The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-02 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENT lIELS T ON. HELSTON, May 1. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Campbell Brett The Mayor, who had voted for Campbell, also gave him a casting vote and declared him elected. This, it is declared, is illegal. On scrutiny seven Liberal votes will, it is said, be struck off. All passed off in an orderly way. NOTTINGHAM. On Monday evening a requisition, containing nearly 1,800 signatures of electors, was presented to Lord Amberley and Mr. H. Cossham at a crowded meeting of Liberals in the Excha n g e-rooms, Not tingham, soliciting them to become candidates. Lord AMBERLEY, who w as received with much applause, after some preliminary remarks, said— The present Government considered that the question of Reform was one which absolutely demanded their attention, and that, having a large Liberal majority, as they expected, in Parliament, it was their duty to introduce a bill for the settlement of the question. But when that bill was introduced, being founded upon statistics which had been carefully collected, the Government was reproached with having made a great mistake. It was said they introduced the bill in order to enfranchise the labouring class under the impression that only a very small, infinitesimal frac tion of that class was at present in possession of the franchise, whereas it was said it had been found that 26 per cent. of the constituencies consisted of labour ing men. Well, that was so far true, but, instead of being an argument against the bill, it appears to me an argument of great weight in its favour ; because if none of the evils which have been predicted as a consequence of the admission of working men had happened, and if no injurious result had occurred to the Consiitution from the fact that 26 per cent. of was composed of th at c l ass, the constitveneing then there was really nothing to be a f ra id o f i n the small measure of enfranchisement proposed by the Government. There was another fault found with the proceedings of the Government, and that is that their bill relates only to the extension of the suffrage, and not to another important branch of the reform question—the distribution of seats. Before 1832 the question of greatest urgency was the distribution of seats, but now the state of the matter is entirely altered, and the first and most important object among reformers is to extend the suffrage. The Go vernment determined to introduce a bill relating only to the franchise. They thought—whether rightly or wrongly I do not know—that it would be easier to pass that measure than a measure which treated of the whole subject of reform. Many of us may have wished that they had been able to combine the two branches of reform in one single bill; but if they thought theyhada better chance of carrying a single measur e than a double one, I cannot see why they are to be blamed for the course they thought proper to take. However, that course gave an opportunity to those gentlemen who were opposed to reform of proposing an amendment which censured the Go vernment for expecting the House of Commons to come to a decision on the question of the franchise without deciding at the same time upon the other question of the seats. They failed in the course of the debate to justify the language of the amendment. There was one argument of Mr. Disraeli which was very elaborate and very able, and it was to proire the inconvenience that might result in some cases by add ing a number of voters to the counties who ought j properly, from their position and interests, to belong to the boroughs. No doubt something of that sort might have happened, but if it did happen it would be in the power of the House of Commons to remedy the evil by passing a boundaries bill, and the evil, if acknowledged, need only exist for a short time. So, also, I cannot see that members of the House of Com mons could complain that they were called upon to vote in the dark—to vote upon one part of the bill without knowing the rest ; because, when the Distribution Bill came before them they would know -what they had done in regard to the franchise, and they would be able to consider the distribution with reference to the suffrage which had been settled be fore. Referring to Mr. Lowe's question as to what was the principle of the bill, Lord Amberley said his theory is, that the sole object at which we ought to aim is good government, and that anything which secures it is right. Now, to a great extent this is true, but I do not believe that is the whole truth, because it appears to me that the theory might be pushed further than any of us would like to push it. It might be said that a despotic mo narch would govern better than a representative as sembly, or it might be said that an aristocratic oli garchy would govern better than a House of Com mons. I say it is impossible to maintain these views, because there are, no doubt, some points in which despotic Governments are superior, and there are, no doubt, some points in which our form of govern ment is inconvenient. But, notwithstanding, we are all attached to representative institutions, be cause, not only do they give us, as we think, the best government on the whole, but because by represen tative institutions we feel that we have some share in the government. We feel that we are not go verned from without by people acting and thinking for us, but are governed from within, acting and thin'dng for ourselves. And it is better that we should sometimes decide wrongly by thinking for ourselves than that the Government, indepen dent of us, should decide rightly by thinking for us. (Applause.) Therefore there is another ground upon which I would recommend the extension of the franchise—one not contemplated in the argu ment of Mr. Lowe—namely, that you ought to ex tend it as far as you safely can, and that you ought to include as voters as many as you believe can be included without danger to the safety of the State. And if you think there are some who are not sufficiently educated to be put in possession of votes, and who do not know how to use them rightly and f or t h e good of their coun t r y, then it should b e your object educate them. Lord Amberley then referre to the statement that the labouring class were liable to err, and asked if increaseetn t g w h o t u b k e l t other classes. same argument could not b e used against her to classes. Mr. Lowe said the bill e lection expenses, but measures remedy that evil. He ridiculed the idea sugg es t e d by the opponents of the bill that the Radicals wished to assimilate our institutions to those of America. He would himself support the bill be cause he believed it would settle the ques tion of the franchise for some time. In con clusion, Lord Amberley expressed a desire to see all religious disabilities removed, and concurred in the views exp resse d b y M r . Brig ht in regard to Ireland in his recent speech. Mr. 11,kNDEL COSSHAM in the course of a lengthy address (in which he • the invitation of the Liberal, electors), also accepted advanced Lib eral t proclaimed himself a more than his colleague. A unanimo us favour of the two showcandidates hands then declared in afterwards separated. idates and the meeting soon W INDSOR Yesterday Sir Henry -Drumtnn Rutland-gate, London, and Colony Wolff, of 15, Gardner, of 46, Sussex-gardensl Richardson- H yde - park the two Conservative candidate s for t: the re r aentation of the Royal borough, iksued their ad electors. Sir 11. D. Wolff observes :2.8e3 to the yself as a candidate for ry on ; "At the request of a large and influential meetingof electors I venture to offer m suffrages. My principles are Conservative, a term whi c h combines a full a ppreciation of the growing exigencies of the age with the preservation of the ancient Constitutional landmarks. I should oppose any measure for the aboli tion of church-rates which did not guarantee the Church an ample equivalent for the revenues she has hitherto en joyed. I am in favour of any measure which would extend in the widest manner the privileges of education to all classes of the community. I am prepared to consider and to support any project of reform which, while admitting a large portion of the working classes to the enjoyment of the franchise, will maintain the just balance of the Con stitution ; but I cordially concur with the recent mino rity in the House of Commons in condemning the crude and incomplete proposals lately brought forward by the Government. In foreign affairs I adhere strictly to the policy of n on -i n t erven ti on , an d, though the conduct of the Foreign-offiee has lately fallen into more tempe rate hands, I dread the influence which must still be ex ercised by the Prime Minister in ourrelations with foreign States." Colonel Gardner remarks : and my political creed may be summ ed u p in the concise and My principles are essentially Liberal-Conservative, the ed words definite f one term of of o u r a geroelltsittusttaiTetlin'etn2, cSouneshistesreoefd;wino things—' A desire to improve based upon a disposition to conserve.' I am a sincere advocate of peace and also of non-intervention in the affairs of foreign States when the material interests and honour of England are not con cerned. As a means for insuring peace I would have the army and navy maintained upon its peace establishment in the highest state of efficiency, and I would also uphold the militia, yeomanry, and volunteer forces, which I re gard as being most important auxiliaries to the army and navy in the defence of the country. I consider that the utmost economy consistent with the interest of the public service should be exercised over the national expenditure, with a view to retrenchment and the consequent reduction of taxation. lam a firm and consistent supporter of the established religion of the country, and an upholder of civil and religious liberty. At the same time, any satisfac tory measure in the form of compromise for the settlement of the vexed question of church rates would receive my best attention. I should support any well-considered and well-digested measure of Reform which may be brought forward consistent with the increasing intelligence and requirements of the country." The Conservative candidates commenced their canvass immediately after their addresses had been circulated. Mr. It Eykyn and Mr. C. Edwards, the Liberal candidates, were also actively employed in the same work, each party appearing sanguine of success. Judging from appearances, there is likely to be a rather smart contest, but at present it is im possible to give an idea of what the result will be. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DUBLIN TRIMS CONNECTING. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that in consequence of the damaging representations which had been freely circulated in reference to the position and prospects of the company, the directors had considered it necessary to convene the present meeting. In the year 1863 no less than five distinct schemes for connecting the various systems of rail way converging in Dublin with each other and with the ports of Dublin and Kingstown were brought before Parliament. The gross capital estimated for those five schemes was £2,080,000, the Parliamen tary deposit on which amounted to £166,400, a strong proof, it was thought, of the necessity felt for the construction of a connecting railway in Dublin. To consider the merits of those five competing schemes a committee of the House of Commons commenced proceedings on the 2d of May, 1864, and continued their investigations until the Bth of ' June. The result was that the committee unani mously passed the preamble of the Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Bill, rejecting all the others. The opposition in every stage was most determined. Similar tactics were followed in the House of Lords, but Lord Redesdale, observing the nature Of the op position to the bill, the standing orders were suspended in its favour, and the act received the Royal assent on the 29th of July, 1864. The London and North Watern Railway Company looked upon the un dertaking as one of the greatest possible utility, and were very anxious to see it carried out. When giving his evidence before the Royal Commis sion on railways now sitting Mr. Cawkwell, the general manager to that company, testified as to the necessity and value of the Dublin Trunk Connect ing line. On a comparison of the cost of Parlia mentary contests on Acts obtained under analogous r circumstances it would be found that the preliminary expenses of the company were in every respect moderate. The sum of £2,000 voted at the first half-yearly meeting of the company was a remunera tion to the original directors for their services from 1863 to May, 1865. To the Board as at present constituted no sum had been voted or paid. Objec tion had been taken that, whereas the expenditure had amounted to upwards of £50,000, the only re sult accomplished had been "two shafts partially sunk," but the whole of the Parliamentary and pre liminary expenses were included in this outlay. The purchase of land and plant and other expenses in cident to the earlier stages of the undertaking, and which would not again recur. A contrast had been entered into with a responsible contractor to com plete the railway for a fixed sum, within the existing balance of the authorised capital ; and the directors thought that was a most conclusive reply to the assertion that the railway could not be made. The preliminary agreement for the construction of the line had enabled the directors to enter upon negotia tions for immediately placing the residue of the shares. The authorised line being semi -circular, and similar to the North London Railway in design, did not approach the centre of the city, and, therefore, it was necessary to make the proposed short exten sion to Sackville-street, opposite the General Post office, by means of which the whole traffic derived from one half of the city on the north side of the river Liffey would be shared with the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the £lOO shares of which ranked in price at £2OO on an average, and paid 9 per cent. The CHAIRMAN said he regretted that they had been brought together en that occasion to defend their undertaking, which had been selected by Parliament out of five schemes proposed for a similar object. They got rid of the compensation in the House of Commons by paying £31,000, the expenses of the five companies. They had also got through the difficulties of sinking the shafts down to the level of the tunnel, which would pass through the blue clay under the bed of the river, and they were confident that the work would be successful. The tunnel would be constructed at a depth of 30 feet, under the bed of the River Liffey, passing through a compact strata of clay. He hoped they had all met as men of business, desirous of carrying on the undertaking, which there was every proba bility would be a profitable one. They had made an arrangement with the firm of Sir C. Fox and Sons for the engineering department, who had re commended them a responsible contractor to carry out the works for a fixed sum, and a conditional contract had been made with him. The cost of the Dublin and Kingstown line had been at the rate of £70,000 a mile, while the company's line would be made for £60,000 a mile, which was a moderate price for a city railway upon which the traffic would no doubt be very large. Sir C. Fox, at the request of the chairman, ex plained the nature of the opposition the company had met with in Parliament, and the successful yu h ba st the ofdesigned act knowledgethe had f practicabilityobtained.o f construct ing T h e r m e c a o n d n i t d n fhr e b eo r e n mr in aih o l w wis d h a o ic the locality th ocali e ty estimte ; the traffic as on the rail way w h en made could not fail to be very heavy, especially when the extension to Sackville street, in the heart of the city, was completed. He believed that the coal traffic alone would amount to at least 1,000,000 tons per annum, and that the pas_ senger traffic would be extensive and remunerative. A very long discussion then ensued, in the course o f which great complaints were made by some of the shareholders as to the way in which the business of the d been without consulting the c onven i ence bad company n y of the shareholders, especially those who had been induced to subscribe for shares while they were at a premium d that the market had fr i . lim W i r n u t r h .t e :s a c r o k n e t t en de and that the directors had no right been rigged to induce perso ns to subscribe to f c o o r m shares, operations until the whole of the e shares con c authorised luded by by Parliament were taken up. H moving a resolution to the effect that the statement atelllen r endered by the directors was unsatisfactory, par tial, and insufficient, and that a committee of five thereon to an a shareholders be in vestigate the a ff a i rs of the company, and to report edjaopuprondineddtemd,ewetiitnhgp.full,powers, to any I‘ ll ,l l r r . . I'feLOTUIER sa n id e and would at he p seconded t h h a e d mo l t id ion u . £l,OOO, right ; but he h a d been inyformeii that there if the directors could sat O is n f ce h ay up the recent call m that things were all A SCRIPIIOLD ER i ns i sted on being i 4 00 w tbe tween 9,000 and 10 , 0 00 f heard as shares still unallotted. re presenting a number of scrip and share holders in Dublin. He thought that some middle cours be adopted, by which th e s h ares held by theomseihhet represented might be purchased, thus relieving them THE SUJN, LUNDO.N, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1866. from further calls. He contended that a committee should be appointed to investigate the affairs of the company. Other shareholders complained that law proceed ings had been taken by the executive against them to enforce the payment of calls. The CLUBMAN explained that the directors were now in treaty with financial persons for placing the remainder of the shares of the company, and when that was concluded a general meeting would be held to consider any question that might arise. He de clined to put the motion for the appointment of a committee on the ground that the present was a special meeting for another purpose, and the pro ceedings terminated. accordance with their own opinions. In conclusion, he moved that a copy of the resolutions come to by the guardians censuring the doctor and midwife and appointing a paid nurse, be sent to the Poor-law Board in reply to their communication. The report was adopted. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The return of the Registrar-General to day contains the details of an apparently undoubted case of Asiatic cholera. The disease in its epidemic character may at any moment be among us. B u t the truth is that its course since its appearance in Europe last midsummer has been marked by none of the usual characteristics, and we cannot venture upon any of the conclusions which would have been justified a few years since. Happily, the change seems to be all in our favour. The cholera of 1865 was not like the cholera of 1849 or 1832. It was less of an exotic pestilence and more of an ordinary epidemic. It did not arrive from the same regions or travel by the same track ; though, on the other hand, it has lingered strangely and tenaciously in many places throughout the winter season, and has diffused itself irregularly over a wide tract of coun try. How the disease, after devastating the cities of Egypt and Turkey, established itself in the basin of the Mediterranean, how it threaded the Straits of Gibraltar, ascended the Atlantic coasts of Spain and France, and fell upon Paris and Madrid, we need not repeat. All this will be in the recollection of the public, as also that the plague actually ap peared for a few days on the southern shores of this country. But, since that time, though little has been said of the epidemic, it has still been occa sionally active. It advanced into the southern pro vinces of Russia from the Black Sea ; it broke out with some violence on the slope of the Pyrenees ; it hung about the north-western departments of France ; it was fatal enough on the Italian border to interrupt the railway works on Mont Cenis ; it passed into the Duchy of Luxembourg, and thence to Holland. At this moment it is in Rotterdam, and a circular was issued from the Privy Council (Alice last week calling the attention of the autho rities of our seaports to the exigencies of the con juncture. The warning was given none too soon, for a sailor has actually brought the disease with him from Rotterdam, and died of true Asiatic cholera at Bristol. Now, if this plague had been travelling in its ancient course, if it had crossed the Continent from the south-east of Europe, and had struck us on our eastern coasts in its track from Rotterdam, we might naturally take alarm, and conclude that the pestilence had reached us indeed. But a glance at the facts will show that no such argument is pos sible. The cholera has not been " approaching" us at all. It is no nearer at Rotterdam than it has been all through the winter at Brest. It has shown no tendency to advance in our direction, or indeed in any one direction more than another. It has gone eastward, westward, or southward indiscrimi nately. Instead of moving steadily onwards in one fixed course, it has been " going about" like scarlet fever or smallpox in our country villages, not pro ducing anywhere any alarming mortality, but acting rather like the epidemic of ordinary seasons. It was only by brief occasional notices that we heard of its presence, as we might have heard of any other malady more prevalent than usual. Nowhere, since its decline in Paris, have its ravages been described as those of a genuine plague. Nor are these the only conditions of the case deserving notice. Three times, under similar but very re markable circumstances, has the cholera developed itself at sea. The example reported only a few days ago will be fresh in the reader's memory. A Liver pool steamer sailed for America with 1,300 persons on board. There was no cholera at Liverpool when she left, nor was any infection supposed to exist among the passengers ; but the plague broke out upon the voyage, and the vessel put into Halifax with a report of 160 cases and 60 deaths, since increased to three times that number. Exactly the same thing occurred in the autumn, when the British steamer Atalanta arrived at New York with the cholera raging on board, though she had left this country with a clean bill of health ; and again, a British troopship, with soldiers, car ried the plague in like manner to the Cape of Good Hope. Now, these three examples coincide in sug gesting a particular inference and a particular ques tion. The inference is consolatory. In no case was the disease communicated to the population of the country into which it was thus imported. The cholera patients were landed and treated both at the Cape and in America without the least harm to the inhabitants. The epidemic did not break out either in our own colony or in New York, though far less cause in former times would have been thought sufficient to create it. It is plain, therefore, that we may have not only a single case of the disorder, as at Bristol, or a dozen cases, as at Southampton, but an actual importation of a plague-stricken cargo without any extension or establishment of the dis ease. The question arising from these examples is very singular and of no small importance. How did the cholera originate in these three vessels? Were the seeds of the disorder taken on board by passen gers, or was it developed by the condition of living within the ship itself ? The former conclusion is perhaps the more probable. The Atalanta touched at Brest, where cholera was known to be rife, and from Brest the infection might certainly have been imported. The troopship touched, we believe, at a Spanish port, and the disease might have been there contracted. In the recent case, however, of the Liverpool steamer our calculations are more at fault, for she does not seem to have touched at any port whence the infection could have been taken. She had, however, German passengers on board, and it is obviously possible that these passengers, coming from an infected part of the Continent, might have brought with them the seeds of the disorder. In default, however, of this evi dence, we should be led to the conclusion that the specific poison of Cholera may be generated as simply as that of fever itself. We are certainly not surprised to hear that disease broke out in a steamer carrying 1,300 people, but except for direct infection, it would be surprising to find that this disease was Asiatic cholera. In the meantime, the International Conference is sitting in the East and conducting its inquiries into the origin and character of this hitherto mysterious disease. A better season for the investigation could not have been chosen. The experience of the last twelve months has shown us the cholera in an entirely new aspect. Its symp toms are still the same, but its origin is different, its course is changed, and its destructiveness up to this time has been less. Upon the whole it seems to have been at once both mitigated and naturalised, while we ourselves have been happily exempt even from its modified visitations. Twice last autumn it effected a lodging in this country, but not a settle ment, and the injunctions of the Privy Council will aid, we trust, in securing us the same immunity still. Under the conditions of our intercourse with the rest of the world we must inevitably be exposed to infection as generally understood, but actual ex perience has now taught us that the liability may be confined within very narrow limits. Humanity no less than prudence demands that we should give instant attention to any sufferers who may reach our shores, and this succour, with all the incidental precautions, we may now recognise without any of the alarm which would have been natural a few years ago. POST.—It cannot be said that the course pursued by the Government is a dignified or a consistent one. Mr. Gladstone, in his glowing peroration, transfixed the House by the grandeur of his expres sion when he announced the determination of him self and his colleagues to die at their posts. If the banner might droop now , it wou ld r ise w ith him again. He pictured " The brave man struggling with the storms of fate, " And greatly falling." If all this meant anything, it meadt that, having well matured their scheme of Reform, and per suaded that nothing less than this measure is cal culated to settle the question, they would stand and fall with this bill—not another bill ; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer even anticipated the future struggles, which he was prepared gallantly to encounter. The few remarks made by Mr. Bou verie on Monday night have given rather a different colouring to the matter ; the very amiable sugges tion that it would be well for the Government to consider the views and wishes of the Conser vative party in dealing with this question of Reform is a very mild way of treating a question in which a Government is prepared to stand or fall. It is true that Mr. Bouverie is not a member of the Government ; indeed, he looks down upon them from the height of the back benches ; but Mr. Bou verie is always known as one of those useful mem bers who appreciate Rochefoucauld's definition of gratitude, " that it is a quick sense of future favours," and, like a buttress against a building, support the Government from the outside. Casting anxious glances at the Speaker's chair, be acts as a pilot-engine to clear all obstructions from the way of the Government; and when Mr. Gladstone leans back in half-smiling satisfaction and nods approv ingly, we no longer contemplate the warrior on the battlements prepared to stand or fall, but meanly retreating before the foe which on Friday was defied in such grand-sounding periods. If the Bouverie view of the question be adopted, this bill becomes rather a scheme to keep her Majesty's present Go vernment in office than a Liberal Reform Bill. It is very easy t o go on w h e n you concede everything to your opponents except the Treasury bench; but we doubt the morality and expediency of this kind of pro ceeding. It is desirable that the position of public men should be clearly ascertained, and, as Goethe says, " v e must know how we stand, and where." It is, we agree, most desirable to come to a settle ment of this question, and if the Government had preferred the advice and the aid of the Conservative party that of Mr. Bright, and had consulted with the leaders of that party as to the course to be adopted, some compromise might have been arrived at; but it is a very different matter when the Go vernment have introduced a bill and agitated for it, founded their arguments on the rights of man, lamented that the franchise cannot be reduced be low £7 in the boroughs and £l4 in the counties, and have bitterly accused their opponents of being want ing even in Christian feeling if they oppose this scheme. Is it possible, then, to suppose that they can suddenly turn round and say, " We will accept anything you choose to give us. We will be grate ful for the smallest mercies; don't mind what we said about our banner and the grand march of the people. We will take what we can get, hoping to keep our places, and after this we will rest and be thankful ?" We must confess that on a great ques tion this is sad trifling, and the result may be most serious. We cannot conceal from ourselves that even the proposal of the Government in its entirety was accepted by many speakers below the Ministerial gangway merely as an instalment, as the thin edge of the wedge which was ultimately to split the oak of the Constitution. Is it possible to imagine for one moment that the Radical section will support any modified bill, except with the inten tion of using it as a stepping -stone to still greater changes ? Listen to the great agitator at Roch dale :—" Unless we are to have a good bill, let us have no bill at all. A bad bill is a revolutionary bill ; and a little bill, though it may not be re volutionary, is of no good and is very perilous. For, the moment these bills, or any of them, are passed, you must begin again motions in Parlia ment, discussions in the country." Is it pos sible to suppose, therefore, that the question will be allowed to slumber when an agitation can be so much more easily aroused in a new Parliament, when the question of a still further extension will be moved from the vantage-ground obtained by passing the present bill? Mr. Dutton, in a letter which appeared in the Times of yesterday morning, contradicted the assertion of Mr. Gladstone that it was the intention of Lord Palmerston, had he lived, to have introduced a Reform Bill. We be lieve that Mr. Dutton is under a wrong impression ; that, on the contrary, Lord Palmerston was pre pared to introduce a Reform Bill, but with this dif ference—that he intended to have advised with the Conservative party as to his course of action, in stead of taking counsel with Mr. Bright. Had this great Minister survived to the present time, it is quite possible that, discussed in this spirit, the question might have been finally set at rest, for we do not believe that the gentlemen of England on either side of the house have any dread of the work ing classes. Certainly this mistrust had no place in the mind of Lord Palmerston, for no man lived more with them, or was more beloved by them. He deprecated the language of Potter and Co., " that life to a working man is a ceaseless process of de gradation, a daily martyrdom, a funeral procession to the grave." On the contrary, he has frequently remarked that a labouring man is the most inde pendent man in the world, but he approached all reform with caution, because he felt that there was a risk in unsettling the foundations of our constitu tional system ; that, if it possesses ills, it is far better to bear these " than fly to others that we know not of ;" and he knew, with that sagacity which never deserted him, that so far, and yet no farther, cannot be addressed to the people any more than to the waves which failed to obey the old Danish King. It is well to cling to our landmarks I while we can, and to follow the advice of Lord Palmerston in not anticipating those necessities which are born on the ocean of Time. THE "ANGLO-AMERICAN TI3IES " ON THE C ON STI T UTI ON, CONGRESS, AND THE PRESIDENT.— In the balance of power between the several branches of Government, the Constitution of the United States far surpasses everything which has ever preceded it. None of the vital parts of the Government are ordinarily subordinate to others. Yet the President is made the head of the Government, and wields enormous power. In case of opposition between him and the Legislature, his policy is most likely to prevail. But in the almost unprecedented case of two-thirds majorities against him, Congress is, as it should be, practically supreme. The House of Representatives generally reflects the popular will. It holds the public purse, and may be considered wholly legislative in its capacity. The Senate is legislative and nearly co-ordinate with the House of Representatives ; it is execu tive in confirming or disallowing treaties and the appointments of the President ; and it is judi cial in a capacity it has never yet exercised—the power of judging, and, if necessary, of removing the Chief Ruler of the Land. The President combines certain legislative powers with his high executive functions. The Supreme Court ex pounds the Constitution, and by that test ac tually passes judgment on the ordinary law itself. In his legislative capacity the President makes recommendations to Congress, and approves or dis approves of the bills which may be passed. His action on these bills carries the whole weight of the highest official responsibility and power, but it is not absolute and final. It is measured in its legal force by a certain num ber of votes in each house. The re-consideration of a bill after his veto and its passage by two-thirds of the numbers present in each house, makes it law equally binding upon him and the humblest citizen—his objections and veto notwithstanding. This provision is one of the greatest excellencies of the Constitution. If the President had an ab solute veto on the Acts of Congress, if he were an obstinate or factious man, he could legally resist the desires of the people, and thwart the policy of a unanimous Legislature for the full term of his four years of office. If, on the other hand, a bare majority of Congress could impose its will on the Executive, slight accidental changes in the composi tion of the Legislature would sometimes work great revolutions of public policy, and the President would either become a puppet in the hands of Con gress, or else a corruptor of the public morals by the improper use of his position and patronage. Considering the natural conservatism of the Senate, it is a question of moment whether the Constitution does not err on the side of executive power. For it must be rememberedand dthe that the veto powers of the President, overruling power of a two-thirds majority in Con gress, are both intended for practical use as .occa sion shall arise. On an average of probabilities Congress will be in the right quite as often as the President. But, if we recollect aright, Congress, previous to the late memorable occasion,hasexer cised its supreme powers only in regard to one bill, while the Presidents have often vetoed important measures, and frequently nipped legislation in the bud by an informal intimation that this prerogative would be exercised. Among the Presidents, Jackson carried out a policy of hi s own in opposition to the Legislature, and battled vigorously against public opinion till he turned it in his favour. Tyler, who became President by the death of Harrison, successfully resisted the measures of the party which elected him to office. Pierce carried out a policy strongly opposed to the House of Representatives and the popular will. His policy provoked the civil wa r f are o f t h e K ansas border, and did much to prepare the way for the great rebellion. Buchanan followed in the steps of his predecessor in opposition to the House of Representatives, and either treasonably, or through imbecility, kept a Cabinet, one half of which was vigorously preparing to overthrow the Government as soon as they should lose the high offices with which they had been entrusted. There is no reasonable doubt that if the Administrations of Pierce and Buchanan had been less independent of the Legislature and the popular will, there would have been less excitement at the South in the election of 1860, and the Presidential Incumbent of the last term might have ruled the land in peace. Of the late disagreement between the President and Congress we shall say but little at present. We have preferred to recall some of the constitu tional relations of the branches of the American Government, and to calm public feeling by turning to the suggestions of history. President Johnson is an able and honest man. He will doubtless bow in good faith to the just supremacy of the Legislature, knowing well that Congress must in its turn submit to the judgment of the people. Were he to attempt such a use of his executive power as would render the new law of Civil Rights a dead letter, he would necessarily attack not only that law, but also a vital part of the Constitution. He could not possibly be permitted to succeed, for success would render him practically absolute. Congress would have no choice but to exercise the highest powers with which it has been intrusted for the protection of the rights of the whole people. We should then witness, for the first time in the history of the world, the chief ruler of a great nation tried by due form of law expressly provided, found guilty, and removed from his exalted station, for breach of the highest earthly trust which a man can hold in the providence of God. MERCHANT TAYLOR'S Sc HOOL.—Mr. Thomas Humphrey Ward, who appears first on the list of competi tors for the Indian Civil Service, was educated at Merchant Taylor's School, from which ho'gained an open scholarship at Brasenoso College, Oxford, in Easter Term, 18(11. Mr. John Whitmore, who is 23d in the same list, was also educated at Merchant Taylor's and obtained an open exhi bition at Merton College, Oxford, in the same Term. IADVERTISEMENT:I--Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— These patent remedies constitute a materia medics in themselves, for there is no internal or external disorder controllable by medicine for which the ono or the othe r o f them is not a p os iti ve reme dy ; eruptions, tumours, scro fula., scurvy, cancer, asthma, rheumatism, gout, and dropsy entirely subside and disappear under the action of these joint medicines ; and in cases of indigestion, sick head ache, bile, liver complaints, debility, and other disorders originating in the internal organs, the Pills p ro d uce t h e most astonishing • results imaginable. The student of nature knows how simple are her ways; if one preparation can throw out all impurities from the blood, disease is con quered, art triumphant, because it adopts the simplicity of nature. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from Jan. 1 to April 22, amounted to £156,913, as against £137,713 for the corresponding period of 1865. The proportion of the South Junction receipts ac cruing to this company from January 1 to April 22, amounted to £12,025, as against £10,980 for the corresponding period of 1865, and the expenses to £7,105, as against £6,014. BARNED'S BANKING (LIMITED). A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday in Liverpool, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the company's affairs. Mr. Charles Mozley, the managing di rector, occupied the chair. In reply to questions, it was stated that they must first make a list of contributors, which would take some time ; btu.; probably a call would be made in three months. The meeting had no power to limit the amount of the call. That would rest in the discretion of the liquidators, with the consent of the Master of the Rolls. Petitions had been lodged for the winding-up of the bank, which of course could not be resisted, as the bank could not pay its debts ; and on one of these petitions, by an order of the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Coleman had been nominated liquidator, together with Mr. Banner. The liabilities were rapidly running off. Documents in the possession of the bank were required, and were being paid for and taken out. If they did not proceed with the liquidation this would stop, and they would be very serious losers. As to the call he would ask Mr. Coleman to speak. A petition had been lodged by the Asiatic Bank, but their lia bility to that bank had now run off. The cotton upon which was the liability had been sold at a large profit. Persons were anxious to get the docu ments, and the result was that the liability was cancelled. Mr. BIGIIAM then moved—" That it having been proved to the satisfaction of this company that it cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, this meeting is of opinion that it is ad visable to wind up the same voluntarily." Mr. CROWE, one of the petitioners, seconded the motion. The motion was then put and carried nem. dis. Mr. BIGIIA3I then moved—" That Mr. Coleman, of London, and Mr. Banner, of Liverpool, account ants, be appointed liquidators for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the company and distri buting the property." Mr. PENTONE seconded the motion, and it was adopted. Mr. BIGIIi3I moved—" That a petition be pre sented to the high Court of Chancery that the voluntary winding up of the company may proceed under the supervision of the court, and that if ne cessary the appointment of Messrs. Coleman and Banner as liquidators be also continued." The motion was seconded by Mr. CROWE, and adopted. The New World—Emigration. The Foreign emigration to the port of New York for the year 1865 amounted to 196,352, and was greater than for any year since 1854, when it reached 319,223, the largest number of emigrants that ever before landed in a single year in that great depot of foreign immigration. But the prospect now is that the emigration of the present will greatly outstrip that of the past or any former year. Up to the present period it has more than doubled that of last year, as will be seen by the following table, showing the arrivals for the first quarter of the present year as compared with the same period of 1865 : Port of Embarkation 1865 1866 Liverpool London 358 1,181 Glasgow ...• 427 1,562 Havre .. 394 1186 Bremen 2,028 5,653 Hamburg 1,043 4,371 Antwerp .... 192 Genoa Total The immigration into New York, it will be seen, for the past three months, shows an increase of 17,717 on the number reported for the correspond ing period last year, being an increase up to this date of 140 per cent. on the immigration of last year, and showing that, if the stream of immigra tion should continue to flow at the same rate for the remainder of the year, the total number of foreigners abandoning Europe and making America their home would amount, in 1866, to about five hundred thousand souls. The indica tions now are all strong that this stream will not only continue to flow, but in increasing volume and, except some untoward event should occur, suddenly to check this wonderful movement, we may expect that at least half a million human beings will seek refuge from the old world in the new during the present year. A singular combination of circumstances in Europe have occurred to render this great migra tion very probable. Just on the close of the civil war, when the wisdom and strength of the Ame rican Government hai been effectually vindicated to the world, and the mighty resources of the country had been exhibited in a manner to attract the admiration of mankind, in the great struggle for the suppression of the rebellion, we find an un usual restlessness pervading the people of Europe, and an unwonted anxiety to leave their native soil. In the countries of Northern Europe, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, the people have of late not only learned the value of emigration, but the facility of emigrating ; and, consequently, a great increase has, within the last year or two, taken place in the emigration of those most desirable people. Some thousands of them were last year sent over under the care of the American Emigrant Company, and so successful has been the effort, it is expected that this year the number will be at least doubled. The political uncertainty that at present prevails in Europe, and the uniform suc cess which attends the German emigrant in Ame rica, combine to give an unusual stimulus to emi gration from Germany, and all reports coincide in representing that it is likely to assume dimensions of extraordinary magnitude. Our advices from our German agents and correspondents convey the im pression that the movement of these industrious people to the United States will only be checked by the insufficiency of ships to carry them. The question naturally suggests itself, What will be the effect of this great addition to the industrial energy of such a country as America ? Can it be absorbed without causing an unhealthy coapeti tion among the working classes, and unduly depress ing wages ? It was very generally expected that a period of great industrial depression would suc ceed at once to what was called the feverish activity of the war; that multitudes of men would be un employed and wages greatly reduced, and that the foreign labourers going to the country this year would be surplus ; but the facts have proved very different. Notwithstanding that nearly a million of soldiers have returned from the pursuits of war to the productive occupations of peace ; that foreign emigration is flowing in to the country more rapid than it ever did before ; that the currency has ap preciated to a point within 27 per cent. of par, and that the cost of living has so sensibly diminished ; still, in despite of all expectations and calculations to the contrary, wages continuencarly, if not quite, as high as ever, and the demand for labour continues undiminished. This fact of industrial activity, following so close upon the termination of an " exhausting war," may well excite the astonishment of European critics, who but little more than a year ago regarded the ruin of America, commercial as well as political, complete; but it is easily accounted for. The vivifying effects of the rapid circulation caused by the home market for American productions, incident to the war, are manifest in the progress and prosperity both of the manufacturing and agricultural classes, and while the national indebtedness has grown to so large a sum, individual indebtedness has di minished to a point lower than it has ever reached before, and the country stands to day in a position more favourable than she ever stood for the develop ment of her resources and the profitable employ ment of labour. Not alone does the mighty West, stretching far off to the golden shores of the Pacific, embracing such treasures of the mine and of the soil as the world holds nowhere else, invite the labour of the emigrant with the certainty of a gene rous return ; but the emancipated South, with its varied and fruitful resources, opens an entirely new field for his activity in a land of untold capacity, from which he has heretofore been excluded. While thus the West and South stretch out their arms and woo the toiling millions of Europe to their bosom, the well-established manufactures of the Eastern and Middle States give assurance of almost unlimited employment to artisans of every craft that go to seek it. The area open to the labour of the emigrant has thus been immensely enlarged, and a field capable of employing the energies of many millions thrown open to foreign workmen. But this is not all— we must not forget the melancholy fact, that at least twelve hundred thousand productive workers (North and South) were killed or rendered helpless in the war--a mighty vacuum of labour—which would take six years of such emigration as is expected this year to fill. MACKEREL—On Sunday last the fishermen at Portland, Dorset, made their first catch of mackerel this season, and notwithstanding the present boisterous and winterly weather, they anticipate a good fish season to follow. The fish caught were very fine at this early period of the year. [ADVERTItSEME NT.] — Consumption, and all nervous, bilious stomach, and liver complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravate.' and accelerated by drugs of every description. but perfectly curable by Du Barry 's health restoring Rev alen ta Arabica Food, as pro ve d b y thousan d s of cases which had been considered hqpetess ; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation diarr hoea, all gastric derangements, hemorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness' fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, i m purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrit a bi lity, sleep l ess ness, acidity, pal- Oath); heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchiti s , scrofula, tightnes s of the cheat, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote afew.—Cure, No. 40,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frin2ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting, of blood, liver derangement. and partial deaf ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, l o w spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 1,77 i. L ord Stuart de D ec ies, Lord-Lieu tenant of Waterford, o f many years' dyspepsia.—No.49,B32. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, conat patio; flatulency, spasms. sickness, and vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James I'. Campbell, Fakenh am , Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver. which had resisted all medical treatment.— In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 48 ed ; 51b, 118 ; 121 b, 225; 211 h. 'OB.—Barry Da Barry and Co., No. 77 R ege nt-street, London; also Phillips, tea deal ers, 8, King iVilliam-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street 'Within ; €3, '5 4 , Paul 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, 1 ottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, high-street; and Stubbs, Queen's - terrace, St. John's-wood. London • and all respectable grocers and che mists.—Beware of apuriousitnitations. RAILWAY BILLS. In the House of Commons' Committee yesterday, Group 1, the Edgware, Highgate, and London Bill was further proceeded with and adjourned. The following bills were further adjourned :—The Great Northern (Potter's-bar, Barnet, and Hendon) ; the Barnet, Hendon, and Midland Junction ; the East London Eastern Extension ; the Hounslow and Metropolitan ; and the North Metropolitan. In Group 5, the clauses of the Bristol and North Somerset were settled ; the Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast being unopposed, was referred to the General Committee. Iu Group 7, the preamble of the Teme Valley was proved, and the clatises were settled. In Group 10, London and North Western (New Works, &c.) was proceeded with and again adjourned. In Group 15, the Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers was proceeded with and adjourned. In Group 16, the Great Western was proceeded with and adjourned. The Recent Charge of "Laying Out" in St. Pancras. Yesterday, at the usual weekly meeting of the St. Pancras board of guardians, Mr. Churchwarden Lawford in the chair, the following official commu nication from the Poor Law Board, with reference to the recent charge of " laying out" a live child for dead in the St. Pancras workhouse, was read :-- "Poor-law Board, Whitehall, 26th April, 1866. " Sir,—l am directed by the Poor Law Board to inform the directors of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras, that they have received from their inspector, Mr. Farnall, a re port of the investigation which he instituted into the com plaint made by Mr. Hillocks, viz., that on his visiting the workhouse of the parish on the 15th ult., he found a child named Elizabeth Thomas Green, or Adams, 'laid out,' the child being supposed to be dead, but being really still alive. This complaint had reference solely to the circumstances which occurred as to the death of the child, but the inquiry has extended to its previous treatment in the workhouse. The board having carefully considered the report,together with the evidence taken at the inquiry, are of opinion that the medical officer of the workhouse is censurable for not having seen the child from Monday, the 12th March, on which day his attention was drawn to it, until its death on the following Thursday. He ought, according to his in structions, to have duly visited the nursery on Wednesday. It appears, however, that on that day he did not go into the nursery, but directed that the infants who required his aid should be brought to him in an adjoining room, and that this child was not brought to him with the others. The board think that this is not a sufficient excuse for his omission duly to attend to a case for which he had prescribed on his previous visit, and they consider that the duty of the medical officer was not on this occasion discharged in a satisfactory manner. The board are further of opinion that the resident midwife who had the general charge of the nursery is seriously to blame for not having, under the circumstances, either sent for the medical office; subsequently to his seeing the child, or taken care that his attention was called to it on the 14th March. They further think that even if medical aid could not then have been of any avail, it would have been a pro per precaution on her part to have procured the attendance of the medical officer when the case was brought to her notice by Mr. Hillocks. The act chiefly complained of— namely, that the child's face was bandaged while it was still breathing, was the act of the pauper nurse, and shows her to be unfit for the duties entrusted to her. It is alleged, however, that the child had been lying in an apparently cold and insensible state for some hours, and was thought by the other women in the room, who were watching, to be dead, and that the nurse loosened the bandage as soon as she perceived a slight motion in the child's lips. It should also be observed that the child was lying in its or dinary clothes, and was not laid out' for burial. Although the medical officer did not give a written order for the allowance of wine for the child, the board see no reason to doubt that the wine was given, and it had not only milk allowed for it, but it was placed in the care of the mother of another child in order that she might suckle it together with her own child. The board request that their opinion as to the conduct of the officers referred to may be com municated to them by the directors. They consider it necessary that a paid and trustworthy nurse should at once be appointed to the nursery, and that she sheuld be made responsible for the supplying of the nutriment or of any stimulants ordered by the medical officer for the children. Also that the medical officer should be required to keep the medical relief-book (form C) according to the order of the board of the 21st August, 1856. There will then be a record of his visits, and a written direc tion given by him for any extra nourishment which he may consider necessary in any case. The board further desire to draw attention to article 89, No. 16, of the same order, which requires the master of the workhouse to give immediate information of the death of any pauper in the t er t . hat T t h h e ey bo m ar a d 3 e b n e c p lo la se ce t d w in o wor khouse. —I am, sir, your ~obedientriFLEs3efir:Gtan c w o o p r i k es ho o u f s t e ho to or th de e r m , a e n d d ie r a e l q o i ffi tes e Secretary." the hands of the med ical officer and of the master of the Mr. Churchwarden ROBSON said the guardians had already, before receiving any communication on the subject, carried out everything now suggested by the Poor-law Board. He could not see anything to complain of in the report j-ust read, as it was -in HEALTH OF LONDON. ;,...•-•"' --- (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended on Saturday, April 28, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,570; the deaths registered 3,349. The annual rate of morta lity was 29 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,080 boys and 1, 107 girls, in all 2,187 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding week of ten years' 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,062. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,492. It was the seventeenth week in t he year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of popula tion, 1,355. The deaths in the present return el" coed by 137 the estimated number. The mortality among children from whooping' cough continues high ; 97 fatal cases of it were re gistered in the week, 30 of which were in the south districts of London. Twenty-one deaths occurred from small-pox, 60 from measles, 17 from scarlatina) 8 from diphtheria, and 63 from typhus. Phthisis proved fatal to 227 persons ; 150 deaths were caused by bronchitis and 95 by pneumonia. Two deaths were registered in the week as having been caused by carriage accidents :—A bricklayer, aged 50 years, run over by a cab ; died April 15, At 3, Wick-road, Hackney. A female, aged 51 yea h ' run over ; died April 18, in the London Hospital. Two children died of cholera diarrhoea during the week. The particulars of a death by cholera a t Bristol are recorded in a subsequent note. Th e people of that city are, no doubt, alive to the lin' portance of destroying every vestige of " rice-water evacuations " in such cases. The annual rate of mortality last week was 25 per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 26 in Dublin ; 26 in Bristol, 28 in Birmingham, 38 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester, 36 in Salford, 28 in Sheffield, 33 in Leeds, 26 in Hull, 29 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 37 in Glasgow. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.877 in' The barometrical reading decreased from 30.29 in' on Sunday to 29.29 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 52.6 degl which is 4.9 deg. above the average of the same wee k in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glasbier). T he highest day temperature was 79.0 deg. on Friday'. Thu lowest night temperature was 38.4 deg. °II Sunday. The entire range of temperature ill t he week was, therefore, 40.6 deg. The mean degree °f humidity of the air was 73, complete saturatio n being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.58 in. on Saturday. The direction of the Win' , was variable. _ The Registrar-General has received the following letter in reference to a fatal case of cholera at Bristol : ------- - " 2, Queen-square, Bristol, April 24, 186 6 . " Sir,—At 5 o'clock yesterday I was asked to visit rfau r l Thomas, mariner, at Prince-street toll-gato in this el*" • found him suffering all the symptoms of Asiatic 6 01°8. Ho died about 5 a.m. this morning. He left Java Wy e " comber, And arrived at Rotterdam April 14.; left Rotterdaul last Sunday morning (April 22), and reached Londell Monday, 23d, at 8 a.m. He left immediately by train f e ; i r Bristol ; was taken ill in the train about 11 a.m. ; Wa 3 only 18 hours. He had rice-water evacuations, most vio lent cramp of almost every muscle, cold p er spiration a t sunken eyelids, &c. I saw a great deal of cholera in 18491 and I could not distinguish this from a genuine case. 11 ' 81° signed the certificate of death 'cholera.' As the case is i° °.. lated I did not insert the word but I believe „ was a case of that disease. My friend Dr. Win- Bud d visited the corpse with me this mo rn i ng , an d he is films' 9 of opinion it was Asiatic cholera, brought from Rotterdam' Your obedient servant, " DAVID DAVIES, 31.E.C.5• " The Registrar General." COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. ket. There is only a small show of grain at this day's mar,- „ For good quaalities of both old and new wheat We har t " had a moderate consumptive demand, at the prices of iaiso Tuesday. Fine barleys scarce, and fully as dear• other articles there is no change in prices. we re The average prices for the week ending April 30 we - Wheat, 48s 4d per qr.; barley, 41s Gad ; oats, 29s lid. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since this d e l, week have been light. At this day's market there w, 3 , a fair attendance of the town and colintry trade, b u t o n l y a retail business . was done. Wh ea t me t with a fair NI sumptive demand at recent rates. In flour full prices 1c e .71 made. Oats and oatmeal slow, b u t i n pr i ces nom aterhs change to note. The same may be said of barley. B o3° r 3s per qr dearer, and very sca rce . P eas a d va nced 2s P . ( . 3 .0 q r. Indian corn was mo re i nqu i re d f or, an d sales W" reported of mixed American at 295. MELTON MOWBRAY. TUESDAY. The supply of wheat was middling, the demand beilit firm at higher quotatio ns t h an last week f or c h o i c e quai ties. Oats and beans a meagre show. White wheat, 52s t o 56 s ; red, 43s to 48s per 36 stop Barley for maltin g , 36 s to 39s per qr ; feed, 30s to 33s .-, 30 stone. Oats, 26s to 335. Beans, old, 50s to 53s ; 43s to 46s per qr. STIEPPIELD—T UESDAY. supply on At our market t o -d ay there was about the usual sliN of wheat ; trade was i nact i ve, and scarcely any a lt e rst! ~. in prices. Barley i n li m i ted supply, and real i se d l a te rate xs Oats in moder a t e sa l e, and at previous quotations. 33e9" a fair demand at remunerative rates. Red wheat, per l oa d o f 3 imp. bushels....l7s 6d 19s 61 White do do ....19s Od to 210 () t o New red do do ....16s 6d J 7B New white do do ....!8s Od 205 6 o d Beans 188 od ig n s Peas, per qr do do .... Od . 3Bs ,',' Od Grinding barley, per qr 3, s Od 3,° oGrindingod Maltinebarley, co 3BB Od 4 10 ~d Oats, d o 278 Od 328 " F10ur....1s td to 2s Od per 141 b. MARKET HARBOROUGII.—TuEsDAY. ea A fair supply of wheat, which was steadily disPostes. of at former quotations. Oats in request, at extreme Beans were scarce, and brought rather more money. ~ 36 Old white wheat, 50 s t o 54 s ; new red. 46s to 49s Per stone. Barley, fine, —s ; other kinds, 28s to 38s per 01d) Oats, new, 24s to 30s ; o ld, 29 s t o 33 s p er qr . Beans, 48s to 52s ; new, 42s to 46s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton., Mai 20 Ditto, via Marseilles May 14 " Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet May 4 ' Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. —May 2 4) ''' China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton MaY ''' Ditto, via Marseilles May 11 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton May 3 ° India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 3 Ditto, via Marseilles .......... . .... May 1 , 4 , India (Bombay), via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles —nay 8 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 3 ' Ditto, via Marseilles May SI Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles, MaY 8 ' Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet . . Bur 3 ' Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . •• Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry . • MO 4 : West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife „. —NAY 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) gal 14 Cuba and Mexico MAY 29. Bahamas, via New York. MaY 9. Bermuda, via Halifax Births. HAMILTON—On the 28th ult., at Dalziel, the Lady of a aughter. MASTER - Hamilton, d On the 30th ult., at Caynhanl Court, Luta - th° wife of Colonel Master, C.R., of a son. SHEPREARD—On the Ist inst., at 9, Park-side, Ps r Piece, Cambridge, the wife of W. P. B. Shepheard, -`"" of a daughter. WimuNsoN—On the 28th ult., at 4, Chester-squar e, Hon. Mrs. Green Wilkinson, of a son. Marriages. EDEN — ORETILLE — On the 30th ult. at St. Mi e v illt :s l Chester-square, Vice-Admi ra l C. Eden C. 8., to Cecilia, youngest dau g ht er o f th e l a t e Vice.:Adwita, P. Groville, C.B. cli OSBORN — QUINTIN—On the 28th ult. at the parish ex l ; t of Hatley St. George, Cambs., J. R. Osborn, Lieut. -6 Life Guards, elde s t son of Si; G. Osborzi, Bart., o= f -„ bo s. sands Prio r y, B e d s , t o E m ily, thi r d d aug hter of - 1 - St. Quintin, Esq., of Hatley Park, Cambs. Deaths. BOLDING—On the 30th ult., Mr. T. E. Bolding, of 12, South Molton-street, Oxford-street, aged 59. CIIAMBERLAIN—On the 30th ult., at 307 Duke-street,?"ls7l- chester-square, Harriet, Dowager Lady Chamberlaill'o, GRIFFIN—On the 28th ult., at Hilldrop-road, Camden -r° John Griffin, Esq., of Mincing-lane, aged 73. EST , MPOUGALL—On the 29th ult, Alex. 11. 21.1 1 Douga l, at 10, Charles-street, St. James's-square. MACMURDO—On the 30th ult., at his residence, Castled House, Hastings, E. L. Macmurdo, Esq., a ged 8 2 . erli et London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ./0 11) ": of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Trim SUN (Ad e ' -" , „ ii - ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy .10 the C ° " — MiddleselL—Weduesday, May 2, 1866.