The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-07 00:00:00

IFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Slitntion have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. to the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per snns by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A I'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demanis on the Institution's 140 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co.. Berries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the L udon and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. The ANNU IL GENERAL MR of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN. Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY next, theinst., at Two o'clock pi ecisely. Ills Grace the Duke ' o f ARGYLL, &T., in the Chair. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- G.IRDEN. (Opera Company, limited.) PRODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR. T I ItS EVEN INJ, the Opera of TII g MOCK DOCTOR. (the wor s by' Char es Kenny.. Principal charact, rs by Meirtames Poole, Thirlwall, and r army liuddart ; Mess ll rs. lieury Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyait, Duss s, Lingliam, and Condurtor,3lr. A. MELLON. Alter which, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime. CINDERELLA. 3lagnificent Scenery and gorgeous acces• sorics. Commence at Seven. THE ATR E-R 0 Y AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. Followed by Sir Edward L. Bulwer Lytton's Play of RICHELIEU : _Messrs. phelps. Walter Lacy. H. Marston, E. Phelps, Neville, Sinclair; Mrs. Hermann Vain, miss 11. Howard, Scc. Concluding with the Opening of the Pantcmime, HOP 0' THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, the Ogre of the Seven - Leag ue Boots ; terminatin g with the Grand Transformation Scene : Miss Lydia Thompson, &c. THEATRE -R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. T BIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Nelly Moore, &c. To be iollowe I by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea thers.V, .te.; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fttzwilliam, &c. After which, LORD DUNDRE IRY MARRIED AND DONE FUR Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid. Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, IYeathersby, Sze. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-- a.l►a rruur►.t.,r and 11,1144.5 e. b. olt THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. C. H. Stephenson and Eburne; Miss K. lieliy. Af erWhich, THE HUNCHBACK. Julia (3d time) Miss Bateman. supported by Messr, George J: rdan, Swinbourne, Bil.ington, Stuart, Ashley, Eburne, J. L. Toole ; and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. I. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. r cchter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horaman, Collett ; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. .Coyee, and Elswortny. After which, at halt-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE C. lt,bert 2,la,aile, Mr. lechter. Messrs. W idicomb, C. Ilorsman. I. it zpatriek, Garden, Moreland, Haymow', Vollett; Mesdames Els orthy and B. Percy. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNISG. Messrs. Widdisomb and lime y. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev. n till Five. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled IIEAKT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STE NGS. -------- Atter which, THE bTREET,3 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma ISarnett, and Miss Fo.nny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford ; Miss Palmer. Atter which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE ZlebEre. Craven, Stoyle, Jame.; Miss Swanborongh. To conclude w th T I:1E "GRIN" BUAIES : Mr. Fenton, ; Mesdames Itaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, .tc. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, TILE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combated with the latest and most fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch ot their business, and they can with confidence affirm tnat the prices Ant such as must satisfy the most economical. Tuts depart ment is in a distinct part ot the premises, which will be I,Jund a gre A conv,nience tor ladies and chiidren, MOSES AND SON 12A • respectfully invite public attention to their large and hell-ass.)rted SPRING STOCK. 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T ms DAT.—Morning, 10 h. 10m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55 m , To-Mounow.-Morning,, 11h. 35m.—Aft ern oon, h. m T goijg L -At 7 of 4 ,,.. 4-> Unt LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1865. The votes for the Navy Estimates promise to give : the Government no little trouble. The dead calm which has hung over the opening weeks of the : session of 1865 has suddenly been broken, and • angry murmur s , di rec t a tt ac k s , an d possitive oppo- ' sition have taken the place of the easy indifference which admitted every bill, and quietly dispersed the Parliamentary representatives at half-past seven. The condition of the navy is always a matter of very deep interest to Englishmen. The old enthu siasm about Britannia ruling the waves has not quite died out among the Populace, and the sove reignty of the seas is recogni se d by politicians of a higher grade as indispensable to our national great ness and pre-eminence. But at the same time that the public feeling on this matter is so strong and so universal that immense sums of money are annually voted without resistance for the maintenance of our navy—sums representing the yearly income of those days when England first gained her supremacy-- yet there is an uncomfortable suspicion abroad that those sums are very unprofitably spent. The Admi ralty is generally admitted to be the worst managed department of the public affairs, and despite the lavish supplies freely granted by the Parliament, it is confidently asserted by no mean authority, that England has no feet a to 'Jena to Sea in a storm ! It is no wonder with the threatening , aspect of affairs, when a wa r with the second naval power in the world has been spoken of as more than possible, that the House which has voted nearly fifty-eight millions sterling within five years with no better result, should be inclined to look with some suspicion on the estimates for the ensuing year, No one can read Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S speech of last night without feeling that the Admiralty are imperatively called upon to disprove his statements if they possibly can. Lord C. PAGET, after a lengthened address, in which, of course, everything was represented in its most favourable aspect, assured the House that we had a large number of armour-plated ships either complete or so nearly completed that they would be fit for service by the close of the year; and asked for ten and a-half mil- lions for the service. He denied that the navy was unpopular, and that there was any difficulty in ob taining men, and asserted that, from the returns of crimes and punishments, a considerable moral im provement was perceptible. So far, all was couleur de rose, but when Sir J. PAKINGTON arose, the first vote being taken, the aspect of affairs was changed. With the authority of one whom official experience had enlightened as to the secrets of Admiralty management, and who had proved himself, though a landsman, an energetic and capable First Lord, he cameboldly to the point, and put those questions which every one is asking and which no one can answer to those who should be able to reply to them. Sir JoHN PAKINGTON, after referring to the enormous slims which have beenfreely voted during the last few years, sums amounting, as we have said, to more than £57,000,000 since 1860, went on to ask the truth of the statement that was everywhere current, that at this moment, supposing us to become involved in a maritime war, we could not send an effective fleet to sea ? Such a statement cannot be suffered to pass unnoticed. If there is a shadow of truth in it, a vestige of foun dation for the report, the Government have incurred a heavy responsibility ; if it is false or exag gerated the public mind should be at once relieved. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has only given ex pression to the general uneasiness ; and if it is con tended that such declarations of our weakness are rash and imprudent, he may easily answer that without doubt the Governments of France, of Russia, and especially of the United States, are better informed on all such points than the English public. But Sir JOHN PAKINGTON did not confine himself to general assertions. He entered into details which proved that his charges were not lightly brought. The new vessels Defence and the Resistance, he had heard, had been built in direct opposition to the advice of some of the most com petent officials. It had been said that if wounded in their most unprotected parts they would imme diately sink. The first performances of Mr. REED had reference to the Enterprise and the Research, and by the Research especially he wished to be judged. What, asked Sir J. PAKINGTON, was the opinion of Admiral DACRES, and, still more, of the captain of the Research ? Was it true that after making the passage from Plymouth to Ports mouth the captain declared that he never was so glad to get into port. This is not a statement to be lightly passed over, and must be answered in some way before the votes are taken. Sir J. PAK INGTON disclaimed any wish to be harsh towards Mr. REED, but he plainly expressed the opinion of ' all acquainted with the subject, when he declared that the Admiralty had been guilty of great impru dence and indiscretion when they put an inexperi enced man at the head of his profession, dismissing all those whose power, experience, and recognised ability qualified them to advise. " Had Mr. REED been left to work his way he would, doubtless," said the right hon. baronet, " have by his talents worked his way to the place where he has now been put, per saltunz, over the heads of those who had a right to expect advancement." " I hope," said Sir J. PAKINGTON, " that Mr. REED may yet build many good ships, but when you have no ships fit to cross the Atlantic or any other sea, why not call in the aid of those who have proved their skill and knowledge." " I say, do not trifle with the inte rests of England by entrusting them wholly to a man who, whatever his talents, has not been successful in the vessels he has sent to sea ?" The common sense of such an appeal cannot for a moment be disputed. It only remains for the Admiralty autho rities to disprove these assertions if they can, or if not, to explain to the country how we are to send, if necessary, a fleet across the Atlantic to protect our commerce when the Admiral who commands the Channel is advised not to put to sea in a storm test his vessels should go to the bottom ? There can be no greater mistake made than to neglect the comfort of the defenders of our country. This is faulty in times of health, but becomes abso lutely criminal in periods of sickness. Military hospitals are subjects that eminently deserve con sideration, and Lord DALHOUSIE, in calling the , attention of the House of Lords to the question last night, rendered a public service, and is entitled to commendation. There is no more invidious task than that of finding fault, and more especially does the effort become irksome when the complaint is made about anything appertaining to Government management and control. The unfortunate com plainant is sure to be met with a host of official statements, and very dogmatically informed that all his conclusions are imperfect, and that he cannot possibly possess sufficient information to give a correct depiction of the state of the case. However it is important that official blunders should be ex posed, and that some should have the courage to do so. Lord DALHOUSIE showed how very faulty the condition of the new hospital at Woolwich was, and how necessary it was to make some change in that respect. The noble lord spoke from his own experience, having paid a visit himself to that place, and certainly his report was not a very favourable one. In the first instance the con struction is bad, the wards are so " composed glass that it would be an absolute cruelty to put an of invalid into such wards." Can anything be more inconsistent and inconsiderate than such an arrange ment as this ? It would really almost appear as if the intention of our architects of public places was to make things as little conducive as possible to the welfare and comfort of those who inhabit them. It is a monstrous thing that the public money should be squandered to make such egregious blunders and enormous failures. This new hospital at Woolwich has cost, or will cost , the public the sum i of two hundred thousand poun ds. Here is another instance of the perversity with which our Government transact business, and the obstinate ' ig norance that they dis play when they are toli of their errors. Of course Lord DALHQUSIE' was told that he was quite mistaken in his views, but that is only to be expected from the manner in which the Cabinet and their adherents always meet any adverse remarks. intendedere y u, As Lord D ALHOUSIE t ru l y o b serve d, if the building w w f e or a flower show or a museum it might do very er besibduest beingf or sick a cruelty patients e int the es part of unsuited, of the designers to plan such an affair. To make matters worse there are no quarters attached to this hospital for medical officers. Its position is like wise an inappropriate one, as was ably shown in the speech of the noble lord, If invalid coming from THE Mil% LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1865. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, Captain Parish, with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived here this morning. She brings 60 passengers, £1,438 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,218 bales of silk, to the value of £99,000. Throughout the voyage the Syria experienced Lead winds and a heavy sea. The British war vessels Racoon, Liffey, and Procris, and the Italian frigate Principe Umberto, were at Gibraltar. ILILS. Victoria was cruising off St. Elmo. Tranquillity had been restored among the railway labourers at Reinosa, but 40 men who refused to work, notwithstanding the offers of payment, are to be expelled the country ; and two companies of the military are to remain at Reinosa until they have left the province. Gibraltar exchange, 90 days, 49 11-16ths ; Mar seilles, eight days, sfr. 14c. ; Madrid, 11 dis. ; premium on sfr. pieces, 11 per cent. ; freights un changed. FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 7. M. de Montholon has been appointed French ambassador at Washington. M. Dano has been appointed French Minister in Mexico. A short notice, published in the Moniteur of this morning, directs attention to the principal points of the bill for primary education, which was sent to ,he Council of State after the discussion of the im portant questions raised by the report of M. Duruy. In conclusion, the article says that the bill does not rest on the basis set forth by the Minister of Public Instruction. It was necessary that the report should be pub lished as the expression of a personal opinion, and on account of the importance of the information which it contains. The Civil Tribunal has just tried an action brought against MM. Brandus and Dufour, M. Charton, lithographic printer, and M. Martinel, music-seller, by M. Bentayoud, composer and pro prietor of a patent for the reproduction of music, reduced by the photographic process, in the form of cartes de visite, with the notes on one side and the composer's portrait on the other. M. Bentayoud's counsel stated that his client obtained a patent for his process in 1863, and had already published several pieces of music with portraits, when the de fendants brought out some of Meyerbeer's composi- tions in precisely the same style, and thus infringed his patent, for which he sought compensation. The defendants' counsel maintained, on the contrary, that the process in question could not be made the object of a patent, and moreover that it was known and had been practised at least two years before the plaintiff's patent was obtained. These facts having been proved to the satisfaction of the Tribunal, it rejected the plaintiff's demand, and condemned him to pay 300 fr. damages to MI. Brandus and Dufour, and 100 fr. to each of the other defendants. The Correctional Tribunal tried, the day before yesterday, a gardener and his wife named Levas seur, charged with having cruelly illtreated a little girl eight years old, the daughter of the husband by his first wife. It appeared from the evidence of numerous witnesses adduced that from the time. of Levasseur's second marriage, two years since, the poor child had been cruelly beaten almost every day, and half-starved besides. In January last the police were informed by some of the prisoners' neigh bours that nothing had been seen of the child for about three weeks. A commissary of police accordingly went to the prisoners' lodgings, and found the child shut up in a dark closet, in a shocking state of filth, with scarcely any clothing, her body ,covered all over with scars and bruises, and in a state of extreme emaciation. The father and stepmother, who them selves were well clothed and fed, were immediately, arrested, and the poor child was sent to the hospital for sick children, but there is too much reason to think that she will not recover from the consequences of the ill-treatment she had endured. The two pri soners pretended that the girl was very mischievous, and that it was necessary to punish her. The Court, however, thinking that no misconduct of a child could justify such cruelty, declared the charge proved against both prisoners, and condemned the father to 15 months' imprisonment, the stepmother to the same punishment for a year, and each to pay a fine of 16f. The Courrier du Bas-Rhin announces the death at Langenthal, canton of Berne, of Joseph Jost, aged 84, formerly a drummer in a Swiss regiment under Louis XVI. In 1792, when the Palace of the Tuileries was taken by the people, the little drummer, then 12 years old, was amongst the few Swiss soldiers who escaped the massacre. 4 , There appears to be some truth," says a Paris correspondent of the Inde'pendance Beige, " in the report of the discovery of a manu scr ipt o f L ou i s XIV., the subject of which La Vie de Cesar,' only there is some difference of opinion as to the details. One version of the story goes that five chapters written by that monarch have been found among a collection of autograph letters of Mme. de Maintenon, entitled Lettres aux Princes.' A work is now spoken of as having been found in the Bibliotheque Imperiale—uamely, a translation of Suetonius,' by Louis XIV., and which must have gone through the press. It may be added that one of my colleagues speaks of the discovery at the office of the Minister of War of an edition of the Com mentaries of Cpcsar, in the same reign, of which only ten copies had been struck off." BOURSE, March 6.—The market is active, and prices have slightly advanced. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 80c. Mobilier variable, and have been done at 880 f. Railway Shares are quiet, without any material change. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents 96 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 80 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3510 Crsdit Foncier 1270 Roman — Italian Loan 65 10 Do. end month — Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 9O - Austrian Spanish Threes - Home Debt - Deferred - raYs. Cash. Orleans Northern lOl5 Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 ... Southern 575 Western 542 50 ... Eastern Sardinian 305 Austrian Lombard 546 25 ... North of Spain 305 RAIL' Acct. 375 - ••• Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona —.- ••• A private letter from Paris states that at a masked ball the other night, three men personating Julius Ca3sar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon I. respectively, were walking arm in arm amidst roars of laughter. Omar was dressed like an ancient Roman Exquisite, and scratched his head with his fingers. When the crowd interrupted their movements the great Roman rebuked them with humorous gravity by saying, , c Happy the people who understand and obey us ; woe to those who disregard and oppose us." FIVE COAST-GUARDSMEN DROWNED.—On Satur day afternoon the coast-guardsmen belonging to the Warborrow station, about 13 miles west of St. Alban's Head, were returning in their galley with a cargo of stores from Weymouth, when the vessel was struck by a heavy sea at Lulworth, and went down at once. Theonecurrence had been witnessed from Lulworth, and a boat was imme diately sent off, but on arriving at the spot only a few light articles forming part of the stores were picked up, The wind and sea were so unfavourable at the time that the Lulworth boat could not effect a re-landing at the point of its departure, and was obliged to be taken to Mupes. The names of the unfortunate men who perished are Baker, Hickey, Chope, Dumas, and Parnell, and all of them, with the exception of the last-named, had seen years of service in the coast-guard. Several children are left for the moment unproyided for by the sad cccurrexice. abroad are brought there they can come no further than Gravesend ; they must come from there in small steamers, and when landed at the Arse nal they are still two miles from the hospital. It -would certainly seem as if the genius of contrariety had presided over this building, from first to last, and achieved a complete success in rt.mdering it as uncomfortable and inconvenient as possible. The regimental hospital at Hounslow is also , what Lord DALHOUSIE very appropriately calls the " glass and glare " principle. Indeed, so oppressive was the light, that the first regiment to whom th... 3 hospital was handed over had the lower panes pain ted a dark green. The noble lord gave very sound advice when he proposed that the Secre tary of State for War should call in the medical officers of the am ky, and thus obtain the best advice in a practical fon n. He might then be successful in erecting " Hospitals that would not be mere temples of the sun, and barracks that would not be mere temples of the wind." Lord DE GREY defended the " glass and glare sys tem," which he more respectfully called the " pavi lion plan," from the attacks made upon it by the noble lord in his comprehensive speech. He said that the Royal Sanitary Commission, of which the late Lord HERBERT was the head, approved of this plan. This seems very strange ; but if these emi nent individuals made a mistake, it seems hard that unfortunate patients should suffer from it to please those who prefer or persist in a system, right or wrong. It is unsatisfactory to hear from Lord DE GREY that this new hospital at Woolwich is to be a general hospital. It is a great pity that more care and consideration are not taken when such sums of money are spent, and what is still of more consequence, the health and comfort of our troops endangered. It seems of no use to mention the errors that creep into the system of official management, for the more that is said against a particular plan the more strongly do the Government uphold it. Lord ELLENBOROUGII de clared with great justice that the Secretary of State for War should have taken the whole responsibility of the erection of this hospital, and he could not believe " but that if any Secretary of State for War had looked into the details of the plans they would not possibly have been adopted." The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that they could only judge of the hospital at Woolwich when it was occupied, but then it will be too late to remedy the mischief, which is now so properly com plained of, and to rectify the errors that those who should be the first to admit them chose to deny. The extension of the railway lines throughout ;he metropolis has given rise to a very import= discussion on a matter which concerns us all more or less, since none can say where the ever-growing iron lines will stop, or what route they may select or their course. It is an instance in which a great public convenience occasions a vast amount of private inconvenience—so vast, indeed, that it be comes a public question. By a very just rule, the railway companies are bound to give material compensation to the owners of the property they destroy ; and indeed they are unable to proceed with their undertaking until the matter is defi- nitely arranged. If they refuse to give adequate compensation for the damage inflicted, the suf ferer can appeal to the courts of law to settle the dispute. By this means a wholesome check is put upon the torrent of speculation which other wise would be inclined to sweep all before it, with out any regard to the injury, inconvenience, or annoyance which it might occasion. A good many citizens of London have had cause to be thankful for this provision of the statute during the last few years, but sometimes even a round sum of money will not atone for the loss or injury resulting from a compulsory removal. A new point has now been raised, however, which is of vast importance to the commercial classes of this country, and which we are not surprised to find many traders actively dis cussing. It appears, from the decision of three out of five judges in the Exchequer Chamber, "that if a railway company, in constructing their railway, block up a thoroughfare leading to a shop, so as to occasion loss to a shopkeeper in his business, by preventing the passing of customers to his shop, the loss of business is not the subject of compensation" within the terms of the act. If so, this is a grievance which calls immediately for redress, and it is a pity that the learned judges could not take into consideration the equity as well as the law of the case. Two of the five judges present, Justices BYLES and KEATING, dissented from the construc tion put upon the act by their learned brothers, and the common sense of the community will un doubtedly endorse the sense and justice of their decision. The case of a tradesman ruined by the virtual stoppage of his business, is thus much harder than his who suffers from compulsory re moval, since in the one case he has the monetary compensation for his loss, while in the other the victim sees his business destroyed without any compensation, and if he thinks it necessary to remove he does so at his own expense. So many metropolitan lines are now in course of construction, and so many more are under consideration, that this is not a matter of mere class or local interest, but it concerns a very large proportion of our commercial men. In the City especially the iron highway is rapidly extending its lines, and is threatening with temporary suspension, if not with total destruction, the ordinary traffic of some of our busy thorough fares. Every business man knows the damage done by a sudden suspension of trade or even by an un timely removal ; and while private interests cannot be suffered to stand in the way of the public advan tage, neither should they be entirely overlooked for the benefit of railway companies, which are likely, in the metropolis, at all events, to make ample pro fits. Improvements cannot stand still to suit the convenience of individuals, who must " step aside out of the light ;" but they have a right to demand a fair inquiry into their grievances, and a just con sideration for their losses. If such compensation were a recognised preliminary to metropolitan works, it would be thought no hardship by the pro jectors ; but so long as there is a loophole for escape they will naturally endeavour to avail themselves of it. The eagerness to construct these lines is so great that there would be no fear of a slight addi • tional expense checking their progress ; and we therefore hope that the House of Lords, when ap pealed to, will reverse the decision of the Exchequer Judges, or if not, that some measure may be imme diately submitted to Parliament with a view to the remedy of a glaring injustice. On the 4th instant the Minister of Portugal—the Count de Lavradio—and Mr. Gerald Ralson, the Consul-General of Liberia, signed, on behalf of their re spective Governments, a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, at the legation of Portugal in London. It is noteworthy that one of the articles of this treaty assimilates slave-trade to piracy, and condemns its guilty perpetrators to the same punishment as would be inflicted on pirates. It is most desirable that in all future treaties which the negro republic may make with other nations this grand principle should be recognised and established, as has just been done with Portugal, and was previously effected with the negro republic of Haiti, so that the inter national law of the civilised peoples of the world should be enriched by this important addition to their codes. It is to the high honour of the Count de Lavradio that ho should be the first European diplomatists to introduce this impor tant principle into international law. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship. Oneida, Captain P. M. Woolcott, arrived at South ampton, at 1 p.m. yesterday, with mails of the fol lowing dates, in charge of Captain Bingham, R.N., naval mail agent :—Buenos Ayres, January 26 ; Montevideo, January 29 ; Rio de Janeiro, February 8 ; Bahia, February 11; Pernambuco, February 13 ; St. Vincent (Cape Verdes), February 21; and Lis- bon, March 2. From Rio to Bahia the Oneida had fine weather, with moderate breezes from S.W. ; thence to Per- nambuco cloudy weather, and squally winds from N. and E. ; to St. Vincent fine weather, with fresh N.E. winds ; to Lisbon fine weather, with very strong N.E. trade winds and heavy head sea ; to Cape Finisterre fine clear weather, and fresh N.N.E. breezes ; and the remainder of the voyage squally weather, with strong westerly winds. The Oneida brought 74 passengers, £20,435 in specie (of which £17,100 was gold and £3,335 silver), 985 bales of 'cotton, 562 rolls of tobacco, 589 bags of coffee, 30 barrels of arrowroot, 28 casks of wine, 4 packages of diamonds, 30 bales of beef, and 130 packages of sundries. There is very little war news by this arrival. The following items of intelligence are extracted from the Buenos Aryes Standard of the 26th of January : " It was rumoured in town yesterday that Gen. Munoz, who broke into the Brazilian territory at the head of a body of cavalry, has carried every thing before him ; and some even go so far as to say that he has more than 1,000 prisoners. The war seems to be spreading now, for the news by the steamer yesterday morning was that a couple more bands of 'raiders'•had left Montevideo a few days ago for the same purpose. _ _ " We read in the Reforma that General Basilio Munoz had invaded Rio Grande, and taken 1,000 negro prisoners. Flores and Netto are said to have arrived at the Gerrito on Tuesday morning. Among the passengers per Tevere were 42 National Guards, and several families are expected to-day by the Rio del Plata. The blockade of Montevideo will pro bably be put on Monday next, the 30th inst. " The Tribuna publishes a list of foreign war vessels in the River Plate, of which 16 are Brazilian, eight English, three French, three Italian, two Spa nish, and one Dutch—total, 33 vessels, carrying 229 vessels. The Standard of the 25th says : _ _ " Possibly the most important event which has occurred in the River Plate since the sailing of the last packet has been the suspension of specie pay ments by the Maua and Commercial Banks in Mon tevideo. The unpleasant but not unlooked-for event has been the result of the civil war, which has now desolated the Banda Oriental for nearly two years. The Montevidean Government having exhausted every possible means to raise more money for the subjugation of the rebels, has at last had resort to the unjustifiable measure of forcing a loan from the Maua and Commercial Banks for poo,ooo. The securities which this impoverished and barefaced Government could offer being of a most questionable character, the suspension of specie payment for six months has been legalised by an edict of the Presi dent, and the consequence is that gold commands a premium of 10 per cent. in Montevideo to-day. Pre vious to the enforcing of this loan it is right to ob serve that owing to the dull state of business inMon tevideo, and the great scarcity of money in Buenos Ayres, the drain of gold from the former city was excessive, and close observers believed that sooner or later resort would be made to the ' inevitable paper dollar,' to save the whole fabric of Montevidean commerce from a fearful crash. The indigence of the Government has, however, precipitated this event. Political animosity and private jealousies have for the last ten days been brought to bear against the credit of an institution which is so justly popular in the River Plate—the Maua Bank ; but we are pleased to say that this institution has triumphed over all, though sorely put to the test by the scandalous attacks of a press which in England would be characterised as licentious. In Buenos Ayres the Maua Bank not only paid every demand in gold, but actually sustained the market by giv ing facilities at a period when other establishments declined to lend a dollar. One of the bitterest attacks ever published against any monetary insti: tution appeared in a paper which is the acknow ledged organ of President Mitre's Government ; it called on the people to withdraw all deposits from the Maua Bank, and even stooped to the lowest personalities against the deservedly esteemed Baron Baua, but the Maua Bank owes its prominent posi tion in Buenos Ayres to neither clique nor party ; it is sustained by three-fourths of the whole commer cial community of this city, and all the slanders and calumnies of a venomous press failed to disturb the confidence of the public in a bank which is so ably managed and well directed. We cannot leave this subject without remarking that, with the experi ence which the Maua Bank has already had of the arbitrary conduct of needy Governments, any re fusal on the part of the bank to conform to the terms of the Monte Videan Government would lead to a repetition of M. Riestra's conduct in 1860, when, disregarding the solemnities of a contract, and trampling upon the rights and privileges secured thereby, this gentleman, who was then Argentine Minister, and is now the consulting director of the London and River Plate Bank, put his name to a fiat prohibiting the circulation of the Maua notes in the Republic. To avoid this, and save the whole commercial body in Montevideo from ruin, the bank had no other alternative than to act as it had done. The Legislature of Buenos Ayres has, in its hurry to redeem the paper currency, forced us into the crisis through which we are at present pass ing. The present period being the wool season, paper money is in the greatest demand, and has be come so scarce that interest has risen to a rate which no business in Buenos Ayres can afford to pay. All the surplus paper money hitherto in circulation has been burnt, and still the burning continues with out any provision whatever for replacing the cur rency so destroyed. The consequence is that wool, hides, tallow, real estate, stock, all have fallen, to the great prejudice of the unfortunate producers and owners." MARKETS—This Day, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 Gs Od ; and straw, £l. 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade dull CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 68 ; and straw, .£1 8s to £1 12s per. load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover ' £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, .£1 8s to £l. 12s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, operations having been postponed until the public sales, which commence to-day. SITGAIL—The market has exhibited rather more anima tion, and full rates have been obtained for superior qualities of West India ; other descriptions have remained without material change in prices. In the refined market late quo tations are fully maintained. Corm.—There has been a strong demand for colonial descriptions at fully previous rates. RICE.--A moderate amount of business has been done in Eact India, which has generally maintained previous prices. TALLow.—The market has exhibited symptoms of im provement after the late depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s. 6d. ; June, 41s. 3d. ; and last three months', 425. 3d. per cwt. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—On Sunday morning last the Rev. L. Thornton, M.A., who was elected Presi dent of the Wesleyan Conference, at the recent annual meeting of that body, suddenly expired at his residence. The rev. gentleman rose at his customary hour, and while preparing for the usual ministerial duties of the day, was suddenly attacked by illness, and died in the course of an hour afterwards. Intelligence of his sudden decease quickly became known among the members of the Wes leyan Connection, and the melancholy event was the sub ject of special reference by the ministers of most of the Wesleyan chapels on Sunday evening throughout the metropolis. LADvEnTisEmENT.3—Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and stomach complaints, induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked are often attended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his energies restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable • medicine are affixed to every box. The Davenport Brothers and Messrs. Hulley and Cummins, Mr. Hulley, of Liverpool, has issued a statement in which he says : The Davenport Brothers challenge Mr. Cummins and myself to tie them with the so-called tom-fool's knot, "in the presence of a jury of twelve gentlemen of position and character in London, instead of an excited and prejudiced mob—the knot to be applied so as not to subject the brothers to needles pain, of which two respectable surgeons shall be judges, and the jury of twelve to report to the public the re sult." I don't know that a man who, casually attending an exhibition of spiritualistic impostures, makes it his business to expose it, pledges himself thereby to devote the remainder of his days to the exhilarating occupation of following a couple of conjurors, who ridiculously pretend to be the passive instruments of an incomprehensible power. But as my name has become identified with this business, I at once frankly declare that I have no objection to again at tempting to baulk the Davenports of theft prey—the money of a swindled public—if they will permit the trial to take place on terms that may benefit society ; but before specifying those terms I must, make a few comments on the particularly modest and accurate account which they have published of the treatment to which they have been subjected. Once for all, neither I nor Mr. Cummins have had anything to do with smashing cabinets. lam under the impression that in Liverpool the onslaught on that precious piece of furniture was instigated by the con federates of the brother, and it is a remarkable circum stance that about one half of those present paid no admission money, but entered with orders. Certain it is that we did our best to keep the invaders off the plat- form, and had left the hall before the cabinet was touched, At Huddersfield, where we are represented to have deli- vered stimulating addresses, we did our best to prevent any display of violence. _ . . My connection with this affair arose by the merest acci. dent. I met Mr. Cummins about half 7 past six on the even• ing of the Tuesday, and he showed me a knot which he had been taught, and which he firmly believed the Daven ports could not get out of, proposing that I should accom pany him and tie up one of the brothers. I agreed, and, from my position, being well known in the town, it hap pened that I was called on by the audience to act as one of the committee whom Dr. Ferguson invited them to nominate. I consented on condition that Mr. Cummins should be the other.ln this capacity we proceeded to tie the brothers, and the one who was consigned to me soon complained that I was not only hurting him, but stopping the circulation. The brothers say we refused to retire. The fact is the audience loudly called upon us to remain. They say the audience wore made to believe that they objected to the particular form of the knot, and not to the severity of the tying. Not a word was said to the audience on the subject ; but a well- known Liverpool surgeon testified that there was no cruelty in the manner;of tying, and upon this the audience naturally redoubled their manifestation in our favour. The fact is that the form of knot, which is the simplest thing in the world, enables it to be applied effectually without pain, if the person tied will only remain passive. But William Davenport persisted in wrenching his hands out of the position in which I placed them—a remarkable thing for a man to do who says his power depends on his passivity—and the consequence was that it needed deter mination, though not the least roughness, to give the knot a fair trial. ;The performance of the Tuesday evening was virtually upset by the refusal of the brothers to be tied by us ; and when at length we left the platform, a late portion of the audience left with us and their money returned. Next day there appeared in the papers an advertisement attributing brutality to us, and undertaking that regula tions should be adopted which would prevent all dis- turbances in future. - When we attended in the evening, as we felt bound to do after this aspersion upon us, we found that the only one of the new regulations likely to serve the Davenports was that which gave them the right to refuse any committee named by the audience, " When they discovered a disposition to deal unfairly." This of course meant that they intended to refuse Messrs. Hulley and Cummins, an intention which they immediately avowedwhen the audience selected us. The right to act thus may belong, as the brothers say, even to criminals on trial ; but the assembly were of opinion that it did not become per formers who professed to court the severest investigation. Accordingly they stood by us. It is not true, however, that we went to the platform backed by a crowd of our friends, except in the sense that a considerable proportion of those present loudly applauded our determination to fulfil the duty they had assigned us. That we in " various ways excited violent manifestations in the audience, " is simply and gratuitously untrue. It is equally calumnious to call us "the heroes of an assault of some hundreds of brave Englishmen." We had nothing to do with the riot. Our only function was to tie the Da venports as the representatives of the audience, and no se verity whatever had been committed by us when Ira Davenport stopped the proceedings by having his rope cut, and pretending that the blood caused by Dr. Fergu son's knife had been occasioned by the tying. If the brothers will only accept as committeemen or jurors those who don't believe them to be humbugs, they will have great difficulty in selecting a committee or jury whose im partiality will satisfy the public. They have no business to talk of any person being a foe, who is selected by an audience at their own request to tie them, and whose manner of tying is surgically certified not to be painful or injurious. They must submit to be tied; to re main passive during the operation ; to insist on no objec tion which competent surgeons do not corroborate ; to get out if they can; and to accept the consequences in public estimation if they cannot. It is not necessary for me to criti cise the preposterous pretensions of the more general pas sages of the Davenport manifesto. It is a deliberate and flagrant affront to the intelligence of the community which had better be treated with contempt. I will conclude, therefore, by stating on what terms I will meet the Daven ports and respond to their challenge. 1. At an early date (say the week after next) the Hanover-square Rooms shall be taken for six nights on the responsibility of the Davenports. 2. That they will appear and be tied by me and a friend whom I will nominate every night of the six whether they succeed or fail in extricating themselves. 3. That no free admissions shall be given, and that the ordinary prices shall be charged. 4. That Mr. Fay, Mr. Palmer, Dr. Ferguson, and the Brothers accept as their remuneration one guinea each for tho week's performances. 5. That there shall be no committee or jury, but that two known surgeons shall be appointed on each side and properly feed, whose sole duty shall be to pronounce whether our tying is calculated to give pain when the hands are held passive. 6. That after the rooms have been paid for and the be fore-named expenses discharged, the whole of the pro ceeds, which shall be deposited from night to-night with a person upon whom the Davenports and myself shall mutually agree, shall be handed over immediately after to performance to the Liverpool Children's Infirmary. The following is the challenge of Mr. R. Bruce Cummins, of Liverpool :—" I will engage to tie Mr. William Davenport, in Liverpool, before a com mittee of twelve gentlemen, six of whom may be brought from London by Mr. Davenport, it being understood that Mr. Dion Boucicault be excluded. The other six shall be gentlemen of unquestioned character and posi tion in Liverpool, selected by myself. Mr. Davenport andl shallpach invite a well-known medical man—l would suggest to Mr. Davenport the celebrated Mr. Fergusson, of London—to onsure fair treatment. The trial shall take place in a room selected by the committee, the fur niture to consist of a single chair. I will tie Mr. Daven port in the presence of the committee and surgeons, after which he shalt be left alone. If, at the expiration of ten minutes, Mr. Davenport readmit the committee and satisfies them that he is free, without having had recourse to any cutting instruments, and in another ten minutes appear re tied in the manner I left him, I will hand to Mr. Davenport X5O; but should he fail, I shall then claim the like amount from him. MURDER OF AN ENGLISH MERCHANT IN PERSIA. —Sir F. Crossley, M.P., has received the following letter relative to the murder in Persia of a Huddersfield merchant, from W. Hammond, and dated :—" Foreign office, Feb. 10, 1865.—Sir, —I am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a letter from Mr. Edward Langfield upon the subject of the circumstances under which Mr. Benjamin Langfield had been murdered by some Persian soldiers, near Shahrood, in July last, and I am to inform you in reply that her Majesty's Government has already received from her Majesty's Minister at Teheran the particulars of this melancholy occurrence, from which it appears that Mr. Benjamin Langfield, accompanied by his brother Abraham, passed through Teheran in February last on their way to Shahrood, with a view of speculating in cotton, and that they were duly warned by her Majesty's Secretary of Legation of the extreme risk they incurred by travelling in Persia without proper escort with large sums of money in their possession. It appears that on the 22d of July, as Mr. Langfield and his servant were proceeding from the port of Gey to Shahrood, on entering the district of Bostam, they were attacked by some cavalry.belonging to the Persian army, who, after having shot both master and man, robbed the dead body of Mr. Langfield of all the money he had in his possession, and decamped. Their bodies were subsequently recovered by a Christian resi dent of Shahrood, who had them removed to that place and buried there ; their clothes and other articles found on them were placed in a room, where they are now locked up. Mr. Alison at once took measures to endeavour to trace the murderers and recover the stolen property, and with this view obtained the necessary order from the Shah to the Governor of Shahrood and to the Persian com mander-in-chief for the discovery and arrest of the crimi nals. It does not appear, however, that those measures have as yet been attended with success, but instructions will be sent to Mr. Alison to make further inquiry into the matter, and strong representations to the Persian Government. Mr. Alison speaks in high terms of the assistance rendered by the Russian Minister at Teheran and by the Russian consul at Asterabad in the stops taken for the apprehension of the murderers. 4". t .ma .k 9 v s i " 6rinliat HER D:TAJEST Y. - WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6. The Queen drove out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. The Prince and Princess de Joinville, and the Duke. and and Duchess de Chartres, visited her Majesty, remained to luncheon. Countess Blucher left the Castle to-day. .` ~.._ The Prince and Princas of Wales The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, rode on horseback yesterday morning. His royal highness went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Portuguese Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness o f Bath ' Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Bloomfield, Jr George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. W. an Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Charles Wyke, th e Hon. Meade, the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, the Hon. gi ll ; Bruce, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Holzmann. During dinner the band of the Ist Life Guar ds (conducted by Mr. J. Waterson) performed a selec tion of music. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been con' fined to Lansdowne House for the last fortnight bY an attack of gout, is now better, but is still unable to 1 031 : ° his room. The noble marchioness is still in Paris, on a cislt to the Count and Countess de Flahault. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has returned t° town fromvisiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ai bury at Savernake Forest, Marlborough. The Earl and Countess Spencer lef t S p encer House, St. James's, yesterday, for Althorp Hall, NorthareP; tonshire, whence they go on a visit to th e Marquis 1,71" Marchioness of Exeter, at Burghley. The Earl of Bradford, according to accoun t° received in town yesterday, was better, an d was daily re gaining his strength. The Earl of ,Wilton has returned to Egerill Lodge, Melton Mowbray, and is likely to remain there t the close of the hunting season. Viscount and Viscoaetes Grey de Wilton are staying at Egerton Lodge. a Lord and Lady Skelmersdale have tak en a vill in the neighbourhood of Windsor for a few months. ri Mr. and Lady Cecelia Brinckman left town ° Saturday to pass a few weeks at Brighton. , TIIE CESAREWITCH.—We understand tnau - Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia (the Cesarewitch) Wten staYl ler to visit London in the summer, and that he will for at least a month. A that THE PASHA OF EGYPT. We are infornie— t oo it is the intention of his Highness the Viceroy of =l. visit England in the course of the ensuing summer. Drury-lane Theatre. - ve d ° The tragedy of " Cymbeline," which p ro las t attractive last season, was again performed 1 1% 6 0 evening in a very spirited and skilful manner• present cast differs from that of last season eil`:+er in the introduction of Mr. Anderson and Mr. 111%g Montgomery—the former of whom apPea rs „ r a Posthumous,',and the latter as lachfino. Bot ia his sustain their parts with spirit and judgment. feaui impersonation of Cloten Mr. Walter Lacy s kilf ft a combines with the fantastic drollery of the P e el y certain air of good breeding, and even of Princha. dignity, which enhances the attraction of th e as ratter. Mr. Edmund Phelps is very effe etivc ee ls Pisanio, and Mr. H. Marston makes an el-1.4 Belarius. The most distinguished of the perforreie however, is of course Miss Helen Faucit, Whe ora te Imogen Imogen with sympathetic skill and with a n acew sense of what is due to the gentleness, fondness, ere i() devotion of one of the most lovable of Shaks2 women. Nor, while giving eloquent expressive the grace and tenderness in which the part abnil e does she neglect, to portray with equal d istinct that heroic constancy and that noble energY e n d erp na ture which enable Imogen to encounte r 3 danger for the sake of him to whom her love . 11 64 loyalty are due. The scathing disdain wi th o she repels the aspersions cast upon him by lacraili and Cloten is grandly expressed, and draws b y a great applause. The tragedy was preceded of e it i cl brief farce, called " Going to the Dogs," t h which is chiefly in the hands of Mr. Bebnorey e of the performances concluded with the pant° llli93 " Hop o' my Thumb." t° It is due to Messrs. Falconer and Chattert°i, „al say that they are redeeming with honour lie on the engagement they came under with the Il ew co' lan e, undertaking the management of Drury to p ot - vide genuine, attractive, and varied entertavil'lo.ll for their patrons. Since Christmas " Ee llll ,-,,, j obe' and " Richelieu" have been produced. be line" is now added. "As You Like It" % I for brought out on Wednesday, and " Th e Sell °- the Scandal" is announced for Thursday. ri t CO w tastes of all classes of playgoers are effectively suited. Main Drainage of the Metropolis' • 11A Another section of this very important 'O r • ( Ile been just completed, namely, the Northern . 4 . 4 C Oal ) Level Sewer, which has this week received its the de grace by the admission of the sewag v n a t ti le aqueduct crossing the Metropolitan Re s 1 il 4 back of the Sessions House, Clerkenvre'6.o fee" aqueduct is of the extreme length of I : be be° between the bearings, and is constructed of two boiler plate, the tube being suspended betwiecolatecl girders, which are 12 feet deep, and are c Pc t e,ste a to bear a load of 600 tons, they having bee to 250 tons, with a deflection of half 311ar, an The tube itself is 8 feet 9 inches in the prom is calculated to contain 60,000 gallons, hu t rerci, or has been made for its not been fully ellarg-tbe the view of preventing undue pressure hi 1, mation of storm outlets at each end , receive the sewage after it has reached a g" oa trv en ': in the tube. A noticeable feature in th e ° t acti le ; tion of the aqueduct is, its having been ll u i t five feet six inches above its present Pv e ' g 0: 1 to admit of the necessary staging 19 f iji t he ' t1 , 1 1 ,"; without interfering with the traffic 0 , !: i 0 ' l , - 0 way, which has not been iroPe clem of the slightest degree. On the completion roovii aqueduct the temporary staging I va ' it eriP te and the ends of the tube were a o str oa ,r lowered by two hydraulic rams placed upon inch pg, timber cradles, the rate not exceeding ° , 11 t 1,0 rl time in order to obviate any straining °I best oou'oa The magnitude of this operation will he 115 o o stood when we state that the tube this P i o D o than 240 tons, and the care bestowed °-„, t' ep . tion of the work has been amply repaittiiictlt proving itself, on being tested, to be Pe e a ctil tight. the eon oh This aqueduct may be considered ertion°oo link between the eastern and Wes rten whol e of a o f the contract, as by its completion Dl ° wes ter sewage from Kensal-green and the w e . 7 4 parv,. the metropolis is conveyed to the o utlet e " 1a 0 " ..e. instead,of discharging into the 'Chain e s r 0 1314 1: 4 friars-bridge, by means of the Fleet se the river The effect, therefore, on the regime ° I at ° be very important. f f The contract for the construction 0 _ at i o o 0 0 of the main drainage embraced the f' )llP* Ofeet to miles of sewers, of sizes varying f ro ut .11 , 0 01 feet, and the whole has been eminent firm of Brassey, Ogilvithe e) a VOW.' a, , Boa ~,a c under the superintendence of - 1 -r• resident eag-30. engineer in chief, Mr. Lovick, the of Wor and the staff of the Metropolitan Bear' #I,E• EXTENSIVE RESTORATIONS, Al lir ' The weather-worn and ancient tower a 0 .0 0 1 Windsor Castle, better known as the Belf i r oor bol e° o ftae 3 repaired, and the window openings and prisoners cc) o to o light what were once the dungeons of the with 0 1 je: at the royal pleasure, are being reoased__ to o str ° , a o f while the walls facing Thames-street hav`°_,atioalev4o-.1 ened here and there where required by the u'.',o4f, 0 o f I . e . whichwo lr. aPortionsbut upon t t h h e e b wall uildings g t sh tphoei;liern::::0:00.so : f e e ti ; c p. stored, and new stone windows inserteure 4 the Cas with the general style of the architect v those which have been removed. tel e 86e D, t V t, t 4 e ' l ll, D, b,