The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Moniteur of yesterday morning says :
" The Government has received from Constanti-
nople, under date of the 13th, the official account
of the modifications which have been made in the
composition of the Ottoman Ministry. Mehe-
met Ali Pacha, who was Grand Vizir, is ap-
pointed Minister of War, and is replaced in his
former post by Mustapha Pacha, formerly Presi-
dent of the Grand Council. The latter is succeeded
by Rifaat Pacha. The portfolio of Foreign Affairs
is confided to Reschid Pacha."
"We received yesterday," says the Constitu-
tionnel, "by Belgrade, Vienna, and Berlin, news
from Constantinople to the 7th of this month, that
is to say, two days anterior to those which have
arrived by Trieste. We find in them some facts
not yet made public. Ahmed Fethi Pacha, Minister
of Commerce and Public Works, had been restored
to his old post of Grand Master of the Artillery, in
place of Namik Pacha, who himself replaced him
in the department of Commerce.

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MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English
wheat ; yet the demand, owing to the limited number of
buyers in attendance, was in a sluggish state, at Monday's
prices. For forward delivery, next to nothing was doing.
The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 6,110
quarters. Medium parcels changed hands steadily, at full
currencies. In other kinds, very few transactions took
plum Floating cargoes were held at fully previous rates.
English barley was firm ; but foreign parcels commanded
very little attention. No change took place in the value
of malt.

Good sound oats were quite as dear as last week ; but
damp qualities were much neglected.

BOans and peas sold freely at extreme rates; but flour
was very dull.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Engliill I Wheat. I Barley. Malt.
I
Iribh .. 1,160 I 30 1.710
Foreign

Oats.

Flour.

6,170 I 6,430

320 6lO
5,010
7,140 970 sks

WHITECHAPEL.

The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day
ruled steady. The following are the quotations :
Beef, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 9d to 4s Gd ; lamb, 5s Od
to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs
by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
The demand for all kinds of hops ruled steady, at very
full prices.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TIIIS DAY).

LONDON, May 25.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. ;
light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, E. Sailed—Faith (s),
Coast of Africa. Off Port—Amphitrite, Buenos Ayres;
Dalreadas, Batavia, for Rotterdam.
SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind, E. Sailed—Gentoo, King
George's Town ; Sally, Singapore • Glenmore, Cape of
Good Hope ; Thos. Hankey, jun., Caldera ; Kate, Cape do
Verd ; Law Ogilby, Coquimbo.
FALMOUTH, May 24. Wind, E., strong Off Port—A
large four-masted steamer, from the Eastward.

SCILLY, May 23.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Connecticut,
New York. Doctrina et Amicitia, Batavia, for Amster-

dam ; Osbert, Dominica.
QuEENSTOWN, May 23.—Arrived—Deutcbland, Cuba.
Sailed—Ocean, St. John's, N.B. ; Nordlyset, Miramichi.
BARBADOES, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Rolla,
Barbadoes.
LOWESTOFFE, May 24.—The Utility, of Sunderland,
London to Seaham, is on shore on the North Roads, but is
expected off.
CLYDE, May 23.—Arrived—Aderondock, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
WATERFORD, May 23.—Wind, S.E. to E.N.E. Arrived
—Acorn, Demerara (in quarantine).
YOUGHAL, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Alcodo, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Unita, do.
YARMOUTH, May 24.—Arrived—Mayflower, London,
for Goole, damaged, from contact with the 800, of Hull.
Cowls, May 24.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Don Juan,
Havanna.h ; Energy, Matanzas.
OFF PORTLAND—Anna, Surinam, for Amsterdam ;
2Eolus, Baltimore.

SUICIDE OF A SOLlClTOR.—Yesterday morning infor-
mation of the following suicide wa'A received at the Platt-
street station :—Mr. Millward, .solicitor, of 10, Claren,
don-square, stated that a gentleman, a friend of his, had
called upon him at his residence, and had occasion to
retire to a closet at the bottom. of his garden. His pro-
tracted absence, however, excited the suspicion that
something had befallen him, and Mr. Millward, in con-
sequence, proceeded to the closet, and was unable to
gain admission or receive any reply to his inquiries. He
therefore sought the assistance of the police, and obtained
admission by means of a pickaxe, when the deceased
was found in a sitting posture, with his feet stretched
against the door. The floor of the closet and clothes of
the deceased were saturated v rah blood, and the neck of
the unfortunate man was ext ensively incised. A small
knife, the instrument with which the fatal act had been
committed, was lying upon the seat. The body was
conveyed to St. Pancras work :house, where it awaits the
coroner's inquest. Several pa pers, and 2/. 10s. in gold,
Bs. 10d. in silver, and 2d. b i copper were found upon
the deceased, whose name is l Samuel Rogers, a solicitor.
His address, however, is at present unknown.

DARLINGS.

PROM ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL.

Very few people are without their "petting" propen-
sities in some medium or other. Most of us have some
idiosyncrasies of partiality, and adopt " darlings" that
we foster and adhere to through thick and thin, though
very often we scarcely like to own our besetting preju-
dices, and are sometimes even quite ignorant of the
small weaknesses that exist with our stronger psycholo-
gical developments. One of the commonest objects of
this propensity set up by humanity is a " darling child ;"
and, with all due deference to parental feelings, we have
found this object among the most ridiculous and mon-
strous specimens of blind idolatry. We will not elabo-
rately irritate the philoprogenitiveness that converts Mas-
ter Sydney's savage kicks into gentle playfulness, and
Miss Rosa's passionate scream into a mere proof of good
spirits, lest we should incur the unforgiving censure of
doting pa's and ma's, and be recorded as something un-
natural ; though we entertain a firm conviction that the
undue petting and indiscriminate indulgence of a child is
amongst the greatest follies and social pests that mark
domestic life. Others exhibit the propensity in the shape
of a "darling" dog; and this animal must have its china
plate and delicate food thrust before it until it becomes
a amass of obesity alike troublesome to itself and others.
It must be led through crowded streets by a dainty rib-
bon or exquisitely-wrought chain, at the risk of upset-
ting the wayfarers, and with the cruel deprivation of its
natural liberty. A most mistaken degree of attention
surrounds the existence of the poor beast. The animal
is the victim of affectionate assiduity, and, between feel-
ing and fondness, constitutes a laughable illustration of
the "petting" propensity. Thera are other household
annoyances in the shape of " darlings" besides spoiled
children and waddling dogs. What will our gentlemen
readers say if we venture to suggest that the " darling"
cigar may become as conspicuously objectionable as any
old maid's parrot or pug. Do not start, ye discreet en-
joyers of the fragrant leaf—ye who smoke in moderation,
and who can exist three consecutive hours without the
company of tobacco. We have a most kindly liking for
the society of a fine Havannah at proper times and places,
and hail the perfume with honest goodwill ; but when an
unfortunate smoke-ridden man is never to be seen without
his "petted" cigar stuck between his lips, when he pa-
tronises the Virginian vegetable to an extent that saturates

his Hyperion curls and superfine clothes with an offevesi
odour, constantly presenting the atmosphere of a tap-
room to the noses of all around him,—then we say that
the "darling" cigar constitutes an unseemly and selfish
indulgence, quite as worthy of reprehension and con-
tempt as the single lady's lap-dog. Another unfortunate
" darling" to which the " stronger sex" most lovingly

incline is "the bottle." Oh ! what a bitter curse is en-
gendered by this morbid infatuation ; Woe betide the
strong man, the paragon of reason and wisdom, who
lavishes his affectiou on the wine-flask, and who cannot
be happy away from his adored Alcohol. Let him hug
the "darling" to his breast, and cling to it with his eager,
burning lips ; let him swear by its excellence, and revel
in its fascination ; but the darling object of devotion
shall change its form into the demon of desolation and
the petted fiend shall gurgle forth its taunting laughter
at the degraded idiot whose bloodshot eyes, foul breath,
and nerveless limbs bear evidence of its having been
" loved unwisely and too well." Some set their affections
on a darling medicine, and become insanely devoted to
calomel, Epsom salts, or castor oil. Some take to petting
"Morrison s pills;" some pin their faith on " Dover's pow-
, ders," and nothing is more common than a violent attach-
ment to "carbonate of soda." An aunt of ours chose to
take it into her head that " Cockle's pills " would regene-
rate the brains, blood, and bones of the whole world, and
we suspect that she cut us out of her will on the ground of
having detected us in flinging the nauseous boluses into
the fire, instead of swallowing them. We know a family
of seven boys and girls with only nine sound teeth
among them, this dental misery having been caused by
the father's frantic advocacy of calomel. Cold, cancer,
or catalepsy are all met by him with the everlasting
"five grains and a black draught," and many people
imagine that two of his children, a parrot, three cats,
and a spaniel, all fell victims to his most terrible of in-
fatuations "a darling medicine."
What led us to talk of this subject was a visit from a
gentleman who keeps in his vocabulary of the English
language what many of us do,—a "darling" word, which
he lugs, neck and heels, into his sentences, whether it be
aptly placed or not. ost of us have this distinguishing
oral feature of "dariingism,"—some word or phrase which
forms the spoilt child of our conversation, and has its
own way, right or wrong. The gentleman we allude to
has such a decided attachment for the adjective " ab-
surd," that we believe his tongue would be paralysed if
the dissyllable were denied it. He declares that the
rainy weather is "most absurd ;" that the violent rup-
ture between the Press and the Playhouses is "intensely
absurd ;" that the odes on the death of the Duke of
Wellington are "ridiculously absurd," that his little
daughter taking up with the measles just as the family
were packed for Brighton was " provokingly absurd :"
and when we informed him that a mutual friend had
died, he exclaimed, with elongated face, " Dear me, how
very absurd !' " Now, in two of these instances, the
application of the darling word might be tolerably judi-
cious, but in the other three it sounded rather mal a
propos. However, it forms his pet fraction of our lan-
guage, and he would, doubtless, be most unhappy with-
out the unlimited use of it. Another respected person
in our circle has the pet phrase of "so and so," and
fondles it to a very conspicuous degree. He is intel-
ligent and well informed beyond the average of men,
—can make a clever speech, and write articles on
ethics, but in every-day conversation he cannot get on
for three consecutive sentences without falling over this
petted phrase. He is somewhat given to politics ; and
here is a specimen of his opinions ?—" Don't talk to we
about the mitigation of the malt tax, and so and so, as
being any essential relief to the consumer. The brewers
will get the great benefit, and so and so : their mono-
polies at present are quite abominable. And then the
income tax, and so and so, is not at all fairly adjusted ;
'tis a difficult matter to please every one, certainly, but
the lower and middle classes, and so and so, always have
to kick and struggle for their rights." Now, this may
seem exit Berated ; but we give our honest word that it
is a faithful report of the gentleman's every-day style of
eloquence. Sonic years ago we knew a resident trades-
man in a country town who had so little regard for truth
that the most outrageous scandals and most unqualified
" Munchausens" were always traced to his gossipping
inventions. He knew secrets that never existed ; lie
maligned characters that were as good as most peo-
ples ; he magnified cut fingers into broken arms,—the
nettle rash into small-pox ; and, in short, was recog-
nised by all that knew him as the most finished liar in
existence. This man had a " darling phrase," which
was ever on his lips, and, strange to say, no less an
antithesis to his mental and moral vernacular than
"the fact is." " Well, Mr. Thompson," said we, as we
met him in the High-street one day, "how is it that
you have not come to hang those curtains, as you pro-
mised to do last week ?" "Why, the fact is, ma'am,"
he began, "that Mrs. Thompson has been laid up with
a sort of fever, and the young ones are all very queer :
the fact is, we think they've got the measles, and my
man Edmonds has been out upon the loose for these last
ten days : the fact is, I'm going to part with him, but I
hope to get your curtains up to-morrow : the fact is, I
must ; for I've got to go to London the next day." Ve
discovered in due time that every word he uttered was
false. This was a fair sample of the man's general ve-
racity, and his adaptation of such a pet phrase has
always appeared to us as the height of mendacious
audacity.
. .

Some time since we were in the habit of meeting an
elderly lady whose loquacity was of the "perpetual
motion" order, and whose darling word at every third
breath was neither more nor less than " everything,"—
a tolerably comprehensive side-wind to tack upon, and
often employed in a most unwarrantable and ludicrous
manner. " Well," said she one morning, as we greeted
her, "how was it you were not at Lucombe's juvenile
party last night ? They wanted you to help, and every-
thing. You should have seen little Harry Gibson,
—lie ate two muffins, a sally-lunn, and four bis-
cuits, and everything, for his tea. They had such
a twelfth- cake' —and Tommy Lucombe wanted
to pull Jenny Lind off the middle of it, but his
mamma wouldn't let him, and then he showed his tan-
trums, and everything. He's a sad, wicked-tempered
child, that, and I shouldn't wonder if he came to be
hanged for murder, and everything." This was the
way in which she entertained us for nearly an hour.
We heard lately that the old lady was sadly reduced in
circumstances, but we could not help observing to our
informant that it was utterly impossible she should have
lost " everything."
A young organist at a country church had the fa-
vourite expression of " I see " constantly in use. "Din-
ner is almost ready below," we observed. " Yes, I
see," would be his prompt assertion. " What a lovely
sunset we shall have !" was our exclamation one even-

ing. " Yes, I see," was his response. " Edwin, my
dear, your hat is getting very shabby," said his mother
to him. " Yes, I see," replied he. Now the most
curious part of this "darlingism " is, that the unfortu-
nate youth is stone blind.
Some small specimens of humanity in our circle of in-
timacy have lately adopted a darling word of rather a
strong nature, and the pertinacious aptness with which
they apply it is amusing. " How's your papa, Frank ?"
said we to the young gentleman in a tunic. " Oh, he's
got a ' stunning' toothache, and it makes him so
" cross,'%was the reply. " Who taught you that vulgar
word ?" was our interrogative, while we assumed as Mrs.
Trimmer-like an air as possible. " Why, cousin Wil-
liam," exclaimed a most delicate-looking little lady, just
up to the shoulder of the tunic, "and ma scolds us for
saying it ; isn't it a ' stunning' shame ?" We expressed ,
our very proper sense of galvanic sensation at their indul-
gence in such atrocious language, and with such impres-
sive effect, that, after an affectionate farewell, a scream-
ing
intimation was convoyed up stairs that they were
going for a "stunning" walk.
Now, suppose we look "at home," and just inquire if
we have any darling vernacular of our own. We can-
didly confess that we have ; and if any one would take
note of our conversational exclamations, " a great mis-
take" would be found ever and anon upon our tongue.
Luckily, world goes,
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often seriously out
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do without it we cannot tell ; indeed, it frequently ex-
presses the "budget" of a Parliament and the specula-
tions of a scientific society. It serves us at all times
with ready aptitude, and saves a deal of
judge unfavour-
ably. trouble
ing our
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of which
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taken on a visit to a
rich i ma
s mansion, where was of the most
i
imposing character, from the
beasts in stone on the terrace-steps to the rose-water
fountains sent on their travels
after a grand dinner
party. This mansion contained
suites of reception-
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gold
sleeping-apartments on a grand
eyes out. and services of silver put
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, unquestionable Burgundy,
could and veritable Real
Madeira,turtle be had at this said man-

sion ; but we observed that they were generally pros
duced for rich parvenues, and that wealthy intellect
claimed little of the courteous attention or overflowing
luxury in this establishment. Somehow, the place was
comfortless in all mental estimation of the word. There
was a starvation despite the capacious larder, and a
coldness by the very side of the blazing Kendal coal.
" Well, what do you think of Goldstone Hall ?" was an
interrogative that met us on our return from it.
" Think !" said we, with a sort of involuntary shiver,
—" why, we think it is a great mistake." We made
no further scandalising comment, but our opinion was
allowed to be comprehensive and just. We were told the
other day that Mrs. Toogood had sent her only daughter
to a certain " finishing school," where the girls are taken
to church three times on the Sunday, and sit in a pew
with curtains too high to see over • where every window
in the house is barricaded with the closest and darkest
blinds • where the girls are forced to sit in such ladylike
attitude that they usually gain the ladylike possession
of a carved spine ; where the girls are told to look no-
where but on the ground as they walk two and two
round the square, under the guardianship of three exces-
sively vigilant female gaolers ; and where the gils are
taught to consider any being of the masculine genderas
something improper to gaze upon, and perfecty d.vu-
l gerous. to speak to. We were asked what we thought‘t
of the step, and we calmly replied that we though
Mrs. Toogood's decision and the system adopted at the
finishing academy " were both " great mistakes ;" and,
as a proof of the "mistake," we divulged the facts of
two of the young ladies having eloped,—one with the
music-master, the other with a cousin of the house-
keeper's,—notwithstanding the curtained pew, downcast
eyes, and nunnery-like imprisonments. We go with a
country friend sometimes to the Exhibition, and when
the friend exclaims, as friends invariably do, "This is a
very strange building to show pictures in, is it not ?"
we as invariably reply, " Ali yes ! it's a 'great mistake.'
And this reply seems at once natural and sufficient.
" Why, dear me," strangers will observe to us on intro-
duction, " you are not at all like the picture I have seen
of you ? What could the artist have been about ?" To
which observation we always assert that it was simply
a "great mistake." And when the likeness represents
a huge, masculine sort of female prizefighter, while we
personally offer to the eye nothing beyond five-feet-three,
with features and form of a positively non-imposing
order, why, the assertion must be received as a literal
fact. But here we are scribbling on fast and free, with
something like a notion that the scribbling may pass
away idle half-hours of our lenient readers, and it is
possible that we may be deceiving ourselves,—therefore
we prudently fling down our copybook,slest these lenient
readers pronounce the notion to be a "great mistake,"
and cause us to experience the full effect of our "darling
words."

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.

Viewed from a strictly Irish point of survey, the more
the Exhibition unfolds itself the smaller and less satis-
factory does the display of national industry appear. A
gloss has been put over the real state of the case by
shopkeepers and retail dealers, who exhibit, under their
own names, large and beautiful assortments of goods
manufactured in England or Scotland, or on the Conti-
nent ; but the sanguine, impulsive people of this
country must not conceal from themselves that to the
splendid products of human labour, now collected
within one building in Merrion-square, they have not
contributed as they ought. To their flax manufactures,
their poplins, their woollens, their hosiery, and laces,
must now be added their sewed muslins, in which a
considerable trade exists centering in Belfast, and of
which Holdon and others are about to exhibit some
very fine specimens. But here again. it is requisite to
point out that the employment of large numbers of
the female population in work of this description is
a public benefit, attended, in the experience of England
at least, with many serious and painful drawbacks.
Nearly all our English manufactures of the kind have been
distinguished by the introduction of machinery, or have
been exposed to suffering and decay from other causes.
It is, therefore, right to point out that the manufactu-
rers of Ireland, besides addressing themselves to the
tastes of the wealthier classes, rather than the wants of
the million, have a tendency to depend upon hand labour
with the needle, the worst paid of all skilled employ-
ments, and the most helpless when periods of pressure
and difficulty overtake the trade of a country. In the
sections of hardware and cutlery the few symptoms of
hope for the future progress of Irish industry to be
gathered from the Exhibition, may be very briefly stated.
Dublin boasts two good gunmakers—Rugby and True
lock—both of whom show very fine specimens of work-
manship. It also manufactures as fine churchbells as are
to be got in any part of the world, but nothing new. A.
little stall in one of the galleries, held by a small manu-
facturer of razors, for which he claims a peculiar excel-
lence of temper, is the sole example I have been able to
discover of Irish cutlery ; but there is, it is said, an ex-
cellent manufacture of the kind at Clonmel, belonging
to Mr. Bradford, who intends to exhibit. In a country
where the demand for organs must be considerable, Tel-
ford and another are the only organ-makers. Mr. Cul-
lagh, of Belfast, the only pianoforte-maker in Ireland,
died from an illness brought on by his anxiety to exhibit
in Hyde-park, and though a piano of his is shown in
the present Exhibition, the manufacture has ceased.
There is a solitary Irish harp and one small case of brass
wind instruments of native make—perhaps intended
for "the band"—some fair specimens of harness and
saddlery, and a little superior bookbinding. A good
collection of Irish clocks is shown, and dressing-
case and portmanteau manufacture, an excellent
kitchen range by Hodges and Son, and two or three in-
different lamps and chandeliers. The only other remark-
' able features of the Irish contributions to the general
display worthy of notice are shoes, brushes, bog-oak
ornaments, cork models, rocking-horses, and wedding
cakes. Shoes are specially exhibited by Baird of Dublin,
made in a particular way, with wooden pegs instead of
stitching, and are said to be excellent. There are
several exhibitors of brushes, in which there is an in-
creasing export trade. The ornamental applications of
bog-oak are of course intended to meet the eccentric
fancies of tourists desperately bent on having me-
morials (whether ugly or beautiful, does not much
matter) of their vacation rambles. Some architectural
models in cork are shown by Mr. M'Gilburry in one of
the galleries, and, though not rising to the importance
of a manufacture, are well worthy of notice. Ireland
has an export trade in rocking-horses—a funny source
of national wealth certainly ; but one nevertheless very
spiritedly illustrated in one of the galleries of the Exhibi-
tion. Probably, however, the greatest efforts, and the
most anxious care displayed by native exhibitors, in con-
nexion with this gathering of industrial products, have
been lavished on the weddingcakes shown. Sir John
Benson's design for the building is nothing compared
with these triumphs of.confectionery. They come, not
only from Dublin, but from the provinces also, ands
perhaps, have been provided with prudent foresight to
meet events which the Exhibition certainly appears well
calculated to being about.
The number of visitors yesterday were—
Season ticket holders
Visitors who paid 2s. 6d. each
Excursion ticket holders .
Total

4,262
734
18

-5,014

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.
The Imperieuse, 50, screw, Captain Randle B. Wat-
son, left at daylight this morning, will touch at Ply-
mouth for latest orders.

A sad accident occurred at three p.m., off the plat-
form, whereby two young men lost their lives. It ap-
pears that Henry Groves, George Thomkins, and George
Nethorpe, with a little girl of about five years of age,
were out in a trumpery skiff about eight feet in length.
The boat upset, and fortunately Nethorpe held on the
boat with the child in his arms ; they were providen-
tially picked up by a boat belonging to the pier. The
two young men, Groves and Thomkins, after struggling
for five minutes, went down in sight of hundreds of
persons who were on the platform to witness this dis-
tressing scene. The child was wrapped in a blanket,
and, under the care of Dr. Bloxham, speedily recovered
its senses.

The Drake lighter, sailed last evening, with stores for
Sheerness, Chatham, and Deptford.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—The fleet under the com-
mand of Rear-Admiral Corry, lying in the Sound, has
been under sailing orders for the last week, and, it is
now understood, is detained until the arrival of the Dn.
perieuse, 50, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., from
the eastward. The squadron will cruise in the chops of
the Channel, or probably run as far as the Western Is-
lands, or Gibraltar, but communication is to be kept
with the Admiralty to meet any emergency. The ships
ordered to sea are the Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hut-
t inodne sr
fromWarren,the
ton, flag of Rear-Admiral Corry ; London, 90, Captain
Mundy ; Sanspereil, 70, screw, Captain Dacres ; Impe.
rieuse, 50, screw, Captain Watson ; Amphion, 34, screw,
Captain Patey ; Highflyer, 21, screw, Captain Heath-
coteo ; and Leopard, 12, paddle, Captain Gifford.
Atn
tTai !tics Lh.ap—rogiTet
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drunkenness
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erred against
the surgeon, Dr. Henry.aef
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and 'alsocrroUsr,
CaTpthaeinQßueaemn,salyl6;,ECdainpbtauirngiMl,ischs.elsecellwog;
IG, paddle, are to remain in the Sound until further
orders, the Hogue occasionally cruising in the Channel.
The Sybille, 40, is ordered to be prepared for commis-
sion at this port with all possible dispatch. It is under-
stood she is to relieve the Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert,
on the East India station.
The Brisk, 14, screw, is ordered to be commissioned
at this port, by Commander F. B. S. Seymour.
The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, new screw line-of-battle
ship, was commissioned yesterday by Commander Peter
Cracroft, for Captain the Hon. H. Keppel. The crew
will be entered under the new regulations.

PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DESEADA.—Mr. Muspratt
has given notice to the officers and crew of her Majes-
ty's steam-ship Sampson, Lewis T. Jones, Esq., captain,
and of her tender the Bloohound, who were actually on
board at the capture of the slave-vessel Deseada, on the
7th July, 1851, that they may be paid their respective
shares of the tonnage bounty of the said vessel, on
_
Thursday, the 9th of June next, between the hours
and
all the same
all shares not then paid will be re-called,or a
11 and 3 o'clock, at 33, Abchurch-lane, London ; an
; agsecond cass, 11/.
share, 341. 3s.
three months,
place,ag ree
a bevery o Tuesdayac
t of
Parliament and
:Thursday,d. 1 f
. Si. 14s. 4d. • fifth
18s. 2d. • third 91. 1 Os. id. ;
Hid. ; captain's share,
fourth,
11. "
'sixth, 2/ 17s. 2d. ; seventh, lB2. ld. ;
31. Gs. 84. ; ' ;
lOd.tenth, 73. ld.
eighth, 18s.; ninth, 11s.
6,41. 2. 5

SPOB2'ING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES-TuEsnAr,

The annual sp3rting' festival on Epsom Downs .com-
menced - to-day under the most propitious influences—
bright skies and pleasant breezes compensating in some
degree for the draary weather which attended the early
meetings of the season. The backwardness of the sum-
mer has, however, had the effect of giving to the country
a fresher aspect than it usually wears nt this period f
the year, and of investing it with all the verdure and
beauty of spring.
The " opening day"—never attractive to the masses—
did'not draw more than an average attendance to the
Downs, the majority being, as usual, composed of that
large section of the community who have direct, interest in
the sporting business of the day. At two o clo k the
hour at which the first race commenced, punctually to
the time announced, the course presented a very ani-
mated appearance ; and the visitors by road and rail con-
tinued to arrive in a brisk stream for some time after-
wards. Much praise is due to the care and exertions of
Mr: Dorking, who for some weeks past has had a large
nranber of men employed in rolling and putting the
course in order ; had his operations been assisted by a
few showers of rain, the ground would have been in first-
rate condition.
Amongst the alterations and improvements that have
been made for facilitating the business of this meeting,
nothing more important has been effected than the ex-
tension of the electric telegraph wires from Croydon to
the Grand Stand on Epsom Downs, where a temporary
office has been erected for the transmission of messages
to all parts of the kingdom. To racing and betting men
this arrangement will be of infinite value, while there is
every reason to believe that it will prove largely remu-
nerative to the company. Until the present meeting
expre sas have been ordinarily transmitted by pigeons,
a mode that was not without its inconveniences ; but
which will now be wholly obviated by the rapidity, the
certainty, and the illimitable use that may be made of
the wires as a means of communication.
Whilst noticing the facilities afforded to the public, we
should not omit alluding to the attention which has at
length been paid by the lessee of the Grand Stand to the
requirements of the representatives of the press, by the
erection of suitable aceommodation over the private
stand of the members of the Jockey Club, for the exclu-
sive use of the turf reporters, who will, therefore, no
longer be hustled amongst the crowd in the enclosure,
where it was utterly impossible they could perform their
duties satisfactorily.
The subjoined return will show there was an ample
supply of sport. For the Craven Stakes the whole
numbsr of entries went to the post, and Grapeshot's
achi4 vement gave encouragement to the hopes of the
back .4rs of Honeywood for the Derby. 11 to 2 was im-
mediately taken about him. Pharos, on the contrary,
a 4 somewhat dimmed by Harbinger's defeat.
The WOODCOTE STAKES were won cleverly by Mr. E.
R. Cooper's colt by Cotherstone out of the Empress.
Sins qua Non, who made the running, lost the lead to
him as the distance, and was eventually beaten cleverly
by three quarters of a length. The President was a
vc ry good third, with Alas and Punch Box close up.
The appended details of the other races render further
comment unnecessary.
The sport was decided as follows :
CRAVEN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; for
3-yr.olds 7st llb ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six,
and aged, 9st ; mares allowed 51b. and geldings 31b.
Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
(10 subs.)
Mr. Milner's Grapeshot, by Alarm, 3 yrs (Wells) 1
Mr. Thomson's Guicowar, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Corybantes, 3 yrs (Charlton) 3
The following also ran : —Harbinger, Joe Miller,
Adine, Diomedia, Incognita, Hothorpe, and The Don.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Adine and Harbinger, 7to
2 agst Guicowar, 5 to 1 agst Grapeshot, and 6 to 1 agst
The Don.—A fine race up the straight with the first
two, Grapeshot winning by half a length. Three-
quarters of a length between second and third, Adine
was fourth, and Harbinger fifth.
WOODCOTE STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. The
owner of the second horse to receive 25 soya. out of
the Stakes. New T.Y.C., three-quarters of a mile.
(32 subs.)
Mr. E. R. Cooper's c by Cotherstone out of The
Empress
Mr. Delamero's Sine qua N0n.... ...... (Bartholomew) 2
Mr. Walpole's The President (F. Butler) 3
The following also ran :—Punch Box, Naomi, c by
Epirus, Empress, Jonathan Martin, Alas, Cranbourne,
Cheshire Marquis, Richmond, and Sir George.
Betting-7 to 4 against. Sine qua Non, 100 to 3 agst
Alas, even on the two, 5 to 1 agst Naomi, 6 to 1 agst Pre-
sident, 7 to 1 agst Cranbourne, 10 to 1 agst Punch
Box. Sine qua Non made play to the distance, where
the winner came out, and, gallopping on with the lead,
he won very cleverly by three-quarters of a length. A
neck between second and third. Alas and Punch Box,
close up, were the next two.
MANOR PLATE of 100 sovs. (handicap) for all ages ;
winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Saxon's Calot, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b
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(Clement) I
Lord Glasgow's Coalition, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ... (Carroll) 2
Mr. Payne s Glenluce, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) 3
The following also ran : Nabob, Vermuth, Helena,
Lady Flora, Clair de Lune, and The Mersey.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Vermuth, 4to 1 each agst Calot
and Coalition, 5 to I each agst Glenluce and Clair de
Lune, 6to 1 agst Helena. A good race in with the first
three. Won by a neck. Half a length between the
second and third. The others were beaten off at wide
intervals.

HORTON STAKES of 5 Boys. each, with 50 added; for
2-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 150
sovs. Allowances if to be sold for less. New T.Y.C.,
three-quarters of a mile. (10 subs.)
Mr. Mellish's Antonina by the Emperor, 3 yrs, (401.),
Gst 81b (Wells) 1
Mr. Bickham's Saville, 4 yrs (401.), Bst (H Goater) 2
Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 4 yrs (401.), 7st 91b
(Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Miss Delamere, Tell-tale,
Peach, Cotton Lady, Eccentricity, and Ada.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Cotton Lady, 3to 1 agst Sabra,
sto 1 agst Antonina, 6 to 1 agst Saville. Antonina
made all the running. The favourite lay second until
they were half-way between the Real and the Stand,
when she declined. Saville then passkl her, but failed
in his effort to catch Antonina, who won cleverly by half
a length ; a head between second and third. Peach
bolted, threw her rider, and did not go to the post.
Eccentricity lost start.
HEATHCOTE PLATE of 50 sovs. (handicap), for all ages.
Winners extra. Half-a-mile.
Mr. Howard's Catspaw, by Irish Birdcatcher, 3 yrs,
• fist 51b
(Carroll) 1
Mr. Powell's Anne Page, 3 yrs, fist (Wells) 2
The following also ran :—Forester, Thornhill, Hero-
ine, Abdalla, Janina, Arlette, William Rufus, The Libel,
Cock Pheasant, Councillor, Appleton, Cuba.
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Forester and Caaspaw, sto
1 agst Ann Page, 7 to 1 agst Heroine, 8 to 1 agst 'Cock
Pheasant, 10 to 1 agst Appleton. A good race. Won
by a head. Appleton, Thornhill, and Counsellor mare
were so close together at the finish, the judge could not
decide which was third.

LATEST BETTING ON THE DERBY.
9to 4 agst West Australian (taken).
6to 1 agst Honeywood (taken).
Bto 1 agst Orestes (taken).
10 to 1 agst Pharos (taken and off.).
10 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. •
12 to 1 agst Cinea.s (taken.)
14 to 1 agst timbriel (taken).
20 to 1 agst Peggy (off).
25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer.
40 to 1 agst Jerry Kent (currently offered).
2000 to 40 agst Rataplan (taken).
1000 to 10 agst Coomberland Stathesmon (taken;
(10,000 to 100 was laid in one bet),
5, 000 even was betted on West Australian, Honey.
wood, and Orestes against the Field.

LIST OF PROBABLE STARTERS.
Horse. Probable jockey. Trainer.
West Australian.. F. Butler • J. Scott
Honeywood J. Osborne Osborne
Orestes Charlton W. King
Pharos Flatman J. Kent
Sittingbourne S. Rogers W. Butler
Cinoas A. Day J. Day, jun.
Umbriel Templeman J. Scott
Peggy H. Neale T. Dawson
Ninn Bartholomew or
yhammer i
? G. E. Sharp.. W. Smith
Rattle
Stone Plover Abdale H. Bradley
Mayor of Hull .... J. Holmes J. Scott
Phareld Pettit . G. A. Bless
Vanderdecken .... Marlow Fobert
Filbert Norman Harlock
.
R. I'Anson
Doublethong
Orinoco Marson A. Taylor
Cheddar G. Mann Stephenson, jun.
Spread Eagle Simpson W. King
Ja.lfourd ............ Basham Winteringham
th erirY Kent . Dockeray J. Rogers
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Eileiilabraertiiu.: ............... Crickmere T. Stevens
Itatapin .. fu8••••
SlyJ. Kent
Laseeues
..
......... Wells J. Day, sen.
Brocket ........ .•
Wt us .......... Thick..
....
Mr. Sykes
......... . Whiteh E. Jones
ouse R. I'Anson
Speed the PlOugii.
. --. Marson
Ireland's Eye ....
Dilly
Coomberland —
J. Day, jun.
Statesmen ...... Alderoft .
Contentment ...... E. Gill
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Fionn ma Cottle_ D. Wynne ....... tath
eerren
CATHERINE HATES. ..
It is reported that Mr.
y es
Wauchope has sold Catherine Ha to Mr. M v
that Marlow is engaged to ride her for the Oak e
s": 9 And