The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Open for the season Whit -Monday and four following days.—The Zoological Collection co ntains a variety of in teresting specimens, and the Gardens throughout have been improved and beautified. The Pictorial Representation is an extensive VIEW of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN, painted dy Messrs. Danson, and at dusk is represented the attack of the Chinese fire-rafts on the British fleet, explosion-ships, &c.—Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Engagement of the eminent vocalist, Miss Cicely Nott. Conductor, Mr. Godfrey.—May-day Games and Rustic Sports, Mon ay- ole and Morris Dances. " Pop goes the Weasel," by 25 couple, c d p ucted by Mr. Flexmore.—An extra Military Band daring the day time ; and at dusk a grand display of Fireworks, combined with the Feast of Lanterns and other displays.—Doers open from 9 in the morning. Admission, is. TIIEARTE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckatone. TETE ETENING, MAT 18, Will be produced (4th time) THE MOUSETRAP. CharaeterS by Messrs. Tilbury, Chipp endale, Rogers, Buckstone, W. Farrell, and Edwards ; Mrs. Poynter. M isses A. Woulds, Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Stanley. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Sup ported by Messrs. Tilbury, Rogers, H. Corti, Compton, and Buck stone ; Mrs. Stanley, Misses A. Vining, E. Bromley, and E. Chaplin ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MAT 18, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACEETIT. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Characters by Everett, Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, Meadows, Manvers, Graham, P. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatrie. TMIS EVENING, MAT IS, win be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Rater, and Roslere ; Mrs. Mae.namara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS. Charac t e rs by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To be followed by TRYING IT 031. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. To which will be added a DIVERXISSEMENT, in which Miss Rosins Wright will appear. After which, USED UP. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, MAT 18, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Mesos. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, R. Romer, Culhnford, and H. Bed. ford ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To conclude with THE DANCING; SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, Will be performed THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, F. Robson, Shalders,' and G. Cooke ; Mesdames Anderton and E. Turner. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Mr. Fer ree, &c. • To be followed by MACBETH. Supported by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. A. Phillips. To conclude with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Colo nel Freelove, Mr. 11. Marston ; Lady Freelove, Miss H. Gordon. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. "NOVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING, MAY Is, . _ And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with an enti, ely new Hippo lit um (in Two Acts), with new scenery, cos tumes, and appointments, written expressly for this Theetre by Mr. W. F. Suter, dlustratin. a Sporting Man's Career, and entitled THE CH..% gE, er LIFE ON THE TURF—in which will be represented a FOX CRASS, with REAL FOX and HOUNDS, the Race, Steeplechase, &c., &c. To be followed by a display of Equestrian Achievements in the ARENA, introducing the accomplished Artistes of the Establish ment and sir. Cooke's h ghly-trained Horses and Ponies. In conse • quence of the unusually brilliant Arena Ferlmances, they will ter minate the Evening? knierta!nments. Lioe-nthee open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGIT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning 32 min. after 9 1 Evening 7 min.aft. 10 To-Moaaow—liorning 42 min. after 10 1 Evening 13 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MAY 18. THERMOMETER, IN TME SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 67 this day at noon. 'BAROMETER, 29.95. WIND, N.E.—Fine breeze, and sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF "THE SUN" COM3IENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THD LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES •IN PARLT A MENT THE SAME EVENING,. With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS • will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. • r TIZAI4_ rt, l r dsf AirC, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1853. It will be observed that remarkable festivities are' now taking place at Vienna. Occurrences of sornewhat that character we ourselves not long ago ventured to prognosticate. It was intimated by us, at least, that there would be witnessed in the capital of Austria, during May, a gathering together of the European Sovereigns. The assem blage has already commenced. His Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS, accompanied by the Duke -of BRABANT, has during - ate last few clays been enjoying the hospitalities of the EMPEROR : and several other of the crowned heads of the Conti nent are shortly expected to be entertained by the KA - CSER with unusual splendour. at Schanbrunn. Sutaptuous as have been many of the Imperial entertainments recently given by FRANCIS JOSEPH otiv ors still more magnific tent are said to be in preparation. Doubtless, m ider all these pompous certmonials there is an important political mean ing, the nature of which it were, of course, difficult to eionjecture with any degree of preciseness. The time has happily gone by - , however, when the meeting of the Monarchs of Christendom could be observed only with the most anxious solicitude. As a body they have passed 'through such terrible experiences since 1848, that they cannot be sup pound capable of very speed.i ly tempting by their acs another outbreak of Revolution. Nothing ca n be gained by them froin. a disturbance of the existing tranquillity. Everyri thing, on the contrary, Duld on the commencemen t of war become at once mast critically jeopardised. That they recognise the certainty of this, we cc eiceive, must be suffi ciently evident from the manner in which they hrt - ve all of them come at It ength to carry on their diplomatic negotiations. Scarcely one of them but has within the last few- years given token of a 'surprising readiness to coi a cede, rather than push matters to an extremity r. They have acted thus indiscriminately fro m the haughty and hi'rtherto inflexible AUTOCI LAT of all the Russias d own to the ruler of the pettiest of the German Piincipalities. Whatever the question submitted to tlae deliberations of their pie? aipotentiaries, its most rugged difficulties have be Am gradually smoothed aev ay, and the most entant ;led correspondence has be en brought in the end to an amicable and satis factory arrangement. If in nothing else, the peoples of Europe have in this, at any rate, done good by the last terrible lee son given by them to their respective Sovereign: s. They have driwn them at last to the recogni Eon of the folly, if not of the cruelty, of those con itentions about every oonceivable matter under t ►e sun—contentions in - which invariably the mil ttitude, and not the crowned heads, were the principal sufferers. henceforth we may with. reason continue more sanguine as to the maintenumce of peace—under the sheltering self-interest 'al the Sovereigns, under tate watchful scrutiny of their subjects, and, of course, bey on d a ll, under the beneficent care of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. Under eiistino. dr t cumst antes, therefore, it can be remarked without much, f anxiety—without the anxiety which e witable—that the Coil : rmerly have been in- Countess of rd tan d CHAMBORD are shortly e , , i zp a z petted, according to one of the Viennese jour arrive in the Austrian capital in the n n'dst of this gathering Latterly together of the European Sovereigns . without we) have become accusto)rLe i to witness, a ny ill consequences wha. fil ,ever, the bestowal of li ospitality upon dethroned Princes by the still p rosperous Monarchs of Clitistendom. W e con the most see, for examp le, the exchan g e of tle most amiable courtesies between the Royal Family of England and t e exiled members of the ORLEANS dynasty without the interruption, for a single instant, of the friendly relations be t,ween our own Court; and the Imperial Curt of the Tuileries. It has become, in Cc act, an incident entirely divested of political significanec_that anticipated incident of the ar rival of the Count of CHAMBORD, at this particular moment, in the metropolis of the Austrian EM PEROR', dominions. Formerly the occurrence would inevitably have suggested a thousand formidable possibilities, a thousand threatening contingencies to the gobemouches, or political scandalmongers. It would have insinuated that a congress was being as sembled at Vienna, under cover of these festive ceremonials, for the purpose of setting on foot another of those atrocious enterprises for the forcing back upon the unwilling acceptance of the French people of the last repre sentative of the elder branch of the royal House of the Bourbons. It would have augured that HENRY V., so called, would be carried back by foreign bayonets to the throne of CAPE; over a million of the dead bodies of his fellow-country men, as was the case with his Uncle Louis XVIII. It would have been maintained that before long NAPOLEON 111. would have to fight for the last, as NAPOLEON the Great fought for the first Revolution. All these predictions would have been heard bruited about at this time as similar prophecies used to be during the previous generation, but that such a really marvellous change, relatively speaking, has been effected in the position of the peoples and the Sovereigns. Instead of anticipating the worst possible results from the Imperial hospitality being displayed at this period by FRANCIS JOSEPH to the diademed guests now assembling in his capital—we are only looking with a vague interest, little raised above the level of indifference, to the Court pageantries now dazzling the eyes of the Viennese. Among other rumours of a similar nature coining to us recently from that quarter, there is one to the effect that certain matrimonial prospects for his son, the young Duke of BRABANT, have, in reality, originated this visit on the part of Sing LEOPOLD. It is described, for instance, as not improbable that the Duke of BRABANT may, in consequence of this excursion be united in marriage to a youthful member of the Imperial House of Austria—a beautiful princess, bearing, it is said, a singular resemblance to the celebrated MARIA THERESA — the Archduchess MARIA HENRIETTA ANNE, born in 1836, daughter of the late Archduke Joszpn, Palatine of Hungary. Personal arrangements of this kind we belieVe to be the immediate object of this gathering together of the monarchs of Chris tendom. Nevertheless, while such is unquestion ably our conviction, we entertain but little doubt that, having assembled, they will avail themselves of the opportunity thereby afforded, by entering into more cordial engagements of mutual amity and forbearance. Were they to abstain altogether from so doing, we should regard them as unwise, if not, indeed, absolutely culpable. Such, how ever, we doubt not will really be among the most important of their present proceedings. Meanwhile, it is not uninteresting to cast a more discursive glance over the position of the potentates not merely of Europe, but generally of both hemispheres. While our own beloved SOVEREIGN is enjoying the continuance of com plete domestic felicity ; while the QUEEN of SPAIN is agitated by recent contentions with in the walls of Congress; and even within the Council Chambems of Administration ; while the QUEEN of PORTUGAL cannot but be looking with anxiety to the uncertain continuance of health and life to SALDANIIA ; while the POPE is setting out from Rome to pass the early summer at Porto d'Anzio ; and while the EMPEROR of the FRENCH IS preparing not only for another tour through the provinces, but for his stately and gorgeous coro nation—SANTA ANNA is resuming the reins of supreme authority over the Mexican Common wealth ; FRANKLIN PIERCE is settling himself down to the government of the United States in the capacity of their newly-elected President ; and from the remotest extremities .of Asia, at the critical moment when invasion threatens the Japanese, the EMPEROR of CHINA, with his armies routed by insurgents and his sceptre all but torn from his grasp, is heard calling for aid upon the troops of the Barbarian English. " Wonders will never cease," according to a popular expres sion : and among not the least wonderful of those never-ending wonders must now be numbered, we conceive, the diversified situation of the various rulers both of Heathendom and Christendom. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a skilful debater. He is peculiarly felicitous in seizing on the weak points of his adversary's case, and placing his own in the most favourable point of view. Like an acute and able nisi prim practi tioner, he leaves no argument untouched appli cable to the question under discussion for the time being. But, unfortunately, there is in one respect a great distinction between the proceed ings and practice of Westminster Hall and West minster Palace. The Learned Gentleman who, by an elaborate argument, has established the proposition for which he is at the moment con tending, has no fear of being taxed with incon sistency when the following day or hour he puts forward totally conflicting views, .and with equal energy and efficiency claims a totally different decision from that which he sought for a short time previously. But it is different with a Member of Parliament, more particularly with a Cabinet Minister, whose arguments are carefully recorded in the pages of HANSARD, and may at any moment be brought to bear against himself with tremendous power. He must endea vour to assume at least an appearance of consis tency—must resist the temptation of asserting a principle which, however conclusive as to the sub ject under discussion, may another time be used as a formidable weapon by his epponents. Mr. GLADSTONE has already experienced the annoyance of being confuted out of his own mouth, of being defeated by the arguments which he had himself supplied. He has already felt and acknowledged the inconvenience. In at tempting to show that there was already a dis tinction between schedules A and D, he clearly and distinctly proved that, in consequence of the landed proprietors being charged on their gross receipts in place of on their net incomes, of no allowances being made for the necessary outgoings for repairs, in surances, bad debts, management, &c., they were practically charged 9d. in place of 7d. in the pound, or nearly 23 per cent. more than the con tributors under other schedules. This was all very well while he was holding a brief in favour of land versus industry ; when desirous of showing that the tax did not bear quite so hardly as had been represented on industry and skill as com pared with property. The argument was to some extent legitimate, or at least plausible. It might easily have been refuted so far as contributors under Schedule D were concerned, by showing that there were heavy professional and trading ekpenses, for which no allowances were made, and which, on the average, amounted to far more than the outlay on landed or household property, and, even if it constituted a sufficient allowance for the difference of value between precarious and fluctu ating and certain and permanent income (a point which we ' most emphatically and ,unequivocally deny, and which even Mr. GLADSTONE himself does not venture to assert), was made in the most objectionable form, pressing very unequally and unfairly on the landed proprietors themselves, and falling most severely on those least capable of sustaining the burden. This was shown by the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, who estimated the outgoings at from 15 to 16 per cent. on landed or household property. He, however, estimated the amount payable to mortgagees, and other encumbrancers, at-25 per cent. on the gross rental, for which no allowance 'beyond the 7d. in the pound could be claimed. The owner then had not only to pay 15 or 16 per cent. beyond the rates payable on the sums appli cable to his own use, but a similar amount on the interest due to the several persons having charges on his property. So that the more embarrassed he was, the more onerous and intolerable the charges became, until it might possibly occur that he would have to pay more to the collector than he would have remaining for his voicing use. It must, also, be rather pro own rent due to by a l 4 an a wards requir e d. t o n a d b l s o c r o d u c i w ng ho te h n a a s nt l , os t t e t b h e e eafntteirre the rent as if he IPlaady a t c h t e ual t l a y x re n ce t iv h e e d ao rt o w u i n th t ou o t f delay or drawback. The con sideration with which Lord CAMPBELL consoled. himself as an Irish pro prietor, that it is only on income he is to be taxed, is, it appears, inapplicable, inasmuch as he will have to pay some 90/. per annum for the barren honour of being the owner ,of a nominal ,rent-roll of 3,000/, per annum, not one shilling of which could possibly be enforced from the poverty-stricken occupants. As against Fundholders, Mortgagees, and An nuitants—the especial favourites and protegees of Mr. GLADSTONe—the argument was irresistible ; and, as the Right Honourable Gentleman himself declared, he had to expiate it by " a long debate, ending with a division." He could not, indeed, suppose that his opponents could omit noticing so palpable a blot. Unwarned, however, by his mistake, and its inevitable consequences, he has again fallen into a similar error. In the contem plated extension of the Legacy Duties he has devised a machinery by which all the inequalities of the Income Tax may be removed, and the charge equitably and fairly assessed on every person ac cording to the actual value of his receipts. Not only will every reasonable allowance be made, the outgoings deducted, and net income only charged on—but the tax will be levied not according to the actual receipts, but to the capitalised value. Limited estates will be recognised, and life-inte rests charged according to the age of the recipient. How completely and unanswerably does this dis pose of the arguments as to the impossibility of making even an approximation to an equitable assessment. Nothing is required to refute, the arguments of Mr. GLADSTONE on the Income Tax but the arguments of the same Mr. GLADSTONE on the proposed extension of the Legacy Duties. Nothing to prove the perfect feasibility of a judi cious and equitable arrangement of the Income Tax but tkat which the Right Hon. Gentleman has in the second of his fiscal propositions shown to be of easy accomplishment, presenting no very great certainty, no insuperable difficulty. He must, therefore, prepare himself to show cause on Friday evening lyhy the principle he has so recently enunciated should not be extended in its operation, to be again told that " there is nothing in life, especially in public life, more important than to have a principle to guide him." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1 853, IMPORTANT FROM TURKEY. A second edition of the Morning Post publishes the following, received by Submarine and European Telegraph : PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this day declares that the last news received from Constantinople by the French Government give the assurance that the status quo will be maintained at Jerusalem. Menschikoff is recalled. This does not imply any modification of the arrangements come to by the Porte with M. de Lavalette, as the essential point on which France insists could not be, on her part, the subject of any transaction. As to the ancient treaties with Turkey—no dip lomatic act, no resolution of the Divan, can be in validated without the consent of France. Menschikoff has demanded the conclusion of a. treaty, placing wider the protection of Russia the church and clergy of the Greek persuasion. This is a different question from that of the Holy Places, as it affects Turkish interests. If this question of Protectorate of the Greek Church were to bring about a complication, it would become an European question, engaging on the same grounds France and all the Powers sig natories of the treaty of UOUBT OIRCULA R. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur, and. attended by the Mar chioness of Ely and the Hon. Mary Bulteel, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. Colonel the Honourable C. Grey was in attendance on horseback. Sir, James Graham arrived from London yesterday on a visit, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visted the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, visited the Duchess. of Gloucester, on Monday evening, at Gloucester-house, Piccadilly. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence-house. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and the Prinbess Adelaide of Ho lienlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Sir George Couper, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. Seymour, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Mr. Peyton had an interview with the Earl of Aber- 1 deen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing otreet. Dispatches were received, at the Colonial-office yester• day from the Governor of the Falkland Islands. NEW' TURICLSH BANK.—Advices from Constantinople convey full details of the negotiations for forming a new Turkish &Bank, and of the hopes entertained by the flounders, who are alleged not to possess any extensive pecuniary means or financial influence of raising funds in England. The proposed capital is said to be 1,820,0001., of which about 637,0001. is to be obtained in Constantinople, although none of the leading mer chants or bankers of that city are likely to take shares. The precise constitution of the bank and its intended mode of management are at the same time described, with the view of cautioning London capitalists, but as no attempt has yet been made to introduce the scheme here, it will be sufficient to give them at a future time, if it should ever be brought forward. BUENOS AYRES BONDS.—The news from the River Plate yesterday caused a violent fluctuation in Buenos Ayres Bonds, and after having yesterday been quoted 724 they this afternoon touched 66. It appears ..that the negotiations for peace agreed to between the re spective commissioners of Urquiza and the Provisional Government of Buenos Ayres were entered into as far as Urquiza was concerned merely for treacherous pur poses, and that at the departure of the mail a resumption of hostilities was immediately to be expected. MERCANTILE AND MARITIME COLLEGE.—A meeting of bankers, merchants, and others took place yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern, when a series of reso lutions in support of the establishment of s. Mercantile and Maritime College were unanimously carried. ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state that the mar-. ket for manufactures showed more firmness, but that no great change had occurred in prices. The approaching fair at Beaucaire, it was expected, would stimulate bu siness. ALARMING FIRE AT BROMLEY.—About eight o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Hassell and Miller, Providence-row, Bromley, Middlesex, during the absence of the men engaged in the repairs at breakfast. Every exertion was used to stay the progress of the flames, but so firm a hold had they taken that the destruction of surrounding property was evident. The electric wires were, however, set to work, and in a wonderfully short time Mr. Fogo, fore man of the A section of the Brigade, arrived with two powerful engines, when, being further assisted by an engine from Messrs. Currie, and abundance of water from the East London mains, the fire was subdued, totally dfttroying one house, and causing other serious damage. EXTENSIVE FIRE ON HOLBORN-HlLL. —Last night, about 10 o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out in the premises be longing to Mr. J. Euhrer, importer of Bohemian glass, toys, baskets, and other foreign articles, Stc. situate at 29, Holborn - hill , near the corner of ,Fetter-lane. The flames originated from some unknown cause in the ground floor warehouse, during the absence of the family, and were not discovered until that part of the establish ment was completely encircled in fire. An alarm was immediately given, when police-constable 252 came up, and having taken possession of the door, he sent for the fire-escapes and en g ines. In a very brief period the Royal Society's fire-escape from Hatton-garden attended, followed by the engines of the London Brigade from F arr ingdon-street, Holborn, Watling-street, and that of the West of England office, and several others. Plenty of water having been procured from the mains of the New River Company, the firemen, under the direction of their superior officers, went to work in admirable style, but in spite of which the fire continued its ravages, and haVing travelled up the staircase, it entered every room, a cid finally penetrate d the roof. At len g th, how ever, the fire was subdued, but the damage done is very serious, and although the sufferer was insured for 6001., it is feared that that amount will not half cover the loss. GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 11 30 P.M.—At half-past 9 o'clock this evening a fire lgoke out in the extensive factory of Mr. Richard Ford North, cotton.manufacturer, situate at the upper end of Vauxhall-road, on the bank of the canal, a few hundred yards from the New North Docks. In an hour after its discovery the whole mass of building, including a num ber of houses in which about 500 of the workpeople lived, was enveloped in flames. At half past 10 the spectacle was most awfully sublime, and drew thousands of spec tators together. The hills in the neighbourhood are still crowded with people. Tho roofs had fallen in, and there appears no possibillity of saving any portion of the premises. The loss, it is thought, will exceed 100,0001,, but the actual am ount cannot, of course, be ascer taind at present. The property is insured in several offices, but, we understand, not to the full amount of the estimated damage. The works employed, with out-door hands, upwards of a thousand person s, w ho will thus be thrown out of work. Mr. North's was the only cotton factory in Liverpool. The unfor tunate families who lived on the premises, and who are rendered houseless by . the calamity, have found tem bolter with thew relatives , porary MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 3,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly at full prices. The sales com prised 6,000 to 7,000 American, 220 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 7id., 300 Bahia, at 6/d. to sid., 70 Egyptian at 7d., 1,000 Surat at aid. to 4/d., and 30 Sea Island at 2s. to 3s. per lb. Rail way shares were quiet but steady. At the public sales of Tea yesterday, 9,322 packages passed, of which about 3,300, including 1,800 boxes, were sold at fully previous rates. Young Hyson rather dearer. The Indigo sales went rather firmer yesterday, and a larger quantity was . sold • considerable parcels of Kurpah passed to-day. The good and firm qualities realised fully last sale's prices to rather above, but the inferior sorts were 2d. to 3d. under last sale. Further quantities of Bengal were withdrawn, leaving about 2,000 ohests to be dis posed of-1,671 chests passed to-day •of which 611 were withdrawn, 450 bought in, and 610 sold. Total passed 12,069 chests, of which 2,801 are sold. At the annual general meeting of the contribu tors to the Benevolent Fund of the Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association held this day 1451. was voted to annuitants. To one clerk who is incapacitated, from paralysis, the an nuity of 301. was granted, and one annuity of 251. was awarded to a widow, three annuities of 201. were given to three others, and t wo o f 151. t o t wo more. as T m ho r m . a j s onßeas andring Esq., presid e d, w h o , as Mr. Reynell, ex p resse d well himself warmly on the merits of the Association. It seems that the support given by the higher class of clerks was very limited, but the progress nevertheless was satisfactory, and, during the pre sent year, 163 policies have been effected, repre senting 31,0501. A donation of 101. 10s. was ac knowledged from Anthony Rothschild, Esq. ; Baron Rothschild was absent on the Continent. John Abel Smith, Esq., 'the Chairman, was not present owing to ill health. We most earnestly call upon clerks to join this exceitlent association, the benefits of which, in many cases of great dis tress, have come within our personal knowledge. At the meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway Company this day, the bills for making the branch line to the proposed Victoria Docks, and the line from Stratford to Woodford and Loughton, and for enabling the company to capit a li se th e i r debt, were approved unanimously. In reply to a proprietor, it was Stated that the expense of the line to the docks would be borne by the Victoria Dock Com pany. The leading discount houses having yesterday issued circulars to the effect that they will allow 2i instead of 2f per cent. for money on " call," there is naturally renewed inquiry and discussion as to the probable success of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his attempt to get the June Bills circulated at Id. per cent. per diem. The official notice having been given this week, it is obvious that up to the present time Mr. Glad stone has not in the least changed his mind, and r that he considers it possible to effect the reduction. Certainly, under other circumstances, there would have been a fair prospect of success,- since money was considerably cheaper when the financial plans of the Government were first made known. The very decided change that has since occurred could scarcely have been anticipated when gold was so freely arriving from Australia ; but, the fact is, that sovereigns have gone out almost as fast, and that the Continental demand has been continuous and large. The cause has frequently been ex plained under this head, and there remains now to consider what is the future prospect. At the pre sent time, the "calls " upon the French and Cana dian lines are particularly heavy, and there will be a respite after these are provided. The Central of France taking 81. per Share within a few weeks upon so many thousand shares is enough to pinch the holders, and to occasion a demand for cash in the Stock Exchange, while the Grand Trunk of Canada has taken about 700,0001. There have been shipments of specie also to Russia and Germany, and in other directions to a smaller amount. The Indian demand has, in the meantime, absorbed the silver coining here, and thus we easily account forth° movement in progress here as regards the temporary enhancement of the rate of discount. Some have imagined that in consequence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer reducing the rate of interest on a portion of the debt, parties were sending their capital away to invest it in French Securities, but this can only be true to a limited extent ; because, after all, the conversion, except in the case of the South Sea Stocks, is voluntary. Up to the present date the total sum of new stock and Exchequer Bonds " accepted" is under 2,000,000/. The particulars.wllich we yesterday gave from Australia show conclusively that it will now pay to send out coined gold. Hence one drain is temporarily stopped. Next, we believe, the re mittances to France, Canada, &c., if not actually forwarded, are so far arranged as to have taken the amounts out of the market. Therefore the full pressure is already felt ; and lastly, we anticipate very large arrivals of Australian gold within a week or two. Several abortive companies, including one or two projected banks, are returning their deposits, and as most new undertakings are at a discount the temptadon to bring out more is destroyed. An easier state of things, is in our view likely to ensue, but we de not look for any decided cheapening of money. The " conversion" just now hangs over the money market prejudicially, and there is no doubt the bankers and brokers are opposing the Government strenuously, being dis satisfied at the intended reduction in the interest on Exchequer Bills. The Foreign Exchanges were quoted yesterday afternoon for three months' bills as follows :—Paris, 25 25 to 30 2 • Antwerp, 25 25 to 30 ;. Amsterdam, 11 181 to 184 ; Hamburgh, 13 81 to 81. ; Frank fort, 1201 to 1201 ; and Trieste, 10 53 to 57. These rates show an improvement as compared with those of last post day. The English Funds have been weak again, and there are renewed money sales. Consols have realised wog to -g _for Transfer, and 100 i to for Account. The Now 8/ per Cents. have bees 103/ to if. A bargain has been effected in New 5 per Cents. at 125. Bank Stock is very firm at 229, and East India Stock at 261 to 263. South Sea Stock is worth 1151. Exchequer Bills aro is. discount to 3s. premium, being still very heavy. Foreign Securities have been very inactive, but Peruvian Bonds are better. Greek Red have been done at 10. Equador are 5i to 6. Buenos Ayres is not higher than 65, a fall of 6 to 7 per cent. Spanish Deferred are dull at 24. Portuguese 4- per Cents. are worth 39/ to 401. Dutch 2i- per Cents. are 65k. English Railway Shares are about 1 per Cent. worse, and French are down 10s. to 11. on the 251. Shares. The Strasbourg are now quoted ex dividend. The Gold Mine Shares keep steady, and are more dealt in. Australian Agricultural and Crystal Palace Shares are depressed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ............. ......... 229 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . 100; iI 8 New 34 per Cent. Annuities New 5 per Cent. Annuities 125 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 - • Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 1-16 India Stock 263 1 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 25 p South Sea Stock 1154 Consols for Account Ist Juno Exchequer Bills lid. £lOOO.. £5OO .. Small .. June. March. ld3p ld3p Id3p Id3p Id3p Id3p PRICE OF FOREIGN ' FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Newßonds, 1829 dr 39, 5 per Cent. 1001 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.......,. 65 Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red • 10 Mexican 3 per Cent. ...................... Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. .........•••••• 88i P or tuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian !Bonds 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . . Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent ............. 4Bi Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred Ditto for the Account 24 Swedish Loan .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cont. 12 Guil. 65i1 Ditto 4 per Cent. - Certificates......••• ••• ••• 96 TFIREE O'CLOCK. 1004 g 1001 Consols Ditto Juno Account TRIBUTE TO THE COAST-GUARD.--The Lords of the Treasury have directed the free delivery to the officers and men belonging to the Coast-guard service at Rye of some gold and silver medals which have been sent by the Senate of Hamburgh as presents to those parties, in testimonial of the eminent services rendere d by them in saving the lives of about forty individuals from the wreck of a Hamburgh emigrant ship on the coast during last winter, and the medals, which are appropriately ornamented, and bear an inscription of the cause of their presentation, have been received by the parties. SECONDARIES' COURT-(THIS DA I). (Before, Mr. Secondary Potter.) DAWSON AND OTHERS V. THE FAIRHEAD HARBOUR COMPANY. This was an action by the well-known news agents to recover the amount of a bill for advertising, &c. The defendants pleaded ; but after some conversation between the counsel, it was agreed that, a verdict should be taken for 4901. This was the only case. SHERIFFS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) DONOVAN V. HOLLIS. This was an action on a guarantee. It appeared that the plaintiff had lent some scaffolding on hire to a per son named Rogers, who was doing some repairs at de fendant's house, and defendant undertook to see the amount paid. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. W. R. Buchanan, submitted that the plaintiff was barred from recovering by the statute of frauds, as any guarantee for payment of the debts of another must be in writing. His Honour held that such was the law, and non suited the plaintiff. THE NEW INCOME T9..1 BILL. The measure embodying the recent proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the income tax, was printed on Monday. It is entitled, "A bill for granting to her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices." There are 46 clauses, the provisions of which are to take effect from the sth of April last, and to con tinue until the 6th of April, 1860. In respect of property in lands, &c., pensions, interest of money, annuities, dividends payable to individuals or corporate bodies, and the annual profits accruing to any person resident in the United Kingdom, or from any trade, or profession exercised in the United Kingdom, for every 20s. of the annual value or amount thereof, the charge will be, during the, first two years 7d., during the second two years 6d., and for the r ema i n i ng th ree years sd. In respect o f the occupation of said lands, for every 20s. annual yalue, the duty for the first two years in England is to. be 3d., and in Scotland and Ireland, 24d. • in the second two years, in England, 3d., in Scotland and Ireland, 21d. ; and for the last term of three years, 24d. in Engla n d, i n S co tl an d and Ire land, 14d. For the purpose of classifying and distin guishing the several properties, profits, and gains, and for assessing and collecting the duties payable upon, them the duties are to be charged under five schedules : Schedule A.—ln respect of property in all lands, 'tenements, and heritages in the United Kingdom, the duty is to be charged for every 20s. of the annual value thereof. ' Schedule B.—ln respect of the occupation of all such lands, &c., the charge is t o b e upon every 20s. of the annual vaue thereof.. Schedule C.—ln respects of all profits arising from interest annuities, dividends payable to persons, to bodies politic, or corporate companies, or societies, out of any public revenue, th e d u t y i s to be charged for every 20s. of the annual amounifthereof. Schedule D.—ln respect ofall annual profits or gains ac cruing to any person residing in the United Kingdom for any kind of property whatever, whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and for the annual pro fits or gains according to any person residing in the United Kingdom, from any profession, trade, employ ment, or vocation, whether the same shall be respec tively carried on in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, the change is to be for every 20s. of the annual amount of such profits and gains. In respect of the annual profits or gains accruing to any persons whatever, whether a British subject or not, although not resident in the United Kingdom, from any property whatever in thil United Kingdom, or any profession, trade, employment, or vocation exercised within the United Kingdom, the charge is to be upon every 20s. of the annual amount of such profits and gains. , - In respect of all interest of money, annuities, and other annual profits and gains not ch arge d b y v i rtue o f any other of the schedules in the act, the charge is to be for every 20s. of the annual amount thereof. Schedule E.—ln respect of every public office or employment of profit, and upon every annuity, pension, stipend, payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom (excepting the annuities charged under Schedule 0), the charge is to be upon every 20s. of the annual amount thereof. The duties, which are to be placed under the manage ment of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, are to be assessed and raised under the provisians of the sth and 6th Vict., c. 35, and of th e severa l acts therein referred to, and also of all acts subsequently passed in explana tion or alteration of the above-mentioned act, and for this purpose all the said acts shall be revived and deemed to have been in force from the sth of April, 1853. All of the said regulations and provisions which have reference to Great Britain or England, / shall, so far as they are applicable with the exact provisions of this act, be extended to Ireland. The exemption under the former acts of persons whose income was under 1501. per annum, is in future to be restricted under this act to persons whose whole incomes from every source are less than 1001. a-year respectively, with the proviso that any person so charged, who shall claim and prove that his total income from every source, although amounting to 1001. a-year or upwards, is less than 1501. a-year for the year of the assessment of his profits or gains, shall be entitled to be relieved from so much of the said duties as shall exceed the rate of sd. for every 20s. Persons also who have made an in surance, or contracted for a deferred annuity for the lives of themselves or wives, are to be allowed an abate ment of duty in respect of the annual premiums paid. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY, 17. By the Royal mail steamer Severn we have Lisbon letters and papers of the 12th inst., being three days later than the last Peninsular mail. The ex-Empress of Brazil having arrived from Madeira with the remains of her daughter, she was immediately visited on board the steamer-of-war by the King and Queen, and the funeral took place at the Church of St. Vincent just before the Severn left, with every demonstration of sympathy and regret on the part of the inhabitants of Lisbon, by whom Don Pedro's amiable and benificent widow is deservedly respected. Little further progress had been made in the Cortes. The Peers' Committee had reported in favour of the approval of all the dictatorial laws. The Deputies had not yet passed the law of expropriation for railways. It was reported that the railway works had been sus pended after the day of turning the first sod ; but our correspondent states having seen 30 men at work on the 11th. A great number of Portuguese labourers had either been dismissed or refused employment, which led to a disturbance at the company's offices, and, probably, gave rise to the report that the works had been entirely suspended. Her Majesty's ship Firebrand was at Lisbon on the 12th, and the Thomas Harrison, Halliday, 16 days from London, and bound for Port Philip, had put into that port with her foremast sprung. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Madrid, with the mails of the 7th inst. from Southampton, reached Lisbon on the 11th inst. THE LATE MR. GEORGE PALMER, FORMERLY M.P. FOR SOUTH ESSEX.—This much respected gentleman died, after a short illness, on the 12th inst., at his seat, Nazing-park. Mr. Palmer represented South Essex in Parliament, successively, from 1835 to 1847, when, on account of advanced age and increasing infirmities, he resigned his seat, much to the regret of his constituents. He wiil long be remembered as chairman of the several select committees on shipwrecks in the House of Commons, for his exertions to lessen the causes of dis asters at sea, and to improve the qualifications of our merchant seamen. Mr. Palmer was the inventor of a valuable plan of life-boat, which, under the auspices of the Royal National Institution for the Preserva tion of Life from Shipwreck, has been the means of saving some hundreds of shipwrecked persons on our coasts, and for which he was, a few weeks before his lamented death, presented with the gold medallion of the society. He had also been the deputy chairman of the institution for upwards of 25 years. Mr. Palmer had been in his earlier years extensively engaged as a merchant and shipowner in the City of London, and was remarkable for never allowing any of his ships to go to sea without making every provision for saving the lives of the crews in cases of shipwrecks. He had for upwards of twenty years supported, at his own expense, a corps of yeomanry, which, we believe, will be continued by his son and heir, Major Palmer. Mr. Palmer was in his 84th year when he died, and was the elder brother of Mr. Horsley Palmer, the ex-Governer of the Bank of England. The family of Palmer, whose patriarch, Wil liam Le Palmer, was a crusader under Richard Coeur de Lion, have, from a remot e p er i o d, b een established at Nazing-park, Essex, and the late representative of the fa mily was endeared to all who knew him in private life, by the gentleness of his manners, and the sterling integrity of his principles. DEMONSTRATION OF ODD-FELLOWS. —NOTTINGHAM, TllESDAT.—Yesterday a demonstration of the Manches ter order of Odd-Fellows took place in this town. At one o'clock members from .thirty lodges assembled in front of the Castle-lodge, where they were joined by the band of the Bth Hussars. They afterwards proceeded to parade the principal thoroughfares of the town ac companied by three bands of music, and a number of flags and banners, each member wearing the insig n i a o f his rank in the Order. At the conclusion of the proces sion they drew up in the Market-place, where the Na tional Anthem and Rule Britannia were performed by the bands. The annual expenditure of this district has been, during the year, as follows :—Allowance to sick members, 1,2991. 15s. 7Ad. ; to members in distress, 171. 19s. ; for medicine and attendance, 3211. Os. 7d. ; to widows and orphans, 1981. ls. Id. ; for funerals, 8361. Total, 2,1721. 16s. 4d. . THE LORI) HIGH COMMISSIONER.--We believe it is not yet decided whether the Right Hon. Lord Belhaven and Stenton, who has been appointed her Majesty's commissioner to the ensuing meeting of the General Assembly of the Established Church, will take up his residence in Holyrood Palace or not. It is, however, most probable that apartments will be provided for his grace in the palace. We understand that Thos. Burnet, Esq., Aberdeen, who has for nearly 40 years officiated as purse-bearer to the different commissioners, and who has discharged his duties in a very efficient manner, has resigned from ill health, and has been succeeded by a nephew of his grace's, Robert Ramsay, Esq.—Edinburg4 Guardian. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. LIN, MAT 17. Owing to th e con ti nued rain of D ye Uß sterday the attend ance was not so full as on previous days, yet a con siderable number of visitors entered the building in the course of the afternoon, and, in the absence of any throng or pressure, the exhibitors and artisans, whose preparatory labours have not yet concluded, availed themselves of the opportunity to prosecute their task with redoubled energy and effect. During the day the total number who visited the Exhibition was 3,440, of whom 231 paid for admission at the doors. The sale of season tickets still proceeds satisfactorily. Up to the present the entire number disposed of is 11,655, the proportions being—ladies' tickets 7,110, and gentle men's 5,545. The sum realised by their sale is 16,6951. In the Southern Hall additional stalls have been fitted up, and further contributions, including some beautiful castings and various other specimens of art and manufactures, have been displayed. A considerable portion of the collection, however, is yet imperfectly organised, and the corridor adjoining the Fine Arts Court is still occupied as a store. In the present state of the hall a notice of its contents must be deferred. Several additional packages arrived at the building yesterday, including a portion of the French collection and numerous works of art. Amongst the latter are paintings by Pickersgill and Middleton, and one by Samuel Lover, which has been su s p en d e d un d er Bur ton's celebrated picture of "The Blind Girl at the Holy Well." In connection with these arrivals it may be men tioned that a communication has been received by Mr. Deane, announcing that the painting by Hage, repre senting the banquet scene in Macbeth, which was specially ordered to be executed by her Majesty, in tes timony of the approval of the manner in which the tragedy was produced in the Princess's Theatre, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean, is now on its way to Dublin. It is one of the royal contributions, and the completion of it was ac ce l era t e d b y t h e wish of her Majesty, in order that it might occupy a place in the in dustrial temple. Thesplendid collection of pictures, which forms so interesting a feature in the Exhibition, has so outgrown even the spacious dimensions of the Fine Arta Court, that the committee have found it necessary to devote additional space to their display, and, in order to effect this object, it is intended to incorporate with the pre- Sent gallery the adjoining refreshment saloon, and to fit up another refectory for Mr. Breslin, at the western end of the large hail adjoining the Royal Dublin Society House. The present arrangements of the Fine Arts Court are not to be considered permanent, as the ex tended limits which the accession of the new gallery will afford will enable the committee to modify them whenever it appears desirable, so as to exhibit to full advantage the numerous works of art that have not yet been exposed to view. The floor of the Great Nave was yesterday strewn in all directions with packages ready to be opened. Several new cases and tables have been fitted up, pedestals for addi tional statues placed, and other preparations made for introducing further ornamental and interesting objects. The principal vase of the second fountain is already raised, and the first near the eastern end is nearly completed. In the centre of the hall the cast-iron stand of the Coal brook-dale. Company, forming in itself a very hand some and highly-finished specimen of its class, has been placed, and occupies a considerable space. Near it a stall of extensive dimensions, in which articles of fur niture will be exhibited, is in progress of construction. Below the small organ at. the entrance a large clock is suspended, and numerous other improvements have been effected throughout the hall. During the day the contribution contained in the royal plate chest, the un packing of which attracted so much curiosity on Satur day, was displayed in the centre of the dais at the western end, and was an object of great admiration and interest. It consists of a magnificent ornament, standing about two and a half feet in height, and nearly thirty feet in diameter at the base, representing a Moorish temple, with silver pillars, supporting a richly-gilt dome, and having a fountain in the centre, while around it is a hippodrome, in which are models in silver of the Arabian steeds presented to her Majesty by the Pacha of Egypt. The Arab attendants are also represented, and other devices, elegantly chased and adorned with brilliant enamels, embellish the whole design, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert is the originator. This beautiful work is a splendid example not only of the Prince's artistic genius, but of his muni ficent patronage of our Industrial Exhibition, having been expressly manufactured for it by the eminent firm of Garrard, of the Haymarket, London, at a cost of 4,0001. There is an additional circumstance, however, which renders this princely contribution peculiarly gra• tifying. The artisan who carried out the design, modelled and finished it, was an Irishman, who first acquired a practical knowledge of his business in the well-known and respectable establishment of West and Son, College• green. _ _ _ In the Northern Hall exhibitors are still busily en gaged unfolding and arranging their various produc tions, and have made considerable additions to the number and attractiveness of the several stands. The display of textile fabrics in this department will be ex tremely ample and creditable. In the Machinery Court, also, the work of adjusting th e i nnumera bl e mechanical combinations of ingenuity and skill which here engage the attention and interest of the scientific observer, pro ceeds with proportionate rapidity, and this section of the Exhibition is already in a condition to repay exami nation. CRICKET. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE T. ALL ENGLAND. --- This great match was resumed yesterday at "Lord's," where there was again a very numerous attendance, as well as a fine exhibition of scientific play. Something more than 2,000 spectators had gathered to witness the performance of the day ; amongst whom we noticed, the Earl Spencer, Lord Althorpe, Lord Paget, Lord Stanhope, Hon. H. Neville, the Hon. J. Fiennes, and upwards of 100 members of the Marylebone Club. By the way it may he recorded that three new members were elected, and five proposed. At the close of yesterday's play the game stood as follows : NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. • First Innings. Second Innings. Clarke, run out. B. Parr, run out lO b Dean 0 Guy, b Wisden l2 b Martingell l7 G. Parr, b Sherman 4 b Dean 49 S. Parr, c Box, b Wisden . R. C. Tinley, b Wisden.... ....... Brown, b Sherman ........ ....... ... 0 b Dean 0 Grundy, not out . F. Tinley, b Wisden.. 0 not out l3 Nizon, b Sherman 1 b Wisden 6 Bickley, run out 4 c Box, b Dean 0 81, 1-b 4 Total . 63 Total 129 ENGLAND. First Innings. Second Innings. W. Nicholson, Esq., b Clarke .... 20 b Bickley 5 Dean, run out 3 J. Caesar, b Clarke ' 1 b Bickley 7 Hunt, st Brown, b Clarke 0 b Bickley 6 Box, b Clarke Anderson, bF. Tinley 3O B. Bickley 1 Caffyn, b Clarke 35 not out 6 Wisden, hit wicket, b Clarke 0 b Clarke 3 Chatterton, b F. Tinley 2 Martiugell, not out l3 Sherman, b Nixon 6 L-b 1, n-b 1 2 1-b 1 1 Total ti ll7 Total 35 The match was resumed this day at twelve o'clock. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP WITH 600 SOULS ON BOARD.—The American ship Connecticut, Mr. Williams commander, which left Liverpool on the 21st of last month for New York, with about six hundred emigrants on board, has just succeeded in reaching Falmouth, after a most narrow escape of being overcome by a succession of frightful gales to the westward of Cape Clear. Some five or six days after she had left the Mersey, with every prospect of a rapid voyage across the Atlantic, thq wind veered round to west-north-west, and iixtwelve hours it blew terrifically from that quarter. It continued for days, the ship labouring severely ; and. there appearing no chance of beating against it, the of ficers thought it prudent to put back. This had no sooner been carried out before a change took place, and eventually the wind dropped to a calm. In a f ew hours, however, as dusk set in, another storm broke forth, if possible more furious than the one they had previously encountered, the sea ran tremendously high, and the ship carried away her main and foretopmast, besides sustaining other damage. For three days and nights there was no abatement in its fury, the vessel shipping heavy seas and rolling in a manner to create the utmost dismay among all on board. Attempts were made to bear up for Cork. In retracing her course she narrowly escaped destruction by collision. The ship Martha Rae, in attempting to speak with her, got foul of h er , an d oc casioned considerable mischief. She was unable to reach Cork. Some pilots succeeded in boarding her off the Scilly Islands, and a steam-tug subsequently coming within hail she was employed to take the Connecticut in tow, and she was got into Falmouth. The emigrants seem to have suffered greatly. HORRIBLE MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS.—Advices yesterday, by the Brazilian mail-packet, dated Monte Video, April 5, furnish some particulars of the discovery of horrible murders on board the ship Reindeer, Captain Wilson master, from Valparaiso, of the captain, first and second mates, steward, and two passengers, by part of the crew, for the purpose of plunder, a large amount of specie being understood to be in the vessel. A few weeks prior to the above date some fishermen discovered the vessel abandoned n ear Cape Antonio. She was lying between two banks, where she had evidently been run and scuttled, and then plundered. The fishermen, after much exertion, managed to gel out some of the cargo, by which they were enabled to get at the souttle-holes and fill them up. When she floated, they got h e r off , and making sail, contrived to run her into Monte Video, where she remains. Previous to her discovery, a number of her crew, who had landed from an open boat at Saladin, had been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in wilfully casting away the ship. They were conveyed to Buenos Ayres, where two of them confessed to certain of the crew murdering the whole of the ship's officers and the passengers who were on board. STRASBOTJRG RAlLWAY.—Advices from the Paris Bourse mention that the capital of the Strasbourg Rail way is likely to be increased to the extent of 175,000,000 f. by an issue of 250,000 new shares and of debentures for the balance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES—No. CCCCXXV. MANCHESTER SPRING MEETING.—The principal raol for to-morrow is th e M anc h es t er T ra d esman ' s Cup 200 sovs. in specie, added to a Handicap of 20 so"' each, 151%, &c., 2 miles and a-quarter. Seventy-six IT; minations have been obtained t o thi s St a k e —f or ty-eiguu of which, however, pay 5 Boys. forfeit. The field, it is expected, will be comp ose d o f th e f o ll ow i ng —Weather gage, Lady Evelyn, Chief Justice, Indian Warn, Bird-on-the-Wing, Ha r i co t, A aron S m i t h , St. Mich ae l, Ethelwolf, Gadabout, T a lf our d, R oya l George, In- Faugh-a-Ballagh out o f Mi n i ature, T he E ven t, an d Chaffwax. Weathergage figures as the top weight, an during the last' eight and forty hours has been backe d for a good deal of money, and at rather short odds too. His chance, comparatively with some others in the race, does not look very rosy in my eyes. I expect to sr him run forward, but nothinc, more. Lady Evelyn' d o not know what to say about,'' little or no money havirlg been put upon h er , or I s h ou ld h ave a strong fancy 1° that quarter, as at Bst 41b she is by no means ove r ' weighted. Dawson has several horses in the race, in" t eluding the w i nner yester d ay (Red Lion) ; t. I am inclined to believe that the represent s ' tive of their stable, on this occ as i on , will her Chief Justice, w h o , a t 7 st 101 b, I take it, W ill somewhere about the m ar k. Th e I n di an Warrior is ', perfectly safe by th e prece di ng. Bird-on-the-Wing, "" 7st, ought to run forward. Haricot has so often de ceived me (every time I have selected her she has occur pied the second place) that I shall have nothing to do with her this time. A aron S m ith , I imagine, will r ur l very well, and not imp ro b a bl y ge t a p l ace. St. Michae l will not do for this bout, and Ethelwolf I must also pas' over: Gadabout, a t th e rather stiffish.weight of 6st for a three-year-old in the Spring, performed so uncom monly well at Epsom in the Metropolitan, that I ran g " notwithstanding the weight, assign her a prominent Po' sition in the race. Talfourd, whom I should hal e thought would h ave b een reserve d for the Derby,, is, it seems, to be brought ou t on thi s occasion, if he a no too stale by his previous exertions this season, a t Est, including 101 b extra, he must be a very dangerous or ponent. Royal George, the Miniature mare, the Even t, and Chaffwax, as f ar as we i g ht i s concerned , ' are all I f loose ; but, according to my view of the matter, tun e r no use. To sum up, the finale will be confined to Cu' Justice, Aaron Smith, Gadabout, Talfourd, the-Wing ; and to GADABOUT or CHIEF JUSTICE I 6115 II look for the winner—Talfourd, Aaron Smith, and Bu' e* on-the-Wing running in in the order named. 0 The Two-Year-Old St a k es o f 10 sovs. each, with - 5 added, T.Y.C., ou t o f i ts su b scription list of ninetesuY will probably send something under a third of that Iot a ; ber to the p os t. Th e winner," expect, will be fours in BROW N B RANDY or the WILD HuNTsmAN, both of whom have to carry 31b. extra. The rest, with one 4°. ception, are a very so-so lot. The Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, w ith 50 added, mile- an d- a - quarter, will, I presume, be contes t e d by five or six, including Osbaldeston and Evadne . Should the former run second to Longbow to-day f or the Meiklam Handicap, and thereby entail no penalty, I shall take him.as the winner of this stake ; but if is beaten easily to-day, or wins, I must then turn b" Mr. Meiklam's Evadne for the winning horse. All things considered, It would be superfluous t ° attempt indicating the wi nner o f e ith er Her MajestY'° Plate or the Selling Stakes, as the starters for bo th races depend so much on th e runn i ng on t h e stakes that have previously to be disposed of. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. BATH AND SOMERSET RACES.—TussDAT. The LANSDOWNE TRIAL STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft' with 50 added ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four , Bst 71b ; 6 "' 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. ; mares and geldings lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 6001., if " 6- manded, &c. One mile. 9 subs. Duke of Bedford's Gossip, by Chatham, 3 yrs, 74 (S. Steggles) a Mr. Powney's Lamartine, 5 yrs, 9st (A. Day) Mr. W. Harrison's Russborough, 6 yrs, 9st 31b „ (Noble) The betti ng o p ene d at evens agst Lamartine, b° closed at 6 to 4 agst him ; 5 to 4 taken about Gossip' Won cleverly by half a length. Bad third. Second Year of the BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs with 50 added ; for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7 1 „,,,e' fillies and geldings, Bst 41b. Wi nners extra. second to receive 50 sovs out of th e s t a k es. Bristo l Mile. 12 subs. • Mr. Payne's Glenavon, by Slane, B s t 4113...(Fiatinan) It Mr. J. M. Stanley's Massena, Bst 71b...(Whitehouse),„ t Alfred Day w e i g h e d f or M r. Powney ' s Amazon) "" at the last moment she was not to be found. Betting-5 to 2on Glenavon. The non-faven rite made the running to inside the distance, where Glen avon went ahead a n d won very eas il y by four l e ngth . The BIENNIAL STAKE S o f 10 soy's each, with 50 ad ded ' for two-yr-olds ; co lt s , B s t 101 b ; fillies and geldis,i; Bst 71b. Untried ho rses or mares allowed 31b. -1" second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 19 subs. 1 Mr. Howard's Diana by V en i son, B st 71 b (GUPPY; g Mr. S. Scott's Monie Mo ses , B s t 101 b (A. Day ) $ Mr. J. Brown's Balmoral, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) The following also ran :—Mr. G. Payne's Spintr i N ' Bst 71b (Flatman) • Mr. Willi ams ' s St . S p i ro , 8" (W. Day) ; Mr. E. Brayley' s _fill y b y •Lothario atoll Harum Scarum, Bst. 41b (Donald) ; Mr. P. Torahs e •by Alfred dam by Dr. F aus t us , Bst. 71b (J. Richards)* • OP Betting—Even on M on i e M oses, 5 to 2 agst Spit!! „s, After the first two hund re d y ar d s Di ana, M on i e 0 03- 0 - d, and Balmoral lay side by side in front ; at the St tjah Balmoral dropped off, Diana took a s li g ht lead ° e x, she held to the end, winning rather cleverly by aI I A length between second and third. and THE SOAIRRSETSHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs eac h, 1 5 a to 5 only if declared, & c ., w ith 100 a d de d ; the seetke. receive 50 soya ' • and the thi r d t o sa ve hi, s x l3 ,7 t/ b9 l Winners extra. Two miles and a di s t anc e. ev 35 .f whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. T. Dawson's Red Li on , b y M a l co l m 4 3 11 ', 1 7st 71b (T. 1 4e , Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 3 y rs , s st 91b ( carro ll) s Mr. H. Hill's Ireland Eye, 3 yrs, sst 71b (J. Stegg m l e The following also ran : —Mr. Parker's Joe • 0 arti ri 4 yrs, Bst 71b (W. Day) ; Mr. Powney's Lam d, Ist 5 yrs, Bst (A. Day) ; Mr. Cooper's Montague, age 6s t 1 llb (Wakefield) ; Mr. I. Day's Waterfall, 6 y r s ' Tb! 71b, carried 6st 91b (Crouch) ; Mr. J. M. Stanley Fri' Dandy, 3yrs, sst 71b (Oliver, jun.) ; Mr. IlaY te r r o DO' day, 3 yrs, st 71b (J. Goater) ; Duke of Bedfe media, 3 yrs, sst 71b (S. Seggles) ; Mr. Treen's J- 4 : ed sst the Knight of the Whistle, 3 yrs, sst 51b, ee l.° 81b (Ashman). 'cone d! ' Betting-6 to 4 agst A u d u b on, 9to 4 ag st a gst 9 to 2 agst Lira, 10 to 1 ag s t R e d Lion, 1 1 t o t Joe Ireland's Eye, 20 to 1 agst Lamartine, 20 to I ,,, r oine dio Miller and Friday, coupled. Audubon and i s tte i r ran in close company to the lower turn, where th e t hird dropped off, and Red Lion, who had been I P e fit the and fourth, went up an d too k secon d place' woe°t distance he challenged A u d u b on , in the next I.!'ontes• deprived him of the l ea d, an d a t last beat him the by five lengths—twice th a t di s t a nce sePer a forth* second and third. The Dandy, pulling up, lv_e s t. The others walked in, and did not pass the 137 tonal SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 addesdu:(ol./' selling weights, &c. Once round. 5 ° 3 cr s Mr. J. M. Stanley's Bloomer, by Melbourn*Nnirdeo (501.), sst 101 b ............................... tv 1 .... ( 50° ' 0 Mr, Wortley's bg by Idas, out of Avon, Y(Croneb) 6st 121 b Mr. D. Samuel's Lady Dedlock, 4 yrs ... / s a wn) (carried Est 111 b) ............................ k Mr. B. Land's Volucia, 4yrs (50/.) fist 211Gl a ;to .) ' 6 l (B. - 1 -4;: n _ o j a ter) A Mr. C. Snewing's Ceres, 3yrs (501.) sst 101 b (.) Betting-6 to 4 agst Bloomer, 5 to_ s;_g_ a s d b e at. good race in with the two, ending with dead the Deciding Heat.—Betting-6 to 4 won by a neck. 50 a dded by Op' SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, with Solner sei ' out Members for the Eastern Division of a b ou t tonal tlonal selling weights, &c. Heats, o 1 1 a mile and a half. 5 subs. roorrs er) Mr. T.Parr's Massarom • 3yrs (200/ ) sst 91h on Bloomer' Iv' Mr. Wille's Miss Talbot, syrs (1001.), 7(v9labkefield) 3 5 Mr. B. Land's Odiham, syrs (2001.), Three ran. Both heats woi c i ornp, and There we- There was a large attendance of f a ll) " d weather most delightful. supply 0 spo rt but the racing good. 7st 1 e3aslbp.. gala RACING FIXTURES FOR 18ois. ura bsr 0 The figures within parenthesis d enote the n days' racing. MAY. 17 Epsom (4) ...... ~....18 • 7 " 11 .... 7 Bath (2) Manchester (3) 1K ,41 3 Bibury (1)....1....•.. Stoc kb r idge ()•• • ••• •••• .23 l t er (1)......'' Newton (3) Ascot (4) Hampton (2) 15 I Winehesl Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 Newcastle (3)••.'.•• . :• - JULY. .1 9 Newmarket (3) 5 Stamford (2)•••... •' ' ''2 l Worcester (2) 5 Nottingham (2) ....... •• • ..0 Carlisle (3) 5 Goodwood (4) ........ •.• .. Liverpool (3) 13 SEPTE I :MBER. .2= 3 1 Lanark (2) ........... ::•.ocp, 1 Manchester Autumn M. `,:i7 Newmarket F. O. ( 3 )•• ••0 9 Northallerton (2) ......... .. Warwick (2) 6 Pontefract (2) 8 Doncaster (4) 13 Bedford (2) 20 Leicester (2) 21 . » fr. ' '"~ '~' "°~' E ;k' . v p BATH RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS CITY CUP. nabob ick . Audubon . Two ran. MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) Longbow Hatchet . (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MEIKLAM HANDICAP. Nine ran.