The Sun. — London, England, 1867-11-29 00:00:00

iMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ADJOURNMENT OF TUE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY stated that as there was nothing in the paper for to-morrow, he should move that the House adjourn at its rising till Monday next. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. Lord STRITFORD DE REDCLIFFE asked for copies of papers relative to the Cretan insurrection. The Earl of DERBY said that there were papers being prepared concerning the Cretan insurrection, and that those papers would be placed before their lordships previous to the adjournmPnt for the Christmas holidays. COUNTRY WORK HOUSES. The Earl of DEVON moved for letters relative to pro vincial workhouses, two especially, ono addressed to Dr. Edward Smith, and dated 16th August, 1866, and another, the report of that gentleman relative to the inspection of 48 workhouses, and dated 15th April, 1867. Ile was in duced to apply for two reasons ; one was that it would be highly beneficial to the public that these letters should be produced ; and, secondly, he wished that their lordships and the public should have given them the opportunity of knowing the duties of the different persons engaged in workhouses. The importance of such a knowledge would be appreciated when it was taken into con sideration, that there were 663 unions in England and Wales. The noble earl then eulogised the conduct of the inspectors of the Poor Law Board, and fur ther said that for the proper supervision of the internal arrangement of workhouses, there was a visiting com mittee, the members of which ought to visit each work house once in a month; and in addition there was a district inspector, who ought to visit each workhouse once in six months. But he was sorry to say that the visiting committee did not carefully carry out their duties; and, though the Poor Law Board had showed always their willingness to co-operate with the guardians of work houses, still there wero some other guardians over whom they ought to have further power. At present the Poor Law Board had no power to order any furniture or to employ medical aid. The Poor Law Board occupied an uncertain position. This being the want of power of the Poor Law Board, he was anxious to call attention to what that board had lately done. There was ono point he wished particularly to allude to, that was nursing. In 1856 and 1857 this system had been particularly impressed upon the Inspector of Infirmaries. The Archbishop of YORK thought that the failure of the system was in some measure attributable to the fact that our workhouses are hospitals without being con ducted upon the known principles of hospital manage =ant. The Earl of CARNARVON believed the system was full of defects, and that Parliament would willingly con sent to enlarge the powers of the Poor-law Board. Lord HOUGHTON urged that in any new legislation the interests of the ratepayers should not be lost sight of. The house adjourned at a quarter-past 6 o'clock until Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. THE METROPOLITAN STREETS REGULATION ACT. Alderman LAWRENCE presented a petition from 659 cab proprietors praying for a repeal of the 17 section of the Metropolitan Street Regulation Act, and that means might be taken to reduce the present excessive duties now levied on hackney carriages. CHURCH RATES. ➢ir. HUBBARD gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to introduce a bill on the regulation of Church-rates. THE MERMAID. Mr. HEADLAM asked the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs whether there had been any further corres pondence concerning the destruction of the Mermaid, and whether the Spanish Government proposed to give any compensation to the owners of that vessel. Lord STANLEY said some fuller correspondence had taken place with the Spanish Government, and a sugges tion he had made to refer the matter to arbitration bad been accepted. GREECE. Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention had been drawn to a letter in the Times of 21st September, in which it was stated that in 1862 Mr. Elliot was instructed to inform the Greek Government that England would see with plea one the annexation of Epirus and Thessaly to Greece, as an earnest of peace and tranquillity in the East ; whether there were any papers in the Foreign-office to prove the ac curacy of that statement; and, if bo, whether the noble lord will lay them upon the table. Lord STANLEY said he had seen the letter referred to. He could only say that the diplomatist referred to had only spken his own opinions, and when the last Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Ekrl Russell) bec_kine aware of the objection of the Turkish Government to such an arrangement, nothing further had been done iu the matter. PERTH BARRACKS. Mr. B. POTTER asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was a fact that the use of gas as a means of lighting had been discontinued at the Perth Barracks; and, if so, whether he had any objection to state the rea-• eons for the change ; and whether he was aware that in consequence of the diminution of light resulting from the change many men who previously spent their spare time in reading and other amusements inside the barracks are now induced to frequent whisky shops and other similar places which abound in Perth. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was true that the barracks were not at present lighted with gas, and this circumstance arose from the circumstance that the gas companies had amalgamated, and a demand of 6s. 2d. per 1,000 feet had been demanded, whereas the Government had never paid more than 55.; they declined to pay the sum demanded. In this state off affairs every attempt had been made to render the recreation-room and the barracks as pleasant as possible. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether the large esta blishments and manufactories did not pay the amount, and whether Government wished to obtain gas cheaper than other parties. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had not inquired into the practice of other parties ; he had not feltjustified in pay ing the increased demand, made on the Government. PORTUGUESE WINES. Colonel BAEITTELOT asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a treaty of commerce had lately been concluded with the kingdom of Portugal, by which the wines of that country were to be admitted into Great Britain at a reduced duty ; if so, what was to be the rate of duty, and at what date the new daty was levied. Lord STANLEY said no such treaty had been entered into. Much correspondence had taken place, but no final arrangement had been arrived at. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The house having gone into a committee of Ways and Means, Mr. HUNT rose and said, in the absence of his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it devolved upon him, in consequence of the in disposition of his right hon. friend, to make a state ment to the house which he had hoped would have devolved upon other hands. He felt that he should stand in need of indulgence, and he hoped that his shortcomings in performing the task would be fairly viewed by the house. The house having agreed that a sum of 12,000,000 should be voted to defray the expenses of the expedition to Abys sinia, it became the duty of the Government to state how they intended to provide for that additional expenditure. He might as well say at the outset that the Government did not propose to look beyond the resources of the year to meet the expenditure. (Hear, hear.) The Government might have met the additional expenditure by way of loan, or the temporary expedient of borrowing, leaving it to the Committee of Ways and Means next year to meet the extra expendi ture. However, they had thought the most manly course was to look the matter fully in the face, and to endeavour to make the resources of the year 1867-8 meet the additional expenditure, which was not contemplated when the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his statement on the 4th of April. The calculations of the right hon. gentleman had led him to anticipate a surplus, and that anticipation would be fulfilled. The surplus at the end of the year would amount to £200,000, and the whole of that, as far as it goes, would be devoted to that purpose, but they woul I requ're to provide for the remainder in other ways. Without entering at great length into sta tistics he in;glit say at once that the Government proposed to levy as additional penny on tile income tax from the prescnt financial year. The effect of that addition, coupled with surplus would give £840,000, leaving £960,000 still to be provided for. In order to do this the Go vernment proposed to make the balances available, and although those balances only amounted to £5,000,000, yet it was thought best and wisest to take the required sum from that source. He had stated the proposals of the Government in the strongest and clearest manner, and he begged now to place in the hands of the Chairman the resolu tions to carry out the proposals he had mentioned. The CHAIRMAN having read the resolutions, Mr. GLADSTONE thought the choice of the Government with respect to additional taxation was a just one, and under the - circumstances the incon4e tax was the beet resource they could have had recourse to. With respect to the balances they' had already been drawn upon, but that did no, t not preclude a further sum being - taken from that source. It was proposed to take £960,000 from those balances now. A d xaught from the balances ought to be looked upon r e equi valent to the creation of additional debt, " but, as they had reduced the debt, what the ( Jovern ment proposed now to do was to set the one against the other. (Hear, hear.•.) He did not think the Government could nave done better; they incurred no practical risk., arid he thought that amongst the thinking part of the com munity the proposal to meet the difficulty in the way proposed by the Government would be - viewed much more favourably than if they bad decided to raise the money in a less direct manner. Sir G. BOWYER thought the proposed increase of the income tax highly objectionable, at. the pre sent time more especially. Mr. L.A.ING said the only question was bow to meet the increased demand, and it appeared to him the Government had only to consider whether they should raise only half the amount by an addi tional ld. to the income tax, or whether they should have drawn the whole of the sum required from that tax by the addition of 2d. in the pound. He thought that if the war continued the addition of 2d. to the income tax was inevitable, and he for one should not object to such a proposal. Taking things as he found them, he did not find fault with the proposal of the Government, as he felt it was the most sensible way of stopping up the financial gap for the present. Mr. WHITE said he was sorry to disturb the harmony that at present existed, but when the pro posal was put from the chair he should give an emphatic " No" to the proposition. _ _ After a few words from Mr. HANKEY in approval of the policy of reducing the national debt when ever practicable, Lord STANLEY reminded the house that the two millions now asked for had not yet been spent, and that there were many reasons to favour the hope that so large an expenditure might not be re quired. He hoped—as the case was exceptional, and the charge merely temporary—the house would agree to the resolution at once, although, if there was any want of unanimity, he would not press it. _ _ After some critical observations from Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH, in the course of which he predicted that a much larger expenditure than two millions would be required, the resolution was agreed to. In committee on East India troops and vessels (Abyssinian expedition), Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved . a resolution to the effect that a military expedition having been directed to be despatched against Abyssinia, consisting mainly of troops, both European and native, at present maintained out of the Indian revenues, the ordinary pay of such troops, and the ordinary charges of any vessels belonging to the Indian Go vernment employed in the expedition, which would have been charged upon the revenues of India it such troops or vessels had remained in that country or the seas adjacent, should continue to be so charge able; provided that, if it shall become necessary to replace the troops or vessels so withdrawn by other European or native forces or vessels, the expense of raising, maintaining, and providing them should be provided by Parliament for the purposes of the ex pedition. After explaining the effect of the act of Parliament regulating the application of the reve nues and the employment of the forces of India, the right hon. baronet defended the conduct of the Government in throwing the cost of the expedition in the first instance upon the finances of India. He also argued that the people of India felt deeply that the honour of the empire was at stake, and that no injustice would be done to them in asking them to bear a moiety of the cost of vindicating it. Mr. FAWCETT spoke strongly against_ the in justice and itnpolicy of asking the unrepresented millions of India to contribute towards the cost of a military operation in which they had no interest whatever. He expressed his intention to divide the house against the resolution. Sir El. RA.WLINSON could not see any injus tice in calling upon India to bear a moiety of the cost. In reality, however, the question was merely a departmental one, as it would not involve the ultimate expenditure of a single rupee of Indian revenue. Moreover, it should always be remem bered that England maintained in India a force in excess of what was actually required, and that its employment in cases of emergency was perfectly legitimate. Referring to the expedition itself, Sir Henry pointed out the dangers and difficulties to which it might be exposed (involving, perhaps, an occupation for some years), and recommended pru dence and foresight, citing the disastrous retreat from Cabul as an illustration of the perils to which an invading army in a distant and unknown country might be subjected. _ _ Mr. GL ADSTONE maintained that India would not be a shilling poorer for the expedition, as it always had a margin of disposable force applicable for emergencies. If the troops drawn from India were afterwards required in that country the Go vernment had pledged itself to restore them, so that no injustice would be done. The proposal before the house was in his opinion moderate, conformable with precedent, fair in principle, and agreeable with the equity of the case, and therefore he should sup port it. Mr. LAING dwelt upon the value of prestige in the East, reminding the house that it was an im portant element of political security, and that so far as the Red Sea was concerned it was desirable to allow that England had a long arm and could not be insulted with impunity. Mr. OSBORNE thought the English taxpayer had a right to complain of this description of legisla tion, and that India ought to defray one-half of the expenditure. It seemed to him that the war had been got up by a clique of officers at Bombay for the purpose of keeping the Bombay army in wind. He hoped the House of Commons would set its face against going to war for the maintenance of prestige, and above all for keeping the Bombay army in wind. Lord CRANBORNE protested not against the war itself, which he regarded as just and necessary, but against one of the motives assigned—namely, the necessity of preserving our prestige in the East. That would be a wicked as well as an unnecessary motive, especially as we were bound by every prin ciple of honour to rescue the captives from King 1 heodore. India ought not, he thought, to be con verted into a garrison for England, and he warned the house how it rashly diminished the force neces sary for the security of our possessions in Ilindostau. lf, on the other hand, the force i❑ India was in excess of its wants, it would be unfair to throw the burden of maintaining it on the revenues of India. Colonel SYKES, feeling that argument was un palatable to the house, contented himself with entering his protest against the resolution. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the resolution l9B Against Majority 175 The resolution was then agreed to, and ordered to be reported to the House. The remainder of the sitting was occupied in discussion in committee on the Metropolitan Streets Act (1867) Amendment Bill. The House adjourned at a quarter to one. [AbvErtrisiatENT.]— Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalento. Arabica Food. as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange ments, laceinorrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, in fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impu rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at tho pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, &c We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.—" Rome, July '2l, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too. highly." From the "Gazette du Midi," July 2.5. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber mer chant, of Frimloy, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.— Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—B ware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations, which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audac . ously attached. In tins at ls. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. (id.; 5 lba., lls.; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Aegent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 182, Piccadilly ; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Chcapsid ; 63,150, and 40, Oxford street; 80 stand; and all grocers aL d Outlasts. I'HE SUN, LON ON, FRIDAY E VEIN ING, N OVEM BE R 29, 1867. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN. The half -yeerly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Gresham-street, Old Broad street; Mr. J. Borradaile in the chair. Mr. H. R. Ashworth, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, s lid it expressed regret that the traffic receipts again did not exceed the expenses of work ing, and that would probably be the case so long as the present indifference continued on the part of the local Government. The want of permanent stations and buildings at the termini of the railway, the backward state of the town of Canning, and the absence of sufficient shipping and residential accommodation at the port were the chief causes of unremunerative traffic. The loss of the company's jetty several months ago, and the dispute as to whose business it was to protect the foreshore of Canning had caused considerable delay, and im peded the development of the traffic. From the extension of the town of Canning it was found necessary to move the company's station back further from the shore on the Mutlah. This did not matter, as the station was only a temporary one. The Home Government had made some pro posals in respect to the improvement of the town of Canning in February last, but the local Govern ment had not up to the present time, so far as he knew, made any reply. He thought, however, there could be no doubt as to the ultimate success of that port. The directors had done all they could in the matter, and in the middle of the present year they sent out to India proposals for the permanent sta tion plans, which were now before the local Government ; but he feared if the same indifference contiued they would lose another season. He was glad to say that the Home Government were anxious that the £600,000 expended on the railway should be made productive. In ad dition to ~that sum £130,000 had accumu lated against the undertaking for interest on capital. It was, therefore, important that something should be done, as large sums of money had also been expended by private individuals on the town and port of Canning. The Canning Com pany's jetties had been completed, and they were also endeavouring to connect their jetties by tram roads with the railway. He had great hopes that when the necessary works were completed the ship ping would become productive by means of the through traffic to Calcutta. Some of the vessels no w delivered their cargoes at Kooshter instead of at Port Canning, owing to the want of proper ac commodation. The vessels having been diverted from the port there was at present an end to the trade. The local traffic on the line bad greatly im proved, and also from station to station. They had been informed by a telegram that the late cyclone had swept away the company's temporary station at Port Canning. He regretted that the local Govern ment showed no anxiety as to making the outlay of capital on the undertaking productive. At the spe cial meeting it was proposed to take the necessary steps to alter the articles of association so as to re duce the capital of the company from £1,000,000 to £250,000, by reducing the nominal amount of the 50,000 shares of £2O each to £5 each. The only creditors the company had were the debenture holders, and legal steps would be taken to satisfy them or pay them off ; so that, practically, there would be no difficulty in the matter. Mr. MITCHELL, a director, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. In reply to questions it was stated that the pot sleepers answered admirably on their line, the com pany was amply provided with rolling stock ; that the Canning Company's rice mill was now in work ing order, and that the hotel at Canning was opened in August last, and was now full in operation. Mr. SCHILLER explained that nearly the whole of the district over which the railway passed was covered with jungle prior to the railway being com menced. All the Government did was to cut down the trees and sell the land, without making a single road. The Canning Company had raised £150,000, and expended it on Port Canning. The Govern men had lent them £45,000, which was being laid out in a most judicious manner to make the town habitable. They had also brought about 150,000 acres under cultivation as rice fields. They had erected six or seven screw-pile jetties, which were being connected with the railway by tramways. Storehouses had been built, and a large rice mill which would turn gut 100,000 tons of rice annually. They had also a gridiron for repairing vessels, and a large dock for country boats was being con structed. Ile thought there would be no hope of improvement until after they had a new Governor- General. Resolutions were passed adopting the repert and authorising the necessary alteration in the articles of association for reducing the share capital of the company from £1,000,000 to £250,000. A meeting to confirm the latter resolution would be held that day three weeks, and a vote of thanks to the chair man and directors concluded the proceedings. of a dividend and bonus as recommended by the Board having been carried nem. dis., a vote of thanks to the directors closed the proceedings. MADRAS IRRIGATION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Queen-street-place, South wark-bridge; Mr. Thomson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that since the last meeting very little progress had been made, owing to the fact that the staff of the com pany was engaged in re-measuring the work already done, in order to satisfy the requirements of the Madras Government. The re-measurement was now nearly complete, and there would be no further impediment to the prosecution of the works. The works already executed were stated by the chief engineer as being in a satisfactory condition ; water had been admitted as far as the 22d mile in the Hendry division ; the state of the works on the other portions of the canal were fully described in the report. With respect to the Bellary section, ex tending from Wallavapoor to Kurnool, a distance of 180 miles, the collectors of the district, and other officials in the revenue department, had reported strongly in favour of the undertaking. The com pany was not in a position to undertake this work without a Government guarantee of the interest upon the capital required to complete it. Until the great question was settled as to whether the State or private enterprise should undertake these works everything would remain in doubt and uncertainty. If those works were left in the hands of private en terprise the guarantee of interest upon the capital expended would be the only financial liability upon the country, and as soon as the works came into full operation there was every reason to believe there would be no liability at all in respect of them. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. A. KINNAIRD, IMP., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was agreed to unanimously. The retiring directors were re-elected, as was also Mr. J. Hall, the retiring auditor, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 28. The dispute between the Waterford and Limerick and Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Companies, which has caused so much inconvenience to the public, is destined to be fought out before her Ma jesty's Judges. An action in which £50,000 damages are claimed has, it is said, been commenced against the former company for obstructing the trains of the latter. It is reported that Fenian parties have been seen recently to the number of 600 engaged in midnight drill near Donoughmore, and about the same num ber at Carrignavar, County Cork. The authorities have not relaxed their vigilance, and such proceed ings show the necessity of being still on the alert. The populace of Limerick are greatly dissatisfied with some of their leaders for not taking active measures to procure a commutation of the sentence upon the Manchester Fenians. While other places sent in memorials Limerick expressed no anxiety to save them, a significant fact, at which the sympa thisers with the executed men feel deeply mortified. The three prisoners, Hendrick, Hopper, and Keogh, who were charged some days since with the illegal possession of seven six-chambered and one five-chambered loaded revolvers, together with two unloaded pistols, and a quantity of ammunition in a publichouse, situate at No. 41, Coombe, were again brought up yesterday at the Head Police office. The police stated that documents had been found in their possession which it was not desirable to disclose at present, but which conveyed the im pression that they Nere members of a treasonable conspiracy. A further remand was granted. A new paddle steamship was launched yesterday from the building yard of Messrs. Walpole, Webb, and Bewley, in the North Wall. She was built for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, and is the first of the class constructed at this port. She has been named the Mullingar, and is a very credit able specimen of Irish work. The Senate of the University of Dubli❑ has been convened for Saturday, the 28th of D3cember, to elect a Chancellor in place of the late Lord Rosse. Three candidates have been nominated by the Board—the Earl of Rosse, Lord .Muck, and Lord Cairns. There is no doubt that the latter will be elected. very voluminous letter containing his observations, and Professor Leone Levi, whose services had been engaged by the Government in the matter, had fur nished a report, which was now in type. He heartily wished that before long they should see a satisfactory scheme carried out. The deputation then thanked his lordship and withdrew. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following notification was issued yesterday at the Admiralty The Channel Squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Frederick Warde, C. 8., consisting of the following ships—the Minotaur, Achilles, Warrior, Prince Consort, Bel lerophon, Pallas, and Helicon, may be expected at Devonport on or before the 20th prox. The Lord Clyde and Lord Warden have been ordered to Malta." The screw troopships Serapis, Capt. Soady, and Crocodile, Capt. Watson, are ordered to complete their repairs and refit at Portsmouth by the earliest possible date, and resume their relief troop service between that port and Alexandria. The Serapis is expected to sail from Portsmouth about the 4th proximo, and the Crocodile a few days afterwards. The armoured screw frigate Royal Oak, 35 guns, 800 horse-power, Capt. lion. George D. Keane, ar rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Tagus and Plymouth Sound, and, ou anchoring, exchanged the usual salutes. The Royal Oak will go into Portsmouth harbour at high water to-day to dis mantle and pay out of commission. The screw troopship Simoom, Capt. Thos. Bridg man Lethbridge, was undocked at Portsmouth yes terday, after cleaning and recoating her hull below the water-line with " Hay's" composition, in pro gress of her refit for further service. The Dann, 6, screw corvette, 1,287 tons, 350 horse-power, Capt. Sir Malcolm M , Gregor, was un docked yesterday at Portsmouth after the usual exa mination of hull and valves below the water line, on commission, and preparatory to her final trial of speed over the measured mile at load draught. The Cracker, 2, twin screw composite-built gun vessel, 464 tons, was launched from Portsmouth dockyard on Wednesday, iu the presence of Admiral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Rear-Admiral G. G. Wel lesley, C. 8., the chief officials of the yard, and a number of visitors. The vessel was named by Miss E. Murray, the youngest daughter of Mr. Andrew Murray, the engineer in chief of the dockyard and steam factory at Portsmouth. The Cracker was taken into the steam basin yesterday, and joined the flotilla of gunvessels now completing their outfit there for foreign service. These latter comprise the twin-screw Ringdove (of the Plover class), 3 guns, 666 tons, 160 horse-power ; the Avon (of the Cracker class), 2, twin screw, composite built, 464 tons, 120-horse power, and the Pandora, 5, screw, 426 tons, 84-horse power. Her Majesty's composite 2, gunboat Dwarf, de signed by Mr. W. Ladd, master shipwright of Woolwich dockyard, was yesterday launched suc cessfully from her building slip. Col. Suther, Col. Second-Commandant of the Royal Marines, is appointed to succeed Col. Con nolly as Commandant of the Woolwich Division cf Royal Marines. We understand that Col. Rodney, Assist.-Adjt.- Gen. of the Royal Marines, will succeed Col. Suther as Second-Commandant of the Woolwich division. An order was received at Chatham yesterday directing the following detail of officers and troops to be held in readiness for embarkation on Tuesday next, on board the iron screw troopship Orontes, for conveyance to Gibraltar and Malta—namely, one officer of the 2d battalion of the 15th Regi ment, and 18 non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers for Gibraltar ; four gunners of the 10th Brigade Royal Artillery, one officer and 79 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist battalion of the Bth Regiment, 50 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist battalion of the 14th Regiment, and one officer and 50 men of all ranke of the 31st Regiment for Malta. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a silver medal and gratuity of £5 each have been awarded to Privates William Bird and NN , illiam O'Brien, of the Ist Battalion 2d Queen's Royals at Chatham gar rison, for long service and exemplary conduct. Yesterday the sentence passed on Private Luke earthy, Ist Battalion of the 14th Regiment, by the district court-martial before which he was re cently tried, was promulgated to the troops at Chatham. The prisoner is a man of most depraved character, and has been tried by various courts martial, no fewer than 12 times, in addition to which he has been flogged, and also branded with the letter " D." The court-martial sentenced him to be dis missed from her Majesty's service with ignominy, to be branded with the letters " B. C.," and to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, at which the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen) pre sided. THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES. Upon the motion of Deputy TEGG, the Court unanimously agreed to a vote of £250 in aid of the Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late terrible hurricane in the 'West Indies. THE PROPOSED NEW MARKET FOR THE METROPOLIS. Mr. T. RUDKIN, the chairman of the Markets Committee, brought up a report having reference to the communications that had taken place between that committee and the Lords of Privy Council upon the subject of the bill proposed to be brought in by the Government for the erection of a new market in the metropolis, to be specially devoted to the slaughtering of foreign cattle, and thus prevent ing the spread of infection. He said that they had impressed upon the Privy Council the fact that the Corporation had already agreed to expend £36,000 iu the erection of slaughter-houses for foreign cattle at the Copenhagen-fields Cattle Market, and that they were ready to make arrangements for com pletely separating the foreign from the English cattle ; and he believed that the Government had not yet fully made up their minds as to what course they intended to pursue in the matter. lle, there fore, proposed that the committee should be em powered to continue their conferences with the Government upon the subject, and, if necessary, to co-operate with them in the matter. The com mittee, he said, would of course not adopt any course of action without the sanction of that Court. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said this question was one un doubtedly of very great importance, and he thought they ought to pause before they agree to any resolution to co-operate with the Government in the formation of a new market, which was a proceeding that might be very prejudicial to the interests of the corporation. (Hear.) He was in a position, as one of their representatives at the Metropolitan Board of Works, to inform them that the solicitor to that board had given a notice of application to Parlia ment upon the same subject, and that at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board on the following day a letter was to be read from Mr. Helps, the clerk to the Privy Council, informing the Board of the intention of the Government to introduce a bill for the formation of a new market in the metropolis, and that it was intended to be placed under the con trol of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. RUDKIN said that this was entirely new in formation to him. Mr. TAYLOR proceeded to state that he did not think the Court would consider it advisable to co operate iu the formation of a market which was to be under the control of the Metropolitan Board of Works. It seemed to be rapidly coming to this, that everything was to be placed under the Metropolitan Board. (Hear, hear.) After some further discussion, a resolution was adopted to the effect that in the event of the Govern ment introducing such a bill the Markets Committee should confer with it, and co-operate also, if neces sary, and report their proceedings to the Court. CAPE. The traffic returns on this railway for the month of September amounted for 23,834 passengers to £1,827, and for 2,590 tons of goods £1,316; total £3,143 ; against £3,052 in the same month of last last year, showing an increase of £9l. CRYSTAL PALACE. The half-yearly meeting of this company is fixed for Wednesday, the 18th of December, and the directors have resolved to recommend to the pro prietors that a dividend be declared on the ordinary stock of the company for the 12 months ending the 31st of October at the rate of lf per cent., is. 6d. per share. IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern ; Mr. B. Attwood in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Jackson) read the report, from which it appeared that the business of the company during the past six months had continued to increase. The total gas made had been 1,608 million cubic feet, whereas in the corresponding period of 180 it had been 1,495 million. The total number of lights in June last was 659,699 ; and in June, 1866, 644,134. Notwithstanding the reductions in the charge for gas which had been made at various stations, the Board recommended a continuance of the dividend of £2 10s. per share, together with a bonus of £1 per share. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors on their con tinued prosperity, in spite of the many difficulties with which the company had to contend. Mr. S. A. BECK, Governor of the Chartered Gas Company, complained that the company retained in hand upwards of a million of money, which re presented profits. Mr. WILMOT KNIGHT said the million of money to which Mr. Beck had referred, prima facie be longed to and should be distributed among the shareholders, though up to the present time it had been held to meet contingencies. lie suggested, in order to reconcile all classes of shareholders, that the Board should promise a distribution of a portion of that sum at the annual general meeting by way of capitalising profits, and thus prove, as was the fact, that the dividend which the company was paying was an exceodingly moderate one. Mr. MICHAEL was also of opinion that profits should be distributed. According to the accounts it would appear that £140,000 was made upon a capi tal of a million, whereas in truth the sum employed was twice that amount. The CHAIRMAN said the difficulties which the company had encountered at Marseilles, and those threatened at Toulouse, which might issue in what was tantamount to a total loss of the company's plant, were sufficient justification for the course which the directors pursued. He could not promise that at the annual general meeting, or at any other specific time, the Board would recommend a distri bution ; but the shareholders might rest assured that whenever the dividend could be increased it would be done. Resolutions adopting the report and the payment Associa;ed Chambers of Commerce. Yesterday morning the delegates of this associa tion resumed and concluded their sittings at the Westminster Palace Hotel. AC C 031310DATION BILLS. Mr. LUPTON (Leeds) moved—" That it is desirable that some means should be devised for imposing difficulties in the way of negotiating fraudulent accommodation bills, and that some regulations should be formed for the purpose of showing the true character of such bills to those receiving them, under pain of punishment to the drawers, acceptors, or issuers, in case of bankruptcy." Mr. BUTLER (Leeds) seconded the resolution, which, after some discussion, was referred to the standing committee. INTERNATIONAL GENERAL AVERAGE. On the motion of the delegate from Newcastle, it was resolved that the Board of Trade be again requested to give their attention to establishing a system of international general average. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION BILL. Twas agreed to :—" That the association lo es e o f e o i l ati w o ing resolution nfeelititsduty to urge on her Ma jesty's Government the necessity of legislation as regards Admiralty jurisdiction and shipping matters, and would suggest that the bill of last session intro duced by Sir Stafford Northcote, the Attorney- General, and Mr. Cave, should be re-introduced at the earliest period of the approaching scission ; and this association again expresses its decided opinion that the county court, as extended by the Act of 1867, is the best existing tribunal for the decision of local cases." BOARDS OF ARBITRATION. A resolution recommending the adoption of volun tary arbitration between employers and employe , i, introduced by the Nottingham Chamber of Com merce, was referred to the annual meeting of the association. TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The following resolution, brought forward by the representative of Halifax, was referred to the com mittee appointed to consider the subject of foreign tariffs :—" That a deputation be appointed to wait on the Board of Trade and the Foreign-office, urging the desirability of negotiating a treaty of commerce with one or other of those countries, based upon an adjustment of the present scale of duties on foreign wines, so as to admit Spanish or Portuguese wines at the same rate as French wines, and conditional on an assimilation of the tariffs im posed by those countries on British goods to the French duties." The conference concluded its sittings at twelve o'clock, when a series of deputations were appointed to wait upon Government. One of these deputa tions accordingly waited on Lord Robert Montagu at the Privy Council-office, Downing-street, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the neces sity of providing and fostering technical educ:ttion in this country. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Dixon, M.P., and other members of the House of Commons. Lord RoBT. MONTAGU assured the deputation that no pains or trouble had been spared by the Government or himself in giving this question its due share of consideration. He had stated in the House of Commons, in reply to a question from Mr. Forster, that the sending of a roving commission to inquire into technical education on the Continent would involve a great deal of expense and delay, and he had now to inform the deputation that the ,Government had asked for reports on the subjects from their secretaries of legation, and that a precis of those documents would be given when they were ready to be submitted to the public. Mr. Samuelson, who had voltinteered to go abroad and judge for himself, had sent in a THE SULTAN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. A letter was read from Mr. Luntley, the artist, stating that he had painted a portrait of the Sultan, and offering it to the corporation as a memorial of hip Tisit to the City. The letter was referred to the City Lands Com mittee. THE GAS QUESTION. Mr. E. D. ROGERS presented a petition from dele gates representing several parishes in the metropolis relative to the supply of gas. The object in view was to ask the corporation to contribute to a fund that was being raised to enable them to go to Parliament, and endeavour to break up the monopoly of the dif ferent gas companies by whom they were supplied. The petition was referred to the Special Gas Committee to consider and report. THE CORPORATION FINANCES. Mr. FRICKER then moved a resolution that, hav ing regard to the fact that at Christmas next the corporation would cease to enjoy a large revenue (£40,000 per annum), derivable from the Finsbury estate, by reason of the lapsing of the leases, it be referred to the Coal and Corn and Finance Com mittee to consider whether the expenses of the ad ministration of the law in the courts of justice and the cost of pauper lunatics should n .t be defrayed from some other source than the City's cash. The proposition was opposed by Mr. Lawley> Deputy Jones, Mr. R. N. Philipps, and other mem bers, upon the ground that it was an endeavour to support the introduction of a county rate by a side wind, and it was eventually negatived. THE CITY BURGLARIES. The petition of Mr. Johnson, watchmaker and jeweller, of Threadneedle-street, praying the court to grant him a portion of the money found in the possession of Caseley and the other burglars, whose case has been so frequently before the public, was, upon the motion of Mr. Cox, referred to the Law and Parliamentary Committee for consideration. THE METROPOLITAN MUNICIPAL BILL. Mr. J. RICHARDSON then brought forward a motion of which he had given notice, and which has already been published, to the effect that a letter written by Mr. Beal, the secretary of the Municipal Reform Association, to the editors of the different London newspapers, stating that the Corporation of London were not opposed to the bills introduced by Mr. J. S. Mill into the House of Commons upon the subject, but that, on the contrary, they were inclined to support them, contained statements that were contrary to the fact, and that the Corporation of London had never given any authority for such statements being made. This motion gave rise to a long and angry dis cussion ; and in the end Mr. Richardson withdrew the first portion of a resolution he had submitted, that letters should be sent by the Town Clerk to the editors of the different London newspapers, con tradicting the statement of Mr. Real, and the re mainder was unanimously agreed to. The court then adjourned, after sitting for five hours and a half. SIR ROBERT PEEL, M.P., AT TAMIVORTii• At a dinner given to Mr. F. Ruffe, the Mayor of Tatnworth, on Wednesday night, Sir ROBERT PEEL, in reply to the toast of the " Borough Members," delivered a speech, in the course of which, having referred with satisfaction to the part he took in assisting to pass the present Reform Bill, he touched upon the Abyssinian expedition, expressing his opinion that there was not a man in that room who would not approve the course of the Government in vindicating the honour of their country, which had been insulted by outrages to its representatives by a foreign Sovereign. (Hear, hear.) Still it was a deplorable expedition, and one that might go fur ther than any of them anticipated ; but he did not think, so far as his information went, that the Go vernment could have done otherwise than attempt the undertaking. He next went on to say that he was one of these who had no apprehensions of danger on account of the extension of the suffrage. (Hear, bear.) He had been all along in favour of a ratepaying franchise. Ile voted last year in favour of a rating franchise, which turned out the late Government, and brought in the Government of Lord Derby. He believed the ratepaying fran chise was one which ought to be supported, because the duties and privileges of citizenship went to gether. Now, there were a great many questions —awkward questions, too—which would have to be dealt with by Parliament in the ensuing session. There were the questions of the Established Church, ritualism, the Irish Church, the payment of un beneficed clergy, friendly and provident societies, trades unions, and railway legislation. The lat ter he held to be of primary importance. (Hear, bear.) Then, again, the Poor-laws must be re constructed. If such things as had lately been revealed at Farnh r am had taken place in Turkey, philanthropists in their own country would have mouthed over them for no end of time. (Hear, hear.) There was, too, and above all, the question of education. That would be a great question for the Church. In 1864, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in a primary charge, deplored the want of candi dates for holy orders in this country ; and when he told them that for the last 30 years there has been an annual decrease in the number of candidates, whilst the population had been increasing to the extent of 240,000 a-year, he would ask them whether the matter was not alarming. It was evident that if great efforts were not made in the direction for increasing the number of candidates, the Church would lose that hold which she ought to have upon the people of the country. He would be sorry to see the Church of England narrowing her field of action. He was a staunch adherent to the old, simple forms of the Reformation. Still he respected as much as any one the influence which guided that great and powerful religion of which the Pope was the head. A great many of the difficulties of the past, it was true, were over. (Hear, hear.) They had equalised the revenue of the bishops, and why should they not do so with the revenues of the rest of the clergy ? (Hear, hear.) If the principle held gcod in the one case, it held good in the other. Speaking of the bishops, the hon. baronet took the opportunity of making a feeling allusion to the death of the Bishop of Lichfield, who was appointed to his office by his (Sir Robert's) father. Dr. Lons dale, he said, kept away as much as possible from the Ritualistic movement. He was not, like the Bishop of Salisbury, at open war with his clergy— (hear) — or like another Anglican bishop (Dr. Colenso), who, with mallet and chisel, tried to force open the cathe dral of a brother bishop. Again, howevar much they might respect the feelings which animated those of other religions, did they want to see the clergy of the Protestant Church decked out in ritualistic vestments?—(no, no)—or surrounded by sur pliced choristers, as he understood they were to have in Tamworth Church ? But who said they were to have them ? He thought the question rested with the vestry. (Hear.) The hon. baronet next touched upon the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the Irish Church. He for some years, under the advice of Lord Palmerston, took a great interest—and he still took a great in terestin that question. But it was a most dangerous question to touch. The late Lord Palmerston fre quently told him that if they attempted to touch the revenue of the Established Church in Ireland they could not end there. There was no doubt much in Ireland that required consideration ; but he would be very sorry to see the day when they would do away with the Established Church in Ireland, be cause he believed it was part and parcel of the United Church of England and Ireland—that if they once began to touch it they might afterwards consi der it right to do away with all endowments. lie should be very sorry to see the day when it would be thought proper to disendow the Established Church of this country. He would pay to-morrow—he would vote to-morrow in Parliament (and he be lieved his constituents would support him therein) for paying—the Roman Catholic clergy iu Ireland. He could not say how the question would be treated when it came, as it would have to come, before the House of Commons. The hon. baronet, turning again to the suffrage, said it would be hazardous to predict what would be the effect of the measure just passed. In 1859, in his place in Parliament, be spoke in favour of such a measure. He followed the late Sir James Graham, one of the closest adhe rents of his father, and he spoke in that year upon his advice and upon his counsel ; but he would tell them now what he did expect—he expected that the Reform Bill would lead to an intolerant, not to a revolutionary movement, but to a great educational movement, which would make the great bulk 0 their fellow-countrymen better able than they bad hitherto been to take that part which, by their in terests they were entitled to, in the working of the constitution of the country. (Hear.) He thought a strong popular element was not incompatible with a healthy political life. They could not expect but that certain prejudices which had existed amongst cert a in c l a s ses o f people would continue to exist and agitate a section of the com munity ; but to hi s m i n d th e grea t mass of the people were sound, true, and loyal to the institu tions of their country. (Cheers.) hitherto MEETING OF MIDDLESEX ItlA GISTRA2 ES. The usual meeting of magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions" house, Clerkenwell-green, for the trausaciion of county business. Mr. Henry Pownall, chairman of the bench, presided, and there was a very full at' teudance of magistrates. Mr. Nicholson, clerk of the peace, read the report of the committee of accounts and general purposes, which amongst other matters alluded to the inquest that was held by Dr. Lankester on the body of Elizabeth Stainsby, whose death, it was alleged, was caused by the ini" pure air of the Metropolitan Railway, it was stated that £lO had been charged by Dr. Lankester on account of Professor Rogers, of the London University Hospital, for examinations and attend ance on three occasions at the adjourned inquest s held on Elizabeth Stainsby. Now the committee, having taken the opinion of counsel some years ag°' had no power to allow any such sum not named in the schedule of fees set down by act of Parlia ment, and therefore they deducted from the charg e ' on behalf of Professor Rogers, the sum of £7, leaving it £3 only, and asked the court to sanction that disallowance. He also mentioned incidental l y that Dr. Lankester's accounts generally were higher when compared with those of Mr. Humphrel s ' and that the coroners' charges cost the county annually a sum of not less than £12,000, wh ich was a very serious item in the county expenditure. He moved that the sum of £lO, included in P r ' Lankester's account for the services of Professor Rogers, Professor of Toxicology at the London University Hospital, at the inquest held on thebodi of Elizabeth Stainsby, be not allowed. '• motion was put and unanimously agreed t°' Mr. Nicholson rea d th e repor t from the committee appointed by the court on t be , 15th of August t o cons id er th e ques tion °' resuming the transportation of criminals. The committee report that it is most desirable that in all cases of criminals convicted of daring crimes accompanied by violence they should suffer a r r. tion of the penal servitude sentence here, and then if not disqualified, should be transported to Wes tern Australia, or some other place, for the relna in ' der of their terms ; that transportation for long periuds is most advisable in all cases of crimin al convicted at quarter sessions or assizes of felonio us offences who have been previously convicted two or more times ; that in all cases of cri m inals senten ceci ., for brutal violence, particularly to women and ch i .' dren and constables acting i n th e di sc h a rge of th eir duey, their sentence should be accompanied by 00 ; or more floggings; that th e s y s t em o f tickets of leave be wholly abandoned ; that Western Australia is able and desirous to receive from 1,000 to 1, 5° b0 convicts annually, where convict labour ca made productive, and where there is opportu nity afforded the convict of reform in ch a racter, w hich in the mother country is not the ease. The reP °rt will be taken into consideration on the next countl of day. On the motion of Mr. Glossop the 091 , £1,500 was authorised to be expended in provich l3o. ; at Feltham workshops and stores for the instrun tl i ° of boys as tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, sw it painters, and drummers. The other business vr disposed of and the court adjourned. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. The Naples correspondent of the Times, writing on the 21st, gives an account 3 f th e sc ene of the eruption, as witnessed on the previous night• the crater itself," the visitor says—" we could n ° reach, but as near to it as was safe. We sat down on a monticello of cinders and watched the sc ene ; Vesuvius shook and trembled with the efforts it was making ; it panted and roared like s nuio gigantic furnace; there was a sound rapid and r e ' peated as of the discharge of a volley of musketrio: and there rose to the heavens full 1,000 fe et v gorgeous mass of lava, stones both great and oic and fine ashes. We calculated the interval w h ds elapsed before it fell at from five to ten sec° } varying in duration according to the violence d. the eruptions, which took place almost every se e ° , 13 ,4 The larger stones— rocks they may be almost ca —rolled at times down to the spot where .91, were seated, while the smalle r ones w ere earrie cl io % the caprice of the wind i n var i ous di re ctions. far from us, in the direction of Ottajano, rolled'.o down a stream of liquid lava from 40ft. to s°ft ,,' width, and 10ft. or 12ft. in height. Like pe g th e on a shingly beach agitated by a storm wa s or noise it made in its progress ; the scoria3 on the ! face fell continually over, and thus ever ditninis lu i v ie g i yet ever increasing in p r opo r ti ons , the streani rr ru i pr e on and reached the botcoin of the mountain. g were, however, last night many streams, pres e n t/ to the appearance of an inverted hand, so th at re , mountain on this side seemed all ablaze. As I 1) ,„ s o dieted, too, at the beginning of the week, the tide is now coming down towards the Hermitage• can mark its red and sinuous course even d o ur Naples ; and there is a promise of greater sple ° too , than any we have yet witnessed. We can hea r ' d ip the thunders of Nature's artillery, while each charge is followed by a display which it is uselesisess attempt to describe. Different, yet scarcelY co o grand, are the day effects. Volumes and V lu th e of dark smoke are shot up perpendicularly in to on e air, and then, falling, and circling and rolling rdg over the other, file o ff lik e h eav y b a ttalions t °W3 t ho Capri. The column of smoke is perceptible 0 ..0 it eye all across the bay, li n ge r i ng horizontally un / 10 .. derives a fresh impulse from each successive eri:o tion. For eight days this brilliant spectacle soa been exhibited, with ever-increasing grand eur ' t oe the probabilities are that it will continue sofa hag longer. Within 24 hours the temperature de to changed from a degree of heat inducing la ssi6° a piercing cold. Every one is muffled 60501'41' tbs. but the bright sun above us will soon warni up atmosphere." „ ro ing NOVEL RUNNING MATCH.—Yesterday,odolh person named Lockwood undertook to run over Lu for Southwark, and Blackfriars Bridges in 25 milau te° ' dolt' 1 13 wager of £2O. Ho started from the Surrey s id e of 1 1. , the bridge, and on arriving on the other side dar ted cWsgs tito steps into Thames-street to Southwark -bridge, d°. steps to Bankside, and from thence to the foot of friars, lauding ou the other side in 24 min. 3o sec!/ F a :' thel3l.wi'9ll , fs i r at t h t s CRAVEN—On the 28th i ß o n Countess of Craven, daughter. OILE— —n the 27th inct inst., at li , t 0 Births. Ashdown 10 °I LI , n Savile Sli , •., at ornsoy-rise, , • 0 3 1 e, -tJsq., of a Son. .., CrOi ° HARKER —On the 28th • inst., at Brarnley }fill liousr don, the wife " o f a son. o. George Harker, Esq., Marriages. + at St. REVINGTON—HOLDERNESSE—On the 26th WS"' Ob" John's, Brixton, Henry Re,viu,gton, of Greek-streti Jo la te square, to Louisa Octavia, youngest daughter of t John F. Iloldernesse, E.;q,of Clmberwell-grove.r,oo'3 SHERLOCK—LumsnEN—On * the 27th‘ inst., at St,:fligl. Landers, Aberdeen F. G. Sherlock, Captain 70 ,1. tr. , to Edith ' Shaw youngest daughter of .‘-, Lumsden, C. 8., of Belht)sie Lodge, Abe Deaths._ if , of HEWETT On the 24th lust , at Albury, Clara, the ''' Sir George Hewett, Bart.. ~ rV' FERRIN--OR the 27th • - M • Cl irist° ' -he inst., at • Epsom, 1. • Perrin. f 3 1 $ 01 - SHARP—On the 25th inst., Mr. George Sharp , c ' ..- 1;• Grove, Sab street, Bermondsey, aged 5 4 . !s— -iiiirj, WATERS—On the 25th inst , at Elm 'Waters, Esq., late of Bos.combe, Wilts, eV ( ' SO. ,oro be ' so., WILSON—On the 27th just., at River View, Cheshire, John Wilson, Esq., aged 84. wigb t ' WIGHT—On the 27th inst., at Richuiond-hill, 'rhos. 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