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SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of PROFITS takes , Place on 31st December next 'lc Fund then to be divided will consist of the Profits Which have Accumulated since 1858. All pa visioni P opened before that date will share tEI in the Dng ° Dud tg' the six years prior to the last Divi sion the Annual Average of Sums assured _amounted to £213,604 0 0 D ar ng the last six years-1850 to 1864 incln sive—the Amival Average has amounted to 701,651 0 0 Being an increase of 138 per cent. „ to uring the years 186 3 and 1861 the Company has issued •C 3 ll NEW POLICIES, assuring very nearly . O MIL STERL In 18 64 alone T 1,2 40 Policie LlONS s were issued. IN as- G. eating Z1,034,572' 0 0 NINETY PER CENT. of the whole Profits divided among the assured. __ FIRE DEPARTMENT. --. PREMIumB for 1864, less Re-insurances..... £ 210,235 10 8 Being an INCREAS N over those for 1863 of 54,042 2 5 INSURANCES granted at HOME and ABROAD on the most liberal terms. ACCUMULATED FUNDS at 31st Decem ber, 1E64 —. . .... .. . ............ 7 ANNUAL RE VENUE for all gourees ...... £2, 56 304, 5,45 511 8 16 10 2 Forms of Proposal. and full information mar be had at the Read-Offices, or from any of the Agents throughout the Ring dom, Colonies, die. CHIEF OFFICES. London ~ 61, Threadneedle -street. West -End Branch ; (Secretary, A. J. Russel,) 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. By order, F. W. LANCE, Secretary. THE PETROLEUM COMPANY OF WESTERN VIRGINIA. U.S. (Limited). To be Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £200,000, in 20,000 Shares of £lO. First issue 10,000 Shares. , 41 payable on application, and £4 on allotment. mo Call to exceed £2, or to be made at intervals of less than three months. John DritEarons. • Broderick' sq. ' GroveE W ellington-street, London-bridge. c liartwell, Esq., Brunswick-terrace, Regent's li_park, ir deriei c ,SPencer,_Esq Liddard's-wharf, Shad Thames. Jj, Fraser "Alokfe, Es q. ,-i Ashley-place, Westminster. j a. s e s ph If. Tilston, Esq., Chepstow -place, Bayswater. .. 4 11°11 ° 11 , Esq., Managing Di rec t or i n A merica. B ank of L on Pa t BANKERS. ' don, Th readneedle -street and Charing-cross. ossi,. 0 BROKER& -"' 'Nicer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street. SOLICITOR. George Lawrence, Esq., 9, Fenchurch-street Me ssrsMe CT, AUDITORS. yif ''atteris and Nichols, Laurenco-lane, 0 Price, Esq., G resham -street. Cheapsido. SECRETARY. OPP/ct s 9 uonxtenay Clark, Esq. *"-- ).Great Wm' chester-st e reet, Old Broad-street. --- PROSPECTUS. 14allds11414argineeriroaeturnhayse u ia n d p o n oe c d ap th ital e fo in no v a e t st io e n d C°lnpany, that English capitalists may partiuiPate. of f n t P h e e t p r I o e l e s e u in n et meats. mi gesto be derivedfrom . that the oil re sour 4 ne most competent judges a _ se of Pent, gre at a n y, • s the ces of West *Virginia are far superior to tho e .,. _ kr',.Lallfa lathe oil, being lubricating and of greater spe t in ur e . r„ -- -% ore valuable for commercial and manufac .. a, it Purposes. The Directors bearing in mind the fact_ known te'.lnore desirable to purchase property where oil is kn te nd 'fist, and sink own wells, rather than topurcha e se x_ the ir existing wells may be partially ur_ e l t- a i e t n e3 T oo ll h which stavres:ninterfeeed isttoplae, provisional with the c l t eas to es p for 1 . 5 YearE . i, at a royalty of one-fifth of 540 acres, 81tuate in the counties of Calhoun, Putnam, Ritchie, for the 111_111.„uf X 51,000. The lands thus secureddllire in the heallol are surrounded. Situated! U I _si.and all exhibit the ty:botbill e i t ie l l ° l lllll district of western Vbeirgiut suia,rface ti _ as regards transit. BPrings abound on them. They a in re ch al e :o tl w °n e L ll oi l e°llBo€lllence of tho ready sale which is found for . the tutat the well's mouth, the Directors propose to pt f th e , i e ~ American system of declaring divide e n n ds r:owe a r by th e re, ster the 'wells are sunk, they have partially by th,, Articles of Association to divide the profits every ae e r n0 ,.,, . Oil i '''''''s v ar ,„ 8 almost invariably struck in this region at depths_ til,"`', o fr om 150 to 250 feet. The rock being comp tli:',,,Y . °,sy of excavation, wells are sunk at less than half ri,-,"_°.f the wells of Pennsylvania. fift`ee'.l2.l-rectors propose to commence bysinkingoperati t o o n f s the strike7Aells, and assuming that ten only ou t at the low a pe oil, and taking this Company's Inter" •ld Will beipitsf 15 barrels per day for each well, the fifteen , uarreis ir'' , . of 10 dollars day,perbarrel, will be 1,500 dollars , ~ saY 420 tin g fo per which at the selling p'ce . , on or the r exchange one-third, t hi 25 ° Per d aY, far £6,ooo per month. If we 1,000 dollars in de str o h t n fr g o — in 11, 8 - Per cent. for labo r P wear and tear of machinery, (711,gernent, &c , it leaves l a margin of £54,000 per annum,tl ",,rfteueut 78 per co . nt. pe annum on £70,000, which is '''„ juit intended to ho ca r lled up at present. ntatehat the Directors have not indulged in exaggerated . linitirats f liay be seen'by the fact that many oil ,(3,,.... Steen are now yielding from 500 to 1,500 barrels x R e ''''' day, and it willbe seen by "Hillyer's Petroleum wells in the paZersdr that there are at present in America 342C0n 0 i- f 8251 3kEr,swor Petroleum, with a nominal capital dividends of b.' ,eOO, rangh many of them are paying . l b _ . era 4to 20 per cent. per month upon the capita su scribed. year,B pe..ex. perience of 110 1 4_ 14e D 'r . ectors have secured the services of Mr. John rietill' cl Birmingham, as Managing Director in Ame- Mr. Horton, extending . over ffnourt -I,l_, la rims and other oil districts, renders this appo '1,,,G., very valuable to the Company. pa.o preliminary expenses incidental to forming the Com tlahnet.s orelZsPePr will, Vheare guaranteed to be defrayed for £2,000. from time to time, acquire other ae they may be advantageously offered to t,ItYPro.- -,... at tt TeuLuses and Forms of Application can be obtained the zankers, Brokers, Solicitors and Offices of the Com , where the Articles of Association can be seen. t nould no allotment be made, the deposits will be re tllnleci in full. Should a less number of Shares be allotted tfkaon applied for, the deposits win bo made available towards 4 the leant allotent and the balance, if any, returned 4.43 the ap p . WNIEL'S NEW PERFUMES,the TTITEN'S r lueent h a e u s ed epann, erseedl3uoceudq 1ej, 3 2 8 5 . . 6 611. , ell, PinuacirialiTt:_u by post for ii 4 se II!' 5 Fan for the Races, 108. 6d.. by _poet for Ile!' 41'innferl'sjTekbelYe Fountains. front .01 10s. 1, Rtnitnel, Perfumer to the Eamipteror of the French, 'to., 96, Strand, 24, Cornhin, and 128 noulevard des Italiens, Paris. ' egent-street, London ; 17, IVOTITING INIPOSSIBLE.--The Itessnm.o.Auatitoi o a v s e s n Li oao t and the dcaoy.,, AiG2 greatest and :ETT4hreerliAt nitpB - London, Perfturmiets to her Bfajesty, reaLpLeuttt: f ully offer to the public this kradually restores the human VI marvellous fluid. which nutter at what age. The Aguaal to itsapristine huef-trioe toelpPr°Perties of dyes ; it, on the conprinarayreg belnalinalle 1 3 0 the 'later; and when the hair is once restored one application itonth Will keep it in perfect -colour. Price one guinea per aieltuteewitirgiilielniaolafry betties, los. 131. Testimonials from ar e lis re tes . eausc!efaroteonlnadiplideausgosn.of iledeoeurbe! 3ehn Itionlefessi;legso. have been appolute Perfumers tO her Royal l e es rrincess of Wales. ti°IIN GUSTELL and CO.'S CHERRY 1),„....,r0. ortt-rAsTt is greatly superior to any tg tegh e stirii,';','n'ro,2loves the teeth a peart w hiteness, P eet 1- -.rice Is. ed.--12, Three liing-murti Q at . i 20 il e caY, and imparts a pleasant fragr an ce to the 1....._.......&____ad0z __3.. Lombard- ix SeiElsr ri - - ANDC ORNAM ENTAL PRESENTS • Ull-IC. ,„ ANTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ketn-li(lrivatining. loom, eonsisting of anew and eiegant asspitr.t stands hZ"o,rigures, Groups, Candlesticks,Oeliske, Lann ' klah ' --'iltit Inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Am, In Itall_ , h tivo as er, Can a Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire S_par. km ralezrat to Manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Hine' ki. - s' ner Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. k r • Tett t ....IN - m it4... an arranges elementary oollections of ROCKS. id LYell • •...''S• and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition . th e tist ' Menlents of Geology , ; they will greatly tacl9llt, foicl eit.:LeBSnEr study of MINERALOGY and GEOL OGY, nr,„ - ue nad at 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. .... ~,a,(,,,„ it kLnii.',ACAL rNSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE ' -,a eiven by Mr. TENMANT. at 1 49. Strand W.C. ..11_41 RESCIJE SOCIETY wishes to add another 1 4lpTne to thin 12 now in operation. Last ewer Shant ofb,t),_r. friendless, young females were re/ uee ll se,,,' NOS and room, making a totalof3,oB7 who have et th "t , n'Y In five years. Here are brief details of a few 1 Vaost recent cases: A'' t a ged 16, fEllen, mother dead, deserted by her father. 4 . t • 4'., aged 13, homeless, both parents c e l l _ , 4. t l ' , aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserte by her mother. if , aged 15, fallen, mother dead. A i i , aked 15, fallen, mother dead, II a' , aged 16, tallen, both parents dead. tl: IT aged 14, hcrneless, deserted by her parents. C. it , aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. . G: a ged 17, fallen, both parents dead. 1:. tr.' a ged 18, fallen, father dead. S. tp,._aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, k A . • 'Zed 17, fallen, both pan fits dead. 8 . 1) . ''', aged 17, fallen. both parents dead. VirtTheo,,_ge,d 15, fallen, both parents dead. u, '''' nOtue the Committee wish to form wo t e o ldbe w f h o o r are _g'eirls, alneest children, from the age of 8 15, trtanent led astray from the path of virtue. • EX-IPlitiens will be received gratefully by the ow nfel t• bsy lea a , .f ....,ooper,BQueen•street, Cheapside; or 4 ' " 44 Co Lombard-otreet. N°. 22,741. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 186-5. AGRAND UNIVERSAL BAZAAR will be 11ELv at ST. JAUES'S HALL, Tuesday, May 16, Wednes :ay, May 17, Thursday. May IS, Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 2 1865, in AID of The Infant Asylum and Or- The Little Sisters of the Poor. phanage of the Sisters of The Hospital of St. John and Charity. st. Elia ,beth. Th • Reuse of Refuge for Fe- The New Schools, Warwick male Prisoners. street, Golden-square. The French Schools of Sisters The Getman Church and of Charity. Charities. The Servants' Home, St. Ed- The Orphanage, Vic trage ward's Convent, Blandford- place, Kensington. square. The Saint Nicholas Industrial The Italian Church and Cha- School, Waltbamatow. rifles. The Soctety of St. Vincent-de- The New Church, Kensington. Paul. Opens etch day at 2.0 p.m. ; closes at 10.0 p.m. On Friday next, in I vol., with Illustrations, 155., YACHTING ROUND THE WEST OF ENGLAND. By the Rev. A. G. L'EST RANGE, 8.A., of Exeter College, OxfOrd, R.T. Y.C. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Harltorongh street. possible to overcome their opposition. The Lords would have had no wed to assert their rights, for the measure would either have never reached them at all, or have made its appearance in their House so feeble and mutilated that the public would have been glad to be relieved of it. The bill of 1860 failed simply through want of the common support necessary to carry a road bill or harbour bill through Parliament. Well might Mr. llorsman say that the House and the country were responsible for the result as well as the Government, and that the latter had been fully absolved for any shortcomings on the Reform question. But these bygones arc quite bygones. The events of five or six years ago are thrown into the background by mighty occurrences. The last Reform Bills were presented at the time when Italy was in the full career of revolution, and the period of our political inaction since has been passed in contemplating the most momentous con flict since the wars of the French Empire. The ques tion last night was what course the Government, with a full sense of its means and its responsibilities, would take on th e su bj ect o f R e f or m. _ It mus t b e evident that such a su bj ec t can be succes s f u lly treated only by a s t rong Mi n i s t r y us i ng all its strength. Mr. Baines's bill, even if its principle were adopted, could only be a part of the large and comprehensive measure. There are counties as well as boroughs ; there are respectable men other than householders; there are vast inequalities in the con stituencies. Some five or six most important points would require discussion and decision, as well as the mere descent from £lO to £6 on the occupation franchise. It was a legitimate curiousity, therefore, which made the housetesirous last night to hear the views of Government. Destiny gave them Sir George Grey as an exponent of the Ministerial po licy. He was certainly unfortunate in taunting the opponents of the bill with being opposed to Reform of every kind. The bill is as plain and sharply de fined a measure as ever was drawn ; it would give the franchise to a single section of the working class, and to no one else, and may fairly be opposed by the most sincere reformers. The injustice thus done to the opponents of the bill, coupled with his own lukewarm statements as to the Ministerial in tentions, naturally took away from th e e ff ee t o f th e only official speech made during the evening. But Sir G. Grey, we conceive, duly represented the po licy of the Government—the only sensible policy— which is to ascertain the wishes of the country by awaiting the assembly of the next House of Com mons. He refused to be bound to the £6 franchise, and declared that he and his colleagues did not in tend to ask the support of the country as the advo cates of a great measure of Parliamentary Reform. However much these utterances may contrast with the reforming sentiments which were fashionable when this Parliament was young, the division last night proved that they are acceptable now. The result of the discussion has undoubtedly been to strengthen the resistance which will be made to the democratic tendencies of any future Reform Bill. The question is at an end as far as the present Parliament is con cerned ; but there is nothing in the decision of last night against well-considered changes in the repre sentation, such as shall admit to a vote numbers of men who are now excluded. The progress of education and of political knowledge has been such during the last thirty years that a much larger proportion of the people is capable of wisely using the franchise ; but even the unenfranchised feel that at present there are more theoretical anomalies than practical wrongs. The immobility of the working class is a tribute to the excellent legislation of Par liament' as now constituted. The practical good sense of the people tells them that Reform is not a question to be angry and noisy about. We shall be glad to see a measure passed without commotion, and in a liberal but moderate spirit, for the improve ment cf our electoral system ; but in the meantime the country has no reason to be dissatisfied with the House of Commons as it is. lives of his men by a fruitless resistance to over whelming force. The news of Mr. Lincoln's assas sination had caused a not unnatural feeling of in dignation among Sherman's troops, who received the order declaring the truce and the amnesty with significant coolness, and if further fighting were provoked by the resistance of Johnston's army, the fury of the Federal soldiers might not be easily controlled, and scenes of massacre and bloodshed might take place which cannot be too earnestly deprecated. --- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T . ISABEE'S LOVE STORY, 1 By the Author of "Dr. Jacob," " John and I," &o. . . . "This book is a very good one. There is real beauty in the tale of •Lisabee"s Love Story '—a tale so idyllic in its nature that the Laureate himself might have uttered it in verse as companion to the 'Dora' and ' Gardener's Daughter,' the Enoch Ardel ' and "rhe Aylmer's Field.' "—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Admission —First and second days till 6.0 p.m., 2s. Gd.; after 6.0 p.m., is. ; other days, is. ; children, halt-price. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 8. BOROUGH FRANCHISE EXTENSION BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned debate on previous question, " That the question, That the bill be now read a second time,' be now put." Question again proposed- Debate resumed. Previous question put, " That that question be now put." The house divided—Ayes, 214 Noes, 288. AYES —214. Acland, T. D. Forster, C. Pease, H. Acton, Sir J. Forster, W. E. Peel, F. Adair, H. E. Fortescue F. D. Peto, Sir 311, Adam, W. P. Fortescue, C. S. • Pilkington, J. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gavin, Major Pin ney , Col. Andover, Lord Gibson, T. M. Pollard Urquhart W Angerstein, W.• Gilpin, C. Ponsonby, A. Anstruther, Sir R. Gladstone, W. E. Portman, W. H. B. Antrobus, E. Glyn, G. G. Potter, E. Ayrton, A. S. Goldsmid, Sir F. Po :ter, T. B. Bagwell, J. Goschen, G. J. Powell, J. J. Baring, T. G. Gower, F. L. Price, E.G. Barnes, T. Gowet, G. W. L. Pryse, E. L. Baxter, W. E. Greene, J. Redmond, J. E. Beale, S. Greenwood, J. Robartes, T. J. A. Beamish, F. B. Grenfell, H. B. Robertson, D. Berkeley, Col. Grey, Sir G. - Roebuck, J. A. Berkeley, C. P. F. Gurney, S. Rothschild,Baron M Biddulph, Col. Hadfield, G. Russell, A. Blake, J. Hanbury, R. Russell, Sir W. Blencowe, J. G. Handley, J. St. Aubyn, J. Bouverie, E. P. Hankey, T. Salomona,Aiderman Bouverie, P. P. Hanmer. Sir J. Schneider, H. W. Bowyer, Sir G. Hartington,Marquis Scholefieid, W. Brand, H. Headlam, T. E. Scott, Sir W. Bruce, H. A. Henderson, J. Scrope, G. P. Buller, Sir A. W. Henley, Lord Seely, C. Bury, Viscount Hibbert, J. T. Seymour, Digby Butler, C. S. Hodgkinson, G. Shelley, Sir J. V. Buxton. C. Holland, E. Sheridan, R. B. Caird, J. Howard, C. W. G. Sheridan, H. B. Calthorpe, F. U. Ingham, R. Smith, J. A. Cardwell, E. Jackson, W. Smith, J. B. Carnegie, C. Jervoise, Sir J. Smith, M. T. Cheetham, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Stacpoole, W. Childers, H. C. E. Kennedy, T. Staniland, M. Clay, J. . King, P. J. L. Stanley, 0. Clifford, C. C. Kinglake, A. W. Stansfeld, J. Clifford, Col. Kinglake, Serj. J. Steel, J. Clifton, Sir R. Kingscote, Col. Stuart, CoL C. Clive, G. Kinnaird, A. F, Sykes, Col. W. IL Cobbett, J. M. Layard, A. H. Talbot, C. R. M. Collier, Sir R. P. Langton, W. H. G. Taylor, P. A. Colthurst, Sir G. Lawson, W. Thompson, H. S. Cowper, W. F. Leatham, E. A. Tite, W. Cox, W. Lefevre, G. Jr. S. Tollemache, F. J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lee, W. Tracy, C. R. D. Crawford, R. W. Lewis, H. Turner, J. A. Crossley, Sir F. Locke, J. Tynte, Col. K. Dalglish, R. Lysley, W. J. Verney, Sir H. Davey, It. M‘Mahon, P. Villiers, C. P. Davie, Sir H. B. F. Maguire, J. F. Vivian, H. H. Denman, G. Marjoribanks, D. C. Vyner, R A. Dent J. D. Martin, P. W. Waldegrave-Leslie Dering, Sir E. Martin, J. • Warner, E. Dillwyn, L. L. Merry, J. Watkin, E. W. Dodson, J. G. Miller, W. Weguelin, T. X Douglas, Sir C. Mitchell, T. A. Western, S. Doulton, F. Moffatt, G. Westhead, J.IP. B. Duff, M. E. Moncreiff, J. Whalley, G. H. Duke, Sir J. Monsen, W. Whitbread, S. Dundas, F. Morris, W. White, J. Dundee, Sir D. Morrison, W. Wickham, H. W. Dunlop, A. M. Neste, C. Williamson, Sir H. Ellice, E. North, F. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount O'Donoghue, The Wyld, J. Ewart, W. Ogilvy, Sir J. Wyvill, M. Ewart, J. C. Onslow, G. Young, G. Ewing, H. E. C. Osborne R. B. Fenwick, E. M. Owen, Sir H. Fenwick, H. PadmOre, R. Fitzroy, Lord F. Paget, C. Foljambe, F. J. S. Paget, Lord C. Baines, E. Bazley, T. PosT.—The American news which we publish this morning is of a varied and an interesting character. By a curious accident of retributive justice, Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Mr. Lincoln, has himself been shot through the head, while in the act of resisting capture by his pursuers, who had tracked him to his last hiding-place. Booth and a man named Harrold, a supposed accomplice, in order to escape detection, appear to h ave adopted the expedient of dressing themselves in the uni form of Confederate soldiers. To this "they added the further device of vehemently denouncing the crime which one of them had committed. But neither pretence was of any avail. The detectives traced them to a swamp in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and subsequently to Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock. Here they locked themselves into a barn, which was set on fire by the soldiers who had surrouuded it, and who had thus cut off all chance of escape. Harrold was taken alive. Booth was shot as we have described, and died after lingering a few hours. He exhibited a characteristic desperation to the last, reproached his associate with cowardice for suggest ing a surrender, and fired upon the soldiers. The fire was returned, and he fell. The persons at Gar rett's Farm who had harboured him have been arrested, and declare that they had no knowledge of the real character of their guest. When Booth escaped on horseback immediately after the mur der, he is supposed to have met with an accident, for he had sustained a severe injury in the leg, and a Dr. Mudd, of Maryland, who had set the limb and supplied his patient with crutches, has been arrested on suspicion of complicity. It is stated that the man who attempted to murder Mr. Seward has been discovered and captured ; and there were reports purporting to be based upon official an nouncements that the conspiracy was being traced to its source. On these points, however, we must wait for further and more ample information. The military intelligence renders it somewhat doubtful whether the war is really at an end, upon a large scale, or not. General Sherman appears to have considered it competent for him to exercise a wider discretion and an ampler power in negotiating with General Johnston than his Commander-in-Chief had asaumed in dealing with General Leo. The orders of the Government addressed to General Grant were to h o ld no conference w i t h G ener tl L ee except as a Prelimi nary to surren d er . Th e corre spondence bet ween these comman d ers, pr i or to th e surrender of the S ou th ern army o f Vi rgin i a , s h ows how these orders were obeyed. It was natural that the new President should have adopted and con firmed the same arrangement with regard to all the Federal armies on service in the South. General Sherman, however, entered into negotiations with Johnston upon a much wider basis, including the political as well as the military relations of the belli gerents--subject, however, as a matter of course, to the ratifications of the respective Governments. According to this arrangement hostilities were im mediately to cease until 48 hours' notice of their re sumption on either side, the Confederate armies were to be immediately disbanded, and their arms deposited in the State capitals, there to be placed at the disposal of the State and Federal authorities. The remainder of the stipulations, however wise and politic in themselves, a pp ear to transcend the powers with which a general in the field is invested. The recognition of the State Governments by the Fede ral Executive; the settlement by the Supreme Court of the questions raised by the conflict of State Governments arising out of the war ; the procla mation of a general amnesty and the immediate cessation of the war ; the assurance to the people of the South by the Federal Government of their rights as long as they should obey the laws—these are matters on which even the Commander-in- Chief, hi the absence of special powe rs , cou ld h ave no authority to treat. It might be e x p e di en t an d wise to come to such arrangeme n t as t hi s i n t h e end, but the Washington Government not unnatu rally appear to have thought that Sherman had ex ceeded the extent of his commission. Whether all the reasons alleged for repudiating the unauthorised engagement of their officer be sound and wise or not is another question ; but it is not difficult to anti cipate what those reasons would be, nor to compre hend the force of them from the point of view likely to be taken by the Northern belligerent. It was objected that the arrangement was a virtual recog nition of the Confederate Government, and a no less direct exemption of the Confederates from liability to punishment—that it would enable them to estab lish new State Governments with slavery ; might render the Federal Government responsible for the Confederate debt; would afford no firm basis for peace ; and would even enable the Confederates to renew the war when they had recovered their strength. General Sherman was consequently or dered to resume hostilities, Grant himself imme diately proceeded to the seat of war in North Caro lina to direct operations in person, and notice was given to General Johnston that the truce was at an end. In the meantime orders had been given to the Federal Generals Meade, Sheridan, and Wright to move forward with all possible despatch and cut off Johnston's retreat. As it is stated that this General, the only Southern commander now in the field, at the head of a considerable army, was ready to surrender on the same terms as • Lee, had not Sherman consented to enter upon larger negotia tions, it is probable that, surrounded as he must be on all sides, he will not uwaecoorily ffacrifice the , . t _ _ §(0 1 ' , - • At li , 1," t ' • • • . N • P'tl Nll:, g - • . . • IV. , .-• " r . • / • I ,Ak 04, •-4 3 3 i 0 0, 40 " Div .iii i7 l .‘;°"i :4ll,46 l l ET, 1 1 , ,, -1 1 ,) , ctiof•-,;" 16 - " ,• 42 ; PRICE -Id, STAMPED sd. The Public licalth, The following is the Quarterly Return of mar riages, births, and deaths registered in the divisions, counties, and districts of England, published by authority of the Registrar-General : "General Register-office, Somerset 'louse, April 29. " This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,200 registrars in all the districts of England during the winter quarter that ended on March 31, 1865 ; and the marriages in 12,741 churches or chapels, about 5,163 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 641 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended Dec. 31, 1864. " The marriages in the fourth quarter of last year were numerous even for the Christmas season of the year. In the first quarter of the present year a birth rate high above any example furnished by the pre vious ten years maintained the increase of popula tion. The catalogue of deaths was also very heavy. A severe and protracted winter, with scarlatina and fever, swelled the mortuary returns. Under less fa vourable sanitary conditions the kingdom might have been ravaged by pestilence. And there is much still in our houses and towns to set in order. " MARRIAGES. " The number of weddings in the three months ending Dec. 31 was 53,069, or an average of 577 daily. f"was greater than in any previous Tatter. In London it rose from 7,811 and 7,856 in the cor responding quarter of the two previous years to 8,693. The West Riding of Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, and South Wales also showed by a clear increase in their marriages that the times were prosperous with them. " In Lancashire the marriages, which were 6,499 in the last quarter of 1863, decreased to 6,152 in that of 1864 ; but they were considerably more nu merous than in the same period of 1862. " The total number of marriages in the year was 180,263, or on an average, 493 daily. In the pre vious year it was 173,510. " The marriage -rate in the year (viz., proportion of persons married to 100 of the population) was 1.736, and it was high throughout the year. Tlig annual marriage -rate of the fourth quarter wag 2.020 against an average rate of F 963 ; in the ten years 1855-64 there is only one instance of a higher rate (2.026) which occurred in 1859. " BIRTHS. " In the three months that ended 31st of March 194,287 children were born. The births in London were 28,059, a number equal to the total contribu tion of the two north-western counties, Cheshire and Lancashire. As with the marriages, so with the births, the increase was furnished chiefly by the metropolis, the West Riding of Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, and South Wales. The births in the West Riding increased as follows:—In the March quarter of 1863 they were 14,846 ; in that of 1864 they were 16,018, and in the present year 16,435. In Durham the numbers were 5,931, 6,394, 6,707. In Northumberland, 3,275, 3,402, 3,474. In South Wales, 6,217, 6,415, and 6,685. In Sunderland the births in the three periods were 950, 1,056, and 1,101. In the March quarter of the present year 1,924 children were born in the parish of Pancras, London ; and in the district of Bradford in the West Riding, which contains a population almost as great, 2,193 were born in the same time. " The birth-rate of the quarter (children born to 100 persons living) was 3.768 against an average of 3.627. The result is extraordinary. In the same period of last year it was 3.740 ; in that of 1860 it was 3.707 ; but the forty quarters of the last ten years supply only another instance in which the birth-rate was as high as 3.700, and none as high as that of the last quarter. STALL HOLDERS, Her Excellency the Countess A ppon yi. The Marchioness of London derry. The Dowager Marchioness of Lothian. The Countess of - Newburgh. The Dowager Countess of Buchan. The Viscountcy! Norreys. The Lady Edward Fitzalan Ho ward. The Lady William Hervey. And many ( The Lady Georgiana Fuller ton. The Lady Arundel of War dour. The Baroness Marochetti. the Hon. Airs. More O'Fer rall. The llon. Mrs. Henry Petro. The Hon. Mrs. CharlesPetre. Lady Blount. Lady Bedingfield. Lady Chichester. Lady Clifford. ther Ladies. STOW VISIT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.- _LA Wet or Dry. Delightful Spring appearance of Gar dens and Park. Nature in early beauty. Refreshed by the recent rain, the park and gardens truly delightful. Around the lakes and shrubberies the freshness and beautynf the shrubs and plints in ft wer have never been so charming. Alone worth a special visit. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS DAY ,Tuesday), Thursday, and Friday, One Shilling. TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY). GREAT CHORAL CONCERT of 5,000 voices of Metropolitan Schools. Conduc tor, Mr. G. W. Martin. Admission Half-a-Crown, or by New Guinea Season Ticket. Children, One Shilling. SATURDAY.—SECOND GRAND OPERA CONCERT. Principal artistes—Miss Laura Harris, Madlle. Redi, Madlle. 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Pand of the Duke of York's School at intervals, &c. do. . _ • Admission Half-a-Crown, or by the New Gu'nea Season Ticket. Reserved seats, Half-a-Crown extra. Doors open at Ten. Concert at Three. GREAT CHORAL CONCERT.—CRYSTAL PALACE.—TO -MORROW —Martin Luther's Hymn, "Hark ! a voice is calling;" " The Warrior Norseman " the Echo Chorus from " Macbeth ;" an d other songs, by a' Choir of 5,000 voices. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. CRYSTAL PALACE. —NEW SEASON P tiOGRAMHE and NEW GUINEA. SEASON TlCKET.—lntending purchasers will confer a favour by semring them as early as possible. The unusually large demand consequent upon the issue of this year's unparalleled Programme renders it somewhat difficult to keep up a con tinuous supply at the various Agencies. The agents are also supplied with the Five Shilling admis sion Tickets for the Handel Festival Great Rehearsal. They should be applied for at once, as only a few thousands will be issued at Five Shillings. 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NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any merourlal ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.' of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, a‘pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ito. For habitual votiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild In their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. ild. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a square green package, with" William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. RO J IA th L e im F m ß e E di E ate H vic O in S i r y AL Gray's-inn-road, way Terminus, King' s - cr o s s. Rail . Patron—Her Mo s t G rac i ous Majesty the QUEEN. rr of the Great Northern This Hospital. foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay a n d d i ff i culty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in uldition tethis, the average number of attendance of the .lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as th e premises of this Hospital are 'capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mai-. derman ' 11:8(1, Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and CO. 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Macaulay, K. Whitmore, U. Ferrand, W. M'Cormlck, Wb. Williams, Col. Filmer, Sir E. Mackie, J. Williams, F. M. Finlay, A. S. Mainwaring, T. WOOdd T. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Mali s, R. son , Wright W. B. Fleming, T. W. Manners, Lord J. Wyndham, H. Floyer J. Manners, Lord G. .Wyndham, P. Foley, IL W. Marsh, M. H. Wynn, C. W. W. Forde, Col. Matheson, Sir J. Wynne, W. W. B. Forester s Gen. Miles, Sir W. Yorke, E. r. Foster. W. 0. Miller, T.J. Yorke, J. R. Franklyn, G. W. Mills, A. TELLERS. Fraser, Sir W. A. Mittord, W. T. Elcho, Lord Gallwey, Sir W. P. Montagu, Lord R. Black, A. HISTORY OF THAT LADY HAITON whose ghost for merly haunted one of the largest houses in the Hol born " Garden" that bears her name. We have vaguely heard that this same Lady Hatton was a kind of female Faust, by profession a milkmaid, who, being desirous to rise in the social scale by means of a marriage with one Lord Hatton, sold to the Devil the reversion of her soul after the lapse of a certain number of years, and, when the appointed period arrived, was inconveniently reminded of the contract while she was giving a large party. The im placable creditor, having entered the house, conveyed his victim to the topmost floor, and flung her on the pavement with such force that, while her brains were dashed out by a collision with the nearest paving-stones, her heart flew off to the spot which, on account of the awful fact, has since been designated "Bleeding-Heart-Yard." Even the neighbouring pump was so far affected by the summary proceedings of the Evil One that on certain occasions it has been found to yield blood instead of water.--Saturday Review. ACCIDENT TO THREE CHILDREN.—LOSS OF ONE LIFE.—On Saturday morning Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, received i n f ormat i on respecting the death of Elizabeth Sheldrake, aged seven months, who lost her life under the following circumstances :—lt ap pears that for several days past a number of workmen had been engaged in pulling down an old building at the rear of the parents' residence, situated at No. 31, Brick-lane, Spitalfields; and on Friday limning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the deceased and two other children, respectively aged four and seven years, proceeded to th© back room on the second floor to watch the men while at work. The window was open, and the elder child had the deceased in her arms, and while they were leaning forwards the upper portion of the window-sash against which they were pressing suddenly gave way, whereby they were precipitated a depth of 25 feet into the back yard. An alarm was raised, when the workmen found the three children seriously injured. They were carried into the surgery of Dr. Septimus Swyer, who fortunately resided next door, when he found that the infant was mortally injured. The other two were extensively bruised and contused about the body and limbs. They were conveyed home and are going on favourably. There was a heap of sand under the window, which had only shortly before been placed there by the men, upon which they fell, providentially escaped death. Dr. Swyer was unremitting in his attention to the little sufferer, who expired from con cussion of the brain and other injuries shortly afterwards. The window and building have since been officially sur veyed, and an Divot will De liold Vn the lvdy thiti day. "INCREASE OF POPULATION. " The :births, as has been stated, were 194,287, and the deaths in the same period were 140,646. The excess of the former over the latter was 53,641, and represents the natural increase of the popula tion. " But the population of the United Kingdom lost about 25,000 by emigration in the quarter that ended the 31st of March ; and of these about 8,903 were persons of English origin. The total emigra tion (including foreigners) from British• and Irish ports, where there are emigration officers, was 27,513 persons, and showed a great decrease on that of the same quarter in 1863, which was 37,806, and a still greater as compared with the number last year, which was 41,037. The emigration to the United States was little more than half of that which took place in the March quarter of 1864. " Of 17,365 emigrants who went to the United States in the present year, about 3,700 were Eng lish, 800 Scotch, and 11,000 Irish. The rest were foreigners. " PRICES, PAUPERISM, AND THE WEATHER. " The prices of wheat, 38s. 4d. per qr., was less by 2s. than in the same period of 1863. Both beef and mutton were dear. The average price of the best potatoes at the waterside rairket, South wark, was 91s. pir ton: In the'lfarch quarter of 1863 it was 1255.`; 'in-that of 1864 it was 625. 6d. " The following are the - retiirni3 of paupers in the last three winter quarters Indoor. Outdoor. 1863 „............„... 143,661 ~. 948,212 1864 ; 189,666 ~. 855,728 1865 142,329 ~. 813,371 " The numbers show a decrease in outdoor pau perism. " Mr. Glaisher writes that January began with cold, frosty weather ; a warm' period set in on the 4th day and co n ti nue d till the 10th, during which period, though the weather was mild, the sky was cloudy, and the wind blowing a gale. From the 17th January to the end of the quarter, with the reception of short intervals at the beginning and end of February, the weather was cold for the sea son, sometimes to an unpleasant degree. In a cold period in January the temperature of the air was as low as 20 degs., at many places ; in February from 13 deg. to 20 deg. in many places, and as low as 8 deg. at Birmingham ; and in March at the equinox it was as low as 23 deg. In January and February snowstorms were frequent, and extended all over England and Scotland. At the end of February the weather was extremely wild and stormy ; and March was cold and ungenial through out. The mean temperature of January at Green wich was 36.3 deg. ; that of February and also that of March 36.6 deg., each being below the average of the corresponding periods in 24 years, and the mean temperature of March being as much as 5.4 deg. below the average. Usually February is 2 deg. and March 5 deg. warmer than January ; but this year the increase was not obtained. To find a March equally cold it is necessary to go back to 1845, 1837, and 1814, when the mean tempera ture was above 36 deg. In 1785 it was 33.9 deg. Towards the end of last century that month was oftener remarkable for extreme coldness than it has been in later times. " DEATHS, AND THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. " In the last quarter the total number of deaths was 140,646, being less than in the same period of 1864, when it was barely 143,000, and much greater than in that of 1863, when it was 129,000. In London it was 21,018; in Cheshire and Lancashire, containing more population, 23,330. In all the 11 divisions of England -the deaths were lens numerous as compared with those of the March except the te n th— name ly, quarter of last year, the Northern counties (Durham, Northumber land, &c.) and the eleventh Monmouthshire and Wales. In each of these two divisions there was an increase. The south-eastern counties also furnish an exception, but the numbers in the two quarters were almost equal. " The rate of mortality in England was 2.728 (viz., deaths to 100 personsgiving), against an average for the quarter of 2.522. Since the March quarter of 1855 the returns supplied no example of as high a death rate, with the exception of that of last year, IN E WS PA.P E A • 7 ;3-, , 2 - 2,-. , -:( pw,4 — '- ~ r i.„.?" ,..,..3 , , . .,„; ., ,, ) ....__",.. "4 .?,.- , ::?J:';`.4-• -,• " , ..i _ • • 0 - Z- ,- ,-%te , : - ______, . 4 "&";;;;,v tx - o . , 4 , 7•1i.....:414 4 , , r., y - e di when it retie in the three month to 2/13,6 1 the mortality was excessive both in the large town dis tricts. and in those districts which embrace the rural ;and small town population ; 2.881 in the former, 2.514 in the latter ; and it rose in both to nearly the same extent above the respective averages ; the advantage, however, falling to the towns whose in habitants are generally better fed, and in this im portant matter better fortified against the incle mency of the sky. " The effect of the winter-like severity . of March doubtless remains to be read in legible characters in the registers of the quarter now running; and the lateness of that unpropitious weather must be con sidered in any comparison between.the last two win ters. The mean temperature of the winter of 1864 was 37.9 deg. at Greenwich, -and was higher by 1.4 deg. than that of last winter; but the weather was marked by more frequent and abrupt changes, and as the cold was more seasonably confined to the first two months, its effect would be apparent chiefly on the death registers of that quarter. The deaths from bronchitis in London in the winter quarter of 1863-5 were successively 2,217, 4,023, and 3,217. " The following statements exhibit the progress of scarlatina - and typhus in London since 1860. Scarlatina discovers a uniform well-marked tendency to increase in the last six months and attains its maximum' in the December quarter, the earlier half of the following year witnessing a decrease. It was decidedly less fatal in 1864 than in 1863 ; while ty phus, after decliningin 1863, rose again in 1864. The last quarter of the year also favours the development of typhus, but by a law which is apparently less con stant. " DEATHS IN LONDON FROM SCARLATINA. March. Juno. Sept. Dec. Yrs. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Total. 1861 420 326 467 1,145 2,358 1862 774 677 841 1,165 ~. 3,457 1863 888 ... 1,055 1,519 1,621 5,075 1861 749 593 805 1,095 3,242 1865 ... 566 " DEATHS LN LONDON FROM TYPHUS (INCLUDING TYPHOID, CONTINUED FEVER, &C.) March. June. Sept. 14ee. Yrs. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Total. 1861 354 ... 347 429 624 1,754 1862 991 ... 1,015 ... 833 796 3,635 1863 735 624 652 881 2,892 1864 ... 862 783 ... 980 ... 1,064 3,689 1865 .. 936 "' " Bronchitis and pneumonia, scarlatina, fever, and small-pox prevailed last winter both in town and country. Zymotic diseases ravaged South Wales, and raised the death rate in the Welsh divi sion to 2.951 per cent., which is higher than the rate of London or of any other division except that of the cotton districts. Out of 438 deaths in the sub district of Cardiff, 55 were by small-pox, 31 by measles, 20 by scarlatina. Out of 128 deaths at Llantrisant, 53 were from scarlatina. In the lower sub-district of Merthyr Tydfil out of 303 deaths, 32 were from scarlatina, 37 from measles, 11 from small-pox, and 20 from typhus. Aberdare returned 371 deaths, and of these 75 were from small-pox, and 35 from scarlatina. Of 203 deaths at Neath, small-pox caused 56, measles 31. There were 38 deaths from Scarlatina at Llangafelach (Swansea) out of a total number of 143. The ill health and the frequent deaths of the population of the Principality appeal to the pity of every patriotic Welshman. " Small-pox prevailed in many other parts ; and among these at the following places, where it was chiefly fatal:—Tiverton, Lansdowne (Bath), Tewkesbury, Shrewsbury, Burton-on-Trent (where 41 were from small-pox out of a total number of 185), Aldridge (Walsall), Wednesbury (West Bromwich), Rowley Regis (Dudley), 'Birmingham, Lincoln, Liverpool, West Derby, Prescot, Warrington, Bol ton, Scarborough, Easington, Chester-le-Street, Whitehaven, Pontypool, Newport. The Registrar of Chester-le-Street complains of great want of cleanliness among the mining population. " Scarlatina caused 20 out of 22 deaths at Nor tham, Southampton, a low-lying ground near the Itchen. Typhoid fever and scarlatina prevailed at Ilchester, Somersetshire, where there are old dilapi dated hovels, overcrowded, and without drainage or ventilation. In the sub-district of Mount Plea sant, Liverpool, of 1,150 deaths from all causes, no less than 318 were from typhus, nearly 300 of which occurred in the workhouse. At Everton, West Derby, 104 out of 775 deaths were from typhus and typhoid fever. In the sub-district of Cheetham, Manchester, there was great mortality in the workhouse at Crumpsall ; 119 deaths oc curred in it, 63 of which were from measles. " The Registrar of Rillington (Mallon) writes as follows : West lleslerton used to be a most healthy village until it was drained last year ; but it has never been free from fever since. The drain terminated in a walled receptacle at the end of the village, which was entirely closed at the top, thus throwing poisonous gases into the houses at every back door. At a slight expense the work might be carried into a field about 300 yards from the spot, and the village thus cleared from what has proved a heavy scourge to its inhabitants.' " Taking the ten large towns in the United King.. dom, the death rate of Liverpool (borough) was 3.979 per cent. in the quarter. The next highest rate is that of Glasgow, 3.898; Dublin, 3.431; Man- chester, 3.414 ; Leeds, 3.203 ; Edinburgh, 3.095 ; Birmingham, 2.874 ; Bristol, 2.813. London and the borough of Salford showed the lowest death rates, 2.798 and 2.796 ; and their rues were almost the same. " THE UNITED KINGDOM. " Through the courtesy of the Registrars-Gene ral of Scotland and Ireland the returns can now be given for the United Kingdom. The registered births in the first quarter of the year were 261,175; the deaths, 190,741. The estimated population in 1865 is 29,897,366." THE BLOCKADE -RUNNING FLEET.—The occupa tion of the blockade-runners being entirely at an end the fleet so long and in so many cases so successfully engaged in it are turning their faces homeward again, and daily we hear of numbers of them being off the coast mak ing for London, Glasgow, or Liverpool. At this port we have had our full share of them, for on glancing up the list of vessels lying in the docks we noticed no fewer than 22 of them. In the Queen's-dock we notice the Alice, Capt. Grant, a well-known runner of the blockade of both Charleston and Wilmington, and which must have repaid herself to her fortunate owners over and over again. She was one of the most successful boats on the station. In the Sandon-dock there is the Abigail, but she is alley" steamer. Then there is to the thi Amy, s port t, be h g a in d to put u n t eeo ba n ck d when wii c which , if bound we career as a blockade-runner. Another now steamer, the to rememberyeud Bermuda t g e h Curlew, lies in the Coburg-dock, in the hands of Messrs. Jones, Quiggin, and Co. The Confederate States, Cap tain Ramsey, occupies a berth on the west side of the Birkenhead float ; from her present nom de plume, and the changes sho has recently passed through, it would be diffi cult to identify her with the steamer Laurel which con veyed the armament to the new Confederate steamer She nandoah, but such is indeed the case. The Caroline, Cap tain Hudgins, returned from Nassau and Bermuda only last week, making one of the fastest passages on record. She is a Clyde built steamer, as is also the Emily, Capt. Egan, in the Canada-d oc k . She, too, returned last week from Nassau. The E ugen i e, Capt. Porter, which his been for some time lyin g up at Birkenhead, is perhaps ono of the finest blockade-running steamers in the port, as she is re ported the fastest. She belongs to Messrs. Fraser, Tren holm, and Co. The Fanny, in the Carrier's-dock, is a fine steamer, sister ship to the Emily and Caroline. The Gibraltar, late Captain Reid, is well known. She, it will be remembered, conveyed to Charleston the two Blakeney guns, which figured so conspicuously in the first, if not in the more recent, bombardment of that city. Captain Reid, her commander at the time, has, in command of the Lynx, proved himself one of the most daring captains engaged in the business. The Gibraltar is the Sumter which created such consternation among the American shipping at the breaking out of the war, and which, if we except the Nashville, was the first Confederate vessel at sea. The Georgia Belle, though a magnificent looking vessel, has failed somewhat in the engine-room. She has never been at soa. The G. T. Watson, which, if we are correctly informed, is veritably the oldest blockade runner extant, is in the Carriers-dock. 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Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, CornhilL R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, See. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The debate on Mr. Baines's Bill has been distinguished by an opposition to the measure as vigorous and earnest as that of Wednesday last, and by a defence even more void of enthusiasm. Both sides have evidently felt that, whatever may be the claims of the class which is at present with out the franchise, whatever the shape which the future Reform Bill may be destined to take, there is little to recommend the particular measure which Mr. Baines brings before Parliament. The speech of Mr. Gregory represents the strong Conservative feeling which possesses the great body of the edu cated class on this subject. Although we do not share all the apprehensions which are so freely ex pressed, nor shrink from contemplating the admis sion of the working men within the pale of the Con stitution, yet a feeling so strong and so general as that which this speech and. those of Wednesday evince shows how slowly and cautiously the Govern ment must deal with the subject if it would avoid de feat and be able to make any beneficial change. The present House of Commons is not illiberal. Though elected under a Conservative Government, it soon dismissed them, and for six years has continued to give regular and efficient support to their opponents. It has passed a multitude of measures. has com pleted the liberation of commerce, has diminished or repealed oppressive taxes, has paid especial at tention to the condition and management of the poor—in short, has done all that can be asked of a popular Assembly by any reasonable man. Yet the temper of the House on this question of extending the suffrage is unmistakable. Even with a general election close at hand, the members are unable to refrain from showing which way their convictions and their sympathies lie. When Mr. Gregory de nounces Democratic change and gives pictures of Australian and American political life he carries the House with him ; and we cannot help feeling that if the much prized institution of the Ballot had been in troduced into the Commons there would probably not have been 50 votes for Mr. Baines's Bill. Under these circumstances, the position of Government last night, though at first sight embarrassing, was not really one of difficulty. Opponents may taunt them with respect to the Reform Bills of 1859 and 1860, but such taunts are easy to bear when it is felt that those who use them are at heart just as uneasy as to their own conduct. The course of the present debate is the best justification of what Government did in the last Parliament and in the early days of the present one. Lord Derby's Ministry brought in a Reform Bill, which; though most liberal in certain of its provisions, did not provide for the enfranchisement of the working classes by lowering the suffrage. On this question the Con servatives were defeated, and they appealed to the country. When the new Parliament met they were forced to relinquish office as not possessing the con fidence of the house. The Whigs, who succeeded them, were, of course, morally bound to bring in a Reform Bill of their own, and this they did, and used, as Sir George Grey tells us, every effort to carry it. We may have an opinion that these efforts were not very strenuous, but it is fair to admit that the hostility of the House of Commons and the in difference of the country made the success of the measure impossible. Some slight lowering of the franchise. might have been grudgingly conceded, but it was quite understood that the members for the small 'boroughs were determined not to p erm i t another " Schedule A," and without some strong impuliso from the country it would leave been Ira. TELLERS. res ent t the 1, a nd er ,nntrY rclal" realm• lowed Token hay° l ercial ne ver se for, e days in the 1 ) 0 .., „ 3 . g IP .-- ~, tlo or id he 110 i fla a clic! 0 op) to .,roa Jolt' ,f i" a,i'i' a • tiSt Ki th istA)ll, lead Fi te 0 tCP 'el fooe ldi 4i- 1. C4ils°- JO 11 014 10°' ' o f 1