The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Vivid paddle yacht, Master Commander Allen, returned to Osborne yesterday, from her cruise to the westward, with his Royal Highness - Prince Arthur on board. The Vivid afterwards went into Portsmouth harbour to fill up with coal, preparatory for her coasting cruise with their Royal Highnesses the Princes Arthur and Leopold. An attempt was made yesterday to remove the Black Prince iron frigate from her berth in Ports mouth harbour to the steam basin, but it had to be abandoned owing to the existence of a strong eas terly wind. The intended trial of the Coquette screw gunvessel at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, prior to her departure for China, was deferred, owing to the same cause. The Zebra, 17, screw steamsloop, 200 horse power, Commander A. H. Hoskins, after having had various alterations made upon the internal steam pipe, was again taken to the measured mile off Maplin Sands for a final trial of her machinery this day, Capt. J. P. Thompson, of the s t eam re serve, was in command of the vessel, and Messrs. W. Price, inspector of machinery afloat, and G. Blaxland, chief engineer of her Majesty's dockyard, Sheerness, were in charge of the engines. The fol lowing are the results of the trial :—Average speed per hour, 10 knots; revolutions of engines, 92 ; ensure of steam, 22 ; vacuum, 261; draught of water aft, 14ft. 10in., forward, 13ft. 6in. Imme diately on the conclusion of the trial the Zebra started under steam, and sailed for Portsmouth on her passage to the West Coast of Africa. Captain Thompson and the officers belonging to Sheerness returned from the trial in the Fearless tender. The Mullett, 5, screw steam gnnvessel, 80 horse power, Commander Cortland H. Simpson, left Sheer ness this day, under steam for Devonport, on her passage to the West Coast of Africa, to which station she is appointed. The Eliz3 hired transport, laden with war stores for Bermuda, yesterday sailed from Woolwich pier for her destination. The repairs of the Rochester having been com pleted in dock at Woolwich, the whole of the hired ship wrights, 50 in number, employed thereon were yesterday discharged. The whole of the hired sail makers employed during the past year have also received notice of dismissal. The construction of the Caledonia, intended to be iron clad, is being hastened with all speed. Upwards of 300 ship wrights are now employed in preparing her sides for the reception of the plates. It is said she will be the strongest ship ever built. The Flying Cloud, No. 6, transport, yesterday completed landing her cargo of war stores at Wool wich from India, consisting of 32 guns, 12,000 solid and 7,000 hollow shots, 4,000 shells, 8 mortars, 400 cases of medical comforts, &c. Her number was erased, and she was paid out of the service. The screw steam frigate Tribune, 23, Capt. Lord Gifford, from Portsmouth, arrived yesterday morn ing in Plymouth Sound, en route for Vancouver's Island. The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, 3, Mr. Raymond master, from Portsmouth, arrived yester day morning at Plymouth. After coaling she Would proceed for Queenstown. The crew of the screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, in Plymouth Sound, were inspected yesterday morning by Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B. The screw steam transport Himalaya, Capt. John Seccombe, was removed yesterday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze to have defects made good. Capt. W. R. Mends, C. 8., has been appointed Director of Transports; Capt. J. W. Tarleton,C.B., is appointed Deputy Controller-General of the Coastguard, in the place of Capt. Mends. Letters dated the 28th of January have been re ceived at Plymouth from the screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Capt. the Hon. D. Keane. She had left Jeddo, and was then at Sokahama, where the peaceful character of the natives was in strong con trast to the violence of the inhabitants of the capital of Japan. Guards of every description were unne cessary, and the officers and crew of the corvette could visit the shops and the theatre at Sokahama, or make excursions into the country without appre hension of danger. From private letters received by our Chatham correspondent from the screw frigate Immortalite, 51, Capt. G. Hancock, we learn that that vessel arrived at St. John's, Antigua, from St. Thomas's, on the 3d ult., and having relieved the Cadmus, 21, screw steamer, Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., left on the 11th of April for Barbadoes. At the latter date the Cadmus was still lying at Antigua, waiting the de cision of the Admiralty Court respecting the pzize brig Lama. As soon as the finding of the Court was announced the Cadmus would leave for Ber muda. The island was exceedingly healthy, and all the crew, as well as the officers, were well. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham Dockyard announcing that, in conse quence of her Majesty having signified that no celebration of her birthday will take place this year, the customary holiday on the 24th inst., will not be granted to the workmen employed in the several naval departments. The Lords of the Ad miralty will, however, name a day during the summer on which a general holiday will be granted to all the hands employed at the several Royal dockyards. The sum which the Admiralty have decided on paying Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Campbell for building the iron screw steam frigate Resist ance, 18, 800 horse power, including the additional fittings and work on board, and not specified in the contract, is £167,850, or rather more than £45 per ton. Commodore Superintendent Sir F. Nicolson and the departmental officers of the dockyard yesterday went down to Greenhithe from Woolwich, and in spected the steam troopship Adventure, Commander Lethbridge, under orders to embark her first draught singe being newly fitted for that service. It having been found that the cooking berth was ill ventilated and inconvenient for the requirements of a large body of troops, a number of shipwrights and others were despatched from the dockyard to make the necessary improvements, for which the ship will be detained at Greenhithe. i• The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander C. J. Rowley, to the Renard, vice Commander Goodenough, invalided; Francis E. Wilmot, midshipman, to the Tribune; George Deans, in the Coquette, confirmed as engi neer ; George Batchelor, acting-engineer, from the Indus to the Fisgard, as supernumerary; E. Wil liams, in the Coquette, confirmed as 2d class assist.- engineer ; James W. P. Foord, paymaster, to the Jason ; Charles P. Fielon, paymaster, additional, to the Victory ; Henry M. Itarrison, assist.-paymaster, to the Megcera ; W. F. Crosthwaite, assist.-clerk, to the Cambridge; and Edward Henry Clarke, has been nominated to a naval cadetship. THE AR 131 Y. A mounted troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, with 12-pounder Armstrong guns, are under orders to march from Woolwich this morning at half.past 8, to be in attendance in the park and fire a salute at the opening of the Exhibiti on: A large number of volunteers have arrived at Chatham during the past few days, from the Indian and other depots attached to the various depot bat talions at the several military stations, for the pur pose of joining the 83%] Regiment. The headquarters and service companies of the 83d are now on their passage home from Bombay, after serving in India nearly 14 years. Before embarking, the service companies gave a great many volunteers to the vari ous regiments in India, and this, together with the usual proportion of casualties, has reduced the regi ment to about one-half its proper strength. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointme n t an d Pill s .— Unseemly Eruptions.—No means heretofore discovered aro so competent to cope with and conquer all blemishes, boils, eruptions, redness, and roughness of the skin, as these celebrated medicaments, which to be praised need only to be known. Holloway's remedies cool the system, regulate the circulation, and so thoroughly purify the whole body that whatever is hurtful must inevitably be swept away, and succeeded by healthy structures, which alone can be derived from rich and pure blood. The cosmetic virtues of this unguent have been long uppreciated ; no toilet table is we ll appointed which lacks its presence ; it soothes and cleanses the most fine is tender skins, an d, w h en assi.ted by Uolloway's Pills, s the most valuable beautifier. TEE AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. A letter from Mexico, dated March 23, says : It is true little could be expected from those pre cious " preliminaries" of which I sent ycu a trans lation in my last ; still, we did flatter ourselves that a stop would have been put to forced con tributions and other exactions which are being levied upon foreigners with such an unsparing hand. The Juarez Government, however, acting upon the principle " that if they cannot make use of their friends, who are they to make use of," have set to work with redoubled energy, and, not to be defrauded of their just rights, they have themselves assessed the sums on which the 2 per cent. capital tax is to be paid. I need not tell you that these assessments are excessive in the extreme. Still, there is no appeal, and the parties have to pay or be embargoed. When these preliminaries were signed Baron Wagner at once passed a note to the Government upon the subject; but the only reply he received from Doblado was, " that the prelimi naries in no way touched the question of forced contributions, and that it was the intention of the Government to compel payment by every means in its power." Numbers of foreigners will be ruined by these scandalously illegal exactions, which, un fortunately have received the sanction of Mr. Cor wyn, the American Minister, who has gone out of his way and issued a circular to all the United States' Consuls, giving it as his opinion that the tax is a legal one, and must, so far as American citizens are concerned, be complied with. Only a short time back a letter, signed by the Minister of Hacienda, was sent to the Mint of this city, the property of American citizens, requiring the imme diate payment of 500,000 dols., in which the follow ing paragraph appears : "The instructions of the President are that, taking into consideration the urgent and grave necessities of the nation, and with a view of saving the sacred rights of the country at a time when:the ordinary resources of the Republic are entirely absorbed, he has resolved to meet the difficulties of his position by taking possession of private property, par ticularly all such as may consist of ready money, wherever it may be found." A more distinct avowal of the intentions of this very respectable set of statesmen cannot well be conceived, and it is perfectly unintelligible how with these facts before them Gen. Prim and Sir C. Wyke should have persevered in a course which cannot but result in the ruin of every foreigner in the Republic. Treaties and conventions are all very well when made with a Government that has some sense of decency and honour; but to attempt such a course with a Mexican Government after the ex perience we have had for the last 40 years is worse than folly. Besides, did it necessitate the presence of 10,000 men to exact a convention ? Anyone the least acquainted with this country well knows that a Mexican Government will consent to anything that does not require an immediate sacrifice, because they can always repudiate before the day of pay ment arrives. You may go on making conventions till the day of judgment, and when that period ar rives you will find yourself as far advanced as when you started. On the part of Sir Charles Wyke treaties and conventions have literally become a monomania, and as the far-famed " Tony Weller," in the ever-to-be-remembered trial of " Bardell v. Pickwick," looked upon " a alleybi" as the only sure defence to an action for a breach of promise of mar riage, so does our representative seem to consider " a convention" as a sovereign cure for every politi cal crime and delinquency. Not satisfied with the forced contribution, the Government has just decreed a " forced loan for 1,000,000 dols., to be appropriated among 40 indi viduals, of whom some are Spaniards, and clearly exempted by treaty. Not a week back Gonzales Echevaria, the Minister of Finance, went to Orizaba to meet Sir C. Wyke and Gen. Prim—why, or for what, nobody knows. He had scarcely turned his back upon the city when Doblado issued an order against a Mr. Buck, a Spanish subject, for the pay ment of 100,000 dollers within 24 hours, in default of which he was to be expelled the country by way of Tampico, a road impracticable to a man in bad health and upwards of 70 years of ago. He has been obliged to compound by the payment of 70,000 dole. The system applied to Spaniards to day may be extended to Englishmen and French men to-morrow. It is a direct attack upon private property, and shows, beyond all doubt, that nobody's strong box is safe. These cases might be multiplied beyond number. But individuals are not the only sufferers ; the country itself is being plundered by anticipation in the most reckless manner. I men tioned in my last a case where the Real del Monte Company were to receive in 10 years 1,200,000 dole. for an immediate payment of 300,000 dols. My statement of the amount was incorrect. I find by the most moderate computation that they will have received 2,500,000 dols. Exclusive privileges and contracts of every description, ruinous to the coun try, are being granted and entered into every day. What little remains of the Church property is being disposed of at prices merely nominal ; even hospitals are being alienated. Of course, it is well under stood that members and employes of the Govern ment are hereafter to participate in the profits of each and every one of these arrangements —a pro vision against a rainy day. If bona fide creditors are ever to be provided for, it is shrewdly suspected that the allies upon their arrival in the capital will have to overhaul these most unrighteous arrange ments. In fact, it is impossible to convey even the faintest idea of one-half the villany that is going on. Mexicans themselves blush for their country men, and it is no figure of speech to say that such a system has never been known —no, not even in Mexico. All these iniquities, however, sink into insignifi cance when compared with the execution, or, more properly speaking, the murder of General Robles. This gentleman, formerly. Minister to the United States, served under Miramon ; when the outrage upon the British legation was perpetrated, he at once threw up his commission, and from that time to the present has never served in any capacity. He came in under the amnesty of November last, but having been favourably looked upon by the Deputy-Commissioners, he was def med a dangerous character, and crdered out of the ca pital. Not thinking himself safe, he attempted to make his way down to Tehuacan and claim the pro tection of the allies. Unfortunately, ho was ar rested when within three leagues of the French outposts. The news of his arrest was telegraphed by Mendoza, the commandant of Puebla, on the night of the 21st. No reply was sent to this tele gram, as Mendoza was known to be a friend of the General's, but a courier was sent off at once, with directions to avoid Puebla, and make his way direct to San Andres de Chichicomula, the head quarters of the Mexican army, with orders to try him under that disgraceful law of the 25th January and shoot him at once. Immediately his arrest be came known, every possible interest was made on his behalf. Being universally respected as a gen tleman, a man of honour, and one who had the in terest of his country really at heart, he commanded the sympathies of all parties. This was enough to insure his condemnation with the present pa r ty. Notwithstanding the most urgent interference on the part of Baron Wagner, and in open violation of the preliminaries, he was shot as a traitor on the 24th. Within my recollection no event has created so great a sensation in Mexico. The following are the letters which passed between the Prussian Mi nister and Doblado, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which will be read with interest : " March 22. " Sir,—l have just been informed that General Robles has been arrested near Tehuacan. This is a most unfortu nate incident. At such a moment it would, without doubt, have been more to the advantage of the Supreme Govern ment that he should have escaped. Through an unfortunate circumstance or the precipitation of some inferior chief the life of Robles may be in danger. I am certain, Sir, that you will understand all the fatal consequences that such an incident as the death of Robles may bring upon the Government, and, above all, upon the president. You will perform a re.l service to his Excellency in calling his at tention to this matter. " You are aware that General Robles received an asylum in the French Legation, and that such a protection cannot have been conceded to him without the consent of the French Government, who will resent any unnecessary shedding of blood at a moment when an armistice has been proclaimed to stay the horrors and the vengeance attendant upon civil war. " E, DE WAGNER." Two days eitiped without an answer being sent to the above letter; it was on the 24th thgt Doblado replied as follows :--• "My dear Sir,--1 beg to answer the private letter you addressed me the day before yesterday with regard to Don Manuel Robles, and have to state that the Government, as well in this case as in all others which may present them selves will act in strict conformity with the law. Nothing is to be feared from the allies, seeing that they have declared in the preliminaries that they will not interfere in the inte • nor government of Mexico, and it is undoubted that one of the rights of sovereignty is that of punishing according to the existing laws any one who may have transgressed them. " On the other hand, it is necessary to call your atten tion to the fact that the conduct of Don Manuel Robles has fully justified the fears and misgivings of the Govern ment regarding him. "M. DOBLIDO," " March 24, " Sir,—As the representative of a friendly Power, I have ever viewed with a feeling of impartiality the political dis sensions of this country, which have caused so much blcod to flow. In my view of thb case, on the score of humanity and of true democratic principles, it requires great crimes, wise laws, scrupulously constitutional, which command universal respect, to justify in any political matter the pun ishment of death. "I think, therefore, that the life of Robles can be in no danger, but the note of your Excellency does not entirely tranquillise me, I hope, however, that in the event of his being sentenced to death, the President will make use of the prerogative, which the Chief of every State possesses, to pardon ; and, if necessary, I beg of you, Sir, personally, to implore the clemency of his Excellency, in my name, to make use of that glorious prerogative in favour of a man who has had the honour to represent the Mexican Govern ment in the United States, and who carries with him the sympathies of many both here and in foreign contrics. "E. DE WAGNER." It is reported that a conspiracy has been dis covered among the troops stationed at Perote, and that 80 have been shot. These are the first fruits of that diabolical law alluded to in my last, and we shall not have to thank our representatives if we escape its sanguinary enactments. There is much to be feared. All now depends upon the activity of the French. MARCH 28. It is reported in well-informed quarters that the French, tired of waiting for conferences which it would seem are never to take place, exasperated with the contributions daily levied upon their coun trymen, and horrified at the murder of poor Roblee, have declared the preliminaries broken, and given notice to Zaragosa, the Cummander-in-Chief of the Mexican forces, that it is their intention to retire to their original position at Paso-Ancho, where they will remain for 24 hours, at the expiration of which period they will consider themselves at liberty to march upon the capital, or in any other direction they may think fit. God grant that this reptirt may be well founded, for the position of all foreigners here has been almost intolerable. Thus, at the expiration of three months the French are about to do what the allies should have done at the outset. All those absurd reports about the valour, unanimity, and patriotism of the Mexicans so industriously circulated, and which certainly seem to have had their effect upon General Prim and her Majesty's representative, will no doubt now be put forward in justification of the course pur sued by those gentlemen. Everybody here knows that what I wrote months ago is the truth, " That had the allies immediately upon their landing marched to the interior there were not even troops to oppose them, and that had there been they would not have fired a shot." As it is, I have certain in formation that Zaragosa's troops are not to be relied upon ; they are all bordering upon a state of mutiny, and will disband the first time they are brought face to face with the enemy. How can the poor creatures be expected to fight when they receive no pay and are positively starving P The accuracy of my statements will bo tolerably well tested if the French, with a virtual declaration of war, make their way to the capital without any serious opposition. It has long been evident to every one here that the truth of the old adage, " Too many cooks spoil the broth," was being marvellously exemplified in Mexico. With M. de Saligni pulling ono way, Sir C. Wyke another, and General Prim intent only upon his own private interests, how could any good result be expected P Unfortunately many valuable lives have been sacrificed by these wretched diplo matic:squabbles, and foreigners here have been left in a most false and cruel position. Without going into the question of who was right and who was wrong, it is sufficient to state that public opinion here is decidedly in favour of M. de Saligni; and every Englishman has heard with pleasure that the French and English Governments are not only perfectly d'accord upon the Mexican question, but that the former are now to be entrusted with the entire management of this affair. Our interest will be sufficiently secured by England being a party to the treaty. It would be well if Spain would withdraw upon the same terms, al though, if France takes the lead, her doing so is of secondary importance. It appears that all our troops, with the exception of 150 men under the command of Captain Elliott, have been withdrawn. They were on the paint of marching when orders were given for their re-em barcation. The Donegal sailed on the Bth, the Sanspareil has since sailed, and the Mersey and Challenger were expected to leave shortly, all for Bermuda. Our gallant fellows are naturally much disappointed at not being allowed to take a part in the enterprise. It appears that sickness had been making rapid strides, and that the vomito was mak ing its appearance. What explanation is to be given for keeping these troops six weeks in that pesthole Vera Cruz I know not, but it is to be hoped that some will be demanded. By accounts forwarded to me a few days back, I am informed that up to that time 27 men had died, and that out of 250 marched down to the port on the morning of the 9th not more than 45 could carry their mus kets. The mortality among the Spaniards is said to have been fearful. The French have not suffered so much, but they very properly were not allowed to remain at Vera Cruz ; they were marched at once to the Tejeria. Up to the present moment every one would suppose that the allies had been sent for the special protection of the Mexican Go vernment; but now that the French are to have the management we may hope for better things. The expenses our Government have been put to up to now have not been very great—something above 6,000 dole., as all the land transport provided for our troops has been taken by the French at cost price It appears from all we hear that General Almonte is to play an important part in the future of Mexico. He came out by the last British packet, and is sup posed to be in the confidence of the Emperor of the French. He is of the Conservative party, but a man much respected and looked up to. It is now an indisputable fact that the Conservatives and Mo deradoes are in favour of a monarchy, and I have little doubt that if the people generally could ex press their opinion the great majority of the nation would be of the same way of thinking. I trust the French authorities will have suffic:ent savoir faire not to side with any particular party. They ought to come to the capital unbiassed, appoint, in the first instance, a provisional Government and endeavour to ascertain the real sentiments of the people. With proper management the suggestion of a monarchical form of government might be made to emanate from the Mexican people themselves. They are quite ripe for it, and it would be good policy to give them an opportunity of expressing their opinion upon a subject so vitally affecting their own in terests, more especially when we are pretty certain that those opinions will coincide with our own. Of course I am supposing that no determination has already been arrived at. Should an interregnum take place I would strongly recommend the appointment of committees to inquire into and report upon the liabilities of the country, its resources, and the best means of raising revenue, &c. ; and it would at the same time be a mere act of justice to the country itself, as well as to those who have claims upon it, to institute search ing inquiries into the manner in which the church property has been :disposed of, the effect of the several contracts and privileges alluded to in the former part of my letter, and various other matters at present involved in much mystery. At the pre sent moment we are wofully deficient in any correct statistical information, and, in the event of a per fectly new state of things being initiated, it is im portant to ascertain as far as possible the foundation upon which we have to build. For instance, there can be no doubt that with honest collection the duties at the ports will net 9,000,000 dole, annually; that with a Government affording guarantees for life and property the waste lands will become of great value; and that by a judicious system of taxa tion there will be no difficulty in raising the revenues of Mexico to an amount very far exceeding any thing that has yet been beard of. All these sub jects are deserving of much consideration, and, as they must necessarily be interesting to the bond holders and all other Mexican• creditors, I will en deavour to touch upon them more at length on some future occasion. In the meantime, as it is known to be the intention of the French Government to ascertain and settle the claims of its citizens, a like measure of justice ought to be meted out to the subjects of all other countries. Commissioners ought, therefore, at once to be appointed to adjudi cate upon these claims, most of which, arising out of violations of our original treaty, ought in justice to take precedence of every other debt. It has been the fashion for British Ministers to write disparag ingly of such claims, but I will venture to assert that with very few exceptions no demands can be more just or equitable, and that any opinion formed to the contrary is either based on ignorance of the facts or a disinclination, and perhaps in some cases a want of capacity, to go into their investigation. Such a matter ought to be taken altogether out of the hands of the Legation, and intrusted to persons properly qualified. The number of French troops who took up their quarters at Tehuacan appear to have been about 3,000. Since then further reinforcements have ar rived at Vera Cruz, and it is expected by the end of the month that Gen. Lorencez will have about 10,000 men under his command—a force more than suffi dent to make their way from one end of the Re public to the other. Yesterday adviees reached this city that Gen. Prim had been superseded by Gen. Dulce, who had arrived at Vera Cruz, some say, with an additional 6,000 men. Mr. Corwyn has been indefatigable in his endea vours to frustrate the objects of the intervention, he has been doing his utmost to support the present Government by every means in his power, and to day it was confidently reported that a treaty was signed yesterday, "by which Mexico was to cede to the United States a portion of the Northern States and the waste lands in other parts of the Republic, receiving in return some 20,000,000 dole. and the assistance of 8,000 men." Although I cannot positively affirm that this treaty has been signed, yet I know that it has been for some time under consideration, and that it is nearly sure to be so as soon as certain intelligence of the march of the French roaches the capital. It will be for England and France to say what construction is to be put upon this conduct. M. de Saligni will be officially informed of the fact by the present courier and doubtless communicate the circumstance to the French Minister at Washington. A Conservative organ, published under the rose, has just been handed to me, which states that the ' chiefs of that party have agreed to the following Articles : " 1. To recognise Almonte as chief of the Re public and of the forces which adhere to this plan. "2. The said Almonte to be fully empowered to enter into arrangements with the chiefs of the allied forces to convoke a National Assembly, to take into consideration the deplorable state of the country, decide upon the form of Government, put a stop to anarchy, and assure to Mexicans peace and order," This shows pretty clearly the opinion of that party. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, at 11 o'clock, a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall for the despatch of business—the Lord Mayor presiding. LORD CANNING. Alderman SALOMONS, M.P., gave notice that at their next meeting he should move that the free dom of the City, in a gold box of 100 guineas, be presented to Earl Canning, in grateful recollection of his eminent services whilst administering the Government of India at a period of great peril, and in appreciation of the conciliatory and enlightened policy of his subsequent measuros for the good go vernment and permanent improvement of that im portant dependency of the British Crown. The announcement was received with loud cheers RLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Mr. WOODTIIORPE, the town clerk, read a letter from the directors of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, complaining of the seri ous inconvenience to which they were put by the delay of the Common Council in deciding the num ber of arches for the proposed new bridge at Black friars, adding that if the number of arches should be less than five the company would be subjected to a large additional expense not contemplated in the original estimate, and that they themselves were in favour of a five-arched bridge. Mr. W. VALLANCE, chairman of the Bridge-house estates committee, said he had done his best to have the question decided with the utmost possible expe dition, reminding the Court at the same time that in this important matter the corporation had a duty to the public to discharge which had a primary claim on their consideration over the convenience of the railway company. (Hear, hear.) The letter was referred to the Bridge house com mittee for consideration and report. THE DRIVING OF CATTLE THROUGH THE STREETS. Mr. H. L. Taylor, chairman of the markets im provement committee, laid upon the table a letter from Sir R. Mayne, chief commissioner of metropo litan police, enclosing certain rules, orders, and re gulations for the driving of cattle through the streets of the metropolis to and from the Cattle Market, in Copenhagen-fields, and which had re ceived the approval of the Secretary of State. The subject was referred to the markets improve ment committee. THE SHERIFFS' COURT. A report from the officers and clerks committee was brought up by Mr. IL S. WATERLOW, their chairman, upon the duties and emoluments of the several officers of the Sheriffs' Court, and with a proposed scheme for the future conduct of the busi ness of the court. They recommended, among other things, that "The present chief clerk not being liable by the terms of his appointment, to certain restrictions proposed in reference to any person hereafter appointed to that office, there should be no increase to his present salary of £5OO, but that the salary of any person other than the present chief clerk hereafter appointed to the office should commence at £4OO, and be raised at the rate of £5O per annum until it reaches £6OO, subject to certain conditions." They recommended that the salary of the present entering clerk, to be hereafter desig nated clerk of the judgments (£210), be £220, and be raised at the rate of £lO per annum until it reaches £250 ; that the salary of the present pro cess clerk (£175), be £2OO ; that the salary of the present clerk accountant (£200), be £2lO, rising annually in this and the preceding case at the rate of £lO, until it reaches £250; that the salaries of the cash and ledger clerks remain as at present— viz., £l5O and £l3O. Mr. Waterlow proposed the adoption of the report. An amendmeht was moved by Mr. Deputy FRY for referring it back to the committee for reconsi deration, on grounds which he stated in some de tail. The subject gave rise to a lengthened debate, but its public interest was not such as to justify a report. On a show of hands the amendment was negatived, and the motion for adopting the report was carried on a division by 53 against 27. THE PROPOSED NEW STREET TO THE MANSION HOUSE A conversation arose, on a report of the improve ment committee relative to a correspondence be tween Mr. Cowper, the Chief Commissioner of Works, and Mr.. Thwaites, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board, on the subject of the proposed Thames embankment and new street to the Man sion-house. Mr. DEPUTY FRY, the chairman of the commit tee, explained that Mr. Cowper, at an interview, had stated that the new street in question, which, by the way, is estimated to cost some £600,000, was a component part of the embankment project, and would, like the embankment, be constructed under the supervision of the Metropolitan Board of Works, unless indeed the eorporaticn of London undertook to bear the Cost of the new street, in which case the corporation might themselves construct it without the intervention of the Metropolitan Board. Mr. Fry said it was matter for regret that the corpora tion for the first time were to be precluded from making a great public improvement witnia their own jurisdiction, but as they were not prepared to accept the alternative of paying the cost of it out of their own funds, they would be obliged to submit to the proposed arrangement. Mr. DE JERSEY recalled the time when the-Com mon Council were entrusted with tho expenditure of about 1,000,000 in the erection of Loudon-bridge, and in the making of King William and Princes streets, and he thought they might well have been ' charged with the construction at the public cost of the proposed new thoroughfare to the Mansion , house. Alderman BESLEY deprecated the interference of the Metropolitan Board in works of public im provement in the City, and condemned the proposed arrangement as the introduction by them of the thin end of the wedge. The further consideration of the subject was at length adjourned, and the court rose. A METROPOLITAN RIFLE RANGE. Yesterday a meeting was held in Willis's Rooms of representatives of the Metropolitan Rifle Corps for the purpose of considering the best means of providing further facilities for rifle practice. Lord Elcho took the chair, and among those present were Earl Grosvenor, Lord Bury, Colonel M'Leod of M'Leod, Lord Ranelagb, Major-General Hay, Major Hughes, &o. The CHAIRMAN observed that although the foun dation of all real, earnest volunteering was, of course, a spirit of patriotism and perseverance, other inducements were required to bind men to the movement. Such gatherings as that held on Easter Monday at Brighton wore of groat ad vantage in keeping up enthusiasm in regard to the movement. Rifle shooting also answered the same purpose, and therefore, a taste for that exercise ought to be encouraged. Rifle butts, like justice, should be brought to the door of every man. In a large city like London the Volunteers were very unfortunately situated in that respect. There were very few available sites for ranges, and the price of land was very high. Certain individual corps had excellent ranges of their own,such as that at Worm wood Scrubs, belonging to the five assoeieted regi ments, and that at Wimbledon, which was used by the London Scottish. But there was no public range open to the Volunteers of the metropolis, ex cept, perhaps, that at Cremorne-gardens. (A laugh.) A number of geatlemen who took a deep interest in the Volunteer system, had come to the conclusion that the most practical way of getting a public range (especially one with targets at 1,000 yards, which was an important desideratum) was to afford encouragement to the Rifle Range Company which was started a year or 18 months ago. The meeting was called to discuss the matter. Earl GROSTENOR said that in the case of his own corps (the Westminsters) he found that their effi ciency as riflemen was affected by the want of a pro per range. He moved the following "resolution":— " That this meeting is of opinion that greatly in creased accommodation for rifle practice, especially at long ranges, should be secured for the Volunteers in and near London, and that commanding officers, Volunteers, and others present, should use their best endeavours to promote the establishment of a pub lic rifle range for the metropolis." Colonel LINDSAY seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. Mr. HEMMING explained that the proposed range was situated at Kensal. There were omnibuses on the road, and a railway station had been planted close to the ground, so that it could be reached by each of the main lines in the metropolis. The peculiarity of the plan was that instead of placing all the targets in a row, and distributing the squads at different distances, the squads were grouped together and the targets scattered about. At the extreme end of the range there was a rising ground of 50ft., which was to be artificially elevated to 70ft. There were to be four first-class targets at 1,000 yards ; four at 900 yards, four at 800 yards, and four at 700 yards. The second-class ranges would be established on a lower level, and would be shot at by men standing on a platform some 10ft. higher than the first class men. The third class targets would be placed at the side of the other ranges. There would be 46 targets altogether, and they would be so arranged as to allow of the whole of them being used at all the ranges with perfect safety at the same time. Thus 46 squads, or at least 500 men, could practise at once, at whatever ranges they chose. Captain POWELL suggested that it would be better to have three or four ranges on different sides of the metropolis than to invest a large sum of money in a single range, which would not suit all corps. He wished to know how far the proposed range was from town, and how much it would cost. Mr. BANTING said the Kensal range was three miles and a half from the Marble Arch. The esti mate was £30,000 for land and £30,000 for buildings including a drill-hall as large as Westminster-hall. The CHAIRMAN said it was intended to adopt the electric self-registering target at this range, and Major-General Hay had kindly consented to give any explanation on the subject. Major-General HAY held that Mr. Hemming's plan was very ingenious and successful. He hoped the Volunteers would give moral as well as material support to this undertaking. Unless the range were constructed thoroughly well it had better be left alone. If properly carried out and managed it would, he believed, prove a lucrative speculation. Its success would depend in a great degree on the efficiency of the electric targets, but he had no doubt they would be found to answer. Lord TRURO acknowledged the importance of procuring a good rifle range at an easy distance from town, but doubted whether the proposed range would not be too remote and costly. Subscriptions must not be looked for from the volunteers, who were already heavily burdened. Lord BURY believed the volunteers would be glad to use the target, but the capitalists of the City must, in the first instance, provide the funds for its construction. Lord RANELAGII pronounced the scheme utterly preposterous in a commercial point of vie w. A capi tal of £60,000 was required. Of the 18,000 riflemen in the metropolis at least half were already provided with rifle ranges ; and of the remainder not above 2,000 or 3,000 were in the habit of shooting. How could such a number of men support so costly an undertaking ? There was no chance of getting in terest on the outlay. Major-General HAY said no subscriptions were wanted for volunteers. If they would only give countenance to the scheme sufficient funds would be forthcoming. The resolution was agreed to. Captain WILLIAMS moved, and Captain PALMER seconded, the following resolution : " That this plan of the Metropolitan Rifle Range Company is deserving of the support of the meet ing. The motion was adopted. The next resolution, moved by Col, GREY, and seconded by Col. M‘LEOD, was : "That the commanding officers and volunteers present undertake to make this particular place known to the members of their respective corps, and to ascertain the number of shares likely to be taken by them, and that a return be made as early as pos sible, addressed to the office of the Metropolitan Rifle Range Company." Lord RANELAGH wished to know what was the financial situation of the scheme. Mr. BELL, solicitor to the company, said that of the £60,000 only £15,000 remained to be subscribed. The directors would be very glad to reduce the esti mates if any mode of doing so could be suggested. The resolution was agreed to, as was also the fol lowing one, moved by Capt. FENTON, and seconded by Col. BATHTJAST " That a general committee of representatives of the Middlesex corps be formed to give Practical effect to the resolution already agreed to by this meeting--viz., the establishment of a public rifle range for the metropolis; and that the committee of the Scrubbs range be desiredto communicate with metropolitan corps on the subject." A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro. ceedings. RAILWAY IN7ELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report of the directers of this company states that the receipts on capital account during the past half-year amount to £5,203, making the total re ceipts on the 31st of January last £5,218,300. The expenditure now amounts to £5,019,663. This in cludes the extra cost of renewing wfooden bridges with stone and iron, and the expenditure incurred • in fishjointing 81 miles of rails renewed during the half-year. There are still 901 miles of main line tt.:` fisbjoint, and the expense of this will be charged to capital. It also includes a sum of £14,618 as loss on value of rails in stock. The sum of £8,219 ad vanced to the Port Huron and Milwaukie Railway in 1858 has been now charged to capital. The balance at the credit of capital account is £198,638. During the last two years five additional loco motive engines with their tenders have been built at the company's workshops, and paid for out of the. revenuo,as well as the cost of fishjointing 961 miles of road, amounting in all to £11,762. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of January last shows that the gross receipts amounted to £265,952 and the working expenses, including maintenance, taxes, insurance, and rent of suspen sion-bridge, £125,425, leaving a balance of £140,527. From this is deducted £17,498, interest on Government loan,X37,72s,intcrest on company's bonds, £27,443 for renewals of rails, sleepers, bridges, &e., £BB3 on Flamborough accident ac count, and £3,700 balance of bad debt account, having the balance from the half-year's working of £53,277, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum,leaving £3,l3s,which, added to £18,373, the surplus from the preceding half• year, amounts to £21,058. From this balance the directors have written off £7,453, being one-third of the arrears of interest hitherto standing in the balance-sheetagainst the Detroit and Milwaukie Company, leaving £14,054 to be carried fcrward. The working expenses of the last half-year are at the rate of 47.16 per cent., and for the whole year 54 . 50 per cent. The receipts of the Detroit and Milwaukie line have very satis factorily increased during the winter, and the traffic brought upon the Great Western Railway by that line is estimated to amount during the past half year to £25,508 as against £23,676 for tho corre sponding period of the preceding year. The result of the working of the Detroit and Milwaukie Rail way during the year 1861 was that, within £2,500, it earned sufficient to have provided (but for debts ordered by the Court to be paid) for the payment of interest upon the whole of the bonded debt of that company. An agreement was entered into with the directors of the Grand Trunk of Canada Company on the 31st of Jan. for securing the advantages of economy and unity of interest to both concerns, by placing the whole under ona management with a fusion of all receipts. It has been proposed by Messrs. Brvdges, Watkin, and Carter that the terms upon which the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company may join the Grand Trunk and Great Western be decided by the chairmen of the London Boards of those three companies. CHARING► .CROSS. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London-bridge station of the South- Eastern Railway Company, the Hon. J. Byng in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, formal resolu tions were passed authorising the directors, under the Hungerford-market and Charing-cross Bridge Act, 1860, to create and issue ordinary shares of the company to the extent of £120,000, to form part of the general capital, and to bear ordinary dividends, and to borrow £40,000 in addition to the other sums which the Charing •cross Railway Company were authorised to borrow. The proceedings then terminated. NORTH DEVON. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the offices, Gresham-house —Mr. Tite, M.P., in the chair. The solicitor read the heads of a bill for making a railway from the North Devon Railway, in the parish of Colebrook, to Okehampton. The CHAIRMAN explained the bill was promoted by an independent company, and the line would form a junction with the North Devon at a point about four miles from Crediton, and might be of some advan tage to their railway. After some observations from Mr. Hartridge, Capt. Warren, and Mr. J. G. Frith, a formal reso lution approving the bill was carried unanimously. WEST OF FIFE AND CHARLESTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Dunfermline on Tuesday—the Hon. T. C. Bruce in the chair. The report stated that although trade had been much depressed the revenue had been such as would enable the directors to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. to the Charleston and 4 . per cent. to the West of Fife shareholders. Tile new works authorised were mak ing &,Itisfactory progress. The CHAIRMAN stated the reasons which had in duced the directors to seek amalgamation with other lines, and moved the altroval of the report, and that the dividends be declared accordingly. Mr. MATHESON seconded the motion. Mr. HosIE, seconded by Mr, HILL, moved that the report be not adopted, and that the instructions to oppose the Edinburgh and Glasgow bill be with drawn. The motion was carried by 361 to 122, but a scru tiny was demanded, and the scrutineers were to re port the result on the Ist May. WEST FLANDERS. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the offices, Moorgate-street--Mr. R. Till in the chair. Mr. Chubb, the secretary, read the report. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congra tulated the proprietors on the gradual and progres sive increase in their traffic, and that it had at last enabled them to surmount the difficulty of obtaining a 5 per cent. dividend. He trusted the traffic would continue to increase, and that they would at least be enabled to maintain the 5 per cent. dividend for the future. During the half-year some unusual expenditure had been incurred for the improve • ment of their property and for facilitating the traffic. Some improvements in the stations at Courtrai and Deynzo to accommodate the traffic had been effected at an expense of £1,600, which would be taken out of revenue and spread over a few half years. There was another item for goods engine and two waggons of £2,600. They had arranged that this amount should be defrayed half-yearly out of revenue by instalments, the first instalment of which would commence when the last instalment of £5OO for former engines terminated, so there would be no increase in that item. Mr. GREIG seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. HERAFATH said he hoped that the former good management would be continued, and that the shareholders would have something added to the 5 per cent. in future years. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 4s. 9d. per share for the past half-year was approved. After acknowledging the valuable services ren dered during many years by the late Mr. Richards as president of the company, the proceedings con cluded with the thanks of the meeting to the chair man and directors, and also to Mr. Chubb, secretary. SCINDE. The sum of £5,665 was paid yesterday to the credit of the Secretary of State for India in Council in anticipation of calls on the third issue of shares. PUNJAB. The sum of £13,340 was paid yesterday to the credit of the Secretary of State for India in Council in anticipation of the final call of this company. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the committees on the Bristol and South Western Junction, and on the West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Railway, were engaged all day in taking additional evidence, and then adjourned until Friday. THE DISTRESS IN WIGAN.—The expenditure of the Wigan Relief Committee is still on the increase, last week's payments having been a little in excess of those of the preceding week. The sum paid in out•Aloor relief by the board of guardians is also rising weekly, though this but slowly, the Relief Committee having so far been able to support all the poor making application to them. The fund upon which they hale to work has lately been in creased by some large subscriptions from persons remotely connected with the town or district. Even with these, how evor, the fund will not last more than another month at the present rate of expenditure, and there will be very great difficulty in raising a second subscription, as the inhabitants have given more liberally than those of any other town in the county in proportion to population. It is not, however, likely that Wigan will suffer as severely as Preston and Blackburn, for, though the state of trade is worse than in any other district (of 9,000 hands fully one-half being out of employ, and of the remaini ng h a lf f our -fifth s on s hort time), y e t there are not so m an y o f th e f am ili es w h o ar e entirely dependent on the cotton trade as in the towns just mentioned. Wigan being the centre of a coal, as well as a cotton, district, in many instances where the children in a family are employed in a factory the elder male branches work in the mine, and thus, though, owing to the decrease in the consumption of coal, the colliers are now on short time, they are still earning sufficient to keep want from their doors. To families containing colliers at work no relief has yet been given by the committee. Lady Kay- Shuttlewerth has addressed a letter to the treasurer of the Wigan Relief Committee, enclosing .% check for 10 guineas. ARSENICAL PAPER _HANGINGS. Yesterday afternoon the investigation was re sumed at the Freemasons' Arms Tavern, Limehouse, by klr.John Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, touching the death of Amelia Turner, aged three years, the last of a family of four children who have all died within a period of two months with strong symptoms of arsenical poisoning, alleged to have been caused by inhaling the emanations from green paper hangings. The leading facts in the case were noticed in a paragraph and letter which appeared in Tice Sun on the 23d and 29th ult. Dr. Thomas Oren, of White Horse-lane, Stepney, said he was called i`o dece;,'sed on the 3d of April, and f ou nd he suffering from extreme vrostration. He tho ug ht the symptoms exhibited by the' child very strange, and questioned the mother about the other children. She said they had all been a ttacked in the same ttacked i way, and had ultimately died o soreness in the throat, which had been attribute ,-1 to diphtheria. eh effect. He NO and could He prescribed tonics, but without mt.' then noticed the green paper on the w see a marked connexion between the sy Cu,rtonis ex hibited by the deceased and the other en and those caused by arsenical poisoning. He na.'de u. post mortem examination, and found that the stomach presented streaks of inflammation, but was otherwise healthy. The intestines were a inflamed. The other organs were healthy. iI found no traces cf disease to account for death. Dr. Letheby, Professor of Chemistry at the London Hospital, said he had received from Dr. Orton the stomach and viscera of deceased, and also a certain portion of green paper. He found that the latter contained arsenic, loosely adherent', in the propor tion of three grains to the square foot. There was no glaze, and the poison could be very easily rubbed off. He examined the stomach and viscera, but could not find arsenic. The symptoms described by Dr. Orton were those of arsenical poisoning. He had known effects of the same kind praduced by the poisonous powder from such pavers being absorbed and inhaled while floating in the at mosphere, though he could not trace arsenic iu the system, yet he should say in the absence of dis ease that death might have been caused by arse.mc. Owing to the absorption of the poison being gill dual, it was possible that the traces might be want— ing, though the effect would be fatal. The fact that the children were not sleeping in the room did not make much difference. He had known two children in Hackney die from arsenical poisoning imbibed while playing for a few hours daily in their father's library. Arsenic would not produce diph theria, but it would soreness of throat. Dr. Orton, recalled, said he had no hesitation in saying that deceased died from chronic poisoning, by arsenic taken into the system in minute quantities. Cases. were on record in which arsenic known to have been taken could not be traced after death. The paper in question was highly deliquescent. At 50 degrees it became quite damp, and the colour came off on. the hand almost like paint. The coroner summed up, and the jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of " Natural Death." The coroner said it was a question whether he could take this verdict. He could not refrain from expressing his dissent from the conclusion to which the jurors had come. The medical evidence showed that there was not only no disease to account for death, hut that there were no traces of disease. A juror said that the jury were willing to admit that • the use of green paper was objectionable, although they were of I opinion that in this case death was natural, COUNIRY 11-IABKE2S. ,b,,.. SALISBURY—APRIL 29. At to-day's market wheat was in moderate su pp l y , and in much better condition. A short Atte r n i dan it c u e r , a farmers eu being engaged at home in out of door a t ,' opera tions for which the weather is now so favt. urable. Sales were at a trifling decline. Oats, beans, and peas showed considerable steadiness, at last week's prices. Barley Was much in request. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE -APRIL 29. The supply of wheat was limited, and the demand ruled slow, at diminished rates. Flour neglected, but late p xkes were maintained, Other articles unchanged. HULL--APRIL 29. The wheat trade since our last has been quiet, still a fair amount of business has been done. The arrivals are good. At to-day's market there was again a small supply of English wheat,which sold at is under late rates ; best aorta at late prices. Foreign sorts in good request, and also . is below last week's rates. Barley scarce, and a slack inqralrY• Beans and peas at last week's quotations. Oats movecZ elf freely, at former prices. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr s4s Od to 58s Old red New white .. New red , Dantzic, Konb &c. old white bOs Od to 62s 04 Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s M Baltic and Hamburg, red 6Bs Od to 59s 0(1'. St. Petersburg old sos Od to 52s Oct Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 03130. Swedish and Danish osl2!d to osl3cl Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s oa to 48s Oct New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Ott New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s M Peas Foreign breakers Grinding 305 Od to 32s Ott Tares ....Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 56s Od crushing .., 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign' Bl5 oto 910 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 COAL [ARKRT• the close of file market Walls (Prices of Coal per Ton a: - 8. d. Buddle's West Hartley 15 0 Tanfield Moor Butes .. 12 6 Wylam ..16 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Holywell 16 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 0 Bell's Primrose l2 6 g. d. Cassop .. . 16 6 Hartlepool ..... 17 0 Caradoc .... 16 3 Soath Hartlepool.... .. 15 6 Heugh l6 0 Hetton South Kelloe. . 16 6 K elloe Tunstall' l6 6 L Brs,ddyll's Hett9n 16 3 `, 54; sold, 34. Ships at marks' FORtIGN MAIL PACKET ,LIST. MAILS DUE. Ause.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles ISrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. May 2. via Marseilles ...April 27. Falkland Islands May 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton May 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 2.'; Marseilles April 27i India (Bombay), via Southampton May 11. --, via Marseilles May 5. • Lisbon May 1. Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton May 2. via Marseilles April 27. Newfoundland .. April 30, Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.. April 30. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet April 30. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 10, Bahamas, via New York ' Mexico All plifornia ,arts of and Brit West Ind ish Columbigies, includin .. Peru, j April 2S a Between 1851 and 1860, the extent of land which had been used wholly or partially by the gold diggers the colony of Victoria was 640 square miles, for which the diggers bad paid the Victoria Government £3,075,022, or £lO per acre. If the pastoral tenants had paid the Govern.. ment in the same proportion for the land they occupied during the same period, the Government would have re.• ceived from them the sum of £450,000,000. BIRTHS. CALSGTIL:--At Fairlinch, Clifton-park, Bristol, the wife oi Thomas Castle, Esq., of a son. ELGIN.—On On the 28th ult., a t 123, G eorge , s t ree t, Edin burgh, the Countess of Elgin, of a son, stillborn. GARTH.—On the 26th ult., at Wimbledon, the wife of R 1 Garth, Esq., of a son. JACKSON.—On the 29th ult., at 3, Weymouth- street, W., the wife of I'. Curr Jackson, F.R.C.S., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CURRIE—MAcGREGon—On the 29th ult., at St. Leonard's. on• Sea, Captain A. A. Currie, H.M.'s Indian Army, to Emily Louisa, daughter of the late James MacGregor, M.P. for Sandwich. PUGH—BALDRY.—On the 29th ult., at St. John's, Not ting-hill, Thomas Pugh, Esq., of Notting-hill-terrace, to Catherine Baldry, of Lansdowne-crescent, Notting-. hill, widow of the late W. C. Baldry, Esq., Streatham-. common, Surrey. DEATHS. CHILDE.—At Ticehurst, Sussex, Jonathan Childe, Esq., second son of William Lacon Childe, Esq., of Kinlet Hall, Shropshire, and formerly Captain 12th Regiment of Royal Lancers. _ _ DENMAN.—On the 25th ult., at St. John's-wood, Frances Marianne, wile of the Hon. and Rev. L. W. Denman, vicar of Willain, Hitchin, Herts. FLOWER.—On the 28th ult , at Hill-house, Tooting-com. mon, Hugh Philip, youngest sun of P. M . Flower, Esq, aged 21. HAMMERSLEY.—On the 29th ult., at 25, Park-place, Chas. Hammersley, Esq., aged 80. SEYMOUR.—On the 28th ult., at 40, Gerard-street, Soho, James Seymour, aged 63. SIIOOLBRED,—On the 28th ult., at The Elms, Acton, Mr. Shoolbred, of Tottenham-court-road, aged 69. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, I\ 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Aliddlesex,—Thursday, May 1, 1862, 7HE StTN, LONDON, TEWVDAY F.VENING, MAY 1, 1862.