The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-19 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. n T he Unit e d • S tates ' mail steamship Humboldt, - -a P t ain J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes this even 1114' and, having landed th e ma il s an d p assengers , Proceeded on her voyage to Havre. Th yore. Ilumboldt has made the passage from New i n 1 1 days ; sh e b r i ngs 180 passengers, and Specie v alue 500,000 f., of which 18,000 f. is for the 1 0 11 1 °4 Bank of Lo n d on. She has also on board a t ri uorse-po wer caloric engine, belonging to Captain Bee eBB theO be put into operation in France, to „inrprincipl e patent in that country for the caloric cr" - he dates brought by the Humboldt from New ric are to the 7th inst. A frightful railway acci p.e4t had occurred on the New York and Newhaven W eer, caused by the carelessness of the engi , A train from Boston, comprising four pas ge two b ' tre nd paggage-cars ran off a drawbridge golf A -"orwalk River. The whole train was in or d e " , and the passengers either crushed to death aoa r " fi led• 5 1 34 persons w ere kill e d on th e spo t tr o , vvll,llY seriously woun d e d . Th i s horr ib le catas nad created an i ndescribable sensation. The ;t,,,,t.oridge over the River Norwalk was raised to i l e it t . h e Passage of a steamer, and the driver of at a frta .„ 4 _ 14 ) instead of stopping, continued his course feud of 20 miles an h our , an d th e w h o l e train ed W aterb e b ly a dist ance o f GO f ee t i n t o th e lw. odi tliaTt ec° lin ts from Havannah °to the 20th ult. state kat a ; e argo of 600 A frican slaves were landed near Seff o i k z as on the 28 t h from the famous slaver Lady Th e tt ver nr ," . • David Merewether has been appointed l e °I N - ow - Mexico by President Pierce. pova jrt,a,teell:atessttillaaccounts from Texas state that Cara prisoner at Brownsville. The re hopix ~Pld discoveries in Texas have turned out . a forn' A ' a ' t he gold having been brought from Cali aNlA to val from Mexico states that Sonora is u° i nvaded by C oun t B ou lb on , w ith 1,000 , a — glien the,, and that the people are likely to favour 1 , Santa'''3oPs A, —n a) as well as the Governor, has ordered States ate4 . Ma 0. „. 4 . 4 . 0 pp05e Governor Lane. The United eol 4not • -- ) 14 7 in Mexico discl a i m Governor Lane's The inv ading Mecilla Valley. mouth (2.111, - ship Cincinatti has been lost near the The i u 'uo trazo a . est a r° B Ayres revolution is at an end, and t ued. era el'h B ealli-sh iP Albatross has been lost near „ mat th,, trunswick papers of the sth inst. state Zor 0 4 7 4 °,, gislature was prorogued by the Gover tilkiect „r„ 3 d inst. His speech stated that the St ates t he fisheries and trade with the United °f stat e had been r submitted by him to the Secretary /4 the or the Colonies. 15r4e0, Nee York Stock-market the recent im- Do c / ' d e al had not been sustained. There was a f reely h and for money, which was, however,. er bY capitalists, first-class paper being cent. u eino elgli xehan e was inactive but firm, London 161: quoted dloam9igto 1091 Paris, sf. 13c. to sf. ki;e Anater4- t ,40to he ° f cotton d g the th ds revious to 48-P4arture of th e H boldt ree amou ay nte p d to 5,750 Aoiath a ; i a rr egular prices, and a re d uc ti on o f to a ' v ioes per the Asia ha v i ng cause d d isa p- Th r_coto,rtle°t• e general tendency of the mark e t Vl o o ". was downw ar d s . WI 4 rsl. ' I. and meal dull. Grain very quiet, but g en int at scarce. t he t o : 1 ' Pig iron was sparingly purchased at $35 In Lead i nactive. kevrovisions pork was very abundant. To more Il lore active. 14 f ,.. ae °. o in moderate demand. LeN,,,'eights the inclemency of the weather had a - geY to check transactions. 'II It FRENCH EMPIRE. —•---- ~,... ; M. Bil on Tuesday la llh e Le • lative Body sat Olt • gis The President Councillor o "1 0 , 1 . 4 the chair. de Cornill°,ll, of a decree f htoielt M. de Sibert . . read department•th M. 4 n se the 1, 11 5t ] ,,,..' eretary of • conjunction . with •k• -”, is charged, in Ministerial State, council, to de of the same °elm Senate 4'?l(ll4lliter, Vice-President of the Council of 44(17. l'ersil, member • e Body the `l the Legislative in N . 4.1 0 lately presented for Penal a Code. A bill was putting in force 1)4 4 ,,, e 6 and 87 of the of the relative to the connectionandthe Loire. zit liert7 jooction of the Rhone . of the railw ß ay . (11 2,,fere presented on the b of the old soldiers h . ,*41549,000f. for pensions to ill according a ere tax itself extra bp th e and of the Empire ;. on the bill to aut o o rb he IlePartment of the Seine to going ea t e ' 4 3- for completion of the works.e. and on a b_elilarge the Palais de •Tustl- ..' now bills were, liAtttl,r of local bills. The follewine'xchange °I tropeZlopted : one concerning an and Count de zi10r„,,41 between the city of Paris of Philippe i le q . ,,./ ; a other, to accord to the heirs spinning for glae 1-td, itiventor of the 11.% machinery recompenee. ; of Paris %third thread a pension as a nationalthe city 1 th ' Nice g the cession to of the Hotel -lliNied ground in the vicinity t o the coin la,,liiii„-'hes ; a f ourth, to appropriate Charity at .11ept"'", of the sisters of Christian . . situated Visitation 0 _ 14 e a+ the old convent of the VI exchange f ,_lltope,'" te lvii. ; a fifth, authorising an commun e of NotithlY between the State and the appropriate t o the NY - ' 4tr e ; and a sixth, to the aPPel la " ties cld)oiniuieut , nuns, kitown by building ',,,f the Of the Cross," the ' old conventu t t Rue de 'llares7,l4o order situated at Paris , in t were like- Iv ise ,)-"'e' Eleven bills of local iitteres tzepted, and the proceedings terminated. heavily yes" ter(laess at the Bourse commenced however, (I..veOtsabk°llig • an improvement, . on Tues- Ts Y occur; ed, and at the conclusion with a fight 'Notations had been maintained In ~,t ile Th r 44 „ \Alice in some descriptions of stock. the Re' '''Oilt 'e Per Cent both for cash and and in th e 1,, th ere S.) improvement o f 5c., _ e was an ~ 0 14 . .. a., , money, of loc. A 'tech 4(1.-a -Ralf per Cents, for of Bank France kil kes • lle o f 10. look place in cash— T ilt. . The , quotations were :— For cash er ell Z pe r oelitnos aBf3s: Four-and'a-H banpue °eelirr.'d°4l• ; • A t. Stockc 2,711 No cßanTc, Ivilioil e -,.;1111 t he all sh shares of the Mortgage f sf. 00_ ;bred still reniaiu at 880 f. 50c. • a rise losing at 4 2 f 5(1:liose of the Societe Moliiliere, e transactions eetea • Ti lore were not many 4,44 l4 the R a i l v Share Market yesterday,re (aai e'4lay, wa,' in several cases, %co,, Wean i ii ,,,, 8 quotations, of 15f however; . L - qrrp.a • -4,-uanqed A rise - ~ of sf. in ' k ' - la Ly o n • re of 44 44 ori S to the Mediterranean d Strasbourgs 01 1ie IA 114,etis ; and in Paris there was a de to, of l f. L's and. Lyons shares rtherns, 927 f. l 'eh .; Nil °l esing prices :—No and Stras mtg an Orle 1 110 f. • Paris a 11 (1 V_ 'tit" • 1.1 • ails, " soc. ;Paris ki,l 4 . Killen • ' aris and Lyons, 968 f. . , o e. , 1,155 f. ; France,he Mediterranean, IVestern a 790 f. .____ clZ h e k t a 2 SPAIN. royal e " 4 "'d G •'. tt the 13th contains a . 440 vhiel, cc -e e an tilt, Ne e% 4 h suPpresses all the emoluments .. d of . In . •=eretof by the Minister tot N I , to , ore granted administration Npl ittf erei ieee the enlployes of his that certain hem ° Y6s alio texPenses, and orders . d list. Num eint4:f Gaiielaue Placed on the retire Madrid to seek 1„,,,, .yilielat ns had zrrived in famine which th b ' l le - ‘1 iii. or relief, owing to the tates that kti' °l 'Ocil e . lei.r province. A letter s the pre -11•311g (l ay lt' Altiliaters held at Aranjuez ar e 1 : kiiii,as °coupled with the reforms proposed reforms th e _ c), an ,A 3 ''e . r of Pinance. Some of these reforms in kiptatipprem7inistrative character, others others in the kklt,°Veirleet°ll ef unnecessary places, and 411 0 444 otl of the ad ministration of tobacco as to !ei, W th e • 'erg in modifyino• the tariffs so '.`' IT . ' l l , Oll t* d articles. Iltiii talste a ion of certain prohibited it.eali se r eal e reforms I'l4 a lo ulates that some of then© but that Ilq,,„,'ickou b„ ss ef 800,000 teals a year,in the f 'r P r'• Th -.lt,reell'Pensated by an increase that i ltili e ip._ -utistry of Foreini Affairs and ' urlks have not yet been filled up. A. 1 .N i:etter fi. .I i r A L Y. the q-ilre hento ,lin,,, 4sellinzona of the 13th, in ;'t th;ll,,,easitie-,..,-_u,,..1 states that there is consider- Ait wle. - ‘ tif lieni t - ': 41 Aleudiisio (Ticino) on account hit Qors, is les arising from the Austrian bloc (lNelstliae 130,re,„,°111ing will and rising in price, ‘4l-'it"l abe . -‘agen, which used to diminish con- Ni or eivllt this time of the year, being in the te th')4,.4r3r. r at ing to Lombardy, now remains w ill i ki,rana ...veral petitions have been addressed tkvoke v ke)ouneil 'thed it is believed the latter 4 aid of Confederation. 1 1 ,, ............._ treateillirl,, l) r. OERMANY. le 1 2 of the „ L uke of Saxe bur n opened. the t,otic,til th 14 airtbers of Cobur and Gotha on 1 4, o F P th e ; , 111 the gl, h •g delivered - aro folio reec -whichhe._ Yo eotl to hay Passasie . ~ *--- I had desired kii % 11 th at Y hav e it • 6 k Ilt bt °lir A il , in my power to announce 1 l' that t m y ao, luaineutal law has obtained the li 'llt 1 2; l)lirpe,eeates. The negotiations opened teen .t.aiiik ir. (tali° not led t t h e + d • rel/444,4ttai -, ma y e 0 result expec.e , I) t igh 4 that • , xpress the hope that we shall 14, -4 bet et-Ueet, if th the ef k l take ~,,ween the , regularisation of _ tilat3ll44l, v'aee wit' 'lonian's of Gotha and Co -I{l,l h e 4e? b ut with ~ . 1. full guarantee of the rights 'Ack.a t "ri air Q‘.o4,ur, taat purpose it is necessary aalbs,,..,My ~,..., Ue appreciated by my agnates .4 1311 411" . " °f prejudice, and that the • examine it with impartiality and moderation." After the delivery of the address, the Duke handed to the aulic Councillor Becker the original of the oath which his Royal Highness had sworn. The session was then declared to be open. - The locksmith, Haerter, who was arrested at Berlin on a charge of being engaged in a plot against the Government, has been set at liberty after an imprisonment of nearly two months. A letter from Vienna, of the 14th, states that the French Ambassador in that city has presented to Count O'Donnell, in the name of the Emperor of the French, the Cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. It is now twenty years, says the letter, since a French order was conferred on an Austrian. Two days before Count O'Donnell received this distinction from the Emperor Napo leon 111., a deputation from Trieste presented him with a sword of honour, which was worn by Sultan Mozol-Akbar in the 16th century, and on which are engraved the words " Help comes from God." IMPORTANT FROM TURKEY. The non-official portion of the Monikur contains the following article on the Eastern question : "At the time when Prince Menschikoff went to Con stantinople as Extraordinary Ambassador of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias there was some reason to fear that one of the results of his mission would be the cancelling of part of the concessions obtained in 1852 by M. de Lavalette for the fathers of the Latin church of Terra Santa. It will be remembered that on the de mand of the French Legation the Government of his Highness the Sultan had consented to restore to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which is the delegate of the Holy See, the key of the principal gate of the Church of Bethlehem, and that it had given orders to replace in the Grotto of the Nativity a certain star with a Latin inscription which had disappeared in 1847 ; and lastly, his Highness's Government had consented to grant to the Catholic community the right of celebrating their rites in a most venerated sanctuary in the church, which is commonly known as the Church of the Grave of the Virgin. "The Government of his Imperial Majesty could not consent to the withdrawal of any of these advantages from the members of the Latin church. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, moreover, transmitted at an early period to the Cabinet of the Tuileries the assurance that it was by no means its intention to compel the Porte to revoke any of the concessions made to us. " The last news from Constantinople, which arrived by the Chaptal steamer, and which bears the date of the 7th of May, enables us to affirm that the maintenance of the status quo at Jerusalem, as claimed by Prince Menschikoff, does not, with regard to the state of pos session by the members of the Latin Church, implicate any modification which can possibly affect the arrange ments made by the Marquis do Lavalette. This was, for us, the most essential point, and one which could not, as far as we were concerned, become the object of any transaction. As to our old treaties with Turkey, they cannot be invalidated by any diplomatic act or re solution on the part of the Porte without the express con sent of France. "Prince Menschikoff demands also from the Divan the conclusion of a treaty which would place under the protection of Russia the rights and privileges of the Greek Church and clergy. This question, which is alto gether distinct from the question of the Holy Places, affects interests of which Turkey should be the first to appreciate the value. If this question were to lead to certain complications it would become a question of general European policy, in which France would be en gaged with the same right as the other powers who signed the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841." We read in the Debats " By the Scamandre packet we have received ac counts from Constantinople to the sth. The most strange reports as to the state of the capital had been in circula tion in the provinces of the empire. M. Fonblanque, the English consul at Belgrade, had even sent an extra ordinary courier to inquire whether Lord Reddiffe had not perished in the massacre which was said to have taken place at Constantinople. Similar reports were spread in the Greek villages of the Bosphorus. It was therefore intended to have suspended the ceremonies of the Holy Week, had not the Grand Vizir given orders that every freedom should be given to the Christians to fulfil their religious duties. Tranquillity has never been disturbed. Prince Menschikoff was about to leave, but it was not known whether it was owing to a cessation of diplomatic relations with the Porte, or whether the mis sion of the prince had been fulfilled. The firman rela tive to the Holy Places had been discussed and signed by. the Sultan, and a copy of it was to have been communi cated to Prince Menschikoff on the sth. It would be accompanied by a simple note, which would neither have the form nor the value of a diplomatic document, as the Russian ambassador desired. The prince had re mained in his apartments for several days until the arrival of a steamer from Odessa, on board of which was an extraordinary courier. The prince then caused it to be announced that he had just re ceived dispatches from St. Petersburgh, approving of his conduct, and requesting him to persevere. At the same time he complained to the Porte that the demands made by Russia, which only wanted what was just and legal, had been much exaggerated. The prince added that the Cabinet of Vienna would have great pleasure in seeing satisfaction given to the Emperor Nicholas. All these stratagems had produced no effect. The Divan refused to yield to the exigencies of the Autocrat, and appeared to rely not only on the sympathies of France and Eng land, but also on the resistance which the Greek Synod had shown against the pretensions of Russia on the ques tion of the Patriarchate. Mr. Layard, Under-Secretary at the Foreign-office in London, and temporarily at tached to the Embassy at Constantinople, was preparing to return to England. This precipitate departure was attributed to a difference which had arisen between him and Lord Redcliffe on the affairs of the East and on the political men of the country. The Narval, French steamer, was every day expected at Constantinople. She would bring back some members of the Ottoman embassy from Paris, and 2,000 rifles for the Ottoman troops, similar to those carried by the Chasseurs de Vin cennes." The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, at the recommenda tion of the Earl of Bandon, has appointed Sir J. L. Cotter, Bart., to the commission of the peace for the county of Cork. MURDER BY A WlFE.—Early on Tuesday the inha bitants of St. Leonard's-on-Sea were thrown into a state of excitement by the report.being circulated that during the night a man named Stephen Smith had lost his life in an altercation with his wife. From inquiries it ap pears that the deceased man was a shoemaker, living with his wife in a room, which formed one of a suite of living rooms, over some coachbouses in the Harold mews, St. Leonards-on-Sea. On Monday evening, about nine o'clock, deceased and his wife went into Hastings. At eleven o'clock they were seen in a beershop in West-street. known as the Queen Ade laide. They then appeared to be on very friendly terms, and drinking a part of a - pot of porter. They left there in about a quarter of an hour, and were seen returning towards St. Leonard's shortly before twelve o'clock. This was the last time they were seen together. In 20 minutes after this the woman (whose name is Sarah Smith) was proved to have fetched a pint of beer, which she did not take home. Shortly after 1 o'clock the woman called a neighbournamed Mary Cope, stating that she had stabbed her husband. This person ran for Mr. R. C. Gardiner, a surgeon, who was on the spot in 10 minutes. On his entering the room Mrs. Smith exclaimed, "I have killed my husband. I knew it would come to this." She further said that the deceased was always jealous of her ; they had been out together to Hastings, and in coming home she " gave him the slip," and did not get home until after him ; that he spoke to her, and she then threatened to "do for him," upon which he opened his waistcoat and said "Do it." She then took up a knife, having a very sharp point, from deceased's workseat, and stabbed him in the chest, afterwards throwing the knife out of the window on a dungheap. From this wound the unfor tunate man died in about a quarter of an hour. The woman was at once removed in custody to Hastings gaol. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the accused was examined before the mayor (Mr. T. Hickes) and Mr. F. Ticehurst, and remanded unt;l this day. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held on the body, and a ver dict of " Wilful murder" returned against Sarah Smith. The accused woman has been of a loose character, of drinking habits, and possessing an ungovernable temper. ROYAL GEOGRA.PIIICAL SOCIETY. The anniversary meeting of this society will take place on Monday, the 23d instant, at one p.m., in the theatre of the Royal In stitution, for the election of officers. After reading the Council report, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, the presi dent, will present the founder's gold medal to Mr. Francis Galton, for his extensive explorations in Southern Africa ; and the patron's gold medal to Com mander E. A. Inglefield, R.N., for his late researches in the Arctic regions, The president will next deliver the annual address, on the "Progress of Geographical Science and Discovery" during the past year. The anni versary dinner will be held at Willis's Rooms, at 7 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN A GLASGOW RANK.— On Saturday forenoon a young man named Andrew Wallace, proceeded to the Western Bank in Miller street, Glasgow, to cash a check for 7001. for his em ployers, Messrs. D. and J. Macdonald, sewed-muslin manufacturers. The teller handed hi m th e money, con sisting of four 100 1 . notes, five 101. notes, and theremainder in small notes. Wallace counted the large no t e s, amounting to 4501., and laid them as id e on the counter, while he proceeded to look over the small notes. When so engaged, a well-dressed person came behind him on the left side, and hurriedly asked him to point out the manager's room. Wallace looked round, and indicating with his head, said "To the left." " Which of the doors ?" said the stranger. The clerk told him, and immediately turned round to resume the counting of the small notes, He saw in a moment that the parcel of large notes, viz., 4501., had disappeared, and ex claimed, "My money is gone !" Mr. Crawfurd, a re spectable citizen, who was transacting business in the ' bank beside Wallace, said, " I saw a gentleman lift a parcel of notes from before you, and there he is leaving the bank this very moment ;" and certainly at the in stant a man was seen hurriedly receding from the glass door which opens to the street. Wallace hastily snatched up the small notes, and rushed out, but by this time the thief had got to the bottom of Miller-street, and mixed in the crowd continually rolling along Argyll-street. Wallace could not have identified the thief, even though he had come alongside of him, for, in point of fact, while the one fellow engaged the clerks attention on the left side, his associate came up on the right and hastily snatched the money, and Wallace, consequently, never saw him. The thief who inquired for the manager's room vanished amid the confusion, and, although 100. has been offered as a reward, as yet there are no traces of either the culprits or the money. The perpetrators of the robbery are supposed to be English thieves. THE - SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, MAY 19, 1853. THE MURDER AT BACTON RECTORY. The police have at length succeeded in apprehending a man who is supposed to have been the perpetrator of the horrible murder of Maria Steggles, the aged house keeper of the Rev. E. B. Barker, at Bacton Rectory, on the morning of Sunday, the Bth instant. He is a labourer, named Wm. Flatt, about twenty years of age, and lived in the village of Bacton. His character is a very indifferent one, and he appears to have been several times summarily convicted by the magistrates—once for stealing lead from the parish church. He generally went about in a very reduced state, his clothes were ragged, and he had the usual look of an idle tramp. The circumstances which gave rise to his arrest are these. During the latter part of last week Flatt was found in Bury, regaling himself in rather a profuse manner, at the Shoulder of Mutton beer-shop, Long Brackland. He spent a considerable sum in drink, and expended as much as 1/. ss. for some new clothes. In the course of Thursday night he gave one of the men who were carousing with him into custody for robbing hini of a canvass bag containing Bs. 6d. The party was detained, but Flatt did not appear on the following morning to support the charge. He seems to have re turned to the neighbourhood of Bacton. The police were subsequently apprised of his doings at Bury, and the unusual circumstance of his having so much money about him. His explanations were very vague and con tradictory as to how he became possessed of it, and how he happened to go to Bury. In order to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of his representations, the police accompanied him to that town on Monday, and inquiries were instituted as to his movements. His story was not confirmed, and the police then deemed it prudent to arrest him on suspicion of being concerned in some way with the dreadful crime. He was re moved back to Bacton for examination before the magis trates, and more minute inquiries led to a greater clue being obtained, which, it is thought, will connect him more strongly with the crime. It will be remembered that the old lady was left alone in the house at about half-past ten, and circumstances have led to the belief that the murder was committed shortly after eleven, her reverend master and the servant girl having, doubt less, been watched out by the guilty party, in order to accomplish his dreadful object. Flatt had a toler ably good knowledge of the character of the pre mises of the rectory, and it appears that only a few days previous to the murder he had been there in quiring for employment. On the Sunday morning the deed was committed Flatt was seen in the vici nity of the rectory at about half-past ten o'clock, and between half-past eleven and twelve o'clock was met some five fields off the rectory, in a direction from the back of it towards the cottage where he lived. Some footsteps were traced at the rear of the house, which corresponded with the marks upon some soil which was found on the floor of the kitchen neaa where the tragedy was perpetrated. This gave rise to the supposition that the murderer had taken flight from the back of the rectory. The accused has undergone an examination before the magistrates, the Rev. D. Day, Rev. G. E. Frere, and the Rev. R. Alderson, but it was conducted quite in private, nothing being allowed to transpire. It is understood that Flatt was remanded, in order to allow the police time to sift other suspicious facts against him, when the whole matter will be gone into. As yet, all search has failed in discovering the weapon which was used in destroying the deceased. A number of labourers are' engaged in dragging the moat which surrounds the house, in the hope of finding it, it being thought very probable that the murderer threw it in there on making his escape. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.--May 18. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL WET-NURSE. Her Majesty has again honoured the Isle of Wight, by having appointed a wet-nurse for her infant from this town. It appears that. the young prince was in any thing but a thriving condition ; the milk of the first wet nurse not agreeing with it, it became necessary to try another. Drs. Hoffmeister and Cass, her Majesty's medical attendants here, were directed to procure one, and they, on the 7th instant, selected Mrs. Francis, wife of Mr. John Francis, shipwright, of this town, a fine healthy young woman, in'her 22dryear, whose child was about the same age as Primce George. From the evi dent improvement in the Royal infant's health, after a few weeks' trial, she was duly appointed, and Mrs. Mackintosh, the Highland nurse, left Cowes on Monday last for Aberdeenshire, but not without some regret on the part of the Royal household, as the young Scotch female had conducted herself in a way to give general satisfaction. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The members of the Royal Yacht Squadron are mus tering at the Squadron-house in considerable numbers, all anxiously preparing for the coming season, which is expected to be very gay. The following noblemen and gentlemen have been at the house this week :—Marquis Conyngham ; Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P. ; Captain Ponsonby ; H. C. Gooden, Esq. ; Sir H. Og lander, Bart. ; A. Fountaine, Esq. ; Geo. Bentick, Esq. • Captain Gorden ; Richard Franland, Esq. ; C. R. d. Talbot, Esq., M.P., the Vice-Commodore • R. Hoare, Esq. ; Lord Mulgrave ; Twisden Hodges, Esq.; the Rey. R. P. Hartopp ; and Sir Graham E. Hamond, Bart., K.C.B. CRICKET. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE V. ALL ENGLAND. Yesterday morning this match was resumed, and, as will be found, was brought to a termination Adverse to " All England," who upon the first innings had the advantage by 45 runs. There are those in " England" who have said that Clarke's slow bowling is " bosh," and that Bickley is "no great things." What will they say now ? At the close of the match the final score pre sented this appearance, by which it will be found that " All England" were defeated by 27 runs, although the respective scores were but small. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. First Innings. Second Innings. Clarke, run out B. Pais•, run out lO b Dean 0 Guy, b Wisden. G. Parr, b Sherman 4 b Dean S. Parr, c Box, b Wisden ..... IL C. Tinley, b Wisden ....... Brown, b Sherman Grundy, not out F. Tinley, b Wisden Nizon, b Sherman Bickley, run out B 1, 1-b 4 0 b Dean 0 14 c Box, b Wisden 1 0 not out l3 1 b Wisdeu 6 4 c Box, b Dean 0 5 b3,w 4, n-b 2 9 Total . G 3 Total 129 ENGLAND. First Innings. Second Innings. W. Nicholson, Esq., b Clarke .... 20 b Bickley 5 Dean, run out 3 not out. J. Caesar, b Clarke Hunt, st Brown, b Clarke 0 b Bickley. Box, b Clarke _ _ 7 6 10 Anderson, b F. Tinley 3O B. Bickley 1 W. Caffyn, b Clarke Wisden, hit wicket, b Clarke 0 b Clarke 3 Chattcrton, b F. Tinley 2 b Bickley Martingell, not out l2 c Brown , b Bickley 8 Sherman, b Nixon L-b 2, n-b 1 Total 6 1-b w, b Bickley „: 0 2 1-b 1 _ll7 Total 4B THE COAL TRADE.— The collectors and comptrollers of the Customs at the several ports and places through out the United Kingdom have received directions from the commissioners to prepare and transmit to the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, with all practicable dispatch, the following account, so far as the same relates to their respective ports, including the sub-ports and creeks—viz., an account of the number of tons of coal, culm, and cinders, respectively, shipped at the several ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland to other ports in the United Kingdom in the year 1852. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—The annual report of edu cation in Ireland was yesterday printed. The commis sioners had nothing to report of a special nature. TEE GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—The worst antici pations have been fully realised. The immense building is a complete ruin. A heavy stock of cotton has been entirely destroyed, and upwards of a thousand hands are thrown out of work. The fire can only be said to have really lasted two hours, but at its climax, about half-past 10 o'clock, the sight was one of the most astounding grandeur. For an hour before the heavens had been illuminated, and an immense concourse (we should not be wrong, we are sure, if we estimated them at 10,000) assembled at the scene of the disaster. The unfortunate factory, with the exception of the dark out line of walls not yet fallen, seemed one mass of burnished gold. The police arrangements were excellent, and the multitude were most obedient. In some neighbour hoods, and those where it would be least suspected, it is astonishing how susceptible people are of police control. As to the origin of the fire, it is, of course, at present involved in mystery ; but we believe that during the cessation of the ordinary labour some bricklayers and joiners had been employed, and that they were working last evening up till 8 o'clock. The mill, machinery, and stock which it contained, we have heard roughly esti mated as of the value of nearly 50,0001., and insurances in a great variety of offices have been effected, it is un derstood, to nearly the full amount. Undoubtedly, in one sense, the greatest loss is-that sustained by the 1,000 workpeople so unexpectedly thrown out of bread,—a state of things which will necessarily be felt among all the tradesmen and shopkeepers of the district. CONTINENTAL SPECULATIONS. The commercial advices from the continent continue to possess little in terest. Speculation is active on the Paris Bourse, and the fluctuations are considerable. From the west of France it is mentioned, with regard to the prospects of this year's harvest, that the growing crops of every de scription are decidedly backward, and that in many in stances the young wheat is meagre and looks unhealthy. On the whole, however, there seems to be no rea son reduced to a low point, owing to sales for the r d yv i x e ep r wo e t arhtsea tl prices dieosenst aeti a opxal r ste e eErrnnee m ncss wegipuvnleaectchn. respecting o h tumh e s higher eu thatai t nl h.carneTs increase ee t . Pariss.\ r t N i i an e n n n t o f n eo f a s I the a l ba e run t kt t y c e e o trt'ushleawgtrreliticular apprehensions. Stocks had t sb a l yt o o a f bc t ie l e i p e e o A nsti u itt s l o t e r fd i Austrian on Bank. Each holder of an t o o o l f d t b l a p e c r a a e i la d i i one andof 8 subsequent florins, instalments spread over four months, interest at 4 per cent, being allowed for prep a y ment. From St. Peters burgh the dates are to the 10th o f May, when,. owing to warm rainy weather, the navigation was about to open. The Odessa advices refer to the active shipments going on, the extent of exportation being unprecedented at this early period of the season. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. inerdoen Ambg. Nottug. I3osl & Eastn. June._ Birmug. Stour Valley Birkenhd. L;,ncsh. dL Cheshire Juliet__ Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £20.......... ..... ,Bristol & Exeter, ICalodonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Blabk. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJune. Dundee Perth &Aber.' deen Junction East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (EIS E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do. !Do., B. di C.. lEast Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre4 Great We5tern........1 Irlsh South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern....... Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tih. & Sthend. LOnd. Bright. & S.Cst., London & N. Western Do. Fifths London & S.Westorn Do., X5O Do., £40... ....... Lndndrry.&Colorainc Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Mancli.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. di Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. 4 Shares .., Newcastle tit Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New Nodlin.Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2.. ....... . Dc., A Deferred ... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western.. ..... . N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford. Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury di Birmg Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern.. South Wales.... S. Yorksh. River Dun ' Do Stockton dr Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. dr Kilienny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall.. , Wmbledon &CroiciOn Woodford York Newctl.&l4crw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices yesterday. 29 - 30 6 - 6i 10 -10 i, 7 -- 6 di 21 - 22 3 i -- 2d 102 16-1 694 701 234 24 22 224 4 - 5 p 8 - 9 6 -- 64 4i- 4 131 -- 10i -- 11 ••• - ... i 73 - 74 54 - 56 73 -- 74 3i* 33 88 - 89 54 56 133 - 135 113 = 114 90 - 91 8t 94 96 13 —l4 p 794 --80 41 4d 3 —2i d 16i 161 J 1 - ii lt -- 2 p 104 A -165 i 118 -- 1184 21 - - lip 90 - 91 5 44c1 4 3d 12 13 19 21 291 304 3 2id 74 75 42 44 50 52 Par — 4 p 4 d - 3i 52 54 3k 2i d 35A 36A 4 - igtt 8i - 8 ... - ... P 1 52i - 54 - 98 60 -- 62 64 - 66 15 3id —21 A -- 75 - 37 —14 A -- 21 10 - —34 i 10/ par 2 dl Bastness done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Business Leasing Cl osing rrice , • Shr. f aid. BATLWATS. Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West. 304 all Birm. & oxfd. guarantee._ Gt.Westn 304 all Do. withoutgy Do 304 all Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. De — 30, all Do.wthtguar. Do St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 107 1 . 06 50 all Clydesdale Jz. Caledou 54 —56 St. 100 . E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 33i —34 100 all Elrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Now. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull 8; Selby Y. &NMd 112 114 25 all Do. # Shares. Do 56 57 12i all Do. ; Shares. Do 27. —28 i 13i all Lon.& Greenly S. Eastern 144 141 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 98 20 103 Do. 6 per ct. 51 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Miclld 3 34 31 50 all Middlesbre & Stekton & Redcar 00 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 106 IOS 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 66 7 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do — 50 all Do. Fixeds pe De — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Lu&Yk 12i 111 Do. 3 blares. Do — St. 100 Roystu.&Hit. GtNorthn 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do l5l 153 25 18g Shef.Roth.and Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 9i S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 1 1 d 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & • 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 33 34 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst,GtWestn..los3 106/ MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 - lip 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 4 —44 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par 4 p 1 all Australian Freehold. d par 1 1 all Ave Maria d par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par A p 1 all British Austrin. Gold P 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 53 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cniada 5 53 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carson's Creek par 3 p fi 40 all Cobra Copper 463 473 5 1 Colonial Gold l# 13 • • 14 Copiapo B4 9 9 all Copper Min. of Eng 65 75 25 an Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co n - 1 4 31 20 all General. l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth par p 1 all Lake Bathurst. 1 all Liberty par p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. C 0..-. 1 all Mariquita ld— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 8 1 all New Granada — $ P 1 all Nouveau Monde l' 1 p 21 3 5 1 Port Philip 4 P 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago do Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian id— 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 28i all United Mexican 5 —5/ 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada ld— p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 a n Yuba — P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6l 871 SG 7 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China a lip i 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 1 20 12i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2i —31 p 50 20 Loudon and County _ 50 10 London Joint Stock _ 100 20 Lond. & Westminster _ 20 2 Loudon Bank of Aus tralia and India d— par 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New • •.• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co ld par 25 all South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 77A ... 2i Do. New 8 81 50 10 Union of London.., , 40 all Union of Madrid.. MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 77 79 77 20 8 Australsn•Pcitle•Mail 10 6 Australis. Royal Mail . . . . • 50 383 Brit. American Land 67 70 G 9 7h 70 100 324 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 2l 3 7i 8/ 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 1j 34 4 20 1 Eastern Steam ••• ' 1 1 Electric Wog. of Ir — 15 14 Gcu. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2• Netherlands Land p N e r ni th u . s o u lu r i s, .op o e i tte li a ta m i 831 2 50 0 al 7 l 50 25 Do. Do. ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 45 48 46 1 all Submar. Telegraph — b 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 19} 19} i LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TII1S DAY.) LONDON, May 19.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze and cloudy. COWES, May 18.—Arrived—Humboldt (s), New York— on freight 500,000 dollars. PORTSMOUTH, May 18.—Wind, N.N.E. to W.N.W. Arrived—H.M.'s st. Simoom, Halifax, N.S., and left for Dover ' • Talavera, London, for Sydney, N.S.W., an d pro ceeded for Southampton. PLYMOUTH, May 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrivod—Ger mania, Havanuah, for Hamburgh ; Mendeta, do. May 19—The Sheraton Grange, from Bahia, has arrived here, having in tow the Harriet, from Bahia, which had been totally dismastod on the Ist of May. SOUTHAMPTON, May 18 . —Arrived—Orinoco (s), West Indies—on freight 1,621,886 dollars. FALMOUTH, May 18.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Zo diacus, Pernambuco ; Ross-shire, London, for Quebec, with stern and cutwater started, having been struck by a heavy sea ; David, Havannah. Off Port—Ruby, Sydney, N.S.W.; Melbourne, Port Philip; Trace, Rio Janeiro, for Hanaburgh ; Munna, New York, for Lond on ; Her schell, do., for Hamburgh. BRISTOL, May 18.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Acorn, Barbadoes. Sailed—Albert, New York. STOCKTON, May 18.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Ariadno, Sierra Leone. CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Earl of Harwood, Callao ; Sarah, do. • Courier, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, MayArrived—Colum bus, Callao, and sailed for the Clyde. Off Port—Duke of Northumberland, Manilla, and sailed for London. JERSEY, May 17.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Alice, Monte Video. JAMAICA, April 26.—The Agnes, of Liverpool, is stranded on Sloop Shoal ; assistance has been sent to her. TOBAGO, April 23.—The Isabella Thompson, Demerara to London, which put in here ou the 24th of March, with ten feet of water in her hold, has been condemned, and the sound part of her cargo transhipped on board the Adelaide for London. BARBADOES, April 27.—The Hibbert, Buenos Ayres and Bahia to Liverpool, put in here on the 12th inst. leaky, making 22 inches water per hour, and is likely to require a thorough overhaul. MABICBT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 19, 1953, made up from the Returns of the Impectorm in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. •• IWREAT.1 WREAT. I BARMY. I OATS. RTE. MANI. TM. 44s 7d I 31s 5d 18a 9(1. 129 a 8d 135 s 51 f 33s 3d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. IVIIEAT. 44s 7d BARity. I OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. 318 Gd 18s 10d 29s 10d 348 10d 338 Od DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BAILEY. I OATS. STE. IMAM PE PEAT. IS Od is Od Is Od Is Od II is Od ls 01 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 95,443; Barley, 13,893; pats, 15,090:; Bye, 71; Beats 4,202 ; Peas, 502 Quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 16s per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. - - .CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 58 to 4/ 17s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover, ditto, 4/ Os to Si 10s; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Tho general demand ruled steady at this market, at very full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 1(k1 to 4s 10d:; Pork, 3s Od to, 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, MAY 18.—The supply of each kind of stock hero to-day was tolerably extensive, yet the demand ruled steady. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; ;i3sm6adtoot 4s to-day 6d; Lamb, 5s Oct to Gs Od ; Veal , 3s 10d to 4s ; Pork, 3s Oct to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ItomFonn, MA Y 8 and quotations had an upward tendency. P to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s 10d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 2d tlO. The l trade Mutton, at tlis market v 31, 1- t B Oem e fbd o e r s r o y 4sm Os S do : l3 m sp e r b s Quarter old Store Pigs, 19 s t o — 4s i& 23s each, and suckling calves, 20s to 245. PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 160 Aberdeen 92 - - 96 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c d 4A St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St lO6 • - 108 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 107 •-• 109 108 15 all Chester & Holyhead • Guar. 51 per cent l9i 201 • •64 34 Cork&Baudon 53 p.c p ipm 64 all Dundee PertltAber deen Junctiou .. . t:f 66 31 all EastA ngliau (£3l6s) 6 per cent 4-- 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 4l 73 2 Do. (1717 a) 7p. ct 1 lip 61 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1/ —2l p 61 all Do., No. 2 ..... ........ 1 2 p 10 all Do., New 6p. c. St.. 14/ 151 15 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 18 —. 181 18 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundec 51 per cent........... 3a 3i St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... St. 100 Great North?' 5 p.c. 130 132 St. 100 Do. sp. c.,Rodeem., at 10 p. a. prem 112 113 113 64 all Gt. Southn. &Wcstn (Ireland) Eighths Bl. 50 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 7l St. 100 G. West. fixed 41 p c 106 . 108 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, p St. 100 Do., 6p. e., Stock—. 152 154 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c xd St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St xd 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 154 157 50 5 London & S.Western, Con. Thirds 3i 4 p 121 10 Lo i n s d h o a n i. c a s e 1 . 7 &. .. C . 0 ... 1 er. 11 121 all Loudy. & Ennis. ISh 13 1 141 25 all Manch.,Shef., & Lin., 1 Shares, No. 1 8 9 10 all Do. Now, £lO lOl 111 6 3 Do., b) 121 all Marypt&Carl. 4p c. 121 all Do. 41 per cent._ P 121 81 Do ..... St. 100 Mid. Cousol. 6 p.c. St. St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 149 151'151 161 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent. * p 55 20 all Norfolk Extension... 1 5 all Do. Guar. 51 per ct.. 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c St. 100 North British 115 117 20 all North Staffordshire.. 251 261 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c 15 12 Do 2a 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G l4 111 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. e. 174 181 10 10 Do. 5 per cent — 1 P 25 all South Devon l5 16 10 -1/ Do. New Par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 263 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 191 201 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.Op.c. IEI p St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwiek,4 p.e.Pref. 104 106 17 SDo 5 - 25 10 York& N. Midland H it S. Purch 4 IPi FOREIGN. 10 3 Autworp&Rotterdam 1 d 5 3 RolgianEastn. Junet. 1 1. 120 4 Biziers to Graissessac ..... fp 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin 13 14 20 10 Dijon and Besangon 2 3f P 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 1 1 dis 20 all East Indian . 5 5i P 20 1 Do. Extension .... 1 10 24 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 241 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 2 2 1;) 201 151 Gt.WcsternofCauada Shares par i . 20i 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.e prof id -. par 20 15 Luxembourg.. 7 7A 10 . 10 Do. (Railway) 4l —4l 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 -- 1 10 2 Do. 6p. et. pref i i d l i 20 9 Lyons & Mediterran — —— P 20 4i Madras 2 —23 P 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) — 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 361 —37 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds m lO all N(ofTwYe. g ß i . a & n tin .u s a Sp i s .e 3 1 8 41 _.— 1i 9 .4 i 20 10 Paris and Lyons lBl 180 20 all Paris and Orleans 44 45 20 all Paris and Rouen 4si 461 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 1 17 1 38 20 4 ParisCaon & Cherbrg. 51 5i 10 7i Quebec &Richmond — 20 all Rouen and Havre— 2ll —21 i 20 all Sambre and ct. Meuse 9 9 1 10 4 Do. 5, p. prof._ ... _ ... 20 2 Sth-Eastrn .of France ... ... 20 4 Southern of France 6#- 6 . p 20 2s. Upper I ndia Scrip I p P M si all West Fla nders . 10 8 Do. fq i per c. Prof idle i 91 20 10 Western of France._ 11 nip 211 10 2 West. of Switzerland id id 20 6, Zealand lt lid • 70 i 69i 2ii Ina 79i 80 1051 18 OX new 21 90 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXVI. MANCHESTER SPRING MEETING The last day of this meeting is pretty nearly equal in sport to the other days, a very unusual occurrence at most meetings. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added, for two and three-year-olds, T.Y.C., with penal ties for winning, will, I should say, fall to the lot of BROWN BRANDY—who has a penalty of 51bs. to carry —or Captain Skipwith's filly MAGIC ; the weight which the former has to carry giving the latter seemingly the best chance. The principal attraction of the day will, of course, be the race for the Salford Borough Cup of 1.00 sovs., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., &c., mile-and-a-half. Out of sixty-three nominations obtained to this stake, thirty-one names now figure as acceptances, and it is not improbable but what we may see a respectable field at the post. Weather gage and Hobbie Noble figure as the top weights ac, eight stone •nine pounds ; neither, however, are likely to run. Lady Evelyn's appearance at Bst 61b is very problematical. I incline to the belief that the in terest of the stable will be left to her companion Jacque line. Russborough is not badly in at 7st 121 b ; neither is the King of Trumps at 11h less. Conmore, Lady Agnes, and Evadne are fairly weighted; but the starting of the first-named is dubious, and the other two I think are held safe by some of the light weights in the race. Little Jack, with slbs. extra, will not do at any price. Little Fawn, at 7st 21b, is very nicely in, and will run forward. Candlewick is much too slow foi this spin. St. Michael is, comparatively with others, overweighted. Sanita and Lcrrywheut, if meant, will run forward. At only 21bs less than the preceding couple, Needle has no chance whatever. The Countess of Teba, St. George, and the Carrier are out of the race. Talfourd, with a penalty of 101bs, of course if he runs, will struggle into the front, but I very much doubt his capability of winning. The mysterious Richard Primmerl presume will run, and that is all I can say about him. Michaelmas Maid, April Fool, Valour, and Monsoon have too much weight to concede to one lighter in the scale to stand much chance of winning. Peggy, of course, will not start. The Judge, at sst 81b, is overweighted. Jacqueline, includ ing her 51bs penalty for winning the Chesterfield at Chester, has only sst llb to catty, which would seem, considering the running the filly is in, a certainty that the red and blue of Lord Chesterfield will be in the as cendant. Ann Page and Dressmaker are the "feathers" of the handicap. The former is a moderate animal, but the latter is a regular brute, not worth keeping in train ing. In conclusion, it is my opinion that JACQUELINE will be the winner, and the Little Fawn very handy. The other stakes are of such little consequence that they call for no comment whatever. To-morrow it is my intention to lay before my readers the first instalment of Derby news, and on Monday give my final opinion on this great race. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. BATH AND SOMERSET RACES. BETTING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DERBY. 5 to 2 agst West Australian (3 to 1 t. freely.) 8 to 1 agst Honeywood (off). 9 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (off). 30 to 1 agst Peggy (t. to 1501.) 40 to 1 agst Brocket (t). 40 to 1 agst Barbatus (t). OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Misletoe 0. 4 to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (t). • WEDNESDAY'S RACES. CITY CUP of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a sweep stakes of 10 SON'S. each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st ; four, 9st 51b ; five, 9st 131 b ; six and aged, lOst 41b ; sundry stipula tions and conditions ; the second to save his stake. About two miles and a half. (21 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, by Weatherbit, 3 yrs, Est 61b (S. Steggles) 1 Mr.,R. Chilton's Audubon, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Audubon. A good race in from the distance. Won cleverly by three-quarters of a length. Pace very bad up to the last half mile. WESTON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; winners extra ; the produce of untried horses or mares allowed 31b ;if both, 51b. Straight half mile. (18 subs.) Mr. Williams's Mouser, by Trap, 7st 131 b (Charlton) 1 Lord Clifden's Nightshade, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2 Mr. John Stephen's Topsy, Bst 41b (H. Cliff) 3 Mr. Quail's Norna, Bst llb (Wakefield) 4 Mr. Benson's Royalist, Bst 91b (W. H. Treen) 5 Mr. Parkers's Cheshire Marquis, Bst 61b ...(W. Day) 6 Mr. S. Scott's Oliver, Bst 61b (S. Rogers) 7 Betting-6 to 4on Mouser ;sto 1 agst any other. The favourite held the lead throughout, and won very easily by four lengths. Two lengths between second and third. A wide interval between each of the others. Cheshire Marquis, and Oliver got badly off. DURHAM PAEK STAKES (Handicap) of 100 sovs., 50 by the Lord of the Manor, and 50 by the Committee, for all ages ; winners extra. One round, about a mile and a half. Duke of Bedford's Gossip, by Chatham, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Captain Delme's The Arrow, by Slane, 3 yrs, sst (J. Steggles) 2 The following also ran :—Russborough, Sharavogue, Cardinal Wiseman, Abdallah, Orpheus, Tomboy, Wil mont, Economy, Malheureuse, Corybantes, the Chase, Octavia, Lady Emily, Eliza, Don Quixote, Harry, Batty Darling, Massena. Betting-5 to 2 agst Wilmont, 7to 2 agst Gossip, 6 to 1 each agst Eliza and Corybantes, 8 to 1 agst any other. Octavia made the running to the straight, where Eliza took it up, followed by Gossip and the Arrow, Russborough, who had been lying off, taking fourth place at the distance. At the Stand Gossip obtained the lead, and galloping on with it he won very cleverly by a length and a half. Russborough was two lengths behind the second, and Eliza was fourth. The others scattered. ARISTOCATIC HANDICAP of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, with 20 added ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. Once round. (8 subs.) Mr. Cooper's Montague, by Phillip the First, aged lOst 101 b (Mr. Elwes) 1 Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b _ _ (Mr. Berkeley) 2 Mr. Quail's Tame, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (including 61b extra)' (A. Day) 3 Mr. Reeve's Abdallah, 6 yrs, list 81b ...(Mr. Bevill) 0 Betting-- 5 to 4 agst Montague, 6 to 4 agst Tame. Won by half a length. Very bad third. Abdallah did not pass the post. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Heats. Half a mile. (9 subs.) Mr. Sargent's Henrietta by Harkaway, 4 yrs (401.) 7st 21b (Charlton) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Shrimpton's Arlette, 6 yrs (401.), 7st 61b (Rice) 0 1 0 2 Mr. B. Land's The Greek, 4 yrs (801.), 7st 91b Mr. Wortley's b g by Idas—Avon, 4 yrs, (401.), 7st 21b (Crouch) 3 0 2 0 Mr. Treen's Clio, 2 yrs (1001.), sst 61b (Heywood) 0 2 3 0 Mr. Williams's St. Spiro, 2 yrs (801.), sst 21b (Goater) 0 0 2 0 Mr. J.H.Whitehouse's Ellar, 4 yrs (401.), 7st 51b (Wakefield) 0 3 0 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Bloomer, 3 yrs (401.), 6st 61b (Oliver) 2 0 dr First heat-2 to 1 agst Ellar, sto 2 agst Henrietta, 3to 1 agst Clio. Won by h a lf length ; same between second and third. Second heat : 6to 4 each agst Ellar and Henrietta, 5 to 1 agst The Greek. Won by a neck ; same between second and third. Third heat : 2tol on Henrietta, sto 2 agst Arlette. Won by two lengths. Fourth heat : stol on Henrietta. Won easily. A better meeting at Bath has seldom, if ever, been known. The we a th er was a ll th at cou ld be desired, most of the racing excellent, and the attendance of com pany very great. LATEST BETTING. • DERBY. 5 to 2 agst West Australian (3 to 1 taken). 8 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 8 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 10 to 1 agst, Pharos (taken). 10 to 1 agst Cinea3. 11 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 11 to 1 agst Orestes (taken). 25 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). Pharos was backed for upwards of 1,0001. OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Misletoe (7 to 2 taken freely.) 7 to 2 agst Catharine Hayes (taken). EPSOM RACES.—The Electric Telegraph Company will have their wires complete to Epsom Railway Station on Friday next, and to the Grand Stand by Tuesday, the first day of the races. • MANCHESTER RACES.—YESTERDAY. MEIKLAIS HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for all ages. One mile. (22 subs.) Lord Derby's Longbow, by Ithuriel, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Meiklam's The Hatchet, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Waddington) 2 Mr. Choyce's May-day, aged, 7st 41b (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Osbaldeston, Lady Agnes, Gaylad, The Surveyor, Game Tommy, Maid of Gol borne. 7 to 4 on Longbow, who won cleverly by half a length. SAPLING STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the second to receive 251. T.Y.C. (32 subs.) Mr. Barton's Arthur Wellesley, by Melbourne (Hoes)" 1 Mr. Redhead's Barrel (Clements) 2 The following also ran :—Stiletto, Juliet, Professor Buck, Mountain Maid, Kennyside Hero, Bright May, Blakeley. 7 to 4 agst Arthur Wellesley, 4 to 1 agst Stiletto. Won by a length. Bright May was third. Barrel was winning, but ran out in the last 50 yards. UNION CuP of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a handi cap sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-year-olds and upwards ; winners extra ; the owner of the second horse to receive 20 sovs. One mile and a quarter. (69 subs .) Lord Derby's Longbow, by Ith ur i e l , 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Harrison's Ki ng , o f T rum pleman) ps, (T 4 em yrs, 8s I t Lord Chesterfield's c b The Emperor(--CaErtewgurmigh, t 3) 2 yrs, Est ................... ;; ; - .1 . ....... .......... (A shmall) 3 The following also - , n c o h or il , ton W , l o n ol e w en ic s h e: Evadne, Candlewick, Agnes Wickfiheldi Jack Leeming, Gaffer Green, Won by two lengths ; head 1 1‘ .: l et ill w e e r :n a. pecond and third. PRODUCE STAKES. Augusta Georgey Eight ran. MAIDEN PLATE. Florist Jaquenetta 1 2 LATEST BETTING. DERBY. sto 2 agst West Australian. 7to 1 agst Honeywood. 25 to 1 agst Peggy. A disposition to back Umbriel. ASCOT HEATH. WEIGHTS FOR THE ASCOT STAKES.—Two miles and a half. Age. st. lb. Kingston 4 8 11 Mountain Deer 5 8 9 Song-stress 4 8 5 Harbinger 4 8 3 Daniel O'Rourke 4 8 3 Ariosto Red Lion 4 8 3 Joe Miller 4 8 1 Nancy 5 8 1 Chief Justice 6 8 1 Chief Baron Nichol- Age. st ,lb. lanth e 5 6 13 Pancake 4 6 11 Sleeping Partner 5 6 11 Audubon 3 6 10 Waverley 4 6 10 *Babette 4 6 10 Herbert a 6 9 Phantom 4 6 8 Little David 3 6 7 The Mayor of Hull 3 6 7 Lady Emily 3 6 7 Hothorpe 5 6 6 Lord Fau eonberg 3 6 6 Lord-Lieutenant 3 6 6 *Tavistockl 3 6 5 Ammonia 4 6 5 Hirsuta 4 6 5 Follow-me-Lads 5 6 4 Sir John Barley corn 4 6 4 E rycth on 3 6 4 Sextus 3 6 3 King of Troy 4 6 3 Nervous 3 6 2 King Pepin Don Quixote 3 6 2 Waterfall 5 6 2 Nonsuch (h b) 6 1 Octavia ...4 6 1 Miss Tennyson 3 6 0 Mary Aislabie . 3 6 0 Break o' Day Boy 3 5 12 Crassus (late Da- son 4 S 1 Leopold 4 8 1 *Knight of the Shire 4 8 0 Lady Evelyn a 8 0 Adine 4 7 13 Buckthorn 4 7 13 Indian Warrior 4 7 11 Lamartin e 5 7 11 Black Doctor 5 7 10 Nutshell 6 7 10 Caurire a 7 10 Russborough 6 7 9 Elcot 4 7 Bird-on-the-Wing 4 7 8 Gossamer 4 7 8 Grey Tommy ...... 4 7 7 Father Thames 4 7 7 Denique 4 7 7 Garlorth 6 7 7 Sharavogue 4 7 7 Cardinal Wiseman 5 7 5 Trifle 4 7 5 Ben Nevis 4 7 5 Nabob 4 7 5 Azael 4 7 4 Ethelwolf 4 7 4 1, Alp Merry Bird 4 7 3 Defiance 3 7 3 The Italian 6 7 3 Lucio 4 7 3 Convulsion 4 7 3 Poodle 4 7 3 Montague a 7 1 Hurworth 3 7 0 Puritan 4 6 13 Little Davie 4 6 13 Talfourd 3 613 cony 3 5 12 Master Norton 3 512 Colt by Cotber- stone, out of Lu- cy Banks 3 5 12 Rackapelt 3 5 12 Toosey 3 5 12 Ireland's Eye 3 5 11 Lina 3 5 10 Nutpecker 3 5 10 *Jack the Giant- Killer 3 5 10 Jacqueline 3 5 9 Gavotte 3 5 7 Extacy 3 5 7 Tartuffe . 3 5 7 Those marked * having knowledge of their owners time prescribed, unless speci been entered without the , will be struck out at the Tally ordered to remain in. -UPON-TYNE. rORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Age st lb Lough Bawn 5 6 8 Talfourd 3 6 6 Gadabout Dame Tattle 4 6 6 Audubon 3 6 2 The Surveyor 4 6 2 Tomato. 4 6 2 Coomberland Sta thesmon 3 5 12 Pug Orrock 3 5 10 Ann Eliza The Hatchet 3 5 10 Goorkah 3 5 10 Ireland's Eye 3 5 10 Helena (h b)....., 3 5 8 The Event 4 5 8 Charity 3 5 6 Moscow 3 5 6 Doublethong, 3 5 6 Jacqueline 3 5 6 St. Andrew 3 5 2 NEWCASTLE. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE Age st lb Kingston Goldfinder 5 8 1 Songstress Chief Justice 6 7 12 Woolwich Nancy 5 7 8 Red Lion 4 7 8 Indian Warrior 4 7 6 Bird-on-the-Wing 4 7 4 Merry Bird 4 7 1 Lucio 4 7 1 Colsterdale 5 7 0 c by Melbourne— Sally Warfoot 4 7 0 Cardinal Wiseman 5 7 0 Black Doctor 5 7 0 Bardolph 4 6 12 Garforth 6 6 12 St. Michael 4 6 12 Little Jack 6 6 10 Exact 3 6 8 Lambton 3 6 8 The highest weight accery has been raised to that, and 1 ►ting being under Bst 71b, it the others in proportion. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of days' racing. MAY. ...18 Epsom (4) JUNE. Manchester (3).. Newton (3) 2 Ascot (4) 7 Hampton (2) 15 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 . . 2, I Newmarket (3) 5 Worcester (2) 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool (3) 13 Bibury (1) 42 Stockbridge (1) t 2 Winchester (1) 28 Newcastle (3) i .25 .LY. Stamford (2) 19 Nottingham (2) 21 Goodwood (4) 26 SEPTEMBER. Warwick (2) G I Lanark (2) 22 Pontefract ( 2)... 8 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Doncaster (4) 13 Newmarket F. 0. (3)....27 Bedford (2) 20 Northallerton (2) 09 Leicester (2) - 21 i Brighton (2) 3 Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 North Staffordshire (2) 9 Yarmouth (2) 9 Reading (2) lO AUGUST. York (3) 17 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Derby (2) 24 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 30 OCTO Chester Autumn (2) 4 I Newmarket S. 0. (5) 10 , BER. I Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket H. (6) 2 NOVEMBER. Worcester (2) 1 Warwick Autumn (2)...16 Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Shrewsbury (2) 03 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Aberystwith (3)..Last week Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The opening match of this club took place yesterday, the beautiful weather, added to the excellent list of entries, producing a very large attendance of visitors to accompany the race, Waterman No. 2 not only being crowded with company, but several gentlemen's yachts belonging to the various clubs being in attendance. The following were the contending boats : Name. Albatross... Britannia .. FIRST CLASS. Tons. 7 Red. 7 White, with red cross. Flag. Julia 7 Light blue. Undino 7 White, with red and blue triangle. SECOND CLASS. Idas 6 Red over white. Truant 5 American flag. THIRD CLASS. Demon 3 White, with his Majesty in centre. Calliope 3 Blue, with amber border. One minute per ton allowed ; only one vessel of eaoh class to receive a prize. The distance appointed was from Blackwall to Gravesend and back, and the Truant, although of the second class, was backed by her friends to eclipse any on the larger list. She was declared to be an American clipper that possessed the advantage of a shifting keel, and could beat or run at such a pace as to warrant the favourable opinion expressed of her. There were other very good things on the list, but the American so engrossed the attention of leading yachts men that but little thought was bestowed upon them. As the time approached for the start the most lively interest prevailed, and as they had to beat against a dead noser all the way down, it was quite evident that, bar ring accidents, the merits of the boats would be tested, and soon enough indeed they were. Mr. J. Berncastle, the commodore, having inspected the yachts at their stations, gave the signal to go off at 11 hrs. 44 min., which was most promptly obeyed by the whole of the fleet. The Albatross was first fairly under weigh, and next the Idas, but the Truant almost immediately took the lead of the whole of the fleet, and never forfeited her proud position. Her rig was of the sloop character, her foresail and jib being in one, and, like the America, laced to her boom. A more handy craft was never seen on the Thames. Without reference to her keel shifting at pleasure, she showed herself infinitely superior to her rivals in working down. At Woolwich the Britannia was second, the Idas third, Julia fourth, Calliope fifth. The Julia shortly afterwards passed the Idas, and in this position they arrived at the flag-boat, just above Graves- end, the Truant being more than a quarter of an hour in advance of the Julia, and the latter 19 minutes before the Idas. Of the third class, the Calliope was consid era bl y in front, and in this order they run up to the return post as follows : H. M. s. The Truant 6 13 10 Julia Idas 6 55 26 Shortly afterwards the Britannia, and the Calliope and Albatross together at half-past 7. The prizes were duly presented, with appropriate speaches, by the Commodore. THE GREAT WESTERN R AILWAY. —A num b er o f ad ditional workmen have been engaged by the direc tors of the Great Western Railway Company to form a new terminus at Paddington, which will bring the line nearly half a mile nearer to the Edgware-road than its present site. Last week an extensive goods shed--the registration and goods offices, &c., which were erected at a considerable expense by the company—were dis posed of, and are now being demolished for the purpose of extending the terminus. It is intended to bring the line close to the new and splendid hotel, which is now nearly finished, when omnibuses and other vehicles will enter there at gates adjoining the hotel. At the new en trance there will be a spacious semicircular roof of cast iron ribs, covered with glass, similar to those , at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway, King s-cross. It is not expected that the new terminus will be opened for at least twelve months. 1 50 40 25 25 St. St. St. St. 261 I3A' 20 20 50 20 20 50 20 100 St 184 100 100 all all 100 all 3 100 100 6i all 100 call, 21s. 1 100 20 113: 100 ill 63 - 131 i 'il. i 74 89 81 56 1631 74 i 53 I 76 Cidis 20