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

Railway and other Companies. ME ITOPOLITAN. The report of the directors states that the receipts during the past half-year, after deductirig all ex penses and interest, left a net available balance of £73,857. The directors recommend that a dividend be paid upon the preference stock at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and upon the ordinary stock and new ordinary shares respectively at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £1,708. The narrow gauge lines of the extension to Finsbury, with stations at Aldersgate and Moor gate, were opened for traffic on the 23d Dec. last. The works for the mixed gauge lines of this exten sion would be opened for tr affic during the spring. Until this event occurred the public could not have the accommodation which would be afforded when all the trains were run to Finsbury. The directors considered the traffic receipts of the working from the narrow gauge trains to Finsbury highly satisfac tory, and they anticipated a considerable augmen tation in the revenues of the company when the mixed gauge lines were completed, and the trains of the Great Western and other companies could run to Moorgate-street. The connexion with the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway was opened for traffic, and some of the trains of that company and of the Great Northern Railway Company were now running over the railway. The works on the Not ting-hill and Brompton Extension had made consi derable progress during the half-year ; the property required for this and the Tower-hill extension was being rapidly acquired. The only application to Par liament by this company was for additional powers, so as better to utilise the property required for the construction of the extensions, to enable the com pany to increase the limited accommodation now afforded at the intermediate stations, to provide at Farringdon-street and Finsbury for the traffic of the long railway companies, and to raise moneys for such purposes. During the half-year the Metropolitan Railway Warehousing Company (Limited) had been established to erect an extensive range of warehouses on the western side of Victoria-street, in immediate connexion with the line. In February last the pro- prietors authorised the directors to appropriate a sum to remunerate Mr. Parson, the then deputy chairman, for his labours in the supervision of the arrangements for the purchase of property, and the sum of £2,000 was voted to Mr. Parson for his past services, and it was resolved on his election to the chair to recommend the proprietors to vote the chair man the sum of £l,OOO per annum during the con struction of the works of the eastern and western extensions. The capital account to 31st of December showed that £3,638,974 had been received, and £3,483,867 expended, leaving a balance of £155,106. The revenue account for the half-year showed that £98,048 had been received, including £17,068 from Mr. Selk. The expenses amounted to £27,591, leaving, with £3,401 from last account, £73,857 for dividends. GREAT NORTHERN AND WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Victoria-street, WestminEtcr, the Earl of Lucan in the chair. The report, au abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. 'PARSON, the report was unanimously adopted. Dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on preference capital, at the rate of £3.312 per cent. per annum on the £113,350 ordinary share capital held by the Midland Great Western Railway Com pany, and at 3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital other than that held by the Midland Company, were declared for the half-year ending the 31st of December, less income tax. The retiring directors, Lord Bingham, M.P., and Mr. G. Clive, M.P., were re-elected. In reply to a question by Mr. FITGERALD, it was• stated that nothing had been done with respect to the construction of the line to Ballina, but they had obtained possession of nearly the whole of the land, and it was expected that a portion of the line to Foxford would be opened for traffic about June, 1867. ISLE OF WIGHT. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Great George-street, West minster ; Mr. J. Simpson in the chair. The report stated during the last half-year the ' number of passengers conveyed on the line from Ryde to Shanklin was 162,860, and the quantity of goods and coals moved was 11,178 tons. The re ceipts from all sources were £6,631. The working expenses for the same period, including taxes and passenger duty, amounted to £2,560, leaving a profit on the half-year's operations of £4,070. To this was added £1,159 from the preceding half-year, giving a disposable balance of £5,229. The interest on the debenture debt of the company for the half-year amounted to £1,247, and a dividend of 5 per cent. on all the preference capital issued would amount to £963, making together £2,210, leaving a balance of £3,019. As the whole line was not yet at work, and the final obligations not fully ascertained, the directors considered it prudent not to make any distribution of this amount on the present occasion. The first clear twelvemonth having elapsed since the partial opening of the line, the results were that from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1865, 252,818 passengers were conveyed on the line, and 16,157 tons of goods and coals were moved ; the receipts from all sources were £10,486, the working expenses, including rates, taxes, and Government duty, were £4,802, or 46.36 per cent., and the net profit £5,684. This profit was equal to 5i per cent. on the capital expended on the opened line, includ ing the working stock. When the entire debenture debt of the company was incurred and the whole of the preference shares issued, the annual fixed charges for interest and dividend would not exceed £6,345. It therefore appeared that on the first year's working of two-thirds of the line, and before the main sources of traffic were reached by railway, the profit was nearly sufficient for the whole of the ultimate fixed charges ; and the increased profit on the through traffic would nearly all be available for dividend on the ordinary share capital of £125,000. When the districts of Wroxall and Whitwell, St. Lawrence and Niton, with Ventnor and Bonchurch, were accommodated by railway, the result would f ally equal all anticipation, while it might be assumed that the working expenses would not increase in the same proportion. Although unexpected difficulties had impeded the operations of the contractors, the whole line might be completed in March. It was proposed to commence the central lines without delay, and the directors felt convinced that when the central lines were united to the eastern line a very remunerative property would be obtained. The capital account showed that £212,748 had been expended, leavinc , a balance of £2,321. The CHAIRMA; in moving the adoption of the report, said that although the line had not yet been opened to V en t nor, which be hoped would b e th e case in March, the result of their operations must be considered satisfacto ry. Mr. WEBSTER urged the importance of keeping the western and central lines in the hands cf the company, and complained of the inefficient manner in which the steamboat service had been worked. The South-Western Company would not allow that state of things to continue, and would p ro b a bly pro vide an efficient service. lie wished to have the £3,000 that had been fairly earned from working the traffic divided among the original shareh o ld ers. A very long discussion ensued, which resulted in • the adoption of the re p ort, the re- election of the retiring directors , M r. F. Twynam and Mr A. More, and also the retiring auditor, Mr. Christian. On the motion of Mr. Webster, seconded by M r. Norton, two additional directors were elected to represent the central section at the board, with the understanding that the board should take into con sideration the expediency of electing two other direc tors to represent the western section in connexion with certain financial operations. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. The half-yearlymeeting was held at Cockermouth on Wednesday, Mr. J. Steel, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that a bill would be introduced into Parliament by the London and North-Western Railway Company, to give effect to the arrangement come to on the 29th August last, to transfer this line by lease to the London and North-Western. Pending the sanction of the arrangement the direc tors had continued their attention to the manage ment of the line, the whole of which, with the roll ing stock, was in an efficient state. The traffic con tinued very satisfactory, the receipts showing a considerable increase. In accordance with the terms of the agreement entered into with the London and North-Western Railway Company, the share olders of this company would be paid a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, the first half being due on the 10th of February. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. He was happy to inform the shareholders the line was in a satisfactory state. The London and North Western Company had prepared a bill for the trans fer of this line to them, which would be submitted I to Parliament for its sanction as speedily as possible. The report was adopted, and a dividend of 14s. per share, less income-tax, on the ordinary shares of the company was declared. _ _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN stated that the dividend would be increased to 8, and then 9, and finally 10 per cent. in perpetuity. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. It appears that the Consolidated Bank received on Tuesday the sum of £28,120 from the earnings of the above railway for the month of December for the credit of trustees' coupon account. RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. Smith and Mr. Frere both held courts yester day. In Mr. Smith's court the Presteign, Clun, and Bishop's Castle complied with the standing orders. The West Bromwich and Walsall case was ad journed. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the case of the opposed peti tion of the Maryport Improvement, Harbour and Dock, and were not complied with in the case of the Devon and Cornwall. The consideration of the Castle Carey and Langport and of the Metro politan and St. John's-wood was postponed until Wednesday next. Before Mr. Frere the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the cases of the Craven Junction ; the Wrex ham, Mold, and Connay's Quay (Deviations) ; the Newport Pag,nell, and the Caithness. The standing orders were not complied with in the case of the Knightsbridge (Extension and Deviations). Great Western (further powers) was to stand over until this day (Friday). WEST INDIAN AND PACIFIC STEAMSHIP. The report of this company states that the profits on completed voyages during the year amounted to £63,116, out of which it was proposed to pay a divi dend of 15s. per share, absorbing £17,700, to carry £18,833 to a depreciation fund, and £6,000 to a reserve fund. CHARING-CROSS HOTEL (LIMITED). The report of the directors of this company states' that without any confusion upwards of 200 guests slept in the hotel the first night it was opened, and it had since been admirably conducted by the manager. The house had been well filled from the beginning, and numerous applications for apart ments had constantly been declined. During the winter months a slackness of business might have been anticipated, but, on the contrary, the demand had frequently exceeded the amount of accommoda tion the hotel was capable of affording. The trade receipts from all sources during the seven months and a half ending Dec. 311ast amounted to £46,482, and, after placing £2,000 to the credit of the reserve fund for depreciation and renewals, there remained a balance of £13,265, and the directors recommended that a dividend be declared at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, of 15s. per £lO share, free of income tax, for the seven months and a half, leaving £1,265. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Conqueror, 68, screw ship, 7,845 tons, 500 horse power, Capt. William G. Luard, from China, arrived at the Nore yesterday afternoon, and sa luted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in. Chief. She will be paid 1 out of commission, dismantled, and placed in the third division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve. The Favourite, 10, ironcased screw corvette, 2,094 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. Francis 11. Shortt, was taken into dry dock yesterday after noon at Sheerness for the purpose of having her bottom scraped. It is supposed she will be shortly put in commission. The Tien-lien, which was purchased by the Go vernment from the promoters of the China expedi tion, under the command of Capt. Sherard Osborn, and which since the close of the China war has been lying, together with two of her sister ships, in Sheerness harbour, has been purchased by Mr. Laird of Birkenhead. A captain and crew have I been sent to Sheerness to fetch her away. The shipwrights and labourers employed in taking down the frame of the wooden screw frigate Belvidera, 51, at Chatham Dockyard, have nearly completed their work, and in the course of a few days the whole of the timbers of that vessel, the last of her class to be laid down at Chatham, will have disappeared from the building slip on which the vessel has been lying for so many years. The timbers are to be used in the general service of the dockyard. The screw frigate Ariadne, 26, 3,214 tons, 800 horse power, lies moored off the entrance to No. 2 dock in. Chatham harbour, in readiness for being taken into one of the available docks for the pur pose of undergoing an extensive overhaul and re pair to both hull and machinery previously to being placed in commission. The hired sailing troopship Gresham, Captain Brayley, anchored at Spithead at 9 a.m. yesterday with military and naval invalids on board from Hongkong and the Cape of Good Hope. She has brought to England from Hongkong Capts. Bur land and Gipps, 2d battalion 9th Regiment; Lieut. Vaughan and Surg. Black, 2d battalion 11th Regi ment ; Mr. Deegan, Military store Department ; Purveyor Thompson ; Staff Assist.-Surg. Adams ; Mr. Boxer, Master R.N., late Her Majesty's natal agent at Hongkong, and Mrs. Baylan ; also 175 soldiers, invalids, 26 women, and 28 children, and 8 naval invalids. 45 invalided soldiers, too ill to proceed any further on the voyage to England, were landed at the Cape for treatment in the mili tary hospital there. Staff Assist.-Surg. Ray and 35 men, women, and children were embarked at the Cape for conveyance to England ;and at Ascen s io n , where the ship called after leaving Simon's Bay, eight more invalids were taken on board. The ship sailed from Hongkong on the 13th of October, call ing in at Anjer on the sth of November, and sailing again on the following day. The Cape was reach e d on the 6th of December, and the ship remained there at anchor in Simon's Bay until the 16th. t Ascension was reached on the 28th, and left again on the 30th. Fine weather was experienced throughout the voyage until off the Azores, when a fresh gale was fallen in with, which soon passed over. The deaths during the voyage have been un usually numerous, 38 soldiers, two distressed sea men, three women, and eight children having died on board since the ship left Hongkong. This ex cessive mortality, however, is ascribed to the i dysentery and fever which prevailed at the time of embarcation, and not to any defect in the arrange ments on board for the accommodation of the troops, or the sanitary condition of the ship. The naval invalids were disembarked from the ship soon after her arrival at Spithead, and transferred to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, and Her Majesty's ship Victory. The military will be disembarked this morning and forwarded to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley. Yesterday the detachment of non-commissioned, officers and men of the Ist battalion of the 4th Regiment, the (King's Own) arrivedprevious iouseavtenCihngat,ham garrison from Bombay un derwent the customary inspection by the Medical staff of the garrison. The whole of the non-com missioned officers and men composing the detach ment have completed the term of service for which they were engaged, and only await the arrival of the formal orders for their discharge from the Horse THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1866. Guards. The troops arrived at Portsmouth from Bombay in the chartered troopship Talbot. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. F. L. Elwyn, to the Princess Royal ; Lieut. R. H. Eyre, to the Bristol, as supernumerary; F. Gaskell, to the Duncan, as supernumerary ; Lieut. Henry D. Macauley to the Sutlej, as supernumerary ; J. W. Read, master, ad ditional, to the Princess Royal ; L. Swift, chief en gineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Rod ney ; W. Anderson, chief engineer to the Asia, for service in the Victor Emmanuel ; Sub-Lieut. H. D. Eden, to the Caledonia ; F. P. Lyne, assist.-pay master, to the Lion ; C. L. J. Underwood, assist.- paymaster, additional, to the Royal Adelaide ; J. H. Wallis, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the Hastings ; C. C. Watson, assist.-paymaster, to the Cumberland ; J. R. Veitch, master's assistant, to the Victoria ; and G. Paul, second class assistant engineer, to the Star. The Cattle Plague. SURREY. Yesterday afternoon, according to previous an nouncement, a special meeting of the magistrates of the county of Surrey took place at the Sessions house, Newington-causeway, for the purpose of issuing new and important orders with reference to the cattle plague. Mr. J. E. Johnson, the chairman of the Quarter Sessions, presided, and among the magistrates pre sent were the Hon. Locke King, M.P., Sir William Jolliffe, M.P., Hon. W. Broderick, Mr. Denison, M.P., Lieut.-Colonel M'Donald, Mr. A. Boyson, Mr. T. Tilson (deputy chairman of Quarter Ses sions), Mr. R. Baggallay, Q.C., Mr. T. Best, Mr. Grissell, Q.C. Mr. MARSHALL, the Clerk of the Peace, read the report recommended by the committee formed at the last meeting as follows :—" Notice is hereby given that by authority or order of the Lords of her Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, dated the 23d of November, - 1865, and 16th of December, 1865, the Justices of the Peace for the county of Surrey, in Quarter Sessions assembled, do hereby declare that it is expedient that from and after the Ist day of February, and thenceforth until the 10th of March next, no cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf shall be brought in any way into the county aforesaid, with the exception of the following parishes and places, viz. :—Bermondsey, Camber well, Christchurch, Clapham, Hatcham, Lambeth, Lambeth Palace, Newington, Rotherhithe, St. George's, St. John's, St. Olave's, St. Saviour's, St. Thomas's, Streatham, and such parts of Battersea as shall be occupied by the station of the London and South - Western Railway Company at Nine Elms, and which excepted parishes and places are hereafter in this notice denominated excepted parishes and places. Nor shall any such animal as aforesaid be removed except under the conditions hereafter expressed, over, along, or across any high way or public road not being a railway from place to place within any part of the county, with the ex ception of the parishes aforesaid. Nor shall any such animal be removed from any other part of the said county of Surrey. That it shall not be lawful for any person to remove any one animal in contra vention of this notice, or otherwise offending in re spect thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceed ing £2O. Provided always that within the part of the said county which lies beyond the limits of the said parishes aforesaid nothing in this notice con tained shall make it unlawful for any person, with the previous licence in writing of two justices of the peace in and for the said county, to remove any such animal from any place to any other place— both places to be named in such licence, and to be within the distance of five miles from each other— for the purposes of slaughter only, within 48 hours from the date of such removal; nor for any person with like licence to remove any such animal from any land or place being in his own occupation ; nor for any person with the like licence to remove from any land or place in his own occupation any cow or ' heifer, being his own property, to any land or place aforesaid where a bull shall be kept, for the purpose of such cow or heifer being served with such bull, and bring or send back such cow to the place whence the same shall have been so removed. Every such licence must specify on the face of it that the jus tices signing the same have been satisfied that the cattle plague is not existing, and has not for two months existed on the lands or places, from, to, or through which such animals as are not intended for slaughter are removed ; and every such licence shall be liable to be, and may be at any time be, revoked by justices acting iu and for the said county. And fur ther that, by virtue of the order of the 15th of Dec., 1865, and the 20th of Jan., 1866, nothing in this notice contained renders it unlawful for any person to send or carry away any one animal as aforesaid by railway, through the jurisdiction aforesaid, from and after Feb. 1, when this order comes into force. The order made on Jan. 19 last shall be repealed ; pro vided always such repeal shall not invalidate any license already granted, or terminate any proceedings already commenced ; and, further, that the said ex cepted parishes and places will be under supervision and inspection of the Clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council and Metropolitan Police, who will be in structed to enforce any penalties - which may be in curred." Mr. BLACKBURN moved an amendment to one of the clauses in report, " That it be lawful to remove fat cattle for immediate slaughter within three miles of London-bridge." The CHAIRMAN observed that the order would only be in existence one month, and he thought such an amendment unnecessary, as those districts were under the orders of the Privy Council, and the'Secre tary of State had issued orders for the police to assist. It was suggested that it should be lawful to re move calves 14 days' old from one place to another within three miles, provided a license was obtained. The Hon. LOCKE KING supported the resolution, considering that it would act very beneficially to the public and all parties. The Hon. Mr. BRODERICK objected, contending that it would be injurious. Mr. BAGGALLAY followed on the same side, and, after some discussion, the resolution was carried. The CHAIRMAN consequently directed the report to be amended accordingly. He likewise informed the meeting that he had received a letter from Sir G. Grey setting forth that Sir R. Mayne, the Chief Commissioner, had directions to employ the police in assisting to carry out the resolutions regarding the cattle plague. He also said he had received a memo rial from the butchers residing in Camberwell, Lambeth, Stockwell, and Southwark, requesting the justices to modify the order made by them on Jan. 19, giving them the same right and power as n Middlesex. This had been considered in commit tee and a mended in the present report. Ossington. Mr. Denison's loss now exceeds 50 ; Mr. Burchell has lost 21, and on both farms there are a number of cases under treatment. Mr. Buttery, near Sutton, has 10 dead and 7 ill. At Grassthorpe two cases have occurred—one died, and the other animal was slaughtered. The farmers of the dis trict have many of them tried vaccination. Mr. Cope, the veterinary inspector, has vaccinated some hundreds of animals, and has hundreds more to vaccinate. On Monday last Mr. Cope inspected a herd of 80 animals at Annesley-park, the property of Mr. J. C. Musters. Several had been ill, and one had been killed under the impression that it might be the plague. Mr. Cope found 20 decided cases of rinderpest, some of them in an advanced stage. In Mr. Tollemache's second letter to Lord Belper as to the results of vaccination, which appeared under the head of " Cattle Plague" in the Times of yes terday, the writer is made to say, " A friend of mine, Mr. Akroyd, brother to the member for Halifax, lives near this. He has about 100 vaccinated ani mals, all well at present, with the disease raging round him. He has lost three—viz., a bull vacci nated, a cow vaccinated, but which 'did not take, and a heifer, which was vaccinated and took, but was very ill when vaccinated." Instead of " a bull vaccinated," read " a bull unvaccinated." and for ever emancipated him by the introduction of an agency more powerful still. He has no right, however, and civilised man has no right to allow him, to pass his existence without in any way con tributing to the advancement of mankind. Capt. Pim next proceeded to apply the principles he had endeavoured to establish to the explanation of the insurrection of the:negroes in Jamaica, and to the measures adopted by Governor Eyre for its suppres sion. In this portion of his paper he spoke in very severe terms of those who had censured the governor for his energetic proceeding. In reference to the proclamation of martial law and the trials by court martial, he said his countrymen generally confound the two ; but there cannot be a greater mistake. The latter is a law applied to the trial of naval and military men who voluntarily make themselves amenable to it by the act of joining the respective services. It is written law, based on the Articles of War and the Mutiny Acts, and also on the custom of the service, to use the technical term. Martiallaw,on the contrary, is in fact the absence of law. The Duke of Wellington's definition is zlear,and,like everything that has emanated from that great man, to the pur pose. " Martial law," he said, "is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army; in fact, martial law means no law at all ; therefore the general who declares martial law, and commands that it should be carried into execu tion, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according to which his will is to be car ried out." The removal of Mr. Gordon from King ston to St. Thomas-in-the-East was, in Captain Pim's opinion, in strict accordance with the laws of the land, and he contended that the trial was deli berate and impartial, and that the officers who tried him constituted a competent tribunal. Alluding to the conduct of the Government at home in the mat ter, he condemned in no measured terms the treat ment that Governor Eyre had received, and he con trasted it with what it would have been if Lord Palmerston had been alive. "On Governor Eyre's devoted head," he observed, " will descend all the wrath of Exeter Hall and its followers ; and, al though he will, doubtless, come out of the furnace unscathed in reputation, yet the anxiety and trouble he is now enduring must make him an old man before his time. Little did he think when the news of Lord Palmerston's death reached Jamaica that he, of all men, would soon have bitter cause to re gret the loss of a statesman who , never turned his back on a loyal and dutiful public servant. To the thinking Englishman and true lover of his country a lesson has been taught, of no small import, by a withdrawal of the curtain which usually shuts out from public view the weaknesses, follies, and vacil lations of official routine. In the conduct of Jamaica affairs we have laid ourselves open to the sneers of both Europeans and Americans, and no one can foresee what mischief may accrue to us from the exhibition lately witnessed in high quarters." Captain Pim contended that some well-con sidered plan of firmly governing the blacks muss be adopted, or the whites will shortly, in self-preservation, be compelled to abandon Jamaica. He expected the latter alternative, because the prin ciples on which distinct races ought to be governed are not yet understood by our rulers. The negro should be made to work ; he had been encouraged to look upon liberty as license, and thirty years of such teaching has vastly prejudiced his ad vance in civilisation, and at the same time ruined his country. All practical men were united to the belief that the first step to remedy the evils under which Jamaica groansis the abolition of the Assembly,and constituting the island a Crown colony. Alter thi% primary step, he suggested that certain laws should be enacted, with special reference to the blacks—a vagrant act, for example—the sole punishment banishment. If the negro is idle and debauched, he should be sent out of the country ; those who are disposed to work should be hired by contract, for a given term ; breach of contract on either side severely punishable ; no penitentiary or prisons as a premium to negro sloth, but the one punishment— banishment. Hayti, which is within sight of Jamaica, should be selected as the locality for the future residence of those negroes to whom the new regulations in Jamaica might prove distasteful. The laws of Hayti exclude the whites from any rights whatever, but the country is open to a black man, who becomes a citizen at once ; and we have no doubt that the Jamaica blacks, leaving their country for their country's good, would be received with open arms by the Hayden brethren. At all events, some well-considered plan of governing the blacks must be adopted, or the whites will be com pelled to leave the island. At the conclusion of the paper, and frequently during the reading of it, there were loud bursts of applause, especially at those pas sages in which the negrophilists of Exeter Hall were mentioned, and Governor Eyre was praised. Several gentlemen personally acquainted with Jamaica and with the negroes of Africa took part in the discussion, including Mr. Aria, Mr. Semper, Judge Hibbert, Mr. Winwood Reade, Mr. Harris, and Dr. Hunt, every one of them joining in their commendation of the conduct of Governor Eyre, for whom three hearty cheers were given before the meeting separated. WORCESTERSHIRE. The somewhat sudden spread of the disease in this county this week has led to some additional orders being issued by the magistrates. The plague, which had hitherto been confined to the northern part of the country, has now manifested itself at Knighton on-Teme, near Tenbury ; Leigh, about six miles from Worcester ; at Severn Stoke, six miles on the other side of Worcester, and at Chuddesley Corbett, near Kidderminster, though at present in a very mild form. These and some adjoining parishes have con sequently been proscribed by the Court of Quarter Sessions at an adjourned sitting held this week, the order being that no cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, or swine shall be removed out of these parishes to any other parish or place adjoining, or from one farm to another in the said parishes, under a penalty of £2O. The magistrates have also made a further order prohibiting the re moval of hides, hoofs, and offal ia the county, ex cept in boroughs, where disinfectants must be used. It was also agreed that sheep, swine, and goats should be placed on the same footing as horned cattle, being irremovable without a licence in con formity with the last order of the Privy Council. The Insurrection of Negroes in Jamaica. ----~- Yesterday evening there was a special meeting of the Anthropological Society at St. James's Hall, to hear a paper read by Capt. Bedford Pim, R.N., entitled The Negro at Home and Abroad," in re ference to the insurrection of negroes in Jamaica. The room was completely filled, when the president of the society, Dr. James Hunt, took the chair. Capt. Pl3l introduced the subject by some remarks on the history and character of the negro from the earliest known period to the present time, in lan guage, as he said, " somewhat different froin the maudlin eulogiums bestowed upon the negro of late by the enthusiastic negrophilists of Exeter Hall. " Century after century," he observed, " rolls away ; page after page of the hieroglyphics is unfolded ; but not the smallest change is discover able in the condition of the negro. On the banks of the Nile, I have myself carefully examined some of the earliest hieroglyphics in which the negro is depicted, and also some of a thousand years later ; but it would have taken the eye of a microscope to detect the slightest difference in any of the characte ristics of the race, although so wide an interval of time had elapsed, and so close a connection with a higher civilisation existed. Capt. Pim then proceeded to consider the existing condition of the - negro in Af rica. In the interior of that continent, he said, we have the most abundant testimony from all sorts of eye-witnesses. Numbers of educated men have de voted their lives to explore and describe thepeople and country, and from the time of Vasco de Gama to our own the modern civilisation has been as much in con tact with Africa as the ancient. Travellers have ex plored the interior, sailors the coast line, men of busi ness have had practical dealings with the natives, but there is only one opinion as to the innate cruelty of the negro, his sensuality, his brutality under the in fluence of superstition, or when excited or misled, his inbred sloth—in short, the almost total absence of those attributes which enable other races of mankind to advance in civilisation. Captain Pim contended broadly for the right of civilised men to compel inferior black races to work. The ancient custom, he said, amongst civilised people of enslaving each other must not be confounded with negro slavery; the " institu tions" are widely different. In the one case, men of iron will and determination subjugated their less daring fellow-countrymen, and by their aid made great strides in the civilisation of the world, when otherwise progress would be at a comparative stand still. In the other, a decidedly inferior race was res cued from a state of barbarism scarcely human, and compelled to take a useful position ; theirrightto con tinue idlespectators of the toil of their fellow-crea tures being contrary a like to th e l aws o f G o d an d man. No man, he said, can surely doubt that the in stitution of slavery has played a very important part in the world's history, or that it has materially aided the progress and advancement of mankind ; and that it is simply f a l s ifying all experience to stigmatise tHhaeviinnsgtistkuetitoenhsedastahne history of s l avery to our own unmixed a n d mons t rous ev il. time, he looked at the present condition of those who live under this " peculiar institution," after being for nearly a generation in a state of absolute freedom. Although the geographical range of negro slavery has been considerable, he said he should show that the negro has not changed his characteristics, whether located under the cold of a northern climate or the heat of the tropics ; and, moreover, that while in slavery he was incomparably better off than he is as a freedman. Slavery has flourished in Spanish America, the United States, and the West Indies ; but of all countries England has derived the most benefit from it. The slave-trade, he observed, may emphatically be said to have laid the foundation of our commercial greatness ; our cotton aristocracies have been raised upon it ; while to it Liverpool and Manchester mainly owe their prosperity. Never had it fallen to the lot of any savages to enjoy so many opportunities of elevating and improving themselves as the negro, and the result had proved how incompetent they are to appreciate European civilisation. Captain Pim quoted from statistics of the deaf and dumb and idiotic negroes in the free and in the slave States of America, for the purpose of showing that in the min-slaveholding States the proportion of those so afflicted were much greater than in the slave States, and he inferred from these statements the inferiority of the negro, when re moved from control, not only to the white man, but even to his fellows in slavery, and that the efforts to elevate the negro will ever fail so long as they act upon the unsound theory of equality of races. Re ferring to his personal experience at Jamaica, Capt. Pim said—" The most striking peculiarity is the abandoned profligacy of the coloured races. Port Royal and Kingston, in this respect, are sinks of iniquity. Religion struck me as being at a very low ebb everywhere. I remember in 1860 that the bishop was compelled to reject the entire class assembled for confirmation at M an chioneal. The Baptists' revivals and prayer-meetings, if they had not ex cited in me a feeling of deep sorrow at the de pravity and hypocrisy which marked the proceed ings, would have been simply ludricous, the scream ing and chattering being more characteristic of a meeting of monkeys than like an assemblage of men and women ; and I am not surprised at the evident anxiety of the leading Baptists in this country to disclaim any spiritual connection with their black imitators in Jamaica. In short, the unchecked de pravity of the &gm crops up on every side, details of which would be quite unfit, for publication, and which must be seen to be believed." The deductions he drew from the character of the negro as he had depicted it was, that the negro in a state of freedom continues powerless to advance himself in civilisa tion, and that he is most improvable when under moderate control. It is no longer expedient to make a slave of him ; he has performed his part in the world's history in that capacity ; and even , as he su perseded a weaker system of labour, the slavery of the ancients, so Watt and Stephenson have surely CUMBERLAND. A large meeting of farmers washeld at Brampton, Cumberland, on Wednesday, for the purpose of or ganising an association for checking the spread of the cattle plague in Brampton Union and stamping it out wherever it appears. The chair was taken by Mr. Dacre, of Kirklinton Hall. It was reported that during the past week the overseers had commenced to collect the voluntary rate resolvedupon last week, and had met with a ready consent to pay it in al most every instance. The chairman stated, how ever, that in the case of the county association which he had pro.noted at the Quarter Sessions, he had only met with coldness at Penrith and in other places where the plague had not yet appeared. After a short discussion a series of resolutions was car ried, adopting for Brampton Union the system pur sued in Aberdeenshire. It was stated that in the case of stamping out at Swaites, near Brampton, last week, a mistake had been committed. Both diseased and healthy stock were destroyed. In fu ture only those will be killed that show symptoms of disease. A cattle plague association has been formed on the Netherby estate (Sir F. Graham's) for the purpose of putting down the disease if it should make its appearance, and for compensating persons for cattle killed or destroyed on account thereof. A rate of 6d. in the pound has been made on the rate able value of the farm—one-half paid by the land lord and the other half by the tenants, the rate to be extended to ls. in the pound if required. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The disease continues to prevail in and around State of Trade. BRADFORD, Feb. I.—The unsettled state of the money market tends to check business in this market to-day. The business done in wool is very limited in quantity, and confined still to good lustre wethers, the finer qualities of South Downs, and colonial and foreign. Quotations are generally easier, th oug h there are some holders immovable. The worsted yarn trade is unusually flat, especially in the export branch. There is no demand for sorts, especially super 30's, which are usually exported in large quantity at this season. Spinners of lustre yarns, however, are gene rally well employed. Prices are irregular. There is no appreciable change in prices. Several foreign buyers have bought rather freely from stock, par ticularly in fancy goods. There is no improvement in the general demand. Italian cloths, white warp Orleans and glares, in [great demand, can scarcely be had. There is a good demand for China... Prices tolerably firm. DUEL WITH SABRES.—A hostile meeting has just taken place between two officers of the squadron of the Cent-Gardes at Paris. The adversaries fought with sabres in the ditch of the fortifications near the Port de Chatil lon. After a short contest, one of the combatants received rather a sharp cut in the hand. First blood having been drawn the seconds intervened, in accordance with the terms of the duel, and the parties separated. A WORD ABOUT THE ROBIN.—So great is the pugnacity of the robin after his prelude of song that we have ere now rescued one horn certain death, its victor having already broken its wing, and being ready to give the coup de grace when disturbed by our approach. The trustful manner, however, in which it draws nigh our dwellings in winter, and cheerful song, will quite atone for this bad habit in most people's opinion. While treating of the robin's song, the beautiful legend may be mentioned which accounts for its rod breast, by stating that one of them bore away a thorn from the Lord's crown at the Crucifixion.-Once a Week. 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Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts. of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies In tine, 11b., 2s. 91 ; 21b., 4s. 6cl; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b , 405.-Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, E egent-street, London;, also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street; likewise at 01, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopagate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-strei t ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che mists.--. Beware of sourious imitations. SPIRIT. OF. THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The British Parliament holds such an influence over men's minds, by its genius, its dig nity, its venerable antiquity, and its world-wide power, that even its formalities are great public events. Few will read the account of the ceremonies which attended the opening of the seventh Parlia ment of Queen Victoria without a feeling of some thing more than curiosity. Those ceremonies hdve been handed down from days when the civil liberty which is now the heritage of the world was merely the local usage of a small and not very powerful nation. They have remained substantially unchanged, while the people that observe them have been almost transformed in laws, manners, and pursuits. The contrast between the traditional and the real is never more strongly marked than when the powerful body which actually governs this country is summoned by an Usher to the Bar of the Lords, and directed to return forthwith to elect a Speaker who shall be presented next day for the Royal approval. But anti quated though the ceremony may be, there are few Englishmen who would change it for any other which might be supposed more in accordance with modern circumstances. There is a kind of historical satis faction in learning that Mr. Denison was yesterday chosen Speaker, for the third time, after the fashion which has prevailed for so many generations ; that the newly-elected members returned from the House of Lords to their own place according to the Royal command; that the proposer addressed the Clerk at the table; that the seconder did likewise; and that, no other • member being nominated, Mr. Denison thanked the members in his place, was conducted to the Chair between his proposer and seconder, thanked the members again from the Chair, and then, tak ing his seat, constituted the House of Commons after the manner of so many bygone assemblies. We must offer our congratulations to Mr. Denison on being thus, for the third time, chosen to this most honourable and important office. As Mr. Disraeli justly remarked, re-election to the Chair is a greater distinction than the original choice. It has been owing entirely to the wisdom and discernment of the House of Commons that so many Speakers have presided over its deliberations for a series of years. A man can hardly hope to attain this position until he has given proof of the character and ability which are required for the fulfilment of its duties. The house, in this matter, is seldom influenced by party spirit. It knows that the qualities necessary for a Speaker are not to be found in many men. No one who is not ignorant of the temper, the usages, and we may say the prejudices, of the British House of Com mons will suppose that those qualities need be only of a negative character, and that an inoffensive man with a decent knowledge of Parliamentary proce dure is all that the members need look for. Judg ment, moderation, reserve, impartiality, unwearied patience, and unflagging attention form a combina tion not usual even in so gifted an Assembly. And in these days there is the further duty of superin tending the conduct of a mass of business which threatens to overburden the industry of the most laborious member of Parliament. In the fulfilment of these duties Mr. Denison has, according to the testimony of both sides of the house, earned his right to be again chosen Speaker. But, while we heartily congratulate Mr. Denison, we regret that the duty of proposing and seconding him was not committed to gentlemen who would have better represented the representatives of the United Kingdom than Mr. Monsell and Lord Gros venor. On such an occasion it would have been graceful if the Speaker had been proposed on one side of the house and seconded on the other. The Conservative party would naturally have been glad to pay a tribute of regard to a gentleman who has acted with impartiality in party contests during a period of nine years. We may presume from Mr. Disraeli's remarks that the opportunity was not offered them by the Government, and certainly a Speaker whom both parties unanimously elected might have been moved to the chair between two more generally accepted exponents of popular appro bation. Whatever storms may be in the horizon, there has been nothing but calm on the first day of the session. It may be that the days of contested Speakerships have gone by, and that the house will seek out the man best fitted for what are now most arduous duties with as much impar tiality as it would make a judicial appointment. There was a happy unanimity in the speeches of members, and in nothing more than in the feeling allusions that were made to the death of Lord Pal merston. On this subject the Speaker, Mr. Glad stone, and Mr. Disraeli expressed the regrets to which the nation has already given utterance. Mr. Gladstone, - who will have to support the burden which Lord Palmerston carried so lightly, stated that he would have another opportunity of paying a tribute to the departed Statesman, and the country will learn with pleasure that the Government is about to make a proposition .for commemorating Lord Palmerston by a suitable memorial. While as yet the Chair of the House was empty, Mr. Bright broached a subject which it appears has been weighing upon his mind for a quarter of a century. As is well known, it is usual for members of the House of Commons who dine with the Speaker and attend his levees to wear uniform or Court dress. In these days, when Deputy- Lieutenancies and semi-military commissions are in the reach of most members of the House of Com mons, the old orthodox Court suit is less general than of yore ; yet, unless a Speaker's guest desires to commit what may be considered an act of ill breeding, he has to array himself in something different from the ordinary evening dress of the present day. Of this Mr. Bright complains, as preventing certain members from availing them selves of the Speaker's hospitality. This is so purely a matter of taste that we feel no desire to argue it. Undoubtedly, if a man has an insuper able dislike to putting on a certain costume, it is better to let him please himself, but it seems as unreasonable to object to appear in a coat of a certain shape as to take a pride in exhibit ing it. The man of the world views these things with indifference, and adopts the costume which is usual in the society he enters. The dignity of the Speaker, and even that of the members, is enhanced by the formalities which have been handed down from more ceremonious ages, and though uniforms and Court suits are nothing in themselves, they are signs of the honour that has been always paid by the house to the member whom they have chosen to preside over them, and of that regulated courtesy which obtains among themselves. Of course, it is open to any one to object to all special costumes whatever. The Speaker himself might complain of his wig or his robe, or a member might declare that the wearing of such trapping s prevented advanced Liberals from being candidates for the Speakership. 'I he costume of a Judge is, perhaps, the most gro tesque in the world, and there might be some ex cuse for a barrister who should object to assume the full-bottomed wig, the fur tippet, and the nosegay. But men of the highest sense of dignity have been Judges and Speakers, and we doubt whether it ever entered the head of any of them to complain of the customary apparel. So the fortmost statesmen of this country have always put on Court dress when appearing before the Sovereign, and have never felt that they were in any way lowering their dignity. This seems to be the view taken by members of the House of Commons, who have no objection to appear in scarlet and silver or in Court dress when ever they think it their duty to wait on the Speaker; but if there be any who think these harmless things intolerable, it may be as well not to render them indispensable. DAILY NEWS..—In the short interval which has elapsed since the arrogant demands of Spain upon Chili were preferred by Admiral Pareja at the cannon's mouth, the little navy of the Republic has shown how much may may be done by even a small Power when its pa triotic citizens, with minds opened by the arts of peace and quickened by intercourse with the world, are stung by assaults on their independence to take arms for their own defence. Hitherto the Spanish squadron in Chilian waters has done nothing to add to the national renown. It has been unable to en force the blockade so ostentatiously proclaimed, and, what is worse, unable to prevent its own vessels being picked up one by one by those of the Power nominally blockaded. The capture of the Cavadonga by the Esmeralda has been followed by that of a ship's launch, the crew of which were made prisoners in the vessel whicktheytoo rashly boarded as a prize; and of a Spanish ship, the Dormitilla, at Coquimbo ; while Chilian cruisers are upon the track of Spanish commerce on the high seas, and have even displayed the flag of the Republic within sight of the coasts of Spain. It must now be evident to the Spanish Government .that it has on its hands a task such as the Ministers who recalled Senor Tavira and disowned his work of peace never contemplated. We must not, however, de ceive ourselves as to the tendency of exploits which captivate the imagination and win our sympathy. It is, no doubt, fcr the good of mankind that a check should be given to the aggressive tendencies of a buccaneering Power, which, for the last four years, has donelittle but roam the world in search of prey, attacking those with whom it could pretend no quarrel, and nursing to the dimensions of war the little differences which are always apt to arise between independent States, but which the prudence of honest and right-minded governments is exerted to circumscribe. There would, moreover, be an ex hibition of something like poetic justice if Chili were the chosen instrument of Providence conveying a much-needed lesson of international morality to the statesmen of Spain. But dear as is the moral satis faction which follows a just retribution openly visited on the offender, most persons would probably hear with more pleasure that peace was made than that the Chilians were entering upon a r✓' much long war, with the chances, however in their favour. We trust that if the Chiliana should be compelled still to combat their assailant, the advantages they have already won may prove only the earnest of others yet more signal that re main to be .reaped. But experience shows that when two Powers are unequally matched, the bril liant exploits of the weaker, far from having a de cisive character or hastening the end of the contest, only intensify the quarrel, and by provoking the stronger to a greater development of energy make the final issue the more certain. We saw this truth of experience illustrated anew in the American war, and we shall be glad if the lesson is not repeated in the case of Chili and Spain. We fear that the effect of recent events will be to render each party less in clined than before to accept the good offices which the Governments of England and France desire to e mploy in favour of peace. Chili and Peru are ready to incur a considerable amount of risk for the sake of teach ing Spain to mind its own business in future, and already fancy themselves well able to do so ; whil e Castilian pride burns for revenge, even more than for the dollars which were probably the primal/ object of the original expedition. If the neutral Powers of Europe cannot mediate between the belligerents with effect, the next best thing We ca ll wish is, that the American Republics on the one hand, and Spain on the other, may have a fair field and no favour. From this point a view of it seeing desirable that some explanation should be g i v en of a report published by the Patrie, to the effect t hat " the iron-clad frigate Huascar, built in Engla i l, upon the order of the Peruvian Government , will be detained at Brest until the settlement of the difference between Spain and Peru." The deten tion of a ship of war belonging to an independent and Sovereign Power is an act so contrary tointer national law, and so purely arbitrary in its charac ter, that we are bound to suppose that the report must be inaccurate: The subject, however, is one upon which further information is urgently re quired. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHES TER—THURSDAY. No material change has ()marred in the trade during the week, the demand for all articles having been on avery moderate scale, for present consumption only, at the rates previously current. Our market this morning was of a lifeless character. English wheat was mostly in poor con dition, and sold slowlyat last week's prices. Foreign was id. to 2d. pes, cental lower. Flour was difficult to move, and barely supported the previous currency. Oats and oat meal ruled dull, and must be noted the turn in favour of buyers. In beans there was no material change. Indi F l corn was easier to purchase. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At this day's market there was a short supply of lig" ht. lish wheat, which realised the rates of this day sen'niB Fine barley fully ls. per qr. higher ; secondary firm. Oats and beans less in request. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s ; red, 3 03 to 48s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 35s ; grind in g' 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and peas, 40s to 42s ger qr. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. There was a fair supply of both old and new wh st. this day's market to-day ; the trade was firm, and ea t week's quotations were fully supported. Tho show o . f barley was good; farmers commenced by asking 2s. per% advance, but to effect sales were obliged to submit to the rate of this day sen'night. Oats, beans, and peas fully " dear, with rather a better demand. White wheat, 53s to 555; red ditto, 45s to 475; barley, 37s to 40s ; secondary ditto, 30s to 32s per qr. 2,22 0 Averages :—Wheat, 881 qrs, at 43s ld ; barley, qrs., 33s 6d; oats, 28 qrs, 17s 9d. EDINBURGH—WEDNEsDAY. At to-day's market there was a large supply of country wheat, which sold quietly at late rates. Wheat on the top, Os 3d up Barley on the top, is 6d up Oats on the top, Os 6d down Beans on the top, Os 3d down average,aavveerraverage,aaggee Os oo 8 330 dddd Average prices. Wheat, 46s 7d I Oats, 25s 3d Barley, 34s id 1 Beans 41s 9d Total supply and sales. Wheat 1006 qrs sold 616 Barley 1733 qrs sold 1302 Oats 3022 qrs sold 1925 Beans 4Ol qrs sold 242 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 42s Od; 0 4.6 superfine, 40s Od ; superfine, 38s 6d ; fine, 37s Od. • GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. At our market this morning there was a, very q W u iet business doing. The arrivals of Black Sea wheat ere heavy. Wheat brought barely last week's prices, and "oil retail sales were quoted. Barley rather firmer. Oats u"' and beans 6d cheaper Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton_ „Feb. 10. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. . 13 . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Feb. 4. _ . Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and t. Helena Feb. 22. China, Penang,. and Singapore, via Sou; hampton Feb. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 2 • India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 2 Ditto, via Maroeilles Feb. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 11 Ditto, via slarseilles . . Feb. 7 Mauritius, via Southampton ...Feb... ..4 Ditto, via Mandl es. . Feb.. 13 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United btates and British North America , . ..... tish packet . . ....... ...Fc b. S. .. 4. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork • ... F e b. 4 Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry. • West Coabt of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... Feb. I. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba , F,b. 13 and Mexico Cuba and Mexico ......• Feb . 28. Bahamas, via New York. Fe b. 8. Bermuda, ditto Feb . . 4 14. THE COUNT DE MORNY.—There is a certain ill" stitution in St. Petersburg where young ladies b °rl d i under peculiar circumstances are fashionably I ecltte4.; The late Count de Morny, when sent by Napoleon represent him, after the Crimean campaign, at the Russian a capital, knew of this. He had also learnt that anwrigt.h i.: r high-born pupils of the seminary there was one ne'.'"' related to the Czar: therefore, to indicate his Russo' " proclivities" in a way that he thought would be 10. a agreeable to the Court to which he was accredited, he P al the place an early visit, sought for, and obtained an interview with the interesting, eleve, did his best r render himself agreeable to her, and then applie d ge the Autocrat of All the Russias for parmission to her his his Countess. The Emperor was delighted with t he Frenchman's finesse, and while gratifying his Nvishes'di not forget to bestow with the young lady a fortune c°'„o sponding with her exalted connexions. On this contili gency, of course, the A m b assa d or h a d s peculated , an having been thus enri c h e d, on hi s re t urn home , con' trived to put his new resources into first-rate investnie The Count was a very fortunate man, and though a P e m ; venu, never forgot the honour conferred upon him 13 9 ir t % • alliance with the Russian Imperial family.—Tha Grantley Berkeley's Life and Recollections. Vol. 111. a LADVERTISEMENT.J—HoIIoway's Pills.—lll-conditfone Stomach.—Few persons, save those who have long I I dured the hydra-headed disease called dyspepsia, c 3l) any notion of the great expense chronic indigestion eILP - es on muscle, nerve, mind, and temper. In the early st a nd of of this protean malady the purifying, regulating , t he aperient pills invented by Professor Holloway exert Er.. most wholesome power by accurately adjusting the fa tions of the stomach, liver, bowels, and th e minor orgaLn subserving the solution of man's daily food . In confir.lll,e,'o debility of digestion Holloway' s p ills are likewise rel reme dies which may be confidently resorted to in gll stomachic, hepatic, renal, and alvine derangements, f. out the slightest doubt of their ability to release the forer from almost insupportable misery. Births. APPLEBY.—On the 31stult., at Eversfield Villa, o p , n. Kent, S.E., the wife of C. J. Appleby, Esq., of a eo of • CRANBORNE.—On the Ist inst., Lady Cro.nbornel daughter. __ A f of COCKCRAFT.—On the 29th ult., at Southsea , the 1,-ef Commander Cockcraft, R.N. , ELM • S • 13oscoveril daughter. if e of 31 , 1inu.L.—On the 30th ult., at Edinburgh, the if f 6 Lieut.-Col. A. C. APNeill, late Madras Staff CorP s ' ° eon. Marriages. CUBITT—SNOWDEN. — On the 31st ult., at St. Jarae s•s ' 1-* S: c Eta a s d cis i . l ,a ly sr , auh C rg h em a o r nar le ,g s oa C fr u Het b u; i l t ol t ,n , la tq ach ., si C ittie .E , Kingston- 012 , -113 10 , ford, Esq., of Peterborough. i i 1 0 1 " MAUDSLEY— Coxouv.--On the 30th ult., at Hativl e " , f ',.,et, dlesex, Henry Maudsley, M.D , of Queen Annesit'hu London, to Anne Caroline, youngest. daughter of •,° Conolly, M.D., D.C.L., of Hanwell. Deaths. pod.faitialtelarteofiV.ll,,4°.vrai ,. Glow ASKEY.—On the 30th ult., at 14, Park Villas WesLi ce y. cester-gate, Regent's-park, James Robert Roper ""'",..bng. AYLMER.—On the 29th ult., at Weston-super-Mare, . - Brazon Aylmer, Esq. i Dal, BURY.-On the 29th ult., at Ticknell, BoydleY, ''' Esq., aged 89. tow Bissix.—On the 28th ult. at at her residence, 8, AT b 97. terrace, Coronation-road, Bristol, Mrs. Bissix, ar u m , FULLAGAR.—On the 30th ult., at Lewes, Sussex) /°"— Fullagar, Esq., aged 61. tahaint STEVENS.—On the 30th ult., Mr. T. Stevens, a Leiv High-road, aged 71. model STONEHOUSE.—On the 30th ult., at Somerset Souse , A ., 1.W., Sir V. Stonehouse, Bart., aged 67. __....... London : Printed and Published by WI L LLIALANIINW. of of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter, at Tuz Sun 000 , 11° ' +‘ , 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the St.voy. in the Ca en " Aliddlesex.—Friday, February 2, 1866. II