The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

VIE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL. ABANDONMENT OF THE OBELISK SCHEME. The committee of noblemen and gentlemon re cently nominated by the Queen to advise her Majes ty in the choice and mode of execution of a design for a national memorial to the late Prince Consort have just presented a report upon the subject, a copy of which is subjoined, as is also the reply of her Majesty, through General Grey, addressed to Sir Charles Eastlake, the President of the Royal Academy. It will be recollected that the committee was composed of the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Cabitt, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Charles Eastlake. The following is the report : TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. We, the members of the committee appointed by your Majesty to consider the best means of giving effect to your Majesty's wishes in respect to a me morial to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, humbly beg leave to report to your Majesty the result of our preliminary proceedings with reference to the matter committed to us. From a letter dated Feb. 19th last, addressed by Li e ut.-General the lion. C. Grey to the Right Hon. W. Cubitt, the Lord Mayor, we learned that your Majesty had come to the conclusion that nothing would be more appropriate, provided it be on a scale of sufficient grandeur, than an obelisk, to be erected in Hyde-park, on the site of the Great Ex hibition of 1851, or on some spot immediately con tiguous to it ; and that there would also be this ad vantage in a monument of this nature—that several of the first artists of the day might take part in its execution, fur there would be room at the base of the obelisk for various fine groups of statuary, each of which might be entrusted to a different artist. In accordance with the views thus expressed we considered the condition of magnitude in the obe lisk to be indispensable. We could not but be apprehensive that considerable difficulties would have to be encountered in the ul terior arrangement of sculpture round the base, whether near or at some distance—bearing in mind tho importance of giving the necessary prominence, in position and effect, to the statue of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. We resolved, how ever, without entering on the consideration of this point, to confine our attention, exclusively, at first, to the question of the possibility of finding in the United Kingdom a monolith of sufficient dimensions combining with an approved colour the important condition of durability. Our attention has, for these reasons, been re stricted to granites. In our inquiries we have de rived great assistance from the director-general of the geological survey, Sir R. Murchison, through whom, with the aid of his correspondents at the quarries at present worked, we have received accu rate information on the points to which our attention was chiefly directed. But we regret to say that in most instances the granite rocks so described to us, even when unobjectionable on ac count of the tint or reputed durability of the material, have not been found capable of furnish ing a monolith of sufficient length. We have also to acknowledge liberal offers of materials in com paratively unexplored localities; but the cost of ex perimental excavations and the uncertainty of the result have deterred us from advising such under takings. _ The only case that has come under our notice in which the various requisites above enumerated may possibly be found to be combined, together with vi cinity to the sea and comparative facility of trans port, is that a mass of granite of a light red tint in the Island of Mull, on land belonging to the Duke of Argyll, who with great liberality has placed all such materials on his estate at the disposal of the committee. Our investigations have been for some time confined to this locality ; and we have to ex press our thanks to the Ross of Mull Granite Com pany, for the important assistance they have ren dered us in enabling us to form an opinion respecting the fitness of the block in question. The length, which in the excavated portion already exceeds 115 feet, would, we consider, suffice for the intended obelisk. There appears, however, to be reason to apprehend that the width of the stone near the centre would be insufficient, according to the pro portions of the most approved ancient examples, to be consistent with that height. It is also by no means certain that the block referred to has the ne cessary thickness in those portions which are not yet cleared. An experienced contractor who has exa mined it has stated that nothing can be affirmed respecting the fitness of the stone "until it be raised and turned out from its present bed." For such operations a large outlay would be required, and we cannot but hesitate to recommend such outlay while we have no absolute certainty of a satisfactory result. Although we have considered it on many accounts desirable that a monolith of the required dimen sions should be obtained from some part of the United Kingdom, we have not omitted to make inquiries elsewhere. Knowing that large masses of granite of good colour can be procured in Russian Finland, as evinced by various remark able specimens in St. Petersburgh, we have con sulted competent authorities respecting the fitness of that material. The replies we have received cannot be regarded as satisfactory, since it appears that the granites in question, however well adapted for interior decoration, have not the repu tation of being durable in the open air. With regard to the important point of expendi ture (assuming a monolith to be found in our own country), we consider that from the variety of esti mates we have privately received, the novelty of the undertaking probably rendering any approach to accuracy difficult, we are by no means in a posi tion to name a sum that would represent the ulti mate cost ; more especially as it is the opinion of many that the obelisk would present an incomplete appearance unless the surface were enriched with incised sculpture, on the principle of execution (however different from the representations) adopted on Egyptian obelisks. Without, however, ventur ing to assign a limit to the entire cost, we coneeive we are justified in expressing our opinion that the whole of the sum already subscribed would be ab sorbed by the obelisk alone. While, therefore, we see no reason to conclude that success is absolutely unattainable, we believe that it would be accompanied by difficulties and by expenditure at present wholly incalculable; nor can we refrain from expressing our serious doubts whe ther, even if the mere enterprise were successful, the ultimate effect would be such as to realise your Majesty's just and natural expectations. Having laid fully before your Majesty the infer ration which we have received and the inferences we have drawn, we humbly await the signification of Your Majesty's pleasure as to prosecuting our Present inquiries or directing them to some other mode of meeting the great object in view. DERBY. CLARENDON. WILLIAM CUBITT. Westminster, April 14. C. L. EASTLAKE. To this report General Grey has sent the follow ing replY M y d e ar Sir Charles,__,rhe Osborne, April 19. Queen commands me to acknowledge the receip t her Majesty the report from the committee name d b y on the subject of the proposed national memorial to the Prince Consort. iler Majesty canno t refuse her ament t o th e ma sons so clearly and strongly put forward in the re port which induce the committee to a"ibt th e „. pedicncy of any further attempts to fi nd a mono lith that would fulfil the condit ions on which her Majesty's choice of an obelisk as a distingui shino , characteristic of the proposed monument main; depended.. Her Majesty sees, therefore, no alternative but to acquiesce in the abandonment of the idea of an obe liQk, and to request the committee to turn their at tention to the possibility of finding some other mode in which the great object in view may be most satisfactorily effected. Her Majesty's wish is to leave the committee quite free to recommend whatever may appear to them to afford the best hope of a satisfactory result ; and she would merely throw out as a suggestion whether the opinions of some of the foremost architects of the day might not be advantageously taken as to the means of combining the groups of statuary men tioned in my letter to the Lord Mayor (amongst which of course a statue of the Prince would be prominent) with sore other design.-1 remain, yours very faithfully, C. GREY. Sir C. Eastlake. TILE IWIAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. The following are extracts from the annual re port, just published, by the National Lifeboat Insti tution : As indications of general confidence, it may be stated that during the twelve months three more of the old local lifeboat establishments have, at the request of their managing bodies, been transferred to this society, namely, those at Dundee, Scar borough, and Dublin Bay. Lifeboats.—During the past year the institution has placed fifteen new lifeboats on the coast, viz., at Whitby, Selsey, St. Ives, Landdwyn, Southport, Irvine, Campbelltown, Winterton, Great Yarmouth Dungeness, Scarborough, Aberystwyth, Plymouth, Kingsgate, and Dundee. Others are in course of construction for Blakeney, Norfolk, Kirkcudbright, Kingstown, Poolbeg, and Howth, for which trans porting carriages and boat-houses had beencon structed. The institution now possesses 120 lifeboats on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and one on the island of Guernsey. Of the 15 boats added to its fleet during the past year, no less than 10 have been tho special gifts of individuals, and the cost of another was collected amongst some members of the Society of Friends and presented by them to the institution. The society's lifeboats have, during the year 1861, saved 289 persons from different wrecks, nearly the whole under circumstances of peril which could not have been encountered by any ordinary boats. On 79 other occasions they have gone off to the aid of vessels in apparent danger or in reply to signals of distress, but where their services have not eventu ally been required. For these several lifeboat ser vices upwards of £l,OOO were granted. The lifeboats of the institution were manned last year by nearly 6,000 persons, and it was only on one occasion tne committee had to report accident at tended with loss of life, viz., to the Scarborough lifeboat. On the 2d of November last, when pro ceeding to a wreck during a dreadful storm, the boat got into a position where she was dashed re peatedly against the sea wall, and was nearly knocked to pieces. Although she did not upset, yet all her crew were thrown out of her ; unfortunately two of them perished, one having been crushed be tween the boat and the wall, and the other drowned through neglecting to put on his lifebelt. On this occasion Lord Charles Beauclerk, William Tindall, Esq., and Mr. John Iles, unhappily, but nobly perished, having been swept away by a heavy surf while intrepidly engaged in attempting to save the boat's crew. In this case the destroyed boat had been presented to the society but a few weeks before. Immediately after the accident, the cost of another was generously given to the institution by Mrs. Cockroft, a lady resident at Scarborough. Barometers.—The committee have the satisfac tion to state that they have placed 45 barometers at the different lifeboat stations of the institution. Attached to each barometer is a chart, on which the daily indications of the instrument are registered. By means of this diagram the boatmen and fisher men are enabled readily to observe the progressive rise and fall of the mercury. It is gratifying to know that the barometers are highly appreciated cn the coast, and that, in several striking instances, they have been the means of warning seafaring men of the coming storm, which would otherwise pro bably have overtaken them in mid ocean, and proved their destruction. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life.—The committee always feel that it is one of their most painful duties to refer to the distressing loss of life that annually takes place on the coasts of the United Kingdom. Notwithstanding all the services of the lifeboats, and the rocket and mortar apparatus, the casual observer might prematurely conclude that they were nearly abortive, inasmuch as the yearly total loss of life from shipwrecks appears to be little diminished. When, however, it is remembered that the trade of these islands has so increased, even since 18.55, that nearly 20,000 vessels have, in 1860, been entered inwards and cleared outwards beyond the number of the former year, it will at once be seen how vast the increase of risk of life has been, for those 20,000 vessels had probably on board at least 120,000 men and boys. Although the committee deeply regret to have to report that 884 lives perished last year from ship wrecks on our coasts, yet every friend of humanity must rejoice with them in the gratifying fact that 4,624 lives were rescued during the same period from these disasters. Of these 743 owe their lives imme diately to the services of lifeboats. These are tangible and unmistakeable results, which have elicited not only the heartfelt gratitude of the wrecked men them selves and their families, but have also excited the sympathy and liberality of a large proportion of the British public, who look upon the National Lifeboat Institution as one of the most important establish- , ments of the country. Actuated alike by that pene trating influence, Divine sympathy, high and low, rioh and poor, may join hand in hand in united efforts for a common good. Illustrative of such noble emulation, there are amongst the recent offerings to the institution the sums of XlO from a " Shipwrecked Friend," ss. from the "Savings of a Child," and £5O from a British Admiral, Sir J. Hope, K.C.8., who, amidst the untiring exertions of an arduous com mand, found time to think of the claims on his be nevolence from his distant home, and forwarded the above generous contribution from the China seas. The number of lives save d d ur i ng the year 18.61, as shown by the official returns of the Board of Trade, is as follows :—By lifeboats, 743; by rocket and mortar apparatus, 447 ; by ships' own boats, shore boats, steamers, &c., 3,406 ; by individual exertion, 28; total, 4,624. As observed before, the persons saved by lifeboats were rescued under the most dangerous circum stances, and few of whom could have been saved by any other means. One case will show the character of such services : On Feb. 10, in the fearful gale from the east which caused such destruction to shipping and terrible loss of life on the east coast, the brig Providence, of Shields, coal laden, was driven on the Long Scarr Rocks, between the mouth of the Tees and Hartle pool. The Seaton Carew lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution l was quickly launched, and proceeding to her assistance, through a high surf, took off her crew, eight in number, and landed them in safety. She had scarcely done so when she was again called to the aid of the brig Mayflower, of Newcastle, also coal laden, which had gone ashore on the East Gare Sand, off the Tees mouth. The lifeboat also took off her crew of eight men, and safely landed them. "I wish you had been here on that disastrous Saturday and Sunday (9th and 10th February)," writes the honorary secretary, the Rev. J. Lawson, of the Seaton Carew branch ; " I am sure you would have been gratified to see the gallant way in which our crew worked, though composed, as you known, chiefly of lands men. They were going from 9 a.m. on Saturday until 11 a.m. on Sunday, without rest, and not only attending to our own lifeboat, but helping to man the West Hartlepool boat when short of hands."* The total number of persons saved from ship wreck frcm the establishment of the institution in 1824 to the year 1861, either by its lifeboats, or for which it has granted rewards, is 12,272. Rewards—lt is hardly necessary to state that the rewards of the National Lifeboat Institution are not limited to the crews of its lifeboats. As the Bek-coasts of the British isles extend upwards of ` ) ; 000 miles, of ccurse it would be utterly imprac titakqe tol station lifeboats ou many points where Trrh a ,, r eat a few fishermen are found to reside. ere,L w ever, these men are nearly always ready to risk their lives and little property to succour their shipw recked 'A nctim fellow creatures. Although im p eIY to rend er suc h serv i ces , yet t h e committees e stl iave reaso to believe that the rewards sltva * itliloi T na h ms e hA S ei e h, presented, in 1859, by a Ka to se u rrsae C i a L re E w sq l"..b ostilewts pflower, of New ved the iollo w i, a , h e.,!),oat has been on her Brig Eliza, of 'Middleborough, 7.; following crews : castle, 8 ; brig !Providence, of Shields Watson, of Sunderland, 5; total 28, barque Robert 1 1 11 M SUN, !LONDON. of the institution stimulate these gallant men in the performance of their sacred work. Honorary and pecuniary rewards have been voted by the institution during the past year for saving, or attempting to save life, as follows :—Thirty-nine silver medals, 17 voted of thanks inscribed on vellum, and the sum of £1,287 .14s. 2d. in pecuniary re wards. The medals and other honorary awards of the institution arc much coveted by the coast boatmen and men of the coastguard service, and the amount and prompt payment of its pecuniary rewards afford general satisfaction. The operations of the committee may be thus stated. Since the formation of the institution it has expended on lifeboat establishments £57,000, and has voted 82 gold and 705 silver medals for dis tinguished services in saving life, besides pecuniary awards, amounting together to £15,384. Finances—The total receipts of the society dur ing the year 1861 have been £15,092 10s. 10d. The following legacies have been received dur ing the past year:—The late Mrs. Wilhelmina Watson, of Berwick-on-Tweed, £504 ; Miss Ann Easter Barber, of W arw i c k, £5O ; Th o mas Fisher Remington, Esq., of Uplyme, Devon, £lOO ; J. R. judkin, Esq., of Hackney, £lO5 ; Miss E. S. B. Palmer, of St. Ann's Gardens, St. John's Wood, £45 ; Edwin Cuthbert, Esq., of Camberwell, £5O ; and Captain Bewerbank, R.N., £9O. The expenditure during the past year was £13,955 2s. 10., of which sum £6,162 2s. 3d. were expended on additional life-boats, transport ing carriages, boathouses, and necessary gear; and £3,057 3s. 4d. on the necessary expenses of repairs, painting, refitting, and inspection ; £1,368 3s. 2d. in payment of services to shipwrecked crews; and £1,950 13s. 10d. (including what was paid by the local branch funds) on coxswains' salaries, and . for the quarterly practice of the boats' crews. With one hundred and twenty-one life-boats un der their charge, it is reasonable to expect that amongst such a fleet casualties will occasionally take place. Some boats, from accidents, will be permanently disabled, others will decay from natu ral causes. Independently, therefore, of the large income indispensable to the keeping up in a state of permanent efficiency 121 lifeboat establishments, probably no year will pass without some of the boats themselves requiring to be replaced. The operations of the institution now extend all over the British isles. To maintain and perpetuate these operations is a matter of earnest and constant solicitude to the committee. They have incurred a grave responsibility, but they do not shrink from it, and are determined, with the continued blessing of the Almighty, and the sympathy and liberality of the British public, to leave no effort untried that can in any way tend to lessen the annual loss of life from shipwrecks on our shores. THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER DEPTFO.RD. In the matter of the investigation into the loss of the screw steamer Deptford, of the port of Sunder land, instituted by Mr. J. Hargrave Hamel, at the instance of the Board of Trade. Report of the pro ceedings taken before Mr. John Candlish, Mayor, and Mr. George Hudson, two of her Majesty's jus tices of the peace for the borough of Sunderland, on the 14th inst. ; Captain Ross, R.N., acting assessor under an appointment by the Board of Trade. We the undersigned, justices aforesaid, hereby reports that in a lengthened examination of witnesses, con ducted by Mr. Hamel and cross-examined by Mr. Kewney, solicitor for Mr. Todd, late master of the ship, who was ill, it appeared that the said ship, which was of the register tonnage of 469 tons, after taking in a cargo of coals at the port of Sunderland, sailed therefrom for London, with a crew of 15 hands besides the master, in every way fitted for the voyage, at one o'clock a.m. of the 13th March last, with the wind at E.N.E., and the weather hazy. When in a fairway, the vessel, according to the evidence of the mate, was steered E.S.E. for about half an hour or three-quarters of an hour, and then the course was altered by order of the captain to S.E., which course was continued till about three o'clock, when the captain ordered the vessel to be steered S.E. by S., which course was continued until aboat a quarter to four o'clock, when the course was again altered to S.S.E., which continued until four o'clock. There was no increase of the fog or hazy weather up to 4 o'clock, up to which time the master had remained on deck, and the mate was then called up to relieve the master, and the master gave a course to the mate S.S.E. 1 E., and told the mate to blow the whistle or danger signal if it con tinued thick, and directed him, (the mate) to call him (the master) if there were any appear ance of danger ; no directions, however, were given to sound, but the lead- lines were on deck ready for use. The master then (four a.m.) went down below to bed. The course S.S,E. 4 E. would appear to have been kept until somewhere about 20 minutes past 6 o'clock, when the man at the wheel spoke to the mate of having doubts about the com passes, and the mate then directed the course to be altered half a point, i.e. S.E. by S. This course was kept for about five minutes, when the man at the wheel told the mate that it looked thicker to wards the land than it did seawards, and the mate then ordered the course to be altered to S.E., which was done, and the mate was looking foward, while the man at the helm was looking towards the land, and the latter called out, " My God, there's Whitby Piers !" and on looking to the other side of the ship the helmsman' observed Whitby Rock Buoy. The mate cried out, " Star board the helm,'' which was done, and instantly an order was given to stop the engines, but before either helm or engines could be got to act the vessel struck, and was fast on Whitby Rock. The master instantly came on deck, and ordered the sails to be taken in. He then got assistance from the shore to lighten the ship of part of her cargo, and even tually, by the assistance of two steamtngs, got the vessel off at 11 a.m. At first the ship did not make any water, but shortly after the pumps were sounded, and 18 inches water was found, but not withstanding every possible exertion the water continued to gain on them. It was then deter mined to take the assistance of the Ruby steamtug (one of the tugs which had towed the vessel off the rocks), in order to tow the vessel into Hartlepool Harbour, and a tow rope was taken from the tug, which proceeded in towingfor some time, when the water still increasing and driving the stokers out of the hold, and approaching the fires, and the ship being in danger of foundering (there being 11 feet of water in the fore hold), the ship's lifeboat was got out in order to take the crew for safety to the steamtug, which was done, and the tow rope being slacked to enable the crew to get on board the tug, it would appear to have been da maged, for in setting away again it broke, and not withstanding an attempt gallantly made by the master and some of the crew in their lifeboat, to endeavour to get on board, and get another tow rope attached, nothing could be effected. The weather, it appeared, had rapidly become worse, and the ship being within a short distance of the shore, the master only saw there was no chance of of h s t av e tea in s gt m he tu s g hip 7t butit was nec essar y f or his own safety to bear away to Hartlepool, and this he accordingly did, and so the ship Deptford was lost. A statement was put in before us, made by the master together with the mate, engineer, and carpenter, before the Receiver of Wrecks for the district of Redcar, and also a protest made at Sun derland, and there does not seem to be any discre pancy between the statements so made as regards the master, and that of the witnesses examined before us, so far as the actual knowledge of the cap tain went, with the exception of his stating the wind to be N.E., whilst the mato stated it to be E. We remark hereafter as to the mate's con duct and evidence. We had examined before us, amongst others, Mr. Hutchinson, mathematical instrument maker, who adjusted the compasses on the sth March,- and amongst other deviations there would be about a quarter of a point devia tionthe course the ship took from suivde so ri v a t n h ci c , rl southerly iti southward. It appears that it is usual for a card, containing the deviations, to be given to the master by the instrument maker, to be placed in the skylight by the captain, and on this occasion, namely, on the 6th, Mr. Hutchinson handed a card of these deviatio ns t o the master, but it_was not hung by him in the skylight as usually TUESDAY EVENINCI, APRIL 221, 1862. done, nor given to the mate. The mate during his examination stated, that their compasses had some times been out of order, and their ship being an iron built ship, the compasses were very liable to get out of order. Whereupon Mr. Hamel put the following question to him :—" Seeing that there is a liability in iron ships for the compasses to get out of order, is that not an additional reason why the lead shoul be kept going ?" The witness, however, declined answering the question, on his privilege of not an swering► any question which might incriminate him self, but he stated that the compasses had been ad.- jisted before leaving the port of Sunderland. On tae whole, eee are of opinion—lst. That the master Ras reprehensible in leaving the deck at night, when the weather was hazy, and consider that he should not have done so before daylight, or before he had ascertained the ship's position. 2d. That, consider ing the circumstances of wind, swell, and haziness, the course steered by the compass, as given in evi dence, was unjustifiably close to the shore. 3d. That the captain was neglectful in not ordering the mate to keep the lead going. With regard to the mate we are also of opinion, Ist. That he being in charge of the ship from 4 o'clock, was neglectful in not keeping the lead going when the fog thickened, although ho reeeived no instructions from the master to do so, and also in not calling the master when the fog thickened. 2d. That ho was reprehensible in signing a protest, that he did not know where the vessel had struck before the fog cleared away, the fact being, on his own evidence, before us (con firmed by the man at the wheel), that he saw both Whitby Pier and Whitby Rock Buoy, and gave orders accordingly, just before the ship struck. In refereno3 to the master, we are of opinion that the conduct If the master after the ship struck on Whitby Rock was in every way praiseworthy, and that he used every possible exertion, and adopted every available means to preserve his ship, and that in all these respects he deserves commendation ; and in transmitting his certificate of competency to the Board of Trade, we are of opinion that the merits and importance of the case may probably be met by a suspension of it for a period of six months, or otherwise, as may be deemed meet by your honour able Board. In reference to the mate, we have not thought it our duty to recommend your honourable Board to suspend his certificate ; but on the facts elicited by this inquiry, a sense of justice compels us to suggest the propriety of a reprimand from your honourable Board. Datmd this 16th day of April, 1862. JOAN CANDLISH, J.P., Mayor of Sunderland. GEO. HUDSON, J.P. I hereby signify my concurrence in the foregoing report. M. G. H. W. Ross, Commander R.N., Assessor. THE .STRANDING OF TILE BARQUE CED.RIAE. The following is the official report to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council in reference to this casualty : " In compliance with a request of your lordships, communicated to us by the Customs' solicitor, we have the honour to state that, with the aid of Capt. Harris, nautical assessor to your board, we this day held an official inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the stranding of the barque Cedrine in Brixton Bay, in the Isle of Wight, on April 2; and we beg to submit for your consideration the evi dence of the witnesses (hereto annexed) who were produced before us, together with this our report, and opinion thereon. It appears that the Cedrine is a barque belonging to Bermuda, built of cedar, nearly new (not registered at Lloyd's), registered tonnage 308, corqinanded by Thomas Melville Dill, who was and is also owner of one-third of her. That he holds a certificate of service, dated London, February 24, 1854, which we herewith transmit to you. That the said vessel sailed from Bermuda on the 15th of March ult., well found and seaworthy, for Portsmouth, with a part cargo of iron, and 233 souls, consisting of 191 convict prisoners, 7 guards, and one surgeon in charge of sage, 4 women and 17 children, with a crew of 13, including master and mate. That she had a prosperous voyage, with nothing particular to remark upon up to the night of the 31st March. That on the morning of the Ist April, the ship being in lat. 49.28 N., long. 8.16 W., by dead reckoning, the ship's course being shaped E. by S. 1 S., the weather became thick. That about 10 a.m. cn tho same day Portland Lights were observed, bearing N.N.E., distant, per entry in log-book, about 12 miles. That, according to the evidence of two wit nesses, who came on deck at midnight, there were then visible two lights —one white, on the starboard bow, the other red, on the lee quarter—the ship being then on the starboard tack, with wind about S.W., not very strong, which evidence appears to be confirmed by that of another witness, Richard Helmes, who belonged to the previous watch, and who states that at about half-past 11 o'clock he saw a red light on the lee quarter. It appeared by the evidence, and the master's own admission, that the lead had not been cast after she passed Portland. That at about 1.30 to 1.40 a.m. on the 2d of April inst., land being discovered close on the lee side, the master gave prompt orders to luff, but the ship hav ing missed stays, he ordered the helm up, with the in tention of wearing, when she struck, and soon after wards became hard and fast. That after this the master did everything in his power for the preserva tion of life, which, with the aid of the coastguard, was perfectly successful, all on board having been safely landed, and the spars, sails, and rigging of tho ship. Having fully considered the evidence, together with the master's own statement, we feel ourselves, with regret, compelled to report that the said ship Cedrine went on shore by default of the said maste, he having, through over confi dence as to his real position, neglected to prove the same by heaving the lead after entering the Chan nel and seeing the lights, not taking into account the indraught of the tide fetching his ship to lee ward, for which he should have made due allow ance. We beg leave at the same time to recommend the master to your merciful consideration, on the following grounds, viz.—That he has been a master mariner since the year 1829, and, so far as we could ascertain, the present has been his first and only mishap; that in every other respect during the present voyage no fault could be imputed to him ; and that when the accident occurred, he behaved well and successfully, not leaving his ship until the last, and no life having been lost.—Given under our hands this 14th day of April, 1862. " CHAS. B. HILLARD, " JOHN 111`CHEANE, " Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Ports mouth. " I concur in the above report, " HY. HARBIS, Nautical Assessor." A BISHOPRIC OF NEWCASTLE.—At a presenta tion to the Rev. T. Brutton, curate of St. Nicholas Church in Newcastle, on Saturday, it was mentioned that the Right Rev. the Bishop of Durham is willing to give up £1,500 per annum of his own salary for the endowment of a bi shopric of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The bishop, it is stated, feels the duties of hi! episcopate to bo too many for one pre late to discharge, and is willing and anxious that the dio cese should be divided. At present we can only say that if his lordship carry out his proposal he will become the most popular bishop that has been in the diocese for a long series of years, and—what will weigh with him more than his own personal popukrity—greatly advance the interests of religion throughout this town and the county of Northum berland.—Nciccestle Journal. The homeward-bound off Deal signal their number to the shore, and from thence a magnet carries the glad news to the owners. The same inscrutable force is employed by Mr. Herring in his magnetic brushes, tic. Dr. Ilassall states, "I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magneti cad action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &C. XL—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-Ftreet, London. [ADvEnTisEmEtc7.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Shooting Pains.-7heso frequently divert attention from the true seat of disease. Many cases of " flying pains" in I neck, and head are daily cured by trubbingh back, lo s l i l i ol d aY e ' r a Ointment on the pit of the stomach and right side. A patiekt writes, "After trying the moat ex perienced practitioners and galvanists in vain, your Oint ment, after two; rub!,ings :over the right side completely removed the misnarked neuralgia from the head and shoulders,l believe, your Pills facilitated my cure." though,Thistestimcny is as encouraging as unsolicited. Almost all low, nervois, irritable feelings fidgetting man kind spring from defective action in the liver, and can only bo remedied by clearing that organ of vitiated or surplus bile. EXTRAORDINARY RECAPTURE OF A FEDERAL PRIZE slur. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. One of the most extraordinary events in the career of the present Amerixn war was made known in Liverpool to-day, by the arrival here of the Confederate ship Emilie St. Pierre. The story of this vessel's capture and recapture reads like a " romance of the sea." She left Calcutta towards the end of last November, laden with 2,000 bales of gunny bags—a kiud of course canvas—bound for St. John's, N. 8., but her real destination was Charleston, if she could reach that port. The vessel was under the command of Captain Wilson, and everything went well with the ship until her arrival off Charleston on the morning of the 18th of March. The following report of her eapture appeared in the New Fork herald of April 2 : " United States steamer James Adger, off Charleston, S.C., March 18. " At half-past 12 p.m. to-day sighted a vessel in the offing, and immediately weighed anchor and started out to her. As soon as she saw us start in pursuit she shortened sail and hove to. She proved to be the Emilie St. Pierre, now sailing from Liver pool, and previously from Calcutta, the 28th No vember last, and from Sand Head, December 7. "We sent two officers on board, took possession of her, and took her to an anchor, one officer remaining in charge, the other taking the captain and papers to the senior officer, who condemned her as a legal prize to the United States steamer James Adger. A prize crew was put on board and she was sent to Philadclphia. " The ship was built at Bath, Maine, in 1854, and was formerly a Charleston and Liverpol packet but has been employed for the last three years in the Calcutta and Charleston trade. She had a full cargo of gunnies, and was ostensibly bound to St. John's, New Brunswick. She showed no colours, nor was any national ensign found on board. A few moments before she was boarded they were observed to throw over the stern a small package, which immediately sank. She was for merly owned in Charleston, and doubtless is at present. Many things on board were marked Charleston, and Charleston on the stern had been erased and Liverpool substituted." Now comes a change in the story. All the crew of the captured ship, with the exception of the cap tain, first mate, cook, and steward, were taken off the vessel, and in their stead were placed a prize crew of 15 men and one lieutenant, for the purpose of working the ship to Philadelphia. The course of the Emilie St. Pierre was then shaped for Phila delphia. Captain Wilson, his mate, and two men were permitted to walk the deck, and, as subse quent transactions show, they made good use of they privilege allowed them, for by a bold stratagem they regained possession of the Federal prize. The prize crew of the Emilie St. Pierre would appear to be a set of easy-going men, particularly fond of their bunks. Before going to rest, however, they always placed the usual guard to keep watch on deck. The steward was on the gui vine, and watched his opportunity; and when the Federal lieutenant was asleep he crept softly into the cabin where the officer was, seized his arms, and then by a bold manoeuvre secured the hatches, so that none of the Federal crew could get up. Capt. Wilson and the remaining portion of his crew then pro ceeded to secure the guard,when a scuffle ensued, in which one of the Federalists attempted to stab the cook, who fired at him in return, the ball wounding the man-of-war's man in the shoulder. This was the only injury sustained by any of the crew on either side, and as those below could not get on deck to assist their comrades, the latter ultimately came to terms, consented to b© made prisoners, and the ship, once more in the hands of Capt. Wilson, was steered for Liverpool. This occurred two days after the vessel was despatched from Charleston to Philadelphia. Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm, and Co., of the town, the consignees of the Emilie St. Pierre, deny that the vessel was intended to run the blockade, and state that Capt. Wilson's orders were to call off Charleston, and if the blockade was raised to enter that port; if not, he was to go on to St. John's, N.B. They also say the vessel is owned in Eng land, is commanded by a British captain, and manned by a British crew. The chief mate of the Emilie St. Pierre, they say, is a prisoner in the hands of the Federals. TEE REV, PETER DALY. The Galway correspondent of Saunders' News, writing on Saturday, says :—" At last we have a termination to the war between the well known Rev. Peter Daly and Bishop M'Evilly, which has existed for several months. A visit to Rome failed in the result anticipated bythe supplicant—that his line of conduct would be declared correct, and that he would be permitted to have his own way; but the Holy Father declined to remit the chastisement, and cardinals chimed in with their superior, and declared that ho (Mr. Daly) was not blameless, But Father Daly would not submit to his bishop—he would not agree to give up his right of disputing at the Harbour Board, and occasionally to enter with that warmth for which he is remarkable into a hot debate—in other words, to engage in a ' shindy' with some of the members—nor would he consent to va cate the President's seat at the Mechanics' Institute, in which he had recently been installed with all becoming pomp. The bishop was just as headstrong. He would not allow the authority vested in him to be set at naught, nor would he permit the privates and non-commissioned officers of the army under his command to become suddenly transformed into offi cers. So the matter rested—neither willing to yield. To-day came the news that everything had been arranged, and that Mr. Daly had fully bowed tothe orders of the bishop. There is a sort of mystery about the ' conditions,' however, which cannot be fathomed. People do not talk very much about it— his admirers do not seem to think he has come off best. Now and then it is possible to catch from somebody one of the conditions,' and perhaps I shall best act by giving you all I have heard on the subject. The reconciliation, it is said, was brought about by some clergymen, members of the Jesuit order. The principal grounds on which the bishop has restored Mr. Daly are, that in future he shall absent himself from all public boards, and that he shall resign his office as president of the Mechanics Hall, and that he make a public apology from the' pulpit. As to the latter there was great difficulty, the Rev. Mr Daly at firstflatly refusing to comply. It would be very well if the bishop stopped there; but he does not. Father Daly is remarkable for the libe rality of his views, and not less remarkable for the liberal manner in which he dispenses his hospitality. He is an advocate of education, and countenances all public institutions having that object in view. At the annual examinations at the Model School Father Daly usually attended, and on many occa sions was moved to the chair. The National Board, however, is not deemed a body to which the Roman Catholic priesthood should lend themselves, and so another of the conditions is that Father Daly shall not attend the meetings at the National School in Galway. Even this is pardonable ; but you will be surprised to hear that the bishop has entered into the question of the manner of his private life. As I have already stated, the Rev. Mr. Daly is famous for his hospitality—he gives the best dinners in Galway 'tis said, and balls such as would be consi &red 'first-class in any town in Ireland ; he had many friends whom he invited, and in town he was rarely absent from their festive board. But it so happens that he unfortunately knows every pro fessor and officer of the Queen's College, and they always were numbered amongst his guests. The bishop does not like the Queen's Colleges, at least Paul Cullen does not, and that's about the same, and so he must give up his dinners to professors, and his balls, at which the professors and their ladies are always present. Every sensible man will say this is carrying the matter too far, and that the bishop ought not to interfere with him in his private life. Five o'clock. —The rumours which I have mentioned above are now generally believed in, and it is said Father Daly will read an apology in the parish church to-morrow. It is expected that the attendance will be im mense. Sunday. .--As expected., the chapel of St. Nicholas to-day, at 12 o'clock, was crowded to excess ; about 2,000 persons were present. Before the celebration of high mass, the bishop being present, Father Daly appeared habited in a soutan. There was immediately gren.t sensa tion in the chapel, and expressions of sympathy were openly given. He appeared deeply moved. He then approached the front of the altar, and read a document which he held in his hand. It contained certain apologies for his disobedience to the com mand of the bishop. He then retired, and the ser vice was proceeded with. All the conditions' I have stated above are quite correct, with this ex ception, that he may have au occasional dinner ; balls, however, are prohibited. He is to go into ' retreat' for one week, and at the expiration of that time he will be fully restored to his ministerial offices. It is generally stated the Rev. Sir Michael Bellew, principal of the Jesuit College of St. Igna tius, in this town, is the person who effected the reconciliation." FEMALE EMIGRAT/O.N. (From the Economist.) Ono of the chief difficulties in the way of rectifying many of our social mischiefs and anomalies arises from the want of pliability and flexibility—the deficient faculty of accom modation to new circumstances—which belongs to a low state of intelligence and education. There is a way of set ting rightly nearly everything that is wrong; but it is often hard to persuade uncultivated people that it is the proper way, and harder still to induce them to overcome the ignorant timidity, the still inertia, and the mental in•. capacity, which stand in the way of its adoption. Many years ago there was great distress in Buckinghamshire owing to the superabundance of labour. At the same time there was considerable embarrassment in Lancashire owing to the deficiency of labour. Workpeople were a positive burden to the one county, and a positive want in the other. The wages of a family were 10s. a week near Aylesbury ; they were 30s. a week near Manchester. The parish autho rities in the south and the manufacturers in the north were about equally willing to pay the expenses of removal for some hundreds of actual or prospective paupers. Yet nothing was found more difficult in practice than to nego ciato and effect the transfer. The labourers were boorish and untrained. They did not know how to realise the new life proposed to them, nor how to adapt thems elves to it when they had entered on it. They dreaded a journey of 203 miles as if it were an exile to the antipodes. They shrank from the idea of a new occupation, new neighbours, an unknown climate, and unknown; surroundings. They went, indeed, but they went after much persuasion and in small numbers ; and many of them returned after a short sojourn, from simple inability to a ccommodate themselves to work and food and a way of life to which they had never been accustomed. Something of the same incapacity and in ertia is operating now to prevent that equalisation of wages and population in several districts which would be a com mon gain to all. In spite of national schools, in spite of cheap newspapers, in spite of penetrating railways, in spite of spreading habits of locomotion, the wages of a Dorsetshire labourer are still 9s. a week, while those of a Yorkshire or Lancashire artisan are 15s. and 20s. ; yet labourers do not flow from one place to the other as they should do ; and in busy and prosperous times manufacturers entertain more sanguine hopes of being able to arrest the stream of Ger man emigration as it crosses the country to America, than of attracting their own ill-paid and redundant fellow-citi zens to a distance of 12 hours from their old homes. The question of female emigration and female redundancy, which is now beginning to awaken some portion of the atten tion it deserves, is another case in point. We hear a great deal of the want of wives and female servants in the colonies. We hear a great deal more of the superabundant number of women in this country who can neither find occupation, nor maintenance, nor husbands. Year after year the most ear nest and passionate appeals are made on behalf, first of one class of destitute females, and then of another and a third. The sole and obvious cause of their destitution is, that there are too many of them--that there are more women than men —more female labourers than female work. Yet few draw even theoretically the cogent inference that women should go from the lands where they are too numerous to the lands where they are too scanty; and fewer still dream of practi cally carrying out that inference in action. Nine out of ten women do not know whence their distress arises, and nine out of ten of those who do or might, have no notion of how to set about the natural and obvious remedy. It is for the colonial public who do want these women, and the British public who do not, to lay their heads and their purses togo ther—to organise a manageable plan and provide the neces sary funds. The statistics of the matter are, in round numbers, as fol low :—The census returns of 1861 have not yet been ana lysed or published ; but from those of 1851 we may deduce the following figures, which will be found substantially ac curate. In all countries where are the natural proportion of sexes has not been disturbed by special circumstances, there are more women than men, especially of adult women. This excess is in Great Britain sor 6 per cent. We have now in these islands 500,000 more grown women (i. e., over the age of 20) than grown men. But this is not all, nor the worst. As a rule, one-third of our women never marry at all. Of adult women now living in Great Britain, says the registrar general, 57 per cent, are wives, 13 per cent. are widows, and 30 per cent. are spinsters. In a word there are now ono milliOn and a half adult unmarried women in the kingdom. Of these, about 650,000 are domestic servants, to whom celibacy, so long as they continue in service, appears a na tural and necessary condition. This leaves 850,000 appa rently redundant—of whom 150,000 is about the proportion that would naturally and in a healthy state of society prefer single life, and be required for and absorbed in the various avocations for single women consequent on our complicated civilisation. There aro therefore 700,000 women in the prime of life for whom there would seem to be no place in this crowded country. But is there no place for them elsewhere? Let us look across the ocean. In those countries which have been peo pled partially or completely from those islands—the United States, Canada, and Australia—we find the proportion of the sexes precisely reversed. This is the inevitable conse quence of tha enormous emigration which has been flowing hence and thither since the beginning of the century. In the last 45 years 5,000,000 of emigrants have left our shores for good; and of these we may be pretty sure more than 3,000,000 have been of the male sex. Accordingly we find by the latest and most accurate returns that aro extant a total excess of males in the United States of 400,000, in our North American provinces of 68,000, and in our Australian colonies (including New Zealand) of 214,000. Assuming the usual proportion of women over 20 years of age to the entire female population to prevail there, we arrive (by a calculation which we need not give in detail) at the follow ing summary : Deficiency of adult women in United States 250,000 If Canadian Colonies 45,000 ff Australian Colonies 145,000 71 440,000 Now, we need not waste time in explaining how great a benefit it would be both to the new countries and to the old one, if the half million of women who are so sorely wanted there were supplied out of our embarrassing re dundance. The only practical question that exists for consideration is how it can be managed. That there are hundreds of thousands of women who would be willing and anxious to go, there is no doubt whatever. But they do not know how to see about it. They have no funds to pay their passage; they have no protectors to take them out, and take charge of them on the passage ; and they have no home ready to shelter them when they arrive. The first de sideratum and the last can be easily supplied, and we have no doubt will be supplied as soon as the subject excites the proper degree of attention. The colonies would be ready enough to allow large sums for the purpose, if they could feel sure of having the right sort of female emigrants sent out. All who go out are engaged as soon as they land, either as wives, dairymaids, as servants, or as governesses. Nor would there bo any difficulty or backwardness in pro - viding homes for receiving them on their arrival, similar to those which Mrs. Chisholm set on foot some years since ; for it is evident that without this arrangement decent women will never trust themselves to the chance fate of arriving without any respectable place to go in a new and strange country. Protection and guardianship on the voy age out is the real perplexity. Without such protection it is clear that but few would go ; yet the difficulty of provid ing such protection for the vast numbers who are wanted is unquestionably very groat. Mrs. Chisholm's plan was perhaps the best, but v% e want it organised on a great scale. She persuaded every emigrant family that went to Australia to take charge of a certai n number of young women on the voyage, and grouped the restnto into extempore families under some competent chaperon. Ive are fully alive to the difficulties of detail in a scheme, . but we are equally certain that, as soon as the e such importance of different direction. The the object is realised, allt arises in a these difficulties will be overcome. Another embarrass raen wome n most wanted in the colonies are those from the agricultural classes. The women most redundant here are from the middle and upper classes, and from those accus tomed to a town life. But this embarrassment will di m i n i sh enormously, if not vanish altogether, as soon as it is looked boldly in the face. For, as wo hinted at the outset, the power of adopting themselves to new circumstanc es , of meeting and managing the diffi culties of an unaccustomed life, is one which women as well as men will bo found to pos sess in exact proporticn to their natural intelligence and their acquired culture. The more educated a woman is, provided her thehealthher notions more pliable e sensible, the more re sources liable s h e w ill p r o v e, the sh e beigliood have ; and better colonist will she become. Those who would wish to emigrate, too, would be those who have had to struggle with hardship an d poverty at home, who have been well trained in habits of exertion and self-denial, and who, in going, would know well what was before them. They would, we are persuaded, after a year or two be found more available and more successful than mere uneducated dairymaids, or than that large class of labourers' daughters from Dorset shire or Bucks to whom poverty has taught nothing but dull endurance, w h o can endure bad food and bad lodging without murmuring because accustomed to nothing bet ter ; but who, for the very same reason, would neither know how nor desire vehemently to amend either the ono or the other. BANK 12BTURNS. -_.-,10--- - The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending March 8. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the i'ith March (the nearest date furnished by their returns), t will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Feb. Mar . 8, 1b62. 1862 . f Inerease'Decrease. Bank of Eng•Jand 20,713,778 1 20,308,185 - 405,593 Private Banks 3,299,044; 3,185.411 113,635 Joint-stock Banks 2,902,3801 2,850,958 j _ 51,422 1---__ ~--- Total in England. 26,915,202! 26,344,554 _ 570,643 Scotland 4,053,315 3,869,306 184,009 Ireland 6,081,721 5,901,830 179,871 --- United Kingdom. 37,050,238, 36,115,710 j , 934,528 United Kingdom 37,050,238 36,115,710 j And, as compared with the month ending the oth March, 1861, the above returns show an increase of £766,285 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £81,605 in the circulation of the United Kingdom : On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £151,399 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,613,890 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,120,035 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £452,654 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the sth March was £15,840,079, being a decrease of £379,880 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £3,900,800 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Bth March :-- Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,608,890 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,292,061 £4,900,951 Being a decrease of £110,278, as compared with the previous return, and a decrease of £258,320 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. COUNTRY MARK.E . .7 S. . V-- -------- COLCHESTER-APRIL 10. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, and prices fully maintained former rates. Malting barley still in demand at very full prices. Beans and peas were scarce, and ra ther dearer. Wheat, white. 54s 66s Beans,Mazagan..3ss 36s red 46s 62s middle & small.37s 40s Barley Oats CHELMSFORD-ArRIL 19. To-day the demand was rather brisk, with an advance of is per qr. Spring corn was at late rates, with a very slow trade. Wheat, old white new old red.... new .26s 58s .45s 65s 25s 50s Pcas, Partridge- , 37s dls White 39s 42s Boiling 4ls 44s Dun 36s 40s Ditto new .. —s .-8 Beans, Tick, old 33s 38s new 33s 383 Harrow Ticks 378 433 new 35s 403 Mazagan 3os 403 50s 61s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier 3os 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier . 64s 69s Oats 23s 30s GLOUCESTER—ArniL 19. A small supply of English wheat from the fermers, which met a free sale at prices is per qr advance. Foreign (except for American, which was at 6d more money), dull. Oats, barley, and beans as before. KIRKCALDY GRAIN-APRIL 19. We had very small supplies today of wheat and bar ley, but good of oats. Sales quick. Wheat and barley le to 2s higher. Oats advanced 6d to is over previous prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ....45s Od 27s,od I 21s Od Second ..52s Od 30s Od 23s Odl Third ....62s Od 34s Od 27s Od COAL M (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. ARKET. t the close of the market Walls: End.. Byass's Bebside West Hartley ......15 6 Essington ......12 3 Hastings Hartley 15 6 Tanfield Moor l2 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 6 Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Wylam ..16 0 Lambert's West Hart- _ . s." d. Cassop --. l6 0 Hartlepool 17 3 Caradoc South Hartlepool.. ..15 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 9 K elloe Tunstalll . .15 6 Haswell l7 6 Harton South Hetton 17 6 Trimdon Thornley 14 3 South Kelloe l6 6 Acorn Close . Eden 15 9 Ridde11....., l4 6 Hetton .. l7 3 Heugh Hall 15 9 142; sold, 109. by l5 6 Carway and Duirryn Malting Do. - Anthracite 21 6 Craighead Steam 13 6 Cowpen Hartley ..15 6 Eden Main 15 6 Holy well 15 6 West Hartley 15 6 Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Auslralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, 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. May 4. April 25. May 2. April 27. April 2b. May 5. April 21. April 25. April 27. April 30. April 21. April 24. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. IL S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. April 23. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. May 10. Bahamas, via New York May 8. Mexico .... April 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 April 28. California, and British Columbia. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.—The traffic receipts of rail ways in the - United Kingdom amounted, for the week ending April 12, on 10,145 miles to £404,695, and for the correspond ing week of last year on 9,911 miles to £524,427, showing an increase of 234 miles, and a decrease of £29,732. The gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the aggre gate on 6,618 miles to £375,793, and for the corresponding week of 1861 on 6,468 miles to £403,544, showing an in crease of 160 miles and a decrease of £27,751. The decrease on the Caledonian Railway amounted to £445 ; on the Eastern Counties to £1,857; on the Great Northern to £2,079 ; on the Great Southern and Western to £139, on the Great Western to £3,442; on the Lancashire and York shire to £5,289 ; on the London and North-Western to £3,068 ; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to £2,077 ; on the London and South-Western to £900; on tho Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £2,029; on tho Midland to £861; on the North-Eastern to £2,808; and on the South-Eastern to £2,759—t0ta1, £27,753. But from this must be deducted £2, the increase on the North British; leaving the decrease, as above, £27,751. The goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £205,442, and for the corresponding week of 1861 to £216,370, showing a de crease of £10,928. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £170,351, against £187,174, showing a decrease of £16,823. The traffic receipts on 66 other lines amounted, on 3,527 miles, to £118,902, and for the corres ponding week of last year on 3,453 miles, to £120,883, showing an increase of 74 miles and a decrease of £1,981. The falling off in the traffic of the past week as compared with the corresponding period of 1861 is considerable both in the passenger and goods traffic of the great lines, chiefly in consequence of the depression of trade in the manufac turing districts. The traffic receipts of the past week show an increase of £2,975 as compared with those of the preced ing week ending the sth inst. BIRTHS. BARTLEET.—On the 21st inst., at Brentwood, Essex, the wife of Wm. G. Bartleet, of a son. CHICHESTER. —On the 15th inst., at Inch House, London derry, the Honourable Mrs. Algernon Chichester, of a daughter. G R , E N.—On the 20th inst., the wife of James Green, Esq., of 92, Chancery-lane, and Gunter-grove, West Brompton, of a son. HALPoRD.—On the 19th inst., at Florence, the lion. Mrs. Augustus Halford, of a son. MARRIAGES. GR OVE—Scorr.—On the 15th inst., at Trinity Church, Paddington, Henry Leslie Grove, Esq„ Captain H.M.'s Madras Staff Corps, to Elizabeth Donaldson, only daugh ter of Chas. Herbert Scott, Esq., Westbourno-crescent, Hyde-park. SEAMONS —EUSTACE.—On the 17th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Josiah, second son of J. Seamons, Esq., Hulcott, Bucks, to Ellen, the youngest daughter of the late John Eustace, Esq., Bierton, Bucks. DEATHS. BELL.—On the 19th inst,, at Tunbridge-wells, George If. Bell, Esq., F.R.C.S., Edinbu rg h. CITIIZON.—On the IGth inst., th e Hon. Edward H enry R. Curzon, son of the fourteenth Baron Teynham, age d 59. 11133.1 E.--On the 19th inst., at Brighton,Major-General R Home, aged 73. LESLIE.—On the 18th in s t., at 23, Queen's-gate-g ar d ens , Thomas C. Leslie, Esq., aged 34. , SHILLITOE.— On the 20th inst., at lottenham, Thomas Shillitoe, aged 80. Sise .N. N.—On Good Friday, at Lewisham, C aptain Sison, R.N. TANSWELL.—On Good Friday, at Nightingale Vale Wool wich-common, Mrs, Elizabeth Tan swell, aged 91.' WHITEHEAD.—On the 14th inst., at Chard, Marianne, tho widow of the Rev. II . B. Whitehead, late prebendary of Wells, aged 73. Precinct of at the Savoy, i n t h e County o f TEE SEN Office, No. 112, by JOHN CHAPLIN, Ididdloooz. — Tuesdah APrii 22, 1862. Lo s ic tr io u N d : Printed and. 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