The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-13 00:00:00

PAPERS RELATING TO MEXICAN AFFAIRS. We extract the following despatches and parts of despatches from the papers presented to Parha ment touching Mexico, and pub lished yesterday morning : " SENOR ISTURIZ TO EARL RUSSELL. (Translation.) " Spanish Legation, London, Jan. 18,1862. "My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive your Excellency's communication dated 16th inst., in reply to the note which I addressed you on the 13th, transmitting to you the instructions sent by the Captain-General of Cuba to the heads of the expedition to Mexico. In that communication your Excellency informs me that you consider those instructions satisfactory; but that fier Britannic Majesty's Government could not yet understand 'why the Spanish expedition left Cuba before the arrival of the English and French forces. I thought I had sufficiently explained this point in my note of the 22d of December last, but, since it still re quires explanation, I have to inform your Excel lency that, according to the despatches of the Cap tain-General of Cuba, the orders to suspend the expedition, which were sent via New York, in the hope that they would the sooner reach their desti nation, were not received in Cuba till the middle of December; and that the Captain• General, unac quainted with the details of the treaty, and with the point fixed for the meeting of the squadrons, being also fearful of arriving too late at Vera Cruz, thought it not right to delay the departure of an expedition which had been for a long time ready in every point. if this doubt had been mentioned at the interview which I had the honour to have with your Excellency on the 7th inst., I should have already had very great pleasure in clearing it up, as I hope will be done by this frank explanation.— I have, &c,, " XAVIER E. ISTURIZ." " EARL RUSSELL TO EARL COWLEY. " (Extract.) " Foreign-office, Jan. 20. " I saw Count Flahault yesterday. His Excel lency informed me that he was instructed to state that the French Government considered it neces sary to send an additional land force to Mexico. I had been prepared for this communication by your Excellency's despatch of the 17th of January. " Count Flahault went on to say that the precipi tate step taken by General Serrano in commencing orerations without waiting for the forces of France and England was calculated to enhance the diffi culties of the expedition ; that it now seemed in evitable that the allied forces must advance into the interior of Mexico ; and not only would the force at present agreed upon be insufficient for such an operation, but the operation itself would assume a character in regard to which the Emperor could not allow the French force to be in a position of in feriority to that of Spain, or to run the risk of being compromised. " His Imperial Majesty has therefore determined to send a reinforcement of between 3,000 and 4,000 men to Mexico. " I told Count Flahaultthatl very much regretted this step. I had no objection to offer on behalf of her Majesty's Government to the validity of the argument that the forces of France should not be inferior in numbers to those of Spain. I would, therefore, only observe that it would not be possible for her Majesty's Government to detach any greater amount of troops for operations on shore than the force of marines already sent to the Mexican coast." " EARL RUSSELL TO M. ISTURIZ. " Foreign-office, Jan. 23. " M. le Ministre,—ln acknowledging the receipt of your Excellency's communicatioa of the 18th of January last I have to state to your Excel lency that, although her Majesty's Government are not entirely satisfied with the explanation offered by your Excellency as to the departure from Cuba of the Spanish expedition to Mexico be fore the time agreed upon between the three Powers, they are willing to accept your Excellency's declara tion that it has been the intention of her Catholic Majesty's Government to act in conformity with the provisions of the treaty of the 20th of Novem ber, 1861, " I am, &c., " RUSSELL." " EARL RUSSELL TO SIR J. CRAMPTON. " Foreign-office, Jan. 19, 1862. "Sir,—Although her Majesty's Government are estisfied, from the explanations given by M. Isturiz, that the Government of her Catholic Majesty has given instructions to her Catholic Majebty's com manders at Savannah in conformity with the agree ments entered into with her Majesty and his Ma jesty the Emperor of the French, yet the proceeding of Marshal Serrano are calculated to produce some uneasiness. " The departure of the Spanish expedition from ilavannah and the military occupation of Vera Cruz, to say nothing of the tone of the proclamation issued by the Spanish Government, demonstrate that a combined expedition, at a great distance from Europe, is subject to the discretion at all times, to the rashness sometimes, of the separate commanders and diplomatic agents. " I wish you to read to Marshal O'Donnell and M. Calderon Collantes the preamble and the article of our convention which define what our interven tion is intended to do, and what it is not intended to do. 4. You will point out that the allied forces are not to be used for the purpose of depriving the Mexi cans of their undoubted right of choosing their own form (it' Government. " Should the Mexicans choose to constitute a new Government which can restore order and preserve amicable relations with foreign nations, her Ma jesty's Government will be delighted to hail the formation, and to support the consolidation of such a Government. If, on the contrary, the troops of foreign Powers are to be used to set up a Govern ment repugnant to the sentiments of Mexico, and to support it by military force, her Majesty's Go vernment could expect no other result from such an attempt than discord and disappointment. In such a case the allied Governments would only have to choose between withdrawing from such an enterprise with some shame, or extending their in terference beyond the limits, scope, and intention of the triple convention. "You will explain to Marshal O'Donnell that this apprehension on our part does not arise from any suspicion of the good faith of the Government of her Catholie Majesty, but commanders acting at a distance require to be very closely watched, lest they should commit their principals to unwarrant able proceedings. " You will real this despatch to M. Calderon Collantes.—l am, &c., is RUSSELL." " EARL COWLEY TO EARL RUSSELL.-(RECEIVED JAN. 25.) " (Extract.) " Paris, Jan. 24. " have heard from so many quarters that the language of O fficers going with the reinforcements to Mexico is that it is for the purpose of placing the Archduke ;Maximilian upon the throne of that country that I have thought it necessary to ques tion M. Thouvencl upon the subject. I inquired of M. Thouvenel whether any nego tiations had been pending between this Government and that of Austria with reference to the Archduke Maximilian. His Excellency replied in the nega tive. He said that the negotiations had been car ried on by Mexicans only, who had come over for the purpose and gone to Vienna." "EARL RUSSELL TO SIR C. WITICE. " Foreign-office, S ao . 27 . " Sir, —I have received and laid before the Q ueen your despatches from the 18th to the 28th of November. "Since I last wrote to you the Emperor of the French has decided to send 3,000 more troops to Vera Cruz. " It is supposed that these +roops will march at cnee with the French and a part of the Spanish troops already there to the city of Mexico. " It is said that the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi milian will be invited by a large body of Mexicans to place himself on the throne of Mexico, and that the Mexican people will gladly hail such a change. " I have little to add to my former iostructions on this head. If the Mexican people, by a sponta neous movement, place the Austrian Archduke on the throne of Mexico, there is nothing in the con vention to prevent it. " On the other hand, we could be no parties to a forcible intervention for this purpose. The Mexi cans must consult their own interests. " I have to add to my former iustructions respect ing the Admirals in the Atlantic and Pacific, that you will make no objection to the withdrawal of the Marines from Vera Cruz when the unhealthy season shall arrive. "You will also not object to any measures which may be concerted between the senior British naval officer at Vera Cruz and Admiral Maitland for the occupation or blockade of any or all the Mexican ports on the Pacific which may be thought neces sary, for the purposes of the convention, to occupy or to blockade. Acapulco, San Blas, and Mazatlan are the ports chiefly alluded to in this instruction. " I am, &c., " RUSSELL." SIR C. TYKE TO EARL RUSSELL.-(RECEIVED JAN. 29, 1862.) " (Extract.) " Vera Cruz, Dec. 29, 1861. " The nation are now thoroughly frightened at the formidable coalition formed against them, and will be more disposed to grant what we want before blood has been shed and their passions excited, than they will be when once engaged in a struggle with the Spaniards. " The rejection of my convention by the Con gress, as described in my last month's correspon dence, had the effect of breaking up the late Cabi net, and the crisis which then ensued brought Gen. Doblado forward, who would only consent to form a Government on the condition of having full powers conferred on him by Congress, authorising him to settle pending questions with the three Powers as he deemed best. Having obtained these he adjourned the Assembly until April next, and now remains unfettered to make the best arrange ment he can with us. " He is a man of such talent and influence in the country, that the Reactionary chiefs began to lay down their arms and give in their adhesion on his appointment becoming known, and he is now en gaged in forming his Cabinet from the best men he could find, irrespective of their political opinions. " His first act was to entreat me not to leave Mexico, as he was, he said, now able to conclude an arrangement with me that would give England positive guarantees for the due fulfilment of their engagements towards us. As this overture was made to me after the arrival of last month's mail, bringing English newspapers in which it was posi tively stated that a convention was about being signed, binding the three Powers to a joint inter vention in Mexico, I could not, of course, take ad. vantage of an offer which, under other circum stances, I should have gladly availed myself of. " Everything depends on the manner in which matters are managed here at first. If the interven tion is properly received, it will prove a blessing to the country; but, on the other hand, violent mea sures at first will spoil all, and engage us in an un dertaking the difficulties of which can hardly be overrated. " Fortunately, the Spanish commanders both military and naval, appear to be men of great pru dence and discretion, and up to the present moment they have shown a spirit of justice and conciliation which speaks highly in their favour. "In a long conversation I had with Admiral Ru balcava the day before yesterday, he expressed his opinion on this subject in terms nearly identical to those I have now used in giving my own." VOYAGE OF R.M.S. ORLANDO FROM PLYMOUTH TO HALIF.dX. From the size and description of the frigate Orlando, 51, Captain Scott, C. 8., as well as from the circumstances under which she was commissioned and sent away from England, more than ordinary interest is felt in her movements. It will be re membered that this ship was commissioned, got ready, manned, and sent to sea within a week. She left Plymouth Sound on Dec. 24, and passed out at the east end of the breakwater with a fair wind. When off the Eddystone she shaped her course and made easy sail. Steaming easy and easy she made 11 and 12 knots. In the meantime things about the ship had been put to rights, and everything got into ship-shape and comfortable trim. In these five days half the distance was accomplished. The first misfortune happened to one of the topping-lifts of one of the quarter davits, which went, followed by a cutter and jollyboat. Then came an appalling gale of wind. It was deemed best to put the ship under sail to save coals. The fires were banked up. Away went tiller ropes, and the drawbacks of hasty fitting-out began to show themselves in the stretching of the rigging or lanyards ; the masts worked threateningly and frightfully, and the more they worked the more the rigging stretched. The pitching and straining thus occasioned made the ship leak. The water at last got so high as to put out the fires in the after boilers. The pumps were resorted to, but every one of them refused to work ; not a drop of water could be drawn. Here was fresh and serious cause of anxiety, and almost alarm. It was found that the pipes had been broken by the working of the ship. After much trouble steam was got up in the foremost boilers, and the engines put to work, so as to inject from the bilge. In a short time this means of relieving the ship failed; the pipe had become choked: Bailing was com menced, but was found ineffective against the rate at which the ship was ta ki ng i n water. The ch i ef engineer, Mr. Oliver, at this juncture proved him self equal to the emergency, and went into the water up to his neck, gropp e d, an d found the rose of the Injection pipe. It was covere d an d rendered useless . ' by old clothes, chips, and rubbish that had been stowed away in the bilge. He soon cleared it and cut off the end of the bilge pump. Away went the engines, and now the water was soon under com mand. Some tons of rubbish were cleared out of the bilge, so that the donkey engines could work effec tively. The ship was now put under sail. Even after the water difficulty had been abated, troubles continued. Gale followed gale in rapid and conti nuous succession. The Orlando leaked everywhere; over the beds of officers it was necessary to have the protection of awnings, and in spite of these water was rushing about in all directions. So great was the force of the gale, and so much did it stretch, that it became necessary to swift in the rigging. Tho compasses had not been swung before the de parture of the ship, and the safety of sailing by the chronometer was uncertain. On Jan. 14th the land was sighted. A better landfall could not have been made, which, under the circumstances, is most cre ditable to the master, Mr. A. I, Vcitch. On the 15th the ship came into Halifax harbour. The cold was frightfully severe, and every one on board felt it more or less. The Orlando was taken alongside the dockyard, for the purpose of having her defects made good. This would take some time. An inspec tion of the ship after she came into harbour only served to proved how much she had suffered, and increases the wonder how she could have been brought in. The Madrid diligence, which left Bayonne on the 6th, was robbed at Irun of 4,000 piastres during tho examination of the travellers' luggage. The conductor has been arrested. NEGLECT OF A PROVERB.—A correspondent at Rome writes on the 4th inst :—"Two American travellers, forgetful of the adage that at Rome one must do as the Romans do, got into a row yesterday for not taking off their hats when a procession issued from a church, on the Piazzi di Trevi, carrying the Host with the usual solemnity. As the two gentlemen alluded to rendered themselves rather conspicuous by standing erect and covered amidthe kneel ing and bareheaded spectators, one of the priests remon strated with them on the subject, but, finding that they would neither withdraw nor uncover, he proceeded to knock their hats off; a scuffle ensued, and the priest re joined th e procession, which, making a round, soon after returned to the same spot. The Americans had resumed their hats and their stand ; but the priest, instead of con descending to fisticuffs a second time, sent a couple of fe nw n t si tu r ha a t t a e ctiho w nies i tptbyhlulimett,theeilelnnt inflicting oi eoftfi offenders,anagmusket similar ua s a ks : eht staggering c kgo h gi nne kind i h onon e ng y e did in gendarmesthe travellers,o b f lo t w he onth the other. The best piece of advice to over scrupulous ier t ob usualr ea Pro t estants on such occasions is to turn into a side street if they object to raise their hats on passing the pro c,enion." _., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1862, VITAL STATISTICS. A new volume issitea by the Registrar-General of Scotland gives the result of some inquiries upon several subjects of much interest. One among them is the fruitfulness of marriages. The usual mode of calculating is by observing the proportion of legitimate children in a year to the year's mar riage; that proportion in Scotland, in the year under review, was considerably greater than in England or in France, and it is thought probable that the married Scottish woman is more prolific than the English or the French. Bat an attempt has been made to ascertain the fruitfulness of every fruitful marriage. in Edinburgh the Women who bore children in 1855 had borne altogether, upon an average, 3 . 7 children, and in Glasgow the pro portion was 3.8; the largeness of the numbers in these cities gives the calculation a value much be yond that of any similar statistics hitherto pub lished. So far as may be inferred from the returns at present obtained, it appears that the proportion of unfruitful marriages increases with a higher rank in life, and is probably less in Scotland than in Kngland. Some curious facts came out in prepar ing the Glasgow table. One mother who was only 18 had four children, one who was 22 had seven children, and of two who were only 34 the one had 13 and the other 14 children ; and, on the other hand, two women became mothers as late in life as at 51, four at 52, and one mother was registered as having given birth to a child in the 57th year of her age. Another subject to which attention is called is the conspicuous proof upon these registers of the less waste of female life than of male; at every age, taking quinquennial periods up to 20, and then decennial, the proportional mortality among women in Scotland is less than that of men. Thete being no account of religious profession in the Scotch census, It is worthy of notice that in Scotland in 1856, of which the records are here furnished, out of every 100 marriages 47 were celebrated by clergy men of the Established Church of Scotland, 22 by the Free Church, 14 by the United Presbyterian (so commonly called the U. P.) Church, nine by the Roman Catholic Church, not quite two by the Epis copal Church; and these numbers are considered roughly to indicate the proportion of the population attached to each denomination. In elementary educa tion Scotland is ahead of England ; 88 per cent. of the men married and 76 per cent. of the women were able to sign the register in 1856. It is calculated that in that year, in addition to theemigration beyond seas, a number as large—about 13,000—must have left Scotland for England and Ireland. Our northern neighbour sends us in this emigration many cool clear heads; she can boast and prove by tables and returns that brain diseases are very much less prevalent and fatal in Scotland than in England— a fact of which it would be interesting to know the cause. The inhabitants of towns in Scotland, it ap pears, are cut off by tubercular diseases in twice the proportion of those in the country—a circumstance which seems to favour the doctrine that they are diseases of debility and imperfect assimilation. Of the excessive mortality of towns beyond that of the rural districts, nearly half occurs among infants under 5 years old. Without pursuing these topics further, we must notice that the volume does not close without a word for whisky, " the national drink of Scotland," as beer is that of England. In the year of which we are speaking, liver diseases cut off the English in the proportion of 34 in every 100,000 persons, and 35 in the previous year ; while the Scotch were struck down in the proportion of only 26 in the one year, and 27 in the other. It is suggested that further observations should be made, and that if they have the same result Chancellors of the Exchequer should lay these things to heart and not be so ready to favour the consumption of beer and light wines to the prejudice of that which, after all, may prove to be a better beverage. _RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE_ LONDON The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly meeting to be held on the 21st inst., a dividend at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of about £15,000. that in the event of the Government deciding to redeem the annuity, they shall pay a capital sum which will be suffi tient to purchase a Government annuity of £4 10s. per an nttra on each £lOO of the stock or capital of the company, for the unexpired residue of the term,' That the direc tors be, and they are hereby, authorised to take all neces sary measures for carrying this arrangement into effect.' A correspondence (which is set forth in an appendix to the report has since taken place between the board and tho Lords Commissioners of het Majesty's Treasury, which shows that the Government adopted the interpretation of the 3d clause put upon it by the meeting. The share holders *ill also see from the correspodence set forth in appendix No. 2, that the tteNv company, having fulfilled the terms of their engagement with the Gotettuttent, by the subscription of two-thirds of their capital, and the despatch of a steamer to the Red Sea with 200 miles of new cable on board, made application to the Treasury in the month of December last for the stipulated transfer of the line and property of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company,and that the arrangement for the transfer of the line and pro perty of the company has been carried out, subject to the necessary Parliamentary powers for the creation of the an nuity, and that the new company have undertaken to relieve this company from all further liability as from the Ist of February instant. As it is necessary to retain the ma chinery of the company until the company is finally wound up, certain directors retire by rotation, in compliance with the requirements of the Act of Parliament, and offer them selves for re-election." THE INDIAN ARMY. (From the Gazette.) INDIA. OFFICE, FEB. 8. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the un dermentioned promotions and alterations of rank in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces:— SING ULAR DIVORCE CASE IN MGR LIFE. (From the ,Shelield Daily Telegraph.) A divorce case, which may interest many of our readers, owing to the high social position of the petitioner and the respondent, who are members of the aristocracy, and:the co-respondent having held the responsible position of representative to one of the largest firms in this town, will come under the notice of Sir Cresswell Cresswell at the latter part of the present month. 'the petitioner in the pending case is the most noble the Marquis of W---, the last male repre sentative of an ancient Irish peerage, who had at tained the ripe and mature age of threescore and ten before he entertained any serit. us thought of perpetuating his name and title. He then deter mined to enter the matrimonial state, and selected as his partner a bonny, bright-eyed, dark-haired young lady, about 22 years of age, of very agree able manners, and of a lively disposition. For a time all went " merry as a marriage bell ;" but the marquis was disappointed in one respect—his lady presented him with no token of affection in the shape of heir to his title and estates. A trip to the Continent was resolved upon ; and at Paris, in the early part of last year, the marchioness was intro duced to Mr. C--, a dashing young gentleman, about 27 years of age, who was then travelling for one of our principal commercial houses. The acquaintance thus hastily formed quickly ripened into friendship, and this resulted in the establishment of a regular correspondence between the two. The marquis and marchioness returned froth Paris, and the lady suggested that the pure air of Derbyshire would benefit her health, and in May, 1860, fixed upon the beautiful little village of Matlock as a temporary residence. The marchioness, accom panied by her maid (the latter of whom assumed the name of Eliza Thomas), arrived at Matlock, in due course, one bright May morning last year. On the 19th of May, 1861, a young gentleman and a lady, accompanied by their maid, applied to the proprietor of an hotel, who resides not above a mile from the botanical gardens, to know if he could accommodate them with apartments, &c., for about ' a week, as they were on a bridal tour. The hotel is a well-built modern residence, with large and lofty rooms, well furnished, and very commodious in every respect. Terms were agreed upon, and the "newly married " couple at once entered into pos session. All went on very smoothly ; the happy pair enjoyed themselves thoroughly, and when the week expired expressed their intention of staying a short lime longer, as they had been so very com fortable. They visited, either on horseback or in a conveyance, many of the pleasant nooks in the vicinity of Sheffield, or whiled away the day in the shady walks of our botanical gardens, or amused themselves with a game of bowls ou the green I attached to the hotel. Of an evening, Mr. would frequently smoke his cigar i❑ the bar along with the host, and "Mrs. C.," who appeared to be very fond of children, would pass the time agreeably with one of the innkeeper's children, to whom she appeared particularly partial, and her maid, as she objected to smoking in the sitting-room. One thing they never failed doing, namely, visiting Matlock mice every week. The roaspn of this weekly visit will be apparent by the s€quel of the case. At length a month passed pleasantly away, and Mr. and Mrs. C--, with Eliza " Thomas," the maid, took their departure, expressing themselves perfectly satisfied with the accommodation that had been afforded them and the attention they had received from the host and hostess. On Friday last the proprietor of the hotel in question was surprised by the visit of a gentleman, who announced that he was a member of a legal firm in London, and that his business was to serve a subpoena upon the innkeeper, his wife, and bar maid, as witnesses in the pending divorce case of W-- v. W-- and C--, which is fixed to come on about the 19th February. He had travelled from London specially to servo the subpoenas per sonally, and gave the landlord a handsome retain ing fee to pay the railway fare for himself, his good lady, and barmaid. It appears that when the marchioness came down to spend amonth at Matlock she had made arrange ments to meet Mr. C--, and the result of that was that they determined to spend a month together at Sheffield, when the lady assumed the character of the wife of Mr. C--. and the maid (who, of course had to be entrusted with the secret) also assumed a false name, her real name being Eliza James. The object of going weekly to Matlock was for the purpose of receiving or replying to any letters from the deceived marquis, or from any other correspondent, as no communications were ever iscued by post daring their stay in Sheffield. The discovery of the clandestine intercourse took place in a most singular manner. Mr C-- corresponded with the marchioness through the medium of Eliza James, the lady's maid, and by some mischance or other the marquis happened to open a letter addressed to the maid, and found an enclosure for the marchioness. Curiosity prompted him to read it, and he found it was from the co respondent, C He then interrogated the maid, who confessed to the irregularities of her mistress. The consequence was an immediate se paration, and the establishment of the pres en t su it. The damages are laid at £5,000, and Sergea n t Sh ee is the leading counsel for the petitioner. BREVET. Lieut.• Col. William Henry Budd, Madras Infantry, to be Col. ; Major Wm. Lydiard, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieut,- Col. ; Capt. Molyneux Capel Spottiswoode, Madras Infan try, to be Major, vice Col. T. F. Flemyng, Beiii;al Infantry, promoted to Major-Gen. Dated July 11, 1861. Lieut.-Col. Arthur Hall, Bengal Cavalry, to be Col. ; Major George Burd Reddie, Bengal Infantry, to be Lieut.- Col.; Capt. Montague Cholmeley, Madras Infantry, to be Major, vice Col. F. Wheeler, Bengal Cavalry, promoted to Major-Gen. Dated July 21, 1861. BENGAL ARMY. ARTILLERY. Col. (Major-Gen.) George Brooke, C. 8., to be Col.-Com mandant, with rank from July 22, 1851; Lieut.-Col. Arthur Broome, to be Col., from April 29, 1861, in succession to Shaw, deceased; Second Capt. (Brevet -Major) John Saba tier Frith to be Capt. ; Lieut. Christopher Hewetson Barnes to be Second Capt., vice Pearson, retired. Dated Oct. 1, 1861. 3D EUROPEAN LIGHT CAVALRY. Major (Brevet Lieut.-Col.) Wm. Wynne Apperley to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. (Brevet -Major) Geerge Jackson to be Major, vice Wheeler, promoted to Major-Gen. Dated July 21, 1861. Lieut. Daeres Wm. Wise to be Capt., vice Ednaanstone, retired. Dated Oct. 1, 1861. Major S. F. Macmullen and Capt. W. J. S. Bichardes, who were promoted by Brevet, under the operation of Go vernment General Order No. 217, of Nov., 1840, will take rank in the regiment, the former from July 21, 1861, and the latter from October 1, 1861. INFANTRY. Lieut.-Col. (Major-Gen.) Sir Patrick Grant, G.C.8., to be Col., vice Richards, deceased. Dated November 14,1861. Lieut. -Col. (Brevet-Col.) Thomas Henry Shuldham to be Col., vice Hoggan, deceased. Dated November 14, 1861. Lieut.-Col. (Brevet-Col.) John Butler to be Col., vice Hoggan, deceased. Dated November 14, 1861. LATE 25TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Major (Brevet-Col.) John Clarke to be Lieut.-Col. ; Capt. (Brevet -Major) Charles James Richards to be Major; Lieut. Walter Foggo Ireland to be Capt., vice Macdonald, pro moted. Dated July 23, 1861. LATE 28TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Major (Brevet Lieut.-Col.) John de Winter Charles James Moir to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. (Brevet Lieut.-Col.) Crawford Trotter Chamberlain to be Major; Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) Greene Crommelin Hankin (Capt. in the Staff Corps), to be Capt., vice Shuldham, promoted. Dated November 14, 1861. LATE 36TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) Christopher James Godby to be Capt., vice Holroyd, promoted. Dated March 9, 1861. LATE 40TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. Edgar Gresley Stono (of the Staff Corps) to be Capt., vice Cahill, retired. Dated August 26, 1860. 56zn NATIVE INFANTRY. Major William Charles Gott to be Lieut,-Col. ; Capt. William Martin Cafe, V.C., to be Major; Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) Albert Balcombe Beatson to be Capt., vice Butler, promoted. Dated November 14, 1861. LATE 65TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) Robert Michael mith Annesley to be Capt., vice Weston, retired. Dated November 7, 1860, LATE 70TH NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet Capt.) Belled Wallace Henry Coxe (Cap. in the Staff Corps) to be Capt., vice Wiggins, deceased, Dated Jul 3 6, 1861. GENERAL LIST OF CAVALRY OFFICERS. Cornet George Hamilton Heavyside to be Lieut., in succession to Edmonstone, 3d Cavalry, retired. GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFFICERS. —. _ Ensign Duncan John Stew art to be Lieut., vice Clarke, late 73d Native Infantry, promoted. Dated September 26, 1861. Ensign John Richard M'Kenzie Homfray to be Lieut., vice Thorp, late 69th Native Infantry, resigned. Dated October 16, 1861. Ensign Alfred Thornton Davis to be Lieut., vice Dela fosse, late 53d Native Infantry, promoted. Dated September 11, 1861. Ensign Charles Henry Tileon Marshall to be Lieut., vice Lamb, late 29th Native Infantry, deceased. Dated Septem ber 19, 1861. Ensign Arthur Plantagenet Broome, to be Lieut., vice Tyler, late 42d Native Infantry, promoted. Dated Septem ber 24, 1861. Ensign Samuel Brown Home to be Lieut„ vice Clarke, late 73d Native Infantry, promoted. Dated September 26, 1861. Ensign Edwin Robert Lees, 8.A., to be Lieut., vice Thorp, late 69th Native Infantry, resigned. Dated October 16, 1861. Ensign Charles Woolton Guthrie Perreau to be Lieut., vice O'Brien, dismissed. Dated November 10, 1861. Ensign Edward Arthur Vine to be Lieut., vice Harkin, promoted. Dated November 14, 1861. Ensign Herbert Philip Streatfield to be Lieut., vice Beat ton, 56th Native Infantry, promoted. Dated November 14 1861. ALTERATIONS OF RANK. 3D EUROPEAN CAVALRY. Captain William Charles Stanley Clarke to take rank from July 21, 1861, vice Jackson. promoted. INFANTRY. Lieut.-Col. George Walter Williams, C. 8., to take rank from July 11, 1861, vice Flemyng, promoted ; Col. (Major- Gen.) Sir Patrick Grant, G.C.8., to take rank from Sep tember 2, 1861, vice Todd, deceased ; Col. Thomas Henry Shuidham and Lieut.-Col. John Do Winter Charles James Moir to take rank from November 2, 1861, vice Richards, deceased. LATE 28TR NATIVE INFANTRY. Major (Brevet Lieut.-Col.) Crawford Trotter Chamber lain and Capt. George Crommelin Hankin (Staff Corps) to take rank from November 2, 1861, vice Moir, promoted. LATE 29T11 NATIVE INFANTRY. Major George Burd Boddie, Capt. Frederick Goo. Thel lusson, and Lieut. Henry Archibald M'Nair, to take rank from July 11, 1861, vice Williams, promoted. LATE 36111 NATIVE INFANTRY, Capt. John Richardson Auldjo to take rank from Sop. tember 25, 1860, vice Weston, retired. GENERAL LIST OF CAVALRY OFFICERS. Lieut. Ernest Henry Curtis to take rank from July 21, 1861, vice Jackson, 3d Cavalry, promoted. GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFFICERS. Lieut. Hotham Taylor Woodcock to take rank from July 28, 1861, vice Glubb, late 37th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Francis Tweddell to take rank from August 2, 1861, vice Burton, late 62d Native Infantry, resigned. Lieut. Thomas George Macaulay to take rank from Aug. 16, 1861, vice Malleson, late 33d Native Infantry, proinoted. Lieut. Edmund Richard Cox to take rank from August 24, 1861, vice Ilusham, late 48th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. George Nicholas Chanßer to take rank from August 25, 1861, vice Fraser, lath 23d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Charles Edward Douglas Branson to take rank from August 28, 1861, vice M‘Pherson, 3d European Regi ment, deceased. Lieut. John James O'Brien to take rank from September 11, 1861, vice Delafosse. 53d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Reginald Justice Wimberley to take rank from September 19, 1861, vice Lamb, late 23d Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Frank William Chatterton to take rank from Sep tember 19, 1861, vice Tyler, late 42d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Charles William Biggs to take rank from August 26, 1860, vice Stone, late 40th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Charles Nesbitt Hodgson to take rank from August 26, 1860, vice Hilton, late 65th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Thomas Fraser Bruce to take rank from August 31, 1860, vice M'Neill, late 12th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Walter Robert Hamilton to take rank from Sept. 19, 1860, vice Phillips, late 59th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut Arthur Cortlandt Anderson to take rank from Sep tember 25, 1860, vice Weston, retired. Lieut. Frank Hale Berwick Marsh to take rank from Sept. 30, 1860, vice Mayne, late 15th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Francis George Hearn to take rank from October 19, 1860, vice Tulloch, late 53d Native Infantry, struck off. Lieut. Pearson Boyd to take rank from October 21, 1860, vice Williams, late 72d Native Infantry, promoted. _ . _ Lieut. Henry Ekins Ryves to take rank from October 26, 1860, vice Cunliffe, late 41st Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Robert Nelson McNair to take rank from Nov. 4, 1860, vice Twynam, late 25th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. John Henry Campbell to take rank from Nov. 7, 1860, vice Anneeley, late 65t12 Native 'digAry, •tworaoted, Lieut. Edwin Clarence O'Bryen Horsford to take rank from Nov. 9, 1860, vice Brind, transferred to 2d Fusileers. Lieut. Henry Fox Bunbury to take rank from November 22, 1360, vice Binny, late 9th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Vincent William Tregear to take rank from Dec. 2, 1860, vice Norman, late 31st Native Infantry. Lieut. Henry Forester Leighton to take rank from Dec. 8, 1860, vice Clarke, late 37th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. James Hay to take rank from January 26, 1861, vice Lindsay, late 24th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Arthur Fitzgerald to take rank from February 4, 1861, vice Bracken, late 52d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Herbert Seymour Marshall to take rank from Feb. 16, 1861, vice Langmore, late 71st Native Infantry, pro moted. _ - . Edmund Demean Smith to take rank from Feb. 18, 1861, v i e , Lm zford, late 50th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Jamey Salisbury Tait to take rank from Feb. 20, 1861, vice Johnson, late 33t1 Natic9 Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Colin Hubert Garbutt to take mil , from March 1, 1861, vice Speke, late 46th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. John Gregory to take rank from March 1, 186 1 , vice Anderson, 3d European Regiment, promoted. Lieut. Henry Chas. Greenaway to take rank from March 9, 1861, vice Godby, late 36th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. John Edmund Waller to take rank from March 18, 1861, vice Crawford, late 19th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Edwin Metcalfe Leslie Marriott to take rank from March 23, 1861, vice Kerr, late 60th Native Infantry, pro moted. Lieut. George Edward Reade to take rank from April 9, 1861, vice Evans, transferred to 2d Fusiliers. Lieut. Henry Owen Cumberlege to take rank from April 13, 1861, vice Pierce, late 30th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Henry Grimes to take rank from April 28, 1861, vice Babbage, late 55th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Herbert Wm. Shoubridge to take rank from April 29, 1861, vice Corbett, late 61st Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Robert Norton to take rank from May 5, 1861, vice Richardson, late 58th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Frederic `serge Simpson to take rank from May 6, 1861, vice Harrison, 2d Fusiliers, deceased. Lieut. George Arthur Berkeley Becher to take rank from May 10, 1861, vice Merewether, late 61st Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Geo. Edward Newnham to take rank from May 16, 1861, vice Corry, late 16th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. William Gresham Smith to take rank from May 25, 1861, vice Ogilvie, late 48th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. David William Inglis to take rank from June 10, 1961, vice Hunter, late 18th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Hotham Taylor Woodcock to take rank from June 10, 1861, vice Thain, late 21st Native Infantry, retired. Lieut. Francis Tweddell to take rank from July 6, 1861, vice Coxe, late 70th Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Thomas George Macaulay to take rank from July 7, 1861, vice Balderston, late 23d Native Infantry, pro moted. Lieut. Edmund Richard Cox to take rank from July 11, 1861, vice , late 41st Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. George Nicholas Channer to take rank from July 27, 1861, vice Younghusbund, late 66th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Charles Edward Douglas Branson to take rank from July 28, 1861, vice Glubb, late 37th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. John James O'Brien (dismissed) to take rank from August 2, 1861, vice Burton, late 62d Native Infantry, re signed. Lient. Reginald Justus Wimberley to take rank from August 16, 1861, vice Malleson, late 33d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Frank William Chatterton to take rank from August 24, 1861, vice Huxham, late 48th Native Infantry promoted. Lieut. Duncan John Stewart to take rank from August 25, 1861, vice Fraser, late 23d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. John Richard M'Kenzie Homfray to take rank from August 28, 1861, vice M'Pherson, late 3d European Regiment, deceased. Lieut. George Nicholas Channer to take rank from July 23, 1861, vice Ireland, late 23d Native Infantry, promoted . Lieut. Charles Edward Douglas Branson to take rank from July 27, 1861, vice Younghusband, late 66th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. John James O'Brien (dismissed) to take rank from July 28, vice Glubb, late 37th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Reginald Justus Wimberley, to take rank from August 2, 1861, vice Burton, late 62d Native Infantry, re signed. Lieut. Frank William Chatterton to take rank from August 16, 1861, vice Malleson, late 33d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Duncan Jobn Stewart to take rank from August 24, 1861, vice Huxham, late 48th Native Infantry, pro moted. Lieut. John Richard M'Kenzie llomfrey to take rank from August 25, 1861, vice Fraser, late 33d Native In fantry, promoted. Lieut. Robert Parry Nisbet to take rank from August 28, 1861, vice M'Pherson, late 3d European Regiment, deceased. Lieut. Charles Henry Tilson Marshall to take rank from September 11. 1861, vice Delafosse, late 53d Native In fantry, promoted. Lieut. Arthur Plantagenet Broome to take rank from September 19, 1861, vice Lamb, late 29th Native Infantry, deceased. Lieut. Samuel Brown Hemo to take rank from Septem ber 24, 1861, vice Tyler, late 42d Native Infantry, pro moted. Lieut. Edwin Robert Ives, 8.A., to take rank from Sep tember 26, 1861, vice Chartre, late 73d Native Infantry, promoted. Lieut. Alfred Thornton Davis to take rank from October 16, 1861, vice Thorp, late 69th Native Infantry, resigned. Lieut. Charles Woolton Guthrie Perreau to take rank from November 2, 1861, vice Hankin, promoted on the Cadre of the late 28th Native Infantry. Lieut. Edward Arthur Vine to take rank from Novem ber 10, 1861, vice O'Bryen, dismissed. MADRAS ARMY. ARTILLERY, Capts, Charles Henry Hutchinson and Frederick George Nuthall to be Lieut.-Cols. ; Second Capts. John M`Kenzie Macintyre and Gorge Gunning John Campbell to be Capts. vice Gabbett and Babbington, retired. Dated September 29, 1861. Supernumerary Second Capt. Eardley Wilmot Childers is brought on the establishment from September 29, 1861, vice Macint} re, promoted. Lieut. Robert Pope to be Second Capt., vice Campbell, promoted. Dated September, 29, 1861. ENGINEERS. Lieut.-Col. William Ilbert Birdwood to be Col., Captain John Carpendale to be Lieut,-Col., Second Capt. (Brevet- Major) Richard Hieram Sankey to be Capt., and Lieut. John Norris Hunter to be Second Capt., vice Henderson, retired. Dated September, 26, 1861. Capt. Francis Hornblow Rundall to be Lieut.-Colonel, Second Capt. John Goddard to be Capt., Lieut. Joseph Beatty to be Second Capt., vice Collyer, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 3D EUROPEAN REGIMENT. Lieut. Simon Temple (Capt. in the Staff Corps) to have the regimental position of Capt., and Ensign John Beres ford Gahan to be Lieut., vice Fergusson retired. Dated October 1, 1861. Lieut. Otway Francis Smither to be Capt., and Ensign Frederick Alexander Steton to be Lieut., vice Temple I (Staff Corps), deceased. Dated October 11, 1861. IST REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet 'Capt.) James George Roche Furlong (Capt. in the Staff Corps) to have the regimental position of Capt., vice Carruthers, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 2D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) Henry Thomas Neild to be Capt., and Ensign Francis Randolph Trevor to be Lieut., vice Carr, retired. Dated September 29, 1861. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) Alexander Jenkins to bo Capt.; Ensign Albert Francis Orchard to be Lieut., vice Shaw, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 9TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Capp. (Brevet -Major) Richard Stewart Dobbs (Major in the Staff Corps) to have the regimental position of Major. Lieut. Mark William Carr to be Capt., vice Bortliwick, retired. Dated September 30, 1861. 10TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. ...... Lieut. Charles James Godfrey to be Capt., vice Rieman, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 13TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. _ . Capt. Edmond Francis Burton (Major is the Staff Corps) to have the regimental position of Major ; Lieut. (Brevet- Capt.) James Hale Warden to be Capt., vice Marsack, de ceased. Dated August 23, 1861. 20TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieuts. (Brevet-Capts.) Francis Wynne Alexander R toobbe • son and Lodge Redmond de Montmorency Hutison Capts., vice Snow and Coleridge, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 22D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Ensign Robert Wickham (from the 35th Native Infantry) to bo Lieut., vice Clementson, promoted. Dated May 25, 1861. 26TH REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) John Henry L y te Kerr to be C apt., and Ensign Robert Tait to be Lieut., vice Pereira, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 34TH REGIMENT NATIVE (LIGHT) INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) George William Pia} fair to be Capt., vice Speid, retired. Dated September 13, 1861. 42D REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) Edward Winterton Dun to be Capt. vice Martin, retired. Dated October 1, 1861 . Lieut. Henry Im lach Bett (Ca p t . in the Staff Corps) to D ha a v te e d th o e c r t e o gi be m r eln,t4lB position of Capt., vice Roper, retired. 61. 43 D REGIMENT NAT IVE INFANTRY. Lieut. (Brevet-Capt.) Charles Williar;Dunto be Capt., and Ensign Albert Dawson Phelps to be Lieut., vice Kempt, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. 50TH RLGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY. _ . Lieut. (Capt. in the Staff Corps) William Rose to have the regimental position of Capt., and Ensign Stephen Edward Atkinson to be Lieut., vice Keating, retired. Dated October 1, 1861. BOMBAY ARMY. INFANTRY. Lieut.-Col, (Brevet-Col.) Sir Charier; Shepherd Stuart, from K.C.8., to be Col.; Major Edward Ba: „ Native Infantry, to be Lieut.-Col., vice Kemp, deceased, Dated September 17, 1861. 20TII REGIMENT NATIVE INFANTRY, Capt. (Major in the Staff Corps) William Edntonstone Macleod to be Major on the Cadre ; Lieut. and Brevet Capt. Edmund Lewin Traverner (Capt. in Staff Corps), to be Capt. on the Cadre; Ensign Charles Coombes Paul to be Lieut., vice Baynes, promoted. Dated Sept. 17, 1861. GENERAL LIST. Ensign St. john Edward Daubeny to be Lieut., vice Heisch, 28th Native Infantry, resigned. Dated Aug. 22, 1861. Ensign George Frederick Bryant to be Lieut., vice sand with, 3d Native Infantry, deceased. Dated September 24, 1861. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Assist.- Surg. Robert Nicholson, M.D., to be Surg., vice Ogilvie, deceased. Dated October 27, 1861. Note.—The date of rank as Colonel-Commandant of Major-General Montgomerie, C. 8., of the Madras Artillery, is October 8, 1849, and not 1859, as stated in the Gazetto of ! January 7 last. SHOCKING DEATH OF A YOUNG WO VA/V. Yesterday, an inquest was held, before Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy-coroner for West Middlesex, at Mid dlesex Hospital, Marylebone, touching the death of Julia Anna Jeffcott, aged 16 years, residing at 57A, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. Mr. Lynch, a resident in the same house, depose& that between the hours of 11 and 12 on the night of the Ist inst. he heard two females screaming vio lently, and one crying out, " Oh, my God, who will help me." He immediately ran up stairs to the second floor, from whence the screams came, an& found deceased running about wildly, her clothes enveloped is flames extending above her head, and followed by a younger girl, named Jane [Walton, who attempted to extinguish the flames,- Witness first tore her burning clothes from her and wrapped a carpet round about her. By that means he finally succeeded in putting out the flames, though not before he had severely burnt his hands, and otherwise endangered himself. Other assistance having been procured, she was at once removed in a helpless but sensible condition to that hospital. One of his hands was very much injured, but he had hopes of regaining the use of it. Jane Walton said deceased was in the second floor back room, looking at a portrait in front of a large fire, when the skirts of her dress suddenly ignited. Witness, in her endeavour to extinguish the flames, got her hair partly burnt off her head, and was otherwise burnt. Deceased then passed from that room to another for assistance, the door of which, however, was closed against her and locked by the inmates, from the intense alarm under which t he y evidently suffered. The medical evidence proved that the hapless girl expired shortly after her admission to the hospital, from the effects of excessive burns which she sus tained all over her body, and The Jury, after expressing their approval of the conduct of Mr. Lynch, in risking his life to savethe deceased, returned a verdict of accidental death from burning. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The directors of this company propose that the dividend for the half-year ending on the 31st of December last should be at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum MIDLAND, The report of the directors of this company states that hot - Withstanding the continued depression in trade, the traffic of the railway has eiperieneed it small increase of £1,794 during the past half-year. The receipts for coach ing amount to £405,221, showing an increase of £7,045; for minerals to £250,711, showing a decrease of £271; for merchandise to £426,834, showing a decrease of £5,678 ; for cattle to £17,382, showing an increase of £698. The available balance for dividend is £433,473, including £1,085 from the previous half-year. The directors recommend the declaration of the following divi dends (less income-tax), payable on the Ist of March, being at the same rates as those declared at the corresponding period of last year—viz., £3 10s. per cent. on the conso lidated stock, £2 16s. 3d. per cent. on the consolidated Bir mingham and Derby stock, £3 10s. per cent. on the conso lidated preferential stock, £3 10s. per cent. on the Erewash Valley stock, and the usual dividends on the preference stocks, leaving a balance of £7,288. The completion of the portion of the Rowsley and Buxton line from Rowsley to Bakewell may be expected about the Ist of July next. It is expected that the Erewash Valley Extension to Clya cross will be ready for passenger traffic in a few weeks. The directors have taken the necessary steps for obtaining in the present Session of Parliament an Act to enable the company to construct a railway to connect the Rowsley and Buxton with the Marple, New Mills, and Hayfield Junction Railway at or near New Mills. An arrangement has been concluded with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company by which the Midland Railway Company is to have the power of running its own trains between New Mills and Manchester (a distance of about 15 miles) with accommodation there, and such access for its traffic to other places in Lancashire and Cheshire as the Sheffield Company can give ; the conside ration for these privileges being that the Sheffield Company shall have poser to run its own trains to and from Buxton to Rowsley, and an obligation upon the Mid land Company to send all the traffic south of Chesterfield under its control via New Mills and the Sheffield Company's lines when the Rowsley and Button Extension Railway shall be completed, and by way of Brighton until that time shall have arrived. The directors believe that this agree ment is a fair one, and that it will be mutually beneficial. The cost of the Rowsley and Buxton Extension Railway to New Mills is £360,000. It is proposed to ask the proprie tors to authorise the expenditure on capital •account of ' £lOO,OOO for additional works. The capital account shows that £21,794,079 had been received to the 31st of December last, and £21,789,288 expended, leaving a balance of £4,791. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. last shows that £1,120,666 had been received and £477,421 expended, leaving a balance of £643,245, out of which is deducted £191,429 for interest on loans and gua ranteed stocks, £939 for Buxton and Matlock deficiency, £18,674 for rent of North-Western Railway, £215 for rent of Dursley branch, and £5OO for redemption of mortgages, ' leaving a disposable sum of £433,473. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the amount of share capital chargeable on revenue to Dec. 31 last, exclusive of leased lines, is £19,272,705, of which £12,093,594 consist of consolidated stock, £2,651,943 guaranteed and preference stock, and £4,627,168 of loans. The expenditure on capital account for the half-year amounts to £193,590. The re ceipts of the company during the last half year amount to £982,760, and for the corresponding half of 1860 to £1,031,631, showing a decrease of £48,871. The disburse ments amount to £430,518, against £417,274, showing a de crease of £13,244. The balance of revenue applicable to the payment of dividend on the consolidated ordinary stock of the company is £323,484, and the directors re commend to the proprietors to declare a dividend out of this amount at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, less in come tax, which will leave a balance of £21,144 to be car ried forward to the next half year. The falling off in the revenue of the company for the half year, to the ex tent of £48,871, is mainly to be attributed to the con tinuance of the civil war in America, which, by its interfe rence with the supply of cotton and other produce, has limited the manufacturing industry of Lancashire, and con sequently the amount of raw material and manufactured goods carried on the company's railways. The working ex penses have been unusually heavy, but when it became ap parent that the probabilities of a peaceful solution of the difficulty were remote, the best efforts of the directors were applied to limiting the working expenses; this has now been accomplished to a considerable extent, and further re ductions, if necessary, will receive their earnest considera tion. The permanent way, which is reported by the engineer to be in good condition, continues to receive the attention of the board. The extent of relaying during the past half-year has been considerable, and has occasioned an increase to the debit of renewal account of £11,539, notwithstanding a sum of £60,000 has during the year been transferred from revenue to the credit of that account against £54,032 in the previous year. The superintendents of the locomotive, carriage, and waggon departments report the rolling stock under their charge to be in good order and condition. In their last report the directors stated that the Parliamen tary proceedings of the company had been, on the whole, satisfactory. This satisfaction is much diminished by the great cost forced upon the company in defending their pro perty from the encroachments upon it which are from time to time attempted. The Oldham branch to Rochdale and Royton is to be completed by June, 1863. Tho capital account shows that £19,393,448 had been expended to the 31st of December, leaving a balance against the company of £3,105. CORK AND BANDON. The report of the directors states that there has been a decrease of £4lB in the receipts of the last half-year ending the 31st of December, as compared with the corresponding half of 1860. The decrease in the receipts is attributed to the depressed state of trade and a deficient harvest; but, on the other hand, there has been a decrease in the working expenses of £567 as compared with the same period of the preceding year, when a large sum was required for the renewal and repairs of the rolling stock, which was not re quired in the past half-year, with the exception of building a third-class carriage and erecting a gatehouse, thereby leaving sufficient funds to pay the usual preference divi dends. The balance-sheet exhibits a profit of £2,271, after providing for all expenses, outstanding accounts, &c., which is applicable for dividend on the No. 1 preference shares at the rate of 6} per cent. per annum, and on the No. 2 preference shares at the rate of 6 per cent. pei annum, for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, both payable on the Ist of March next. The directors have entered into a contract for the erection of an iron bridge over the Bandon river, near Innoshannon, in place of the present wooden structure. The directors are informed that the works on the Kinsale Junction Railway are progressing, and the line is expected to be opened for traffic next sum mer ; also that the Cork and Macroom Railway Company have had additional capital subscribed, so that the works on this line would, it was believed, be entered on forthwith. COLNE VALLEY AND lIALSTEAD. It appears that the works on this lino aro so far advanced between Castle Hedingham and Great Yeldham that the line will be ready for Government inspection in the course of three weeks. The land up to Haverhill is in possession of the contractor, who has three locomotives and several hundred men working night and day to accomplish the opening throughout by the Ist of May. The Eastern Counties Company have taken no action in the construc tion of the line from Haverhill to Cambridge beyond giv ing notice of a survey of the land. RED SEA. AND INDIA TELEGRAPH. Tb o report of the directors, to be submitted to the pro prietors at the general meeting on thei 17th inst., has been issued :--" It will be in the recollection of the shareholders that when thesecond ordinary general meeting of the company was held in February last, her Majesty's Government had deemed it necessary to defer the payment of the guaranteed interest until after the passing of an act to remove the doubts raised by the law officers of the crown as to the un conditional' nature of the contract between the Treasury and the company. The declaratory act confirming the original agreement was introduced by her Majesty's Go vernment at an early period of the session, and, after hav • ing been referred to a select committee, was finally passed on the 22d of March, when the interest was immediately paid. This question having been settled, the directors lost no time in bringing the state of the line, and the company's posi ion in connection with it, under the notice of the Go vernment, and repeatedly urged the necessity of immediate action, with a view to carrying out the important work for which the company had been formed. The Government were, however, indisposed to take upon themselves the re sponsibility of proceeding with the undertaking, and mat ters remained in statu quo till shortly after the payment of the August dividend, when a proposal was made to the Treasury by Sir Macdonald Stephenson, who undertook to form a company for the purpose of taking measures to re store the communication, on the condition of receiving from the Government the lines and property of the Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Company free of charge. The Govern ment adopted the suggestion, and negotiations were in con sequence commenced, which resulted in a proposition made by the Treasury to the board, which was submitted to the shareholders at a special general meeting held on the sth of November last, when the terms were accepted, and the following resolutions were unanimously passed :—Resolved That the proposition contained in the letter addressed by the Secretary of the Treasury to the directors of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company, on the 15th of Oct. last, be, and is hereby, accepted, on the unde rstanding that it be made clear in the arrangement with the Govern • we nt that the intention of clause 3 in the proposition . COUNTRY MA.R_KL'I )5. ...... ,k,.. HULL—FEB. 11. To-day a moderate supply of English wheat, with a fair sale, at last week's prices for best sorts. Foreign generally in retail. Malting barley moved off slowly, and griDdinF also dull. Beans, peas, and oats in retail. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 548 Od to 58s Od Old red 483 Oct to 528 Od » New white .. ~ New red .... " Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 56s Od to 62s Od Dutch, Belgian and French. 58 s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Ham burg,i red. St. Petersburg and Riga, old 5OB Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 338 Od Seal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Oct Grinding 3OB Od to 31s Od Oats .English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Osl2id to 13 d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 03131 d Swedish and Danish osl2id to 0813 d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 468 Od to 48s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 408 Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring —s Od to —8 Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crashing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 oto £ lO 5 0 Foreign: Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 0 Bones NEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE —FEB. 11. At our Exchange to-day there was a fair attendanee of farmers. The sales were stil l very dull, and prices tor wheat were unchanged. Flour held firmly, but few buyers. Malting barley was quite a drug. Oats tending lower, and sales difficult. The weather mild. NEWARK. White wheat, new, 69a to 63s Red do. sss to 51s Old white 60a to 63s Red do. 46s to 56s Barley, malting 32s:to 39s Peas,.... —FEB. 11. Bailey, grinding 298 to 3u/ Oats, old, .. oos to 35; New do 23s to 27s Beans. 45s to 470 Beans, new 44s to ..- -13 ;£is to 545. COAL Al ARKET. the close of the market 0. a. Wylam 16 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Bell's Primrose ......12 6 North Felton ....13 0 (Moo of Coal per Ton a 1 s. d. Cowpon Hartley 15 0 Holywell 15 0 Bate' s West Hartley l4 3 Walker Primrose 12 0 West Wylam 14 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley 14 0 Davison's West Hart ley 15 0 Howard's West Hart- _ _ _ Walls'End. Gosforth 14 iietton .. l7 6 15 6 H mei Hall 14 6 Hedley.... 13 0 Tursdale ...... It, 83 ; sold, 26. ley ....15 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....14 3 Ships at mark FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Feb. lg. via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. March G. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 1S• via Marseilles Feb. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. --•• India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. ----, via Marseilles Feb, 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. via Marseilles Feb. 13. Newfoundland ..Feb. 19. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Feb. la , by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Feb. 12. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 13. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, IFeb. 13. California, and British Columbia.. 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