The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-07 00:00:00

EPSOM RACES. Laseelles Ephesus. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRICTELEGR-4PH.) EPSOM TRIAL STAKES. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP, Dead heat between Ethelbert and Pancake. Twenty-five ran. 401 " AL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.-DEPUTA TION TO LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday afternoon a deputation, consisting of the President, fello ws , an d mem b ers o f t h e R oya l C o ll ege o f Physicians, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at the Home Office, for the purpose of entreating his lordship to take such immediate steps as might appear necessary to ob tain a new charter for the college: Dr. Pains, the president, stated to his lordship that the college, the medical prefession, and the public gene rally, suffered severely from the present state of affairs, and the evils of which they had to complain would be seriously a ggravated unless measures were at once taken to place the college upon a better footing. Great incon venience was at present felt with regard to licences which were granted upon different conditions to persons prac tising in London and others practising in the country— a circumstance which created much unpleasant feeling, 'randhe body was othe rw i se productive of bad consequences. ' over which he (Dr. Paris) presided earnestly en treated his lordship to do what he could in removing the difficulties of which they complained, and in bring ing about some practical improvement. h i l3r . P. IlawKnis, the regis t rar o f the college, read to s lord s hi p a statement which had been prepared for the Purpose of presentation. It informed his lordship that the Principal points of differ' ence between the present charter a vir sd a new charter which the members of the deputation were desirous of obtaining, were as follows :—The present charter_ gave to the college the exclusive power of ex ,fluning and licensing physicians in London. A similar V a : W er ail to physicians in the country was given by the eoll'eaflienrY VIII., confirming the charter, not to the college but to a body chosen out of the college. Hence aryndfsmonasnli,l.nsed for one district were not . so for another, ,Y uissensions and much inconvenience had arisen from this distinction. The new charter to which they now asked his lordshiP'B acquiescence would extend the liatioedn*agiepower of the college to the whole of England that of ths'e and would V ya l i I C I do nehgo-engoef the title of the college to England, a similar change having been of recently sie m ia a n d g eby charter in thee title of the Royal College of Surgeons. The new arter would provide for the admission into the college on terms universally considered extremely liberal, of :21,1Y physicians now Practising throughout the country m easur e the licence of the college, and by whom such a Zd.ttre as this had for many years been ardently de bater, ,The new charter made certain changes in the .41 constitution of the college ; in particular, it sl`4linerred to the college at large the power of choosing epresident, Which was given by the old charter to a I t et b °dY, called the " Elects," who were self-elected. fellgoave to the college the power of expelling any future hein N o v u or member who should be convicted of certain offences ; also that of conferring the title of Doctor B , of Medicine on persons who, being past the age '*o years, were f oun d worthy, from their general at fain l) and long , experience in the practice of medi cine) to be licensed'as physicians. Under other circum stances the college was to be empowered to licensethose "lY who should have graduated at some university. The Oature of the enactments thus proposed, and the reasons for them, had been explained more fully in a memorial t w _h r i i ch the president ofthe college had already had the uo ou r of submitting to Lord Palmerston. By referring lalso to the preamble of the draft charter sent with that e i norial, hi s l or d s hi p would perceive that the Act of Zl l !? VIII., confirming the p resen t c h ar t er, must b e effect thevar'iall repal, and a new but short act passed t o proposed alterations. Dr. 13 unuowa begged leave to impres s upon hi s lord auiP one fact, which had not been adverted to in the statement just read by the registrar. They had laid certAin suggestions befor e hi s lordship, the result o f much deliberation ; and they could a ssure hi m t h at no opposition to their adoption was to be anticipated from any quarter. It was the general wish of the profession that the college should be remodelled, and be made so effi cient as to enable it to meet the altered requirements o f the ti mes. S o f ar f rom an y objection being made to the Propos e d refo r ms, the greatest anxiety prevailed that the y should be. speedily carried out, and the members of t he college had actually been twitted with insincerity in n ot having impressed the matter on the Government at au earlier opportunity. He believed that it would be for the benefit of the profession generally if his lordship woul d take it into his favourable consideration. r. TO DD reminded his lordship that a deputation Med i al o n him some time since from the Provincial, ma the' a nd Surgical Association, and repesented to f tho se eeling of the country upon measures similar to stated th at to him, and he thought it was then charter at 11°re a bill wou ld be introduced giving a new D to the tollsge. Pree e d thought that some such measure might professeioaninore general measure for the regulation of the Lo r d p* tent. nialEnsToN said he had listened with great at him, lon to the representations which had been made to s hould The subject one of great importance, and it 'mould have his beslvasconsideration. The deputation then withdrew. DECIMAL COINAGE. that ..,- regard to the question of decimal coinage, it ap pearseur t a motion is about to be made, with ie con- Lune li on eof the Government, for a committee o f the 8 e of C ommons to exam i ne and report upon its ex techencY• The following letter refers to the general earings of the subject : " London, March 31, 1853. rejoice to see that you have begun to use your Powerful pen in the cause of the reform of our system of 41 0ney, weights, and measures • and I trust that you w ill not cea se your advocacy of the ilecimal system until we are Placed at least on a level with, in this particular, the more bcientific Chinese. your article t tie e le sof complete p 3 l O e t te h March, is , iscoacialmage, a admirably Youshowed in adaptedfora h decimal system ; and by the means • the public would be more easilyinstru a ct a ed de i a n im t a h l e co i nage system of decimal acco un ts an d calculation way than in any other that I c an i mag i ne . If the dec imal coins pound and nsproposed, marked in with their values, b o th i n re l a ti on to h re lation t o th e i n t eger, were on ce i n their all eir difficulties hands,and in the theold coins below th e sixpence tak en u "It appears to me that the drawal of the halfcrowns, and a corresponding thiseswueithef florins. " The next step should be the calling in of e t v h a e l ' u o e ld un s d ix er - Ponces, and the issue or new coins of.thesam another name. The name of ' tester' one as any yet proposed, v.rd is, moirve varier ch at nges of already has, and has borne, under its would r a n baas e g h a e ad co a i n n value, ever since the time of Henry VIII. On one side the coin should bear in plain legible words, ' Forty to Pound ;' on the other, TwenLy-five doits.' Doit a is ee a n d a e m h e i *which. has been suggested for the integer, an d .t good a pro- English name it would be. ' Not worth a doi ' verb current enough among us. This coin, of the is value of al-Tpenee, exchangeable against six old pennies, could . cer tainly create no great confusion, as it would be evide e n n t,. upon the face of it, that there were 40 to the pound, _c _. Becluently two to the shilling, and that it was worth 25 dolts the smallest of the new coins soon after to be intro duced. In six or t we've months after, when the doit cr,nae out, its value won', be already well known. The tester would therefore be a common measure for the value both of the old and the new coins, 6 pennies , or 25 doits. " There should, I conceive, be the ' following scale of Coins below the ' tester,' having relation to the florin— Silver. 10 doits 810 to the florin. Copp er. 3 331 20 „ ", { 2 ' 50 „ 1 ',), 100 " " There seems at first an ob'ection to tlepiece of 3-doits; but it would be a most usef 1 3 coin single dolt would circulate-line:4'; erasevitenissneomt ulickhe,lyasththaet present farthing , and w ith the piece of doits the single do it would hardly e e 1) as to pay a debt of that amount a 3-doi't rpieecerewlniourledebe given, and a 2-dolt received in exchange. " Two 2-dolt pieces woulb e ast' a debt of other combinations would easa 4 dolts, and all y made. "The expense of the change could not be gre a t , for this reason : most of the copper coin now in diation was ras e under a regulation as to the weight of the pieces, ciitferent from that under which the Mint t now coin Pence. " If a f fair or ta kemixture of copper coin of all sorts be 'I , i will be found that they are heav ier on the aver . age by 3 per cent. at least than the pence issued under the present regulations. Under the present regulations, a pound weight of copper (avoirdupois) is coined into 24 pence, so tha a t vo lo_ nce, or 11. in copper, would weigh 10 pounds ;dB. ' weepd penny piece with the rim round it weighs, or did , loz. avoirdupois, and these still form wiargo Part of the copper circulation. "It is not likely that there can be much more than _ a ninon sterlin g of ncopper in circulation, considering t he _ eat lose there must be o f copper coins by ' the public, and e no at unt coined sin ce 17 97 . , " m 1797 ined to 1 807, inclusive, the was ' amount co From 180 7 ther e was no coinage of £818,447 6 9 to c opper until 1816 , and from that time 185'2 there was coined 255,360 0 0 21,073,807 6 0 there would %Posing there were a million sterling in f circulat r io o n r , be 10,360,091 b , avoirdupois, o coppe , ,0001 b. more than would . be required to replace the SuPposing further, that the 300,0001 b. of copper in -z ee% were coined under the existing regulations as to value, there would be a gain of 30,0001. to go against the expense of the new operation. ruce" The new coins might bo exchanged against the old , and fotuTenny and threepenny pieces in all towns, y the stamp distributor, or by the postmaAer, in parcels of 1/. ea c h , rest. and the bankers and shopkeepers would do the 13der present system of money, weights, and measures , 4 ClagraCe to us as a mercantile and civilised nation, and it tr nst that you will continue your adv ocacy o f a c h ange to 'lto decimal sy s t em. Ido believe that n o pl an i n it ia t ory o f a Change could be devised better than that of a decimal menage_,cc' which is ready to our hands.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. MILLER." AILWAY TRAFFIC' RETURNS. TH R GREAT NORTHERN R AILWAY. ffic return t h° "Teoi endi ng M arch 27, 1853 (283 inilTr a eß) 1;13,526 9 6 for r 0 Week reek last_ yeAr (414 miles) 11,317 13 , 1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY' EVENING, APRIL 7, 1853. • P' , 11 1 ttto n EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YEAII-OLD STAKES. Village Lass Mouser Ten ran. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES Gadabout Richmond Twenty-one ran. A good race. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The power which the Constitution gives of alter ing the duties paid on all produce imported into France has greatly alarmed the manufacturers of the north of France, where an impression prevails that Louis Napoleon contemplates a modification of the present tariff on cotton. The manufacturers of Rouen, Lille, Roubaix, and Mulhausen are in great alarm, and an association of the principal manufacturers of the north has been formed under the auspices of M. Henri Barbier, for the purpose of preventing the Government from carrying the proposed modifications into execution. The committee on the bill relating to the sending of private messages by the electric telegraph has nominated N. Gamier its president, and Baron de Veauce its secretary; and that on the bill concern ing the railways from Bordeaux to Bayonne, and from Narbonne to Perpignan, has appointed Count de Tauriac its president, and. M. O'Quin its secre tary. The accounts from Martinique and Guadaloupe, received by the last West India Mail, come down to the 13th ult. At that time the sanitary state of those colonies had become satisfactory. The Jour nal Offieiel of Martinique publishes an account of the commercial produce and of the revenues of the colony from 1848 to the Ist of January, 1853. The production of sugar, in 1848, was 18 millions of kilogrammes ; in 1849, 19 millions ' - in 1850, 15 millions ; in 1851, 23 millions ; and in 1852, 26 millions. The amount of the value of imports and exports also shows a material increase. The re ceipts of all kinds were successively in 1848,. 1,546,000 f. ; 1849, 1,808,000 f. ; 1850, 2,233,000 f.; 1851, 2,559,000 f. ; and. in 1852, 2,637,000 f. The commerce and production at Guadaloupe have not progressed so well as at Martinique. The Journal Offixiel expresses a hope that the mother-country, encouraged by the success already obtained, will with confidence lend to the colony the necessary capital for the immigration of coolies. The Count de Pont4coulant, ex-senator and . ex peer of France, died two days ago, after a short illness, in his 88th year. The Toulon fleet was, on the 26th ult., off Cag liari, in the island of Sardinia. It is probably by this time in the Archipelago. In speaking of the affairs of the East, the Assem bles .Nationale says that, although no political man in Europe believes that the mission of Prince Men schikoff will lead to war, yet it must not be sup posed that the mission is near its end. Russia (it says) is in no hurry, because she knows that Turkey will yield every point at last, and " the Ottoman Empire will then return to its repose until the mo ment of the supreme catastrophe." In other words, the fruit is not yet ripe, but the Czar is ready to pluck it the moment it arrives at maturity. A telegraphic dispatch brings satisfactory news from Constantinople of the 28th of March. Mens chikoff had presented a project of convention, which was favourably received. The Russian army had received orders to retroo-rade. The firman relativ e t o th e establishment e of the new bank had bee n published, and a Turkish functionary had left for Paris with a mission relative fleet to the ias in demnity on the loan. The English seen near Spienza, while the F renc h squadron had been v in sight near Cape Metapan. The number of municipal councilors who, in various portions of the empire, have refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor, increases every post. M. Linand Bey, a distinguished French engineer in the service of .the Viceroy of Egypt, has been charged with the execution of the plans for the levelling of the Isthmus of Suez. The difference of level of the two seas is not ten yards, as formerly supposed, but only one. The Emperor has given a medal of honour to Lieutenant Charles Pearson, of her Majesty's Navy, as a reward for the courageous assistance which Mr. Pearson gave on the 17th of December last to a wrecked French vessel. The Marquis Ricci, the Legate from the Apos tolic See, who arrived in Paris on Sunday last, brought a cardinal's hat, which the Emperor is, on Sunday next, to bestow on the Archbishop of Tou louse. The ceremony will take place in the Chapel of the Tuileries. On the 26th ult. the French squadron was off Cagliari. In the Moniteur is a decree of the Emperor or dering that a proposition to grant pensions of 12,000 f. a year for life to the widows of Marshals Excelmans and Oudinot, be laid before the Senate. The Bourse yesterday was characterised by a ge neral dullness in Rentes and Bank Stock, though a degree of firmness in the prices was evinced towards the close of business. No change took place on the previous day's quotations for the Four-and-a- Half per Cents., either for cash or the account ; however, the Three per Cents. for money and the end of the month experienced an improvement, the former advancing 10c., and the latter 20c. on Tues day's closing prices. Bank. Stock has further im proved to the extent of sf. At the closing of the Bourse the following were the quotations :—Three per Cents., cash, 791. 30c. ; for the account, 79f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., both for cash and the account, 103 f. Bank Stock, 2,700 f. The market for railway shares was heavy, and only a limited amount of business was transacted, with but little variation from the prices of the pre vious day. At the close, however, a better feeling prevailed. Paris and Lyons shares were in demand, at an advance of Bf. on the concluding price of yes ' terday ; in the shares of the other lines a decrease of from if. to sf. took place. At the conclusion of business the prices stood thus :--Northern, 8941. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,034 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 836 f. 50c. • Paris and Lyons, 945 f.. 50c; Paris and Rouen, 1,040 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 805 f. SPAIN. The Senate has decided that there was no occa sion to deliberate on the representation of Marshal Narvaez. This decision was come to by a majority of eight votes. The following are the prices of stocks :—Three per. Cents., 43 13-16 ; ditto Deferred, 24 9-16; Re deemable Debt, first class, 11 ; ditto second class, sf. Coupon Certificates have fallen to 5i sellers. Exchange on London, 51 10. SWITZERLAND. A coalition of the Southern German States, for the purpose of establishing a blockade against Switzerland, is seriously thought of. An Austrian patrol crossed the frontier into Switzerland by mistake, and at night. The patrol was arrested by the authorities, but almost imme diately afterwards the Austrians were allowed to return into Lombardy. The Ticino Gazette has thefollowing from Lugano of the Ist : " In order to prevent any exaggeration, we think right to announce that last night the small Austrian detach ment of Osteno, consisting of two soldiers, two of the frontier guard, and a chief of a fort, were arrested on the territory of Ticino, near the frontier of Gandria, on the lake of Lugano. After it was ascertained that the violation of territory had accidentally taken place, from ignorance o a r t i anc i e of the true frontier line, the detachment was s betty. The arrest was effected by the federal guard of the frontier." AUSTRIA. The Austrian Government had rejected the de mands of the Piedmontese Government. The personal property of General Haynau amounts to only 5,000,000 florins, instead of 2,000,000 as originally stated, which has been set tled on his daughter for life. In Istria and ' Dalmatia the pr o d uc ti on o f mar i ne salt has been restricted to a fixed 'quantity by the Austrian monopoly. All above 'the prescribed amount is thrown into the sea. This extreme measure is causing the vessels to leave the port of Trieste in ballast. TURKEY• Nearly the whole of the first page of the _Mats of yesterday is filled with an article on the Eastern question, but it is chiefly a notice of the view taken of it by the German journals. We extract, there fore, only the concluding portion, in which the Debats expresses its opinion respecting the jealousy of France that has been displayed on this ques tion : "The mot d'ordre is now given in Germany as in Eng land. What has brought about the Oriental com plication is not the mission of the Count de Lein ingen or that of Prince Menschikoff ; it is the protectorate of the Catholics claimed by France at Jerusalem. We must be permitted on this subject to remark that every time the Eastern question is renewed, Europe appears always to arrange, matters in such a manner that it is a, French question which is said to spoil all, and which prevents Europe from energeti cally protecting the independence of the East. In 1839 the victories of Ibrahim Pacha threatened Constanti nople. The European Powers interfered to prevent the fall of Sultan Mahmoud. But suddenly a French ques tion appeared through the Eastern one. The object was no longer to prevent the preponderance of Egypt in the Ottoman Empire, but that of France in Egypt. The pretended ambition of France, and her moral aggrandise ment, became the object of all the jealousies and of all the resistance of Europe. It was not the Ottoman Em pire which was saved, as the result has too clearly shown ; it was France which was checked. Such was the solution of the Eastern question in 1840 ; such was the manner in which the interest of Europe against France was substituted for that of Europe in favour of the Ottoman Empire. In 1840, Europe, instead of endeavouring to bring the dying to life, preferred leavir.g him in his agonies, and endeavoured to destroy or weaken one of his heirs in order to render the succession more advantageous to the survivors. In 1853, we have not for some time seen how it would be possible to substitute a French question in place of the Ottoman one. France, for instance, did not appear to take fire for the Montenegrins, as she did in 1840 for Egypt. She has scarcely had time since 1848 to think of the East, and she has cared little about it. When then can the hand of France be found in the affairs of the East ? How can it be shown that it is France that has again lighted up the Eastern question ; that it has caused the perils of Constantinople ; that it is against France' and against her preponderance in the East that it is necessary to take precautions ; that there is, in short, in 1853 as in 1840, a French question whiuh-predominates over the Ottoman one ? The thing wias difficult to be done, but it was accomplished. It• is now agreed in Europe that the question is not of Constantinople, but of Jerusalem ? What do you say of Prince Menschikoff, who caused the dismissal of a Turkish Minister by not going to see him ; of the fleet of Sebastopol ; of the Russian armies on the banks of the Black Sea ; of the protectorate claimed and exercised by Russia over eleven millions of Ottoman subjects ? You hear nothing of it. The question is of the key of the Holy Sepulchre and of the chapel of Bethlehem. That is the principal affair. To send an English fleet under pretence of protecting Constantinople, but in reality to deliver into the hands of France the keys of the Holy Sepulchre, is a piece of dupery of which Protestant England is not capable. Let us, in the first place, prevent France from triumphing at Jerusalem, as we prevented her in 1840 from triumphing at Alexandria. Constantinople may afterwards become what she may. This is how the question of the Holy Places has been skilfully substi tuted for the Ottoman question, and France left alone in 1853 as too Catholic, in the same way as in 1840 as too Egyptian. To reduce France to a state of 'isolation ap pears in Europe a question of more importance than to guarantee the independence of Constantinople ; and that, in our opinion, is the greatest danger for Constanti nople." PRUSSIA. The police have, it is affirmed, been successful in seizing the principal person or persons implicated in the insane project of a republican outbreak at this place. The individual most seriously compro mised is said to be Dr. Frankenthal, arrested in his apartments at Moabit. Lists of names and divers correspondence and papers were discovered in his rooms, concealed within the lining of an arm chair. This personage possesses some little pro perty, and has considerable practice in his neigh - - bourhood. He is an admirer of antiquities, and has a small collection, which enabled him to con vey—so it is asserted—arms and ammunition into his house without awakening suspicion. He and all other individuals arrested, with the exception of Messrs. Behrends and Streckfuss, liberated under surveillance, remain au secret. There is every reason to believe that the police are in possession of written, and perhaps of more direct evidence, which proves incontestibly the criminal and sense less intentions of these enemies to all true liberty, and their connection with other desperadoes in distant parts within and without the monarchy. There is but one opinion here among rational men, that the vigilance of the police has saved Berlin and other towns from the bursting forth of one of thuse explosions, which, after causing much blood shed, terror, and confusion, would have merely led to a recrudescence of police and exceptional severi ties, to an abridgment of liberties, and to the thou-. sand annoyances attendant upon a state of siege. It is said that an Englishman, with an Austrian passport, is among the persons arrested. It appears that M. de Hinckledy, president of police, whose vigilance in tracing murderers, as recently proved, is equal to his skill in frustrating intended political crime, declines to accept the functions of director-general, or superintendent of the whole police of the monarchy, which an illus trious person is desirous that he should assume. Sundry motives are assigned for this. Among the most conclusive is that such most responsible func tions cannot be undertaken by a subordinate, that is, by any one liable to the immediate control of this or that Minister ; or, in other words, if the ge neral police power be vested in one hand, the power must be independent, and tantamount to that of any other Minister who has uncontrolled sway over his department, subject, of course, in certain cases, to the assent of the whole Cabinet and Crown. It is generally asserted that the so-called Minis terial crisis was not yet determined, and that the whole Cabinet had declared that if the Minister- President retired, all would follow his example. But we have had such repeated instances of these Ministerial crisis, that little doubt exists of matters being satisfactorily arranged. Indeed, were it not for the no:ossity of chronicling passing events, it would be superfluous to mention the subject. The definitive convention for the renewal and ex tension of the Zollverein was signed last evening, by the whole of the plenipotentiaries. The ratifi cations are to be exchanged and completed within a short period. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrived at Southampton yesterday, bringing the Southamp ton portion of the East India, China, and Mediter ranean mails, and dates from Alexandria, March 23 ; Malta, 27 ; Gibraltar, April 1. The Indus has 108 passengers, among whom are —Lord and Lady Morton, from Malta ; Colonel White, from Calcutta ; Captain Valpy Turner and Captain Griffin, from Calcutta • Colonel Moore, from Alexandria, &c. • This steamer brings on . freight-3 boxes of gold dust, 53 boxes of oranges, 34 packages of elephants' teeth, 3 boxes of tortoise shell, 443 bales and 31 cases of 'silks, 183 bags of gum, 3 cases of indigo, 66 cases of shawls, 282 bales of cotton, 20 cases of plants, and 65 packages of sundries. The Indus left Malta at 1 p.m. on 27th ult. ; on the following morning, at 2, she fell in with the Fleet off Pantalaria, consisting of 7 line-of-battle ships and 2 frigates. It was thought on board the Indus that this fleet was bound to Malta, to join the British squadron there, consisting of the Bri tannia (flag-ship) ' 120, Albion, 90, Rodney, 90 , Bellerophon 78, Arethusa, 50, Modeste, 18 , and steamers Retribution, Sampson, Spitfire, and Triton. At the time the Indus spoke the French fleet, it was blowing a heavy gale at N.W. with a long high sea. Discharges of rockets were made from the vessels on the outposts, and the screw line-of-battle ship Napoleon led ie fleet. The French war steamer Caire left Alexandria on the 23d, and reached Malta on the 27th ult. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine left Malta with the Marseilles mail at 10.30 a.m. of the 27th. The Indus spoke the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ripon, with the out ward India mail of the 20th ult., off Cape Bon, on the 28th of March, at 5.30 p.m., steering for Malta. The intelligence brought by this steamer from India, China, &c., has been anticipated by the overland express, published in The Sun on Satur day last. From Gibraltar our accounts are to the Ist inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's chartered steamer City of London, bound to the Levant, arrived at Gibraltar at 10.30 a.m. of the Ist inst. The Ripon, 4/ days from Southampton, touched at Gibraltar on the 25th ult., en route to Malta and Alexandria. Her Majesty's steam-ship Simoom left Gibraltar on the 24th ult. The British schooner Emerald put into Gibraltar on the 29th ult., with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been' run foul of off Cape Spartel by a Danish sc h oo ner from Messina, bound to Hamburgh. The United. States' frigate Constitution, Commodore J. Mayo, left Gibraltar for the Me diterranean on the 2fltli,,ult. The English transport-ship Flora, with troops. on board, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on the. 27th ult. The transport-ship Sibella left the bay on the 30th. The screw steamer Orontes,' 6 days from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 31st ult.,, and cleared for Palermo, Messina, and Alexandria. Her Majesty's steamers Furious, Antelope, and Inflexible w-erg at Gibraltar on the Ist. At Gibraltar, exchange on London, at 90 days', was quoted 51 ; Paris, sf. 31c. ; Spanish pillared dollars, 21 per cent. premium. St. 16 St. St. 121 121 25 GENERAL SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OP THE WORKING GLASSES.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, patron of the above society, has undertake n t o l ay th e first stone of the new building, for the above objects (being the first of the society's series of intended operations for the erection of model dwellings for the working classes and their families). The present site purchased by the committee is between New-street, Hopkins-street, Husband-street, and Cock court, adjoining Broad-street, Golden-square, 'St. James's. This locality was formerly covered with wretched and dilapidated houses, forming one of the most filthy abodes of vice and pauperism in the metro polis. The ceremony of laying the first stone will take place on Tuesday next, TUB SHARE' MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ..... Ambg. Noting. Bost & Eastn. Junc Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter (Caledonian.... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., d 0... Do., B. & C. : . ....... . East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunde Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 1 Great Western.. liieleSouth-Ea.sters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths . ...... Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwall bond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright &S. Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.Sh ..M&8... C London & S. Westei Do Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. .11anch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Mau. &Lin. Un. Aidland ....... o. Birming.& Derby idland G. West . (Ir.) Do. Shares .........• Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension: Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillem Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k......... ...... . Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2....... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Virolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union.... South Dev0n.......... South Eastern ........• South Wales S. Yorksli. River Dun Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford ..... .. York Newell. dr Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York dr N. Midland.. Closing Prices this day., 29i - 31 61 - I 9 - 101 7i-611 1 21 22 34 2i d 103 105 651 —6slxd 22. 23 18 19 , - 211) 8 - 9 51 -- 54 3i 4 13i -13 a 10 -- 11 7i - 8 73 - 75 55 - 57 74 - - 76 32 -- 34 62 -- 64 83 84 48 -- 50 123 - 125 108 -- 109 93 --. 93a 61-- 74 92 -- 94 13 -- 13Ap 741 -- 781 41 -44 d 3' -- 3 d 16 -- 16; 9 At -77 21 p ro4 -- 165 1211 -1 21 i 2' -- 31 p 1# -- 91i 5 d 4. -- 8 d 10i -- 11 19 -- 21 30 -- 31 3 -- 3d 76 -- 741 1 43 -- 45 51 53 31 —3; 3i 3 d 31 3 L• Si 9i 53 55 d 35 -- 86 11. id ii - 3 1 1(1 1 8 - N 2i - 3 P 54 - 54 98 - 100 1 41 - 63 65 - 67 73 dis; 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 St -- 3 d 21 -- 22 77 -- 774 37 -- 39 12i -- 13 4 41 19 -- 21 3 3j; 144 -- 9 -- 9 29 -- 31 9/ -- 9i I d p, 69i 7o d i 7 7 2A 4 2id 60 —61 a, PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 5} per cent... Cork&Bandon 53 p.c. IDundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA nglian (.f 310 s) 6 per cent Do. (1,5) 7 portent , Do. (.£:7l7x) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, tip. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts i Edinb. Pith. &Dundet 5i per cent.. .... Glasgow & S. Western' guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. P. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighto❑ Guaranteed 5 p. C... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds. Londonderry& Coler. Shares bondy. & Ennis i , Sh I Manch. ,Shof. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, £lO Do., £6 ...... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4.3 per cent Mid.Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4,i per cont. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester (St Wolvcrh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chostei (Nor.W.Min),S p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of Os.6d. &Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 plc.Pref. Do York& N. Midland 11 & S. Purch .OG - 108 .o 4 106, 19 - 20 d- A 6 - 3g - 3,3 34 - 44 - IAI , -2 p - p 142 - 15 181 - 19 - ••• "• X 27 -129 11. - 113 88 - 8i 6i .06 108 d p L5l 153 , xd zd .50 - 153 B,}-3 10 - 11 13i - 133 8 - 9 101 - 114 , pi 149 —lslxd 1 i P 22 —23 5 61 1 2 108 110 25 26 4 3 • —11 i 171 181 lip 14 -15 par I 1) 251 26 191 —. 2oi id - 1, Pr 101 1 03 I p - Amtwerp&Rotterdara BelgianEastu. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Be langon. • Dutch RI enish ....... East Indian . • Do. Extension ... • Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada 5hare5............ . .... Lucca & Pistoja sp. c• pref.... .. .. •• • Luxembourg :...... Do. (Railway) ......... DO. .............. Do. (Cana1)............ Do. 6 p. et. pref..— Lyons & Mediterran. Nladras ... . .. . ...... : Namur & Liege (with interest) ....... ... Do. (ca interest): Northern of France DirV2ol: '3 p. e, (fmy. B. &A.m.d.'Sks.) NorwegianPrunkPr ef Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond [touen and Havre Sambre and Alonso Do. 5,3 p. et. prof... Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. N. per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Zea1and........... ••• ••• id 1 is 14 1 154 2 24 p 24 -- 2 dis 54-6 p igp 2 2gp 16 2 p I r 7i 8 4i 14 I}—'2 par p 9 —ll p 2 23p' - 8 5 - 6 361 ~39A 14 - 15 8 - 18 -184 p 42, -43 A 414 - 33g - 33 44 - 5p -20 - 2 1 9i - q. P 4 -- 51 p 9i -- 1041:1 ad Od 1 -- id Bas'ness done this day. 29i 30 I I A. .;„ I EASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ..AILWATO. Leasing Compani. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. Bedford and Bletohley 'Birm.& Oxfd guarantee Do. withoutgi Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc, E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.d: Dn. Fr Eirtlpl. Dk. St, Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr: 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Ifauch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbre' & Redcar Ifidld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastenisp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedsp c Prest. & Wyre Do. 4 shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St Shef. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do I Wilts&Somrstl London & N. West. IGt.Westn Do - ... Do Do Caledon ... "-. ... 105 - 107 53 - 54 Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do 3. Eastern Do 152 - 154 324 - 334 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -- 28' 131 -- 141 25A --26ixd 191 -- 191 26 -- 27 Norfolk Do Lk N. W. & Midi& Stektou Darlint. 2i - 3i 1105 - 107 E. Count Do Do 64 - 66 L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do IGtNorthnl Do 1 149 - 151 1119 - 151 Lancash & Yorksh. M. MCloan Stoat. & Darlingt Do ..• ... 1 id 324 - 331 1 .1024 - 1034' iGtWestn. l 1031 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ll —lj p 2} 10s. alt Anglo Californian - P 10 2 Australasian — 1 p 20 5 Australian — s4 p 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 p 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 die— p 1 all Ave Maria dis— par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1 p 20 13.5 British Iran 6 8 3& 2J Brazdianlmp.(issued at £5 pm — 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 61 61 6k 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carson's Creek par P 40 all Cobre Copper 47 48 46i 7 1 5 1 Colonial Gold 2i 21 n ••• 14 Copiapo 6 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng B5 95 88 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent Bl —9l p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll 1 d 4 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein l/ —2l p 31 4 1 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst idle— par 1 all Liberty — pll 1 all Lond.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 d 1 all Mariquita ld— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 —8/ 1 all New Granada l—l p 11 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 lip 2 6 1 Port Philip p 1 all Quartz Rock par p 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 •—• 26 p 25 15 Do. New 7 8 . 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba 6l 71 61 1 all South Australian par # p 1 10 7 Tin Croft ll 13 281 all United Mexican 6l 1 all Waller —6# tP 1 all West Granada 1 p 1 all West Mariposa par 1 ll 1 all Yuba 1 pll I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 93 93 50 all British N. America — 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 11 lip 31 1 i 100 25 Colonial .. ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 10 English Scottish and Australian 2} —2lp 12 I 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 3l —41 p 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock „. 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation s4* —sslxd 551 1 x 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn•Bkg & Gold Imp Co die par 25 all South Australia 5O 52 51 25 all Union of Australia 771 781 78 471 ... 21 Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid.. MISCELLANEOUS 99 - 102 Austialian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail' Brit. American Lail Canada (Crystal Palaco Crystal Pal. of Franc Eastern Steam Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Nrth. of Europe Steam Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph .. Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van*Diemen's ritnd 7 4 all 30 St. 50 St. 10 65i 5 15;z d 221 t 131 1 47 61 121 St. St. 25 84 3 48i 124 3i 92 3f2f3131 Pm 77iiiii 14i 120 1 201 11 92 1 2i 31 30i 76 7 61 [i 53i i 4i 100 a d ad 77i 38i 9 8 xd 70 k 9k 9 60 1 60i * 105 6 5 li r>iti 14/ pm 128 i 8 1061 6 7 23 21 1 3 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 7, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. .. IWHEAT. I EARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 44S 4 6 31s 6d 119 s 03 1 30 s 2d 343 83 323 M DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 13 Od is Od is Od is Od is Od Is Od 2QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 82,554 ; Barley, 40,434 ; Oats, 16,765 ; Rye, 102 . ; Beans, 5,2c,!5; Peas, 1,386 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to 41 128 ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 5158 ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 4114 s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to Si Os and straw, 1198 to 11 16s per load. Trade firm, at full prices. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 3s to 41 128 ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 515 s ' • and straw, 118 s to 1/ 168 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand at this market to-day ruled very inactive, as follows : Beef, 2s 6d to 38 4d • Mutton, 3s 4d to 48 2d ; Lamb, 58 Od to 5s 10d ; Veal, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 21 10d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, APRIL 6.—Our market to-day ruled very dull, and prices have not supported those of this day week, as follows :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 58.0 d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s to 38 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROHFORD, APRIL 6.—The demand for each kind of :neat at this market to-day ruled heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s Od • Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10(1 per 81b8. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. ' ]AILSHAM, APRIL 6.—Each kind of stock moved off slowly, and barely stat ionary prices were maintained. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 6s Od ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 48 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Noon, W., light breeze, and cloudy at times. DEAL, April 6.—Wind., W.S.W., stormy. Arrived— Fayaway, Cape of Good Hope Borneo, Mauritius ; Jas. Cruickshank, Demerara ; Ocean'Queen, Now York ; Hen drik Hudson, do. ; Nancy Dawson Havannah. Arrived from the River—Moultan, for Geelong ; Paradise, Cal cutta ; Fortunate, St. Lucia; Caros, St. John's, N.B. ; Breeze, do. Put back—Perseverance, for Sydney, N.S.W. —.The Forager (barque), of Hull, was boarded in a sinking state in lat. 45, long. 10 W., and two men taken off by the Emerald, arrived in the Downs. (Mem.—See paragraph headed " Liverpool; April 2.") 'LIVERPOOL, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Timely Yacht, Porto Rico ; Triton, Charleston ; Carmatie, do. ; Excelsior, do. ; Lady Franklin, do. Sailed—Pacific (s), New York. ISLE OF WIGHT, April 6.—The Navarino, of Guernsey, has been totally wrecked here in a thick fog . ; crew saved. COWES, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Mangola, Havannah ; mnna Mercer, do. FA! MOUTH, April G.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Frolic, London for the South Seas, with loss of three boats, bul warks, &c., and one man. YARMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Leonidas, Sunderland for (owes, assisted in with damage to 11114 hiving been in contact with two other vessels. QUEENSTOWN, April s.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Fame, Matanzas ; Caledonia, Callao ; Thames, do. ; Ann, Maza gan. Off Port—Agenoria, Mauritius, for Leith. LLANELLI, April 6.—Arrived—Maria Sarah, Bayonne for Dublin, very leaky, and disabled. The Huskisson, of and for Liverpool from Africa, is on shore in Carmarthen Bay, and will go to pieces ; cargo expected to be saved. bouLoGNE, April 6.—The Junior, Callao to Aberdeen, is on shore near Naples. GIBRALTAR, March 31.—The Ripon (s) was in contact with a Norwegian barque on the 24th inst., and the latter received damage. The Emerald, from Liverpool, w contact with a Danish schooner, and lost bowsprit, &as in CAGLIARI, March 30.—The Glamesk, from Isewp 'e. ort, went on shore on the West Coast of Sardonia , on the 21st March ; master and one mu oowned ; VeB4l a n d cargo expected to be saved. 14i 15 a i pm all 100 all 100 11 100 100 18i 94 all 152 i 6 -- .5.4 2Z .7 23 - PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—APRIL 6. (Prom the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BILL. Clause one (power of punishing, on summary conviction, assaults committed on females, and male children under twelve years of age, and occasioning actual bodily harm, extended) :—Amendment proposed, page 2, line 10, after the word "paid," to insert the words, " and if a male to be privately whipped, in addition to such fine or imprison ment as aforesaid." Question put, " That these words be there inserted." The committee divided : Ayes 50, Noes 108. MINORITY-AYES, 56. Aglionby, 11. East, Sir J. Paget, Lord George Balky, Sir J. Elliot, J. E. Pakington, tiir J. Bali, John • Fergus, John Peel, Colonel Bentinck, G. P. Gaskel', James M. Percy, J. Berkeley, lion: C. F. Halford, Sir Henry Rusbout, Capt. Blair, Colonel Ilastie, Archibald Sand .rs, G. Bonham. Carter, J. Jones, David Sawle, C. B. G. Bowyer, George Lech, G. C. Seymour, Lord Brainston, T. ‘v". Liddell, li. G. Stuart, Lord D. ruck, Lewis W. Lora- ,s, Lord Tliorn,ly, T. Butt, Isaac 31 aca tney, G. Townshend, Capt. llyir, r, U 11. Charles Mackenzie, WF. Tu'hell H. c aullh ld, Cel. Ma. gr. gor, Jamc s IVficox, B. Cratobrd, E. H. J. Mullins J. ltando:ph 'Wyndham, General Dal-. mple, Vise. Al undy William Deedes, W. Newark, Viscount TELLERS. Denison, J. E. O'Brien, I'. Ithliin, T. Duncombe, lin. A. O ssu L s ' on, Lord Newdeg.tte, C. N. MAJORI ry—NOES, 118. A'Court, C. Fitzroy, Henry - l'acke Charles W. Aleock, Thema. Forster, C. Pa•merston, Pia Anderson, Sir James Fox, w. J. Parker, It. Townley Bailey, Craw-hay Freestun, Colonel Pellatr Ap‘ley Baines, M. T. Fr. rich, F'. Ricardo J. L. Ball, Edward Fuber, Augus u E. Ricardo., 0. Barnes, T. George, John Rice, E. Barrow, W. H. Glyn, George Carr Itobartes, T. J, A A. Bethell, Richard Goodman, sir George Rus ell, F. C. Biggs, William Gregson, Samuel Seobell, Capt. Bouverie, E. Greniell, ( ). Shelburne, Earl of Boyle, Col. Grosvenor, Lord R. Shelley, Sir J. V. Brady, J. Heneage, Geo. H. Smyth, R. J. Brand, IL Henley, J. W. Smyth, J. G. Brisco, Musgrave Herbert, Sidney Sotheron, I'. 11. B. Brocklehurst, John Hervey, Lord Alfred Stanley, Lord erockman, E. D. Hindley, Charles Stapleton, J. Bruce, 11. A. Hume, Joseph Stirling, W. Butt, Geo. Medd Keating, Robert Watt, Edward Cardwell, E. Kinnaird, A. F. Swift, Richard Chambers, 3f. Kirk, William Tancred, Henry Wm. Chaplin, W. J. Labouchere, Henry Vane, Lord H. Chart eris, F. Langston, TI. G. Villiers, Hon. C. Clay, Sir W. Lawley, F. C. Villiers, Francis Clinton, Lord R. Lockhart, A. E. Walmsley, Sir J. Cobbett, J M.: Lowe, R. Walpole, S. H. Cobbold, J. Chevalier Malin% Richard Warner, Edward Cockburn, Sir A. Massey, W. Wells, W. Crook, J. Maule, Colonel Wickham, Henry W. Crossley, F. Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Duncan, G. Michell, W. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Molesworth, Sir W. Wise, 3. A. Egerton W. Moncreiff, James Egerton, Edward Moody,'C. A. Feilden, M. Morris, D. Fellowes, Edward Musgrave, Earl Ferguson, Joseph Napier, J. Fitzgerald, W. Oakes, J. H. TILLERS. Hayter, W. G. Berkeley Grenville NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. The Rear-Admiral Superintendent (A. Fanshawe, C. 8.) of this dockyard received the deputation from the sawyers of the establishment in his office this morning, and the men say they never experienced such courteous, considerate, and thoroughly gentlemanly treatment from any official in their lives. He listened most pa. tiently to the detail of their grievances, and expressed his approval of the mode they had adopted (by their memorial), in bringing their case to his - notice ' and as he considered their case a worthy one he should forward At for the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. The sawyers express the warmest gratitude for the manner of their reception by the head of the dockyard. By the death of Sir Thomas Livingstone, Admiral of the White, Admiral of the Blue the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., becomes Admiral of the White ; Vice-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Lord W. Fitzroy, K.C.8., becomes Admiral of the Blu e ; Vice-Admiral of the irhite Sir John Louis becomes Vice-Admiral of the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Granville George Lord Radstock, C.B. becomes Vice- Admiral of the White ; Rear-Admi ra l o f the Red Henry Hope, C. 8., becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; Rear- Admiral of the White Charles Sotheby becomes Rear- Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue David Price becomes Rear-Admiral of the White ; and Captain Rich, Superintendent of the Royal William Victualling yard, Plymouth, attains his flag, making the lucrative post he holds vacant. Lieutenant-General Lord Raglan, Master-General of the Ordnance, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifica tions, arrived at this port, from town, yesterday morn ing, and embarked in the Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, commanding, to make an inspection of Hurst Castle, Sconce Fort, &c. They were attended in their inspection by Colonel Sir- J. M. F. Smith, K.H., commanding Royal Engineers in this garrison, Lieuten ants-Colonel Haultain and Cater, R.A., and their per sonal staffs. The Sprightly returned with them in the evenin g . This morning the distinguished officers pro ceededto Blockhouse Fort, and inspected that. After which they crossed to this garrison and inspected the Portsmouth defences, attended by Major-General Simp son, the Lieutenant-Governor, who saluted the Master- General of the Ordnance with 15 guns. The experiments which have been for some time pend ing in her Majesty's ship Fairy, under the direction of Captain Crispin, to ascertain the best description of screw, terminated yesterday, and the general results have been deemed so satisfactory, both (as we are informed) as to increased speed as well as decreased vibration, that the patent propeller (Griffiths')•with the two fans is retained in her permanently instead of the common screw, and the patentees yesterday were ordered by the Admiralty to make a screw on their principle for the Agamemnon, 91, as quickly as possible, which they expect will deter mine the principle of screws for the navy for the future. The nigMyer, 21, Captain Moor, is having a thorough refit in the angle dock. She is to L Lave a new propeller, most likely one of Gr slfiths' patent. A sad accident hap pened on board her last night to a man named David Casteers ' captain of the mizentop, who f e ll f rom ono of the yards upon the deck, by which he sustained such in juries that his life is despaired of. - The Isabel screw steam-vessel, Commander Inglefield, having completed caulking, went out of harbour this morning in tow of the African steam-tug, but the weather looking threatening she anchored in Cowes Roads. WOOLWICH, APRIL G. APPOINTMENTS. Master.—Edward M'Kenzie (1852), to the Star, S sloop, commissioned at Chatham. Second Masters.—William Henry Obree (1851), to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich ; W. H. Fawckner, to the Phcenix steam sloop, fitting for the Arctic Re gions. - D. Harding to be foreman of shipwrights at Sheer. ness. Mr. Charles Kerr Renwick, who was appointed act ing chief engineer, in June. 1852, has had the confirma tion of his appointment to be chief engineer dated in the same month of 1852, which places him 15th in seniority from the bottom of the list of chief engineeers. The Rifleman, screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Richard H. Dolton, is to be paid off on Satur day, if her stores can be returned by that time. FLOGGING AND DESERTION IN THE NAVY. The best commentary on Sir James Graham's re marks on Tuesday night with respect to the flogging of the boatswain's mate, Stapleton, and the right hon. baronet's notions as to what is " brutality " and " dis grace," and what is " degrading " an d " brutalising," will be found in'our Parliamentary report, and especially in the remarks of Lord Palmerston. The wretch who has been convicted, after a fair and open trial, of ill treating a woman and of inflicting the most brutal injury on his wife, must not be flogged, because corporal punishment "will leave marks on his back," and be cause the tendency of flogging is to disgrace and to brutalise the human species ; but a petty officer in the navy, with 17 years' good character, if he happens to commit a breach of discipline, under great provocation, may be "flogged " and " brutalised " at the will of his commanding officer, and the House of Commons, which on Tuesday listened without disgust to a Cabinet Minister who defended the flogging the sailor, voted yesterday against the infliction of cor poral punishment on any notorious ruffian against whose violence a poor woman may be compelled to appeal to the protection of the law. The First Lord of the Admiralty was not aware of the fact that any men had deserted from the navy in consequence of the flogging of a petty officer, and attributed the desertions, which he could not deny had taken place, to the temp tation of higher wages in the merchant service. We are sorry to find Sir James Graham so unacquainted with facts so well known without the precincts of the Board of Admiralty, and we fear that if the First Lord is so slow to acquire information on matters so vitally im portant-to the service over which he presides, he will learn a lesson in the House of Commons on naval affairs which will be neither agreeable nor creditable to him. We believe that the offer of high wages in some instances has led to the desertion of a few men-of-war's men, but the principal cause for desertion and . of so many vacan cies for petty officers in the navy, is owing to the dis graceful flogging of the boatswain's mate, Stapleton, who had so good a character, and we know that men who would have been received into the navy with first-class petty officers' ratings, have preferred hard-working ser vice in East India clippers at 455. a month.—Morainl Herald. half -past s l i V:S a lli p i l N ai s n T l Egß es i s rl e a d E. — ma tas a t p e p T a e r n el i l n t g ly , a a b b o oS u uut t wlD thirty, was observed by some people leaning over the side of the bridge, and looking abstractedly on the water, but did not excite any further notice, until he suddenly climbed the parapet and precipitated himself into the stream, and, although crowds of people were on the bridge at the time, the act was so sudden that none could prevent him from committing it. A boat with drags instantly put off from the pier, but although they were dragging for nearly an hour, no trace of the unfor tunate man could be discovered. his body, however, was found this morning near Waterloo-bridge. DEATH OF PROFESSOR SCHOLEFIELD.--The religious and literary world will learn with regret that this dis tinguished and excellent man died at Hastings on Mon day. He had been unwell for the last six months, and had gone to Hastings, in the hope that he might be re stored to health by a change of scene and the salubrious climate of that place ; but the result has been otherwise. Professor Scholefield has long occupied a prominent place in the University of Cambridge. He originally came before the public' as curate to the Rev. Charles Simeon ' of Camb r id ge, an d h as ever s i nce t aken a warm interest in whatever related to the cause of evangelical d religien. NMI ill his sixty-fcourtb year. LITERATURE. The New Quarterly Review. No. VI. Appended to each number of this new periodical will be found a comprehensive list of the principal publications of the last past quarter. A glance at that given in the current instalment, followed by an examination of the contents, will sufficiently prove how very complete is the review here given of the progress made in contemporary literature. Scarcely a single work of any importance is passed over without some consideration. Several of the more important productions are criticised, more over, with a dash and vigour indicative of the fact, that if the " organ " be new, the con tributors to it are, some of them, at least, practised hands, men gifted with ample capa city, and armed with a ripe scholarship. Con spicuous among these effusions this quarter, wo take the article entitled " India—The Anarchy of Thraldom," as affording a very fair illustration. Elsewhere, we shall find occasion to refer to this paper more directly, but, at the present moment, we may be permitted to observe that the argument is throughout almost as broad as it is searching and elaborate. Another contribution is especially de serving of notice as of peculiar interest just now, the review of " The Two Coalition Cabinets"— namely, those of 1783 and 1853, suggested by the two volumes recently edited by the Duke of Bucking ham. Very happily timed, too, is the article about .!` Gold : Its Past, its Present, its Future,"—rela ting, of course, more especially to the discoveries of the precious metal in California and Australia. Speaking of "My Novel" in the course of a criti cism headed " The Bulwer Novels," one of the most intelligent writers in the New Quarterly remarks with perfect justice that this is, in truth, " the model novel of our language." He speaks of it, in deed, thus earnestly : _ _ " 'My Novel' is the best, and must become the moat standard novel in our language. Four thick closely. printed volumes, containing more than half as much matter as Gibbon's Decline and Fall, are enough to startle the most intrepid novel reader. Yet do we know many a family who are acquiring most dissipated habits of late sittin g up, simply because the husband, wife, or daughter has un d ertaken to read this book aloud. literally long for the evening,' said a bride of not very long standing, to us the other day, when, my husband at home, and dinner hurried over, we eagerly return to the book, and rea d alternately chapter after chapter, until the lamp goes out, and we are shocked to find how late it i s .' W e are not addicted to hero worship ; and if we were speaking of Sir Bulwer Lytton as a politician or a poet, we should have many hard and bitter things t o sa y o f him. It is, then, with no blind partiality, that, al though remembering there are such works as the Vicar of Wakefield' written in English, and that there are such names as Fielding, Sterne, and Scott in our literature, we return to our judgment that this is the model,novel of our language. It is so full of thought, so full of reading, so full of exquisite life-like drawing, so rich in illustration, so carefully wrought with philo sophy, so toned into unity, that we recognise it at once as the magnum, opus of the author—the work in which, without repeating anything he has done before, he has concentrated the reading, reflection, and observation of a life." It is almost needless to add in this place that we do not in any way regard this high praise as exag gerated. Having ourselves not less cordially of fered to this noble effusion of the g enius of Bulwer Lytton the tribute of ou r most unaffected admira- tio n, we need scarcely remark that the praise lavished upon it by the New Quarterly appears to us deserved as it is undoubtedly enthusiastic. Earl Grey's two ponderous volumes elicit from an other contributor a sneering allusion to " The Co lonial policy of Lord John Russell's Administra tion." Another scoffs at the ignorance dis played by the various biographers of Mahomet —here most horridly spelt Mohammad. An other pronounces Mr. W. B. Barker, author of " Lares and Penates," to be a mere " smatterer in. Orientalism." An interesting though rather super ficial review is given of Layard's " Nineveh and Babylon ;" and another of a similar character both in its merits and'defects, of Mrs. Jameson's " Legends of the Madonna." Besides the papers already enumerated, there are numerous others well merit ing perusal by those who like a guide among the rubbish and treasures heaped confusedly together by the cultivators of modern literature. Narrative of a Journey Round the World. By F. Gerstaeeker. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. These travels consisted in a " winter passage across the Andes to Chili, with a visit to the gold regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c." In the present state of things and position of affairs, no more desirable book can be imagined. It carries us at once to the centre of attractions—it conveys us to the goal of so many desires, the land of promise to expectant thousands. We behold, face to face, the mighty regions where so many of our countrymen bave gone, that it seems almost a second home. We are informed, in minute details, of the life that is led there. There is no false glitter thrown over the accounts ; the author evidently strives to raise no false hopes and excite no unreasonable expectations. The aspiring emi grant is told at once, in plain terms, that there is no royal road to wealth in those parts ; he must work, and that in right earnest, if he wishes for success. The accounts given of California are par ticularly explicit. It seems that washing shirts is six dollars a dozen, and purchasing new ones is only seven or eight dollars ; consequently the dig gers frequently cast away those only once worn, and buy new. The old are collected by the dealers, washed, and sold again. Some of the merchants send their clothes to China to be washed there for a trifle. The d escr ipti on of Sydney during the excitement prevailing on the discovery of new mines is very interesting. It appears that the author returned to Sydney after an absence of three months. He had left it perfectly quiet—he found it on his return in a state of violent com motion : " People walked no more ; they ran. Before almost every house at the landing some drays were standing loading, and round each vehicle a crowd pressed, looking at the things, and 'the happy coves' who were about to start with them. The Robinsmeau lump, or I had better say nugget, had just been discovered. It was as if that piece of gold had been a door, which, rolling away, suddenly opened to the astonished multitude an illuminated paradise. Such as had been irresolute what to do, to be or not to b e ' one o f th e diggers, now 'shook off every doubt, bo ug ht a pi c k axe , an d the other instruments necessary for their future misery, and it was a settled thing. In one word, Sydney was mad ; you could not converse with any man in town except on that one topic—gold. You wenfto a doctor and told him you were ill ; he would feel your pulse, and ask you if you had heard the last accounts from the mines. You met a friend in the street, shook hands with him, and asked him how he was. They found another nugget,' would be his answer. How do you sell those oranges, old fellow I ' you inquire of a man who is running up the street at five knots an hour with a whe e lb arrow . 'A n y p r i ce , eir, any,' is his reply ; `it's the last l oa d, G o d b e thanked.' Why, you are not for —?" For the mines, sir, • God bless you!" Iron !—who has said iron was the world's magnet ? Gold is the charm now darting its burning rays over the world—gold is the magnet to which the needles of Christianity and Judaism turn with obedient veneration ; even the heathens have caught the fever, leaving home and friends merely to see the elephant,' as the Americans used to say." From these passages the reader may judge of the excellent descriptions given in the pages of this work. The writer seems to have entered heart and soul into his enterprise of discovery : he gleaned from other lands wherewith to enrich the knowledge of his' own. The memory of his country never deserted him in the climes of the tropics or in the golden valleys of the New World, and he concludes the long account of wanderings in far-off districts by an acknowledgment that, although there " are rich stores of beauty out in that fair world, treasures heaped up in the wilder ness," the traveller must ever find out " that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like home." FATAL BOILER ExmosioN.—A terrible boiler explo sion, attended with fatal results, occurred on Monday - under stand, evening at the forge in Thornhill Lees, on th e Lanea ssthainred,ant(il ielrpoiricoislheirrteyßofaimlwr. ay.iosThhuea f lh o n rge a i m s, we of Blake Hall, near Mirfield, and h as been occupied by Mr. eGindelrarberesulted in gArmitage th f e er sac e i n i m fic e e tonlif e. Th e, bute e also x a p p l p o s d i earsod n et n o ht o na t s ledianage property in th e locality. From the information we have been able ?) gather, it about ten o' c l oc k in the evening the workmen left to go to supper, leaving a young m native of Staffordshire in c harge an o n f a t m he ed en Ara gine mon T s l a e fi m r o e s m t a i n rora ha e d di a a l t s e o ly go a n ft e: r off th d e u w ty to k In tke h h ad is l s e u ft p t e h r e . . platle a terrible ex pl os i on took place, by which the boiler was almost blown to atoms, and houses in the neighbourhood much dilapid a t e d. ;After the steam had partly cleared off, and the workmen could obtain some idea of the extent of the mischief, an examination of the debris was made. The unfortunate young man, John Ammons, was found at a short dist an c e f rom the engine, his body much mangled and scalded, and quite dead. Fortunately the night hands, as we have before stated, had not commenced working, otherwise the sacrifice of human life must have been great. There has as yet been no scientific examina tion of the engine, but popular rumour ascribes a very faulty condition to this mighty agent. It has been popuiarly current that the plates of the boiler were so worn by long usage as to be accessible to the thrust of a common penknife. Of course this will be a question for the jury to determine. SAILORS' WAGES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.—Sea - men sailing out of the Tyne, Wear, and adjacent poFtt . to London are now earning 4/. 10s. per voyage L o ana 1 ; the British American and Baltic trades 31. 1.. f. month, and small stores. Never since the war seamen. Higher wages than these w . en were always such a uniformly high rate of wages beeerno tain periods of the war, but seaazineg. then placed in jeopardy of the presag e e ° rn abtyctehre. 25 25 St. 50 26i 13/- 20 20 20 20 50 20 St. 5 St. 20 St. 15 10 25 10 L. 0.6 100 181 100 100 all all 81 all all ally 100 100 3 16 71 all 1 100 all 3} 100 100 100 100 100 21s. 1 100 20 11 100 all 100 all 100 FOR: :IGN. 161 91i 3 1 g 8i 35 6 138 i 2 - Bfi 2i 7 4 i 8 361 i 231 33 4 9a a C 7 9 62 62 4