The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Imperial Russian, screw frigate Askold and the corvette Variag, from the Pacific for the Baltic, arrived at the Motherbank, off Ryde, Isle of Wight, yesterday afternoon, and on anchoring exchanged honorary national salutes with the Victory in Ports mouth harbour, the flagship of Port-Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, K.C.8., and with the King's Bastion battery of Portsmouth garrison - . The screw steamship Caledonia, 30, Capt. the Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, flag of Rear-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, front Ireland, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. One colour-sergeant and 17 privates Royal Marines, Wcolsvich DiVision, yesterday joined her M ijesty's ship Chanticleer, recently commissioned in the dockyard by Commander ►V. W. S. Bridges, for service in the Pacific. She has received the whole of her sea stores, and the officers and crew have Pll joined. She is expected to take her depar ture in a few days. Yesterday morning a court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, flagship of Vice-Adiniral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, to try Mr. Alfred Charles Harris, lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Royalist, for being drunk on duty on the 22d of March last. The Court consisted of Capt. the Hon. Arthur Cochrane, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland (President) ; Capt. Donald M'L. Mackenzie, of her Majesty's ship Formidable; Capt. Stephen S. L. Crofton, of the Naval Barrack ; Commander W. L. Partridge, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, and Commander James P. Thurburn, of her Majesty's ship Wellesley. Mr. H. Knight, of the firm of Esse% Knight, and Arnold, Admiralty solicitors, Rochester, was the Deputy Judge-Advocate. It appeared from the report to the Admiralty made by Commander Hamilton E. J. Earle, in command of the Royalist, that the ship at the time the offence was committed was on her passage home from the West Indies, and that at the time when the prisoner got drunk the weather was very threatening. The commander thought the offence could not have been committed under more aggravated circum stances, except, perhaps, before going into action. The prisoner pleaded guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the Court, and urged in extenuation that the night on which the offence was committed was very wet, and he was relieved from duty for a few izinutes while he went below to get a cup of tea. He put some spirits into the tea, and when he got on deck it told upon him, as be had previously suffered front low fever. Very favourable certifi cates of character were read, extending over nearly ten years' service. Capt. Phillimore gave the pri soner a good character, stating that he had served under him in her Majesty's ship Curacoa for nearly three years, during which time he had always found him an active and zealous officer, very correct in his conduct. On one. occasion he displayed great cou rage and.gallantry in jumping overboard at sea, and endeavoured to save the life of a man who had fallen overboard, although at the time he was on the sick list. Taking these circumstances into considera tion, the Court adjudged the prisoner to forfeit two years' seniority and to be severely reprimanded. _ _ _ A naval court-martial, the first held for many years past at Woolwich, will assemble this morning on board the flagship Fisgard, off Woolwich dock yard, for the trial of Richard Weatherley, Quarter master on board her Majesty's troopship Dee, Master Commander George Raymond, on charges of desertion after basing appropriated to his own use the proceeds of a Post-office order, stolen from one of the ship's company. The hired transport Star of India, Capt. Hollo way, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from Bom bay, with a part of the 51st Light Infantry on board, and detachments :of tine-expired men and invalids from the Royal Horse Artillery, 3d Dra goon Guards, Royal Artillery, 4th, 33d, 95th, 103 d. and 106th Regiments, amounting to 259 men, women, and children, the whole under command of Capt. C. Kyrie Chatfield, 51st Light Infantry. The Star of India left for Portsmouth yesterday to disembark the troops. The following officers of the 51st Light Infantry accompanied the troops : —Ensigns Wynne, Turnbull, and Ruthven, and Ensign Irving, 4th King's Own Regiment, on medi cal certificate. Four deaths occurred during the voyage among the invalids. The Star of India left Bombay on the 21th of December, 1866, experienced very bad weather during her passage, and encoun tered a fearful cyclone on the 18th and 19th of January in the Indian Ocean, in lat. 18-16 S., and long. 67 40 E., in which she lost her bulwarks, two of her boats, and nearly all her live .stock. The barometer fell during the cyclone to 28 20. No casualties occurred on board beyond a few hurts from falls and concussions. The depot of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, under the command of Capt. Garnett, has arrived at the camp at Colchester from Canterbury. In accord- ance with instructions from the Horse Guards the depot of the 2d battalion of the 6th Regiment is held in readiness to proceed to Edinburgh to join the service companies on their arrival from Jamaica. Brevet-Major Edmenstone and Captain Clery, 32d Regiment, are under orders to join the depot at Colchester, and Capts. Priestley and Metcalfe are held in readiness to proceed to the service companies. Staff-Surg. R. Wolsey is ordered from Dublin to Colchester to assume the medical charge of the Bth Depot Battalion, vice Surg.-Major J. Burke, who is acting as principal medical officer. Staff Assist.- Surg. Jay has been attached to the Bth Depot Bat talion for duty. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Alderman Dakin . in the chair. Mr. B. BAKER, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab stract of which has appealed in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the receipts on capital account during the past half-year amounted to £73,702, which was derived from the call on the new shares, making the total receipts to the 31st of January last £5,342,384. The total expenditure amounted to £5,341,253, in cluding £137,689 expended during the past half year. He thought the auditors had taken a wise course in their observations on the accounts. They showed that the total amount raised on shares was £3,458,795, leaving a margin of share capital to raise of £1,842,570; and that £1,209,900 had been raised on mortgage bonds, leaving a margin of £1,440,785 unexercised, so that there were further powers to raise a very large amount if it should ever be necessary, and it was evident that the powers to raise money on shares and bonds had not been ex ceeded in any respect. Although power to raise so large an amount of capital still remained, the direc tors had no intention of calling up money for the future, unless to provide for carrying increased traffic, but not for extensions or branches, and thus they intended to keep the capital account as far as possible closed. (Hear, hear.) The only outlay of capital upon extensions was for the Petrolia branch, on which the directors were authorised in May, 1862. to expend £lO,OOO, and in respect of Which they had paid only £10,038 iu the past half-year for a line to the oil district of five miles in length, including land, rails, and buildings. They believed that it was a very profitable outlay. The line was opened on the 17th of January last, and during the first month it was open the traffic on it amounted to £l,OOO. There was also a timber traffic on this short line. The laying of the third rail and the establishment of the car-ferryboat had enabled them to keep their through traffic. The proprietors had voted £150,000 for laying down the third rail to accommodate the narrow gauge carriages and wag gons of the' American lines. The third line was opened on the lst of January last, and 1145,817 had been expended upon it. The engineer, Mr. Reid, had estimated the cost of it at £153,083, but some additional sidings would be required. He thought it greatly to the credit of the engineer that the expenditure had been, and would be, within the estimate. The American companies interested in the third rail had agreed to pay to the Great Western the expense of laying it, £20,550, which would go to the credit of the outlay in laying that rail ; and he thought it was an earnest of what the New York Central and Michigan Cen tral Companies would do in promoting the through-traffic over the new rail. They had carried £39,634 traffic over the narrow gauge since the Ist of(January. The car-ferry-boat could convey trucks weighing 280 tons with facility from rail to rail, as a continuation of the railway, and had capacity for car rying on the largest probable amount of traffic. Her power enabled her to convey 240 cars per day of 12 hours, and 221 cars had been taken across by her in 12 hours. The third rail and the car-ferry-boat bad been constructed within the estimated cost, and might be considered a success. Since the Ist of January to the 24th of March, 1865, amounted to ‘'63,862 ; from the Ist of January to the 23d of March, 1866, to £105,721, the largest they , ever had previously ; and from the Ist of January to the 22d of March, 1867, to £108,693, so that it was £45,000 more than in 1865, and £3,000 more than in 1866. There was every probability of developing a pas senger traffic along the new route, as they could now convey goods from Chicago to New York in six Jays instead of in eight or nine days as formerly. The gross receipts on the company's lines for the past half-year amounted to £331,513, against £387,039 in the corresponding half of the preceding year, which was the largest traffic the railway ever had, showing a decrease of £55,525, but as compared with the corresponding periods of 1865, 1864, and 1863, being £312,720, £301,634, and £309,304 re spectively, there was an increase in the receipts of the past half-year. As to the loss or diminution of traffic in the half-year ending the 31st of January, 1867, of £55,525, as compared with the same half ending the 31st of January, • 1866, it amounted to 19 per cent. of the gross receipts, while on the Michigan Southern and New York Central the de crease amounted to 20 per cent. each, and on another American line to 37 per cent., so that the diminution of traffic during that period was less on the Great Western of Canada than on other lines. The falling off in the conveyance of live stock was very considerable, but now the traffic was again returning to them. The loss on American currency was £48,228, against £73,316 for the corresponding half in January, 1866. The conversion of American currency averaged 142 during the past half-year, while the average price of gold was 1421-, showing that their interests had been well attended to. From January, 1862, to January, 1867, the company bad lost by conversion of American currency, in the aggregate, £532,000, but they hoped that the charge for conversion would in future continue to decrease. They hoped that losses from fire would also be much less ; there was now remaining £11,136 to be charged against the three next half-years for losses by fire. The directors had taken steps to prevent such losses in future. They bad insured in three Canadian offices to the amount of $184,000, and in eight English offices to the amount of $503,000, making together $687,000, at a cost of $14,487 per annum. The engineer had estimated the cost of maintenance and renewals at £35,000, but in the past half-year they amounted to £39,682, being £4,682 in excess of his estimate. The directors rather encouraged an error on the right side in keeping up the road in perfect condition. (Hear.) During the 11 half-years in which the extensive renewals of the line were being made the cost of maintenance averaged £18,524, and the cost of renewals £30,193, making the average cost £48,717 for each half-year. In the past half-year the expenditure amounted, as he had before stated, to £39,862, which was £9,000 less than in 11 half-years. The maintenance and re newals of way averaged about £277 per mile per annum, which was much less than on some of the principal lines in England. The arrangements with the Commercial Bank of Canada had bees nearly concluded, all claims against the Great Western Company had been withdrawn ; the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway Company had agreed to set aside a sinking fund of $lOO,OOO a year to redeem the claims of the bank ou that company. In the meantime it was agreed to issue bonds so as to satisfy that and other claims against the company. Having described in detail the arrangements with the Com mercial Bank fur the settlement of their claim on the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway, he said that in future the Commercial Bank would be ae ally to the Great Western in that matter, and a friend instead of an enemy. The Detroit and Milwaukie Railway in the past 61 years had received from traffic on the line $7,524,562, and expended in working $1,541,369, leaving $2,983,195 to meet interest and other claims. The gross receipts for the past year amounted, on the Detroit and Mil waukie line, to £340,935, and the working expenses to £210,443, leaving a net revenue of £130,492, of which £78,753 was absorbed in the payment of in terest, leaving £51,741 net. When the claim of the Commercial Bank was settled the affairs of the De troit Company would be placed on a sound footing, the operation of the third rail would be to develope the through traffic, and considering that the divi- I, dend for the past year averaged 4-4- per cent., he I thought they might look hopefully to the future. i He then alluded to a deputation from the Grand Trunk Company, and hoped it would result in a peaceful and harmonious working of the two compa nies for the benefit of the proprietors of each company. Mr. HOYES seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum for the past half year, free of income tax, payable on the Ist May. Mr. SWINYARD, the general manager, in reply to a question, stated that the third rail made the com pany's line available to 12,000 cars of the American lines, and would secure to shippers a continuous route from the west to the seaboard without any in termediate transhipment. Mr. NEWMARCII was glad to hear that the whole railway policy of Canada was likely to be altered. At present it was a policy of extreme antagonism. The Grand Trunk Company were disposed to act liberally and fairly towards the Great Western of Canada, and he trusted that some good would re sult from a conference on the subject between the two boards. The two traffic managers were also in London, and he trusted that every facility would be given to bring matters to a satisfactory conclu sion. The Great Western Company had a capital of £5,000,000, and the Grand Trunk a capital of £15,000,000, all consisting of British capital. It was therefore of vast importance to all concerned that the best possible return should be secured on that capital to both companies by friendly and har monious traffic arrangement. He did not propose any fusion or amalgamation of the two companies, but that they should remain distinct companies as to capital and so forth. He thought it possible for them to make such an agreement as would work beneficially for both companies, and enable them to interchange and forward traffic where necessary, thereby saving the present waste that was now going on, and enable both to reduce expenditure. They should avoid in future all injurious competition, and work for the benefit of themselves and the public. The confederation of the provinces in British North America was no longer a project, but an accom plished fact. The Imperial Parliament would assist them to complete railway communication, and there fore the time had arrived when the Great Western and Grand Trunk Companies should consider how they could best promote the interests of the proprietors, by altering the present state of things. Mr. VlLLEsorsistTsupposed that the Grand Trunk Company wanted the use of the Great Western c rolling stock, as they had not enough to work their own line. If the Great Western allowed t h eir must take iug stock to go over the Grauk Trunk, they take care to get it back again, or it would be kept for the benefit of the latter company. The CHAIRSIAN said he was glad to hear the friendly feeling expressed by Mr. Newmarch on be half of the Grand Trunk Company, and could o n l y say that the Great Western Company were desirous of working in harmony. He begged to remind Mr. Newmarch that on the 9th March, 1866, au agree ment for that purpose was come to in Canada, and signed at Montreal by Mr. Brydges and Mr. Swin yard, the general managers of both companies, for harmonious working at equal rates and so fort] r ; but that agreement was thrown over by the Board in London, and so the matter stoo . ever duce. Mr. atIITEIDGE thought that as the ma,nagere wad Boards of both companies were now in London, there was nothing whatever to prevent them dealing with the whole question and in a proper manner. Colonel EVELYN said the whole thing lay in a nutshell ; the Grand Trunk were deficient of rolling stock, and the line was in such bad order that a verdict of manslaughter had been given against the manager in Canada. It was not to the advantage of the Great Western to reduce the fares, or ►,o send their rolling stock over such a line as the Grand Trunk. The motion for the adoption of the report and declaration of the dividend was then carried unani- mously. After some observations by Mr. GODFREY as to having a more detailed statement of accounts, the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, and to Mr. Swinyard, the general manager. 'HIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1867. EAST LONDON. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, to consider the Crystal Palace and East London High Level Junc tion Bill—Mr. Hawes in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that no extension of this company's line was proposed in the bill, but it was to sanction arrangements with another company who proposed to make a railway a mile and a quar ter in length, which would give . the East London Company direct access to the Crystal Palace and South London lines. The new line was to be worked at 50 per cent. of the gross receipts by the East London Company. The Secretary having read the heads of the bill, Mr. WILMOT KNIGHT inquired what had been the result of the dispute with the Brighton Company, which had issued in filing an injunction bill in Chancery by the East London Company. The CHAIRMAN said the question was undecided, and the matter stood over till the hearing. They had not had any dispute with the Brighton Corn- PanY• Mr. KNIGHT replied that if therewasn h o a d d is b p e u e t n e it was strange that Chancery proceedings instituted. (Hear, hear.) The resolution approving the bill was then car ried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. METROPOLITAN. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday, at the London Tavern, for considering a bill for granting further powers to the company—Mr. J. Parson in the chair. The Solicitor read the heads of the bill, which authorised the Metropolitan Railway Company to raise £lOO,OOO with the usual borrowing powers, to make a junction with the St. John's Wood Rail way, and to convert debentures into debenture stock. The CHAIRMAN said the last thing in the bill was, perhaps, the most important to the shareholders — that of converting the debentures of the company into debenture stock. In the autumn of last year they required money on debenture or debenture stock, but on consulting the solicitor of the com pany it was found that they could not give a higher rate of interest on debenture stock than 4f per cent. per annum. Oue of the objects of the present bill was to remove that restriction. Lord Redesdale said they must not pay more than 5 per cent., as if sensible men would give more than they were com pelled as interest for the money they required. The Great Western had no such restriction put on them, and he hoped they would be permitted to create de benture stock at a rate of interest which it would be reasonable to pay. Several questions were asked as to the position of the company's undertaking, which were fully replied to by the chairman. A resolution approving the bill was carried una nimously, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. GREAT NORTHERN. This company's extension from Lincoln to Hon. ington is, subject to the approval of the Govern ment inspector, to he opened fur traffic on Friday. PEII,INIAMBUCO. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this coin pany was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. R. Beu. son in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in 71ie Sun, was taken as read. The Ciimr,mAN moved the adoption of the report, and said that no new point had been taken for the prosecution of the company's claim for the guarantee, as the Brazilian Chambers did not meet until June. He might, however, state that the Baron de Maua had consented to act for the company in respect to that matter, and the directors hoped that what was asked for would be conceded. Since the last meeting of the company suggestions had come to the directors that the line should be lengthened, so as to come direct into the harbour of Recife ; and though nothing had been done in the matter, yet the suggestion showed the high value placed upon the line by the people and the Government of Brazil. The great want was rolling-stock, and this•want would have to be met, for if it were met he believed the traffic of the line would meet the obligation of the Government and pay the shareholders 7 per cent. With respect to the traffic, notwithstanding the war and the great floods, this had shown an increase, and the falling off in the estimates was owing to the floods destroying the sugar crop ; but still there had been an increase of traffic without any increase of expenses. He read the report of the engineer, show ing that the line was in good condition, and con cluded by moving the adoption of the report, and that a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum be declared. Lord Got T seconded the motion. A long conversation upon various points ensued ; the motion was carried, and the proceedings termi nated. RAILNVAY BILLS. In the House of Commons Committee yesterday, in group 3, the following bills were again proceeded with and adjourned :---Ilfracombe, Devon and Somerset and Bristol and Exeter Companies ; Devon and Somerset ; and the Devon and Somerset (Ex tension). Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting• , WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Eveningt The quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of this district commenced in this town this afternoon. There was only a moderate attendance generally, but of buyers the proportion was very'small, and they contented themselves with making inquiries, the actual engagements entered into being on a very moderate scale. The best that can be said i 3, that the trade is not in a worse state than it was three months Ago—in some respects it is a shade better, the demand for certain descriptions of unfinished iron having slightly increased ; but prices remain almost ruinously low, and the power of production is so much in excess of what is needed, or is likely to be for awhile, that there is little prospect of any improvement in that respect. So mischievious is the effect of this upon the trade that firms who are in a tolerably good position pecuniarily would not accept orders offered atcurrent prices were it noton account of theiranxiety not to sever old connections. It was mentioned yesterday that the demand for iron for the United States market has slackened of late ; a stimulus was given to it a few weeks ago by reason of the anticipation that the new Tariff Bill might become law. The market for pig iron, the make of this dis trict, is reported firmer, and the commodity is said to be oversold ; the price of Staffordshire " pig" is now so low that it is not at this moment in coin "petition id the market with the product of the North. We quote best hot blast, all mine, Staffordshire, £3 lOs ; cold-blast, £4 ss. to .£4 10s. per ton. The Shropshire iron trade is inactive ; in North Staffordshire there israther more doing ; at Clough hall Works they are tolerably well engaged. _ _ Allusion has been made to the low price of iron as it has prevailed of late ; prices were lower in 1843, never since that time—but wages and other costs and charges are now fully 15 per cent, higher than they were at that period. This was also manufacturers' and merchants' quarter-day, but it was a very slack affair ; trade was so dull all through the last quarter that in many instances - manufacturers' accounts were sci small they thought them not worth fetching on this occasion ; others had none at all, and it was computed that the amount due in the aggregate was not more than three-fifths of an average. New Zealand. The following is a copy of a despatch from Go vernor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., addressed to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon '• Government House, Wellington, Jan. 8. "My Lord,—l have this morning returned to this place, a few hours before the Panama steamer sails with the English mail. "2. I consequently have no time to make a lengthened report to you, but I am sure you will be happy to hear that this country continues tran quil, and is rapidly improving i❑ every respect. "3. On my recent journey I have passed through the North Island, traversing its central and most accessible districts, portions of which had not been visited by any European for several years. . _ _ " 4. I was everywhere received with joy and re joicings by the native population, even in those dis tricts where the losses of men during the war had been large ; but these men had all fallen in places remote from their own territory, where they had gone to join their fellow-countrymen who were in arms against us, and their surviving relations ad mitted in the most frank and unreserved manner that we were not to blame for the large loss of life which had taken place. " 5. I consider the native population to be now in a better state than I have ever previously known it. The natives express the greatest anxiety that Europeans should settle among them. They cheer fully conform to the views and wishes of the Go vernment upon alt matters ; indeed, they appear to desire to be directed and to be shown what they should do to render practicable a rapid amalgatna- , tion between the Europeans and themselves. " 6. I met everywhere in districts which had been regarded as unsafe the utmost respect, and I was treated with a kindness so attentive and considerate that it was quite touching. "7. I feel sure that the European population, finding from my journey that they can again safely traverse the interior of the country, will begin to spread into all parts of it, developing the great re sources of valuable districts which are now but little known, and the advance of this Northern Island in wealth and population will be conse quently henceforth very rapid. " In this advance in wealth and prosperity the native population, who are extensive landholders, will largely share, and I feel quite satisfied that New Zealand, now ceasing to be any drain upon the resources of Great Britain, will in time be re garded as one of the most tranquil and valuable portions of the empire. ---I have, &c., " G. GREY. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, &e." Greenwich Conservative Assoc-ation, The annual dinner of this asssociation was held last evening at the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, when the chair was occupied by Sir Thomas Wilson. About 350 members of the association sat down to dinner, among whom were Lord Holmesdale, M.P., and Mr. W. Hart Dyke, M.P. (the county members), Mr. J. Fleming (late M.P. for Devonport), Hon. and Rev. Henry Legge, Rev. Dr. Sketchley, Rev. Dr. Morgan, Mr. C. Lewis, Capt. Scott, Capt. Drummond, Capt. Hughes, Sir James Elphinstone, Sir J.H. Maxwell, Colonel Thorold, Dr.. Carr, Admiral Burton, and others. Mr. JOHN YOUNG, in proposing " Success to the Borough of Greenwich Conservative Association," said that it had been instituted in July, 1865, on the occasion of the defeat of Sir J. Maxwell, the Conservative candidate, and in the short time that had elapsed since that period the number of its mem bers had increased to upwards of 1,500, a large pro portion of whom consisted of the elite of the working classes. According to the favourite taunt of their enemies, Conservatism meant obstructive opposition to rational progress, but in reality the Cons ervat i ves were desirous that every progress should b e made that was consistent with the preserv a ti on o f the Throne, the hereditary peerage, the r e p resentat i ve character wash teosfe institutions the ilouseo that f Comaons, and the Church. b y wereattacked Bright w th ability and eloquence. His efforts were seconded by men like Mr. Goldwin Smith and Pro fessor Rogers, and it was to meet these assaults upon the Constitution that this a.ssociation had been es tablished. Mr. CHARLES LEWIS, in proposing the' health of the county members, called upon them to resist every attempt to make the Conservative Government yield an inch upon the question of the county franchise. Lord HOLMESDALE, in responding to the toast, hoped, with the last speaker, that the Government would give way upon no vital point of the bill. The Conservative party had already given way enough for the purpose of facilitating the passing of the Re form Bill, and he trusted that there would be no necessity for them to yield any further ground. It must not, however, be forgotten that with regard to this great po li t i ca l question there were oth er part i es besides themselves upon the chess-board, and they must give way upon some minor points, in order to secure the passing this session of a good sound Re form Bill, and thus settle this great question, which had for so long a time impeded all other public busi ness. (Hear.) Hebelieved it to be of such prominent importance that such a measure should be passed that if it were necessary to give away a few pou n d s in the county franchise, he should say perish those few pounds rather than the measure-should not pass. In doing so he did not think that he should be be t t r ayin g his party or his p rinci p les, nor did he think he should have r eason to blush for the cours e he had pursued when he met them on a future occasion. He trusted that the necessity might not arise for lowering the county franchise beyond the amount proposed in the Gove rnment bill ; but if necessar y he hoped that the Gove rnment would exercise a w i se discretion,and would give way upon that onepoint in order to carry the rest, rather than by an obstinate adherence to one figure to shipwreck the whole of the bill. (Hear.) The Liberal party, following up their conduct of 1835 and 1859, had lately intro duced an instruction which had taxed the keenest heads in the House of Commons to make anything of ; it was of so easy, convenient, and elastic a character that it might mean anything or nothing; it might scarcely affect the bill, or it might com pletely undermine and destroy it. That instruction had been brought forward for the purpose of oust ing the Conservative Government, and of shelving the question of Reform for another twelvemonth. (Hear.) But no sooner was it announced that the Government intended to stand out against that in struction than the great Liberal party split up into the discordant sections of which it was composed. (Hear, and laughter.) Instead of bringing for ward the instruction the Liberal party had igno miniously retreated. Their adversaries had been more completely and bitterly humiliated than the most vindictive Conservative could desire. The last two sessions had shown a great party discredited, its strength thrown away, and its overwhelming majority split into atoms in consequence of the misconduct of its leaders. He drew hope from what had passed, because h e b e li eve d that the firmer the front of the Conse rva ti ve party the more their ad versaries would yield. He was happy to say that there was a sufficient number of men upon the Op position side of the House who preferred the good of their country to that of their party to enable her Majesty's Government to carry tbronh successfully this important measure. He had no doubt that after the circular that had gone out last night a large majority of the house would assist the Go vernment to pass the bill. (Hear, and a laugh.) The bill might now almost be regarded as an accom plished fact, and at the end of the session it would be found that the Conservative party—which had been characterised as consisting of the enemies of all progress, of those who desired to delay the en franchisement of their fellow-subjects, of those who feared the working men—had passed a bill which in wise Conservative Liberalism went far beyond any scheme which had ever been submitted to the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Mr. W. DYKE, after touching upon the untoward circumstances under which Lord Derby had taken of4ce, and which bad compelled him to bring in a Reform Bill, proceeded to animadvert upon the conduct of the Opposition in. introducing Mr. Coleridge's instruction, which he characterised as being a wolf in sheep's clothing. When Mr. Glad stone found that his followers declined to support him in pressing that instruction, to use a pugilistic expression, he " went down to avoid punishment." (Hear, and laughter.) The right hon. gentleman found that his conduct had not only disgusted a great number of his followers, but that if he forced Lord Derby to go to the country on the issue he had raised the electors also would have been disgusted. The question to be discussed in the House of Com mons to-morrow related to the borough franchise, and was whether it was justifiable ou the part of the Government to ask those whom they were about to admit to the franchise to show their fitness to exercise that privilege by residing two years in their houses and by paying the poor rates. Her Majesty's Opposition, on the other hand, proposed to abolish the £lO rental franchise, and to drop down upon a ratal franchise, without any restriction whatever, except a short term of residence. He believed that the country would be likely to accept the proposal of the Government as the more satisfactory of the two schemes for settling this great constitutional question. If her Majesty's Government shrank from carrying out what he considered to be the vital and important principles of the bill, he should not be doing his duty to his constituents if he supported them in the relinquishment of those principles. (Hear, hear.) But he felt that no Government sin gle handedcould pass a Reform Bill. Sacrifices must be made on all hands in order to settle a question which had thrown out so many successive Adminis trations, and which had placed the country in a po sition somewhat of danger. He trusted that all parties would see the necessity for laying aside their mutual animosities and particular interests in order to unite in passing a measure which would so greatly conduce to the peace and prosperity of these domi nions. (Cheers.) Several other toasts having been drunk, the com pany separated at a late hour. Mr. F. Toole officiated as toastmaster. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The panic of last year has not yet subsided. The price of most securities, if not lower, is at about the same price as on that memorable day when Lombard-street was blocked up by that eager, anxious crowd of lookers-on of so many ruined or disappointed speculators. It was like an army in full retreat before a successful foe, throwing away both arms and spoils, and that class of persons that had grown up, called di rectors and trustees, numbering 12,500, could not find a general capable of a rally ; on the contrary, did they not one and all join their dupes in the universal flight. The oldest City men did not see how to stay a torrent which had acquired an unprecedented violence. During three long weeks panic was the only order of the day ; some of the banks saw many of their oldest customers with drawing their accounts and carrying them to the Bank of England. The Lord Chancellor was pe titioned to suspend the Bank Act to allow a further issue of notes. Some idea can be gathered of the extent of this memorable panic from Mr. Watkin's speech in the House of Commons, where, for our instruction, he has told us :—That simul taneously with the Act of 1862 there had been an enormous amount of speculation, and a series of circumstances unparalleled in the history of speculation and commerce in this country since the South Sea scheme in 1725. At present there were 2,2oo;joint-stock companies of various kinds, with a capital of not less than £1,000,000,000; there were probably 750,000 interested as shareholders ; and directors and trustees numbering 12,500. The extent of the operations of the Act was shown from their having been registered under its pro- I visions, in 1863, 807 projects ; in 1864, 953 ; in 1865 995 ; and in 1866, 745 ; representing a I capital of £706,000,000. Of these companies, 27 were financial associations, with a total capital of £40,000,000, of which £9,500,000 was paid ; 17 were insurance companies, with £11,600,000 of capital, and £1,100,000 paid up ; 54 were banks. with £90,000,000 capital and £17,500,000 paid up ; and 6 were discount companies—another form of banking with £10,100,000 capital, and £2,200,000 paid up. On the other side of the account the failure of these speculations was repre sented by £42,000,000 of nominal capital, but really by a great deal more. Overend, Gurney, and Co. was one of those failures, and they, with a nominal capital of £5,000,000, had liabilities to the extent of £24,000,000. The petition being granted to the Bank of England, to authorize that establishment to make a further issue of notes, it thought proper to raise the accommodation to 10 per cent. ; this increased the losses of those who had bills to discount, and it had the effect of driving almost the best managed firms to despair. Produce, as well as Stock Exchange Securities, both became unsaleable ; but the gold of the country began to flow back into the reserve, and the bullion held by the Bank increased in the same proportion as' the extra issue of notes. The high rate of 10 per cent. prevented any demand for speculative purposes. In the produce markets purchases were only made for immediate consumption. On the Stock Ex change there was a general stagnation in busi ness ; those who were in want of money to pay off liabilities were obliged to submit to heavy sacri fices ; the hands of the jobbers were soon filled ; and those who were obliged to sell were forced to accept the lowest quotation. The necessity of liquidation is still as great now as it was last year, which explains why the panic is still raging, and why prices are still so much depressed. There is not a jobber that can hesitate to sell any amount of stock to any willing purchaser at the highest price of the day ; he may, by exception, require that the business done be not marked upon the official list ; but, before th e en d o f t h e accoun t, he is sure to be able to buy in any over stock he may have sold. The number of sellers will be greater than that of b uyers, so long as the neces sity of liquidation exists. When will that liqUida tion be at an end ? Nobody can tell. If we are to believe Mr. Watkin in the House of Commons, from 1863 to 1866 2,200 limited companies were created. As on the Stock Exchange official list there are only 899 reg i stered, including conso l s and every other item, it is impossible to say how many calls are made each week on account of the 1,301 non -registered. There must of necessity still remain a great want of money to meet such calls. The majority of those new limited compa nies can inspire but little or no confidence ; and no kind of a d vance can be expected on d eposit of such securities. The holders to meet calls are, therefore, compelled to sell their best property, which still commands a price ; and that is the reason why the panic continues, and it must still continue for some time. The present low price paid for di scounts and for accommodation, 3 to 2 per cent., shows the extreme anxiety and want of confidence. Money can be raised easily at 3 per cent. upon first class securities ; but no per centage will tempt any advance upon second and third class. Th a t exp l a i ns h ow t h e s t oc k o f bullion at the Bank of England and at the Bank of France is every week on the increase ; many prefer keeping their money on deposit than running the risk of an i nvestment. Th e s t oc k o f bullion will, in all probability, go on increasing here until the amount surpasses that held by the sister coun try. We may still expect to see prices lower before the ebb tide of speculation returns, when, like that natural element, it will flow slowly at first, gain strength as it rises, and in time flow again out of its limits, causing the same ruin - and disappointment to those who again may trust their fortune, at extravagantly high premiums, to its deceptive waters.—llrestminster Gazette. FADTxraismENT.—Functional Disorders.—Who would be well mu s t see that every o.gan of the body does its duty fully and fairly, which every one may certainly in sure by occasionally resorting to these Pills, or by taking a course of them, according to the printed directions folded round each box. Stomach, liver, kidney, and bowels are all reached ty their purifying and corrective powers, and any departure from their natural action is strenuously re sisted, and order and regularity enforced. Health may always be preserved by attentive obedience to Holloway's directions, and by using his medicine as advised by them. MI obstructions will by this means be removed, the blood will be purified, and its free and faultless circulation insured. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Whatever may be the result of the pro- secution commenced against Col. Nelson and Lieut. Brand, the charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England has vindicated one vital principle of Eng lish justice. Martial law, it has often been said, is the suspension of all law, and the high authority of the Duke of Wellington is cited in support of this ambiguous doctrine. There is a sense in which such a proposition cannot be contradicted, for iu a state of war the will of the general is practically supreme. The execution of au enemy or rebel, taken in arms, by order of a court-martial, is, in the words of Sir J. Mackintosh, " only amore regularand convenient mode of exercising the right to kill in war." It may be justified, like the refusal of quarter, by reasons of military necessity, but it would be an abuse of language to call it a lawful act. It has been sup posed, however, that martial law, in a far more specific sense, may be prolaiined by virtue of the royal prerogative in cases of emergency, and that, having been proclaimed, it overrides and supersedes the action of civil tribunals. It was against theories of this kind, which received an apparent sanction from Mr. Disraeli's reply to Mr. Mill last session, that Chief Justice Cockburn's h‘minous exposition of the law was chiefly directed. The first question being whether theso-called court-martial which tried Gordon had any legal jurisdiction, it was necessary to examine the groundsupon which that jurisdiction might be claimed. Now, it might be claimed either under a commission from the Crown giving autho rity to the Governor, or under some legislative enactment. If claimed under a commission from the Crown, it might be supported by one of two arguments—either that Jamaica is, for that pur pose, a Crown colony and subject to the absolute reign of the Sovereign, or that, being a settlement and entitled to the same rights and privileges as Great Britain, it is nevertheless liable to be placed under martial law. With respect to the former argument, it may be enough to say that, after a review 01 Jamaica history, it was dismissed by the Chief Justice as wholly untenable. The island was, indeed, first acquired by conquest and cession, and thus became prima facie a Crown colony ; but it was shortly afterwards evacuated by the Spanish population and resettled from England under special proclamation by Charles II.; thereby assumin g the character of colony formed by occupati on . If there was ever any doubt of this, it was set at rest not only by the establishment of representative Govern ment nearly two centuries ago, but, far more con clusively, by an act passed in the reign of George 111., which confirmed to the inhabitants of Jamaica the privileges of British subjects. The validity of martial Law in Jamaica, therefore, depends on the same considerations as its validity in any part of the United Kingdom. If it can be proclaimed there, except under a local act, it may also be proclaimed here ; and if its proclamation can be there autho rised by a local act without the consent of the Im perial Parliament, then an immunity from arbitrary jurisdiction is not, as it has hitherto been held to be, the birthright of English colonists no less than of native Englishmen. The opinion of the Lord Chief Justice is decisive against the existence of any pre rogative enabling the Sovereign to declare martial law. He takes all the alleged precedents, one by one, and shows elaborately that no such position can be founded upon them. The earlier annals of Eng lish history are full of illegal proclamations and san guinary reprisals, but nothing like a judicial recog nition of martial law can be found in them. The phrase does not appear to have been ever used until the time of the Tudors, and then appears to have been used rather to strike terror than with the deli berate purpose of establishing courts-martial for the trial of civilians. The wholesale executions which followed the insurrection of `Vat Tyler were covered by an act of indemnity; the butchery of prisoners after some of the battles in the Wars of the Roses was a cruel exercise of warlike rights, as they were understood in those days. At all events, since the Petition of Right there is no instance of martial law being proclaimed in England, though many insurrections have severely tested the forbear ance of the Government. Even in Ireland, which the advocates of prerogative have been wont to re gard as their chief stronghold, Acts of Indemnity have generally, if not invariably, been passed to cover the excesses of " Martial. Law." Had Wolfe Tone not anticipated the intervention of the civil power by cutting his own throat, the issue which has now arisen might have been decided 70 years ago •, as it was, the Executive did not venture to proceed further without statutory authority. In short, the inference which the Chief Justice draws from the whole course of English jurisprudence and legisla tion is that martial law is not so much the suspen sion as the negation of all law, and warrants nothing which could not be lawfully done without a recourse to it. While he points out the popular error which confounds it with military law as now administered under the Mutiny Act, and formerly under Ordi nances and Articles of War, he defends military law itself against the charge of being an arbitrary system, governed by no fixed principles or rules of procedure. Still more emphatically does he protest against the notion that martial law differs from military law in being more capricious, more shadowy, and more de= pendent on the conscience and discretion of the tribunals constituted under it. Upon the whole, he arrives at the conclusion that martial law is a mere figment, that no power but Parliament can suspend the common law rights of civilians, and that even soldiers are not amenable in time of peace to so despotic a jurisdiction as that of courts-martial has been described. The only plea which can avail a military officer who has put a British subject to plea which w ou ld equally avail a police- O iea fficteh is a r oreven a private citizen. It is the plea, not of martial law, but of necessity. There are cases in which an individual may take the law into his own hands in self-defence; there are cases in which, for the protection of society, all loyal subjects, and still more those who may b e spec i ally charged with the maintenance of ord e r, may execute the h i gher l aw o f public safety ; but there is no case in which a mockery of justice can be rendered valid by a pro clamation of Martial Law. It would be superfluous to enter upon the detailed application of these prin ciples to the act passed by the Jamaica Legislature under colour of which Mr. Gordon was arrested and tried. However elastic may be the prerogative of declaring Martial Law—a.ssalnicg the existence of such a prerogative—it would be absurd to attribute an equal elasticity to a statutable proclamation of martial law in a certain district therein defined. The illegality of Gordon's arrest has scarcely been questioned among competent lawyers, and Mr. Eyre himself confessed from the first that he relied on an act of indemnity. There would, in fact, have been more room for doubt h a d not proclamation of martial law been issued, for the exclusion of King ston from the county of Surrey for this purpose rather tended to negative any presumption of necessity. His arrest, then, being illegal, it follows that his trial must have been equally illegal, and the Lord Chief Justice did not scruple to denounce the policy which took him out of the jurisdiction of lawful tribunals which might have acquitted him, and sent him before an unlawful tribunal from which a conviction was confidently expected. We forbear to prejudice the case against Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand by adverting . to any later state of the proceeding s . I t i s t h e d u ty o f a judge, in directing the grand jury to discuss, by anticipa tion, many topics on which public comment would be premature and improper. The law is one thing ; the facts are another. We accept this authoritative confirmation of Constitutional principles from the bench with unqualified satisfaction. The facts are for the grand jury ; and we have too much respect for the safeguards of English law to encroach upon their functions. POST.—In a not very numerous house it has been decided by nearly the smallest of majorities that the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland shall not be open to Roman Catholics. That this decision should have been pronounced is, we think, a matter for re gret. The office of Viceroy of Ireland—an office, by the way, which cannot possibly survive many years —is of course in the nomination of the Crown, and It would be always in the power of the Government to appoint whom they pleased, notwithstanding the removal of the existing disqualification. When the champions of Protestantism spoke of the perils which would arise if a Roman Catholic was appointed as representative of the Sovereign, they overlooked the fact that the person so appointed would be simply the nominee of the Cabinet at Whitehall, and liable to removal at a moment's notice. The question was one which was alone capableof being argued on sentimental grounds, and it has unfortunately hap pened that in obedience to a sentimental antipathy to anything which appears to be an infringetdent of the great principle of Protestant supremacy, an op portunity has been lost of placing Roman Catholics and Protestants on the same footing as regards eligi bility for every office under the Crown in the sister country. Her Majesty's Government evinced their willingness to assent to thatclause in Sir C. O'Logh len's bill which throws open the office of Lord Chan cellor of Ireland to Roman Catholics, but declined to pursue the same liberal course in reference to the similar provision regarding the office of Viceroy. For this apparent inconsistency we seek in vain for an explanation, and assuredly do not find one in the laboured speech of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. If difference of religion ought in this country to be a ground for incapacitating an indi vidual for office, then we ought to revert to the laws which were in force before the passing of the celebrated act for the relief of Roman Catholics. If, however, it is expedient that all citizens should be regarded with equal favour, independently of differences of religious persuasion,it is obvious that nothing short of paramount necessity can justify the exclusion of persons on such grounds from particular offices. The onus lay on the opponents of Sir Colman O'Loghlen's bill to show that such a para mount necessity existed formaking Roman Catholics ineligible 'for the post of Lord Lieutenant in a country where the great bulk of the population is Roman Catholic, and this they failed to do. Being little more than a puppet, it was impossible to prove that an Irish viceroy could be otherwise than harm less, whether he went to church or chapel ; but, neverthelesQ, the flimsy argument that because he would be the shadow of the Queen he must neces sarily profess the same creed, had weight with a majority of the house of Commons, and the Roman Catholic subjects of her Majesty were in effect told that not one of their number could be entrusted to fill one of the most honourable though not the most responsible offices in the State. Mr. Gladstone , effectually disposed of Mr. Disraeli's feeble justifica tion for drawing a distinction between the office of Lord Lieutenant and every other office under the Crown in Ireland, by pointing out that the Chancel lor of the Exchequer never ventured to contend that any peril would accrue to the constitution by the pro posed change. Mr. Whalley, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Vance naturally saw in a removal of the existing disability the first step towards the repeal of the Act of Settlement, by which the Throne is limited exclu sively to Protestants. But then it must be recol lected that those gentlemen would willingly exclude Roman Catholics from all great offices of trust and power, and would doubtless see with pleasure the repeal of the Act of 1829. In every indulgence afforded to their Roman Catholic, fellow-subjects they see a covert attack on the Protestant Establish ment of this country. They would have negatived every clause in Sir Colman O'Loghlen's bill if they believed that a majority would have followed them into the lobby. With their opposition, which may be said to be rather instinctive than rational, we have no fault .to find. They are at least consistent. But what we fail to comprehend is the process of reasoning by which the chief of the Conservative party and many Liberal members came to the con clusion that it was advisable to afford a Roman Catholic an opportunity of becoming Lord High Chancellor of Ireland but not Lord Lieutenant. To our minds the former, having inter alia the power of appointing justices of the peace, intro motu can exer cise much greater personal influence in Ireland then the latter, who acts under the advice of his Privy Council, and is obliged to obey the orders of the Home Secretary. The various Secretaries of State may be Roman Catholics ; why, therefore, it may be asked, should not also an official who is obliged to act in conformity with their wishes ? The truth is that Mr. Disraeli could not reply to this argument; as Mr. Gladstone remarked, " his wheels drave heavily" whilst endeavouring to maintain a position which his reason disavowed, and he was obliged in effect to justify the course he recommended to the house on sentimental grounds, which, if sentiment, was allowed to have any weight in such a discursi.. • sion, should have turned the balance the other way*, ,',.: It has often been urged, and with much truth, that Roman Catholics have no substantial grievance in the circumstance of being excluded from the_ office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. They have been reproached with converting a molehill into a mountain, and of appealing to sentiment and not to reason when they have demanded the repeal of an almost unsubstantial disqualification. It reduces itself, therefore, to a question of sentiment on botbot h sides. The Irish Roman Catholics protest that their feelings are outraged by a law which declares that none of their creed are worthy to occupy Dab- ' lin Castle, to hold levees and drawing rooms, give balls, and to execute the behests of the English Cabinet. On the other hand, the Protestants re gard with alarm the prospect of the personal repre sentative of a Protestant Sovereign going to mass. What, said Mr. Vance, would become of the eccle siastical staff of the Lord Lieutenant, which it seems includes a dean, sub-dean, and 36 chaplains, if be were a Roman Catholic ? Would the Castle chapel be converted into a Roman Catholic place of wor ship ? These arguments, if they are worth anything , would equally apply to the office of Lord Mayor of London. The fact that the chief magistrate of the City must have his chaplain, and must attend on certain occasions at St. Paul's, did not prevent the corporation electing a Hebrew gentleman last year. A canny Scotch member suggested that the Vice' roy, with his whole b ttch of deans and chaplains , ought to be swept away on economical grounds, and this was the only suggestion which seemed to re commend itself to both parties in the house. The real point at issue was, as Mr. Gladstone forcibll observed, whether different principles should be ali; plied in Ireland from those which rule in Englan d" and Scotland. We think not ; a n d we a gree w i t h him in considering that " we should apply the same principles —namely, that in as far as may be con' aistent with the unity of the empire we sh o uld con suit, in framing ou r l aws f or eac h country , the cha' ratter, dispositions, an d conv i ct i ons o f the people e i : that country." COUNTRY MARKETS. GAINSBOROUGH—TUESDAY. Our corn exchange was well supplied with wheat to day. Farmers asked more money, but factors and m iller! would not give it, and a slow sale at last week's prices I'M the result. Barley slow, and other sorts as before. HULL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a short supply of Eng" lish wheat, which met a slow sale. In foreign nothing doing. Oats, beans, and peas no change. Linseed is to 2s per qi. lower. English white wheat, 58s to 66s ; red, 54s to 63s ; Dan te sic and Konigsberg, 65s to 68s ' • Baltic red, 60s to 6 2 e; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 57s to 5 95 * Barley, English, 36s to 49s ; grinding, Mediterranea n ' 34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s • Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58 s to 60s; foreign, 43° to 445. Peas, English blue, 42. to 44s Od; foreign white' 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. The attendance of farmers, millers, and dealers to-dal' and the quantity of grain shown was short. Wheat had downward tendency. Barley easier to buy. Oats, bean* and peas unchanged. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised fro m 56s to 64s ; barley, 37s to 51s; oats, 24s to 32s ; beans, 463 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 5, 4 6d 78 6d per bushel ; Bost bread, 15d ; household ditto, 14 " per 81b loaf. Flour, 45s to 49s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE--T tiESDAY. Since the advent of more spring-like weather the Wei markets have been better attended. Home-grown vill a shows a downward tendency, Foreign wheat declined to 2s per qr. Fine barley at previous quotations, and 0: ferior rather lower. English and foreign oats at previous rates. Beans without change. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, re d ' 7s 3d to 7s 6d per bushel ; white, 7s 6d to 8s Od ; inferit 6s Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 46s to 52s per q r ; grin; ing ditto, 34s to 36s Od; beans, 44s to 50s ; white oats, 2 ' to 28s 6d ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. a. s. d. s. ig 9 18 Holywell Main l6 0 Hetton Lyons ........ ..." 6 Lambert's W.Hartley 16 3 South Hetton West Hartley Wylam Eden Main Wallsend Haswell lB 6 East Hartlepool Walls End Hetton ... 18 6 Original Hartlepool lB Ships at market, 36—sold. 21. BRITISH -VESSELS OF WAR.—From a retai l s which has just been published, it appears that on the I°c/ of March, 20 English vessels of war, of £34,617 tons, 0 ,, a complement of 5,313 officers and men were in the Diet terranean ; 29 vessels of 34,827 tons, and a complement "" 5,488 men in North America and the West Indies ; 9 l eS ; eels of 7,647 tons and 1,115 men on the south-east coast America; 7 vessels of 7,590 tons and 1,275 men at the Est Indies; 3 vessels of 3,708 tons and 446 men at the CaP%, Good Hope ;19 vessels of 15,179 tons and 1,1 , 94 men on tR i West Coast of Africa station ; 14 vessels of 19,342 tons and 3,321 men in the Pacific; 40 vessels of 30,246 tons an d 4,628 men on the China station ; 6 vessels of 6,793 tons a li nn 1,367 men in Australia ; and 1 surveying vessel with " men detached in the Straits of Magellan. Births. he BURN—On the 10th inst., at 7, Angel-terrace, Brixton, t--r, wife of George R. Burn, of Doctors'-connnons, cohct t of a daughter. tli PARTRIDGE—On the 10th inst., at The Limes, ,-- 0-• Penge-park, the wife of W. J. 'Partridge, Esq., of 13. WARD—On the 10th inst., at Barnes-common, Mrs. 1. Ward, of a daughter. Marriages. o f KLISSER—SAMUEL—On the 9th inst. Mr. Mr. C. L. Klis scr. e t Amsterdam, and Adelaide, South Australia, to daughter of Mrs. M. Samuel, 4, Gower-street. St' a KING-BRBY—On the 9th inst., at the Church a a Botolph, Aldgate, Martha Hannah Anne, eldest dauglito, of Mr. D. King, of Mitre-street, Aldgate, to John Thall, third son of Sir. J. T. Ashby, of Elm-terrace, tfaeßned;, PRIOR—BRYANT—On the 10th inst., at the parish chultla Redgrave Suffolk, Edward Prior, late of Cbintl,,s4., Japan, to Emily, eldest daughter of ' John Bryant , The Grove, Redgrave, Deaths. rt u- Cox—On the 28th ult., at Castlestone, St. Peter's, J4O , ampton, John Cox, MA., some 35 years curate of grave and Hannington, aged 64. fifer a' DAYIES—On the sth inst., 'at Bednall Vicarage, Eila shire, the Rev. Matthew Davies, aged 77. n plOt HA the Ist inst., at Audley House, Sa ll ' w Isle of Wight, James Harrison, Esq., aged 76. 0 , 40 Roos—On the 9th inst., at Putney-heath, Sarah Louisa, Countess Dowager of Ripon, aged 74. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM AND,,P'iigf of No. 112, Strand, 'Printer, at THE Sing Moe, - 17 ' ° 1 " of Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in tho Vow bliciclle6ez.7:ThuriclaT, April 11, 1867.