The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Forte, 29, screw frigate, 2,364 tons, 400 horse power, was taken into the large basin of Sheerness dockyard yesterday, where she will undergo a thorough survey and repair, previous to being placed in the First Division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve. The Pylades, 17, wooden screw corvette, 1,278 tons, 330 horse power, was taken out of dock and placed in the large basin of Sheerness dock yard, for the same purpose, previous to being put in commission. She will not be out of the dockyard departments' hands before November next. The Trafalgar, 72, screw ship, 2,900 tons, 500 horse power, late Coastguard ship at Queen's Ferry, was taken into dock yesterday for examination, and to be prepared for further Coastguard service. The Meanee, 60, 2,591 tons, 400 horse power, late of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, having had the whole of her internal fitments, bulkheads, &c., re moved, left Sheerness yesterday for Woolwich, to be prepared for a military hospital ship at 'Tong- Kong. The Scylla, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,467 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. Richard W. Courteney, re cently returned from China, where she has been stationed during the last four years, is now in the large basin of Sheerness dockyard, returning stores, &c., and will be paid out of commission on the 6th inst., and be placed in the third division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve. Yesterday a detachment of 30 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry left head-quarters and pro ceeded to New Tavern Fort, for service at that station. The detachment of Royal Marines Light In fantry, recently serving on board the 35-gun screw frigate Sutlej, flag of Vice-Admiral the Mon. Joseph Denman, in the Pacific, paid out of commission yesterday at Spithead, returned to head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday. The detachment consisted of Capt. Thos. Magin, First. Lieut. C. A. L. Moore, and 30 Don-commissioned officers and rank and Sle. Their term of service afloat has ranged over a period of five years within a few days, and, from the advantages of a long sea service, they are now entitled to arrears of back pay, amounting to considerably more than £l,OOO. To those whose homes are in England will be granted five weeks' furlough, and to those who are natives of Ireland and Scotland will be given an additional week's leave to visit their friends. The average sum due to each man will exceed £35. Lieut.-Col Joseph 11. Jolliffe, Royal Marines Light Infantry, Wool wich Division, has been promoted, and is permitted to retire on full pay from the 30th ult., with the rank of colonel. The remaining four companies of the 5 ith (West Norfolk) Regiment arrived at the camp at Alder shott yesterday from Manchester. The strength of the detachment was 11 officers, 210 men, 27 women, and 19 children. The regiment is quartered on the South Camp (G and Mines), and is attached to Major-Gen. Renny's Brigade. _ _ The 17th Lancers at Aldershott are under orders to move next week headquarters and four troops to Brighton, and four troops to Shorncliffe. The 15th (The King's) Hussars received an inti mation yesterday to hold themselves i❑ readiness to move as follows (no date specified) :—Headquarters and two troops to Norwich, two troops to Ipswich, two troops to Birmingham, and two troops to Coventry. The 15th has been stationed at Alder shott about 16 months. The Ist battalion Grendier Guards will arrive at Aldershott to-morrow, and will be encamped on Cove-common. To-morrow the Ist battalion of the Grenandier Guards leave the Tower of London for Aldershott, and will be replaced by the Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards from St. George's and Chelsea Barracks. THE ABYSSINI4N CAPTIVES. - The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : "If it were done, when 'cis done, then 't were well were done gilickly." Sir, —In a vast amount of correspondmce that has appeared in various journals up m the Abys sinian question there appears to be the smallest amount of knowledge of the real difficulties of the country. The maps that are now carefully studied are of little assistance to the War Department, as distances that appear trifling may be insurmountable from several causes—the total absence of water, the want of means of transport, and the failure of supplies. lla.ving an intimate acquaintance with that por tion of Abyssinia upon the Egyptian frontier, I have regarded with astonishment the various sug gestions for an invasion of the country from the coasts of the Red Sea, where every disadvantage exists with which nature, unaided by an ally, can bailie a military expedition. This perplexing case may be thus simply de scribed :—Englishmen, including a Consul and an Envoy, have been wrongly imprisoned and insulted. All redress is refused by the King of Abyssinia, and it has become the imperative duty of England to liberate the captives and to avenge the insult. Should we fail, or even should we delay, the national honour will not only become ridiculous, but the prestige of England will be entirely destroyed in our Eastern empire, the security of which depends upon our reputation. Accepting this fact, and discarding the effeminate proposals for " purchasing the liberation of the cap tives," which would disgrace the name of an English man and reduce him to the value of a slave, how are we to effect our effect ? Public opinion objects to an alliance with Egypt, and advocates an independent action. If we are determined to reject such valuable aid, we must be extremely cautious in our operations. If we decline the co-operation of Egypt, to prevent the occur rence of future complications, let us at once con sider the delicate question of Egyptian frontier, which we cannot invade. Not only does the entire coast of the Red Sea belong to Turkey and Egypt, with the exception of a small desert point opposite to Aden, but that portion of Abyssinia upon the east bank of the Atbara river is for a breadth of about 150 miles contested and claimed by Egypt. Thus, the fron tier throughout the Egyptian territory is not only disputed, but is a constant battlefield, and is to a great extent deserted by the inhabitants, from the insecurity of life and property. If, therefore, we are determined to act independently of an alliance with Egypt, to prevent complications, how shall we avoid the complications of boundary questions with that country should we invade Abyssinia ? I see no difficulty whatever in a joint expedition by England and Egypt ; very little difficulty should England act independently, with permission from Egypt to use that territory as a base of operations ; and extreme difficulties should we attack from the Red Sea, without the moral support of Egypt. Were our object simply to conquer Abyssinia, however difficult the first steps might be, we should succeed at a certain sacrifice ; but our object is to release the captives at the least possible sacrifice, to redeem the lost prestige of England, and to complete the affair speedily. Whatever may be urged in favour of independent ne`i , )n, it will be next to impossible to act without permission from Egypt to occupy her territory. The regular military route from Egypt to the depot at Cassala, on the Abyssinian frontier, is direct from Sxrakini. I was at Souakim in August, 1865, when the troops were despatched in a great emergency from Cairo, under General Giaffar Pasha to quell the mutiny of 6,000 black troops at Cas sala. In four days and a half the Egyptian regi ments were landed at Souakim from Suez. Camels were quickly provided by the Arabs ; stores and supplies, with fresh Nile water, were regularly despatched from Suez, Cairo forming the base of operation 7, whence inexhaustible stores could be furnished by rail and steam. In 20 days' slow marching from Souakim, through an easy desert route abounding in fodder for the camels, Cassala is reached ; this is the head-quarters for Egyptian forces and military stores. The Egyptians are admirable movers; there is no " red tap e " i n that country, and as Souakka has been adopted as the port of disembarcation for troops despatched to the Abyssinian frontier from Cairo, there can be no question as to the superior facilities of the route. If we are to operate against Abyssinia our forces must be upon the frontier early in November, at the commencement of the healthy and dry season. October is an exceedingly unhealthy month, as the rank vegetation produced during the rainy season is in the process of drying. At the close of Novem ber the withered grass can be fired, and the country becomes favourable for military movements ; no rain will fall until the end of May, and no tents will be required fur the troops. Time presses. The public has happily a thorough confidence in the wisdom and caution of the Foreign office, under Lord Stanley ; but if this approaching season for action shoul I unfortunately pass by, our countrymen must languish for another year in chains, and our reputation will rust in inaction.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL WRITE BAKER. liedenham-hall, Bungay, July 29. THE BRITISH ARCILEOLOGICAL ASSO CIATION. LUDLOW, Thursday. This is the fourth day of the congress of this asso tion, and up to the present time they have been favoured with most delightful weather, which, as most of the day is spent in the examination of out door objects, is most fortunate. Yesterday the examination of Ludlow Castle and Church was finished. At the castle, after describing in detail all the various portions of the building and its historical associations, Mr.l'llo3fAs \VRIGIIT, ILA., F.S.A., concluded by quoting an extract froni his " History of Fulke Fitz-Warine" (published in French, with an English translation), relating to the capture, by Joce de Dinan, the owner of the castle, then called Dinan Castle, of Sir Walter de Lacy and Sir Arnald de Lys, his friend, and their imprisonment in one of the towers of the castle. Here Sir Arnald de Lys became enamoured of Marion of the Heath, the chief chambermaid at Dinan Castle, and "It happened that Sir Arnald, when he saw an opportunity, pleaded with the damsel, and told her that she was the thing that he loved most, and that he was so much overtaken with her love that he would have no rest day or night unless sbe yielded to him ; for she would give him relief from all his sorrows. And if she would do it he would make her a surety at her own will that never would he love another but her ; and as soon as he should be set at liberty he would take her for his wife. The damsel heard the fair promise and yielded him to do his will in all things, and took surety of him that he would hold with her according to his pro mise." By her means they escaped from the castle, and aftewards Sir Arnald de Lys, in the absence of Joce de Dinan, visited his lady love, and treacher ously let in the servitors and armed men of his friend, Sir Walter de Lacy, who put all the inmates in the castle to death, and sacked and burnt the town. The betrayed wAnan, however, slew_ her lover with his own sword, as the story narrates : " Marion of the Heath lay in bed beside her love, Sir Arnald, and knew nothing of the treason which Sir Arnold had perpetrated. She heard a great noise in the castle, rose from the bed, and looked down into the castle, heard the noise and cry of the wounded, and saw knights in arms, and white helms andthauberes. Now she perceived that Sir Arnald had deceived and betrayed her, and began to weep very affectingly, and said piteously, Alas, that ever I was born of mother, for by my fault my lord, Sir Joce, who fostered me tenderly, has lost his castle and his good people, and had I never been nothing would have been lost. Alas ! -that ever I believed the knight, for by his flattery he has de ceived me, and my lord, who is still more to me." Marion, all weeping, drew the sword of Sir Arnald, and sAid, " Sir Knight, awake, for you have brought strange company into the castle of my lord without leave ; and since you have deceived me you cannot rightly blame me if I render you ser vice according to your desert ; but you shall never boast to any mistress you shall have that by my deceit you have gained the Castle of Dinan and the country." The knight raised himself erect. Marion with the sword which she held drawn in her hand struck the knight through the body and he died immediately. Marion then threw herself from the tower and was killed. At last night's meeting Mr. LEVIEN, M.A., F.S.A., read a paper " On the B irony of Burford." After some introductory remarks, he said Burford, as Eyton told them, was the calm! of Osborn Fitz- Richard's Shropshire barony, and is thus described in Domesday:—" Osbern Fitz-Richard holds Bur ford of the King. Richard, his father, held it." This Richard, the father, who was lord in the Saxon times, was Richard Scrupe, or Scrob, or Fitz-Scrob, one of the favourites of Edward the C Jnfessor, who conferred upon him the manor, with four others in Worcestershire and one in Herefordshire, viz., Yar pol, about four miles south of Richard's Castle, of which this Richard Scrupe is believed to have been the builder. He survived the Norman Conquest, but died before the completion of Domesday. On the death of Richard Scrupe, his Shropshire minor, with others, was granted to his son Osbern, who was lord of it in 1087. The manor descended through the family to Geoffrey de Cornwall in 1307, he having married into the Scrape family. It re mained in the Cornwalls a long time, and Mr. Le vien traced it through many generations of the hon oured family, referring, in the course of his history, to the jousts and tournaments, and the feasts in which different members of this family were engaged. The last of the barons of Burford to whom he called attention, and whose likeness, with those of his father and mother, was in a tryptych on the north side of the altar in Burford church, painted by Melchior Salaboss in 1588, was Edmund Cornwall, the giant, or, as he was styled in the Cotton Roll, which is a pedigree of the Cornwall family, "Edmund Corn waile de Burford, Esq., commonly called the strong and bold baron." He was said to have been 7f t. 3in. high, but the recumbent figure of him which is below the triptych in the church made him even taller than this. At his death his brother Thomas became baron of Burford, and was living circa 1650. After him the manor descended to his son Thomas. In later times Mr. George Legh, of High Legh, county Chester, who was born 1703, married Anne Maria, daughter and heir of Francis Cornwall, baron of Burford, and assumed the name of her family. Thus the senior branch of the once princely Cornwallis was now represented by the Cornwall-Leghs of Cheshire, whilst the junior is represented by the Cornwalls of Delbury, Shropshire, through their descent from Sir Rowland (or Sir Richard) Cornwall, of Berrington, county Hereford, second son of Thomas Cornwall, baron of Burford, by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Rowland Southall, Knt., of Hampton Court, county Hereford. Among their more celebrated descendants in modern times were Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Speaker of the House of Commons 1780-84, and the Right Rev. Folliot Herbert Walker Cornwall, D.D., successively Bishop of Bristol, Hereford, and Wor cester, who died sth Sept., 1831. It did not appear from the Rolls of Parliament;that the barons of Bur ford were ever summoned to the national council by the title of their barony, for as late as 20 Henry VI. (1442) Lord Melbroke was summoned as Sir John Cornwall. In conclusion, he observed that the facts he had laid before them as con nected with the barony of Burford served to show how full of historical interest those spots which were designated as " out-of-the-way places" often were. They would prove that more than one of the former lords of Barford might justly have asserted of him self, in the words of the motto borne by the present noble owner of its baronial halls, that he was " Par ternis suppar," almost a match for any other three. Rev. J. D. LA TOL'CIIE next read an interesting paper on Stokesay Castle, a stnallcastle now disused on the banks of the river Onney, about four miles from Ludlow. He traced its history from about 1200. In 1291 a license was granted to Laurence de Lud low to crenelate his house to guard it against the Welsh marauders. In 1790 it was the resting-place for a night of the Bishop of Hereford. The bishop appeared to have purchased food for h'inself. Ten generations of the De Ludlows held possession of the castle down to 1497, when a female descendant married one Vernon, and the property remained is the Vernon family down to 1616, and eventually it came to the Cravens. Thanks were voted to the readers of papers, and arrangements being made for to-day's proceedings, the party broke up. There was a large muster this morning at the Feathers Hotel, the head-quarters of the association at Ludlow. At 10 o'clock the programme for the day commenced with an excursion by road through Ludford, Woofferton, Ashford, &c., to Little Here ford, thence to Burford, and so on to Tenbury. The first halting place was at Little Hereford, where there is a quaint old church close to the river Lune, whose brawling voice is heard in the solemn quietude of the rural churchyard. Mr. R(4berts, F. 5.1., was the guide of the party, and described the arel4e )lo ffical features of the church. Close at hand is the seat of Sir J. Bailey, M.P. (Easton Court), which, however, was not included in the programme. It is of mo lern date. The party, after spending a short time at Little Hereford Church, resumed their carriages and proceeded to Burford, where they were courteously received by Lord Northwick and the Hon. Miss Rushout, and conducted over the mansion and church. Mr. ROBERTS here offered some remarks "On Burford Church." The party next wended thir way to Tenbury, where, at Swan Hotel, Lord Northwick had ordered to be prepared for the travellers a most hospitable entertainment. A sumptuous dejeuner was laid out here, and duly honoured, after which the party (hav ing first inspected Tenbury Church) accepted the invitation of the Rev. Sir F. Gore Ouseley to inspect an Oriental collection at his residence. This part of the programme, however, had only been partially got through when the train conveying this despatch left Tenbury. This evening, among the other papers to be read at Ludlow, is one on the " Masque of Comus," by Mr. T. F. Dillon Croker. The Volunteer Artillery Contests at Shoe buryness. -41. Yesterday the great prize of the meeting and the greatest honour the Volunteer Artillery service can win—the Queen's Prize--was contested for at Shoe buryness by representative detachments of Volun teer Artillery Corps from all parts of England and Scotland. The prize is, as we have previously stated, ten cups of exquisite design, and the contest is to the artillery for the same great distinction that the " Queen's" at 'Wimbledon is to the rifleman. All the other competitions than the " Queen's" have been with smooth-bore guns, but the Queen's Prize is doubly attractive to the Volunteer artillery man, as the contest is a great honour in itself, being with the weapon of precision, the Armstrong rifled ordnance, of the powers of which every artillery man is aware, and with which it is an object of ambition on the part of Volunteers • to practise. Early and late the Volunteers stationed at Shoe bury have been at the special drill, and before pro ceeding to the battery all the detachments were ex amined by Colonel Fisher, the Royal Artillery In structor of gunnery, in this drill, and all " passed." The competition with the Armstrong was very dif ferent to the smooth-bore contest. In the latter the shooting was at 1,253 and and 1,500 yards, and points were counted for shots which went, at the first distance, within 12 yards of the right or left of the target, within 105 yards over the target, or 55 yards in front; and at the second distance of 18 yards of the right or left, 110 yards were allowed over the targets, and 60 before the target. For the Armstrong shooting nothing scored except actual hits on the target. The shooting was at two dis tances-1,500 and 2,000 yards, so that the gun had to be trailed, laid, and elevated differently at every shot, for the targets were not the one behind the other, but were to the right and left. The target of the 1,500 yards' range was 9ft. by 9ft., and at 2,000 yards 12ft. square, and each hit, an whatever part of the target, counted 12. The time allowed for the five shots was ten minutes. The Armstrongs used were the 40 pourders. The firing was carried on at two batteries, under the immediate superintendence of Colonel Wilmot, RA., the commandant, Colonel Gordon, R.A., and Colonel Fisher, R.A. There was a very strong wind blowing, and it is not at all surprising that detachments which had never fired with this weapon before should have missed the '' direct hits" which arc requisite to be male before there is any score. Some of the layers of the gun, the " No. 1," were not at all free from nervousness on finding them selves for the first time behind the loaded Arm strong ready for action. Most of the men had no experience whatever in the Armstrong gun drill or practice until this year, and none had any gun drill or practice before or since the associa tion's meeting last year. No. lof the Ist A Cinque Ports, Dover, laid the first shot of his practice at the wrong target, with the elevation of the shorter distance, and struck at such a point as to indicate that if properly directed the shot would have been a hit. The next shot, elevated for 2,000 yards and properly directed, was a hit and scored 12, and this was followed by two other hits, making 36. The Ist Shropshire scored 24 in 6min. 27sec., a time which plainly shows that the gun was laid hurriedly. The Ist Sussex (Brighton) first detachment scared 36 in Bmin. 30sec., and the next detachment of the same brigade scored the same number of points in the short time of six minutes and a half. The Ramsgate detachments, the Ist C Cinque Ports, then entered for their turn of firing, the turns being decided by lot, and their shooting was watche I with some interest, for their corps supplied the winners last year. The detach ment which last year won the prize now scored in differently, but the second detachment did so well that for some little time the great prize seemed within their grasp. The No. 1 was Gunner Pugin, the brother of the commandant, Captain Welby Pugin, and assisted by a smart body of gunners ; he worked the gun very well indeed, but too quickly. his first shot was close to the target,; his second was a direct hit on the 2,000 yards target, his third also a direct hit on the 1,500 yards target, his fourth another hit at the 2,000 yards--in all 36 points; but his fifth struck the water before reaching the target, scarcely enough elevation having been given, and he scored nothing for that shot. The firing was done by the detachment in 6nain. 57secs., having more than three minutes to spare. The 4th West York soon after entered, and at the first shot of one of the detachments, said to be the Sheffield men, the target was knocked over. Upon this the firing was stopped until the tide had run out sufficiently to allow the Royal Artillery to go out with a new tar get. No decision can therefore be given, as the firing was resumed just at the time when it became necessary to depart to catch the last train for Lon don. The second detachment of the Brighton corps stood the highest, as all ties of equal scores are de cided by the time, and the detachment fired in the shortest time. The Ramsgate detachment was second. In the shooting for the Eccentric Prizes the Vial ton Detachment of 2d Suffolk, one of the smalleat corps in the brigade, and the only representatives of the two counties of Suffolk and Norfolk here, were declared the winners of Col. Adair's Challenge Prize and Lieut. Gearn's £lO. The Ist B. Cinque Ports was the winner of the second, Lord Limerick's £lO, and the 2d Cinque Ports of the third, the £5 given by the officers of the Ist Surrey. All the guns were 32-pounder garrison guns. [ADVEE.TISEMENT.]-- Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly oa-u ble by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derange ments, litemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, in fluenza, noses in the head and ears, rliemnatism, gout, impu rities, eruptions, hysteria, neurafria, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, 'headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis. scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, 8:c. We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du Bar r y' s Food. Cure No. 68,413.—"R0me, July 21, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Re valenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has pro luced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this c e mh x ,ia e tnti l tn l , e g n: fof f F oo br il moo t i i 3 o ,, highly." From the "Gazette du Midi." July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber mer liSveurrrey'of derangement, thirty a y n er pa s' rt diseasedial deaf n l e u s n s g_s, Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dy s p e p s i a .—N o. 49 , 832 . '`Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness and vomiting.—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. In tins at ls. ltd.; 1 lb., 2s. 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs., 11x.; 12 lbs., 225.; 21 lbs., 40s.—By Do BRRY and Co., No. 77, Aegent-street, London; also Fortnani and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and TA QgQrd-Arcct 339 Strand; and au grnor§ azad chasioto. THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIOAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1867. RAIL TVAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company have decided on recommending to the proprietors, at their next meeting, to declare a dividend for the half-year, out of the earnings of the six months, at the rate of 6i per cent. per annum less income tax. GREAT EASTERN. The following legal notification has been affixed to the stations, carriages, &c., of this company : " Take notice that all the fixtures, goods, chat rels, and fittings in, about, and upon these pre mises are the property of the undersigned, Alex ander Tracy, of Cambridge, i❑ the county of Cam bridge, contractor ; William Booth, of Eastwood, in th 3 county of Nottingham, Esq. ; and John 111‘Mahon, of No. 1, St. John's-grove, Brixton, in the county of Surrey, Esq. ; and are used by the Great Eastern Railway Company as their lessees ; and that any person or persons intermeddling or in terfering with the same will do so at his or their peril. 44 JANSON, COBB, and PEARSON, 41, Finsbury circus, London, E.C., solicitors for the said Alexander Tracy, William Booth, and John 111.`Malion." METROPOLITAN. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts during the past half-year (after deducting all expenses and interest chargeable against revenue) left a net available balance of £87,834. The traffic receipts during the past half year were £114,442, and i y n previous p e re o v f io e u x s p li en al d f i - t y u e r a e r , £107,295, showing an increase of £7,147, which had past half-year having for ythe the previous h a lf- year bt b he e eee been £44,780, earned irk4i4n,g7Be oh N , % a i r t ga h en o sd u without for r n £44,849. The directors recommended a dividend upon the preference stock at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and upon the consolidated stock at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and that the balance of £7,224 be carried to the credit of the next ac count. The Hammersmith and City Railway Com pany was now dissolved, and their undertaking vested in this company and in the Great Western Railway Company. The works upon the Metropo litan and St. John's -wood Railway were very far advanced towards completion, and the directors were assured that, with the assistance promised by this company, the line would be opened for traffic early next year. The directors proposed that £lOO,OOO should be subscribed in the 5 per cent. preference stock of the St. John's-wood Railway Company. The Notting-hill and Brompton Exten sion had made great progress, and would be opened for traffic next spring. The works to connect the Great Northern Railway with the widened lines at King-cross were in progress, and would be ready for traffic through to Farringdon-street in about two months. The directors were informed that the works of the Midland Company from Bedford to the junction with the Metropolitan Railway at King's-cross would be ready for opening before the close of the present year. An arrangement for the accommodation of the Midland traffic over the ad ditional lines to Moorgate-strcet would be submitted for the sanction of the proprietors. The directors were assured that arrangements bad been made by the Metropolitan District Railway Company for opening the portion of their line from Brompton to Westminster shortly after the Notting-hill and Brompton extension was completed. In order to complete those corks, purchase the rolling-stock for working the Western Extension, the Metropolitan and St. John's-wood, and Metropolitan District, the company would require funds during the next 12 months to the extent of £BOO,OOO. The direc tors had ascertained that the lands and houses judicious management, to realize belonging to the company could fail, fail w inthe, next five or six years at least a million of prietors, with a view to secure money. The directors rec t o by the creation of value of those shares, to raise , the benefit t o l f le the P f r u o ll h share to be within 10 years, and the holder of eac new rodeemable shares, 1600,000toreceive a t a t ce fixedll ei 5 per cent. interest and be redeemed ] capital account to the 30th of Ju that entitled to 10 per cent. on its redemption. sh d, n pnti o o l t: e . The £5,"4,807 had becli expended, leaving a cash balance of £53,380. BANQUE? AT FISHMONGERS' HALL. The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers gave a banquet at their elegant hall last evening to the lion. members ; Mr. F. B. Renshaw, prime warden, in the chair. The company included Mr. Goschen, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, Sir Rowland Hill, General Sir F. Smith, Admiral Sir W. 11. Hall, Sir Fowell Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir H. Hervey Bruce, Bart., M.P., Sir W. Ferguson, Bart., Colonel Robertson Aikman, Mr. Alderman 'W. Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., Mr. Charles Gilpin , M.P., Mr. A. S. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. J. Abel Smith , M.P., Mr. T homas Hankey, A-1 the Governor of th e B an k (Mr. Mr. J. Neale M`Kenna, Mr. J. Rem ington Hunt), the Chairma n and De p ut y Chairman of the East and West India Dock Company, the Masters of the Mercers and Drapers' Companies, and the Master and the Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company. According to custom, the successful young water men, who during the day had contended for Dog gett's coat and badge, entered the hall after the and re goifv'es on the re ceived preliminary bottlesto ast s of b si a i d u eb the h e e n c om disposed pany occasion. vv Th e proposing "The House of m incidentallyinremarked that in all pro bability the house would have to fight its refo r m battles over again when t h e bill came back f r om m Pß o l n l s l E , " A np E N' the House of Lords. That being done, he hoped legislative attention would be given to commercial questions, particularly to railway affairs, in which at least five hundred millions sterling were invested. . _ The toast was acknowledged by Mr. GOSCHEN, who said we were by recent events in St. Stephen's being cast adrift upon a sea without a political chart, to a successful withoutbutnsontessfnl and f hope sa ofe is bringingsue. our navi gation The outside public had confidence in the people of this country, and did not by any means share in the fears of democracy which had been recently expressed in certain parliamentary speeches. (Laughter.) The public wished the IlOuse- of Commons to settle the Reform question, believing in their hearts that what ever might be the future constitution of the coun trytheydepend upon th e soun d common sense o of might ir fellow -countrym en —upon their love of order, and upon their law-abiding qualities. He . thanked the Conservatives for the franchise part of the Reform Bill, and cons i dered that alt h oug h th e i r measure was but an experiment, it was an experi ment justified by th e character of t h e E ng lish people. If he were a s k e d h ow this bill wou ld affect the line that divided Lib erals and Conserva tives, he would reply that it was foolish and shortsighted to attempt to gauge the results of the bill now being passed upon the future of any one set of men, or of the triumph of any one set of politicians. It was folly to talk of Conservatives or Liberals gaining a seat here or there at a time when, for all they knew, they were acting out the last chapters of their hi s t ory, and were a b ou t to give way to new combi nat i ons based upon ne w prin ciples and actuat e d b y new mot i ves. Consider ing, therefor e , th a t w h en this bill b ecam e law the world of poaics might be different to that of the present moment, he could only say that the anxie ties of a dying miser with regard to the treasures he could not take away were on a par with the anxiety often expressed with regard to the gain of a seat or two for parties that might Jae about to be entirely transformed. The fature of course was entirely unknown; but we might look with confi dence, not to the balance of political classes or parties, and not to any of those securities which some noble lords were attempting to introduce, but to the general body of the English people. This was not only the opinion of the "louse of Commons, but of the present electors, and he trusted that the Con servative members were parties not only to the policy but to the principle of the bill. (Cheers.) The importance of the measure could not be over-esti mated; and low word would bo more momentous than those which would be heard if the Queen, with respect to the present Reform Bill, should utter the old formula, "La Reine le Veut." (Cheers.) Other toasts followed, the speakers being Vice- Chancellor Wood, Mr. Chambers, M.P., Sir Row land Hill, Sir 11. Bruce, M.P., &c. PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. The report was issued yesterday of the select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the existing legislative provisions for the protection of life and property against fires in the United Kingdom, and as to the best means to be adopted for ascertaining the causes and prevent ing the frequency of fires. The committee, after stating the course which they have pursued in making these investigations, and describing the general character of the evidence they have received, proceed to offer a series of recommendations. They advise a general building act for all towns and places in the United Kingdom governed by municipal corporations, &c., similar to the Metropolitan Buildings Act and to the Building Acts of Liverpool, the sugges tions of professional witnesses as to the thick ness of walls and other details being taken advan tage of in passing such an act. In all buildings composed of shops below and dwelling houses above, the committee recommend that the floor immediately above the shop should be made fireproof, and that there should be a ready means of escape from the roof ; also that the floors of all large lodging houses for the poor be made fireproof, and that there should be ample means of escape. It is a somewhat singular fact that the architects, builders, and dis trict surveyors who were examined before the com mittee, deposed that when a fire takes place in a warehouse iron is of little use in stopping its pro gress. Generally speaking, they prefer wood well plastered for fireproof purposes to iron, and some of them give a preference to wooden stairs instead of stone, as the latter crumbled with the heat. It seems that bills for the supply of water by com panies or local authorities containing clauses that water need not be constantly laid on have been allowed to pass without investigation, and the com mittee recommend that it should be made a stand ing order of the house that such bills shall be re ferred to the referees to inquire whether sufficient reason exists for such provisions. Where it is proved in au investigation that the fire was caused by culp able carelessness, the person or persons implicated should be deemed guilty of a punishable offence. Other recommendations of the committee relate to the igniting point of mineral oils for illuminating purposes, which ought not, they think, to be sold with an igniting point under 110 Fahrenheit. All such ois imported ought to be tested in this respect and marked before being stored, and more stringent regulations should be made regarding the storing in warehouses and keeping in shops of turpentine, camphine, and similar spirits. In very few other towns save Loudon and Liverpool is this subject attended to. There remain fires that are wilfully caused. On referring to the evidence the committee find that these are to be traced to several sources. Ist, to individuals and organised gangs of men who make a trade of it to defraud the insurance com panies ; 2d, to parties who have been unfortunate in business, and who cannot meet the claims made upon them ; 3d, to persons in warehouses to conceal theft of goods made by them on the warehouses ; 4th, to malice. The witnesses concur in the belief that an inquiry made into all the fires would reduce the gross number of them. The police, or fire bri gade, should initiate the inquiry and report to an authorised officer, whom the committee think should be the coroner, anything that appears the least suspicious ; the officer should examine witnesses, or, if he thinks proper, impanel a jury; and any person shown to be implicated should be prosecuted at the Central Criminal Court. The coroner should be paid partly by fees and partly by salary out of the rates. The committee specially recommend that no claim should be settled by any insurance com pany without a certificate from the police or fire brigade, or offic r app Anted to conduct the investi gation into the origin of the fire ; but this certifi cate should not debar the insurance officers from opposing the claim if they think proper. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. A copy of a despatch of the Secretary of State to the Governor-General of India, dated the 25th ult., relative to the Bengal and Orissa famine, was pub lished yesterday as a parliamentary piper. The despatch commences with an allusion to the painful effect which the calamity has produced on all classes of the people. "Such a visitation," writes Sir S. Northcote, " even if we could console ourselves with the' reflection that every available means had been used to avert and to mitigate it, must neces sarily be felt as a severe misfortune ; I deeply re gret that on the present occasion this consolation is denied to me. I am reluctantly brought to the conclusion that, though the melancholy loss of life which the commissioners report may be due mainly to natural and inevitable causes, there has been a most unfortunate want of foresight and of energy on the part of those who were charged with the a dministration of the province where it occurred ; and that some grave errors of judgment have been committed." The Secretary of State does not forget the diffi culties and qualifying circumstances, and indeed he recapitulates them ; but he adds his opinion that a sufficient amount of attention to the facts, as they were gradually brought to light, would have shown the authorities, at a comparatively early period, the duty of supplying the necessary food. The blame of the failure does not rest exclusively upon any particular individual. It is not to be wondered at that in the early period Sir Cecil Beadon, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, should have placed implicit reliance on the Board of Revenue, but the Secretary of State cannot but regret he should have continued that confidence so long. The course of events in 1865-66 must have led him to perceive the necessity for more active personal investigation, and the fact that he found it necessary to visit Orissa proves that it had done so, though even then he seems to have been under the influence of the views he had imbibed from the board. It is unfortunate that the Government of India, although their attention appears to have been specially called to the subject, did not exercise their influence in favour of a more vigorous .course. At an early period the Governor-General was personally of opinion that it might become desirable to import food, which opinion was not shared by members of the Council. " The amount of information actually in possession of the Government at that time," writes Sir S. Northcote, "was perhaps hardly suffi cient to justify so exceptional a measure; but it was, I think, enough to have awakened the most serious apprehensions, and to have induced your Govern ment to urge the Lieutenant Governor to undertake an immediate and searching inquiry." Had the Go vernment, as soon as their attention,was called to the subject, instituted a strict inquiryinto the actual condition of the district and made/public the result, there can be little doubt the supplies would have speedily been sent. This was not done, and the responsibility for the omission appears to rest chiefly upon the Board of Revenue, whose action upon due or two critical occasions was most unfortunate. Having given illustrations of their want of percep tion of the importance of accurate information, and of the tenacity with which the board clung to the belief that there was a sufficiency of food—a belief accepted on very inadequate evidence—the Secre tary of State proceeds to advert to the visit of the Lieutenant Governor to Orissa in February, 1866. Are the imperfections of this personal investigation to be attributed to Sir C. Beadon's own fault, or to the fault of others? A nswering this question, the right hon. gentleman writes:—" It appears to me, of ter careful consideration, that they are to be attri buted partly to the one and partly to the other. Undoubtedly he had been misled by the representa tions which bad reached him through the Board of Revenue, and had come with preconceived views, which he could not readily lay aside. Undoubtedly the information tendered to him, and the opinions advanced by the local officers with whom be came in contact during his visit, fell very short of the truth, and were calculated rather to confirm than to dispel his error. Undoubtedly, too, those who ac companied him, and who ought to two been pecu liarly well qualified to form a judgment—l refer to Mr. Cockburn and Col. Nicholls—shared his belief that matters were in a much better state than un fortunately they really were. Still, after making allowance for all these considerations, I am obliged to say that Sir C. Beadon did not, upon this occa sion, show the energy or the sagacity which might have been expected from au officer of such high dis tinction and such well-deserved reputation. It was to be expected that, having undertaken this visit, he would have made a minute personal inquiry into the real state of the district, and would not have been satisfied with the general statements of the local offices, but woul I have questioned them closely, demanded explanations of their alarming telegrams and other representations, and would have tested their evidence both by cross-examina tion and by comparing it with that of others. Such an examination would probably have startled them from their security, and brought them to a proper appreciation of the facts of the case. It is, there fore, the more lamentable that this, the last chance of amelioration, should thus have been lost." Sir S. Northeote, alluding to the conduct of the officers who were brought into contact with the famine, expresses his surprise to find that Colonel Nicolls, who had such peculiar facilities, should have done so little to enlighten the Lieutenant- Governor. Mr. Barlow's conduct is, upon the whole, very praiseworthy, but the Secretary cannot think that, upon the occasion of the Lieutenant- Governor'a visit, he was so fully alive to the real state of affairs as the commissioners apparently con sider him to have been. "If I could believe that he was so," continues the Secretary of State, " and that he withheld his information deliberately, through fear of an official rebuff, I should regard his conduct as highly censurable." The suggestions of the commissioners will have the secretary's serious attention ; and the right hon. gentleman will also take into consideration whether any alterations are desirable in the organisation of the Government of Bengal, or in the constitution of the Board of Revenue —points upon which he requests the advice and co-operation of the Indian Government. In conveying his thanks to the unofficial persons —Europeans and natives—whose benevolence and liberality are so warmly acknowledged by the com missioners, the right hon. gentleman adus I particularly desire that the thanks of the Govern ment may be forwarded to the Rajah of Parricood, whose conduct was both honourable to himself and well calculated to set a bright example to the native landowners, whose aid it has always been the desire of the Briti3hGovernment to obtain in dealing with the great body of the people." The Recent Honours to Canadians• By the mails just delivered, we learn that the Hon. Messrs. Cartier and Galt have requested his Excellency the Governor-General to represent to her Majesty their desire to be allowed to decline the honour recently conferred upon them of Companion of the Bath. The Hon. John A. Macdonald, it will be remembered, was created a li.C. 8., while his colleague, the Hon. G. E. Cartier, was made only a C.B. These honours were conferred, it was under stood, on the Colonial Ministers who came to Eng land in their capacity of delegates on the question of the confederation of the provinces, and it was generally believed that the whole of the gentlemen forming the delegation would receive at the hands of her Majesty some mark of distinction. But for some unaccountable reason, known only in Downing-street, only seven gentlemen out of the 16 forming the conference were so honoured. The Hon. John A. Macdonald was made a K.C.8., and the Hon. Messrs. Cartier, Galt, Howland, M'Dougall, Tupper, and Tilley were made Companions of the Bath ; but the Hon. Messrs. Langevin, Mitchell, Henry, Ritchie, Al' C ally, Archibald, Wilmot, Fisher, and Johnson, whose services in the cause of confe deration justly entitled them to some similar mark of distinction to that conferred upon their col leagues, were entirely overlooked. It is unnecessary to add that the action of the Colonial-office in this matter has been freely canvassed throughout the dominion, and much acrimonious feeling created. Mr. Galt begs, in his communication to the Governor- General, that his Excellency would convey to his Gr.ice the Duk.._: of Buckingham his grateful thanks for the approval which her nijesty has been graciously pleased to accord to his public services in cinnection with the union of Bri tish North America ; but while deeply impressed with a sense of gratitude to her Majesty, he was ex ceedingly pained by the position in which he was placed through the unexpected and public announce ment of the distinction conferred, and through which he is compelled to perform the most ungra cious task of appearing to question on act of royal grace and favour. No personal consideration could induce him to do so, but his conviction of public duty left him no alternative. He found that his colleague Mr. Cartier was unable to recognise the justice of the conclusions upon which his Grace the Principal Secretary for the Colonies had advised her Majesty to act, and, sharing his views, it had be come impossible for him to retain the distinction which had been conferred, as his acceptance would necessarily indicate acquiescence in the position which had been assigned to the leading public men of Lower Canada, and especially to Mr. Cartier and himself, with their colleague Mr. Langevin, a course which, if taken by him, would seriously impair his usefulness as a public man. He had the honour, therefore, to request that his lordship, while con veying to the Duke of Buckingham his grateful thanks to the Queen for the honour conferred upon him, would at the same time move his Grace to obtain for him her Majesty's gracious permission to resign the distinction of Companion of the Bath. Mr. Cartier's communication to the Governor- General is, we believe, pretty much to the same effect—Canadian News, August 1. THE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. A short time ago we gave a short sketch of the project of the recently established Anglo-Indian Company, formed for the purpose of improving the telegraphic communication between England and the East. It appears that another scheme with a similar purpose is being promoted by another asso ciation, which has its directors in London and Berlin. The new company propose to lay a cable between the English and Prussian coasts across the Channel, joining which would be an overhead line passing through Russia and Prussia to the Black Sea. Across the Black Sea a new deep sea cable, 280 miles in length, would be laid be tween the Crimea and the Circassian coast, which would ultimately join the existing lines through Persia and along the Persian Gulf to Kurrachee and Bombay. With regard to the cost of construction the new scheme seems to possess an advantage over that projected by the promoters of the Anglo-Indian Company. The line through Prussia and Russia would consist almost exclusively of overhead lines, whereas the line to be constructed by the Anglo-Indian Company will consist of deep sea cables. With regard to cost of maintenance, however, the newer scheme does not show so favourably, for that of overhead lines through Rus sia, where ice collects on the wires and breaks them down, would be very considerable. With regard to the probable ultimate employment of the lines, so far as through traffic between England and India is concerned, there appears no reason why both schemes should not be carried out, and the public are particularly interested in the establishment of both, for not only would the effect of competi tion stimulate both companies to offer the greatest possible convenience to the public, but it would also tend to keep the rates cousiderably below what they would be likely to be under a monopoly. The value of the respective lines in a commercial point of view being, in times of peace, probably nearly equal, there can be no hesitation in saying that politically the Anglo-Indian Company has over whelming advantages. If a war with Russia occurred, the telegraph through that country would be useless to us, while by means of the Anglo- Indian lines we could telegraph to every important station on the route from India to England. It is by all means to be desired, however, that both schemes should be carried out, for their establish ment will conduce largely to the interests of peace, as well as to facilitate the carrying on of the corn , mem of the world. The New South Wales Bushrangers. There was great excitement when it was known that the police were bringing in the two men who had long kept a large district in such dread. Johnny Clarke appeared careworn and extremely pale, possibly from losing a great deal of blood from the gunshot wound in his left shoulder. Tommy, on the contrary, appeared to consider that the number who were waiting to get a glimpse of him was a mark of respect to him, and treated it as a hero would a triumphal march into a city after some great exploit of valour. " Sir Watkin," as he calls himself, the black tracker, was shot by Tommy Clarke from the window of the hut, the ball strik ing him above the wrist of the left arm, splintering the bone very much, taking a zig-zag direction, and lodging in the elbow. It was a very bad wound. After Tommy Clarke was handcuffed, Sir IVatkin went up to him and said, " Tommy, you shot me cowardly." " No," said Clarke, " I merely shot you in defence; you wanted to take my life." " Well," said Sir Watkin, " I forgive you ; shake hands." Tommy raised his manacled hands, which Sir Watkin heartily clinched and shook cordially. On Friday evening, when Tommy and Johnny Clarke made for Guinea's hut, they shortly after their arrival laid themselves down to sleep. About daylight on Saturday morning Tommy awoke, call ing Johnny and saying, " Johnny, I've had a dream that Burnes (a senior sergeant at Ballalaba) had trapped us." Johnny exclaimed, " All nonsense !' " Well," slid Tommy, " this day will tell some thing." This was related by Tommy Clarke while Dr. Pattison was dressing the wound of Johnny. After Sir Watkin and Johnny's wounds had been attended to, Johnny pulled up his trousers to show a wound he had received in the affray, caused by slugs from Sir Watkin's gun. It seems from circumstances that the dream that Tommy had being fresh in his mind must have somewhat cowed Lim, for had he made a bolt out of the hut by removing a slab or otherwise there m ight have been a possibility of escape ; for when Walsh left for Ballalaba for reinforcements there were only three police and the tracker to guard, and the latter wounded. It was found necessary to amputate the arm of the black tracker above the elbow and extract the: bullet, which is from a Tran ter rifle, one used by Tommy Clarke ; at least, Sir Watkin, after he had paid his respects to the noted highwayman on the road to Braidwood, indignantly charged him with it. Tommy replied that the kindness had been reciprocated by his distinguished friend, who had made a target of that part of his person known as the seat of honour. The amputation was performed very speedily, and did not last more than, a few seconds ; and the patient, with that stoical indifference to bodily pain for which the aborigines, equally with the Red Indians of America, are cele brated, walked from his ward upstairs down to the dissecting-room below, and after the operation un concernedly walked back again, as if he merely had a finger punctured.—Sydney iforning Herald. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-THURSDAY. Supplies of English wheat have, as is usual between the two harvests, rather increased, and on our market to-dal fully previous currencies were supported. Large arrivals of foreign wheat, which met a dull inquiry, and gave Ns' fully is on late prices. Barley scarce, with a ready sale, and quotations advanced Gd per qr. Indian corn in mode rato inquiry, at Gd to is lower. Oats in small supply, and firmly held at late prices. Beans and peas quiet. MANC HES TER-THURSDAY. Our market this morning was fairly attended. English wheat, being comparatively scarce, commanded the quo tations of this day so'nnight, but in foreign we note a de cline of 2d to 3d per cental. In flour the demand was moderate, at late rates. Oats and oatmeal also ruled at for mer prices. Beans slightly higher. Indian corn 6d to is cheaper. BURY ST. EDMUNDS—WEDNESDAY There was a very short supply of wheat at this market to-day, and the quotations of last week were supported. Barley, oats, beaus, and peas unchanged. , Average prices : Wheat, 67s 9d ; barley, 35s 9d; oats , —s 0(1; beans, —s Od. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At this day's market there was not a large supply of wheat, for which there was little inclination to buy, and quotations were much the same as last week. Barley and oats were the turn in favour of the seller. In both beans and peas the trade was limited, at previous rates. EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, 2s Od up... werage, is 3d down• Barley on the top, Os 3d down average, Os 6d dowv. Oats on the top, Us 9d up average, 1s 3d up. Beans on the top, 58 Od up average, 7s 4d up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 622 qrs sold 493 Barley 172 qrs sold 74 Oats 1167 qrs soldi 593 Beans 4O qrs sold 16 Average prices. Wheat, 63s 9d I Oats, 31s 4d Barley, 36s 10d 1 Beans 50s lld Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 53s Od; extra superfine, Ms Od ; superfine, 49s Od ; fine, 478 Od. GLASGOW-WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was well attended, and the business done in wheat and flour was firm, at former quotations• Foreign. Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. lustralia and New Zealand, via Bonthampton..„.Aug. 24 Ditto, via Marseilles .........Aug. 18. Ditto, via Panama ....... .......... ........ Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video ....Aug. 5. Ditto, by French paoke• •••••• ..... „Aug. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil packet A.ug. 5. ape of Good lope. Ascension, and St. Helena.— Aug. 27, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Aug, 8. Ditto, via Marseilles . • •••••••••••••Aug. 2. Falkland Islands gribraltar, via Southampton .• Aug S. India, via Southampton ...... &ug. S. Ditto, via Hanel]. es Aug 2. Malta, Egypt, &c. An. 8. Ditto, Marseilles In. 2. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Southampton Aug. 21. Ditto, via Mania les Aug. 1.8. Newfoundland Aug 11. Portugal ....Aug. 5. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &0., by British packet • Aug. S. Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Aug. 2. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffo Aug. 3. Weet Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Cub t and Mexico Baha:nas, via New York Aug 22. Bermuda, via ditto l AD,ERTISEMENT. ] - Holloway's Pills and Ointment. — Influenza, Colds.—ln diseases of the throat and chest, 5 0 prevalent in this country, nothing so speedily relieves or so certainly cures as these inestimable remedies. These disorders are too often reglected at the commencement or are injudiciously treated, resulting in either case in disas trous consequences. Whatever the condition of the pa tient Holloway's medicines will restore, if recovery be pos sit_ le. They will retard the alarming symptoms till the blood is purified ; nature consummates the cure, gradually restoring strength and vital nervous power. By persever ing in the use of Holloway's preparations, tone is conferred on the stomach and system generally ; the fluids are re generated, morbic matter is expelled, and a happy revolu tion occurs throughout the system. Births. FRY—On the 31st ult., at Cottage-road, Eaton-square, the wife of Capt. J. W. Fry, 91st (Argyllshire) Hi g hlanders, of a son. HATTER—On the 31st ult., at IR, Queensborough-terrac e, Bayswater, the wife of H. G. Hatter, of a son. TituuLow—On the 24th ult., at the Hague (British Lega tion), the Lady Elma Thurlow, of a son. Marriages. BOWRING—BELLASIS—On the 31st inst., at the Catholic Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Mortlake, Surrey, Lewe s B. Bowring, Esq., Commissioner of Mysore, third son of Sir John Bowring, to Katherine, second daughter of Mr. Sergeant Belfasis. CHRISTIE-COLLINS-At the parish church of St.. 3 1 ar1 Magdalen, George Christie, youngest son of the late , Christie, Esq., of Homerton, to Minnie, fourth daughter of Captain F. Collins, M.K., of Windsor. Deaths. CoLrAn 7 On the 29th ult., at his father's residence, nobt* A. Colyar, Esq. HAY—On the 31st ult., at 40, P orc hester-terrace,W., Lieut.- Col. Hay, late of the Caribineers. LIGIITFOOT—On the 31st ult., at 49, Old Steine, Brighton, Alfred Lightfood, Esq., of 1, St. Leonard's-place, West bourne-terrace, London, aged 41. PARKIN—On the 30th ult., at the Parade, Edmonton, 3111* Elizabeth Parkin, aged RonYss—On the 31st ult., at 6, Clarence-place, Pe nzance, Wilmot Robyns, relict of the late Major-Gen. Robyns' aged 81. STILES—On the 15tli June, at Rangoon, Birmab, m a jor G. Stiles, Madras Staff Corps. London : Printed and Published by WILLIA.INI AND-ItEWs: 2 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tiu SUN Offlee, so. 11. . Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, the Count} °I Augizi.t 2,16(7.