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

THE UNITED STATES. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Ca ra pta e in nited St a t es ' ma il s t eams hi p H um boldt, J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes this even ing, and, having landed the mails and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Havre. The Humboldt has made the passage from New York in 11 days ; she brings 180 passengers, and Specie, value 5 00,000 f., of which 18,000 f. is for the Union Bank of London. She has also on board a .19 hor se - power caloric engine, belonging to Captain Ericsson, to be put into operation in France, to Secure the patent in that country for the caloric Principle. The dates b roug h t by the Humboldt from New Yo he are to th e 7th inst. A frightful railway acci dent had occurred on the New York and Newhaven Rail road, caused by the carelessness of the engi sn:er er . A train from Bost on , c o mprising four pas and two b aggage - cars ran o ff a d ra Wb r id ge ° the Norwalk River. The whole train was in glled, and the passengers either crushed to death o an r ;rciwiled. 45 persons were killed on the spot tr LI many seriously wounded. This horrible drawbridge had created an indescribable sensation. The ‘•_,awhridge over the River Norwalk was raised to t rit the passage of a steamer, and the driver of at train, instead of stopping, continued his course d es a i . r at,e of 20 miles an hour, and the whole train ' e nued bodily distance of 60 feet into the Water b e l ow. a thltecntinta from H avanna h t o th e 20th u lt. stat e k at a cargo of 600 Af r i can s l aves were l an d e d near s ufro a r on the 28th from the famous slaver Lady Th e IT Clo ve - -Lon. David Merewether has been appointed T h rll cr of New Mexico by President Pierce. jiaf• iewlaastessttiliaaccounts from Texas state that Cara prisoner at Brownsville. The re- C • r a led gold discoveries in Texas have turned out a f ora %aal the gold having been brought from Cali- An arrival f rom M ex i co s t a t es th a t S ono ra is again h' ( ) be invaded by Count Boulbon, with 1,000 eia u men, and th a t the people are likely to favour Sa i d a A *zoo 'lna, as well as the Governor, has ordered state s oppose .oPpose Governor Lane. The United e° 1 1•1‘ 1 , -4 4 n'stry in Mexico disclaim Governor Lane's Th a - . 4 " '-nt invading Mecilla Valley. rnouth Cincinatti has been lost near the Th the Brazos. P Buenos Ayres revolution is at an end, and Theestablished. Ver a e cri s t l eara-ship Albatross has been lost near T he z. that +'" e lv Brunswick papers of the sth inst. state or 0 4e Legislat ure was prorogue d by the Gover snbje,ll4. ti le 3d inst. His speech stated that the Stat of had the fisheries and trade with the United of s t been submitted by him to the Secretary for the C o l on i es . Pr0p,,,.." New York Stock-market the recent im goo,f',ent had not been sustained. There was a freel de mand for money, which was, however, at 7' 37 131 et by capitalists, first-class paper being be vo Per cent. r eign Exchange was inactive but firm, London 1 6 - 1 :g quoted 1091 to 1091 ; Paris, sf. 131 c. to sf. Gees Amsterdam, 401, to 411. th e of cotton d ur i ng th e th ree d a y s p rev i ous t o hal e Parture of the Humboldt amount e d to 5,750 ',t sn_at e irregular prices, c and a reduction of i. to advices per the Asia having caused disap- to alent. Th e genera l t en d ency o f th e mar k et r cot p ton was dow nwar d s . g tr ,„ i o nr and meal dull. Grain very quiet, but Wheat scarce. th e ' t eh pig iron was sparingly purchased at $35 t on. Lea,d. inactive. Provisions pork was very abundant. Ri ce more active. T obacco in moderate demand. t,;,` 11 . , freight s th e inclem enc y o f th e weath er h a d a ' 4 ency to check transactions. 'NE FRENCH EMPIRE. .1. M. Bil 1-111s Legislative Body sat on Tuesday ; ;lb ; 41 . tb chair. The President read a . decre o e f k a thieh M e . de Sibert de Cornillond, department t r of 4 1 , 4 ., secretary of the Ministerial in . _ It o Ic e, is charged, in conjunction with M. 444411 mer, % • Persil, member o Vice-President fofthtehesamCoeuncil council,o Stotadtee,.. de the the Legislative Body and the Senate ky4 ii 411 lately p resen t e d f or again putting in force s w e. : _B6 and 87 of the Penal Code. A bill w of ii7 l ted rel a ti ve to the connect i on of the ra il ways Poe junction of the Rhone and the Loire. Re of 2,,nere presented on the bill according a credit soldiers of the itehy.o,ooof. for pensions to o 'tlkuc and of the Empire ;. on the bill to autho rdLue department of the Seine to tax itself extra -aril 1 41 t o Y for completion of the works now going 410,,,ettlarge the Palais de Justice; b a i n il d s t ilth - ' l. of local bills. The following , o .a , _ o e m n -er o a e f Proef.opted : one concerning an exchange k or Y between the city of Paris and Count de de d i .Y ; another, to accord to the heirs irs of Philippe 114 trard ' inventor of the machinery e ea... Ll _ national recompense . 4 tht r a'u'ead, a pension as a for spinning ; of to concerning the cession to the city of Paris of the Hotel des Inv a j ; ° ,, ground in the vicinity rei-Akes a fourth, to appropriate to the comat ihe°res tb 1%1 °1:1 °f the sisters of Christian Charity - th at t - o -e old convent of th . e . Visitati e o x n eh s a i n tu g a e te o d f r,,,'Peri W n ; a fifth, authorising an b o ilt ro Itrbet.wee the State and the commune of vt,e d it y 43f6L:o e rn. , inain:adn a n s un ixt s h , , k t z o ow a n pp b r y opriate to ella (/' the ~-' the Cross," the old conventual . the b a u P il P ding "Ilatoim-nle order situated at Paris, in the Rue de Iv ise a - t e • Eleven bills of local interest wetre_.like ,l3l4°Pted, and the proceedings termina heavilyed yes. 7, day ~a at the Bourse commenced ,Iventl,,,,"4°roing ; an improvement , .however, ‘ Aa l'a -kur o ccurred, and at the conclusion T . ues 41Ight cillqations had been maintained, wi k. th a t ,,,, i1 s Tb.,(lvance in some descriptions of stock a l: zliot theer Cents., both for cash and the in A " P'l,,,e was an improvement of 5c., and ' 1 tie ° 1.. „-an d - a-lialf per Cents. for money, 111,1141sese" o f 1 0f. took place in Bank of of 10c. Cl 'hre s . ne,Tr, h final quoations were :—For a c l a f sh per -e llts ' --3L'ents., 81f. 35c. ; Four-and-a °eciiri;,3d'ul, f• ; Bank Stock, 2,715• l'll leh - }. ;1 1 11 the shares of the Mort N ga o ge f c s ß h f a a . n n o t e e . , Pi 41 4 1.1 2 t , e4 i-.., 4 4 ' ku th e nlain at 88 . 0/. / s m oc o . b ; ili a er ri e s , fp . 5 0 ge of the Societe 13- 11,1 °t ed i,, e There were not many treaensoloasientgionats 4-4 Til -...' the Railway Share Market yesterday,. o bl e a ' i lled -e u st la ti Y's quotations, in several cases, re i. c llrre c i • changed. A rise of 15f., how s e f v . e i r n , ppatiac, andltinLYOrlS to the Mediterranean of -• 41, - urlea as • cli- In . b.. . ; and in Paris and Strasbourgs 60 4° of ei . s and Lyons shares there_ was ns a_ r. d_e L.. - L o s• ; P a 11s Closing prices :—North . er , u t z as ti_ l lrg e lB aod Orle 1 110 f. • Paris and S r and ho -4 7 f.• p • alls ' 3 '96Bf. 50c. ;Paris ken eil i ~., r is and Lyons, . 4 :le• ' ' l° eL ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, • ; Westeria. of France, 790 f. a c e h, Mad r i d - li o :_ e iyhi cii Gazette of the 13th contains a royal the mi nces , suppresses all the emoluments and for Interic,ruteretofore granted by the Minister of in istration eteh l i nk fore see , ° t ile employes of his herli ° Yes sh al l' , .LexPenses, and order a sthat certain N A °l‘ G alicia Placed on the retired Madrid to to N s u e m ek - Drev, °, ,oleo l n ns had arrived in 3110 t that tEl'' (`road in Z e r i e r lief, owing to p et e te f r am st i a ne es which omi t , oneii 0, province. A . by tb g d ay iv ' Ministers held at Aranjuez the pre the °, au ~ r of Finance. Some of these reforms . 4 ' 4 of koistr °Cell Pied with the reforms proposed 141 ' prhuppre,s-4tiolii nistrative character, others consist m ilalt °I-ernellt°llfolliatuiecessary places, others in the . an,' and tho- the administration of tobacco and vliv 4 . 1 0 _ e ,.., • •uh e A pe iitit.o-. 111 Modifying the tariffs so as to Ivill -Litiister ttation. of certain prohibited articles. tll, it •canse calculates that some of these reforms lvdi a los a f 0 co,- el l%to,kkoll b ° 80 0,000 reals a year, but that °I l' 1-3• The 1,.."-iPensated by an increase in the 11141 e 'W o I. 4•uall ietrY of Foreign Affairs and that I. .ks have not yet been filled up. 4 1 , 'IIC/t/,etter f r I it A L Y. 4 ble 11 , -74e nto orarp ilollinzona of the 13th, in the °l' the -ea sine - 4 ., ur in States that there is consider kcle. r , d iffie n i . B 4 I'l grin, (Ticino) on account *bil e k 'orn. i s) !_ s arising from the Austrian block eider the I)o,,,ecorairtg scarce and rising in price, hatit4l)l3, a1,,,'17.tin, which used to diminish con to4t4tioq et a . b th is time of igrat•the year, being in the . t h Oary. Several log to Lombardy, now remains ill j e ,%am r, petitions have been addressed "°k 1111c il • d • • • h l tter e ti le ai , , an it is believed t e a o of the Confederation. t T he ............____ sai ,Ngui j) , T, ?1-I,MANY. 44, 1 1) „- of She --Ittc e o f Q O t , k4 tll i _ Lie °h ate __ ~axe Coburg opened the coat l lra th,ust• i ii tb "_ers of Coburg and Gotha on ttra " followin " speech which he delivered BentNl „sotly to have g Passage : " I had desired (Tf at ri n - ii l , it i n ni3- power to announce b lit t- t h4 t,p k Y aguat':fliental law has obtained the 4 or , - tai 4 ll ,rPos e h oe .• . The negotiations opened t4 :i .. ,,, ttaill it 1 ratty ex not led to the result expected ; hti, t ion e b t hat obie(4rePs the hope that we shall ° fli takes that 'the, ..if the regularisation of the th zt dr 1 10 . 4!. Place with 11l of Gotha and Co tt the 4 7 but fo r that guarantee of the rights woat agony ah au b 'oat purpos e it is necessary -gki)ex.:4l,Lapirit !,,aPpreciated by my agnates 4 411 ut prejudice and that the 1!1 " Mill irle it with i mpartiality 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 ou which are engraved the words " Help comes from God." 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 him 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.--Map 18. (PROM 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 22d!year, whose child was about the same age as Prince 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. IMPORTANT FROM TURKEY. The non-official portion of the Moniteur 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 ote 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 1817 ; and lastly, his Higgness'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 de 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 consent 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 Redcliffe 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 th• 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 coachhouses 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 neighbour named 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 until 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 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The anniversary meeting of this society will take place on Monday, the 22d 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 s r ti m l snhcaei the enc e ne r Au E aranal . , c t rd iers l gec n isoo g sv7 l e e sor fi . yn e IdtTh, duringleße "Progress rp . e , trs hoi fdgeo president atshss willit s oy a af u t nr e .ee ox r T e gt s hr e ade a pe r hl c ii h vee e a anni versaryd dinner will be held at Willis's Rooms, at 7 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY dno R ot O on B t B aI E ie R y y u IN A GLASGOW BANK. ong Western na 'l ai3naanmkedin rdparyocefeodree Andrew Wallace, I l S a a c t e u , Miller street, Glasgow, to cash a check for 700/. for his em ployers, Messrs. D. and J. Macd ona ld, sewed-muslin manufacturers. The teller handed hi m the money, con sisting of four 1001 . notes, five 101. notes, andthere mainder in small notes. Wallace counted the large notes, amounting to 4501., and laid them aside 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., 450/., 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. erbtrb Übttiort MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TWO•YEAR-OLD STAKES. Wild Huntsman MANCHESTER CUP. Chief Justice.. 1 Sixteen ran. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 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 lender, Bart. ; A. Fountaine, Esq. ; Geo. Bentick, 2 Esq. • Captain Gorden ; Richard Franland, Esq. ; C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., the Vice-Commodore • R. Hoare, Esq. ; Lord Mulgrave ' • Twisden Hodges, Esq. ; the Rev. R. P. Hartopp ; and Sir Graham E. ilamond, 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 8 run out B. Parr, run out lO b Dean 0 _ _ _ _ Guy, b Wisden l2 b Martingell l7 G. Parr, b Sherman 4 b Dean 49 S. Parr, c Box, b Wisden .......... 0 c Sherman,b Wisden 25 R. C. Tinley, b Wisden...... ..... .. 5 b Dean 8 Brown, b Sherman 0 b Dean 0 Grundy, not out .............. ...... . 14 c Box, b Wisden 1 F. Tinley, b Wisden ......... ........ 0 not out l3 Nizon, b Sherman 1 b Wisden 6 Bickley, run out 4 c Box, b Dean 0 81, 1-b 4 63 Total ..129 ENGLAND. First Innings. Second Innings. W. Nicholson, Esq., b Clarke .... 20 b Bickley 5 Total Dean, run out 3 not out 0 J. Coesar, 1) Clarke Hunt, st Brown, b Clarke 0 b Bickley 6 Box, b Clarke Anderson, b F. Tinley 3O B. Bickley 1 W. Caffyn, b Clarke Wisdcn, hit wicket, b Clarke 0 b Clarke 3 Chatterton, b F. Tinley 2 b Bickley Martingell, not out l2 c Brown, b Bickley 8 Sherman, b Nixon -b w, b Bickley .... 0 14-1) 2, n-b 1 2 1-b 1 1 Total _ll7 Total 4B THE 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 60,000/., 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 for any particular apprehensions. Stocks had been reduced to a low point, owing to sales for the Paris market, where prices are much higher than at N . antes, but th e exportation to England from that sec ton of of the country was less extensive than usual. The Vienna letters give the details respecting the increase of the capital of the A us t r i an Bank. Each holder of an old share is to be entitl e d t o a new one of 800 florins, to be paid by a deposit of 10 per cent., and subsequent instalments spread over four months, interest at 4 per cent. being allowed for prepayment. From St. Peters burgh the dates are to the 10th of 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. RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng.Borit. & Eastu. Junct Binn,g. Wolverh. & Stour Valley„ 1 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Come Do £2O Brihtol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon._ Cork, Blackrock and Passage _ Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do 00.; B. and C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Di.l & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock (Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South• Eastern, Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cat. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,£lO Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O _ _ Londcru. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Itestrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Graranteed North Staffo dshire North Wes'ern ...... N. & S. Westrn. Juno Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock. Stir.) .vsby.k Hereford Shrewaby. bc Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves d 0... ...... Do Do. Oswestt y Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh.River Dun. Do. Stockton & Hartlepl.l Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. &,Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Nowetl. &Berri , . Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase' York & N. Midland.: 53 96 60 64 26 74: 36: 13i Closing Prices this day. 29 - 30 6 - 61 10 - 10 7 - 6(1 21 - 22 ( 3i - 102 - 104 70 - 70. 231 - 24, 214 - 22, ••• --- ••• 4 --•- 5 pull l 8 - 9 ". ." 4k -- 4f 13i -- 13 101 -- 11 73 - 74 64 - 66 73 - 74 ii 2. -- ii 88 - $9 54 - 56 133 -135 113 -- 114 1 90i -- 91 81 -- 94 -- 96 8 1 13i -- 14 p 794 -- 80 4 t -- 4 d, 3 -- 2i Al 161 -- 161 1 ••• ••• 9 1 9 6 1 2 p , 104 k —105 i 118 118: 24 —21 p p 90 — li 91 5 Aid 4 12 13 19 21 24 74i 75 42 - • 44 Business dome this day. I RAILWAYS. Lemin g Compass. Bedford and Louden & Bletehley .. N. West Birm. & °aid. guarantee Gt.Westn. Do. withoutgr Do Birm.Wolv. & Dadley gua.r. Do De.wthtguar. Do Buckghamsh . L. dr N.W Clydesdale Jc. Caledon E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Notrhn Glstr.&Dn.Fr Bt. Westn Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw. Yell & Selby Y.&N.Md . Do. Shares Do Do. Shares. Do ... . Lon. & Greenw S. Eastern Do. Preference De Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent...l Do. 6 per ct...' Manch.Baton and Matlock Miadlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Eastern 5p . c. De. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &Wyre Norfolk ,Do Ln.&N.W. & Midid. Stckton dt Darlingt., E. Count Do IDo . L. do A. W *La: Yk Do Do. Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts kSomrst Gt.Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do It.Wtstn. MINES, Closing Priors this day. 106 -108 54 - 56 150 - 152 33i - 34 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27a -28 a 14 -14 f 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 31 tii - 1681 65 - 67 151 - 153' 151 - 153 i id 33 -- 34 1051 -106 i Business this day. Ek d —21 i - 37 1 —14 a, - 21 I • ..' •• • - 71 - 6i 4 - 24 PREFERENCE SHIRES. 'Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. 43. Shares Caledonian £lO Cheater S G. Holyheadj I Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Banclonsap.c. Dundee, Perth, and - - Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. ( 70e.) 6 p. c. Do. (.£5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth. it Dund Glasgow k S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. 1., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Gt.S outhn. ig Westn. (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. s Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St I Do. Convertible, 5 p 1 c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. C London &S. Western, Con. Thirde........: Londonderry & Coler i Shares ............. Londndry. & Ennisk. iShares ............. Manch.,Shef.,&Lin., i Sha:rcs, No. 1...: Do., New, £lO ..... .. Do., £6 ....... ........ . Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent....... Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 percent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Wavoney Valley 5 per cent North British . North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls,6p. c. Do. (Shrewsbury & Birm, New Guaranteed Shrewsby. 4 Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &ICilk. 6p. et. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... FOR: Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Be sanon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension .....• Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref ...... Luxembourg ......... .. Do. (Railway) ......... ... Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cen).;. pref Lyons & Medterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams.Shs.] Norwegian Truk. Pre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbour! Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond ROllOll and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5:1 per c. Pref..; Western of France...j West. of Switzer ,New Zealand... ......' 92 - 96 i 106 - 10 8 1107 - 109 - *** , 1 ,1 1 :: 20Id 61 :: 61d 4! __ 1 11 , lf -- 2 p l --2 p 14 i t -- 15 18 -18 i 3-- 31 ... -t•-• xa 1311 -- 132 112 _l3 il 81 - 811 6 1 - 106 - 108 P - iP 153 - 1M 1154 - 157 34- 4p 10 - 11 13t --14ixd 8 -- 9 1 - 111 -but 150 - 152 f. - iP 115 - 117 25i -26 i 2f -- 2i p 10i -- llf 17f -18 i 15 -- 1 6 par -- P 261 -- 261 19 -- 2 0 . f fpar 104 -- 106 Si— 5B P [GN. 134 -- 14 3 34 1 d 5 5i 1 3 —1 p 2 —2 p 2 -2 2 par i P id P 7 — 7 O 41 4 1 —lt 1 li d 2 d 2 2i P 7i -- 8 36i -- 37 141 -- 141 8 -- 9 18 -- 8I 44 -- 1 4 5 P 45 -- 46 37i 5 1 -- 5iP 214 - 22 9 - 9i 6t sip 4i 5 11 11ii 103 70 i 691 70i 90} i 1 pm 79 80 791 10 i 9 i I 105 f .118 x new I new 21 x new 90 i 1 all Agua Fria 105 all Anglo Californian 1 p 1 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 1 p 1 all Australian Freehold.d par 1 i 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold p 14 20 13.5 British Iron 8 1 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .£5 pm.) 5 53 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 5 - - 6 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 21 —32 311 all Carson's Creek par— it' 40 all Cobre Copper 45 —46 i 1 Colonial Gold ll 2 p 14 Copiapo Bl 94 9 Si. all CopperMinersof Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll —ll d 31 1 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Great Nugget Vein l4 —2l p 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst ..... t d 1 all Liberty ar — # 1 all Loud. &Califom.Gold P Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 all Mariquita kd par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 74 81 1 all New Granada p 1 all Nouieau Monde i 2. 5 1 ' ort Philip p ) 1 all Quartz Rock 1 p 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 1 1 P 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 9/ 281 all United Mexican 5 51 5 1 all Waller •• •••• d 1 all West Granada ~.... id -- P 1 all Weise Mariposa par— p 1 1 1 all Yuba —d/ P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6 -- 87 86 7 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 —11 p 100 25 Colonial • -- •.. 100 20 Commercial of Lon . don n 10 English, Scottish,and Australian l4 lip 20 121 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 24 —31 p 30 20 London and County _ 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus- tralia and India d— par 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 53 54 531 25 5 Do. New • 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New • -- ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co ld— par 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 51 25 all Union of Australia 771 781 21 Do. New 50 10 Union of London — 184 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 76 78 77 20 8 Austrlaan. Pc itic.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail . 38A Brit. Americo. Land /2 75 69 71 70 3 100 324 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 34 33 74 81 4 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1— 14 31 20 1 Eastern Steam — ..• 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 71 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam • 50 all Peninsular bc Oriental) .:. 831 21 50 25 Do. Do. ••• ..• 100 60 Royal Mail Steant.. . 25 25 South Austral. Land 43 45 46 41 5 1 1 Bubmar . . Telegraph 1 5 2 Universal Emigrations and Colonisation 100 281 Tan Diemen's Land ' 19 20 191 194 i LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS 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., and pro ceeded for Southampton. PLYMOUTH, May 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ger mania, Havannah, for Hamburgh ; Mendota, do. May 19—The Sheraton Grange, from Bahia, has arrived here, having in tow the Harriet, from Bahia, which had been totally dismasted 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 Hamburgh ; Mnnna, New York, for London ; Her schen, d0.,.f0r Hamburgh. BRISTOL, May 18.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Acorn, Barbadoes. Sailed—Albert, New York. STOCKTON, May 18.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Ariadne, Sierra Leone. CARDIFF, May 18.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Earl of Harwood, Callao; Sarah, Courier, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, May 17.—Wind, E. Arrived—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 on 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. BARBADOEg, 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. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 19, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales . per Imperial Quarter. .• IWIEST. 'BARLEY. I SATO. I STE. I I SEAM. PEAS. 441 7d 31s 5d 18s 8d 29s 8d I 355 5d Us ad THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. , . WBELT. I BAUM. I OATS. I 3TB. I BEANS. I PEAS. 44s 7d 3ls 6d IBs 10d 29s 10d I 34s 10d 33s Od DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. J BARLEY. I OATS. I NM I DEANS. I TEA. Od ls Od Is Od is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 96,443 ; Barley, 13,893; Oats, 15,0 K; Rye, 71 ; Nem 4,2 - 0 ; Peas, 502 qtiartirs. HAY MARKETS. Surntrorm.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4l Os to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. CIIMI3ERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 17s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply moderately good, and tr ade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 315 s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 63 to 1114 s per load. Trade steady. ruled k s a no o b mt 0r very o 4 Dfirmp:MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL.—The general demand d ruled steady at this market, at very full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 48 4d per 8 1 bs, by the carcase. 4s 10d to 64 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 45 10d:; Pork, 38 Od to SOUTHALL, MAY 18.—The supply of each kind of stock here to-day was tolerably extensive, yet the demand ruled 0. to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Pork, steady. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; , MAY 18.—The trade at this market to-day and quotations had an upward tendency. Veal, 4s 10d to 4s 10d ; Pork, r 81bs, to sink the offal. Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 i6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s Oct to 6s 2d ; 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19e to 236 each, and anclrling calves, 20e to 246. p -15 21i 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'a 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 100 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 at 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 llb 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 Sibs. 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 for this spin. St. Michael is, comparatively with others, overweighted. Sanita and Lerrywheut, 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 Primmer I 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 51be penalty for winning the Chesterfield at Chester, has only sst llb to carry, 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 giro 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 (). 4 to 1 agst Catherine Hayes (t). WEDNESDAY'S RACES. CrrY Cur of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st ; four, 9st 61b ; 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, 6st 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 halt 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 PARK STAKES (Handicap) of 100 BOYS, 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 (S. Steggles) 1 Captain Delnie'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, lalheureuae, Corybantes, the Chase, Octavia, Lady Emily, Eliza, Don Quixote, Harry, Katty 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. ABISTOCATIC HANDICAP of 10 sovs. 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)! Mr. Reeve's Abdallah, 6 yrs, list 81b ...(Mr. Bevil') 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. SWEBPSTAKES 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 (May) 1 0 0 3 Mr. Wortley's b g by Idas—Avon, 4 yrs, (401.), 7st 21b (Crouch) 3 0 2 0 Mr. Treen's Clio, 2 yrs (100/.), sst 61b (Heywood) 0 2 3 0 Mr. Williams's St. Spiro, 2 yrs (80/.), 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 (40/.), 6st 61b (Oliver) 2 0 dr First heat-2 to 1 agst Eller, sto 2 agst Henrietta, 3to 1 agst Clio. Won by half a 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 weather w as a ll th a t cou ld b e desired, most of the racing exoellent, 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 Cineas. 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. MEIKLAM 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 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 .(Holmes) 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 ag,st Stiletto. Won by a length. Bright May was third. Barrel was w i nn ing, but ran out in the last 50 yards. UNION CUP of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a ' wa di_ 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 mil e an d a quarter. (69 subs.) Lord Derby's Longbow, by I t h uriel, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Harrison's King ,of T (Templeman) 1 rump s , 4 E r e (Cartwright) Bst u n 2 Lord Chesterfield' s c b The Emperor yrs, Est ................ ran; ..........(A 5 h ma 11) 3 The followin g also ..h-i-noor, Woolwich, Evadne, Candlewick, Agnesiicknfieerva,.ldChilton, Incense, Jack Leemin g , Gaffer Green,ii.. Minerva. Won by two lengths; head between second and third. PRODUCE STAKES. Augusta Georgey Eight ran. MAIDEN PLATE. .2 Florist Jaquenetta .................. 2 LATEST BETTING. DERBY. sto 2 agst West Australian. 7to 1 agst Honeywood. 25 to 1 agst Peggy. A disposition to back Umbriel. ASCOT ] WEIGHTS FOR THE ASCOT half. 'LEATH. STAKES.—Two miles and a Age. st.lb. Kingston 4 8 11 Mountain Deer 5 8 9 Songstress 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. lanthe 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 ...... 4 3 6 7 Hothorpe 5 6 6 Lord Fauconberg 3 6 6 Lord-Lieutenant 3 6 6 *Tavistockl 3 6 5 Ammonia 4 6 5 Hirsute 4 6 5 Follow-me-Lads 5 6 4 Sir John Barley corn 4 6 4 Erycthon 3 6 4 Sextus ...y 3 6 3 King of Tr 4 6 3 Nervous 3 6 2 King Pepin 4 6 2 Don Quixote 3 6 2 Waterfall 5 6 2 Nonsuch (h b) 46 1 Octavia ....4 6 1 Miss Tennyson ...... 3 6 0 Mary Aislabie . 3 6 0 Break o' Day 80y..3 5 12 Crassus (late Da- son . 4 8 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 Lamartine ......... 5 7 11 Black Doctor 5 7 10, Nutshell 6 7 10 Caurire ..... .. a 7 10 Russborough 6 7 9 Elcot ..... . .. 4 7 9 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 Gariorth 6 7 7 Skaravogue 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 7 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 6 13 cony 3 5 12 Master Norton 3 512 Colt by Cother- stone, out of Lu- cy Banks ~35 12 Rackapelt 3 5 12 Toosey 3 5 12 Ireland's Eye 3 5 11 Lina 3 5 10 Nutpecker 3 5 10 I *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 ially ordered to remain in. NEWCASTLE-1 ACCEPTANCES 70A THE N UPON-TYNE. ORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Age st lb Kingston Goldfinder 5 8 1 Songstress 4 7 12 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 Cols terd ale 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 accel has been raised to that, and Ago Pt 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 th esmon 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 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 ding being under Bst 71b, it the others in proportion. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of days' racing. MAY.. Manchester (3) 18 1 Epsom (4) 24 JUNE. Newton (3) 2 Bibury (1) 42 Ascot (4) 7 Stockbridge (1) E 2 Hampton (2) 15 Winchester (1) 28 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2)...15 Newcastle (3) i .26 JULY. Newmarket (3) 5 Stamford (2) 19 Worcester (2) 5 Nottingham (2) 21 Carlisle (3) 5 Goodwood (4) 26 Liverpool (3) 13 SEPTEMBER. Warwick (2) 6 Pontefract (2) 8 Doncaster (4) l3 Bedford (2) 20 Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Northallerton (2) 29 Brighton (2) v g Brighton Club (1) 5 Wolverhampton (3) 8 North Staffordshire (2) Yarmouth (2) 9 Reading (2) lO York (3) 17 Radcliffe (3) 22 Egham (2) 23 Derby (2) 24 Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 30 IBER. OCTO . Chester Autumn (2) 4 Newmarket S. 0. (5) 10 Richmond (2) 19 Newmarket H. (6) 2 IBER. NOVE Worcester (2) 1 Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Warwick Autumn (2) 1 6 Shrewsbury (2) 23 Aberystwith (3).. Last week 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 : FIRST CLASS. Name. Tons. A1batr055........ 7 Red. Flag. Britannia 7 White, with red cross. Julia 7 Light blue. llndine 7 White, with red and blue triangle. SECOND CLASS. Id2,s 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 each 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 paco 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 t h e Th ames . Without reference to her kecelalslihoipfteinfigftaht. pleasure, she showed herself infinitely superior to her b s o ' f ov a a l l e n d G h i ronautvrhe this in working down. At Woolwich the Britannia The was Juliasecond, shortly ya t hlvde afterwardsa sd being third,at mt the o hree fitJphauagal flag-boat, p n assed da f got the uhj r aeu l draa a eP°n d d v si a ' t n ito e hil e e tTh o : f u the Julia, and the latter 19 minutesnets u i dr nbefore t the Idas. Of the third class, the Calliope p t to the e eo r in front, and in this order theyrun u as follows : m. S. The Truant ........................ 6 13 Julia 10 ......................... .... 6 35 25 Idas ................................. 6 55 26 Shortly aft erwar d s the Britannia, and the Calliope and Albatross together at half-past 7. The prizes were duly presented, with appropriate speeches, by the Commodore. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A number of 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. UST. AUG 'fi g :; o o _ [erl9 0 So il rb°' ,cet' er e to 0 8" 0 4 ori cl‘ ee clo° 00 ' o f p ec i tOe 25 25 St. 50 50 25 100 St. 50 St. 16 16 20 20 10 St. 12] St. 22 St. St. 50 184 100 ,100 ' all all all 8; all 100 all all 11i 100 100 100 100 100 all all 6 all 100 all ' 100 all 100 5 100 all all all 8:i 100 100 10 25 16 10 all 10 8 all 10 20 10 20 55' 36 ...d 15i 10 34 011 Par 49; i 13j i 7i I 74 3 89 8 , 1 56 30 i 74i i 53 4 LOS 9 all 100 all 100 ni 100 100 186 9i all f 1064 150 i