The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-29 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. CITY OF LONDON. Last evening Mr. Lyall, M.P., and Mr. R. N. Fowler, the Conservative candidates for the city, accompanied by Mr. Thos. Baring, M.P., the chair man, and many of the members of the committee, attended a large meeting of the constituency assem bled in a schoolroom in Bishopsgate. The candidates were at first tolerably well received, but as the pro ceedings advanced the tableswere somewhat turned. It was, however, a part of the city where they were likely to meet with most opposition, including, as it does, the great body of the Jewish community, who to a man support Baron Rothschild, their co-reli- gionists. Mr. GIBBS, on the motion of Mr. I nos. BARING, was called to the chair. On assuming it, he said the present crisis was of momentous importance to them all. They were not inclined, he supposed, to consent to the swamping of that constituency and of all others by the indiscriminate admission of men who, excellent and intelligent in other respects, had not opportunities of studying public questions, so as to be likely to exercise the franchise for the general good. lie also assumed that they would not be dis posed to adopt the ballot—(hear, hear)—unmanly and miserable way as it was of giving a vote. He supposed they had all read a letter in that day's Times written by a man who had seen the practical working of the ballot in America. For the benefit of those who had not he would just read one pas sage from it : " Extend the franchise as much as you please, but let education precede that, and never introduce the ballot, unless you wish to destroy the English character for open avowal of opinion and action. Open voting may sometimes injure a person pecuniarily, but secret voting far worse while it is no protection against bribery, I know, for I have seen it practised scores of times. I have seen men's votes bought for an American quarter (an English shilling), the ticket put into their hand how they were to vote, and the person walk with them to the poll and see the tickets placed in the ballot-box." He reminded the meeting that in the city of London the constituency had now, as for years past, to sub mit to the dictation of a society which arrogated to itself the function of selecting the candidates who were to present themselves for election. The time had arrived for resisting that dictation, and he called on the electors to set their faces against it, adding that the Conservatives had a numerical majority in the city (" No, no !"), and that it had only been their apathy of late years which had led to their losing a share in the representation. Mr. LYALL, M.P., then stood forward to speak, and was received with cheers. He felt it incumbent on him, he said, to state the reasons which had in duced him to present himself as a candidate to re present this great city. From a very early period of life it had always been a great object cf ambition with him, if ever circumstances should afford him an opportunity—and it was but natural that he should have ambition, remembering as he did that his father entered Parliament for the city with a majority of 1,100 in his favour. Since that period they had seen many and great changes, and he himself had sat in Parliament seven or eight years, acquiring that experience which he hoped might enable him worthily to perform the duties if he should have the honour of being elected their representative. During the latter years of his father's life he acted as his private secretary in matters connected with the re presentation of the city of London. Eighteen years had since elapsed, but he had then peculiar oppor tunities of knowing the wants and wishes of the citizens, and he hoped he had not forgotten them. (" What have you done for the Dissenters ?") He respected the opinions of the Dissenters, though warmly attached to his own Church—the Church of England. (Cheers.) With respect to church rates, he had not voted for their abolition uncondi tionally, but he had done so on conditions. As to free trade, he entirely coincided with the votes his father gave in favour of the measure of Sir Robert Peel for the abolition of the corn laws, and while he had sat in Parliament he had never given a vote which had not been in entire conformity with the principle of free trade. (Hear, hear.) The Liberal party took credit for having done a great deal of late years. He was not disposed to deny the good they had done. It would have been remarkable in deed if a Government, with all the resources of the country at command for six years, should have done nothing at all. Not many domestic measures had passed in that interval, but some that were good had, though he could not give the whole credit to the Government for carrying them. He mentioned one as an instance—the Union Chargeability Bill. He was one of a committee which sat on that sub ject last year, and he, with others, recommended the adoption of the very principle which had been embodied in the bill. (Cheers.) The Government had passed a Highway Bill, a Poor-rate Assessment Bill, an Irremovable Poor Bill, and a Union Charge ability Bill ; but those were the only domestic mea sures of any prominence that he could call to mind as having been carried by them during the last six years. Their tenure of office, indeed, reminded him of the old Swedish maxim as to how little wisdom was required to govern the world. Whoever was in must bring forward measures of social improve ment, or they could not exist in office. He gave the Government credit for a good deal, but, consider ing the great power, influence, and knowledge they derived from being in office, he could not say they had much to boast of. Mr. Lyall proceeded to say he was opposed to the ballot and to a £6 fran chise, believing that in London, in parti cular, such a franchise would let in a vast flood of ignorance. This latter statement gave rise to great uproar in the meeting, and Mr. Lyall was obliged to resume his seat. Mr. FOWLER next presented himself, - -but some minutes elapsed before he could gain a hearing amid the clamour of contending partisans. He was an advocate, he said, of non-intenvention in foreign politics. Wherever that policy had been pursued by either party in power it had resulted in advantage, and the adoption of a contrary one had been attended with some loss to the prestige and dignity of Eng land. He approved the course taken by the Govern ment during the American crisis, for under very difficult circumstances the honour of England had been maintained and we had at the same time been preserved from war. There.had been small wars,how ever, in China and Japan, and we had extricated ourselves, not without some loss of honour, in the case of the Brazils. The Government were perfectly right in not involving us in a war for the sake of Poland ; but the course of the Foreign-office was to be deplored for leading the Poles to believe that England would actively interfere in their behalf, the consequence of which was that the sufferings of that unhappy people were greatly aggravated. Then, again, people in this country generally felt that the Dazes were ill-used. He did not blame the Govern ment for not going to war on their behalf, but he did blame them for writing despatches and stating that under certain contingencies Denmark would not be left alone. Having done so they retired from the contest, and he considered the result of such conduct was a loss to the honour and dignity of England. (Hear, hear.) He had some thing to say with reference to the ancient rights and privileges of the Corporation of the City of London. He was not a blind admirer of the corporation, but it discharged arduous and responsible duties in a way which did honour to it. Nevertheless, its rights and privileges had been seriously menaced by the Government. Two years ago Sir George G re y introduced a bill into Parliament the object of which was to do away with the city police. The citizens, laying aside for the time differences of Lord Palmerston such a If, political opinion, rose as one man and defend e d th e an cient privileges of the city on that occasio n . i o however, there had then beenof p a Ministry that of Sir R. Peel in 1841, or in 1837, supported by a majority of 100 in th e House of Commons, the power of the Government would have overriden everything the city could have done to defend itself, and the exertions of Baron Rothschild and Mr. Crawford would have been unavailing against the attacks of a Liberal Administration. It was because the Conservative party mainly supported the corporation on that occasion that Mr. Crawford was able to make the stand he did in favour of its rights. Sir G. Grey had not forgotten the defeat he then sustained, and with sufficient power in the new Parliament they might look to a fresh attack on the privileges of the city. Believing the citizens of London would resent as it deserved the attempt that 11r.d been made to dictate to them the candidates whom they should support, he (Mr. Fowler) left his case in their hands, urging them at the sane time to rally round the institutions they had received from their ancestors, and so hand them down unimpaired to posterity. The candidates, especially Mr. Fowler, spoke at times amid extraordinary uproar, caused by the clamour of the opposing factions, and when he re sumed his seat and a man from the body of the hall mounted the platform to interrogate him the meet ing broke into open riot. The man who had pre sumed to question the candidates was shouted down and obliged to make a hasty retreat. Mr. Thomas Baring endeavoured in vain to secure him a hear ing ; the " roughs," as they were called, jumped upon the tables and forms and put themselves in menacing attitudes ; the chairman was powerless to restore order, and amid a scene of indescribable con fusion the candidates, with their friends, left the building by a back door. FINSBURY. Last evening the first public meeting called on be half of Mr. Alderman Lusk, who is one of the five candidates for the representation of this borough, was held in the Spa Chapel School-rooms, Clerken well. Mr. E. J. Thompson, churchwarden of the parish, presided, and there was a very full attendance. AldermanLusK, in the course of his address, stated that he would not merely advocate an extension and enlargement of the franchise to the extent of £lO in counties and £6 in boroughs, but he would altoge ther abolish the unnecessary distinction between the occupier of the whole and the occupier of the part of a house. All, he thought, who contributed to the income-tax should have the vote, and with the vote he would give the ballot. He was also in favour of triennial Parliaments and the re-distribution of elec toral districts. With respect to the question of Church-rates, he thought it would be for the good of the Church if these rates were entirely abolished, and he was a determined supporter of free trade, for with a practical knowledge of commerce he had arrived at the conclusion that free trade would be a means of pro moting civilisation. He wasin favour of superintend ing the area of Poor Law rating, and he would support any measure which equalised taxation for the poor. In answer to many questions which were put to him the Alderman said he hoped Roman Catholics would be desirous of having the nunneries inspected, as they were in Roman Catholic countries, and he was opposed to the opening of museums on Sunday. With respect to the Permissive Bill, he was not pre pared to say he would vote for it, but, at the same time, he would not say he would vote against it. Mr. Wm cox moved a resolution pledging the meeting to support the candidature of the Alder man. In the course of his remarks the speaker said he looked upon the Alderman coming for ward as a candidate for the borough as a great compliment to Finsbury—an expression of opinion which caused a great uproar. Mr. BLACKIE seconded the resolution, which was carried with a few dissentients, and the proceedings concluded. THE TOWER HAMLETS. It is stated that a Conservative candidate intends to stand for the Tower Hamlets, encouraged thereto by the number of Liberal candidates in the field, which it is expected may divide the Liberal ranks. The address of Mr. John Humphreys has been well received by the electors, to most of whom he is per sonally known, and who have been impressed by the ability with which he has filled the office of Coroner. He has received such numerous promises of support that the success of his candidature is considered assured ; but it is believed that it is not his inten tion to unseat either of the present members (Mr. C. J. Butler and Mr. Ayrton), and that he will not oppose them in the event of their return being other wise certain. Mr. J. Beard, of Basingliall-street, has also addressed the electors. BARNS T ALE. There are no less than six candidates in the field —viz., Sir G. Stucky and Mr. 11. Gwynn (Conser vative) ; Mr. Whicbcord and Mr. Francis Edwards (Liberal Conservative) ; Mr. Cave and Mr. Henry Hawkins, Q.C. (Liberal). BRISTOL. The contest in this city promises to be both close and exciting. Both parties are now actively en gaged in canvassing, and on Tuesday evening Sir Morton Peto addressed a crowded meeting of elec tors at the Broadmead Rooms, dilating at length upon the three questions of peace, retrenchment and reform. The Hon. F. U. F. Berkeley was prevented being present by illness. BRADFORD. Yesterday Messrs. Wickham and Forster, the Liberals members for Bradford, issued their ad dresses to the electors of this borough. Mr. Wick ham, in his address, reminds the constituency that he has held the important trust for 13 years, states that the constituency has had full opportunity of judging of his conduct in Parliament and how far he has represented their interests ; says he will be shortly among them to give any explanation, and adds, that if again replaced in the distinguished position of representing his native borough the electors may rest assured that no exertion on his part shall be wanting fully to carry out the policy of the last 30 years, and to promote in every way the welfare and happiness of this great community. The address of Mr. Forster is equally laconic. CARNARVONSHIRE BOROUGHS. Mr. H. Beaver Roberts, of Plas Llanddoget, Llanrwst, has withdrawn his opposition to Mr. W. Bulkeley Hughes, the Liberal candidate. Mr. Roberts prognosticates the appearance of " another Conservative" and declines to cause a rupture in the Conservative interests. DERBY (SOUTH). Mr. W. Mundy is again a candidate for the divi sion, on the same moderate Conservative principles he has hitherto held. DUMBARTONSHIRE. The contest between Mr. James Stirling, of Cor dale, who comes forward in the Liberal interest in opposition to the present Conservative member for the county of Dumbarton, Mr. P. B. Smollett, is now being vigorously prosecuted, and on Tuesday evening Mr. Stirling addressed a meeting of eke tors at Kirkintilloch, one of the county towns, being the second public assembly at -which he has ap peared. The meeting was numerously attended, and from the cordial manner in which the hon. candidate was received, and in the unanimity with which a resolution in his favour was carried, there appeared to be a general desire in that district of the county to give him every support. DURHAM (CITY). Mr. Mowbray and Mr. Henderson, the members for the city of Durham, have issued addresses, soliciting re-election. There have been rumours of a threatened opposition to Mr. Henderson, but they have died away ; and it is certain the city will not be put to the trouble of an election contest. DURHAM (COUNTY). The contests in the northern and southern divi sions of this county are being conducted with great determination and energy. Mr. pease and Capt. Beaumont (Liberal), and Capt. Surtees (Conserva tive), in the southern, and Mr. Shafto and Sir H Williamson (Liberal), and Mr. Barrington (Con servative), in the northern division, are addressing meetings of electors in various parts of the county daily. All the parties have large and influential 'committees, there are committee rooms in the prin cipal towns and large villages, and the excitement is very considerable. The Liberals are very hopeful with regard to the result of the contest. EXETER. Although there have been rumours of new candi dates, none have yet appeared, but it is generally believed that Lord Courtenay and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., will quietly walk over the course. FUNTSHIRE BOROUGHS. Mr. Hammer, the present member, was early in rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1865. the field with his address to the electors, offering himself for re-election. The address was dated May 2, and he states that " he has been informed that a candidate of adverse opinions or interests is likely to be brought forward, and that, among other duties when a dissolution occurs, •he shall have to discharge one of meeting with courtesy a competitor in the field." Up to the present time this candidate of adverse opinions, or indeed any other opinions, has not made his appearance, and it is expected Mr. Hanmer will walk over the field at his leisure and in safety. on the reform question, which his successors had found it impossible to deal with. The more the subject was considered the graver became the diffi culties of dealing with it, and the more serious and wide-spread became the doubts whether the proposed changes would be changes for the better, or would produce a more enlightened constituency or a more efficient Legislative body. Mr. Stirling expresses his general approval of the financial policy of the Government, but is unable to speak with equal con fidence and approbation of its foreign policy, which in the Danish question placed the British Crown in the dilemma of having to choose between war and humiliation. • Convocation of the Province of Canterbury. Yesterday morning both Houses of Convocation as sembled at Westminster for the despatch of business. THE UPPER HOUSE. : The Archbishop :of CANTERBURY presided in the Upper House, which assembled in Queen Anne's Bounty-office ; there being also present the Bishops of Oxford, Bath, and Wells, Gloucester and Bristol, Bangor, Ely, and Llandaff ; Dr. Travers T wiss, the vicar-general of the province ; Mr. F. Hart Dyke, the registrar, and Mr. Watts were also in attendance. GREENWICH. Last night at 8 o'clock a crowded public meeting of electors of the borough of Greenwich was held at the Literary Institution, Royal-hill, Greenwich, to hear an address from Alderman Salomons, M.P. The chair was occupied by Dr. Purvis, of Black heath. Alderman SALOMONS, who was well received, observed, as he had appeared before the electors yearly to give an account of his stewardship, he had not so much to rub off as some of those members who did not adopt such a good system. They all knew his Parliamentary conduct since he had been elected, and the votes he had given must be taken as a guarantee for his future behaviour. He felt convinced that he had faithfully redeemed his pledges he had given. (Cheers.) Having described the important results of the legislation of the pre sent Parliament, and having referred to his earlier connection with the borough, and the settlement of the question of Jewish disabilities, he asked for a renewal of the confidence of the electors, and hoped they would return two staunch supporters of the Liberal cause. The meeting by resolution pledged the electors to use every effort to secure Alderman Salomon's return. HONITON. Mr. G. Moffatt has announced that he will not ask the electors to renew the trust they five years since confided to him. The contest will be between Mr. Baillie Cochrane and Mr. Richards. It is ex pected to be very close. Mr. Cochrane, in his ad dress, makes no profession of political opinion. Mr. Richards, the new candidate, declares himself an advocate of extension of the suffrage, the ballot, and the abolition of church rates. Mr. F. D. Goldsmid states generally that he approves the principles of free trade, and will support the diffusion of education and the improvement of the homes of the people. HUDDERSFIELD. An announcement made a few days ago that a Conservative candidate would be brought forward for this borough was scarcely believed, but on Tues day an address was published by Mr. W. Melville Lomas, of Horbury-hall, who asks the votes of the electors on Conservative principles, and as a firm supporter of Church and State. He avows himself opposed to any further lowering of the franchise, whether in borough or county, because the present scale is, in his opinion, already - within the reach of the provident. KING'S LYNN. An important meeting of Liberals was held on Tuesday evening at the Athenaeum, King's Lynn— Mr. C.ffillett in the chair—at which it was re solved to solicit Sir T. Fowell Buxton to allow him self to be nominated as the Liberal candidate. The requisition received about 300 signatures. LANCASHIRE (SOUTH). An answer reached Manchester yesterday morn ing from Sir J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, declining to be the third candidate for this division. Subse quently a deputation waited upon Mr. James Hey wood, formerly member for North Lancashire, who, at their invitation, has consented to be put forward for South Lancashire. LEEDS. Lord Amberley has arrived in Leeds to prosecute his canvass. On Tuesday he had an interview with the Liberal Registration Committee, and he has been incessantly at work in electioneering business ever since. A meeting of the Liberal electors and non-electors is announced for this evening in the Coloured Cloth-ball yard, and the advertisements state that Mr. Baines, - M.P., as well as Lord Am berley, will address those present. The announce ment that Mr. Baines would be a speaker has taken the Conservatives by surprise, as they say in conse quence of the death of a member of Mr. Baines's family it had been agreedbetween him and the Con servative candidate, Mr. Beecroft, M.P., that neither of them should appear in public until after the funeral. The probability is that the Liberal com mittee have acted on a previous understanding that on Wednesday the campaign was to be opened, and without being aware of the calamity under which Mr. Baines is suffering. However, the Conserva tives do not seem disposed to let their opponents steal a march, and, therefore, they have advertised that Mr. Beecroft will address the constituency on Friday evening. MANCHESTER. Mr. Jacob Bright (brother of the hon. member for Birmingham) has not yet arrived from the Con tinent, but has forwarded his address to the elec tors for publication. In it he says :—. "It is not necessary to go as much into detail with re spect to my political opinions as if I were wholly unknown in Manchester and its neighbourhood. I have ever had an earnest sympathy with tho views; on commercial policy which in past years were so ably propounded from the platform of the Freetrade-hall ; and, were I returned to Parliament, I should be found ready to advocate measures for the advancement of the great commercial interests of your community, with which I am so intimately connected. I sincerely desire a reform of Parliament. I believe that a real representation of the people would give us a better Government than we can get by any other means. I have mixed much with the humbler classes of my fellow-coun trymen, and, from what I know of them, I have come to the conclusion that it is greatly to the disadvantage of the country to be without their assistance in the election of its Parliaments. I have never found such unalloyed wis dom or disinterestedness in the present governing classes as to make me dread a change which shall relieve them of their monopoly of power." MONTGOMERYSHIRE BURGHS. The Hon. C. H. Tracy offers himself for re-elec tion, a fact which gives the Conservatives here no cause to rejoice, and they are busily, but, so far, vainly, looking round for an eligible candidate to oppose the Hon. Mr. Tracy. NORFOLK (W ES T). The West Norfolk Liberals have rejected the Conservative offer of a compromise. Mr. Bagge is announced by the Conservatives as a candidate for Mr. Bentinck's seat. NOTTINGHAM. The town was tolerably quiet on Tuesday . night. There were a great many people in the market place, but nothing of a riotous nature took place. A portion of the military occupy the Exchange-rooms, in front of the market-place, in view of the people, who, however, take it very good-humouredly. The magistrates have forbidden any more public meet ings in the market-place. Mr. Martin (the Conser vative candidate) addressed the electors on Tuesday night from the windows of the Clinton-house, Shakespeare-street. Messrs. Paget and Morley's central committee has issued an address, bearing the signature of both those gentlemen, attributing the riot to their opponents. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH). We learn that Lord Edward Clinton is prepared to offer himself as a candidate for the vacancy created in the representation of the Northern divi sion of the county of Nottingham, by the retire ment of his uncle, Lord Robert Clinton ; that Lord Edward will walk in the steps of his father and his uncle in the maintenance of a Liberal course of policy, and that he will devote himself to the ser vice of the country, and postpone, if need be, his military to his Parliamentary duties. On these grounds, as soon as he reaches England (which lie will probably do in a very short time), he will per sonally solicit the support of the voters in the nor thern division. PERTHSHIRE. Stirling again offers himself, and will be re turned without opposition. In his address he ad verts to the removal of Lord Derby's Government STOKE-UPON- ['BENT. Mr. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, the Conservative candidate, addressed crowded meetings of electors and non-electors in the Town-halls at Hanley and Stoke on Monday and Tuesday evenings. He ex plained his political views very fully in a speech which may be termed an elaborate expansion of his printed address, and at the close, each night, a reso lution was carried by a large majority, and with enthusiastic applause, declaring Mr. Hope to be a fit and proper person to represent the borough. Mr. H. R. Grenfell, the present Liberal member, who seeks re-election, issued his address yesterday. He refers to the support he has given during his three years' Parliamentary experience to the various mea sure of a Liberal nature which have been brought forward. Mr. Melly, who is brought out with Mr. Grenfell, has not issued any address since that he published a few months ago, when he first appeared before the constituency. His political opinions are very similar to those held by lir. Grenfell. Mr. S. Pope, of Manchester, has withdrawn from the contest. SI7NDERLAND. The election contest in this borough is likely to be intensely bitter and close. The candidates are Mr. H. W. Fenwick and Mr. Alderman Candlish, Liberals, and Mr. Alderman Hartley, Liberal Con servative. For several months there was consider able animosity exhibited in the town in consequence of Mr. Candlish, who is somewhat of a Radical politician, having announced his intention to con test the borough in opposition to Mr. W. S. Lind say. A few weeks ago, as already reported in The Sun, an attempt was made to induce Mr. Candlish to concur in an arrangement by which Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Lindsay might have been re-elected witlout opposition, and in case Mr. Lindsay was not suffi ciently recovered when Parliament met, then he (Mr. Lindsay) would retire. But Mr. Candlish demurring to this proposition as adverse to his prospects, and in view of a contest the name of Mr. Lindsay was with drawn. Mr. Lindsay - sand some of his friends are giving their support to Mr. Hartley, but the rank and file of the " advanced" party appear to go with Mr. Candlish. Mr. Fenwick's seat appears to be safe. WILTS (SOUTH). The election for this division is now exciting the greatest possible interest throughout the county, and every exertion is being used by the supporters of each of the three candidates—Lord 11. Thynne and Lieut. - Col. Bathurst (Conservatives), and Mr. T. Fraser Grove (Liberal) —to insure success. Lord H.Thynne is considered to be quite safe, and it is therefore against Col. Bathurst that the efforts of the Liberals are chiefly directed. Mr. Grove's committee express themselvein the most sanguine terms as to their candidate's prospect, and he is personally leaving no stone unturned to obtain one of the seats. At a meeting of the electors he stated himself to be a supporter of Lord Palmerston. On the Reform question he thought £lO in the county and a £6 franchise in boroughs too low, as such electors would outnumber the owners and occupiers of land, and destroy the principle of the representative system upon which our Constitution is based. He was in favour of a moderate extension of the franchise, and he would support a widening measure, provided it did not swamp any party. After expressing an opinion adverse to the ceremonials, &c., which were creeping into the Established Church, and pledging himself to go to the poll, a resolution was unani mously carried to support him. HEALTH OF LONDON. --s>-- (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended Saturday, June 24, the births registered in London and ten other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,000; the deaths re gistered 2,674. The annual rate of mortality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,022 boys and 927 girls, in all 1949 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1855-64, the average number, corrected for increase of popula tion, was 1,930. The deaths registered in London during the week are 1,359, and in consequence of an increased mor tality of children they exhibit a considerable increase on those of previous weeks. The average number for the 25th week of the year--viz., the correspond ing week in ten years, 1855-64, is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,177. The excess above the corrected average which the present return dis closes is 182. The deaths from diarrhoea in London rose to 187 a number which is double that of the previous week. In the last three weeks this complaint was fatal in 44, 93, and 187 cases successively. It ap pears to be exceedingly Common in Islington, where 22 deaths from it were registered in the week. There were 6 in the rectory sub-district Marylebone, 5 in Kentish-town, and 9 in Paddington. Forty-two deaths from scarlatina, 5 of which were in Peckham, and 51 from typhus, 4 of which were hp-, 7 of which were in Woolwich dockyard sub - district, were recorded. Therein h werete Islington 56 from - whooping-cough, cough Nest in sub-district, g and 6 in Limehouse. The deaths from heart disease rose from 54 in the previous week to 72 last week. Five fatal carriage accidents were returned as follows :—A cabman, aged 58, died in University College Hospital, in consequence of a fall from his cab ; a cab proprietor, aged 36 years, in St. Mary's Hospital, from the same cause ; the daughter of a porter, aged 6 years, in Charing-cross Hospital ; she had been run over by a cab. Died in Bromley, a carman, aged 21 years, from being run over. The wife of a coffeehouse keeper, aged 58 years, in St. Thomas's Hospital, had been thrown out of a car riage. The rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 1 in London, 24 in Edinburgh, and 19 in Dublin ; 30 in Liverpool, 33 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 19 in gha G m l , as 2 g 9 o i w. In n 7 n Leeds, 22 in Bristol, 20 in Hull, Liverpool the births were 384, the deaths 273 ; B a n i r d it 2 i n in in Manchester the births 220, the deaths 227 ; in Salford the births 70, the deaths 61 ; in Birmingham the births 236 the deaths 119 ; in Leeds the births 273, the deaths 123 ; in Bristol the births 121, the deaths 67 ; in Hull the births 74, the deaths 40 ; in Edinburgh the births 123, the deaths 79 ; in Glas gow the births 363, the deaths 213 ; and in Dublin the births 187, the deaths 113. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.121 in. The main daily reading was above 30in. on everyday but Friday. The reading rose to 30.22 in. on Tuesday, and fell to 29.93 in. on Friday.. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 611 deg., which is 1.2 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). There was an excess of 7.4 deg. above the average on Friday, on which day the temperature rose to 87.6 deg., the highest in the week. The lowest night temperature was 42.4 deg., and occurred on Tuesday. The range in the week was, therefore, 45.2 deg. The mean daily range was 27.7 - deg. The mean degree humidity of the air was 64, complete saturation being represented by 100. On Saturday the humidity was singularly low, having been only 48. The highest temperature on that day was 73.8 deg., the lowest 58.8 deg. The mean dew point temperature on Saturday was as low as 44 deg., and the difference between that and the mean air temperature was 20 deg. The wind blew most frequently from a north erly point. There was no rain. The thermometer in the sun rose to 148.4 deg. on Friday. CLERICAL SUBSCRIPTION. Mr. F. H. DYKE, by direction of the Archbishop, read her Majesty's royal license to rescind the 36th canon and to make, promulgate, and execute a• new canon in place thereof, and also to alter and amend the 37th, 38th, and 40th canons. Their lordships considered tho matter for a long time in committee. THE 29m CANON. The Bishop of Oxrono said that, as his Grace the Presi - dent had been pleased to favour them with the communi cation ho had received from her Majesty's Government in reference to the 29th canon, he would venture to make a proposition on the subject. He understood that it had been considered by her Majesty's Government that the exact terms of the canon proposed to be substituted for the old 29th canon were thought by the legal advisers of the Crown to exceed that which was asked for at the last sit ting of Convocation, and which, in consequence of that re quest, W 8.4 conceded by the royal license. As the intention of Convocation was to express explicitly what they meant and to keep themselves distinctly to what the royal license gave them the power of doing, ho would propose, with the sanction of his Grace, that they should remove the only word, capax, objected to, and restore the word particeps as it stood in the old canon. He should also propose to make a corresponding alteration in the English canon, which, in stead of standing, " shall be capable of receiving," would read " bath received." The effect of this would be that it would remove from the canonthe prohibition of the parents stand ing as sponsors, and the requirements that the parents should be present at the baptism of their children. It was un necessary that he should again go over the arguments which had been before urged why this was thought desirable, and he would simply propose that the draft canon be altered in the way he had suggested—that the assent of the Lower House to the alteration be obtained—and that his Grace the Archbishop bo requested to communicate with her Majesty's Government on the subjeet in order to ascertain if the form in which the canon would then be framed the objections raised by the Government were entirely removed. He thought it would also bo requisite that they should again go through the necessary forms of drawing up the canon, because he believed that in former instances ono or two informalities occurred. It was there fore desirable that they should go through all the forms again, so as to leave no question or doubt to be raised here after. It appeared that on a former occasion his Grace the Archbishop and the Upper House went down to the Lower House, whereas all the forms required that the Lower House should have been summoned to wait upon the Upper House. He now proposed that they should communicate to the Lower House, not only the fact of this being their object, but that they should again go through all the forms, so that they might bo strictly accurate in their mode of proceeding. The Bishop of LLANDAFF seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. THE BISHOP OF NATAL. The Bfshop of OXFORD rose to propose an address to his Grace the President, praying him to communicate to the Bishop of Capetown an expression of the sympathy of their lordships' houso with him in the great trials to which his de fence of the Church has subjected him, and their admiration of the courage and loyalty to the Church which had marked the conduct of his whole course with regard to the great invasion of the faith which had been attempted. The posi tion of the Bishop of Capetown was such as to entitle him to support at the hands of Convocation. The bishop had acted under letters patent, drawn up by the highest legal authorities, and purporting to convey to him metropolitan jurisdiction over the bishops of the province which they constituted. His lordship detailed at some length the pro ceedings adopted by the Bishop of Capetown in his capa city of metropolitan of the Church in South Africa, with the concurrence of the Bishop of Graham's Town, and the other bishops of the colony, and the painful position he was afterwards placed in by its afterwards being found that he had not the power which it was supposed the letters patent appointing him confirmed. He thought it right that their lordships should express their sympathy with the Bishop of Capetown in the hardship of the cir cumstances in which he had been placed, and their thank fulness that in such perilous times there should be found in our distant dependencies those who did not fear to stand up for the truth of God. His lordship concluded by moving the following "ADDRESS TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, "May it please your Grace,----We, the bishops of the province of Canterbury, in Convocation under her Majesty's most royal fiat of summons lawfully assembled, pray your grace, as the president of this synod, and as Primate of all England and Metropolitan, to convey to the Lord Bishop of Capetown, appointed by her Majesty's letters patent metropolitan of the province of South Africa, and to the bishops who assembled with him to try, under the powers purported to be conveyed by letters patent granted by the Crown, a bishop of the province, accused before them of heresy, the expression of our hearty admiration of the courage, firmness, and devoted love of the truth of the Gospel, as this Church has received the same, which has been manifested by him and them under most difficult and trying circumstances. We thank them for the noble stand they have made against heretical and false doctrine, and we trust that even out of the present difficulties and embar rassments with which they are surrounded it may please God to provide some safeguard for the maintenance of the faith once (for all) committed to the saints." All which we pray your grace to communicate to the Lord Bishop of Capetown." The Bishop of LLANDAFF, in seconding the motion, said he entirely concurred in all that had been said by the Bishop of Oxford. He believed that the sentiments con tained in the address would receive the hearty concurrence of the Church at large, both in this country and in the colonies. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that, in the event of their lordships agreeing to the address, he should dis charge the duty imposed on him with great satisfaction. Ho thought it would become the Church in this country— at all events such portion of it as was then assembled—to express such sentiments, more particularly as he had rea son to believe that the Church in America would probably give expression to like sentiments—not perhaps that the American Church would express admiration of the Bishop of Capetown, but that it would express its sympathy with the Church of England in its struggle against what it bo lieved was contrary to the truth. They knew also that a distinguished Nonconformist minister, who was present when the Bishop of Capetown delivered the charge in which he so nobly vindicated the truth, had expressed his admiration of the manner in which the bishop acted. His grace then put the resolutions to the meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY stated that he had re ceived a letter from Sir G. Grey on the subject of the in crease of the episcopate, and the resolution passed by their lordships last session. Her Majesty had been pleased to receive very graciously the address of their lordships. TILE BIRTH OF A PRINCE. The Bishop of OXFORD moved that their lordships agree to an address of congratulation to the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales on the birth of a prince. The Bishop of BANGOR seconded the motion, and it was carried nem. dis. The decisions of the Lower House on the points sub mitted to thorn having been communicated to their lord ships, the house adjourned. THE LOWER HOUSE. The Lower House was held in 'Jerusalem Chambers— the Rev. the Prolocutor in the chair. PROPOSED REFORM OF THE LOWER HOUSE. The ~-cov. the PnoLocrrou stated that in the ordinary course of business tho house would take up the report on the Clergy Relief Bill ; but it was competent for any mem ber to move that the standing orders should be suspended if it were desired to bring forward any resolution. The Rev. M. W. MATow said he should then move the suspension of the standing orders, in order that he might bring forward a resolution for an address to the Upper Rouse with respect to an alteration in the constitution of the Lower Rouse. The Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR seconded the resolution, which was carried. Tho Rev. M. W. MAYOW then moved that an address should be made to his Grace the President of the Upper House, and their lordships the bishops, in the following words :—" That this house begs leave very respectfully to represent to his Grace the President, and their lordships the bishops, its anxiety that an increase may bo made to the number of proctors for the parochial clergy of this pro vince ; and some alteration made in the mode of their elec tion ; and, - whilst it expresses its deep thankfulness that both houses have concurred in their efforts to secure such amendments in the election of the proctors for the clergy, it would respectfully inquire whether any progress had been made towards the obtaining a license to enact a new canon, in the draft of which both houses concurred on the 26th of May last; and at the same time, if it has not been as yet found possible to make such progress, this house expresses its earnest hope that his Grace the Pre sident, and their lordships the bishops, will not lose sight of the object, but use their utmost endeavours to pro cure the necessary powers at the earliest time which may bo practicable for passing a canon amending the represen tation of the parochial clergy in this house in the sense of the draft then adopted." The mover said that the adop tion of this resolution would strengthen the hands of his Grace the Archbishop, and it would show that this house did not fear the influx of the parochial clergy. Archdeacon DENISON seconded the resolution. A prolonged discussion ensued, and at length the resolu- Lion was withdrawn, on the understanding that it would be reintroduced another day. CLERICAL RELIEF. Dr. LEIGHTON then brought forward the report of a com mittee of Convocation appointed to inquire into the ques tion of clerical relief as proposed in the Clergy Relief Bill, and the considerations come to were, that "no legislation would be satisfactory to the Church which did not fully recognise the indelibility of holy orders," that "it would be disastrous if candidates for holy orders were ever led to look upon the ministry as an experimental profession," and that "no legislation should finally shut the door against a return to the exercise of the ministry." While the rev. gentleman was proceeding with his arguments on this matter, the apparitor of the Upper House entered and summoned the Prolocutor to the Upper Chamber. PARENTS AS GODFATHERS AND GODMOTHERS IN BAPTISM. The PROLOCUTOR, on entering, stated that he had re ceived from the Upper House resolutions relative to the 29th canon. Four years since the house asked the Crown to grant a license enabling Convocation to make such an alteration in the 29th canon as would allow of parents being sponsors for their children. The license was granted, but Convocation went further than the license allowed, and made various other alterations in the cannon. It was now necessary that the house should go through the form of amending the canon according to the terms of the license. A discussion followed by the Revs. Sir Henry Thomp son, Sir George Prevost, Archdeacon Denison, Dr. Jebb, and Lord A. Compton, and, on the motion of the Rev. M. N. Mayow, it was agreed that the resolution of the Upper House should be assented to, an amendment by Sir Henry Thompson, that a conference should be held with the Upper Chamber, being lost on a show of hands. ADDRESSES OF CONGRATULATION TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCE OF WALES. The PnoLocnton asked the assent of the house to an address of congratulation to the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, on the birth of a second royal prince to their royal highnesses. These were agreed to nem. con. BISHOP COLENSO AND THE BISHOP OF CAPETOWN. The PROLOCUTOR road the address sent down by the Upper House, and passed by that chamber, for presenta tion to the Bishop of Capetown. Archdeacon DENISON moved " That the address be con curred in on the part of this house." The Rev. Mr. JOYCE seconded the motion. The Rev. Sir HENRY THOMPSON expressed his gravo doubts as to the wisdom of entering upon the questions of heresy. He knew that the Rev. Archdeacon Denison was very fond of hunting down heresy ; but, as had been re marked to him that morning by one of the judges, if they made a new article for every book or now form of opinion, the Church would have, instead of 39, something like 350 Articles. He (the rev, baronet) camo there to do his duty, and on this matter he had taken the bull by the horns, risking at the same time the chances of being tossed. (A laugh.) The Dean of *WESTMINSTER asked if the address had been concurred in by the Upper House ? The PROLOCUTOR answered in the affirmative. The Dean of WESTMINSTER said he must complain at that address, which involved questions of great importance and legal questions of great intricacy, being brought forward without notice at a very thin meeting of the house. A time when a great many prominent members of the house were absent should not have been chosen as an occasion to bring forward an address of this character. The address involved all the questions at issue, and which the members of the house should have mastered before they concurred in the address, which went unreservedly in condemnation of the Bishop of Natal and unreservedly in favour of the Bishop of Capetown, while at the same time it also con demned, more or less, the recent judgment delivered in the case of the colonial bishops. Now, it was very possible that many in that house had not even read the Bishop of Natal's " Pentateuch," and the "Book of Joshua Critically Considered," or the judgment in the case. It would be un becoming in the house to pass a judgment in these matters without having mastered the points in dispute. In the words of one who has considered the subject, he would say, "It is only by free, full, kindly, and researching investigations, not by attacks on the person, that our wisest teachers will persuade and be persuaded through the changeful course of this momentous controversy. Our researches aro ever solving old difficulties and relieving new ones, and still the air of inspiration clings to the blurred and obelised text of the old man's Bible, just as it did to the unsullied pages when first he opened them in early youth. There is no country where the Bible may be more safely committed to fre• investigation than in ours, because there is none in which it rests more firmly on the faith and affection of the people." The very rev. dean urged at length that the address should not now be adopted. Archdeacon DENISON said, that if the Convocation re fused to express an opinion with respect to Bishop Colenso's " Pentateuch" and "Joshua Critically Considered," it would have been better for the house not to have met. lle urged at considerable length that the house should adopt the address. The Dean of WESTMINSTER moved, as an amendment, that an address should be presented to his grace requesting that more time should be allowed for the consideration of the address. Dr. WILLIAMS seconded tho amendment. After some remarks by Dr.Jobb and Archdeacon Thorpe, ho Rev. Mr. Mayow said that the spirit of inquiry might be tarred too far, and the position of Bishop Coleus() was that of a soldier who had disputed iu the hour of battle with his own side, and even turned against his own army, and yet expected to hold his command. The Dean of WESTMINSTER then, in speaking upon the amendment, entered upon the general merits of the case, and contended that by adopting the address the house was adopting, in the name of the Church of England, all the views set forth by the Bishop of Capetown. The amendment was withdrawn, and the address ac quiesced in, with five dissentients. THE OATH OF SUPREMACY AND THE ORDINATION SERVICE. On an address from the Upper House, it was agreed to remit in the ordination service the oath of supremacy, that oath being mere surplusage. The house then adjourned. The Indictment against Dr. Pritchard. The following is a copy of the indictment which has been served against Dr. Pritchard, from which it will be seen that he is charged with having com mitted the crime of murder by administering " tar tarised antimony, and aconite, and opium," to his mother-in-law " in tapioca, and in porter or beer, and in a medicine called Battley's Sedative Solu tion ;' " and also by administering " tartarised antimony and aconite" to his wife, "in egg-flip, and in cheese, and in porter or beer, and in wine :" "Edward William Pritchard, now or lately a doctor of medicine, and now or lately prisoner in the prison of Glas gow, you are indicted and accused at the instance of Mr. James Moncreiff, her Majesty's advocate for her Majesty's interest :—That, albeit, by the laws of this and of every other well-governed realm, murder is a crime of an heinous nature, and severely punishable ; yet true it is, and of verity, that you, the said Edward William Pritchard, are guilty of the said crime, actor, or art and part : In so far as, 4 , (1.) On one or more occasions between the 10th and 25th days of February, 1865, both inclusive, the par ticular occasions or occasion being to the prosecutor unknown, within or near the dwelling-house, in or near Clarence-place, Sauchiehall-street, Glasgow, then occupied by you, the said Edward William Pritchard, you did wick edly and feloniously administer to, or cause to be taken by, Jane Cowan or Taylor, now deceased, wife of Michael Taylor, now or lately silk and lace merchant, then residing in or near Lauder-road, in or near Grange, Edinburgh, and now or lately residing with Ann Taylor or Cowan, in or near High-street, Musselburgh, in the shire of Edinburgh, in tapioca, and in porter or beer, and in a medicine called Battley's Sedative Solution, or one or more of thorn, or in some medicine to the prosecutor unknown, or in some article or articles of food or drink to the prosecutor unknown, or in some other manner to the prosecutor unknown, tartarised antimony, and aconite, and opium, or one or more of them, or some other poison or poisons to the prosecutor unknown ; and the said Jane Cowan or Taylor having taken the said tartarised antimony and aconite and opiuni, or one or more of them, or other poison or poisons, so by you administered or caused to be taken, did in consequence thereof die on or about the 25th day of February, 1865, and was thus mur dered by you, the said Edward William Pritchard. Likens, " (2.) On.repeated occasions, or on ono or more occasions between the 22d day of December, 1864, and the 18th day of March, 1865, inclusive, and in particular on the Bth, 9th, and 25th days of February, 1865, and on the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th days of March, 1865, the parti cular occasion or occasions being otherwise to the prosecu tor unknown, within the said dwelling-house in or near Clarence-place, Sauchiehall-streot, Glasgow, then occupied by you, the said Edward William Pritchard, you did wickedly and feloniously administer to, or cause to bo taken by Mary Jane Taylor or Pritchard, now deceased, your wife, and then residing with you, in egg-flip, and in cheese, and in porter or beer and in wine, or one or more of them, or in some medicine to the prosecutor unknown, or in some other articles or article of food or drink to the prosecutor unknown, or in some other manner to the prosecutor unknown, tartarised antimony and aconite, or one or other of them, or some other poison or poisons to the prosecutor unknown; and the said Mary Jane Taylor or Pritchard having taken the said tartarised antimony and aconite, or one or other of them, or other poison or poisons so by you administered or caused to be taken, did in consequence thereof die, on or about the 18th day of March, 1865, and was thus murdered by the said Edward William Pritchard." The remainder of the indictment contains the usual for mal language as to the declarations emitted before the sheriff, productions, &c., and the citation of the prisoner for trial at Edinburgh on Monday, July 3. The list of jurors cited and the list of witnesses are also appended to the document. National Portrait Exhibition. The Lords of the Committee of Council on Edu cation have received a letter from the Earl of Derby suggesting the formation of a National Portrait Exhibition, from which letter the following extracts are made : " I have long thought a National Portrait Exhibition, chronologically arranged, might not only possess great bis torical interest by bringing together portraits of all the most eminent contemporaries of their respective eras, but might also serve to illustrate the progress and condition at various periods of British art. My idea, therefore, would be to admit either portraits of eminent men, though by inferior or unknown artists, or portraits by eminent artists, though of obscure or unknown individuals. I have of course no means of knowing or estimating the number of such portraits which may exist in the country, but I am persuaded that, exclusive of the large collections in many groat houses, there are very many scattered about by ones and twos and threes in private families, the owners of which, though they could not be persuaded to part with them, would willingly spare them for a few months for a public object." " The question of one, two, or three exhibitions in con secutive years, would, I apprehend, be mainly decided by the result of future inquiries as to the probable number of pictures which could be obtained, and the space which could be found for their exhibition. But whether the period over which each exhibition (if more than one) should range, be longer or shorter, the point on which I should set the greatest value, in an historical, if not in an artistic point of view, would be the strict maintenance of the chro nological series. I shall be very happy if any suggestion of mine should lead the Committee of Council to take up seriously, and carry out, with such alterations of detail as experience might suggest, a scheme which I think could hardly fail of being generally interesting ; and I should have much pleasure in placing temporarily at their disposal any portraits from my collection at Knowsley which they might think suitable for their purpose." Their lordships state that they consider these suggestiontl very valuable, and will carry into effect, in the year 1866, a National Portrait Exhibition generally in accordance with them. They propose to constitute a committee of advice, and to invite the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery to be members of it. Mr. Samuel Redgrave, to whose valuable labours the suc cessful formation of the collection of portrait miniatures is, chiefly due, is to be requested to undertake the special charge of carrying this minute into effect. COUNTRY MARKETS HULL.-T TJESDAY. At our market to-day there was a somewhat limited show of English wheat, which sold readily at an advance of is per qr. Foreign was also in better request. Barley, both for malting and grinding, in good demand, at an advance of about 6d per qr. Beans and peas in demand at extreme rates. Oats a ready sale, and fresh sweet quality 6d to is per qr. dearer. English old white wheat, 43s to 47s ; old red, 40s to 428. Barley, chevalier 32s to 335. Oats, Russian, 22s to 245. Beans, new English, 41s to 425. teas, English blue, 35 3 to 36s ad ; grinding, 35s to 35s 6d per 36 stone. SALISETJRY.-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was by no means a large at tendance, and the supply of wheat offered was small, even for the time of year. The enhanced prices obtained at Mark-lane yesterday, coupled with the reduced stocks on hand in this neighbourhood, enabled holders to ask as much as 2s per qr. more money than was obtained for wheat a week ago, and at this adTanco a fair trade was done. In barley little doing. Tho following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 36s to 41s ; barley, 26s to 30s ; oats, 21s to 30s ; beans, 40s to 46s ; and peas, 34s to 48s per qr. Winter tares, from 8s to lls per bushel ; Best bread, 10d ; household ditto, 9d per 81b loaf. MARKET HARBOROUGH.-T UESDAY. New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; new red, 37s to 41s per 3 stone. Barley, fine, 35s ; other kinds, 26s to 2 9s per qr Oats, new, 21s to 238 ; old, 25s to 28s per qr. Beans, old , 40s to 425; now, 34s to 38s per qr. NEWCAS TLE-ON-TYNE.-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small show of wheat from the country, but a good arrival from the coast, with a large quantity from abroad. Sellers sought an advance of is per qr., which buyers refused to pay, and a limited busi ness done in consequence. Barley at late rates. Malt dull. Beans unchanged, but peas is to 2s higher. Oa,tit brought more money. 'Flour 6d per sack dearer. LYNN.-TUESDAY. We have hal fine dry weather since this day week. At to-day's market the attendance was but limited, and there was only a scanty show of wheat, which was taken but slowly, at an advance of is per qr. upon last week. Barley and oats each 6d to 1s dearer. Beans unaltered. New wheat, 45s to 47s ; new red, 40s to 42s ; old white, 42s to 43s ; •ld red, 38s to 41s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s ; secondary, 30s ; ordinary, 26s to 28s per qr. Oats, 20s to 22s per 24 stone. Beans, large, 34 3 to 38s ; small, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. (I. Walls End Haswell 17 9 Walls End Gosforth 15 9 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Hartlepool Hetton ... 17 9 Cassop l7 0 Kenos Tunstall Davison's W.*Hartley 16 3 Braddyell's Hetton l6 9 Wharneliffe Cowpen Hartley Eden Main Ships at market, 51; sold, 47. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton June —• Ditto, via Marseilles June —. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pactet July 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China. Penang. and Singapore, via Sou ,hampton July 2 Ditto, via Marseilles June 26. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . July 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 11. Ditto, via Marseilles . June 26.1 India (Bombay), via Southampton. June 25. Ditto, via Marseilles .. ....June 26.1 Mauritius, via Southampton July.ll. Ditto, via Marseil ei July 6. Newfoundland July.s. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet . . June 29, Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. June 30. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico June 28• Bahamas, via New York. June 20. Bermuda, ditto July b. Cuba and Mexico June -8. _ The French Minister of the Interior has just ad dressed a circular to the Prefects calling their atten tion to the desirability of obtaining the aid of the agricul tural societies in favour of the youths who have been trained to field labours in the different penitentiary colonies. 116 thinks the members of these societies would willing l l assist in promoting this good work by finding places for the young men who leave the colonies, and by: watching over their welfare at the outset. The Minister wishes the pre fects to make an appeal with that view to all such so cieties, as well as to landowners, and to inform him of the result. _ _ LADVERTISEMENT.I — HoIIoway ' s Pills.—Low Tempera" ture.—Hot, cold, or changeable weather is very apt to un dermine the health unless the stomach be kept in itS highest state of digestive efficiency. Holloway's pills im prove the appetite, and so promote digestion that a large supply of new materials is thrown into the blood after every meal, whereby fresh vigour and activity are bestowed on every organ, and ability to resist disease is conferred upon the system. These pills thoroughly purify the blood when it has been tainted by fogs, unwholeeole vapours, lm" proper food, or other impurities. No medicine equals these pills for removing bilious complaints, suppressing sicknes s of the stomach, checking flatulency, and acting as mild yet effective aperients, which are suitable for either sex or MI age. Births. HASTINGS.—On the 23d inst., atßoulogne-sur-Mer, France , the wife of Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C.D., of a son. LUARD.—On the 26th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the Wif e of Colonel Richard Luard, 62d Regt., of a son. WOODS.—On the 27th inst., at 21, Hyde-park-gardens, th e wife of Henry Woods, Esq., 11. P., of a son. Marriages ITAY—MATTHEWS.—On the 27th inst., at Taplow, the BO' Frederick Drummond Hay, vicar of Rollestone, Notts., son of Sir Edward Drummond Hay, to Elizabeth Alan' youngest daughter of Robert Matthews, Esq., of 00 Elms, Taplow, Bucks. POWELL--MARSHALL.—On the 27th inst., at Beddington Church, Captain Francis Graham Powell, late 2d lir a — goon Guards, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Geo r g Marshall, Woodcote, Surrey. Deaths. JOHNSTON.—On the 24th inst., at Upper Clapton, Williams Johnston, Esq., aged 75. MAINWARING.—On the 24th inst., at Porchester-square, Hyde-park, George Mainwaring, Esq., late Bengal Civil Service, aged 74. 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