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

ASTLEY'S. Apart from his other merits as a manager, Mr. Cooke evidently aspi res to found a new school of equestrian rarea • Disdainin g to follow i n th e s teps of his re nowned predecessors, he has struck out a new path for , h b ire eelf, and trusting no longer to the tales of medimval Coor O r i ental romance, for his materials, naa bet a k en himself at once to the contemporane "B and domestic, apparently with full certainty of finding there as excellent opportunities for rt the die ray of th e resources of his establishment as ever were fill from the hi s t or i ca l novel or legen d ary poem. T o al a PPearance s the pure, enuine Astleian drama, as it ex isted in th e days of ouryouth, with its " real armour,'' terrific equestrian combats," has vanished for ever, or at least migrated to the provinces, and we 114 " now in its place something which, if not quite is inte nse in it s i n t erest, an d gorgeous i n i ts detzil, , lead more real and more calculated to "point a 1110 ral and adorn a tale." To tell the truth, the medimval has been somewhat overworked, both by author, artist th e ) and manager, and those who are fond of seeing selves mirror held up to nature, may congratulate them son the fact of it being closed awhile sine? Astley's "" deserted it, for, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer ali d of Justice and the farmers the other day— " Extrema per illos, , —excende ns terris ves ti g i a f ec it.' vie The Whitsuntide Novelty—The Chase, or Life on gentle 7". t; 9resents in its plot the process by wh i ch a ii,_nn Is ruined on the turf. Deceived and decoyed 4 .T C :ili old s choolfellow, himself once a " pigeon," but now extit ie ct g ! ” the hero of the piece is reduced to the . brink of a , ion, but is saved by the bravery and daring of .7 0 11 n D . 1., a hit n t ° '''' - '3', who wins a race for him, and restores ph:— ° Yealth and happiness, while the sporting Me ho Zticieles and his associates blacklegs and betting the 'eePers are handed over to the tender mercies of land. modern "Dii ultores "—the authorities at Scot- Yard. Some very clever equestrian feats . are reetrroeduced in the course of the piece, infinitely I:l, in terestinc, d nderful than the daring 43 15 :1 s of old. a T il he w d o eath of the favourite r.ace wit4 l a s v ery Well done, and the grace and docility death s the animal went through the struggles o v f en a at A u st l ee z,le showed a high pitch of training unusual even all also h eY 8 * The old sporting feat, well known ws: UnterB, of a leap over a dining table, was d exactitude _introduced, and performed with an cme an si Zt t itud e 1 , as greatly to diminish the idea of its ir9os- The r "; a 's we remember always to have entertained. Whio e l ` 8 4180 a foxhunt, with a real fox and beagles, a litu e l Y i ll greatly amuse the juveniles, and perhaps nc i :l n t th e eirciirtruct some of their parents. In the scenes are v ery a d I'le performances of the equestrian sprites Yesterdarelrable, and excited considerable applause. at W hich th, r ,all afternoon's performance was given, With their ;'°YB of . the Duke of York's school attended °and, F EMALE EMIGRATION FUND. l'e ste , i, this the thirty-second of the directo t r on, t i' l ß t!ois country under the auspices y of emigrants, lesavof -4llglit hon.' Sidney sch r em c e ast o l f e, emigration, sett l ‘i.r . ailelede !rota Gravesend in the Walme gaged for the er was en who were 0 4 a fleet of ships. A steam ts, and those interests ce4l ° to convey the emigrants, d in the event, from was e B ae la eo ckf m Wall 11; li v l'ers, and the party .oedo, the hon• A . Kinnaird, Coun rt t in S - t i r n z -t e h le e c - k E i lel t d h s e ; theev..,' kr. Mackenzie, i rector of St. Ma . "iiiii, Rev. T. T. Bageley, rector of P th o e pl it ar e , v. th yr e . B R i e n v n . e. .T y . , „eniorsan, the Rev. Mr. Quekett, . arfa:o -,sracebridge, Sir John and Miss te chl of Mrs. Jameson,Betthhounep,opMuliasra 11% Macleod, ore% and many other ladies and gentlemen whose have mates h, have long been identified with the progress,.,your ti:llgration. The weather was well a in da a p l t l elto 4t ceremony, and the excursion . respects a one - I.4gteeable relaxation and enjoyment. Awl 4Ppeared, from a document number of emigrants sent out t 7, the Secretary, that the presented to us by Mr. t a °Y the society previous to thelstof January, the to 1 701, and there remained nua the ry i•rne in f 7 ., hands of the committee a sum e r the future purposes of the society . 3,5001 ., of On thetthose o availableps i r e e whosen t i:a. eaBie n, the number of emigrants , ;all fo ve already gone out, oafdwciedhomtowoenre board th rw ard in presence of the assembled b b l o e n d . c3oimr.Prt y n r a t, ird with whose an vessel, and presented by _ ag e - ` 4lo nitory letter from 111_ Sidney as l lee and that of Mr. Sidn rs e . rt il , w_ er _ e accounted 1. 1 1 the f t that they beenh f ad beir . elled Th t te o ew le ar av d e e .."*1 for fa benefit eo tr , h n e o arth p letter th e eJed the + good expressed wishes o of t Mrs. ho Herbert migrants, and thatto each h y would other, a et eise gentleness and . forbearance to regulations of gr-lpeoliect . that their comfort and safety depended It , i 7LY upon their obeying all the of imp gratitude to those their Wit -415° admonished them to show their . et, had given them this opportunity th e . n, by writing ilditie and by em...lt Prospects in the col M ony, a portion means to the ra-miteit+--j, should fortune fa h v a o d u e r e t s h t, em in ) fli g h t Which their passage • Olt be of extending the otherci afforded order that obser. same advantage to The II ..._ t that this w informing transmitting iv di tehegp eeohfsnehrdt i h ep o d ef . vati c) ._ on, Mr. RINNAIRD next .. addressed. aafsewperhaps % e 1.." to the emigrants, and tir et T Party the society would send out und f e r r t t h h i e s, same theth the v o ,, , brie •There 1 1 iltanCes were various reasons 0 4ov, "" 1 . fly explain them. In the fir f s e t lle p w la i c n e s , h.legletilleent, who were formerly avers no e w to sending out exae,,woraelt as emigrants, wereon such advantageous or tert„„rila. ofthis society, and would be their l ''qlvelli ent t i. ile c ommittee no l u o P nger T f i e l l e t y it necessary will- You ng 41g, howeve'o g r llt free passases nth the benefit of Protect, 14 ' t ° extend to emigrants it was suggested s that' w e alid Itasistanee ; an out under the auspices o f the koinlell who wished to . go e small rn 111011ey to etY) skould, , and leav ements, the c0kt0,,,44_148 the cost of the passage , nr arrangm if possible , raise a sum it to their aad - 4ee to complete the which it "a t s loe thirty- I l °We r , be em th e a d van t a ge party formed the believed seette° leet•ow. The present .out, and. th e 4,, Muth the societ had sent ahogt'ttlher of emigrants sailing , I,7oo received from who had gone taeeritg • They had un_d o e m r th th e e ir le prospects . t at, am accounts of the conduct of those H auspices colonies was a s ;well as of their comfortable n ust bear i mind that, they Were -at o pportunities of securing theiradvancement a lth 111°4 favourable ; m far distant land, a n n g ge to and they theereltillgetil tahb°o3rntwetroe estrange Letw'"ckeer Country ; t rn h a e e ms ans elv o e f s eo e m nt in ir n e n ly iea f t r i o o m an. for the s heauti- Lisedell the c olonies ' and home we f re m n r e . fill ,hi°wiltig to the management o neee, well org . they 1438,,ai1d to other circumsta w Gr s e o en' d and the two cou tt ies 6,"id find the distance reduce that every yea n r . a ' rnest hope of the etittii7Wil closer together. The be committed as °N I ., lee Was that the emigrants would e look upon the t hei r F.") whose guidance they would in a great measure depetittileild, as their happiness would lede her authority. ay.4a showing their regarding her ithe light of a mother, rie woul'itlg a willingness to acknow ° term li d r ePeat th them a bit of advice in their their welfare, iad this Y noe who felt a warm interest . n too great a which had been litir,„4.lB Was----,11 t they would not be i seek the oa:tike:tat'leobetfa itrih situation s but that they would of the cha tatt:th4t they me ilGovernment some knowledge iive. rs of th e rpt, persgens havewith whom they . we s re that likely to colony, in they '111%4 -ae. conoraittee were most anxious ItPoo them into good hands, and they ' wished their minds on ; tile I, ol. ,gete all the necessity of improving time for read to impress ~,41g, aiii(Nke- They would have plenty 0 y would de -4 Loam ,uoy vvould find an abundant suppl of hooks 'rote ou e h He, therefore, ti asted that they their minds 1 05 th 'eh of their tim e to the instruction of the ! edification of their souls. Nothing would give adratlletY greater pleasure than to hear of I,etly—hgc°llBly that in the colony, and he most , and their ear. maloll.„. hoped that they wound all find a comfortable h:thie Zee. 14 vttito al -- __, v • Mr. SaizamaN then offered a few words of 4vPlispa .oozniontion to the emigrants, exhorting them ettio-"•nt Perusal of the word of God, ' and a constant t T he il 4 to the Saviou r by prayer• stating hat it h a v M. gt/EKETT next addressed them, Sot s f d been bis duty to superintend the .arrange hich 4111,17 Aveerrettolle _fitting stands that part of the shop w , misht4erythio;zri,3 and he hoped they would find \verb- . f°r their c o They o and convenience. e.enrtdone which could be accom- Ilk,: Rt li II ." u•vi4ed with' in l i e n n ty hooka of With slates andP iti goall kinds, would L lin I)O4eR eV opportunity of n deting their time communications materials, and they ilslll iri s edu4ti°ll . He bad e received and t Irk to rite on the passage, an I,,,N4ra.ategilaiuted with a a write which the father o f written, ' e au:. girl had framed a e le s t e te l r which she had as sh e ,_ it novas 1.,e fled' from .;,) was tot a only one he had ever got front her, b). Was .i. eaPahle of writing when she sailed' sults Oeh4t 41:ise.frlaoniOrt tshow them what ben . acial re Yo et , be ' o tw he ample it would be in the a ir power o 4e R • loeutioned this fact that some time g . 411 5 th-girla Went out under the auspices of this society, ilo w i.,eY, afterwards sent h for their father, who w eh ttl he 4 passe h ome . th er ftM With the yer on board this ship, having been the ' ~eod, it o..,sduty of conveying ' to the emigrants hieo7,olt•heuse4,er o are them the necessit of oin to ha get oth e -: , 1 hey would find that this arrangement,__ d hif Voe ss ; 4117, wooly tend greatly to their comfortL bleat h m 1 1 ,, Ile trusted that they would appreciate k t ; by the...:•eri done for them, and show thFir rati and (11, Ili rs ?gls the wishes of their kind friend t haei l i kxsl,l4l)eY Herbert. atom Aildebted to Mr that the emigrants were aoh ed ea theta, his -Luz. Quekett for the accommodation the'4'ell Y aa derst experience having been so thatgreat: aa he di d. ° °d how to fit up an emigrant ship so ' 3 . 14 li A hie light '7ltilen d I)l4te h e h . sat a few words, and observed that ,c,.a.eoa afr lying?(l witnessed was one of a deeply impres -41. Itet nature.. ert!ANsriErao having implored a parting 4e.tletlikt a a the t‘lreefitl'wstage of thl_gr.auts, the visitors left them, ang ::t ° row. as pr opo ', ( laY 8 proceedings the health of Mr.high spie inept I, it of , eltg e4 eht e 4 had ci P i aid to hirn on account of the liberal T ilt of th e e_. ctated all his arr angementa_for the It°Via etqaPanulgral.it's• i c , ed fo r thY aving partaken of the refreshments th e „ e ta th e ell in the ca.bin, the steamboat was cast tlit.e'rt°lgabta 11 1 ), to which it had be enattached, and -it 'lt friends and well De„,_ 4 , as •tnt s q t .. were bailed with a succession of hearty .wis s i n te c r o s es t si o o onk th P PI I their de e %r ''''*-------------__________ bkleq114(11•q11qt PLUT 0 ht (1 of ~on tow , y. .---.- rders have been received for (IvitNltte,ii, Atina!raTein the Sund, under the comn e1•4:1), 1,,,,11eY wereato have proceed on a cruise i tail Wer e '" wer e put to sea yesterday 3 shi fti , therefore Prevented from some cause ; the b a 44 s_.• exercised in reefing and making 9/sad-Ards, elyniouthjfait. FRIGHTFUL RAILTVAY ACCIDENT. Yesterday Mr. C. S. Wood, the coroner for West Surrey, and a numerous jury, assembled at the Railway Arms Hotel, Farnham, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of Charles Cannon, aged 20, a porter on the London and South- Western Railway, who was cut in two, and otherwise fearfully mangled, on Saturday last, on the railway, near this station. The inquiry appeared to excite considerable interest in the town. The Hon. F. Scott, M.P., the chairman of the company ; Mr. Crombie, the secretary ; Mr. Beattie, the locomotive superintendent ; Mr. G-odstone, the general manager ; Mr. A. Scott, the traffic manager, and Mr. Eaton were present to watch the pro ceedings. The jury having viewed the remains of the unfortu nate sufferer, they returned to the inquest-room, when The Coroner, addressing the foreman and jury, said that they were summoned together to inquire into the death of the deceased, who, if he was rightly informed, had been run over by a special train at or near the Farnham station of the London and South-Western Railway, at the same minute, or nearly so, as the cus tomary passenger train arrives at that point. Where the ground is occupied or monopolised by railway com panies everything out to be done to take care not only of the safety of the public, but also of their own servants. It appeared to him (the coroner), that, if what he had been told was the case (but which he hoped was not), a special train arrived near the station at nearly the same time as the ordinary one. Now he thought, when an inquiry of so much importance to the public as the present took place, that the fullest in vestigation should - be gone into. The duty of conduct ing that inquiry devolved on him (the coroner), and he had not the least doubt but that the foreman and the gentlemen of the jury would consider it their duty to make a full inquiry into all the circumstances attending the death of this unfortunate man. He did not make these remarks to prejudge the case ; he only did so in the hope that the case might turn out differently to what he had been told. He had been told that Captain Galton, the government inspector of railways, was a passenger by the stopping train, and he wished the case to be postponed, so that he may be enabled to give some evidence respecting the occurrence. If he had not wished it, he (the coroner) would have felt it his duty to have requested him to come forward and let them know all he saw. Mr. Hollis, solicitor, in answer to questions from the coroner, said that he begged leave, on behalf or the Government inspector, to ask the coroner to adjourn the case. Mr. Crombie, in answer to questions from the coroner, said that this was not one of the accidents which, ac cording to -act of Parliament, the company were com pelled to give notice of, but, notwithstanding, they had given notice to the Board of Trade. The coroner said it appeared to him that that was not of the least importance. He then inquired of Mr. Hollis whether or not he was aware when the Government in spector could attend ? Mr. Crombie said that he apprehended that the Go vernment inspector only wanted to be examined as a witness of what he saw, and not in his official capacity as Government inspector. The coroner said that he had received a letter from Captain Galion about the case. Mr. Crombie asked whether the coroner would allow him to state, in contradiction to what he had said, that it was a special train which had caused the accident ? The Co - roner replied that he could not allOWhin; at present. - Mr. Crombie said that he only wished to state that the coroner had made remarks in that court, not of what had taken place there, but of what had been said by others out of doors, and as his remarks would go before the public, he (Mr. Crombie) thought it nothing but right that the facts of the case should be known. The Coroner said that what he had said was only hearsay evidence, and he hoped it would turn out during the inquiry that the case was only an accident. James Edwards, gate-keeper of Farnham station, was then examined.—His duty was to open and close the gates as the trains arrived. It was his duty to do so on Saturday last. The first train due after dinner was 81 Minutes after two, and the next at 31 minutes after six. There was also a goods train which passed the station. The five o'clock train from London would be doe at 31 minutes after six, and two minutes after that time a train came up and passed him, after he had signaled it to go on, when on seeing it pass he said that he was afraid it would not stop in time ; and seeing where deceased then was, he said to H a tfi e ld , " That man will surely be killed." The train passed at considerable greater speed than he had seen before on that line. The deceased was running at the time from the fencing towards the station, and he saw that he would not have time to reach the station. When he was getting upon the wall near the fence the train knocked him down, and he (witness) cried out, "Oh God I he is killed." He only saw him being carried away after that. He had no doubt but that he was killed on the spot. Mr. Crombie, in answer to the coroner, said that any of the company's servants, or any witness connected with them, the jury could examine without summoning them. The company was most anxious that a full in quiry should be made, but he wished again to remark, that it was not a special train, only a special-service train for the use of the compsny's servants on the line, which was absolutely necessary for the safety of the public, the principal object being to see that the line was in perfect order. No person, he added, could more regret the melancholy occurrence than the directors of the company. .4s The inquiry was then formally adjourned for a week for the attendance of the government inspector. ACCIDE.VT ON THE WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. On Monday morning an accident occurred on the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company's Western Valleys Railway, which, although it detained the passenger train an hour, was not attended with any fatal results. It appears that after the first morning passenger train had gone up the line to Blaina, the mineral traffic tram was on its way to Newport. It consisted of nine Columbus trains (so called from their enormous size) laden with coal. A portion of the railway passes through the park of Sir Charles Morgan, and is considered a somewhat dan gerous piece of road. Alterations have recently been going forward there ; and on Mondaymorning, it appears, the mineral train, in coming over the "Park mile," was suddenly thrown off, when the immense quantities of coal and the heavy carriages fell over on the passenger line completely blocking up both lines by the &anis. Speedy information was conveyed to the nearest station beyond the place where the accident hap pened, up the line, and fortunately in time to prevent the down par;enger tr:ain running into the wreck. Had this collision taken place, there can be little doubt that a frightful loss of life would have ensued, there being a large number of holiday passengers in the train, and the broken carriages lying near a spot where a precipitous descent to the Ebbw river, running through the park at a distance of perhaps GO feet below the line, would have occasioned the train to fall and have been smashed to atoms. The passengers were liberated at the Rhymney junction station, and made the best of their way bythe high road to Newport; some, however, waiting until a train came up from Newport on the lower side of the broken carriages, to be thus conveyed to the Dock-street terminus. The succeeding up train dis charged its passengers likewise in the park, and they then walked to the upper side of the debris, where another train was waiting to convey them to their desti nation. Fortunately not a single person was injured by the accident. It is stated that one of the wheels of the mineral train coming off occasioned the accident. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, May 17. — The royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain C. M. Chapman, sailed this afternoon with the usual mails for the West Indies, Spanish Main, Pacific, and California, in charge of Lieutenant Scriven, R.N., Admiralty agent. She took out 75 passengers and a full cargo. The Orinoco, Lieutenant Philip Hast, R.N., Commander, with the homeward West India and Pacific mails, due on the 16th inst., is hourly expected. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation ship Tagus, Captain J. Joy, departed this afternoon with the mails for Vign, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 32 passengers, a large general cargo, and specie value 30,0001., for Lisbon, and 7,0001. for Gibraltar. The Indus, with the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Medi terranean mails, is expected to reach Southampton about Thursday or Friday next. The United States mail steam-ship Humboldt, Captain J. D. Lines, with dates from New York to the 7th inst., is expected off Cowes, en route to Havre, in the course of Wednesday or Thursday. ROMANTIC SIIICIDE.—On Wednesday morning the body of a young man was discovered in a small copso near the Crystal Palace, with his head blown to pieces, and a new rifle pistol lying by his side. Information being given at the police station, Sergeant Sole and two constables proceeded to the spot, and removed the body to the bonehouse, Sydenham. An inquest was held on Thursday, when, from the evidence, it appeared that the deceased's name was Lawrence Cooper Mason, aged 17, and for the last four years he had been in the employ of Mr. Atwell, butcher, of High-street, Camberwell, and carried on a correspondence with his young mistress, only 14 years of age, which his master endeavoured to put an end to, which induced him to leave his service, and terminate his existence as described above. Two letters, which were found on his person, were then read, the first of which was addressed to his master, and was as follows : " Sir,—l have been in your service upwards of four years, and I must say I have met with every en couragement I have wished for until lately. I have noticed that you did not seem -atisfied with what I have done, which has made me answer you at times very sharp, which you have noticed ; and, as I am to be separated from the sole object of my affections, there is no more comfort for me in this world ; my heart is ready to burst with grief. In fact, my agonies at the present time is more than I can bear, and therefore I am de termined to ease myself of them by taking my own life. No doubt by the time you receive this I shall have breathed my last. I hope you will forward my box and all that belongs to me to my afflicted parents. I cannot say any more, so farewell for ever." The second was addressed to his young mistress, of which the following is a copy :—" These few lines comes from your broken hearted lover, whose happiness is going never to return again. I hope you will accept this to a last token of of my love, and keep it in remembrance of me. I have know left the world, never to see you more, so farewell ifor ever. No doubt you will hear some sad news from your father after you have received this note."—The Jury retu rne d a ver dict of "Temporary insanity," — Kentish Mercury. TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY le, 1858. THE FRENCH EMPIRE, The Corps Legislatif held a short sitting in the course of yesterday. A large number of private bills were passed without any discussion. The bill which provides that a reward, on the part of the nation, shall be given to the heirs of Philippe de Gerard, the inventor of the flax-spinning machines, has also been passed by the Assembly. General Perrodon, who commands the Artillery in the 4th military division has been appointed director of the service of gunpowder and saltpetre at Paris, and has been replaced iu his former com mand by General Larchey. The Constitutionnel says :—" The deep interest which the Emperor takes in the execution of the great works of public utility has just been again revealed by the account which his Majesty has caused to be given to him of the state of the opera tions going on for building embankments in the Basso-Seine. We think we may state that these works, which were for a moment' stopped in conse quence of a want of funds, will shortly be resumed on the important part of the river comprised be tween Quilieheuf and La Beane. By order of his Majesty, the Council of State hashad a propqsition submitted to it, tending to the allotment of a suffi cient credit in order that these works, which are indispensable for the navigation of the Seine, may be continued and completed." The consultative committmon railways has been during the last few days occupied with the exami nation of the question relative to the concession of the railway from Besangon to Mulhouse. It has heard the grantees of the great lines, who are inte rested in the execution of this prolongation, and these who have made fresh tenders, who have given the most precise information as to the value of the line. The solution of this affair may therefore be regarded as likely to take place very shortly. The concession, if it be made, will, it is said, be without a subvention, and without any guarantee of inte rest by the State, and it is thought the government will not be averse to concede other lines in order to favour the combination which tends to unite the Mediterranean to the Rhine. The concession from Besangon to Mulhouse is eagerly sought for. There are eight companies who have made application, all of whom offer every necessary guarantee, and it is therefore probable that a fusion may take place. A still further decline occurred in the quotations of Government securities yesterday, to the extent of 40c. in the Three per Cents. for cash, and of 10c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. In both the Three per Cents. and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., for the account, there was also a fall of 10c. Bank of France Shares remained unchanged. The final quotations were—For cash : Three per Cents., 81f. 30c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 90c. For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 81f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. The Mortgage Bank shares remain without variation, being still quoted at 880 f. 50c. In those of the Societe Mobiliere there was a decline of 12f., closing at 937 f. 75c. There was considerable dullness in the Railway Share Market yesterday, and prices ffenerally assumed a downward tendency towards the conclusion of business. A decline of 15f. each occurred in Lyons to the Mediterranean and Paris and Orleans shares ; of 10f. in Paris and Rouen, and of 2f. in those of the Bordeaux and Cette line. In Paris and Lyons shares there was an advance of sf. Those of the remaining principal lines ex perienced no variation. Closing prices :—Nor them, 927 f. 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,105 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 945 f.; Paris and Lyons, 972 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,155 f. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 842 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 790 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 550 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 670 f. 50c. TURKEY. The Chaptal steamer, from Constantinople, with dispatches from the French Government, arrived at Marseilles on the 14th inst. The PaLie newspaper states that when the Chaptal left Constantinople the position of affairs was satisfactory, although the pending questions had not yet been definitively decided. The Chaptal left Constantinople on the 7th inst. She was closely followed by the British steamer Caradoc, with dispatches for her Majesty's Govern ment. The Caradoc left Constantinople on the Bth and arrived at Marseilles on the 15th inst. GERMANY. The New Prussian Gazette, under date of Berlin 14th, says :—" A grand military parade took place this morning. The King arrived from Potsdam at 11 o'clock, with his illustrious visitors. Prince Frederic of Hesse, the Duke of Genoa, and the Princes of the Royal family accompanied his Ma jesty to the Royal Chateau. The King imme diately mounted his horse, and proceeded to the parade ground, accompanied by the Prince and a brilliant staff. His Majesty first inspected the lino of infantry, and afterwards the artillery and cavalry. On reaching the left wing, the troops were ordered to file off before the palace of the Princesses, whither Majesty and his suite pro ceeded. The King wore the uniform of a general and the ribbon of the Order of Sardinia. Their Majesties the Queens of Prussia and of Greece, the latter of whom had just arrived from Vienna, and the Princesses of Vie Royal House were pre sent at the parade. Many foreign officers in uni form were on the ground. There was a grand dinner at the palace at three o'clock. In the even ing, the ,Court went to Charlottenbourg, where it will remain until the departure of the King for Vienna." A letter from Vienna of May 12, in the New Prussian Gazette, says :—" The Emperor y: iter day paid a visit, in the uniform of colonel of the cuirassier regiment of Francis Joseph, to his illus trious guests, the King of the Belgians and the Duke de Brabant, at the hotel of the Belgian em bassy. The whole party afterwards went out together, and proceeded to the Imperial palace. This day the illustrious travellers received visits from several members of the Imperial family and from Prince Augustus of Coburg-Gotha. The Archduke Albeit and the Archduchess Hildegarde, sister of the King of Bavaria, yesterday paid a visit to Queen Amelia of Greece, who is this day to continue her journey to Oldenburg, after having dined with the Princess Wasa. The new inter nuncio, Baron de Bruck, is to set out almost im mediately for Constantinople, and will be accom panied by the Councillor of Legation, Baron de Schloissen, who lately arrived from Paris. As to the instructions given to M. de Bruck, it is certain that he has received directions to support strongly the demands of Russia relative to the independence of Montenegro." ITALY. The Milan Gazette, of the 12th, contains a noti fication by the commandant of the fortress of Mantua, announcing the sentences passed upon 18 inhabitants of Ostoglia ; nine of them, who, with only one exception, are youths of from 13 to 16 years of age, are condemned to periods of imprison ment varying from a year in irons to three months without that aggravation, for having made a poli tical demonstration ; of what kind is not stated. Of the remaining nine, accused of subversive con versation, one has been condemned to a year's im prisonment in irons, three more to two months "of the same punishment, while the other five have been acquitted for want of sufficient proof. The eight youths above alluded to have, however, been pardoned. - The Official Journal of the Two Sicilies, of the 4th, publishes a royal decree, establishing a Neapo litan Consulate-General at Calcutta, and appointing M. Stanford to that post. The Venice Gazette publishes a sentence pro nounced at Udine, on the 7th, condemning a man to a year's imprisonment for subversive observations on the occasion of the attempt on the life of the Emperor of Austria, and two others to six and three months' imprisonment respectively, with two fasts per week, for having made anti-political (?) demonstration. Advices from Turin state that the contract be tween the Piedmontese Government and the Victor Emmanuel Railway Company has been ratified by the all but unanimous decision of the Chamber. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 12th contain no news of interest. The Gazette publishes a royal decree which removes General de Ribero from the captaincy-general of Old Castille to that of Aragon, and Major-General Boignez from that of Aragan to that of Old Castille. The Herald() says that the Minister of War, General Lersundi, intends to effect reforms in the army, in order to place it on a footing with the best in Europe. Orders had been sent to Carraca to construct a new frigate of 50 guns, which is to bear the name of the Princess of the Asturias. A letter of the 12th says that all the Ministers had left that day for Aranjuez, and that this had given rise to a rumour of a Ministerial crisis ; but that they had merely gone to hold the Usual weekly council, under the presi dency of the Queen, in the evening, in consequence of her. Majesty being engaged the next day with a reception in honour of the anniversary of the birth of the King Don Francisco. The letter adds that the newspaper the Throne has ceased to appear, owing to the responsible editor not fulfilling the conditions required by law. A letter from Madrid of the 14th inst., received by express, states -that the Marquis de Viluma has been appointed Ambas sador of Spain at the Court of the Tuileries. The Three per Cents. were at 44J. THB SII.ARL MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. A berdeen Ambg. Nottug. Bottit & Eastu. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenlid. Lanesh. &, Cheshire Juliet. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrocleaud Passage Dublin&Belfas t June Dundee Perth & Aber (leen Junction Do. New East Anglian (E 25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& II.) Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire Intst & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 14 Edin. and Peebles 100 - Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 ,Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 1100 :Do.; B. Stock 100 ,Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western llrish South-Eastern Lancaster k Do., Thirds ILaneash.& Yorkshire Do., .Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt Loudon & BlackwaP Loud. Tilb. &Sthene Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,1:10 5h.M.&8..0 London k S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. r Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension Newp. Aberg. &Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 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 Slitrawsbbyy: & &Heford sire Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswestty Sh_opshire Union South Devon Sor.':,h Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepi mes Haven Dock and Railway' 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 29 - 30 6 6i 10 —10 i 7 6d 21 22 d 3A 21d 102 104 104 71 23t -- 24 22i -231 j 4 - 5 pml 8 - 9 6 -- 61 41 -- 44 13i -- 131 10} -- 11 74 - ri 73 - 74 54 - 73 - 74 32 - 34 5 88i -- 6-- 89i 54 133 -135 113 -- 114 90t -- 91} 1 94 —96 13. -- 14 p 791—g0} 3} -- 4 dl -- 2i k 161 -16 i I 1 9a 11 -- 2 11044 -105 i 118/ -- 1181 21 -21 p 1/ p 90 -- 91 5 41d 4 -34 d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 291 -30 i, 3i -- 2idl 1 74/ -- 7111 ' 42, -- 44 *5O 52 Par 4 d 2/ 3k 8; 9i 52 54 3A 2-1 d 35 36. .•. - • - 4a ti 84 si 53 - 54 96 - 98 60 - 62 65 - 67 73 - 76 11 - ON 18 20 9 10 13 15 3 —3k d 204 -- 214 75 754 364 37 4 134 14 4 19 21 - 31 15 —15 A - 101 334 34 101 10 d par 704 -71 i 7f -- 6t d 2f -- 2d 634 -- 64} 100 8:1 Business dune this d 47. Leasing Compans, Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westu Do L &NAV Caledon Vitt.Notrhn 17.t.:Yestu. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk ,110 Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Stckton di Darlin,gt. E. Count Do L. & IS . W itLn&Yk Do Gt.Northn I Do Lancash.di Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn. RA.ILWATS, Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee Do. mithoutgr Birm.Wolv. D Itlleyguar. Do Buckenamsh Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Dk. Railway gull & Selby. Do. A Shares. Do. 1 ; Shares. Lon. di Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Maneli.Bxton. and Matlock Middlcsbro' & lledcar Afidld.Bro.dfd; Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c ?rest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystu.&Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p.e S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. [ Wilts liSomrsi •• ...--• . 'lO7 -109 '54 - 56 150 - 152 331 - 34 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27A -- 28} 14 -- 14; 26 -- 27 98 - 100 3 - 31 1( 3 - 10& 65 - 67 151 - 153 151 - 153; i— A d 33 - 34 1051 - 106!, Closing Prices Yesterday. Flusiness this Jay. SL 50 50 20 25 25 St. 50 St. St. St. St. St. 184 100 100 all all all B) . i all .00 all all 111 100 I 111 all all all 3 100 100 100 all 100 174 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all all 63 all -100 1 all 15 17 all all 14 /.1s 100 20 114 100 PREFERENCE SHIRES. lAberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Brim. k Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. rii per cent. Cork &Bandon .5A p.c. Dundee, Perth, midi Aberdeen Junction, E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c.j Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. , Do. (£7 17s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2 Do.; New 6 p. c. Si. Eastern Union Serif Guar. 6p er cent... East Lancash. 6 p.cts. Ediub. Prth.&Dund. Glasgow & S. Wester] , 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. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4A 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 dr S. Western, Cou. Thirds Londonderry & Coler Shares . Londudry. & Ennisk Shares Manch. , Shef. ,&Lin , Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO . Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4i per cent.._ ,Do Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per et ' Do. Waveuey Valley 5 per cent North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. IShrewsbuly & Birm New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p.c Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland & S. Purchaso... Autwrp. &Rotterdam ' Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelim Dijon and Be sangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Exton &m Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France I Gt. Westn. of Canada lShares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6p. cen pref. Lyons & Mediterrar. Madras Maria Antonia Do. Now _ Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy . B. &Ams. Shs. Nor wegiau Truk. Pref Paris and Lyoas Parts and Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen&Cherbrg. Quebec & Richthond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. N. per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland NOW 92 -96 106 - 108 liiii I . : 16 19i —2o,42cdj p it I Cl 6AxO s - 440 4 51 6 -- lAp li - 21 p 111 --- 214 18 - 18 3a 3a 130 1 - 1 132 1112 - 113 8i- 81 G - 74 LOG - 108 P iP .52 - 154 154 = 167 3i - 4PI 10 - 11 131 —l4lxd 8 • 9 101 -- 114 --ipxdi 149 - 151 •i - IP 115 - 117 25h - 2q 21 -- 2i p 10/ -- 114 17. -18 a -- 1 p 15 -- 16 par -- 4 P 261 -- -- 261 19. 20i spar 101 -- 106 GN. 1 1 4 134 14 21 d 54' 5 i n 1D r 24 P 2 24 p pax P Ad 7 4. 11 1 1 1 d 2 —2_P 7i - 8 361 - 37 141 - 1 8$- 18 -18 p 44 - 4 45g - 46. 371 - 38 5g - 6 p 21A 22 9 9a 6 1 6 iP - 10 ;:z4 llip i-1(11 1: 11 1103 i 701 691 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian 3 p 1 10 2 Australasian par— 1 p 20 5 Austrana 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 1 1 all Australian Freehold. id par 3 1 all Ave Maria 1 all l3aden(Gd. Duchy of) p a r p 1 all British Austria. Gold 14 20 13.5 Bi itish Iron — 10 p 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) 5 58 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4 -- 5 53 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 311 0 all Carson's Cecek — 40 all Cobro Copper 46 .1 474 p 5 1 Colonial Gold ll —2p 24 14 Copiapo 8 9 84 Si. all CopperMinersof Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Preference 8 9 p 5 all English end Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l3 —l4 d 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 —2 4 p 4 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst — 4 d 1 all Liberty par— I p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz C...ush. Co 1 1 all Mariquita Bd par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 84 1 all New Granada — p 1 all Nouveau Monde l3 1 p 5 1 Poi i; Philip par— 4 p 14 1 all" Quartz Rock * 1 p 11 50 all Rhymney Irma 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 103 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian - p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 281 all United Mexican 5 51 5 i 1 all Waller — d 1 all West Granada ~.... id -- 8 p 1 all Wes* Mariposa par— 4 p 18 1 all Yuba ii - P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • 40 all Australasia B7 88 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China I.}p 3 1 100 25 Colonial. — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don • • -- 10 English Scottish and Australian ll 1 1 ,p 20 120 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 31} , 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. &Westminster 20 2 London Bank Of Aus tralia and India 1 d— par 50 224 Natior al of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 53 54 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 RciyalAustliulp. c u.Bk o. g : & Gold md— par 25 25 South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 7B 79 774 3 21; Do. NCW _ 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Uniou of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agiinult /79 —8/ 773 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 6 Australis. Roy-al mail ... ... 38.4 Brit. Amcricn. Land 67 -- 72 100 321 Canada i 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Franco 1— 14 3I i 20 1 Eastern Steam . ... 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... . „ 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land— ... _ ... 20 71 Nrth.ofEuropeStoam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ~. 83 50 25 Do. Do. ... ._... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam—. .. -_ ... 25 25 South Austral. Land 46 49 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... ~. 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation ... ... 100 281 Van Diemen's Land ) 20 - 21 ~ ... _ ... .1 20 -- 21 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(THIS DAY.) QUARANTINE NOTICE. The Portuguese Government has given notice that all ships calling at, or by voluntary or forced return, enter without a bill of health any port of the kingdom, or the adjacent Islands, will be able without difficulty to receive under quarantine any refreshments, provisions, succours, or objects of which they stand in need, notwithstanding the want of a bill of health. LONDON, May 18.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear sultry weather. FALMOUTH, May 17.—Wind, E. Sailed—Onda, Quebec. Off Port—Triton, Batavia, for Am s t er d am . Th e S arah Horne ' Bonny to Liverpool, leaky, was s p o k en A pr il 5 , 21 N., 24W. PORTSMOUTH, May 17.—Wind, W. to E. Sailed—Ame rican Eagle, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, May 17.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Mag dalene (s), West Indies. BRISTOL, May 17.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Columbus, Mauritius. Sailed—Commodore, Melbourne ; Fanny, Bar badoes. SHIELDS, May 17.—The Nuova Vencider has come off shore without damage. OFF FOWEY._Sir Charles Ross, Sydney, N.S.W. QUEENSTOWN, May 16.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Hen rietta, Callao, for Berwick ; Johanna Carolina, Rio Grande. Off Port—Oriental, Calcutta, for Liverpool ; Jenny Lind, Callao. COKK, May 16.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Zephyr, Barba does ; Ocean, St. John's, N.B. WExFoitn, May 16.—The Jenne Louis, Malian to this port, got on tho Long Bank, and came off with five feet of water in her hold. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was large, and chiefly the refuse of Monday. As the attend ance of both town and country buyers was very limited, the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quo tations, and a clearance was not effected. The show of foreign wheat was not extensive, but in fair average condition. All descriptions moved off slowly, and late rates wore barely supported. Floating cargoes met only a moderate inquiry. Scarcely any English barley was brought forward ; but the supply of foreign was rather extensive. The trade ruled heavy, on former terms. In malt very little was doing, yet holders were firm. Owing to the large arrival from abroad, the oat trade was heavy, but no further decline took place in prices. Beans and peas were quite as dear. Flour ruled dull, at barely into rates. ARRIVALS MIS WEEK. Wheat. 1 Barley. I Matt. Oats. 1,720 I 100 ( 870 bo 3,270 16,250 Ilov - . 910 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 13,240 I 4,620 200 sk 6 4,300 bile WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day I pled steady. The following are the quotations : Beef, 2s 10d to 3s 10(1 ; mutton, 3s 8(1 to 4s Gd ; lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 6(1 to 48 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. All kinds are in very limited supply, and steady request, at full prices. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.--A representation having been made to the committee of governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, that many of the in-patients who are in indigent circumstances, and have no friends to visit and assist them with such small necessaries ,of tea and sugar, and that others who have these comforts are unable to make their own breakfasts have ordered p b a ieonsjot rd that each patient, whose co m p laint will admit of the in dulgence, shall be supplied with a pint of tea, sweetened a to tmade better I p the tt s i ht ; than resp ective bei n wards, a he in s and d milk placed in a it; consequently issued t much ohee a i T sup plied with a su f f i cient quantity of bread and butter, mates of other similar institutions. thn ey are 791 1051 118 1 141 903 psi 14 • .15i 17 36,1 37f i i ex Do. Do. LITERATURE. The Theory and Practice of Caste in India. By W. A. Irving. Smith, Elder, and Co. In this little work it is proposed to consider the effects of caste on the institutions and probable destinies of the Anglo-Indian Empire. The author truly remarks that it is astonishing how little the people of this country know about India generally, considering that the happiness of nearly one-eighth of the whole human race depends upon our exer tions there. Most minute details are given of the origin, formation, and workings o f cas t e . Th ere are four principal classes, the sacerdotal, the mili tary, the industrious, and the servile. After de scribing at large the advantages and disadvantages of this system in the political, military, and civil institutions, the book goes on to portray the effects on the natives themselves. It has fostered civi lisation up to a certain point, and then retarded it. The future is finally brought under our notice. It is declared that the necessity for caste is over---it is no longer desirable, but that at the same time it should be gradually relinquished, and not forcibly and suddenly uprooted. It is truly observed, that when enlightenment shall have spread further and wider, then will caste be suppressed effectually and for ever. When the inhabitants no longer believe that the world is a flower, of which India is the cup, and the other countries the leaves. There is a great deal of sense and reason in this work. Much information is given, and it is well said that hitherto India has been regarded too much as the marvellous and romantic, and that to obtain a real acquaintance with its customs and ceremonies requires much serious attention. The Land Tax of India. By Neil B. E. Baillie. Smith, Elder, and Co. This work explains the nature of the land tax of India, according to the Mohammedan law. It is necessary to understand the language in which they are written before it is possible to form any just idea of these rec)rds. Hitherto only very im perfect translations have been made, and even the commentaries are in the Arabic. The author has studied the subject, and trans lated from the Futawa Alumgeree such portions as seemed most abstruse, and hitherto misunder stood. A long introductory essay is given in which the principles of the law are given and applied to the present system of land revenue. There are six chapters, in wnich are explained the relative bearings of the Khiraj, or laud tax, and the Ooshe, or tithe, the Rhooms, or metals, and buried treasures ; and, lastly, a contract called Moojarrant, which regulates the relations of pro prietor and possessor of the soil. An appendix is affixed to these accounts, in which documents are given showing the various workings of the law. A vast amount of time and trouble must have been. expended on a work like this, as every item of in telligence conveyed has been compiled from many sources, and translated from languages difficult to understand thoroughly enough for such an elabo rate purpose. But the labour has not been lost, inasmuch as the reader will inevitably find these explanations very serviceable in enabling him to form an idea of the mode in which Indian affairg are conducted. Peace, War, and Adventure. By G. L. Chester ton. 2 Vols. Longman. The author of this work has had unusual oppor tunities of observation, having been formerly of the Field Train department of the Royal Artillery, and a Captain in the Army of Columbia, and he is at present Governor of the House of Correction at Coldbath-fields. The greatest part of his autobio graphy relates to his foreign adventures, but not the least curious and inte res ti ng portion describes his efforts, after his appointment as Governor of the prison, to reform and remodel.its management. He had to encounter the greatest difficulties, and the most violent opposition . was not from the prisoners, although they vehemently resented his interference with their arrangements, but from the turnkeys and other officials. These were in the habit of re ceiving large bribes from the prisoners and their relatives, and to those who gave the largest bribes the most numerous indulgences were accorded. Having at length succeeded in dismissing these culprits, and in obtaining efficient subordinates, he succeeded in remodelling the arrangements of the prison, and is justiy proud of the service he has rendered to society. The travels are chiefly in Spain and America, and contain a lively and varied account of the events which occurred under the author's observa tion at the important period in which his journey was undertaken. The volumes include a descrip tion of Antwerp and Brussels. The writer com menced his voyages in the year 1812, consequently he was an actor in some of those exciting scenes which were then passing. The following is from the Preface : " Enterprises of rare occurrence, perils in distant and savage localities, and extrication the least probable from the last possible extremity, appear prima facie to em body all the materials calculated to instruct and to amuse. The manner in which the tale is developed, and the scenes and incidents illustrated, would appear to constitute the chief difficulty. In those respects I hare sought to employ a simple narrative style, devoid of in flated pretension, and to relate the events of my life in their due order, without exaggeration, adopting the autobiographical form in deference to the counsel of ex perienced advisers. There is, however, a second, and perhaps more powerful, reason for the task I have under taken. The British public can hardly fail to listen with sensibility to a review of the sacrifices, the heroism, and the hapless fate of whole masses of their countrymen, whom a love of liberty and a spirit of adventure had allured to the distant provinces of Spanish America. Their services and sufferings are worthy of record ; while it is due to our national reputation that the futile tactics of incompetent leaders should be exposed, and the miscarriage of British co-operation ascribed to its real cause. The aggregate of the auxiliary force dis patched by private enterprise from this country was computed at 6,000 men, of whom the merest fraction survived to relate the trials and miseries of the conflict ; while I, individually, appear in this and in other adven tures to have providentially borne a charmed life. "Again, as governor of this vast prison, where for nearly twenty-four years I have had so wide a field for the contemplation and study of the criminal classes, I cannot but conceive that I have much to disclose calcu lated to interest mankind in general and philanthropists in particular. Here, therefore, is another fruitful theme for useful disquisition, and a subject of momentous in terest to society at la rge." The Patentee's Manual. By J. Johnson and J. H. Johnson. Longman. This little work is a treatise on the law and practice of letters patent, especially intended for the use of patentees and inventors. It treats of the patentable invention, of its utility, novelty, &c., of the duration and extent of letters patent, of the title and the specification, of disclaimers and alterations, and all the other various practical points connected with the subject. It will, there fore, be seen that it presents a concise, although complete, volume of information. M'Leocrs Carpenter's Spelling Assistant. LongEuaii. This is a new edition of Carpenter's Spelling Assistant, which contains many important addi tions and alterations. One of the chief of these is the division of the words into syllables which cor respond with the pronunciation, such as " mon-ey," instead of " mo-ney." All inaccurate definitions have also been removed, and the work now presents a most efficient and valuable spelling assistant. Classic and Vistoric Portraits. By James Bruce. 2 viols. Hurst and BlaCkett. The object of this work is to convey a more ge neral idea than we at present possess, and to im part a better knowledge than is usually displayed, of the celebrated characters of the world. The author has confined himself to no narrow limits, —each country, every age, and all ranks have con tributed to fill his records and illustrate his mean ing. The style is very lively and descriptive, and evidently the subject has been taken up by one who is deeply engrossed with its importance and interest. It is truly observed in the preface that, in spite of the cursory style of historians, and the curtailed accounts of biographers, the general reader is anxious to be informed of the personal appearance and peculiar characteristics of the distinguished in dividuals submitted to his notice. It is this which is the subject matter of the volumes in question. It is probable, as is here suggested, that erroneous impressions have been formed concerning many of the persons of celebrity now before us. For in stance, it is argued that iEsop was not considered ill-looking in his own time, although, since, posterity has insisted on making him deformed. The testi monies of various writers of celebrity are brought forward to prove the falsity of this assertion. Char lemagne, we are told, was immense ; indeed, from the account here given, he appears to have been on a colossal scale. Some very interesting pages are devoted to Abelard and Heloise, though cer tainly they do not add to the romance of their history. He, it appears, was more th an forty when he first made her ac quaintance ; she • _uaa was a girl of seventeen. His sin entirely premeditated ; s h e erred from all Queen of S co t s, wa s a p parently a simple, irresolute, yielding n a t ure . M ary we are informed, and evidentlyour knowledge of her bears out the declaration , has not be en d one justice to—he r rea l beauty h imagination of paint ers . The fameasSu fr o f e h r e e ci r loveliness has come down to our days, but the description not adequate to th e re is laboured und er a nown. Madame de Stael singular misfortun th Iler mental end e ano er capacit y. owments were not ciated. "Napoleon was mean in his conduct to wards her. Alexander would have honoured her as a princess. Caisar would have adored her." The varied information here met with renders it a desirable work for all studiously inclined, while there is, at the same time, much to afford enter tainment. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The mortality of London last week was considerably higher than is usual in the middle of May, but it exhi bits a reduction as compared with that of the preceding week. The number of deaths registered in the last three weeks were 1,089, 1,159, and 1,099. The mean tem peratures in the same times were 42.5°, 47.9°, and 45 3°. The depression of temperature at the end of April was followed by an increase of mortality at the beginning of May. In the ten weeks, corresponding to the week that ended last Saturday, Of the years 1843-52, the average number of deaths was 934, which, with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,027. Hence the 1,099 deaths of last week exceed the estimated amount by 72. -On reference to the Table of Fatal Diseases a diminu tion of greater or less amount will be seen uncler most of those heads. that contribute the largest proportions to the weekly sum. Typhus forms an exception, for the deaths from this disease have risen from i4l in each of the two form er wee k s to 71 in the last. From hooping cough also the mortality is high, and does not show much disposition to subside ; it was fatal to 59 children. In the sub-district, Waterloo, 2d part, at 8, Charlotte place, on 9th May, th e son of a musician, aged 1 year, died of " scarlatina (3 weeks), cedama (one week)." Mr. Daws, the registrar, adds : " The father of the child stated, that at the back of his house a neighbour kept pigs, the smell from which was most offensive ; that his family were constantly ill, and that a medical attendant had told him this was to be attributed to the nuisance at the back." On 6th May, at 7, Croply-terrace East, in Hoxton New Town, the son of an engraver, aged 2 years, died of " scarletina maligna (7 weeks), hydrothorax, ascites." Mr. Ansell, the registrar, observes :—" I am informed by the mother that the family are subject to dreadful smells in the morning when the water comes on, that she had herself been ill for some time, and her husband had given notice to leave the house." The medical certifi cate states :—" This is a remarkable case, and shows the uncertainty of recovery from scarlatina, even after lengthened periods from the commencement of the pri mary, attack, and when all cause of alarm appears to be removed ; it also shows the fatal effect of sudden change of temperature in such cases." In the sub-district of St. James, Clerkenwell, at 4, Sandyard, on 6th May, the son of a labourer aged 11 months, died of "fever typhoid (7 days)." Mr. God dard, the medical attendant, writes on his certificate : "This is the third ease of fever that has occurred in a few days in this room, in which are two families consist ing of 12 persons, all living, sleeping, cooking, and doing their other domestic business." In the sub-district of St. John, Marylebone, at 9, North-street, on . Bth May, the daughter of a coachman, aged 4 years, died of malignant scarlatina (13 days), in flammation of tonsils and maxillary glands." Mr. Allen, the medical attendant, adds, that "this is the second death occuring in the same family within two days. The type of disease must be attributed mainly to the poison ous exhalation arising from defective drains." At 4, Devonshire-terrace, Balham, on 9th May, the daughter of a gardener, aged 4 years, died of " typhus (10 days)." Mr. Withal!, the registrar, makes the fol lowing statement :—" The offensive odour which per vades the whole of the house, arising from the decayed state of the wall between the washhouse and the privy, is at times unbearable. Complaint has been made to the landlord, but nothing has been done to remedy the evil. Four other children have been attacked with scarlatina, but they are all recovering. The medical attendant stated that the smell was enough to create a fever." On sth May, at 8, York-road, King's-cross, a farmer at Leak, Boston, Lincolnshire, aged 43 years, died of gastro-enteritis (12 days), febris typhoides (4 days)." Mr. Watts, the registrar, mentions that "the deceased was travelling by rail from Boston to Brighton for his health, but on arriving at King's-cross was found in the train bent double, and that state conveyed to a coffee house close by, where he was known, and there re mained till he died." The following additional cases are selected from the returns :—" A labourer, aged 49 years, died in Batter sea of "mercurial paralysis (7 years)." At 23, Ash burnham-road, Greenwich, a painter, aged 15 years, died from " effects of lead (14 days)." In New Bond street, a warehouseman, aged 58 years, died of " ma lignant disease of upp er lip, gums, and alveolar process, inducing diarrhoea and exhaustion, from inability to take food." In University College Hospital a spinster, aged 57 years, " erysipelas, laryngitis ; tracheotomy (30 hours)." Post-mortem. At 63, Lower Fore-street, Lambeth, the son of a painter, aged 7 months, " porrigo larvalis marasmus (6 months)." In the workhouse, Borough-road, a man, aged 61 years, who had come from 60, Surrey-street, died on the 7th of May of " self destitution." A master mariner, aged 38 years, died of " orchitis (14 days), gangrene (3 days)." A woman, aged 35 years, died of " soft cancer of kidney (21 years), and both lungs (5 months)." Post mortem. The de-, ceased was confined on Ist May ; the child lived only one day ; the cancer weighed 14 lbs. In the City of London Workhouse, a boy, aged one year, di e d o f pneu monia. Mr. Castleden says that this child was found by a policeman in St. Swithin's-lane when about a month old, and no information could afterwards be ob tained concerning it. A carpenter, aged 28 years, died from "injury by a nail passing through his foot (3 weeks), tetanus three days." A boy, aged 5 weeks, died of "convulsions arising from venereal disease." No medical attendant. The Registrar says :—" From the unasked statement of the mother it appears that she has had six children who have all died in the same way. She had no medical at tendant at the birth, a neighbour having been called in to perform the necessary offices. She stated she could not afford medical advice, tithough, from what I learn, the husband is earning 28s. or 295. per week." Last week the birth of 870 boys and 806 girls, in all 1,676 children, were registered in London. The aver age number in the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845.52 was 1,383. At the Royal Observatory, Greeim id], the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'760 in. The mean temperature of the week was 45.3 deg., which is 6'6 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week, and this depression amounted to 12 deg., 10 deg., and 9 deg. on the first three days. The air became gradually warmer, and on Saturday the mean was 51 deg. The mean difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 7.9 deg. ; the greatest difference was 17'4 deg, on Thursday ; the least was 2 . 1 deg. on the same day. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 14. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases - Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 199 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c..... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified 235 45 212 115 49 70 7 1() DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,099 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. of 1852. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,070 1,099 594 505 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total 1,676 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY. Yester day morning the twentieth annual general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this society was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report, and upon other business ; Rear - Admiral C. R. Moorsom, V.P., in the chair. The report stated that, in consequence of a donati on o f 5 01. having been given for the purpose of providing additional missionaries to labour on the Thames, two had been added to this staff, which now amounted to eight, inclusive of the minister of the Sailors' Church. By this means a more efficient system of ship visitation had been established, and the major part of the 15,000 sailors, who are said to be always within the port of London, are brought into contact with Christian men and Gospel truth. During the past year the large number of 1,130 Bibles had been sold by the society's agents to sailors in the port of London alone. In connection with the Sailors' Church, in which three services are held every Sabbath and two during the week, a Sunday School and a Relieving Society have been established, and are in efficient and useful operation. The reports from auxiliaries in vari ous parts of Great Britain and Ireland are of a very satisfactory nature. The report concluded by thanking the committee of the Religious Tract Society, from whom they had again received gra n t s o f E ng li s h and foreign tracts of the value of 451. The total receipts from all sources amounted to 2,6001. 4s. Bd. , a he voe re port having been received and adopted nein. c A amended passed to the chairman, and th o e n. o se f p t a h r an at k ed s . was to authorise the meeting bill of the Lords has just beenn e printed, Patent Act, and to dis penseALTERATION IN THE PATENT LAWS.----n . sale of specifications un der t with the transmis s ion of op in Edinburgh and Dublin. ecifications to the offices 50 40 25 25 St. 20 20 10 St. 20 20 50 20 121 1 124 12. St. St. 10 20 20 333 100 all 100 5 100 all 100' all 100 7 29 10 all 13# i 741 i 63 i i 304 30 30 25 12A 12 20 100 100 20 124 St..i St. l 25 11 100 100