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The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-15

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

COVENTRY RACES—TUESDAY.
A SELLING FLAT RACE of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added,
3-yr-olds and upwards ; mares and geldings allowed
41bs ; maidens, 41bs. Optional selling allowances, &c.
One mile. (7 subs.)
Mr. W. K. Walker's Bull's Eye, 5 yrs (201.), Bet 11b
(Denman) 1
Mr. Dennistoun's All Serene, 4 yrs (301.), 7st 91b
(Cliffs) 2
Mr. James's Telegraph, 4 yrs (201.), 7st 91b...(We115) 3
The COVENTRY HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with
50 added. The second to save his stake. One mile
and a half. (20 subs., seven of whom declared and
paid three sovs. each.)
Mr. Oliver's Battery, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Oliver, jun.) 1
Mr. William's Wellsbourne, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Yates) 1
The CRAVEN STEEPLECHASE (handicap), of 20 sovs. each,
10 ft, with 100 added. The second to save his stake.
Winners extra. Four miles.
Mr. Moseley's Bourton, 12st (including 91b extra)
(Tasker) 1
Mr. Choyce's Spring, lOst (including 51b extra)
(W. Archer
Mr. Moseley's Vainhope, lOst W. ) 2
White) 3
A SELLING STEEPLECHASE, of 3 sovs each, with 20
added, list each. Optional selling allowances. About
three miles.
Mr. Jones's Widow Machree (201.), 9st 101b...(Sait) 1
FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 5 sovs each, with
30 added. Winners extra. Two miles.
Mr. Brown's Tom Gurney, list 31b ............ (Tasker) 1
Mr. Choyce's Mayday, list (G. Stevens) 2
Mr. Harris's Sweetheart, llst ............ (T. Burrower) 3
Mr. Barry's Geraldus, lOst 121 b ............. (Debeau) 4
Mr. Higgins's Old Rake, lOst 91b (including 51b extra)
A HANDICAP of 3 cove each (Weever) 5
, with 15 added. One mile.
Mr. B. Laud's Theodine, 5 yrs, 7st llb (Land, jun.) 1
Mr. Bloss's f by Spanish Jack—Espoir, 3 yrs, 6 et.
81b ............................................
Mr Harris's Sweetheart, aged, 7st 121 b Clifie) I
Mr. Copeland's Landscape, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Stanway) 4

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
78 ttoo aaggsst L t
Defiance (taken.)
kaaken.r).
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Ariosto (taken).
14 to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (taken).
100 to 6 agst Rataplan (taken).
CHESTER CUP.
30 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken).
DERBY.
9to 1 agst Dervish (taken).
35 to 1 agst Bessus (taken).
2,000 to 40 agst Gamelass colt (taken).
1,000 to 15 agst Phaeton (taken).
Cheltenham Steeplechase—Needwood is scratched.

SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY COMPANY.-At an ad-
journed meeting of the Southern Whale Fishery Coat.
pany, held yesterday, resolutions were agreed to autho-
rising the directors to wind up the undertaking, in
accordance with the terms of the deed of settlement,
three-fourths of the capital having boo lost.
London, England, 1854-03-15

II R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON,
TO NIGHT at Eight o'clock, and Every Ev,nmg at Two (except
Saturday ), and Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday Mornings Stalls,
3s. (which can be taken a. the box offic. eve, y day from 11 to 4 ;
area, ,s.; gallery, IL—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

CONSTANTINOPLE TO-NIGHT at Eight,
and Every Day at Half-past Two and Light o'clock. The
Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHAR ES KENNEY, and has been
written by Mr. AI,BERT SMITH aril Mr. sHIRLEY BROOKS.
Admission, Is.: Reserved Seats, 2s.
Et4YP 11. tN HALL.
London, England, 1854-03-15

'Do. New £lO..

N.&S.Wstru.,Hamp-,
stead, and City Jn
North Staffordshire
!North Western
N. & S. Westru. June
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester

Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth

!Scottish Central ,„

IScottish Midland

Shrewsbury &Biimg.
Do. L. & N. Western
Guaranteed Si Gek
Shrewsby. & lierefd
Shrewsby. & Cl.estei
(N. W. Min 3.,
Do. Halveso. 6
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon
South Eastern

'South Wales .

S. Yrksh. liv. Dun
Do

Staines, Wok. & W ok I
Stockton Sz.: Darling.
Stockton & Hartlepl.
fall Vale .

Do. £lO shares.

Do. Pref., No. 1.

Phames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath

Waterfd. & Kilkenuy
Waterford&Limelick
West Cornwall

West End of London
and Crystal Palace
111 West London

Wimbledn & Croydon
York Newctl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland ,

FOREIGN.
London, England, 1854-03-15

MARLBO_ROITGH-STREET-(THIS DAY).

ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE.—Henry Berry was placed
at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with assaulting
police constables Hawkes, 144 C, and Gibbs, 37 C, when
in the execution of their duty.
Hawkes stated that about five o'clock on the previous
afternoon he was on duty in Walker's-court, Little Pul-
teney-street, when his attention was attracted to the
prisoner, who was creating a great disturbance, to the
great annoyance of the inhabitants of the court. Wit-
ness went up to him and civilly requested him to go
home, when the prisoner rushed upon him and kicked
him several times on his body, and before witness could
seize hold of him he (defendant) got his finger in his
mouth and bit it severely, and had not further assistance
at that moment arrived no doubt the prisoner would
have seriously injured him.
Gibbs, 37 C, went to the assistance of Hawkes, and
helped him to secure the prisoner. The latter kicked
witness three or four times, and his conduct was so ex-
ceedingly violent that it took four constables to convey
him to the station.
The prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness as the cause of
his having so misconducted himself, was fined 405., or
in default, to be committed for 21 days.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN LAMBETH. —Yesterday
morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a painful degree of
excitement prevailed in the immediate vicinity of the
Lower-marsh, Lambeth, in consequence of the following
occurrence, which will no doubt terminate fatally :
From careful inquiries made, it appears that a master
tradesman, named Spilens, living at No. 22, in the
Marsh, had from time to time missed sundry pairs of
boots, shoes, and other property from his house, but
be was unable to tell who was the thief until yester-
day morning. In order to catch the party Mr. Spilens
was recommended by the police to secrete himself in
some part of the house, so that he might keep a good look-
out. This he did for two nights in succession without
finding any one attempting to commit a felonv ;
but yesterday, at the hour above-named, he noticed
a lodger, named Jones descend the stairs, and having
taken two or three pair , of boots off the hooks, he ran
up stairs to his lodgings with them. Mr. Spilens at
once followed Jones to his room, and was expostulating
with him respecting his dishonesty, when he ran to the
mantelpiece, seized hold of a razor, and cut his throat
almost from ear to ear. Mr. Spiiens at once called for
the assistance of the police, and then went off for Dr.
O'Shea, in the Westminster-road, who promptly at-
tended, but such were the serious injuries the unfortu-
nate man bad inflicted upon himself that there appears
not the least chance of his recovery. He was, there-
fore, removed on a stretcher to the Westminster Hospi-
tal, where he remained last evening still alive, but was
not expected to survive the night out.
London, England, 1854-03-15

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Charles Barton, Jan. 9, off Cape Good Hope.
The Yana% for Liverpool, Feb. 23d, lat. 11 S., long.
31 W.

The W.S. Lindsay, from Canton, Feb. 2, lat. 2 N., long.
21 VP.

The Francois Theodora, Feb. 17th, lat. 16 N., long.
34 W.
The Montgomery, March 7, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W.
The Fernandes March 9, off Waterford.
The Arno (s.s.), March 5, off Cape St. Vincent.
The screw steamer, with painted ports, March 6, long.
40 E. of Cape St. Vincent.

The Ema(s.s.), same day, 30 miles E. of Cape St. Via*
cent.
The Sanderland (barque), lat. 49 N., long. 8 W,
The Margaret Elizabeth, from London to Cape of Good
Hope, Jan. 2, lat. 4 N., long. 20 W.
The Royal (ship), from Clyde to Melbourne, Jan. 14,
lat. 22 N., long. 5 VT,
_ _ _

The Cornelius W. Edward, from Hartlepool to China►,
11th, lat. 4 S., long. 28 W.

The Mary Stodiart, from Clyde to Port Philip, 19tb,
1at..19 S., long. 33 W. •

The Ellen, irons the Cape de Verde to Santos, 26th, 124'
22 5 , long. a _ _

Thelae, from Hartlepool to Saez, March 4, 27 miles
north of Cape La Hogue.
. . .

The Thoidenskiold, from Melbourne to Fauber& Jan•
22,..1at. 3 N., long. 21 W.

'fhe Montpelier, or Mountaineer, bound west, Feb. 22
off' Fire Island.

A ship, standing S.W., showing 2d disting nishing pen-
dant, No. 68, red flag, with white cross, and five of MA
ryat's Code, Jan. 6, lat. 6 N., long. 113 W.
The Levi E. Law, from St. John's, N. 8., with loss of
three topmasts, Feb. 2, lat. 50 N., long. 13 W.
The Tynemouth Castle, from Plymouth to Adelaide,
Feb. 20, lat. to N., long. 27 W.
The Anna Jane, bearing S.S.E., March 7, lat. 46 N.P
long. 17. _ _ _

aTho Eoclesburg (English barque), for California, Deg•
31, lat. 33 S.

The Coringa, from LiTerpool to Sydney, Jan. 17, Ist•
13 S.
An English ship, 2d distinguishing pendant, 4,793 (SO
King), from Callao to Baltimore, 18th, lat. 11 S,
The John Banks, to Melbourne. March 1, lat. 45 N.
A brig, 2d distinguishing pendant, '7,64.1, sth, lat. 47.
London, England, 1854-03-15

LYCEUM THEATRE.

A new fkrce of a very extravagant kind, but extremely
amusing, wa.s brought out here on Saturday evening.
The fun turns upon the dilemma in which Mr. Flipper
and Mr. Nobbler, the inmates of the same lodging-house
find themselves, because of their respective inakility to
keep an appointment—the one to answer an advertise-
ment, -which promises five pounds a week, with 201. de-
posit ; the other to receive the applicant, touch his
money, and---" do " him. A. B. C. is, of, course quite
ignorant of the identity of X. Y. Z. ; and the couple
little dream that their mutual engagement at the Bubble
Coffee-house so nearly concerns each other. Flipper is
hard up for a pair of boots, which his bootmaker will
not leave without the cash. Driven to great straits he
takes a coat belonging to Nobbler, and pawns it at
Number One round the Corner," for ten shillings,
with which he satisfies the inexorable bootmaker.
Nobbler, in the interim, is on the search for his coat, when
he lights upon the pawnbroker's ticket, which describes
the garment to a button. He 'consequently lays
hold of the boots of Flipper and hurries to " Number
One round. the Corner" in order to extract the coat from
it temporary incarceration. But the twopence demanded
for interest floors him, and he comes back hi a state
of intense exasperation. The worthies confront each
other, the one without his boots, the other without his
coat ; and it is presently discovered, after some other
business not worth narrating, what their real anxieties
are, and how A. B. C. need not leave the house to ac-
complish an interview with X. Y. Z. The farce con- !
sists of only the two characters, Flipper and
Nobbler, whose perplexities touching the boots and
the coat awaken a constant source of diversion. Every-
thing depends upon broad rapid acting; but the bustling
vivacity of Mr. Charles Mathews, and the equally whim-
sical confidence of Mr. Robert Roxby, supply this to
perfection. and the piece promises to be in pleasant
vogue for some time to come. The success at the fall of
the curtain was unequivocal.

The Duke of Richmond's sporting stud, by order of
the noble owner, was brought to the hammer yesterday,
at Hyde-park-corner, and fetched fair prices.
Lord Stanley of Alderley's son, the Hon. Henry Ed-
ward Stanley, has left his residence in Dover-street, to
a-isurne his duties as Secretary of Legation at the Court
of the King of Greece, at Athens.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge has consented to be put in nomination to
fill the office of President of Christ's Hospital, vacant
by the death of the late Alderman Thompion • and a
Committee for the purpose of securing his Royal High-
ness's election is sitting at the London Tavern.
PORTUGUESE DEBT.—The financial agent of the Por-
tuguese Government has published the details of the
progress of the conversion of the external debt.
London, England, 1854-03-15

NOTIC E.
BURKES' PEERAGE and BARONETAGE,
For 1854.

The Revised and Improved Edition of
THE PEERAGE ANI) BARONETAGE FOR 1854.
By SIR BERNARD BURKE,
Ulster King of Arms.
Is now ready at all the Booksellers.
Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett
13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1854-03-15

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

SIR,—Observing in your paper of this morning a
letter signed "H. Cadogan," in which a statement is
made which, if uncontradicted, may induce the public
and the shareholders of the company to believe that a
lax system of management exists on this railway, I
trouble you with the following remarks :
Your correspondent makes the following statement :
" The secretary to the company had, on his own au-
thority, despatched the train at 5 p.m., without (as I
know to have been the case) being able to communicate
this acceleration to all the intermediate stations on the
line."
Of course I cannot be aware of the source from which
your correspondent derived his information. Whoever
so informed him, however, has deceived him. The usual
notice and instructions as to the departure of the
special train in question were annexed to, and sent by
the previous train, which started from Southampton at
3 o'clock, and no risk or danger whatever, therefore,
could arise.
With regard to the alteration of the time of depar-
ture, I have to state that it was made solely at the re-
quest and for the accommodation of the passengers by
the excursion train, a very large proportion of whom
were members of the House of Commons, desirous of
getting back to London as soon as possible. The altera-
tion was announced in the docks, on the return from
Spithead, and, with the exception of a few parties
who were desirous of remaining later, and whose
tickets were endorsed by myself for that purpose,
was understood by the °facers of the company to
have been acceded to by all the excursionists. I regret
to find that your correspondent and a few others,
amounting, as we are now informed, to about six in
number, were not made aware of the alteration, and suf-
fered inconvenience in consequence.
The company's agent informs me he telegraphed to
London, in each of these cases, to relieve the anxiety of
the parties who might be expecting them at an earlier
hour.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
L. CROMBIE, Secretary.
London and South-Western Railway,
Secretary's-office, March 13.

SPANISH DEBT.—The Spanish Financial Commission
have advertised the 28th auction of the foreign redeem-
able debt on the 29th inst., for which purpose 375,000
reals have been asaigned by the Government,
London, England, 1854-03-15

BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON.
131 ORISON and HYGEISM.—Thirty years
ago the great Hygeist propounded to the world a theory of
disease, little then known and understood. His theory was scoffed
--It is now admitted to be true uy many of the leading medical
writers of the age. Not a voice is new li.tect against disease origi-
nating in the blood! The Hygeist discovered that blood could be
purified to an extent hitherto unknown, and with a safety as striking
as it is t,tie and extraordinary. Re made this discovery with his
own medicine, and moved his theory by its efficacy and suitability
to all diseases; or, rather one disease, exhibiting many diversified
forms. One cause, corrupted blood; one cure, purgation, by which
all ailments disappear, because the bloo.l originating these ali-
ments is purified. This is a simple, beautiful, harmonious
demonstrated system. No poisons warring with and depressing
the powers of life, even to death. No lancets to withdraw the vital
stream, and hurry the victimised to the grave. No fees for doing
too often much fatal mischief to human kind—practices that are
happily discarded by all Hygeists. Nothing but a safe aperient
medicine, which a little experience and written instructions can
enable any one to administer, and which results most simply and
naturally in the alleviation and cure of disease. Let the ignorant
and prejudic d lAugh it they may at this rational system, it is not on
that account the less ,ound, successful, invaluable, and curative. A
multitude of cures obtained from the cured testifying to the
truth of Morison's system and medicine, have been in the hands
of agents, a portion of which may always be seen at their
homes. Flom our own knowledge of patent medignes, we
may safely assert that the consumption of them has increased ten-
fold in this country since Mr. Morison promulgated his system.
Pills, under new names, are starting day after day. Can there be a
s•riinger proof of the truth of the M ris mian system than the fact
that such venders, in order to popularise their pills, describe them
as being of a purgative quality, and embody in their advertisements
(with which the public press is now teemizig), scraps from the Mori-
soniana ? A question then arises for the serious consideration of the
public, whether the vendors ,trictly adhere to the Morisonlan sys-
tem in its inte,rity, and whether they are in possession of a medi-
cine which will effectually answer the main purpose, that of cleansing
the blood ?
(Signed) JOAN F RASE R.
General Agent for the Sale of Morison's
• Medicines in Scotland,
71, Princes-street, Edinburgh.
London, England, 1854-03-15

CIVY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

The Commissioners sat at Guildhall, Deputy Peacock
in the chair. •
The Secretary to the Great Central Gas Company
attended to account for the conduct of the servants of
the company in extinguishing the public lamps sooner
than the time mentioned in the contract. The Court
were satisfied with the explanation given and dismissed
the complaint, but not without inflicting an admonition.
An application from the rector and churchwardens of
St. Alban, Wood-street, to have their churchyard
levelled and paved, was referred to a commiteee.
Several owners of property in a bad condition were
summoned, and ordered to complete the sanitary works
in seven days.
London, England, 1854-03-15

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

The Commissioners sat at Guildhall, Deputy Peacock
in the chair.

The Secretary to the Great Central Gas Company
attended to account for the conduct of the servants of
the company in extinguishing the public lamps sooner
than the time mentioned in the contract. The Court
were satisfied with the explanation given and dismissed
the complaint, but not without inflicting an admonition.
An application from the rector and churchwardens of
St. Alban Wood-street, to have their churchyard
levelled and paved, was referred to a commiteee.
Several owners of property in a bad condition were
summoned, and ordered to complete the sanitary works
in seven days.
London, England, 1854-03-15

WYLD'S SEAT of WAR in TURKEY in
E i KOBE and 4%, the Black Sea. and the Frontiers of
Russia and Persia, and including Circassia and the Shores of the
Caplan Sea, with the acquisitions of Russia. One sheet, coloured.
Sheet, Es. 6d, ; case, 55 ; roller, varnished, 7s. 6d.
James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next
door to the Post•office, and 2, Royal Exchange.
London, England, 1854-03-15

OATHS.

Mr. A. PELLATT, in moving for leave to intro-
duce a bill to substitute declarations for oaths, said he
was anxious to remove an impediment in the way of civil
and religious liberty, which impediment now existed in
the law respecting oaths. He desired to bring in a
bat wr tax pirp )id of an I, ilia; tit t. t t ;
London, England, 1854-03-15

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

J. Forrest, East-lane, Bermondsey, builder—G. Frost,
jun. Hornsey-road, Islington, carman—W. B. Wild, Dal-
by-terrace, City-road, commission agent—T. Whitehurst,
Coulson-street, Chelsea, traveller to an ale brewer—W. L.
Hurry, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, plumber —J.
Wilkins, New Compton-street, Soho, boot and shoe maker
—C. Sloper, Great Castle-street, Regent-street, carver—
T. H. Edwards, Garden-row, Camberwell-roed., van pro-
prietor—J. Warman, Paterson-street, Stepney, green-
grocer—T. Alley, jun., Deptford, dealer in china—l.
Vaughan, Grange-read, Bermondsey, assistant to a leather
dresser—G. Baylis, Little Queen-street, Westminster,
tailor—J. H. Flack, B3thnal-green-road, oilman—J. Har-
ris, the Parsonage, Mile-end New-town, afternoon lecturer
of St. Ann, Limehouso—R. Taylor, Uxbridge, butcher—
W. H. Saville, Nettleton-court, Aldersgate-street,
hosiers' shirt dresser—R. C. Spooner, East-street,
Walworth, oilman—W. Thomas, Margaret-street, Com-
mercial-road, East, journeyman engineer C Hun-
tingdon, Bond-street, Pentonville, livery. stable
keeper—W. G. Rea, Wyndham-place, Bryanstone-square,
wine merchant—R. Wardell, Vauxhall-gardens, Lambeth
—Ann Williams, Pall-mall, lady's maid —B. Daniell, Hope-
cottage, Kentish-town—H. J. Story, Montpellier-square,
Brompton—J. E. Gibson, Panton-square, Haymarket—J.
Risdon, John-street, Portland-town, journeyman coach-
builder—G. Berry, Bridge-road, Battersea, ' baker—J.
Brinkworth, Albert-terrace, Paddington, auctioneer's clerk
—L. Hales, Saxony-cottages, Hackney—W. Whitelaw,
Lower James-street, Golden-square, cutter to a tailor—C.
Pritchard, East-place, Lambeth, plumber—J. W. Walsh,
Westbury-road, Harrow-road, attorney—J. Smith, Brun-
ton-place, Commercial-road East, druggist—R. Elliot,
Argyle-place, Regent-street, commission agent for betting
on horse races—G. T. Simpson, Coburg-place, Rotherhithe,
surgeon—S. Clark, Oval-cottages, Hackney-road, grocer—.
H. Marks, Gee-street, Somers-town, milkman—S. Couch-
man, the Oval, Hackney-road, cheesemonger.
London, England, 1854-03-15

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TADCASTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
STEEPLECHASE. •

Dian
Maley 2
Won in a canter by eight lengths. The /folio wing also
ran : —Blue Bonnet, Priam g. Juan, St. Mark, and
Mary Barnton.
London, England, 1854-03-15

lAIPERIAL PARLIA:,:E NT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bids were c'oiiiiiered and ()niece] to be
read a third time ;—Amicable :.'3')eiety AsAurance ; Hat-
field Chase Warping and Impr.,venlent ; Liverpool Im-
provement ; and Warrington Improvement and Market
Bills.
London, England, 1854-03-15

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, MARCH 14

The Queen and Prince accompanied by the Princess
Helena and Princess Louisa, drove out in au open car•
riage yesterday afternoon.

The health of the Duchess of Glocester continues to
improve.

A deputation of the Highland and Agricultural So-
ciety of Scotland, consisting of the Duke of Hamilton,
the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Montrose, the
Earl of Eglintoun, the Earl of Dalkeith, Sir Archibald
Campbell, M.P., Sir George Clerk, Bart., Mr. Cowan,
M.P., Colonel Hunter Blair, M.P., and Mr. Hall Max-
well, secretary to the society, had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Al-
derley yesterday at the Board of Trade. The Duke of
Hamilton, as president of the society, stated its object—
viz., a Museum of Practical Geology for Scotland, and
urging the importance of extending the inquiry into the
statistics of agriculture.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr.
Kirk, M.P., Mr. Craufurd, M.P., Messrs. Darby and
Brown (Ebbw Vale Works), Mr. Robinson (Aberdare
Works), and Mr. Macgregor (Llynvivale Works), had
an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the
Home-office.

The Earl of Clarendon left town yesterday for Osborne
to have an audience of the Queen.

A deputation from the General Land Drainage Com-
pany, consisting of Mr. Ker Seymer, M.P., Sir John
Shelley, M.P., and Mr. Clifford (secretary), had an in-
terview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and
Lord Stanley of Alderley.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hanmer had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston yesterday.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the
Mauritius.
London, England, 1854-03-15

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London, England, 1854-01-27

,SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIGHTHOUSE AT LIST (ISLAND OF SYLT).
The Danish Government has issued the following notice :
—Mariners are hereby informed that the heightening of
he Eastern Lighthouse at List has, according to informa-
'ion now received, been completed.

CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 26.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Furot, from Gravelines ; Cen-
tipede, St. Michael's; AdautP, Terceira; Mary Ann, Os-
tend ; Minerva, Diep.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The IVilson, for
Alg,oa Bay ; Jane, Antwerp ; Fulkon, Copenhagen and
Kiel ; Victoria Regia, Sydney; Rufina, Malaga, Valencia,
and Barcelona.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO The Progress, for
Valencia.
London, England, 1854-01-27

COUNTRY MARKETS.

DERBY SMITHFIELD—JAN. 24.
There was a larger number of fat beasts on sale, to-cil but many of them were of inferior quality. The, saes .
mice of purchasers was numerous, and the demand for the
best things was good at high prices. The supply of sbeil
large, and a good clearance effected. Fat calves
100 plentiful. A full supply of fat pigs, with a dervinvOr
tendency.

1
The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d: to 6s`l;
mutton, 7d. to lid ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6id 14 o 7d IA
lb. ; pigs, Os to 103 Oct per score ; rough fat, 6s 301 to Os
,A
per 141 b.; bides, 2id to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3.id to
per lb.

EDINBURGH GRAIN.--TAN. 25.
Wheat on the top 3s Od, and the average 2s 4d, IlPi
Barley on the top 2s Od up, and the overage sam e as ls!‘i
week. Oats on the top 5s 4d down, and the average 10 °'
up. Beans on the top 6d, and the average is 3d, up.
Top of Wbeet ... ........ ......... ..... 62i lb 88s Od
—• Bailey 57 lb 445. Od
'Dots
Beans .
Total Supply and Sales.
Whe2t 716 qrs sold 598. qrs
Barley 1683 qrs. sold 1292: qrs
Oats 1209 qrs sold 105 Q) q
Beans 227 qrs sold 16'd .q"
Average of wheat £3 16 8 2-112ths
Ditto of Barley
Ditto of Oats
Ditto of Beans . . 2 9 4 0-1: 2ths

BOSTON—JAN. 25. Jo
At this day's market we had a liberal supply of all klll4
of grain. In the wheat trade prices rut.st be note, .1 all:ni
23 per qr. higher ; while the demand for spring co: rn re'
steady.
Prices :--Wheat, red, 745 Od to 84s Od; white, f Z nit tos u-, 87s Od . extra. 90s Od. Barley, 36s Od to 43s thtl . ‘-'8t0641
22s to 325. Beans, 43s Od to 58s OW Peas, 54s iod to
per qr.

NEWARK—JAN. 25.
A numerous attendance of farmers to-clay, who brolgli:,
a plentiful supply of grain. Wheat 3s to 4s per 9 . highea
Barley met a dull sale at recent quotations. •Ctats
beans as before.
Prices :—Wheat, white, 93s Od to 97s Od; red.„ o„
to 88s Od. Barley, malting, 32s Od to 36s Od.; a ,rinis
38s Od to 408 Od. Oats, old, 32s Od to 36s Od ; Lew'',
Od to 30s Od. Beans, 48s Od to 62s Od. Peas, 00s vu to
00s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 60s Od 64s od.

DUBLIN—JAN. 24.
White wheat, 44s Od to 47s Od; red ditto, 41s ti 3 45'"0'iA
barley, 18s Od to 22s 6d ; oats, 13s Od to 17s Od • rapesev;
00s Ocl to 00s Ocl per brl oatmeal, 16s Od to 18s OcE ; be!„eo4
flour, 24s Oct to 283 Od per cwt; Indian corn, 48s Od to DuP
per 4801bs.
London, England, 1854-01-27

On the Ist of February, the SECOND 'VOLUME (to be completed
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pIIERS' HISTORY OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.
Who Annotations by the most celebrated authorities who have
written on this subject.
Illus'rated with beautiful Engravings, including—
The Murder of the Princess de Louis XVI. at the Convention.
Lamballe, Last Interview of Louis XVI.
Triumph of Ararat. J with his Family.
And with Portraits of
TL • Princess de Lamballe. I General Dumoriea, and
Louis XVI. Larochejacquelain.
Madame Roland.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street.
London, England, 1854-01-27

WITH A PORTRIIT OF LOUIS XVII., THE FEBRUARY
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BEN TLE Y'S MISCELLANY
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1. Turkish Campaigns on the Danube.
2. Aspen Court. Chapters XXXIII. to XXXVI. By Shirley Brooks.
3. Louis the Seventeenth.
4. Campaigning Life under the Duke of Wellington.
5. St. Januarius to St. Constantius.
6. Margaret of Navarre.
7. Arthur Arden, the Medical Student. Chapter IV.
4. Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe. By Grace Greenwood.
&c., &c., &c.
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Price 2s. 6d., or by post 35., contains—
Ruskin's Stones of Venice.
Poem; by Matthew Arnold.
Parliamentary Reforms from Within.
The Great Ant-Eater
General Bounce ; or, The Lady and the Locusts. By the Author
of " Digby Grand." Chaps. 111. and IV.
Researches in Dutch Literature.
Paris Gossip.
The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London.—ll. The
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The Bridal. By Frederick Tennyson.
Russia, Norway, Denmark, and the Baltic.
" Lei Femmes."
The Irish Tenant-Right Question.
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London, England, 1854-01-27

FLAG PROMOTIONS.

On the vacancy occurring in the reserve pension list
the First Lord of the Admiralty has very properly
nominated a senior flag officer to the vacant pension—
Admiral of the White James Carthevr, thereby causing
the following promotions throughout the grades :
To be Admiral of the Blue.—Vice Admiral Sir James
Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., governor of Greenwich
Hospital, vice Sir Howe Bromley, Bart., to be admiral
of the white.

To be Vice Admiral of the Blue.—Rear Admiral Sir
Phipps Hornby, K.C.8., vice Hyde Parker, C. 8., to be
vice admiral of the white, vice Hon. George Powlett, to
be vice admiral of the red.
To be Rear Admiral of the Blue.—Captain Sir George
Robert Lambert, K.C.8., commodore in the East Indies,
vice William Walpole, to be rear admiral of the white,
vice W. B. Mends, to be rear admiral of the red.
Vice-Admiral R. Thomas is now the senior of his
grade, and the Hon. William Gordon is now the senior
rear-admiral on the active list.
On the reserved half-pay list Vice-Admirals Francis
Temple and Henry Gordon become admirals, being senior
to Sir James Gordon, but with their promotion they
have no increased half-pay.
On the retired list, Captain George Ourry Lempriere
(1825), having been promoted at the same time as Rear-
Admiral Chads, C.B.

Captains John Gore (1825) and Charles Bowen (1825),
being seniors to Sir George Lambert, become retired
rear-admirals under the Order in Council of 1846, with-
out additional pay.
Captain Sir T. E. Vidal (1825) is now the senior on
the active list of his grade. Captain John Townshend
(1834) comes within the senior half-pay list ; and Cap-
tain William Gordon (1841) advances to the 12s. 6d.
half-pay list.

A cap- tain's good-service pension is relinquished by Sir
G. Lambert, on promotion.

PROMOTION OF SECOND MASTERS.
The Admiralty have promoted six more second
masters to the rank of master, most of them the seniors
on the list. They are John Patrick%Dillon (1843), of
the Scorpion, surveying vessel; William Francis Greet
(1845), acting master of the Arab, 16, in the East
Indies ; Francis Skead (1846). of the Enterprise, Capt.
Collinson's ship, in the Behring's Strait Arctic expedi-
tion ; John W. H. Harvey (1847), of the Dolphin, 3,
on the coast of Africa ; Thomas Kerr (1847), acting
master of the Pandora, surveying brig, Australia ; and
Master Norman (1847), acting master of the Niger, 14,
screw, Black Sea.
London, England, 1854-01-27

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENI

THE OFFICE OF PRIVY COUNCILLOR.

We refer our readers to a letter of Mr. Toulmin
Smith, under the head, "Coronation Oath, and the Act
of Settlement," which will be found in another column.
We regard this communication as one of the ablest and
most conclusively reasoned letters which has yet ap-
peared on the disputed right of a foreigner to hold the
office of Privy Councillor.—Morning Advertiser.
London, England, 1854-01-27

FIRE AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning it was
ascertained that a fine young woman of the name of
Susan Norton, who resided in Kingston-hill, Surrey,
expired in St. George's Hospital under the following
circumstances :—" The deceased was in the service of
Mr. Croft, Kingston-hill, and while sitting asleep a
piece of wood fell out of the fire, when her dress became
ignited, and enveloped her in flames. Her screams
brought assistance, when the flames were extinguished,
and medical assistance instantly sent for. A surgeon
advised her removal to the above institution, where she
lingered till death terminated her sufferings.
LONDON HOSPITAL.—A special general court was
held on Wednesday in the board-room of this institution,
for the purpose of electing a physician in the room of
Dr. Cobb, who has resigned on account of ill health,
when Dr. Herbert Davies, late assistant-physician to
the institution, was elected to the vacant post.
London, England, 1854-01-27

against the small landing-stage, but was got clear with th
assistance of three steam tugs, and towed up to the Sloyne'
The Bella Marina, for Calcutta, and the Decima, for
Africa, have put back.
The Montezuma Moehan, from London for Boston, 1135
put into this port with loss of rails, binnacle, covering
board, skylights, Sze., after hatch stove and leaky ; bore
Jan. 20.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Netherlands (Dutch ship), from Hartlepool to
Batavia, Dec. 4, lat. 17 S., long. 26 W.
The Ino, from Bristol, Dec. 16, lat. 25 S. long. 45 W.
The Good Freeland, of and for Liverpool, from Val
,234 4paraiso, Dec.
ec. 10, lat. 15 S. long. 27 W.
The Me (ship), for Liverpool, Jan. 10. lat. St 5'
long. 24 W.
AN Several Emigrant Ships, bound S.E. sth and 6tbt
lat. 12 S., long. 28 W.
:5% The Robert Thomas (Belgian), 7th, lat. 10 S., long.
29 W.
The Sir Henry Smith, same day, lat. 12 S. long. 23 0.•
The Wycliffe, from Margate to Australia, 9th, IM,. 6 S''
long. 29 W.
The Kate, from London to Sydney, N.S.W., 0 :t. 12,
lat. 40 S., long. 113 E.
The 5
Fle
etwood, from Cde to Melbourne, Ot. LC.
The Heine, from London to Melbourne, 19th,c 40 S.,
41
7434 long. 128 E.
The Endymion, from Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, Jan. 16'
1114 lat. 42 N., long. 13 IV.
The Mohawk, from Sydney, N.S.W. to London, 101
days ont,lat. 37 N. long. 39 W.
The Thomasine, from Buenos Ayres to Quemstoo,
Dec. 19, lat. 6 N., long. 29 W.
The Jan Erestsezan, from Liverpool to Sydney, 31
days out.
The Adenoa, of Guernsey, Oct. 10, lat, 38 S. , long.
106 E.
The Annie Henderson, from Calcutta to Melt
Oct. 11, lat. 38 S. long. 111 E.
The Sir' George Anderson (barque), from Lop don to
Hobart Town, Aug. 16 lat. 28, N. long. 20 W.
The Olivia, from London to Adelaide,' Aug. 23.
The Myrtle, for Sydney, Aug, 27.
The Blue Bell, from Port Philip to Mauritius, Oct. 14'
lat. 40 S., long. 119 E.
London, England, 1854-01-27

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,

Will be presented PAULI LIZ AIMO ; or. The tadrone's Datt/h-
-ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and
T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone.

To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the
Land of Toys.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnokstone,
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27,

Will be performed FAZIO. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Howoe•
and Chippendale; Miss Cushman, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and
Miss Hollingsworth.
-- -

After which, the Grand CHRI3TMAS PANTOMIME, called
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS; or, Little Silverhair
and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J.
Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHAB.LES • KEAN.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, •
Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN-
TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure
Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hullne; Pantaloon,
Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough.

LYCEUM TIIEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
TIES EVENING, JAN. 27,

Vt. be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; miss F.
.ughes.
After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE
UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha-
racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris.
To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER.
London, England, 1854-01-27

LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1854.

A rather startling intimation appeared in the
Times of this morning—under date the 18th inst.
from St. Petersburg. "It is believed," says
our contemporary, " that Count ORLOFF has
received a confidential mission from the CZAR
for the Conits of Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and
London" —the statement adding— " the ener-
getic conduct of the Western Powers has pro-
duced that effect, and might lead to an ar-
rangement without wounding too much the
national amour propre" —meaning, of course,
among the Muscovites. The first indication, this,
of anything like a disposition to yield to the exi-
gency of circumstances, on the part of his Impe-
rial Majesty the Russian AUTOCRAT. The first
indication. It is accompanied, moreover, by float-
ing rumours that the CZAR, on hearing of the en-

trance of the combined fleets into the Black

Sea, was by no means as enraged or even dis-
composed as had been anticipated. Now, it is
remarkable that those evidences of something like
a tendency towards a just possible return to mo-
deration arrive here amongst us (of all times in
the political year !) immediately prior to the re-
assembling of Parliament, when a strict account
will have to be given to the nation as to the
result of the foreign policy of her Britannic
MAJESTY'S Government. It would by no means
surprise us, were the country to learn before the
evening n f Tuesday, the 31st of this present
month of January, that the EXPEROR of all the
Russias had at length hearkened to the dictates
of prudence, so far as to consent to some more
reasonable and practicable negotiations. It would
by no means amaze us to bear before that date
that the Autocratic bully having swaggered
long enough for all his purposes, at length fcund
it advisable to listen to a little reason by modi-
fying his arrogant demands upon the fancied
weakness of Turkey, and upon the imagined in-
di erence of Christendom. Such, at any rate, is
just within the limits of possibility. It is just
barely possible that the ravager of Moldavia
and Wallachia, the destroyer of Sinope, and
the marauder along the whole northern
frontier of Bulgaria, should, at the last moment,
when threatened with a war against the most for-
midable of all Coalitions, a Coalition between
France and England, succumb (with an affectation
at least of dignity) to the necessities of the mo-
ment by a compromise. Nevertheless, the public
mind must be prepared for a persisrance in the
old course of things in regard to this deplorable
Russo-Turkish difficulty. Whatever be the nature
of the next few days' intelligence, Ministers have,
unhappily, no small cause for self-gratulation.
opposing the CZAR to persevere obdurately, at
all hazard, in the course upon which he has
adventured, the Cabinet will then appear
London, England, 1854-01-27

LIVERPOOL, JAL 2G.

The Sea Nymph, in hauling through the Bramley Moore
Dock broke her hawser, and drifted foul of the barque
Celma, damaging her own stern, and stoving in the Celnia's
bow.

The Tit Bit, from Lisbon, that was ashore on the Horse
Bank,
steamer has been got off this morning, and taken in tow by
The new clipper Red Jacket, with royal yards across,
dragged her anchors in the gale this morning, and drove
London, England, 1854-01-27

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REVOLUTION.,
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Lamballe. Last Interview of Louis XVI.
Triumph of Marat. with his Family.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEATH OF VICE ADMIRAL ROBERT ELLIOT.
Another veteran flag officer, Vice Admiral Robert
Elliot, on the reserved half-pay list, in receipt of a ser-
vice pension, has gone to his last account, at the good
old age of more than 86 years. The gallant deceased,
who was brother of Major-General Henry Elliot, was
born in Roxhurghshire, and from the time of his first
entry into the navy, in 1781, he served afloat 25 years
during the war. Assuming command, Dec. 26, 1796, of
the Plymouth hired armed lugger, Mr. Elliot, in March,
1797, took (and was officially reported for his great ac-
tivity and successful exertions on the occasions) the pri
vateers Epervier, of 4 guns, 3 swivels, and 29 men; and
L'Amitie, of 14 guns and 55 men. For his eventual
services in the Good Design, another hired armed lugger,
in which he had been promoted to the rank of cora-
niander Feb. 14, 1801, Captain Elliot obtained the Egyp-
tian gold medal. On being next appointed, April 11,
1804, to the Lucifer bomb, he proceeded to the Medi-
terranean, and, after entering the Dardanelles, was
particularly active off the island of Prota, where he
assisted, Feb. 27, 1807, in covering the landing of the
boats previously to an attack on the enemy, whose re-
treat he was subsequently, with the launches of the
squadron under his orders, employed to intercept. He
afterwards hoisted the flag of Sir Alexander Ball, whom
he assisted in carrying on the port duties at Valetta,
until posted, June 27, 1808, into the Porcupine, 24.
During the ensuing five years Captain Elliot was most
actively employed. His last appointment was, Oct. 20,
1813, to the Surveillance, 38, in which frigate he served
off the north coast of Spain. He went on half-pay in
March, 1814 ; obtained the captain's good service pen-
sion Feb. 19, 1842 ; and was admitted to the out-pen-
sion of Greenwich Hospital July 15, 1844. His as-
sumption of flag rank took place Nov. 9, 1846, and the
service pension was awarded to him in 1851.
Rear-Admiral Elliot had for the last eight or ten
years been perfectly blind—a misfortune partly attri-
butable to his services in Egypt. He married Ann,
daughter of Andrew Hilley, Esq., of Portsmouth, by
whom he has, with two daughters, one son, the present
Commander R. H. Elliot, R.N.
London, England, 1854-01-27

- -
rally in this version the translation of the transla-
tion of a translation. We will explain. The
author of " Emilia Wyndham" then, be it said,
translated this " Song of Roland" into English
from the modern French of M. Vitet, who in
his turn had translated it from the obsolete
French of M. Genin, who again in his turn
had translated it from the original text, as
first printed in the edition of M. Michel, and as
first written (in the eleventh century) by the monk
Turoldus. The history of this celebrated " Song
of Roland" is sufficiently remarkable. It was
known to have been chaunted on the morning of
the Battle of Hastings, namely, on the 13th of Oc-
tober, 1066, by a Norman knight, who spurred his
horse in front of the battle array, before the fight
had commenced, and in a loud voice sang the
" Song of Roland" between both armies—this
knight being a follower of the Count de Mortain,
and his name Taillefer. The incident was known
to all students of history who were at all familiar
with our ancient Chronicles—it being formally
recorded in the pages of William of Malmesbury.
But, until very recently, the song itself was no-
where discoverable. It was stated by Tyrwhitt, in
a note to his edition of the " Canterbury Tales,"
that a manuscript of it was somewhere to be found
in a state of preservation. But the actual existence
of this MS. was first announced to the world of let-
ters by the learned Abbe de la Rue, in his Essalswrles
Trouveres Normands. It was first discovered by him
among the treasures of the Bodleian Library at
Oxford. Whereupon M. Francesque Michel was at
once despatched to the university to take a fair
copy of the manuscript, being ordered so to do by
M. Guizot, the then Minister of Public Instruction.
From M. Michel's edition of the poem in the ori-
ginal antique language have come forth successively,
as already intimated, the translation of it into the
French of the time of Amyot, by M. Lenin, the
translation of that into modern French by M.
Vitet, and the translation from that again into
English by the author of " Emilia Wyndham."
Such briefly is the history of this curiously elabo-
rated edition of one of the most renowned of war-
songs—the death-chaunt of the Paladin of Charle-
magne—the lyrical commemoration of the bloody
and heroic fight at Roncesvalles. •
London, England, 1854-01-27

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 21st contains several
decrees opening supplementary credits to the Mi-
nister of Marine and War—these credits amount
altogether to about 17,000,000 reals.
Another decree recognises the Supreme Tribunals
of War and Marine.
Several of the members of the Tribunal who
in voted against the Government the Senate have
been excluded from it, and General Villa Campa
has been chosen President, and General Espeleta
Vice-president.
The Epoca says that the placing on the retired
list of Generals San Miguel, Chacon, Ros de Olano,
Serrano, Manzano, Messina,and Zabala, which had
been shortly expected, had been postponed.
The Diario says that the pay of captains-gene-

ral of military divisions is to be increased to 3,5 k
douros (27,500 fr.).
A letter says :—" The Queen'is this day to pre'
side over a council of ministers. Tha adoption ju
this council of a measure for suppressing passports
is considered probable. This measure would be
very popular."

The Three per Cents. were done at 44; the Neal
Three per Cents. at 204-; the Debt of the first 0.05
at 81, and that of the second at 4i.

SWITZERLAND.
The Federal Council of Switzerland has decided
upon forming two military- camps in August neit
for instruction ; one in Western Switzerland, wider
the command of General Bontemps, and the other
in the Eastern cantons, under General Ziegler.
The Gazette of Baden announces that the ner
tiations begun between the Government and the
clergy have failed, the Archbishop of Freiburg(
having declared that he would not give up any °f
his rights.

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