The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

HEA T E-R0 N A 1,, HAYMARKET. Lesse Mr. J. B. Blackstone. On EASTER MONDAY, JOHN JONES. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (102 d time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by the Spanish Ballet entitled THRicardSo, E TARan OF ANDALUSIA. Senora Peres. Nene, Senor d the Corps de Ballet. TI) conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence a 7 ,LOYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE. Manager. —Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVEN-DIG, 133 d time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Dee lisb. Messal rs. W a lt e r Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund E I::,ner ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Alter which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, en titled LITTLE RED RIDING ROOD; or, The Fairies of -the Rose, the Thistle, and the S ham miss Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nett, and Elsa Lydia Thompson. Acting Manag,er—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. *es as usual. Doors open at half-past 6to commence at '.'. Box-office open daily from 11 tills. -p OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.' U Lessee, Mr A. Harris. On SATURDAY EVENING, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original drama, in five acts, entitled THE GOLDEN DAGGERS. rrincipal characters by Mr. Fechtcr (his firs t comb,r since his severe indisposition), Mr. H. Widdi- Mr. G. Jordan, Mr. Potter. Mr. J. G. Shore, I .r. Cath- Cart, Mr. Moreland; Mesdames Elsworthy and Carlotta Le clercq. Mr. A. Harris Is happy to state that he haucceedd in indu ing that eminent artist Mr. W. Telbin, to s s give the aid of his unrivalled talent in the concluding tableau of the drama. INJEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. L. ale. Mr. Billington, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. William Penholder (his original character), Mr. B. Webster ; Messrs. F.illin„ ton, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss H. Simms. To conclude with a new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billing ton. Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss H. Simms, Stc. Commence at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHATRE.- ---x Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Wonderful Performance of Mr. Bell's trained Elephants. '1 HIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, introducing two colossal Asiatic Elephants, pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats by the un rivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a laughable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. AND FINE ( .. )ANTERBU ItY HALL ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL, from the Cirque Napoleon Paris, EVERY EVENING, at a quarter to ten. Grand Selections from "La Traviata," by Miss Russell with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Comic by Mr. Randall, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. Hollings. worth, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes, the accomplished danseuse. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls aad Balcony, is. 'THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET,- HEN RI and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze EVERY EVENING. The musical entertainment as usual, including Robert Burns' celebrated " JOLLY BEGGARS," with music composed cap essly for this establishment by Mr. George Linley. Operatic Selections by Miss Russell, Mdme. Negri, Mdme. Maria, and Mdme. Enderssohn. Full Band and Chorus.— MuCcal Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic—Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 3h. 31m.—Afternoon, 3h. 51m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 4h. 16m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. • • ' .1121%' . 7 .7 cErp_ - 4 :f - N 4 ; , t.,. , , ` k'''' 4--, - I % '':_---?-.--,- 1 , . -4 ---- - ' I 4 4?Kr; 1 ; % ' ..; ,I' . , _•...= . 7.1 1::. t .,, ,;Y;?) . - ' 1 -;/• IP , f Zt ' \ 0' 5' - ': ' 7 ' _ X. ' ' :.. .2 , , % 7 f ,i1,:j...........," 4. rt, ........ .I . ' - i.. It. at .fit ' ...,?2.1 r <~~ ~- THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1862, At last we may congratulate America on the azttual commencement of emancipation by law—by an itct of the Federal Government. Our readers must be all aware that the little district of Colum bia, in which Washington stands, is under the direct government of Congress. The Federal Go vernment is, we may say, its State Government. It was originally but ten miles square, and was equally divided by the Potomac, the southern part in Vir ginia, the northern in Maryland. The southern, or smaller part, was, however, ceded back again to Virginia in 1846 ; the remainder, on the Maryland side of the river, is the State in which Congress has now resolved to emancipate its slaves, and the bill for that purpose having passed the Senate, only awaits the PRESIDENT'S signature to become the law of the United States and of Columbia. We are but too well aware of all the deductions and qualifications and exceptions which will 'be made or taken by the pro-slavery party, a small one, Happily, in this country, and by their organ, in re gard to the significance of this act ; but it has great significance after all. It would not have been ac cepted even a year ago ; had the South not seceded it could not have passed through either hone, and under BUCHANAN no one would have dreamed of such a thing. It has long been the strenuous de mand of the abolitionists as a point of national honour, and it has been as long resisted and resented by the alaveholders as a public stigma on their heaven-oestowed institution of slavery. The free dom of Columbia was, therefore, the outwork battle ground of the two great parties. The slave holders were in possession. The Abolitionists are now in their place ; and they have a right to hoist and salute their flag, as the omen of future successes. The telegrams to-day vary a little from those of yesterday in respect to the amount of compensa tion to be given. The last information we may assume to be the latest amendment. Three hun dred dollars, or about .£6O, is to be the average price paid by the Government for converting human cattle into free men; and twenty thou sand pounds seems to be voted for their depor tation to Liberia or to Hayti. How the slavery party regard the Act in Ame rica itself, is apparent from the fact of all the Bor der States representatives voting against it, just as they did a of the against the resolutions, offering , on t he p art Federal Government, to co-operate with the States in emancipating their slaves by pecuniary compensation. The slaseholders well comprehend the damaging effect on slave institutions, of votes and acts of the Federal Government which revert to the old view of the times of WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON, —that slavery is a social evil to be got rid of as soon as po ssible, and even at a heavy cost. On the other hand, the Anti-Negro feeling of the North i s painfifilY manifest, in the effort to get rid of the negroe s by colonization or expatriation. It is doubless Cthe old story, that the too groat parties i n America equelly contemn the poor negro ; b ut, the South would despise and use —the North d espise and banish. The difficulty of fic complishin g th e l atter is, perhaps, the great difficulty with the North. Were it possible to sweep America of negroes, the North would probably not hesitate to do it. What' it dislikes is. being cumbered with Free Negroes. There is not, forsooth, room for them, a ny more than for Indians, in the midst of white men. They must be improved away. • The great desire in the North, even by the verY latest accounts, is to secure a restoration of the Union without erthAncipation. It is not concealed that even Mr. LiNoox.,N would gladly make any of the negroes' rig and altogether satisfactory to their masters, if the latikr vzoulilhut return to the Union. Union without emancipation would be more acceptable to the majority in the North than emancipation as the means to force back the Secessionists. What the Washington Go vernment fears, is being compelled, in the last resort, to proclaim emancipation in the slave States proper, as a military necessity. There seems, at present, every prospect that the Southern resistance will be so protracted and efficient that the North in desperation may be driven to the measure it abhors ; and, it does seem likely that the North has severe work in prospect yet. We described the military position yes terday; and the news this morning of three or four days later looks rather better than other wise for the Confederates ; since they appear to be strengthening themselves against M'CLELLAN at Fort Monroe, as well as against GRANT and HAL LECR in Tennessee and on the Mississippi. It is a sad fact, but we fear there can be little doubt of it, that hope for the negro rests, not on Northern success, but rather the contrary. It is not, there fore, as a proof of awakening benevolence and sense of justice that we feel so much gratified with the Columbia Emancipation Act. It is because we see in it proof that, despite all their prejudices, the Northerns are increasingly compelled to act on Emancipation principles. With the deputa tion which addressed Mr. ADAMS yesterday we, for these reasons, regard the recent acts on slavery as " full :of promise for the future, and as steps approximating to the absolute requirements of ustice and humanity." On the 33 of March, 1862, terminated the career of Lord CANNING as Governor-General of India, And while the noble Viscount, during the period o 1 his vieeroyalty,has had to pass undoubtedlythrough very many storms of blighting and sometimes ma- _ . lignan t vituperation, it will be recorded of him that, at the close of his possession of power, he received, from the representatives of the native population, an Ovation, by way of Farewell, such as has sel dom, if ever before, been accorded to a Governor- General. The demonstration, to begin with, was spontaneous. It was no display of a factitious en thusiasm, ingeniously got up by the partisans and dependants of the outgoing Administration. It sprang forth of itself, in answer to the first sugges t - - tion. It was, from beginning to end, the natural ebullition of the feelings with which the vast majo rity, whether natives or Europeans, now regard Lord CANNING'S tenure of the rod of Empire over oar vast Asiatic dominions. The Natives, however, not merely took the initiative in getting up the meet ing which took place on the 3d of March, and in preparing the Address which was then presented— they filled the whole scene, so to speak, of them selves, and to the entire exclusion of their Euro pean fellow-subjects. This it was, in point of fact, which lent an especial importance to the mani festation of public feeling evidemed in this parti cular instance. It was the exceptional, the almost unprecedented, circumstance of the native character of the demonstration ,which imparted a peculiar value and interest to it as a demonstration. As was very justly remarked by one of the principal native speakers upon the day of this great assemblage at Calcutta, it could not by any means be regarded as a solitary instance for the citizens of that great metropolis to meet and do honour to a departing Governor-General : " Dozens of times," said BABOO RAMPERSAUD ROT, "if not more, have we met on similar commissions. But, gentlemen, you will recollect that all those meetings were mainly organised by Europeans, brought about by Europeans, and carried out by Euro peans. This day we behold a monster meeting of the sons of India. Not a party or a class meeting, or a meeting induced by the action of the governing classes, but we see whole India, as it were, consisting of representatives of innumerable classes and creeds, turning out of their free will and accord this fair evening to pay a parting tribute to one who has so richly deserved India's homage and grati- ;ude." That a native of India should he able to rise in a great gathering of Hindoos in the city of Calcutta, and speak thus in their presence and hearing (at the close of his rule) of a Governor-General like Viscount CANNING, is in itself something. As a mere fact, it is something that a spectacle such as that should have been witnessed by Viscount CANNING prior to his departure homewards. Remembering the ill favour with which he was at one time regarded both in India and in England, the mere incident of his having been thus addressed in the language of affectionate and respectful, of earnest and even grateful regard, is something very impressive in its significance. It was a token at least that his ex- Excellency had lived down a host of prejudices and antipathies, before the hour at length arrived for his bidding farewell to the arena of his Viceregal Government. " Gentlemen," continued the same oriental speaker, " Gentlemen," said BABOO RAM PERSAIID ROY, still addressing his brother natives, who ardently echoed his enthusiasm by their cheers:-- " I do not propose in the course of a short address, * even if I had the t a l en t, t o rev i ew the eminent ser vices rendered to India by L or d Canning In recount ing those services perhaps you will not find things to daz zle your eye or captivate your fancy ; perhaps will not hear of great and glorious battles fought and won or some great extraordinary annexation made; but, gentlemen, there is in Lord Canning's services something so very substan tial, something so very intimately connected with you and everything dear to you, something so very materially congenial to the best and greatest interests of India, that I have no doubt, when you come to consider them, both you and those who come after you will find abundant rea sons to cherish the name of Lord Canning as the greatest benefactor of India." High praise, truly—but, to what does it refer ? Does 1 it not have instant reference--in the mind of every 1 one who reads it here in England, as it must have had in those of all who first read it throughout Hindostan, and as it must previously have had in the thoughts of those who actually listened to it in Calcutta—to the two grand and ever me morable events in Indian History with which I the name of Lord CANNING must, henceforth, and for ever, be most honouiably associated ? Two events, as vast in their importance and in their magnitude, as they are widely contrasted with each other when placed side by side. With the sup preision of the Great Revolt in Bengal ! And with the absorption of India bodily among the stupendous and world scattered possessions of the British Crown ! Lord CANNING'S Viceroyalty will always, in the annals of our Indian Empire, and in the larger and nobler annals of that mighty empire of Great Bri- ' tain—of which India, gigantic as it is, is after all but one among its sixty dependencies—Lord CAN NING'S Viceroyalty will always be distinguished in those twin histories, in the History of England, and in the History of India, as the one during which the Great Company, as a ruling power, was destroyed, and as the one also during which the whole of revolted Bengal was reconquered. "Need I recount to you," said the Hindoo orator already mentioned, still continuing his harangue upon the merits of the departing Governor-General : \ " How he saved you and India is perhaps un paralleled in the history of nations ? At a time when passions had b een r a ised to their highest pitch, when the foul deeds of a misguided few out of millions of our countrymen had . . . excited a spirit of indiscriminating revenge and retributi on , it was owingunswerving to the courage, uncompromising justice, moderation, and humanity of that no bleman, that I °3' l- lad: of innocent beings were saved from a premature and ignominious death, that the lives and pro perty of millions of her Majesty's l oya l subjects were vouch safed to them, ass, that we are enabled to appear to-day at THE SUN, LONDON, TrIMISDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1862. this great meeting as free citizens, men of substance and intelligence, to be listened to and cared for." So much for the darker and stormier part of Lord CAN NING' s administration. _ _ As to the calmer and happier portion of the noble Viscount's career as Governor-General, thus— " with a lengthened sweetness long drawn out"— spoke the same Oriental panegyrist : "Whether," he said, "you look to the restoration of the confiscated estates in Oudh, to the ancient settlement of that province, the suppression of that most infamous practice of infanticide, or the abolition of the ban which was laid upon the princes and magnates of this land, in the exercise of their right of adoption, according to their own religious views—whether you look to the administra tion of justice, the two universal codes—civil and criminal — giving a security of life and property to the rich and poor alike; the encouragement given to the cause of educa tion, or the impetus given to the development of the re sources of this country by the influx of European capi tal and enterprise on sound and just principles ; or whether you look to measures adopted for equalising the expenditure and income of this vast empire a ith those for the redemption of the revenue and the sale of waste lands, you only see and invariably find that the ad vancement of India's interest has been foremost in the , thoughts of his lordship," So thinks India. And England should re member it. She should accord a welcome to Lord CANNING upon his arrival here in London consonant in its enthusiasm and spontaneity to the Farewell with which he was greeted by the natives of India upon his taking his departure from among them at Calcutta. Viscount CANNING, we hesitate not to assert—if only in me mory of the suppression of the Sepoy Rebellion and of the annexation of India to the Crown, has earned not only his pension but, with it, an Earldom. Mr. COBDEN was unable, through the indisposi. ion to which he is liable, and which we all regret, o make his speech on a subject so eminently one of his own, as that of Mr. HORSFALL'S motion. He is a reasoner and adviser on commercial questions, to whom, whether we agree with h:m or differ from him, we always listen with pleasure. We may re- Bard him :as counsel for commerce, and be pretty sure that when he has spoken we have heard the best which can be said on its behalf. Failing to deliver his speech, he has favoured us with a letter, which we doubt not many of our readers perused with interest yesterday. It is addressed appro- priately to the President of the Manchester Cham ber of Commerce. He has had, of course, the ad vantage of having the debate before him. Mr. COBDEN goes the whole length in the inte rest of commerce, with little Concern for the inte rests of war. After sketching the course of negotia- tions since the Treaty of Paris with America, he mentions the exemption of commercial property at sea from seizure in time of war, as now a subordi nate question. He regards the arguments on that point as so conclusive that it is scarcely necessary to recal them. The fact that as in time of war our property afloat exceeds £100,000,000, and that this is more than double the amount possessed by any other Power, makes, he thinks, our interest quite clear. One argument, on which a Cabinet Minis- ter laid some stress, that the danger of their pro perty would make merchants clamorous for peace, and so tend to prevent war, he regards as a joke. He cleverly retorts, that if shipowners were a ma jority in the Cabinet, and in both Houses of Par liament, the argument might hold. But if direct danger to property be a means of preserving peace, he suggests that the possessors of another kind of property should rather be liable to the risks of war. As our landlords have the decision of peace and war in their hands, he hints that it would be fair that they, rather than commercial men, should give security for peace. But commercial blockades are what Mr. COBDEN now proposes to abolish. He would restrict blockades to naval arsenals, and to towns besieged by land with which a fleet was co-operating. Purely commercial ports he would leave open in time of war as much as in time of peace, with the single exception of arms and munitions of war. Here he and Lord RUSSELL join issue. His Lordship holds that the power of blockading commercial ports is essential to our naval supre macy. Mr. COBDEN holds that the power is one, the exercise of which would inflict more injury on ourselves than on the nation against which we employed it. His argument is, to say the least, ingenious. We, he observes, import more food and raw ma terials of manufacture than any nation upon earth. A populous and manufacturing island must doubtless always do this. Other nations import what are, comparatively or really, but luxuries, with which they can better dispense a while. Blockading American ports would de prive us either of food, or of cotton, or of both, according to the state of our harvests and those of other nations. We now submit to see Lanca shire half starved, because we refused, when Ame rica pressed it on us, to abolish commercial blockades. We are thus answerable directly for the blockade of the Southern commercial ports, and the question arises, whether we are not pay ing too much for this mode of maintaining naval supremacy. So truly is the question a practical one that our rulers have themselves been often compelled to answer it in - the negative. We long refrained from blockading Russian ports in the Crimean war. We admitted Russian pro duce, declining to notice its origin, to an im mense extent through Prussia ; and in 1813 we found ourselves obliged to admit American cotton, in spite of our being at war with her. It cannot, then, be denied that our theory and practice have been remarkably in conflict. And the worst is, that had we given up the theory as well as the practice, we should not at this moment find our commerce with America so completely crippled, and our manufacturing operatives almost starved, because two parts of a foreign nation see fit to quarrel. Nor should we generally. as a neutral, be debarred from commerce with nations at war , because the one was able to blockade the ports of the other, ,As to the question—of what use would would a navy be if it could not be used for block ades P he replies—for an island with a commerce like ours, the chief use of a navy should be, not to close our communications but to keep them open. We must confess that Mr. COBDEN'S proposals seem to have a touch of commercial waggery about them. There seems something so ineffably ludi crous in the idea of two Governments going to war—say those of England and America—but their subjects all jolly, good commercial friends with each other, that be might well have enlisted CRUIKSHANK or PUNCH to furnish pictorial illus trations of his argument. We might have in one cartoon England bombarding Fort Monroe, or Norfolk Navy-yard ; with Ame rica returning the compliment at Portsmouth, and in an opposite one, the merchants of Liverpool and New York meetiug each other in their respec tive Exchanges—or even enjoying their champagne together at a public dinner, with the flags and music of each countries as accompaniments. If to make war ridiculous be the first step to its abolition, Mr. COBDEN'S plan would certainly be perfect. A duel between two Governments, while their sub jects were all trafficking at pleasure with each other, would, as he well knows, be too great an absurdity to endure long. Perhaps, this is his secret thought. We do not see what means he would adopt' to prevent neutrals from supplying both belligerents with the munitions of war. If the ports of each were freely accessible, and the ship with contra band on board could not be seized at sea, of course, the power which wanted her cargo would not con fiscate it. For the rest, we must leave his arguments to the decision of public opinion. Undoubtedly the right of blockade, if our power at sea be already greater than that of other countries, does enable us to use it in a way which makes them sensible that " Brittania rules the waves." Mr. COBDEN replies, true, but we make ourselves sensible also that we rule them at a fearful sacrifice to ourselves. The whole question is—do we think the sacrifice too great ? If not, let us retain the right, and submit without murmuring to the sacrifice. But if it be too great, then we must show our supremacy in the direct mode only—the mode of beating all that dares to resist us. The Duchess of Sotomayor has arrived at Man• rigy's Hotel flora Blackburn. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal]. will leave Grosvenor-square early next week for Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Craven are entertain ing a select party at Ashdowne Park. Amongst the com pany are Sir Robert Brownrigg, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Hon. Frederick Craven, Mr. George Johnstone, Mr. Percy Doyle, the Misses Oswald, &c. The Earl and Countess Amherst will entertain a select party at their seat, Knowle Park, during the recess. The Countess Fitzwilliam gave birth to a son al Wentworth Woodhouse on Sunday last. The Countess of Fife's evening party, announced for Saturday next, is unavoidably postponed. Lord and Lady Harry Vane have left Grosve. nor-place for their seat at Battle, for the holidays. Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley leave town on Monday for Brighton, for the Easter recess. The Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, accompanied by Mrs. Pigott and his daughters, left town on Friday last for Government House, Douglas. His ex cellency had been detained in England some weeks from indisposition. ' THE HEALTH OF MR. WAKLEY.—Mr. Wakley, the coroner, has written from Madeira to state that he hopes in a few weeks to be sufficiently restored to health to return to Middlesex and resume his official duties. FOREIGN POLICE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.--Yesterday morning the first of the Parisian detectives to be employed at the opening of the International Exhibition arrived in the metropolis, and they will be fol- lowei by some of the most experienced officers of the Berlin, Brussels, and Vienna police, to assist the metropo litan force in the detection of offenders and the protection of the public from plunder—numerous of the most expert thieves having already made their way to the metropolis from the chief Continental cities in expectation of reaping a plentiful harvest at this great gathering of the people of all nations. THE ST. PAUL'S SPECIAL SERVICES.—The series of special services under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral is to be brought to a close next Sunday night, on which occasion the sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. Dr. W. Thomson, the recently appointed Bishop of Glacester and Bristol. It appears that each service costs at least £2O, that there are no capitular revenues out of which to defray the expenses, and that the public have not responded to re cent appeals in so generous a manner as to induce the Dean and Chapter to continue these popular and exceedingly attractive services for any longer term. Two of the railway companies, viz., the London and North Western and Great Western, have consented to modify the arrangements which they had previously made for the conveyance of visitors to London during the first week in May. The London and North Western Railway Company have made arrangements for extending return tickets by the ordinary trains between all stations north of Rugby from the 30th of April to the 3d of May inclusive, and also for running excursion trains with tickets available from the 30th April to the sth of May. On the Great Western Railway the directors have agreed to make the return tickets to London on the 30th of April available for the return journey up to the 3d of May, THE WEATHER.—The weather, which had been cold and dry, with a cutting north-east wind, fir above a week on the Northumberlani coast, got round to the south on Monday, and there was a eonsiderable improvement in the temperature, though the change of wind brought rain, which continued falling on Monday night. The North Sea was extremely rough and stormy on Sunday, and it broke with tremendous force on the North Tyne pier and across the bar of the Tyne, but it did no harm, except detain ves sels in the harbour. In consequence of the condition of the weather last week, and the winds preventing light ves sels from getting down, there was a scarcity of tonnage is the Tyne for the London market on Monday, and freights ran up to 6s 6d and 6s 9d per ton. Nottingham, Tuesday . —The weather since Friday has been extremely severe, The nights have been frosty, with a keen north-west wind. It is impossible to say at present what damage has been done to the fruit-trees. A heavy fall of snow fell on Saturday evening, with a very keen frost at night. The spring-sown corn will feel the effects of the frost and cold. To-day the the temperature is rather milder. ROYAL BOTANIC SOClETY.—Yesterday a flower show at the exhibition-ground of this society, in their gar dens in the Regent's-park, was numerously attended. The weather was most favourable, and a large number of choice plants were exhibited. First prizes were awarded for six azalias, to Mr. J. Brass, gardener to Sir F. H. Goldsmidt, M.P., St. John's-lodge; for six azalias, to Mr. C. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, Bucks ; for 12 auriculas, to Rev. H. H. Dombrain, Deal, Kent ; for 12 auriculas, to Mr. C. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, Bucks ; for six variegated plants, to Mr. A. Lakeman, gardener to Mr. J. Campbell, Grove-house, Hendon; and for six variegated plants, nur serymen to Mr. B. S. Williams, nurseryman, Holloway; small bronze medal, to Mr. J. James, for 24 cut pansies ; ditto to Mr. Wm. Bragg, for two boxes of pansies ; first class certificate of merit to Messrs. F. and A. Smith, for primulu simensis var.; ditto to Mr. C. Turner, for Rose Catherine Guilot ; ditto for Cineraria Artist. A SPECIFIC AGAINST SMALL-PDX.—Yaceination is now so generally practised in Europe that the want of a new specific for the small-pox is hardly felt; still the fol lowing remedy, stated by Mr. H. Chalmers Miles, army surgeon at Halifax, to be need by the North American Indians, may be valuable on the actual breaking out of the disease. This remedy consists of an infusion of the root of Saracenia purpurea, a plant nearly allied to the family of Papaveracete, and is administered as follows : When a person is threatened with small-pox, the eruption not having yet appeared, a large glassful of the infusion -is taken, the effect of which is to hasten the eruption, making it appear in the course of four or five hours. A second is then administered, and a third after the lapse of another period of from four to six hours, when the pustules sink down, having lost all vitality. If the patient is already labouring under small-pox before taking the remedy, one or two dozes of the latter will be sufficient to efface the pustules and allay the fever. In the course of two dr three days all the morbid phenomena dis appear, but the patient is nevertheless kept in his tent until the ninth day. Ths eruption leaves no trace behind. The Indians not only use this as a remedy, when the disease has broken out, but also as a prophylactic ; they always keep a weak solution of the plant ready, and drink some from time to time. The Epidemiological Society of London has ro questmd Mr. Chalmers Miles to send over a quantity of saracenia, that it may be tried in England. It is not easy to explain how it comes that the Indians, possessing this plant, and aware of its virtues, should have been so fright fully decimated by small-pox as historians describe; and we are therefore led to the conclusion either that the virtues of this plant have been greatly exaggerated, or that small pox cannot have committed among the Indians the exten sive ravages we read of. It Is not the least remarkable fact in this matter that this new remedy has been so long kept from our knowledge, notwithstanding the long intercourse between Indians and Europeans.—Galignani. THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—A meeting of the governors of this society was held yesterday at the offices, Trafalgar-square, Mr. T. E. Baker, the treasurer, in the chair. Mr. Young, the secretary, submitted the follow ing cases, in which persons had risked their own lives in rescuing ethers from drowning, to the committee, who re commended Lieut. A. B. Brooke, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Lapwing, for saving the master and crew of the barque Grosse Farstein Catherine, which was wrecked in the bay of Gibraltar on the 29th of Dec. last, for the award of the society's silver medal. The bronze medal of the society was given to John Schofield, for saving John Lippetb, who accidentally fell into the sea at Neyland, South Wales, on the 6th February ; to Samuel B. Jackson, for saving J. Harris, who fell into the Loue , hborough.Canal, at Leicester, on the 4th ult. ; to Lieut. Pearse, of the 76th Regiment, for saving Charles Tassard, who fell into the harbour at Bou logne on the 10th ult.; to David Buckler, for saving Wm. Millwcod, a little boy, who fell into the river Anker, at Nuneaton, on the 28th ult. ; to Antonius de Rycker, mari r, er, fo: saving a man, name unknown, who fell into the harbour at Dover on the 7th February; and to Thomas Twiss, clerk, for saving George Reeve, who fell into the Soho Pool, at Birmingham, on the 3d inst. Thanks on parchment were voted to Wm. Bennett, steward of the steamer Cornubia, for saving Jams Campbell, who acci dentaly fell into the docks at Leith on the 16th ult. ; to Police•constables James King and Alex. Keely, fur saving Daniel Dickson, who fell into the river Bann, at Bain bridge, county e t D own , on the 24th u lt. ; an d a pecuniary rewarc to Wm. W a tts, pierman, for saving Wm. Allen, clerk, who attempted suicide by jumping into the river Thame s , 'Waterloo bridge, on the 26th ult. The secretary read a letter from Mr. W. Rees, of Toronto, Canada West, stating that a Humane Society was about to be founded in that province, and reque , t i ng i n f ormat i on as t o the means employed for sav i ng lif e by th e R oya l Humane Society. Mr. J. A. Hallett was then elected auditor in the place of Mr. Woolsey, an d, some f ur the r b us i ness h a ving been dis posed of, the Court adjourned. LATEST NEWS. TURIN, APRIL 17. A Committee elected by the inhabitants of Foggia, and presided over by the Prefect, has resolved upon sending an address to Lord Palmerston, thanking him for the words which he spoke in the House of Commons during the recent discussion on Italian affairs, and praying his Lordship, in the interest of Italy, to continue in the same sentiments. General Fanti has been entrusted with the com mand of the military department of Tuscany. MOSTAR, APRIL 16. After entering Ragnani, Dervisch Pasha de spatched a strong party conveying provisions to 'iksich. Upon its return the escort was attacked by a number of Montenegrins and insurgents. The attack, however, was repulsed by the four battalions of Sami Pasha after an obstinate fight and considerable loss on both sides. RAGUSA, APRIL 15. The Montenegrins have released 600 Albanian prisoners, but have retained the chiefs. Five thousand Bashi-Bazouks are marching upon Vassevich and Albania. Dervisch Pasha is in the neighbourhood o: Niksich, which is blockaded by the insurgents. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : " MARSEILLES, THURSDAY MORNING. " The Valetta, with the above mail, arrived at Marseilles at 6 a.m. this day. " The mail was to leave for London at 10 a.m." BOMBAY, MARCH 27 (via Trieste). Lord Elgin was installed as Viceroy on the 12th of March. Lord Canning left Calcutta on the 18th March. Mogul Bey was hanged in front of the palace of Delhi on the 14th inst. A widespread Mahratta conspiracy has been dis covered and suppressed at Hyderabad, in the Dec can, by Sarur Jung and the Resident. Bala Rao, Nana Sahib's nephew, and the chief conspirator, has escaped. No Mussulman was implicated in the plot. Sir J. P. Grant has demanded a public with drawal of the censures passed upon him by Lord Canning. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 16.—The market opened at the closing rate of the previous day, but sales for reali sation having taken place to some extent, Threes, for the Account, receded to 70f 45c, but have again slightly improved, and are now at 70f 50c. The Railway Share Market has been heavy, and prices are generally rather lower. Sales continued to the close, but to a less extent follows :- 4t per per Cents 9B 251 Do. end month 93 35 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 40 New 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 50 Credit Mobilier 825 Do. end month 827 50 ;. The market closed as Bank Shares — Credit Fonder l5lO nr , Belgian Piedmontese Fives 6B 50 Italian Loan 6B 05 Austrian Spanish Threes 52 2:5 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1276 25 .. 1277 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1132 50 .. 1135 Geneva 3Bl 25 .. 382 50 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard 571 25 .. 573 75 THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Under the head of " Latest Intelligence" la Presse says : " Numerous arrests have taken place at Corfu, by order of the Governor." La Patrie says : " We learn by a private despatch, dated Corfu, 12th, that, consequent upon the reply of the Lord High Commissioner to the deputation of the lonian Parliament, various partisans of the union of the lonian Islands to Greece have been arrested, and will be confined to the Island of Cerigo, by order of the English authorities, who accuse them of an attempt at agitation." HANOVER. A letter from Hanover, dated Bth inst., says "The Hanoverian Ministry has proposed to the Chambers that the Public Treasury should take shares for the construction of a railway destined to connect directly the network of Hanoverian rail ways with those of Holland to the amount of 800,000 florins. The deliberations were secret. The project has been adopted by the two Chambers. The two Chambers have also voted funds for the construction of a railway from Gottingen to Gotha. This important line will place the commercial marts on the Elbe and Weser in direct connexion with South Germany." RUSSIA. The Poste du Nord of St. Petersburg publishes the following:— " The ice having broken up on the Volga and Tvertsa and stopped, communication on those two rivers is interrupted. Advices from Dunabourg state that enormous masses of ice were floating down the river, which had risen 28 feet, but was subsiding. The provisional icebreakers placed above the new iron bridge under construction over the Dwina have been carried away, but the bridge, though not completed, has not been injured. Ht one point in the Dwina huge blocks of ice were thrown upon the railway embankment, on the left bank, and it took great labour to break them up and throw them back again. The wooden bridge at no great distance was entirely swept away." LITE _RATUR P. Domestic Pets, Domestic Recipes. London Cassell, Petter, and Gaipin. In each of these books one thing is certain, the purchaser gets a shilling's-worth for his shilling. Hoss to choose, and how to take best care of any of the birds or animals we may prefer for our domestic pets, is the subject of one; and turning to its descrip tions and instructions in regard to our own pet which happen to be feathered ones, what was nol new to us was true, and what was new, we there fore presumed to be true also. We may say the same of the endless diversities included under the name of Recipes. They range over cookery, in all its branches ; remedies for bodily ailments; domes tic economy ; dyeing and cleaning garments; knit ting, &c. ; artistic employments ; the garden ; and end with directions for getting rid of vermin—the names of some of which we may not mention. We need only add that we shall keep both books where we can always-put cur hand upon them. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The spring herring fishery in connexion with the port of Yarmouth continues to be prosecuted with only indifferent success. Some of the boats, however, have caught two or three fasts each, or from 25,000 to 30,000 fish. Prices range 2s. ld. to 2s. 9d. per 100. The reports made with regard to the operations of the Lowestoft boats are rather more cheering, but it is stated that in consequence of the recent prevalence of north-east winds there has been so much doing as could have been desired. Still several boats have come into Lowestoft with catches of three or four lasts each. DEMOLITION OF HUNGERFORD-MARKET.—Yes terday morning the work of demolishing Hungerford-mar ket, for the purposes of the new railway, commenced with vigour. All the tradespeople had moved out some days ago. The place is closed against passengers to the boats, who have now to pass down Villiers-street, on the East. All the materials will be sold within the next few days, and then the whole of the space occupied by the market will be cleared, and the necessary preparations made for the con struction of the new railway station. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. (LIMITED). ---Traffic receipts for the week ending April 13, £10,769 Os. 9d. AMERICA, NEW YORK, APRIL 4, Morning. ;Per Nova Scotian, by Telegraph via Portland and Londonderry.) The Senate has passed the bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia by 29 against 14 votes. A compensation averaging 300 dollars for each slave is to be paid to the slaveowners. All the border States members voted against the bill. 100,000 dollars are appropriated to aid the volun tary emigration of the slaves to Hayti and Liberia. An important Federal movement is expected to take place shortly in the neighbourhood of York town Peninsula. The Confederates have occupied Big Bethel in force. General Halleck has left to take the command in person of the Federal armies on the Tennessee river. The Confederates, under General Beauregard, continue to fortify Corinth. The War Department has ordered all further recruiting for the Federal army to cease. The Norwegian frigate Normen has arrived at New York. The Niagara has arrived out. NEW YORK, APRIL 4, Evening. The Confederates are burning portions of their cotton in Tennessee. It is reported that prepara tions have been made to burn Memphis in case of necessity. Preparations for the approaching battle in Ten nessee appear to be making by both belligerents on a most extensive scale. The Journal of Commerce thinks that the Ameri can consul acted in accordance with the precedents of foreign consuls in Mahommedan countries, and that he was perfectly justified in seizing the two Americans at Tangiers. NEW YORK, APRIL 5, AFTERNOON. The markets are generally unchanged. Stocks are dull and heavy. The Edinburgh and Saxonia, sailing to-day, take over half a million of dollars in specie. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 4, EVENING. Money easy. Gold 1 per cent. prem. Exchange steady ; bankers' bills, 112 i. Stocks heavy. New York Centrals, 82k; Illinois, 591; Erie, 36/. Cotton very firm ; middling Upland, 28c. Flour tending downwards. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn improving.. Provisions quiet. Coffee good inquiry. Sugar very firm. Molasses steady. THE EGYPTIAN LOAN. Now that the Egyptian loan has been well placed and there can be no interests except those of a few adverse speculators to be served by any further attempts to misrepresent its character, it is neces sary to remark that the manner in which the oppo sition tä it was conducted was not calculated to raise the financial reputation of our operators or capitalists. In the first place, it is certain that the parties who were most active in depreciating the loan were those who, at Alexandria and Paris, and in London, for months past have been endeavouring to procure for themselves the special privilege of introducing it to the British public, or who have been accustomed for years to carry on a profitable business by volunteering personal advances to the Viceroy, the necessity for which will in future be obviated by the present transaction. Secondly, the efforts to influence the market price of the loan have been mostly in the shape of underhand asser tions, althatigh every invitation was given for all wrio lad any remarks that might be of service to the public on the subject to make them openly ; and lastly, the only charge that, through the prompt action of the committee of the Stock Exchange, was fairly brought out consisted in an assertion that, under a certain technical reading of the contract, it might be in the power of the Viceroy or a successor at some future day to imitate the practice of Missis sippi and Michigan, and repudiate his liability. The accuracy of this charge was summarily and unanimously denied by the committee, but even if it had had any foundation it would merely have been one that applies equally to Consols, and to every known security. The only safety for those who grant loans lies in the honour of the contracting parties, and it will be a bad day if ever the practice should become general of holding up the idea, either to our own or foreign Governments, that the dis covery of a purely verbal omission or discrepancy can be entertained for a moment as something that would be likely to induce or to warrant them to evade the smallest fraction of their equitable and generally understood responsibilities. When Mr. Gladstone thought it expedient to submit the India Telegraph guarantee to the Law Officers of the Crown for their technical judgment it was imme diately found that he had no legal authority to pay it, and if the same course were pursued to-morrow with Consols, and a case were adroitly submitted, hundreds of clever barristers would perhaps at once be ready to give an unqualified opinion that, with out some amendment of the original Acts, it would be dangerous and improper for the Government to continue the payment of the dividends. In Mis sissippi there was never any question of the loan having been equitably contracted, but it was found that a certain formality prescribed by the Constitu tion of the State had been neglected, and when Mr. Jefferson Davis advocated repudiation, and was denounced by the Times, the whole people of the United States, in reply to these "malig nant" attacks on so prominent and distinguished a member of American society, approved his ele vation to the most influential position in the Federal Cabinet. Can any one doubt that, with such a feeling prevalent, the bonds would in one way or another have been set aside, even if all the lawyers in the world had previouslybeen employed to draw them that they should defy cavil ? The moral is, that if you cannot trust the honour of the parties with whom you are invited to deal, or their possession of that. ordinary sagacity which teaches that honesty is the best policy, you should not deal with them at all. All the checks ever devised would avail nothing against a cashier determined to rob, and it is the same with a potentate or people. In lending money to a foreign country the only point of any value must consist in seeing that the bonds given concisely specify their purport and bear the signature of the executive power. If, after having issued such a pledge, any potentate or president chooses to repudiate his obligation, the sufferers may console themselves that their case would not have been in the slightest degree bettered by any words that Messrs. Freshfield or the Committee of the Stock Exchange might have suggested to be introduced in order to guard against such a con tingency. Let those who believe that there is dan ger of Turkey or Egypt falling to Russia or France or other countries, and that the first step of such countries on taking possession would be to repu diate all the fair debts of the property they had acquired, or who distrust the resources of Turkey or Egypt and the influence of their comparatively liberal systems of trade, avoid such investments. In any case, too, while there is a determined preju dice against them, let those who have no money to lose, and who cannot afford the risk of fluctuations, pursue the same course, since these very prejudices are in themselves demoralising in their tendency, and calculated in some degree to bring their own fulfilment. But in no case should the persons who after mature deliberation make up their minds to invest fall into the folly of countenancing or pro" fessing for a moment even the shadow of a sus picion of the personal honour of the potentates or the Governments to whose good faith they have thus resolved to commit themselves.—Times. s, THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Great Eastern was removed from the gridiron yesterday morning, and steamed off to Milford grandly. It will be remembered that she was beached in February last, for the pupose of fixing the new paddlewheels and completing other repairs. These have been done, and the ship, it is said, has been rendered as per fect in all respects as money, experience,. and forethought can make her. The additiona l strength imported into the new paddlewheels and sternpost will, it is to be hoped, ren der a recurrence of the disaster of September last almost impossible. In the s aloon and state rooms many improve ments conducive to the comfort of passengers have been made, and no e xpense has been spared to render the ship what she ought to be, a floating hotel. She is to leave Milford for New York in abut three weeks from this time Special arrangements have been made with the various railway companies to convey passengers and their friends to the port of departure at reduced rates, and it is expected that many, both saloon and steera g e passengers, will avail themselves of the low fares and proffered comfort to cross the Atlantic in this noble specimen of En g li s h en t erpr i se . WORK FOR WOMEN.—To cheer our spirits, we may glance into the offices wher e e d ucate d women are at work under happier circumstance s ; the law-copying offices, q now mu ltiplying, where duly qualified women are support ing themselves in a frugal mode of life without exhausting toil ; the printing-office, where the American example is followed of em p lo y in g women as compositors ; and the book binding warehouses, where female folders, stitchers, and artists in ornamental bindings are collected in hundreds. These sights are cheering ; and so is that of a really well managed factory village ; and so is that of the body of cer tificated schoolmistresses, teaching common things through out the length and breadth of the land. But these sights are not all : and we must not turn away altogether from that which fills a large space in the area of social life, in every old European country,—Once a Week. TILE POL ATTAZZI. The circular which M. Rattazzi has sent round to the prefects is now published in a complete form. It is dated April 8, and begins as follows : " Called l; the the confidence of the King to take charge of the Ministry of the Interior, I think it my duty to bring under the cognisance of the chiefs of the provinces the in tentions of the new Cabinet, as well with respect to the political direction as to what relates to the administration of affairs, "At present our policy is regulated by the idea of the reintegration of the national unity, and by that of the liber ties which, without throwing obstacles in the way of unity,, secure the development of public progreSs in all parts of the nation. " As long as this work of union remains without accom- plishment—that is to say, until all the different members of the Italian family are united—the Government will not be installed in its natural centre. There cannot exist two po litical programmes in Italy. The men who succeed to power cannot differ among themselves, except in their opinion as to the degree of liberty which they believe, under existing circumstance, the country is susceptible of. The good sense and wisdom of which the Italians have given such incontestible proofs to the civilised world, make the new Cabinet believe that there will be no danger in ex tending the franchises which the Constitution grants to the nation. "Its political programme may be summed up in the cry which is given from every point of the peninsula, Unity and Liberty ' This programme will enforce its own realisa tion. But to attain this object the concurrence of all the national powers is required, without making any excep tion, among the men who have combated for the enfran chisement of the country under the banner of Victor Em manuel; because all who fought under this flag deserve well of their country for having supported the national cause. They have done their duty, and have, consequently, a right to be considered as worthy to continue to make the sacrifices which are necessary to secure the independence of Italy, and to aspire to the recompenses reserved for the best of her children. "With this object in view, the policy of the Government takes among all parties the character of a policy of conci liation, the only means by which the work of our resurrec tion may be accomplished and consolidated. " As a consequence, the chiefs of the provinces will exert all their efforts to direct men's minds towards this end, availing themselves of everything which may favour the effects of that policy, and removing every obstacle which may impede it. For this purpose constitutional liberty must be protected in all its manifestations, while they re main within the limits beyond which they would interfere with the observance of public order, and would cease to be legitimate. " It must not, however, be forgotten that if it is proper to associa'e with the Government by every means all the existing powers of the country, it is also necessary to re press energetically all attempts that may be made to replace it in the work which belongs to it alone, and for which it is exclusively responsible, not only in what concerns internal administration, but whatever concerns the relations of the State with foreign Powers. " The Government would fail in its duty if it permitted itself to be interfered with in this respect. It is sufficiently armed by the laws against such excesses. It will treat as enemies of the King and the country all who may by guilty thereof. " On the other hand, while the nrefects ought to favour the development of every liberty, they must not cease to watch over the remains of factions hostile to the national unity and to the constitutional monarchy, not to deny to such parties the guarantees to which all the citizens have a claim, but to be ready to repress with energy attempts which may be made against the state of things founded on the suffrage of the nation. "In some provinces the security of persons and property is disturbed by bands of perverse and misled individuals, who infest these provinces and act in the names of the fallen Princes. It is necessary to deliver the country front them, and reassure everywhere the minds of the people. There is reason to hope that the political authorities, in accord with the communal magistrates, and aided by the civic police, will be able to effect this purpose. " The Government is firmly resolved to protect effica ciously liberty of conscience, the independence of the mini sters of religion, and to cause to be respected those who are connected therewith. But it will never consent that, under pretext of religion, any one shall seek to compromise the rights of the dynasty or the integrity and independence of the State. The political authority is sufficiently armed by the laws to render powerless all attempts of this description. "A great portion, the greatest portion without doubt, sigh under the feeling that they are not permitted openly to associate themselves with the national movement. It is proper to take into account the nature of the motives which interdict them from abandoning themselves to their natu ral instincts and the feeling in favour of their civil duties. Our Church, in all that concerns exterior matters, is in a state of crisis, and we must not impute to it all the conse quences of the situation under which it labours. The liberty to which we invite it would be most favourable to its spiritual mission, which does not possess conditions which it seems to regret, and would also be propitious to its mission of order, of civilisation, and progress." M. Ratazzi goes on to say that the objects to be kept in view are the development of the commercial and provincial franchise, and the " decentralisation" of the kingdom. We are authorised to state that Athleta was scratched for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the Derby yes terday at 1.53 p.m. THE UNITED STATES MAILS.—The Innaart steamship City of Washington, Captain Brooks, sailed yes terday from Liverpool for New York with the United States mails. Besides the mails she took out a fair a mo unt of cargo and had 50 cabin passengers. EXCURSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INTER•" NATIONAL EXHIBITION.—We understand that the Mid land Company have declined to join the railway companies North of the Thames in their illiberal arrangements for the conveyance of passengers to the International Exhibition? and that it is the intemtion of the company to run excur" sion trains to London, both for the opening of the Exhibi. tion and at Whitsuntide. The Midland Company deserve, and will doubtless receive, abundant patronage for its liberality. CARNARVONSHIRE FISHERY ASSOCIATION A large and influential meeting of gentlemen interested. is the protection of the rivers and tidal waters of the above county has just been held, to form an association to put 0 force the late act for the preservation of salmon ; Mr. J. 0 ' Griffith, of Llanfair, in the chair. Mr. Ffennel, her NW jesty's inspector, attended. The object was to put a eta to the wholesale destructi n of the fry and of the fish when spawning, the meeting being decidedly oppoSe to any stringent measures which could interfere •viitl i the fair fisher. It was explained that the action of the association would be confined to unprotected rivers, 0 1 would not interfere with gentlemen preserving their oval streams. A draught of rules was carefully considered, sal ci , finally decided upon. Mr. J. G. Griffith was appointe o president, and an influential committee, comprising the county and borough members, &c., was elected. The Colonel Douglas Pennant counselled the committee to act with prudence and moderation in the prosecution of offend' ers, otherwise the object of the association would b e thwarted. LIMITED LIABILITY.—A Parliamentary retur° furnishes some information with regard t o th e wor king , the law of limited liability. From the Ist August, 1859, to the 31st December, 1861, the number of companies forme d upon that principle was 901 in England, 56 in Ireland, an d 41 in Scotland, and at the date of the present return th e whole of these, with the exception of 79 which had be ol/ abandoned, dissolved, or wound-up, were still in o pera' tion. A striking point in connection with the Englis h companies is that about three-fourths of the entire numb er are county or town undertakings, formed in numerous stances for purposes of local usefulness, only about ore fourth having had their origin in London. Many of thes e have capitals as low as from £l,OOO to £5,000, and the av e . ; rage is about £20,000. The aggregate number of limi t ': liability companies started in the United Kingdom sine ° , the introduction of that law seems to have been 2,099, °: which up to the 31st of December last 308 had ceased exist. WEAVERS' STRIKE AT CHORLEY.—We reg ret t° say that a general stri k e amon g the operative weavers 0) Cherley took place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturdslt in consequence of a proposal on the part of their s i33 : ployers to reduce their present rate of wages. Notice; w ere posted in the various weav i ng esta b l i shments i n the town, three weeks ago, to the effect that at the expiratiotti of 14 days from date a reduction to the Preston lis t prices would be made. Consequently, large m eetitiL, of weavers were held, at which it was determined not i" submit to the r e d uc ti on p ro p ose d, an d an i n t erv iew to o; place between the employers and employed, when it wr , agreed that the matter should be postponed for a Nre e ' c i At the end of the week, however, no arrangement /00 been made, and, consequently, on Wednesday evening 108 0 the notices expired at two establishments. On the sa vi o evening a large meeting of operatives vas held, when it resolved that they should " come out" as their notices e'f; pired until some more satisfactory arrangements could he made. Previous to the commencement of this meeting th ~.1 . masters agreed to pay the Blackburn standard lists prices futo counts up to a 76 reed, and the Preston list prices for 00n d 0 above that reed. On the following evening another ler and enthusiastic meeting was held, with a similar result and on Friday evening they had an interview with thc_ employers. The operatives disputed the correctness o f tD r, c list submitted by their employers, but the masters ultimat e T Y, expressed a determination to abide by the list upon whl" they had agreed.—Manehester Guardian. afternoon,SUlClD M E rl.NmisAsintAlnLaWraApYer, is for i:anEyL.T—enYrsesrteesraidiill3ste: at Tranquil-vale, Blackheath, left the London-bridge Bil j when way in station,the tunnelby a down w t e r e an n i milled suicide by shooting himself with a p istol. The de' ceased had taken a tick et for Blackheath station, but Prc pola u nk th b e ea N th or a t n h d Who will hold an i nques t. to ner for West S ent/ I n f orm ation has bee n forwarded to Mr. C. J. Cart tar, CO KChellartltloinne,;)ll' o c e f e d d e e s d t r further d himselfo down t hwehleinn e t , h evidently rriwvietdhinthtehienttunentnioer; 11 G of B