The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

Metropolitan Board of Works. Yesterday the ordinary meeting of the board was helel at the office, Spring-gardens, Sir J. Thwaites, chairman. The cash balances in hands of the treasurer on the 10th inst. amounted to £310,579 Bs. 7d. ; and cheques ordered, but not presented, £49,912 16s. ld. On the recommendation of the finance committee, the sum of £29,230 ss. 3d. for public works, was ordered to be paid, and also that the sum of £5,000 be transferred from the general deposit to the gene ral current account of the board. Cheques were ordered to be drawn for £2,137 103. 3d., and paid to the metropolitan boards of guardians for sums expended to Lady-day and Michaelmas-day, 1865, under the Houseless Poor Act of 1864. Precepts were next ordered to be issued to the several parishes and districts of the metropolis, for the amounts required for meeting the expenses of the Fire Brigade for the current year; and as re turns have been obtained:of the insurances effected i by insurance offices, application was ordered to bb made to them for the amount of their contributions towards the expense of the Fire Brigade. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. NEWTON brought the attention of the board to the Government measure. He contended that it should be opposed in its present form. The City of London would be almost totally exempt from any contributions under the operation of the bill, inasmuch as there are few cow -houses and slaugh ter-houses in the City, while, on the other hand, cattle landed at the various wharves on the rivers were driven to the cattle market atlslington, and after wards generally distributed throughout the metropolis. Mr. ROCHE, after showing that a larger mass of cattle were slaughtered in the metropolis, which, under the Government bill, would have to bear the heaviest burden of the tax, with the hope that the board would come to an immediate resolution, moved that a deputation be appointed to wait on Sir G. Grey in order to obtain a rectification of the matter. The CHAIRMAN advised the selection of two or three members of the board, who with their solici tor should retire apart, and consider the objection able part of the bill—which objections should be forwarded for the consideration of the Government. After a brief discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. NEWTON, " That a deputation be ap pointed to confer with the Government with regard to the City being excluded from the rest of the me tropolis in carrying out the provisions of the Cattle Plague Bill, and generally upon other provisions of the Bill." In the course of the proceedings the CHAIRMAN stated that since the resolution had been adopted he had communicated with the Home-office, and had just now received a note from Mr. Baring, intimat ing that it would be inconvenient for Sir G. Grey to receive a deputation from the board that afternoon. If, however, one or two members of the board would accompany its solicitor to the Home-office, atten tion would be paid to any suggestions. Several of the members thereupon discussed the matter very lively. One gentleman contended that the board had a right to carry its own resolutions into effect; a second party thought that two or three members should at once proceed to Sir G. Grey; while a third considered that the deputation ought to be confined to the mover and seconder of the re solution. Ultimately the chairman succeeded in get ting the board into working trim, and Mr. Smith alone was despatched to the Home-office to commu nicate the deliverance of the metropolitan . authorities. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT RATES. Mr. Pollard, clerk to the board, read the report of the streets' committee conference, stating "that in addition to the continuance of the coal and wine duties, it is expedient and just that property should bear a fair proportion of the expense of carrying out permanent improvements in the metropolis ; and they are of opinion that power should be conferred on the board for such purposes—to make improve ment rates, which should be borne, one moiety by the occupier, and the other on property." Mr. ROCHE thought the question was of too im portant a character to be hastily legislated, and therefore moved "That the subject be adjourned for a fortnight." Mr. LAMING seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN quite concurred in the opinion of the mover, that it was a very important question for the board to consider ; but when the time ar rived for the consideration of the subject he hoped there would be no further request for extension of ti . (Hear, hear.) The motion was agreed to nem. con. UTILISATION OF SEWAGE. The Clerk having notified the report of the Main Drainage Committee presented tothe board on Jan. 26 last, to the effect that Mr. Ellis had stated that he finds himself unable to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to carry out his plan for the utilisation of the sewage on the south side of the river, Mr. RICHARDSON argued that the plans of Mr. Ellis were impracticable to go before Parliament. There was the authority of the engineer to the board, Mr. Bazalgette, and Mr. Hopkins, who had been consulted on the matter by Mr. Ellis, that surveys, plans, and estimates were not even in a state of completion, and that to do so would take three or four months. It had been said that Mr. Ellis had expended a good deal of money in forwarding his scheme of utilising sewage ; but " nothing risk no thing got" was an old axiom, which would apply to Mr. Ellis if he had in time prosecuted his plans. Mr. Ellis had borne his preliminary expenses with out the slightest hope of concession by the board ; and yet it was now considered by certain members that he had a claim upon the board. There were other parties, however, besides the board. As trustees for the ratepayers of the metropolis at large, the members had a right to refuse to tie their hands in favour of any one, but keep free in action ; and considering the delay that must ne cessarily ensue on taking further action on this im portant subject, he would move, " That the refer ence to the main drainage committee of the 17th November, 1865, be discharged, and that that com mittee be instructed to prepare and issue:advertise ments, inviting tenders for the utilisation of the sewage on the south side of the Thames." Mr. COLLINSON second the motion. Mr. Hows contended that the main drainage committee, to whom, by a resolution of the board of the 17th November last, it was referred to nego ciate the precise terms on which a concession should be granted to Mr. Ellis—the board having expressed their opinion that his scheme offered greater ad vantages than the other plans for utilising the sew age—bad not in their report complied with the said resolut ado i ion, nor tol a beenpt'd infor mation obtain e d upon the subject, both by theorists and power m en . I t h ad been stated that pumping pw coluld not be obtai ne d un d er 80-horse p ower ; but r I r. be done at 50-h o Ellis alleged th a t it cou ld rse Power. The board would best consult its own diguitywanrd. o a n h our by allowing Mr. Ellis to go forward with isscuieme, and not take refuge in the proposition of hear.)ngradvertisements tEbllis, after tenders. (Rear, for new question six or seven years' active applleationplutos.. hedbforofrmeohtios of utilising sewage, was not to be stool in order tuat the committee might treat with a stranger. There bei ng no reason, therefore, that the board should not undo to-day the resolution of the 17th of November expressive of the approval of the plans of Mr. Ellis, he would move, as an amendment, "'That the said resolution of the 17th November be now referred to the main drain age committee to consider and to report thereon." Mr. ROCITE seconded the amendment. Mr. DOULTON, M.P., thought it rather singular that the very members of committee who had pre viously arrived at the decision that the plans of Mr. Ellis were the best, were the very parties who sought further action by inviting fresh tenders, knowing at the same time that it was utterly impossible. He was in a position to go to Parliament this session. (Hear, hear.) A very animated discussion ensued, both upon the spirit of the amendment and the motion, but conducted with good feeling—the speakers being Messrs. Freeman, Shaw, Brushfield, Savage, Laming, Collinson, Saunders, Carpmael, Newton, and Wes terton. After Mr. Richardson's reply, tle board divided, when the amendment was carried by 15 to 11. NATIONAL GALLERY ENLARGEMENT BILL. Mr. BIDGOOD moved, " That it be referred to the streets' committee, to inquire and report how much of the public highway is required by the National Gallery Enlargement Bill to be given up, and fur ther to what extent it is proposed to widen Hem ming'g-row, or Hemming's-row and Orange -street as an equivalent, specially with a view to a more direct communication between the Strand and Pic cadilly." The motion was unanimously adopted. NEW ROADS, &C. On report received from the engineer to the board, assent was given to an application for construction of Sewers at the Mall, Uxbridge-road, and Kensing ton, all in the parish o f K ens i ngton ; and approval I given to Mr. Alfred Lovejoy, on behalf of Sir G. E. East, for new roads, mews, &c. (full widths), and names on Kennington -park estate, Lambeth. After the other orders of the week were disposed of, the board separated. Neglect on Board Ship. Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bird, the coroner for the western division of Middlesex, at the Plough Tavern, High-street, Notting-hill, re specting the death of James Vernon Monger, aged 19 years. It appeared that the brig Western Star, Captain Hitchings, on board of which the deceased was, arrived in the Thames on the 4th inst. from Berbice. The crew, 11 hands all told, were in a state of extreme exhaustion, and two of them, a German named Shrander and the deceased, died the next day. Monger's father, a tradesman in busi ness at Notting-hill, waited on the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, and was recommended to bring the facts under the notice of the coroner. Mr. Everard H. Coleman was present on the part of the Board of Trade, and Mr. J. H. Lydall, soli citor, appeared for the family of the deceased. William Bowen, sailors' home, Wellclose-square, said he was seaman on board the Western Star, which left England for Skeldon, an estate on the Coryateen River, near Berbice, in September last. She arrived out in October, after a voyage of seven weeks. All the crew were then healthy, and the food was satisfactory. The ship left the Coryateen on the 23d December, and left Berbice for England on Christmas-eve. All the crew had been seized with fever a month before leaving. They were at tended by a factory doctor, who " only attended niggers and that sort." He said witness was skulk ing, and he told Shrander, who died since, the same thing. The witness did not know what kind of fever it was, but he is suffering from it still. He did not know whether fresh provisions were taken on board at Berbice. One of the crew was ill of the fever when the ship left the Coryateen. James Monger fell sick a fortnight after, and he continued ill nearly the whole voyage. The witness did not see any attention paid him. All the crew, Monger included, got the same food. He sometimes could not eat what he got on account of his illness. The provisions consisted of salt beef and rice and salt beef and peas. The rice was in a small quantity, and was the only thing the crew could eat. The hands were sick and could only eat what was soft. The pea-soup was very poor. Neither pork nor flour was served out. There was no lime juice on board. Most of the crew fell ill after leaving Ber bice. While witness was sick in his bunk some of the crew went aft and complained to the captain of want of provisions. They did not get their full allowance of bread. Three weeks before reaching England a vessel bore down and asked the captain if he required assistance, but he answered that he did not. The Western Star had lost her mast, and probably that was the cause of the vessel's making the offer, but provisions could have been got, no doubt, if asked for. The ship put into Ryde four days before reaching London, and stopped there three days. Monger was then insensible, but no doctor was sent for. After being there 20 hours the witness complained to the captain that the pro visions were not what had been signed for, and, being in port, the crew ought to get better. The captain said they should get nothing different until the vessel reached London. The captain went on shore and got some fresh provisions for himself, but none for the crew, who had salt beef and peas for dinner next day as usual. The day before the 6111 p arrrived in London they got fresh meat and vege tables. Robert Craigwell, another seaman, who was so ill and weak that he could hardly speak, gave similar evidence, and said that the captain could have gone ashore to get fresh food any time he liked at Ryde. The crew got no fresh food until they knocked off work and said they could not haul up 70 fathoms of chain cable unless they got more pro visions. Monger used to get the same food as the rest of the crew ; but he could seldom eat any of it, and the beef he could never touch. George Oberg, a Swede, corroborated the previous witnesses. Capt. E. "Etchings said he had eaten the same food as the rest of the crew. Every one on board had been ill, himself included. He had lost four stone weight himself. He could not have gone on shore at Ryde, as the weather was then so rough. Witnesses were then called by Capt. 'Etchings. John W. Rowley, mate of the Western Star, said that all hands were well when the ship left Berbice, but Monger fell ill on Jan. 13, the day before the ship was dismasted. He got the same food then as the other men did, but, finding that he did not recover, food was ;sent to him from the cabin. A juror pointed out that the captain alleged he had the same food as the rest of the crew. The witness said the food was precisely the same, but the bread in the cabin was finer and more wholesome. The captain gave Monger qui nine and arrowroot at Ryde, and the steward gave him fresh meat and fine biscuits on the way round to London. The crew were not on short allowance at any time. Rice was substituted for flour, and , one biscuit a day was for a time knocked off. The witness Boswell said the ship could have put into Barbadoes or other ports for provisions. It was a common thing to get provisions from another ship even when it was necessary to signal for such assist ance. Dr. O'Callaghan, Silver-street, Kensington, said the deceased died on the sth inst. from exhaus tion through want of proper nourishment. :He had had bilious remittent fever, but that was not the cause of death. He could not in such a state digest salt beef. Proper nourishment and medical atten dance at Ryde would in all probability have saved his life. Captain Hitchings said that his steward could give evidence in his favour, but he was too ill to attend. The coroner, in summing up, left it to the jury to decide whether any criminal charge arose against the captain. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of " Death from the mortal effects of exhaustion from want of proper nourishment," with the addendum, "That the cap tain of the Western Star did not show the deceased proper attention, and that he was guilty of gross neglect." PROTEST FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA. The Chicago Tribune says a memorial signed by five hundred Unionists of Northern Alabama has arrived at Washington. It sets forth that Union men are looked upon everywhere in Alabama as traitors to the South ; and at all elections loyal men are proscribed and rebels chosen ; that loyal men will be subjected to every degree of persecution if tih)aetFtoendehras al troops be withdrawn ; th a t G overnor appointed mainly rebels to off ice , many of them ex-officers in the C on f e d erate army ; that the State militia is wholly rebel, and will be em ployed to drive out Union men and protect the sive conspiracy exgistc to e,, embroilblacks; whites in enslavin the and 11e that United aa exten States- Government ,NrWititehmFer.zirialar then . take sides with and responsibLsigned by gentlemen the latter. the T n h d i vs , i accordingew s o f n nearly r 1 y o of character the Tribune, doubtless expresse e li a s t te c n r e y d t o o f every loyal man in the State. the unrepresented at the South will be by some at Washington as complacently as the aristocracy of England hear the cry of the English people for reform. But there are some true men at Washington who will stand by Southern loyalty and Unionism, however humbl e , as against the strides of the aveholders returning to their former' loyalty. Naval and Military Intelligence. Admiral the lion. Sir Frederick William Grey, G.C.8., and Rear-Admiral E. G. Fanshawe, Lords of the Admiralty, with Rear-Admiral Spencer Robinson, Controller of the Navy, arrived at Sheer ness on Thursday evening last from Chatham, and paid a visit of inspection to her Majesty's iron screw corvette Favorite, 10, 400-horse power, which has recently been commissioned by Capt. F. H. Shortt. They likewise visited and inspected the Pallas, 6, iron-gased . screw corvette, 600-horse power, which has since her trial at the measured mile been brought forward under the charge of Capt. Matthew Connolly for commission. At the con clusion of the inspection their Lordships dined with Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. They left Sheerness for London yes terday morning. The following officers have been appointed and have joined the Favorite :—Lieuts. John Palton and Richard B. Wilkinson, Master John Phillips, Surg. James R. Anderson, Pay master James Ray, Chief Engineer Thomas W. Tandy, Assist.-Suri. Alexander Scott, Sub.-Lieut. Frederick A. Moysey, Engineer John B. James, Assist.-Paymaster Walter R. Spence, Clerk Henry Foster, Assist.-Clerk Henry S. Baskerville, First- Class Assist.-Engineers John Dingman and John Muir. The Favourite will shortly be ready to leave Sheerness for foreign service. The Wivern, 4, turret ship, Capt. Hugh Bur goyne, V.C., went out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning and anchored at Spithead, where she afterwards took in her powder and shell pre paratory to sailing for Devonport. The Tamar, screw troopship, 2,812 tons, 500- horse power, Capt. Frederick H. Stirling, was taken out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning for a trial of her machinery, on the completion of her refit, under the supervision of the officials of the Steam Factory and Reserve. The weather outside proved too boisterous for a trial over the measured mile, and the ship was therefore merely kept at full speed dur ing the time that would have been occupied at the mile course to ascertain the working condition of her engines and boilers, which are from the manufactory of Messrs. Ravenhill, Hodgson, and Co., of Lon don. The results were satisfactory in every respect in the opinion of the officials who conducted the trials, and whether it will now be considered neces sary to put the ship over the measured mile to ascertain the exact rate of speed depends upon the judgment of the Controller of the Navy. The Tamar is under orders to proceed on troop service from Portsmouth to Dublin. She will then proceed to the Mediterranean and the West Indies, and will return thence to Spithead. The ship is in excellent order. The Royal Alfred, 18, partially ironcased frigate, will, weather permitting, make her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, at her light draught of water. The following is an extract from a letter from Ascension, dated Jan. 27, 1866 :—" Her Majesty's ship Bristol, Commander Hornby, has arrived here from Sierra Leone with yellow fever on board, which it is thought she caught from contact with H.M.S. Isis. She was ten days at sea, during which time she lost 21 men, and oue since her arrival here, but no officer. All are now going on well. The long expected Flora has arrived, and we have now here the Dromedary, the Sparrow, and the Pandora. Letters received from Sydney, dated December 20, 1865, state that her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Salamander, 6,818 tons, 220 horse power, Commander G. S. Nares, was at that time in Syd ney harbour preparing for a surveying voyage to the north. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :--Captain T. Lethbridge, to the Simoom, commissioned ; Commander H. Challis, to the Doris ; Lieut. J. C. Patterson, to the Grasshop per, as Lieut. and Commander; T. A. Hamilton and Sidney G. Smith, midshipmen, to the Favorite ; T. Elliot, assist.-paymaster, to the Lion; Jas. W. Augear and J. H. Purches, master's assistants, to the Doris ; 11. Greaves, master's assistant, to the Tamar ; Arthur Havergal, master's assistant, to the Hector ; John A. Jones and C. W. May, master's assistants, to the Favorite ; W. Olive, second-class assist. engineer, to the Simoom ; and Chas. Welch, acting second-class assist. engineer, to the Favorite. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1866. to him. The Government has probably been con vinced that the time has now come to deal summa rily with these persons. As the conviction and pun ishment of the leading Fenians by the Special Com mission, and the proof thereby given that the educated classes are opposed to the movement, have not checked the audacity of the agitators or the confidence of their dupes, it is now necessary, for the sake (If the deluded people themselves, to act with increased vigour. The precedent of 1848 is on record as a guide to Parliament. On the 22d of July of that year Lord John Russell proposed the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Singularly enough the day was Saturday, and the house passed the bill through all its stages at a single sitting. On Monday it wen t t o t h e H ouse o f L ords, and bcame law as soon after as the Royal assent could be given. On the present occasion the legisla tion will be even more prompt, for the bill, if passed by the Commons, who will meet at 12 o'clock this day, will .go to the Lords, who meet at 4, and it may receive the royal assent on Monday. The reasons given in 1848 for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, which was for eight months, will no doubt be substantially repeated to-day, but we trust there will be a still closer similarity in the resulte. The measure of 1848 brought the treason able movement to a crisis, and showed its essential weakness. There is reason to hope that the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act will produce a similar effect now with as little danger to the country. When the Fenian emissaries find that they are ex posed to summary arrest and imprisonment, they must make their choice between abandoning their scheme or boldly taking up the challenge of a power ful Government. THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES " ON ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO. In another column of this paper will be found an advertisement calling upon all " loyal Americans" residing in London to meet at Willis's Rooms, next Thursday evening, for the purpose of cele brating, in a becoming manner, the anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We think it proper and appropriate to refer, in this place, to the pro posed meeting, and to throw out such observa tions and suggestions as may present themselves in view of the contemplated celebration. Four Four generations of men have li ve d an d died since that day the anniversary of which it is proposed to celebrate. And as the name and character of Washington recedes farther and farther into the dim past, we have reason to appreciate more and more the greatness of the mission for which he was chosen. Every age has had its leaders—every epoch in the world's history has witnessed its bright and shining lights, set high up in the mountain peaks of time, to guide and to illumine the pathway of men. We cannot express too earnestly the conviction that George Washington was more than a mere Statesman or a mere General. When he fought the battles of American independence, he wielded a sword which cut asunder not merely the connection between the colonies and the mother country, but the traditional prejudices which had arrayed class against class in other lands. He was the embodi ment of a principle—the principle that thrones and monarchs and a privileged aristocracy were in themselves vile and wicked, and could only be come useful and good when they were the free choice of the supreme power—the people. This principle has spread among the nations from that day to this—it has grown and flourished, not merely on the free soil of the Republic which he founded, but it has taken root in England—in France—in all countries where Christianity and civilisation are known. The name and fame of Washington belong, then, not to Americans alone. It is through his teachings—it is through the establishment among all peoples of his doctrine—that the Throne of Bri tain is to-day so revered and loved by Englishmen. A hundred years ago monarchs ruled and oppressed their subjects by the doctrine of, " divine right." To-day no monarch in Europe is powerful enough to persistently oppose the wishes of the people. But at the meeting next week, while we feel sure that every loyal American citizen will duly appre ciate these considerations, there will be other feel ings and emotions crowding upon their minds. With many nations patriotism is merely a senti ment—with the American people it is a principle—a principle as deeply rooted in their hearts as is their love for their own families or their own religion. For have they not been called upon to give of their treasure and their best blood for their country's sake ? And through all those weary years of dark ness and war, did they ever falter or hesitate for an hour ? When the land shook with the thunders of marching hosts —when the rivers ran incarnadine with the blood of the sons of the Republic--when the wheat-fields and the cotton-fields were trodden down by the feet of the soldiers—they felt that they were but defending the birthright which Washing ton gave them. And even when their second The " New York Herald" .on the Downfall of England. The New York Herald has a standing edit nri _t i heading, for use in its editi ons f or E uro pe, entitle" " The Downfall of England." In the last effnei°n of this kind our spicy American contemporary' di g ' cusses English finance, and declares that there is L a goad deal more in the threatening aspect `Ali ° financial affairs in England have assumed than can be inferred fro m th e l arge exports to America. , wealth of England has its mainstay in the coal and iron deposits o f th a t country, and the op i n ion has . gained ground th ere f or some t i me t h at the OP!" j, in these mineral s was gett i ng rap idl y exhausted' Investigations have been made by the geolog.wi; and the result i s th e conv i ct i on on t h e part „„ good many that the coa l an d i ron canno t last O ar ': than fifty or si x ty y ears l onger ; some g ive productive capacity a limit of a hundred I'7 . When the coal and iron give out it is pretty a l a dent that the Briti s h E m pi re will give out tool iti . / 4 probably the long-h ea d e d port i on o f t h e cornnier ci people of England foresee the short lease of its e t istence, and hence we ma y accoun t f or the eviden t disposition to invest Engli s h ca pit a l i n the (loll" - States. They know that while the mineral ducts of Great Britain will only last for a honn years at most, the mineral wealth of America T last for fifty thousand y ears ; an d th ey ar e, in f eet ' preparing for a co n ti ngency w hi c h, according hs geological surveys, must occur w ithin a ceott n i; and capitalists are, th ere f ore , l oo ki ng th a t distan o of time ahead. Th e l a b our , cap it a l, and menu, e factures of England will be transferred to United States before many years. Already, , ( 111 : deed, the initiative steps have been taken in.,V d direction. America is gradually drawing off ski d, labour from the manufacturing towns of Engla ll and English capital is finding investment in An i fe e rican railroads and mines, because capitalists 11° , 4 discovered that the Great Republic is the 01 ' t stable Government in the world, and the safest place in which to invest their means. The argf ment of the London Times and other journals' while they are probably intended to weaken on 1 1; fidence in American secu r iti es an d depreciate ~. credit of American merchants, logically sustain I ' o view of the subject and admit the stern facts ne e which it is based. We may assumt that the ti!, is coming when the Briti s h em pi re — as r epresent; by its capital, labour, and manufactures—wi ll be found to exist in America. There it will not scattered over many colonies i n a ll parts of the globe, but will be concentrated in one territory' embracing withi n it s li m it s all c li ma t es , from r; tropics to the temperate and frigid zones, and CO manding resources without limit. COUNTRY MARKETS. - LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. and We had a moderate attendance at our market to-d*Argi wheat was in fair dem an d a t T ues d a y' s ra t es . Flour Pill but prices unchanged. Indian corn 6d per qr. lovier• other articles generally unchanged. DERBY—FRIDAY. bef it To-day the supply of wheat was tolerable, and ths,,o„ sorts were firm ; other kinds dull. Barley sold, rsai.:c7o, Oats met with a fair inq u i r y a t qu it e l as t week's Pr Beans a moderate trade at former quotations. r 36 New white wheat, 53s to 57s ;. old red, 50s to 52s Pe D 6, stone. Barley for malting, 36 s t o 40 s p er q r. ; gr ill 2BB to 27s to 29s per 30 stone. Oats, new , 22 s t o 28s ; old], , 0 463 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 47 s t o . 50 s ; ne w, 40 1' per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. leg Wheat trade steady at l as t Friday's prices. gore te re • on offer. Sale hardly so ac ti ve . Oth er art i c l es uual v; Averages, February 12—Wh ea t , 1 , 156 vs, at Os barley, 1,316 at 39s 4id ; oats, —, at --s Od. S TAMF ORD.—FRIDAY. RS deaf A middling supply of wheat ; dry samples fully c ots inferior unsaleable. First qualities of barley were ! fl ed. and sold at remunerative ra t es; other kinds uncli' Oats ruled firm at top prices. Peas a heavy trade. .46 New white wheat, 49s to 52s ; red do., 45s to 48s Pe ' 5 2 3 stone. Barley, malting, 34s to 388; grinding, 28s to .• per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 25s t o 27 s per 24 OW' Beans, 44s to 50s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. > Washington sealed his devotion to his country with a martyr's blood, and the whole people trembled and staggered under that awful blow, and Horror sat on their faces and Dismay dwelt in their hearts, they felt even then that the sacrifice was not too great—and so, come life or death, they would pro serve their country. And they marched on hopefully and manfully towards the goal, with but one thought, one conviction, one irresistible and all-conquering motto on their worn and tat tered battle-flags, " Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and for ever." The Ameri can residents in London who meet at Willis's Rooms next week will have greater reason for rejoicing than any assembly of their country men which has ever met before. Republicanism has been vindicated—the land of Washington has been redeemed—and henceforth and forever free dom in the New World is more than a name ! How countless are their broad acres—but there is no single slave upon them ! how majestic their flowing rivers—but their shores are no longer dotted with slave cabins ! how mighty their eternal mountains —but no fugitive from bondage hides among them ! how grand their old forests—but no bloodhounds scour them for the runaway slave ! how white their waving cotton-fields, but no crack of the slave-driver's whip is heard in their depths ! So we say to those who are to celebrate the birth day of Washington, rejoice and be glad ! Let no frivolous hilarity, no unseemly mirth, be visible among you. Rejoice as did the pilgrims when they landed on Plymouth Rock—rejoice with thank fulness and gratitude to that Eternal Father who hath led you across the stormy ocean, and brought you safely to port. Let no thoughtless words be spoken. Let dignity and moderation characterise all your proceedings ; and while you do honour to your own heroes and renew your vows of fidelity to your own most cherished institutions, remember also that in free and constitutional England you are the representatives of your nation, and should represent it well. And while the paternal face of Washington looks down from the canvass upon you, and the Shade of the dead Patriot and Hero hovers around you, do not forget that, although you are the direct custodians of his honour, his fame and memory belong not to you, but to man kind ! The War For the Union and the War Against it. The New York Times, in an able article under the above head, quotes the testimony of General Grant to the good faith with which the citizens of the South acquiesce in the verdict of the war, and re sume their allegiance to the old flag. The terms dictated by General Grant, with the full knowledge of President Lincoln, were calculated to bring about this happy condition of affairs. The great soldier who guided the struggle to its end dreamed not of arrogating to himself the functions of conqueror, or of imposing upon the South terms of vassalage. They who did the fighting felt always that they were fighting, not to extend a conqueror's flag over alien territory, not to add provinces to a republic and make its glorious symbol " a flaunting lie," but to put down rebels and restore the authority of the Union over all its component parts. The armies of the Union fought only for that. And when that was accomplished, soldiers and people alike felt that the work of the war was ended, and that nothing remained to keep Northern and Southern States apart. The Union was restored, and with the re stored Union came back the equality of the States and the full title of each to the privileges conferred by the constitution. The Northern people have gone yet further. From the moment when the re bellion was known to be suppressed, they have striven to heal the wounds occasioned by the war, and to reassure the South in every respect. They have established lines of steam communication almost without number. They have provided the means of reconstructing railroads. They have fur nished capital to cultivate plantations and to pro mote industrial and commercial enterprises in every Southern State. They have settled liberally with Southern debtors, and have sent on credit goods to supply the Southern market. In this manner the question of the Union and the relations of Northern States to Southern States have been virtually and satisfactorily settled by the peoples of the two sec tions. Southern people go to the North and find friends and fellow-citizens, instead of aliens and subjugators. Northern people go there and find, in the varied resources of States now freed from the curse of slavery, fresh grounds of confidence in the power and prosperity of the Union. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. With a fair quantity of wheat, the prices of last We e ,: were made. Very little barley, an d l as t wee k' s prices We exceeded. Beans small, and prices unchanged. 36 New white wheat, 51s to 56 s ; new re d , 43 s to 47s Per „dingt . stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 42 s p er qr ; „to 31s to 33s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 325. Beans, 3 " bls per 38 stone. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. ;1. The demand is extremely limited, and only a small 1 5i, ness has been done, at pric e s p e r cw t. l owe r. Refined w and prices almost nominal. From C' ic9gd to Liverpool. The Chicago Tribune says that at a recent great Farmers' Convention in Illinois the speeches and re solutions were strongly in favour of a channel of water communication with Europe of sufficient capacity to carry the products of the North-west from Chicago to LiverpOol without breaking bulk. This is a great idea—an idea emanating from a people suffering much, but accustomed to surmount difficulties, and determined to surmount those which now oppress them. The Tribune believes, as firmly as it believes anything still in the future, that such a work will be undertaken and pushed to completion within the next ten years. It would be done though the cost were three-fold greater, and the natural obstacles three-fold more formidable than they are. The surplus products of the North-west will, of their own force, burst a passage way to the markets of the world. They will compel the opening of the cheapest possible route, and the route will of neces sity be the cheapest which conveys the grain and meat to the consumers with the least handling and the least delay. The farmers are right in pointing Out the great lakes and the St. Lawrence river as the route most likely to answer their purposes, and the Tribune will lend its assistance to the accom plishment of this work, not merely because it pro mises to make Chicago a greater and more pros perous city than ever before, but because it is susceptible of demonstration that the desired result can be attained in a manner more cheaply and quickly than any other. Clearances from Chicago to Liverpool are not unknown to trade. Years ago the trip was made by the schooner C. Y. Richmond, and about once each year we have had a little craft in Chicago laying down an assorted cargo direct from Norway. Only the inadequacy of the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals has prevented this direct trade with Europe from becominglarger and more profit able each season since the first experiment was made. An inland sea, second only to the Medi terranean in volume, discharges its waters over the Falls of Niagara and down the St. Lawrence river. The problem is, how to use this water at the falls and rapids so that it shall be safe for ships suitable for ocean navigation. And this is really no problem, for it has already been done on a small scale, and under conditions which prove that it can be done on a large scale. Indian corn is now selling in Chicago at 33i cents per bushel in gold. It is selling in Liverpool at $l.lO. Seventy-six and one-half cents are consumed in getting one bushel from Chicago to Liverpool, which is practically a prohi bition on the shipment in large quantities. Hence corn remains ungathered on many farms in Illinois, or is burned for fuel. But it could be transported for twenty-five cents per bushel, with a fair profit to the ship owner, if it could be passed around the Falls of Niagara and the St. Lawrence rapids with out transshipment. Here then is a saving of more than fifty cents per bushel (in gold) on the great staple production of the North-west to be effected by digging, or rather enlarging, a fewditches, and build ing a few locks, on this great highway which nature has marked out for the commerce of the Western States. It is impossible that the money, the enter prise, and the engineering skill should be wanting where the demands of economy are so imperative, and the results so certain. Allied with this enter prise, but not dependent upon it, is the proposed improvement and enlargement of water communica tion between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. This work we look upon as half accom plished, for it is already begun. It is the natural complement of the St. Lawrence route to tile ocean. It will be finished before the other. It will be in readiness to pour the treasures of the agricultural districts, washed:by the Mississippi and its tributaries, into Chicago warehouses before any vessels shall be there to transport them across the Atlantic. THIS IS FRANK.—A new M.P. writes to us to say that the Royal Academy have done wisely in voting a Grant for themselves, for they will never got another out of Par liament.—Punch. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments. -.0-- , - (From the Mil Service Gazette.) WAR-OFFICE.—Mr. P. Ramagge has been ap pointed to be a commissariat clerk, Gibialtar. COLONIAL-OFFICE.--Mr. Wm. Conolly has been appointed to be a writer, Ceylon ; Mr. T. W. Rhys Davids has been appointed to be a writer, Ceylon. POOR-LAW BOARD.—A vacancy for a supplemen tary clerkship in the office of the Poor-law Board has occurred in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Tansley Witt. THE POST-OFFICE.—A first clerkship in the British Post-office at Alexandria, Egypt, is vacant. Salary £250 a year, increasing by £lO a year to £3OO. Mr. J. H. Moule has been appointed a tem porary clerk in the savings bank department, Lon don ; Mr. E. Macbeth has been appointed a temporary clerk in the savings bank department, London ; Mr. P. C. M. Tribe has been appointed a temporary clerk in the savings bank department, London ; Mr. John Black has been appointed to be a clerk at Glasgow; Mr. William Wilkinson has been appointed to be a clerk, Liverpool ; Mr. J. Walker has been promoted from the class of sorting clerks to the second class of clerks, Derby. CUSTOMS.—Mr. William Frederick Adams has been appointed a clerk, London Docks, London ; Mr. Edward Bradbury, jun., has been appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks, London ; Mr. Edward George Baker has been appointed a clerk in the Tea-office, London ; Mr. John Cle ments has been appointed an extra clerk, London ; Mr. Henry Stewardson has been appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks, London ; Mr. William James Pethybridge has been appointed a clerk in the searcher's-office, London ; Mr. William Riddick has been appointed a clerk for general business, Liverpool ; Mr. William A. Humphries has been appointed a clerk for warehousing and general duty, London ; Mr. George Dickins, as sistant secretary, has been promoted to be secre tary, H.M.C. ; Mr. John Blagden Hale, senior committee clerk, secretary's-office, has been pro moted to be assistant secretary ; Mr. Robert Bates, petition clerk, has been promoted to be committee clerk, secretary's-office ; Mr. William D. Chester, chief clerk, has been promoted to be petition clerk, secretary's-office, vice R. Bates ; Mr. John Smith, first-class clerk, has been promoted to be chief clerk, vice Chester ; Mr. George Hassell Armstrong has been promoted from the second class to thefirst class of clerks, vice Smith ; Mr. Frederick W. Chaplin has been promoted from the third to the second class of clerks, vice Armstrong. INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch; Mr. S. P. Platt has been appointed a clerk in the legacy duty office, London ; Mr. T. C. Collett has been appointed a clerk in the legacy duty office ; Mr. William Abbott has been appointed a clerk in the registry of warrants office. Mr. Cyril A. White has been appointed a clerk in the registry of warrants office. Excise Branch—Mr. Alfred Churcher, officer, Glasgow, 9th division, Glasgow collection, has been promoted to be an examiner ; Mr. Herbert William son, officer, Newcastle, 2d division, Stafford collec tion, has been promoted to be an examiner ; Mr. John racy, officer, Farnham, Ist division, Ports mouth collection, has been promoted to be an exa miner. IRELAND.—Mr. E. W. Salmon has been appointed assistant clerk in the f totice-office of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland ; Mr. R. T. R. Felgate has been appointed registrar's clerk in the Probate Court, Ireland. THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. C. G. Master has been appointed to act as sub-secretary to the Board of Revenue, Madras, during the employment of Mr. Dalyell on other duty, or until further orders ; Mr. W. M'Quhae, head assistant to the collector and magistrate of Cuddapah, has been appointed to act as sub-collector and joint magistrate of the district of Coimbatore during the absence of Mr. H. E. Sul livan on leave, or until further orders ; Mr. R. Rice has been appointed assistant to the collector and magistrate of the Madras district ; Mr. J. G. Hors fall has been appointed to act as head assistant to the collector and magistrate of the Kistna district. CEYLON.—Mr. W. Morris has been appointed Government agent and fiscal for the southern pro vince, vice Forbes, deceased ; Mr. H. E. O'Grady has been appointed Government agent, fiscal, and collector of customs, for the eastern province, vice Morris, promoted ; Mr. E. L. Mitford has been ap pointed Government agent and fiscal for the north west province, vice O'Grady, promoted ; Mr. J. Morphew has been appointed district judge, addi tional commissioner of the Court of Requests, and additional police magistrate of Jaffan, vice Mitford, promoted ; Mr. R. W. T. Morris has been appointed assistant at Batticaloa to the Government agent for the eastern province, vice Morphew ; Mr. G. E. Worthington has been appointed assistant at Kai galle to the Government agent for the western pro vince, vice Morris ; Mr. A. Bailey has been appointed assistant at Trincomalee to the Government agent for the eastern province. An Emperor or a President 1 The New York Herald advises Maximilian to 'resign his crown and get himself elected Republican President of Mexico. The Herald quotes Shak spere's query, " What's in a name ?" and thinks `there would be something gained by this simple substitution of one title for another. But when he comes to reflect upon the subject he will discover that this plan is by no means so absurd as it at first appears. The Mexicans decidedly object to have an Emperor, and assassinated the person who as sumed that title prior to Maximilian's advent ; but they have no objections to a Presdent, having selected the republican form of government unani mously. The United States will not allow a Mexican Empire to be established on their border ; but they have no right to interfere with a Mexican President, even though he came from Austria. If Mexico and the United States were satisfied Maxi milian would have no further difficulty in obtaining all the money he required by means of foreign loans ; for it is the opposition of the United States which renders his securities so exceedingly doubtful in the eyes of European financiers. Napoleon could find no fault with such an arrangement, and would, indeed, be flattered by it ; for it is a leaf from his 'own book, translated from French to Mexican. Napoleon's uncle was Emperor of France, and was deposed by force of arms at Waterloo. An interval elapsed, and then the present Emperor saw an opportunity to restore the Napoleonic dynasty. But at the same time he was shrewd enough to perceive that France did not wish another Emperor just then ; and so he hid his crown under a black silk hat, turned his sceptre into a cane, and, by a manoeuvre which we still call ballot-box stuffing, procured his election as President. After that, to become Emperor was as easy as taking off his hat and giving a few commands to well-dis ciplined soldiers. There is an example for Mami milian. Let him make his arrangements for a presidential election and then resign his crown, and his position will be secured for the rest of his life. [ ADVE RTISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality of 60,0(0 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the clangor of life, we were simply to study how to inc. ease the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and Infa,.ts' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for children it it ihe best substitute for human milk. Dr. Routh, physicist' to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children —the best alit hority on buch matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th t which comes closest t , milk in its composi:ion is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its Constituent part , . No wonder, there fore, that under its influence mmy children affected with atrophy. (wasting away of the body), and marked debi i'Y, have completely recovered. I have given it with the g reatest advantage in such eases ; and so far as I may judge from my own experience, practiae fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins, lib, 26 9d; 21b, 4s 61; 51b. Ils ; 321 b, 22S ; 241 b. 4es.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-stre e t ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 6.3, 350, an d 298, O x f or d- s t re et ; 330, St ran d ; 54, Upper Baker-str eet; 103, Totten h am-cour t- roa d ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che mists. —Beware 01 spurious imitations. /loyal Institution. -- t om-- At the weekly meeting of the members of the Rnyal Institution yesterday evening, a lecture was delivered by Colonel Sir Henry James «On the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem," on which occasion his Royal Highness Prince Arthur was in the chair. A contour map of Jerusalem and of the immediate neighbourhood, and sections and plans showing the geological character of Judea and the course of the water supply in former times, were exhibited to illustrate the various points touched on, but it was to be regretted that in pointing to these maps Sir Henry often turned his back to the au dience, and many of his observations were conse quently inaudible. He commenced by stating the circumstances under which the survey was under taken, and referred to the liberal contributions to wards carrying it into operation by the Geographi cal Society and other societies. The principal objects in view were to ascertain the level of the Dead Sea compared with the Mediterranean, and to trace the course of the aqueducts by which the city was for merly supplied with water. In undertaking the first part of these operations Jaffa was made the starting point, and the surveyors proceeded nearly directly eastward, close to Jerusalem, and thence to the Dead Sea, the level of which was ascertained to be 1,300 ft. below the level of the Mediterranean. From Jaffa the country rises to a height of about 4,000 ft. near Jerusalem, and from that point it declined to the Dead Sea and the Jordan. The water shed of the country was in the high land near Jerusalem, where the rivulets run in opposite directions, some takingthe eastward course and emptying themselves in the Dead Sea, and the others flowing westward to the Mediterranean. The axis of the geological strata is, however, considerably to the west of Jeru salem, which is situated on a limestone rock. There are three kinds of limestone under the city, speci mens of which were exhibited, but there are strik ing indications of a great denudation of the strata at some not remote geological epoch, which has swept away the strata on the west of the axis of inclination. On the east, not far distant from the Dead Sea, there is a stratum of limestone, strongly impregnated with bitumen, of which a specimen was shown, and to the flowing of the streams through that bitumenous rock the pecu liar character of the water of that sea was attri buted. With respect to the water-supply of Jeru salem, Sir H. James said that at present nearly all the water obtained in the city is procured from the roofs of the buildings, and collected in tanks, and that there is no drainage from Jerusalem whatever. It was not so, however, in former times, for there were discovered the remains of waterworks of great ex tent, by which water from the pools of Solomon were conducted, a distance of 14 miles, along a con tinued descent in an aqueduct until a valley ob structed the progress of the work, and at that point a stone syphon was constructed, which carried the water into the valley and up the opposite hill. There are also the remains of another aqueduct which, in connexion with the former, brought water from a still greater distance. A great part of the lecture was occupied with exhibiting, by the aid of the elec tric lamp, a number of beautiful and highly inte resting photographs taken by Captain Wilson, who was associated with Sir H. James in making the survey. Several views of the Dome of the Mosque built over the cave supposed to have been the tomb of our Saviour were shown, also photographs of dif ferent parts of the walls of the city, for the purpose of proving by the similarity of the character of the architecture that the structures were erected at the same period. The buildings were most massive, some of the stones being upwards of 20 feet long. In addition to the photographs exhibited there was a large collection also taken by Captain Wilson, in a volume placed for inspection on the lecture table. At the conclusion of the lecture Prince Arthur spoke to Sir Henry James before leaving. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, ---s - TIMES.—Some time since, in commenting on the state of Ireland, we u rge d that the whole country should be proclaimed and searched for arms, but ex pressed a hope that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, which was then meditated by the Irish Government, would be delayed as long as was con sistent with the public safety, and only resorted to after every other means of maintaining order had failed. We are assured that the ti m e has now come for the application of the most stringent measures of repression, and we must, therefore, though with great regret, accede to the demand which her Ma jesty's Ministers will make to-day for extraordinary powers in dealing with this dangerous conspiracy. The Irish Government is, of course, better informed than any private persons can be as to the state of the country and imminence of the danger. But enough has been already made public to prove that cause for the greatest uneasiness exists. Happily, we know the feeling of the country with considerable accuracy. In some respects the disaffection is not so dangerous as in 1848. Then, as now, the peasant and artisan class was hostile, and, if it had been led by men less vain and more resolute than Smith O'Brien and his fellows, might have done no little mischief. But in those days a part of the trading and even, of the professional class was tainted, and a week of successful insurrectionmight have brought to the rebel ranks recruits from the most respectable families and the most educated professions. Fe nianism, on the other hand, has not, so far as we know, any such patrons, but among the lower classes in Ireland it is, if not more extended, more earnest, practical, and formidable than the " physical force" movement of 1848. Now, as then, the impulse tomes chiefly from abroad. Smith O'Brien harangued and plotted at a time when the thrones of Europe were tottering on every sid e , and revolutionists had some ground for pro claiming that an indignant people could at any time overthrow their tyrants in spite of regular armies or the best drilled police. At the present time the impulse comes from America, where, in deed, the conspiracy has been organised, and whence it is still directed. In the difference between these two foreign influences lies the greater danger of the present conspiracy. Continental Europe gave Ire land nothing but example. Its revolutionary leaders were almost contemptuous in their treatment of the Celtic patriots, and for the most part had sufficient belief in English liberty to reject the theory that the Irish were g roan i ng under the yoke of tyrants. But America gave a very different kind of support. In that vast country there are probably as many of the Irish race as in Ireland itself, and their hatred of England, both hereditary and acquired, impels them to labour with all their might to subvert the British Government in. Ireland. Fenianism, in spite of the feuds of its leaders, is popular in the United States. The Irish believe in it, and show their be lief by their subscriptions. Money pours from all parts of the Union into the Fenian Exchequer, and the largest sums that have been named will pro bably be found to fall short of the actual receipts. This is in itself enough to account for the vitality of the conspiracy in Ireland. Where ignorant men, with the true Celtic taste for secret conspiracy, not only have the pleasure of belonging to a treasonable association, with its attractive and mysterious hier archy, signs, and passwords, but are well paid for it into the bargain, it/is no wonder that treason should thrive. The American Fenians are rich enough to send envoys and agents of all kinds across the ocean ; they remit money for arms and for maintaining a regular propaganda in the country. Nor are subscriptions confined to America. The Irish Fenians in England are said to be a numerous and liberal body, and to supply the necessities of the movement with a steady stream of money. Nourished from these sources, it is not to be won dered at that Fenianism should grow strong and bold in Ireland. We know not if the Government have received any new and particular informa tion which has induced them to act suddenly, but in the increased activity of the movement during the past month, and the presence of a number of persons in various districts with the scarcely con cealed purpose of promoting insurrection, there is ample reason for the strictest precautions. The ob ject of the Irish Government doubtless is to secure some of the emissaries of American Fenianism who are now numerous in Ireland, and who are working with disastrous effect upon the people. These per sons are said to be well-chosen with respect to their knowledge of the country or of particular districts. Since one or two of them were convicted on the evi dence of the papers they carried, they have taken care to possess nothing that might indicate in the smallest degree their mission or their connexion with the conspiracy. An Americanised Irishman whom the. Government well knows to be a Fenian emissary, and of whom it has probably had intelli gence for weeks before, appears in a country town, perhaps with a military title and a Federal uni form ; he is manifestly expected by the peasantry, and becomes the object of respect and the centre of iliformation. But if he be apprehended and searched there is not the smallest documentary evidence against him, while his oral communications are so guarded that it is difficult to bring home any offence COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. d, s. d. S. g Hetton N.Staffordshire ... 17 6 Ha r tl e p oo l ............ ! I I ; 17 0 Walls End Haswell... . 1. - 0 16 Shaw'sllartle ;n(- Caradoc y l7 6 Cowpen Hartley ...... .„ g 1° 17 3 Eden Main ............ •!',l South Hartlepool l6 6 Kelloe .................. .. 3 Pittington l4 6 Thornley: ................ ..;'), Stewart's Ships at market, 45; sold, 36. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, v i a S outhampton Feb • ,16 Ditto, via Marseill e s gar. ' Brazil and Cape V er d e. b y B r i t i sh packet 310. 2 2 ' Feb Ditto, by French packet22' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena..—r e : China, Penang. and Singap o re, v i a S out h ampton Fe' 2 7. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb' Falkland Islands Fe b. 19' Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... FebFe' 4 Ditto, via Marseilles• " India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. - Mauritius, via Southampton oar 10. Ditto, via Marseilte.i. 14 Newfoundland Feb' Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbo n .. United States and British North America, by:. —gar Bril 22 tish packet ........... Feb' Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork ..... 16. Ditto, by Canadian p ac k e t , v i a Londonderry.•reb; it West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, 2 8 and Mexico F ,l3 ' Cuba and M e xico Feb , Bahamas, via New 'York. gar' lily Bermuda, ditto lADTERTISEMENTA—HoIIoway's Ointment and Few ailments are more disheartening and none more nous than ulcerations on the surface of the body. 1613 100 ever they are situated it i s diffi cu l t t o cure them n - ti e o g treated judiously with some cooling, healing, invig nr :, B l application like this never-failing ointment. It has 1 , wonders in making bad l egs soun d, an d s t ro ng even , /17- the power of the blood vessels h a d near ly been destroo,. and almost entire stagnation of th e c i rc ulation be d re ore , dered every other curative means abortive. No ; wound, or ulcer can withstand its healing influence, 11.".og can be most beneficially exerted when winter is g iC t lye place to spring and the circulation becoming mer e o al' and more readily controllable by p ro p er purifying/ ing, and strengthening agents. Births. b itsth CARPENTER.—On the 15th inst., at Palace-road, 6111. 055 5 r the wife of F. S. Carpente r , Esq., Deputy-Comm' General, of a son. ifi cle' Cosa.—On.—On the 15th inst , at 18, Connaught- eclu— ,Lre, park, the wife o f H enr y P. Cobb, Esq., of a son. e St)f I t LODER.—On the 11th i ns t., a t F o l e y Houset— 110 , a soil' 11 Bute, the wife of Commande r F. Lodder, .INi °` b a. FROST—GRISBROOK. M — On the rriages 15th inst , at T i ower IN rwoo 0 tf4 to Church, Edward Fr os t, E sq . , of W a terloo, 01411 Laura Maria Grisbrook, of Lower Norwood. re e'S, WILSON av — resr 7 sqt m ou L a i mr A e m tlr s Ey o d N uA . On the 15th inst at St Ge° 010 1 ) Esq., M.D., Brighton. i n n n W ett i e ls , on ieli E c sq t "XV; ''ruvreal°96°l3l Deaths. RIDGWAY.—On the 17th inst., Jane, the wife of kilertiSra.l3l;:. Ridgway, ....V 411 , Esq., of No. 8, 111.1 Weymouth-street, 11°' place, and of Leicester-square, aged near Maidstoue, 73. the Bo ß v e s v .— . R O . n ßo t y h s e , 1 1 .n 3 e th um i b n e s n t. t , , a a t g L ed oo 8 s 2 e,. rlis• CLONMEL. —On the 7th inst., at his residence, --- Court, Naas, the Earl of Clonmel, aged 50. Duffn un A d s a .— s, O m n .p th ., e ag l4 e t d h s i 7 n . st., at Nice, the non. ' To" Cbgg. ELSE.—On the 14th inst., at Kendal House, Brixton, Mr. W. S. Else, aged 80. te GLASSE.—On the Bth inst., at his residence, Ro lll , sa Glasse, Esq., late of her Majesty's 53d Regimen'', gr. HORNER.—On the 12th inst., at Hamels Farm, lie' Wrn. Homer, aged 46. mi tiert KERB.—On the 13th inst ,at the Convent of Marl' the Tours, the Lady Cecil Elizabeth Kerr, daughter of late and sister of the present Marquis of Lothian. Vassall-roadt - - - London : Printed and Pub li shed by W.I.L LIAR ' ) ; 1 1, 11 2 . of No. 112, the• Puiater, at Tim Stu Oillect `'"' 0 Strand, in the. Precinct of the SavoY. in the C ounty Middlesex.—Saturday, February 17, 1866 ' . I