The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-11 00:00:00

THE INSTITUTE OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. SATURDAY. The final meeting of the present session of the Institu tion of Naval Architects was held this day, at noon, in the hall of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi;undei the presidency of Sir J. S. Pakington, Bart, M.P., the fol lowing gentlemen being, amongst others, also present. — Admiral Sir John Hay, M.P., Admiral Sir E. Belcher, K. C. 8., Mr. J. D'A. Samuda, M.P., Captain De Horsey., RN., Captain Symonds, Mr. F. Lloyd, C. 8., Mr. J. S. Russell, F.R. S., Rev. Dr. Woolley, Messrs. N. Barnaby and F. K. Barnes, Constructors for the Navy. Mr. C. 11. Wigrave, Mr. J. Grantham, Mr. J. A. Froude, Mr. C. W. Merrified, honorary secretary, and Captain Selwyn, R.N. Sir J. PAKINGTON mentioned that Mr. Henwood had given notice of his intention to propose the altdation of the title of the society to that of "The Institution of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,"togetherwith the publication of a monthly journal recording the transactions of the institution, the launch and trials of ships, shipwrecks and casualties, list of patent inventions relating to ships or marine engines as well as correspon dence. The changes proposed by Mr. Henwood were -of so important a character that it was thought desirable that the council, to whom were entrusted the general guidance of affairs, should be consulted on the subject; and the decision arrived at was that looking at the fact that the proposal would affect a complete change in the cons tit u ti on o f th e society, Mr. Henwood's plan could not be carried carried, out, and that even if it were acted upon its bene ficial effects would not compensate the society for the expenditure it would i nvo l ve . (H ear. ) Mr. HENWOOD contended that although naval archi tects and marine engineers were, as professional men, practically distinct, they were necessarily connected with each other. It was well known, too, that marine engineers and c i v il eng i neers were distinct— (" no,") —the former had an instruction of their own, but the latter had none. As at present constituted, the society was incapable of exercising a beneficial influence on the marine engineering profession, and he strongly argued that in order to ensure the proper development of practical shipbuilding, and improved efficiency of the public ser vice, tne institution ought to take cognisance of marine engineering as well as naval architecture. (Hear, and dissent.) The naval architect was chiefly responsible for the construction of the ship ; and in order that that might be effectually achieved not only was a profound theoretic knowledge require d, but a sound practical expe r ie nce based on the knowledge. Hardly less was the responsi bility which attached to the marine engineer ; but not withstanding this, and the fact that the two professions were entirely distinct, the Admiralty had recently abolished the office of marine engineer to the department having thrown the duty of that office upon the naval architect. Equally absurd had been some of the so - called economies perpetrated by the Board of Trade, who had abolished the nav a l arc hit ec t, and made the marine engineer fulfil his duties Thus, efficiency had been sacrificed, and the word economy abused ; and in that way, and after that fashion, it was still intended in a bill which was now before Parliament to perpetuate an utterly impracticable arrangement by legislative enactment, an arrangement which afforded no protection whatever against loss of life at sea. (Hear.) He was strongly convinced of the necessity of remodelling the institution, and if it had been properly constituted it would have secured the commendation instead of the ridicule of scientific and mercantile bodies. (Hear, and disapprobation.) It was resolved by a vote of 24 to 9 that Mr. Henwood's resolution should not be entertained. Mr. W. P. KING read a paper on " The small fastenings of wooden ships." He explained that the timber frame of a well-built house often lasted strong and undecayed for upwards of a hundred years, whilst the frame of a ship was considered old and worn out in less than twenty years. That was chiefly owi n g t o th e wa y th e wooden ship was put together ; but if the principle of using short copper metal, screws were adopted, and treenails and iron-bolts only sparingly used with certain precautions, he confidently predicted that the life of wooden ships would be considerably prolonged without any increase of ex pense in construction. Sir J. HAY believed that iron bolts could be applied equally as well as metal in the case of teak ships, and would be attended with more economy. Sir EDWARD BELCHER next presented a paper on "The Navigable Dock." He said that the ordinary floating docks or lifts were of such a character that they could not be made available for the great vessels, of which the present navy was composed. The desideratum, great in importance, could only be obtained by one firm, connected structure, totally independent, sound and fleet as any steamship, and capable, not only of carrying herself, but perfectly adapted to rescue and safely house at sea in moderate weather the largest ironclad the country now possessed or intended to construct. Consultation with competent authorities had led him to the adoption of one great vessel of such form and dimensions as would afford to her lower, submerged, substantial frame all the lifting power demanded, and yet, by her super-imposed upper works, which no lateral strain could affect, create such an additional amount of cubic contents as would be much in excess of any possible requirement for immersion in the operation of clocking our largest ships. With respect to the period of immersion, and the time involved in taking the weight of the vessel off her susension in water, be adopted th e ac ti on o f th e turbine, discharging at the rate of 2,000 tons per minute, thus relieving any vessel which might be placed on the dock blocks from actual danger, and in twelve minutes lifting any ironclad three feet dry without the necessity of using the dock gates. The apertures pro posed were four, each of 3ft. Gin. in area. Mr. Scorn RUSSELL imagined that in modern warfare it was indispensable that a war fleet should be at tended by a dock for the purpose of exe cuting repairs expeditiously. Supposing a " running down " vessel came out of an engagement victorious, she would seldom come out of it without sus taming damage; and to know that there was within mo derate reach of her a dock would be a source of great com fort to the admiral or captain in command. He was as sured that their future wars would be sudden and expedi tious; and if that were so, and if foresight and fore thought were to be a part of their organisation, their floating docks would form an indispensable portion of the fleets of the future. (Hear, hear.) On the general principle and arrangement of the floating dock he agreed with Sir Edward Belcher, but he did not agree with him as to his mode of propelling. The hydraulic pro peller had many advantages for certain circumstances, and for those circumstances he w ou ld use it, b u t h e did not think the floating dock a proper thing to which it ought to be applied. A screw propeller could not be placed' on both sides of the vessel, nor could it be placed at the bow nor the stern • but if a longtituolinal tube were constructed at the' bottom and in the centre, the screw propeller could be there inserted, and would be entirely protected in the event of running down or can nonading. (Hear.) Mr. Claughton, Mr. 0. Byrne, and Captain Selwyn also took part in the discussion. Mr. C. G. GRUMPEL next read a paper on `•.A New Kind of Balanced Rudder," and Sir E. BELCHER one on " Balanced steerin ,, . gear." Captain SELWYN deprecated the use of a balanced rudder. Every flip had an angle of rudder which could not be determined before hand, and no law of mathematics could be applied to the solution of the difficulty. Sir JOHN PAKlNGToiri;aving been thanked for presiding, the proceedings were brought to a termination. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. To-day and to-morrow are the only days on which the House of Commons will assemble this week as an adjournment is then made for the Easter holidays until Monday the 25th instant. This afternoon the House will go into committee of Ways and Means, and also of Supply. The Poor Relief (Me tropolis), Merchant Shipping Code, Merchant Ship , ping Acts Repeal; Board of Ilrade, and Game Laws Bills will come on for a second reading, and the Attor ne y s an d S o li c i tors ' R emuneration Bill will be discussed in committee. To-morrow four bills will some on for a second reading, viz., Married Women's Acknowledgments, Stamp Duty on Deeds. Annuity Tax Abolition (Edinburgh and Mon trose) Amendment, and the Sunday Trading Bills. The first of these measures will be opposed by the Attorney-General, the third by Mr. M`Laren, and the last by Mr. Taylor, which members will respectively move that the bills be read a second time that day six months. THE MILITIA.—At the training of the militia in 1869 there were present on the day of inspection the fol lowing numbers :—English Militia.—Officers, 1,607; non commissioned officers, 3,065: corporals, 2,435 ; drummers, 800 ; privates, 61,082. Scotch Militia.—officers, 235; non-commissioned officers, 435; corporals, 325; drummers, 107 ; privates, 8,913. The numbers absent without leave were —in England, 11 officers, 3 non-commissioned officers, 1 6 corpor a l s , 1 drummer, 3,86-T privates; in Scotland. 1 officer, 4 corporals, 553 privates. THE CHURCH IN THE CITY.—The spoliation of the Irish Church is likely to be followed by a somewhat similar measure as regards the Church in the City of Lon don, which, pace M r. Blomfield—who as President of SionCollege wotld have shewed more regard to the responsi bilities of his office by communicating his opinions to that body before appealing ad populum through the Times—we must term revolutionary. Not only is there to be a whole sale destruction of churches, one lay speaker, Mr. Thomas Monkey, suggesting one church in the place of twelve, but the clergy are to be reduced per saleum at the hands of a Commission, not necessarily of Churchmen to the level of stipendiaries, and the parochial funds—often, we admit very badly administered—diverted from ecclesiastical and charitable purposes, to the education of a class well able to pay for it themselves, in entire indop sti . deuce of course of the Church of England. Mr, Blomfield assures us that the promoters of the bill are "friends of the Church :" but Mr. Andrew Johnson, the nom i• nal author. of the bill (Sir C. Trevelyan at the Sion Collette meeting unwittingly avowed the paternity), admitted that he was not even now a very warm Churchman. But the true friends of the Church in the City are those who, Wee Mr. Cowie, casting aside Vie hard and fast lines of the parochial system by means of a hearty vigorous service, not only make a congregation, but a large and devout con gregation. It is not scarcity of population, but pewed churches and dreary services that have emptied tin. City churches. Moreover the City has a Cod to glorify and a soul to be saved on seven days in the week, and not only on the first, though Radical reformers are not likely to see this. We trust that Churchmen will lay aside their too usual apathy, and, whilst working for a reform in the direction we have indicated, refuse to be led astray by bk. Johnston and his cleric a l backers up,—John AlN. 7 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1870 THE IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY OF MARSEILLES. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Those who consider our remarks too severe on Company-Ccncoction in England should read the judgment of Vice-Chancellor MALINS in the case of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles. There was a gang of harpies who, towards the close of 1865 and the beginning of 1866, still clung with a desperate tenacity to the profits of bub ble-floating, and its head-quarters was the Cre dit Foncier and Mobilier of England, with a Mr. ALBERT GRANT as its leader—a sort of English FISK. Mr. GRANT in New York would have played the kind of financial game by which that grand American operator has astonished the world, for he is as fertile in resource, just as unscrupulous, as reckless of consequences, and endowed with that kind of courage which enables a man to play with fortunes without any quickening of the pulse or a change of colour, no matter how runs the luck. Mr. GRANT became a moving spirit during those days of enterprise ; and although the Stock Ex change did all it could to frown down what its mem- bers knew to be frauds on the public, so infatuated was that public, so skilfully did Mr. GRANT play his cards that he kept up the game all through the panic, and is now living on the Continent in luxury, smiled on as the benefactor and regenerator of cities. Those who visit Milan and see the magnificent series of buildings recently there constructed cannot say that Mr. GRANT'S mission has been wholly a failure. If they go to Brussels they will find as useful works and on as grand a scale ; and if they touch at the port of Marseilles they will come upon the working site of the company about which the Vice-Chancel lor delivered judgment last Saturday week. The Imperial Land Company of Marseilles was among the latest of these disastrous schemes floated. A great deal of money had already gone, and much more was rapidly- going, " where the woodbine twinetb," while the time was quickly approaching when " every man was to drag out his own corpse," to use the forcible and expressive language of the American GRANT. And it was, perhaps, with this knowledge in their minds that the Credit Foncier " ring " so eagerly pressed the two or three last affairs likely to be floated. In the one before us they had a good juicy orange, which they were not cont3nt with merely squeezing, for the greedy pack bolted the whole, rind and all. It is curious to place side by side theVice-Chancellor's recent judgment and the First Yearly Report of the Company, presented to the shareholders on the 28th February, 1867. Then the directors bad satisfacti m in telling the share holders of the operations within that period. They would recollect that, immediately after the introduc tion of the undertaking, the commercial world had been overtaken by a severe crisis, which paralysed many industrial enterprises. A company of such magnitude and character could not expect alto gether to escape inconvenience and derangement ; " nevertheless, the solid basis upon which the un dertaking was originally founded, and upon which it still rests, has sustained it throughout the whole of the trying period which it has traversed, and enables your directors to report substantial progrcss to wards the objects for which the company had been formed." Those are the words of the report ; let U 3 now, by way of contrast, give those of the Vice- Chancellor " The prospectus issued stated that Sir JOSEPH M'KENNA, Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, and Mr. HENSHAW, who were now defendants, were directors of the company, and they were also directors of the National Bank. Three of the other directors—Mr. GRANT, Mr. HARnisox, and Mr. WARNER—were also directors of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, and two of the directors—Colonel JAME'S HOLLAND and Mr. SYDNEY STOPFORD - were els ) directors of the Agra and Mastermau's Bank. It lad teen proved tha some time before the form iti ,n of the comipany the directors bad entered into a contract t ) p .rchAse the land in question from Mr. JoRN MAsTEn.m.As for the sum of £;,300,000, and that the sum of £774,500, or, accordin g to another acc.}unt, at least £650,000, was added to the price of that laud, and that this aim was either retained by, or distributed among, the different persons engaged in getting up and concocting the com•- puny, and it was not disputed that the Credit Foneier got no less a sum than £3130,000 out of it, if not half a million of money. Various other sums wore given away, and it appeared that Mr. GRANT had got so much into the habit of handling large sums that he gave away £lO,OOO to one person, .£15,410 to another, and, in fact, distributed sums of this magnitude with as much ease as other people would have given half-crowns. The laxity with which:all the affairs of the company ware managed exceeded anything that could be imagined. He had been surprised that the counsel for the two direc tors, Mr. HARVEY LEWIS and Mr. HENSHAW, had thought it worth their while to argue that these gentlemen were so inexperienced in the ways of the world and so utterly ignorant of business transactions, and so reckless of the way in which the money entrusted to them by the shareholders should be applied, that they could have undertaken to give £3,300,000 for land in a foreign coun try without any inquiry as to the real value of that land, and that, in fact, they were not called upon as directors of the company to inquire how an estimate of the value of the land was arrived at." The action had been brought by the three liquida tors (one of whom, Mr. SAMUELSON, had nearly been ousted by the machinations of those implicated to remove him, for he had a way disagreeable to them of performing his duty) to recover £5,000 paid to the National Bank for keeping the account of the company at a time when the rate of discount was 10 per cent., and the amount belonging to the com pany on deposit ranged from £30,000 to £70,000. It is instructive to compare the Vice-Chancellor's decision with the words he used to show his opi nion about the transaction. He did not scruple to imply that everything connected with the float ing of that company was a barefaced fraud upon the public, yet he was compelled to give judg ment for the defendants. Here are his words : "The facts of this case bad been several times before him, and they presented transactions which he was bound to say bad brought forward conduct Ns hich he thought more dishonourable than anything which he bad ever met with in his professional career. He bad seen a great many disreputable things in relation to companies since he had sat upon the Bench, but be bad never seen any thing more discreditable than the transactions which had come to light in regard to the Imperial Land Company." The Bank Directors had no case in equity, and his Honour's opinion was that the objections raised by the defendants did them very little credit. Mr. JESSEL, who argued for the National Bank, " felt the pressure of the case," and Mr. HARVEY LEWIS " had made a most extraordinary statement." In short, the case was as bad as it well could be —so bad that even clever counsel could not put any gloss on it, and no one felt it more strongly or could have expressed it more clearly than the Vice- Chancellor himself, yet, he was compelled to rule against the liquidators and the wretched victims they represented —the shareholders and creditors. We say there is instruction in this curious fact, and, one, investors ought to take to heart and never lose sight of in their operations. We have repeatedly insisted on the fact that the law is on the side of the culprits, for company concoctors must be very great bunglers if they cannot steal according to statute. They have skilful attorneys at their elbow, and whenever a doubtful point arises it is referred to learned counsel. Thus they move on, armed in a triple panoply of steel, crush ing the lives out of their victims in a way more hateful, if less disastrous to the community, than that adopted by the Erie clique. We say if lets disastrous to the community, fur it is an of en point wlether bribed judges violating the law, or " rings" outraging every sense of justice and right in con spiracy with the law, be the mere pernicious spec icle. -If New York Judges are bringing the laiv into contempt in America, and giving a direct en- couragement to crime, the impunity with which such scandalous transactions as those censured by Sir R. MALINScan be carried out, is calculated to anni- THE FRENCH MINISTRY. Rumours of Ministerial changes have been rife in Paris. M. Buffet, the Minister of Finance, was confidently said to have resigned, and there appears to have been some truth in the statement ; but the Minister was afterwards induced to retain his place. It seems that M. Buffet was in reality very much of the same opinion as M. de Choiseul with respect to the desirability of a plebiscite being discussed in the Chamber of Deputies before being submitted to the people. M. Buffet, upon hearing M. 011ivier's positive refusal to allow the interpel lation, concluded to resign, and, as was observ e d a t th e time, abstained from vo ti ng in the division on the ques tion. A subsequent conferenee with the rmperor and his colleagues brought about a compromise, by which M. Buffet consented to retain his place on condition that in future any plebiscite should be submitted to the Chamber for discussion. A report has been circulated to the effect that M. Magne (who was Minister of Finance in the previous Administration) is to replace M. Buffet and M. Drouyn de Lhuys is to succeed Count Daru at the Foreign Office. Both these statements are denied, but the Lib er te, genera ll y we ll i n f ormed i n Ministerial matters, points out significantly the frequent communi cations between the two statesmen and. remarks that their policy on the Ger man an d Roman • 'questions is identical. A ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE AT PARIS, A Roman amphitheatre has been unexpectedly dis covered at Paris. It is a remnant of the old city of Lutetia, the capital of Transalpine Gaul ; and it is remark able that so long a time should have elapsed before a relic of such dimensions and so interesting as been brought to light. The stranger who may have happened to visit the Pantheon will find himself about five minutes' walk from this remarkable spot, by following the R ue Cl ov i s an d turning to the left clown the Rue Thouin. This Gallo- Roman amphitheatre, in which public games were held as late as the period of the Merovingian Kings, occupies the eastern side of the Mons Lucotitius, now the Mon tagne Ste. -Genevieve. M. Henri Martin, in the Siecle, states that its existence was known under Philip Augus tus, a fact proved by a Latin poem written under that reign by . a monk of the Abbey of St. Victor, who calls it the " Great Circus." In the deeds of that period, it is mentioned as the Clos des Arenes, but it had since disappeared from the map, having become gradually hidden under a thick deposit of rubbish from seven to eight metres deep. About one-half of its vast oval is now uncovered, in the Rue Monge, on the site where not many years ago stood a convent of English nuns. The rows of stone seats on this side are nearly all destroyed, but the main walls, built of stone and Roman cement, without any admixture of brick, are still in good preservation. Two of the recesses in which the wild beasts used to be kept are still visible. The style of building denotes a later period than that of the Palais des Thermes. Several medals, and the fragments of a rich turquoise and lapis-lazuli necklace, with gold' clasps have already been found, and more such relics are confidently looked forward to. Whether this amphitheatae, which occupies ground partly belonging to the Omnibus Com pany, and partly to a convent, is to be preserved is still doubtful. PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE HORSE, A remarkable lecture was given at the Royal Institu tion by Professor Huxley on the " Pedigree of the Horse." A very large and distinguished audience listened to this exposition. The Professor opened his lecture by some observations on the Darwin theory, remarking that the principle of natural selection, though it was a repressed doctrine ten years ago, had now established itself, and wes rapidly making way, and in future would be known as one of the greatest discoveries of the nineteenth century. Coming to the animal in question, Professor Huxley ob served that all animals and things which were very accu ratel3r and delicately balancedwere aptto beverybeautiful. On the same principle the beauty of the body of the horse probably has much to do with its being one of the best possible pieces of apparatus for running swiftly along the land. In many respects the organisation of the horse de parted in an extraordinary way fro m w h a t may b e called the average quadruped," and the peculiarities to which he desired to call special attention were those of the fore limbs di , the hind limbs, an d th e teet h . What was called the knee" of the horse was in reality the wrist of the animaL Human beings had two bones in the forearm, and this was also the case with most quadrupeds, but in the horse these two bones were completely fused and bound together into one. In most horses and asses the two bones were soldered together, and the shaft of the ulna nearly disappeared. The horse's hoof answered to the fingers of the human hand, only in the hoof some of the bones and fingers of the hand were missing, and the horse in reality rests upon the end of the nail of the middle finger. What has become of the other fingers? Two of them were taken away, and two of the other bones were reduced to little splints, which could be seen from the outside of the horse's foot. This peculiarity was found only in these animals. In the hind-legs of the horse the small bone was reduced as in the fore legs, and the middle toe was there with its nail made into a hoof. Sometimes horses were born with extra toes, and there was a speci men of this kind in the museum of the College of Surgeons. At the present time also there was a South American pony in the Victoria Docks with an extra toe to each hoof, and the toes could be felt by the finger. If these facts were interpreted by the doctrine of evolution, what did it say ? It said that the missing toes of the horse, which had the normal number of toes, and that the ancestors of the horse must at one time have have had the leg and foot bones complete, although these were blotted out bAore the horse was turned into a perfect running machine. On going back to the upper miocene period —a time when the world altogether differed from its present condition as regarded its geographical features—the horse was still found with all its present peculiarities, and the two differ from each other only in minute details. But side by side with the remains of the horse in this deposit were the remains of another horse-like creature, called the "hipparion," or "littl e h orse ." As much was known about the hipparion as about the horse. There was no break in the series of time, for both are found in the same deposit. In the fore limb of the hipparion the leg bones were united, but the extra one was traceable, and the leg bones were nearer to the average type ; the animal also had two little hoofs or fingers, one on each side of the main hoof, but they appeared to have been of no use whatever. The tooth was still very horsey, but it was changed nearer to the ordinary type. There was, therefore, in the upper miocene, an animal which resembles the horse in some particulars, and departs from it in others. Professor Huxley continued : Did the horse succeed the hipparion ? Was it conceivable that the one.animal was struck out of existence altogether, and that the other was then created afresh out of nothing ? Was it thinkable ? If so, he might as well give up his theory altogether. Having proceeded thus far, the investigator turns with considerable confidence to his geological remains to look for the hypothetical ances tor of the hipparion. The ancestor was found in the anchitherium, and its remains were found in the lower miocene, but not in the upper as yet, so that there is a greater gap between the anchitherium and the hipparion than between the latter and the horse. In the anchitherium the leg bones are still more separated ; it has three toes in the fore limb, the two outside ones being half as big as the middle toe so that the foot somewhat resembles that of the tapir. This animal therefore, has the fore foot which theory requires that it should have. In the hind leg the bones are more divided than in the case of the hipparion, the hinder feet have three toes, and the teeth have not the plasticity of those of the horse, but approach more nearly to those of the ordinary type. Thus in these three animals there are proofs of gradual progression in teeth, hind legs, and fore legs, all the rest of the organisation of each being horse like. He submitted, then, that these anim a l s f u lfill e d th e conditions which he laid down at the beginning of his lecture, and that it was impossible to obtain evidence more complete in kind than this of the pedigree and origin of the horse. He concluded by remarking that if Darwin's doctrine is made out in this one case of the horse, it is strong evidence that similar modifications have taken place in all cases. A ROYAL ISIARILIAGE.—The Paris papers assure us positively that the marriage of the Prince of Orange with Princess Louise of England is fixed for the month of August. The Prince, who is heir apparent of the King of the Netherlands, and a prominent member of the Parisian Jockey Club, is thirty years of age. The princess is twenty-two. THE AUSTRIAN CHAMBER.—The Vienna Cham ber of Deputies, before the adjournment, adopted an address to the Emperor declaring that the Chamber deeply regretted the absence of part of its members. The Chamber says the address maintains the principles of the empire and the constitution. A greater extension given to the principle of individual autonomy would be dan gerous at this moment. It would compromise the power of Austria and prejudice the real interests of the people and the Crown. The protection of all nationalities is the fundamental idea of the Constitution, and the Cham ber will resolutely oppose any Government which en, deavours to make unconstitutional experiments. THE BURNING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BRIDGE. —Four spans of the Central Pacific Railway bridge over the American river at Sacramento, California, were burned on the 23rd of March. The fire is believed to have been the work of design, as fire was observed in a number of places at the same time. The loss has been estimated at $lOO,OOO. Several hundred men are engaged in erecting a temporary bridge, which will shortly be completed, and in the meantime arrangements have been made for ferrying passengers and baggage over the river, so that little delay will have been occasioned. THE FIJI ISLANDS.—The Alta California says that the enterprising adventurers in these islands had for warded a petition to Washington praying the Government to take the Fiji group under its protection. In the early part of 1869 the United States ship of war Jamestown visited Jamestown to investigate the grievances of two American citizens whose plantations were attacked by mountaineers. The result was a decision in favour of the Americans, damages £lO,OOO. The white settlers of Fiji are greatly pleased with this decision, as it has made them more desirous than ever of getting the protection of the United States Government. THE PARLIAMENT OF BADEN.—At the closing of the Baden Parliament at Carlsruhe, on the 7th, the Grand Duke, in his speech, thanked the members for their labours during the session, and expressed a hope that the people generally would persevere in their endeavours to secure national unity in Germany. The several treaties concluded with the North-Germa n Confederatio n , and with the States of South G ermany, give evidence of the pro g ress being made tow ar d s a close union of all the German States. The Grand Duke thanks the Parliament for having maintained the law of the contingent which has placed the Government in a position to pursue the national policy with the conviction that when the moment came they would be able to enter the great German)/ family elk the same f9pting as tll9 9tior hilate all confidence in Great Britain in the pro tection of the law. With the Report of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles before us, we cannot be surprised at the gullibility of the shareholders. The solid, substantial character of the undertaking is represented by the massive paper, the grand maps, the splendid architectural dimensions of the buildings, the plans of the estate, numbering in all no less than four, together with a Special Report, to which the shareholders are referred as the state ment of four gentlemen totally unconnected with the company, except as shareholders, fully auditing and verifying every particular. To read what is said, it would be imagined that four intelligent gentle men hadbeen taken at random; but it appears,how ever, on looking more closely, that these sharehold ers are the auditors of the company, a very reliable authority as numerous instances have since shown. Turning from the statements to the persons who make them, we find that three of those who figure in the Vice-Chancellor's Report are M.P's. Such great institutions, as the National Bank, and the defunct Agra and Masterman's Bank, were the bankers, everything being on the same highlyrespectable,even grand, scale. But when all is examined in detail, it ap pear that three of the Directors were also Directors of the National Bank; three were likewise Directors of the Crddit Foncier, while two were Directors of the Agra and • Mastermans' Bank, Mr. JOHN MASTERMAN being the seller of the land. This is what in-America is called a " ring," and we desire to direct the attention of the City Editor of the London Times to such an interesting clique when he next sets to work to abuse the operators of New York, and to read homilies to the American com mercial emporium. All we can add is, that no more disastrous undertaking was launched than this Imperial Lind Company of Marseilles, and it was when on the eve of the most awful smash that the Directors had the satisfaction of present ing the Report before us showing "the solid basis upon which the undertaking was originally founded and upon which it still rests." THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. (From the New York Tribune.) Few have any just conception of the vastness of the public domain of the United States. The whole, prior to the Alaska purchase, embraced An area of The Russian purchase 369,529,6,,0 acres Grand total.. 1,816,245,672 acres or more than 2,837,882 square miles. There have been granted, out of this vast domain, for sundry purposes, as follows : Acres. To purchasers and homestead settlers 165,001,359 For military services 60,627,142 For agricultural colleges For railroad and other internal improve ments For schools and universities .. 69,066,802 To States as swamp lands For Indians 13,280,699 For other purposes —public buildings, salines, &c., &c Total •• 412,688,262 In round numbers, 500,000,000 acres have been surveyed, and more than 400,000,000 have been disposed of, and yet there remained, on the 30th June, 1868, 1,405,366,678 acres unsold, or more than 2,195,000 square miles. Since that time large grants have been made in aid of the magnificent system of Pacific railways and other purposes, perhaps to the extent of 100,009,000 acres. This great and beneficent policy of the Government has bound with bands .stronger than iron the whole Republic. It has opened and is opening vast regions for settlement in the interior of our continental empire, prepared highways for emi gration from Europe, Asia, and. Africa to peo ple them, and supplied them with churches and schools, colleges and universities, railroads, ca nals, and telegraphs,--with all the elements of a rapid and healthy growth in material wealth and Christian civilization. And yet this more than royal bounty of the Government has not destroyed the public domain thus given ; hut, like the spared books of the Sybil, the remaining public domain, by this liberal p )liey of giving away, has become more valuable than the whole was before. It has been a d 'nation that has enriched the donor; and, more than anything beside, in connection with our free Government, has made us a rich, populous, and prosperous nation. A s b e f ore shown, we had on the 30th June, 1868, about 1,400,000,000 acres un sold. flow insignificant in view of this imperial domain are 100,000,000 acres granted in aid of other great lines of railways and canals needed for the full development of our immense natural re sources, and for the establishment of lines of iron steamships that shall make our commerce whiten every sea, and the power and enterprise of the United States be acknowledged in every part of the world—not for conquest and oppression, but for enlightenment, for liberty, and Christian civiliza tion. Guard these grand donations to the people for great enterprises, for railways, canals, steam ship lines, and telegraphs, with every precaution to secure their use for the public good, and the truth of the old proverb will be vindicated—" There is that scattereth, and yet maketh rich ; there is that withholdeth, and yet tendeth to poverty." AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) It is not often that this paper appears without a 'all summary of American news up to the day fortnight pre- ceding its publication, but this has been the case to-day. It is probable that the United States mail steamer has been delayed by the easterly gales which disabled the City of Brussels, as she must have left New York on the 26th ult., and run into the henvy weather experienced by the Inman steamer. Of course, to us this is a serious inconvenience, which will be felt by our readers, who look to us for full reports on money and business in America. The remarks published in our last number on Fe nian Plans derive confirmation from the telegram for warded from Toronto last Tuesday :—" The Canadian Government has received notice from the British Minister at Washington of an intended Fenian raid along the whole frontier on the 15th April. The authorities here are fully prepared if a movement be made at all, but the lateness of the season makes an early attempt impossible." The Fenians must settle their domestic quarrel before they begin the invasion, and of that settlement as yet there are no signs. The other telegrams of the week inform us that the President has nominated Mr. Joseph Root, of Kansas, United States' Minister at the Hague. Gen. Grant and the members of the Cabinet were to attend the funeral ceremo nies of General Thomas, to be solemnized yesterday (Rl day) at Troy. A great Meeting was held at Toronto on Wed• nesday, under the presidency of the Mayor, to express in d'gnation at the murder of Scott and the imprisonment of British subjects at Fort Garry, and to urge that energetic measures should be taken to suppress the insurrection and to punish Scott's murderers. Much excitement prevails throughout Canada, arising out of the affair, and meetings are to be held in Montreal and other places. In the House of Commons the Premier stated that the Imperial and Do minion Governments were acting in unison, and had de cided on adopting a policy of action. The announcment is made here that the French Government have cancelled the exclusive concesssion to a French.company to land a cable from tho United States in France, thus ending the diplo matic dispute on the subject with the United States. We hear through the Times correspondent at Philadelphia that on Thursday President Grant had sent a special message to Congress, announcing that, on learn ing stringent measures might be adopted by Canada to exclude all foreign fishing -vessels from the inshore fisheries unless provided with licence; the President has directed a small active naval steamer to be sent, at the beginning of the approaching fishing season, to the waters in which those fisheries are chiefly carried on, for the pur pose of warning and protection to the United States fisher men. The commander of the vessel is instructed to pre vent infractions by citizens of the United States of the Treaty with England of 1818, and of the laws in force relating to fisheries within British jurisdiction, or any illegal interferon ce with the pursuits of American fishermen. Neuter's message adds, " that the Commanders of the American fleet in t'le waters of Canada, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia have been instructed to give special at tention to cases arising under the change in the British laws relating to the fisheries." The Senate, by 41 votes, against 12, eventually ad in:tted General Arne!, late military commander of Mis sissippi, to a seat as Senator from that State. The objec tion urged by Senator Conkling against Adelbert Ames, was grounded on the following provision of the Constitu- Lion No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty year; and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen." The Senator contended that Gen. Ames was a military officer stationed in Mississippi by order of the Exe cutive, and was acting as Provisional Governor under General M'Dowell's appointment, when elected. In the opinion of the majority of the Committee such did not constitute the residence required by the Constitution, not withstanding the declaration of General Ames at the time of election that ho intended to leave the army and reside in Mississippi, and the resignation of his army commis sion accepted by the President before signing the bill to admit the State. The presence of a U. S. officer in any place in the discharge of his duty neither takes away his old domicile nor establishes a new one— a rule yearly acted on by Government officers who proceed from Wash ington to vote in their different States. However sound in principle, General Ames is a good Republican, and the Senate could not see in his case what they would have been quick enough to see had he been a Democrat. There was an incidental debate lately in the Senate on the effect of office-holding which was not com plimentary to the employes of the Republic. One senator declared that a few years of office unfitted young men for work ; that many of them became paupers, their usefulness being destroyed for life. Another senator was always grieved when a young man applied to him for office, re garding the individual as on the high road to ruin. A third senator gave it as his opinion that the Departments were full of incompetent persons, who ought to be weeded out, theforce reduced to a half, better men appointed, the work ing hours lengthened, and the pay doubled. Senators and Representatives talk in this way glibly enough, though they always burke the trub remedy—a specially trained Civil Service, permanency, and promotion for competency, effi cient work, and seniority. Two amusing resolutions have lately been offered ; the one by the Wisconsin Legislature, that "all persons act ing in the capacity of lobbyists shall, during the remainder of the session, wear a badge on their hats or caps, or in a conspicuous place on - the broadest part of their person, with the name of the scheme they represent plainly printed thereon." A New York paper says that this would enable every honourable member to know his purchaser at once, and save no end of expensive introductory suppers and interlocutory cocktails. The other was passed by the ladies of Annapolis (Maryland), who, in view of the de caying condition of the Annapolis Cemetery, held a meet ing and voted " to raise money to replenish our dilapi dated grave-yard." "Replenish" is a curious word to use in connection with a burying -ground, considering that it means " to fill completely ; to stock abundantly ;" and it is suggested that these ladies might be better employed in replenishing the world. General Sheridan has applied to be relieved from the command of the Western Department, which brings him into such close contact with the Indians, and to be as signed to another Division. He asked that Colonel Baker be promoted, and he announced his readiness to accept the action of the Government in promoting or not promoting the officer who commanded in the Piegan affair as proof of its judgment on his own part in that transaction. As Presi dent Grant did not send Colonel Baker's name to the SeLate for promotion General Sheridan considers that the Exe cutive does not uphold his course, and has therefore asked for a new field of duty, which is likely to be granted. Had the President sent Baker's name to the Senate for promo tion it would have been rejected, as the voice of the coun try has condemned the severity of the measures against the Indians. How does the London Standard reconcile these facts with its recent leading article ? The Secretary of the Treasury *shows by his last monthly statement, April 1, that the total debt, less cash and bands in the Treasury, was $2,432,562,127, being a de crease during March of $5,766,350. The gross amount of the debt is $2,650,500,000, but from this has to be deducted the bonds purchased with the accrued interest amounting to $105,229,308, and the money in the Treasury, amounting to $105,413,745 in gold, and $7,472,729 in currency. I tis in correct to deduct all the gold in the Treasury from the gross amount of the debt, for a considerable portion of it does not belong to the Gavernment, being merely held as a de posit. The enormous sum the purchased bonds now repre sent shows with what facility the Republic can pay off the National debt; for it simply means the liquidation of more than four per cent. of the whole debt within a year ; at which rate the total would be discharged, we presume, in about fifteen years or less ; though we leave our readers to make the calculation. By expunging $100,000,000 of the principal every year, the debt would be annihilated in twenty- five years; but the difficulty of the calculation is to work ont the progressive decrease of interest by absorp tion of the principal, and the application of the funds thus saved to the further liquidation of the principal, which, though not felt much at first, would in a few years become enormous. We merely guess at the time requires. POLITICAL NEWS. —The Rhode Island Democra tic Convention met March 17. Lyman Pierce was nomi nated for Governor; Charles B. Cutter for Lieutenant- Governor; W. J. Willey, Secretary of State; George H. Bliss, Attorney General ; and Philip Ryder, General Treasurer.—The Louisiana Legislature has adjourned sine die after passing bills appropriating sl3,ooo,ooo.—The Senate of Massachusetts by a vote of 22 to 17 has rejected the Liquor License Bill recently passed by the House.— The School Board at Memphis has adopted a resolution prohibiting all religious exercises in the public schools.— It is intimated that the Sub-Committee on Elections wil report that Strader, Democrat, is entitled to the seat from the Cincinnati district.—Montgomery Blair is announced as a candidate for Congress from the Fifth Maryland Dis trict. now represented by Frederick Stone, Democrat.—ln the Wisconsin Legislature a bill removing the State capi tal was defeated on the 10th Mar, h.— The Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature has passed a bill that Con gressmen shall be elected on the first Monday in August, and not the second Tuesday in November, as now. BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—Gen. J. W. Shaffer, of Freeport, 111., the newly-appointed Governor of Utah, was to leave Chicago March 15, for Salt Lake City, to enter upon his official duties.—Gov. Alcorn has offered a reward of SI,OOC for the apprehension of Yerger.—The Queen of the Netherlands dined with the American Minister to St. James's, in Arlington-street, last Monday. The guests were literary ; including Lord Houghton, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Mr. and Mrs. Froude, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and other celebrities.—Miss Morgan, of London, lately pasted the Doctor disputation at Zurich with great éclat, before an audience of more than 400 persons. She is the second lady who has obtained the M.D. diploma at that university.—The Hon. Anson Burlingame's Chinese name was "Poo-an-Chew."—Mr. James Gordon Bennett, jun., vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club, is soon to sail for Europe, preparatory to the'yacht race announced for July.—Gustave Dore is expected in America in May.— General Logan wants to succeed Yates as Senator from Illinois.—Mrs. Esther Morris, Wyoming Police Justicess, holds court in a calico gown, worsted breakfast shawl, green necktie and green head-dress. —Postmaster-General Cresswell is talked of for a diplomatic appointment.— President grant has acknowledged, in an appropriate let ter, the reception of a handsomely engraved certificate of his election as an honorary member of the Seangerbund Musical Society of Philadelphia.—The widow of General Joseph Mower has been appointed Postmaster at New London, Connecticut.—Governor Alcorn of Mississippi was inaugurated March 10.—Jerome Bonaparte has ar rived in New York from France.—A movement is on foot in Congress to settle a liberal pension upon Miss Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime Rock Light.—Lydia Thomp son, having made $70,000 since she left New York, is spending it in lawyers' fees and legal fines at Chicago.— Professor P. B. Du Chaillu is having great success in his lectures throughout the:West.—The President has accepted the resignation of Daniel Butterfield as Brevet Major- General, taking effect from the 14th Ilarch.—Golloday already has three candidates against him in Kentucky, and more are expected.—Gen. Lewis Wallace is said to be a candidate from Indiana for Congress, as the successor of the Hon. Godlove S. Orth, who declines a nomination.— Abe! Ratbbono Corbin has sold his New York City resi dence and retired to Hudson, New Jersey, whence he writes that he "ought to have removed here several years ago."—The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is preparing for a visit to the United States. OBITUARY.—Antoine La Fountaine, the oldest resident of Monroe county, Michigan, died recently, aged 100.—David Makepeace, who died in Boston in his 103 d year, March 8, was one of the few who brought the memory of a vote for Washington to the polls when vot ing for Grant.—Dr. John A. Cummings, a prominent Boston dentist, die 1 March 5, at the age of fifty three. He was the discoverer and patentee of the invention now controlled by the Godyear Dental Vulcanite Company. .Hatnilton Taylor, a member of the Mississippi Legislature' from Harrison County, died on Monday night, March 14, in Jackson, Mississippi.— S. K. Head, formerly connected with the Boston press, died in Savannah, March 15.—Gen. James W. Ripley, of the United States Army, died at his residence in Hartford, on Tuesday, March 15. He was born in Windham, Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1794, and received his first commission in the army June 1, 1814. Ho had been for some time in feeble health.--Mr. Verplanek, the well-known author and 'philanthropist, died March 18, at his residence in Fourteenth-street, New York, in the 81th year of his age. MONETARY REPORTS.- SATURDAY A quiet feeling has been noticed in the Stock Exchange markets to-day. On the whole, however, the tone has been tolerably satisfactory, and the movements in prices nave been favourable generally. Consols have been quiet but firm, at 93i to 932 for delivery, and 93.2 to 931 for May. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91i to 924• Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. Bank stock has marked 235 ex. div. India Five per Cents have been done it 11 3 , 1131, and India Bonds at 20s. to 255. prem. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. For English railway stocks there has been a fur average demand, and although realisations have occasion ally weakened prices, the bulk of the alterations have indicated the prevalence of firmness. Caledonian hag risen Great Northern ditto Al, London, Chatham , and Dover and London and North-Western ; bu t South Eastern has fallen Metropolitan District and Great Western f. Indian railway stocks have been quiet, and without change. Canadian shares have been flat. Foreign have sold slowly, and South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have been lower. The demand for foreign bonds has been quiet ; but with the exception of Spanish, which have fallen prices have been well maintained, and in some instances a slight im provement has ensued. Turkish securities have been firm• The 1858 and 1862 have risen I, and the Five per Cents Russian Anglo-Dutch have been / better, and Peru vian 1865 and Egyptian 1868 have advanced i ; bnt Italian 1861 have receded 1 per cent. In American securities the transactions have been limited. The Five-Twenty (1885) Bonds have fallen i t , and Illinois Central shares I. Mining shares have been dealt in quietly, and there has not been much demand for Bank shares. In telegraph shares very little business has been doing. Anglo-American and French Cables have fallen and I respectively, but Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta have been it better. Hooper's Telegraph Works have been in request, at an advance of , on the rumour of a fresh extensive contract. Telegraph Construction and Silver's Indiarubber have been quiet. For other miscellaneous securities there has been only a moderate demand, at about previous quota tions. The report of the Anglo-Austrian Bank shews that the net profit for the year had been 7,192,615 florins, Austrian currency, or equivalent to 54 per cent. on the paid-up capitaL It is intended to issue fresh shares. There has been a moderate demand for money to-day, and three months' paper has been taken at 2 1 1 per cent. No bullion operations have taken place at the Bank to-day. The report of Reuter's Telegram Company, to be pre sented on the 13th inst., chews an available balance of £23,203. An interim dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. has been already paid, and a further dividend is now recommended at the rate of 7i per cent. This will absorb £22,912, and leave a balance of £290 to be carried forward. MARKETS-SATURDAY. LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.—TaIIow has been quiet. Y. C. on the spot 159. per cwt. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, SATllRDAY.—Privately the markets have been very quiet. For tea there has been scarcely any inquiry, at nominal currencies. Both raw and refined sugar has sold slowly, at previous quotations. In coffee the transac tions have been restricted, at about late rates. LONDON METAL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Iron has been quiet, at late quotations. Scotch pig, cash, 565. ; one month, 565. 4d. Tin has been firm, but hardly so active. Straits tin, £l2B ; Banca, £l3O to £l3olos. Copper and other metals have sold slowly. LONDON OIL MARKET, SATURDAY.—Linseed oil has been quiet, at 325. 6d. spot. English brown rape has been firm, at 425. 6d. to 425. 9d. spot. Other oils have been inactive. LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY.—The public sales of Colonial wool are progressing steadily, with a good attendance of home and foreign buyers. Biddings for all descriptions have been brisk, and prices well maintained. English wool has been firm, on former terms. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, SATURDAY.—These markets have been fairly supplied with potatoes. The trade has been quiet at late rates. English straws, 120 s. to 130 s. ; regents, 100 s. to 120 s. • Scotch regents, 90s. to 110 s. ; and rocks, 755. to 903. per ton. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. —The supplies have been only moderate. The trade has been moderately active, on former terms :—Prime meadow hay, 765. 6d. to 84s. inferior ditto, 60s. to 70s. rowen, 50s. to 655. ; prime clover, 110 s. to 1265. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 955. ; prime second-cut clover, 100 s. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 90s, ; and straw, 265. to 30s. per lost. LIVERPOOL COTTOI4 . MARKET, SATURDAY. —The market has been quiet and unchanged. Imports, 15,125 bales; sales 12,000 bales. -CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts 130 s. ; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 108 s. ; fourths, 765. ; fifths, 565. ; sixths, 545. 80 firkins in the market. Mild cured—Firsts, 1303. 1 seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 108 s. 70 firkins in the market. Mr. J. T. Graves, F.R.S., whose death is an nounced, was formerly Professor of Jurisprudence at University College, London, but he was well known as a mathematician, and collected a valuable mathema tical library, which he has bequeathed to University College. The announcement (says Herapath) is made that the Dowlais Works are about to change hands, Sir Ivor Guest, Bart., M.P., h av i ng d e t erm i ned to rid himself of the great responsibility of carrying on such a vast estab lishment. Dowlais, according to general belief, are the largest ironworks in the world, and the purchase money is reported to be about one million. Good service pensions of £l5O a yeir have been awarded to the undermentioned officers :—Captains Miller, Chamberlain, Bowyear, C. 8., Luard, C. 8., Tumour, Hon. G. Keane, Kennedy, C. 8., N a pier, Barnard, Jenkins, C. 8., Fellowes, and Shortland. In the cases of the first five officers, however, these pensions will not be paid until they ar e placed on half-pay. The Norwich Liberals held another meeting last night, to further consider the b es t means o f i mprov i ng t h e organisation of their party. It appears that Sir W. Russell is now disposed to retain his seat as long as possi ble, and nothing will be done as regards the vacant second seat until the Government Bill with reference to the scheduled men has been disposed of by the House of Commons. Senor Jara, who was exiled from Spain after his duel with young Senor Olozaga, in which the latter was killed, has just been allowed to return. The object of that measure on the part of the Government of Madrid is thought to be to create a precedent for the Duke of Mont pensier in the event of his Royal Highness being con demned. Father Ignatius endeavours to rival the monk of old in their importunity upon their flocks. According to the South London Courier, he told his congregation at St. John's, Waterloo-road, on Sunday evening, in the course of his sermon, that " after clearing expenses there was only 16s. left. Ladies with rings up to the first joint of their fingers gave threepenny pieces. If he knew who rut the threepenny pieces i n th e b ags h e s h ou ld go round and return them." Du BARRY'S Delicious Health-restoring Revalenta Ara bica Food, which contains three times the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the more enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sort throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia. irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, b ronc hi t i s, i ncipient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few out of eB,OOO cures : —The Pope's health restorei by Du Barry's Food, Cure No 68,413 'Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalcnta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has Produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " Gazette du Midi," July 25. Cure No. 9,832: "Of Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting. Maria Jolly. Wortbam, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Important Caution —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imita tions to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached In tins, at is 1Id; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2 lb 48 Cd; 5 lb lls ; 12 lb 228 24 lbs 4 a—Also D U BARRY's REVALENTA A RABICA. CiIoCOLAIR POWDER is patked in tin canisters: for It cups at 2s, for 24 cops at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at Cs, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at 550 —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Order. BARRY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street London; and all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. LEFROY—On the Gth just., at Guernsey, the wife of Com mander B. L. Lefroy, R.N., of a son. STOURTON —On the Bth in St., at Houghton Hall, Brough Yorkshire. the lion. Mrs. Stourton, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. FORDYCE—HORN--On the Bth inst., at Edinburgh, William Dugwall Fordyce, 31. P., of Brucklay, to Christina, eldest daughter of Robert Horn, Esq., advocate. 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