The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-16 00:00:00

Railway rnpanie a LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Waterloo-road ; Captain Mangles in the chair. Mr. F. Clarke, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption 2f the report, said it would have been more agreeable to the directors if they could have recommended the proprietors an increased dividend. Still, he thought, under the circumstances, the maintenance of the same dividend for the past year, as they had had since 1862, inclusive, was not an unsatisfactory re sult, especially as they had to work several new lines that had come into operation, but the traffic on which had notyet been developed. The constant object of the directors would be , while supplying the requisite lines, to increase the traffic receipts so as to keep pace with the increase of capital. At the same time they felt it their duty to discountenance the increase of capital as much as possible. They could not disguise from the proprietors the adroit ness with which new lines were being placed on the map, especially in the metropolitan district, by other companies. He then referred to the balance sheet, which showed, as regarded capital account, that the company had expended £519,390 during the past half-year. They had now 148 stations, and, in consequence of the inereasing traffic they bad continually to provide additional station and other accommodation at various places on their gym tern, and to build goods warehouses. Ile held in his band a list of payments in the half-year, amounting to £226,730 for land and new works on 39 lines be longing to the company. One of the largest items was £31,178 expended on the original line, of which £4,860 was for land, £8,653 for the goods-shed at Nine Elms, £1,500 for a retaining wall, £ll,OOO for fish-joints, heavy rails, and other items, all very good things in their way, but rendered necessary to meet the requirements of an increased traffic. He could give all the various items if they wished to have them, but he would not further detain them on that point. The gross revenue had shown an increase of £37,238 over that of the same half in 1864, and the gross traffic in the year 1865, as com pared with that of 1864, showed an increase of £67,500. The traffic for the first six weeks of the present year showed an increase of £B,OOO over that for the same period of last year. The traffic depart ment showed an increase in the expenses of £19,612. This arose from opening new stations, increased wages, additional signalmen, and other expenses in the establishment of the block system of telegraph signalling from station to station, which he hoped would tend to prevent accidents. The report of Mr. Beattie, their locomotive engineer, informed them that 206,100 additional train miles had been run during the half-year, the rate per mile being 9-85 d. as compared with 10-23 d. for the corresponding period of 1864, which he thought was very satisfac tory, and he believed that there were very few rail way companies able to keep that charge so low. The increased mileage was principally caused by the opening of the Andover and Redbridge, the Alton and Winchester, the Waterloo and London-bridge service, the Thames Valley, and other lines. They were working a great number of lines upon which the traffic had not been developed. They had been constructing new carriages to increase the comfort of the passengers. The new carriages were lighter and neater than the other carriages, and were as nearly perfect as could be. The works of doubling the Salisbury and Yeovil and a portion of the Bas ingstoke and Salisbury were progressing satisfac torily. The Salisbury and Yeovil Company had announced a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for the past half -year, and taking that declared in the preceding half-year gave 51 per cent. for the past year. The South-Western Company were shareholders of more than half that line, so that they participated in benefits of the increased dividends. The Southampton and Netley Railway was a subur ban line to Southampton, but it would be a paying line when extended to Havant, which would open a communication to Brighton.- The Clapham Junc tion line would be opened on the Ist of March, which would give them access via the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway to theLudgate-hill station. The Tooting and Merton line had been let to Mr. Brassey below the estimate of the engineer, and a good deal of the land had been purchased. He then alluded to the bills promoted by the company in the present session, which the report stated were few in number and inconsiderable in extent, and he trusted these lines would amply meet the requirements for which they were intended. A number of schemes had been promoted for the purpose of invading the districts served by the company, especially at King ston and Richmond. He hoped that some stop would be put to such projects, many of them being absurd and uncalled for. Their renewal of way account had been gradually reduced from £84,000 in 1862 to £49,587 in the past half-year, and would continue to be further reduced. In 1864 they paid £30,000 for compensation, and in 1865 £25,000 ; he trusted that in future they would be able to keep that item within a fair compass. The block system of signal ling and the mode of communicating between the passengers and guards would tend in future to reduce not only the loss of life, but the loss of money. The Hon. R. H. DUTTON, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. After a discussion on financial matters, items of account, and the probable increase of interest on loans, Mr. SCOTT, the general manager, in reply to a question, stated that they had succeeied in perfect ing a method of signalling between passengers and guards, which was in operation in the express trains between London and Exeter, by which the guards and engine -driver could be communicated with. They had repeatedly tried experiments on it, but had no occasion to use it, and it was found to act exceed- , ingly well. The subject had been under the conside ration of a committee of railway managers for two years, and he believed the system adopted on the por tion he had mentioned of the South-Western Rail way was the only successful plan. Some of the northern companies were doubtful as to how it could be worked at junctions, where additional car riages were usually added to a train. The experi ments on this subject would be closed by the committee at the end of the present year, when a final report would be issued. Pending that report the South-Western Company had no intention of increasing that system of signalling until the general result of all the experiments was known. Resolutions were passed unanimously adopting the report and statement of accounts, declaring a dividend at the rate of 5f per cent, per annum for the past half-year on the ordinary stock of the c ompany (less income-tax), payable on the Ist o f March ; re-electing Mr. E. J. Hutchins and Mr. 11 * C. Lacy, the retiring directors, and also Mr. A. g Noyes, the retiring auditor itor ; authorising the direc tors to tak e such steps m respect to various bills now before Parliament to them mi g ht appear most conducive to the interests of the company ; and also giving them p ower to bills in Parliament. proceed with the company's The meeting was then made s pecial r ectors were aut horised to for , and the di the Ist of January, 1864, ceasecertain 15years, from piece o p fl y al , id at a a t r en t South of £750 per annumampton to the Imperial n oteleo r aan The proceeding concluded with the best thank s of the meeting to the chairman and directors. SOUTH DEVON. The report of the directors states that the revenue for the half-year ended the 31st of December last amounted to £123,651, as compared with £110,163 received during the corresponding half of 1864 ; £102,614 for same half of 1863, and £99,526 for the same half of 1862. The expenses amounted for the past half-year to £62,758 as compared with £53,350 for the same half of 1864, with £54,402 in 1863, and £55,644 for the same half of 1862; the profit on working being £60,895, £56,812, £48,212, and £43,882 respectively.. The opening of the Launceston and South Devon Railway for traffic on the Ist July last caused an additi on o f 181 m il es to t h e m il ea ge worked. The receipt s on this branch bad been mainlyderived from Fenger traffic, the want of accommodation baying LISKEARD AND CARADON. The half-yearly meeting was held at Liskeard on Tuesday—Mr. Clymo in the chair. The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that there was a disposable balance of £2,084, out of which the directors recommended that a divi dend be declared at the rate of 5 per cent. The Cheesewring branch had been completed. The re tiring directors, Messrs. Clymo and Glencross, were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated. delayed until October the commencement of gene. M £1,200. They proposed to raise the money by the 1 merchandise traffic, which was now from the issue of debentures. same cause only partially worked. The amount due The retiring direct ors were re-elected, and also to the Launceston Company as the net earnings of Messrs. Sandell and Eames, the retiring auditors. the half-year was £2,623. The revenue account An extraordinary general meeting was then held, presented a disposable balance of £42,171, and after and the directors were authorised to convert the providing for all preference and other charges the paid-up sh ares i n t o stock, and to issue the remainder directors were enabled to recommend the payment I of the capital, and to exercise the borrowing powers of a dividend at the rate of 3-1- per cent. per annum I to a certain extent. on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £1,650 for the current half-year. The capital account, as pro vided by the act of 1865, now included the capital receipts and expenditure of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Company, which had merged into this company. The directors had conferred with the committee having the management of the Corn wall and West Cornwall Railways, with the object of bringing about a satisfactory arrangement in re spect to working the lines for locomotive purposes between Exeter, Falmouth, and Penzance as one I system. The length of railways to be so worked at a mileage rate was at present 191 miles. It was be lieved that the united working of so considerable a mileage would admit of great economy when the plan was put into operation on the Ist July next. The West Cornwall rolling stock, tools, engines, &c., had been valued at £43,289. The payment of this money would be secured to the West Cornwall by bonds of the associated companies. The capital account showed that £2,682,768 had been expended, leaving a balance of £37,913. BIRMINGHAM TOWN AND DISTRICT BANK. The directors have determined upon the paymen of an interim dividend of 9s. per share (E 6 paid: for the half-year ending the 31st of December. Court of Common Council. - ' -- A special Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. Mr. R. N. PHILIPPS inquired of Mr. Rudkin, the chairman of the Markets Improvement Com mittee, whether that committee had made any arrangement to give greater facility for the slaughtering of cattle at the Metropolitan Cattle market. He considered it very important at the present juncture that some steps of the sort should be taken. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RUDKIN, in reply, said that at present there were slaughter-houses at the market in which 500 animals could be slaughtered daily, but the commit tee had it in contemplation to erect other abattoirs in which a very much larger number of animals could be slaughtered, if butchers and others interested chose to avail themselves of the additional accom modation. (Hear, hear.) Alderman WATERLOW said that while they were upon the subject of the market, he should be glad if the chairman would inform him whether any steps had been taken by the committee to render the two large buildings that were intended originally for hotels available for lodging-homes for the working classes, or any other useful purpose. Mr. RUDKIN said that the committee had adver tised the buildings to be let several times, but he was sorry to say that they had only received one answer, which was from the North London Society for Im proving the Dwellings of the Labouring Classes, and they had granted a lease of the premises for 21 years to that society, in order that they might carry out the objects they had in view. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBIUTARY 16, 1866. RHYMNEY. The report of the directors states that the expen diture on capital account during the half year end ing Dec. 31 amounted to £7,261. The incresse in the receipts on revenue account was £2,466. After providing for charges, tolls to the Taff Vale, deben ture and other interest, and preferential dividends, there remained a balance of £2,881, out of which the directors recommended that a dividend be de clared at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £25. The first L portion of the Aber branch had been opened for mineral traffic, and coal was now forwarded over it from the Hendredenny Colliery. The capital ac count showed that £532,007 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £21,233. The revenue account for the half year ending Dec. 31 showed tilt £31,363 had been received and £13,145 expended, leaving a balance of £18,218, out of which interest on loans and preferenceshares, rents, and tolls were deducted, leaving £2,881. ITLS f ER. The half-yearly meeting of this company took place on Wednesday at Belfast. The chairman (Mr. Coates, D.L.) congratulated the company on the state of its affairs, and a dividend of 41 per cent. per annum was declared for the past half year. CORK AND BANDON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday in Dublin; Mr.V. O'Brien O'Connor in the chair. The chairman congratulated the share holders on the satisfactory report submitted to them and on the prosperous state of their affairs. A di vidend was declared on the No. 1 preference shares at the rate of 5f per cent, per annum for the past half year, and payment of the dividends due on the No. 2 preference shares for the half years ending June 30 and Dec. 31, 1864, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was ordered. MADRAS. The traffic receipts on the south-west line of this company, 492 miles open, amounted for quarter ending the 31st of December last to £101,258, or £206 per mile, against £85,301, or £173 per mile, for the corresponding three months of the year 1864, the mileage remaining the same. On the north west line the receipts for the quarter had been £20,014 on 119 miles open, or £l6B per mile, against £7,091 on 79 miles open, £9O per mile, for the same period of 1864. The two lines together show an increase on the quarter of 40 miles, or 7 per cent., in length of way open, and £28,880, or 314 per cent., in the receipts. DELHI. It appears that Messrs. Brassey and Co., the con tractors for this railway, expect, should the girders and cylinders for the Ganges Canal-bridge arrive at their destination, that the section between Ghazee abad and Meerut would be ready for traffic by the end of the present year ; the section from Meerut to Mazuffernuggur by the Ist of May, 1867, in time for the summer traffic to the Hills ; a further por tion to Saharunpore by the Ist of May, 1868 ; thence to Umballa, crossing the Rivers Tangri, Murkunda, and Jumna, by the Ist of May, 1869, and on the same date to Loodiana. Starting from the termi nus Umritsur to the River Beas, the line would be fit for the passage of trains by December, 1866, and from the Beas to Loodiana by the Ist of January, 1870. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Mr. Smith's court, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the cases of the Parsonstown andPortumna Bridge, the International Communication between England and the Continent, the Calcutta and South-Eastern, the Brampton and Longtown, Dean Valley and North British (Branches), Berwickshire, North British (Coatbridge, &c., Branches), and the Had low. There was appearance entered in the cases of the Tyne Valley, Banbridge Extension, and the Brighton Pneumatic. The consideration of the Wye Valley, City and London-bridge, and North and South Wiltshire Junction was postponed until the 20th instant, the Caledonia (Edinburgh and Larbert Junction and Branches) to the 22d inst., and the Cork Harbour and Curraghbinny Ex tension to the 26th inst. Mr. Frere declared that the standing orders had been complied with in the cases of the Sutherland, Crofthead, and Kilmarnock Ex tension, Neath and Brecon and other companies (Amalgamation, &c.), Cashel Junction, North British (New Works, &c.), Muswell-bill Estate Railways, Great Eastern (Additional Powers) ; Great Eastern (Alexandra-park branches), Devon Valley and North British (Arrangements), Cale donian (Kilsyth branches), North British (Stirling, &c., branches), and North British (Wishaw, &c., branches). The Great Northern (Additional Powers) Bill also passed standing orders. There was no appearance entered in the Pontypool, Caer leon, and Newport, Exmouth and Budleigh Salter ton, and Navan and Kingscourt (CastleblayneyEx tension). The standing orders were not complied with in the case of Swansea General (Railway) Station and Hotel. The consideration of the North British (Glasgow Branches) was adjourned. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH (LIMITED). The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, 'Cannon-street, City ; Mr. G. She'svard in the chair. Tl T ee h S e u r n e , p t o v rat; t a a n k e a n b s a t s r a r c e t a d o f . which has appeared in The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the receipts of the past Half-year showed a deficit. In the early part of the year a great storm took place, which caused considerable damage to their wires, and, in fact, to the wires of all the telegraph commies. It knocke dalf their poles, and caused the closing of h d alf own their stations. Although some of their stations had been closed, and a loss had been sustained great as mi g h t b e ima wises now occupied , still th a t l oss was not so gined. Th e l ease of the pre chased,the company was, when pur worth from £l,OOO to £.1,500 and was now worth more. They had been offered a contract which would produce £251 or £3OO a year, and cost them a comparatively small sum. The report was then unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN', in reply to questions, said the cost of repairing the wires would be from £l,OOO to THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS. Mr. BEDFORD brought forward a motion, that a special committee be appointed to consider the de sirability of altering the respective number of mem bers returned to this Court by the several wards of the City, having regard to the number of freemen occupiers and the rateable value of the property iu each ward, and to report thereon to this Court. To this motion there was an amendment by Mr. E. Davis, " That after the word ward' the fol lowing words, ' and that such select committee do extend their inquiries, with a view of effecting a comprehensive reform of the Corporation.' " A somewhat desultory discussion took place upon the motion and the amendment, and in the result the latter was declared to be negatived. Mr. ANDERTON then moved as another amendment the previous question, which upon a division taking place, was declared to be carried, the numbers being —For the amendment, 76 ; against it 26 ; majority in favour of the amendment, 50. THE TRAFFIC OF THE CITY. Mr. M'GEORGE then brought forward a series of resolutions having reference to the terribly over crowded state of the City, and the danger and in convenience thereby occasioned to the public ; and he proposed that the subject should be referred to the improvement committee, for them to consider whether it would not be desirable to enter upon a comprehensive plan of improvement in the widen ing and formation of streets. Also to consider whe ther it would not be expedient to apply to Parlia ment for power to levy a rate to carry out improve ments, many of which were now so urgentlyrequired by the extension of our commerce and for thepublic safety ; and also to consider as to the various public works now in progress, and those already autho rised by Parliament, the number of houses removed or to be removed, the number of streets affected, d the length of time allowed for their completion, and to report to the Court forthwith. The hon. member, in a speech of considerable ability, and upon which he was complimented by almost every mem ber who subsequently addressed the Court, referred to the very great dangers and inconvenience that existed at present, owing to the want of proper ac commodation for the increased traffic of the City, and he called the attention of the Court to a num ber of important facts in connection with the subject. It appeared that out of 338 streets in the City, 168 only afforded space for the passage of one vehicle, and only a very small number were suffi ciently wide to admit of the passage of three lines of traffic ; and, in fact, he said, the city of London was pretty much in the same condition with regard to the width of its streets at the present time that it was after the fire 200 years ago. It also appeared that a very large portion of the actual acreage of the City had been scheduled to be taken by diffe rent railway companies, and this would tend greatly to increase those serious evils that were at present complained of. He said he was well aware that the great difficulty that was in the way of carrying out the comprehensive scheme that he would suggest should be carried out was how to raise the money. The Bd. coal duty would be swallowed up for 20 years to come by the great improvements that were already in hand. The City's cash was quite insuffi cient to carry out such a great scheme, and the limited powers in the hands of the Commissioners of Sewers were also quite inadequate for such a pur pose. The only remaining mode of raising the necessary sum was, therefore, by an improvement rate, to be levied upon the citizens at large ; and he r believed that when the great importance of the sub ject, and the absolute necessity that existed for sonic remedy being provided for the present state of things, were considered by them, the rateyayers of the city of London would not object to such an im post being levied upon them. A rate of 6d. or Bd. in the pound upon the rateable property in the city of London would produce a million of money, and the expenditure of the money might be spread over a great many years, so that the entire burden of the cost of the projected improvements would not be entirely thrown upon the present ratepayers. Whatever the cost "might be, however, he urged that it w4s imperative upon the Corporation to take some steps to remedy the present state of things, and with that view he asked the Court to agree to the resolutions that he had proposed. Mr. FRICKER said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolutions that had been proposed, because the evils that at present existed were manifest, and he believed that if the Corpora tion did not take the matter up it would be done for them by the other body. (Hear.) He ad- mitted that it was a difficult thing to raise money, but it appeared to him that the levying of a rate was the best course to be taken ; and the citizens might rely upon this, that if they did not consent to the payment of such a rate to the Corporation for the purpose of effecting improvements that were absolutely necessary for the comfort and safety of the public, some other body would step in and com pel them to pay it to them. Mr. H. LOWMAN TAYLOR said he quite concurred with the hon. members who had addressed the Court as to the advisability of carrying out the im provements they had suggested, but he was afraid that what they proposed was not practicable. The money question, it appeared to him, would be a very serious difficulty to get over. It had been said that a 6d. or Bcl. rate could be levied upon the citi zens, but he could tell the hon. member that the citizens of London at the present time were loudly complaining of the amount of taxation they had to pay, and that in one instance which had come to his knowledge, a rate of id. in the pound had been ob jected to ; and this being the case, he did not think it very likely that one of 6d. or Bd. would be ac quiesced in, no matter what the object was for which it was proposed to be levied. Besides this, it was necessary to obtain an act of Parliament before they could get power to levy an improvement rate, and no act of this kind could be obtained without the contl.ent of the Minister, and he did not believe that they were likely at the present time to obtain such an act of Parliament. (Hear.) Deputy ELLIOTT said he should support the mo tion, not upon the ground that it was likely to re ult in anything—(cries of " Oh, oh")—but because he considered it right that there should be an in quiry, and that the public should know that the Corporation were anxious to endeavour to discover some remedy for the evils that undoubtedly existed at the present time in reference to the traffic of the city of London. Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE supported the reso lution, and he observed that it appeared to him that the Corporation were imperatively called upon to do everything that was in their power to facilitate the commerce of this great city, and that the matter being referred to a committee would not only be satisfactory to the citizens of London, but also to the public at large. (Hear, hear.) Deputy FRY, in supporting the resolutions, ex pressed his opinion that when the ratepayers of the city of London took into consideration the vast im portance of the object to be attained they would not object to the payment of an improvement rate such as was proposed to be levied upon them. He, at the same time, observed that an improvement rate was levied in almost everyother large corporate town, and the citizens of London ought not to object to pay such a rate, particularly when it was remem bered that they were not subjected to the payment of a county rate, an impost which was levied in every other town in the kingdom. The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. LODGING -HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING POOR. Mr. 11. A. IsAacs then moved, " That whereas a large number of poor persons have been displaced by the demolition of house property within the City, for railways and City improvements, it is desirable, in orderto remedyto some extent the inconveniences resulting therefrom, that the Corporation should erect an additional number cf lodging-houses for the labouring poor, and that it be referred to the Im provement Committee' to consider the subject and report thereon to this court." After a short debate, in which the principal ob jections urged to the motion were, that the present was an inopportune moment to interfere in such a matter, and that it would be better to wait to see what steps would be taken in the same direction by the different railway companies under the require ments of their different acts of Parliament, the pro position was rejected by a majority of five only. The court then adjourned. Commissioners of Sewers. The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London met at the Guildhall on Tuesday, for the despatch of public business. Mr. Deputy De Jersey presided upon the occasion. A considerable portion of time was occupied in hearing summonses which had been taken out by the officers of the Court against Mr. Baker, one of the contractors, for various neglects in the removal of dust from premises within his district. The con tractor was fined in the aggregate a sum of for the neglects. The City Remembrancer (Mr. Wm. Corrie) at tended before the Commissioners and laid before them petitions which he had prepared, in accordance with their instructions, for presentation to Parlia ment, in opposition to the Metropolitaa Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, and the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway Bill. The petitions were at once signed, and they were ordered to be presented to Parliament in due form. Mr. JOSEPH DAW, the principal clerk, read a re port from the Improvement Committee in reference to the Metropolitan District Railway Bill, upon which subject a memorial was presented at the last Court from the inhabitants of the ward of Tower, complaining that the powers sought for in the bill were unjust, and would, if sanctioned, operate op pressively upon a considerable number of occupiers of property in Tower-street and the locality. The committee stated that they had carefully considered the provisions of the bill, and they recommended the Court to present a petition to Parliament in op position to it, and they stated further that they had requested the Remembrancer to assist the inhabi tants of the locality in their opposition to the bill as far as he was able to do so. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETIIEBY, the medical officer of health, laid before the Court the returns of the several inspec tors, which related to 230 houses visited during the week, and he submitted "a list of 24 places for sana tory improvements in various particulars. The markets and slaughter-houses within the City, he said, had been duly inspected, and the officers had condemned 3,1561b5. of meat as unfit for human food—it consisted of 5 sheep, 2 pigs, 4 calves, 26 quarters of beef, and 6 joints of meat—all of it in a diseased condition, and had been destroyed. Last week there had been 68 births and 42 deaths registered in the City. The mortality returns were below the average (57) for the corresponding period of the last 10 years ; 19 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 8 only among persons of 60 and upwards. THE GAS SUPPLY. Dr. LETHEBY stated that the illuminating power of the gas supplied to the City during the past week had been in the case of each of the companies above the requirements of the act of Parliament, but the amount of sulphur in the gas had been at all times excessive, the City Company's gas having contained an average of 23.12 grains per 100 cubic feet, the Chartered 26.09 grains, and the Great Central 23.49 grains. The Court subsequently adjourned. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday Admiral the lion. Sir Frederick Wm , Grey, G.C.8., first sea lord, and Rear-Admiral E. G. Fanshawe, members of the Board of Admiralty, with Rear-Admiral Spencer Robinson, Controller of the Navy, and other officials, visited Chatham dockyard for the purpose of inspecting the iron-clad frigate Bellerophon, which is now being rapidly brought forward for sea, preparatory to her leaving Chatham for Portsmouth. After transacting busi ness with Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., the super intendent, and other heads of departments, their lordships visited the screw steamer Reindeer, one of the corvette class of vessels, and the only wooden ship now building at Chatham, proceed ing afterwards to the Bellerophon, in No. 3 dock. The chief interest was centred in the latter vessel, on which all - the available hands not re quired for the other vessels are now employed, in order that she may be out of hand by the earliest possible date. During their tour of inspection their lordships visited and minutely inspected the princi pal parts of the frigate. The principal work re maining to be accomplished on board Is chiefly in the way of fittings, and this will detain her in dock for some time beyond the 17th, the date originally intended for her being undocked. The Reindeer, the other vessel inspected by the members of the board, is being brought forward for launching, and she is so far advanced that she will be launched during the ensuing month. She was originally in tended for a 17-gun corvette, but after standing idle on the stocks for some years she was again taken in hand, strengthened , throughout, :and is now being completed to mount a few guns of the largest description on her upper deck. The Lord Warden, iron-cased frigate, was not visited by their lordships, who satisfied themselves by making a cursory inspection of her as they proceeded to the other vessels. After lunch at the official residence. of Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., in the dockyard, the members of the board embarked at the dockyard pier in the paddlewheel steamer Wildfire, Mr. Brockman, m aster - commander, the steam yacht of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, and proceeded down the har bour to Sheerness for the purpose of inspecting the ron-clad corvette Pallas, 6, 600 horse power, and the other vessels at that dockyard. The screw steam frigate Topaze, 31, Capt. Wm. M. Dowell, C. 8., got up steam yesterday morning, and left Plymouth Sound for the measured mile outside the breakwater to teat her engines and ma chinery. The Russian Budget. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11. The budget for 1866 has just been issued, accom panied by the following report from the Minister of Finance to the Emperor :—; " Byyour Imperial Majesty's order the construc tion of the Southern Railway at the expense of the Treasury was commenced in 1863, from Odessa to wards the Dniester. In 1864 the line was prolonged towards Balta, and in the direction of Moscow to Orel. At the end of that same year your Majesty ordered that the works should be continued from Moscow to Kiew past Koursk, and from Balta. to Kharkow past Krenientchoug, charging the State Bank to supply the necessary funds, upon the pro duce of the home loan, at 5 per cent. with pre miums. Cons3Tiently, up to the Ist Jan., 1866, the Bank has already furnished over 23,000,000 roubles, but hitherto this outlay has not yet appeared in the State budget. A credit of 19,930,000 roubles has been entered upon the budget of 1866, and charged upon the same funds. In order to admit of regular comparison between the budget of 1866 now laid before your Majesty and that of the preceding year, this credit has been removed both from the revenue and expenditure, whence it appears that in the budget for 1865 the ordinary receipts were estimated at 349,945,000 roubles, and in 1866 they are valued at 349,680,000, being 265,000 roubles less than for the previous year. " The diminution of revenue is chiefly to be ex pected under the following beads-8,033,000 roubles in the tax upon drinkables, owing to a falling off in the consumption. 1,213,000 roubles in customs, the diminution here chiefly occurring in the sugar duty. In 1865 a much less quantity of sugar was thrown into home consumption than in preceding years, owing to the excessive importation of this article in 1864 over real wants: Although the stocks of colonial sugar are probably nearly ex hausted, so that a certain amount of importation may be expected, it has been thought more prudent to base the calculations of the budget upon the pro spect of a moderate importation. The revenue from the mines and manufactures of the State has been reduced by 468,000 roubles, owing to the quantity of raw and worked metals to be publicly sold having been diminished on account of the surplus furnished to the departments of War and of the Marine. The amount of sundry and unforeseen expenses haS been reduced by 690,000 roubles, because in 1865 it in cluded certain special sums which had been paid into the Treasury in the course of that year. Fur ther, there is a reduction of 291,000 roubles upon duties of various kinds, of 215,000 roubles upon the postal revenue, and of 213,000 roubles upon the coinage. " On the other hand, excess of revenue is antici pated under the following heads,: -562,000 roubles upon the salt duty : 1,200,000 roubles ,upon tobacco ; 604,000 roubles Upon the stamp duties; 142,000 roubles upon forests ; 503,000 roubles upon the NicOlas Railway ; 534,000 roubles upon the sale of crown lands and of recruitment receipts; 368,000 roubles upon the mining duties, owing to the in crease taken in 1865 by the gold workings, and the cessation in 1866 of the reductions granted upon those duties. Among the various receipts figure 2,400,000 for exemptions from the conscription in Poland and the Baltic provinces. The indirect re sources of the Treasury have been augmented by a sum of 1,532,000 roubles, owing to the increased expenses incurred in the territorial advances, andby a sum of 2,270,000 roubles, resulting from pay ments received at the time of the conscription which was not entered in the budget for 1865. Lastly, the amount of 476,000 roubles, being the dues paid by the tribe of Kirghises, is entered in the budget for the first time. " The expenditure of the State was placed at 368,343,000 roubles in the budget of 1865, and is estimated at 367,264,000 for 1866, showing a re duction of 1,070,000 roubles. " The important differences which have taken place in the expenditure refer to the following esti mates :--There is an increase of 4,296,000 roubles in the credit estimate. By virtue of an imperial ukase of Nov. 13, 1864, the State bank was autho rised to open a subscription for a home loan at 5 per cent. with premiums, on condition that the an nual payments on this loan should be at the charge of the Treasury, and that a sum equivalent to the product of the loan in capital should be expunged from the Treasury debt to the old credit establish ments. In consequence of this operation the Trea- sury payments on its debts to the old credit esta blishments have been reduced by 4,785,000 r., and there have been entered in the budget, per contra, 9,137,600 r. for payments on the home loan at 5 per cent.—a sum in.'s% hich are included 3 coupons, i.e., interest for a year and a half. After 1867, only 2 coupons will be paid annually, i.e., interest for a year, which will reduce that expense by 2,500,000 per annum. It results from this that the effective increase of the expense of the public debt will be 1,796,000 r., and will arise principally, besides pay ing the aforesaid loan of 5 per cent. with premiums from the entry on the budget of 186 G of a credit of 518,000 r. to meet the interest of 4 series of Trea- sury bonds. There is an increase of expenditure of 273,000 r. in the department of the Sacred Synod ; of 200,000 r. for the Ministry of the Crown Lands of the Empire; of 595,000 r. for public instruction ; and of 1,189,000 r. in the department of Justice, due chiefly to the projected opening of the new courts in the course of this year. The estimate of the finance department is increased by 2,672,000 r., but this estimate, in addition to the expenses of the depart ment, contains items referring to other branches. The former, i.e., expenses of the department pro per, are inc rease d b y 185,000 r. In the other it ems there is an increase of 528,000 r. for pensions, and of 1,788,000 r. for extraordinary expenditure in the provinces. Two credits have been entered, one of 50,000 roubles for the restitution of moneys unduly levied by the Treasury, the other of 1,284,000 r. for metals prepared in the ma nu f actor i es of the State for xhe Ministries of IVar and Marine —expenses which were previously included in the estimates of those Ministries. Per contra, there is a reduction of 7,615,000 roubles upon indemnities of various kinds. The estimates for the Ministry of the Interior are increased by 2,183,000 roubles, arising chiefly from transfer to its charge of the expenses attending buildings in the provinces which were entered in the estimate of the department for Public Works, and from the costs of transporting prisoners and keeping up prisons, which had been charged on the territo rial advances. " The pacification of the Caucasus and the plac ing of the troops upon a peace footing have again permitted a notable diminution of expenditure, amounting to 11,171,800 roubles in the War De partment, and to 686,000 roubles in that of the Ma rifle. In the Ministry of Public Works there has been a diminution of 1,725,000 roubles,arising mainly from the transfer to the Ministry of the Interior of building expenses in the provinces. " The insufficiency of the revenue to meet the ex penditure amounts to 21,583,000 roubles. This de ficit will be covered by the intended issue of three series of Treasury bonds for 9,000,000 roubles, and the disposable remainder of the Anglo-Dutch Loan in the hands of our bankers abroad." [A.DVERTIsEMENT.]— Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa. tion, debility, consumption, an ; all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage. are only aggravated and accelerued by drugs ot every description, but perfectly cur able by 1)u Barry's heal th- re,toring itevalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeess, such as- cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, hse nerrboids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, te;ers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, no sea in the head and care,) heum ,tism, ;out, Im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrit sbilit sleepless nese, acidity, palp:tation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at ma, sliik:ng fits, bronchitis, scrofula, lightness ot the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoo der-., its. We vote a few :—Cure No. -.6,276. MrJarnes Roberta, timber merchant, of Frimi y, Surrey, of 30 years' discus, d lungs, spatting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobi, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gather.ngs; low spirits, aid nervous fancies. -Cure No 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decles, lord lieut. ot 1l atertud, of many ) ears' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria July —Cure No. 54,816. The Rev, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical t. eatment.— In tins, llb, 2a 9d; 21b, 4s 61; 51b, lla ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, ICs.—Barry On Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King Wild am-street ; likewize at GI, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 50, and 298, Oxford-street ; 230, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottcnham-court-road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N,; Harvey, Nutting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, high-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's -wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che nalets.—Beware of spurious, imitations. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOiRNALS. TIMES.—Time, which brings all things to light, has now completely revealed the secrets of a very strange story. It is just 12 months since a most extraordinary robbery in Cornhill alarmed our me tropolitan tradesmen for their property. A jeweller's shop, though protected in what was thought a secure fashion, was found on a Monday morning rifled of its precious contents. The premises themselves, after being locked up on the Saturday night, were left untenanted for the next six-and-thirty hours, but the gas was kept alight, the shutters were pierced with holes so that the police could see into the shop at all times, and the most valuable part of the stock was lodged in au iron safe, believed to be thief-proof. When the proprietors, hoIN ever, re turned to the shop on Monday morning, this safe was found open, and the jewelry gone. The specu lations and controversies which followed, and the arrests, trials, and convictions which ultimately ensued, will not have been forgotten ; but the whole story has now been revived and explained to its minutest particulars in the course of certain legal proceedings just reported. Mr. Walker, the jeweller who was plundered, brought an action against the manufacturers who supplied him with his safe, and one of the witnesses produced in court was the chief operator in time robbery. His frank and circum stantial narrative of the affair gives us an insight into matters more interesting than the niceties of ironwork. The robbery bad been elaborately schemed, and was only accomplished by a regular expedition of well-equipped thieves: The cleverest of the gang had taken Mr. Walker, his family, his habits, and his doings, under the closest surveillance for seven weeks before, night and day ; until at last everything connected with his going and coining, his business and his practice, was thoroughly known. The information being complete, a party of five of the robbers r e p a i re d t o th e pre mises at ten minutes past six on the evening of Saturday, the 4th of February, 1865. The house was let and occupied in floors, Mr. Walker's shop being on the ground floor, Sir Charles Crosley's offices immediately above, and other offices above those, while below Mr. Walker's shop was a room tenanted by a tailor. The occupants, when the thieves arrived on the spot, had not yet all left for the night, but the offices on the second floor were empty, and to these three of the robbers at once ascended by means of the common staircase, and there took up their first position, the other two re maining in the street, to watch and give signals. At 20 minutes to eight the signal was given by the confederates outside that Mr. Walker's foreman, who appears to have been the last on the premises, was gone, and their operations were at once com menced. The three robbers concealed in the house first went down to Sir Charles Crosley's floor, where, more for pastime, as it seems, than anything else, they opened the safe. The chief object of the expedition was still postponed, nor was it until past midnight that they began the work. Mr. Walker's shop appears to have been secured by iron doors or partitions, but the thieves directed their attack against a part which had not unnaturally been left with less protection. They got into the tailor's room on the lowest floor, mounted upon his cutting board, and then forced their way through the ceiling and flooring into Mr. Walker's shop above. Having thus effected a lodgment against the real point of attack, they distributed the duties of the night. Of the two thieves stationed in the street, one was to be on the watch lest Mr. Walker or any of his people should return to the house, while the other was to keep guard over the police, and give warn - ing whenever any constable approached the shop. Inside, one of the gang sat upstairs, in Sir Charles Crosley's arm-chair, at the window of the second floor, to correspond with the sentries in the street, and the signals of these men he communicated by means of a string to his comrades below. One of these placed in the hole half-way between the shop and the tailor's room, handed up such instruments as were wanted for use, the other "did the work," and it is he, now a convict undergoing his sentence of penal servitude, who tells the story. The first proceeding of the operators was to " test" the safe in which the booty was secured, and this experiment was con ducted by the insertion of a thin wedge of steel into the almost imperceptible chink left behind the door of the safe and its side. Supposing a wedge holds when so driven it is taken as evidence that the operation is practicable, inasmuch as something or other is clearly yielding to pressure, and that pressure may be gradually and dexterously increased up to the point desired. If the wedge, instead of holding, rebounds from the plates and flies off, it is proof that the affair cannot be managed, or, at least, not in this manner. In this instance, the wedge held, and so the operation was continued. First, a little bar was inserted to release the wedge, then another wedge a little larger to release the bar, then another bar a little bigger still to release the second wedge, until after ten or a dozen such steps the chink was opened sufficiently for the introduction of the "alderman." The instrument thus dignified in name is a long iron bar, sometimes as much as five feet in length, jointed together in pieces, so as to be carried in a small case. With the end of " the alderman " fairly introduced, and the arm of a strong man acting at the other extremity of the lever, the safe has no longer any chance, and so it was on this occasion. The door was prized open by the force of this powerful lever, and the booty was won. At a quarter before 4 on Sunday afternoon the thieves were "up in Sir Charles Crosley's office, washing their hands," and by twenty minutes to 5 they were " miles away " on the Guildford-road. According to this candid lecture on burglary, th e strength of a safe must consist in its power to defy the introduction of the long lever. Once the lever in, according to Mr. Casley's explanation, no safe can resist. Indeed, one of th e i n d epen d ent w it nes ses stated that with any safe, however str ong , it was only a question of time ; but this view of the case should be compared with the convict's descrip tion of the matter. He said that in his profession certain means of opening safes are cons id ere d " law ful," and certain others " unlawful." " Lawful" operations were those which could be conducted with out noise or alarm, as by wedges and " aldermen ;" the "unla w f u l" were those attended with noise, and likely to bring about detection. No doubt, any safe ever constructed might be forced open if time were no object and secrecy of no importance, but, happily for honest people, these are not often the conditions of a burglary. We remarked at the time of the robbery that the one thing which rendered it prac ticable was the desertion of the premises for six and-thirty hours together, and that proves to have been the fact. The thieves did not get into Mr. Walker's shop, with the safe before them, till five minutes before 3 on the Sunday afternoon—that is, not till one-and-twenty-hours after the commence ment of their operations, and even then they had got the chief part of their work to do in forcing the safe. The convict admitted that the safe yielded sooner than he had anticipated ; indeed, it was opened in about 35 minutes ; but the long interval between Saturday evening and Monday morning left them with ample time to spare. In the twelve hours of a single night the work could not have been done. The real security given by these safes to the public consists in this, that they render robbery impossible, except under conditions not commonly realised. A door which can only be opened by skilful thieves, working with special tools and with more or less advantage of time, is no protection for property. The professional operator said that on this occasion Mr. Milner's safe was not so strong a specimen as he had usually foun3 his productions to be—indeed, he gave them generally a very high character ; but even if the door had held out for six or seven hours, the robbery might still have been accom plished in time for escape. Excepting, however, for this favourable condition, it is clear that Mr. %Volker's shop was not ill protected. The thieves could not so much as effect an entrance into it till after nearly 21 hours' work, and we now have it on the evidence even of the burglars themselves that the police did their duty thoroughly. They were round every nine minutes, and the warning signals from without greatly interrupted the operations in the shop. Aided, however, by time, the science of the housebreakers was successful, and a very natural impression was produced in court by the aspect in which this science was exhibited. The skill, intel ligence, and patience which the convict witness had evidently carried into his criminal profession would have rai , ied him to eminence as well as competence in any lawful calling ; but the example of depraved gifts is unfortunately not without precedent. Thieving, it is clear, is no easy life ; it is only a pity that those who feel the truth cannot apply the moral. HERALD.—The reconstruction of the American Union is as far off as ever. The Radical or Repub lican party, headed by Mr. Stevens in the House of Representatives, and by Mr. Sumner in the Senate, are in a great majority in both Houses of Congress. However much he may disapprove of their acts the President has no power of dissolving the houses or appealing to the country. The present Congress can do what it chooses for two years to come. The first act of the COpg,ress, which has exclusively de voted itself to the question of the Southern States, was to deny admission to the representatives of those States to either house. The next move was the proposal of an amendment to the Constitution, the design of which was to give the South the alter native of granting the suffrage to the negroes, or ex cluding the negro population from the basis of repre sentation. In calculating this basis two-thirds of the slaves were reckoned under the system. The removal of this quota would diminish by nearly one-half the number of Southern representatives in Congress, and cripple for ever the influence of the Southern Sta t e * in the Union, Tile proposed addition to th• constitution, after after passing through committee, stood thus:—"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union accordingto their respective numbers, count ing the whole number of persons in each State, ex cluding Indians not taxed, provided, whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race or colour, all persons therein of such race or colour shall be excluded from the basis of representation." This amendment was voted . in the Ho use o f R epresentat i ves by a majority of 120 to 46. It goes t o t h e S enate, w hi c h i s even more Radical th an t h e L ower H ouse. B e i ng passed by a vote of more t h an two - t hi r d s i n b o th houses the President h as no power o f veto l e ft t o him -11 the Constitution. He has next to refer it to the Governments of the States, of which three-fourths must accept it before it can become law. As it is aimed directly at the political extinction of one third of the States of the Union, it is hardly possible that this resolution can ever have legal force. Mean hile it seems to be admitted that, except in amend ing the Constitution, this Northern Congress has full powers to pass what laws it pleases for the belle fit of the South. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens and his friends are hurrying through Congress with allP°s - speed two measures which are intended for the benefit of the blacks to the detriment of the whites of the South. One of them, introduced first by Mr. Howe in the Senate, admits the negro to all the rights of citizenship—not, however, including the franchise, which h as b een d en i e d to h i m b y se veral of the Northern States. A more objectionable bill is that of the Freedman's Bureau, which proposes to maintain the blacks at the expense of their late masters, and on land to be obtained by the con fiscation of their property. Except in an arbi trary way, by military force, these enactments eau , not be carried out without the consent of the Legis latures of the States in which they apply. The same may be said of the wholesale bill of confiscation which Mr. Stevens keeps in reserve as the next of his thunderbolts, and which, we doubt not, he ca n pass through a house which seems prepared to do his bidding in everything. The Radicals seem to be hurrying on, by every means in their power, to another armed collision between North and South. Regardless of the vigorous protest of the President of the Republic, disdaining to listen to the pruden tial and patriotic counsels of Mr. Stewart in the Senate and Mr. Raymond in the Lower House, ad vising a course of conciliation and compromise - as the only rational method of healing the wounds of the past, they look on the triumphs of the Northern armies as a victory for their theories, and argue that to the conqueror belong the spoils of the van quished. Not content with floating their " stars and stripes" to the frontier of Mexico, they would humiliate and utterly break their enemy by placing the foot of the negro, once his. servant, on his pros trate neck. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHES TER—THuRsDAr. Our market this morning was fairly attended; The driest samples of English wheat sold rather freely at the currency of last week, and the same may be said of foreign• Flour sold slowly, without alteration in value. Oats and oatmeal met a dull sale, but wero not lower. Beans and Indian corn were unchanged. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At this day's mark e t th ere was a moderate supP l9 f 0 wheat, which sold readily at fully the eurrency of this daY sen'night. Barley 6d. to ls. per qr dearer. Oats less ill request, but no cheaper. Beans and peas unaltered. BRISTOL —THURSDAY. - Our market to-day was thinly attended. English when . ; was in short supply, the s am pl es genera ll y b e i ng d am p and out of condition ; for dry parcels last week's prices were readily obtained, and occasionally rather ex.oeeded ; other kinds difficult of disposal. Foreign held with •firrilnesSl i but inquiry very limited. M a lti ng b ar l ey i n goo d d e manut and ls. per qr. dearer. No change in grinding qualitiee. Oats in larger supply than for a long time past, and values on ex-ship parcels gave way from 3d. to 6d. per qr. Indian corn dull. Beans without alteration. BURY ST. EDMUND'S-WEDNESDAY. The supply of wheat here to-day was not equal to that of last week. Trade was firm, with an upward t e ndency in prices. The sho w o f b ar l ey gra d ua ll y dimin i s h es; qualities fully maintain late values. Oats, beans, and pea° steady. White wheat, 53s to 555; old red, 46s to 48s; new red , 40s to 44s , malting barley, 32s to 35s ; Page's prolific bar ley, 37s to 40s per qr. averages :—Wheat, 1,152 qrs, a t 43 s 2d ; b ar l e y, 2,61 1 qrs., 34s Od ; oats, qrs, Os Od. EDINBITRGH—IVEDN-EsDAy. At to-day's market there was a good supply of count!" wheat, which sold at about late rotes. Wheat on the top, is Od up ...average, Os ld up. Barley on the top, is 6d up average, Os 7d up. Oats on the top, Os 9d up average, Os 4d up. Beans on the top, is 3d up average, Os 4d up. Average prices. Wheat, 45s 9d I Oats, 25s 7d Barley, 3ss 7d 1 Beans 42s 4d Total supply and sales. Wheat 1116 qrs sold 517 Barley 1530 qrs sold 1290 Oats 2199 qrs sold 1756 Beans 370 qrs sold 257 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White,' 4 Is 6d; extra superfine, 39s 6d; superfine, 38s Od ; fine, 36s 6d. GLASGOW—WEDNEsDAY. A more cheerful ton e p reva il e d during the wee k . To day's market was well attended. Wheat in better inquiry with the turn in sellers' favour. Flour unaltered. Barley 3d. to 6d. dearer per 3201 b. Grinding beans 3d. per 2801 b. Other articles unchanged. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19 ' Ditto, via Marseilles mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet 91st. 8. Ditto, by French packet Feb. 2z• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Feb. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Sou. hampton.. Feb. 19 . Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vla Southampton... Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles •• Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. a. Ditto, via riarseitles Feb. 22 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Alarseil e Newfoundland Portugal 6. •• ..........Mar Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ..... . United States and British North America, bypri tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton.. • .•• Ditto, via C ;rk Ditto ; by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb. 18 * West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Ttneri ire Mar. 12 West Indies and Pacific (except Baba was, Cuba, and Mexico Cuba and xico Bahamas, via New 1 ork Bermuda, ditto.. Feb 28 • Mar. < `• lan 4 The Moniteur announces that a person name d "Judas" has asked permission from the Minister of Jos tice to change his name to a Jude." This latter appellatio n (without the "e" at the end) was, it may be remembere d / that of the murderer of M. Poinsot in a railway carriag ° on the Strasburg line. The name, therefore, is not pleasant one to bear. 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Mrs. Arthur Ellis, of a son. ed HEADLAM.—On the 15th inst., at 24, Norfolk-squvre, park, the wife of Edward Headlam, Esq., of a son. o f HUNT.—On the 14th inst., at 5, Rutland-gate, the Wif e Ward liunt, Esq., M.P., of a sou. POLWHELE.—On the 12th i ns t. , at Polwhele, Truro, the wife of T. R. Polwh e l e , Esq., of a son. Marriages. • CHAPMAN—TINGEY.—On the 12th i ns t., a t All S al11 : 0 8 , Gordon-square, Franz, secon d son o f G eorge Chsr i t h .. Esq., Thistle-grove, Brompton, to Isabella, eldest daub. e . for of Wm. Tingey, E sq ., G ower - street, B e df o rd -aqu a ' NEGUS—Fox.—On the 13th inst., at St. 80t04117 Bishors, gate, John Joseph, eld es t son o f t h e l a t e r• J. Negr. of Bishopsgate, to E mma , e ld est d aug ht er o f the late Charles R. Fox, of Enfield, Middlesex. Deaths. ANDREW.—On the 11th inst at his residence, Tu dor Cot tage, Ashton-und er -Ly ne: J. Andrew, Esq., aged 78 ; h.. BAKER.—On the 12th inst., at 10, Brunswick-road, Br'g ton, the Rev. T. Baker, M.A., aged 54. BLACKBURN.—On the 14th inst., at Epsom, P. Black buri l l M.A., formerly of the city of Exeter, and, of Ste e p le Langford, Wiltshire, aged 67. MELDRUM.— On the 9th inst., at Easter Kincaple, Fifesh Alex. Meldrum, Esq., of E as t e r Kincaple. bill, SYMES.—On the 14th inst., at Earlswood Rouse, Rn Wm. Symes; Esq., aged 74. -vac, TUDWAY. - On Shrove-Tuesday, the Rev.. Henry Tuci• - rector of Walton, Somemetshire. WOOD.— On the 7th inst., at her residence, Surrey, Miss Harriot Wood, aged 95. ire, London: Printed and Puthsbed by WILLIAM AN of No. 112, Strand, PiLlter, at Ti[:. Sur; 0 111, %0. 118. Strand, in Of Precinct of the &.avoy. in the Colin if 2diddleam—Friday, February 16, 1866.