The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-24 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., got up steam at Spithead early on Saturday morning, in readiness to make her official trial cf speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. 1 p . m . was the time named for the ship to get under way, and everything was prepared accordingly. Just before the time of starting, however, an officer ar rived on shore bearing a mes3age that the Defence was disabled at Spithead from a collision with a 40 horse power gunboat. This proved to be lite rally correct, for it appears that the Fenella gun boat, doing duty between the harbour and Spithead, had, as will happen with vessels of this class, got under the Defence's bows as she lay at Spithead, and fouling the ship's anchor, had by some means gz.it adrift the tumbler and shank painter, and the anchor, falling from off the bill board and being brought up suddenly by its stock suspended from the cathead, had swung with its flukes towards the :ship's bow and delivered a blow at that portion of the vessel's bow immediately under the cathead, about four inches above the water line and some 14 or 15 feet from the projecting stem at the water line, making a hole through the plate which ren dered the vessel's stay at Spithead impossible, even at anchor, and therefore putting an end to the trial for the present. The hole was temporarily stopped, and the ship was soon afterwards taken into Ports mouth harbour to examine and repair the injury. It is expected that the whole of the injured plate will have to be taken out and replaced with a new one. Orders have been recently received at Portsmouth to fit the Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, with Ren ton's hydraulic steering apparatus, at a cost of £1,270, conditionally on its acting efficiently when completed. The apparatus will be inclosed in an iron box, made from 31 to 41 inch plate, and will be fixed under the iron beams of the upper deck, after the screw well, in the captain's after cabin. The power will be brought to bear upon the rudder head with a screw of a similar nature to the one fitted to the rudder-head of the American frigate Niagara. A naval court-martial is ordered to assemble to day on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Captain Cranford, commanding H.M.S. Sidon, on six charges arising out of certain circum stances that occurred during the Sidon's recent ser vice on the Mozambique coast. Accounts received from her Majesty's ship Bri tannia, at Portland, state that considerable sickness among the naval cadets has manifested itself since the ship has been stationed in that roadstead, no less than 30 of them now being on the sick list. The situation is also stated to be entirely unsuitable for the ship owing to several other reasons, one of which is that the important exercise of boat pulling and sailing cannot be carried on there, owing to the sudden gusts of wind to which the waters of Port land are subject from the peculiar conformation of the land, B.:e. If the waters at Portland are so de cidedly unsuitable, why not place the ship at the Motherbank, in the vicinity of Osborne, which is now no longer required as a quarantine ground ? There the cadets would be as entirely and effectu ally isolated from the temptations of a seaport town as they can possibly be at Portland, and would besides have the use of capital playgrounds on shore in the Isle of Wight, in the vicinity of Binstead, and the advantage of being in proximity to our chief naval yard. Her Majesty's troopship Simoom arrived at St. Vincent from the Cape on the 6th, with 699 of the Oth Rifles, under command of Col. Muter. She left the Cape on her way from India on the 9rh January, calling at St. Helena; where she found H.M.S. Torch, and a Spanish ship, the second prize to the Ranger, with 650 slaves on board. Mr. Warren, the second master of the Ranger, who was in charge of her, was taken ill during the passage from the coast, w. 1 ,1 died the day after her arrival, the Spanish cap tain navigating the vessel. The re c ent regulations issued from the Admiralty increase the number of first-class boys on board Her Majesty's ships in the following ratio :—First, second, and third class ships, ten each ; fourth, fifth, and sixth class ships, eight each ; sloops of 170 men and upwards, six each ; sloops of smaller class, four each ; smaller vessels, two each. The total number on board each class under the new regula tions will in future be as fellows :—First class, 49; second class, 45 ; third class, 39 ; fourth class, 33 ; fifth class, 31 ; sixth class, 28. Sloops with 170 men and upward, 20; with 180 to 195 men, 22; with 135 to 125 men, 13; with 130, 125, 110, and 100 men, 10 ; with 90 men, 8 ; smaller vessels, 6. This increase is in lieu of the same number of sea men. Second-class boys are not to be employed as mesa servants, but only as personal servants to ward-room officers. - Another circular directs that in future sixth-rate vessels and sloops, with 125 men and upwards, are to be increased by five seamen and bear a chief boatswain's mate and a chief carpenter's mate, in lieu of a boatswain and carpenter. The following appointments were made on Friday at the Admiralty :—John Richards, master, to the Peterel ; James Jeffrey, master, to the Orpheus, additional, for surveying duties ; Andrew M'Far lane, promoted to chief engineer ; Albert Martell, promOted to first class assist. engineer; William Head, promoted to Ist class assist. engineer in the Grasshopper; W. J. Symons, master's assistant, to the Peterel; Henry Tengelley, paymaster, to the Peterel ; and John Watts, clerk, to the Peterel. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. P. J. Murray, to the Espoir ; T. C. Pullen, master commanding, to the Fox; C. Hertzel, acting master, to the Fox; J. J. Corry, second master, to the Fox ; A. Stevenson, surgeon, to the Peterel ; P. W. Rolston, assist. surg., to the Fox ; D. A. Jemison, acting assist. surg., to the Peterel ; and G. M. Blyth, assist. pay master in charge, to the Fox. yirß ARMY. The following important circular has been issued from the Horse Guards, addressed to the infantry:— " Feb. 12, 1862. " It having come to the knowledge of the General Corn raanding-in-Chief tlat in some regiments men are selected for flank companies, his Royal Highness desires that this practice may be immediately discontinued. „ _ " In those regiments where the companies are not equally sized and interchangeable, the flank companies are to be broken up and distributed through the battalion. "To insure this, his Royal Highness desires that the several companies shall stand on parade habitually accord ing to the seniority of the captains, from flanks to centre— viz., the senior captain oz the right, next senior on the left, awl so On. " General officers will see the above strictly attended to, and they win be pleased to insert a certificate to that effect in their confidential reports." The various departments of the Woolwich Ar senal were inspected on Friday by his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in -Chief of the Forces, accomp anied by Sir C. Lewis and Ea r l de Grey and Ripon, Secretary and Under S ecre t ary f or War ; Major-Gen. A. Tulloh, Di rec t or -G enera l of Ordnance ; Col. Bingham, D eputy -Adj t.-General, Royal Artillery; and R; Sir W. Armstrong. The whole party arrived at Woolwich about half- y p in- ast 10. In the Storekeeper., Dep artment the spected the mounted batteri es of Armstrong other guns in readiness for immediate se and service. r mstrong f orges, Thence they proceeded to the A and witnessed the process of manufacturing. They next visited the laboratory, hell foundry, and pat. tern-room. The inspection terminated Bona after three p.m. TAKING TIME.—A return which, on the motion of Mr, Caird, has just been made to t he Hou se of Commons, describing the causes finally decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, in 1860, shows that some of them had been in dependence for 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, and one for 31 years. It smaks of the good old times when Mackitchinson in " The Antiquary" could boast, " Oh, it's a beautiful thing to see bow long and how carefully justice is considered in this country." Some miscreant entered, on Saturday morning, the back parlour of the Market Hotel, Durham, in which two females wer e sea t e d, an d p l ace d a canister containing, it ll i e 6 supposed, upwards of a pound of gunpowder on the fire. coolly walked out, an d s h or tly afterwards the powder exploded with tremendous force, blowing down a wooden partition which divided the room from that adjoin ing. The females pha *1 have been searching y escaped uninjured, The polite for hap pily the offender, TEE BIRTEDAr OF WASHINGTON. The anniversary of the birthday of the founder of the great North American Republic was celebrated on Saturday at the Freemason's Tavern, when some 200 ladies and gentlemen, mostly citizens of the United States, sat down to an eicell(nt dejeuner i la fourchette. Behind the chairman's seat was sus pended a portrait of George Washington, while on either side waved the Union banner and the Union Jack. The chair was occupied by the Right Rev, Dr. M'llvaine, Bishop of Ohio, who was supported by Mr. Adams, United States' Minister; Mr. C. L. Wilson and Mr. B. Moran, Secretaries of the United States' Legation; Mr. F, Morse, United States' Consul in London; Mr. W. Moran, United States' Consul at Bayonne; Mr. Cyrus Field, Dr. Mac gowan, and others. Letters of apology for non attendance were read from Earl Spencer, Mr. Bright, M,P.; Mr. Scholefield, M.P. ; Mr. M. Gib son, NI,P. ; Mr. Dayton, United States' Minister in Paris ; NI. Kossuth, and others. The Rev. CHAIRMAN commenced the oratorical portion of the proceedings by reading an ode to Washington, composed for the occasion by a lady who was then present. Mr. ADAMS, the United States Minister to the Court of St. James, then rose to propose " The Memory of Washington." His Excellency said, — It gives me great satisfaction on this occasion to join, as a citizen of the United States, with so many of our good friends in the celebration of this anni versary. In doing honour to the memory of the greatest name in American history we feel that we perform a duty to ourselves. (Cheers.) There have been men of more brilliant genius, more profound sages, more extraordinary warriors, more aspiring statesmen, more enthusiastic patriots than Washing ton ; but in that perfect intermixture of the various elements that conduce to the formation of a true hero there is no mortal on record that furnishes an example so much to be admired as his. Totus, teres, et rotundus is the only motto that typifies his cha racter in history. There is no blot. There is no flaw. There is no crook. (Cheering.) At this time it may do us good to refresh our recollection of what he did and what he suffered. Called to take the command of an army, he found himself burdened with the task of creating one, without money, and:with very 1 slight provision of all the indispensable munitoins of war ; and this in the face of an enemy abundantly provided with all these things. (Cheers.) Yet he overcame every obstacle, and expelled that enemy, almost without bloodshed, from his position. Less 1 fortunate in other fields at a later period, he never failed in patience to repair defeat, and to return to the charge with a courage not even tinctured with despair. And what privations, what disappoint ments, what disasters did he not experience during the seven long years that he continued to wage the unequal contest ! Dispised by his opponents, sometimes distrusted even by his friends, he never theless held up his faith and bore right onward, bating not a jot of heart or hope until he won the prize. (Loud cheers.) The secret of his military success was not that of Napoleon, for he had no legions to throw away. It was more like that of Fabius, in husbanding his resources, and trust ing to patience and perseverance for his triumph. As a consequence, America had few brilliant vie ; tories to boast of as the fruits of the labours of her armies ; but on the other hand, these armies had never lost the character which attached to a people remaining free. (Great cheering.) And so it turned ont that the military chieftain gracefully changed with the emergency into an organising statesman. After an interval of weakness and exhaustion tha country, under his auspices, established a form of free government, and by acclamation summoned him to the work of setting it in motion. The task was not less difficult than that which he had accom plished, though very different in kind. Convulsions, foreign and domestic, threatened to destroy his work. But he succeeded in it equally well, not by sudden strokes or extraordinary devices, but by the exercise of that calm patience and perseverance in a right course which constitute the singular beauty of his life. (Cheers.) It is well to think on these things at all times, but never will it suit Americans to do so better than at this moment. Our country is passing through the trial so long foreseen and feared, the greatest that has happened since the days of Wash ington at Valley Forge. It is engaged in throwing off the burden of a malign Power, which aspires to rule or to ruin. (Cheers.) The struggle is a fear ful one, but there is no alternative. The assault upon the Government of the United States carries with it an aggressive principle, which, if not de feated, must in the end be fatal to freedcm. It involves the acknowledgment of a prescriptive right of some men to rule over their fellows, a proposition which has ever been steadily combated by Ameri can patriotism. We must, then, fully re-establish our fundamental doctrine at every hazard. It will, doubtless, cost us a severe effort —men, money, time, disorder, perhaps confusion. Amid such re flections let us go back and remember the trials which Washington endured, and how nobly he sur- I mounted them. (Cheers.) Let us on this, his natal day, look to his example as the bright flower of our faith, in which sign we shall conquer. Let us trust that we are passing through this fire of purification only to gather, as of yore, the moral fruits of', self devotion to honourable ends. Let us hope for a successful issue, through the exercise of the same great virtues which we associate with the honours paid to the name of Washington—patience and per severance in the path of duly. (Loud and long con tinued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then called upon an English clergyman, who had taken great interest in ascer taining facts concerning Washington's family, to address some observations to the company. The Rev. J. SI NIPKINSON said that, as rector of the parish of Brington, Northamptonshire, the home of the Washington family, ho had naturally taken much interest in tracing facts in connexion with that family. His parishioners, like himself, were ( proud of Washington and claimed him as partly their own. From researches he had made he found that the first Washington who settled at Brington was Lawrence, who, having been a barrister, turned his attention to sheep-farming, and upon the suppression of the monasteries obtained a grant of the manor of Sulgrave. The family subsequently became allied to the Spencers, but fortune was not always favourable to them until the union of one of them with a sister of George Villiers, Duke cf Buckingham, restored them to prosperity. The younger scions of the 'Washington family were constant inmates of the palace during the reign of James 1., and therefore when the civil war broke out it was not surprising that they adhered to the Royal cause, and reflected credit upon the name by their gallant exploits at Bristol and Colchester. The family emigrated to America in 1657, and the illus trious George - Washington became the pride and honour of both hemispheres. The character of that great man was untarnished by ambition, pride, or vanity, in which respects he might he compared with the late Prince Consort and William the Silent. It was to be hoped that the citizens of America wculd always appreciate and imitate the example of their glorious founder, and take as their guide the three stars of his family arms, which pro bably had suggested the idea of the national ban ner, and which symbolised truth, patriotism, and trust in God. (Cheers.) The toast was then drunk in solemn silence. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said —lt is the bounden day of Americans in foreign lands to honour the powers that be; specially it is the duty of Americans residing in this land, pro tected by its laws and partaking of its privileges ; but very specially is it the duty of Americans to honour the powers that be when they are found in the possession of one who to official pre-eminence not only up on part adds indi sputable claims to affection and veneration the the part of h er own su bj ec t s , b u t on of all wh o presentative, visited America, world. (Che ers.) ... know her name throughout the vv hen her eldest son, as her re everywhere with manif • f e es was received spect for himself, but emoti ons teem and re especiall for his honour ed ymother. (Hear.) I t was , Y honour t o have him as my guest in my house, an d I saw ranch of him in different places during his tour in A mer i ca e , having when recently he was departing t i ip been brought perhaps into more neirs ol o i c la b:sra presentlt i ons with him than any one in our land. insom uch that fliE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY! 24, `11.862. journey he requested me to go to the Palace to take leave of him. I was exceedingly impressed with flit Very great ludgment—l till not say propriety, for it is not a sufficiently strong term—but the great judgment and discretion with which he received the attentions that were offered to him by such a variety of classes and under circumstances so entirely novel to him. lam persuaded that the spontaneous, ear• nest, and affectionate veneration which was offered through him to his honoured mother still continues with unabated warmth in the bosom of all Ameri cans. (near, hear.) lam satisfied that nothing has impaired those feelings, and I believe nothing will ever occur that can impair them. (Hear, hear.) We, as Americans, may at the present time claim to take place next to Englishmen in affectionate sym pathy with the present sorrows of the Queen. The Chairman then proposed " the health of Queen Victoria," and requested Dr. Ferguson to speak to the toast. The Rev. Dr. FERGUSON, in performing the pleas ing duty to every Englishman of setting forth her Majesty's title to the love and respect of all her subjects, was delighted to find that the merits of his Sovereign were so well appreciated by American people. Adverting to the troubles in the United States the rev. gentleman reminded the company that England had by a costly oblation proved her sincere hatred of slavery. If one party in the pre sent struggle fought for the maintenance of slavery the other party was sworn to liberty. England and the Northern States were alike solemnly pledged to that sacred cause, and he invited all to join hands and vow to relax no effort until the last links of the chain fell from the limbs of the enslaved race. " The Queen's health" was then drunk with loud applause. _ _ . The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " the health of the President of the United States." (Loud cheers.) Dr. M'GowAN, in briefly speaking to the toast, said all Americans resident abroad must feel sincere admiration for President Lincoln. Many of them had been precluded by absence from discharging their duties as citizens at home, and therefore they were enabled to approach the consideration of pend ing questions with calmness and moderation. None who had carefully studied the events of Mr. Lin coln's administration could wonder that the Ameri cans resident abroad felt that his past conduct was a sure guarantee that their nationality would be preserved. (Hear.) A year ago it was not so. Then it seemed as though successful treason had left them without a country. Like most Europeans, they (the absent Americans) mistook the forbearance of their loyal fellow countrymen for indifference, and their hearts had failed them. It was however but for a moment. The unanimous support accorded to the President in his determination to restore the Union in the recalcitrant States, the firmness and modera tion, the humanity and conservatism, which he had exhibited in this trying moment of their country's history, afforded ample evidence that he was in every way equal to the crisis. (Hear, hear.) He felt assured that Mr. Lincoln would maintain the ma jesty of the law without vindictiveness, and that when rebellion should cease to jeopardise the national existence, he would be found a magnani mous and a worthy representative of a Christian people. (Hear, hear.) They might confide in the patriotism of the President, and that, as far as in him lay, the fair heritage from their fathers should be handed down intact to their ch;ldren ; that their empire would be preserved from the At lantic to the Pacific, including as a necessity the absolute control of the Gulf of Mexico, mare nos trum—ia other words, that if their erring brethren of the South would not be their fellow-citizens they should be their subjects. (Cheers.) Mr. G. THOMPSON also spoke to the toast, and observed that Mr. Lincoln was entitled to the sym pathy, respect, and admiration of all men both in his private character and as the elect of a great nation, Some attempts had been made in this country to create a feeling of hostility to the Northern States, but he could say from experience that those efforts had failed. He had addressed many meetings at Manchester and other manufac turing districts ; but, although the working classes were necessarily suffering severely from the present condition of affairs, yet he found among them a unanimous desire for absolute non-interference on our part. (Hear, hear.) The toast was drunk with long-continued ex pressions of applause. Dr. M‘GowAN proposed " Our country," which was responded to by Mr. SHEPARD. The next toast was " The Union." Mr. FREEMAN MORSE, United States' Consul in London, said the Union was a never-fading senti ment in the heart of every loyal American where ever he might be. It was the morning and the evening prayer, the thought by day and the dream by night, that the glorious Union might be pre served one and indivisible. (Cheers.) There was no time for him to enter upon an examination of the various causes which had brought their country into its present position, but the glorious Union which had been formed for such noble purposes must endure. The Union had established liberty ; it per petuated justice ; it secured human rights, founded upon the marvellous Declaration of Independence, which would live when then the columns of palaces had crumbled into dust, when the old moss-covered cathedrals of the country had mouldered away, when its titled families with their pictures and statues had passed into forgetfulness—that Decla ration would still live to proclaim the mighty fact that all men were created free and equal. (Cheers.) Governments were formed to protect life, liberty, and property. For those purposes the Union was formed, and they meant to make the Union perpetual, even if every man's life were to be made a sacrifice for it. (Cheers.) There had always been a thorn in the American side—one planted two-and-a-half centuries back. It was slavery. The Constitution had not recognised slavery, but it was only a matter of State sovereignty. But the Union was not to be broken by any State at will. The Union had great powers to exercise and great duties to perform, and those duties it was performing now. He was sent to this city as Consul, not by one or any number of States, but by the Union of 33 States, which were covered by one national flag. What was it that gave them a high position iu the world but the union of all the States ? There was no provision in the Constitution that any single State could break the union, and when he was asked, as he some times had been, " Why not let the South go ?" he replied that there was no power to let them go with out destroying the Constitution. There was no doubt that slavery was the cause of these troubles, but the Constitution had never declared that one man had a right of property in his brother man. (Hear.) Slavery was no national institution, but it had been fostered in the Southern States until it had grown from comparatively small beginnings to its present stature. Slavery had induced the South to exert every art and chicanery to obtain power, to get up Mexican wars, to threaten Cuba, to fili buster in Central America, and at last they de manded that slavery should be recognised as a na tional institution. They threatened that, unless the Government recognised slavery north of the Mis souri line, they would go out of the Union. When the present troubles were first threatened a Com mittee of Congress was appointed—one member for each State, and of that committee he was a member. They called upon their Southern brethren to state their grievances, and various propositions were made, but not one word of complaint was made of tariffs or taxation. (Hear.) He therefore was con vinced that nothing but slavery was the cause of their dissatisfaction. (Hear.) When South Carolina promulgated her Act of Secession there was no com plaint of tariff or taxation, but the grievance was slavery. (Hear.) Mr. Breckenridge, the Southern candidate for the President's chair, in his platform or declaration of principles, did not refer to taxa tion ; and, further, he would remind his hearers that Mr. Palk, the candidate of the South at a former election, had inscribed upon his banner "Palk and the Tariff of 1842." (Hear.) From beginning to end it was slavery, slavery. The South wanted the North to go back to barbaric ages and to acknow ledge that one man had a right of property in an other. Then came the bombardment of Sumter and the stealing of the national property in various; ways, although that process had been going on for years. before. When Floyd and his confederates were in office the arms deposited in national arse-, nals were gradually withdrawn from the free States and sent into the slave States, of course With a view to the results which were to follow. Conse quently, when the crisis came the North was almost entirely disarmed, while the South was quite pre pared for a fight. What, then, could the North do but wait until they could make arms and soldiers ? When people in England thought that the North had done nothing, let them consider that their con dition was. It took France or England seten or eight months to train a Soldier so that he was fit to enter upon the field, but the United States Govern ment, although it had raised 530,000 or 600,000 volunteers, who were ready to risk their lives and fortunes to preserve the Union, yet required time to manufacture those volunteers into soldiers. The de lay that had occurred had been a wise delay -(hear)—and the fruits would be seen presently. There was now a noble army of 600,000 men deter mined to preserve the glorious Union. When that was done they could lay aside their weapons and return to their peaceful homes and pursuits. (Hear, hear.) As to slavery, he could only say he thought it was almost worth a war to have brought about the present revulsion of feeling concerning it in the North, which had awakened to the consciousness of the vast evil that was growing in their midst. (Hear.) The free people of the North would not relax an effort until this detestable rebellion was crushed, and ho would venture to predict that be fore another anniversary of Washington's birthday came round the Union would be one and insepara ble, and the glorious old flag that waved above them would again be acknowledged in every one of the 33 States. (Cheers.) Mr. CYRus FIELD (New York) gave the toast of " England and America." After referring to the reception of the Prince of Wales in America, the American expedition in search of Franklin, and other incidents as proving the warm and kindly feelings entertained in the United States towards Great Britain, he said there could be no doubt, however, that the cordial feeling between the people of the two countries had of late been some what impaired. Designing and corrupt men on both sides of the Atlantic had done all in their power to create hostile feeling between the two countries. The mistaken zeal of Commodore Wilkes had been represented as an intentional insult to the British flag. On the other hand, the American people had been led to believe that Great Britain intended to acknowledge the independence of the so-called " Confederate States of America." All present must be aware that the act of Commodore Wilkes was unauthorised by the American Government, and was not intended even by that officer himselfas an insult to Great Britain. Having a personal ac quaintance with the President and almost every member of his Cabinet, he knew that, next to crush ing out this wicked rebellion, their most earnest desire was to maintain friendly relations with the British Government. (Hear, hear.) He was now in England to do what he could to carry out an enterprise which he believed would bind the two countries in the closest bonds of friendship—he re ferred to a telegraph across the Atlantic. (Hear.) He did not believe for one moment that the English Government could recognise the Southern Confe deracy as an independent Power, nor did he believe they would do aught to assist in founding a govern ment the corner stone of which was avowed to be slavery. (Hear.) The present struggle had been compared by some to the war of 1776, but the War of Independence was a just and holy war—the up rising of loyal but oppressed men. It was inau guara ted by the purest patriots ; its watchword was " Liberty ;" its leader was Washington. (Hear, hear.) The war now being waged against the United States was the most unrighteous rebellion the world had ever seen. Inaugurated by men who had failed in their political aspirations, its watch word was " Slavery," its leader the repudiator of the Mississippi bonds. (Hear.) England could never recognise a government emanating from such sources. It had frequently said, "Let the South go; you can never live happily with them." He could only say that if they could not live happily together under one government, they certainly could not as two nations. (Hear, hear.) There was no great natural boundary between the North and the South. The United States would remain an undivided country from the great lakes and the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the - Pacific, and they would at the earliest practicable moment remove from themselves the great curse that had brought the present troubles upon them. (Cheers.) England could never be jealous of the rising greatness of her own offspring; nor could America feel anything but pride in the power of the great country from which a majority of her people were descended. (Cheers.) That the friend ship between Great Britain and the United States might be as enduring as the cliffs of Old England herself was the prayer of every true American heart. (Cheers.) Other toasts—" Literature and the Press," " The Poets of England and America," and " The Ladies" —were given, and the company dispersed shortly after 7 o'clock. THE SCOTS FUSILIERS AT ST. JOHN'S. The Colonial Empire, published at St. John's, New Brunswick, gives the following account of the reception given to the Scots Fusilier Guards and other troops on their arrival at that place :—" With out in the slightest degree attempting to glorify the doings of our fellow-citizens, and of the ladies of St. John's, in their bountiful hospitality to the soldiers now here, yet we must say, in fair justice and all impartiality, that everything has been done that the New Brunswick idea of entertainment could devise to welcome the brave men who have come among us, and to give them that hearty and right loyal reception they so well deserve. On Jan. 23d the car shed at the railway station, some 400 Get long and about 60 feetwide, admirably warmed and ventilated, was thrown open for the reception of 900 men of the Scots Fusilier Guards, for each of whom there were a seat and a well-filled plate of the best our market could provide. Ham and turkey were the staples, but there was every other sort of good things besides. The vacant space was fully oc cupied by ladies, and there was certainly a good display—there they were, not by scores, but by hundreds—the fairest and most beautiful women in all British America; after this assertion we defy ali comers. The brigade band discoursed sweet music as the guardsmen marched in with that regu larity which only thorough discipline can enforce; and they were in a remarkably short space of time seated at table with such quiet and precision that it was hardly possible to conceive that 900 men were fully seated and ready for an onslaught upon the bountiful supply of good things before them. The address of welcome was delivered by the Hon. C. Watters, her Majesty's Solicitor-General, after which grace was said by the Rev. Mr. Donald ; then the feast began in earnest. We should require a host of reporters, if we even attempted to describe what was ' said or sung,' upon this glorous occa sion. All those who saw nine hundred splendid men of the Guards richly dressed, and among them their .drummers and fifers in fancy costume, with their pipers in the tartan, will long remember the gorgeous scene and all its attendant circumstances. Neither our limits nor the time at our command will enable us to give m ore th an a b r i e f no ti c e of this festival. We must not om it t o sa y that the Roth say Rifles m their Scottish costume formed the guard of honour. At 6 o'clock in the evening there was another display, for the third time, of fair women and brave men, in the basement of the Union-street Chapel. Some 140 of the Commissariat Staff and Artillery were entertained most sumptuously—and as'the tables were laid out and amply provided for 300, the vacant seats were occupied by ladies and a ge ntleme n and feasting amazingly. Th e a dd ress o f welcome w theby city, who seemed to enjoy the fun Mr. William Wedderbarn very earne stly and effectiv e l y , grace was sa id by the delivered Rev. Dr. Richey, and when the g o od things had been discussed there were addresses, and songs, and e f much good singing, with hearty, generous feel ing, so that when our reporter left there was a full flood-tide' of, all that was genial and joy ous. If the efforts of the ladies and gentlemen of St. John's fail to secure the good wishes of the gallant soldiers now passing on to Canada, it cer tainly will not be for want of exertion." GREAT SNIP COMPANY. The report of the board of directors, to be pre sented at the ordinary general meeting of the com pany on Friday. At the time of the special general meeting in November last the Great Eastern was at Milford Haven, and the interval since has been occupied in preparing the new paddlewheels, after stern post, and rudder shaft, so that no delay should take place in completing the repairs. One of the paddlewheels has already been fixed in place, and the other is in a forward state. In their construc tion an additional number of arms have been intro duced, and the efficiency of the diagonal braces improved. By these means the general stiffness of the wheels will be very considerably increased. The after stern post has been reconstructed, and is being fixed in place. To facilitate this operation, and to reduce the time necessary for the ship to remain on the gridiron, a cofferdam has been built, which encloses the rudder of the ship ; the work can thereby be continued 'without interruption at all states of the tide. It may be well to remark that the after stern post does not form any material part of the hull; its principal use is in stiffening the keel or prolongation of the ship's bottom beyond the screw, in which the rudder works. The unsound portion of the rudder shaft, which gave way during the gale, has been replaced by one of larger dimen sions, by which a considerable increase of strength will be obtained, and the recurrence of a similar disaster prevented. In the event, however, of any fracture occurring, the proportions of the new rud der shaft have been so disposed that the second or lower steering apparatus will be available for steer ing the ship ; this has already been fixed in place. The internal fittings, boats, &c., have been repaired, and there is no doubt that the cost of the works will not exceed the amount estimated in Nov. last. Every effort is being made to complete the fixing of the after stern post, so thatthe ship may be floated by the next springs, if the tides serve—otherwise, she cannot be removed from the gridiron until the middle of the ensuing month. The proprietors have been already informed that the hull of the ship was perfect in every respect, and this has been further confirmed by an examination made since she has been placed on the gridiron. The bulkheads, doors, &c., exhibit no indication or trace of having under gone any strain. The opinion of the committee appointed to inquire into the causes which led to the return of the ship and into the conduct of Capt, Wallace is appended to the directors' report. The directors have given much consideration to the subject of the future employment of the ship. Over. tures have been made to them for placing her in the Indian trade, but they consider that the financial position of the company would not justify them in incurring the expense of outfit for so long a voyage, unless there was a more decided probability that the receipts would exceed the expenditure; they have therefore determined upon again sending her to New York, with every confidence that she will com mand a considerable share of the freight and pas senger traffic during the ensuing season, and that by a judicious economy in every department, this employment may be rendered remunerative. The date of sailing will be advertised at the earliest opportunity. The directors announce with great regret that continued ill-health has compelled Mr. Baker to relinquish the duties of chairman. He has consequently resigned that office, but they rejoice that they still have the benefit of his co-opera tion as a colleague; they have subsequently elected Mr. Wm. Barber to fill the chair. The capital ac count has been charged with the amount of verdict and costs given in favour of Mr. Russell—the amount paid to Mr. Lungley in satisfaction of his claim for extra work and the cost of alteration to the bearing of the screw shaft, the fitting of feed pumps to the boilers of the paddle engines, sheathing the main deck, &c., all of which works were rendered ne cessary by defective construction in the first in stance and the requirements of the Board of Trade. The action brought by Mr. Parry re mains on the same footing as at the ordinary meeting last year. No steps have been taken by him, beyond obtaining an extension of the time for making the award under the reference to Ist of June next. The working account for the year (exclusive of the September voyage) exhibits an excess of expenses over receipts of £5,660 ss. The expenses comprise wages daring the alterations previously referred to, interest on debentures, and other items, which would not have been greater had the ship been constantly employed during the whole year ; the receipts, on the other hand, are for two voyages only, the first of which, to New York, was commenced, as the proprietors will remember, under the must unfavourable circumstances. The special account needs no comment—further than apart from the actual pecuniary loss resulting from the dis aster, the directors deplore that the company were thereby not only deprived of the opportunity of offering the ship for the transport of troops (a ser vice which the experience of the Quebec voyage had proved to be profitable) but also of employment in the New York trade, at a time when the rate of freights was most remunerative. It will be neces sary to make arrangements to meet the debenture loan falling due on the 31st May; although the directors do not anticipate difficulty in renewing the debentures or placing them elsewhere. A balance of £6,670 remains to be issued on account of the second series of debentures, which amount it will be necessary to raise to defray the, cost of coals, stores, &c., for the next voyage. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—APPLEBY, FEB. 21. Mr. Justice Mellor arrived at this ancient town on Wednesday night, opened the commission, and went to church. Mr. Justice Willes remained at Lancaster to finish the criminal business. At this place there were rumours of an important charge of arson to be tried, on which three actions against different insurance offices are said in some measure to depend. This brought over an unusually large attendance of the bar. The calendar contains the names of only two pri soners—one charged with burglary in a farmhouse, and stealing some articles of trivial value, and the charge of arson of a flax mill. There was no civil business. Mr. Justice Mellor took his seat shortly after 10 o'clock. Having disposed of the charge of burglary, Francis M'Connell, a sharp, intelligent-looking young Irishman, aged 19, was charged with felo niously setting fire to a mill and warehouse on the 14th July last, belonging to the Holme Flax-mill Company, whereby the mill and warehouse and large quantities of flax and machinery were con sumed, with intent to defraud the company, the proprietor, and several insurance offices, the intent being varied in different counts. Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Higgin, and Mr. Ed wards prosecuted; and Mr. Monk, Q.C., and Mr. Holker defended the prisoner. The mill and warehouse in question which the prisoner was charged with having set fire to are situated near Burnton, and close to the railway be tween Lancaster and Carlisle. The mill was five stories high, and employed as a flax mill, and ad joining it, but a separate building, was the ware house of fourstories. Between the mill and warehouse a communication was made by iron gangways, with a sp4ce of 10ft. between them. In the bottom of the warehouse was a quantity of tow ready to be spun into yarns, and a very large stock of yarn packed away in the top stories. The floors were of wood, and the building was not fire-proof. A wooden door communicated with the gangway. The three bottom floors of the mill were partially fire-proofed with blue slate, but the two top floors were not— the door from the mill to the gangway was of iron. On the 14th of July last there wus a large quantity , of tow on the second floor of the warehouse, and on the third floor of the mill there was a" tow-shaker," and three heaps of tow left. It further appeared, from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution, and from the evidence of the witnesses that the mill had formerly belonged to and been worked by a Mr. Waithman, who getting into debt to Mr. Finlay (a gentleman living in Ireland) for flax supplied, Mr. Finlay eventually became the owner of the mill. For two years he did not work it ; but not being able to let it he determined in 1860 to work it himself, and he sent over hands for that purpose from Ireland. On the 9th of July in that year be caused the mill, machinery, and stock to be insured in the Sun, the Manchester ' and the Imperial In surance o ffi ces, th e m ill f or £4,950, the machinery for £8,350, and the stock for £6,925. The prisoner was aware of the amount of this insurance, and of the value of the mill which Mr. Finlay had wished to dispose of,and had only had an offer of some £6,000 to £7,000 for it, including the machinery; and from conversations he had with a workman named Brown, he appeared to say that if burnt when so insured it would be a profitable thing for Mr. Finlay. The mill began to work in August, 1860, the machinery was old, and from various causes the mill did not appear to have been profitably worked. The pri soner, it appeared, had formerly been employed on the Ulster Railway as a clerk and newspaper boy, and he was sent over by Mr. Finlay to work at the mill. He had no defined duties, and was at first employed in affixing tickets to the bundles of yarn spun, But he was invested with a kind of superintending authority by Mr. Finlay, and acted as a sort of master, giving orders to the work people, although his wages were only Ms. a.week. He had sole control in the warehouse, and appeared to be high in the confidence of Mr. Vittlay 3 nor had what had since transpired shaken that confidence, as Mr. Finlay's solicitor had appeared on his behalf I when brought before the magistrate on this charge. After he had been some months so engaged, word came from Mr. Finlay that some of the men were to be discharged, and that the mill was to be worked short time, and the wages of the men to be reduced. This gave great dissatisfaction to the workpeople. But before the time arrived when this reduction was to be effected the mill was burnt dew n. The mill stopped working at 2 o'clock on Saturday, the 13th of July, at which time everything was left safe. On Sunday afternoon, the 14th of July, Mr. Aiken, the manager, saw everything safe. The iron door of the mill leading to the gangway was bolted on the inside, and the key of the wooden door of the ware house leading to the gangway was left in the door outside, the door being locked. No one could enter without getting into the mill, the key of which was in the possession of a man named Constantine, whose duty it was to lock it up, There was a win dow at the back of the mill, by - which an entrance could be obtained into the mill by those who were aware of it, and the prisoner was; and once in the mill, access could be got by the gangway to the warehouse. The mill was seen safe by a workman, who was with his children in the mill yard adjoin ing his cottage at 11 o'clock that night. About that time a workman named Templeton saw a man coming in a direction from the mill and warehouse on the premises, whom he took to be the prisoner, but would not swear to him. Another workman named Brown, also saw a man coming along the railway bank near the mill, who, on seeing him, went across the land to a wall, over which he got into a road leading from the mill. This man, from his dress, he believed to be the prisoner, but he would not posi tively swear to him. About 11 o'clock a workman living near saw the warehouse on fire from his cottage, and ran to the alarm bell of the mill, which he rang. At that time there was a large fire in the warehouse, and also in the mill. A great number of persons were assembled to try and put out the fire, but the mill was gutted, and the warehouse burnt down. An examination led to the conclusion that the premises had been set on fire wilfully, as both mill and warehouse were on fire at the same time, and the fire had evidently not communicated across by the gangway. The loose tow in the second floor of the warehouse, and also that on the third floor of the mill, were each on fire. No one could enter those floors because of the fire, and yet it was observed that the trap doors in the floors of the warehnttse, which had all been closed on Saturday, were all open, and fire fell through them to the bottom storey ; and a subsequent examination showed that the iron door of the gangway, which had been bolted, was found open. While the fire was burning a workman coming to assist saw a man crouching in a corner of the wall in the road adjoin ing the mill, watching the fire, who ran away at his approach, and who he believed to be the pri soner from his dress. It was found also when a fire engine, kept on the premises, was attempted to be worked that the hose, which appeared all right on Saturday, had the part which affixed it to the engine removed, which must have been done by some one on the premises. On that Sunday the prisoner had been invited to a christening by the workman Brown, but he said he could not attend it and gave no reason why; and it appeared that from 7 o'clock on Sunday night till 5 o'clock next morning the prisoner, without giving any reason, had been absent from his lodgings. On the part of the prosecution it was suggested that he was the man who had been seen about the mill on the Sun day night, and that he had been in the mill and warehouse, and had set fire to both. He did not come near the fire till 5 o'clock next morning, and never offered to render any assistance, In conse quence of these various circumstances suspicion attached to him, and he was questioned as to where he had been that night, and he gave three different statements, one of which was that he bad walked to Morecombe to take the steamer for Belfast, and found it had started and come back ; that he walked about Hestbank all night, as he could not go into a publichouse without money. When asked how he would pay his passage he said he would mention Mr. Finlay's name, and he would see it paid. He had left money with his landlady at his lodgings which he had not asked for, It was a very rainy night, and his clothes were not wet or dirty. The other accounts of where he had been were inconsis tent with this, and one of them was proved to be untrue. In consequence he was closely questioned by gentlemen named Bond and Thomas, connected with one of the insurance offices. To Mr. Thomas on one occasion he said " I am determined to make a clean breast of it." Mr. Thomas said " Well, what is it ?" He then turned round and said " No, I wont tell you any more." The prisoner left some weeks after the fire for Ireland. Subsequently a reward of £250 was offered to find out the incen diary, and when told of this reward by one of the insurance agents the prisoner said " Och, it is a small sum. Sure I know what the mill was in sured for ; if you g o home it will get bigger." The reward was doubld, but elicited no further facts than those stated, on which the prisoner was taken into custody and committed for trial. On the part of the prosecution it was contended that there was strong evidence to show that the mill and ware house were fired by design, and that there was rea sonable ground to come to the conclusion that the prisoner had done it. On behalf of the prisoner it was contended that the evidence against him amounted to nothing more than vague suspicion, and that the hope of the re ward had prompted a good deal of it. The case occupied all day till near 8 o'clock, and was then adjourned to this morning. The learned Judge, in summing up, directed the attention of the jury to two points—first, whether the evidence satisfied them that the fire was not the result of accident or natural causes, bat must have been the work of an incendiary ; and secondly, whether, if they believed it was the act of an in cendiary, the prisoner committed that act. The prosecution were bound to satisfy them on both these points, and if they failed in either the prisoner ought to be acquitted. On the first of these points the evidence was clear, and rendered so by the testi mony of numerous witnesses, who from early obser vation demonstrated that each fire must have had a separate origin. On the second the evidence was not so satisfactory, and the statements, charac ter, and conduct of some of the witnesses were liable to observation. The prosecution had been under the cruel necessity of suggesting some motive for the act imputed to the prisoner, and in doing so had cast some reflexion on Mr. Finlay, no party to the trial, which had been borne out, After carefully commenting on the evidence of the various witnesses who spoke to having seen the prisoner on the Sunday night near the mill, and to the pri soner's account of his absence from Holme during that time, and to his previous character, the learned judge left the case to the jury, who retired, and after a short absence returned a verdict of not guilty: This case, which lasted till 2 o'clock on Friday, concluded the business of the assize. CARLISLE, FEB. 22. Mr. Justice Willes arrived in this city from Lan caster yesterday afternoon and opened the com mission. Mr. Justice Mellor arrived in the course of the evening from Appleby. The calendar here, in the nature of the crimes charged, is exceedingly heavy. No less than five persons are charged with wilful murder. The calendar includes the names of 17 prisoners. There were only three causes entered on the cause list, and of these one was withdrawn. Their lordships sat at ten o'clock. (Before Mr. Justice Wines.) In the course of the day a number of prisoners pleaded guilty, and several minor charges of lar ceny were disposed of. Ann Shaw, aged 39, was indicted for having, on the 24th of December last, stolen a large quantity of linen in tablecloths, sheets, napkins, aprons, and other articles, the property of Sir Wilfred Lawson, of Brayton-house. Mr. Campbell Foster appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. M'Oubrey defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was hired as house keeper to Sir Wilfred Lawson in September, 1860, and before she came, Lady . Lawson, assisted by her housemaid and lady's maid, made out an in ventory of the linen in the housekeeper's room, which with the ,keys of the linen chests was handed over to the prisoner, she having sole charge of the linen. She had a married sister called Mann who lived in Edinburgh, and various large parcels were sent by the prisoner to her sister, without ex citing suspicion, in the course of last year. In De cember last she was found in a state of intoxication in the house,-and this being brought to the notice of Sir Wilfred Lawson, she was summarily dis missed his service. On her successor receiving the keys of the linen chests and the inventory the linen was called over for the purpose of bein g c h ec k ed, when a variety of linen articles were found missing. It was then recollected that the prisoner h a d sent various parcels addressea to her sister in Edinburgh, and a policeman was sent there, wh o f oun d the pri soner at her sister's house and t o ld h er hi s errand. She denied having any property whatever belong ing to Sir Wilfred Lawson. The officer told her he must search her boxes. She said he was welcome, and a search was made, which resu lt e d i n fi n di ng a quantity of napk ins, aprons, toiletcovers, some hquantity of tea. On seeing these prisoner said she was very sorry and a foundthe large she had taken them , that they belonged to Sir Wil fred Lawson, and he was welcome to take them. The officer said he must also take her with him. Next day the house of her sister was again eearched, and 12 fleets and a further quantity of linen were found, which were proved to be the property of Sir Wilfred Lawson. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to three months imprisonment and hard labour. The charges of murder stand over for Monday. CIVIL COVET. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) ADDISON V. ROWI".ANDS. This was an action for assaiating, beating, and wounding the plaintiff with a walking-stick, and. injuring his nose. The damages ware laid at £3OO. The defendant pleaded not guilty.. Mr. Maule appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. C. Foster for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appeared, is a tailor living at a village near Maryport, and employing two appren tices; and the defendant is a maltster and i. onkeeper, living near Cockermouth. On the 28th al' Novem ber last there was a coursing match in that - neigh bourhood, which was attended by a great many persons, and among them were the plaintiff anJ the defendant. On the course was a small stream, crossing a field, and the dogs were about to ruts a course at the other side of this stream, which it became necessary to cross, and the plaintiff's ca so was that as he was jumping over this stream, whictr he said was about a yard across, a loose coat which. he had over his shoulders flapped against the de fendant, who was also jumping over at the same time. The defendant in consequence abused him in strong language, asked him his name, which he refused to give, and, meeting him in the Meld half an hour afterwards, took a thick stick out of t he hand of a bystander, and without any warning struck him a violent blow on the shoulder, again on , the arm, rendering his arm powerless, and then struck him full on the face, cutting his nose, stunning him for a quarter of an hour, and making his nose bleed violently. He went home, and was attended by a surgeon, and unable for a month to attend to his business, whereby he lost the profit of his work, and of the work of his two apprentices, and had to. pay a doctor a guinea for attending him, and his. nose had since been partially stopped up. The defendant's case was that tho brook in ques tion was a couple of yards wide and very full with the rain, and was deep and rapid; that as the de fendant, who is a man rather lame and turned 50 cthe plaintiff being a young man), was in the act of jumping over it, having taken a run to do it, the plaintiff ran behind him, gave a loud shout, " Now, old 'un," and, jumping the brook at the same it.;• scant, put his hand on the shoulder of defendant, and nearly sent him backwards into the brook, one of his legs going in. The defendant was angry at this, and asked him what he meant by it, trying to put a man into the water old enough to be his father. The plaintiff replied it was only a joke, and the de fendant asked him his name, which ha refused to give, and the plaintiff went off after the course. In less than 10 minutes defendant again came up with. him in the crowd, and, borrowing a walking-stick, struck the plaintiff a couple of blows over the arm, asking him at the same time, " Is that ajoke ?" The plaintiff appeared to be going to attack defendant, and the defendant repeated the blow again. This blow glanced off the plaintiff's arm as he warded it off on to his nose, and made it bleed, cutting the skin. The plaintiff then seized a big stone and threw it at the head of the defendant, who ducked and it went over his back, and the plaintiff then got a stick and was about to fight the defendant, but was prevented by a bystander interposiag. '1 he plaintiff's nose was dressed with some whisky and brown paper, and he remained on the course. So far from being kept at home, he was out at considerable distances almost every day after, going two miles to see the doctor, who put a piece of plaister on his nose, and to his attorney, and within 10 days was at another coursing match. He never complained to the defendant or asked for compensation, but commenced this action by serving the defendant with a writ as the first notice of it, and it was suggested that it was purely an attor ney's action, which ought to have been settled in, the County Court, and for which very trifling damages would be adequate compensation for the assault, which it was not denied had been committed. His Lordship having summed up the evidence, telling the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict and to reasonable damages such as, under all the circumstances, they might think ought to be given. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages £B. COUNLRI MABEL LAS. ~_,b. YORK- FEB. 22. We had a fair supply of wheat to-day from the glowers. Trade dull, and farmers submitted to a reduction of Is on previous rates. A quiet business %vas doing in barley, and a fair show, at Is decline. Oats slow at less money, and beans the turn easier. Wheat, red .sBs to 61s Oats.... 22s to 24s White do .62s to 66s Beans 42, to 45s Barley .32s to 38s Peas ....—s to —8 Malt, 66e to Gasper qr. ; rye, 36s per qr.; flour, 408 to 98s per sack. LEICESTER-FEB. 22. The supply of wheat to- day at market again moderate. Trade quiet, late prices being supported. White, 64s to 68s —red, 53s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair re quest, grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 34s to 38s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans at high prices—. new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s I Seconds, 448 I Thirds, 42s per 20 stone. NORWICH—FEB. 22. Wheat to-day was in rather short supply, and the prices of last week gave way is per qr. The quantity of barley falls off, and prices were about supported. Flour steady. White wheat. 60s to 64s I Red wheat 588 to 62s Malting barley—. .38s to 39s Chevalier barley 37e to 38e New d 0...... 37s to 39s I Oats.. —Q to —s Flour, 42s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON-FEB. 22. The tone of the trade was rather improved, and prices for best samples as before; inferior difficult to quit :-48s to 60s old, and 56s to 62s new. A steady business in barley— malting 32s to 365, grinding 29s to 31s per qr. Oats in moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 2 0 s to 34 s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 455; peas, 3 6 s to 45 5. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, —s to —8 ; flour, 40s to —s per sack. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 2L via Marseilles Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. March 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Feb. 27. Falkland Islands March 6. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 25. via Marseilles Feb. 20. Lisbon Feb. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 25. via Marseilles Feb. 27. Newfoundland .. Mar. 5 Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Feb. 27. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Feb. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 10. Bahatnas, via New York Mar. 13. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, IFeb. 28. California, and British Columbia.. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Pains in the Limbs.—Muscular pains are sometimes in sufferably distressing. Though they may not impair the general health at first, ultimately such must be their effect if permitted to continue unrelieved. It should be generally known that after fomentation with warm salt and water, Holloway's Ointment well rubbed upon the affected part twice a day gives infinite ease and secures ultimate re covery. Holloway's Ointment should also be taken to astist in the cure ; they prevent all weak and numb feelings so apt to prevail after neuralgic attacks. A lady writes, " After suffering a martyrdom from tic doloreux, and obtaining no relief from the faculty, I tried your Ointment and Pills, and rejoice to say they quickly cured me." BIRTHS. HANDCOCK.—On the 20th inst., at Waterstown House, Athlone, the Hon. Mrs. Handcock, of a daughter. MuLLEu.—On the 21st inst., at Oxford, the wife of Pro fessor Max Muller, of a daughter. TATTIAM.—On the 22d inst., at 1, Sussex-gardens, Hyee park, the wife of Meaburn S. Tatham, of a son. Yousa.—On the 21st inst., at Swiss Cottage, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the wife of John Young, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. DTMOND—DOIFALDSON.—On the 20th inst, at St. James's, Piccadilly, Robert Dymond, late Captain 3d Light Dra goons, to Annie, eldest daughter of the late J. Donald son, Esq., of Cheswardine, Salop. LARKIN—WELLS.—On the 20th inst, at St. Paul's, Ad.. dlestone, Richard Henry B. Larkin, of Chertsey and Egham, to Sarah, second daughter of Jehn Wells, Esq., of Hamra Court, Chertsoy. DEATHS. CAZENOVE.—On the 21st inst., Ernest: James, second son of the Rev Arthur Cazenove, incumbent of St. Mary's, Reigate, aged four years. DEEKER.-6n the 21st inst., the Rev. Robert Deeker, rec tor of Lyndon, Rutland. FrrzßoY.—On the 21st inst., at RiNgstead Rectory, Nor folk, the Rev. F. T. W. C. Fitzßoy, aged 55. GARRETT.—On the 20th inst., at Chelsea, Henry Gibb Gan ett, E-q., aged 62. GILLETT.—On the 20th inst., at Thames Ditton, Surrey, Mrs. Gillett, aged 92. PEACOCKE.—On the 20th inst , at Goodwood, Cecil George, infant son of G. W. Peacock; Esq., M.P., aged three months. SLADE.—On the 21st inst., at Belmont-hill, Lee, Kent, Ann Catherine Slade, widow of the late Henry Slade, of Battersea, aged 91. TIERNEY.—On the 19th inst , at Arundel, the Very Rev. Mark Aloysius Canon Tierney, F.R.S., F.S.A., aged 67. 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