The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE, We have received the Paris journals of yester day. The Constitntionne/ contains an article on the e( ntra.( , ement given by the Government to at teln t P s to improve the natural resources of the de tails Our contemporary enters into some de to show what may he expected from the policy u 8( I ) the Government on this subject, and bestows ino ille eulogy on that policy, which, howe ver, is not re than is deserved. The first person in France 'wh o devoted himself seriously and practica ll y to t he task of rendering the waste lands of France pro 'uve, and at the same time removing the inju rielts effects which they had produced on the health of the inhabitants, was M. Casimir Pcrier. When that gentleman was minister he endeavoured to error a Company of French and English sharehold tas for th e cultivat i on o f th e was te lands in Brit- Y and in other parts of France, and subsc ribed '°wn name for a million of francs. His death r l, ' a stop t o hi s p r udent and benevolent efforts afore the capital required could be raised , and i and tll the exception of the efforts made by a few owners and on a Small scale, nothing had been t.l -111 e until the reins of Gove rn ment came into hands of the present Chief of the State. pe ui ne fears have been expressed that the Ern eair)r of the French is aiming at more than he tr e ;,, ace mPlish, and that the resources of the t o - , i urY will not be equal to half what he intends °f (ration. without adding considerably to the burthens it ( ration. Were this fear well grounded, which b e °es not appear to us to be, it should be remem bered that works of public utility remain, whatever ob t ' a . nave been the sacrifices at which they were Ted- All outlay for improvement should be Judiciousthe and properly apportioned to the means of ee"'ate, but even when the State has been to a it; In degree impoverished by an outlay beyond a nc f ne ans, the good that has been effected remains, many years do not pass before the nation re ceives , th e • uack the capital with compound interest in of the produce of the earth, the amelioration of en' public health, or the comfort and convenience e . , vt channels of communication. If the Provi waaat Government of the Republic, instead of leng enormous sums in employing the starving h a prers in digging holes and filling them up again, t o , ,Pent' treble the amount in the making of of ' u s, the building of bridges and the improvement th: as te lands, something would now be shown for th e - cintlay. But what remains of the labours of ateliers nationaux in different parts of France ? k e e more return or the outlay than if the ~'e' 3 7 had been thrown into the sea. 1 e Constitutionnei says :..-- Poin te examining the 'budget of P ublic Works, we g ra - , e d out th e i ncrea se which was demanded for t he 14 ,, 4 , 11 ‘a destin e d f or th e fertilisation and clearing certai n of the territory. We shall return hereafter with more detail s on th e wor ks commenced in the Sologne , me_Project e d i n th e D om bes or in the Brenne. We now eefo r call att en ti on t o a measure which has been sue einrY adopted in Belgium to realise improvements teevi ar to those which we are now making, and which elig B ; llre Wag recently the subject of an interesting dis k'" in the chamber of representatives. It is well w h in that Belgium has taken the start of us in paths in r:n we have only made a first step. It is the great t 'S obtained by our neighbourain the Campine which 14 ° ; _iven rise to the new plans which are in contem wwtan for rendering productive certain portions of our h ealthy and desert territory. Some skilfully directed ork, th e drainage and irrigation have sufficed to sextuple value of several thousands of hectares. Such has the starting point of the works devised for the im provement of the Sologne and other parts of the country ete lch simil ar causes had appeared to have condemned to to oral sterility. The measure which we now recommend li examination is very simple ; it is the distribution of h m e at a re d uce d p r i ce to small farmers. What particn rlY contributes to the unfruitfulness of the Sologne, the Zonbes, & c ., is the too exclusively silicio leme us e na t lti e reLf soil,. and.the absence of the calcareous e "nposition of the land. The works which are to be car ved on there must not therefore have merely for object 1 0 drain such parts as are marshy, and to irrigate others that are in want of water ; they must also furnish the means of spreading marl over the whole country, so that thelarmers may be able .to restore to the soil the ele taent of which it is deprived, and which is necessary to r e ci nder it pductive. It is calculated that, in the Zlogne, 30 ro cubic me tres of marl are required per hec "ire• 'Unfortunately marl, in certain localities, costs as much as from 6fr. to 10fr. the cubic metre. In s p ite, °ll ever, of the dearness of it, landowners who can af -13 f rd it do not hesitate at the expense, because they find Profit from the outlay. According to authentic ex periments made, and published by several large farmers u t he Sologne the net revenue of the hectare before the e ef marl i s 6fr., whilst after that operation it is from foto 33fr. The money laid out in the article there fare ~,la reality brings more than 1 0 per cent. Small A n d e ra, however, who have not money at command, N o a re not generally fond of innovations, cannot have ~,!'rse to thi s means o f i m provement. The following j ect !tat is done in Belgium in a similar case. The ob the 18 to increase the use of marl in the barren parts of er e „.uxernbourg. For some years past an annual credit bas been opened to the Government of lime, at a Vi te i ee , d price, to the farmers of the Ardennes. The pro eoe,nia! council of the Luxembourg, the agricultural sin ce : 4Bi ", and the agricultural committees of the pro fluene.:l are unanimous in admitting the immense in ing of th wille ll that measure had exercised on the cl?ar- Co n. Ti e ae ground and the improvement of its cultim "ly w art , d istribution, of lime at a reduced price, being n i—eu to the extent of 100 hectolitres to each la th n e t ea wn - e "' r :t is more particularly the small farmers an who profit by it. Thanks to this measure, d area ar rell region of the Luxembourg will be soon ren lB4f,PTdoctive, We will now quote figures. During G o „ 11(1 1818, before premiums were granted by the Aold v ./I .,lbent, only 145,000 hectolitres of limestone were P ent . ; -' l l 1849 and 1850, after the establishment of th r -d ims - the quantity increased to 424,000 hectolitres, at th at ig to say that the use of lime more than tripled in All o ,„ u ort space of time. The credit which is annuall y ti eh 'ed for this purpose is 7 5 , 000 fr. The central sec to; °f . . th e Chamber of Representatives proposed to sm itt , it to 40,000 fr., hut the Chamber, which at first kft, r i ned the reduction, rejected it by a second vote, pa,,,uaving been informed of the good results of the tNtrution of lime at a reduced price. What more v anes llarly is deserving of remark is, that the mainte- N r or the full credit was defended with the greatest 1 5 p4Y e , i ll men whose economical opinions are in g e ne ral loci t : 4 to any kind of intervention in mattera of try on the part of the Government, particularly by li te ' ri "gier and 111. Orban. In pointing out what has ekl ea , ll c'le in Belgium, in order to ext end the use of liar t - ; ect us amendments, and to favour the clear i ng of -11 laud in the Luxembourg, our only object is to e N ex amination to a measure which has pe rfectl y sue th, on the other side of our frontiers, and to induce It "ernMent to ascertain whether it cannot also put Il li l der Practice in those portions of our territory which it o . .. t akes to improve. t k ;ulliat Rrampe, Governor of Iceland, has just 4 0 4 named Officer of the Order of the Legion of he 1 1 1°11 r in return for the important services which ve as 4 0 11 several occasions rendered to French th e 1 1 ,-,!, and Captain Angelopoulo, Commandant at c le Ir:ft; has been on the same grounds named - Valier of the Order. huh:, 1 - , agorce has just been appointed French Con reh Saint Domingo, and has received orders to r immediately to his post. The Duke de Rovigo and the other defendants 10, o`° were l as t we ek condemned by the Tribunal of a ...""rYecti ona l Police, have given notice of appeal 148 t the judgment. ; t he Journal de Lot et Garonne advertises the 44 2, 0 f the property of M. Baze, ex-questor of the 7 1 slative Assemby, who is now in exile. f "ispatches have arrived from the Gomer, steam ,lS4gatc, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Romain esfoss es , c ommanding the naval division in the Le vant.. The Gomer after having visited Rhodes an d Cos had proceeded to Salamis to join the F rench squadron. The Minister of the Inte rior has addressed to the Ca ntonal t St a ti s tical Commissions a circular , im assinbr, on them the importance of collecting accu a', information relative to all matters concerning agriculture and manufactures. It requests . them s ides to take particular pains to remove idea th e the public mind in their neighbourhood that taxes Government has any idea of increasing the O bject, now pressing- on the agricultural interest, its on the contrary, being to relieve that into teB,t,as much as can be safely effected. T he market for Government Securities at the e e irse was dull, and at the conclusion of bu siness re was a downward tendency in prices :—For e t Z 3 e ll , the Th ree p er Cents. remain unchanged, but Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell 20c. ; the (tre e per Cents. for the account.declined 15c., and the there' cur -and-a-Half per Cents. sf. In Bank Shares the is no change to report. The following are go f closing prices :—For mone y—Three per Cents., uue• ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. 3 5e r the end of the month—Three per Cents., 80f. Ba n k • Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 103 f. 50c. dace Stock, 2,735 f. In Bank of Credit Foncier c i e l r .es, no change occurred, but Credit Mobilier e r Zd. r l2f.. The final quotations were, for oncier, 900 f. • Credit Mobilier, 928 f. e r elgn Securities —Piedmontese, 5 per cnt. 99 : Deferred : n. the irs. New, 24. A reaction took place ad varie na e il f w T ay Share Market yesterday, and the el°ePtiojae uesday was not maintained, with the of Paris and Rouen shares. SPAIN. , 15t is is nothing in the Madrid journals of the ~,,.''cn.!l, on the subject of the ch ange o f Mi n i s try, t'' had not previously reached us. The Gazette h e fishes th e d ecrees accepting the resignations of ~," l ate Ministers, and nominati ng th e ir sue ,esson. Three per Cents., 42i ; One per Cents., 24. GERMANY. see d e arn from Berlin that th r comm i ttee o f th e Chamber recommends the adoption of a - bill, authorising the interdiction of foreign publi cations without the previous decision of the judicial authorities. Access to the burial-place of the persons killed at Berlin in March, 1848, has been interdicted by . the Prussian police, and the place has been en closed. The King of Prussia has conferred the grand cross of the Red Eagle on Baron de Varennes, re cently French Minister at Berlin. ITALY. - The Constitutionnel says :—" The Retribution, frigate, having carried Mazzini from Genoa, cast anchor in succession at Leghorn and Naples. When the Neapolitan Government learned from Turin that this vessel carried Mazzini, it hastened to take precautionary measures. The frigate weighed anchor, but unfortunately also put into Palermo. Whether Mazzini has really made any attempt at insurrection in Sicily, or that General Filangieri desired to take severe measures of pre caution, it is certain that there have been a great number of arrests at Palermo, and even, we are assured, five capital executions. The ,Lieutenant- General appears to think that Mazzini has landed in the island to there take his revenge for the check which he received in Lombardy. We have good reason to believe that G.-neral Filangieri is mistaken. A work of Mazzini's is in the press, bearing the title of .A gli Italiani. The Italia e Popolo of Genoa g ives an extract from this pamph let. If Mazzini wanted to revolutionise Sicily, he would, it says, be more engaged in proclamations and appeals to the people than in giving an account of his attempt at insurrection at Milan. Mazzini is at Malta, superintending the printing of his work, and from that place he sent part of it to the Genoese journal." A letter from Turin, in the Constitutionnel, says : —" A traveller, who has just arrived from Milan, says that at Magenta, on the frontier, and in the police offices at Milan, he found much fewer diffi culties and formalities, and was much less ques tioned than two years ago. No trace of the late events, he adds, is to be seen in the m oral condi tion of ? the population. No doubt there is a dis tinct line of demarcation between the Milanese and the Austrians, but that has always existed. The only mark of superiority of the Austrians which he noticed, was at the theatre La Canobiana, where the first five rows in the pit are reserved for the officers of the garrison ; but that is a privilege which would be but little envied at Turin, for those rows in the pit are always the least occap„ed, as the danseuses cannot be seen so well from them.". A letter from Ticino of the 14th, in the Basle Gazette, says :—" Persons are still ari...ving from Lombardy. They are in general Lombard women, who had married citizens of Ticino. They had re mained with their families, in the hope that the Austrian police would not disquiet them, but the police insisted on their taking their departure with their children." A telegraphic dispatch from Turin says :—" In the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Council of Ministers presented a law project de manding a credit of 400,000 f., for a loan to be Lombard emigrants who had become Sardinian citizens, and whose property had been sequestrated by the Austrian Government." Accounts have been received from Malta to the 12th. The English squadron had not yet made any 'preparations for departure. Admiral Dundas had on the evening before dispatched a steamer to Constantinople. and had received notice of the speedy arrival of a line of battle ship and a steam frigate from Portsmouth. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, 16th :—" The Bund of Berne has published the news that the Austrian authori ties in Lombardy had received orders to put them selves in immediate relations with the Federal com missioner, in order to arrange the differences which have arisen between our Government and Switzer land. This account is inexact; the Austrian authori ties have only received orders to communicate to Col. Bourgeois, the Federal commissioner, the docu ments and information necessary for the inquiry which he is charged to make in Ticino, relative to the attempt at Milan." The Cattolico was seized at Genoa on the 14th, on a charge of having, in one of its articles relating to the anniversary of the battle of Novara, ex pressed an evident wish for the destruction of the monarchic constitutional regime ; an offence punish able by Art 22 of the law of March 26, 1848. The Italia Libera of Genoa, of the 14th, has been seized by the police. The Mediterraneo of Genoa has suspended its publication. Field Marshal Radetzky arrived at Venice on the 11th, from Verona. On the following day he paid his respects to Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. Ihr. I Paid Aberdeen Amhg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June.. Birmng. Wolvcrh . . d; Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet.... Do. Chesh. & £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O & Eye er Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. k Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New . 6144 22 22 1i 2 Et Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, C1f4. 8 , A. late E. U. Do., d 0........ ...... 5g 13. E A iDo., B. & C.. 7i i i 72 East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Ed inburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ediub.Prth.&Dunde , Glasgow & S.Westcru Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... ;t 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 1100 83 i i 48 9 127 6 0 0 _ ;t. 100 .2 11 all .61 11i ;t. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)' Great Western fetish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutb.pt London & Blackwall tiond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud , Bright. & S.C.C.; London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. 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JOO t. 100 6}l all it. 100 .6 6 it. 100 it. 100 It. 100 i 0 I all 2il 10 V . ,1 all 15 I all 0 I all 6 3 [2?; all 1.2 i all 1100 ,6il 5 A" all 5 all 2 all it. 100 n all it. 100 ,5 9 8 all [0 all LO 10 25 all 10 14 .0.6 all all 5 3 ;t. 100 .71 5 15110 1061 Di i 1491 1101 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1853. TURKEY. - - The New Prussian Gazette states, under the head of Vienna, that M. de Bruck, m has been ap pointed Internuncio of Austria at Constantinople, and who is to leave his post in a few days, has re ceived the most pacific instructions from his Go vernment, which is, it is added, doing ever,ything in its power to bring to an amicable conclusion the differences between Turkey and Russia. M. Titoff, the Russian Ambassador at the Porte, passed through Warsaw on the 11th, on his way from Paris to St. Petersburg. The Trieste Gazette publishes a letter from Odessa, which announces the arrival in that place of a courier from St. Petersburg, with dispatches order ing the supension of warlike preparations. Col. Kowalewski, who had been dispatched by Russia as a Cabinet courier to Montenegro, arrived at Trieste on the 11th from Cattaro. The Trieste Observer states that 13 vessels of the Turkish fleet were anchored off Corfu on the Bth, namely, two 44-gun steam-frigates, two 22-gun corvettes, four 20-gun brigs, two steamers for tow ing, and three transports. A letter from Semlin, Bth, states that the Ser vian Government has not acceded to the desire expressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, for the dismissal of the public functionaries, M. Marino ries and M. Derchs. The Servian Government invokes the constitution and the treaties which guarantee its full and entire independence as regards foreign Governments. A letter from . St. Petersburg, of the 31st ult., in the Deutsche Volkshalle, says :—" The last intelli gence from the Caucasus announces a new victory of the Russian troops, 200 of the enemy having been killed, and the rest being forced to take refuge in the forests of Tschetchua, where the Cossacks pursued them with ardour. The Russians had two officers and nine privates wounded." Lord de Redcliffe has had an audience of the Sultan. M. de la Cour, the French Ambassador, was to have an audience on the 11th. Prince Menschikoff's propositions were still pend ing. He is reported to have threatened that, if not speedily complied with, he would leave Con stantit ople. Advices, by a steamer which arrived at Trieste, , via Galatz, having left Constantinople on the 12th, say that the excitement was increasing. Turkey continued her warlike preparations. Disturbances are reported to have taken place at ' Broussa. SWITZERLAND. In order to facilitate an arrangement with Swit zerland, the Austrian Ambassador had been in structed to make a verbal reply to the accusations which Switzerland preferred against Austria at a former period. The Ambassador has complained of a certain poem which was published at Geneva under the title of " The Cry of Blood." This poem treats of the differences existing between Austria and Switzerland. To support his com plaint, the Ambassador has appealed to the Federal press law. HOLLAND. A telegraphic dispatchjrom the Hague, dated 19th says :—" The Ministry is dissolved. MM. Thorbecke, V . anbosse, Strens, and Vanzuilen have tendered their resignations, which have been ac cepted ; those of MM. Pahud, Enslie, and Dan benoy are not yet accepted. The members of the new Cabinet already named are —MM. V au b a n, aregAffairs ; Dankerc ur ti us, J ust i ce ; Vanra n!lnnterior ; Vandoorn, Finances." A WONDERFUL PEOPLE !—Nowlere in the world gentry, hreat and so such are there such manufacturers, suc h a tradition mer chants, such peers, such mechanics, practical es loved a Sovereign, such millionnaires, of loyalty, such unfortunate and intractable races of men, such "nabobs," such ploughmen, such m di e g n nitai science, such soldiers, sailors, church manists, Dissenters, and men of every other condition li°- or opinion. It is the number of almost distinct commu nities to be consulted and conciliated that makes th difficulty and the glory of our Government. No mere federal union ever presented such a task. The man to advise for such a State should possess a more than Im perial mind. A despotism, indeed, may include a thou sand races in one Procrustean rule, but when this variety exists under a constitutional Government, and these races are, in fact, to govern one another, a common rule is only attainable by the so -ndest judgment and most extreme consideration.—Tivies Budget. THE EDUCATION DISCUSSION IN THE MANCHESTER TowN COUNCIL was resumed yesterday on Mr. Coun cillor Heywood's motion in favour of local rating, under local management, for placing the means of education within the reach of the poorer classes. After a pro tracted discussion, Mr. Alderman Piling moved an amendment, to the effect that it was inexpedient to com mit the council by a premature decision on this subject, as the Government measure must shortly come under its consideration. The amendment was carried without a LITERATURE. Paris After Waterloo. By J. Simpson. Black- wood. - - - - This volume consists chiefly of a series of sketches of the different incidents and characters which ap peared in the French capital after Waterloo. It also contains some lively descriptions of the town and its chief attractions. It includes a revised edition of a visit to Flanders and the field. The following anecdote is interesting : " I had the good fortune to travel from Brussels to Paris with a young Irish officer and his wife, an Ant werp lady of great beauty and very pleasing manners. The officer had been in the battle of Quatre Bras, as well as of Waterloo. An anecdote of his fair Belgian, which he justly took some pride in relating, will further serve to give an idea of the kind of scenes then occur ring. He was in cantonments at Nevilles, having his wife with him. The unexpected advance of the French called him off on a moment's notice to Quatre Bras, but he left his servant with his wife, one horse, and the family baggage, which was packed on a large ass. Re treat at the time was not anticipated, but was suddenly ordered on Saturday morning, when he contrived to get a message to his wife to make the best of her way, attended by the servant, to Brussels. The ser vant, a foreigner, had availed himself of the opportu nity to take leave of both master and mistress, and made off with the horse which had been left for the use of the latter. With a firmness becoming the wife of a British officer, she boldly commenced on foot her own retreat of twenty-five miles, leading the ass, and carefully pre serving the baggage. She was soon in the midst of the retreating British army, and much retarded and en dangered by the artillery. Her fatigue was great ; it rained in waterspouts, and the thunder and lightning were fearful. She continued her route and got upon the great road from Charlerois to Brussels, at Waterloo, when tile army on the Saturday evening were taking up their line. In so extensive a field and large a force it was in vain to seek her husband ; she knew, moreover, that the sight of her there would only have embarrassed and distressed him ; she ,kept therefore slowly moving on to Brussels all the Saturday night, the road crowded with all sorts of conveyances, waggons and horses, mul titudes of native fugitives upon it, and many flying into the great wood, while the wounded worked their painful way, and some dropped to breathe their last. Many persons were actually killed by others, if by chance they stood in the way of their endeavours to save themselves. And to add to the horrors, the rain continued unabated, and the thunder and lightning still raged. Eight miles further, in the night, this young woman marched in the mud, her boots worn off, so that she was nearly barefoot, but still went on unhurt. She continued to advance, and although many lost their baggage and many their lives, she entered Brussels in the morning in safety, and without the loss of an article." Faust, a Tragedy. By Goethe. With Notes, Grammatical, Philological, and Exegetical. By Falck Lebahn, Ph. D. Longman. The object of this work is to assist students who read without a master, and it will doubtless afford them great advantages. There are three divisions of notes, the grammatical ones give the rules of grammar, and the words in German and in Eng lish. In the exegetical notes the meaning of the author is explained in contradiction of many sup positions on the subject. In the introductory re marks it is observed-- "The popular traditions of northern Germany give strange accounts of Dr. Faust. They represent him as having been in the possession of supernatural secrets, of a magic mantle, and other conjuring apparatus ; he was said to have performed wonderful feats, with the aid of his associate and familiar demon, and at last was duly seized and carried off by the devil as per contract. The simple fact is, that Dr. Faust, being far in advance of his era in the physical sciences, made experiments, the results of which must have appeared superhuman to the narrow-minded understandings of the people. All that his contemporaries could not account for, by their own limited experience, they ascribed to magic and unholy arts, and Faust paid the usual penalty for superiority in an age of ignorance, by being traduced as a sorcerer." The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland. By Thos. Tod Stoddart. Blackwood. The fact of this little volume having reached a second edition sufficiently proves its value ; and, indeed, from the variety of the information it con tains, and the completeness of the directions given, it would be difficult to imagine a more useful " Angler's Companion." It displays considerable knowledge of the subject and of the country, for it gives a minute account of all the rivers and lochs, their characteristics, the fish frequenting them, and the best means for ensnaring them. It has been revised and subjected to extensive alterations, the result of the author's increased experience. It is ornamented by an engraving of the results of " a day's fishing," and possesses the useful accompani ment of a map of Scotland, illustrative of the rivers and lochs described. ,e Events of a Year._ By Emilie Carlen. 3 vols. Newby. This is another of the novels of that celebrated authoress of the "Birthright," " Woman's Life," &c. She is not to be surpassed in the life-like de lineation of her characters. They all seem perfect in their different styles—not that these in question are pleasing ones. The events aro rather painful than otherwise, but the mode of expression, the descriptions, the whole arrangement of the plot is admirable. The Ritttneister is very ably drawn— bold, stern, and unyielding to those who did not understand him ; but when once his heart was touched his whole character underwent a change, or rather developed itself. Then he was affable and pleasing, possessed of a strong power of fasci nation and attraction, almost impossible to resist. Lavinia was a most remarkable woman, appa rently calm and composed ; she was really full of deep feeling and exciting impulses. A marriage de convenience between these two unusual person ages produced an extraordinary confusion of ideas, sentiments, and passions ; all turned out right at last, but it was not till after both had drunk deeply of the bitter cup of sorrow, and learned the hard lessons of experience. Julia was a regular spoiled child pretty, trifling, and faulty ; she went on from one extreme to another till we leave her at last in the enviable position of a tallow-maker. Some of the subordinates of the tale are very . vividly brought before us, and as an animated pic ture of Swedish life it must be regarded. Frank Merryweather. By H. G. Ainslie Young. 2 vols. Newby. This is a very complicated tale. There is a great deal of the romantic in its events. The hero is deprived of his father's property by a forged will being brought forward in place of the real desires of the deceased being executed (he left no actual will.) Mr. Munroe was a thoroughly selfish man. His great wealth made him arrogant and conceited ; but it was impossible for him to enter the high so ciety he wished, for his want of education was too apparent, and his manners were extremely un polished. Besides all these disadvantages under which he laboured, there was another and a greater—his mode of life in India was necessarily contracted, and he was, from his high position, a person of the greatest consequence in his own circle there ; but at home it was very different. He was lost in the aggregate of celebrities. He could not succeed in gaining a place in the privi leged classes of merit and of fashion. He met with one disappointment after another ; and finally, to cheat his cares, took to opium eating. He nearly caused his death by these means, and it was by a fortunate change of events only that he was saved. Frank, the hero, is a very interesting character, although he loses some of his attraction from giving way to passion on one occasion, and subsequently destroying the life of a valued friend in a duel. Constance was a most unhappy lady. Her mother died, her father did not care for her in the least, and her favourite plans were always thwarted. At last, however, fortune smiled on her, and the con clusion leaves her under the most favourable auspices. Perhaps the most amusing character is Mr. Munroe's sister, Aunt Dorothy, who spends her time in collecting specimens and curiosities. She devoted so much of her senses to these studies that she had not much to spare for every-day life'; and her mistaking a courier for a nobleman in Paris was very ludicrous. On the whole, this story may furnish amusement ; and some of the sketches of Indian life introduced give a pleasing variety to the oft-repeated tales of home oc currences. e N s V h A a G v E e s f l o N ll W o w A e L d EsN th .— e mo e v ar e l m y e a; thein initiated i T t a ß r t a l e d K d e E s s b i y A n I I t S h D o e u ß t E l h B n RISE OF operatives for an advance in r w e a c g o l e i s r s ; e and has w b h e e e r n e s h u a c addition d h toth e has , ,str i b k e e e . l , l I n refused, general some cases this has been successful, and the masters have been obliged to accede to the wishes of the employed; whilst, on the other hand, in many instances, it has been un availing, the employers preferring to obtain fresh hands rather than comply with the conditions proposed. The shoemakers in particular seem very generally to have met with the desired advance, which in some instances has been as much as 25 per cent. This has been esta blished throughout Merthyr, Newport, Caerphilly, Aber gavenny, &c. The painters also have had a rise of 10 per cent., and carpenters and masons have also banefited. A MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HER SON.—On Sunday last a shocking accident occurred to a woman of the name of Holland, residing in Albion-street, Notting ham. It appears th a t d ur i ng th e h our o f b rea kf as t, on the morning in question, the son of Mrs. Holland, a boy about fifteen years of ag e , was h an dli ng a l oa d e d p i s t o l, and his mother in attempting to take a crust of bread out of his hand, either touched the lock of the pistol herself, or caused her son to do so, as the piece instantly discharged, and the contents passed into the face of Mrs. 1 Holland. The pistol was loaded with shot, and, of course, inflicted a fearful wound. 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New 8 9 50 10 Union of Loudon — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 00 35 'Australian Agricult. 182 84 83 1 3 20 4 A ustralsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 ,Australis. Royal Mail . . ... 38A Brit. American Land 78 80 81 80 79 80 100 V. L aum 5 5 Crystal Palace l4 11 4 2 !Crystal Pal. of France 3 20 1 Eastern Steatr 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ic — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam —110 i 20 24 Irish Beet:oot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Laud — 20 25,Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 48 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization. 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 20 LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E.; Light breeze, dull and hazy, with rain. LIVERPOOL, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Bunyan, Apolachicala • Stranger, New Orleans ; Kossuth, New York. Off Port — Tyro. Sailed—Bella Pernam buco ; Mabaica, Demerara ; City of Glasgow, Philadelphia; Baltic (s), New York ; T. J. Roger, ditto ; Empire Queen, Boston. FALMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Dos Amigos, Havannah ; Omricio, ditto ; Rauma, Jaffa. Off Port—Nancy Trent, Matanzas. DEAL, April 20.—Wind, Westerly. Arrived—Elen thera, Honduras. Arrived from the River and Sailed King Alfred, Bermuda. DOVER, April 20.—Wind, N. to N.W. Sailed Mary borough, Miramechi. PORTSMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. to N.N.W. Sailed —Thomas Rowell, Quebec, having stopped her leak. COWES, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Franklin (s), New York (on freight 200,000 dollars), and proceeded for Havre. PLYMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. N. W. Sailed — Dahlia, Quebec. Off Port—Westminster, Honduras. JERSEY, April 19.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—Canopus, Labrador. BRISTOL, April `2o.—Wind, N.W. Put Back—Jane, Quebec, leaky. SOUTHAMPTON, April 21.—The Tennessee Pacific Mail Steamer has been totally lost, near San Francisco, having run on shore in a fog ; passengers and mails saved. YSTAD, April 14.—The Isabella Thomson, London to the Baltic, is on shore, but is expected off. _ _ GIBRALTER, April 14.—The Placid, of and from Sunder land, is on shore S.W. of Cape Sparta, and abandoned by the crew. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April2l, 1853, made up from the Returns of the In.poctors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. I per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'BARLEY. I OATII. ETC SIAM. I PEAL .. I 44s 10d 31s 11d: 19s 01 129 s 10d 134 s 3d 1 33$ 7d THE - SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. WHEAT. 1d I IBs 10d I3sld I 34s 4d I BAlttri: OATB. - 11713. DEANS. PEAS. 45s Ild 31s 8 ' 32s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I EARLEY. I OATS. I WIE. I MAWS. I MAIL Is Od is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od ---- QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 75,972 ; Bar!ey, 29,751 ;• Oats, 16,333; Rye, 130 ; Beam 4,376 ; Peas, 730 quarters. SPORTING NOTES.--No. CCCC2CIr. MALTON MEETING.—The bill of fare for to-morrow embraces no less than six events, three of which require no remark from me. The Langton Stakes of 5 sous. each, 20 added, half-a mile, will most probably be carried off by THE JEWESS ; King David being a doubtful runner, or he would have been somewhere about the mark. The Convivial Handicap of 10 sovs. each, &c., one mile, Scott ought to make sure of with one of his nomi nations—PHANTOM the most likely to be selected. The Tally-ho Handicap, mile and a half, I should book to MIREHILL or THE ITALIAN. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—Something less than a week will bring home to us the decision of this important stake ; therefore it behoves me at once to take into consideration the merits of the animals engaged. The field will, I understand, be composed of West Australian, Filbert, Orinoco, Barbatus, Towton, Las celles, and perhaps another or two. Cheddar and Ninny hammer's appearances are scarcely among the probabili ties. Umbriel does not run, neither do Mr. Payne's. The Reiver and Sittingbourne also must be set down as non-starters, which leaves but a very diminutive field to contest this so called " Key to the Derby." Some months since I published my first remarks on this race, at the time selecting West Australian as the winner, declaring my belief that there was no animal entered for the Stake that had any chance, if he kept well, of beating him over this distance. I also remarked that he was the representative of the great northern stable, and that Umbriel would not run. The list of horses I gave then as the most likely competitors, I have only to make one alteration in, and that is with respect to the representative of the Fyfield stable. I was unable to discover which was to be the horse, Orinoco, or North Pole. Since I wrote the foregoing my opinion has under gone no alteration. I still believe Mr. Bowes' large strided son of Melbourne, and Mowerina, to be quite enough to carry off this stake, and with tolerably ease too. I cannot fancy that Filbert has any pretensions to more than a third or fourth place, or that Orinoco, although tried very high for the mile, can do more than run a respectable second to West Australian. Lascelles, notwithstanding his -victory at Epsom over two or three of the great guns of last year, I cannot imagine will figure in a very forward position in this race. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the horses who are certain to be on the missing list are the follow ing :—The Lion, North Pole, Mustang, Sir. Walter, Umbriel, War-Whoop, Pindus, The Adjutant, Hazle nut, Nutpecker, Pensioner, ar-Eagle colt, Constan tine. Singapore, and Exhibition. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—It is uncommonly difficult to discover at the present moment what may be the component parts of the field for this stake ; I have reason to believe, however, that Mrs. Nutting will re present Lord Exeter's half dozen ; that Mayfair will be started from Fisher's stable ; Vaultress from John Day's Sen. ; Sylphine from E. Parr's ; Hybla from A. Tay lor's ; Mentmore Lass from W. King's ; Comfit from Osborne's • Bridget from M. Dawson's ; and one or two more, including something from Messrs. Greville and Payne's lots. Mayfair is but an indifferent animal. Vaultress, I fancy, has lost her two years old form. Hybla gave us a specimen the other day that she is in tolerable form, but I cannot believe she is good enough for this bout. Bridget's performances will not entitle her to a win here. Mrs. Nutting is much talked about and fancied at Newmarket, but, according to my view of the case, she and the rest must give place to SYLPHINE and COMFIT, whom I think must occupy the first and second places. THE NEWMARKET STAKES.=—Out of the twenty-two nominations the running of the previous four days to the decision of this stake will make the majority a case of forfeits, Stone Plover, Filbert, Orinoco, and William Rufus being all that are likely to show • and as the Fyfield horse Orinoco has been pro ve d t o be something superior at a mile, he will doubtless secure the spoils for Mr. Stanley. Within the last few days a very considerable change has been effected in the position of several ani mals in the betting for the Chester Cup and Derby, the most significant of which has been the introduction of Nancy for the former at 50 to 1, at which price a mode rate sum has been got on. The party have as yet failed to obtain a large stake, the price required being refused. Trifle, after having oscillated for a week or so, is once more firm as first favourite at 8 to 1. I entertain a first-class opinion of her chance, and think she must obtain a place. Lady Evelyn's party, I presume, have got their money on, as they have been very quiet lately, and the mare has been steady at 10 to 1. She has done excellent work, and, under Nat's guidance, ought to be one of the first to find her way home on the " Coop" day. Talfourd, on the strength of his late victories, holds the position of third favourite ; and I am inclined to place a little confidence in him for the great event on the Roodee. The Derby movements, if anything, have been more decided than those for the Chester Cup ; West Austra lian, upon a continuous outlay, has gradually risen from 10 to 6 to 1, and seemingly will soon be at half that figure. I have a notion that he will carry off the Guineas, be beaten in the Derby, and win the St. Leger. This is founded altogether upon his build and action, the latter being well adapted to the Rowley Mile and St. Leger courses, and not to that at Epsom. The next great movement is the immense amount of cash that has been thrown into the market to support Honeywood, who, within little more than a fortnight, has advanced from 15 to 7 to 1. I consider all money invested en this animal to be given to the book-makers.. I cannot for an instant bring myself to believe that, at the very best, he is a better horse than Neasham was in his Derby form. I shall resume the subject at early period. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.—Mr. Vickers, the publisher, has forwarded me an early copy of the Wizard of the North's pamphlet on the Derby ; but it came to hand too late to be reviewed in my Notes to-day. YORK SPRING MEETING-WEDNESDAY THE EGLINTON STAKES of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 50 added ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b • allowances for maiden horses. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Lord Zetland's Ivan, by Van Tromp, 2 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 1 Sir C. Monck's Vindex, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 9st (Ewart) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Vindex, but when seen to have a good start 3to 1 was laid. The young one took up the running at the half distance, and won easily by two lengths. The LONDESBOROUGH CUP, value 100 soya., in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 5 sous. each ; for three-yr olds and upwards • winners extra ; the second to rec e i ve 10 soya, out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 21 subs. Mr. It. Harrison's King of Trumps, by Velocipede, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. I'Anson's Haricot, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. H. S. Thompson's Agnes Wickfield, 4 yrs, Est (Waddington) 3 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Basham) 4 Mr. Beeley's Beech Nut. 3 yrs, sst 31b (F. Bates) 5 Mr. Baker's Tomato, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Boyes) 6 Betting-5 to 4on King of Trumps, sto 2 against Hari cot, 6 to 1 each agst Hungerford and Agnes Wickfield. King of Trumps waited to half way between the road and the stand, when he joined Haricot and Agnes Wickfield, the two leading horses. Agnes dropped off, and the King defeated Haricot easily by half a length. Bad third. The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE of 30 soya., added to a hair dicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all ages. T.Y.C. 12 subs. Mr. H. T. Thompson's British Farmer, 3 yrs, 6st (Boyes) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Morris's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Basham) 3 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Bumby) 4 The following also ran :—Mr. John Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Osborne) ; Mr. T. Holtby's Rosa Lee, 4 yrs, 7st (Wells) ; Mr. H. S. Thompson's All's Lost Now, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Waddington) ; Mr. Parker's Lady Mowbray, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Carroll) ; Mr. Armstrong's Julius Caesar, 2 yrs, sst (Bates). Betting-3 to 1 agst Game Tommy, 4 to 1 agst Rosa Lee, 5 to 1 agst Lady Agnes, 8 to 1 agst British Farmer. Won by two lengths ; same distance between second and third ; head between third and fourth. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 25 soya., added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; mares and geldings allowed 31b winners extra. The; winner to bo sold for 200/. ; allowances if to be sold for less. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. T. Walker's b c by Birdcatcher, out of Surprise, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. H. S. Thompson's Sweetness, 3 yrs (301 ), sst 131 b (Wells) 2 Mr. T. Masterman's The Salmon, 3 yrs (301.), sst 131 b (Bops) 3 Won by a head. The weather was fine, but the sport was somewhat scanty. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst West Australian (taken). 3to 1 agst Oronoco (taken). CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Trifle (taken). 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken to 2001.). 35 to 1 agst Nancy. 40 to 1 would have been taken about Nancy to a large amount. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 7to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 15 to 1 agst Cineas. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, The SUFFOLK STAKES of 15 SOTS. each, 5 ft, if declared, &c., on Tuesday in the First Spring Meeting, with 50 added. The winner of the Somers t et e sh w ir e e ig S h t t a s k , e o s r o o r f Chester Cup to carry 81b extra, of any oth er Sweep stakes a mounting to 200 sous ., includin g th e winner's - o wn stake, after the declaration of h the R.M. Plate on the preceding day, 41b Suffolk Stakes Course, last mile and a h a lf of R7t.ra. Yrs st lb 1 Nathan 3 6 10 Sextus 3 6 8 Alexia: 3 6 8 Chilton Lord-Lieutenant 3 6 7 Dabchick 3 6 6 Nutpecker Rackapelt Veteran Petrel 3 6 0 The Dandy 3 5 12 Torment 3 5 10 Ch g by Verulain, out of Madinella 3 5 9 Gavotte HAY MARKETS. - ---------- SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to Si 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WurrEone.FEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 14s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s • and straw, 1/ 7s to 1 / 16 s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHA.LL.—The general demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8(1 ; Mutton, 3s 4cl to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 5s 4(1 to 68 dd ; Veal, 3s 6(1 to 4s fxl ; Pork, 3s 0(1 to 4s 4(1 per Sibs by the carcase. S O T IT HALL,'APRIL 20.—To-day's market was moderately supplied with each kind of stock, which sold steadily, as follows :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 2(1 ; Mutton, 3s 6(1 to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4(1 to Gs Od ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4r4 4(1; Pork, 30 4(1 to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. st lb R OMF ORD, APRIL 20 . — The demand for each kind of I ndian Warrior .. 1 7.1. 4 8 8] 0 stock at this market ruled steady, at extreme quotations. I C l f u . n li g i - 7 f N " i d ebolson 5 4 8 8 9 7 Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4(1 ; Mutton, 4s t.kl to 58 4(1 ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4(1 ; Veal, 3s fa to 4s 4(1 ; Pork, Adine 3s 4(1 to 4s 0(1 per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 4 8 4 24s each. 1 Officious Nutshell HAILSHAM, APRIL 20.—Each kind of stock moved off 6 8 2 steadily at this market, and prices were on the advance. King Pepin Beef, from 3s 4 ( 1 to 4s 4(1 ; Mutton, 46 2d to 5s 4d ; H othorpe aerie 4 7 7 Lamb, 58 8(1 to Gs 4(1 i Veal, 3s 6d to 4s Od. i wv A RUND EL, APRIL 1 9 .—Trade generally at this market 1 Hirsuta t o -day ruled firm, and quotations were well supported. St. George 4 7 4 Beef, from 3s 6d to 4 s 6 d ; Mutton , 4 s 24 to 5 s 4 d ; Lamb, ! Cotton Lady 7 0 5s cat to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs. prie i D ame Tattle 7 0 1 CHICHESTER, APRIL 20.—The demand for each kind Sabra of stock at this market was steady, at higher Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 44 ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 1 Mid ' 1 2 1 2 Os 6d to 6s ld; Veal, 3s 6(1 to 4s 2d per 6tho. ASCOT HEATH, JUNE 7. A Piece of Plate, value 500 sovs., the gift of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a sweep stakes of 20 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds, to carry Est 101 b ; four, Bst 61b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. To start at Cup Post, and go once round and in. About two miles and a half. Vindex, 3 yrs Gadabout, 3 yrs Newminster, 5 yrs Leopold, 4 yrs Little David, 3 yrs Ninnyhammer, 3 yrs Songstress, 4 yrs Weathergage, 4 yrs Defiance, 3 yrs Umbriel, 3 yrs Exact, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs Lady Evelyn, aged Orinoco, 3 yrs Teddington, 5 yrs Stockwell, 4 yrs Kingston, 4 yrs The Indian Warrior, 4 yrs Talfourd, 3 yrs Pelion, 3 yrs . _ Beverlac, 3 yrs i Chief Baron Nicholson, 4 yrs SHREWSBURY, MAY 12. Acceptances for the GREAT CLEVELAND HANDICAP. About two miles and a quarter. Yrs st lb 1 Yrs st lb Weathergage 4 8 11 I Leap-year. Chageaway 5 7 4 I Llanforda 3 6 0 Goldfinder 5 7 3 I Newman Noggs... 6 0 Black Doctor 5 7 1 Morning Star..... 4 5 10 Merry Bird 4 7 0 Harp 5 5 10 Lindrick 4 6 121'Waterfall 5 5 10 Father Thames... 4 6 111 The Carrier ..... bough Bawn 5 6 10 ! Richard Primmer 4 5 10 Red Lion 5 0 9 Tame 4 5 8 Gbolab Singh 5 6 9 Athenia Pallas.... 4 5 8 Cloth worker a 6 8 Ibis 4 5 8 Bardolph Le Juif 5 6 8 Tavistock 3 5 0 Melford 1. 6 7 Pastrycook .... Antigone 5 6 6 Placid 3 4 12 Farewell 4 6 3 Ann Page 3 4 6 Banshee was struck out of all her engagements on Monday, the 18th inst.; at 10 a.m. GOODWOOD, July 26.—The Goodwood Cup closed with 30 subs. THE LATE FATAL FIRE AND IHE ARTILLERYMAN. Sir R. W. Carden attended at the Guildhall yesterday for the purpose of communicating to the poor soldier, whose case has excited so much interest in the public mind in consequence of his gallant conduct and the inju ries he received in attemptin g to save the life of Serjeant Patterson, the amount of contributions that had been forwarded to this court on his behalf by benevolently disposed individuals, and on the worthy alderman taking his seat on the bench, Inspector Cale handed up a valuable silver watch and guard, the former engraved with the following inscrip tion, and the whole enclosed in a neat morocco case : " Presented by the officers and constables of the second division City of London police to James Haviland, of the 9th battalion Royal Artillery, for his brave conduct in attempting to save from fire the life of the late Police serjeant Patterson, of the same division, on the 9th day of March, 1853." Inspector Cale requested that the worthy alderman would present it to the soldier, who had obtained leave of absence for the day and was then present in court. Inspector Teague requested a similar favour with re gard to a handsome crimson velvet French purse, con taining six sovereigns, which the same division wished to present to the widow. On one side of the purse was a silver plate, inscribed with the following :—" Presented to Emily Patterson, widow of the late Serjeant Patter son, by the officers and constables of the second division of the City police, as a mark of respect to the memory of her deceased husband, 20th April, 1853." Sir R. W. Carden said there:only now devolved upon him the pleasing duty to present the watch and chain to the soldier as an acknowledgment by the police, in whose division the unfortunate fire occurred, of the service he had endeavoured to render to the late Serjeant Patter son, and his heroic conduct in exposing his own life in rescuing a fellow-creature. At the same time he felt very much gratified at the liberal manner in which the public had responded to the appeal made to their feelings on behalf of the soldier and the widow ; and he was happy to announce that the amount of subscriptions he had received was about 2401., which he intended to ap portion, according to the wish of the donors, in the fol lowing way :-2001. for the soldier, and 401. for the widow. With regard to th e sympathy displayed by the police, he could only say that it was extremely credit able to the force that out of the sum he had named as much as 251. had been contributed by the City police, independent of the watch he had just had the pleasure of presenting to the soldier. Such a feeling existing in such a large body of officers and men only showed their admiration of acts of this kind, and an anxiety to reward persons who so rnobly did their duty. He, therefore, hoped the soldier would preserve the watch as a memento of an honourable and praiseworthy action ; and as it was his intention to invest the sum placed in his hands in securing a life annuity for the soldier, he trusted he would live long to enjoy it. In presenting the purse to the widow, he would not wound her feelings unneces sarily by recalling to her mind her recent loss, but would let the token of esteem for her late husbind by his colleagues in the division speak for itself. With the 401. collected for her, he intended to ascertain in what manner it could be made most beneficial to her, and lay it out accordingly. If the unfortunate widow had any consolation at all, it must have been that her late hus band lost his life in the performance of his duty. James"Haviland expressed his gratitude as well as his feelings under the circumstances would allow him ; but becoming a little reassured he said he could never suf ficiently thank the alderman and the police for the hu manity and kindness with which he had been treated throughout, or the public, for the sympathy they had shown for him. The poor fellow then applied to Sir R. W. Carden for so much of the subscription as would enable him to send fur his wife, who was left at Gibraltar when his detach ment returned to England, she being afflicted with asthma and unable to encounter the passage in the winter season. Sir Robert gave him 201 . fo r th a t p urpose, an d t h e soldier seemed delighted with the prospect of getting his wife home. The widow then returned her most grateful thanks for the assistance afforded her, and the court having been cleared of the crowd of policemen and others, who met the soldier with the greatest cordiality, the usual busi ness was proceeded with. PASSPORTS TO THE CONTINENT. REGULATIONS RESPECTING PASSPORTS ISSUED AT THE FOREIGN-OFFICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. 1. —Applications for Foreign-office passports must be made in writing to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the word " Passport " written upon the cover. 2.—The fee on the issue of a passport is 75. 6d. 3.—Foreign-office passports are granted only to British subjects, including in that description foreigners who have been naturalised by act of Parliament, or by certificates of naturalisation granted before tho 24th day of August, 1850 ; in this latter case, the party is described in the passport as a " naturalised British subject." 4.—Passports are granted between the hours of 12 and 4 on the day following that on which the application for the passport has been received at the Foreign-office. s.—Passports are granted to persons who are either known to the Secretary of State, or recommended to him by some person who is known to him ; or upon the written application of any banking firm established in London, or in any other part of the United Kingdom. 6. -Passports'cannot be sent by' the Foreign-office to persons already abroad. Such persons should apply to the nearest British Mission or Consulate. 7. Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission, or at some Consulate in England, of the Government of the country which the bearer of the pass port intends to visit. B. A Foreign-office passport granted for one journey may be used for any subsequent journey, if countersigned afresh by the Ministers or Consuls of the countries which the bearer intends to visit. Foreign-office, April, 1853. The countersignature or visa of the Prussian or Sar dinian authorities in London is not required. EXTRAORDINARY YORKSHIRE ELOPEMENT.—In Ley burn there has lived for many years an ingenious person, whose versatility of talent has long been acknowledged by the inhabitants. Some little time ago our hero ma nifested a slight eccentricity in expressing a wish to his housekeeper that he might be able, at Christmas, to turn the beam at 20 stone (he then weighing upwards of 16 stone), at the same time promising her marriage if, by dint of high feeding, she could assist him in accomplish ing that object. She accordingly set to work i • many and ludicrous were the ex p eriments tried ere the desired specific was found. By proper diet, judiciously pre scribed, our worthy's corporeal structure gradually ex panded, until at length it was whispered that his outer garments were u ndergoing alteration at a neighbouring tailor's. On Christmas Day our hero was brought Co the beam, which lie easily cast at twenty stone three pounds, exactly three pounds having niore successfully than wa s stipulated accomplished now called upon him to ratify fleeor. p a i r i t i so of Housekeeper ekeeper agreement, made preparation for the ceremony . ::Ei nd pr w o as mis n e ot at to th b e e m a e t ny o . nce Ba'suteenaltedas and e altar, completed so easily. The two de votees of Cupid had not , unfortunately, consultedthei neighbours —a, thing of paramo un t i mportance in all'. small tow ns . O n the day when their bliss should have been consumma a te d d e a ther mob assailed the house, hu r li ng bricks, stones, n available ebnithroughiagiie iron t h t e e windows, until th e unfortunate ta quit the s cene o f d evastation, an r warehouse. H ere th e y rema i ned unt i l the mob g subsided, and then retired to their shattered domicile, determined to be up with the lark, and, on the wings of love, fly to the haven of Gretna. A postchaise was secretly ordered at the Bolton Arms ; next evening, at five o'clock, they were over the Border, and shortly after, man and wife were congratulating each other on having outwitted their "knowing" neighbours.— Worcestershire Chronicle. A MYSTERIOUS FOUNDLING.—A female child, wrap ped up in the finest linen, and covered with a liandstane velvet cloak, was found a few days ago in a passage leading to the vestry in the church of St. Roch. On unfolding the clothes the following letter was found : ",Imperious reasons compel me to momentarily desert my child. I shall not cease to watch over her. I en treat the person who shall take charge of her, to pay her the greatest attention. Some day, and that, per haps' not very distant, she will be generously rewarded for her trouble and her maternal care. I wish the child to be called Marie, and that the necklace which she has on may be carefully preserved." The wife of the beadle , took charge of the child, and, according to the wish ; of the mother, it was christened Marie.—Galignant Med. • wagers