The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-19 00:00:00

TUNELL THE SEA. A scheme has been proposed for uniting Ireland anc Scotland, so as to do away with the necessity of making s sea passage altogether. The entrance to the railway tunnel. by which it is to be accomplished, on the Irish side is to be from a point about midway between Cushenden and Cushen. dall, on the coast of Antrim, and on the Scotch side al Glenstrone, from whence itwould run through the head of the Mull of Cantyre. The total length of the tunnel untie/ water would be 14 miles 3 furlongs, and it is said that the ground through which it would have to be made is exactly suited for tunnelling operations, and the sandstone for lining it can be had in any quantity on the Irish side. It is proposed to construct the tunnel for a single line only, the extreme depth being twenty - one feet, and the clear width at the level of the rails fifteen feet. It is proposed, however, to lay down three lines of rails to accommodate wide and narrow-gauge carriages. The gradient at the entrance of the tunnel on the Irish side would he one in sixty .for about five miles ; it would then fall to one in eighty. two for about half that distance, and to one in seven hundred and - seventy-three for about five miles in the centre of the tunnel under the water, rising from that to one in two hundred and seventy-two, then to one in one hundred and thirteen, then to one in sixty for about the same distance as on the Irish side, which continues to the entrance of the tunnel on the Scotch side. The estimated time that would be occupied in completing the tunnel is, allowing for all contingencies, under six years, and the cost under four and a quarter millions. To pay a dividend of 5 per cent. the weekly earnings must be £42 per mile, and an estimate is appended to shew, that the gross earnings would be largely in excess of this amount, and that the mineral resources of the land in the immediate vicinity of the Irish end of the tunnel would be immensely developed. Nobody will be disposed to deny that a railway communication between the two countries would be a very desirable thing if it can be accomplished. 7 -Cassell's dlagazine. MADAME RACHEL. Poor Mrs. Sarah Levison, after faring sumptuously every day, and selling Sahara water and such like resto ratives of beauty to the highest in the land, has within the last few months been receiving part punishment for her swindling in the shape of being worried daily by bail, solicitor, jury, and judge. She is now once again an inhabitant of Newgate Prison. After several ineffectual attempts had been made to shew that there was reasonable ground for fearing that she was about to flee the country and leave her bail chargeable, Mr. Lewis at length pro duced before Mr. Justice Mellor an affidavit made by Mr. Stack, one of the bail, to the effect that he met Mr. Norman (Madame Rachel's attorney), and he told him in confidence that Madame Rachel was about to go. Mr. Norman denied that he had said she was about to abscond. Both Madame Rachel and her daughter corn p'ained of the tze.ttment they had met with. Madame Rachel said Mr. Stack had been paid £lOO out of the money raised on the bill of sale, and then turned round on her. Mr. Stack had been paid £l4O, and she produced a receipt for £lOO in consideration of being bail, and for services rendered. His lordship said he bad no alternative but to commit on the affidavit until another bail was procured, or the writ of error had been tried. A question was raised whether the commitment should be to Newgate or Millbank, from which latter place she was discharged on bail. She implored that she might be sent to Newgate. The learned judge sent his clerk (Mr. Salmon) to the governor of Newgate, and subsequently Madame Rachel was conveyed there. Mr. T. L. Solomon writes to the Times :—"Having seen is your paper an application by Madame Rachel's bail to deliver her again into custody, I, being the co-bail, beg to inform you that it was done without my sanction, and that I was in no way concerned in that application, as I do not believe Madame Rachel has any idea of leaving the country." LAW AND FOLICE. TER LORD Cam JUSTICE.—The Lord Chief Justice is still suffering from the effects of his accident at Lewes. He has received a severe shock to the system, and suffers a great deal of pain, but there is happily no reason to appre hend that the effects will be more than temporary. THE BEGGING IMPOSTOR.—AIfred Rodwell, a begging setter writer, who had attempted to impose on the Duchess of Cambridge, by a petition, of which some of the signatures were forgeries, backed by a letter the date of which had been altered, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, at Bow-street, on Thursday. LORD ST, LEONARDS.—At the Lewes Assizes Lord St. Leonards brought an action against a Mr. Ashburner for cutting down trees on the Tilgate estate. The object was to assert Lord St. Leonards's claim to a portion of the estate, which is part of St. Leonard's Forest. The vene rable plaintiff, who is about CO years of age was examined as witness, and gave his evidence with clearness and energy. He claimed the land as having been bOught and paid for more than forty years ago. He was asked if he had his title-deeds with him, but he said that he had kept them away purposely in order to try the rule, which he thought one of the most valuable of our roles of law, that a man was not forced to produce his title-deeds to his antagonist to enable to pick no!( in his title to land, of which he had been long in possession. The case lasted all day, and was not con cluded. A correspondent at Chatham writes by date Thursday :—"A party of workmen, transferred from Dept. ford dockyard in consequence of the approaching close of that place as a building yard, arrived here to-day to be employed in Chatham yard. The pasty was formed of one inspector, one leading man, and twenty ship wrights, established hands. There will be another arrival shortly of one inspector, two leading men, and thirty-four shipwrights, making a total addition to this establishment of fifty-four shipwrights, three leading men, and two inspectors." DEATH OF LORD LECONFIELD.—We have to record the death, at Petworth, Sussex, upon the 18th inst., of George, Lord Leconfield, in his 82nd year. He served on Sir Eyre Coote's staff in the West Indies, accompanied the Walcheren Expedition, was present at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and served with the 12th Dragoons in Catalonia. He married in 1815 Mary Fanny, only daughter of the Rev. William Blunt, of Crabbett, Sussex. Upon the death of his father, George O'Brien, Earl of Egremont, he succeeded to his estates, and was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Leaconfield in 1859. DEATH or ANOTHER BETTING MAN.— " Hotspur," writing on Thursday to the Tax L-raph, sn.ys: " The condition of Squire Heathcote became worse suddenly this after noon, and I regret that I have now to add that this fine sportsman died at ten minutes past nine this evening, at Epsom. Mr. Heathcote, who was only 40 years of age, has long occupied a distinguished position as a straightfo.-w -crd sportsman on the Turf, and an intrepid and skilful rider to hounds. The sport afforded by Ifs celebrated staghounds will long be remembered by those who participated in the many good runs that came off under the judicious management of the Squire. On the Turf he was generally successful, his most notable coup being the Chester Cup victory with Beeswing in 1867. The illness which caused his death was gastric fever, and only yesterday the disease took such a favourable turn that sanguine hopes were eutertalned tLat he would recover. As above stated, however, a sudden change for the worst proved fatal. Following so soon after the deaths of Lord Glasgow and Mr. Stephenson, the decease of Mr. Heathcote is likely to cast great gloom on the followers of racing. His is not the only item of bad news to be quoted to-day, as much excitement pre vails at Epsom in consequence of its becoming known that Timothy Barnard, jun., had committed suicide by cutting hls throat." FOREIGN HA3lS.—Through the kindness of a correspondent well known in botanical circles, we have had an opportunity of examining a remarkable specimen of prepared meat, stated to be a "portion of a West phalian ham," sold in London for Hs. as an article of food. The slice is about one inch square and one-third of an inch in thickness, weighing considerably less than half an ounce. It could readily be swallowed as a single mouthful. from its odour and appearance, we should say that the only " smoking" it has undergone is such as would be imparted by a few hours' immersion in a solution of creosote. At all events the muscular fibres hare a glistening, fresh, car neous look, their transparency strongly contrasting with thinly-scattered fat messes, with tendineu3 and apo neuz-otic fibres, and more especially with a number of small cysts, most of which lay beneath the cut surface. These cysts, of which we h ave removed no less than 20 without brealein,g up the slice, contain each of them a larva of the well-known pork tapeworm, better understood as the Cysticeretts caltdoare. On microscopic inspection the latter were found to be alive, their characteristic booklets, suc k ers stud corpuscles being all well fo rme d. As e - e have probably not removed more than half the nurnhe.rof measle ve:inles present in this precious morsel, it would be saf e to say-thc.t '`mouthful," if swallowed i n th e condition in which we received it, would give rise to the formation of more than thirty tapeworms in the intestinal' canal of the perso who ate it. 'flint such meat should ever h e sold l n any shape is simply disgusting. Fortunately our English hams are free from these parasites. The small white chalky deposits which one often sees in them are formed during the salting and smoking of the flesh. Their irre gular form, with a size varying from that of a mere speck to one, two, or more lines in length, at once reveals their true character. Nevertheless, these soft secretions are often mistaken either for trichina capsules, or, more com monly, for degenerated and calcified measles. —Brim Medical Journal. METROPOLI7'AN GOSSlP.—lhrirs6y. There will be another severe battle in Dumfries: hire. Sir Sydney Waterlow means to fight again, and Major Walker is again prepared to do battle with him. The success of the first gentleman took many persons by sur prise at the general election, but my Scotch friends tell me it is likely to be more decisive on the present occasion, because a good many electors feel very sore that advan tage has been taken of a technicality to deprive the London alderman of the fruits of his hardly -won battle, and he will probably receive some votes which were not recorded for him in November. The Manchester case is as nice a technicality as the other. Sir Sydney Waterlow, it will be remembered, retired from the firm before the election, but the announcement of dissolution of partnership was not made in the London Gazette until afterwards, and it was held that be was still a member of the firm , and that as it had a contract with the Government he could not sit in Parliament. In Mr. Birley's case the question at issue is as to whether a Government con tract in which he was interested had come to an end before he was elected. Under ordinary circumstances it would have been concluded ; but it so happened that there was some correspondence as to the quality of the goods supplied, and that in this way the contract was not absolutely completed at the time that Mr. Birley became M.P. If this should be considered to vitiate the election, the Liberals will, of course, win the seat, as they are strong enough to conquer when not weighted by the minority clause, provided, that is, there be no disaffection among the party. At present Mr. Milner Gibson is the only candidate, but the working-class electors, who were numerous enough to carry Mr. Ernest Jones over his head, are not altogether satisfied to accept the undeniably fainéant ex-President of the Board of Trade. His friends, however, say that if he is once stirred into action no man can work harder, and that there is no one who surpasses him in the knowledge of parliamentary tactics, or knows better how to " engineer"abill through the House of Commons. Still on election matters, I may mention that there is likely to be a very severe contest at Hereford. The old Conservative candidates, Sir R. Bag gallay, ex-Solicitor General, and Major Arbuthnot stand again ; and they are opposed by Colonel Clive, son of the late member, and Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, one of the most noted agriculturists in England. Some uneasiness is felt by the advocates of the Ballot atthe present position of that question. They complain that it is now referred to a select committee, whereof 10 out of 21 are Conservatives, and therefore presumably opposed to the Ballot, while Sir George Grey is certainly not an admirer of it. They urge that this committee does not fairly represent the House of Commons, and that if a regular motion in favour of the Ballot were put to the vote, there would be an overwhelming majority in favour of it. As it is, the absence of one Liberal member of tl e committee might be sufficient to exclude the Ballot from the list of the committee's recommendations. Under the most favourable circumstances the rtp3rt is not likely to be presented this year in time for legislation, and so we must submit to another time of corruption and intimida tion such as always prevails at the municipal elections. It is therefore argued that Mr. Leatham having delivered himself of his speech, Sir Henry Bulwer should now move a definite resolution, and divide the House upon it, in order that the committee may see how strong is the feeling in behalf of this reform. More and more absorbing every year becomes the interest in the University Boat Race. In fact, it is so absorbing that the crews seriously contemplate pulling elsewhere than on the old racecourse, their object being to get rid of the London rougbs and the crowd of steamers. Yesterday almost everyone among► the working classes wore blue ribbons. The shopkeeping class indulged in blue scarves. Every omnibus- driver and well nigh every cab-driver came out in the prevailing colour. Dark blue was probably three times as popular as light blue. The shoeblacks, having regard to the fact that they might have patrons from both universities, sported both tints. In almost every shop-window some memento of the day's event was visible. One large shop in Lombard street displayed a large assortment of favours, which were labelled " Gratis." Application for a free gift soon elicited the information that the said favours were only for customers. There were some laughable incidents at the race. One "person" (I will not vouch for her being a lady), while riding, attended by a groom, was saluted with derisive remarks by some cads, one of whom was snob enough to pelt her with orange-peel. To ride up to him and to belabour him with her whip was the work of an instant. Imme diately the mob, which had helped to jeer before, sided with the amazon, and the cad had to apologise. A still more laughable incident occurred close to the winning-post. An enterprising barge-owner had covered over his barge with planks, which afforded a capital place for seeing the end of the race. For this privilege he charged ss. a head, and his platform was well crowded. Just as the boats came in sight the planks gave way, and the whole of the spectators disappeared into the hold of the craft, where they had the finest possible opportunity of seeirg nothing, an opportunity which they were compelled to embrace. There died in Wimpole-street, on Tuesday, as fine a specimen of the old British sailor as was to be found any where. Few men living had seen more active service than Admiral Sir Peter Richards had. He was at Walcheren, at Algiers, and in China. As lieutenant of the Revenge, he commanded the boats of that ship, and succeeded, without a single casualty, in bringingout from the harbour of Palamos a felucca privateer. He was Lord Exmouth's flag-lieutenant at - the bombardment of Algiers, and being in command of the Queen Charlotte's barge, be boarded and set on fire an Algerine frigate, for which gallant conduct he was promoted to the rank of commander. He next served under Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean. He was then appointed to the command of the Cornwallis, and was wounded while leading 200 marines in an attack on the Chinese at Chin-kiang-foo. For this service be was made a C.B. in 1842. lie subsequently attained the highest rank in the profession, though he had no interest and nothing but his own gallantry to help him on. He was a Lord of the Admiralty in Lord John Russell's first Administration, and was subsequently a commissioner of Greenwich Hos pital. His snow-white hair and fresh face, and his frank open manner, masie him a great favourite. Up to within a few days of his death be was hale and vigorous, and no one would have supposed that he had passed fourscore years. The admirers of the late Henry Crabb Robinson, connected with University College, are about to erect a memorial to -their benefactor. He was one of the most active founders of that institution, and he contributed largely to its endowment. The memorial will he placed in University Hall, Gordon-square. It is intended to put up the arms of Mr. Crabb Robinson and his brother in the centre compartments of the hay window of the dining-hall, and to prepare, by coloured borders or otherwise, all the windows .of the room for receiving the arms of other founders ; and as e chief memorial, and principal application of the funds, to decorate the ends and sides of the room, which are well suited for the purpose, with a mural painting in monochrome by Mr. Edward Armitage, A.R.A., having for its subject Henry Crabb Robinson, surrounded by many of his most distinguished literary and artistic friends. Besides others, many of the following will pro bably be represented : Mary Lamb, Flaxman, Blake, Godwin, Gilbert Wakefield, Arndt, Major V. Knebel, Rolfe, (Lord Cranworth), Irving, Landor, Lady Byron, and Talfourd. In art matters, one of the events most worth noting is the very capital collection of pictures which Mr. Maclean has opened at his gallery in the Haymarket. Among the best-known artists represented there are Frith, Cooper, Lee, Poole, J. Linnell, Richardson, Dobson, Horsley, Nicoll, Le J enne , an d Perrault. The foreign Artists, as rule, beat the English. There are two clever pictures by C. Marchal, " Penelope" and " Phryne," the one represent ingg a girl in morning dress, the other one in evening dress, or rather undress. The first is the type of a modest British wife industriously b en t upon her work, the other represents a girl intent upon her own free! displayed charms, which sh e i s admiring in her mirror. M. Detaille's picture, " Halt of Dragoons-- South of France," is noticeable fo r the wonderful relief in which his building stands against the intense blue sky. It is difficult to believe that you have only a flat canvas before you. The place of honour is given to Mr. Li nnell ' s " Thunderstorm," a fine study of clouds, which, from being black and lurid in the horizon, shade off to fleecy white in the zenith. One of the most remarkable pictures exhibited this winter is one of the Falls of Niagara, by an American artist, Frankenstein by believe, though nottho a vonlyer very a picture rge w r o e p r k r e — s c n n o t t i n t g o b n t h e a eniceeon. compared, i This r r e a d s s o a l r n s ai with Bierstadt's pictures— gives an admirable idea of this grand scene. One seems to hear the rush and roar of the seething , boiling waters through the mist-laden atmosphere. The effect of the rock rn the foreground is really stereoscopic. Still on art matters., I may mention that Mr. Maclean expects to have the chromos of Bierstadt's two pictures of the Rocky Mountains, out in about six weeks ; and that £I,MO was given by the National Gallery for Dierick Bouts's "Ex humation of St. Hubert," which was in the collection of the late Sir C. Eastlake ; £3,3 , 30 for Carlo Crivelli's altar piece in three stages and thirteen compartments, which were purchased in Paris last year, but which cannot be exhibited for want of adequate space; £4OO for Copley's "Siege of Gibraltar;" and £2,000 for a work ascribed to Michael Angelo. All these have been purchased for the National Gallery. In literary matters there is nothing very new. The Life of Keble is out of print already, and another edition is being prepared. The same may be said of Mr, Dixon's THE SUN, - LOIN DON, FRIDAY - EVENING, MARCH 19, 1869. " Her Majesty's Tower." Mr. John Saunders, author of " Abel Drake's Wife," is bringing out another novel, " Hirell " by name. Dr. Deutsch, author of the famous 'Quarterly article on the Talmud, is tra velling in Palestine, with the view of writing an elaborate book on the same subject. Mr. Charles Reade, who brought an action for libel against the .11rew York Bound Table, on account of a severe review in that paper of his " Griffith Gaunt," has got a verdict, and damages six cents ! The next number of Meliora will contain an article by the Rev. S. Steinthal, of Manchester, on the Licensing System, which is sure to be read with great interest just now. In the April number of the Church man's Shilling Magazine there will be, besides Mr. Townshend Mayer's new tale, " The Trials of Margaret Brandreth," illustrated by Miss Ellen Edwards and Mr. Bird ; a paper on the Catacombs, by Prebendary Mackenzie Walcott ; another on Curiosities of Reporting, by Mr. Merrim, editor of the Gloucester Journal; and others by the Rev. G. Huntington, on Preaching ; the Rev. W. Baird, ~on the Working Classes ; and by Mr. 1). Ker, on Easter in Russia. The Church News, which has been bought for £3O by the Church Press Company (Limited) is to be enlarged, and published at Burleigh street. The Rev. Daniel Moore, a well-known Low Churchman, has resolved to add a chancel to his church (Trinity Church, Paddington), remove thither the organ from the west gallery, and have a surpliced choir. He expressed his wish to preach in his surplice, but, in deference to the prejudices of his congregation, has not carried out that alteration. There is quite a rage for theatre-building now. No fewer than six new ones are talked of—one in Leicester square, one in King William-street close by, one in Piccadilly, two at Kensington, and one in St. John's wood. The reported removal of the School of Mines from Jermyn-street to South Kensington will not take place at present, if at all. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE HOLBORN UNION. The Holborn Guardians, having obtained a hearing at the -Board of Trade, have had a large portion of the burden laid on by Mr. Hardy, and of which they complained, lifted off their shoulders. The order of the Board has just been issued. The material points of the original plan, that three unions should be united, and should provide a sick asylum separate from the workhouses, are retained. This is - most satisfactory. Idiot nurses, neglected patients, and deaths from ill-treat ment, ought not to be the usual occurrences in a sick ward. While able-bodied paupers cause disgust and indignation. and we call to the guardians for their suppressims, nothing but compassion can be felt for the poor creatures who are thrown upon the parish by reason of sickness. These should certainly be well tended, and treated with all kindness. Tue separation of the infirmary from the workhouse, will, it is to be hoped, lead to better treatment. The points on which the original order is varied are those which refer to the erection of new hospitals and schools. A workhouse which is to be vacated by the ordinary inmates is to be altered somewhat, and used for an asylum. The present schools are to suffice for the present. debentures, mortgages, and ground rents, £21.266,132.25—t0ta1, V 8,306,894 75. Divided , nto 355 miles of main line, this total is equal to an average of only $136,075 per mile. The assets'on hand, bear in mind (see report), are sufficient to extinguish the whole indebtness of the corporation. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's property, however, is beyond comparison the most productive large railroad estate, according to its cost, any where existing on the earth ; whilst in contrast with its prospects, as with its performances, all other railroad corporations fill a smaller scale and lesser measure of seaport consideration and continental consequence. Within Pennsylvania, the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company's system of works reach from tidewater to the Ohio river and to Lake Erie. This is a distinguishing ground plan prerogative and power pertaining to no other Atlantic trunk corporation. Its comracts and acquisitions west of Pennsylvania are all adjusted to a comprehen sive field, which is pervaded by a knowledge of its advantages over all competing transportation powers, in directness to the sea, in economy for transit and intertrade between the great seaports and the vast areas which constitute their inland markets.— United .tales Railroad and Mining Re- TILE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. and Camden and Amboy Railroad Companies, at an annual rental equal to six per cent. clear of all taxes, upon its whole cost, the Pennsylvania Rail road Company holde 25,547 shares of the capital stock, amounting to $1,277,350. This road was constructed with means furnished by your company for the purpose of decreasing the heavy cost of passing its New York and Eastern trade through this city, and in the expectation of returning to the Philadelphia division of its road much of the trade and travel which the delays and obstructions re ferred to had driven to other channels. The result, as shown in the eighteen months since the road was opened for traffic, has been such as we anticipated, while, in ad ii tion thereto, we will receive during the term of the lease legal interest upon the expenditure incurred. The canals east of the Allegheny Mountains purchased by this com pany of the State of Pennsylvania, 173 miles in length, have, as stated in our last annual report, been sold to the Pennsylvania Canal Company, of which General Isaac J. Winter is president. That company has since pur chased with its first mortgage bonds a majority of the shares of the West Branch Canal Company, extending from the Juniata river up the Susquehanna and its West branch to Farrandsville, above Lock Haven -123 miles— and has consolidated its shares with those of the Wyom ing Valley Canal Company, which occupies the North branch of the Sesquehanna, from Northumberland to Wilkesbarre, a distance of 61 miles, 'making in all 860 miles of canal. This arrangem •nt brings the Susque hanna system of State canals, below the coal measures - dismembered by their sale to three companies - under one control, without which they could not successfully compete with the railways traversing the valleys of the same water-courses. The whole of the revenues of these canals must for a few years be appropriated to their im provement and protection from freshets that have hitherto periodically destroyed their usefulness for months at a time, to the great injury of their revenues and the business of those who use them for the transportation of the pro ducts of the country to market. When these objects are secured, the investment of this company in the Pennsyl vania Canal Company will doubtless become profitable, and highly advantageous to the community, for whose accommodation they were originally built by the Commonwealth. The assets of this company— exclusive of its own roads—invested for the pro tection and enlargement of its traffic, are now, at a reasonable valuation, more than sufficient to meet the whole indebtedness of the company, except the five per cent. bonds held by the State of Pennsylvania, which are being paid by a contribution from the net revenue of the company in semi-annual payments of $230,000 each. During the past year these contributions, after the payment of interest, left $142,978 50 to be appro priated to the reduction of the principal, which amount will annually increase as the debt upon which interest is payable is reduced. In the month of October last an at tempt was made by the Erie and New York Railroad Companies to break up the through traffic arrangements of this company by making large reductions upon their freight charges. This movement was promptly met by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by still greater re ductions from time to time, which resulted in a large in crease of its tonnage. These low charges were continued until a restoration of former rates was desired by those companies, after incurring a heavy loss in their revenues, while the effort increased the prestige of this company by bringing its shorter lines and better facilities more promi nently into public notice. After the failure of this attempt the managers of the Erie Company, by means of large sums of money, suddenly realized from a confiding public, in a manner, at least, unworthy of imitation, disregarding the comity which should exist in the relations between indi viduals or officers of corporations, and against public senti ment and public rights, endeavoured to arrests competition for the traffic between the east and west through the control of our connecting lines, and by this means divert business from its natural channels to their circuitous route to the seaboard. The policy of your board has heretofore been to limit its investments outside of Pennsylvania to those companies that they originallydeemed it proper to assist, for the purpose of securing connections with the then existing lines, whose interests harmonised with its own. The rest less spirits of our rivals in the East and West have, how ever, rendered it necessary to make our connections with the chief trade centres of the West more perfect, and less liable in the futare to molestation and interruption. This has been done to a great extent through a recent lease to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Company (known as the Pan Handle route), guaranteed by this com pany, of the lines of the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central Railway Company, which has direct connections with Indianapolis, St. Louis, Louisville, and Chicago. These arrangements will require a considerable amount of money, to be applied especially to the increase of rolling stuck to render them productive. This it is proposed to raise by giving to the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, registered upon the books of the company on the 30th April next, the privilege of subscribing to twenty-five (25) per cent. of their holdings at that time, in new shares at par. With the proposed increase of capital the board entertain no difficulty in continuing dividends of 10 per cont. per annum, even if these arrangements should not, as anticipated, increase our net profits to a greater ex tent than the interest upon the outlays to be incurred. It will appear front an examination of the statements already given that the business of the past year would have justi fied dividends of 5 per cent. semi-annually upon our whole authorised capital of $35,000,000, and still leave a surplus of half a million of dollars. The proposed increase will make the capital stock about $33,000,001 The rapid pro gress made by the Union and Central Pacific Itailrua is in dicatos the completion of a railway line across the con tinent during the ensuing summer. When it shall have been opened throughout; our own road and its imme diate western connections present the shortest line to and from the Atlantic seaboard, either by way of Chicago, St. Louis, or by an intermediate route from Warsaw westward, connecting with the Union Pacific Road near fort Kearney ; and assure us that we will be enab!edto secure a fair and reasonable share of the large traffic that will be carried between the Atlantic and Pacific States. By some oversight, local considerations, or a limited con ception of the important part that railways were to play in the movement of the internal commerce of the country, Pennsylvania and Ohio have each been placed between two different railway gauges, which for a long time forced trans-shipments of freights. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has both on its eastern and western connection a gauge of four feet ten inches, and Ohio on each side of her a gauge of four feet eight and a half inches-the latter being the prevailing gauge north of the Ohio and James Rivers, while south of these the gauge of five feet prevails, which should have been adopted originally as the uniform gauge of the United States. To obviate theinconvenience, the increased cost of transportation, and the additional capital required to move traffic, in consequence of these fre quent trans-shipmen ts,frorn a differenc e of gauge of only one and a half inches, broad-tread wheels were introduced for through traffic, which, to a large extent, has over come these evils. Owing, however, to the great oscilla tion of the cars on the wider gauge, the Ohio linos insisted upon a play upon the narrow gauge, that added materially to the cost of hauling upon the four feet eight and a half-inch gauge, to remedy which the gauge of your road has been changed to four feet nine inches, and the Ohio roads have been, or are being changed, to four feet nine and a half inches, leaving but a difference of a half of an inch, which it is presumed that time will reduce tc the uniform gauge of four feet nine inches. Your directors, in their last annual report, alluded to a very important movement contemplated by the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, by which it was proposed to build a railroad, leaving that line at the mouth of Bennett's branch of the Susquehanna, thence up the stream to the summit, and down the waters of the Allegheny to tha river. at the confluence of the Mahoning, and thence to Pittsburg. This line is designed chiefly for the tran portation of freights at a slow speed, with a view to so cheapen its cost as to compete with the water lines lead ing to Now York. Upon no portion of this route is there a gradient against the heavy traffic to the East exceeding ten feet per mile, or 16 feet against the westward-bound trade, except for about four miles at the summit, where a gradient of forty-eight feet in favour of the heavy trans portation is used, and for about four miles near the mouth of the Mahoniug, whore fifty-five feet per mile may be adopted. Until the traffic justifies the application of assistant power at these points, the full loads upon the sixteen feet gradient will be passed over them by a divi sion of the train. The exceptional gradient of fifty-five feet per mile, near the mouth of the Mahoning, may be avoided by continuing upon the side hill after strik ing the creek, and intersecting the Allegheny Valley Railroad lower down, but the work will be expensive, and may be left to a period when the traffic will justify the outlay. It is not proposed to extend the Philadelphia and Erie line beyond Brookville in this direction, as it will b e t h ere met b y the Western Pennsylvania or Allegheny Valley railroads, the charters of both of which companies cover the ground. From Brookville the Philadelphia and Erie will eventually be carried westwardly, south of the lakes connecting there with by branch roads. The grading of this railway for about 20 miles is now under contract, and all of its expen sive sections will b 3 let as soon as the line is carefully located. The satisfactory results obtained from the business of your railways during the past year is largely due to the judicious management of E. G. Williams, Esq., general superintendent, who has been ably seconded by his assistants, John A. Wil son , E sq ., c hi e f eng i neer of main tenance of way, and A. J. eassatt, Esq., superintendent of motive power and machinery. The heavy traffic of the lines under their charge has been moved without serious accidents, and at a material saving in cost, compared with the previous year, considering the increase of tonnage transported. The management of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, under its general superintendent, A. L. Tyler, Esq., and his assistant, W. A. Baldwin, Esq., also reflects much credit upon them f - orn the reduction of ex penses realized in the movement of its traffic per ton. Hispectfully submitted. By order of the Board. • J. EDGAR THOMSON, President. ROYALTY IN IRELAND. Prince Arthur leaves for Ireland on Mond y, April 5, and will travel for three or four months in that country. He is rather young (under 15) to be lionised; but royalty has to be precocious, and he is sure to be made much of at D u bli n an d other places. His presence in Ireland will give Lord Spencer and Mr. Fortescue some anxiety, for Fenianism is rather scotched than killed, and the Duke of Edinburgh's experience at Sydney is enough to make the authorities nervous. Prince Arthur will return to Woolwich at the end of the summer, and continue his military duties till winter, when he will leave on a visit to Canada; not quite the best time of the year, by the way, for visiting that country. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM PANY'S ANNUAL REPORT. The Pennsylvania Railroad, it will be seen, con, tinues to develope a vigorous growth westward, through acquisitions, compacts, and combinations, meanwhile that the treasury of the company fattens on its accumulations of receipts and assets. And concerning the latter, President Thomson, in his re port, makes this significant and emphatic declara tion : "The assets of this company—exclusive of its own roads—invested for the protection and en largement of its traffic are now, at a reasonable valuation, more than sufficient to meet the whole indebtedness of the company, except the five per cent. bonds held b y t h e sta t e o f Pennsylvania, which are being paid b y a contribution from the net re venues of the company in semi-annual payments of $230,000 each. During the past year these contri butions, after the payment of interest, left $142,978.50 to he appropriated to the reduction of the principal, which amount will annually increase as the debt upon which interest is payable is re duced." The unexampled financial strength of the Pennsylvania R a ilroad Company i s unques tionably, in part, due to its unswerving resistance of all inducements presented, from time to time, to consolidate into its own capital the capital of other corporations, and to the steady maintenance of the policy of s ecur i ng . and, preserving co-opera tion with other companies, through the acquisi ticn of a majority of their capital shares and the friendly domination of their boards of directors. The Pennsylvani a R a il roa d Company is th e centre and source of a power which is diffused not alone through its own departmental organizations, but also through other corporations, whose lines, inter woven into its system of works, participate in its benefits of reciprocity, in a union which is strength both to trunk and to tributaries. The termini of the Pennsylvania Railroad—not the Pennsylvania Central Railroad as it is too often inaccurately called—are in Philadelphia and Pittsburg, but its combinations strike tide-water east and south of Philadelphia, and spread out west from Pittsburg to the great trade centres on lake and river, prairie, and plain. And so gradual and circumspect has been the expansion that, so far from the company's own credit having been weighed down in the pro cess, the assets on hand, says President Thomson, are " more than sufficient to meet the whole indebt edness of the company, except the 5 per cent. bonds held by the State of Pennsylvania." These lat ter bonds, issued in payment for the Old Main Line of Public Works, are yearly diminished in amount by instalments paid out of net earn ings. And in connection with the old main line we would remark, en passant, that the com pany's canal department, organized to operate the canal portion of the old main line east of the Alleg heny Mountain, was extinguished on the organiza tion of the Pennsylvania Canal Company, in which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company own a majority of the capital shares, and which canal company, moreover, now own 360 miles of co nnec ti ng river side canals, comprising 149 mil es a l ong t h e Sus quehanna river between Columbi a an d Wilk es- Bar r e river, , 83 milesalo 2 n B g the West Branch Susque hanna From this river-side series of artifi c i a l nav i gat i on there is outlet via the Union Canal i n t o th e Schuyl kill Valley and via the Tidewater Canal route to Havre de Grace and Delaware City. Touching the operations of the Philadelphia and E • Ile lease, President Thomson remarks that the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, 111 1868, incurred a " loss" of "$83,274.65 or $271, 17 7.78 less than in 1867." The next annual report will show, doubtless, a handsome balance on the sid e of profit. In verity, when it is considered that the traffic to and from the city of Philadelphia, and the immense region traversed by the 288 miles of. Philadelphia and Erie Road from Sunbury to Erie City, is also passed over one hundred and' eleven miles of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's main line, including the whole of the Philadelphia Division, a very small draw back, credited to the l ease, would more than ex tinguish the $83,274.65" of apparent " loss " charged against it. In the absence of the'lease" much of this trade might have taken another route open to it. But President Thomson deals with figures as they stand on the books, " nothing ex tenuate nor aught set down in malice," and so " P. and E.," m ust wait till the current year run out, and in the next report is substituted " gain" for " loss." Earnings of the Pennsylvania Rail road for 1868. $17,233,497 31 ; earnings of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, $2,804,250 36 ; total earnings of roads owned and operated under lease, $20,037,746 67 ; add earnings of three de scribed roads owned in majority part, $7,055,873 06; aggregate earnings of roads named in report, $27,093,619 73. To show that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which was incorporated only 23 years ago (1846) already transact a large business, and yet it has only expanded to meet the exigencies * of its situation, for large cities have risen in the West, with which the great seaports intertrade in every increasing measure. There is no option but to grow or stand still and be out grown. This is true both of cities and railroad corporations. Hence excelsior" is the word on every lip, the aspiration in every heart. And in pursuing its onward career the Pennsylvania Rail read Company has founded and fortified the grandest transportation work in America, its guid ing spirits showing thereby that the position occu pied is understood and appreciated, in its strategy and finance, and all the - c onsiderations and bear ings which associate with the theme, in its actu alities and in its prospects. At date June 30, 1868, the " expenditure on capital account" of the London and North Western Railway Company, amounted to £50,243,787, equal to $251,218,935. The length of roads ope rated by the London and North Western Railway Compa n y under ownership and lease was 1,3461 miles. At date December 31,1867, the pail in capital and debt of the railroad companies of Great Britain—where there were in operation at that date 14,247 miles of road-7,844 miles of which were double track, 6,403 miles single track— reached the enornous aggregate of £502,262,887, equal to $ 2 ,511,314,435 ! The average cost per mile of the railroads in Great Britain at data Decetnber 31, 1867, was $176,264. At this average cost per mile of British roads, main lines and branches, 355 miles of road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg would cost $62,573,720 ; whereas, in truth, the paid in capital and indebtedness of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at date Dec. 31, 1868, amounted to capital stock, $27,040,762 50 ; mortgage bonds, bonds held by the State, • We publish in extenso from the Philadelphia Press the twenty-second annual report of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, which will interest many of our readers who desire to learn what a sound American railroad really is. So much dis credit has lately been thrown on railroad property in America by the operations of unscrupulous specu lators that it is necessary to make such reports as public as possible in Europe :- Office Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia, Feb. 10, 1869. To the Shareholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The directors have the gratification to report to you the results of another year of prosperous business upon your railway, the details of which are shown in the following statements : -Earnings - From passengers, $3,431,903 91; emigrant passengers, $78,244 29 ; mails, $99,981 25 ; ex press matters, $291,881 21; general freights, $12,882,165 30; miscellaneous sources. $349,321 32-total, $17,233,497 31. Expenses--For conducting transportation, $3,609,233 18 ; motive power, $3,361,694 42 ; maintenance of cars. $1,442,735 90 ; maintenance of road, $3,268,899 46 ; general expenses, $178,423 92-total, $11,860,983 43; leaving net earnings for the year 1868, $5,371,E13 43; The total amount of revenues compared With last year is -1868, $17,233,497 31; 1867, $16,310,156 36 ; increase, $893,340 95. The changes in the sources of the revenue aro shown below :-Decrease iu emigrant passengers, $13,408 97 ; decrease in express matter, $38,613 33 ; de crease in miscellaneous, $124,707 22; total, $209,729 58. Increase in regular freights, $1,049,865 63 ; increase in first-class passengers, $35,155 33; increase in United States mails, $15,049 57; total, $1,100,070 53-in crease as • before stated, $893,340 95. The gross re venues for 1868 aro equal to $4.8,138 26 per mile, of the main line of the railroad. The whole num ber of passengers carried in 1867 was 3,317,466, and in 1868, 3,747,178--an increase of the number carried of 299,712. The average distance travelled by each passen ger was 3f 54-100 miles, being 2 27-100 miles less than in 1867, showing the increase to be upon the local traffic of the line. The timber of tons of freight moved (including 294,131 tons of fuel and other materials transported for the company) was 4,72 - 2,015, embracing 2,065,049 tons of coal. The whole tonnage of your railway exceeds that of last. year, 721,477 tons, of which increase 384,326 tons was bituminous coal. The average charge upon freight during the year was 1,906-1,000 cents per net ton per mile, and per passenger, 2 71-100 cents. The cost of transportation was 68 8-10 per cent. of the receipts. The earnings of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad in 1868 are :-From passengers, $631,437 59; from freight, $2,101,613 98 ; from express matter, $30,954 33; from mails, $21,518 04; from miscellaneous sources, $18,726 ' 42 ; total (nearly equal to $lO,OOO per mile of road), $2,304,230 36 ; the operating expenses during the same period were-for conducting transportation, $610,774 32; for maintenance of way, $600,284 40 ; for motive power, $677,028 49; for maintenance of cars, $178,913 85. Total, $2,067,001 06. To which add 30 per cent. of earnings, payable to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, $20,423 95. Total, $2,837,425 01. Showing a loss to this company in , operating the line under the lease of $33,274 65; or $271,177 78 less than in 1867. To the loss above stated there should be added - to give a fair exhibit of the workings of the lease of this line -the interest upon the capital required to operate the railway, the cost of the roll ing stock and shop machinery, all of which is fur nished by this company, amounting, at 6 per cent., to selo,ooo per annum. The increase in the bu-iness of the line is almost wholly from the development of the freight traffic cf the company. The decrease in the relative ex penses arises mainly from the diminished outlays on ac count of the original incomplete and defective ceostrtic- Hun of the road. The revenue's of the lines ore rated by this company, and the, amounts paid for their working expenses, iuteeest and dividends, are as follows : - From the Pennsylvania Railroad and branches, $17,332,497 31; from the Philadelphia and Erie, Railroad, $2,804,250 56; amount, $20,037,747 67. And the expense of operat ing these lines were :-Pennsylvania Railroad, $11,850,983 88; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, $2,067,011 06; thirty per cent: reserved to pay interest on debts of the Phila delphia and Erie Railroad Company, $820,423, 95 ; total, $14,748,408 89 ; leaving the net profits from both railways for le6B, $5,289,338 78. From which deduct dividends de clared in May and November, in all 13 per cent., with the taxes thereon, $3,e42,281 99 ; total, $5,289,338 78. Bal ance to debit of interest account, $701,610 84 ; duo on the lease of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad, $135,274 18; annual payment to the State of Pennsylvania on ac count of interest and principal due upon the purchase of her works•between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, $460,000; total, $4,539,167 01; leaving balance, $750,171 77. The average dividends of the company since 1860 have been fully equal to that paid in 1868. All of the branch and lease hues operated by this company, except the Piffle, • delphia and Erie, and the East Brandywine and Wayneki burg Railways (where the aggregate loss was $88,105 84), have shown balances in their favour over operat ing expenses, equal in the aggregate to the interest upon the amounts standing upon the books against them. The earnings of the railways in which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is the holder of a majority of their shares, but operated under their own boards of directors, were for the past year as stated below, viz.:-Cumberland Valley Railroad, $577,061 72 ; Northern Central Railroad and its leased lines, $1,151,351 91; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway, $2,327,455 43-total, $7,055,872 06: The Cumberlated Valley Railroad extends from Harris burg to Hagerstown, Maryland, a distance of 74 miles. It is a very important feeder to your main line, and traverses throughout its length a wide and densely-populated valley, rich in agricultural resources, and bounded on either side by mountain ranged containing some of the most valuable mines of iron ore in the State, of inexhaustible extent. These mines aro now being developed, and when reached by the branch railroad now in course of construction, the transportation of these ores will add largely to the net re venue.of that company. The interest of your company in this railway is held by its sinking fund, and consists of 9,418 shares of the common and 2,861 sharesof thepreferred stock, upon both of which, amounting lie par to $614,100, it pays regular dividends of eight per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus which is being appropriated in aid of the con struction of the branch line mentioned to the largest of these iron ore deposits, and towards the extension of its own line to the Potomac, at or near Williamsport, Mary land. The Northern Central Railroad . extends from Bal timore to Sunbury, Pennsylvania, a distance of 138 miles, and through leases of and contracts with other railway companies, it is practically extended to Buffalo, New York. Its control by this company was the result of an unsuc cessful effort upon the part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to shut up this avenue as a competitor with its own railway for transportation between Baltimore and the West. Instead of a burthen to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as apprehended at the time a purchase of a majority of its shares was made by the Sinking Fund, it has proved a very profitable investment. After placing this work in good condition, and increasing its equipment, it has been able to pay regular quarterly dividends - to its shareholders at the rate of eight per cent. per annum after leaving a reasonable surplus of net profis. The number of shares of this company held by the Sinking Fund is 43,614, equal at their par value to $2,180,700. Ihe ordi nary traffic of this lino has increased with the population of the wealthy and enterprising section of country which it accommodates, while its coal transportation, which is still in its infancy, has become a very important source of revenue. It has cor.nections through a lease of tho Shamokin Valley and the Pottsville Railway, the con trol of the Lykens Valley Railway, as well as a con nection with the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, L ac k_ awanna, and Bloomsburg, and other railways, with all of the coal fields of Peresylvania, which w ill con tinue to give it a constantly increasing tonnage. Tho Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway has been described in previous reports. It extends from South Pittsburg to Columbus, Ohio, a distance of 193 miles. The interest held by this company in their stocks and bonds stands upon its books at $5,633,450.09. It is an indis pensable connection for the Pennsylvania Railway with the West and South-west, and must eventually pay rea sonable dividends to its shareholders. Its traffic for the second year of its use as a continuous railway between its termini is equal to $12,000 per mile of road. In the connecting railway, which extends from West Phila delphia to Frankford- a distance of seven miles -and operated under a lease by the Philadelphia and Trenton LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL iiAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. • It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot 266, Highliolborn THE PROTESTANT DECLARATION. The Times publishes in full the " Piotestant Declaration " of which a summary had previously been given. It occupies nearly a column and a half, and it has been signed by nearly a thousand peers, members of the House of Commons, deputy lieutenants, magistrates, and other gentlemen. The list is headed with the four presidents of the " Central Protestant Defence Association for Ireland," the Duke of Abercorn, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Earl df Bandon, and Lord Crofton. These are followed by the. Duke of Manchester, the Marquises of Westmeath, Waterford, Hamilton, and Drogheda, fifteen earls, and twenty-five viscounts. The peti tioners declare that if the proposcd.measure is passed it " would shake to their very foundation all titles to land in Ireland, sanction principles tending to uproot *le plantation of Ulster, and, instead of being in accordance with the dictates of justice, would be fraught with the grossest injustice and wrong, and instead of promoting peace and goodwill among Roman Catholics and Protestants, would embitter strife and perpetuate animosity, both civil and religious, in every part of Ireland." The declarators are clearly of opinion that the five million Roman Catholics of Ireland like to have a Church dominant over them which numbers only 500,000 adherents. THE UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. Mr. Aldis , the :senior wrangler o f 1861, wr it es t o the Daily Yews as one of the oldest Nonconformist resident members of the University of Cambridge, giving his opinion on the University Tests Bill. He considers that the speech of Sir Roundell Palmer in the debate of Monday was not very satisfactory because it sh e wed a "strange misappreh elision " of the dem a nds of Nonconformists. lle thinks that the bill which has been introduced by Sir J. Coleridge will afford general satisfaction to the dissenters throughout England, but this feeling would be changed into dislike if Sir R. Palmer's last " amend ment were appended. They would look upon the declaration which it exacts from all professors in the University as most insulting; and Nonconformists would rather wait for years than agree to such a provision. THE REVENUE OFFICERS BILL. The division list on the second reading of the Revenue Officers Bill shews that the minority con sisted of 33 Conservatives and 65 Liberals, whilst the majority was mainly composed of the supporters of the Government. Among the Conservatives who voted against the second reading were Mr. Adderley, Mr. Stephen Cave, Mr. Henley, Earl Percy, M r. Newdegate, Mr. ohnston (Belfast), and Colonel Wilson-Patten. The chiefs of the Conservative party were not present. The members for Hull, Southampton, Devonport, Portsmouth, and Glou cester went with the minority. All the members of the Government voted against the further progress of the bill. THE DEMONSTRATION ON GOOD FRIDAY. The Reform League is defunct; but its works live after it is dead. The last thing it was about to do wr.s to hold a demonstration on Good Friday. Mr. Ernest Jones was a reformer after the :Reform League's own style, and his death was intended to ha commemor.del by processions from various parts of the metropolis, marching to ~Trafalgar-square , and there listening to .oratory on the rights of man and political equality. But those who live in and around Trafalgar -square have a horror of an assembly of roughs, especially on such a day as Good Friday. Colonel Henderson, too, objects to the law being broken which declares all political meetings held within a mile of Parlia ment House during sessions to be illegal. So it is said that he will prohibit the meeting. The advisability of any such political demonstrations has been doubted ; but to meet for the purpose of blustering under the name of doing honour to the dead appears to us absurd, and to outrage the feelings of a large proportion of the public by choosing such a clay for parading the streets of London is most reprehensible. The League, it is now stated, will go to Hyde Park to hold their meeting. It is to be hoped there will be no conflict with the authorities, NEW LAW ON CLIC. C L RATES. A. meeting of clergy and churchwardens of parishes in t: lo archdeaconry of Worcester has lately been held to discuss the' future course of action under the Compulsory Church Rate Abolition Act. In most urban parishes church rates have -been for some time practically abolished, and the necessary expenses have depended on voluntary contributions, not very liberally given in some cases. In the rural parishes little difficulty has been experienced in collecting the church rate. It was finally recommended that wherever rates had been levied under the old law, they should be continued under the new, but that when the voluntary principle bad been already introduced, it should not be departed from for the future. THE RESERVE AND AUXILIARY FORCES. "Hippophylax," writing to the Times, argues for a reform of our military reserve. Of the auxiliary forces, the Militia and the Volunteers, he apparently takes little count. They are miserably deficient in organisation, and their connection with the regular army is merely nominal. But something might be made out of the reserve force. Hitherto it has proved a total failure. "And no wonder," says the correspondent, " for, except under special cases, if men are good men they will find the army too com fortable to leave it to enter a reserve, if they are bad men they desert or enter the Reserve only with the intention of doing so when called out to serve. In continental States, where a conscription is in force, men are glad to enter the Reserve, as the pay and comforts of the regular service are very infe rior ; in this country, where enlistment is voluntary, men who wish to make the army a profession, will, as a rule, prefer to stick to it than to be sent into a Reserve after a few years' service. In the opinion of " Ilippophylax " if the Military Reseive Act were really put properly into execution, if commanding officers of Militia were allowed only .to have require ments of a certain strength, but to enlist as many supernumeraries as they could as Militia Reserve men, we might soon have a Reserve numerically suffi cient to fill up the battalions in England to a war strength, though other measures must be taken to preserve them at that strength even through one campaign. THE PERSONNEL OF PAILLIAMENT. Mr. Robert flair, editor of "Debrett's House of Commons," has given us some curious statistics of the members of the new Parliament. "Of zraduates there are 338 ; of these, - 151 are alumni of Oxford, 122 . 0 f Cambridge, 1 of Durh am , 10 o f L on d on, 22 of Dubli n , and 26 of Scotland. The number edu cated at public schools is 287, of which Eton contri buted 131, H arrow 08, Rugby 29, Charterhouse 8, Winchester 13, Westminster 20, St. P au l' s an d Mercha n t Taylors' 1 each, King's Coll e g e 7, an d ITniyersity Coll ege School 9. The legal profession is represented by 120 gentlerdow, of whom 102 have • been called to the English bar, the remaining 10 being attorneys. The army contiibUtes C 8 members, and the - navy 13. Of bankers there are 15, and of commercial men 130. There aro 6 medical prac titioners, a like number of civil engineevs, 3 university professors, and 1 dissentint, minister. The nobility is represented by 3 Irish' peers, by 40 heirs apparent and 14 heirs presumptive to peer ages, and by 52 y ounger sons of peers. Of Privy Councillors and baronets there are 52 each. Ninety members have served the office of sheriff, and 3 that of Lord Mayor of London ; 10 aro lords-lieutenant of counties, 7 are recorders, 9 have been in the diplomatic service, and 129 have represented oth er const i tuencies than those for which they now sit. Ten fathers are each honoured by having a son in the House, and there are no less than 24 pairs of brother s , exclusive of three brothers of one family." THE PROGRAMME OF THE OPERA. The commencement of the opera season is announced l et Tuesday, March 30th, and from the list of arrangements e l " ready mado public, we may anticipate an unusually brillis et operatic campaign. We are promised the return of the leading "stars" of the last season or two, and the resr pearance of some popular favourites who have been leeg absent from- the London operatic stage, as well IS ri e// comers of promise. Madams Adelina Patti, of WO occupies a foremost place, while Md les. Pauline DO' Christine Nilsson, Ilma de Murska, and Titiens are al e° among the prime donne. Tamberlik is to re-appear after ° absorco of four years, Signor Corsi of the St. Carlo i 1 to make his first appearance, and Mr. Santley, wbc :; despite his English name, now o ccu pi es a recognise" position in the Italian Opera Company, is to nee lie ',., for the first time the role of P e t er th e G rea t i n M e yerbeer' opera. Signor Mongini will also make an experiment in lb° character of Jean of Leyden, in "Le Prophete," 3 13318 : Titiens being the rides, a part in which she will, no den im achieve fresh triumphs. Adelina Patti, as usual, will e r d pear iu the 01-1 favourite characters. The chorus is selec' from the two companies, while the orchestra is to l e tint of Covent-garden. Altogether the junction 01 the two houses promises to giv e o p era goers some unu sual e " .. vantages. MEETING AGAINST MR. GLADsTOSOS BILL. A conference of the clergy and laity of the diocese Down and Connor was held on Tuesday in Belfast. Bet wee .: 1,700 and 2,000 att e nd e d, every congregat i on b e i ng reP sented. The Bishop took th e c h a i r , an d o ff . . mended they should regard the verdict of the coln i Z, as pronounced, prepare for the future, and c° lll- with Mr. Gladstone to obtai n a mo difi ca ti on . 511 , 4 64 were strong expressions of dissent. The whole asses:ail of clergymen and laymen rose to their feet, shouted " s° l and hissed. The mention of the word "negotiations ° a later stage of th e p rocee di ngs pro d uce d s i m il ar derit strations. A resolution wa s p asse d th a t th ere should no compromise or discussion of the bill, and a petition 1T : adopted protesti ng aga i ns t it. Th e speakers WCr e vi r t) Dean of Down, Lord O'N e ill, L or d T empletown, Sir ": Johnson, Rev. Drs. Moeran, Lee, Drew, and gurOr Mr. Stewart Blacky, and others. M. Bancel, who, though a mere youth at the t''" of the coup d'etat, was then one of the most effective 0 1/ 61t ; ers in the Legislatif Assembly, has returned to France, a ft % an exile of 17 years. H e w ill d ou btl ess o bt a i n a se at in , Corps Legislatif. A speech he has already delivered provy that he is one of the greatost orators of the time. In the Metropolitan Hall, Dublin, a crowded ni e e ing has been held to "protest against Mr. GiadsO rle i , Spoliation Bill." Sir E. Grogan p res id e d an d addressed i assembly, denouncing the bill as a clever juggle to Established Church and to create a fund to tsa ip— b the College of Maynooth. A resolution to opPose , 00 bill was proposed and seconded, and a second resolusti to declared that the measure w as a di rec t a b an d onm ent 0 ' to principles of the Reformation. The Hon. Mr. Plunket Wog at some length, and declared that the object of the bi ll f • to extinguish the light of th e Bibl e an d t h e blessing/ I %i free Protestant constitution. He would tell the Gover lol 6 4 that they would fight the battle i nc h by i nc h, an d eonel u 7 n by stigmatising the bill as a measu re o f s p o li a tion and "". justice. Mr. Samuelson will on Friday next ask the S epe o ; tary to the Treasury whether a v al u ati on h as been no se d . O the total sum which would have become payabl e to th e " fot 0 o telegraph and railway companies in the e v e nt of the m_fr of purchasing their interests under th e P erm issive A' 0 last session, and whether he will lay th at v aluation x 0 4 the table; whether it is not the case that a large add i o . outlay beyond that sum would be required in order to _ r pieta the scheme of telegraphic communication oloc° templated by the Post-office; whether the su i bo of such outlay has been ascertained, and W in d communicated to the house ; whether the Ve s ta have caused an estimate to be p re pared 01 cost of an entirely new and cistinct system of teleg rir ibe communication on the most impr ove d plan, tin der s/0 1i management of the Post-office, and w ill communists tair , estimate to the house. And whether or not it is the is (beto tion of the Treasury to recom men d th a t P ar li a ment vote funds for carrying out the P erm i ss i ve Act of 150 t Be/ fr sion, as well as the additional funds which would o d quired to complete the postal electric system as contenlPl by that Act. n inlio A. THE GALLEON TREASURE VENTURE.— pa—. 1. by Roger Fenton, Esq., 8.A., has been published by 311. ... at Beveridge, 34, High Holborn, entitl e d, A Brief Accorui; of the Trade to the Spanish West I n di es i n th e 17th Cen, tu d to of the India House at S e ville ; o f th e even t s w hich le to the war of succession ; together w ith a hi s t o ry ° f t capture and destruction of the Spanish Plate Fle e ' of Vigo in the year 1702, with an inquiry into the fli t fo the treasure which it cont a i ne d, an d t h e amoun t l'i P or still remains submerged in the harbour of Vigo. I t Iv mences by telling how the writer was fi rs t attracted to ,b subject while searching in the British Museum thr °ll %, pamphlets, newspapers, and books, in the English, F re i n o c l, and Spanish languages, relating to events iu Vigo ft b 0 and it ends by giving some cur;ous extracts to so°, s ilver Philip, King of Spain, seized on a ll the gold an d w ere rescued from the enemy, leaving only such things as not easily converted into cash. ride r ' The pedestrian Weston abandoned his li t y p to taking to walk 5,000 miles, after reaching Buffalo • rat e that city he had walked 900 over bad roads and th c tarle d the severest winter weather, but though he. - j iving with several hundred dollars he found the cost of ;40 to and hiring conveyances so large that he was una y .„ his meet it, not receiving the assistance ho expected fro.- friends. WO 18 .The Sion St an d ar d h as di e d f or wan t o f b r eath, s , ooro ed months' of existence.—Mr. L eav itt, a clergyman of New York, is the winner of the go"' t ition of the Cobden Club, in the la.st annual essay coalP e ise best The subject give n to th e wr it ers was: " What is tnl "ij way of developing i m p rove d po liti ca l an d con' ere t a ese lations between Great Britain and the United Sts The winning essay is to be published. The suit of Charle s - Re a d e aga i ns t Charl es /6 on Sweetser for the sev er e c r iti c i sm i n th e Round a rnb rr ivo Griffith Gaunt, after being d e l a y e d f or Mr Ronde ' s n the in America, wag brought before Mr. Justice Clark e of yr• 24th Feb., and was again postponed on accoun t Sweetser's illness. c helP The London Times has been driven 1:0Y i ts h e ad e t competitors to the innovation of publishing at On be hav e ill its editorials a table of contents. Before long we 11 ,6 0 1 o; Mo to resort to the free use of the telegraph and e t , - Isr i " dern improvements" to retain its prestige.— jtes Round Table. and 111110 LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment u.- Instant Relief.—Sores which are daily extendit'sq, the. which ara hourly deepening, may be arrested 8 001 torturing progress, and induced to take a healthy n urif9,i by applying this healing ointment and taking th ese,.,:'ts lug pills. It soothes all distempers of, and ex t ra leg`' , ler; morbid humour from the skin. Old ulcers of of th e inflammations caused by varicose veins, and clinl r edbf, lower limbs, can sensibly be eased and shortly' e _ es e% c, Holloway's never-failing ointment, which re pr r s_f oto a s cessive and stimulates sluggish m u scular and fistula s' tion. th l e t r c s o i n m s i t l i a t r u l t y es pa b i r n e f a u k l i m ng ala d d o i w es n , under Pil e "' tion s a few ap plic oist oe this cooling ointment will give comfort, and ape r of its use will e ff ec t a cure. - s ee rg° t t el [ADVERTISEMENT I—Consumption, and all Won , o ,„, A va. ii stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are onlYe t l e rfec;j, and accelerated by drugs of every description , bu tt ica . Y ° o cl curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Areo,slcleou as proved by thousands of cases which had been t i latt i, hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, al., derAT;;, gumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gne ! '; er vouP te mente, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, n 0 u a• biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarre'; u ut, w'„;ss finen2a, noises in the head and ears, rheumatisM l : u ples°"„sy. rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability , ttr, o . acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, del n %'' a uer'„ e st. cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in Preg, t he e" sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness houlders,,,o pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the s We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored hy r , b - e be . an' u li Food. Cure No 68,413.—"R0me, July 21, 18 66 . — The the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, n, _ Du 13s, e ral other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to . Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consupler, beuoS ,s at every meal. It has pro laced a surprlsu l g t 'praniai, effect on his health, and his Holiness excellent food too highly." From the " c G a n n : tt t e i r u d b u erfas er , July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Robertesauti l chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' u* deafne ss of spitting of blood, liver derangement, and Parr, i e etee!!Fift9 Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, L0ra2: 0 , 2. reso , Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—Ne.. " erve u u jj and years' indescribable agony from dysPePst s ickn,e s u isol, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, ePaT,' are ofto w - it boa' vomiting.—MariaJoly: Important Caution .-- 4"" to bed' unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations a ttac t o i s authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audacl Üb" ° 5 1130 18. ; COO, In tins, at is. 14d.; BA BICA for /. 225. ; 4 lbs, 40s, --Also Du BARR Y's REVALENTAfte,s at gs : ., ca ps LATH POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for for tio S cups at 3s. ad., for 48 cups at Cs., for 288 cuT he _af a; ot y ff j p d o s : o,o o7 o B . at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. are sent free of carriage in England on re ly 4Bt reet, Order. - BARRY DO BARRY and Co., No. 77, Rege n t don; and all Grocers and Chemists. Births. 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