The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

a ß nd other Companies. CAPE TOWN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. H. Watson in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the railway had performed its work safely and well during the past half-year, but, unfortunately, the agricultural and commercial de pression in the colony had caused a diminution in the traffic, but had not affected them so seri ously as might have been expected. More recent news from the colony showed that there had been an abundant fall of rain, which had tended to re vive hopes that things would go on better with re gard to agricultural pursuits. The directors pro posed to issue the £lOO,OOO of unissued capital, or some portion of it, to take the place of the tempo rary loans. It was expected that a considerable portion of the extra outlay by the company would be covered by an extension of the guarantee, when the accounts were settled with the Government. The docks at Cape Town were nearly completed, and it was proposed that the company should form tramways from the railway to them to accommodate the public. It was proposed by the Government to make extension railways to Malmesbury and Wor cester in the Western province. The Crown agents bad been making inquiries as to what terms the company would require for the purchase of the rail way, but it was found the agents had no power to treat with the company. He had only to say that the directors would be happy to co-operate with the Colonial Government for their mutual interests. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, and that the directors be authorised to carry the sum of £2,851, which had been expended in the past half-year on the renewal of decayed sleepers, to a capital suspense account. Mr. L. BROWN seconded the motion. He ex plained that there had been a reduction in the expenses of £1,020, and that by taking off the mid-day mail during the winter months they would save a further gum, and be enabled to pay the same dividends. he total amomit at foot of capital account was £736,000, but £45,000 would have to be deducted from it, which has been expended for another com pany. It was proposed to issue the £lOO,OOO capi tal to the shareholders at a minimum price of 65, and those who bid higher would have the pre f erence. The resolution was then carried unanimously, and a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was declared for the past half year. On the motion of Mr. DE SALTS, a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that, viewing the circumstances under which the capital of the com pany was subscribed, the shareholders could not entertain any offer; for the purchase of their property except on the basis of receiving back the whole of the money expevded by them. The meeting w.as then made special, and the di rectors were authorised to issue the remainder of the share capital of the company, or any part of it, on such terms as they might deem advisable. GREAT SOITTIIERN OF INDIA. The annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Chapman in the chair. Mr. H. Notman, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoptioL', said they had a good dividend of 5 per cent., which was per fectly secure. The traffic on the line was 'worked under great disadvantages in consequence of the want of roads to the railway. The extension of the line to Erode would have a material effect in in creasing their traffic ; about 40 miles in length of it would be ready for traffic in July, and the remain der of the extension to Erode in March, 1867. Tle hoped when the line was opened throughout to the junction with the Madras Railway at Erode that their net receipts would be in excess of 5 per cent. The gross receipts for the past year showed an in crease of 30 per cent. over those of the preceding year, while the net receipts showed an increase of 50 per cent. over those of 1861. Ile hoped that something would be done by the Government towards the construction of the roads to the railway. (Hear.) The report was then unanimously adopted, the retiring directors re-elected, and also the retiring auditor. GRAND TRUNK Or CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 7th of April amounted, for local passengers, to £7,065, for foreign passengers to £2,712, for mails, &c., to £976, for local freight and live stock to £1.55,563, for foreign freight and live stock to £l,s72—total, £27,888, against £27,248 for the corresponding week las year, showing an increase of £640. The total re ceipts from Jan. 1 to the above date amounted to £333,177, and for the same period last year to £321,502, showing an increase of £11,675. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday in the House of Commons, in group 1, the Great Northern (Potter's-bar, Barnet, and Hendon) was proceeded with and adjourned; and also the Edgware, Highgate, and London, and the Barnet, Hendon, and Midland Junction. In group la, the preamble of the London and South Western (additional powers) Bill was proved and the clauses were settled. In group 7 the clauses of the Nor thampton and Banbury Junction Bill were settled ; and the Teme Valley was proceeded with and ad journed. In group 10 the preamble of the Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding Junction was proved ; the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, being unopposed, was referred to general committee. In group 15, the Great Yarmouth Fish Wharves and Tramways was proceeded with, and adjourned. The following bills were referred to the Chairman of Committe": — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire (additional powers and new lines), Thetford and Watton, East Norfolk, North Walsham and Dilham Canal, Thorpe and Great Clacton Railway a nd Pier. In group 16 the Great W es t ern was proceeded with and adjourned. INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT (LIMITED). The second ordinary g eneral meetin g of this c ' orn, pany was held yesterday at the offices, C annon _ street West ; Major Kitson in the chair. Mr. Hopley, the secretary, read the re p or t, w hi ch stated that there was a net profit of £64,851 for the year ending March 31 last (after payment of the interim dividend to September, 1865), which the directors recommended to be dealt with in the following manner : —B Y the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, absorbing e '-19 822, and by placi n g to the reserve fund i 3 0 ,0 ' ' 3O, and carrying the balance, £15,029, to the next account. The directors hoped that the successful results of year would give e their operations during the last :blued satisfaction to the share hanolddevrisgil, t a h n e c m e ° o r :the:4g it had required great cau tion in business which to avoid becoming en gagedto disastrous' consequeneesaa led in many instances The directors repeat their former explanation had to for limiting the dividends to 10 per cent., nvailt•l°ll 4t. the same time of inziesb6a6laatfil they had the satisfaction of f ile b -.- e : 1 :2 1 " in a position' to increase the reserve fund. balance -sheet showed a total on both sides profit and loss account showed a gross "Z. The year of £110,553, to which was addedPat°o for the £3,278, making £113,831. From this al w art a ce il of ducted for current expenses £13,940, for income_ -e -tax £2,078, for expenditure on undertakinga yet carried out £13,140, for interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to 30th of Septem ber last £19,821, leaving the balance of profit 104,851, as above. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, apologised for not being able to issue it earlier. It recommended the same course as on the last occasion—a dividend of 10 per cent. The pecu liarity of their contract business was that accounts remained open till 'completed, and profits were not realised till the accounts were closed. The profit of £llO,OOO for the year was earned on contracts that were not concluded, and the amount had been re ceived on current account. One of the items in the balance-sheet was £727 914 for investments, of was on which £486,560 ,- deposit account, and they had ample security for those investments. Some of the securities applied to contracts in course of exe cution, and as the works proceeded thcy became greatly enhanced in value. The directors would have been glad to have declared a higher dividend, but they thought it more prudent not to exceed 10 per cent. (Hear.) The directors had had considerable anxiety as to the class of business that offered, but thought it better, on the whole, to keep to the contracts they had in hand. They had kept perfectly clear of dangerous or inconvenient business, and in no instance had they anything to do with business in which there had been failure. He assured the shareholders that the board had to exercise the greatest caution and vigilance in their operations. They might have contracted for a hundred times the business they had on hand, if they had enter tained only half the schemes presented to them. They thought it better to adhere to one or two large contracts which showed that a very considerable ultimate profit would result to the company. Mr. S. G. Gj'rrY, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. A. discussion ensued, in the course of which it was contended that the report should have been issued earlier, and that the shareholders should be made acquainted with the nature of the business the company was engaged in. It was suggested that instead of carrying a large portion of the profits to swell the reserve fund, they should be applied to payments on the shares, in lieu of calls, so as to re duce the liability on the shares, which were £5O each, and upon which £lO only had been paid ; that they should go on that way till half the capital was paid up. Mr.MoWATT thought they might easily give more information to the shareholders as to the business they were engaged in, without giving particulars that might be inconvenient. Mr. Spooner and Mr. Cooper, the auditors, hav ing replied to various questions as to the correctness of the accounts and the value of the securities held by the company, The report was adopted, and the ex-dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared payable on the 7th May. The retiring auditors were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The American PresF. The New York Tribune has the following : The veto of the Civil Rights Bill is founded upon arguments so shallow that they can be answered in a very few words. The objections on the score of policy merely are hardly worth discussing at all. If there is any Republican who is opposed to gran ti ng _ _ citizenship to the coloured race, we leave him Co argue the question with the editor of the Times, who introduced a bill for that purpose into Congress, at an early period of the session, and enthusiastically urged it in his weathercock columns. The con- stitutional objections are all that we care to notice. The objection to any interference by Congress to secure equal civil rights to the negro is sufficiently answered by the Message itself, which expressly declares the President's will ingness to co-operate with Congress in securing to him these rights. How can it be unconstitutional to protect him in a part of these rights, as the vetoed bill does, when the President offers (whether sin cerely or not) to protect him in all ? But, apart from this, it is obvious that a man deprived of civil rights is substantially a slave running loose, who may be appropriated like a wild horse, by the first man having rights, who may seize him. Liberty, without the right to enforce it by suit or testimony, is a hideous mockery of that sacred name. And if Congress canna secure to the negro the simple rights guaranteed to him by this bill, it cannot in any way enforce the constitutional prohibition of Slavery. A law against murder, which should be construed as excepting throat-cutting, would be as effective an interpretation of the great amend ment which should authorise Congress to prohibit slavery, but deny to it the power to secure civil rights to the enslaved. The objection to the section giving to the United States Courts jurisdiction over cases arising under the bill is fully met by the clause in the Federal Constitution which declares that the judicial power of the United States shall extend to I all cases arising under the laws of the United States. The objection that the bill makes it a penal) offence for Legislatures to make or judges to , administer laws inconsistent therewith is wholly without foundation. The penal clauses of the i bill are so framed as to apply only to executive officers, such as marshals, sheriffs and gaolers. The bill, as originally proposed in the Senate, was thought to be open to misconstruction upon this point,'and it was amended for the very purpose of making it clear. 1 We shall not enter into a full argument upon this subject, but refer our readers to the speech of Mr. Trumbull for its further elucidation. The result of our examination has been to satisfy us of the utterly frivolous character of the President's objections to the bill ; nor do we believe any respectable lawyer, not a bigoted devotee of Slavery, will venture to argue in its favour. The New York Times, of April 10, says :—We quoted yesterday some remarks from a Boston periodical, pronouncing Republican institutions a failure, because " first-class men," such as Phillips, Emerson, Whittier, Lowell, Sumner, Stevens, Wade, and Schurz, did not succeed in getting at the head of the Government as our rulers. There is no greater mistake than to suppose the flashy rhetoricians, poets, sentimentalists, logicians; scholiasts, dervishes, romancers, and transcenden talists, are the orders of men appointed by Divinity, or fit to be selected by the people, as rulers. There have been Emperors who were eloquent, and Kings who were rhymsters, and Presidents who were humorous; there have been rulers and law-makers who were great, and at the same time devotees, or sentimentalists, orlogic-choppers. But it is a fact that when the professors of the intellectual arts above spoken of have had opportunities of trying their hand at the practical work of government and administration, they have gene rally made the most melancholy failures. They found it a much easier thing to shine in the placid realms of thought than to master or to guide the fierce passions, and conflicting interests, and variant vagaries that rise, and struggle, and clash in the soul of a great nation, and especially during great politiCal• and social upheavals. In France, in 1848, after the expulsion of Louis Phillippe, a Go vernment of orators, and poets, and sentimentalists was established—men who could turn the roundest sentenc,es,spin.:the gayest fancies, and strike the big gest lyres—with Lamartilie at their head. But of all the Governments that France has had during the last century, it proved the weakest and consequently the worst ; and the power was soon snatched from their feeble hands by grim soldiers who had neither elocution nor poetry in their souls _through whom it quickly passed into the empire. It was the same in the German revolutions of the sam e period. In Berlin as well as other capitals, they were led, and led to speedy ruin, by professors, and poets, and sentimentalists. One ablest of these professor politicians (who ta the opinion of nearly all since made the melancholy eon f them) in n f n dt thish scholars , e o freedom-spouters proved the de struction that the _heaufdaecdtures, and pr rePasesen the end Parliamentsth ath ad the h b e y a thed- and mer mpearascutirceasl freedom, urgedme ni n of t commerce, . actical life been vi c e an d the of apparently an ,governments would surely a p n ar dis en e t , ly an d d ul m l brhed. In the great adopted, Republican have been permanently esta is through thepu blic meas ures n ecessitated by great work of carrying on our own war , a nd carr y ing it, the poets, and orators, and men of brillia nt p arts were nowh ere ; an d it was reserv ed fora leather dealer like Grant, who can neither rhyme nor, so far as the public knows, reason, and for a " plain man" like Li nco l n, to be the agents for rescuing t hi s great nati on from the most appalling perils, and triumphing over military and political obstacles. that appeared insurmountable. At first we were inclined to look to the flashing orators and glitter ing intellects for our redemption ; but those of this kidney who did attempt to do something iu the practical line made such wretched failures, and their acts of intellect looked so petty amid the gigantic forces that swayed the nation, that we soon ceased to look to them in any way whatever. Sup- pose—to take the names mentioned by the Boston • periodical— we had during the four years of war • had Phillips instead of Lincoln for President, Emerson instead of Seward for Secretary of State, foro the Treasury,Secretary u r Navy, z toStevens Whittier instead of St an t on f or S ecre t ary o f W ar , Sumner f leadS the for anny Secretary and Wade to direct Schu —d rz oes any one fancy we would have fought patiently through a four years' war, and come out of the great conflict vic toriously ? Taking the utterance of the more literary and intellectual of these men as the guides, to what in great events, would have been their action, and we may safely say that they would have landed us in hopeless secession before the war had been waged four weeks. The truth is, the style of character, mind, and manhood required for guiding the great practical movements of nations, and wielding the great vital forces of the world, is altogether different from that which or dinarily belongs to rhetors and rhymesters ; and in stead of being a discredit to our political system that such men do not obtain control of govern mental and political affairs, it is this fact which se cures the very permanence and coherence of the Re public. The New York Tribune, of April 10, says : " The witty Frenchman, who portrayed the hour of creation with a venerable Conservative tearing his hair frantically and exclaiming, 'My God ! con serve Chaos !' was not nearly so extravagant as he is commonly supposed. Witness the following extract from the private letter from a venerable and highly-respectable Texan, whose name we have no right to print, who is seeking a home at St. Louis, and writes confidentially to his agent as follows :—' The , South is for years destroyed, and a total change of the social and material state of the country must inevitably ensue. At present a seeming prosperity exists ; but that must soon end. From habit, the negro now - is, in the main, industrious ; but, as his natural traits assume control over him, he will go from bad to worse, till he reaches his natural level. That great depreciation in the lands of this State—those here tofore and now reclaimed to cultivation particu larly—must take place, I think, is plain. They already are fully 50 to 75 per cent. below the value of 1860. Socially, too, society must greatly dete riorate. The emigration to be expected will be of a low standard, and, combining with the negro, will form the controlling public opinion of the country. The Southern country gentleman, so beautiful a character in the past, will totally disappear. The mercenary trader, or the plodding, boorish clodhopper, the daily companion of his hired man, will take his place, and take from the Southern agriculturist all his claims to respecta bility. He will be no more worthy of note than will be the patent mowing-machine he will use in his farm labour." The New York Tribune, announcing the passage of the Civil Rights Bill in the Senate over the President's veto says : So Mr. Stockton's presence would not have changed the result, as Mr. Scovel's perverseness did not. And several Senators who have been con fidently counted on to " sustain the President'' have voted to sustain the Rights of Man. Honour to the noble Thirty-three ! Well, it is said, the President will refuse to enforce the provisions of this Act. That is possible. But the utility, the value of the act will not thereby be destroyed. In the first place, so much of the Act as recognises every one born in this country as an American citizen asks no odds of the President. The Courts will take care of its enforcement. And then a law stands till it is repealed ; while a Pre sident's term expires by limitation. Let us be patient, and trust that all will come right, while we do our best to keep it from going otherwise. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR: • Yesterday morning at an early bour addresses were issued by Mr. Roger Eykyn, of the " Wil lows," Windsor, and Mr. Charles Edwards, of 12, St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, London, the two Liberal candidates who intend coming forward to contest the borough at the ensuing election. Mr. Eykyn says : "I am a member of the Established Church, but at the same time a friend of civil and religious liberty. lam op posed to Church-rates on principle, and to all tests which shackle and obstruct the free working of the human intel- lect, and exclude from the sphere of useful and honourable labour many who are conscientiously opposed to subscrib ing to them. I should support all those measures which conduce to the freedom of commerce and prosperity of the nation. I consider that the time has arrived when the great question of Reform must be fairly met and dispo3ed of. I should therefore support any measure which extends the suffrage on a fair and equitable,but not preponderating, basis to the great producing classes of the country, so as to secure to labour its rights, and to capital its just influence. I shall not be content until the anomalies in our elective system are removed, nor until representation and popula tiod, wealth and intellect, are rendered more in aceordance with the British Constitution ; for it is impossible to allow for a moment that small boroughs with some 200 or 300 electors should have asmueh weight in Parliament as great constituencies numbering many thousands. Ihave confi dence in the present Government, and should give them an independent and cordial support if I should have the honour of being returned as one of your representatives." Mr. Edwards observes : "I am an earnest supporter of the present Government, and believing that the time is opportune for a reform in the representation of the people by a reasonable extension of the franchise and by a redistribution of seats, I shall support the Ministry in their desire to settle this great question in an honest and equitable spirit. The financial policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is too well ap preciated by the great voice of public opinion to require me to say more than that I cordially approve of it, and trust that the country may long have the benefit of his wise and experienced counsel in the control of its revenue and expenditure. I am in favour of the abolition of Church-rates. Our relations with foreign Governments have, in my judgment, been conducted by her Majesty's present advisers with sound discretion, preserving to us the blessings of peace, and maintaining unsullied our national honour." Both of the Liberal candidates have commenced an active canvass of the vote of the electors. The Windsor Express states that it had been arranged between the representatives of the two political parties in the Royal borough that there should be no contest on the occasion of the coming election to supply the vacancies occasioned by the unseating of Sir H. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere, but that Captain Bulkeley, a director of the Great Western Railway Company, should go in on Conservative principles, and Mr. Roger Eykyn, whose name was so prominent during the late investigation, should represent the Liberals. A correspondent informs us that this arrangement was probably to be considered in the light merely of a truce, and that Mr. Vansittart, the late Conservative member for the' borough, looks forward to regaining his seat, either by arrangement or contest after the next dissolution. The Conservatives were evidently unprepared for this sudden change in the programme. Steps were, however, at once taken by the chiefs of the latter party to meet the difficulty, and Mr. Long con vened a meeting of the electors, which assembled at seven o'clock yesterday evening at the White Hart Hotel, in order that Sir H. Drummond Wolff and Col. Gardiner might be introduced to them. Both candidates were present. Capt. Darby presided ; and among those in the room were Capt. Bulkeley, Dr. Elvey, Messrs. Long, Phillips, Batcheldor, Nixon, Adams , and Hanson, the Rev. S. Hawtrey, &c. Sir 11. D. Wolff and Col. R. Gardiner were severally introduced and received with much ap plause, each gentleman evidently explaining his political principles to the satisfaction of the audience. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1866. unflinchingly attached to the great Liberal party of the country, to which he had always remained firm since he had been able to think and act for himself, he asked them in all sincerity to give him their support. READING. One of the seats for this borough has become vacant by Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre having accepted the appointment of Civil Lord of the Admiralty. The hon. gentleman visited the borough yesterday, and has issued an address to the constituency for this borough, seeking re-election. It is a somewhat sin gular fact that during the last 20 years, from the members returned to Parliament, three were raised to the judicial bench—Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Justice Keating, and Baron Pigott ; one was ap pointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man (Mr. F. Pigott), and now, Mr. Lefevre as Civil Lord of the Admiralty. At the last election Mr. Lefevre had a majority of 275 over Mr. Tucker, the Conservative, so that no opposition would be likely to succeed. Naval and Military Intelligence. Vice-Admiral Lord C. Paget, C. 8., went down to Woolwich on Saturday, accompanied by his Flag-Lieut. the Hon. Victor A. Montague (late of her Majesty's screw corvette Racoon), and Pay master Shanks, his lordship's secretary, and hoisted his flag white at the fore, on his appointment as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Capt. George W. Towsey, commanding the flag ship Fisgard, at Woolwich, yesterday resigned his command on promotion, and was succeeded by Commander John Jackson. Previously to taking his departure a deputation of warrant officers at tached to the yard read a memorial to Capt. Tow sey, congratulating him on his promotion, and ex pressing their regret at his departure. Her Majesty's steam troopship Fox, Commander Moriarty, was yesterday taken into basin at Wool wich to be docked and to undergo general repairs. Her detention in dock will extend over a yeriod of three months, which will give Commander Moriarty an opportunity of resuming, without inconvenience to the service, his former position on board the Great Eastern in superintending the paying out the new Atlantic telegraph cable between this country and America, now about to be recommenced. The Fox is ordered to be undocked on the 11th of Aug. next. Her Majesty's ship Vestal has made a trial trip outsile Pembroke harbour. Her engines worked very satisfactorily and the maximum speed attained by the vessel was 13f knots—the engines,which are of 300-horse power, were manufactured by Mauds lay and Co., London. Private letters received by our Portsmouth cor respondent from Valparaiso, dated the 15th of March last, mention the presence there, with the United States squadron, of the two turret ship Monadnock, and state that she made an excellent voyage out there, requiring no aid from any of her consorts during the whole time. She encountered the gales met wit►. as well as the best behaved ship of the squadron. Her turrets each carry two 15-inch guns, and her sides, as she lay in Valpa raiso Bay, were but 15 inches out of the water. She had attracted very great attention on the sta tion, and the general opinion of naval men who had visited her was that, independent of the good sea going qualities which she had been found to possess, it was a great credit to the American marine to con duct so successfully a vessel of the kind on so long a voyage. Col. J. Anderson, C. 8., 4th brigade Royal Ar tillery, took his departure fromWoolwich on Satur day for Leith Fort, and will enter on the command of the Royal Artillery forces in North Britain this morning. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Robt. ITarwood, second master , to the _Mullet; Dr. A. Turnbull, assist. - surd, to the Plymouth ITospival ; G. J. Roberts, assist.-paymas ter in charge to the Mullet; and 11. W. Minty, assist. clerk, to the Mullet. Frightful Accident on the Brighton Railway A frightful accident took place last night at a quarter to 10 on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, near the Caterham Junction. A train due in London at a quarter to 10 left the Brighton station at 8. It took up several carriages from Hastings, and then consisted of from 15 to 20 carriages. Up to a short distance from Cater ham J unction nothing occurred to cause alarm. At that point, however, some waggons laden with chalk were upon the main line, and the approaching train came intolcollision with them. The engine ran over an embankment, which is from 40ft. to 50ft. deep, but, fortunately, the coupling irons gave way, and it became detached from the rest of the train, and rolled to the bottom. The first carriage was left tilted up edgeways on the top of the em bankment and remained there. Several others were thrown off the line, and many of them were much injured. One first-class carriage was completely smashed. At first all was confusion. The passen gers who were uninjured escaped from the carriages in which they had been, but had - the greatest diffi culty, in consequence of the darkness, in ascertain ing what had happened. The groans of persons who had been injured were heard, but the places where they were could not be ascertained. Lights, how ever, were soon procured from the carriages, and then it was found that a very serious accident had happened. Intelligence was at once sent to Cater ham to the officers of the company at that station, and they, with some navvies, soon came upon the spot. After their arrival the first sight that pre sented itself was a well-dressed man, apparently dying, with his leg under the wheels of a carriage and his head covered with blood. He was groan ing heavily. Loose rails were got and employed as levers to raise the carriage, and the injured man was lifted and removed insensible by the officers of the company. The carriage which had been so completely broken was examined, and a lady was found underneath the back, which had fallen in, and over which lay the whole of the side of the three com partments. The slide was first removed, and then a number of hands assisted in lifted the back. Under it a voice was heard, but for a long while nothing could be seen to indicate that any one was there. Under a confused heap of broken fragments of the carriage the lady was at length found and extricated. Mr. Nottage, of Tulse-hill, who was a passenger in the train, assisted her in getting from the place in which she had been buried. It was found, much to the surprise of all, that she was entirely uninjured. Mr. Nottage assisted her in crossing the line, and in descending the embankment to a place of safety. Under a second-class carr iage the body of a woman was found complet e ly crushed. The engine driver was buried under th e eng i ne , and was also killed on the spot. A large number of persons were found wounded and insensible in the carriages, and were removed to the house of Mrs. Jackson, at a short distance from the line, where all the beds were given up for the accommodation of the wounded. It was stated that the house was quite full, but in the con , fusion it could not be ascertained what the number accommodated was. There were some persons very seriously wounded, and it is to be feared that many have received fatal internal injuries. There were no medical men present, but it was expected they would soon be on the spot. 'Two ladies, who had received such serious injuries to the head that they were' nearly insensible, came on by the train that arrived . at London-bridge a little after 1 o'clock. There were several other passengers who had received serious , contusions, some of whom had to be assisted to their homes. Among those who were in the train, and who hare escaped uninjured were Mr. W. H. Collingridge and Mrs. Collingridge, Mrs. Sanders, Miss Harding, and Mr. Lee, of Highbury. Of course there were many others whose names were not ascertained. A pas senger who was in the train states that the chalk waggons, which were the cause of the accident, were scattered by the collision in a most extraordi nary manner. As already stated, the engine of the train was severed from the carriages and fell over the embankment. The first carriage was thrown off the line and made to overhang the bank. The second carriage in which he sat was thrown right across the line and tilted up against the first one. Ile had just fallen asleep when the collision took place, and was suddenly awoke by being thrown down upon the floor of the carriage, and struck with the fragments. The flooring was rent, and the partitions broken. He wasthrown violently backwards and then forwards, receiving only a slight injury on the cheek. He feared the worst had not come, and describesthe suspense which followed in anticipation of a final crash as being most ago nising. On attempting to escape he found that the carriage was locked ; but he luckily had a railway key, and with it opened the door. He was in the uptilted part of the carriage, and was obliged, with his three fellow-passengers, a gentleman and two ladies, to jump from the step to the edge of the em bankment. None of them were seriously injured, though much alarmed. The carriage following that described as smashed to pieces, and from which the lady was extricated, strange to say, had been more injured than the two carriages before it, and, what is still more extraordinary, its set of six wheels were seen on the top of a chalk waggon, more than 100 yards in advance of the spot where the fragments of the carriage itself were lying. The engine of the chalk train was uninjured, and not even thrown off the line. It was employed to bring to London the passengers who were able to complete their journey. NOTTINGHAM. Seventeen hundred signatures are attached to the requisition requesting Lord Amberley and Mr. H. Cossham to come forward for Nottingham, and his lordship is expected in the town to-night to be pre sent at a meeting of the requisitionists and other Liberals, convened by circular. It is now certain that his lordship will allow himself to be put for ward as a candidate. Mr. Sergeant Simon ad dressed a meeting of the electors and non-electors on Saturday evening, and in the course of a long address said he was disconnected with any party in the town ; he was brought to Nottingham by none but himself ; he stood before the constituency sim ply and solely as an independent candidate. Being Theatrical Licences and Regulations. The Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of the law affecting theatrical licences and regulations re-assembled yesterday, Mr. Goschen, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Smith, lessee of Astley's Theatre and Cremorne Gardens, was first examined—He deposed that he thought the present system of licensing theatres worked well. The music-halls did not suffer from the system, but, on the con trary, the theatres did. The taste was at present more in favour of music-halls than theatres, because people preferred the former as they could sit down and enjoy the perform ance while they drank their grog, smoked their pipes, and could have a chat. There ought to be some check on some of the music -halls, in which performances were produced that were disgraceful. Some of the halls, such as the Alhambra, the Canterbury, and the Oxford, were respect ably conducted. lie only objected to the drama being performed before persons smoking and drinking. If drink ing were done away with at these performances it would have a beneficial effect, because people would go out when they wanted refreshment and procure it at the taverns. At Cremorne there was no smoking or drinking al the theatre there, but peoplo might smoke outside the leatre. Cremorne was outside the Lord Chamberlain's dis- trict, but the theatre was licensed by the magistracy. He was in favour of maintaining the present censorship of the Lord Chamberlain over plays to be produced. The drama tic art would suffer from changing the law in favour of the music halls. The prices paid, and the demand for good new plays had increased, and he was at present in treaty with Mr. Boucicault for a new drama. Theatres were now not so well supported as formerly, and he might mention that, when lessee of Drury Lane, he had lost £3,000 by Charles Kean's engagement, and £3,500 by an engagement of G. V. Brooke. There Nero more theatres in London at present than there was demand for. The demand for good actors was as good as ever, and clever actors could com mand excellent salaries. Witness had paid Charles Ma thews £lOO a week at Drury Lane. The witness denied that he had given a gentleman, who took a box from him, a key to go behind the scenes. At Cremorne the season was just opening. The programme included white-bait dinners. (Laughter.) On Whit-Monday a ballet with 150 ladies will be produced. The theatre was quite close to the dancing room, and outside its doors were tables at which people could drink or smoke, and still go in and out of the theatre. The smoke did not at all interfere with the performance because it was not allowed inside the theatre. There were boxes around the place where the dancing took place, into which ladies and gentlemen went. The boxes were about eight feet from the dancing platform, and above them were dinner and supper boxes. Everybody could see into the boxes. He found by experience that the audience at Astley's preferred going out for their refreshments to the taverns, probably because a higher price was charged in the theatre saloon. Witness had the three saloons at Astley's let at £lO a week for the three. When witness was manager of the Alhambra the performances were similar to what were now given at that house, but there was no scenery near. He did not share in the opinion expressed by Mr. Webster that burlesques were the bane of the drama. Witness did not agree with Mr. Webster that as a general rule detectives were employed in theatres to detect and put out improper characters. Wit ness never employed detectives at Astley's, Cremorne, Drury Lane, or the Alhambra. Large sums of money have been made by some London managers. Davidge made £25,000 at the Surrey, Ducrow made £60,000, and Mr. Phelps and Mr. Greenwood amassed large sumsat Sadler's Wells. He certainly did not think that improper characters were pre vented from going into theatres by having a detective at the pay office who pointed them out, when their money was not taken. Witness would not refuse the money of these women. He would admit them and allow them to remain so long as they conducted themselves properly, to ensure which there was a policeman on duty. He had no objec- ion to the performance of scenes from operas, as given a Weston's and the Oxford, because no dresses or scenery were used in representing them. He did not think it was the fact that a man was killed by a beast at Astley's, which injured that house. He thought that if a man were killed every night at a house it would be a capital draw. (Laughter.) Witness did not find " Der Freischutz" draw good houses. He found pantomime and Menken as Mazeppa most successful, especially the latter, as the public had a great taste for that style of performance. I (Laughter.) The drawing of curtains in private boxes was not allowed or general. Ho would say in reference to that matter, lloni soit qui mal y pense. (Laughter.) Mr. Dion Boucicault was next examined. He said he had written between 180 and 2(10 dramatic pieces, many of which had been performed at the principal London theatres. He had experience of the dramatic profession as an author, manager, actor, and builder of theatres. He was at present bringing out " Arrah na Pogue" in French, at Paris. He thought the Lord Chamberlain was not the proper person to licence plays, because the office was changeable with the Ministry, and the play which one Chamberlain licensed his successor might refuse to license. There ought to be an appeal from the decision of the Chamberlain. There was licensing of theatres in the 'United States, where the standard of the drama was much higher than it was in England. The standard of the drama was higher, because the pieces produced were of a better character than those produced in this country, and the legitimate drama was more generally produced in America. Besides, there were theatres in almost each city in the States where the legitimate drama was played, and tragedies and comedies had longer runs than plays of any other description. He thought the public were the best check upon anything objectionable in a play. Many passages in plays which were licensed, and escape even the perception of the actors, did not escape the sharpness of the public. As an illustration he might state that in a play writ ten by him, and produced years ago in London, called "Old Heads and Young Hearts," there was a love scene in which Mr. Charles Mathews, who played a gentleman, said to a lady, while on his knees, "I came to scoff, but I remained to pray," which was a quotation from Cowper. The audience imagined it was from Byron and hissed it. In the same way, the prison scene in "Never too Late to Mend" was licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, but was disapproved by I the public, and cut out of the piece after a short time. The licenser of theatres ought to have a permanent appoint ment, and there ought to be some appeal from his decision, so that he could not exercise an arbitrary power. The licenser of theatres, with respect to the fitness of the building, should be an architect who understood building matters, and not the Lox d Chamberlain. In Paris, by a re cent enactment, the music -halls, where smoking and drink ing were allowed, can avail themselves of the privilege of performing dramas, but none of them have as yet done so. The censorship of the drama in France was very strict, and witness had heard, the; other day, that the trial scene in " Arrah na Pogue" would be cut out, because it brought the military into ridicule. He thought if political allusions were strongly placed on the stage—for instance—if Mr. Buckstone, as was suggested, were to play Earl Russell, the public would not approve of them. With respect to re ligion, he was of opinion the Lord Chamberlain was ca pricious, because he prohibited the production at Drury lane of " Moses in Egypt," and yet permitted that of the parable of the "Prodigal Son." The licence of the Lord Chamberlain ought not to carry a wine and spirit licence, but the latter should be applied for to the magistrates. In the American theatres the audience could smoke or drink, but they did not do so, because they went to the theatrefor a specific object—for an intellectual and not a sensual en joyment. In America the people who wanted to smoke and drink went to the music-halls. Tho drama could be pro duced at the American music-halls, and at Niblo's Theatre in New York ; when the drama was imported into it, smok ing and drinking in the auditorium disappeared. Witness had perhaps a larger pecuniary interest in the drama than any other person in the profession. He produced certain pieces in London at one or two theatres and shared the profits. The pieces were sent down to the country and he derived half the net profits from perhaps five or six theatres at the same moment. The present restrictions as to the num ber of theatres were detrimental to his interest and that of other dramatic authors. Last year he monopolised two of the London theatres with his pieces, and a third to a greatextent. It was very disagreeable for an author who had any feeling for his brother authors to monopolise the market, and in consequence of that, although he could have gone on with his pieces, he retired seven months ago to leave the market open to others, and he would remain out of it for a year He knew two or three persons who were anxious to build a theatre, but were prevented because of the difficulty of obtaining a licence. The present Lord Chamberlainmight 1_ whichould give would h im b a e 'Ministry might licencesay e om p t o l e t the feodr i o ni w t n ;a h e b r ouu o t t f ti t niv h oet homonths, Holbornmeantime thatTheatre htheew, change, and the new Lord Chamberlain might say he did not approve of the building. Mr. Robson was originally a waiter at the Grecian Saloon, and became a groat actor there, and did not learn his art in Dublin. Witness thought the more the music-halls were encouraged the better it would be for the theatres. It was better to have the music halls, which, by the sensual enjoyment they afforded, were the stepping-stones to intellectual enjoyment. Witness never saw any greater impropriety at the Alhambra than would be seen in any very large assemblage. The committee then adjourned. The Cattle Plague. Although the cattle plague has considerably declined in the United Kingdom, its ravages are still destructive, as will be seen by the annexed recapitulation of the attacks week by week from the commencement of this year to April 21:- Week ending. Current cases. Back cases. Total. Jan. 6 ... 7,106 1,402 8,508 „ 13 9,213 2,956 12,299 71 20 10,041 2,801 12,842 27 ... 11,745 1,893 ... 15,638 Feb. 3 9,153 2,290 ... 11,443 17 10 11,590 ... 4,305 15,895 77 17 ... 13,001 5,355 18,356 „ 24 ... 10,167 1,143 ... 11,310 Mar. 3 ... ... 7,310 2,060 ... 9,370 „ 10 ... 6,518 1,745 ... 8,263 71 17 ... ... 6,261 1,767 8,028 „ 24 ... 4,704 968 5,672 „ 31 ~. 3,956 697 4,653 April 7 3,361 647 4,008 „ 14 2,582 1,738 4,290 „ 21 2,823 982 3,805 The public must not merely look at the current cases, but account must also be taken of the back cases ; thus the ap parent decrease of the disease in the week ending April 14 was nullified by the increase of the back cases,while in the week ending April 21 the reverse was the fact. It is impor tant to observe that the Contagious Disease Prevention Act is not exactly fully carried out. Thus in the week end ing April 21, 137 beasts and cows were permitted to die of the disease, although legally every animal attacked ought to be killed. The recoveries in the week ending April 21 numbered 229, so that in all 366 animals are here shown to have been permitted to be fresh centres of infection. In the week ending April 14 the corresponding total was 568, and in the week ending April 7 451. The question is whether we shall ever get rid of the cattle plague as long as a policy of universal slaughter as regards infected ani mals is not enforced with rigid severity. Even now the number of attacks is larger than it was during September, October, and part of November, when a complete panic prevailed on the subject. CHESHIRE. The following are the number of cases reported to the 28th ult. :—Died, 39,303 ; killed, 29,103 ; under treatment 2,901; recovered, 10,772—t0tal attacked, 82,079. During the week 1,813 have been attacked, or 259 per diem, and dead and killed 1,626, or 232 per diem. The disease has now appeared in 461 localities in the county. DORCHESTER. Much excitement was created in this borough on Satur day evening last at the intelligence that a most virulent case of rinderpest had occurred in the immediate vicinity, several cattle belonging to Mr. Laver, a dairyman, of For dington, having been attacked with the discease. About 8 o'clock the unwelcome news was communicated to the borough authorities, who at once proceeded to the barton in which Mr. Laver's cows, 18 in number, wore kept, and Messrs. Redwood and Norris, two veterinary surgeons, im mediately expressed their opinion that eight of the number were suffering from the fatal malady. It has not been authentically stated how the outbreak originated, but it is believed to have been introduced by some sheep which were brought into this district from an "infected place" in Somersetshire, and which had been turned into a meadow in Fordington where Mr. Laver's cattle were grazing. On Sunday the symptoms were considerably worse, and several persons who visited the spot concurred in the opinion ex pressed by the veterinaries ; during th . e day 12 of the ani mals were suffering with the disease, and fears are entertained that the whole herd will bo swept away. We learn from the owner of the cattle that since March the cows had been feed ing chiefly on hay and had occasionally been turned into dry meadows, but that on Monday last they were turned into a water meadow, and he was of opinion they were suffering from the symptoms commonly apparent after cattle have been turned into "lavish pasture ;" the usual remedies were applied, Mr. Laver entertaining a suspicion that his herd was suffering from plague. The premises have been placed in the hands of the police, and all communication with the infected animals had been cut off, as the neighbourhood abounds with dairies which contain several hundred head of kine. On Saturday morning tho justices of the county held an adjourned Quarter Sessions at the Shirohall, under the presidency of Lord Portman, when the boroughs of Weymouth, Bridport, and Dorchester were "annexed to the local authority of the county for the purposes of carrying out the late Orders in Council." Colonel Cox, as the in spector-general of the county, reported that no fresh case of rinderpest had occurred in the - parish of Chickerell since the destruction of the herd of Mr. Eli Rose, and a permanent committee of magistrates was appointed to carry out the provisions of the act relating to infected places and diseased animals. LINCOLN. At a public meeting of farmers and agriculturists, held in the Guildhall, in this city, on Friday, April 27, convened "for the purpose of considering whether the present act granting compensation for cattle slaughtered by order of the inspectors should be continued after the 10th of May, when it will expire," the Hon. A. Leslie Melville in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the compulsory slaughter of cattle has been of decided advan tage in diminishing the number of cases of cattle plague in this neighbourhood." " That it is both advisable and ne cessary that the Government should continue the powers of the bill authorising the slaughter of cattle beyond the 10th of May." " That it would be unjust towards those ratepayers who may hereafter suffer from cattle plague if they do not receive the same compensation as those who have already been remunerated." " That this meeting considers it only equitable that compensation should be granted to those who suffered from cattle plague before the Act of the 20th of February came into opera tion." MALT ON. For three weeks no new case of outbreak has occurred in this division, and the deaths in old centres have mate rially decreased. Last week there was no death even, and the sheets were returned without an entry. It is hoped the plague is about conquered here. There being a very forward crop of grass, all strawyard stock has been turned over to the keeping of the farmers friend, "Doctor Green," as grass is facetiously termed. Agricultural Prospects. Last week opened with a bright breezy day, wind round to the N.E. Monday was fine and clear, with much sun, wind blowing strongly from the N.E. ;to E. ; thermometer 48 degrees in the morning up to 52 at mid-day, and baro meter as high as 30.20 inches. On Tuesday it was again bright and dear, with a stiff breeze from the N.E. ; ther mometer 52 degrees ; barometer still high, but falling, and at 30.10 inches in the evening. This dry and breezy wea ther was just what the farmers wanted to make good pro gress with their spring tillage, and such work was pro ceeding most vigorously in all directions ; as indeed the very heaviest soils were almost too hard, and these could not be worked well. The wheat plant was in some in stances reported to be gone off from the previous heavy rains and sudden change to extremely dry weather, but would soon recover with a higher temperature and warm rain. Our advices on that day from Suffolk stated— " Barley sowing finished, but the present sharp drought will make it difficult to get some' of it up." From the West Riding of Yorkshire it was said- " The weather is now very droughty, and must improve the condition of the wheat materially, and dry the land, so that farmers will soon complain of extremes." From Northumberland it was remarked—The weather was wet and cold on Wed nesday and Thursday—since then it has been fine, but still cold, the wind varying from N.E. to S.E. except on Friday, when it was S.W." Wednesday was a splendid day, sunny and breezy—wind N.E., thermometer 52 deg., barometer 3010 inches, and steady. Thursday the wind got to the S.E., and the temperature was higher, with a -falling barometer, down to 29.95 inches. On that day our advices from Warwickshire reported that " the weather continues fine and summer-like. Spring-sowing may now be said to be completed, and on heavy stiff lands a few showers would prove very beneficial." From Suf folk, near the coast, it was remarked—" We have had a week of bright, dry, sunny weather, cold with easterly wind, which has been highly beneficial .to our lands. Barley-seeding may now be deemed finished." From the interior of the same county it was remarked— " During the past week we had fine spring-like weather, with bright sunshine during the day, and cold nights. Both wheat and barley plants present a good appearance." In Scotland the weather has been reported from the west coast to be "fine and seasonable ;" from the east coast, " the weather is all the farmers can desire for seeding." From Dorsetshire it was said : "The weather is now fairly sea sonable." From Kent it was remarked : " The weather since this day week has been dry and fine ; this has much im proved the condition of all grain." From Wiltshire : "We have had cold winds ; but the weather is dry." Good pro gress was made in all field work during this day, and such farmers as could spare hands to thrash their wheat would have an improved sample asfar as condition was concerned to bring forward ; while, so soon as spring tillage has been completed, better deliveries may take place; but whether the prices will be sufficiently encouraging to induce the farmers to bring out much remains to be seen. At any rate, when the condition is improved, they will have less trouble to make sales than has been generally the case since last harvest. The millers much want good-conditioned samples and will now have a better choice and probably take them more freely in consequence. On Friday the morning was thick. The day proved warm ; the wind was S.E. for the most part, but S.W. ht the evening; at noon thermometer was 62 degrees. On Saturday morning the barometer in dicated a considcrat4le fall in the past night, being down to 29.40 inches. The morning was thick, with the wind at S.W. ; thermometer at 8 a.m. 58 degrees, rose up to 6g degrees by noon, with a warm summer-like day up to 4 p.m., when some heavy rain fell, and the evening proved a very wet one, with the wind back again to the N.E. Since Tuesday se'ennight the weather has remained dry, wit h the exception of Friday in the past week, when some slight rain fell ; there were thus 11 favourable days for spring tillage, and a great breadth of work must have been done. The nights for about one week were very cold, with a piercing north-easterly wind, and this checked the growth of grass and nipped it a little, but, on the whole, there is a good promise for a crop, and the recurring rains will be most serviceable to thorn, as to all spring corn re cently committed to the ground. The demand for seed samples of barley has nearly worked up this kind of corn, and the few now coming forward may be taken to finish off the malting season, the cold nights being just what the maltsters want, and these are experienced whenever the wind blows from the eastward. Still there is nothing par ticularly cheering in the "agricultural prospects" a t pre sent ; for the rinderpest continues to be a most important drawback to farmers, and many losses aro yet experienced in various districts.—Mark-lane Express. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON—APRIL 28. Wheat was in fair supply, and sales were effected at Int° rates. A fair inquiry for beans, and fine sorts advanced 6d in value. New white wheat, 45s to 49s ; new red, 40s to 485 ; old white, 48s to 535; old red, 44s to 49s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 38s per 3 0 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 28s to 32s per 24 stone,. o Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone . re, 36s to 405 per 36 stone. CHELMSFORD—APRIL 27. Here to-day we had a good supply of wheat, the roigli tion indifferent ; best sorts commanded late rates, inferior is cheaper, with a dull sale. Spring corn of all descrip tions fully as dear. Wheat, old white....4ss s?s Peas, Partridge ...... 365 393 new ,43s 51s White ..9a 345 old red 39s 45s B , iling ....... .376 'irti new. 36s 45s Dun.... ..... ... 36s 4 Barley.... . -- s , o 25s 33s --a Chevalier 3Es 420 Beans, Tick, 01d......35s , Grind ng ' , Bs 34s new.... 358 3,,,9! Malt sBs tos Harrow ticks.3B6 "- Chevalier 6L's 62i new.... 363 403 Oats .. 2 s 26s , Mazagan. ..... 34s ..-Si GRANTHAM—APRIL 28. The supply of wheat was scanty, and there was a mode rate demand at recent terms. Beans in active demand. Old white wheat, 52s to Ms; old red, 49s to 525; n ew white, 49s to 52s ; new red, 44s to 47s per 36 stone. Ba i r ley for malting, 36s to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 33 4 P,!, 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s per 4' stone. Beans; old, 48s to 51s ; new, 44s to 46s per 38stone• Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. COLCHESTER—APRIL 28. last A moderate supply of wheat. Less demand tha n week, but farmers evidently think prices quite low enougut and prefer waiting awhile rather than take less mon e y Beans and peas were scarce, and made high prices. Wheat, white 352 E6s I Beans, Mazagan......349 A 401: red 40s 60s Middle and 5ma11._346 704 Barley Bs 43s Peas, white 388 4*- 6 Oats .......—s —s grey 3 68 42 ABERDEEN—APRIL 27. There was a considerable attendance of dealers at the market to-day, and higher rates were current. White wheat 40s Od 0d to 45s 4 4 5 5 5 s 0 0 d d j t 621 h Red wheat Potato oats 25s Od to 25s 6d tTh II 40 b u shel. Common oats 24s Od to 24s 6df II bushel' Bere 30s Od to 31s Od t_ 531 b bushel. ? Barley 32s Od to 32s 60 Olb Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od 131 b o ll of 2 8 0 , Flour, fine 36s Od to 37s Od sac k of 28 1 "' il KIRKCALDY—Arun, 28. • a Small supplies of wheat, barley, and oats, with a liaute business at recently quoted prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fir5t....... 44s ed ; a (Ai "_Ss 01 :...-econd.... 45s Od 1 37s Od 2a Od Teird..... 47s Od —s Od 30s Oct COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. cl• Walls End Haswell 18 6 Buddle's - WestH 17 3 artley 9 Tees 17 3 Walls End Helton ... 18 6 Kepler Grange......... 6 Eden Main 16 6 Hastings Hartley l7 3 Holywell Main ......••• 6 Tunstall Caradoc lB' 0 Heugh Hall ............ 1 , 1 6 Hartlepool New Belmont. ....... Ships at market, 91; sold, 63. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton /. 3 / 20 Ditto, via Marseilles MO ' 1' Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet v Ditto, by French packet Map Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena 51 3 Y 3. China, Penang, and Singap,,re, vi a S ou: h ampton Ditto, via Marseilles .. gay 1. Faikland Islaaids Gibraltar, via Southampton MaY 3 ' - India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via So u th amp t on ... MaY 3 Ditto, via Marseilles I n dia (Bombay), via South amp t on. Ditto, via .flarseilles Malta, Egypt, and Ad en , v i a S outhampton ...... -.• •• • 31 331 l iaaa Y yyy. 513 ' 4. 5 ' Ditto, via Marseill es M a y 4 Mauritius, via Southa mpton Ditto, via Marseil e +. MaY 6 ' Newfoundland • .... . clay 9 ' Portugal ... • •• ..MsY 4 ' Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... • • • • United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ..3131 Ditto, by United St ates packet, via Southamp ton...... ton ...... Ditto, via Cork . Ditto, by Canadi an pac k et, via Londonderry „r2l, i 3 West Coast of Af r i ca, M adeira, and Tener i ffe ...• 1"Y West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and II onduras) 3laY 1429. Cuba and Mexico ....... 1%/a9 3 B ahamas, via New 1 ork. 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Miss Elizabeth J lo %o' Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ne r :delb ness, indigestion, gather ings, 1 ow spirits, and nervous o ' 2 o, In tins, 11b, 25 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, 118 ; 121 b, 2 . 2 ,,, 5 ,.,' „don 405.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, J,,,,,,uciffee also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Sing William-street ; te• at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bisb010001; street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Stns 64, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-rOsuiooo Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-bill; St' Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-ter ra” John's-wood. London; and all respectable grocer!' Sp mists.—Beware of snuriousimitations. Births. M: ClamsEns—On the 28th ult , at Lake-terrace, W of - worth-common, the wife of R. H. Chambers, •E' l son. KLEIN—On the 30th uIL, at 8, Holland-roadßr i g ia°-1 i - wife of Wm. Klein, Esq., of a aughter. usr et SOMERVILLE—On the 30th ult. 13, Porchester-ms W., the wile of S. Somerville, d at Esq., of a daughter' 030 Wmarts—On the 30th ult., at Eyford House, Surt' it°l3l wife of W. H. Wilkins, Esq., of a son. Marriages. 0 00' JOHNSON— ARBIIIIINOTT—On the 26th ult., at M oll 'l - 9 0 1 by Brechin, the Rev. F. P. Johnson, vicar a iig es i . Northamptonshire, to Matilda Elizabeth, 9, 1 5 0° daughter of J. C..Arbuthnott, Esc i, of BalnanW°- Findowrie. TAPLIN—PARKER—OR the 28th ult., SL Paurs.„, - its, - Deptford, Frederic Taplin, Esq., of Chute, vY it ifor Mary Ann, eldest daughter of S. B. Parker, Esq" land House, Wickham-road, Kent. Deaths. „ P c il CRAVEN—On the 28th ult., at Fulham, C. D. Crfivi Wo barrlstek•-at-law, and Captain in the sth Regio len York Militia, aged 37. ~f i son, HAnnisos—On the 28th ult., at Highgate, Jo hn HA I L ° ft.- .D. L— , IT aged 33. 1 40 ' On the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. Richard ..- t ' l ' King's-road, Brighton, aged ais i4 LAGOS —On the 28th ult., at 25, Norlancl-sq unre ' -1° Baroness de Lagos, aged 70. Y S at 014 1 PULG—On the 29th ult , denhatn, W• r • • Esq., aged 53. he I,or t RIVERS—On the 28th ult., at 15, Portman-square, t Rivers. Lady RIVERS—On the 30th ult., at 15, Portman-square, the Rivers. ; Ge re RICHARDS —qn the 28th ult., at Solihull, Capta _.....-- Richards, R.M., aged 90. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAAL •''" I P. of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at Trim SUN OLU 4C b 0.111 Strand, in the Precinct of the SIIVOY in the ° Middicaex.—Tuesday, May 1, 1866.