The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 13, 1865. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies seem fully occupied with one thing and another, and if they cannot realise their quondam notions of constitu tional freedom, they appear inclined to make up for the want of it by directing their attention to as many subjects as possible, and taking under con sideration diverse questions and various matters. In order to keep up a show the Ministers make a grand parade of the new measures which, they affirm, that the exigencies of the public service re quire, and an unobservant looker-on might believe that a scrupulously attentive Cabinet was submit ting its plans and making its proposals to a free and unfettered Parliament. The only material benefit that is likely to -ensue from this truce to hostilities is that the business of the State is more likely to be attended to than if more vehement demonstrations were made by the Deputies, for in that case, most probably, an abrupt termination would be put to their sittings, and the management of public busi ness would be rudely interrupted, and either neglected or arbitrarily arranged by Ministers. Herr GRADOIV'S remark that he accepted the civic crown presented to him by the inhabitants of Cologne, in the name of the Liberal Majority i n the Chamber, was rather an inconsequent statement, for it would puzzle an astute observer to discover where, and in what, this "Liberal Majority" con sisted. Certainly we have not seen much of its working in recent affairs, foreign or domestic, and if such a party is in existence, its light is hidden under a bushel. The Army Bill, introduced by the Go vernment, is eminently characteristic of the course which the KING and his Ministers have been of late P urs uing with so much energy and eagerness. Those w h o have been flattering themselves and amusini , others with Utopian notions concerning the spread of peace and the i minent cessation of war, had better d rop the subject of Prus s i a , w hi c h coun try aspires to b e a military If the pomp and circumstan ce ne of .th a v engeance . war cannot be hers, with " battle's magnificently stern array,,, she will, at least, have the counterfeit andpresen tment of it, the show for the substanc e , the shadow for the reality. It is really quite wearisome to be so con stantly reminded of the fact that the Prussians are great soldiers, and mighty men of valour. One would think that a new NAPOLEON was to lead another army to Moscow, o r that banded Europe was threatening to invade Ber lin, to hear the fuss and notice the ferment that are constantly made about military doings and warlike proceedings. The conditions of this bill are very numerous, and apparently most stringent, doubtless so arranged for the purpose of impressing the minds of the community with the fixed determination of the authorities and the settled resolve of the powers that be to organise and maintain an efficient force to carry out the grand ideas in prospect. Promise is one thing and performance another, and it remains to be seen whether much will come of all this pre paration and vast amount of professions. One pas sage of the regulations tends to show that there is no intention of returning to a more powerful atti tude, but that the impetus given by the Danish war will not pass way with the occasion that called it forth. The militia will not be called to arms in future except when " very serious danger threatens the country," and though directions are given for their " drill," &c., it is evident that this branch of the service will not be much relied on in future. It may fairly be asked what all this preparation is for, whether the Government apprehend that peaceful relations now existing will be terminated. Is Austria deemed unfriendly, and the outward aspect of concord that prevails in that quarter re garded as false and illusory by the far-seeing: Ca binet of King WILLIAM ? Or does the sage and sapient BISMARK apprehend that his injunctions and abjurgations to the smaller States of Germany have not been of the weight that he desired, and that in consequence he must be prepared for emer gencies ? Whatever the secret motive that actuates these manceuvres, it is evident that for some time to come we shall be justified in regarding Prussian policy with v igilance, and the leaders of Berlin statesmen with suspicion. There is nothing definite in their actions, nothing fair and above board in their proceedings ; and with nations as with indivi duals, those who are not true and just in their deal ings cannot inspire respect, and win confidence from those who look to honest and honourable intentions as the sure guides in all human affairs, whether national, political, or domestic. Tried by such tests, and subjected to the scrutiny of such an ordeal, Prussian statecraft must indeed be pro nounced unsound, and found wanting in solid and sterinig qualities. The relations between employer and employed are of considerable social importance. It has long been the habit of this country to leave trade as much unfettered as possible, to trust to itself for maintain ing a fair balance and for righting any temporary inconvenience or inequality. Private enterprise and capital are allowed among us to do a great part of what is done in other nations under the immedi ate direction of the central authority, and the results are found to be so far satisfactory that there are few things that Englishmen are more prompt to resent than any unnecessary interference with the commercial system. But well as this free and in dependent principle works in the main, there are occasions when complications arise, and when matters are very slow to re-adjust themselves. It would little suit the taste or feelings of Englishmen to have such difficulties got over by arbitrary de cisions of an irresponsible authority, and if such a a settlement were possible it would possibly only forerun a worse outbreak. It remains to be seen, therefore, what is the best way of arranging disputes between master and workmen, and of setting the great industrial machine in motion again when it has come to one of its periodical deadlocks. On the general aspect of the case there is a good deal to be said for both sides. It cannot be expected that the masters should willingly submit to the dictation of their own men. They argue plausibly enough that they know their own business best—that they can best estimate the relations between their outgoings and their incomings, and the amount of wages which they can fairly give to their hands. The fluctua tions in the markets, the changes of fashion or taste, the introduction of new materials or the fresh application of old ones, the prospects of peace or of war, and other political questions, all must be taken into consideration by the masters in estimating their profits, and next year's reverses may swallow up this year's balance. Still the fact remains that very large fortunes are continually made in trade and manufacture, and it may very fairly be asked whether the due proportion of such wealth finds its way to the humbler agents without whose assist ance it could not be accumulated. The men very justly argue that the masters are usually very ' prompt in proclaiming the fall of profits, but less ready to announce their rise, that the wages which are very quickly reduced are very slow to return to their old level, and that while carefully estimating every risk of their own, the masters do not allow the inte terest of the working man and his family to be placed on any part of the scale. Under these impressions, they have sought in combination that strength which the masters possess in wealth and position. However much we may deprecate strikes, more even for the employed than for the employers, there is no doubt that the system of co-operation has been a protection to the men against injustice and grasp ing on the part of their masters. When we remem ber how completely a workman, be he sober, honest, and able, is at the mercy of his employer in some particular districts where the hands are many and the employers of labour few, how a private hint from one master to another, a word from one agent to another, may block up every channel of honest industry for a slight offence, we shall admit that the power of combination among the men is a valuable possession in reserve. The mistake is that this re serve is so frequently called into action that demagogues and interested parties busy them selves in stirring up a feud and in fos tering dissension. We have seen even within the last few years much suffering and damage to trade arise from the reckless resort to strikes, even though they have lost their worse features of tyranny and outrage, and the labouring class of the present day is altogether different from the savage and ignorant mobs of a former period. The late crisis in the commercial affairs of the Black Country has excited a good deal of attention, and the gene ra feeling has been that there have been " faults on both sides," though the masters did not show any readiness to conciliate the men, who, rightly o r wrongly, believed they had a grievance. Under these circumstances, we see with satisfaction a movement in Birmingham which may inaugurate a better state of things. The master builders and other employers in the building trade and the operatives of the different branches held a meeting for the purpose of electing delegates to attend a conference. The object of this conference is to draw up rules for tthhefeutpurroelognogveedrucmonentetstosf and t r ade, so as avoid those disputes which are so injtuioustobothsid t e o s. at ll this e reso l u ti o ns which were unanimously agreed preliminary meeting a u g ur was resolved " That it is des ra i s n c t h d e e m le e gate l s t i w b e l li e t f o or ap th po e trade regulations," and further, " That the from the masters and operativ es with p ower to settle all and carry out all rules which sha ll be agreed to by em ployers and operatives severally ag ree to conform to the delegate, or decided by the casting vote of the chairman." It will be necessary to exercise great caution i n t h e selection of the cha i rman, w ho may thus have v i rtually to decide a quest i on o f gr eat in terest and sus pected of a importanceleaning to either n th t e h r e side.trad trade. indepe n d ent, to impartial man, who cannot be ThHeeomffiucestwillbe naturally be filled by one of the masters, and there fore it is especially necessary that he should be also the friend of the workman. likely, if fully carried out t The plan itself is be of great service, and AhOuld it answer reasonable ex ectations, we IFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms AA- of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £19,531' 14s. sd. In the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co, Berries and Co., Coutts and Co., e nd by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Ri c hard Lewis, Esq. at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and idrector, Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING the per f orm ance will commenc e with the new Oper , , L ARA. Principal c haracters by Jiessrs. Swift, G. Honey, Forbe Terro tt, and Renwick ; M sses Lou sa Tyne, et ttrell, Burrington, and Romer. Conductor, Signor ARD IT I. After the Opera will be given the Burlesque, entitled THE I lON AN I)'1111 UNWORN. Pt incipal chars. , tem Messrs. Rouse, Anderson, Sce. -, Misses I. Button, Cottrell, Furtado. To conclude wth the G T .N 6 Fait AA"' lON SCENE: Doors open at Halt-past Six. Commence at Seven. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT a-ARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) CONTINUED SUCCESS OF CINDERELLA. AND THE WONDERFUL LONATO. THIS EVENING a new Opera, in one act, entitled THE RIVER SPRITE. The music by Frank 31 orf, the words by George Linsey. Charaiters by Messrs. G. Perrin, Weiss, A, Cook, Lyall, E. Duss.k, and dme. Florence Lancia. Conduator, Mr. A. MELLON. Alter which, at a quarter-past 8, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA, in icuich Donato will reappear. Magnificent Scenery and gorgeous accessories. Commen:e at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TUIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE EIGHTH, terminating with the fall of Wolsey. Messrs. Phelps, Walter Lacey, H: Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett, Sin clair; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. Vandenoff, (to. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, HOP O'MY TIIUM B AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. tsel more, Torn Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, &c. Misses Lydia Thompson. R. Lcclercq, &c. ; Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, W. A. Barnes, T. Morris, Cormack, Saville ; Mdine. Boleno, the Misses Gunniss, aad Signor Tescano. T HEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Feb. 13, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, We 1- thersby, Lte. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, litzwilliam, &C. After which, LORD DUNDREAIIY ;MARRIED AND DONE FOR Messrs. Sothern, Rua:stone, Braid, Gordon , Clark, White, C oe , IVelthersby, ; Mesdames snowdoa, Hlll, &e. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. And THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPM.- oJte rruun4tor and 111Auagrr, AAA . . b. 5V M essrs. THIS EVENING. STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Tool , Billington. Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. billington, and M ss II Simms. To conclude with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.S Messrs. J. L. Toole, Y. Bedfotd, t son, C. J. Smi,h, Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. 13.11ington, Miss K. Kelley, and alias A. Seaman. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. r echter. THIS EVENIW, SI MYSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, hen rade, E. Boyce, and Elsworthy. After which, at half-past 9, a New DrAma, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. It, bert Ilamite, Mr. t echter. Messrs. ‘Viddicomb, C. Horsman. I itzpatriek, .Garden, Moreland, aymond, Vollett; Mesdames El ti worthy anu B. Percy. To conclude with BEAItFACED IMPOSTORS. Mr. Witidisomb. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev, n till Five. RCYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. VMS EVENING, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCESS. Atter which, THE STREETS Or' LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belfold ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. 3lessrs. Craven, Stoyle, Jame, ; Miss Swarborough. To conclude wth THE "GRIN" BUsIIES Mr. Fenton, dze. ; Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. COALS. —The LILLI] CO2 &SHALL COMPANY'S Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26i. per ton. 1 I Double .. 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ De p• 22s .tell screened and delivered within five miles of their De p >is, Westbourne ['irk-road, W., and 17, 6outll Vi'llarl, Yaudington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. 111 Best Coke las. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN MATT, Sole 4.,gent. T ILE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Eveninz by Al.!✓'XA\DEtt (I.te llltOOKS), iNewspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti-Ktreet, Oxford•street. 41IIE THIRD EDITION OF '4 THE SUN,' 11 t;uutaining the latest IZITtLLII.IIO C.ll be had Every Evening of G. It. GLE - NEE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. HE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN' supplied as soon as Published containing alt the LA VEST ivrAYS awl SPORTING DITELLIGNNCX, by U. W. lEAliltiS, Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blaciariars-roan, London, S. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 55m.—Afternoon, 4h. 10m To-Monnow.-Morning, 4h. 23m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m f ~'~~= ~~~rfi -Sum rifE 5 SUN,' • LONDOP, MONDAY EVENING, F may hope to see the example of the Birmingham builders foll 'owed by other trades, and in other parts of the country, for this is assuredly a matter in w hi c h Mr. COBDEN'S theory may be accepted unre servedls, and negotiation is immeasurably better than or len warfare. The - Duke of SUTHERLAND has set a good example which it is hoped many will be induced to follow, for the results cannot be otherwise than beneficial to all concerned. The letter which appears in to-day's San, and - which was sent by his Grace to a West end firm, is deserving of general attention, for it bears reference to the great annoyances entailed by the plan of giving per centages to servants. His Grace has decided that from henceforth such prac tices shall be discontinued in his establishment. He very truly remarks that the custom is " alike un fair to the master and the servant," to the former because the tradesmen must necessarily increase the charge of his bill in some way or other to enable him to pay the " tax," and it is unfair to the latter since it is putting a temptation continually in his way. The truth of these observations cannot be gainsaid, and all who have paid any attention to these do mestic questions must have noticed the many serious evils that accrue in consequence of the prevalence of this unwise and mischievous practice. Fair play cannot possibly exist in the establishment where suchthings go on, and it follows, as a matter of course, that errors are screened, and faulty articles often supplied through the desire to keep up a pernicious system. While these flaws exist in the dealings of the less scrupulous purveyors, those of a higher class and superior character are exposed to constant annoyances in consequence of this absurd and annoying plan. There is reason in the remark made by the firm which has published this letter, that the publication of it may doubtless " tend materially to lessen the evil complained of." It is too often the way for people to go on in the same fashion without making any visible effort to lessen the evils that they constantly complain Of, and confining themselves to words instead of actions, when they feel particularly annoyed or irritated beyond endurance by some special act or particular offence. The Duke of SUTHERLAND has therefore done good service to the cause of order and the encouragement of rectitude by setting his face de cidedly against these innovations ; and there is no reason why the unsuitable and in every way unde sirable habit of tradesmen givingper-centages to ser vants should not be totally discontinued. Those who make the largest profits by these practices are pre cisely those who do not in the least require any additional sum or extra fees, but the desire of gain leads them on to make more efforts to increase their stores. The Duke could not have taken more decided steps than he has done in announcing his intention to dismiss from his service any servant who is detected in " receiving perquisites, or an equivalent, and also in intimating that he would not obtain any more goods from the tradesman who gives them." As he observes, every right minded tradesman " will willingly aid in abolish ing" the custom, if viewed in the proper light, and no doubt many firms will concur in this feeling. Now, that a precedent has been established, it is to be hoped that many more of the influential and leading members of society will follow the example thus worthily set by his Grace, and that this season will witness the beginning and the end of this pernicious practice. All those who have the integrity of their depen dents at heart will willingly lend their aid to this work, and indeed so numerous are the evils attendant on the custom that it is only surprising that a stop has not before this been put to the pro ceedings. At any rate, the excuse can no longer be made that it is awkward and inconvenient to make a change or adopt a different course. A reform has been inaugurated, and it rests with those who have the power to show that they have the will to do good service to themselves and others by putting a stop to a custom that fosters fraud and holds out every encouragement to dishonesty. Regarded in this light, it appears to be a duty to society that influ ential members of the community should do their utmost in checking the continuance of a custom that has too long prevailed for their credit and the wel fare of others. A grave responsibility rests with those who, from idleness or indifference, allow things to go on until they are found at last to acknowledge the evil if they do not admit their own share in it. THE PERMANENT CALENDAR. --0.-- Published by Day and Sons, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. A little half-crown red-leather folding-case has that (having puzzledusfor r s t our few h m a n o d m s , c b o u n t trivance that just once mastered the significance of it) we recognise nowconi the first — en a ts to be a truly marvellous evidence of ingenuity on the ' mallest notion tor may or may not be, we have not the s , part of the anonymous inventor. Whoever the inven and we speak of the contrivance therefore quite dis passionately. It purports to be " A Permanent Calendar." And it is so truly what it thus purports to be that we have headed our notice of it, here, The Permanent Calendar." It is—within the handiest compass imaginable —an Almanack for the Past, Present, and Future ! For the Past as far back as 1762—f0r the Future as far forward as 1925 —each of those sufficiently remote years inclusively. It extends, consequently, as a Calendar or Almanack over an interval of more than a century and a half —to be precise, over a gap of 163 years altogether. And although this same cunningly -packed folding tablet comprises within it (as may.be perceived by any one upon spreading it open) more than 100,000 distinct days and dates, the inventor is so perfectly well assured of the absolute accu racy of his contrivance, that he stands pledged to forfeit Ten Pounds sterling, should any error, either in regard to Day or Date, be anywhere discoverable in his wonderfully intricate, and yet not less won derfully lucid little tabulated arrangement. The advantages secured to the possessor and consulter of this Calander are just simply those of an extra ordinary Saving of Time, and an invaluable Guaran tee of Correctness—by reason of its enabling anyone, in a few seconds, to find the day of the week for any date, or the date of any day in any month or in any year between 1762 and 1925. With Lawyers, with mercantile men, with literary men and among these with biographers especially, the discovery of an instant and infallible clue of this kind to days and to dates is often (as there is hardly a lawyer, a trader, or a man of letters in the land but knows long ago by his own experience) very often of the I utmost and of the most urgent importance. Here at length, placed within their reach, is precisely the very clue wanted—a clue that in Five Seconds leads them with unerring certainty to the exact definition of the day of the week and of the date of the month of any occurrence, personal or historical, that they may be in search of--public or private—birth, death, or marriage, in fact of any incident whatsoever. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Leningen, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale, honoured the St. James's Theatro with their presence on Saturday evening. _ . _ The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are not expected to return home from their tour in Italy until April. The Duke of Saldanha, who is appointed Portu guese Minister at the Court of St. James's in succession to Count Lavradio, is preparing to leave Rome on his way to England. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have de rived benefit from their visit to Italy. They are not expected to return to England until after the Easter holidays. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) ROM E . MARSEILLES, FEB. 12. According to letters received from Rome rumours were current in that city that the Papal Court, although dissatisfied with the letter of the Emperor Maximilian, would not withdraw the Papal Nuncio from Mexico, but at the same time had determined not to conclude a concordat with that country. The hurricane which has prevailed at Marseilles has moderated, but the cold is still intense. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, FEB. 13. Herr von Schmerling declared to-day at a private meeting of the members of the Lower House of the Reichsrath, that the Government agreed with the principal points in the address to the throne. He regretted, however, that there was a divergence of opinion between the Government and the House in reference to Hungary and Gallicia. The Diets of Hungary and Croatia will, however, meet simultaneously with the lesser Reichsrath, which is positively to be convoked immediateiy after the close of the session of the Reichrath. Energetic efforts will be made by the Government to bring the question of the Duchies to a satisfactory solu tion. The Government will submit separate financial bills for the budgets of 1865 and 1866. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 13. The interest on Treasury Bonds has been fixed at 31 per cent. for three to five months' bonds ; 4 per cent. for bonds of six to eleven months; and 4i per cent. for bonds of one year. BOURSE, Feb. 11.—The market continues firm. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 291 c. Mobilier offered at 967 f. 50c. Railway Shares re main about the same. The market closed as fol lows : 44 per Cents 96 15 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 15 Do. end month 67 20 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 65 10 Do. end month 65 10 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt Deferred 'AI'S. Credit Foncier 1275 Roman - RAIL' Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lOO7 50 ... 1010 Lyons and Mediterranean 946 25 ... 947 50 Southern 5BO ... 578 75 Western 537 50 ... 540 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 550 ... 550 North of Spain Saragossa , .................... 405 405 Ditto to 8arce10na......,........ 175 ::: The West India Pacific Mails. --__.-.0....--_ The Royal Mail steamship Seine, with the above mails, has arrived here, with seventy-two passengers, $2,084,169 in specie, platina valued at £1,996, pre cious stones and pearls valued at £2,694, and also 2,485 packages of general cargo, consisting princi pally of indigo, sarsaparilla, cigars, coffee, cocoa, bark, indiarubber, and 20 live turtle. The Seine left St. Thomas's onthe 29th ult. From the 3d to the Bth inst. she experienced heavy north westerly and: south-westerly gales,' with high seas. The steamer Carlo arrived at St. Thomas's on the 24th ult., and sailed again the following day. At Chili the National Congress had terminated its sittings. They had approved the public expenses for the year 1865, and sanctioned an increase of $2,000,000 on the estimates for public purposes, to be expended on the augmentation of the navy. The Government, undertaking to give attention to the best means to be adopted for the colonisation of vast tracts of country by immigration. Commissioners for this purpose met and passed resolutions pro posing the foundation of an emigration office, with branches in Europe, the. acquisition by the Govern ment of lands on which to instal the emigrants pro visionally, and the assignment by Government of an annual sum to encourage immigration. Business was quiet. Exchange, 434 to 451 per dollar. At Peru there was no immediate likelihood of a settlement of the Hispano-Peruvian difficulty. The South American Congress has left Peru to settle the question single-handed. General Vivance had been despatched by the Peruvian Government to the Chinchas, in order to treat, and terminate the difficulty. lie proposed to submit the Spanish claims to the decision of a mixed commission, ap pointed by the two Governments. Admiral Pareja insisted, as a preliminary, on the expenses of the Spanish expedition being guaranteed. It was con sidered that Peru would submit. The barque Georgian Wallace, o f Gl asgow, had arrived at Jamaica. She had been detained at St. Thomas's for three weeks by want of hands, four of her crew having died of yellow fever. The steamer Plantagenet, from Liverpool, had also arrived there. Business inthe islandwas quiet; transactions steady. Small-pox- had had broken out with renewed viru lence. Coffee quotations were from 50s. to 525. for ordinary ; 60s. for mountain berry. Sugar—dark, 15s. to 16s. Exchange at 90 days', 11 per cent. pm. The news from the other islands is unimportant. At Grenada there had been fine weather, and the planters were busily engaged preparing for the sugar crop. Cocoa was rap idly arriving at mar k et for ship ment. Cotton picking was progressing, and the island was healthy. Legal Reform in Germany. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, Feb. 10. Two committees, one sitting at Dresden, the other at Hanover, have been charged by the Diet to work out a scheme of uniform legislation for the whole Germanic Confederation. The first committee, whose task is to establish common principles of com pulsory law, commenced its labours January 7, 1863. Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Ilrur temberg, the Grand Duchies of Hesse and Mecklen burg Schwerin, the Duchy of Nassau, and the free city of Frankfort have sent representatives. Among the principles adopted may be cited the following : —Romanlaw is abolished, but preserves its scientific value. 'Whenever the law is obscure or incom plete, the judges may decide by analogy. The law of usage is no longer to prevail. The work of this committee is so far advanced that the report may probably be drawn up by June next. When it shall have been brought into the Diet as a draft bill, and read for the first time, it will be published by the press, to give German lawyers the opportu nity of delivering their opinions upon its clauses. When these have been received, it will pass to the second and third readings, while the German Go vernments not represented in the committee will be invited to send in their adhesion. The Hanover committee is occupied with drawing up a common code for civil procedure. Its mem bers represent the same Powers as the Dresden committee. Having been engaged upon its task since December 15, 1862, it has already filled five folio volumes with the results of its deliberations. The draft is now published, and has been read a first time at the Diet. -------- THE EARL OF LEICESTER ON THE MALT-TAX.— The Earl of Leicester, whose opinions, as those of the largest landed proprietor in Norfolk, are entitled to considerable weight so far as agricultural subjects are con cerned, has published a letter upon the malt-tax. His lord ship observes :—" Admitting the malt-tax to be contrary to the principles of free trade, I still cannot consider it to be the interest of the farmers of Norfolk that it should be re moved at present. An immediate total repeal of the tax is, of course, out of the question, as that would have to be met by the counter-imposition of other taxes far more oppressive to the agricultural interest. lam further of opinion that even any surplus which the Chancellor of the Exchequer may have at his disposal will be far better applied to dimi nishing the income-tax than the malt-tax, any profits aris ing from the partial repeal of which would, instead of yield ing the 'large relief anticipated by the occupier, be even tually divined. between the landlord and the consumer." Mr. CHARLES DICKENS is about to issue a People's Edition of his works ; the volumes to be pub lished once a month, at two shillings. 4 ]BitUARY 13, 1865. Central Arabia, At the meeting of the members of the Royal In stitution, on Friday evening Mr. W. G. Palgrave described, in a very graphic manner,his adventurous journey through Arabia, of which he had previously given some account to -the Geographical Society, as noticed in The Sun at the time. The journey was un dertaken partly at the instigation and with the aid of the Emperor of the French, who expressed himself anxious to learn further particulars re specting the kingdom of the Wahabiste, which is situated in the central portion of Arabia, and has been seldom visited by Europeans. Mr. Palgrave availed himself of his long residence in the East, and of his thorough acquaintance with the Arabic lan guage and customs, to assume the character of an Arabic physician ; and, accompanied by a Turkish friend of Damascus, who undertook to offi ciate as his assistant, he ventured across the northern desert in the month of June. That month was selected to favour the disguise, for it was pre sumed that no European would be suspected of crossing the desert in the midst of summer. The central portions of Arabia are encompassed by deserts which render them very difficult of access even to the Bedouins, some of whom were induced to act as guides across the northern desert, which occupied five days to traverse, though travelling 16 hours a day. The desert consisted of broken rocky level ground, occasionally diversified with project ing blocks of granite, to which stony character it owes its name of Arabia Petra. During those five days not a drop of water was met with, but their dro medaries kept quite fresh, and did not seem to re quire any. Mr. Palgrave mentioned, incidentally, that the only distinction between a dromedary and camel is that the former is a swifter and finer ani mal, the difference between.them being similar to that between a cart-horse and a race-horse ; and that they are alike in having only one hump. After crossing the desert he came to a hilly country, where the valleys abound in luxuriant vegetation, resem bling that of Syria'or Spain in all respects excepting in the absence of the olive. The people of the north ern kingdom of Arabia he described as highly civi lised and well informed on all matters connected with Eastern knowledge and literature. At Haijel, the capital, the King was residing in a palace about one-fifth the size of the Tuileries, and he received Mr. Palgrave with great courtesy. The affairs of Government were regulated with the greatest order, and a passport was granted which procured for him respect and attention in his journey through the kingdom. All religions are tolerated with the greatest freedom, and in one part of the country the worship of the sun is practised just in the same manner as it is described to have been by the ancient Chaldeans. After residing in the northern capital about six weeks, practising the art of medicine, Mr. Palgrave and his companion proceeded southwards into the kingdom of Wahabites, in the centre of Arabia. There, as in the north, the inhabited portion of the country is very hilly, rising in a succession of pla teaus, the highest of which is at an elevation of about 3,000 ft. The government of the Wahabites is well conducted, but, unlike the north, it is rigidly intole rant in religion, which is Mahometanism of the strictest kind ; far more so indeed, than in any other Eastern country. The people are compelled to at tend prayers in the mosques every day ; smoking is strictly prohibited ; and so is the wearing of silk dresses—either of which offences is severely punished with the bastinado, even to death. The signification of the name of the valley in which the capital of the kingdom is situated is " The Valley of the Orthodox," and Mahometan Orthodoxy is enforced there with more exactness than has prevailed any where since the days of the " prophet." The King is blind and infirm, and his son exercises royal power in the most absolute and murderous manner, and is generally detested. He conducts the affairs of the Government, however, with much regularity. Ile has a - Minister for foreign and home affairs, and a Chancellor of the Exchequer. The latter is a negro, who proved a valuable friend to Mr. Palgrave, for he was his first patient, and introduced him to the practice of the Court. The oriental phrase of "no cure no pay" is adopted in the medical profession there, a bargain being made when the physician is called in, and a written agreement signed. The fee received for curing the Chancellor of the Exchequer, after 20 days' attendance, was equal to £1 15s. in English money. Mr. Palgrave stated that free ne groes abound in every part of Arabia. They were originally slaves, but it is _the practice on the death of a slave-owner to free his slaves ; and the event of a marriage, or any other occasion of rejoicing, is celebrated by the manumission of one or more slaves. The King having taken offence at Mr. Palgrave, he wasthreatened with execution ; but, having obtained a short respite, he took the opportunity, when all the people were at prayerg, to make his escape from the town, and after much difficulty and danger he succeeded in crossing the desert that separates the kingdom of the Wahlbites from that of Oman, near the coast of the Persian Gulf. There the people are as indifferent to religion as the Wahabites are strict. The population are engaged in commerce and manu factures, and some of the fine filagree work in silver which they make was pronounced in Paris to be more delicate and beautiful than any European artisan can produce. Mr. Palgrave's adventures in Arabia ended with his shipwreck in the Persian Gulf, when he was one of the few who escaped from drowning. He is about shortly to publish a book containing the details of his Arabian adventures. PRIZE-FIGHT AT ASCOT.—On Saturday Ebenezer Hicken, alias " Abe Hicken," 22 years of age, de scribed on the charge-sheet as a painter, living at 18, Bell street, Wolverhampton, and John Tyler, alias " Bos Tyler," a licensed victualler, of the Founders' Arms, Brick lane, Spitalfields, were brought b3fore Mr. P. H. Crutch ley, and T. J. Hercy, the magistrates for the . county of Berks, at the Town-hall, Windsor, charged with un lawfully committing a breach of the peace at Ascot on Tuesday, the 24th of January last. It seems that on the day in question a fight between " Abe Hicken" and " Bob Furze" had been arranged to take place in the London dis trict for £25 a side, both men being known in the sporting world as " light weights." The usual preliminaries having been settled on the previous evening the two combatants, with their backers and friends, took advantage of an early train on the London and South-Western Railway, and after a run of little more than an hour reached the Ascot station. A suitable place for the encounter was found near the commencement of the Swinley Course on Ascot-heath. The fight then commenced, and no less than 33 rounds were disposed of when the arrival of Mr. Inspector Reece, of the Berks constabulary, upon the scene put an end to the fight. Hicken was first placed at the bar. Mr. Herbert Reece, inspector of the Berks constabulary for the Windsor dis trict, deposed that on Jan. 24, in consequence of informa tion which he had received, he went to Ascot race-course, where about 200 or 300 persons had collected. They were just breaking up the ring and moving the stakes and ropes when he arrived, in consequence of having seen his ap proach. The men left the ring as he got to the course. He saw the defendant there, but perceived no marks upon him, as he was covered with a rug and had his clothes on. They went to a publichouse adjoining the course, when defendant was pointed out to him as ono of the men who had been fighting. Witness served a summons on Tyler, and another had been served upon Smith, the second of Furze. Thomas Morton, a platelayer, gave evidence to the same effect. In answer to the charge Hicken said he was very sorry, and would not come there to fight again. Itwas a drawn fight. Tyler was then called and placed at the bar. Thomas Morton was again examined, and said that he saw the de fendant Tyler on the day referred to at Ascot. He was act ing as second to Hicken. Hicken and Tyler were both there. The fight was not finished because the police came in sight. Defendant on being asked if he had anything to say, replied that he did not deny being there. He was on the ground, as were others. Mr. Inspector Reece deposed to having seen T y l er and Hicken, as the people were strik ing the prize-ring, walk up the course to the publichouse already mentioned. He afterwards saw them both at the same house, and he spoke to Tyler. This being the whole of the evidence against the defendants, the magistrates committed them for trial at the next Reading Assizes. Hicken and Tyler were then liberated upon bail—them selves in £2O each, and one surety of £lO for each de fendant, Tyler being taken as a surety for Hicken. THE DEFICIENCY OF RAINFALL.—Few persons have an adequate idea of what is really implied when the Re gistrar-General reports that the deficiency of rainfall at Greenwich in the last two years has amounted to nearly 14 inches. If that is an average instance, representing the deficiency in the country generally, then the quantity of rain in England and Wales in 1863 and 1864 has been below the usual quantity by at le as t 52,000 , 000 , 0 00 tons weight of water, or 500,000,000 tons per week. THE DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES OF THE LATE MR ..LEten—in all, some thousands, a n d comprising the original designs for a great number of his famous Punch pictures and book illustrations—will be sold by Messrs. Christie and Manson, in April. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Admiralty paddlewheel yacht Enchantress, intended for the forthcoming trip of Prince Arthur in the Mediterranean, was on Saturday hauled out of the fitting basin at Woolwich, after being reno vated throughout. She is under orders to sail on Tuesday for Marseilles, where the Prince and suite have proposed embarking. His Royal Highness, attended by Major Elphinstone, went over the ship on Thursday last, and approved the arrangements which were then in progress. The ironcased screw steamship Ocean, was re moved on Saturday from Hamoaze into No. dock in Keyham steamyard, to receive some necessary re pairs below the water line. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, Captain Rowley Lambert, which lost a portion of her false keel in the West Indies, will be removed to-day from No. 1 dock in Devonport-yard. Her false keel has been made good, and she has been supplied with a new bridge, &e. The screw steam gun vessel Dapper, tender to the training ship Britannia, arrived on Friday at Ply mouth, and having landed an insane patient, who was sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, returned on Saturday to Dartmouth. The repairs of the ironcased ship Caledonia, 35, having been completed, she was removed on Satur day from No. 1 dock to the basin in Devonport dockyard. The Geyser, 6, paddle sloop, Commander A. T. Thrupp, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Gibraltar. The Imperial Ottoman squadron, comprising the screw line of battle ship Kossova (flag), of 80 guns, and the 50-gun screw frigates Khudevendigar and Ertegroul, under the command of Admiral Edham Pasha, have completed their screw trials at Ports mouth, and are now lying at Spithea,d anchorage. Thence they are expected to sail for Constanti nople, calling in at Cherbourg and Gibraltar, about the 20th inst. The Virago, 6, 1,059 tons, 300-horse power, paddlewheel steamer, has unshipped the whole of her powder and shell, which have been deposited in the magazines at Upnor Castle. She has commenced returning her guns, shot, and other War Depart ment stores to the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, and the crew are busily employed in dismantling her, preparatory to being pit out of commission and placed in the steam reserve squadron in the Medway. The committee, consisting of the leading officials connected with the iron and metal departments at the royal dockyards, which has been engaged for some time past at Chatham dockyard in carrying out experiments at that establishment, with a view to the adoption by the Admiralty of a code of rules and regulations for the testing of the various de scription of iron sent into her Majesty's dockyards by private firms, has completed its labours, and agreed upon the report to be submitted to the Admi ralty. During the progress of the inquiry nume rous trials and experiments were conducted at Chat ham yard, which have resulted in the recommenda tion by the committee of a code of rules to be adopted by the Admiralty, the effect of which, it is believed, will put an end to the dissatisfaction which has for some time existed on the part of the eminent firms under contract to supply iron to the dockyards with the hitherto arbitrary manner in which the iron sent in by the contractors has been from time to time rejected by the dockyard officials. The Secretary of State for War has given autho rity for the establishment of a canteen for the use of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers attached to headquarters. Accompanying the order granting this privilege were instructions for Major Harrison, one of the adjutants, to pro ceed to Gosport, for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the system adopted at the canteen at that station, which is stated to be one of the best conducted and successful of all hitherto established. An intimation has been received at the cavalry barracks at Colchester that the depot of the 17th Lancers (dismounted) will arrive there about the 28th inst. The 16th Lancers, some troops of which occupy the barracks, while the remainder are quar tered at Ipswich and Norwich, will embark for India in June or July, and will then be succeeded by the 17th Lancers. Colchester will continue to be the headquarters. Staff-Surgeon Williams, of the 10th Depot Battalion, having been appointed surgeon to the 28th Regiment, has received instructions to pro ceed to the Royal Victoria Hospital, at Netley, for duty, until the arrival of the regiment in England from India. Capt. Brown, of the 97th Regiment, has taken the command of the troops at Harwich and Landguard Fort, in succession to Capt. Cooper, of the 54th. Capt. Nangle's battery, sth Brigade Royal Artil lery, arrived at headquarters, Woolwich, on Saturday, from Pembroke Dock, consisting of Second Captains Still and Bleacley and 99 non-commissioned officers and privates, with 14 women and 28 children. They were transhipped at Greenhithe from the troopship Urgent, Capt. Henderson, and brought up the river by the dockyard vessel Monkey, Master-Commander Smithers, and landed without delay at the arsenal pier. Soon after two o'clock they were comfortably housed in quarters prepared in the west square cf the Royal Artillery barracks, and will be inspected this morning on parade by Gen. Warde, C.B, com manding the garrison. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—P. S. W. Mayow, midshipman, to the Niger ; llugh G. Gough, Charles 11. Herring, and Algernon B. Sheridan, midshipmen, to the Dun can ; and Edwin Gossage, assist.-engineer, to the Enchantress ; W. P. Burdwood, paymaster, to the Meander ; Charles IV. Ring, assist.-paymaster, supernumerary, to the Royal Adelaide ; Thomas L. Walker, chief engineer, to the Hector ; George Aitcheson, chief engineer, to the Lion ; George Met calf (of the Alagicienne), L. J. Croome (of the Cum berland), to be engineers in the Fleet ; Alex. Stewart (a), of the Swallow, to be acting engineer ; Christopher Lu n d ( o f t h e Pembroke), W. 11 . ~Vivil (of the Princess Alice), John Clift (of the Raven), and Josh. Knight (of the Bombay), to be engineers. A NEW &Limoßm.—Last week M. Guerin- Meneville communicated a paper to the Academy of of Sciences on a new silkworm sent over from Senegal. During General Faidherbe's campaigns in that colony, the cocoons of this insect wore found in large quantities on the branches of various kinds of wild jujube trees. The importance of this discovery did not escape the penetration of the governor of the colony, who directed Dr. Bancal to examine the matter. That gentleman last year sent over to M. Guerin - Meneville twelve cocrons in a state of vitality ; and butterfles having issued from three of these eggs obtained have produced silkworms which M. G. Meneville has recognised as belonging to the genus baturnia Bauhinite, but differing from the specimens described by him in 183$ in this—that the attennm of the butterfly are equally broad and shaped like feathers in both sexes, which is not the case in the real Saturnia. It therefore proposes making a sub-genus of the new breed, under the name of Faidherbia Bauhinix. The eggs of this silkworm are quite white, slightly flat tened, and about the size of the Bornbyx Cynthia. The cater piller on being hatched is black ; it then becomes grey, then of a brilliant silver white, and in the last stage green, its body being covered with small bunches of bristles, those near the head being red and blue, and those on the body red and white. The crysalis is brown, with a waxy grey substance, of a pulverulent appearance on the dorsal part, and tubercle like the head of a nail at the posterior end, to which is fixed the last skin of the worm It has not got on its head the small reservoir of liquid intended to soften the silk, and which is met with in the species producing cocoons that are closed. The cocoon is egg-shaped, perfectly white, and has a shining inner surface. It consists of two envelopes, the inner one of which is composed of a straw-coloured silk. It has a nar row opening, and hangs from the branches by a sort of ribbon. The butterfly, on issuing from the cocoon, exhales a strong smell of musk. The food of this breed consists of the leaves of the jujube-tree, which in Senegal is known under the name Siddern (Zispyhus Orthocantha). A weight of 9gms. of cocoons yields I . 9ogms. of silk, or 19.30 per cent., while the mulberry breed only yields from 11 to 14 per cent. Each cocoon contains on an average 663 milligr. of silk. THE AFFAIRS OF NEW ZEALAND.—On Saturday a large blue book containing "further papers relative to the affairs of New Zealand," was issued from her Majesty's Stationery Office, for presentation to both houses of Par liament. The papers are in continuation of those presented on the 15th of January last year, and are dated between the 7th of last May and the 26th ult. THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION, in Con sequence of the support which it has received from the press and the public, has determined to increase its capital and enlarge the circle of its operations. ..r tonal eirobr. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 11. The Queen and Royal Family took their usual exercise yesterday. FEB. 12. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold. The Right Hon. Sir C. Wood arrived yesterdaY afternoon, and had the honour of dining with he r Maj esty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. --- -- The Princess of Wales d r o v e out on Satin -dal; attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. ied The Prince and Princess of Wales, accomP all , 0 by the Prince of Leiningen, we n t to the St. Jan es Theatre in the evening. P 'nce The Prince and Princess of Wales and the - ri of Leiningen, with the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and 3 13 . 1 , e Teesdale in waiting, attended Divine service at tm Chapel Royal St. James's yesterday morning- The Communion Service was read by the Pe • the Sub-dean and Rev. J. V. Povah. ut'' Anthem—" 0 Lord, thou h as t se arched we ° (Croft), sung by Messrs. La w ler, Benson, and Foster. The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub dean, from Genesis, chap. i., v. 31. f St, The Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke o st. Albans, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Germans, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Southavir ton, Lord Harris, and Lord Crewe attended the ser vice. - Death of the Duke of Northumberla lici " NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Sunday Sig ht. The most profound sorrow has been occasioned in all the Northumberland t owns t o -day by the suds den death of the Duke of Northumberland , took place this morning at a quarter to 3 o'cloe' tit Alnwick Castle. Nearly all the churches in Alnwick, Shields' an d other places have been tolling muffled peals, men of all parties look upon the Duke's dea t liic the midst of his be n e vo l en t l a b our s, as a for calamity. The Duke had been in failing he d ; some time, his disease bei ng gou t i n the right 11311 r but it was not until last night that dangerous sr t li cii toms appeared. Medical advice was ininledia summoned from this town. , vjir i of The deceased, Algernon Pe rc y, Duke an ra 00 Northumberland, Ea r l an d B aron Percy, e r l Lacy, Poynings, Fitz P ayne an d B r yan, I .,', 3t :dhoe and Warkworth, also Ba r o n P ru dhoe, of “:" t he Castle, in the county of Northumberland , Lrl t he peerage of Great Britain, and a baronet, l l t he, second and youngest son of Hugh, s econd - bier by his second wife, Frances Julia, third da l t.i i hy of Mr. Peter Burrell, and aunt of Lord W illeti° se d'Eresby. He was born December 15, 17 92 1 c :sed quently had just ente re d hi s 73d year . 1:41: servicejeci-ie.ulio nobleman was educated f or th e nav y, 1 he entered in March, 1805, on b oar d the -'Fame, nett commanded by C a pt. R o bert 1 1 . ' Fv oe, nett ;he was afterwards midshipman in t he tha 74, in which ship he was a c ti ve ly employe d °D o o f coast of Catalonia in 1809 ; and, r aidshiP lua t i o a the Hydra, commanded a gunboat in co -o p the with the patriots on the coast of Andalusia following year. As acting captain of the Ca l „ e he took part in a partial action with the r r t tho fleet off Toulon in 1813, and was present a „st taking of Genoa in 1814. After obtaining his retry he went on half-pay, and was not subseque t ill afloat. He obtained his commission as lieutenall„l; Dec., 1811 ; he became commander in March, 160're, captain in August, 1815 ; rear-admiral on the , em served list in November, 1850 ; vice-admiral Jay' 1857 ; and admiral in October, 1862. eer by the title In August, 1816, he w a s created a p of Baron Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle, a ba re°l 3, which becomes extinct by hi s death. He Pa se a many years in travelling ab r o a d, an d for a 1° , 11 , 1 - . period devoted himself to investigati n g the relo 3 L: of ancient Egypt and the Holy L an d, at 3 t-, ,t (' when Biblical chronology w as l es s studied th an i ' br the present day. The Duke succeeded to the honours and princely estates on the death o c f eb , brother Hugh, third Duke, on the 11th a 2 5th ruary, 1847. His Grace was married on tile e ldes t of August, 1842, to Lady Eleanor G ro svenor? ienyc s daughter of the Marquis of Westminster, htl no issue. • e s 11 0 His Grace was a Conservative inpolitl- • iralv.l 14-a 011 cepted the office of First Lord of Adra the drainistra the formation of the Earl of Derby's fi rst— u ntil ti le , tion in 1852, and remained in the Cabinet that - break-up of the G overnmen t in pec}, of em-er inor year. The lat e D u k e was ma d e a Privy Colt° ( 1, office, taking and the same g ina year (1852) Wa- , / or Knight of th e G a rt er. H e was constabl e 3v of tile ceston Castle, and, as such, was an efficer i 852 l' ° Duchy of Co rnwa ll. F or a s hort time iin was special Deputy Warden of the Stanna t ks•ford, 1841 he was created an honorary D.C.L. a (); de - From his first succession to the dukedo m t pool ceased nobleman took an active part in th e c° and improvement of his extensive proPertY; as on comfort of his cottagers and the poor er cis'ci he his estates was his first consideration, alltbeir expended an enormous sum in rebuilding it s, dwellings on the most improved plan. li e ifa rel interested himself deeply in their s p iri tu al We at and erected no less than ten new chttrell es . c o, his own cost in populous but neglected dis tr o j c e. a lasting proof of his princely munificence It is said thas within the last ten years his r: ,- t his expended more than half a million of moneY ' ll OO praiseworthy manner alone. At an enormous fine he restored and beautified Alnwick Castle, ° le o ,. old feudal residence of the no bl e House a r er 6 4, The late Duke was a Fellow of the Royal Geo' of the Society of Antiquaries, of the ReY 4 3 .x tro' graphical Society, and a m e m be r of the RoY a ' a lso nomical and other learned societies. Ile w. „ 9 ,, 5 bie munificent supporter of many of our cha r '''. r stitutions ; was president of the Westroinsteo.,croo Middlesex Hospitals, vice-patron of Charilifocietil Hospital, president of the Seamen'sHos-pital P eesa rlf president of the West m i ns t er General P is l ) pr e " vice-president of the Royal Humane Soei e 601 sident of the Royal National Lifeboat Ins S° - vice- vice-president of the Royal Naval Bene l " :4 t e of tr o ciety, &c. His Grace was also presi d , en , t Royal United Service Institution, presiae' ct or l ° Royal Institution of Great Britain, a dire , the British Institution, and a trustee of the Museum. 0 tl "e'4 By the death of the Duke without issu e i tll , o ,„ and greater portion of the estates dew Or; Geo. Percy, second Earl of Beverley, w he , se a h, Algernon, first Earl, was second son of W 1 4 7 1 10 0 '; Duke of Northumberland. He was boill,: sc oll:' 1778, and was married in 1801 to Louisa J. ; - pia r e / third daughter of the late Hon. Arehi b3i lovs ji l Wortley Mackenzie, and is father of Lord Lord M.P., and Lady Atherton, &c. He wa s i a gq ,96, 3 17 the Treasury from May, 1804, to Feb.! ', - nvo .r was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard de to 1846. i.e fela` o The present Duke is descended, bY heiTe line, from the noble House of Percy. whollllB of the 11th Earl of Northumberland" efsinlJ•7l 0 ceeded to the baronial honours only of °l e t ( tll , married Charles, 6th Duke of Someile, " proud Duke"), and their son, the 7th Pon rad' in g been summoned to Parliament a s 13ar th was created Earl of Northumberland, j.rl.Yll-1001,11/: mainder (having no male issue) to and 6 f Smithson, who had married his daughterr ° Ea 0f heir. Sir Hugh, who succeeded to the )UlO of Northumberland in 1750, was created e Northumberland in 1766, and assumed the Percy on succeeding to the earldom. O . of eetint:,• cl a toh SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.--4t "he o ij eg ra tto , sir g i T:te the Committee of Management . of Niiag's C held on Friday last, Mr. Robert Pryor in 91 reeestol friend and liberal supporter of the ch arity, at tend ed that his name should not be mentioned, ' , so ¢, b .i j handed to the chairman the raunif i cen t sura eac j i , 16 new life governor's donations of 30 guinethi of the:current expenses of the hospital. ....... Ma The dation are u na chile t Joint at, may be th e rev( activity if SO, ill Peeted t Ce nt., bi a 8 Yet d A f ur °f th e 13 ~. _, , ',