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~_- -_ THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. — The first monthly payment on a single share is 125., and the subsequent payments are Bs. per month, with Cd. every third month for quarterage. One share, paid a year in advance, costs £5 Is. (M., which includes entrance fee, quer terw_re, and prtss book. The price of completed share is £5l 3s. Gd. Five per cent. per annum is paid half-yearly on all shares paid a year in advance and upwards, and every monthly subscriber is entitled to the same interest in the shape of bonus at the end of the financial year. If the Society's profits exceed the 5 per cent. the additional bonus is paid. Thus shareholders have received from 44 to 7 per cent. for their in vestment. For the past year the interest paid was 5i per tent. Shares can be withdrawn at 10 days' notice. The taking of land is quite optional, and there is no partnership liability. - - - CIIARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, U, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS " Al' HOME," At Her Majcsty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the fox office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's loyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra Charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past Ten. A RGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS!!- Lx_ The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. Tn addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, ➢C. P. Grenet. PURSUANT to an Order of' the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " ROGERS against HARDING," the Creditors of Elizabeth Challis, late of No. 3, Nottingham-street, St. Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, widow, who died in or about the month of Sep tember, 1860, are, by their solicitors, on or before the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to come in and prove their Claims at the cham bers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this eighteenth day of January, 1862. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. BICKNELL and BICKNELL, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 79, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. INDIA OFFICE, 22D JANUARY, 1862. THE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council Hereby Gives Notice, — That SEA LED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Cashier's Office at the Bank of England up to One o'clock on the Ist day of Fe` , ruary, March, and April next, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to be drawn on the several Governments In India, at Calcutta, Madras, or B••mbay, for Bums not to exceed Rupees 40,00,000 in each month, of which not mo e than Rupees 10,00,000 in each mouth will be drawn an the Government of Madras, and the same sum on that of Bombay. Power is reserved to issue Bills for any smaller amount than Rupees 40,00,000 In each mrnth, and to carry over the difference to the next succeeding month or months No Tender is to be for a sum less than Rupees 10,000, and a farthing per Rupee is to be the smallest fraction tendered. Each Tender must specify the rate of Exchange at which the applicant is prepared to purchase a Bill, or any number of Bills, and the lowest amount of any one Bill is to be Rupees 5,000. The Secretary of State will not be hound to accept any Tender, and reserves the right of accepting the whole or any portion of a Tender. - - ---• In the event of two or mere Tenders being equal, and the amount remaining to be allotted not being sufficient to sup ply both or all, the Bank will be instructed to allot rateably. On the day following the receipt of the Tenders at the Bank, the parties will be informed whether their Tenders have or have not been accepted. If accepted, the amount of payment must be lodged at the Bank on or t efore the 15th day of each of the said months. Those applicants whose Tenders shall have been accepted, will be furnished with a Form to be filled up with the narti- Pillars of the Bills re mired, and the Bills themselves, drawn in Duplicate, will be delivered on the day following the pay ment. T I I 031 AS GEORGR BARING. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— N otwithstanding the liberal support which the Com mittee continue to receive from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at ibis inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to e the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by bthe Tre asurerEdwardMasterman. Esq., Nicholas - lane; also y Messrs. 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London Agents : Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; Edwards, 67, and Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Churchyard; Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Trooper, 43, King William-street, London Bridge; Howden, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Trout , 229, strand ; and of all che mists throughout the world. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : A MED ICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. Just Published, the 1150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Auther, forl2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE :fi MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perket Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Alberniarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTIM ll.—Causes of Spermatorrha'a and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Rook concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "Curtis thenhootruly valuable work, and should be inhands of young and old.' —" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this 1 tile work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional c r iticism and e m pi r i cal hostility, treats in aplain sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and and impediments arising from liervous excitement and de• bllity ; and to invalid s suffering from youthful errors and xcesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: Mann. R 9, Cornhill. H ours of Consultation- 10 to 3 and 6to u • Sundays, 10 till 2. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps wilt gravincrs and Cases. 51 - ky be had of Mann Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author an "" ELI—PRES ERVATION.—A popular Essay on ^--' Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which by prematurely exhausting tit , . functions of Manhoot - l e h ' stray the happiness of Married Life or prevent the NM-- ment of emrag,ements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAITERT, 37, Bedford -square , London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Member of the 'loyal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during. the periods of youth, Puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that (I, 2ree of functio n al vigo u r upon which the hop es of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they st, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gro it: exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous IFm)dies so generally resorted to by e rsons, who, prac !WA?: with false medical qualifications, inflict most seriou s injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner Whose name stands on the Medical Resister (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the varion. functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern Science, are rendered subservient to a ratlmal, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 8 till 8, either Per/0 1 1411Y or by letter,-37, neandlcluare' D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. 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'a the comfort and luxury of the We may justly say that if a man ever 'feels crated and new made, it is okcoming outiof_a himself ,-, ,, —Era, Oct. 13, Net. i T ur iaph Bath. visitor. re . o.e.n N°. 21,712. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in 3 vols., with Portrait, 31s. 6d., bound, ?THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CIIANDOS, K.G. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street; and to be had of all Bookselleis. NEW NOVEL BY E. ILENE AGE DERING, ESQ. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A GREAT SENSATION. By E. HENEAGE DERING, Esq. Also now ready, in 3 vols., LADY HERBERT'S GENTLEWOMEN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW SERIAL BY CHARLES LEVER. To be completed in Twelve Monthly Parts, each Part to contain Two illustrations by " Phiz." On February Ist will be published Part I. of A It I N G T O N. By CHARLES LEVER, Author of " Harry Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," &c. 1% ith Illustrations by "Phiz." 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With Anecdotes of the most celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe. By SUTITERLAND EDWARDV, Esq. " A highly entertaining work."—Observer, Jan. 19, 1862. London : Win. 11. Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of AND THE THE CLOISTER HEARTH." "We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between Gerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." -Westminster Review. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMATORRHCE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. O N " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.' A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPPS'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparatiod have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. _ _ _ }lb., ilb., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping' decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It ramains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi eine vendors, Price ls, RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of lIERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had," and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, . Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Ed., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42e., and 525.06 d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. M. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John 'White, Post office, Piccadilly. STEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, .cc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling 01 the Legs, Sprains, &c. 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DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE BE- The Paris papers of yesterday publish the text of the two desratches—that of M. Thouvenel of the 11th inst., and that of the Marquis de Lavalette of the 18th—cf which we gave a copious summary in our ,telegriphic intelligence of yesterday. The despatch o! the marquis in its complete form is as follows : Rome, Jan. 18. M. Le Slinistre,—l have received the despatch which year Excellency did me the honour to write under dote the 11th of this month. I obtained on the morrow the opportunity of discussing with the Cardinal Secretary of State the conditions therein develoied. Your Excellency is aware that, impressed by the words that I had been enabled to gather from the lips of the Emperor himself, I endeavoured in my first interview with the Holy Father to make my self the iccurate and respectful interpreter of the sentimeits of profound interest, the expression of which I was charged to convey to him. Without leaving to his Holiness any illusions respecting a restoraticn of the past, without forgetting the exigencies of a present so intimately connected with our interests, I did not neglect any opportunity of preparing the Holy Father, in general terms, for an arrangement which would answer our most sin cere wishes, a reconciliation between Rome and Italy. I found also, in the courteous reception accorded to me, the right to appeal to the confidence of his Holiness, and to seek from him the expression of a hope or a wish, to the realisation of which the government of the Emperor would be happy to be able to contribute. Your Excellency also knows from my previous reports that while listening to me with the most affecting condescension, the Holy Father always concluded by words which scarcely disguised his refusal—" Let us await events ;" and that the Cardinal Secretary of State, more explicit in his expressions, pronounced himself opposed to any arrangement implying the abandonment of any part whatever of the lost territories. I was therefore more afflicted than surprised when notwithstanding all the considerations I pre sented to him, inspired as I was by the views of your Excellency, the Cardinal Secretary of State considered himself unable to reply but by the most unqualified refusal. " All negociation," said the cardinal, " is impos sible between the Holy See and those who have despoiled it. It does not depend on the Sovereign Power, it is not in the power of the Sacred College, to cede the smallest portion of ecclesiastical terri tory. I replied to his Eminence that I completely set aside the question of right ; that recalling his pre vious statements I did not expect to see him tamper with principles from which he had declared himself powerless to depart. My only object was to lead him into the practical ground of facts, to offer to the Pontifical Government an opportunity of escaping, while reserving its rights, from a situa tion as disastrous for its interests as it was me nacing to the peace of the Christian world. This object, which I set before the Holy Father, as well as before his Eminence himself, was above all that which was pursued by the Emperor ; it was in this sense that I had received my original instructions; it was in the same spirit that they had been just renewed. I had not, I added, received an order to communicate them textually to the Cardinal Secre tary of State, but they were so closely conformable to the sentiments of which I had so frequently made myself the exponent, that I considered myself altho rised to place them before him. I then read to the Cardinal the despatch of your Excellency. " I find in this despatch," replied his Eminence, "the expression of that affectionate interest which you have never ceased to show for us. It is not exactly true, however, that there is disagreement between the Sovereign Pontiff and Italy. Although there may be a rupture between the Holy Father and the Cabinet of Turin he has none but excellent relations with Italy. An Italian himself, and the first of Italians, he suffers with her sufferings, and witnesses with grief the cruel trials which have troubled the Italian Church. As for making a pact with the despoilers, we will never do it. I can only repeat that all negociation on this footing is impossible. Whatever might be the reservation with which it was accompanied, with whatever graces of language it might be surrounded, from the moment of accepting it we should appear to consecrate it: The Sovereign Pontiff, before his elevation, as well as the cardinals since their nomi nation, have engaged themselves by oath to cede no part of the territories of the Church. The Holy Father, therefore, will make no concession of this nature, a conclave would not have the right to make it, a new Pontiff would be unable to make it, his successors from age to age would be no more free to make it than himself." The calm tone of the Cardinal Secretary of State announced a resolution all the more immovable, that it showed his thoughts to be running in a channel which escaped from the dis3ussion. I con fined myself to observing to Cardinal Antonelli that the character of his declaration imposed on me the duty of asking him if I could regard it, and transmit it to the Emperor, as the final response of the Holy See. After a moment of reflection his Eminence offered to refer it to the Holy Father, although it was his conviction that this step was unnecessary. It was a profound sense of duty and obligation that had dictated to his Holiness the solemn declarations which, in his encyclicals and allocutions, he had so frequently made to the entire Catholic world, Tho Cardinal, therefore, had no difficulty in foreseeing a reply, which, at the same time, he promised to transmit to me on the morrow either in writing or by the intermediation of one of his prelates. I have this morning received from the Cardinal Secretary of State the note, a translation of which your Excellency will find enclosed. After having received the orders of the Holy Father, his Emi nence had nothing to add, nothing to retract from his declaration of the preceding evening. In conclusion, M. le Ministre, your Excellency will consider this question, the exact terms of which I reproduce Ought we to nourish the hope that the Holy See will, taking accomplished facts into consideration, devote itself to the study of a combination which would assure to the Sovereign Pontiff the permanent conditions of dig nity, security, and independence necessary to the exercise of his power ?" It i s with profound regret that I find myself obliged to reply in the negative : but I should think m yself wanting in my duty if I left you in posses sion of a hope which I do not entertain myself. (Signed) LAVALETTE. On Wednesday last died at Southend, Croydon, Surre, where he had resided upwards of 60 years, Mr. Henry Edwards, at the advanced age of 101, leaving a widow, to whom he had been united 62 years. The de ceased retained all his faculties to the last, and on the Mon day prior to his death read, as was usual with him, without the aid of spectacles. THE SUN, LoNDorz, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1862. THE DREADFUL COLLIRRY ACCID.UII77 IN ATRIIIUMBERL4ND. NEWCASTLE, WEDNESDAY MORNING. An announcement just made, that the Home-office will send down a special commissioner to attend the inquest which opens next Monday, has been re ceived with general satisfaction. I find there exists among the mining population considerable discon tent with the manner in which colliery accidents are for the most part investigated. Coroners' juries, they say, are generally composed of persons directly or indirectly connected with the coalmasters, and interested in making things pleasant; and " acci dental death" is the stereotyped verdict, whatever the evidence may be. The presence of the inspector does not always give them an assurance that the inquiry will be complete and exhaustive, as it may frequently happen that he himself is virtually as much on his trial as the colliery manager ; in fact, I may say in passing that the men appear to put a very slight value on the protection they are sup posed to get from Government inspection, and coro ners take such different views of their duty on these occasions that it is quite a matter of chance whe ther the question—to them the most important of all—of the general management of the mine is ever entered upon. At various times they have asked for special commissioners or special coroners to be ap pointed for mining accidents, and for changes in the law regulating the choice of jurors ;and if there is to be a revision in the Mines Regulation and In spection Act, it may be well to consider whether some amendment might not be introduced into it to meet those objections to the present system,which in many cases—in this district perhaps not so much as in others—are undoubtedly well.founded. There is nothing, however,in the present case which makes it desirable to remove it from the ordinary tribunal. The points involvedare plain and intelligible enough, the manner in which public attention has been fixed on the case is sufficient to prevent any of them being passed over, and the presence of the commissioner from the Home-office will probablysatisfy even those who have endeavoured from the first to fi xthe respon sibility on some particular person, inspector or owner, —and not on the system. It is to be hoped that before the inquest means will be taken to test the metal of the broken beam. Its quality is said to be of the best, and professional men maintain that no casting of that enormous size could have done its work better. It was one of the celebrities of the coal trade in this district, and I believe was calcu lated to bear a strain some eight or ten times greater than that which was being put upon it at the time of the accident. If this be the case, in addition to a double-shaft movement a further demand ought to be made—that for the future beams which work in that dangerous position should be constructed of malleable iron. This accident ought to be a final warning to put no further faith in castings, however enormous, when exposed to sudden shocks. In con firmation of the suspicion I expressed the other day as to the insecurity of the shaft, I may mention that at the pitmen's meeting on Saturday one of them is reported to have said, in reference to the shaft, that " she" was as rotten as a bunch of matches, and was certain to break in at the first touch. I am told this is the case with not a few old pits in this neighbourhood, and it might not be amiss if Sir G. Grey called upon the inspectors to add to the re turn already asked from them a list of pits in which the special rule which requires every shaft " to be securely cased or lined" is not observed. There is no doubt that at least three-fourths of the time spent in getting up the men might have been saved if the sinkers had had to deal only with the broken brat tice-work, for the distance they had to penetrate the work was quite as difficult and infinitely more dan gerous than sinking a new shaft. Great and de served admiration of the indomitable courage dis played by these men has been expressed at all the public meetings held in the district, and it is sug gested that a testimonial of some kind should be presented to them. The subscription list is rising rapidly to very respectable dimensions. The following sums have just come in :—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, £lOO ; Lord Hast ings, £4OO ; Lady Hastings, £2OO ; the Dean and Chapter of Durham, £200; Mr. R. W. Jackson, West Hartlepool, £lO5 ; the owners of Horton and Hilda Collieries, £105; Duchess Dowager of Northumberland, £100; Duke of Cleveland, £100; the owners of Backworth and West Cramlington Collieries, £lOO ; the Marchioness of London derry, £100; Mr. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, M.P. ; Captain John Grant, Hyde Park-street, £lOO ; Hird, Dawson, and Hardy, Low Moor Iron works, £100; Losh, Wilson, and Bell, £100; Marchioness of Waterford, £5O ; Earl of Tanker ville, £5O; Lord Lovaine, £25; Earl Vane, £25; Sir F. Baring, £2O. More than £6OO has been collected on the London Coal Exchange, and Messrs. Dixon and Harris, of the coal trade, have in addition forwarded £4OO, collected by them in various quarters. In all the great establishments along the Tyne side, and in the towns about, com mittees have been formed for collecting subscrip tions, and there are few individuals in the commu nity who will not contribute something to the fund, however small the mite. It is reckoned that about £20,000 will be required for the effectual relief of all those who have been deprived of their means of support by the accident, and if the Bur radon precedent be followed the scale will be somewhere about 4s. a week for the widows, with 2s. for every child, and an addition for schooling wherever it may be necessary. The coalowners have not decided yet what course they will follow, whether to subscribe singly or as a body. They are to have a meeting to discuss the matter some day:this week. If there is to be any opposition on their part to the compulsory double-shaft sys tem on the ground of its expense—and if any weight: is to be given to the remarks of Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest at a meeting at Sun derland yesterday, this is not unlikely—perhaps it would be as well if they would employ an expe rienced actuary to calculate for how much a ton on the coals raised they could afford to take the desired precautions. The public are now asked for £20,000; in 1860 large sums were raised for the sufferers at the Burradon and Risca explosions ; the year before that there was the Lundhill cala mity, and next year there may be another; in fact, these large accidents have begun to recur regularly once a year of late, so that it might not be alto gether unwise, even in an economical point of view, to compound with them for an additional ld. or 2d. per ton of coal. Besides the subscriptions of money, presents of clothing have been forwarded from many quarters. One benevolent lady has offered to sup ply all the widows with a widow's cap. The Prince of Wales accompanied his donation with a very kind and sympathising note to Messrs. Carr, and the letter from her Majesty, read on Sunday, has called forth such expressions of gratitude from the bereaved, that copies of it have been struck off on mourning paper, and one furnished to each family. At a dinner given in Liverpool on Saturday to Sir Charles Bright, of the Magnetic Telegraph Company, Sir Charles, in his speech, made a few very interesting state ments referring to the progress of telegraphy in this cont.- try. Ten years ago, he says, the company's staff did not exceed a score of people; now it amounted to about 1,600. At that time there was only one telegraph in the country, now tho mileage was computed at 15,000. The total amount receiving for telegraphic messages in this country in a year amounted to the enormous sum of £350,000. This startling information will set at rest the question often asked by the uninitiated as to the payable nature of telegraphic lines. The Government line between Malta and Alexandria, Sir Charles says, produces a revenue of £6OO a week. [ADYERnsEmENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Sound Skin,—There are many complaints of the skin which for their cure only require domestic management, and for which the mother or nurse, armed with Holloway's remedies, is the best doctor. The proper and active use of this Ointment, when resorted to early, ensures recovery. It at once cools and soothes the inflamed vessels and irritated nerves, and arrests all acrid discharges. It draws out the seeds of every eruption and equalises the circulation through the capillaries, from which it removes all spas modic contractions. As the blood is the seat of health or sickness, it is a matter of primary importance that Hollo way's Pills should be taken at the same time to purify that fluid, THE NAVY. The Iron. Capt. Drunnnond, Junior Lord of the Admiralty, yesterday paid an official visit to Wool wich dockyard, and accompanied by the Commo dore Superintendent (Sir F. Nicolson), and Mr. Thornton, assistant-master shipwright of the yard, visited the 91 gun ship Caledonia, and other ships under construction and repair, and issued instruc tions for the despatch of the works in hand. The Defence, 18, Caph - Powell, C-8., is ordered to ship her powder and shell on Monday next, im mediately after which she will leave Folly Point, Chatham, for Portsmouth. The arrangements made for the ventilation of the magazines are stated to answer satisfactorily, a complete current of air being introduced, which circulates through that part of the ship, reducing the temperature consid erably below what is usually found in vessels of the same size and tonnage. The alterations required to be effected in the engines to drive the blast-fans connected with the cupolas and furnaces for red hot shot will be completed this week. The quantity of powder for which space has been provided is 280 cases of Dell's whole, and 36 metal-lined half cases, The Terpsichore, 18, sailing ship, attached to the ordinary at Chatham, is to be rigged and brought forward for service in the Baltic. The screw corvette Rattlesnake, 21, 400 horse power, fitting at Chatham, has shipped her spare fan (Griffiths's), and k with , the exception of a few minor details, is completed and ready to take her departure for any fort to which she may be ordered to proceed. The Terrible, 22, paddle-wheel steamer, 800-horse power, Capt. Glasse, C. 8., has nearly completed dismantling in Sheerness harbour, previous to being put of commission. She will be paid off as soon as her books and other documents have been received from the Admiralty, the date at present fixed being the 4th of February. The Britannia naval cadet training ship, Capt. Robert Harris, was docked yesterday in No. 2 dock at Portsmouth for examination of her copper, &c. The cadets are ordered to assemble on board the ship on the 4th of February, soon after which date she will proceed to Portland. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Scourge, Commander the IJon. Wm. S. Ward, from the Me diterranean station, arrived at Woolwich on Tues day morning, and will go into basin to-day to dis charge stores and cargo, and be put out of commis sion for repairs. Her dates are—Malta, the Bth inst., and Gibraltar the 16th. She experienced strong westerly gales during the voyage. She an chored in Yarmouth Roads on the 26th. Her cargo consists of ancient sculpturesfor the British Museum, excavated from the ruins of Gortyna, in Candia. w for removal to _ L Th ond ey o. will n be discharged to-morro The sailing transport Eliza Nelson, at Woolwich pier, yesterday commenced shipping a cargo of timber for the construction of soldiers' huts and stabling at the Cape of Good Hope. The steam transport Wisbech, at Woolwich, laden with 900 tons of war stores for Halifax, yesterday received 70 tons of flour from the Tower, and em barked the families of the military store department clerks, who proceeded in the Calcutta. The two 100-pounder Armstrong guns which have been specially prepared at Woolwich to test the wooden model of Capt. Cowper Coles' cupola, were yesterday placed on board the Hazard, old sailing sloop, in the steam basin. at Portsmouth. These guns differ from the ordinary Armstrong 100- pounders, inasmuch as the fore-chace of the piece tapers from the muzzle to the trunnion-bands, ap proaching the form of the old carronade. This form gives each gun about 8 cwt, extra metal in its fore-chace. 21LE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 29. The Royal Mail Company's steamer La Plata, Copt. Waller, arrived this morning with the above mails and 75 passengers, including Messrs. Mason and Slidell, the Confederate Commissioners to Eng land and France, and their secretaries, Messrs. M'Farland and Eustis. Dates by the arrival of the La Plata are from Vera Cruz to tho Ist Jan. ; Havannah, 6th ; Santa Martha, Dec. 7 ; Carthagena, Jan. 2 ; Colon, 7 ; Jamaica, 9; Porto Rico, 12 ; Jacmel, 11; Demerara, 8; Tobago, 7; Trinidad, 8; Barbadoes, 10; Grenada, 8; St. Vincent, 8; St. Lucia, 10; Martinique, 11; Guadaloupe, 11; Antigua, 11; St. Kitts, 12; and St. Thomas, 14. The total amount of specie brought is 910,909 dols., which amount consists of 400,470 dole. gold bullion, 263,303 dole. silver bullion, 25,303 dole. gold coin, 210,483 dole. silver coin, 9,350 dole. pearls, and 2,000 dole. jewellery. The cargo of the La Plata comprises 154:serons cochineal, 96 serons indigo, 19 serous jalap, 105 cases cigars, 542 bales tobacco, 8 tierces coffee, 27 packages ditto, 63 bales sarsaparilla, 87 bales bark, 687 bags cocoa, 59 pack ages indiarubber, and 236 packages sundries. Her Majesty's ships Cadmus and Rinaldo, and the United States sloop Iroquois, were at St. Thomas; the Ariadne was about leaving Havannah for Vera Cruz, to join her Majesty's ships- Elope rate and Jason. The English squadron under the command of Commodore Dunlop, on its way to Vera Cruz, con sisted of the Challenger, Mersey, St. George, Bar racouta, Sanspareil, and one or two others. Ad miral Milne, with the remainder of the fleet, was at Bermuda. The French line-of-battle ship Dugay Trouin was at Callao. Her Majesty's ship Tartar and United States frigate Lancaster were at Panama. The St. Manua Tidente, quoting from the St. Croix Avis, states that his Majesty the King of Denmark has been pleased to confer the Order of I)annebrog on J. B. Cameron, Esq., general super intendent of the Royal Mail Packet Company of St. Thomas. St. Thomas being the head-quarters of the Royal Mail Company in the West Indies, there are at times centered at that port as many as ten large steamers, with at least 1,000 men and officers, besides a large number of coal vessels. The station is therefore of much importance, and much intercourse takes place with the Danish authori ties. In case of a war with America, St. Thomas would be a place of great importance to the British Government. At such a time as this, it is satisfac tory to observe the good understanding which exists between the Danish Government and the Royal Mail Company, as evidenced by the confer ring upon the superintendent a knightship of Den mark, an order very seldom conferred by Denmark on a foreigner. The intelligence of the death of the Prince Con sort had produced quite a gloom throughout the British West Indies, and everywhere were heard expressions of loyal sympathy with our bereaved sovereign. The Barbadoes Legislature met on the 31st ult.; the business done was unimportant. Governor Hincks took his departure for British Guiana in the steamer Trent. Tames Walker, Esq., C. 8., the new Governor of Barbadoes, arrived there on the 9th. Trade continued dull. Breadstuff's and provi sions had declined in price. The cane crop pro mised to be an average one. Exchange on London-30 days, 490 dole.; 60 days, 4871 doll.; 90 days, 485 dole. Private bills, 90 days, 480 dole. Bank bills on New York, at 10 days, 4 per cent. prem. American gold, 3 per cent. prem. At Demerara the weather had been wet, and un favourable for the young canes. Trade continued dull, and prices nominal. The price of American provisions had advanced, caused by the probability of war. Produce was plentiful. Tonnage scarce, and freights advancing. The exports of colonial produce for the fortnight had been—Sugar, 2,265 hhds. 861 tierces 557 barrels and 579 bags ; rum, 728 puns. 97 hhds. and 18 barrels ; molasses, 121 casks; timber, 11,260 feet; charcoal, 400 bar rels ; cocoa-nuts, 14,0 J 0 ; shingles, 408,000. Ex change on London per £lOO drawing at 90 days, 480 dols. ; 60 days, 483 dole. ; 30 days, 486 dole. ; 3 days, 489 dole.; sight, 500 dole.; purchasing, 90 days, 472 dole. At Jamaica there had been a marked revival in business, and with the continuance of peace a year of great prosperity was expected. On most planta tions the sugar crop was being taken off. The yield was excellent, both in quality and quantity, and the prospects of the planters for the next year cheering. Three arrivals of immigrants during the fortnight had reached Jamaica, the Gertrude, with 309 coolies from Calcutta ; the Patterson, with 390 Africans from Sierra Leone; and the Clarendon from St. Helena, with 219 Afri cans. In the market butter had sold, French, ls.; Cork, ls. 13d. Coffee, 48s. paid; demand increas ing ; none to be purchased for immediate delivery. Codfish, 16s. in tierces ; boxes wanted. Hams, American, 83-a. Logwood much inquired for. Lard sales, Bd. Pimento, 2d. being paid ; very little offering. Rum, 2s. 6d. for proof 18 in bond. Sugar, little at market, 15s. to 16s. dark ; 18s. to 20s. for fair. Exchange on London, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 30 days, 11 per cent. prem. THE ARMY. An official document was on Tuesday received at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from the Horse Guards, announcing that H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge has accepted the Governorship of the Institution, and Major-Gen. Sandham, RE., has been appointed Lieut.-Governor, in succession to Col. Wilford, late Governor of the Academy, who has completed his full term of service in that capacity. The 45th Regiment, from Aldershott, embarked yesterday at Portsmouth Dockyard, on board the Himalaya, iron screw steam troopship (Capt. Sec combe), which will sail to-day for Dublin. CANNON AT TBE INVALIDES. The Moniteur cle l'Arnzee, in speaking of the salvos of artillery usually fired at the Invalides on the occasion of the opening of the Legislative Ses sion, gives the following historical account of what is called the " Triumphal Battery" of that estab lishment :—" That battery has existed -since the construction of the Hotel. The Emperor Napoleon presented it with a great 1., numberwho e h f a p d ie i e t en ee r ef e e w au e n d, o n, the fruit of his victories. The battery is now composed of 18 guns, namely— Cannon : Austrian, one 48-pounder and one 27; Prussian, eight 24; Dutch, two 24; Wurtemberg, one of 12; Venetian, one 32. Long howitzers: Two Russian of 0 20. Mortars Two Algerine of 0.33. The guns are divided into two half batteries, one on the right, and the other on the left of the Hotel. There are also disposed on the right and left 20 guns—viz., 16 Algerian 24-pounders; one Chinese, 0.156 ; one Cochin Chinese, o'lBo, and two French, 12. The Austrian 48-pounder was cast at Vienna in 1681. On its chase is an eagle, with out stretched wings, pouncing on a dolphin, darting its beak into the head and its talons into the sides, and having as motto, Conquer or die.' The 27-pounder was cast in 1580 ; it has also a bird on the chase, with the following motto in German, As soon as my song resounds in the air walls will fall to the earth before me.' The eight Prussian guns formed part of the large number of guns sent from Vienna to Strasburg after the victory of Austerlitz, and were cast at Berlin in 1708, by order of Frederick 1., the last of the Electors of Brandenburg, and first King of Prussia. Each gun was dedicated to one of the Electors, whose likeness, in relief, is on the chase. Three other guns of the same kind were melted down during the blockade of Strasburg in 1814, to be converted into coin. The two Dutch 24-pounders were taken in the citadel of Antwerp in 1832. The Wurtemberg 12-pounder is of light and elegant form, and 12ft. in length. The chase is surrounded by a serpent of natural size and thick ness. It also bears the representation of a Prince in full armour, and of the four elements—water, fire, earth, and air; and also of hope, justice, faith, prudence, and force. There is no date or inscrip tion, but only the arms of Wurtemberg. The Venetian 32-pounder bears the arms of the Re public, and the Lion of Saint Mark, holding the Golden Book. The two Russian howitzers came from Sebastopol, and bear numerous marks of French balls, but have nothing remarkable about them be yond their glorious origin. The two Algerian mortars b Pasha, to wh om G o d ren d ers easy everythingea bear the undertakes.' Th e 16 large ee l l bt o i t eh d g inscriptio n , i n A ra bi c, —' C ast b y order e Alge rian guns were placed at the Invalides, on the pro position of Marshal Chauzel, in 1830, as a trophy of the capture of Algiers. The two guns from China and Cochin China are souvenirs of the brilliant feats of arms which threw them into the possession of the French. The two siege guns, 12-pounders, came from the arsenal of Pores, in Greece. They are of French origin, and belonged in 1798 to the batter ing train of the army of Egypt, under General Bonaparte, but were abandoned during the retreat of the army. They were afterwards mounted on board one of the Egyptian vessels of war, and after the battle of Navarino were restored to France." At the meeting of the Electric and International Telegraph Company on the Gth of February a dividend of 31 per cent, for the put laalf - Year will In roconmeAded. THE PACIFIC. The Panama Star Herald of the 9th says : From Chile we learn that a change in the cabinet is spoken of in the Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Relations and Public Instruction. The financial crisis continues, and business is exceed ingly dull ; the agricultural prospects are, however, better. The Santiago and Valparaiso railroad is actively progressing. From Peru the news is un satisfactory, and matters in the political world remain very unsettled. At Tacna recently a mob destroyed several aguadiente distilleries owned by Frenchmen who were accused of using guano and other deleterious substances in the manufacture of their liquors, which is supposed to have caused the death of many people. Business is very dull in Lima, The following is from our Callao correspondence : —The continued fears of a revolution induce the utmost vigilance on the part of Castilla. The police guard here has been trebled in number, and in Lima standing patrols are stationed every night with their arms stacked in the centre of the principal streets, and in the daytime you there meet with an armed soldier at every corner. The constant de mand hitherto vainly made upon the government for commercial improvements has at length resulted in a project for the construction of a dock in the Bay of Callao for the receiving and discharging of cargoes; Also another for the building of a floating dock. Mr. Prentice, the government engineer, will soon leave for England with letters of credit for £75,000 sterling, receiving besides his regular pay three per cent. on the entire cost. The guano agency is now in the hands of Cisco Valdiviano and Co. for Belgium, Zaracandagua for Spain and the United States, Canavero for Holland, Witt and Shut for Hamburg, Thomas Lachambre for France. Nobody at present has that for England, thought it is thought that the Messrs. Gibbs will eventually receive it. The San Francisco journals are principally occu pied with accounts of the terrible floods which have recently inundated the interior of the country. Sacramento has been the greatest sufferer, the river having risen some 22 feet above low water mark, and caused great loss both to life and property, especially in that neighbourhood where the poor reside. So great has been the devastation that a proposition was brought forward by the Union to repudiate the city debts and devote the amount of „z_ .c.._ ~,.,-,--..___ S G~ ~L~~ WIFE OF MR; w1z7)11:44 A D üblin correspondent to the Belfast News letter furnishes a graphic sketch of Mrs. Windham tree Agnes Willoughby. lie writes—Although that cause celebrc—the Windham lunacy inquiry—has occupied so much of the attention of the public, I have not, as yet, seen the fact mentioned in any of our journals that the heroine of the " romance," as it is most inappropriately termed by the London papers —was a constant attendant at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, during the series of operatic per formances, at the close of the month of September last, in which Signor Giuglini and Madamo Titiens were the " particular stars." I have read no de scription of the syren who bewitched the owner of Felbrigg Hall I would fain supply, by a hasty pen and•ink sketch, the want of the photograph which the jury were fortunate enough to see. 'Twas Saturday night ; the house was crowded from the pit, the region of critics, to the gallery, " the abode of the happy gods," to hear the latest creation of Verdi's genius, Un Ballo in At aschera. In the second act, during the singing of the beautifully voiced terzetto, Conesntimi U &Signore, the attention of the fashionables in the boxes was attracted by the en trance of a party into the righthand stage box on the " first tier." A young lady, a decided blonde, with deep blue eyes, and a profusion of bright, fair, wavy hair, simply but elegantly arranged, advanced to the front of the box, with a rather prononce air. She was of middle height and her features were intelligent—piquante and pretty rather than hand some. She stood for a moment at the box front, and as her eyes "of Heaven's own tint"—Saint■hevin would probably think "of most unholy blue"— glanced confidently round the house, an attendant removed from her shoulders a black velvet mantle trimmed with magnificent sables, which even a Rus sian millionaire might have envied. Her fan and bouquet—of choicest flowers—being duly deposited on the cushion, she turned round ere she took her seat, and displayed to the best advantage certainly one of the most exquisitely-fitting dresses I have ever seen. Her figure is remarkably good, and shown by her dress of rich white silk—made a la Rafiaelle, and cut square, rather low, and but half concealing a very fair, well shaped bust, and revealing a beau tifully-rounded arm. Confining her hair, which she wore in a plain, full, broad braid or band, was a coronet of sky-blue velvet, ornamented with dia mond stars. Her necklace, earrings, brooch, and bracelets were of diamonds, with a radiance so bril liant as almost to light up her graceful figure. These were, doubtless, some of the jewels purchased at the cost of £14,000 for the enchantress by Wind ham the witless. Many were the inquiries, " Who is the lady in the stage box P" By and by it was whispered round the house, " Her name is Wind ham; she is very wealthy, is a frequent denizen of the stage box during the present engagement, and cherishes a penchant for a celebrated Italian tenor." TILE REGIST.RA.R.GENERAL'S QUIIR- TERLY RETURN, The return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,199 registrars in all the districts of England during the autumn quarter that ended on December 31, 1861; and the marriages in 12,527 churches or chapels, about 4,530 regis tered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, an 635 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30, 1861. Returns have been obtained of marriages in the first nine months of last year, and they show that if the progress of population is taken into account, the number of alliances formed, was low during the whole of that period. The birth-rate was not high in the first quarter of the year, but it rose above the average in the spring, continued above it in the summer, and slightly exceeded it in the fourth quarter. There was no great amount of fatal sickness, for the mortality was below the average in each quarter of the year 1861. Of persons who married in the summer quarter (the third) the number was 79,784. As compared with those for the same period in 1860, the returns of all the 11 divisions show a decrease, except those of the south-eastern counties, the south-western, Yorkshire and the northern counties. Marriages were few in Northamptonshire, nu merous in Cornwall, few in Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and South Wales, numerous in Durham and Northumberland. The marriage rate was 1.57 per cent. against the average rate, 1 . 62. It has rarely been so low as it was in the sum. mer quarter of last year. The total number of children born in the last three months of the year was 166,174. The fourth is that quarter in which births are usually the fewest. The birth rate was 3.26 per cent., whilst the average for the quarter is 3'23. It was high in Lancashire, Durham, Nor thumberland, and Cumberland. The natural increase of population is the exoess of births over deaths. This excess as exhibited in the registers is 61,257 in 92 days, or about 666 daily. In the quarter 16,559 emigrants sailed from ports in the United Kingdom at which there are Govern ment emigration officers ; and of these 8,068 were of Eng lish origin ; 1,604 of the English people went to the United States ; 5,916 to the Australian colonies. In the smaller emigration of the Scotch the preference for Australasia re ceived a still more striking development, whilst the Irish divvied themselves into forces, not very unequal, between the two destinations. The total number of emigrants to all parts in 1861 was 91,770, of which more than half went to the United States. The Irish element constituted con siderably more than half of the emigration to the United States, but it suffered a great reduction towards the close of the year; for the Irish emigrants to that portion of the globe were about 37,000 in the year, but about a 15th part of that number in the December quarter. In the total emigration of 1861 the psoportion of unmarried adults to the married was rather less than 3 to 1. The average price of consols was 93 2-8 ; it had been 91 6-8 and 91a in the previous quarter of last year. Wheat was 595. 3d. per quarter : it was dearer than in the same period of 1860, and dearer by 16s. than in that of 1859. The means of the highest and lowest weekly;prices of mutton have not varied in the last three December quar ters. Beef of the inferior quality was dearer than in the correspondiag quarter of last year. The mean price of the best potatoes was 120 s. per ton. Mr. Glaisher writes in his " Remarks on the Weather," that we must travel back to 1831 for an October so warm as the last, and then back to 1811 for a second example. At Greenwich the mean tem perature of last October was 5 deg. in excess of its average. A marked change took place on the Ist November, and the weather was cold on almost every day till the 24th. The ISth of November was singularly cold; its temperature was below 32 deg. the whole day, and the mean was as much as 15.1 deg. below the average of the day. Another great change followed on the 25th, and a warm period which be. gan on that day continued till the 24th of December. The year closed with cold weather. The fall of rain in Novem ber (5.2 inches) was the greatest fall in that month for 45 years, with only one exception. The total fall in 1861 was 20.8 inches, At Truro in the same time it was 39.9 inches; at Lampoter, 43.9 inches; at Stonyhurst, 39.6 inches; at Allenheads, 51.7 inches. Tho returns of the Poor Law Board exhibit a heavy increase of paupers. The number relieved in-door was 128, 533, against an average in the pre vious two December quarters of 112,293 ; those who re ceived out-door relief wore 716,096, against an average of 678,821. Tho total number of deaths registered last quarter was 104,917; it was not so great as in the same quarter of 1859, but greater than in that of 1860. The deaths as re ,urned for last quarter, and distributed in the eleven divi sions of England and Wales, are loss numerous than they were in 1859 in all of these divisions, with the exception of the north-western and the northern. The excess in the latter division is unimportant ; that in the north-western counties is considerable, and arises from a higher mortality in Lancashire. The death-rate for England and Wales last quarter was 2.061 per cent, of the population, the average being 2.179. Within eleven December quarters the maximum has been 2.4; the minimum 1.995. In the last quarter, fever under various designations, typhus, typhoid fever, lowcontinued fever, and scarlatina, prevailed extensively, and in many parts of the country. TEE BALLOT SOCIETY. Tho usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street, on Tuesday last, J. F. Bontems, Esq., in the chair. Mr. F. Clowes, Mr. Sydenham Nodes, Mr. Whitehuxsts Mr. Man, Mr. Le Maitre, &c., were present. Subscriptions were reported of £lO 10s. from Samuel Morley, Esq.; Andrew Lusk, Esq., £3 35.; John Bright, Esq., £1; R. N, Phillips, Esq. (Manchester), £1 ls. ; Messrs. Alexander Ireland and Co. (Manchester), £1 ls. ; Messrs. Findlater and Mackie (Manchester), £1 Is. ; J. W. Bennett, Esq., F.R.A.S., £1 ls. ; B. T. Williams, Esq., Lincoln's-inn, Ll ls. ; and W. Austin, Esq., 1 le. William Thacker, Esq., of Dyke House, Hurst-pier point, Sussex, was elected a member of the Council. A further publication of the address to the electors of Oxfordshire, recommending them to abstain from voting for either of the anti-ballot candidates now before them, were ordered to be issued. Several communications were read from Lincoln, sts 4 i”^ , that the election now going on in that city hap •-• the want of the ballot, and that f - of the utmost importance w earnes tly requesting the society to send do ation to enlighten the general mind as to the nt )f the ballot. It was unanimously resolved that th,- ..est be granted, and the vice-chairman was directed to t..,tend as a deputation on behalf of the society. Further communications were also read from r!orrespon• dents relating to the election for Shoreham and the Rape of Bramber. Some correspondence was also read relating to the recent meeting of the member for Salford with his constituents, and it was resolved that the thanks of the committee be given to W. J. Williams, Esq. (chairman of the Salf or d Ballot and Reform Association), for the course he t oo k i n questioning Mr. Mass e y , M.P. (Chairman of Committees of the House of Co mmons), as to his vo tes on the ballot. T itteeaddwl an expression of th e i r h ope th a t th e electorshe mrri l urge their m em b er i n f u t ure t o su p. coo f Salford Vote but by Ilia speech. port the ballot ;IA only by hie `~ ', `_ R '~;. ‘<t n is' he it. ~~