The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-14 00:00:00

wo SPORTING NOTES.- No. CCCCXL co r : • AP ;1— ,hl Uj e IP, Monday gave us a surprise in the defeat of Filbert, and Tuesday's race, opened with another-, Estrella having B"etinlbel to Ph ryg i a i n t h e ra c e f or t h e 100 sovs . stak,.s. Lord Exeter's filly had it all her own way from end to e nd, winning with great ease by three lengths. The next two races--the 501. Plate and 10 soya. sweep • stakes —were won almost as easily as the preceding. Village Lasvarrying off the former, and Leybourne the • latter. The Riddl esworth presented a pretty fi n i s h b etween Pienae lie and Talfourd. The latter waited upon Phrygia into the cords, then took the lead, and kept it until within a few strides of the chair, where Diomedia, who had t bee n ' , Pressing Talfourd rather hard, got up and won on - ' l Post by a head • the 51b which Diomedia received, i ilrving the scale most effectually in her favour. Glen aven was a shocking had third, and Phryg,ia, not perse vered with, a bad fourth. It is a matter of half-a-dozen Years since both the Riddiesworths produced races. 1331 way of mistifying the ring, Filbert, after waiting ;Pon Cobnut to within a distance and a half of borne, h,sh the lead, and won with the greatest case by a length; stalde companion Cobnut, beating Petrel a length for s e i cs °n'l place while War Whoop, upon whom they laid 48 ; .. ° . 4 , was Out of the race from end to end, and finished large:- field than I expected went to the post for the „ e m trk e t H an di cap, no l ess t ha n seventeen awa iti ng re starter's orders. Two or three of the youngsters Jt h ili nPed off together,. but as soon as they settled down to tamedrk, Ch ar l ey too k a di st i nct l ea d , w hi c h h e main ,, to the turn of the lands, where he had had no ugh ; here Talfourd, who had been laying close up °M the st ar t , too k fi rst place, and for the remainder of h• e Journey h a d it a ll t o himself, winning as he pleased tI on three or f our l e ngths, Ethelbert beating Double • Th 'ng by a couple of lengths for second place, Content ,-Cmit a moderate fourth. The rest were scattered far and wide ; at the head of the ruck, however, Weather gage, with all his weight, was to be discovered. The re- Belt of thi s race altered the Chester Cup betting materi -411 orY• Talfourd' s performance being thought so favourably that he was i mme di ate l y b ac k e d at 20 to 1 f or a b ove thousand pounds, with a disposition to go on at the wee figure whi c h was d ec li ne d b y th e l ayers . H e was t introduced into the Derby betting at 1,000 to 30, as might be expected the b ac k ers were ver y shy for al it] event, lag being a very different thing winning Derby ainst the best horses in the year, anu. carrying sst 31b v i c t or i ous l y in a handi . 8 - P race. Eth e lb ert ' s runn i ng, though not qu i te good as I expected, yet, considering the tyeing up he received laast week at Epsom, was almost as good as ett ee n pose' uld r easonably be expected of him. Contentment, I rlase position, pla y now be considered to be disposed of, for instead of being better than that at Epsom, was one point worse. MY communic a ti on yester d a y un f or tu n ately "miss e d Will"fir My and co nsequently my remarks upon to - day's races e be "a day t oo l ate f or th e f a i r ." It is pretty evi dent, however, to the major ity of the sporting fraternity, D at the race for the Zetland Stakes will lie between e fi ance and C om fi t ; t h at S pee d th e Pl oug h w ill w i n ;o 100 Sovs. St a k es ; B egum co lt or V a l our , th e 50 I:a te ..Stakes ; Cavan the Match ; and Feversham the 1 , The r ace for the Subscription Plate of 501. yesterday b a _ 3 , e all one w a y—E p h esus wa i t i ng on N uts h e ll , w h o 1,7,y the r unn i ng a t a slow pace, into the cords, where headed him, an d won, W i th half a stone or more i n a by half a length ; R ac k ape lt b ea ti ng N u t s h e ll i n e last half-dozen strides for second place by a distance. awn and Dear Me could not live the pace. p re T he race f or th e H and i cap Plate of 50 1 . was like the in e k e ding h , all in f avour o f th e w i nner, w h o h a d h is race lengths 4 front the start, wi n ni ng f rom K o h-i- noor by th ree r ep . King of T ro y was a b a d thi r d, an d th e res t 0 '"a 4 1 1 3 , beaten off- R o l an d o , th e crac k, b a cked for a In de al of money, leaving off at 6 to 4, being the very ta• the race, his legs being no better this year than 47 were last. Vor the 100 sovs Sweepstakes over the D.M. Noisette bestas lxia.cle the favourite, and she was undoubtedly the of e half -dozen ; but one of those master strokes r ank Butler's sent Mayfair by the post a neck in advance of her. The rest were scatte r ed f a r a n d wid e . Ph aros won . his race in a most off-hand style, waiting nzl utpecker f or a good portion of the distance, and Kt l: 1 3 e in front an d cantering home an easy winner. eh Colu mn S ta k es produced the third surprise of the k-----Defiance, upon whom they laid 6 to 4, in the final set-to, being unable to collar Filbert, who won by three parts of a length. Diomedia a n d V eteran, finish ing third an d f ourth, were beaten off. How to reconcile this running of Filbert's with his last exhibition when in ant agon i sm with William Rufuson Monday would puzzle any one. Before the race 50 to 1 was laid against the wi nner for the Derby ; after 20 to 1 wastaken freely. racing to-morrow w ill commence ear ly—half-past e ive, I believe —with a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 T I VS. each, &c., which, together with a Sweepstakes of a nvs. each, does not close and name until six o'clock tnis evening. e ; h e Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-year-old ( n -ea, D.M., will, I understand, be contested by Scandal f l i ngers), Ph ryg i a (N orman ), M a yf a i r (B u tl er ), C uc k oo I;' Y ( Sly), Antonina (Bartholomew), and one of Mr. aYlne's, w i th Nat up. The f i rst and second places 2 1 ' 4ia g . h f t .tro .be occupi e d by Scandal and Phrygia, with Tlle close Sta u. PnBt , l'ort p kes will have a field of four at the FiliHomebrewed (Butler), Adine (Nat), /14,4 ( I A-• Day), and King of Trumps, whose jockey's knohave not been able to ascertain. Although It out ?,g the T.M.M. course to be rather longer than find the appro ves o f, ye t I cannot go f art h er to ll win Li t e ner. and Matches I expect to see Gossip beat Adeline, It ast ain Flow er N a th an . re either, t hat there is but littl e hope f or th e b ac k e rs po rto 'ue Reimer or Cineas for the Derby ; one being ord er i; PanBitively infirm, while the other is out of 8;141 rsi ng . u n .,q l ler fashion. Sotle e t l iTi er e by :inc I since, selected v O restes as 11 1 1. . Analysisof 8. pOssessin Particular c oice, must now add Pharos tyeing an. eq . ual chance with him ; and anticipate IN lzthyl i Principal antagonists in West Australian, a nlarer, and SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Queen colt. THE IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. • Tri cr sh he a f° d ll(37l.l l** is a summary of the circulation of the 19thof;,iar—ceceeh banks for the four weeks ending the 4 .A. v v e e r r a , ge cl.tculation of the Irish banks 25,520,544 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 3,443,894 . . T0ta1..,,.. £8,964,438 As c ompared with the .............................. Scotch b an k s, _ fixed issues of the Irish and it appears that— The Irish banks are below their fixed issues 2833,950 The S cotch banks are above their fixed issues 356,685 The Total b e l ow th e fi xe d i ssues £4 7 7 ,265 of th a mount of g o ld an d s il ver h e ld a t t h e he a d o ffi ces folio e several banks during the past month have been as w 5 :........ ° " 31 (1 and silver held by the Irish banks £1,538,910 Gold anti silver held by the Scotch banks 1,157,510 Total £2,696,420 These returns, combined with the average circulation of th e Bank of England for the same period, show a de crease of 691,5681. in the circulation of notes in England, a deer e of 938,5531. in the c i rcu l a ti on o f t h e United Kingdom, when compared with the month end ing the 19th of February ; and, as compared with the month ending the 20th of March, 1852, the above returns !how an increase of 2,151,3701. in the circulation of notes ' l l England and an increas e o f 3,471 , 5451 . i n t h e circu lation of the United Kingdom. , The av erage stock of bullion held by the B an k o f Eng ta2ad in both departments during the month ending the 10 th of M arc h , was 18,806,643/ , being an increase o f de• 191,487/ as compar e d w i th the ' previous month, a n d a creas e of 710,631/. when compared with the same pe riod last year. durin g stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks 2, ,!2.,0_g the month ending the 19th of March was wit •, b e. i ng a decrease of 9,557/., as compared eor''Pa previo us return, and an increase of 449,9131. red with the corresponding period last year. --......,11. TRH 0 ysT e a businesq Ell SE ASON. DREADFUL MORTALITY.—Such the last t ' w . s en am t ;n as the present has not been known for fall amou n t of' nearly PO,OOO/., one-third of which will Sl!eel;nPe°Fill s.Mr. Aston, of the China Rock beds, near The m ortality has 'been confined to th e fo zelign o clo othe ysters. This i's accounted for by the s a l esmen rs at Billingsgate in the following manner : q u antit urin g i t he summer months the companies import large es f rom the Ch anne l I s l an d s , th e coas t o f F rance , a rid other places where they have lain warm in deep Water, and -place' them on beds in rivers and shallow estuaries to feed ; there not being a sufficient depth of Water to repel the late frost, it penetrated to the beds, A e t usi ng great havoc among the bivalves, so that not i - e °ve two bushels out of every five that are dredge a m in e up alive, their only use being for manure. was hea l ' s. it. B. Sow IN LIVERPOOL—A meeting .t. ofd--- Yesterday in the long room belonging to the Bri ish ji?Foreign Bible Society, Slater-street, for the purpor s resenting the talented authoress of " Uncle Tom 31)1 / 1 " with a testimonial, in the shape of an elegantly ladies??orked purse, containing 1301., contributed by the 0 : 01 Liverpool. The chair was taken at eleven o' c l ock sentativ by Adam Hodgson, Esq., who, as . the repre k, eof the ladies, made the presentation. Pro 'sor Stowe in an appropriate speech, returned thanks, at4l also read an address from Mrs. Stowe. A vote of th t. a nits to the ladies was proposed by the Rev. C. M. irrell for their untiring energy and zeal, and seconded .13 ,.Y Sir G. Stephen. Mrs. Stowe and party started per rail for Glasgow at 1.15 the same day. .. ofG t OOLO GICAL SOCIETY OF L ONDON. —At th e mee ti ng his society, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Gould in the ,e_hair, Mr. Coming communicated a paper, by Dr. -Pfeiffer, on 18 new species of land shells, from his own Fellection and that of Mr. Denison. Mr. Gould exhi lilted and described four new species of humming birds, th ree of thein from the eastern slope of the Andes, remark .s.tble for, their size and their extraordinary beauty The a ecr etary then re d a paper by Mr. Broderip, containing tted, notice of an original painting, including a figure of the o, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Northum • e ?land, at Sion-house. The size of the picture, which l l e t le the finest preservation, is 32 inches by 19 inches. ,s4P9ears to have been the joint production of De Heem taint"!l Jean Goeitnare. The landscape and animals were ed by Goeimare, and the shells by De Heem. Mr. possession also called attention to a picture in his own Lessession of a dodo, by Rola.nd Savery. Both pictures t"es e Zhibited to the meeting. I'l n u FR EiNC II EMPIRE. The general result of the ordinary service of the budget of 1850, as set down in the bill adopted on Monday by the Legislative Body, is definitively fixed as follows : Receipts . Payments 1,426,185,571 f. 46c. 1,360,593,737 25 Leaving a surplus of 65,591,834 21 Excesses of expenses of the colonial service 14,270,551 15 Which leaves a surplus of receipts amounting to Out as the payments made fur the extraordinary service are fixed by the bill at There remains in the end a surplus of expenses Which deficit on the budget of 1850 is to be set down amongst the advances of the Treasury, and will provisionally be placed to the charge of the floating debt, in execution of the laws now in force. We read in the Moniteur " France has just been put in possession of an histori cal monuirent, which is directly connected with the most glorious, and at the same time the most melancholy reminiscences of the present century, and which had hitherto been wanting to our national archives. The will of Napoleon 1., written throughout with his own hand, at Longwood, on April 15, 1821, had, after his death, been deposited in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, or Doctors' Commons, where all wills are preserved in England ; and it was there kept for 32 years, unknown to the greatest number, and visited with a respectful eagerness by those who were aware of its existence. The Emperor Napoleon 111. desired to give to this prscious deposit a place more worthy of it and of imperial France, and to restore to that French people, which the Emperor loved so well,' the very pages on which his dying hand traced the expression of that wish, since then ac complished, Let my ashes repose on the banks of the Seine.' Towards the end of last year, and by order of his Imperial Majesty, M. Drouyn-de-Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, charged Count Walew ski, the French Ambassador at London, to apply to the Government of her Britannic Majesty to have the will of Napoleon I. given up to France. The Earl of Malmesbury, then principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, received, in the name of the Govern ment of the Queen, and with the most cordial readi ness, the overture of Count Walewski. He pro mised the Ambassador that he would apply to the proper authorities at Doctors' Commons to induce them, contrary to all precedent, to give up the Em peror's will ; and he pledged himself, in case the English law did not warrant such a course, to present to Parlia ment a special bill to authorise them exceptionally to take from their archives a document of that importance. However, the exigencies of the law and of custom were able to be conciliated with the readiness which the pre sent Ministry of her Britannic Majesty evinced in just as great a degree as that of which Lord Malmesbury was a member, and, on the requisition of the Proctor of the Crown, the Court of Doctors' Commons issued, on the 16th of February last, an order to the effect that the will and its codicils should be handed over to the judicial authorities of France. In execution of that order, the will with its annexes, which had been placed in the hands of the Earl of Clarendon, principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty for Foreign Affairs, was delivered up by him to Count Walewski, who charged M. Charles Baudin, First Secretary of the French Embassy at Lon don, to take it to Paris. M. Charles Baudin, conducted to the Emperor by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had the honour of presenting the will to his Imperial Ma jesty in the name of Count Walewski. By his Majesty's orders it was then taken to the President of the Tri bunal of Premiere Instance of the Seine, who, according to the prescriptions of the French law, registered and signed it, and then handed it over to M. Casimir Noel, notary to the Imperial family, after having had all these formalities duly attested. The will and its codicils, entirely written by the hand of the Emperor, bearing his signature and sealed with his arms, do not, however, contain any clause that has not been ong since printed textually. An authentic copy will remain deposited in the office of M. Noel, and the original will, by the Emperor's orders, be placed in the national archives. The Emperor, wishing to testify to Lord Clarendon the satisfaction which he felt at the restitu tion to France of so remarkable a document, and at the readiness which the Government of her Britannic Majesty had exhibited, addressed a letter to that effect to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Queen Victoria. His Majesty, through his Ambassador at London, has been pleased to present to Mr. Dyke, Proctor to the Crown of England, a gold snuff-box, with the Imperial cipher in diamonds on the lid, in return for the steps which he had taken in the Court of the Archbishop at Canterbury to obtain possession of the testament." The Minister of Police has issued a circular to prefects relative to the rules which are to guide them in their conduct towards political refugees. None of such persons can be permitted to reside in or enter the department of the Seine, the Lyons district, or Marseilles, without an authorisation from the Minister of Police. The Spanish refugees are not to be allowed, without express leave, to go within sixteen niyriametres (one hundred English miles) of the Pyrenees ; the Germans or Poles are not to enter the departments adjoining Switzer land or Germany without a special authorisation, and the same is to be the rule for the Italians with respect to the departments next to Italy. When ever new political refugees enter France, they are to be disarmed, and sent at once to a town at least 10 myriarnetres (62A English) miles from the fron tier, there to wait the orders of the Minister of Police as to their destination. The circular further declares that all the laws which had been in force refative to political refugees having ceased to exist under the new order of things, the Government intends to act with respect to these persons in such a manner as it may conceive to be best for the pre servation of the public peace. The arrests which have taken place within the last few days, were, it is said, caused by the seizure of some correspondence with the refugees of Lon don, and by the distribution of papers emanating from them. The total number of arrests is about 60. It is stated, by a journal, but not positively, that domiciliary visits have been made in the houses of two tradesmen. A revolutionary mani festo has been seized in the residence of a tailor. The arrests have been principally made amongst workmen. The Emperor and Empress have for some days past not quitted the Tuileries. Yesterday the carriages were ordered for a promenade, but after waiting for some time they were sent away. The Emperor has received from the Grand Duke of Oldenburg and the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg Go tha and Saxe Meiningen, replies to the letters which announced his marriage. His Majesty also received a letter from the President of the Repub lic of Costa-Rica, congratulating him on his acces sion to the throne. A ministerial journal of Rennes states that the projected journey of the Emperor into Brittany has been adjourned. A telegraphic dispatch announces that Marshal de St. Arnaud's health is completely re-established, and that he proposes quitting Marseilles on Satur day next, to return to Paris. The demand for Reutes yesterday has been inac tive, with a downward tendency in prices, the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash having declined 25c. on Tuesday's quotations, and for th account 10c. ; the Three per Cents., however, at the close of business had improved 15c. for money, and sc. for the end of the month. There was also an ad vance of sf. in Bank Stock. The final quotations were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 80f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. ; for the account, Three per Cents., 80f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 35c. Bank shares, 2,740 f. The shares of the Bank of Credit Foncier declined 5f., closing at 914 f., whilst those of the Credit Mobilier advanced 2f., and were quoted at 932 f. at the con clusion of business. The market for Railway Secu rities was active, and a tolerable amount of busi ness was transacted. • SPAIN. The Spanish Senate assembled on the 7th, and railways. m res a u r m ciu e i d s the de discussion on the question relative to Several senators, and amongst them the Miraflores, the Duke de Rivas, M. Pena y Aguay o , an d General Figueras, spoke at some length and with much warmth ; and some of them went into matters which had no con nection with that before the house. Thus M. Pena y Aguayo made a sharp attack on the Ministry for its conduct in the elections, and his speech, con trasting with his o r di nary moderation, produced great sensation. The Marquis del Duero, on his part, attacked the Government for its proceedings relative to the press. M. Benavides, Minister of the Interior, replied to both these senators, and defended the Government. With respect to th e press, he said that the Cabinet was preparing a bill on the subject. The Minister then proceeded to speak on the question before the Senate, but was interrupted by the President, who told him that the hour fixed by the regulations for the adjourn ment had arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies on the same day, M. Bravo Murillo at great length replied to the attacks which had been made on his Ministry for its interference in the elections. What took place on the Bth is thus described in a letter of that date :—" This morning every body talked of the suspension of the sittings of the Cortes, and the Senators and Deputies hastened to their respective chambers with extraordinary zeal to learn what the Government would do. At about two o'clock the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was opened. The President of the Coun cil appeared in his usual place in full uniform. After the minutes had been read, several deputies demanded to be allowed to speak. Although the President of the Council, according to the regula tions, having to make a communication from the Government, had alone the right to speak, M. Moron rose, and briefly declared that the Minister had never had, had not then, and never would have the confidence of the Parliament. The President of the Council immediately read a Royal decree by which the sittings of the Cortes were suspended for the ses§ion. The document was listened to in pro found silence, and the deputies immediately retired. In the Senate the'Royal decree was also read. The Government has adopted this measure in consequence of the violet - 4 attacks which have been made on it and on distinguished personages in the Senate. Al though there is a talk of a modification of the Cabinet in which General Roncald and MM. Liorente and Benavides will remain, the statesmen who will be called on to fill the departments of Justice Marine, and Public Works are not mentioned. report is current that General Lersundi, Captain-General of Madrid, will unite to his functions the civil gover norship, in order to give greater force to the autho rities."—The journals give no news of interest ex cept what refers to the crisis, but the Gazette contains a royal decree ordering new elections to fill up vacancies in the districts of Casas, Hanez, Cuenc'a, and the district of the Prado, in the pro vince of Pontevedra. General Aupick, the French ambassador, was preparihg to quit Madrid. His departure will, say the papers, be much regretted. On the night of the 9th the Ministers resigned in a body. The Queen asked for 24 hours to decide whether or no she would accept their resignation. Before the expiration of that time, the Queen had accepted the resignation of the Cabinet. General Lersundi has been charged with the duty of forming a new Cabinet. The Cortes has resumed its session. On the Bth the Three per Cents. were at 42 15-16. ITALY. A Vienna journal, of the 9th, states that the Governor of Malta has announced the intention of the British Government of continuing the Sardi nian 'submarine telegraph to Malta, by sinking a wire between Bana and La Valetta. In its sittings of the 9th the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin voted the project, already approved of by the Senate, concerning bills of Exchange signed by persons not in trade. This law is founded on the same principles as those of the commercial codes of England, France, Austria, and Naples. The Opinione of Turin states from Milan, Bth, that.political arrests still continue there. Count Stra.soldo, Lieutenant-General of Lom bardy, arrived at Parma on the 7th, on his way to Modena. The Giornale di Roma, of the sth, states that on the first Sunday after Easter the Pope blessed the candles called A gnus Dei, a ceremony which only takes place every seven years. The fireworks which could not be let off on Easter Monday ac cording to custom, on account of the bad weather, were let off the Sunday after Easter with complete success. _ _ _ The British fleet was in port at Malta on the Bth. No preparations were making for its departure. GERMANY. The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Munich, dated the 10th :—" Professor de Liebig was last night giving a lecture on chemistry at the palace, before Queen Maria, Queen Theresa, King Louis, the younger branches of the royal family, and some persons belonging to the court, when a bottle of oxygen gas being improperly handed to him by his assistant, who took it for another bottle, an explosion took place, and the bottle flew into a thousand pieces. Fortunately the explosion oc curred in an inner room, the door of which was open. Still some fragments of the glass passed through the door, and slightly wounded some members of the royal party who were sitting in the front rank. Queen Theresa was cut in the cheek, and the blood flowed in abundance ; Prince Luitfold was slightly wounded in the forehead, Countess Luxburg in the chin, and Countess San dizell in the head. None of these wounds will be of any consequence. The professor was also slightly injured, having escaped with his life by a sort of miracle." The following appears in the Vienna Gazette, of the Bth :—" H. M. the Emperor, desiring to alle viate the burden of labour which weighs on the Minister of Finance, has, by Cabinet letter of the 30th March, attached M. Rueskefer de Wellenthal, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Com merce, to the Ministry of Finance, and Baron Gehringer d'Oldenburg to the Ministry of Com merce. They will provisionally replace the Minister." A Vienna journal attributes the present dis tress amongst the workmen of the manufactories in that capital to an Imperial decree imposing heavy restrictions on the hawking trade in manufactured goods, and by which the markets of Hungary are in a manner closed against the persons engaged in it. The consequence is that they give no more orders for goods, and thousands of workmen are deprived of bread. The Wanderer of Vienna states from Bel grade, Ist instant :—" M. Garaschanin has been named member of the Senate. This nomination would interesthave opened a vast field for his activity in the of tile country had not the Senate lost all political importance. The fall of that Minister is principally attributed to the passiveat titude which the Ottoman Porte observed during the war with the Montenegrins. It is said that the Russian Government wishes that the Servian functionaries, who had been educated in Paris, should be dismissed, but up to this time Russia has not demanded the removal of M. Marinovics, Chief of the section of Foreign Affairs, and that of M. Zach, Director of the Military Academy." The Lloyds of Vienna, of the Bth, says :—" The Government intends establishing several new vice consulates in Bulgaria, to give the export mer chants the protection which they stand in need of. At present there is only a consulate at Rustochuk, and another at Widdin. The Abbe Farkas has given 52,000 florins to found a school for girls at Sthulwessenburg, in memory of the late escape of the Emperor from assassination. In consequence of a negotiation between Austria and the Porte, the latter has promised that Bavarian vessels shall be treated in Turkish ports like those of Austria. This advantage accorded to Bavaria is a result of the treaty concluded between her and ; Austria con cerning the navigation of t he Danube. ' TURKEY. The Trieste Gazette has the following from Con stantinople, 28th ult. :—" It is not yet known whether the question of the Holy Places is at this moment the subject of deliberation between Prince Menschikoff and the Ottoman Porte, but it is cer tain that the Divan is negotiating .with the Prince on the affair of Montenegro and the emancipation of the Christians. The apparent isolation of the Russian Cabinet in presence of the resolution of the other powers to refuse any co-operation,. does not in any way diminish the prospect of an amicable arrangement. But it is certain that Prince Menschi koff will not and cannot yield, and that he will place himself as the protector of such subjects of the Ottoman Porte as profess the Greek religion. He is, nevertheless, very dissatisfied with the Pa triarch. The Russian Colonel Christophores (a Greek by birth) has arrived from Montenegro. A certain sensation has been produced here by departure of several Russian officers for that coun try." IsTiloul A letter nr.ktewoye,trhe from setcaettlhee rsbornEaet thatr oezdae and db um the with otuht , eaa gmo marriageoo dntdh capital eaa lg o ooo f ff Armenian_tNhp Napoleon pmaoacces sion ce ebos ny Turkishthe F French n c c o t o s n u a l r ag t r o es oi d parten t a n n t d h e that e the n h egsh. According to a letter from Teheran of the 26th February a grave misunderstanding has arisen be tween the Persian Court and the British Legation, relative to Herat, and a rupture was feared. " What is certain," says the letter, " is that Colonel Sheil, who was about to quit Teheran in a few days on leave of absence, expected to take with him all the personnel of his legation." The cholera was advancing towards Teheran ; it had reached Resht and Caslin, and had made ravages in these places. The winter had been one of the most severe ever known in Persia. Snow had fallen for several days, and in some parts communications had been inter rupted. The Schah, notwithstanding the intensity of the cold, had been on a hunting expedition to Hirsa. He was obliged in the course of it to re main in tents for ten days, and several of his suite died from cold. THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND THE SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—Notice was issued yester oo Bank k sof for England the un d a e n r d n o on South tiou e Sea a n H n o o u i tsiee,s willa t b tdh e aey o l p raa e tn n ts e ifi d eer a b s follows, viz. :—Bank Stock, to-morrow morning, the 15th inst. ; Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, ditto ; Long Annuities, ditto. ; and annuities for terms of years, ditto ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, on Tuesday next, the 19th inst. At the South Sea House, the transfer books for South Sea Stock will also be opened to-morrow, the 15th inst. THE NEW BISHOP OF LINCOLN.—HoIy Thursday (or Ascension Day) has been appointed for the consecration of the ,Right Rev. Dr. John Jackson, Bishop elect of Lincoln. The ceremony will be performed in the private chapel within Lambeth Palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, and the Bishop of Oxford. Dr. Jackson will be installed in his cathedral in the course of enne t‘ bishop t ve h r e u fol o l o owg will have the formal , ai l a n n hp d ioss w sgo i i l sf l ts oimn ecclesiastical i a s ta d i y o c a fter ward s to the extent of 16,000/ . a year. It has not yet tran spired who will be Dr. J ac k son ' s successor in the rectory of St. James's, Piccadilly. Th e appointment i n t h e g ift patronageese. heT of Crown. THE Ski ARE MARKETS• BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. 29 - 30 5i - 6 91 -- 10/ 21 -- 22 d 3i -- 2id 103 -- 106 641 -- 641 211 -22 f 19 -- 20 3A - 4Apmi 8 -- 9 51 - 54 3t - 4 13 - 131 10 - 11 7 - 7i 73 - 75 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 -- 34 62 -- 64 821 -- 834 47 -- 49 124 —126 1084 —1094 91t 91t 6t 7t 92 -- 94 13 -134 p 76 -- 77 4 —4B d 3 1 -- 3 d 15 -- 161 98 --9 a 103 -- 10 4 1 1191 -- 119 24 -- 3 pH P 901 -- -- aot. 5 4 d 4 -- 3 10i -- 11 19 -- 21 29i -- 304 34- 3 dl 741 -- 74il 43 -- 45 51. 53 al 3i 8i 9i 52 54 34 -- 2i d 34A -35 t 84 d 8 i 1 24 -- 3 i 501 -- 51' 98 -- 100 62 -- 63 64 -- 66 73 - 76 18 20 9 10 13 1.5 34 34 d 20. - 75 —74 i 36 4 374 124 14 4 19 21 I 3 -- 3i 14i -15 i 94 -- 10 32 -- 9 4 - 10 id -- par 68A 7 - 64 i - di 2 —211 d 581 54 PREFERENCE SHARE: 1105 - 107 1106 - 108 19 —2O x.O id 6 6.1 xd 34 3 4 4 4 1 1.1) -2 p ig --1 i p 14 15. toi lsi 3i- 3i xd 127 -- 129 .11 - 113 - 83 6t - 7i 106 1.08 ad iip 151 153 166 31 - 3iP 10 -11 13i —l3lxd 8 9 liii ilk A - - ipadi 148 -- 150 : IP : 23 • - - 2i 109 - 111 25 -- 26 -21. p 101 -- 11 4 171 -- -18 i i 1p 14 -- 15. par —• t P 26 -- 264 19. - 20 - a -- 4par • 101 -- 103 5-- 54 Par — i PI r _ id 1 2 4 . j --1 3 4 1 p 2 1i d 5 i 6 p 1* 2h 2 p 1 2, - 1p 7i 8 4n 4i 1 2 - 11 -13 p 24-3 p ~ - .. 7i 8 5 6 36i —36 a 14 - 15 17 - 9 4 - 18 p 42 - 43 42 - 42} 33i 4t - 34 - - 20 - 1 21 pl 9 - 9h p 1 4A 51 d par AlOAp A d 10 1 d THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1853. 184 100 100 all I all all Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & tastn. Jiluct. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley,,,, Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& IL) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do po., B. awl C. 'East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great NorthernStk Do., A. Stock 0., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern ,E. Liv.Crsby. &Southpt. London & Blaekwall Lond. Tilb. & Sth end. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,£lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Liucln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.Stliftd. Newry & Enniskillen, Newry, Warrenpo:nt,l and liestrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties Un North British NOrth Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2. Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton ... Scottish Central ... . .. Scottish Midland ..... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrcwsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. i& Chester (Nor. W. Min.) ... Do. Halves do ......... Do Do. Oswesti y ..... Shropshire Union .... South Dev0n.......... South Ea5tern......... South Wales ........... S. Yorksh. River Dun. Do. ...................... Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rail way ........ Vale of Neath . ...... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall .... . W imbledon&Croydn• Woodford .......... York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c , Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5, 1 . , per cent.' Cork&Bandon 5i P.C. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do., No. 2 Do.: New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union Scrip' Guar. 6 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. ets. Edinb. Pith .& Dund. Glasgow & S. Western , Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Burks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 41 per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c London &S. Westo_m Con. Thirds Londonderry & Coler. 4 shares Londudry. & Enuisk 4 Shares ...... Manch. , Shef. ,&Lin., I Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4? percent.' Norfolk Extension...' Do. Guar. 5/ . 1 per ct. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X15,6p. c. Do. IShrewsbm7 & Birm New Guaranteed... Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W.(Min), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) ,f £1 Os. 6d• S.Yorksh. 4p. e. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p.c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... FOREIGN• Antwrp.&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erqueliu Dijon and Besam9on.. Dutch Rhenish ..... . . East 1ndian............ Do. Extension..... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Jrnet. of Frarce Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares ................. Lucca and Pistoja, 5 Luxembourg rier nt P . . r . e . f . .. Do. (Railway) ......... Do. ...................... Do. (CAnal).. .......... Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Medi,terran. Madras .................. Maria Ant0nia......... Do. New ................ N a mur & Liege (with intere5t................ Do. (ex interest). Northern of France.. Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy.B.&Ams. She. ) Norwegian Trutt Prof Paris and Ly0n5...... Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R0uen...... Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre.... Sambre and Meuse... Do. 53 per cent. pref. Southern of France.. Upper India Scrip..., West Flanders........ Do. 5i per c. Prof... Western of France... West. of Switzerland .New ..... 10 20 50 50 100 25 i pm MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 108 all Anglo Californian.... p 3 10 2 Australasian 3 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera P 1 all Australian Freehold. 3d p 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 p 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 35 243 Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) 43 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 61 - 63 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 3 Carson's Creek. 40 all Cobre Copper 47 —4B 6 1 Colonial Gold 2 —23 p • 14 Copiapo 6 7 St. all CopperMinersof Eng B5 95 25 all Do. Preference B3 91 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll —lB d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll —l3 p 33 3 all Great Polg ooth — 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 's— par 1 all Liberty 3 - p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 all Mariquita 3d par 10 9 Mexican &S. Anteric 7 8 7i 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 p 5 1 Port Philip par— p 1 3 1 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 P 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba,.., 6 7 1 all South Australian par— 3 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l3 283 all United Mexican 6l 61 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada par -- 1 p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 all Yuba P— 6 P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 -- 93 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 3 100 25 Colonial. — ... 20 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — ••• 4 English Scottish and Australian ll l a p 20 73 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 33 3 riP DO 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 22 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 223 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank o f Corporation 54 56 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do, New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co 4 dis— par 25 25 South Australia ... 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 771 2 1 Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult ] 85 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mair Australn. Royal Mail' ... Brit. Americn. Laud' Canada - /Crystal Palace 'Crystal Pal. of France 'Eastern Steam Electric. Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Naviga.t — General Screw Steam. Irish Beetroot Sugar ... Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel' ... Netherlands Land....l Nrth.ofEuropeSteam !Peninsular & (Mental 87 8 Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam... South Austral. Land 48 Submar. Telegraph... Universal Emigration and Colonisation... I ,Van Diemen's Land..' 19 20 48i 9i LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 14.—Wind this day at Noon, N. to N.N.E., moderate breeze, and cloudy. RAMSGATE, Aprii N:N.E., strong. Sailed -Figaro, New York. CHATHAM, April 13.—Wind, E.N.E., strong. Arrived -Etheldred, Sierra Leone. DOVER, April 13.—Arrived—Ellen Cork, St. Valery, for Sunderland, very leaky, and pumps choked. DEAL, April 13.—Wind, N.E., strong. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Harlequin, Adelaide, S.A. ; Tartar, Algoa Bay ; Wind, St. John, N.B. ; Diana, Melbourne. Sailed—Countess of Batave, Valparaiso. PLYMOUTH, April 13.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—H.M.'s steamer Scorpion , West Indies. Sailed—Med ora , P or t Philip. The Emma, of Liverpoel, was lost near Bonny, Feb 10 ; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, Aprill3. Wind, N.E. Anived—Mary Evans, New York. FAI;MOUTH, April 13.—Wind, N.E., strong. Sailed— Kron, Prius ; Oscar, Quebec ; Alchymist, do. ; Solertia, Shedim. SOUTHAMPTON, April 13.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Cap tain, Quebec. LivißPooL, April 13.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed— Earl of Elgin, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Jupiter, Melbourne; Flint, do. ; Flora Bella, do. ; Jas. Scott, Shanghai • Capilla, Singa pore ; Jane Morice, Port Natal ; Tremont, Africa ; Cum berland, do. • ' Dickey Sam, Bu ena V en t ura ; A nn i e Wor rall, Luna ; Sutlej, Valparaiso ; and the rest of the out ward bound—in all, a fleet of above sixty vessels. PORT TALBOT, Aprii 13.—The Thos. and Sarah, Newport to Swansea, has been got off the rocks. LOWEBTOFFE, April 13.—The Ann Mills, of London, from St. John's, N. 8., which was brought in here, March 7, much damaged, after being on shore, went on shore again yesterday, but was assisted off. POOLE, April 13.—Wind, E. Sailed—Delia and Caro line, Quebec. CARDIFF, Aprill3.—Wind, N.B. Sailed—Alfred, New York ; Garonne, ditto; Eleanor, Quebec ; Gentile, King George's Sound • Vocalist, Cape de Verd ; A ro l us , Ber muda ; Emily, gt. Thomas. _ SHIELDS.-Sailed—Friends, St. Thomas' ; Emerald, Quebec. FowEY, April 12.—Wind, N. Sailed—Royal Adelaide, Quebec. . . YOUGHAAL.—Arrived—lnner, Mazagan, Sailed—Tot tenham, Quebec. MALAGA, April s.—The Albert Schminga, for Falmouth, has put in here leaky, and will probably have to discharge and repair. GALATZ, March 31.—The Bideford, from Liverpool, is on shore ; a steamer will proceed to her assistance. HOALHOERNE, March 29. —The Forsnoes, Saunesund to Holland, and thence to England, drifted on the rocks and filled, but has been assisted off, and will proceed to Ferde rikstadt to discharge, having received much damage. • FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST INDIA DOCK JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, an accident, attended with very shocking circumstances, took place on the line of the East India Dock Junction Railway, whereby a man, named Joseph Meadows, aged 31 years, a porter in the service of the company, received such frightful injuries that he is not expected to recover. It appears that the unfortunate man had only been placed iu his situation a few hours, and was engaged in the goods department near the Poplar station ; and on the morning in question he was assisting in the removal of several trucks into a siding. He, however, had not been at work long before a train approached with a quantity of stores, and before he could get out of the way he was knocked down on the rails, when the wheels of the carriages passed over both his legs, which were found to be most fearfully mutilated and crushed. The poor fellow was raised up by his companions, and carried to the Limehouse-station, where he was promptly seen by a surgeon, who rendered some temporary assistance, and advised his removal to the London Hospital, whither he was conveyed in a hackney carriage with all possible speed. He was im mediately seen by the medical officers of the institution, who found, upon examination of the injured parts, that both the lower portions of the legs must be amputated, which operation was at once performed by Mr. Adams, one of the senior surgeons, who was assisted by Mr. Mantell, the resident surgeon. The unfortunate man bore the operation with great fortitude, and last eveni ng but hint hopes were given of his recovery. THE TAX ON ADVERTISEMENTS. (From the Daily News. ) To-night Mr. Milner Gibson is to bring under the notice of Parliament the branch of taxation that bears peculiarly on the press. On the present occasion he is to place the subject before the House of Commons in three divisions—first, the Advertisement Tax, then Paper Tax, then Stamp Tax. The mere fact of the ex istence.'of this treble taxation on a single product en. titles the honourable member for Manchester to every attention and support in his endeavours to correct a fiscal injustice. The tendency is now towards revision and to simplicity of taxation. We live in days when men incline to admit the wisdom of lightening a tax when it is desired to increase its productiveness ; nor is the temper of the time one in which a glaringly unjust amount of charge can be levied on a single product. It is quite enough to pay one tax on one article, and when it is seen that a special product has been selected for the purpose of burthening it with treble taxation, the sense of common fairness leads men to cry shame, and to seek the first opportunity of removing the injustice. If in this country it is thought wise to raise a portion of needful revenue from a charge upon that necessary of civilised life—a newspaper —the pro ducers, both literary and mechanical, can do lktle more than regret the fact, and pay the money ; but when Parliament does not stop there, but continues to insist upon a second and third impost on the same thing, the unfairness and the folly at once justify and excite a loud claim for reform. It is now clear that the taxes on the press were originally imposed rather f'r the purpose of keeping a rein over its freedom than from hopes of profitable revenue • but even on repressive grou n d s i t is needless to retain the treble impost ; whilst viewed in the light of productive ness to the Exchequer, it has been clearly shown again and again that these three taxes have a tendency to damage each other's fruitfulness. The Advertisement Duty—the first on Mr. Gibson's list —produces little revenue, but by checking the extension of publicity it checks business, and thus interferes more or l ess w i th a host of other feeders of the Exchequer. Again, by limiting the number of announcements, the correspon dence that inevitably follows the publication of any ad vertisement is lessened, and thereby Post-office produc tiveness is interfered with. Then again, every increase of advertisements must add to the consumption of paper on which these notifications are printed. Here then we see the Advertisement Tax in operation againt the Paper Duty. Yet all the time that every one of these three imposts is acting against the other the whole three press in mischievous combination upon the newspaper which has to bear them. Every Liberal member of Parliament will surely feel bound to vote on this subject, and those members who might not be inclined to remove any restriction which may seem to afford a guarantee for the press—nay, even those reactionaries who would if they could prevent or limit the freedom of the press —that liberty of printed discussion, which is one of the foundations of our liberties even these, we say, should assist in removing at leastone of the press taxes, if only on the ground that the other two might be more profitable to the Exchequer. A deputation who waited recently on Mr. Gladstone to draw his attention to the Advertisement Tax put their case very briefly before him in the form of ten objections, which may be thus sum marised. It presses unfairly : newspapers and periodicals are taxed on each advertisement, whilst all other means of advertising escape the duty • it is an unjust tax ; th e rich pay only eighteenpence duty on an advertisement of an estate, whilst the poor pay the same sum for leave to advertis6 for employment; it falls with special weight on particular kinds of property ; it checks the free ex tension of cheap knowledge • it helps to create a mo nopoly, by practically excluding the less wealthy from the advantages of publicity ; it involves a false principle of taxation ; it is a tax the repeal or reduction of which the public would gain the full benefit of; it is a tax largely evaded : " the blank wall, the advertising van (dangerously blocking up the public thoroughfares), the omnibus, the railway carriage, the railway station, the street pavement, and many ether modes of advertising, reduce the amount paid to Government to a compara tively small amount, and leave its pressure exactly where it is most severely felt, and where many grounds of public policy condemn it. It is a great impediment to trade, literature, and labour seeking a market through publicity—and to the newspaper press for that reason ; while the small amount of revenue which it yields— about 160,0001. per annum —renders it altogether un worthy of retention, at a cost of a tithe of the hardship and injustice which it inflicts." To-night not only Liberals, but men of all politics who advocate fiscal re form and fairplay in taxation, may well treat one at least of the taxes on the press as an " open question," by giving a vote in favour of reforming the Advertisement Duty. KEEPING OF THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS. (From, the Times.) Till a few years ago our middle classes 'alone were taught the art of arithmetic. Excepting only such simple elements as were picked up in the nursery or in the dame school, gentlemen were thought above learn ing it, and labourers below. They, however, who were not to go to the Universities, or India, or the plough, did go beyond compound division, and in due time became familiar with certain mysterious terms, important enough to form the subject of separate chap ters in our popular books of arithmetic. " Gross and net," " tare and tret," are terms that have haunted through life many a mind brought up in a commercial academy, among ushers, slates, sponges, globes, rulers, and compasses. Practised in these expressions, the middle-class intellect learnt to discriminate between re turns and profit ; to sift from the former their thousand and one necessary deductions, and not to hail the latter till it had passed through the furnace of a tenfold exami nation. Therein is the great difference, in a commercial point of view, between the gentleman and the tradesman. The gentleman, unless he has a fund of common sense, or a genius that dispenses with a mercantile education, ruins himself by a too lavish scale of management. As Adam Smith says, and as he tells us why, the gentleman never turns tradesman or farmer without sinking all his returns in a too splendid and indulgent scale of salaries, ma chinery, material, and experiment. He trades or farms as he would conduct his town establishment or manage his garden. In this respect, the farmer who aspires to be a gentleman generally falls into the same error as the gentleman who condescends to be a farmer. Now, that is precisely what is asked from a Legis lature of gentlemen at this moment, and what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is now prepared to concede, with regard to the management of the great national farm. As Mr. Williams said, on introducing his motion on Tuesday, in spite of continual remonstrance as much as six millions of the revenue is wholly unaccounted for. It disappears in the management. It falls to the ground, and runs away in ten thousand pockets, just as the pro duce of a careless or extravagant farmer is scattered and lost on the way, during the many journeys and restings it has to make from the time it is reaped till it is sold in the market. All that sum, and much more, for anything that we know, is spent without ever coming before the eyes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer or within the grasp of Parliament. It is impossible to say how much is collected from the public, and what is the actual amount of the huge burden under which unfortu nate John Bull is continually acquiring a more downward spirit, a more awkward gait, rounder shoulders, and more wrinkled brow. All we k now at present is, that we pay 52,000,000/. and something snore. Let us know all that we have to pay. The most liberal man recoils from the bill of an extortionate lodging-housekeeper, which, after the stipulated sum, runs out into a long tail of supplementary items. Night after night the House of Commons, now for half a century, has been shaving and paring, in order, if possible, to save something out of our enormous ex penditure, and of late years it flatters itself it has saved something ; but it is baffled at the most promising part of the task by discovering that the expenses of collecting the revenue are not under its control. While it keeps down the responsible expenditure, the irresponsible actually increases ; and though the revenue, after im mense deductions, is less than it was twenty years ago, the expenses of collecting it are actually greater. Was there ever a stronger argument in favour of a responsible system ? Exempt any portion of the expenditure from Parliamentary control and we now see how rapidly it would increase. Indeed, it is evident that the jobbery and corruption which we drive from the daylight of Parliamentary control take refuge, like bats, in those holes and corners which lie out of its reach. In this vast unaccounted margin there is the'greatest variety of payments, and when we inquire into them we are told that some are too fixed to be worth scrutinising ; and some too unfixed to bear it ; some too old and some too ephemeral ; some too great and some too little ; some too personal and some too national; but it is obvi ous that when contrary reasons are assigned they answer one another. It is difficult to say what there is to de mand either secrecy or exemption from Parliamentary control in such matters as expenses of quarantine, ware housing establishments, judicial establishments in Scot land, pensions granted in the reigns of Charles 11. and William 111., inspectors of corn returns, the civil government of Scotland, the encouragement of Bri tish fisheries, the salaries of process-servers, or allow ances to the officers of the tax departments in Ire land. If these payments are fixed, there can be no reason to conceal them. If they are discretional, te that is no reason why they should be done on the sly. Augmentations of promotions, superannua tions, assistant-clerks, leavepay, fabs nee perquisites, payments for extra hours, are e all matters e which there may be the grossest extravagance, favouritism, or injus tice, and are therefore peculiarly fit to be under Parlia mentary control. There is a general impression that public servants work less for their money than private srvants, and that, after all, they find it a very thankless service. The best men in Government service invariably say that they would have done very much better in prig vate employment on any business whatever ; and the worst men are sure to ascribe their not getting on in the world to the depressing influence of a Government office. We believe, ourselves, that it is a service which suits none but the indolent and dull, and that even the stupid and idle invariably get sick of it at last. Under the continual scrutiny of Parliament it is possible that the public service might b e re l eased from that complicated iron routine which is as fatal to the t intellect of the employe as it evidently is to the intresnsowoftothsce There certainly is not a tendency just e scrutinise expenditure too closely, or to overlook claims founded on reason or presumption. There is, however, a very general suspicion that many places under the Customs, Stamps, and Excise, are little better than sinecures, and are kept up for no other purpose than political influence, as the nation has at last the sense to call it. Be that suspicion well founded or not, the only way to extin guish the imputation or the abuse is through Parlia mentary control, which, if Mr. Gladstone keeps his word, and continues in office long enough, we may now reasonably lope to moo Applied to thin sitlyoot. Business dune this day. LINES LEASED AT FTXTriD RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Yesterday. Btisine s this day. London N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do. Do. L. dc N.W. Caledon ... 106 -10 ii 52 - 54 Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. di Berw Y.&N.Md Do 152 - 154 32i - 334 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 271 j -28 i 131 -- 14 25A --26 Ax& 19i -- 20 26 -- 27 S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Lu.&N.IV & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. n - 3i Ls2i 3i 105 - 107 E. Count Do 64 - 66 .. - L. &N. W d;LO&Yk Do Gt. Northn Do 149 - 151 149 - 151 Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. Darling Do 1— id ... - ... 32 1 - 33?, 1.03 - 1041 IGt.Westn RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar, Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 1 Shares Lou. & Gramm D o. Prefere nee Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Mancli.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & RAcar 'Midid Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.„ Do. Fixed sp.c crest. &Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. dt Goole g .5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Sonirst 103 i 61 f 83 3 i 124 Pm 76 i 9k i 5 1191 29 30 743 75i 5 6 37 107 A x d A VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13. The Agamemnon, 90 (screw), Captain Sir Thomas Maitland.—Several additional cases of relapse have occurred on beard this beautiful but neglected ship. What else was possibly to be expected ? Of what ser vice, we ask in the name of common sense, was it to fumigate the Agamemnon, and then to permit unre stricted communication between her and her hospital hulk, Camperdown ? It becomes a sickening task to be obliged so often to notice this painful matter, but we think it high time that some decisive and instant step should be taken to stay the further progress of an in sidious malady that may otherwise offect every ship in the harbour. It is very evident that the convalescent were too quickly put on board. The Illustrious, old 72.—We understand that an order has come down from the Admiralty Board to fit this ship up as an hospital afloat, and to have in charge a lieute nant, surgeon, assistant-surgeon, a warrant officer, boat's crew, &c. She is much better calculated for. such use ful service than the proposal of turning her into a block ship without a screw-propeller. If we are to have guard-ships for the protection of the East and West Channel of Isle of Wight, it is worth while to have efficient ones, capable of turning round. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Captain Goldsmith, had her damaged shaft taken out to-day. We understand it is toe faulty to be repaired, and to make a new one will require a month's work. This unfortunate vesel is again rendered useless, after a frightful expenditure of the country's money. The Basilisk, 6, paddle, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton.—We had an opportunity of inspecting the bot tom of this vessel to-day, and feel a pleasure in stating that not the slightest damage was sustained in her touch ing on the bar in coming into harbour the other evening. Her copper has as fair a surface as on the first day she was launched. • The Imperieuse, 60, screw, Captain Rundle B. Matson, C. 8., got up steam and got several turns at the mea sured mile, apparently with great 'speed. We will give the result of the trial in our next. PLYMOUTH, Amin 13. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Odin, 16, Captairi F. Scott, arrived in the Sound yesterday, at 2 p.m., and sailed at 5 p.m., for a cruise in the Channel. The quarantine flag was flying, and she had no commu nication with the shore. The SanePareil, 71, Capt. S. C. Dacres, took her powder and shells on board yesterday. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Maoiciene, 16, Captain Thomas Fisher, sailed on Tuesday for Pembroke with juryma.sts for the James Watt. The Scorpion, 6, surveying -vessel, arrived yesterday from Portsmouth, and will come into harbour to-day to be paid off. The brig Nautilus, 6, was taken int o d ock on Tuesday to have her copper repaired. WOOLWICH, Apilm 13 . APPOINTMENTS. Clerks.—William H. Chapman (1848), from the Boa cawen, 70, guardship of ordinary, at Chatham, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam-guardship, at Devonport ; Chas. W. Tuke (1848), to the Tortoise, etoreship, at the Island of Ascension. Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, having gone on leave, Commander Edward A. Ingl e fi e ld, a s senior officer, taken the duties afloat, and Mr. M'Donald, the master attendant, the duties of the dockyard. The Cyclops steam-frigate, having the Melampus, 42, frigate, in tow, with the machinery and boilers of the St. Jean D'Acre on board, passed Woolwich at 4 p.m. yesterday, on their way to Devonport, where the lattet vessel is to be fitted with her engines, of 600-horse power, by John Penn and Son. The Phosnix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edwaid A. Inglefield, is reported to be ready for sea by Satur day next, and will be tried down the river on Monday next, to ascertain the working capabilities of her engines. THE COAST OF AFRICA. By the arrival of the Mail screw-packet Faith at Ply mouth, from the west coast of Africa, we have the fol lowing from the squadron : The Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Bruce, in his flag-ship Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, was at Lagos, Feb. 28, with the Alecto, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Crofton ; Cygnet, 8, Commander R. D. White ; Ferret, Commander Macdonald ; and Britomart, 8, Commander Hesseltine. The Ferret remained at Lagos on the 11th March, but the Commander-in-Chief had left for Ascension. Alecto had proceeded to the eastward, and was passed off Grand Popo on the 12th. Bloodhound, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Chris tian ; Pluto, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Bedding field, and two French men-of-war were at Sierra Leone, March 23. Firefly, steam-sloop, Commander Seymour, was at Goree, March 28. THE VULCAN AND THE LATE COURT MARTIAL. We regret to hear that some serious differences be tween the officers of the Vulcan, screw steam-ship and the officers of the regiment Commander Van Donop con veyed to Australia, took place on the voyage, and that it is not at all improbable that some correspondence will pass between the Horse Guards and the Admiralty on the subject. We are also sorry to find that there has been so much misunderstanding between the commander of the Vulcan and his officers, which will lead, it is said, to further courts-martial. The case of the mate, tried on Tuesday, is looked upon as a very hard one, and-although it was impossible for the court to have overlooked the admitted fact of diract disobedience of orders, yet the circumstances which led the mate (a commissioned officer) respectfully to commit a breach of discipline, demand, on the part of the Admiralty, further inquiry. It is sub mitted that the court, which was composed of 11 cap tains, did not go far enough into the " whys and where . f ires" of the case, and that they stop short of their duty if, in upholding stern discipline, they do not satisfy - the service that justice has been done to all grades. There is no excuse for disobedience of orders that are not un lawful, but to fulfil the requirements of justice, this case should not terminate without an inquiry into the whole of the facts that led to the commission of the offence. These facts must have been of a very extraordinary cha racter, or the court would not have so pointedly alluded to it in their sentence. If we are rightly informed, the mate not only appealed to his captain against his ordering him to do inferior duty to that of a midshipman, but previously to his offence, he actually wrote to Commander Von Donop for a court of inquiry or court-martial ; but of which application no notice was taken by the commander. Another " extraordinary" fact has reached us from Portsmouth, which we trust to see fully explained. It is reported that after the court-martial was over, Mr. Hartwell went on board the Vulcan to get his things, when be was again placed under arrest. He expostu lated in vain, and at length managed to get a note to the commander-in-chief, when Sir Thomas Cochrane instantly ordered his release, and accompanied his peremptory order with a sharp rebuke. We sincerely hope that there is no foundation for this statement.— Herald. NAVAL DISCIPLINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—Our naval discipline is a subject that cannot be too often discussed or too often brought under public notice. It is one of vital importance, because on it de. pends the efficiency of our navy, and, in a great measure, the safety of the country. Everything that has a ten dency to weaken our maritime superiority ought to be exposed, and (without taking into consideration either professional prejudice or antiquated opinions) inquired into and remedied. The great question of manning the navy has at length attracted public attention, and the present state of the I fleet imperatively demands a searching investigation into I the causes that have driven 20,000 seamen to place I themselves under the protection of the flag of the United States of America. Sir James Graham, who, as a landsman, must be as ignorant of naval discipline as he is of naval tactics, stated to the House of Commons, that the cause was the unusually high rate of wages offered by the mercantile service, and said "To that cause, and that cause alone, I ascribe that desertion." Now, every one in this free country has a right to give his opinion on any subject connected with its prosperity and safety, and I believe that all who are acquainted with naval discipline, and have no interest in c oncea li ng its enormities, will be unanimous in attributing deser tion to other more serious causes than that so plausibly and confidently proclaimed by the First Lord of the Admiralty. The English people are kept in ignorance of what is passing on board our ships, particularly on foreign stations. Naval discipline has for many years been a sealed letter, and if Sir James Graham could be think caneil n o prevailed upon to break the seal and disclose its Con tentsrender a great service they to the t) i. country.pre s umeva to speculate o n th e cre dulityD o those he , vh English men, tlieeve that in the neces s it y of vesting, in o power of inflicti ng torture on his fellow thene public n a o n f hteo m „ ? Why do not the advocates of a system that drives our seamen across the Atlantic produce proof of that n ecessity ? Becaus e they are fully aware they cannot. Because they kno w in their hearts that it was and is the cause that forces our seamen to take refuge under the flag of a foreign government. In the merchant service the seaman enjoys much greater advantages than the man-of-war's man. If treated with brutality, he can appeal to the civil power for redress ; the man-of-war's man cannot. The merchant seaman can leave his ship at the end of his engagement ; the man-of-war's-man cannot, and the latter is at the mercy of the cap tain, who, if the sailor incurs his displeasure is em powered by th e A r ti c l es o f W ar to punish him " ac cording to the customs and usages observed at sea." Now, every ship has its customs, amid every captain his usages, for what they ought to be are not defined by the Articles of War • and the seamen under his command are the victims of caprice and his cruelty. It is to these causes, and to these causes alone, that I ascribe these desertions. And what are the remedies proposed by my lords of the Admiralty? Not courts-martial, but the very liberal allowance) of - sixpence per diem to the worn-out seaman. He will be permitted to return to his native village with, in all pro bability, a lacerated back and his splendid sixpence, to be pointed at as "the man who was flogged on board a man of war !" There is a law for the protection of animals against cruelty, but the seaman is not included in it. Is the biped called a sailor an inferior animal to the quadruped called a dog ? And is he considered by our legislators as of less value than the donkey that draws the cart of the costerinonger ? For the present, "I shall pause for a reply."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Buz Pun. .M. 1 2 oug e Sir ricl; , lone' flan, [nai ,b a it• thei r a° the 0 1. N ?are St. St. St. St. 5 St. 20 St. 15 124 St. 11711 25 I 25 23 St.. 50 all 11 100 50 161 St. 20 11i all all all 3 100 100 100 100 100 100 are 100 all 11.18 1 100 20 114 ,100 100 all 100 5 100 all 3 i 5 6i all all 8 'lOO 100 10 all 14 all 10 20 20 33i all 100 all 100 50 25 12. all all all all 1221 St. St. 25 11A 100 - 100 188 9} l all