The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-09 00:00:00

Count BISMARCK has forwarded a reply to the recent address of some members of the Holstein nobility, which, for cool impertinence, nearly equals, if it does not surpass, anything that he has written hitherto. He declares that he has already stated that he " considers the union of the Duchies with the Prussian Monarchy to be the most advantage ous solution possible." After all that has occurred respecting this subject, and after all the protests that have been made in various directions, it does seem extraordinary that even a man of his effrontery should thus come forward and reiterate assertions of this sort. Of course every one knows what are the opinions of the Count on this subject, but it is quite out of character for him to assume them in this manner. He goes on to state how he thinks, hopes, and expects the grand deeds may be accomplished. He says, " Respect for those who signed the address encourages the KING'S Government to make fresh endeavours to obtain the consent of Austria to this solution," as if at any time since the commencement of this attack upon the Duchies there had been the slightest drawing back on the part of the Prussian authorities in their efforts to appropriate the Duchies. It is not likely that Austria will consent to be hoodwinked to serve the turn of her encroaching ally, for she has too long been made a regular dupe of, and of late has recog nised her invidious position. Herr von BISMARCK need not plume himself too soon upon his victory, he will yet have to stand the brunt of the battle ; and the Vienna Government must have changed very much in the last few weeks if they give up now what they have so boldly asserted they will defend. Perhaps we got nearer to the truth in the latter part of the Count's reply when he alludes to the " claims of Prussia." There he speaks the in tention of the Berlin Cabinet from the outset of the affair. It was to take possession of the Duchies that the war was waged, and that the diplomatic ruses have been continued, to the scandal of Europe and the consternation of the minor States of Ger many. Herr BISMARCK intends, we see, to maintain his position in such a manner as to " restore the administrative unity of the Duchies, and gua rantee their prosperity." This, we suppose, is, in other words, to persist in his purpose of annexation to the last, carte qui carte. The only hope that remains for the undue preten sions of the Prussian Cabinet to be checked lies at - • . . Power would maintain anything like its 'riXffri position in Europe, it will not submit to be stulti fied to suit the arrogant assumptions and pertinaci ous demands of Prussia. The more Count BISMARCK gets the more he requires ; and the only way to check his course is to refuse to accede to his request. The Duchies have been a very convenient excuse for the encroachments of Prussia, and it was very mis taken policy on the part of Austria to join in the attacks on them. The Cattle Plague Bill has produced a sadly per plexing measure to the legislators of both Houses. The question is without doubt one of very great difficuity, for there is on the one hand the fear of encouraging the spread of the destructive and con tagious malady, and on the other of increasing the inevitable loss by unnecessary slaughter. These conflicting interests have hampered our legislation throughout, and have produced a degree of vacilla tion which is anything but satisfactory. Our knowledge of the plague, its origin, exciting causes, treatment, and chance of curd is all unhappily so vague and unreliable that most men find it impossible to arrive at a definite conclusion on the subject. There are two arguments, both of which have much force, but which are entirely opposed to each other. We are told that as the treatment is so uncertain, and cure so very doubtful, it is the safest and wisest course to " stamp out" the disease ; to sacrifice some for the sake of the majority in the same way that an extended conflagration is often arrested by the de struction of neighbouring houses. The contagious naturo of the disease is certain, though it is not ab solutely clear that predisposition, exposure, and rough treatment may not in many instances have contributed a good deal to its rapid extension. It is, therefore, urged that it is wiser and better to sacrifice those animals already affected, who have at best but a poor chance of life, than to allow them to spread the infection still further among all herds with which they may come in contact. The opponents of this doctrine urge, on their side, that it is a great hardship to slaughter animals that are per haps convalescent, and whose owners have a reasonable hope of avoiding total loss ; that it is now too late to adopt the method of compulsory slaughter ; that in many instances a milder type of disease has appeared, and that in Scotland at least one-third of the beasts affected have recovered. All these points were fully discussed in the House of Lords last evening, when the much-debated Cattle Plague Bill was again brought under consideration. The principal point at issue was whether the Privy Council should have discretionary power to relax the order for compulsory slaughter, or whether such power should not be given until after the 15th of April. It was urged that the act should have a fair trial, and that no relaxation of its most stringent clauses should be permitted until after the specified time ; but the opposite party declared that heavy loss would be inflicted by the slaughter of valuable cattle who had been in contact lvit e il local inf m agistrates beasts, who might yet possibly e sca p e the di sease. slaughter Also it was argued th a t i n many por t s th had resolved no t t o or d er th e of convalescent beasts, so that the p u bli c respect for the law would be lowered. The bill, it was said, had been passed during a tie of panic, and conti nua l complaints of its rigorousm nature were being publicly made. The fact of the matter appears to be that if the " stamping Gut" policy was to be tried at all it was delayed too long. The disease was suffered to reach a, height, LONDON, FRIDAY, 3LIRCII 9, 1866. The second reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill took place last night, and was carried by 298 to 5. This is satisfactory, for the question is one that ought to have been settled long ago, for its re maining in abeyance gives rise to irritation and annoyance. Mr. DISRAELI announced his intention of moving some amendment to the Bill when it was in Committee. The right hon. gentleman admitted that some parts of the Oath, as it now stands, were invidious and obsolete, but he did not at the same time approve of the manner in which the Govern ment have altered it. It is true, as he observed, that great difficulties attend the construction of an uniform oath, for you must take care, "on the one hand, as far as Roman Catholics are concerned, that nothing is included which affects their con sciences ; and, on the other hand, you must take care, as far as the Protestants are concerned, that everything is inserted which they believe to be of essential importance." Mr. DISRAELI considers that the oath of allegiance is not properly framed. It should be a "dynastic' one, and such as ;to secure the country from any doubt in the event of a change in the succession to the Throne. There is some truth in as the oath should certainly be on e of allegi ance 0 t the QUEEN and her heirs and successors according to the limitations of the Act of Settlement. Such eas ily be reme an oversight could liecl in committee, however, and does now presented the bill. c b; no t materially aff ect the principl e e Another point o mitted in the bil l no to the Clouse by the Ministers was ; a Roman Catholic into the bill prepared by member some short time since. The oath makes no reference to the supremacy of the Crown. Certainly there is nothing to prevent any Roman Catholic from recognising the Act of Settlement, and the supre premacy of the QUEEN in the Courts of England ; and, as Mr. DISRAELI truly affirmed, the Judges professing the Roman Catholic religion " are, by their conduct and administration of the law, giving every day conclusive proof that in the courts of justice of this country they recognise only the law of England, and not the canon Jaw of necessitated an immense destruction o. withand . 1 v sh al o u w a n bl e property before all animals who had eithe] their Church ." The right hon. gentleman wisely which 7 refrained from opposing theseco expressed a hope that the house symptoms of the disease or been in•the vici. candour upon the question , wndoulrdealdoinokg, f the affected could be slaughtered. Fain have a fair chance of ' and r aarket and then they might , nity o ass a measure which would s were left open, the traffic of cattlE 131;ecoming law, and prove generally acceptable to a c h i zi i c; w th a e s p p u u b t li u c p h o i n gh th w e ay re s m w o a y s a f l r oef nc .2, P ar li a ment. i Sir G. GREY declared that the Government would from the ports where they were landed, and the consider the amendments of the right hon. g e n tl e . L e k of cleanliness and care on the railway lines ma n in a fair spirit. no d.), übt help e d th e di saster. The Duke o f M ARL - C on siderable amusement was created by Mr. BORE 31CGH quoted last evening a passage from the B R inyer's declaring that a small number of mem- , first report o f th e R oya l C omm i ss i oners w i t h refe t b ers would not make the affirmation which 1 1 rence •to he power of slaughter, which puts the \ stood in the bill. If the word "defend" meant to ! matte - very justly. " This power is right and no t take up arms, then those members could 1 useful'. S then the disease has appeared only at isolated subscribe to that part of the oath. Sir G. GREY ' spots a ncl attacked a few animals ; the public bene promised that the point should receive attention. fit is :then very great, and private sacrifice small ; But he said, "I do not think the word ' defend' but 'O3 proportion as it extends the hope of thus necessarily means defend by force of arms, though arreriting its march diminishes, the inevitable waste if unfortunately any occasion for such defence such increases, and the sense of hardship tends to arise, I should be sorry that the Crown should lose be .come insupportable." With regard to the the benefit of his services." Notwithstanding the policy of isolation, the Commissioners said, arguments of Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. WHALLEY, " When the disease has widely diffused itself, only five hon. members supported the amendment, 1 and disappears at one point only to appear which shows the feeling of the House on the subject. I at. another, the difficulties of isolation become It is to be trusted that a fair spirit will animate the greater, and thia chances of its being efficacious Committee, and that the measure in its amended less." There could be no more accurate descrip form may even receive the sanction of both Houses, tion of the disease, as the noble duke remarked, and remove the anomalies that have so long existed than that it disappeared at one point only to appear in the Parliamentary oaths of this country. at another, and this fact favours the theory of atmospheric influence as well as direct con tagion. It was finally decided to adopt the clause as amended; that is to say, giving the discretionary power required after the 15th of April. Another clause, moved by the Earl of LICHFIELD, was very wisely adopted. It prohibited the holding of markets, fairs, and public sales of cattle until the Ist of July. If such a provision had been made at the first outbreak of the disease it would have been all the better. There is one point in respect to this cattle plague which deserves more attention than it has hitherto met with, and :was referred to last evening by Lord ELLENBOROUGII. A man lost three fourths of his cattle by the plague, and seven of his remaining beasts showed symptoms of the malady. They refused to drink water; but on being turned into a field where there was lime slaked in water they drank it eagerly, and all re covered. Surely this is a hint worth acting on, and the experiment of a plentiful supply of lime slaked in water might be made with very little cost or trouble. It would not be the first time that the in stinct of the lower orders has proved a surer guide than human science. Indeed among human beings there have been frequent cases of a fever-stricken patient drinking copiously of cold water, a forbidden draught, and subsequently re covering. If this case, which has lbeen several times referred to, should be well authenticated, surely the fact of the whole of the animals who drank the lime water recovering when all those attacked in the same herd had died ought to weigh heavily. We should be glad to see the stringency of the Act so far relaxed as to allow a few experiments of the kind to be made under proper authority with due precautions. It would be surely feasible to keep the animals isolated from all possible contact with others until a few doubtful points were set at rest. If great mother Nature chooses to reveal any of her secrets, no man of science need be too proud to learn, and we may be sure that in obeying her dic tates the cattle are wiser than the inspector or the surgeon. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The German papers received to-day state that the Cabinet are intensely occupied with the affairs had - y - eVanWfab s y of the 7th February, but the belief was general of considerable estrangement between the two Powers. In the Duchies themselves much uneasiness and anxiety prevailed among the inhabitants generally. In official quarters in Paris the affairs of Germany occupy more than usual attention, and I have reason to believe that the Minister will shortly be asked some questions on the subject in the Chamber. It is asserted, confidently, to-day, that in spite of the difficulty arising out of the Convention, the Duke de Leuchtenberg has determined to press his claim to be llospodar of Moldavia and Wallachia. He is said to be as anxious to obtain it as the Count de Flandre was to refuse it. The ,treaty in ques tion was concluded on the 19th of August, 1858, between England, France, Turkey, Austria, and Prussia, Russia, and Sardinia, after nineteen long Conferences. It provides that the united provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia shall be free to arrange their own affairs without the control or interference of the Ottoman Porte. The essential article against the claim of the Duke de Leuchtenberg is Article 13. That article is as follows :—" Any person whatever shall be eligible for election, as llospodar, who is 35 years old, and is the son of a father born in Moldavia or Wallachia, provided he has fulfilled public functions during ten years or been a member of the Assemblies. He must, however, have a yearly revenue of 300 ducats derived from landed property." The construction of the Great Exhibition build ing proceeds very rapidly and regularly. The work connected with the foundations has been executed to the extent of 160,000 cubic metres, and the workmen are about to commence operations on the ground comprised between the circular avenue and the outer wall of the edifice. The cubic extent of brickwork has reached 26,100 metres, and it is ex pected that the foundation works will be completed by the end of the month. The arches of the grand gallery of airage have reached 210 metres in length. As to the transversal arches of three metres, they are built to the extent of about 100 metres. Among the work completed may be reckoned 530 pillars, 3000 metres of aqueducts, and 200 metres of drain age. The same activity has been displayed in re gard to the machinery required. Thousands of tons of wrought and cast iron have been brought to the spot, and it is expected that the operations for the metallic roofing and other works will be ac tually carried on in the course of next month. A letter from Florence states that the section of the Railway from Palermo to Termini on the northern part of the Sicilian line has been opened with much ceremony. The treaty of commerce between Italy and the Zollverein has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 186 against 16. To-day is Mid-Lent Day, and Paris is again all gaiety. This is the fête of the Washerwomen. The usual procession was very beautiful, and the fête has been celebrated satisfactorily. In many of the towns in the vicinity of Paris also the Mi-Careme has been celebrated by gay processions. All night there will be many private and public balls. Paris will to-morrow resume its religious celebrations, which will be kept up till Easter. The Moniteur does not say anything about a meeting of the Powers in Paris to confer upon the affairs of the United Danubian Principalities, but it is stated on good authority that such a meeting will take place in the course of the present month. The Governments will each send a Representative or Minister. England, France, and Austria are said to be perfectly in accord upon the subject. Accounts from Frankfort state that people begin to be perfectly aware of the gravity of the position of the affairs of Germany, and that a war between between Austria and Prussia is considered to be almost inevitable. Iu the. absence of " metal more attractive," a writer of note gives a sketch of the celebrated M. Itenan, the author of La Vie de Jesus. It may be a little exaggerated, but I think it will interest your readers. The bio grapher says that M. Renan is short, and rather fat. He dresses in simple style, but does not look like an ordinary man. M. Renan lives in the Faubourg St. Germain, a fashionable quarter, and leads a very regular life. He goes to bed and gets up early, does not smoke, and was never seen at a theatre. His room where he writes is elegant, and is ornamented as much as the enor mous library in it will allow. The walls are hung with several pictures of d'Ary Scheffer, whose niece he married. His evennesss of temper is never inte rupted. He is always affable, gay, and smiling. He will talk upon any subject, but his great plea sure and the chief object of his thoughts is the topic upon which the writes—Religion. The writer pro ceeds to say that he knew M. Renan in Syria, a country where you are baked in the summer and frozen in the winter, but M. Renan is always so preoccupied with his great subject that he never pays any attention to these minor evils of life. He would walk about in Syria for hours, breakfast upon a bas-relief and dine upon an inscription. His oral guide and servant thought his passion for old stones and statues was a sort of madness, and used often to say that the French gentleman must be mad. At home, although M. Renan thinks a good deal, he eats a good deal also. He rarely writes fasting. Neither hunting, racing, nor shooting has charms for him, and he never rides on horseback. Many learned men have manias or hobbies. M. Renan has none. He is always occu pied with his literary labours, and takes but little interest in anything else. There are few persons who talk more agreeably, with greater fluency, or with better style. His mode of speaking, however, is clerical. He is a man of ardent imagination, which is evident from everything he says or does. He can undergo great fatigue, and writes for whole days without being weary. He makes a great many corrections in his procfs, to the terror of his printers, and when he marks out a passage he is sure to add much more to make up for it. The wildness which pervades his writings is also displayed in his manners and behaviour. He has the greatest re spect for scientific men and men of letters, and never was any greater astonishment displayed by any one than he exhibited on one occasion, when, introduced to an American gentleman, who was de scribed as a celebrated philosopher. In the course of conversation M. Renan asked the gentleman what he did in his early days at Boston. " Not much," replied the American, " I was chiefly en gaged in getting up a menagerie of wild beasts." M. Renan appeared to be literally thunderstruck, for he could not imagine that a man could be of the same trade as Batty and him self. iII. Renan has a wonderful memory in re gard to facts, names, and dates. He speaks English and German very well, and understands Greek, Latin, and particularly Hebrew. " If," says the writer, "M. Renan interprets the Bible I perversely, it is simply because his masters them selves understand it badly." M. Renan is not an atheist, as some have said. The attitude of respect which he assumes in churches proves that he has not entirely discarded his Christian ideas. It is impossible for any one to speak of his adversaries with greater indifference, more politeness, and more contempt than M. Renan does. To sum up :—The appearance of M. Renan does not give an idea of his works. Like all Bretons (he is a native of Brit tany) he always steadily pursues his purpose and cares for nothing. One characteristic is what is called absence of mind. Sometimes he goes out forgetting that he has not put on his cravat. Once he was going out without his coat, and would have done so bad he not been reminded of the fact. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : USES.—Messrs. 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Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank iu 48 , kd , 2 Z;vt,v; 51-1 1 1 151 19b: Cuu 4,000,000 - Notes in circulation ... 881,198,925 899,820,525 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 5,425,727 06 6,473,330 97 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 132,628,743 69 139,554,291 67 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 1,422,327 75 1,570,779 76 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. March 8. March 1. Cash in hand and in fr. o. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 299 ,721,947 25 312,955,597 67 Do. branch banks 30 3,209,821 279,667,844 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 8,283,400 7,482,900 Do. on French Public Securities 1 1,454,100 11,742,200 Do. by branch banks 5,408,900 5,774,900 Do. on railway shares and debentures 1). branch banks 18,924,000 1 9,009,900 Do. on Credit Rimier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con - , vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re- .._ servo 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees - 71:;v, June 9, 1857) 1 00,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,447,549 8,444,235 Expenses of manage ment 644,601 600,837 sundries Total 1,362,000,752 2 1,386,330,420 97 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. We are heartily glad to see that Colonel Torrens, M.P., has given notice that he will, in the House of Commons to-night, "ask the Finance Secretary to the Trea sury whether it is the fact that the clerks of the Inspector- General of Imports and Exports have applied to the Board of Customs for liberty to forward a petition to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, praying for a reconsideration of a petition, presented in May last, with a view to giving them a more substantial benefit than is afforded by the recent Treasury minute upon Customs' Salaries, and whether such permission has been refused." We understand that the prospects of the Grand International Horticultural Exhibition and Botanical Congress, to be held at South Kensington, in May next, are most encouraging. The ground to be occupied by the show, which is a portion of the site of the 1862 Exhibition, is already under preparation for the erection of the mon ster tent ; and, according to the plans which have been adopted, the interior arrangements will be made most effective. The complimentary banquet to the learned foreigners who are invited to take part in the proceedings, or to attend as delegates from foreign Governments, and which, thanks to the City Corporation, is to be held in the Guildhall, is drawing in as subscribers to the fund many who are anxious to do homage to the distinguished foreign visitors who will honour the occa sion with their presence. While the Botanical Congress, which is to be under the presidency of M. de Caudell°, is assuming from day to day a more practical shape, several eminent botanists both at home and abroad have already 'joined in working it out to a successful issue. The meet ings of the Congress are to be held in the Raphael Cartoon room, at South Kensington, by permission of the Com mittee of Council of Education. This great horticultural movement, it should be remembered, is wholly of an inde pendent character, and it must be a source of great gratifi cation to the friends of scientific horticulture in this country that it has attracted so large an amount of voluntary pecuniary support, without which indeed it would not have been attempted. The expenses, however, will be heavy in proportion to the magni tude of the undertaking, and we learn officially that further and aid congress is o necessary ) r ss be ar to secure ue r out th in a at the spiritedcombined exhi bition manner, which is highly desirable, having reference to their inter national character. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 8, Three o'clock.—The market closed at the following quotations :- 4k per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 69 67k Credit Mobilior Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Fonder — Italian Loan — Do. end month 62 60 RAIL Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 47 50 Do. Bonds 305 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Acct. - 882 50 1131 25 906 25 ... 557 50 570 - 545 - 137 50 408 75 ... 420 - 173 75 ... 236 25 100 116 25 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 7. CIIURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Order for Second Reading read. Motion made and ques tion proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time. Amendment proposed, "To leave out the word ' now, and at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this day six months.'" Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided, and the numbers were—Ayes, 285; Noes, 252. AYES-285. Acland, T. D. Fortesoue, D. F. Morris, W. Adair, H. E. French, Col. Morrison, W. Adam, W. P. Ga-etee, S. Neate, C. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gavin, Major N orivo, (I, C. Agnew, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. O'Beirne, J. Ailee, W. S Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, Sir P. Andover, Lord Gladstone, W. H. O'Conor Don, The Anstruthtr, Sir It. Glyn, G. C. Ogilvy, Sir J. Antrobus, E. Glyn, G. G. Oliphant, L. Ayrton, A. S. Goldsmid, Sir F. Onslow, Cr Aytoun, R. S. Goldsmid, F. D. 0' ,:eilly, AL W. Baines, E. Goschen, G. J. Otway, A. Bare ay, A. C. Gower, F. L. Owen, Sir H. Baring, T. G. Gower, G. W. L. Padmore, It. Barnes, T. Graham, W. Parry, T. Barr,n, ::.,ir HW. Gregory, W. IL Peel, A. W. Barry, C. It. Greufeil, 11. It. Pelham, Lord Beirry, G. R. Greville, A. W. F. Phillips, it. N. Bass, A. Greville, Col. F. Pim, J. Bass, M. T. Gray, Sir J. Platt, J. Baxter, W. E. Grey, Sir G. Portman, W. H. B. Bazley, T. Gridley, H. G. Potter, E. Beaumont, H. F. Grosvenor, Earl Poster, T. B. Biddulph, M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Power, Sir J. Blake, J. Grosvenor, Capt. R. Price, W. P. Bonham-Carter, J. Gurney, S. Pryse, E. L. Bouverie, E. P. Hadflei, G. Pugh, D. Brand, H. Hamilton, E. W. T. Rawlinson, Sir H. Brecknock, Earl of Hanbury, R. Rebow, J. G. Bright, Sir C. T. Hankey, T. Robartes, T. J. A. Bright, J. Harris, J D. hobertson, D. ' Briscoe, J. I. Hartington,Marquil Rothschild,Baron M Bruce, H. A. Hartley, J. Rothschild, BaronN Bryan G. L. Hay, Lord J. Russell, A. Bulkeley, Sir R. hay, Lord W Russell, IL Buller, Sir A. W. Hayter, Capt. A. B. Russell, Sir W. Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. E. St. Aubyn, J. Buxton, C. Henderson, J. Samuda, J. Buxton, Sir T. F. Henley, Lord Samuelson, B. Calthorpe, F. 11. Hibbert, J. T. Schneider, H. W. Candlish, J. Hoare, Sir H. Scholefle.d, W. Cardwell, E. Hodgkinson, G. k coil, Sir W. Carington, C. It. iiodgson,K. Scrope, G. P. Carnegie, C. H 1 itn, 1. Seely, C. Cave, T. Holland, E. Seymour, A Cavendish, Lord F. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, 11. D. Chambers, T. B ughes, T. Shaft°, It. D. Cheethatn, J. liughcs. W. B. Sheridan, H. B. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hutt, W. Sheridan, R. B. Childers, H. C. E. Ingham, R. She. iff. A. Clay, J. Jervoise, Sir J. Simeon. .71r J. Clement, W. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, J. B. Clifton, Sir It, Kennedy, I'. Speirs, A. - Clinton, Lord A. P. King, I'. J. L. Stanley, Lord Clinton, Lord E. P. Kiuglake, A. W. Stanley, 0. Clive, U. Eiug,lake, Serj. J. Steel, J. Cogan, W. H. Eing - scote, COL Stork, 0. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kinuaird, A. F. Stone, W. Collier, air R. P. Knatclibull-Hugess Stuart, Col. C. Colthurst, Sir U. Labouchere H. Sullivan. E. Colvile, C. R. Lain;;, S. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cowper, 11. F. Layard, A. H. t7y nan, E. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lawrenc.7, W. Taylor, I'. A. Crawford, it. W. Lawson, J. A. Tite, W. Crossley, Sir F. Leatham, W. Tomline, G. Dalglish, R. Lee, W. Torrens, W. M'C. Davey, it. Leeman, G. Tracy, C. R. D. 1,400nY - It Y Li(lo:'Sl ‘ e ' l r . r q i r rein4, ' Sir If. Dering, Sir E. Locke, J. Villiers, C. I'. Devereux, R. J. Lowe, IL Vivian, H. H. Mike, Sir W. Lusk, A. Vivian, J. Dillon, J. B. 31acEvoy, E. Waring, C. Dodson, J. G. Mackie,, J. Warner, E. Doulton, F. Mackinaw', L. B. Watkin, E. W. Dull', M. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Weguelin, T. if. Duff, R. W. M 'Laren. D. Western, Sir T. Dundas, F. Marjoribanks, D. C. Whalley, G. H. Dundas, Sir D. Marsh, It. H. Whatman, J. Dunlop, A. M. Marsha 1, W. Whitbread, S. Ellice, E. Martin, C. W. White, J. Eutield, Viscount Martin, P. W. Whitworth, B. Erskine, J. E. Merry, J. Williamson, Sir H. Earaonde. J. DI ill bank, P. Winnington, Sir T. Evans, T. W. Mill, J. S. Woods, H. Ewart, W. Miller, W. Wyld, J. Ewing, H. E. C. Mills, J. It. Wyvill, M. Fawcett, H. Milton, Viscount Young:, A. F,thwick, B. M. Mitchell, A. Young, It. Fildes, J. Mitchell, T. A. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Moffatt, G. TELLERS. Foley, H. Monk, C. Foljambe, F. J. S. Monsell, W. Hardcastle, J. A. Forster, C. Moore, C. Gilpin, C. Forster, W. E. Morey, S Foster, W. 0. Morris, M. NOES-252. Adderley, C. B. George, S. Mowbray, J. R. Akroyd, E. Getty, .G. Naas, Lord Annesley, Col. H. Gilpin, Col. Neeld. Sir J. Anson, Major Goddard, A. L. Nev lle- Grenville . Ark , right, It. Goidney G. Newdegate, C. It ,ggallay, R. Gooch, D. Nicol, J. D. Ba. ge, W. Goodson, J. Noel, G. J. Bagnall, C. Gore, J. It. 0. North, Col. &Mlle, H. J. Grant, A. Northcote, Sir S. H. Baring, A. H. Graves, S. R. O'Neill, E. Baring, T. Greenall, G. Packe, C. W. Barnett, H. Greene, E. Padre, Colonel Itarttelot, Col. Gray, Lt-Col. Paget, R. H. Bateson, Sir T. Griffith, C. D. Pakington, Sir J. Bathurst, A. A. Guinn, ss B. L. Palk, Sir L. Beach, Sir M. Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, Major W. Beach, W. Hamilton,Lord C.J. Patten, Colonel W. Bective, Earl of Hamilton, L T. Peel, Gen. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, G. Peele, J. Bentinck, G. C. Hardy, J. Pennant, Col. Benyon, it. Hartopp, E. B. Percy, Esrl Bernard, Col. Harvey, It. B. Phillips, G. L. Bingham, Lord Hervey, Lord A. Powell, F. S. Bourne, Col. Beathcot,, G. li. Read, C. S. Bovill, W. Ileathcote, Sir W. Repton, G. W. J. Bridges, Sir B. W. Henley, J. W. Ridley, Sir 11. W. Bromley. W. D. Herbert, I'. E. Robertson, I'. F. Brooks, it. II eskel h, Sir T. Rolt, J. Bruce, Lord C. lieygate, Sir F. Royston, Visct. Bruce, Major C. Hodgson, W. N. Russell, Sir C. Bruen, H. Hogg, i.t-Col. Sandford, G. M.W. nuAley, E. Holtord, R. S. Schreiber. C. Burghley, Lord Holmesdale, Iris. Sclater-Booth, 0, Burrell, Sir P. Hood, sir A, Scott, Lord H. ButlerJohnstone,H. Hope, A J. Scout field, J. 11. Cairns, Sir H. Horuby, W. H. Seiwin, 11. J. Campbell, A. H. Hu. 5.,,1i, T. B. Selwyn, C.J. Cartwright, Col. H them. Lord Eteverne, J. E. Cave, S. llowes. E Seymour, G. N. Cavendish, Lord Hubbard, J. G. Simo,icts, W. B. Cecil, Lord R. II umphery, W. Smith, S. G. Clive, Capt. G. W. Hunt, G. W. Somerset, Col. E. Cobbold, J. C. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stanhope, J. B. Cochrane, A. D. B. Jolliffe, H. Stanhope, Lord Cole, Hon. 11. Kearsley, Captain Stirling-Maxwell Cole, Hon. J. L. Kelk, J. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Corry, H. L. Kelly, Sir F. Stucley, Sir G. S. Courtney, Lord Kendall, N. Sturt, H. G. Cranbourne, Viet. Kennard, R. W.Sturt, Lt-Col. N. Crosland, Col. King, J. K. Surteea, F. Cubitt, G. KilL , J. G. Surtees. H. E. Curzon, Viscount Knight, F. Sykes, C. Cust, Hon C. H. Knightley, sir R. Taylor, Colonel Dalkeith, Earl of Knox, . 01. Tho. o el, J. li. Dawson, R. P. Knox, Major W S. Thynne, Lord H. De Grey, Hon T. Lacon, Sir E. Tollemache, J. Dick, F. Laird, J. Torrens, K. Dickson, Major Langton, W. G. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Disraeli, B. Leader, N. P. Treeby, J. W. • Dowdeswell, W. E. Legh, Major C. Trefusis, C. H. R. Duncombe, A. Lefroy, A. Trevor, Lord A. Duncombe, W. E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Trollope, Sir J. Dunne, Gen. Lennox, Lord H. U. Turner, C. Tyrone, Earl of Du Pre, C. G. Leslie, C. P. Dutton, R. 11. Liddell, H. G. Walcott, Admiral Dyke, W. H. Lindsay, Col. C. Walker, Major ti. Dyott, Colonel Lindsayy, Col. R. Walrond, J. W. Earle, It. A. Long, It. P. Walsh, A. Eaton, W. 11. Lopes, Sir tif. Walsh, Sir J. Edwards, Col. Lowther, J. Warerhouse, S. Egerton, A. F. Lytton, Sir E. B. Welby, W. E. Egerton, It. C. M•Lagan, P. Williams, Col. Egerton, W. Mainwaring, T. Williams, F. M. Elcho, Lord Manners, Lord J. Wise, H. C. Fane, Lt-Col. Manners, Lord G. Woodd, B. T. Fane, Col. Metier, W. 'Wyndham, H. Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, S. B. Wyndham, P. Feilden, J. Miller, T. J. Wynn, C. W. W. Fellowes, E. Mills, C. B. Wynne, W. It. hi. Fergusson. Sir J. Mittord, W. T. Yorke, J. it. Ferrand, W. Montagu, Lord R. Fleming, J. Montgomery, Sir G. TELLERS. Floyer J. Mordaunt, Sir C. Walpole, S. H. Forester, Gen. Morgan, 0. Du Cane, C. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Morgan, Major - ,PAIRS. FOR. AGAINST. Dillwyn, L. L. Verner, Col. Rothschild, Baron Cooper, E. H. Cavendish Lord E. Calcraft, Captain Ruebuck, J. A. Verner, Sir W. James, E. Huddlestone, J. Jardine, R. Lowther, Colonel Smith, A. Lowther, H. Bagwell, J. Bruce, Sir 11. Paget, Lord C. Kerrison, Sir E. Brown, J. Galway, Viscount Pease, 11. Ecrerton, Sir P. Lamont, J. Wynn, Sir W. Matheson, Sir J. Jones, D. Finlay, A. S. Malcolm, J. W. Horsman, E. Trelierne, M. Stacpoole, Capt. Dines, A. C. Fender, J. Peel, Sir R. Fitzgerald, Lord Booth, Sir R. Murphy, N. D. Westropp, B. Armstrong, Serj. Forde, Col. Bailey, C. Bailey, t-ir J. Pew, Sir M. Pre.htield, C. K. Beaumont, W. B. Whiteside , J. Urquhart, P. Cox., W. J 1104911, W. liellaier, Lord LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CROATIAN DIET. AGRAM, MARCH 8. The proposal of the Committee of the Croatian Diet to send Deputies to the Hungarian Diet, in conformity with the wish of the Emperor, has been agreed to. The members thus appointed to represent Croatia will be provided with instructions relative to the course to be pursued by them at the Hungarian Diet. 'AYS. Cash. Protector Endowment, Loan, and Annuity Company. The annual general meeting of the directors and shareholders in this society was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the company, 34, King street, Cheapside. Alfred Since, Esq., F.R.S., pre sided. The report of the directors, which was read by the secretary (Mr. A. M'Morran), was as follows : The directors beg to submit their report of the opera tions of the company for the past year, together with the statement of receipts and expenditure duly vouched by the auditors. There has been a great increase in the loan de partment during the year, and every prospect for a further extension and development of this branch of the busi ness. Applications for loans amounting to £116,550 have been received, of which 288 loans, amounting to £60, , 198, have been granted, f or t erms varying from three to five years. In no single case has an application been refused where, in the judgment of the directors, adequate security was offered, and from the careful inquiries which have been made upon the stability of borrowers, the percentage of loss continues very small. Notwithstanding the great variation in the rate of interest during the past year, this company has not raised its rate of interest above 5 per cent. on deposits, as the directors find that a constant rate of 5 per cent., independent of fluctuations from monetary causes, suits the requirements of many depositors, especially those of trustees awaiting an opportunity for permanent investment. Notwithstanding the increase of the general business of the company, the working expenses have been less than those of former years. The operations of the company are now so far satisfactorily developed that the profit to the shareholders may be anticipated to increase directly with an increase in the magnitude of the opera tions of the company. Frem a valuation which has been made a dividend of 10 per cent. may now be paid upon the called-up capital of the company, and the directors confidently antici pate that this rate will not again be diminished. At the last general meeting the board had to deplore the loss of their much esteemed managing director, John Beadnell, Esq., who gave unremitting attention to Isis duties from the period of the formation of the company. After his decease the duties devolving upon the manager were divided into two departments, one assigned to Mr. 111.‘Morra.n, in the capacity of secretary, and the other to Mr. Pinkney, as superintendent of the loan department, and from the great increase of business the directors attend in rotation every day at the office. The directors retiring by rotation are J. L. Hancock, Esq., and Joseph Williams, Esq., and the Board recommend that their names constitute the list for re-election. The auditors, G. H. LadburY, Esq., and George Lowe, Esq., also retire. There is also a vacancy for a third auditor in the place of Mr. Williams, elected a director, for which Mr. H. 0. I'. Bead nell, a sou of the late managing director, is a candidate. The directors recommend that the interest on shareholders' stock be at the rate for the current year of 10 per cent. per annum on the called-up capital of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move the adoption of the report, said it was with great pleasure he met the shareholders that dayi`r because he had the pleas ing duty to report to them a continued increase in their business, whilst their losses had been but small. (Hear, hear.) Their working expenses were less than usual, and their dividend considerably larger, for the directors had the gratification of recom mending a dividend of 10 per cent. on the called up capital of the company. The rise of the dividend was of course entirely owing to the increase of their business, which was of a certain fixed character, and thus the directors could esti mate with the greatest exactness the precise amount of their expenditure. He thought it was something for the directors to say that during the year they had advanced no less than £50,498. The applications for loans had amounted to £116,550, of which they had granted the sum he had just mentioned—namely, £50,498 in 288 loans, for periods varying from three to five years. It was a matter for congratulation that in no one instance where the securities had been satisfactory had the directors refused a single loan, and the fact could not be too widely known that all that a man had to do who wished to avail himself of the advantages held out by the com pany was to come into their office, lay his proposal on the counter, and he could quit their premises with the moral certainty that, if his sureties were substantial, the money he required would be ad vanced to him. (Hear, hear.) Any person going to their office, and wanting the loan of any sum varying from £lOO to £l,OOO, might be quite satisfied that it would rest entirely with himself whether he had the money or not, because if his sureties were approved and good, the office would .at once advance the money, to be repaid as was most convenient to the borrower. But if the security , he offered was not of a sound and substantial de scription, most assuredly he would not get the money. They had, however, in certain cases, gone beyond the limit of £l,OOO, and were prepared to do so again, but still £l,OOO was to be regarded as their limit. With respect to their deposits, notwithstanding the severe monetary pressure that had existed, the directors had never varied their rule of allowing 5 per cent. upon all sums placed with them on deposit, which he looked upon as a good sound interest. F or hi mse lf h e f oun d i t a very con venient thing to have £l,OOO in the office at deposit; it was useful as a drawing account, because, although their rule was to give a month's notice prior to withdrawal, yet practically the money could be had at a very short notice, he might say within a few hours. It was without doubt inktiiE.t.';;.l"::;.Cr o notices of withdrawal, and for thatpurpose, and that alone, did the rule exist. He had, at the commence ment of his observations, told them that the divi dend the directors intended to pay on the called-up capital was 10 per cent., but ho would now add to that gratifying announcement that, as far as human foresight could foresee, he thought for the future it never would be less. (Hear, hear.) If their busi ness went up their dividend must go up also. Yet such was the fixed nature of their expenses, that, having once arrived at 10 per cent., there was no likelihood of their ever going back again. He had much pleasure in moving the reception and adoption of the report which they had just heard read. Mr. HARRISON, in seconding the resolution, ex pressed the great pleasure the privilege of doing so afforded him. He had known for years that their society had been growing and extending its sphere of usefulness, but he must say he was not prepared for the gratifying announcement of the chairman. The resolution was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, J. L. Hancock, Esq., and Joseph' illiams, Esq., were unanimously re-elected. The auditors, G. H. Ladbury, Esq., and George Lowe, Esq., were also re-elected ; and Mr. li. C. T. Beadnell, a son of the late managing director, was elected an auditor in the room of Mr. Williams, who had been elected a director. In acknowleding a vote of thanks which had been awarded to the directors for their exertions during the past year, The CHAIRMAN said the directors had done their best, and it was gratifying to them to receive the thanks of the shareholders. Last year they had to deplore the loss of the managing director, Mr. Beadnell ' • and the directors, in filling up th e va cancy, had divided the duties, and appointed Mr. M'Morran their secretary, and Mr. Pinkey the superintendent of the loan department. Those gentlemen were in every way qualified for the post assigned them, and the directors were quite satisfied that both gentlemen were fully equal to their duties, and now that their talent was brought into a more extended sphere, they would be found quite able to do all that was required of them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DEVONSHIRE said, as solicitor to the com pany, he could speak of the zeal, assiduity, and in telligence of both the gentlemen who had been so well complimented by the chairman. The proceedings then terminated. Pure Water. The importance of pure water cannot be over-estimated, and numberless have been the means adopted to obtain that much-desired necessity. We have had filters without number ; but although in some cases the contrivances have been to a great extent successful, yet the time consumed in giving a supply requisite for the ordinary purposes of a single family has been so great that the invention, al though of undoubted merit, has secured but a very partial patronage. But a filter has at last been submitted to the public by the London and General Water Purifying Com pany in the Strand, which entirely obviates the objection■ that have been urged against other similar inventions, be cause when placed inside the ordinary cistern attached to every house all the water drawn therefrom be comes perfectly pure and as bright as crystal. The water passed through the filters supplied by the com pany has been submitted to the most eminent chemists, each of whom have given it their unqualified praise. The company, to show their confidence in the new filter, supply it (where preferred) on hire at a very small yearly cost, so that those who now desire to have the water freed from all impurities can do so without the necessity of a very large outlay. In all large establishments a supply of pure water is of the utmost importance, because we believe that if that cheap luxury is easy to be had the con sumption of strong and intoxicating drink will diminish considerably, and the work performed by the artisan will be much superior in every respect. The prices for the purchase of the filter are below those usually charged for the ordinary dribbling contrivances; therefore the company hold out the greatest inducement for every person to avail themselves of the new invention. rADVRETISEMENT. j—Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Pew ailments are more disheartening and none more ominous than ulcerations on the surface of the body. Wherever they are situated it is difficult to cure them, unless treated judiciously with some cooling, healing, in vigorating application like this never-failing ointment. It has worked wonders in making bad legs sound and strong, oven when the power of the bloodvessels had nearly been destroyed, and almost entire stagnation of the circulation had rendered every other curative means abortive. No . sore, wound, or u l cer can w ithstand its healing influ e n ce , which can be most beneficially exerted when winter is giving place to spring, and the circulation becoming more active and more readily controllable by proper purifying, soothing, and Strengthening agents. • • N.; if ',X• Ti v ol i kr, er ~. .... , . t .._,..,_ •4 4 4 4 * 'il 44 4 kair*Bl'4•• HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 8. The Queen drove in the grou n d s yesterday after' noon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise, and drove out this morning in a carri a g e and four, attended by the Duchess of Roxburgh° and the Hon. Florence Seymour. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena also too k a carriage drive. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived a t the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of din in g with the Queen and the royal family. - T' e Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince i Alfred and attended by Lieut.-Colonel KepPel Lieut. Haig, hunted with his harriers near Sloug" yesterday morning. In the afternoon the Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive' attended by the Hon. Mrs. P. Stonor. HER MAJESTY'S COURT.--This Day Her Majesty held her first concert for the season this day. Her Majesty arrived in town earr. the morning from Windsor Castle, and proceed ed to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty re mained until the hour commenced for the Roya l reception. The Court was attended by all the great officers of State and a long list of nobility - . After the reception it is the intention of her 313• jesty to return to Windsor Castle. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princes Dhuleep Singh have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from I.lathrop Castle. An Appalling Alternative. (From Land and Water.) A lumberer, noted for his great stature, immense strength, and firmness of character, was at Wer t one cold day in January in an American for es f alone. He was engaged in splitting open a trunk f e green hard wood, newly felled. For this p urpose ' 0 used wedges of hard wood, driven in alternately' as to extend the rift or opening in the tenaci°ll3 fibres of the tree. The monarch of the forest thug laid low in its pride and prime (in obedience to cer i taiu physiological theories ascribing some deg ree b ° B sensation even to the vegetable kingdom), mig ht ~ supposed to be dying hard like some immense se",, pent or reptile extremely tenacious of life. Alth oa r the day was bitterly cold, the woodman's exe rtioa : had caused him to perspire freely. He paused hike minute to wipe the moisture from his brow. IV of turning to replace his handkerchief in the pocke t id his coat, which hung on a stump beside him, he d p not notice that the wedge which held the tre e el l( " s ' i had been gradually loosening and working its t . out. In the act of resuming his labour his left fne7o which had been resting on the tree, slipped jet ° t o cleft, and at this critical moment the wedg e p ob forced out with great violence, and, shooting in the air, fell at some yards' distance in the se e ch Instantly the halves of the tree united with su ed fearful force as to crush and mangle the imprison „. e foot. So intense was the agony at first that natj e was overcome. The strong man became insee si . o ; and fell against the stump,which sustained hill' 1 11,4 , nearly vertical posture. When he regained conseie ness an appalling al tern ative lay before him. Al l ell° t to withdraw the bruised limb were fruitless. w . was coming on. A few hours in his present po sit f r eeil . g with the temperature several degrees below ; Ol e point, involved certain death. A quarter 0f a n ly distant a road wound through the forest. ° I - e a chance lay in reaching that road, and being res- re, by some chance passenger, or his comPani ° , us +he y turnings inevitable t f f r e o e m l td w hee o a work hu numbing to yb ia t a h p e s .h short shanty" h ty" in wh ic te r• camped. His resolution was soon taken. Th e N o began o .u., railed, would only . 11115 • 9 ening the pain in the whirh bowl" i t , brave fellow removed his with all his force around and almost impede circulation. Then raising t il l) : heavy, keen, glittering axe high above his heac i l i , e , struck mercilessly, with the strength of despair, ~V o t low the ligature on his own flesh once ! The trenee4 o stroke divided nerve, muscle, sinew, and bone. an d foot was severed. He was free. In ago n y' big faint with loss of blood, he began to crawl 03 , io so as to checP hands and one knee, dragging the wounded lirauted. the direction whence succour might be exP e :so u His slow and painful progress was mai kedb e ri t ot stains on the snow. Would he ever reach le a road 7 Oh ! how far off it seemed as he craweth on and on, growing weaker and weaker. At 1e ., ° 0 ,5, overpowered by a sickening sen sation of fe ehle '-er which he believed to be the immediate forertinlle of death, the wretched man sinks down in hut 11° snow. He is within 30 yards of the road, - y , lea can go no further. His consciousness is fast that ing him. He is on the point of falling in t° il ia fatal slumber from which there will be no a wak h e hell in this world, when the faint tingle of a sleig ; as' • reaches his ears. The joyous sound grows taer mach' tinct. Those who might save him are a P P ty RCP ing. Now he can hear their voices in the still .llking air—yes, they are his companions ; they are t ` r merrily, anticipating the evening - rou nd the c a se d, fire—another minute, and they will hav e P as i ,htl and it will be too late. He makes one 111;;ies. effort. Nature for an instant rallies all her e lle fa jlS He utters one shrill piercing scream befo re he were into a dead faint. Most fortunately the hors es o a walking. The sledge glided noiselessly along , . d +3 eine , the gingle of thebells did not smother that s'",,, r y iag cry of agony. In an instant active men are hu— h i t het in the direction of the sound, and trampling ne of and thither in the deep snow. Sudden l y o d - g aze them shouts ; the others rush to the spot, an on the traces of fresh warm blood. trail till they recover the mangled sufferer' big borne to the camp. Brandy is poured d° wn full at throat, and while a messenger is sent off is W a r speed for the nearest doctor, the wound roe so who lA.' , rarily dressed by one of the lumbcrers, f a yon ... rude surgical skill. The doctor pronounces a ld I ' 3° able opinion ; such a ghastly wound woll t cly lit ' proved fatal to dwellers in cities; bu t A. t ally. woodman's constitution enables him to r . a pi in contribution raised by the benevolent settle an , ld a small farm. He is still a hale and hearty . 0 0 f and frequently has he gratified a circle o .oys They followoeth: listeners at the village inn by recounting 0 1 4 . ha t with some slight variation) av eventful day, when compelled to choose appalling alternative. . his ex perience otifci; •- TIIE MILITIA.—The vario:--m-i-li—tia regin lei n 0 .- f Yorkshire will be called out for the usual P e T: s- i -es 27 days' training in April of the present year, an d ''' ; ,, Js the p yh e a i i t eo e u d bse t ec h no a ue t unt t ri r oe a ls i le n bd in y g sti will have been coniPleted '- that of seven days' drill be in f u o ec r ee e r m ep en ot t it s sitself at the different depots. The different .11era will have already been notified as to the day trait:Pi_ commence, and the 3d West Yorkshire Ligh t a to tay, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Loftus, e r re . assembled at Doncaster on the 16th April next, an d til° cruits seven days immediately preceding that date. e,.,ea Lo nitdahsetoraf yearaMi main ybwnoiEht:. of ea eof Pe teebbcerrt veag n its l:os t 00:06 - i t: . SS OF THE GRANADIAN.—A telegram rec 1: 0 , in Liverpool yesterday morning from Licher:oler b no l unces that the Granadian, a fine new iron e t vie tieononcging to the West India and Pacific Stearn 141 , : i t ot has been abandoned off the Azores, % coe i. all hands and nd passengers had been saved. She W, ti eel built t d b ed y b u y es C s a r p s. ta p in ile S , wainson, and sailed from I-9 0 0 for the West Indies on the 28th of Januar/. She in at Sunder 1612 ' 1863-4. Spence, and Co., cI , T -Ai l ; THE MURDER OF BARON VON REC S-- „,. n ate' . formation has been received confirmatory- of do r - . of his murder of Baron von Decken and a large nurnherteiloW expedition in East Africa. The baron and his le i 3 ti p travellers had only proceeded a distance of 3 ° ° I'' Un ... the Luabo river before they met this Etlldsti g l/ expected calamity. 1 - igNs I