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THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LA TEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. liAKRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-road, London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic generally. tbs.:, he supplies the LATEST EDITIoN oh lifE sIJN" as soon as published--No. 16, llampstead road, QPORTING.--JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the K . 77 LATEST EDITION of " SUN" as soon as pub lishcd. —4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY.—Morning, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. Om To-MoititoW.-11.1orning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, 7h. 5."..m. t -- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1866. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1866. The second reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill took place last night, and was carried by 298 to 5. This is satisfactory, for the question is one that ought to have been settled long ago, for its re maining in abeyance gives rise to irritation and annoyance. Mr. I) ts runt announced his intention of moving some amendment to the Bill when it was in Committee. The right hon. gentleman admitted that some parts of the Oath, as it now stands, were invidious and obsolete, but he did not at the same time approve of the manner in which the Govern ment have altered it. It is true, as he observed, j that great difficulties attend the construction of an uniform oath, for you must take care, " on the one hand, as far as Roman Catholics are concerned, that nothing is included which affects their con sciences ; and, on the other hand, you must take c are, as far as the Protestants are concerned, that everything is inserted which they believe to be of essential importance." Mr. DISRAELI considers that the oath of allegiance is not properly framed. It should b e a " dynastic" one, and such as to secure the country from any doubt in the event of a change in the succession to the Throne. There is sonic truth in this, as the oath should certainly be one of allegiance to the q uEE. , ; and her heirs and succes3or3 according to the limitations of the Act of settlement. Such a n oversight could easily be reineJied in committee, howev er, and does a ffect the principl e o f the bill. n ot materially Another point omitted in the bill now presented to the House by the Ministers was intro iu ce d i nto the bill prepared by a Roman Catholic me m b er some short time since. The oath makes no reference to the supremacy of the Crown. Certainly there is nothing to prevent any Roman Catholic from recognising the Act of Settlement, and the supre premacy of the Q UE E N in the Courts of England ; and, as Mr. DISRAELI truly affirmed, the Judges professing the Roman Catholic religion " are, by their conduct and administration of the law, giving every clay conclusive proof that in the courts of irmtice of this country they recognise only the law of England, and not the canon law of their Church." The right hon. gentleman wisely refrained from opposing the second reading, and expressed a hope that the house would look with candour upon the question, and then they might pass a measure wh ich would have a fair chance of b ec oming law, and prove generally acceptable to I Parliament. sr G. GREY declared that the Government would consider the amendments of the right hon. gentle man in a fair spirit. Considerable amusement was created by Mr. BRIGHT'S declaring that a small number of mem bers would not make the affirmation which stood in the bill. If the word " defend" meant to not take up arms, then those members could subscribe to that part of the oath. Sir G. GREY promised that the point should receive attention. But lie said, " I do not think the word ' defend' necessarily means defend by force of arms, though if unfortunately any occasion for such defence such arise, I should be sorry that the Crown should lose the benefit of his services." Notwithstanding the arguments of Mr. NEWDEGATE and Mr. WHALLEY, only five hon. members supported the amendment, which shows the feeling of the House on the subject. It is to be trusted that a fair spirit will animate the Committee, and that the measure in its amended form may even receive the sanction of both Houses, and remove the anomalies that have so long existed in the Parliamentary oaths of this country. Count BISMARCK has forwarded a reply to the recent address of some members of the Holstein nobility, which, for cool impertinence, nearly equals, if it does not surpass, anything that he has written hitherto. He declares that he has already stated that he " considers the union of the Duchies with the Prussian Monarchy to be the most advantage ous solution possible." After all that has occurred respecting this subject, and after all the protests that have been made in various directions, it does seem extraordinary that even a man of his effrontery should thus come forward and reiterate assertions of this sort. Of course every one knows what are the opinions of the Count on this subject, but it is quite out of character for him to assume them in this manner. He goes on to state how he thinks, hopes, and expects the grand deeds may be accomplished. He says, " Respect for those who signed the address encourages the KING'S Government to make fresh endeavours to obtain the consent of Austria to this solution," as if at any time since the commencement of this attack upon the Duchies there had been the slightest drawing back on the part of the Prussian authorities in their efforts to appropriate the Duchies. It is not likely that Austria will consent to be hoodwinked to serve the turn of her encroaching ally, for she has too long been made a regular dupe of, and of late has recog nised her invidious position. Herr von BISMARCK need not plume himself too soon upon his victory, he will yet have to stand the brunt of the battle ; and the Vienna Government must have changed very much in the last few weeks if they give up now what they have so boldly asserted they will defend. Perhaps we get nearer to the truth in the latter part of the Count's reply when he alludes to the " claims of Prussia." There he speaks the in tention of the Berlin Cabinet from the outset of the affair. It was to take possession of the Duchies that the war was waged, and that the diplomatic ruses have been continued, to the scandal of Europe and the consternation of the minor States of Ger many. Herr BISMARCK intends, we see, to maintain his position in such a manner as to " restore the administrative unity of the Duchies, and gua rantee their prosperity." This, we suppose, is, in other words, to persist in his purpose of annexation to the last, carte qui carte. The only hope that remains for the undue preten sions of the Prussian Cabinet to be checked lies at 4-I,r. Government of A nutria, and if that Power would maintain anything like its rightful position in Europe, it will not submit to be stulti fied, to suit the arrogant assumptions and pertinaci ous demands of Prussia. The more Count BISMARCK gets the more he requires ; and the only way to check his course is to refuse to accede to his request. The Duchies have been a very convenient excuse for the encroachments of Prussia, and it was very mis taken policy on the part of Austria to join in the attacks on them. The Cattle Plague Bill has produced a sadly per plexing measure to the legislators of both Houses. The question is without doubt one of very great difficuity, for there is on the one hand the fear of encouraging the spread of the destructive and con tagious malady, and on the other of increasing the inevitable loss by unnecessary slaughter. These conflicting interests have hampered our legislation throughout, and have produced a degree of vacilla tion which is anything but satisfactory. Our knowledge of the plague, its origin, exciting causes, treatment, and chance of cure is all unhappily so vague and unreliable that most men find it impossible to arrive at a definite conclusion on the subject. There are two arguments, both of which have much force, but which are entirely opposed to each other. We are told that as the treatment is so uncertain, and cure so very doubtful, it is the safest and wisest course to " stamp out" the disease ; to sacrifice some for the sake of the majority in the same way that an extended conflagration is often arrested by the de struction of neighbouring houses. The contagious nature of the disease is certain, though it is not ab solutely clear that predisposition, exposure, and rough treatment may not in many instances have contributed a good deal to its rapid extension. It is, therefore, urged that it is wiser and better to sacrifice those animals already affected, who have at best but a poor chance of life, than to allow them to spread the infection still further among all herds with which they may come in contact. The opponents of this doctrine urge, on their side, that it is a great hardship to slaughter animals that are per haps convalescent, and whose owners have a reasonable hope of avoiding total loss ; that it is now too late to adopt the method of compulsory slaughter ; that in many instances a milder type of disease has appeared, and that in Scotland at least one-third of the beasts affected have recovered. All these points were fully discussed in the House of Lords last evening, when the much-debated Cattle Plague Bill was again brought under consideration. The principal point at issue was whether the Privy Council should have discretionary power to relax the order for compulsory slaughter, or whether such power should not be given until after the 15th of April. It was urged that the act should have a fair trial, and that no relaxation of its most stringent clauses should be permitted until after the specified time ; but the opposite party declared that heavy loss would be inflicted by the , slaughter of valuable cattle who had been in contact with infected beasts, who might yet possibly escape the disease. Also it was argued that in the local m ag i strates had resolved not to many order ports the slaughter of convalescent beasts, so that the public respect for the law would be lowered. The bill, it was said, had been passed during a time of panic, and continual complaints of its rigorous nature were being publicly made. The fact of the matter appears to be that if the " stamping out" policy was to be tried at all it was delayed too long. The disease was buffered to reach a height , WEI necessitated an immense destruction o. valrtabi'e property before all animals who had either shown sfmptorns of the disease or been in the vici• nity of the 3 ffeeted could be slaughtered. FairE and : market's were left open, the traffic of catth along the public highways was freely permitted, nc check w' is put upon the removal of imported b eas t s from a Le ports where they were landed, and the lack 0: 1 .: cleanliness and care on the railway lines no der übt helped the disaster. The Duke of MARL 801101 :Gil quoted last evening a passage from the first, - report of the Royal Commissioners with refe re,ace to the power of slaughter, which puts the natter very justly. " This power is right and - aseful when the disease has appeared only at isolated spots and attacked a few animals ; the public bene fit is then - very great, and private sacrifice small ; but in proportion as it extends the hope of thus arresting its march diminishes, the inevitable waste increases, and the sense of hardship tends to become insupportable." With regard to the policy of isolation, the Commissioners said, " When the disease has widely diffused itself, and disappears at one point only to appear at another, the difficulties of isolation become greater, and the chances of its being efficacious less." . There could be no more accurate descrip tion of the disease, as the noble duke remarked, than that it disappeared at one point only to appear at another, and this fact favours the theory of atmospheric influence as well as direct con tagion. It was finally decided to adopt the clause as amended; that is to say, giving the discretionary power required after the 15th of April. Another clause, moved by the Earl of LICHFIELD, was very wisely adopted. It prohibited the holding of markets, fairs, and public sales of cattle until the Ist of July. If such a provision had been made at the first outbreak of the disease it would have been all the better. There is one point in respect to this cattle plague which deserves more attention than it has hitherto met with, and was referred to last evening by Lord ELLENBOROUGII. A man lost three fourths of his cattle by the plague, and seven of his remaining beasts showed symptoms of the malady. They refused to drink water; but on being turned into a field where there was lime slaked in water they drank it eagerly, and all re covered. Surely this is a hint worth acting on, and the experiment of a plentiful supply of lime slaked in water might be made with very little cost or , trouble. It would not be the first time that the in stinct of the lower orders has proved a surer guide than human science. Indeed among human beings there have been frequent cases of a fever-stricken patient drinking copiously of cold water, a forbidden draught, and subsequently re covering. If this case, which has been several times referred to, should be well authenticated, surely the fact of the whole of the animals who drank the lime water recovering when all those attacked in the same herd had died ought to weigh heavily. We should be glad to see the stringency of the Act so far relaxed as to allow a few experiments of the kind to be made under proper authority with die precautions. It would be surely feasible to keep the animals isolated from al possible contact with others until a few doubtful points were set at rest. If great mother Nature chooses to reveal any of her secrets, no man of science need be too proud to learn, and we may be sure that in obeying her dic tates the cattle are wiser than the inspector or the surgeon. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. - ---_.__.4,, -.-- ---- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The German papers received to-day state that the Cabinet are intensely occupied with the affairs of the Duchies. It was not known 'whether Prussia had yet sent any reply to the last Austrian despatch of the 7th February, but the belief was general of considerable estrangement between the two Powers. In the Duchies themselves much uneasiness and anxiety prevailed among the inhabitants generally. In official quarters in Paris the affairs of Germany occupy more than usual attention, and I have reason to believe that the Minister will shortly be asked some questions on the subject in the Chamber. It is asserted, confidently, to-day, that in spite of the difficulty arising out of the Convention, the Duke de Leuchtenberg has determined to press his claim to be Hospodar of Moldavia and Wallachia. Ile is said to be as anxious to obtain it as the Count de Flandre was to refuse it. The treaty in ques tion was concluded on the 19th of August, 1858, between England, France, Turkey, Austria,.and Prussia, Russia, and Sardinia, after nineteen long Conferences. It provides that the united provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia shall be free to arrange their own affairs without the control or interference of the Ottoman Porte. The essential article against the claim of the Duke de Leuchtenberg is Article 13. That article is as follows :—" Any person whatever shall be eligible for election, as Hospodar, who is 35 years old, and is the son of a father born in Moldavia or Wallachia, provided he has fulfilled public functions during ten years or been a member of the Assemblies. He must, however, have a yearly revenue of 300 ducats derived from landed property." The construction of the Great Exhibition build ing proceeds very rapidly and regularly. The work connected with the foundations has .been executed to the extent of. 160,000 cubic metres, and the workmen are about to commence operations on the ground comprised between the circular avenue and the outer wall of the edifice. The cubic extent of brickwork has reached 26,100 metres, and it is ex pected that the foundation works will be completed by the end of the month. The arches of the grand gallery of airage have reached 210 metres in length. As to the transversal arches of three metres, they are built to the extent of about 100 metres. Among the work completed may be reckoned 530 pillars, 3000 metres of aqueducts, and 200 metres of drain age. The same activity has been displayed in re gard to the machinery required. Thousands of tons of wrought and cast iron have been brought to the spot, and it is expected that the operations for the metallic roofing and other works will be ac tually carried on in the course of next month. A letter from Florence states that the section of the Railway from Palermo to Termini on the northern part of the Sicilian line has been opened with much ceremony. The treaty of commerce between Italy and the Zollverein has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 186 against 16. To-day is Mid-Lent Day, and Paris is again all gaiety. This is the fête of the Washerwomen. The usual procession was very beautiful, and the fête has been celebrated satisfactorily. In many of the towns in the vicinity of Paris also the Mi-Caretne has been celebrated by gay processions. All night there will be many private and public balls. Paris will to-morrow resume its religious celebrations, which will be kept up till Easter. The illoniteur does not say anythirg about a meeting of the Powers in Paris to confer upon the affairs of the United Danubian Principalities, but it is stated on good authority that such a meeting will take place in the course of the present month. The Governments will each send a Representative or Minister. England, France, and Austria are said to be perfectly in accord upon the subject. Accounts from Frankfort state that people begin to be perfectly aware of the gravity of the position of the affairs of Germany, and that a war between between Austria and Prussia is considered to be almost inevitable. In the absence of " metal more attractive," a writer of note gives a sketch of the celebrated M. Renan, the author of La Vie de Jesus. It may be a little exaggerated, but I think it will interest your readers. The bio grapher says that M. Renan is short, and rather fat. He dresses in simple style, but does not look like an ordinary man. M. Renan lives in the Faubourg St. Germain, a fashionable quarter, and leads a very regular life. He goes to bed and gets up early, does not smoke, and was never seen at a theatre. his room where he writes is elegant, and is ornamented as much as the enor mous library in it will allow. The walls are hung with several pictures of d'Ary Scheffer, whose nieco lie married. His evennesss of temper is never inte rupted. He is always affable, gay, and smiling. Ile will talk upon any subject, but his great plea sure and the chief object of his thoughts is the topic upon which the writes—Religion. The writer pro ceeds to say that lie knew M. Renan in Syria, a country where you are baked in the summer and frozen in the winter, but M. Renan is always so preoccupied with his great subject that he never pays any attention to these minor evils of life. He would walk about in Syria for hours, breakfast upon a bas-relief and dine upon an inscription. His oral guide and servant thought his passion for old stones and statues was a sort of madness, and used often to say that the French gentleman must be mad. At home, although M. Renan thinks a good deal, he eats a good deal also. He rarely writes fasting. Neither hunting, racing, nor shooting has charms for him, and he never rides on horseback. Many learned men have manias or hobbies. M. Renan has none. He is always occu pied with his literary labours, and takes but little interest in anything else. There are few persons who talk more agreeably, with greater fluency, or with better style. His mode of speaking, however, is clerical. He is a man of ardent imagination, which is evident from everything he says or does. Ho can undergo great fatigue, and writes for whole days without being weary. He makes a great many corrections in his procfs, to the terror of his printers, and when he marks out a passage he is sure to add much more to make up for it. The wildness which pervades his writings is also displayed in his manners and behaviour. He has the greatest re spect for scientific men and men of letters, and never was any greater astonishment displayed by any one than he exhibited on one occasion, when, introduced to an American gentleman, who was de scribed as a celebrated philosopher. In the course of conversation M. Renan asked the gentleman what he did in his early days at Boston. " Not much," replied the American, " I was chiefly en gaged in getting up a menagerie of wild beasts." M. Renan appeared to be literally thunderstruck, for he could not imagine that a man could be of the same trade as Batty and him self. M. Renan has a wonderful memory in re gard to facts, names, and dates. He speaks English and German very well, and understands Greek, Latin, and particularly Hebrew. " If," says the writer, "M. Renan interprets the Bible perversely, it is simply because his masters them selves understand it badly." M. Renan is not an atheist, as some have said. The attitude of respect which he assumes in churches proves that he has not entirely discarded his Christian ideas. It is impossible for any one to speak of his adversaries with greater indifference, more politeness, and more contempt than M. Renan does. To sum up :—The appearance of M. Renan does not give an idea of his works. Like all Bretons (he is a native of Brit tany) he always steadily pursues his purpose and cares for nothing. One characteristic is what is called absence of mind. Sometimes he goes out forgetting that he has not put on his cravat. Once he was going out without his coat, and would have done so had he not been reminded of the fact. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEIITOR. March 8. March 1. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of th© Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857).. 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reservo of the B 1r and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 R-s,,rvo in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 881,198,925 899,820,525 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 5,425,727 06 6,473,330 97 Treasury account cur- rent Creditor 837,16,903 14 79,366,304 11 Current accounts, Paris 132,628,743 69 139,554,291 67 Do. branch banks 25,884,294 25,931,053 Dividends payable 1,422,327 75 1,570,779 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. March 8. March 1. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. Branch banks ......... 467,247,369 83 449,388,564 52 Commercial bills over- 374,859 19 4,387,922 58 duo Commercial bills dis counted, not yet duo 299,721,947 25 312,955,597 67 Do. branch banks 303,209,821 279 , 667 , 814 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REITTER'S TELEGRAMTELEGRAMS.) and debentures 1). branch banks 18,924,000 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vontion, June 10, 1857) 6 0 ,00 0 ,000 Government Stock re- 608,900 - 613,500 - 360,700 - 382,200 - 60,000;000 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,416,737 91 36,416,737 91 serve Do. disposable Rentes Inunobalisees (Law, June 9, 1857) 1 00,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 8 ,447,549 - 8,444,235 - 644,601 - 600,837 - 11,188,893 82 13,302,054 67 Total 1,362,000,752 2 1,38G,330,420 97 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Batik of France. (Signed) ROULAND. .0 0 We are heartily glad to see that Colonel Torrens, M.P., has given notice that he will, in the House of Commons to-night, "ask the Finance Secretary to the Trea sury whether it is the fact that the clerks of the Inspector- General of Imports and Exports have applied to the Board of Customs for liberty to forward a petition to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, praying for a reconsideration of a petition, presented in May last, with a view to giving them a more substantial benefit than is afforded by the recent Treasury minute upon Customs , Salaries, and whether such permission has been refused." We understand that the prospects of the Grand International Horticultural Exhibition and Botanical Congress, to be hold at South Kensington, in May next, are most encouraging. The ground to be occupied by the show, which is a portion of the site of the 1862 Exhibition, is already under preparation for the erection of tho mon ster tont ; and, accor di ng to th e pl an s which h ave b een adopted, the int er i or arrangemen t s w ill be m a d e mos t effective. The complimentary banquet to the learned foreigners who are invited to take part in the proceedings, or to attend as delegates from foreign Governments, and which, thanks to the City Corporation, is to be held in the Guildhall, is drawing in as subscribers to the fund many who aro anxious to do homage to the distinguished foreign visitors who will honour the occa sion with their presence. While the Botanical Congress, which is to be under the presidency of M. do Caudelle, is assuming from day to day a more practical shape, several eminent botanists both at home and abroad have already joined in working it out to a successful issue. The meet ings of the Congress aro to be held in the Raphael Cartoon room, at South Kensington, by permission of the Com mittee of Council of Education. This •great horticultural movement, it should be remembered, is wholly of an inde pendent character, and it must be a source of great gratifi cation to the friends of scientific horticulture in this country that it has attracted so large an amount of voluntary pecuniary support, without which indeed it would not hate been attempted. The expenses, however, will be heavy in proportion to the magni tude of the undertaking, and we learn officially that further aid is necessary to secure that the combined exhi bition and congress be carried out in a spirited manner, which is highly desirable, having reference to their inter- national character. THE CROATIAN DIET. AGRAM, MARCH 8. The proposal of the Committee of the Croatian Diet to send Deputies to the Hungarian Diet, in conformity with the wish of the Emneror, has been agreed to. The members thus appointed to represent Croatia will be provided with instructions relative to the course to be pursued by them at the Hungarian Diet. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 8, Three o'clock.—The marke closed at the following quotations :- 41- per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 0 67i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Fonder — Italian Loan — Do. end month 62 60 BAIL. Roman — Ottoman Fives — Mexican Loan 47 50 Do. Bonds 305 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threos Home Debt Deferred 'AM!. Cash. Acct. Orleans ... 882 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranea n — ... 1131 25 • 906 25 Southern 5 Western • ...57 50 ' - 5 70 Eastern ... 545 Sardinian. ' -1 37 50 Austrian ... 75 Lombard 4OB ... 420 North of Spain — 173 75 Saragossa — 236 25 Ditto to Barcelona ... 100 &mut ... 116 25 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-3Lutcu 7. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Order for Second Reading read. Motion made and ques tion proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time. Amendment proposed, "To leave out the word ' now, and at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The houso divided, and the numbers were—Aye; 285; Noes, 252. AYES-285. Acland, T. D. Fortescue, D. F. Morris, W. Adair, H. E. French, Col. Morrison, W. Adam, W. P. Givelve, S. Neate, C. Agar-Ellis, L. G. Gavin, Major Norwo9d, C. Agnew, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. O'Beirne, J. Aden, W. S Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, Sir P. Andover, Lord Gladstone, W. H. O'Conor Don, The Anstruiher, Sir R. Glyn, G. C. Ogilvy, Sir J. A.ntrobus, E. Glyn, G. G. Oliphant, L. Ayrton, A. S. Goldsmid, Sir F. Onslow, G Aytoun, R. S. Goldsmid, F. D. O'tleill y, .11. W. Baines, E. Goschen, G. J. Otway, A. Bare ay. A. C. Gower, F. L. Owen, Sir H. Baring, T. G. Gower, G. W. L. Padmore, R. Barnes, T. Graham, W. Parry, T. Barr,m, Sir II W. Gregory, W. H. Peel, A. W. Barry, C. It. Grenfell, 11. R. Pelham, Lord Barry, G. R. .Greville, A. W. F. Phillips, i t. N. Bass, A. Greville, Col. F. Pim, J. Bass, 31. T. Gray, Sir J. Platt, J. Baxter, W. E. Grey, Sir G. Portman, W. H. B. Bazley, T. Gridley, H. G. Potter, E. Beaumont, H. F. Grosvenor, Earl Po.ter, T. B. Biddulph, M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Power, Sir J. Blake, J. Grosvenor, Capt. R. Price, W. P. , Bonham-Carter, J. Gurney, S. Pryse, E. L. Bouverie, E. P. Hadfio,d, G. Pugh, D. Brand, H. Hamilton, E. W. T. Rawlieson, Sit H. Brecknock, Earl of Hanbury, R. .Rebow, J. G. Bright, Sir C. T. Mulkey, T. Robartes, T. J. A. Bright, J. Harris, J D. liobertson, D. Briscoe, J. I. Hartington,3larcols Rothschild,Baron M Bruce, H. A. Hartley, J. Rothschild, BaronN Bryan G. L. Hay, Lord J. Russell, A. Bulkeley, Sir R. Bay, Lord W D. Russell, H. huller, Sir A. W. Hayter, Capt. A. D . Russell, Sir W. Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. E. St. Aubyn, J. Buxton, C. Henderson, J. Samuda. J. Buxton, Sir T.l O . Henley, Lord Samuelson. B. Calthorpe, F. H. Ilibbert, J. T. Schneider, H. W. Candlish, J. Hoare, Sir H. Scholefie,d, W. Cardwell, E. Hodgkinson, G. kcott, Sit W. Carington, C. R. Hodgson, K. Scrope, G. P. Carnegie, C. H I i en, I. Seely, C. Cave, T. Holland, E. Seymour, A Cavendish, Lord F. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, IL D. Chambers, T. Hughes, T. Shafto, R. D. Cheetharn, J. Hughes, W. B. Sheridan, IL B. Cholmeley, Sir 31. Hutt, W. Sheridan, R. B. Childers, .Ll. C. E. Ingham, R. She, iff. A. Clay, J. Jervoise, Sir J. Simeon, sir J. Clement, W. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, J. B. Clifton, Sir It. K enne dy, I'. Speirs, A. Clinton, Lord A. P. King, P. J. L. Stanley, Lord Clinton. Lord E. P. Kinglake, A. W. Stanley, 0. Clive, G. Kinglake, Serj. J. Steel, J. Cogan. W. 11. Kingscote, Col. Stork, 0. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kinnaird, A. ie. Stone, W. Collier, sir R. P. Knatchbull-Hugess Stuart, Col. C. Colthurbt, Sir G. Labouchere H. Sullivan. E. Colyile, C. It. Laing*, S. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cowper, 11. F. Layard, A. H. kynan, E. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lawrenc,.. W. Taylor. I'. A. • Crawford, R. W. Lawson, J. A. Tite, W. Crossley, Sir F. Leatham, W. Tomline, G. Daiglish, R. 1..-.. W. Torrens, W. 31• C. Davfy i it. Leeman, G. T rac y, C. R. D. Davie, Sir H. RF. Lefevre, G. J. S. Traill, G. Denman, U. Lewis, H. Treveiyan, G. Dent, J. 1). Lloyd, Sir T. Verney, Sir H. Hering, Sir E. Locke, J. Villiers, C. P. Devereex, It. J. Lowe, It. Vivian, H. H. Dilke, Sir W. Lusk, A. Vivian, J. Dillon, J. B. MacEvoy, E. Waring, C. Dodson, J. G. Mackie, J. Warner, E. Doulton, F. Mackinnon, L. B. Watkin E. W. Dull; 31. E. Mackinnon,W. A. Weguelin, T. 31. Duff, It. W. 31`Lareo, D. Western, Sir T. Dundas, F. Marjoribanks, D. C. Whalley, G. H. Dundas, Sir D. Marsh, 31. 11. Whatman, J. Dunlop, A. 31. Marsha 1, W. Whitbread, S. Ellice, E. Martin, C. W. White, J. Enfield, Viscount Martin, P. W. Whitworth, B. Erskine, J. E. Merry, J. Williamson, Sir H , Esmonde, J. .Paill bank, F. Winnington, Sir T. Evans, T. W. 31111,J. S. Woods, H. Ewart, W. Miller, W. Wyld, J. Ewing, H. E. C. Mills, J. It. Wyvill, 31. Fawcett, H. Milton, Viscount Young, A. Fmiwick. E. H. Mitchell, A. Young, R. Fildes. J. Mitchell, T. A. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Moffatt, G. Foley, H. Monk, C. Foljambe, F. J. S. Monsell, W. Forster, C. Moore, C. Forster, W. E. Morley, S Foster, W. 0. Morris, M. NOES-252. A dderley, C. B. George, J. Mowbray, J. R. Akroyd, E. Getty, S. G. Naas, Lord Annesley, Col. H. Gillen, Co'. /\ eeid. Sir J. Anson, Sajor Goddard, A. L. Nev lie Grenville Ark., right, R. Goidney, G. Newdegate, C. B4ggallay, It. Gooch, D. Nicol, J. D. Ba_ ge, W. Goodson, J. Noel, G. J. Bagnall, C. Gore, J. It. 0. North, Cot Bailie, H. J. Grant, A. Northcote. Sir S. B Baring, A. IL Graves, S. It. O'Neill, E. Baring, T. Greenall. G. Packe, C. W. Barnett, H. Greene, E. I'acke, Colonel Barttelot, Col. Gray. Lt-Col. Paget, It. H. Bateson, Sir T. Griffith, C. D. Pakington, Sir J. Bathurst, A. A. tiuinm ss, BL. Palk, Sir L. Beach, Sir M. Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, Major W. Beach, W. Hamilton,Lord C.J. Patten, Colonel W. Bective, Earl of Hamilton, L 'l'. Peel, Gen. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, G. Peele, J. Bentinek. G. C. Hardy, J. Pennant, Col. Benyon, R. Hartopp, B. B. Percy, Berl Bernard, Col. Harvey, It. B. Phillips, G. L. Bingham, Lord Herve 3, Lord A. Powell, F. S. Bourne, Cot Heathcot, ,G. H. Read, C. S. Bovill, W. Heathcote, Sir W. Repton, G. W. J. Bridges, Sir B. W. Henley, J. W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bromley. W. D. Herbert, P. E. Robertson, P. F. Brooks, R. li esketh, Sir T. Holt, J. Bruce, Lord C. Heygate, Sir F. Royston, Visct. Bruce, Major C. Hodgson, W. N. Russell, Sir C. Bruen, H. Hogg, Lt-Col. Sandford, G. M.W. nuckley, E. Hollord, R. S. Schreiber, C. Burghley, Lord Holmesdale, Via. Sclater-Booth, G. Burrell. Sir P. Hood, bir A, Scott, Lord IL ButlerJohnstone,ll. H ope, A J. bcourfleld, J. IL Cairns, Sir H. Bornby, W. H. Selwin, li. J. Campbell, A. H. Ho. stall, T. B. Selwyn, C. J. Cartwright, Cot H Ahem, Lord Severne, J. E. Cave, S. Bowes. E Seymour, G. 11. Cavendish, Lord Hubbard, J. G. Simonds, W. B. Cecil, Lord It. Ilumphery, w, Smith, S. G. Clive, Capt. G. W. Hunt, G. W. Somerset, Col. E. Cobbold, J. C. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stanhope, J. B. Cochrane, A. D. B. Jolliffe, H. Stanhope, Lord Cole, Hon. H. Kearsley, Captain Stirling-Maxwell Cole, Hon. J. L. Kelk, J. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Corry, H. L. Kelly, Sir P. Stuuley, Sir G. S. Courtney, Lord Kendall, N. Sturt, H. G. Cranbourne, Vist. Kennard, R. W. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Crosland, Col. King, J. K. Surtees, F. Cubitt, G. Kin,, J. G. Surtees. H. E. Curzon, Viscount Knight, F. - §yees, C. Cuat, Hon C. H. Knightley, Sir It. Taylor, Colonel Dalkeith, Earl of Knox, t,ol Tholo.d, J. H. Dawson, R. P. Knox, Major W . S. Tollemache, J. Thynne, Lord IL De Grey, Hon T. Laco n , Si r E. Dick, F. Laird, J. Torrens, It. Dickson, Major Langton, W. G. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Disraeli, B. Leader, N. P. Treeby, J. W. Dowdeswell, W. E. Legh, Major C. T r efusis , C. H. E. Duncombe, A. Leiroy, A. Trevor, Lord A. Duncombe, W. E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Troll ope , Sir J. Dunne, Gen. Lennox, Lord H. G. Turner, C. Du Pre, C. G. Leslie, C. P. Tyrone, Earl of Dutton, R. 11. Liddell 11. G. Walcott, Admiral Dyke, W. H. Lindsay, Col. C. Walker, Major G. Dyott, Colonel Lindsay, Cot It. Walrond, J. W. Earle, It. A. Long, It. P. Walsh, A. Eaton. W. 11. Lopes, Sir it. Walsh, Sir J. Edwards, Cot Lowther, J. Waterhouse, S. Egerton, A. F. Lytton, Sir E. B. Welby, W. E. Egerton, E. C. 31•Lagan, t'. Williams, Col. Egerton, W. Mainwaring, T. Williams, F. Af, Echo, Lord Manners, Lord J. Wise, H. C. Fane, Lt-Col. Manners, Lord G. Woodd, B. T. Fane, Col. Metter, W. Wyndham, H. Farquhar, Sir H. Miller, S. B. Wyndham, P. Feilden, J. Miller, T. .1. Wynn, C. W. W. Fellowes, E. Mills, C. H. Wynne, W. R. M. leergusson, Sir J. Mitford, W. T. 1 orke, J. it. Ferrand, W. Montagu, Lord R. Fleming, J. Montgomery, Sir G. TELLRnsi, Myer J. Mordaunt, Sir C. Walpole, S. 11. Forester, Gen. 'Morgan, 0. Du Cane, C. 0 allwey, Sir W. P. Morgan, Major PAIRS. _ FOR. AGAINST. Dillwyn, L. L. Verner, Col. Rothschild, Baron Cooper, E. 11. Cavendish Lord E. Cakrait, emit ain Ilt.tebuck, J. A. Verner, Sir W. James, E. Huddlestone, J. Jardine, R. Lowther, Colonel Smith, A. Lowther, IL Bagwell, J. Bruce, Sir H. Paget, Lord C. Kerrison, Sir E. - Brown, J. Galway, Viscount Pease, 11. Egerton, Sir P. Lamont. J.- Wynn, Sir W. Matheson, Sir J. Jones, D. Finlay, A. S. Malcolm, J. W. norsman, E. Treherne, M. Stacpoole, Capt. Trines, A. C. Fender, J. Feel, Sir IL Fitzgerald, Lord Booth, Sir IL Murphy, N. D. Westropp, ti. Armstrong, Serj. Forde, Cot. Bailey, C. • Bailey, tit J. Peto, Sir M. Freshlield, C. K. Beaumont, W. B. Whiteside, J. Urquhart, P. Cox, W. Ja.oloon, W. Henniker, Lord Protector Endowment Loan, and Annuity Company. The annual general meeting of the directors and shareholders in this society was held yesterday afternoon at the offices of the company, 34, King street, Cheapside."Alfred Since, Esq . ., F. 11.5., pre sided. The report of the directors, which was read by the secretary (Mr. - A. Al‘Morranl," was as follows : The directors beg' to submit their report of the opera tions of the company for the past xea,r, together with the statement of receipts and expenditure duly vouched by the auditors. There has been a great increase in the loan de partment during the year, and every_prospect for a further extension and development of this branch of the busi ness. Applications for loans amounting to £116,550 have been received, of which 288 loans, * amounting to £50,498, have been granted, for terms varying from three to five years. In no single case has an application been refused where, in the judgment of the direttors, adequate security was offered, and from the careful inquiries which have been made upon the stability of borrowers, the percentage of loss continues very small. Notwithstanding the great variation in the rate of interest during the past year, this company has not raised its rate of interest above 5 per cent. on deposits, as the directors find that a constant rate of 5 per cent., independent of fluctuations from monetary causes, suits the requirements of many depositors, especially those of trustees awaiting an opportunity for permanent investment. Notwithstanding the increase of the general business of the company, tho working expenses have been less than those of former years. The operations of the company are now so far satisfactorily developed that the profit to the shareholders may be anticipated to increase directly with an increase in the magnitude of the opera tions of the company. From a valuation which has been made a dividend of 10 per cent. may now be paid upon the called-up capital of the company, and the directors confidently antici pate that this rate will not again be diminished. At the last general meeting the board had to deplore the loss of their much esteemed managing director, John Beadnell, Esq., who gave unremitting attention to his duties from the period of the formation of the company. After his decease the duties devolving upon the manager were divided into two departments, one assigned to Mr. M`Morran, in the capacity o f secre t ary, an d t h e ot h er to. Mr. Pinkiley, as superintendent of the loan department, and from the great increase of business the directors attend in rotation every day at the office. The directors retiring by rotation are J.. L. Hancock, Esq., and Joseph Williams, Esq., and the Board recommend that their names constitute the list for re-election. The auditors, G. H. Ladbury, Esq., and George Lowe, Esq., also retire. There is also a vacancy for a third auditor in the place of Mr. Williams, elected a director, for which Mr. H. C. T. Bead nell, a son of the late managing director, is a candidate. The directors recommend that the interest on shareholders' stock be at the rate for the current year of 10 per cent, per annum on the called-up capital of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move the adoption of the report, said it was with great pleasure hornet the shareholders that day, because he had the pleas ing duty to report to them a continued increase in their business, whilst their losses had been but small. (Hear, hear.) Their working expenses were less than usual, and their dividend considerably larger, for the directors had the gratification of recom mending a dividend of 10 per cent. on the called up capital of the company. The rise of the dividend was of course entirely owing to the increase of their business, which was of a certain fixed character, and thus the directors could esti mate with the greatest exactness the precise amount of their expenditure. He thought it was something for the directors to say that during the year they had advanced no less than £50,498. The applications for loans had amounted to £116,550, of which they had granted the sum he had just mentioned—namely, £50,4981n 288 loans, for periods varying from three to five years. It was a matter for congratulation that in no one instance where the securities had been satisfactory had the directors refused a single loan, and the fact could not be too widely known that all that a man had to do who wished to avail himself of the advantages held out by the com pany was to come into their office, lay his proposal on the counter, and he could quit their premises with the moral certainty that, if his sureties were substantial, the money he required would be ad vanced to him. (Hear, hear.) Any person going to their office, and wanting the loan of any sum varying from £lOO to £l,OOO, might be quite satisfied that it would rest entirely with himself whether he had the money or not, because if his sureties were approved and good, the office would at once advance the money, to be repaid as was most convenient to the borrower. But if the security he offered was not of a sound and substantial de scription, most assuredly he would not get the money. They had, however, in certain cases, gone beyond the limit of £l,OOO, and were prepared to do so again, but still £l,OOO was to be regarded as their limit. With respect to their deposits, notwithstanding the severe monetary pressure that had existed, the directors had never varied their rule of allowing 5 per cent. upon all sums placed with them on deposit, which he looked • upon as a good sound interest. For himself he found it a very con venient thing to have £l,OOO in the office at deposit; it was useful as a drawing account, because, although their rule was to give a month's notice prior to withdrawal, yet practically the money could be had at a vry short nntioo, ho might, gay wlblllll a few hours. It was without doubt but judicious and wise that there should be a rule with respect to notices of withdrawal, and for thatpurpose, and that alone, did the rule exist. He had, at the commence ment of his observations, told them that the divi dend the directors intended to pay on the called-up capital was 10 per cent., but he would now add to that gratifying announcement that, as far as human foresight could foresee, he thought for the future it never would be less. (Hear, hear.) If their busi ness went up their dividend must go up also. Yet , such was the fixed nature of their expenses, that, having once arrived at 10 per cent., there was no likelihood of their ever going back again. He had much pleasure in moving the reception and adoption of the report which they had just heard read. Mr. HARRISON, in seconding the resolution, ex pressed the great pleasure the privilege of doing so afforded him. He had known for years that their society had been growing and extending its sphere of usefulness, but he must say he was not prepared for the gratifying announcement of the chairman. The resolution was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, J. L. Hancock, Esq., and Joseph Williams, Esq., were unanimously re-elected. The auditors, G. H. Ladbury, Esq., and George Lowe, Esq., were also re-elected ; and Mr. H. 0. T. Beadne, a son of the late managing director, was elected au auditor in the room of Mr. Williams, who had been elected a director. In acknowleding a vote of thanks which had been awarded to the directors for their exertions during the past year, The CHAIRMAN said the directors had done their best, and i& was gratifying to them to receive the thanks of the shareholders. Last year they had to deplore the loss of the managing director, Mr. Beadnell • and the dire c t ors, i n filli ng up the va cancy, had divided the duties, and appointed Mr. M'Morran their secretary, and Mr. Pinkey the superintendent of the loan department. Those gentlemen were in every way qualified for the post assigned them, and the directors were quite satisfied that both gentlemen were fully equal to their duties, and now that their talent was brought into a more extended sphere, they would be found quite able to do all that was required of them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DEVONSHIRE said, as solicitor to the com pany, he could speak of the zeal, assiduity, and in telligence of both the gentlemen who had been so well complimented by the chairman. The proceedings then terminated. 10,159,300 - 10,014,000 - 8,283,400 - 7,482,900 - 11,454,100 - 11,742,200 - 5,408,900 - 5,774,900 - 29,710,200 - 19,009,900 - TELLERS. flnrdcastle, J. A. Gilpin, C. Pure Water. The importance of pure water cannot be over-estimated, and numberless have been the means adopted to obtain that much-desired necessity. We have had filters without number ; but although in some cases the contrivances have been to a great extent successful, yet the time consumed in giving a supply requisite for tho ordinary purposes of a single family has been so great that the invention, al though of undoubted merit, has secured but a very partial patronage. But a filter has at last been submitted to the public by the London and General Water Purifying Com pany in the Strand, which entirely obviates the objections that have been urged against other similar inventions, be cause when placed inside the ordinary cistern attached to every house all the water drawn therefrom be comes perfectly pure and as bright as crystal. The water passed through the filters supplied by the com pany has been submitted to the most eminent chemists, each of whom have given it their unqualified praise. The company, to show their confidence in the new filter, supply it (whore preferred) on hire at a very small yearly cost, so that those who now desire to have the water freed from all impurities can do so without the necessity of a very large outlay. In all large establishments a supply of pure water is of the utmost importance, because we believe that if that cheap luxury is easy to be had the con sumption of strong and intoxicating drink will diminish considerably, and the work performed by the artisan will be much superior in every respect. The prices for the purchase of the filter aro below those usually charged for the ordinary dribbling contrivances; therefore the company hold out the greatest induCement for every person to avail themselves of the new invention. FADTERTISEMENT. .1 —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Few ailments are more disheartening and none more ominous than ulcerations on the surface of the body. Wherever they are situated it is difficult to cure them, unless treated judiciously with some cooling, healing, in vigorating application like this never-failing ointment. It has worked wonders in making bad legs sound and strong, even when the power of the bloodvessels had nearly been destroyed, and almost entire stagnation of the circulation had rendered every other curative means abortive. No sore, wound, or ulcer can withstand its healing influence, which can be most beneficially. exerted when winter is giving place to spring, and the circulation becoming more active and more readily controllable by proper purifying, soothing, and otrougthenin agents. tt rag HER MAJESTY• S.' WINDSOR. March CASTLE,!ter. The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday ace noon, accompanied by her Royal Highness Louise, and drove out this morning in a c ,, 31 , r1 :be and four, attended by th e Duchess of 1 101 ' - ' and the Hon. Florence Seymour. oot Her Royal Highness Princess. Helena als ° a carriage drive. ,rriyed st The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrir--0 Castle yesterday, and had the honour al with the Queen and the royal family. TLe Prince and Princess of 016 .0 The Prince of W a l e s, accompanied by rniao Alfred and attended by Lieut.-Colonel lePP e lo tig h Lieut. Haig, hunted with his harriers near S yesterday l n the afternoon the Prince of Wales Went House of Lords. d r il'el The Princess of Wales took a carri a g e attended by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor. HER MAJESTY'S C Chio , ,00 0 Her Majesty held her first concert for e ID this day. Her Majesty arrived in town e3l :ed the morning from Windsor Castle, and Pr ec " r e , to Buckingham Palace, where her lthlie sti :, ol 3l mained until the hour commenced for the recepti The on. 01° Court was attended by all the grea t of State and a long list of nobility. ' After the reception it is the intention of -h°f° jesty to return to Windsor Castle. rip p c4O Their Highnesses the Prince and - ,„00 0 Dhuleep Singh have arrived at Claridge's ITclw. llathrop Castle. An Appalling Alternative. (From Land and Water.) nainense A lumberer, noted for his great stature , strength, and firmness of character, w as 5- 0 4 one cold day in January in an Anierietuo of alone. He was engaged in splitting open green hard wood, newly felled. For this Pwrteiy,s° used wedges of hard wood, driven in alternscious as to extend the rift or opening in the tea t tb fibres of the tree. The monarch of the 0°5 , 0 cer laid low in its p r id e an d p r i me (in obedience e ' ree of tain physiological theories ascribing some de r cr bt be sensation even to the vegetable kingdom) , lui se oef' supposed to be dying hard like some ine li f i n t rboug li pent or reptile extremely tenacious of life. 0 60 5 the day was bitterly cold, the woodmans el a for had caused him to perspire freely. 1ie 133119e 0 1° minute to wipe the moisture from his h re " ,, ro . e get" l turning to replace his handkerchief. in t he . Y - Jod i " his coat, which hung on a stump beside 1 04 0 not notice that the wedge which held the t re v had been gradually loosening and working I ft f o ot out. In the act of resuming his labour his left t he which had been resting on the tree, sliPPedclid ss cleft, and at this critical moment the v ie , P z big forced out with great violence, and, she et ,f'ol3 o :' in the air, fell at some yards' distance in t';', 4 Instantly the halves of the tree united w'i riso Dea fearful force as to crush and mangle th e t r ia P t a:t i r e, foot. So intense was the agony at first rti was overcome. The strong man became i e bi s in and fell against the stump w hi c h s ustained se joils' nearly vertical posture. When he regai ned eea° effo rts ness an appalling alternative lay before him. igbt to withdraw the bruised limb were fruitless. was coming on. A few hours in hispresent P f ° , e oi4 o with the temperature several degrees b elow f 3 011 point, involved certain death. A quarter Ijjsoo/1, distant a road wound through the fores t • r ectic" chance lay in reaching that road, and be l tig: oo r 4 ' by some chance passenger, or his comPs l3 2. c h turning from work to the " shanty" ill " 4te to on.. r od. Ina icibulUUoll was soon taken. joie" rible expedient, even if it failed, would ° l3 , l , 3 clib e his inevitable death by a short period.dead ld t o began to feel the numbing effects of the e i ° ening the pain in the shattered limb, the blood which was freezing on the log. Methedictood brave fellow removed his neckerchief, an d ":,,clie c with all his force around the left ankle so as vi ng th e and almost impede circulation. Then mea d, be heavy, keen, glittering axe high above hi s ir bet struck mercilessly, with the strength of d esr ; c ll ol low the ligature on his own flesh once ! Th e tr oe . stroke divided nerve, muscle, sinew - , an d b° Oo y, $13 1;1$ foot was severed. He was free. In bony, 1 03 "" i faint with loss of blood, he began to e r d w ileildj hands and one knee, dragging the won eue , s pec t '7," the direction whence succour might h_ i e .„:„ e rio s) : t His slow and painful progress was mai k eu ch tb e j .. stains on the snow. Would he eve r rea cras ° road ? Oh ! how far off it seemed as het length A 0 on and on, growing wea ker and weak er. s oo blea , f overpowered by a sickening sensatio n of h o which he believed to be the immed iat e p iu of death, the wretched man sinks des,.ssi, but /1° snow. He is within 30 1 lest yards of th e re 3 ot can go no further. His consciou sn ess i 5 , 3to tb ing him. He is on the point of falling fatal slumber from which there will he ll°3 o leigh co be , in this world, when the faint tingle o f a more h reaches his ears. The joyous sound gre sv- ap proa" t ; tinct. Those who might save him are : t ill / 11) ",1 ing. Now he can hear their voices in the 0 talV" air—yes, they are his companions ; theY',Bl the O a : merrily, anticipating the evening Nun' 1 p9.95643ti 11. . „3 fire—another minute, and they will ~ Olin and it will be too late. He make s s erg i j s effort. Nature for an instant rallies all h`" e fr" He utters one shrill piercing scream h orsese h e to betic e into a dead faint. Most fortunately the t o g . , walking. The sledge glided noiselesslY tarth, the gingle of thebells did not smother that s ob cry of agony. In an instant active men are hu g hitbe t in the direction of the sound, and tra d r e l e i n ij3 i :os e is ! and thither in the deep StIONV. Sti t no d P bo them shouts ; the others rush to the sPe of nod is on the traces of fresh warm blood. They ile su ff e rer• trail till they recover the mangled poureda , o ,: t o 0 borne to the camp. Brandy is throat, and while a messenger is sent toff to and speed for the nearest doctor , the we hasso • 3 rarily dressed by one of the lumberers, who faso mo u ld 1 rude surgical skill. The doctor pronoun .01.0 Wound sv , af a i able opinion ; such a ghastly but the 13 proved fatal to dwellers in cities; h ; n woodman's constitution enab les him to a biro eir a co s n in tri all bu i t a i r o m n . rai ll se e d i b s ysttihlleabheanieevaolildenht.esciettaioefed ur nl o : i i and frequently has he gratifi eda co noting (a tbat re of listeners at the village inn by ce with some slight variation) his exPerlell,,se such eventful day, when compelled to obey appalling alternative. pee l :e l : E ta n l s i i o h f a s v e e r b e e n en_ Yorksh . days' drill befor e the ...1 0 , lre will be called out for the usu-- - p eg it is e% . 27 days' trai • sin w ee ill la h st av y e ea b r April of the present year , 6 ° , ip 0° various co MILITIA.—The ----- various Y° °5 g reg reports itself meats at the different depots. The differeora jog in.Houhave already been notified as to the all t /o fo' will co ta_ trence, and the 3d West Yorkshire Light 1 . 0 te under.rl the command of Lieut.-Colonel Loftus ''' 00 - assemb led cruits seven d tion belonging e Loss • days immediately preceding that chile' 4,10 auetnnr training Doncaster d o n endtli thee o r al f 6a imthnt,Aeyb:poliidl.eilre:tia:e.f i rx P O : l eteaht:e. ear ti u d. aeigultg lii,i i 13 0 : A i :, 3 that the Grenadian,' a fine to t ip h ,aa e sssb W e wainso e- LiverOpFo oTlHyEesGteßrAdl:AyDmlANo;n—inAg tferloeigurniAnisrbeo:o:. :08; e e go n s en t rs abandoned l h n a d nd a ba a en n edn d off s. al a vi t e i o b e ni : d o e . : ritioehi u r r 3: o I Il i v i l o i e r tlP c p os c t o i 11 : 0, 65 0 , -; all handscompany, f m or ma t de e d W by e aG s n t adp i t n a d in ies Sen built by Messrs. Pilo, travellersl.B . Spence, and Co., at S had only the 28th of JanuarY• 310 THE MURDER OF BARON VON POICE'. rte rt formation has been received confirmatory of the .'''r f Die murder of expedition Baron von Deacon and a largo nera per %Or East Africa. The baron and his fe% up proceeded a distance of 300 01i1.70,- the Luabo_ river before they met this sudden aP expected Calamity. unde„Trllitti,