The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

The Duke of Buckingham on Education. Yesterday the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Pre sident of the Council, and President of the Com mittee of Council on Education, paid a visit to Bristol, for the purpose of distributing the prizes at the Diocesan Trade School of that city. His Grace was received at the Council-house by the Mayor (Mr. E. S. Robinson), and was enter tained at a sumptuous luncheon, at which a large number of the leading citizens were present, among whom were the Biehop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol, Mr. Commis sioner Hill, the Rev. Canons Moseley, Norris, Girdlestone, Knight, the Master of the Society of Merchant Vintners (Mr. S. V. Hare), &c. After " The Health of her Majesty the Queen" bal been drunk with due honours, the Mayor pro posed " The Health of his Grace the Duke of Buck ingham," and sail that the visit of their distin gni:died guest showed the interest which her Ma jesty's Government took in the subject of education. His worship also referred to the great work which the schools of the country were doing in creating the character of the rising generation. Alluding to the special object of his Grace's visit to Bristol, the mayor observed that the trade schools of the coun try owed their origin to a great extent to the Exhi bition of 1851, in connection with which he paid a grateful tribute to the memory of the late Prince Consort. The toast having been drunk with enthusiasm, The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, who was received with loud cheers, in responding to the toast of his health ; said it was not, he must confess, without some pride he rose to thank them for the honour they had conferred upon him and upon the office he held by the reception they had given him upon the occasion of his visit to Bristol, and he thought they would excuse him for saying that that pride was enhanced when he mentioned to them that that happened to be the first occasion upon which he had had to take part in any public bthiness since he was honoured with the choice of Lord Derby as one of his colleagues. (Cheers.) It was with great gratification that he learnt that all sides of politics and all sects of religion had joined on that occasion to show respect to the Lord President of the Council and the office he held on the occasion of his coming to distribute the prizes- at the Bristol Trade School—(cheers)—a school which held a singular position in this country, for if it was not the only school of its particular class, it was the most successful one, but he thought it was the only one. (Cheers.) He was first asked to come to Bristol very soon after he assumed office by the Rev. Canon Moseley, and his first question on going to the office after receiving the invitation was, "Is it usual for the President to distribute prizes at schools ?" For he began to think that there was a very large amount of work to be done if he were to distribute the prizes at every school. (Laughter.) lle was told that it was not so. " Why, then," he said, " is it asked now?" and he requested to be fur nished with the papers connected with the school, and he then saw that the circumstances were such, and the establishment of the school was so peculiar and its success so great, that he felt it was only due to the citizens of Bristol that he should at once un dertake the duty required of him, and congratulate them on the success which had followed the working of the school which had been inaugurated some 10 or 11 years ago by his predecessor, Lord Granville. (Loud cheers.) It was a notion of some people in some parts of the country that the Lords of the Council had little to do besides looking after the education of the people, and he, too, was very much of that opinion when he assumed office; but what with cattle plague and what with cholera it had this year happened that the President of the Council had been obliged to remain in London, unable to make any engagements. The result had been that time after time he had been obliged to postpone making the appointed visit to Bristol, and it was got so late that he began to fear that, unless he made an ap pointment for some particular day, he should fail to fulfil his undertaking. (Hear, hear.) Ile did not expect anything further to do nor anything further to say than to attend at the hall on the occasion of the presentation of prizes and distribute them to the children, and, perhaps, say a few words to them. lie was not at all prepared for the kind, courteous reception which he had received that day. lle, however, thanked them for it. Ile mu,t say a few words in regard to what had been done in respect to the school. Ile thought it conferred a marked honour upon the citizens of Bristol that they should have inaugurated a school of that particular class and that they should have carried it to so success ful a result, and that they should, as he thought, have led the way to a most important feature in the after education of, if he might use the term, the boys of the mechanics, or the lower portion of the middle class of the country. (Cheers.) The State up to a certain point might urge, and some might say compel, the education of these people. Up to a certain point, he said, but he believed they would all agree that up to that point the children mast be driven to school. (Hear, hear.) They did not go willingly, they would plod leisurely and slowly, with bags and slate, but they must be driven to school if brought to school at all. (Hear, hear.) Thus, they had the disinclination of the children to contend against as well as the great demand for almost infantile labour, and the poverty of the parents, who valued the shilling or two their chil dren earned, though it might cost them more for the very maintenance of those children. (Cheers.) They had all those difficulties to contend against up to a certain point, but if a boy was intelligent there came a time when he would thirst for more know ledge, and when, if he had taken advantage of his previous education, it would become rather a plea sure and an interest than a source of trouble and annoyance. He thought a great deal might be done by keeping the children at school for a longer period, and giving them that amount of knowledge in the superior branches of education which no high pres sure work in night schools or otherwise would ever give them. (Cheers.) He said he thought it con ferred an honour on the citizens of Bristol in haiing brought to so successful an issue their Trade School, and he was glad that the first oc casion on which lie had taken any public part since he had assumed office should have been in so ancient a city as that, and in connexion with an oc casion which, as he had said before, conferred such an honour upon them. (Cheers.) He thanked them again for the very kind reception they had given him, but he. could not sit down without alluding to one further subject, and that was the great competitive examination, if he might so call it, and was to come on between the whole world at Paris this year. That would show whether in the 11 or 15 years which had elapsed since the Great Exhibition of 1851 England had or had not kept pace with the progress of foreign countriessince 1851. That was since the Exhibition of that year they might consider the real training in art and science had been gradually given to the working men of England, and the Exhibition of 1867 would or ought to show that it had been of some value, and he trusted it would. lle believed that as a Commissioner of the Paris Exhibition ho had seen no sign of any backwardness on the part of England in a general way. (Cheers.) There were trades—there was one leading industry, the cutlery of England—which still hung back from exhibition; but, taking England generally, he could not say there had been the slightest hesitation in entering into the lists, and it must be borne in mind that those exhi bitions were not mere shows. They really were tests. The 000 might go and look at the thing ai a show, but the last 100 would go because they wanted to know where to go for the best sorts of articles they wanted in . their trade, and it was to the prize lists and honourable mention lists of those exhibitions that the foreign merchant looked when he wanted to khow where to get the best; for instance, locomotive engines, marine engines, or spinning machines. (Cheers.) He trusted that the Exhibition of 1867 would show them they had not only kept pace, but that they bad made a slight advance. That, however, remained in the womb of the future. At the same time, when one came so near the ap proach of the - Exhibition of 1867, he could not think but that it was right on the part of the mayor to call their attention to him that was gone, and to whose thought the first of those exhibitions, and the progress which had since )4en made in the art and science of the country were mainly due. ' (Cheers.) As his worship had said, they knew not his worth till he was gone, but he lived among them still. (Cheers.) His name would remain, and would be handed down to posterity as the author of these international competitions ; as a man whose ideas first raised England to a sense of the danger she was incurring of being overrun in the race with fo reign countries, and first showed England how to convince her workmen that there was need for in creased skill, and that the success of the Exhibition of 1851 laid the foundation of that department which fostered the establishment of science and art schools throughout the country. (Cheers.) In a manufac turing city like Bristol it was unnecessary for him to say one word more on the importance of the higher education of those who would hereafter take their places in the arts and manufactures of this country. Ile thanked them for the kindness with which they had welcomed him to Bristol and listened to the few words which he had to say, and in conclusion begged them to join with him in drinking the health of the Mayor of Bristol. (Cheers.) The MAYOR having responded, the company ad journed to the hall of the Society of Merchant Ven turers, where the distribution of prizes took place ; the Duke of Buckingham presiding. The report having been read by the Rev. D. Wright, the prizes were distributed to the successful pupils. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese moved and Mr. Commissioner Hill seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman for the honour he had conferred upon the city by attending upon the occasion. The noble Duke acknowledged the compliment in appropriate terms, and was afterwards presented by Mr. S.V. Hare, Master of the Society of Venturers, with the freedom of the ancient guild. The proceedings then terminated. MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONS AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Last evening Mr. Alderman Salomons met his con stituents at Greenwich, according to his usual custom, for the purpose, as he expressed it, of hav ing a free conference with them on public affairs. The meeting was held in the Lecture-hall, Royal hill, and, considering the state of the weather, was very well attended. Dr. Purvis was called to the chair, and having briefly opened the proceedings, Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, who was greeted with cheers, rose to address the assemblage. He began by rapidly reviewing the course of political events since the last general election. A majority of about 70 was then understood to have been returned in favour of Lord Palmerston's Ministry ; but soon afterwards that great statesman was removed from among them ; and, looking back upon what fol lowed, they might almost say that after his death _ _ . THE SUN, LONIAI3.I, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1867 came the political deluge. The floodgates were, in a manner, opened; it was difficult to find any other man who could either manage the House of Com mons, or so guide public affairs that they should not at once run into confusion. Lord Russell, the new head of the Government, thought it his duty to re commend, as the first measure of his Ministry, and to a new Parliament, the passing of a second Re form Bill. That Parliament had been brought to gether at great expense, for they knew by the pub lished returns how very expensive a thing it was to get a Parliament together, even his own election for Greenwich having cost him 2,000 guineas. (" Shame.") He would not call it a shame, but cer tainly it was rather hard that when members had just obtained their seats—some of them from a de sire to serve their constituents, others thinking they had talents for public life, others again wishing to advance their social position, or, perhaps to please their wives —(a laugh)—they should be asked straightway to commence making their own coffins. (Cheers and laughter.) The passing of a Reform Bill would, of course, have necessitated a very speedy dissolution. Therefore, upon a retrospect, they must all admit that a great mistake was made, and he was only surprised that such clever and experienced statesmen should have committed it, or have thought it possible to propose a Reform Bill to a new House of Commons, with a new leader, with out throwing everything into confusion. They all knew the result. Since the change of Ministry they had had a great monetary crisis. The effects of the panic had been more severely felt in that district than in any other part of the country, owing to its close connexion with shipping. The events and the speculations of the last few years had caused a great increase in the production of ships of various kinds ; but a sudden check had overtaken that branch of enterprise, and large numbers of workpeople were thrown out of employment. No doubt the subject of wages was somewhat mixed up with that matter ; but still the question of wages was largely a social and a moral one, and he had there to deal only with political topics. (llear.) Nevertheless, in respect to wages, he might say that we ourselves had challenged the whole world in the matter of production ; we ourselves had done all we could to stimulate free trade, and proclaimed that we did not fear, butrather invited, the competition of all other nations ; and the refore it behoved them, whether as employers or as workmen, to observe narrowly the circumstances of production in other countries, and take care that nothing they did should interfere with that steady progress in the arts, in manufactures, or in commerce which had hitherto made us the greatest manufac turing and industrial nation of the world. (Hear, hear.) Turning from the past to the present and the future, the hon. gentleman referred to the ques tion of the Alabama claims. lie need not say how desirable it was that the people of England and America should be upon the best possible terms with each other. (Cheers.) The unhappy difference in this case was, he thought, chiefly caused by some mis conception on the other side of the Atlantic as to the mode in which our neutrality in the late civil war there had been maintained ; but if any disinterested person would closely examine the con duct of the British Government and of all British functionaries during that great conflict, he believed he would find that, whatever might have been the opinions of individuals among us, every desire had been shown on our part to observe the strictest neutrality between the belligerents. Having regard, however, to all the circumstances connected with the escape of the Alabama from the port of Liverpool and her subsequent career, no one could really be surprised that the Americans should have felt some irritation on the subject. Still, our Government, in the earlier part of that unfortunate controversy had only asserted the principle of international law which the Americans had themselves acted upon during the many years of their existence as a neutral Power. The Alabama, as far as we knew when she left our shores, was suspected of being in tended to cruise against the Federal States ; but there was no legal proof of that, and without legal proof the Government of this country was powerless to prevent her sailing. Yet the Americans were considerably aggrieved at what happened, and a very disagreeable correspondence ensued between Lord Russell and Mr. Adams. Now he believed that everybody would be glad to hear that, after time had been allowed for cool reflection as to what was right and what was wrong between friends, and when the matter could be viewed apart from any chance of a threat being used against us, the British Government had proposed to the American Government that the whole question shculd be left to arbitration, or at least all the chief points of it which we thought could honourably be so left. (Cheers.) That he took to be a wise, a fair, a politic, and an acceptable course, and one that every man who valued the cause of peace and of justice would rejoice to see adopted. (Cheers.) Ile now came to the great question of Reform. (hear, hear.) Upon that he had last Session voted steadily with the late Government, thinking that when they brought forward a measure so diffi cult and so complicated on their own responsibility, although it might not be perfect in all its details, it was his duty to help them to pass it through the llouse of Commons leaving the house of Lords to amend it where necessary, and thus to get that great bugbear out of the way. If the new Govern ment should introduce a Reform Bill, he trusted that every effort would be made by the House of Commons, backed, as he believed they would be, by public opinion out of doors, to enlarge the number of persons entitled to rote for the election of mem- bers. There were now many anomalies even in a borough like that. Greenwich stood pre-eminent among the constituencies for the large proportion of working men which it included among its electors. Yet when he went into a yard to canvass the work men, he often found that the foreman and higher class of artisans, being lodgers, had no votes„ while the lab,,urcrs who attended on them possessed'. the franchise. (Hear, hear.) That was a very glaring defect which needed remedying ; and if the: working classes would look at the matter practically„ and get rid of such phrases as " registered and resi dential manhood suffrage," which might mean any thing or nothing, they might hit upon a measure: that would be acceptable to the country at large, and so have that long-vexed question settled. They' could not afford in this country to have a war of classes, the workmen turning out against the, masters, and the masters combining against th€: men ; but they ought all to endeavour to approach that subject in a rational spirit. Whether its solu tion was in Liberal or in Tory hands he did not care, because, after all, the people who returned the Parliament would decide by whom the country should be governed. The question was not to be settled by attempting to intimidate the House of Commons by monster meetings which were utterly childish. (Hear.) Let them meet, as they did that night, in small parties, and talk matters over in a rational way, with a view, if they had grievances to get them redressed. There were many other subjects of public importance which would receive attention when Reform was out of hand. The local affairs of that great metropolis were in a very un satisfactory state. Their thoroughfares were most inconvenient and often almost impassable. The in habitants were heavily taxed, and yet got very little for their money. He did not wish to create jealousies between the east-end and the west-end, but some of the funds derived from the rates ought to be spent for the improvement of that town as well as for the improvement of Park-lane and other rich parts of London, which could better afford to pay for it. Indeed, it was monstrous that the whole of that metropolis should not be formed into one Union for the purposes of the relief of the poor, watching, lighting, and similar matters. Then the richer dis tricts would have to bear a fairer share of the bur den, while the poorer and struggling districts would obtain a proportionate relief. With respect to rail ways and railway property, it did seem extraordinary that when £500,000,000 of capital had, within the last 30 or 35 years, been laid out in these works in this country, they hardly knew what was legally a secure investment and what was not. Things had occurred lately which did not reflect much credit on our business men ; and that subject would probably engage attention next Session. The working classes had a great interest in the question, because, unless credit was good, and that description of property was safe, people would not embark their capital in new railways, the chief outlay upon which went to pay for labour. They might imagine how much employment had been given by the expenditure of £500,000,000 to which he had referred. But unless the law was made more clear as to the security of advance for such purposes, men could not be expected to lend their money to railway companies. He would just touch upon another point. This country hav ing been the first to make steam engines ought also to be the first in making them cheapest. It was said that wages had something to do with this ; that France, Belgium, and Germany exported en gines and locomotives, and that we did not have the share we ought to possess in that branch of manu facture through the difficulty of making contracts, because when the workmen found their employers were doing very well they immediately struck for higher wages. (Hisses and cheers.) Why should anybody hiss ? He was never afraid to look any of them in the face ; and as their representative he wished not to flatter them, but to confer frankly with them and tell them the truth, in order that he might advance their interests to the best of his ability. (Hear, hear.) He was happy to say that the public revenue was in a flourishing condition ; but the Army and Navy, it appeared, were about to undergo revision, and it certainly seemed very hard that, by an expenditure of nearly £25,000,000 per annum on those services, they could not be placed in a proper state of defence. (Hear, hear.) In con clusion, the worthy alderman offered to answer any question that might be put to him. Several persons availed themselves of this invita tion. In particular a working man inquired whether the hon. gentleman believed that the Trades' Union men caused all the present local distress ? Alderman SALOMONS replied that he would repeat what he had said on a former occasion,—that, in his opinion, the distress had arisen entirely from natural causes—viz., the over-production of ship ping, and the collapse of so many speculative com panies. Yet, he added, in a general way, that in this country, engaged as they were in a keen com petition with all the nations of the world, the price of a steam-engine must have some reference to its price in other countries, much in the same manner as the price of a barrel of flour must do. Answer ing a remark of his interrogator as to the superior advantages of America, the worthy alderman said that America had as heavy, perhaps a heavier, debt to bear than this country, and that all the articles required by the working man there were now very highly taxed. A resolution expressive of the continued confi dence of the electors in their senior member was proposed by Mr. J. Bell, seconded by Mr. Bass, and carried unanimously ; and thanks having also been voted to the chairman, the proceedings closed with he National Anthem. Melancholy Shipwreck. -_+- On the night of Nov. 21 the British barque Coya, of London, from Sydney, bound to San Francisco, was totally wrecked near Point Ano Nuevo, a bout 60 miles to the southward of San Francisco, and of the 29 souls on board but three succeeded in reach ing the shore alive. Mr. G. Byrnes, the sole sur vivor of the passengers on board the ill-fated ves sel, says that on Nov. 23, as they approached the coast of California, the weather became thick and squally, so that no observation was obtai ne d, an d it remained the same on the day following, so that the vessel's true position could not be ascertained. On that evening the captain judged the vessel to be by dead reckoning within sight of the Farrallone or at least 40 miles to the northward of where he was, and say 20 miles to the wastward, or off shore. As darkness came on the barque was standing in towards the land under short canvas, and about half-past 7, the second mate, who had the watch on deck, reported to the captain that land was in sight to leeward. Going on deck immediately, the helm was ordered up, in order to wear ship off shore, but being under short sail her movements were sluggish, and before she could pay off on the other tack and and get headway she struck with tremendous force on the rocks and then swung broadside on to them. The swell rolling in was very heavy, and as she lifted and came down: again with terrific violence her bottom was stove in and the hull be came a fixture. Then the huge breakers began to roll completely over the vessel, carrying everything before them ; the boats were swept away, and there appeared to be no hope that anyone could be saved. By this time the passengers had all rushed on deck, with the exception of a Mrs. Jeffries, who only two days previously had been confined. The scene now became appalling; the deck was being forced up by pressure of water from below ; the women were, screaming with frantic grief, and one by one they were washed away to leeward and drowned. One gen tleman took off his life preserver, and placed it upon his wife, in the hope that it might secure her safety, but it served no purpose, both being lost. A tremendous roller now bore down upon the ship, and as it broke over the vessel nearly everything was swept away clean from the decks, and at the same time the vessel, with a heavy roll, settled over to windward, with her masts in the water. The few souls that now remained (about 10 in number) were holding on to the taffrail, with the sea con stantly breaking over them ; they were gripped to only drawers and shirt in order not to be encum bered with clothing when compelled to take the chance of reaching the land. The hull now began to break up rapidly, and in a short time the after part gave way, leaving the unfortunates adrift. Five were all that could now be seen, tossed and whirled about upon the waters ; three only of the ;number were to be saved, the others had gone to their long account. The first one to be thrown ashore was one of the seamen, supported by a piece of timber. The next was Mr. Byrnes who gives this description :—He had a lifebuoy on. The last to reach the land was the chief mate, Mr. Bairstow, who had provided himself with a cork life belt. The night was a sad and miserable interval for the three survivors ; they dug a hole in the sand, and there, huddled together to obtain some warmth, they awaited the coming of day. As soon as it was dawn they descried signs of civilisation not far off. They were near the ranch of Messrs. Fish and Camp, and they at once started for the farmhouse, where they were hospitably received. testing till June 4 the various plans submitted, they recommended the conversion of the Springfield rifle muskets into breech-loaders. This alteration has been so successfully effected that it is believed that the arm now in use is in all respects superior to the Prussian needle-guns, while the metallic ammuni- tion is decidedly superior. A large portion of the report details the measures taken in behalf of the maimed and those who fell during the war. The United States holds that the duty of the country to its soldiers does not end with the bullet that renders the man useless or kills him outright. Much care has been taken to secure the most durable, use ful, and comfortable artificial limbs. There have been supplied to disabled soldiers 3,981 legs, 2,240 arms, 9 feet, 55 hands, 125 surgical apparatus, and it is supposed that not more than 1,000 limbs still remain to be supplied, at an estimated cost of $70,000. But the care of the Government extends beyond this. On the 30th June last the remains of 101,526 Union soldiers had been gathered and deposited in 41 National and Military Cemeteries. Sites had been selected for tea more, which are now being prepared. It is estimated that _close on one quarter of a million of patriotic soldiers sacri ficed in the contest will be removed to these cemeteries before the work is complete. The average cost of each transfer is $9 75c. Small cast iron monuments, protected by zinc coating from rust, will supply the wooden head boards heretofore used. Six lists of the dead, containing 32,666 names, have been published, and will be continued as rapidly as they can be prepared. The facts re corded in Secretary STANTON'S report will be valuable to the future historian. It is from such documents that an idea is obtained of the magni tude of the proportions this extraordinary contest assumed.—Anglo-American Times. America and the New Year. One year ago, at the commencement of the fes Lye season, we addressed some words to our readers n relation to the then New Year 1866, and the Event which had been accomplished for America and for the World since the beginning of the then expiring year. To-day we recur to the sub ject, not less hopefully and cheerfully than we did then. Eighteen hundred and sixty-five stands on the record of History as the best and the holiest year since the Christian Era, for that year saw the bonds which bound four millions of men in hopeless and degrading bondage for . . ever stricken off, and those four millions standing for the first time in GOD'S pure sun shine, unshackled and free. But the Event was so recent and so tremendous—the light which had dawned on humanity was so sudden and so bril liant—that men stood aghast and dizzy, and could - . . scarcely realise the change. Eighteen hundred and sixty-six came and went, and to-day, in the dawn ing of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, we know, and begin to realise, how great was that Event which America accomplished for her self and for humanity, after all those sad years of havoc and war. We know that in the short space of a few months the work of centuries has been accomplished—that a New Nation has been born in the New World, and that henceforth and for ever Freedom is something more than a mere name ! In the midst of the convulsions of 1866 lough great vested interests were lost, and great financial. schemes terminated in disaster, one scheme remained staunch and solid as the enduring hills— that scheme inaugurated by ABRAHAM LINCOLN-- that scheme which changed a nation cf slaves into a nation of freemen. And now, at the beginning of another New Year, we count as a familiar and accomplished fact that which twelve months ago we failed to grasp at its true worth. We would write with moderation and calmness, but we become enthusiastic when we contemplate the " manifest destiny" of the American Republic "There are at the beginning of this year more than thirty-five millions of people, scattered over a domain vast as the whole of Europe, and richer in every species of natural wealth than Golconda or Opliir. No section of the human family ever before had such prospects before them. Among all these thirty-five mil ons, there is not one who cannot exercise some appreciable influence upon the happiness and pros perity of the whole. In nearly all the States the whole male population is eligible to the exercise of the elective franchise,, and the recently emancipated ones are being rajdly prepared for their great du ties in the ftrtUre by instruction and education. The settler in his-log cabin in the far West—the artisan in the crowded city—the country gentleman and the swarthy son of toil--are alike invited to declare at the ballot-box the principles on which the land shall be governed. No man is too poor, no man too rich to share the duties, the privileges, and the responsibilities of public life ; and from the county magistrate to the chief Executive of thii mighty nation, all spring from the people, and are alike the servants of the people. Vox Populi, vox Dei is truer of this people than of any other since the world began. We, in our humble, though most responsible position as Editors of a public Journal, aspire to no less than to represent this people in Europe—to speak for them and by their authority—to expound their national sentiments—to make known their wants and their desires. Others may think this task mere pastime, but to us it is fraught with grave responsibility. The nation we represent is young—it aspires to take rank with the oldest civilisations of Europe ; it is ambitious— it dares to stake its ambition by the side of that of Emperors and Kings ; it is energetic—its energy is that of a nation of Titans rather than of men ; it is proud—but its pride is the pride of freemen, and not of slaves We think we shall not be wide of the mark if we state, in advance, that no other nation on this globe will make so extensive or so brilliant a display at the Paris Exhibition next April as the United States of America. They have just emerged from one of the greatest wars that ever afflicted huma nity, and they will share more of the enduring triumphs of peace than any other nation. They . engaged in that fear with but one object, and with but one motive ; having accomplished which, they return to the pursuits of peace like CINCINNATUS, beating their spears into pruning -hooks and their swords into ploughshares. We shall have at Paris agricultural implements And labour-saving machines of every kind of American in vention. We shall have, too, evidences of their proficiency in arms, and their skill in that which pertains to armies and wars, but these will be only specimens of what America has done, rather than of what she* is doing. Her people will flock to Europe by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands, every one of them with a heart full of generous feeling towards England, and brotherly love towards France; and every one of them determined to " whip" both these countries in the exercise of a princely and far-seeing liberality, and an en lightened friendship for those who are to receive them. We say, then, that at the beginning of this year of Grace, 1867, we have every reason to be grateful, and happy, and proud. We come with no stain on our honour, no blot on our escutcheon, and offer to shake hands fraternally, inraris, with England, with France, and with the whole world. We respect and revere and venerate the old time institutions of these lands, but we love the young, the robust, and vigorous insti tutions of that ; and while we have no word of fault finding or reproach for anything we see here, we have a great wealth of affection for what we have left there. We say to England and to France, let us three join hands in a warm and fraternal greet ing, and in this year of peace let us each declare that these nations shall not learn war any more, but that this year shall witness the commencement of a fresh rivalry between us in those pursuits which tend to promote the happiness, the prosperity, and the godliness of the nations !—Anglo-American Times. Two MARRIAGES. By the: author of " John Halifax."—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett have just issued a new book, entitled "Two Marriages," by the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &c. It is a very charming work, which cannot fail to please the numerous readers and admirers of this deservedly popular novelist. The Floods. From all parts of the country reports reach us of the damage caused by the floods which have followed the melting of the snow and the heavy rains of Monday night. In Berkshire the Thames leas overflowed its banks, and the meadows on either side of the Great Western Railway are entirely covered with water, and communication between many places in the county has been eeriously interrupted. The Rennet and Avon Canal has also laid under water the pasture and other land on both sides of it for a distance of thirty :miles. Some portions of the Berks and Hants ;Railway are almost under water. The meadows abutting the Loddon are also inundated, and from either the Great Western, South-Western, or South-Eastern Railways, the country for miles pre- tints a very cheerless prospect. The river between Staines, Windsor, Eton, Clewer, and Maidenhead has been gradually rising as the water comes down from the upper country. The swollen stream has greatly increased iu volume, and the water has begun within the last few hours to encroach upon the land, meadows, and. low-lying pastures upon its banks. There is a good deal of water out upon the land at Clewer, near the vicinity of the new race-stand lately erected for the Windsor race meetings on the Ray Meadows. Staines Moor is partly flooded, and the ditches and water- courses round Wraysbury and Datchet are overflowing. On the . Great Western Railway, between West Drayton and Langley, there is also a good deal of water out, which, of course, will be much increased by the heavy showers of this afternoon. The Trent in the neighbourhood of Nottingham has .suddenly inundated the whole of the meadows along its course. Yesterday the water was only 2ft. below the level of 1852. There has been great diffi culty in rescuing the flocks and herds from the ra pidly advancing waters, but no fatal accident has yet been heard of. In Leicestershire and Derbyshire the floods are causing serious damage. Yesterday the rivers in the North Riding of York presented the appearance of vast lakes. It is stated that for 21 years there has been no flood so high as the present. The eastern part of the Vale of Picker ing, between Malton and Scarborough, is under water, the Old Derwent being quite half a mile across for miles in length, but this is not more than a repetition of the four floods from which this dis trict has suffered since last July. It is in the western part of the Vale which drains the whole county as far north as Guisborough that the waters are doing serious mischief. Bilsdale, Bransdale, Farndale, Rosedale, and Newton-dale, with their several rivers, are all at high flood. From Malton-hill their courses across the alluvial tract of country can be seen for miles, and the appearance of the country from the Wolds is completely changed. Except for buildings, stacks, and trees, the lower tracts seem to have given place to permanent lakes. The roads from Malton to Pickering and Kirby, and all roads across the low country arc under water. At Newsham and Howe bridges quite five feet of water is on the roads, and of course all attempts to cross are fruitless. The union of the old Derwent and its tributaries withthe Rye and its tributaries has caused the Derwent proper to overflow in a manner not remembered since 1846. The water on each side is four or five feet deep. The Scarborough Railway is only a few inches clear of the flood. Mills, breweries, and other works at Malton are flooded out, part of the roads and several yards are flooded, and some houses are surrounded. Except on the line east and west Malton station has become an island. The Malton Waterworks are for the fourth time entirely over head. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the rivers were still rising, and rain continued. THE AMERICAN ARMY. The system in force in the United States of fur. Dishing, through the PRESIDENT, for the informa tion of the nation, full annual reports from the head of each Department of the Government, is an admirable one. Among the most interesting of these documents is that of the Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. The tale told by this Minister is marvellous, and one that cannot fail to be gra tifying to the people. It records how the De partment dealt with the debris left on its hands, both of men and materials, on the close of the successful War. The entire number of volunteer troops to be mustered out was, on May 1, 1865, 1,034,064. By the 20th January, 1866, 918,722 volunteers had been paid up and discharged. By the Ist of last November this number was in creased to 1,023,021, leaving in the Service 11,043 volunteers, white and coloured. The regular Army now comprises 10 regiments, or 120 companies, of cavalry ; 5 regiments, or 60 companies, of artillery ; and 45 regiments, or 450 companies, of infantry. Of these, 2 cavalry and 4 infantry regiments are composed of coloured men, and 4 infantry regi ments of men who were wounded on service. The troops have been regularly paid, and the demands of the discharged promptly met. During the fiscal year ending June last $10,431,004 were disbursed to the Army and Military Academy, and $248,943,313 to Volunteers. The h ea l t h o f t h e and the threat hgtoclhed'skill and c a re of e t r n o e o d p a s t t has a ck b e o e f n c , h o o n l e r t a h t wh through o o u l e g , the surgeons, iu a great measure averted. Out of every 52 treated for all causes of white troops one has died. The mortality among the coloured troops has been greater, for out of every 29 cases treated there has been one death. During the year 64,438 patients have been admitted into hospitals, of whom, on the last day of the fiscal year, only 97 remained under treatment. One hundred and eighty-seven hospitals are spread over the country, with a total capacity of 10,881 beds. The States are divided into 13 military departments, each under the command of a general officer. MEADE has his head-quarters at Philadelphia, HOOKER at Detroit, CANBY at Washington, SCHOFIELD at Richmond, SICKLES at Charleston, TIIO3IAS at Louisville, SHERIb-k N a t N ew Orleans, ORD at Little Rock, llANcocic at Fort Leavenworth, COOKE at Omah a, T ERRY a t F or t Snelling, M‘DowELL at San Francisco, and STEELE at Port land, the whole being under the command of General GRANT. O ver 2 0 7 , 000 horses and mules have been sold f or $1 5,26 9 , 075 , about 4,700 bar racks, hospitals, an d ot h er b u ildi ngs , w ere disposed of for $447,873. Fi ve hun d re d an d n inety ocean transports have nearly all been got rid of, and of 262 vessels employed on the rivers none now remain. Of the military railroads, officially stated to have reached an extent of 2,630 miles, and to possess 433 engines and 6,605 cars, all have been transferred to companies, upon condi tion of loyal organisation of directors. Not withstanding the sale of these large amounts of stores an adequate supply of War material re mains on hand to meet any emergency that can possibly arise. The stock of clothing, equipage, subsistence, arms, ammunition, and field artillery, is sufficient for the immediate equipment of large armies. The disbanded troops stand ready to respond to the national call, and 1,000,000 men can be or ganised, armed, equipped, and whatever portion of them is required concentrated at the points mili tary emergency may designate. The Secretary can therefore assure the nation, that though the war expenses have been reduced to the footing of an economical peace establishment, military strength remains unimpaired and in a condition to be promptly put forth. The aiming of the troops remaining in the garrison has been carefully considered. A Board of competent officers met on March 10, and, after SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—" La Revolution va hien." The despatches which pour upon us through the Atlantic Telegraph show that the well-known phrase of 1792 may be applied in all its meaning to the course of events in America. A revolution is in progress there. The House of Representatives has taken the first step towards the removal of the President front office. Mr. Johnson stands in the way of the Republican party. He is the " Monsieur Veto" of the Union, and he must be got rid of. He has been guilty of the crime of forming an opinion for himself, and that opinion does not conform to the sentiments of the majority of Congress. Whether the opinion was right or wrong, just or unjust, it is not for us to in quire. The important points are that it was an inde pendent opinion ; that Mr. Johnson thought he was a President with well-defined duties and responsi bilities, instead of a Constitutional King bound to accept and follow the advice of Ministers possessing the confidence of a Legislative Assembly ; that the independent opinion formed in the pursuit, as he thus conceived, of his duty conflicts with that of Congress; and that a popular Assembly will not brook the existence of a permanent obstacle to its will. Accordingly, Mr. Johnson is to be impeached. The House of Representatives has ordered a Com mittee to report on the offences of the President, and the Radical party are determined, we are assured, to press on the Impeachment, of which this is the first step, to its " bitter end." The members of the House have returned to Washington, after their short Christmas recess, more bent than ever on establishing their own supremacy. The Impeachment of a Pre sident is not, indeed, an event to be ranked in the same category with the trial of a King ; even when consummated, the appropriate punishment of the offender is simply deposition from office and disqualification for future employment; yet it is so foreign to what was once the temper of American citizens that any step towards it betokens a pro found change in their character. We are driven to the conclusion that the revolution is bearing fruit. It is true that Mr. Johnson is not hedged round by the divinity which made loyalty to a Stuart cr a Bourbon the creed and passion of multitudes, but it may be boldly asserted that a successful impeach ment of the President is impossible without a wrench of that constitution which the Americans were wont to idolise as divine. Those who have initiated the impeachment must be resolved to carry it through, no matter bow flimsy the charges pre ferred against the President, or what constitutional difficulties may stand in the way of their purpose. What sudden provocation has hurried the House of Representatives to a step which a few weeks since would have been considered impossible? The tele gram from our correspondent, perhaps, supplies the answer. The President has vetoed the Negro Suf frage Bill for the district of Columbia, and we are warranted in looking upon this act as the exciting cause of the impeachment. In one point of view, this explanation, if sound, may appear to detract from our estimate of the importance of the step taken by the House of Representatives. The House is, to say the least, a somewhat eccentric body. It thanked Commodore Wilkes in hot haste for an act immediately afterwards pronounced illegal by Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet. It adopted without dis cussion the amendment, or rather the repeal, of the Neutrality Laws promoted by General Banks, which has since been quietly shelved in the Senate. In the week before Christmas it was seduced into passing a ludicrous resolution solemnly command ing " the tone of the national voice towards the Republic of Mexico." Knowing all this, it may be said that the instruction to the Impeachment Committee is a mere splenetic resolution. The President, in perfect consistency with his former acts, vetoed the Suffrage Bill, and the house boiled over. It had reached the term of its patience. Mr. Johnson's veto was an idle form, but it was an act of opposition to the majority, and an impeachment immediately followed. But, in truth, the compara tively trifling matter which has been made the occa sion of the impeachment, the feebleness of the in dictment against the President, and the obstacles presented by the Constitution to the success of the impeachment, only heighten our sense of the revo lutionary character of the impeachment itself. If the law and the Constitution are to be observed, what ground is there upon which reasonable men can rely that the impeachment may prove success ful? Mr. Wendell Phillips, the leader of the most advanced section of the Republican party, and one o f the first to recommend extreme measures, i s f or impeaching Mr. Johnson upon " his instincts." Falstaff was a coward upon " instinct," but it is not easy to believe that any legal tribun a l can recognise " instincts" as sufficient evidence of criminality. f Yet this i s a ll t h at M r. Phillips bas to adduce. , I my instincts be true," says the orator, " it will be found that from the time the rebellion was suppressed. Mr. Johnson was in league with traitors. Gen. But ler, next in importance as an advocate of impeach ment, is a little more definite in his charges, but the more definite he becomes the more unsatisfactory is his case. It is an article of accusation with the for mer commander at New Orleans that the speeches of Mr. Johnson during his Chicago tour were inde cent. They degraded the office of President, and ex posed it to public ridicule. An impeachment of a public officer for an offence against good taste is somewhat of a novelty, and the novelty is not dimi nished when we consider wh o i s the accuser. General Butler has, howe ver, another charge Mr. Johnson has appointed hi s own friends one. Is of which every President offices of State. If this be an offence, it is n within living ag,memory has necessary toaimpossibleti it would be t o ma k e point been out guilty, bow b such a charge a ground of condemnation. Yet it i s upon allegations like the se th at the President, s o i f d e i n t its ow and that Repre sentatives has instructed a Committee oase of body to inquire into the crimes of the that the Republican party has resolved to proceed of to these articles of in dictmentto extremities. The futility insure its failure p a u n b y ie t competent eok ear e t o tribunal gnardb • a b g u a t i n t ought to be sufficient foundersshteany passingof making b th e e fo ß re e b c e as e e o s n a du d e iffi ted cu Impeach excess of popular excitement P t r h o e e yess. House rr ohfeßlmeppreeascehn: b l y t went m in u a s i t l tatives before the Senate, sitting presidency of the Chief Justice of aths jusdge s uprem e Court under the of the Union, a n d th e Constitutione prescribes th a t no person shall b e conv i cted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members give a true verdi c t upon the evidencePreseat, sworn to The events of thi s session, rave before them. g as they h ave b een, will not allow u s t o believe that two-thirds of th e Senate will concu r i n a condemnation of the Presi dent upon th e charges brought Constitutional difficulty is in th agaidnst him ; b u t a small concern in th e S tates. If the ays a matt er o f majority in Con gress cannot legally compass • their ends, they will do so by the expression of their own will. I n t h e face of the Constitution, Mr. •}Wendell Phillips has con stantly urged that the President should bef ore tr i a l be prohibited f rom exercising functions, o n th e groundthat an allyof his official accused person should not conti nue to act as President of the United States ; and the spirit which dictated this bold ad vice will not scruple at acting upon a sentence, even though it should be supr e rt s ed by less than the pre scribed:two-thirds of t however small, condemn Mr. e j n o a h te n . ,4on Le t t h a e ( n i i a ajo . rity, party will enf orce t h e condemnation, and thleaiirnant su premacy will be es t a bli s h ed without opposit io n or os sibility of rival r y. Th e U nion is thus visibly Pa ing throu g h a revo l ution, and a revolution pass , per haps more than any other, , remarkable for the speed of its progress. It is barely a month since Congress met, an d t en d ays out of the month have been spent in the recess , yet th i s brief time has been sufficient to develope a profound in change the American nation. During the elections and up to the beginning of December nothing appeared more chimerical than an attempt to • impeach the Presi dent. No respectable organ of opinion, no person in any position of responsibility, advocated it • and the Republican le a ders depr eca t e d any suggestion of such a proceeding as a slanderous aspersion upon the moderation and sagacity of the party. But Congress has met and tested its strength, and, flushed with a sense of power, hurries on from one position to another, until at last it boldly declares that no obstacle shall be permitted to thwart the complete execution of its will. What was pro nounced impossible has become a fact, and argu ments reprobated with indignation are accepted and acted upon. What is a clause of the Consti tution that it should bar the way of the repre sehtatives of the people? A majority some eighty years since pretended to enact laws limiting the power of the majority of to-day. Can any pre tence, it is asked, be more vain or idle ? And the sophism passes current, as sophisms will which justify the excesses of those to whom they are addressed. But the popularity of such reasoning makes the impeachment of the President remark able as evidence of the length to which the revo lution has gone, and a hint of what may come after. The fate of Mr. Johnson is a trifle com pared with the safeguards of all personal liberty and individual freedom, which arc thus subjected to the unchecked caprice of a fluctuating majority. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— A frequent cause of Gout and Rheumatism is the inflam matory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of these pills taken in time are an effectual preventative against rheumatism and gout, but any ono who has an attack of either should use Hol loway's Ointment also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the effect of the Pills, must infallibly effect a cure. These Pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. They also regulate the secretions and give tone to the stomach, and thus the whole system is invigorated and put into a condition which enables it to stop the approach of disease or throw it off. Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening. The annual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of this district commenced hero to-day. An hour or two before the trade met a meeting was held of the thin-coal masters of Wolverhampton, at which it was resolved that the colliers who were employed in that branch of the trade shsll have notice of a reduction of 3d. per day in their wages scale, that being in proportion to the reductions already announced in other departments of the kindred iron trade. The attendance to-day at the ironmasters' meeting was comparatively small, and the business transacted was next to nominal ; there were very few buyers present, and no disposition whateser was manifested on their part to do business ; in fact, everything connected with the trade is in an unsettled state until something definite is known as to the course which the men intend to take in refei'enco to the notice of reductions received by them last Saturday ni : ;ht. Ono important fact should be known; it is that the orders in hand would not keep the works going more than half There appears to be not much doubt that the puddlers will accept the reduction ; and it is hoped that the mill and forge men will not be guilty of the folly of plunging into a strike at such a moment as this, when there is everything to justify the ironmasters in the resolution to which they came at the preliminary meeting. _ _ There appears to be somo misapprehension among mer chants and others interested in the iron trade in reference to the proportion of loss falling upon labour on the recent reductions in the wages made as compared with the em ployers. The price of finished iron is to be reduced 20s. per ton ; at the 10 per cent. reduction in the wages the propor tion borne by the men on mill and forge work is as nearly as possible 4s. Gd. per ton, but taking also into account the other advantages which the masters will obtain by the reduction of the wages of the thin-coal colliers noticed above, the loss sustained by them will amount to—say 11s. per ton. It may be mentioned in illustration of the depressed state of the trade that there aro sellers of finished iron at 7s. Gd. per ton below the reduced "test" price. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat, but a large quantity from abroad. Little business was done at Saturday's rates, being an advance of about is per qr. on the prices of this day week. Fine barley moved off at full prices, but secondary had little at tention. Malt, beans, and peas were unchanged. Oats, with continued heavy arrivals, were dull and rather lower. Flour was tid per sack dearer, but slow at the advance. GAINSBUOUGII—MESDAY. At our market to-day there was a tolerable show of wheat, which met a fair sale, at fully late rates—old, 64s to 68s; red and mixed, 60s to 64s per 36 stone. Malting barley rather stiffer in price. Other grain firm. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. Thero was not a large supply of wheat, and buyers wore less numerous Business limited, at about last week's prices. Barley in moderate request, and malting sorts is higher. Oats steady. Beans and peas tended in favour of sellers. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 55s to 65s ; barley, 37s to 55s ; oats, 24s to 30s ; beans, 463 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 4s to 5 3 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 14d ; household ditto, 13.1. per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TuEspay. There was loss inquiry for home-grown wheat, and sellers had some difficulty in maintaining the is advance for red and white samples. Not much English barley on offer, but foreign was more plentiful; neither malting nor grinding qualities were in active request, and quotations were not interfered with. There was no change in the value of beans, but English met with a better inquiry than of late. In oats there was a fair business done, and Eng lish sorts realised full money. The following aro the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 7s Od to 7s 3d per bushel ; white, 7s 3d to 7s 9d ; inferior, 5s 9d to 6s lid ; malting barley, 46s to 50s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 33s to 36s Od; beans, 44s to 50s ; white oats, 263 .to 28s ; black ditto, 23s Od to 2 , 1 s Od. HULL.-T LIESDAY. At our market to-day there was an unusually large show of English wheat, which made about last week's prices, with a rather slow sale. Malting barley was held firmly, but was not much in request. Beans, peas, and oats fully as dear. _ _ English white wheat, 60s to 68s ; red, 55i to 65s ; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 61s to 66s ; Baltic red, 57s to 59s ; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s to sbs. Barley, English, 36s to 50s ; grinding, Mediterranean, 34s to 34s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s • Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 45s to 475. Peas, English blue, 42s to 44s Od ; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. _ s. d. s. d. Davison's W. Hartley 17 0 Walls End Haswell 22 6 _Lambert's W.llartley 16 6 Northumberl'd Main 15 0 Brady °ll's Hetton .... 21 6 West Hartley Walls End Hetton ... 22 6 Riddell Hetton Lyons ........ 20 3 Hartlepool Russell's Hetton...... 20 9 East llartlepsol South Hetton Ships at market, 10—sold, 7. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet 4. Ditto, by French packet Jan. 24. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Dec. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou,Jampton...Jan 19. Ditto, via Marseilles JAIL 11 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan 19. . . Ditto, via Marseilles :ndla (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan 13. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 19. Newfoundland Portugal .. ... Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. . United btates and British North America, by Bri- tish packet. .. Jan. :6. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp- ton • . Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan :11. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerlife .... Feb. 3. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and . . Honduran) .Pin 14. Baham...s. via New York. Jan I'. Cuba and Mexioo Jan 28 Bermuda, via Halifax ... Jan. 16. TWO BROTHERS FROZEN TO DEATII.—A. melan choly affair occurred near Lincoln on Saturday night. Three brothers, Samuel, John, and Charles Larkins, the first about 30 years of age, the second 24, and the third stilly oungor, accompanied by a youth, named Wm. Dixon, brother to the wife of Samuel Larkins, met on the Foss dyke on Saturday, and skated up to Saxilby, a village about six miles distant. Here they quitted the ice and ad journed to a public-house, where they remained drinking until probably between eight and nine o'clock when they started upon their return journey. A strong wind arose, and this seems to have retarded the progress of the part'', who, after proceeding about two miles upon the ice, be took them to the bank to walk the distance. The brothers Samuel and John kept lagging behind, while Charles, wil ° was unwell and wished to reach home as soon as possible/ pushed forward with the youth Dixon, but occasionally stopped to allow Samuel and John to come up with there• The whole party were together a short distance beyond Burton Lane End, and then the two again were left behind by Char;es, who was anxious about the youth• Charles and Dixon then came forward, but waited a short time at Pyewipe to give the others an opportunity of core' ing up with them ; but the latter did not, and Charlee became so cold that he and Dixon came forward to Lin coin, expecting that Samuel and John were following in their wake. The next morning, however, revealed the sad fact that the two brothers had been brozen to death on the bank.—Nottingham Guardian. Births. SIMPSON.—On the Bth inst., at Frederick-place,WeymoUth , the wife of Reginald Palgrave Simpson, Esq., of a son. BRYAN—On the Bth inst., at 47, Charles-street, Berkebl" square, the wife of F. A. Bevan, Esq., of a son. FrsuEn.--On the 7th inst., the wife of Lieut. J. A. Fisher , R.N., of a daughter. PEARSON—On the 9th inst., at 44, Euston-square, the wife of John M. Pearson, Esq., of a daughter. STANSBURY—On the Bth inst., at Southfields, Wandsworth' the wife of W. P. Stansbury, of a son. Marriages. BOWYER—Cumm—On the Bth inst., at St. James's Churobt Paddington, tho Rev. P. VV . A. Bowyer, second soil , 0 Lieut.-Col. A. Bowy er , t o M argare t R osamon d Fauvu' r only daughter of the late Major George Cumin. FROST—ALLAN—On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Sto-t, Newington, George B. Frcst, eldest sou of B. IV. 11ro ° r , Esq., of Oxendon House Ilighbury New-park, to 01 ,, garet, eldest daughter of J. B. Allan, Esq., of Stoke No" ington Deaths. awix—On the 7th inst., at Kensington, Joken Esq. GILBERT—On the 7th inst., at Notting-hill-square, Georg. Gilbert, Esq., late of the Royal Navy, aged 85. 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