The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-07 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —Daring the storms of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifebeat Institution have saved 432 ersons from &Efferent wrecks on our c oasts. The In e stituti p on also expended £19,531 14s. sd. in the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 693 shipwrecked per eans by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co. d Herries and Co., Coutts and Co. , and by all the L' ndon an country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. The ANNUAL GENERAL ME kITING of this Institution will be held at the LONDO N TAVERN. Bishopsgate-street on TUESDAY nextthe 4th inst., at Two o'clock pi ectsely. His Grace the Duke ' of ARGYLL, K.T in th e Chair. 110YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) P RODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR. THIS EVENIN,..4, the Opera of THE MOCK DOCTOR. (the English wor , is by thar.es Kenny.. Principal characters by Meidames Poole, Thirlwall, and r army Haddart ; Messrs. henry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lya.ti, Duss,k, Lingham, and IL Cord. -- Condurtor,Mr. A• MELLON. Aiter which, the Grand and highly successful Pantomime, CINDERELLA.. Magnificent 6cenery and gorgeous acoes• Bodes. Commence at Seven. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Manages, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. Followed by Sir Edward L. Bulwer Lytton's Play of BICHELIEU Messrs. t•helps. Waiter Lacy. H. Marston, E. Phelps, Neville , Sin clair; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss 11. Howard, Jzc. MConcludh theHIS s. Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' T 111 ing MB A wit ND EL VEN BROTHERS • or, the O g re of the Seven - Le a g ue Boots ; terminating with the Gran d Transformation Scene : Miss Lydia Thompson, tcc. THEATRE -R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Nelly Moore, &c. To be followe I by DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Chippendale, Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea theraV, (to. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, &O. After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Braid, Gordon, Clark, White, Coe, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Hill, &c. With PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L. Keeley. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— ooIe rrupriutor anti AlituAger. air. Is. o eutaer. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess s. C. H. Stephenson and Ebarne ; Miss K. Kelly. Al etiwhich, THE HUNCHBACK. Julia (3d time) Miss Bateman, supported by Item-, George Jurdan, Swinbourne, Bil.ington, Stuart, Ashley, Eburne, J. L. Toole ; and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE. Messrs. J. I. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. 11 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. 14 echter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. S. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames C. Horsman, lien rade, E. Boyce, and Elswortny. After which, at half-past 8, a New Drama, entitled THE ROADSIDE INN. It Bert Ma.3.9.ire, Mr. Pechter. Messrs. Widdiconab, C. Horsman. Fitzpatrick, Garden, Moreland, It aym on , Collett; Mesdames Eisworthy and B. Percy. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. Messrs. Widdisomb and Emery. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev_n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STR NGS. After which, THE hTREET3 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma liarnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageres4. Mrs. Swannorough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WILFUL WARD. Mr. Belford; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama. MILKY WHITE Alebers. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Miss Swanborough. To conclude w.th TaE " GRIN" BUSHES Mr. Fenton, &c. ; Mesdames liaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, dec. GRATIS AND POST FREE, E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S 0 N E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest ts.brics are combined with the latest and most fashionable cesigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Ave such as must satisfy the most economical. 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GLis - NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as 5001 i as published , c on t a i n i ng all the LA VEST NEWS and S PORT ING INTELLIGNNCE, lay 11. W. HARRIS, Ne *apes Agent, 4, Blackiri ars - roan, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON_BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 10h. 10m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55 m , To-Monßow.-Morning, 11h. 35m.—Afternoon, h. m. 4i 7 ZIA 41 - 1 , 40 w-A 21titt LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1565• The votes for the Navy Estimates promise to give the Government no little trouble. The dead calm - which has hung over the opening weeks of the session of 1865 has suddenly been broken, and angry murmurs, direct attacks, and possitive oppo sition have taken the place of the easy indifference which admitted every bill, and quietly dispersed the Parliamentary representatives at half-past seven. The condition of the navy is always a matter of very deep interest to Englishmen. The old enthu • siasm about Britannia ruling the waves has not quite died out among the Populace, and the sove reignty of the seas is recognised by politicians of a higher grade as indispensable to our national great ness and pre-eminence. But at the same time that the public feeling on this matter is so strong and so universal that immense sums of money are annually voted without resistance for the maintenance of our navy—sums representing the yearly income of those days when England first gained• her supremacy— yet there is an uncomfortable suspicion abroad that those sums are very unprofitably spent. The Admi ralty is generally admitted to be the worst managed department of the public affairs, and despite the lavish supplies freely granted by the Parliament, it is confidently asserted - by no mean authority, that England has no fleet at to iieud to sea lu a -- - ---------__ _ storm ! It is no wonder with the threatening aspect of affairs, when a war with the of s as ec m on o d re n :than aval power in the world has been spoken possible, that the House which has five y v e o a te rs d wi n t e h ar n ly o fifty-eight millions sterling better result, should be inclined to look with some suspicion on the estimates for the ensuing year. No one can read Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S speech of last night without feeling ,that the Admiralty are imperatively called upon to disprove his statements if they possibly can. Lord C. PAGET, after a lengthened address, in which, of course, everything -was represented in its most favourable aspect, assured the House that we had a large number of armour-plated ships either complete or so nearly completed that they would be fit for service by the close of the year; and asked for ten and a-half mil lions for the service. He denied that the navy was unpopular, and that there was any difficulty in ob taining men, and asserted that, from the returns of crimes and punishments, a considerable moral im provement was perceptible. So far, all was couleur de rose, but when Sir J. PAKINGTON arose, the first vote being taken, the aspect of affairs was changed. With the authority of one whom official experience had enlightened as to the secrets of Admiralty management, and who had proved himself, though a landsman, an energetic and capable First Lord, he cameboldly to the point, and put those questions which every one is asking and which no one can answer to those who should be able to reply to them. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, after referring to the enormous sums which have beenfreely voted during the last few years, sums amounting, as we have said, to more than £57,000,000 since 1860, went on to ask the truth of the statement that was everywhere current, that at this moment, supposing us to become involved in a maritime war, we could not send an effective fleet to sea ? Such a statement cannot be suffered to pass unnoticed. If there is a shadow of truth in it, a vestige' of foun dation for the report, the Government have incurred a heavy responsibility ; if it is false or exag gerated the public mind should be at once relieved. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has only given ex pression to the general uneasiness ; and if it is con tended that such declarations of our weakness are rash and imprudent, he may easily answer that without doubt the Governments of France, of Russia, and especially of the United States, are better informed on all such points than the English public. But Sir JOHN PAKINGTON did not confine himself to general assertions. He entered into details which proved that his charges were not lightly brought. The new vessels Defence and the Resistance, he had heard, had been built in direct opposition to the advice of some of the most com petent officials. It had been said that if wounded in their most unprotected parts they would imme diately sink. The first performances of Mr. REED had reference to the Enterprise and the Research, and by the Research especially he wished to be judged. What, asked Sir J. PAKINGTON, was the opinion of Admiral DACRES, and, still more, of the captain of the Research ? Was it true that after making the passage from Plymouth to Ports mouth the captain declared that he never was so glad to get into port. This is not a statement to be lightly passed over, and must be answered in some way before the votes are taken. Sir J. PAK INGTON disclaimed any wish to be harsh towards Mr. REED, but he plainly expressed the opinion of all acquainted with the subject, when he declared that the Admiralty had been guilty of great impru dence and indiscretion when they put an inexperi enced man at the head of his profession, dismissing all those whose power, experience, and recognised ability qualified them to advise. " Had Mr. REED been left to work his way he would, doubtless," said the right hon. baronet, " have by his talents worked his way to the place where he has now been put, per saltunz, over the heads of those who had a right to expect advancement." " I hope," said Sir J. PAKINGTON, " that Mr. REED may yet build many good ships, but when you have no ships fit to cross the Atlantic or any other sea, why not call in the aid of those who have proved their skill and knowledge." " I say, do not trifle with the inte rests of England by entrusting them wholly to a man who, whatever his talents, has not been successful in the vessels he has sent to sea ?" The common sense of such an appeal cannot for a moment be disputed. It only remains for the Admiralty autho rities to disprove these assertions if they can, or if not, to explain to the country how we are to send, if necessary, a fleet across the Atlantic to protect our commerce when the Admiral who commands the Channel is advised not to put to sea in a storm Lest his vessels should go to the bottom ? There can be no greater mistake made than to neglect the comfort of the defenders of our country. This is faulty in times of health, but becomes abso lutely criminal in periods of sickness. Military hospitals are subjects that eminently deserve con sideration, and Lord DALHOUSIE, in calling the attention of the House of Lords to the question last night, rendered a public service, and is entitled to commendation. There is no more invidious task than that of finding fault, and more especially does the effort become irksome when the complaint is made about anything appertaining to Government management and control. The unfortunate com plainant is sure to be met with a host of official statements, and very dogmatically informed that all his conclusions are imperfect, and that he cannot possibly possess sufficient information to give a correct depiction of the state of the case. However it is important that official blunders should be ex posed, and that some should have the courage to do so. Lord DALHOUSIE showed how very faulty the condition of the new hospital at Woolwich e i h n o t w hat n r e e e s e p s e s c ar t y T i h t e n w o a b s le lord th s m p a o k k e e was, som ch a a n n a g from his own experience, havingpaid • • • a visit himself to that place, and certainly his report was not a very favourable one. In the first instance the con struction is bad, the wards are so «composed of glass that it would be an absolute cruelty to put an invalid into such wards." Can anything be more inconsistent and inconsiderate than such an arrange_ ment as this ? It would really almost appear as if the intention of our architects of public places was to make things as little conducive as possible to the welfare and comfort of those who inhabit them. It is a monstrous thing that the public money should be squandered to make such egregious blunders and enormous failures. This new hospital at Woolwich has cost, or will cost, the public the sum of two hundred thousand pounds. Here is another instance of the perversity with which our Government transact business, and the obstinate ignorance that they dis play when they are told of their errors. Of course Lord DALHOUSIE was told that he was quite mistaken in his views, but that is only to be expected from the manner in which the Cabinet and their adherents always meet any adverse remarks. As Lord DALHOUSIE truly observed, if the building were intended for a flower• show or a museum might do very well, but for sick patients it was per fectly unsuited, besides being a cruelty on the part of the designers to plan such an affair. To make matters worse there are no quarters attached to this hospital for medical officers. Its position is like wise an inappropriate one, as was ably shown in the speech of the noble lord. inTalicti coming from THE Mir% LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1865. `p.+~J abroad are brought there they can come no further than Gravesend ; they must come from there in small steamers, and when landed at the Arse nal they are still two miles from the hospital. It would certainly seem as if the genius of contrariety had presided over this building, from first to last, and achieved a complete success in rendering it as uncomfortable and inconvenient as possible. The regimental hospital at Hounslow is also what Lord DALHOUSIE very appropriately calls the " glass and glare " principle. Indeed, so oppressive was the light, that the first regiment to whom the hospital was handed over had the lower panes painted a dark green. The noble lord gave very sound advice when he proposed that the Secre tary of State for War should call in the medical officers of the army, and thus obtain the best advice in a practical form. He might then be successful in erecting " Hospitals that would not be mere temples of the sun, and barracks that would not be mere temples of the wind." Lord DE GREY defended the " glass and glare sys tem," which he more respectfully called the " pavi lion plan," from the attacks made upon it by the noble lord in his comprehensive speech. He said that the Royal Sanitary Commission, of which the late Lord HERBERT was the head, approved of this plan. This seems very strange ; but if these emi nent individuals made a mistake, it seems hard that unfortunate patients should suffer from it to please those who prefer or persist in a system, right or wrong. It is unsatisfactory to hear from Lord DE GREY that this new hospital at Woolwich is to be a general hospital. It is a great pity that more care and consideration are not taken when such sums of money are spent, and what is still of more consequence, the health and comfort of our troops endangered. It seems of no use to mention the errors that creep into the system of official management, for the more that is said against a particular plan the more strongly do the Government uphold it. Lord ELLENBOROUGH de clared with great justice that the Secretary of State for War should have taken the whole responsibility of the erection of this hospital, and he could not believe " but that if any Secretary of State for War had looked into the details of the plans they would not possibly have been adopted." The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that they could only judge of the hospital at Woolwich when it was occupied, but then it will be too late to remedy the mischief, which is now so properly com plained of, and to rectify the errors that those who should be the first to admit them chose to deny. The extension of the railway lines throughoir the metropolis has given rise to a very importan discussion on a matter which concerns us all more or less, since none can say where the ever-growing iron lines will stop, or what route they may select for their course. It is an instance in which a grew public convenience occasions a vast amount o. private inconvenience—so vast, indeed, that it be. comes a public question. By a very just rule, the railway companies are bound to give material compensation to the owners of the property they destroy ; and indeed they are unable to proceed with their undertaking until the matter is defi nitely arranged. If they refuse to give adequate compensation for the damage inflicted, the suf ferer can appeal to the courts of law to settle the dispute. By this means a wholesome check is put upon the torrent of speculation which other wisewould be inclined to sweep all before it, with out any regard to the injury, inconvenience, or annoyance which it might occasion. A good many citizens of London have had cause to be thankful ,for this provision of the statute during the last few years, but sometimes even a round sum of money will not atone for the loss or injury resulting from a compulsory removal. A new point has now been raised, however, which is of vast importance to the commercial classes of this country, and which we are not surprised to find many traders actively dis cussing. It appears, from the decision of three out of five judges in the Exchequer Chamber, " that if a railway company, in constructing their railway, block up a thoroughfare leading to a shop, so as to occasion loss to a shopkeeper in his business, by preventing the passing of customers to his shop, the loss of business is not the subject of compensation" within the terms of the act. If so, this is a grievance which calls immediately for redress, and it is a pity that the learned judges could not take into consideration the equity as well as the law of the case. Two of the five judges present, Justices BYLES and KEATING, dissented from the construc tion put upon the act by their learned brothers, and the common sense of the community will un doubtedly endorse the sense and justice of their decision. The case of a tradesman ruined by the virtual stoppage of his business, is thus much harder than his who suffers from compulsory re moval, since in the one case he has the monetary compensation for his loss, while in the other the victim sees his business destroyed without any compensation, and if he thinks it necessary to remove he does so at his own expense. So many metropolitan lines are now in course of construction, and so many more are under consideration, that this is not a matter of mere class or local interest, but it concerns a very large proportion of our commercial men. In the City especially the iron highway is rapidly extending its lines, and is threatening with temporary suspension, if not with total destruction, the ordinary traffic of some of our busy thorough fares. Every business man knows the damage done by a sudden suspension of trade or even by an un timely removal; and while private interests cannot be suffered to stand in the way of the public advan tage, neither should they be entirely overlooked for the benefit of railway companies, which are likely, in the metropolis, at all events, to make ample pro fits. Improvements cannot stand still to suit the convenience of individuals, who must " step aside out of the light ;" but they have a right to demand a fair inquiry into their grievances, and a just con sideration for their losses. If such compensation were a recognised preliminary to metropolitan works, it would be thought no hardship by the pro jectors ; but so long as there is a loophole for escape they will naturally endeavour to avail themselves of it. The eagerness to construct these lines is so g r t io e n a a it therefore that there expenseh would be no fear of a slight addi diat Judges,e iy os submitted t c h h a e t & th in e g theirHeuse of p rLogreredsss,;whanend ap pealedwerail tntroeetdv,ett reverse that t theParliamentsodecisionme of the Exchequer measurewith ay th m a'vi b o e v inlln to the e remedy of a glaring injustlee, On the 4th instant the Minister of Portugal—the Count de Lavradio—and l'qr. Gerald Ralson, the Consul-General of Liberia, signed, on behalf of their re spective Governments, a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, at the legation of Portugal in London. It is noteworthy that one of the articles of this treaty assimilates slave-trade to piracy, and condemns its guilty perpetrators to the same punishment as would be inflicted on pirates. It is most desirable that in all future treaties which the negro republic may make with other nations this grand principle should be recognised and established, as has just been done with Portugal, and was previously effected with the negro republic of Haiti, so that the inter national law of the civilised peoples of the world should be enriched by this important addition to their codes. It is to the high honour of the Count de Lavradio that he should be the first European diplomatist to intrOdtVe this impor taut principle into international LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, Captain Parish, with the heavy portion of the above mails, arrived heie this morning. She brings 60 passengers, £1,438 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,218 bales of silk, to the value of £99,000. Throughout the voyage the Syria experienced head winds and a heavy sea. The British war vessels Racoon, Liffey, and Procris, and the Italian frigate Principe Umberto, were at Gibraltar. H.M.S. Victoria was cruising off St. Elmo. Tranquillity had been restored among the railway labourers at Reinosa, but 40 men who refused to work, notwithstanding the offers of payment, are to be expelled the country ; and two companies of the military are to remain at Reinosa until they have left the province. Gibraltar exchange, 90 days, 49 11-16ths ; Mar seilles, eight days, sfr. 14c. ; Madrid, 11 dis. ; premium on sfr. pieces, 1i per cent. ; freights un changed. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship , Oneida, Captain P. M. Woolcott, arrived at South ampton, at 1 p.m. yesterday, with mails of the fol lowing dates, in charge of Captain Bingham, R.N., naval mail agent :—Buenos Ayres, January 26 ; Montevideo, January 29 ; Rio de Janeiro, February 8 ; Bahia, February 11; Pernambuco, February 13 ; St. Vincent (Cape Verdes), February 21; and Lis bon, March 2. From Rio to Bahia the Oneida had fine weather, with moderate breezes from S.W. ; thence to Per nambuco cloudy weather, and squally winds from N. and E. ; to St. Vincent fine weather, with fresh N.E. winds ; to Lisbon fine weather, with very strong N.E. trade winds and heavy head sea ; to Cape Finisterre fine clear weather, and fresh N.N.E. breezes ; and the remainder of the voyage squally weather, with strong westerly winds. The Oneida brought 74 passengers, £20,435 in specie (of which £17,100 was gold and £3,335 silver), 985 bales of cotton, 562 rolls of tobacco, 589 bags of coffee, 30 barrels of arrowroot, 28 casks of wine, 4 packages of diamonds, 30 bales of beef, and 130 packages of sundries. There is very little war news by this arrival. The following items of intelligence are extracted from the Buenos Aryes Standard of the 26th of January : " It was rumoured in town yesterday that Gen. Munoz, who broke into the Brazilian territory at the head of a body of cavalry, has carried every thing before him ; and some even go so far as to say that he has more than 1,000 prisoners. The war seems to be spreading now, for the news by the steamer yesterday morning was that a couple more bands of raiders' had left Montevideo a few days ago for the same purpose. _ _ " We read in the Reforma that General Basilic) Munoz had invaded Rio Grande, and taken 1,000 negro prisoners. Flores and Netto are said to have arrived at the Gerrito on Tuesday morning. Among the passengers per Tevere were 42 National Guards, and several families are expected to-day by the Rio del Plata. The blockade of Montevideo will pro bably be put on Monday next, the 30th inst. " The Tribuna publishes a list of foreign war vessels in the River Plate, of which 16 are Brazilian, eight English, three French, three Italian, two Spa nish, and one Dutch—total, 33 vessels, carrying 229 vessels. The Standard of the 25th says : " Possibly the most important event which has occurred in the River Plate since the sailing of the last packet has been the suspension of specie pay ments by the Maua and Commercial Banks in Mon tevideo. The unpleasant but not unlooked-for event has been the result of the civil war, which has now desolated the Banda Oriental for nearly two years. The Montevidean Government having exhausted every possible means to raise more money for the subjugation of the rebels, has at last had resort to the unjustifiable measure of forcing a loan from the Maua and Commercial Banks for $500,000. The securities which this impoverished and barefaced Government could offer being of a most questionable character, the suspension of specie payment for six months has been legalised by an edict of the Presi dent, and the consequence is that gold commands a premium of 10 per cent. in Montevideo to-day. Pre vious to the enforcing of this loan it is right to ob serve that owing to the dull state of business inMon tevideo, and the great scarcity of money in Buenos Ayres, the drain of gold from the former city was excessive, and close observers believed that sooner or later resort would be made to the ' inevitable paper dollar,' to save the whole fabric of Montevidean commerce from a fearful crash. The indigence of the Government has, however, precipitated this event. Political animosity and private jealousies have for the last ten days been brought to bear against the credit of an institution which is so justly popular in the River Plate—the Maua Bank ; but we are pleased to say that this institution has triumphed over all, though sorely put to the test by the scandalous attacks of a press which in England would be characterised as licentious. In Buenos Ayres the Maua Bank not only paid every demand hi gold, but actually sustained the market by giv ing facilities at a period when other establishments declined to lend a dollar. One of the bitterest attacks ever published against any monetary insti tution appeared in a paper which is the acknow ledged organ of President Mitre's Government ; it called on the people to withdraw all deposits from the Maua Bank, and even stooped to the lowest personalities against the deservedly esteemed Baron Baua, but the Maua Bank owes its prominent posi tion in Buenos Ayres to neither clique nor party ; it is sustained by three-fourths of the whole commer cial community of this city, and all the slanders and calumnies of a venomous press failed to disturb the confidence of the public in a bank which is so ably managed and well directed. We cannot leave this subject without remarking that, with the experi ence which the Maua Bank has already had of the arbitrary conduct of needy Governments, any re fusal on the part of the bank to conform to the terms of the Monte Videan Government would lead to a repetition of M. Riestra's conduct in 1860, when, disregarding the solemnities of a contract, and trampling upon the rights and privileges secured thereby, this gentleman, who was then Argentine Minister, and is now the consulting director of the London and River Plate Bank, put his name to a fiat prohibiting the circulation of the Maua notes in the Republic. To avoid this, and save the whole commercial body in Montevideo from ruin, the bank had no other alternative than to act as it had done. The Legislature of Buenos Ayres has, in its hurry to redeem the paper currency, forced us into the crisis through which we are at present pass ing. The present period being the wool season, paper money is in the greatest demand, and has be come so scarce that interest has risen to a rate which no business in Buenos Ayres can afford to pay. All the surplus paper money hitherto in circulation has been burnt, and still the burning continues with out any provision whatever for replacing the cur rency so destroyed. The consequence is that wool, hides, tallow, real estate, stock, all have fallen, to the great prejudice of the unfortunate producers and owners." MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £ 1 8 s to £1 12s per load. Trade dull CUMBERLA-ND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per, load. A slow demand, WHITEcHAFEL.-11eadow hay, £4 4s to £5 55 Od ; clove; £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, operations having been postponed until , the public sales, which commence to-day. SUGAR.--The market has exhibited rather more anima tion, and full rates have been obtained for superior qualities of West India; other descriptions have remained without material change in prices. In the refined market late quo tations are fully maintained. CC/MR.—Mere has been a strong demand for colonial descriptions at fully previous rates. moderate amount of business has been done in Eaf t India, which has generally maintained previous prices. TALLOW.---The market has exhibited symptoms of im provement after the late depression. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s. 6d, ; June, 41s. 3d. ; and last three months', 425. 3d. per cwt. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.-011 Sunday morning last the Rev. L. Thornton, MA., who was elected Presi dent of the Wesleyan Conference, at the recent annual meeting of that body, suddenly expired at his residence. The rev. gentleman rose at his customary hour, and while preparing for the usual ministerial duties of the day, was suddenly attacked by illness, and died in the course of an hour afterwards. Intelligence of his sudden decease quickly became known among the members of the Wes leyan Connection, and the melancholy event was the sub ject of special reference by the ministers of most of the Wesleyan chapels on Sunday evening throughout the metropolis. LADVERTISEMENT.j—HoIIoway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and stomach complaints, induced by atmospheric heat or too liberal diet, if not early checked are often attended with serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling, and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his energies restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable imedicine are Antoci to every box.. The Davenport Brothers and Messrs. liulley and Cummins. Mr. Hulley, of Liverpool, has issued a statement in which he says : The Davenport Brothers challenge Mr. Cummins and myself to tie them with the so-called tom-fool's knot, "in the presence of a jury of twelve gentlemen of position and character in London, instead of an excited and prejudiced mob—the knot to be applied so as not to subject the brothers to needles pain, of which two respectable surgeons shall be judges, and the jury of twelve to report to the public the re sult." I don't know that a man who, casually attending an exhibition of spiritualistic imposture; makes it his business to expose it, pledges himself thereby to devote the remainder of his days to the exhilarating occupation of following a couple of conjuror; who ridiculously pretend to be the passive instruments of an incomprehensible power. But as my name has become identified with this business, I at once frankly declare that I have no objection to again at tempting to baulk the Davenports of then prey—the money of a swindled public—if they will permit the trial to take place on terms that may benefit society ; but before specifying those terms I must make a few comments on the particularly modest and accurate account which they have published of the treatment to which they have been subjected. Once for all, neither I nor Mr. Cummins have had anything to do with smashing cabinets. lam under the impression that in Liverpool the onslaught on that precious piece of furniture was instigated by the con federates of the brother, and it is a remarkable circum stance that about one half of those present paid no admission money, but entered with orders. Certain it is that we did our best to keep the invaders off the plat form, and had left the hall before the cabinet was touched. At Iltddersfield, where we are represented to have deli vered stimulating addresses, we did our best to prevent any display of violence. My connection with this affair arose by the merest acci dent. I met Mr. Cummins about half-past six on the even ing of the Tuesday, and he showed me a knot which he had been taught, and which he firmly believed the Daven ports could not get out of, proposing that I should accom pany him and tie up one of the brothers. I agreed, and, from my position, being well known in the town, it hap pened that I was called on by the audience to act as one of the committee whom Dr. Ferguson invited them to nominate. I consented on condition that Mr. Cummins should be the other.ln this capacity we proceeded to tie the brothers, and the one who was consigned tome soon complained that I was not only hurting him, but stopping the circulation. The brothers say we refused to retire. The fact is the audience loudly called upon us to remain. They say the audience were made to believe that they objected to the particular form of the knot, and not to the severity of the tying. Not a word was said to the audience on the subject ; but a well known Liverpool surgeon testified that there was no cruelty in the mannerof tying, and upon this the audience naturally redoubled their manifestation in our favour. The fact is that the form of knot, which is the simplest thing in the world, enables it to be applied effectually without pain, if the person tied will only remain passive. But William Davenport persisted in wrenching his hands out of the position in which I placed them—a remarkable thing for a man to do who says his power depends on his passivity—and the consequence was that it needed deter mination, though not the least roughness, to give the knot a fair trial. ;The performance of the Tuesday evening was virtually upset by the refusal of the brothers to be tied by us ; and when at length we left the platform, a late portion of the audience left with us and their money returned. Next day there appeared in the papers an advertisement attributing brutality to us, and undertaking that regula ions should be adopted which would prevent all dis urba,nces in future. When we attended in the evening, as we felt bound to do after this aspersion upon us, we found that the only one of the new regulations likely to serve the Davenports was that which gave them tho right to refuse any committee named by the audience, " When they discovered a disposition to deal unfairly." This of course meant that they intended to refuse Messrs. Hulley and Cummins, an intention which they immediately avowed when the audience selected us. The right to act thus may belong, as the brothers say, even to criminals on trial ; but the assembly were of opinion that it did not become per formers who professed to court the severest investigation. Accordingly they stood by us. It is not true, however, that we went to the platform backed by a crowd of our friends, except in the sense that a considerable proportion of those present loudly applauded our determination to fulfil the duty they had assigned us. That we in " various ways excited violent manifestations in the audience, " is simply and gratuitously untrue. It is equally calumnious to call us "the heroes of an assault of some hundreds of brave Englishmen." We had nothing to do with the riot. Our only function was to tie the Da venports as the representatives of the audience, and no se verity whatever had been committed by us when Ira Davenport stopped the proceedings by having his rope cut, and pretending that the blood caused by Dr. Fergu son's knife had been occasioned by the tying. If the brothers will only accept as committeemen or jurors those who don't believe them to be humbugs, they will have great difficulty in selecting a committee or jury whose im partiality will satisfy the public. They have no business to talk of any person being a foe, who is selected by an audience at their own request to tie them, and whose manner of tying is surgically certified not to be painful or injurious. They must submit to be tied; to re main passive during the operation; to insist on no objec tion which competent surgeons do not corroborate ; to get out if they can ; and to accept the consequences in public . estimation if they cannot. It is not necessary for me to criti cise the preposterous pretensions of the more general pas sages of the Davenport manifesto. It is a deliberate and flagrant affront to the intelligence of the community which had better be treated with contempt. I will conclude, therefore, by stating on what terms I will meet the Daven ports and respond to their challenge. 1. At an early date (say the week after next) the Hanover-square Rooms shall be taken for six nights on the responsibility of the Davenports. 2. That they will appear and be tied by me and a friend whom I will nominate every night of the six whether they succeed or fail in extricating themselves. 3. That no free admissions shall be given, and that the ordinary prices shall be charged. 4. That Mr. Fay, Mr. Palmer, Dr. Ferguson, and the Brothers accept as their remuneration one guinea each for the week's performances. 5. That there shall be no committee or jury, but that two known surgeons shall be appointed on each side and properly feed, whose sole duty shall be to pronounce whether our tying is calculated to give pain when the hands are held passive. 6. That after the rooms have been paid for and the be fore-named expenses discharged, the whole of the pro ceeds, which shall be deposited from night to-night with a person upon whom the Davenports and myself shall mutually agree, shall be handed over immediately after the performance to the Liverpool Children's Infirmary. The following is the challenge of Mr. R. Bruce Cummins, of Liverpool :—" I will engage to tie Mr. William Davenport, in Liverpool, before a com mittee of twelve gentlemen, six of whom may be brought from London by Mr. Davenport, it being understood that Mr. Dion Boucicault be excluded. The other six shall be gentlemen of unquestioned character and posi tion in Liverpool, selected by myself. Mr. Davenport and I shall each invite a well-known medical man—l would suggest to Mr. Davenport the celebrated Mr. Fergusson, of London—to ensure fair treatment. The trial shall take place in a room selected by the committee, the fur niture to consist of a single chair. I will tie Mr. Daven port in the presence of the committee and surgeons, after which he shalt be left alone. If, at the expiration of ten minutes, Mr. Davenport readmit the committee and satisfies them that he is free, without having had recourse to any cutting instruments, and in another ten minutes appear re tied in the manner I left him, I will hand to Mr. Davenport £5O; but should he fail, I shall then claim the like amount from him. MURDER OF AN ENGLISH MERCHANT IN PERSIA. —Sir F. Crossley, M.P., has received the following letter relative to the murder in Persia of a Huddersfield merchant, from W. Hammond, and dated :—" Foreign office, Feb. 10, 1865.—Sir,—I am directed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a letter from Mr. Edward Langfield upon the subject of the circumstances under which Mr. Benjamin Langfield had been murdered by some Persian soldiers, near Shahrood, in July last, and I am to inform you in reply that her Majesty's Government has already received from her Majesty's Minister at Teheran the particulars of this melancholy occurrence, from which it appears that Mr. Benjamin Langfield, accompanied by his brother Abraham, passed through Teheran in February last on their way to Shahrood, with a view of speculating in cotton, and that they were duly warned by her Majesty's Secretary of Legation of the extreme risk they incurred by travelling in Persia without proper escortwith large sums of money in their possession. It appears that on the 22d of July, as Mr. Langfield and his servant were proceeding from the port of Gey to Shahrood, on entering the district of Bostam, they were attacked by some cavalry belonging to the Persian army, who, after having shot both master and man, robbed the dead body of Mr. Langfield of all the money he had in his possession, and decamped. Their bodies were subsequently recovered by a Christian resi dent of Shahrood, who had them removed to that place and buried there ; their clothes and other articles found on them were placed in a room, where they are now locked up. Mr. Alison at once took measures to endeavour to trace the murderers and recover the stolen property, and with this view obtained the necessary order from the Shah to the Governor of Shahrood and to the Persian com mander-in-chief for the discovery and arrest of the crimi nals. It does not appear, however, that those measures have as yet been attended with success, but instructions will be sent to Mr. Alison to make further inquiry into the matter, and strong representations to the Persian Government. Mr. Alison speaks in high terms of the assistance rendered by the Russian Minister at Teheran and by the Russian consul at Asterabad in the steps taken for the apprehension of the murderers. (Court ---t-ttrahr HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 6. The Queen drove out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena an d Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. The Prince and Princess de Joinville, and the Duke, and Duchess de Chartres, visited her Majes t y , and remained to luncheon. Countess Blucher left the Castle to-day. The Prince and Princess of Wales The Prince of Wales, attended by Licut. -Colone' Keppel, rode on horseback yesterday morning. His royal highness went to the House of Lords 111 the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales had a din n t er ,, party in the evening. The company included 0: Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Portugues Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of 1 38111 ,' Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Bloomfield, 51.`ci George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. W• 311 /z Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Charles Wyke, the 11 0 ',.5 Meade, the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, the Hon. P', Bruce, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Lieu t.-ColoDe Keppel, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Holzmann. During dinner the band of the Ist Life Gua r& (conducted by Mr. J. Waterson) performed a tion of music. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been C° l/- fined to Lansdowne House for the last fortnight by attack of gout, is now better, but is still una ble to I°l''Yt his room. The noble marchioness is still in Paris, °l2 a ViEl to the Count and Countess do Flahault. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has returned t° town fromvisiting the Marquis and Marchioness of ' lne bury at Savernake Forest, Marlborough. The Earl and Countess Spencer - left Spen eer House, St. James's, yesterday, for Althorp Hall, Nortbal-d tonshire, whence they go on a visit to the Marquis Marchioness of Exeter, at Burghley. accounts The Earl of Bradford, according to r received in town yesterday, was better, and w as clailY gaining his strength. The Earl of :Wilton has returned to EoertOn Lodge, Melton Mowbray, and is likely to remain t here w 5 the close of the hunting season. Viscount and Visce unte Grey de Wilton are staying at Egerton Lodge. Lord and Lady Skelmersdale have taken a l4° in the neighbourhood of Windsor for a few months . on . Mr. and Lady Cecelia Brinkman left torn Saturday to pass a few weeks at Brighton. t the THE CESAREWITCH.—We understand tha- Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia (the Cesarewitch) -tends Hereditary to visit London in the summer, and that he will 6ttil - for at least a month. ed that THE PASHA OF EGYPT. We are infOrn l- , i t to U it is the intention of his Highness the Viceroy of Y'" visit England in the course of the ensuing summer' Drury-lane Theatre. ASO The tragedy of " Cymbeline," which Prc rt i e- i a le attractive last season, was again perfornl eu evening in a very spirited and skilful mapp er ' present cast differs from that of last s easoil ia in the introduction of Mr. Anderson and gr. Il a s Montgomery—the former of whom aPP ear : t o rs Posthumous,land the latter as lachimo. B °th his sustain their parts with spirit and judgraelit . ,,, if . )l ,4ll impersonation of Cloten Mr. Walter Lacy a combines with the fantastic drollery of the P a ' c oi certain air of good breeding, and even a Pr ill Atv dignity, which enhances the attraction of t 11e ; ratter. Mr. Edmund Phelps is very eff eeP P e llet Pisanio, and Mr. H. Marston makes ari ea ers, Belarius. The most distinguished of the perf °r plays however, is of course Miss Helen Faucit, ura tc Imogen with sympathetic skill and with an o c 4 „a sense of what is due to the gentleness, fonduess' devotion of one of the most lovable of Shak sl3 ,, e to women. Nor, while giving eloquent expressi°;ls, the grace and tenderness in which the part 313°11 , n es$ does she neglect to portray with equal distioc- o f that heroic constancy and that noble .energY nature which enable Imogen to encounter e , e o cl danger for the sake of him to whom her I ° ve hick loyalty are due. The scathing disdain wi th 1 ‘; - •„ 1 she repels the aspersions cast upon him by 13c ,i 1 ,,0 and Cloten is grandly expressed, and dra' s " iy - i A great applause. The tragedy was preced ed of iaa brief farce, called " Going to the Dogs," t he socl which is chiefly in the hands of Mr. Bellil °r- ' e a the performances concluded with the pailt43mh " Hop o' my Thumb." to It is due to Messrs. Falconer and Chatterneal say that they are redeeming with honcurabiiielic the engagement they came under with the Ptl' r undertaking the management of DrurY-lane, t° den vide genuine, attractive, and varied entert3iiino; for their patrons. Since Christmas " and " Richelieu" have been produced. Ue line" is now added. "As You Like ft" ‘' 1 for brought out on Wednesday, and The sc li i , ° : B Scandal" is announced for Thursday. the tastes of all classes of playgoers are effective' suited. Main Drainage of the Metropolis` k • Another section of this very important 5c 491.- .0 0 14 1 been just completed, namely, the Northern . to co a, Level Sewer, which has this week received to th e de grace by the admission of the sewage at hia aqueduct crossing the Metropolitan gad 1L )1 back of the Sessions House, Clerkensn 0 fe e : apieduct is of the extreme length of : tio be ° ' between the bearings, and is constructe d el t _O - boiler plate, the tube being suspended betiecillate"ea girders, which are 12 feet deep, and are test to bear a load of 600 tons, they having h eel l to 250 tons, with a deflection of half all The tube itself is 8 feet 9 inches in the c'-rois it°l; is calculated to contain 60,000 gallons, hu t W; has been made for its not been fully ch 3rg- t iie f c) ; i i the view of preventing undue pressure b Lch 1 - ,t mation of storm outlets at each end, w — v. receive the sewage after it has reached a O r %011 ie ; in the tube. A noticeable feature in the cogetlier tion of the aqueduct is, its having been P lit • or a6 1 1 ° ed five feet six inches above its present levei:la !;i to admit of the necessary staginer be the t he without interfering with the traflio way, which has not been iniPe deth of ' ec i slightest degree. On the completion replogif aqueduct the temporary staging vi as ite rn o ,,s and the ends of the tube were a ott ot'r lowered by two hydraulic rams placedliPe jo e1 11) : 0 , timber cradles, the rate not exceeding 4) : 1 00 ril r f er time in order to obviate any straining (:).` best lei The magnitude of this operation will be. n° stood when we state that the tube weig this p than 240 tons, and the care bestowed ° I) 1 ,, t t il d . tion of the work has been amply rePod . _ s d I v s proving itself, on being tested , to be pert tic o; tight. co n ot This aqueduct may be considered th e or tion o j e link between the eastern and western 1 ) le of o f the contract, as by its completion th e ster o c lo g, sewage from Mensal-green a nd the v a t Ba r the metropolis is conveyed to the outle:s Piore. insteadof discharging into the Tha °l r 0 ,0 De `rill friars-bridge, by means of the Fleet sevitiive rig The effect, therefore, on the regime of io o or' .7 be very important. f th i° P of The contract for the construction 0 lat ion „, of the main drainage embraced the for ° 4 fee t tue miles of sewers, of sizes varying fr f n c i out 1)1 00 1 feet, and the whole has been came , 00.0 anu te the eminent firm of Brassey, a iget e ef , under the superintendence of Mr. resident entoro• engineer in chief, Mr. Lovick, the re ra of and the staff of the Metropolitan 13°a _... 0,50 f; The EXTENSIVE weather-worn Windsor enedhee C w s - ---------------------- * while th ° RE---STORATIOIOAT Castle, better known as the Belfry Tovler,o 0111cj repaired, the window openings and loorD°lecoPe reand there where Th light what were once the dungeons of the prisonero _., 6tooef at the 'r faciann: ancient tower of Julitto is veil 'royal pleasure, are being recased with 06"troogiV work. Portions of the buildings in the gorse $ 1 eit) ,, D eco I ' 4 ; arnaccieusirsetdrele.lyt ltliai which abut `those upon the wall at this point, have 01`lcorilA0 stored, which have been reraved. with and new stone windows inserted inore ilt-otie 0011 the general style of then arclaitecture of ale To eilabseeerlii:colooif:te°oll FRANCE. PARIS, MARcn 7. M. de Montholon has been appointed French ambassador at Washington. M. Dano has been appointed French Minister in Mexico. A short notice, published in the Moniteur of this morning, directs attention to the principal points of the bill for primary education, which was sent to the Council of State after the discussion of the im portant questions raised by the report of M. Duruy. In conclusion, the article says that the bill does not rest on the basis set forth by the Minister of Public Instruction. It was necessary that the report should be pub lished as the expression of a personal opinion, and on account of the importance of the information which it contains. The Civil Tribunal has just tried an action brought against MM. Brandus and Dufour, M. Charton, lithographic printer, and M. Martinel, music-seller, by M. Bentayoud, composer and pro prietor of a patent for the reproduction of music, reduced by the photographic process, in the form of cartes de visite, with the notes on one side and the composer's portrait on the other. M. Bentayoud's counsel stated that his client obtained a patent for his process in 1863, and had already published several pieces of music with portraits, when the de fendants brought out some of Meyerbeer's composi tions in precisely the same style, and thus infringed his patent, for which he sought compensation. The defendants' counsel maintained, on the contrary, that the process in question could not be made the object of a patent, and moreover that it was known and had been practised at least two years before the plaintiff's patent was obtained. These facts having been proved to the satisfaction of the Tribunal, it rejected the plaintiff's demand, and condemned him to pay 300 fr. damages to MM. Brandus and Dufour, and 100 fr. to each of the other defendants. The Correctional Tribunal tried, the day before yesterday, a gardener and his wife named Levas seur, charged with having cruelly illtreated a little girl eight years old, the daughter of the husband by his first wife. It appeared from the evidence of numerous witnesses adduced that from the time of Levasseur's second marriage, two years since, the poor child had been cruelly beaten almost every day, and half-starved besides. In January last the police were informed by some of the prisoners' neigh bours that nothing had been seen of the child for about three weeks. A commissary of police accordingly went to the prisoners' lodgings, and found the child shut up in a dark closet, in a shocking state of filth, with scarcely any clothing, her body covered all over with scars and bruises, and in a state of extreme emaciation. The father and stepmother, who them selves were well clothed and fed, were immediately arrested, and the poor child was sent to the hospital for sick children, but there is too much reason to think that she will not recover from the consequences of the ill-treatment she had endured. The two pri soners pretended that the girl was very mischievous, and that it was necessary to punish her. The Court, however, thinking that no raisconductof a child c ould justify such cruelty, declared the charge proved against months' prisoners, and condemned the father ' imprisonm en t, the stepmother to the er samea 1 to punishment for a year, a n d each to pay a fine of 16f. The Courrier du Bas-Rhin announces the death at Langenthal, canton of Berne, of Joseph Jost, aged 84, formerly a drummer in a Swiss regiment under Louis XVI. In 1792, when the Palace of the Tuileries was taken by the people, the little drummer, then 12 years old, was amongst the few Swiss soldiers who escaped the massacre. t , There appears to be some truth," says a Paris correspondent of the Independance Belge, " in the report of the discovery of a manuscript of Louis XIV., the subject _of which is La Vie de Cesar,' only there is some difference of opinion as to the details. One version of the story goes that five chapters written by that monarch have been found among a collection of autograph letters of Mme. de Maintenon, entitled Lettres aux Princes.' A work is now spoken of as having been found in the Bibliotheque Imperiale—namely, a translation of Suetonius,' by Louis XIV., and which must have gone through the press. It may be added that one of my colleagues speaks of the discovery at the office of the Minister of War of an edition of the Com mentaries of Caesar, in the same reign, of which only ten copies had been struck off." BOURSE, March G.—The market is active, and prices have slightly advanced. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67fr. 80c. Mobilier variable, and have been done at 880 f. Railway Shares are quiet, without any material change. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents 96 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 80 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 890 Do. end mouth .„ Bank Shares 3510 _ C r 9dit Fonder I27Q Italian Loan 65 10 Do. end month — Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian OO Austrian Spanish Threes 'gout() Debt Deferred .'AXO. Cash. Orleans Northern lOl5 -- Lyons and Mediterranean..„, 947 50 Southern 575 Western Eastern Sardinian BO5 —• "'" -- Austrian Lombard 546 25 North of Spain.. 305 Saragossa 375 ..• Roman Acct. Ditto to Barcelona ''' A private letter from Paris states that at a masked ball the other night, three men personating Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon I. respectively, were walking arm in arm amidst roars of laughter. Caesar was dressed like an ancient Roman Rlcquisite, and scratched his head with his fingers. When the crowd interrupted their movements the great Roman rebuked them with humorous gravity by saying, 6‘ Happy the people who understand and obey us ; woe to those who disregard and oppose us." FIVE COAST-GUAItDS)IEN DROWNED. -011 Satur day afternoon the coast-guardsmen belonging to the Warborrow station, about 13 miles west of St. Alban's Head; were returning in their galley with a cargo of stores from Weymouth, when the vessel was struck by a heavy sea at Lulworth, and went down at once. The occurrence had been witnessed from Lulworth, and a boat was imme diately sent off, but on arriving at the spot only a few light articles forming pact of the stores were picked up, The wind and sea were so unfavourable at the time that the Lulworth boat could not effect a re-landing at the point of its departure, and was obliged to be taken to Mupes. The names of the unfortunate men who perished are Baker, Hickey, Chope, Dumas, and Parnell, and all of them, with the exception of the last-named, had seen years of service in the coast-guard. Several children are left for the moment unpkovided for by the se4 40=r0110.