The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

, Naval and Military Intelligence. The following circular memorandum, addressed to general officers in command, and to infantry at home and abroad, has been issued from the Horse Guards by command of the Duke of Cambridge : " Her Majesty the Queen having been pleased to approve officers of infantry regiments, under the rank of field-officers, wearing steel instead of leather sword scabbards, H.R.H. the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief notifies the same for general in- formation and guidance. " It is expected that officers serving at home will be provided with steel scabbards by Ist April, 1867. As regards officers serving abroad the period at which they should provide new scabbards is left to the discretion of the general officers commanding. --By command, " WILLIAM PAULET, Adjutant-General." Col. G. Lambrick, A.D.C. to the Queen, the newly-appointed commandant of the Chatham divi sion of Royal Marines Light Infantry, took up his appointment yesterday, and assumed the command of the division on his return from leave of absence. An order was yesterday received at Chatham gar rison directing Lieut. H. P. Lee, Royal Engineers, to be held in readiness to embarkfor China. Lieuts. H. R. G. Georges, A. Audry, and W. B. Hurst, Royal Engineers, have been struck off the strength at head-quarters, previously to embarking for foreign service. A detachment of Royal Engineers has been placed under orders to embark for Malta, for ser vice at that station. Her Majesty's screw corvette Barossa, 21, 400- horse power, Capt. Boys, which arrived at the Sore from China on Sunday, has been inspected by Vice- Admirai Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., Commander- in-Chief, who saw the officers and crew exercised at quarters, and visited the various portions of the ship, which, considering that the Barossa has been in commission upwards of four years, was found to be generally satisfactory. The guns and War De partment stores were commenced being unshipped yesterday, and the crew have commenced dismant ling her, preparatory to her being put out of com mission and the ship's company paid off. The division of Royal Marines Light Infantry at Woolwich, in command of Col. Connolly, yesterday mustered at the Barrack parade, to witness the dis tribution of the rewards and distinctions granted by the Lords of the Admiralty as prizes for good shoot ing, under Circular of Sept. 20, 1858. The best shot was Sergeant John Bott of the 18th company, who obtained 92 points in the first and second class. Sergeant Bott, who is now the best shot in the whole five divisions, including the picked men com prising the Royal Marine Artillery, was yesterday awarded a compensation of 3d. per day from the present month. The following obtained 2d. per day : —Colour-Sergeant G. Madgwiek, Private T. Smith, Colour -Sergeant A. Hamilton, Private T. Mole, Sergeant H. Lock, Colour-Sergeants W. Elton and D. Todd, Private S. Senham, and Corporal John Cuthbertson. The undermentioned non-commis sioned officers and privates were granted rewards of ld. per day :—Privates J. Hill, F. Pearcey, Jas. Hawfield, T. Moore, E. Harris, T. Knight, G. Bull, T. Pratt, T. Holt, J. Ford, W. Limmage,T. Plowes, M. Cahill, J. Chandler, Israel Dix, W. Goodfellow, E. Davis, M. Connor, J. Bown, T. Bennett, Geo. Hutchinson, T. Hall, and Jessee Settree ; Corporals E. Jordan, W. Wilcox, J. Morris, T. Fott, and A. Revill ; and Privates W. Smedley and P. INPLaugh lin. Capt. Julius Bunce and Sergeant Rixson, In structors of Musketry, were severally complimented for the high state of efficiency which the division has attained through their attention and exertions. They had laboured throughout the year under many inconveniences, and had continued their work, al though exposed to difficulties, in all weathers, for want of shelter, in the open marsh four miles distant from barracks, and although debarred during the haymaking season of the use of the range, and, in consequence, interrupted for several weeks. Capt. Bunco has obtained leave of absence until the 20th of February, after which the practice will recom mence. The Ordnance steam storesbip Earl de Grey and Ripon, Commander Moore, steamed alongside the T-pier at Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning, and commenced discharging her cargo from Cork and Dublin, consisting of some baggage belonging to Major-Gen. Ormsby, the newly-appointed Lieu tenant-Governor of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, 300 quarter barrels of obsolete ammuni tion, and sundry other returned stores. The Ad miralty steam storeship Dee, Master-Commander Raymond, sailed yesterday from Woolwich dock yard, laden with steam gear, &c., for the western yards ; and the 2-gun iron double screw gunboat Viper, armour-plated, left Woolwich dockyard yes terday for Sheerness. The hired steamship St. Lawrence embarked the following officers and troops at Portsmouth yester day for conveyance to Gibraltar :—Nos. 5 and 7 batteries of the 15th Brigade of Royal Artillery, comprising Lieut.-Col. Dixon, V.C., and Mrs. Dixon, Capt. Jones, Lieut. Engstrom, wife and child ; Lieuts. Jones, Hopkins, Powuell, aad Hol brook and wife ; Assist.-Surg. Groves, 139 men, 16 soldiers' wives, and 26 children; Capt. and Adjt. Anley, 13th Brigade, Royal Artillery, Mrs. Anley, and two children, and 63 men ; 5 men Ist Brigade, Royal Artillery. Royal Engineers-1 man (trained cook), wife and four children ; Major Hopkinson ; Ensign Tavy, 2d battalion 15th Foot ; 78th High landers—Drum -Major ; Army Hospital Corps one sergeant, wife, and three children. The St, Lawrence will be inspected by the Deputy-Quart.- Gen. of Portsmouth and his Staff this morning, after which she will sail for Gibraltar. Mr. Ladd, master shipwright at Woolwich, yes terday received instructions from tha Board of Ad miralty to make preparations for laying down the keel of one of the new cless twin-screw gunboats, six or eight of which are to be built in the various dockyards, to be placed at the disposal of Vice- Admiral G. St. V. King, C. 8., flagship Princess Royal, on the China station. These vessels, which are to be of what is termed composite construction, will have iron frames, with an outward coating of two thicknesses of teak planking, and are to be of 463 tons burden, and to have 150 horse power en gines each, with twin screws. The one ordered to be built at Woolwich will be named the Dwarf, and is to be completed with the utmost possible despatch, on the slip from which the 6-gun screw corvette, armour-plated, Pallas was launched in 1665. Her Majesty's 11-gun screw steam sloop Rapid, Commander W. B. Stubbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, having discharged her guns and war stores at the Royal Arsenal yesterday, went into the outer basin in Woolwich dockyard and commenced dis mantling in readiness to be paid out of commission, which is ordered to take place on Thursday, the 24th inst., after which the Rapid will be placed in the third class steam reserve. The hydraulic iron and armour-clad gunboat Waterwitch again went down the river to the Tore, in command of Staff Commander Dillon, command ing the steam reserve, yesterday morning, on an official trial, having increased her ballast 150 tons, so as to bring down her draught of water for mien: tific purposes. Her Majesfy's 11-gun screw steam sloop Rosario, 673 tons, and 150 horse power, recently paidoff on her retain home from North America and the West Indies, in charge of Commander L. 11. Vesturme, has had the whole of her outer planking entirely re moved in the fitting basing in Woolwich dockyard, and has been surveyed by the master shipwright and his officials, with a view of being rebuilt. Her principal timbers and framing are found to b 3 in good condition, and her reconstruction will, there fore, be commenced forthwith. The Zebra, 7 guns, screw sloop, 951 tons, and 200 horse power, and the 17 gun sloop Chanticleer, 950 tons, and 200 horse power, in basin at Wool wich, have received their stores, and are ready for the pennant. Tie line-of-battle unarmoura screw ship Rodney, 78, 2,770 tons, 500 horse power (nominal), Mr. W. 11. Harris master in charge, fitting in Sheerness harbour, to relieve the Princess Royal, 73,400 horse power, Capt. W. G. Jones, flagship of Vice-Admi ral G. St. V. King, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief on the China station, is to be completed and ready for being commissioned by Feb. 1, to accomplish which a large number of the dockyard hands are employed in expediting her fitments. Additional cabin and 1 . office accommodation for a flag officer's retinue is being fitted on board, and various improvements in her internal fitments are being carried out. When completed the Rodney will hoist the flag of Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Keppell, K.C.8., who will relieve Vice-Admiral King, C. 8., in the command of the China squadron. The Rodney is complete in her fitments aloft, and there is comparatively little remaining to be done inboard before she is out of hand. As soon as she has been put out of the basin and is ready to receive her guns on board her arma ment will be forwarded to her from the War De partment stores, Chatham. The iron steam dredging machine used - for keep ing clear the harbour at Chatham, and preventing the accumulations of mud and sand near the entrance to the several docks, having been surveyed by the officials, has been ordered to undergo some extensive repairs both to hull and machinery, and these are now being carried out in No. 4 dock. The dredging machine has been in use in Chatham harbour up wards of 20 years, and has not required any repairs up to the present time. The sailing yacht Chatham, stationed for service at Chatham dockyard, has been placed in the fourth dock at that establishment for the purpose of being newly coppered, and to undergo some other repairs. This yacht is one of the oldest vessels in the navy, the records showing that she was built fully 150 years ago, since which she has had various repairs and alterations effected in her. The screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,364 tons, 400- power, unarmoured, is in the hands of the ship wrights and engineers belonging to the master ship wright and factory departments at Sheerness dock yard, who are bringing her forward for commission early in the present year. There is still a deal of work remaining to be completed on board, and it will be some time before she is ready for the pennant. The announcement that the Orontes is under orders to sail for China and Japan is incorrect, and the statement probably referred to the Urgent, which is under orders for the above-mentioned des tination. The Orontes is in dock undergoing re pairs, which will occupy two or three months in execution. The following appointments were made on Tues day at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. F. L. Reice, to the Achilles ; the lion. F. C. Lascelles, midship man, to the Achilles ; F. P. Carry and G. P. W. Freeman, ;midshipmen, to the Lord Clyde ; Wm. Henn, midshipman, to the Bristol ; Thos. C. D. Thompson, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; and S. H. Abell and A. 11. B. Beaver, naval cadets, to the Bristol. Railway and other Companies. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND' LINCOLN- SHIRE. The half-yearly general meeting was held yester day at Manchester. An abstract of the report and statement of ac counts has appeared iu 7he Sun. Mr. WATKIN, M.P., presided, and moved the adoption of the report. He explained that the net profit had been lessened by the general rise of wages and cost of fuel, and in fact that during the de pression of various manufactures in their district the company had been carrying a large amount of the rougher and cheaper traffic, and consequently doing more work for the money paid them. He showed that notwithstanding the rejection by the House of Lords of the Manchester Central Station Bill, the company had reaped an advantage by promoting it. They had got what they had been struggling for during many years, what had been secured by agree ment but never actually granted to them—the sepa- rate use of two independent lines from Ardwick to the terminus. Also, Committees of both houses had given sufficient declarations of the necessity of the company being entirely independent of the control I and obstruction of the London and North-Western, and which would enable this company, whenever they chose hereafter, if arrangements were not made as he hoped they would be, by the London and North-Western, to enforce their rights. There had also been obtained an admission from the company that the Sheffield Company ought to have been in creased and independent accommodation. These ad vantages, gained at the point of the sword, had cost something like £ll,lOO. The Midland and Great Northern, who were to have been sharers in the suc cess of the bill, were applied to for payment, each of one-third of the cost, and he believed they would ac cede to a proposition so equitable; but the answers could not be received for two or three weeks, and although he ordinarily thought it sounder to charge the Sheffield Company's portion of the account to revenue than to capital, the Board had not come to any decision, and it was placed as suspense account in the meantime. To have come to a decision at once might prejudice the negotiations. But in the event of this company having to pay the whole amount, the balance of nearly £13,000 carried over to next half year, as stated in the report, would provide for it, and still leave a balance, should it then be decided to pay the whole out of revenue. That being the state of matters, he was astonished on Saturday last to receive a long bill in Chancery at the suit of a gentleman who formerly was a large shareholder in this concern, but he had reduced his holding to something like £760 to restrain the di rectors from charging the amount to capital, and also making them liable as directors to pay the whole themselves. Of course, the company's solicitor had been instructed to resist. After the distrust in mone tary affairs during the past year it behoved railway directors in general to avow themselves on their trial, and show that they had acted prudently in the interests of their companies. He therefore reminded the shareholders that whereas, since 1854, the capi tal of this company had risen from £8,167,000 to £11,983,000 (productive and unproductive) by rea son of the development of the system, that policy had increased the net profit from £217,135 in 1851 to £526,125 in 1866, excluding, of course, the Suuth Yorkshire, for which there was a separate capital. The increase in net profit was therefore 8 per cent. on the capital laid out. He estimated the total engagements of the company for new works and stations, new stock, Liverpool and Cheshire lines, &c , during the next few years, at £1,395,000 ; and believed that when the shareholders met three or four years hence they would acknowledge that this outlay, like the previous increase of capital, had been for the advantage of their undertaking and the ordinary stock. (Applause.) Ile had always drawn a distinction between sound railway property and other railway undertakings imprudently sanc tioned by Parliament, promoted by contractors, engineers, and others, who really made merchan dise of legislative enactments. He would de fine as sound property those railways which could repay in not exceeding 25 years the whole of their original cost out of their net profits. The Sheffield Company, it appeared, could be in that position in 22 years. Their augmented capital had paid 8 per cent., and must reproduce itself in 12i years ; the capital outlay of the 13 leading railways since 1856 had paid 6a, per cent., and therefore the directors of these concerns could not be charged with having made an unsound outlay. In giving some explana tions with regard to the mode in which the directors proposed to deal with their debenture debt, he re ferred to the malicious reports of his own failure which formed the subject of so much interest in the Stock Exchange a few weeks ago. Ile thanked the Manchester Exchange for the assistance they had given him, but regretted that the London body bad done all in their power to shield the offender. He mentioned the inquiries he had prosecuted with a view to that person's detection, and had just received by telegraph an intimation that the Solicitor-Gene ral recommended proceedings against some one whom be named. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FILDES, M.P., in the course of some criti cisms of the accounts, avowed himself the promoter of the injunction with regard to the payment of law expenses out of capital. The CIISIR3IAN suggested that if Mr. Fildes would move a resolution that the share due from this com pany be paid out of revenue, he individually would second it, provided the Chancery suit was withdrawn. Mr. FILDES assented, and a resolution to that effect was passed, several shareholders remarking that they THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1867 -co ted for it without committing themselves to an of pinion that this money was due from revenue. The report was adopted, the dividends were de -1 ,dared, and the usual routine business concluded the l proceedings, I. ..NDIAN CARRYING (LIMITED). The - report of the directors of this company states that tat instructions for closing the Bombay agency Were carried into effect in September last. The losses there had arisen not so much from individual ad s of mismanagement as from inadequate amount of business to bear the heavy standing charges, an d to compensate for the high prices wl tich the company were compelled to pay during th 3 cotton mania, as well as from causes connected w ith the condition and administration of the rail ays at that Presidency during the period in ques tion. A portion of the rolling stock had been trans ferred direct to the Bengal agency, whose line of road from Agra joined that of Bombay at Indore. A considerable number of the waggons had also been sent to Madras, where they were much wanted for the increasing business. The progress at Madras had been, on the whole, satisfactory. While the loss by the business in this Presidency in the year end jug the 30th of June, 1865, was nearly £2,500, the :LOSS during the first six months of the present ac- I, count did not exceed £4OO, and in the second six months was about £lOO only: But for the greatly increased cost of cattle food, wages, and cart and bullock hire (amounting to £4,800 over the rate for the preceding year), caused by the famine and cho lera, and the impossibility of increasing the com pany's charges in proportion, there was no reason to doubt that the Madras accounts would have shown a fair profit. The gross receiptshad increased 100 per cent. during the 12 months, and amounted to nearly £50,000; on the whole working at Madras from the commencement there had been a profit. In the Calcutta agency the business had been much re stricted by the inability of the East India Railway Company to accommodate the great amount of traffic brought to it, and by the systematic prefe rence for some time given by its servants in the allotment of the available waggons to another and rival carrying establishment, to the great detri ment of this company and others. Since the Govern ment inquiry an end had been put to this practice, and the rival establishment had ceased to exist. At the same time the increase of rolling-stock on the railways and its completion by the opening of the Jumna-bridge had relieved the previous block of the traffic, and would enable this company, it was hoped, to undertake much profitable business as through carriers, which they were before obliged to decline from the difficulty and uncertainty of se curing a ready and punctual conveyance of their goods by the railway. Upon the whole operations of the company at Calcutta and Madras a balance of profit was shown of £24,522. From this £16,788 had been, from time to time, written off for losses at Bombay, the greater portion during the two latter years of the account. In consequence of the losses at Bombay no further dividend for the year, beyond the 3 per cent. already paid, could be de clared. The directors had no reason to doubt that the business in Calcutta and Madras, which had now been established for three years, would go on improving, and they expected that measures of economy could be carried out which would lead to the profits hearing an increased ratio to the gross receipts. absurd vanity which made them feel it a point of honour to put a finger in other people's pies, so as to show their own power. Nay, there are many, even now, who loudly lament the neutral course which England has resolved to adopt, and prate a great deal about the loss of dignity and influence that we have thereby incurred. I do not believe a word of all this. We may have been abused and ridiculed for a little while, and we have changed our policy in a clumsy way ; but in the long run our resolution to hold ourselves aloof from quarrels that do not con cern us, and to let other nations manage or mis manage their own affairs, without meddling at any rate with the sword, will greatly contribute, not only to our peacefulness and prosperity, but to our real dignity in the eyes of the world. What, on the whole, is the result to Europe of the great changes she has witnessed during the past year? Those changes can scarcely fail to bring with them, on the one hand, peace, and on the other hand freedom. The creation of a powerful empire in North Ger many is likely to be a wholesome check upon the aggressive tendencies which might have been fostered in Russia and in France by the weakness of the kingdom that lay between them. But still more will the completion of the kingdom of Italy help in all likelihood to preserve the peace of Europe. So long as aught of their soil was held by aliens, the Italians could not but live in a perpetual state of irritation, and there was always the fear that they might quar rel with Austria on the one hand or with France on the other, and thus light the flame of European war. It is difficult to conceive what motive the King of Italy could now have for fighting with any of his neighbours. Nations are, however, so unutterably foolish about war that he would be a sanguine man who looked forward with any certainty to a long period of peace, and the weakness and disorganisa tion of the Austrian empire may be fraught with danger ; but, except for this, there is now a real balance of power among the nations of the Continent, and this equilibrium must greatly lessen the chance of war. Then as to liberty, these events must surely favour it. The new North German empire can only be held together by giving all the people of the vari ous kingdoms, free cities, and duchies which it con tains a direct interest and a direct influence iu its government. The machinery for the constitutional self- government of that empire has been set up, and the German people are so thoughtful, so prudent, and so manly that although they do not always move as quickly as bystanders might like, we may well trust them not to let political liberty slip out of their hands when they have once grasped it. In Italy we already see the magnificent and cheering spec tacle of a nation newly combined into one, and labouring under enormous difficulties, yet showing a rare aptitude for self-government. From Jutland to Sicily the whole centre of Europe is now in pos session of political freedom ; and may we not be lieve tliat such an example must surely ere long render impossible the despotism under which France, Spain, and Russia still laboue ? Upon the whole, 1866, although in itself a year of calamity and gloom, a year of tempests and shipwreck, a year of grievous disasters in the commercial world, a year of tremen dous strife in Europe and of changes unprecedented since Waterloo, yet may probably be looked back upon in days to come as a year beyond all others pregnant with the blessings of peace, prosperity, and freedom not only to Europe, but to mankind. The hon. gentleman, who was frequently ap plauded during his address, received a cordial vote of thanks from his audience. purposes of war, would be found to be something more substantial than a mere matter of sentiment. What we maintain is—that the Government should not permit the national flag to disappear from this traffic so long as citizens are ready to organise American lines. They are ready on con dition that they are placed on an equal footing with foreign competitors; that is, permitted to procure the vessels they employ where they can be built most cheaply. Let the American ship-builders take care of their own interest, but do not let that in terest drive the American flag from the Ocean Carrying Trade. No doubt when circumstances be come more favourable theshipbuilders will be able to compete with those of Europe, but till then it is ad visable that American capitalists should be able to avail themselves of the yards on this side to secure the vessels they wish to employ in the carriage of their fellow-countrymen and of their own produce. The American shipbuilders will sustain no loss, for they get no orders as the case now stands. There will be no increase in the trade, for what Americans do not do Europeans will, and the only change would be that American capital would be more freely employed in this direction, that a por tion of the profits would go into American pockets —that American interests in the American carrying trade would be greater, the Government have a control over fleets of powerful steamer - 3, and the citizens not learn to regard the fact as a matter of course that to their country not a single vessel of the splendid fleets plying to Europe should belong.— Anglo-American Times. Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., on the Past Year, Nonwrcii, Wednesday. Mr. C. BUXTON', M.P., delivered an address on 1866 at the Cromer reading-rooms last evening. The hon. gentleman observed that the leading events of the past year had been the defeat of the Reform Bill, with the consequent change of Government, and the development of the Fenian conspiracy. It had become clear that the chronic irritation of the Irish people against England was not really engen dered, although it might be increased, by any grievances under which they suffered, and which could be removed by legislation ; but it was in truth the abhorrence of a conquered people for the alien race by whom they had been subdued. It was an intense feeling of nationality—a feeling like that of the Poles against Russia, and of the people of Venice against the Austrians ; and he feared that nothing Parliament could do would uproot this hatred of the Celtic nation for its Saxon conquerors. This, how ! ever, was no reason for our not doing everything that man could do to remove every national ground of discontent. After touching on the various inci dents by which the year had been marked in the United Kingdom, Mr. Buxton observed that events, however striking, often were in reality of far less moment than the silent movement i❑ the minds of men, which yet at the time might show no outward sign nor work any immediate results. Those revo lutions were also going forward, and in some years might easily catch the eye of a careful watcher ; but in others their progress was slow, or at any rate obscure, and this had, he thought, been the case in the year just gone by. Perhaps the reform question had absorbed nearly all the thought of the country. In the political world it had swallowed up every other question, but of late the war in Prussia had excited much inte rest as to the question of army organisation, and, curiously enough, the admirable conduct of the Prussian soldiery had stirred up a great deal of un comfortable feeling here about our educational short comings, and had awakened a demand for a system of compulsion like that of Prussia. Turning to the history of the year, abroad, Mr. Buxton gave a sketch of the war in Germany and in Italy, and of the position of affairs in the United States and Mexico. The hon. gentleman continued--Such have been the incidents in the history of the past year. But I have not noticed one feature in ihat history--a feature the more striking, because un happily so rare—namely, that during the last 12 months the British empire has been absolutely at peace in all parts of the world. It is true that the war in New Zealand lingered on to the beginning of the year, but it vanished away, strange to relate, as soon as we withdrew from the contest and left it to the colonists to fight out their own battles. It is matter, indeed, for congratulation that the new year finds us in perfect peace and amity with all mankind (unless the Fenians be thought worth excepting) ; and, in connection with this point I cannot help noticing, with the greatest satisfaction, the step taken last December by ter Majesty's Government, in offering to the Government of the Unitedhimportance, Stesto refer the questions connected with the Alabama to arbitration. That was a step of high not merely as tending to bring about a far better understanding between us and our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic—in itself a matter of in calculable moment—nor yet merely as tending to preserve us from the like ruinous depredations should we be involved in war ; but far more, as setting an example to the world of the reference of disputes between one nation and another to the arbitration of a third impartial party, instead of referring them to the barbarous, the absurd, the calamitous arbi tration of the sword ! No one thing can do more for the peace and therefore for the well-being of the nations than this,—that the habit should be formed among them of leaving the settlement of their dis putes to the decision of a tribunal, instead of flying at one another's throats, like angry dogs, and fight ing it out. The marvellous thing is that such a simple way of avoiding war—not indeed in all, but in very many, cases where it would else be inevitable should not have long since become a vital part of the policy of mankind. But the fact that twice within the last three. years England has consented to refer to arbitration disputes which, in former times, would almost certainly have been settled by the bayonet, may have a powerful influence in lead ing the other nations of Christendom also by degrees to adopt this cheap, rational, and Christian way of getting rid of their quarrels. I hope Lord Stanley and the present Government will continue to dis play the courage and good sense which they have shown in thus rescinding the determination come to by Lord Russell ; and so again, I think that the example which England is now setting to other nations of minding her own business, and letting other nations mind theirs, may also be of incalculable value in promoting the peace of the word. All his tory, to within even 10 years since, is filled with the calamities brought upon various nations by the The Transatlantic Carrying Trade. The Fulton and the Arago are to be sold, and with them will disappear the last Transatlantic steamships flying the American flag. This occurs at the moment the demand for transport, both of passengers and goods, is the greatest ever known between America and Europe ; so great, indeed, that new lines are being projected, and numerous steam vessels ordered to meet the rapid increase of traffic. The Round Table, in an article on " At lantic Travel," discusses the disappearance of the American flag from the vessels employed between the continents as a subject of little or no impor tance. The only question for the public, in its opinion, being the three desiderata of safety, swift ness, and comfort. "It would assuredly be gratify " ing to national pride to have two or three " fleets of splendid steamships carrying the stars and " stripes across the sea, but this is a pure question "of sentiment. It matters little to the pleasure " seeker or to the commercial traveller what flag " floats over him, provided the ship takes him ra pidly to his destination, and feeds him well by the " way." We quite agree with the Round Table in these remarks as far as they go. But the question has two aspects, and the Round Table only treats one of these. The view individual passengers take is one thing—the view the nation takes is another. The commercial traveller or the pleasure-seeker will secure hispassage in the ship which carries him fastest, at the lowest charge, with the greatest comfort and safety,whether the banner of the Grand Turk, Imaum of Muscat, France, England, or the United States floats over the vessel. There is, however, some thing more than a mere sentiment involved. The individual seeks his pers:mal comfort and interest — the nation looks to the interest and well-being of the public as a whole. It may not much matter to the commercial traveller what flag the ship flies so long as the terms and conditions of the passage suit him. But the case is widely different when the nation considers the telling fact that the end has come of their last Transatlantic line, and that henceforth, unless a change be wrought, not one of the magnificent steamers plying to Europe will be registered as a vessel of the United States. The United States has been so absorbed with its weighty political questions, that minor details — such as the rapid disappearance of the American flag from the seas—have been suffered to pass with little notice. Thera was a time when the fact we are now discussing would have aroused the spirit of the whole nation—induced an earnest inquiry into the cause, and led to instant remedial measures. We have little doubt but that time will soon come again. There is more than a question of sentiment involved ; although such questions may have, and generally do have, a high national degree of impor tance. The flag itself—the glorious Stars and Stripes—is a mere question of sentiment. But in this case we are concerned to know the cause. The citizens of the United States acknowledge no people their superiors as sea men, and even at the moment that their ocean car rying trade is on the eve of failing they accomplish some feats of nautical daring and skill which have excited the admiration of the world. While the last American steamers are about to disappear from the Transatlantic, the nation gives a convincing proof of its skill in shipbuilding by sending three yachts in mid-winter across the Atlantic which accom- plished passages that would be considered fair in powerful steamers. How is it that shipbuilders so good, and sailors so enterprising and skilful, cannot hold their own in competing with European nations for a share of their own carrying trade ? There was a time when American ingenuity remodelled the construction of ves sels, when they built so well and cheaply that the most vigorous spur ever given to ocean traffic came from their side of the Atlantic, and when it would have b een cons idered a safe prediction, that in a few y ears th e carr yi n g trade of the world would be mainly performed by vessels fly in g the American colou r s. Th a t so great a promise should end in so lamentable a failure must, sooner or later, excite the attention of the nation. The main cause is to be found in the fact, that at the present high rate of wages, and enormous cost of material, the shipbuilders of the United States cannot compete with those of Europe. By the American Navigation Laws the Americanflag is onlypermitted to cover American built ships. If, therefore, ships can be built much cheaper elsewhere, the company that organises a line between a port in the United States and one in Europe, whether mainly worked by American capital or not, must register as a foreign company, and their ships fly a foreign flag. Under existing circumstances we consider this law to be a mis take, and the United States would find it so if in volved in a great naval war. A mercantile marine is the nursery of a navy, and the ownership of powerful ocean lines, which could be diverted to PARIS EXHIBITION, 1867. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presided at two meetings of her Majesty's Commissioners with the Associated Commissioners, at the South Kensington Museum, last Saturday, when his royal highness read the following memorandum on the prospects of the Exhibition :- 1. Her Majesty's Commissioners thank the Asso ciate Commissioners for the suggestions they have made in recommending jurors. They also thank the several committees of the Associate Commis- siotters who have frequently met in order to insure a proper representation of objects of ancient art, modern pictures, engravings, various manufactures, printing, navigation, munitions of war, &c. 2. Her Majesty's Commissioners thank the trus tees of the British Museum as well as those of other public institutions for the readiness with which they have consented to lend objects necessary for com pleting the Exhibition at Paris. 3. It has not been found necessary to ask for the services of the Associate Commissioners in several classes, because the demands for space in those classes have greatly exceeded the amount that could be granted ; and in respect of the zlasses for agri cultural stock action has been 'suspended by the Imperial Commission in consequence of the cattle plague. 4. A statement of the representation which each class appears likely to make in the Exhibition will . _ _ be laid before the Associate Commissioners, and her Majesty's Commissioners will be glad to receive their assistance in supplying some few deficiencies. 5. Her Majesty's Commissioners regret that the staple industry of cutlery for which England is re markable should at present appear to be most imper fectly represented ; it may be hoped that by the co-operation of the Associate Commissioners and the Master Cutler of Sheffield an adequate represen tation of that important branch of industry may be effected. 6. Notwithstanding this deficiency, her Majesty's Commissioners have the gratification of believing that in other respects the United Kingdom, India, and the colonies will be far more completely repre sented than in any previous International Exhibi tion. 7. A new and very important inquiry --namely, the effect on workmen of co-operation and bene volent associations throughout Europe—has been originated by the offer of prizes by the Imperial Commission.* To each Associate Commissioner has been sent a copy of the series of questions which it is desirable should be answered by persons or esta blishments in this country, and the Associate Com missioners will much promote this inquiry if they will assist in causing these questions to be filled up as extensively and as soon as possible. 8. It is the earnest wish of her Majesty's Com missioners that the example set by the French in 1862 of assisting foremen of works and artisans to study the Exhibition should be followed, and that the utmost facilities should be afforded to British workmen to visit and study the Paris Exhibition. Her Majesty's Commissioners express a hope that the Associate Commissioners will, in concert with the Society of Arts, municipal authorities, and Chambers of Commerce throughout the country, be able to assist materially in promoting such visits. 9. The Executive Department of the British sec tion has provided offices for the transaction of busi ness at 71, Avenue des Champs ElysCes, Paris, where the Associate Commissioners will be able to obtain information respecting the Exhibition, and facilities for visiting it. The following were the subjects discussed at the meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners : The list of proposals for jurors and the measures necessary for nominating them, also the appoint ment of associate jurors and delegates, for which purpose a committee representing the various groups was appointed to select the jurors. The Commissioners next considered a memoran dum on the prospects of the Exhibition, which his Royal Highness the President read to them, and adopted it after a discussion on the paragraph re lating to the new order of reward, in which the Lord President of the Council, Earl Granville, the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Houghton, Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., and Mr. Clark, of Merthyr Tydvill, took part. A letter from the Society of Arts was read on the steps necessary to be taken to promote the study of the Exhibition and industrial establishments in France by artisans. After reading a correspondence with the India office on the representation of Indian architecture, it was resolved to appoint a committee of advice on this subject. The Duke of Cambridge, the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr. Robert Napier, late President of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, were elected Commissioners. The Commissioners then proceeded to meet the Associate Commissioners, when his Royal Highness the President read the announcement agreed upon by her Majesty's Commissioners. BRITISH SECTION. The following report on the approximate number of exhibitors, and the articles not represented, or insufficiently represented in each class, was laid before the Associate Commissioners at their meet ing on Friday last at the South Kensington Museum :—" Where specified objects are named (as cameos in Class 8, globes in Class 13) there is at present no evidence that they will be adequately represented in the Exhibition, and where there are no numbers of exhibitors specified there are no ex hibitors. Class 6. Typography.-39 exhibitors. 7. Paper.-48 exhibitors. 8. Drawing and model ling in common arts.--23 exhibitors. Cameos. 9. Photography.-102 exhibitors. 10. Music.-24 exhibitors. 11. Medical instruments, &c.-29 ex hibitors. 12. Mathematical Instruments. —27 ex hibitors. Measures and weights of the various countries. 13. Maps, &c.— 6 exhibitors. Ter restrial and celestial globes and spheres. 14. Fancy furniture.-42 exhibitors. 15. Up holstery.-29 exhibitors. 16. Glass.-27 exhibi tors. 17.—Porcelain, &c.-13 exhibitors. Biscuit. Terra Cotta. 18. Carpets.-23 exhibitors. Furni ture stuffs of cotton, wood, or silk, plain or figured. 19. Paper hangings.-10 exhibitors. Blinds, painted or printed. 20. Cutlery.-7 ex hibitors. (Poorly represented.) 21 and 36. Plate and jewellery.-31 exhibitors. 22. Bronze cast ings, &c.-2 exhibitors. (Poorly represented.) * The words of the Imperial Commission are as follow: —A distinct order of reward "instituted iu favour of per sons, establishments, or localities, which by a special orga nisation or special institutions have developed a spirit of harmony among all those co-operating in the same work, and have provided for the material, moral, and intellec tual well-being of the workmen." 23. Clocks, &c.-32 exhibitors. 24. Heating, &c., apparatus. 25. Perfumery. ---15 exhibitors. 26. Leather fancy goods.-39 exhibitors. 27. Cotton. -29 exhibitors. 28. Flax and hemp.-17 exhibi tors. 29. Wool combed.-9 exhibitors. 30. Wool carded.-107 exhibitors. 31. Silk.-30 exhibitors. 32.-Shawls.--4 exhibitors. (Poorly represented.) 33. Lace, &c. -31 exhibitors. 34. Hosiery.-14 exhibitors.-Baby linen, fans, screens. 35., Cloth ing. -42 exhibitors. Clothing peculiar t o various professions and trades. 36. Jewellery..-See 21 class. 37. Portable weapons.-16 (rxhibitors. (Exceptional case.) 38. Travelling apparatus and camp equipage.-12 exhibitors. Portabl,c apparatus specially intended for scientific vorces and ex peditions, photographic apparatus, hystruments for astronomical and meteorological observations, equip ment and implements for geologists, mineralo gists, &c. 39. Toys.-6 exhibitors,. For toys and games (except cricket), but one. exhibitor. 40. Mining.-123 exhibitors. 41.-Products obtained from forests.-7 exhibitors. (Imperfectly repre sented.) 42. Products of fishing and unculti vated fruits.-1 exhibitor. (Only gums and tur pentine represented.) 43. .A.gricultural products (not food).-11 exhibitors. Cocoons of the silk worm, tobacco, German tinder, tanning, and dyeing substances. (Poorly represented.) 44. Chemical products.--96 exhibitors. 45. Che mical processes, Dyeing, iSrc.---4 exhibitors. (Poorly represented.) 46. Leather.-22 exhibitors. Parch ment, gutwork, strings for musical instruments. 47. Apparatus in minirtg.-16 exhibitors. Models and plans of workings in mines and quarries, mining ladders, drainage machines, apparatus for saving life, parachut es s i gna l s, appara t us f or car bonisation of fuel, smelting furnaces, smoke con sumers, metal work apparatus, apparatus for forges, &c. 48 and 74. Apparatus in cultivation.- 58 exhibitors. Plans and models of farm buildings, plans of systems of replanting and cultivating forests, and apparatus used for the same. 49. Ap paratus for fishing, and uncultivated products.-6 exhibitors. Guns and shooting apparatus and equipment, apparatus and implements used in gathering products obtained without cultivation. 50. Apparatus for agricultural works.-31 exhibi tors. Apparatus used in manufacture of artificial manures. 51. Apparatus for chemistry. -10 exhi bitors. Apparatus used in assays, in the manufac ture of chemicals, soaps, candles, essences, varnishes, and articles in india-rubber, &c., bleaching phar maceutical products, glass works, and ceramic ma nufactures. 52. Engines, &c.-24 exhibitors. Shafts, rails, and turn-tables. 53. Machines.-45 exhibitors. Machines set in motion by evaporation of ether, ditto by gas, &c., windmills, panemones, air bal loons. 54. Machine tools.-22 exhibitors. 55. Apparatus for spinning.-16 exhibitors. Materials used in rope manufacture, round, flat, tapering cables, cord and twine wire rope, &c. 56. Apparatus for weaving.-16 exhibitors. Apparatus used for making lace. 57. Apparatus for sewing.- 13 exhibitors. 58. Apparatus for making furniture. 1 exhibitor. (Almost entirely unrepresented.) 59. Apparatus for papermaking, &c.-9 exhibitors. Apparatus for bleaching and dyeing, materials, apparatus and products of type founding, machines and apparatus used in typography, &c., printing postage-stamps, machines for setting up and sorting -type. 60. Small machines.-4 exhibitors. Coining' presses, tools for and processes of making clockwork, toys, &c. 61. Carriages.-45 exhibitors. Wag gons, tumbrels, drays, and vehicles for special pur poses, sledges, velocipedes. 62. Harness.-21 exhi bitors. 63. Railway apparatus.-18 exhibitors. 64. Telegraphy.-1 exhibitors. (Barely repre sented.) 65. Engineering. 66. Navigation and life boats. 67. Cereals, &c., for food.-6 exhibitors. Fecula from potatoes, rice, lentils, &c. Gluten, tapi oca, Italian' pastes, &c., alimentary preparations as substitutes for bread, &c. 68. Bread and pastry. 3 exhibitors. (Only represented by biscuits.) 69. Fatty food. 70. Meat and fish.-8 exhibitors. (Barely represented.) 71. Vegetables and fruit.-1 exhibitor. Fresh fruit. 72. Condi ments. -20 exhibitors. 73. Drinks.-16 exhibi bitors. 74 with 48.-Farm-buildings, &c. 75. Horses.--1 exhibitors. Animals as specimens of breed of country. 76. Bulls, &c. 77. Sheep, &c. 78. Pigs. 79. Poultry. 80. Dogs. 81. Insects. -4 exhibitors. (Represented.) 82. Fish. 83. Hothouses, &c. 84. Flowers. 85. Vegetable. 86. Fruit trees. 87. Seeds. 88. Hothouse plant. 89. Instruction to children.-34 exhibitors. 90. Libraries, &0.--1 exhibitor. (Only represented by reading books for adult schools.) 91. Cheap fur niture.-7 exhibitors. (Represented.) 92. Cloth ing of countries. 93. Cheap dwellings. 94. Skilled workers' work. 95. Skilled workers' in struments." British Action on the Alabama Claims. Lord STANLEY could scarcely have approached au a better time the claims of the United States against the British Government for injuries inflicted by British subjects on American commerce during the war. The sting from which JOHN BULL recoils is imaginary, but may be very painful for all that.. At the first glance an Englishman is inclined indig nantly to disallow the American claims. When compelled to explain his reasons, it is seen that he knows little of the merits of the question in dis pute, but he considers the honour of the country committed to Lord RUSSELL'S decision. " Can we," he asks, " who refused to submit the matter " to arbitration on the demand of the United States, " when exhausted by her protracted warfare, now sue " to have the question submitted to arbitration when " the United States demands it in theplenitude of re " covered strength? What would the world in gene " ral say of us, and the. United States in particular ?" In reality the circumstances are the reverse of those thus put. When the United States, through its Minister in London, first officially raised the ques tion, its army, navy, and war material was on a scale of such magnitude, that in a few days she could have occupied every capital of British North America and captured all their garrisons. She could have diverted public attention from grave political questions by a foreign war, the first en counters of which must haVe been favourable to her arms. Her enemy had everything to lose and no thing to gain, while she had much to gain and com paratively little to lose. The Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, would have been her's. Enor mous plunder would have been gathered at sea and British commerce destroyed. Her own flag had already more than half disappeared from the ocean ; her armaments were all ready and equipped. In deed, had the United States been inclined to act the part of an unscrupulous bully, that was her time, and Lord RUSSELL must have had great confidence in the forbearance of the Govern ment with whom he was dealing when he couched his peremptory denial in such ungracious terms. The circumstances have a good deal changed since then. The United States has unbuckled and laid aside her armour, which however satisfactory as a trophy, is far from being pleasant as a dress. She has settled down to the pursuits of peace, and accomplished by prodigious efforts. large reductions of the war debts. Tuese efforts have not been found so agreeable that the country would like to saddle itself with additional burdens. With the army and navy on a peace footing, transports • and material sold, and the citizens busily employed in developing the resources of the country, it would be no light cause which could induce the nation to plunge into another great contest. But this is not all. The two great branches of the Government are at open war. Congress has shown that it is prepared to use its ut most power against the chief of the Executive. If Con gress has great constitutional authority, so also has the PRESIDENT—and if one attacks violently, the other may defend as unscrupulously. Both parties are powerfully supported, and neither show signs of Yielding. The paltry claims for damage done by one or two piratical cruisers is a mere national ttonofsentiment when compared with the ques tions involved in the dispute between the PRESIDENT and Congress. On the whole, it is not likely that her MAJESTY'S Government will ever have a better opportunity than the present to bring these claims f forward for discussion. The Secretary Foreign Affairs has instructed the British Minister at Wash ington to propose a resort to arbitration, and it is inferred, since the Government has given publicity to this fact, that the proposal has been well received in the United States. Gen. BANKS' Bill modifying the Neutrality Laws will be smothered in committee. The Fenians, as a power, have died out, and the Republicans, who had never adopted that con temptible policy of strengthening their party by a howl of enmity against England, are now supreme. he combination of circumstances is most happy, and Lord STANLEY still more happy in seizing on them. If this young statesman succeeds ili settling to the satisfaction of both countries these claims he will perform a great service for the world —for England, for his party, and for himself. His action will be in fine contrast to that of the veteran states man who left this legacy of peril and trouble to the country—who coupled an impolitic refusal with an ungracious manner, and left to the party of which he was the hereditary enemy all the honour and glory of performing the difficult and delicate task which his own action had but made more compli cated and dangerous. We are, however, little con cerned with what position Lord RUSSELL or Lord STANLEY may take up. Enough for us to know that this subject is now in a fair way for adjustment, and that a step has been taken by Great Britain which will be received in the United States as one of advance towards a kindly intimacy. The tone on this side has long shown a strong leaning towards this friend ship, and Lord STANLEY'S action is only in accord ance with the general sentiment. The United States has within the last few years gained greatly , in the respect of the world. Let her accept that re spect and be thankful, without attributing it to wrong motives, and acting as if the world were in fluenced by fear.--:-Anglo-American Times. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small supply of wheat. The trade was not so active as on Saturday, but holders were very firm, and extreme rates on both English and foreign were obtained. Fine barley inquired for, secondary neglected. Malt, beans, and peas unchanged. Oats at late rates. Flour held for is advance, which checked sales. GAINSBOROUGII-TITESDAY. At our market to-day there was a moderate show of wheat, which met a fair sale, at extreme rates—old, 66s to 70s; red and mixed, GOs to 64s per 36 stone. Malting barley rather improved in price, and more doing. Oats sold at high rates. Beans firm. SALISBURY.-T UESDAY. There was not a large supply of wheat, and buyers were more numerous Business active, at is over last week's prices. Barley in brisk request, and malting sorts rather higher. Oats steady. Beaus and peas were more firmly held. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 55s to 65s ; barley, 37s to 535; oats, 24s to 30s ; beans, 463 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 48 6d to 5s 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 15d ; household ditto, 14d. per 81b loaf. Flour, 45s to 49s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE -TUESDAY. The supplies of corn have been moderate, and business has been rather better. There was a fair demand for both home-grown and foreign wheat, but no material alteration took place in quotations. An average quantity of barley on offer, which met with a moderate demand, especially malting qualities. Grinding qualities ruled firm. Oats maintained their va:ues. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 7s 3d to 7s 6d p er b us h e l ; w hi te, 7 s 9d to 8 s Od ; i n f e rior, 6s Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 46s to 52s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 31s to 34s Od ; b eans, 44 s to 50s; w hi te oa t s , 2d ,1 s to 28s ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. HIILL.-T UESDAY. At the corn market on Tuesday there was a good supplY of English wheat, which sold readily at an advance of : 1 1 . per qr. In foreign wheat there was little or nothing doing. Both malting and grinding barley had an upward tendency , but no advance can be quoted. No alteration in beans, but white peas and fine oats are dearer than at last market. English white wheat, 62s to 675; red, 62s to 65s ; Dant" sic and Konigsberg, 62s to 70s ; Baltic red, 62s to 6 6 s ; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s to b's' Barley, English, 36s to 50s ; grinding, Mediterranean , 34s to 3516 d. Oats, new En g li s h , 26 s to 28 s; Russia' , 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s ; foreign, 'PS to 445. Peas, English blue, 42, to 44s Od; foreign white, 44s to 45s ; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. Walls End Haswell._ 27 0 Ilarton 25 3 Tuustall Ships at market, 9—sold, 9. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptor......Jan. Ditto, via Marseilles .......... ....... ..... ....Feb. ! 3 . Brazil and Cape Vends, by British packet. .........Feb. 4 . Ditto. by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Asoension, and St. lleleua Deo. - 4 ' China. Penang, and Sing ,pore, via Sou. tiampton Jan 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— Jan 19. Ditto, via MarE,eilles mita (ilumbay), via Southampton. Ditto, via iiarseilles Jan. 22 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan ,9 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 22. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil5e,... ewfoundland Portugs) .... •• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... states and British North America, by Bri tish packet.. Ditto, by United Staten pack,t, via Soutitmo- - - - - Ditto, via Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry Jan. -"- West Cout of Africa, Madeira, and Tetteriffe ....Feb. 3. %Test Indies and Pacitio (except Banaolas and Liondurat) J a n. 14 via New York. .Jan (Juba tilt' Mexico Jan. 28 Bermuda, via Halifax ... Feb. 13• A French surgeon gives it as hislopinion that in cases of sudden death from heart disease galvanisi n might be employed to restore the action of th e heart, if used immediately. This opinion has bco l arrived az, from experiments recently made on erint nals immediately after execution, which have prove' the wonderful power of galvanism on persons re" cently deceased. Accounts have been received of the death 01 M. Charles de Malvin, Consul of France, at Cronstadt. Madame Refine Dumez, of Boulogn e ' who had reached her 100th year on New Yea r :l Day, died on that day. A widow lady, nam e ' Eontain, has just died at Epaney (Calvados) 9 aged nearly 105. In the Alban hill s , near R ome , h ave b een form c 1 —in excavati ng b e l ow th e b e d s o f peper i no , whic h areformedof the hardened lava of ancient volcano es —remains of houses, swallowed up formed)" 3l Pompeii was. Vases, stone weapons, and hierogir phical inscriptions, fix with certainty the site, hither ° contested, of Alba Louga, and throw a new light ° the private life of the ancient inhabitants. LADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pil l° c i d Physical Strength.—For the p r op er d eve l opme nt b e nourishment of the human body it is essential that ' t , o functions of the stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowel 6 , io g performed with order and regularity. H o llo w ay's renle' t br readily insure both. The pow e rs of the stomach are grt e e augmented and good gastric juice secreted in abuncla' ve r when the ointment is diligently rubbed twice a day l I t the pit of the stomach. The pills and ointment enab l hlp to extract all the food's nutritive matter, and to thoroug o f digest most articles of diet. Holloway's preparation,,o. only preserve the frame from " wear and tear," but stl late it to store up nervous energy, as necessary to CO as the mainspring is to a watch. —.4 Births. ielit CoLatAx—On the 15th inst., at Carrow House, Nor W the wife of J. J. Colman, Esq., of a son. LATIIAM—On the 15th inst., at Surbiton, the wi fe of Latham, Esq., of a son. tad/ IPGREGOR —On the 15th inst., at East Molesoy, the Helen M'Gregor, of Macgregor, of a daughter. , PITCAIRN—On the 16th inst., at 9, Marlbor oug h-roaal Mrs. John G. Pitcairn, of a daughter. Marriages. , PEEL — WILLOUGHBY—On the 4th ult , at Di - . -O e Church, Poona, Wm. P. Peel, second son ' of Capt"'" e ral Peel, Royal Navy, to Edith, daughter of Major-G e e , Willoughby, C. 8., of 15, Kensington-gardens-squ at 541 q SMALL—JEnvoisE—On the 15th inst., James Suitt% : 1 r 0 1 of Dirnanean, Perthshire, to Janet, second datigli t' Sir J. C. Jervoiso, Bart., M.P., of Idsworth, Hants. Deaths.gt- ATWOOD—On the 15th inst., Sarah, widow of W. l a9 o ' wood, Esq., late of Rose Cottage, Old Brompton, ag e HuonEs—On the 15th inst., at Gravesend, T. W. 1111 g Esq., late of ll.M.'s Excise, aged 79. Jo bs LENT—On the 13th inst., at Lower Tooting, Surre.o Lent, Esq., aged 75. MUSKERRY —On the 16th inst., at 3, Upper W illi ' street, Lady Muskerry, wife of Lord Muskerry. Tdo se MARTIN—On the 15th inst., at Culmore, Newtown vady, Ireland, John Martin, Esq., aged 66. MARSDEN—On the 16th inst., Dr. Marsden, of 65 ' Coln's-inn-fields, London, aged 70. Pll - RoGERs—On the 15th inst., at Osborne Villas, St e--7 mouth, Captain Henry D. Rogers, R.N. and !' London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAM AN„I4 Tr of No. 112, Strand, Punter at Tits SUN office, N o 0 ' Strand, in the Precinot of the Sam, in the o ° ll° htidnieffac.—Thursday, January 17, 1867. r \ 1