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OND &NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW SERVICE OF TRAINS BET WEEN WIL LESDEN JUNCTION, WATERLOO, AND CANNON STREET. Commencing on February Ist, Trains will run bet ween the above-named Stations in connexion with the Trains of the London and South-Western and South-Eastern Com panies, affording a Direct Through Communication be tween the principal Stations on the lines South of the Thames, and the London and North-Western system. Numerous changes will be made in the times of the Trains between Euston, Willesden, and Kensington, in connexion with the above alterations. For particulars, see Time-bills ßy . order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, Jan. 29, 1867._____ OND 0 N and NOE , TH -wESTERN T J RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next ORDI NARY YEARLY MEETING of the LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COUP:' NY will be held Mt the Iluston Station, Euston-square, London, on FRIDAY, the 2'2d day of February instant, at Twelve &Clock at Noon precisely, for the transaction of the gene ral business of the Company. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that so soon as such blisiness is disposed of or adjourned, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of. the Company will be held at the same place, for the purpose of approving an Agreement w ith the Tenbury Railwa y Company for the Lease or Transfer of their Undertaking to the Great Western and London and North-Western Railway Companies jointly ; and also for the purpose of authorising the Directors to exercise the Borrowing Powers of the Company to the ex tent atrettori. l by the Company's Acts of Parliament. Lated this 6th day of February, 1867. RICHARD MOON, Chairman. J. P. BROWN-WESTHEAD, Deputy-Chairman. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 1. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. E. Phelps, Barrett, W. M'lntyre, E. Clifton, C. Warner ; Mesdames 11. Vaudenhoff, Hudspeth, Goner, Isabel Adams. To conclude with the Pantomime. entitled NUMBER, NIP ; or Harlequin and the Gnome -King of the Giant Mountain. Commence at a Quarter to Seven.. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, TO-NIGHT, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Eothern, raidCippendale, Compton, Hwe, Kendal, Gordon. Bog,ers, raid. Clarke, Vincent, &a ; o Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, Wright, &c. Ater which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. Messrs. Sothern, Rogers. Gordon, Clark, Weathersby, White, dre. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Hill, 4tc. Followod by JENNY LIND AT LAST. Miss lone Burke. Commence at Seven. OYAIi LYCEUM THEA.TRE.- ai Sole L:asee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENIN G. ROUGE E r NOIR. Maurice D'Arbel a Gambler), Mr. Pechter ; Messrs. Emery, Evans, Moreland, Fitzpatrick. Dalton. Iwynolds, Lomas, Newbound, Andrews, Anderson, Vivian, Bennett, and Edward Price; Miss en rade, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Grattan, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Preceded by TUE TWO POLTS. Mr. U. Widdicomb. T DE HEATRE ROYAL ALPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manage r, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, Feb. 8, at Seven, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. H. Vezin, Billington, Ashley, .Eburne, Romer, and Stephoason. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque of THE MOUNTAIN DIIU; or, TILE KNIGHT, THE LADY, AND THE LAKE. Messrs, J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Ashley, R. Romer, and C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Ilughes, Miss Emily Pitt, ,tc. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. 11. R igan. THIS: EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE. Messrs. G. Vincent Addison D. Murray, and Mr. Charles Mathews; Illesdames , E. F arren , , Milly Palmer, and Charles Mathews. After which, ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent, Addison, I). Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames E. Farren and Charles Mathews. Doors open at half-past Six; eommence at Seven. lIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Selo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TII LS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drains of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Bclmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. RaYmolid• 110YAL PRINCESS'S TIIE.AI'RE. Sole Lome and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore, and blis4 Katherine Rodgers. Followed by, at 8 o'clock, a rew and original Drama, by T. IV. Rob, rtsoli, entitled SIINDOW TREE SUAFI'. Cha rActer.i by Messrs. Vining, J. G. Shore, C.Veraer, F. Villiers. 11. Forrester, 11. Mellon, and Cathcart; Misses Montagu, Minnio iccinaontls, and Katherine Hodges. OICA IA STRAND THEATRE. Sole Le.:3see and Alanageress, 3lrs. Swanborough. 'Fit IS EV N 10. G 11 DOI; IZS. esars. Porsche, Belford, and G Mar: ay ; blissts vvanborouti, Johnstone, ant Hugh,. K. Atter which, will be produced a (ii and Burlesque, entitled GCYFA NV K : Mes.rs. I home 1 ame , -, Robson, and Fenton; 11e:4d:1n:es 6wanburough, Itaynham, J uhustoue, thtlies, Newton, ,21z,..!. To conclude with A SUL P OF TWEEDS. Commence at Seven. 9111 E ATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. Mr W. 11. C. :NTA.TI ) his much pleasure in announcing that TO-NICHT, r•ebruarY be the 55th Representation of the NATION-AL rAN'fuNIDIE. EVERY EVENING the e:egant Comedy, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Fernandez. Richardson. and Miss Laid law. After which, the Nation-al Pantomime, HUSH-A-BYE, BABY. With exquisitely - beautiful Scenery by Mr. Hicks. Misses Caroline Parkes. Nellie .Nisbett, Owynne, Marshall, Burton, Mrs. Caulield ; Messrs. Atkins, Stephens, Milano, and the Original Little tiowella. MORNING PER ro Tor ANC ES, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. 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DISRAELI'S STATEMENT 01" THE REFORM BILL. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY. —Morning, 4h. 14m.— Afternoon, 4h. 34m. To-Moßßow.-Morniug, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, s!i. 10m. k i v, giu LONDOIV, FRIDAY, FEB. 8, 1867. The public will learn with regret that the Jamaica Committee have actually put their threats into exe cution, and have commenced the prosecution of Mr. EYRE and those of his officers who were immediately concerned in the Jamaica affair. Such a course is deeply to be deplored in many respects, and we cannot see any possible gain that can come from it. It is not usual for private individuals to settle questions connected with the laws, and the Govern ment is, or ought to be, competent to determine if the representatives of the Crown in the colonies and elsewhere have rightly fulfilled their duties. So far as Governor EYRE was concerned, in the memorable matter of the Jamaica insurrec tion, there was only one opinion as to the propriety of his conduct with all• who were well acquainted with the matter. The House of Assembly expressed its warmest approval of his spirited action, and all the leading inhabitants of the island concurred in this view. It is, indeed, surprising to find so strong a feeling against him and all who acted with him in certain quarters in this country. It was surely enough, and more than enough, to disparage their doings in all places and at all times without pro ceeding to the extremities which the Jamaica Com- mittee have, done. There is no knowing to what extremes people will go when they get prejudiced, and we have a notable instance of this in the steps but recently taken. Those who believed that the affair was more talk than action, and would even- tually come to nothing, were startled to hear that on Wednesday last an application was made to the magistrate, at Bow-street, for the issue of warrants against Brigadier-General NELSON and Lieutenant BRAND. These were granted yesterday, but not without some difficulty. Mr. EIRE is not in the country, and hence the proceedings against him are suspended. it is understood, however, that he is quite willing to meet all charges against him, and it is so far satisfactory to know that Mr. STEPHENS iS prepared to conduct the case in as considerate a manner as possible. He remarked that he did not desire these gentlemen to suffer any needless restraint or annoyance, and that it would be sufficient if Lieutenant BRAND gave his word to attend at the court in a specified time to answer the charges preferred against him by the committee. After the very insulting manner in which many of the members of the committee have spoken and written about those concerned in the Jamaica insurrection, it is certainly gratifying to meet with this reticence on the part of those who conduct their prosecution. Of Mr. EYRE himself Mr. STEPHENS expressed himself in terms of great courtesy, and even went so far as to state that he apprehended he would be ready to meet all charges against him. It certainly might puzzle the most astute to determine how a gentleman and a man of honour could be answerable on a charge of murder ; but at any rate it was more fitting that those gentlemen should be spoken of in the wanner they deserve, instead of being insulted as they have hitherto been done in many quarters. When we consider the long time which has elapsed since the melancholy events referred to took place in Jamaica, it seemed all the more inconsistent that this extraordinary stepshould be taken respecting the chief actors in that affair. From the first outbreak of fanatic zeal at Exeter Hall until this time there has been, on the part of the faction, an exhibition of intolerance and prejudice rarely witnessed in this country. For the credit of their reputations we could have wished that many of those whose names figure on the Jamaica Committee did not appear ' there ; and we are grieved that one who so ably served his country at a momentous crisis should be so traduced and insulted. The English public will, we feel assured, estimate at its true value all this virtuous indignation on the part of those who are in no way called upon to decide the question. A more ill-judged and ill-timed case has sehl.om been seen in our courts of law, and, as we before stated, we do not see what is the object of the pro secution. Is it so to constitute matters that it shall be rendered impossible for a repetition of the occurrences in Jamaica to take place. A court is not the proper place to decide as to the rights of martial law and the manner of its observances. The points concerning which inquiries will be made will not immediately relate to the very acts so dwelt upon, but will refer to the legality of the Court which tried GORDON more than to the culpability or innocence of those who composed that Court. There can be little doubt in the minds of those most initiated into the affair that these efforts of the Jamaica Committee will result in failure, and that Mr. EYRE and his fellow-accused will be cleared from the charges preferred against them. " For the sake of the cause of the principle therein involved," it is argued, the matter must be pro ceeded with, and zertainly it requires the greatest ingenuity to explain how this can be achieved by pushing on the trial. Mr. EYRE may be injured i❑ fortune, but he cannot be assailed in character by such absurd and groundless imputations. Universal condemnation has no effect upon those who are so predetermined to carry out their intentions as the Jamaica Committee have shown themselves to be, and it is therefore idle to expect that even now they might have the sense togive up their vexatious course. We live in strange times, it is often said, and surely nothing stranger and more unsuitable in the pre sent day than that a man who has saved an im portant dependency of the British Government should be charged with murder for his energetic efforts in putting down sedition and rebellion. It seems almost inconceivable that public men should so far confuse themselves as to what is their duty, and at any risk should attack and persecute those whose only crime is that they displayed spirit and energy, such as are rarely witnessed, in the suppres sion of the outbreak. While we regret that these gentlemen should thus be exposed to so much need le .=.s and uncalled-for inconvenience, we feel con vinced that the verdict will be in their favour, and that the public generally will denounce the course pursued by those who have shown themselves so deaf to all reason, and so perverse as to follow no other dictates but those of prejudice carried to an inordi nate excess. The relations between master and workman seem likely to receive a good deal of attention this Ses sion. There are many reasons why it should do so. The great and continued depression of trade during the last year had its origin, no doubt, in many things beyond the control of the English mechanic or artisan, and could not in fairness be THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, attributed to anything on their part. But there ieems to be little doubt that the constantly recur- ring strikes of the last few years have seriously inter fered with many. branchesof industry. They havepro duced the dangerous effect of alarming capitalists, and making them excessively cautious about invest ing their money in business, which is liable to be affected not only by the ordinary fluctuations and -vicissitudes incident to trade, but by the caprice or ambition of the workmen. It needs not only a large business, but a solid sum in reserve to enable an employer to refuse contracts, to suspend engage ments, to stop his business altogether for three or six months, and a firm may have valuable property in floating capital, and yet be brought within sight of failure by the perversity or short-sightedness of its employe's. Another very great evil, con sequent upon the abuse of the strike system, is that the men voluntarily throw the business of those particular kinds most liable to suffer into the hands of a few large capitalists, —in short, those who can afford to run the risk of temporary suspension or to go to the expense of importing hands. By this means the cause of the masters is materially strengthened, because a counter combination is rendered so much easier and the class of employers is narrowed, and their views and sympathies narrowed too. It is next to im possible for a poor man who has saved money, a few working men who have gained experience, and have won their way by their own abilities and industry, to set up an independent business. The strike which the rich man with money lying idle at his banker's can resist with passive indifference, which the man with large credit and influence can fight down with imported aid, must be fatal to the struggling firm or the man of restricted means and limited resources. The working men in this, as in many other points, are their own worst enemies. They talk about the hardships of class exclusion, and they do their best to keep down the enterpris ing and talented members of their own ranks who might fight their way upwards. The uncertainty and want of confidence thus imported into all busi ness relations are, of course, most damaging. In every rank of life, and every department of busi ness, there must be some security that faith will be kept, and that engagements once entered into will be properly fulfilled. The two great requisites for a flourishing trade are confidence and free compe tition, and both of these are seriously affected by strikes. It was the confidence in the good faith and exactitude of English merchants that laid the foundation of our commercial prosperity. It was the removal of all unpleasant restrictions from our policy, which has made the trade ofjEng- land what it is. But if there is to be a weakness at the very foundation ; if, with every advantage of raw material, skilled ability, inexhaustible capital, and abundant industry, thu machinery of trade is to come to a deadlock for want of mutual forbear ance and conciliation, all these advantages will be thrown away. We cannot hope that England will retain her place as a first-rate manufacturing and exporting Power, because other countries are already pressing fast behind us in the race, and we have no longer that exclusive superiority of mind and matter in industrial arts which we once possessed. Already importa tions of manufactured goods from France and Bel gium are common, and it has even been said that great part of the carpenters' work—such as doors and window frames—are now imported from abroad. There is certainly no apparent reason why English workmen should not make doors and windows, and it argues ill for the state of the trade that it should be necessary to import them. This gives another evidence of the suicidal policy fol- lowed by the men in their ignorance of political economy. It is actually cheaper for the Eng lish employer to import manufactured goods than it is to have the same goods manufactured for himself in England. The members of the Trades Unions are, in fact, adopting that protective c principle which they so strong l y denounced in the of the agriculturists. They set u p an immut able and uncompromising standard, and will allow no departure from it. Whatever the state of trade, whatever the condition of European politics, and the consequent position of the financial world, the men must workat acertain rate of wages or not work at all. In theory, when the question is argued among them selves, or when their leaders are addressing them, it is very easy to show that the strength is on the side of the men, that " labour is capital," and that a re solute adherence to their own rules must compel the masters to come to terms. But they forget that to insure the successful termination of a siege it is necessary that the besieged party should have n o other means of egress, and that the masters have the option of importing hands, of giving their orders abroad, and of giving up business altogether and carrying their capital elsewhere. If all trade and manufactories were stopped it would be a bad thing for the masters, no doubt, but it would be also a bad thing for the men; and if they press mattersto an fmeen themselves. tendieg we are ultimatum they m a y d amage o th ers i ndeed, but they likelyarenotfar re to benefit that in particular cases the men are always in the wrong, or the masters in the right ; on the contrary, if in former days the masters had been animated by a less overbearing and covetous spirit it is likely that many of these complications would not have arisen. But are we to believe that in all the strikes we have heard of during the last two or three years—in the North, in the South, in the Midland counties, among miners, and puddlers, and bricklayers, and builders, and carpenters—there has been a point of right and wrong involved in which the masters were to blame ? Has it not rather in almost every case been a question of the rate of profit and the state of trade which many of the men have quite intelligence and education enough to ascertain for themselves if they choose to do so. We believe a large proportion of the working men are already heartily tired of the system, and would gladly subscribe to some fair and equitable scheme for the adjustment of differences which should represent the interests of both sides. Lord ST. LEONARD'S, last night, introduced a bill of this kind, and we have a similar promise from the Go vernment. We hope before the session is over something definite will be accomplished for the good of all parties and the relief of trade. PRESENTATION TO CAPT. HANKEY, R.N., BY THE SURREY UNION HUNT.—The members of the Surrey Union Hunt on Monday presented a piece of plate to Capt. Frederick Barnard Hankey, R.N., as a recognition of the courtesy he had displayed during the eight years' tenure of office of master of the hounds, and also of the services of his family in the cause of fox-hunting of a century, Tho object of the testimonial being to aff?rd to the greatest number the opportunity of expressing their feelings towards Capt. Hankey, it was arranged that subscriptions should be limited in amount. In a brief time over 70 subscribers were enrolled, and these included nearly all the gentry and a largo proportion of the yeomen and tenant farmers of the district. The prosentation was made by the Hon. F. Scott. at the seat of Mr. H. Currie, West Horsley Place, and the testimonial consisted of a tea and coffee service, with salver, from Messrs. Garrard's, Haymarket, and was of a most chaste and elegant pattern. The hon. gentleman made a few appropriate remarks. He said he accepted the testi monial with the greatest pleasure, not only as an evidence of friendship and goodwill towards himself, but also towards his family. .These and some other remarks were cordially greeted. The large and brilliant party of hunters then proceeded to partake of Mr. Currie's hospitality, and after wards " looked up" a fox, which they ran to ground in Oakham ,Park, in a spirited run of 28 minutes. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Fob. 7. The Reconstruction Committee has reported a bill for dividing the States which took part in the rebellion into five military governments. NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Evening). On the Ist of February the debt of the United States was $251,300,000. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE Gold, 137 J, ; Sterling Exchange on London, .081 ; 5-20 U.S. Bonds, 108-4-; Illinois, 1141- ; Erie, 60. SPAIN. Al.irnm, Fob. 7. The Government has raised the decree of exile lately issued against Marshal Serrano, and will grant a similar favour to other persons recently exiled who shall solicit it. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, Feb. 6. The Pera leaves at 6 p.m., and the Syria at midnight. The former may be expected at Mar seilles on the 9th, and the latter at Southampton about the 15th instant. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Ceylon from Southampton, January 27, arrived at noon, and leaves at midnight for Alex- andria. The Euxine (extra steamer from Southampton) arrived yesterday at 8 a.m., and left at 4 p.m. for Alexandria. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. LISBON, FEB. 7. The Nyanza passed the signal station at 9.15 a.m. to-day, all well. She may be expected at South ampton on the 10th inst. (evening). FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 8. An Imperial decree ha s b een issued to-day deter mining the relations of th e Senate and Corps Legis latif towards the Emperor and the Council of State, and establishing the organic conditions under which their labours will be conducted. This decree, which is a modification of the decree of the 19th January, contains no important regulation not already known. BOURSE, Feb. 7.—Two o'clock.—The market is dull, and there is little change to notice. Three per Cents. are at 691 r. 571 c. ; Italian Fives at 54f. 65c., or sc. lower. Credit Mobilier are 2f. 50c. lower, at 530 f. Credit Foncier opened at 1,500 f., but are now quoted at 1,490 f., or the same as yes terday. There is no feature to call for notice in the Railway Department. Three o'clock.—Greater buoyancy has been dis played towards the close, especially on Credit Foncier shares, which have advanced 30f. The closing prices are as follows : I/ per Cents 99 25 Do. end month....„ 3 per Cents. 69 65 Do. end month 69 62/ Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Poneier — Do. end month 1520 Bank Shares ..... 3590 Italian Loan 54 GO Do. end month— 54 75 Mexican Loan 2l 50 Do. Bonds ..... 145 SpaniBh Threes Home Debt — Deferred ' t tYB. For Account. Orleans Northern 1205 Lyons and Moditorrauoan 921 25 Southern 570 _„_ Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Sarap;oEf a Ditto to Barcelona-- Roman 585 - 545 - 406 25 131 25 95 - THE BOMBAY MAIL. The present mail brings letters and papers from Bombay to the 14th January. The Times of lnelia, of Jan. 13, contains the following No improvement has taken place in the work ing of the Indo-European Telegraph. The latest date to hand from Great Britain is the 31st Decem ber. When the mail arrived on January 10th it brought London telegrams from Alexandria of the 24th, the latest received by the Indo-European line being at that time of no later date. A preliminary meeting of European and native gentlemen has been held in Bombay, at which it was resolved to commemorate the public services of Sir Bartle Frere. An influential committee was ap pointed, and a public meeting is to be called. The debenture loan of £600,000, required by the Government of India for public works in Bombay, has been rapidly taken up. His Excellency Sir Robert Napier, the Com mander-in-Chief of the Bombay army, is on a tour of inspection in Sind. A troopship recently arrived at Bombay from Cork, the captain of which is reported to have been in a state of intoxication nearly the whole of the voyage. His conduct has been reported to Govern ment. _ The High Court of Bombay has rescinded the order which prohibited the transmission to England of the funds of the Commercial Bank Corporation. Resolutions have been passed for winding up the United Victoria and Colaba Reclamation Company, and for forming a new company, u n d er th e name of the Colaba Company, with a fully paid-up capi tal of £1,000,000. The Bishop of Bombay has been severely criticised for forcibly removing some evergreen decorations from the altar of the Cathedral Church at Calcutta ou Christmas-day. • It is stated that Earl Cranborne has desired the Government of India to introduce a uniform sys tem of copper coinage throughout the country. The Government of India has resolved to erect three strong forts in the North-West Provinces — one at Rawul Pindee, another at 11looltan, and a smaller one at Peshawur. The Government of India has stopped the annual allowance to Spud Toorke, the brother of the late Sultan of Aluscat, in consequence of some mis conduct on his part. The committee now sitting at Calcutta for the revision of the customs tariff of India has recom mended the reduction of the duty on light wines, and the abolition of many of the existing duties on both exports and imports. Since the final meeting of the Bengal Famine Relief Fund, its secretary has handed 50,000r5. to the Board of Revenue, exclusive of the balance due from Bombay. The committee have received the thanks of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. The Commander in Chief in India has published a despatch, expressing his great satisfaction at the devotion shown to his duty by Lieut. Kemble, and with the excellent arrangements made by that offi cer in meeting a very sharp outbreak of cholera in the Ist squadron 2d Bengal 1.C., in November last. The Russians are reported to have captured Juzak, the scene of General Tcherniayeff's defeat last February in Bokhara, after a siege of five days. The King of Bokhara has sent a messenger to the Lieut.-Governor of the runjaub to request his assistance against the Russians. Reliable information of the death of Feroze Shah, the only great Delhi rebel who escaped punishment in the mutiny in 1857, has been, received by the Government of India. He died of fever at Bokhara. Col. Crawford Chamberlain has been appointed political agent in Western Malwa and commandant of the Central India Horse, in succession to Colonel Daly. The Rajah of Bhurtpore is about to pay a visit to England. ORITUARY.--Major-General IL F. Coley, Bengal FEBRUARY 8, 1867. Army; Assist.-Surgeon Vessey, Bombay Medical Staff. THE LOSS OF A STEAMER AND TWENTY PASSENGERS. We (Bombay Gazette) have to chronicle a pain ful _catastrophe which occurred in the River Hooghley on New Year's-day, and which, result ing in the loss of a number of lives, has thrown a gloom over Calcutta. The good people of that city make a point of celebrating their New Year's holi day by holding a llowrah fancy fair, which, with the attraction of a steamboat trip on the river, draws them in hundreds to How rah. One of the steamers (the Calcutta by name) employed on the occasion of the present New Year's excursion left the Gardens at 5 p.m., and on her passage up the river (having gone some 300 or 400 yards out of her way, struck upon the sunken wreck of the Satellite, which was sunk during the cyclone of 1864. The locality of the wreck was marked by a buoy, attached to the engine room of the sunken vessel. The decks of the Calcutta were overcrowded with passengers, consisting of Europeans, Hindoos, Jews, Parsecs, Moguls, &c., many of the Europeans being women. The engine room immediately began to fill with water, and it was evident that the vessel could float only for a short time longer. The panic which seized upon the passengers baffles description, and to the terror which danger inspired must be attri buted the loss of life which followed. The native passengers, losing all self-control, shrieked for boats —the European ladies, who were returning home after their day's enjoyment, " imagned themselves face to face with death," and joined in the terrible cry ; and the frantic fears of all exceeded all bounds. When the vessel struck it was nearly dark, and a writer, describing the scene, says that the bitter cry of alarm from the passengers " went echoing over the river through the fast deepening darkness, start ling the crews of the neighbouring vessels and tugs." The steamer was instantly surrounded by native boats and the boats of neighbouring vessels. Ladies threw themselves iuto the water to reach the boats, and gentlemen tore up chairs, benches, &c., by which to float ashore. It is stated that a river steamer, which was two or three hundred yards distant when the accident occurred, went to the rescue, and that the rash to get on board of it was so tremendous that many jumped through her awning, and the captain was obliged to sheer off a little. It was impossible that lives should not be lost in a frenzy of terror like this. The parties re ported as missing and probably drowned are about 20. The question still remains—Why was the steamer so far out of its course ? We regret to state that the evidence which is being taken at the inquest goes to show that the captain was intoxi cated, and this seems to be popularly assigned as the cause of the accident, though some of the wit nesses assert their belief that the captain was quite sober. If he was, he has to account for steering the vessel so far out of its course, and right over a danger which was indicated by a conspicuous signal. It remains also a remarkable tribute to the fore sight and prudence of an Indian government that an old sunken hulk has been allowed to block up the river in the very line of traffic for upwards of a couple of years. The Calcutta Englishman, of Jan. 7, gives the following further particulars of this sad catastrophe • The police belonging to the reserve and river divi sions are working hard and well to recover the corpses of the victims of the accident, and beyond the limits of the port, north and south, the Bengal police are taking up the search. Orders have been issued that all bodies are to be brought to the superintendent before they are sunk in the usual manner. Up to last evening the following had been recovered : Edwin flay, of 3, Cooper's-lane. He was a young unmarried man, and the support of the rest of his family. 11. R. A. Harris ; found near the wreck. He was also the support of his family, and was engaged to Miss Robertson, who was likewise drowned. Abdool Rulanan ; found near the dockyard at liidderpore. Mrs. Dwyer, whose sister, Miss Taylor, has also been lost, was found close to the steamer Howrah. George Smith, of Ballygunge. The body was found near the wreck. Mrs. Brown, the sister of Mr. Simeon, was picked up at one o'clock on Sunday, at Goosery. The body of Mr. Simeon was found on the night of the accident. An European, supposed to be either Mr. Godfrey or Mr. Graham, was picked up in Garden Reach. Only eight bodies had been recovered up to the time of our going to press, and, strange to say, no corpse of a child has as yet been found. THE PRISONERS IN ABYSSINIA. By the mail steamer which arrived at Bombay on the 10th we learn (say s the Bombay 7 imes) that the political resident returned to Aden from leave of a b sen ce to England on the 13th December, on board the Victoria, having touched at Massowah on his way from Suez. lie brought with him the en gineers and artificers selected from the dockyard and arsenal at Woolwich, together with large quan tities of engineering tools and implements of all kinds for the Emperor Theodorus. Mr. Flad was still at Massowah on Dec. 9, waiting anxiously for a reply from Theodorus to the letter he had ad dressed to his Majesty, informing him of his arrival, and asking for an escort to convey him to Magdala No answer had up to that date been received by Mr. Flad, thongh the letter to the King had been despatched eight weeks previously. Accounts from the mission down to the end of October, which is the latest news we have of them—state that Mr. Bassani, Dr. Blanc, Lieutenant Prideau, and the rest of the captives were in good health, though they were still confined in the strong fort of Magdala, under guards and in chains. They were, however, kindly treated by the authorities of the place. Five of the original captives have been released from their fetters, as they had consented to take service under the King ; they were two Germans and three Frenchmen. Colonel Merewether again proceeded to Massowah on the 28th December, taking with him the artificers, engineers, and presents of all kinds intended for Theodorus. It is hoped that when he returns, about the 17th January, more de cided news of a cheering nature may have been re ceived at Massowah. THE GREAT EAST::ItN BLOWN OFF THE GRIDIRON. —Tinder the pressure of the gale on Wednesday inorLin some of the anchors holding the Great Eastern on the " gridiron" at Liverpool yielded, and the enormous vessel drifted to the eastward—that is to say, nearer the centre of the Mersey—and grounded on the soft mud, where the receding tide left her, it is said, "in comparative safety." Various estimates aro given as to the distance the ship dragged her anchors, the master of ono tug asserting that it was at least 150 feet, and another shortening the dis tance to 40 feet. It is matter of congratulation that the casualty was not more serious, for it is hardly possible to estimate the fearful amount of damage which might be occasioned by so ponderous a vessel drifting amongst the shipping at anchorage in the Sloyne. ACCIDENT TO THE BRIGHTON WEST PIER.--Yes terday the public were prohibited from using the now Brighton West Pier in consequence of an accident which happened to that structure during tho night. The hull and a large portion of the framework of a brig stranded near Shoreham drifted along the coast, and struck the pier near its shore end, and smashed through the iron piling by which it is supported. Seven of the piles with all the intermediate stages and bracing were carried away, and the pier was thereby unsafe for public use, but it is ex pected that it will be repaired in a short time. PRINTERS' SUNDAY WORK.—At a meeting of the Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow, held yesterday, a minute was given in from the session of Gorbals Free Church to the effect that Mr. Robertson, the printer, whose case was formally before the Presbytery, had not seen his way to give up his situation entailing Sunday labour. In these circumstances, on the motion of Professor Gibson, the kirk session was instructed to strike Mr. Robertson's name off their communion roll.—Edinburgh Courant. WINES.— The consumption of wines in the United Kingdom, according to the published" returns, has just doubled during the past ten years, this rapid increase being mainly due to recent reductions of duties. French winos more particularly have made greater strides in 1866 than in any previous year, as much as 3,300,000 gallons having been consumed. Tho Wine Trade Review publishes a statement of the quantity of wine paid duty upon during the past year by various houses in London, the largest of which are as follows : Galls. W. and A. Gilbey ... 437,687 Martinez, Gassiott, and Co. 215,982 Hooper and Sons ... 140,369 Bandeman, Sons and Co. m m m 138,268 The Late William Dugan. William Dargan, of whose death we have just been informed by telegraph, was the son of a far- mer in the county of Carlow. having received a fair English education, he was placed in a surveyor's office. He lately told a friend that he obtained the appointment of surveyor for his native county, but soon after resigned, from a feeling that he could never in that position be able to advance himself as he thought he should do if he were free to do the best he could with Li 3 talents, first important employment he obtained was under Mr. Telford, in constructing the Holyhead road. He there learnt the true art of road-making, then applied for the first time by his chief, the secret of which was raising the road in the middle that it might have something of the strength of the arch, and making proviion for the effectual draining off of the surface water. When that work was finished Mr. Dargan returned to Ireland and obtained seve- ral small contracts on his own account, the most important of which was the road from Dublin to liowth, which was then the principal harbour con nected with Dublin. Soon after this he embarked in a career of enterprise which, owing to the state of the country at that time, and the nature of the works which he achieved, will cause him to stand alone as a leader of industrial progress in the his tory of Ireland. There was then on every hand a cry for " encouragement" and protection. In the name of patriotism people were invited to purchase certain articles, not because they were good, but because they were of Irish manufacture. To be personally engaged in business of any kind was con sidered vulgar. It was a thing to which no " born gentleman" would stoop, because if he did he would be put in Coventry by his class. The most wealthy manufacturer, no matter how well educated or gen tlemanly, if he attended at his counting-house, or looked regularly after his business, would have been blackballed at any second or third rate club in Dublin. A gentleman might, indeed, amuse him self at some sort of work for the benefit of his health; but if it were for the benefit of his purse, and for so sordid a consideration as profit, he imme diately lost caste. Trade might be a good thing in its way, but it should be left to men who were not born with gentle blood Protestants of the middle classes, who had no pretensions to such blood, had imbibed from their " betters " much of the same contempt for industry and the same respect for idleness ; while the Roman Catholics had not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of the Penal Code to enter with self-reliance and persistent energy into any course of industrial enterprise. It was under such circumstances that Mr. Dargan applied himself to study the wants of his coun try, which, so far as the working classes were concerned, had derived so little benefit from poli tical agitation. Such a man would naturally em brace any opportunity that opened for extending the benefits of the railway system to Ireland. Kingstown had superseded llowth as the Dublin harbour. It was increasing fast in population, and the traffic between it and the metropolis was im mense. It was carried on chiefly on outside cars rattling away through stifling dust in summer and splashing mud in winter. Mr. Dargan was then a young man comparatively unknown, except to a circle of appreciating friends. He inspired them with his own confidence; a company was formed, and he became the contractor of the first railway in Ireland—the Dublin and Kingstown line—a most prosperous undertaking, which has always paid better than any other line in the country. For several years it stood alone. People were afraid to venture much in railway speculation. Canal. conveyance was still in the ascendant ; a company was formed for opening up the line of communica tion between Lough Erne and Belfast, and Mr. Dargan became the contractor of the Ulster Canal, which was regarded as a signal triumph of engineer ing and constructive ability. Other great works followed in rapid succession; first the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then the Great Southern and Western, and the Midland Great Weatern lines. In fact the only important lines in Ireland with which Mr. Dargan was not connected are the Lon donderry and Enniskillen and the Londonderry and Coleraine, which were constructed by Mr. William M'Cormack. At the time of the Irish Exhibition in 1853 Mr. Dugan had constructed over 600 miles of railway, and he had then contracts for 200 miles more. All his lines have been admired for the ex cellence of the materials and workmanship. Considering how completely untrained Irish workmen were at that time, and what perversity had been shown by some of the trades, it is a re markable—indeed, a wonderful—fact that Mr.Dar gan in all his vast undertakings never had a for midable strike to contend with, and, though the ablest workmen flocked to him from all parts of the country, his gangs were never demoralised, as they have been under other contractors. Even the navvies looked up to him with gratitude as a pub lic benefactor. lle paid the highest wages, and paid punctually as the clock struck. So perfect was the organisation he effected, so firmly were all his arrangements carried out, and so justly and kindly did he deal with the people, that he was enabled to fulfil to the letter every one of the numerous en gagements with which he had entered. The result was that he was held in the highest respect by the whole nation, his credit was unbounded, and, as he once said at a public meeting, he " realised very fast." At one time he was the largest railway pro prietor in the country, and one of its greatest capi talists. The amount of business he got through was something marvellous. The secret of his success, as he once said himself, consisted in the selection of agents on whose capacity and integrity he could rely, and in whom he took care not to weaken the sense of responsibility by interfering with the details of their business, while his own energies were reserved for comprehensive views and general operations. When his mind was occupied with the arrangements of the Exhibition of 1853 Ile had in his hands con- tracts to the aggregate amount of nearly two mil lions sterling. To his personal character and influ ence that Exhibition was mainly due, and, although many of the first men in the country, including the highest nobility, co-operated with alacrity, and aided with liberal contributions, he was the man who found the capital. He began by placing £30,000 in the hands of the committees, and before it was opened in May, 1853, his advances reached nearly £lOO,OOO, of which his loss amounted to £20,000. After the Exhibition a public meeting was convened by the Lord Mayor, in compliance with a requisition signed by 40 peers, six Protestant Bishops, 15 Roman Catholic Bishops, 49 members of Parliament, and a host of magistrates and professional gentlemen, amounting to 2,200 names. From this meeting re sulted a suitable monument toMr. Dargan—the Irish National Gallery, erected on Leinster Lawn, with a fine bronze statue in front looking out upon Merrion square. The Queen graciously honoured Irish in dustry in the person of its great chief. Her Majesty offered him a title, which he declined. She shook hands with him publicly at the opening of the Exhibition, and with the Prince Consort paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Dargan. Wishing to en courage the growth of flax, Mr. Dugan took a tract of laud in Clare or Kerry, which he devoted to its culture ; but owing to some mismanagement the enterprise entailed a heavy loss. He also became a manufacturer, and set some mills working in the neighbourhood of Dublin. But that business did not prosper. Latterly he devoted himself chiefly to the working and extension of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway, of which he was chairman. About a year ago he had a fall from his horse by which his system was so shaken that his recovery was for SOW time doubtful. Since that he had an other fall, but not so serious. Probably the ill state of his health brought on a confusion in his affairs, which recently resulted in his stopping payment, and in an arrangement with his creditors, though his assets, it is confidently said, will pay much more than 20s. in the pound. His embarrassments, how ever, seem to have deeply affected his health and spirits, and brought on a disease to which his power ful constitution has succumbed.---71mcs. POLAND.—A new ukase abolishes, from the date of April 17, in the kingdom of Poland, the use of Polish weights and measures, and replaces them by Russian. trirt r 1,.-ht - • HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Feb. 7. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at Osborne, yesterday at two o'clock, from Wind sor Castle, having travelled in a special train on tile Great Western and South-Western Railways, and crossed over from Gosport in the Royal yacht Alberta, Captain his Serene highness the Prince of Leiningen. llcr Majesty drove out this morning, accompa nied by Princess Christian. The other members of the Royal family went out also. The Duke of Marlborough (Lord Steward) and Viscount Royston (Comptroller of the Household]) arrived from London to-day, and had audiences of the Queen, to present the Addresses to her Majesty from both Houses of Parliament in answer to the Speech from the Throne. - The Princess of Wales, attended by the Mar chioness of Carmarthen, took a carriage drive yes terday. Lord Rodney and the Mayor of Maidstone had an interview with the Lord President of the Coun cil at the Privy Council Office yesterday, on the subject of cattle markets. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. Yesteiday morning the marriage of the Hon. Reginald Sackville West, second son of the Earl and Countess Delawarr (Baroness Buckhurst) with Miss Cochrane, eldest daughter of Alex. Baillie Cochrane, Esq., M.P. for lioniton, was solemnised at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, by the Lord Bishop of Montreal, assisted by the Rev. J. Kershaw, domes tic chaplain to the father of the bride. Yesterday morning the marriage of Mr. Thomas Henry Clinton, only son of Colonel John Talbot Clinton, of Lytham, Lancashire, with Miss Made line Agnew, eldest daughter of Sir Andrew and Lady Louisa Agnew, was solemnised at St. George's, Hanover-square, in the presence of a host of rela tives and friends. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The new and original three-act drama, by Mr. T. W. Robinson, the author of " Society," pro duced at this theatre on Wednesday, met with the most enthusiastic success—not from its intrinsic merit as a literary production, but from the un rivalled excellence with which it has been placed upon the stage by Mr. G. Vining. " The Streets of London," the " Huguenot Captain," and " Bar naby Rudge," were all admirably mounted, but the new drama, " Shadow Tree Shaft," entirely eclipses the three united, and all the applause it elicited was but a just tribute paid to Mr. Vining's exertions, aided by his splendid scene-painter, Mr. F. Lloyds. Of the drama itself we could have wished it had been more deserving of the great care and expense that have been bestowed upon its production ; but had it been placed in hands less experienced than Mr. Vining's its career would have been as short as its run now bids fair to be long and successful. The change in the fortunes of the piece entirely belong to the talented manager, and we sincerely hope our anticipations of a brilliant career for " Shadow Tree Shaft" may be fulfilled, and that his treasury may afford him a golden balm for his toil and trouble. The plot of the new drama is briefly as follows Sir Walter Kenyon is a baronet whose devotion to the cause of the Chevalier has caused his proscrip tion. Pursued by the soldiers he flies to his ances tral home, where, of course, the scent is hot. He takes refuge in the cottage of Thorniwork, his steward, whose daughter Kate is loved by Michael Woodyatt, and by Richard Darkyn, the villain of the piece. Just previously Kate has had an inter view with Michael, to whom she has promised that at the feast she will name the day for her wedding. The stew and is in despair at the danger of his master, hose wife is also in the cottage. To him enters one Sampson, a pugilist, who has a booth at the fair, wherein, with his pupil, the Suffolk Slogger, be shows to the crowd the noble art of self-defence. Sampson proposes that the baronet shall temporarily assume the role of the Slogger, who has been dis abled. Believing in the disguise, Sir Walter accepts the offer. The scene changes to the brow of Ken yon-hill, where the fair is being held. Whilst spar ring with Sampson the baronet is recognised by Darkyn, who, inspired by the hope of a reward, which some soldiers have come to the fair to offer, determines to denounce him. Sir Walter, informed of this intention, flies for refuge to the coal mine, where he and Woodyatt change clothes, and where he is again recognised by Darkyn. The 501^ diem trace Sir - Walter to the mine, and Michael, in the clothes of the baronet, is forced to ascend. As the cage goes up the shaft Darkyn determines to accompany Michael, and there suspended between heaven and earth he stabs his rival. At the top of the shaft, Lady Kenyon recognises, as she thinks, the body of her husband, but Kate discovers the corpse to be that of her lover. In the third act the villain Darkyn has run to earth, having got his reward, and being left without a friend, and here Kate strays while the minute bell is tolling for the funeral of her lover. She denounces Darkyn, and as he pursues her through the wood he is confronted by Michael, who has been only wounded after all. The soldiers having found that Michael's funeral was only a mock ceremony, and that the baronet was still at liberty, have contrived to secure them both. They are brought face to face, and it is need less to explain how they are identified. But as the baronet is in charge of the soldiers, a neighbour ing justice of the peace arrives with his pardon, and all ends happily . The first two acts gave a grea t deal of promise, but in the third it was all pushe d aside by the introduction of a bit of broad farce, which weakened the drama almost to a fatal ex tent. That this objectionable part of the play „ be eliminated we doubt not, especially as t "`' effect will be a compression of the action into a smaller compass, and thereby a material improve:, ment in the drama. Of the acting we can in terms of the highest praise. Mr. Verner an", Mr. Forrester, as Sir Walter Kenyon and M ichael Woodyate, produced a decided impression on th e ,. audience by their extraordinary resemblance to eae' other—a resemblance, in our opinion, more striking than that of the Brothers Webb. Mr. Vining 11 " a peculiar part to represent—viz., a pardoned . 3-3 ,. 0 cobito gentleman getting his living by teachi n g manly art of self-defence. He hit the charaet.e.'L off in capital style, and procluced the utmost biler.o: by his Greek and Latin quotations. Mr. made a capital Richard Darkyn, and Mr. Shor e most gentlemanly Captain Mildmay. MissMonag u e as Lady Kenyon, and Miss K. Rodgers as b-a t both deserve unmeasured commendation f° the natural and truthful embodiment of the p arts they had to sustain. Of the scenery of the 6 101 P we can honestly and conscientiously say that n othing like it, both for truth and beauty, h as ever b e produced at any theatre. The Brow of Kenyon e Hill is a delicious bit of moonlight effect. The IN',irlne Fir Coppice another wonderfully true illustration. The Coppice is an extraordinary scene ; the trees the ground for miles around appear covered l, t ilhog snow, and by a very clever contrivance a c - Th e wintry atmosphere is given to the 'picture. wo audience were in such ecstacies that the painter summoned for the fifth time to bow his ack"°‘v, a. lodgments of the applause his work had produ cc d l- At the close of the play the whole of the P r Nir• cipal characters were called for, and when Vining made his appearance he did so baud in ball. with his clever and talented scene painter. THE FRENCH JOCKEY CUUB. The income a th e French Jockey Club, which in 1847 amounted to 362, 266f. ' bad increased in 1866 to 932,593 f., including subvention9f from the Emperor's private purse, the Government, ei!„l„r0s, Paris, the railway companies, subscriptions of the naeni" -- to &c. ; in addition to the above, the receipts fur admissioa _.. the racecourse of Paris and Chantilly during the year P ry duced 474,2261, TLe