The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-01 00:00:00

1 7: f EMPIRE. The Ministerial journals of yesterday again ex press their satisfaction at the manifestation of bankers, merchants, and traders of the city of Lon don, in favour of peace and close ties of friendship between France and England. The Constitutionnel says : " This manifestation of the sentiments which now ani mate the bankers and merchants of the city of London has, particularly at this moment, a significance which cannot escape the notice of any one. It secures the peace of Europe, for everything which strengthens the intimacy of France and England assures the harmony of Governments and the repose of nations. According to the celebrated words of Napoleon 1., first quoted yester day by the Standard—` Are they not, when united, the arbiters of the world, the one supported by her armies, And the other by her fleets ?' This is a great result for which we must congratulate ourselves for the interest of the people, whose prosperity could not have a more for midable enemy or a more powerful obstacle than a 4e neral confl agra ti on. I n our c i v ili se d E urope, th e sword vp no longe r an i nstrument o f progress. H a bi ts ant i ens , oms are everywhere softened down, and interests mixed bp, at the same time that intelligence has become extend / ~ ed. N ow th a t th ere ex i s t s b e t ween all - manufacturing na t. tions a sort of financial and commercial solidarity, the re- suit of which is that one cannot be attacked withou it other soon feeling the effect of it, war would entail us. versal ruin. This result is more particularly owing to the wisdom of Napoleon 111., for it has required a strength of mind not often met with, for him the nephew of Napoleon the First, the heir to the power and to the crown of the Conqueror of Austerlita, to resist the influ ence of the souvenirs of glory of the Consulate and of the Empire. It has required a rare heroism of charac ter to combat the warlike inspirations of this past which appeared to have bequeathed to him an inheritance of reprisals and of conquests. After having overcome anarchy, the Emperor has obtained a triumph still more difficult—he has conquered himself. Everything in his acts as, in his words ; has been marked by the stamp of the intelligence of modern times, by the stamp of reason and moderation. It is thus that his name, which was re garded as a menace of war, has become a pledge of peace. It is thus that his reign, which might h ave re vived disastrous rival r y and deplorable hatred between, France and England, by awakening the irritating sou venirs of another period, gives, on the contrary, to Europe the tranquillising spectacle of the intimate rela tions of two great nations, whose union is the most solid guarantee of the peace of the world." The Pays says : "It was natural that the great English commercial body, which above all, by the immensity of the advan tages procured to it by peace, has need of calm and Security for the future, should render itself the organ of the ideas which animate the whole commercial body of Europe. But what will excite amongst us a sentiment of real satisfaction and legitimate pride, is the testi monies of esteem and deference lavished on France and on the Emperor Napoleon by .the principal population of the city of London, which is the centre of commercial activity and industrial progress of the whole world. We are consequently happy to bear testimony to the kind , feeling expressed towards France by the honourable men who signed the address, and to their wishes for the con tinuation of peace and concord between the two coun tries. Such sympathy throws a clear light on the present situation, and is a guarantee for the future. It proves that the most important portion of the English nation does not share in any of the prejudices which some spirits, more turbulent than enlightened, have endeavoured to excite against the powerful government which the French people has given to itself ; it proves also the considera tion of the English people for the French power ; and, in fine, it gives us the conviction that the intimate rela tions of France and England will continue, for the repose of the world, on the bases of mutual esteem and con fidence. The reply of the Emperor gives to this con viction of ours an entire consistency. It is a - repetition, in another form, of that speech of Bordeaux, which explained the sentiment which was to characterise the reign of Napoleon 111. After the storms of revolution, it requires the strong hand of a powerful authority to repair the ruins which such convulsions produced. Al ready great things have been done ; other great things will continue to be effected ; and the glorious programme of the policy of peace and progress will be thus realised." The Minister of Foreigh Affairs has given a grand dinner. Among the guests were the Princess Mathilde, the British Ambassador and Lady Cowley, the Turkish Ambassador, the Ministers of Spain, the Netherlands, and Brazil ; the Charges d'Affaires of Peru and New Grenada, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Mar quis de Louie, the members of the deputation of the Bankers, Merchants, and traders of London, the Minister of State and Madame Fould, the Minister of Marine and Madame Ducos, Vice-Ad mirals Cecille and Baudin, the Marquis de la Va lette, the Duke and Duchess de Guiche, &c. A telegraphic dispatch has been received an nouncing the arrival of Marshal St. Arnaud, Mi nister of War, at Marseilles, where he is about to take up his residence with his family. His health is every day improving. The preparations for the fête to be given to the Emperor and Empress by the Municipal body at the Hotel-de-Ville, on Saturday, are nearly com pleted, and the prefect of the Seine has begun to issue the invitations. There will be three orches tras, and the dancing will take place in the Galerie des Fetes, the Salle du TrOne, the Salon du Midi, and in the two salons adjoining. In the course of 1852, and in January 1853, the Emperor had shown his clemency towards a great number of soldiers condemned to punishments of various kinds. His Majesty has now extended his clemency to 651 persons of the army, undergoing punishment in Algeria. Of these, 257 have had the remainder of their time remitted, and 394 have had it reduced. The Moniteur states that on the Ist October last the total number of members of the Legion of Honour was 53,462—namely, 62 grand crosses, 215 grand officers, 986 commanders, 4,639 officers, and 47,560 knights. Out of the total number of mem bers, 36,983 receive no pecuniary allowance. The Senate met yesterday; M. Troplong, the sident, in the chair. Baron de Chapuys-Montla ville, M. Larahit, and M. Doret took the oath and their seats. The rest of the sitting was occupied with the presentation of reports on petitions by Gen. de Bourjolly, Count de Breteuil, the Marquis de Pastoret, Marshal Count Vaillant, Baron de Ladoucette, and Count Lemarois. Before the sit ting the members met in their bureaux, and named four committees ; one, on the bill calling out 80,000 for 1854 ; one, on that relating to buying up the jouissance shares of the canal companies ; a third, on four bills relating to exchanges of state property; and the fourth, on fifteen local bills. The course of the funds at the Bourse yesterday was still downwards, especially in the Three p e r Cents., for both cash and the account. The fall in 'these securities for cash is 30c., being sc. greater than Wednesday, and for the account 40c., a de cline heavier by 30c. than on that day. The Four and-a-Half per Cents., for cash, have somewhat improved, for though there has been a fall of 5c., yet the decline is less by 45c. than Wednesday's fall ; and for the account there has also been an improvement of a similar character, the decline being 15c. or 25c. less than that of the previous day. Bank Stock, however, shows no amendment, but the reverse, for that description of stock has gone down 95f. to-day, an excess of 60E over the decline of Wednesday. At the close of business the quotations stood thus :—For cash : Three per Cents., 78f. 95c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 95c. For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 90c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 95c. Bank Stock, 2,460 f. On the 10th of last January the Three per Cents. were quoted 80f. 75c.; yesterday they stand at 78f. 95c., thus showing a depreciation since that date of if. 60c. The F our - and-a-Half per Cents. on that day were worth 105 f. 50c., and now they sell at 102 f. 95c., or 2f. 55c. less. In Bank Stock the fall is very great. At the above date 2,844 f. was the quoted price ; yesterday it was 2,460 f.; the decline, therefore, is no l ess th an 384 f, s i nce that period. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 26th. The Countess de Montijo, mother of the Empress of the French, had arrived in the Spanish capital. A Council of Ministers had been held, at which it was decided that all the public function aries who hold seats in the Senate, and who had voted against the Government in the affair of Mar shal Narvaez, should be dismissed from their posts. Neither the Senate nor the Chamber of Deputies had sittings on the 25th. The papers contain no other news of interest. • GERMANY. The Austrian Cabinet have announced, in an swer to the inquiries of Lord Westmoreland re specting the question of sequestration that nego tiations are still pendi ng w i t h S ar dinia on this subject. A Vienna letter states that the Baron de Kubeck, President of the Council of the Austrian Empire, has received permission to resign, and that he will probably be replaced by M. Kraus or M. Bach. Severe restrictive measures have been adopted on the Austrian frontier with respect to passports, in order, it is asserted, to prevent suspected per sons from travelling with English passports. The Independance of Brussels says We have said very little of certain rumours which were afloat of a ministerial crisis at Berlin, for this reason, that they did not seem to us be well-founded. Our correspondent, in fact, writes us word that every thing is terminated, and that the slight difference which had arisen between some members of the Cabinet relative to the concentration of the police administration in the hands of the Minister of the Interior, has been completely . removed, and that there is no probability at present of any ministerial modification. It is said that the Jewish commu nity of Berlin has had notice sent to it that the law of July 23, 184 i, which restricts the faculty THE FR ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the 28th,• states that about 40 persons have been arrested at Somma in Lombardy. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 28th, contradicts the assertion that the number of muskets seized on the frontier amounted to 3,000. It states that all the firearms seized, including pistols and carbines, amount to 696, many of which are absolutely un serviceable. The Official Milan Gazette, of the 26th, announces hat from that day ecclesiastical ceremonies may be again accompanied with the ringing of bells, and that the gates of Milan shall be again open to the public, as before, from five a.m. to eight p.m., but that every person entering or leaving the town must be provided with proper papers. The same journal states that the late amnesty at Mantua comprises 53 persons. The Corriere Italiano of Genoa announces that the Austrian Government has replied to the repre sentations of the Earl of Westmoreland with re spect to the sequestration of the property of the refugees now domiciled in Piedmont, that negotia tions have been entered upon with the Sardinian Government upon the subject. A letter from Genoa, of the 27th, in the Pied montese Gazette, mentions a rumour of an insurrec tion having broken out at Palermo, but adds that it has been put down. Five persons are said to have been executed and 300 arrested. No date is given. I - A Papal Chapel was held at Rome on the 21st, in the church of the Vatican. The cardinals, pa triarchs, archbishops, bishops, and prelates, in their violet costume, accompanied Pius IX., who had taken the sacred ornaments from the high altar, where their eminences made the ugual obedience. The Pope afterwards blessed the palms, which he distributed to the clergy, the ambassa dors, General Allouveau de Montreal, the officers of the French army, and several other distin guished personages. After the procession the Pope ascended the throne to be present at the pontifical mass of Cardinal d'Andrea. The King of Naples arrived at Palermo on the 16th. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCIII. St: 20 Yesterday's spo r t a t N or th ampton was quite as bril- 14 ant as o i n the first day ; and if it had not the attraction 50 of a Northamptonshire Stakes, it was rendered highly 20 interesting by the races for Lord Spencer's Plate and 111 the Althorp Park Stakes, both of which brought large 10 fields to the post. Rogers opened the ball by winning St: the Northampton Cup Stakes, on Sharavogue, with con siderable ease. Perfidious, who ran home second, not 10 being able to make anything of a race with him at the St. finish. Selina lost the second place by a head ; Lady 50 Sarah was a wretched fourth. Lucie was fifth, and 40 Game Tommy—whose running I can neither make head 25 nor tail of—was beaten half a distance. 25 Eighteen came to the scratch for Lord Spencer's Plate, 84 ; and a pretty race ensued, all getting off well together, 4 4 8 and formi ng a compact mass to the distance, where the St three first s i ng l e d th emse l ves out. Ephesus, who had had the l ea d f rom the start, with all his weight (9st 71b), 2550 managing to win cleverly by a head ; Ernestine being 100 second, Young Norval a good third, and lonic fourth. St. The next half dozen were so close together, it was diffi- 6 cult to say who had the precedence. 25 The Delapre Stakes furnished an interesting race be- 50 tween Longbow and Kingston ; but as might b e expected 20 when the c ourse i s on l y a mil in length, the former was sure to have it all his own way. St. The Althorp Park Stakes with thirteen starters was a g very one-sided affair—the winner, a son of Bay Middle ton st. and Crown Jewel, yclept Ruby, waiting until within 16 the distance, when he came out, went to the front rank 16 like a shot, and won with great ease by several lengths. 8 Naomi, a relative of the Marlborough Buck's, was se- 8 cond ; Nightshade third ; with Epaminondas close up. 20, The winner was backed for a great deal of money as soon 20 as seen, and left off an equal favourite with Epaminon 10 - das ; and immediately after the race was installed as first favourite for next year's Derby, at 20 to I. He is a splendid animal, and I have but little doubt will sweep a moiety of his engagements this year. Mr. Merry's Desdemona won the Selling Plate cleverly and Mr. Oliver's Ethelwolf did the same for the Inn keepers' Plate, which brought the meeting to a conch]: sion. DENMARK. The Danish Diet terminated on the 23d the first discussion of the message relating to the o r d er o f succession ' and decided unanimously to postpone the second discussion to April 4. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Stockholm 18th, says :—" The Separatists go on increasing in number every day. The Chapter of Wexeras has declared that at Effdaten schismatic movements had broken out similar to those at Orfa. Fifty-two persons had received the communion from a Sepa ratist. In Norland a professor has betrothed his son to a woman, although h e h a d not yet rece i ved confirmation. A woman of Laponia had declared that she was the mother of the Redeemer.- At Carlscrona an enthusiast killed his son with a hatchet in order to remove him, as he said, from this valley of tears. The situation of the national church becomes every day more difficult, as religi ous liberty is more and more sought after." My judgment was nearly as successful on the second, as on the first, day's races • for I was correct w ith 13 for the Cup Stakes, with Longbow fo r th e 20 20 Delapre Stakes, and with Eth e l wo lf f or t h e Innkeeper's 50 Plate, and was very near hitting the mark for Lord St, Spencer's Plate, having selected Ernestine, who, I be- 50 lieve, was not backed either in London or on the course, 20 and about whom 30 to 1 might have been had in town, 20 and who was only beaten by a head. CROXTON PARK. 25 For the Granby Handicap I have been given to under- 20 stand that Lord Wilt on ' s nom i nat i on (Humphrey) will 20 be an uncommonly good thing ; and that, in all proba bility, tio Mr. Berkeley will have the mount. Caurire is 20 the favourite at short odds, but has, as yet, not been 10 backed for much money. A field of eight or nine is ex- 10 petted to go to the post. Mr. S. Crawford's Harrier is St. reported to have a respectable chance. . 25 The Gold Cup is booked a certainty for Gladiole or 25 St. Caurire. SWITZERLAND. It is known that a company, composed of land owners and capitalists, belonging to Geneva, has been for some time applying to the French Govern ment for the concession of 20,000 hectares of land in the vicinity of Setif, in order to found there vil lages composed of Swiss families. This proposition, which has been most favourably received by the Government, is about to be submitted to the deli berations of the Council of State. The Lausanne Gazette quotes a letter from Berne, mentioning a rumour to the. effect that the Neapo litan Government has sent in a note to the Federal Council, demanding that the military capitulations that have not yet expired shall be respected, and that the prohibition against any new recruiting for the-Neapolitan army shall be rescinded ; otherwise the Swiss now residing in the kingdom of Sicily will be turned out of the country. THE METROPOLITAN STAKES. My present impression with respec tto this stake is that Mr. Parr's party can win it if they please with Contentment. I . THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. I St 20 NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. —THURSDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CUP STAKES of 10 sovs. each ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs. if demanded, &c. About two miles and a furlong. Mr. Rogers's Sharavogue, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ....(Rogers) 1 Mr. Mare's Perfidious, 3 yrs, Est 91b Mr. T. Parr's Selina, aged, 9st 41b Mr. P. Nicholl's Lady Sarah, 3 yrs, Est 91b Lord Eglinton's Lucio, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, 6st 91b Betting -6 to 4 agst Sharavogue, 2to 1 agst Lady Sarah, 5 to 1 agst Game Tommy, and 6 to 1 each agst Selina and Lucio. Won by a length and a half, a neck between second and third, Lady Sarah a bad fourth, and the others beaten off. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE of 100 sovs., added to a handi cap sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each. A winner of any handicap after the weights appear to carry 71b extra. Five furlongs. Capt. Lane's Ephesus, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Duke of Bedford's Ernestine, 3 yrs, sst 31b 2 Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b 0 Mr. W. E.Duncombe's Alfred the Great, 4yrs, Bst 101 b 0 Mr. Darling, jun.'s, Puritan, 4 yrs, Bst 0 Mr. J. Adkins's Heroine, aged, 7st 121 b 0 Mr. Rogers's Leybourne, 5 yrs, 7st 91b 0 Mr. Quail's Tame, 4 y rs , 7 st 41b 0 Mr. J. Godding's May Day, 5 yrs, 7st 31b 0 Mr. Eglinton's Ll an f or d a, 3 yrs, Est 121 b 0 Mr. Greville's Young Norval, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (car ried 6st 121b.) 0 Mr. T. Shepherdson's Maid of Golborne, 3 yrs, Est 91b 0 Mr. Snewing i s Katty Darling, 3 yrs, Est 71b 0 Mr. Wauchope's Bridget, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 0 Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, 3 yrs, Est 21b 0 Mr. J. Barnard's Tobolski, 3 yrs, sst 91b 0 Mr. Bosville's lonia, 3 yrs, sst 71b 0 Lord Clifden's Warbler, 3 yrs, sst 31b 0 Betting-5 to 1 agst Ephesus, 6to 1 agst Tobolski and Whalebone, 7 to 1 agst Warbler, 7 to 1 agst Young Norval, 8 to 1 agst Llanforda, 10 to 1 agst Bridget, and 100 to 8 agst any other. Won by a head. Young Norval was third, beaten two lengths from Ernestine. DELAPRE STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, &c. One mile. Lord Derby's Longbow, 4 yrs, Bst 1 01b...(Fiatman) 1 Mr. Morris's Kingston, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 Mr. Thompson's General Gilbert, 3 yrs, 7st 3 Betting-5 to 4on Longbow, who won easily by a length. General Gilbert beaten off. ALTHORP PARK STAKES of 10 sous. each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b ; w i nner extra. T.Y.O Mr. J. Adkins's Ruby, Bst 71b ......... (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. J. Clark's Naomi, Bst 31b 2 Lord Clifden's Nightshade, Bst 31b 3 Mr. Wauchope's ch c by John o'Gaunt out of Valen tine, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) 0 Major Martyr's Cranbourn, Bst 71b 0 Mr. Fenning's Domino, Bst 71b 0 Captain Lane's Epaminondas, Bst 71b 0 Lord Wilton's cby The Hero, dam by Touchstone out of Pit, Bst 71b 0 Mr. J. Perren's Adeline, Bst 31b 0 Mr. Payne's f by Bay Middleton out of Lady Strut, Bst 31b 0 Mr. Raine's Mary, Bst 31b 0 Lord Exeter's Margaretta, Bst 31b General Anson's Rally, Bst 31b 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Ruby, 2to 1 agst Epaminondas, 7 to 1 agst Nightshade, 8 to 1 each agst Lady Sturt f and Naomi, and 100 to 8 each agst Domiro, Adeline, Mary, and Rally. Won easily by three lengths and a half, a length between second and third, Nightshade a bad fourth, and Epaminondas fifth. SELLING PLATE of 40 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, mares and geldings and maiden four-year olds and upwards allowed 31bs., winners extra. One mile. Mr. Merry's Desdemona, 3 yrs, sst 71b (301.) (Wilson) 1 Mr. Sargent's Henrietta, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b. (301.) 2 Mr. Bro wn ' s E conomy , 5 yrs, 7st 41b (301.) 3 Won by a length, a neck between second and third ; Prestige a bad fourth. Postulant and Wellington beaten off. INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 50 sovs., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; winners 51b extra. Once round. Mr. J. Oliver's Ethelwolf, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ......(Wells) 1 Mr. J. Sheppard's The Alp, aged, Bst 41b Lord Clifden s Molasses, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 4 Ist Mr.t .n 's F L o a r n m e b y C ,s L on m a d o y re ß , 1 4 a n y r e h s 9 4 s y t r s Mr. T. Price's Lorraine, 3 yrs, sst 31b (carried sst 51b) 6 Betting-5 to 4 agst Ethelwolf. Won by three-parts of a length, with half a length between the second and third. TURKEY. Constantinople letters and journals to the 15th have arrived by the Egyptus ; they aro eight days later in date than those brought by the Wasp ; but their contents, though interesting and volumi nous, do not add much of importance to the intel ligence received from Trieste by telegraph. Prince Menschikoff, when received by the Sultan, dis missed the persons of his suite and remai ne d a l one _ _ with his Majesty, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the first Dragoman of the Porte, and the First Dragoman of the Russian Legation. Ile then pre sented the Sultan the autograph letter of the Em peror of Russia. "If we are well informed," says the Journal des _Mats, " the Russian Ambassador insisted principally on the desire of the Emperor Nicholas to be the friend and ally of the Sultan Abdul-Medjid, a s h e was o f Mahmoud, his father. Animated with this desire, the Emperor requested that ho might be treated in a similar way, or at least that frank explanations should be given as to whether th e S u lt an was w i t h hi m or against him ; and the Prince stated that the object of his mission was to ascertain the intentions of the Sultan on th e subject.'! The version which the Constitutionnel gives of the interview is this : " The Prince told the Sultan that he was sent to him to regulate the grav e diff erences w hi c h h a d t oo long existed between the two countries, and to remove the difficulties which had troubled the good harmony his Sovereign had at heart to see re-established as in the past ; that in consequence he called the serious attention of his Majesty to the contents of the letter of the Emperor, and begged him to be kind enough to order his ministers to occupy them selves acti ve l y w i th the negotiations referred to, in which, on his pa r t, h e wou ld dis play the strongest spirit of con c ili a ti on. I t i s ' believed that the Prince desired to add something and to prolong the discussion ; but he was pre vented by the presence of the Dragoman of the Porte, whom the Sultan did not think right to send away." "After having seen the Sultan," the _Mats proceeds to say, "Princ e Menschikoff entered into the negotiations which he is charged to conduct with the Divan. On this point we avow we have not much information, great secrecy having been observed on both sides. However, we believe that, without being so extensive and so menacing as was at first said, the demands of the Prince go much further than the English journals believe, and than the Times recently announced with the appearance of semi-official authority. The questions at stake are not only that of the Holy Places, and the revocation of the firman ac corded last year to the Latin Church ; but Russia also demands the recognition in her of an unde fined but certain protectorship of the Greek Church." On the 13th the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rifaat Pacha, paid a visit to Prince Menschikoff, with whom he remained nearly two hours. After his reception by the Sultan, Prince Menschikoff paid a visit in full uniform to the ex- Sadrazam, Khosrew-Pacha, who in 1833 negotiated the treaty of Unkhiar-Skelessi, and who is one of the most openly declared partisans of Russia. This visit created sensation, especially as Khosrew-Pacha has not been allowed to take any part in public affairs since the death of the Sultan Mahmoud. " The g enera l op i nion was (says the Debats), that this advance made to the old Turkish party was an able and almost Machiavellic calculation, inas much as, by c arry i ng to power and supporting the reactionary party, Russia would consolidate her influence over the Christian populations which would have the greater need of her support, as that party is more powerful." Some of the officers of the suite of Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople shortly . after after their arr i val. Two of them went, it is said, to Catt aro ; the others to the isles of the Archipelago. They represented these pro menades to be mere pleasure trips ? but the Turks felt great. disquietude at them. The nomination of M. de La,cour as French ambassador, in the room of the Marquis de Lavalette, and the depar ture for Constantinople of Lord Stratford de Red cliffe, the English ambassador, had afforded plea sure, as they were considered a proof that, if neces sary, England and France would support Turkey against the unfounded or exaggerated pretensions of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. The affair of the new Bank, though not definitively settled, was very nearly concluded. The bases of it are, that the Government shall cede to the Bank the tribute of Egypt for fifteen years, to cover advances it may make ; that the daectiou of the Bank ohall be con- LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Contentment. Bto 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. 12 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 200 to 6 agst Terpsichore (taken freely). - DERBY. 9to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 12 to 1 agst Orestes (taken). 15 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 18 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken). 30 to 1 agst Filbert (taken). 40 to 1 agst Babatus (taken), of the Jews to participate in communal func- fidod to Miray Duz-Oglou, director of the Mint; tions, and suppresses their independence, has that he shall be assisted by M. Diray-Aleziam been re-established. That law had been abolished Abraham-Allah-Werdy-Oglou, M. Tinghir Oglou, by the Constitution of 1848, and the heads of the ; and other Catholic Armenian bankers, and by M. community, in consequence of that abolition, are 1 Misiani, a Greek rayah ; that M. David Glavany, Shr. preparing a petition against the restrictions which I a French merchant, and Mr. Hanson, an English are again to press heavily on them and their co-re- merchant, shall be censors of the bank ; that a pacha, ligionists; but is not very likely that the petition in probably Mustapha Guzalli, shall be honorary pre -20 uestion will induce the government to go back on sident ; and that shares of 1,000 piastres each shall 14 theake measure which it has now c ons id ere d necessary be issued to the amount of 400,000,000 piastres. . M. Trouve Chauvel and Mr. Stanley are to repre- 31 A Berlin letter, of the 26th, states that among sent European capitalists in the affair. The the persons lately arrested are M. Streckfus and Armenian Catholics, who have long been dis -27 M. Behrens, Dr. Waldeck, and Dr. Falkenthal, tracted by religious dissensions, had decided, 2 2 ex-deputies of the Prussian National Assembly. by a great majority, that they would not accept St. Among other things found at the residence of the M. Hassoun for their bishop, though he had St. last-named person is the prison dress worn by Dr. brought a bull from the Pope, exhorting them to 5 ,2 Kinkel, from whi c h it wou ld appear that Dr. Fal- submit to him. They tore up the bull, and declared '6 kenthal assisted hi m i n hi s escape. it a forgery; and several thousands of them assem- 2 ' The Prussian Government has addressed circulars bled in a menacing attitude before the prelate's 50 to all the Knights of Malta, convoking them for house, but without doing any harm. The Govern- 25 the month of May next. The object of this meeting ment had received information that the evacuation is said to be to reorganise the order. It is stated of Montenegro had commenced without difficulty, 1.5.5 that Prin ce F re d er i c, who has been named Knight and was proceeding with great order. Omer Pacha of the order, will be officially admitted. had been for some time at his head-quarters at 18 at Monastir. The ex-Grand Vizier Ali Pacha, re- 20 centlynominatcd Governor-General of Smyrna, had 2 5 left Constantinople for his post, and it was believed 25 that he would b e a bl e t o ex ti rpate the gangs of 25 brigands wh o , f or some ti me past, have infested the St. neighbourhood. The Turkish Government had 50 given orders for two screw steamers of 809-horse power each. The engines are to be built at Con- St. stantinople, under the direction ofEnglish engineers. St. The Trieste Ga ze tt e s t a t es th a t t h e o l d Turkish st. party, which at present preponderates in the Divan, St. is decidedly favourable to Russia, and that a treaty St. offensive and defensive 'between the two countries St. was in course of f orma t ion. P reparations of a war. St, ike character were continuing at Odessa. 52 - 98 -,-- 6 . 2 - 64 - 70 - 75 18 20 9 10 14 15 31 8d 20 214 751 76 36 8Q 12, 13. 4 — 4 19 21 - ..P4l pail - 694 -74 (! lad 59 69 i 58i / THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1 1853. Tar; 811 BKETS: BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 100 Aberdeen 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct all Birm!„.. W&veru. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Blackrock and Passage 45 Dublin& Belfast June all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) all Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) all Eastern Countics..... l all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 81 De., do all Do., B. and C .00 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Birmiug. June 'lOO Edinburgh & Glasgow 16 Edin. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., 13. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 114 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Load. Tilb. & Sth end. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Western 424 Do., £5O 3( Do., £4O all Londerry. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. LOO ranch. Shef. &Lincln 4 Do., Man.& Lin. Un. i 1.00 Midland 100 Do.Birming. & Derby 471 Midland G. West. (Ir.) 174 Do. 4 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 3 Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg.&Hftd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor..., 100 Norfolk all Do., New 34 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 64 Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred 5 Do., 1 B Guaranteed .74 North Staffordshire.. all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot Ush Midland., 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shre wsby.& Hereford all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswesti y , 61 Shropshire Union , all Sou Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 164 Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limeriekl 13 West Cornwall /.1s Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford .00 York Newetl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 114 Do. G. N. E. Purcnase 100 York &N. Midland 28 - 29 6} -7 64d1 - 101 7i sid 21 22 d 3i —24dxd 103 105 63i —63 i 214 22 184 —19 i Business done this day. -I1 pm 8 -- 51 - 51 3' - 4 12' - 13 - 11 71 - 8 72 - 73 55 - 57 73 • - 75 32 - 34 61 - 63 81 - 46 - 48 122 -124 107 —lOB 30 -- 91 6/ -- 92 --94 7 i 13 -- 13ip, 74 -7 5 k 54 -- 4i di dll6 -16 h 9 —9f lip 103 A -- 104 1171 118 2 2 3p 14-- p 90 al 5 a -4 4 d 4 -34 d 104 11 231 - 42 - 301 74i 44 33 li '-- ... --- ... 50 -- 62 3h -- 8a 3 -- 34 -- Bi d Bi 9A 51 -- 53 7. -- 8 2 -- 2R d 35 -- 36 91 901 "-- ... 41 4R d 8 - - 81 23 -- gi Pm 74i 5/ 11 73& 4 31 52h 52 i 50 ii 3 I 321 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1.6 St. 100 Aberdeen . 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c ... V. St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St.fl96 108 2t 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian .ClO 15 all Chester & Holyllead 4C Guar. 51 per cent. 18 —l9 ad x d 64 34 Cork&Baudon 53 p.c. gd i 64 all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 6; 63xd x d 100 33 all E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c. 3 3 8, - 2 0 5 all Do. (£5), 7 p er cen t. 3g- 44 10 74 • 2 Do. (£7l7s), 7. p ct. 4 1i p 64 all Rtstern Counties Ex- 100 tension, sp. c. No.l 1;1 —ll p 5 61 all Do., No. 2 li p Fm 4 10 all Do., New 6p.0. St 1 44 15 20 20 all Eastern Union Scrip 1 Guar. 6 per cent IF3 19 15 St. 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts lOO S all Edinb. Prth.& Du nd 3/ 3i 20 St. 100 9 Glasgow &S. Western 1 Guar. 5 per cent ... xd x d 10 St. 100 Great Northn. sp. o 125 127 20 St. 100 Do. 5 p. s., Redeem 5O at 10 p. e. prem lO9 111 111 50 64 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn lOO (Ireland) Eights B3 8} 25 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & 1 Hants Ex. sp. c.) 64 74 5 St. 10Q Great Western, fixed 10 43 per cent lO5 )07 1064 100 11 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 4d ipxd X d ;7... — St. 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock l5O 152 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed sp. c ... .. St. 100 Do. Pref. sp. c., St ... .., Li 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p with c., 1852 o'clo .. St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. C. 150 153 fine. 50 5 London &S. Western, don Con. Thirds. .. 123 10 Londonderry & Thirds well A Shares .... .... lO —ll trifli 123 all Londndry. & Ennisk. D] 4 Shares .. . ... _ . 25 all Manch., Shei ,& Lin., char 4 Shares, No. 1 8 9 Pc 10 all Do., New, £lO lOl 11/ 10} Quec 6 8 Do., £6 - ipxd x d Espii 123 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c ... ... ward 124 all Do. 4i per cent ... Co ... 123 83 Do .. ..... .... . . ....... . ... ... Hale St. 100 Mid.Consol. 6p.o.St. ... ... FA St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Perm Birm. 6 per cent 148 150 149 84 Ibrai 164 5 Do. Pref. 43 percent i ip 54 4 Li 20 all Norfolk Extension 22, —23 1 Succc i all Do. Guar. 53 per et st - 64 Jose' 2 all Do. Waveney Valley wick, 5 per cent ll -- 24 Pepp St. 100 North British ~. 20 all North Staffordshire 253 263 York St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Alfre Wolverh. £15,6p. C. ... ... 112 i dria ; 15 9 Do. li 2/p 14 e guna 8 all Shrewsbury & Birm. Salle New Guaranteed lO4 -- 114 mign 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester Mida Nor.W. (Min),llp.c. 17 18 3 cqest 10 10 Do. 5 per cent. 25 all South Devon l4 —15 i 10 14 Do. New par -- p off L L 0 6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. 251 264 Cons' LE 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 19 203 SL' 5 3 Wa.terfd.&Kilk.6p.c. i bar ,24, 3 S T lt. 100 York, Newcastle, and L& Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 101 103 102 Rock 17 SDo 5 - 54 doub. 25 10 York &N. Midland, _ SW H. &S. Purchase... par i P 104 4 - cleric] _........",—..—......—.._ —..._______ _ _ 1:2 ad rm I 4 20 ad I 1° 1061 FOREIGN. 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 8 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin l 8 Dijon and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish. all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 156 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares,.... 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5, per cent. pr 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) , 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref 7 Lyons & Medlerran 76 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all , Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (filly. B. & Ams. all Norwegian Trnk. Prof 10 Paris and Lyoas all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen &Cb.erbrg., 54 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5A per cent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s: Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 56 per c. Pref 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 ,NWiT id 1 -- 15i -- 16 2 -- 2AD 23 -- 2 - a —6 p 1 -- 11 p 2 --2 p •1 1 p I ir -8 4:3 - - -211 4(1 - J -11 p 2 -2 p 7 -- 7i 5 1 -- 6 36 -- 361 14 -- 15 81 -- 91 18 -- 18ip 42 -43 h 41 -- 42 331 -- 331 4. -- 5 p 20 --21 p 98 -- 9i , 56 p ' 4i -- 51 d -- par 1 91 7- lop' par d 281 9 31. x d 30 St. x d St 50 . x d I 25 211 a 100 13 121 1 50 50 x d 5O 25 itid .1 RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Bletehley. all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... all Do. withoutgr all Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. all Do.wthtguar. 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glstr.&Dn.Fri all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. t Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Prcferencel all Lowestoft gr, 4 per cent': all Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Man. and Matlock all Middlesbre & Redcar all Midld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp.c. all Do. 6 per et. all De. Fixedspc, all Prest. & Wymi 111 Do. ghares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St 181'Shef.Roth.and Gooleg.s p. c. 91 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 I wiits&Somrstl Leasing Compans, London & N. West.] Gt.Westn Do L. &N. W. Caledon.. !Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &NM(' Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld I Stekton & Darlingt. Midland E. Count, Do - L. & N. W. LuSak L& GtNorthn Do .I L Lancash& Yorksh. M. Mclean Stockt. & Darlingt. ,Do IGtWestn. Closing Prices this day. 104 - 106 52. - 53; 151 - 153 32}-33 111 113 55i 27 28 56 i 131 141 25h —26,ixd 19 - 194 26 - 27 21 -3,; !105 -10 G 64 - 66 ... n ... 1 149 - 151 148 - 150 ... ... 1 d 32 - 33 104 -103 i MINES. all Agua Fria s all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian I Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 241 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 Carson's Creek..,,,,, all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all CopperMinersof Eng. all Do. Preference all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexican &S. Amerie all New Granada all Nouveau Mondo 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 1O Santiago do Cuba all South Australian..., 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa.... all Yuba... JOINT-STOC: all Australasia all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial. 20 Commercial of Lon don 4 English Scottish and Australian 7i Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Lond. &Westminster 2 London Bank of Aus- I tralia and India .. 22h National of Ireland.. all Oriental Bank 01 _ Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co 25 - South Australia all Union of Australia. 2,3 Do. New 10 Union of London all Union of Madrid - P - P P 6 P _ p P P P, 10 20 20 33 7k 2 pm I d Par Par 7 —9 41 4.2 a 30 31 par i p 46 48 6 6ai p 80 90 8 —9 p li 1 d 17' 19 2i 2i p 1 14 p dis— par p d par 43/ P 1 p 4d_ p 24 —26 7 8 i - & - g a r D. - 13 6 GI par 1 p dm e— , p ms p P hp BANKS. 91 -- 93 2 -21 p 2 - 2ipl 4 i - 4iPl • • • .. • , id-ip 55i —s6h xd, .. --. . , i dis— -5— i 2 P 50 78 70 8i 9 MISCELLANEOUS. .00 35 'Australian Agricult , 98 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail ... 10 5 i Australn. Royal Mail, ~. 38A ;Mit. America. Laud: ... 32 ,'Canada i 5 ICrystal Palace I 2 (Crystal Pal. of Franco! - 102 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric. Tcicg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Na v i ga t 50 lOcueral Screw Steam — 2A Irish Beetroot Sugar, all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... 2 Netherlands Land I 2i Nrth.ofEuropeSte am all Peninsular & Oriental' 25 Do. Do. .•• 60 Royal Mail Steant 25 South Austral. Land 52 1 Submar. Telegraph ... 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation..l 28i Tan Diemen's Land ' 22 24 1100 2 6 a - 54 23i 4 LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) Business this day, LONDON, April I.—lt bleW a gale of wind last night, with heavy squalls of rain, but moderated towards three eclock this morning, and at day-light was moderate and fine. Wind this day at Noon, S.W., moderate breeze, and cloudy at times.—A fire broke out on the 30th of March, on board the Unicorn, for Melbourne, lying in the Shad well Basin of the London Docks, but it was got under with trifling damage. DEAL, April I.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—The Jersey, from London to Berbice, is on shore at Kingstown ; cargo dis charging. Arrived—Slavomer, Verone, Odeesa. PORTSMOUTH, March 31.—Wind, S. to S.E. Arrived— Queen of Britain, Lovell, Berbice. Sailed—H.M.'s steamer Espiegle, West Indies ; H.M.'s steamer Rifleman, East ward. COWES, March 31.—Wind, S. Arrived—Great Britain, Hale, California. FALMOUTH, March 31 . —Wind, S: S.W. Arrived—Dante, Pernambuco ; Belvidere, Taganrog ; Ann and Isabel, Ibrail ; Helena, Odessa ; Creinea, Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, March 31.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived— Success, Queen of England, and Rosamond, Shanghai ; Joseph Shepherd, and Anna Dorothea, Bombay ; Pick wick, Graves, Islay; Alarm, Buenos Ayres; Windsor, Pepper, Para ; Daring, St. Domingo ; Equator, New Or leans ; Saranak, Deccan, Philadelphia ; Roscius, New York ; C. F. Bennett, Burgoyne, Newfoundland ; Galled, Alfred, and Primrose, St. Michael's ; Macedondia, Alexan dria ; Kate, St. 13bes. Off Port—Black-eyed Susan, La guna ; Tara, Bombay ; Indian Ocean, New Orleans. Sailed—Ebba Brahe, Melbourne ; Pelloma, Africa; Em migrant, Caldera ; Belle, Paraiba ; Post Boy, Vera Cruz ; Midas, Staten Island ; White Cloud, and City of Man cqester. Put back—William Miles, Savannah. ELSINORE, March 23.—The Eurydice, M'Kinlay, arrived here from London ; reports having seen nine ships in shore off Laisbe, March 20. LIMERICK, March 3 0.—Arrived—Hannah, Hutchinson, Constantinople. SLIGO, March 3 0.—Sailed—Linden, Gillan, New York. STRAVANGER, March 18. —The Vrouw Elisabeth, from Linden to Kragerve, was driven on shore on the Hoiting Rocks last night, and was assisted off very leaky ; but it is doubtful whether she can be repaired. SWANSEA, March 31.—Wind, S.S.E Arrived—Ro derick Dhu, and Cuba, Coquimbo ; Goleonda, St. Jago de Cubo, SCILLY, March 30.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Ambas sador' Malta ; Ruby, Priest, Ode ssa ; A s hl ey, Pi ppett, Galatz ; Titania, Vars, Buenos Ayres ; Margaret and Jane, Ellis, Magadore. Off Port—Hope (brig), Odessa. SUICIDE OF A FRENCHMAN. —On Thursday week, Louisa Harrison, in the service of Barthelemi Beaugrand, egg and fruit dealer, Canterbury, on going up stairs found the door leading from the first landing to the attic fastened inside with a penknife ; and, having her fears aroused, pushed it open, when she found her master hanging to the baluster. She called her mistress, who immediately cut her husband down, but he was quite dead. An inquest was held the same day before Mi. Delasaux. The above facts were related, and, in addi tion, that since Christmas last deceased had been in a desponding way, though on the morning of that day the servant had observed him to be better than usual. Since Christmas he had often threatened to destroy himself, and pieces of rope were occasionally found in his pocket. The servant bad seen him only half an hour previous to finding him a corpse. It appears also from what we learn on inquiry l that deceased some time since fled from his country in consequence of some offence ; but happening to revisit the scene a short time since, it had an effect upon his mind, which led to temporary de rangement, in a fit of which he destroyed himself. A verdict of " Insanity" was returned. —Maidstone Journal. Two HUNDRED FAMILIES PAUPERISED.—Yesterday an extraordinary scene presented itself. at St. Pancras Workhouse, nearly 200 families demanding admission to the workhouse. It appears that the Paving Board of the south-western district resolved to carry out tho powers of their act of Parliament, and cause the removal of all the stalls which have for the last quarter of a cen tury occupied the western side of Tottenham Court-road. The requisite notice to the *tallkeepers having expired, they were removed on Monday. The entire staff of re lieving-officers were engaged the whole day in affording temporary relief, pending inquiry into the meg, Admiralty, Mar c h 14, 1853. R. OSBORNE, Secretary, PART I. ADMISSION TO THE YARD. Apprentices. The Surveyor o f the Navy will report to their lordships, on the 20th of June and December, the number of vacan cies for apprentices in each dockyard which require to be filled up. Appointments will be made by their lordships to these vacancies so soon as the candidates are examined at the respective yards, which is to take place between the sth and 12th of July and January. Candidates for examination will be placed on a list to be kept by the superintendent ; but no person is to bo placed on that list without the authority of their lordships. Due regard will be shown to the recommendations of the super intendent and the yard officers, where they relate to the children of deserving officers and artificers at present serv ing or who formerly served in the yards, and the super intendents are to send to the Admiralty on the first of every month a list of those boys whom they consider should be placed on the list. My lurds reserve to themselves the right of directing the children of persons out of the yard, or of persons in her Majesty's service, whom they may deem entitled to the privilege, to be entered upon the list, but no one is to be placed thereon whose age shall exceed 15 on the day of examination. No boy will on any account be admitted as an apprentice without a competent know ledge of reading, writing, and the four first rules of arith metic; and so soon as the public examination is completed, which is to be held in the presence of the superintendent and at least one of the principal officers, by the schoolmas ter, he is to prepare, under the supervision of the superin tendent, a statement of the relative merits of the candi dates, for transmission to their lordships ; one-half of the admissions will be given to those boys who stand at the head of the graduated list, the other half will be awarded with reference to the claims of their parents. With this object the superintendent will have attached to each boy's name the claims of his parents, to enable their lordships to come to a fair decision ; but in every case of the entry of a boy he must be in good health, and otherwise in all respects fit for the service. Boa: Wages for Apprentices.--Board wages for appren tices will be granted hereafter solely upon the recommen dations of the superintendent and the officers of the yard, who will take care to use them as an encouragement to merit, with a due regard to the circumstances of each fa mily, which must be stated to their lordships by the super intendent when he applies for their sanction. Apprentices out of their Tinte.—lt is their lordships' in tention that apprentices who h ave completed thei r s time should be nominated to fill the vacanciess for shipwrights in the yards ; but no apprentice is to be entered upon the establishment without a written report from the master shipwright, transmitted through the superintendent, as to his conduct and qualifications, and this report is to make special reference to the character given of the apprentice in the quarterly returns by his leading man and inspector, to which the school report is to be appended. His entry upon the yard books, when out of his time, cannot be claimed as a matter of right, but will not be withheld without just cause and proper investigation, and with this view - vacancies will, as far as possible, be kept open in the different yards. The apprentices will attend the dockyard schools during the first three years of their apprenticeship. Those who desire to continue their attendance for another year will be allowed to do so if the schoolmaster report favourably of their industry and good conduct, and permispion to attend school during a fifth year may be extended to those whom the superintendent shall consider deserving of this indul gence. Artificers.—Artificers will be nominated to the remain ing vacancies in the yard by order of their lordships, but no person will on any account be entered unless found to be in every respect qualified by ability, character, and con stitution, to be certified on examination before the superin tendent and professional officers ; and, if found fit, he will be entered on probation for one mouth ; and if at the end of that time his qualifications are satisfactory, he may then be placed on the establishment. Exchanges or Transfers front one Yard to another.—lf an artificer or other person in any of the yards, by reason of health or other satisfactory grounds, wishes to be removed to another yard, he is to m^ he application to his officer, for the information of the superintendent, who will take the necessary steps if the person is deserving of this in dulgence. PROMOTION. It is the object of their lordships, in framing these regu lations, to award promotion to merit on public grounds, and on public grounds alone. But, in forming a decision upon the relative merits of candidates, great care must be taken in apportioning with judgment and fairness the amount of encouragement to which different kinds of merit are entitled ; and though the board appreciate and will always encourage as it deserves all possible progress in the branches of knowledge which form the basis of the exami nations, they are of opinion that "good and faithful ser vices" are by no means to be lost sight of, and that "prac tical knowledge" is of the greatest possible importance in conducting the business of the yard. Their lordships therefore desire that henceforward the names of all the candidates for promotion are to be for warded to them through the Surveyor of the Navy, in the order in which they stand in their examination, and that, together with the original documents, a full report is to be transmitted, not only of the " length of service" of the candidates, but of their character and practical know ledge ; and the board will, on consultation with the sur veyor, then make their selection, not altogether, or in all cases, with sole reference to proficiency in scholastic ac quirements, but with such regard to other points of merit as may appear just; and with the view of obtaining correct information of the ability and character of all persons in the dockyards, my lords desire that the quarterly, half yearly, and yearly reports upon which all future recom mendations are to be founded be filled up with strict care and imp - , ality. Their lordships wish it to be distinctly understood that in making their selection they will proceed on public grounds alone, and that when men are once admitted to the dockyards it is their lordships' determination that they should look to their own merit and ability for future pro motion : and they have to caution all parties concerned, that every application out of the authorised course, whether direct or indirect, will not only be discountenanced, but will tend to check the future advancement of such parties, System of Periodical Returns. Quarterly Bdurns.j-Using the forms that have been already adopted, you will direct each leading man to pre pare, in his own handwriting, a quarterly return of the conduct of the men composing his gang, which he will hand over, when completed, to his inspector, stating in it, on the one hand, any causes of complaint that he may see reason to make against the men for waste of stores, neglect of work, insubordination, or insobriety, and, on the other, his opinion of their respective merits. Inspector's Report to Foreman.—Tho inspector will trans mit these returns, when completed, to the foreman of the yard, under whom he is more immediately serving, accom panied by remarks, also in his own handwriting, and stat ing whether, in his judgment, the leading men have done their duty satisfactorily ; and the foreman, whose business it is to make themselves personally acquainted with the cha racter and conduct of all who work under them, will in like manner trans - ...-it the inspector's reports and returns, so soon as they have reported on them, to the master ship wright, stating how far their own opinion confirms the character given of the gangs by the leading men and inspectors. Both the foremen and the inspectors will include in these returns the single station men placed under their orders, who, with the artificers, form the class out of which the leading men are to be selected. Other single station men are to be reported upon in like manner by the officer under whose immediate orders they are serving. The superintendents are to take case not to permit these returns to lapse into a matter of form. The superior ship wright officers must investigate them closely at tho end of every quarter ; and the inferior officers and leading men will be noted by the Surveyor of the Navy, for the infor mation of the Admiralty, according to the ability displayed in them. Mode of Recommending for Promotion as Leading Man,. --It is their lordships' direction that the quarterly return made originally by the leading man, should pass on to the master shipwright, with the remarks of the inspectors and foremen attached to it ; and whenever a vacancy for a lead ing man occurs, the superintendent will direct the master shipwright, with his assistants, to lay before him the three names which they recommend for promotion, stating, in writing, the grounds of their recommendation, and produc ing the returns upon which it is founded. It is the duty of the superintendent to make strict inquiry, and to inves tigate closely these returns and recommendations, and if he see reason to suppose that they have not been prepared with perfect impartiality, to report the same to the Ad miralty.. Examination.—He will also direct the candidates to be examined, in his presence, by the master shipwright and his assistants, in those matters which are essential to the proper performance of their duties. Qualifications of a Leading 11;7.—T0 a leading man, an artificer should, in addition to a thorough practical know ledge of his trade, be able to write a legible hand; he should understand arithmetic, as far as vulgar and decimal fractions ; and he should be well acquainted with the de tails of forming and combining the different parts of a ship, and the various methods used in trimming and fastening them. Upon all these points the superintendent will draw up a report, which he will transmit through the Surveyor of the Navy to the Admiralty, with the original documents annexed to it, submitted to him by the master shipwright. The surveyor will report his opinion of the claims of the respective parties ; and from the list of candid: tes one of the names thus sent up will be appointed by board order to fill the vacancy. Promotion from Leading Man to Inspector. Half-yearly Report of Foremen on Conduct of Inspedors and Leading Men.—My lords regard it as the peculiar duty of the master shipwright, his assistants, and the fore men of the yard, to watch over the conduct of the leading men and the inspectors ; and they desire that on the Ist of January and July the foremen will prepare a report upon the efficiency or inefficiency of the officers serving under them, which is to be kept in the master shipwright's office, stating any grounds of complaint that they may have against them, and any particular cause of satisfaction, su c h as the increased efficiency of labour, a greater economy i n the use of stores, or any other circumstance which they may think conducive to the better conduct of the work, for which they aro responsible. The original Reports of Foremen on Officers to be sent at the end of the Year to the .Admiralty.—My lords desire that these reports be submitted through the Surveyor of the Navy for their information. They are to be sent up on the 10th of January and July, with the remarks of the master shipwright attached to them ; and the promotion of the fo7einen to tbe rank of master shipwright's assistants will depend very mach upon the impression thus given of their intelligence raid capacity. Mode of .Recommending for an Inspectorsh ip.—When a vacancy for an inspector occurs, the super i n t e ndent will direct the master shipwright to select from the leading men, and from the draughtsmen in the mould loft, the names of the individuals whom he thinks most comperent to fill it, and submit them to him, with the reports of the foremen upon which his recommendation is founded. The superintendent, in addition to these, will call for the re ports made by the inspectors to the foremen , and pay par. ticular attenti on to the returns prepared by the leading men, as well as t o th e qualifications of the draughtsmen, who are put in nomination, as these ought to flirnish proof of their zeal and intelligence as subordinates ; and having satisfied his own mind as to the fitness of the individuals submitted to hina for the oface of inspector, and as to the REGULATIONS OF THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS, &c. Her Majesty having been pleased, by her order in coun cil of the 11th instant, to confirm, with her approval, the accompanying regulatiors, which are henceforth to be adopted, for the entry and promotion of all persons in her Majesty's dock and victualling yards ; they are now issued, by command of their lordships, for the guidance of the re spective superintendents and professional officers, and in formation of all persons employed therein, and to whom they are to be made known. fairness with which they have been selected, he will, as in the case of the leading men, direct them to be examined, in his presence, by the master shipwright and his assistants. Qualification of an Inspector.—To be, an inspector; a man should write well, he should understand arithmetic, as far as vulgar and decimal fractions, and be able to measure plain surfaces and cubes. He should likewise understand laying off ships on the mould-loft floor, and the details of forming and combining the different parts of ships, the various modes of fastening them, and the correct methods of taking account of work. Report of Superintendent.—The superintendent will ad vert to all these points in his report, stating his own opinion of the capacity of the candidates, and one of the names this sent up will be selected to fill the vacancy. Pays and Duties of Inspectors.—The claims of the in spectors having been taken into consideration by their lordships in 1847, and increase of pay granted—viz., to first-class inspectors 1501. per annum, and t o second-class inspectors 1251., their lordships fully expect these officers will take their proper place as a class of intelligent and independent officers, upon whose exertions the discipline of the yard will be maintained ; and they have it in their power to repay the public for the encouragement which has been given to them, by increased vigilance and attention in the discharg,e of their duties; but if they should prove to be negligent ol• inattentive in the fulfilment of their duties, it will be the duty of the superintendent to make the same known to their lordships, that the party may be reduced t) tlaa second class. Shoaling of the Yards. Three Leading Men under each Inspector. Twenty Ship wrights, including Apprentices, under each Leading Man. --My lords have already given orders to place three lead ing men under each inspector, and to assign to each lead ing man a gang of 20 artificers, with the proper proportion of apprentices. Measurer's Office. Their lordships, as a check to extravagance in the use of materials, and in order to bring the work actually done to a proper standard, re-established the " Measurer's" Office, as introduced in 1809, by order in Council, upon the re commendation of the Board of Naval Revision, assigning to it, what it h a d no t b e f ore, a control over the expendi ture of materials, as well as over the application of labour, and placing the office itself upon a more economical foot ing. They are convinced of the necessity of having in the dockyards, where the works are so extensive and the busi ness so complicated, a system of keeping accurate accounts, and of checking the issue of stores and materials ; and they conceive that the means of effecting this may be found by employing in each of the larger wards four measurers, who, with four shipwright writers, will form, under the master shipwright, an office for the measurement of work done—the formation of estimates for repairs, and the state ment of actual expenditure. It will be the duty of the superintendent, as well as the professional officers, to watch the working of this system, and to see that the intention and views of their lordships are fully carried out. - - Foremen of Yard. The forem en of the yard are to be selected from the whole body of inspectors, assistant timber converters, mea surers, and first-class draughtsmen, giving a preference, under ordinary circumstances, to inspectors of the first class, but reserving the right to promote from the second class, upon a special report, in cases of extraordinary ser vices or merit. Vacancies, how filled.—When a vacancy for a foreman occurs, the superintendent will direct the master ship wright to submit the names of all the candidates to him, who will follow, in all respects, the rules laid down for the promotion of inspectors and leading men, taking care, however, that the examination is conducted with due reference to the higher qualification required in this class of officers. Qualifications of Foreman.—To be a foreman, a man should have a competent knowledge of simple equations in algebra, and be able to work problems deduced from the three first book of Euclid. He should also have a thorough knowledge of the mode of laying off ships upon the mould loft floor, and understand all the different modes of form ing and combining them. These qualification are to be stated in the report made by the superintendent to the surveyor for the information of the Admiraltry, accompa nied by his own remarks as to the manner in which the candidates have discharged their duties as inspectors, and by the reports which they have themselves drawn up as to the conduct of the leading men and artificers working under them, during the preceding 12 months ; and my lords will then, on having a report from the surveyor, select one of the candidates to fill the vacancy. Good Service Grants. My lords, having, in 1847, recommended to Parliament that, in consideration of the important duties performed by the foreman, and the unavoidable slowness of their promotion, a gratuity of 501. should be given annually to one foreman in each of the yards, who will be selected by their lordships, on consultation with the Surveyor of the Navy, in April of each year, with due reference to length of service and general character, as well as to the intelli gence and integrity with which, upon the examination of the half-yearly reports, he may appear to have discharged the duties with which the foremen have been intrusted since 1847. They regard this grant in the light of a good reward, to be given up upon promotion. But the foremen are to be informed that this gratuity is given for the year only, but that it may be repeated where any special ser vice is rendered in the ensuing year, such service bein g specially reported by the sup er intendent. fDo.. 616 i 7i 6, 5611 i xd 48 Master Shipieright's Assistant. Examination at Somerset-house.—When a vacancy for a master shipwright's assistant occurs, the Surveyor of the Navy will be directed to select for examination the three foremen whom he may consider the most competent and deserving of promotion, who must be prepared to undergo an examination in algebra, as far as quadratic equations ; in geometry, as far as the sixth book of Euclid, and prob lems depending thereon, and in the elementary principles of mechanics and hydrostatics. These candidates will be also subjected to an examination of practical ship-build ing, laying-off, and the general principles of the construc tion of ships. These examinations are to take place at Somerset-house, in presence of the Surveyor of the Navy, to be conducted by such officers as their lordships may appoint. The superintendents of the yards from which the candi dates have been selecte I will investigate carefully the manner in which each candidate has performed his duty as an officer of the yard, and they will transmit to the Admiralty the original reports sent in by him to the master shipwright's, in order that their lordships, with the assist ance of the Surveyor, may judge of his fitness for higher duties. The decision of the hoard will rest upon a full con sideration of all the circumstances of the case ; and one of the three examined will be selected to fill the vacancy, unless it shall appear that none of them possess the requi site qualifications. OTHER PROMOTIONS. Cann.rrs, Joiners.—Quali f ications as Inspector and Lead ing Man, &c.—The forms to be observed in recommending for promotion and inspectors and leading men, of caulkers and joiners, are to be precisely similar, every recommen dation being founded upon the quarterly reports, which are to be transmitted to the master shipwright. But as there is not the same scope or necessity for instruction amongst these classes of artificers, the examination required for a leading man of shipwrights will be sufficient for an inspector of caulkers or joiners ; and a man will be qualified to become a leading man who can read and write well, and keep accounts correctly, provided the quarterly reports bear testimony to his industry, sobriety, and good conduct in other respects. The same will be required of the fore men and leading men of painters, and of the master smith, who, with a salary of 2501. a year, ought to be a man of some education. His foreman should also be able to read and write, and to keep accounts correctly ; and my lords intend to require this in all future appointments, both in the smitheries and as leading men of labourers. Timber Inspectors. Their lordships having, by their order of the 27th of February, 1847, appoint e d ti m b er i nspectors to the yards, with salaries from 4001. to 3001. per annum, and instruc tions for their guidance having been issued on the 21st of January, 1851, my lords expect a zealous and faithful per formance of their responsible duties, and in the future pro motion to this class of officers my lords will select candi dates front the foremen or converters, or from such other persons as my lords on examination may find to be specially qualified, from their practical knowledge of the qualities and judicious conversion of timber. Removals upon Promotion. Promotion of Foremen and Inspectors.—More liberal remuneration by increase of pay having been made since 1847 to the foremen and inspectors, and a field of honour able exertion being now open to them, in which merit is as certain to lead to preferment as any written regulations can make it, my lords conceive themselves entitled to hold the services of these officers as absolutely at the disposal of the Crown, whenever and wherever they may be required. They will lay down no general rule respecting age or removals at the time of promotion, but it is their intention only to fill up the vacancies upon the list of foremen and inspectors when the returns from all the yards will be before them, and they reserve the right of transferring all officers upon promotion to any yard where it is thought that they may prove most useful. My lords except from this regula tion the foreign yards, as good grounds may . , be assigned, from family circumstances or health, nor declining to serve in them ; but the officers who volunteer for this duty whether as foremen, inspectors, or leading, men, will have their time and rank (in addition to their increased pay) as if employed in her Majesty's yards at home, and will be most favourably noted for promotion when their conduct abroad has proved satisfactory. My lords reserve to them selves the right of adding their names, upon thei r re t urn to this country, to the list of candidates sent up b y any yards in order to insure their re-entry upon their p ass i ng t h e proper examination. Inspectors will be revired to serve for twelve months upon probation before their appoint ments are confirmed. PART 11. SELECTION OF OTHER PERSONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE TARIM Police. In the admission of men for this force, the superin tendent will take care that strict inquiry , is made into the character and previous habits of candidates who may be nominated by the board, and he will be at liberty to re commend candidates for selection whom he may consider to be peculiarly well qualified for these appointments. No person is ever to be entered who is not in every esect fitted for the hi g h trust to be i mpose d on him. Quickness and intelligence, thorough respectability of character, and sound and vi gorous cons titution, are to be consid ere d in dispensable. Preference is generally to be given to eligible candidates from remote counties, over those belonging to or connected with the immediate vicinity of the town. - Roperies. Care is to be taken in the selection of proper and efficient men for the ropenes, both by constitution, ability, and character. Hired men who have performed their duties in a satis factory manner, and proved themselves in every respect fit for the service, will be selected to fill vacancies on the esta blishment. House boys aro not to be entered below the ago of eleven years ; and they will, if attentive, and in every respect eligible by ability an d con d uct, be selected for ropemakers' apprentices. The superintendent is there fore to recommend to the board the most efficient persons for entry. Est be gers. The established rigge s t are to be selected by the superin tendent, assisted by the master attendant, from the best qualified candidates among the seamen riggers serving in the dockyard, or from seamen serving in the yard craft, but if no sufficiently qualified person be found, then they may be selected from the ships in port ; none, however, are to be entered above the age of 45 years, or who have not served at least six years in tho Royal Navy with the ratings of petty officers, able-bodied, or ordinary, and with general good character. Pensioners are not to be consi• dered eligible. Seamen riggers will only be entered from volunteers from her Majesty' s ships paying off, as vacancies arise in the yards; but none are to be appointed with less servitude than six years in the ratings of petty officer, able-bodied, or ordinary, with general good conduct, but especially in their last ship, Artificers are not el%ible as omen riggers, ~. t. 3 A I E Li . 4 1 324 1103 § i n 4 41 14 i 81 2a i , ii i 51' 1 78i i