The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, FEB. 28. The Lord Lieutenant held the second Levee for the season at the Castle yesterday. Considering that so many of the nobility and gentry are now in London, and that the assizes are going on, the at tendance was numerous. Twelve peers and two bishops were among those present. The sudden death of the Right Hon. henry Her bert, M.P. for the county of Kerry, is reported. He expired on Monday night at Dunraven Castle, Adare, where he 2nd his family, with other distin guished guests, were on a visit for some days, and where mirth and gaiety had prevailed till this sad occurrence, which will be deeply lamented through out the county. Mr. Herbert was for some time Chief Secretary for Ireland, in 1857. He succeeded Mr. Horsman, and continued in office till the change of Government, in the following year, when he was succeeded by Lord Naas, and after him came Mr. Cardwell. At the opening of the assizes of Louth county at Dundalk yesterday Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, in the course of his address to the grand jury, referred to the Fenian conspiracy, some drilling cases having come before them. He expressed his satisfaction at the readiness with which the gentlemen sum moned on the grand jury and the long panel had come forward to dispose of those cases. That was a wholesome sign of the times, for, although Louth was in comparative peace, and although it was to a large extent free from the disastrous conspiracy known as the Fenian Confederacy, yet there could be no doubt that they lived in a time when it was incumbent on the gentlemen of the country to show a determination not alone to perform their duties, but to lend ther aid to the Exeeutive Government in resisting the progress of the disorder. He hoped he was not transgressing the proper limits of his duty in saying that it appeared to him to be impos sible to over-estimate the importance of the aid to the Government given by the country gentlemen, the grand jurors, and magistrates in the careful and determined administration of the law, and by their example and the influence of their residence on their property. This had dcne much to arrest the progress of what he would call the flood of so cialistic red Republicanism which threatened the welfare of the country. A meeting of the members of the Athy Farmers' Club was yesterday held in the Court-house at Athy for the purpose of receiving the report of Mr. Pelin, veterinary surgeon, on the cattle plague, who had been specially sent to England and Scotland by the club to report on the subject. The chair was occu pied by Sir Anthony Weldon. Mr. Pelin, in the course of his observations, gave an account of his visit to the sister kingdoms, briefly sketched the character of the plague, and related the various symptoms of the disease which had presented them selves to him duringhis journey. The reading of the paper was followed by a general conversation on a system of inoculation and proper care of cattle. The reported arrests of Fenians are net so nume rous aa they have been for some time. Four sus pected Fenians were lodged in the gaol of Water ford yesterday, and one young man in Cork named O'Callaghan, who is supposed to have obtained the rank of 44 B." It is said that some suspicious docu ments were subsequently found at his residence. Greggy, one of the men arrested last week, has been liberated on the representhtion of his father, who produced letters to prove that the prisoner had no treasonable object in coming to Ireland. The young man Byrne, arrested inTullow, has been ad mitted to bail upon the recommendation of the ma gistrates of the district. Several persons have been arrested at Ballina, in the county Mayo, but the fact caused no display of popular sympathy. A number of suspected persons have left that part of the country. There are ten men committed under the recent act in the gaol of Roscommon. From Mallow, in the county Cork, we learn that a policeman named O'Brien and a sergeant of the North Cork Rifles, named Maurice Nagle, have been arrested on a charge of Fenianism. A correspondent of the Daily Express reports from Limerick the arrest of a Maynooth student, the son of a lady of considerable wealth : " On this morning Mr. Stephen B. Welsh, aged 21 years, a very respectable young man, was brought in from Kilmallock by the constabulary and lodged in the county gaol. This person had only recently returned from Maynooth College, and his mother, who is worth some few thousands pounds, recently bought an estate, and is this day in Limerick ar ranging to purchase another. The next arrest to record is that of the master of the Rathkeale work house, Mr. Robert Casey, who before receiving that appointment was taken up some time ago, but dis charged. He is also a prisoner in the same gaol. In addition to these there have been committed within the last few hours Thomas M'Donnell, slater, Ballingarry ; Mr. Richard Loane, weighraaster, Newcastle West ; John Sheahan, publican, New castle West. This man had been previously ar rested, but was out on bail. All the above were brought in by train, under police escort, and lodged in the county prison, where the total number of Fenians in custody is 33. Thomas O'Connell, of Abbeyfeale, recently arrested, was stated to have been a captain in the Federal army, and an associate of Geary, who shot Head-Constable O'Sullivan in Newcastle. His friends assert that he did not oc cupy the rank of captain, and deny that lie had any acquaintance whatever with Geary. For three weeks previous to his arrest O'Connell was confined to his own house under medical treatment. I have before me the calendar of prisoners for trial at the coming county assizes, and there appear the following names see-Darby O'Grady, John Lysaght, Edward Dillane, David Quack, John Sheeahan, and Thos. Browne, who are to be tried under the Treason Felony Act. They stand charged with being mem bers of the Fenian Brotherhood, and soliciting others to join the confederacy; also for having treasonable documents in their possession. The remainder of the calendar is made up as follows :—Thomas Ma grath, writing threatening letters to the Rev. Ralph Taggart and Mr. Barry ; James Roche, having the form of an illegal oath in his possession ; John Ben nett and Patrick Flanagan, felonious assaults ; John Walsh, manslaughter of his wife ; Morgan Finucane, and John and Johanna O'Brien, lar ceny; Thomas Ryan, cattle stealing; Ellen Ma bony, larceny ; Owen Keeffe, burglary at Newcastle West ; Patrick O'Brien, assault ; and Patrick Keane, larceny." The number of Fenians now in the county prison at Muliingar amounts to 24, and for their safe keeping an officer's guard, consisting of 24 rank and file, marches from the barrack to the prison each evening, and remains there until the following morn ing. The arrest of the man named James Magrath at the North Wall, Dublin, on Saturday last, was the result of information contained in letters written by him and found by the constabulary in the house Of one of the parties arrested by them who now lies in MulHagar gaol. The information thus obtained is likely to lead to further arrests, and probably of much greater importance. Allusions are made to other parties, and .. Magrath also to chests of tea sent by to parties packd in the country, which he states be saw well Themeaning of this can hardly admit of a doubt,. the tea contained in these chests might in all probability be of the true gun powder character, s letters to _aving got the above particu lars from Magratb.' his Fenian friends, members of the force instanter to the Telegraph-office "and forwarded e a dd t w o the Castle the evidence, or so much of it necessary to justify the ar rest of Ma g rath, and very rema i n ed in the office u ntil a n answer was properly returned that the message had been duly received. This cir cumspection is much to the credit of the const.bu lacy here ; they have been, and still are, unceasin g l y on the alert, and no men could be much harder worked. The truculent spirit of the Fenian conspirators is displayed in their proclamations. One of these documents, written in a large bold hand on tea paper, and well spelt, was found posted up at the Court-house and Bridge of Athy, in the county Kil dare, on Monday " NOTICE. "God save Stephens; God save the Green! Woodlouse, hurrah! Whereas a certain act, caled the Habeas Corpus, has been suspendedin thel clown-trodden isle, I, by virtue of the same, can arrest any person or persons suspected of being an Irishman, or sympathising with Irishmen, and I can east them into prison without judge or jury, or any trial whatever (God bless the mark), and lean send them to Spik e I s l and, or imprison them as long as I think fit, without even making known to them the charge preferred aga i nst them, or without the i r having broken the peace or committed any overt act whatever. Oh ! what liberty under the glorious British Crown !) I, therefore, command all my white slaves and serfs to return to their allegiance, or I shall make Ireland a Jamaica the second. I further command them to submit to every insult, such as the Protestant Establishment, Tenant Wrong, and English Education, &c. " Ent A LARKIMEN. " Given at Corruption Castle, Dublin, this 26-2-26, being the last year of our blessed, tyranni cal, and exterminating rule in Erin-go-Bragh. " God save the Green!" Railway and other Companies. -*- GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend the shareholders at the half-yearly gene ral meeting to declare a dividend at the rate of 17 per cent. per annum for the past six months ending 31st January, carrying forward £5,118 to the credit of the next account. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Grosvenor Hotel, Pimlico —Lord Sondes in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in Ike Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said he thought itwas satisfactory. The traffic was increasing considerably, and during the past half year 5,123,038 passengers were conveyed over their lines, showing an increase of 759,374 as com pared with the number carried in the corresponding half of 1864. There was every prospect, therefore, of a greatly increased traffic when the delays and obstructions to their operations IN ere removed, and they were enabled to run the trains over the new bridge in and out of the Victoria station with facility and without the hindrance they had so long suffered from. Their traffic had been greatly impeded by other companies in the neighbourhood of London, but in the course of a few months some of those obstructions to their traffic would be removed. They were in hopes that two lines of way over their new bridge across the Thames into the Victoria station would be opened in June next. There was a pros pect of having a new line from their railway at Beckenham to Brighton, which if constructed would bring a large traffic over their metropolitan lines. Lord llAartis, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion. He said the directors felt very much dis appointed in not being able to submit a better account of their traffic. Their anticipations had been based on the completion of their system of lines which, owing to various unforeseen circumstances, had been seriously retarded. Had their system of lines been completed 12 months ago, as they intended, the traffic would have now presented a much more satis factory result. The opening of the link line to a junction with the Metropolitan Company's railway had been delayed until the Ist of January, although it was ready for traffic on the Ist of September last. They trusted that they would soon have a consider able traffic in coals and merchandise from the Great Northern Railway over the link line to their lines south of the Thames. They had . been assured that the four lines of way over the new bridge into the Victoria station would be ready for traffic in August next. It was their desire to work the traffic in a most efficient, punctual, and satisfactory manner. The great delays to which their traffic had been sub jected had greatly retarded its development, and they had suffered accordingly ; but on the com pletion of their various junctions and additional lines of way they would be able to run their trains with facility and punctuality. He then ad verted to the great advantages the public would de rive from the construction of the proposed new line to Brighton in connection with their metropolitan lines. Alderman WILSON, of Brighton, contended that the proposed line to that place would never pay, and that it was not wanted. Mr. HARTRIDGE remarked that as all their lines were so costly they could not expect them to pay for many years to come. "At present the receipts yielded a profit of 1 per cent. all % the year round. He estimated they would require about seven times the present traffic to pay 5 per cent. all round on their capital. Mr. HoLnoYD, a director, explained that the cost of the lines was considerably less than Mr. Hart.: ridge had estimated them. They had been driven to a very large expenditure by the opposition and obstructions of neighbouring companies, but they would soon surmount all these obstacles by the completion of their system, and in consequence by a largely increased traffic over all their lines. (Hear, hear.) The company's metropolitan extensions would derive an unmixed benefit by the proposed line if made to Brighton. Sooner or later, on pub lic grounds, he believed that line would be con structed. Mr. M'GAREL, who, it appeared, had nearly £lOO,OOO preference and other stocks in the com pany, said he could not see why some of the share holders should so strenuously endeavour to damage the property. Mr. BILLINGS was quite contented to wait for the completion of the company's lines ; their traffic was choked at present by the Brighton company. It was well known there were obstructions to the traffic at various points which would be removed in the course of a few months, and then, he believed, a very different state of things would exist. After some observations by Mr. SHAW and other shareholders, Mr. FORBES, the general manager, explained that, owing to leasing the Sevenoaks and Sheerness lines, instead of being paid for working them, made a difference in the accounts of £4,500 against the company, there was an increase of £l,OOO in the rent of the Victoria station, so that he considered the company had arrived at the maximum of their burdens ; and, as the traffic was increasing on these and other lines worked by the company, the surplus would in future tend to increase the net receipts of the Chatham Company. Then there was to come the South-Western traffic to the 'Ludgate-station,' the Great Northern coal and goods traffic over their lines, a new. traffic to the Chatham dockyards, and, above all, the removal of existing obstructions to their metropolitan and other traffic. All these things would tend to increase the company's revenue. Millions of capital had been expended by them on works and land which were now unproductive, but would not be so when their lines were completed. The traffic on the general undertaking in 1863 had averaged £5,300 a week, in 1864 £6,100 a week, and in 1865 £B,OOO a week. Things were not going to remain stationary, but would, like traffic on other lines, go on increasing. At present the Continental traffic amounted to £400,000 a year, of which they got 35 per cent., but next year it would probably amount to £500,000 in consequence of the Paris Exhibition, their proportion then would be 39 per cent., and in 1870, under their agreement with the South-Eastern Company, they would have 50 per cent. of the Continental traffic. This time next year the company would be in a very different posi tion to what it was at present. Yesterday the Great Northern passed a goods train over the link line to the company's main line at Beckenham ; and he had just received a telegram stating that Colonel Yol land, the Government inspector, had approved the portion of their line from Loughborough-road to the Elephant and Castle. He hoped they lvould not expect much this current half-year, but he had no doubt the second half of this year would show a great improvement. Sir Monrox PETO remarked, as to the completion of the works, that none of the recent widenings of the line could be commenced before November last, and that some of them were now completed. As to the Victoria -bridg e , it would be completed in 14 smootnhtahts therefrom had de beent ini n the e want of commenced, w en e e r r e g a y ll i fnutllhye im pressed worksa rectors or the contractors. They pressed with the importance to the traffic of m pleting the works. When it was consid eredetoha; the company were only able to run one train iu 25 minutes instead of one train in every five minutes, they could form some idea of the disadvantages under which the traffic was conducted on their me tropolitan lines. He had no doubt whatever that the works referred to would be completed by the time specified. Mr. SURGEY thought there could be no doubt that when all the lines were completed the traffic would THE SUN, LOIVOUN; THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1866. rapidly increase to three or four times its present amount. The report was then unanimously adopted. The retiring directors, Lord Harris, Sir R. W. Carden, Sir C. Roney, and Mr. J. Lake were una nimously re-elected ; and also Mr. Coleman, the retiring auditor. _ _ The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. Bury St. Edmund's ; Mr. E. Greene, M.P., in the ch: lir. The Secretary (Mr. Ion) stated that the receipts on capital account had been £4,440, and the expen diture £2,695, leaving a balance of £1,745. Thy CHAIRMAN said he hoped the line would shortl y be commenced. COINE VALLEY AND RALSTEAD. The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, at Halbtead Mr. J. Brewster in the chair. The report stated that no addition had been made to the capital account during the half-year. The receipts of the past half-year had been £4,586, of which £1,605 or 35 per cent. was payable to the compr.ny as net profit. Claims for laud having been made, which were imperative to pay, the profit had. been applied towards the settlement of those 1 7.:hc report was adopted. Mr. Brewster, one of the retiring directors, was re-elected, and also Mr. A. J. Brown, the retiring auditor. Mr. Greenwood retired from the Board and the vacancy was not filled up. week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The air was cold on the first three days, and the mean temperature continued below the average till Friday. On the first five nights the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water. The differ ence between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 4.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. The rainfall was only 0.04 in. The Registrar-General has to acknowledge the courtesy of the London Water Companies, who have all furnished him with the average daily supply of water for the month of January. It appears that the average daily supply is at the rate of 206 gallons of water per house, including manufactories, or 26 gallons to each person. In comparison with the month of January the majority of the waters exhibit an increase in the total amount of solid impurity ; the West 'Middle sex, New River, and East London Companies' waters form the only exceptions to this rule. The amount of organic and other volatile matter is also greater in all the waters except those of the Grand Junc tion, Lambeth, East London, and South Essex Com panies. Lastly, a larger quantity of oxygen is re quired for the oxidation of the organic matter than in the preceding month ; the Chelsea, Grand Junc tion, South Essex, and Lambeth Companies' waters only being excepted. The waters of the Chelsea, Southwark, Lambeth, New River, and East London Companies were turbid when drawn from the companies' mains. The Cattle Plague. The Archbishop of York has addressed the fol lowing letter to the clergy of his diocess : " 20, Mansfield-street, London, W., Feb. 27. Reverend Brother,—l recommend you to invite your parishioners to set apart a day for special prayer and mortification, under the heavy chastise ment of the cattle plague wherewith God has seen good to inflict us. "It is desirable that, as far as possible, the same day should be observed throughout the diocess— and I would recommend Wednesday, the 7th of March, for this purpose. " The Litany and Commination service should be used in Church ; and you will, no doubt, exhort your people to accept this grievous murrain as a chastisement from the hand of our loving Father, who, in afflicting us, seeks to turn us from sin, and to draw us more near to Him and to His son. "If you think fit to collect the alms of your people, it would be well to devote them either to the succour of those who have sustained losses by the cattle plague, or to the aid of some hospital or in firmary. " It will not be desirable to ask employers to sus pend all labour on the thy of humiliation, but only to urge them to allow all their people to attend church. "Praying that God will bless and prosper all your labours to the good of many and to the peace of your own soul.—l am, your affectionate brother in Christ, " W. EBOR. " To the Rev. the Incumbent of -." The Bishop of Worcester having also issued a cir cular to the clergy of his diocese recommending them to set apart a convenient day in Lent to ob serve as a day of humiliation on account of the cattle plague, meetings of the clergy have been heldin dif ferent parts of the diocese, and it has been arranged to observe the day at Worcester on Friday week, when the Lord Bishop will preach a sermon at the Cathedral. At Kidderminster it has been resolved to observe Wednesday next as a day of humiliation. ESSEX. The magiAtrates held an adjourned session on Tuesday at Chelmsford for the purpose of carrying out the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, 1866. It was resolved that a committee should be formed in each petty sessional division for the purpose of carrying out the Act. Each committee is to con sist of the justices acting for the division and six rated occupiers of land who are to be associated with them. It was also agreed that the present in spectors should be continued at their late rate of remuneration until altered by the local authorities; and the inspectors were instructed to act forthwith upon sections 12, 13, and 14 of the Act, giving power for the slaughter and burial of diseased ani mals, the purification of sheds, &c. The district committees are to report weekly on the state of the disease in their divisions, and the estimated value of the animals slaughtered. EAST LONDON. The ordinary general meeting was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. Ilawes in the chair. The report stated that the large amount of capital paid up had enabled the directors with unusual rapidity to purchase and to obtain possession of a considerable portion of the land required for the line, and to proceed with the works. Nearly all the land required for the line on the. south side of the river had been bought. Possession was taken of the Thames Tunnel on the 25th of September last, and the rents and tolls since then had been received by the company. The contractors were in possession of a portion of the land, and in a short time the works on the south side of the river would be in full operation. On the north side property l i had also been bought, and satisfactory progress had been made with the works common to the East London and the Great Eastern railways. The capital account showed that £700,000 have been received, and £447,549 had been expended. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he believed the fact of their having got £1,400,000 subscribed in a few months, one-half of which was paid up at once, was unparalleled in the railway history of the kingdom. The purchases of land effected by the directors were most satisfactory, and the aggregate sum expended in this respect was considerably under what had been originally esti mated. The cost of constructing the line would not exceed £300,000 per mile, while the cost of the Me tropolitan line had been £700,000 per mile. The directors had no hesitation in saying that the local and omnibus traffic would equal that of any metro politan line, and the through traffic would surpass that of any other local railway. In reply to a ques tion he said that the existence of a scheme to run a railway under the Thames below bridge was evidence of the necessity of their line. The report was unanimously adopted, and a reso lution fixing the remuneration of the directors at £2,000 was cried nem. con. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the Victoria Station ; Sir C.' Roney in the chair. The report was taken as read. I he report was adopted, and the retiring directors (Mr. Tootal and Mr. G. F. Holroyd), and also the retiring auditor (Mr. Banks), were re-elected. KENT COAST. The half-yearly general meeting was held yester day at the Victoria Station ; Sir C. Roney in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and, in reply to a question, stated that three of the directors were also directors of the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company. _ _ The report was adopted ; dividends at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the B stock and on the ordinary stock of the company were declared for the past half-year ; the retiring directors, Mr. Tootal and Mr. G. F. Holroyd, were re-elected, and also Mr. Coulter, the retiring auditor. TEIGN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting was held at Chudleigh, on Saturday—Sir R. Palk in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, referred to negotiations which had been entered into with the South Devon directors, and regretted that no satisfactory conclusion had been arrived at. A strong feeling having been expressed that the line should be extended to Exeter, the necessary steps had been taken to obtain the sanc tion of Parliament to such extension. Lord Clif ford, Lord Exmouth, and, in fact, every landowner except one, Earl Devon, had promised every pos sible assistance to carry out the proposed scheme. It was to the South Devon line that they must look for opposition. With reference to tho position of the Teign 'Valley Railway only two miles remained to be proceededwith, and the negotiations for nearly the whole of the land had been concluded ; 873 shares had been taken up, and £11,037 had been paid on them. The report was unanimously adopted, as were re solutions for creating £30,000 preferential capital, to bear in perpetuity interest at 5 per cent. BUCKFASTLEIGH, TOTNES, & SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting was held at Totnes on Saturday. Mr. Bowden presided. The report, which was adopted, stated that the works were in a forward state from Totnes to Sta verton parish. Unfavourable weather and difficulty in obtaining land had greatly interfered with the progress of the line, but there was now a fair pros ' pect that the undertaking would be carried out. BRISTOL AND EXETER, The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday at Bristol, the Earl of Devon in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the report (an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun), congratulated the proprietors that the traffic receipts showed an increase in nearly every item as compared with the corresponding half of 1864. Under the head of cattle there was a diminution of £547. There had been two accidents in the half year, one at Nailsea and the other at Weston Junc tion, and these had cost the company £5,331 ; but he was happy to say only two cases remained to be settled out of those injured, and he trusted they would be satisfactorily arranged. In consequence of these accidents from collision between trains on the same line, the directors had adopted the block sys tem of telegraphy. The traffic in live stock was for the present prohibited, and how long that prohibi tion was to last they did not know. He considered that the traffic in dead meat was likely to conduce to the good of the producer, the conveyancer, and the consumer; and the directors, in order to pro mote the requirements of the present emergency, and the permanent demand likely to ensue for the supply of dead cattle, had largely increased, and were further increasing, the number of vans to carry the meat, with proper appliances for ventilation. They had further at a moderate expense adapted certain buildings, not required at present for other purposes, at two of their principal stations for the purposes of slaughter-houses. The directors had purchased the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal for 264,000, which, although it entailed a present loss of £l7O or £lBO per annum, benefited the company by being enabled to convey their heavy goods cheaper by the canal than by railway. Mr. M. CASTLE seconded the adoption of the re port, which was agreed to unanimously. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock was declared, and the•retiring directors were re-elected. The proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman. . BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at Bristol ; Mr. J. Ford in the chair. The report stated that considerable progress had been made in the construction of the railway during the past six months, and notwithstanding the very unfavourable weather the works had been pressed steadily on, and every exertion would be used to get it finished in time for the autumn traffic. The CIIAIR3IAN, in moving the adoption of the report, remarked that there was every reason to believe :that the line would be opened for public traffic during the month of August, and that although the Bristol and Exeter Railway were not bound by the nature of their agreement to work tl line until the pier was completed, the company had consented to work it as soon as it was finished and before the pier was constructed. Mr. Woonwenn seconded the motion, which was . carried nent. con. BURY ST. EDMUND'S AND TIIETFORD. The half-yearly meeting was held on Monday, at WIVENIIOE AND BRIGHTLINGSEA. The half-yearly meeting was held at Pontefract on Tuesday ; Mr. Coulson in the chair. The report stated that the line was nearly finished, and it was expected that it would shortly be opened for passenger and goods traffic. The Great Eastern Company were making the necessary arrangements for working the line. The report was adopted. . Mr. Robinson and Mr. Coulson, the 'retiring directors, were re-elected, and also Mr. Cooke, the retiring auditor. PEMBROKE AND TENBY. The half-yearly meeting was held at Pembroke Dock ; Mr. W. Owen in the chair. The report, of which an abstract has appeared in The Sun, was read by Mr. Stokes. The CLUBMAN said he was glad to announce that the line was paying 5 per cent, out of revenue, leav ing a balance. The extension of the line to Whit land was progressing rapidly, notwithstanding the opposition of the landowners, and it would be opened in the beginning of July. The directors contem plated the extension of the line from Whitland to Carmarthen. The reportt was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 pelr cent. per annum on ordinary and preference shares was declared, and the proceedings terminated. NORTHAMPTON AND BANBURY. The half-yearly meeting waa held yesterday at the offiee, Victoria-street, Westminster ; Dr. Beattie in the chair. The report stated that great progress was being made with the works, and the portion from Blis worth to Towcester, a distance of 25 miles, would be opened eraly in April, and the whole of the line would be completed by the end of the year. The report was adopted. Messrs: Banks and Tahourdin, the retiring direc tors, and Mr. Bowser, the retiring auditor, were re elected, and Lord H. Bruce was added to the board. DUBLIN TRUNK. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that a bill had been deposited in Parliament to enable the company to extend the railway into Sackville-street, which would secure to the company's line a large proportion of the great and increasing traffic between Dublin and Kings town, Howth, and other important suburbs. Owing to the state of the money-market, the directors had considered it desirable to confine the works to the tunnel under the river Liffey. The report was adopted unanimously. The half-yearly meetings of the following railway companies, appointed to be held yesterday, were adjourned, viz., the North-western and Charing cross, the Peterborough and Wisbeach, the Sitting bourne and Sheerness, the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay; the Drayton Junction, the Buckley, the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, and Mold and Denbigh. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, before Mr. Smith, the West Drayton and Staines was the only bill that complied with the Standing Orders. The Bristol and North Somerset (Bristol lines) and the Bristol and North Somerset (southern extension) were postponed until Monday next. The Andover, Radstock, and Bristol was postponed. Before Mr. Frere the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Bill complied with the Standing Orders. The Metropolitan and Richmond was postponed until the 12th of March. DAGENHAM (THAMES) DOCK. The report of the directors states that consi derable progress bad been made with the works. The whole of the timber wharfing on the river front was completed, and was now being backed up with concrete, &c. The coffer dam was nearly finithed, and the excavation of the entrance basin was b e i ng procee d e d with ; t h e embankment of the lake was a l so go i ng on rapidly. Th e j et t y in the river was finished, and a line of rails was laid on it which connected it with the London and Til bury Railway. The station at the junction was nearly finished, and in the course of three weeks the company would be enabled to discharge vessels at the jetty and distribute cargoes to all parts of the kingdom. The capital account showed that £103,457 had been expended to the 31st of January. HEALTH or THE METROPOLIS. (Franz the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, February 24, the births registered in London and 12 other large town of the United Kingdom were 4,709 ; the deaths registered 3,638. The annual rate of mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,189 boys and 1,161 girls, in all 2,350 children, were registered in the week In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of popu lation, was 2,135. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,630. It was the eighth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,503. The present return is not of a favourable character, for the actual deaths exceed the number calculated for the third week of February.by 127. Smallpox appears to be gr a d ua lr y on t h e . i ncrease; and the fatal cases referred t o i t l as t wee k were 26, of which 11 were returned as having occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. Forty-six deaths from measles were recorded, 37 from scarlatina, 11 from diph theria, 70 from whooping-c oug h , 69 f rom typh us , 18 from diarrhoea. The mo r t a li ty f rom p u l m o nar y diseases became decidedly heavier ; the deaths from phthisis, which had been 154 and 170 in the two previous weeks, rose to 214 ; those from bronchitis, which had been 145 and 131, rose to 210, while in the last three weeks those from pneumonia were successively 67, 59, and 95. The deaths from dis eases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis) were 337, the corrected average being 349. At 18, Wellington-street, Bromley, on the 18th of February, a boiler-maker, aged 32 years, died of " hydrophobia from the bite of a dog." (Inquest.) The following three deaths by carriage accidents in the streets were registered in the week :—The wife of a carpenter, aged 40 years, run over by a cab, died on the 14th of February at 6, Clark's buildings, St. Giles's ; a commercial traveller, aged 72 years, knocked down by a Hansom cab, died on the 23d of February in Westminster Workhouse ; a tanner, aged 66 years, run over by a dray at Doekhefid, lived a fortnight, died on the 16th of February in Guy's Hospital. The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 per 1,000 in London, 38 in Edinburgh, and 29 in Dub lin ; 31 in Bristol, 34 in Birmingham, 40 in Liver pool, 35 in Manchester, 36 in Salford,, 37 in Shef field, 38 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and 32 in Glasgow. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.865 in. The barometric pressure rose to 30.20 in. on Wed nesday, and fell to 29.54 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 36.2 deg., which is 2.6 deg. below the average of the same LANCASHIRE SOUTH. There is again a slight decrease in the number of cases in the Leigh Union, and on the Bolton side of the district the plague has nearly disappeared. There have been 29 new attacks this week, and of these sixhave proved fatal, while eight of the animals previously under treatment are alio dead. The total number of cases alp to this time has been 917, and the deaths 714. At arecent meeting of the Union Cattle Association some conversation took place as to the remedies for the disease and the advantages of isolation, and Mr. Diggle, of West Leigh, said he had commenced to isolate his stock, and had made preparations to send 40 head down a coalpit. This plan had been already successfully tried in the township of Ince by a farmer who had lost all his stock but two, and these having been lowered into a mine are in excellent health. The number at tacked in the Bolton district during the week was 46, and the deaths have been 15. In several cases Mr. Worms' treatment has been tried with success, and the inspectors recommend the immediate ad ministration of the medicine when a beast is seen to be ailing, as it is frequently the case that animals are very ill without the breath being tainted. The state of the Wigan district is improving, and Mr. Worms' remedy has been successful in the three new outbreaks last week, so that there was not a single new case that terminated fatally. SURREY. During the last few days the sheep breeders and flockmasters in Surrey and adjoining counties have been alarmed at the outbreak of a disease among store and stock sheep, and which, from its fatal effects, was at first supposed to be a new type of disease, but it is now definitely ascertained to be variola ovina, or sheep pox, and better known among sheep farmers as " the scab ;" and, although of a contagious character, it may be eradicated from the flock without any serious losses. This disease is not uncommon among sheep, but rarely manifests itself so early in the spring of the year, or in so virulent a form; but the grave fears at first enter tained that the disease was a species of the cattle plague are now dispelled. PORTSMOUTH. At Portsmouth, on Tuesday, a special meeting of the town council was convened to take into consi deration the best mode of carrying into effect the provisions of the new Cattle Plague Act. A com mittee was appointed, whose duties will con tinue so long as the act remains in operation, who will have power to act independently of the council by which they have been elected, and who undertake the entire responsibility of appointing inspectors, fixing their salaries, and of carrying out in all other respects the mean ing of the act. Immediately following on the forma tion of the committee a set of orders and regulations were issued :-1. Restricting the removal of cattle within the jurisdiction of the borough, except under the written licence of the licensed inspector. 2. Prohibiting the landing of cattle brought by sea previous to examination by the borough inspector. 3. Infected animals on board any vessel to be slaughtered and burled in accordance with the pro visions of the act. 4,5, 6. Cattle to be slaughtered at only appointed places, to be buried at only ap pointed places, and owners or persons in charge of animals dying of the plague to give immediate notice of the same to the local inspector and the superin tendent of police. The committee have also estab lished temporarily a wholesale dead meat or carcass market, at the Market-place, Guildhall, to be open daily from 6 a.m. until noon, no charge to be levied on persons using the market. Respecting the present state of disease in the island of Portsea, the Hamp shire Telegraph of Feb. 28 says—" We regret to learn that the cattle plague has during the last few days broken out among the herd of Mr. Light, of Lake road. One beast has died, and another is now un der the treatment of Mr. Gregory, - veterinary sur geon. Several of the beasts belonging to Mrs. Pharoah still remain under the treatment of Mr. Gregory. One of a herd of cows belonging to a person named Bishop, a dairyman, was on Tuesday labouring under symptoms which left no doubt in the mind of Mr. Gregory that the cause was the dreaded murrain, although happily of not so serious a character as those which had previously been brought under his notice. It is feared, however, that the disease will probably spread to the other cattle in the same herd, notwithstanding the pre cautionary measures which were promptly resorted to." SUFFOLK. Mr. J. llutton, inspector for Sudbury and the Mulford district, reports that there is no cattle plague in those localities. Mr. Hutton believes that the disease was prevented spreading by the stringent measures adopted in _` , Telford-park, where the dis eased beasts were isolated, while no animal was al lowed to leave the park alive. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -- TIMES.—The rumour to which we called atten tion yesterday, that Lor I Russell had sought to be relieved from the cares of office, has been so autho ritatively denied that we hasten to correct the im pression and to moderate the speculations which it not unnaturally excited. We were careful at the time to put forward the statement for what it might be worth, though we frankly confess that it came to us with such particularity of detail as to command assent; nor was it until after considerable delay and inquiry that we thought it our duty to make it the subject of commen. The collateral rumours of course share the fate of the principal report, and the condition of the Ministry remains 'in fact un altered, unless we may suppose it has ac quired additional stability by way of reaction against the rumours of its approaching dis solution, the real character of which is now ex posed. Among the combinations which might have succeeded Lord Russell's Ministry, it was impos sible to discover any which could be regarded as more than temporary; and it is satisfactory to know that we are spared the disadvantages of a provi sional administration. The actual Government is not, indeed, wholly free from that character, but it is in existence already ; and this advantage, added to the great ability of its most prominent members, gives it a promise of permanence to which no suc ceeding Ministry could pretend. With a consider able Liberal majority in the House of Commons, and the country eager for any statesmanlike solu tion of the questions which have been the sport of party, for the better part of twenty years, Lord Russell and his colleagues ought in truth to be able to make their position more assured as the Session advances, and to find themselves at the end of it with the prospect of a long-continued reign. We sincerely trust that this will be the case, though no desires can blind us to the real dangers of the future. No Ministry, however illustrious in individual mem bers, can retain the confidence of Parliament and the nation without acts corresponding to their pre tensions, and the members of the present Cabinet have their fate in their own hands. If we might believe that in one shape or another the Ministry are determined to settle the question of Reform, and not simply to meddle with it, none could be more gra tified than ourselves at ilie-eheerful prospects openbd by such a resolution. It is probable that the ru moured resignation of the First Minister will continue to be believed however emphatically it may be denied. There are men who are afraid to hazard their repu tation for prescience by the avowal that they have been misinformed, and in the face of contradiction will simply declare that their revelations were only premature. We must distinctly disavow any such disingenuous proceeding, though it would be mere affectation not to acknowledge that the readiness with which the rumoured break-up of Lord Rus sell's Administration was received was due to the in trinsic probability of the statement. The Session has barely lasted three weeks, and it cannot be denied that the Ministry has become perceptibly weaker as it went. on. Parliament and the Government were both new, but the great majority professing Liberal principles in the Lower House were casting about uncertainly for leaders. The old champions were gone, and the new were reluc tant to declare themselves. It was known that on some leading questions considerable, not tc say essential, differences of opinion prevailed. The rank and file of the party were longing for watchwords, and as none were vouchsafed them they had begun to divide themselves according as they were attached to one or other member of the Cabinet. It seemed as if the conduct of public affairs would;ha,ve to pass through a period of distraction such as followed the death of Mr. Canning. Now, as then, no one knew what course the leaders of opinion would resolve on, and now, as then, the appointments which afforded the most solid ground for judgment of the future excited animosity in one section, and an ill-con cealed expression of triumph in another. It is time that this uncertainty and rivalry should cease, and the unfounded statement that the Cabinet was about to periih will not be wholly a matter of regret if it should prove the occasion of its termination. An emphatic declaration of policy would do more to re assure the just anxiety of the wellwishers of the Go vernment than any disavowals of danger, however eagerly made ; for it is only in a declaration of policy that the nation can see proof of that unity of counsel which it desires in the Executive Govern ment. As long as a declaration of policy is with held it will be believed that it is withheld only be cause disunion prevents its adoption; and where the apprehension of disunion is paramount the confi dence of followers is impossible. It must be remem bered that the Liberal party is now in a remarkable position. It has practically held office for a num •ber of years without parallel in the Reformed Par liament, and it ie a necessary consequence of this prolonged tenure of power that it has lost the vete rans who were long at its head. But it has lost more than these. By a series of inscrutable fatalities it has lost those who would in due course have suc ceeded to command. Mr. Sidney Herbert, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Elgin, Sir George Come wall Lewis are the names of men who excited the highest confidence and unbounded hopes, but who have been'cut off in their prime. More recently we have lost Lord Carlisle, and Sir Cha r l es W o od h as been forced to relinquish office in the full maturity of his' powers. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the last report that Sir George Grey is about to resign the Home Office, or the rumoured retirement of Lord Russell no sooner denied in one fashion than it reappers in another, to feel that the horoscope of the future is dark and uncertain. It is a time for the development of new ideas, the manifestation of a policy, the construction of a new and strong com bination ; but all these things require clearness of vision, strength of resolution, energy of performance. If they are to be done, it were well that they were done decisively ; for every day of delay adds to the embarrassment of supporters and the strength of opponents. POST.—Without anticipating the discussion on the condition of Ireland which, if nothing occurs to suggest its postponement, Earl Grey's motion will raise, it may not be amiss to advert to a circumstance of more immediate importance. It no longer ad mits of doubt that the Fenian conspirators have to some extent undermined the loyalty of some of the troops stationed in Ireland, and perhaps to a greater extent than we conceive possible. They have evidently proceeded systematically ; they have been abundantly supplied with the means of corruption •, and they have had peculiar facilities. Obviously, if Irishmen entered into the conspiracy at all, there could be no difficulty in embodying a certain num ber of them in the Queen's regiments by enlistment. This has been done, and the result remains to be ascertained. Of course, it can go no furtllcr, and if we could discover how far it has already gone, or rather how far it is likely to spread in the infected area, a summary remedy might be applied. That is in the nature of things next to impossible. Com promising disclosures may be made, but we shall probably never know, nor need we care to in quire, how many soldiers wearing her Majesty'e uniform, and receiving the pay of the British Govern ment, have been halting between two opinions. It will be enough if the proper measures of precaution arc now taken ; and if this duty is not discharged efficiently, the authorities, whoever they may be, will incur an exceedingly heavy responsibility. No one can entertain anv misgiving as to the ability and the character of the Commander-in-Chief of the army in Ireland. Sir Hugh Rose is perfectly competent to deal with rebellion in whatever form it, presents itself. But, looking at recent events, a military officer may well desire to be armed with a sufficient warrant. The convicted conspirators have, it is true, experienced the force of justice, but the sentences passed upon them have not had a deter ring effect, inasmuch as their severity is only known to themselves. On the contrary, indeed, it is seen that some, at least, of these men had forfeited their lives, and that the penalty was not exacted. The r equired example is entirely wanting, and in the presence of treason that which is urgent is also merciful. This may be a painful question, but there are obligations which must be fulfilled firmly, promptly, and with inflexible decision. We have ne , t to consider a case of national disaffection, but a 'conspiracy prompted by the citizens of a foreign cceuntry. The United Irishmen were in treason able correspondence with the French Directory, and the Fenians, as we trust and believe, receive no encouragement from the Government of the United States ; but the principle and purpose of the one are the principle and purpose of the other. It is not the object which was sought to be attained 11 the Catholic Associati on , or e v en by the repe al of the Union, but an independent Republic of the American type, and may in fact be de scribed in the very words of Lord Cornwallis in 1798, with the single exception we have j ust pointed out :—" The real cause of the present mischief is a deep-laid conspiracy to revolutionise Ireland on the principles of France, which was originally formed, and by wonderful assiduity brought nearly to maturity, by m en who bad no thought of religion but to destroy it, and who kill how to turn the pas s i ons an d prejudices of the dif ferent sects to the advancement of their horrible plot for the introduction of that most dreadful ol all evils, a Jacobine revo l u ti on ." Further, in cases of this nature, ill-timed lenity i s adverse fro m genuine clemency. W e can now b e just ; but thing s might come to the p a ss a t w hi c h fear invaria bl y produces violence. I n th e even t o f an insurrecti on . it is certainly m ore difficult to restrain the ex cited loyalists than to put down the insurgents. Firm ness,. as Lord Macaulay put it, is a great vir tue , in public affairs, but it has its proper sphere ; a nd by this is a conspiracy 'which may be best repressed vigorous action To shrink from the exercise cf ; power in an emergency is to abdicate the righ t e' exercising it at all. The majesty of the law ca nnot be said to be vindicated when the law is ope nl y defied. At present a line can be drawn between those who are really criminal, and those who are , more or less, their dupes • and if that line were drawn sharply at once, and strictly observed, therei is every reason to suppose that the Iris"' Americans would abandon a mad and wicked enter prise. As it is, these aliens are presuming on t he forbearance of the Government, and, for our part' we think it is time to measure their rebellion! - machinations by the motives which they reveal. If Fenianism represented in any sense the wrongs of Ireland, it would be idle to attempt to com pass its suppression except by removing t he causes to which it owed its existence. But t he claims that are made in the form of a conspiral to overthrow the established Government of t he country cannot be recognised. Those pretensions should be disposed of before the questions relating to the welfare of the Irish people are taken int ° consideration, and, therefore, to urge measures which, if severe, are indispensable, is virtual*? urging that justice be done to Ireland. The situa tion was very different in 1829. Then, there wer e real grievances to be redressed, civil discord was raging throughout the island, industry was paralyse" and the unity of the empire was menaced. i'l ' e w a the agitation is as un-Irish as it is un-English, an it is inopportune to arraign the policy of the Go vernment when Ireland is invaded and distorbuu by 'foreigners, Republican emissaries whose c hosen s home lies some two tho usan d m il es away. t i L e u d abate this nuisance fi rs t o f a ll, an d w hen peace hich order are restored pay a tt en ti on t o m atters In w o the Irish are interested. B u t the r e should b e misapprehension as to the basis of the discuss ien; Ireland is not a dependency of Great Britain. the acts, declaring its dependence were repealed in l and it was legally independent of England UP to , t the period of the Union, which was mainly br ou g ht about by the Rebellion of 1798. So that, at P r . e sent, Ireland is an integral portion of the B ritish empire and there can be neither separate int erests nor a divided duty. It may be quite true that ger, measures of importance are looked for and requirea! that the Irish railways leave much to be wished fat:: and that the people envy the paternal Governm ent : of other countries. But what we say is, that on thing is now pressing, and that these compla ln 4 just and right as they may be, are irrelevant to to.. issue which has been offensively interpolated 11 ' foreign conspiracy. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL.—TUESDAY. Since our last the English wheat trade has been steadi without any alteration in prices. At our market to d-1 there was a good supply of English wheat, which fair sale at about last week's prices. In foreign the trap actions were limited. A fair business done in seed s. English old white wheat, 48s to 54s •, old red, 4 2 s to 44)5: Barley, English, 37s to 425. Oats, Russian, 2 40 to 21; Beans, new English, 43s to 445. Peas, English bl ue, 4'" to 41s Od; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 86 stone. niet s_ SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. Attendance large. Wheat a moderate supply, an d 1 1 demand, at last week's quotations. Barley moved oft more readily than this day week, and the best sail:O' e were from 1s to 2s per quarter dearer. Supply ur,3s, 3„rr, average one. Oats, beans, and peas, made late rates. .r. ) " firm. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised / I 'l 4 38s to 52s ; barley, 35s to 40s ; oa t s , 22 s t o 32 s ; beans, to 525; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from GS ' 43 1 Od per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; h ouse h o ld ditto, l'` • per 81b loaf. , Flour, 34s to 40s per sack. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat and o th er gra i n was small, ana trade was dull, at late prices. 01 Red wheat, per load of 3 i m p. b us h e l s 17s 64 Ig4 z - o i White do do ...AN 6d to ...A ll New red do do 165 6 d, 0 37 n s , 61 New white do do !88 6 a "i m Od Beans do do l7s Od 1 0 Peas, per qr. Grinding ha ley, per qr 3is Od 345 04, Malting barley, , o S4s Od 3 3 „ A Oats, do 26a od 29 3 v" F10ur....1s Oct to 2i 2cl per 141 h, MONMOUTHSHIRE--TUESDAY. The principal markets during the past week have be : e ri .. well attended, and the supply of all grain above all r a ja s rage. A good demand for home-grown w heat, and P ,d -ruled firm ; inferior and foreign at late rates. BarleY vanced is to is 6d per qr. Oats realised full mon e y . t rod, The followin g are the average quotations:—Wil e "" 9 (1: 58 3d to 5s 6d per bushel ; inferior ditto, 4s 6d to 4s.nd_ white, 5s 9d to 6s ; ma lti ng b ar l e y, 32s to 36s per qr ; gll .460; ing ditto, 24s to 295 ; b eans , 44 s ; w hit e oats, 24s 6 d to black ditto, 23s to 245. LYNN—TUESDAY. f whea t At to-day's market we had a moderate supply 0 re is the driest sorts sold readily at full prices • clang' r a ping not cheaper. Barley in small supply, and both rn 3 „„ 0 0 and grinding samples advanced 6d to is per qr. •L'' and oats w unaltered. la „bite, Ne wheat, 46s to 48s ; new red, 42s to 445; 51s to 52s •, old red, 46s to 48s per 36 stone. B arle n e w, r malting, 34s to 36s ; secondary, 26s to 325. Oa t l ar ge 18s to 24s per 21 stone. Beans, small, 43s to 46$ ; 40s to 42s per 28 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 4 . 0. . s. d. Hetton ... 18 6 Hetton Lyons .......•" i l- 7 6 ; Shaw's Hartley lB 6 B ra ddy e ll's Jlet;on•••• 1 6 0 Walls End Haswell lB 6 Holywell Main .......... 1 - 6 3 N.Staffordshire 17 6 Eden Main ......... n 3 ;. 10 a Wylam l6 0 East Hartlepool ..... . 16 " South Hetton is 6 Cowpen Hartley i 7, 6 Stewart's 3 Cassop Walls End Gosfo r th 16 3 H eug h Hall ........... -1.7 South Hartlepool l7 0 K e lloe .................. ~ 0 Tees • ° a Pensher Primrose ... 16 6 Wharncliffe ............. I Ships at market, 89 ; sold, ;66. VALUE OF PROPERTY AT BRO3SPTOI4.-011 Ttles; day a clergyman named Grieff obtained a verdict against the Metropolitan Railway Company for £2,000, on accon; of a claim for a house in Thurloe-square, Brompton. a evidence showed that the value of property had increase and was still increasing, at Brompton. The house, I" wh i ,, o had been let at £B5, was now c onsidered to be worth a year. rADVERTISMENT.-J—Holloway's Ointment and rills' f Wrongs and their Remedies.—When the safe treatmen disease by these purifying preparations is so simple , s ° 4 the good result so fully known, it seems almost unne ce- ; sary to ask the ailing to give them a trial. The ointment.. is infallible in curing skin diseases, healing ulcers, ointment.. ing inflammation, reducing enlargement, and removing `t,._ most all external ' maladies. In all affections of the ini% l o gouty, rheumatic, and scrofulous attacks, by svh;c t, health of many is daily drained away , Holloways 01l 61,0,... ment and pills will afford indescribable rel ief, and will dually, if they bo used as recommended in the acconWsl; ing directions, bring about a thorough an d lasting acilfor These medicaments are suitable for both sexes) 371- every age and condition. Births. p hsr eg BILL- On the 27th ult., at Coventry, the wifo of J. Bill, Esq., of a son. EVANS-On the 27th ult., at Eton, the wife of S. Bvii/26 Esq., of a son. f •• HILLs - On the 27th ult., at Littlehampton, t he wife ° H. Hills, Esq., R.N., H.M.S. Royal Oak, of a see. Aia MITFORD- On the 27th ult., at 13, Cavendish-square, Hon. Mrs. Townley Mitford, of a daughter. Marriages. FLOWERS—SICRGEANT--On the 27th ult , at All S rj°4inuits.: Church, St. John's-wood, Richard Flowers, E sqgbt e - of bard-street, to Georgians. Rebecca, youngest dau John Sergeant, Esq., Ramsay, Hunts. Illes '6 KENNARD -MULOCK- On the 27 th u lt., at St. of Church, Piccadilly, Arthur C. Kennard, Esq., so n e st W. Kennard, Esq., M.P., to Annie Homan, yO,l-1,,0 daughter of Thomas H. Mulock, Esq., of Bella - County. Deaths. non ANSTICE.—On the 26th Feb., at Chipping Norton , - George Anstice, Esq., aged 75. Fox.-On the 27th ult., at Topsham, Devon, wife of Eleanor , tile Charles Fox, Esq. 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