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

LITERATURE. Family _Romance ; or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy. By J. Bernard Burke, author of the " Peerage and Baronet- age," &c. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The claim of these volumes to public attention is very great. No one would suppose, from the mere title, that they possessed such varied and in teresting information. From almost every anec dote something worthy of remembrance may be gathered. The style is very pleasing ; and, alto gether, the work is a superior one. In diligence of research into the archives of past generations, in a clear and lucid account of many complicated and mysterious even t s, an d i n th e ar t o f ren d er i ng a ll the different subjects edifying and agreeable to the general reader, this author stands almost unrivalled amidst his contemporaries. The numerous legends Presented to us preclude the possibility of entering into details of each, but some of the most striking e the following :—" Maria Stella, Lady sew borough,". suggests a very extraordinary idea, that Louis Philippe, late King of the French, was a chan geling, and Lady Newborough the first prin cess of the blood after the Duchess of Angouleme• xne story is a very complicated one. Of course, it 7:s i not to the interests of those concerned to si . a- f i e inquiries concerning the claims of Maria ; and, as it is remarked here, " their truth and falsity w ill pro b a bl y rema i n a mystery until the time when all secrets shall be revealed !" The story of Colonel James Roche, the swimmer, is th ery exciting in it s i n t eres t. It is observed of him at h a d he lived in the days of old Rome, his !tat tle would have graced the capitol ; but he is 4. of c'w little k nown. It was at the time of the siege tDerry, when the garrison was reduced to the Most extremity, that vessels of succour arrived, but the commander of the expedition was unwilling to bra ve the enemy till further assistance could be Procured. He wished to send a messenger to the Idr lispeople t o explain this, but no one would un dertake the dangerous mission till Colonel Roche volu nteered to risk his life. It is in moments like ese that t rue h ero i sm i s ill us t ra t e d. Many can rush into the conflict, surrounded by brave com es, and cheered on by hopes of exulting victory, ut to engage in a dangerous enterprise alone—in of e dead of night to pass unarmed through hosts ki m e a ller aies—this requires courage of the sublimest and self-denial of the highest order. h - Vicissitudes of great families" demonstrates o the highest ranks, the greatest wealth, and the favoured positions do not protect their pos .ii,ers from th e d eca y and decline incidental to all Z: world contains. " Actresses raised to rank by these informs us that no fewer than 12 of grace ladies " have been taken from the stage to Z e , the ranks of the nobility," and, it is sub /*ie' that, none so elevated failed to conduct her betwith " unerring propriety." " Queen Eliza cf : 8 talisman" shows us the extreme superstition co those days. " Spains' Hall" is a remarkable re aelcl of a man who imposed 7 years silence on him (lt,' Which he maintained rigorously to the great Vroent of his property ; but at last during the sight preceding the day when his vow would be z ie •ed) he was struck with palsy, and could butther speak nor move. " The Swans of Close -1: illustrate an extraordinary occurrence t hat family. The present Empress of the p at e , tic h is descended from this race of Kirk to :_eks of Closeburn. The visit of James the Third i n ,,,"u,e Earl of Somerville mentions that amus otttakuventure, when the mistaken Lady Somerville, arri the receipt of the letter intimating the King's at , , v al, concluded her husband required assistance, of d instead of preparing a feast, she sent out a band ali ned men. Happily, all was explained in time, k enf th e misadventure only increased the amuse the-:l,°f all at the subsequent festivities. From to c ,. 4 've specimens an idea may be formed of the a ~,,"4 8 of these volumes, and it is certain that, after regard ing of them, the reader will be better informed ott a p rdi , li g many celebrated characters than he could e iN T ll vise have been from a longer and more labori wer- sury e•Y in various works. The knowledge is her e presented in an abstract form, condensed to tir a ,"„' lC necessities of such subjects, so that a short ou r - i:ItY suffice to place one " au courant" of what mend'B has of the most attractive in tradition, and romance. 13i NNT 4ea i t ic b il i. au se• No. XV. By Charles Dickens. Hou se any ;:fB.4‘' question the best number of Bleak Worth v 2 h as yet appeared. Everything in it is pathetic incomparable author. The exquisitely The -eee riPtion of Jo's death—for Jo dies ! tan d sc ) rahre ami awful narrative of Tulkinghorn's lakinghorn is murdered ! The co ' 41. ti .c i r t a i l e e s rari o d f f°re th aT p e ltal account of the domestic fes -I,l'N'sa Baguets—for by them the an 'tter, 17 of the old girl's birthday is duly cele tier, u• ! All are admirable—admirable in concep t h and in treatment. The wonderful scope o e novelist's powers of description are here once a g a in delightfully exemplified. A webwork life °f poor is thrown over the closing scenes in the koor Jo, from the influence of which escape is "'bidden to the most fastidious. Allan Wood- Fc'llrt's ki n d n ess to s . Flite's interest In him, Mr. George's hire'n . generosity in giving him shelt er in a corner of his s h o oting gallery, Phil Squod's gentle ministerings to the wants of the un fortunate, Mr. Snagsb y , s method of relieving himself of the emotions of t pity inspired by the dying wanderer, by depo siingnear him half-crown after half-crown, mr Jarndyce's humane solicitude in watching the close of that homely tragedy—all are beautiful illustrations of the same under current of benevolence—but all is the foregiving tenderness in regard to the N2Fetched crossing-sweeper of Esther Summerson. There is a grotesque pathos . poor Jo's notion of Propitiati ng (after death) the pardon of Mr. Wood c2urt in reference to Esther's disfigurement, wind lug his appeal to Mr. Snagsby with—" If the writing could be made to say it wezy large, he aught,' There is an exquisite touch o 1 nature in the remark whi c h f o ll ows the stopping of Phil's little hammer, and the carrying out of his Nvork-tabl e , as the last scene closes in—" When the l ittle hammer is next used, there will b terminates be a speck of l rust upon it." But most exquisite of all is theactua It account of Jo's calm, though darkened, dissolution. rininates indeed, with all the eloquence, and w ,, l th much of the solemn rhythm, of poetry. Re 14_'erting to the Dedlock's, the tale informs us of discharge as Lady Dedlock's handmaiden, , n ankl of the s u b seque nt declaration made by Mr. j ' u lkingliorn, to the haughty wife of Sir Leicester, that h er real history shall be forthwith revealed. The old lawyer strolls home to his house in Lin eaWs-Inn-Fields, it being a beautiful moonlight night, so hushed in its tranquillity that "every noise merged into a distant ringing hum, as if the city wer e a vast glass, vibrating." A new meaning has !Lllcldenly become infused into the pointing finger of lane Roman on the ceiling. A shot is fired sud ,e4l, Y in the stillness—startling everybody in the :elghbourhood for a moment, and then being for- V t , t e,n• Next morning the old man of the name of Nv l l ,?Qughorn is found lying on his face stark dead, a little stain of blood soaked into the hearth- A superficial reader would conjecture from of t \whole of the context that the guilty perpetrator : W t he deed was —L a d y D e dl oc k. W e shall be mar nl,.easlY surprised if o ur good friend Hortense, who once so mysteriously through the wet grass r am " er stockings, do not prove, in the end, the real h en - ,. 4 -e ,ress• Suspicion at present falls on brave generous, manly, honest George, the the of the shooting gallery. He is captured by daY at the Barinet's, in commemoration of the old gt s o , l's : birth—th e said old girl being, on that occa tL7',„,:alvariably regaled by a dinner, consisting, for cl a ,:nst part, of a couple of fowls, which are de ' t oug h°Y the historian to be perfect "triumphs of unlki leS S''' Speaking of those same fowls further of' --r • Dickens says delightfully, "Every kind 0./potteittendon and ligament ment that it is in the nature I n the ry to possess, is developed in these . 81 n9utar form of guitar-strings." specimens says— their ueir li mbs • appear to have struck fi ro c ots into casts and bodies, as aged trees strike roots ( c th,.the earth ;" nay, adds, furthermore, that that ° ' thel legs are so h ar d, as to enco ura ge the idea „ n l must h ave d evo t e d th e grea t er par t o f th e ir t a nd ardu ous li ves t o pe d es t r i an exerc i ses , an d their'r' regard, matches.' Finally observing, in ch um g " How young Woolwich cleans the an xio s tleks, without being of ostrich descent, his 11411113 113 mother is at a loss to understand." The capture Closes, as we have intimated, with the rflui,l4 . ,°f Mr. George, on the charge of having rapt "I, Mr. Tulkiughorn, and the reader is left , , auzurationthisßucket's, oe, not of Mr. Turvey- L of Mr. deportment. Miscr E . JiLLANEOUS MAGAZINES. I;e"°n's London Journal gives us a description (lt eighteen recent patents, and its usual scientific e Ports and notices. A list of celestial phenomena ; o r May is added.— The two plates of the Farmers Magazine represent a short-horned bull and a rup of Cochin China fowls. The " Agricultural N r aPhY" is continued, and there are useful articles on poultry and sheep. A description and Illustration of a new rat-trap are gives, with a !"_.riet of other subjects of agricultural interest.- 1-;,/a»tbers's Edinburgh Journal has more variety 1 ', A14 month than usual. Among the articles may z iilenwa " Small Beginnings," " The Indian's ~,,l' ;" and a curious paper on the derivation of ;;,41. is.--Chambers's Pocket Miscei/any contains a _`7 o er of subjects of general interest, at the very Tzierate price of sixpence. A new volume of 4 tructive and Amusing Tracts has also been recently published by the Messrs. Chambers, who have contributed so largely to the benefits con ferred by cheap and good literature. One of the most interesting papers is on the writings of Ma caulay. Lawson's Merchants' Magazine has articles on the National Debt, the Financial State ment, and the Customs' Reform. A paper upon Gold Statistics will be useful to Australian gold diggers.—The Ladies' Companion gives a portrait of the Emigrants' Friend, Mrs. Chisholm. " The Woman of the Writers," by Mrs. Cowden Clarke, and a tale by Miss Pardoe are continued ; with the usual amount of directions for work and fashions. --The British Journal has a romance from the French, and several amusing stories and sketches. —Home Thoughts is an agreeable little miscellany. It gives an account of the works of Charles Dickens. —The Church of England Magazine presents a plate of Martin Church, Lincoln, which exhibits no great architectural beauty, and several sermons and other theological essays.—The Home Companion has commenced a new series, of which the chief feature is "The Star Chamber," by W. Harrison Ainsworth. It contains many miscellaneous articles on instruc tive and interesting subjects.—A new serial has recently appeared, entitled The Poultry Book, containing information respecting the charac teristics, management, and medical treatment of poultry. It is conducted by the honorary secretaries of the Cornwall and Winchester Poultry Societies. It has three coloured plates of the Cochin China fowls, which have lately attracted so much attention.—Sharpe's London Magazine ap pears with its usual assemblage of light and pleasing composition. One of the most agreeable stories is that entitled " The Irish Daughter." It is written with great taste and feeling. " Helen Lyndsey, the Star," by Mrs. S. C. Hall, is conti nued in one chapter.—Longman s Traveller's Li brary contains the " Life of Marshal Turenne," by. the Rev. Oswald Cockayne, which will be gratify ing to many readers. The Art Journal.—The subjects chosen for this month's engravings are " The Ca rrara Famil y ," from the picture in the Vernon Gallery. It is a very effective representation, the expression of anxiety depicted on the countenances is vividly portrayed. The second is entitled " Falstaff and Anne Page;" the third is the beautiful veiled vestal, engraved by Astell, from the statue by Monti. It is admirably done; the face is clearly seen through the transparent drapery, which gives it at the same time a softened expression. There are various smaller engravings to be met with here, some of which are pleasing and graceful. The Sporting Review contains two plates—one which represents an angler in the act of landing a trout, entitled " Playing out the Play ; " and the other " Cochin-China Fowls," in which a group of these outlandish birds are feeding. " Actaeon " furnishes some interesting sketches on the compa rative state of "La Chasse " in England and France at the present time. A few words on snipe shooting in Perthshire and the hills, fur nishes some hints to sportsmen very similar to those practised in the southern fens. Lord W. Lennox " Scenes at Home and Abroad" is continued ; and Ernest Atherley pays a visit to the Sister Isle, and describes in glowing and ludicrous colours the hos pitality of an Irish squire—the welcome he receives from Paddy, and how he establishes his character. t o g e SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCXX. CHESTER SPRING MEETING.—To-morrow's races com mence at two o'clock, I believe, with the Cheshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. &c., from the Castle Pole, once round and in (about a mile and three furlongs). Out of the sixteen acceptances, not more than six at the outside will be found at the post ; and the race, I fancy, will terminate in placing lANTHR first, and the King of Trumps second. The Wirral Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added, for two and three years old, T.Y.C. (not quite three quarters of a mile), will, like the preceding stake, be contested by a very diminutive field. The winner, I anticipate, will be found in Mr. Halford's ELIZA. The Cestrian Stakes will only furnish a walk over for SYLPHINE or Mocassin. The Eaton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added, over the Grosvenor Course (1 mile, 1 furlong, 216 yards), ought to be carried off by Mr. Knowles with his useful son of lon and Palmyra, TALFOURD ; but the starting of the animal is very questionable, on ac count of the small value of the stake, and the better things in store for him. It seems that the settling on "The Cup" will be of a harmless kind ; for, with the exception of a few "long shots " got on in the winter, and some not particularly heavy investments made in town and at Chester yester day and the day before, scarcely anything was done re specting the most appropriately-named winner, Gold finder. The race was a close affair at the last, Talfourd only being disposed of by half a neck, and Trifle stalled off but a length. With respect to at least a dozen of the starters, the race must be taken as no criterion of their merits, for, from the badness of the start --one of the worst known at Chester since the increased size of the fields for the Cup—they were out of the race before they could be said to have been well in it. The six leading horses at the finish were in front from end to end, therefore with them it was undoubtedly a fair race. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. EXCA rATIONS AT CUMA. NAPLES, APRIL 18. The antiquarian discoveries which are now taking place at Cuma continue to attract archaeoligists of all countries to the classical site of this once important city. A Cumaan literature is also rapidly forming, and many learned brothers are at this moment employed in writing their reflections on the interesting objects which have been brought to light. I shall confine myself to a simple narrative of what has been accomplished and what has been found, leaving the antiquarian poetry to be done by a more worthy hand. It is necessary, in the first place, to remind the reader that Cuma is one of the most ancient of those cities which the eastern world founded on the shores of the Mediter ranean. History tells us, that the Cumaans held con stant communication with Osci, and, indeed, a few days since, a vase was found, which I have seen, with Oscan characters thereon. Its Greek occupation was probably its most brilliant period, and it is in the Greek tombs that the most interesting and valuable objects are found, such as coloured glass bottles, gold rings, scarabmi, terra-cotta vases, &c. Pliny tells us that, during the second Punic war, Cuma united her fort unes with Rome, and was still an important city ; hence we have a Roman period of art, the remains of which are now being brought to light, together with those of preceding periods. Even tually, Cuma was abandoned for Baia, and towards the close of the Roman Empire became a comparatively neglected city. Such is a brief outline of the history of Cuma. In modern times this City of the Sibyl became inte resting from the discovery of a Jupiter Stator in the Giant's Temple, and in 1606 Cardinal Acquiviva exca vated at Cuma a temple indicating a good period of Greek art. A few years since, the Neapolitan Government, under the direction of Signor Bonnucci, excavated the Temple of Apollo, referred to by Virgil, the celebrated cave leading to Lake Avernus, the amphitheatre, and an adjacent temple. Lord Vernon, I am told, also made some partial excavations at Cuma about the same tme. It is chiefly to the necropolis that kis Royal High ness the Prince of Syracuse is now directing his atten tion. The tombs trace, so to speak, nearly 3,000 years, and indicate the religion, art, and civilisation of that period. These resting places of the dead occur at various levels, and are built of tufo stone, which the volcanic nature of the district supplied plentifully to the ancients, as it now does to the moderns. Near the surface of the earth are found the Roman tombs, below which are the Greek, and again beneath them the graves of the earliest Eastern emigrants. What a store of antiquarian trea sure is here deposited ! Towards the close of last year, his Royal Highness employed some 50 workmen to excavate at Cuma. One of the earliest discoveries was a temple of the Roman period, but very fine. It would appear, from the position in which the marble fragments were found, that this building was destroyed by earthquake. The frieze, pillars, and Corinthian capitals, have been re moved to the garden of the Prince's palace in Naples ; and I believe it is his Royal Highness's intention to re store the temple, as very lit t l e i s wan ting to complete it. found Several roa yf t s : therein nrse ; kioieuil, et butskeletons oofn t h ts hei with s maintains m o subject w s tr t e ha m ma. a t r h k tTeh a andy b ee l sA e winetreell discovery gent was nan tiquary, . tNChristian pamphlet that of Quoranto, another archaeologist , opposes this view, martyrs. an and the discussion is yet going on hot and fast. The Prince has form e d, in ii a rare cabinet of the objects s own fou palace at Naples, ob served some wonderful coloured glass, at e such urna as. wlon ld look well beside the modern and some Then there forms,oliette-botteleeres e collection of Et ruscan vases, but not generally l arge , im portant. Some very fine scarabmi have also very been found, and other small objects of luxury ; tribute s of n affection so commonly deposited in Pagan tombs. Al together, this is perhaps the largest contribution which has ever been got together from a Greco-Italic city ; and when the Prince has c om p le t e d his work, the objects found will form a valuable illustration of history. It would be impossible, in a letter of this character, to attempt any details ; I therefore refer the curious to a periodical new publishing in Naples, entitled, Fiorelli'a litonumenti Antichi Cumani. The excavations are now suspended on account of the advancing summer, but they will be recommenced in the autumn, under the intelligent direction of a Prince, whose taste and liberality are alike praiseworthy and Ipirited.—Correspondent of a Horning Paper. FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLERS, AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last evening a fire broke out in the White Horse Tavern, the property of Mr. J. Provis, situate at No. 50, Brick-lane, St. Luke s. It was caused by a candle falling into a cask in the cellar, which ignited two or three gallons of ruin and fired several casks. Mr. Provis at once made an attempt to subdue the flames, but in so doing we regret to state that he was very seriously burned. Other persons living in the house fortunately succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the arrival of the fire-eugiues. - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1858. THE FRENCH EMPIRE• There is nothing of political interest hi the origi nal columns of the Paris journals of yesterday, and on other subjects we do not find anything of suffi cient importance for extract. The Constitationnel has more than three columns in the form of a lead ing article as an appeal to public benevolence in favour of the religious and charitable establishment of the Petites Soeurs, to which the Empress has just presented a sum of 10,000 f., in consequence of the low state of its funds. The Constitutionnel gives long details of the self-abnegation of the worthy females who devote themselves to the task of providing food, raiment, and shelter to aged persons, for whom they undertake all the domestic •ares required for their comfort. The _Revue des Beaux Arts relates as follows the circumstances which led to the postponement of the solemn inauguration of the tomb of the Emperor, which had been fixed for to-day : " The company charged with the service of inhuma tions in Paris, better known under the title of Adminis tration des Ponspes Fun)bres, had been requested to draw up an estimate of the expense, which might be entailed by this grand ceremony, for the hangings and other appendages. The estimate first given , in by the com pany amounted to 123,000 francs, but it was finally re duced to 100,000 francs. The question of money being thus settled, it remained only to decide on the pro gramme. A council was held for that purpose at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. All the minis ters were present as well as the superior staff of the Invandes, Prince Marshal Jerome, Honorary Governor, General Ornano, Governor, and General Sauboul, Com mandant of the Hotel. Some slight details were under discussion, when General Sauboul, as if enlightened by a sudden inspiration, and for the purpose of putting every one in accord, observed that Napoleon I. having, as well as his posterity, entered into the series of French sove reigns, it would be as conformable to national customs as to the idea of the Emperor himself, to divide, after the example of what had been already practised for other monarchs since the time of St. Louis, the mortal re mains—to place the body in the triumphal mausoleum under the dome of the Invalides, and the heart at St. Denis. Prince Jerome then rose, and in a most ener getic voice, declared that never while he lived would he lend himself to the mutilation of the remains of his glorious brother. The Emperor, after reflecting for a moment, broke up the sitting, and postponed the inau guration to the month of May, 1854, without mentioning where it would take place." A funeral service in honour of the Emperor Na poleon I. was celebrated yesterday in the chapel of the Tuileries. The Emperor was present. In the chapel of the Hotel des Invalides, too, a funeral service has been held. yv The Spanish Ambassador, Marquis of Valdega mas, died on Tuesday night. Several local bills were voted by the Corps Le gislatif in yesterday's sitting. The report of the committee charged to inquire into the plans for the carrying out of the punishment of forced labour, and the reports of committees on the civil pensions and the composition of the jury, were laid upon the table. The report on the budget will-be ready on Friday. The Assembly will meet on Saturday for the examination of the Lyons-Geneva Railway Bill. _ It is said that the Council of State has just had a bill sent before it to attribute to the Prefect of Police of Paris the same powers over the ban lieue as he possesses in Paris. The success of the plan of a similar nature now in force at Lyons has led to the adoption of this course. The Moniteur publishes a decree convoking: , the Council-General of the Aube for the 12th to deli berate on a project tending to exonerate the de partment from the effects of the guarantee stipulated in favour of the holders of shares in the Troyes to Montereau Railway, and on other urgent affairs to be submitted to it by the Prefect. The activity previously noticed at the Bourse has been again continued, all descriptions of public securities having met with a good demand, and closing generally at increased quotations. In the Three per Cents. for the account, a rise of 35c. oc curred, with an advance of 20c. in the same de scription of stock for cash. The closing price of the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for money showed no change from the previous day's quotation, but there was an improvement of sc. for the end of the month. A considerable decline occurred in Bank of Franco shares, which fell 20f. in the course of the day. The concluding quotations were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 81f. 30c. ; Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the account— Three per Cents., 81f. 70c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 2,680 f. The pre vious day's quotation of shares on the Mortgage Bank was not maintained ; they closed at 886 f., being a decline of 4f. In Credit Mobilier shares there was an improvement of 6f., the final quota tion being 943 f. 50c. In the railway share market there has been much activity, and Tuesday's prices have been well supported in nearly all cases ; a rise of 16f. took place in Orleans shares ; Rouen and. Havre shares advanced 7f., and Paris and Stras bourgs, sf. In Western of France and Lyons to the Mediterranean shares a decline occurred of 2f. Concluding prices :—Northerns, 922 f. ' • Orleans, ' 1,121 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 915 f. • Paris and Lyons, 971 f.; Paris and Rouen, 1,180 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 855 f. • Western of France, 810 f. 50c.; Rouen and favre, ' 557 f. SPAIN. The Madrid Gatette of the 29th ult. publishes a royal decree, ordering that 10 per cent. of any ex cess of revenue, under particular circumstances, in the duties, registration dues, d;c., of the finance department over the highest returns of any year from 1847 to 1852, shall be set aside for distribution amongst the persons employed in that department. There is nothing else of the slightest interest in the Madrid journals of the 29th. It is asserted that M. Bermudez de Castro has tendered his resignation. Tha Queen, however, declined accepting it. On the 29th ult. the Three per Cents. were at 43k. GERMANY. The King of the Belgians and the Duke of Bra bant arrived at Cologne on the 2d with a numerous suite. The railway station was handsomely dressed out with flowers on the occasion. His Majesty was to continue his journey the next day to Brunswick. The French Minister at Frankfort has just ex changed the ratifications of the literary treaties signed between the French Government and those of the Duke de Nassau and the Prince de Reuss (elder branch). A delay of three months is allowed to the holders of the re-prints to sell of their stocks. The Queen of Bavaria has just named the Countess Walewska, wife of the Ambassador of France at London, honorary lady of her Order of Theresa. The distinctive marks of the Order have been presented to her by Baron Cetto, Minister of Ba varia at London. A letter from Vienna, of the 29th ult., says : "The Emperor this day held his first public recep tion since his recovery. It is said, by persons who are considered to be well informed, that the Empe ror of Russia, the King of the Belgians, the Kings of Prussia, Bavaria, Greece, and Naples, and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, are to arrive here in the course of the month of May." ITALY. The Bund states from Fribourg that Colonel Perrier appears disposed to give information, in order to prevent proceedings against innocent per sons. The Ordre of Berne of the 28th ult. was seized in all the inns, in consequence of its con taining a supplement in which M. Charles, a mem ber of the National Council, denies all participation in the insurrection, and calls on the Federal Coun cil to protect the electoral right at Gruybres. Arrests were still being made. The Syndic of Turin has issued a notice an nouncing that the commission appointed by the municipality to make up a list of those natives of Turin who fell in 1848 and 1849 in the cause of Italian independence, for the purpose of having their names engraved on marble slabs, to be placed in the vestibule of the Civic Palace, has terminated its labours, and that the list may be examined by the public for additions or corrections during the whole of the present month. A letter from Florence of the 28th ult., in the Parlament° of Turin, states that the Austrian troops in Tuscany are to be diminished by 2,000 men, in consequence of which one regiment is to depart for Romagna. A few disturbances have oc curred here and there in Tuscany on the mcasion of the drawing for the conscription, which always takes place in a church ; but none of them of a serious character. They are generally ascribed to the antipathy of the Tuscans for military service. The sth conference relating to the construction of the Railway of Central Italy was opened at Mo dena on the 27th ult. TURKEY. The Pays newspaper has the following . dispatch from C onstantinople of the 25th ult. :—" It is stated in the Journal de Constantinople that the question of the Holy Places has been brought to a termina tion. M. Delacour has conducted the negotiations in a very conciliatory spirit. The negotiations 1, spect!ng the Greek Patriarchate alone are still pending. At all events, it is certain that all further armaments will be suspended. The Exchange on London has risen." The French squadron was st i ll in the Bay of Sa lamis. The lung Otho intended to inspect the squadron on the 23d, and to witness its manoeuvres. A Turkish steamer has arrived with orders for the Ottoman fleet to return to Constantinaple. The fleet will therefore leave the coast of Albania. Effitrb gibttion CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DEE STAND CUP. British Farmer May Day Eight ran. WESTMINSTER PLATE. Felon Sanita Twelve ran. TRIENNIAL PRODUCE. Merry Bird Dismay DEE STAKES. Orinoco Brother to Shylock Won in a canter. WELTER CUP. Sphynx Agis Nine ran. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. I S' HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mey 4. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) PAYMENT OF WAGES BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word `now' stand part of the question e'—The house divided ; Ayes, 125 ; Noes, 186. MINORITY—AYES, 125. Bagge, W. Frewen, C. IL Neeld, John Bailey, C. Fuller, A. E. Newdegate, C. N. Ball, Edward George, John Oakes, J. H. P. Barrington, Viscount Granhy, Marquis Pigott, F. Bateson, T. Grogan, E. Powlett, Lord W. Berkeley. Hon. C. F. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pritchard, J. Berkeley, C. L. Gwyn, Bowel itepton, G. Bernard, Viscount Hall, Colonel Holt, P. Blair, Colonel Hamilton, Lord C. Sawle, C. B. G. Rooker, T. W. Hawkins, William Scobell, Capt. Bowyer, George Herbert, Sir Thomas Seaham, Lord. Brockman, E. D. Hume, W. F. Sibthorp , Colonel Brooke, Lord Irton, Samuel Smijth, Sir W. Bruce, Cumming Jolliffe, Sir W. G.H. Smith, Wm. M. Buck, Lewis W. Jones, Captain Smyth, R. J. Bunbury, W. Jones, D. Somerset, Captain Burrell, Sir C. M. Kelly, Sir F. Stafford, A. tinder, Charles S. Kendall, Nicholas Stanhope, J. D. Butt, Geo. Medd King, James King Stuart, B. Butt, Isaac Knox, W. S. Sturt, H. G. Comae, Sir J. R. Langton, H. G. Taylor, Col. Chambers, Montagu Langton, W. G. Toliemache, John Chandos, Marquis of Laslett, W. Trollope, Sir J. Christopher, R. A. Lennox, Lord A. F. Tyler, Sir George Cobbett, J M. Liddell, H. G. Vance, J. Cocks, T. Somers Lovaine, Lord Vane, Lord A. Codrington, Sir W. Lowther, Colonel Vansittart, G. H. Colvilo, Charles R. Luce, T. Vyse, Capt. Compton, Menry Macartney, G. Waddington, H. S. Conolly, T. 31' Mahon, P. Walmsley, Sir J. . Davison, R. Mandeville, Viscount West, Frederick R. Drummond, H. Manners, Lord G. Whiteside, James Duncombe, T. Manners, Lord J. Whitmore. Henry Duncombe Hn. A. March, Earl of Williams, T. P. Dunne, Col. Maxwell, James P. Williams, W. Elmley, Viscount Niles, W. Wodehouse, E. Fsroham, E. B. Milnes. R. M. Woodd, B. Forbes, William Michell, W. Wyndham, W. Forster, C. Moore, Ross S. Wynn, H. Forster, Sir G. Morris, D. Fox, W. J. Mundy, W, MIMI. French, Fitzstephen Naas, Lord HalfOrd, sir H. Freshflell, J. Napier, J. Puke, C. William MAJORITY—NOES, ISA Adair, Hugh B. Gardner, B. O'Flaherty, A. Adderloy, C. Gaskell, J. M. Otway, Arthur John Alcock, Thomas Geaeh, Charles Paget, Lord Alfred Anderson, Sir James Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Viscount Atherton. Wm. Glyn, George Carr Parker, R. Townley Bailey, Sir J. Goodman, Sir G. Patten, J. Baring, Sir F. Graham, Sir James Pechell, Sir G. Barnes, T. Greene, J. Pellatt, A Barrow, W. H. Gi en tell,tl . Pennant, Colonel Bass, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Mill:more, J. G. Beaumont, W. B. Grosvenor. Earl Phillinlore, R. Bethel!, Richard Pladileid, George Pllklngton, James Blackett, J. F. B. Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, 0. Bland, L. ilarCOUrt, Colonel Rice, E. Bouverio, E. Butte, Alexander Itobartes, T. J. 1. Boyle, Colonel Hestia, Archibald Roche, E. B. Brand, H. Hayter, W. G. Rtishout, Captain Bright, John Headlam, T. E. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, Joseph Henchy, D. O'Connor Russell, F. C. Brown, W. Heneage, G. B. W. Sadler, J. Browne, V. Heneage G. F. Scholetield, W. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert , Seymer, U. K. Bruce, H. A. Hervey, Lord Alfred Seymour, Lord Byng, G. H. Charles Heywood, James Shafto, H. D. Oairns, ll.M'Calhiont Higgins, George Shelburne, Earl of Cardwell, E. Howard, C. W. G. Shelley, Sir J. V. Cavendish, C. C. Hutt, William Sheridan, R. B. Cavendish, George Ingham, Robert Smith, John Benj. Chambers, Thome)! Jermyn, Earl Smith, IL Charter's, F. Keating H. Smyth, J, Cheetham, John Keogh, William Stafford, Marquil Clay, Sir W. Kershaw, James Stanley, Lord Clifford, Henry M. Kingscote, R. N. F. Stanley, W. 0. Clinton, Lord Robert Kinnaird, A. F. Strickland, Sir G. Coffin, Walter Kirk, William Struts, Rt. Hon. E. Corbally, bl. Labouchere, H. Stuart, Lord I). Cranfurd, E. Laing, S. Thicknesse ,R. A. Crook, J, Langston, J. B. Thornely, T. Currie, It. Lascelles, lion. E Towneley, C. Dalrymple, Vise. Legh, G. C. Townshend. Capt. Davie, Sir H. Locke, Joseph Tufnell, H. Denison, Edmund Lockhart, A. IC. Vernon,G. E. H. Denison, J. E. Lowe, R. Villiers, Hon. C. Divett. Edward Maucaulay, T. B. Vivian, J. H. Duckworth, SirJ. Macgregor, James Vivian, H. H. Derr, George Macgregor. John Wall, C. B. Dull, James M'Taggart, Sir J. Water J. Duncan, George Malin,. Richard Wellesley, Lord C. Dundee, G. Massey. W. N. Whalley. G. H. Dundas, F. Miall, E. Whatman, James Dunlop, A. Milligan, R. Whitbread, Samuel Egerton, Edward Milner, W. M. E. Wickham. Henry W. Ellice, E. Mitchell, T. A. Wilkinson. W. A. Elliot, John Moffatt, G. Wilson, James Esmonde, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. B Evans, W. Monck, Lord Wise, J. A. Fergus, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, William Ferguson, Col. Mostyn, E. M. Wyvill, Mannaduke Fitzgerald, J. Mulgrave, Earl Young, Sir John Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Muntz, G. Frederick Fortescue, C. Mure, Col. TIMM. Freestun, Colonel Norreys, Lord Egerton, E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. O'Brien, Cornelius Heyworth, Lawrence COMBINATION OF WORKMEN BILL. St. 50 25 100 20 20 10 St. 2% 20 50 20 Order for third reading read ; motion made, and ques- St. tion proposed, " That the bill be now read a third time." St. Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this 1 day six months." Question proposed, " That the word now' stand part of the question." Debate arising ; mo- 51 tion made, and question put, " That the debate be now adjourned." The house divided—Ayes, 102; Noes, 121. St MINORITY—AYES, 102. A'Court, C. Glyn, George Cart Mostyn, E. M. Alexander, J. Graham, Sir J. Mure, Col. Atherton, Win. Greene, T. Facet, Lord Alfred Beaumont, W. B. Ha'ford, Sir Henry 'Palmer, Robert Bell, James Harcourt, G. G. Palmerston, Via. Bethell, Richard Harcourt, Col. Pellatt Apsley Biddulph, It. M. Hagler, Hon. W. Phillimore, J. Bouverie, E. P. Headlam, Thomas E. Pinney, W. Boyle, Col. Ileneage, G. IL Ponsonby, Hn.L.G. J. Brand, H. Herbert, H. A. Portman, W. Browne, F'alentlne Herbert, Sidney Ricardo, 0. Bruce, Lord Ernest Hervey, Lord Alfred Rice, E Byng, G. H. C. Heyworth, L. Robartes, T. J. A. Cardwell, lion. E. Ilutt, William l Russell, LordJ. Cavendish, C. Ingham, R. Rus.ell, F. C. Chambers. T. Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, F. W. Charteris, F. ' Keating, H. S. Sheridan. R. B. Clay, Sir W. Kendall, N. Strickland, Sir G. Clinton, Lord R. Keogh, William Strutt, E. I Cocks, Thomas S. Kingscote, R. N. F. Thicknesse, R. A. Coffin, W. Langston, J. H. Tufnell, H. Corbally, M. E. Lawley, F. C. Wall, Charles Raring Cowper, W. F. Lockhart, A. E. , Walmsley, Sir J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lowe, Robert Walter, John Divett, E. Luce, Thomas Whitbread, S. Duncan, G. Mackie, J. Wickham, H. W. Dundas, F. Macgregor, James Wilkinson, W. Evans, Sir De Lacy Maguire, J. Wilson, J. Evans. William Malins, R. Wortley , Jas. Stuart Ewart, William Marshall, William Wyndham, W. Fagan, W. Milligan, Robert Wyvill, M. Fergus, John Moffatt, G . young. Sir I. Fitzroy, Henry Molesworth, Sir W. TELLERS. Fax, W. J. Moncreiff, James bfulgrave, Earl Freestun, Colonel Monsell, W. Hume, Joseph MAJORITY —NOES. 1 21 - - - Adderley, C. Hadfield, George Neeld, John Bailey, Crawshay Hall, Sir Benjamin Newport, Lord Ball, John Hall, Colonel Noel, Gerard Janice Barnes, Thomas Hamilton, Lord C. O'Br ien, C. Barrington, Viscount Hamilt on Geo. A. Peche ll, Sir Geor ge Bass, M. T. Hanbury , Spencer B Pennant, Col. Bateson, Thomas Hawkins, W. W. Phillimore, J. Berkeley, H. Henley, J. W. plikingtou, Imes Berkeley, Craven F. Herbert, Sir Thomas Prime, R. Blackett, J. F. Hotham, Lord Roll, P. Bower, G. Hume, W.Fitorilliam Bowle s C. B. G. Brockman, E. D. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Scholefield. W. Bruce, H. A. J ones , David Scobell, Captain Burrell, Sir C. M. Kershaw, Jowled Seymer, H. K. Butt, G. M. King, P. J. Seymour, li. D. Chambers, M. Kinnaird, A. F. Shelley, sir J. Y. Ckandos, Mar. Knatchbull, Wm. F. Smith, W, • Cobbett, J. Morgan Knox, Colonel Smyth, R. J. Compton, H. Combo Knox, W. S• _ Stanhope, James B. II Crook, J. Langton, H. G. Trollope, Sir J. Stanley, Lord Davies, D. A. S. Lascelles, E. Stuart, Lord D. Start, H. G. Drummond, H. IdacarteneY, G. DDDiuusnerkcoll'o4rbßteh,llBliiir. J. M 3l :lt ah .;a n ri. P. Taylor, Colonel T aylor, J. Dunlop, A. Mandeville, Viscount. Vance, J. Dunne, Michael Manners, Lord J. Vansltart, George 11. Laslett, Egerton E. Marc's, Earl of Waddington, 11. Ellice, E. West, F. R. Farnham, E. Basil Maxwell, lion. J. P. Whitmore, H. Forster, Charles Miall, Edward Wilcox, B. Forster, Sir Geo. Miles, W. __ _ Williams, Thos. Peer Frewen, Charles• Hay Miner, W. m• E. Willigms, W. Witham Start, Fuller, Augustus E. Mines, R. M. Wise, John A. Gailwey, Sir W. P. Michell, W. Woodd, B. Galway, Viscount Mitchell, T. Worcester, Maps. of Gardner, Richard Moore, B. S. Wyndham, Gen. Mauls, Colonel avius Geach, Charles Morgan, Oct George, John m u megs J. Randolph Granby, Marquis of Taunts, G. F. Greenall, G. Napier, Joseph Greene, J. Neeld, Joseph TULIPS. Dnncombe, T. Whalley. G. RAILWAY T.RAFFIC RETURNS. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN WHITECHAPEL.— Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before five o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. J. Relfe and Co., chicory merchants, &c., carrying on business in George-yard, Whitechapel. The premises, which were of considerable extent, were fitted up with costly steam machinery, and at the tune of the disaster contained a stock in trade of many tons, nearly all of which was consumed. The total loss, it is understood, willamount to nearly 3,0001. The origin of the fire is enveloped in obscurity. When the premises were closed on the pre vious night, the place seemed perfectly safe and free from fire. The adjoining premises, Mr. Morgan's, have also the windows burned out, and the roof damaged by fire. Messrs. Relfe were insured in the Plicenix Fire Office, but it c ould not be ascer tained whether Mr, Morgan was insured, Shr. I Paid.' - 'du LANCASHIRE AND Y O RKSHIRAILWAY.—Traffic re- 20 turn for the week ending Ma E R Yl, 1953 .. —218,022 18 0 331 Corresponding week last year 15,790 17 3 10 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the 20 week ending April 30, 1853 ............... . ........... £172 7 2 Corresponding week last year 147 15 0 20 16 THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWA,S. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 291 301 30 64 f 6 44 133 112 921 11 2 pm 80/ i 11 80 11i 161 9 i i 105} 120 19.1 i Business dons this day. 1031 681 24t 4 1:20 t 73i 1 89 133 2 It. ino 11 1 28 184 100 100 all all all 0 145 :5 all Z all ',5 all .8 all 9 all 5 all 5 Bil 5 all it. 100 i 0 all 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junct.... Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey....... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. DO. ' £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blaekrock and Passage....' Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.4L H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 14 Edin. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 1100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ' 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. 111 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths ni Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sth cud. 100 iLoud. Brigt. & S. Cat. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths. 1 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 I London & S. Western 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Londerly. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Sher. &Lineln 44 Do., Man.& Lin. Un 1 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 47 MidlandG. West.(lr.) 17i Do. Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3i Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg.&Hftd 7i Newry & Enniskillen a ll Newry, Warren Point, and Bestrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 3 Northn.Counties 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 6i Do., No. 2 a ll Do., A Deferred . 5 Do., B Guaranteed 174 North Staffordshire all North Western . 10 N. &S. Westrn. Western. : 100 Oxford, Worcester, k Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland , 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg, 100 Do., L. & N. Westin Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrowsby.k Hereford au Shreweby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do ...... all Do Do. ©sweetly 6i Shropshire Union all South Devon [OO South Eastern all South Wales 15 S.Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlspl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall 12.1 s Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions. 11 3 / 4 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York & N. Midland-1 PREFERE 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. C. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO s uil Chester & Holyhead Guar. bj per cent. f 54 rk&Bandon 5i P.C. all Dundee, Perth, and _ Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (70g.) 6 p. c. all Do. (.C5), 7 per cent. .._ 2 Do, ?.£7i7ss, 7. p ct. all jEastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p er cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.k Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... all Gt.S outhn. 4 Westn (Ireland) Eights... 6 Gt. Westn. (Burks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. s 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. e., StH all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 .00 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry & Coler i Shares . . ... .. - . all Londndry. di Ennisk. *Shares all Minch. , Sher. ,SiLin., i Shares, No. 1.... all Do., New, 3 Do., £6 .. . .... .. . ..... all Marypt. di . Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St 'lOO Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i percent all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per ct all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh .4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... 16 20 5 2 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dijon and Besan on 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada - - --- • Shares 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof 15 'Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6P. cent. pref 7 Lyons & Medterran 7i Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs ) all Norwegian Trnk.Pref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 54 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre_ all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 54 per cent. pref. 4 Southern of France ' 2s. Upper India Scrip... al West Flanders.. 6 Do. 5} per c. Pref... 9 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand... OA MO 29i - - 10 - 7i bid 21 —22 d 3i Zed 103 105 67i 68.1 24 24 23 -23 t 5 — o pen 8 - 6 4. 13#— 10.1 111 733 —74 b 50 - 55 72 - 74 3~ - 34 89 - 90 55 - 57 131 -133 111 -- 112 91t -- 8 9 8A; 92 -- 94 13* --14 p 80_ -- 804 4i -3/ d 3 2t d 16 -16 i 9 i 9 4 • 1i -- 2 4 p,l 105 -- 106 119 -- 120 2i —3 p ! 14-- rf 90i -- 1 / al4' 5 -- 41d' 4 -- 3 d 12 -- 1 19 -- 21 304 - 3; 75i - 42 - - 50 - 52 - 34 - 4 2i - 31 81- 53 - 55 ..• •.. 31 -- 21 4 36 31' --- • ...a d 4t -- 52 - 98 - 65 - 73 -- 76 14 -- Oid 16 -- 18 8 9 12 --- 14 3f -- 3k d 21 -- 22 75/ -- 76 ; 37 -- 38 1 13i44-- -- 14k 41 19 -- 21 L2zil 153 9' 10 33 34 10 11 d par . i 1 7i - 7 71 d' 2t 24, 62 63 7Q 6 61 10 20 10 20 sot 2101 76 44 64 i4 36 i i G2l) ai 2 61i 64 31 21 761 6 1 1 371 53 100 63 67 71 70i gi 1 62i 2 108 i 191 x d CE SHIRES. 1.05 :: 107 !loi - 109 19 —2o4xd ea— a 6 6ixd 31 4 4 44 lb 2 -24 p -- 24 p 15 - 154, lFi -18 i 3i -- 31 130 -- g 1112 - 114 8- 8i - 74 .O 6 - )08 P- IP 152 - 154 l• ..... ... , • "". • • • ii 1: ilis 3i--- 4p 10i -- 11 131 --144x1 8 -- 9 101 - 11 - i 148 - 150 22 - A -23 P t - 13 - 2 111 - 113 25i - 26! 2i - 2f p 10/ - 114 17 -1 8 a 15 -- 1 6 par -- a pi 261 26 19 20 1 IPar 103 -105 ' 5i - Si par pl ld Old 131 14 1 3 4 p 1 d 5 —6 p 1 —1 p 2 —2 p 2 2 - 1p id P L 741 —l4 L 2 P - 2j 13 7i - 8 - 361 - 37 14j -- 14 -- 9 18i -19 P 446 -- 454 44 -- 47 37 . -- 37 4 - a _ 2 , 1 - 9i - 5i -- 6 p P -- 6 .4i -5 121 -- 1 1 2 p --d , 1 d I I xd 1301 30 112 i 1 81 i :d 1521 113 12 117 15 144 9 104 3 / 4 :IGN. 13fi ' 25i i ! 2 7 / 12 28f & 9 444 5 361 pm 6pi A p 22i 9A LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans Closing Prices this day. Business thLs day. ;hr.l Paidi 141 all 104 all 104 all 104 all ;t. 100 i 0 all ;t. 100 107 -109 54 - 56 150 - 152 33 - 34 15 I all )O 1 all i 0 all l 5 all .2:1 all 2i all 9 all 0 all 112 - 114 56 - 57 264 - 28 14 - 14 26 - 2 h:1 I all 5, I all - .2_ _ 3 - 34 106 iasi 65 - 67 i 0 all '0 all :5 all [2oli ;t: 100 ;t. 100 18fi 1151 - 153 1151 - 153 - - d l 2 1 9i i 0 I all ;Stall ;t. 100 33 -- 34 1051 -- 106} 33i 3 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 1 8 p 1 10 2 Australasian.. 1 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 p 1/ 1 all Australian Freehold. d far 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par pll 1 all British Austrin. Gold 5 # p 1/ 1 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 241 Brazilian Imp.(issued at X 5 pm.) si 6 5 4 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiaba 4 5 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carson's Creek I p 40 all Cobre Copper 461 4i4 471 5 1 Colonial Gold 2— 2 8 1 p3l 3 14 Copiapo Bl 9 St. all CopperMinersof Eng 7O 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Sraeltg• Co ll 1 d 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth par p 1 all Lake Bathurst — d 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co I 1 1 1 all Mariquita ld par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 81 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau Monde l—ll p 2l 5 1 Port Philip p 1 1 all Quartz Rock — 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l —26 P 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10f Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 1 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 281 all United Mexican 5l 6 5f 1 all Waller . par p 1 1 all West Granada........ par p 1 all West Mariposa t p 14 1 all Yuba Z P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6 -- 87 50 all British N. American 621 20 2 Child. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chin; # —11 p 3 100 25 Colonial ... 100 20 Commercial of Lon don .• ••• ... 10 English Scottish and Australian ll lip 111 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of' Australia 3 3lp 151 DO 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 20 2 London l3auk of Aus tralia and India 1 d— par 50 221 National of Ireland... ... 25 all Oriental Bank e Corporation 25 5 Do. New • ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. 4; Gold Imp. Co ld— par 25 25 South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 771 781 78 21 Do. New 8 9 10 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult B2 84 83 23 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Auatraln. Royal Mail . . 38A Brit. Americn. Land 7 8 -- 80 79 100 321 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace ll 1# 61 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France —1/ 20 1 Eastern Steam .•• 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam — 121 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... 851 50 25 Do. Do. ••• •• 100 60 Royal Mail Steant — 25 25 South Austral. Land 47 49 1 1 Submar. Telegraph — 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation ... 100 281 Tan Diemen's Land l9l • 201 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TRIS .DAY.) LONDON, May s.—Wind this day at Noon, E.; mo derate breeze, and fine clear dry weather. DEAL, May 4.—Wind, E.N.N. Arrived—Marina So licitia, Havannah Arrived from the River, and sailed— Marchioness of Londonderry, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Gun, do. ; Luisa, St. Vincent. Sailed—Rokeby, Rubicon, &c., Gibralter. May s—Land o' Cakes, Hong Kong. COWES, May 4.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Providence, Portland, for London, to stop a leak ; John Wesley, Ma tanzas. RAMSGATE, May s.—The San Francisco, of Bilboa, has put in leaky, having been on the Goodwin. PORTSMOUTH, May 4.—Wind, S.S.E. to N.E. Arrived —H.M.'s st. Dauntless, West Indies. Sailed—Moslem, Calcutta ; Jeannetta, Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, May 4.—Wind, E. Sailed—Countess of Morley, New York. KlLRUSH.—Arrived—Sylla, Liverpool for St. John's, Newfoundland, leaky. CARDIFF, May 4.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Seine, Ha vaunah ; Nathaniel Thompson, New Orleans. CORK, May 3.—Sailed—Elizabeth, Quebec. BELFAST, May 3.—Wind, N.B. Sailed—Magna Charta, Quebec. TORBAY, May 4.—Sailed—Vivid, Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, May 3.—Wind, S. Arrived—John, Cuba, for Liverpool. Sailed—Briton, Melbourne. ST. HELENA, Mary 11.—The New Liverpool, Maulmain to England, put in here, on the 4th inst., leaky, and will discharge. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 5. 1853. made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. I wIIIAT. IBAILIY. I I OATS.. ElI. in. PILL .. I 442 4d 31s tid 18s 8d 30s Od I 351 3d I s3s 3d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. • WHEAT. I BBARLEY. I - OATS. I RTE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 44s 7d 31s 7d 189 10d 30s 5d 349 7d 112 s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAXLEY. I OATS. I I ZYX. EXAM I PEAS. Is Od Is Od is Od is Od is Od lis Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 74,904; Barley. 23,681; Oats, 21,523; Rye. 113; Ears 4,108; Peas, 545 Quarter. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 158 ; clover ditto, 31 12s to 5/ 108 ; and straw, 11 7s to 1/ 163 per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. CIIMBERLAND.—/Seadow hay, 3/ Si to 4 / 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ 10s to Si 8s ; and straw, 1 / 8 s to 1/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 5/ lOs • and straw, 1/ 7s to 11 15s p er load. Trade steady, at fu ll prices. MRAT MARKETS. ness was transacted PO Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, N N WGATB AND LNIAeDreENtoHALaLy.--aAt f f a u i l r l p av ri e u ra us g . e B bn ee si f: from 20 Bd. to 35 Veal ; 3-- 4d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3 3 Od t o 45 10d to 65 2 d ; , 5 44 4d per 81b8, by the carcase. 1 SOUTHALL, Day 4.—The supply of each kind of stock rj i iere to-day was tolerably extensive, yet the d emand ruled steady. Beef, 2s 10d to 48 4d ; Mutton, 38 6xl to 5s 4d ; sink the offal. 38 at tc :s 4i t inar4dke;t to-day Or adnawertetwitell supported. -- - ' 5 :8 Ckl Od pe t° r 8 5 1 s b 1 s, °d to ; r oa rob to ru ß led om fi F rm on , n, a lla p T ric 4 o .— s l T as h t e ci c u le o m te Beef, from 35 Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton , 4s Od to 58 4d Lamb, 5s Od a to 68 2d •V , l,a Gd to 4. • 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs. Quarter old s4d ; Pork, 24s each, and suckling calves, 20s to 25, 5kr4) rigs, 198 to „ FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Thos. Wilmot, a person well known in the parish of Lambeth, was driving a cart heavily laden with earthen pipes along the Lambeth-walk, and on reaching the end of Regent-street the horse, which was a bli n d an i ma l , f rom some cause or oth er became restive. Wilmot rusto his head, and en d eavoured to guide the horse in he a drection he wished ; but in this ho 'was unsuccessful. After trying every effort to restrain the furious animal, Wilmot by some accident fell down, and the conse quence was that the wheel of the cart passed over a con siderable p or ti on of his body and head, and crushed him to death on the spot. RAILWATe. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Woly. & Dudley guar. D o. vrth t guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. dr Railway Mull 4k Selby. Do. Shares., Do. Shares. Lon.titGreenW Do. Preference' Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' 4k Redcar 1 Midld . Bradfd . Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. &Wyre Do. 4 Shares. 1 Roystn.dt Hit. I Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. dr Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent .., Do.. Wilts dzSomrst London , 1 N. Wool Gt.Westn. Do Do Do L. 4N.W CaMon Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. dr Berw Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt.' Midland... E. Count Do LALN.W &Do& Yk Do Gt. Northn Do .Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean • Stockt. & , Darling ,Do ,Gt.Westn !Do . UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The annual proceedings for public admission to degrees in the University of London took place yesterday, in the large hall of King's College, in the presence of a large number of students and their friends. The Earl of Bur- lington, Chancellor of the University, presided. Amongst those present were the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Shaw Le fevre, Dr. Jelf, Professor Heaviside, Professor Sharp e y, Rev. Dr. Harris, Viscount Strangford, Dr. W. Smith, Dr. Babington, Rev. G. Kendrick, Dr. Tweedie, Col. Portlock, Dr. Tyler Smith, Dr. Golding, Col. Sykes, Professor Jones, Professor Tennant, Dr. Wallich, Dr. Cornwall, Dr. Hogg, Mr. Yates, Mr. Sharpe, itc. The REGISTRAR read the following report, which stated :—" That in the course of the last academical year her Majesty has been pleased, by warrant under her Ma jesty's sign manual, to place Horton College (Bradford) and the Hackney Theological Seminary in connexion with the University, in addition to the colleges and in stitutions previously authorised to issue certificates for degrees in arts and laws. In the past year 206 candi dates have been admitted to matriculation ; that of these 12 have distinguished themselves by their attainments when under examination for honours in mathematics and natural philosophy, of whom one has obtained an exhi bition ; 11 have distinguished themselves in classics, of whom two have obtained an exhibition ; seven in chemistry, of whom one has obtained a prize of books ; one in zoology, who has also obtained a prize of books ; and two in botany, of whom one has obtained a similar prize. That 21 candidates have passed the first exami nation for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine ; that of these, eight have distinguish e d th emse l ves in anatomy and physiology, of whom one has obtained an exhibition and a gold medal, and another a gold medal ; six have distinguished themselves in chemistry, of whom two have obtained gold medals ; five have distinguished themselves in materia medica and pharmaceutical chemistry, of whom two have obtained gold medals • and three have distinguished th emse l ves in botany, Of whom one has obtained a gold medal. That forty-nine candidates have passed the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts ; that of these five have distinguished themselves in mathematics and natural philosophy, and one has ob tained the university scholarship ; four have distinguished themselves in classics, of whom one has obtained the university scholarship ; two have distinguished them selves in chemistry, of whom one has obtained a prize, and five have distinguished themselves in animal physio logy, of whom one has obtained a prize. That one gra duate has passed the voluntary examination in the text of the Scriptures and in Scripture history. That 13 can didates have passed the examination for the degree of Ba chelor of Medicine—that of these, five have distinguished themselves in physiology and comparative anatomy, of whom one has obtained a scholarship and a gold medal, another a gold medal ; six have distinguished themselves in surgery, of whom one has obtained a scholarship and a gold medal ; five have distinguished themselves in medicine, of whom one has obtained a scholarship and a gold medal, and another a gold medal ; and one has distinguished himself in midwifery. That seven candi dates have passed the examination for the degree of bachelor of laws, of whom three have distinguished themselves in the principles of legislation, and two have obtained the University Law Scholarship. That six can dates have passed the examination for the degree of master of arts of whom two have obtained gold medals. That ten candidates have obtained the degree of doctor of medicine ; and that one candidate has obtained the degree of doctor of laws. Gentlemen representing the various colleges and institutions where candidates for the degrees granted by the University have received their academic education will present to your lordship the gentlemen on whom the respective degrees have been conferred. The names of the candidates who have obtained honours, scholarships, exhibitions, medals, and prizes, in 1852, are as follows : ][ASTER OF ARTS. Robert Braithwaite Batty, University College (Me dalist) ; Robert Ainsley Redford, Spring Hill College (Medalist). BACHELOR OF LAWS. Honours in the Principles of Legislation.—Francis Guthrie, University College, John Hutton Tayler, Man chester New and University (University Law Scholars) ; Edward Bousefield Dawson, University College. BACHBLOR Or MEDICINB. Honours in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy.— Thomas King Hornidge, St. George's Hospital (Univer sity Medical Scholar and Medalist) ; Robt.Coane Roberto Jordan, King's College (Medalist) ; Frederick Wm. Pavy, Guy's Hospital, Thomas Morley Rooke, Guy's Hospital (equal) ; Joseph Lister, University College. Honours in Surgery.—JosephLister,UniversityCollege (University Medical Scholar and Medalist) ; Thos. King Hornidge, St. George's Hospital (Medalist) ; Frederick Win. Pavy, Guy's Hospital ; Thomas Littleton, Univer sity College ; Thomas Morley Rooke, Guy's Hospital ; Thomas Bridgwater, King's College. Honours in Mcdicinc.—Thos. Morley Rooke, Guy's Hospital (University Medical Scholar and Medalist) ; Frederick Wm. Pavy, Guy's Hospital (Medalist); Thos. Bridgwater, King's College ; Robert Coane Roberts Jordon, King's College ; Thomas Littleton, University College. Honours in Midwifery.—Frederick Wm. Pavy, Guy's Hospital. BACHELOR OF ARTS. Honours in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.— James Savage, University College (University Scholar) ; Burford Waring Gibsone, King's and Trinity College, Cambridge ; Henry French, Wesleyan College Institu tion, Taunton ; Frederick Vavasseur, University Col lege ; Geo. Wm. Fletcher, King's College. Honours in Classics.—Frederick Wm. Farrar, King's College (University Scholar) ; Frederick Alfred John son, Wesleyan (Taunton) and University ; Charles Top ham, University College, Edward Williams, St. Paul's, Prior Park (equal). Honours in Chemistry.—Henry Enfield Roscoe, Uni versity College (Prizeman) ; Henry Wm. Bleby, Wesley College, Sheffield. Honours in Animal Physiology.—George M‘Michael, Stepney College (Prizeman) ; Fred. Guthrie, University College ; Charles Topham, ditto ; Josiah Miller, New College ; Wm. Fred. Teevan, University College. FIRST EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE. Honours in Anatomy and Physiology.—Henry Power, St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Exhibitioner and Medalist) ; John Zachariah Laurence, University College, Me dalist ; Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospital ; John Crown Agnis, University College ; Henry Bullock, St. George's Hospital; Henry Robt. Silvester, King's Col lege (equal) ; Geo. Buchanan, University College ; Arthur Mulphelly, St. George's Hospital. Honours in Chemistry. --George Buchanan, University College (Medalist) ; John Zaohariah Laurence, Univer sity College (Medalist) ; Henry Power, St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Frederick Moon, Guy's Hospital ; Henry Robert Silvester, King's College ; James Champion Penny, St. George's Hospital. ifonours in Materia Medias and Pharmaceutical Che mistry.—Frederick Moon, Guy's Hospital (Medalist) ; John Zachariah Laurence, University College (Medalist) ; James Champion Penny, St. George's Hospital ; Henry Robert Silvester, King's College ; Sydney Jones, St. Thomas's Hospital. Honours in Botany.—Henry Power, St. Bartholo mew's Hospital (Medalist) ; George Buchanan, Univer sity College ; James Champion Penny, St. George's Hospital. MATRICULATION. Honours in Matlteinatics and Natural Philosophy.— Thomas Savage, University College (Exhibitioner); Henry Stewart Drewry, King's College; Thomas Henry Candy, King's College ; John Lane Evans (equal), University College ; John Field Deck, University College ; Edward Nuth, University College (equal), Edward John Hay wood, University College ; Charles J. Barry, King's College ; Henry Mason Bompas Private Tuition (equal) ; John Dennis Tucker, Kings College ; Henry Swinton Boult, Manchester New College; Alexander Doull, Pri vate Tuition. Honours in Classics —Alfred Bache, Edgbaston Gram mar School (Exhibitioner) ' • Robert James Donne, King' College (exhibitioner) ; Thomas Roscoe Orede Stebbing, King's College School ; Frederick Hall Robarts, Univer sity College; Charles Alabaster, King's College; Henry Swinton Boult, Manchester New College ; William Henry Hyde, King's College ; John Martineau, Uni versity College (equal) ; Robert Steen, Belfast Academi calSheffieldStanleyUniversity Institution ; John Lempriere De la Garde, Devon and Exeter Hospital ; Beversham Harman, King's Col • -William Turner, St. B E a d r:l: a o r - d lege (equal). lom H e o w n . o s u H r ( s eo i gs n upai e tla) lt l e ; University College ; Alexander Robert Kilroy, London 7...... ll lV os i P ll i i t a a i l n . Newman, St. Bartholo mew's 11CoolgPlegiteal; George I M ve a s r l t e i y nea c u o , ll l e ) g r e i 2 vate Tuition ; Adam n( Frederick e • n ri la c n k ); H \ a V ll ill ß ia o m b Jackson, u M r s e Z a 00 ' i Guy g y ' mew's Hospital (Prizeman). Henry ynoe Honours in Botany.—William Stanley Jevous, 'Univer sity College (Prizeman) William Turner ; St. Bartholo mews' Hospital. BALM PRNALTY.—Yesterday, in the Court of In land Revenue, Mary Morgan, keeperil of a private board irnagl ihnofoursme,aitnioCnsecwilitsitireheats,iShgtrarnetdawed w as charged on seve neso,fasepeirritosi E an x d beer, with ou t li cence. Mr. Savag e , else, said that, on th e 11th of Febr uary, he r an , he went to . the house of the d e f en d ant, No. 12, Cecil-street, Strand, where he took lodgings. lie dined there that evening with several oth er persons i n the public room , and after dinner he was asked by the defendant's son-in-law if he I would take anything to drink. He replied that he would take a little brandy and water, upon which this person gave a key to a waiter, who returned with a bottle of brandy and set it before him. The waiter was not gone more than two minutes. On the following day he dined with a friend, when they had stout, and a bottle of sherry, both of which articles were served immediately. On the next day, being Sunday, he dined with the company, and had brandy again, and on Monday he had ale and liquors. He then called for his bill, which he paid, and went away. The defendant said she did not know that she was doing wrong, and might have gone 21,1, for years in ignorance of having violated the law.l said an swer to one of the commissioners, the sup er v isor forabout 14 Mrs. Morgan had occupied these y Nc.re e o a ryu rs itfl . arh 3 .2a f tn r t . ito C hff o ae n dn im eeb i ,e s e s a i n o n n d er it S n te ast ph t P il e es L nis p ess similar offence, and it would James's -street, 180/ . . fora . judgmentnow against he a r only a short time since th o c y "ni fine dda hotel keeper, years. eaidssnislo i tw n f awt S shal t :g . t in the penalty s i t she ou l should was v e n o heavy y an i penalty.njustice toThhienyi of 1201. 14A i elegy 00 '1 irip(P 11 th ere ht the rs o f f o r sor e ,rt 13 0 ' 10 5 )0 1 '' to *do' • s ' 0, FOR: 30i I 37 61