The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad miralty, held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty, Whitehall. A considerable number of hands are employed on the iron frigate Resistance, 18, 600 horse power, fitting for the Chatham steam reserve. Her lower iron rigging has been fixed, and her topmasts on end, with her main and fore yards crossed. By di rection of the Controller of the Navy she is to be fitted with sliding topgallantmasts on Gunter's principle. The Russian screw frigate Gromoboi, 50 guns, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Mediter ranean, en route for Cronstadt, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Robert W. Beaufort, surgeon, to the Jason ; A. M'Farlane, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Vesuvius ; R. W. Hulford, first class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as super numerary ; John Ferguson (L), second-class assist.- engineer, to the Forte; and W. B. Tren with second-class assist.-engineer, to the Russell. fIIIB ARMY. Major-General Eyre, Commandant of Chatham garrison, accompanied by Brigade-Major Goff, and Major Gordon, aide. de-camp, made his half-yearly inspection of the 17th, 22d, 26th, 36th, 37th, and 38th companies of the Royal Engineers stationed at Chatham, on the 6th and 7th inst. On the 6th he inspected the whole of the books of the respec tive companies, with which he expressed much sa tisfaction. The companies having broken into open column, the right being in front, marched past the Major-General in slow and quick time. The preci sion with which these movements were performed elicited the warm approbation of the Major-General. On the 7th inst. he dispensed with the usual march ing past, as ho had been so well satisfied with pre vious performances. At noon the whole of the officers assembled in their new mess room, and were closely questioned by the Major-Gaieral upon va rious details of the management of their companies. The corps subsequently paraded for drill, and Capt. Frankland, R.E., having been called to the front, wheeled them into line, formed square upon the leading company, formed them into a column at quarter distance intervals, and then deployed them into line on No. 3. The intricate manceavre of forming close column upon No. 5 company, facing to the rear, was carried out with great success. At this jwacture a pelting shower of rain fell, and the Me..ior-Creneral at once ended his inspection. The Adriatic, No. 1 steam transport (Captain G. C. Nicholson, Commander C, M. Buckle, R.N., Admiralty agent), the arrival of which, with the left wing of the 96th Regiment on board, at Spit head, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was an nounced yesterday, is ordered into Portsmouth har bour to disembark her freight and clear out for paying off from the Government service. The troops will land at the dockyard this morning, and proceed by rail to Shorncliffe to join head-quarters there. The officers and troops on board comprise: —Staff—Col. Fordyce, Lieut,-Col. Crealock, and Assist.-Surg. Yessop ; 96th Regiment (left wing)— Lieut.-Col. Cathcart; Copts. Grant, Cumberland, and Briggs; Lieuts. Whitty, Gray, Johnston, Ay toun, Hogg, Castleton, and Gray ; Ensigns Roche, King, and Church ; Assist.-Surg. Mitchell ; 12 sergeants, 8 drummers, 14 corporals, and 290 pri vates. In addition to the above, there are also on board 15 men of various corps and 7 military con victs. The 96th were, after their arrival out in New Brunswick from England, stationed at Frede ricton, where they embarked, on the 25th of April, on board the steamer Forest Queen, for St. John's. Arriving there the same day, after a fine run of six hours, they were transferred immediately to the Adriatic for the voyage to England. The colonial press states that no further change will take place for some time to come of the troops stationed in the provinces, and that the military head quarters for the province will be at St. John's. The let battalion sth Fusiliers will leave Ports mouth garrison for the camp at Aldershott on the 13th inst. The 2d battalion 18th Regiment and the 49th Regiment are also under orders to leave Portsmouth, the first-named for the Channel Islands and the latter for Manchester. These regiments will be replaced in Portsmouth garrison by the 53d, from Aldershott, the 55th, from the Channel Islands, and the 6th, now on its way home from India, with head-quarters, on board the clipper ship Champion of the Seas. BANQUE2' TO THE LORD MAYOR BY THE WARD OF LA.AGBOURA: The ward of Langbourn yesterday entertained the Lord Mayor, who is the alderman of the ward, at a splendid banquet at the London Tavern, in tes timony of the high satisfaction felt by the ward and the citizena of London at the manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of his important office, and in recognition of his services generally during the period he has filled his present position, and which has resulted in his election a second time to the office of Lord Mayor of London. The company comprised most of the bankers, merchants, and other notables of the City ; Charles White, Esq., took the chair. The loving cup having passed round, the chairman proposed " The Health of the Queen," and the other usual toasts, and then gave " The Health of the Right Hon, VVm. Cubitt, the Lord May or of the City of London, and the Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn." The event they had met to celebrate was altogether apart from political considerations ; they had assembled to pay a tribute to the alderman their ward, wh o by the manner in which he had performed his public duty had entitled himself to a repetition of the distinguished honour of being elected a second time Lord Mayor of the City of London. The toast was received with three time three cheers and the utmost enthusiasm. The Lard Mayor acknowledged the toast in a graceful speech, observing that the greatest possible reward that could be given to a public man was to find that the humble efforts he had made to perform his duty, were appreciated by those who had an opportunity of observing his con duct. (Hear, hear.) He could not help expressing his opinion that he and his familyought to be proud of the present meeting. To be twice Lord Mayor of the City of London was in itself a great honour; but to have such a meeting as that to commemorate that honour made it more emphatic. (Cheers.) " The Lady Mayoress" and several toasts in con nection with the ward were subsequently proposed, and the meeting then broke up. DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM IN THE WEST RIDING. One of the most which' extraordinary and destructive hailstorms and nave occurred for many years visited Leeds other places in the West Riding on WWI:1(11nm producinglife considerable damage to property The weather for tho last few days has been e xtremely . variable, but in the early part of Wednesd ayit spring' day. About was a beautiful genial seve n f i en was observed. l a somewhat sing ular phenomenon"L o ' c l oc k , however, The horizon be came suddenly obscured with a thatbeing evidently dense mass of clou d, whic h driven in a directio n contrar y to in which the ordinary clouds were pa ssin g , and fo might. r t. a idnlittle time the darkness was as de e p as th at o Simultaneously, an extraordinary shower lt of a hail fell, accompanied with vi vid flashes of lightning which, reflected in the glooin , p roduced astri l l i ;i n n g ' and beautiful effect. The hailstone s weresomething marvellous in size at Bromley, Morley, and else. where, one of which actually exceeded five inches in circumference and four ounces in weight. The storm, however, rapidly passed . over the town, and was succeeded ra in, which continued at intervals during the even i ng. The river Airowas t swollen to a great height. Early in the morning, men in the service of Mr. E. Dibb, of Idle, er svo and three to cross the etream with a wa ggon it e three horses at the Buck Mill Ford, near Idle, whenilwntt one of the men was drowned, and carried do , were withst fdni difficulty cu l other ty rea great a ; man, as well as the horses rescued. The storm raged with unprecedented viol e n ce i n Nottingham an d its vicinit y. The workmen at th e s ewer in Wheeler Ga t e ha d a narro w their lives from the burs t in g in of escape with volume of water; and the s a f ety of the houses mmense both sides of the street was greatly end at angered. Who destruction of glom was very great. IkIEETING OF NONCONFORMISTS. Last night, a crowded meeting of the dissenters of the metropolis was held in Freemasons'-hall, to present Mr. Edward Miall with a testimonial in recognition of his public services in the cause of civil and religious freedom. Mr. Shefff Cockerell was in the chair, and there were present on the platform Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. Barnes, M M.P., Mr. Gilpi n , M.P., Mr. P. A. T ay l or , M . P ., Mr. Stansfeld, ALP., Sheriff Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Cockerell, Mr. Samuel Morley, Dr. Halley, Dr. Angus, Rev. J. H. Hinton, Rev. W. Brock, Rev. J. Barnet, Mr. Duncan M'Laren, of Edinburgh; Mr, Charles Robertson, of Liverpool; Mr. H. 0. Wills, of Bristol ; Mr. Cossham, of Bristol ; and numerous other ministers and laymen from various parts of the country. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ex plained that the meeting was held for the sake of paying homage to a great principle—a principle embodied in Mr. E. Miall, who, as editor of the Nonconformist newspaper, had for the last 21 years advocated the freedom of religion from anything like state interference—a cause which ho had also served as member for Rochdale. Mr. HEATON having explained the origin of the testimonial, stated that it had, by subscriptions from all parts of the country, reached the amount of £5,000. Mr. S. MORLEY, as a member of the executive committee, then read to Mr. Miall an address, and at its conclusion handed to him a banker's pass book for £5,000 and a silver tea and coffee service, on the tray of which there was an inscription indi cative of the nature of the gift. The address stated that 1,500 persons, scattered over every part of the United Kingdom, had subscribed to the testimonial, wishing to express their very high estimate of the value of the services which Mr. Miall had rendered to the cause of civil and religious liberty. Mr. MIALL, in a speech too lengthy to be re . _ . _ peed in full, returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon him. He first returned thanks to the Deity for every act of his own which tended to good as the result of his merciful Providence. It was to that, and to the abilay of his colleagues, he attributed the success of the Nonconformist. He and they looked forward to seeing the great prin ciple which they had advocated brought about by the revival and expansion of religious life in the Established Church itself—a religious life which some good men, and some men whose spiritual cha racter was not so much respected, desired to restrict within the narrow limits of human law. Religion was in fact everywhere freeing itself from its poli tical degradation, as at Rome, at Vienna, at Paris, and in the colonies, in spite of the efforts of those who by the iteration of words they could make facts, and hurled vituperation at the heads of those who advocated the voluntary movement, but who could not be so shouted down. For himself he had become accustomed to read the most atrocious calumnies on himself, just as he would read any thing else in a newspaper, and to deal with them in the way of business. Reference was made in the address to his having been one of the Royal Com missioners appointed to inquire into national edu cation, and he thought he ought rather to be con gratulated on that appointment than be thanked for his services on the commission, for his labours there had been rendered easy by the patience and courtesy with which those other commissioners who did not agree in his views received his exposition of them. Baying again attributed the success of his labours to a higher power, and personally thanked those who had been instrumental in getting up so magnificent a testimonial, Mr. Maill resumed his seat. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P., next addressed the meeting, and said—l feel as if in great danger of marring the effect of this remarkable meeting, and of the impressive speech to which we have just listened, by any observation I can offer to you. (Hear, hear.) But apart from that I have great pleasure in being permitted to say a few words on an occasion when I have derived a pleasure not exceeded by any other public meeting I ever attended. Mr. Miall and I have not met for the first time to-night, nor is this the first time that we have stood on the same platform. (Hear, hear.) In September next, on the 10th day of that month, it will be 22 years since he was in my house in Rochdale, when he was visiting some of the neigh bouring towns and some of the friends of the cause of religious freedom, with a view to ascertain how far it was likely that a journal like the Noncon formist would succeed. I had then the pleasure of discussing this very question with him, and calling with him on several of my friends, and got a num ber of them to contribute to the fund on which the Nonconformist was started. From that time to the present I have enjoyed the friendship of Mr. Miall. In 1852 he became the parliamentary re presentative of the borough of Rochdale, of which I am an elector ; and I will undertake to say it was a misfortune, and a great misfortune, when, from local differences and accidental circumstances, the connexion between my friend Mr. Miall and the electors of Rochdale became severed. Only this night, five minutes before I left the House of Com mons, I was speaking to a gentleman in no way identified with the views held by us, and when I told him where I was coming, " Ate" said he, " Miall was the only man who argued that great question as it ought to be argued in the House of Commons." (Cheers.) I believe that to be per fectly true, and I therefore regret that I cannot speak of my friend as I could have spoken of him some few years since, and call him my parliamen tary representative. In 1860 he was appointed one of the royal commissioners to inquire into national education. The Duke of Newcastle made, I believe, the best selection it was possible to make, when he asked for Mr. Miall, a man of intellect, a man of great information, a man of sound judgment, and one honoured with the confidence of those through out the country who understand the voluntary principle as we understand it. But I had the oppor tunity of hearing from the lips of the Duke of New castle not onlywhat be thought of Mr. Miall when he appointed him one of the commissioners, but also what he thought of him after the work on which they were both engaged was over, and his Grace bore testimony to his courtesy, to his moderation, his sound judgment, and bis liberality, during the work on which they were engaged, and that, too, in language as eulogistic as anything we have heard to-night. (Cheers.) But, going back to 1840, his life has been since then dedicated to one great pur pose—(hear, hear)—to the freedom of religion. We all know he has been a teacher of dissent to dis senters, and o f protestantism to professed protes tants ; and I agree with him that the great prin ciple of voluntaryism had of late years been making great progress —a slow progress, some people may think, but one not the less sure—a principle which I used to think would never be adopted except by one great revolution. It is one which has been assented to by only one great State—the people of the United States of America. If you will read the work of the Rev. Baptist Noel, or the magnificent speeches of Dr. Duff, the Indian missionary, in which he describes what has been done by the voluntary principle, you can only come to the con clusion that there is nothing piety or zeal has offered on the face of the earth equal to that which has been done on the voluntary principle. In Canada, too, it has been in some measure adopted. In the Australian colonies, too, it has been adopted to a lerge extent; and in this country, notwith standing the fierce swing to and fro of the wave of intolerance, it yearly, daily, and he might say hourly progresses. In Ireland only one-tenth of the population acknowledge a connexion with the Established Church. (Hear, hear.) In Scotland two-thirds of the population have no connexion with the establishment. In Wales, again, eight-tenths of the people do not attend or value the ministra tions of the Ests.blished Church—(hear, hear)—and in England it has been proved that rather more peop l e prefer to go to chapel than to the Esta blished Church. Me (C - eerfa) With this fact before us and that growing religious feeling which we wit ness in the church itself , you mayrely upon it the voluntary principle cannot slumber. I never hoped the church would be brought to feel the value of it except by a revolution, until I saw a strong and growing zeal spring up within the church itself; for believe me, when once a feeling of zeal has come THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. Yesterday, at half-past 1 o'clock, a deputation from the provisional committee recently formed in the City of London to raise money towards the re lief of the distressed operatives in Lancashire and Cheshire, had an interview by appointment with the Lord Mayor on the subject at the Mansion House. The gentlemen present were—Mr W. Mor ley, Mr. Howes, Mr. Lycett, Mr. J. Armitage, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Barber, all of them partners in City firms of long standing and repute, and more or less identified with the cotton manufacture. The LORD MAYOR stated that in consequence of the recent public announcement he made after a previous interview with the committee, from the bench in the justice room, he had received £1,500 or £1,600 from benevolent persons towards the re lief of the distressed operatives; and the time had arrived for them to consider how he was to dispose of it and of other contributions which, he had no doubt, would continue to flow in. It would be recol lected he stated that while he was willing to be the medium of receiving and transmitting the bounty of the public, he could not take part in its distribution, but would hand it over for that purpose to some central organisation. So far no such central organi sation existed, but there were local relief commit. tees in Preston, Blackburn, and Wigan, where the distress was known prevail, and he asked the depu tation if they thought he would be justified in send ing a proportionate part of the sums in his hands to the committees in those different towns in the hope that there would be a fair distribution of it. It was not desirable, he thought, that he should keep the money in his hands. IMr. LYCETT concurring that it was not, and ap pearing in that respect to speak the sentiments of the deputation, read a letter by Mr. Richard Lea, the honorary secretary to the Wigan relief commit tee, stating that the number of hands entirely out of work in that town was not less, on the 30th of April, than 4,620, and that during the next fort night 2,400 more, who were then working three days a week, would be added to the list of the un employed. Besides those there were 300 hands working three days a week, and 400 six days. Those 700 were employed at three mills, which he was informed would cease working in about a month. On the day mentioned the Wigan Relief Fund amounted to £3,399 odd, of which £2,600 had been expended. The relief was distributed by six ward committees. The number of cases then on the books was over 1,800, representing at least 5,400 persons, and the number must increase in the next few weeks in consequence of the closing of mills. They had a great many handloom weavers on their books, who were suffering equally with the factory ope ratives. The amount they paid weekly in relief was about £250, and therefore the funds in hand, even at the present rate of distribution, could only last about three weeks longer. The distress was much greater than anybody who did not visit the people as he and others did had any idea of. Every day discovered to them cases of the most touching and distressing character, and nothing that had been either heard or read in London coloured too highly the real circumstances of the town of Wigan. Another correspondent said he had lived in Wigan 3') years, and he had never known so much distress among the working elat,sul. lie knew oc-ycratrcbu lar and consistent members of the Wesleyan society and teachers in Sunday schools who had no work for months, and who had sold nearly all their cloth ing for food rather than make application for relief to the poor-law guardians. Mr. Lycett suggested that £5OO each of the money in the hands of the Lord Mayor should be sent to Blackburn, Preston, and Wigan, for distribution by the local relief committees. Mr. COTTON read a resolution which had been passed by the provisional committee in London on Wednesday. It was to the effect that opinions having been held that the appeal to the public was not only premature but scarce ly warrante d b y of actual di s t ress i n the manufacturing Lancashire and Ch esh i re, the commit dthisetiaimetcsuonft tee, unwilling that the generous sympathy of the public should be prematurely taxed, and had taken careful means to ascertain, not on l y t h e ac tual but also the prospective stat e o f suffering and want in the more popular districts of the cotton manufacture, the result of which investigation was that their former convictions were day by day strengthened by fresh disclosures of privation and want actually existing, and they felt that they could no longer withhold their contributions, nor refrain from an earnest appeal on behalf of those whose present need was likely to be intensified in proportion as the struggle in America should be unhappily protracted. He added that in the Black burn district, 23 mills, employing 8,459 operatives, had stopped working altogether, and in that of Preston 27 mills, employing 8,108 p e opl e , h a d a l s o entirely stopped. . _ _ The Lord Mayor asked if he might understand that he would be justified by the opinions of the deputation as to the expediency and propriety of his transmitting to each of these th ree towns name d a certain sum for distribution. There was a unanimous response in the affirm- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY 9, 1862 into action, whether it be in the high church or in the low church, it will not long stand the shackles which are imposed upon it. In fact the dangers which threaten the church are infinitely greater from within than any which we from without can bring to bear upon it. (Hear.) This is undoubtedly a great question, and during the last twenty years Mr, Miall has, I say, by his writing and by his speeches, raised up and brought together a mass of facts which are indubitable, and has marshalled in favour of the voluntary system a long list of argu ments which are totally unanswerable, and these he has submitted to the public with a degree of courtesy, toleration, and patience which has never been surpassed. (Cheers.) One of the results is this. He has created a new school, and he has widened the current of dissent. He has, too, put the church upon the defensive, and you may depend upon it that when the church comes out to make a logical defence for being a political church, it will be as it was when the country gentlemen formed a society for protection, and every one said, the Lord has delivered them into our hands. (Cheers.) On j these grounds we are greatly indebted to him—we who are members of what I may call the free church of this country—say we of the free church —for I do not like the name of dissent—and think we ought to get rid of the term entirely, and adopt that of free church. We would thus every time the phrase of free church was used both convey a lesson and offer an argument in its favour. The free churches then of this country are greatly indebted to him, and so is the cause of religious liberty. He has raised it to a higher platform except when it comes to be discussed on the ques tion of church rates. Then it is that the men who find fault with us for being political dissenters be come political churchmen. (Cheers.) I am not accustomed to speak the language of flattery ; it has on the contrary been my duty to severely cri ticise and condemn public men. It is not a Plea sant thing to be at all times criticising and con demning. (Hear, hear.) It is far pleasanter to come to a meting like this, when we know that 100,000 persons join with us in the favourable esti mate which we take of a public man. (Hear.) I speak soberly. I admire his career, I admire his intellect, and I honour his persistent labours in the cause of religious freedom. Reference has been made to his future career, but let us remember that the time is fast approaching to all of us when there will be no future, so rapidly is life passing away. There will then be no prospect, but a retrospect. When that time comes, he will have to survey a period during which he has devoted his intellect and labours to one of the greatest questions that can engage the faculties of a man. He will, in fact, leave his mark on the times, and will have done much to promote political freedom, and the freedom of the human soul. With these feelings—this be lief, and the full conviction come to after 20 years of observation—for there is no step of his which I have not watched with the greatest interest—l re joice in being here to-night to join with you in pre senting to him a public testimony of his labours. (Cheers.) Rev. HOWARD HINTON, Rev. Dr. HALLEY, and other gentlemen, subsequently addressed the meet ing in terms laudatory of Mr. Miall's services, and the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. tive, and Mr. Willi= Morley suggested taking into account the relaive population and the distress in each place, that 000 should be sent to Black burn, £5OO to Preston, 250 to Wigan, and £250 to Stockport. By the mail of last evening the Lord Mayor for warded these several sums for distribution by the several local relief c►mmittees. At the close of tie interview a cheque for £lob from Messrs. Cook, Son, and Co. was handed to the Lord Mayor, as were also others for £25 from Messrs. W. and B. Ylorley, and £lO 10s. from Mr. Thomas Brookes. THE INTERNiTIONAZ EXHIBITION. The French critim who are so hard on the archi tectural sins of the Exhibition building should go and take a look at it from the garden of the Horti cultural Society, when they will see it assume a different and very much improved appearance. The two domes are there taken in at one view, and the Italian fagade which runs between them has a light and pleasant effect, We do not mean to say that even then the building looks quite as well as might be, but it certainly looks better from the gardens than from any otter point of view; and it is only fair to the architect that now, even in the eleventh hour, his strong point should be made known to the public. Another advantage for those who have the privilege of the gardens is, that some excellent military music is to be heard there, every day, a thing which the rules of the Exhibition do not per mit within the building. There is a subject which is discussed daily within the building with much animation, and to which we think now is the proper time to call attention. The shilling days are rapidly coming round, and therefore it is quite time for those upon whom the safety and comfort of the shilling public will de pend to take counsel as to the best means of secur ing both. As the articles anu cases are at, prerm.t arranged, there are grave doubts as to whether the circulation could be maintained with a crowd of, say forty or fifty thousand people. Until now the nave was completely blocked up, and it is in the nave that the first pressure of the crowd will be felt. The general opinion is that, with the excep tion of some sculpture or light marginal ornaments, it should be completely cleared, and then, with the open platforms under the domes at each end, a great advance will be made towards securing elbow room for the public. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell's case was removed yesterday, and the dressing cases, a very large obstruction, are also en route. The cereal trophy is condemned, and hopes are entertained that the great telescope may also take its departure to some more fitting locality. Mr. Emanuel, al though having gone to great expense in fitting up his attractive jewel case, has, we understand, ex pressed himself in a most liberal spirit of concession; and we learn further that Mr. Cole has been most successful in his diplomacy with all the other exhi bitors. With respect to that gentleman, we made inquiry as to the truth of a report which had got into circulation, that he was about to undertake the general management of the building, but we could not obtain any confirmation of it in official quarters. Mr. Cole has certainly, within the last two days, taken a very active share in the strenuous endeavours that are now being made to create order out of chaos, and in so short a time has done wonders, but whether merely in a friendly capacity or as a general manager we were not able to learn. But to return to the arrangement of the goods. In the in terest of the public safety the nave must be cleared by the Ist of June, or when the public come "at a rush," there will be great difficulty in preserving order. There will be danger also, and this will be aggravated by the crowded state of the transepts and annexes. The transept—which is devoted to Canadian products—is like one of the great timber yards by the water side, so crowded is it with logs and spars and immense erections of wood, and in deed everywhere the same crowding is observable. A little trouble taken now, whilst the attendance is moderate, would make matters straight, and it is absolutely necessary, if it be intended that the crowds who are expected next month should see the show in comfort and safety. Although the weather was beautiful yesterday, the attendance was not at all crowded, even in the picture galleries, which since the opening have generally attracted the majority of the company. The May meetings, which have just commenced, might have drawn away many of the ticket holders, but it is obvious that people also stay away in consequence of the unfinished appearance of the interior. Minton's great fountain is still hoarded round, and the pots of flowers which are waiting to ornament its base have a hard struggle to preserve their bloom, and even existence, amid the dust which the workmen continually raise. The platform upon which this fountain stands will be when finished a favourite resort, and it is a great pity that it should not be got ready with the least possible delay. Walking along the nave, we were rather astonished to perceive -on looking down into an aperture in the flooring that the ground beneath was alive with little boys groping about on all fours in every direction. On asking for some explanation of this singular proceeding, we were informed that a whole regiment of these youngsters had been en gaged to crawl round everywhere, and remove everything that could possibly lead to combustion. It was expected that many articles of value would also be found, and the little explorers were subjec ted therefore to a rigorous inspection the moment they emerged into upper air. There are several steam fire engines of great power within the build ing, and these, with the ordinary precautions, will, it is expected, be sufficient to protect the immense mass of property from accident. Another enemy against which precautions must be taken is the rain, which on Wednesday severely tested the domes and the glass roofs of the courts. Active measures were being taken yesterday to make the building water tight, and Mr. Ashton, to whom the duty has been entrusted, has a confident expectation of making the building impervious to future showers. Among the company we noticed the Duke of Buccleuch, who spent a long time at Mr. Hancock's case, and minutely inspected the Shake speare, respecting which his grace expressed himself in warm terms of commendation. Lord Harris was also amongst the visitors, and V7O regretted to hear his lordship state that Lord Canning was so indis posed as to be yet unable to stir out, but adding, that one of the late Governor-General's first visits, when health permitted, would be to the Exhibition. The Earl of Dudley is a frequent visitor, hut as a general rule the building has not as yet received very extensive patronage from the nobility. We observed a good many people in the department of the machinery in motion, always an object of inte rest, and never probably so much so as in the case of the present magnificent collection. There was a constant crowd round one curious machine, which was said to have killed a little boy on the openin g day, and frequent groups observed the electric light, which in another portion of the same department was being created and sustained by a novel process. We were informed that the Austrian court will be thrown open on Monday next, and if it be half so attractive to the visitors as the portrait of the Em press of Austria in the picture gallery, it may take its place as one of the lions of the Exhibition. GAME Laws.--A return has been issued which shows that 1 /0,356 persons have been committed to county gaols in England and Wales in the last seven years on charges of felony, and states that the number who had pre viously been committed to the same gaols for some offence against the ;time laws was 2,088. The numbers vary re markably. In Bedford gaol, out of 494 persons committed for felony, 27 had previously been committed for offences against the tame laws ; in Worcester, only 60 out of 3,6:54 ; in Northam)tonshire, 93 out of 1,263 ; in Huntingdonshire, only 11 out 4f 518; in Buckinghamshire, 107 out of 1,503; in Berkshirc, only 54 out of 2,460. In Wales the return is only 11 out if 8,122. [AvvEß' 4 EmENT.] r —Holloway's Ointment and Pills Continuous Suffering.—Year after year do invalids bear bodily infirmities which could be immensely relieved, if not entirely renbved, by Holloway's purifying and potent re medies. 130:1 legs, wounds, sores, sprains, stiff joints, con. tracted sine's, an d erysipelas, all lie within the range of these ineomiarable medicaments. All sufferers, who hourly feel that witiout health money and youth are little worth, should read Holloway's directions for using his remedies, make trial cr them and they will speeuily rejoice to find their improlement perceptible and their ailments less bur thensome. Many whose health through life was never very good, laying casually resorted to Holloway's remedies for curing s)mo local disorder, found while curing it they stronthenet their whole.frame. THE PIO(3BESS OF THE CHEJIICAL ARTS. Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Lyon Playfair com menced a short course of lectures at the Royal In stitution, "On some of the Chemical Arts, with reference to their progress between the two Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862." The lecture yes terday was on the distillation of coal, especially in relation to the production of gas and to the forma tion of paraffin. The cause of his commencing with the manufacture of gas, he observed, was not because there has been much improvement in the process itself during the last eleven years, but on account of the important uses to which what were formerly considered the waste products of the distillation of coal have been applied. Dr. Playfair, in the first instance, gave a slight sketch of the history of gas lighting, noticing the experiments, at the close of the last century, by Dr. Clayton, who confined what was called "the spirit of coal in bladders, which was ignited as it issued through small holes, to the great astonishment of all; and then proceeded to describe the efforts of Murdoch, Winser, and Clegg to apply the gas produced from coal to the pur poses of a illumination. The process as now con ducted in the gas-works was illustrated by large diagrams, showing the successive stages the gas passes through, commencing with its distillation in the retorts, next the deposition of tar in the hydrau lic main, and in the condensers, the action of the exhausters, by which it is drawn from the retorts, its passage through the purifiers, whence it is conveyed to the gasometer to be measured be fore it enters the gas-holder; and, finally, the regu lation of its distribution through the mains by a " governor." There was also exhibited a model apparatus in action, to exemplify the production and purification of coal before it is fitted to be burned in private houses. Dr. Playfair explained the che mical constituents of coal-gas, separating the prq aaata or coal into solid and ceriform. The illumi nating property of coal-gas, he observed, depends on the quantity of olefiant gas it contains, for the carburetted hydrogen and the carbonic oxide, though very combustible, give scarcely any light, and act only as diluents, whilst the carbonic acid extinguished flame. Jets of carburetted hydrogen, of carbonic oxide, of olefiant gas, and of common coal-gas were inflamed for the purpose of showing their comparative luminosities, when all appeared dim compared with the olefiant gas, and the two former flames were scarcely visible, The lumino sity of flame, Dr. Playfair explained, depends an the quantity of matter that is contained in inflam mable gas, the particles being rendered incandescent by heat, and thereby throwing out brilliant rays of light. To exemplify this he passed a current of pure hydrogen gas through a glass tube,into which some peroxide of barium had been introduced, and when it was heated and the gas ignited, it gave a brilliant light. Dr. Playfair attempted to show the effect of giving increased lighting power to hydrogen gas by bringing it in contact with a fluid hydro-carbon, on the same principle that is now practised on many of the street lamps in the City, of napthalising the gas before it reaches the burners ; but, unfortunately, he applied the light to the tube before all the atmospheric air was expelled, and a violent explosion took place, which shattered the glass vessel, and threw particles of glass to all parts of the lecture-room. -This accident, and the suf focating fumes produced, occasioned a serious inter ruption to the lecture, many ladies being obliged to leave, and some of the audience being cut by the pieces of glass. Dr. Play fair expressed great regret at the accident, none such, he said, having occurred during many years that he had lectured. In the concluding portion of his lecture he explained the chemical process of purifying gas from sulphuretted hydrogen by lime and by the oxide of iron, the latter plan having come into practical operation since 1857, and is now generally adopted. The tar produced by the distillation of coal yields paraffin oil, which possesses the same illuminating proper. ties as olefiant gas, and from that oil is extracted the beautiful wax from which paraffin candles are made. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 there was a single paraffin candle exhibited which had been made from peat ; the same substance has since been manufactured abundantly from coal tar; and in the present International Exhibition there are many beautiful large blocks of paraffin wax and numerous specimens of paraffin candles made from coal tar, the manufacture having now become an important branch of industry. In the next lecture, he said, he should pursue the subject, and show still further how the former waste products of gas works have been economised ; and he assured his audience that no similar accident should occur again to annoy them. HUNGARIAN WINES. A report on Hungarian wines, by Mr. Dunlop, Attache to the British Embassy, hes just been in cluded among some papers presented to Parliamant. On the question whether wines from Hungary can be imported into England at a cheaper rate than wines from France it throws some interesting light. As to the capability of the country for producing almost any quantity there seems no doubt; but the absence of. care, method, and discrimination is still such as to seriously counteract the existing natural advantages. The Hungarian farmers and proprie tors, however, it is said, are now awakening to the fact that, although they have about the largest and best districts in Europe for wine growing, and un. limited quantities of nearly the best grapes for the purpose, they continue to make, on the whole, very bad wines for exportation—far inferior in quality and flavour to those which, with ordinary modern appliances, might be manufactured throughout the country, and much smaller in quantity than their extensive vine farms could easily produce, The Hungarians, it appears, thoroughly understand the culture and management of the grape previously to the vintage, but their whole subsequent system is " careless, wasteful, rude, and defective." The formation of a Wine Association has been sug gested to correct these evils, but the remedy seems open to each individut'l, since the intro duction of proper methods would involve but little expense in new machinery. The estimates of the annual quantity of wine produced in Hungary are rather vague. Mr. Dunlop thinks it may amount to 390,000,000 English gallons, which, after allowing for the home consumption, would leave about 100,000,000 for exportation. Of this about two-thirds aro white and one-third is red, and Mr. Dunlop considers it is " no exaggeration to state that if Hungary once saw a clear way open for the export of her wine she would make planting arrangements to supply any demand within the bounds of probability from foreign markets, and would equally increase her care and attention as to the qualities required." Railway facilities, how ever, would also be essential, and it is believed that if a line which was planned many years ago from Pesth to Fiume, and which was rejected by the Vienna authorities because it did not harmonise with their "strategic absurdities," had been carried out, the present exports of Hungary would have been double what they are, and the export of wine much more than double. The impression is that if there were a direct communication between Hun gary and Great Britain via the Adriatic " the people of England would be able to have an impe rial pint of good Hungarian wine at from 4d. to 7d. sterling." Mr. Dunlop considers that the time bas arrived when English merchants and capitalists should direct special attention to the capabilities of this trade. Hitherto the Hungarians have devoted too much care to the production of "curious" and liqueur descriptions, but to develope the real powers of the country they should, it is contended, devote all their energies to the culture and improvement of their strong, dry, clean wines, and study by all means to fit them for the foreign market, by carefully assorting their grapes, and by manipulating the wines at home as the Spaniards do their sherries. If the English middle and lower classes do not take to the light acid French wines, they would certainly, it is observed, become large consumers of the dry, strong-bodied, clean Hun garian wines, especially white wines, and these could be supplied to them cheaper than sherries from Cadiz. The strong red wine, resembling Bur gundy, which might also be largely made in Hun gary, would, it is added, perfectly suit the English market. TEE MURDER OF MA G UIRE. (From Me Clonmal Chi °mole.) The blood of another victim in our county crieth aloud for vengeance. Tipperary is once again stained with the foul crime of murder. In the broad morning light, on the side of a hill, within a quarter of a mile of Glenbower Constabulary Bar racks, on yesterday, Michael Maguire, an old man on the verge of that prescribed period of mortal existence, closing the " three score years and ten' was met by some one or two men as he was about crossing over a low ditch on his farm at Raheen, and armed with a knife or other sharp weapon, they set upon their aged victim. The uprooted ground—the thin stream of gore leading to the spot where the spirit of the overpowered and agonised sufferer takes flight—the large pool of blood !—the stiffened corpse, with the head nearly severed from the body, which had already been stabbed all over in three or four places, the fright ful gash in the throat, and down the left cheek ! the torn garments covered over with the still well ing life blood I—this !—this! was the sight which met the sight of his unsuspecting son, who sank himself upon the earth in mute agony, until uncon sciousness mercifully robs him for a time of the anguish of that heartrending moment. The young man had fainted, and continued, with slight inter mission, insensible for nearly an hour. This was all that was left of the aged parent who bad left his home after breakfasting with his family of fine• looking sons and daughters, at half-past seven o'clock that morning, and had followed his plough man and four horses by, as was his custom, a short cut over the bill, close to the base of Slievenamon. Immediately on receipt of the intelligence in Water ford, we hastened to Carrick, and from thence drove to Glenbower, distant about four miles and a half, to glean upon the spot those details which we now lay before our readers. The deceased, Michael Maguire, lived in a farm, on the lands of Ballina cluna, which he held from W. Barker, Esq., of Kil cooly-Abbey. His dwelling house was of good size, slated and well built, with the out-offices in excel cellent order, and the land, about 30 acres, well cultivated. There is abundant reason to believe that he was a hardworking thrifty man through life, though somewhat elose in his habits ; that he was an improving tenant cannot be denied, for a glance around his holding and his residence, with its double row of windows well cleaned and painted, the orderly appearance of the cow-sheds, barns, &c., this proved that he was not one of those men who consented to eat the bread of idleness. Oa the very morning of the murder, he was threading his rather feeble way, at that early hour, with seed to sow at his second farm at Raheen, thus taking immediate advantage of the favourable change in the weather. In February last, about the end of the month, a man named Michael Kennedy, a powerful able man, of a thoroughly idle chr.racter, was evicted by Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald, sub-sheriff of this county, under a civil bill decree for non-payment of rent, from a farm of twenty-two acres at Raheen, which was formerly part of the estate of Mrs. Rebecca Hart ford, and was sold in the Incumbered Estates Court. This portion of the property was purchased by Mr. John Murphy, of Clonmel, and afterwards sold to Mr. Hanrahan, of Cork, whose agent is Mr. John B. Lacy, of this town. The dispossessed farm being in the market was let to the highest bidder, and the deceased became the purchaser, having given, we are informed, £l5O for the privilege of possession. Kennedy went to live with his brother, and the son of the deceased tells us seemed pleased that the farm had fallen into the hands of Maguire, who had al ready taken ten acres adjacent from the brother, Patrick Kennedy. Scarcely deceased was in the farm three weeks, when ill feeling began to show itself in a manifest and decided manner—two of his ploughs were maliciously broken on the Raheen farm, but no clue could be had to the perpetrator of the act, though " the whole country round," to use a provincialism, held within their own minds one man is guilty, and feared that tlaffl breaking of the ploughs was but the presage of greater vengeance. Threats were heard that the man should not be allowed to exist who took the holding of the evicted, yet nothing of a positive warning was given, and in an unconscious hour the poor old man was struck down, a victim of blood-thirsty vengeance. At half past seven o'clock on Tuesday morning the old man went to Raheen, passing by the police barracks. in which were but two sub constables at the time of the murder, as the rest of the party had proceeded to Carrick-on-Muir on duty. He was not seen alive afterwards by any of his family. The two workmen whom he had sent with four horses around by the road—himself preferring a short cut through the fields—had arrived, and after tackling the ploughs had commenced work in a field, on the top or pla teau of the hill that slopes down the Clonmel and Kilkenny road. Looking from the police barrack door, one could see a part of " the field of blood" not 500 yards away! In a ditch at the off side lurked the bloodthirsty assassin, close to the stile over which the old man, M‘Guit e, must pass ere he enters the field on his direct way to and imme diately adjoining the ground prepared for seed sowing. The crouching tiger, for we can hardly apply an epithet of humanity to him, permitted his prey to come within a few yards of the ditch when he sprang forward, it is generally supposed, jumped over the fence, and seized the aged victim by the throat ere he could utter a erifor help. [We are here assuming that but one person wes engaged in this awful act.] He is pounced upon as a hawk upon its quarry—suddenly, ferocionsly, and held in the iron grasp of his powerful, uay overwhelming assailant. The fatal knife does its bloody work, and the wounded man struggles for existence ere the last gash is given. From the pierced breast and stomach of the tortured victim the blood flows in sufficient quantity to mark out the circle round which the cowardly ruffian strived with his poor victim in his death struggle. Here a well of gore marks some dreadful pause. Again the stream con tinues in completing the blood-marked circle, until the copious pool points to where the deceased sank to the ground, and from his severed neck flowed fast the tide of life. Another lacerated wound, and the villain escapes to rid himself of the evidence of guilt. What a horrible picture ! The limbs of the stiffening remains grow cold, exposed in a grass field rests the murdered father, until in an hour and a half after, his son, a fine young man, comes along the same path, and seeing the ghastly sight of a buchered parent, he falls beside it, overpowered with fainting weakness. Then comes help, and the constabulary are apprised of the deed by a man named Patrick Smith. They hasten to the spot and render assistance to the fainting young man, and remove the body of the father to his farm• yard at Ballinacluna. Intelligence was conveyed by a constable from Glenbower to the resident magistrate, S. Hanna, R.M., and the sub-inspector of the district, Mr. Heard, who at once reported the matter by telegram to head-quarters at Dublin Castle, and to the county inspector, Captain Hems worth, at Clonmel. Mr. Carbry Scully, who resides within a mile and a half of the deceased's residence, was the first to reach the spot, soon followed by Mr. Hanna, R.M., and Mr. Heard, 5.1., with a party of 14 men from Cal - lick, four from Nine-mile- House,lour from Glenbower, and two from Kilcash. Captain Hemsworth, C. 1., arrived quickly from Clonmel. and Mr. Thomas B. Wilson, J.P., and D r . Edmondson, from Carrick, and Mr. Xavier Butler, Piltown,:county Kilkenny, the sub-inspector of the district immediately adjacent to the scene of the murder, who was eager to render to the authorities any assistance in his power. The body having been sent away, the place is searehed minutely, and the obj ec t o f sus pi c i on , Michael Kennedy, is searched for far and wide. At two o'clock he is found in a forge belonging to a man named Murphy, near South-lodge, by Mr. Heard, 5.1., and arrested forthwith. But his clothes bear no mark of blood. If he be the man who committed this fearful atrocity, who plunged as it were into the very blood of the old man—if he were the man who brandished the deadly blade, and struggled in close quarters with his victim, he must have borne away with him abundant proof of the dreadful deed. Five or six hours had intervened, and certainly th e murderer, whoever he be, had time to wipe awa y the more glaring evidence of his blood -thirstiness. On Tuesday night the body lay in the outhouse. Through the neighbourhood, we regret to say, there appeared no open, active sympathy among the class to which the unhappy deceased belonged. His own family and immediate relatives stood around the lowly bier—a solitary Sub-Constable sat there through the night to guard the body from dis turbance. THE INQUEST was commenced on Wednesday morning before James John Sh ee , E sq ., coroner for the district, who arrived at Ballincluna at about 11 o'clock. There was a thronged attendance of the sympathising people of the neighbourhood. The coffin was covered with black cloth, and a hearse was awaiting to con vey the remains of the deceased to their final resting place. The jury were sworn after 3 o'clock, the coroner from the time he arriv e d b eing engaged i n searching for evidence. The Coroner then said Gentlemen, you have been sworn to inquire into the d ea th of Michael Maguire, now lying dead at Ballincluna. You are assembled under a very old and ancient law—one of the oldest under the constitution, which imposes upon the neighbours and residents of the locality where death occurs the necessity of inquiring into the cause of that death. I believe there can be no doubt that a murder, a barbarous murder, has been committed, and to no more impartial tribunal can be entrusted the inquiry into the circumstances of such a fearful crime than to you, farmers residing in the neighbourhood where the death occurred. I trust you Will aid in every possible manner the authnri- ties in determini ng who has been the cause of thi s sa d occurrence, a. nd will assist them in bringing to , j us ti c e and making amenable to the laws of the country :he perpetrator of that foul deed. It was only last wbek I v,vas called upon to hold a si m il ar inquiry. Scarcely had the ink time to dry when I am again obliged tt 3 be present at such an investi gation. Who is thk 9 cause ? Why is it that in the broad noon daylieit crime of this terrible nature can be committed ? I I.`rvst you will show that such offences cannot be cc, , m,:tlitted with impunity, and that, as in the former cas .9, I will, at the close of this inquiry, have the cael,l.icholy satisfaction of signing a warrant for the comalittal for trial of the assassin. You will now, geotlem , tn, view the body, when the investigation will be proceeded with. IF ONDE.R.I'UL E,SUA PE OF THRBB' SEA ALEN NEAR WIC.X. - Wick was thrown into the Brea test alarm on Monday evening by the report th at a boat had swamped in approaching Pulteney , harbour, and that the crew were perishing. Provik ientially they escaped. Three of the crew of the c. Upper Eliza beth, of this port,. Captain Gawn, his brother, and a seaman named Coterillf left the yeses.l at anchor, waiting the tide, and proceeded in their small boat in the direction of Ole harbour. The eve,iing was mild, but, as usual, at occasional heavy 50. 4 arose ne-, r the harbour, and ,it so occurred that wheal they were about 100 yards off, one of those sudden. surges arose, and striking the boat immediately swamped her. The crew were at once precipitated into the sea, and the cry of alarm was raised. Two of them succeeded in get•thag hold of the swamped boat, and a third caught an oar, to which he clung. Captain Gawn, one of he tw o clinging to the boat, left her for a short time , wk'th the view of endea vouring to swim to shore, b ut a successior of heavy of his and he seas showed him that the attenapt was sure, if kth per sisted in, to end in the sacri. 9. c a life, er sea swam back to the boat. Sea .Ift e a ntime they were imperilled men, and in the drifting fast towards the shore, where there was a perpetual land surf, and the crtt.‘l:ntY of destruc tion. Meanwhile a great crowd h. 51,4 gathered onking with a the quays, and prompt ef f orts were m.a. view of rendering assistance to the droN4. ning men. The pilot boat, manned by three pilots, reo wed out a short distance, but returned for further Ix "'IP. A small boat, bravely manned by two of the cl *ew of the Alarm of Portsmouth, Charles Gibblefa and Walter Freeland, accompanied by Alex. Corn.u‘cx , cooper, boldly dashing through the surf, which .fx es quently threatened to overwhelm the crew, reacht4, the men just in time to save them. The pilot boat - . and another followed, but by the time they had. reached the scene of the accident, the men were on board the Alarm's boat. But the danger was not over. It was no easy matter for the three boats to enter the harbour, as sudden rolls of surf came pouring in upon them. With great difficulty, however, they all got safely in, and, tQ the relief of the hundreds who anxiously witnessed the scene, and applauded the heroic conduct of all concerned, particularly the three who rescued their drowning fellows, alt got safely inside the quays. The seamen could not have been less than a quarter of .nn hour floating on the sea. Their boat was soon after drifted ashore on the north side of the bay. Captain Tudor, R.N., has given 7s. 6d. to each of the three men who manned the Alarm's boat; but their heroism demands something more substantial, and we hope the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Board of Trade will each express approval of their heroism—Northern Ensign. COUNTRY MARL L:t A: I , BIRMINGHAM-MAT 8. There was a short supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at is per qr under the currency of this day week. Oats, beans, and peas unaltered, The millers lowered the retail price of flour 3d to 4d per sack. NEWARK There was a fair amount of to-day; business dull, and f prices were supported. White wheat new, 60s to 63s Red do. sss to 51s Old white 6os to 63s Red do. 46s to 56s Barley, malting 32s to 39s Peas,.... 1-MAY 7. wheat and barley at market Few sales made, although /ate Barley, grinding 298 to 31e' Oats, old, . oos to 35; New dt.' 23 , A to 27a Beans.... 458 to 478 Beans, new 448 to—a :88 to 54s PLYMOUTH-MAY 6. The market was tolerably attended, with a fair demand for wheat and flour at about the last week's rates, White wheat, 62s to 66s ; red, 63s to 64s per qr ' • French do., 60s to 62s ; American, 58s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 3Sa per qr for malting; grinding, 28s to 30s; oats, 22s to2Bs; and beans, —s to —s; flour, 43s to 44s 6d." EDINBURGH GRAIN-MAY 7. Wheat on the top 2s 6d down .average Os Ild down. Barley on the top is 6d down.......average Os 5d down. Oats on the top is Od down average Os 2d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down. ..... average Os 3d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1135 qrs Sold 709 qrs 8ar1ey........ 692 qrs Sold 261 qrs Oats l5OB qrs Sold 981 qrs Beans 263 qrs Sold 172 qrs CORK-MAY 7. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, —s Od to —s Od ; white, 22s Od to —s Od; barley 158 Od to —s Od ; oats, 12s Od to 16s Od. DERBY SMITHFIEW—May 6. There was a less supply of fat beasts to-day, but the quality was generally good. A large attendance of buyers. Sheep in short supply, at higher prices. Fat and store calves in large show, and sales heavy. Fat pigs scarce. Beet 6d to 62d Veal ~ .. 51c1 to 6d Mutton ... 64c1 to 7d Pork Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 3d per atone. Hides, 3d to 44d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Auslralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..May 10. via Marseilles ..May 13. Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpton.Ml7 19. via Marseilles ...May 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. May 11. via Marseilles May 20. Lisbon May 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 11. via Marseilles May 14. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . May 11. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May 14. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 10. Bahamas, via New York ....May 8. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Feru, I l 4. California, and British Columbia.. M ay LIGHT DUTIES.—The light duties of 1861 amounted to £281,202—viz., £231,399 from over sea ves sels, £49,803 from coasting vessels. The sum is very nearly the same as in 1860. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS..-" Perfection or mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto It 0 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet. free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch est adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a romitednen - 7 cr. Benson, 33 and 34. Ludu.tp-hill, ♦6 allii, 47, Cornhill London E C.--Establishpd 1749. BIRTHS. CORRA3r.—On the Bth inst., at Morden, the wife of G. S, Cobham, Esq., of a daughter. DURANT.—On the Bth inst., a t High Canons, Shenley, th e wife of R. Durant, jun., sq., of a daughter. HA.NcocK,--On. the 7th inst., at Wivelseenthe, Somerset.. shire, the wife of Wm. Hancock, Esq., of a son. STOTHERD,—On the 7th inst., at Brooks Lodge, The Park, Cheltenham, the wife of Captain Stotherd, Royal Engi.. neers, of a son. MARRIAGES. DAVY—FERRAND —On the 7th inst., at Henley-on- Thames, John W. Davy, E sq., only son of Capt. Davy, R.N., of ingoldsthorpe and Kilverstone Hall, Norfolk, to Wilhelmina Louisa, the youngest daughter of the late Rev. T. G. Ferrand, rector of Tunstall, Suffolk. MELLERSH—HEAL—On tho 3d inst.. at All Saints', St. John's-wood, Thomas Mellersh, 12; Acacia •road, third surviving son. of Thomas Mellersh, Esq., of Godalraing, Surrey, to Jane, second daughter of the late Lieutenant Charles Heal, R.N. DEATHS. BARTER.—On the sth Feb., in Natal, killed by a fall from his horse while riding in a dense fag, William, second son of the Rev. Charles Barter, rector of Sarsden, Ox fordshire. DAVISON.—On the 7th inst., at Brompton, Capt. Davison, aged 81. FARRE.—On the 7th inst., at 123, Pentonville:road, John Richard Farre, M.D., ormerly of Charterhouse-square, aged 88, IREMONGER.-0a the 5' h inst., at his residence, the Priory, herwell, Hants, William Iremonger; Esq., aged 63. POOLE.—On the 6th inst., at Southsea, Hants, Julia Selina, youngest daughter of Major-General Poole, R.A., aged 16. VOLCKMAN.—On the 7th inst., at his residence, G rove 4 road, Upper Clanton, Wm. Volckman, Esq., o f Bisnops• gato-street, and Stratford, Essex, aged 57, WEBB.—On the 6th inst., at Harlow, Essex, H enry W e bb, Esq., aged 77. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sox Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County ot Kiddleflex,—Friday, May 9, 1862. Oh