The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-31 00:00:00

tilirb .•ibitttott 101tTliAiVIPI'ON RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CUP STAKES. Sharavogue. - Perfidious .... EARL SPENCER'S PLATE, Ephesus Ernestine .. 13 ran SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCII. Yesterday commenced the regular racing season of the present year, and a brilliant opening it was—fine weather, plenty of sport, good fields, highly interesting results, and an immense attendance. The ex-Premier led off with Longbow for The Trial Stakes. The race was never in doubt, he waited on Conmore until half way up the distance, and won very easily by a short length. Conmore beat Extacy, for second place, four lengths. Dear Me was beaten nearly the same distance for third place ; and Truth, of whom so much was ex pected in town, finished a bad fifth and last. I fully ex pect that Longbow will carry off nearly all his short en gagements throughout the year, his speed being unde niable. The only effect of this race was to bring Umbriel slightly into notice for the Derby, but he was not backed to any extent, the layers being abundant. The Whittlebury Stakes resulted in another easy vic tory this timnfor Brigliadoro, who was not only a faster animal,. kit superior in other respects to the favourite, Lady Audrey, who finished second. The Hero filly was an indifferent third. This animal, I think, will improve as the year grows older. Charley, who has been backed off and on by the public for a great deal of money, and at short odds, notwithstanding he had the assistance of Nat, could not be got from the post until it was too late, consequently, he finished last. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes pulled Mr. Parr's judgment through triumphantly once more, his Defiance having accomplished the deed, and with sst 131 b up, over a course like this, it is any thing but an ordinary performance. It was a good race at the finish, the winner getting the best of Hobbyhorse only a short half length. Nerva was a shocking bad third, Happy Joe fourth. Kingston was not able to go the pace, his weight telling fearfully upon him. This race had the effect of elevating Contentment, for the Metropolitan, 4 to 1, and 7to 2 being taken to som e mone y. M r . Parr ought to make no mistake for the Metropolitan with such horses as Defiance and Weathergage in his stable to test Con tentment with. If the latter can beat Defiance at, we'll say, 71bs difference, his victory in the Metropolitan would be certain. The Triennial Stakes came off, as in the two previous heats, in favour of Frantic, who won from end to end— Convulsion in no part of the race having a shadow of a chance with him. Messrs. Parr and Megson nearly made a mess of it for her Majesty's Plate, Weathergage only winning by a head, and that being accomplished with the greatest difficulty ; Deerhound, who has never shown any par ticular running hitherto, pushing him so very close up the distance that by many it was supposed at the last to be a dead heat. Hungerford was a very bad third, and Retail and the Cranebrook colt were out of the race early. This race suddenly brought Deerhound into notice for the Metropolitan, and 12 to 1 was all the odds they offered. The Pytchley Stakes brought an out-and-out day's, racing to a conclusion. My judgment on all the races but one was quite cor rect ; for I selected Longbow to win the trial, Frantic to win the Triennial—placing Convulsion second, as a mat ter of course—Weathergage to win her Majesty's Guineas, and placed Brigliadore and Lady Audrey first and second for the Whittlebury Stakes, with the filly by the Hero in the third position—the exact places they obtained. I only failed in the Great Northampton shire Stakes, for which I gave it as my opinion that the winner would obtain a situation in the front rank only, not thinking it possible that he could give a stone away on a course like this to Hobby-horse, Nerva, and Postu lant The ring is hit to some extent, but not so hard as might have been expected from the forward position which the winner held in the betting. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. WEDNESDAY.—The TRIAL STAKES of 10 SOW. each, with 40 added. One mile. Lord Derby's Longbow, 4 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 1 Captain Lane's Conmore, 4 yrs, Bst 2 Mr. Armstrong's Extasy, 3 yrs, Est 3 Lord W. Powlett's Dear-me, 3 yrs, Est 4 Mr. E. Phillips's Truth, 5 yrs, Bst 81b 5 Betting-7 to 4 each agst Truth and Longbow, and sto 2 apt Conmore. Won by three parts of a length ; four lengths between second and third. The WHITTLEBURY STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added for two and three-year-olds. About three quarters of a mile. Lord Clifden's Brigliadoro, 2 yrs, Est 41b.....(Carr011) 1 Lord J:Scott's Lady Audrey, 2 yrs, Est 4lb (including 31b extra (Ashman) 2 Mr. H. Elwes's ch f by the Hero, out of Joe Miller's dam, 2 yrs, 6st llb v.......... (S. Steggles) 3 Mr. Flintoff's Wire, 2 yrs, Est llb (Wells) 4 Mr. Shepherdson's The Maid of Golborne, 3 yrs, Bst 1 llb (including 61b extra) (Templeman) 5 Major Pearson's Charley, 3 yrs, 9st (including 61b extra) (Flatman) 6 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Audrey, 3to 1 each apt Charley and Brigliadoro, and 7to 1 agst Wire. Won by three parts of a length ; two lengths between second and third. The GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., with 100 added. Winners extra. Two miles. Mr. Parr's Defiance, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Wells) 1 Lord Derby's Hobby Horse, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b (carried sst 11b) 2 General Anson's Nerva, 3 yrs, 4st 91b 3 Mr. Morris's Kingston, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b 0 Lord Eglinton's Lucio, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 0 Mr. J. Shepherd's Alp, aged, 7st 21b 0 Mr. Reeves s Sweetheart, 6 yrs, Est 71b (carried 6st 101 b) 0 Count Batthyany's Hambletonian, 4 yrs, Est 51b 0 Mr. Smyth nd May-day, 5 yrs, Est 41b 0 Mr, B. Austen's Madeline, 4 yrs, Est 0 Mr. Sherrard's Lady Blanche, 4 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Mr. Rowden's Happy Joe, 4 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Captain Lane's Charley, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 0 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 4 yrs, sst 111 b 0 Mr. Hives's Polly, 3 yrs, sst 41b 0 Mr. Snow's Postulant, 3 jyrs, 4st 131 b (carr. sst 41b) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (carr. sst4lb) Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, .? yrs, 4st 101 b 0 Mr. J. Barnard's Tobolski, 3 yrs, 4st 51b 0 Mr. J. Little's Chaffwax, 3 yrs, 4st 31b 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Defiance, 9to 2 agst Hobby Horse, 5 to 1 agst Dabchick, 9 to 1 agst Kingston, 10 to 1 each agst Happy Joe and Nerva, and 12 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; four lengths between second and third , Nerva a bad third, an d Happy Joe fourth. oe fourth. Third Year of the TRIENNIAL STAKES of 10 BOYS, each, with 50 added, for four-year-olds, &c. Once round. Mr. Greville's Frantic, Bst 71b . (Flatman) 1 Major Martyn's Convulsion, Bst 71b 2 Betting-4 to lon Frantic. Won by three lengths. Her MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas ; three-year-olds, Est 101 b ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, lOst. Two miles. Mr. Megson's Weathergage, 4 yrs (C. Marlow) 1 Mr. Reeves's Deerhound, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs 3 Sir W. Booth's Retail, aged Mr. Dickins's cby Cranebrook, dam unknown, 3 yrs 5 Betting-5 to 2on Weathergage, 6to 1 agst Hunger ford, and 10 to 1 Deerhound. Won by a short head ; four lengths between the second and third. The PTTCRLEY STAKES of 5 sous. each, and 40 added. Spencer Plate Course. 10 subs. Mr. Oliver's Shipwreck, 3 yrs (601.), Est 31b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Magennis's Janina, 4 yrs (601.), 7st 81b 2 Mr. Little's Macaw, 5 yrs (1001.), Bst 61b 0 Mr. Roger's Leybourne, 5 yrs (901.) Bst 21b 0 Mr. Morris's The Bishop, 4 yrs ( 601 .), 7st 111 b Mr, Sargent's Henrietta, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 41b 0 General Anson's bg by Theon, 3 yrs (601.) Est 31b 0 Mr. Mare's Aunt Phillis, 3 yrs (301.), sst 131 b 0 Mr. J. Adkin's Heroic, 2 yrs (601.), 4st 101 b 0 Mr. French's cby Napier, out of Caurouch's dam, 2 yrs (601.), 4st 101 b 'AIME ROBBERY.—A robbery, which shows h ow f ar is age from alw a y s b r i ng i ng discretion, was effected on Monday last in the city. A Mr. Gale, of Somers-town, formerly captain of a merchant ship, and now a ship owner, was in the city a b ou t the middle of the day, with 2161. in his - possession, principally in Bank of England notes, which he had just received. He was accosted by a well-dressed plausible man, who made himself so agreeable that a visit to a tavern was proposed and accepted. Wine was called for, and after shipping, emigration, and other subjects had been introduced, another fellow, a confederate of the first corner, made his appearance and joined their com pany. Captain gale made known to his companions that he was possessed of plenty of money, of which no doubt they were well acquainted before, and the time passed very agreeably until another of the gang came in, and had recourse to the well-worn expedient of boasting that he had lately become possessed of a good deal of money by the death of a very wealthy relative, to which he added that he intended to give 1001. to the poor of any parish in England, and would entrust Captain Gale with the distribution of the charitable gift, if he could produce sufficient money to convince him he was a re spectable man. The bait took, and Captain Gale dis played his cash, upon which one of the sliarpers advised him to be very cautious, and said there were a great many rogues in London, and that it was - very dangerous to display money ; a truism of which the Captain was afterwards fully made sensible. One of the fellows, un der the pretence of wrapping up the money and stowing it safely away in the Captain's pocket, substituted flash notes. Soon afterwards the foolish man found himself alone, his agreeable companions having- disappeared one by one. The police of the H division have been in search of the sharpers, of whom they brave not yet dis covered any trace, and there is no do übt that Captain Gale's moneris !rrecoverably lost. TIM SUN', LONDON, TRIYRSD AY EVENING, MARCH ni, 18h8, sident of the deputation, addressed the Emperor as follows : "Sire,—ln approaching your august throne, my first duty is to tender to your Imperial Majesty the cordial expression of the respectful gratitude of the directors of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company for the prompt kindness with which your Majesty has conde scended to grant an audience to their deputation. The rapid increase of commercial navigation round Cape Horn has now for some years attracted the practical at tention of men of business to that which had previously been considered a merely speculative object of scientific inquiry. I mean the necessity for a direct passage for ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus which unites North and South America. In the year 1851, my attention was directed by Dr. Cullen, who had himself traversed the Isthmus to the route across Darien, between Port Escoses and San Miguel, whieh his experience has led him to consider the best. On examining the Admiralty charts, which, as your Imperial Majesty is well aware, are very detailed and ac curate, I was able to ascertain that the line proposed to me was the only one which could enjoy the advantage of a suf ficient natural harbour at each end—that the length of the passage would not exceed 60 kilometres, and that the only question to be decided was whether the engi neering difficulties of the ground were such as to prevent within a reasonable expenditure the construction of a channel of sufficient width and depth to satisfy the re quirements of all nations. In conjunction, therefore, with Mr. Brassey and several friends I commissioned Mr. Gisborne and Mr. Forde, civil engineers, to examine the Isthmus, and I have had the satisfaction to ascer tain from their report that it is perfectly possible to cut a channel, 160 feet wide and 30 feet deep, without locks, between the two harbours which I have mentioned, at an expense by no means out of proportion to the object to be attained and to the revenue which may reasonably be ex pected. We have accordingly formed a company to carry out this object. At the outset of our investigations and as soon as we had obtained the necessary concession .from the local authority of New Granada, we deemed it right as a matter of courtesy to offer to the United States a share in the undertaking. We have throughout received the cordial approbation of her Britannic Ma jesty's Government. Our next step is, with the full con sent of that Government, to solicit the patronage and support of your Imperial Majesty. France, as one of the great maritime powers, has an evident interest in this great question of a junction between the two oceans. France, who owes so much to your Imperial Majesty, will, we believe, be grateful to you, Sire, for granting your Imperial countenance and support to our under taking. And in the name of this deputation, and of the company whom we have the honour to represent, I ven ture to hope for this support with perfect confidence, be cause we know that your Imperial Majesty, not only as the chief of this great nation, but also by your personal knowledge of the subject, is pre-eminently qualified to appreciate the object which we have in view, and the means which we have adopted." The Emperor replied in English as follows : " Gentlemen,—l received with the liveliest interest the intelligence of the formation of a great company for the junction of the two oceans. I have no doubt that you will succeed in an undertaking which must render so important a service to the commerce of the whole world, since such eminent men are placed at the head of your company. I have long appreciated all the advantages of a junction between the two seas ; and when I was in. England I endeavoured to draw the attention of scienti fic men to this subject. You may, therefore, rest as sured, gentlemen, that you w ill mee t w ith all the sup port from me which such noble efforts deserve." The company's reports, plans, and maps were then laid before the Emperor, who examined them with , particular attention. Sir Charles Fox pre sented the members of the deputation, and his Ma jesty addressed to each of them the most gracious expressions. When the deputation withdrew, the Emperor said— " I am happy to have seen your honourable deputa tion the very day after having received the one which, on the part of the merchants of London, expressed to me the most friendly sentiments in favour of peace— sentiments with which my own feelings have always been in complete accord." An Imperial decree, dated the 22d, promulgates the treaty for the extradition of criminals recently concluded between France and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. General Sauboul, Commandant of the Invalides, has just published the following order of the day on the occasion of the nomination of the new Governor Count d'Ornano "Invalid Soldiers and Functionaries of all ranks—His Majesty the Emperor has just placed at our head Gene ral of Division Count d'Ornano. This general officer gives up the post of Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour to come among us. After the illustrious brother of the Great Napoleon, who still remains governor and guardian of the tomb of the Emperor ; after the Duke, de Padoue, who died too soon for us, his Majesty could not have given us a more evident mark of his kindness than in naming General Count d'Ornano Governor of this Hotel. It is not here that I shall recapitulate the eminent services of our new governor. A great number among us fought with him on the same fields of battle from 1799 to 1815 ; several have served under his im mediate orders ; all of us know the brilliant manner in which he has paid his debt to the country. His nomi nation to the high functions of Governor of the Imperial Hotel des Invalides is therefore not only a recompence for him, but it is also a benefit for us all." The Consultative Committee of Public Health, at the Ministry of the Interior, has just made the following declarations : " That the plague in a sporadical state does not exist either in Turkey, Egypt, or Syria—that the sanitary administration of Turkey and Egypt, although suscep tible of some improvement in detail, nevertheless pre sents to Europe sufficient guarantees that the existence of the plague cannot escape their investigations—that the reports from the French sanitary physicians in the East put beyond any doubt the non-existence of the sporadical plague in the Levant—and that, in the urgent interest of international relations and maritime com merce, it would be very desirable that the European governments should adopt, with regard to arrivals from the East, a sanitary system in harmony with facts which have been clearly demonstrated by science and by ob servations." An order of the Minister of State in the Moni teur fixes the livery to be worn by the servants of the Emperor, and another order from the Prefect of Police prohibits all persons of whatever rank or condition from adopting the same livery for their servants. The Ministers, the Grand Officers of the Crown, and the Presidents of the Senate, Legisla tive Body, and Council of State may give the national cockade to their servants but without the fleur d'or or b ra idi ng. , The Colonne of Boulogne says :—" On the 24th, at six o'clock in the evening, the mayor was in formed, by electric telegraph, that the Emperor would receive the deputation the day after at two o'clock. The mayor and the delegates left for Paris the same night, and attended at the Tuileries at the hour appointed. The Emperor received the deputation most graciously, and, in reply to the address of the mayor, said •--' I feel a deep int e rest in the welfare of Boulogne. I thank you, Monsieur le Maire, as well as all your population, for the sentiments which you have just expressed towards me. If I visit the north of France this year, as I think I shall, it will be with a real pleasure that I shall stop at your town." La Bellona frigate, of 52 guns, was launched at Cherbourg on the 26th inst. The Eurydice, corvette, has sailed from Toulon for Valparaiso. The Hospital frigate Armida has sailed from Brest for the Antilles, and the steamer Duroc has left Cherbourg for Tahiti. The Corps Legislatif assembled yesterday. After the adoption of the protocol, M. Billault an nounced that the Emperor, for himself and the Em press, instructed him to thank the Assembly for the brilliant fete which had been given to their Majes ties on Monday last. M. Billault then placed on the table several bills, of which one related to the organisation of a ma rine force, while another treated of the railway from Bordeaux to Bayonne. The Assembly has unanimously adopted the bill by which the postage of letters in Paris is reduced to 10 centimes. The Savings Bank Bill has also been voted. - The Exchange was inactive throughout yester day. Closing prices at the Bourse—For cash : 3 per Cents., 79f. 25c.; 41 per Cents., 103 f. For the ac count : 3 per Cents., 79f. 30c.; 41 per Cents., 103 f. 10c. Bank Stock, 2,555. rounded by three or four powerful men, but he contrived to escape from them. A few months since Major de Fivaz narrowly escaped being poisoned by his servant, an Italian." 50 20 50 25 THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid! RAILWAYS. t. 400 Aberdeen CI 8• 'Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc all Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley L 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £20. ..... 100 Bristol & Exeter . WO Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 8i Do., d 0..... ....... all Do., B. & C 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1i Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.'Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1 St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) St. 100 Great Western........ 12 11 Irish South-Eastern.. 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle.. 161 11i Do., Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 20 15 Do., Fifths 14 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un 50 all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv. Crsby. &So nthpt 11i all London & Blackwall 10 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. St. 100 Lond. Bright. & S.Cst. St. 100 London &N. Western 20 12 Do. Fifths 10 1 D ~10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S. Western 42i D £50........ •••••• 34 Do., .L4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 nanch.Shef.&Lineln. 4i Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming.& Derby 47 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17 Do. Shares .......... , all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket $ Do. Bury Extension, 16 Newptaberg.drHtfd, 7i Newry dz Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoini dz Rostrevor.. .00 1N0rf01k......... all Do., New 3i Northn.Connties Un 100 ( North British , 13 North Devon, No.l 6i Do., No. 2. all Do., A Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.. 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 1 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. &N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. all Do. Halves, d 0....... all Do. Oswestry - ...... 6} Shropshire Union... all South Devon. 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16/ Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock , and 17 Vale of Neath......... all Waterfd. do Kilkenny all WaterforddrLimeriek 13 West C0rnwa11........ 21s. !Wmbledon &Croydon 1 !Woodford 100 !York Newctl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions....... 11i Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland.. Closing Prices this day. 28 - 20 6 --- 9i 7i 6 i di 7 1 16 29 73; 43 50 8 31 51 21 35 2i dl 104 A fic 34 63 816 48 124 108 I 94 134 751 4d 3 d 164 - 1 111 - 1 ' 118 3 p sli- i d Bid —11 A - 30 2 d 36 0 8 - 84 8 -5 p - 100 1 - 64 - 66 , - 75 ... diet - 20 15 3 d 211 764 361 13 4 21 - 11-1 - 31 _- 2 58 - 69i 74d 21d 59 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1100 !Aberdeen .. all Do., No. 2,7 p. e 100 Ms. dc Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. N per cent... 34 Cork &Bandon 5i p. c. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... all EastAnglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (R,7 17s) 7 p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. all Do., No. 2........... all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip, Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all Edinb. Pr th. &Dundee 54 per cent.. 100 Glasgow & S.Westerni guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 G. West. fixed 4. pc. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 .. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler Shares . ........ all Londy. &Ennis. • Sh all Manch. ,Shef., dr Lin., Shares, No. 1...... all Do. Now, £10......... 3 Do., 20 all Marypt.&Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 4i per cent..... .. 8 Do: 100'111fid.Consol. 6 p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4A per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5A per ct.. all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 D. all Shrewsik Birm. N. G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent........ all South Devon . 141 Do. New all' IS. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of Os.6d - . 1 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. MO York Newcastle and Berwick,4p.c.Pref 5 D• Bas'ness done this day. -10 Si - 1061 18 19 i d pa,: 23/ 64. 9/ 103 i 63i i 21i 4CA i 5i 184 6i -- 6,1 ;I :: 3 4i lAp 1i -- 1; 1 1 p -11 p 14t-- 15 18k-. 19 12 i f 13 82 1 48 123 4 107 i 90i i 93 13 pm 75 it 4-i 5 n 161 1 i 1181 17i i 18 30} 291 30, 7413 4 521 3 - 3] 125 - 127 109 - 111 1112 i 35 i 8i - 1 74 .05 107xd Lid Li 13a 4 E 9 50i 49 50 150 - 152 --- ad as 76 4 36} 3 1 69 8,4 9 1213 - 58 7 .50 - 153 3 1 - 31 P 10 - 11 13i -13 i 8 - 9 101 - 111 4- i t 19 zd Pm n 15 Pm 127 6 -150xd' 23 —107 i 264 110 11 1051 6 x d 103 5i 1071 26 10 I York& N. Midland H. Ez S. Purch 15i i Pinl THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The demonstration of bankers, merchants, and traders of the city of London in favour of the in terests of peace, and improving the relations of amity between the English and French nations, is noticed briefly but with great satisfaction by the Ministerial journals. The Constitutionnel says : " We are happy to have to record this manifestation of the feelings of the commerce of the city of London ; a manifestation, which testifies at the same time the esteem and the sympathy of the real English people for France and for Napoleon 111. It is the best reply that can be given to the hostile articles in the London journals, which have made attacks as unjust as they were passionate against the Imperial Government ; it is also the most solid guarantee of the union of France and of England on all great questions, on which may depend the peace and civilisation of the world." The Pays says : "A manifestation of high importance has just been made in the name of the English people in favour of the union of France and England. This union, which is one of the most essential guarantees of the peace of the world, has never been seriously disturbed ; but it is im possible not to have seen the efforts which have been made to change it. Hateful passions, and infamous calumnies propagated by shameful pamphlets, may have deceived some credulous minds on the other side the Channel, but real opinions, which are only formed from a study of facts and a wholesome appreciation of men, have not been deceived by these gross falsehoods. They have unanimously declared themselves in a way to render full and striking justice to France and to her Government." The Siecle expresses as much satisfaction as the ministerial organs, and observes with great truth, that the best guarantee for peace lies in the desire of nations to maintain it. One of the objections made to the new regime in France has been that it gives to the executive the power of ping to war without it being possible for pub lic opinion to express its desire for peace through the representatives of the people. It cannot be denied that as the Legislative body in France is now constituted, there is not the same direct means of ascertaining the real state of public opinion as there is in England ; but, on the other hand, we must not forget that in France, under a more free parliamentary regime, peace has been more frequently endangered than promoted by parliamentary discussion. It was not so easy besides, as some persons imagine, for governments which are not under the direct and absolute control of a Parliament to plunge into a war for personal interests and personal ambition. Public opinion will always manifest itself, and the mani festation is the more serious in proportion to the efforts that may have been made to repress it. No Go'rernment would be rash enough in these days to declare war against another State without first being sure that it would find in the nation the resources that would be necessary for carrying it on with a reasonable chance of success. The time when a sovereign could command such resources without its being necessary first to convince the nation that it had been attacked in its honour or its interest has passed. The Siècle does not fail to comment on the expression of admiration by the Emperor of the free institutions of England, and hopes that he will adopt them in this country. The Seicie should remember that the Emperor has more than once declared his desire to enlarge the sphere of public liberties when this can be done with due regard to the cause of order. Is the Seicle sure that the people of France as a mass are in a condi tion to respect English institutions if they were to be accorded ? Is it sure that the prudence of the press which in England is the guarantee of public liberty, and, with few exceptions, the guardian of public order, could exist here at present to the same extent as it does there, and with the same re sults ? Every right-minded man must desire that this should be the case, and earnestly long for the time when freedom and order would be syno nymous ; but is the time come ? Can it be shown that the people are ripe for constitutional liberty to the extent at which it exists in England ? If the conductors of the liberal press in France wish to place the government in a position no longer to re strain the limits of freedom without proving that it is opposed to the principle of liberty, let them earnestly and zealously endeavour to enlighten the masses and prepare them for the use, without dan ger of the abuse, of liberty. We extract as fol lows from the article of the Beide " Every one will comprehend the importance of a manifestation of this nature. Whatever draws nations together and tends to efface the traces of old differences is entitled to the sympathy of every patriot. In that re spect, we may be certain that the proceeding of the Eng lish merchants will find an echo amongst us. All these wishes and manifestations will be always without value as long as Europe remains in arms, as long as, the sword shall be in the balance, as long as a new principle shall not have been substituted for the principle of war, which is amongst nations what was formerly the judgment of God amongst individuals. The French Government has just given with prudence to Europe a good example by reducing the army 50,000 men, but that example ought to be followed by others. Then peace will be solidly established, and commerce and manufactures can give a large development to their operations. Another es sential condition for the maintenance of peace is that nations should be placed in possession of their rights and liberties. England is placed, in this respect, in an exceptional condition, as she possesses liberal institu tions, has no army, and her fleets during peace are the simple protectors of her colonies and merchant vessels. France has institutions, but they are not crowned ; liberty has not yet been placed on their summit. We have heard with pleasure the language of the Emperor to the English deputation. The head of the State admi res th e liberty enjoyed in Great Britain. We recommend th e adversaries of the representative government—of parlia mentarvism, as it is called in the present day—to ponder over that reply. It is not from lips which can be sus pected that the eulogium of free institutions proceeds ; and since the Emperor admires them amongst our neigh bours, we cannot but hope that he will not be averse to restore them in France, where they existed for nearly forty years. To determine in favour of peace at present is, therefore, to determine in favour of liberty, and it is for that reason that we attach much importance to the manifestation which has just taken place " The Union, whilst it admits the importance of the manifestation per se, says it would be better pleased if it had been accompanied by some proof of the friendly feeling of the British Government. We really cannot see any reason for this expression. The relations between the two governments are carried on and manifested by diplomatic communi cations, and any interference in the demonstration of a portion of the citizens of London would be out of place, and perfectly useless. The wish for the maintenance of peace and for improving the rela tions of friendship between the two countries has not been confined to the Cabinet of England; it has been strongly expressed in both houses of Parlia ment. Where, then, was the necessity for mixing up the Governmeiat with the declaration of bankers, merchants, and bodies of the City of London ? The Union says : " We have no need to call the attention of our readers to the reply of the Emperor ; meditated on with care, it will appear in its true signification, and in enlighten ing the past will cast a useful light on the future. As to the manifestation in itself, we will not pause to remark on its being altogether of an unusual character. As suredly, nothinc , is more honourable than the names of the persons forming the delegation ; nothing represents interests more considerable than the 4,000 signatures to the address ; and nothing is more desirable than the ob ject of international concord and general peace which they have in v i ew. Bes i des, i t may eas ily be imagined, how much, independently of the question of humanity, the great merchants of England ought to be anxious for a period of peace which is so favourable to the develop ment of their wealth. But we may be permitted to observe to the signers of the address that they have taken alarm somewhat quickly ; that no one here would ever have suspected in them any warlike propensities; and that, in fact, their proceeding, very significant, no doubt, as the expression of an imposing fraction of the English nation, is, however, only the act of private persons, and one of which they should take care not to exaggerate to themselves either the importance or the consequences. The exclusively individual character of this step is parti cularly apparent in the care which the English Govern ment appears to have taken to keep completely aloof from the manifestation, even to the point of the English ambassador having neither presented nor accompanied his countrymen to the audience. We have no intention, by these observations, to lessen the value of the English address, nor diminish the movement of opinion o f w hi c h it is the proof, nor pretend that the Cabinet of St. James's does not share in these sentiments ; but the more assurances of peace are precious between great nations, the more they ought to emanate from above. Speeches from the Throne, declarations of Parliament, diplomatic notes, and, more than all, reciprocal acts of the Governments, are the true and best guarantees. The wealthy merchants of London are too much imbued by national spirit to be displeased at our paying more attention to such official acts than to their own manifes toes, however considerable they may be." The Emperor on Tuesday gave an audience at the Tuileries to a deputation of the English Com pany for the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The deputation consisted of the following gentlemen—of whom the three first have obtained a concession of the enterprise ; Sir C. Fox, Bart., chief of the firm of Fox, Henderson, and Co. ; Mr. T. Brassey, contractor for the works • Dr. Cullen, who discovered the route adopted • Gisborne, c hief-engineer of the company ; Mr. Forde, as sistant-engineer • Mr. Brownell, merchant of Liverpool ; Mr. ? W. Hamilton, ex-M.P., and mem ber of the Royal Geographical Society ; Captain Mackinnon, R.N. ; M. de Rivero, Charge d'Affaires of Pent in France ; M. Rojas Charge d'Affaires of New Grenada in France ; Mr. J. R. Crampton, engineer of the submarine telegraph ; Mr. C. S. Stokes, director of the Western Railway in France; Mr. Melvillei Wilson, merchant of London, and Dr. Black, secretary of the company. Sir C. Fox, pre- ITALY. The Marquis de Pampara has been replaced in the Intendance of the civil list of Piedmont by M. de Martini, in consequence of his having written unconstitutional articles in the Turin journal, the Patria. Mr. James Hudson, British Minister Plenipoten tiary to the court of Florence, arrived at Genoa on the 25th from Turin. A letter from Rome, in the Parlamertto of Turin, states that there has been this year a great falling off in the number of strangers who annually resort to Rome to witness the Easter ceremonies. Count Spaur, the Bavarian Minister to all the courts of Italy, arrived at Rome on the 21st from Naples. The gendarmerie of Neuchatel arrested, on the 25th, a numbe r o f recru i ts who h a d b e en enlisted for the Roman army, and were about to cross the frontier. On the following day they were released from custody, an d sent b ack to their homes . A letter from P a l ermo to the Post Amp t G aze tt e of Frankfort, says :—" An attempt has just been made to poison a S w i ss reg i ment in garrison in this place. A well-dressed . man gave a soldier two packets of arsenic, one of which he asked him to throw into the boiler of the barracks, and to use the other to poison the officers, and promising him the most liberal reward if he a ccomp l is h e d t h e pur pose. The soldier drew his sabre, and endeavoured to secure the person who addressed him, but he re ceived a blow in the back of the neck which knocked himd own. When he rose up he found himself our- AUSTRIA. The Augsburg Gazette statesfrom Vienna :—" On the 19th the deputation from Lombardy had a pri vate audience of the Archduke Francis Charles, to deliver to him an address containing the expression of its sentiments of devotedness to the Emperor. The Archduke replied as follows : " I am rejoiced to see the representatives of the Lom bardian provinces who come 'to lay at the foot of the throne their sentiments of fidelity and devotedness. This act of homage will be for the Emperor a solemn pledge that the people of Lombardy recognise the benefits which for ages past they have received from the august House of Austria, and at this time from the - Emperor. His Majesty will also see by this that the Lombard; appreciating his kindness, will henceforth be faithful and devoted. They will give the best proof of it, by labourin g for the consolidation of legal order which is so ardently desired by the Emperor. Convinced of the sin cerity of the sentiments expressed in the address, I shall be happy to hand it to his Majesty, and I doubt not that he will receive it with pleasure. The Augsburg Gazette states that M. de Bruck has accepted the post of Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople. A letter from Vienna, of the 23d, on the New Prussian Gazette, says :—" We learn from the Tyrol that the fête of riflemen given to celebrate the recovery of the Emperor, had the character of a national fête, and few persons remember to have seen a finer one in that country. It is said that a disagreable incident has troubled the pleasure of this fête, the arms of England having been publicly outraged ; and it is added that the Earl of West moreland has already addressed a note on the sub ject to the Ministei of Foreign Affairs. Details on the point of the insult are wanting beyond this, that some persons fired at the arms. The authori ties then interfered and put a stop to the demon stration." The Archduke Albert will take the place of Mar• shal Radetzky in Italy. Luscar Pascano is men tioned as the new Hospodar of Moldavia. PRUSSIA. In consequence of traces of a conspiracy, forty arrests have taken place in Berlin, and eighty do miciliary visits been made. Arms and ammunition have been discovered. A Berlin letter of the 25th states th a t th e addi- onal treaty to the postal convention cohcluded be. tween Fran - ee and Prussia in 1847 has been signed, but that the postal treaty of the German Union has been abandoned. It appears by the letters from Berlin of the 20th, which have arrived by the regular mail, that the arrests mentioned in the telegraphic dispatch of the 29th, commenced in Berlin as long ago as the 18th. These arrests were chiefly of workmen and foreigners, and the charge against some of them was for wearing the Calabrian hat, which is regarded as a rallying sign of revolutionists, At Magde burg, in Prussia, on the 23d, a domiciliary visit was paid by the police to the house of a merchant named Destins, the brother of one of the members of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, but no papers of importance were found. The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin 25th, that the number of persons arrested there up to that date for wearing the Cala brian hat was 80, and that among them were a Councillor of Regency, and other persons in a re spectable position. A merchant, who had worn the German cockade since 1848, received orders from the police to remove it. The COlogne Gazette states, from Nuremberg, 25th :—" A domiciliary visit was yesterday made, at the demand of the Austrian Government, at a commercial house here, the head of which is ac cused of having fraudulently introduced into Aus tria packets of tobacco, the wrappers of which were ornamented with portraits of. Kossuth and Mazzini. Several of these wrappers were found on the pre mises. Last winter some other wrappers were found in another house, having on them the por trait of Robert Blum." Three vessels left Bremen on the 9th and 10th, with emigrants for New York. On the 18th, 2,000 more still remained in that town waiting to embark. GOLD MOHUBS. The recent measure of the Government of India, in stopping the circulation of gold mohurs, is attracting much consideration among the mercantile community, and has occasioned a correspondence between the East India and China Association of Liverpool and the autho rities in Leadenhall-street. This correspondence, how ever, has apparently led to no result, the India Directors restricting themselves to a general intimation that the subject shall receive their watchful attention. Under these circumstances, as the .affair is such as scarcely to admit of delay, if anything at all is to be done, it may be well to place it once more i n a f ew words before the public. It is now 18 years since gold was put out of circulation in India as a legal tender, but in 1841 the Government, finding apparently that it was increasing in value, authorised their officers in charge of the public treasuries to receive it freely whenever it might be of fered. This permission produced little effect as far as the tender of any large amounts was concerned until the discovery of the Australian mines, when a rapid influx commenced, and the Government saw that if any con siderable depreciation should take place in its value as compared with silver, they would be placed in an awk ward position, since all the receipts at their treasuries would, of course, be in gold, while, on the other hand, they would be compelled to meet all demands in silver. In this state of affairs it was essential that they should rescind the permission given to their officers to receive gold, or that they should restore gold to the rank of a legal tender. The first course was selected, and, accordingly, on the 22d of December last a notifica tion was issued, that after the commencement of the Present year no gold would be taken on account of pub lic payments. The measure seems to have come so much by surprise as to cause a sort of panic among the parties interested, and it was also loudly condemned as calculated to give a check to the extensive and beneficial trade with Australia that was daily growing up. The same opinipn has been shared by many persons here, and, although the question has various bearings, the course adopted appears upon a general view to have been im politic. The argument in its justification would be that all changes in the legal tender should, if possible, be avoided, and that consequently, however injudicious it may have been in 1835 to put gold out of circulation, it would be inexpedient now to repeat the evil example by another disturbance. It may Mewise be urged that, inasmuch as gold is likely to decline in value, it would involve a future loss to attract into the country for the purposes of permanent circulation a large amount of a commodity so situated. On the other hand, it is to be pointed out that for a Government with a debt like that of India to preclude themselves from the advantage of meeting it in the metal that is ultimately likely to be the cheapest is an act of folly, while, as regards the general interests of the country, there can be no doubt that any gradual loss that might attend the depreciation of a gold currency would fall far short of the injury inflicted from checking the opening trade with the colonies. It is true that this trade would sooner or later right itself, since no merely arbitrary distinctions can prevent for any lengthened period an intercourse that is invited by natural relations ; but, although the coins of Australia would at last come to circulate at Calcutta at their fair value, whatever might be the leg a l t en der, such a result could only take place after the lapse of time, and, mean while, much loss and inconvenience would be occasioned. There are two other considerations connected with _the subject, neither of which, however, bears upon the prin ciples under discussion. The first is, that if gold be made a legal tender, the silver coinage must be placed upon the same footing as our own, so as to be of a greater nominal than intrinsic value, or it would leave the country, as it is now leaving America ; while, in the second place, whatever determination may be come to will influence us, inasmuch as if the present re fusal of gold be persisted in, it will throw an additional quantity on our market, and hasten the effects that are to be anticipated from the abundance of that metal. Finally, with regard to the right of the Government to alter the existing system by going back to gold, it must be admitted a strong question might be ra i se d . Such -a step must in all cases amount to an arbitrary interference with every existing contract---a possibility which for the true interests of commerce should never be contemplated —and the only palliation in the present case would be that the real error was committed in 1835, when gold was put out of circulation, that much of the public debt was contracted previously to that time, and that if the restoration of gold were now to take place, before the increased supply has produced any particular disturb ance, it would injure few persons, and meet with no op position, while, by lightening the general burdens, its future effect would be for the advantage of the entire population. Nevertheless, it is unquestionable that to all who have in any form become annuitants since 1835 the measure would be one of injustice, and the only point that could be urged in these instances would be, that inasmuch as the Government had already been tolerated in making an arbitrary alteration, every man who has subsequently entered into a contract must have been prepared to take the chance that what had been done once might be done again. An argument more hurtful to the commercial stability of a nation could scarcely be used, but there is no other that would be available ; and hence the grand moral of the whole affair is, that whatever may now be decided upon should be regarded as final, and that the doctrine of the literal in violability of contracts should never afterwards, by any fresh meddling with the currency, be permitted to be disturbed.—Times. GOING A-HEAD WITH A VENGEANCE.--A Baltimore mechanic has applied for space in the Crystal Palace, at New York, to erect a steam-engine, which he says, will carry a steam-ship across the Atlantic in 36 hours. NATIONAL CEMETERIES.— In the article inserted yes terday on this subject a passage was abridged which should read thus :—" That your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house, that the practice of intramural burial, in itself so injurious and demoralising, is rendered incalculably more injurious and d es t ruct i ve b y t h e sys tematic employment of means for the purpose of providing space for the new comers." FORE: 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin. 6 Dijon and l3esangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension . all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. junet. of France 15 Gt. Western of Canada _ - Shares 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c, pref.. . ... 15 Luxembourg... ...... ~ 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) S Do. 6 p. ct. pref 7 Lyons & Mediterran. 43 Madras all 'Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkpref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 54 Quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5i p. et. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref.... 10 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 Zealand.... ........ ..... LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILwAYS. Leasing rompa.na. Closing Prices this day. B3drorcl and Blotchley. Birm. & Oxid guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. ge. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. i A Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preferencel Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. di Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.drHit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. di Goole g. 5. p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrsl London di N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. dIN.W. CaWon._ Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N.Md Do S. Eastern , Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N.W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland 1 E. Count Do L. ct . W dzLndt Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh ISfrltelean Stockt. & Darling. Do IGt.Westa. Businea this day. 30 -31 29i -30 30 - 31 29 - 30 104 -106 52i -53 151 - 153 32i -33 i 111 - 113 55. - 564 27 - 284 131 - 14 25A - 26 19 - 19 26 - 27 2i - 3,i i iii = ioli 64 - 66 .49 - 1511 .48 . -15 a. 1— l b, d, t 32 - 33 1021 - 1033 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria I.os. all Anglo Californian 10 2 A astralasian —ll 11 20 5 Australian 5 —5l p 1 all Australian Cordillera f 4 P 1 4 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 dis— p B 1 all Ave Maria dis— 1 p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 1 p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 1 p 14 3 20 13.5 British Iron 7 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm 4 5 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 5 51 5a f A f 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 4 Carson's Creek Par 40 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l 21 33 ••• 14 Coriapo 5l 61 6 St. all Copper Min. of Eng BO 90 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 8 9 p 331 4 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg.' Co l4 1 d 3i 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —2i p 44 3 all Great Polgooth 1 —l4 p 1 all Lake Bathurst lcrte— par 1 all Liberty 4 4 p 1 all Lond. &Californ..3.old Quarts Crush. Co — 4 d 1 all Mariquita d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 —8/ 1 all New Granada - ll 1 all Nouveau M 4 p 2 5 1 Port Philip # 1 4 I 1 all Quartz Rock 4 disp 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 —25 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba 6l 71 1 all South Australian a p 14 10 7 Tin Croft 281 all United Mexican 6f 61 1 all Waller par —4 p 1 all West Granada 4 I p 1 all West Mariposa dis— A p 1 all Yuba — f p 14 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 9l 93 921 2 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 1 - 24 p 41 1 f 100 25 Colonial — .•• 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 10 English Scottish and Australian 2l 21 p 121 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 44 41. 174 50 20 London and County 50 10 Loadon Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India par 4 p 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 551 56:1 56a 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland „. 10 all Do. New — 66 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co idis p 25 all South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 7B - 79 784 8 f ... 21 Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid - MISCELLANEOUS 100 - 35 Australian Agricult. 98 102 'lOl 98 102 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... 381 Brit. American Land ... ... 64 4 100 321 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — ' 6a 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France . , 20 1 Eastern Stearn — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Na.vigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam 111 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fu.el 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 21 Nrth. ofEuropeSte am ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 831 41 50 25 Do. Do. . 461 6 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . .. . 78 1 71 25 25 South Austral. Land 52 54 531 4 1 1 Submar. Telegraph., 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization . . . . 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 2 3 24 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 31,1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. .. IWHEAT. 'BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 1 _VEAL 44s 9th 31s 10d 118 s 9d 33s Od 34s 34 328' 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PElka, Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 80,924 ; Barley, 52,207 ; Oats, 22,458; Rye, 98 ; Beaus, 6,2.18; Peas, 2,261 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; -and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4115 s ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5l 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 1 6 s per load. Supply moderate, and t ra d e fi rm . WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 14s ; clover, ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 117 s to 11 148 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATR AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand at this market to-day ruled steady, at our quotations. Beef, 28 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 48 10d to 68 Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ed ; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. SOVITHALL, MARCH 30.—The supply of stock at this market to-day was tolerably good, yet the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Pork, is to 4s Od per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MARCH 30.—Prime beasts, sheep, and calves sold steadily at full prices, otherwise the demand was dull. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d. • Mutton, is 8d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 8113 s. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. LEWES, MARCH 29.—Our market ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, is Od to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Blbs. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 31.—Wha this day at Noon, W. to S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. Barometer steady. DEAL, March 30.—Wind, S.E., very fine. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Louisa and Betty, for Rio Janeiro. RAMSGATE, March 30.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Ma sonic, New York. PLLYMOUTH, March 30.—Wind, S.E. Sailed — John, New York. FALMOUTH, March 30.—Wind, E. Arrived—Lochna gar, Port Philip ; De Arend, Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, March 30.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—H -M.'s steamer Rifleman, Rio Janeiro, left Feb 1. LrvinPooL, March 30.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Mary Ann Purdy, Newport, with about two feet water hi her hold. Sailed—Pilotfish, Rio Janeiro ; Andover, C eara ; City of Manchester (s), Philadelphia ; Robert Kelly, N ew York ; Ashburton, do. ; Alps (s), Boston ; Joshua Mauran , do. Off P or t—Mencieus, Shanghai ; Rosamond, do; ; Success, do. J os eph Shepherd, Bombay ; Anna Dorothea, or Roxburgh Castle, do. ; Blanche, New Orle ans ; P acific (s), New York ; Roscius, do. ; Parana, Savannah ; Ellers lie, Charles, Queen of England, Coquette, Danny, J. P. Harward, Hebe, Shamrock, Warbler, Pickwick, M a haica, ' Susan Hero, Passenger, Windsor, Gertti Webb, and Guelhelmina. des zieyna, Isaac POOLE, March 30.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed —Aldebaran, Quebec. OFF PENAANCE.—Meteor , Melbourne. CARDIFF, March S.S.E. • s ai l e d—Eliza, Panama ; Imperial, do. ; Frederick, Santa Cruz ; London, New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 29.--Wi n d, S.E. Arrived — Emperor, Mauritius ; Lord Nelson Africa ; Diligentia, Callao, for Kirkcaldy ; Petrel, do., f or London ; Sarah, do. ; Mercury, Bu enos A yres ; Sila do. • Boadecca, Rio Rio Grande ; Ty nemouth Castle, Bahia ; ioneta, Pernam buco. Off Port --Black-eyed Susan, Laguria- ABERDEEN.—SaiIed—St. Andrew, Davies' Straits. DUNDEE, March 30.—Wind, E. S.E. Sailed—Princess Charlottes, Davies' Straits ,• Alexander, do. ; Heroine, do. SHIELDS, March 29.—Sailed —Prompt, Quebec. HULL, March 30.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Evergreen, Quebec. SWANSEA, March 30.—Wind, S.E Sailed — Esther Francis, Coquimbo. :IGN. 1 -- li i 1 4 4 —15 i 2 -- 24 p 21 -- 2 dim 5 -- 1 -- 6 1 p t 2 -- 2 p 1 -- 1 I -I pl 7i - S 4 1i i - 4i 1 - 1 - 2 I ht - AP 9 -11 p 2 - 2p 71 - 7 5 - 6 351 -36 A 14 - 15 81 - 91 18 - 1841) 42 - 43 41 '- 4.4 33 - 33. 4 - 5p i 0 - 1 9 - 9} - 5 4 P - 5 4 idis p 94_ lop P id all 100 all 100 11i 100 100 18i 9i LYTEEAYURE. - ' ; The Illustrated Natural History. By the R ev . J. Wood, M.A. Routledge. This is a very excellent and complete little work, with four hundred and fifty designs. These illus trations are of the greatest assistance to children, as they convey a better idea of the appearance of the animals than any written descriptions. Miles Tremenhere. By Mrs. Maillard. 2 vols. Routledge. This is a very romantic tale. The heroine lives with her uncle and two aunts, who respectively wish her to marry the lawyer, the doctor, and sup posed squire of the village, but she eludes their vigilance, and runs off with the real squire, who was defrauded of his rights by his cousin. But they were anything but happy. Jealousies and misunderstandings without end ensued. Atl ength Miles, yielding to his evil suspicions, deserted his wife, and it was not till after some years of trial and trouble that all was happily arranged by the judicious intervention of friends. The traitor who had undermined their happiness was discovered to be Marmaduke Burton, the wicked cou s i n , w h o had concealed papers of importance. The lovers of romance may find pleasure in perusing such tales, but it must be remarked that they are rather overdrawn for every-day life. Influence ; or, The Evil Genius. By the Author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam." Routledge. This tale has for its moral the most perilous snare that awaits the young and inexperienced on their entry into society. While there are some few sufficiently firm to withstand all the allurements or ridicule of bad companions, and others capable not to be led, but to lead, either for good or evil, it must be admitted that by far the greatest num ber are guided by their associates. When the advice of some favourite might be disregarded, the powerful weapon of ridicule will rarely be employed in vain, but in too many eases will defeat every previous resolution, and will end by entirely changing the habits, till those formerly laughed out of their principles will soon join in the sneer and the mocking smile which drives a new compa nion in the wrong way. For it is worthy of remark, that the weakest and most vacillating characters are strong enough to ridicule others, and those who have not courage to do wrong themselves may easily prevent others from doing right. This is, therefore, a danger against which no warning can be too urgent, for the decline and fall of Cyril Thornton finds but too many prototypes in real life. The tale is full of interest, and the gentle, yet firm, character of Ethel, the heroine, obtains our admiration and sympathy, and contrasts favour ably with the misguided Honoria, and the weak and yielding Julia. The evil genius of the book, Gerard Forrester, meets with his reward at last, but not till he has destroyed the happiness of numbers and effected the ruin of his unhappy friend, the hero. There are several other charac ters introduced, and the style is pleasing, and will interest the reader. Jane Seton; or, The King's Advocate. By James Grant. 2 vols. Routledge. Mr. Grant is well known as the author of the " Romance of War." The present work is also an historical tale. Its plot is drawn from fact—Jane Douglas, tho sister of the Earl of Angus, having really been burnt in the time of James the Fifth, having been accused by a rejected lover of endea vouring to compass the King's death by sorcery. Happily for the feelings of the reader, the history of Jane Seton terminates less terribly, and the in nocent escape and the guilt are punished in the most satisfactory manner. It is, however, awful to reflect that, in a civilised country, little more than three centuries ago, such superstition existed and such cruelty was allowed. The trial by torture was most ridiculous as well as inhuman, and seemed only made to serve the purposes of the enemies of the unfortunate sufferer, as it is well known that many confessed crimes they had never committed under its influence ; and if admitted to be inno cent, which was rarely the case, the torture which had been inflicted was useless. The King's advo cate, Sir Adam Otterburn, who is the evil genius of the tale, was a real character, and was Lord Provost of Edinburgh and ambassador to England. It is to be trusted that this Scottish nobleman was not of the same disposition as the King's advocate in these volumes. iu T n f S e e aAt Assurance r a n c e Reply of the Professional Life Assurance Company Tho to se th: h A o tt t a a c k ks e ofanits Assailants. interest politics are well aware that for ' some time a sort of warfare, not certainly internecine, yet bitter, and, in some respects, indiscriminate and ill judged, has been going on of late between the old and new Life Assurance Companies. The Professional, as one of the most successful of the esta blishments which the progress of the public mind ' with respect to Life Assurance has called into ex i'stence, has been subjected to very severe attacks on. th 'e part of some of its assailants, and the pamph let before us is the reply of the company, through then Louth of their actuary, Mr. Baylis. To enter i n t o a , detailed review of Mr. Baylis's reasoning would b e more than our limits allow, and we must therefore refer our readers to the pamphlet itself, which, inch pendently of the purpose for which it is written, is or high value and interest, from the facts and state= ents which will be found in it with respect to the geveral progress of Life Assurance in this country. By these facts and figures, and by a detailed exposition of the state of the case with re gard to the Professicrnal, Mr. Baylis most saris factorilyperforms what he set out to do, and affords a complete refutation of the imputations lately levelled at the establishment which (Ayes so m uc h to his energy and abilities. In so doing, Mr. Bayli s also elaborately vindicates the very extended vi ew which modern companies have taken of the powers and capabilities of Assurance—and this part of hi s book, will doubtless be most welcome to those who science. are, as we -confess ourselves , tyros in the • nce. If the writer's views be correct, and w e see no rea son to doubt them, fortified as they a re by facts figures which seem indisputable, the new and Assurance ' Companies will turn out to be th blessing of the age, and with their assistance greatest social assistance there is nothing which providence and economy may not accomplish. Happily, it is too late in the day to insist on the benefits of Life . —of whom Mr. Baylis • Assurance ; its apostles is by no means the least unworthy—have spread a knowledge of their im portance far and wide through those who wish to t s udy its capabilities and its uni versality of application, we confidently recommend the perusal of thi s pamphlet. FATAL TERMINATION or A RUNNING MATCH.—On T uesday night Mr. William Payne, the coroner, h e ld an inquest in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on , the body of George Brown, aged 27. a wheelwright. Joseph Marsh said that on Friday night last he and deceased were run ning a race in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and the Latter, baying gained some six or sev e n f ee t i n a d vance of witness, ran against a cab proceeding in a contrary direction. The deceased was running with such speed that he was unable to stop himself, and the consequence was that he was knocked down by the vehicle and ren dered incapable of getting up. Witness ran to his assist ance, picked him up and took him to a surgeon's, where he was examined, and a deep wound found in his chest. He was placed on a stretcher and removed to the hos pital. By the Coroner—Should say that the cab was proceeding at the rate of eight miles an hour, but the speed deceased was going at was upwards of ten miles an hour. The road was very wide, but at the spot where the occurrence took place rather dark. The deceased and witness were both perfectly sober, although they had had a little to drink. Thomas Newbury said that he caw the deceased fall, and the shaft strike him on the breast, but he did not see the vehicle pass over him. The deceased said that it was all his own fault, and that the cabman was not to blame. Daniel Brown said that he did not think there was any blame attributablelto the cabman. M r . G . W . Callender, one of the house-surgeons, proved that the deceased, when admitted, was suffering from an exten sive wound beneath the right collar-bone, and the breast bone was also fractured. He died from concussion of the lungs, caused by the injury; The jury returned a ver dict of "Accidental death." v, - - -; : The Boyhood of Great Men. David ,339g44e.- - :>`• Few things are more interesting td'thszrxoßng,,__,# than the histories of great and adventurous - U*4A-- Many celebrated characters trace the first direction"' of their energies to some worthy object to the effect which the account of previous efforts and triumphs of genius had on them. It must be doubly inter esting to the young to read of the first attempts and the early life of those who are now held up as beacons to posterity. Great men of every nation and every class are here described to us, from the warriors whose laurels are gained in destroying life, to the surgeons who win their fame in saving it—from Dr. Johnson and Lord Jeffrey, to the poets and historians they criticised—from the astronomers who studied the heavens, and the che mists who analysed the elements, to the statesmen who influenced the destinies of this world—and the divines who taught the road to another. In all these varied lives, however, it is most emphati cally impressed on the reader that " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." Resolute exertion and indefatigable industry form the only and unfailing " road to learning," and we trust the juvenile admirers of the great men whose boyhood is described in this volume, may tread in their " footprints on the sands of Time." 53 2 1021 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20