The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXIV. BATH MEE TING. — To-morrow's races commence at two o'clo c k , with the City Cup of 100 sovs., added to a s weepstakes of 10 sovs. each, to start at the Red Post and go once round—a few yards over two miles and a nail- Twenty-one animals are entered for this stake, b ut two-thi r d s or more have very little chance of seeing the R e d Post. Weather age of course, does not run, nor p eggy. The probability is that AUDUBON, if not rendered too stale by his exertions this day, will be the Benner, as non e o f hi s opponents seem better a d ap t e d to e course. The 'Weston Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 50 added, T.Y.C. --straight half -mile —will be a test of speed and temper between the Cheshire Marquis, Mouser, Oliver, and SPina waY, and it would not surprise me in the least to a n te MO USER the winner, although Cheshire Marquis and '(fihyer, both darkies, are held in high estimation by their friends. Epaminondas is said to be amiss and conse celit'Y will not run. Himalaya, who has been backed Ni so me money, i s a l so a non-starter. Pyrr h a an d ghtshade are, I believe, also in the same predicament. The I Dyrham St a k es of 100 sovs each, mile and half, I,vai!ll obtained thi r t y -fi ve nominations, and I should say b Prodiice the laro•est field during the meeting. Russ haveinh 6 does not run. Lamartine, at Bst 101 b, cannot li ve ''OY chance. Old Clothworker stops at home. kaal:avogue is overdosed at Bst 81b. Cardinal Wise- Ethel no lance,c at Bst 71b, together with Stapleton s, : 13 lanthe's, Abdallah's, and all the middle W t e g"ts, is very indifferent. Gossip is the first that p 8 o rike s nIY eye in running down the list that seems to ~,.B . sess a r espectable chance. He figures at the same weirrl i t I v , 5 v.-6st 416 —as Lady Emily and Tweedside. I thing in favour of th e f our year old Harry, or run rs e ; but l' expect to se e Batty Darling and Massena fortolerably well. To rive at a point, I shall look kthe winner in GOSSIP ; r and that Katty Darling and Thena will occupy the next two places I recko!ri upon. di e fourth race on the card is the Aristocratic Han hal? hlo sovs. each, h . f t., w i t h 20 a dd e d , m il e an d a BALL, T is stake will probably be carried off by WATER aIe sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, in m t aile heats, will bring the meeting to a conclusion. sp ort -OcRESTER SPRING MEETING.—Three days' capital f o i are marked to come off to-morrow, and the two v ° „ w l n ,g days. The first race to-morrow will be, e ;' Meiklam Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 50 added, n il- 41 " - There are several names of some note figur rhgnni!l the entry, among others, that of Longbow, whose r saiti l a n g I entertain doubts of. Looking over the re aki-„tr' I should say the race will lie with Osbaldeston, O v s t ,; . , e, a nd Dressmaker ; and the best of this trio is tion iii' a Es T°- This, however, I give with the resecrovnad fiddle to should Longbow start he will play second The : 1 3 ° 11 e of 5 5 e 0 .„ 1/ - -en Cup of 200 sovs., added to a sweepstakes ent ry rf B ',each, mile and a quarter, has the very large - liztY-nine. I need not wade through the com give lre m erits of the anim a ls e ngaged, but will at once th e b' t as BY opini on ( an d no t a ver y c o n fident one by sadYe) that the Begum colt will be about the mark ; 1, that old Gaffer Green and Placid may run forward. I ‘..r h f e , Sa P li ng Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., 100 added, Nyhi e j;i: has another strong entry, the major part of 'lave has not yet appeared in public, and those that 841.4 being only inferior animals, it is almost an like.b Alai, t Y attempting to point out the winner in a race . °Piti c , bu t as it ' is considered necessary to give an y ou 11 ' my accounts lead me to infer that DERVISH is Ti.Ster of some little promise. • ad ded Third Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 100 tiv "' mil e - and-a-half. The major portion of the forty (l2 entries have their - chances already disposed of by wi llth, or being out of training. Some half-dozen only h e i ! )r cba.bly be led to the post. Master Norton, had t01,,,,e,e,11 quite up to the mark, would have been a and LAD Y certainty ; as it is, I must look to MOCASSIN The VERNO N tO fill the first and second places. fare, Mai en Plate will terminate the first day's bill of THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. BATH.—This DAT. Ito BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. are 011/.BES ARRIVED.—In the number of horses arrived by l ver, Malheureuse, Harry, colt by Alfred, dant r • Faustus, Monie Moses, Amazon Ireland's Eye, weillartine, Gossip, Audubon, filly by ' Venison out of T wA ting Day, Sharavogue Red Lion, Dabchick, Chase, Francesca ncesca colt;Cestus filly, Massaroni, Glen- C o - ,a Dandy, Diomedia,, Norna, Montague, Waterfall, 1' 1 , 4 * antes Lady Emily, Massena, Tame, Spinaway, gui; a 3!,,t :Mouser,Ceres, Spiro, Balmoral, Cheshire Mar /sjia JkattyDaling, ardinal Wiseman, Abdallah, Clio, tlln t silad - e, Royalist, Miss Talbot, Topsy, Zenith, 117 i" Lothario, Joe Miller, Odiham, Economy, Lady )317,t°elt, Volusia, gelding by Idas out of Avon, Ceres, (3-41 ". Russborough expected. MANCHESTER.—THIS DAT. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 11 1 - 2"i b eB for the Queen's Plate. Three years old, 7 st ; tour, 9st 21b , five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 51b. Thre e nines and a distance. E ef Justice, 6 yr s —Red Lion, 4 yrs— Ge orgy,3 s y , 4 yrs golf,4B yrs—Audubon, Audubon, 3 yrs—Lady A borough 3 yrs—King of Trumps, 4 yrs—g ne Russ- B a p, aged , 6 Yrs—The Itch, 3 yrs—Saguenay, 3 yrs—The Weathergage, 4 yrs—mare b Faugh a ° f ° ut of Miniature, 5 yrs—colt by Drayton, y out -3:,1)3Y8 dam, 4 yrs. Run on Thursday. I, 44j„ ilt ,ries for the Maiden Plate. Two miles. 1.4- 1 44 1 1 3 1 Li the aged—colt by Drayton, 4 3 11' " l ate, 5 yrs—filly by Verulam, 3 yrs—Minerva Y' ednesP,,,-"Vlorist, 3 yrs—Hafed, 4 yrs. Run on Ati t , I7.4llll inT lLS 'Th e Alp, Brown Brandy, Lerrywheut, Blow , In e s ° ngbow, Osbaldeston, Dremaker, ra S n u g r e - V°BBornse Jack Leeming, Gaffer Green , Orange ' 44 fed ? --64rth'ur Wellesley, Master Norton, B `Aaricot, and Little Fawn. TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERDAr. T THE DERBY. , 411 e ° Dri -8 , 6 City phrase, business ruled remarkably dull. e';`Leipal t actions were in reference to the fa ,,i3alldibt-r: a bout whom 3 to 1 was taken to nearly a tholt ,fich,-,,11141s several of his old supporters hardening in ' 5, th,""co, and: increasing their investments, whilst some f „,„ 4 , B eld division," who bad been dead against him, 441 0 ,; I deutly getting on for the purpose of reducing the 15 0 °41 11 ' of their liabilities. Sittingbourne gave way a ,°5O first 800 to 100 was taken, shortly afterwards 18 00 100 was laid, and finally, 9to 1. 1,700 to 200, w ood 20 0, and 1,500 to 200 were booked about Honey - el O4 , 8 to 1 was, however, the current price at the ei„ • 10 to 1 was taken to upwards of 5001. about to a nd 10,000 to 1,000 afterwards offered. 1,200 411 (111 a bhe.4.ng bet, was also laid. Pharos, Orestes, 4 Further ch . I llriel were backed for various sums at 11 to 1 Th e c ommen t is unnecessary. 'ow at the conclusion of business were as fol- S OMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 7 t o 4 agst Audubon (2 to 1 taken). 5 to 2 agst Diomedia, (taken). 8 to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). DERBY. 3to 1 agst West Australian (taken freely.) 8 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 10 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). to 1 agst Cineas (taken and offered). 11 to 1 agst Ph aros (t a k en ). 251 to to 1 11 to 1 agst O res t es (t a k en ) . 1 agst TJrnbriel (taken). 1 agst Jerry 25 Kent (taken). to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken). 40 to 1 ag s t E thelbert (taken). 4 5 9 to 1 agst Peggy (taken to 1001.). i oo u " r , to 1 agst Filb ert (taken). l ot , o to 10 agst Golde n Pl over (t a k en t o 351.) uto 10 agst Bevelac (taken). Offers to take 1000 to 15 about Talfourd. OAKS. 4 4 to 1 agst Mi s tl etoe (taken). to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (9 to 2 taken). 1 7 0 to 1 agst The Queen (taken to 1001.). T he r to 1 agst Lady Louisa (taken). wili cTln will be open every day this week. Satur- Uni p itilt ne the general comparing day. was 411%1ISTER.-__This horse scratched for the at7o,lll\rrls;nchester, and for the Northumberland l J h 4 Lott s herb yesterday afternoon. N tlte t _ t?.eott a y horses passed through London, en, u Leatheead, last evening. ---- RAC FOR 1853. T h . n ING FIXTURES ' 'Bllres within parenthesisdenote ig. iledclit MAY. Manchester (3) the number o: It4tt (2) ............... 16 1 /4\ 4 (2)... ................ 17 1 Epsom ‘ 1 Isie ve . %TUNE. 'Oll (3). ... J 2 N B BiburY PI (1) 1.,..4.81te0t )„ ............................... 7 I Stockbridge ~ , rapto r' 15 1 Winchester (_!-) e ............ ley'l2loll &c. (2)...15 Newcastle ( 3 ) JULY. I\ll:_Wznarlct (3) ............ 5 Stamford (2) „„... Li'll.rircester (2) ............. 5 Nottingham .(-) v l4l ' (3)••• ............... 5 Goodwood (4).•' t115001(3)... ............ 13 Itri,iit TJ 11,6, en (2) ............... 3 1,)7.1014(.011 Club (1) ......... 5 • INtortirs.haallPtnn (3) ...... 8 \ ~_ _ taffordshire (2) .. • g 1-I;rn?ontli (2)...•• .... 9 ~..,."44111g (2) .............. 10 \P ar , . SEPTE t ys Wick (2)... ~-(4ltefraCt (2).• ............. jteg.i,lehliter ( 4 ).. . ............13 .. Lerefezde r(2) ..... . .. ......... .20 (2). .......... .. .. :21 C he ster OCTO Auturtin (2) ... 4 FVlllarket S. 0. (5).. .. .. .. 10 o rce (5).... .10 (2)..... ..... .. 1. ' owl3lll. Anturnn (2)... 3 Liv„,,Nie Runt (2). .. ... 9 . --Pool Auturnn (2) .. .. .. 9 , Nv:yt l' --______ _ ____ Ctli itl 'rxitsilatLetters from St. Petersburg of the ild iltHrttoetlite siatt. owing to the setting ininofamd 11°I.otastil. 11,rhed•Noladisoinl wpuargelux e s etec i l. ttaollooran _ otherd rn(i r , fa Prevented the rate of exchange from becoming 38q. t;ltvourable for this country, and the quotation was l'rlliell dal.; lernrn Riga. the advice s , are to the 9th, at It the weather was fine and warm. - UST. York (3) Radcliffe (3) Eghara (2) Derby (2) Eccles (3) Lichfield (2) :MEER. Lanark (2) Manchester Autumn (2) Newmarket F. 0. (3) Northallerton (2) , BER. Richmond (2) 19 N ewmarket 11 (6) 2 MBER. Warwick Autumn (2) 16 Shrewsbury (2) 93 Aberystwith (3).. Last week THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. DUBLIN, MAY 16, On Saturday, during the whole period that the InduS - - trial Palace remained open to the public it was filled with visitors, fresh arrivals continuing to pour in from twelve until five o'clock, although the last comers had scarcely an hour to enjoy the scene. The peculiar fine ness of the day was an additional inducement, and the building in every point of view looked to great advan tage. On Saturday the total number of visitors, exclu sive of exhibitors, was 5,113, of whom 231 were admitted on payment at the doors. Holders of season tickets are admitted at the entrance of the Great Nave, and those on payment at the doors at that of the Northern Hall, where it may be well to observe that a notice is affixed intimating that "no change can be returned." This is for the obvious purpose of preventing delay. The egress for all visitors is through the porch of the Southern Hall, no person being allowed to pass out through the other doors. The sale of season tickets still proceeds with great vigour. The work of unpacking and fitting up additional cases goes on apace in all quarters, and Mr. Thompson, under whose able superintendence they are classified and ar ranged in their respective positions, is pressing forward the arduous labours of his department with unceasing zeal. Waggons laden with packages continue to arrive at the building, and Mr. O'Hagan, who has charge of their reception, is still actively engaged with his assist ants in superintending their storage and facilitating their distribution in their proper classes. Further arrivals are yet expected, of which the most important are among the French contributions, which will, when completely developed, form a very interesting section of the foreign display. On Saturday a still further advance towards comple tion was apparent in the improved appearance of all parts of the Exhibition. In the Great Nave several new eases for the display of manufactures were put up, and additional statues were mounted. The fountain, which is to form a very conspicuous ornament, stand ing about thirty feet high at the eastern end, is rapidly assuming its graceful proportions ; and, at the other extremity of the hall the foundations of a second fountain, to correspond, have been laid. In the inter mediate space will be an oblong iron stand of consider able dimensions ' contributed by the Coalbrook Dale Company, which, from its superior merits as a piece of ornamental casting, will, it is supposed, compensate for marring the effect of the fine vista which the whole ex tent of the great hall, in its uninterrupted prospect, would present. On the platform at the western end, below the organ, two full-sized bronze figures have been erected, and form conspicuous and classic ornaments. They were cast by Messrs. Elkington and Mason, of London, from a design by Sir Charles Eastlake, and are intended as ornaments for the House of Lords. Their ap pearance in our industrial temple is an evidence of the in terest feltintheExhibition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. On Saturday afternoon, the opening of a ponderous chest attracted general attention, and the name of the exhi bitor engraved upon the outside in the significant terms, " Her Majesty the Queen," excited an intense curiosity to witness the treasures which it was expected to con tain. A crowd of spectators soon collecting around, awaited the tedious process of removing the mass of paper shreds in which the contents were enveloped, and were ultimately rewarded for their patience by discover ing that the enclosure, so carefully protected, consisted of magnificent specimens of regal plate. As an evidence of the interest felt as to the Exhibition by the French Government and press, we may state that the proprietors of the Pays, the Paris journal which is most directly in communication with the French Go vernment, have sent M. Alfred Busquet, one of their most distinguished writers, to Dublin, to report upon the Exhibition. M. Busquet arrived on Saturday. M. Lemoine, of the Journal des Debats, and two of the best artists of the Paris Illustration, will be here in the course of the ensuing week. MANNING , THE ROYAL NAVY. (From the Times.) The Order in Council of the Ist of April, 1853, with reference to the manning of the Royal Navy, deserves to be considered as the charter of the British fleet. We have already described in general terms its leading pro visions ; but, as the document itself has just been pre sented to Parliament, together with the report of a com mittee of naval officers and the correspondence of the Admiralty on this subject, we propose to state with more detail the precise advantages which the new system holds out to seamen entering the Queen's service. It is extremely desirable that the utmost publicity should be given to these arrangements, which are highly favour able to the interests of the seafaring population ; and it is impossible to overrate the importance of the subject to our national interests. The principal object of the committee of naval officers and of the Admiralty has been to substitute a fixed engagement of ten years for the present mode of entering seamen. From time immemo rial the practice of the navy has been to enter men for particular ships selected by themselves, nominally for five years, but practically for only three years, unless the ship be detaired longer on a foreign station ; and then, after much expense, time, and labour bestowed in training them, they are disbanded, and often lost to the service. Some carry the fruits of their training to foreign flags ; the larger number return at periods dic tated by their own convenience, and not by the wants of the service. Hence it is uncertain when ships can be got ready for sea. Several instances have recently oc curred of first-class vessels detained for months for their complement of men ; and the 5,000 additional seamen voted last December have not yet been entirely raised. The evil, therefore, becomes one of serious magnitude when the rapid equipment of a fleet is required by the public interests or public safety. The object of the mea sure now put into execution is, "to give the Royal Navy a permanent constitution, in order that it may be brought to a higher point of organisation, efficiency, and discip line, and thus be enabled to fulfil the expectations of the country." These are the terms in which the Secretary of the Admiralty describes the scheme, which has since received the approval of the Crown. The first step is therefore to render the condition of boys and seamen who shall engage for a continuous period of service in the navy of ten years from the age of 18 considerably better than that of seamen entered on the former system. For this purpose all seamen enter ing hereafter on these terms, including in the time of their engagement their present period of service, will have an increase of pay to second-class ordinary seamen of a penny a-day, to ordinary seamen of twopence a-day, to petty officers and able seamen of threepence a-day. A class of leading seamen is established with twopence a-day in addition to any other pay to which they may be entitled. Men and boys are permitted to purchase their discharge on a principle similar to that in force in the army and marines. The ratings of petty officers in line-of-battle ships are increased 3d. a-day, and a con siderable increase will be made in the number of petty officers who are eligible for the good-conduct gratuities of 71. and Si. when ships are paid off. Pensions as at present will be awarded to men for continuous and general service after 20 years, instead of 21, reckoning from the age of 18, instead of from the age of 20. But the Admiralty have now a discretionary power of granting short service pensions of 6d. or Bd. a-day to men who have served 10 or 15 years respectively, on condition of such men holding themselves in readiness to give further service, in the event of an armament or of war. The number of men in the receipt of such short-service pensions is not to exceed 16,000 ; but the existence of this reserve of saamen-pensioners would enable the Admiralty, in case of emergency, to equip a squadron with well-trained seamen, and with the utmost despatch. The pay of the warrant officers of the fleet is increased by about one fourth • and warrant officers who have distinguished themselves by acts of gallantry and daring in the service will be eligible to hold commissions in the fleet in such rank and position as they may be deemed worthy and competent to fill, and such warrant officers will receive, on promotion, an outfit of 1001. These changes have been framed and adopted with an earnest desire to improve the condition of the seamen and petty officers in the Royal .Navy, and we hope they will have the desired effect. At the same time they imply, to some extent, a change in the habits of that class of men to which they are always averse, since they are to surrender their liberty of choice for a particular ahip, and the advantages offered them are more pros pective than immediate. But the permanence of the service, the rank which may be acquired in it, and the certainty of a pension for life, are advantages which the merchant service cannot offer in the same degree as the Royal Navy ; though, if a mere increase of pay were proposed, the effect would probably be a general rise in seamen's wages, leaving the proportion between the two services the same as it is at present. It is stated by the Registrar-General of Seamen, that the actual number of persons employed in British registered ships in 1851 was 175,000. The Committee of Naval Officers have not thought fit to recommend the adoption of the ballot, or any system of compulsory enrolment, because, at the very moment it might be most needed— on the sudden outbreak of hostilities — the best seamen would escape its operations by their absence abroad. But the committee relies mainly on the formation of naval reserves upon the voluntary prin ciple, and to this end the policy of the Admiralty is now, as we have seen, directed. The difficulty is, that as British seamen are scattered over every part of the globe, it is computed that not more than 21,000 are to be found at any one time in the United Kingdom ; though, of course, the sudden check which would be given to maritime trade by the commencement or near approach of hostilities must render a far larger portion of the seafaring population available for the defence of the country. The French navy, though vastly inferior to our own in the number and force of its vessels and materials of war, has this great advantage, that by the admirable or ganisation of the whole maritime population the entire fleet of France could in a short space of time be manned for sea. The maritime conscription is, relatively, and in time of peace, less severe than the military conscrip tion, and the persons subject to it are free from all other demands of the public service. With fewer vessels and fewer seamen, the French naval forces might, at a given moment, be more available than our own, because they are more immediately dependent on the will of the State. To provide against that first emergency is, therefore, the most essential point ; for, that once past, we have not the slightest doubt that the resources and the pa ti iotisrn of the country would do the rest. It now re mains to be seen how the proposal of continuous enlist ment for ten years is received by the seamen, when the new conditions offered by the Government are fully un derstood by them ; and if, as we hope, it proves success ful, no further time should be lost in organising the re serve, which might be formed at once of old men-of-war's men who have already completed the requisite period of service. .42 .g 2 .28 .22 .22 .27 .29 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1 853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Whitsunday was kept as a holiday at all the offices of the Paris journals, and consequently not one of them was published yesterday. In its sitting yesterday, the Corps Legislatif adopted the Civil Pensions Bill, as submitted by the Government. The numbers were-for the bill, 154 ; against it, 76. A large number of private bills were afterwards passed without any discus sion. The debate on the Budget for 1854 has been fixed for Wednesday. A moderate amount of business only was trans acted yesterday at the Bourse, at a general decline in prices "compared with those of Saturday, all de scriptions of stock having fallen, except the Four and-a-Half per Cents., for cash, in which no change occurred. The Three per Cents., for the account, declined 50c., the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 20c.; and the Three per Cents., for money, 10c. Bank of France Shares remained without variation. The closing prices were-For cash : Three per Cents., 81f. 70c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents:, 104 f. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 2,725. The Mortgage Bankshares declined 2f., closing at 88f. 50c. There was a fall of Of. in those of the Societ6 Mobiliere, which were last quoted at 949 f. 75c. The favourable condition of business reported as existing in the Railway Share Market was not maintained to-day, shares in most of the principal lines hating experienced but little demand, with a general decline in the quotations. Paris and Strasbourg fell 9f. • Nor therns, 7f.; and the remainder from If. to sf. each, with the exception of Paris and Orleans, Lyons to the Mediterranean, and Rouen and Havres, which remained unchanged. Final quotations :-Nor therns, 928 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 11201. ; Paris Strasbourg, 944 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 967 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1165 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 857 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 790 f. 50c ; Rouen and Havre, 550 f. • Bordeaux and Cette, 6721. 75c. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 645 f. 50c.; Dijon and Besancon, 578 f.; Dieppe and Fe camp, 363 f. 75c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th contain no news of interest of any kind, foreign or domestic. The vacant posts in the Ministry had not yet been filled up. A Madrid letter of the 11th mentions a rumour that Queen Christina intends to visit Italy. The Three per Cents, were at 44g. PORTUGAL. Although the Lisbon mail has announced that the Queen of Portugal had just performed the ceremony of turning the first sod of the projected railway, the private mercantile advices state that owing to the want of funds no expectation was entertained of the project being carried out. The wealthy natives are said to stand aloof from it, while the wise decision of the London Stock Ex change to shut out all Portuguese undertakings will prevent anything being obtained in England. The Minister, moreover, had declared in the Chambers that as yet no contract had been signed confirming the original concession, and it appears that a bill on London at 90 days for 30,0001. given by the projectors to complete their deposit of 40,0001., must be paid before the Government will take up their promised share in the concern. Reports, it is added, were circulated in Lisbon that the pro jectors hope to dispose of their interest whenever they can secure any valuable concessions from the Government, and some went so far as to assert that M. Salamanca was in treaty with them. This, however, was not credited. Meanwhile it was believed that the Government were desirous that the line should be carried out in defiance of the ban put upon it in this country, so that they might escape the necessity of abandoning their course of spoliation. A statement having been circulated in Lisbon, that the Portuguese Government and the Bank of Lisbon had come to an arrangement of their differences, the Bank has notified that the report is entirely false. ITALY. In its sitting of the 12th, as already stated by electric telegraph, the Piedmonteso Chamber of Deputies discussed the Relief Bill in favour of Sar dinian subjects whose property is under sequestra tion in Lombardy. M. Valerio, of the Opposition, gave his adhesion to the bill and to the spirit of the report of the committee, but wished it might be understood that the bill did not propose to divide refugees into two distinct families. M. Asproni observed that there were many refugees who had not yet obtained naturalisation in Sardinia, and asked whether Ministers would object to extending the benefit of the bill to them, by naturalising them. The Minister of Finance, Count Cavour, expressed his satisfaction at the unanimity dis played by the chamber on this question, and then said he could not at present answer M. Asproni's question, but so much he would say that he was ready to do what he had done hitherto, always fol lowing the rules of good policy and justice. The Minister's speech was received with loud applause, and the bill was voted by a majority of 127 to 7. The Chamber then proceeded to consider the Savoy Railway Bill, the discussion of which was ad journed to the following day. A letter from Turin says :—" The Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces at Rome has sent a very handsome present to the Grand Dukes of Russia who lately visited Rome, consisting of a copy of two groups in the gallery of the Vatican, repre senting a stag bitten by dogs." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Milan of the 18th :—" A rumour has been in cir culation here, that it was in contemplation to at tempt another rising, but we believe that if the audacious crime of February 6 should be again essayed, the result would be even a greater failure than the first. The military authorities have adopted all the measures necessary to prevent such an event. It is worthy of remark that this -ru mour of a new attempt at revolt at Milan had been disseminated at the same time in Switzerland, Piedmont, and Savoy.' The plot was directed at the same time against the Austrian Government, and against that of Piedmont." THE BRAZILS. The clipper-ship Reindeer, Captain Hunt, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning with advices from Rio Janeiro to the 24th March, ten days later than by the last Brazilian mail steamer. The Reindeer sailed in company with the Joshua, of London, and Catherine Swanston, for Constan tinople. The Ranger had sailed a few days previ ous for Bahia. The fever was raging to an alarming extent among the shipping at Rio Janeiro. Business generally was good. Dates from the United States to the Bth February had been re ceived at Rio Janeiro, advising au advance in the price of coffee, which caused some excitement, and a large purchase was made at advancing prices, chiefly for shipment to the United States. Supe riors are quoted at 4,000 to 4,200 reis, and good firsts 3,800 to 3,900 reis. The stock in first hands was estimated at 35,000 bags. Exchange on England, 28W. to 281 d. Freights to the Channel, 655. to 705.; New York, 100 to 105 cents.; and New Orleans, 110 to 120 cents. AUSTRALIA. Australian advices have been brought by the overland mail more than a month later than those previously received. They reach to the 3d of March, and are from Melbourne, whence the accounts that last arrived in England were to the 30th of January. Their contents are of a casual nature, as they had arrived only by a trading vessel (the Marian Moore) to Ceylon. One very impor tant fact, however, is announced—namely, that there has been a rapid advance in the price of gold to 775., and in the exchange on London to par, so that shipments of coin from this country may now be expected wholly to terminate. By a previous arrival at Ceylon, Melbourne papers had been re ceived to the 26th of February, and in these it is mentioned that a lump of gold, exceeding in size any former discovery, had been found by four men about two miles , from Ballarat, its weight being 1341 b. 8 ounces. With regard to the general pro duction at the mines no details are given, but the tone of the remarks respecting the state of trade and the progress of the colony seems to indicate that it must have been very favourable. At Sydney, according to the latest intelligence received at Melbourne, the date of which is not given, busi ness was exceedingly active and money plentiful. The immigration at Melbourne had been continu ously heavy, and some cases of death from exhaus tion and destitution are said to have occurred. The total arrivals had been 11,699 in December and 8,101 in January, and this pressure of population, without any adequate preparation for it, appears subsequently to have caused many to resolve upon seeking more quiet pursuits in the adjoining colo niLsiclnnd s el . enc:t A ei tovnilelie ne e d x a, p t theectation that some part of the over flow would fi n d it s way t o W es t ern A us t ra li a, whence advices and tba beginning sgs stated n r a i ne thatot f o Fe in theb February, nr of March, landedm en,s property at Launceston had been sold at an advance of 400 per cont. upon the prices current a few weeks previously. The Melbourne steamer arrived at Melbourne on the 4th of February, and the day on which the Sarah Sands sailed appears to have' been the 10th of February. The finders of the nugget of 1341 b. had taken passage in her. THE SR ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. tid.i Rlmwers. Closing Prices this day. )0 Aberdeen Arnbg. Nottng. Bost & Basin. Juliet._ 611 Birmg* WolTerh. & Stour Birkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire Juin:L. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18 . 1 Do., £2O 00 Bristol and Exeter._ : 00 Calcdonian a ll Chester & Holyhead a ll Cork and Bandon a ll Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&BelfastJune 11 Dundee Perth&Aber- Been Junction , 11 Do. New all East Anglian (x 25 L and E. & L. & D.) di Do. Do. (M. E.& IL) ,ll Eastern Counties__ 6 il Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) gi Do., do ill Do., B. and C )0 East Lancashire di East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June )0 Edinburgh & Glasgow It 3 Edin. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 00 . Glasgow & S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk ! 100 Do., A. Stock 100 !Do., B. Stock 1 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 !Great Western 11 !Irish South-Eastern ! all 'Lancaster & 113 Do., Thirds !Lancash.& Yorkshire 5 !Do., Fifths 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un 11 ;Leeds Northern 11 'Liv.Crsby. &Southpt dl London & Blaekwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 10 I Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst.' 10 London &N. Western 2 IDo., Fifths 1 IDo. , £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western r2'llDo., £5O u Do., £4O II Londerry.&Coleraine ill Lndndrry. & Ennisk. '➢fanch. Shef. &Lincln 4 ID°, Man.& Lin. Un !Midland 10 Do.Birming. &Derby 7 Midland G. West.(lr.) . 7i Do. Shares 611 Newcastle & Carlisle 03 Newmarket 3i Do. Bury Extension .6 Newp. Aberg.&liftd 7i Newry & Enniskillen dl Newry, Warrenpoint, and nestrevor K) Norfolk 11 Do., New 36 Northn.Counties Un LOO North British L 3 North Devon, No. 1 61 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed ri North Staffordshire al North Western 0 N. &S. Westrn. June )0 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton )0 Scottish Central )0 Scottish Midland )0 Shrewsbury & Birmg )0 Do., L. &N. Westn Guaranteed Stock. 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) dl Do. Halves do . 11 Do Do. Oswestt y 61 Shropshire Union I dl South Devon )0 South Eastern dl South Wales L 5 S. Yorksh . Rivor Dun. 5 Do. .6i Stockton & Hartlepl. .9 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' .7 Vale of Ncath • dl Waterfd. & Kilkenny dl Waterford& Limerick .4 West Cornwall .1s Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford )0 York Newctl. &Berw. 9 Do. Extensions 14 Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 29 - 30 6 6i 10 101 7 6d 21 -- 22 d 3i -- 2id 102 -- 104 70A -- 71 23i -21 i 22A -23 A 4 - 5 pmi 8 - 9 6 -- 61 41 -- 4d 131 -13 i 10} -- 11 7i - 7i 73 - 74 54 - 55 73 - 74 3i - U 88 -89 i 54 - 56 133 -135 1 113 -- 114 90/ -- 911 8 1 -- i 94 --968 113I 13 -- 14 p, 79i -- 801 41-4 d 3 -2/ d 161 -- 16/ I 9a —94 -- 2 1 104 A -- 105 1 118; -- 118 t 2A -- 14 -- 1A p 90 -- 91 6 -- 40! 4 - 30 1 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 29A - 304 - 3; -- 74i -- 7411 42 - - 44 I 50 52 par i p 4 3d 2i 31 8i 9i 52 54 ~, - ... 3 k - 21 d 35i 36 .: ...d ..• - . gal 7 - lit - - -PI 53 - 54 96 - 98 60 - 62 65 - 67 73 .-- 76 lk Oid 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13 -- 15 31 -- 3k d 20. -- 214 75 -- 764 361 -- 37 13. -14 i 4 -- 4i 19 -- 21 21— 3,1 15 -- 154 9i -- 104 334 -- 34 10; -- 10] 4 d -- par 704 —71 A - 7t 6f a 2 2d 63 2 - 642 Business done this day. 29i i 6 i fro 1 70/ / LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. raidj RAILW/TII. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. &I Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. & Greenw Do.Prefercnce Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock, Middlesbro' & Redcar . Midld.Bradfd. l Northern andl Eastern 513. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. d; Wyre Do. Shares.' Roystn.6r Do.Sheptli.St. Shef.. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e S. Staftordsh WcarValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts dtSomrs Leasing Compans. rioadon cti N. West.' . Gt.Westn Do ,IDo ,IDo L. & N.W. Caludon ... IGt.Notrhu Qt. Westu. Yk. New. & Bcrw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Stela° n & Darlingt. Midland,.. E. Count Do D 0... L. &A. W &Ln& Yk IDo Gt. Northn Do Lancash. di To rksh Mr3iClean Stockt. Darling Do Gt. Westn Closing Prices this day. 107 -109 54 - 56 150 - 152 33i - 34 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -- 28} 141 -14 t 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 31 1106 - 108 0 - 67 151 - 153 151 - 153 i— i d 33 - 34 1051 - 1061 331. i MINES. • 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian — 8 p 1 10 2 Australasian par— 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 11 1 all Australian Freehold. id par 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrln. Gold 1 p 11 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 5 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4 - 5 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 30 —3l 31/ 1 all Carson's Creek 8 # p 40 all Cobre Copper 464 474 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 2 p 14 Copiapo B4 9 98t St. all CopperMinersof En i g 65 75 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 1 11 d 20 all General ' 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst — d 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariquita Bd par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 81 1 all New Granada — 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 —l4 p 24 1 5 1 Port Philip par— 1 p 1 all Quartz Rock 4 p 1/ 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 4 8 p 1 4 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 281 all United Mexican 5 51 54 1 all Waller — 1 d 1 all West Granada ...., ... id p 1 all Wesi Mariposa par— p 14 1 all Yuba * t P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88 874 7 50 all British N. American ... ..• 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,' Australia, & China' lip 100 25 Colonial — ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ..• ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 1 41 , 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 —34 p 110 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 53 54 54 3 4 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co 4d— par 25 25 South Australia 49 51 50 25 all Union of Australia 7B 79 784 981 ... 24 Do. New 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 'Australian Agricult 1 79 81 81 794 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Maili 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail! : . 38A Brit. Americo. Laud' 6 7 . 72 100 323 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 33 3? 8? 984 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 1 14 34 20 1 Eastern Steam — ••• 1 1 Electric. Tcleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gm. Steam Navigat — 50 General Screw Steam — 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ' 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 71 Nrth. of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental' ••• 50 25 Do. Do, 471 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , 77 25 25 South Austral. Land 46 49 1 1 Submar. Telegraph I 5 2 Universal Emigration' and Colonisation 1 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 2O 21 21 20 LLOYD'S ASIIIPPIAqz-r(T*4:DAi.) LONDON, May 17.—Wind this day , ;at,N S.E.; light pleasant breeze, and fino clear sulti-rwciathb PLYMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, E. Off Port—Georgia, Calcutta ; Mary, St. Croix, for Copenhagen. • FALMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, E., fresh. Arrived— Ceres, Buenos Ayres, for Liverpool. BRISTOL, May 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Nancy Treat, Havannah ; Melina ' do. LIVERPOOL, May 16.—The Madonna dells Gracie, Naples to Hull, got on shore near-Longo Sardo, Bth instant, and went down with three of her crow. SHIELDS, May 16.—The Nuova Vencedor (Portuguese), from Antwerp, has come on shore on the Mussel Scarp. POOLE, May 16.—Sailed—Mountaineer, Newfoundland. CLYDE.—Arrived—Jane Clark, Bombay ; Countess of Durham, Callao. Sailed—Hugh Walker, Sydney, N.S.W. ; British Princess, Quebec. LIMERICK, May 15.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Adelina, Bar badoes. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. The markets will re-open to-morrow. SUGAR.—Tho quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,548 hhds, 307 tierces, 418 barrels ; there were taken for home con sumption 960 hhds, 52 tierces, 273 barr e l s . Th e s t oc k, i n the same places, is 6,531 hhds, 1,209 tierces, 1,304 barrels. COFFER.—This article is nominal in the absence of public sales. Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 181 puns, 16 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 213 puns, 26 hhds, and ex ported 186 puns, 180 hhds. The stock in th• same places is 8,750 puns, 529 hhds. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 47s per cwt on the spot, and town 49s 3d. TEA,—The public sales are going otf steadily. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5a to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 15s per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. CUMBEBLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 168 ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Moadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ N to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1115 s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. INDIA.—The commercial advices by the Overland mail to-day show no revival in any of the markets, but an absence of heavy arrivals had operated, both at Bom bay and Calcutta, in preventing an increase of heaviness. At Canton transactions bad been more numerous, but at lower prices, except for metals ; while at Shanghai, in consequence of the progress of the rebellion, business was in a great measure suspended. The Singapore dates are to the 4th April. Transactions were limited, the Chinese dealers having refused to buy at present rates, and holders being firm. Four vessels had been char tered to load coals at Labuan, and the accounts from that island and Borneo Proper were to the sth of March. The new Sultan of Borneo had formerly ratified the en gagements made by his predecessors with the Eastern Archipelago Company. FATAL ACCIDENT.—LOSS OF EIGHT Lrviss.—About four weeks ago, a fishing-boat, containing eight men, put out to sea near the district of Ness. The practice is to shoot the lines used in the deep sea fishing, and when night conies on the parties lull themselves to sleep in the bottom of the boat. The friends of the crew in question, having found that the boat had not returned as usual, went in search, when they discovered that it was stove and upset. As the wreck was tied to the painter, which is generally secured by a stone and a buoy to denote the boat's position, and as a vessel was seen hovering out at sea not far distant from where the boat was floating, it was thought that, during the darkness of the night, and while the crew were fast asleep, the vessel must have run her down. Thus instantly perished eight persons. The vessel's name cannot be ascertained, and the cause of the acci dent is merely conjectural, as none of the crew sur vive to tell the sad tale.—lnverness Courier. Engines' this Jar. Shr. I P: 31 I 21 50 1 41 25 a] 18 a: 20 a: 25 a: 25 25 a: St. 101 50 a St. 12 50 161 St. 20 1 14 50 20 114 St. 101 20 1! 10 St. 101 50 4! 40 3 , 25 al 25 a] St. 101 SL. 164 St. 10 50 4 25 1' 100 a St. 10 25 1 50 20 al St. 11 16 1: 16 1 20 17 20 a 10 11 St. 10 10 26i a 13i a] 20 al 20 50 a' St. 101 50 a: 20 L 20 25 3 20 1' 20 a] 50 a] 20 1. I 0 1/. 10 St. 101 25 21 25 1 St. to 3 3A i 4i 63i / 4 3/ PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 101 5 al St. 101 20 St. 10 15 a] 6i 64 a] )0 Aberdeen . II Do., No. 2,7 p. c 10 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares )0 Caledonian £lO ll Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent. 54 Cork &Bandon 53 p.c. 11 'Dundee, Perth, and 3i a; 5 al 74 6t a] Aberdeen Junction 11 E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. 11 Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7 178), 7. p Ct. 11 Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l [l. Do., No. 2 I Do., New 6p. c. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p er cent 100 East Laucash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.& Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent D Great Northn. sp. c 0 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 1 ,Gt.S outhn. & Westn 6A a] 10 a] 20 a] St. 111 St. RI (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. e.) X) Great Western, fixed 4 per cent . 6 Lan. & York. F. .420 1 )0 Do., 6 p. c., Stock )0 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e )0 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 St,. 11.1 St. ID St. 10 50 a )0 Do. New Guar. 6p. e. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds... .0 Londonderry & Coler A Shares ........ 11 Londndry. & Ennisk 6 Shares all Manch., Shef. ,&Lin , Shares, No. 1 11 Do., New, £lO . 3 Do., £6 .. .21l all 1211 li 10 a: 10 I 0; 1231 a] Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. [1 Do. 4A per cent 8!1Do O cMid. Consol. 6 p.c . St. O Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4A percent 11 Norfolk Extension 11 Do. Guar. 53 per et 11 Do. Waveney Valley 5 peP cent. O North British ll North Staffordshire.. O Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls,6 p. c. .2 Do. 11 Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed... 11 Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. .0 Do. 5 per cent. 11 South Devon 1.1 Do. New 11 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f 611 °. 11 6. 11 S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. e. O York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do O York &N. Midland, & S. Purchase... St. 11l 20 a] 5 al St. 1 20 : st. lb 1511' 8 al 10 1 , 25 a] 16 10 al 20 I al St. ID 17 I 1 25 I 11 FOR: 92 - 90 'lO6 - 108 107 - 109 19i --20axd P - 64 -- 61, : d 4 51 -- lip 2* p 11 -- 2 p 141 -15 A 18 - liii 3i - 3/1 1 ... xd 1130 132 1112 - 113 8 1 1 - 61 - 7 i .06 - 108 P - iP .52 - 154 167 1 , 3i - 4p' 10 - 11 l a —l44xd 8 - 9 1561 81 Di —11 i i —pxd 49 - 151 - ip 115 - 117 25A - 26 - 1 - 2i p 10/ -- 11 17i -- 18} i -- 1 p 15 -- 16 par -- 3 PI 261 --26 19. -20 i -- bar 104 -- 106 P aGN. 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. 11 Charleroi & Erquelin .0 Dijon and Besan9on.. 8 Dutch Rhenish....... 11 East 1ndian............ 1 Do. Extension..... 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France 21 Gt Westn. of Canada 5hare5................. 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref ...... ILUxembouri........ !Do. (Railway) ...... 2 'Do. 3 Do. (Cana1),.......... 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 9 Lyons & Med4l,erran , 71 Madras .................. ?,9 Maria Ant0nia........ 0 Do. New ................ Li Namur & Liege (with interest ll Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France 11 Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds ' (fmy.B.ScAms.Shs.] 11 Norwegian Trnk.Pref .0 Paris and Lyons 11 Paris and Orleans 11 Paris and Rouen 11 Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen&Cherbrg. a Quebec Sr Richmond 11 Rouen and liavre ' 11 Sambre and Meuse , 4 Do. 5..! ! per cent. pref 4 Southern of France. 9 12s. Upper India Scrip Il INVest Flanders S Do. 5b per c. Pref... .0 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 5 New Zealand—, ..... 14 Old 1 li 13i 14 24 30 i. 1 d 5 — 5 lai P 1 1 p 2 —2i p 2 2i 2 par i p 7 7 41 4 11 1 li i d 2 2 p 7i -- 8 361 - 37 141 - 14 --- 9 1 18 - 18,p 44 - 45 45 - 464 374 - 381 5§- 6 pl 214 - 22 9 - 91 6 1 13 60iP 4i 5 10 llip - d 1i 3 i 20 20 1 20 20 a] 20 5 al 20 1 20i 2 20 IJ 10 t 10 20 20 33i 2 10 1 20 a] 20 al 16 al 20 al 10 al 20 11 20 al 20 al 20 al 20 20 a] Cq a] 8', , ,i a] 10 I _ 20 1i 10 ' 20 891 8i 55 1.34 i 4 1131 i 91i i 8 0 i i 8O 168 g$ 105 4i 119 18i i 14 i 2 301 7 4 i i i 1i pm 103 ,117 161 4i i f 38 i i i I all 100 all 100 12. St. St. 25 11) 100 100 1813 1071 MAIDSTONE ELECTION. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. In consequence of thesouketing statements put forth with regard to the nlifillAttsl polled, the official declara tion of the mayor was looked for with some interest, and it was anticipated that a protest would be made against the return of Mr. Lee, on-the ground of the proceedings at the corn Exchange; the effect of which, it was said, was to prevent a number of Mr, Martin's voters from going to the poll. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning the mayor took his place upon the hustings. Mr. Lee only was present, accompanied by a large number of his friends. The mayor then said that upon a correct examination of the -rotes he had ascertained the numbers polled to be the following : Lee Martin 747 737 Majority for Lee And he therefore declared W. Lee, Esq , to be duly elected to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament for the borough of Maidstone. This announcement was received with loud cheers. - PERTH AND INVERNESS RAIL WA Y. (From the Inverness Courier.) The Commissioners of Supply of the County of Inver ness held their annual meeting on Saturday, at the Court-house, Inverness, for the transaction of business ; Cluny Macpherson in the chair. Among those pre sent were Duncan Grant, Esq., Convener ; J. M. Grant, Esq., of Glenmoriston, Vice-Lieutenant of the County ; Colonel Mackintosh of Farr ; Duncan Forbes, Esq., of Leanach ; Andrew Belford, Esq. of Glenfintaig ; Wil liam Fraser, of Culbokie ; Captain Fraser Tytler, yr. of Balnain ; the Mackintosh ; Arthur Robertson, Esq., of • Inshes ; A. Fraser, Esq., of Abertarff ; Eneas Mackintosh, Esq., of Raigmore ; W. H. Colquhoun, Esq., Sheriff- Substitute ; Patrick Grant, Esq., of Ballifeary, Clerk of Supply ;T. P. B. Biscoe, Esq., of Newton ; Arlen Mack intosh, Esq., of Dalmigavie ; James Sutherland, Esq., Provost of Inverness : and the following Heritors, or mandatories for Heritors, and Justices of the Peace : Mr. Patrick Grant for Dochfour and Leys, and as judicial factor_on the estate of Dunmaglass ; Mr. Mac tavish, solicitor, for Lord Macdonald and Mr. Masgil livray of Aberchalder ; Mr. Mr. Alex. Grant, account ant, for Glengarry's curators : Mr. Charles Stewart, solicitor, for Lord Loi-at and Achnagairn's trustees ; Mr. Peter Anderson, solicitor, for Mr. Clark of Fi ngas k ; Mr. Robert Smith, town-chamberlain, for Bunachton trustees ; Mr. Falconer, solicitor, for Miss Macpherson of Belleville ' • Mr. Macpherson, solicitor, f or M r . Mathe son, M.P. ; Mr. Wm. Stewart, solicitor, f or th e E ar l of Seafield and Col. Gordon of Clun ; Mr. George Anderson, solicitor, for Glentruim's trustees ; Mr. Forbes of Leanach for Culloden ; Mr. Simpson, solicitor, for Reelig ; Mr. William Robertson, Aigas, for the 'Chisholm ; Major Macpherson, Falls of Truim ; Mr. Fraser, Abersky, for Balnain, Balnespick, and Corry brough ; Mr. George France, Lovat ' • Mr. George Mackay, Millerton C o tt age ; an d M r . Macleod, Hill park. - Mr. MACKINTOSH of Raigmore said that he had a motion to submit to the meeting respecting the move ment now being made to establish railway communica tion between Perth and Inverness. They were all aware that when the project was before the public in the years 1844, '45, and '46, it met with great support throughout the north of Scotland, 75 petitions having been forwarded in its favour from the northern counties. The bill had been thrown out, in direct opposition to the purport of the evidence of Mr. Locke, the famous engineer. The ostensible reason given for throwing it out was that Par liament had no knowledge of the practicability of gra dients such as were proposed. As to what other reasons might have influenced them, it was needless at this time to discuss. The line was abandoned as a speculation, but it was never given up by those who were thoroughly aware of its great national importance, and convinced of its practicability ; that is to say, of the reasonable cer tainty that such traffic as might be fairly calculated on would yield an ample return on all necessary outlay. Since that time every circumstance connected with rail way enterprise had been minutely investigated, and the result had tended to prove the soundness of that opinion, and a committee of gentlemen was formed for the pur pose of carrying the scheme into effect. There were many circumstances which justified them in that course. With regard to the gradients, it was now known that the ruling gradients on the Caledonian line were as great as any which were proposed on the Inverness and Perth Railway. There had been one of about two miles near Nairn, as a branch line, which was very. severe, but it was not in the main line. This could, therefore, be no obstruction, since it offered none on a line on which the traffic was about the heaviest in this country, being at the rate of about 501. a mile a week. The length of the line proposed was about 1251 miles, but the traffic was now nearly double what it was assumed to be when first proposed, and it was hoped that the length would be shortened, especially if the Midland extended theirs to Dunkeld, which was in deed no object to this company, as the country there was populous and wealthy. It was also expected that the line would be shortened in various parts. Near Carr bridge, for instance, on one of the worst parts of the line, Mr. Mitchell hoped to gain nearly three miles, and a considerable saving on the expense of the line, as ori ginally calculated, would be made by a more careful sur vey and by the altered feeling of the proprietors on the subject. They were now alive to the advantages to be derived from a railway passing through their property, and were ready to give every assistance in their power. He was glad to see the following article in a recent number of the Railway Times :—" The men of the north have gone out in search of experience, and, after edu cating themselves with the exam pl es f England, Scot land, and America, they arrive at the sound conclusion that it would be profitless to construct a line at 35,0001. a mile, when one at 5,0001. is sufficient. These researches into economy are exceedingly useful, not merely to the parties more immediately interested, but to companies in which the desire of extension and encroachment can not possibly be stayed. When less is made by lawyers, engineers, and contractors out of projects on the economic system, the excessive urgency as to their being at once taken in hand will not, of course, be so readily apparent ; and thus, if by no other means, proprietors may be secured a longer rest than their over-busy prompters and counsellors might be inclined to sanc tion. Our Highland friends having thoroughly opened their eyee'to the advantages of railway communica tipn, 'continue in the exercise of their national cau tion. .. More' inquiry, closer investigation, reduced esti mates, new allies, avoidance of offence with existing in terests—these are the means of progress which they use, and although little may appear to be accomplished in any particular session, we doubt not the healthy result will be a remunerative line, paying a dividend sooner than many of earlier construction. The example is decidedly praiseworthy. Would it were found contagious. But it would be a great matter, if they had the promise of sup port from the proprietors, that they should have a guar antee to that effect, namely, some document signed by them expressing their views on the subject. All useless land should be given gratis, and arable land at wkat it is worth, and no more.' (Hear, hear.) The original cal culation of the length of the railway to Dunkeld was 117} miles. The cost was formerly estimated under 1,100,0001., or 9,400/. a mile. The traffic returns were estimated at 130,0001. by Mr. Pare, the principal statist of the day ; so that if they allowed the working ex penses to be 45 per cent., they would have 75,0001., or fully 6i per cent., a-yeir to pay dividend. But he must remark that Mr. Pare had always been so moderate in his calculations of traffic, that they had been invariably within the actual result-; rand in assuming the working expenses at 45 per cent. of the gross receipts, he (Raig more) assumed about the highest sum paid by any line, and arrangements might be made by which they would be much less. For instatme,• an arrangement which he might mention was that' by which the Caledonian line worked the Edinburgh and Glasgow line at 35 per cent. on the gross receipts. The Great Midland, also, worked the North-Western, which was aline of about 50 miles in length, for 50 per cent., until the income should amount to 47,0001., and for 33 per cent. of the gross revenue when the income rose beyond that sum. In this way many of the southern railways would be glad to work the Inverness and Perth line, as a feeder to their own traffic. The gentlemen who now took up this subject were re presented by a committee which embraced the corn growers, the merchants, and all the important interests of this part of the country ; and they were assisted by gentlemen who to a very high professional character joined a knowledge of the nature and capabilities of this country which was possessed by no one else. Having entered upon the necessary investigations on the sub ject, these gentlemen now came forward to ask of the county of Inverness to put upon their records some ex pressions of the great importance of this line, and of their confidence in such arrangements as had been entered into and furthered by all parties interested in it. There was nothing unusual in expecting the county to do this ; in fact, it was only due to the county to put some such expression upon their records. It would beif a strong guarantee to capitalists in the south that -they had any intention of taking part in this scheme, they would have to deal with men who would act as members of an enlightened public body. This was, after all, a matter of some importance, when they re membered how seine of the early lines had to fight their way as if every estate was a separate stronghold, and each proprietor an independent robber-chief , intent on spoil. (Hear, hear.) Besides that, so much was due to the cuunty for the maintenance of its own% character, such a line of conduct would furnish a strong ground to go upon, if hereafter it should be thought advisable to appeal to Government for assistance in prosecuting the scheme. This was a course which he did not look for ward to adopting, but which it would be nothing ex traordinary for them to do, as it was but in accordance with the policy of Government in assisting them to ma ke roads and bridges, and i n th e d ra i nage and im provements loans—railways being now acknowledged as a legitimate mode of developing the resources of a coun try. They could ask aid with a much better grace if they could come forward with some such guarantee as that which he proposed for the adoption of the meeting. To show how gene ra l it was fotr counties to rec ogn i se some such principle, ho might mention th a t severa l Irish counties vol un t ar il y assessed themselves for the promotion of railway purposes thing, agreed to assess traffic if necessary, though • obliged to do so. Iwas county of Fermanagh, that the Railway Company h a d • , themselves what was the same to supplement the thus, no case had they been on the security of the Dundalk and Enniskillen ruled 2 120 000/ . 2 at four per cent. from Government. But the receipts of the line ha been enough, and no assessment was necessary. He would not insult the meeting by saying one word on the advantages to be derived from railway communication. It had been put very pointedly to him, by a - gentleman of much experience near him (Mr. Waterston, banker), by the illustration, that the Perth and Inverness Rail way would put Inverness in the position with respect to London that York had been in the days when mail coaches were the fastest conveyances between the north and south of England. There was no doubt that if this line were once made, the extension of it would be very great. We should soon have lines to Fort-William, to the north, and to other parts of the Highlands. if they would allow him, he would allude for a moment to the traffic returns on the different railways throughout the country, Those which he held in his hand were for the month of April, which, as they all knew, was a poor month on almost all the railways. Now, it appeared " that the traffic returns on the Aber deen Railway in April 1853 were 22/. per mile per week on 72 miles ; en the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 41/. per mile per week, on 891- miles ; on the Glasgow and South Western (Dumfries) Railway, 251. per mile per week, on 171 miles ; on the Caledonian Railway, 51/. per mile per week, on 189 miles ; on the North British Railway, 23/. per mile per week, on 149 miles -56 being main line, and all the others, Dunse, North Berwick, and Hawick, branches ; Dundee and Arbroath Railway, 30/. per mile per week, on 16i miles ; Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Railway, 24/. per mile per week, on 31 miles ; Edinburgh, Dundee, and Perth Railway, 31/. per mile per week, on 78 miles ; Monklands Rail way, 231. per mile per week, on 37 miles of railway ; Scottish Central, 40/. per mile per week, on 50 miles ; Scottish Midland, 21/. per mile per week, on 32 miles of railway. From the above statement, it would be seen what the returns were per mile per week on the Scottish railways. To pay 7 4-7th, or 8 per cent., on the entire scheme of the Perth and Inverness, would require only a return per mile per week of 19/. 14s. 6d." While upon this subject he could not but recal a letter in .which one of their own number—than whom none was more respected (he meant Macleod)—had contrasted the disadvantageous position of the Western Highlands, as regarded the markets of Glasgow and of London, when compared with the Irish coast and with Scotland. In conclusion, he begged to move " that the meeting should acknowledge the great and pressing importance of the extension of railway communication from Perth, the present centre of th e S cott i sh ra i lway system, by the most direct route to Inverness and the northern counties ; and recommend to the favourable consideration and sup port of the public the preliminary measures now in pro gress for carrying out that object." Provost SUTHERLAND, of Inverness, said he seconded the motion with very great pleasure. He expressed his concurrence with what had been said on the subject by Raigmore. The direct line was decidedly the line which was most wanted, for to save time was the great object of all travellers ; and there was no other line by which a man might breakfast in London, dine in Edinburgh, and go to bed in Inverness. No other line could com pete with this in advantages to the public. But he did not wish to throw cold water on any other line of cone munication. If any other company would bring a lime of railway to Inverness, lie would give them a hearty welcome—a Highland welcome. But he thought, • nevertheless, that the direct line came from the proper quarter. The public and the landed proprietors were now fully alive to the necessity of having railway com munication with the south, though recently it wasr otherwise ; and when he saw so many proprietors aloAg the line—like their worthy chairman, Cluny Macpherson ► offering their services and their land to promote tla. e undertaking, he had no doubt that it would be supporte d by all the northern counties and by the public. (Hear, hear.) There was a very important railway propose d to provide railway communication with the east. TI le Inverness and Perth Railway Company would offer z to obstruction to it. He also understood that his fries d Mr. Mactavish was desirous to promote a great scheix te of communication by the west coast, to be called, la • heard, "The Glen-Mutchkin Railway." He wool d give it a hearty welcome when it came, even though Ito should go the length of Aldourie to meet it. (Laughter .) RAIGMORE said he forgot to mention previously, who in speaking of the traffic estimates between Inverness as id the south, that there had been an enormous increase :in the passenger traffic through Inverness. He was afra id to trust to his memory for the exact figures, but he be lieved he might say that the number of passengers wl to travelled last year through the Caledonian Canal vas nearly double that in 1846. The CHAIRMAN having been alluded to in the cons 'or sation, felt called upon to congratulate the meeting upon the fact that this movement had been so well supported. He was one of those landowners on the line who would materially benefit by the establishment of the railwa: r, but he did not on that account feel disqualified from taking this opportunity to express his hearty desire - to see this movement meet with success and the support of the county of Inverness. If once established, railway communication between the north and the south would be the greatest boon that could be conferred on tare north, and on the town and county of Inverness in par ticular. It was clear that the most direct and shortest route to the south, and the one of easiest construction, was the most desirable and eligible. This line embraoed all these advantages, and it was clearly the advantage of all connected with the north, and particularly of the county of Inverness, to promote this scheme by every means in their power. But to induce capitalists and influ ential parties in the south to embark their means in a pro ject of this kind, it was necessary for those promoting it to be able to announce to the public that they were supported by the landowners along the line, and by the public bodies connected with the towns through which the line would pass. For this reason it was de sirable that the county of Inverness should record on their minutes a favourable expression of opinion with regard to those parties directly moving in the matter. This he trusted would be the case, and ultimately it might perhaps be the means of crowning the labours of these gentlemen with success. Most of the proprietors along the line who had been communicated with on the subject, had expressed themselves favourable to the un dertaking, and many of them took a warm interest in the success of a project which would be particularly beneficial to their interests. It was impossible to calculate the results that might flow from the present movement. They were in a superior position to those who bad pro moted it in 1845, inasmuch as nearly all the preliminary expenses had already been incurred, and those which were still to be incurred were merely to reduce the general expenditure. Further, all the calculations of the traffic on other lines had fallen short of the actual result, and he was sure that this would not be an ex ceptional case in that respect. He concluded by com mending the motion to the meeting. Mr. GRANT of Glenmoriston said he bad the misfor tune to have been connected with this movement when it was first commenced, and he had been greatly disap pointed by the result. He was very glad, however, to associate himself with the present movement, and he had no doubt it would turn out well if sup ported by the county and town of Inverness. The town would perhaps benefit more than the county by the establishment of a railway with the south, by inducing persons to come on to Inverness and to stay in it. But he could not but see that the whole country suffered a great drawback in their markets ; for their corn and cattle must be sold at a disadvantage as compared with the south. There the dealers could bring their corn and cattle to a\great market, but here, before one could hear of a good market it was already too late. There was really no object connected with the county of equal im portance to this, and ho thought they were bound to support it heartily. Mr. Robertson of lushes entirely concurred with the preceding speakers, and expressed his willingness, as a proprietor through whose lands the railway would pass, to do all in his power to promote the scheme. Mr. Alexander Mactavish said that as the Provost of Inverness had, with his usual good taste, chosen to allude to other railways, he felt called upon to reply. It certainly would have been better to have left them alone, for no obstacle was sought to be thrown in the way of the Perth and Inverness line. No one wished to discourage the undertaking, and he certainly would not have taken any part in the discussion but that he had been alluded to in the manner he mentioned by the Provost. There were many persons in the north of Scotland, however, of influence, position, and property who did not think that direct communication with Perth . was the way in which they could most directly and best bring the north into connection with the great markets of the south, and on their behalf as well as in justifica tion of himself, he must express his opinion that a coast line was the proper one. He must say, that if these discussions were to be provoked at the outset, he could tell the Provost that the success of the scheme would not be such as he supposed. Let this scheme, now be fore the meeting and the public, be tested upon its proper merits, and not by casting reflections upon other lines. (Hear, hear.) The PROVOST said he was very sorry to find that what he had said had been taken up so keenly. He had said that with regard to any other lines coming to Inverness they would throw no obstacles in the way, but would give them a hearty welcome. He was sure, however, that if the merits of the different lines were to be consi dered at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Inver ness, they would decide in favour of the direct li no to Perth. It was the best line for Inverness. Mr. MAcTAvisn mentioned that he had that morning received a letter from The Chisholm, in which he ex pressed himself highly favourable to the motion before the meeting. Mr. P. ANDERSON said, that in this movement the great difficulty they had had to contend with was the incredulity of the public as to the possibility of this line He has Just obtain e d a state paying for the outlay. ment of the highest importance, and which he thought would remove all doubt on the subject. Th e t ra ffi c on which they calcul a t e d on the w was 1,020 i. p er mile a-year and I nverness rail ayaTnhderlerowlaasndn, owtitihn onethe whole kingdom o f Great Britain exception (the East Ancrliau), a line o n w hi c h th e t ra ff ic returns were low er than 1,0201. and the exception was under such peculiar circumstances that it ought not to be reckoned. lie would read merely the traffic of Scot ' tish railways for the year ended April 15, 1853 Aberdeen, per mile Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen ••• 2 E2 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ••• ••• Scottish Centr a l ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 2360 •• -• ••• 2200 Glasgow and South Vestern ....• ••• North British ... ... .. Caledonian ... ... .. .•• 1325 1855 : ••• 1410 2640 Average of railway traffic in Scotland, per mile, per annum ... ... ... ... ... £ls2o Do. of Great Britain and Ireland, per mile 2400 They were, therefore, putting themselves at the bottom of the scale when they asked credit for only 1,0201., and it would be a very extraordinary thing if they could not realise this. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which Was agreed to unanimously, and directed to be communicat ed . to the members for the county and burgh. St. 11 20 10 St. St. St. St. li 15 50 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 54 34 65 i 75 i 36 7 2t i Gi i 4i 21i i