The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-02 00:00:00

Establishment of a _ European College at Pekin. SIIANGIIAI, March 9. Subjoined is the translation of a memorial ad dressed by the members of the Tsong-li-ya-men (Council for the School of Languages) to the Em- peror of China, proposing the establishment of a European College at Pekin : " PEKIN, Jan. 28, 1867. " We have had the honour previously to address to your Majesty a report, in which we stated the necessity of introducing into China the study of the mathematical sciences and of astronomy, pointing out also the facilities it would be advisable to offer to those persons who should enter into their pursuit. Your Majesty has deigned to approve our recotn- tnendations. WQ have therefore considered that as the ma thematical sciences serve as the basis for the con ttruction of all kinds of machines, it would be ad- visable to join to the already existing classes of the school of languages of the Tsong-li-ya-men a special class for their tuition, and to admit thereto, after an examination of their fitness, Chinese and Mant chou doctors of letters (ku-jen) and bachelors of the Eve classes (pa long), as well as civil functionaries of the fifth rank and below, furnished with diplomas, ns licentiates of letters (tsin-che) obtained at exami nations. The classes should be taught by European professors. We only await your Majesty's authori- nation to lay before you the regulations we propose to establish. Your Majesty has deigned to invite 'us to do this the fifth day of the 11th moon. "In proposing to your Majesty to favour the ntudy of the mathematical science, the Tsong-li-ya =en is not impelled by a sentiment of blind admi ration for knowledge of this kind possessed by the Europeans, nor by an extravagant love for novelty. The reason is, that in reality the construction of nix chines for warlike and industrial purposes, so important in our days, is based entirely upon the sciences. China wishes to construct her steamboats for herself ; but to enable her to do so European masters must initiate her in the principles of the mathematical sciences and point out the course to pursue. It would be a mistake and a fruitless ex penditure of labour and money to hope that the Chinese cculd attend such a result by their imagina- tion alone. " IVe have seriously reflected upon the subject before presenting to your Majesty this present me morial. IVe know that persons more accustomed to debate than to reflect will say that we are con- cerning ourselves with matters of only moderate utility; that we wish to set aside the ancient Chinese modes to follow foreign practices ; and that it is contrary to Chinese dignity to allow ourselves to be instructed by European masters. Those who speak thus show that they know little of what is passing in the world. " Up to the present time China has tried to be powerful by her own resources, but it is clear now construction of machines is the task of labourers. ' Why teach these things to literate persons? We shall reply that in the ancient book Tcheou-li' there is a chapter upon carpentry, which literate persons have read with interest during many ages, and for which they have a great esteem. Why is this? Because, if the workman must execute the manual labour in any construction, it is the literate person who ought to know the natural law, the principle upon which that construction is based. It is by this knowledge that he may render the labour of the workman use ful, by directing and applying it with discernment. It is these natural laws that we are desirous should be known, and it is by them that the literate person will point out to the artisan the full benefit he may extract from any given process. Why suppose us desirous that literate persons or people plainly edu cated should become workmen ? Nothing need be studied but that which can be applied, and with the object of applying it according to the necessities of the age. " Whatever further may be the interpretations unenergetic persons may attach to this measure, by which they are not affected, it is indispensable that it should be carried out with full desire to put it in execution ; and we have only proposed it to your Majesty after mature reflection. Although we are still but at the commencement of our enterprise, we are aware that in order to interest literate persons therein and engage them to study with ardour, it will be necessary to promise them certain advan tages and show them the utility they will derive from their studies by the employment those who shall dis tinguish themselves will obtain. " We therefore submit to your Majesty's approval the following code of regulations in six articles, trusting it may meet with your high approbation. " Lastly, we beg to suggest that as the han-lin (academicians) of the 'three classes, possessing a high degree of literary education and accustomed to grave and arduous studies, are now but little em ployed in the administration, it would be well to invite them to study the mathematical sciences, in which they would make rapid progress. _ _ " We respectfully await the time when your Ma jesty and her 'Majesty the Empress shall deign to acquaint us what is thought of our proposals." The code of regulations is appended. It refers to the terms of admission to the new college, the treat ment of the students, their rate of enrolment, &c. Underneath the memorial is to be found the Em peror's signature, with the words " The proceeding is approved. " Respect this. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT EASTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider three bills now before Parliament —Mr. C. 11. Turner in the chair. Air. J. B. Owen, the secretary, havin g read the that Chinese genius has produced all it is able to produce, and that intelligent persons do not conceal notice convening the meeting, from themselves that, in order to walk alone in The CHAIRMAN said, bsfore he proceeded with the business for which the meet in g had been convened, he future, it must first resolve to receive from Euro- I wished to make a few observations. In the first place, peans those sciences and arts in which it is deficient. it would have given him the g reatest possible de- This fact has long been perceived by able men such 1 as Ly-hong-tchang and Tso-tsang-tang, who have h e ar the refutation of a light to have seen that larg e room filled with Great E as tern shareholders, to not ceased to repeat and to lay stress upon it in s t a t e ment that had been circulated their reports to your Majesty. coma cuted n l y a .H b e y h p a e d rso re n c s e w iv h ed o were uo friends of the " Last year Ly-hong-tchang established a large severa l letters from shareh olders, making inquiries machine factory at Shanghai, and requested that as to the truth of state ments that had been made in persons from the capital might be sent there. More a - pamphlet issued to t he p ro p rietors by an alleged recently Tso-tsang-tang asked leave to establish at Fokien workshops and schools in which European comm ittee of shareholders. He wished to know w h e ther the author or aut h o rs of that pamphlet masters might teach the sciences, in order that the Chinese might subsequently be in possession of all w ere in the room, and , i f so, where they got the false statements respecting the affairs of the com the knowledge indispensable to the construction of pany ? There were difficulties enough to contend steamships. Clearly, therefore, it is urgent that we in managing should instruct ourselves in all these scienc es, and with . the affairs of t hat lar g e com p an y without having to correct erroneous statements by this opinion is not confined to the undersigned. self-elected committees or other persons. One of " Some will say that it would be more advanta the false statements in the pamphlet was to the peons to continuethepracticehitherto pursued. Why 1 effeet . that the directors were seeking power to raise not hire steamships and purchase from Euro p eans additional capital for steamboats. That was totally the arnr a they manufacture ? Is this not more simple? untrue, and very unfair to the directors ; all the Should we not then have all we require without ern power sought for in the bill was to enable the com barrassing ourselves with expenses and useless pany to run the steamboats to two additional ports, trouble ? Those who will argue in this manner are in order to develops the goods and cattle traffic ; no doubt the people who believe that cannons and but there was no power sought for spending money muskets are the only things China ought to take from on steamboats. Another untrue statement in the Europe, and this is a serious mistake. But even were ! pamphlet was to the effect that the present board such the case, and had the course hitherto pursued had done nothing for the company during the 15 been at the same time practical and easy, it is not months they were in office. Some gentlemen of Mr. the less demonstrated that we should always remain Ware's committee came to the station at Shoreditch, dependent upon foreigners for these articles, and had an interview with the directors on the affairs of that we should have to resign ourselves never to be 1 the company, and up to a certain point had infor acquainted with their ma nufac t ure. Further, ac mation given them quite sufficient for any section quaintance with this manufacture of arms and ma- i of the shareholders to know. The directors had chines, while placing us in a position to produce therefore declined to give further information, an them for ourselves, does not deprive us of the op- less it was made known to all the shareholders in the portunity of pursuing our ancient course, and of 1 company. (Hear, hear.) The present d irectors profiting by the industry of others. We should then, I had done the very best they could for the co m p an y however, do so with a knowledge of the subject. 1 since they came into office. He had put an end to It appears to us useless to demonstrate whether k fi c titious accounts, and with the aid of his colleague s knowledge is preferable to i g norance. - I they had kept the company so far out of Chancery " It would also be a serious mistake to imagine ! ,as to prevent the appointment of a receiver. He that China abandons her ancient knowledge to adopt I • that they had laboured for three years to bring about an that of foreigners. T he Euro p eans admit 1 equitable arrangement with the Great Northern have borrowed from China— or at any rate from the Company to enable the Great Eastern to get East—the notions upon which their sciences are DOW , ( into the manufacturing dist ricts. The details of adays based. :With their spi rit of researc h and con- I an arrangement with that company which he stant application they have increased these notions, hoped would be satisfactory, were now being pre drawn from them all the profit possible, and have , finally discarded antiquated theories i n favour of i p ared. He believe d the com p any bad pretty well , d eve loped the traffic in their own disttic t, and the y those more modern and exact. The root is C hinese, must look elsewhere for an increase. He trusted be but the tree that has been developed is European. , fore long the Great E astern would not only be able This is the case with arithmetic and astronomy, to pay all their preference dividends, but that there and perhaps also with other sciences. If China had I continued to cultivate the sciences she would not ; would be a margin for divide nd to the ordinary now be reduced to have recourse to the experience of s h a reholders. Under the old ag reement with the other nations. Clearly this would be far preferable. 1 Great Northern the compa n y were to p ay £60,000 a year to get into the northern districts, subject to " But is the idea of having recourse to the science certain restrictions. No one valued peace more than of the Europeans and of requesting lessons from he did, but he did not desire t o obtain it at any them new? Did not the Emperor Kang-hi, with ad- price. (Hear, hear.) He had told the Great his vast intelligence, recognise this necessity by ! Northern Board that the policy of the Great Eastern witting many among them to the mathematical tri was to go northwards, and they were determined to bunal and treating them like Chinese functionaries? carry out that policy. Now, under the old a g ree- Recent generations ought not to set aside, as they I ment they could only get to Doncaster, and for have done, the science of numbers since our philo which they would have to pay the Grea t Northern sophers themselves have placed it at the head of , 1 160,000 a year. But, under the new a rran g ement human knowledge. : which the present directors had recently made with "' In ancient times,' says the books, `warriors the Great Northern Company, the Great Eastern and agriculturists were acquainted with astronomy, 'would have to pay £lO,OOO the first year, instead of which was forgotten afterwards through a pro £6o,ooo, as contemplated by the old agreement ; bibition of the Emperor. Kang-hi, our sacred £15,000 for the second year, £20,000 for the third ancestor, caused it to revive. Literates gave them selves up to its study with ardour, and published \ year, and £25,000 a year for the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years ; and they were to become- half numerous books. It was said then : Whatever is owners of the lines over which their trains would unknown is a cause of disgrace to the literates. I run to the north when they paid the Great Northern And is it not in fact disgraceful for a man who £60,000 a year. Ile believed by that arrangement makes a display of science to look up at the sky the directors had saved the company the expendi without knowing anything of the millions of stars tare of £1,000,000. Under the old agreement the he sees shining above him ? Even if the school we Great Northern could fix the rates and fares to Don desire to establish should never exist, literate per caster, and they were otherwise fettered in various sons would not, we hope, be willing long to remain ways ; but under the new agreement there were in their present ignorance. If they were not desi equal rates, and the company could go over roux of recommencing these forgotten studies, they the Lancashire and Yorkshire and other lines in would have all the stronger reason for s o doin g in i the manufacturing districts. - Another matter of presence of the sacrifice the State i s now willin g to ! 1 importance was, that, under the new agree make.' I ment the Great Northern were confined in "To those who may say that China humiliates : ' ~ their extensions to King's Lynn. The London herself in seeking instructio n from foreigners, we and Cambridge traffic was to be equally divided shall reply that if one thing in particular can make between the two companies. Formdrly the Great a nation blush, it is to be ignorant of that which Eastern paid £16,800 a year to the Great Northern others know. for the Ilitchin and Shepreth line, over which the " What immense progress have not Europeans Cambridge traffic of that company was carried ; made during the last fifty years in the construction of steamships —to but now the Cambridge traffic would be carried )3 , at ashiPs—to cite only a single fsct —incessantly :b o th companies, and divided betwmi them. He seeking after better combinations, and vieing with each other i n l a b our and efforts ? E ven J a pan has I thought those arrangements showed t ha t th e new sent to E urope officers intended to seek instruction 1 directors rs had done something for the Great Eastern in the v ar i ous sciences there taught.p above Thus, without uompany. They had substituted a payment of speaking of Eurof which seeks £16,800 a year fur the Hiteh in and She p reth line ean nations, eac h o to raise itself the others by knowledge and for £lO,OOO a year to get to D oncaster. If tare in co civilisation, Japan has not wished to remain in pany had fair play the price of the ordinary stock the rear. That country also desires to take its place among the stro ng , w hi le c . lima alone, continuing in the market would now be at 40, instead of 28. and h er anc i ent ens- If the working expenses on t heir line were reduced obstinate in her indifference . to stand aloof from to 50 per cent. of the receipts, as he hoped they toms, would condemn herself the general activity. of dis- would be, instead of being 56 per cent., there would grace. This is a true reason be a saving of £BO,OOO a year. If the temporary to ‘. do not feel humiliation If we • • • loans had been got rid of, there would have been a others, but only in taking that, others t as our instruc in se,n 1' ; .is. inferior saving of £35,000 in interest. The expenses wore tors, without considering perhaps attain the glory of sue- beine reduced, and they would have had a dividend equalling, we may passing them, it naturally results that thedesire of we shall undertaking. of 17 per cent. on the ordinary stock. He had no never know anything, and shall have the eternal doubt of the ultimate success of the Great Eastern humiliation of inferiority. He then refuted other statements in We foresee, the also, that it will be said : —The to a Pamphlet of the alleged committee ; and alluded Paragraph in a morning paper s hick stated that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSOAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1867, the general manager of the Great Eastern had £3,000 a year, the deputy manager £l,OOO a year, the secretary £2,000 a year, and resident engineer, £1,500 a year. The salaries paid were about half those amounts, and any further increase would de- pend on the prosperity of the company. He hoped the shareholders would disregard all unauthorised statements in future, and continue their confidence in the present board. He wished, for the benefit of the company, that Mr. Laing had succeeded in financial matters, but as to himself he saw his way tolerably clear for carrying the undertaking through its difficulties. They would now proceed with the business of the meeting. Mr. BAXTER, solicitor, reads the heads of the first bill, which was for the purpose of enabling the company to separate the undertaking of the Metro politan Extensions from the general undertaking as to capital and revenua. The bill extended the time 'or the purchase of land and completion of works. [t also gave the preference shareholders voting powers to the extent of one vote for every £5OO stock held by them in the company. In the event of the Metropolitan Extensions becoming a sepa rate undertaking it would be called the Great Eastern Metropolitan Undertaking. The Great Eastern directors would have the management of both undertakings, but the capital and revenue of the two undertakings would be kept perfectly distinct. The ordinary shares of the Metropolitan Extensions might be divided into deferred and pre ferred shares, similar to those of the Great Northern Railway. The money already expended by the Great Eastern Company on the Metropolitan Ex tensions would be represented by shares in that undertaking. Under the East London Railway Act the East London Company had power to make a railway under the Great Eastern Extension Line from Shoreditch to Liverpool-street by paying half the cost. The time for the purchase of land was extended two years, and for the completion of works three years. Every portion of the debenture stock of the Great Eastern Company would in future have the same rights. Mr. BRISTOW doubted the chance of floating the Metropolitan HALIDE thought hntsase paowseepraroaftveoutnindgerit:kriignhgt. of preference shares might be some check in future on expenditure for extensions. Mr. C. LEGG wished to know how the Great Eastern were to get back the £ . 600,00 0 they had already expended on the Metropolitan Extensions. Mr. CHRISTIE thought it a wise course for the directors to promote the bill, as it would enable them to relieve the Great Eastern Company from the difficulty of raising the new capital for the extension lines. Mr. Serjeant SPINES remarked that the bill gave the company permissive powers to separate the two undertakings if deemed expedient, which, if sanc tioned by Parliament, could be done at some future meeting of the company specially convened for the purpose. Mr. LEGG, of Leeds, said he considered they would have had a good property were it not for the action of an unprincipled set of men. He thought it very injurious to ladies, trustees, and other per sons holding stock in the company, to have false statements circulated among them from time to time, tending to mislead them by depreciating the value of their property. He was glad the directors had proxies intrusted to them representing two mil lions of stock, to check adverse proceedings, and to enable them to carry out an honest and wise policy for the benefit of the company. He hoped the di rectors would abstain in future from giving any particular information to sections of shareholders which was not given to all. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions, said the present directors had inherited difficulties from their predecessors which they had to deal with as they could, so as to produce the least loss to the com pany. Four of the directors, of which he was one, raised £300,000 to meet the first difficulty or the company when they came into office. The whole of that sum had been paid off with the exception of £46,000. The Metropolitan Extensions land claims amounted to £1,900,000, of which £500,000 would be returned by the sale of surplus lands. The East London Company would pay half the cost of the land and works from Shoreditch to the intended station at Liverpool-street. If everything came to the worst, all that the present company could be debited with in respect of those extensions would be about £750,000. By the plan proposed the com pany would be enabled to get rid of liabilities in respect to the extensions, and get back the £350,000 paid for land and £250,000 for works, making to gether £600,000. They had not paid Mr. Laing up to the present time any part of the £5,000 which he was to receive for his financial services. Mr. LAING, in seconding the motion for the ap proval of the bill, said if the proprietors repented of the bargain with him fur his services they could say so, and he would cancel the arrangement, leaving them with perfect good humour. If they were satis fied to let the matter remain as it was he would do his best for them. A financial bill was being pre pared for Parliament, and when it came before the proprietors he would give them full explanation of the exact state of their affairs in reference to that matter. Ile had not succeeded in raising the money 00 Ty and oh, thehadtheir expenses a large receipts concernww were rrco about bhoo uut that t for them, and he believed that no one could, under the circ s u ot m i st 2 a a6 n y, c o es eoao . ;, had cost t l a i hh a a l o f tn o at f illi i o t, 2uol; l ot 7 ao v : i lo n do g ot there e rtehei O r o,oO was, liabilities , e course, uriscewh, were nicpnloets representedsecu rity - ri t Theto r c e o s v o e l u r t a i 0 1 l napproving their the bill was then carried. The CHAIRMAN contended that the position of the company t mm rtrnht was a n CHAIRMAN gitwc:ot authorise hNf w oa re said t m s, t u hc the ee b kn e nc t eoe l t r ptbah t in h lely a wh n oet or i I,: tar. v r au ( a ntl s oi et s n ahu i re n b.i ) e r. steamboats to two other ports besides those of Ant werp and Rotterdam. During the cattle plague last year the cattle traffic was stopped at the ports men tioned, but if they could have run from Harwjch to the two other ports they could have secured a great portion of that traffic. The steamboats should have a fair portion of that traffic. The steamboats should have a fair trial ; if they did not pay they would abandon them. The goods traffic had increased by £12,000 last year, and were it not for the stoppage of the cattle traffic they would have had better re turns. The bill was unanimously approved. The next bill was promoted by the Norwich Board of Health, and sanctioned the construction of a road to the company's station and a bridge over the line at Norwich. The Great Eastern was authorised to subscribe £5,000 towards• the road, and a certain level crossing would be got rid of. A resolution approving the bill was carried. The meeting was then made special, and after some discussion the consideration of agreements for working the Mellis and Eye and the Tendring Hundred Railways for ten years was adjourned, with a view to obtain certain modifications in these agreements. A formal resolution for converting £130,000 of Eastern Union preference stock, that had been re deemed by the company, into Great Eastern pre ference stock of like amount, was agreed to. Mr. RIGLEY stated that he, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Chadwick resided iu Manchester, and had joined the committee of shareholders with a view to assist the directors in improving the property of the company. They were surprised when they saw the pamphlet alluded to by the chairman, and distinctly repudiated all connexion with ic. (Hear.) The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman for the way in which he had con ducted the business of the meeting. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. Yesterday morning a new scale of fares for daily passengers came into operation on the company's Metropolitan Extension line. The fares have been increased in some cases 50 per cent. Numbers of the passengers were quite surprised at the sudden and unexpected rise, which caused general dissatis faction. There has been no rise in the charge for season tickets, and if passengers wish to save the extra charge it appeary they can do so by becoming season ticket-holders. A new station was opened on the line, called the Battersea-park and York road station. TEIGN VALLEY. A special meeting of this company was held at Newton on Monday. Sir L. Palk, M.P., presided. The CHAIRMAN said that the share capital now subscribed was £20,320, while the amount autho rised was £45,000, and of preference capital £30,000, with borrowing powers for an additional £79,000. He strongly urged shareholders to take up preference stock, so that the undertaking could be completed without further delay. A revised statement of the accounts would be ready in the course of a month or six weeks. Mr. C. Langley was elected auditor. TENDRING HUNDRED. Captain Tyler, inspecting officer of the Board of Trade, had passed the last section of this company's extension to Walton-on -the-Naze. The section now about to be opened for traffic extended from Kirby Cross to Walton -on-the-Naze. A line to Walton-on-the-Naze was first projected in the autumn of 1858. The new section, in common with the other parts of the Tendring Hundred under taking, would be worked by the Great Eastern Company. STA7ISIICS OF SHIPWRECKS. The statistical committee appointed by the com mittee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's have pub lished their first analysis of the wrecks and casual ties reported in " Lloyd's List" for the year 1866. The object of the tabular statements contained in this report is to furnish the public with as compre hensive and careful a register of losses and casual ties as can be obtained, together with all avail- able information relating to each accident. The committee have allowed an interval of three months from the close of the year to elapse before publish- Cape Colonies, Orange River to Delago Bay, 45 ; Delago Bay, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, and Red Sea, 82 ; &c. The smallest return is from Aden to Kurrachee, including the Persian Gulf, where the casualties reported have only amounted to 2. Total loss of ships and steamers, 2,234 ; construc tive loss, 270 ; great damage, 1,295 ; minor damage, 4,416; raised after sinking, 52 ; not damaged or results unknown, 2,320 ; grand total, 10,537. Official Report. THE WRECK OF THE EARL OF DUBLIN. To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade. My Lords, —I have held an official inquiry into the wreck of the Earl of Dublin steamship, assisted by Cap tain Harris and Commander Roche, R.N., as Nautical As sors, and have the honour to report: —That the Earl of Dublin was a paddlewheel steamer, Wilt at Port Glasgow in the year 1867, her framework being of iron. She was registered at Dublin, her gross tonnage being 618,. and her registered 431 tons, and she was propelled by two engines of 300 horse power. She was owned by the Dublin and Glasgow Company. This was her first voyage on the station be tween Dublin and Glasgow, and she was commanded by Mr. William Stokes, who holds a certificate of service, and was manned by a crew of 26, all told. The Earl of Dub- in left Glasgow on her return 'voyage on the afternoon of he 21st of March, having on board about 13 chief and 20 deck passengers, and a general cargo, consisting of bale goods, sugar, and iron, the latter of which was stowed upon the fore part of the deck. At 8 p.m. she passed the °umbrae Light, and a course was shaped down the Chan nel towards Corswell Point. The master appears to have been on deck till a little after midnight, when he went below, having been relieved by the Chief Mate. Shortly afterwards the lights, both at Portpatrick and the Cope land Islands, were visible, and the distance was clmputed at about six miles from the former and nine miles from the latter light. Of this fact the Master was made aware. The Master, before he went below, gave the course S. by W. t W. nothing to westward, leaving directions to have the lights reported to him when seen,with their bearings,and any alteration in the wind or weather. At 2 o'clock A.M. the Copeland Islands were passed at a computed distance of six miles, Donaghadee rod light being in sight. The weather at this time is described as cloudy, but not thick, and blowing strong. About a quarter or twenty minutes after 2 o'clock, the sea getting heavier, the Mate altered the course from S. by W. W. to S., but did not call the Master till 3 o'clock A.M., when he says that he lost sight of the Copeland Light bearing N.N.W. The Master shortly afterwards came on deck, and sent a hand aloft to look out for the South Rock Light. At this time it was snowing heavily, and blowing a whole gale at S.E., with a heavy sea. In about a quarter of an hour after, the look-out aloft shouted out " land" or "breakers right ahead." The helm was promptly put hard a-starboard, and the engines " stopped" and " re versed ;" but before the latter order could be carried out, the vessel struck upon the rocks about half a mile to the westward of Burial Island. A communication with the shore having been established by means of a rope, the pas sengers and crew were all safely 'andel in their own life boat by 8 o'clock the same morning. Some portion of the cargo was saved on that and the following days, and the vessel eventually broke in two, and became a total wreck. Such is the brief narrative of the loss of this valuable ship. If the evidence of the mate with respect to the courses steered and bearings of the lights is to be relied on, there aro only two modes of accounting for the loss of this ship— either there must have been a great derangement of the compasses, or a very insufficient allowance for the force of the wind and sea and set of the tido. It is obvious that shortly after midnight, if the cress bearings of Portpatrick and the Copeland Lights were accurately taken, the vessel was in a proper position, and the course S. by W. W. should have carried the ship clear, under ordinary circumstances, of all the dangers on the Irish coast. At the time of taking these bearings, however, it was high water, a spring tide ; consequently, from that time till the vessel struck she had a hard gale and heavy sea on the port bow, together with a strong spring ebb, all tending to sot the ship towards the Irish coast. This only could be obviated by the greatest attention to the bearings and distance from the lights, and the weather was such as to render it very difficult to compute the distance from them with any degree of accuracy. It must, moreover, be noticed, that no cross-bearings were taken of the Copeland and Donaghadee lights, though both were ♦isible at the same time ; nor was any lead used to verify the distance from the land. To these circumstances chiefly, in my opinion, aided by my Nautical Assessors, is to be attributed the loss of the ship, without having recourse to any subtle theory of magnetism. In fact, had the compasses been i❑ error to so great an extent as has been assumed, it must have been apparent long before the ship arrived off Port patrick. The mate in his evidence distinctly states that these was no reason to doubt their accuracy, and it is only after the ship is lost, in accounting for the disaster, that he assumes that they must have been in error. It is pos sible that, although the error was unsuspected, and, there fore, unobserved, that the iron stowed on deck, as the mate deposes, within fifteen or twenty feet of the bridge compass, might have affected it in some degree. This circumstance, added to the fact that this new iron ship was on her first laden voyage, and for the first time with her head pointing to the southward, rendered a greater degree of vigilance necessary in the navigation of the ship. When the master left the deck at midnight the position of the ship might be at that moment perfectly safe ; yet looking at the state of the weather, the set of the tide, and the possibility of derangement in his steeriug compass, ho would have evinced more prudence had he continued on deck. On leaving the deck, however, ho gave . orders to the mate to report to him when lights were seen, and their bearings, or any change in the wea ther. The mate, who had sailed under his command for four years, omitted to do so, and when the master was called it was too late to avert the calamity. Taking into account all the circumstances of the case as laid before me in the evidence, and bearing in m)ad the important fact of the mate having omitted to call the master as directed, and looking at the long service and experience of Mr- Stokes, extending over a period of 29 years in the same employ, the court thought a reprimand would satisfy the ends of justice, and at the same time meet the merits of the case.- 1 hare, &c., J. W. O'DONNELL, Chief Magistrate, &c. -ing their analysis, in order that greater accuracy may be secured than was possible at the time the reports were made; but, even with this allowance, the figures furnished in the tables can only be re garded as giving a rough approximation to the real state of the facts, whether in regard to the loss of life that has taken place or the number of vessels lost by shipwreck or other disaster. The hon. secre tary, Mr. H. Jeula, states " that the returns relating to lives lost are at present most imperfect, the actual number being, in all probability, greatly in excess of that given in the various tables." From the summary for the entire year we learn that as many as 11,711 casualties are reported to have happened to 10,587 vessels, of which 1,029 were steam vessels and 9,558 sailing vessels. The casualties are classified, and the list shows that 98 vessels, 3 only being steamers, were missing ; that 341 vessels-4 steamers and 337 ships-were abandoned ; and that of these 274 ships and 3 steamers were recovered, while 1 steamer and 63 s hi ps wer e altogether lost. There were during th e year no fewer than 1 , 958 collisions, which r e sult e d i n th e foundering of 169 ships and 29 steamers, and in greater or less injury to 1,125 ships and 143 steamers, the results of the other collisions being either that no damage was done, or that the nature of the injury was not re ported. The number of vessels sunk, owing to causes other than collisions, was 530, viz., 497 ships and 53 steamers. The number of vessels stranded was 3,381, of which only 301 were steamers and 3,080 ships. Of these 1,473 ships and 199 steamers were got off, 1,128 ships and 52 steamers could not be got off, while the fate of the remainder-479 ships and 50 steamers-was not reported. Under the head of " capture" we find 33 ships and three steamers mentioned, while 18 ships are reported to have been seized by pirates. Of 173 vessels stated to have been burnt or on fire, 143 were ships and 30 steamers. Under the heading " dismasted or dis abled," 264 ships and eight steamers are mentioned; " jetsam of cargo under deck" gives a total of 141 ships and five steamers, while for " jetsam of deck load or washing overboard" the 6gures'include 172 ships and 15 steamers ; 1,171 ships and 28 steamers are reported as " leaky;" 726 ships and 17 steamers lost anchors or chains ; and 194 steamers sustained damage to their machinery or ran short of coals. Under the somewhat general head of " mutiny, ships sickness, anl 25 c3sualtyto crew, or refusing duty," 324 steamers are reported, but how many come under one category and how many under another is not stated, though there is a wide diffe rence between mutiny and sickness. There were 1,973 ships and 75 steamers reported under the head of " damaged, loss of sails, bulwarks, &c.," and 39 ships and one steamer appear to have been water logged. The gross total of losses is reported as -whatever this may be-are 263 having reached the large number of 2,284-2,119 ships and 115 steamers ; under the head " con mers • 1,196 ships and 99 steamers sustained great damage ; 4,062 ships and 354 In n ot th d e am ea a s g es ed o , f 1,875 steamers suffered minor ships s eti a v n e d loan" -whatever injury ; or the re -44 ships and 8 steamers were raised after having been sunk ; while 1,874 ships and 446 ships and 71 steamers, the whole of the cargoes were of 639 ships and 50 lost ; the cargoes steamers were only partially lost ; those of 62 ships and 5 steamers steamerss ul t re sults were wereeither unknown. were all saved ; 86 cargoes were forwarded, 20 became heated, 117 shifted, and 254 were other wise damaged. Salvage services are reported to have been rendered to 1,264 ships and 116 steamers. With reference to the number of lives lost during the year, although the report - states that the figures do not represent the total, the public will learn with deep regret that so many as 2,644 human beings are reported to have perished by disasters at sea during the last twelve months. Of these, 411 lost their lives in the first quarter, from January to March ; in the next quarter the sacrifice of life swelled to 989 ; in the third quarter the number of persons drowned was 543 ; and in the last three months of the year there was a total loss of 701 lives. The returns for the half years show that 1,400 lives were lost in the first st • x months, and 1,244 persons perished in the next half year. The results to ships during the two half years were as follows :-Total loss, 1,037 and 1,197; constructiveloss, 148 and 122 • , great damage, 644 and 651 ; minor damage, raised after sinking, 28 and 24; not damaged, or results unknown, 1,139 and 1,181. The results to cargo for the half years were-All lost, 894 and 1,052 ; part lost, 345 and 344 ; all saved, 41 and 26; forwarded, 45 and 41 ; heated, 15 and 5; shifted, 79 and 38 ;otherwise damaged, 132 and 122 ; salvage services, 759 and 621. If we take the monthly re turns we find some curious figures in reference to the destruction of human life. A much larger number of persons were sacrificed in May, when the number was 831, while in January and February the respec tive loss was 221 and 89. The figures are as follow -Jan., 221; Feb., 89 ; March, 101; April, 58 ; May, 831; June, 100 ; July, 47 ; Aug., 271 ; Sept., 225 ; Oct., 314; Nov., 198; Dec., 187. A table is fur . I niched, showing the n um b er of casualties posted iu Lloyd's loss book for each month during the ten years from 1857 to 1866, inclusive ; but the return does not include a large number of coasting vessels of foreign countries and British colonies, except when reported by telegraph. The losses for the several ye irs are thus given :-.1,857, 3,218 ; 1858, 3,171 ; 1858, 3,758; 1860, 3,539 ; 1861, 3,672 ; 1862, 3,652 ; 2 1863, , -, - 06 ; 1864, 3 , 298 ; 1865, 2,847 ; 1866 , 3 ,370. In addition to these statistics the com mittee publish a • summary of wrecks and casualties consisting of 20 closely-Printed pages of figures, the returns being arranged in four divisions, and divided into 31 geographical sections. From these tables we learn that the number of wrecks and casualties re ported as having taken place on the coasts of the British Islands during the past year was 2,356 ; the Baltic and Gulf of Bothnia, 645 ; Dunkirk and Gib raltar, including the Azores, 866 ; Mediterranean, Black sea, and Sea of Azoff, 891 ; the Scaw to Dun kirk, inclusive, 308 ; Kurrachee to Calcutta, inclusive, 359 ; Australia, New Guinea, Tasmania, and New Zealand, 316 ; River Plate and Brazils to French Guiana, 302 ; Jamaica, st. Domingo, Cuba, and other West Indian islands, 491 ; United States, from Matamoras to Brunswick, 860; British North Ame rica, 511; Siam to Korea, 214; White Sea, Norway, Faroe - lelands, Sweden, outside Baltic to Copenhagen and Great and Little Belts, 233 ; Africa, Straits of Gibraltar to Orange River, including islands, 78 ; • The Great Bank Robbezy at Melbourne. (From the Bullionist.) As imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we suppose we ought to be greatly gratified at the close ness with which colonial and other communities copy English or Anglicised institutions. In spite of sneers at the nation of shopkeepers, and go-ahead decla rations that we are behind the time, we may not un fairly boast of setting the fashion in all things monetary. Nut only our virtues but our vices, not only our excellences and adornments, but our blots and blemishes, are imitated and reproduced, as completely as if beyond entire codorinity to our model the force of nature could not go. Our columns have abundantly testified to the naturalisation, in India, America, and Australia, of the grand English invention of a periodical panic, with its' accessories and concomi tants of awful smashes, grave scandals, and extra ordinary disclosures. Meetings of deluded share holders and indignant creditors have become quite as much oregle among our foreign commercial rivals and in our most mercantile dependencies as ever they have been here, and by the last Australian mail we have a sensation story of a bank robbery, which throws all antecedent occurrences of the kind into the shade. Confidential clerks, fraudu lent managers, dishonest directors, and insane speculators have done great things in the way of spoliation, but then they have wrought with the smooth and polished tools of the outwardly estima ble forger or swindler, and not with the coarse and vulgar expedient of the rough and ready robber, who forcibly " steals, takes, and carries away "• another's property in as inartistic a fashion as if he were Bill Sykes or Bob the Cracksman himself. But the singularity of the latest novelty in the way of com mercial delinquency is that while it resembles rather the unskilled and commonplace than the refined and respectable in its manner, it exceeds even the most remarkable instances of breach of trust in the value of its subject matter. It took Redpath and Pul linger many years of elaborate artifice to make up an aggregate misappropriation of a quarter of a million, while Windsor in America, Lainirande in France, and a host of others in England were but hucksters and petty chapinen in the same peculiar department of industry. Many years ago London was startled by the news that £40,000 worth of bank; notes had been abstracted from a house in Lombard street, and until now that memorable event has remained per excellence, " the great bank robbery," compared with which sundry successful burglaries in quest of watches, jewellery, and bullion have been treated almost as unconsidered trifles. In Mel • bourne, however, just before the mail left for Eng land, the discovery had been made that eight hun dred thousand pounds worth of good commercial bills had been abstracted from the strong box of the Branch Oriental Bank, and for a few days it seemed as if scarcely any hopes of tracing the thieves or recovering the property could be entertained. For tunately this distressing uncertainty did not last very long. A clue was furnished by the extraordi- 70 , nary conduct of the actual depredator, which was legitimate defence. Even if my great personal fortunately so effectually followed up, that by the affection for Father Newman did not make me feel same despatch which informs us of the robbery, we the cruelty of this—even if my sense of justice learn that the robber had been arrested, and the were not violently outraged thereby—a mere selfish desire of security would lead me to reprobate it. proceeds of his villas restored to• the rightful For what Catholic writer in the world is safe from owners. such stabs inflicted in the dark ? Considering how much mischief any well grounded apprehension of insecurity as to the safe keeping of negotiable instruments in banking estab lishments would do, it is satisfactory to find that the crime on which we are now commenting is not of a nature particularly likely to be repeated. On the 28th of January the bills in question were safe in a wooden box, which again was enclosed in a heavy tin box, and this yet again was deposited in the or dinary way in the bank safe. On the next day the safe and its enclosures appeared to have bren undisturbed, but shortly afterwards it was ascertained—first, that a portion, and ultimately, that the whole, of the " paper" had been abstracted. Outward in dication of violence there was none—a circumstance which, we think, must have suggested that the robbery had been committed by some of the bank's employes. But neither the police nor the bank board were able to hit upon the offender. As we have known happen nearer home, the two were working at cross purposes, and thus the secret which both were anxious to keep leaked out, and was mentioned in the morning papers. About the same time an ana gratumatic advertisement was inserted in what an swers to the mysterious second column, in which the movements of some and the misfortunes of others of the bank officials were forteld in a language which the cognoscenti could readily understand. Falconer was to remain, Anderson was to be shipped off instead, Cargill was to be a felo de se, Trail to go mad, Skinner to wind up. The copy of this singu lar advertisement was inspected, and found to be in the writing of a bank clerk, who was identified as having brought it to the office, and some days afterwards an anonymous notice, made up of printed matter cut from some periodical, was pushed under the door of the detective police office, telling them where to "look for bills." , The police went to the place, and, what is more singular, they went away again before they had made their search exhaustive. But all's well that ends well. The search was resumed, nearly the whole of the bills were found. Dickson, the clerk, confessed to hav ing removed them from a malevolent desire to came his employers temporary inconvenience, and the preliminary steps for bringing this worthy to con dign punishment bad been taken at the time the last advices left for England. We have said that even this startling occurrence is not likely to diminish the sense of security with which mercantile men are accustom e d to l eave their paper in the keeping of our banking estab lishments. We express this opinion, partly because we know that our bank clerks are, as a body, too respectable to imitate Dickson's example, and partly also, because their opportunities of committing similar robberies, or of disposing of their proceeds, are very few and far between. In conclusion, we must say a word on the pride with which the Oriental Bank may henceforth point to one incident in this strange story. A full week elapsed between the abstraction and restoration of the contents of the bill-box, during which all manner of alarming rumours were, of course, in circulation. ' But during the whole of this time the bills that matured were regularly paid without being pro duced, the parties liable being perfectly satisfied with copies made out from the bank's bill-book, and accompanied by the bank's indemnity. Thus an saelin felony, e o e f es has occasioned no greater inconvenience than a little temporary excitement and apprehen sion, for which the contemporary proofs of unlimited confidence are more than sufficient compensation. The occurrence, however, has become historical, and will henceforth rank as one of the most singular and sensational incidents ever recorded in the annals of banking. The great body of English Catholics is justlyin dignant. Had such weapons been used against any one whatever, the thing would have been de plorable enough. But against whom have they been in fact employed ? Against one of our most distinguished names ; against one to whom many Catholics owe a debt of gratitude which they call never possibly repay ; against one, we may add, who is himself peculiarly fair and generous in deal ing with individual opponents. Catholic laymen then hastened to express both their reprobation of the attack and their sense of Father Newman's claim to most opposite treatment ; and they sianed, almost as a matter of course, the address put before them, appearing, as it did, to state this and this alone. Still, the more I reflect on the sentence to which I objected in my letter to Mr. Monsell, the more I find myself unable to give it any sense which can justify subscription. The address assures Father Newman that " every blow which touches him inflicts a wound on the whole Catholic Church in this country." Nov, I wish most respectfully to ask Mr. Monsell and other promoters of the ad dress, what is the nature of that " blow" to which they refer ? I can only think of two interpretations which would even be suggested by the Roman letter. The first of these is that which I men tioned in my letter to Mr. Monsell—the alleged " inhibition ' of Father Newman's mission at Ox ford. Of course, I can well understand an humble address of laymen to the Holy Father, assuring him of their profound attachment and obedience, and entreating him at the same time (for certain reasons assigned) not hastily to decide on such a measure. But there is not one Catholic in Eng land who would sign an address to Father Newman, saying nakedly in so many words, "if the Pope inhibits you from going to Oxford, he will inflict a wound on the whole Catholic Church in Eng land." This explanation of the address, then, must be put on one side. The only other " blow" suggested by the Roman correspondent is the less favourable view of Father Newman's theology, which that writer alleges to prevail in certain Roman quarters. If this be the " blow " referred to, the address assures Father Newman that any less favourable view of his theo logical opinions " would inflict a wound on the whole Catholic Church in England." But this it can only do (as is evident), if it is not only a less favourable, but also a mistaken view. On such a construction, then, the promoters of the address summon us Catholic laymen to pub lish a dogmatic decision on the due theological appreciation of certain writings. Now, lam as certain as I can be of anything which I do not actually know, that not one gentleman in twenty who signed the address dreams of this. The sub scribers desire, as I have said, to express their un abated respect and gratitude to Father Newman, and their reprobation of the attack made on him ; but nothing (I believe) could be further from their mind than the thought of- giving expression, di rect or indirect, to ally theological opinion what ever. It may, perhaps, be said that at least the sentence only refers to a criticism of the same kind with that which gave occasion to the address. But I cannot, imagine such a criticism being called " a blow ; and still less can I _fancy anyone thinking that it will " inflict a wound on the whole Catholic Church in England." I conclude, therefore, as I began. I sympathize entirely with what I believe to be intended, but I cannot sign the address. I could most gladly sign the first and the third sent ences, but I can only imagine two senses for the second ; and in either of these two senses it is absolutely intolerable (and would be so considered by almost all the subscribers) that a body of us laymen should append our names to it.—l remain; sir, faithfully yours, W. G. WARD. COU'A fRY MARKETS. HULL.-T UESDAY. At our market to-clay there was a fair supply of Eng' lish wheat, which sold at last week's prices, although the farmers asked higher rates. Foreign firm, but not muchin demand. B ar l e y, b eans , an d p eas fully as dear, wh i r, oats wore scar ce an d muc h i n reques t—b e i ng sa l ea ble at per qr more money. In the linseed market business Was done at full prices. English white wheat, 65s to 70s; red, 62s to 65s ; pant sic and Konigsberg, 63s to 72s ; Baltic red, 60s to 64s ; Danish and Hamburg, 60s to 63s • Russian 578 to 5 93 ' Barley, _English, 368 to 495; griLling, Mediterranea n, 34s to 3os 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s; foreign, 43s to s,English43l3slutoo, 4454 2 otao per r s ci O r c . l ;foreignwhite, ,14844t05. Peas, grinding, DR. N ETVMA N AND THE " WEEKLY REGISTER." All they who signed the address to Dr. New man cannot but feel grateful, we should think, to Mr. Ward for pointing out in a letter which we give in another column a sentence out of harmony with the purport of the address, which was simply to repudiate an unwarrantable attack made by the Roman correspondent of the Weekly Register on Dr. Newman, and to convey to him an ex pression of deep and earnest sympathy. This address, so numerously - signed, shows how alive the English Catholic laity are to the good fame of a man who has done so much service to the Church in England, but they are still more sensitive as to any slur on their profound loyalty towards the Pope. Hence they will read with unmixed in dignation the offensive and preposterous charge which the Guardian newspaper has ventured to make against their allegiance to the Holy See, by likening the Catholic noblemen and gentlemen who have signed the address to Dr. Newman to those Barons of the middle ages who resisted the interposition of the Popes in the matter of inves titures. It says that the principle of the opposi tion is the same, though it touches now not on temporal interests, but on the liberty of opinion, and it regards the address to Dr. Newman as a protest on behalf of liberty of opinion against the encroachments of Papal authority. In the name of the Catholics who signed this address with no such purpose in their mind, and whose allegiance to the Pope is as dear to them as their lives, we indignantly repudiate this gross perversion of the purport of the address. But if the Guardian misrepresents so many of the Catholic nobility and gentry, it is even still more offensive in its remarks on Dr. Newman himself, for it broadly lays to his charge that he has re tracted in his later writings some of the prin ciples he maintained in his earlier works, espe cially in regard to the Papal authority and the cultus of the Blessed Virgin. Such a charge is a repetition in more stated terms of the impUtations of unorthodoxy advanced . by the Roman corresp on d ent of the Weekly Reg i ster. For such an offence the Guardian will, we feel confident, draw down on itself a more prompt rebuke and a more indignant refutation than v. , ere so deservedly visited on the writer in the Weekly Register.—Westmin.iter Gazette. LNN--TuEsDAY. There was a modera Y te show of wheat at market to-daY 2 with a firm tr a d e , at l ast week ' s rates. Barley scarce, an', fetched 6d t o i s more money. Beans and oats unaltere d in value. Old Hall House, near Ware, April 24, 186.7. New wheat, .6Gs to 68s ; n ew red, 60s to 65s ; old whit °, —s to —s ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley f or malting, 47s t o 51s ; secondary, 42s to 455. Oats, new, 24s to 26s p er 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 465. r° 3s ' 37s toils per 28 stone. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY E: Ther e has been a very favourable change in . the weather during the last few days, and agricultural operat i ons have progressed most satisfactorily. Home-grown wheat has been in fair request at previous quotations. Foreign wheat at about previous rates, with the usual business. Malting barley rather heavy. Grinding unaltered. Oats were in fair supply, and prices rather in favour of sellers. Beano a slow trade. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 7s 6d to 8s Od pei bushel ; white, 7s 9d to 8s 6d ; inferior, 6s Ud to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 44s to 48s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 34s to 36s Od; beans, 43s to 4(s ; white oats, 2 6 ° to 27s Od ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. At this market to-day the supply of wheat was limited, but of average quality. An advance in price was asked; but not generally acceded to. Barley met with increased inquiry, and last week's figures were paid for the best samples. Beans and peas in limited demand, but prices ruled firm. Oats wore unaltered in value. The following aro the quotations :—Wheat realised from 62s to 728 ; barley, 32s to 475; oats, 24s to 335; beans, 414 to 58s ; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 5 6d t 7 Gd per bushel • Best bread, 15d ; household ditto, 1 4 i . per 81b loaf. Flour, 46s to 50s per sack. Sin,—A week has now passed since I forwarded to Mr. Monsell the letter which you were kind enough to insert in your last number, and I have as yet received no answer from that gentleman. The Tablet declined to insert my letter, on the ground that the address could not possibly bear such an interpretation as I had suggested, and that it was unfair, therefore, towards Mr. Monsell to insert the letter. I may take for granted, then, I suppose, that Mr. Monsell's silence may be re garded as an emphatic disavowal of that inter pretation. I hope, however, that Catholics will not think me obtrusive if I write again on the sub ject, because I am in the really singular position of finding myself unable to sign the address, while yet I concur with every opinion which (as I be lieve) the great majority of subscribers intended to express by.it. What they intended to express seems to me quite obvious. They intended to visit with just animadversion a most indefensible attack, and to assure that eminent person who was its object that their respect and gratitude towards him have not been in the slightest degree lessened thereby. The attack was certainly most indefensible, apart from all theological questions whatever. Let me illustrate its nature by a contrast. Let me sup pose the writer to have mentioned this or that Amposition occurring in some work of Father New man's, and to have added, with due deference to ecclesiastical authority, that it seemed to him at variance with this or that decision or practice of the Church. This would have been manly and straightforward. But what course has he in fact pursued? He has cited no proposition of Father Newman's ; he has appealed to no decision of the Church. On the contrary, he has indulged in vague and random declamation ; he has made a most invidious, unauthorized, and impertinent use of names the most illustrious ; he has sent over to England a mass of indefinite gossip, for which uo one is responsible ; and, lastly (as I cannot but think), has given an essentially erroneous state meat of facts. Without impugning for a moment his good intentions, he has, in fact, chosen that means of attack which tends to do Father New man the greatest possible injury, and, on the other hand, to give him the least possible opportunity of COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. cl; s. d. Holywoll Main l6 6 Walls End Hetton ... 19 6 Northumberl'd Main l5 0 East Hartlepool ...... 1 9 Brady ell's Hetton lB 3 Hartlepool West Hartley Buddle's W. Hartley. 17 3 Ships at market, 39—sold, 31. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.- 23- Ditto, via Slarseilles .•••••• ...May t 4. Brazil and Cape Verda , by Britten paaitet . • MaY 5 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope. Asoension, and St Helena gay China, Penang. and Singapore. via Son , hampton May 3 Ditto. via Xarseilles . . ..... • • May 14 fraitland Islands Gibraltar, via ionthaupton • llay 3 ' India, via South imp to n MO 3 ' Ditto, via Maraeil es ... IADTERTISEMENT:I Holloway's Pills. Indigestion •—: How much thought has been bestowed and what ponder d one volumes written upon this plague o f e v er y h ou sell° l .' which is safely and cert a inly di s p ense d b y a course o f thl purifying, soothing, a n d t on i c medicine without fear relapse. It acts directly on th e stomach, liver, and bowei?„. more indirectly, though not less effectively on the brs tv l nerves, vessels, and gl an d s , a n d so commands orde 4 ; throughout the entire system. Dyspepsia can now . 110 longer be the b ug b ear o f t h e pu bli c s i nce H o ll ow ay's P. are fully compet en t t o su bd ue th e mos t c h ron ic and at, tressing cases of impaired digestion, and to restore th:. miserable sufferer to health, strength, an d c heerfulnol , Sold at Professo r H o ll owa y' s establishment. 244, t•Ft!'i' ea and by all medi c i ne ven d ors throughout the civil is world. Births. COCKBURN —On the 30th ult., at 18, Essex Villas, lienailW ton, the wife of Wm. Y. Cockburn, Esq., of a son. f NORTON - On the letlnst., at Tolliugton-park, the Fi fe Robert S. Norton, Esq., of a sou. PALFREY—On the Ist inst., at 33, Finsbury-place, B•C" the wife of Dr. Palfrey, of a daughter. Marriages. • ROGERS —DEANE--On the 30th nit., at Iver, Buckinghtun' shire, Edward, son of the ,eldest v. John Rogers, o f The Homo, Shropshire, to Ada, daughter of Sir Til °9. Deane, Monkstown, county Dublin. WEBSTER - MONTAGU —On the 23d ult., at St. Geo r g ei t Hanover-square, Capt. I'. C. G. Webster, late Bth 1 1 1 1 , s:us, to Frances Horatia, daughter of the late . , i f Montagu, M.A., formerly Lieutenant Royal Navy, 6 ° 73 - f M. Montagu, 11-q., of Little Bookham, and grandsou o the lion. H. Hobart, M.P., of lutwood Hall, Norfollc. Deaths. uel COLEMAN.—On the 26th ult., at Camden - town , Mr. 5a111,,,,- Coleman, late of the New Hummums, Co vent-gar aged 73. DAwsoN—On the 29th ult., at Battersea, Mrs. Da vis °°/ aged 61. HUSEY—On the 30th ult., Hubert John Hussy, Esq' git HAssLER—On the 28th ult., in the Albany, Piccadillh e e John Jacob Hensler, the first Knight mad e by the Qu J.P., F.R.S., Deputy-Lieutenant, &c., aged 80. STEwAwr—On the 27th ult., at Bath, Tho s. D. Stevr t ' Esq., Captain Royal Navy, aged 72. 11°U• the 29th ult. at 13, t he Catherine Vernon, aged 85. Nlol l .° yFlr Loudon: Printed and Published by WI LLIAM 11.2. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim Sus Office, • o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County Middlesex. —Thursday, May 2, 1807.