The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

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After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Adel phi Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After strand Tlreatre. I"VANS' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre ‘NS' to SUP. After St. Jam es ' s Th eatre .. . to SUP. Atter Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight I(INA.HAN'S LI, WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXTTETITTTON, 1g65. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole 'olne. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London "Y the A znnts in the principal towns in England ; or wholes:llA at R, GREAT WPSIDAULL-STREET, LONDON, W. Ohaerve the TIM geil Pink Label, and Cork branded "Icinahan's LL!Whigitvi." ei ,OUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and RUSINESSES. PrItNESS and KNEE'S Li st on apolleatiem. Part i nliars for inserti on rece i ved unt i l the 27 t h o f th e month at their Anent)/ AND HOTEL AGENCY ()mem. 5, A Zar•street Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charinz Cross Railway Station. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION it 4 ( Inoorporatrd Aot of Parliam.nt. VSO) . A ST RE ET, Coy 141 f T-G R DEN. LOWBOY, 4:11111 1 MONEY' nnon Pers3nal Security, Bills of Salo 01011 or Leaaehold Prover y, for one, two, or three years, r d rY n a . e w ee ki Y. monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly ' 4-11 .-ed Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. T E 0 X F 0 R D TR 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., NTUSICAL EST ABLTSIDINNT OF LONDON. B I F T ,,U P nperettn, by Ofll9llwth, entitled MR. AND MRS. ht h ,'NTR, and LA TRAVIAT &c. Princiral artistea, rt) ea Rtniaell, Barrie, and Fitz Henry' ; Raul's. A. St. Albyn. an d c ' e l insk. Evans. Rory, Siernor Tivoli, with Extra Band 'bolix Conductor, Kr. F. Jonelynana Lii l (111.1113 Y. • b Messrs. TIARRY SYDNEY. LITTLE tl Vt. "' an 4 1 1 Aleri N INA, MARCUM wir.KlNsOv i A lle i ren GE TTi llT RUDE and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, net , ir t en r l ti " — .) r tled . FRASER Comrsdlan. win lila' new En tertain " NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE." Ac ro li b T lCE.—The Bro PLIES EVENING.s. HA.NLON. +h. celebrated American will appear ARGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND CASINO, Windmill-etreet. Piccadilly. 4.ll`h_eme elegant and ono/liar Rnomm. having been entirely re an'7l"Weel. are now OPEN EVERY EVENING for Concert G it ge t t T nß% Conductor, Signor LITGI CURTL Manager, Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. NV EST° N' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASRY and HOLLAND. T T , rend Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera " IL 7,'°VATORE. Count di vocalists Manrico, Mr. 'Angiee Brenner di Luna, Mr. P. Corri; Leonora, Miss Tre maine ; Azuc ena , Miss Ell en R ea d ; and Douglas lion in costume as at the opera. .1 ARTIT UR LLOYD, w ith N ew S ongs; J o lly Nash; and ior eaal and Victor the Sensation of London.. Crowded gINSMINA and Immense Success of the PIOCANINY TRBLS, 12 in number, including those wonderful eil who played at the Royal Haymarket Theatre / 8 t hen Living Miniatures." Band of 80 first-class per ornu,rs, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's pen:looOrtonvie.nt Garden Opera Honses. Musical Director, Mr. e c r r iees of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box re between the h ours of 10 and 5 o ' clock. Hall open wing at half-past 7, commence at 8. TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, lkim v BAKER-STREET. dew. DlTlONS.—Beautifni CO DRESES, the ,-,ns a nd fashions being taken from UUT the Paris Ex S hibition. °Den f rom 1 ittance. a Is. m. ; til chil 10 d p. ren . under ten, ed. ; extra rooms. 6(1 - 1 .l m. ANTIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per reatlY pore awl unemlorefl. To be had of all dealers —_ rolemale of JOEIN BURGESS n and SON, 107. Strand t of Savoy -steps). London. A ..tt ESKELL, SURGEON-DENTIST, author of fronig k nm "Dental Surzery,'• " Pare Dentistry." " Dental ,a " Ate. may be CONSULTED DAILY AS hitherto etr e I ° to , 4 o'clock, at his ONLY re,idenee. S. Grosvenor et, Ilond-street. ----_ EAFT-DE-VlE.—This Pare PALE BRANDY, of e 0 , 18 s• Per "lion, by superio , . to profess mportations ten,. -nay., recommended by the medical on. and ex ;lvelY used in hospitals. In bottles, 345. per dozen, or in .3 44 e 394 , railway carriafre rmi i.—HENRY 'BRETT ani a ; 014 Farntral's illstillery, Holborn, E.O and 30, Regent- I ' r eet, S.W. Established 1829. TTIF. IttrlN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF TILE MANY." THof E Panic of '66 and its co nsequen t depression the Colonial M ir..zets enables th, "E AST Mill k TEA. n r IMPA.NY" to offer TOWER THANT EVER. SiX Pounds of Goad Tea for 6s. ed. can't be dear. The Company's KATSO WS by the Clipper Ships are really dell ions. ik Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Rishopsgate street, .Tan. I. 1467. 'llllunit published, 24 ; sent by the author for 1 stamps. GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet up, descriptive ot articlesmeans used for imorovinT Lonenearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, on, IPANISFI FLY is the acting ingredient in 114rALT,Rx. ROSS'S CiLITTITARMICS OIL. whioh 'moodily " whlakera and thinker's hair, le ad, Se ad, ROSS 84 ; 1:16 4 ,5q Post for I SI. 84, and 11$ 4t‘mna.— &LEX. 248, E tolhorn. London, and all Chemists. ONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Tht, in one day b y usin,r ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. rento4:Paration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, - A% veryroot. Prime is; sent by poet for 60 stamps. lil gh Rol urn , London, and all Chests. CURLING. FLUID 248, High Holborn, tptie4,44olldon.—A.LlM. ROSS'S C U RLING FLUID curia :‘,l 64 ° k r Gentlemen's hair immediately it l e s p o il e d. S o ld 2." 8 6 d. end 10e 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. all cheint,t, CP EY High Holborn, London.- I ,ll,lALli:x. ROSS'S DYR produces a perfect ()Mow tu.,07`,114tR171t is use/ It Is permanent, and. perfeltly tor sit Ora t. Price 3a Rd bs Rd. and 1 04 6d ; sent by post 41,14 141 stamps ; 'and all Chemists. ...... ._. . . Etkitß DE STROYER. -248, Hi g h H o lb orn , on ,. t_Nitaern, .Ini•ALEX. ROSTA lIMPELVFOrtY remov e .. .0 VA, 8 11 , hair from the f ace, neck, and arms, wiehont s effe 4 t Rod Igi at m. Price 3. a ll 64, and Ile 63; giant for •t, I. ""Ds•—ilad o Cemists. -....- PIRPL E Iv obi R EMOVER.—AII diseases of the imnroved PILLS. one doie of ALEX. ROE i'S SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal ,:klaior:l43 ?A 94 an High or nest for 4n and 100 stamps. "'Ma. '°BB. 24S,Holborn, Londan, and all 114ilt COLOUR WASH.—By washing the head " tend With this betutifullv-perfnmei Wash, in seven 8 ,Z)13 5 . a „aFe the hair assumes its Original colour, and remains ROgs,;10(10. %atonal usin T. ins ad ; lent for stamps . — ALEX. '' MO 110 1 born, London. and all Chemists. Li t i t Pa triSid ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie I. 7 atitt,t,,, 182 , Fli ongh, Buck s (f ormer l y at Clapham-rise). In- Ait;ell°N--ner Most Gracious M AJESTY the QUE. TIN. e•er e t. t 3 this Institution will he gladly received by the - 1 7. at the otnee s . No. 7a, Cheapside, E.C. AF he SYKES TITORNTON, Treasurer. FROITAS 'FILSON...LP, Chairman of th e B oard. ST R' 3I- lEN REEO CATTLEY, ILA., Hon. Sec. 4,L FRED M ACKENZIE% Secretary. .-LBOARD of MANAGEMENT of the NI ti, - ". DON HOWE IP A T ITIC HOSPITAL wish to th;pa q 4 e at tention of their friends t, iis position—daring the ,J;','Lr the beds have been almost constantly filled. and .eee n 'ir , en the resources of the Hosnital has consequently no r ,.:-reat. They trust. therefore. that ell the friends ot the."oo3thy, both in town and count-y, will rally round lulae,,Z4d thus prevent the necessity of curtallinz the . use ,...l4l.lllspatthe Hospital by the admission of fewer patients re<ni!t'PTlONS earnestly needed. Bankers 3Tessrs. Ar gYil. a n't Co., Threadneedle-street ; and Union Bank. "ace, Ilegentstreet lio, 5 2, c • JOHN R. WARREN, Cl er k . xreat Or mond -street, W.C. 1-rit tu PA'RECKED SEAMEN and their 11Th re vq. • °f 4rinl 1 . 1 - 1, i:..‘,.1) WIDOWS and 0 RPFIANS. —Upwards 4flikh ~., 0 ' ''" vegaela are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of Thr„., 1, n the Ttritish Isles ! 14 R t NTRit;ll,",,t nf the, eckB B t where the SITIPWRECKED Hon. Azent, wh o 7 :''',CIETY' is not represented bv A tihipwreckme 0 hes (when nakedi and sends t e i_t a h o e n ir n homes e narity t, the ersons of all nations and is the . ..h .lof its drowned. The co bereaved AvirioNvs and orphans or the ti. , ninlittee earnestlY APPEAL ! r HELP. hat Year lwara 'instant The Vociefy relieved 11,221 persons The die , viz shi • Dello, , D wrecked men. w id ow s , .. ,_ Messrs. Vi r int a ," o lB and sub scriptions thankfully recew . ca oY —B. '''eaco n, and Co and by the undersigned, .3 r ilber FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary tlia-ehambers, London-bridge S.E. rpur -, 1' 1' 11ZeUE SOCIETY wishes to add another _.,),,,,, libl a . 15 - ,-- to the 12 TIM./ in operation. Last year nn fewer Irsst it ., or ~,,tirter. friendleas young. females were ref ected from bc_.(, o,,Ttut.l-INDS arid rooni, maklag a total of VII. who have 1 he b,,,,,, a ;."7 In C 7P yearp. 7Thin z n .l , iiotnt the Committee wish to form wonli be tor nab , ,' 14 . i-nost children, from the flel, of 8 to 18. who (I, , ''''' I'l astriy from the path of virtue. Qtr, 111:httitia TV ill be received zratetully bv the Sec.retarv. illsl,7'". ps.s.ss, Queen •street Cheapalde; or by Menars ' "d CO., omh‘rd-atrnet. li OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's ' In the Ulm ediate vicinity of the Great Northern nal vieop ..,.‘l.l)44l.ttrilrioonnlsn'lliKeßrilutPiy°a;grti af7ira;shal. :sae t.7iaejPesrtYinctehoef QWIjARLISI474°,II G. e,.ilident—llis Grace the Duke of BUCCI.ICUCiI, N.G. lioilV. no!rpital, fonndel in the year 1828, the drat to estab th, ..,1-.1 principle of free admission to the sick poor, without pe t ,,i' e 7 n un and dielculty of Governors' orders, is wholiT .. de- It t 'i r ' r °e 811 Dot on voluntary contributions and and el • kt,,,. ords relief to a large number of in-pa . nts„ ,in 4 t W t t i 7 o ll to this, the average nnmber ot attendanee of the it co o "A et , * hall for a considerable period averaged between " 4 4 (10 0 kl T h ,.. c , . wee T. bezt,ro, alntnittee ear estly solicit the &SST FT ANCE of th o e ec, t ., t ,eni, as the Pr - nises of this Tiotipit:._ are capab le l til t , rlng eoveral fi,ndred more beds had the Comm it t ee oonpnisite funds to maintain them. ,}4tt,„ Co e .'ribntio are reeetved by their bankorp. 3Tessrs. Brown, n Co.. '1. 1 ,, and , A bchureb-lane; also by &Tesoro. Coons a o. d . itt; "rarnmond and Co. • Glyn and Co. : 'Terries and C o.; t nni and Co.; Preseo'rt. Grote, and Co.; led (, . Tin": Yilysbei axid ~., . Barclay and Co. Williams, Deacon, an C 0..: 'ay., Berners-street : s and at the Hospital. from iv till S. .BTAIXFORD NUM floaetsry:_, No. 23,381. Now ready at ail the L►braries. in 3 vols.. RAYMOND'S A NOVEL. HEROINE, The Times "Raymond's Heroine' is a clever and vi ;ors oos w irk. It is a book which &serves to be rea I, and IL wilt be read. 1 h r. ruler will gallop thron4ll it with breathless Inlerctit IL Is a book whic t will b: gui•ty of causing careful ITIAMM44 to say to their daughters—'My dear, do p,At down toat bo , k and go to bel.'" Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great 3litriboroughsstreet. Now published at 3d., per post 4d.. RAINLESS EkTiucTION; or, Anmsthesia Lonny Annlie'. By A. hl iIC.KLL, Surzeon-Dentist, Author of '• Dental burgery," •• Pure Dentistry," &o. Simpkin, Marshial, and Co.; all bloksellers ; or of the Author, at his residence, 8, Grosvenor-street, Boad-street. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the Souse of Lords. "V.a" IRISII WHISKY. DUNVITLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH w RISKY, BELFAST. London 01113 es and Stores. 4, BE KT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C. Established 1808. Quotations on application. JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street, Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C., next the "Times." TAMES DALY and CO.,Distillers, John-street, e C,drk, beg to announce that they are able to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies. in casks or cases, and to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7, Printing-house-square, London, KC., the only house in the square not occupied by the "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies bring the highest prices in the Australian and othe- Colonial markets, as may 13.: observed by reference to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which ft wilt be seen that — Ther whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and ls. per case over the next best, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the most reasonable terms. HAMPSTEAD -HEATH HOTEL.-- This Hotel, situate in the centre of the heath. is fully prepared for the reception of visitors. Dinners and wines of the best description, and on the most moderate terms, either in the coffee-room or fhe private rooms. Excellent bed and sitting rooms, each commanding a lovely view. Baths and billiard room on the premises ; also excellent stabling. There is a new chop and steak room open for luncheons, hot from the girdiron. The well-known dining hall, where 600 persons can sit down at society or trade dinners, treats for schools, and Volunteer gatherings, and tea garden connected with the same, ate also ready. All classes wilt find here the cheapest and be t refreshments to be met ith near the me tropolis. To secure bed roo ns or the exclusive use of the great hall apply to Mr. JOHN hi. FOX, at the H.tel, Vale of Health. THE DERBY, THE DERBY, THE DERBY, CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES, 23A, NEW BONO-SrREEr, Corner of Conduit-Street. GOOD NEWS REARERS and Breeders of Pheasants, Part ridges, Grouse, Blackcock, Ptarmi2,..n, and all kinds of Poultry. by asking or writing, can have posted free, a Book, containing 61 pages, on Hatching, Bearing. and Feed ing the above valuable and beautiful Birds It contains numerous testimonials from these who have met with the greatest success by adopting my recommendation and Whig my Food. JAS. CHAMBERLIN, of Post-oflice• street, Norwich, is now patronised by Her Most Gracious Majcstithe QUEEN, for the Royal Parks at Windsar; His R.H the PRINCE of WALES, at Sandringham; Ills Imperial Majesty NAPOLEON III„ at Compie,gue ; The Aristocracy of the United Kingdom ; The Zoological Gardens; London; and by over 2,0)0 Game. keepers. Observe the Address, JAMES CHAMBERLIN, FOREIGN WINE AND TEA MERCHANT, Post-office-street, Norwich. CONTRACTS FOR SOAP, OATS, COCOA, AND PEPPER. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, May 14, 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LRD HIGH ADMIRAL the UNITED KINGDOM o f GREAT BRITAIN andoIRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 23d instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned ar ticles, viz.:,- Quantitieq. To be tendered for at rates. SOAP, 300,000 Pounds par 100 Pounds. Half to be delivered in one caleudax month from date of Contract, and the remainder in one calendar month after wards. OATS, 2,500 Imp. Bushels. COCOA, 400,000 Pounds PEPPER, 15,000 Pounds per 300 Pounds. One-half of each to be delivered in three weeks from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks afterwards ; or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Separate Tenders are to be made for each article. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. The Cocoa and Pepper to be exempted from the Cus toms' Duties, and parties tendering are to state where they aro lying. Samples of the Soap (not less than a bar), of the Oats (not less than 2 quarts), and of the Pepper (not less than 2 lbs.), must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Cocoa must specify the mark and land ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce, and an average sample (not less than 2 lbs. for each import mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not an average of different marks or several imports, and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or average quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the Officers. No Oats tendered are to be of less weight than 42 lbs. per bushel. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted are to be taken away by them immediately after the Contracts have been decided. No Tenders will be received unless mad e i n accor d ance with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and Contractors in claiming payment f or ar ti c l es supplied are to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to quantities and rates, excepting those for Oats, which aro to be in pounds, at per 100 pounds. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed Form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application in the lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. Particular attention is called to the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen in the said lobby. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty. and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender ," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. By ordor, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR OATS. CONTRACT DEPARTMENTI', ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET bousE, May 18, 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the 'UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give Notice, that the Quantity of Oats advertised on the 14th to be tendered for on THURSDAY, the 23d inst., has been Reduced to 2,500 Imperial Bushels. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. R INT IN G. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, drc.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, dm., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.O EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION, who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. Re has a perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi ness, and has good connections. On application to " Tho Sun" Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons who may have other business in Paris, or who may go there for pleasure only. ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN DINT! TOTE ORPHANS are being maintained in the ALBERT ORPHAN ASI LU3I. Coiling - wood Court, Bagshot, surrey. FUNDS greatly needed for their support. CHARLES A. WALKER, See. Offices, 911, Cheapside. E.C. THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has URGENT NEED of FUNDS. —Donations and Sub scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Dimsdale and Co.. 50, eornhiil; Messrs. Drumm and and Co., Charing cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co.. Strand ; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street; and by the undersigned, at the Hospital, Liverpool-road, N.. CHARLES FINN. Sec. HELP for the DESTITUTE SICK.— hi ET ROPOLI VAN FRE ti; II OS PITA L. Devon shire-square, City. Instituted for the immediate gratuitous Relief of the Sica Poor of every Nation and Creed , without letters of recommendation. FUNDS an urgently needed to maintain its efficiency BATIKERS—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares. and Co.. 62, Lombard street. JNO. GURNEY FRY, Chairman. GEO. CitOXTON. Secretary. G REAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntwy Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it Was established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients ars admitted free. BANKERS—Messrs. Barnett, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street; Messes. Ransom and BOUverie, I, Pall-mall. Row. Smith, Esq. CIEORGE REID, Sea THE SUN, LONDON, INIONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1867. SPIRIT OP THE PUBL W JOURNALS. THE " SPECTATOR'S" NEW LECTURE FOR Ma. GLADSTONE.—If Mr. Gladstone would only learn • that earnestness is a quality to be economized I He is always wasting it, tilt men of the world, who know by instinct rather than reason what is lin ' yortant and what is not, scarcely know how to fol low him. That speech of Saturday to the deputa tion from the National Reform Union was in every r.lipect but this an admirable one, full of truth arid argument, and illustrations often worded in the speler's happiest style. The single drawback was a superfluity of earnestness. It is quite true that the "rating principle " is a bad foundation for the franchise, a very bad one, as tending at once to in crease corruption, and to widen the breaches among classes, but it is not so bal that Englishmen will abandon the habit of their lives, and abolish a law before it has been put in operation. Having once passed it, they will try it, and then if it works badly they will patch it till it works better, but they will not sweep it away on a priori reasons, be fore it has been worked at all. They are not logical enough, or sufficiently amenable to argument, to do anything of the sort. When, therefore, Mr. Glad stone declares that he shall obey the Reform Act, if it passes, under protest, and with the full inten tion of sweeping away its main provision, he goes so far beyond his countrymen that he tempts them to pull up, in sheer dislike of the pace he wishes to establish. If the bill turns out badly, they will be ready to help in altering it, but till then they do not watt to be gs l / 4 0 .0 ...1 11 ,* agitation, _wearied with diktiathi, frightened with the suspension Of all other modes of effort. Mr. Gladstone is too earnest for them, too earnest even for us, who dis like this bill, on the face of it, as much as he does, though we have more confidence in the unforeseen palliatives which so often correct the effects of English blundering. If Mr. Gladstone can throw out the bill and bring in a better one, well and good ; but the difference between Mr. Hibbert's amend ment and Mr. Disraeli; is not worth such an expen diture of energy and' mental vigour. Mr. Ribbed would enable the tenant to vote, if liable for his rates, even if his landlord paid for him, and Mr. Disraeli enables him to vote only if he actually pays for himself. The difference to the tenant, as we showed last week, is almost nil, as he will just keep back two weeks' rent per quarter, but Mr. Glad stone evidently thinks that Mr. Disraeli's plan will strengthen the landlord's hands. ,How will it ? Under Mr. Hibbert's scheme, he could refuse to pay rates, and so just produce the very position Mr. Disraeli's scheme establishes. The real power of the landlord is not affected by such small distinctions, would be just as great if the qua lifi ca ti on were occupancy pure and s i mp l e . Th e landlord can evict, can distrain, and can " worrit"—to use a most expressive prorin cialism—when he is landlord only, as easily as when he is landlord and ratepayer, and an increase or decrease of a few pence a week in his demand will not greatly affect his power. The evil is the poverty of the people, not the mode in which they are to pay their rates. That the landlords will be terribly strong, so strong that the purchase of house pro perty in second rate boroughs will soon become a political pursuit, we sorrowfully acknowledge, but that evil is inherent in household suffrage, not in payingthe mode of rates. The one inevitable cre ditor will always be formidable to a poor debtor, but he will be formidable , whether he pays rates or not. The owner can sell the tenant's bed to get his arrears of 3s. 6d. a week, as well as to levy arrears of 4s. The only way to hit him hard is to abo lish the iniquitous preference which a landlord enjoys over every other creditor, one of the very first things a household suffrage Parliament is likely to . attempt, and one of the very few reforms which may in the future bring LiKds and Commons into direct collision. Why shoulu a landlord who finds shelter be able to distrain, when a baker who finds bread can only sue? Mr. Gladstone is quite right in disliking the bill, but he makes too much fuss, to speak plainly, about details, throws too much earnestness into his denunciation of evils inherent in the principle of the proposal, and not in its form. His magnificent intellect has sometimes a touch of ecclesiasticism in it, of that curious deficiency in perspective which makes clergymen fight vestments anti similar trash with as much vehemence as the opinions concealed under the detested dresses. Nothing worries men more than the spectacle of grand energy expended on trifles, and nothing worries average Englishmen half so much. They would fret if Mr. Gladstone promised to continue the agitation for some grind constitutional object, but to continue it for the sake of abolishing a trumpery restriction which will abo lish itself, irritates them exceedingly. The writing table is very dusty, but if that confounded house maid would only let it alone ! It was, too, a grave mistake in tactics, to say the least of it, to scold the Liberal party so vigorously as Mr. Gladstone did. Shooting mutineers is sometimes good policy, or sentencing cowards to death, but for a General to publish an order of the day asserting in the midst of the conflict that his whole army is mutinous or cowardly is silly, and nothing else. Mr. Glad stone thinks, we dare say, that he has been badly treated by his party,. and so he 'undoubtedly has been. They think him too liberal, and therefore support a bill which goes twice as far as he did. If he had punished the recreants, had formally called on the constituencies to dismiss them, we might have demurred to his severity, but we could not have impugned his justice. But to punish the whole party is neither fair nor wise. After all, 250 members • have followed him roost loyally, many of them men who, like Mr. Grant Duff, follow only because they are loyal, not because they love their chief, and they at least deserved specific exemption from censure. Punishment on them is un f a i r, an d on t h e remain der, though fair, is in this form at least unwise. Ridicule is a more intellectual weapon than slap ping, but ridicule never makes children better, and slapping may. A great army would not fight the better because its chief declared most of his soldiers ragged recruits, and a great party will not be the more obedient because it is compared to a squirrel, and warned not to run up a tree. The story is not a bad on e , th oug h o ld , an d M r. Glad stone told it very happily, but then the effect of it is to make the Lib eral party in the H ouse ridiculous, and it is not the business of a leader to make his own followers look small. Has Mr. Gladstone perchance a stronger instrument locked up anywhere in a cupboard, that be satirises the " Liberal party in the House of Commons" so mercilessly ? The writers of goody story books always make children love their " parents " Gladstone's i gnorance o f th e w o r ld can just after a w hippi ng or a lecture, b v eurty M. a . r d scarcely be quite so deep as theirs. Mr. Gladstone may say that he is appealing from the Commons to the country, which on certain occasions is no doubt very wise policy, but on this occasion he has to make use of the Commons from whom he is appealing, and they are not pleased, or likely to be pleased, with the double process. It is pleasant to quiz one's colleague s , pleasant also to ask their aid, but it is advisabl e, as most people think, to keep the pleasures distinct. After all, it is the members, and not the constituencies, who are to amend and pass this particular Reform Bill. The Liberals cannot well be the more competent or the more willing to perform their task, because they have had a ludicrous nickname fasten e d upon t h em as a body, or because their chief tells th em h e ex pects them to fail, and looks beyond th em to t h e country. All that only makes them sore and sore fmenent,ams well a more especially make good soldiers. Mr. Gladstone may think it possible t o s h am t h em ridic do not under de feat sore men smarting into discipline, but if he does, that only s h ows h ow little he Quarter Sessi ons i nto anything except anger and red faces, and th e sece d ers rid u i n e d n e le rsta nds the English world. You cannot —the Scotch borough members accepted, who had a reason for their conduct, are just like the justices, just as obstinate , and just as ready to be lieve that anybody who huglis,iii their h ear i ng i s necessarily at them. Th e county mem hb a e r s v e , a desertedid eilda i‘i laugh in g l eldest gt rO.r. S o and bre w i ng millionaires who ladstone are as sensitive on , o the score of their dignity as so many c oun t y magis gtriavteessa, naonedeasi sim n pl fyor resent the d escr i pt i on which laughter to every local enemy on the hustings. Th e y do not expect their leader to call them squirrels, which is the way M r . Glad stone's little parable will be used against th em i n a b n y e , yand Mr. B ass as a squirrel in how h e w ill l ove the their own neighbourhoods, indeed has been use d al ready thepr n n t s the h o pOs of Derby, seated in question. If M r . Gladstone great orator who gave the local caricatu r i s t th a t hint ! Mr. Bass will not be unseated hi s a d b the is requiredj ke, a h n ef d or i e f 1 i c s were ms.iesahte t sc O attoi b e sbe u ee unseated effect o f suc h m i st i med called frankness and earnestness, let him thi n k o f th e scene of Tuesday night, when h e , on suc h ques tions the leader of a clear majority of the house, in fact the leader of the whole house, for everybody believes in his financial genius, could not introduce a slight improvement into the programme of a Revenue Committee. Nobody would support him, though there were probably not 1 . ONDON AND NORTH-W HS'FERN and 1.4 LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY - 8. EPSOM RACES. 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She will be fitted with a mast and set of sails, while her draught of water will be very trifling, so as to enable her to asccutl the riverg and lakes in the intericr cf Africa, three Liberals in the House who disapproved bis suggestion. Mr. Gladstone probably thinks it very hard to be lectured so much as he is by his own friends, hut he must remember that his posi tion is absolutely exceptional. No other leader is possible than himself. If he will not or cannot lead prverly, the party as an efficient political or ganisation ceases to exist, and power is throWn of necessity into the hands of men who c tnnot be trusted in any one department except on some questions of foreign politics, and on those only be- C 311 8 ,1 they happen to have among them a man of Liberal principles, Tory connections, and IVlii.., definiteness of thought and policy. ../is a rule, the friends who tell us of our faults are enemies with a mask on, but when the coachman is driving into the ditch it maybe permitted even t o the Box-seat to hint that there is a safer road. Humility, purity, earnestness, are all virtues, which never, even when in excess, become vices, but they may be exaggerated into foibles, and foibles are worse than vices in a leader of men. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. The Bishop of Salisbury held bis triennial Visita tion at Bridport on Thursday last, where there was a large attendance of clergy and churchwardens. The Charge consists principally of a vindication of these doctrines :-1, that certain men have had in trusted to them by God, as fellow-workers with Him, supernatural powers and prerogatives; 2, that God had been pleased to give to these HisTairiAters the power of so altering the elements of bread and wine as to make them the channels of conveying to the soul for its subsistence the refreshing body and blood of Christ ; 3, that as Christ, the ascended Lord, is ever pleading, so the clergymen, His min isters, plead on earth that which He pleads in Heaven ; and, 4, that God, who alone can forgive sins, bath delegated to them, His representatives, the power and authority of expressing to those fitting to receive it the pardon of their sins. He proceeded to say that there was a time to speak and a time to keep silence, and he felt that the time for being outspoken had arrived in his diocese, and he had, without any men tal reservation, God knew, acted on that conviction. At this point, the Rev. William C. Templer, the rec tor of Burton Bradstock, stepped from his seat into the aisle in front of the bishop, and exclaimed with much fervour, "I believe there is a time to speak and a time to be silent ; let those that are on the Lord's side follow me," and he turned and walked out of the church, followed by one of the church wardens. This created a profound sensation, and intense silence prevailed for a minute or two. His lordship manifested some emotion, but, recovering, he said, " I would only remind you that this is a court, and the clergy are bound to attend it, though their consciences are not bound to receive all they hear ; of course, a person may be punished for any contempt of court." He then resumed the reading of the Charge, but, before he had concluded, every churchwarden had left the church, and there were manifest signs of weariness among the clergy. In the afternoon the churchwardens held a meeting, and unanimously adopted the following address to the bishop : "To the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salis bury :—My Lord,—As churchwardens of the several parishes within your diocese we have this day at tended your triennial Visitation, and heard the Charge delivered by you to your clergy. Feeling that we have also responsible duties to perform, in endeavouring to preserve our Reformed Church from innovations and practices inimical to its pure faith, we avail ourselves of the occasion to express our deep regret at some of the opinions and doctrines therein enunciated. We believe them to be at vari ance with those principles for which our forefathers so nobly and aSuccessf ally struggled more than 300 years ago when they protested against the errors of the Church of Rome. Entertaining the highest pos sible respect for your lordship's personal character and office, we nevertheless feel it incumbent on us to assert our belief that unless a check is at once and promptly made both by clergy and laity to those innovations and practices which are alien to the feeling of all sound Churchmen, a considerable portion of those who are now sinoerly devoted to the Establishment will be induced to withdraw to dissenting places of worship, or be insidiously attracted towards the Church of Rome, and thereby destroy the harmony and weaken the confidence which has so long and. happily existed among them.—We are, respectfully, your lordship's devoted servants, (Here follow the names of 34 churchwardens of the Deanery of Bridport.) IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 18. Alfred Aylward was brought before Mr. Barton, at the Head-office, yesterday, charged with " being a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, and being one of eight men who unlawfully assembled for Fenian purposes at Charletnont-place, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock p.m. on the 16th instant, and being armed with a dagger-knife when arrested by police-constable 167 B." This is the person who was fired at and wounded at the place and time mentioned. According to his own account he went to meet a friend, and when walking along the canal a man accosted him, saying, " Your friend is down this way." In a short time he and this man were joined by others, until the party amounted to eight. Seven men then fired at the prisoner, who made his escape into a field of Harcourt-terrace, and ran down as far as Leeson-street bridge, where he got a cab and drove to Mercer's Hospital to get his wounds dressed, three of the shots having taken effect. In the meantime, shortly after 10 o'clock that night, two young men went to Lad-lane police station, and told Acting Inspector Bennet that they saw about a dozen men near Charlemont-bridge, and heard shots fired, which one of them thought were aimed at himself. Immediate inquiry was made by a party of police, and they learned that a wounded man was gone to Mercer's Hospital. Con stable Richard Ryan went there and waited in the hail till Aylward came out, after getting his wounds dressed, when he arrested him, and found a large knife, or dagger, on his person. He said to the policeman, " Who sent for you ? I have nothing about me, only a knife. Well, I'll go over to the station house and make a report." He was taken to the Lad-lane station, and being asked whether he knew the party that fired at him, he replied, " I am no Massy. I do not." He was remanded till Wednesday, the inspector promising to have by that time evidence to connect him with the Fenian conspiracy. This arrest may lead to important results. It will be recollected that Cody, who was found guilty yes - terday of treason-felony, had been arrested a short time before his trial in consequence of making a row in Grafton-street and threatening to shoot a police. man. The pistol which he had was a seven-chamber revolver ; and he also had a dagger which he wore fastened to a belt. In his possession was found a document containing a list of the judges, jury, and Crown counsel then engaged with the trial of Burke and Doran. When Cody was arrested on a former occasion he had an enormous bowie-knife " for ripping-up Saxons." An ill-looking fellow, whose physiognomy is almost enough to convict him, he was unaccountably set at liberty on condition of his going to England ; but it appears that he soon re turned, and, according to the statement of Corydon, he was at the head of an assassination committee, or club, organised by Colonel Kelly's orders. I have seen the assassination document in question. It is exceedingly well written„ in the hand of a lawyer's clerk. I understand that it is being com pared with documents found in possession of the prisoner Aylward when formerly in custody. If it should be proved that he is the writer it would con nect him with the band of assassins. This circum stance helps to explain tho mystery of the shooting PRICE.— 4d. STAMM) sd. on the bank of the canal on Thursday night. The persons who assembled there, eight in number, would seem to have been members of that band, and if so they had either resolved beforehand, or were prompted by something that occurred at the moment, to murder Aylward as a suspected traitor. Yet he positively refused to give any in formation about them, assigning as his reason that he was " no Massy." It is, however, not improbable that Aylward will on second thoughts be willing to save hims. , lf by giving the names of his assailants. Baron Deasy, in the course of his charge to the h this convict murderous he urged band,the jury f u which ic to h allow Cody jury yesterday even i ng , comp l ete l y exonerate d th e two prisoners Duffy an d Fl oo d f rom any connec ti on with proved to have been a mem b er, an d even i n t h e case of this them selves to be influenced by th e h orror natura ll y in spired by such a detestable sc h eme. • was The Court for Crown Cases Reserved sat this morning for the purpose of delivering judgment in the case of the Queen v. John M'Cafferty. The Lord Chief Justice, Chief Justice Monahan, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Keogh, Mr. Justice O'Brien, Mr. Baron Hughes, Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, Mr. Baron Deasy, Mr. Justice O'Hagan, junior j been udge :al to led Zara deliver on „ on M judgment, the and Mr. Justice George t oo k t h e i r seats on t h e avg bench at a quarter to 11 o'clo c k. The case The Lord Cfiief Justice r. Justice George, as h Court being divided in opinion. Mr. Justice George then proceeded to deliver judgment. Having referred to the frame of the in dictment, and to the evidence given against the pri soner by the approver Corydon and others relative to the Chester affair, his lordship said the case re served was in the following terms:— " After the aforesaid evidence had been given, it was proposed on the part of the Crown further to give evidence of the insurrection and acts of war which occurred on the night of the sth :March, 1867, and thereupon counsel on behalf of the pri soner objected to the reception of such evidence upon the ground that defendant had been since the 23d of February, and was on the said sth of March a prisoner in custody in Mountjoy Prison, and that the acts of others while be was in custody ought not to be received as evidence ; and further, that the defendant was not legally responsible for the acts of others after his arrest. We ruled that the evidence was admissible: At the close of the whole case counsel on behalf of the defendant called upon us to direct an acquittal on the ground that there bad been no sufficient legal evidence by two witnesses of any overt act of treason in the county of Dublin for which the defendant was responsible, and that he could not be lawfully convicted on the evidence of the witness Croydon alone. We declined to direct an acquittal, and allowed the case to go to the jury on the evidence aforesaid, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty against the defendant on all counts of the indictment. We have reserved for the consi deration of the Court for Crown Cases Reserved the following question :-1. Whether we were right in receiving against the defendant the said evidence of the transactions of the night of the sth of March, 1867. 2. Whether we were right in directing (as we did, in fact, direct) the jury that there was suffi cient lawful evidence on which they might find that some or one of the said overt acts were or was done, and the said treason committed by defendant in the county of Dublin; if thelury should, on the evidence, be satisfied that the said insurrection and acts of war of the sth of March last, in the county of Dublin, were the resultof the command and incitement of the said directory or other governing body of the said confederacy, of which the defendant was a member, given prior to the arrest of the defendant? On the first point he (Mr. Justice George) was of opin ion the prisoner was a principal in the treason proved against him. The jury distinctly found that the acts were done by command of the directory of which, up to the period of his arrest, he was a mem ber, and in his (the learned Judge's) opinion they were the acts of the prisoner himself. It was proved that he had, at a meeting inLiverpool, proposed the movement in Chester, which having failed it was determined there should be an immediate insurrec tion in Ireland, and, evidently with the intention of aiding and assisting in that insurrection, the pri soner and Flood attempted to furtively enter the country. It was true they were arrested, but the rising on the night of the sth of March was not alone the probable, but the inevitable, consequence of the plans which the prisoner, in conjunction with others, had formed, and which he had never done anything with a view to countermand. With respect to the question raised as to the witnesses not having proved an avert act of treason, he held that on the report of the learned Judges who tried the case there was abundant evidence to go to the jury corroborative of the approver Corydon, and on the whole case be was of opinion that the points raised had been rightly decided by the learned Judges who tried the case. The conviction should therefore be affirmed." A majority of the other judges having concurred, the couviction was affirmed. Naval and Military Intelligence. Letters received from the Pacific squadron by a Chatham correspondent report a numerous squa dron of English, French, American, and Peruvian, vessels of war at Valparaiso at the departure of the mail. The English ships of war included the Zealous, 20, 800 horse power, armour plated ship, Capt. R. Dawkins, flagship of Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. F. Hastings, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific squa dron; the Sutlej, 35, 500 horse power, Capt. T. P. Coode, flagship of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Den man; the Topaze, 31, 600 horse power, Capt. W. Dowell,C.B.; the Clio, 22, 400 horse power, Capt. N. E. U. Tumour ; and the Reindeer, 7, 200 horse power, Commander E. Nares. The flagship Zealous, left Rio Janeiro on the Bth of February for Val paraiso, touching at the Falkland Islands for coal, instructions being given for certain ships of the squadron to rendevous outside Possession-bay on the sth of March. On the 9th of March the Zealous left Lundy-point, accompanied by the Nassau, 5, 150-horse power, for a cruise. The Sutlej was under orders to return to England for the purpose of being put out of commission. The Reindeer, Commander Nares, arrived at Varparaiso on the Ist ult , having experienced very severe weather from the titne she left Rio. Several cases of smallpox had occurred among the crew, the men attacked being sent on shore to hospital at Valparaiso. A court martial had been held on Mr. T. Steel, master of the Clio, on a charge of drunkenness, of which he was found guilty and ordered to be placed at the bottom of the list. _ _ _ A trial of the engines of her Majesty's armour plated ship Northumberland took place at the mea sured mile outside Plymouth breakwater on Thurs day last. The wind was from E.S.E., force 2 to 3, the sea smooth, the weather barometer at 30.10. This ship belongs to the same class as the Agincourt and Minotaur.. She was built of iron by the Mill wall Company, and launched iu A p ril, 1866. Her length is 400 ft., breadth 591 t., and tonnage 6,621 tons. ller lower masts only were in ; there were 320 tons of coal on board , no stores ; draught of water forward, 23ft.; aft, 24ft. lin. The trial took place under the superintendence of Capt. George C. IVilles, 0.13., of the guardship of steam reserve Indus, and Mr. W. A. Dinnen, clrief-iuspector of machinery afloat, Mr. R. Nicoll, assistant to the chief engineer at Keyham, Mr. Herbert , assistant master-shipwright at Devon port, and several other Government officers. The agents for the manufac turers were Messrs. Anderson, Gosling, and Brown. The engines, from the manufactory of Messrs. John Penn and Sons, are what are termed direct-acting trunk, diameter of cylinders 112 in., of trunk 41in., thus producing an effective diameter of 1044 in. ; length of stroke, lin. There are 10 boilers and 40 furnaces ; the fire grates are aft. tin. by 7ft. 9in. ; number of brass tubes, 4,800 ; diameter, 24in. ; length, 6ft. Bin. The screw propeller has four blades—diameter, 23ft. 9in.; mean pitch, 23ft. 4in.; length. lft. 114 in. ; immersion of upper edge, Six runs at the measured mile, under full boiler power, gave a true mean speed of 15.459. She then made four runs under half-boiler power, showing a true mean speed of 13.079. The engines were under way for six and a half hours, and during the whole of this time worked most satisfactorily. The load on the safety valve was 2:7113 ; pressure of steam in boilers, 26.4. Vacuum in condensers—forward, 24.71 b ; aft, 25. Number of revolutions of engines —maximum, 611- ; mean, 60f. Mean pressure in cylinders, 26.625; indicated horse power, 7,241.63. The unarmoured screw gunboat Netley, one of the four new timber built vessels recently constructed at Haslar yard, and called " improvements upon the old Crimea class, although like them built of rood, was put through her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stuliei 13 ty, Portsmouth, on Saturday. Her draught of water was ift. 9io. forward and Bft. 4in. aft. The wind had a force of about two from the south-east, and the water was perfectly smooth. The vessel was complete in her rig and stores, and had 30 tons of coals in her bunkers. Her engines are of 60-horse power nomi nal, and drive a Griffiths's screw of 6ft. 6in. dia meter, 6ft. pitch, a length of blade of lft., and an immersion of the upper edge of lft. Sin. Six runs were made over the mile with high pressure and four non-condensing, the mean of the engines re volutions in the former being 173, and the latter 193, and the mean speed of the vessel 7.177 and 7.741 knots. This rate of speed is ridiculously low when compared with that of gun-vessels of much larger tonnage and the same nominal power built in rivate shipyards in this country for foreign Go vernments. The pressure of steam was 351 b. and 601 b., and the vacuum 25.5 in. In testing the yes sea four half-circles were made in 1 min. 34 sec., 1 min. 20 sec., 1 :min. 33 sec., and 1 min. 30 sec. The circles were completed in 3 min. 10 sec., 2 min. 44 sec., 3 min. 11 sec., and 2 min. 59 sec. arr T iy h e e d s a a t il s in p g ithead lndiam fr a om n W K i ttr nd r s a o c r hee Cas ., :l i e th , t C h a e pt f a o i l n - Pryce, one of Messrs. Green's Blackwall fleet, has lowing troops on board :. 7 1.11ajor.E. W. E. Walker R.A., 19th Brigade, in c omman d ; Li eut. G. Quit; and Mrs. Quiu, 79th highlanders; Lieutenant C. Skinner, Ist battalion, 19th Regiment ; Lieut. E. M. Drew, 7th Hussars ; Assist.-Surgeon C. P. Bax-. ter, 93d Highlanders, in medical charge of the troops ; Capt. W. Strickland, Mrs. W. Strickland, and five children, and Mrs. Strickland, Master A. Foster, 172 invalided soldiers from various regi ments, 15 women, and 29 children. The ship left Kurrachee on the 30th of January, and passed St. Helena on the sth of April. The troops will be disembarked from the Windsor Castle this morn ing at Spithead, and forwarded to the Royal V;c torie Military Hospital at Netley. On Friday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray resumed and brought to a conclusion his first half-yearly inspection of the regimental depots of infantry regiments attached to the 3d Battalion, at Chatham garrison. In the morning the officers and men were drawn up in review order, when the arms, clothing, and accoutrements of each corps were in spected, the remainder of the day being devoted to the inspection of the barrack-rooms, books, ac counts, schools, and hospitals belonging to the Bat talion. With reference to the reported loss of the Wasp in Table Bay, we are authorised to state tbat Her Majesty's ship of that name was at Bombay, "all well," on the 20th of April last, and that no infor mation of auy disaster having befallen her has been received at the Admiralty. It will be seen, on re ference to our news from the Cape, that it was a small vessel of the same name that was lost. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. _+-- An important meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was held in this city on Tuesday. April 30. The meeting was probably the largest ever convened to delibe rate upon the affairs of that great corporation. The committee to investigate the condition of the company made their final report. As the corn. mittee originated out of a spirit of hostility to the road, this report was anxiously awaited, and their conclusion, based as they are upon the most tho rough investigation, will be received by the great body of the stockholders with infinite satisfac tion, and will, without doubt, satisfy the most sceptical that our • great railway corporation has been wisely and economically managed. by Mr. Thomson and his associates. Cer tainly the results attained by these gentlemen during twenty years of uninterrupted prosperity should be, and doubtless are, satisfactory to the shareholders, for the road has paid annually since its organisation six per cent. cash to the stock holders, clear of all taxes, and in addition thereto, as stated in the annual report for 1866, over forty six per cent. of additional dividends. Can any other railway corporation of similar magnitude show as large dividends, and yet present to its owners a property and assets worth millions of dol lars more than they now stand the stockholders ? The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, we aro informed, owns and controls, by lease and owner ship of stock, over fifteen hundred miles of rail way, all of which is connected and of the same gunge ; is well equipped, with engines and cars, and contributes directly to the development of a large portion of our State and the interests of our city. By refuting to its reports, we find that the annual increase of freight traffic moved during the past five years has averaged nearly 20 per cent. per annum. It is truly a useful and magnificent corporation. The committee substantially endorse the whole policy and management of the company, thus pro nouncing the corporation to be in a sound and pros perous condition—indeed, much more so than the stockholders supposed it.to be. We are glad to find our great corporation coming out of the trying ordeal, to which it has been subjected by its ene mies with such a clear and satisfactory record. Great credit is certainly due from the stockholders to Mr. Thomson and his able corps of officers and employe's for the results attained under their ma nagement. We doubt whether there is another corporation of equal magnitude, in this or any other country, that can show equally good results. • The Hudson River Railroad earned last year 18 per cent., and a better result is anticipated for the present financial year, which closes on the 30th of September. The four consolidated companies which monopo lise the transportation business in New Jersey under the name of the Consolidated Railroad board, held on the Ist January, of undivided earnings April $225,000 year.22s ,000 the president of receives an annual this powerful corporation, and salary of $lO,OOO. $11,250,000.152,250,000 againstAshb lavnelchis. aggregate debt of preceding The work of laying branch have accepted c t e h p e t e r d the track on the Union Pa cific Railroad in Nebraska, suspended in conse quence mo T re he th E an rie fo l r t and trains are now running regularly to the North t a n il e ro A ad pri r l e e ce f iv t e h d e of the recent floods, has been re-commenced, Platte. It is intended to go on with the grading of the road at the rate of two miles a day. The ac t i l d e c Railroad, which extends to Salina, Kansas, fifty sas, miles north of Fort Riley, and passGo seventhv r section n ofe Commissioners icansas enger a n d freight trains have commenced running to that point. The Western and Worcester Railroad Consolida tion Bill and the Hoosiac Tunnel have lately occu pied the attention of the Massachussets Legislature. The Railroad Consolidation Bill has passed to a third reading in the upper branch by a vote of 26 to 6, but it has been considerably amended since it came from the House, and, whereas it was once acceptable to the railroad companies, it is likely to be made distasteful to them by the innumerable conditions tacked on. The appropriation for the Hoosiac 'runnel has been further discussed without action, and has been strongly opposed by Mr. Bird. Governor Crapo of Michigan vetoed $24,000,900 of railroad aid, which was lobbied through the Le gislature,