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THE ATR E-R OY AL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. EASTER. MONDAY Tom Taylor's Play of THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. 11. Sodair, A. Rayner, E. Phelps, G. F. Neville, lilies Atkinson. lirs. kler.ann Yezin. After which, on a scale of great splendour, Miltons Ma Elena sk of COMUS : Messrs. Walter Lacy, NN iibye Cooper, Drayton, Miss i - oole, Miss Augusta Thomson, and Mrs. R. Vezie. THEATR E-R 0 Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, Aprill7, 51r. Sothern In the New Sensation, THE WOMAN 1 MAUVE. Mi. linekstone as Mrs. Mary ALIIC Beetles. After which, by desire, LORD DUNDREA.RY MARRIED AND DON Full. Dandreary, Mr. Sotlaern. And LACY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. ight ; sies.rs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, &a. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -,018 rr: w ri. tor an.t li xaadd:, :. ',Jot t• . TO-NIGHT, THE LOVE CHASE. Wildrake (his origi nal character), Mr. B. Webster. Messrs. Billington, Ashley, Stephenson. Widow Green 18th tin ey, Mrs. Stirling; Con stance (ltth time), Miss Henrietta Simms ; Lydia (her ltitti a ppearance), Miss Sophie Young. Atter which, 3d time, a new Extravaganza, entitled PAY ; or, The Loves of Echo and Narcissus. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, :J. J. Smith, K. comer, Miss Woo!gar, /111 .is K. Kelly, Miss Lillian Bruce, and Miss A. Seam .n. To conc!ude with TI114: STEEPLECtIASE • or, In the Pigskin. Mews. J. L. Tools, Paul Bedlord ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Eechter. On EASTER MONDAY, April 17, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. tam. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames Els worthy, lienrade, E. Boyce, and Mrs. C. Horsman. After which, at half-past Eight, THE MOUNTEBANK. Belphegor (th.: M untebank). Mr. Fecht,r; Paul (his a Master Pechter; supported by Messrs. Widdicomb, Ryder, S. Emery, FAtzpatrica, E. Garden, C. Horsman, Raymond, 3fore:auki; Miss C. Leclercq, Mille. Beatrice, and Mrs. C. itorbman. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev_ii till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. .111 IS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND F.I.DuLE-STRINGS. Atter which, AR itAll NA s OGUE : Mcs'rs. Dion Bondi cault. J. Brougham, H. Vandenhtdr. D. Fisher, D. Murray ; Boucicautt and Miss Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER. (14te BROOKS), Newspaper Agent., 21, Old Caveuaisu- treet, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published containing all the LA I EST EWS ant SPORTING I.NTELLIGNNCN, by EL W. HARRIS, kie spaper Agent, 4, Blackinars-road, London, S. THE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN,' .11. Containing tue Latest 61'01;1'11 (.1 IN I'ELLIti-bzo.r. Pa be had Every Evening of It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY, -e~-- With a copy of The Sun PRICE 4D. ; STAMPED, SD. ; is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) A MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. *,,,* For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to preserve the Photograph, a suitable frame is pro vided, and may be had at The Sun Office, price is. The Photograph, ON CARD, 6d. ; or mounted in frame, is. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taus DAT.—Morning, 2h. 57m.—Afternoon, 3h. 14m. rro-Moßßow.-Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 44m. _ ~ r ' 4 , 7 3 1e4 lf . 0 : g i ~, k _vl,, M , : i. _ . ,_ ,V . ....,„ 4ii i> „ l,..* -' UM LONDOIV, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1865 -0- A meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science was held on Monday for the purpose of hearing Mr. THOMAS HARE read a paper on " The Metropolitan Elections." This is a subject worthy of notice, and certainly a most sug gestive one. The object which Mr. HARE had in view was to facilitate the practice of voting, as he alleged that at present little more than half the con stituencies can be induced to vote. The plans he proposed are doubtless open to many objections, but there is some foundation for them, and they cer tainly offer some suggestions that are worthy of notice. In the first place, it is proposed that a sum of irk should be paid to the Chamberlain of Lon don, and, then, that the candidate should be liable to no further charge for the expenses of the election. If this were practicable it would save an enormous outlay, and thus be productive of benefit to all who became candidates. Still there are many obstacles in the way of putting such schemes into execution ; and Lord STANLEY took a very fair view of the sub ject when he declared that it was not desirable to pronounce an opinion on Mr. HARE'S proposal in so hasty a manner, but that it was fair to consider it. His lordship also said that the means which Mr. HARE advocated would increase the power of the London clubs, which already had too much to do with the elections in England. There was great truth in the arguments of Mr. TORRENS respecting this proposition. He said that in Australia a simi lar course had been adopted, and had failed in effecting its desired end. Also, there is rea son in the remark that "it is not expedient to con sider merely the question of numbers without refer ence to education, intellectual acquirements, and the possession of property." It is a singular fact that metropolitan constituencies do not return dis tinguished individuals as their representatives, and with very few exceptions no one at all out of the ordinary routine appears for the most influential places. This may be taken as a proof that there is not always so much discernment and judgment to be found in large numbers as some suppose, and that it is not always those who make the most pro fessions and gain the applause of the multitude who are the most brilliant or the most useful in their vocation or in the practical workings of every-day life. Mr. HARE'S scheme will, no doubt, prove better as a theory than a reality. The improvement in the health of our Anglo- Indian troops is a matter for general congratula tion. All whose friends and relatives were liable to risk the perils of a residence in that country might naturally have looked with considerable uneasiness at the startling returns of the Royal Sanitary Com mission, and in the army itself the state of things was likely to have a depressing and injurious effect. To the country generally the rate of mortality was disastrous, not only from the unnecessary expense which it entailed, but from the annual loss of so many of its best and bravest, whose health and strength gave reasonable hope s of many years of active service for their country. The de a th- ra t e was SO high that men in this country were perplexed at the problem of how to recruit the Indian army. How far, they asked, was it possible to keep up an army of 73,000 men, when the annual mortality was 69 per 1,000, and the loss by invaliding 82 per 1,000 more; and further, how far was it justifiable to keep up an army at such a cost ? All these ques tions are now satisfactorily answered. The im provement, during the last few years, of sanitary reform has been rapid and progressive, and the casualties of 1864, in the Bengal army, were only 21 deaths and 38 invalids per 1,000. This remark able diminution proves the truth of what those best informed have always maintained. India is not necessarily unhealthy, though the climate may not always be favourable to European constitutions. If we neglected our drainage, drank bad water, of• which we had an insufficient supply, took heavy food and raw spirits to a great extent in hot weather, and allowed heaps of rubbish to congre gate round our houses, we might expect a devastat ing pestilence in any English summer. Yet we have expected men to live under these conditions ' in India, with a good many more unfavourable ad juncts. The examination now going on into the causes of the deaths in the Indian army is likely to be productive of much good, since our knowledge on many points are very defective. The results of the efforts already made are so encouraging that it is only painful to think how many lives have been_ sacrificed before the annual rate of casualties has been reduced to one-third ! Let this reflection stimu late the efforts of our reformers, since, though the past cannot be recalled, we may guard against the repetition of such fatal neglect. A complimentary dinner was given, at WillWs Rooms last night, to Messrs. TATTERSALL, on the: occasion of their removing to their new place of business. It is interesting to notice that four gene rations of the same family have conducted affairs so as to gain the respect and confidence of those asso ciated with horse racing and hunting. It was therefore not at all inappropriate that some testi mony should be awarded to those whose firm had carried on business in a satisfactory and creditable manner fora century. A numerous assemblage ap peared to do honour to the affair, and the speeches were spirited and entertaining, and thus admirably adapted to the occasion. The President of the Jockey Club took the chair, and acquitted himself of his duties in a creditable manner. In proposing the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Messrs. TATTERSALL," he remarked that many would regret that the glories of the old " Corner " had departed, but that they had met to look forward to the future, and not to dwell upon the past. After paying a tribute to the merits of those in whose honour they had assembled, the gallant Admiral concluded in a fitting style by expressing a hope that the traditions of an almost national establishment would not suffer by removal, but "be transplanted to their new habitation, and continue to flourish under the TATTERSALL family until Lord MACAULAY'S famous New Zealander came to moralise upon the ruins of St. Paul's." There is something interesting in the circumstance of so long a connection, and Mr. RICHARD TATTERSALL'S speech in re turning thanks was almost historical in its incidents. GEORGE the FOURTH when Prince of WALES had a great deal to do with the establish ment. The great grandfather of the speaker leased the old premises nearly a hundred years ago ; but the increasing numbers of those who now are con nected with the sporting world render a change ne cessary. However, as Mr. R. TATTERSALL said, though they change their habitation their principles will be the same, and they will make it their endea vour to " maintain with honour their hereditary connection with what is really one of the greatest national pastimes." Such a meeting as this reflects credit upon all concerned—upon those who offer and those who receive the tribute of respect ; and the Messrs. TATTERSALL may rank it as a trophy of their success that they should have such an agreeable souvenir to carry with them from their old to their new quarters. A straightforward course always succeeds in the long run—on the same prin ciple that honesty is the best policy ; and those who conduct their affairs with integrity, in whatever sphere of life they may move, are certain to gain the respect and confidence of all connected with them. The Chairman gave the company a hint in the course of the evening to look to their laurels, as the French were becoming formidable rivals, although, as he said, competition in such exercises was calcu lated to promote a friendly feeling between different nations. Man has often been said to be a very contradic tory being. What he has in his possession he be. comes indifferent to, while the mere fact of anything being inaccessible to him makes him at once eager to obtain it. This temper of mind is being very strongly displayed just now in, two opposite portions of QUEEN VICTORIA'S dominions. In the county of Essex a sparrow club rewards its members for the number of sparrows which they destroy—numbers which, in some instances, amount to thousands ; while in Australia the colonists are importing the self-same birds at a considerable expense ! On a little further examination, however, we shall find the Australians to have the best of it. Possibly some sentimental recollections of their old home may induce them, as CAMPBELL tells us, to " regret the lark" that gladdens England's morn, but their wish for the sparrows has a very direct and practical origin. They are anxious to preserve their crops from the depredations of the countless millions of grubs and insects of all kinds which prey upon the products of the field, and, knowing the energy of the little English sparrow, they are endea vouring to domesticate the pert stranger in his russet suit in their adopted coun try. But while his good qualities are thus valued at the antipodes and his services appreciated, he is held in light estimation in his own country, where one would have thought that the spread of know ledge would have disposed of most of the prejudices against him. Farmers have of old a grudge against him and all his tribe very unjustly founded. There is an excellent fable which recounts a conversation held between a farmer and a sparrow, in which the farmer accuses the bird of having plundered his fruit trees. The sparrow answers that he has taken so much fruit in the course of the year, but had preserved twenty times the amount by his destruc tion of the slugs. This is not fiction, but fact, for at the anniversary meeting of the Naturalists' Field Club last week, the President of the club said that he had been calculating the number of caterpillars which would have been destroyed by the six thousand sparrows shot by the member of an Essex sparrow club. The result may perhaps astonish the wise folks who offer a premium for such wanton slaughter. These 6,000 sparrows would, it is estimated, have eaten 6,307,000,000 caterpillars and other grubs ! The 10s. prize has, we apprehend, been rather ex pensive for the farmers and fruit growers of Essex. Six thousand three hundred millions of grubs will scarcely satisfy their appetites with 10s. worth of damage ; and as the lucky individual who gained the prize was only the first of many competitors, the caterpillars may rejoice over the death of a good many more of their watchful enemies, and the army of grubs will increase by several hundreds of mil lions. But it is not the sparrow alone who falls a victim to the prize clubs : larks, blackbirds, li nne t s, and " all the finches of the grove," as TILIBURNIA comprehensively styles them, are included; and would-be sportsmen are glad of the pretence of being serviceable to the farmers to show off their skill against the pretty little songsters whom they said that ha w t d, are doin g th e i r b est to exterm i nate. A n ar ti s t h as fr we could see white creatures living in a white we should know what we owed to colour ; and when our prize clubs have silenced our woods and lanes, we shall know how much of their pleasure we owed to the lark and linnet. The best answer to those who complain of the depredations of the singing birds is to be found in the anxiety of the colonists to domicile them ; and we may depend upon it that when the mischief is done we shall be very sorry for it. The damage done by birds is very trifling, but the injuries inflicted by grubs is incal culable, and it will increase year by year in propor tion as the birds diminish. Cannot something be done to stop this wholesale slaughter, which will by and by have a serious effect on the products of our &Ids and orchards ? We would earnestly direct attention to a report, given in another column of our journal of this evening, to the course adopted by the energetic Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in regard to the fabrication and distribution, far and wide, among our seafaring population, of certain wonder fully simple, and yet perfectly efficient, safeguards against drowning, in the form of cheap cork life-belts. The contrivance of these life-belts, both by reason of their inexpensive character and of their complete efficacy as life-belts, we may here speak of, at once, as a very marvel of ingenuity. Slight in itself, though the fact of the adoption of this New Life Belt by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution may appear to be—weighing as a mere straw in the balance, though it may seemto do, when contrasted with the other more importaiat precautionary measures adopted by that noble institution for the saving of life from shipwreck—the throwing out of this Life Belt to the " Mariners of England" by the Com mittee is an event in the History of the Lifeboat Institution. Light as a straw when weighed in the balance against the other labours of that institution—not one of our seafaring people will be grasping at a straw when seizing upon this proffered Life-belt, the value of which is attested by the very circumstance of its having received-the approval of the Committee. HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the births in London aad ninQother towns of the United King dom were 4,067 ; the deaths 3,200. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those 10 large towns was 30 per 1,000 persons living, and less than in the previous week, when it was 32. In London the births of 1,113 boys and 1,095 girls, in all 2,208 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1855-64 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 1,996. The deaths in London in the same period were 1,680. The average number for the 14th week in 10 years (corrected) is 1,422. The deaths in the present return exceed by 258 the estimated number. Zymotic diseases proved fatal to 320 persons. 108 eight children died from whooping cough, 70 deaths occurred from typhus, 11 from small-pox, 26 from scarlatina, 9 from diphtheria, and 14 from measles. 447 deaths were caused by diseases of the respira tory organs (exclusive of phthisis). 257 persons died from bronchitis, 121 from pneumonia, and 28 from asthma. From phthisis 187 persons died. Diseases of the heart proved fatal to 60 persons, and 201 deaths occurred from diseases of the brain. The daughter of a miller, aged one year, died on the 7th of April at the London Hospital from injuries sus tained by being run over by a van. The rate of mortality was 29 per 1,000 in Lon don, 35 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin ; 37 in Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 24 in Salford, 24 in Birmingham, 30 in Leeds, 28 in Bristol, and 36 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 39 per 1,000 during the week ending the 25th ult. ; the temperature was 10.1 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, when the rate was 28 per 1,000. In the cities where the causes of death are not registered regularly and published weekly, certain diseases acquire a character of violence before their prevalence is known, and as the Governments them selves have no machinery for procuring Q.9eurate information, the vague, contradictory repo from unauthentic sources create alarm all over Europe. St. Petersburg is still in this condition ; unlike Lon don and Vienna, it has no weekly tables; but this evil is likely to be remedied ere long, as Russia has taken an active part in the Statistical Congresses, and the matter is under consideration; its Govern - ment, too, is directing its attention to the health of the people. In the meantime there is no trace of any new disease in English cities ; but the mortality has been high ; fever in its various forms is still fatal to con siderable numbers, for no means are taken in many places to carry out effectual sanitary measures. Great waterworks and great drains appeal to the magination, but they are of no more use than the pyramids of Egypt in preventing pestilences, unless they carry sweet water into all the people's dwell ings, and remove from our cities every impurity back to the land by which it is required. Houses are crowded to an inconceivable extent, and the lodgings of the workmen in our large towns destroy their health. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean temperature of the air in the week was 48.9 deg., which is 3.7 deg. above the average of the saw week in 50 years. The highest day temperature was 71.5 deg. on Saturday. The lowest night tem perature was 31.9 deg. on Sunday. THE SUN, LO.N.DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1865. The International Financial Society. The following circular has been issued by the International Financial Society (Limited) to appli cants for shares in the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Company : " Sir,—Since the issue of the prospectus, on which your application for shares in the Anglo-Egyptian Navigation Company (Limited) was made, the following facts have come to 'the knowledge of the directors of the Interna- tional Financial Society, and they deem it proper to ac quaint you therewith. It appears that certain parties in terested in a rival line of steamers filed a bill in November, 1863, to restrain Mr. F. Chapple from employing his vessels in the Egyptian trade. In December, 1863, the Lords Justices refused to grant the injunction prayed by the bill, and in Dec., 1864, the Master of the Rolls dismissed the bill with costs. No notice of any appeal was given ; but on Saturday last, when the proposed company had been six days before the public, an intimation was served on the directors of the International Financial Society that the parties referred to had lodged a notice of appeal to the Lord Chancellor. On search being made, it appears that no such notice had been lodged. The object, however of the parties is sufficiently apparent, and while the directors of the International Financial Society have no reason to attach any value whatever to the opposition thus set up, they have nevertheless considered it their duty to guard the interests of the shareholders in the company against all contingencies in the possible event of tne partieo who have served the notice pursuing their ob ject and obtaining a decision adverse to Mr. Chapple. Such a decision could have no effect upon this company, except in the way of depriving it of the individual services of Mr. Chapple. The directors have accordingly arranged with Mr. Chapple that the amount in excess of tho actual valua- tion of the steamers being represented by paid-up shares, shall remain in the hands of the International Financial Society, to be cancelled in the contingency referred to, so that in that event Messrs. Chapple would not receive any consideration for goodwill. The directors of the Inter national Financial Society, however, consider it right that you should have the option of withdrawing your applica tion for shares, if you should see fit ; and I have, ac cordingly, to request that you will communicate your wish to me by return of post, and in the event of your still de siring an allotment of shares that you will at once 'renew your application on the accompanying f orm . If y our ap .. . _ _ plication is renewed for the same or a smaller number of shares no new deposit will be necessary, but if your appli cation be for a larger number of shares it must be accom panied by a cheque for the difference of deposit.—l remain your obedient servant, W. A. MICHAEL, Secretary." FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.—Yester day William Cuthbert was driving a heavy laden railway van through Long-acre, when one of the wheels passed over a loose stone and he was jerked off the driving box, and both wheels on the near side passed over his chest. He was taken to the hospital, and expired soon after his admission.—John Akers, a plasterer, was moulding the cap of a chimney on some new buildings in the Britannia fields, when a portion of the brickwork gave way, and, falling on the scaffold, carried it to the ground, Akers be ing killed on the spot.—Mr. John Bagman, importer of foreign game. and poultry, expired at his residence in Southwark from the effects of a fractured skull, sustained by being thrown out of a dog-cart in returning from the University boat race on Satu- day. VISITING CARDS.-100 of the very best quality, from plate, gentlemen's, 2s. ; ladies, 2s. 6d. (p6st free). Com mon qualities can be had at half the price. Card-plates engraved in the best and newest style for 25., post free. Programmes, invitations, and wedding stationery. ARTHI QRAIMZ I 808, High Holborn, VP.C.—LADYT•] LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. BERLIN, APRIL 12. Advices received here from St. Petersburg an nounce that the Council of the Empire, in its sitting of Friday last, approved the new press law submitted to it for examination by the Government. Accord ing to this law it remains optional for the editor of a newspaper to submit his journal to the censorship before publication. After three warnings any paper can be temporarily suspended by the Minister of the Interior. A vote of the Senate is required for the suppres sion of a newspaper. The new law will probably be promulgated before Easter. PORTUGAL. LISBON, APRIL 11. The Marquis Sa Da Bandiera has not yet been able to form a Ministry. The Portuguese ports will be opened for the ad mission of foreign cereals within a few days. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 5. The Levant Herald asserts that Prince Couza has contracted a loan for 1,500,000 liras with the Societe Generale to pay the capitalisation of the confiscated revenue of the Roumanian monasteries. The same paper says that a proposal is before the Porte for the concession of all the mines in the Empire to a company which offers to make a large advance to the Government in ready money. The withdrawal of the base coinage is proceeding regularly, the monthly minimum being 700,000 piastres. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 11. In to-day's sitting of the Corps . Legislatif, M. Corta continued his speech upon the Mexican ques tion. He demonstrated that the Mexican army, more than half composed of foreigners, was per fectly able to maintain the monarchy. M. Corta continued—" Should we, however, immediately withdraw our troops? Evidently not, for that would be to abandon our partisans to reaction and ruin. Such a course would dishonour the flag of France. We shall never be asked to sacrifice our honour." M. Picard censured the conduct of the Govern ment in the Mexican question. M. Rouher refuted the reproaches of the Oppo sition, and supported the statements of M. Corta. Replying to the apprehensions manifested by M. Picard, relative to the Mexican loans, M. Rouher stated that a new loan had been effected and sub scribed by the principal London and Paris houses. He mentioned that a portion of the French troops had already arrived home from Mexico, and said the remainder would return as soon as possible. M. Rouher's speech was much applauded by the Chamber. M. Rouher, in a subsequent speech, energetically repelled the anticipations of war with the United States. " France," he said, " has maintained a strict neutrality. The messages of President Lin coln indicate that the United States desire the maintenance of peace in the world. The United States do not forget that France has been their foster mother. France has not, under a regard for her security in Mexico, formed the impious wish that the civil war might be prolonged." M. Rouher maintained that the United States have no interest in annexing Mexico, for that would be to prepare forces for the South. " I consider, then, as phan toms," said the Minister in conclusion, " any antici pation of a conflict between France and America. No reason exists for apprehending war. Let the French flag remain a few months longer in Mexico. We have nothing to fear on that account." The amendment of the Opposition was then re jected by 225 against 16 votes, and paragraph 16 of the address was adopted. Upon paragraph 17 coming on for discussion, M. Langrin# brought forward an amendment upon which he addressed the Chamber. The debate will be continued to-morrow. BOURSE, April 11.—The market is extremely languid. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 25c. Italian Loan, 6M. 10c. Mobilier are not quoted. Railway Shares partake of the general character of the transactions, and are also lower. The following are the las 4i per Cents 96 Do. end month — quotations : Italian Loan 66 Do. end month 66 20 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred .WAY2I. 3 per Cents. 67 60 Do. end month 67 80 Credit Mobilier B3O Do. end month B2O Bank Shares 3565 Credit Foncier 1295 77 Roman Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1062 50 ... 1063 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 982 50 ... 985 Southern 615 ... 615 Western 535 ... 535 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 ... 305 Austrian Lombard 552 50 ... 553 75 North of Spain ... 303 75 Saragossa 387 50 ... 383 75 Ditto to Barcelona 165 ... SPAIN. MADRID, April 7. According to the Bill read yesterday in the Con gress by the Minister of Marine, the Spanish naval forces are fixed as follows : Two sailing vessels of 172 guns, a frigate of 42 guns, three corvettes carrying 76 guns, two brigan tines carrying 32 guns, two first-class sloops, 4 guns ; 11 second class sloops, 11 guns ; 70 schooners, three launches, and three transports of 1,823 tons burden. The ironclads will consist of three frigates of 104 guns and 3,000 horse-power ; four screw steam frigates of 186 guns and 2,360 horse-power ; twelve schooners carrying 29 guns, of 1,400 horsq-power ; three transports of 2,600 tons and 370 horse-power ; eight paddle steamers of 40 guns and 1,760 horse power; and a transport of 960 tons and 500 horse power. These vessels will be manned with sailors, and provided w'th 2,826 marines. Lastly, there will be 597 men to guard the arsenals. The same journals extracts the following from Puerto Plata, dated Feb. 23, brought by the last mail :—" Disease continues to decimate this popu lation to the most alarming extent. During the present month, 458 sick soldiers, and 17 officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, had to be transferred from their quarters in this island to Cuba. Now, as the whole garrison only consists of 1,000 men, this proportion is really terrible. On this date the hospital here contained 150 patients. The enemy is withi n p i sto l s h ot o f our tents, suffi ciently near, ind ee d , f or us to conv erse together. We are anxiously awaiting the orders to evacuate this country. If there are still persons who, after the dreadful misfortunes which have happened in the island in succession, are still inclined to blame us for abandoning it, we have only to say that they simply expose themselves to the imputation of madness." THE NEW ACT FOR THE DEFENCE OF CANADA AND OTHER COLONlES.—yesterday the new act was issued to make bett er prov i s i on f or th e naval defence of the colonies. It is now enacted that colonies may provide vessels and raise officers, &c. Volunteers raised in a colony are to form Part of The Royal Naval Reserve." Her Ma jesty, by orders i n C ounc i l, h as th e p l ac ing of vessels to secure its defenc e . Her Majesty may accept the services of volunteers rai se d i n a co l ony, an d w h en the offer is ac cepted the servi ces o f t h e o ffi cers an d men are to be placed under the act of 1859 , as relates to the Royal Naval Re serve raised in th e U n i te d Ki ng d om The act is not to impose any char ge on t h e I mper i a l reve nues without the sanction of Parliament. THE ELECTION PETITIONS ACTS.—Yesterday the new Election Petitions Act was issued. Select committegs can adjourn until the day after the adjournment of fke house; and, in the event of being dissolved by an error, can be reyiyed by au order of the house. LITERATURE. The Dublin Review. New Series : No. VIII. Burns, Lambert, and Oates. There can no longer be any doubt whatever as to the extraordinary improvement manifested in this thoroughly rejuvenated and re-energized periodical. It is not simply that new blood has been infused into it, but that that new blood is, so to speak, the " blue blood" of literature, the healthiest, the most invigorating. Number eight of the new series, the number just issued with the April magazines, is in comparably the best instalment of the Dublin that has appeared since it passed under its present management. Its contents, as a whole, com pletely justify us in the opinion we remember to have already expressed in regard to the Dublin Review, as it is now conducted, when some fe months back we took occasion to say that it has fairly assumed its position, as a literary organ, recognizably upon the same ler el, side by side, with the ablest of its contemporaries, with the Quarterly and with the Edinburgh. There is about it a direct purpose—such as it is—that is as comprehensible, as appreciable, as consistent, as persistent, as that of the quarterly organ of either the Tories or of the Liberals—of the blue-and-buff Whig or of the tawny Conservative. There is, apparently, throughout it, moreover, throughout each separate number of it—and this present num ber may be referred to as one affording a singularly apt and vivid illustration of the fact we would here insist upon—there is apparent now in each number of the Dublin an unity of design and of purpose that gives to the organ a force, that can hardly fail to secure to it an influ ence with the general public, that it very much lacked previously. Hitherto its reputation, though high, has been restricted. The scope of it, as the quarterly organ of its creed and party, may be re cognised now, as it appears to us, readily enough upon a mere examination of the themes selected to be descanted upon by its several contributors in the very number just now issued from the press. Apart from an eloquent and touching Memorial, to which we shall refer more particularly before closing our remarks, there is, as the very first article in the number before us, a bold and uncom promising discussion of " The Principles of 'Eighty- Nine," with especial regar l a to Political Society and the Source of Power. As the next article, strongly contrasting with the one immediately be fore it—we have a charming criticism upon " Recent Irish Poetry" —poetry, mind ! not mere verse-making—by true poets, such as Samuel Fergusson, and Speranza, otherwise Lady Wilde, as Aubrey de Vere, and William Allingham. Other masters of the lyre, or rather, it should be said, we presume, of the Irish Harp, such as Thomas Davis and Florence Macarthy, are not forgotten by the reviewer, these latter being referred to, however, only incidentally. As the third article, there is one in which the Dublin, from its point of view (or of re-view, shall we say?) pronounces upon the "Causes and Objects of the War in America." Then comes an article upon " Irish History," suggested by Theiner's materials for it. Afterwards there is a paper on modern Italian History, suggested, in its turn, by the memoirs of Consalvi. The sixth article is entitled suggestively " Wanted, a Policy for Ireland." The seventh and eighth relating to the famous En cyclical Quanta cura ac pastorali vigilantia. The former of these two papers, commenting upon it, taking its purport, that is, minutely into consi deration—the latter, article eight namely, giving (in their entirety) both the Encyclical itself and the Syllabus—in the original Latin, and in a wonderfully literal and yet idiomatic translation. Afterwards, as the ninth article, headed " Notices of Books," there are clubbed together nearly twenty minor criticisms. The tenth (and last) article in the number being a record of some recent " Foreign Events of Catholic Interest." The " Memorial," however, already referred to as prefixed to the general contents of this April number of the Dublin, will be read with far deeper inte rest, and we are certain, also, with yet higher ad miration than any other portion of the ten articles of which it is appropriately the precursor. It is a Memorial of the last survivor (until the other day) of the three men who first founded the Dublin Review—himself the greatest of all the contributors to it. Occupying though this memorial does less than a dozen pages, it is nevertheless one of the completest memorials of Cardinal Wiseman that has yet ap peared—the completest, we would say, excepting only the funereal discourse delivered on the day o. his interment. Sermons on Our Lord and His Blessed Mother. By His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. One Vol., pp. 398. James Duffy, Dublin. Having but just now had occasion to comment upon the last, it should even be said, the posthu mous literary production of his Eminence the late Cardinal Wiseman, we have, in the present instance, to direct attention to other and very different papers of his, some of them, according to the Preface in this volume, among the very earliest of his compo sitions. Sermons they are, all of them, as the above title, indeed, explicitly intimates. Not Essays, not Lectures—simply and avowedly Sermons, and ser mons, too, as their collective titles indicate them to be, upon themes the most sacred. Nevertheless, sermons though they are, it is purely and simply in their capacity as literary productions that they are here for an instant referred to in the columns of a public newspaper. Criticised in their capacity as Sermons, they might be, with some show of reason, we will go so far as to say even of decorum, in the columns of an avowedly ecclesiastical or expressly religious journal, in such organs, for example, as the Tablet or the Record. Whereas, in a general news paper, like our own, works of this particular charac ter, can alone be referredto, en passant, with anything like a regard for good taste, we will even go so far as to repeat the word, with anything like a regard for decorum, in their capacity, purely and simply, as lite rary performances. So regarded, the present col lection of sermons will be found singularly interest ing—contrasting, and yet harmonising, as they do, in the style of them, with the more ripened vocabu larly and the more flowing periods of their writer's last, his posthumous, production. Speaking him self of the modifications in style always noticeable in an author whose literary labours have extended over a long series of years, the Cardinal himself remarks, here, very picturesquely, in the course of his Preface —" Our frame, our features, our complexion, our voice, cannot remain the same through thirty years ; and no more can that style which forms the phy siognomy of our writing." Pursuing the same thought very ingeniously still further, he adds— " It [the ' style' which he has so happily termed the ' physiognomy of our writing'] takes its character from our occupations, our society, our health ; it catches its colour and hue from the objects that surround us, from the very atmosphere which we breathe, from the authors which we happen to be chiefly reading, and from a thousand inappre ciable influences." So, here, has it been—he himself was conscious of it, while writing thus—so precisely, here, has it been in regard to these very Sermons. Preached as they almost all were (he tells us in the Preface) at Rome—they were—the Sermons in this Collection—written at various and scattered periods within an interval of Thirty Years. A space of above a thousand miles, he also tells us, sometimes inter vened between the delivery of some and the deli very of others among these sermons—sermons, nevertheless, occasionally in this volume placed side by side, as though they had been delivered, let us say, on consecutive Sundays from the same pulpit. Ob viously, therefore—indeed, quite necessarily and un avoidably—there often appears an extraordinary dis crepancy in the mere manner or style of the discourses now, by reason simply of their kindred themes, brought together into a single collection. For this very rea son, however, the book has an additional attraction of its own. If it lacks uniformity, it possesses diversity. But, while the absence of uni formity is alone noticeable in the style, the diversity of the book is alone noticeable in the varying manner of its contents. As to the subject matter of it, that is noticeable for its oneness, so to speak, throughout. The work here under considera tion in fact,, although by nomeans the most remark able among the voluminous writings of Cardinal Wiseman—whose literary masterpiece, by the way, we take to have been unquestionably " Fabiola"— will doubtless, if only by reason of its having been one of the very last to come under his revision shortly before his demise—must always, we should say, possess an especial and peculiar interest of its own for the mass of his co-religionists. THE RUSSIAN PESTILENCE• TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sir,—There seems to be an impression abroad, that be bause the causes of this disease are assumed to be local, therefore the diseese itself will remain local, and cease where its causes cease. There is a great fallacy in this view. Local causes may produce a pestilence which will spread over the world and ravage the healthiest regions. The cholera may be cited as an illustration. This plague appears to have originated at a place called Jussore, in India, where stagnant putrid swamps lie simmering and seething under a tropical sun, and rank vegetation springs up one year to rot the next, for ages together. The cholera seems to have sprung from the poisonous exhalations emanating from this source. Yet, when once it had be come developed it diffused itself all over the world, and has even become a fixture in countries where, scarcely thirty years ago, it had been totally unknown. With respect to the Russian pestilence, there is likely to have been so much exaggeration on the one hand, and con cealment on the other, that perhaps we do not know a great deal beyond the mere fact of its existence. But the most probable and trustworthy account seems to be that it originated in bad conditions of living, sanitary, dietetic, and other. Having once originated, however, and become developed, it may not necessarily be confined to the area where those causes operate. It may become infectious or contagious, or both, for what we can tell. This must be learned from experience alone. It may travel through the air indepen dently of transmission from patients to healthy persons, or it may spread by means of contact, or inhaling the breath. For these reasons every possible precaution should be taken, not merely to be prepared for it, but to watch every suspicious case which may occur. Anything at all mys terious or uncommon in the symptoms of disease in our hospitrls, or among private invalids, should be carefully noted by our medical men. The best general preservative against liability to seizure by such diseases is, to keep up the system, and prevent its getting lowered by excesses of every kind—not excepting over-work, and sedintary confinement too long continued. Temperance, rest, "early to bed and early to rise," fresh air, exercise, and generous living, are the best safeguards. —I am, Sir, yours obediently, OBSERVER. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ROCHDALE. Mr. T. B. Potter and Mr. W. B. Brett are now fairly in the field to contest the representation of Rochdale ; the first-named being an extreme Liberal, and his opponent an extreme Tory—a name, he says, he gloriesin. For upwards of a week the Conservatives have been actively canvass ing, and they appear to be very sanguine about their suc cess. The Reform Association, although they did not bring the name of Mr. Potter before a public meeting of Liberal electors until Monday night last for adoption, have been canvassing for days, and some of the committees have already completed their work. The Liberals appear to be confident as to their success. However, this is certain—there will be a very close run, and the successful candidate will not get in by a large majority. Through the unremitting action of both parties the town is thrown into great excite ment, and travellers from a distance who visit the town for the purpose of transacting business, complain bitterly of the difficulty of getting orders. Yesterday morning (Tuesday) Mr. Potter issued his address to the electors, and the fol lowing are his political opinions on the various subjects : —" I am in favour of such a wide and substantial exten sion of the suffrage as shall give the working classes a large share in the representation of the country, but I would not accept a doctrine of finality. I hope to see the day when every man of sound mind, and unstained by crime, shall be received within the pale of the Constitution; and in the meantime I would support any well-digested and honest scheme for extending the franchise in boroughs and coun ties. I am decidedly in favour of the ballot, both as a means of protection to the voter and as conducing to good order and decorum in the exercise of the highest political right. I regard the present distribution of political power as most unjust, and I should support a rearrangement of Parliamen tary seats on the basis of population and property. I am in favour of perfect religious equality, and should support all measures tending to secure the adoption of that principle; and I should vote for the abolition of church rates, and the aboli tion of tests at our national seats of learning. I consider our national expenditure excessive, and I should support the application of the principles of economy to every depart ment of the State. In regard to our foreign policy I should advocate the principles of strict non-intervention, and in no case should I consider a war justifiable, unless our honour and our interests were clearly involved in the issue. Being largely engaged in commerce myself your interests are identified with my own, and they would, of course, se cure my unremitting attention, and I should at all times hold myself in readiness to attend to your local affairs." The nomination day is fixed for to-morrow (Thursday), and it is expected that Mr. John Bright will second the nomination of Mr. Potter. The polling is fixed for Satur day next. LEOMINSTER. This borough will be sharply contested at the next elec- tion, two new candidates being already in the field. Mr. Gathorne Hardy, who it was stated was about to contest Oxford, has been down •canvassing the electors, and de clares his intention to offer himself again for Leominster at the next general election, and to go to the poll. The other sitting member, the Hon . C. S. Bateman Hanbury Lennox, has issued an address to the electors stating that it is not his intention to offer himself again, and in his place Sir A. Walsh declares himself a candidate. He says :—" My political principles are those of Con servative progress. Myself a sincere member of the Church of England, I am at the same time an advo cate of religious toleration, and would gladly welcome any measure whereby those who conscientiously ob ject to the payment of church-rates might be wholly ex empted from them, but so that the connection between Church and State may not be impaired." He also professes himself ready to give his most anxious consideration to any well-digested scheme for the reform of the representa tion of the people which does not aim at the subversion of our existing institutions." MAIDSTONE. Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., does not intend to offer him self for re-election by the constituency of Maidstone on the dissolution of the present Parliament; but Mr. W. Lee, the other sitting member, will again come forward in the Liberal interest, in conjunction with Mr. F. Whatman, who formerly sat for the borough, but retired in order to become a candidate for the representation of the western division of the county. It is understood that Mr. Buxton will solicit the suffrages of another constituency. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE. The High Sheriff of Salop has issued his notice fixing the nomination for South Shropshire, in the room of Viscount Newport, elevated to the Upper House by the death of his father, the Earl of Bradford, for this day at Church Stratton. The only candidate in the field is the Hon. Percy Herbert, who it is believed will be elected without opposition. WIGTOWN BURGHS. Mr. G. Young, Solicitor-General for Scotland, having been invited by a large number of the electors to stand for the representation of the Wigtown district of burghs, vacant by the retirement of Sir William Dunbar, who has been ap pointed Chairman of the Board of Audit, the learned gentle man has consented to come for Ward as a candidate, and will in all probability be elected without opposition. He has issued an address to the constituency of the burghs, in which he says : " You are aware that, as one of the law officers for Scot land, I am connected with the present Government, under which your late representative held office, and it is there fore almost unnecessary for me to state to you that my political opinions accord with his, and that I am sincerely attached to the principles which the great Liberal party both in and out of office, has ever consistently maintained: You are also aware that I am a practising member of the Scotch Bar, and I may, I trust, be permitted to say that I am the more gratified by the request to present myself as a candidate for your suffrages, because I believe that I am in a great measure indebted for the honour to the position which it has been my fortune to attain in my profession. I have always thought it unfortunate for Scotland and the law of Scotland that few members of the Bar who are ac- tively engaged in the practice of our Courts are in Parlia ment; and should you return me as your representative I shall believe that you do so in the expectation that in my present professional position I may be serviceable to you and the country in Parliament, and I shall anxiously en deavour not to disappoint you." MR. WYLD'S PLAN OF THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BRIGUTON—the Review that is to take place there on the Downs on Easter Monday, the 17th of April —appears, as usual, most opportunely. It is everything that could be wished for in the shape of a plan, and is altogether the best possible guide that couid have been provided for the use of any one havfng the intention to witness the day's proceedings. - 'MADAME TUSSAUD'S. —A full-length portrait model; life-size, of the late much lamented Richard Cobden, M.P., taken during the period of tho great Anti- Corn-Law League Agitation, may be seen at Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, Baker-street; and amongst the latest additions thereto, we would call special attention to the effigy of the young King of Greece (brother of the Princess of Wales), attired in naval uniform ; also to that of Murray, who was Regent of Scotland •in *the time of Mary Queen of Scots. r t •.. vtio. I.l_OlE -r- t.iJitro r HER MAJESTY. P WINDSOR CASTLE, April 11. The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, drove in the Great Park yesterday after noon, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, and walked and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise and attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish. His Majesty the King of the Belgians walked out yesterday. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena drove out yesterday aternooh, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, and rode in the Home Park this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out in the grounds. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Theed with a sitting for the new coinage of Hong Kong. -~--- The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol are ex pected to leave Pau the week after next for Paris, on their way home for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected home about the' latter end of next month from a tour in Italy. The Earl and Countess Amherst and family have left town for Montreal, the family seat near Sevenoaks. The Earl Cowper is expected to take his departure early in the ensuing week on his mission to Copenhagen to present the Order of the Garter to his Majesty the Ring of Denmark. The Earl and Countess Somers were prevented from attending her Majesty's last reception in consequence of their absence in Italy. The Earl and Countess of Essex have left town for Cassiobury Park, their seat in Hertfordshire. The Count and Countess de Flahault and Hon. Miss Elphinstone de Flahault are expected to arrive at their residence in Piccadilly about the second week in the ensuing month, from Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are ex pected to leave town to-day for Brockett Hall, Herts. Lord Brabazon left town yesterday for Brighton. Lord Henry Lennox hm left London to pass the 'Easter recess at Torquay. Lady Evelyn Bruce, who has recently been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cardigan at Deene Park, has arrived in town to join Mr. Bruce, who has returned from the Continent. THE PRICE OF MAGNESIUM.—This remarkable metal, which has lately proved of such singular service to photography, has just fallen at one drop from 255. per oz. to 12s—a reduction of more than 50 per cent. In quantities of five ounces it may be purchased at 10s. per oz. It may be presumbd that the increasing demand had enabled the company which works Mr. Soustadt's patent to produce the metal on a larger scale at a cheaper rate. Its employment for other purposes than photography may be considered near at hand. Manchester Courier. Mr. GLADSTONE AND FATHER MATHEW.—A people's edition of Mr. Maguire's " Life of Father Mathew" is announced. Messrs. Longman mention in their " Quarterly List " that the following letter has been received by Mr. Maguire from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer :—" I have enjoyed an unmixed pleasure in per using your biography of Father Mathew. lam ashamed to think that before you thus instructed me I had, in com - mon perhaps with many others, but a vague idea of his great excellence, and I did not know the great height of virtue and of holiness to which ho had attained. a'he pledge' must, I think, be judged not so much upon its abstract merits as with reference to the frightful evil it was designed to meet, and thus Father Mathew himself is to be regarded, with reference to the chief cause of his public celebrity, rather in the spirit than in the letter of his acts. But so regarded and so understood, what a glorious career it was of apostolic labour and self-sacrifice ! And even apart from the whole subject of temperance, what a character have you shown us, in its simplicity, its earnest ness, its deep devotion, and, above all, in that boundless loie which caused him to show forth in deed and truth the beauty of holiness,' and to present to his fellow-creatures so much of the image of our blessed Saviour. I can truly congratulate you on having knOwn and loved him, of hav ing been been able to write of him in a spirit of such in telligent sympathy ; lastly, let me presume to say, on hav ing composed your able book, from one end of it to the other, as a true continuation of his living work, and in the very temper as towards God and men which he would have himself desired." A LITTLE WANDERER.—Last week a child, about ,wo and a half years old, son of Mr. Walter Mac dougal, steward, Crookston, North Mains, was with his mother on a visit to her parents at the shepherd's house, Old Brock-house, a few miles distant, on the opposite side of Gala. On Friday afternoon the child left the house, but, being missed soon'afterwards, search was made for him, but he was nowhere to be seen. The house, we believe, is situated in a somewhat lonely locality among the hills. Intelligence was, however, speedily sent to Brockhouse, also to the father at Crookston, and throughout the neigh bourhood generally. A large force turned out to search for the boy. The search was continued throughout the night, but without success. On Saturday, notwith standing that this is a busy season, Mr. Stewart, of Brock house, and Mr. Tully, of Crookston, North Mains, joined in the search, along with all their hands. When the search ing party were about to give up all hopes of finding the child, the shepherd of Corshope said he would give another look over his grounds, and in going over a dyke he found the object of their anxious search standing behind it in a very Pitiful condition. How the little fellow got there and how he passed the night will not be easily ascertained. The distrance from his grandfather's house would be about two and a half or three miles, and the time he was missing was from 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon till 5 o'clock on Saturday. Scotsman. BUSINESS IN INDIA.—With regard to the Indian telegraph and to the general course of business in India, Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons observe as under:— " The commercial news hitherto received by the Indian telegraph, dull as it seems, must, on the whole, be re regarded as favourable. Every one expected to hear not only of a total suspension of business, but of a large num ber of disastrous failures, which would compromise houses on this side, and also inflict heavy losses on some of the least prudently managed banks. Thus far, however, there has not been a single stoppage publicly announced through this medium, and as the chief blow of the reac tion has now fallen, there is good reason to hope that the period will pass over without any general difficulty. It is true that this is nothing more than should be witnessed, since although the last six months at Bombay and Calcutta must have been fraught with many serious changes of fortune to individuals, India herself has sustained no losses. All that she has experienced has been a sudden cessation of great gains. For three years she had been making profits such as were without parallel in commercial history, and, all at once, these profits cease, or are brought down to some thing like an ordinary standard. She is not called upon to refund even a portion of her previous gains, but simply, as regards the immediate future, to be content with such as would satisfy the trading classes of any other region of the world. No one can suppose that the present price of cotton at Liverpool is not such as to afford an ample remuneration and an encouragement to the Indian producer, who has also the guarantee that even if peace should be proclaimed to-morrow, the devas tation wrought in the Confederate States, the loss and de moralisation of the negroes, and the feeling - engendered among the vanquished population, must be such as to de lay for a long time anything like a return to the usual rate of production of cotton." TOBACCO STATISTICS.—Tobacco was last year brought into this country to an extent unprece dented in the annals of the customs. Of unmanufactured, the quantity was 60,092,7681b5—an excess on that in 1863 of 81 million pounds, and on that in 1862 of nearly 201 million pounds. Ten years earlier the aggregate im ports were not more than 33 , 1 85,0351 b. Within thoelast 12 years there has been an increase in the supply of this commodity equal to 80 per cent. Of manufactured the quantity was 6,522,408 pounds, which is 2i million pounds beyond that in 1863, and 41 million pounds in excess of that in 1862. The computed real value of both descrip tions last year amounted to £3,360,490. The quantity on which duty was paid in 1864 was, of unmanufac tured, 37i million pounds, being an augmentation on the amount in 1863 of 441,309 pounds, and on that in 1862 of 2k million pounds. Ten years prior to the last-mentioned date the total scarcely reached 281 million pounds. Thus, in the interval of twelve years an increase in the consumption has taken place of 32 per cent. Of manufactured the quantity was 164,3451 b., being 181,9661 b. more than in 1863, and 430,1951 b. more than in 1862. Turning to the year 1852, the total was only 199,7111 b. ; so that this description of tobacco, mainly through the reduced rates of duty which came into force in March, 1863, exhibits an increase of a very remarkable character—the quantity entered for duty in 1852 having been nearly quadrupled in 1864. The actual sum received as duty last year on tobacco of all sorts was X 6,091,759. The exports last year were of unmanufactured, 13,879,5661 b., against 10,413,3271 b. in 1863, and against 12,595,1551 b. in 1862 ; of manufactured, the quantities in 1864 were 3,448,4731 b., against 2,102,2981 b. in 1863, and against 946,8651 b; in 1862 ; so that the augmentation last year was very considerable. In the bonding warehouses of the United Kingdom there remained, on 31st Dec. last, 771 million pounds—an amount greater by 9i millions than in 1863, - and by 14k millions than in 1862. . S arc Sp a: S Da SwE dU s BelE buti Ita Fret Oon f 70( at d Sleet heali Saw triall Etlal I Nv a Prop