The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-07 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. A melancholy event has occurred in Paris. The young Count Camerata, son of the Princess Bac ciocchi, a relation of the Emperor, committed sui cide by discharging a pistol at his head. This lamentable act is attributed to an attack of brain fever. The Moniteur after announcing this melancholy suicide, says—" No one knows how to explain this resolution which appears to be the result of mo mentary delirium. Count Camerata was maitre des requetes at the Council of State, where he was remarkable for his assiduity and intelligence. The most brilliant career was before lum. M. de Chas siron, his colleague, and his relation, as well as the Prefect of Police, repaired immedi a t e ly t o the scene of this sad event. They were soon followed by the Ministers of State, Interior, and of Justice. The Prin9ess de Bacciocchi had on the previous day gone into the country in the neighbourhood of Paris, and Prince Jerome Bonaparte went thither to com municate to her the distressing intelligence." The Cha/rinte Infeireure, .after mentioning the rumour which circulates that the Pope is coming to France, states that. it has heard that his Holi ness intends visiting the town of Saintes, to view the places which EutrOpius the first primate of the Gauls, frequented before ins *martyrdom, and to pray in the subterranean crypt, which still exists from the time of the Romans. The English Roman Catholics who reside at Calais and St. Pierre, have sent in a petition to Mgr. Parisis, requesting him to send to the parish of St. Pierre a priest speaking English, so as to be spiritually useful to the workmen employed in the tulle factories of the place, a great number of whom are from Ireland. A favourable answer was given to the request. The Moniteur of yesterday morning contains a decree, nominating a commission, charged to visit every part of the empire, to inquire into the wants of the country, and report to the Emperor. On Saturday the Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Excellency Vely Pacha, the Turkish Ambas sador, signed the Sanitary Convention, of which the basis was settled by an international commis sion which met in Pails, and to which several Powers had previously acceded. Negotiations are now in active, train for con structing an international railroad between France and Spain. The price of flour is now 25 per cent., and that of bread 49 per cent. dearer in London than Paris, according to a careful estimate at the present rate of exchange. Upwards of five millions of francs were lent by the Credit Foncier during the week ending the 22d of February last. A commercial corporation has been arranged at Rouen, under the name of " La Seine Maritime," With a capital of 500 f. each ; to establish two lines of steam-boats, one running to Goree (Senegal), stopping at Lisbon ; the other to Algiers, with several stopping-places on the coast of Spain. The Chamber of Commerce of Rouen has subscribed 20,000 f. towards the enterprise, and solicited for it a grant from th e Mi n i s t er o f the Interior. We read in the Gazette des Tribunaux A woman who resided in the faubourg St. Antoine, not far from the spot at which Archbishop Affre was killed at a barricade in the insurrection of June 1848, was some time ago admitted to the hospital of La Salpetriere. Finding that she was in danger, she declared to one of the sisters of charity that she felt oppressed by a political secret connected with the events of 1848. The sister re commended her to tell all she knew, and she stated that she was acquainted with the man who had killed the archbishop. This unexpected revelation 'was received with great reserve by the sister, but 'the sick woman persisted in it, and alleged that her firm. determination was to make it known to the au thorities. Accordingly a magistrate was sent to her, said she stated what she knew, with full details. In quiries were instituted by the police, and the result of them was a partial confirmation of herrevelations. • The person she designated as the murderer of the Prelate was a retired tradesman possessed of a cer ,tain fortune. H e was yes t er d a y arrested' an d Jodged in the military prison. He is forthwith to be brought to trial on the charge of having taken. Part in the insurrection of June, 1848, and asssassi hated, or been an accomplice of the assassination, of the Archbishop of Paris." , A telegraphic dispatch announces the arrival of the steam-frigate Mogador at Toulon, last from Tunis. She brings the colossal bust of Juno, in tended for the Imperial Museum of the Louvre. This magnificent statue had been deposited at C arthage. It has been presented by M. Pacifique elaporte, French Consul at Cairo, on whom it was vestowed by the Bey of Tunis. The Corps Legislatif held on Saturday a short sitting. Reports on various bills of local interest were deposited on the table, after which the President informed the A ssem bl y that M. Bonhier de l'Ecluse havin g neith er taken the oath nor forwarded it in writing within the period fixed by the constitution was declared t o h ave resigned his legislativeyct e iox ; ' Shortly afterward s , as M. Bonhier de about to enter the hall were the Legislative Body held its sittings , he wa s s t o pp e d b y a h u i ss i er, who refused him admission. The hon. legislator pro tested, and withdrew. One of the bills presented to the legislative corps on Saturday authorises the Government to recruit the army by calling out 80,009 men ; that the 60,000 men whose six months' services had been dispensed with are to be replaced by 80,000, whose services are to extend to seven years. The com plement of young troops to be called out is as high 0 .8 it was last year, or any previous year. The Government papers are silent on the subject of Lord John Russell's speech on the affairs of Turkey and Montenegro ; but the Debats alludes to it in terms of approbation, mingled with appre hensions for the future. M. de Moustier, a cousin of M. de Montalembert, has. been appointed Minister at Berlin, in place of M. de Varennes, who is appointed a member of the Senate. The fifteen new senators who have just been created will not add much to the strength of the Govenunent. They consist entirely of persons who 'lad previously given their adhesion to the Govern inent, or who had held office under it. None of the leaders of the Monarchical parties are among the number. A decree is published in the Moniteur, which restores to the old companies of Fampoux to Haze bruck, of Lyons to Avignon, and from Bordeaux to Cette, one-half their caution-money d titre de transaction. Three months are accorded to the Persons interested to declare whether they accept. , The Bo urse was h eavy on S atur d ay. Th e me lancholy suicide of Count Camerata, who was said be an extensive speculator, tended to increase t he discouragement. Th e Three per Cents. opened !, t . 80 f. The fell to 80f. 60c., and closed at 801. c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a per Cents. closed at 106 f. 60c. Orleans Rail- W _ay Shares; 1,050 f. • Rouen, 1,055 f. ; Havre, utf- 50c. ; Great Northern, 890 f. ; Paris and Strasburg,, 823 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 922 f. 50c.; 44 ,,Yens to the Mediterranean , 753 f. 75c. ; Western Prance, 752 f. 50c. • Boreaux and Cette, 615 f. ; Ne u' Bank of Credit ilobilier, 910 f. At the Casino yesterday the French Three per C ents were done at 80f. 60c. TheSPAIN. Cortes are sitting . Martinez de la Rosa is elected Provisional President. .1) T he editors of th e Di ar i o E s pan o l, Clamor aY b lico, Epoca, Novedades, and Nacion, have n w, l3 - , up expositions t o both houses on the state et he press ; a n d thi s ma tt er , particul ar ly in con oetion with the recent decree against the usual t le thed of re p or ti ng th e procee di ngs o f th e C or t es , of; ex pected to be one of the first that will be treated Theof 2_ Eco d e l C omerc i o o f S an t a C r uz de Teneriffe, th m .'ne 17th ult., stat es th a t 79 steamers entered sp at port in the year 1852 ; of these 63 were war 41,3 ~ der, viz., 14 Spanish, 32 English, -12 Frenth, Dutch ; and 16 mercantile, of which 9 were t2 )4ll iSh and 7 E ng li s h ; they took altogether 4,827 e 118 coal- In 1851 the number of steamers that eyed was 38 ; and in 1850, 15. 82 vessels of all cl a had entered in January last, with 774 pas "llpers. of l arge mass of earth has fallen in at the works elata s ewer which is cons t ruc ti ng a t the Madrid g at l 'axee of th e A ran j uez R a il way, c l ose t o the ke ! of Atocha, and caused the death of nine work -4 v i r hile eighteen oth ers h ave b een more or less lur e d . e _Tile foll ow i ng are the prices of Stocks :—Three 4•,,f Cents., 43i • ditto Deferred, 23 13-16 ; Re le D e bt , Debt, first class, 101 ; ditto second class, • U o• upon Certificat es , 6. Exchange on London, DENMARK. ti CliB Patch from C o p en h agen says---" The elec tor the Danish Second Chamber (Folkethin) to o t he .' t. Place on the 26th all over the kingdom. Of lune members elect e d i n th e cap i tal, seven be tellg to the opposition, and two only to the Minis ejlalPartY• The same result to o k p l ace i n b oth ate districts of Copenhagen. • BELGIUM. , 1111 7 comin g of age of the Duke of Brabant;eldest R ° ,„?:` tile Kin g of Belgium, will be celebrated with f i x. ,"'"' Pomp on the 9th of April next. The young via e l to receive a yearly allowance of 2 0 05000 f., tatnbr z °, of. for covering the expen s es of his first - e "N went. A sum of 100,000 f. i s t o b e spent - iring, and 250 , 000 f. in furnishing a palace, R formerly occupied by the Prince of Orange, now King William 11. of Holland. GERMANY. The hostility to England increases in fury in the Austrian papers. The semi-official Correspondance concludes an article, advocating political reprisals, by saying, ." We will not receive our religious tutors from a country (England) which sends us nothing but assassins!' The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the al, which says :—" The project of taking serious and energetic steps against Switzerland is here the general subject of conversation. There is a talk of hemming in Switzerland from Ticino to Inspruck, and from Geneva to Mulhausen, in order to give more authority to the demands of Austria and France against the refugees." The Empress of Russia has announced her inten tion of visiting Berlin in May, and will proceed thence to Italy. The Emperor Nicholas will ac company her Majesty to Berlin, and proceed from thence to Vienna, in company with the King of Prussia. Austria has paid the third and last rate of the indemnity for the intervention of the Russian army in Hungary. An accident has happened on the Cologne Rail way in Minden. Five persons we killed, and twenty wounded. Accounts from Vienna of Saturday state that the health of the Emperor is so much improved as to require no further publication of bulletins. The Chamber of Deputies of Wurtemberg, in its sitting of the 2d, adopted by a majority of 47 to 34 a bill for re-establishing the punishment of death in the penal code. The Gazette of Augsburg says, that the Porto yielded to Austria because the Ambassadors of England and France could not answer for the sup port of their Governments. ITALY. Executions continue in Lombardy, with fresh confiscations of the property of persons emigrating. We read in the Opinions of Turin of the Ist : " The Gazetta del Popolo has published a decree of the Emperor of Austria, ordering the sequestration of the property of all emigrants, even when sub jects of other States. We did not think it expe dient to reproduce this document owing to the contradictory rumours which accompanied it. We now learn from Milan that such a decree does exist, but that its application has been provisionally sus pended on account of the serious international dif ficulties which might arise_ with respect to the emigrants who are subjects of other States." The. Parlamento of Turin of the Ist announces that the Piedmontese Cabinet and the .Parliamen tary Committee have come to an agreement on the question of the Sardinian Church. The island is to pay 2,111,40 Cf. per annum for the support of its clergy. The Chamber of Deputies has closed the general discussion of the bill, and rejected all the amendments to the first article. The new loan for Piedmont, 2,000,000 at three per cent., has been concluded with Messrs. Roths child Brothers. The terms are 69f. at six months. A letter from Tuscany of the 23rd uli., in the Mediterraneo of Genoa, states that the Tuscan Go vernment has signed the sanitary convention con cluded last year in Paris, and that the treaty of commerce with France is concluded for 30 ye ars with the reciprocal right of giving it up at the end of 10 or 20 years. A letter from San Marino of the 18th ult., states that the Republic has organised its army, which amounts to 1,356 men ;—a formidable force for a little state of 22 square miles, and 7,600 inhabi tants. WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Thames, Captain Abbott, with the West India mails, in charge of Lieut. Perceval, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon. She left St. Thomas on the 6th ult., consequently has been twenty-seven days on the run home. The latest dates brought by the Thames are :—Chagres, Jan. 23d ; Carthagena, 26th ; Jamaica, 30th ; Trinidad, 30th • Barbadoes, Feb. Ist ; Grenada, Jan. 29th : Porto Rico, Feb. 4th ; St Thomas, 6tl ; La Guayra, Jan. 25th ; Antigua, 29th ; Jacmel, Feb. 3d ; Grey Town, Jan. 21st.; Tobago, 24th ; Curacoa, 31st • St. Vincent, 31st ; St. Lucia, Feb. Ist ; Martinique, Jan. 28th ; Domi nica, Feb. 2d ; Guadaloupe, 3d ; Antigua, Jan. 29th ; Nevis, 27th • St. Kitts, 29th. On freight the Thames brought specie to the amount of 800,000 dollars, 295 serons of cochineal and sarsaparilla, and a number of packages of gene ral merchandise. From Jamaica our advices extend to the 30th of January, on which day the Eagle sailed from Kingston with the mails, the packet not having arrived with the English mails. At St. Thomas the Jamaica mails were shifted from the Eagle to the Thames, which vessel brought them oto Southampton. aa smnadiisiConsiderable affected ot hhne tcp hhaeak pn n nle d ag tei planting indignation o fai n dnt htbeewer Exchequer'seeasnr a e a x tn p ed r d e m s bouind DisraeligJeat mea sured terms by some of the island journals. On the re-assembling of the Legislature , on the 25th of January, Mr. Westmoreland in the Assembly by way of amendment to Mr. Lyons' notice of motion, that the House of Assembly would not proceed to raise any revenue until some measure of retrench ment had been determined on, gave notice that, when Mr. Lyons' motion came to be discussed, he would move that the expenditure be limited to a specific sum to be then named. The debate was fixed for the 2d of February. A document had been laid before the House of Assembly, and ordered to be published in the several island papers for two weeks, showing that, from the Ist January, 1848, to the 28th March, 1852, the number of estates totally abandoned is 128, while those partially abandoned are 71 ; of coffee plantations there have been 96 totally, and 66 partially, abandoned ; and of pans, 30 totally and 22 partially. 391,187 acres have thus been thrown out of cultivation. The assessed annual value of the properties thus abandoned was, in 1848, 98,4391. 19s. 6d. ; in 1852 it had fallen to 53,2211. 19s. 6d. The average annual amount of taxes paid by these• properties for the four years ending January Ist, 1848, was 13,7151. ls. 6d. ; in 1852 the total assessment had dwindled down to 7,2841. lls. 7d. Twenty-three soldiers of the 3d .West India Regiment, stationed at the Kingston Barracks, had been convicted at the Surrey Assizes of the late serious riot on the Kingston Parade, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour in the General Penitentiary. Four Mormons had arrived at Kingston from the territory of Utah, but were prevented from lecturing in that city by the mayor and attorney general, through apprehensions of a riot. One of them, however, had lectured in Spanish Town by permission of the governor, but he was so quizzed by the wags that he could not complete his harangue. Business was dull. The weather and the public health were not perceptibly changed. The inter-colonial news was of a gloomy nature. The yellow fever still prevails at Barbadoes to a very alarming extent, and has visited St. Vincent. Sir J ohn Campbell, the late governor, has fallen a victim to it. The legislature at Barbadoes had ad journed for a nlo -, th, to enable that body to exert tnemselv es to restore the health of the celony, but such is the virulence of the disease that they can do but little. DEMERARA.—YeIIow fever still lingers amongst the shipping, and with fatal results. Smallpox has also made its appearance, but in a noild. form. THE PENINSETLAR MAIL. The Madrid, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship, commanded by Captain John Weeks, with the Peninsular mails in charge of Lieutenant Newenham, RN., Admiralty agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, February 25 ; Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbon, March 1; Oporto, 2d; Vigo, 3d. The freight of the Madrid consists of 7 packages of specie, 30 cases of eggs, 2 cases of wine, 370 half chests of oranges, 47 half-chests of Tangerines, 158 barrels and 17 cases of dates, 30 packages of sundries. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States, Feb. 26.—At Cadiz, the Aquila, 18, Sardinian cor vette ; at Lisbon, March 1, the usual Portuguese ships ; at Vigo, March 3, the Minerva, 14, Spanish brig of war. Stations of her Majesty's Ships, F e b. 24.—A t Gibraltar, her Majesty's steam-frigate Furious, ous,l Antelope, steam - ship, 3 ; Bengal , Bengal Com pany's steam-packet, 28 hours out from South ampton ; at Lisbon, March 1, her Majesty's steam ship Inflexible, 6. Near Vigo, the peasantry wese said to be in a state of starvation in the mountams. A small vessel (English) had been wrecked on the Berlings near Lisbon ; her captain and crew had been saved by another English schooner, and brought toVigo. The crew of the first are at Vigo awaiting a pas- sage home. The King ofPortugal, who has much good taste in architecture, is renovating and repairing the Con vent del Pena, at Cintra, in a very chaste and beautiful mailer, in the old Mooaish style, out of his own pocket, to give employment to the people of that quarter. His conduct was deemed praise worthy. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1853. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES. --No. CCCLXXXV. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. There are only two meetings this week devoted to flat racing—Salisbury and Doncaster, the latter com mencing to-morrow and concluding on the following day. The first race on the card is the Trial Stakes of 7 soya. each, 3 ft., with 30 added, T.Y.C. (seven furlongs 214 yards). Osborne's crack for the Derby (Honeywood) is among the entries for this stake, but does not run. Cunningham has a couple in it, Broughton and Snowdon Dunhill—the latter, however, is understood to be re served for the Sheffield and Rotherham Plate. The in terest of the race will probably be confined to Broughton, Audubon, Lady Vernon, and Chilton (if he runs). I think it will be a nice question between the two first . named ; but if BROUGHTON comes to the post in good condition he will prove the winner—Audubon and Lady Vernon finishing in the second and third places. The Hopeful is the second stake on the list; and what with its being only a half-mile spurt, having forty-five entries, with one or two exceptions all as dark as Erebus, and the majority of the horses' only just beginning work again, it would be a palpable absurdity to recommend any animal for preference. I may observe, however, that the colt by Hetman Platoff, out of Lady Harriett, is a wrong nomination ; that Lord John and Lady John are non-starters; also, that Cunningham's stable is re markably fond of the Jewess ; and that the filly by Alarm has the reputat;oxr at Compton of being a very speedy animal. Whitenose has been backed by some of the knowing ones, but I can assure them they have thrown their money away. The colt by the Hero, also, is in good odour with the friends of his stable. The Grand National Steeplechase (which, it must be remembered, is run over a distance nearly half a mile shorter than that at Liverpool, and consequently more favourable to the speedy than the game ones,) is the third event on the card. Miss Mowbray; on Friday and Saturday, was all the rage ; and, nsalgre, a rumour that she is slightly amiss, continues in immense force this morning, nothing else receiving any support. Snowdon Dunhill is reported in first-rate quarters to to be a first-rate thing for the Sheffield and Rotherham Plate ; and so I believe he is, but do not take it as my advice. My accounts of the arrivals and condition of the various animals engaged in the races to-morrow is so very incom plete that I cannot write more decisively; but on Wed nesday's races I shall be enabled to speak positively in my notes of to-morrow. A. P. is informed that the horse named by him is tolerably sure to see a shorter price than that he is now quoted at ; but Not having enjoyed the best of health for a length of time, is, I am afraid, of no use for the Derby. He was doing slow work last week, and is located at Mitchel-grove, under the care of J. B. Day. THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY. Of the two hundred nominations originally made for the Derby, four are void by the death of their nomina tors. Of the remaining one hundred and ninety-six, death, doubtful understandings and inferior quality have disposed of about one hundred and sixty, leaving me thirty-five which may engage the pencils of the ring, and from which the starters will in all probability be se lected. I have divided these, according to their pretensions, into five classes, as follows : First Class—The Reiver, Queen colt, West Australian, Orestes, Ninnyhammer, Pharos, and Cheddar. Second Class—Sittingbourne, Umbriel, Cineas, Pha rold, Brocket, and Hurworth. Third Class—Speed the Plough, North Pole, Honey wood, Orinoco, Filbert, Rataplan, aid Dupe. Fourth Class—Lord Fauconberg, Towton, Vander decken, Stone Plover, Mr. Sykes, Carnabiensis, Bar batus, and Contentment. Fifth Class—Ethelbert, Beverlac, Osiris, Mayor of Hull, Balrownie, Walpole, John Bull, and Georgy. Constantine and Rogers' colt by Jericho, I do not know whether to class among the starters at the pre sent time but shall have something to say about them in the course of the next three or four weeks. West Australian is at present all the rage. He has been remarkably firm throughout the winter in price, gradually rising from 14 to 9to 1. When the oppor tunity has offered he has done good work ; is one of the finest horses in the Derby ; and I should say, without doubt is the representative of Scott's powerful stable. His stable companions, Umbriel and Harwortb, do not seem likely to contest the palm of superiority with him ; and as for the Mayor of Hull, he is but a fifth-rate. Honeywood within the last month has advanced from an extreme outside figure to the position of second favourite at 14 to 1 ; and this by no means upon an extravagant outlay. Upon good authority, I can state that he is overrated, and though he will prove a tolerably good handicap animal, can only figure as a third class Derby horse. The Goodwood horse, Pharos, has been, and is steadi ly supported at a short price. He is in excellent con dition, and must run well. Cineas, I fancy, is but a second class animal ; and 15 to lis good laying. There is something decidedly queer about his position when such an animal as Contentment is backed against him at a difference of only 5 to 2. Last week, five pounds per thousand was given four or five times over for the call on the day. Orestes, who had disappeared some weeks from the betting, but was going on right all the time, has lately re-appered at 15 and 16 to 1, at which prices he will prove a remunerative investment, as I have not the slightest doubt, 8 to 1 or under will be taken about him before the day. • The Reiver, as I have before remarked, is in good con dition, though somewhat backward in work. He will come with a great rush yet. Ninnyhammer, for a long time 'missed from the bet ting, has again put in an appearance , and been backed rather freely at 30, 25, and 22 to 1. This horse has wintered anything but well, but if he goes on right now, will prove his quality in the Derby. The colt by Simoom out of the Queen, although not mentioned in the betting, in my opinion •is a first class horse, and I entertain that Wadlow will be able to win the Dee Stakes with him, and place him for the Derby. Cheddar has not been heard of lately ; he is a game horse, but some slight doubts are entertained of his training unsatisfactorily. Sittingbourne is in first rate health, but is no Derbyite. I fancy, Pharold's forte is speed ; so is Brocket's. Ori noco is faster than his stable compeer North Pole, but the latter is blest with the best staying powers. Speed the Plough is troubled with the slows. Rataplan is art uncertain horse ; but if they can manage to keep him in form will turn out well. Filbert possesses neither speed nor staying powers sufficient for this race. The Dupe promises nothing good as yet. Lord Fauconberg's proper place is where 1 have put him—among the fourth rates. Vanderdecken is also in the same class at pre sent, but will not be there next year. Carnabiensis is an useful looking animal, and so is Towton. The pride of C.. Marson's stable, Mr. Sykes will not turn out a wonder. The same may be said of Barbatus and Stone Plover. Contentment is but .a fourth class Derby horse, whatever he may be in handicaps. Those horses I have placed in the fifth class are much of a muchness, and require no remark. In conclusion, it is my conviction that the winner will spring from the lot which I have above given, as com posing the first class 2 • and reserving Ninnyh ammer f or future consideration, I think the winner will be found in _ ORESTES. The Reiver, West Australian, and Simoom colt will be his nearest antagonists. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT MEETING, 1853. HANDICAP for EARL SPENCER'S PLATE, 5 sow. ft, if de dared on or before the 15th inst. Yrs st lb Ephesus 5 9 7 ThePrimeMinister 5 9 3 Tonic 5 9 2 Russborough 6 813 Frantic 4 8 13 King of Trumps 4 8 12 Hungerford. 6 8 12 Alfred the Great 4 8 10 Timid Fawn 5 8 10 Faux-pas 5 8 6 Lapidist 4 8 6 Convulsion 4 8 6 Lady Agnes 4 8 2 The Heriot 5 8 2 Puritan 4 8 0 Heroine a 7 12 Kate 4 7 12 Leybourne 5 7 9 Hothorpe 5 7 7 Ethelbert 3 7 7 Janina 4 7 6 Sophistry 4 7 6 Tame May Day HANDICAP for the I Yrs st lb Conmore LAelprry. Worthless wh... . e.n.t. ............ 54 8 a 8 5 44 Thunderbolt....... 4 8 4 W a verl e y ........... 4 5 87 12 Telescope Burndale 4 7 6 Yrs et lb 5 20 - Placid 3 613 2 Common Sense Gold Dust 3 612 20 Llanforda 3 612 St. Gossip 3 6 10 Chilton Alexia 3 6 10 8 Dick Turpin 3 610 10 Young Norval.— 3 6 10 10 Maid of Golborne 3 6 9 25 Batty Darling Anteverta 3 6 7 1.0.6 Bridget 3 6 4 Whalebone 3 6 2 20 Coleraine Eliza 3 6 2 St. Ontspaw 3 5 13 Nerva 3 513 17 25 Tobolski 3 5 9 lonic 3 5 7 Aunt Phillis 3 5 3 Ernestine 3 5 3 Warbler 3 5 3 10 :NNKEEPERS' PLATE. 20 Yrs st lb 20 Ibis 4 7 6 2020 Ethelwolf 4 7 3 20 Lady Blanche 4 7 0 5 Chilton Alexia 3 6 13 201 Molasses 3 5 10 Feramorze 3 5 5 5 Loraine 3 5 3 20 OLDHAM RACES.—The ei remain open until the 9th of given to the Oldham Steeph tries for the 'Oldham races 1 2 this month, and the money 5 ;hase has been raised from 10 20 20 20 701. to 100/. Messrs. HOWARD and CLINTON'S advice on the Derby, Oaks, Metropolitan, Chester Cup, 1,000 Guineas, North amptonshire, and Newmarket should be known to every sporting man requiring genuine stable information. To subscribers :—Telegraph not arrived. See A dvertiser to morrow. Hopeful—back both, but not too freely, there are so many " darkies." Terms : To Metropolitan, 1/. is. To Derby, 21. 2s. Address, H. and C., Post office, Coventry-street, Soho. THE POST-OFFICE SERVICE.—In addition to the vast number of memorials which have been already presented to the Postmaster-General, - by the provincial and metro politan letter-carriers, others are being prepared by the letter-receivers in London, for an advance of salary for keeping post receiving houses, in consequence of the ex tended duty involved in the recent changes. The mail guards are also on the move, in order to obtain an in crease of superannuation allowance. Perhaps it is not generally known that the pensions to this meritorious class of men do not exceed seven shillings and sixpence ,per week, except in " - Very special cases," which cases , are, indeed, like "angel s ' v i s it s , f ew an d f ar between. ' THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAYS. 00 Aberdeen ........ 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. &, Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £20....... ... . .00 Bristol & Exeter 00 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black. & Pass. 45 Dublin &Belfast June all Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction all Do. New ......... all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (XlB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 84 Do., do.. ...... all Do., B. & C..... 100 Easil Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 14 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundet! 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 11 Wish South-Easters. all Lancaster & Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths ....... 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. 1100 Fond. Bright. &S. Cat. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/.Sh. M&8...0 100 London & S. Western 424 Do., £5O. ...... ........ 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 ISanch.Shef. &Lincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland ........ ..... 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 474 Midland G.Westar.) 174 Do. 4 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3 Do. Bury Extension: 16 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 34 Northn.Count!es Un 100 North Br' t'sh 13 North Devon, No.l 64 Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed 174 North Staffordshire all North Western.. .... . 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & WolverhampLou.... 100 Scottish Central ..... 100 Scottish Midland..... 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chestei (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do all Do. Oswestry 64 Shropshire Unio , , all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 16-i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall 21s. Wmbledon &Croydon 1 Woodford ............., [OO York Newctl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions...—. 114 Do. G.N.E. Purchase ~1100 York &N. Midland ~ 100 Aberdeen ............. 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c.. ft. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. !O 5 Do. 4 p. c. b ares ... t. 100 Caledonian £lO ...... 5 all Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 53 per cent... 1 3 j 34 Cork&Bandon 53 p. c. il all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... ;2, all EastA uglian (.£3lox) 6 per cent............ all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7x) 7p. ct.. 1 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l i all Do., No. 2............. 106 , __............ all Do., New 6 p. a. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all Edinb.Prth.4Dundee 51 per cent........... LOO Glasgow &S. Western gear. 5 per cent... , 100 Great Northn. 5 P.C. 1.00 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem ..., all Gt. Sonthn. darestn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks di Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. IC9 G. West. fixed 4i pc. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref. , 5 p. e. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852...... 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds .......... .. 10 I L9ndonderiy& Color. Shares . all Londy. & Ennis. sh all Manch. ,Shef., Lin., l • Shares, No. 1...... all Do. Now, £10......... 3 Do 26 • - all Marypt.diCarl. 4p. c. all Do. 44 per cent....... si De 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent... . 5 Do. Pref. 4i per ce n t. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 61 per ct.. all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British all 'North Staffordshire [ooCord Worcester Wolverh. £15,6p. c 9 IDo all Shrewak Birm. N. G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent...,.... all_lSouth Devon . Ail Do. New all - S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. all S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 1.00 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Prel 5 Do 10 IYork& Nalidland I & S. Parch 30 -31 i - 61, 10 - Q —6/dadl 21 -- 22 I -- 2i d LOG -- 108 64 -- 643 223 -- 23 183 -- 193 11 - 2lp 53 -- 54 4 41 13i 104 - lU' i-- Bg, 73 75 1 55 - 57 76 - - 78 32 34 61 63 - 81 44 46 3. 121 123 107 109 90A --- 91 92 -- 97 13. 140 77 i -- 77 4 i 4te 9 4 -- 2)g 15i 16 ••• x c 2 104 _ 2 r 166 119 1 1194 2 3p 1 •••••• u p 90 21 4Ad % .c 1 11 3 19 -- 21 29 30 3 d 6 --- 77 46 - 62 3 34 I d 84 10 g -- — 84 56 4t — 2 8 4 7 64 d - 3 - 8 - 4 3. p - 48 100 - 102 64 - 66 64 - 66 70 75 diB 18 20 9 10 14 13 3 d 21 22 784 —77 i 86 37 12a —13 i 4- 41 15 i - 2# 9i - 10 28 - 30 - 10 Id-- ip 69 70 7i— 7 d 2. —21 d 59 60 PREFERENCE SHARES. -108 j -107 j 19 20 i d pa] 6i -- 3g -- 3 4 -- 1 p l -- 2 p p 14g -- 141 18i -- 19 3 - 125 -12 i .11 - 113 Wh . 7 105 ;-1071d ar 1p 50 152 ..• --- ad ,• • -- ad ~• --- id 8 1 --3 i p 10 - 11 - 13i -13 i 8 -- 10/ -- 114 I) -- 11 p 1 2 4 2) ET:Pd 5 - 6 A - 2i 1 .08 - 110 25 - 26 - pl 11 l lll 17i 18 p 16 li 17 par it 26 266 . 20 21 id -- par - 103 54 P PI 1 -- adi s 1 131 -- 2 —2a p 21 - - 2 diet 6 -- 6i p 1 iip 1 ,- 2ip 1 ,-- lip FORE: 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin. 6 Dijon and Besanon.. 8 Dutch Rhenish .. all 'East ...... 1 Do. Exonsion all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 15i Gt. Western of Canada Shares 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c, pref.... 15 Luxembourg. ... 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) L . Do. 6 p. ct. pref 7 Lyons & Mediterran 4i Madras all Namur & Liege (with interest) _ all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTvnkPref 10 Paris and Lyor all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and SLiasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 54 Quebec ,Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5! p. ct. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 2 West: of Switzerland 3 Zealand.. i - i •" 7 4 1 if 1 - d u 2 - 8 - 6 - 7 35i - 36 14 -14 i 8 -- 9 . 17 '-- 17Ap 40 - 42 - 41i -42 A 32 -- 33 46 -- ki p 19 1 -- 20; 9- - 5i 4 1 p dis lot 1 0 1ip p d 4 pm Closing Prices Saturday. Baena dons this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Birm. & (hid. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudleygnar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... Glstr.&Dn.Fr. firtlpl. Dk. & Railway Leasing Compan.s. London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. 6IN.W. Caledon Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do iDo Sha DD I Hull 1 1. Preference & Selby. f e.nc Do. Shares. .3 res. Lon. &Green* Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent._ Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar S. Eastorn Do Norfolk Do Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. &Wyre Lu. &N.W. & Midld. Stektou & Darlingt. Midland... Do. Shares. Roys.n.dz Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent IDo Closing Prices Saturday. 30 —3l 29i —304 30 —3l 29 -- 30 1 LO5 —107.u1l 52i —s3ixd L 5 O 152 324 334 111 —ll3xd 553 —s64xd 263 —274xd 134 144 253 263 19 -191x.j 24 - 26 3 - 34 14 . 5 --: Ixoc9l E. Count, Do 64 66xd Do ..... L. &N. W. &Ln&Yk D 0........ . r Gt.Northnl ,Do Wilts &Somrst ..• xd • •• xd 52 =-- imm 51 - 1531 Lancash. dt York ah MrMelean l Stockt. dz Darling Do IGt.Westn. - ad id 32i -33 i 103 - 104 x a 81. x d Ba.sines, this day. 20 20 50 20 10 St. 25 25 12 12 St. St. 25 25 St. 50 :IGN. 64 i 221 4 5 1 i 13k a (1 1221 x d 1d 91 90i x d 771 f pm 4 x 194 x d 14 d 90.1/1 ad 11i 29i i / 76i i i d NINES. 1 all 'Agua Fria — 1 p 10s. all Anglo Californian p 10 2 Australasian ll —24 p 20 5 Australian 6 —64 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par pl 5 1 all Australian Freehold. p 1 all Ave Maria par p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Aust r i a . G o ld 4 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4 4h 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 43 44 434 5 1 Colonial Gold 23 21 34 I 14 Copiapo — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 74 Bhp 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 4d 4 20 all General l7 —lB 174 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 2 p 41 3 all Great Polgooth 1 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst d 1 all Liberty — 1 p 14 1 all Lond.&Califom.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 4 d 1 all Mariquita .. ... d— par 10 all 9 N M e e w xica Gra n& na S. da imericn. 64 7 61 1 - 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 10p 24 & 1 Port Philip 1 lgp 2} 1 1 all Quartz Rock par 1 p 50 all Rhymme Iron 2l —23 p 15 Do. New — 30 104 Santiago do Cuba 64 7 1 all South Australian..,,, par 1 p 10 7 Tin Croft ......... 11 12 284 all United Mexican 7 73 7 1 all Waller — p 2 1 all West Granada — p 1 all West Mariposa — p 1 all Yuba — p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 ' all 'Australasia 92 94 934 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1i 45 [OO 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 4 English Scottish and Australian 24 24 p 6i 20 73 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia —54 p 13k 50 20 London and C0unty... .. .- 50 10 London Joint Stock — .00 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22) 1 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 53 56 25 5 Do. New — 1.00 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co . 25 all South Australia 52 54 25 all Union of Australia 784 794 784 ... 2h Do. New Bj 94 50 10 Union of London.., , 174 40 all 4 Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS )0 35 A. as tl -1 ian Agricult. !O 4A us tralsn .Pcin c. Mail .0 5 Australn. Royal Mail 381 Brit. American Lan, 32. Canada 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 2 Netherlands Land 2i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Peninsular & Oriental 25 Do. Do. 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 South Austral. Land 1 Submar. Telegraph 2 Univeral EmigrAtion and Colonization 28i Van Dion• a's Land 100 110 (ox Peel &xd • .. , .. -- .. 10 20 50 50 100 25 , ..- ... ..• -- ... 53 -- 55 18 = 20 104 6 3 ex [Peel and zd THE COAST OF AFRICA SLAVE TRADE. (From the Portsmouth Times.) For the last 12 or 14 months the Sherboro country, lying between the colony of Sierra Leone and Gallinas, has been in a disturbed state, owing to the presence of an active Spanish slave merchant, who, by distributing large sums among the petty chiefs, has succeeded in fomenting quarrels which are got up for the purposes of slava-hunting. The English traders from Sierra Leone have been plundered, some even kidnapped, and have been at length summarily ordered to quit the country, the chiefs preferring the profits of a slave trade to legi timate commerce, considering themselves secure from molestation by the tremendous surf which beats their coast on the one hand, and the pestiferous exhalations from their rivers on the other. This state of things has just undergone some severe checks, which, if followed up vigorously, will, it is hoped, extinguish the slave trade entirely. An empty slaver hovering near the River Sherboro has been captured by her Majesty's ship Bloodhound, and on Christmas-day Captain C. G. Phillips, of her Majesty's ship Polyphemus, having obtained a clue to the spot where a number of slaves were hid, and waiting an opportunity for embarkation, dashed through a fright. ful surf in his boats just as day broke, pushed through the jungle, rescued a number of the slaves, and burnt their barracoon, as well as the houses of the man stealers, who, however, managed to drive off a number of their victims by favour of the thickly-wooded country, intersected by numerous creeks and marshes. It seems they took shelter 40 miles up the river, which here, however, runs parallel to the coast, and afforded the active officer who commands the Polyphemus an opportunity for another raid a few days later, when he again landed through the surf and marched across the country to the river, but was then foiled for want of means to cross it, the slave-dealers having taken shelter under the protection of a strongly stockaded village called Damma. It was therefore necessary to assail them from another quarter. Accordingly, Captain Phillips crossed the bar of the Sherboro, and ascended the river with six armed boats from the Polyphemus and Teazer, sent his first lieutenant, Mr. Strickland, with a peremptory demand for the surrender of the slaves, agreeably to existi ng treaty, and the chief havi ng refused, an attack was made at daylight of the 21st January upon the stockade, the suddenness of which, covered as it was by the fire of a field-piece was completely successful. Th e enemy fly ing in confusion out of their stronghold, the gates of which being promptly battered in, the whole of the town and its defences were speedily in flames, and in a few minutes burnt to the ground, but not till the slaves had been driven deeper into the woods, where pursuit was impossible to Europeans. Another barracoon and village were burnt the next evening, as were three other places which had molested the British traders, or taken an active part in the slave trade. The only loss sustained by our boats was one seaman, of the Polyphemus, wounded by a shot fired from be hind a tree ; to which may be added the severe contu sions of Mr. S. Moriarty, the master, and Mr. Ricalton, purser of the Polyphemus, who were badly bruised in the rapid landing through the surf, at the surprise on Christmas morning. OPENING OF A GRATUITOUS INFANT SCHOOL—This morning the committee and trustees of the Holborn estate, anxious to carry out the wishes of instruction for young children, this day opened a gratuitous school for children of both sexes —very properly, as the school was to be erected in the parish of St. Clement's Danes, the committee selected that densely populated neighbourhood, Milford-lane, Strand, where proper teachers have been appointed to carry out the wishes of the committee. Such a valuable institution has been long wished for, and it is hoped the example will be followed by other parishes for flip benefit of the poor. A HEAVY PIECE OF GOODS. — There is aw . °ru n i n s sev en Cincinnati, n ame d M rs. Schooley Who weigh hundred and ai z ty-f our pounds. 36i 6 13} x d x d l, 11 70 69i 70jx d 12 z d 59 8 z d 2a i LITERATURE. Travels in India and Kashmir. By the Baron Erich von Schonberg. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. • There is something very superior in the style and arrangement of these volumes. The author seems to endeavour, with his whole power and persuasion, to lay before his readers a true picture of the re markable lands through which he passed. Not that he cast a mere cursory glance at their peculiar won ders and ornaments—he dwelt for a considerable period in various parts of the East. He gives us a most minute account of minor details of a journey, which furnish a very agreeable background , to the gorgeous tableau of an Oriental pilgri mage. Among other things which cast a shade of annoyance even over the land that was once an Eden, are the extremely troublesome ser vants and agents who are indispensable to all travellers, particularly in. such an overpowering climate. Their demands are exorbitant, and no one can be sure that the most necessary attendant will not run away without a moment's warning. The description of the Valley of Kashmir, called the Happy Valley is very interesting ; it is observed that nothing can excel the purity and balmy fresh ness of .the air. It is this ambrosial air, un doubtedly, that has won for Kashmir the reputation of having been the earthly paradise. We likewise meet with some details of the confused governments that exist in India; which require no little atten tion to be able to comprehend. Some frightful mur ders wore committed during the author's residence abroad. He visited Lahore, and was most kindly received by the Maha-Rajah. A few weeks after wards, while further on his travels, he learned the news of his assassination, with that of several others of his family. General Avitabelli is a very remarkable character ; some very singular anec dotes are given of him—the following, for instance showing his inflexibility :—Once his troops re volted ; the Government-house was strong enough to resist them for some time. The rebels insisted on his coming to terms with them ; but not to be daunted, he went into the gaols and invited the prisonem to join him and become free. The result, as might be anticipated, was, that the mutiny was instantly quelled. The temples of India are very well described; but after paying a just tribute to their beauty and grandeur, the author gives it as his decided opinion that they are ' inferior to those of Egypt. Altogether, those who wish for an insight into the present state and actual affairs of India and Kashmir will meet with every advantage in these records of a foreign tour. The following is a specimen of the sketches introduced illustrative of the peculiar race, and demonstrative of the remarkable customs of the Orients : "A certain Nabob of Murschedabad proposed a ques tion, and whoever should give a satisfactory answer was to receive a reward. The inquiry proposed was this, What is it that did not happen last year, has not hap pened this year, and will not occur next year.' Learned men came from all parts of the kingdom to the Nabob's court, for the prize to be awarded was a large one. Many an old gentleman rubbed his forehead and knitted his brows, and many a young man went farther, and slapped his head forcibly, as if he hoped by this concus sion to excite greater activity in his brain. But all was in vain, the problem remained unsolved. At length, a military officer stepped before the Na bob, and greeting him with profound reverence said, Oh King ! may you live a thousand years as long as your father the sun, and as your mother the earth. • You, oh King, did not pay your troops last year, you have not paid th em thi s year , nor d o you in tend to pay them next."' This answer was deemed satisfactory, and the sepoy received the prize. In conclusion, the author offers these remarks as a 'reason for publishing his travels : "My object was to give to Europeans unacquainted with the countries through which I passed, a picture of the character and customs of the natives of these foreign lands. A long residence in India, and an intercourse with the various classes of society there, gave me oppor tunities of studying the national character. That men and women are essentially the same in every region of the globe, is undeniably true. The same passions and propensities lurk in the bosom of the inhabitant of India and of Europe, modified by a difference in social circum stances, and the contrast existing on many points in the moral code of the various nations. Viewing the matter in this light, it must be admitted that the European often judges his Asiatic brother with undue severity. We should remember that theirs is a different civilisa tion from ours, a different morality, and, above all, that they are under a different system of religious teaching. Is there not injustice as well as bigotry in applying to their actions the same test by which oar own should be tried ?" The Second Burmese War. By W. Laurie, Lie ;enant t Artillery, author of " Oriss t Madras _ _ and "The Temple of Jagannath." Smith, Elder, and Co. A work on a subject which has lately engaged so much of public attention by one who must neces sarily have so many opportunities of observation and information, cannot fail to prove an object of attraction to all interested in the military opera tions at Burmah. The author is already favour ably known as the writer of some useful and instruc tive accounts of the curious and comparatively unknown history of Hindoo Mythology. I.ae present volume is on a subject of still greater gene ral interest, and its concise sketch of the causes of the war is a valuable memorandum of events likely to be forgotten or incorrectly stated at this lapse of time, but which, being clearly set forth by one present at the scene of action, form a most useful accessory to all considerations or decisions on the subject. It contains six illustrations by officers of the force serving in Burmah. Part of the contents is in the form of a diary, on which, being written coeval with the incidents narrated, the author con siders more reliance can be paced. The following description of the great Pagoda is interesting : " We had now a good opportunity of beholding the vastness of this Gaudama s ' solemn temple.' The canopied staircases, grotesque with red and gold, seemed not in keeping with the dignified grandeur of Shod Dagooa and his associates. They served as excellent quarters for the European troops. The great temple, on its gorgeous summit being viewed through a telescope, suggests to the fancy some enchanted hill, on the top of which a band of fairies have found an abode, where they might for ever dwell undisturbed far away from the haunts of men. Waving golden leaves attached to tink ling bells, rich gold work, all so snugly protected by the golden tee , draw forth admiration. C arr yi ng th e eye downwards, the gilding becomes far less bright ; the spectator is then astonished by immensity, as, gazing on the beautifully waving lines and rectangular stones, ex tending to a sort of enormous pedestal, on which the temple seems to stand, and huge monsters which look not of this world, and small windows set in golden array, he approaches the mighty base. From this to the summit measures three hundred and twenty-one feet ; and yet, from its graceful proportions, it is difficult to believe the height so great. Shod Dagoon is encircled at some distance by smaller pagodas. all possessing more or less beauty. One situated to the north-east of it is larger than the others—its body, black with age, and the bright golden summit forming a strik ing contrast. But all sink into insignificance before the great fane, built in an age long passed away, in honour of the representative of Buddha, whose followers are more numerous than those of any other creed among the human race !" An appendix is added, which gives some interesting information and extracts from accounts of the first Burmese War. Handley Cross ; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. By the Author of " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour." Bradbury and Evans. The new work of Mr. Sponge's biographer pro mises to resemble his other writings in many re spects. Mr. Jorrocks has not as yet been presented to us, but the characters who compose the Hunt are much of the same class as Mr. Sponge met at Laverick Wells, only that the fascinating Mr. Waffles is wanting. The first chapter commences with these words :—" When Michael Hardy died, great was the difficulty in the vale of Sheepwash to devise how the farmers' hunt was to be carried on ;" then follows the history of Michael Hardy, a thoroughgoing sportsman, an analysis of the locality and its inhabitants, its rival doctors, and rival great people. The author seems certainly to have had a pretty good insight into the mysteries of private life, and he does full justice to the influence of the 'fair sex in whatever is going forward, and he has taken advantage of his peeps behind the scenes to describe-r- ' .a l f geme l n il t • "Les pet it es miens de la vie Ituraa ma i u m re management with all the zest of a spinster of a cede age. When the committee of has at length been formed, the s si mi f e e t t eh e r sr c ual i tn a n eu til tno s o, i insist mattersg tffu t eashn el a nt o t haa n i i s g tego h a lo a l if re m b n i r seleacgoollro;:ileir decided se b ef oc i t e ek d th t i n i ne eh i o ac l memberstfgiu t hu h poven e edn h nes.l u .ite n i n t TTo oh a hfhfe n oeat d nnhwocef o oui ov t uruc h enoos e otr a in,w r yf half of the remainder. hAi Young oun hairg at three, for ,, ty le a f r u r i i beganv e dyeing had it as black as Warr ton did not rise until en 8 blacking. Hrs. Barning quiet walks in the fields ee, and by five a t ft o er the latter hour, having breakfasted in bed ; and ladies having taken . . get up complexion a nd re: eel ve instructions whom to repress and whom to en courage sat witho - sh ut be or work for fear of tarn' s,_ ing the lustre of th • dan ei d r eyes. Night drew on- - a the ocea like stillness rei sional joke of a statfine of a messenger from the baker " The lower rooms of became deserted, and light glim me red the upper storeys ion aroun fl d, broken only p l ssing j ib e tailor, ' ler, or . winin n e t r. length all a°. ho u ses o nly in ; 1i2111.11t8 of Handley as though the .n - b . 1 . A g ain as if Cross were retiring to early r esp e . sce - nded ; and . in ' draw _ by general consent, the lights ing-roomslwhere the blinds d in Wm; closed , ewe Rho /No h not been drawn or cur the litreet might leo ele. And here, for the present, we must bid adieu to Handley Cross, trusting next month to be intro, duced to Mr. Jorrocks, who, if his character belie not his portrait, must prove a very jolly sort of fellow. The Journal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the _Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. This Quarterly contains a areat deal of informa tion for those whom it concerns to study agricul ture, and the general transactions of the Societies, arc. The contnts of this number present us with "the Agricult ura l G eology of England and Wales, " the Salmon, its preservation and increase," " the Farmer's Note book," "A gr i cultural Arch i tecture and Engineering;" " Tables of the Revenue." The following account of the method adopted by Roman farmer& is very interesting The Romans systematically cut their corn before it was rip; and they did this partly to avoid loss by shaking, &c., and partly f rom a notion that they seem to have had, that by thus acting they increased the crop. Various modes of reaping were in use --sometimes the straw was cut close to the ground, and the corn laid on the ground in handfuls—a person going after them cut off each ear, and carried it away to the thrashing floor, and the straw .was afterwards stacked. Another plan differed still more from our usage, by means of an plement called a tatillum ; a bunch of ears were seized, and cut off at a stroke, the whole of the straw being left standing, to be cut afterwards. The destruction of the straw in this manner by the feet of the reapers must have been very great. A third plan was to cut the straw in the middle. It is a very carious fact that reaping machines were unquestionably employed in the Roman Empire. More than one kind is mentioned by Roman writers. The following is Palladius's description of one : —'ln the plains of Gaul they use this rapid mode of reaping, and without human labour, with the aid of an ox, reap a large fi e ld. T o effect this, a machine borne on two wheels is made ; the square surface of this has boards at the sides, which project outwards, and make a large surface above. The board at the front is lower than the others, and upon it are a great many small teeth, set wide in a row, and corresponding to the height of the corn, and turned upwa r d s a t th e en d s. Two stout shafts, similar to the poles of a litter, are fixed to the back part of the machine, and to these the ox is yoked, with his head turned towards the machine, the position of the yoke and traces being also altered. The ox re quires to be well trained, and not to go faster than he is driven. When this machine is pushed through the standing corn, all the ears enclosed by the teeth are gathered up in the hollow part of it, and cut off from the straw which is left behind. The driver requires to set the machine higher or lower as he may find it neces sary ; and in this manner, by a few courses backwards and forwards, in a short sime the whole field may be reaped. This machine is very useful in champaign and level countries, and on farms where the straw is not re• quired.' " The Art Journal.—The three engravings of this number represent " The Sister Anglers," from a group by Sig. Monti, " The Stepping Stones," and " London Bridge, 1745." The two last are from pictures in the Vernon Gallery. " The Stepping Stones". represent a woodland scene, and a peasant woman leading a little child across a stream. The figures are very natural, and in the surrounding scenery the mixture of light and shade has a beau tiful effect. " London Bridge" is a companion to " Westminster Bridge," which was published last month. It is a very effective picture, and it is curious to remark the contrast between the old fashioned houses beside the river, and the wharves and warehouses of the present day. The twentieth number of " The Great Masters of Art" gives us an account of John Baptiste Monnoyer, a French flower painter of the seventeenth century. The four engravings given of some of his groups of flowers are very graceful. "Dress as a Fine A 4," by Mrs. Merrifield, is continued, and contains several illustrations. Netvton's London Journal contains its usual de scriptions of recent patents of every description. Among the most important are those of A. V. Newton, for propelling vessels, and Blakey and. Skaife's, in mills, for grinding. The usual scien tific notices are given, and the list of grants and patents. A table of Celestial Phenomena is added.—Sharpe's London Magazine contijus "The History of Helen Lyndsey," by Mrs. S. C. ; and the interesting " Immeritus by the talented author of " Mary Powell." Several other pleasing tales may be found in this magazine. Theengravings represent "The Poet's Dream" (the well-known episode in Milton's life), and " St. Michael's Mount."—The Eclectic Review, among ' other /itentry notices, contains criticisms on. " Alison's History of Modern Europe," and Cur rey Bell's " Vill e tt e ." A var i ety of articles on similar subjects of interest are given. COMPULSORY VACCINA.TION.—There is a bill in the House of Lords, by which it is proposed that vaccination - of children shall be compulsory. POPULATION OF THE ELECTORAL DIVISIONS.—A re , turn to the House of Commons, which has been printed, contains tables of the population, inhabited houses, and number of the electors in the electoral divisions, coun , ties, and boroughs in England and Wales. The popula dratohwgaonhtir hymn 1 " e popula tion in the counties is, according to the census of 1851, stated to be 10,488,930, the inhabited houses 2,052,637, and the number of electors on the register 507,754. Only a very small number of these polled at the last election-116,153, or rather more than one-fifth. The counties and the parliamentary divisions of counties re turn 159 members. The population of the represented cities and boroughs is 7,438,679, the inhabited houses 1,225,402, of which number 343,828 qualified to elect. The value of the property assessed to the poor rate in 1851 was 23,181,5801. The number of electors on the register at the last election was 410,929, and of these no more than 225,677, or rather more than one-half, exer cised their privilege. The number of representatives re turned by the cities and boroughs is 339. A FORTUNE TELLER IN TROUBLE.—A middle-aged female, respectably dressed, named Sarah Owen, was placed in the dock, at the Leeds court-house, one day last week, charged with vagrancy, by telling fortunes. It seems that for time past the prisoner has been carry ing on a pretty profitable business, which was kept up by the circulation, amongst young maidens, of address cards, which ran as follows :—" Sarah Owen, Professor of Astrology, 3, Back Cannon-street, Shakspeare-row, Dewsbury-road, Leeds, respectfully announces to the public that she nay be consulted daily on all lawful questions relating to life, death, courtship, marriage, sickness, travelling by land or sea, absent friends, enter ing into business, &c." The circulation of the . above the chief constable to find out the "fortune-teller," and cards coming to the knowledge of the mayor, he directed officers Pollard, Bramley, and Marsden to take the steps bring her to justice. Mr. Read instructed detective they considered necessary, and the result was the appre hension of the prisoner and the seizure of her books and apparatus, including address cards ; a " glass of fate," through which young ladies were to see their future hus bands ; "The Prognostic Astronomer, or Horery Astro loger, containing an improved method of solving one eckop.griskaanoacynkesreli,risdeoes-fr,eomupereb.,onxpead,oia. thousand inquiries relative to futurity, by Dr. W. J. 'Simmonite ,_. ' the "Book of Fate ;" the "Dreamer's Hymn n tht o t k eih w : be Or g a i e n l n di n " g a , P ,L ra e y t e e r v ß ery ook o , n a e all for that purpose had made arrange. a u n i n ae toldrri,'and nall t h s s f a a e v i n i , a g il a y n s l ni ted ot a h r e k t r e h d i e n ; d na e a s t c s u r r i nall r b e a o b f le ul t Pol lard, detective officer, proved that he pmriesnotsneweisthtoMrhasv.e3lheegsr fortune gave her two shillings and sixpence Ale on next proceeded to Pence, marked. the " Magician's Castle," in Dew be what occurred in rior of which looked like a small hesburY-road, the exte ment, whilst the public were i f ' erdashery establish that Sarah Owen cWaned furs n . ornaed by a show card Mrs. Megson seici_yestercia .m a very superior style. house, as directed by the Y I went to the prisoner's by a brass plate on the d cards. I made out the house oor, with " I rapped at the doo r S. Owen" engraved. asked if Mrs. Owen , and the Prisoner opened it." I Mrs. O wen. , Was at home ? She replied she was I then • said I wanted to speak with her. She opened a doo r and showed me into a room. she ou the left hand side, o_ her. She then inquired the da y my age, antriti.ld She made y and hour I w some queer-look' was as I gave my mg figures upon t ic answers, and a ft erwards referred to the P ro g n ostic . ei Astronomer," and then began very busily to of w maxe hich'l number of other figures upon the slate, do y on wish to Mind understand. She said, "Whattt my husband is know ? I replied—" I have he ar d know whether he is or dead at Liverpool, and I wish to an, and my husband is not." I am a married w oman, Astrologer," and away. After referring to the pon the slate, she said she making some more figures unsulting her book again, an d s not e could not tell ; but aft er Lte, she replied—" He doe fol. again marking l eer s Some more figuring on the slate . dead with you. said tha t m y husband was lying i . n d then s he • five to one against hie lowed, an staff, and it was resided t I a dangerous st a She then asked where I res • better. " She then told me that getting be Central Market. said, "In t the / 7th February (th at is to-day) was a fatal day, and my husband would e ithe r die or recover. She added t h a t I shou ld not be married again for three years ; b u t a t the end of that time I should be to a baconif ac t or . Again re " Astrologer," sh e rea d me a description o f re ferri ng to h er Horory my future husband, wh om s h e des cribed as a person with hazle eyes, d ar k h a i r, and in describing his dress she put him in such clothes as are usually worn by bacon and butter factors. In fact, as soon as I said I came from the Central Market, she be gan talking about bacon, butter, and' cheese. I asked what was her charge ? She replied, " Sixpence, but.re spectable persons gave her a shilling. I said I would do as others did, an d gave her a m • • ark marked shilling Which I had received from Pollard for that purpose, The justices considered the charge fully proved, and Beni tenced the prisoner to a mouth's in:Trimed gantly-dressed young ladies entering with flat candl sticks in their hands and taking their places before th e fire, with perhaps a satin-slippered foot on the fender, waiting with palpitating hearts for their flys, anxious for the arrival of the appointed time, dreading to be to o early yet afraid to be too late. Wheels had been heard, but they had only been ' taking up,' none as yet having started for the ball. At length the clatter of iron steps, the banging of doors, and the superfluous cry of 'Rooms,' resounded through the town, and the streets became redolent with animated life." ,~ ad ad ad ad 50 25 124 j 12i 20 20 12i St. St. 25 11i 100 100 18i