The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Feb. 15.—Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Terrible, 21, Capt. G. J. Napier, left port on the 9th inst. for Gibraltar, with the crew of the Firefly and the Cockatrice, paid off at Malta, and time-expired men and invalids. Among the pas sengers are Lieut. Gilison, commander ; Mr. H. Hosken, master, and Dr. Hurlstone, assist.-surg. of the Cockatrice ; Dr. Flanagan, surg., Mr. Carpen ter, chief engineer, and Mr. Dixon, master's assist. of the Firefly ; Mr. J. Hoskyn, second master of the Hydra; and Lieut. J. I. F. Sulivan, promoted f. M. rom the Firefly. Lieut. Wilco x and Mr. assist.-paymaster of the Firefly , with B their families, have proceeded overland in the French steamer Euxene for Marseilles. Mr. C. Goolden, second master, h a s been transferred to the H y dra. The remaining surveyors of the Firefly are completing their hydrographic work at Malta, which will pro bably occupy them till the end of March. An earth quake having occurred at Santorin, a volcanic island in the Archipelago, assistance was telegraphed for from Malta by her Majesty's Minister at Athens, and accordingly her Majesty's ships Surprise and Tyrian were at once despatched, on the 13th inst., by Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Smart to the scene of the catastrophe, in order to render all the aid in their power to the inhabitants. Her Majesty's fri gate Phoebe had been sent from the Piraeus for the same humane purpose. Her Majesty's ship Gib raltar, 80, Capt. R. Coote, will probably sail on the 19th inst. to relieve the Phoebe at Athens. She went out on the 9th inst. for exercise and target practice. The Resistance, 16, ironclad, Capt. W. Chamberlain, went out on the 12th for the same purpose, and came in on the same evening. The Caledonia, 35, ironclad, Capt. the Hon. F.A.Foley, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., is still in dock, having a stern gallery fitted on her. The Cockatrice, 2, gunboat, was recom missioned at Malta on the 10th inst. Her Lieut.- Commander is shortly expected here. She is now under the temporary command of Lieut. P. J. Murray. The following appointment has been made by the Commander-in-Chief :—Lieut. A. T. Bagg, of the Royal Oak, to the Cossack. The Italian squadron, under the command of Rear-Ad miral Vacca, which arrived here a few days ago from Corfu, left on the 14th inst. for Naples, with the exception of the steam corvette Etna, which left on Sunday night for Cadiz. During the stay here of the squadron Admiral Vacca and his officers were entertained by the authorities and the inhabitants, and on the night preceding their departure they dined at the Union Club, as the guests of the offi cers of her Majesty's ships in the port. The ships of war in Malta harbour at present are--the Vic toria (bearing the flag of Sir Robert Smart, K.C.8., K.H.), the Hibernia (bearing the flag of Rear-Ad miral H. Kellett, C. 8.), the Caledonia (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.), the Gibraltar, the Royal Oak, the Resistance, the En terprise, the Hydra, the Cockatrice, the Psyche, the Supply, the Firefly (being broken up), the Wizard (in reserve), and the Hearty, tug." On Tuesday three cast-iron cylinders, weighing together about ten tons, intended for the founda tions for the new steam machinery at Chatham yard, were safely removed by means of one of the large steam traction engines of Messrs. Ave ling and Porter from the works at Strood to the dockyard. The engine used on the occasion was the largest yet constructed by the firm, and was the one employed in the removal of the block of granite from Reading to Strathfieldsaye to form the base of the Wellington monument. The engine in question works up to an indicated horse power of 50, and its enormous power was manifested on Tuesday in dragging the .train of trucks with their loads from the factory to the dockyard, ascend ing a steep incline of one in ten at a speed of four miles an hour. Not the slightest interruption oc curred to the traffic in the streets, and the dockyard was reached without any mishap. For some months past one of the same engines has been in constant work in Chatham dockyard with the most satisfac tory results. The screw steamship Lord Clyde, 24, was placed in Keyham steam-yard on Monday to be prepared for the pennant. A party of riggers from Woolwich dockyard went down to Greenhithe yesterday morning in the steam tug Monkey for the purpose of assisting to swing her Majesty's iron turret ship Prince Albert and to adjust her compasses, in preparation for sea. Com modore Dunlop, Superintendent of Woolwich dock yard, will inspect the ship and muster the crew this morning at 10 o'clock, after which it is expected she will take her departure for Plymouth. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Commander Whiffler, has left her station, as tender to the Fis gard, at Woolwich, to be attached to the flagship Victory, at Portsmouth. Letters received by our Chatham correspondent from her Majesty's scream frigate Bristol, 39, 600 horse power, flagship of Commodore G. T. P. Hornby, state that since the arrival of the ves sel at Ascension the yellow fever, which had broken out on board, had entirely disappeared. The total number of deaths on board had been 22 sea men and marines. Two officers had been ill, but both had recovered. As many as 30 of the ship's company were ill at the same time. The fever, it appears, was first taken by a party of A.B.'s and marines who were sent up the river at Sierra Leone to move the Isis coal hulk, in which work officers and men were engaged for two days, during which time they were much exposed. The Bristol was out of quarantine on the 25th ult., with all well on board. The vessels at Ascension at the departure of the mail were the Flora, just arrived from Eng land to•relieve the Meander, which returns to Eng land ; the Pendora, 5, 80-horse power, Commander E. A. T. Stubbs; the Sparrow, 5, 80-horse power; the Dromedary, iron screw storeship, Master-Com mander J. H. Allard ; and the Megmra, 6, iron storeship, 350-horse power, Capt. M. B. Dunn. The Investigator, Lieut.-Commander: J. W. Jones, was daily expected to arrive from the West Coast of Africa. An order was received at Chatham by telegram yesterday from the Admiralty, directing the iron cased ship Research, 4, 200-horse power, Comman der R. A. E. Scott, to be sent round to that port from Spithead immediately after the departure of her Majesty from Osborne, for the purpose of being docked and overhauled, it being understood that she is required for immediate service. The- Conqueror, screw line-of-battle ship, 78 guns, 2,8.15 ton G. u d, . 5 00 -horse power, Capt. William basin ins which has been dismantled in the large edition teossJ dockyard, after her return from the exp commission by c :pan, was yesterday paid out of W. R. Hall, C. 8., Captain I Superintendent of pSth.e.erness dockyard. The crew have been granted. six . weeks' leave. The vessel w ill be placed in the third division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve. The Meeanee, screw li n 2,591 tons, 400-horse ewer rof-cbattle ship, 60 guns , George Wode bed. to Sheerness house, which has recently and is ret aPt. from the Mediterranean, in the large basin, will be on the Ist of March next. paid out el o n f g dismantled c ommission The Tamar, screw troopship, °apt. Stirling, under,l7 e orders for Dublin and the Mediterran ean, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to Spithead, where she tested her capstans, anchors, cables, &c., under the supervision of the officers o f the shipwright department of the dockyard, and was also swung to ascertain the deviation of her compass. She afterwards returned to the harbour and was lashed alongside the transport jetty of the dockyard, where she awaits further orders from the Admiralty. The Tamar is ready for sea in every respect, and could receive 1,000 troops on board at an hour's no tice. The Danae, 4, building at Portsmouth dockyard an an unarmoured screw sloop of 1,081 tons, from designs by Mr. E. Reed, Chief Constructor of the wavy, is ordered to have a number of hands placed on her to recommence her construction immediately. of this The buildi ng vessel was suspended sometime since owing to the results obtained from the speed trial of a si s t er vessei , and now that the construction of the Danae has been recommenced, her form of ore body will undergo considerable modification from the lines shown in the original drawings. The Racoon, 22, screw, Capt. Count Gleichen, shifted her anchorage from Spithead to Cowes Roads on Tuesday, to relieve the Research, 4, Com mander R. Scott. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. E. Aplin, left Plymouth yesterday for Ireland, with stores and supernumeraries for the squadron. The screw steam frigate Topaze, 31, Capt. W. M. Dowell, C. 8., left Plymouth yesterday for the 1 Pacific Ocean. Railway and other Companies. VALE OF NEATH. The directors of this company recommend the declaration of a dividend on the ordinary stock and shares of the company at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st of January last. GREAT EASTERN. The report of the directors states that the re venue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last showed that the total receipts were £909,271 and the working expenses £533,999, leaving a balance of £375,272, to which was added £43,469 from the preceding half-year's account and £723, dividend on Lynn and Hunstanton shares, making £419,404. From this was deducted' £386,200 for payments to the Northern and Eastern and other companies, interest on mort gages, and on guaranteed and preference stocks, leaving a balance of £33,204, less sundries, as per general revenue account, £33,014, leaving £l9O. The table of receipts showed £909,271 had been received during the half-year, against £881,526 for the corresponding half of 1864, showing an increase of £27,745. The expenditure amounted to £533,999, against £427,805 for the same half of 1864, showing an increase of £106,194. The di rectors regretted to state that the very large re venue usually derived by the company from the cattle traffic on the line in consequence of the cattle plague had been seriously diminished. The direc tors felt that it was only fair to the new Board, and just to the proprietors, not only that the whole of the current charges against the revenue should be brought into the accounts, but also all arrears should be got rid of, so that the present Board might be in a position to commence their adminis tration with an uncumbered balance-sheet as from the Ist of January last ; and it would be the duty of the directors half year by half year to see that every charge applicable to revenue was so debited, while at the same time they would most zealously ascertain how far expenses now existing might be reduced, due regard being had to efficiency and punctuality. The condition in which the late board lef t the finances of the company rendered it im peratively necessary that no time should belost by the new board in taking the most energetic steps to meet the pressing liabilities, and after great consideration and anxiety they were able to express a hope that arrangements had been made, by which this object would be obtained. The Board of Directors adopted the views enunciated by the Committee of Investigation in respect of the proposed agreement with the Great Northern, and had formally made known to the Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Companies, that in the present position of this company it was undesirable to proceed with the bills as deposited ; and had also expressed their opinion that before the board could recommend their shareholders to adopt the agree ments the terms would require further considera tion. Independently of the bills which had been promoted this session by the Great Eastern, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire companies, this company had only two bills before Parliament; the first was merely for addi tional powers to improve the Enfield stations, and to make short lines, so as to afford better accommo dation at those places to the public. The other pro ject was to construct a branch railway from Tot tenham to Alexandra-park ; but before proceeding any further with this measure the directors were desirous of taking the opinion of the shareholders thereon. The agreement to take over the Black wall Railway came into operation on the Ist of January last, from which date it formed a portion of the Great Eastern system. The directors hoped that the acquisition of this line, giving as it did to this company a direct communication with the docks and manufacturing establishments on the banks of the Thames, would ultimately prove ad vantagoous to. the Great Eastern. The agree ment which was entered into in the year 1852 with the Great Northern Company for the leasing of their Royston and Hitchin line for a period of 14 years expired on the Ist of April next, when that line would be handed over to the Great Northern Company. This company were under an agreement to double the line from Shelford to Shepreth, so as to give the Great Northern access into Cam , bridge, and to provide them accommodation at the latter place upon terms to be hereafter arranged. The Board trusted that the commercial result of the continental steamboat service between the port of Harwich and the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp would greatly improve by negotiations which they purposed initiating, to make the facilities afforded by this route more appreciated by the public, and to give a fair remuneration for the outlay. In con clusion, the directors, while deeply regretting the position into which the affairs of the company had been allowed to drift, trusted that when the finances had been satisfactorily adjusted, and a judicious policy instituted, the prospects of the company would materially improve. The report had been delayed to afford the directors the opportunity to report that, so far as it was possible, certain neces sary financial arrangements had been satisfactorily concluded by which the credit of the company would be sustained. The capital account showed that £23,574,010 had been expended, leaving _a balance against the company of £724,605. SOUTH SFAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston station ; Mr. R. Moon in the chair. The statement of accounts showed that the receipts on capital account had been £1,431,450, and the expenditure £1,659,030. The usual dividends at the rate of 44 per cent. on the ordinary capital and 5 per cent. on the pre ferential B shares was declared. Lord A. Paget, the retiring director, was re elected, and Mr. Crosfield was elected auditor. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WIIALEYBRIDGE. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices, Euston station ; Mr. Bancroft in the chair. The report stated that the revenue account for the past half-year showed a net balance available for dividend of £4,067. Out of this a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. on the paid-up preference capital was recommended, and also a dividend on the ordinary share capital at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, making a total of £3,857, which would leave a balance of £2lO to the credit of the next account. The recommendations in the report having been carried, a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY. The half-yearly meeting was held at Wakefield on Wednesday ; Mr. R. Winn in the chair. The report congratulated the shareholders on the opening for traffic of the greater portion of the un dertaking —namely, that between Wakefield and Doncaster. The line to Barnby Don it was expected would be opened in a few weeks. A contract for transferring the entire undertaking to the Great Northern and Sheffield Companies had been sealed. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that arrangements had been made whereby the Great Northern and,Zheffield companies took the whole charge of the Wakefield station capital, and guaranteed a dividend at the rate of GI per cent. The motion for the adoption of the report was agreed to, and Messrs. Winn and Cliff, the retiring directors, were re-elected. The remuneration of the directors was fixed at £4OO per annum, and 650 surplus station shares were allotted to them as a mark of the esteem in which they were held by the shareholders. The meeting was then made special, and the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,' FEBRUARY 22, 1866. directors were authorised to create new share capital to the amount of £60,000. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. The Cattle Plague. CURING v. KILLING. We are requested to publish the following letter : " Sir Thomas Gladstone presents his compliments to Mr. Worms, and, having written in great haste this morning for an early post, he now troubles Mr. Worms again, to tell him that he has great hopes that six two-year-olds, which were really taken in the earliest stage, are through the attack. They are to-day feeding well, but kept on short quantity, and have every appearance of recovery. " He fears it will go very hard with the cows, and that it has failed with the first, which was scarcely taken in time. Sir Thomas has a number of yearlings not yet attacked. If he could get time to try it be fore the slaughter begins he would have great faith in the remedy. " Fasque, Laurence Kirk, N. 8., Feb. 20." The act to amend the law relating to contagious or infectious diseases in cattle and other animals, which received the Royal assent on Tuesday, was yesterday issued. The statute contains 34 sections, and is to continue in force until June 1, 1867, and to the end of the then session of Parliament. The term " cattle" is to mean bull, cow, ox, heifer, or calf ; and " animal" to mean, besides, sheep, goats, and swine. Other terms are defined, as also the metropolis and also a county. The act is not to apply to Ireland. For the purposes of the act, the expressions, "district," "local authority," "local rate," and " clerk of local authority," are to mean 'the places, bodies of persons, rate, and officer in the schedule. Within the city of London and liberties, the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen is to be deemed the "local authority," except that of making a rate ; and for the purpose of making a rate for the act, the Metropolitan Board of Works is to be the local authority. As soon as conveniently after the passing of the act, appointments of local autho rities in Scotland are to take place. " Where the General or Quarter Sessions in any county do not stand adjourned to some day not later than seven days after the passing of this act such sessions shall, notwithstanding, be deemed by virtue of this act to stand adjourned to Monday in the first week in which this act passes." The first meeting of the local authority in Scotland is to be fixed by the convener of the county, and the local authority may adjourn from time to time as they may think fit. A local authority is empowered to form a committee of its own members ; every local authority is with all convenient speed to appoint such number of inspectors and other offices as may be necessary for carrying into effect the provision of the act within its district. "It shall assign them such duties and award them such salaries or allowances as it thinks expedient, and no stamp shall be required on the appointment of any officer made in pursuance of this act. It may revoke any appointment so made, provided that all persons appointed inspectors be fore the passing of this act under the authority of any order of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil relative to the cattle plague, and being such at time of the passing of this act, shall be called in spectors to act in the execution of this act in and for the districts for which they respectively were appointed ; but every such appointment may at any time be revoked by the authority that would be em powered to revoke it if it had been made under this act. The certificate of an inspector of the local au thority that the animal is affected by cattle plague shall, for the purposes of this act, be conclusive evidence in all courts of justice and elsewhere of its having been so affected. Any inspector or other officer authorised to• carry into effect the provisions of this act may at all times enter, any field, stable, cowshed, or other premises within his district where he has reasonable grounds for supposing that cattle affected by the cattle plague are to be found for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act ; and if any person refuses admission to or ob structs or impedes, or aids in obstructing or imped ing, any such inspector or other officer, he shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O ; provided always, that such inspector shall, if required, state in writing the grounds on which he has entered such premises for the purpose aforesaid." The act is then divided into two parts. The tem porary provisions in Part I. are to continue in force till the 15th of April, 1866, and no longer, unless continued or renewed by Order in Council. Every local authority is to cause all animals affected with the cattle plague to be slaughtered, and, by way of compensation, for every animal so slaughtered, pay to the owner such sum not exceeding £2O, and not exceeding one-half of the value of the animal im mediately before it was affected with the cattle plague, as to such local authority may seem fit. Such affected animal is to be buried as soon as possible in its skin in some proper place, and to be covered over with a sufficient quantity of quick lime or other disinfectant, and with not less than 6ft. of earth. Sheds and other places are to be purified, and power is given to order the slaughter of cattle herded with diseased animals. There is also power to ascertain the value of slaughtered animals. "All cattle brought by sea from any place in Great Britain, or from any place out of the United Kingdom into any town or place in Great Britain, shall be marked by clipping the hair off the end of the tail, and no such cattle shall be removed alive from such town or place except by sea. No cattle shall be moved on any railway before the 25th of March, 1866." In Part 11. of the act all expenses incurred by a local authority, including compensation, are to be defrayed out of a local rate defined by the act, or out of a separate rate, to be levied in all respects in the same manner as a local rate. Any person who is not the owner of the pre mises in respect of which he is rated under this sec tion of the local rate may deduct from the growing rent due to the owner one half of the rate payable by him for the purposes of the act, and the owner is to allow the deduction. Where, before the pass ing of the act, any person who has suffered so great a loss by the cattle plague as to entitle him, in the opinion of the local authority, to the remission of the whole or part of any rate due from him for the purposes of this act, such remission may be granted by the local authority. The amount of insurance may be recovered on slaughtered animals. The Pub lic Loan Commissioners are empowered to lend money to any local authority upon the security of the local rate. " Every local authority shall report to the Privy Council the state of the cattle plague in their district, and give such other information with respect to the cattle plague in such form and at such time as the Privy Council may require." Land may be purchased for the burial of diseased animals. Penalties under the act may be recovered in a summary manner. An appeal is given. All expenses already incurred by any local authority are to be allowed. The act, as stated, is not to continue longer than the Ist of June, 1867, and to the end of the then sessions, except as to the power of levy ing rates to repay money borrowed. Her Majesty in Council may at any time suspend the operation of the act as respects the slaughter of cattle. village lying between Bolton and Wigan, ten far mers lost 20 head last week. In the immediate vicinity of Wigan the disease is not spreading so fast. The Leigh and Warrington Unions still con tinue the ;principal seats of disease, though it is satisfactory to have to announce a decrease in the number of animals attacked. Last week only 32 were seized, the weekly average for the past month being over 70. Of those newly attacked 18 have died, while of those previously under treatment 35 deaths are reported. A return of the result of the plague in this district shows that up to the 14th of February 845 animals have been attacked, of which 655 have died and 16 been killed. The bulk of the remainder are under treatment. COWES AND NEWPORT. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Winchester-buildings ; the Hon. H. Petre in the chair. Mr. LINCOLN, the secretary, read the report, which stated there was a slight reduction in the actual traffic for the past half year as compared with the corresponding period of 1864. This falling off might in a great measure be attributed to the open ing of the Isle of Wight Railway to Shanklin which had diverted a portion of the Ventnor traffic from the line. It was a source of satisfaction to the directors that, while the permanent way had been maintained in efficient order, the expenditure on account of the maintenance thereof had under gone a considerable reduction, and the result of the half year's working had been to materially dimi nish the heavy amount standing at the debit of revenue account at the 30th of June last. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. DONALDSON, the report was adopted; and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. BRISTOL AND EXETER The report states that the revenue accounts for the half year ending Dec. 31, 1865, show an avail able balance of £57,323, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of siper cent. be declared payable on March 5, leaving a balance of £1,705 for next account. The traffic receipts showed an increase in nearly every item, but there had been an increase of expenses. The unusually large sum of £5,331 appeared on the accident ac count, in consequence of accidents which occurred last year. In the traffic receipts, the increase amounted to £9,419, or £77 10s. 6d. per mile, and in the working expenses the increase was £10,265, or 50.17 per cent. of the receipts as against 47.13 per cent. for Dec., 1864. The total receipts from all sources on revenue account for last half year was £201,951, as against £190,500 at Dec., 1864, being an increase of £11,415, and the balance of £2,078, from the previous half year (which was £2,465 less than the balance brought into December, 1864), makes a total of £204,029, as against £195,043, showing a net increase of £8,986. The total ex penditure of all kinds (except debenture and pre ference interest) amounted to £101,640 as against £90,735, leaving a profit of £102,389, out of which had been deducted for debenture and preference interest, £45,065, the balance, £57,324, being avail able for dividend. The capital account showed an expenditure in the half year of £53,955, and a total expenditure of £4,182,739, leaving a balance of £75,131 to credit. The average rate of interest on debentures outstanding at the close of the half year was £4 ls. 9d. per cent. TAFF VALE. The report states that there had been an increase in the revenue, and that after placing the usual £750 to the credit of the:depreciation fund, the directors were enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum. To do this they had been obliged to charge the Taff Vale Waggon Company redemption fund for the half-year to capital instead of to revenue, the propriety of which had been urged on former occasions. After payment of the dividend a balance of £291 remained for the current half year. The Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway and Cowbridge Railway had been opened since last meeting for passenger and general traffic. The capital account shows a total expenditure of £1,622,298, leaving a balance of £57,187 against the account. The revenue account for the half-year showed that the receipts amounted to £152,331 and the expenditure to £73,406, leaving a balance of £78,925, out of which £19,837 had been paid for interest on debentures, leaving £59,413, to which was added £767, making £60,180. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from January 1, to February 11, 1866, amounted to £58,668, as against £53,003 for the corresponding period of 1865. The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from Jan. 1. to Feb. 11 amounted to £4,550, as against £4,005 for the corresponding period of 1865, and the expenses to £2,642, as against £1,967. INDIAN BRANCH, A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. Dent in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting was convened for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of the shareholders to a second issue of debentures to the extent of £lOO,OOO for three, five, or seven years, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the option, on giving six months' notice, of converting the debentures into ordinary shares. lie had received a letter from an influential shareholder in Lucknow, who described the works at that end of the line as being solidly and well constructed ; point ing out the great advantage of extending the line from Lucknow to Byrom's Ghat, where a large amount of timber and other traffic was concentrated. The length of the extension line would be 37 miles, and by which means a large amount of traffic would pass to Lucknow and over the existing line, when completed, to Cawnpore. In reply to questions, it was stated that the line would not cost less than £5,000 a mile ; the delay in the construction of the line and in making the roll ing stock on a new principle had enhanced the cost of the undertaking. The length of the main line was 45 miles, and there was no doubt that an ample traffic existed along the route to make the railway highly remunerative when completed. A resolution authorising the directors to issue debentures to the amount of £lOO,OOO was agreed to unanimously, and the Proceedings terminated. RAILWAY, CANAL, HARBOUR, AND DOCK BILLS. The number of bills deposited for this session which relate to railways, canals, harbours, docks, and tidal waters in the United Kingdom is 478, of which 417 relate to railways. Of these railway bills, 310 authorise new lines, which may be classed as folloWs :--126 bills promoted by new companies for the construction of 1,424 miles of rail way in England, 10 bills promoted by new compa nies for the construction of 179 miles of railway in Scotland, and six bills for the construction of 53 miles of railway in Ireland, making together 142 bills promoted by new companies for the construc tion of 1,656 miles of railway. 130 bills are pro moted by existing companies for the construction of 1,456 miles of railway in England, 29 bills are pro moted by existing companies for the construction of 349 miles of railway in Scotland, and 9 bills are pro moted by existing companies for the construction of 94 miles of railway in Ireland, making together 168 bills promoted by existing companies for the con struction of 1,899 miles of railway. The total length of proposed new railways in England is 2,980 miles, in Scotland 528 miles, and in Ireland 147 miles, mak ing thetotal 3,575 miles. It appears there are in addi tion 89 miles of deviation lines proposed to be made. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, before Mr. Smith, the only railway bill heard was the Salisbury and Dorset Junction, in which case the standing orders were not complied with. Before Mr. Frere there were only two railway , bills for hearing, viz., the Brecon and Merthyr Tyd vil Junction (Amalgamations), in which case there was no appearance; and the East Strathmore, which was adjourned until this day. LAMBETH-BRIDGE. The report of the directors states that the tolls of the bridge from the 17th of November last, when the lease to Mr. Davis expired, had been let by auction to Mr. W. Pyne, the highest bid - der, for a year, at the rent of £2,690, the lessee paying the expenses of lighting, watering, cleaning, and other expenses, which had previously been paid by the company. The directors recommended a dividend at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £1,530 in hand. The capital account showed that £50,818 had been expended, i leaving a balance of £2,362 against the company. ABERDEENSHIRE• The disease has again appeared in the parish of Foveran. It was reported by the district constable, as far back as the 11th inst., that a cow on the farm of Hill of Fiddes, occupied by Dr. Ruxton, was observed to be ill, and was separated from the rest of the stock. On the 14th the animal was killed, and on the following day another cow showed similar symptoms. Mr. Hay, the county inspector, was called on the 17th, and pronounced the disease to be rinderpest. On Saturday several of the other animals were observed to be affected ; and on Tues day the committee resolved to have all the stock slaughtered, except the cows in the byres, which will be allowed to remain until they show symp toms of the disease. The cause of the outbreak on this farm, which is three miles west from Pitmillan, the last centre of the disease in the parish of Foveran, is as yet unknown.—Scotsman. SOUTH LANCASHIRE. At Knowsley Lbrd Derby has lost 17, has slaughtered 28, and has 101 remaining healthy. Of Mr. Pilkington's stock of 62 in the adjacent town ship of Windle, 42 have died from the plague, 10 have been slaughtered, and 7 are now affected. In this neighbourhood there have also been outbreaks lately in half a dozen different townships. The plague has made its appearance at Simonswood hall, near Ormskirk ; and in Westhoughton, a SUFFOLK AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE. The Bishop of Ely writes to the Ven. Lord A. Hervey :—" Ely House, Dover-street, Feb. 19. My dear Lord,—Will you be good enough to inti mate to the clergy of your archdeaconry, through the rural deans or otherwise, my wish that they would invite their parishioners to set apart one day in this present season of Lent for humiliation before God, and earnest prayer to Him that He may be pleased to stay the murrain among our cattle, and to avert the pestilence which has visited neighbour ing nations ? Ido not fix a special day, because va rious local arrangements might prevent it being generally adopted ; but, in order to approximate to uniformity, I will suggest that it should be one day in the week beginning March 4. Whatever day may be chosen I authorise the use on that day of the Litany and the Commination Service. I recommend also, that a collection be made at the offertory for the relief of those who may have suffered by this mysterious dispensation of God's providence. May He be pleased to hear our prayers, and to bring good out of this present evil, through his great mercy in His blessed Son.—l am, my dear Lord, yonr affec tionate brother and servant, E. H. ELY." THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. It was thought that the cattle plague had entirely left Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but since the publica tion of a clean bill of health the inspectors report that four or five suspicious cases have appeared in the town. The inspector in the Darlington district, in the county of Durham, reports to the Rinderpest Association of that district that 22 animals belong ing to Mr. Scott, of Engholm, had died of the plague, and that the three remaining had been slaughtered. On Thursday last he found one of Mr. Johnson of Cleasby's beasts suffering from the plague. It was immediately destroyed. There were three other animals on the farm, and since the date mentioned he had been obliged to kill one of them. He ha d also visited the farm belonging to Mr. Lambert, of Neasham Springs, and found a heifer labouring from the cattle plague. It was destroyed. Two other of the cattle had been taken ill and killed. Two bul locks belonging to Mr. George Paylor, of Braffer ton, had been shot from the same cause. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. -*- RIPON.—Lord John Hay on Tuesday addressed the electors from the Unicorn Hotel, and was in troduced by Mr. Alderman Carter, who stated the regret he felt at the retirement of Sir Charles Wood, following as it did so closely on the death of Lord Palmerston, and at a time when questions of such great importance were coming before Parliament. Lord John Hay then said that, having a few days ago met with his friend Sir Charles Wood, he was informed by him that there would be a vacancy in the representation of Ripon, and knowing his poli tics, and that he wanted a seat in Parliament, Sir Charles Wood was of opinion that he was a likely person to meet with the support of the electors of Ripon. They would see from his address that he held moderate Liberal opinions. Those opinions were no family opinions : at one time he had held Conservative opinions, but he had adopted Liberal opinions because he thought the Liberal policy was the best. It was that which had guided the Govern ment of the country safely and peaceably through a perilous period. He then commended the conduct of the Government with respect to their non-inter ference with Poland, Denmark, Mexico, and Ame rica. With respect to reform, he was in favour of the admission of a fair proportion of the working classes to the franchise. There• were, however, many thousands of our countrymen whom no mere reduction of the franchise will admit, and who, he thought, had an equal right to form part of the elec toral body. It was a difficult question to deal with. He should not like to see the present constituencies swamped by numbers. What he should like was that in all questions affecting the working classes they might feel they had taken a part in sending a repre sentative to Parliament, and he thought that pro bably a franchise based upon a £6 rating would meet the requirement. He then alluded to the immense expenditure for the army and navy, and having been for 26 years connected with the navy, he was led to hope that he might be of service in exercising a use ful supervision over the enormous expenditure which is now annually incurred under these two heads. He had spent some time in Parliament, and it was no fault of his that he was not there now, as he tried hard enough at the last election. (A Voice —" Get away to Belfast." Another Voice—" They would not have him." A Voice—" How far will you go for Reform ?") Lord Hay—As I have not the bill before me I cannot say. (The Voice— " That's a shuffle. How low will you go ?") Lord Hay—l think as far as a£6 rating.. (The Voice— " That's all shuffling.") Lord Hay—l told you if you sent me to Parliament I should go as an inde pendent member, and if I go bound hand and foot to a £6 rating or a £6 rental I cannot use my indepen dence. (Another Voice—." Will you support church rates?") Lord Hay—That is a question that has occupied the attention of Parliament for a number of years, and is one which I should like to see ami cably settled, and if there is nothing but the total abolition of the rate that will suit the majority of the population, I will vote for its abolition. He was then asked if he would vote for the suppression of flogging in the army and navy, to which he replied in the negative. He was also asked if he would vote for the repeal of the game laws, to which he replied that he considered they had worked satisfactorily. (A Voice—" Has not Lord de Grey sent you here —are you not his nominee ?") Lord Hay—No, I came here, as I told you, in consequence of a con versation I had with Sir C. Wood. HARWICH.—Several of the electors petition against the return of Mr. Henry Jervis White Jer vis and Mr. John Kelk, on the ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that the return may be declared null and void. LEWES.—Two of the electors petition against the return of the Hon. H. Bouverie W. Brand and Lord Pelham, on the ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that their return may be declared mill and void. BEVERLEY.—Two of the electors petition against the return of Henry Edwards and Mr. Christopher Sykes, on the ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that such return may be declared null and void. NORFOLK (Western Division)—.Two of the elec tors petition against the return of Mr. Wm. Bagge and the Hon. Thomas de Grey, on the ground of bribery, and pray that their return may be declared wholly null and void. LINCOLN (City.)—Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, a de feated candidate at the recent election, petitions against the return of Mr. Charles Seely and Mr. Edward Heneage, on the grounds of bribery, in- timidation, and the illegal polling of voters, and prays that their return may be declared wholly null and void. YORK (North Riding).--Three of the electors petition against the return of Mr. F. A. Milbank, on ttie ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that such return may be declared wholly null and BANBURY.-Mr. Charles Bell, one of the candi dates at the recent election, petitions against the return of Mr. Bernhard Samuelson, on the ground of disqualification—" By reason of his being an alien born out of the liegance and dominion of the Crown, and not entitled to the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject of the Crown within the meaning of the statutes in that behalf." And the petitioner prays that his name may be substituted instead of that of Mr. Samuelson as the member duly returned. FROME.—Two of the electors petition against the return of Sir Henry Creswick Rawlinson, on the ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that his return may be declared null and void. KING'S LYNN.—Two of the electors petition against the return of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., on the ground of bribery and intimidation, and pray that his return may be declared wholly null and void. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOU RNALS. TlMES.—There are little things even more trouble some than little wars. At this moment half Bengal is indignant at being deprived of a little war, and filled with dismay at the prospect of the alternative. It is declared that by not marching to Poonakha, the capital of Bhootan, we shall lose in prestige what we save in rupees, and that the embarrassment in which the Government of Calcutta now unhappily finds itself is but the proper reward of the pusilla nimity or avaiice of its policy. We cannot agree in this censure of the administration, but the com plications of the affair, small as it is, are perplexing enough, for we seem to have got the discredit of an unpopular peace without even escaping the contin gency of an expensive war. When, on Nov. 17 last, we announced to the public that peace had, six days previously, been signed with Bhootan, we did but record what, at the moment, was an accomplished fact. The information transmitted with such incre dible rapidity was perfectly true, and the contradic tions which it has since received have arisen solely out of the difficulties of the affair itself. We had retired from an expedition undertaken for the chas tisement of the Bhooteas with considerabie credit, but some ultimate loss. The invasion of the country and the capture of its chief forts were accomplished with unexpected despatch, but the defeated natives had seized a favourable opportunity for rallying, had surprised some weak garrisons, and, what proved the most awkward misfortune of all, had carried off a couple of mountain guns abandoned by the Sepoys. This affront to our military honour could not be passed over, and a second expedition was organised to bring the Bhootans to reason once more, and, above all, to recover the guns. The peace con cluded the 11th of last November purported to obviate the necessity of this second war, and to secure the desired satisfaction by peaceful means. To explain the disappointments . which have since been experienced we must give some little account of the contracting parties on this occa sion. Bhootan, or the country of the Bhooteas, is formed of the eastern extremity of the Himalayan chain, and separates our provinces of Bengal and Assam from the vast territories of Thibet. It is simply a slice of the most rugged region in the world, and more nearly resembles, by all descrip tions, the chaotic configuration of the moon than any ordinary portion of our own planet's surface. Attached to it, however, was one little strip of level and productive ground, known by the name . of the Bengal Dooars. The word " dooar "is literally our word " door," and means in the Hindostanee language a gate or pass. It is properly applicable to the passes by which this strip of flat country on our immediate border was reached from the hills above, but has been transferred to the lowland itself. This Piedmont of the Himalayas the Bhooteas had originally stolen from the Mogul Empire, and we, the representatives of the Moguls, had got most of it back again. But it was always exposed, like the Scottish Lowlands, to the incursions of the dis possessed Highlanders, and those raids at last pro voked the proceedings which terminated in a war and a treaty. The war was not easy, but the treaty was the more difficult business of the two. Bhootan has two Rajahs, or Sovereigns, one representing the spiritual and the other the temporal authority, and styled the Dhurm and Deb Rajahs respectively. In this the institutions of the country resemble those of Japan, but with an awkward difference. In Japan, one of the Kings at least is a real power in the State ; in Bhootan, both are puppets alike. The actual authority, so far as it can be said to vest anywhere, resides with certain provincial governors, styled "Penlows," the strongest of whom at present is the Penlow of Tongso—a town about thirty miles east of Poonakha. This chief " the Tongso Penlow" of our despatches, is the man who has got our guns in his possession, and on whose personal caprices their surrender depends: As for the rest, there is a species of State Council acting in the name of the Dhurm Rajah, but utterly incompetent to carry any treaty into execution. In November last Colonel Bruce, acting for the Indian Government, agreed to a convention of peace with the Government of Bhootan which was, we must needs say, reasonable and politic enough in its terms and scope, but which had the double disad vantage of being somewhat uuwarlike in appearance and inconclusive in operation. We exacted from the Bhooteas the absolute cession of the Dooars and of a good piece of territory besides, and they also undertook to efface certain past offences and to de liver up our guns. This was all unobjectionable, but it was not quite all the treaty. We engaged on our part not only to continue a certain rent-charge or contribution, which has been paid to the Bhooteas out of the revenue of the Dooars, but even to in crease it by instalments to double the original amount, on the condition of good behaviour. In point of fact, whereas we had always paid black mail, we now covenanted to pay a little more, provided always that our Highland neighbours gave us no dis turbance whatever . The stip en d th us ass i gne d to the mountaineers could not at the outside exceed one-third of the revenue which we derived from the only fertile part of their p roperty, an d i t gave th em so direct an interest in the productiveness of the ter ritory that they would prob a bl y b e g l a d enoug h to let us cultivate it in peace. But this arrangement, though justified by immemorial usage in like circum stances, had something about it, when nakedly stated, which offended th e pr id e of the Ang l o- I n di an community. It was not for us, they said, to buy peace of the Bhooteas, and the case was made worse by a stipulation touching the l os t gun s. Not a farthing of the stipend were th e Bh oo t eas t o t ouc h till they had given immediate evidence of their peni tence by bringing the mountain guns back to us, and this condition was regarded as a purchase in stead of a recapture of trophi es l os t i n b a ttl e . A more practical objection might have been found in the provisions which followed. Of course it was obvious to foresee that Tongso Penlow, who had been no party to the treaty, and who had little prospect, perhaps, of sha r i ng i n i ts pro fit s, m i g ht decline to abide by its term s . It was equally cer tain that in this case the nominal Government of Bhootan could put no force upon him to bring him to reason, and so it was agreed that, in the event of his proving refractory, we ourselves should aid the Rajah in compelling him to obedience. This event has occurred. The Bhooteas, as far as we know, are compliant enough, but the Penlow holds out in his own country like a stout Earl of Northumberland under a Plantagenet King. No guns are forthcom ing, and though we are not yet at war, we are de prived of our peace. We believe the system of black mail was about the wisest as well as cheapest that could have been adopted, but it is not a system to talk about, and it is a pity that we could not have shut our eyes to it, and pretended ignorance of the whole matter, like the Baron of Bradwardine in his dealings with Fergus M'lvor. But the unluckiest thing of all was the loss of these guns, which not only touches our honour, but admits of no compro mise or equivalent in the way of satisfaction. We have said that we must have them, and yet we can not get them. It is probable enough that we could not get them by the exertion of our whole power, for they might be destroyed with ease, and the Pen low himself is about as accessible as if he dwelt in the planet Saturn. So the Indian Government is in a perplexing predicament. If we act up to the words of the treaty, we must go to war and invade Bhootan—that is, we must act as if there had been no treaty at all, while it is absolutely certain that we can gain nothing by the expedition except the credit of not having been inactive under an affront. At a certain cost--by no means a small one—we could march to Poonakha, and perhaps to Tongso. We could burn the proprietor's summer palace, if he had got one, which is anything but probable, but we have little chance of setting eyes on himself, or of effecting anything more than this display of our anger and power. Moreover, in our reliance upon this capitulation, we have now distributed the force which had been organised for the expedition, and should have to commence operations anew at an unfavourable season of the year. That all this is unsatisfactory and discouraging it would be hard to deny, but the necessity, even if it should come, is nevertheless no worse than that which the Indian Government did its best to avert. POST.—The House of Commons will this evening be called upon to consider two Royal Messages, and t 3 express its sense of the loss which the country has sustained by the death of Lord Palmerston. The Queen relies on the House to make a suitable provision for the Princess Helena with a view to her approaching marriage, and for Prince Alfred on his coming of age. These measures proceed upon an established national principle. In supporting the dignity of the Crown the country discharges a duty and exercises.a privilege. Her Majesty's children are the children of the State, the sons anddaughters of England, the branches of a tree which is deep rooted in the heart of a nation. Happily, too, in the present instance, a public obligation may be fulfilled with unmixed pleasure and satisfaction. We all take a cordial interest in everything that relates to the Royal Family, and while our loyalty is founded on an instructed apprehension of the ad vantages of a Monarchical Governmen t, it is sensibly strengthened in the presence of virtues which exalt and illustrate the highest social rank. The votes of the House of Commons will convey to the Throne fresh evidence of the sentiments which animate the English people, of the attachment to her Majesty's person, of the respectful sympathy which an irre parable bereavement has inspired ; and, in the hap piness of her family and the contentment and pros perity of her subjects, the Queen may, we trust, find a strong and abiding consolation. We will not anticipate Mr. Gladstone's review of the events of a public life and a Parliamentary career commenc ing in 1806, and flowing on in an unbroken course to our own time. He will rise in the place where but a few months ago his illustrious Leader stood, and the House which will hang upon his elo quent words was elected under the auspices of the statesman to whose memory it has now to render homage. It is enough to say that when Lord Palmerston entered Parliament this country was passing through the last stages of a memorable epoch, and that the page which records his death closes another long chapter in our history. The past can be read plainly. It is written on the face of the country, and proclaimed to the world in the power and progress of England. And it is the past which has this evening to be considered. There are certain fundamental principles which are indispens able to good government ; and these, as they were carried out by Lord Palmerston, may be recognised on both sides of the house. Mr. Disraeli will doubt less interpret the views entertained by the Opposi tion in language befitting the occasion, and the unanimity which may be expected will best explain the meaning of the vote. For the rest, we do net, know that we can add anything to what we sa id while the country was still looking into the grave. The statue of Canning suggests the memorial of the Minister who developed his policy. But, after all, it is in the unalterable convictions of the nation he served, rather than in cold marble, that Palmer ston will be remembered. The statesman who pre served peace with honour, and who promoted im provement while he avoided mere innovation, will not be forgotten. If we are turning over a new leaf the country will not cease to look back to a period full of instruction ; and there may come a time when the policy upon which a Parliamentary panegyric is about to be pronounced will be again adopted as the chart to sail by and as the guide of the State. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL.—TUESDAY. To-day the corn market was very firm for both English and foreign wheat, but without any change.in price. ing barley sold very freely, and most of a recent large o .`" rival from Denmark was disposed of. Very little businee! was done in oats ; but beans and peas were dearer than leo week. English old white wheat, 48s to 54s ; old red, 4 2 s to 47°' Barley, English, 37s to 425. Oats, Russian, 24s to 255. Beans, new English, 43s to 445. Peas, English blue, 40 ° to 41s Od ; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 36 stone. SALISBURY.—TIIESDAY. The attendance was good. Wheat was in moderate offer, and most of it out of condition. In some instances an advance of is per qr. was obtained. Barley made from is to 2s per qr. more money than last week. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 38s to 525; barley, 35s to 40s; oats, 22s to 325; beans, 4° 7 5 .. to 525; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from 6 s to ,D ®d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12 ' per 81b loaf. Flour, 34s to 40s per sack. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. 0 11 `Our market was tolerably supplied with wheat, wi ll was disposed of at extreme rates. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels 17s 8d 18 ,3 1 White do do ....19s 6d to 2 0 s, v m New red do do l6s 6d ]7s `"- New white do do lBs 6d 20s 6 Od Beans do do l7s Od igs Peas, per qr. o d Grinding bat ley, per qr 3is Od 3 3 45 8 Od Malting barley, co Hs Od , Oats, do 26s Od 29$ Od F10ur....1s 9d to 21 2d per 141 b, MONMOUT HS HIRE—TUESDAY. During the past week the markets have been better at' tended. The following are the average quotations: —Wheel 5s 3d to 5s 6d per bushel ; inferior ditto, 4s 6d to 4,' white, 5s 9d to 6s ; malting barley, 32s to 36s per qr ; ing ditto, 24s to 295; beans, 445; white oats, 24s 6 d to 2u black ditto, 23s to 245. LYNN—TUESDAY. There was rather a full attendance, and a good average business was done in wheat at late rates. New wheat, 46s to 48s ; new red, 42s to 44s ; 51s to 52s ; old red, 46s to 48s per 36 stone. Barl°Y malting, 34s to 36s ; secondary, 26s to 325. Oats, n"' 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 4 3s to 4 6 5; larg e ' 40s to 42s per 28 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d• Hetton ... 18 0 South Hetton Shaw's Hartley lB 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Hartlepool Walls End Haswell lB 0 Holywell Main......... 17 9 Eden Main Kelloe . N.Staffordshire 17 0 Caradoc .. .. ..... t . ..... 1 7 0 Tunstall Tees Walls End Harton Ships at market, 75 ; sold, 44. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Drat 3 6. ' Ditto, via Marseilles uar. 1 MAI'. 6 ' Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet• .),. Ditto, by French packet . Feb. 0 - ~,,-, '24. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena......—' China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton.. Mar. .5; Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. •'''' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... Feb- .21 . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton...... „,—„r 6 ' / Ditto, via Marseilles . •• • • Feb- 2 n ; ~; Feb. '''" India (Bombay), via Southampton . Feb. b''' Ditto, via liarseilles ... Mat 1° Mauritius, via Southampton Mar, 10. Ditto, via Marseilles Jur . 14. Newfoundland • ••. , ..... , Portugal Mar ' Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton . ..... 000000 • Ditto, via Cork ***** b• 0. Ditto. by Canadian packet, via Londonderry. • -v e • j g West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... ga r. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, 2 8 and Mexico - ,,b• , Cuba and Mexico - Bahamas, via New I ork. MO 1 4 Bermuda, ditto ... . Ma' SUICIDE OF A FARMER AND HIS SON.—On Sti s . day last Mr. Henry Matthews, a we ll-t o -do farmer, A r e mg at Colaton Raleigh, near Exeter, co mm itted 011i c t e bi0 drowning himself in a stream about half a mile from i d house. Unhappily family differences, in which be e re ero been much abused and ill-treated by hi s o wn sous , vilitS considered to have been the cause. One of his sons , '' sgi cl who had unfortunately been too prominent in t il t re' occurrences, having been subsequently visited with morse, committal suicide also on Monday by nu ttly _. own throat with a butcher's knife. An inquest Nil"' h eld on the bodies on Tuesday, and verdicts of " insanity" returned in each of the cases. Doo r rADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Pills. —Winter4 - iA backs.—Whence fogs spring or whither they retire:"oo not our present purpose to explain ; we desire to Pnili,,tse how these ill effects on the human frame can be n...re'bort lised. The blood must be freed from superfluou s and mephitic taints by some purifying medicine like c ir , loway's pills, which not only thoroughly cleanse . t11 ,,0 se a culation, but adjust in every organ the defects ; 13:1 ‘ ,.'" i g 5 11 : upon it by that fluid when it has become foul or 0%1;0' These pills prevent stagnation, congestion, and aro thor regulators and preservatives against internal i rd:l o 3 tions, irritations, and ulcerations l ; while expelli n g „ e rien" matters from the system they cool by their g ent'," gr action and strengthen it by their tonic virtues. Births. na p BACON.—On the 20th inst., at Thonock, Lady 130°— son. , 6 40 06 CHARTER.—On the 20th inst., at 9, St. Ge ar g e' late 11th S.W., the wife of Major Ellis James Charter, the Regt., of a son. GIBBONS.—On the 17th inst., at illy House, vpr e - ° wife of Commander C. Gibbons, R.N., of a son. 1 4 W THyE.—On the 17th inst., at Berrylands, Surbit° E. L. Thynne, of a daughter. - Marriages. . ero n CHAMP= —PHresoN.—On the 20th inst. , at 3111'r 3 r , Church, Leamington, Robert Champley B 6 q" °f- hte °I b th o o rou la g t h e , R to ich S a a r r d ah ßar E r l e iz ll ab r et hi h p la son a7 , Es e ci ld : r o d f a lar tliej shire. g . bS il WILLIAMSON—TARR.—On the 20th inst., at Sal,t e , r ,, - 1, -3, Chapel, Islington, B. H. Williamson, Esq., o_ f f t'g i rTorro Surrey, to Mary Grace, eldest daughter a w• - Esq., of Dalston, and of her Majesty's CustoMo. Deaths. v ol a lell °l CLIFDEN.—On the 20th inst., at Dover Souse, ~ - 1 Viscount Clifd. V ° • CURRIE.—On the n 18th inst. at at Boughton Itaill C Wm. Ferguson Currie, Esq.., aged 38. , ,in sh ire ' DAVIFEL—On the 15th inst., at Gwardoie, ..--° John Davies, Esq., aged 65 . ~. /.I.o' t KIDD.—On the 18th inst ., at Lowood, near gelr2o6-'4O. Robert Charles Kidd, Esq., late 9th Lancers, Ju lia Jane, LUSHINGToN.—On the 16th inst., at Brighton, wife of Charles Lushingtou, Esq. 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