The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

The Members for Marylebone on Reform. Last night a public meeting, under the auspices of the Reform League, was held at the Vestry-hall, St. Pancras, for the purpose, as stated in the ad vertisement, of " protesting against the present state of the representation of the people in Parliament." The meeting was very largely attended, and among those present were the members for the borough, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P., and Mr. Harvey Lewis, who were invited by the Reform League, in order to hear the views of their constituents on the subject of Reform. Mr. Churchwarden ECKELL was voted to the chair, and made some observations iu explanation of the reasons which induced him to support the Reform movement. Mr. ToLmIE moved the following resoluton " That this meeting protests against the present state of the representation, whereby the people of this country are amenable to laws in the making of which the groat majority of the nation has no voice ; and declares that no Bill will be act.eptablo as final which does not include residential manhood suffrage." Mr. SLACK seconded the resolution, and in a lengthened speech, stated what appeared to him to be the advantages which would arise from the ex tension of the franchise. He defended the prin ciples of democracy, which, he said, tended to free discussion, while those of oligarchy tended in a con trary direction ; and said that in asking the people to support the demand for Reform, he was only asking them to do that which would make their country glorious, and uphold the rights of freedom and humanity. Mr. EDMOND BEALES, who was loudly cheered, addressed the meeting in support of the reso lution. He said the people of the country would never get their rights except by their own resolute united action. The House of Com mons would never reform itself. It was only by pressure from without that it could be made to enact a measure by which the people would obtain the rights so long withheld from them. It had been said that they ought to have no more demonstra tions ; but what had they gained by the demonstra tions which had taken place ? Had the Government made any declaration of their intention to bring in a Bill upon the subject ? No. On the contrary, they had shrouded themselves in mystery, and from that platform he told them that " the demonstrations" would go on until the people had obtained justice. (Hear.) The necessity for energetic action in this respect was strikingly proved by the signal manner in which the present Parliament—misnamed a Re formed Parliament—had failed to do its duty by the nation. Its failure was evidenced in the immense mass of pauperism prevailing in this country ; in the vast expenditure with which the people were saddled; in the enormous amount of ignorance found among the population ; and, lastly, in the injustice inflicted on Ireland, for which the House of Commons had persistently re fused to legislate to any beneficial purpose. After some further observations Mr. Beales concluded by calling on the meeting to support the League in the coming demonstration on the 11th of February. The resolution was then adopted, with a few dis sentients. Mr. C UNNING/lA3I moved a resolution in favour of vote by ballot, and it was seconded by Mr. 111ER RIMAN, and carried unanimously. Professor HOPP us, of the London University, then moved a resolution, thanking Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone, -Mr. Bright, and Mr. J. S. Mill for the support they had given to the cause of reform. He defended the working classes from the imputation which he said Mr. Lowe had cast upon them, but which he had recently qualified to a certain extent though in a somewhat clumsy manner. He said, as far as he knew them, the working men of England were an intelligent and industrial body, every way fitted for the possession of the franchise, to attain which he would give them all the support in his power. Mr. INT OOL FENDEN seconded the resolution, which, as those that preceded it, was agreed to. Mr. H A rtv EY LEWIS, M.P . , then addressed the meeting. He said he had come that evening by in- vitation for the purpose of hearing the opinions of a considerable section of the constituency which he had the honour to represent. Since he was first elected as a member of the borough he had made it a practice invariably to attend to every representa tion of opinion made to him by his constituents, coming from whatever quarter it might, whether from those who agreed with his views or from those who did not. He had by that means obtained the approbation, and, he believed, the confidence of the constituency ; but how long he should continue to do so was quite a different matter. He was not present on that occasion to make A speech. Ile had been invited with his colleague simply to hear their opinions. A VOICE-But we came to hear your opinions. Mr. LEwis—They were invited to listen to the opinions that might be expressed at the meeting, not to express any opinions of their own ; but he ventured to say that no reason had been pointed out why he should not have been intrusted with the re presentation of the borough, and if they had trusted him originally, he thought they had still greater reason for continuing their confidence in him. (Hear, hear.) He would therefore claim their trust and con fidence, and he had every reason to believe he would retain it. (Hear, hear.) He would, however, retain it, not by truckling to any body or to any party, but by holding to his own opinions, and by honestly and fear lessly asserting them. (Hear, hear.) He could say, with all sincerity, that the greatest feeling of pleasure which he experienced as member for the borough was derived from the fact that, not only at that meeting, but in the House of Commons, in the face of all England, he could state that he was the free and unfettered representative of Marylebone— (hear) that he was never asked any questions, or obliged to give any pledges as to what measures he would support. He hoped he should continue to be independent, and if he were prevented from doing so they had better discharge him at once. He at tended that meeting with his colleague to hear the viewsof his constituents upon the question of Reform, and he confessed he did not understand why they should be talked at by some of the speakers as if they were not Reformers. If they looked at the divisio❑ lists of the last session they would find that ho and his colleage voted in favour of the bill introduced by the Government. (Hear.) They did so because they believed a Reform Bill necessary, and they were still of the same opinion. (Hear.) He was not going to pledge himself, and he never would pledge himself to any particular course of action. if ho did so he should at once sacrifice the indepen dent position of which he was so proud ; and if he was called upon to sacrifice it he should cease to be their representative. (Hear, hear.) He sought their suffrages as a Reformer, and if they looked back to the votes which he had recorded they would find he had-always supported every measure of Re form that had been introduced into the house. He was just as anxious now for Reform as he had always been, but would not pledge himself to sup port any particular measure. He hoped that his conduct in the past would be accepted as a gua rantee for the future, and with this assurance he trusted they would be satisfied. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CHAMBERS, M.P., next addressed the meet ing. He said he would endorse all that had been said by his colleague, but inasmuch as he had no previous connection with the borough, he could not point to his former conduct as a guarantee fur the future. Ile would, however, repeat what he stated on the hustings—that he was prepared to support the most liberal measure of reform that any Liberal Go ye' Lunen t brought forward. Ile thought that was a mere practical way of dealing with the question than if he had given a definite pledge as to what particular sort of a bill he should vote for. (Ilear.) When he failed to do that, then it would be their deity to call him to account. (Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the hon. members for their attendance at the meeting and the explanations they had given, and after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceedings ter minated. THE " SPECTATOR," remarking upon the late thaw, and observing that Thursday and Friday in par ticular were for the season warm, facetiously adds :—lt is reported, indeed, that on Friday tho sun was seen by a policeman in the Strand, but this requires confirmation. The Excise Law. We call on every good citizen to rejoice with us that the Excise law is at last judicially and impreg nably established by the judgment of the Court of Appeals. In other columns of this morning's paper will be found the opinion in full of Mr. Justice Wright, overruling all exceptions and appeals, and affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court in favour of the constitutionality of the act. The de cision covers the whole ground. It is not merely a settlement of the particular cases brought before the Court ; it is an affirmation of the validity of the Excise law in its length and breadth ; and not merely of the law, but of the complete legis lative power to deal with the traffic in intoxi cating drinks. " There is," says Mr. Justice Wright, " really but one question involved in the present appeals, viz., the right of the Legis lature to control and regulate the traffic in intoxicat ing drinks." The act relating to New York is de clared to be less rigorous than any in force within the State for half a century. If they were constitu tional, so much the more is this, and " it is a bold assertion at this day that there is anything in the State or United States Constitution conflicting with or setting bounds upon the Legislative discretion or action in directing how, when, and where a trade shall be conducted in articles intimately connected with the public morals, or public safety, or public prosperity ; or, indeed, to prohibit and suppress such traffic altogether, if deemed essential to effect these great ends of good government." Again :—" A law prohibiting the indiscriminate traffic in intoxicating liquors, and placing the trade under public regulation to prevent abuse in their sale and use, violates no constitutional re straints." Still more strongly the Court affirms, " It is a groundless pretext, therefore, that the act in question conflicts with any provision of the Con stitution of the United States, or of this State. It falls within the legislative power, exerted not for the first time, but unremittingly since the origin of the Government." We quote these emphatic sen tences at length, in order that the scope of this judgment may be thoroughly comprehended. They are the sober and matured declarations of the highest judicial authorities in the State of New York. The Court of Appeals, in announcing its decision places itself on the side of orer, of temperance, of public welfare, against law lessness, license, and that utter indifference to the best interests of all, which is the boast and the shame of the liquor dealers. These latter proclaim their purpose to maintain what they call their own rights. The courts decree that the rights of the public are paramount, that the rum sellers shall not prefer their private interests to the good of the people, and that the law shall be en forced. We are bound to reiterate our belief that there never was a plausible pretext for the litigation which the liquor-dealers have fomented and pro tracted. The injunctions of Cardozo and his fellow magistrates were a fraad on the public. There can not be a competent lawyer in this city who would have advised a client to apply for an injunction, or to pursue an appeal on it, except for the purpose of gaining time to follow his destroying traffic in de fiance alike of public opinion and of law. For the time the plot succeeded. Mr. Justice Car dozo granted injunctions literally by the hundred, and there was no den so vile thet he was unwilling to become the champion of its proprie tor. To all appeals in behalf of order and law this judge closed his ears. He and they like him succeeded for months in nullifying the law. The city which the Legislature had done its best to make orderly and temperate, they delighted to hand over to unchecked debauch and the turbulence of a judge-led mob. They would not abate their purpose when the Supreme Court frowned on it ; we presume they will not abandon it if there still be left a legal device which can postpone its defeat. But it is too late to deceive public opinion. The decision of the Court of Appeals must be respected, both by the lower courts and by the clients of Mr. Justice Cardozo. There may have been danger that the bench would be brought into contempt by its disregard of law and its patronage of law-breakers ; the danger is past, we hope, when the two higher courts unite in vin dicating the statute, and in rebuking both the judge and the liquor-sellers who would violate it. We look for a reign of order in this city henceforth. We look to see the Legislature, fortified by this judicial determination, resist strenuously all efforts to tamper with the statute, or to impair its efficiency. We warn them that they cannot touch the Excise law (unless to make it more efficient) without bring ing down upon themselves the just indignation of their constituents. Long despised and trodden under foot, the law-abiding and anti-rumselling sentiment of New York finds itself at last triumphant in the Court of last resort, and it will expect hence forth from the Legislature the amplest means of securing and perpetuating its hard-won victory.— New York Daily Tribune. Some of our American Luxuries. It may be interesting to those who have never had occasion to look at the statistics on the subject to know the number of cigars and the quantity of tobacco, smoking and chewing, which are annually consumed by the people of this country. Probably the most complete and reliable source from which correct figures can be reached, pertaining to those articles of manufacture, are the returns rendered to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and these put us in possession of facts that, to say the least, are sur prising :—According to the records of the above named bureau, it is shown that the number of cigars returned by manufacturers throughout the loyal section of the country, under the tax law of July 1, 1862, up to and including June 30, 1864, amounted to 492,780,700 ; those returned under the law of June 30, 1864, amounted to 530,491,932; and those returned under the law of March 3, 1865, amounted to 258,086,763, making a n aggregate 0f1,281,359,365 cigars on which tax was paid to thelnternal Revenue officers between the dates of July 1, 1862, to March 31, 1866. The gross sum of tax paid upon these cigars was $6,503,697 . 61, inclusive of all grades, and the different amounts of tax imposed by the several laws quoted. For the benefit of those who may be unacquainted with the provisions of these laws, in this respect, we will say that the rates of tax on cigars, under the law of July, 1862, were $1.50, $2, $2.50, and $3.50 per thousand ! under that of June, 1864, they were $3, $B, $l5, $25, and $4O per thousand ; and under that of March 3, 1865, they were all merged into the uniform figure of $lO per thousand, irrespective of quality. Not withstanding the enormousness of these figures they do not show the entire consumption of this article of luxury, which certainly must reach a total that is almost incredible. Upon the consideration of three facts, this truth will be manifest. First, the fact that all cigars made are not returned. It is well known by revenue officers that immense frauds are perpetrated upon the revenue by some snuff, tobacco, and cigar manufacturers at the present time, and have been, since the establishment of our Internal Revenue laws, frauds, which are exceeded in extent only by those of distillers. Second. The fact that the returns herein quoted were confined to the Northern States ; that the whole South is now open to swell the returns. Third. The fact, which must be apparent to all, that the consumption of tobacco, as a luxury, is increasing steadily each year to a great degr,:e. The same sources from which we have drawn the above figures show that returns were ren dered in the fiscal year of 1863, of smoking to bacco, amounting in the aggregate to 8,448,882 pounds, on which $334,798.91 tax was paid ; for the year 1861, 21,191,792 pounds, tax, $1,209,589 63 ; for the year 1865, 14,176,166 pounds, tax, $ 2 ,080,019.26 ; and for the first nine months of the year 1866, 6,837,527 pounds, tax, $1,504,055.93. But the totals of cigars and smoking tobacco are less astounding than those of the single article of chewing tobacco, in its various forms of cavendish, plug, twist, fine cut, &c. In the fiscal year of 1863, 1 5,231,174 pounds were returned, which yielded a tax of $2,244 , 1 73 . 49 ; i n 1864, 39,180,634 pounds, ta x , $5,877,095.11 ; in 1865, 22,462,854 pounds, tax, $5,936,101.37 ; and for the first nine mouths of the year 1866, 18,330,647 pounds, tax, $7,329,42863. The same considerations a to AMERICAN ART, One of the most beautiful specimens of art ever before seen in landscape painting has lately been executed by Mr. Thomas Hill, the Californian artist. It was painted for Mr. Bowles, of Paris, and may be seen at his bureau. The scene chosen by the artist is the Great Yosemiste Fall in the Yosemiste Valley of California, and, as a descrip tion of the spot is necessary to pourtray the beauty of the painting, I will quote from the pen of one who passed days in wandering over the lovely scene—" The Yosemiste !" As well interpret God in the XXXLX. Articles as portray it to you by word of mouth or pen. As well reproduce castle or cathedral by an Italian freize, or broken column—as this assemblage of natural wonder and beauty by photography or painting. The overpowering sense of the sublime, of awful deso lation, of transcending marvellousness and unex pectedness, that swept over us as we turned our horses sharply out of green forests, and stood upon high-jutting rocks that overlooked the rolling up heaving sea of granite mountains, holding far down its rough lap this vale of beauty, of meadow, of pond and river—such tide of feeling, such stoppage of ordinary emotions, leaves out rare in tervals of my life. It was the confrontal of God face to face—it was Niagara magnified. All that was mortal shrank back—all that was immortal swept to the front, and went down in * * The one distinguishing feature is a double mount of perpendicular granite, rising from half a mile to a mile in height, and enclosing a valley not more than half a mile in width and ten in length. Yose miste Fall springs over a rocky precipice far up the mountain's height, and is broken about two-thirds of the way down by projecting masses of the mountain, giving it several hundred feet of cataract passage ; but, counting its whole distance from top to bottom, it is 2,600 feet in height. Now it is a mere silvery ribbon of spray, shooting down its long passage in delicate rockets of whipped yarn. Earlier in the season, when ten times its volume of water pours down, it must indeed be a feature of fascinating and wonderful beauty. At its base lies the lovely valley—here, is meadow with thick grass, there are groves of pine and oak, the former, exquisite in form and majestic in size, rising often to 250 feet. There are thickets of willow and birch, bay trees, and logwood and various flowering shrubs, and winding in and out among all, flows the pelucid river, rolling rapidly over soft sands, or staying in wide deep pools that invite the bather and the boat." Yet as beautiful as it all is the artist has been true to nature, and, after days of toil, he has placed on canvas a work of art which will . win for its creator a reputation that will live for ages. Mr. Bill is an American, who came over to Europe to study the masters of the old world, and suddenly, by a wonderful piece of art, has stepped from the class of students to the position of the master. This picture is, I be lieve, to be shown at the coming exhibition, and, as a masterpiece, will prove to the world that the genius of a painter does not spring alone from European soil.—Paris Correspondence of the Anglo- American Times. illicit manufacture, restriction of tax-paying dis- mist over night itself. Torches were lit, but then trict, and annual increase of consumption claimed rain fell, and a general retreat ensued. for cigars, are, of course, equally applicable to A deep thaw has now set in, but atmospheric smoking and chewing tobacco. Could the true frost is alone subdued, for ladies mean to keep it amounts of manufacture and sales of these articles crisp and bright on trails of flowers which are to be ascertained, it may reasonably be inferred, from hang from their hair. what we have already shown, that the figures would Crystal beads are but imitation fountain drops, reach an almost fabulous extent ;so much so, and the new pistachio-green trains, so lovely at night, that we have no doubt many would believe the are like the ocean waves under sunlit sky. totals to be incorrect. It is said by experts of Airy ball dresses are looped up with rushes and - the revenue service, and by others, that not long spear grass. The rarest exotics are the favourite :more than twenty per cent. of the spirits dis- artificial flowers. Should any very elegant reader tilled in the country is returned for tax. It can spend sleepless nights thinking of a very recherche scarcely be considered unreasonable to say that evening dress, let her imagine the effect of a long only half of the cigars and tobacco manufac- poult de soie train, and at front widths having rolls tared in all forms are returned for tax. The files of fern green satin round the bottom, above a crape of the Internal Revenue Board show the large ex- pissee. This underskirt is to be fancily covered tent of attempted fraud in this respect. Double the with a tulle tunic, hooped up on each side by long figures we have given allow for the opening of the velvet ferns, in the midst of which, hidden under entire Southern market and the regular increase, the tulle, a few violet and white flags, with a bul - and an aggregate for the present year will be pre- rush or so to relieve the green. Nothing can be rettier, as far as imagination go es , an d if a coque tt e sented, both for tax a n d f or quan tity ma d e an d P consumed, that may well cause a thinking mind to does not sleep soundly after that, it is to be feared reflect upon the aggregated cost of trifling luxuries she will never enter into the spirit of our new aqua which are generally indulged in by a people. It rium mania. Amber beads, pearls, and coral, are is only through such statistics as those here given much worn on bonnets, bead-lace on berthes and that the truth is brought before us. Con s id er th a t head-dresses. in three-fourth s o f one y ear over seven m illi ons o f There are many other no ve lti es, suc h as pencil revenue has been derived from chewing tobacco ling, powdering, veining, enam e lli ng , an d e l ec t ro alone, with a fair prospect of the balance of the year plastro-perfecting of faces, which a c com pli s h men t s , we may suppose, will be the ruin of ar ti s t s , as l a di es swelling the total to ten millions. There is much food for reflection presented by these facts. We now do all their painting themsel ves . must remember that this is only the tax upon the The next novelty is something far more rational several articles. Calculate the amount of sales of —it is the Henrietta yacht perf ume , w hi c h i s creat the quantity made, returned and unr e turned, a n d mg a perfect furore. It is used as an eau d e t o il e tt e , o some idea may be had regarding the mag n itude of on the handkerchief, in a sick ro om , on b oar d a vessel in sea-sickness; and now it may be said that this branch of trade. They come, too, as a use f u l exhibit of the extent and cost of popular luxuries of the "Yacht Club," like the " J oc k e y Cl u b," h as it s small expense. They show the people whe r e o ur special perfume. Let us trust that good old Nep tune, :who brought the Henrietta. so safely over in taxes come from, and stand forth as indisputable his briny arms, will smell of something nicer than proofs of the extravagance incurred by indulgence in those things which are popularly known as he has done since he was salted by Natu r e f or th e " petty vices," and which most men call trifling in sake, all hope, of perpetual preservation. cost.—American paper. PARIS FASHIONS. Hail ! sable, minever, astrakan, was the uuiver sal cry last week, and all who had complete sets of fur fully enjoyed the snow. Those who were not so well provided enjoyed it no less in suits of the finest curly cloths called " reigeuse," while others walked about in velvet trimmed with plumage or swans' down. All were equally admired, for nothing adds so much to beauty as a fall of snow, while a brisk pace lends an animated and healthy glow to maidens' cheeks. if all would but believe that a constitutional on a frosty morning is the surest beautifier, we should have fewer sickly-lookingladies in their teens. The members of the Skating Club have been in great excitement and suspense ever since the largest shop windows were first glazed with frost. " Will it bear ?" "Will it not bear ?" were the morning greetings exchanged between all boulevardiers, and ominous shakes of the head were the only answers given. I The fact is that the lake at the Bois showed signs of unwillingness to bear anything, and like many a beauty, though icy cold one day, provokingly re lented just a little the next, but still never melted into acquiescence. Gentlemen would therefore have pro bably had to be content with nothing better than skating over the slippery floor of their own waxed rooms had a large piece of land not been placed at their disposal, which they turned into a sheet of ice by means of literally deluging it with water, which kindly froze in the course of a night. It was a glo - riot's idea and a glorious space to flourish over. A fete de nuit was immediately organised, to which lady skaters and the silvery moon were invited. The former accepted, but the latter gave signs of reluctance, and, as it is well known that is con stantly engaged with distant rendezvous, it was whispered that she was not to be relied on, and a bril liant illumination was provided in case she should be detained somewhere about the Rhine, which place, somehow or other, is ever an obstacle when anything particular is going on in France. On the appointed night, last Tuesday, ladies came in sleighs attired in Polish and Hungarian costumes, with their hair loose or in long plaits over their shoulders. Their gaiters were mado high, and the prettiest little skates were buckled on their feet as soon as they alighted from their different convey ances. It was astrangesight to see them dart across the glistening meadow, now lighted by pale electric rays, now bathed in a lurid glow cast from a dis tant feu de Bengali. Some looked weird-like as they stood resting near the trunks of bare trees, whose naked boughs spread their long shadows on the grey-blue surface beneath. There was not a wrapper nor a scarf round the slightest form ; a few spoils of the field, such as togas and white bear skins, were thrown here and there on the ice to be trampled under foot or sat on, while the animated beauties actually felt drops of heat under their close fitting fur caps. At midnight Prince Murat and other distinguished visitors retired, but the fete would have been kept up until morning if a thick fog had not thrown a A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA ---- Is thus admirably described by a correspondent of the Spectator, absurdly signing himself " Wild Ass" : Some people who have been to the Antipodes and back will tell you that a voyage to Australia in a good sailing ship is a very pleasant way of spend ing three mo n th s. Seen t h roug h th e h a l o o f dis tance it may s eem so ; certainly it leaves pleasant and amusing reminiscences behind. But I doubt if one person in twenty on board our excellent ship the Mercia, provided as she was with every comfort, or on board any other ship whatsoever, if cross examined during the voyage, would have persisted that he was thoroughly enjoying it. From the first, one noticed a resigned, rather than a cheerful look among the passengers. Even those who at starting were loudest in their praises of a sea life spoke in the same breath of finding means, and very slender means they seem, of relieving its tedium and monotony. We left Plymouth in the fag end of a gale. The second day, just about the place where the London is supposed to have gone down, a large piece of timber was floating high out of the water. We passed within twenty yards of it, and I then saw it was the keel of a vessel, of three or four hundred tons, capsised, and drifting bottom upwards. There was still a good deal of swell, and it would have been dangerous as well as useless to lower a boat; so we passed it almost in silence, and in a few minutes it was out of sight astern. For a week or so the cuddy, and even the poop, were almost deserted. By degrees the population emerged from their cabins like rabbits from their burrows, to the number of forty or more, so that there was scarcely room to sit at table. Most of the passengers are Australians, " old chums," who who have crossed the Line more than once, and are going back, either because the east winds of the old country last too long and are too keen after an Australian sun; or because they have come to an end of their holiday. Even among second and third-class passengers this is so, for the attraction homewards is still strong, and it is common enough it seems, for clerks and persons holding mercantile situations to get a year's leave to go home. One or two brides there are, not yet Australian, and some half-dozen English, most of them more or less invalids, taking the voyage for pure sea air's sake, and hoping by following the sun across the Line to enjoy three summers in succession. Six children and a nurse abide in one stern cabin ; the other has been fitted up luxuriously and artistically with cushions, pictures, and loaded book-shelves, by a man who intends to pass the time in literary retirement in the bosom of his family. Alas I in the stern there is motion on the calmest day. Not an hour is it possible to write or read there without experienc ing certain premonitory symptoms necessitating an adjournment to the fresh air on deck. It is almost impossible to be alone or to be industrious on board ship. In the tropics exertion of body or mind is almost impossible ; your limbs refuse to move, your eyes to see, and your brains to think. The deck is strewn all day with slumberingforms. No plank, no hen-coop redolent of unpleasant odours, is so hard as to repel sleep. Nor is there often an ex citement to arouse us. It is seldom that a sail is seen, for the course of the homeward is far dis tant from that of the outward bound. Twice only throughout the voyage is land seen, the rough jagged outline of Madeira and the Desertas, rising from a smooth sheet of blue and purple water, and standing out against the glowing colours of the setting sun ; and in a few day s l ater Palma, hidi ng the Peak of Teneriffe. W e h ope in vain to see Trinidad oud Tristan de Cunh a . Th ere are two months in which the horizon is straight with a straightness abhorred on land by nature, such as even the deserts of Africa do not afford. Can it be that so much of the globe is always to be a dreary waste of waters ? Is it all needed to make wind and rain, and to be a purifier of the land ? or when earth is overpeopled, until a new creation spring out of the sea ? At any rate, there is change of some kind going on. We are unplea santly made aware of this by a sudden cessation of wind, with calms, squalls, and foul wind, off the Canaries, in what should be the very heart of the Trade winds—the Trades, whose blast used to be as steady and uniform as the course of the sun itself. A great change has occurred, says the Captain ruefully, even in his time (and he is not forty), in their regularity. If they go on at this rate, there may be none at all in a century, and not Maury himself Can foresee the consequences of that. near the On the other h and, the luck is w i t h us w h en we the north th an come to the much dreaded belt of ca l ms, which lies according to the ti me o f year , but always more to keep the skyli g h Equator, shifting north and south of it, detained there f or d ays, an d e ven weeks, drenched in tropical to the south of it. Often are ships rain, which makes it necessary to of every one, except the ducks an d geese , w hi c h are for the only +i ts shut, to the great discomfort time during the voyage released from their narrow coops, and put in possession of un limited water and free range of the poop. For two or three weeks my thermometer stands at from 80 to 84 deg., not varying perceptibly day or night. In the upper deck cabins there is plenty of ventilation —you may make them a race-course of draughts—. but below it is intolerable. It is unsafe to sleep on deck at night, for the air is charged with moisture. Portmanteaux, bags, hats, coats, and boots covers themselves with furry coats of green and blue mould. It is not unhealthy, but it is enervating and weari some, except for five minutes soon after sunrise, when in th e i n t ervals of was hi ng the decks the h ose is turned up on you, as you s t an d thinking the war m air clothin g enough. There is not much to look at but the flyin g fi s h , as they rise in flocks frightened, from under the ship's bows, and tumble in again with a splash a hundred yards off ; and at night the brilliant phosphorescence which shines in the white foam in the vessel's wake. For two days amongst the Madeiras turtles floated by asleep, but they were too wary to be caught. It was a relief when one day, south of Trinidad, the air grew suddenly cooler, the flying fish disappeared, and the first Cape pigeon, and the first albatross, then Cape geese, Cape liens, and I know not what other birds, gave us hope that our voyage was half over, and that in 10 days we would be in the longitude of the Cape. From hence till land was sighted some of these birds were always in sight of the ship. Sometimes four or five albatrosses at once were sweeping about astern, some of them showing marks of having been struck with shot. It was useless to shoot at them, for they would have been lost ; but we caught two with baited hooks, one measuring nine feet from wing to wing, and, unmindful of the Ancient Mari ner, slew and stuffed them. I paid my footing on the forecastle, in hopes of seeing something of the crew. But one is apt to be in the way there, and it is difficult to see much of the sailors. With the officers it is different. Nothing can exceed their pa tience in listening to anything, reasonable or unrea sonable, which the passengers have to say or to complain of, and in answering any questions, sensible or foolish. It is a hard life for them, requiring nerve, temper, and power of endurance, for like most English gentlemen they are ever ready to work with their hands as well as their heads—and as a ship often has only two responsible officers, each has at least half of every night for his watch on deck (in all weathers, be it remembered), in addition to the work of the day. Yet for this a chief officer gets the miserable pittance of £7, and a second mate and a doctor (as hard-worked a man as either) £5 a month, sometimes even less, ceasing immediately at the end of the voyage. One could wish that the great shipowners, wealthy as they must be, were a little more liberal in this respect. The butcher, on the other hand, is a man of capital, and comes furnished with a crowd of bull-dogs, ca nary-birds, thrushes, and other animals, which bring him in a handsome profit at the end of the voyage. It is well if a voyage passes without quarrels. In such close quarters, one must be inoffensive indeed to offend nobody. If you are cordial friends with the fat unwashed man who has sat next you at three meals every day for three months, and with a loud voice insisted on being helped first to everything, your disposition must be amiable indeed. Except the relation between the two Lord Justices of the Court of Chancery, compared with which the bond of matrimony itself is a trifle, I know none so try ing as close juxtaposition on board ship. You are at the mercy of the noisiest, the least scrupulous, and the most officious. If a man drinks, he will drink twice as much at sea, where he has nothing to do. However, eating, sleeping, or talking, we are always going ; that is the great satisfaction. The average daily run increases as we get south. Between 40 deg. and 45 deg. south latitude there are no more light or foul winds for a ship sailing east, and the course is straight, at the rate of 250 knots a day. But it gets colder and colder, till one day the wind changes from north to south, and we experience what it is to have a tem perature of 40 deg., or lower. Snow and hail fall ing, draughts as usual, and no possibility of a fire. Often it blows half a gale ; you cannot walk the deck to warm your feet, but must hold on fast, and take your chance of a drenching from one of the heav seas, which from time to time strike the ship abeam or on the quarter, with a noise like a ten pound shot out of a gun. The air gets drier ; w e are getting into the Austrian climate. At last the day comes for sighting land. For an hour or more it is doubtful, then certain, that land is in sight. I put the day down as a red-letter day in my life, as We pass within a mile or two of Cape 0 tway, and see the red sandy cliffs, the pale green grass close to the water's edge, the lighthouse and telegraph sta tion above, and behind, the ranges of thick impene trable bush, huge forest trees, with their dark foliage standing out against the sky, a landscape as wild and unsullied by the hand of man as though it were a thousand miles from a settlement. One longs to be landed there and then, but the breeze is fair and strong, and though at sunset we take in all sail but two topsails, we rush on, and are forced to heave to before midnight, pitching and rolling in the swell, lest we get beyond Port Philip Heads in the night. Soon after midnight all are astir, for thoro Is a rumour that the pilot is coming. From the deck a I.irge star near the horizon is to be seen, and an in distinct dark object underneath it. It moves, gets larger, the moon's rays fall upon it, and shining white as silver, a little schooner with a light at her mast-head shoots under the stern. The pilot climbs on board. Three more hours pitching, and the long low Heads are left astern of us, and we are in smooth water. As the Melbourne folk tre sitting down to their Sunday's breakfast, and you in England are going to bed for your Saturday's night rest, our anchor drops in Hobson's Bay, a quarter of a mile from the long, low, sandy coast. Fronting us is Sandridge, the port of Melbourne ; to the right, as far as the eye can see, dark green foliage, broken by clusters of houses and bare spaces of sand ; and to the left, a marshy, sandy plain, bounded by the distant ranges, purple as the hills of Gascony or the Campagna. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. " THE SATURDAY REVIEW" ON TILE GOVERN MENT AND TILE OPPOSITION.—The report that the Government has determined to meet Parliament without a project of Reform has acquired consfs tency 'and general credence. The supposed alter native of an appeal to the House of Commons to assume the initiative is altogether absurd. Minis ters in a Constitutional Government are placed in power to lead, and not to follow ; and to an in quiry whether Parliament desired Reform, the only suitable answer would be that Parliament desired to have a Cabinet with an opinion of its own. As Fal staff told the Chief Justice's attendant, though it be a shame to be on any side but the right, it is worse shame to beg than to be on the worse side. Mr. Disraeli has at least an intellectual conscience, and some of his colleagues must be too proud to abdi cate the functions of a rank which they retain. Failure to propose a Reform Bill can only be jus tified by a belief that changes in the representation are neither necessary nor desirable. If Mr. Disraeli differs on so vital a point from the majority of the Ministers, he would have consulted his reputation by declining to share in a policy which he must consider unsound. Nearly all his party have said, and many of them believe, that a considerable ex tension of the franchise is expedient in itself, as well as for the purpose of escaping from agitation. So-called practical measures come in natural suc cession after the repair of the machinery by which they are to be effected. It is barely possible that Mr. Disraeli may have preferred to immediate legis lation the scheme of a Parliamentary Commission to inquire into the state of the representation. With all his acuteness and versatility, Mr. Disraeli is sometimes wanting in the instinct of political fitness and practicability ; and, as he has given much thought to the details of electoral machinery, he may perhaps overrate the importance of minute statistical accuracy. But he ought to understand that a bill for Commission is liable to the prelimi nary objections, that it will never be passed by the House of Commons. A Commission can never furnish a suitable tribunal for the determi nation of great constitutional tribunals. After the discussions of the past year, every politi cian in and out of Parliament is in possession of the necessary materials for forming a final opinion of Reform ; and it is clear that changes ought to be made at once, or to be immediately de ferred. While a commission was taking evidence, and framing draft reports, the country would be 1 incessantly disturbed by agitation. The position of the two great parties cannot be clearly defined until the intentions of the Government are disclosed. The Liber,ds have abstained during the entire recess from any language which could limit their future discretion ; and Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone still linger on the continent, as if for the express purpose of rendering concerted plans of action im possible. No Catinet Ind ever so fair a chance of neutralising a nominally hostile majority, for atleazt a third of the Opposition would prefer a Reform Bill proposed by Mr. Disraeli to a change of Go vernment at the present moment. The House of Commons professedly distrusts Lord Derby, but it really objects far more strongly to Mr. Bright. Common enmities might have sufficed to produce a provisional friendship, and tolerance might have expanded into goodwill. Mob meetings and sedi tious language incline moderate men to combine, but those who have most to gain by co-operation must be prepared to make some sacrifice of internal consistency.. The Government has only to disclaim all intention of Reform, and the Liberal phalanx is re-united. It is seldom easy to disintegrate a party, but a Ministerial Reform Bill would probably either separate Mr. Gladstone from his more moderate followers, or compel him to break with Mr. Bright. It will be difficult for any Liberal member, unless he agrees with Mr. Lowe, to refuse his concurrence in a resolution affirming the urgency of Reform. The Conservatives, aided by the seceders, were never strong enough in the last session to defeat the Go vernment on the main issues raised by the bill; and although Mr. Gladstone experienced many checks, there was always some special reason or excuse for supporting the various amendments as they were successively proposed. The events of the autumn and winter have assuredly not diminished the rea sons for introducing a bill ; and the inaction of the Government would enable the Opposition to raise the question in the most advantageous form. Mr. Gladstone is not known to have spent any part of t he winter at Capua ; and unless his vigour and rest lessness have been unaccountably exchanged for Epicurean indifference, he will not allow many days to pass before he gives notice of a decisive motion or resolution. Many of his party are content to postpone their return to power until Lord Russell has retired, and perhaps until Mr. Gladstone has become quieter ; but they will nevertheless answer Mr. Brand's familiar call, and on a vote implying want of confidence the mildest Reformers must lie down with Mr. Bright. If the Ministers survive the session, their policy, whatever may be its character, will have been in some degree justified by success. Compulsory resignation before Easter would be little less than ignominious. To have held office for six months when it was impossible to lose it, to have enjoyed power and distributed patronage on the faith of a policy which would not bear the inspection of Parliament, would be scarcely more creditable than to dine ata tavern and fail to pay the bill. Lord Derby and his colleagues ought not to have taken office un less there was a reasonable prospect of satisfying the House of Commons, with or with ou t R e f orm. The proposal of a writer in the Edinburgh Review to depose Mr. Gladstone from the place of leader is slightly ungenerous and wholly impracticable. It is a minor objection to the change that there is no one to take Mr. Gladstone's place. Like Jupiter in the Iliad, the late leader of the House of Com mons might safely defy his colleagues and followers to try their collected strength against him, while he singly held the golden chain which binds the party together. Fifty years ago the Whigs tried th e expe riment of importing Mr. Ponsonby from Ireland as a safe and harmless leader; and the result is com memorated in " the trial of Henry Brougham," as reported by Mr. Peel in the Nrew IVhig Guide. The real leader was supposed to have called the sham leader an old woman, and Mr. Gladstone would probably behave with similar disrespect to any usurper who might be substituted in his place. The more advanced Liberals would unanimously refuse to recognise any other chief, and mane malcontents would shrink from avowing the distrust and irrita tion which they express freely in private. Mr. Disraeli has survived many attempts to substitute respectable mediocrity for unsafe genius. Mr. Gladstone has as strong a claim of personal supe riority, although Mr. Lowe, if he had retained his party orthodoxy, might have proved himself a for midable competitor. Although political suicide is not beyond the range of possibility, Mr. Gladstone has no reason to fear party assassination. The pro fession of extreme opinions would amount to abdi cation ; and it would belt' the highest degree inju dicious to precipitate the schism. At present Mr. Gladstone is under no temptation to offer impru dent pledges. His latest political professions after the end of the session were conciliatory and mode rate, and a justifiable desire to resume office would not be furthered by displays of extravagance or of passion. If Mr. Gladstone were to rely exclusively on itadical support, he would be loelang the door in his own face for the sake of showing his agility in climbing in through the window. Except in the prosecution of common hostilities against the Government, Mr. Bright and his little lot of adherents will be more sharply isolated than in former sessions. Having deliberately and repeatedly excited the mob against the House of Commons, Mr. Bright has elected to rely on intimidation rather than on persuasion. Mr. Seymour lately took a singularly awkward opportunity of ex pressing a feeling which is more general than his liability to blunder. Liberal members of the purest strain hold that, if they venture, like Mr. Neate, to depart from Mr. Bright's opinions, they are at tacked with reckless abuse by papers like the Morning Star, and by agitators of the rank of Mr. Beales. There are prObably not twenty members in the house who are associated with Mr. Bright by any stronger bond than terror. If any of his supposed adherents attempt to assert their inde pendence,they are denounced to their constituents and the country as traitors to the popular cause. It is highly to the credit of the metropolitan mem bers that, with the exception of Mr. Mill, they have given no countenance to the mob meetings which have been held in London. Unless either Mr. Gladstone or the Liberal party commit some extraordinary blunder, Mr. Bright's influence in the house is not likely to increase. On the whole, the omens are favourable to the Opposition, al though the manipulation of the entrails has been in the hands of the Government. Any successful contrivance for avoiding Ministerial defeat would even now be not unwelcome to the expectant vic- It is unfortunate that a common interest cannot unite the House of Commons in the pur suit of a common object. :ors. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON FRENCH NOVELS. —lt is an undoubted fact that the majority of Englishmen, even among the better informed cla:sses, look upon everything French with a cer tain feeling of contempt. This is probably due in part to the tenacity with which our countrymen cling to the traditions of times of war and hatred, and still more, to their intense absorption in pursuits which leave but little time for inquir ing into the habits and modes of thought of their neighbours. And this is more true, and will re main true longer, of French literature than of anything else connected with France; because literature requires a more careful study and a more educated mind to undertake that study than, perhaps, any other of the numberless branches into which the subjects of difference between the two countries may be divided. And yet the fault is, not that Englishman do not read French books, but that •when they do read them, they only look at them from an English point of view, and thus they lose, as it were, the true key to their meaning. This is particularly the case in fiction, where, perhaps, the divergence of the two modes of writing shows itself most strongly. The general complaint made by English readers against French novels is, that they have little or no story. In the home-made productions to which they are accustomed, the plot generally extends from the cradle to the grave of one or two persons, with, perhaps, a short biographical sketch of their parents and grand-parents to begin with. All the details of their lives are carefully described ; and the great thing to do is to place them in the most peculiar circumstances, and make them per form the most extraordinary actions that the writer can possibly conceive. This idea has reached its fullest development in our own day, in the con struction of what is called "sensation" writing. Its aim is to create interest in incident rather than in individual characters, and its origin may be clearly traced to the fact that the majority of our novelists have so long sacrificed character to "plot" that they finished by almost entirely disre garding it. A French novel is, on the other hand, almost invariable a psychological study, per et simple. Incident there only occupies a secondary place—its object is to show its effect upon the characters of individuals. The French novelist makes the mind of man—the impressions it receives from external circumstances, and the result of those impressions in forming and modify ing it—his principal subjects of study. Perhaps Balzac is the most perfect example of this mode of writing. In his works almost every variety, every phase of human nature iu to be fuall.l. por trayed ; and though his incident is never inartis- tic it is always strictly subordinated to the hi g h er task—the description of character. To illustrate our meaning, take that exquisite work La Recherche de l' Absolu. It has positively no plot, properly so called. The whole story may be summed up in half d'llozen words ; the entire interest of the work is made to turn upon the mental condi tion of some two or three persons. First, there is the head of the family, buried in his laboratory, without a thought beyond the contents of his crucibles, with that awful furnace always befo re him ste a dil y b urn i ng away h i s h ear t, his life, his home affecti ons , th e t i es t h a t bi n d him to 11 1 . wife and child ren . Sti c k b y st i c k hi s home, his fortune, all his hopes in this world and the next, all go to feed th a t ever - smou ld er i n g fire befor e which he watches day and night. And still lie hopes on—and still lie finds a little more fuel to feed his loved furnace with, until all—even hop e-- has at last di sappeare d . Then there is his wife, the most charming woman that even Balzac, the portrayer of women par excellence, No one who has ever read the book can forget that lame woman, so beautiful in her deformity, so patient, so gentle, so loving, even when she sees . her husband dragging her ad her children 1 ° inevitable ruin. This is, for all practical purpose) the whole of the book ; but what a book it is; We know of nothing among the compositioi.is of ever sketched: our own countrymen which can compare with it for a mome n t. B u t it i s, above all in the de lineation , of women th a t th e F ren ch mode ° I novel-writing all ows mos t room f or successf ul . treatment. It is al wa y s difficult for a man t o ( . 11 ': scribe a woman, and some o f th e grea test Engli. ss writers have signally f a il e d i n th e a tt em pt. cha p ' speare's weak point lie s d ec id e dly i n his female characters. Juliet is too sensual, Desdernona tp o weak, Beatrice is a hoyden. If we want genuine conceptions of female cha rac t er , f u ll of force and yet of nature, w e mus t cer t a i n l y see k them, wi th very few exceptions, i n th e wor k s o f Frenchnl.e ll • It is true that the means too often used to bring out their character s are o ff ens i ve t o good taste: It is considered that female nature is never por trayed to such advanta ge as un d er the influe nce of trial and sorro w ; an d so th e grea test sorro ls, a woman can endure—th e sorrow o f a s in which .s irreparable, so far as this world goes—is too quently made the medium of delineations which in themselves are elegant and artistic to the laste degree. Of course, we put on one side such coars . and disgusting creations as M. About's Made/0/1, the Dames aux Camelias of M. Dumas, Fils. Tha nk heaven ! we have no parallel for these, except 13 the very lowest classes of our sensational liters,: ture. Our remarks would rather apply to Si le ' 4 fre . works as Les Fourche Caudines and Maxeme Hunt' bert, by M. Achard, in both of which works th e t lesson taught is round and the artistic treatol e , ll ., from . . a psychological point of view perfect; .tli t ' s principal incident is one which English novells. a have fortunately been generally careful to a.v i 3 . l , touching . upon. It appears to be a preva i i i i % idea with modern writers of fiction that 0 0 turning point of a novel must be a sin of son ind or another ; and we trust we shall not be CO " 11 3 sidered cynical if we say that, if fiction is to be 0 representation of actual life, this must be to sel li ci extent the case. After all, when we get beY° ll / the province of the hagiologist into which, , 3 0 course, the novelist cannot enter, we shall find , 1 1 3 0 lives of good people much too mo n otonous for purposes of fiction. The placid existences of t t " men whose lives glided on like the rivers t i l , 3 d water the woodlands" would not have afforded .much interest if sin and sorrow had not penetr a ' n - o , into Arcadie, and if Evangeline had gon e • - 0 , watching her father and his neighbour p1a37111,7. chess until the time came for her to marry 1 ,3 t rural swain and " live happily ever after." lje c , that we believe much good comes of portrayl% crime ; nor for the matter of th a t do w e belies", much good ever came to anyone from resdl7 r novels. It is to some exte n t a nece ssity of ° o r artificial state of existence, like smoking, es . making mo rn i ng ca ll s , or pu tti ng on d res s el° 11 4; but those who have strength of m ind to do wi' d it out are probably the best off in the e ll Nevertheless it is as well, on a subject in which there is somuch difference between oursel ves and our neighb ours across t h e Ch anne l, that. o , should have a disti nc t apprec i a ti on o f that cbe e t r s ence, and be able to discern their strong P 3lll as well as our own. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON—JAN. 26. o ld New white wheat, 58s to 655; new red, 46s to 6 . = 8 „,; white, 62s to 68s; old red, 61s to 66s per 36 stone. 1 30 for malting, 42s to 51s per qr. ; grinding, 29s to 36s stone. Oats, old, 26s to 33s • new, 23s to 32s per 24 siTas, Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, '42s to 45s per 38 stone. e 38s to 42s per 36 stone. COLCHESTER—JAN. 26. 40s Wheat, white 6 a 70s Beam' :4 , Mazagan....••-, 48s red 62a 67s Middle and small. - 44s 0 Barley 42s 66s Peas, white. ......... r 4 2s Oats —s - a grey ......... ••••3t4 CHELMSFORD—JAN. 25. The market was fairly suppli e d w ith w heat, but millersusi. and merchants showing no i nc li na ti on t o buy a I , ° °r) ll of ness was done at the rates of last w ee k. Spring C or all descriptions remain 55 18,SL quuLed. 4 33 Wheat, old white....s2s 66A Peas, Partridge ...... 410 s o new .6 . 8 07s B iling ........ . 4 White ...... ..• • 328 ..-0 old red Ws sils 400 new. 50s 583 Dun.... ..... .• • 3- , -- 4 Barley. 26s 33s ---..- dit , o, new••• „ 8 455 thevalier -- s —s Beans, Tick, 01d......„t, 41 3 Grind.ug - :5s 30s new. • •••"„': 0 3 Malt - ileks•!/" 4 Chevalier Jd 60a 624 Oats arrow -w....403 441 ne : 1 Mazagan . ..... GRANTHAM—JAN. 26. o° Old white wheat, 65 s t o 725; old red, 60s to Gu or s ; 130.• white, 68s to 71s ; new re d, 56 s to 64s per 36 stone• o or ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 3'*' r l 30 stone. Oats, old, 30 s t o 32 s ; new, 25 s t o 30s ? s tow ). stone. Beans, old, 42s t o 52 5; new , 39 s t o 46 s per 98 St Yeas, 35s to 40s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—JAN. 25. bat At our market to-day wheat was in good suPP•i iv i the trade was active, at about former terms. White wheat 52s Od to 60s Od) 621 b ? bush el ' Red wheat 48s Od to 55s Od; Potato oats 24 s Od t o 26 s Od t_ 401 b .1.1 busb et Common oats 23 s 6d to 25 s Od f Bore 3ls Od to 32s 6d ( 53a, v bushel' Barle 32s Od to 33s Od O M ' Oatmeal 20s 6d to 21 s 6d j 1.1 b o ll of „ o ily. Flour, line 43 s Od t o 50 3 6d l i sac k of .° . . Good supplies K of wheat, barIey, IRKCALDY—JAN and 26 oats. All O ici° sold freely at about late values. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First...-. G6B od ; &Is 238 Od eeond.... 5a Od 1 37s 6 1 218 od Third COs 641 1.8 6d j 298 Od I 1 Dui 444 kr COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s d, • 6 s. d. Buddle'sWestHartley 17 6 West Hartley ......... 1 7 ,, Eden M 19 6 Cassop ..............0 Blain „ _ Tunstall Holywell Main l9 6 Hartlepool ............ East Hartlepsol Ships at market, 40—sold. 29. Foreign Mail Packet List. --~- MAILS E. Australia and New Zeal M p and, via D So U uthamton•—••F eb . 0. Ditto, via arseilles Feb' 4 ; Brazil and Cape V er d e, b y British packet, .....• - • F eb.f' 2= Ditto, by Fren c h pack etFeb' 21 Cape of Good Rop e , Ascension, and St. llelena.• • •' .h',b `,.,- . .2. Ch i na , Penang. and Sing a pore, via Southamptoo• •F e- 2/ Ditto, via Mar se ill es J az Falkland Islands 2B' Gibraltar, via Southampton JO 23 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sauthamptou•••• J3°. a JO* Ditto, via Marseilles Jan' India (Bombay), via Southampton. JO 2 7 Ditto, via Harseilles Malta, Egypt, an d Ad en , v i a S ou th ampton 3. 3 ".. 0 7. Jaa 13- Ditto, via Marseilles l 9• Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles .... . Fel,b'- 1133. Newfoundland •• II , ... . . Feb 4 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ............. United States and British North America, by Brl- Jan 30, Usti packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton .... Ditto, via Cork . .......... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry • •J a :: 3 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe •Fe West Indies and Paallle (except Bahamas a nd 26 H Jail onduras) /. ra' 8aha...4, via New York. Fe' JO' Cuba and Mexioo V.. FeD' IS. Bermuda, via Halifax . _....e Births. St. BOOTHIIY— On the 26th i ns t., a t Kinbuni Hous,e' drew's, tho wife of M a j or R. T. B oot h hy, o f a °i °v, the R HAnis—On the 28th inst., a t B e df or d Park, Clll.-- wife of George Harris, Esq., of a son. ' la LocxwooD—On the 28th i ns t., a t 16 , HighburY-K the wife of Crosby Lookwood, of a daughter. the ITI °. SOMERTON -On the 23d inst., at Roche Court , countess Somerton, of a daughter, stillborn. tat' Marriages. htof O'SnEA—Wa EA—`'Noon—On the 2lth inst , Wm. A tig Captain 18th Hussars, to Katharine, youngest of the Rev. Sir John Page ood Bart. Lei c o PERCY—LOCKWOOD- On the W 24th , inst., at S t oca . to Hanover-square, Algernon Heber Percy, EV"g Charlotte Mary, only child of the late Rev. •". wood. Deaths. BLENKARNE —On the 27th inst., at 12, II et I:113111er PP , th e street, Henry Blenkarne, surgeon, aged 65 (2, DEVON—On ,u ~ 0 the 27th inst., ' at Poderhan; C e ' st'ei wavel) • • GILES —On the 27th inst., Robert M. Giles, of W r°°— - Villas, Forest Gate, and Hackn e y Wick. 0 .01 MoonE—On the 2Gth inst., at Albert terracey.Ser4 Qrt Kennington-park, Mr. J. J. Moore, of 11 4eSi Blackfriars. 1 ; s lls ' SIIKLLEY —On the 26th inst., at M are sfield. Far - ' Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart,., aged 58. London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAR o''" ' of of No. 112, Strand, Pti qter at TM& SON 01116°1.',001 Strand, in the Prethet of the Savoy, 14 th e Illiddieux.—Tuesday, January 29,1887. C XI, ki th e the ~ iori 11111 ' 3el n 14 i tra, cas tap lif tip THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29 , 1867. i~~ i ~..,,t