The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

_me Governor of the Bank of France has just
made known the annual report of the proceedings of
that establishment for the year 1852. The profits
have amounted to 5,292,500 f. for the first six
Months, and to 5,475,000 f. for the second, or in
all, 10,767,500 f., representing a dividend of 53f.
Per share for the first half-year and one of 60f. per
share for the second, or in all 'llBf. The discount
accommodation has amounted to 608,048,381 f.,
and the advances on canal shares, rents, railway
Shares, ingots, and Treasury Bonds to 481,341,856 f.
This large movement of business has given to the
Bank a return of 3,903,497 f. 90c to which must
be added, for commission and other items of profit,
207,717 f. 90c., or in all '-4,111,215f. 80c.
This sum is for the Paris Bank only, the pro-
fits of the branch banks being added to it give a
gross produce of 14,872,701 f. 49c. In com-
paring the year 1852 with the two- preced-
g ones, it is found that 1852 has an advantage of
about two millions on an average over each, the
profits of 1851 being 12,999,335 f. 70c., and those
of 1850, 12,505,231 f. 50c., so that 1852 is superior
to 1851 by 1,852,365 f. 79c., and to 1850 by
234,746 f. 98c. The movement of business during
the first six months of 1852 was 753,804,472 f., and
during the latter 1,065,664,966 f., being a very
decided increase. The contrary was the case in
1851, as during the first six months the amount
Was 669625,425 f , and diming the last six months
Only 571,787,455 i. The total amount of bills dis-
counted by the branch-banks in 1852 has been
1'216,421,000f., giving a profit of 3,652,249 f.
1851, the same operations gave a total of
85,075,000 f ,or 3,102,700 f. of profit. In 1850,
e total was .835,813,000 f., or 3,375,850 f. of profit.
l'he advantage consequently in this point is also in
favour of 1852. The average of the discounts in the
branch-banks during 1852 was 88,230,000 f., of the
Circulation 141,500,000 f., of the metallic reserve
225,000,000 fr., and of the accounts-current
50,000 f. These figures show an increase over
*9
.`°sl and 1850 in the two first items, and a dimi-
nution in the two last. In fine, the operations of
the branch banks for 1852 give a net profit of
1'829,565f: 4c. The thirty branch banks are
Placed for the year in the following order of im-
portance as to the amount of business done :
-I;larseilles, Lyons, Bordeaux, Lille, Valenciennes,
'lesancon, Rouen, Saint-Quentin, le Havre, An-
oulerne, Montpellier, Toulouse, Rheims, Saint
Le Mans,
Nantes, Mulhouse, Nimes, Strasbourg,
Mans, Metz, Caen, Orleans, Avignon, Limoges,
'Troyes, Grenoble Angers, Rennes, Clermont,
Chateaumux. The branch banks of Mulhausen,
'vignon, Troyes, Angers, Rennes, and Clermont
have not paid their expenses, but have caused a loss
of 198,081 f. 10c. At the general meeting at which
the report was read, M. Bayvet was re-elected cen-
sor for three years, and Count Pillet-Will, M.
James
Odiot, and M. Halphen regents for five
years.
A There are long articles in the Constitutionnel and
the Pays of yesterday on the financial statement
favour
by the Moniteur. Every part of it finds
vour with these journals, and they do not fail to
lavish encomiums on the Government for the sa-
tisfactory change that has taken place in the
finances, as compared with the state in which they
owsWere for some time after the revolution- of ,1848.
Constitutionnel concludes its article as fol-
-I(nrs

"The equilibrium becomes established of itself in our
,hbudget by the mere development of the general wealth.
hisp is what was deemed highly improbable some years
pack
as it seemed impossible not to be obliged to have
recourse to new taxes after the reduction of two-thirds
On the salt duty, the reduction of the postage of letters,
and the suppression of the 17 additional centimes of the
'and-tax. It was in consequence thought that other taxes
?lust be proposed, and that an income-tax should be
levied. None of these extreme measures has been necessary.
It has been sufficient to extend some of the contribu-
tions already in force, and for the rest the national in-
crease of the public prosperity was trusted to render
Government strong enough to restore security and to
inspire confidence in the future. At present, the Go-
vernment is able to announce that in spite of the exten-
sion given to the public services, and particularly to that
of public works, it can provide for the expense without
imposing new charges on the country. There is another
point on which the Minister of Finance reassures public
opinion, namely, respecting the floating debt. He clearly
proves by figures that the charges of the floating debt
are not too considerable for the resources appointed to
meet them. The Treasury has now 124 millions in
hand, and as that sum notably exceeds the sum neces-
sary to meet the current expenses, it follows that the
resources of the floating debt, far from being inferior to
the charges, are on the contrary far superior to the
burden imposed on them. It is evident, besides, that
the sources which afford aliment to that debt tend to in-
crease with the activity of business and with the im-
provement in the condition of the labouring classes.
Thus the Government, after having said 'No new
taxes,' can also say 'No loan.' It reassures not only
the tax-payers, but public credit."
There is nothing else of interest in the original
columns of the Paris journals of yesterday.
j. Arrests of alleged political offenders still con-
.l.l:we to be made. The Siècle says :—" Mr. Charles
monselet, a literary man, was arrested on Sunday
Pledng last at his residence. He has never occu-
himself with politics, and has even published
41 the Patric a novel completely anti-democratic,
intituled ' Les Chemises rouges. "
The Patrie says :—" The following are the names
of
bethe correspondents of foreign journals who have
en arrested, and who are in the hands of justice.
de Coetlogon, Tanski, Pages-Duport, Vir-
gaitre, La Pierre, Gerard, Villemessant, Etienne,
artmann, Chareau, Chatard, Vergniaud, Loewen-
dt, and Pelloquet."
The last accounts received from the departments
this the Patric) announce that the nomination of
commission of councillors of state charged
a/!ri.hth an inspection of the prefectures has produced
1;4 excellent effect on the minds of the people. It
stated that the members who compose this com-
mission will leave Paris to fulfil their mission soon
afterl the session of the Legislative Body.
Yesterday's Moniteur announces that on the
taBloll of the Baron Forth Rouen, French Am-
eader to the Court of Athens, presenting his new
laeentials to King Otho, on the 21st ult., his
aenic Majesty expressed his high sense of the
to which which the Emperor of France had rendered
the whole world, and especially acknowledged
frh: benefits which Greece in particular had received
Ins Imperial Majesty.
of t, Guinard, formerly Captain of Artillery, one
refuue ?lost influential of the Republican party, has
)3 sed similar Government offers to those accep
alt eted
Y
Larochejacquelein, the Legitimist.
Duchess of Vicenza, after being personally
hirils7Q on by the Emperor, and urged to accept a
honourable position in the household of the
hoirotr) Steadily declined to accept the proffered
tat.elsdie,e:e_e of the Emperor, dated yesterday, norai-
ii Piike de Bellune to the dignity of Senator.
a,„ British Ambassador at Paris (Lord Cowley)
--
the of th nonoured by his Sovereign with the Order
? .Bath•
ha 15 said that several projects of public utility-
fo
tin peen laid 'before the Council of State. A re-
apeke inthe civil and criminal code is likewise
to be °f* The mode of striking the jury lists is
,0
ecr_al.t.
lA, and the number of voices necessary
ostrtute a verdict of guilty from eight to seven.
v sai
iZteplete reform in the mortgage system is like-
d
it is to be under consideration.
nioja
o,,said that the Emperor would open the ses-
Deraout. the Legislative bodies on Monday next in
ceivod: and this announcement has been well re-
ateedhe 13 °arse yesterday was much more ani-
Thag iad buoyant; and a fair amount of business
r"een. transacted at improved quotations ;
PoilreasifT• the account leaving off at 79f. 30c., and
41arizet per Cents. at 105 f. 20c. The
%Oe, closedi as follows :—Threes, for cash, 79f.
cash' for account, 79f. 30c. • Four-and-a-Half, for
Praaleol°sf- Sc.; for account, 105. 20c.; Bank of
Threes, Shares, 2800 f.; Neapolitan, 105 f. ; Spanish
45t ; Austrian, 96f.

li-ALY.
il resb. letters relative to the insurrectionadsetaatet
.41, I.
were In
lit`4b Ott Saturday numerous arrests
t.
riots
tou Sunday great agitation prevailed,. and
were
at Place' At one point the Austrian troops
e,,WA cited by 400 insurgents.
spatch from Berne, dated yesterday, further
total
44"-rElas the news of the insurrection, and its
111)Pression, as well as its premeditated character.c
the and domiciliary visits were the order I
a Clay at Milan
eiaTeh?re is great agitation at Pisa, Lucca, and
Ivnere.
i4At Turin the Sardinian Ministry met together
thell4te, in consequence of a communication from
4 Austrian Consul, in order to deliberate on' he
Peet of affairs in Lombardy.
;.,
urrecti The Zuri
that about 400 men armed with
iiinards attacked the troops and gendarmerie on
kiunclay last, and that there had been about 300
Placeed• A similar occurrence, it says, had taken
Til at. Rimini, but no details were as yet known.
11,4 -15 die Gazette states that similar movements
,„ broken out in several towns of Lombardy.
,-tit:til accounts, however, are evidently exaggera-
Nvolt.,s• The Frankfort journals announce the re-
any of accounts from Vienna, mentioning the
at Milan and its suppression, but without
ally detail,.

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the sth,
bUt thext• contents az° totally without interest. A

letter of that date says :--.“ A grand ball was given allowed to resume his seat in the immediate vicinity of
last night by Queen Christine, which was very a plate of cake. A rush of three ladies to the piano imme-
brilliant. Queen Isabella 11. danced with the diately took place, and after strong expressions of bene-
Count d'Alcoy, President of the Council of Minis-
volent readiness to oblige the whole world, Mrs. Green-
,
, field, sen., won the stool of honour. The " Valse b. deux
ters • Count de Mariona, and Viscount del Ponton,
temps" was requested at her kind hands. She started,
the eldest son of the Duke de la Conquista."
' " Parliamentary train" time, with the venerable
." Copen-
The success of the Ministry in the elections of haven,"
and before the ladies and gentlemen standing up
Madrid, and of the adjoining rural districts, sur- could recover from theirconfused state, between a shuffle
passed their most sanguine expectations. All their and a giggle, she changed it into the still more venerable
candidates were returned by considerable majori- " Lieber Augustine." The " Deux temps" was quietly
ties. In the district del Rio, the Duke of Alba extinguished, and, after a few melancholy gyrations, the
was elected by 248 votes to 69, given to M. Pedro 1 couples appeared terribly fatigued, and sunk into their
Gomez de la Serna. In the district of Maravillas, seats, while dear Mrs. Greenfield was warmly thanked
the Duke do Gor obtained 175, and M. Mendizabal, for her great kindness and charming playing. Mrs.
83. District of Barquillo : M. Martinez de la Merryweather here mercifully came forward and exe-
Rosa, 182, and M. Ignacio Olea, 4. District of cuted some nigger airs to the " First Set," with such
Las Vistilas : M. Antonio Murcia, 197, and M. I taste, touch, and expression, that a vociferous encore
Antonio de los Rios Rosas 142. District of La-
i atwotenid de(lthe last figure, with a general request that she
vapies : M. Juan Blasques
. ,
Prieto, 269, and M.
soon oblige them again. Poor Mrs. Merry-
Alejandro;weather ! how she was worked afterwards, our hearts
Mon, 73. District of the Prado : Vis- and fingers ached for her. Miss Julia Roseli s and
count do Armenia, 243, and M. Jose Portilla, 143. i Miss Emily Swandown were next entreated to play a
District of Valdemoro : M. Juan Ruiz, 240, and set. The girls were schoolfellows, and had studied the
M. Gonzalet Bravo, 127. In the rural districts of piano-forte under a German master for an unknown pe-
Chinchon, Navalcarnero, and Coimenar Viejo, nod. They had not brought any music with them they
Messrs. Vicente Collantes, Juan Ortega, and. Count said, but they thought they remembered " The Irish'
de Cumbras Altas, the Ministerial candidates, 'car- and " The English," and would try either. They
lied the election by a large majority against Messrs. started at a brisk pace, and the result was dis-
Jose Zapra, Matias Angulo, and Juan Manuel cordantly incomprehensible. A coffin-maker's, anchor-
Mon talvan, the Opposition candidates. smith's, and a watchman's rattle mixed up together
The ileraldo states that the Syndicate of the could not have compounded such vile noise, and this
Stockbrokers had addressed a petition to the Go- went on until "La Poule," when Emily exclaimed, in a
vernment, praying for the re-establishment of time sort of spasmodic terror, " Good gracious, Julia ! you're
bargains, on certain conditions.
playing the bass of the ' Irish, and I'm playing the
treble of the ' English ! ' " and sure enough this was the
According to the same journal, various projects fact. Poor Mrs. Merryweather had to labour the rest
of foreign colonisation, in the provinces of the of the evening in sheer mercy to the dancers. We have
peninsula containing the greatest extent of uncul- here detailed only a few of the positive contingencies re-
tivated lands, had been submitted to the Govern- lated to dancing-music when it is conducted on the
ment. The terms were neither onerous nor in- " volantary-contribution " principle. Many a party is
furious to the national interests. The Companies utterly ruined by it, and we think that at least a " pro-
undertook to vest in the enterprise considerable fessional " player should be engaged for the piano, or we
sums of money, and to people those establishments
would suggest the still better engagement of a violin and
with a Roman Catholic population. harp. We can assure our friends that it is no joke to
listen to the "all-sorts" character of "harmony" afforded
The Three per Cents. were done at 421 ; the New by the promiscuous depend eon petent or incom-
Three per Cents.' at 2% ; the Debt of the First petent performers ; and ifen we arecom to " work " for our
Class at 10 ; and that of the Second at . 5 supper, we beg them to honestly tell the truth, and not
2
cajole one into the same servitude by politely asking us
to " play" for it. We can only hope that these remarks
will be accepted as they are offered, in the perceptive
spirit of " social reform ;" and as " progression " is the
great watchword of the day, why should not " evening
parties " come within its operation ?

GERMANY.
The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna 6th,
says :—" The Austrian Government demands from
the Ottoman Porte-1 st, a permission for Austrian
subjects to purchase landed property in Turkey ;
2nd, that Durazzo shall be declared a free port for
Austrian commerce. Durazzo is a port very con
venient for establishing in it the centre of the
Albanian trade."

A letter from Vienna, in the Journal de Frank-
fort, says :—" As might have been expected, the
events in Montenegro have rendered necessary the
assemblage of different bodies of troops for the
protection of our frontiers. A single glance at the
map is sufficient to prove that a body of troops
stationed in the distant district of Cattaro, and
separated from the other parts of the monarchy by
the narrow country of Dahnatia, requires for stra-
tegic reasons, the assemblage of other forces on the
frontier of Bosnia. Such is the cause, as has been
announced by the Gazette, of the present movement
of troops."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

It will be seen by the statement of Lord John Russell
in the House of Commons, last night, that the navy esti-
mates for the forthcoming financial year of 1853-54 will
be presented on Friday next. It is not the intention of
the new Admiralty to propose any increase in the num-
ber of men, but there will be an increase in the amount
of money required. That is, we presume, the new Board
of Admiralty have adopted the estimates of their pre-
decessors, and intend to keep up the navy for the next
year to the extent provided for by the supplemental
estimate voted last autumn, giving, in fact, an increase
over the estimate-of Sir F. Baring's board for 1852-53
of 5,000 seamen, and 1,500 marines for 1853-54. The
increase in the total amount of money to be
voted, we presume, will be in the votes for the pay,
provisions, stores, &c., of these 6,500 officers, men,
and boys for twelve months, instead of six months,
and in the vote for steam machinery for the screw line-
of-battle ships now in course of construction in our
Royal dockyards, and to be launched in the next
year. We trust that part of the increased sum of
money to be voted will be for fitting the contract mail
steam-packets for the reception of suitable armaments
and for prepariing their ordnance equipments, so that
they may be available for service at the shortest notice,
either to fight their way with their mails or for acting as
an auxiliary force to the Royal fleet on any expedition
of attack or defence. We trust also that the increase
to the ordnance estimate will include a provision for
erecting martello towers on the different accessible
points of our undefended coasts, and that, if the coast-
guard force is not to be increased, or consolidated, and
appointed to man those towers, that it is not the inten-
tion of the Government to withdraw the several cavalry
and infantry regiments, at present stationed in our
inland manufacturing districts (as a sort of police
for the benefit of the Cobdenites, the Brights, the
Wilsons, and the truck-masters of the peace confede-
racy), and so to distribute them over our natural
frontier, that becoming familiar with the whole line
of our sea coast, they may not in the hour of need
prove less acquainted with our vulnerable portions
of it than the enemy who may dare to invade them.
The manufacturers must afford to pay remunera-
tive wages to their workmen, and thus make them con-
tented ;, and the preservation of order in our inland dis-
tricts must be confined to policemen. Our frontier towns
and ports, common sense must point out to the least in-
telligent as the localities at which the military forces of
the country should be quartered.—Morning Herald.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.
Agamemnon, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, arrived at Spithead this day, at 11.30
am. She saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Superintend-
ent Fanshawe, which was promptly acknowledged by
the Neptune, 120. It is reported that there are upwards
of 70 cases of scarlet fever on board ; at all events,
there has been no communication with shore. This
magnificent ship is the second largest war steamer in the
world, her tonnage being 3,074. Sir Baldwin Walker,
the surveyor of the navy, under whose directions the
Agamemnon has been designed and fitted, came round in
the ship.

Leopard, 16, steam-frigate, Captain George Giffard,
got up steam this morning to leave the harbour for Spit -
head. Just as she was about to start an accident hap-
pened to her main discharge pipe, which will delay her
for a fortnight. An unfortunate waterman's boat got
under the starboard wheel as' the engines were being
moved preparatory to starting, and got injured.
Echo, steam-tug, went early to Spithead this morning,
and placed the convicts, and their guard of the 13th
Regiment, on board the Sibelli, convict-ship, bound for
Gibraltar.

Cruiser, screw steam-sloop, Lieut. Wm. Lambard in
charge, had her powder and shells taken out this morn-
ing, and will come into harbour to-morrow.
Fire Queen, steam-tender to the Victory, Master
Commander W. F. Paul, went out of harbour this
morning, having the flag of Rear-Admiral Superin-
tendent Fanshawe at the mizen. The gallant admiral,
attended by the pay clerk, proceeded on board the Arro-
gant and Leander to pay wages to the crews of the
above ships.

Medea, 6, steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Bailey, was
telegraphed from the Admiralty this morning, to wait
further orders.

Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, has completed
her caulking and coppering on the starboard side, and
will do the same on the port side to-morrow, three or
four streaks down from the water line. She is also
painting her upper works, and will be reedy to come
out of dock about Tuesday next.
The Leander, 50, Captain King, and Arrogant, 46,
Captain Fremantle, have been paid wages at Spithead
to-day, by Rear-Admiral Fanshawe and the Treasury
department of the dockyard.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw three decker,
Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., is now makihg some show
in her external equipment ; her fore and mizen topmasts
are pointed and crosstrees on, and her main topmast is
ready for pointing.
Asia, 84.—This noble and handsome old teak-built
ship comes out of dock to-morrow into the fitting basin.
Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain William
Crispin, will go into the dock vacated by the Asia, to
have her copper cleaned and examined.

Fairy, steam-yacht, tender to the Victoria and Albert,
Master Commander David N. Welch, will go out of
harbour to-morrow, and proceed to the measured mile
at Stokes Bay, on her third, and probably last, trial of
Grjffith's patent propeller. The successful results will
work a complete revolution in our steam service, and
the fact of not the slightest vibration being at all per-
ceptible will add much to the comforts of our much-
beloved Queen.

Spithead looks quite formidable, there being no less
than 12 pendants flying :—Agamemnon, 91 (screw),
Rodney, 92, Leander, 50, Arrogant, 46 (screw), Magra,
screw troop-ship ; Sidon, 24, Odin, 16, and Furious, 14,
paddle-wheel steam-frigates ; and Fury, Medea, and
Basilisk, paddle-wheel steam-sloops ; and Cruiser, screw-
sloop.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 10.
The American merchant ship Caspian, Captain Delano,
from Charleston, South Carolina, with cotton and rice,
for Havre, which left Plymouth on Monday, the 7th
inst., went ashore yesterday on Paignton Sands, in Tor-
bay. She was leaky when she left Plymouth, and took
extra hands to assist at the pumps.
The Lady WlsTaghten, Captain Hibbert, for Mel-
bourne, is now entering the harbour.

PEMBROKE.

The large steamer James Watt, of 91 guns is nearly
finished. She is a sister ship to the Agamemnon, of 91
guns. It is expected that the James Watt will be ready
for launching towards the close of March, when she will
be jury-rigged and sent round to Plymouth for equip-
ment. In order that she may be ready as soon as pos-
sible an extra number of the dockyard hands have been
placed to work upon her.
The shed under which the Duke of Wellington was
built is at present vacant, no other vessel as yet having
been laid down.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 9, 8 P.M.
The Castor, 36, frigate, Commodore C. Wyvill, at
Chatham (now stripping), will be off on Saturday next.
Up to this time, not more than half-a-dozen "blue-
jackets" have volunteered for the Impdrieuse, 60, Cap-
tain 11. B. Watson, Captain Charles G. E. Patey, of
the Amphion screw steam-frigate, has obtained some
volunteers from the Castor.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 10.
APPOINTMENTS.
Master Henry A. Moriarty (1844), to the Duke of
Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Chaplain Rev. John Gurney, to the Leopard, 42,
paddle wheel steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Second Master Edward J. Maitland (1849), recently
serving in the Phaeton, 50, to the Tyne store ship, at
Woolwich.
Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., took up his official
residence at Whitehall yesterday.
Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., First Secretary at the
Admiralty, arrived to-day at "Whitehall from leave, and
resumed his duties.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 'IL 1853

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL 'S-TIIIIRSDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.

6to 1 agst Miss Mowbray.
9to 1 agst Oscar.
9to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie.
14 to I,agst Half-and-Half.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6to 4 agst Sittingbounae.
6to 4 agst West Australian.
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Contentment.
25 to 1 agst
1000 to 15 agst Red Lion.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
14 to 1 agst Maria.
DERBY.
13 to 1 agst Cineas.
16 to 1 agst Orestes (taken).
35 to 1 agst Contentment.
40 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken).
40 to 1 Ninnyhammer (taken).

St.
50
50
20

BATH STEEPLECHASES.
THURSDAY.
THE GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 15 sous.
each, 5 ft, with 100 added. About 4 miles. 14 subs.,
3 of whom paid 2 sous. each.
Mr. C. Higgins's Forest Lad, lOst 101 b (Darling) 1
Mr. Balfe's Ringleader, 10st 101 b 2
Mr. Barry's Leporella, lOst 61b 0
Mr. Smith's Kate Kearney, 9st 61b 0
Betting before the first start-6 to 4 agst Ringleader,
and 7 to 4 agst Forest Lad.
There were two starts for this race, in the first of
which, Ringleader came in about a neck before Foreit
Lad ; but no judge having been appointed, the heat of
course went for nothing, and the stewards decided it
should be run again, which was accordingly done (under
protest), and the result was that Forest Lad won by
four lengths. Talisman started the first time but did
not run again.

THE FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 5 sovs. each, and
25 added. About 4 miles. 5 subs,
Mr. Parson's lodine, aged, 9st 71b (301.)....(Stevens) 1
Mr. B. Land's Vestris, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (500 2
Mr. Hoare's Gulnare, aged, 9st 111 b (301.) 0
Mr. William's Unknown, 9st 111 b (301.)
Mr. Stephens's Peggy, aged, 9st 71b (30/.) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Vestris, and 3to 1 agst lodine.

20
14
50
20

Won by two lengths.
THE BATH STAG HUNT STEEPLECHASE STAKES of 3
sovs. each, and 20 added, were won by Mr. Smith's
Gipsy Lass (Mr. Grymes), beating Venus, Gulnare,
Cheap Jack, and three others.

THE SHANE MAILiVETS.

LIVERPOOL SP:
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BRITISH RAILWAYS.

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Ambg.' Nottng. Bost
& Eastn. Junct
L Birmg. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
Cheshire Junct.
Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
3 Do., £2O
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blackrock and
Passage
Dublin&Belfast June
Dundee Perth&Aber-
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Do. New
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Do. Do. (181. E.& H.)
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, Class
A. (late E. U. Sh.)
Do., do

100
100
all
all
all

Do., B. and C
East Lancashire
East & West Ind. Dk
& Binning. June
100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow,

8i
all
.00
all

Edin. and Peebles
100- Edin. Prth. & Dundee
-too iGlaEgow &S. Western
100 ,Great Northern Stk
jpp IDo., A. Stock

Do., B. Stock
Great Southern and
Western (Ireland)
Great Western
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Lancash.& Yorkshire
po., Fifths
!Do., Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern
Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
London & Blackwall
Loud. Tilb. & Stherd.
Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst.
London & N. Western
Do., Fifths
Do. ,£lO Sh. M. &B. C
London & S. Western
Do., £5O
Do., £4O
Londeny. &Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch. Shef. &Lincln
Do., Man. & Lin. Un
Midland
Do. Binning. & Derby
Midland G. West. (Ir.)
Do. /4 Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmarket
Do. Bury Extension.
Newp. Aberg. &Hftd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Restrevor
Norfolk
Do., New.,
Northn. Counties Un
j North British
North Devon, No. 1
Do., No. 2.
Do., A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June
Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
Scottish Central

st lb
Sir Peter Laurie ll 8
Vainhope ll 4
Knight of Gwynne ll 2
r Bourton
Miss Mowbray
10 12
Lucy Neale lO 10
Peter Simple lO 10
Tipperary Boy lO 10
Abd-el-Kader lO 10
Duc-an-Durras
Montague
Victress lO 6
Augustine. lO 6
Carrig lO 5
Half-and-half lO 5
Leporello
The General

ZING MEETING.
ID NATIONAL STREPLIICHASH,

st lb
Field-Marshal . 10 4
Oscar ... .. . lO 2
Maurice Daley lO 2
Remark
Betsey Prig
Benedict
Poll ... .
View Halloo
Maley.
Kilquade
Ringleader
Chatter-box
Friendless ............ 9 8
Ringdove .............. 9 6
Crabbs . ............ 9 2
The Dwarf ............ 9 0

St.
50
25
100

all 1
111
100 1

114
all
all
all

100.
42
34
all
all
100

100
100
47i
1.17,
all
100

,ING MEETING.
to NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
st lb et lb
Sir Peter Laurie 11 7 Leporella ...............10 0
Bourton lO 12 Dandy Jem .............10 0
Miss Mowbray 10 10 Great Western ......... 10 0
Lucy Neale 10 9 Maurice Daley lO 0
Abd-el-Kader ..........10 9 Field-Marshal 9 12
Peter Simple lO 7 Talisman ................ 9 7
Carrig lO 6 Psyche 9 7
Victress lO 6 Benedict
Melford 10 5 Maley 9 5
The General 10 5 Honest Tom 9 5
Half-and-Half lO 4 Yorkshireman ....,.... 9 3
The Drag 10 2 Ringdove 9 0
(Near 10 1 Friendless 9 0
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE DONCASTER HANDICAP —The
highest weight accepting being Bst 31b, it has been
raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.

DONCASTER SP
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GRAN

50
St.
16
18

20
20
10
St.

Closing Prices
this day.

28h - 29

6 -

10 - 10:ji

61— 6id
22 22,
3 —2i d
107 109
64! 654
22 22
17 18

d- fi
8 -- 9

5i - 5,4
-
4 -- 44
131 -- 138
10 -- 12

8 - 81
76 - 78

1 55 - 60 I
76 - 78
A d- AP
26 - z 8
60 - 62
-79 i
43 - 45
118 - 120

107 i -- 164
90 --91 '
89 -- 91
12 -- 13 p
79 -79 A
3 -- 2i cl
16 —l6i

9 -- 9i
106 -107 p
120 -- 1204
21 -- P 134
91r --
6; --
51 -- 44c1
11 -- 12
19 -- 21
30 -- 31
3 -- 3d
79 -- 794
45i -- 47 j f

49 -- 51
2 -- 34
3 -31 d
2 3
i g
55 --5781 -- 81
2i -- 2i d
36 -- 37
61 -- 64 d

-- 2R
—4 dd 8
8
8 4p,

Age st lb
Prime Minister 5 8 7
Leopold
Hungerford 5 7 13
Trousseau
Lough Bawn 5 7 4
Isabella
Pelopidas
Bardolph 4 6 11
Prestige
Mayday
Worcester
Harp
Ammonia
Burndale 4 6 0
Chilton
Break-o'-day Boy 3 5 11,
The rest pay

Age st lb
Batty Darling 3 5 10
Etlielbert
Annie 3 5 8
Tavistock
Bold Davie 3 5 7
Knavery 3 5 7
Charity
lc by Don John, out

St.
St.
St.
St.

13i
20
20
50

100
100
100
100

all
all
6i
all
100
all
15

all
all
13
als

100
20
1U
100-

Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Birmg
Do., L. & N. Westn
Guaranteed Stock
Shrewsby.& Hereford
Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Do. Halves do

Do Do. Oswesiii..:
Shropshire Union ..

South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales

IS.Yorksh.River Dun,
Do.'

(Stockton k Hartlepl

Thames Haven Dock
and Railway'
Vale of Neath

of Potentia 3 5 4
Moselle
The Gip
Llanforda
Guicowar
St Andrew 3 5 0
Jacqueline
Angelo ...
5 sous. each.

49i -50 A
97 - 99-
63 - 65
67 - 69

70 so

18 .20
9 10
14 15
3i 3 d
20 22
80 80
86 38
19 13
4

Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West Cornwall

Wimbledon&Croydn,
Woodford

York Newetl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G. N. E. Purchase
York & N. Midland

14 i
15 9
91
27 28
9 9h
d ip

St. 111

71 72)
7 d
2 21c1'
GO --614

St. 11
20 1,

PREFERENCE SHARE

lAberdeen

LINCOLN spit
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GRA:
st lb
The General lO 8
Little Queen lO 7
Wild Hero lO 5
Forest Lad lO 0
Quickstep 9 12
Talisman 9 12

ING MEETING.
ND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE

st lb
Hope 9 12
The Brewer 0 10
Poll 9 9
Ringdove
Bruce 9 0

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.

At the last meeting of the society held on Tuesday—
Mr. James Simpson, vice-president, in the chair. The
evening was entirely devoted to the discussion of Mr.
Joshua Richardson's paper, "On the Pneumatics of
Mines." The discussion was commenced by allud-
ing to the very different condition of the ventilation
in the mines and collieries of the various districts
of Great Britain ; some having humane proprietors,
educated engineers, and intelligent overlookers, by whom
all scientific and practical knowledge was brought to
bear on the question ; whilst others were worked by men,
who cared little for anything beyond mere gain, and
went on without other supervision than that of the most
ignorant overmen, by whom matters were allowed to fall
into a bad state, the whole being entirely dependent on
" natural ventilation," by which was meant merely sink-
ing two pits, one of which was intended for the down-cast,
and the other for the up,cast, the motion of the air being
determined only by the difference of temperature of the
two shafts. If these two states were compared, it would
be admitted that some degree either of Government or
other inspection was necessary. The quantities of
atmospheric air necessary for the healthful condition
of mines, under various circumstances, were then given,
as being, in round numbers 100 cubic feet per man
per minute, for mines free from deleterious gases, up
to as much as 500, or even 600 cubic feet in very fiery
and bad mines. The various means of forcing air into
an exhausting air from mines were then explained—
more particularly touching on the "water-blast," used
in the Hartz mountains and in Belgium, by which it
csm
omokbee: 8
curvedGurney's arm
steafamn -j,
appeared long galleries were very rapidly cleared, even
f
et and Sturve's
aerometer,
the pneumatic
screw, and the ordinary exhausting or rarifying furnace,
were compared ; and it was contended, that though the
°
furnace was the simplest system, there were occasions when
from its action not being susceptible of acceleration, it
would be ineffective in rapidly clearing a mine after an
explosion ; whereas by increasing the velocity of Struve's
aerometer, its active power would be rendered so much
more effective, that the mine would be immediately
cleared, even in spite of the destruction of the brattice,
or of the gallery doors. The accident at the Middle
Dyffryn Colliery, caused by the explosion of the gas at
the exhausting furnace, was explained to have arisen,
most probably, from the introduction of such a large
quantity of atmospheric air as brought the air in the
mine to its most explosive condition,
This most fre-
quently occurred in new mines, and where, generally,
every attention was paid to copious ventilation.
Constant attention to the indications of the barometer
was enforced, as the best mode of avoiding accident ;
and it was shown, that however well anemometers
might be constructed, it was necessary to make
an allowance for friction, and to have them well
compared and regulated before trusting to them.
The existence of a condition of " natural. ventilation "
was strongly contested. It was urged that such a
state was not compatible with any security, as the
difference between the columns must depend on the
deterioration of the air in the mine by the breath, and
the animal exudations of the men, and other causes : the
current must become sluggish at night, when the mine
was not working, the course of the ventilation might
suddenly change with the direction of the wind, and all
the ventilating arrangements would be rendered of no
effect. It was contended that Government inspection,
to be really useful, shouldbe applied to giving information
to the proprietors and overlookers, and observing whether
the best means were adopted for the prevention of accidents
and for saving life, when they did occur. All the rest
might be safely left to those men who, having embarked
large capitals in the undertakings, would embrace VI e
best methods of making their speculations profitable,
even supposing them not to be animated by any higher
object.
The following paper was announced to be read at the
meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 15, On the Use of Heated
Air as a Motive Power," by Mr. C. B. Cheverton.

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)0 Brie. Sr Ex .4 p. c. Si
5 Do. 4 p. c: Shares .

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Caledonian £lO
'1 Chester & Holyhead
Guar. st, per cent.
31 Cork&Bandon 5 p.c.
11 Dundee, Perth, and

I Do., New 6p. c. St.
1 Eastern Union Scrip
Guar. 6 per cent,..
D East Lancash. 6p. cts.
1 Edinb. Prth.&Dund.
) Glasgow &S. Western
Guar. 5 per cont...
0 Great Northn. sp. o.
0 Do. 5 p. 0., Redeem.
at 10 p. a. prem..,
all Gt. S outhn. & Westn.

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11 E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c.
11 Do. (£5), 7 per cent.
2 Do. (£7l7s), 7. pct.
11 Eastern Counties Ex-
tension, 5 p. c. No.l
11 Do., No. 2

(Ireland) Eights::
6 Gt. Westn. (Berke &
Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)
)O Great Western, fixed
4i per cent
6 Lan. & York. F. £2O
X) Do:, 6 p. 0., Stock
Londonand Brighton
Guaranteed 5 p. c

0 Do. Pref. sp. C., St,
11 Do. Convertible, 5 p.
c., 1852
0 Do. New Guar. 6p. c
3 Loudon &S. Western.
Cou. Thirds ,

.0 Londonderry&Coler,
Shares .....

....
11 Londndry. & Ennisk
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11 Manch., Shei.,&
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11 Do., New, £lO
3 Do., £6

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11 Do. 4A per cent. ... ...
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K 1 Mid. Consol. 6p c. St.
)0 Do. Consol. Bristol &
Birm. 6 per cent....
5 Do. Pref. 4i percent.
11 Norfolk Extension...
11 Do. Guar. 5i per ct.
11 Do. Waveney Valley
5 per cent...........
)9 North British ........,
11 North Staffordshire..
)0 Oxford, Worcester; &
Wolverh. .£15,6 p. c.
9 Do.
11 Shrewsbury & Birm.

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11 South Devon
11 Do. New
11 S. Eastern (Reading
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11 S. Yorksh.4p. c.Gua.r.
3 Waterfd. &ICilk. 6p. c.
)0 York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref
5 Do
LO York &N. Midland,
H. & S. Purchase

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FORE:

Business done
this day.

S Company's
t e
Captain Revett, with the Brazilian
mails, -leftyesterday afternoon, taking out a very large and
arseprarjao;:, FEB. 9.—The Royal Mail
s a
I I T
valuable cargo, jewellery to the value of 10,000/., specie
3,250/., and about 30 passengers. The Severn, with
the next homeward Brazilian mails, is due on the 16th
instant, but may be locked for about the 14th. The City
of Norwich steam-ship, from Oporto, laden with cattle,
arrived in the docks this afternoon. The Government
Peninsularsteam
emigrant ship Harriet arrived here this day. She will
leave in a day or two for Australia. The Peninsular and
ship
mails, Iberia,ri: Captain Bowen,
is expected about
Sunday or Monday next. The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's screw steam-ship Bombay Will leave this for
Alexandria on the 20th inst.
wOirtihentthael
homeward Company ' s

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3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam
3 Belgian Eastn. Junct.

11 Charleroi & Erquelin
8 Dij on and Besanon
8 Dutch Rhenish
11 East Indian
1 Do. Extension
U Gt. Indian Peninsula
7 Gd. Junct. of France
.54 Gt. Westn. of Canada

per cent. pref,
.5 Luxembourg....
.0 Do. (Railway)..
2 Do.
5I 3

Shares
1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5

84
78 7

20 ll
10 li

10
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10 li
20 91

Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. cent. prof
Lyons d; Mediterran
4iiNfadras
9lMaria Antonia

.0 Do. New
II Namur & Liege (with
interest
11 Do. (ex interest)
I Northern of France
Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds 1

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115191 201 20

am/. B. &Arns.Shs.
11 ' Norwegian Truk. Pref
.0 Paris and Lyons
11 Paris and Orleans
11 Paris and Rouen
11 Paris and Strasbourg
4 Paris Caen&Cherbrg.
54 Quebec & Richmond
11 Rouen and Havre
11 Sambre and Meuse
4 Do. 5A per cent. prof
4 Southern of France
N. Upper India Scrip '
11 West Flanders
6 Do. 5i per c. Pref
9 Western of France
2 West. of Switzerland
3 New Zealand

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