The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

Mr. Brig' ,t, m ,ochdale. ROCHDALE, April 10. About nine o'clock this evening Mr. Bright rose to address a crowded meeting of the Liberals of Rochdale, which had assembled for the purpose of choosing a candidate for the representation of that borough in Parliament, as successor to their late highly-esteemed and much-lamented representative, Mr. Cobden. A resolution approving Mr. T. B. Potter, of Manchester, as the Liberal candidate, having been proposed by Mr. G. L. ASHWORTH, seconded by Mr. Alderman HEAP, Mr. BRIGHT supported the nomination in a speech of consid er able length, in the course of which he said—The Rochdale Reform Association sent a de putation to London to ask me if it were possible that I could give up the position which I now hold as the representative for the borough of Birming ham to stand as a candidate for the representation of my native town. (Hear.) I felt that to be a very kind proposition on their part, but I felt also what I think they felt, and you will feel—that, looking back to the circumstances under which my connection with Birmingham commenced, it would not be consistent with an honourable return for the confidence then reposed in me that I should leave the position in which I was then placed to accept that of the representative of any other constituency in the empire. (Cheers.) Mr. Ashworth, who moved the resolution, has referred to the high cha racter of the late Sir Thomas Potter. I know one man who bids fair to approach him, and that is the son, who is proposed to you to-night. (Applause.) I have known Mr. Potter, I think, from about the time when he left school, and I believe that from that time to this he has held the opinions that were held by his father before him, and which I venture to say will at some not dis tant future time be held by every educated man in this kingdom. (Cheers.) We come to this contest upon a fair field, and with a fair issue before us. We have two candidates offered to us, we have two faiths tendered, we have two systems of legisla tion and government offered to us, and we must make our selection. Some people say there is no difference now between Whig and Tory. Well, I don't quite believe that, though there are some whigs very like some tories—(laughter)—but in the two candidates that are now offered to you there is a wide and essen tial difference—(applause)—and a man must be most ignorant and most stupid if he cannot perceive it. (Laughter.) What is it that makes this country a better country to live in now than it was when all the grown up men here were children ? Why is it that you have not had for years past the discontent that was almost universal 40 years ago ? Why is it that you have among all classes of the community a better and a kinder feeling than existed in the days of our fathers ? I hold it to be for this reason—that during the last 20 years there have been made great changes in many branches of our legislation and ad ministration, and that the bulk of the people—for whom governments too often care but little—find themselves better treated than they were in past times. I believe that the changes in our legislation during the last 30 years have saved the country from anarchy, and its people from all the dreadful conse quences which attend political cOnvulsion. (Hear.) The candidate opposed to us, Mr. Brett, comes be fore you in his own address as a distinct and firm ad herent of Lord Derby, and therefore an acceptor of Lord Derby's policy. (Applause.) I tell you that Lord Derby's policy has been a policy, first of all, that two millions should be placed on short rations of food; that all that cdious, imbecile, and wicked system of protection should be maintained—(cheers) —and his policy was to keep France and England for ever apart by destroying the efficiency of that glorious treaty of Mr. Cobden—(cheers)--and his policy was to keep the millions ignorant, because he refused to allow the admirable penny newspaper to enter the homes of the people and to instruct them daily (loud applause) ; but these men are all in favour of the good that has been done. (Laughter.) When we have given years of our lives (enthusiastic cheer ing), when you have encouraged from youth to manhood the spread of just principles and the esta blishment of wise laws, and have done all this in the teeth of the combined opposition of all the Mr. Bretts in England, then the Mr. Bretts come forward and say that the repeal of the corn laws was a good thing (laughter), that the French Treaty was a valuable measure, and the freedom of the press was a great blessing, but theystill stand with Lord Derby (laughter), and if you will ask them about any one single question not of the past but of the future— of the next 20 years ! you will have to fight as great a fight for every future good against the Mr. Bretts (laughter) as you have fought against their class and order of mind for the last 20 years. (Cheers.) I bought a Tory paper for a penny (laughter and cheers) this morning, and I was reading a speech said to have been 'delivered by Mr. Brett, and I thought I would see w h a t sor t o f a notion he ha, about Parliamentary Reform. lie is very compli mentary to the working classes who have no votes (laughter), he is even so complimentary as to say that he thinks they have as much honesty and in- telligence as the classes above them—that is, above them in the possession of property ; but he is very much'afraid of one quality the working classes have —it disturbs him hugely—and that is, there are so many of them. (Loud and prolonged laughter.) Well, generally it is considered an advantage to a country that it should be populous. lam afraid, if there be a great many that are comparatively poor in this country, there would have been more if Mr. Brett's politics had been carried out; but if the work ing classes, the unenfranchised, have equal honesty and intelligence with the other classes, I want to know how anybody can feel alarm at the addition of the qualities of honesty and intelligence to our elective body. (Cheers.) Mr. Brett's theory is, that the unenfranchised classes are so many that they would submerge and swamp what he calls the classes above them. I don't believe it is possible for honesty and intelligence in any quantity, however large, to swamp honesty and intelligence in a smaller body. (Cheers.) I will undertake to say—and I hope that time may come when my prediction may be proved to be true or otherwise—that when the honesty and intelligence of the working classes are added to the honesty and intelligence of the other classes we shall have represented in the Parliament of this kingdom an infinitely greater quantity of honesty and intelli gence than we have at present. Remember the ''arliamentary history of this borough. Since 1841 _ _ _ no Liberal candidate in Rochdale has canvassed per sonally any voter or paid any portion of his election expens es , and there is not a borough in England whose annals are more creditable, and every way more honourable, than the annals of the Liberal portion of the constituency of Rochdale—(loud ch eers) ; and, hereafter, when our voices are hushed —when I can no longer speak, and can no longer listen—there will be generations of your townsmen who, spe a ki ng of your late representative, Mr. Cobden, will stimulate our posterity to patriotic deeds, and will tell you that he, the ablest and in services the greatest of his countrymen, once repre sented this town. (Great cheering.) If those who come after us can saythis' may' not say it to-night? (Cheers.) I cannot trust my as I could wish. As I have said s m eu e to speak of him elsewhere, , I must leave that to some calmer time, have recovered somewhat f rom the when my nerves shock that th ey have sustained during the past week ; b u t this I e i t will say, that I should feel where ver I went in England or any other part of th e world— a amed to acknowledge that I was one of this consti tuency if it should now turn its back upon itself, upon its own principles, its own interests —all that it has held sacred and all that the friends of humanity admire and regard and look forward to, and should return a man whose politics would reverse the very dial on the face of time and would turn your back from the progre3s and the good which we have seen of late years spring around .us, to an age almost of -- - political barbarism, and, throughout the country, of almost universal discontent. (Loud cheers.) I ask you to adhere to the "grand policy of the past. Do not ask Mr. Potter to go from house to house with half a dozen influential men to beg and entreat your votes. Don't ask him to defray the expense of a contest. Let us keep ourselves pure among ourselves, and pure before the eyes of the country and the world ; and let us who ask for Parlia- Mentary reform who want to add to our present honesty and intelligence"—(laughter)—that vast amount of honesty and intelligence which is now ex cluded from the franchise, conduct our elections as we have conducted them for five and twenty years. (Loud cheers.) The time is critical, the ques tion of reform is not in the, distant, but in the near future ; there is nothing but the tenure of office of the present Prime Minister that blocks the way. When the change comes that some day must come, there is nothing in the shape of a Liberal Ministry that can survive a month without a determination to undertake this question of admitting a large num ber of our countrymen to the franchise. Let me beg of you, then, electors, to perform your duty. Lord Palmerston, Lord Russell, and many others who are opponents to the ballot, say that it is necessary that those who have no votes should be able to see how those vote who have votes. (Laughter.) If that be so, if there be any feeble brethren— (laughter) —among electors who are hesitating now between the evil policy of Mr. Brett—a policy which is receding every day into the dark ages—and the wise policy of Mr. Potter, let the non-electors help those feeble brethren. (Laughter and cheers.) Let us by the memory of the past and by our hopes of the future feel that it is a great trust which is re posed in us to make a part of the Imperial Parlia ment, and to assist in legislation which shall affect the fortunes of millions and millions of men in every part of the world. (Cheers.) The hon. member sat down amid prolonged cheering. The resolution was then put and carried with en thusiastic unanimity, not a single hand being held up in opposition to it. Mr. Potter addressed the electors later in the evening. The Confederate Cruiser Shenandoah, By the arrival of the Madras we have received intelligence from Melbourne to the 23d of February. The principal item of intelligence is an account of the proceedings the Government of Victoria has been compelled to take with regard to the Confede rate war steamer Shenandoah, which put into Hob son's Bay on January 25. It has been reported that the vessel had actually been seized by the authori ties, but this is an exaggeration of the facts. In consequence of information communicated to the Government it felt justified inplacing a strict guard of police at the slip on which the vessel was under going repair, to prevent any breach of neutrality by the enlistment of British subjects. But the Go vernment did not intend to detain the ship, and as soon as her repairs were completed she would pro ceed to sea. We give the details from the Australian News of February 23 : " The arrival of the Shenandoah on January 25 created much excitement in Melbourne, as it was reported she was commanded by Capt. Semmes, of the Alabama. This, however, is not the case ; the name of her commander is Waddell. On receiving his application for permission to remain in the har bour long enough to make some necessary repairs, a Cabinet Council was held, at which it was decided that the Shenandoah should be allowed to remain till put in working order. She is a clipper-built screw steamer of 700 tons, exclusive of the space occupied by the engines, and of about 250 horse power. She was built on the Clyde, which has become famous for turning out blockade runners. A wooden ship with iron frame, and iron masts and yards, she was no doubt built for the work in which she is now engaged, and for which she is admirably adapted. Seen from the pier, the Shenandoah pre sents only the appearance of a smart, trimly set boat—evidently a swift sailer ; but there is nothing rakish about the craft, nor anything that would rouse suspicion as to the pacific nature of her in tentions were she to steam unheralded among the shipping of any port. The disguise could hardly have been more complete or effectual. As the vessel consumes her own smoke, it is not discoverable at a distance that she has steam power ; and she might easily be taken for a merchantman, as indeed she has been by many a captured Federal ship. Among her crew may be found representatives of almost every European nation. The forecastle is a Babel of lan guages, no less than 14 tongues being spoken on board. The officers, of course,_ are all Americans of the South. The steamer had been placed on a slip for repairs, which were proceeding rapidly, when, on the 13th of February, the police magistrate at Williamstown issued a warrant for the arrest of a British subject, named Charley, charged with having enlisted on board the Shenandoah. The officers of the ship refused to allow the warrant to be executed. In consequence of this refusal the Government ordered all British subjects employed in the repairs of the ship to cease working, and a guard o f 30 policemen was placed on the slip to see that the Governor's order was obeyed. Their instructions were not to interfere with or in any way coerce the officers or men properly belonging to the vessel, but to maintain among British subjects the strict neu trality of the port, and to prevent the slip beingused during the suspension of the facilities previously granted. What further action may be resorted to will, of course, depend to a great extent upon the course Captain Waddell may choose to adopt. The steps taken by the Government thus far have been in strict accordance with international law. It is entirely a matter of grace on the part of a neutral Power to allow a vessel belonging to a belligerent Power to enter a port for repairs, or to take in stores. This international privilege is conceded on the one hand, and accepted on the other, on the dis tinct understanding that all the conditions of strict neutrality will be honourably observed on the part of the belligerent, and that, if anything is done by him which is either a violation of international or municipal law, the privilege that had been granted may be suspended or absolutely withdrawn." Rumours were current in Melbourne of a formal seizure of the ship, and a collision between the police and the crew. But nothing of the kind had occurred, and the repairs were proceeding actively but quietly up to the day the Madras sailed. The Shenandoah had obtained a supply of provisions, and as soon as she had taken her coal on board would proceed to sea. The police had arrested four British subjects, charged with enlisting on board the steamer, but the inquiry into their case had not commenced. In a sitting of the Assembly, Mr. M'Culloch, the Chief Secretary, explained' that the guard had been placed over the Shenandoah in consequence of Capt. Waddell having denied that any men had joined his ship since her arrival, and refused to give Up the men named in the warrants as British subjects who had unlawfully enlisted. lie added : " I am sure it will be admitted that the Govern ment had taken the proper course to carry out and support the intention of the British Parliament in respect to the Foreign Enlistment Act, and the in tention of the proclamation of her Majesty with re spect to the observance of neutrality. There is no doubt that this man Charley, for whom the warrant was obtained, and of whom we were assured that he was not on board, was in the uniform of the ship .--on various occasions at all events. Now, it ap pears to me and to the Government that if anything can be a violation of strict neutrality this is it. My hon. colleague the Minister of Justice reminds me that we have not yet proved that this man Charley wore the uniform of the ship, but we have the state- meat of various persons that such was the case,and I have no doubt but further information will be re ceived on the point. In the meantime the Govern- ment have obtained what they really desired to ob tain in the first instance—that all the persons who joined the ship illegally should be removed from the vessel. That having been done, we have removed the suspension of leave to her Majesty's sub jects to carry out repairs, and to assist the vessel off the slip. Captain Waddell will, of course, be ordered to remove from this port at the very earliest possible date." =2 , The ship Rinaldo, belonging to Messrs. Liston, Young, and Co., is stated to have arrived at Calcutta from London, per telegram received yesterday morning of date the 6th inst. TIIE NEW ITALIAN LOAN. —The //cilia of thd sth says :—" The loan appears to have been finally conceded to Baron Rothschild, one half at the rate of 59 per cent., the other is thrown open to public subscription. This accounts to a certain extent for the rise in our funds. No thing certain isknown as to the rate for the public subscrip tion ; but the Government will probably notify the same to us as soon as Baron Rothschild will have somewhat raised the Italian credit. The action for libel brought by Sig nor Sella against the responsible editor of the Monarchia haliaita will come off on Thursday, the 13th inst.° The Iron Trade, WOLVERHAMPTON, Monday. This morning the several ironmaking firms in the Wolverhampton district each received a note from the Mayor of this town (Mr. J. Ford) enclosing the resolution passed by the puddlers at their meeting on Saturday, declining to resume work till they had obtained a pledge from their masters that a Code of rules and a court of arbitration should be estab lished for the settlement of future disputes. The Mayor's note requested the masters to meet a depu tation of the men and himself at the Town-hall, on Tuesday forenoon, and his Worship desired that the firms addressed would reply as to their willingness or otherwise to be present. It is the Mayor's in tention to be supported during the proposed inter view by the presence of the Town Clerk of the borough (Mr. E. J. Hayes). To-day the men held another meeting at the Horse and Jockey, where they assembled on Saturday. The deputation reported that they had been very favourably received by the Mayor, who wished them to resume work and allow the arbitration matter to be settled after they had gone in. But they said that they understood the feeling of the meeting to be strong against any such step until the masters had at least given them a promise that a court of arbitration should be established. His Worship then consented to call the masters together at the Town Hall on Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, and asked them to let him know if that time would be suitable to the men. The meeting now replied in the affirmative, ap pointed the deputation to meet the masters to morrow, and sent word to the Mayor that the hour and day suggested would quite meet the views of the men. How far the determination of the Scotch iron masters not to submit the question in dispute be tween them and their men to arbitration will in fluence the masters in South Staffordshire remains to be seen. Throughout the extensive Brierly-hill district work is generally being resumed by the puddlers to-night. At Messrs. Brown and Freer's, how ever, there is a little hitch with the forge rollers, who want a slight increase upon their former remu neration. The claim is based upon a state of things which is understood to be peculiar to the operations of the firm named, and therefore of only limited importance. Messrs. Brown and Freer have offered to meet their men halfway, and it is believed that if not upon this, yet, upon some other arrange ment, the slight difficulty described will be soon ad justed. At both the forges of the Earl of Dudley at Round Oak all the puddling furnaces have been " got up," and the country thereabouts no longer presents the sabbatic aspect by which five weeks it has been distinguished. The two blast furnaces at Capon-fields, belonging to Messrs. Bagnall, are again at work, and those of Messrs. Grazebrook and Aston will be soon " on." The statements that union men are resuming work in North Staffordshire is discredited by the Execu- tive at Brierly-hill, who announce a confident ex pectation that assistance will now be forthcoming from unionists in South Staffordshire and other parts of the kingdom in amount sufficient to enable the North Staffordshire men to remain out till they obtain their old rate of wages. The Executive em phatically deny that any proposition was made, and consequently, that it was not rejected, at the meet- ing at Brierly-hill that the men should demand an advance of I.s. a ton. They believe that if the men resume work and increase the funds of the union ap plicable to emigration and other purposes, the time will soon arrive when they will be able to make the application for a rise in their wages with more pro bability of success than at present is likely without a longer struggle than they are now prepared to re commend. With equal emphasis the Executive repudiate the receipt from the Gateshead executive of any offer encouraging them to recommend a demand through out • South Staffordshire of the same terms as those for which the North Staffordshire men are now stand- ing out. Neither Mr. Kane nor any one else be longing to the Gateshead Executive had made such an offer ;.but they repeat that Mr. Kane did send to them to say that if the masters should persist in the lock-out then that the members of the Gates- head Union would consent to being levied for the support of the South Staffordshire men while they were thus deprived of work, if they should require it. The withdrawal of the lock-out has, however, obviated any necessity for such a levy ; and the let ter yet lies unreplied to. RAILWAY II EI LIGE NICE. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at Aberdeen, Mr. J. Duncan in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said it must have been a disappointment to the ordinary shareholders, and to the shareholders of the B stock to find that the former were to get no dividend and the B to receive only a very modified one for the past half-year. The company had had a long time of prosperity, and now they were getting a rub the other way. He trusted, however, that it would be but temporary, and leave no permanent impression. In the corresponding period ending January, 1864, there was a balance availablefor dividend of £28,000, and in the same period ending the 31st of January, 1863, there was a balance of £35,000, but the avail able balance for the half-year ending the 31st Jan. last had been reduced to £19,000. In January, 1862, the company hadno competition. The whole traffic from the north passed over it to Aberdeen, but now, by means of the Highland line, they were deprived of the through traffic between Inverness and the south. For the half-year ending Jan., 1863, the passengers travelling by the Great North of Scot land Railway produced a revenue for that half-year of £19,500, but the return for the past half exhibited a revenue for passengers of only £16,000, showing a decrease of £3,500. They had at the former period the conveyance of the mails, but the Inverness and Perth line beingthe most direct one the Government had adopted that route, giving them that portion of the mails which went directly through to Inverness, and the Great North of Scotland had now only the limited 'portion of the mails which applied to the dis trict through which their line passed. In 1863 they received for the mails £3,671, and now they only got £1,187, being a diminution of £2,484 upon mails alone in the half-year. The goods traffic showed a diminution of £832, being £23,047 against £23,879. The diminution on the traffic had been £7,050 for the half-year, or £14,000 for the year upon the whole traffic, as compared with what it was in 1863. There was also a deficiency in the available sum for interest and dividends, owing to the former practice of taking credit forinterest on investments in branch lines which had been opened for traffic but which had not become productive. This amounted to be tween £5,000 and £6,000 for interest in the corre sponding period, but which had been discontinued in the past half-year. This, taken together with the diminution of traffic hementioned, made a difference or deficiency for the past half-year of £12,000 or £13,000 as compared with corresponding periods. The amount expended on the main line was about £l,ooo,ooo,while the company had subscribed to and expended on branch lines £500,000, or one third of the total capital. There weremany of those branches unproductive, but at the same time several of them brought a considerable amount of traffic on the main line. The total amount of traffic on the main line and branches was about £85,000 per annum, of which £29,000 was for branches alone, and that, he thought, justified the directors in having so far laid out the company's money on the construction of those branches. The directors were bound to protect the district from invasion by other companies, and , it was evident that some of those branches were purely protective. Every project had been laid be fore the shareholders, and were from time to time sanctioned by them. He recommended a reduction in the rates on the line for passengers with a view to augment the receipts, and thereby enable the directors again to pay dividends to the ordinary shareholders. He had no fear of the result of such a policy, and he thought they should go ahead in that respect, particularly as the raising of the rates on portions THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1865. of their line had already been found to reduce the revenue. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which the dividends recommended in the report were de - dared, and on the suggestion of the directors a com mittee of shareholders was appointed to investigate the present position and prospects of the undertak ing, and the meeting was accordingly adjourned to the 26th inst. to receive a report from the committee on the subject. COWBRIDGE. This line has been inspected by Capt. Rich for the Board of Trade, and the result of the inspection, it appears, was satisfactory. The company are to exercise their running powers over about two miles of the Great Western line as soon as the narrow gauge has been laid on that portion of it. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. The contract for the construction of the important portion of this company's south-eastern line of rail way from Sholapore to Koolburga has been let to Messrs. Adamson and Clowser, who lately completed the Bhore Ghat incline for the same company. The Volunteer Review on Easter Monday, The following general orders for the guidance of the various volunteer corps appointed to take part in the review at Brighton on Easter Monday were issued yesterday by the War Office:— - GENERAL ORDERS. 1. The volunteer corps, of which the attendance at the review has been sanctioned by the Secretary of State, will be formed in brigades and divisions as shown in a state ment of the distribution of the force hereto annexed. 2. No company is to be of less strength than 20 files, or Of greater strength than 32 files. The number of company officers accompanying the troops is to be strictly limited to three for each company. 8. Battalions should, if possible, be made up to at least six companies. No corps of less than four companies will be admitted as a battalion. 4. The rank and file of the infantry should be provided with blank ammunition at the rate of 20 rounds per man. 5. Ammunition in the proportion of 75 rounds per gun for the horse artillery, 50 rounds per gun for the 9-pounders and 6-pounders, and 40 rounds per gun for the 18-pounders and 24-pounders, will be served out to the field artillery on the ground. 6. It is recommended that every volunteer should carry with him his provisions for the day. For this purpose he should be provided with a havresack (to bo worn over the right shoulder) and a water bottle. It is also most desirable that each volunteer should have a cloak, cape, or great coat. Uniformity of pattern as regards these garments may be dispensed with on this occasion, provided they are folded neatly, and carried in the same way throughout each corps. Officers commending battalions will give the order for their men to cloak when necessary. 7. Commanding officers must bring with them to the re view field states of their respective corps, prepared accord ing to the form issued. 8. In the case of a corps of garrison artillery, or of in fantry, which is joined with others in a battalion on this occasion, the field state is to be handed to the officer com manding the battalion, to enable him to make out a field state for the whole battalion. 9. The field states will bo given by commanding officers to the brigade majors of the brigades to which they respec tively belong, and they will be subsequently collected from the brigade majors by an assistant-inspector of volunteers. 10. The metropolitan corps will be conveyed by special trains from London-bridge and Victoria Stations precisely in the order prescribed in the detailed instructions for the departure of the several corps, which have been already published. 11. The conveyance by railway of the country corps will be carried out according to the arrangements made by officers commanding corps direct with the railway authorities. 12. Commanding officers should take steps to insure the punctual arrival of their respective corps at the railway station at the hours which have been fixed for this purpose. 13. Whilst proceeding through the streets of the metro polis to the railway station, commanding officers are to be careful in keeping their corps from overlapping any corps that may be in their front, and they must regulate their order of march so as to keep the thoroughfares clear. 14. When a corps arrives within 100 yards of the railway station its band must cease playing. 15. With a view to avoid confusion at the metropolitan railway stations, a corps is not on any account to approach within 100 yards of the station, unless it is properly told off, and prepared to enter the carriages on reaching the plat form in regularly military formation, nor until the com manding officer has ascertained that each volunteer has his ticket ready to be shown to the collector at the gate ; neither is a corps to attempt to enter the station, should it arrive there while another corps is engaged in entering. In such a contingency it must wait until the entrance is clear. 16. Upon arrival at Brighton the various corps will at once march (right in front) to the undemientionedrendez vous which have been appointed for them ; those from Lon don by the Montpelier-road and Rose-hill-terrace, and th e corps from the east and west of the main line by Trafalgar road, keeping always upon the western side of tho Grand Parade. Garrison Artillery Level, North end. Ist Brigade, Ist Infantry Division} 2d „ Level, Middle. 3d „ Level, South end. 4th „ Enclosure B. Ist Brigade, 2d Infantry Division Enclosure C. 2d „ Enclosure D, North end. 3d „ Enclosure D, south. 4th „ Enclosure E. sth „ 17 Enclosure F. 17. The horses of mounted officers will await their arrival from London in the enclosure at the railway station entered from Montpelier-road. 18. On reaching their respective rendezvous the corps will pile arms in quarter-distance columns (right in front), or in such formation as the ground will admit of, care being taken that no injury is done to any of the trees or shrubs in the gardens. The corps that arrive early may break off, but the volunteers are to be cautioned not to stray far from their rendezvous. 19. The guns belonging to the field batteries will bo parked on the space in the rear of the grand stand, either previously to Easter Monday or early in the morning of that day, and must be prepared to take their appointed places without delay in the lino of march, when the infantry columns approach them on their way to the review ground. 20. At 11 a.m., the infantry having got under arms, will file off by fours from the right of the garrison artillery, followed by the Ist division, proceeding by the west of the Grand Parade, the Marine Parade, and Bedford-street, to the Racecourse, where it will form a mass of quarter-:dis tance columns right in front, and be joined by the cavalry and the field batteries of artillery. 21. Previous to the force marching past, one band will be sent from each brigade by the brigadier to a spot allotted for the purpose in front of the saluting-point near the grand stand. The bands collected there will then be arranged by a staff officer in consecutive order for the purpose of play ing while their respective brigades pass. The remaining bands will march at the head of their own battalions with out playing. 22. The force will march past the general in command, near the grand stand, in the following order : 1* {Horse Artillery. The Cavalry. 2. Ist Brigado of Field Batteries. 3.. 2d Brigade of Field Batteries. 4. Brigade of Garrison Artillery. 5. Ist Division of Infantry. 6. 3d Brigade of Field Batteries. 7. 4th Brigade of Field Batteries. _ _ _ 8. 2d Division of Infantry. 23. The cavalry will march past in column of troops, tho artillery in column of divisions, and the infantry in open column of companies, the wholo being right in front, and dressing by the right. 24. After having marched past the force will take up ground, which will be pointed out by staff officers. 25. As during the review one portion of the force will be employed in attacking the other, it will be necessary, in order to prevent the occurrence of accidents, that officers and non-commissioned officers in charge of opposing parties should not allow them to approach within 100 yards of each other. 26. A building near the grand stand has been appropriated as a field hospital, and an ambulance will be stationed on the rising ground near the windmill on the racecourse, for the conveyance of any person who may require to bo taken to the hospital during the review. 27. At the conclusion of the field-day arms are to be exa mined, and surplus small-arm ammunition collected from the pouches, in accordance with Article 103 of the Volun teer Regulations. 28. The force will then return to Brighton ; the Ist and 2d brigade of field batteries, the garrison artillery, and the Ist division of infantry by the Lewes road ; and the cavalry, the 3rd and 4th brigades of field batteries, and the second division of infantry by Bedfoi d-street and tho Marine-parade. On reaching Brighton the guns of those field batteries which have to be conveyed by railway will proceed at once to the goods station, which will be appropriated for their reception, and whore a party of the Royal Artillery will be in readi ness to receive any gun ammunition which may not have been expended ; and the garrison artillery and the several brigades of infantry will take up the exact places at the ren dezvous which they occupied in the morning, and will there await their turn to move to the railway station for conveyance to their respective destinations. 29. During this interval after the arms have been piled the volunteers may bo allowed to break off for the purpose of taking refreshment ; but arrangements should be made to insure the falling in again in time to march punctually to the station at the appointed time. Any volunteers who do not purpose to return with their corps should communicate their intention to the commanding officer before the arms are piled. 30. The force will move to the2railway station in the following order : Garrison Artillery—The Ist Administrative Brigade Mid dlesex, the 2d Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, the 3rd Essex Artillery Volunteers, and the Ist London Artillery Volun teers will march at 5.40 p.m. with the Ist Brigade of the Ist Infantry Division. The 2nd Surrey Artillery Volunteers will march at 5.50 p.m. with the 2nd Brigade, Ist Infantry Division. The Hants Artillery will march at 6.40 p.m. to the Hove station, and there join the sth Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. To the Carriage Sheds in the Montpelier Road. Ist Infantry Division—let Brigade will march at 5.40 p.m. ; 2nd Brigade at 5.50 p.m. ; 3rd Brigade at 6.20 p.m. ; 4th Brigade at 6.30 p.m. 2nd Infantry Division-Ist Brigade will march at 6.50 p.m. ; 2nd Brigade at 7.10 p.m. ; 3rd Brigade at 7.30 p.m. The left wing of the 28th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, leaving the Ist Brigade, will march with the 2d Brigade, Ist Infantry Division. Tholst London and Ist Tower Hamlets Engineer Volun teers, leaving the 4th Brigade, will march with the 3d Bri gade, Ist Infantry Division. The 3d Administrative Battalion Surrey Rifle Volunteers and the Ist Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers, leaving the 4th Brigade, will march with the 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division. The 2d Administrative Battalion, Sussex Rifle Volunteers, will march at 645 p.m. by the Queen's-road and Surrey street to the west side of the passenger terminus. The Ist Administrative Battalion, Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers, will march at 7 pan. by Queen's-roal to the east side of the passenger terminus. _ _ The sth Brigade of the 2d Infantry Division will march at 6 45 p.m. by Western-road to the Hove station. 31. The volunteers belonging to the field batteries, after having deposited the guns at the goods station,will proceed by corps to the platforms from which the trains which are to convey them to their respective destinationsare appointed to start. 32. Officers commanding brigades will take care to give the order to march at the exact timelfixed above, and any bat talion that is not ready to start must be left behind at the rendezvous, and not allowed to proceed to the station until after the departure of all the brigades has been provided for. 33. The volunteers belonging to the field batteries, after having deposited the guns at the goods station, will proceed by corps to the platforms from which the trains which are to convey them to their respective destinations are appointed to start. 34. The volunteers are to march into the railway station by the prescribed entrance in regular military formation, which is to be retained until they have reached the car riages, and the strictest silence should be observed in the ranks. No band is on any account to be allowed to play inside the station. 33. Should a Brigadier not be able to remain with his brigade until its arrival at the railway station, he must hand over the command to the next senior officer, notifying that he has done so to the Major of Brigade. Brigade Majors are to remain with their brigades until the latter have entered the railway station. 36. An officer of competent rank is to remain in command of every corps, and each company must be in charge of an officer. 37. Volunteers who are not with their corps when the latter proceed to tho station, will not be admitted to the special trains until all corps that are in military formation shall have been started on the return journey. By order, GEORGE ERSKINE, Colonel War Office, April 10, 1865. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The first upland out 'of London where he western breeze comes fresh upon the cheek is Wimbledon-common. Centuries ago you might have filled your lungs with oxygen at the " village of Charing," or, if you had lived in the years of Henry VIII., you would have found an hostelry with 18 acres of pasture land at the top of Drury-lane ; but now Wimbledon-common is the first open space where the western wind gets a chance of a steady blow. It is almost country. It is high and dry, with deep gravel, and a wide expanse of view over to the Epsom-downs. Richmond-park joins on to the right. Kingston-hill and the wooded coverts of Combe-warren are before you. Putney and Roe hampton and the Thames are away down in the valley, and the great smoky London is only a brisk hour's walk behind you. There is nothing near the metropolis to compare with it. Pity it cannot last so for ever ! Pity that when millions of human creatures multiply they must expand over more space ! Yet Wimbledon-common is doomed, what ever the Open Spaces Committee may say to the contrary. Already the Clapham-junction is put ting forth its long antennae of streets and cottages ; already the builders are walking up Wandsworth hill ; already the few meadows between the Heath and Putney-town are seized upon by land jobbers, and are; being parcelled out into terraces and cir cuses of narrow, lofty, squeezed-up houses. Wim bledon-park, which a few years ago could have been bought for £l5O an acre, is now worth £l,OOO an acre, and is covered with stately villas ; Wimble don village is crowded with houses ; and even low lying Morden has been changed from a swamp into a little town. Some day the Duke of Cambridge or his successor will succumb to the temptation, and kill his pheasants down and accept an enormous in c nie for changing Combe-warren into a region of pleasant villas. All the frontiers of our old favourite common are mapped out for occupation, and what ever may happen to the common itself, it will within a few years be hemmed in by habitations more or less ugly and more or less crowded. The sacred fron tiers of the common itself, however, are at present intact. It is near a thousand acres. If they could sell it for building sites it would be worth £5OO an acre. Fortunately, however, they cannot sell it— at least, there is great doubt upon the point. There is a hope, therefore, that this great space, although it must necessarily lose its present rural character, may yet be kept to some extent open, and be left, as a speaker in the late debate rather happily ex pressed it, as a Village Green for the Village of Lon don. There are legal difficulties in the enclosure and division of this and other open Commons, but those difficulties are certainly not such as are sup posed to exist bysome of ourParliamentaryspeakers. As to public rights upon the Wimbledon Common, the public have no more legal right there than they have over Mr. Cox's mignonette boxes. If any class have acquired rights by trespass on Wimbledon Com mon, it must be the gipsies; for they have used it con tinuously and from time immemorial. The chief object of the present movement is, however, to drive them away. But although it is ridiculous to imagine that the public could for a moment maintain legal rights to any user of this property of the Lord and Com moners of the Manors of Wimbledon and Wands worth, yet the public have a very strong equitable claim to be considered if the aid ofthe Legislature is asked for in order to change the character of a district like this, We have no sympathy whatever with people who buy bits of land upon the borders of an open space, and cover their own land with bricks and mortar, and then clamour to have a park made or kept open for them at their neighbours' expense. If Lord Spencer did with Wimbledon Common what these gentlemen have done with Wimbledon Park, we should have nothing to say to him so far as they are concerned. But for the inhabitants of this great crowded metropolis there is an equity. It is the pressure of the population of this ever-swelli ng B a b y l on th a t a l one gives the enormous value to this land which it would now bear if brought i n t o th e_ land market. That population, therefore, which confers the value has some right to have its necessities considered when special legislation is asked for in order to dis pose of the land to which its necessities have given an enormous price. If the Lord and Commoners who own this tract can divide it between them without the aid of the Legislature, we have nothing to say, unless we are prepared to buy the land. But if they come for special powers, then we hold we are fully justified in driving a bargain for the popu lation of London, that their accustomed although unauthorised enjoyment shall be reasonably con sidered and to a fair extent perpetuated. Such is, we apprehend, the only ground upon which sober people could advocate any interference short of pur chase with the open spaces round London. To be honest in such a matter you must either buy with money, or make a bargain while you have some quid pro quo to offer. Lord Spencer, the Lord of these Wimbledon and Wandsworth manors, comes to us voluntarily and offers to bargain with us. What his rights as Lord are we do not pretend to know, but as he sells the gravel, grants leave to make temporary enclosures on the Common, and disputes all claims of the copyholders, we apprehend that his chances are such that many a sic - culative attorney in London would give him £lOO,OOO for them. He is not, therefore, seeking any pecuniary gain when he comes forward and offers to secure to the public 700 acres of this Common, and to enclose it, level it, and preserve it for the popular use. Whatever we may think of his proposition, Lord Spencer deserves the public gratitude for the gene rosity of his intentions. The tone in which he has been treated by some persons is obviously unde served, and very unworthy both of him and of the real public sentiment in this matter. He proposes, no doubt, to sell off some strips for building, and this would probably, by competition, bring down the unnatural prices of building sites in that locality, which may be a disadvantage to individuals, but would certainly be a public benefit. But for any one to pretend that to cut off a portion of this great area —which must infallibly be built all round—can be any loss to the public is a transparent false pretence. Seven hundred acres of wild pleasure ground is ample Village Green even for the Village for London. Still, however; although the persons wh o p re t en d t o do with Lord Spencer's property precisely as they please, and claiming to represent the public would also appear desirous of warning other landowners againstdealing generously with the public—although those persons have acted in the worst possible taste, yet there is something in the matter of the objec tions they make to Lord Spencer's scheme. What ever the public are to have they should have as their own. A gift is no gift if clogged with stipulations, and if even nominal property is reserved to the donor. The proposition to enclose was a mistake altogether, the reservation of the right to dig pits and cart away the soil was a mistake, and the level ling and planting and cultivating were great mis takes; bnt the greatest mistake of all was the insist ing upon a power to make bylaws as to how the public should enjoy their new acquisition. It was well intended, but there was too much complexity about the scheme. Wimbledon Common would have lost all its freedom and all its value. Lord Spencer, however, has shown that h e i s not obstinately wedded to his own scheme. " If you do not like my scheme, gentlemen, tell me what you would like," he says, and his bill has gone up to a select committee to be remodelled. In the interest of the public we should think there can be no question what the scheme ought to be. It should be as simple as possible. There should be no en closure, no flower-gardens, and no more gravel-pits or turf-burning. The common should be placed under the control of the Home Secretary and the police ; and all we want them to do is to prevent squatting and stealing and to keep the peace. The value of the rights upon the Common should be ascertained upon a calculation based upon the re ceipts during an average of past years. Let these rights be compensated by an annual rentcharge, to be divided among th ose en titl e d t o it . Th en let' an estimate be made of the annual amount requisite to keep up necessary drainage and roads and a good staff of police. When you thus know what money you want, let off as much land upon 99 years' build ing leases as will bring in the required sum. You can hardly want 300 acres for this purpose. Your fund will thus be secured ; and a hundred years hence, when the leases fall in, the " Common Fund" will be rich enough to meet any extraordinary ex penditure that may then be necessary. This ap pears to us to be the natural and simple way of effecting all that is really required either by Lord Spencer or by the public. HERALD.—WhiIe eager to recognise as authentic the statements we receive to the effect that the de structive epidemic in Russia is abating, and while anxious to believe that the terror of the pestilence has been highly exaggerated, we would, at the ap proach of hot weather, counsel the public to keep upon their guard. Three English physicians have gone out, by official appointment, to investigate the nature of the disease concerning which so many opinions prevail; clean bills of health are required from all ships arriving in our ports with Baltic car goes; the French Government, together with the British, has taken action to ascertain in what direc tion, if at all, the pestilence is travelling ; and whe ther it be a fever or malady vaguely known as the plague, the time for precaution has not yet gone by. We should stand in just as much dread of the typhus as the cholera, and it is certain that typhus and two other contagions exist at St. Petersburg, whither they have arrived from distant parts of Europe,rand even from beyond the mountain boun daries of Asia. For six months the children, in many districts of Russia, have been peculiarly, and often fatally, affected by some mysteriously morbid action of the brain. The febrile storm next passed, and an immense mortality ensued ; that which now rages is vulgarly denominated the Siberian plague ; and the questions are, what is the real nature of the attack, and is it approaching our shores ? We can not rely implicitly upon the dogmatism of profes sional gentlemen and others who volunteer their diagnosis from a distance, and pretend to be per fectly familiar with the causes, symptoms, and reme dies of the malady. They were equally flippant when diphtheria, with its deadly strangeness of malignity, first appeared among us, and to this hour the doctors differ on the subject of Asiatic cholera. Without, therefore, justifying the attempt which has been wantonly made to produce a panic, without forebod ing the approach of a ghastly visitor, and without even assuming as probable the arrival of the Russian plague in this country, we are bound to hold the matter in view as one of serious interest. The disease, in the Russian dominions, is generally regarded as having, at a period more or less remote, had its origin in Siberia. Its chief ravages are always among the poor—a fact which we should be sorry to accept as a consolation. There is no neces sity for quoting medical jargon to invent an expla nation of its special character ; but there exists a very strong necessity for bidding the public not as yet to put faith in theories which have been confi dently broached about horned rye, black bread, and ergot, or the efficacy of stimulants and quinine. If the truth must be told, we are practically in the dark concerning the history, nature, and cause of this remarkable disorder, which has desolated the circle of Waldai, spread death through Dantzic, Konigsberg, and Gumbinnen, and actually depopu lated entire villages to the south-west of St. Peters burgh. In fact, we are awaiting information, and, in the meantime, without yielding to panic, shall be wise if we adopt reasonable measures for the com mon safety. There can be no doubt, that, for many days, a sense of consternation overwhelmed the modern capital of Russia. In the hospital of Oka bow, not merely did the whole of the patients die, but, in addition, all the official staff ; and the Czar's Government has thoLghtfully sent for eminent medical men from England, France, and Germany, in order to consult them. Thus the subject rests,at present, in obscurity, and our only course is to re gard the statements which have been made upon it, no matter in what quarter, as signally incomplete, contradictory, and deserving the slightest possible credence. There may have been exaggeration— there may be mystification—there certainly need not be panic ; but the topic must not yet be dis missed from the view of Western Europe. It is not to be denied that epidemics of various kinds have many times, emerging from Asia, traversed enormous spaces of Europe, although the . plague itself, when it broke forth once in Russia with great virulence, died out within the frontiers of that empire. But dysentery, and even influenza, have been known, like the cholera, to make prodigious circuits and cross large breadths of sea—a truth which we do not cite upon the authority of that credulous Dr. Foster, who affirmed that the comet of 1668 "made all the cats in Westphalia sick." However, assuming the pos sibility of a dangerous contagion reaching us, what would Ministers do ? Their existing code of regu lations must be designated as a mass of unmeaning absurdities, totally ineffectual and inapplicable. This is a question principally of police—that is of admini strative vigilance. There is no demand for pest or lazar-houses, floating hospitals anchored out at sea, or a system of quarantine such as was advocated in 1831; but when the character of the epidemic has been, so far as may be practicable, ascertained, and when we have learned whether or not its scourge is being carried towards the West, there are certain obvious precautions to be taken. Many years ago, in a work upon the " History of Plagues," a phrase occurred which curiously bears bn the reports we have received from St. Petersburgh- 44 in all pesti lences the mortality is fiercest among bakers and mildest among fishermen." Of course, we are not now, as we were then, in imminent and visibleperil, crying out for new rules to govern markets, inns, hotels, public conveyances, hospitals, burial-grounds, and warehouses of medicine ; but we cannot, at all events, be too safe, and in a matter like this we must look for protection to the central authority. There can be no doubt that in Prussia, along the Russian borders, notwithstanding the reassuring intelligence telegraphed to London, considerable apprehension exists. In the frontier towns the streets are patrolled by medical inspectors, the houses of the poor are ordered to be whitewashed, decayed fruit, vegetables, and filth of every kind are sedulously removed, and, at the same time, every effort is made to repress the popular excitement. This is a useful and judicious policy. We are, as yet, under no obligation what ever to imitate it ; our necessity is that of watching and endeavouring to understand the epidemic, which, unquestionably, has been filling thousands of graves in many districts of Russia. There, moreover, an other singular fact is to be noted. The Russians, through the very circumstance of their inhabiting a generally cold climate, are particularly exposed to contagion. Among all articles of clothing fur is the most likely to catch and retain morbific exhalations ; woollen stuffs are more dangerous than cottons, and cottons than silks. The furs and flannel bands of the Russians and Poles are strongly condemned by their own physicians, and yet they are told to keep themselves constantly warm. Their doctorsin nume rous cases approach the patient in garments pitched all over, or of oil-skin, carrying phials of chloride, and holding pastiles in their mouth. We repeat these facts, not for the sake of inducing alarm, but to counteract the false confidence which interested individuals would inspire. 'The cholera travelled from Hamburg to Mauritius three thousand miles ; and under all-the circumstances, the advice of the French philosopher is sound—" Consider every sud den death as' suspicious, and despise the squabbles of physicians." The people of Greenland were once decimated by an epidemic which came to them from the hottest regions of Asia, and we are there fore justified in suggesting that the minds of the Western nations should not be thrown by unautho rised statements, hazarded at random, whether official or professional, into a state of premature calm. At any rate, until the contagion h as ceased to crowd the hospitals: of St. Petersburgh we may as well keep a keen look-out in that quarter. The House of Commons after Easter, 1 On the reassembling of the House of Commons on Monday, the 24th inst., it will be proposed to go into committee on the Union Chargeability Bill. Mr. Ferrand on this will move " That poor rates in aid of manufacturing wages have been, and are still, systematically levied in the manufacturing districts on agriculture, with the sanction of the Poor Law ' Board, whereby the burdens on land are increased and the worst features of the old Poor Law are maintained, that the Union Chargeability Bill will greatly extend the area of this unjust taxation, im pose ruinous burdens upon agriculture for the benefit of manufacture, and create serious discon tent." On Tuesday, April 25, Mr. H. B. Sheridan will move for a select committee to inquire into the mode in which persons unconvicted of any crime or offence are treated in places of detention during re mand. On the same day Mr. Henry Seymour will submit a motion on the Land Tenure of India, and its importance in relation to the growth of cotton. OnWednesday, April 26, the Inns of Court Bill and the Theatres, &c., Bill, will be submitted for second reading. The Writs Registration (Scotland) Bill is put down for second reading on Thursday, April 27. Mr. E. Craufurd will move as an amendment that it be read a second time on that day six months. On Friday, April 28, Mr. M'Mahon will move for the appointment of a commission to prepare measures for assimilating in all respects the law of Ireland to that of England. Mr. Pollard-Urquhart will move for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the augmented spirit duties in Ireland. Mr. Hennessy will submit a motion with reference to the grievances of the out-door officers of Customs. The second reading of the Merchant Shipping Disputes Bill is put down for Monday, May 1. On Tues day, May 2, the house will proceed with the ad journed debate on Mr. Dillwyn's resolution, affirm ing that the present position of the Irish Church is unsatisfactory, and calls for the early attention of her Majesty's Government. On Wednesday, May 3, Mr. Baines will move the second reading of his Borough Franchise Bill. Lord Elchci has given notice of his intention to move " the previous ques tion." On Wednesday, May 10, Mr. Newdegate will move the second reading of his Church-rates Commutation Bill. Sir Charles Douglas will move as an amendment,, that it be read a second time on that day six months. The Roman Catholic Oath Bill and the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill are put down for second reading on Wednesday, May 17, and the Tests Abolition (Oxford) Bill and the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill for Wednesday, May 24. For Wednesday, May 31, the second reading of the Railway Con struction Facilities Act (1864) Amendment Bill, the Educational and Charitable Institutions Bill, and the Trespass (Scotland) Bill are put down. Viscount Bury will move as an amendment to the Railways &c., Bill that it be read a second time on that day six months. There are several notices of motion on the books of the house for which no days have been fixed. Among them are motions by Sir John Hay on Navy Guns, Mr. Buxton on Clerical Subscription, Mr. Whalley on the County Franchise in Scotland, Sir F. Smith on Harbours of Refuge, Mr. Walpole on the British Museum, Mr. O'Reilly on the Belfast Commissson, and Captain Jervis on Railway Legislation. COUNTRY MARKETS ..... NORTHAMPTON.—APRIL 8. New white wheat, 38s to 42s ; new red, 36s to 38s ; old white, 438 to 445; old red, 38s to 39s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 31s to 33s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 25s to 26s • new, 18s to 24s p er 24 s t one . Beans, old, 36s ' to 40s ; new, 358 to 38s per 38 stone. Peas, 33s to 38s per 36 stone. COLCIIEST -Amu. 8. Wheat, white 428 46s Beans, Diazagan......33B 3es red 3fB 42s Middle and 5ma11...358 40s Barley '.'Bs 35s Peas, white. 35s 38a Oat, —2OB 258 grey ...36s 388 GRAN THAM—Apnn, 8. Old white wheat, 41s to 445; old red, 38s to 41s; new white, 40s to 44s ; new red, 37s to 40s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 29s to 33s per qr. ; grinding, 24s to 26s por 30 stone. Oats, old, 25s to 27s ; new, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 41s ; new, 36s to 38s per 38 stone.. Peas, 34s to 36s per 36 stone. RD-Arm 7. Lance at to-day's market, but risk. Wheat declined is per Peas, Partridge 36s 383 White ..3 s 318 B. Bing 333 42s Dun. ...... 3la 355 dit o t new ---s —4 Beans, Tick, old 3is -s new. -s - Harrow t icks.3.ss new -s -s Maztgan 33s 3as CHELMSFO. There was a good attend, business was by no means bt qr. All other articles dull. 'Mut, old white....4os 468 new . 40s 46s old red 3./8 408 new. 378 40s 8ar1ey..... 258 328 1 hevalier 263 833 Grind ng •Os 8s Malt 6lB 67s Chevalier 648 68s Oats ABERDEEN—Iimn 7. White wheat 34s Od to 37 s Od} Red wheat 33 s Od t o 3 4s Od 621 b TI bushel. Potato oats 40th V bush e l. Common oats 1 1 6 5 5 s 0 0 d d t to o 1 1 5 6 5 s 9 6 d d .j" Bere 19s 6d to 20s I bushel. Odi 531 b I Barley 19 s Od to 20s Od Oatmeal 13s Od to 14s Od * 1.1 boll of 140th. Flour, fine 31s Od to 32s Od V sack of 280th KIRKCALDY—AriaI, 8. Small supplies of all kinds of grain. Sales quick, at prices rather in favour of sellers. • Wheat. Barley. Oats. First...." 34s Od 24s Od I 19a Od keoond 35a Od Od 21s Gel Third 3Bs Od 28s:Od 22s Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. _ ... Byass's Bebside West _ Davison's W. Hartley 16 9 Hartley . 20 0 16 9 Hetton Hastings Hartley l6 9 Cassop Cowpen Hartley Carway and Duffryn Tunstall Malting 22 0 Wharneliffe Ships at market, 92 ; sold, 59. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles April 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pao.et May 4. Ditto, by French packet ....... Ap r il 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Ap r il 23. China, Penang, and Sitigapore, via So uthampton.. April is. Ditto, via Marseilles ..... . ...... April 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. April 11. Ditto, via Harseilles April 20. Mauritius, via Southampton April 11 Ditto, via Marseilles May; 6 . Newfoundland April 12 Portugal . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ... May . 4. United States and British North America, byßri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton . • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 14. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife April 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico • April 13. Bahamas, via New Y orL Apri 6. Bermuda, ditto April 12. Cuba and Mexico ... . ..April 23. Births. BUXTON.—On the; Bth inst., at 44, Princes-gate, Lady Victoria Buxton, of a son. SOMERTON.—On the 9th inst., tho Viscountess Somerton, of a son. TAYLOR.—On the Bth inst., at 99, Eaton-square, the wife of Colonel Taylor, M.P., of a son. WITHAnn.—On the sth inst., at Ham, Surrey, Mrs. 0. E. Withal, of a son. Marriages. COULBORN—ARMSTRONG.—On the 6th inst., at St. Paul's, Kersall, William, second son of William Rushton Coul born, Esq., Springfield, Whalley Range, to Maria, the youngest daughter of tho late Joseph Armstrong, Esq., of Manchester. STACE—HUNT.—On the 6th inst, at Brighton, Edward K. Stace, Esq., of Portsw oo d L awn, Southampton, to Caro line Anne, fourth daughter of the late Colonel Robert Hunt, 57th Regt. Deaths. FROOM.—On the 9th inst., William From, Esq., of 71, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, aged 75. Hrix.—On the 10th inst., at 10, Stanhope-place, Hyde park, Mary Ann, relict of John Hill, Esq., aged 92. HUMBLE. —On tho 10th inst., 0,70, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde -park, Craster Humble, Esq., aged 77. LOVELL—On the Gth inst., William Cecil Lovell, Esq., 11 .R.C.5., late of Chepstow-place, Bayswater, aged 38. MACKELIAIL—On the 9th inst., at 3, Kensington-crescent, Duncan Mackellar, Esq., aged 76. THORNTON.—On the Bth inst., Colonel W. Thornton, late of the Grenadier Guards, aged 57. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE SUN °lnce, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of laiddleoex.—Tuesday, April 11, 1885.