. This fluctuation in the system of the gover nmen t o f the ports proves that no superiority should exist on the part of the naval officer, the adminis trator, or the constructor. It is necessary to render their functions independent, and to make them work together for the same object. In the same manner as the Minister at Paris is the principle of life of the marine of the Republic, we have thought that his delegate at a port should fulfil tho same position, arrest rivalries, limit each of the authorities in their functions, remove local obstacles, and, by the unity of his power, concentrate all the means for the success of an operation. This chief we shall call Prefet Maritime.' Placed at the head of all, the Prefet will give to each of the several chiefs the orders for the conservation of the p or t s an d h ar b ours, and for the con struction and armament of the ships."—(Vol. 1., p. 650.) The Sub-Commission, proceeding with its report, says : " In the inquiry no cr iti c i sm h as ever been directed against the system of Prefectures Maritimes. This is a fact worthy of remark, and proves the wisdom of the Conseil d'Etat of the Year VIII., as well as the high sagacity of the Consul. The Minister of that p er i o d, F or f a i t, and subsequently Admiral Decres, intrusted to the Prefets the execution of general instruction ; the Administration Centrale was not yet drawn into a multitude of details, fertile in superfluous correspondence. The Prefets under the Empire did more and wrote less ; it is this usage we would restore. All that does not affect in the highest de gree the responsibility of the Minister should be left to the Prefet—all that refers to the inferior employes, so worthy of interest, and necessarily ill-judged of from afar—all that concerns discipline, which delays must weaken. On these conditions, the Prefet in the arsenal will be what he should be and what he was—the centre of action, the arbiter of differences, the source of recompences. He will be elevated in the eyes of the subordinates, by the increase of his in fluence both within the arsenal and outside it." The Conseil d'Administration, composed of members of the various departments in the arsenal, was instituted to assist the Prefet, by the regulations of the Year VIII. The Sub-Commission advises the number to be limited to six members ; and, after recommending a slight ex tension of its functions in one particular, thus guards itself from being supposed to limit the authority of the Prefet " But we may here repeat what was said by the Conseil d'Etat in the Year VIII. ; that the object of this institu tion is not to bind the Prefet in the exercise of the func tions which belong to him. The object is to regulate the co-operation of the chiefs of the services under his orders. At equal distances from him are those assistants, called upon to give him periodically sincere opinions, and not to raise difficulties. That which the ordinance demands of the Prefet is to inform himself before he decides—that which is permitted to him is to decide for himself, that which is required of him is to take care his decisions are executed." The opinion is unanimously expressed that the Prefet and the departments in the dockyards should be placed on a footing analogous to that existing between the Mi nister and the central boards at Paris, and that the cen tral boards at Paris should bear a similar analogy to the several establishments in the dockyards. This view is insisted on by Admiral de Mackau in his evidence before the Commission : "Every creation is to be feared that might affect, directly or indirectly, the authority of the Prefet, which should be as complete in his arrondissement as that of the Minister in his Ministerial department." The report of the Sub-Commission observes : " The ports have to execute the dispositions ordered by the Minister ; to establish a regular system of govern ment, and to prevent delays and disputes; the central orga nisation must be placed in harmony with that which is adopted in the arsenals." The complaints are universal of the complication of the system, and of the excessive multiplication of forms and correspondence. The Sub-Commission says : " We see around the Minister of Marine an Administra tion Centrale, five inspectors, two councils, two committees, six commissions, without counting 15 or 18 commissions formed by order of the Minister to deal with certain special questions, the solution of which is often long delayed.' The Minister, M. Ducos, observes : "The simplicity of the administrative machinery, the promptitude of execution, the unity of the central direc tion, are the indispensable conditions of all good naval or ganisation. The multiplicity of chiefs retards the activity of the orders, paralyses the authority of the command, and weakens the responsibility of the decision. Employ S's too numerous and badly paid produce but little work and take little pains. Agents well rewarded and few in number talk less and do more. These are the considerations which have suggested my project. The more important orders and the immediate direction of the fleet should emanate directly from the Minister, who is alone responsible, and who alone knows the private thought s o f th e Chi e f? of the State. The movements of the naval forces, the maritime opera tions, the armament and disarmament of ships, and the in structions to the commandants, shall be henceforward con centrated in the Cabinet of the Minister, where should be at the same time combined the unity of command which adds to the force, and the secrecy which is often one of the best conditions of its exercise. The Minister will know at each instant the forces ho has at his disposition. He will in some sort hold in his hand all the active fleet, and will always know all his resources without having to refer to offices out of reach. The Marine Department comprehends too many directions. The Minister works directly with eight supe rior chiefs, comprising that of his Cabinet. This is a machinery multiplied, useless, and expensive. Its incon venience betrays itself by the complication and the con tradiction of its movements. The Administration should be adapted to the service of the fleet, for which it is insti tuted. The most simple idea is that which prevailed in times when the power was great, and was not obliged to borrow its strength from personal considerations and in fluences. The fleet is constituted by means of men, ships, and money. Beyond these three necessities of the first order there are but secondary and accessory wants. Tho constitution of three great administrative branches cor responding to each of these fundamental necessities will then easily and completely satisfy all the exigencies of the service, under the titles, simple and rational as themselves, of Direction du Personnel,' " Direction du Materiel,' and Direction de la Comptabilite Generale.' All the affairs of the Marine are inevitably hound up together. They must be adjusted one to the other, and they require an absolute union of ideas common among the chiefs of the service. It is necessary that the Minister should be con stantly on his guard against the want of unity of under standing that arises sometimes from the nature of things, and more often, it must be said, from the antagonism of the uniform or the rivalry of the function. I have had the honour to lay before yon, Monseigneur, that too many envployes injure the administrative service. I have already made some reductions ; I reckon on effecting more, as soon as circumstances permit. With this object, I shall apply myself, above all, to reduce the mass of writings of every form and sort which, without real necessity, over whelm the administrative agents. Business will thereby gain in dispatch, the details will no longer absorb matters of principal importance, and the public money will be ex pended in a worthy manner for I cannot forget that the sums devoted to useless employments and expenses are to the prejudice of the fleet, and that every such diminution of the resources of our marine produces necessarily a cor responding reduction in the naval power of the State." The decree of the same date reorganises the Central Administration. The Cabinet of the Minister is placed under the direction of the chief of his staff, and is divided into two bureaux. The first has the secret and reserved business, the " centralisation du travail avec le Chef de l'Etat," the private correspondence of the Min ister, audiences, &c. The second, the movements of the naval forces and maritime operations, instructions to the commandants of the naval forces, to the inspectors general of all branches of the service, &c. The first direction manages the personnel, and is di vided into five bureaux, each charged with a specific branch of the service. the e ec sa ti m on e has the m am at o ci g iel ou disTtrhiebusterdnd hin The third direction is charged with the colonies. The fourth direction has the Compatabilite Generale, .iwr the bureaux. work with its duties divided among five bu r e aux . The Cabinet of the Minister and these four directions, with the addition of " l'Establissement des Invalides" and Le Controle Centrale," complete " l'Administra tion Centrale," and the system appears very ably con stituted with a view to fulfil the conditions of secrecy, unity, and dispatch, so strongly urged alike by the Com mission and in the Minister's striking and able report to the Emperor. The contrast b 'tween the French and English sys tems is very apparent, and, though some advantages Tons' head may belong to the latter, upon the wh o l e the ba lance seems much against it. U n d er the French e " Prefectures Maritimes " there i s one r% the centre of a syste m comp l e t e in all its capable of performing all it s functions byPvirrtst2ueanocif its own internal m ac hi nery. In the Eng lish a dock yards the authority is divided, and there is no supreme head upon the spot with sufficient control to insure the harmonious and efficient execution o f the publi c serv i ce. The Admiral Superintendent hascharge of th e s hi ps i n ordinary ; the moment a ships commis s i one d s h e i s under the P or t-Ad miral, and w hen i repairing she is under both. The perpetuala _in tervention of the Ad m i ra lt y i s a part scarcely o f t the system, o n a t the machine could all. Hen ce arises a mass of correspon dence,nd, without it and a great amount of additional work devolves upon the Admiralty. The confusion of the executive and administrative duties undertaken by the board almost overwhelm it, even now ; in case of war, it would be too late to reorganise our system when events called for energetic action. With regard to our central adminis tration, one of the first objects is to place the several branches of the service under the same roof. The Ad miralty communicates with Plymouth now in three minutes. The communication by writing between Somerset-house and the Admiralty takes often nearly as many days. The necessity for writing, in nine cases out inseparable and of ten, would cease, and with it endles s inconvenience, are loss of time, wh ich expense, from the present preposterous errazigemout 50 50 20 50 25 25 St. 50 19 14 50 20 114 10 LOO St. 6 25 20 20 50 20 St. 20 St. 15 12A 121 St. 10 25 10 1.0.1 100 Bii 8} all 100 all all 11i 100 114 all all all 100 424 34 1 100 - !100 47A 17 all 1100 100 100 100 100 all all 6i all 100 all 21s. 100 20 11i 100 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 12 19 30 3i 75 53 - 96 - 60 - 64 - 33 lo t $ ~. 70 24 31 89 8i 21 30} 2id 75/ 44 2i d 363 ... d ... PI 76 ldis 10 341 4 1108 9 4 i i 14A i 35j i si 9