The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-31 00:00:00

THE MID-LONDON RAILWAY• Among the various new projects for railways in the metropolitan district is one which, for itscom pleteness, its utility, and its small amount of inter ference with the property and thoroughfares of the metropolis, is:well deserving of attention. We refer to the Mid-London line. The royal commission very strongly recommended the construction of what they termed the inner circle system of railways, and this is now in course of completion by means of the Metropolitan, its extensions east and west, and the Metropolitan District Railway. What are required, however, in order to complete the system, are com munications with the circumference of this circle of railways. The London and North-Western and Charing-cross line provide a diameter for the circle from north to south, and the Mid-London now proposes in effect to provide the longer axis, or a line from east to west. A glance at the map of London will suffice to show that there exist three great arteries of communication ; one by way of the New-road and City-road, traversed now by the Metropolitan Railway ; a second taking a southerly course by way of Piccadilly, the Strand, and Fleet street, partially represented by the Metropolitan District Railway ; and, lastly, the Oxford-street and Holborn lines, which are now proposed as the route of the Mid-London scheme. The line as suggested extends from a point near the Kensington Station of the West London line, and terminates by junctions with the London, Chatham, and Dover, and the Metropolitan, near Farringdon-street, and in its course it follows, with more or less of divergence, the lines of the Uxbridge-road, Oxford-street, Hol born, and Snow-hill. Commencing at the west, the line starts from near the Kensington Station of the , West London to Addison-road, where there will be a junction station to bring the London and North- Western into connection with the proposed line by way of the West London. It then passes on under the - Uxbridge-road to Cumberland-gate, and then, near Notting-hill Old-gate, it passes under the Metropolitan Railway and provides a station. Then, continuing its course, it keeps along the park side of the road, so as to leave the north side available for traffic during the construction of the line. There is a station proposed at Hyde-park-gardens, whence the line runs to the corner of Park-lane, in Oxford street, and then diverges from the road to the south side of this leading thoroughfare. From this point of divergence the railway takes a course about a hundred yards south of Oxford-street, passing through property of no great value, and avoiding great interruption to the traffic during the building of the railway. The proposed line crosses Bond street, where a station will be provided, if necessary, on the south side of Union-street. It then runs by the north-side of Hanover-square, opening a new street overhead through Tenterden-street to llanover-square. Passing along the north side of Princess-street, it crosses Regent-street, and provides a station close to the Oxford-circus. The line is continued south of Oxford-street to Soho-square, thence it reaches High-street, and passes over the authorised line of the Charing-cross and London and North Western, and at this point there will be a station for Tottenham-court-road, which can also be used as an exchange station from the Charing-cross line. Thence the Mid-London traverses the line of Broad-street and High-street, widening as it goes the narrow portions of those streets to GOft. in width. From Drury-lane to Lin coln's-inn-fields the course of the railway will be marked by a new street 60ft. wide over therailway, which will then pass along the north side of Lin coln's-inn-fields to the corner of Chancery-lane, where there will be a station. The new street will also be continued from Lincoln's-inn-fields to Chan cery-lane, thus providing a second lateral thorough fare from Drury-lane to the north end of Chancery lane. From this point the proposed underground line runs along the south side of Holborn to the Middle-row, which is about to be removed by the Metropolitan Board of Works ; and it is proposed that this portion of the railway shall be made simul taneously with the demolition and removal of this I obstructive block of houses. From Middle-row the I line passes down the centre of llolborn-hill, where it is 120 ft. in width, to the corner of Ilatton-gar den, and thence follows the course of the new street to be made by the corporation in connection with the Holborn-valley viaduct, and effects a junction with the London, Chatham, and Dover near Far ringdon-street, and also joins the authorised con nection with the Metropolitan Extension to Fins bury. The company propose taking running powers over the Metropolitan to Finsbury and Tower-hill, and also over the City lines of the London, Chat ham, and Dover to Ludgate. The line will be under ground, some portions in tunnel, others in covered way, the average depth being about 20ft. below the surface. The stations will be roofed with glass and lighted from the road. The estimated cost of the work is £2,500,000, and the length of line, exclusive of the connecting branches, is 51 miles. The rail way has been laid out so as to avoid as much as possible interference with the traffic of the leading thoroughfares, and the purchase of valuable pro perty ; while it offers ample compensation to the public for any inconvenience caused during con struction, by providing several new streets in parts where they are much needed. There is abundant traffic for this metropolitan railway in the districts above mentioned, and its construction would doubt less be of great public advantage.—Railway News. The Burning of the Ship Simla, from India. Bordeaux, Captain Francis Got, and safely landed at this island. Captain Got very kindly treated us, and we would wish publicly to make it known that he did all in his power to make us comfortable and to sympathise with us in our distress." The following letters have been received ac the Board of:Trade, reporting the total loss by fire of the ship Simla, from Calcutta for Liverpool, with a valuable cargo : " Ship Sovereign of India, Nov. 30. " Lat. 35 S, long. 17 E. " Sir,--I have the honour to inform you that at noon of the 31st ult., in lat. 4 4 N, and long. 21 15 W., we fell in with the ship Simla, of Liverpool, Captain J. Dyer, with the signal ' I am on fire,' !lying, and at his request I went on board to examine the state of the vessel. On taking off one of the hatches, which had been securely battened down to smother the fire, a dense volume of smoke issued from below, and we could actually hear the fire cracking. I subsequently advised Captain Dyer to leave the ship at once, as from the nature of her cargo (jute) the fire might at any moment break out, and preclude the possibility of their saving their lives. The boats were therefore got out, and the seamen with their effects and some provisions put into them, but before the last boat with Captain Dyer left her side she was in flames fore and aft, and in half an hour her masts fell in sheets of flame. It was blowing hard and a heavy sea on at the time, but I am glad to say everything was effected and the crew received on board the Sovereign of India without the slightest accident. The officers and crews of both vessels behaved in a most exemplary manner. Being bound to Hongkong I proceeded on my voyage in hopes of falling in with some homeward bound vessel that might have taken the unfortunate men to England; but having met none I consi dered it my duty to laud them at Pernambuco if possible, that being the nearest port from which they could procure a passage home ; b u t w h en we got within 30 miles of that port the weather was very bad, blowing and raining and a heavy sea on. I considered it imprudent to venture nearer to the land, and consequently hauled off. we have just fallen in with a French barque, homeward-bound, which has relieved us of nine of our passengers, and the captain promised to land them at the Cape or St. Helena. (Signed) " W. SCOTT, " Master of the ship Sovereign of India. "The Secretary of the Board of Trade, London." The following is from the captain of the Simla:— " St. Helena, Dec. 16. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS• (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) The following is the weekly return of the Regis trar-General of births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom. In the week that ended on Saturday, January 27, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,681 ; the deaths registered 3,243. The annual rate of mor tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,090 boys and 1,059 girls, in all 2,149 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,110. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,363. It was the fourth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,605. The actual number is less than that obtained by com putation by 242. Nearly equal numbers of deaths were referred in the week to phthisis and bronchitis ; to the former 169, to the latter 171. The corrected average for phthisis is 170 ; that for bronchitis is 245. The low rate of mortality from bronchial disease is appa rently due to the mild character of the season. There were 15 deaths from smallpox, 43 from measles, 37 from scarlatina, 47 from whooping cough, 56 from typhus, 12 from. diarrhcea. At 52, Clarendon-square, Somers-town, on the 17th Jan., the daughter of a commercial traveller, aged six years, died of " cholera morbus, accelerated by a clot of blood in the heart." (Inquest.) On the 24th January, at the London Hospital, a turner, aged 30 years, died of " hydrophobia from the bite of a dog." At 6, Chamber-street, Whiteehapel, on the 25th January, the son of a tailor, aged three weeks, died of " exhaustion from want of nourishing food." An engineer, aged 18 years, died in St. George's Hospital of " haemorrhage from the bronchial artery severed by the glass of a skylight." The deceased slipped when removing snow from the skylight, and died in 11 hour. A man, aged 36 years, died in the same hospital from "thrombus of the basilar artery." The two following deaths by carriage accidents in the streets were registered in the week :—A porter, aged 61 years, run over by a cart in Fleet-street ; (lied on the 23d January. The daughter of a la bourer, aged one year, run over by a cart ; died on the 22d January in Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street. The deaths in the city of New York in the two weeks ending on the Ist and Bth January were 406 and 433. The population in 1860 was 805,658. The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 27 in Dublin; 42 in Liverpool, 33 in Manchester, 34 in Salford, 26 in Birmingham; 38 in Leeds, 31 in Shef field, 33 in Bristol, 33 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 26 in Hull, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 37 per 1,000 during the week ending the 20th inst., when the temperature was 10.6 deg. Fahren heit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 26 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.138 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on every day after Monday. The barometric pressure fell to 29•G3 in. on Monday, and rose to 3050 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.1 deg., which is 5.3 deg. above the ave rage of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the week, and on the first two days this excess was about 11 deg. The thermometer fell to the freezing point of water on Wednesday, and to nearly the same point on the two following nights. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air tempera ture was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. There was rain to the amount of 0.23 in., all of which fell on Monday. " The ship Simla, under my command, was burnt at sea by spontaneous combustion, after being 92 days at sea on a passage towards London, when she was abandoned in a volume of flame in the North Atlantic, 4N. and about 22 W., and the crew rescued by the ship Sovereign of India, Capt. Scott, bound from London to Hong Kong. We remained on board the Sovereign of India 30 days, and were carried back as far as the latitude of 35 S., 16 E., when myself and eight others were put on board the French barque Vaillant Bonne, of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1860. said, "The police tell me they can detect bloodafter the clothes are washed. lam glad o 1 it, and hope it will be found out." It being now late, and several other. - witnesses to examine, the inquiry was adjourned to• Friday. This morning the prisoner was removed to Bridgenorth by train ; crowds of people at the stations passed to see him. There is a general belief in his innocence of the foul crime charged against hint. The Shocking Gun Accident near Windsor. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Weedon, deputy coroner for Berks, held an inquest on the body of Win. Cantrell Ashley, the young gentleman who, with his head frightfully shattered by the discharge from a double-barrelled gun, was found lying dead in a pond on Mr. Hall Say's ground, near Bray, on Saturday morning. The inquiry took place at Water Oakley-house, the residence of the father of the de deceased ; Mr. Superintendent Iremonger being in attendance on the part of the Berks constabulary. Mr. Charles Henry Ashley, wine merchant, of Exe ter-street, Strand, stated that the deceased was his youngest child, and that he had just entered his 14th year. On Friday last lie understood the deceased went out with a gun, though the last time he saw him alive was on Thursday. He did not see him I again till Saturday night, in the condition he was then in. His son was in the habit of shooting, but not with a double-barrelled gun. Witness also be lieved that the deceased took a pistol with him, and he was a good shot for a boy. Deceased was of a cheerful disposition, and not likely to commit sui cide, as he had everything to make him happy, and was in excellent spirits. Mr. Charles Carl Ashley deposed that his younger brotherleft home on Friday last with a double-barrelled gun, as he was in the habit of going out shooting on the neighbouring land with a dog. The gun was a hired one, as his own was being repaired. Witness did not go with his brother, who never returned home on Friday. He assisted in the search, which commenced at 6 o'clock on Friday till the body was found on Satur day morning. A man named Hunter discovered his brother's corpse, and witness was the second person upon the spot and saw deceased before he was moved. The body was in a pond on a field belong-I ing to Mr. Hall Say, and lying on the left side in the water, with the head and legs covered and limbs contracted. He could see one side of the face, the top part of the head being blown away. The gun was lying nearly three feet from him, in the water, and when the policeman examined the weapon he found both barrels had been discharged. Deceased was on the bank, near the hedge-side, and at one part the clay had slightly given way. He could not say there had been a slip, but it had that appearance, and the body was near the place. Deceased was placed upon a hurdle, but witness did not know what was taken out of his pocket. henry Hunter said he was the coachman of Mr. Hall Say, who lived at Oakley court. Witness joined in the search on Saturday, and found deceased about 11 o'clock in a small pond on Mr. Hall Say's farm. Deceased was covered by about 2ft. of water, his legs being lower than his head, and the body hanging upon its left side. His head was near the mouth of the pond, and his feet near the bank, from which he thought he had slipped. He was quite dead, and the upper part of his head was gone. The skull was on the grass, and the cap in a ploughed field. Witness had often seen the deceased out shooting. Geo. Morrell deposed that he saw the deceased on Friday, about a quarter to 1 o'clock, in Mr. Parker's yard. He had a gun with him and a dog. Deceased spoke to witness about some work his father wanted done, and then went round to the house and entered into conver sation with Mr. and Mrs. Parker. lie next went to a rick about 50 yards off, after which witness lost sight of him till about a quarter to 11 on Saturday, when he helped to got him out of the pond, which was about 250 y ar d s f rom th e spo t w h ere h e h a d been talking to him--actually within sound of the gun, the report of which he heard almost directly after he left, and another about a quarter past 1 o'clock. Witness heard no screaming, or anything to attract his attention. The upper part of deceased's head was completely blown away. It seemed to him as if he had slipped down the bank , as there were marks upon it, and f rom i ts being overgrown with bushes it was difficult t o get along it. Part of the bank had given way, and deceased's feet were not more than a yard from the bank. Police -constable Ilailey, of the Berks constabulary, said he assisted to take the deceased out of the water and carry him to the Queen's Head Inn. He searched the body and found two flasks—one for powder and the other for shot, a small breach-loading pistol, some car tridges, and a turban cap, which was cut through the centre of the crown by the shot. Witness also found the top of deceased's skull some 15 yards from the body. His hands were at a little distance from the gun, and there were marks upon the bank as if he had slipped off. Neither of the barrels of the gun was loaded, but there were portions of the caps upon the nipples. The pistol had also been discharged. Ser geant Smith Noble, of the Windsor police, stated that he was fetched from Windsor on Saturday morning, about 9 o'clock, by Mr. Charles Ashley. He assisted in the search, and with the last witness, Halley, helped to get deceased out of the pond. Deceased's clothes were not torn. Witness himself nearly slipped at the spot where the marks were. The jury, upon a consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental D e ath." The Earl of Lichfield on the Emigration of Criminals. On Monday the Earl of Lichfield presided at the first annual meeting in Wolverhampton of the South Staffordshire Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, of which his lordship is president. The society has been in working order only about three months, during which time it has afforded employment for 80 discharged prisoners at a cost of Bs. 7d. per head. The noble chairman said that too much importance had, he thought, been attached in some quarters to emigration as a means of reclaiming our criminal population, and he was a little disappointed that at a large meeting which was held in Manchester a short time ago, at which Lord Stanley presided, emigration seemed uppermost iu the speakers' minds. He could not say that he at all agreed with them. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he thought that a society which sought chiefly to find the discharged prisoners employment in this coun try was the most likely means of solving the diffi cult problem of what was to be done with our cri minal population. Practically, the country had been obliged to give up transportation, and he believed it was proving an advantage, not only to the criminal himself, but also to society generally, that the at tention of the country should from self-interest be called to that class of persons. Formerly nothing could be so simple as the manner in which he who was called the "confirmed criminal" was dealt with ; he was sent out of the country, and in a distant part of the world was enabled to get his livelihood without injury to those whom he left behind. But now that we were obliged to keep these criminals at home, we saw plainly that in order to protect our selves it was absolutely necessary that we should take some measures to prevent these persons, after they have left prison, from continuing in a life of crime. He could not imagine anything more simple or better calculated to effect these objects than a society of the description of the one before them, which sought to put the discharged prisoner who earnestly wished to amend his course of life into that position in which he might honestly earn his own bread. In doing this he denied that the society was doing more for a criminal than it would for an honest man. It was frequently desirable to avoid the ne cessity for a criminal's return to the associations among which he had been accustomed to practise hie criminality, and in some cases it was absolutely requisite that this should be done ; but all this could be accomplished, except in the rarest instances, and yet the man be kept in this country. This would become still less difficult as societies of that class multiplied, and existed, as they ought to exist, in every part of the country. To send them abroad, although it might be with the aid of funds obtained in the manner available by such societies, would be regarded by the colonists as only another way of carrying out a practice to which they had previously successfully objected, for it must not be forgotten that Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies obtained funds not only from private persons, but also from Government and from local taxation. The Shropshire Murder. CLEOBURY MORTIMER, Tuesday. The examination of Mr. John Meredith before the Cleobury megigtrateg on the charge of murder ing his nephew, Edward Edwards, at Duddle‘vich mill, Salop, on Sunday, the 11th inst., was con tinued to a late hour last night. The witness Elizabeth Harris, servant to the pri soner, was cross-examined by Mr. Kennedy, and said that she was present when Police-ollicer Cox and Sergeant Christie came to her master's house on the day of the funeral, some days after the murder, and examined the clothes of the inmates. Her mas ter was in the house, and said to Christie, " Here's a lot of my clothes." A pair of trousers were on the bed, which her master said he had on on the Sun day. As the officers were looking at the trousers by the window the prisoner said the blood on them was caused by his helping to carry the deceased up stairs. lle did not say that he helped to carry him from the mill. Had heard her master speak of the blood on his trousers before then, and witness had herself seen it before. Remembered her master ask ing Thomas Edwards to go to Mrs. Howell's, of Stottesden, to tell her to come down. She after wards came to the house. It rained and there was a high wind. Edwards said he could not carry an umbrella, and he took an old coat of her master's. Edwards was about an hour away. Witness did not see the coat again that night, but saw it next day, when it was brought by Police-constable Clarke, who gave it to witness, and she hung it up in the kitchen. Sergeant Christie took it away with the prisoner's trousers. Her master was subject to bleeding at the nose, and she had often seen blood on the wrists and sleeves of his dress. Samuel Harris, a boy, brother to the last witness, and also in the prisoner's service, who was the last person known to have been in the deceased's com pany before the murder, deposed that he was with the deceased in the fold-yard soon after 8 o'clock on the Sunday morning, and that deceased left him at about half-past 8 and proceeded in the direction of the mill. Did not see him again until his body was brought from the mill in the evening. At dinner time on the Sunday his master asked him whether the key of the mill was in the bedroom window, where it was sometimes kept. Ho looked for it there, but did not find it. He found it over the mill door, where it was usually kept when left at the mill, and took it to his master. Mr. Win. Dorrell, farmer, residing about 100 yards from the prisoner, deposed that on the Sun day after dinner the prisoner came to him, told him that the deceased was missing, and asked him to help him to look for him. They walked down the side of the Rea-brook and afterwards gave up the search. About 4 o'clock Mr. Meredith came to him and said the boy Harris had found the key of the mill, and said he would go into the mill for a feed for the horse. He immediately returned and said he was afraid something had happened, for there was blood on the mill floor. They then both went into the mill and found blood on the mill floor. The prisoner said, " There's blood at the bottom of the steps leading to a room below," but that he was afraid to go down the steps. Witness went down and saw the deceased lying on the floor. Witness assisted in carrying him into the house. There was a stick lying by the deceased cracked at the top and covered with blood. [lt was a walking stick, not very thick.] Assisted in searching deceased's clothes after he was removed from the house. In his pockets were two pocket-knives, a tobacco-pouch, some gun caps, and sonic matches, but no money. While walking down the Rea, side after dinner the prisoner said he had been to the mill in the morn ing to look after " Ted," but that he had not been inside the mill. The prisoner helped to carry the deceased upstairs. 'Witness assisted and took off his coat and turned up his sleeves so as not to get blood on him. The stairs were curved and awkward, and the prisoner said " Steady, steady," while at the same time the body rolled towards him, and probably rested on his thigh at the moment. Saw the prisoner at church on the Sunday morning. He wore a new pair of leggings. Witness had a good view of him, and if there had been blood on him he must have seen it, although he did think of blood then. Walked home with him from church. On the day of the funeral of the de ceased, when the police came to examine the clothes, witness was at the prisoner's house. The prisoner Royal Institute of British Architects. At the ordinary meeting of the members of the Institute of British Architects, on Monday evening, on which occasion Mr. Beresford-Hope was in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. I'Anson on the restoration of the Dutch church i.n Austin-friars. At the time of the partial destruction of the church by fire in 1863 it was proposed to pull it down, and build a new church in some other locality more con venient to its members, and on a site less valuable; but there was so loud an outcry raised against the destruction of one of the finest mediaeval churches in the City of London that the architects and those immediately connected with the building reconsi dered their plans, and determined to restore it. Mr. I'Anson, to whom the work of restoration was entrusted, alluded in his paper to the history of the church, which was originally built in the 12th cen tury, but it had undergone several alterations at subsequent periods, and in general features it re sembled the Temple church. On commencing the restoration it became doubtful how much of the building it would be necessary to pull down, for the columns and arcadeswere in many places much out of the perpendicular ; but on examining the foun dations they were ascertained to be sound, and Mr. I'Anson therefore thought the columns might be safely preserved. In its restored condition, conse quently, the interior presents the appearance of leaning columns, that might be supposed to be in danger of falling, though in reality perfectly safe. The church was completed and reopened for Divine service in September last, and it has been restored in exact correspondence with its previous architec ture, with the exception of a new postern. The cost of the restoration was £ll,OOO, and the value of the site, had the church been pulled down, was also estimated at £ll,OOO, the latter sum having been for the most part sacrificed for the purpose of retaining in the City one of the fine works of me diaeval architecture so many of which have been de stroyed fol. modern improvements. In the discussion on the paper, Mr. BERESFORD HOPE congratulated the institute on the very suc cessful restoration of a remarkably beautiful memorial of past times, which, he said, had formed the model on which Mr. Pugin had constructed St. George's church in Southwark, and its leading fea tures might be traced in the works of other eminent architects. Mr. WOODTHORPE said that on his own responsi bility alone he should not have ventured to have the church rebuilt on the leaning arcades and columns, but he had full confidence in the sound ness of the structure. Mr. WHITE and other gentlemen made remarks on the means adopted to restore perpendicularity to leaning walls by tie-rods with screws at each end. The rods, when expanded by heat, are screwed up close to the walls, and on the contraction of the metal during cooling they are drawn nearer together until they become perpendicular. Mr. PANsoN also read another paper on the churches in Auvergne, noticing the general resem blance of all the churches in the district, and the ad mirable application of differently coloured towers for the purpose of ornamentation. In the course of the evening Mr. BERESFORD- IlorE mentioned that the Queen's gold medal, which is given in successive years to English and to foreign architects eminent in their profession, had been awarded this year by the council to Mr. But terfield, subject to the approbation of a majority of the fellows. The meeting adjourned to the 12th of February. St. Bartholomew the Great. Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of inspecting the remains of this church, and the works of resto ration now in progress, took place under the auspices of Mr. Tite, the chairman, and of the committee for the restoration, those gentlemen having invited the members of the Corporation of London to meet the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society on the occasion. A large number of gentlemen were pre sent, and amongst them were many who have dis tinguished themselves by their knowledge and pur suit of architecture. The disordered condition of the building rendered it somewhat difficult, in the midst : of a " rude and undigeSted" mass of bricks and mortar, to form any definite con clusion as to . the appearance it' will assume when the restoration shall have been com pleted, but the: interest attaching to the time honoured interior was certainly enhanced by the fact that an opportunity was afforded to the visitors of observing the wide distinction between the old work and the n ew, although, as M r. Tit e observed, particular pains have been taken to preserve the character of the church in all its origi nal integrity. In addressing the as sem bl e d com pany, Mr. Tite, who took up his p os i t i on on t h e top of a loose heap of old bricks and mortar at the fur ther end of the nave, gave an interesting account of the history of the edifice, stating that it was founded in the year 1102, in the second year of the reign of Ilenry 1., by a gentleman named Rahere, said to be a Saxon, and who was called the King's jester and minstrel. A reckless profligate in early life, he be came towards the middle of his career ecclesiastical in his tendencies, and made a pilgrimage of repent ance to Rome. On his return lie had a remarkable dream, in which he saw St. Bartholomew, who di rected him .to' build an hospital and found a church in his name. I n 20 years' time the choir was con secrated byßichard of Beauvais, Bishop of London, the other portions not being completed until ten years later. Rahere himself was the first prior, and dying in the year 1144, he was buried within the building ; a classical monument, still preserved, be ing erected to his memory. In the year 1133, Ra here obtained from Henry I. a charter, endowing and supporting the church, and the King also con ferred upon the priory the privilege of holding a fair, afterwards confirmed by Henry 11., and last ing over three days—the eve, the feast day, and the morrow of St. Bartholomew. In the year 1410 the church had fallen into decay and was restored. In the year 1510 it again required reinstating, and Prior Bolton expended a large sum of money in effecting that object. In the year 1544 King Henry VIII. sold for £1,064 11s. 3d. to Sir Richard Rich, the Lord Chancellor, the prior's house, infirmary, dormitory, chapter house, cloisters, galleries, &c. The cloisters and many other parts had long since disappeared, but there were certain portions which had not disappeared, and amongst these was an apse which, though now interfered with by a neighbour ing resident, who had doubtless a perfect claim to his premises, would, it was hoped, be fully restored in process of time. It was interesting to observe the striking contrast between the present comparatively small building and the mighty Norman church which originally occupied the site. Many changes in parts of the building had undoubtedly taken place from time to time, and in some respects the Norman character of the architecture had been par tially modified ; but the committee who were now engaged in restoring the edifice believed that they should succeed in making a comfortable and com modious parish church for the benefit of this ex tremely poor and crowded neighbourhood. For r this very laudable purpose a sum of about £1,500, in addition to what they had already received, was required ; and those who might be disposed to con tribute to that amount would be glad to learn that it was the intention of the restorers to preserve in its integrity the ancient characteristics of the build ing, so that it might still remain a curious and in teresting monument to the piety of our ancestors. Mr. Tite was much applauded at the close of his address, and a vote of thanks was voted to him for the valuable information he had afforded to his hearers. A similar compliment was paid to Pro fessor Lewis and Mr. Slater (the architects), and to the Rev. John Abbiss (the rector), and Mr. Thos. Kitt (the honorary secretary to the committee). The company then passed round the building to re ceive from the architects any further information they might desire, and the proceedings were brought to a close. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 30.—Our marketfor shipping yarns has been dull, but still we find a fair amount of business in the aggregate has been done, and there is a disposition to buy considerable quantities at rather lower prices than spinners are yet inclined, to take. This branch of the market closes tolerably 1 1 steady, many spinners believing that prices have already given way as much as they are likely to do. Many spinners are well supplied with orders, and appear indisposed to take new contracts at such prices as buyers are willing to give. For home trade yarns the market has been quiet, and there has not been much business to-day. Prices are fully id. per lb. in the buyers' favour. In cloth a fair amount of business has been done since Friday, but the demand has been, less active than for some days previously, and buyers have, to a great extent, satisfied their wants. Although we have less business offering to day, we have little change in prices to quote, as the protracted deliveries which alone can be secured prevent buyers operating, even where they find rates a little lower than last week. Any goods ready for immediate delivery would fetch last week's prices. The contracts in the hands of manufacturers are large, and most of the makers of favourite staples are well engaged. Cloths generally are steadier in price than yarns. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re port of the cloth market :—" The active demand of the week has now to some extent subsided, and, buyers having pretty well satisfied their wants, we have to-day to report a smaller business. Makers, as a rule, are well supplied with orders, and we have therefore but little variation in price to notice." CARDIFF, 29th.—The late favourable change in the weather hoz had a marked effect on the steam coal trade of the district, and the exports have been pretty brisk within the past few days. A large num ber of vessels have been able to clear out, while there has been a good number of fresh arrivals ; in fact, operations at the docks have not been so lively for some time past. The collieries are fairly employed, and proprietors' bodks are tolerably well filled with orders. The foreign trade looks cheerful, and although at present only an average quantity is being sent to the continental markets, there is every prospect of a considerable increase in the exports before long. The trade between the collieries in the Aberdare and Rhonda valleys and Birkenhead is steadily increasing, and the business done with the metropolitan markets is gradually assuming greater importance. Quotations remain about the same. The local demand for house qualities con-1 tinues limited. In the iron trade there is no change to note ; prices remain firm, and the future pros pects :are encouraging. The high rate of discount still keeps home buyers backward in giving out con tracts. Pig iron maintains its value, and it is with difficulty contracts can be placed. Remarkable activity characterises the tin plate trade. LEEDS, 30th.—There was a better attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls to-day than last Tuesday, and more business was done. The shipment of spring goods is a little more lively, and the prospects of the trade generally show more improvement. Meltons and tweeds, both plain and fancy, secure the readiest sale. Black unions are a little more inquired for than we lately had to report. There is a steady sale for good all-wool blacks, the supply of which keeps little at all in advance of the demand. Wools keep very firm in price. The flax trade is in a fair active condition, and the price of yarns, threads, and the raw material are steady. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.— We had a moderate atten dance on 'Change to-day. The demand for yarns was less active, buyers holding off in the anticipa tion of a reduction in prices ; late rates were, how ever, generally made. The demand for hosiery yarns was scarcely so good as last week, and prices may be written somewhat irregular. Silks a slow sale, but firm in value. For brown nets the demand was less active, but prices underwent no important alteration. ROCHDALE, 29th.—The flannel-market has to day, as for the past few markets, been devoid of much animation, the attendance of buyers being small, and their purchases few. Dyed and fancy goods are chiefly in request, and they maintain late prices. The home trade demand for all descriptions of plain white goods is flat. A few orders have just been given out for goods for shipping, and upon the whole the manufacturers are fairly employed. Wools keep very firm in price. Railway and other Companies. GREAT NORTHERN AND WESTERN, The report of the directors states that the traffic had increased during the past half-year, and the net receipts were sufficient to pay interest at 4 per cent. per annum on the gross expenditure on the portion of the undertaking which had been worked. The capital expended on the Westport Extension had been hitherto a heavy charge, but this line was now completed and opened, and the directors anticipated that it would prove remunerative. The accounts showed a net disposable balance of £6,838, and the directors recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum upon the original preference capital, and also upon the new preference capital; and 3.312 per cent. per annum on the £113,350 ordinary share capital held by the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland; also 3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital of the company other than that held by the Midland Company—paid up to the 31st December, 1865, less income-tax. The directors had found it expedient to apply to Parliament for an extension of time to complete the works to the harbour of Westport and to the town of Ballina, and to be allowed to increase the preferential stock by £30,000, with the usual borrowing powers. The capital account to the 31st of December showed that £595,629 had been re ceived, including £11,480 from revenue, and £565,065 expended, leaving a balance of £30,564. The revenue account for the half-year showed that £14,946 had been received, £5,848 expended in working, £2,260 in payment of interest on deben tures, leaving a balance of £6,838. CLIFTON SUSPENSION-BRIDGE. The report of the directors stated that the receipts of the past haft-year from all sources amounted to £1,356, being less by £232 than during the first half of the year. The falling off in the receipts might be partly accounted for by the very unfavour able state of the weather during the last three months. The directors had carried from that amount £BO to the contingent fund to meet the expense of painting the ironwork of the bridge and other necessary re pairs. After paying working expenses and interest on mortgages, there would remain a balance of £4lB available for dividend, at the rate of 2k per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £l2. This result was somewhat disappointing, and arose chiefly from the charges levied upon the company for local rates and taxes, which were equivalent to 50 per cent. of the whole sum which the directors were enabled to distribute in dividend, and consequently diminished the divident to that extent. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the following bills in Mr. Smith's court complied with the standing orders :—Vale of Neath (transfer s &c.), London and South-Western (Poole and Bournemouth Junctions), Devon and Somerset, Devon and Somerset (capital), and the Devon and Somerset (deviation and extensions). The City, Kingston, and Richmond did not comply with the standing orders. The Salisbury and Dorset, Vale of Crickhowell, Brecon and Merthyr-Tydfil Junc tion (northern lines), the South-Eastern, and the London, Brighton, and South Coast (St. Leonard's and Hastings lines) were adjourned. Before Mr. Freic the following bills complied with the standing orders :—Bradford, Eccleshill, and Sole ; Coventry and Midland Junction ; East Glou cestershire ; Cambrian (new works) ; Cambrian and other Railway Companies (amalgamation and ar rangements) ; Bute Docks; Cardiff Docks and Railway ; Maryport and Carlisle, and the Hales- Owen and Bromsgrove Branch. The London and Worthing Direct ; Skipton and Wharfdale, Solway Junction (branches), and Great _Western (further powers) were postponed. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMM—The sorrows entailed by a single sin were never more strikingly displayed than in the case of negro slavery. Emancipation, which should be the final expression of repentance and the closing act of redress, is the only first link in a chain of in creasing difficulties. The Americans are already finding this out, and it must be poor encourage ment to them to observe the actual condition to which 30 years of a similar trial have brought Jamaica. The abolition of slavery in any country opens a new question, which, we may say without exaggeration, has never yet been solved at all. No experience has shown us how to conduct a popula tion of liberated blacks to a good social or pclitical position. In Hayti we see the end of negro inde pendence; in Jamaica of negro liberty. The natural desire of all abolitionists is to convert the slave into a free labourer—the equal, in that respect, of a white man. But the emancipated slave, partly from a natural revulsion of feeling, and partly from the ineradicable instincts of race, has no disposition to become a labourer at all. He is incapable of ap preciating a condition of freedom which leaves him under as much necessity to work as before. The question has uniformly been argued on the assump tion that as free labour cheerfully given is more pro ductive than forced work, the services of the blacks, in their new capacity of freedmen, would actually be more valuable than before, so that no derange ment of industrial interests wouldl follow upon eman cipation. This would be true enough if the negro resembled the European in his wants or his disposi tion, but there is no such analogy between the two. One volunteer is worth two pressed men, no doubt; but the black, when he ceases to be a pressed man, does not become a volunteer. He will work for nothing but the necessary satisfaction of his bodily wants, and as these wants are on the smallest possible scale it follows that of his own free will he will hardly work at all. We have seen the problem brought to its practical end in Jamaica step by step. When the slaves were first emancipated provisions were en acted for substituting certain organisations of labour in the place of slavery, but the negroes rebelled against this species of compulsion, their white patrons applauded their conduct, and apprenticeship, in all its successive forms, was ultimately abolished also, as mere " slavery in disguise." From that time the blacks were left to work or play, exactly like white labourers, and the result was that they were good for nothing at all. It was only by the importation of workmen from foreign countries that the cultiva tion of the soil could be continued, and it was only continued, in point of fact, to a very small extent. With the exception of a few plantations on the sea shore the estates went out of cultivation altogether. A result which in our economical discussions at home is only speculatively contemplated as the effect of a final rupture between capital and labour did, in Jamaica, actually occur. Agriculture was given up altogether. The owners or occupiers of estates actu ally found that a most productive soil in one of the finest climates in the world would not repay the cost of farming on the terms of black labour, and they showed the reality of their conclusions in the most practical way. They let their land go to waste, and the property and produce of the soil were lost together. Jamaica, at this minute, imports food for its population, though it is rich enough and fertile enough to support five times that population from its own products. In America we seem to see the first step taken in a similar career of difficulty and misfortune. Emancipation has come, and is a reality. Nobody, even in New England, has any suspicion that the people of the South so much as dream of the re-establishment of personal slavery. But the people of the North are not content with this. An active party among them is already clamouring for additional securities on the negro's behalf. They are providing, by anticipation, against " slavery in disguise," though they cannot tell how to set about the work. On the other hand, the officers on the spot, who have got the blacks under their per sonal observation, and can discern the nature of the emergency, are proceeding very much in the fashion of the Jamaica Legislature in times past. The Freedmen's Bureau—that is to say, the Board charged especially with the protection of the negro— has issued orders, in the case of Georgia, that the negroes, when sufficient wages are offered, shall make contracts for labour, and it undertakes to in sure the execution of these contracts, when duly made, by compelling the blacks, if necessary, to per form their work. This is the apprentice system, or, rather, it is something far more like actual slavery. If these orders, which are to be adopted in all the States of the South, are correctly described, the American negro, though he can no longer be bought and sold outright, will still be held to " involuntary servitude." If any Southern planter by virtue of tendering what in the eyes of a magistrate may appear a sufficient sum of money is to be enabled to carry-off any number of blacks to his estate, there to work whether they.will or not, the " disguise" of slavery will be very thin indeed. In Jamaica our colonists were not even permitted to make con tracts for labour with black volunteers, or to bind a negro to continuous work by the terms of an ordi— nary apprenticeship. The patrons of the blacks proscribed every clement of coercion except that arising from the wants of the body—a stimulus which, in the case before them, had no existence at all. We may expect with some confidence that the New Englanders will protest against this official decree, but what is to be the alternative? Without coercion in some form or other the negro will do no regular. work. If he can but /gnat and sleep, and still keep body and soul together, that will be his course. At present he cannot quite do so, but he is assisted for the moment by daily rations of food doled out to him by the State. This, however, cannot last, nor is it very probable that the blacks will be allowed in America the peculiar advantage which fell to their lot in Jamaica. In that island the enfranchised negro got a direct benefit from his own indolence. When the cultiva tion of the soil was given up as hopeless for want of labour, and land was allowed to run to waste, the negro re-entered upon the deserted plantation to squat and vegetate. The wreck and ruin actually told in his favour, and re-produced a" natural wil derness for the use of his savage nature. But we do not think the Americans will permit the re enactment of such scenes in their country. They cannot afford to lose seven fine States of the Union as Jamaica was lost to us. These States must do their natural duty in raising produce, paying taxes, and maintaining an industrious population in decent order. Jamaica told for little in our modern system. It was not much to us that a few colonists were ruined, or that we got our sugar from Spanish instead of British plantations, but it is very different with the Americans and the Southern States. A. section of the extreme Radical party is, indeed, pre pared to legislate in a way which would make Vir ginia or Georgia as like Jamaica as possible. These rabid politicians are ready to confiscate the estates of their Southern fellow-citizens as a punishment for their recent rebellion, and then to parcel out the land in small allotments to the liberated blacks. That would end, no doubt, in aovery accurate re production of the fortunes and fate of Jamaica, but we have not the least belief that the Americans will ever endure such a sacrifice. They will reject this alternative, but they can do so only on condition of embracing that from which our own colonists were rigorously debarred. Under some system or other they must exact involuntary labour from the negro. Possibly, the actual necessities of life may in those countries put that stress upon the blacks which they escaped in Jamaica, and compel them to work for their bread ; but it is more probable that some re gular organization of negro labour will be substi tuted for slavery in spite of the reclamations of New England. The Government of 'Washington will hardly consider it a desirable thing to lose the whole use of the South for the next 30 years, and at the end of that timeto find another disruption of society and an outbreak of blacks as the fruits of its hu manity and forbearance. POST.—Sir Henry Storks has arrived in Jamaica, and Mr. Eyre no longer holds the responsible posi tion of Governor of that colony. But this is not the only news brought to us by the mail which has just arrived. The new Governor landed in King ston on the 6th inst., and our present advices are three days later ; but although within this short period no marked change took place in the policy of the Colonial Government, the interval has afforded us an opportunity of judging of the manner in which the transfer of authority from Mr. Eyre to Sir Henry Storks has been regarded by the people of Jamaica. However strong may have been the presumption of incapacity on the part of Governor Eyre, we took occasion to point out at the time that his successor was nominated how probable it was that his suspension would be misunderstood by the coloured portion of the population. We now learn that our anticipations were not unfounded. The arrival of Sir Henry Storks in Jamaica has been hailed both by the white and by the negro popula tion as equivalent to a condemnation of the policy of Governor Eyre. It is needless to argue that this inference is erroneous, because, so long as it is believed in Jamaica to be correct, the result is pre cisely the same as if it were so. We have more than once freely expressed eur opinion of the conduct of the colonial authorities, and that opinion was far from a favourable one. At the same time, how ever, we suggested the advisability of waiting until Adverse evidence should be confirmed before adopt ing a course which might be interpreted as an as sumption that it could not be contradicted. The English papers find their way to Jamaica and are copied into the colonial journals. It now appears that in many instances the negroes have inter preted the suspension of Governor Eyre by the gloss furnished by some of the organs of the English press, and it is assumed that the sympathy of the mother country is given not to that portion of the population which furnished the victims at Morant Court-house, but to that which supplied Gordon Bogle, and those who, whether rightly or wrongly, were accused of having taken part in the outbreak. This is very unfortunate, to say the least of it, and we can perfectly understand the apprehensions en tertained by the people of Kingston lest the salu tary effect produced by the energetic action of the Government may be lost, and the negro popula tion become imbued with the idea that henceforth , they can murder their white fellow-subjects with impunity. Of this error, however, it will not be very difficult for the present Governor to disabuse the negroes. Sir Henry Storks is a man of consi derable experience, and all classes, both at home and in the colony, may rest assured that he will lose no time in letting the coloured population un derstand the true nature of the duties which he has been specially deputed to discharge. The other Commissioners have probably arrived at Kingston within the past two or three days, and the Governor will doubtless have made such arrangements as would enable them to enter upon their appointed task without delay. In some respects it must be admitted that Sir Henry Storks has arrived at an opportune moment. He is absolutely supreme. The Legislature has disappeared, and there are none who can, either directly or indirectly, control his autho rity. He has no motive for concealing any portion of the truth ; and if, on the other hand, the negroes are confident that facts will be elicited which will show that they have been treated with needless severity, they may feel equally certain that the circumstances of the outbreak at Morant Bay will be submitted to an investigation so rigorous that, if the outbreak was, as has been supposed, the commencement of a concerted rebellion, that fact will be conclusively established, and such measures taken as will prevent a similar enterprise being undertaken again. The whole ' truth will • shortly be known, and both the white and the coloured population must abide by the result. It is a significant fact, that without exception nearly the entire of the white population hastened to give their support to Governor Eyre as soon as it became known that it was the intention of the Home Government to supersede him. This may be variously accounted for, but it certainly indicates a strong conviction on the part of the colonists that in the main the Governor discharged his duty. It is, however, urged that the antagonism between the white and black races in Jamaica is SO great, and the apprehensions entertained for their own safety by the minority so serious, that this un hesitating approval of the conduct of Mr. Eyre is simply evidence of the grossest selfishness. We cannot, however, concur in the justice of this con clusion. Whatever may have been the disaffection. of the negroes prior to the riot at Morant Bay Court-house, it does not appear that the colonists regarded them with feelings either of hostility or fear. In England the tidings of an insurrection in Jamaica fell like a thunderbolt. The report was • at first disbelieved, and some who professed them selves well acquainted with the state of affairs in the colony pronounced it to be false. This being so, it seems scarcely probable that the white section of the population of Jamaica would have changed the opinion they entertained of . their coloured fellow-subjects on insufficient or incomplete evi dence, or that they would have persisted in main taining their new opinion long after abundant : opportunity had been afforded of demonstrating (if such was the case) that it was erroneous. Whether justly or otherwise, the colonists arrived at the same conclusion as their Governor, that a general insur rection was imminent in the month of October last, . and in the month of January they continue of the same way of thinking. It is difficult to attribute. this to blind panic, or to an utter disregard for a numerous class which—whether for good or evil— , must continue to share with them the occupation of the island of Jamaica. Governor Eyre or his sub ordinates may have in some instances committed grave mistakes, but it is not on this account that the entire policy of the former should he assumed to j. be both a blunder and a crime. The Home Govern- , ment do not assume it to be so, but unfortunately, - in superseding Mr. Eyre, they acted in such a man ner as to lead the negro population to conclude that they did so. This was, in our opinion, an error, but the consequences have to a considerable degree been neutralised by the unanimous ad hesion given to Mr. Eyre by that portion of the colonial population which, notwithstanding its un equal numbers, the negroes will be compelled to respect. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair attendance, but not much business passing in wheat. Prices about the same as last week. Grinding barley is per qr dearer. OAS quiet. Beans and peas dull. GA INS BOROUGII-TUBPDAY. Rather more wheat on offer ; dry samples quite as dear, damp lots neglected. Barley a fair show at upward rates• Oats moved off steadily at late rates. Beans of good qua lity were dear, and runs unchanged. NEWCASTLE-TUESDAY. Arrivals large. Wheat trade slow, but in the businesS passing Saturd;+y's rates are about supported. Spring sorts without alteration. Flour offered on rather easier terms without attracting much attention. LEEDS-TUESDAY. There is a moderate show of grain this week. We have a fair consumptive demand for the best qualities of wheat, at last Tuesday's rates. Fine barley rather dearer. Oats and beans without change. • Tho average prices for the week ending:Jan. 29 wore Wheat, 48s 50 per qr. ; barley, 87s 8d ; and oats, 28s Bid. SHEFFIELD—TussnAr. The show of grain in bulk and sample was a full ave rage, and wheat was generally in better condition than for some weeks past. A fair business was done in wheat, at last week's prices, the best samples making full rates. In other grain there was no change, business ruling quiet. Flour same as last week. , -- . Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels-17s 6d 19s Od White do do l9a 8d to 2 0 od New red do do l7l Od 381 Od New white do do 'l3s 6d 201 Od Beans do Peas, per qr. do l7l Od 195 6d 40s Od 420 04 Grinding ba• ley, per qr 3ls Od 340 01 Malting barley, co l4s Od 3, 0 Oa Oats, do 26a Od 298 Od F10ur....1s 9d to 2s Id per 141 b. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance of town and country millers and dealers, but only a limited busi ness was done in wheat at the prices of Tuesday lo t " Flour was rather easier to buy, the supply being in excel 2 8 0 of the demand at present. Oats must be quoted fully per bushel lower, and oatmeal was slow of sale at abu t late late rates. Beans 6d per quarter cheaper, and peas du at last quotations. Indian corn of prime quality was in fat' request, at 29s per 4801 b for mixed American. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDAY. A fair 'show of wheat, which was disposed of at last week's rates. Barley was is per qr cheaper. Beans were firm. Old white wheat, 50s to 56s ; new red. 46s to 52s per 30 steno. Barley, fine, 366 ; other kinds, 27s to 29s per ( : 1 r. Oats, new, 22s to 24s ; o ld, 26 s t o 30 s p er qr . Beans, ,1 49s to 525; new, 42s to 45s per qr. ADTERTISEMENTd—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pillo--' Cod Weather.--The sudden severity of the weather haS sadly disturbed the general health. Affections of t he throat and chest are found in every household, and the quickest means of cure are Holloway's renowned remedies. They prevent congestion, inflammation, ulceration, bron chitis, hoarseness, and cough. This soothing ointment only requires to be well rubbed twice a day on the affected i parts to effect an immediate and marked improvement n all the symptoms of disease. Both ointment and pills ail devoid of danger. Both medicaments are compounds the finest balsams, intimately allied by nature and accu A rately combined by art. They conduct to restoration, a nd cure with unfailing certainty. Births. ALLEN.—On the 27th inst., at Altrincham, the wife of 13. Allen, Esq., of a daughter. HUNT.- On the 29th inst., at 10, London-road, Brightuut the wife of Captain W. S. Hunt, 74th Highlanders, of * son. RANDOLPH.—On the 28th inst., at 11, Bryanston-str eett Portman-square, Hon. Mrs. Leveson Randolph, of a O n : YARBOROUGH.— On the 30th inst., at 17, Arlington - st ree ' l the Countess of Yarborough, of a son. Marriages. BRETTINGIIABI-31AZET.—On the 29th inst. a t at Algiers, F. Brettingham, chief of the firm of Freston Brettingf ham and Co., merchants, of that city, and eldest 80V.6, R. P. Brettingham, of 22, Carlton-road, Maida-vrtl e, to Eliza, only child of R. L. Mazet, Chevalier del.o Legion d'Honneur, of the same city. TAYLER—NETIIERSOLE.—On the 29th inst., at St. Georg,.:', Bloomsbury, William Tayler, Esq., of Mill-hill liy c i, es i Barnes-common, Surrey, to Mary E. Natalie, e' „ t h daughter of H. Nethersole, Esq., of The Cedars,,S°", Lambeth, and granddaughter of the late Mrs. E. L oa of Keppel-street, Russell-square. Deaths. . BALDWIN.—On the 28th inst., at Steede Hill, Mai- - : ,1 4 011 Win. W. T. Baldwin, Esq., aged 65. 041 110 11 BROWN.—On the 28th inst., at Hitchin, Hods, Mr. I , Brown, aged 74. g rfate' DATEY.—At her residence, 22, Sun-street, Bistor,f street, Elizth. Charlotte Davey, at an advanced ag" o t, GARDINER.—On the 30th inst., at 25, HighburY - e r li3B. Thomas Gardiner, Esq., of 49, Newgate-street, ag t3 ape ), HOLLAND.—On the 29th inst. at the Rectory, Wh itee f il ifor** James Holland, Esq., late of Kight's-lull, LO W ' wood, aged tb° STERKY.— On the 28th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-'t' and Rev. F. A. Sterky, vicar of North Otteri n g t° ' Thornton-le-Street, aged 63. _ - London : Printed and Publish e d by WIL ‘,41.1). 112. of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at THz. SUN 0 1111 e, Yui Strand, in the Precinct o f th e Savoy. C°- Middlesex,—Wednesday, January 31, 1866'