The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH E MPI RE. We have received the Paris journals of yester day. The Constitutionnel contains an article on the encouragement given by the Government to at tempts to improve the natural resources of the country. Our contemporary enters into some de bails to show what may he expected from the policy of the G overnmen t on this subject, and bestows some eulogy on that policy, which, however, is not more than is deserved. The first person in France who devoted himself seriously and practically to the task o f ren d er i n g the waste lands of France pro ductive, and at the same time removing t he inju rious effects which they had produced on the health of the inh a bit an ts, was M. Casimir Perier. When that gentleman was minister he endeavoure d to form a company of French and English sharehold ers,_ for th e cu lti v ation of the waste lands in Brit nny and in other parts of France , and subscribed 'l's own name for a million of francs. His death bet a stop to his prudent and benevolent efforts fore the capital required could be raised, and With the exception of the efforts made by a few landowners and on a small scale, nothing had been done until the reins of Government came into the hands of the present Chief of the St ate. Some fears have been expressed that the Em peror of the French is aiming at more than he can accomplish, and that the resources of the treasury will not be equal to half what he inte nds to do without adding considerably to the burthens 91 taxation. Were this fear well grounded, which tdoes not appear to us to be, it should be remem red that works of public.utility remain, whatever may have been the sacrifices at which the y were °°tained. All outlay for improvement should be Judicious and properly apportioned to the means of the State, but even when the State has been to a ; certain degree impoverished by an ou tla y be y ond 48 means, the good that has been effected remains, a nd many years do not pass before the nation re ceives back the capital with compound interest in t he increased produce of the earth, the amelioration of the public health, or the comfort and convenience of new channels of communication. If the Provi sional Government of the Republic, instead of Wasting enormous sums in employ in g the starvin g had spent i n digging holes and filling them up again, sPent treble the amount in the making of roads, the building of bridges and the im p rovement 0 waste lands, something would now be shown for t he outl a y But what remains of the lab ours of th e • ateliers nationaux in diffelent parts of France? We see no more return for the outlay than if the money had been thrown into the sea. The Constitutionne/ says In examining the budget of Public Works, we Pointed out the increase which was demanded for the grants destined for the fertilisation and clearing certain Parts of the territory. We shall return hereafter with more details on the works commenced in the Sologne, a nd projected in the Dombes or in the Brenne. We now m erely call attention to a measure which has been suc cessfully adopted in Belgium to realise improvements similar to those which we are now making, and which measure was recently the subject of an interesting dis cussion in the chamber of representatives. It is well known that Belgium has taken the start of us in paths in Which we have only made a first step. It is the great results obtained by our neighbours in the Campine which leave ve given rise to the new plans which are in contem plation for rendering productive certain portions of our unhealthy and desert territory. Some skilfully directed Works of drainage and irrigation have sufficed to sextuple the val ue o f several thousands of hectares. Such has been the starting point of the works devised for the im provement of the Sologne and other parts of the country Which similar causes had appeared to have condemned to eternal sterility. The measure which we now recommend for examination is very simple ; it is the distribution of lime at a reduced price to small farmers. What particu larly contributes to the unfruitfulness of the Sologne, the Dombes, &c., is the too exclusively silicious nature of the soil, and the absence of the calcareous element in the composition of the land. The works which are to be car ried on there must not therefore have merely for object to drain such parts as are marshy, and to irrigate others that are in want of water ; they must also furnish the means of spreading marl over the whole country, so that the farmers may be able to restore to the soil the ele ment of which it is deprived, and which is necessary to render it productive. It is calculated that, in the Sologne, 30 cubic metres of marl are re q uired p er hec tare. Unfortunately marl, in certain localities, costs as much as from 6fr. to 10fr. the cubic metre. In spite, however, of the dearness of it, landowners who can af ford it do not hesitate at the expense, because they find a profit from the outlay. According to authentic ex periments made, and published by several large farmers in the Sologne the net revenue of the hectare before the use of marl is 6fr., whilst after that operation it is from 32fr. to 33fr. The money laid , out in the article there fore in reality brings more than. 10 per cent. S mall farmers, however, who have not money at command, and are not generally fond of innovations, cannot have recourse to this means of improvement. The following ! S what is done in Belgium in a similar case. The ob ject is to increase the use of marl in the barre n p arts of the Luxembourg. For some years p ast an annual credit has been opened to the Government of lime, at a r educed price, to the farmers of the Ardennes. The pro vincial council of the Luxembourg, the agricultural iu n lnlission, and the agricultural committees of the pro fu are unanimous m admitting the immense in -11 Which that measure had exercised on . the clear ing of the ground, and the improvement of its cultiva -0;0"11. The of lime at a reduced price, being a , — Y, granted to the extent of 100 hectolitres to each -rPaeant, it is more particularly the small farmers and la ndowners who profit by it. Thanks to this measure, t he barren region of the Luxembourg will be soon ren dered productive, We will now quote figures. During ' 84 7 and 1848, before premiums were g ranted b y the Gove rnme nt, only 145,000 hectolitres of limestone were sold. In 1849 and 1850, after the establishment of premiums the quantity increased to 424,000 hectolitres, that is to say that the use of lime more than tri p led in that short space of time. The credit which is annually 4 4 , 110 wed for this purpose is 75,000 fr. The central sec "on of the Chamber of Representatives proposed to reduce it to 40,000 fr., but the Chamber, which at first sanctioned the reduction, rejected it by a second vote, after having been informed of the good results of the distribution of lime at a reduced price. What more Particularly is deserving of remark is, that the mainte nance of the full credit was defended with the greatest e nergy by men whose economical opinions are in general 9 11 1 3 esed to any kind of intervention in matters of In Industry Rogier on the pa t r of ban. the Goln p vernment, particularly by d M. Orointing out what has been done in Belgium, in order to, extend the use of calcareous amendments, and to favour the clearing of barren land in the Luxembourg, our only object is to call examination to a measure which has perfectly suc ceeded on the other side of our frontiers, and to induce the Government to ascertain whether it cannot also put i t in practice in those portions of our territory which it undertakes to improve." Count Rrampe, Governor of Iceland, has just been na me d Officer of the Order of the Legion of ionour in return for the important services which he has on several occasions rendered to French vessels, and Captain Angelopoulo, Commandant at the Piraeus, has been on the same grounds named Chevalier of the Order. M. Lagorce has just been appointed French Con sul at Saint Domingo, and has received orders to repair immediately to his post. The Duke de Rovigo and the other defendants who were last week condemned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, have given notice of appeal against the judgment. The Journal de Lot et Garonne advertises the sale of the property of M. Baze, ex-questor of the Legislative Assemby, who is now in exile. Dispatches have arrived from the Gomer, steam frigate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Romain Desfosses, commanding the naval division in the Levant. The Gomer after having visited Rhodes and Cos bad proceeded to Salamis to join the French squadron. The Minister of the Interior has addressed - to the Cantonal Statistical Commissions a circular, im pressing on them the importance of collecting accu rate information relative to all matters concerning agriculture and manufactures. It requests them besides to take particular pains to remove all idea from the public mind in their neighbourhood that the Government has any idea of ,increasing the taxes now pressing on the agricultural interest, its object, on the contrary, being to relieve that inte rest as much as can be safely effected. The market for Government Securities at the Bourse was dull, and at the conclusion of business there was a downward tendency in prices :--For cash, the Three per Cads. remain unchanged, but • the Four-and-a-Half per' Cents. fell 20c. ; the Three per Cents. for the account declined 15c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. sf. In Bank Shares there is no change to report. The following are the closing prices :—For money—Three per Cents., BCf. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the end of the month—Three per Cents., 80f. 35 0. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Bank Stock, 2,735 f. In Bank of Credit Foncier Shares, no c h ange occurre d, but Credit Mobilier declined 121. The final quotations were, for Credit Foncier, 900 f. ; Credit Mobilier, 928 f. Foreign Securities :—Piedmontese, 5 per cent. 99 : Spanish Deferred New, 24. A reaction took place in the Rail way Share Market yesterday, and the advance of Tuesday was not maintained, with the exception of Paris and Rouen shares. SPAIN. There is nothing in the Madrid journals of the 15th on the subject of the change of Ministry, :which had not previously reached us. The Gazette publishes the decrees accepting the resignations of the late Ministers, and nominating their suc cessors. Three per Cents., 42A- ; One per Cents., 24, BeWe lea rn from Berlin th MA Y at thr committee of the Second Chamber recommends the adoption of a bill, authorising the interdiction of foreign publi cations without the previous decision of the judicial authorities. Access to the burial-place of the persons killed at Berlia in March, 1848, has been interdicted by the Prussian police, and the place has been en- closed. The King of Prussia has conferred the grand cross of the Red Eagle on Baron de Varennes, re cently French Minister at Berlin. ITALY. The Constitutionnel says :-" The Retribution, frigate, having carried Mazzini from Genoa, cast anchor in succession at Leghorn and Naples. When the Neapolitan Government learned from Turin that this vessel carried Mazzini, it hastened to take precautionary measures. The frigate weighed anchor, but unfortunately also put into Palermo. Whether Mazzini has really made any attempt at insurrection in Sicily, or that General Filangieri desired to take severe measures of pre caution, it is certain that there have been a great number of arrests at Palermo, and even, we are assured, five capital executions. The (Lieutenant- General appears to think that Mazzini has landed in the island to there take his revenge for the check which he received in Lombardy. We have good reason to believe that General Filangieri is mistaken. A work of Mazzini's is in the press, bearing the title of Agli Italiani. The Italia e Popolo of Genoa gives an extr act from this pamph let. If Mazzini wanted to revolutionise Sicily, he would, it says, be more engaged in proclamations and appeals to the people than in giving an account of his attempt at insurrection at Milan. Mazzini is at Malta, superintending the printing of his work, and from that place he sent part of it to the Genoese journal." A letter from Turin, in the Constitutionnel, says : —" A traveller, who has just arrived from Milan, says that at Magenta, on the frontier, and in t he police offices at lan, he found much fewer diffi culties and formalities, and was much less ques tioned than two years ago. No trace of the late events, he adds, is to be seen in the m oral condi tion of the population.i No doubt there is a dis tinct line of demarcation between the Milanese and the Austrians, but that has always existed. The only mark of superiority of the Austrians which he noticed, was at the theatre La Canobiana, where the first five rows in the pit are reserved for the officers of the garrison ; but that is a privilege which would be but little envied at Turin, for those rows in the pit are always the least occupied, asthe danseuses cannot be seen so well from them." A letter from Ticino of the 14th, in the Basle Gazette, says :—" Persons are still arriving from Lombardy. They are in general Lombard women, who had married citizens of Ticino. They had re mained with their families, in the hope that the Austrian police would not disquiet them, but the police insisted on their taking their departure with their children." A telegraphic dispatch from Turin says :—" In the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Council of Ministers presented a law project de manding a credit of 400,000 f., for a loan to be Lombard emig ra nts who had become Sardinian citizens, and ose property had been sequestrated by the Austrian Government." Accounts have been received from Malta to the 12th. The English squadron had not yet made any preparations for departure. Admiral Dundas had on the evening before dispatched a steamer to Constantinople. and had received notice of the speedy arrival of a line of battle ship and a steam frigate from Portsmouth. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, 16th :—" The Bund of Berne has published the news that the Austrian authori ties in Lombardy had received orders to put them selves in immediate relations with the Federal com missioner, in order to arrange the differences which have arisen between our Government and Switzer land. This ac-ount is inexact; the Austrian authori ties have only received orders to communicate to Col. Bourgeois, the Federal commissioner, the docu ments and information necessary for the inquiry which he is charged to make in Ticino, relative to the attempt at Man." The Cattolico was seized at Genoa on the 14th, on a charge of having, in one of its articles relating to the anniversary of the battle of Novara, ex pressed an ev'dent wish for the destruction of the monarchic constitutional regime ; an offence punish able by Art 22 of the law of March 26, 1848. The Italia Libera of Genoa, of the 14th, has been seized by the police. The Mediterraneo of Genoa has suspended its publication. Field Marshal Radetzky arrived at Venice on the 11th, from Vcrona. On tho following day be paid his respects to Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. TURKEY. The New Prussian , Gazette states, under the head. of Vienna, that M. de Bruck, who ha s been ap pointed Internuncio of Austria at Constantinople, and who is to leave his post in a few days, has re ceived the most pacific instructions from his Go vernment, which is, it is added, doing everything in its power to bring to an amicable conclusion the differences between Turkey and Russia. M. Titoff, the Russian Ambassador at the Porte, passed through Warsaw on the 11th, on his way from Paris to St. Petersburg. The Trieste Gazette publishes a letter from Odessa, which announces the arrival in that place of a courier from St. Petersburg, with dispatches order ing the supension of warlike preparations. Col. Kowalewski, who had been dispatched by Russia as a Cabinet courier to Montenegro, arrived at Trieste on the 11th from Cattaro. The Trieste Observer states that 13 vessels of the Turkish fleet were anchored off Corfu on the Bth, namely, two 44-gun steam-frigates, two 22-gun corvettes, four 20-gun brigs, two steamers for tow ing, and three transports. A letter from Semlin, Bth, states that the Ser vian. Government has not acceded to the desire expressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, for the dismissal of- the public functionaries, M. Marino ries and M. Derchs. The Servian Government invokes the constitution and the treaties which guarantee its full and entire independence as regards foreign Governments. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 31st ult., in the Deutsche Volhshalle, says :—" The last intelli gence from the Caucasus announces a new victory of the Russian troops, 200 of the enemy having been killed, and the rest being forced to take refuge in the forests of Tschetchua, where the Cossacks pursued them with ardour. The Russians had two officers and nine privates wounded." Lord de Redcliffe has had an tudience of the Sultan. M. de la Cour, the French Ambassador, was to have an audience on the 11th. Prince Menschikoff's propositions were still pend ing. He is reported to have threatened that, if not speedily complied with, he would leave Con stantinople. Advices, by a steamer which arrived at Trieste, via Galatz, having left Constantinople on the 12th, s ay that the excitement was increasing. Turkey continued her warlike preparations. Disturbances are reported to have taken place at Broussa. SWITZERLAND. In order to facilitate an arrangement with Swit zerland, the Austrian Ambassador had been in structed to make a verbal reply to the accusations which Switzerland preferred against Austria at a former period. The Ambassador has complained of a certain poem which' was published at Geneva under the title of " The Cry of Blood." This poem treats of the differences existing between Austria and Switzerland. To support his com plaint, the Ambassador has appealed to the Federal press law. HOLLAND. A telegraphic dispatch from the Hague, dated 19th says :—" The Ministry is dissolved. MM. Thorbecke, Vanbosse, Strens, and Vanzuilen have tendered their resignations, which have been ac cepted ; those of MM. Pahud, Enslie, and Dan benoy are not yet accepted. The members of the • new Cabinet already named are—MM. Vauban, Foreign Affairs ; Dankercurtius, Justice ; Vaura "leen, Interior ; Yandoorn, Finances." A WONDERFUL PEOPLE ! -- Nowh a ere in the world ge s n e try, such mer sueghreat and so are there such manufacturers, such tradition f chants, such peers, such mechanics such men of s e o r s acti , ? . al loved a Sovereign, such millionnaire; of loyalty, such unfortunate and intractable rac a e men,. such "nabobs," such ploughmen,. science, such soldiers, sailors, church dignitaries, manists, Dissenters, and men of every other condition or opinion. It is the number of almost distinct commu nitieson to be consulted and conciliated that makes the difficulty and the glory of our Government. No mere federal union ever presented such a task. The man to advise for such a State should possess a more than Im perial mind. A despotism, indeed, may include a thou sand races in one Procrustean rule, but when this variety exists under a constitutional Government, and these races are, in fact, to govern one another, a common rule is only attainatde by the soundest judgment and most extreme consideration. —Times Budget. THE EDUCATION DISCUSSION IN • THE MANCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL was resumed yesterday on. Mr. Coun cillor Heywood's motion in favour of local rating, under local ma,nagentient, for placing the means of education within the reach of the poorer classes. After a pro tracted discussion, Mr. Alderman Pilling moved an amendment, to the effect that it was inexpedient to com mit the council by a premature decision on this subject, as the Government measure must shortly come under its consideration. The amendment was carried wikhout a division, HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, APRIL 91, 1853 THE ASH BKETS, LTTERATURE, BRITISH RAILWAYS. tr.! Paid' RALLWATEL Leasing Compass. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business this day. Paris After Waterloo. By J. Simpson. Black- Shr. I Paid. l 100 Aberdeen 81 Ambg. Nottng Bost, & Eastu. a ll Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey....... 28 Birkenhd. Lauesh. & Cheshire Junct. ll Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon a ll Cork, Blackrock and Passage 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all undee Perth&Aber deen Junction a ll Do. New all East - Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D ) a ll Do. Do. (18/. E.& H ) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) gi j . Do., do a ll Do., B. ar d C 100 Enst Larcashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow, 14 Edin. and Peebles 100 - Ed;n. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and 'Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & 113 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths fl Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all Lo idon & Black wall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Load. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western n Do., Fifths 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B C 100 London &S. Western 42A Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Louden/. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Linchi 4i Do., Man.& Lin. Ms 100 Midland 100 Do.Birming. &Derby 47A Midland G. West.(lr.) 17i Do. 1. Shares .. .. .. . all NewcasLle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket . . 31 Do. Bray Extension 16 - ewp. Aberg. &Hftd n Newry & Enniskillen, all Newry, Wave] ioint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk a ll Do., Jew .... . .... Northz.Counties Un. 106 North British .. . ... • . 13 North Devon, No. 1. all w 2 Do., ..... d . . - NA N A Deferre 5 Do., A B Guaranteed 17i North Stalfordshin= all North Weste :n .. . ..... 10 N. &S. Westrn. Junc. 100 Oxford, Worcester , & W o lverhampton 100 Scottish Central ...... 100 Sc o :•fish 3rdlaud 100 5P ....vsbr & Birmg 1.00 Do., L. & Westu Guaranteed Stock 8 sby.& Hereord all Shrev. by. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswestry 63 Shropshire Union .... all South Dev0n.......... 100 South Ea5tern......... all So ath Wales ..... .... 15 S.Yorksh.RiverDun. 5 Do. . ..................... 16i Stockton & Hartlept 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway: 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1/.18 Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 103 York Newea&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 11 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland..' wood. This volume consists chiefly of a series of sketches of the different incidents and characters which ap peared in the French capital after Waterloo. It also contains some lively descriptions of the town and its chief attractions. It includes a revised edition of a visit to Flanders and the field. The following anecdote is interesting : " I had the good fortune to travel from Brussels to Paris with a youn g Irish officer and his wife , an Ant werp lady of great beauty and very pleasing manners. The officer had been in the battle of Quatre Bras, as well as of Waterloo. .An anecdote of his fair Belgian, which he justly took some pride in relating, will further serve to give an idea of the kind of scenes then occur ring. He was in cantonments at Nevilles, having his wife with him. The unexpected advance of the French called him off on a moment's notice to Quatre Bras, but he left his servant with his wife, one horse, and the family baggage, which was packed on a large ass. Re treat at the time was not anticipated, but was suddenly ordered on Saturday morning, when he contrived to get a message to his wife to make the best of her way, attended by the servant, to Brussels. The ser vant, a foreigner, had availed himself of the opportu nity to take leave of both master and mistress, and made off with the horse which had been left for the use of the latter. With a firmness becoming the wife of a British officer, she boldly commenced on foot her own retreat of twenty-five miles, leading the ass, and carefully pre serving the baggage. She was soon in the midst of the retreating British army, and much retarded and en dangered by the artillery. Her fatigue was great ;it rained in waterspouts, and the thunder and lightning were fearful. She continued her route and got upon the great road from Charlerois to Brussels, at Waterloo, when the army on the Saturday evening were taking up their line. In so extensive a field and large a force it was in vain to seek her husband ; she knew, moreover, that the sight of her there would only have embarrassed and distressed him ; she kept therefore slowly moving on to Brussels all the Saturday night, the road crowded with all sorts of conveyances, waggons and horses, mut? titudes of native fugitives upon it, and many flying into the great wood, while the wounded worked their painful way, and some dropped to breathe their last. Many persons were actually killed by others, if by chance they stood in the way of their endeavours to save themselves. And to add to the horrors, the rain continued unabated, and the thunder and lightning still raged. Eight miles further, in the night, this young woman marched in the mud, her boots worn off, so that she was nearly barefoot, but still went on unhurt. She continued to advance, and although many lost their baggage and many their lives, she entered Brussels in the morning in safety, and without the loss of an article." RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business done this day. all !Bedford and Bletehley. a ll Birm. Oxid. guarantee ... all Do.withoutgr all Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar 1 all Do.wthtguar:' 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all lirtlpl. Dk. eit Failway all Hull & Selby all Do. i Shares all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lowestoft gr. all 4 per cent all Do. 6 per ct all Manch.Bxton ard Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar all Alidld.Bradfd 1 all Northern and! Eastern sp.c. all Do. 6 per et all Do.Fixedsp.e all Prest. do Wyre 114 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.& Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St. lets Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5.p. c 9 S. Staffordsh.. all - WearValleygr 6 per cent ... all Do 100 Wilts &Somrstl all Agua Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian.. 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Bra •dliln Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek.. all Cobre Copper _ _ I !Colonial oold . Faust, a Tragedy. By Goethe. With Notes, Grammatical, Philological, and Exegetical. By " Falck Lebahn, Ph. D. Longman. 25 The object of this work is to assist students who 100 read without a master, and it will doubtless afford St. them great advantages. There are t hr e e divisions g of notes, the grammatical ones give the rules of 50 grammar, and the words in German and in Eng- 20 lish. In the exegetical notes the meaning of the author is explained in contradiction of many sup positions on the subject. In the introductory re marks it is observed— " The popular traditions of northern Germany give strange accounts of Dr. Faust. They represent him as having been in the possession of supernatural secrets, of a magic mantle, and other conjuring apparatus ; he was said to have performed wonderful feats, with the aid of his associate and familiar demon, and at last was duly seized and carried off by the devil as per contract. The simple fact is, that Dr. Faust, being far in advance of his era in the physical sciences, made experiments, the results of which must have appeared superhuman to the narrow-minded understandings of the people. All that his contemporaries could not account for, by their own limited experience, they ascribed to magic and unholy arts, and Faust paid the usual penalty for superiority in an age of ignorance, by being traduced as a sorcerer." 14 Copirpo 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 Czush. Co all Mariqvita 9 Mexican &S. Americ all New Granada all Nouveau Mondo 1 Port Philip all Qam ia Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 10 Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican .... all Caller all West Granada..... . all West Mariposa all Y dot% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia. British N. American lehrtd. Bnk. of India, ni -88 i The Angler's Companion to the _Rivers and Lochs of Scotland. By Thos. Tod Stoddart. Blackwood. The fact of this little volume having reached a second edition sufficiently proves its value ; and, indeed, from the variety of the information it con tains, and the completeness of the directions given, it would be difficult to imagine a more useful " Angler's Companion." It displays considerable knowledge of the subject and of the country, for it gives a minute account of all the rivers and lochs, their characteristics, the fish frequenting them, and the best means for ensnaring them. It has been revised and subjected to extensive alterations, the result of the author's increased experience. It is ornamented by an engraving of the results of " a day's fishing," and possesses the useful accompani ment of a map of Scotland, illustrative of the rivers and lochs described. Australia, k China! Colonial. Commercial •f Lon don English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County LOndon Joint Stock Lond. &Westminster London Bauk of Aus tralia and India National of Ireland... Orier tal Bank of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Irelare Do. New i - 1 PI 1 - lip 3 - 3ip 20 20 50 20 par 54 - 55 ... .--- . Royal Australn.Rkg. & Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid dis— par 48 50 76 77 8 9 The Events of a Year. By Emilie Carlon. 3 vols. Newby. This is another of the novels of that celebrated s, authoress of the " Birthright," " Woman's Life," 3 die. She is not to be surpassed in the life-like de lineation of her characters. They all seem perfect in their different styles—not that these in question are pleasing ones. The events are rather painful than otherwise, but the mode of expression, the descriptions, the whole arrangement of the plot is admirable. The Rittmeister is very ably drawn— bold, stern, and unyielding to those who did not understand him • but when once his heart was I touched his whole character underwent a change, 2 or rather developed itself. Then he was affable and pleasing, possessed of a strong power of fasci SI - nation and attraction, almost impossible to resist. S . Lavinia was a most remarkable woman, appa rently calm and composed ; she was really full of S 1 deep feeling and exciting impulses. A marriage S de convenience between these two unusual person ages produced an extraordinary confusion of ideas, sentiments, and passions ; all turned out right at last, but it was not till after both had drunk deeply of the bitter cup of sorrow, and learned the hard lessons of experience. Julia was a regular spoiled child—pietty, trifling, and faulty ; she went on from one extreme to another till we leave her at last in the enviable position of a tallow-maker. Some of the subordinates of the tale are very vividly brought before us, and as an animated pic ture of Swedish life it must be regarded. Frank Merryweather. By H. 0-. Ainslie Young. 2 vols. Newby. This is a very complicated tale. There is a great deal of the romantic in its events. The hero is deprived of his father's property by a forged will being brought forward in place of the real desires of the deceased being executed (he left no actual will.) Mr. Munroe was a thoroughly selfish man. His great wealth made him arrogant and conceited. ; but it was impossible for him to enter the high so ciety he wished, for his want of education was too apparent, and his manners were extremely un polished. Besides all these disadvantages under which he laboured, there was another and a greater—his mode of life in India was necessarily contracted, and he was, from his high position, a person of the greatest consequence in his own s , circle there ; but at home it was very different. He was lost in the aggregate of celebrities. He 8 could not succeed. in gaining a place in the privi leged classes of meritand of fashion. He met with one disappointment after another ; and. finally, to cheat his cares, took to opium eating. He nearly caused his death by these means, and it was by a fortunate change of events only that he was saved. Frank, the hero, is a very interesting character, although he loses some of his attraction from giving way to passion on one occasion, and subsequently destroying the life of a valued friend in a duel. Constance was a most unhappy lady. Her mother died, her father did not care for her in t he least, S and her favourite plans were always thwarted. At last, however, fortune smiled on her, and the con clusion leaves her under the most favourable auspices. Perhaps the most amusing character is • Mr. Munroe's sister, Aunt Dorothy, who spends her time in collecting specimens and curiosities. She devoted so much of her senses to these studies that she had not much to spare for very-day life ; and her mistaking a courier for a nobleman in Paris was very ludicrous. On the whole, this story may furnish amusement ; and some of the sketches of Indian life introduced. give a pleasing variety to the oft-repeated tales of home oc 'rrences. STRIKES AND RISE OF WAGES IN WALES.—Nearly all the trades in South Wales have followed the movement initiated by the English operatives for an advance in wages ; and where such addition has been refused, general recourse has been had to the " strike." In some cases this has been successful, and the masters have been obliged to accede to the wishes of the employed; whilst, on the other hand, in many instances, it has been un availing, the employers preferring to obtain fresh hands rather than comply with the conditions proposed. The shoemakers in particular seem very generally to have met with the desired advance, which in some instances has been as much as 25 per cent. This has been esta blished throughout Merthyr, Newport, Caerphilly, Aber gavenny, &c. The painters also have had a rise of 10 per cent., and carpenters and masons have also benefited. A MOTHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HER SON.—OH Sunday last a shocking accident occurred to a womanuf the name of Holland, residing in Albion-street, Notting ham. It appears that during the hour of breakfast, on in question, of age,estion, the son of Mrs. Holland, a boy the about o rn ing fifteen years was handling a loaded pistol, and hip mother in Stempting to take a crust of bread out of his hand, either touched the lock of the pistol herself, or caused her son to do so, as the piece instantly k discharged, and the contents passed into the face of Mrs. Holland. The pistol was loaded with shot, and, of course, inflicted a fearful wound. Surgical assistance was immediately procured, and the woman is now doing as well as can be expected. - Di - 6 —61 d 22 d 2d 105 64 224 —22 h 5 pm MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail Australu. Royal Mail Brit. Americu. Land Canada 80 - 83 78 -- 80 Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam BleuLric. Teleg. of Ir Gea. Steam N...vigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netl , ezlands Land. 3- .02 Europe Stearn Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. i ^ i 1H Royal Mail Steara....l South Austral. Land l Submar. Telegraph... Universal Emigration and Colonisatioa... Van D!eme - i's Land..l ..• ••• 48 119 __ 20 LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E.; Light breeze, dull add hazy, with rain. LIVERPOOL, April 20.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Bunyan, Apolachicala ; Stranger, New Orleans ; Kossuth, New York. Off Port— Tyro. Sailed—Bella, Pernam buco ; Mahaica, Demerara; City of Glasgow, Philadelphia; Baltic (s), New York; T. J. Roger, ditto ; Empire Queen, Boston. FALMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Dos Amigos, Havannah ; Omricio, ditto; Rauma, Jaffa. Off Port—Nancy Trent, Matanzas. DEAL, April 20.—Wind, Westerly. Arrived—Elen thera, Honduras. Arrived from the River and Sailed King Alfred, Bermuda. DOVER, April 20.—Wind, N. to N.W. Ssiled—Mary borough, Miramechi. PORTSMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. to N.N.W. Sailed —Thomas Rowell, Quebec, having stopped her leak. COWES, April 20.—Wind, Arrived—Franklin (s), New York (on freight 200,000 dollars), and proceeded for Havre. PLYMOUTH, April 20.—Wind, W. N. W. Sailed — Dahlia, Quebec. Off Port—Westminster, Honduras. JERSEY, Aprill9.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—Canopus, Labrador. BRISTOL, April 2. 0 . —Wink N.W. Put Back—Jane, Quebec, leaky. SOUTHAMPTON, April 21.—The Tennessee Pacific Mail Steamer has been totally lost, noar San Francisco, having ruu on shore in a fog ; passengers and mails saved. YSTAD, April 14.—The Isabella Thomson, London to the Baltic, is on shore, but is expected off. GIBRALTER, April 14.—The Placid, of and from Sunder land, is on shore S.W. of Cape Sparta, and abandoned by the crew. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the Week ended April 21, 1853, made up from the Returns of the In pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. NILEAT. I BAILEY. 1 OATS. EYE.I I BEANS. PEAS. OS IOCi I 3ls I Id: I9s 23s 103 I 345 83 33s 7d THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. . _ WHEAT. BARTEL I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. 45s lid 31s 8d 18s 10d 3.s Id 34s 4d PEAR. 32s 10d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAL Is Od is Od is Od is 'Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 75,972; Barley, 29,751; Oats, 16,2,33; Rye, 130 ; Beans 4,376; Peas, 730 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 41.14 s ; clover ditto, 3184 to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 8s to 1116 s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 4115 s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to Si Os ; and straw, 118 s to 11 16s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 313 s to 41 14s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADRNF ',L.—The general demand ruled steady, and prices were wc'l supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3 s 8 d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6 d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s dd ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Pork, 33 Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SoVTHALL, APRIL 20.—T0-day's market was moderately supplied with each kind of stock, which sold steadily, as follows :—Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 68 O d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. RoMFORD, APRIL 20.—The demand for each tind of stock at this market ruled steady, at extreme quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4,1; Veal, 3s 6d to 4.s 4d ; Pork 3s 4d to 4s Od per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 24s each. HAILSHAM, APRIL 20.—Each kind of stock moved off steadily at this market, and prim were on the advance. Beef, from 33 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 48 2d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 4cl ; Veal, 33 Gd to 4s Od. ARUNDEL, APRIL 19.—Trade generally at this market to-day ruled firm, and quotations were well supported. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4.13 24 to 5 s ; Lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d. to 3s 104 per Sibs. CHICHESTER, APRIL 20.—The demand for each kind of stock at this market was steady, at higher prices. 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MINES. 30, St. 50 St. 30 20 1 40 LO all )O all ?,0 2 O 2O O 10 O 20 :0 2 i 0 I 22 ;5 I all 10 25 ,0 all 5 1 '..5 125 15 all )0 3 4 5 5 r 4 2 ,),0 1 1 1 L 5 14 DO 50 1 all ,0 2 :0 2 100 60 25 25 1 1 5 2 - ... LO7 -109 52 - 54 148 —lsoxd 32i —33 i Ll 2 - 114 56 - 57 27i - 28 14 - 14 26 - 27 19i -- 194 26 -- 27 2i - 3i 1.06 - 107 64 - 66 149 - 15: 149 - 15: 1— d 32i- 33, 101§.- 1051 x new li li i 15 I ;1- 351 i 83 1 S2l SPORTIA G NOTES.—No. CCCCXI7. MILTON MEETING.—The bill of fare for to-morrow embraces no less than six events, three of which require no remark from me. The La' gton Stakes of 5 sous. each, 20 added, half-a mile, will most probably be carried off by THE JEWESS ; King David being a doubtful runner, or he would have been somewhere about the mark. _ ---- ----- The Convivial Handicap of 10 sovs. each, &c., one mile, Scott ought to make sure of with one of his nomi nations—PHANTOM the most likely to be selected. The Tally-ho Handicap, mile and a half, I should book to MIREHILL Or THE ITALIAN. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—Something less than a week will bring home to us the decision of this important stake ; therefore it behoves me at once to take into consideration the merits of the animals engaged. The field will, I understand, be composed of West Australian, Filbert, Orinoco, Barbatus, Towton, Las celles, and perhaps another or two. Cheddar and Ninny hammer's appearances are scarcely among the probabili ties. Umbriel does not run, neither do Mr. Payne's. The Reiver and Sittingbourne also must be set down as non-starters, which leaves but a very diminutive field to contest this so called "Key to the Derby." Some months since I published my first remarks on this race, at the time selecting West Australian as the winner, declaring my belief that there was no animal entered for the Stake that had any chance, if he kept well, of beating him over this distance. I also remarke that he was the representative of the great northern stable, and that Umbriel would not run. The list of horses I gave then as the most likely competitors, I have only to make one alteration in, and that is with respect to the representative of the Fyfield stable. I was unable to discover which was to be the horse, Orinoco, or North. Pole. Since I wrote the foregoing my opinion has under gone no alteration. I still believe Mr. Bowes' large strided son of Melbourne, and Mowerina, to be quite enough to carry off this stake, and with tolerably ease too. I cannot fancy that Filbert has any pretensions to more than a third or fourth place, or that Orinoco, although tried very high for the mile, can do more than run a respectable second to West Australian. Lascelles, notwithstanding his victory at Epsom over two or three of the great guns of last year, I cannot imagine will figure in a very forward position in this race. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the horses who are certain to be On the missing list are the follow ing :—The Lion, North Pole, Mustang, Sir Walt er, Umbriel, War-Whoop, Pindus, The Adjutant, Hazle nut, Nutpecker, Pensioner, War-Eagle colt, Constan tine, Singapore, and Exhibition. NE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.—It is uncommonly difficult to discover at the present moment what may be the component parts of the field for this stake ; I have reason to believe, however, that Mrs. Nutting will re present Lord Exeter's half dozen ; that Mayfair will be started from Fisher's stable ; Vaultress from John Day's Sen. ; Sylphine from E. Parr's ; Hybla from A. Tay lor's ;. Mentmore Lass from W. King's ; Comfit from Osborne's ; Bridget from M. Dawson's ; and one or two more, including something from Messrs. Greville and Payne's lots. Mayfair is but an indifferent animal. Vaultress, I fancy, has lost her two years old form. Hybla gave us a specimen the other day that she is in tolerable form, but I cannot believe she is good enough for this bout. Bridget's performances will not entitle her to a win here. Mrs. Nutting is much talked about and fancied at Newmarket, but, according to my view of the case, she and the rest must give place to SYLPHINE and COMFIT, whom I think must occupy the first and second places. THE NEWMARKET STAKES.—Out of the twenty-two nominations the running of the previous four days to the decision of this stake will make the majority a case of forfeits, Stone Plover, Filbert, Orinoco, and William Rufus being all that are likely to show • and as the Fyfield horse Orinoco has been proved to be something superior at a mile, he will doubtless secure the spoils for Mr. Stanley. Within the last few days a very considerable change has been effected in the position of several ani mals in the betting for the Chester Cup and Derby, the most significant of which has been the introduction of Nancy for the former at 50 to 1, at which price a mode rate sum has been got on. The party have as yet failed to obtain a large stake, the price required being refused. Trifle, after having oscillated for a week or so, is once more firm as first favourite at 8 to 1. I entertain a first-class opinion of her chalice, and think she must obtain a place. Lady Evelyn's party, I presume, have got their money on, as they have been very quiet lately, and the mare has been steady at 10 to 1. She has done excellent work, and, under Nat's guidance, ought to be one of the first to find her way home on the "Coop" day. Talfourd, on the strength of his late victories, holds the position of third favourite ; and I am inclined to place a little confidence in him for the great event on the Roodee. The Derby movements, if anything, have been more decided than those for the Chester Cup ; West Austra lian, upon a continuous outlay, has gradually risen from 10 to 6 to 1, and seemingly will soon be at half that figure. I have a notion that he will carry off the Guineas, be beaten in the Derby, and win the St. Leger. This is founded altogether upon his build and action, the latter being well adapted to the Rowley Mile and St. Leger courses, and not to that at Epsom. The next great movement is the immense amount of cash that has been thrown into the market to support Honeywood, who, within little more than a fortnight, has advanced from 15 to 7 to 1. I consider all money invested en this animal to be given to the book-makers. I cannot for "an instant bring myself to believe that, at the very best, he is a better horse than Neasham was in his Derby form. I shall resume the subject at early period. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.—Mr. Vickers, the publisher, has forwarded me an early copy of the Wizard of the North's pamphlet on the Derby ; but it came to hand too late to be reviewed in my Notes to-day. YORK SPRING MEETING.-WEDNESDAY. _ THE EGLINTON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 - added ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; allowances for maiden horses. Three quarters of a mile. 10 subs. Lord Zetland's Ivan, by Van Tromp, 2 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 1 Sir C. Monck's Vindex, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 9st (Ewart) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Vindex, but when seen to have a good start 3to 1 was laid. The young one took up the running at the half distance, and won easily by two lengths. The LONDESBOROUGH CUP, value 100 sow., in specie, added to a handicap stakes of 5 soya. each ; for three-yr olds and upwards ; winners extra ; the second to receive 10 soya, out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 21 subs. Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps, by Velocipede, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. I'Anson's Haricot, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. H. S. Thompson's Agnes Wickfield, 4 yrs, Gst (Waddington) 3 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Basham) 4 Mr. Beeley's Beech Nut, 3 yrs, sst 31b (F. Bates 5 Mr. Baker's Tomato, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Boyes) Betting-5 to 4on King of Trumps, sto 2 against Hari cot, 6 to 1 each agst Hungerford and Agnes Wickfield. Bing of Trumps waited to half way between the road and the stand, when he joined Haricot and Agnes Wickfield, the two leading horses. Agnes dropped off, and the King defeated Haricot easily by half a length. Bad third. The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE of 30 sovs., added to a han dicap sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for all ages. T.Y.C. 12 subs. Mr. H. T. Thompson's British Fanner, 3 yrs, Est (Boyer ) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Morris's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Basham) 3 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Bumby) 4 The following also ran : 2 —Mr. John Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Osborne) ; Mr. T. Ho ltb y 's Rosa Lee, 4 yrs, 7st (Wells) • Mr. H. S. Thompson's All's Lost Now, 5 yrs, Est 1 01 b CWadclington) ; Mr. Parker's Lady Mowbray, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (Carroll); Mr. Armstrong's Julius Caesar, 2 yrs, sst (Bates). Betting— -3 to 1 agst Game Tommy, 4 to 1 agst Rosa Lee, 5 to 1 agst Lady Agnes, 8 to 1 agst British Farmer. Won by two lengths ; same distance between second and third ; head between third and fourth. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 25 sovs., added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; mares aril geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra. Tho winner to be sold for 2001. ; allowances if to be sold for less. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. T. Walker's b c by Birdcatcher, out of Surprise, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 101 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. 11. S. Thompson's Sweetness, 3 yrs (301 ), sst 13Ib (Wells) 2 Mr. T. Mo.sterman's The Salmon, 3 yrs (301.), sst (Bo 13 yes) 1b 3 Won by a head. The weather was fine, but the sport was somewha scanty. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst West Australian (taken). 3to 1 agst Oronoco (taken). CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Trifle (taken). 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken to 200/.). 35 to 1 agst Nancy. 40 to 1 would have been taken a b o ut Nancy to a lar g e amount. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 7to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 15 to 1 agst Cineas. NEwmARSET SECOND SPRING MEETING. I The SUFFOLK STAKES of 15 SOTS. each, 5 ft, if declared, g m , on Tuesday in the First Spring Meeting, with 50 added. The winner of the Somersetshire Stakes or Chester Cup to carry 81b extra, of any other Sweep stakes amounting to 200 sous., incl u di ng th e w i nner ' s o wn stake, after the declaration of the weights, or of the R.M. Plate on the preceding day, 41b extra. Suffolk Stakes Course, last mile and a half of R.C. Yrs st lb Indian Warrior 4 8 10 Hungerford Cf. Bn. Nicholson 4 8 7 4 Mine 8 4 Officious 6 8 4 Nutshell 6 8 2 King Pepin .. Hothorpe Waverley Hirsuta St. George 6 7 4 Cotton Lady Sabra Dame Tattle Ilex 4 6 12 Madrid Yrs st lb Nathan Sextus 3 6 8 Alexia 3 6 8 Chilton Lord-Lieutenant 3 6 7 Dabchick Nutpecker Rackapelt Veteran Petrel 3 6 0 The Dandy 3 5 12 Torment 3 5 10 Ch g by Verulam, • out of Madinella 3 5 9 Gavotte ASCOT HEATH, JUNE 7, A Piece of Plate, value 500 sovs., the gift of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a sweep- stakes of 20 sovs. each ; for three-yr-olds, to carry 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 61b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. To start at Cup Post, and go-once round and in. About two miles and a half. , _ Vindex, 3 yrs Exact, 3 yrs Gadabout, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs Newminster, 5 yrs Lady Evelyn, aged Leopold, 4 yrs Orinoco, 3 yrs Little David, 3 yrs Teddington, 5 yrs Ninnyhammer, 3 yrs Stockwell, 4 yrs Songstress, 4 yrs Kingston, 4 yrs Weathergage, 4 yrs The Indian Warrior, 4 yrs Defiance, 3 yrs Talfourd, 3 yrs Umbriel, 3 yrs Pelion, 3 yrs Beverlac, 3 yrs Chief Baron Nicholson, 4 yrs SHREWSBURY, MAY 12. Acceptances for the GREAT CLEVELAND HANDICAP. About two miles and a quarter. Yrs st lb Weathergage 4 8 11 Chaseaway 5 7 4 Goldfin der 5 7 3 Black Doctor 5 7 1 Merry Bird 4 7 0 Lindrick 4 6 12 Father -Thames 4 6 11 Lough Bawn 5 6 10 Red Lion 5 0 9 Gholab Singh 5 6 9 Clothworker a 6 8 Bardolph Le Juif 5 6 8 Melford.... a 6 7 Antigone 5 6 6 Farewell 4 6 3 Banshee was struck out Monday, the 18th inst., at GooDwooD, July 26.—Thi 30 subs. Yrs st lb Leap-year. Llanforda 3 6 0 NewmanNoggs 6 0 Morning Star 4 5 10 5 5 10 Harp Waterfall 5 5 10 The Carrier 4 5 10 Richard Primmer 4 5 10 Tame 4 5 8 Athenia Pallas.... 4 5 8 Ibis 4 5 8 Audubon 3 5 1 Tavistock 3 5 0 Pastrycook 3 5 0 Placid 3 4 12 Ann Page 3 4 6 of all her engagements on [0 a.m. Le Goodwood Cup closed with THE LATE FATAL FIRE AND THE ARTILLERYgAR. purpose of arden co a m tte m n u d n e i d ca a t t in t g he t G o u t il h d e ha p l o l o y r es s te ol r d d ie a r y , for the R. rp hep whose case has excited so much interest in the public mind in consequence of his gallant conduct and the inju ries he received in attempting to save the life of Serjeant Patterson, the amount of contributions that had been forwarded to this court on his behalf by benevolently disposed individuals, and on the worthy alderman taking his seat on the bench, Inspector Cale handed up a valuable silver watch and guard, the former engraved with the following inscrip tion, and the.whole enclosed in a neat morocco case :.-.-- " Presented by the officers and constables of the second division City of London police to James Haviland, of the 9th battalion Royal Artillery, for his brave conduct in attempting to save from fire the life of the late Police serjeant Patterson, of the same division, on the 9th day of March, 1853." Inspector Cale requested that the worthy alderman would present it to the soldier, who had obtained leave of absence for the day and was then present in court. Inspector Teague requested a similar favour with re gard to a handsome crimson velvet French purse, con taining six sovereigns, which the same division wished to present to the widow. On one side of the purse was s silver plate, inscribed with the following :—" Presented to Emily Patterson, widow of the late Serjeant Patter son, by the officers and constables of the second division of the City police, as a mark of respect to the memory of her deceased husband, 20th April, 1853 ." Sir R. W. Carden said there7only now devolved upon him the pleasing duty to present the watch and chain to the soldier as an acknowledgment by the police, in whose division the unfortunate fire occurred, of the service he had endeavoured to render to the late Serjeant Patter son, and his heroic conduct in exposing his own life in rescuing a fellow-creature. At the same time he felt very much gratified at the liberal manner in which the public had responded to the appeal made to their feelings on behalf of the soldier and the widow ; and he was happy to announce that the amount of subscriptions he had received was about 2401., which he intended to ap portion, according to the wish of the donors, in the fol lowing way :-2001. for the soldier, and 401. for the widow. With regard to the sympathy displayed by the police, he could only say that it was extremely credit. able to the force that out of the sum he had named as much as 251. had been contributed by the City police, independent of the watch he had just had the pleasure of presenting to the soldier. Such a feeling existing in such a large body of officers and men only showed their admiration of acts of this kind, and an anxiety to reward persons who so ;nobly did their duty. He, therefore, hoped the soldier would preserve the watch as a memento of an honourable and praiseworthy action ; and as it was his intention to invest the sum placed in his hands in securing a life annuity for the soldier, he trusted he would live long to enjoy it. In presenting the purse to the widow, he would not wound her feelings unneces sarily by recalling to her mind her recent loss, but would let the token of esteem for her late husband by his colleagues in the division speak for itself. With the 401. collected for her, he intended to ascertain in what manner it could be made most beneficial to her, and lay it out accordingly. If the unfortunate widow had any consolation at all, it must have been that her late hus ' band lost his life in the performance of his duty. James Haviland expressed his gratitude as well as his feelings under the circumstances would allow him ; but becoming a little reassured he said he could never suf ficiently thank the alderman and the police for the hu manity and kindness with which he had been treated throughout, or the public, for the sympathy they had shown for him. The poor fellow then applied to Sir R. W. Carden for so much of the subscription as would enable him to send for his wife, who was lel, at Gibraltar when his detach ment returned to England, she being afflicted with asthma and unable to encounter the passage in the winter season. Sir Robert gave him 201. for that purpose, and the soldier seemed delighted with the prospect of getting his wife home. The widow then returned her most grateful thanks for the assistance afforded her, and the court having been cleared of the crowd of policemen and others, who met the soldier with the greatest cordiality, the usual busi ness was proceeded with. PASSPORTS TO THE CONTINENT. REGULATIONS RESPECTING PASSPORTS ISSUED AT THE FOREIGN-OFFICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. 1. —Applications for Foreign-office passports must be made in writing to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the word " Passport " written upon the cover. • 2.—The fee on the issue of a passport is 7s. 6d. 3.—Foreign-office passports are granted only to British subjects, including in that description foreigners who have been naturalised by act of Parliament, or by certificates of naturalisation granted before tho 24th day of August, 1850 ; in this latter case, the party is described in the passport as a " naturalised British subject." 4.—Passports are granted between the hours of 12 and 4 on the day following that on which the application for the passport has been received at the Foreign-office. s.—Passports are granted to persons who are either known to the Secretary of State, or recommended to him by some person who is known to him ; or upon the written application of any banking firm established in London, or in any other past of the United Kingdom. 6.--Passports cannot be sent by the Foreign-office to persons already abroad. Such persons should apply to the nearest British Mission or Consulate. 7.—Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission, or at some Consulate in England, of the Government of the country which the bearer of the pass port intends to visit. B. A Foreign-office passport granted for one y . may be used for any subsequen t journey, f countersigned by the Ministers or Co nsuls of the countries which the bearer intends to visit. Foreign-office, April, 1853. The couzltersig in Londonnaturoor v /sic: not of required.the Prussian or Sar dinianauthorities ---- - EXTRAORDINARY YORKSHIRE E!.OPEMENT.—In Ley burn there has lived for many years an ingenious person, whose versatility of talent has long been acknowledged by the inhabitants. Some little time ago our hero ma nifested a slight eccentricity iu expressing a wish to his housekeeper that he might be able, at ristmas, ds of to ur 16n the beam at 20 stone (he then weighin Ch g upwarf stone), at the same time promising her marriage if, by ,E 4 c ß o y rp p or r e o a p l er st d ru ie c t t , ur structure gradually dint of high feeding, she could assist him in accomplish ing that object. She a ccordingly set to work ; many and ludicrous were the experiments tried ere the desired _ judiciously ex panded,pre- scrib ed, until at length it was whispered that his garments were undergoing alteration outer s specificc r ed, Iv our a w fo o u r n tl d iy . tailor's. On Christmas Day at a neighbouring the beam, which he easily our hero was brought to pounds, exactly three cast at twenty stone three pounds more than was stipulated. for. His housekeeper having successfully accomplished her part of the agreement, his promise at th e alar now called upon him to ratify t e at once assented, and made preparati on f or th . n bond was not t o be e ceremony. But - alas ! the completed so easily. The two de votees of Cupid had neighbours —a. not, unfortunately, consulted their thing paramount importance in all small towns. On of the d been consummated a mob a y when assl; should l t e h d ei t r h b e lis h s ou hu h rl ave bricks, ston e s, an d o th er ava ilable missiles throughl ll l! windows, until the unfortunate couple were obliged to quit the scene of devastation, and take refuge in an iron warehouse. Here they remained until the mob subsided, and then retired to their shattered domicile, determined to be up with the lark, and, on the wings of love, fly to the haven of Gretna. A postcliaise was secretly ordered at the Bolton Arms ; next evening, at five o'clock, they were over the Border, and shortly after, man and wife were congratulating each other on haring outwitted their "knowing" neighbours. — Worcestershire Chronicle. A MYSTERIOUS FOUNDLING.—A female child, wrap ped up in the finest linen, and covered with a handsome velvet cloak, was found a few days ago in a passage leading to the vestry in the church of St. noel'. On unfolding the clothes the following letter was found : " Imperious reasons compel me to momentarily desert my child. I shall not cease to watch over her. I en treat the person who shall thite charge of her, to pay her the greatest attention. Some day, and that, per haps, not very distant, she will be generou wish to be called Marie, and that the necklace which she e dl has on may be carefully preserved. The wife of the bea took charge of the c hild, and, according.to the wish of the mother, it was christened Marie.—Gatignani's Mes• sever.