The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

110 USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, ,buourban, aad Country RESIDENCEs to LLT or SELL. Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating . exact requirements and rental. Offices, 2, uondutt-street,Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. 0 UTH KENS GT ON, HYDE-PARK, 10 Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's,c , ate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Eivaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Boltons, &c. M essrs TorLI4 and RO BE RTS have RESI DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Oces 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and 'South Ktnsingffiton,, lacing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SENVICES.—During the storms of the past year the National lifeboat Institution, by its ,ifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin: of 707 persons from Afferent wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended 121,374 in the same peri..d on its Life boat et tablisliments, in addition to granti..g £1,030 for re wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A 'OPEAL to the i.ublic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the Continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received y the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary.b ichard Lewis, Lag., at the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAILDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (MONDAY), Mr. Charles Deff,lli's new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame le. Lancia, Madame E. Hrywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Allred Mellon. After which. at 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and ope ratic Ciinsi mas Pan , omime, entitled A LADuIN AN 0 THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN.- Managers, Mews. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. --- THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE. Mr. G. Be'more, Miss Hazlewood. dtc. Atter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston, Master Percy ttoselli ; 3lisses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Jr 3. Pantominii.its, Messrs. H. Bolen°, C. Lauri, Cormacir, /Saville, Miss iklorgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern, Bucketone, Compton; Mesdames Aelly Moore. Snowden, &c. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE FIAF3IARK ET. Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Baitleman, Wea. hereby, .ac ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Wuolgsr, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevut, des To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.- Under the sole Management d Mr. Fechter. TIIIS EVENING, TilE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. If. Widdicomb. Atter a hieh, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Ftehter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery. Widdieorno, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatrioc, D. Evans ; Aleadames Ternan, E‘sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at seven, a new farce called LEHIND 3lessis. J. L. Toole, It. ruillips. Eburue. C. J. Smith; Miss A. seaman, (Sze. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 108th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billing ton, Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix itogtrs, Ashley, ltborne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, Ste. - - --TOcOnolude with TBE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs J. L. Toole, P. Beoiord, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &a. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and blana,ger, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi, h, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEW. characters by Messrs. Vining, T. 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THE LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied as Loon as Published, containing; all the LA ll'EziT ANWS ant SVOKTINti IATP.LLICir:M;ii., by 11. W. 11.11ilt,1S, Neospaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-rout, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the pub.lo generally. that he supplies tho LAT.NST Eorrik/N of " THE SUN " as soon as published —No. 16. Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TB:18 DAY. —Morning, 6h. 37m.—Afternoon, 6h. 57m. 10-31onnow.-Morning, 7h. 19m.—Afternoon, 7h. 42m. 41 ..4 ) gg V7 X, 4‘ 12.1 LONDON, 1110 `DAY, JAly UARY 8, 1866. - -d.-- - The Cattle Plague has now assumed such for midable dimensions that a letter from so influential a personage as Mr. GLADSTONE cannot fail to attract attention. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer has addressed a letter to Sir T. D. LLOYD on the subject. The right hon. gentleman is against the proposal for the Government to treat the insurance of cattle as a State concern by a guaran tee from the Exchequer, and adduces several reasons against it. In the first place, the difficulty, amounting to impossibility, of preventing waste and fraud is mentioned, and no doubt would form an insuperable obstacle in the way of the success of the scheme. In the next place, confusion would arise in those places where landlords and others have already made their own arrangements, and if Government moves into the field the consequence would be that these efforts must be neutralised, and those " who have met their own losses would be called as taxpayers to assist in meeting the losses of other people too." The third reason is, perhaps, one of the best of all, for it declares that great harm would ensue from a measure like a " State Guarantee," because its adoption would cause people to relax their vigilance, and the stimulus of self-interest being removed, we should lose the advantages of those preventive measures by which alone:can we indulge in a reasonable hope of cure, or a speedy mitigation of the evil at all events. At the same time, as Mr. GLADSTONE mentions, there is nothing to say against any schemes of a volun tary nature, and therefore the public need not be precluded from the benefits of such schemes. The fourth argument is not so good, and displays Mr. IGLADSTONE'S well-known prejudice against agri culturists in general, In the first place, he says, " If the cattle-plague should not extend itself on a large scale, and so the losses of a severe character should be confined to a small portion of the farming class," landlords, neighbours, and rateable property should not be relieved from the duty of assisting them, and the precedent would be an evil one. Now, it must seem to many that this is rather a harsh decision, because those who depend on the assistance of landlords and others are very likely to come to grief, and besides there is ever: prospect of the losses resulting from the cattle plague growing v ery severe. If, on the other hand, the cattle plague should extend, the price of meat would increase greatly, and thus Mr. GLADSTONE thinks that the community would have to pa y twice, first for e x t ra pr i ces in meat, and next for the cattle lost. This is plausible enough, although the landlords and cultivators of the soil are doubtless not so sanguine as the right hon. gentleman appears to be, when he says that they would probably, as a class, have their loss as in a bad corn year counterbalanced by a cor responding or greater benefit. When he had concluded this official declaration, as it may be termed, Mr. GLADSTONE goes on to offer some further opinions, which are well worthy of consideration, although, as he states, they are on A Oubject which eT - ents change in character from day to day. Associations for insurance are advocated brthe right honourable gentleman, and which will diminish the difficulty of uncertainty. Then there are claims upon the landlord for help, according to the peculiar circumstances of the case. " Then there is the resource," very properly puts Mr. GLADSTONE, " should the evil greatly grow, of public subscription, in which, I hope, we should find classes that have received benefit in other great visitations willing to return it." This is a very forcible argument, and, it is to be trusted, that it will meet the attention and respect which it deserves. The people of this country have never been slow to act or niggardly to bestow when any great call for exertion or case of disaster arises, and if this unfortunate plague continues to increase, as it threatens to do, it will be high time to adopt some remedy of this description. Mr. GLADSTONE shows his discernment in stating that the first of all duties is to study in every way the "subject of prevention." In consequence of the pressure of this calamity the public will now submit to further restrictions than would at first have been tolerated. There are many measures, however, which can be adopted by each man for himself ; but which, as has been stated by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, appear to have been less considered. The two chief objects to keep in view are correctly said to be to neutralise the poison and improve the air. Thus the tone of health in the accounts will be raised, and that fatal predisposition may be removed or diminished which is called a low state or tone of body. Among other hints given for preservation, it is advised to keep the stock within walls, because the agencies it is desirable to employ cannot take effect in the open air. It is worthy of remark that in Scotland far greater suc cess has attended the measures adopted, and Mr. GLADSTONE thus furnishes the leading particulars of the matter :—" The recoveries in all England are to the deaths as one to eight. In Forfarshire, where the numbers attacked are larger than in any county except York, they are two to seven." On Saturday a committee met at Windsor, com posed of landowners and agriculturists from Berks, Bucks, and Middlesex, for the purpose of passing rules for a mutual cattle association, the benefits of which are to extend to all places within a ten-miles radius of that town. Several letters were read, and the Secretary read a communication which had been received from Mr. DISRAELI, in which the right hon. gentleman expressed the gratification which he felt at co-operating with his constituents, but observed that he entertained doubts as to the power of the association to bear the pressure which would be put upon it, " if the pestilence should fall upon the heads of its members." The right hon. gentleman truly observed, that at the outset of this calamity the county of Bucks should have had an insurance association established upon the principle of limited liability, the suggestion of this scheme to be based upon sound commercial principles. " Premiums would be received, a divi dend shared, and shares distributed, and the amount of premiums being considerable there would be a large and efficient capital for purposes of compensation." No doubt if these plans had been adopted at an earlier period great benefits would now accrue from them, but, as Mr. DISRAELI adds, most unfortu nately the graziers and farmers in the Vale believed Government would interfere. The meeting sepa rated after confirming their rules. Mr. DISRAEL had the prescience to propose the holding a county meeting to consider the plan of an assurance asso- ciation some time ago, and it is curious to notice that Mr. GLADSTONE also advocates the adoption of these societies, which, of course, are the more bone ficial in their workings the longer they are esta blished, and the less amount of evil they have to contend against at their outset. Among the many bills to be brought before Par liament during the ensuing Session there will be none of more daily domestic concern to the vast population of this metropolis than the measure pro posed by the Corporation of the City of London for the better regulation of their increasing and over whelming traffic. The Corporation of the City has from time to time come in for its share of abuse and ridicule like many another ancient body. It has been supposed to cherish prejudices, to look upon all reforms as undesirable innovations, and otherwise be inclined to obstruct the path of progress rather than to aim at advance and improvement. In this important particular, however, they are exhibiting a very different example, and one which it is to be hoped that some of their satirists will imitate. They have dealt with a very difficult question boldly and practically, and have really applied themselves to redress, with promptitude and efficiency, a griev ance that is rapidly becoming intolerable. In spite of railways and new streets, the pressure in the City thoroughfares shows no reduction. In fact, the City is and must continue to be, the great focus and centre of our busy commercial life ; and the thousand and one trains which are daily whirling past us are oc cupied in a great measure in adding to the crowds which blockade that wonderful eastern world which rivals the fabled wealth of the veritable East. The Metropolitan Railway carries a good many persons who would formerly have walked or ridden, but if it sets them down in Farringdon-street or Finsbury they add to the City throngs. It is rea sonable to presume that they have business eastward, and no new system of conveyance or locomotion will greatly relieve the City streets. In fact we can neither hope nor wish to see the traffic considerably reduced, for if it were it would augur ill for our commercial fortunes. A shopkeeper may find his shop inconveniently crowded, but he is not likely to wish the inconvenience removed lest his profits should go with it. Even so our merchants and wholesale dealers, and all the heads of the countless offices that make up the wealth and power and influence of the good City of London, would find the ebbing of the now flowing tide an unwelcome relief. On the contrary, as far as we at present see, we may rather hope for still greater activity with the new markets opening in all quar ters of the globe for our products and our manufac tures, in the increasing wealth and growing impor tance of our colonies, whose natural impulse is to .turn to the mother country, in the unfailing spirit of commercial enterprise and manufacturing in dustry which characterise our people. No sane man, west or east, can seriously wish to see the busy life of the City grow less importunate and exacting; and every Englishman, however he may abuse a stoppage or anathematise a barricade, really prides himself on the bustle of those highways and byeways which are lined, if not paved, with gold. Since we cannot diminish the traffic, then, _the next thing is to consider how we may lessen its drawbacks and dangers, and two evils immediately present themselves for re dress. One is the inconvenient and often ruinous loss of time, the other is the imminent risk to life. Both these questions are very happily dealt With by the Corporation, who propose to classify the traffic by enacting that locomotives, heavy waggons with more than four horses, &c., shall not be allowed to pass through the streets in business hours. Before nine and after six they may go where and how they please, but there can certainly be no necessity for ouch ponderous yehicles Mocking up those THE_ SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, lE€6. thoroughfares which are the grand centre of busi ness during the busiest hours of the day. To the occupier of a cab or a brougham every minute may be of importance, but the " vehicle with more than four horses," to which twelve or two o'clock in the day is a matter of perfect indifference, and whose driver rises superior to the trifling considerations of foreign mails and banking hours, may hopelessly mar his progress with that happy vis inertia which defies anything less solid. There is another clause which subjects to a penalty any one who shall wilfully prevent another person from passing him, or in any way interrupt the free passage. The hawkers and print sellers, &c., are not to be suffered to carry on their obstructive trades between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., though the little shoeblacks and commissionaires are to pursue their callings unmolested. There is also a prohibition against allowing empty hampers, cases, or barrels to encumber the street or footway, and against suffering coal or fuel being an un necessary time in being housed or removed. It is evident that the gentlemen who framed this measure knew the City grievances by heart, having probably suffered from them pretty often them selves. At any rate they have directed them to the practical redressing of the evils, and if their recom mendations are fairly carried out, we may hope to see a considerable improvement. With regard to the danger to foot passengers it is quite time that something was done. The Re gistrar General's Report for the last week in the year chronicles no less than seven deaths from carriage accidents in the streets of London. " Knocked down by an omnibus, run over by a a cart, fell from a cart, run over by a waggon," so runs the melaucholy catalogue, and week after week it goes on the same. " The total number of persons," says the same report, " killed by carriage accidents in the streets of London in the year 1865 is 232." Such an aggregate of death and suffering is really serious, and it is a risk which the most selfish or coldhearted cannot afford to despise, for it is con stantly incurred by all of us. The bye-laws pro posed by the Corporation very wisely enact that no one under a certain age shall be suffered to drive at all, or even be left in charge of a vehicle. This is an important precaution, but it is not enough to meet the necessities of foot passengers, and accord ingly the Act includes powers to erect bridges across the streets or subways under them. The latter, as we have often said, would be the best and most permanent, and surely in these days of under ground railways neither trouble nor cost need be thought of. Light bridges similar to those in use at wayside railway stations would be very well at certain distances, but at the crushing corners, where accidents are so frequent, the subway would be by far the best. Some improvement of this kind must very speedily be carried out, and the Corpo ration of the City of London have the credit of having been the first to take up the matter in real earnest, and try to improve a state of things at which every one has been grumbling for years. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 6, (Evening.) The latest despatches received here state that tranquillity prevails throughout the kingdom. The Government announces that Prim is in full retreat. He appears to be moving towards Anda lusia, or the mountains of Toledo. General Zabala is in pursuit, and another column under the Mar quis Duero is manoeuvring to cut off the retreat of the insurgents. It is believed that the insurrection will be promptly suppressed. Yesterday evening the insurgents, under Prim, were at Tembleque. The insurgent garrison of Avila were at a short dis tance from the frontiers of Portugal, and were harassed by several columns of the Royal troops. Marshal O'Donnell has stated in the Senate that the circumstances of the military revolt are serious. A vast conspiracy existed, having ramifications throughout Spain. Public order had, however, only been disturbed in Aranjuez, Ocana, and Avila. He hoped that order would be re-established, and the state of siege raised in Madrid within two days. Marshal O'Donnell added that the insurgents were endeavouring to enter Portugal. Espartero remains as usual at his residence at Logrono. Martial law has been proclaimed in New Castile, BAYONNE, JAN. 6. Intelligence received here from Madrid up to noon on the sth inst. confirms the news that Gen. Prim is at the head of the insurgents, who to the number of 600 were marching towards Tarrancon. The garrison of Avila, consisting of 300 men, revolted, and marched upon Zamora, but the garrison of that place remained faithful to the Government, and prevented them from entering the town. The Avila garrison then proceeded in the direction of Bena vente. • Madrid was perfectly tranquil. The Moniteur. du Soir states, upon the authority of a letter from St. Sebastian, dated sth inst., that no insurrectionary movement had taken place in Guipuscoa. The Captain-General of that province, who had proceeded to Madrid to attend the sittings of the Senate, had returned to his post. General Pierrard, whb was arrested at Valladolid, has been sent to the fortress of St. Sebastian. His brother, a colonel of carabineers, has also been arrested. The Military Revolt in Spain. PARIS, Jan. 7. A letter received here from Madrid, dated 4th inst., contains the following account of the insurrec tionary movement which has broken out in Spain : " The disquietude prevalent during the last few days was not unfounded. In fact, Government was apprised early yesterday morning that at daybreak part of the two regiments of cavalry, the Bailen and Calatrava Hussars, stationed at Aranjuez and Ocana, had revolted. These two corps, commanded by Colonels lleredia and Aldama, formed a brigade of instruction under Brigadier Conrado. In order to draw the Calatrava regiment from their quarters atAranjuez, several soldiers, armed with muskets and led by a subaltern, surprised the lieutenant of the guard, bound him with cords, and placed him in a cell with the trumpeter and the quartermaster. Mas ters of the barrack gate, the insurgents went out in a body shouting ' Viva la Constitution,' Viva el General Prim.' The regiment has more than forty officers, of whom only eight joined the mutineers, a commandant, a captain, adjutant-major, two lieu tenants, and three sub-lieutenants. " In the Bailen regiment the movement was led by Capt. Terrones and a very small number of officers. The insurgents twice unsuccessfully at tempted to get possession of the telegraph station at Aranjuez. In this town twenty civilians who arrived the previous evening from Madrid by the railway joined the insurgents. " The person who appeared to be the leader of the movement, Commandant Bastos, formerly served in the Cuban army, and in 1853 entered the Mexican service under Santa Anna. Some years after wards he returned to Spain, and was reincorporated in the Spanish cavalry with the grade of cap tain. He was at Valencia in the spring of last year, when disturbances were expected in that city. Captain-General Villalonga, entertaining some suspicions of this officer, sent Lim to Madrid to await the orders of the Minister of - War. He was in the capital when he was appointed commander of a squadron by seniority, and only joined his regi ment 11 days before he put himself at the head of the present revolt. " Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, the in surgents arrived at Arganda del Rey ; but finding they were ill received by the people, they withdrew to Villare de Salvanes. Here they were met by the officers of the two regiments who remained faithful to the Government, under Col. Adoma, who, after a few shots had been exchanged, endeavoured to in duce the soldiers to return to their duty. The mili- tary chest of the corps was restored to him by the hussars who escorted it. Disorder then commenced to manifest itself among the squadrons, and several detachments surrendered themselves to the alcades of the neighbouring villages. The civil guard, who were ordered out, have already picked up arms and caught horses at different points. The insurgents, fatigued by a forced march, and short of forage and provisions, could not go very far. Some of to-day's papers, usually well informed, state, however, that two telegrams had been received announcing that Gen. Prim had put himself at the head of the insur rection, and that a battalion of infantry of the Al mansa Regiment, 18th of the line, had left Avila, under the command of a major, by railway, for 'Valladolid, in order to propagate the insurrection at that point. Gen. Otero, who commands in the latter city, has taken measures to repulse the insurgents. With respect to Gen. Prim it appears certain that an officer from the Ministry of War proceeded to his residence yesterday in order to request him to call upon the Minister. He was informed, however, that the general had left the previous evening in a light carriage with several friends, upon a hunting excur sion in the Sierra de Toledo. " Immediately the Government were informed of the direction taken by the insurgents towards the province of Cuenqa, the Ministers remained perma nently in council. The Minister of Marine, G.fieral Zavala, organised a division of 1,000 cavalit and 4,000 infantry, with which he set out yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon in the direction of the bridge of Fuento-duena on the Tagus. At four o'clock another column, preceded by a body of scouts, and composed of a battalion of engineers, a battalion of Chasseurs of Cuidad Rodrigo, two bat teries of artillery, and four squadrons of cuirassiers, took the road to Valencia via Arganda and the river Jarama. The cavalry brigade, under Brigadier Vera, has arrived from Alcala de Henares, and the garri son of Madrid, comprising, besides two regiments of engineers, three of artillery, presents an effective force, considerably exceeding 6,000 men. On receipt of the first intelligence Marshal O'Donnell made a careful inspection of all the barracks. "Marshal Serrano commands one part of the gar rison, and Marshal Narvaez was the first to wait upon the Minister to receive his orders after the news reached Madrid. This example was followed by all the general, superior, and other officers stay ing in Madrid. " Tranquillity has not been for a moment dis ,urbed. The theatres are open, and the prome• nades frequented as usual. The Government yes terday proclaimed martial law in the military district of New Castile, and the Governor of Madrid has prohibited, until further orders, all meetings in casinos or clubs. The telegraph works throughout the Peninsula announce the fidelity of the provinces to the Government. The Minister of War yesterday gave orders for the arrest of General la Torre at Badajoz. " The prompt and energetic measures taken by the Cabinet afford every ground to expect that the military revolt will be speedily suppressed. In yesterday's sitting of the Congress Senor Posada Herrera, Minister of the Interior, gave explana tions to the house on the subject ; and the Presi- dent, Senor Rios Rosas, pointed out the necessity for the Chamber to expedite the examination o f the elections, and constitute itself as soon as pea- Bible." FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 6, Two o'clock.—The market is heavy, and sales having hitherto predominated, quotations have again given way. The following coupons have been detached to-day--viz., Italian Fives, 2f. 50c. ; Credit Mobilier, 25f. ; Spanish Mobilier, 30f.; Credit Foncier, 11f. 59c.; Southern, 20f. ; Austrian, 12f. 50c. ; and Immobiliere, 12f. Spanish Mobilier, in consequence of the present dis turbed state of Spain, are offered at a further re duction of Bf. 75c., viz., 422 f. 50c. (ex div.) French Three per Cents. show a decline of 7c., at 68f. 25c., and Italian Fives of 15c., at 63fr. 15c. (ex div.) The shares of the . Credit Mobilier are 2f. 50c. lower, the quotation being 770 f. (ex div.) Three o'clock. —The closing prices are as follows :- 41 per Cents 9B Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 25 Do. end month 6B 27/ Credit Mobilier Do. end month 772 50 Bank Shares 3670 --T Credit Foncier Italian Loan 62 5 Do. end month 63 1 Roman — Ottoman Fives 42 10 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes B.ome Debt — Deferred BAILV WAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Acct. ... 847 50 ... 1117 50 ... 852 50 ... 551 25 - - ... 550 -- - - ... 525 - 200 - - - ... 443 75 - -- ... 430 - - - ... 177 50• - - ... 210 -- - --- ... 155 -- Lifeboat Oars. The National Lifeboat Institution issued on Saturday the following circular to its branches on the coasts of the British Isles. We trust its con tents will be carefully attended to, and that in creasing attention will be directed to improve, if possible, the quality of the material of which the lifeboat oars is made. Although no one can wish the crew of lifeboats to run unnecessary risk merely for practice in the boats, yet it is manifest that the boats must occasionally be taken into rough seas in order to give their crews a knowledge of the boats' qualities, and of their proper management in cases of actual service. To all the lifeboats of the institution is attached a drag-bag or drogue, for towing over the stern of the boats when they are in heavy seas, to prevent them broach ing-to. We fear that this drogue was not used in the Lizard lifeboat on the occasion of the sad calamity which occurred there on the 2d inst. We trust, however, that coxswains of lifeboats will in future take warning by that accident, and that they will never go afloat again in the lifeboats without spare oars and the drogue. "Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 14, John street, A delphi, London, Jan. 6. "Dear Sir,—ln consequence of the frequent breaking of oars in the lifeboats, the committee wish to direct the at tention of the coxswains of all the boats belonging to this [ institution to the importance of a sufficient number of spare ones being always carried in their boats, whenever afloat, either on service or for the quarterly exercise. "Not less than four spare oars should be carried in the double-banked boats, nor less than three in the single banked ones ; and they should be lashed to the thwarts or central batten, so that they cannot be washed overboard, or be lost in the event of a boat being upset. "Will you be good enough to call the particular atten tion of your coxswain to this circular, to whom you will please hand the duplicate copy, and to say to him that this institution expects that he will most carefully attend to these important instructions about the extra oars, as de tailed herein.—l am, yours faithfully, "RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. " To the Honorary Secretary, branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution." SOMETHING ABOUT J. WILKES BOOTH.—As the most trifling fact connected with one who succeeded in securing for himself such an immortality of infamy as at taches to the memory of J. Wilkes Booth interests the public, I cannot refrain from relating something I heard about him yesterday. I will tell it in the words of my informant, an amateur dramatist, who knew Booth long and intimately :—" About four hours before the murder of the President," said Mr. to me, "1 met Booth near the Metropolitan Hotel. I took him to one side to speak to him, and found him as calm, cool, and collected as ever I had known him in my life. I told him that I had a play that I wanted to put on the stage, and that Grover had agreed to put it on if I would get some one to play the leading character. You can study it in a few hours,' said I,' and I'll divide the profits with you.' Booth stroked his chin, appeared to think a moment, and replied : ' I have quit the stage—for the present, at least. I am in the oil business now, and I don't want to give that up till I make something at it.' Oh,' said I, you might do this for me, just to start it for me. It will only take you a week, and then you can go back to the oil business again." He hesitated, as if to consider the subject, and then inquired the nature of the play. I told him the leading incident in it was to make an attempt to escape from Castle Thunder, and that there was a little love and a little war mixed up in it. At this ho became suddenly angry. "Damn it," said he, "you ought to be in a better business than seeking to inflame the passio of the Northern people against the South. Of course, if played here, the North will have to be the hero. I won't have anything to do with it." I then tried to soothe him, as he appeared to become very indignant to me all of a sudden. I told him we needn't quarrel about such a thing, and asked him to come to the Metropolitan and take a drink with me ; but he declined. He said that he had an engagement that he must fill right away, and he started up the avenue, as it appears from the testimony since taken, to Mrs. Suratt's, to complete the arrangements for the murder of Lincoln and his Cabinet. There wasn't the least room for suspicion that there was anything wrong with him. I had known him for years, and I didn't notice anything extraordinary about him when wo parted with a cordial shake of hands, as it has since proved for ever.—Washington Correspondence Cincinnatf Commercial. Mr. Disraeli, M.P., on the Cattle Plague. On Saturday afternoon a committee of landowners and agriculturists from Berks, Bucks, and Middle sex, assembled at the Castle Hotel, High-street, Windsor, for the purpose of framing rules for a mutual cattle association, the benefits of which are to extend to all places within a ten mile radius of that town. Major-General Seymour, Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, was to have presided, but did not reach Windsor till about two hours after the meeting had commenced, and Mr. R. B. Harvey, M.P. for Bucks, was consequently called to the chair. Mr. F. Buckland, the hon. secretary, read a letter from Major-General Seymour, also onefrom Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, approving of the resolutions passed at the previous meeting. He then read a communication which had been received from Mr. Disraeli, M.P. for Bucks, dated " Hugh enden Manor, Jan. 3." In this Mr. Disraeli, after expressing the gratification he always felt in co operating with his constituents in any measure for the public welfare, observed that he had great doubts as to whether the mutual association proposed would be able to bear the burden of the pressure which would be put upon it if the pestilence should fall on the heads of its members. The county of Buck ingham ought to have established at the outset an assurance association upon the principle of limited liability, with a capital of £50,000, in 5,000 shares, £1 to be paid on each share. Every owner of stock ought to pay a regular premium on his policy, and take shares to the amount of 25 per cent. on the sum insured. These conditions would ensure pru dence. Thus the landed proprietors might take any number of shares they liked, the £1 per share paid being an immediate contribution to the fund, while the policies would represent their amount of gua rantee to the community. Again, 50 shares would represent au immediate subscription of £5O, and a guarantee of £450. These suggestions were based upon sound commercial principles. Premiums would be received, a dividend shared, and shaies distributed, and the amount of premiums being considerable, there would be a large and efficient capital for purposes of com pensation. When the nature of the calamity was first known he proposed to hold a county meeting, when he would have brought forward to adopt some plan of the kind ; but, unfortunately, the graziers and the farmers in the Vale with whom he com municated believed for a time that the Government would interfere. The letter concluded with some other observations upon the subject of local mutual assurance associations. Communications from Lord Enfield, Sir H. A. Hoare. M.P. for this borough ; Mr. Benyon, M.P. ; the High Sheriff of Bucks ; Mr. Farrard, &c., were also read to the meeting. It was then resolved that the association should be called " The Windsor Mutual Cattle Insurance Association," and that its limits should extend to any place within a ten mile radius of Windsor. Mr. Simpson, the inspector, tendered a statement to the meeting with respect to the prevailing amount of disease within the proposed districts of the associa tion. He had made inquiries of different inspectors, and found that in the county of Bucks there were two cases at Wraysbury, in the hundred of Stoke, while Burnham was free. In Middlesex and Staines Moor there were two cases. There was a case at Chobham, in Surrey, and also at Winkfield-park, in the Maidenhead division of the county of Berks. The borough of Windsor, Windsor county division, and Maidenhead borough were free from the plague. The rules of the new association having been con firmed, the meeting separated. "THERE WERE GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS."-A Lon don journalist recently asked how it came to pass that all the living giants seemed starting up here at once —Chang, Anak, the interesting young lady from Cali- fornia, said to weigh more than 6001bs, and a Russian youth just arrived, who, in the language of statuaries, has " not yet been unveiled ?" No answer, we believe, has yet been returned to the question; but some extraor dinary intelligence of a race of old giants comes to us from the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains. Itappears that en Meagher's Bar, opposite Nevada, there have recently been discovered fossils which go to show that this part of the world was once peopled by a race of men 10 and 12 feet high. They were embedded about eight feet, in what might be termed a close diluvial deposit, and in what the configura tion of the country indicates was once the eddy of a river. A jawbone dug up is double the size of an ordinary human jawbone, the width being fully five inches. It is in a per fect state of preservation ; so perfect that, had it been of ordinary size, one would have supposed that its owner had not made his (or her) exit from the vale of tears more than 15 or 20 years ago. The enamel of the teeth still remains bright and uninjured by the action of fire, water, or air. Not a tooth is lost. The discoverer considers, from a mea surement of ribs and other bones, that the possessor must have been at least 12 feet high. In the Montana Post aro many more particulars of this wonderful discovery, with the assurance that the bones described may be seen for a fed days iu the counting-room of the Poet. The Brute Element. In close juxtaposition to an account of the high civili sation which distinguished Tom Sayers' funeral, we published a few days ago a singularly cool comment from the London Times on the negro outbreak in Jamaica. The Times is an advocate of speedy justice in disturbances lika this. It argues that between a very hot climate and the natural excitement of the moment, the officers of her Majesty the Queen,who hung and shot some two thousand negroes in a matter of forty-eight hours, were quite excus able for the rapidity of their action. It regrets "that the tone of the despatches had not been more guarded," but is willing to forgive the too lively description of shootings and hangings, in view of the fact that shootings and hangings were the right thing in the right place. In another article of the same date the London Times piously sets up the King of Dahomey as the type and " very moral" of the sudden outburst of the brute element in human (or negro) nature in Jamaica. After some decades of political liberty, it reasons, these unlucky sons of Ham all at once develope the Dahomey type of barbarism, and run-a-muck of murder and rapine. Occasional fits of blood thirstiness, it assert; are inseparable from the negro organism; and, civilise them as we may, once in a while they are sure to sharpen their knives and go in for a general throat-cutting. In some manner the doctrine of immersion seems to be peculiarly connected with this idiosyncrasy, inasmuch as Gordon, the leader of the recent revolt, and one Rev. Wm. Knibb, who was seriously implicated in the rebellion of 1831-2, were both preachers of the Baptist per suasion. The Times is not very explicit on this mysterious relationship between Baptists and bloodthirstiness, and we leave the further discussion of the matter to Sir Morton Peto, in his capacity as Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society. Now, if the London Times is correct in saying of the negroes that " the remote descendants of the King of Dahomey's subjects show themselves in a moment ' the very moral' of their African fcrefathers," that "they are as treacherous and as ready for deeds of blood, hideous and ridiculous, as when they could slay their thousands to fill a trench with human gore"—then we, of the free and glorious United States of America, are in a piteous pickle. We have no less than four millions of this s►me race upon our hands, and who knows when the Dahomey fever may attack them? But, as it happens, we have already tested that question pretty well. We have gone through four years of a war which was not without its instances of insane ferocity. There was a stormy outbreak of the brute ele ment at Fort Pillow in 1864 ; Anlersonville only lacked dramatic effect, while in intensity of plot it was quite up to the Dahomey school. With examples like this before them, with just that kind of power in their hands that would tempt weak natures to crime, these Southern slaves went through it all with a Christ-like gentleness and for giveness that has no parallel in the history of oppressed peoples.—New York Times. There is a great drought in the Rhine district, and in the river itself there is so little water that several vessels have been stranded near Dusseldorff. Theatricals at Exeter. W. H. C. Nation, Esq., gave a bespeak on Wed nesday. The theatre was full, and the audience was generally fashionable. The pantomime came first, and proved a merry Christmas entertainment, at the close of which Mr. G. B. ELLIS appeared before the curtain and said—Ladies and gentlemen, it is with extreme pleasure that I have to offer, on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Belton, thanks to Mr. Nation for his kind patronage of the theatre this evel,ing. It is not for me to remind au Exeter audience of that gentleman's hereditary predilection for the drama. Mr. Nation needs no eulogy from me for the great kindness he has always bestowed upon the theatrical profession. (Applause). But I may perhaps be permitted to state that Mr. Nation's name is well known in the theatrical world, and is held high in the esteem of every actor far beyond the walls of old Semper Picklis, for the deep and earnest interest he takes in the profession, and the - poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more, may well be proud of the kind friend obtained in Mr. Nation, whose heart is thrown open to every one, whose hand is ever ready to encourage the actor in the arduous profession he has chosen to follow. For this and for the brilliant assemblage I see before me this evening, permit me, on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Belton, to return sincere thanks. (Applause.) Mr. W. H. C. NATION then rose amid much cheering, and spoke as follows :—On the last occasion when I was present at this theatre, 1 had the pleasure of thanking a brilliant, and what to me is ten times better than brilliant, a warm-hearted audience, for the kind and enthusiastic manner in which they welcomed me. I have again that pleasing duty to perform to-night —to ask you now, as I asked the audience then--to receive my sincerest and most grateful thanks. (Applause.) Ladies and gentle men, you may remember that on the occasion to which I refer, Mr. Belton made some allusion to the friendship which existed between my grandfather and that great actor Edmund Kean. I feel pleased that he made that allusion, because I have seen it publicly stated that while ample justice was done to the kindness shown by the late Dr. Drury, of Cock wood, to Edmund Kean, leas mention has been made than ought to have been made of my grand father's generous assistance to him. lam glad that on this occasion I am afforded the opportunity of quoting what I may be allowed to call the noble language in which my grandfather always alluded to his connection with Edmund Kean. He said, " I remember my own struggles, what a hard fight I had, how many tried to keep me down ; and shall I look on genius like that of that man who is battling upwards, and look on unmoved ?" And he did not look on unmoved, but helped the struggling actor, whose merit deserved it, to rise into fame. When Edmund Kean became eminent and prosperous on the London stage, he must always have remembered with grati tude his excellent friend William Nation. (Ap plause.) However much my grandfather must have admired Edmund Kean for his great and high dra matic talent, he must, I am sure, have much more admired him for his manly and indepen dent spirit, which formed so prominent a fea ture in the great actor's character. It is re corded of Edmund Kean that when quite a child, and on staying at the house of a lady who had been very kind to him, it was proposed that all the party should go to the theatre. "O !" drawled out a stupid gentleman, " then, I suppose, little Edmund Kean does not sit with us !" upon which the boy Kean, bursting with indignation, rose from his seat, rushed out of the house, and never returned to it. It is recorded that on another oc casion Edmund Kean, when playing in this very city, had the bespeak of a country squire. On the afternoon preceding the bespeak the squire's butler called on Mr. Kean and said, " Well, Mr. Kean, you will be sure to have a full house to-night, be cause my master patronises you." To which Edmund Kean replied, " If I knew that people came to the theatre only because a squire patronises it, and not because of the acting, I would not sell a single tic ket." Edmund Kean played at a London theatre on an occasion when the then Lord Essex hap pened to be present. On his return from the theatre his Rife said to him, " Well, how did Lord Essex like your acting ?" Kean replied, a little in dependently, and, perhaps, not politely, " Lord Essex ! the pit rose to me." Ladies and gen tlemen,—This manly and independent spirit com mands my sincerest admiration. (Applause.) I like to see it generally cultivated by the actor of the present day. Let the actor remember that his is an intellectual profession ; let him remember that he is the exponent of a noble art ; let him remember that although he is a - poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more, we are all poor players strutting and fretting our hours upon the stage of life ; let him not covet the favour or distinction of noble lords and right hon ourable gentlemen ; but rather look for the esteem and approbation of intellectual men of every rank and every grade. (Cheers.) After renewed cheering • for Mr. Nation, the National Anthem was played. The after-piece, "A Sheep in Wolf's clothing," was capitally played. Mr. Fuller's Colonel Percy Kirke was well conceived ; Mr. Watson's Kestor Chidozy was racy and good ; Master Jasper Carew was a character which Mr. Ellis acted in a skilful and masterly manner ; Miss E. Brunton as Anne Carew carried the house with her, the interviews with Colonel Kirke and her husband were admirably rendered. The little that Mrs. Williams had to do as Dame Carew was natural, dignified, and effective. The audience applauded heartily. We must not omit to give a word of praise to that clever actress, Miss Annie Taylor, who personated Keziah Maple toft. This piece had additional interest to the audience, as the scene, Sedgmoor, being in the neighbouring county, is well known. The house was the most crowded and brilliant for rank and fashion that we have witnessed since the opening of the season.— Western Times. Congress and the President. We have no disposition to disguise the deep concern with which we regard the recent apparent divergence between the Executive and Congress on the question of reconstruction. It has long been feared by thinking men among the Republicans, and of course it is hailed with extreme delight by those who did everything they could to embarrass the Government during its suppression of the rebellion. But the crisis, in any event, is a trifling one compared with the many which the sound and patriotic masses of this country have been called to face, and to triumph over, during the last four years. We have no doubt that it will be settled, like the war before it, without any undue satisfaction to traitors at the South or their abettors at the North. The question simply stands thus :—the Executive, con vinced that most of the seceded States are in a fit con dition for restoration to the Union, has done what belongs to its own department toward thus restoring those States, and it now invites Congress to perfect the process ; and this, Congress as a co-ordinate branch of tho Govern ment, endowed with vital powers of rejection or admission, is now to consider and decide upon. It is to carry on the investigation for itself. It has before it the President's brief, calm recommendations, which will be accorded the weight they are felt to deser're. It has the report of Gen. Grant, sincere and important, undoubtedly, but not very explicit, and not based on any very extended examina tion. It will have Gen. Schurz's broader and fuller re port; and, finally, it will have the bast information that can be obtained from all sources, perhaps including a special committee of investigation. Its members will act, not in passion or prejudice, but from a sense of their great responsibility and their matured convictions of duty. They may reach a substantial agreement with the Exe cutive, or they may decide to withhold yet front tl,te seceded States that crowning privilege of the Union, a re presentation in Congress, without which a State can have no real vitality. In the meantime a still more powerful and decisive process will be going on—the making up of the public opinion of the country. It was the people that rose as one man to resent and avenge the fall of Fort Sumter. It was the people who kept the Government up to its duties through all the darkest hour of the war, sustaining the military arm, leading the way to emancipation, and sealing the final victories. Let the people now examine this question in all earnestness, pronouncing their voice through the press, through public meetings, and all other channolaof influence, and their will is sure to prevail in the end, no matter how Presidents and Congresses may have thought to act —Boston Journal. Court Tirmlrr HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Saturday... a. The Queen drove out y es t er d ay a ft ernoo n NY 4° Prince Leopold, and attended by Lady' Churchill. His Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours, 9 .r; rived, and dined with her 'Majesty and the roya 4 family. The duke left Osborne this morning. Sunday. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Hermann of Hohenlohe arrived at Osborne yeste r; day on a visit t o h er M a j esty, an d were m et a Trinity-pier, East Cowes, by his Royal Highne ss Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attend° by Lady Churchill, rode on horseback. Prince Arthur also rode. The Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe dined Wit h her Majesty and the royal family in the evening• His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg e arrived at his residence in Piccadilly on Saturday evening from visiting Lord and Lady Londesborough at Grira sWil Park, Yorkshire. His Excellency the Netherlands Minister 118./ returned from the continent to his residence, 26, Eat °ll. square, to resume his diplomatic functions. The Earl and Countess de Grey and Viscoulli Goderich have arrived at their residence in Carlton-gardens, from Nocton Park, the family seat in Lincolnshire. It is understood that the accouchement of her Serene Highness the Princess Leiningen may shortly 13 ' 3 expected, and that the interesting event will probably tztV place at Windsor Castle, where ap ar t men t s are no w being prepared for the reception of the princess. The Fenian Trials. DUBLIN, Saturday Night: j The trial of Charl es J. Ki c kh am was conc lude" on Saturday. The prisoner addressed the clever and temperate speech, the gentlemanly 811 _, 4 , respectful tone of which was f avoura bl y com menw on by Judge Keogh in his charge. The jury, after twenty minutes' absence, found the prisoner guil t f; The prisoner said he had endeavoured to sel l; Ireland, and th a t h e was now p re p are d t o suffer for Ireland. Jud ge K eog h sen t ence d hi m to f o urt . e , en j years' penal servit u d e . Ki c kh am was th e tp u7 prisoner named as a member of the executive 03 .4 110, mittee of the republic in the absence of StePl ie 7„ The others, Luby and O'Leary, were sentenced ' twenty years. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ---.0--- DUBLIN METROPOLITAN. The first general meeting of this company f held on Saturday, at the offices, Delahay-stre et " Westminster. The meeting was held in complia nce w ith the A(1 of Parliament. It was stated that the object of °s o line was to afford direct communication betwe e c, Kingston and the south of Ireland by the constfi l tion of the only remaining link of railway throng the city of Dublin, by connecting the Dub lin ' Rathmines, Rathgar, Roundtown, and Rathfitt lY ham Railways with the Dublin, Wi c kl ow , and AY: ford and the Great Southern and Western It' ways. The authorised capital was £160,000. 'Sir P. Nugent had joined the Board as chairnw and Sir J. Gray as deputy-chairman. LIMERICK. s° The first ordinary meeting of thi s companyif Chap' held on Friday at the offices, W es t m i ns t e r bers, Victoria-street—Mr. H. Geale in the chair', The CHAIRMAN stated what arrangements vi r T o about to be made for entering into a contract 1 , 0 constructing the line. The greater portion of; land required for the railway, 23 miles in 1 0 0 was agreed to be paid for in shares of the coniPa n ‘ e the landowners who had so arranged included t . „ Earl of Devon and the Earl of Listowel. The op; ing of the Rathkale and N ewcas tl e R a il wa y, vi bi c h it was expected would take place on the 31st M 3r next, would give a great impetus to the carrY oto out of the Li mer i c k li ne , it h av i ng b een pro posed promote a further extension of the railway f r° , l Listowel to Tralee, thus completing railway c() ;I: munication between Limerick, Rathkale, Liat°l°o Tralee, Kill arne y, an d C or k . I t was agre ed w be the half-yearly meetings of the company shoul d .. 4 held on the first Wednesday in the months of and September ; and the proceedings concia' with a vote of thanks to the chairman. DEMERARA. The traffic recepts on this company's railval the fortnight endi ng N ov . 25 amounte d , f or pos e- t ; gers, to $2,154 ; for goods, to $3,913 ; for rent! o, $lO ; and fo r w h ar f age , t o s64—t o t a l, $6, 1 o f against $4,765 for the corresponding fortnigh t 1864, showing an increase of $1,376. AN INTERESTING CATHOLIC CEREMONY CO Q • menced on Saturday, the Feast of the EpipliallY; the Italian Church, Hatton-gaiden, Ar c hbi s hop 3 1511 , 11- „ ljg ; Bishop Grant, of Southwark, Bishop M o rris, ti i !"; Oakeley, and a large number of oth er R o man Ca t ;; 0 0 dignitaries assisting. There was a High Mass at el e A ' a g o'clnck, in which the Fathers of different religious o r.- „a took part, and the ceremony was of a most imposing g fte r impressive character. D u ri ng the p rese nt week, t ' A High Mass and Vespers, sermons will be preach ed o 4 English by the Rev. H. A. Rawes, M.A., the Rev. t C' 1 , 11 ,5, Oakeley, the Rev. W. H. Anderdon, Archbishop 1d5 1112 , - De and other gentlemen who were formerly clergymen o . ' at ii Church of England, as well as by several priests of countries. Sermons in French and Italian will be prase; every day by Father Melia and the Rev. M. A. Ito llill t be in Spanish by the Rev. F. Vizcarra ; in German hi Rev. Dr. Kerner ; and in Polish by th e Rev. E. Ped°l -111 The proceedings will be b roug ht t o a c l ose o n $ 111j ; next, the 14th inst., when Archbishop Manning will pr e ": give the Papal Benediction, and intone the Te De uu ti '. SIGNOR ETHARDO.--The great success wh i e c- fo l y , was predicted would attend the wonderful per l() ;03 antes of this talented artiste has been more than v er ' s - 01 by the almost countless thousands who at the Gr i o ti' Palace du r i ng th e Ch r i s t mas f es ti v iti es h ave borne Rio mony to the extraordinary talent of Signor Ethardn• Ae a elegant and novel ascension of the spiral column is g re c ii - tO , on each representation with the most enthusiastic t o P I3 ,j 1 and seems to afford renewed gratification and delight lace who have witnessed this daring feat. The Crystal F' Company certainly deserve all praise for the re agen t of ability, and liberality they display in the engege ule- the every deserving novelty which presents itself for amusement of the sight-seeing public. 14 MADAME PAREPA is expected in England tovit:4o the end of the mouth.—Madame Lemmens-Sherrington said to be in treaty with the management. r tb ° SIGNOR VERDI is writing a new opera 1 0- Grand Opera, on the subject of Schiller's ci Den earl"' at NICOLAI'S "IL TEMPLAIO is in preparatO the Italian Opera in Paris. jg SIR EDWIN LANDSEER OR MR. MACLIS. ‘ . 1 1 said, will be the new President of the Royal Aeaden3Y. f Mr. STANFORD has published an excellent 11°11 r o• cod , posed showing the now railways and public w ol.l ' s c ' o ar* posed for the consideration of Parliament during tb ° A w ith ing session. The red lines for new works, comb in° 'bies the dotted ones in course of construction, and the v/11° ones which are actually at work, enable all person' bo if are interested in property in the metropolis to E- 10 their interests are affected. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—Lieutenant-Col onel A. G. Wright, Royal Marines, has been rt i eil ioa transferred on promotion from Plymouth to the dt at Portsmouth. On Saturday, the 30th of Deee ll/ ,;t1 0 favourite cat was secured in a basket and forwarded ' l ,, fo' South Devon Railway to Portsmouth, where it iv s ' i ceived in the Colonel's new residence. The cat re °l3-1 0 0 the Saturday night, but was missed on the Sund a Y;„ tl O Wednesday, the 3d of January, it was observed At garden in the rear of its master's former resid°l4-ioce Stonehouse (Plymouth), now unoccupied, and 113°;:i05' been fed by an officer of the corps who lives ad./ovie- The animal is a large strong male ; it was born in tea t he house, is only 12 mouths old, and never before t town. How it managed to find its way back 0 g ; " 2' distance ha so short a time seems inexplicable. ser DEATH OF A MURDERER.—EIi S 1111 ykes, -cr yni ie tence at Leeds for double mu r d er a t Batley, died in VI Gaol on Saturday night, through fracture of one °P-ota° leaping from a high gallery on the 23d ult. Bl e edieg A t on at frequent intervals, and from that cause he sav,, ba last. His executi on h a d b een fixed for the 1 5 th ; wbeli-otyl received his sentence he declared to the judge 1 1° :i v is never live to be hanged, and since the 2 3 d fr e q uently violent terms he repeated that declaration. D t qu I) gy I) cir — e ", txli a - ,b No, e.% t. o . A n. eyD( C , D ( D ( Port tiatet D o Itali a; Do C ots; _ Do