The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCB. GREAT NORTHERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts on capital account for the half-year amounted to £666,171, including £150,627 received on account of the ordinary stock (dividend deferred) of 1865, £217,999 for calls on the permanent pre ference stock, and £87,425 on mortgage and on debenture stock. Original stock to the amount of 1210,000 had also been issued in exchange for a similar amount of West Riding and Grimsby Company's stock, for the purchase of a moiety of that undertaking. The expenditure of capital in cluded £415,130 on account of new lines not yet completed. In reduction of this sum £201,771 had been received from the Midland company for their proportion of the amount expended on the Cheshire and Liverpool lines and the Liverpool Station, leav ing the expenditure for the half year on unfinished works £213,359. The branch from the Leeds and - Bradford line to the passenger station of the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Company at Bradford was opened on the 7th of January, and the company had now the joint use of a passenger station in the best part of Bradford. The line from Lincoln to Hon ington would be ready for opening in March. The revenue account for the half-year showed an in creased receipt of £44,120, of which £10,242 was derived from coaching traffic, £17,277 from the goods and cattle traffic, and £17,815 from the mineral traffic. Owing to the unfavourable weather which prevailed during the summer and autumn the receipts usually derived from excursion and tourist traffic were reduced, and commercial distrust, with the accompanying stagnation in trade, affected the traffic in high class goods. The expenditure was £38,955 in excess of the corresponding six months of 1865. Wages generally were higher, and ma terials had increased in price. The coal consumed in the locomotive department had alone cost £5,600 more. The rolling stock had been well maintained, 33 engine boilers having been replaced, 441 wag gons rebuilt and materially improved in design and capacity, as compared with 30 boilers and 308 wag gons in 1865. The use of steel tyres instead of iron had also been further adopted, and 409,000 more train miles had been run. Notwithstanding the additional expense of labour and material, the line and works had been efficiently maintained at only a slightly increased cost. The renewal of the per manent way had been continuously carried on, 23 mites having been replaced with iron rails and chairs of heavier descriptions, and five miles with steel. The fixed and preference charges and interest were £23,191 more than in 1865, and the stock entitled to share in the general dividend was also greater by the £210,000 representing the purchase of the West Riding and Grimsby Railway. The gross traffic re ceipts for the past half-year amounted to £1,089,490 against £1,045,370 in the corresponding half of 1865, showing an increase of £44,020, and the gross expenditure to £552,808, against £513,853, show ing an increase of £38,945. The excess of receipts over expenditure amounted to £536,682, against ' £531,517 ; and the net revenue, including sundry receipts, to £558,811, against £552,037, showing an increase of £6,774. The fixed and preference charges amounted to £277,540, against £254,346 in the same half of 1865 ; and the balance available for ordinary dividend was £281,271, against £297,691 in the corresponding period. The avail able balance would suffice to pay dividend for the half year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, giving for the half-year £4 per cent. to the original stock, £3 per cent. to the B Stock, and £5 per cent. to the A Stock, leaving a balance of £735 for next account. For the year 1866 the dividend would be £6 10s. per emit. on the ori ginal stock, £6 per cent. on the B Stock, and £7 per cent. on the A Stock. The requirements of the Railway Securities Act of last session with respect to the borrowing powers of the company had been duly complied with, showing that the com pany had created 4 per cent. irredeemable deben ture stock to the amount of £2,800,000, and that terminable mortgages were current to the amount of £1,300,000 only. The borrowing powers of the company were thus placed on a substantial and sa tisfactory footing. The Additional Powers Bill would require for new works £75,000 to be raised on share capital. The joint bill of the Great Northern and Midland for leasing short lines between King's Lynn and Bourn would require £24,.000 to be raised on share capital. The bill jointly promoted by the Great Northern and Sheffield companies for abandoning the line from Keadby to Lincoln, if sanctioned by Parliament, would obviate the expen diture of £400,000, and authorise each company to raise £20,001 of share capital to complete the Wake field (Westgate) station. The bill promoted by the Cheshire Lines Committee would require £34,000 share capital to be raised by the Great Northern Company. The capital account showed that £17,417,670 had been expended. NORTH EASTERN. The report of the directors states that the gross traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £1,964,442, and for the corresponding half of 1865 to £1,915,980, showing an increase of £48,462. The working expenses amounted to £961,048, against £906,433 for the same half of 1885, showing an increase of £54,615. The net receipts amounted to £1,003,335, against £1,009,547 for the corresponding half of 1865, showing a decrease of £6,152. The increase in the working expenses had resulted from the high price of materials and labour used in working the railway, the maintenance of 28 miles of new branches, and several wooden bridges, which had been rebuilt in a more durable and expensive manner. The cost of coal and coke had been greater than in any pre vious period ; the increase over the corresponding half-year had been £16,463, of which £15,554 was attributable to an advance in the price of those arti cles. The payments for parochial assessment showed an increase of £6,225 over the amount paid in the corresponding period of last year. The amount chargeable to revenue account for interest and pre ferential dividends had been also augmented, partly by the unfavourable state of the money market, but mainly by the new stock issued to provide for the outlay on capital account. After pro viding for the interest on all borrowed capital, and the dividends on all classes of pre ferential stocks and shares, the following balances remained to the credit of the revenue accounts of the several sections, viz. :—On the Berwick account, £243,269 ; on the York account, £93,607 ; ou the Leeds account £24,666 ; on the Carlisle account, £42,913 ; on the Darlington account, £83,963 ; and on the Thirsk and Malton account, £603. Out of these balances the directors recommended the payment of dividends at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum on• the Berwick ordinary stock, leaving £ 2 , 9 3-1 ; at the rate of £5 10s. per annum on the York stock, leaving £l,BBl ; of £3 10s. per cent.. per annum on the Leeds stock, leaving £263 ; of £7 15s. per cent, per annum on the Carlisle stock, leaving £1,344 ; of £8 10s. per cent. per annum on the Darlington stock, leaving £914 ; and at the rate of £2 per cent. per annum on the Thirsk and Mal ton stock, leaving £lO3. The directors had not found it necessary to introduce any bill into Parlia ment in the present session. They had closed the account of the permanent way renewal fund, and would in future charge the amount expended in re newal of way to the revenue of each year as it oc curred. The capital account showed that £38,532,1,?5 had been expended. TTORTIT I,OIITON. The directors state in their report that the traffic receipts c,f the company's line for the half-year end ing the 31st of December last amounted to £91,412 for passengers, to £51,108 for goods and minerals, and to £2,289 for live stock—total, £144,809, against £109,785 in the corresponding half of 1865, showing an increase of £35,024, of which £30,835 was for passengers, £4,016 for merchandise and minerals, and £173 for live stock. The passenger traffic included the receipts for six months on the City Extension line, as against two months only in the same half of 1865. The working expenses showed considerable increase, but the general re sult, after payment of debenture interest, was an available balance of £59,032. The holders of the preference stock were entitled on the pre sent occasion to share ratothly the net receipts over and above the sum required to pay a divi dend at the rate of 51- per cent. on the ordinary share capital. The directors, therefore, recom mended the declaration on the preference stock of 2i per cent. (making for the 12 months 41 per cent.), and on the ordinary stock and share capital 21 per cent. (making for the year 51 per cent), leav ing a balance of £557. The directors deemed it desirable to make provision for two additional lines of rails between Camden and Kingsland, instead of one line as originally contemplated. The capital account showed that £2,890,808 had been expended. The revenue acccount for the half-year showed that £154,711 had been received, and £89,103 expended, leaving £65,608. SOUTH DEVON. The directors of this company state in their report that the gross revenue for the half-year ended th e 31st December last had been £122,395, as compared with £123,651 for the corresponding half of 1865, when the company's receipts were exceptionally in creased by the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting at Plymouth. From this cause, and also in conse quence of unfavourable weather and the depressed condition of trade, the revenue of the past half-year showed a small comparative decrease. The gross revenue of the whole year was £231,567, as com pared with £225,172 in 1865. The directors were happy to show a reduction of working expenses from 50 . 75 per cent. to 42.54 per cent. of the gross re ceipts. The revenue account showed a disposable balance of £13,856, and after providing for pre ference and other charges the payment of a dividend was recommended at the rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £837. The united working locomotive purposes of the South Devon, the Cornwall, and West Corn wall Railways with their own stock had produced satisfactory results, and a large saving had been effected in that department. The opening of the Moretonhampstead Railway had added 12k miles to the length of railway worked, but the total train mileage, which was £341,073 miles during the six months ended December, 1865, was reduced to 331,127 miles in the past half-year. The return made by this company under the Railway Companies Securities Act, 1866, showed that the total debenture debt to the 31st of December last was £667,590, and that the total exercisable borrowing powers amounted to £668,966. The interest payable on the former sum was £30,246 per annum, and the net income of the company on which that interest was a first charge was, for the year 1866, £119,676. Of the total debenture debt, £176,020 fell due last year, and the interest then agreed to be paid (41 and 5 per cent.) placed the average rate of interest at 4.54 per cent, per annum on the whole debt. The com pany required to issue £200,000 of the perpetual 5 per cent. preference shares, in order to adjust capital to liabilities, the greater portion of this sum being required to pay for engines and carriage and waggon stock. After payment of all the company's fixed charges, the holders of the £200,000 would at present have a clear margin of more than £50,000 a year to meet their interest. The capital account showed that £2,844,601 has been expended, in cluding £134,429 during the past half-year. STAINES, WOKINGHAM, AND WOKING. The directors of this company have recommended the payment of a dividend of 3s. 3d. per share, or £1 12s. 6d. per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending the 31st of December last. TAFF VALE. The directors of this company have declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the dividend and bonus amounting to 3s. per share, ordinary stock of the company for the past half year, ending 3st December last. NORTH BRITISH. A meeting of preference shareholders in this com pany was held on Thursday at Glasgow—Mr. Stir ling in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that the new board of directors elected last autumn had the financial posi tion of the company under their consideration, and, acting on the best advice they could obtain, had de posited a bill authorising the creation of £1,875,000 of preference stock, cuming after the debenture debt, but before all existing preferences. This, they thought, was the only means that would enable them to meet their pressing liabilities and to put the line in fair working order. lie fully sympathised with the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Monkland.s share holders, whose stocks stood at the bottom of the list of preferences. Ile quite admitted that their case was a very hard one. lie was certain that the best thing that shareholders could do was to adopt the directors' proposal. Without taking a very sanguine view of affairs, he thought if they once had the requisite funds to meet their present liabi lities, before very long they should be able to pay all their preference shareholders. If, on the other hand, they failed in getting the money, he did not see his way to the Edinburgh and Glasgow share holders getting a dividend for many years to come. Mr. JAMES WHITE then moved a formal resolu tion to the effect that, having considered the North British Carlisle Deviation Bill, the meeting con sented to the creation and issuing of pre-preference stock to the extent of £1,875,625, entitled to a fixed dividend not exceeding 54 per cent. per annum. Mr. P. CLONSTON seconded the motion, which was carried all but unanimously. It was also re ' solved that a committee be appointed to co-operate with the directors in promoting the bill. The Whale Fishery. Some interesting details are given in the New Bedford Standard of the whale fishery and the oil trade : " The Atlantic fleet the past year consisted of 150 vessels, 42 of which were from Provincetown. 'rho catch by the fleet was 20,164 barrels sperm oil, 4,000 barrels of which was taken in the South Atlantic. During the corning year the Atlantic fleet will nujnber about 145 vessels, besides the homeward-bound fleet from the Pacific. The North Pacific whaling fleet numbered 106 vessels the past season, against 94 in 1865. The weather was generally good, and the season's fishing has been moderately successful. Only two of the fleet have been lost, one going ashore in a gale, and the other being abandoned in consequence of a collision with another vessel. Eighty-five of the fleet had completed the season's cruise at our latest advices, with an average catch of 612 barrels of oil ; 66 vessels in the Arctic averaging 607 barrels, 12 vessels in the Ochotsk averaging 630 barrels, and 7 vessels at Kodiak averaging 627 barrels. The latest reports from the other vessels average about 500 barrels. The season's catch is about 65,000 barrels, against 50,000 barrels in 1865. The North Pacific fleet next season will be about 110 vessels, of which 92 will belong on this side, the rest being fitted at San Francisco and Honolulu. Only about 15 of the fleet are to come home in 1867, and only 10 arrived home from the North Pacific Ocean the past year. The Hudson's Bay and Cumberland Inlet fisheries have been comparatively unproductive, though some few vessels have done well. New London merchants still continue to prosecute the Desolation and Hurd's Island fishery, keeping gangs of men there for the purpose. The sperm whale fishery will be more vigorously prosecuted the corning year, as be- Fides the Atlantic fleet, the number of vessels in the Indian Ocean will number 21 vessels against 13 the past year, and in the Pacific, on the west coast of South America, Gallipagos Islands, Sze., will be 23 vessels against 7 the past year, and in the vicinity of New Zealand 6 vessels against 3. " During the year the exports to foreign countries bave been 9,200 barrels sperm oil, 1,510 barrels whale oil, and 525,950 pounds of whalebone, against 20,558 barrels sperm oil, 1,660 barrels whale oil, and 202,100 pounds of bone in 1865. To show how the exports have fallen off in the last few years it will be necessary to state that in 1861 there was ex ported 37,517 barrels sperm oil, 49,969 barrels whale oil, and 1,145,013 pound s ; tu 1862 there were exported 27,976 barrels sperm bone oil, 68,583 barrels whale oil, and 1,001,981 pounds of bone • in 1863 there were exported 1.8,3G6 barrels sperm oil, 11,297 barrels whale oil, an'l 279,391 pounds bone ; and in 1864 there were exported 45,000 barrels sperm oil, 12,000 barrels whale oil, and 530,000 pounds of bone. The home consumption during the year has been 20,667 barrels sperm oil, 60,969 bar rels whale oil. In 1865 the home consumption was 32,664 barrels sperm oil, and 64,992 barrels whale oil. The stock on hand in importers' and specula tors' hands at the close of the year is 12,700 barrels sperm oil, 21,000 barrels whale oil, but the stock of whalebone is not yet accurately ascertained." IHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18 1867. of the llumbolt river, in the Nevada, where it is gathered by the Indians, who strip off the bark from the dried wood, and make from it very fine and strong nets. The fibre is said to be finer and stronger than common hemp, longer than flax, more abundant in proportion to the wood, and more easily separated from the wood than either. Native hemp is also formed in many parts of California, especially in the moist lands of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. A college for young coloured men has been esta blished at Washington called the " 'Toward University." A mulatto slave in Brazil has carried off a national prize medal for the best work of sculpture, and also received a paper of manumission. his statue is a Cupid. A white man in St. Louis became enraged at a negro, the other day, and was about to strike him with a brickbat, when the coloured man fell back on reserved right : " Look here, white man, don't you strike me wid dat are rock---don't you do it, eah. I'd have you to know dat when you strikes me, you strikes a Bureau !" A coloured man in Wilmington, North Carolina, has bad letters of administration granted him as executor of the estate of another coloured man, deceased. It is probably the firs; instance of such a grant or such administration at the South. Communications from Texas represent that in the north-eastern counties of the State the freed men are more oppressed and brutally treated than in the days of slavery. Says the report, " The lash is more cruelly administered than ever before ;" and freedmen who have cultivated land and raised crops have been robbed of all the fruits of their toil. A member of the grand jury of Red River County was heard to say that they dared not indict these criminals known to them to be guilty. Outrages, from cold-blooded murders down, have occurred, and there is no one to whom the blacks can appeal for redress. A recent letter from Austin gives an account of the murder of two freedmen—one near Austin, and the other at Home Bend. The murderers were white men. A case is reported where a freedman at Prairie Lea was cruelly whipped for addressing a young man as " Tom," instead of " Master Thomas." Another was shot for refusing to lend his bottle of whisky to two white men. The civil authorities will not take any steps to bring the offenders to justice. In Panola County there exists a gang of five or six white men who live by robbing the freedmen. The citizens themselves are afraid of them, and the civil authorities powerlesi, because witnesses dare not testify against them. The military commandant at Victoria having refused to assist the Freedmen's Bureau officers, General Griffin, the military com mander of the State, has issued an order to the effect that all military officers must assist the Bureau in the contingencies provided for in the Bureau and Civil Rights Acts. The only cheering news from the State relates to labour. General Kiddoo, in a recent tour of observation, found the negroes actively making contracts for the ensuing crop. In spite of immigration there is still a paucity of labourers. The oldest stove in the United States, if not in the world, now warms the ball of the capitol of Virginia, n Richmond. It was made in England, and sent to Virginia in 1777. Theatrcal and Literary. LIVERPOOL THEATRES. The growing taste for things theatrical in the " good Old Town" has, during the past three or four months, engendered a brisk competition be tween the several managers, resulting in the pro duction of entertainments equalling any, and sur passing many, of the most successful efforts of the Metropolitan theatres ; the difficulty now being not in finding a plan to pass an enjoyable evening, but in selecting one among the matfy places of amusement, each excellent in its own particular line. Monday next will be a red-letter day in the diaries of Liverpool playgoers; each house, to judge by the announcements put forward, having determined to surpass all its previous efforts. At the Prince of Wales" Anthony and Cleopatra" is to be produced, with gorgeous scenery by Grieve, and musical effects of a very ambitious character, Mr. Walter Montgomery being specially engaged to play Anthony. Mr. Henderson is said to be de voting all his energies to the getting up of this his first great Shaksperian revival, and his experience in the production of spectacular entertainments, coupled with the vast resources of his new house, has rai , ed the expectations of his patrons to a high pitch. At the Theatre Royal Mr. Byron will introduce Miss Madge Robertson, a young lady who has already achieved considerable success in the higher walks of her profession. Miss Robertson is the sister lV;hielody, and bacrthon, one of the ablest dramatic this fact alone will insure reception in Li v e r p oo l , w h ere Robertson's comedies are well and favourably known. Mr. Arthur Stirli n g is also engaged. True s re of o r writersA her lr. a of warm to his burlesque proclivities Mr. Byron supplements the foregoing attractions by the production of one of his own most popular burlesques, in which Mr. George Honey is to sustain the principal character. At the Amphitheatre Mrs. Stirling's brief but successful engagement is to be succeeded by the T. P. Cooke National Prize Drama, " True to the Core," with beautiful scenic effects, by the Messrs. Brew. This " Sailor's story of Eng land's glory" ought to become the success of the season in the great metropolis of the maritime world. At the " Varieties," which had a brilliant opening on Monday last under Mr. English's excel lent management, and which has fully realised the most sanguine expectations, the great Vance and the wonderful gymnast Verreck are to make their first appearance before a Liverpool audience. The re nowned Laurie ballet troupe are also engaged. Mr. Barney 'Williams is playing in Philadelphia, in a local drama entitled the "Philadelphia News boy." He will shortly arrive in England, accom panied by Mrs. Williams, to fulfil an engagement at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool. Mr. T. W. Robertson's new drama, " Shadow Tree Shaft," is having a successful run at the Princess's Theatre. On Thursday evening Mr. Charles Dickens read " Dr, Marigold " and the " Trial from Pickwick " to a large and fashionable audience at St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Mr. Arthur Sketchley has been introducing " Mrs. Brown" in Liverpool, where the worthy lady had a highly flattering reception. Mr. Falconer has arrived in New York, where he is making preparations for the production of his celebrated drama " Oonagh," at one of the Broad way theatres. The following were the leading features in the New York am usements d ur i ng the week ending Wednesday, January 23 :—At the Winter Garden, Mr. Edwin Booth has appeared four times in his role of Bertruccio, in Tom Taylor's " Fool's Revenge," a version of " Rigoletto," and renewed the impres sion of many of his admirers that he has no cha racter displaying more power than that of the con flicting jester and father. A new face (to New Yorkers) has supported him, in Miss Rachael Noah, from the Boston Theatre, who has displayed much grace and no small proportion of juvenile power, as Fiordelisa, the daughter of Bertruceio. Mr. Booth has also re-appeared as Romeo, with the very sweet and pleasing Juliet of Mad. Methua Scheller. On Tuesday evening, the 22d, at the Winter Garden, Mr. Booth was the recipient of a very handsome and costly medal, nearly a year in preparation, from editorial and other friends, in re cognition of his wonderful success as Hamlet. — At the Olympic the Richings' English opera troupe have been very successful, and given a constant change of operas to fine houses. The troupe, which numbers Miss Richiugs as prima donna, Miss Zelda Harrison as secundo donna, Mr. Castle as tenor, Mr. Campbell as baritone, Mr. Seguin as basso, &c., commenced with "Martha" on Monday evening, the 14th, and followed with " Maritana," " Fra Diavolo," " Don Pasquale," " Soamambula," and the " Doctor of Alcantara"—all within the one week, and all given with rare excellence. The season bids fair to be a triumph for the Miscellaneous American News. The following letter has been forwarded to us for publication by the Hon. Wm. W. Murphy, U.S. Consul-General, Frankfort-on-Maine : " WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 1867. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th ultimo, enclosing a letter from one of your bankers in Frankfort on the subject of stolen bonds. " The subject of stolen bonds is one which occasions the department no little trouble, and everything is being done that properly can be to secure holders of bonds against loss. If, however, a coupon bond, payable to bearer, is lost or stolen and reappears in the hands of a bona fide holder for value, the original owner has irrevocably lost his title. The same is the case with 7-30 Notes as long as they remain in blank. After a name is written upon the face, they then become securities payable to the order of the party whose name is thus inscribed, and he cannot lose his title, although his name may be subse quently erased, any more than he would, under similar circumstances, lose title to a bill of exchange payable to his order. The enclosed slip, marked A, indicates to you correctly the rules governing the redemption of securities at this department. "It does not occur to me that the advantages to be realised from publishing the list of lost bonds, as you suggest, in the Frankfort papers would justify the same. With reference to the suggestions of the Frankfort banker about Texas Indemnity Bonds the Department is now for the first time informed of the lawsuit relative to such bonds pend ing between two banking-houses of Frankfort, and I would like to be informed of the particulars of such litigation. There has been no de lay or refusal on the part of this Government to pay the small number of outstanding securities known as Texas Indemnity Bonds, except what has been regarded as absolutely necessary to protect the Government against the claims of disloyal men, or of those who have received the bonds through disloyal channels without a proper consideration. — Very respectfully, _ _ II UGFI AFC lILLOCII, Secretary of the Treasury. The President's Message was telegraphed from Washington to California and appeared in the even ing papers of San Francisco on the same day with its delivery to Congress. THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC RAILROAD.—Governor Fletcher of Missouri, in his recent message, says of this road :—" I have not hesitated to approve the action of the Commissioners appointed under the act of the last Session of the Legislature for the sale of certain railroads. By such action the South-west Pacific Railroad was sold for $1,300,000, of which amount the purchaser has paid into the Treasury, according to the terms of the sale and the require ments of the law the sum of $325,000. Since the sale of the.road by the Commissioners, it has be come a part of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. There is no reason to doubt that it will be com pleted to Springfield within a period of time less than that required by the terms of the contract. It is largely to the interest of the owners to do so as early as possible, and it is fair to presume that they will do what their interests require. This I esteem the most important road in Missouri. It developes one of the best portions of the State, rich in agricultural land, in minerals, and in water power ; a large district of country which only wants means of communication with our great market places to make it one of the most populous portions of the State. This road will certainly, by exten sion and connections, within a few years, carry the largest portion of the commerce west of the Mis sissippi." The great bridge across the Ohio river at Cin cinnati is said to be nearly completed. It is two thousand feet long, and one of the spans, measur ing over one thousand feet, is said to be the largest in the world. 'The track of the Jamestown and Franklin Rail road is nearly completed to French Creek, or within five miles of Franklin borough. The grading is completed along the whole route. The tunnel on the Albany and Susquehanah Rail road will be finished on the Ist of June next. It will be 2,200 feet long, the longest tunnel in the State, and 1,500 feet are already finished, having only 700 feet to dispose of. This is the most ex pensive bit of work on the road. STEEL Rims.—Steel is now being substituted for wrought iron in almost every department of rail way construction, and very heavy orders have re cently been given out by railway companies for Bessemer metal in various forms. During the last six months a single firm, Messrs. John Brown and Co., Sheffield, England, have undertaken to supply about 10,000 tons of Bessemer steel rails to various railroads, among others to the Pennsylvania, the Erie, New York, and most of the other prominent roads in the United States. The Pittsburgh Mining Journal says :—" To see the importance of encouraging the manufacture of iron, take the case of the Pacific Railroad. In the construction of its line from Denver to Salt Lake all the iron used must be transported two or three thousand miles from Eastern ports or manufactures, while right along the way &re to be found an abun dance of magnetic iron and bituminous coal. Hard by Salt Lake City mines of both kinds are now being worked to supply the home or Mormon de mand, and all the iron, such as ties, spikes, &c., needed for the last four or five hundred miles of both the eastern and the western branches of the Pacific Railroad, could be supplied from that source." A valuable quarry of building stone was dis covered in Hancock county, Illinois, on the east bank of the Mississippi, while reducing the Keokuk rapids. It is thus described by the Mis souri Democrat--" The stone is a fine-grained, durable limestone marble, susceptible of a high polish, of a beautiful grey colour, easily worked and free from all blemishes of petrified substances, which mar so much of the building-stone offered to the public. The yield and profit of surface mining in Mis souri may be judged from the fact that it has, in the last 40 years, produced over one hundred million pounds of pig lead, and has averaged nearly twenty thousand pounds of ore to the mine, per annum. On the Ist September last there was produced mostly from flowing wells at " Burning Springs," i n the State of West Virginia, from 1,500 to 2,000 barrels of oil per day. Now the yield is about 500 barrels. Some of the heavy oils of West Virginia sold during the second week of January at ta per barrel. The Chicago Journal says :—" The extent of our dependence upon England, and of our contribu tions to its wealth, is truly astonishing. Among the many illustrations of this is the smelting of our silver ore. Until quite recently a great proportion of the silver ore of the Pacific slope has been ship ped to England. There is in it always more or less tin and copper. The necessary " retorts" and red nei g apparatus have just been erected in Norwich, Massachusetts, and the San Francisco shipments of silver ore are now beginning to be made to that point, instead of Swansea, England. This is of itself an item of no very great importance, but it shows progress in the right direction. If it pays to send this ore across the ocean in order to pre serve the tin and copper in it, then the cost of transportation is a dead loss to the miner and the country. The proper husbanding of resources is the dictate of sound judgment." The authorities of Nova Scotia have purchased a farm of three hundred and fifty acres, which is to be placed under the supervision of the Board of Agriculture for the special purpose of rearing pure stock. L a rge quantitieg of native hemp grow in the valley Olympic. —At the Broadway Theatre Mr. John E. Owens has concluded, and the Worrall Sis ters commenced an engagement on Monday evening, the 14th, in the fairy piece " Cam aralzatnan and Badoura" and the farce " Out to Nurse." They have been very flatteringly re ceived.—At Niblo's the " Black Crook," with still new dances and dresses ; at Wallack's " Ours," worthily popular, and giving no signs of debility ; and at the New York Theatre " Centrillon," still attracting on the "Black Crook" system, though by no means its equal in any regard.—Manager Lester Wallack generously gave a benefit to the families of the lost on the Fleetwing, on Monday evening, the 21st, the whole company taking part. —At Barnam's Mrs. G. C. Howard and " Uncle Tom's Cabin" have continued very successful, while the Van Amburgh Managerie, now one of the finest and costliest collections in the world, has supplied undoubted and beneficial attraction to thousands upon thousands of the children and their elders.— " Horse Comedy" and the " Jockey Club Races " have been the leading comicalities at the New York Circus, where the season is and con tinues one of the most successful known to that class of amusement in New York.—Mr. Bate man announces the closing concert of the Bate man Concert Troupe for the season of 1866-7, at Steinway hall on Wednesday evening, the 23d January.—The Caledonian Club held their annual ball at Irving Hall on Friday, the 11th, with au excellent attendance and the festivities spiritedly con ducted, though a little tardy iu commencement, under the management of Chief M'Lellan, Ex-Chief Mitchell, &c. The sons and daughters of Scotia, as well as their guests, enjoyed the occasion hugely.— The Grand French Opera has continued, at the Theatre Francais, Offenbach's " Orphee" being the feature of the week ; while at the Thalia Theatre the German troupe have also been giving grand opera, in the " Marriage of Figaro," with Madame Frederici as prima donna.—Mr. A. H. Pease's grand annual concert took place at Steinway Hall on Saturday evening, the 19th, with the marked and pleasing features of the assistance of Madame Gazzaniga, Madame Camilla Urso (the violiniste), &c.—Mr. Hartz still remains at Dodsworth's with his marvels of the " Head in the Air," " Growth of Flowers," and other diablerie. There are now in Paris 63 political and 511 non political journals. The honour of setting up the first printing-press belongs to Massachusetts. The first newspaper published in North America was the Boston News Letter, begun in 1704 by John Campbell. The Boston Gazette, published iu December, 1719, by William Brooker, and printed by James Franklin, was the second newspaper. Then came the New England Courant. The Boston Weekly Rehearsal and Boston Evening Post were next established by Thomas Fleet, whose mother was the veritable " Mother Goose." The first newspaper published in Gotham was the New _fork Gazette, by William Bradford, in 1726. Then came the New York Weekly Journal, which was noted for the raciness of its advertisements, of which the following is an example :—" Whereas the wife of Peter Smith has left his bed and board, the public are cautioned against trusting her, as he will pay no debts of her contracting. N.B.—The best of Garden Seed sold by the said Peter Smith at the sign of the Golden Hammer." The Land Question. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Anglo-American 7 imes : SlRi—When a great and general good is con ferred upon a people it is attended, in some cases, with a partial evil. The introduction of steam power to factories threw many operatives out of employ; and the railway system made sad work with the profits of stage-coach proprietors. It is not surprising, therefore, that the boon of freedom to millions of slaves should also be attended with some trials and losses. When the Jews were eman cipated there was suffering among the Egyptians from the plagues, from the loss of their firstborn, and from the loss of their king and army in the Red Sea, and probably estates sold at a lower figure than in the "good old times" when the Jews worked for nothing, and found straw for the bricks which they were required to make. In the Southern States of America the value of men, women, and children, even is no longer quoted in the price lists of marketable commodities. Four millions of people have been set free from the hor rors of slavery ; more protection is afforded to the wife and daughters of the coloured man, although to-day, with the single exception of the State of North Carolina, no coloured man is allowed to be a witness against a white person, however great may be the outrages he may see inflicted on his dearest relations. Notwithstanding the exclusion of coloured children from the schools of the South, mental culture among them was never before so highly valued, or so eagerly sought as now. The coloured man has a future, and caste is gradually disappearing. To all this, however, according to the correspon dent of the London Times, there is a sad drawback, for some of the estates in the far South are actually going down in value. To use this as an argument against liberty it must be shown that the price of land is falling in the free States—a subject the cor respondent deems it best carefully to avoid. Crime is always costly ; and it would be strange if, after such a rebellion, and in the present transi tion state of Southern society, land should rise in value. In the first place, the whole capital at the South was destroyed with the destruction of the Confederate Government. Confederate paper money, which, previous to the surrender of General Lee, had some value, was after the surrender of no more value than waste paper. In the next place, Northern capitalists were willing to lend to the South on good security, provided they were satisfied that peace, order, and industry would prevail. The ex-slaveholders had now two courses before them, one of which would attract capital to the South, the other would repel it. If they encouraged a spirit of loyalty to the Federal Government, promoted education, did justice to the coloured man, and con formed to the new order of things, capital would flow to the South. If, on the other hand, they re sisted the policy of the Federal Government, ad hered as closely as possible to the old order of things, oppressed the coloured man, and sanctioned secret organisations, regulators, and lynch-law committees, they would alarm capitalists and cut off their only sources of supply. Unhappily they chose the latter course ; as a consequence, estates are worth but little compared with their value in the palmy days of slavery, as shown by the Times' correspondent. One of the most gratifying changes in America, and one which has not been noticed 'by the corres pondent of the Times, is the course of the religious bodies with reference to the coloured people. Six years ago the number of slaves held by mem bers of the different churches was 600,000, now not one slave is held by them. Thirty years ago the slave-holding ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Conference threatened to rend the body asunder, unless a rule was adopted requiring the ministers to be silent on slavery ; a rule to this effect was made, thus a clasp was placed upon the lips of 3,000 Northern ministers, a,nd the curse of the Almighty was on the clasp. That rule is now practically a dead letter, and anti-slavery Northern Methodists are not only strengthening the anti-slavery public opinion in the North, but are doing a good work in the South in connection with the Southern members of their church, and are affording to the coloured people the protection of religious sympathy. Thirty years ago no anti-slavery Baptist minister was allowed to hold office in the National Baptist Mis sionary Society ; but the seeds which anti-slavery Baptists have been sowing for more than twenty years have sprung up, and are bearing ample fruit age. A good work is going on, North and South. The same remarks apply to several other religious bodies. Thirty years ago the American Bible Society refused to give Bibles to slaves, or to defend their right to receive them ; now it makes grants of Bibles to the freedmen. Thirty years ago the Sun day School Union, at the bidding of the slave holders, suppressed its only volume, which censured slavery, and that occupied less than one page. That bond is 3evered, and it is more free to show its humanity. Thirty years ago the American Tract Society, employing seven steam presses, refused to print a page against slavery, but the trammel is suapt asunder which bound it, and it now can manifest Gospel benevolence. For merly the religious bodies of the North received character from their slaveholding Southern connec tions ; now the religious bodies at the South are receiving character from their anti-slavery Northern connections. The public opinion thus being created will be rapidly reflected in the laws of the land ; for in no country is public sentiment so soon crystalised into law as in America. The views of Theodore Parker on this subject are important, the more so because of his antagonism to Evangelical sentiments. Referring to the three social forces of America—political, commercial, and religious —he observes that, in the long run, the religious has always proved more powerful than the political and commercial forces. The anti-slavery feel ing now prevailing in the Northern churches secures an anti-slavery character and policy for the nation. This is evident from the numbers, intelligence, and wealth of the members ; from their political powers, almost every man having a vote ; from the colleges, schools, religious newspapers, and benevolent orga nisations, and agents under their control, and from the truth proclaimed from thousands of pulpits every Sabbath-day. " All things that ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them." Even in Richmond, 'Virginia, it is becoming safe to preach the Gospel, though ministers for doing so have had to fly for their lives ; but thus Christianity is securing for America an anti-slavery future. The lowering of the value of some of the estates is a temporary evil ; the triumph of Christian liberty is a lasting blessing.—Yours very truly, Bristol, Feb. 12,1867. EDWARD MATIIEWS. The Curse upon Canaan. Apologists for slavery are fond of referring to Noah's curse upon the posterity of Ham, as an evidence of the Divine purpose to bring the coloured race into bondage. It has often been shown that the blacks were not descended from Ham, therefore could not have inherited the curse. But still the old -argument is used even by men who know its worthlessness. Mr. Crummell, an educated coloured man and a graduate of Harvard, in an able essay shows that the descendants of Ham were Asiatics and not Africans, and the curse was fulfilled in the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. He says : The evidence, so far as Scripture is concerned, is given us in Genesis 10, 19 :—" And the border of the Canaanitcs was Sidon, as thou comest from Gerar, unto Gaza : as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha." The locality here designated is evidently the land of Palestine, and in Asia ; and in the Pentateuch this region is frequently called the land of Canaan. A reference to the names of the descendants of Canaan will tend to place this still more dis tinctly before us. In Gen. 10, 15-17, we find the following statement :—" And Canaan begat Sidon, his first-born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite," &c. &c. These names most surely are not African, nor do they indicate African loca lities. We recognise in Sidon the name of that city, celebrated in history for its commerce and luxury, which stood on the Mediterranean, at the north of Palestine. The Hittites were the descendants of Heth, and from nearly the same quarter. The Jebusites were the descendants of Jebus, and their locality was the spot on which Jerusalem was built. And the Amorites, Girgasites, &c., are frequently mentioned in the Old Testament as inhabitants of the land of Canaan. The secular historical evidence is brief, but clear, weighty, and decisive; it is the evidence of Josephus, who says : " Canaan, the fourth son of Ham, in habited the country now called Judea, and called it from his own name Canaan." Supposing that his position may be controverted by some, on the ground that Canaanitish colonies, of which Carthage was one, were founded on the North African coast, Mr. Crummell says on this point, that it is quite evident that the negro race, which mostly peoples this vast continent, could not have proceeded from them. 1. Because the establishment of Carthage, the great Phoenician (Canaanitish) colony, was at a late period in the history of the world ; but the permanent division of races had been formed cen turies anterior to this event; and the negro race, as a race, had long before sprang into existence. 2. If this were not the case, the probability is that the great desert would have prevented their being mingled with the mass of the aborigines who live south of the desert ; and it is almost certain that the interior of Africa was reached by the way of Egypt. 3. History informs us that Carthage, a colony, grew up, by itself, in one locality ; flourished for a space, and then sunk to decay ; while it does not in form us that Carthage was. the mother of nations, the founder of a race. Moreover, the fact should not be forgotten that the blood of the Canaanites was more mingled with that of the Europeans than with Africans, formed more colonies in Europe than in Africa ; and they have left behind more numerous marks and monu ments of their power in Europe than in Africa. Indeed, almost every vestige of their former might has been obliterated. The Anglo-American Church at Paris. The following letter has been addressed to the limes : " Sir,—At a meeting this morning of the Anglo- American Committee for providing British and American Churchmen with an additional place of worship during the Exhibition at Paris, I was in structed to write and request you to allow the com mittee to make known to the British public through your columns the liberality of the Prefet de la Seine in granting a valuable site for the church which it is proposed to erect. It is due to Mr. Lawson, th© American chaplain, and to a distinguished lady, a member of his con gregation, to state that the Prefet was first interested in the movement by their intervention. A deputation of American and English clergy men and gentlemen was then appointed to wait upon him at the Hotel de Ville. He received us with the greatest courtesy, and placed at our disposal any amount of land we might require in the Avenue Rapp, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Exhibition building, giving us the choice among various parcels of ground belonging to the city of Paris, and setting aside all other applications till we had selected what suited us best. Our choice was made on the spot the next day, and the site may now be considered to be ours during the entire period of the Exhibition. These are the facts which the Anglo-American Church Committee wish to place before the British and American public. And as, it was the opinion of the committee that some official acknowledgment of the Prefet's kindness and liberality would best show that it was appreciated by those whose welfare it is intended to promote, I was likewise authorised to put myself in communication with the Lord Mayor upon the subject, leaving it to his Lordship's discretion to call a meeting of Churchmen at the Mansion-house, or take such other steps as shall seem to his Lordship best adapted to convey to the Prefet an adequate expression of thanks. I may take this opportunity of stating that funds are urgently required for carrying out the object in view, which ought to commend itself to all Anglican Churchmen for support, not only on the grounds of duty and necessity—for those who propose to come themselves or to send others in large numbers to Paris during the summer ought to remember that the Rcnia❑ Catholic churches will afford no oppor tunities for edifying worship, and that the English churches are already full, and will shortly be so to overflowing, but on the yet higher grounds of Christian unity and brotherhood, which are likely to be promoted by the Anglo-American Church assuming, as the Greek Church has already done, a prominent position in a great Roman .Catholic centre like Paris, and that especially during the time of the Exhibition of all nations. The Roman ists here are in the habit of confounding the Anglo- American Church with the various Protestant sects, and scarcely know that we have an Apostolical suc cession of bishops, an ordained clergy, and a Liturgy which contains all pure Catholic doctrine. The opportunity, therefore, seems to be a favour able one to set before them the fact that we not only possess these great privileges and value them, but that the Church to which we belong is as widely spread in its members as it is one in its articles of faith, and that, whether on the banks of the Thames or of the Mississippi, whether in Scotland or in Canada, in India or Australia, or on the coasts of Africa—wherever, in short, there is an English or American population or settlement—there are those who belong to the same spiritual family, as they spring from the same natural stock, and who will, therefore, be alike thankful for the opportunity, should they visit Paris during the Exhibition of meeting as brethren in the same house of prayer and praise. I may add that the proposed church will be either of iron or wood, capable of holding from 800 to 1,000 people, and that the cost will he something over £l,OOO, and at the most under £2,000, accord ing to the sum placed at the disposal of the com mittee. Immediate subscriptions are earnestly requested, and will be received by any of the following bankers :—At Paris, by John Monroe and Co., Edward Blount and Co., and llottingen and Co. ; at New York, by Duncan F. Sherman and Co., Brown Brothers arid Co., and W. 11. Aspin wall ; at London, by Baring Brothers, Brown, Shipley, and Co., Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Coutts and Co. Your very obedient servant, J. C. Cox, Chaplain to her Majesty's Embassy. British Embassy, Paris, Feb. 7. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH- SATURDAY. At this market to-day the supply of wheat was limited, and for good qualities the trade ruled firm. Not much barley on offer, and prices for good malting qualities may be quoted same as last week. Secondary sorts iu demand, at rather lower prices. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 725; old red aitto, (weighing 631 b), GUs to 65s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), 60s to 65s ; best malting barley (weighing 521 b to 531 b), 48s to 50s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b), 45s to 475; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 3Gs to 40s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 37s to 39s ; peas (maple), 365 to 385 per qr. Flour, 45s Od per sack. NOT T INGHAM-SATURDAY. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day. Best sorts were taken off at is per qr. more money. A steady demand for barley, at last week's prices. Oats at fully previous prices. Beaus in slow demand with little change in prices. In peas there was not much alteration to quote. Old white wheat, GBs to 73s ; old red, 60s to 68s ; new white, 62s to 72s ; new red, 56s to 65s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 36s to 40s ; new, 24s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 51s to 58s ; new, 445 to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 48s to 50s per sack. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Wheat an average supply, the demand for which was firm, and prices were the turn in sellers' favour. For fine qualities of barley there was a firm demand, at late rates. Ordinary sorts moved off slowly. In oats and beans little change to note. Now white wheat, GGs to 69s ; now red, 59s to 63s ; old, white, 70s to 71s ; old red, 64s to 66s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 50s to 55s per qr.; grinding, 32s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 36s to 38s ; new, 288 to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 56s to 59s ; new, 42s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s ; seconds, 45s to 46s per 20 stone. YORK-SAT URDAY. A fair supply of wheat, and good demand, at fully late rates. A small show of barley, for which there was a tolerable demand, at the prices of last week. There was a limited show of oats, for which there was a fair demand, ar.d the rates of this day week were for the most part sup ported. Beans were in slow request and not materially altered in prices. New white wheat, 56s to 61s ; new red, 56s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 44s to 48s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70s• Flour, 46s to 49s ner Stick of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DIIE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British Mar. 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena— Feb. 27 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 19 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Ft b 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 22 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb..t9 liana, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb 22. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marsell:es Mar. 16. Newfoundland . , Mar. 13. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. . United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet. .Feb. 21. Ditto, by United States pack e t, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork O •• , Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb 2 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Feb. 8aham....4, via New York. Mar 7. Cuba and Mexico . Feb. 23 Bermuda, vla Halifax West Cout of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife „ Mar. 6. LONDON ATHLETIC CLUB.—This club held its first meeting this year on Saturday last, at the West London Grounds, Brompton. There wasa large attendance of spec tators, including several ladies and many distinguished ama teur pedestrians from the universities, 3;c. The manage meat was in the hands of the following gentlemen, Wel l known in connection with athletics —Messrs.R. E. Webster (judge), J. G. Chambers (starter), H. J. Chinnery, M. E. Jobling, J. B. Martin, C. Guy, Pym, and C. D. T. Wil laume ; W. Moresby Chinnery, hon. secretary. The sports commenced at 3 p.m. with the trial heat of the 220 yards' Challenge Cup, for which C. G. Emery walked over, the only other challenger being absent. The 120 yards handicap followed ; there were 30 entries, divided into five heats; 22 started. The heats were won by Williams, seven yarde start; Harwood, 61 yards; Emery, one yard ; Martin, three yards; and Woolston, 51 yards. Collett, who started from scratch in the first heat, was accidentally cannoned against, and allowed to start in the final heat; Williams proved the winner, Woolston taking second prize, and Harwood the third. A quarter of a mile race, for niern bers who had never won a prize, was won by Fox, Smith second, and Catling third ; there were eight starters; time, 58 sec. The one-mile handicap had 21 entries, of who' 16 came to the post. J. G. Webster, 95 yards' start, via! first ; W. Gilmour, 75 yards, second; J. G. Parker, 8 ° yard; third ; time, 4 min. 35 sec. The strangers' ran t half a mile, had five starters; C. May, of the North .1 ,0 !„ don Rowing Club, won easily. The last event was a4w _ yards' handicap, which had 22 entries, divided into t wo heat; nine competitors. The first heat (six starters) yrn s won by Emery, 18 yards ; Colbeck, scratch, second ; tim e ' 48sec. Second heat (three starters), Paulin, first ; Hart aniff second ; time, 49sec. The final heat was won by- &g e l Paulin second, Colbeck third ; time, 47s ec . Th e prizes iv, be presented to the winners on Wednesd a y even ing at the Club-room, 44, Pall-mall. Mdlle. Cora Pearl plays no longer at the Bouffe, Es in Paris. Her part (th a t o f C up id i n Offenbach ° Orphde aux Enters") is now taken by Miss All ° Douglas. A morning paper states that the romance of S ir Roger Tichborne is being acted at the Winchester Theatre. LADVERTISEMENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and The variable temperature of most climates is an'a pregnant with colds, catarrhs, tumour; and abscesses, rt, all scrofulous diseases and glandular affections u sually a F i , come worse at each variation. Holloway's Ointment, a ' gently rubbed upon the skin as near to the affected Pa 6 as possible, will be found the most safe and efficientwell o of immediately subduing pain, and finally eradicating the seeds of future mischief from the system. Whenever 9$ malady is chronic, constitutional, or dangerous, H011055,,11,0 Pills should be taken to quicken and increase the curatfo, power. Scurvy, skin diseases, and similar disordorfS, appear before the cleansing and healing influence of or it, way's remedies, which, for their successful employin only require moderate time and fair attention. Births. oa th, BURRARD —On the 15th inst., at The Mount, Yarrnrtod ' Isle of Wight, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Sidney Our Grenadier Guards, of a son. of CONDRON—On the 15th inst , at Macclesfield, the wife Henry A. Condron, of a son. MARGRESSON—On the 14th inst., at Wooldringford, S uss °' the wife of Major Margesson, of a daughter. ~,,, ULLATHORNE—On the 16th inst., at 5, Petersham -terrs- South Kensington, Mrs. A. Ullathorne, of a daugh ter. Marriages. rah NEATE —MonsE— On the 14th inst., at the parish cu i u As, Cam, John Neate, Esq., of Dalston, Middlesex , to 3 1 12 3 ' 0 ",,c1 eldest daughter of Thomas Morse, Esq., of Ash House, near Dursley, Gloucestershire. - chur ch, SCOTT— HILL—On the IGth inst., at the parish ft o Hampstead, John Scott, Esq.,_”barrister-at-lavr, of Inner Temple, to Edgeworth L eonora , second dial ! : oc i of Fred. Hill, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Liuco lu's-fnu Assistant-Secretary of the Post-office. Deaths oa t's-road, _ j ogriC , ALLEN -On the IGth inst., at Lt's-road, Claplull'-` Mrs. Elizabeth Alien, aged 90. ela 4° BOYLE—On the 15th inst., at Kensington, Anna) t of W. R. A. Boyle, Esq., barrister. Gonwix—On the 15th inst. at at 304, cry/ 10 James Godwin, aged 79. • clifto o ? LYONS—On the 15th inst. at at Arlington Villas, e, Jane, wife of Commander . Lyons, R.N. T hu 000911 ROBINSON— On the 14th inst., at The Grange, - aged 90. Derbyshire, Margaret, wife of H. Robinson,elcester' SWINBURNE —On he 14th inst., at the Camp, (~ Major John S winburne, 4th Depot Battalion.. 0., viiya .. High Irelh TunsEn—On the 15th inst., at Hevorbam, Kenasino "" _.....! beth Turner, aged 92 London : Printed p.nd Pubiished by W ILLIAD/ .11 141) t i j9 112, of No. 112. strand, Printer at TuE SUN Oiroe• i,,, Strand. in the Predaet of the Sav o y , in the COO i Mltlillevor —Monday, Fobruary 18, 07.