The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-07 00:00:00

EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) .EPSOM TRIAL STAKES. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. Dead heat between Ethelbert and Pancake. Twenty-five ran. ..-- Lascelles Ephesus. VYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.--DEPUTA TION TO LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday afternoon a deputation, consisting of the president, fello ws , an d mem b ers o f t h e R oyal C o ll ege o f 'Physicians, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at the Home Oflice, f or the purpose of entreating his lordship to take S uch imm e di ate steps as might appear necessary to ob tain a new charter for the college. Dr. Penis, the p res id en t , state d t o hi s l or d s hip th a t the coll ege, the medical prefession, and the public gene rally, suffered severely from the present state of affairs, e and the e v il s of which they had to complain would b seriously aggravated unless measures were at once taken to place the college upon a better footing. Great inc n- venie nce was at present felt w ith regar d t o li cences which Were granted upon different conditions to persons prac tiBing in London and others practising in the country — a circumstance which created much unpleasant feeling, and was otherwise productive of bad consequences. The body over which he (Dr. Paris) presided earnestly entreated his lordship to do what he could in removing the difficulties of which they complained, and in bring his about some practical improvement. P. IlAwKixs, the registrar of the college, read to hiplords a statement which had been prepared for the Purpose presentation. It informed his lordship that the Principal points of difference between the present charter Wre a new ch arter which the members of the deputation ellart er desirous of obt a i n i ng were as follows :—The present ga ,„ to the college the exclusive power of ex 'training and licensing physicians in London. A similar t c .7 e1 ;, 8 to physicians in the country was given by the cou e Qenry VIII., confirming the charter, not to the Persons ge, but to a body chosen out of the college. Hence zrouniitahnusy dsensidistinction , ns licensed for one district were not so for another, hONV asked hi lrdship's an T d li m e u n e e h w in c eonvenience had arisen charter to which they licensing awould extend the and NValePacquiescence Power of the college to the whole of England that ofths'e andnowoluld change the title of the college to Ya- Collge of Physicians of England, a similar change having been recently made by charter in the title of the Royal college of Surgeons. The new charter would provide the admission into the college tounartiertns universally considered extremely liberal, of Witj Physicians now Practising throughout the country rae out the licence of the college, and by whom such a ai re a re as this had for many years been ardently de .transfea int er , i nn new • charter made certain changes in the ntsotitution of the college ; in particular, it rre c .d ° Its p re , id the college at large the power of choosing select hod ent, which was given by the old charter to a It g ave y, called the " Elects ," who were self-elected. fellow to the college the power of expelling any future Il e • Iv °I. Member who should be convicted of certain ..._ mons offences ; also that of conferring the title of ;4.octor eof Medicin e on persons who, being past the age 4 ° Yars, were found worthy, from their general ',lamentsat and l ong experience in the practice of medi cine, to be licensed as physicians. Under other circum stances the college was to be empowered to licensethose O nly who should have graduated at some university. The Onl y who the enactments thus proposed, and the reasons for thein, had been explained more fully in a memorial W hich the president of the college had already had the honour of submitting to Lord Palmerston. By referring also to the preamble of the draft charter sent with that Memorial, his lordship would perceive that the Act of IlenrY iall VIII., confirming the p resen t c h arter, must be Party repealed, and a new but short a c t p asse d to ef fect the proposed alterations. Dr. BURROWS begged leave to impress upon his lord- Ship one fact, which had not been adverted to and the ; in the St atement just read by th e registrar. They had laid o certain sugg e sti ons b e f ore his lordship, the result f 3 31uch deliberation y could assure him that no opposition to their adoption was . to be anticipated fro m any quarter. It was the general h theof p rofession th a t was the college should be remodelled , an d be made so effi lient as to enable it to meet the altered requirements of the times. So far from any objection being made to the prop osed reforms, the greatest anxiety prevailed that members of th e y should be speedily carried. out, and the . . th with insincerity in e c ollege had actually been twitted llot h • • matter on the Government at avnig impressed the would be an earlier opportunity.He believed that it for the be . generally if his lordship wow. nefit of the profession Dr ~,ake it into his favourable consideration. 1-1 -1- ' 313 ' his lordship that a deputation Wait e d n reminded . Medicalll Pon him some time since from the Provincial, Association,and repesented to him the' alid f . , Surgical to those no -eel l 3 R of the country upon measures similar stat ed f submitted to him, and he thought it was then ch that a bill would be introduced giving a new ar ter to th Dr. If e College. P r ecede might 43v1 Ilviii thought that some such measure a Mor. rai measure for the regulation of the Profession - gone Lord p • , tent. ALMERSTON said he had listened with great at him,iwa to the representations which had been made to 4 The subject was one of great importance, and it should have his best consideration. The deputation then withdrew. ____ DECIMAL COINAGE. with r egard to the question of decimal coinage, it ap eurr ' , pat a m o ti on i s a b out to b e ma d e , with the con- It o ence of the Government, for a commi.tee of the use of Commons to examine and report upon its ex recilencY• The following letter refers t o the g eneral wrings of the subject : " London, March 31, 1853. rejoice to see that you have begun to use your PoWerful pen in the cause of the reform of our system of Inol ley, weights, and measures ; and I tract that you will not cease your advocacy of the decimal system until we are Placed a t least on a level with, in this particular, the more scientific Chinese. • eas you showed in your article age ' March, Our adaptedis ce a l dm nag ira , bly db for a change to the means of a decimal coinage a of completeth.eh decimal system ; an the public would be mo y r e e al e in any th e e th s e y r s way of decimal accounts and ru il la y ti ins on t t ru ha e n ted in that I can imagine. If the decimal coin s proposed, marked . 'With their v a l ues , b o th in relation to the p oun d and lation t o th e i nteger, were once in their hand s , an d the old coins bel ow th e sixpence takenout, all difficulti es i n the he with- Way of a change would vanish.soon hers. 8 nding issu f ~ It appears to me that t fi d t ee te rr should be t eo - drawal of the halfcrowns, an a , llorins. old six' the - same value under " The next step should be the calling in of the psnces, and the issue of new cons of the coin Another name. The name of ` tester' would be as good an on e as any yet proposed, and is, moreover, a name On one side the al roadY has, and has borne, under its various changes of value-, ever since the time of Henry VI the coin should bear in plain legible words, `Forty to a good old Pound ;' on the other, Twenty-five doits.' Doit is a name which has been suggested for the integer, and is a pro. gush be it would be. 'Not worth a doit' verb current enough among tui. This coin, sixpence, exchangeable against six old pennies, could evident, of the va . l . ue ee o r f . tainly create no great confusion, as it would be co__ upon the face of it, that there were 40 to the pound, ,1-; sequently two to the shilling, and that it was worth rhao. dolts, the smallest of the new coins soon after to be int duced. In six or twelve months after, when the doit mine r ont, its -value would be already well known. The tester Would therefore be a common measure for the value both of the old and the new coins, 6 Pennies, or 25 doits. " There should, I conceive, be the following scale of coins below the ' tester,' having relation to the florin— Silver. 10 doits.--,--10 to the florin. 5 20 „ CoPPer.{ 3 ~ ni ~ 2 , 50 r:, 100 '' "There seems at first an obj tion to the piece of 3-doits; but it would be a most useful : c oin, as it is not likely that a single doit would circulate taor(?, or even so present farthing, and with th ranch, as the doit would hardly ever be e pieceasof 3-doits the single that amount a 3-doit to pay a debt of Piece be given, and a 2-doit received in exchange. "Two 2-doit pieces would PaY a debt of 4 dohs,and all other combinations would be as easily made. The expense of the change could not be great, for this re ason : Most of the copper in now • circulation was in c taade under a regulation as to the weight of the pieces, different from that under which the Mint now coin Pence. " If a fair ordinary mixture of coper coin of all sorts be taken, it will be found that the are heavier on tho aver age b y 3 per cent. at least than hey epence issued under the Present regulations. " -Under the present regulations, kencfcopper (avoirdupois) is coined into 24 pence, so that 241 e , or 11. a pound weight 2 of in e°liper, would weigh 10 pounds a ir nti ß T s ' he old did weigh, loz. Penny Piece with the rim round it weighs, or aoirdupois, and these still form a large Part of the co.p.Nr *curium, It is not li kelY that there can be much more . than e Million Sterling of copper in circulation, considering the great loss there must be of copper coins by the public, an d tblialnount coined since 1797 Prom 1797 to 1807, inclusive, the , amount coined was £818,447 6 9 ' From 1807 there was no coinage of enPPer until 1 816, and from that time to 1852 there was coined -- - 255,360 0 0 ------- 21,073,807 6 0 th SuPPusing there were a million sterling in circulation, 're would he 10,300 000 lb , avoirdupois, of copper, or ,0001 b. more than would . be required to replace the Million. ~ ,- 4 811PPasing further, that the 300,0001 b. of copper in '''''ess NV er e coined under the existing regulations as to value, there would be a gain of 30,000/. to go against the elrieuse of the new ration. Tile new coins oP n e light be exchanged against the old 1311 e , c, and fourpenny and threepenny pieces , in all towns, I J3' the stamp distributor or by the postmaster, in parcels of 1/. each, and the bankers and shopkeepers would do the rest. 1.• " Our present system of money, weights, and measures ~.. disgrace to us as a mercantile and civilised nation, and th e that you will continue your advocacy of a change to i'ac decimal system. Ido believe that no plan initiatory of a change could be devised better than that of a decimal oitag, which is ready to our hands.l am, Sir, your Most obedient servant, W. MILLER." , AIL IVA Y TRAFFIC _RETURNS. tjEnt GRIcAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. ---Traffic return for " Week ending Marel3: 27; 1853 (283 miles) 1113526 9 6 CollesPonding week last year (2414 miles) 11,317 13 1 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, .APRIL 7, 1853. .-* 7 - birti -7.letittion EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Village Lass Mouser Ten ran. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES Gadabout Richmond Twenty-one ran. A good race. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The power which the Constitution gives of alter ing the duties paid on all produce imported into France has greatly alarmed the manufacturers of the north of France, where an impression prevails that Louis Napoleon contemplates a modification of the present tariff on cotton. The manufacturers of Rouen, Lille, Roubaix, and Mulhausen are in great alarm, and an association of the principal manufacturers of the north has been formed under the auspices of M. Henri Barbier, for the purpose of preventing the Government from carrying the proposed modifications into execution. The committee on the bill relating to the sending of private messages by the electric telegraph has nominated M. Gamier its president, and Baron de Veauce its secretary; and that on the bill concern ing the railways from Bordeaux to Bayonne, and from Narbonne to Perpignan, has appointed Count de Tauriac its president, and M. O'Quin its secre tary. The accounts from Martinique and Guadaloupe, received by the last West India Mail, come down to the 13th ult. At that time the sanitary state of those colonies had become satisfactory. The Jour nal Officiel of Martinique publishes an account of the commercial produce and of the revenues of the colony from 1848 to the Ist of January, 1853. The production of sugar, in 1848, was 18 millions of kilogrammes ; in 1849, 19 millions ; in 1850, 15 millions ; in 1851, 23 millions • and in 1852, 26 millions. The amount of the value of imports and exports also shows a material increase. The re ceipts of all kinds were successively in 1848, 1,546,000 f. ; 1849, 1,808,000 f. ; 1850, 2,233,000 f.; 1851, 2,559,000 f. ; and in 1852, 2,637,000 f. The commerce and production at Guadaloupe have not progressed so well as at Martinique. The Journal O id expresses a hope that the mother-country, encouraged by the success already obtained, will with confidence lend to the colony the necessary capital for the immigration of coolies. The Count de Pont4coulant, ex-senator and ex peer of France, died two days ago, after a short illness, in his 88th year. The Toulon fleet was, on the 26th ult., off Cag liari' in the island of Sardinia. It is probably by this time in the Archipelago. In speaking of the affairs of the East, the Assein blee Nationale says that, although no political mail in Europe believes that the mission of Prince Men schikoff will lead to war, yet it must not be sup posed that the mission is near its end. Russia (it says) is in no hurry, because she knows that Turkey will yield every point at last, and " the Ottoman Empire will then return to its repose until the mo ment of the supreme catastrophe." In other words, the fruit is not yet ripe, but the Czar is ready to pluck it the moment it arrives at maturity. A telegraphic dispatch brings satisfactory news from C ons t an ti nop l e o f t h e 28t h of March. Mens chikoff had presented a project of convention, which w as f avoura bl y received. l army had rece i ve d or d ers to retrograde. Russian The firman r e l a ti ve to th e esta blishment of new bank leftha d fo b r e epnapublished, missionan d a had relative to in demnity on the loa n . Th e E ng li s h fleet had been seen seen near Spienza, while the F renc h squa d ron was in sight near Cape Metapan. The number of municipal councillors who, in various portions of the empire, have refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor, increases every post. M. Linand Bey, a distinguished French engineer in the service of the Viceroy of Egypt, has been charged with the execution of the plans for the levelling of the Isthmus of Suez. The difference of level of the two seas is not ten yards, as formerly supposed, but only one. The Emperor has given a medal of honour to Lieutenant Charles Pearson, of her Majesty's Navy, as a reward for the courageous assistance which Mr. Pearson gave on the 17th of December last to a wrecked French vessel. The Marquis Ricci, the Legate from the Apos tolic See, who arrived in Paris on Sunday last, brought a cardinal's hat, which the Emperor is, on. Sunday next, to bestow on the Archbishop of Tou louse. The ceremony will take place in the Chapel of the Tuileries. On the 26th ult. the French squadron was off Cagliari. In the Moniteur is a decree of the Empeior or dering that a proposition to grant pensions of 12,000 f. a year for life to the widows of Marshals Excelmans and Oudinot, be laid before the Senate. The Bourse yesterday was characterised by a ge neral dullness in Rentes and Bank Stock,, though a degree of firmness in the prices was evinced towards the close of business. No change took place on the previous day's quotations for the Four-and-a- Half per Cents., either for cash or the account ; however, the Three per Cents. for money and the end of the month experienced an improvement, the former advancing 10c., and the latter 20c. on Tues day's closing prices. Bank Stock has further im proved to the extent of sf. At the closing of the Bourse the following were the quotations :—Three per Cents., cash, 79f. 30c. ; for the account, 79f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., both for cash and the account, 103 f. Bank Stock, 2,700 f. The market for railway shares was heavy, and only a limited amount of business was transacted, with but little variation from the prices of the pre vious day. At the close, however, a better feeling prevailed. Paris and Lyons shares were in demand, at an advance of Bf. on the concluding price of yes terday ; in the shares of the other lines a decrease of from If. to sf. took place. At the conclusion of business the prices stood thus :—Northern, 894 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,034 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 836 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 945 f. 50c; Paris and Rouen, 1,040 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 805 f. SPAIN. The Senate has decided that there was no occa sion to deliberate on the representation of Marshal Narvaez. This decision was come to by a majority of eight votes. The following are the prices of stocks :—Three per Cents., 43 1346 ; ditto Deferred, 24 9-16; Re deemable Debt, first class, 11; ditto second class, 51. Coupon Certificates have fallen to ei sellers. Exchange on London, 51 10. SWITZERLAND. A coalition of the Southern German States, for the purpose of establishing a blockade against Switzerland, is seriously thought of. An Austrian patrol crossed the frontier into Switzerland by mistake, and at night. The patrol was arrested by the authorities, but almost imme diately afterwards the Austrians were allowed to return into Lombardy. The Ticino Gazette has the following from Lugano of the Ist : "In order to prevent any exaggeration, we think right to announce that last night the small Austrian detach ment of Osteno, consisting of two soldiers, two of the frontier guard, and a chief of a fort, were arrested on the territory of Ticino, near the frontier of Gandria, on the lake of Lugano. After it was ascertained that the violation of territory had accidentally taken place, from ignorance of the true frontier line, the detachment was set at liberty. The arrest was effected by the federal guard of the frontier." AUSTRIA. The Austrian Government had rejected the de mands of the Piechnontese Government. The personal property of General Haynau amounts to only 5,000,000 florins, instead of 2,000,000 as originally stated, which has been set tled on his daughter for life. In Istria and Dalmatia, the production of marine salt has been restricted to a fixed quantity by the Austrian monopoly. All above the prescribed amount is thrown into the sea. This extreme measure is causing the vessels to leave the port of Trieste in ballast. TURKEY. Nearly the whole of the first page of the _Wats of yesterday is filled with an article on the Eastern question, but it is chiefly a notice of the view taken of it by the German journals. We extract, there fore, only the concluding portion, in which the Debats expresses its opinion respecting the jealousy of France that has been displayed on this ques tion : "The mot d'ordre is now given in Germany as in Eng land. What has brought about the Oriental com plication is not the mission of the Count de Lein ingen or that of Prince Menschikoff ; it is the protectorate of the Catholics claimed by France at Jerusalem. We must be permitted on this subject to remark that every time the Eastern quehtion is renewed, Europe appears always to arrange matters in such a manner that it is a French question which is paid to spoil all, and which prevents Europe from energeti cally protecting the independence of the East. In 1839 j the victories of Ibrahim Pacha threatened Constanti nople. The European Powers interfered to prevent the fall of Sultan Mahmoud. But suddenly a French ques tion appeared through the Eastern one. The object was no longer to prevent the preponderance of Egypt in the Ottoman Empire, but that of France in Egypt. The pretended ambition of France, and her moral aggrandise ment, became the object of all the jealousies and of all the resistance of Europe. It was not the Ottoman Em pire which was saved, as the result has too clearly shown ;it was France which was checked. Such was the solution of the Eastern question in 1840 ; such was the manner in which the interest of Europe against France was substituted for that of Europe in favour of the Ottoman Empire. In 1840, Europe, instead of endeavouring to bring the dying to life, preferred leaving him in his agonies, and endeavoured to destroy or weaken one of his heirs in order to render the succession more advantageous to the survivors. In 1853, we have not for some time seen bow it would be possible to substitute a French question in place of the Ottoman one. France, for instance, did not appear to take fire for the Montenegrins, as she did in 1840 for Egypt. She has scarcely had time since 1848 to think of the East, and she has cared little about it. When then can the hand of France be found in the affairs of the East ? How can it be shown that it is France that has again lighted up the Eastern question ; that it has caused the perils of Constantinople ; that it is against France and against her preponderance in the East that it is necessary to take precautions ; that there is, in short, in 1853 as in 1840, a French question which predominates over the Ottoman one ? The thing was difficult to be done, but it was accomplished. It is now agreed in Europe that the question is not of Constantinople, but of Jerusalem ? What do you say of Prince Menschikoff, who caused the dismissal of a Turkish Minister by not going to see him ; of the fleet of Sebastopol ; of the Russian armies on the banks of the Black Sea; of the protectorate claimed and exercised by Russia over eleven millions of Ottoman subjects ? You hear nothing of it. The question is of the key of the Holy Sepulchre and of the chapel of Bethlehem. That is the principal affair. To send an English fleet under pretence of protecting Constantinople, but in reality to deliver into the hands of France the keys of the Holy Sepulchre, is a piece of dupery of which Protestant England is not capable. Let us, in the first place, prevent France from triumphing at Jerusalem, as we prevented her in 1840 from triumphing at Alexandria. Constantinople may afterwards become what she may. This is how the question of the Holy Places has been skilfully substi tuted for the Ottoman question, and France left alone in 1853 as too Catholic, in the same way as in 1840 as too Egyptian. To reduce France to a state of isolation ap pears in Europe a question of more importance than to guarantee the independence of Constantinople ; and that, in our opinion, is the greatest danger for Constanti nople." PRUSSIA. The police have, it is affirmed, been successful in seizing the principal person or persons implicated in the insane project of a republican outbreak at this place. The individual most seriously compro mised is said to be Dr. Frankenthal, arrested in his apartments at Moabit. Lists of names and divers correspondence and papers were discovered in his rooms, concealed within the lining of an arm chair. This personage possesses some little pro perty, and has considerable practice in his neigh bourhood. He is an admirer of antiquities, and has a small collection, which enabled him to con vey—so it is asserted—arms and ammunition into his house without awakening suspicion. He and all other individuals arrested, with the exception of Messrs. Behrends and Streckfuss, liberated under surveillance, remain au secret. There is every reason to believe that the police are in possession of written, and perhaps of more direct evidence, which proves incontestibly the criminal and sense less intentions of these enemies to all true liberty, and their connection with other desperadoes in distant parts within and without the monarchy. There is but one opinion here among rational men, that the vigilance of the police has saved Berlin and other towns from the bursting forth of one of thuse explosions, which, after causing much blood shed, terror, and confusion, would have merely led to a recrudescence of police and exceptional severi ties, to an abridgment of liberties, and to the thou sand annoyances attendant upon a state of siege. It is said that an Englishman, with an Austrian passport, is among the persons arrested. It appears that M. de Hinckledy, president of police, whose vigilance in tracing murderers, as recently proved, is equal to his skill in frustrating intended political crime, declines to accept the functions of director-general, or, superintendent of the whole police of the monarchy, which an illus trious person is desirous that he should assume. Sundry motives are assigned for this. Among the most conclusive is that such most responsible func tions cannot be undertaken by a subordinate, that is, by any one liable to the immediate control of this or that Minister ; or, in other words, if the ge neral police power be vested in one hand, the power must be independent, and tantamount to that of any other Minister who has uncontrolled sway over his department, subject, of course, in certain cases, to the assent of the whole Cabinet and Crown. It is generally asserted that the so-called Minis terial crisis was not yet determined, and that the whole Cabinet had declared that if the Minister- President retired, all would follow his example. But we have had such repeated instances of these Ministerial crisis, that little doubt exists of matters being satisfactorily arranged. Indeed, were it not for the necessity of chronicling passing events, it would be superfluous to mention the subject. The definitive convention for the renewal and ex tension of the Zollverein was signed last evening, by the whole of the plenipotentiaries. The ratifi cations are to be exchanged and completed within a short period. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrived at Southampton yesterday, bringing the Southamp ton portion of the East India, China, and Mediter ranean mails, and dates from Alexandria, March 23 ; Malta, 27 ; Gibraltar, April 1. The Indus has 108 passengers, among whom are —Lord and Lady Morton, - from Malta ; Colonel White, from Calcutta ; Captain Valpy Turner and Captain Griffin, from Calcutta ; Colonel Moore, from Alexandria, &c. This steamer brings on freight-3 boxes of gold dust, 53 boxes of oranges, 34 packages of elephants' teeth, 3 boxes of tortoise shell, 443 bales and 31 cases of silks, 183 bags of gum, 3 cases of indigo, 66 cases of shawls, 282 bales of cotton, 20 cases of plants, and 65 packages of sundries. _ _ _ The Indus left Malta at 1 p.m. on 27th ult. ; on the following morning, at 2, she fell in with the Fleet off Pantalaria, consisting of 7 line-of-battle ships and 2 frigates. It was thought on board the Indus that this fleet was bound to Malta, to join the British squadron there, consisting of the Bri tannia (flag-ship), 120, Albion, 90, Rodney, 90, Bellerophon, 78, Arethusa, 50, Modeste, 18, and steamers Retribution, Sampson, Spitfire, and Triton. At the time the Indus spoke the French fleet, it was blowing a heavy gale at N.W. with a long high sea. Discharges of rockets were made from the vessels on the outposts, and the screw line-of-battle ship Napoleon led the fleet. The French war steamer Caire left Alexandria on the 23d, and reached Malta on the 27th ult. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine left Malta with the Marseilles mail at 10.30 a.m. of the 27th. The Indus spoke the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ripon, with the out ward India mail of the 20th ult., off Cape Bon, on the 28th of March, at 5.30 p.m., steering for Malta. The intelligence brought by this steamer from India, China, &c., has been anticipated by the overland express, published in The Sun on Satur day last. From Gibraltar our accounts are to the Ist inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's chartered steamer City of London, bound to the Levant, arrived at Gibraltar at 10.30 a.m. of the Ist inst. The Ripon, 4/ days from Southampton, touched at Gibraltar on the 25th ult., en route to Malta and Alexandria. Her Majesty's steam-ship Simoom left Gibraltar on the 24th ult. The British schooner Emerald put into Gibraltar on the 29th ult., with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been rim foul of off Cape Spartel by a Danish schooner from Messina, bound to Hamburgh. The United States' frigate Constitution, Commodore J. Mayo, left Gibraltar for the Mediterranean on the 29th ult. The English transport-ship Flora, with troops on board, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on the 27th ult. The transport-ship Sibella left the bay on the 30th. The screw steamer Orontes, 6 days from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 31st ult., and cleared for Palermo, Messina, and Alexandria. Her Majesty's steamers Furious, Antelope, and Inflexible were at Gibraltar on the st. At Gibraltar, exchange on London, at 90 days', was quoted 51 ; Paris, sf. 31c. ; Spanish pillared dollars, 2i per cent. premium. GENERAL SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING GLASSES.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, patron of the above society, has undertaken to lay th e first stone of the new building, for the above objects (being the first of the society's series of intended operations for the erection of model dwellings for the wor ki ng c l asses and the i r f am ili es ). The present site purchased by the committee is between New-street, Hopkins-street, Husband-street, and Cock court, adjoining Broad-street, Golden-square, St. James's. This locality was formerly covered with wretched and dilapidated houses forming one of the most filthy abodes of vice and pauperism in the metro po. lis The ceremony of laying th e fi rs t s t one w ill t a ke place on Tuesday next. TIE S.HA.RE MA.R.KETS., BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Baslness done this r RAILWAYS. 100 8A Aberdeen ............. Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June....... Birmn3. Wolverh. & Stour Valley. ..... ... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct ...... 100 100 all all all Do. Chesh. & Birk £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter.. Caledonian. 8i all LOO all Chester & Holyhead Cork and Baridon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do. IDo., B. (Sr C.. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S.Westeni Great Northern Stk De., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western.. Irish Sonth-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S.Weste Do., £50......... Do., .£lO. Lnndrry. &Colerain Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nanch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland .... . . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares ....• Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmark Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ....... Do., New .. ... ......... Northn. Counties Un North British ......... North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2.. ...... Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. Juno. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. MM.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry • Shropshire Union. South Devon South Fa -stern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limmi ck West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon&Croiden Woodford . . York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland ' 291 - 30! 6}- 9i -- 104, 7A— 6i d 21 -- 22 2d 103 -- 1 05 651 --65ixd -- 22 23 18. -- 194 li -- 2ip 8 - 9 5#- 5i 3' 4 13i -- 131 10 - 11 - 8 73 - 75 55 - 57 74 -- 76 • 32 -- 34 0 62 -- 64 83 84 j 48 -- 50 123 - 125 108 -- 109 93 -93 a 64 -- 74 92 -- 94 13 -- 13apl 744 -- 784 44 -44 d 3 -- 3 d 164 164 -- .- i 9 !. 1t If. 2 04 -- 1 65 p 1211 -- 1214 2 -- 34 p -- 1 -- l 91 92 fp 4 5 -- 4d 4 -- 8 d 10i -- 11 19 -- 21 30 -- 31 4 -- 3 d 764 -- 744 43 -- 45 51 53 i 3 i 3 d 31— 3i Bi 96 53 b 6 85 —E6 *PIO d ... - • 3idl 8 —8; 2j Si P 54 54 98 100 61 - 63 65 67 73 76 ... dis 18 -- 2 0 9 -- 1 0 14 -- 1 5 8 -- 3a 21 -- 2 2 77 -- 771 37 -- 39 12i -- 13i1 4 - 41 - 19 -- 21 31 31 144 - 151 9 - 91 29 - 31 9} - 2i i d- }l3 69i ioA --7 a 2 -- 2id 60 —61 i PREFERENCE SHARES St. 20 St. 15 100 all 100 5 100 all 100 6 100 100 all 1 8 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 10 all 14 all 15 10 2 3 2 7 4i all 1 Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. S.. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian XlO Chester & 'Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent... Cork&Bandon 5:3 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA uglian (.£3 10s) 6 per cont. Do. (p 5) 7 per cont.. Do. (E,7175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. e. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p. eta. Edinb. Pith. &Dundee 5i per cent........... Glasgow dz S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southn. drWestn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. E. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock._ London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... no. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ......... . Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London dr S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler, i Shares ,2........... Lundy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., i 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. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per Ct.; Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire I Oxford Worcester Wolverh. £15,6 p. c D• Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon . . Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann. ,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref D• York& N. Miclland H. & S. PtuTh 'Autwerp&Rottfirdam BelgianEr stn. Junct. Charieroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Ihsangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian._ ~ Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5p.0 pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons & Mediterran• Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fray. B. &Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrlmkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. et. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref., Western of France West. of Switzerland Zea1and,......• ••• 106 -- 108 1104 - 106 19 20 d 6 / 2 3 - lap 11 - 2 p 1 1 1 1 p 14 15 18i - 19 3i - 14 127 -129 1111 - 113 8 - 8i 106 - 108 id-IP 151 - 153 ... ad ••• --- ad 150 - 153 31 -- 3i p 10 -- 11 131 -- Ini 8 - 9 10 114 1 P, 149 -1510 22 k - L P - 5 6/ 1 - 2A 108 - 110 25 - 26 pl 101 -- 3 114 17! -- Tar •251 -- 261 19 - 20. id -- ipar 101 -- 103 -- 54 p - iPi :IGN. hd 1 1.: 1 ? A 2 — 215 i, 2 —gds 5 6 p 1 lip 2 2i p 1— 2 p f --i 'H 7i -- 8 f?- 4 11 -- 2 3/11" 4 r 9 -- 11 p 2 -- - 36 - 15 -- 94 -18. p -- 43', -- 42 -- 3* - 4i -- 5 - 20 - 21 , - - s ir ! - dg— p 10iP id Rd 1 6(.1 29i 30 1 65i DI 5 / Zix d 22/ / 47 61 5j 13k a a Shr. it Leafing Compans, London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L&N.W Caledon., Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do S. Eastern D 0......... Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Cunt, Do L. & N. W &Ln&Yk l Do IGtNorthn Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do. . . ... t.. GtWestn. Business this day. 'a20.1 ....AfLwAYS. Cloing Prices this day. ill Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee..:. 30,1 all 1)o. withoutgr' 30.1 all Birrn. Woly. & Dudley guar.l 304 all Do.wthtguar. St. 100 Buckghamsh. 50 all Clydesdale Jc. St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. • Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ill Hull & Selby al' Do. Shares. ►ll Do. Shares. ill Lon.&Greenw al Do.,Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. ►ll Do. 6 per ct. ill Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock ill Middlesbr.' & Redcar Difidld.Bradfd ill Northern and Easternsp. c ill Do. 6 per et. 11 Do. Fixeds p c Il Prest. & Wyre 50 I al 25 I a] 201 al 20 I- a] 20 ,1 H I a] 100 1 al 60 I a] 50 a 60 a: 25 a 12i 1 St. 10 St. 10 25 1 .1 Do. i fibares. 10 Roystn.&Hit. /0_ Do.Shepth.St .88 Shef.Rah.and Gooleg.s p.c. 12 I 9i S. Staffordsh. 40 all Vfe,arValleygr 6 per cent all Do 00 Wilts&Somrst '• - ... 105 - 107 1 53 - 54 152 - 154 32i -33 i 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27A —28 i 13i -- 14 25A --26Axd 191 -19 i 26 -- 27 2i - 36 1105 - 107 64 - 66 - 151 - 151 1— 6 d - 33 - 103 84 3 48 124 3i 92 312 i 313 m niiuii 120 1 20k 1i 141 92 1 21 31 3O 76iiT6d 53j ; 1 3 4k MINES. 1 all Agna Fria ...... l4 —li p 24 10s. all Anglo Californian 4 4 p 10 2 Australasian I —l4 P 20 5 Australian 4l —5 4 p 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 die— p 1 all Ave Maria 4 dis— par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 4 p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 4 p 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 54 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 64 64 61 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 47 48 461 A 7 1 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l 24 31 4 !!. 14 Copiapo . 6 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 85 95 BB 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 84 —94 p & all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 14 d 4 20 all General l7 19 1 2 all Great Nugget Vein l4 —24pi34 4 4 3 all Great Polgooth . .... 1 —l4 p 1 all Lake Bathurst idle— par 1 all Liberty 4 4P i 1 4 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 4 d 1 all Mariquita k d— part 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 84 , 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 -- lip 2 6 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock par -- 4pp 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 p 25 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba 64 74 6 1 all South Australian par 4p 1 10 7 Tin Croft . 11 —1 3 p 284 all United Mexican 64 1 all Waller id 6 i p 1 all West Granada i p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1,1 1 all Yuba 4 P l 4 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 93 93 50 all British N. American ~. ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 11 —14 p 4 4 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... ... 10 English Scottish and Australian 24 24 p 12 i 4 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3l —44 p 4 50 20 London and County ... .., 50 10 London Joint Stock ..„ ~. 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... „, 20 • 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 544 —ss4xd 554 4 x d 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ... 6 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co 4 din par 25 all South Australia 5O 52 51 25 all Union of Australia 774 784 78 4 74 ... 24 Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid ... • ... MISCELLANEOUS griit 99 102 100 100 35 Austa..lianAcu 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 1 Auetraln. Royal Mail ... ... 383 Brit. American Laud ) .•. 67 9 100 32.4 Canaria 5 5 - Cryetal Palace — -•• 6 4 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Prance ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam — ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gon. Steam Navigat ... ... 100 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... .., 10 2 Netherlands Land .., .., 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam .., ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ~. 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 41l 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 52 54 524 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization . . . . 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 2 2 23 23 2} 3 23 21 3 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 7, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per imperial Quarter. IWI EAT. 'BARLEY. •ATS. I I ATE. BEANS. I PEAS. I 44s 4d 318 Gil 1198 0 , 11308 2d 34s 8.1 22s 5d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PZAS. Is Od Oct is Od is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 82,554 ; Barley, 40,434 ; Oats, 16,765 ; Rye, 102 ; Beans, 5,295; Peas, 1,386 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 4/ 11s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os i and straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade firm, at full prices. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s • and straw, 1/ 8 s t o 1/ 16 s per l oa d. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. • NEWGATIS AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand at this market to-day ruled very inactive, as follows : Beef, 28 Gd to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 5 8 10d ; V ea l , 3s 4cl to 4s 4d ; Pork, 25 10d to 4s 2cl per Blbs, by the carcase. SOWTHALL, APRIL 6.—Our market to-day ruled very dull, and prices have not supported those of this day week, as follows :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8c1; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 2cl; Pork, 3s to'3B 10d per Ms, to sink th e o ff a l. ROMFORD, APRIL 6.—Tho demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled heavy, as follows Beef, from 2s 841 to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to Os Od ; Veal, 3s 6cl to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. HAILSHAM ' APRIL 6.—Each kind of s t oc k move d o ff slowly, and barely stationary prices were maintained. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs Od ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAT.) LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Noon, W., light breeze, and cloudy at times. DEAL, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W., stormy. Arrived— Fayaway, Cape of Good Hope ; Borneo, Mauritius ; Jas. Cruickshank, Demerara ; Ocean Queen, New York ; Hen drik Hudson, do. ; Nancy Dawson, Havannah. Arrived from the River—Moultan, for Geelqng ; Paradise, Cal cutta ; Fortunate, St. Lucia ; Caros, St. John's, N.B. ; Breeze, do. Put ;back—Perseverance, for Sydney, N.S.W. —The Forager (barque), of Hull, was boarded in a sinking state in lat. 45, long. 10 W., and two men taken off by the Emerald, arrived in the Downs. (Mem.—See paragraph beaded " Liverpool, April 2.") LIVERPOOL, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Timely Yacht, Porto Aim ; Triton, Charleston ; Carmatie, do. ; Excelsior, do. ; Lady Franklin, do. Sailed—Pacific (s), New York. ISLE OF WIGHT, April 6.—The Navarino, of Guernsey, has been totally wrecked here in a thick fog; crew saved. COWES, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Arr ived—Mangola, Havannah ; mnna Mercer, do. FALMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Frolic, London for the South Seas, with loss of three boats, bul warks, &c., and one man. YARMOITH, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Leonidas, Sunderland for Cowes, assisted in with damage to hull, having been in contact with two other vessels. QUEENSTOWN, April s.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Fame, Matanzas ; Caledonia, Callao ; Thames, do. ; Ann, Maza gan. Off Port—Agenoria, Mauritius, for Leith. LLANELLI, April 6.—Arrived--Maria Sarah, Bayonne for Dublin, very leaky, and disabled. The Huskisson, of and for Liverpool from Africa, is on shore in Carmarthen Bay, and will go to pieces ; cargo expected to be saved. BOULOGNE, April 6.—The Junior, Callao to Aberdeen, is on shore near Naples. GIBRALTAR, March 31.—The Ripon (s) was in emits t with a Norwegian barque on the 24th inst , and the latter received damage. The Emerald, from Liverpool, Was in contact with a Dani s h sc h ooner, and lost bowsprit, ke. CAGLIARI, March 30.—Th e Gl amesk, from Newport, went on shore on the West Coast of Sardonia, on the 21st March expecte ;d to be sav master and one man dr owne d ; vessel and cargo ed. 77i xd 38i 9 8 70 i 9 11 9 60 1 6011 105 6 5 Pin 141 pra 128} 8 1121 106 A G 7 141 15 Pm 25 I 1 St. D 32i 102 A PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE 'OF COMMONS.--APRIL 6. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BILL. Clause one (poWer of punishing, on summary conviction, assaults committed on females, and male children under twelve years of age, and occasioning actual bodily harm, extended) :—Amendment proposed, page 2, line 10, after! the word "paid,",to insert the words, "And if a male to, be privately whipped, in addition to such fine or imprison ment as aforesaid. Question put, "That these words be there inserted." The committee divided : Ayes 50, Noes 108. MINORITY -AYES, 51. - Aglionby, H. East, Sir J. Paget, Lord George Bailey, Sir J. Elliot, J. E. Pakington, Sir J. Ball, John Fergus, John Peel, Colonel Bentinck, G. P. Gaskell, James M. 'Percy, J. Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Raiford, Sir Henry Rushout, Capt. Blair, Colonel trestle, Archibald SandArs, G. B onham-Carter, J. Jones, David Sawle, C. B. G. Bowyer, Ge,,rge Lezh, G. C. Seymour, Lord Ili arnszon, T. W. Liddell, 11. G. Stuart, Lord D. Bock, Lewis W. Lovattie, Lord Thorn ely. T. Butt, Isaac /0 acartney, G. Tovrnshend, Capt. BYmf, G 11. Charles Mackenzie, WF. Tufhell 11. ( .7/oillield, Col. Crauford, E. H. J. Macgregor, James Wil cox , B. 31 fillings J. Randolph Wyndham, General Dal Ty in pie, Vise. Mundy 2ce wark, W V ill is i c a o m Deedes,Viscount W. rzurts. Denison, J. E. O'Brien, P. Phinn, T. Duncombe, Hn. A. O ssuiston, Lord Newdegate, C. N. MAJORtry—NOES, 108. A'Court, C. Fitzroy, Henry Packe Charles W. Alcock, Thomas Forster, C. Pa.merston, Vie. Anderson, Sir James Fox, W. J. Parker, R. Townley Bailey, Craw: hay Freestun, Colonel Pellatt Apsley Baines, H. T. French, F. Ricardo, J. L. Ball, Edward Fuller, Augus uE. Ricardo, 0. Barnes, T. George, John Rice, E. Barrow, W. 11. Glyn, George Carr Robartes, T. J. A, Bethell, Richard Goodman, sir George Ru s e n . F. C. Biggs, William Grei,eon, Samuel Scobell, Capt. Bouverie, E. Grenfell, i J. Shelburne, Earl of Boyle, Col. Grosvenor, Lord R. Shelley, s i r J. V. Brady, J. .11enZ y g , e j. W. , Smyth, , 31-eo. H. Smyth, J.R G. R. J. Brand, H. He Wise°, Musgrave Herbert, Sidney Sotheron, T. H. S. Brocklehurst, John Hervey, Lord Alfred Stanley, Lord Brockman, E. D. Hindley, Charles . Stapleton, J. Bruce, H. A.. Hume, Joseph S.lrling, W. Butt, Geo. Medd Keating, Robert Strutt, Edward Cardwell, E. Kinnaird, A. F. Swift, Richard Chambers, M. Kirk, William Tancred, Henry Wm Chaplin, W. J. Labouchore, Henry Vane, Lord H. Charteris, F. Langston, H. G. Villiers, Hon. C. Clay, Sir W. Lawley, F. C. Villiers, Francis Clinton, Lord R. Lockhart, A. E. Walmsley, Sir J. Cobbett, J M. Lowe, R. Walpole, S. H. Cobbold, J. Chevalier Malins, Richard Warner, Edward Cockburn, Sir A. Massey, W. Wells, W. Crook, J. Mettle, Colonel Wickham, Henry W Crowley, F. Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Duncan, G. Michell, W. Winnlngton, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Molesworth, Sir W. Wise, I. A. Egerton W. Moncreiff, James Egerton, Edward Moody, C. A. Feilden, M. Morris, D. Fellowes, Edward Musgrave, Earl Ferguson, Joseph Napier, J. Fitzgerald, W. Oakes, J. H. ITZLIP3J. Ilayter, W. G. Berkeley Grenville NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. The Rear-Admiral Superintendent (A. Fanshawe, C. 8.) of this dockyard received the deputation from the sawyers of the establishment in his office this morning, and the men say they never experienced such courteous, considerate, and thoroughly gentlemanly treatment from any, official in their lives. He listened most pa tiently to the detail of their grievances, and expressed his approval of the mode they had adopted (by their memorial), in bringing their case to his notice, and as he considered their case a wor thy one h e s h ou ld forward it for the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. The sawyers express the warmest gratitude for the manner of their reception by the head of the dockyard. By the death of Sir Thomas Livingstone, Admiral of the White, Admiral of the Blue the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., becomes Admiral of the White ; Vice-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Lord W. Fitzroy, K.C.8., K.C.H., becomes Admiral of the Blue ; Vice-Admiral of the White Sir John Louis becomes Vice-Admiral of the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Granville George Lord Radstock, C. 8., becomes Vice- Admiral of the White ; Rear-Admiral f the Red Henry Hope, C. 8., becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; Rear- Admiral of the White Charles Sotheby becomes Rear- Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue David Price becomes Rear-Admiral of the White ; and Captain Rich, Superintendent of the Royal William Victualling yard, Plymouth, attains his flag, making the lucrative post he holds vacant. - Lieutenant-General Lord Raglan, Master-General of the Ordnance, accompanied by Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifica tions, arrived at this port, from town, yesterday morn ing, and embarked in the Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, commanding, to make an inspection of Hurst Castle, Sconce Fort, &c. They were attended in their inspection by Colonel Sir J. M. F. Smith, K.H., commanding Royal Engineers in this garrison, Lieuten ants-Colonel Haultain and Cater, R.A., and their per sonal staffs. The Sprightly returned with them in the evening. This morning the distinguished officers pro ceeded to Blockhouse Fort, and inspected that. After which they crossed to this garrison and inspected the Portsmouth defences, attended by Major-General Simp son, the Lieutenant-Governor, who saluted the Master- General of the Ordnance with 15 guns. The experiments which have been for some time pend ing in her Majesty's ship Fairy, under the direction of Captain Crispin, to ascertain the best description of screw, terminated yesterday, and the general results have been deemed so satisfactory, both (as we are informed) as to increased speed as well as decreased vibration, that the patent propeller (Griffiths') with the two fans is retained in her permanently instead of the common screw, and the patentees yesterday were' ordered by the Admiralty to make a screw on their principle for the Agamemnon, 91, as quickly as possible, which they expect will deter mine the principle of screws for the navy for the future. The Highflyer, 21, Captain Moor, is having a thorough refit in the angle dock. She is to have a new propeller, most likely ono of Griffiths' patent. A sad accident hap pened on board her last night to a man named David Casteers, captain of the mizentop, who fell from one of the yards upon the deck, by which he sustained such in juries that his life is despaired of. The Isabel screw steam-vessel, Commander Inglefield, having completed caulking, went out of harbour this morning in tow of the African steam-tug, but the weather looking threatening she anchored in Cowes Roads. WOOLWICH, APRIL G. APPOINTMENTS. Master.—Edward M'Kenzie (1852), to the Star, 8 sloop, commissioned at Chatham. Second Masters.—William Henry Obree (1851), to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich ;W. H. Fawckner, to the Phoenix steam sloop, fitting for the Arctic Re gions. D. Harding to be foreman of shipwrights at Sheer ness. Mr. Charles Kerr Renwick, who was appointed act ing chief engineer, in June. 1852, has had the confirma tion of his appointment to be chief engineer dated in the same month of 1852, yr nich places him 15th in seniority from the bottom of the list of chief engineeers. The Rifleman, screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Richard H. Dolton, is to be paid off on Satur day, if her stores can be returned by that time. FLOGGING AND DESERTION IN THE NAVY. •The best commentary on Sir James Graham's re marks on Tuesday night with respect to the flogging of the boatswain's mate, Stapleton, and the right hon. baronet's notions as to what is " brutality " and " dis grace," and what is " degrading " and " brutalising," will be found in'our Parliamentary report, and especially in the remarks of Lord Palmerston. The wretch who has been convicted, after a fair and open trial, of ill treating a woman and of inflicting the most brutal injury on his wife, must not be flogged, because corporal punishment "will leave marks on his back," and be cause the tendency of flogging is to disgrace and to brutalise the human species ; but a petty officer in the navy, with 17 years' good character, if he happens to commit a breach of discipline, under great provocation, may be "flogged " and " brutalised ' at the will of his commanding officer, and the House of Commons, which.. on Tuesday listened without disgust to a Cabinet Minister who defended the flogging the sailor, voted yesterday against the infliction of cor poral punishment on any notorious ruffian against whose violence a poor woman may be compelled to appeal to the protection of the law. • The First Lord of the Admiralty was not aware of the fact that any men had deserted from the navy in consequence of the flogging of a petty officer, and attributed the desertions, which he could not deny had taken place, to the temp tation of higher wages in the merchant service. We are sorry to find Sir James Graham so unacquainted with facts so well known without the precincts of the Board of Admiralty, and we fear that if the First Lord is so slow to acquire information on matters so vitally im portant to the service over which he presides, he will learn a lesson in the House of Commons on naval affairs which will be neither agreeable nor creditable to him. We believe that the offer of high wages in some instances has led to the desertion of a few men-of-war's men, but the principal cause for desertion and of so many vacan cies for petty officers in the navy, is owing to the dis graceful flogging of the boatswain's mate, Stapleton, who had so good a character, and we know that men who would have been received into the navy with first-class petty officers' ratings, have preferred hard-working ser vice in East India clippers at 455. a month. — Morning Herald. —L s t evening,apparently a half - P past lf s W ix, n a lli p i l il ain sTE ly ß -d •B r il erse G d E. man, about thirty, was observed by some people leaning over bo S u u t w the side of the bridge, and looking abstractedly on the water, but did not excite any further notice, until he suddenly climbed the parapet and precipitated himself into the stream, and, although crowds of people were on the bridge at the time, the a c t was so sudden that none could prevent him from committing it. A boat with drags instantly put off from the pi er , b ut although they were dragging for nearly an hour, no trace of the unfor tunate man could be discovered. His body, however, was found this morning near Waterloo-bridge. DEATH OF PROFESSOR S CHOLEFIELD.--The religious and literary world will learn with regret that this dis tinguished and excellent man died at Hastings on Mon day. He had been unwell for the last six months, and had gone to Hastings, in the hope that he might be re stored to h ea lth b y a change of scene and the salubrious climate of that place ; but the result has been otherwise. Professor Scholefield has long occupied a prominentplace in the U n i vers i ty of Cambridge. He originally ii came before the public as curate to the Rev. Charles Simeon, of Cambridge, and has ever since taken a warm . interest in wh a t ever related to the cause of evangelical religion, He was in hie eizty-fourth year. LITERATURE. The New Quarterly Review. No. VI. Appended to each number of this new periodical will be found a comprehensive list of the principal publications of the last past quarter. A glance at that given in the current instalment, followed by an examination of the contents, will sufficiently prove how very cotj I e'is fifereview hire given of the prokress made in contemporary literature. Scarcely a single work of any importance is _passed over without some consideration. Several of the more important p ro d uc t ions are critici sed, more over, with a dash and vigour 'indicative of the fact, that if the ".organ " -be new, the con tributors to it are, some of them, at least, practised hands, men gifted with ample capa city, and armed with . a ripe , scholarship. Con spicuous among these effusions this quarter, we take the article entitled " India—The Anarchy of Thraldom," as affording a very fair illustration. Elsewhere, we shall find occasion to refer to this paper more directly, but, at the present moment, we may be permitted to observe that the argument is throughout almost as broad as it is searching and. elaborate. Another contribution is especially de serving of notice as of peculiar interest just now, the review of " The Two Coalition Cabinets"— namely, those of 1783 and 1853, suggested by the two volumes recently edited by the Duke of Bucking ham. Very happily timed, too, is the article about " Gold : Its Past, its Present, its Future,"—rela ting, of course, more especially to the discoveries of the precious metal in California and Australia. Speaking of "My Novel" i n th e course of a criti cism heaed " The Bulwer Novels," one of the most intelligent writers in the New Quarterly remarks with perfect justice that this is, in truth, " the model novel of our language." He speaks of it, in deed, thus earnestly : th as e most " 'My Novel' i s th e best, and must b ecome th e most ibbo in n ; standard nove l i n our language. Four thick closely printed volumes, containing more than half as much matter Gibbon's d novel ecl and Fllyt ,a e re d o e n w o e u g k h n t w o t reader a . many a family who are acquiring most dissipated habits of late sitting up, simply because the husband, wife, or daughter has undertaken to read this book aloud. 'I literally long for the evening,' said a bride of not very long standing, to us the other day, 'when, my husband at home, and dinner hurried over, we eagerly return to the book, and read alternately chapter after chapter, until the lamp goes out, and we are shocked to find how late it is.' We are not addicted to hero worship ; and if we were speaking of Sir Bulwer Lytton as a politician or a poet, we should have many hard and bitter things to say of him. It is, then, with no blind partiality, that, al though remembering there are such works as the Vicar of Wakefield' written in English, and that there are such names as Fielding, Sterne, and Scott in our literature, we return to our judgment that this is the model novel of our language. It is so full of thought, so full of reading, so full of exquisite life-like drawing, so rich in illustration, so carefully wrought with philo sophy, so toned into unity, that we recognise it at once as the magnum opus of the author—the work in which, without repeating anything he has done before, he has concentrated the reading, reflection, and observation of a life." It is almost needless to add in this place that we do not in any way regard this high praise as exag gerated. Having ourselves not less cordially of fered to this noble effusion of the genius of Bulwer Lytton the tribute of our most unaffected admira tion, we need scarcely remark that the praise lavished upon it by the New Quarterly appears to us deserved as it i s un d ou bt e dl y enthusiastic. Earl Grey's two ponderous volumes elicit from an other contributor a sneering allusion to " The Co lonial policy of Lord John Russell's Administra tion." Another scoffs at the ignorance dis played by the various biographers of Mahomet —here most horridly spelt Mohammad. An other pronounces Mr. W. B. Barker, author of " Lares and Penates," to be a mere " smatterer in Orientalism." An interesting though rather super ficial review is given of Layard's " Nineveh and Babylon ;" and another of a similar character both in its merits and defects, of Mrs. Jameson's " Legends of the Madonna." Besides the papers already , enumerated, there are numerous others well merit ing perusal by those who like a guide among the rubbish and treasures heaped confusedly together by the cultivators of modern literature. Narrative of a Journey Round the World. By F. Gerstaeeker. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. These travels consisted in a " winter passage across the Andes to Chili, with a visit to the gold regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c." In the present state of things and position of affairs, no more desirable book can be imagined. It carries us at once to the centre of attractions—it conveys us to the goal of so many desires, the land of promise to expectant thousands. We behold, face to face, the mighty regions where so many of our countrymen have gone, that it seems almost a second home. We are informed, in minute details, of the life that is led there. There is no false glitter thrown over the accounts ; the author evidently strives to raise no false hopes and excite no unreasonable expectations. The aspiring emi grant is told at once, in plain terms, that there is no royal road to wealth in those parts ; he must work, and that in right earnest, if he wishes for success. The accounts given of California are par ticularly explicit. It seems that washing shirts is six dollars a dozen, and purchasi ng new ones i s only seven or eight dollars ; consequently the dig gers frequently cast away those only once worn, and buy new. The old are collected by the dealers, washed, and sold again. Some of the merchants send their clothes to China, to be washed there fora trifle. The description of Sydney during the excitement prevailing on the discovery of new mines is very interesting. It appears that the author returned to Sydney after an absence of three months. He had left it perfectly quiet—he found it on his return in a state of violent com motion : " People walked no more ; they ran. Before almost every house at the landing some drays were standing loading, and round each vehicle a crowd pressed, looking at the things, and 'the happy coves ' w h o were a b out to start with them. The Robinsmeau lump, or I had better say nugget, had just been discovered. It was as if that piece of gold had been a door, which, rolling away, suddenly opened to the astonished multitude an illuminated paradise. Such as had been irresolute what to do, 'to be or no t t o b e ' one of the diggers, now shook off every doubt, bought a pickaxe, and the other instruments necessary for their future misery, and it was a settled thing. In one word, Sydney was mad ; you could not converse with a any man in town except on that one topic—gold. You went'to a doctor and told him you were ill ; he would feel your pulse, and ask you if you had heard the last accounts from the mines. You met a friend in the street, shook hands with him, and asked him how he was. They found another nugget,' would be his answer. " 'How do you sell those oranges, old fellow ? ' you inquire of a man who is running up the street at five knots an hour with a wheelbarrow. Any price, sir, any,' is his r e ply ; it's the last l oa d, God be thanked.' Why, you are not for —?" For the mines, sir, God bless' you I ron I— w h o h as sa id i ron was the world's magnet I Gold is the charm now darting its burning rays over the world—gold is the magnet to which the needles of Christianity and Judaism turn with obedient veneration ; even the heathens have caught the fever, leaving home and friend s mere ly t o see th e elephant,' as the Americans used to say." From these passages the reader may judge of the excellent descriptions given in the pages of this work. The writer seems to have entered heart and soul into his enterprise of discovery : he gleaned from other Lands wherewith to enrich the knowledge of his own. The memory of his country never deserted him in the climes of the tropics or in the golden valleys of the New World, and lie concludes the long account of wanderings in far-off districts by an acknowledgment that, although there " are rich stores of beauty out in that fair world, treasures heaped up in the wilder ness," the traveller must ever find out " that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like home," occurred on Monday 11 Lees , on the Lanea forge with fa in tal T r h e o s rn ult h s i , FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. —A terrible boiler explo sion, i attend e dng at t t h e under stand, the property of Mr. Joshua for g e is, we Ingham, of Blake Hall, near Mirfield, and has Been occupied by Mr. George Armitage for some t . only resulted in the sacrifice im . . The explosion not of life, but also did con siderable damage to property information we havebe hl in the locality. From the about ten o'clock in the evening able to gather, it appears that go t . o supper, leaving a young J an the wo d rkmen left to native of Staffordshire, in arge onf name d engine. mon Th a fireman had also gone off duty to take his supper. Ale most immediately after the workmen had left the place a terrible explosion took place, by which the boiler was almost blown to atoms, and houses in the neighbourhood much dilapidated. 'After the steam had partly cleared off, and the workmen could obtain some idea of the extent of the mischief, an examination of the 'debris was made. The unfortunate young man, John Ammons, was found at a short distance from the engine, his body much mangled and scalded, and quite dead. Fortunately the night hands, as we have before stated, had not commenced working, otherwise the sacrifice of human life must have been great. There has as yet been no scientific examina tion of the engine, but popular rumour ascribes a very faulty condition to this mighty agent. It has been popularly current that the plates of the boiler were so worn by long usage as to be accessible to the thrust of a common penknife. Of course this will be a question for the jury to determine. SAILORS' WAGES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.—Sea men sailing out of the Tyne, Wear, and adjacent pore to London are now earning 4/. 10s. per voyage . ge perm the British American and Baltic tradesthe . r 3/ 1 os. and w a time has month, and small stores. Never since n enjoyed by the such a uniformly high rate of wa g . seamen. Higher wages than ea t Imwe were earned at cer• then were always tain periods of the war, but s en I placed in jeopardy of the p r e s s ga ng. 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