The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-09 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. Major-Gen. E. C. Wavle,C.B., commanding the military district of Woolwich, having been granted leave of absence from duty, the command was yes terday taken up by Lieut. and.Brevet-Col. C. S. D'Aguilar, C. 8., B brigade Royal Horse Artillery, senior army officer in succession. Capt. A. H. W. Williams, A.D.C. to the General, has likewise ob tained leave of absence, together with a large pro- portion of the officers of the garrison. Assist.-Com nlissary-Gen. C. Swain, having been appointed mi- litary accountant and commissary-general in charge at St. llelena, has left Woolwich, and was to embark yesterday on board the mail packet at Southampton, to relieve Assist.-Commissary-Gen. R. Uniacke, or- den:(l home. lie has been on that station since Jan. 1, 1855. Col. R. G. Connolly, commandant Woolwich division Royal Marine LiglA Infantry, appointed in succession to Major-Gen. Maxwell, promoted, will assume the duties of his new post on the 11th inst. The officers of the division gave a farewell dinner, at their mess-quarters yesterday, to Major G. Wat son, paymaster to the division and purveyor to the Royal Marine Infirmary at Woolwich on his retire ment. Major Watson was appointed paymaster on June 30, 1811, and on the completion of the new Naval and Marine Infirmary, adjoining the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, he received the ap pointment of purveyor on July 1,1853. He i 3 now succeeded by Capt. J. C. Travers, on his resigning the post of aide-de-camp to the late Inspector-Gen. of the corps of Royal Marines. The old line-of-battle ship Belleisle, lent for some time past, and moored in the Thames, off Greenwich as a cholera hospital ship, is ordered to be removed to Sheerness, being no longer required for that purpose. A portion of her moorings was yesterday re moved in preparation for her departure on Friday. A short time ago she was run into and severely damaged on her F tarboard quarter by a passing steam-vessel. Some short time since we called attention to the state of the sea-beach at high-water mark at and near Southsea Castle, Portsmouth, and of the mea sures being taken to check there the further inroads of the sea upon the beach-line and the several costly defensive works erected just above high-water mark. Objection was then taken not only to the design of the work, but also to the material employed--beech piles ; but this notice of the work going on had no effect upon the authorities, as the same measures have been pursued ever since, until the recent gales. The great fortification now constructing at Southsea Castle to defend the entrance from Spithead of Portsmouth Harbour Channel, stands on a project ing point of the low-lying land of Southsea-common, round which the sea in a south-east gale lashes with tremendous fury, and each successive year in conse quence marks a fresh and certain wasting away of the coast line and encroachment of the sea. Along this strip of coast—about 5,000 yards between the mouths of Portsmouth and Langston Harbours are planted . the defensive works of " Southsea Castle," " Lumps," " East- ney," and " Cumberland" forts. The last-named fort is protected from the sea by an immense shingle bank called the " Woolsinors," but the three first, situated nearer the harbour of Portsmouth, are fully exposed to the action of the sea in a south-east gale, and this, if not effectually checked, must soon level the terre-pleins of the works with the tides' high - water mark. The means yet taken to check the further inroads of the sea have been merely dia gonal short piling from high to nearly low-water mark, with outer rows driven only about one third their length, as a breakwater piling. The uselessness of such an arrangement, notwithstanding its enormous expense, has been sufficiently proved by the gales of Friday and Saturday last, which have demolished the breakwater piling, tore up the " groins," and made a clean cut through the sea-beach into the ditch of the fortifications. Had not the wind veered, as it fortunately did just in time, round to- the south-west, immense damage would have been inflicted on these costly works, and Southsea-common would have been flooded. It is the opinion of resident civil engineers that the only effectual means to stay the destruction of Southsea beach and forts by the sea in south-easterly gales would be the construction of a connecting channel or canal between Southsea Castle and Cumberland fort points, the excavations made for this purpose along the line of sea-beach being made use of iu the formation of a sea wall, or breakwater, on the sea ward side of the canal. The work would not by any means be expensive. It would preserve the line of beach and the forts, and it would give a means of outer communication to vessels of any draught of water between the harbour of Portsmouth and the still deeper and more extensive waters (..f Langston harbour. The Coquette, 4, screw gun vessel, Commander A. G. R. Roe, 677 tons, 200 horse power, arrived at Spithead yesterday from China, and is ordered into Portsmouth Harbour to dismantle and pay out of commission. She sailed from Singapore on the 4th Sept., passed Anjer on the 13th, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 21st October. The Cape was left again on the 31st of October, St. Helena reached on the 15th Nov., and left again on the following day, arriving at Fayal on the 22d Dec., and sailing thence on the 21th. . Strong south-east gales were experienced from the Western Islands to the chops of the Channel. In the Channel strong , south-west gales. Her Majesty's paddle frigate Va lorous was at the Cape of Good-Hope, and the Ranger and Greyhound at St. Helena. The follow ing vessels were spoken by the Coquette :—The Royal Union Mail Steamer Celt, Nov. 8, lat. 24, 18 S., long. 443 E. ; the British bark Edla, Dec. 9, lat. 20 15 N., long. 32 28 W. ; the British bark Etneline, from Caldera for Swansea, Dec. 10, lat. 21 27 N., long. 33 26 W. ; the British bark Eliza Sanders, Dec. 20, lat. 35 17 N., long. 27 19 W. ; the British bark Sandbank, from Demerara for Liverpool, Dec. 31, lat. 41 9 N., long. 20 54 W. The Rapid, 11, screw sloop, 672 tons, 150-horse power, commander W. B. Stubbs, arrived at Spit head yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope station, and afterwards went into Portsmouth Harbour to coal, and land a seaman who had broken his leg, having received orders to proceed round to the east ward to dismantle and pay out of commission. The Rapid sailed from Simon's Bay on the 21st of Oc tober, arrived at St. Helena on the 4th of Novem ber, and sailed again on the 6th ; arrived at Ascen sion on the 12th, sailed again on the 15th ; arrived at Sierra Leone on the 25th, and sailed thence again on the 28th. The Rapid experienced a heavy gale from the northward off the Western Islands on the 17th of December, and a succession of strong winds from north and east from that date until the sth of January, when the wind veered to south-west. As unarmoured sloops weakly built of wood and small engine power both the Rapid and Coquette will most probably be broken up after being placed in reserves. The screw steam corvette Racoon, 22, Captain Richard Purvis, at Devonport, is alongside the yard, receiving stores for sea service. She will go into No. 4 dock when it is ready to receive her. A court-martial was held on Monday on board the Royal Adelaide, guardship, in Hamoaze, for the trial of Sub-Lieut. Trafford Leigh Mallory, on two sepa rate charges of drunkenness. Capt. G. J. Napier, of the Canopus, presided ; Mr. William Eastlake acted as Deputy Judge-Advocate and Mr. Beer was pre sent on behalf of the prisoner. The prisoner was serving on board the Lord Clyde, and the charges a*tinst him were—first, his having on or about the 19th of November last returned on board that vesel drunk ; second, of his having subsequently, on or a bout the 29th of December, been drunk on board the Lord Clyde, and incapable of doing his duty. On the night of the 19:h of November the prisoner went in the Lord Clyde's dingy on leave of absence to visit some friends on board the Satellite, both vessels then lying in Plymouth Sound. On his re turn the dingy was capsized. The prisoner and the other persons in the boat were rescued, taken on board the Gladiator, and after restoratives had been administered to them, conveyed on board the Lord Clyde. Several witnesses declared that the pri soner when then brought on board his ship, and subsequently again on December 28, was intoxicated, and incapable of doing his duty. Mr. Beer, in de fence, pointed out to the Court that, in the first case, while the prisoner was on board the Gladiator, among the restoratives administered to him was some spirits, which, he contended, would account for the state in which he was found when brought on board the Lord Clyde. In reference to the second charge, he produced seven witnesses, who all spoke more or less positively to the prisoner's sobriety. The Court acquitted the prisoner on both charges. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. A. M'L. Lyons, to the Charybdis, commissioned ; and Walter L. Rundle, midshipman, to the Achilles. The Ga!e. A very heavy gale broke over London on Monday night, and continued to blow with great violence until 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The direction of the wind was chiefly from the S.W. and S.S.W., but there were sudden squalls from all points of the compass. Considerable damage was done to houses and in the parks, but no serious accident is reported to have taken place. CHATHAM, Jan. 8. It blew a furious gale from S. and S.W., with oc casional heavy squalls of rain, during the whole of last night and up to noon to-day. Since that time the gale has sensibly moderated, while the barome ter, which yesterday was remarkably low, is rapidly rising. 'Most of the vessels in harbour had extra anchors down, and with this precaution they rode out the gale in safety. At sunrise this morning a numerous fleet of colliers and outward-bound ves sels were at anchor outside the harbour, near the Grainspit, some of them giving signs of the severity of the gale by loss of spars and other minor casual ties. The gale, which at times had the force of a hurricane, was severely felt on shore. Several of the telegraph posts on the road outside the town have been blown down, and in the neighbourhood of Gil lingham the hurricane was so high as to unroof a block of houses in course of erection. In the after noon the gale had sensibly moderated, and the mer cury in the barometer continued to rise. The wea ther is fine. DUNGENESS, KENT, Jan. 7. A French vessel was seen on shore some distance 'rom this station, with men in the rigging (says Mr. 11. Stringer). The lifeboat Providence, of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution, was launched and pro ceeded to the spot, but before she could reach the !atal scene the vessel had become a wreck and three of the crew were drowned. There was only one man left, and he was rescued by the clergyman of the parish, the Rev. C. Cobb. A correspondent of the Kentish Gazette says—•" Dymchurch, Sunday.—Last evening the wind blew a gale from the south-east dead on shore. About 9 p.m. a large bark was seen close in shore. The signal for a vessel on shore was instantly given, and the Volunteer Life Com pany, with the Coastguard in this village, were soon on duty with the life apparatus, and a line was thrown off to the ship, but she was able to hold her own, and came fairly ashore with apparently little damage. Her name was the Towey, of Llanelly, Wal.s. On Sunday morning, at daylight, a vessel was seen in the offing waterlogged, and men hang ing in the rigging. Manby's apparatus and the ser vises of the Life Company were again called for, but it was found the vessel was beyond reach of the ap paratus. The next resource was the lifeboat from the Littlestone station, three miles to windward, but the crew, by some extraordinary arrangement, were found to be in attendance on the bark Towey, which was then high and dry on the beach, and it was an hour and a half before any move was made to get the feboat down. In the meantime the men were seen dropping one by one from the rigging, as there was then little hope of any assistance from the lifeboat. Continued attempts were madeto throw a line to the vessel. At last a line was thrown across the rigging, but by this time all but one of the crew bad disap peared, and it was soon seen he stood but little chance of getting to the shore without further help. In this emergency the Rev. C. Cobb, rector of this parish, volunteered to go off to the vessel, which had now drifted to within 50 or 60 feet of the shore. In company with one of the Coastguard, he safely reached :the vessel, got the man out of the rigging, and safely to land amid the plaudits of hundreds on shore. The lifeboat made its appearance in an hour or two after the man was fairly and comfortably housed. The vessel proved to be the Courier, from Dunkirk. One man was found dead on board, and the others were lost, the vessel being a total wreck. PORTLAND, Jan. 8. About midnight yesterday a dreadful storm broke over this part of the coast. This morning, between 5 and 6 o'clock, the sea began to make breaches completely over the beach, and by 7 o'clock the rail way from Portland to Weymouth was submerged some three-quarters of a mile. This was at full tide, and as the waters gradually decreased at the ebb. breach after breach was made through the permanent way. Telegraphic communication was stopped, several posts having been washed down. In one instance the breach was some 30 feet in length, the metals dangling over the opening. The pressure of water on the side of the beach was so great as to force it completely through this great natural breakwater. At 8 o'clock a.m. the traffic on the Weymouth and Portland Railway was completely stopped, and about 10.30 the great Western Company's engineer, Mr. Lane, with the superintendent and some of the directors, inspected the line, and shortly after some 100 men were put to work to repair the damage. The traffic, however, cannot be resumed for some days. It is feared that at high water this evening some por tion of the village of Chiswell will be carried away. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 8. We have had a very severe gale from the south ward and westward all the night. The schooner Teazer, from Saundersfoot, of and for Ipswich, is ashore in Batten Bay. Captain Austin, and Henry Burgess, a seaman, are drowned. The mate, E. J. Gooding, succeeded ia dropping from her bows into the lifeboat. The others (lid not follow, and the boat was compelled to leave on account of the surf. The schooner Palmyra, 69 tons, belonging to Southampton, went ashore about the same time as the Teazer. She was laden with oats. All her crew have perished. There are no casualties to report in respect to the ships of war in Hamoaze. This afternoon the storm has somewhat abated. The schooner Derrynane, Capt. Phillips, of and from Cork, with oats, for Poole, slipped her cable in the Sound, and went ashore in the Cutwater. She-was towed off by the tug Secret, and is now in Sutton harbour full of water. CORNWALL, Jan. 7. The awful storm on Saturday, which commenced about 1 a.m., raged with increased violence as the day advanced or the Cornish coast. Several lives were lost and vessels wrecked, while inland property suffered severely from the wind and floods. Rain descended in torrents for more than 14 hours. A complete report of disasters is not yetob fu ta ll i y nabl obtainable, but the following information may be de pended upon :-- . -Early on Saturday morning the Emblem, trawling sloop, was seen in great distress off Looe. Intelligence was at once conveyed to the lifeboat authorities at this station, but in the mean time the crew of the vessel made an attempt to land in their boat, 13ft. long, and it was at one time thought that their endeavours would be crowned with success. A heavy breaker, however, suddenly capsized the boat ; three of the crew immediately disappeared, but the fourth was observed for a few minutes making an effort to swim to a buoy ; at last he was overwhelmed by the surf, and, conse quently, all the poor fellows perished. The vessel washed ashore; her owner, John Williams, was on board acting as skipper, and was therefore lost with the others. He has left a widow and one child, as also another of the crew, Samuel Wil liams. At Par the gale was very strong, and a seaman named Richard Ilooper, belonging to the schooner Model, of Fowey, was blown overboard and drowned ; he has left a widow and one child. At Falmouth! the gale was more violent than has been known at the port for many years. The Carols, Capt. Christensen, from Rio de Janeiro, with coffee, bound for Hamburg, shipped a heavy sea near Penzance Point, during which the cook was washed overboard and drowned ; the captain, mate, and one of the seamen were also partly washed over the sides of the ship, but they retained their ! old and got on board again. Soon afterwards tLe Carola was thrown ou the rocks between Gylbk,vase and Swan- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1867 pool beach, when the waves made a clean sweep over her. For more than an hour the vessel was beat- ing about on the rocks without any one coming to the rescue of the crew, in consequence of there being on board no gun or rockets by which to signal. Several vessels were more or less injured, many seriously. In Mount's Bay, off Marazion, assistance was rendered to three vessels—the schooner Ileiress, Captain Harris ; the brig Selina Ann, of Swansea ; and the schooner, Salome, of Dartmouth. All these vessels went to pieces soon after their crews had been rescued by the Richard Lewis lifeboat, which on that day was the means of saving 17 persons. The Penzance extension pier was seriously injured by the storm, the bed of the pier near the centre was sunk a couple of feet below the proper level, and several solid blocks of granite were broken ; in fact, nearly two-thirds of the pier has been injured considerably. At St. Ives the shipping suffered to a great extent, and in the Land's End and Lizard district much damage was occa- sioned. The neighbourhood of St. Austell is flooded to a very great extent, the river having burst its bounds at various points. Four large and strong wooden bridges have been washed away, and the river overflowed its banks on the side of the Pente- wan Railway ; the line for a long distance was consequently covered with sand, stones, and water. A little below a massive iron bridge the river altogether Taft its channel on the eastern side, and forced a passage for itself across the railway, thence into Menagwins Moors, and into some valuable tin works. Several cattle are reported to be drowned, and there is no doubt that in this district alone the pecuniary loss is very considerable. In many houses on Sunday night the water was from 2ft. to 3ft. deep. At Truro, the lower part of the town was flooded on Satur day night to a great height, and in some of the dwelling-houses and places of business in River street the water was from 1 ft. to 2ft. deep. For about a couple of hours River-street, Victoria place, and the western part of Nicholas-street were all but impassable. The district of St. Blazey is flooded to so great an extent that stock have had to be removed to higher ground. On Saturday busi ness was to a very great extent suspended, and many of the roads were in a condition that utterly forbade traffic. To-day, at noon, the rain is falling heavily, and the wind is very strong. A telegram states that a vessel has gone ashore near Penzance. PENZANCE, Jan. 8. The ship John Gray, of Glasgow, bound from Demerara for London, has gone ashore to-day off this place. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution has been the means of saving 15 of the shipwrecked crew, but the captain, mate, and two men, who refused to leave their vessel, were unfor tunately drowned. This valuable lifeboat has been the means during the last few days of rescuing 82 persons from four wrecked vessels. LIZARD, Jan. 7. I have to report (says the Rev. P. Vyvyan Robin son) that as I was leaving the house for church yes terday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, a farmer arrived from Mullion-village, and informed me that a schooner was at anchor near that place and in very great jeopardy. Immediately the Anna Maria life boat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, on this station, was got out and quickly drawn on her transporting carriage by ten horses to that locality, but, sad to say, we found we were too late, as the vessel had gone ashore shortly before our arrival, and all hands had, unhappily, been drowned. The greatest zeal was shown by the lifeboat crew and helpers in getting the boat to Mullion-cove, and we were only 40 minutes in getting there from the life boat-house. The Porthleven lifeboat, which like wise belongs to the National Lifeboat Institution, had also been taken towards the scene of the wreck, biit she could not be got there in time. _ _ CARDIGAN, Jan. 7. The Manchester lifeboat the John Stuart, be longing to the National Lifeboat Institution, was this morning happily the means of rescuing, in a heavy gale of wini, the crew of three men of the sloop Oliver Lloyd, of Cardigan, and three men be longing to the smack Turtle Dove, of Aberystwith, which had dragged their anchors and drifted out into Cardigan bay. The services of the lifeboat were most gallantly performed. Owing to the violence of the gale, the lifeboat had great difficulty in find ing a safe place for landing. LLANDDWYN, ANGLESEA, Jan. 7. During very rough weather (states Mr. John Jackson) a schooner was observed in a perilous posi tion, and the Manchester lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, the John Gray Bell, was at once taken along the shore on her transporting car riage to a spot opposite the vessel, and then launched through the surf. She was then taken to wind ward of the schooner and anchored, and on veering alongside they found the crew were desirous to leave the vessel, although the master refused. The wind shifting a little to the northward, the lifeboat then immediately slipped the cable of the vessel, and brought her into Llanddwyn roads, the vessel being leaky and the crew thoroughly worn out. The schooner was the Zillah, bound from the River Plate for Liverpool, with a cargo of prepared manure. The master states that the coxswain and crew of the lifeboat behaved very well. TRAMORE, IRELAND, Jan. 7. The Cambridge University Boat Cluh lifeboat, the Tom Egan, rendered yesterday (reports Mr. James Budd) some valuable service to a shipwrecked crew. The French schooner Ammonion, of Nantes, was observed unmanageable in the bay, with loss of rudder and rigging. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution immediately put off to the help of the shipwrecked crew, and ultimately succeeded in bringing the whole of them, five in number, safely ashore. One cf them had one of his knees put out of joint while getting into the lifeboat, but Dr. Kennedy immediately attended to igs case, and the man is now doing well. It should be men tioned that the Hon. D. Fortescue generously took the shipwrecked crew to his house and provided for their wants. It may be mentioned that the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution have during the recent gales contributed to the saving of 77 lives from dif ferent shipwrecks on our coasts. The plan for the re-introduction of street rail ways into London is being pushed forward as rapidly and energetically as possible, and probably the next Session will be marked by the taking of such steps as are necessary to legalise the attempts which the projectors propose to make. In connection with this matter a number of reports on the work ing of tramways have been obtained from officials in the various cities and towns of America, into which the system has been introduced. The general testimony thus obtained is to the effect that the tramways do not interfere with the ordinary street traffic, though laid down in some of the most crowded thoroughfares, that the cars are more comfortable and con venient than the omnibuses, which they have in a measure displaced, and that they are productive of less accidents than omnibuses. Opposition is said to have died out in almost every district, and, to crown all, the expenses incurred by the local autho rities in repairing the roadways have been very materially lessened by the fact that the company who use the tramways take the responsibility upon themselves of keepinv, such part of the road as their vehicles run upon in good condition. Supposing all these points to be fairly stated—and we have no reason to assume otherwise—the only conclusion that can be arrived at is that the sooner we get the new cars in operation the better. TUE lIES AND DUCK AS EGG PRODUCERS.-.-A paper has been received by the Paris Academy of Sciences from M. Comaille on the comparative value of the hen and duck as egg producers. his observations were limited to three hens and three ducks, all fine animals, hatched at the same time in the month of February. During the following autumn the ducks laid 225 eggs; they recommenced laying in February, and continued to do so until the middle of August. The hens laid no eggs during the autumn, but began in January, and left off about the middle of August. The totals of each at the end of that time were--the hens, 257 eggs ; the ducks, 617. M. Comaille next examined the nutri tive value of each kind of egg, and found them nearly equal in that respect. Hence the duck is more profitable than the hen by far. The Local Government of the Metropolis. Yesterday the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole received a deputation from the Metropolitan Municipal As- sociation for promoting the better local government of the metropolis. Among those constituting the deputation, which was unusually large, were Lord Ebury, president of the association, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr. C. Bux ton, M.P., Mr. D. J. Warden, M.P., Sir J. Lub- bock, the llon. F. Byng, Dr. Farr, Mr. Jas. Beal, Mr. P. Graham, Mr. G. Godwin, F.R.S., and Mr. J. C. Buckmaster, hon. secretary. Lord EM MY, in introducing the deputation, said that it was composed of men of every shade of poli tical opinion, and comprised pntlemen from every district of London. They had resolved themselves into an association for the purpose of concentrating their strength with a view to obtain some improve ment in the government of the metropolis. His lord- ship then gave a sketch of the history of metropoli tan legislation during the last 20 years, and said :hat when Lord Llanover introduced the Aletropoli- tan Local Bill it was found that there were then 100 acts of Parliament in existence which bore on the sanitary arrangements of London. The Metro- politan Local Bill passed into law, and the present board, formed under it, had shown the advantages of the concentration of power. The act of which he was speaking was never intended to be a final mea sure, and it was now found that there were several evils existing and urgently demanding reform. These impeded the good government of London, which was far inferior to many provincial towns, and cer tainly far inferior to the city of Paris, in its agencies of local administration. The numerous deputation he had the honour to introduce was a strong demon stration of the conviction of men of all shades of political opinion regarding the question of our mu nicipal government. Mr. BUCKMASTER, hon. secretary, said that a large number of gentlemen, members of vestries and others, considering that the present government of London was in a disgraceful condition, had projected the Municipal Association, and a bill had been drawn up and adopted providing for the necessary re forms. It was intended to abolish a number of small local jurisdictions and to establish ten muni cipalities, seven north and three south of the Thames, all having as nearly as possible the same population. They would have greater power than the adminis trative bodies at present existing, and, from the extent of the districts over which they had autho rity, there would be less expense in their adminis trative action. The conflicting ,interests of about 100 different committees would be reconciled, and the requirements of the public fulfilled with greater care and promptitude than now. At present there were in the metropolis about 40 vestries, and 4,000 persons engaged in our local government, and it was proposed to reduce that number to 400 aldermen and council under the projected plan. Delay was of all things to be avoided. The principle upon which the association sought the support of Go vernment had been admitted over and over again by committees of the House of Commons. He might add that there was to be no interference with the boundaries of parishes. Delay would necessi tate the existence of the association for several years, and that should be avoided, as it had been established for prompt and speedy action. In answer to Mr. WALPOLE, who asked what were to be the powers of the ten municipalities of w which the establishment was contemplated by th e bill, and also whether they were to have jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Board, Mr. JAMES BEAL said that the powers of the municipalities were to be those conferred by the Municipal Reform Act. Mr. WALPOLE inquired if the power of appoint ing judges and police and managing their own gaol was considered in the scheme. Mr. BEAL said he could -not see how these could be made exceptions. Vestries were no longer to have ttny power except for ecclesiastical purposes. The jurisdiction of magistrates and of police was to be conterminous. The present bill was to be supplemented by another for establishing a central controlling body. In 1851 Sir George Lewis had recommended that several municipalities should b,l erected ; committees of the House of Commons had approved the plan in 1861 and 1866, so that there was nothing novel in the suggestions of the associa tion. Inquiry had gone far enough, and it now remained to found public legislation on the evidence which had been collected. In reply to further ques tions from Mr. Walpole, regardiug the manner in which the city should be treated under the project, Mr. Beal said that it was contemplated to take away county powers from the city, and that it would be under the jurisdiction of the central body pro posed to be established hereafter. This central council would have control over the main drainage, the management of bridges, gaols, lunatic asylums, and also extensive powers of improvement. U n d er the scheme the metropolis would be made a co unty, and questions relating to gas and water would b e considered by the central body. A great many of thef thecitizens existing to p evils c a n ro se b b e with i r t om t thee powerful utter helplessness o joint-stock companies. The question of our gas supply had was that und er int elligent class of been brought before the public, but if th ey h ad been in Liverpool or Manchester they could remedy the complained of shortcomings themsel ves. Another th the n ew s consideration yste m a worthy better of and more men would be induced to become ac ti ve agents in attention sanitary reform, on account of the more dignified character given to our municipal institutions. Mr. GODWIN, F.R.S., said that our local govern ment was disgraceful to our civilisation. To take one instance, the present state of Bethnal-green was a blot on our system of legislation. Medical officers elected by members of vestries were afraid to speak the truth, and had to do good by stealth. Estimat ing it at no extravagant rate, the deplorable manner in which our thoroughfares were managed cost the metropolis about £500,000 a year. Many who were well acquainted with the working of provincial mu nicipalities had of ten spoken of the lamentable con dition of the local administration of London. Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr. Rearden, M.P., the Hon. F. Byng, Mr. Beggs, and others, took part in a conversation which followed, in which, among other things, it was stated that every gas lamp in London costs the inhabitants five guine as , while in Manchester they are supplied at a rate of 255. apiece. Mr. IVALPOLE said he agreed with the statement that the local government Of the metropolis could be improved. He hoped, however, that the deputation would not demand any definite pledge from himself, but he promised that he would take care to bring the question before his colleagues, and that it would have his own most careful consideration. Mr. Humus, M.P., on the part of the members of the Metropolitan Municipal Association, thanked the Home Secretary for his courtesy, and the depu tation then withdrew. The delegates from the British North American Provinces, in session for several weeks at the West minster Palace Hotel, London, have succeeded in revising the Quebec scheme so as to secure a unani mous vote of all the provinces represented—that is to say, Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. The resolutions passed at Quebec in their revised form have been forwarded to Earl Carnarvon for consideration. All the knotty points and difficulties which presented themselves, so far as colonial interests are con cerned, have been successfully combated. Provision is made for enabling the colonies of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the North-West Territory, and British Columbia to enter the Confederation on equitable terms hereafter. A draught bill based on these resolutions, it is expected, will be prepared and submitted to Parliament early in the ensuing session. The Conference is composed as follows : —Canada.—The lion. Messy:.. J. A. M'Donald (chairman), G. E. Cartier, Howland, Langevin, M'Dougall, and Galt. Nova Scotia.—The Hon. Messrs. C. Tupper, W. A. Henry, J. W. Ritchie, J. M'Cully, and A. G. Archibald. New Bruns wick.—Messrs. S. L. Tilley, P. Mitchell, C. Fisher, D. Wilmot, and J. W. Johnson. According to an agricultural document just issued there were in the year 1866 in the United Kingdom a stock of cattle in number 8,716,276, and of sheep 26,373,993. . An American View of our " Reform Demonstrations." The New York Times of the 26th ult. has the following remarks on the London trades' " demon stration :—" It need not in the least detract from the favour able estimate which we have formed of Mr. Bright's energy as an agitator if we devote a word or two to a truth which the London reform trades meeting of December 3 seems to make apparent. The meet ing was professedly one of the organised trade so cieties of the metropolis, and was projected ig ac cordance with Mr. Bright's idea that all the power which artisans are able to use for industrial purposes should be used for political purposes as well. Fully expecting that the various trade societies would take the same view of the matter, he predicted a proces sion of 200,000 persons, and a day of great enthu siasm. Neither the one expectation nor the other was fulfilled. The procession appears to have num bered about 25,000, and beyond the fact that there was a great crowd of lookers-on the excitement was of a very mild description. The result was due to some extent to minor causes, but the conclusion can not be avoided that the heart of the labouring classes was not very strongly moved on the question of re form. We have repeatedly pointed out that the apathy of these classes on political subjects is greater than some would have it appear. The difficulties under which they live are unconnected with the suffrage, as they know very well. Every English mechanic of any intelligence knows that full work and high wages are not to be controlled by any legislation whatever. The working classes of England are, without doubt, always studying the relations of capital and labour, for those relations are what control their condition, and enter into every circumstance of their hard working lives. But with these things changes in the representation have nothing to do. In fact, the course of British legislation having been toward the fostering of British trade, and successfully so, the masses are generally disposed to content themselves with political affairs as they are. In fact, the Bri tish workman is not, in the main, discontented with his rulers, for he Iciows that were he to take their place, he could not remove evils that are inevit able. As for sensation writers, who abuse everybody who does not believe in them, and who affirm that England " groans" under its aristocratic system, they may be dismissed with the statement of a fact well understood by well-informed persons—English men are not weary of their aristocracy, but, on the contrary, look to that aristocracy with great respect, and recognise its general influence in preserving the status of the nation among other nations with much gratification. The preservation of the " ancient honour of the family" is, as most even of the poorest classes understand it, a sort of sacred obligation with the majority of the titled gentlemen, whose names are reminders of many old historic epochs; epochs not less interesting to ourselves than to other peoples —nay, epochs in which our own ancestry bore an honourable part, and in this sense are a guarantee of the stability and the respectability of the nation itself. The political movements, in short, which from time to time are rife in England, are not to be judged by an American standard. In that country much that with us is a constant subject of debate is settled and accepted. The course of parties does not run there as does the Course of parties with ourselves. There the masses understand, and are proud to un derstand, that the general forms of government are fixed and, humanly speaking, immutable, and that there are limits even to political vagaries. We, who are for ever patching, or seeking to patch, the holes which we ourselves have made in the struc ture, which we have reared with so much labour, and love so well, cannot understand that another nation will stand firm around a social edifice formed upon a different model. But the truth is the truth nevertheless. The difficulties under which labour in England suffers are nowise concerned in these mat ters, and the trade societies which did not parade at Mr. Bright's bidding knew it. The problem which they have to solve is a different one from that which he has undertaken to solve. They in tend to combine, n o t f or the election of members of Parliament, but for the establishment of industrial , enterprises of their own. They are more bent upon realising that labour is capital than upon the possession of a franchise which would be of compa ratively little use to them. They turned out to see the show of December 3 as people will turn out to see any show. But when all was over they returned home with mingled feelings. Prominent was, of course, that of respect for Mr. Bright, who is re spected even by his enemies ; but as prominent was the other feeling, that votes were very well, but victuals were better, and that the elevation of the British working man must depend upon the union of industry and skill, to be guided b y hi s own brains, and to inure to his own benefit. London Working Men's Association. A special general meeting of the above association was held last evening in the hall of the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street ; Mr. George Potter in the chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the meeting by congratu lating the members on the crowded attendance, and the rapid progress making by the association amongst the working men of London. He believed in a very short time, if they proceeded in the calm, temperate, and dignified way they had hitherto done, the association would become one of the most powerful and respected organisations ever established by the working men of London. The way in which the late Trades' Reform Demonstra tion had been conducted had raised the association very high in public opinion. (Hear.) The Secretary read reports from the sub-commit tees on the ironworkers' lock-out, the currency ques tion, the legal proceedings connected with the late Reform Demonstration, the Paris Exhibition excur sion, and the future plan of action of the association in connexion with the trades' societies. Considerable discussion took place upon each of the above subjects, and the following resolutions were adopted : Moved by Mr. UPSIIALL, joiner, and seconded by Mr. SQUIR , painter, " That in the present circum stancesE of the iron trade, not only in the north of England, but in Staffordshire, it is desirable that the existing efforts in behalf of the iron workers be continued." Moved by Mr. IlowE, French polisher, and seconded by Mr. TOWERS, joiner, " That the thanks of this association be given to Mr. Ernest Jones for his eloquent defence and vindication of democracy in the late controversy with Professor Blackie in Edinburgh." Moved by Mr. GLASIER, joiner, and seconded by Mr. SMITH, bootmaker, " That the committee be instructed to prepare petitions for manhood suffrage and the ballot, to be signed by the members of the trade societies throughout the country, such petitions to be presented immediately after the re-assembling of Parliament." It was also resolved . that Mr. Jenkins, organ builder, should represent the association in the de putation of working men about to wait on the Em peror of the French in relation to the Paris Exhibition. The CHAIRMAN then announced the intention of the trades' societies to hold another trades' demon stration on a large scale should the Government ignore the question of Reform, or not deal with it in a satis factory manner. This demonstration would be quite distinct from that proposed by the Reform League in February, and its being held would be contingent upon the conduct of the Government. Ile also an nounced that the association • had called a public meeting for Tuesday evening next, in the place they were now assembled, to promote the subscription ou behalf of the unemployed and destitute workmen in the east-end of London. The meeting then adjourned for a fortnight. It is rumoured at Southampton, and currently believed, that Thomas Chainberlayne, Esq., of Cranbury Park, the owner of the Old Arrow, as she is familiarly called, intends to challenge Mr. Bennett, owner of the Henrietta to a trial of speed across the Atlantic. The Arrow is the winner of many valuable prizes, and has scarcely ever been beaten. She is a cutter of 102 tons. Mr. Chain berlayne is vice-commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and is a thorough yachtsman and sports man in every Belau, of the word, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is with hearty satisfaction that we record the friendly overtures made by her Majesty's Government to that of the United States. Lord Stanley, as we announced yesterday, has instructed the British Minister at Washington to propose a resort to arbitration on the differences arising out of the American war, and from the language in which this decision has been made public by the Foreign Office, we may infer that a recent commu nication from Mr. Seward paved the way for its adoption. It is now for the Government of the Unite States to say whether they will accede to the principle of arbitration, the precise terms and subjects of which are properly reserved for subse quent discussion. Upon the latter point we cannot anticipate that any serious difficulty will be found. Of course the depredations of the Alabama arc the real sources of dispute, and the great question for the arbitrator will be to what extent, if any, Great Britain is responsible, legally or morally, under cir cumstances to be duly set forth in the case, for the consequences of her escape from the Mersey. The law officers of the two countries, if they could meet for consultation, would probably succeed, within a very few hours, in framing a statement perfectly satisfactory to both. There is, indeed, no contro versy about the facts ; the controversy is about the principles which should be applied to them. Here the amplest discretion should, upon every ground, be left to the arbitrator. The object is not to obtain a judicial determination of a legal doubt, but to bring about an equitable arrangement between two innocent parties who, being nations and not indi viduals, have no common superior. So long as the _ construction of our Foreign Enlistment Act was before the law courts it was inevitable that especial stress should be laid on the legal aspect of the claim preferred by the United States ; when it once comes before the arbitrator, it is the moral aspect which should predominate. Municipal tribunals are governed by precedent, even in matters involving national interests, not because precedent is a sounder guide than principles of justice, but rather because an adherence to precedent is the only safeguard against partiality, and the only security for uni formity of decision. This reason is manifestly inapplicable to the adjudication of international dif ferences by a Sovereign Power. Such a proceeding is more analogous to the intervention of a peace maker between two friends who have disagreed than to any ordinary litigation. The supreme end of a legal judgment is that it should be in strict conformity with the law ; the supreme end of inter national, as of private, mediation is to effect a set tlement which can be accepted on both sides with honour. Will Lord Stanley, however, be supported by public opinion in making a proposal all but identical with that which Lord Russell declined, and thereby incurring the risk of a refusal from the United States? We venture to believe that he will, and, further, that his moral courage in taking a course repugnant to a false but plausible senti ment of national dignity will be rewarded by suc cess. It should always be remembered that Lord Russell's final reply to Mr. Adams was the conclu sion of an elaborate correspondence on our alleged liability for injuries inflicted by the Alabama and her consorts. That correspondence was conducted, almost exclusively, upon the narrow basis of an appeal to precedents, and as the burden of proof lay upon Mr. Adams, Lord Russell possessed a great advantage, which . he turned skilfully to ac count. There were very few precedents relevant to the argument, but of these one of the most recent and important, in which the United States had oc cupied the position of defendant, happened to be in our favour. Lord Russell, chiefly relying on this case, had already committed himself to a denial of the American claim before it was ultimately pre sented in a practical shape, and his prompt rejection of it in that shape followed almost by way of logical consequence. We do not justify this part of Lord Russell's policy, and we regret the ungracious lan guage in which an unpalatable reply was conveyed. It would. have been far better to suggest a change in the form of the claim than to cut off all prospect of its being entertained in any form what ever. At the same time, Lord Russell's error may be partly explained by the turn which the dis cussion had taken, and partly excused by the peremptory tone of Mr. Adams's remonstrances. But an error it was, as we have more than once pointed out, not only in policy, but on principles of reason and right. There are, doubtless, some de ma ands any na o tion monstrous to consent t h u a t a r i b t r o a would b upone but when a Government on terms of amity with our own complains of having been aggrieved by our default, and offers to submit it s a ll ege d grievance to arbi tration, it is no sufficient answer to say that we can not allow a foreign Sovereign to sit i n j u d gmen t on our conduct. We have been parties to a declaration in favour of referring international disputes to ar bitration ; we have actually referred a late dispute with a much weaker Power to arbitration and bowed t te o n t , l i a a r r b b i i t t r r a a t t 3 i r o ' n s t a o w a a n r y d , Statean d g e a i s n h s o t u l l v d h certainlyich Great Britain leer had a cause of complaint. Then, why de mur to arbitration when proposed by the United States, only because we have implicit confidence in the justice of our cause? We say again that Lord Russell's unqualified rejection of Mr. Adams's ten der was a false step, and if a false step, that Lord Stanley was bound to retrace it without needless delay and without unworthy reservations. There is nothing half so undignified as being in the wrong,. nor was there any means of placing us in the right except by assuming the initiative and inviting the United States to meet us half way. Whether they will do so, and if so, in what spi r it th ey will do so, remains to be seen. We can hardly expect that Mr. Seward will lose the opportunity of commenting on our change of attitude, or that some of our New York contemporaries will fail to attribute Lord Stanley's proffered concession to base motives. It will, perhaps, be said or insinuated, but with an entire oblivion of dates, that we presumed on the weakness of America in the day of her calamity, and truckle to her when she has regainsd her strength. Now, if this reproach were ever so well deserved, yet it ought not to deter us from acting upon our own con victions of duty. It is, however, wholly undeserved, and capable of being rebutted by plain facts. The moment selected by Mr. Seward for pressing his demands upon Lord Russell was precisely that at which the United States, triumphant by sea and land, had crushed the insurrection, still maintaining a vast army and navy on a war footing, and indulging hopes of a speedy reconstruction, which experience has since disappointed. If there ever was a time at which Great Britain had reason to fear a rupture with America, it was that very time when Lord Russell in its name repudiated the Alabama claims. But we cannot bring ourselves to dwellon this topic, nor can we suppose that motives so petty and un statesmanlike will influence the counsels of the United States. Englishmen did not suspect America of cowardice when, in deference to the clear rules of maritime law, she gave up the prisoners wrong fully captured on board the Trent, and Americans of sense will not suspect England of cowardice be cause, in deference to equally clear dictates of in ternational morality, she retires from an untenable position. The United States' Government yielded then, although many pe rsons i n thi s coun t r y pre dicted that national pride would be too strong for them. It is the turn of our Government to yield now, and, whether or not their motives be appre ciated, we have confidence in the result of their efforts to renew those friendly relations with a kindred people which should never have been inter rupted. The Colliery Guardian publishes some interesting statistics concerning the recent strikes in the iron trade. £300,000 is calculated to be the sum lost to the men in wages, while only £lO,OOO has been sub scribed by the unions, which was distributed amongst only a third of the number on strike. The remainder, some six or seven thousand, got no assistance at all from the unions. Nor is this all. The losses occasioned by the strikes are by no means at an end. According to the Colliery Guardian : " There are also secondary losses which will have to be borne. The malleable iron trade has been di rected into other channels, and under the most favourable circumstances a long time must elapse before it will be got back again. This means short time even at the reduced wages, and the non-re munerative employment of capital for the manufac turers, with corresponding effects to all who depend directly or indirectly upon the iron trade. The labour market has also been affected in two ways. A large number of fairly-skilled underhands have risen to a foremost place, and the men imported from other districts are far more numerous than those who have left the North country. A meeting of the British Fine Arts Committee of Selection was held. on Friday, Dec. 28, at the South Kensington Museum, present—Sir Francis Grant, president of the Royal Academy; Frederick Tayler, Esq., president of the W ater- colour Society ; Frederick Y. Hurlstone, Esq., President of the Society of British Artists ; Henry Warren, Esq., president of the Institute of Water-colour Painters, and Richard Redgrave, Esq., R.A. The committee revised the lists submitted by the artists of the works by which they desired to be represented at Paris, and made a careful selection of such paintings and drawings as they thought would best represent the English school. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. B.—ln shipping yarns there has been a fair amount of business to-day, but at rather lower prices than could be obtained last week. This business, however, has not embraced all mar kets, and upon the whole the market may be consi dered rather tame. To make sales of any consider able quantities, still lower prices would have had to be taken. The market for home trade yarns has been exceedingly languid, and sellers have been enabled to sustain values chiefly through the firm ness yet remaining in the prices of cotton. Spinners give much the same quotations as on Friday, but there has been less than au average business trans acted. In cloths we have no particular change to notice as compared with last week. Pi ices remain nominally the same, but there is a marked absence of business in shirtiugs and printers, and most de scriptions of India goods meet with little demand. Buyers hold back with much caution, though it is possible that if holders were tempted by larger' offers some little concession would be made in price. The leading characteristic of the market for cloths is an indisposition to operate, and a difficulty in selling at the quotations. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market :—" We have no change to report in the general aspect of the mar ket since Friday. The business is still confined to small quantities, and though prices are in some cases quoted higher, the transactions are too few to test them fairly. To-day we close with a firm but inactive market.' LEEDS, Bth.—The attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls has not shown much improvement to-day, and the amount of business, though it was more than was done last week, was not large. Li g ht mel tons and tweeds were the most saleable, as well for the export as for the home trade. The demand for black unions by a few shipping houses is slightly better, and there is not much less than the usual average doing in all-wool blacks of good manufac ture. There is no increase in the employment at the woollen mills throughout the district, nor, on the other band, is short-time working more prevalent than it was last month. The greatest depression is in the heavy goods trade. Prices of both wool and cloth keep steady. The flax trade, though quiet, is as active as it has been for the past two months. ROCHDALE, 7th.—To-day's flannel market, being the opening market of the year, was of a holiday character. The attendance of buyers was small, and but a limited quantity of flannels was sold, a fair portion of which were purchased for exportation. As to prices they were generally steady, and the tone of the market, so far as could be judged from the way goods were bought, was satisfactory. There was little done in Yorkshire goods, the demand for which has been rather dull for a long time past. Wools maintain late quotations, but manufacturers are purchasing sparingly, more to meet present than prospective demands. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS-TUESDAY. There was a moderate show of wheat at this day's market, and wo have to report a firm trade in that article at last Tuesday's prices —in some instances a little more money was made for old descriptions, owing to the suddsn change in the weather materially affecting tho condition of new. Fine barley quite as well sold, while inferior de scriptions are slow to quit. In oats and beans rather more doing. Average prices : Wheat, 59s 1111; barloy, 38s Gid; oats, 27s lid. SHEFFIELD—WEDNESDAY. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. hushels.„ 23s Od to 21s 6 1 White do do 2ss 0(1 27s 0(1 New red do do 2ls Od 23s Od New white do do 24s Od 26M Od Beans do do 2os Od 22s 01 Peas, per qr. l -s 6d 19s 6d Grinding Ga. ley, per qr 338 Od 388 Od Malting barley, , 0 4os Od 43s Od Oats, do 27s Od 32s ud F10ur....1s 10d to 2s fad per 141 b. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance of the town and country trade at market to-day, but, with the return of mild, open weather, there was rather less disposition to do business. Wheat and flour met with rather a slow demand, but last week's prices were fully supported. Oats and oatmeal in fair demand, at slightly improved rates. Beans, peas, an d barley had an upward tendency. Indian corn rather more in request at higher rates. LYNN-MONDAY. New wheat, 54s to 58s ; new red, 40= to 48s; old white, 67s to 71s; old red, 59s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 46s to 525; secondary, 37s to 38s. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 445. Peas, 36s to 40s per 28 stone. MARKET lIARBOROUGII.—MoNDAY. Old white wheat, 55s to 72s ; new red, 50s to 67s per 36 stone. Barley, fine, 52s ; other kinds, 23s to 36s per 30 st. Oats, new, 22s to 23s ; old, 30s to 34s per qr. Beans, old, 50s to 555; now, 46s to 48s per qr. BRISTOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was about the usual attend ance. There was some inquiry for fine wheat, and fully is more money realised. Barley was is per qr. dearer. Oats and other articles about the same as last week. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUESDAY. White wheat, 62s to 72s ; rod, 52s to Gls per 36 stone Barley for malting, 40s to 52s per qr ; feed, 32s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 355; new, 22s to 29s per 24st. Beans, old, 52s to 545; new, 46s to 50s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. - ~-- MAILS DUE. PA.ustralla and New Zealand, via Southamptoa. ..Jan. 19. _ Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. .3. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British t _ . Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec 4 China. Penang, and Singapore, via Sou. hampton Jan 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 13 EndiD. (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Jan 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles J.m. 13. ilauritius, via Southampton Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Newfoundland , Jan. 13. l'ortugs) Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United states and British North America, by Bri tish packet. ... Jtn. 16. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton . . Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan 11. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe Feb. 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Jan 14 Baham`,..i, via New York. Jan 1 Cuba aad Mexic0.,,,~,„ Bermuda, via Halifax, [ ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills. The trying weather of the last few months has laid many in the churchyard who might still have been a blessing to their families if they had by some such means as these famous pills kept the blood pure, the stomach sound, the liver ac" tive, and the bowels regular. Mild wet winters always press with heavy hand on the aged and infirm, who coo stantly require some balsamic tonic like Holloway's pills to sharpen their appetites and to maintain their strength• The pills cannot work wrongly nor unnecessarily. Births. GOURTENAY—On the 3d inst., at Kenton, Lady Evelyn Courtenay, of a daughter. GRANT—On the 30th Nov., at Secunderabad, Deccan, th e wife of Brigadier-General J. Thornton Grant, C. 8., of son. PEEL—On the 7th inst., at 70, Eaton-place, the wife of a• W. Peel, Esq., M.P., of a son. WILLIAMS—On the 7th iust., at Herringstone, near Dor chester, the Hon. Mrs. Williams, of a son. Marriages. CRESIVICK— SORBY—On the 2d inst., at the parish claire% Rotherham, A. J. Creswick, Esq., second son of the lat e N. Creswick, Esq., East-hill Douse, Sheffield, to MOl Ellen, elder daughter of the late Richard Sorby, E' (l ' Rotherwood, Rotherham. SYNIMS—CoRsER—On the 3d inst., at St. James's, the In J. E. Symms, Vice-Principal of the College, Bath , t a , Mary, second daughter of Mr. Rohm t Corser, of Norlan square. Deaths. BrsHor —On the Gth inst., at 13, Ebury-street, Captain James Bishop, late of 23d Regiment. GOODRIDGE—On the 7th inst., at Belsize Cotta g e, noir stead, John Goodridge, Esq., aged 51. KIDD - On the 7th inst., at Hammersmith, Wm. Kidd, th e , well-known author of many works on tho Treatment 01' Domestic Pets, aged 64. RENNIE—On the 4th inst., at Gravesend, Capt. J. Renn ie ' RN., late of Clapham-road, Surrey. no t TowssExp the Gth inst., at 2, Agar-street, Str and ' Mr. Edmund Townsend, aged 61. WRIGHT—On the sth inst., at Barton Fields, C a nterhu r t. ; Lieut.-General Thomas Wright, C. 8., Colonel 30th ria i =Alt, aged 72. 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