The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-28 00:00:00

It AILWAY IN TELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. It appears that the net balance as shown by the accounts of this company available for dividend for the six months ending Jan. 31st last is £122,000, admitting of the payment at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum on Great Western original ordinary stock ; at the rate of ss. per cent. per annum on the West Midland (Oxford) stock; at the rate of is. 6d. - .per cent: per annum on the West Midland (New port) stock; at the rate of £3 ss. per cent. per annum on the Soutli Wales ordinary stock ; and at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the Vale of Neath ordi nary stock, carry iog forward a balance of about 121,Q00. (;-11I; WESTELIN AND IMENTFORD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Victoria-street, Westmin ster ; Mr. I'. Davey in the chair. Mr. Eley, the secretary, read the report, which stated that during the half-year a further increase in the coal trade had taken place, the tonnage for the last half-year showing an increase of 29,000• tons, as compared with the corresponding period of 1865. At the same time the trade in general goods had diminished from 53,315 tons in the half-year ending December, 1865, to 49,495 tons in the past half-year. Debentures to a comparatively small amount would fall due during the current half-year, and the directors invited the shareholders to take them up, since the rental guaranteed by the Great Western Railway Company rendered them a first class security. The net revenue admitted of the payment of the preference dividends, together with one at the rate of 2/ per cent. per annum on the ordinary share capital. The directors and company had to lament the decease of Mr. H. G. Day, for many years the deputy chairman of the company. The CIIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, referred with satisfaction to the increase of the coal traffic. This trade from South Wales to London was now almost exclusively carried by rail, and was rapidly increasing. Indeed, owing to the facilities of transit, Welsh steam coals were now very little higher in price than the North country steam coals, and were, in fact, more economical, as it was computed that 100 tons of Welsh coals would raise as much steam as 115 tons of Northern coal. In addition they possessed the great advantage of not producing smoke, which enabled them to be used in situations where steam engines could not otherwise be erected. With regard to the deben tures he stated that they had a minimum guaran teed income for 99 years of upwards of £6,000, be sides the tollage upon stones, coal, &c., and had only about £5"),000 of debentures, the interest of which was the first charge on the guaranteed income. The chairman also alluded to the loss sustained by the death of their valued colleague, Mr. Day. Mr. POOLE seconded the motion for the adoption of the renort. The Secretary stated that the annual amount chargeable to the Great Western had gone on gra dually increasing from £6,343 in 1860 to £9,055 last year. The debentureinterest only amounted to about £2,700 a-year, and was really a first charge on the £9,000. The report was unanimously agreed to, the divi dends were declared, the retiring directors re-elected, Mr. H. Browse was elected a director in the place of the late Mr. Day, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for their exertions in behalf of the company. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at Bristol yesterday—the Earl of Devon in the chair. The report was taken as read. The &AIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it.was not so satisfactory as the direc tors were desirous of presenting to them, because it showed that the state of their balance was such as not to admit of the keeping up the dividend which in corresponding half-years they had been enabled to recommend. It placed before them a state of things which only enabled them to pay a dividend at the rate of 41- per cent. per annum. The circum stances which had brouglitabout that unsatisfactory result were temporary and exceptional. Theirs was not the only company which had to come before its shareholders with a reduced dividend. There had been an increased expenditure upon the permanent way and locomotive stock, and one item which was a source of increase was the placing their accounts in the clearing-house. The Cheddar Valley branch, a line of which the first sod was turned on the pre ceding day, was a line which he hoped and believed would be very beneficial to thew. The company were engaged in laying the narrow gauge between certain stationsupou their line, which was sanctioned by the act of 1866. After referring to the Bristol Ilarhour Junction Railway, which was to be made by that company and the Great Western, and other schemes in which they were interested, he explained their relations to the Exe Valley Railway and the North Devon and Somerset Railway, the latter be ing a line from Taunton to Barnstaple, to which they had formerly subscribed, and had a working agreement with them, but which the directors now proposed to purchase for the sum of £400,000. Mr. M. CASTLE, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. After some discusssiou, Mr. MILLMAN said the Exe Valley had been left in the lurch by the South Western, and that com pany having declined to have anything to do with it, he could not understand why the Bristol and Exeter should take it up, as it never could pay its expenseF. The only argument he ever heard brought forward in favour of it was, there was a very fine old church at Thorverton. (Laughter.) Ile moved as an amendment that such portion of the report as referred to the Exe Valley Railway be not received and adopted. Mr. CARTER, seconded the amendment. Air. ELLIS moved a similar amendment with re gard to the Somerset and North Devon line, which Mr. COATES seconded. The amendments were lost by a large majority, and the report wa.3 aapted. A dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum was declared, the retiring directors were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman and Board terminated the proceedings. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Leadenhall-street ; Mr. J. Chapman in the chair. Mr. H. Notman, the secretary, having read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said they would observe that the amount car ried forward after paying the dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum was only £74, but there was also a sum of - £3,508 carried forward from the preceding half-year's accounts. They would have carried more than the £74 from the accounts of the past half-year if it were not for a charge against interest account of £760, the balance on Lord Pem broke's interest account. They had always adopted the principle of charging interest on unproductive capital to revenue. There were certain sums in pro gress of settlement with the South-Western Com pany which would amount to £3,100, and he hoped they would consider the result of their working very satisfactory. The progress of their traffic receipts, as shown in the report, had been most gratifying from the commencement. He then referred to the biN now before Parliament, promoted by the Lou don and South-Western in conjunction with the Groat Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and the South Thvon Railway Companies, which he con siLkred wai a treaty of peace between these coin uies. It was called the quadruple alliance for the establishment of peaceful relations between the four companies. Their company and the South-Western Company, as narrow-gauge lines, would benefit by it. That arrangement would prevent reckless com petition, which had ruined a great deal of railway property, and he thought that every effort in the way proposed must tend more or less to benefit rail way property and increase the facilities to the public for travelling. It was intended to promote the in terchange of traffic between the narrow and bro, gauge lines, and vice versa, with through booking and equal fares and rates. They were now in a very fortunate position, for, while other companies had to regret some falling off in the dividend for the past half-year, the Salisbury and Yeovil Com pany bad an increase in their dividend and ought to be thankful. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring the usual dividends on the 5 per cent. pre ference shares, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares of the com pany for the past half-year, payable on the Ist of March. The retiring directors, Sir W. C. Medlycott and Mr. Wagstaff, were re-elected, and also Mr. Bell, the retiring auditor. The proceedings coucluded with a vote of thanks :o the chairman. DEVON AND SOMERSET. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Taunton ; Mr. J. A. Locke presided. The report stated that the unsatisfactory condi tion of the company and the stoppage of their works arose out of circumstances attendant on the financial crisis of last year, but negotiations were pending with the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company to undertake the line, and a bill to sanction this step had already been read a second time. The litigation in connection with the Ilfracombe line still continuo], and a bill to relieve them was in progress. On the motion for the adoption of the report, Mr. APMILLAN, the former secretary, complained that the statement of accounts and report had not been issued prior to the meeting. He denied that the financial crisis had anything to do with their present position. They had entered into au ar rangement with the South-Western, by which they were bound to raise half the capital necessitated by the Ilfracombe line, and had become involved in legal difficulties by refusing to complete the contract. He did not believe the Bristol and Exeter would enter into the proposed arrangements without a heavy pecuniary sacrifice being made, and he protested against the shareholders having to make this good. After an angry discussion, the report was eventu ally adopted. YATTON AND CHEDDAR VALLEY. On Tuesday the first sod of this line was turned at Axbridge by Mrs. Yatman, of Wirnscombe-hill. The line would be nearly 18 miles in length, and from Wells to Yatton on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the whole of the capital necessary for the construction of the railway had been subscribed by that company. The contract bad been let to Messrs. W. and J. Pickering for upwards of £lOO,OOO. There was to be a tunnel through the Mendip Hills at Shutshelve about 154 yards long. The line would be a single one, but land had been secured for a double line. Stations were to be made at Westbury, Cheddar, Axbridge, Woodborough, Sandford, and other places. KENT COAST. The half-yearly general meeting of this company vas held yesterday . at the Victoria station, Pimlico ; Mr. R. B. Harvey, M.P., in the chair. _ _ _ The report stated that the accounts showed that the proportion of net receipts " attributed" by the London, Chatham, and Dover Company to the Kent Coast Company for the half-year was £28,863. The balance brought forward from the previous ac count after deducting the dividend on B stock, for which the directors obtained in the first instance a loan from the bankers of the company, was £932, making a total sum of £29,795. After deducting the general charges, and the debenture interest paid for the six months, amounting to £21,941, equal to a dividend of 3 per cent. on the preference and or dinary stock of the company. The directors stated that they were unable to declare and pay these divi dends. Th, CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he felt the utmost confidence that the policy which the directors had adopted against the dishonourable endeavours which had been made to set aside the honourable engagement made with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company would meet with the unanimous approval of the share holders. The directors would do their very best to establish the agreement with the London, Chatham, and Dover, and maintain their rights. A very long discussion ensued, in the course of which the relations between the Kent Coast and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies were dis cussed, much personal matter was introduced, and strong allegations were made as to the conduct which it was alleged the latter company had pursued towards the former. The legal claims of the Kent Coast Company against the London, Chatham, and Dover were also fully discussed, and the feel ing of the shareholders was to support the directors in any measure they might be advised to take for the purpose of compelling the London, Chatham, and Dover Company to satisfy the bona fide claims of the Kent Coast Company. An amendment was proposed, but after explana tions by the chairman it was withdrawn, and the re port was adopted. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. HAMMERSMITH AND CITY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in the Hammersmith and City Railway was held at the offices, in the Great Western Station, Paddington, yesterday, under the presidency of Lieutenant- Colonel Warde. The report presented stated that the deed of transfer of the undertaking to the Great Western and Metropolitan Companies had not yet been completed ; but they hoped that with the desire which exists on the part of all three companies to carry out the object the transfer will be effected i n a very short thne. There had been a steady in crease in the traffic, as the gross receipts for the period reported ou had been £23,873, as compared with £15,774 in the corresponding period of 1865. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that document contained all the infor mation which the board could afford the proprietors. The motion having been seconded, - - Mr. 1V ur.Tuit considered it a thousand pities that so much trouble should b 3 taken as to call a meet ing of the shareholders, and compel their attendance. Ile thought a very great deal of time had been wasted, and that the agreement ought to have been com pleted long since. The CHAIRMAN &Lid, in reply, that the heads of the draft agreement had been considered and adopted, but there were certain details as between this and the Great Western and Metropolitan which the so licitors deemed it prudent to have settled. The Ham mersmith and City were not only quite willing, but actually anxious that the whole matters should be settled. The report was adopted nem. dis. A dividend of £5 28. 6d. per cent upon the origi nal stock, and of 5 per cent. upon the first and se• cond issues of stock, was declared ; and the usua' routine business having been transacted, the pro ceedings terminated. MID-WALES. courteous services in connection with the company, the proceedings closed. Meeting of the Constitutional Association. A meeting of the Constitutional Association was held on Tuesday night in the Corn Exchange, to consider resolutions expressing confidence in the Government of Lord Derby. Mr. B. SOWLER, Q.C., was called upon to pre side ; and he asked the meeting to give a fair hear ing to the distinguished gentlemen who would ad dress them. The Hon. A. EGERTON, M.P., who was received with protracted cheering, moved the first resolution, as follows :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the policy of the Government ou the subject of re form, as stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is satisfactory, as indicating clearly and definitely the true principles upon which the Legislature ought to proceed in the settlement of the ques tion, and as being best calculated to result in an efficient measure." (Cheers.) He said that, as this was the first public meeting of the Con stitutional Association, it was right that some one should explain the necessity for such an Asso ciation. It was the opinion of the Conservative party and of the moderate Liberals throughout the country that it would be unwise to let the question of Reform fall into the hands of the extreme Radi- cal party. The extreme Radicals professed a great belief in the virtues of the being they were pleased to call the working man. They ignored the fact that it was not only those who toiled with their hands that should be called working men. The object of a Reform Bill should be to embrace all who did service to the State, whether by their heads or their hands. The Constitutional Association were in favour of such a measure ; and they desired also to defend themselves, as Conser vatives, from malignant assaults that had been made upon them. (Hear, hear.) _ The only Re- form Bill that had had a chance of passing of late years was that introduced by Lord Derby in 1859. (Cheers.) There was no ground for the charge that the Conservatives were unfitted, as a party, for dealing with reform. They wished to improve the constitution, not to destroy it—(cheers) —and the work of reform could not be in safer hands. He must confess that the bill of the present Government did not go far enough. (Hear, hear.) He was content, however, to give a general support to the Government, because he believed they were admirers of the constitution as at present estab lished, and of the balance of interests, and might, therefore, be trusted to deal with the question. (Cheers.) He believed they would accept amend ments that would not destroy the constitution, and reject those which would bring the country to the verge .of Republicanism. (Cheers.) The Govern ment had claims upon the country irrespective of the reform question. The administrative coach was well horsed, as had been shown by the improvement in the Indian Government, the army, and the pro posal of Mr. Hardy to reform the poor laws. As a whole, the Ministry was a better Ministry than its predecessor. He should be prepared to go lower than a£6 franchise in the boroughs. (Hear, hear.) He could not _s>e any objection to the municipal fran chise, and he thought we should eventually come to that in boroughs. He believed that that opinion was shared by many of the Conservative party. In re gard to the county franchise, he wished to secure a due representation of the landed interest, which was extremely influential, and ought not to be swamped. (Cheers.) At this point the confusion rose to such a pitch that the speaker was compelled to pause, and the Chairman directed that the doors should be closed. The room was, he said, as full as it could hold. Those persons who had obtained admission by means of forged orders could remain, on the con dition that they remained quiet. Several persons were removed by the police, and comparative quiet was obtained for a very brief period. Mr. Egerton proceeding with his address, commended the pro posals of the Government for the re-distribution of seats as being preferable to those of the Russell- Gladstone bill. (Hear, hear.) He said the time was come when Conservatives ought to sink all minor differences of opinion and give a cordial sup port to the Conservative Government. The Radical party was very strong, but very ill led, both in Manchester and elsewhere. (Cheers.) He hoped he should always be spared the pain of listening to the trash which Mr. Beales--(groans)—was in the habit of uttering to the assembliesof his admirers. (Cheers and laughter.) In conclusion, he called upon all Conservatives to band together for the purpose of re sisting radical assaults upon the constitution. (Loud cheers.)—Mr. W. Ambrose, in seconding the resolu tion, said that the House of Commons was at pre sent a fair representative of the country at large. (Cheers and hisses.) Mr. Ambrose referred, in the course of his speech, to Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bright. The name of the member for Caine was received with partial hooting ; but the name of Mr. Bright was received with an explosion of groans and counter cheers that rendered it im possible for the speaker to proceed for a few minutes.—The Chairman put the resolution, and there was a large - show of hands in its favour. Ha said it was quite clear he need not put the contrary. (About a hundred hands were held up against the motion amidst loud hooting.) The Chairman de clared the resolution carried. (Cheers.)—Mr. R. Stanfield, who said he was a working man, moved the second resolution. He said he would expose one of the most dastardly, mean, and infamous ac tions that could be committed. Their opponents had tried to upset the meeting, but he thanked God they had been foiled. (Cheers.) The interruption was renewed, and lasted for several minutes. More men were ejected amidst a terrible uproar. The Chairman vainly called order, but the attention of a great part of the meeting was breathlessly fixed upon a struggle between the police and a number of per sons who were resisting their ejection. In the midst of the struggle a bench gave way, but nobody was hurt. Comparative order was then restored, and the mover of the resolution proceeded with his speech. He said that he had worked night and day to esta blish this association. It had been sail that no Conservative ever wore clogs, but if the meeting could see him in his daily avocations they would be able to say that they had seen a Conservative with a soot-bag on his back. (Much laughter and ap plause.) Talk about the bloated aristocracy ! He only wished he was one. (Roars of laughter,) He moved " That the thanks of the meeting be given to Lord De r by—(loudcheers)- 11 r.11israeli — (chee rs) and the other members of the Cabinet, for the prompt and efficient manner in which they had undertaken the settlement of the reform question, and that the general policy of the Government entitles it to the entire confi(idnca of tho people at large." Mr. B. FERRAND seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN read a telegram from London an nceancing the course which the Government had taken, and the withdrawal cf the notice of motion which Mr. Gladstone had given. He said he ac cepted this resolution as a proof that the sincerity and honesty of the Government were triumphant. (Cheers.) The resolution was put, and carried in the same manner as the preceding, amidst cheers and counter demonstrations. Mr. J. W. MACLURE moved, "That in order to support the Government as against the factious op position of those who seek reform merely for the purpose of increasing their own political power, without regard to the fair representation of the whole of the people, this meeting recommends that peti- The half-yearly meeting of this company washeld yesterday at the Loudon Tavern—Mr. Whalley, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that upon the whole it was satisfactory as regarded the present position and also the pro spects for the future of the Mid-Wales, and that their position was better than any other Welsh rail way. lle congratulated the shareholders on the fact that the Mid-Wales was almost the only new Welsh railway of which the management had not been taken out of the hands of the board and the shareholders. Ile could not imagine any combination of accidents that could prevent a constant increase of traffic, be cause they hail already obtained Parliamentary powers to reach the vast mineral traffic of South Wales, and the junction of the line to that district being all that was required. In taking leave of the company, after 15 years' connection with the Welsh railways, he would draw attention to the fact that it was not the deficiency of the district in traffic sufficient to pay 5 per cent., or to any other sources whatever, that the enormous losses sustained in the Welsh railways were to be attri buted, not solely and wholly to the Parliamentary system by which, in, the first plate, the efforts to make these railways were made with a cost and risk tions to Parliament be prepared and submitted to that deterred all bona fide capitalists from taking the people generally for signature earnestly recom part in the work, and in the next place subjecting mending the adoption of the measures of the Govern those who from motives of speculation did find the ment, and deprecating the factious opposition with money to the powers of the great companies. The which they are threatened." (Cheers.) The reso public had such interest in the maintenance of an lution was carried. The Hon. Mr. Egerton said the independent route between South Wales and Lan- association had been asked if they would publish a cashire that Parliament might be expected to pro- balance sheet, and so shame the Reform League into tect that route, and thus realise the expectations doing likewise. He assured the meeting that a bal that the Act of Parliament held out ; but as to i ance sheet would be published. (Hear, hear.) He whether this would be done or even attempted, added that it had been clearly ascertained that num either on behalf of the shareholders or the public, I bers of tickets of admission to that meeting had it was not for him to express an opinion or offer any been forged. He moved a vote of thanks to the advice. The Mid-Wales Company, during the last , Chairman, which was seconded by Mr. Touchstone two years, had acted upon this policy. and passed; and a brief response from the Chairman After a short conversational discussion the report brought the meeting to a close at 10 o'clock. was adopted, and a special vote of thanks having been passed to Mr. Whalley, M.P., for his able and The Chinese in the Pacific States. The vast importance which is beginning to be at tached to the mining States and Territories of the West will receive a fresh impetus from their proxi mity to the oldest and most populous of civilised countries—China. The danger is that the Pacific States may be overrun by the Celestials—not that there will be any lack of good sturdy labourers. Mr. FUNG-TANG stated at the banquet in honour of the opening of the Steam-line between San Fran cisco and China, given on the departure of the first vessel, that there were 60,000 Chinese on the Pacific coast engaged in mining, or in trade and commerce. This he said in good English, adding that " we of China are very fond of trade and corn " merce." He was followed by Mr. CHOY CHUM-CHEW, who commented on the rea sons of the friendly feeling entertained by the Chinese Government towards the United States, which he considered the result of the intimate commercial relations between the two countries. The feeling in Chiva towards Americans is very strong and marked. A Chinaman admires an American as the highest development of the " bar barian" element. This is passing strange to British officials, who consider that the British display of power ought to have bad the effect of establishing them, in this estimation. A Chinaman is a shrewd trader, but he believes that he meets more than his match when he comes across a Yankee. The Chinese possess a vein of energy ; and although they do not show it outwardly, still inwardly they keenly appreciate the brains and in telligence the American brings to bear on his work. They are, in short, good judges of human character, and pure materialists, so the compliment they thus convey may be considered a high cne. If this feeling was established when no intimate relation existed between the two countries, what will it be come when the young giant can put his heavy hand upon the feeble old empire and crumple it all up ? The first effect of the growing intercourse will be to give America a paramount influence in that part of the world. Indeed we believe it would be a wise policy in England to hand over to America the Imperial colony of Hongkong. The United States will now be in a position to insure the object for which that station is held—that is, the security of trade, and the due enforcement of treaties by the Government of China. They can do this with com parative ease from their proximity, and the strength of such a basis of operation as that given by California. The Chinese will benefit much by their contact with such a people as those of the United States. Cuov-Citum-CuEw noticed the great advantage which has been derived from the establishment in San Francisco of a free school for teaching the Chinese the English language. Many of the young Chinamen are now able to do the work of interpreters, and several Chinese stores and mer cantile offices regularly take the American daily papers, so that the Chinese become well informed in the news of the world. The help this gives to- wards elevating Chinese character will be felt in time, as the numbers who have thus been educated increase and return to their native country. That the Chinamen will freely use the line opened, is seen from the fact that the Colorado carried 700 steer age passengers, all of whom, probably, were Chinese. The vessels will be crowded on the trip back to California—the El Dorado of the Celestial Empire. The future of the Pacific States is very bright. Under the head of our Mining Intelligence will be found an extract from the San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press, giving the returns of three mines—the Yellow Jacket, the Savage, and the Imperial. These dividends are almost fabulous, and cannot readily be credited; 360, 912, and 780 per cent. per annum upon the subscribed capital are the figures given by that journal, and for this statement it is responsible. But we know that the wealth of the precious metals, almost at the miner's hands, is great beyond the belief of Europeans. Chinamen will not be slow to avail themselves of such advantages. Nor has the policy of exclusion obtained force in these States as in Australia. All the Chinese who spoke at this banquet expressed warmly their sense of the kindness with which they had been treated in San Francisco. Taus, then, th e Fl ow ery Kingdom is within easy communication with the richest country in the world. In that country labour and energy are best rewarded, and every man starts fair in the race. Numbers of their own peo ple have formed successful settlements, and reaped large rewards even as common labourers ; and the testimony of the most enlightened of their country men will establish the knowledge in China that they are welcomed in the new land with kindness, are free to come and go, and to reap and hold unmo lested the fruits of their own labour.—Anglo-Ame rican Times. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN*3, FEBRUARY 28, 1867. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—But a few mouths have elapsed since the Liberal party was divided and disorganised to a degree which seemed to exclude all prospect of its early reconstruction. Not only was it far from being agreed on the question of Reform, but its general want of discipline and concert was such as to provoke many taunts from the adverse camp. Both the misgivings of friends and the premature exultation of foes have been signally and rapidly abated, and this is the more remarkable when viewed in connection with the conspicuous absence of party spirit which has hitherto characterised the debates of this Session. The party is united in a policy, not of aggression, but of forbearance—of forbearance towards opponents who are known to be weakened by disunion. So far as its tactics have been disclosed by its proceedings in Parliament, or by what oc curred at the private meeting on Tuesday, they are the very reverse of factious. Instead cf attempt ing to defeat the Government Reform Bill and re cover office ou a false issue, the Liberals seem pre pared to support Lord Derby's Ministry against its own reluctant, if not mutinous, followers in carry ing a measure which may settle the Reform contro versy for a generation. There is every reason to believe that if Mr. Disraeli succeeds in the difficult task before him, it will be due to the patriotic con duct of the Opposition, and that if he fails it will be due to the infatuation of those whom he nomi nally leads. He may be right, or wrong, in asserting that Mr. Bright and Mr. Lowe agree in wishing no good to his sche me o f R e f orm , but he well knows that his greatest clanger lies in an opposite quarter. W h ile the great body of Liberals is determined to pro mote, at any sacrifice, the passing of a moderate but genuine Reform Bill, a certain number of Tories are equally determined to resist any Reform Bill but a sham one. We can hardly be wrong in at tributing to their officious counsels the pedantic idea of makilug any considerable reduction of the borough franchise dependent on the adoption of a " plurality of votes." It is from such friends as these, and not from Mr. Gladstone, that the present Government Las most need to be saved. If we ask what has wrought so great a change in the position and spirit of that party, several answers suggest themselves. We might explain it by the salutary and proverbial; effects of a temporary banishment from power, but we prefer to seek a deeper and more adequate cause. The truth is that a convic tion has been slowly maturing itself inmost educated minds that it is no longer wise to go on trifling with Reform. The House of Commons, and espe cially that section of it which professes to be Liberal, has gradually become conscious that it is to some extent on its trial before the nation. As Mr. Lowe truly says, the problem of Reform has of late assumed a somewhat different aspect, and " efforts have been recently made to show that the House has failed in its duty." Whether these efforts have been more or less successful, and whether any defi nite grievance has been shown which the present Legislature is unwilling to redress, are points into which it is needless here to enter. tis enough that public attention is fixed with increasing vigilance on the shortcomings of our legislation, and, in par ticular, onto javioct of the 1401150 of commons to redeem the pledges of self-reform which it has so often given. The country is fairly sick of the agi tation and obstruction of public business incident _ _ to the introduction of Reform Bi;h destined to be stifled, and is beginning to suspect the sincerity of those who always find some good reason for stifling them. Were this impatience confined to extreme Radicals, it would be of less importance, but it is sharerl by sensible men of all clsses anciopinions. Ever since it has been admitted that Reform can- not be staved off or conjured away, it has been the earnest wish of such in - en to " seitle" it, and this wish has been reflected with rare unailimity by the most influential organs of the Press. At last the House of Commons has realised this, and its Liberal members are giving the best proof of their public spirit by postponing all other Considerations to the cause of Morin. Much, however, is due to the temper and forbearance of Mr. Gladstone, who has never shown himself to such advantage while in office as in rallying his party under adversity. his moderation has not oniv won the confidence of all whom he led to defeat last session, as well as time general respect of the house, but has also made. it easy for stragglers and deserters to r..join his stan dard. We observe that several of this class were present at the meeting on Tuesday, and no one ex pressed more unreserved loyalty than Lord Grosve nor. Like Mr. Lain g , Lord Grosvenor justified his separation from the Liberals on the last Reform Bill upon the ground that it contained no element of finality, and offered no sure resting-place for the future. Perhaps the attempt to find any such rest ing-place may be chimerical ; at all events, as Lord Grosvenor perceives, the present Government have failed to propose one. He, therefore, re-enlists under the old banner ; and prudence, no less than charity, suggests that he and others in a like posi tion should welcomed back. Mr. Bright stands almost alone among the Liberals who hi - ive as yet declared their views on the bill in avowing himself unable to see any hope of making it worth passing. Even he disclaims any intention of rejecting it simply because it proceeds from a ConseriativeGo vernment, but we cannot affect to feel any regret that a certain divergence of opinion should exist between him and Mr. Gladstone upon the duty of the Opposition. Whatever may hive been Mr. Bright's services to Reform, it was certainly the imputation, just or unjust, of subserviency to his advice which lost Mr. Gladstone last session the allegiance of many valuable supporters. It is essen tial to the power, if not to the character, of a States man dealing with a great Constitutional question that he should act with perfect and manifest inde pendence. Mr. Bright assures us . now that he did not exercise the influence ascribed to him last ses sion. If he can only convince the house that he exercises no influence this session other than that which his ability must always command for him, the hands of Mr. Gladstone will be vastly strengthened for the advancement of Reform. - THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON " THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON."—To make war on Austria, as was done on the most frivil ous pretext by Napoleon 111., was to league with the Revolution. For Austria, with all her faults, was the great conservative power of Europe, the most determined, most persevering foe, whom the Revolution had encountered. And how could a prince, possessed of the smallest Catholic instincts ----one, too, who called himself the protector of the Church, the restorer of order—find the heart to make war on the only other great Catholic State in Europe? Had her disastrous policy in the thirty years' war, when she allied herself with the enemies of her creed, taught France no lesson ? Had she, who had just herself recovered from a, tremendous social crisis no sympathy for one involved in perils nearly similar, and who needed all her efforts to staunch her bleeding wounds ? Did not every motive of self-interest, as well as of justice and humanity, dictate to Napoleon HI. a policy of for bearance towards such an Empire ? But it will be said, the state of Italy demanded the interven tion of France, and that for that country there was no repose, as well as no progress, as long as Austria there retained her dominion. Let us impartially examine facts. Austria had, since the treaty of Utrecht, possessed Lombardy ; and in 1797 the Venetian territory was ceded to her by the First Napoleon ; a cession which was ratified by the Con gress of Vienna in 1815. This was a part of that fatal system of agglomerations so much lauded in the recent speech of the French Emperor, and which is there attributed to the genius of Napo leon I. Now, what was the general character of the Austrian rule in Italy ? There can be no doubt that for the first years after the general peace the incessant plots and revolutionary man oeuvres of the Carbonari had led to very severe measures of repression on the part of the Austrian Government. The Emperor Francis 11. had suffered so much from revolutions, that he pun ished rebellion with greater severity than any other crime. But, at all events, since the accession of the Emperor Ferdinand in 1837, the Austrian rule had been remarkable for its mildness. No Italian Government, aid scarcely any Govern ment in Europe, did so much for agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, and for education, whether popular or liberal. In these respects no country was more blessed than Lombardy by the munificence of Nature and the industry of man. In 1838 Venice was declared a free port, and its commerce for the ten years preceding 1848 was extremely flourishing. On this subject an elegant and accomplished Catholic traveller has recently written as follows : " To Austria be the glory of having raised Venice to the state in which she now leaves her. If her streets and canals show evident marks of a steadily-increasing trade, and of the prosperity which naturally attends it, to Austria is she indebted for that hopeful sign ; if her palaces on the Grand Canal no longer exhibit the marks of violence and ruin which once characterised them so painfully, to Austrian care and Austrian liberality is it entirely owing ; and if those of her churches which escaped the destructive rapacity of the French plunderers are yet rich in monuments which record her ancient grandeurs, and in shrines that testify to the piety of her children, to Austrian reverence and to Austrian Catho licity must the praise be given." With the accession of the Emperor Francis Joseph a new era dawned on the Austrian Empire. The Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom began to reap the blessings proffered by the new regime. A Con cordat with the Holy See guaranteed the freedom of the Church, and emancipated her from the fetters of the Leopoldine laws, which had been gradually relaxed. More extended powers were granted to the municipal corporations ; and in proportion as order were consolidated in the re cently distracted empire, solid liberties would have been established in which Italy would have had a full share. Now, in regard to a country, the cradle of his family, and which naturally called forth his liveliest interest and sympathy, what, under the circumstances stated, was the policy which justice and prudence alike dictated to the Emperor Napoleon 111. ? Was it not to endeavour jby his counsels to bring about a Confederation of the Italian States, under the Presidency of the Sovereign Pontiff—a Confederation which, like the Germanic Diet, would have secured Italy against foreign aggression, and left to each State its auto nomy ? Was it not his true policy to form a league with the Italian Governments to resist the efforts of the revolutionary party—to advise them to establish on a solid basis the freedom of the Church—to reform all abuses in the administra tion and in courts of law, and to renovate the old systems of representation, adapted to the tra ditions, the circumstances, the wants, the interests of the various classes in the various States of the Italian Peninsula? What an impulse would such a Confederation have given to Italian industry? What a field would it not have opened to Italian commerce, stretching from the southern shores of Sicily to the farthest extremities of Hungary ? If Austria had entered on a better system of government in Italy, as elsewhere, had not -an other Italian Power set a noble example of legi timate reforms? Had not the venerable Pontiff, who now rules the Church, introduced from the very commencement of his pontificate, a series of beneficial measures, calculated to confer freedom and happiness on his people ? Had he not consid erably augmented the lay element in the adminis tration, alleviated the public burdens, improved the collection of the taxes, established a Council of Finance and a Council of State, extended the powers of the Provincial Administrative Bodies, encouraged agriculture, commerce, and manufac tures, an lastly, opened a central Parliament in Rome itself ? Was it not the fatal French Revol ution of 1848 that first thwarted, and the Red Republicans and Socialists of Italy that utterly prevented the Pontiff's wise and generous mea sures ? His was no rash, innovating policy ; for Pius IX. had, with a few exceptions, but returned to the political system of his predecessors. The Protestant historian, Niebuhr, remarks that prior to the invasion of the French Jacobins, in 1796, the provinces of the Papal States enjoyed a va riety of free constitutions, adapted to their wants, and that it was the French who introduced into those States the system of bureaucratic centralisa tiOn. And it was the retention of that system by Cardinal Consalvi, after the peace of 1814, that was one of the causes of the embarrassments of the Papal Government prior to the Italian Revolu tion. The system of Confederation here suggested approved itself to the judgment of the French Em peror himself. But the moment he selected for proposing such a scheme was most inopportune. After he had been the means of expelling not only thßbAnstrian Emperor, but all the other legitimate Sovereigns from the North of Italy, he proposed to the Pope and to the King of Naples to enter into a Confederation with the new King of Italy, who had already seized a portion of the Papal do minions, And whose counsels were guided by men most hostile to religion and to social order. This would, forsooth, have been strange society for the Pontiff and the King of Naples. It is, however, such a prince—the miserable tool of the infidel and revolutionary party—Napoleon 111. succours by his arms, and, without the least provocation from the Emperor of Austria or the Italian princes, helps to establish on the ruins of their thrones. The victories of the French in Italy are dearly bought; the armies of Austria display their valour and skill ; and it is only by recent improve ments in their artillery the French gain the ad vantage over foes in every respect worthy of themselves. The battles of Solferino and Magenta will ever be memorable for the obstinate bravery displayed by all the troops engaged, whether on the side of the victors or of the vanquished. That young, chivalrous descendant of the House of Hapsburg, who, from the hour he has ascended the Imperial throne, has known so much sorrow, who has had so bitterly to expiate the faults of his ancestors, was here denied the garland of vic tory. During this very campaign, the Emperor of the French, in despite of his solemn promise to the Pope, suffers his Piedmontese ally to occupy the Romagna, and take permanent possession of it. This was the first act of spoliation perpetrated on the territory of the Church. In the treaty of Zurich, indeed, which followed on the conclusion of the peace with Austria, the integrity of the Papal dominions was guaranteed. But this, like other good resolutions, remained a dead letter. On the other hand, the disinterested services of the French Emperor were not to go unrewarded, and Nice and Savoy were by this treaty annexed to his •empire. He had gone, he alleged, into Italy to combat for "an idea." But this was evidently not the pure, spiritual idea spoken of by metaphysicians ; but one which they call a notion, that is, an idea deduced from the senses. What shall I say of the treacherous, buccaneering expedition against Sicily and Naples, conducted with the secret connivance of the Sardinian Go vernment, by desperate revolutionary bandits ? Scarcely had the Revolution despoiled the King of Naples of his territory, when as the small but cour ageous army of the Pope, headed by the heroic Lamoriciere and Pimodan were waiting to com bat the buccaneers from the south, they were, without any declaration of hostilities, assailed by the Piedmontese marauders from the north. In despite of its acts of valour, the noble little army succumbed, of • course, to superior numbers. But all this while the great Imperial defender of the Church, who had again given the Pope solemn assurances that his dominions should be preserved inviolate to him, looked with folded arms on this sacrilegious robbery. Words of vain pro test could deceive neither friend nor foe. Since the treacherous enticing away of King Ferdinand VII. and of the royal family of Spain to Bayonne by the First Napoleon, had an act of more flagi tious perfidy- been ever perpetrated than the one here spoken of ? Had not Pope Pius IX. reason to say to the French Ambassador, " Your Emperor has cheated me. He guaranteed to me the in tegrity of my States." Could not a word, a ges ture, a wink of the eye from this puissant Em peror have stayed the march of the Piedmontese roops into the Roman territory ? This sad his tory will be brought to a close in the next number. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The following is the weekly return of the Regis trar-General of births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom : General Register-office, Somerset-house, Feb. 25. In the week that ended on Saturday, Feb. 23, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,707 ; the deaths registered, 2,987. The annual rate of mor tality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,178 boys and 1,164 girls, in all 2,342 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding week of ten years 1857- 66 the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,193. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,337. It was the eighth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,566. The deaths in the present return are less by 229 than the estimated number. Zymotic diseases in the aggregate destroyed the lives of 233 persons, 193 of whom were under 20 years of age. Whooping-cough is the most fatal disease in the zymotic class, and caused the deaths of 75 children and one adult ; 19 of these cases occurred in the north, 20 in the east, and 17 in the south districts; 34 deaths occurred from typhus-7 in the west, 4 in the north, 6 in. the central, 8 in the east, and 9 in the south districts. Two deaths in the London Fever Hospital, Islington, are referred to the districts from which the patients had been brought. The ravages of fever, especially in the poorer districts of the metropolis, are great, and demand urgent attention. Unlike cholera, which visits us at long intervals, fever is always more or less prevalent, and its baneful effects are seen in the numbers which swell the weekly bills of mortality. Thirty-three deaths from smallpox, 7 from measles, 20 from scarlatina, and 9 from diarrhoea were re gistered last week ; one death from choleraic diar rhoea was also recorded. Westminister, St. Margaret At Dartmouth street, on Feb. 19, the son of a tailor, aged 3 years, " choleraic diarrhoea." Greenwich, West. —At the Dreadnought Hospital ship, on the 18th of Feb., a seaman, aged 27 years, " scurvy, scorbutic dysen tery, phthisis." Marylebone, All Souls. Found dead at Cleveland-street, on the 12th of Feb., a tailoreas, aged 40 years, " rupture of aorta by needle passing through its walls ;" post mortem ; inquest. The deaths of six persons who were killed by horses or carriages in the streets were registered The son of a bricklayer, aged 9 years, crushed by a cartwheel ; post portem ; died on the 11th of Feb., near to the Royal Free Hospital. The son of a coal porter, aged 14 years, run over ; inquest ; found dead on the 16th of Feb., in the Harrow-road, Pad dington. A typefounder, aged 22 years, run over by a cart.; post mortem ; inquest ; died on the 19th of Feb., in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A widow of a clerk, aged 64, run over ; inquest, died on the 9th of Feb., in the New North-road. A ginger-beer manufacturer, aged 45 years, run over ; inquest ; died on the 20th of Feb., in the London Hospital. The sun of a gunsmith, aged 7 years, run over by a cart ; manslaughter ; inquest died on the 16th of Feb., at Nine-elms, Wandsworth. The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per ,000 in London, 22 in Edinburgh, and 34 in Dublin; 22 in Bristol, 22 in Birmingham, 28 in Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 27 in Salford, 25 in Sheffield, 26 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 43 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 30 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 36 per 1,000 during the week ending the 16th inst., when the mean temperature was 6.6 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 24. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich , the mein height of the barometer in the week was 30.237 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 29.69 in. at the beginning of the week to 30.39 on Wednes day. The mean temperature . of the air in the week was 46.5 deg., which is 7.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 56.9 deg. on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature was 39.9 deg. on Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 17.9 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 47.8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 45.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.23 in., of which 0.22 in. fell on Sunday. The general direction of the wind was S.W. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Cross ness, was 52,214,162 gallons, or 237,233 cubic metre's, equivalent to about as many tons by weight. The Negro Testimony Bill has been defeated in the Kentucky Senate. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—The family me dicine chest that is furnished with these powerful reme dies needs nothing more. Indigestion, general debility, liver complaint, eruption, sores, wounds, ulcers, tumours, Lim., are infallibly cured by their use. They purify the blood and give tone and vigour to the whole system. The Ointment when well rubbed into lhe parts affected enters the flesh just as salt enters meat, and it the pills are taken as an auxiliary the cure is speedy, thorough, and perma nent. These medicaments ate composed of pure balsams, without the admixture of a grain of mercury or any inju rious substance. They are peculiarly mild and gentle in their actin, anti aro as gale as they are efficacious, Mr. M'Cracken's Letter. The letter of Mr. GEORGE M'CRAcKEN is not such an astonishing act of awl aci ty as is the almost incredi ble act of folly of a Cabinet Minister in acting on such a document. Mr. SEWARD, in taking up such an epistle, must have had some private turn of his own to serve, and one so strong as to overcome all the dictates of common sense, as well as common polite ness and etiquette. The story of Mr. GEORGE AI*CRACKEN is told in a few words. This young man, barely 24 years of age, and described by Senator SUMNER as a person utterly obscure, took it into his head to travel through Europe, and dur ing that time made it his special business to visit his country's Ministers and Consuls to see how the Government was represented. After having visited them all, he came to the conclusion that his coun try was greatly misrepresented, and, as a patriot, he considered it his duty to inform the Secretary of State of matters as he saw them. On reaching Paris he drew up a report on the different Plenipoten tiaries, and Envoys Extraordinary, Consuls- General, Consuls, and Vice-Consuls, for the information of the President. He gives the freest opinions of some of the most celebrated of his countrymen, and cor roborates those opinions by detailing private con versations. The Minister, at Vienna applauds CHARLES SUMNER, and proclaims that an English noblemen is the model of human perfection. He is therefore " a thorough flunkey." The Consul- General at Frankfort is vulgar, ignorant, and un worthy—one of CHANDLER'S tools, an advocate of impeachment, and a blatant Radical. The Minister at Madrid condemns Mr. JOHNSON'S course in a malignant manner. The Consul at Constantinople and at Tangier are in the same boat, while he at Genoa is a common drunkard. It is scarcely credible that a ruler in his senses could have consigned such a letter to any place but the fire. The idea is monstrous that gentlemen engaged in difficult diplomatic missions should be subjected to the impertinent intrusion of such an inexperienced youngster, and their very kindness in receiving him and discussing with him questions of interest made the subject of report to their own Govern ment. This is, however, for the good taste and feeling of the person thus received. The extra ordinary part of the story is the action taken - by the President and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on such a report. Has Mr. SEWARD lost all the keen intellect he once possessed, or is he engaged in bringing into the greatest possible disrepute the Go vernment of Mr. JonNsori? How would the Quee n and Lord STANLEY treat theletter of an English youth ho made it his business tolook up the English Ambas sadors, and then wrote actionable libels against the characters of some of the most distinguished Eng lishmen engaged in the diplomatic service of their country.? Republics are said to be proverbially ungrateful to public servants, but if such a system as this were tolerated the public service of the United States would become one of danger and of overwhelming difficulty. The house of a Foreign Minister would be barred against his countrymen, and his lips sealed. This young gentleman brings it as a charge that the majority of the Foreign mis sions are held by Massachusetts Puritans! 001J.N TRY f&A.LiKETS. GAINSBOROUGII—TUESDAY. Good average show of wheat. Trade rather flat, at 2$ per qr. reduction._ The demand for barley is much greater than the supply, consequently late prices were supported. Beans fully as dear. HIILL.—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair supply of wheat , both English and foreign, but the business done Was vet); small, mid holders were compelled to submit to a decline°' about 3s per qr. English white wheat, 66s to 70s; red, 63 s to 665; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 67s to 72 s ; Baltic red, 62s to 6 6 s ; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s to 568' Barley, English, 36s to 50s ; grinding, Mediterrane an, 34s to 358 . 6 d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russn 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s ; foreign, , 1° to 445. Peas, English blue, 424 to 44 s Od; foreign to 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. The supply of wheat was not so large as las t week• Buyers required a reduction in price of from is to 2s Pe r qr. Barley was an average offer, but prime qualities wer e scarce. Prices of seed went down is per qr. Little doblg in oats. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised iron' 55s to 65s ; barley, 37s to 538; oats, 248 to 30s ; beans, 464 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 4s 6d to 5 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 15d ; household ditto , 141 per 81b loaf. Flour, 45s to 49s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TuEsDAY. The markets have been moderately supplied with ra' s descriptions of grain, and the attendance has been of, a : average character. Home-grown wheat met with a toie . i r ably fair sale, and prices ruled pretty firm ; foreign also WO n middling request, and somewhat easier to purchase. d The following are the average quotations:—wheat, I.! 1 78 3d to 7s 6d per bushel ; white, 7s 9 d to 8 s Od ; eYl°,l.. Gs Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 46s to 52s per qr ; gr lP 2 7 O ing ditto, 31s to 34s Od; beans, 44s to 50s ; white oats, to 28s ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. COAL MARKET. --- Price per ton at the close of the market. d. s. d. S• 6 Bradyell's Hetton l6 9 Russell's Hetton... 168 Walls End Haswell lB 6 South Hetton ......... 13 0 Walls End Hetton Hetton Lyons Hartlepool Cassop Ships at market, 78—sold. 42. k'oreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. . _ustrana and New Zealand, via Southamptos..... ,gar. 2 6 Ditto, via Marseilles G. srazit and Ca pa Verde. by British packet ......... ... .. ....... Ditto. by French packet .pe of Good dupe, Amoension, and A. Helena .... MO' 6 eenang. and Singipure. via Sou,hainpton..3l4r' Ito. Ditto, via Ilarstilles • N'aikiand Islands gar. llibraltar, via Southampton India t Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton... 31 - ''''.?.7 ... ..... . ... F eb ' '. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. gar 6 Feb " 7 Ditto, via darseilles . • • Malta, Egypt, and Aden , via Southampton ..... ' . • 6. ar 7 F. g eb. 2 7 Ditto, via Marseilles .............. ...... ... . . gar. 2. ,. kl a uritius, via Southampton __ .. ...... gar 16 Ditto, via lia.raeillei.... ..................... • 13 4ew . .. toundland jot ,. . Portugal. ..... .•• • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ............ - ,3atted btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet ... . g a r 7 . . ... Ditto, by United States packet, via South:Li/4)- ton Ditto, via Cork • • re. • ............ Ditto, oy Canadian packet. via .......... 1 Londonderry .. Ilan West Indies and Pacific (except Baha:nas and liondurar) Feb. 2 ! Bahama: A via New York. gar 4. Cuba and 11exioo Feb. 28 -. ................. ... ...... Bermuda, via Halifax . Mar , 1 3 ' West Coar.t of Africa, hladeira,...lQ ............ ....... .. .. The Bavarian Gazette announces that Icing L° l/ s i t has sanctioned the resolutions concerted al-ngat -gar. 6 .0 the delegates of the States of Southern G er m ~.$ the Conference of Stuttgardt. The ratification v..; Bavaria has been sent to its representatives ' Stuttgardt, Carlsruhe, and Darmstadt. Births. COLLINSON—On the 9th inst., at Malta, the wife of Col: 13. Collinson, Royal Engineers, of a daughter. go. m Disnar -On the 2 sth inst. , at 89, Onslow-square, Ralph Disraeli, of a son. ,r aO. SMITH—On the 26th inst., at Somer sfield, the w ife J. Smith, Esq., Mayor of B,eigate, of a son. ~ iv tho WiLsoN—On the 26th inst , at Redgrave Ilan, Sull°l-' wife of George R. Wilso • n, Esq., of a son and eir. • Marriages. BELL—HoDsoN'—On the 27th inst., at Christ GiVrewil; Marylebone, William Edwin, eldest son of '-r-;,..'s*t„ to Bell, Esq., wine merchant, of 28, Carlton-hill L.!, . 00 x Jane Mary, elder daughter of Mr. Win. Hodson, of IS Hill, East Barnet, Herts. n arish MURRAY— GRAIIAIU—On the 27th inst., at the ~ los -1 church of St. Marylobone, Major Murray, late 10,t1;ihato, sari, to Emma Eliza, daughter of Captain D. n• u late Ceylon Rifles. Deaths. 13rolpr B UT LER—On the 2 7 th inst. , at 5, Pelham-crescent, ton, Capt. Charles G. B utler, R.N., aged 74. Bos Wort h, D o swoßTH—On the 23 d i nst., at Pau, Fred. W. Esq., of 1, Radnor Cliff, Sandgate, Rent. , Gro s- G OD FREY -On the 26 th inst., at 76, Mount -street, venor - s quare, Wm. P. Godfrey, aged 7 arn l. t •J HARVEY—On the 25th inst., at Witch p t o n, D'' rse 1 Harvey, Esq.,.aged 76. WILLIAMS—On the 25th inst., at Banghurst ito_qory, De'. Basingstoke, the Rev. David Williams, aged 6J. WaELER - On the 26th inst., at 2, Clarendon -place, ~-4 we in ton Oharlotte T.Wheler, fourth daughter.ot sto!kar.. Sir T. Wheler, Bart., of Leamington 'lasting , ' wickshire. . 1 1. It tilol i ' M - Luncton : frinted and rubitshel of 11 , ' i. uL A ~ , 112 , ot No. 112 . Strand, Printer at Trio inv .014,°-:toty of Strand. ill till I-zeciaot of the Savoy, la the (iv atiddiese74-inuraday, Feint/sr/ 23, sa.