The Sun. — London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, Lon don-bridge ; Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., in the chair. Mr. T. A. Chubb, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, au abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, said it would be his duty to make some observations in elucidation of and in addition to the half-yearly report. The last six months was a period of great trouble and difficulty, and it was not easy to pass through it successfully. He had endeavoured to give them a calculation at the August meeting by which each of them could form an opinion as to the dividend they would be likely to have at this time. He told them that it would require an addition of £713 a week to the traffic to pay the same dividend as compared with the corresponding period of 1865. He told them that if the weather should not be favourable, and if they found the cholera to prevail, they could not expect the receipts to keep up, and the prospects of the dividend would be varied to that extent. The result was that they now recommended a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. Instead of having an increase in the receipts of £713 a week, or £20,000 for the half-year, they had had a de crease of £lO,OOO and an increase in the expenses of £16,000, which was comprised under three heads, £7,000 in rates and taxes, which arise from the dis tress prevailing within a distance of 20 or 30 miles from London, and the very unjust system of rating companies had increased the amount. The remain ing £9,000 arose from extra expenses incurred in consequence of snowstorms in January, the in creased mileage of trains, and the placing of the working stock in thorough efficient order for the French Exhibition, which latter absorbed £4,500, and was not badly employed with a view to en able them to do more business. Those causes had reduced the dividend for the past half year, giving them one of 3 per cent. instead of 41 per cent. at the corresponding period. They had charged £44,000 against revenue for in terest on unproductive capital, which was certainly a full amount. The Cannon-street station was opened before it was fit to open for general traffic, and the consequence was that great delay and confusion arose before it could be brought into proper working order. During the first month the Cannon-street station was open 46,000 passengers used it, but in the month of January last the number was 160,000 passengers. It took some time to develope new sta tions and new lines, so that the interest on the capi tal expended on theta would be a heavy cLarge on the revenue for twc or three years after the opening, and consequently would have the effect of reducing the dividend during that operation. If the railway was his own private property, he would not carr:: forward one shilling for interest on unproductive capital, but would charge the whole of the interest to revenue. If railway companies would make that sacrifice in the first instance by charging against re venue the whole of the interest on unproductive capital expended on new lines, there would not be so many extension lines made, and they would pro bably be constructed more economically. But in a company they had to consider those who had invested their money for an income, and therefore it would be very hard for such persons to suffer a diminution of dividend while the unproductive works were being, constructed, and until they were brought into pro fitable operation. There were shareholders such as Mr. J. Bibby, of Liverpool, and Mr. J. Stuart, of Manchester, on the board, who held a very large amount of stock in the company, and who could easily wait until the new lines became profitable, but there was a large number of proprietors who could not wait for the result, but depended on their divi dends for income. One C. 11130 of the falling off of the traffic receipts was the great commercial depression which had affected all passenger lines within a circle of 10 miles of that city. Of course when travelling people suffered losses the railway companies also suf fered in their receipts. The South-Eastern line was Fre- eminently a passenger line, and was more sensi tive in its receipts than goods or mineral lines, serv ing as a kind of thermometer to ind:cate the state of trade in the country. The prevalence of cholera and the war in Germany had had a considerable effect in diminishing the company's Continental traffic. The tourists would go out in the first half and return in the second half of the year. In the month of January the tjaffic had suffered from low states of the ther mometer, a fact that be had witnessed in North America—the engines and trains being snowed up on the line, and all sorts of damage and expense would arise from the delay. They had bad two North American winters of ten days each in the past few months. In January the decrease in pas senger traffic was £6,895, instead of an increase of £2,000 ; then there were heavy additional expenses in clearing the line of snow, and in working, so that in one way or another they had lost £20,000 in that month. The war and the cholera had caused a falling off, as compared with the corresponding half of £865, in the number of passengers to the Conti nent of 26,669, and in the receipts of £16,000. In 1854, owing to the prevalence of cholera, the re ceipts for passengers had fallen off to the extent of £49,327, which showed how sensitive the passenger traffic on their line was. Mr. Eborall, their general manager, had prepared some statements showin,g, that the London and North-Western Railway Com pany, having 1,319 miles open, carried 20,000,000 passengers a year, while the South-Eastern on 330 miles carried 17,000,000 passengers,the Brighton on 300 miles carried 16,700,000, the Great Northern on 400 miles carried 5,500,000, the Great Eastern on 700 miles carried 13,400,000 passengers, and the South-Western on 503 miles carried 10,000,000 passengers. It showed that the South-Eastern had a much greater number of passengers to satisfy and accommodate on a given length of line than the London and North-Western. On Feb. 18 last they had sent out of their three stations—Charing-cross, Cannon-street, and London-bridge-31,345 passen gers, and about as many calmly ,making ab0ut62,690 to accommodate in one day. Ile suggested that the Cannon-street station when first opened should only have the local passengers between the station and Charing-cross to begin with, and when the station was finished and the scaffold poles, &c., entirely re moved out of the way, they should commence the traffic to and from places on the main line; but the public, it appeared, would not be satisfied with that arrangement, and consequently the confusion of crowding all the traffic at once ensued. That diffi culty had been got over by great exertions, and they would endeavour to increase and improve the service to and from those stations. The number of trains running into Cannon-street every day was 264, and departing 261, making together 525 trains, of which 2al were running between Cannon-street and Char mg -cross. As to the effect of these very convenient stations on the long traffic, he mentioned that before the Cannon -street station was opened in the second half of 1864, the number of passengers to Hastings from London-bridge was 14,075, but for the corre sponding half in 1866 the number was 17,475, show ing an increase of 6,000 passengers a year to Hastings, and there could be no doubt that the accommodation of those stations would have effect over the whole of the company's lines. In regard to the French Exhibition, he thought they might fairly expect a large accession of traffic over their line. During the year of the first Great Exhibition in Lon don, in 1851, the increase of traffic on their line amounted to £110,950 ; in 1855, the Paris Exhibi tion gave them £126,000; and in 1.862, the year of the second Exhibition in London, they had £71,000 from that source, but they then had the competition of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. He had no doubt from the efforts made that the ensuing Exhibition would give them far better results. In connexion with this matter they had made arrangements with their allies the Northern of France Railway Company for carrying on a com plete and rapid service between London and Paris in 101 hours—the ordinary service and the new tidal service. The South- Eastern Company had also made traffic arrangements for carrying passengers to and from Paris with the London and North-Western, the Great Western, the Great Northern, the :Manchester and Sheffield, and other companies extending over 4,000 miles of railway in England. They also were prepared to make ar rangements for the conveyance of parties of 250 each, second and third-class-365. and 245. respec tively—by the night service, so that all classes might be accommodated. He then referred to what he — considered the unfair and unjust competition which Parliament had established against their corn- pany by granting powers to the London, Chatham, and Dover Company to invade their district. The South-Eastern had paid for the line in solid sove- reigns, while Parliament had authorised the corn peting line to be made by capital raised in all sorts of ways, and by that means took away a great deal of their traffic, and compelled the company to make most costly stations in self-defence to protect the remainder of their traffic. The competing line had already deprived them of a great amount of traffic. On comparing the traffic of the company in 1862, before the Chatham and Dover was opened, with that of 1866, he found that about 40 per cent. of the whole traffic then existing had been abstracted ; so that with the ordinary increase of traffic in four years they had only just arrived at an increase of £2,630 in 1866 over 1862, and that, too, notwith- standing the new stations and everything they had done to protect and develope their property. So that after four years of great expense and labour they were enabled to resume the position they were in when the competition of the Chatham andnover line com menced. They had lost about £200,000 a year of their revenue by that competition, which they now would have had if Parliament had not sanctioned that competing scheme. They were in hopes that their short line to Tunbridge would have been opened on the Ist of March, but owing to delays from bad weather he feared it could not be opened before the Ist of June next, when there could be a saving in distance of 13 miles to Tunbridge and Hastisgs, and also to Dover and other places on their lines. In October last the Brighton Company opened a line to Tunbridge-wells, and made a reduction in the fares of 18 per cent. Con- sidering:the increased cost of labour and materials in working railways, he remonstrated with the Brighton Company in competing with them at re duced rates ; the latter refused to charge the same rates, and, after . some consultation, the South- Eastern Board resolved to maintain the old rates, as if there was no competition. The result was that they only lost 227 passengers and £B3, and if they had reduced the rates to the level of those charged by the Brighton Company they would have lost a great deal more. When all those questions were settled, the object would be to get the greatest amount of money out of the smallest number of trains. The company had now to expend about £85,585 on works to clear up the completion of lines in progress. They were prosecuting a bill in Par liament to define the whole of their powed for rais ing money on shares and loans, and also the position of the various stocks; to enable them to abolish temporary loans, and to place the whole of their capital and position on a sound basis. The surplus property of the company had been estimated, and was altogether worth £1,070,000, which they could use for the purposes of the company when the pro per time arrived. The capital of the company would be £19,700,000 when the lines were completed, and for which they would have 350 miles of railway, while the capital of the London, Chatham, and Dover would be £17,000,000, for which they would have only 100 miles of rail. It was the most expen sive railway for its length in the world, and never could pay on all its stocks. It was proposed that the South-Eastern and Brighton should work the traffic of that line, but that would depend on cir cumstances. ;_IIe then explained the efforts he had made to bring about a satisfactory arrangement with the Brighton Company, so as to avoid compe tition in future, and to establish amicable relations between the two companies, suggesting that the two companies might be worked on the principle adopted by the North-Eastern Railway Company, by a division in certain ascertained proportions of the joint net receipts, working the two lines as one united undertaking. Ile then alluded to the un founded attack that had been made upon him some time ago as chairman of the company ; but having, with some difficulty, traced out the offender, legal proceedings were being taken against him. He spoke in high terms of the valuable services of the four directors who retired by rotation, and he trusted the meeting would unanimously re-elect them. Mr. TECLON, in alluding to the proposed agree ment with the Brighton Company, warned the chairman to be particularly careful how he made a new agreement with that company, contending that it should be as comprehensive and full as pos sible, so as not to admit of a doubt. He grounded his advice on the experience he had had as a former director of the South-Eastern Board. One of those agreements had been violated in two days after it was made. He had, in fact, very little confidence in any arrangement with the Brighton Company, although he would be glad to see a proper and work able one established as proposed. Ile believed the company's new line in Tunbridge would be of great advantage to the company when open for traffic. Mr. PUNCHER, after quoting statistics of traffic, showed that in one half -year when 293,000 more passengers were carried the receipts were £7,375 less. In another case ; where 1,100,000 additional passengers were carried, the receipts were £B,OOO less. He hoped they were not going to carry people at fares to Paris that would not leave a profit. They should rather increase fares than reduce them —and in any arrangement with the Brighton should endeavour to get their share of the Croydon traffic. Mr. LEVY also hoped the company would not work at a loss, and he thought it the duty of the directors of all the railways in England to endeavour to obtain a modification of Lord Campbell's Act in reference to compensation for injuries. Ile sug gested that if Parliament would not remedy the existing injustice of its operation they should charge passengers an additional amount for the purpose of accumulating a reserve fund to meet these excessive charges. The CHAIRMAN agreed with Mr. Levy that it was the duty of the directors and shareholders of railway companies to act together on the subject of Lord Campbell's Act. The directors had no intention to reduce the fares, but rather to raise them where ne cessary to meet the increased charges of working. He had great confidence that an equitable arrange ment between them and the Brighton Company would have the effect in a few years of greatly bene fiting the property of both companies. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per an num on the consolidated stock of the company, pay able on March 15 ; re-electing the retiring directors Mr. N. Buckly, Mr. J. Bibby, Mr. J. Stuart, and Mr. J. Whatman, M.P., and also Mr. Child, the retiring auditor. The CHAIRMAN gave notice that at thQ next ordi nary meeting he would propose the election of an audit committee on the plan adopted by the London and Northern Western Company. On the motion of Mr. DAVIDSON a resolution was unanimously adopted, expressing the confidence of the meeting in Mr. Watkin, the chairman of the company, after the cowardly and unfounded attack that had been made upon him. It was agreed to allow the directors their travel- ing expenses, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the Victoria Station—Lord Harris in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared iu The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said the shareholders were aware, from the report which had been issued, that the directors had come to the conclusion that it would be advisable to postpone discussion on the affairs of the company until a future date, and he should there fore propose a resolution adjourning the proceedings until a future day. The directors had come to this conclusion after considering the matter very fully, not only among themselves, but also in conjunction with the committee of gentlemen who had been intrusted with the interests of the shareholders in the several sections of the company, and they had thought it the most advisable course, seeing that negotia tions were still going on, and looking at the many interests involved. It would require a great deal of consideration before any terms could be settled, and before it could be determined what course should be pursued, so that it would be on all points advisable to wait, and by the time when it was proposed to hold the meeting the views of Parliament and the public would be expressed. The directors had been in constant communication with the committees of debenture holders and shareholders of the several sections of the line, and were at all times ready to give any explanation which might be required, and to consult with those gentlemen as to the courses which might be adopted for the best interests of the company. He had every reason to believe that the gentlemen forming those committees were in unison with the directors on the policy of postponing the discussion at present. lie proposed that the meet ing be adjourned until April 30, at 1 o'clock. Mr. HARTRIDGE seconded the motion. He said there were many important questions which were not matured at the present time, and he thought the directors had adopted a very wise course in pro posing the postponement of the meeting. In a short time statements would be made in Parliamentary proceedings which it would be important for the shareholders to know before they entered upon the discussion of the important questions before them, and the postponement would enable them to come with a full knowledge of the questions to be con sidered and accepted by the shareholders. Mr. TURNER said he had no objection to the mo tion, but he desired it to be fully understood that there should be no settlement of Messrs. Peto and Betts' accounts without the payment in full of that firm's liabilities to the company. He held that Messrs. Peto were answerable to the company for £1,613,663 on the general undertaking ; £2,075,860 on the Metropolitan Extension ; £250,500 on the common fund ; £550,000 on the City lines ; £1,070,000 on the Eastern Extension ; £154,000 on the Victoria Station ; making a total of £5,713,523, and with the excess of over issued debenture bonds amounting to £127,378—a total of £5,840,901. Ile moved a resolution to the effect that there be no settlement of accounts between Messrs. Peto and Betts and the company which did not include full payment of all moneys unpaid in respect of shares and debentures issued to them. Mr. WALTERS concurred in the views of Mr. Turner. Mr. HILLIARD said this subject had engaged the serious attention for some time of the directors, and he could state that the Board would take no steps for any settlement with Messrs. Peto which did not include the payment of every fraction the Messrs. Peto were liable for, and the Board did not intend taking any steps in the matter without the concur rence of the shareholders, Mr. TURNER then gave notice that he would move his resolution at the next meeting. The resolution for adjournment was then agreed to. A short conversation ensued with respect to the bill of the company before Parliament, and it was stated that 25 petitions had been sent in against it, and the proceedings terminatcd. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Waterford ; Mr. Malcomson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, iu moving the adoption of the report, referred to the increase during the past half-year in their passenger traffic as peculiarly gratifying at a time when the returns of nearly all other lines showed a decrease. He attributed this increase to the adoption of a more liberal policy towards the public granting return tickets, and re garded it as corroboratve of the arguments of those who held that a reduction of fares would be followed by the corresponding increase of traffic. The report was adopted and the dividend was de clared. RAILWAY BILLS. The Examiner, Mr. Pa'grave, sat yesterday, but no railway Bills came before him. Two Referee Courts sat, No.l presided over by Colonel Stewart, and No. 2 by Mr. Basil Woodd. There was no appearance in the following Bills :—The London, Brighton, and South Coast ; the Crystal Palaeeand East London High Level Junction ; the Great Northern ; the Halifax and Ovenden Junction ; and the Barnaldswick. The Surrey and Sussex Junction, and the Idle and Shipley were to be reported. off the hatch he saw that the large case of mer chandise which he had placed the previous night against the bullion cases had been removed from its original position, disclosing the open space which the two bullion cases had occupied. There are two circumstances which go to strengthen the belief that the robbery was committed after the hatches were put on and locked. After 9 o'clock one of crew coiled up the guy ropes attached to the crane on board, and so left them on deck. These guy ropes are employed for moving the crane from over the hatch to over the steamer's side, so as to hoist and lower goods. The guy ropes are never used for hoisting goods up from the hold, but on Wednes day morning they were found uncoiled, and at one part there was a kink, showing there had been a heavy strain on it, such as would occur in lifting the bullion cases out of the hold. Besides, the rope is besmeared. with new paint, and on examining the inner framework of the hatch, which has been newly painted, there are marks where the paint is rubbed off by the rope being drawn up against it. The other circumstance is the disappearance of the empty lighter from alongside the steamer about 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and which there can be no doubt was used for carrying off the booty. The lighter belonged to a lighterman carrying on busi ness at Wapping, who brought it alongside the steamers the previous night with a quantity of empty cases to be shipped on board the Waterloo, and finding they could not be taken on board for some time he moored her to the steamer, telling the mate he would remove the lighter next morning. The empty cases were afterwards taken on board, and the Custom-house officers have some recollection of seeing the lighter alongside till two o'clock. After that hour she was missed, and since then nothing whatever has been heard of her. Mr. Superinten dent Evans, of the Thames police, with Inspectors Pickman and Clerck, have caused both sides of the river, both above and below bridge, to be searched, but up to a late hour last night their efforts to dis cover the whereabouts of the lighter had not been successful. A large reward has been offered by the directors of the General Steam Navigation Company to any one giving information that may lead to the apprehension of the thieves. Naval and Military Inteligence. The following General Order, dated the Ist of February, has been promulgated by the Adjutant- General Lord William Paulet, by order of the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief : "1. The course of instruction in musketry' which was introduced in the year 1854 having become thoroughly in corporated in the established system of drill for the British army, and the troops having by constant careful training and practice acquired an amount of skill in the use of the rifle which was formerly the case only to a very limited ex tent, it has appeared to the Field-Marshal Commanding in-Chief that the time has arrived when the details of the instruction might be modified and reduced without impair ing the efficiency of regiments, and without disturbing the principles ou which the system, which has been attended with such good results, was based. "2. A Board of officers was accordingly assembled to in quire into the subject, and his Royal Highness having at tentively considered their report has finally approved of the following revised regulations,which aro to be forthwith adopted throughout the service. "3. By these regulations distinct courses are provided for the recruit and for the trained soldier; the lock in struction is considerably reduced ; the theoretical prin cipl3s are condensed, and the returns simplified as much as it was poasiblo to do so without excluding ;information which cannot be dispensed with. " 4. In furtheranco, also, of the Field-Marshal Command_ ing-Ckief's desire to reduce the annual course for the trained soldier, a rigid enforcement of the attendance of first class shots at the aiming and position drills will no longer be required ; and old soldiers in the second period of service will be excused (provided they continue efficient) from the extra position and judging distance drills, which, instead of being required to be executed weekly, as heretofore, will henceforth be left more to the discretion of commanding officers. . . " 5. This relaxation of previous orders, however, is not to be looked upon as encouraging the inference that his Royal Highness does not consider these drills as essential elements in the training of expert marksmen. On the contrary, his Royal Highness will visit with his displea sure every case in which neglect to have them executed froquoutly,' as directed by these revised regulations, shall be brought to his notice. " 6 The Field-Marshal Cemtuanding-in-Chief looks for the zealous co-operation of officers of all ranks in carrying out the regulations, now published, and trusts that the modification which ho has approved in the system will not be followed by any diminution in the ' figure of merit' of the shooting of the army." The first steps have been taken by the authorities for carrying out the recommendations of the recent Commission on Army Reorganisation by the reduc tion of certain regiments of the line, consisting of two battalions, an order having yesterday been re ceived at Chatham Garrison, directing the transfer of 30 non-commissioned officers and men of the depot of the 2d battalion of the Bth (the King's) Regiment to the let battalion, 40 non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 14th Regiment to the Ist battalion, and 40 non-commis sioned officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 15th Regiment to the Ist battalion. Some other changes will also shortly be effected in other de partments of the army in accordance with the re commendations of the Commissioners. A series of experiments were tried on Wednesday at Tynemoutli with a newly -constructed gun-car riage, built by Sir W. J. Armstrong, at the Elswick Ordnance Works, for garrison or casemate duty. Gen. Lefroy and several members of the Select Ord nance Committee from Woolwich, and some foreign military officers, were present. The gun used was a 3001 b. shunt 9-inch gun, and the carriage, made of malleable iron, was very strong. Sixteen rounds were fired, but the carriage went through the expe riments without sustaining the least injury. .; Its special feature seemed to be the substitution of a wheel for the usual pivot, and the leverage is simple and appears to be very difficult to throw out of gear. Yesterday morning a detachment of the 2d bat talion Scots Fusilier Guards, consisting of two offi cers and 40 non-commissioned officers and men, un der command of Capt. Gascoyne, left Windsor by the 7.45 a.m. Great Western train for Victoria Sta tion, Pimlico. In the afternoon a detachment of the Ist battalion Scots Fusiliers, numbering three officers and 133 men, arrived at Windsor by the same railway, and took up their quarters in advance of the main body of the battalion at the Sheet-street Barracks. 'This morning, at a quarter to 10 o'clock, the 2d battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, numbering about 13 officers, 509 men, 74 women, 96 children, and five officers, left the Sheet-street Barracks and march to the Windsor station of the Great "Western Railway, whence it proceeded by special at ten o'clock, via Slough and Kensington, to the Victoria Station, Pimlico, arriving at the latter terminus at 11.20 a.m. The troops will take up their quarters in the "Wellington, Kensington, and Buckingham Palace Barracks. At ten o'clock to day the Ist battalion of the same regiment (Scots Fusiliers), consisting of 14 officers, 533 men, 55 women, 78 children, and three horses, will leave the Victoria Station, Pimlico, in a special train, and arrive at Windsor, via the Great Western Railway, at ten minutes past 11 c'clock. The Ist battalion Scots Fusiliers, on reaching the station, will march to the Sheet-street barracks, and occupy the quar ters vacated by the 2d battalion. The first field-day of the season took place at Aldershot yesterday. The division, -including the Royal Engineers, Royal Engineer and Military Trains, paraded on Eelmore•-hill at 11 o'clock. On the arrival of Liartt—Gen. Sir James- Scarlett line was formed, and the various regiments marched past in slow and quick time, the cavalry and artil lery passing at a trot. Detachments of the Ist, 2d, and 3d battalions of the Grenadier Guards and Ist battalion Scots Fusi lier Guards, to the number of 12 officers and 371 non-commissioned officers and men, will arrive at the camp at Aldershot this day for the annual course of musketry. Fifteen women and 11 children ac company the detachments, which will be quartered in I and K lines, North Camp. No. 24 troop Military Train, at Aldershot, is held in readiness to move to 'Woolwich, being relieved by No. 9 troop from the latter station. The 56th (West Essex) Regiment, under the com mand of Col. Richard W. Lacy, arrived at Alder shotyesterday afternoon from Portland, Weymouth, &c., one company of the regiment, from March wood, having arrived on Wednesday evening. The strength marching in was 15 officers, 430 non-com- THE BULLION ROBBERY. The removal of two cases of bullion, valued at onupwards esd a o y f I n 2 i g ,O h O t 0 0 , belonging r edn Wednesday atyo morning,Baron R o f t r h o s , n c h ild, the fore hold of the Waterloo steamer, while lyingin the Thames, off the Tower, is still unexplained. The directors of the General Steam Navigation Com pany, to whom the Waterloo belongs, yesterday afternoon made inquiries at their offices in Lombard street, but no satisfactory information was obtained as to the time when the robbery was committed. From the description of the missing cases which has been put in circulation it appears they were about 18 inches long by 14 in depth and width, and formed of hard knotted fir wood, bound with iron at both ends, and nailed with long headed nails. Each of them contained 3001 b. in silver bars, one marked R 58, and the other R 64. There were no directions on either of them. The chief mate of the Waterloo, who gave Messrs. Roths child's clerk the receipt for the twelve cases put on board, is sure he saw them raised by the steamer's crane from the lugger boat along side, and immediately lowered into the hold. lle went down into the hold, and saw them piled in twos near the bulkhead, and counted them in order to fully satisfy himself that there were 12 cases. The boatswain, who was with him, also counted them. This was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. There were some lighters alongside with goods for ship ment, which were hauled on board, and the loading of the vessel was continued till 6 o'clock. The crew then knocked off for half an hour to get their tea, and afterwards continued loading till past 9 o'clock, when the hatches were covered and locked up by the chief mate, as mentioned in The Sun of yester day. It should be mentioned that in addition to the three Custom-house officers who were on board, there were some half dozen lumpers engaged in stowing away cargo in other parts of the steamer, which was to leave for Rotterdam the next morning These lumpers were not strangers. They were all known to the officers of the ship, as also to the agents of the company, some of them having been so employed for years. During the half-hour the chief mate and his men were below at tea the lumpers had the run of the deck. The hatches of the fore hold were still open, and the bullion cases could be seen by them from the deck with the Custom-house officers patrolling to and fro, or looking on. The mate, on returning on deck after tea, found none of the lumpers absent ; they were all at work. One of the crew, a Dutchman, named Walsh, went down into the forehold with a lantern along with one of the lumpers, and resumed their work of stowing the cargo. lie saw the bullion cases were in the same place as he had left them, and in this he is confirmed by the chief mate. They continued stowing till half past 9 o'clock, and just before ending their work for the day a large ease of merchandise was placed in front of the bullion cases. The hatch was then covered over, barred and padlocked. The mate does not seem, however, to, have kept possession of the key. Ife hung it up in his berth in the forecastle, which he afterwards locked, and he then left the ship and slept at home. On coming on board the next morning he found the key where,he bad left it, but this was not a proof that it had hung there all night, as his cabin door had but a common lock to it, and can be °pencil with any ordinary key. With regard to the crew k eeping watch on deck during the night with the Custom-house officer, it appears not to be so. The Dutchman above referred to is paid by the company to act as watchman on board at night. He says ,he never quitted the deck, but, on the other hand, t: he Custom-house officers aver they never saw him once throughout the night and morning, and, inasn such as the man was hard at work all day, the ink rence is that it was impossible for him to have kep t watch. He, however, first discovered that the bl illion cases were gone out of the hold, for as soow As the coverings were taken tnissioned officers and privates, 4 officers' wives and 6 children, and 49 soldiers' wives and 54 children. The 56th Regiment is quartered in A, B, and E lines, South Camp, and is attached to the Ist (Gen. Benny's) Brigade. Five Militia regiments, the Ist and 2d Royal Sur rey, the Berks, Oxfordshire, and Hampshire. regi ments, will be stationed at Aldershot for the annual training in the spring. It is confidently stated that a large force of both branches of the service will be concentrated at the camp during the ensuing review season. A FATAL DUEL. VIENNA, Feb. 23. It has frequently been observed that an unsuc cessful campaign is generally followed by an un usual amount of duelling. The comments—fre quently severe—made upon the conduct of indivi- duals often give rise to recriminations and disputes which, according to the ideas prevalent on the Continent, can only be arranged finally by an appeal to arms. The unfortunate termination of the late war has been fruitful in such results. An encounter between Generals Benedek and Count Clam-Gallas was prevented by the mediation of an exalted personage, but duels between officers of a lesser grade have been and are still frequent. The most deplorable event of the kind which has yet occurred was the unhappy event of last Satur day, which resulted so fatally to Prince Bernhard of Solms. As the Prince made it his last request to his seconds before the duel that, whatever the result might be, bis dispute with Count Wedel should be considered finally arranged by their encounter, it must suffice to say that the immediate cause of the duel was a letter from Prince Solins to Count Wedel, which left the latter no alternative but a challenge. The meeting took place at daybreak in the Prater the adversaries were placed 35 paces apart, with liberty to advance each 10 paces, the intermediate space being marked by the sabres of the seconds. On the word being given both opponents stepped forward to the barrier, and Prince Solms stood at " attention," presenting his full front to his oppo nent. He had before declared his intention to his friend, Dr. Baron Mundy, who was present as physician, to receive his adversary's fire and then to fire his own weapon in the air. After a few moments' hesitation Count Wedel drew the trigger of his pistol. The weapons that had been selected for the occasion were unfortunately more precise than is usual with duelling pistols, and the ball struck his adversary almost in the centre of the chest, a little to the right. The Prince fell almost senseless to the ground, but had still sufficient strength when Count Wedel, overwhelmed at the result of his aim, threw himself beside him to grant the pardon he implored. That the wound was ab solutely mortal was evident from the first ; he was carried to his home, and the care of the attending physicians was confined to alleviating his intense sufferings with opiates. Prince Solms lingered for nearly twenty-four hours, and died the next morn ing at six o'clock. The funeral solemnity took place on Tuesday, the 19th inst., and was attended by the King, the Crown Prince, and the Princess of Hanover, the Archduke William, the uncle and brothers of the Prince, and a large concourse of generals, officers, and members of the aristocracy. Prince Solms was born in the year 1839 ; he exchanged before the war from the cavalry into an artillery regiment, and commanded a battery during the campaign in Bohemia with great distinction. His career, now so suddenly cut short, promised to be a most brilliant one. He was beloved by all who knew him ; his untimely fate has made a most painful impression, and is deplored and regretted by all classes of the population. There is a strong feeling against his adversary, who is severely blamed by most people for the sure aim he took ; but Count \Vedel was probably not aware of the precision of the weapon he carried, and he certainly could riot know that it was not the intention of Prince Soling to fire at him. With an armed opponent before him a man must be allowed to consider his own safety his first ob ject. It is not three weeks since an affair took place between Count P- and Baron G--, in which the Baron having discharged his weapon, the Count stepped up to the barrier and, presenting his pistol, called upon his adversary to retract a certain letter which he had written. In this case a written agreement had been made that the parties were not to speak to each other on the ground, and the seconds of course interfered, upon which the Count fired in the air; but as long as duelling is not abolished it will always be well to remember the French adage, " On n'y va, pos pour s'y faire du Bien." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—A measure so important as the British North American Bill, which was discussed last night in the House of Commons, is not likely to escape adverse criticism. Among four millions of colonists there are sure to be some discontented with a scheme which fuses communities hitherto disjoined, sub ordinates that which had been independent, takes somewhat from the dignity of local Legislatures by founding a common Parliament, and excites pro vincial jealousy by the prospect of centralisation. Politicians at home very properly open their ears to representations from the provinces and consequently we have heard during the present discussions several objections to the scheme of Federation both in principle and in matters of detail. We believe, however, we only echo the public voice in express ing a hope that this bill, which has been decided upon by the duly commissioned representatives of four provinces, and is really the work of the pro vinces themselves acting through their constitutional representatives, may pass without undue delay. A very natural reflection is, " How do we come to be discussing this bill at all?" A hundred years ago it was the theory of almost all lawyers that the Mother Country had the right to legislate for the colonies in all matters, and that the British Crown and Parliament possessed absolute power over per sons and things throughout the British Empire. This principle received a rude blow iu the revolt of the American Colonies, and, whatever may be the traditions of the Colonial Office, certainly English men generally recognise it as just and fitting that those dependencies which arc inhabited by men of European race, and have constitutional Govern ments, should legislate for themselves without inter ference from our own Parliament. If it had been announced any morning in the newspapers that the two Canadas, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia had come to the conclusion that a federal compact and a 1 - common Parliament would be to their interest, that their respective Legislatures had passed a measure for such a Union, that the Queen had assented to it, and that it would come into effect in three months' time, there is no one in these islands who would have seen anything incongruous or absurd in the intelligence. People would think it the most natural thing in the world that if the provinces de sired it they should combine, and with such an ar rangement of constitutional details as might seem fit to them. But, in deference to Imperial usage, our Par liament is asked to sanction such a seheine. We find ourselves called upon to discuss a bill which provides in minute detail for the constitutional machinery of a people three thousand miles off, a bill which says what name their nation shall bear, what city shall be their capital, how many members each province and each district shall return, and many such mat ters which concern ourselves in no way, and on which we ought to desire only to register the choice of the colonists themselves. Now, we are told on the authority of the late and the present Colonial Secretaries—and their statements are confirmed by a number of eminent colonial personages now in London as delegates from the Provinces—that the details of this bill have been long and fully consi dered, and are, to use the expression of the Secre tary for the Colonies, analogous to the stipulations of a Treaty of Peace between the four colonies. In such a case the duty of Parliament is clear. Th ese colonies have constitutionally agreed upon the terms of the compact, and we ought not to interfere with their decision. As to the existence of a discontented minority in Nova Scotia, it may be taken as a matter of course that such will exist. It is sufficient for us that the Legislatures which have so long had this subject under consideration have accepted the mea sure as a whole, and that the majority of the people are in favour of it. We have stated in a previous article that some provisions of this measure seem not to have been framed with as much wisdom and foresight as might have been desired. The nomi nation of Senators, which Mr. Bright also criticised last night, is one of these. We cannot conceive a nominated body, a set of peers for life, the creatures of successive Governors-General, possessing the au thority which an Upper House ought to have. If not elevated by intrigue and favour, they will be accused of being so. They will have it in their power to resist the popular branch of the Legislature, and if even they do not use this power, the possession of it will cause them to be objects of jealousy and dislike to a large portion of the community. We must also look forward to a time when the chief of the Con federation shall be no longer a British Governor- General. With this view we should have desired to accommodate as much as possible the institutions of the new nation to a future state of things, when the chief of the Government will be elected by the people, and it will be suitable and necessary that the supe rior branch of the Legislature shall - be elected also. Parliament is justified in passing the measure as it is if it be too late to alter its details, but there would beno harm in inserting a provision for constitutional amendment whenever the Provinces, or any one of them, shall think fit to alter any legislative or exe cutive institution. There is reason to believe that the nomination of senators will not work well, and, if this be the case, Canada or its constituent pro vinces should have the power of amending the Act without coming again to the British Parliament. These matters, however, are subordinate to tho great principle of the bill, which is to do for the British Provinces what the American States did with such advantage to themselves. When these first made the present Federal compact, the separa tion between them, the difficulty of communication, and the mutual jealousy were far greater than at present exist in British America. Gradually, as the benefits of the Union were disclosed, the opposition died away, and so it will be with the complaints of the section of Nova Scotians who think that they are to be sacrificed to Canada. Except by Union, the Provinces can never attain to the political and industrial greatness of their neighbours, or become —as they ought to desire—a great and independent nation. What can Nova Scotia or New Brunswick do as an isolated colony, except look for protection in war and financial support in peace to the Mother Country ? There is, indeed, something required to stir the enterprise and invigorate the minds of the colonists. They have been too long accustomed to de pend on England ; union will give them a mutual re liance on each other ; it will teach them to consider that their destinies are to be decided by themselves on their own side of the ocean, rather than by English men at Westminster. We look to Confederation as the means of relieving this country from mush expense and much embarrassment. Without ex pressing any opinion on the propriety of British guarantees for colonial railways, we may at least say that when through our assistance there is easy communication between the colonies there ought too to be an end of British garrisons on the American continent. This is a matter on which no delicacy ought to prevent our statesmen and Parliament from speaking out. We appreciate the goodwill of the Canadians and their desire to maintain their relations with the British Crown. But a people of four millions ought to be able to keep up their own defences. There have been before this protests against grants for a Canadian fortress, and the people of the mother country will now ask on what just grounds 12,000 or 15,000 men are detained in North America. The presence of this little force, large enough to tempt an enemy to the glory of capturing it, and not large enough to make any effectual resistance, is a danger rather than a safe , guard to the Canadian people. The readiness with which the British Legislature responds to the desire of the colonists for a more effective union ought to be met on their part by such local measures as will relieve this country from further military expendi ture on their account. POST.—One hundred and twenty Conservatives met yesterday to urge upon Government the wisdom of at once granting the maximum of concession. The advice was hardly needed, for it is well known that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli are not much afraid of Reform, and are personally &Posed . to very liberal measures ; but there are SO Tories who have their representatives in the Cabinet who hate the very name of change; and who have insisted on the minimum of concession. To them we owe the illusory propositions which were meant to throw over Reform for at least a year. To them Mr. Disraeli can trace the painful difficulties of his position, and to them the party may certainly attribute the death blow it has received. During the last few days We have been involuntarily assisting at the convulsive efforts of the old Tory party to retain the vital principle still within its frame ; we are now left to acknowledge, indeed, that the struggles have but hastened the end, and that the inherent weakness of its constitution, when really brought to trial, has been unequal to the effort which was required. To add to the poignancy of the grief of its friends, no coroner's jury could return any other verdict than that of felo de se, unless in very compassion temporary insanity might be pleaded as excuse. But little more than three weeks ago, when Parliament opened, the Govern ment met the House in all the strength which was the necessary consequence of the weakness of the Opposition. On the benches facing them were no serried rahks of men bound together by a corninon feeling or by a common creed. Zorn and danivdideend as they had been by the various skirmishes tgreeeld,th a e n y d we fo re rce n d th to sue tstrongholdshe last year, t h ey defeated m nd en er ts th o e f own terms, and only too parties, each making its h in position of those who mi g ht easil y be dealt wig glad for a time t o devote to tion. Their very leaders, little as they at that time peace and reconstruc tion. could be said to lead, were conciliatory and submis sive, and a firm and stron g p olicy was alone needed for the Ministry in p ower to it. It is true that on ther sidhe ere comp were rumoursete unanimitof y was not supposed to exist. T difficulties to be reconciled even in the very centre of their councils, and men who were experienced in watching the signs were not slow to predict that these would ultimately increase, in the end proving fatal. Still to meet the disorganised and conflicting fragments before them they had for their support a strong body of old and tried partisans, who, so long as the leaders stood to their principles, would follow them to the end. To add to these they were well aware that some thirty or forty waverers, who had given unquestioned help on the day of last year's victory were still inclined rather to support the new flag than to return to their former allegiance, and withal they might also look with confidence to secure those who are ever prone to go with the winning side. Such were the prospects with which Mr. Disraeli met the House of Commons on February the sth. What is the position he occupies now ? He is still in power, because his opponents wish to keep him there. Ile is still a Minister of the Crown, not because his friends have confidence in him, 'but because his foes know that they can use him for their own purposes. He no longer expounds the important points on which he and his colleagues are prepared to stake their reputations, and to stand or fall. Obliged to adopt suggestions from those who, in consequence, agree to spare his life awhile, rejecting the principles urged upon him by friends he does not respect, without a policy, and with all chance of forming one thrown aside, the leader of the Conservatives must indeed feel that his lot is no enviable one. Like the King of Saxony he can have no will of his own. With nominal authority and outward attri butes of pcwer, he is actually in the hands of those who, while occupying his country, declare that so it is best for him. His Prussia is the Opposition, and his Bismarck is Mr. Gladstone. And, indeed, it is not difficult to trace another analog} between the seven days' war in Germany and the rapid fighting of these first few days of the Session. Marshal Benedek began the war with troops which, however they might differ amongst themselves in language or in country, were supposed to be the best-drilled troops in the world. Ever being exercised, and losing no opportunity of parade, it was loudly proclaimed that no troops could stand against them, and in particular none so half-drilled or so loosely managed as the Prussians. The Austrians, the • Conservatives, must have their own way, while the Prussians, the Liberals, would fall to pieces. We all know what the end of those prophecies was. Delay, indecision, quarrels at headquarters did their work, till Sadowa brought to a close the struggle, the issue of which since its real commencement had never been doubtful. But then, when the power of using victory had been clearly secured, it was felt more politic to stay the hand and not bear too harshly on the defeated. Vienna was spared for the advantage of Europe, even as the Treasury Bench is still left to the Con servatives for the advantage of England — du rin g good behaviour. They both exist on sufferance: , and live by no strength of their own. Alike 1t their apparent strength, when brought to the test they have alike failed in actual weakness. When we say the Conservative, or rather old Tory, partY has ceased to exist as we have known it in our party warfare for so many years, we advert more esPe; cially to the fact, as a body led by Lord Derby and by Mr. Disraeli, strong in its power in the country, and able to impress its principles on the consti tuencies, it will never be seen again. Mr. Disraeli or the Ministry have, in their treatment of the Re form question, shown such an utter want of ability to grasp what the country requires, and have at the same time so completely abandoned all the watch" words . which kept the party together, that disaff ec ton has crept into their ranks, and he can never again be their leader. He never has commanded their genuine confidence, and now he has shown that he cannot claim it on the score of success. What ever fate may have in store for him, it will scareelY be to occupy again the post he holds amongst the Tories. And if Lord Derby considers this his last term of office, we are at a loss to perceive to who' ll that body is to turn to be their chief. 'What theY may ultimately be resolved into it is difficult at pre sent to speculate upon. One thing alone seems clear,d and that is that, coming in as they did, compact and resolute, they are now divided and down-hearted. A change may also be said to have been consum mated in the lead of the Liberal side. For the future. we are to look to Mr. Gladstone as its head, a . al the party will now agree to acknowledge bull' Lord Russell is reported to have said as much a t the . 'meeting on Tuesday on Carlton-house-terra ce, we presume that, in any future arrangement pf Cabinet from the ranks of the Liberals, her Majesty' will be advised to allow the noble lord to occupY, position in the Ministry, either as President of t", Council, or, following the example of the late Lr0.r.(13 Lansdowne, as a Minister without portfolio. I . l ' l . change cannot fail to be of great and valuable 1111 portance whenever there is a change of Governoreniq and the popularity which the late Chancellor of 0 1 ° Exchequer is gaining for himself in the present ses sion will, we trust, be but the harbinger of his future success. What is " Sensational r Suppose a man to succeed to office when public opinion has insisted upon Reform ; suppose a Prime Minister to herald him with a bombastic flourish as " the fittest man in the Queen's dominions" for his onerous charge ; suppose the man himself to assure the House of Commons that all previous abuses have been due to the mismanagement and indiffer ence of his predecessor ; suppose the same man to purchase the cheap cheers of his fellow-legislators by braggart promises of efficient control and per sonal sacrifice ; and suppose him to conveniently ignore his own statements, and whilst filching the labours of others, to throw stones at them from the convenient shelter of Parliamentary place would this be sensational ? Suppose the nation to be so outraged by the abuses and cruelties tacitly sanctioned by one notorious department and its offi cers, that some show of justice and humanity to paupers is found necessary to prolong the life of an unpopu lar ministry—is the use of charity and decency, as political counters, sensational ? Suppose a servant of the State to be as bold as a lion in his pledges to the public, and as meek as a sucking dove in his performances with guardians; suppose him to be outwardly rigid and privately compromising—is this sensational ? Suppose he, or an officer under his direction, to preface public investigations by private interviews with the people accused, wherein friendly hints are given how damaging evidence may be sup pressed ; suppose him to have other investigations conducted with closed doors, and to cause others again to be so craftily managed that the evidence is published and the verdict resolutely kept back —is this sensational? Suppose a pinchbeck popularity to be earned by the adoption of other men's ideas and a wholesale renunciation of one's own—is this sensational ? Suppose under hand relations are endeavoured to be established between a public body and its critics, and sops to be proffered to Cerberus so deftly that a stern front and frowning brow is successfully maintained even while coaxings, fondlings, and tit-bits are being offered—is this sensational ? To allay oneself with pitiful intriguers ; to purchase hirelings who, having played fetch and carry to one set of masters are ready to transfer their shameful services to the highest bidder with an unscrupulousness that such light o' loves only know—is this sensational? Is it sensational to pander, palter, truckle, and deceive ; to hush up cruelty and brutality to the helpless, frauds on the ratepayers, and dishonesty to the poor ? Is it sensational to bid for political support by throwing the judicial mantle over parochial misdeeds ? Is it sensational to make active sym pathy with suffering a matter for punishment, and selfish indifference the key to favour and reward ? Dickens's " All the Year Round." CATTLE PLAGUE INQUIRT.—The weekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Bri tain states that in the week ending 23d February ono attack of cattle plague has been reported, which is a de crease of one on the return for the previous week. This is a fresh outbreak of the disease, and it occurred on a farm containing 18 cattle at Barlaston, in the petty sessional division of Stone (county of Stafford): the animal, a cow (attacked 16th February), was killed by order of the in spector. No healthy cattle were slaughtered during the woeek from having been in contact with infected animals. The number of cattle reported attacked in Great Britain since the commencement is 253,864, and 52,641 animals in the aggregate have been slaughtered healthy to prevent the spread of the disease. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRIS T OL—THURSDAY. At our market to-day English wheat was in small sup" ply, and sold pretty freely at barely last week's price. Foreign in abundant supply, and iu more active dernaP °l at a decline of is to 3s per qr. In malting barley nothing doing. More passing in grinding, at is per qr. reducti.on• Indian corn dull, and is per qr. lower. For oat s no lociturn and quotations nominal. RANCHES TER--TxußsDAy. Whe ,, a r t Our market this morning was slenderly attended. was nevertheless in better demand, at a decline of 1-s per request, and must be• quoted 6d to is qr. on both English and foreign. Flour was in linutc_. Oats were id per bushel lower, while oatmeal was steadY• in English beans there was no material change, but ig,,Ylt3o tian Teceded 6d to is per qr. Indian corn gave vitlY '- per sack cheaPf r 2s per qr. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. y i d all A limited supply of wheat at market to -day, a- n (le- English sorts sold at last week's prices; for foreig ad re cline of is to 2s per qr. took place. Barley in lirclinitaectiye• quest, and is cheaper. For oats the demand was Beans quiet at late rates. --- BURY ST. EDMUNDS —IVEDNEsDAY. ,„hich • A good supply of wheat at our marke t tc-day, "00.- sold at a reduction of is per qr. There w as no WW I. sa d ment in the demand for malting barley. Oats, beans' peas in favour of the buyer. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY . Wheat on the top, Os Od down ....average, 0 0s 7 2 a d d 11 0 13 ;03. Barley on the top, 2s 9d up Iverage, s Os Oats on the top, 2s Od up average, 6d I . I P . Beans on the top, 2s Od up average, i 5., ..4d uP• sold 3 - 5 Total supply and sales. ' Wheat 1118 qrs Barley 1961 qrs sold 7i 7 sold 1313 Oats ......................... 2978 qrs sold 185 Beans ....................... 375 qrs Average prices. Wheat, .. 56s ld 1 Oats, 30s pa, Barley, 3Bs ld 1 Beans 450 5 Oa / tra Town-made flour sells as follows ite, sOd 0 superfine, 525 • Od ; superfine, 50s Od; fine, 48s Od. GLAGO. 13 At to-day's market S the W—W re was the usual attendane" vell r is chea t r ade was slow. Black Sea wheat 6 d to P otabl e 2101 b. Barley, oats, beans, and peas without a lteration. giciC . [ADVERTISEMENT.]—IfoIIowny's Pills.—Let tilt ) T.:- Take Heed.—The stomach is the commissariat of the Pi'l o i sical system • itl furnishes the material sustenanc,o ~ every organ. If disordered the whole body, but, however severely it may be affected, its toe .34'0, vigour may always be restored by a course of those ?A lio , sistible Pills. Biliousness, indigestion, liver ceraP l ' “ by and other disorders of the stomach, can easily be cured_et.. tho use of Holloway's Pills. Thousands attest this it 6,5,13,1 tion, and no sufferer that has ever tried them will , o _%,;' , their supreme efficacy. 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Co t if i rs—BUßKE —0 t 7 at St• GeOrgB.934S Mr, the 2 ia a g h e u s i . se o .0 son le_ Church, Taunton, Charles Ilenry John, Esq.,o fnr.l.,y`hn:itnsatesr_Cionl_lcinigiies,i,Eßiq.s..late of the Aclitiiralty;i:o, Catherine Horatitt Maria, second daughter of W. 15° •isll Ginsox—SWAlN—On the 26th ult , at PrestWick. Pa' la Church, Carles M. Gibson Esti: of the Middle TeloPl Loudon, barrister-at-law, to' Ada, youngest daughter ° C. Swain, Esq., of Prestwick Park, Manchester. Deaths. ABBOTT—On the 25th tilt. at at Cheltenham, 0,03 001 3f ajor--- roi.. Augustus Abbott, CAI:, Royal .Artillery 03°531 re ' D A o l% en tr is,, l oe sT no T h - 7 0 1 deney), aged 64. tqce, 19 S - treet, Piccadilly,' aged 52. ES —On the 26th ult. at St•.l - the E d t 2 u h ; e a t h r d2l6liiithtnlpjUloillhel.t:t,DatoSb(l2s3.o:l3lll:id:ds:ll-17 I,ojl"S'b-5„... lice 1,00000 , —.. illneS bp • , Dort , E. F. Lopes, fourth son of the late Sir lt. Lopes, M.P., aged 33. PmLup—On the 27th tilt., at South Villa Catupden-bill, Kensington, John Phillip, Esq., ILA., aged 50. ~ent'S' PlatcELL—On the 27th ult., at 8, Queen's- terrace, Pet', st+• park, W. M. Purcell, Esq., of 3lerton, SurreY , NV" ' il, TURNBULL—On the 19th tilt., at the Manse, Tiogsrli Shetland, the Rev. John Turnbull, aged 91. London : Printed and Published by NV 1.1,L1A.51 AN :PO of No. 112. strand, Printer at THE SUN oilw Strand, in ilia Preo l a st of the Sav o y , in the Counil - laiddleiwY.—Friday, March 1, 1867. THE SUN, LOi'WON, FRIDAY EVENING, IJARCH 1, 1867.