The Sun. — London, England, 1867-03-02 00:00:00

POIERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The Loin CHA.NcELLon took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE .NEW PEERS. The new peers, Lords Cairns and Colonsay, took their seats and the oaths. THE ENFIELD AND SNIDER RIFLES. The Earl DE GREY and RIPON said . that certain statements had appeared relative to the difference between the Enfield and Snider rifles. Ile thought it his duty to mention that subject to the house. These para graphs had appeared in certain public prints relative to experiments that had lately been made at Aldershot. Perhaps the noble lord opposite representing the War office would bo able to answer the question, and to state what was the foundation for those statements. Lord LONGFORD stated, iu reply, that there had been a trial of the two rifles mentioned, and that Mr. Thompson, an inspector of musketry, who bad conducted the trial, had stated that so far from the Snider rifle at Aldershott being unsatisfactory, it was highly successful, and that although at the long ranges it might not be so efficient as the Enfield, it was much more adapted to the services of war. There had been several trials to test the accuracy of the Snider rifle, and each had fully proved that it was ad mirably constructed in that respect. Lord DALHOUSIE objected that though the Snider rifle might be a good weapon as regarded its accuracy that it was too encumbered by machinery to be a simple weapon in the hands of a private soldier. Ile had always been of opinion that a proper committee of military people should be appointed to inquire into the individual value of these weapons. The subject then dropped. THE ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. The Duke of ST. ALBANS moved for a copy of the instructions issued to officers commanding regiments and detachments called upon to aid the civil power in maintaining order at recent elections of members of Parliament in Ire land, and also a copy of the instructions issued to the magistrate concerning the use of the troops, and a report from the General commanding the forces respecting the employment of the military in aid of the civil power. lie (the noble Duke) would wish that these papers, which would throw light upon the proceedings that had taken place at the late elections in Ireland, should be placed be fore that house, inasmuch as many reports had been circu lated relative to the scenes that had occurred at those elections. Lord LONGFORD said that at these various elections barricades and other objects of offence bad been exhibited by the people, and that the military had behaved on all occasions, when they assisted the civil power, with the greatest moderation ; and at Tipperary, where a disturbance bad occurred, no loss of life bad been sustained. The noble lord then quoted reports from Lord Strathnairn and others, showing the extreme moderation of the troops in all these dis turbances. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE stated that the employ ment of troops at elections was highly objection able ; but considering- the disturbances that were likely to take place at elections in Ireland— Tipperary, Waterford, and elsewhere—it was the duty of the civil power to call in the aid of the military, and the latter were bound to act.. At the election at Waterford, although an unfortunate occurrence had taken place, yet he considered that the troops had moderately performed their duty. The Duke, referring to the events at Dungar van, expressed his deep regret at the loss of life that had occurred, but from the information he had received he declared his conviction that no blame was to be attached to the troops, who had borne insult, menace, and assaults with patience and forbearance, circumstances which he hoped the public would remember when considering the melancholy catastrophes which had occurred at the Water ford election. Lord GREY agreed that it was desirable to avoid hav ing recourse to military aid in civil disturbance, but ob served that the first duty of a Government was to protect her Majesty's subjects in the exercise of their lawful rights. The motion for papers was not pressed. The Lis Pendens Bill and the Sale of Land by Auction Bill were severally read a third time. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Ilypothec Amendment (Scotland) Bill, which motion, after some objections from Lord Selkirk and a qualified support from Lord Dalhousie, was agreed to. The sitting was closed at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEARER took the chair at 4 o'clock. BUNIIILL-FIELD BURIAL GROUNDS. Mr. MILLS asked the Judge Advocate-General if, when the present lease of the ancient burial-ground of Bunhill 'fields to the Corporation of London expired, it was the intention of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to preserve it inviolate and in perpetuity, together with the vaults and graves, and to provide for its future maintenance in decent order ; if so, whether it was intended to promote a bill in Parliament fur these purposes. _ _ . 31r:310 WRIIA.Y said it was the. intention of theEcelesiasti cal Commissioners to preserve inviolate and in perpetuity the vaults and grave in Bunhill-fields. Certain questions with respect to its future maintenance were still pending between the Corporation and the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners, but as the lease did not-expiro until Christmas next, it was not the intention of the Ecclesiastical Com missioners to propose a bill on the subject during the pre sent session. SPECIAL JURORS. Mr. LtTSK asked the Solicitor-General if his attention had been called to the length of time jurymen in the metropolis had frequently to wait before they were called on the trial for which they were summoned, to the in convenience cf their having three or four summonses ,for different courts in one week, and to the frequency with which the same persons had to serve ; and, if so, whether it was his opinion that a measure could be devised to fix the day when jurymen were actually required to attend, to make the fees of special jurymen more in accordance with the time they were compelled to serve, and if it would not be to the public interest that trials should be shortened ? • The SOLICITOR GENERAL said his attention had been directed to the matter, but the inconvenience occa sioned by jurymen having to wait arose from the fact that being summoned for a particular trial the one pre ceding it occupied a longer time than was antici pated. He did not think any measure could be de vised to meet that inconvenience. With respect to the remuneration of special jurors, of course it could be increased, but he did not think that ought to be done until something was done for com mon jurors, who now only received Bd. for each trial. He did not see how it was possible to shorten trials, neither did he think it would be for the public advantage that it should be done. DISTRESS AMONGST SHIPWRIGHTS. Mr. HENDERSON asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether specifications for building iron gun boats and other ships of war are not being prepared, and whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to invite tenders from the builders on the Thames exclusively, or whether builders in other parts of the kingdom should have the opportunity of tendering for such vessels. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was the intention to con struct a number of ships to give employment to a number of persons who stood in need of it. Specifications had been prepared, and it was intended to invite tenders from the companies on the Thames; but at the same time he might say that the contracts would not be exclusively con- fined to those parties, but all builders would be invited, and the best and most advantageous contractors would be accepted. THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Mr. B. HOPE asked the Secretary of State for War whether all or any portion of the munitions of war, includ ing machinery, had been shipped for or otherwise trans mitted to Paris for the purposes of the Great Exhibition in that city ; and if so, at what date such transmission took place and by whose authority. General PEEL said the determination to exhibit muni tions of war at the Paris Exhibition had been come to before he was appointed to the War Office. A contract had been entered into for the conveyance of those articles to Paris, and as no question had been raised up to the pre sent time all things were ready for shipment, and the vessels sailed yesterday. Had any questions been raised be should have stopped the departure of the vessel; even at the expense of breaking the contract entered into. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. In reply to Captain VIVIAN, General PEEL raid the supplementary army estimates would be laid on the table on Monday next. CLERKS IN GOVERNMENT PRISONS. In reply to Mr. Lusx, Mr. HUNT said the petition of the clerks in the Go vernment prisons for an increase of salary was under con sideration. THE REFORIt BILL. Mr. J. WHITE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the preparation of the proposed Reform Bill, the practice adopted in 1858 of availing of the services of the professional agents of the Conservative party, in lieu of the ordinary advisers of the Government, would b s: Bing that stir:li a in , ),le of prece•lure Liti to a co,t of ,C 3,606 17s. 21., as per Troasury Minute 13th June, The CILI - NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no equity draughtsman was at present attached to the. Tre asury, and he had tried to secure the services of a gentle man of undoubted talent, but he had not been successful. Mr. Pring, who was attached to the Horne-office, and who nobly drew up the bills, had b.,an of late too much over worked to be asked to draw up the Reform Lill, and, under such circumstances, the best talent at command had been secured. The cost referred to by the hon. member was not only for drawing up the bill of 1559, but for various other matters connected with it. The cost of preparing the bill ho would have the honour of in• troducing would be such as would be quite satisfactory tc the hon. gentleman. . Mr. GLADSTONE asked the right hon. gentleman whether he hal uudentood him rightly the otller eveumg to state that the iitiQr7ll Bill would be introduced next Thursday, so much misapprephension seemed to exist on the subject in consequence of what the right hon. gentlemen stated last night. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the statement he had made last night was quite consistent with that he had previously made on the first occasion, and he said he hoped to be able to introduce the bill on• Thursday week, but he carefully guarded himself against saying positively that it would be on that day. Mr. GLADSTONE said great anxiety existed on the matter, and, therefore, he hoped the right hon. gentleman would state the exact day he proposed to introduce the bill as early as possible. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said on Monday next he would name the day he would introduce the bill. ARRESTING A REPORTER. In reply to Mr. O'BEIRNR, Lord NAAS said that on the 20th of Feb., a message was sent to the telegragh office at Killarney, which, with ono exception, viz., the cutting of a telegraph wire was entirely untrue. Inquiry was made, and ultimately the person who wished it transmitted was taken into custody. The name of the person was Tracy, and he was a reporter attached to the Cork Herald. He was told he had been guilty of a very serious offence against the law, and after an examination he was committed for trial. Bail, however, had been taken for his appearance at the sessions. As notice of action had been served on the magistrates for false imprisonment, and Mr. Tracy had yet to undergo his trial, the house would excuse him saying anything further on the matter. SUGAR DUTIES. In reply to Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. HUNT said, provided all matters were settled with the Dutch Government, the reduced duties would come into effect on the Ist of April, but if matters were not arranged by that time then it would be the Ist of May. On the motion for going into committee of supply, nume rous and varied subjects were brought under the notice of the house, though only a very few possessed any features calculated to excite the public interest. Mr. B. COCHRANE descanted at some length upon the alleged iniquities attendant on the Coolie emigration from the East Indies, and urged that the system ought not to receive further extension, but should be conducted under more efficient checks and restraints. In opposition to this view of the hon. member Mr. ADDERLEY, as Under Secretary for the Colonies, con tended that the emigration of Coolies was most useful alike to the Coolies themselves, to the negroes in the West Indies, and the planters. No cultivation required such steady and continuous labour as that of sugar, and in the West Indies and the Mauritius the negroes could not be relied upon for this. If the advice of Mr. Cochrane were followed, the result would simply be to put an extinguisher upon the whole system. In the same view Mr. CARD WELL treated the subject. So far as the Coolies were concerned they were able to obtain in the West India islands an amount of wages that they could not get in their own country, whilst their im portation was beneficial to those countries and the negroes themselves. From its very inception to its close the sys tem of Coolie emigration was surrounded with every pos sible guard : the immigrants at the expiration of their con tracts were free to return to their own country, and they frequently did so with considerable savings. Abuses might occur, it was true, but what system was entirely free from abuse? That, however, was no reason why a system should be put an end to that had been productive of so much benefit. Sir W. S. MAXWELL, in asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in his proposed scheme of Parliamen tary Reform, he contemplated giving any additional repre sentation to Scotland, observed, that having assisted to take the question of Reform out of the hands of the late Government, hon. members on the. Ministerial side of the house were bound to see that the interests of the country were as carefully weighed by their leader and his Cabinet as they would have been by their predecessors in office. Ho pressed upon his right hon. friend's consideration, therefore, whether it would be fair, handsome, or wise, that an opinion should grow up in Scotland that it was not treated on that side of the house as it would have been by the ether; and that, in fact, it was to bo deprived of its fair share of representation because the timepiece which regulated the opinions of the Treasury bench went a little slower than that which regulated the opinions of the Oppo sition. The mooting of this question was the signal for one Scotch member after another rising and pressing the claim of their country to increased representation on the ground of property, wealth, and intelligence. In reply, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Ministers had not yet arrived at a conclusion that there was too much representative power in England, al though they thought it might be more efficiently distri buted. Ho could not admit, therefore, that in attempting to improve the representation of the peopleof England and Wales, the Government were bound at the same time to consider the claims of any other part of the United King dom. Scotch members were under a great error if they supposed that Ministers were insensible to their claims or unwilling to consider them ; but they could not undertake to do so on the condition that the improved representation of Scotland was to be accomplished by the sacrifice of the interests of England. The house then went into committee of supply, and a vote of £56,000 was taken for excess of civil service esti mates on the year ending March 31, 1866. The Trades Uuions Bill was read a third time and passed. _ _ Mr. Secretary WALPOLE moved for leave to bring in two bills for the extension of the Factory Acts, and for regulating the hours of labour for children, young persons, and women employed in workshops. The first of those bills, he explained, would apply to six different heads of trades, and include all establishments in which ono hun dred persons or upwards were employed ; whilst the second related to establishments of lesser magnitude. In the former instance all the provisions of the Factory Acts would come into operation, with regard to ventilation and cleanliness, security of life and health, hours of employ ment of children and young persons, and compulsory at tendance at school for the purposes of education. No children or women would be permitted to be employed at night work except in particular trades, and then only subject •to the provision that they should not be employed either during the preceding or succeeding day, or more than a certain number of nights in a fortnight. The second bill, he believed, would do more for the benefit of those who could not protect themselves than any other measure that could be devised, for it would protect upwards of 11,000 of that class. Its main object was to secure that no children under eight years of age should be employed; to regulate the employment of children between eight and thirteen years of age; and, as regarded all young persons and woman, to regulate their working hours, not absolutely, but very nearly according to the principles of the Factory Acts. The trades affected would be the lace manufacture, hosiery, and some others. Inspectors would be appointed to supervise them in diffe rent parts of the kingdom, and the local authorities would have power to enforce under penalties, whether on parents or employers, compliance with the provisions of the act. Mr. H. BRUCE was of opinion that the bill would strike a fatal blow at some very serious evils, and that the right hon. gentleman had only to extend his legislation to the case of children employed in agriculture to complete the good work. Mr. E. POTTER was grateful to the Home Secretary for his proposed measure, but hoped that before it reached its next stage the right hon gentleman would see his way clear to providing for the compulsoty education of the ehildren and young persons to whom the bill applied. Mr. WALPOLE admitted that the absence of any pro vision for compulsory education was a defect ; but ho was not without hopes of being able to introduce clauses for satisfactorily dealing with that difficult subject. His own idea was that before a child was allowed to be employed a certificate should be required that he possessed a certain amount of edacation ; and that until, a certain age he should not be employed more than six hours a day. The question, however, should receive consideration. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Leave was also given to Mr. HADFIELD to introduce a bill for facilitating the acquisition and enjoyment of sites for buildings for religious, educational, literary, scien tific, and other charitable purposes; and to Mr. CAVE a bill amending the act of last session for the protection of oyster and mussel fisheries. The house rose at 25 minutes to 10 o'clock. A young man, aged 19, named Lemaire, has been tried at the Valais de- Justice, and sentenced to death for the murder of his stepmother. It appears he objected to his father's marriage with the widow, and determined to prevent it: He provided a rope, arranged a noose, fixed it to the wall, and armed himself with a knife and razor. On the widow entering the room he slipped the noose over her head and stabbed her with the knife, while she struggled to release herself, inflicting no fewer than twenty wounds. He boldly avowed the murder in court, and regretted that. she had struggled so much as to alarm the neighbours, which led to the failure of his plan to kill her daughter and his own father. " It is clearly your duty," he said, addressing the Court, "to avenge society,' and have me guillo tined ; and if you shrink from that duty, gentlemen of the Court and gentlemen of the jury, a heavy responsibility will lie at your door." [ADvEitTisEmENT. I—Holloway's Pills.—Enfeebled Exist ence.—This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy. It overturns the foun dations of disease laid by defective food and impure air. In obstructions and congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organ, these pills aro especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in readi ness in every family, as they are a medicine without fault for young persons and those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain or irriutte the most sensitive nerves or tender bowels. Holloway's pills are the best known puri fiers of the blood, and the best promoters of absorption and secretion, which remove all poisonous and obnoxious par ticles from both solids and fluids. Society of Ancient Britons. The 152 d anniversary festival of this society was celebrated last evening at Willis's-rooms, King street, St. James's. The origin of the society dates from the year 1715, shortly after the accession of George 1., and may be attributed to two incidents —first, to the fact of the birthday of Caroline, Princess of Wales, being on the same day as that of the tutelar Saint of the Principality, St. David, Ist of March, and next to the circumstance that there prevailed on the part of many influential Welshmen at that time a desire to manifest their attachment to the House of Hanover during the troubles which then threatened the security of that dynasty. Very soon after the formation of the so ciety a school was attached to it to provide a suit able education for poor children born iu the metro polis of Welsh parents, and, according to the pre sent statistics of the society, the number of boys that have been admitted upon that establishment and wholly maintained by it is 2,331. Of these it is stated that 1,133 have been apprenticed, 5 have been made pupil-teachers, 200 have been sent to sea, 900 to service, and upwards of 80 are now on the esta blishment. Then, of girls, 731 have been ad mitted, of whom 632 are gone to service, 60 have been apprenticed, 3 have been made pupil-teachers, and 36 are remaining in the establishment. The auditor's report stated that the receipts, including a balance of £570 19s. 4d., during the year amount to £3,412 3s. 11d., and the payments to £3,024 19s. Bd., leaving a balance of £387 4s. 3d. The ex penditure has therefore exceeded the income by £lB3 15s. Id., notwithstanding the number of chil dren in the establishment having been considerably . reduced. On the present occasion his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales was president of the day, and was supported by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Powis, Earl Vane, Viscount Hamilton, the Bishop of St. David's, Earl of Brad ford, Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, the Bishop of Ely, Lieut.-Gen. Hood, Sir W. W. Wynn, M.P., Gen. Kuollys, Col. the Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P., Lord Richard Grosvenor, Right Hon. M. A. Bruce, M.P. Sir T. Phillips, Q.C., Mr. T. Mainwaring, M.P. Mr. R. Hanbury, M.P., Lieut.-Col. Williams, M.P. Mr. R. Wynne, M.P., Mr. C. W. W. Wynn, Lieut.-Col. C. Stuart, M.P., the Hon. H. Tracy, M.P. Mr. H. Gwyn, M.P., Mr. Fildes, M.P., &c., and the company numbered upwards of 140 friendA of the institution. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, on rising to propose the first toast, was received with great cheering. He said— Your Royal Highness, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, the first toast which, iu the capacity of chairman, I have to propose to you is one which I feel certain you will drink with enthusiasm. It will require little praise from me, as it is a toast which at all meetings of Englishmen is never omitted. I propose to you " The Health of her Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, who was also most cordially received, in proposing " The Health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," observed that it was unnecessary he should say much respecting his illustrious relative who presided over that festival. The mention of his name would insure its reception with the greatest cordiality and goodwill. It was al ways difficult to refer to the merits of an individual in his presence, but the illustrious Prince would for give him for expressing the high sense which every body entertained of the admirable way in which his Royal Highness had supported not only the general interests of the country, but also those of individual societies. (Cheers.) This, they would all agree, greatly redounded to the credit of his Royal High ness, and could not fail to add to the loyalty, affec tion, and devotion which were felt by the people towards his house. (Cheers.) They had lately ex perienced great anxiety respecting the state of the health of the illustrious consort of his Royal High ness, and he was sure the toast he was about to pro pose would not be the less heartily received when he stated the fact that all anxiety on her Royal Highness's account might now be considered as at an end. (Loud cheers.) They all desired to see her restored to her usual health. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great cheering. The Prince of WALES, again rising, said—l thank your Royal Highness most heartily for the terms in which you have been pleased to propose the toast, and I also thank the company for the great cordiality with which they have received it. His Royal Highness has been pleased to say that I have always been ready, whenever it lay in my power, to assist any charitable meeting of this kind. I can assure you that it does afford me great plea sure and satisfaction to be present, either as a looker on or as a participator in these assemblies, and I derive great encouragement from the kind manner in which I am invariably supported on these occasions. (Cheers.) There being many other toasts to go through, I will confine myself to the ex pression of my thanks for the very kind manner in which you have drunk the health of her Royal Highness the Princess of IVales. (Cheers.) lam truly happy to he able to corroborate the statement of my illustrious relative, and to say that her Royal Highness is rapidly recovering from her late illness. (Loud cheers.) His Royal Highness then proposed " The Army and Navy, Militia and Volunteer Ser vice," which was respon d e d t o b y hi s R oya l High ness TALBOT. O AMBRIDGE and the Earl of SHREWSBURY the Duke "The Church" was then proposed byEarl Powis, and acknowledged by the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES then rose to propose the toast of the evening, and said— I beg to propose to you " Prosperity to the Welsh Charity School, and Perpetuity to the Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons." (Cheers.) I feel sure, gentlemen, I shall not have to call upon you twice to respond most heartily to this toast. You all of you must know, perhaps far better than I can tell you, the history of this society ; but at the same time it may be well that I should go back and give you a brief sketch of the society from its com mencement. In 1714 it was founded on St. David's day, which was the birthday of Caroline, Princess of Wales. My ancestor, George 11., then Prince of Wales, became the first patron of the Society. The Princess took great interest in the well-being of the society, independent of the fact of its having been founded in commemoration of her natal day. The schoo! in those times was nothing more than a day school. It was found to be too small, and was re moved to Clerkenwell, and there it flourished for some time. In 1771 it was removed to Gray's-inn lane, and in 1818, at the death of the much lamenteed Princess Charlotte of Wales, whose loss the whole country most deeply felt, 50 additional* children were, by means of a public subscription, sent to the school in remembrance of her name. (Cheers.) The school continued to flourish, but it was thought ad visable, if it could be effected, that the institution should be removed into the country, in order, among other advantages, that the children might derive the benefit of fresh air. Accordingly, in 1854, the school was removed to Ashford, and on the 13th of July, 1857, my lamented father inaugurated and opened the school on its present site. I am happy to say that I accompanied him on that occasion, and from that time to this you will believe me when I assure you that I have felt the deepest interest in the pros perity of the school. (Loud cheers.) It has frequently occurred on my journey from Windsor to London by the South-Western line for me to notice the school as I have passed by it, but that circumstance alone would not be required to remind me of its claims. (Cheers.) When the school was removed from London to the country considerable expense was incurred ; so much so that it was rendered neces sary to reduce the number of children from 200 to 150, but I am happy to be able to inform you that in the course of the last century and a half as many as 3,000 Welsh children have been by means of this institution clothed, fed and educated, and afterwards sent forth into the world, provided, to a certain extent, for their future career. (Cheers.) This must be a gratifying announcement, and brief and imperfect as the sketch may have been which I have now given you, still I trust I have said enough to call upon you most heartily to continue that support which in past yeart you have given on the occasion of those annual festi vals. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to re ceive these remarks, and I beg to propose to you, in a bumper, the toast of the evening. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great applause. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the principal guests retired about half-past 10 o'clock. Miscellaneous American News. One of the most serious charges against Presi dent Johnson—that of garbling the despatches of General Sheridan concerning the New Orleans massacre—has been investigated by a Congressional Committee. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times, in which paper the mutilated de spatches first appeared, was examined, and deposed that in calling upon the President to know if he had received any news from New Orleans, Mr. Johnson told him he had received some telegrams, and that if he would go into the next room his private secre tary would give him copies of them. The c3r respondent wrote the despatches as they were dic tated 133 the private •secretary, and the publication by General Sheridan of his telegrams showed that in the copies thus obtained and printed in the New York 2 inzes some sentences of importance had been suppressed. New York is about to organise a new association, to be designated the " American Society of Painters in Water-colours ;" and it is proposed that the works of its members shall be exhibited next autumn. As Congress has passed the bill admitting Ne braska as a State, over the President's veto, by the two-thirds majority, the number of States is now 37. The telegrams from America this week have been more than ever contradictory. It was stated that the House of Representatives had passed a resolu tion abolishing the tax on cotton in September next. On the evening of the 26th February a message was despatched from New York, to the effect that the House of Representatives had passed a resolution restoring the tax upon cotton. News arrived from Mexico of a great success of Miramon's, and of the capture and even of the death of Juarez ; but it turns out that Miramon has been defeated, and Juarez is at large. Again it is stated that Mira mon routed Escobedo on the 4th February, near San Luis Potosi. It was announced that the House of Representatives had adopted a bill for the issue of 100,000,000 greenbacks for the redemption of the compound interest notes. This sent up the price of gold in the New York market, and had an adverse influence on the 5-20's in the exchanges of Europe. Now we learn that the Finance Com mittee of the Senate has reported against this bill, and iu consequence that body has rejected the bill. The Senate has passed a resolution for the disband ment of the Southern Militia. Suratt has been arraigned in the Civil Court. The Tripoli reached New York on the 22d, the City of New York. on the 26th, and the Peruvian, Periere, and United Kingdom on the 27th. It is said that within the last six months two at tempts have been made to get architects of America to send in plans for two important buildings —one the State Capitol at Albany, and the other the new buildings of the War Department in Washington. A fixed sum has been offered, but the architects desired that the successful competitor should after wards be employed to superintend the work. In the case of the Albany Capitol the remuneration would amount to about $30,000 ; the " Empire State" offers, through its agents, $2,500 for the service. For the proposed War-office the amount would be about $25,000 ; the United States, through a board of officers charged with the duty, offer from $l,OOO to $3,000 as premiums for the three best plans. _ _ RENTS IN NEW York.—A very remarkable in stance of the increase of rents is shown in the Trinity Building, in New York. It is a plain structure of brick, about 40 feet high and 160 feet deep, standing on Broadway, next Trinity Churchyard. It is principally occupied by coal mining companies, sand the rent of a second-class office is now one thousand dollars. The building was erected in 1852 at a cost not exceeding $200,000, and was then let for about po,coo a year. Since then the rents have been gradually raised, until the rent roil is now $lBO,OOO, or 90 per cent. ou the cost iu a single year. Au article iu the Commer cial Advertiser, from which we derive these facts, gives the opinion that rents in New York cannot go higher, because people would be ruined if they paid them ; but on the other hand, from the dispo sition shown by landlords, there seems to be not much chance that rents will be lower. THE M'CRACKEN LETTER.--The M'Cracken who wrote the letter to Mr. Seward, which the latter impertinently sent to Mr. Motley, is said to be but ngel green, and self ouif this account is itself twenty-four o l ld et — te y r given :—‘, He states in his letter that he has been travelling in Europe for many months, and made it his special business to visit our Ministers and Consuls abroad, for the purpose of seeing the manner in which our Government was repre sented. After having visited them all, he came to the conclusion that our Government was being greatly misrepresented by our present Foreign Ministers ; and, as a patriot, he thought it a duty he owed his country to inform the Secretary of State of matters as he saw them. Speaking of Mr. Motley, he calls him a a Sumner man,' and says Motley is continually stating in public that he owes his appointment to Charles Sumner, and not to Andrew Johnson ; and further that he agrees with Sumner in politics, and fully indorses him and his party. Minister Hale, he says, takes every opportunity to state that Congress is right and I President Johnson s Wrong. Towards the Hon. W. W. Murphy, our Consul-General at Frankfort, he seems to have a special hatred, and terms him a ' blatant Radical,' and a ' tool of Senator Zach Chandler's.' He gives in detail conversations he has overheard from our Ministers, and terms them all hostile to the Government. He states that a majority of our foreign missions are held by Massachusetts Puritans, and are controlled by such men as Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Ben Butler, and Zach Chandler. This he thinks a great calamity, and should be ended." COMMERCIAL. NEW Yoax, Saturday, Feb. 16. Money continues abundant at 5 to 6 per cent., large sums being even offered on Government Securities at from 4 to 5. At the West, however, the stringency does not abate. At Cincinnati the rates are quoted at from 9 to 12 per cent. under the most favourable circumstances, and in the open market it has gone as high as 24 per cent. This state of things extends to Chicago, where money is scarce, and becoming even more so. Wall-street is in a perturbed condition. Many of the operators.aro watching their op portunity to relieve themselves from their engagements with as little loss as possible. The Stock market continues feverish, with sudden and fitful rallies, but with a decided tendency downwards. Government Securities are strong and there has been an active demand, but the railway market is weak and declining. A special set has been made at Erie. The average price is about 55, but on Wed nesday it was done at 53. The receipts of this road for January have fallen off from the receipts for January last year by nearly $280,000, and the most has been made of this fact, though the reasons of the decrease aro obvious enough, and such as to cause no anxiety on the part of the holders. The severity of the winter, the country being covered with snow, and the railways blocked, will cause quite a general loss on all lines. The leading Western Railway stocks are, however, iu good demand, and, being firmly held, command high prices. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather in January, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway earned a slight increase over the receipts of the corresponding month of the pre vious year. Although slowly trade is still gaining strength and acti vity. Holders of goods are less inclined to force sales, and hold in preference to selling at purchasers' prices. It is evident that they look for better times, and anticipate a favourable movement early in spring. Gold fluctuates be tween 136 and 137. There is not much demand for ex port, and little over half the sum was sent away in last Saturday's steamers than had been shipped the week before, $216,000 being the amount against $418,000 the previous week. The first series of two hundred millions of the 7 3-10 Loan matures in August, and will be funded into Five- Twenties. To facilitate this process, Secretary M'Culloch has announced that the Treasury department will pay the express charges on all packages of bonds sent to Washing ton before March 31, and on all Five-Twenty Bonds returned before that time. The Secretary offers this inducement to avoid tho rush upon the Treasury during the month of August. The following are the latest quotations: American gold 1361, United States Five-Twenties (1862) 1091, (1861) 107 i, (1865) 1071, (1865, uew issue) 101 Uuito gtates Ten-Forties 101, United States 7 3-10 Loan 106, Missouri Sixes 92, Virginia Sixes 55, New York Central Railroad 1001, Erie 561, Erie (preferred) 72, Hudson River 1281 Reading 104, Michigan Central 1071, Michigan South ern and Northern Indiana 73+, Illinois Con tralllsl, Chicago and Alton 115+, Cleveland and Pittsburg 831, Cleveland and Toledo 119, Chicago and North-Western 36}, Chicago and North-Western Preferred 67, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago 971, Ohio and Mississippi Certificates 25i Western Union Telegraph Company 43}, Pacific Mail Steamship Company 152}, Atlantic Mail Steamship Com pany 102+, Cumberland Coal Company Preferred 36, Can ton Company 461, Quicksilver Mining Company 411, Mariposa Mining Company 101, Mariposa Mining Com pany Preferred 21+, Boston Water Power Company 26}. The following remarks are from the Baltimore Weekly Commercial, of Feb. 16:—" The continued inactivity of the New York Stock Market has at last tired the patience of many recent holders, who have for a long time past been expecting an opportunity to get rid of their stocks at a profit, and realisations have been sought generally during the day without reference to first cost. Outsiders have in a great measure becometimid, and, as we anticipated some few days since, the whole market has declined under the pressure of sales, and it is very probable that even lower prices will rule before any increased activity takes place among usual operators. It will be out of the question for another panic to overtake Wall-street such as it has recently passed through ; the condition of the money market is such as to preclude the possibility of such a contingency, and prices have not yet sufficiently recovered toward their former status to admit of a much further deterioration. There can be little doubt that after the market once becomes settled we shall witnesd the opening of the spring campaign, and that the WI side will be the favourite. As matters at Washington wear a more distinct and feasible aspect, the public mind will become more settled, business must re vive in every branch, and the New York Stock Market will certainly be favoured with a renewal of its former activity. (From Bowles, Dreset, and Co.'s Circular.) Business has become much more animated towards the end of the week, and a nearly universal advance has been established. The purchases announced of about 260,000 frs. of 3 per Cent. Rentes (say about 6,066,000 frs. capital) for the sink ing fund, in March, has occasioned a rise in- this security, which is now selling in the neighbourhood of 70, and the " shorts" show much discouragement. American 5-20 s. alone continue unaffected by the various influences which agitate the Bourse. The course of gold and the news, favourable or otherwise, which the telegraph brings from blew York, produce slight move ments of advance or decline, with, however, no consi derable variation. Sellers speculating on apprehensions they believe well founded are very numerous and active, but purchasers for investment establish the equilibrium and prices are main tained. • On the report (which has been but little credited) that 200 million 5-20 s. of 1862, (the only issue freely negotiable at the Paris Bourse) has been discovered to be counterfeit, a slight decline ha - s taken place. The news that President Johnson will not be impeached has had no influence on this security, which was quoted in our last circular, 83 9-16, and close to-day at 82k. Short exchange on London rules at 25 12 to 25 15. Money is very abundant, and a good commercial paper is negociated at 1.1 per cent. per annum. In a word the general aspect of the market is better than for a long time past. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Feb. 27, 1867.) The Africa brought us advices from New York up to the 12th inst. The stock market generally exhibited a fair average amount of business, Government Securities being well supported, and in good demand. In railroad shares the fluctuations had been comparatively small, the tendency being to a slight improvement, on the hope of speculators that the bill for an enlargement of the cur rency to the extent of a hundred million dollars would be carried. This project, however, we learn by telegraph, has been rejected by the Senate, so that the policy of a gradual return to specie payments will most probably be persevered in. In railroad mortgages there was very little business recorded, but State stocks were a little more in demand. Money remained at former rates. London, Feb. 21, 1867. To E. F. Satterthwaite, Esq. Dear Sir,—l take pleasure in complying with your re quest, to repeat, in writing, what I said in conversation with you a few days since, in regard to the manner in which the Atlantic and Great Western Railway has been constructed, and of its future prospects for traffic. During the construction of the road, and as each section was opened, I had occasion to pass over and to examine many portions of it, and feel justified in stating from personal observation that it has been built and equipped as a first class Western American railway. The cross sleepers are generally of oak, of good size and quality, and of the usual and proper number for the rails used. The iron rails are of the usual and suitable weight (about 561bs. per lineal yard). The cuttings and embankments are of the usual dimensions and slopes, and the road-bed reasonably well ballasted. The bridges and other structures seem to have been well built, and 1 think a largo portion of the line is fenced. The engines and cars are of the most modern and best workmanship, and will com pare favourably with those upon this side of the Atlantic. The equipment seemed to be sufficiently largo for the traffic at the opening of the road, but will probably require considerable additions to meet the future increase of the traffic. This railway, especially that portion in the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio, passes through a rapidly im proving country, the local business of which will continuo to increase for many years. The Western connections of this road, with several of the large interior commercial centres (Such as Cincinnati, Cleveland, &c.,) will secure to this line a share of the vast trade of the greatest cereal prodeeing regions of the United States. The future in crease of the traffic of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway must, therefore, be as certain as the growth and prosperity of that region of the country. All American railways are now suffering from a temporary decline of traffic due to the same general causes. The war, and for some period after its close, gave an increased direct and indirect traffic, which is not now received. The reaction following the stimulating effect of the war upon trade and commerce has temporarily deprived the railways of that average amount of traffic, but the recuperating power of the young, healthy, vigorous West, will in a short time change this condition of things, and show an increasing traffic over all the leading trunk lines between the interior and the Atlantic.—Respectfully yours, W. J NPALrINE. We have had to note a limited business in American securities in the Loudon market during the past week. Telegraphic advices from New York, reporting an advance in the premium on gold, has had a depressing effect on the market, and at the close 5-20's at 73 to for the 1852 Bonds, and 711 to I for those of 1865, showing a decline of 1 per cent. There was but little demand for either Illinois Central or Erie shares; the former are last quoted 764 to 774, and the latter 36} to 37, or $1 lower. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds and Certificates of Debentures have fluctuated considerably during the week; tho Consolidated Bonds, after having advanced from 211 to 26, leave off at 211 to 221, and the debentures, which were at one time taken at 33, have re lapsed to 28 30. CANADA-A NATION. On Tuesday the Confederation of the North American Colonies Bill was read for the third time in the House of Lords, and passed. This is the first great step towards the formation of the new nation. The Confederated Provinces will bear the name of Canada—and Canada henceforth will be, to all intents and purposes, a nation. One tie only will exist between the mother country and the nation she has brought into being—the Sove reign of Great Britain will remain the Sovereign of Canada—represented by a Governor-General, with a salary appropriated from the Colonial Fund, and fixed at not less than £lO,OOO a year. The Government of Canada is, in some measure, modelled after that of the United States, though there are important differences, and the theory is wholly dissimilar ; the one being Monarchical, and the other Republican. The Upper House is termed a Senate, and will consist of 72 members, nominated for life by the Governor-General. Of these, Upper Canada will supply 24, Lower Canada 24, Nova Scotia 12, and New Brunswick 12. It has been thought it would have been a wiser policy to have framed this House more closely on the model of the Senate , at Washington. The same machinery will be in existence to supply Senators from the Legislatures of the Provinces, but the fact must not be overlooked that it would be a very different matter to supply the Upper House of the Supreme Government with members from four instead of f r om nine times that number of states ; and experience perhaps would have shown that it would have been impracticable to have acted on the great example furnished by the neighbouring nation. The Lower House will be termed the House of Commons, and will consist of 181 members, of whom Upper Canada will return 82, Lower Canada 65, Nova Scotia 19, and New Brunswick 15. This House will bear a closer resemblance to the House of Representatives than the Upper House will do to the Senate of Congress. The number will vary with the census—taken every tenyears—being based on population. There is a very singular provision for re-adjusting the representation. Lower Canada is to have the fixed number of 65 members, and each of the Federal divisions shall have that number of members, which shall bear _that proportion to the population as 65 bears to the population of Lower Canada. This House will last for five years. The local Legislatures will remain, but with a restricted jurisdiction ; each having surrendered into the hands of the supreme Legislature a portion of its power. Over each province will pre side a Lieutenant-Governor appointed by the Governor-General, and retaining his office for five years. The bill classifies under four heads the distribution of power between the supreme and local Legislatures. The first includes those subjects which are placed under the control of the Colonial Parliaments affecting the country at large, as the national debt, trade and commerce, the revenue, and taxation, both direct and indirect, and on this latter subject the fullest power is given. These points embrace currency, coinage, banking, collection and issue of statistics, as well as criminal legislation, shipping, navigation, harbours, quarantine, and so forth. Secondly. Those subjects which are entrusted to the local Legislatures. Chief in importance among these is the power of raising revenue by direct taxa tion. The PrOvinces surrender their right to levy indirect taxes, and will retain only the power of direct taxation. The management and control of their charity and other institutions will remain to them, and they will be allowed from time to time to alter and amend their Constitution. Thirdly. Those subjects which are termed con current legislation ; such as Agriculture, Immigra tion, and Public Works. And, lastly, those which are dealt with excep tionally, which is intended to provide for extra ordinary cases arising from difference of religion, and the difficulties which may spring from differences of language and race. These are the principal features of the bill that will presently be debated in the House of Commons, and as the measures have re ceived the most mature consideration on the other side of the Atlantic from all interested, it is not likely that an amendment will be attempted. We may, then, confidently look for the new nation- to come immediately into being. Lord CARNARVON said they were laying the foundation of a great State, perhaps greater than that of England. In revenue, in trade, and in shipping it already ex ceeded the thirteen colonies which eighty years ago, at the time of the declaration of independence, became the United States. He regarded the future of the Federation as one of great and happy promise, and he hoped that a State would be formed worthy to take its place by the side of one of the greatest nations of the world. It is con sidered by many that each province should have had the power of electing its own Governor, and that some provision should have been made by which the people could have returned their Senators. Without a particle of real control —on Eng land will still rest no small share of respon sibility. The QUEEN will appoint her Vice roy, and this officer will now perhaps take the highest dignity of any functionary nominated by the Crown as one almost sovereign in his func tions. The only connection that will exist between the young nation and the mother country will be through this Head of the Administration. Still as Great Britain appoints him, and he appoints the Lieutenant-Governors and Senators, the responsibi lity of these nominations will in some measure rest on England. Though the step is by no means perfect, yet it is a long stride towards inde pendence. The next step, we presume, will b 3 the appointment of a member of the Royal Family as Governor-General, and the office made hereditary, which will secure a monarchy and t!,e complete independence of the country. We believe that it would have been better both for the colony and the mother country for the Provinces to have enteredtas States of the Union ; but, failing this, the clear course is towards an independent sovereignty.---Anglo-American Times. TREAT RICAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL THEATRES. PRINCE OF WALES. When Mr. Henderson announced his intention of de voting his beautiful house for a time to the legitimate drama, and of inauguretinga series of S haksperian revivals, by the production of ono of the most beautiful although perhaps the boast known of the great dramatist's works, there were many headfshaki egs and many doubts expressed as to the pecuniary success of the venture. The disastrous results of the celebrated Kean revival 'at the Princess's some years since, and other notable examples, might have deterred other managers from venturing out of the beaten .track of sensationalism and burlesque, which seems, ac cording to the present day notion, to be the only safe road to a full treasury. But Mr. Henderson had never known failure since he put in an appearance in Liverpool, and his previous success and known liberality in the produc-. tion of everything he attempted, led many to predict that another triumph would be added to the many he had achieved during his managerial career. Truly have these predictions been verified by the production of " Anthony and Cleopatra," which for grandeur and magnificence stands unrivalled by anything over attempted on the English stage. The scenery, by the Messrs. Grieve, pre sents a series of beautiful pictures, each a perfect master piece of art, painted with a conscientious and truthful ad herence to historical accuracy, and bringing vividly before the imagination the luxury and splendour of the period in which the incidents are supposed to have occurred. The last scene in the third act, representing the Island of Philac on the Nile (where Anthony and Cleopatra, sur rounded by their Court, hold high festival,) is a marvel of scenic effect. The graceful movements of the dancers, the beautiful music and clashing of cymbals, the richness of the costumes, the deep blue of the noble river, over which the rising moon sheds its silvery light, the exquisite grouping of the figures, altogether presents a scene of gorgeous magnificence which beggars description. Mr. Walter Montgomery sustains the character of Anthony with considerable dignity and effectiveness: his manly and graceful carriage, and rich and beautifully-modulated voice, enable him to fully realise the noble Roman war rior pictured by Shakspere. The Cleopatra of Miss Rein hardt is a majestic conception, and rendered with a rare grace and finish; possessed of great personal beauty and a commanding and exquisitely moulded figure, she full'S , looks the beautiful and fascinating Egyptian Queen, whose wiles led the unfortunate Anthony to sacrifices, power, station, honour, and life, THEATRE ROYAL. Miss Madge Robertson's debut in Liverpool has been emi nently successful. During the last fortnight she has ap peared in a round of characters, and has shown herself fully deserving of the very high praise which has been lavished on her by the London ani provincial press. The great charm of her acting is an entire absence of staginess and artificiality, and the truthfulness and simplicity with which she renders her well-conceived and truthful repre sentations. Amongst the many difficult characters she has essayed perhaps her most successful effort was that of Madame de Fontanges in Tom Taylor's drama of " Plot and Passion," the every-varying emotions of which afforded her full scope for the display of her great talent. Her Juliet was also a brilliant performance, and her conception of the character true, although differing slightly from the conventional reading. In fact all Miss Robertson's imper sonations are far above the average, and are marked by a freshness and purity which is in the highest degree refresh ing, and which ought to obtain for her a high position in the legitimate ranks. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. " True to the Core" is a decided success, and crowded houses nightly testify their appreciation of Mr. Byron's liber►lity in its production. The drama is skilfully con structed, and represents a stirring incident in one of the most eventful periods of England's history. It is splen didly mounted, the scenery by Messrs. Brew is matchless in its realistic beauty, especially the representation of the Eddystone Rock, with its picturesque grouping of the sur vivors of the shipwreck, and which, until the gradually rising of the waters, forms one of the most effective tableaux ever witnessed on the stage. The actinglie in every way worthy of the piece. Mr. Ryder, as Martin Truegold, gave. a forcible and truthful representation of the rough but true-hearted pilot ; and Miss Hill, as Mabel (Martin's wife), acted with the simple earnestness and feeling with which she invests every part she undertakes. The other characters were also very creditably sustained. The piece has every prospect of a long and successful run. " VARIETIES"-THE LIVERPOOL ALIEA3IBRA. Wo have been all "Jolly Dogs" this week. The great Vance is amongst us, and seems to have inoculated us with the-spirit of his inimitable humour. Young and old have flocked to the " Varieties" to hear this idol of the " Cockneys." Young " Slap Bang," and staid middle-aged respectability are to be seen side by side joining in the chorus of " Costermonger Joe," or eagerly following the fortunes of "Matilda Baker." The infection seems to have spread far and near, and to hive spared neither age nor sex. It is oven whispered that more than one party of fair ladies have availed themselves of the privacy of a box in order to have a peep at the mysteries of " that horrid place," which their husbands, brothers, and lovers protest they never go to. The ship Energy arrived at Liverpool, on Mon day, from New York. The captain reports that about 2 a.m. on the 18th iuet. a large ball of fire, coming from the N.W., burst over the ship, knocked the crew down on the deck, and injured one severely. There was a heavy gale blowing at the time from the S. W, to S.S.W. COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. Fine wheat in steady consumptive demand at last week's prices; inferior difficult to quit. Barley dull, and rather lower. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Wheat came freely to hand to-day, and fine sorts wore not much changed. Not much passing in barley ; best sorts made last week's prices, whilst qther sorts had a down ward tendency. Last week's prices were obtained for oats. Not many beans on offer ; prices may be quoted as last week. Peas in favour of the buyer. New white wheat, 69s to 72s ; new red, 54s to 64 s p er 36 stone. Barley for malting, 49s to bls per qr ; grinding , 32s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 365. Beans, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. DERBY-FRIDAY. A moderate show of wheat here to-day, and prices re mained the same as last week. A middling show of barley, the trade in which ruled heavy, at . rather lower quotations. The demand for oats ruled firm, at about re cent currencies. Beaus not much in request, and vices unchanged. New white wheat, 653 to 68s ; old red, 60s to Cos per 33 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 52s per qr. ; grinding' 33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 295; old, 29s 10 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, Ns to 60s; new, 41s to a' per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. • To-day's market was moderately attended. Wheat met a slow sale, and prices barely so good as on Tuesday. Flour continues exceedingly dull, and prices are nominally unaltered. Indian corn iu limited request, at a decline of Jd per qr. Beans steady. Barley a shade lower. re" quiet. RIPON—FRIDAY. White wheat, 8s 6el to 9s 3d per bushel ; red, Gs 6d to 70 9d ; beans, is 3d to 7s 9d ; oats, 25s to 33s per qr ; b arle y 35s to 44s Od. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. About the usual quantity of wheat on offer; the trade ruled slow, and prices slightly declined. Barley a meagre show, and tho inquiry dull at late rates. Beans a scanty supply. New white wheat, 64s to 66s • red do., 58s to 63 s p er 86 stone. Barley, malting ' 50s to e3s; grinding, 27 s to 353 per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s; old, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 52s to 54s per 33 stone. Peas as of late. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. Our rsw sugar market is in a state of stagnation. The course which Holland has taken . respecting the alteration of the sugar dutios has induced so much uncertainty that persons are afraid to operate. The refined market is dull, and portions of tho make turned out are being bonded. Prices are again in favour of the purchaser. Treacles are 6d cheaper. Rums unaltered. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. s. d. a • Walls End Haswell 18 6 Russell's Hetton...... 16 6 Walls End Hatton lB 6 Holy oc ................. . well Main......... 16 0 Hetton Lyons l5 9 Carad 17 6 „ Hartlepool Brancepeth Cannel T unstall Ships at market, 61—sold, 48. Railway Traffic ileturn.s for the Wee' Niles Opened. ,e. ----% 1867 1866 t A 2 9 991 2,140 3. n 49 617 5 „ 5 :,, 16 2,338 1..' 2 ' j,lO 64 1010 1211 5,888 6 0 9 2/ 9 88 Beee_loll. 5621 30,020 ... 31 4bo 20 3 2,1 `.-5 311 413 3 ' 20 395 1 1 4 1 0 - 126 61 7 25 131 i 241 8 1i 37 5: 1 , 2589431 8 1 1 . . 4 5 _ 3 308 63 1,315 1. 05 75 1,5 2 4 4 7 6 l' h l'4 t 35 3 1 0 06 2,651 2 • . ,1 250 - 4 BJ 6 85 5,295 .. b g 249 9,583 C 4 a 7271 3100 3 .' 2 4 ,6 40* 3e,175 35 . 196 24 2;110 -,568 • 841 571 8 8 8 419/ 10,131 . 4 4 1 2 2 : 0 6 1 'L3l O '4 '; 1 :: 0 _7: 145 1,6,5 . 114 8 403 432 4 2 7 1 0 2 48, 1! i i 224181 120 , 08 481 68 , 659 713 30i 0t . : 6 12911 110,8:5 10,,..,03 it r 4 20,9:,3 1 ,, , 50 3 2743./ 18,318 •, 595 1:;-1 ( 8, 95 1 i• 29 1, 12 j 3su 27 660 i 18 6 .- ' w • 42i , • . 3 0 361 3-2 19 OA 2,8 29,91 1 ' 4 ,i i 1 1,444 i. 619 28 1.34 E '' i., 3 ... 41 OA 4 } 4 61 8/i1 49,598 4 . / 1 .: 61 2801- 4,6,8 ~ ,5 9 14 2.05 ' Railways. 1887. Belfast and N. Counties 991 Belfast and County Down 99 Blyth and Tyne • 3d Brecon and Merthyr .• . • 68 Bristol and Exeter l3li Caledonian, Scottish Central 5621 Cambrian Cockermouth Kit Penrith .. 314 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage di Cork and Limerick Dire‘t Cornwall 654 Deeside . 17 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 422 Great North of Scotland 242 •t. Norton. & Westn. (IMO— 811 it.Soutlin. & Wes tn.(lrind.) 4 191 Great We9tern 131.1 Highland iloylaka •••• 54 Intl!' North-Western 145 Isle of Wight ....... ....... 12 Lauesshire & Yorkshire 4u3 Limerick and Ennis ... 24i Limerick and Foynes Llanelly Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 315 London, Chatham, & hover; 135} all Metropolitan Extension 113} Do. Kent , oast Lon., Tilbury, & Scuthend Londonderry and Coleraine 361 Lincolush nanch. 5..1 mi.& Altriucham 9} Ilaryport and Carlisle Ileiropolitau India nd rind. N. - tern) 697 Slid land C. t. Wea tn. of hind 2Ol Slonmouthsh. ltail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Penn and Dundee N-Easteru and Stock.. DarL 1224 North London ll North Staffordshire 268 Pembroke and Tenby 27} ttliymney 22t Scottish North-Eastern 1.13 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 330 Pall Vale 63 Ulster 1.04 Vale of Ciwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 1866. 7171 32,7 2: 3 ,e6 1 . ^‘ 7 89 4 67,9)7 i-%.2:520 4,82 6 79j 8.5. 4 • 8 6 90) bg 1,252 " West Cork. v, rexham )fold, &c l4 14 Wltave..Cleatorat Egrmnt lO 11l FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 264 26i Bombay, Baroda, & e'en. India 306 306 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 108 i • Eastern of France Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 265 Great Indian Peninsula 823 624 k Great Luxembourg 172 142 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 3i 5 Madras lladrid. Saragossa &Aiicant B6B 778 Northern of Canada ... Northern of France 783 7 61 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. Paris, Lyons ; & Mediteranean 217.) ' 20( 6 Paris and Orleans. lB3t 1818 Recife and San Fracisco. &c 771 77 1 Scinde... 1,4 1 0 5 southern of France lOlO 898 Victoria Welland West &N- Wn. of France 1 56 1.' 03 -4 4 -6 3.716 , 8. nia22 20,463 4,1 6,031 406 2,79 2. 1( 5 131 g 35 4 01 203 1 2 43 , 87 64 778 34.242 Mal 7uB 3 23 3.0 _ • 4,621 5,951 (9.198 69,' 70 :76r 2,7; 22,6 67 24'233 25,0 0 — g . 4 7 13 44 5,;u 1 507 3,85! 581 13,753 1F.37 8,4 9 ,;'2,56 17, 222 ';'Bot ...'935 62,t7.5 .' , 6 33 583 507 ts6S 0 58 9 142,2 3 13 935 76,9 1 7 1'974 2,179 0 , 0 3 2,S A An 751 31,43 9 "i'sl2 33,665 '4) 141 7 50,016 4 7, Foreign Mail Packet ,List. MAILS DUE. Anstralia and New Zealand, via Southampton Maz 22: mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds. b y Britis h packet. Mar. . 6 ; Ditto. by French packet •............ Man :: - ' 0 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. ... Afar. 6.- Ghins.. Penang. and Sing.ipore. via Sow.hampton.. Mar. Ditto. via Marstilles . Mar. -- ..... iraikland Islands ............ •.,.. fi ' Gibraltar, via Southampton ....S ou th am pton.. .... Mar. 6 ............ lia r. '' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Ditto, via Marseilles ................. ........., gar. - " India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................ Afar. 6 Ditto, via &lminas ... gar. a --- ............. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, vi a Southampton ....... Mar. 6 . Ditto, via Marseilles ........................ Mar. . gar . --:,; .. 4auritius, via Southampton .................... ..gar. ~- :n Ditto, via Marseil;e3 ......................... • • .... ,.r. 13. v ewfoundlaud , , ...... AL..Mar. ii . Vortuo) Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ............. United States and British North America, by 11r . : uar. 7. tish packet. .... ...... • Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton .......... .................. Ditto, via Cork " `.. .mar .B Ditto, by Canadian packet. via Lon donderry . West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and . Honduras) ............ . ..... .. ................... Mar. Mar 7, Bahanr&O. via New York. .......................... . Mar -- Cuba aid Mexico .... ..................... . 13. ~. Bermuda. via Halifax .. ..................3 ~ liar. r Weit CoaNt of Africa, Madeira , and Tener 313 r. 6- Birts. Bou C ICAULT-On the 27th ult. ,Mrs. Dion 13011010aUlt, Of a daughter. HUNTER- On the 28th ult., at Moor Lodge, Newcast-le-°l3; Tyne, the wife of W. Hunter, Esq., mayor, of a, daugh t° ; SYKES-On the 28th ult., at Brompton, Kent, the wif e °. the Rev. W. es, Chaplain of the Frces, of a soil. , STEPHENS-On Syk the 28th ult., at Forest-hioll, IC e nt, the Nvt° of Frederick Stephens, Esq., of a son. Marriages. ~r i LEATHAM-BATEMAN- On the 28th Ult , at the P.,... - li. church, Farnham Samuel Gurney, eldest sou a iv • ~ Leatham, Esq., M.P., of Heinsworth Hall, orkshire, to Annie Gertrude, third daughter of John F. natenia°l Esq., F.R.S., of Moor Park, Farnham. Nr nt MASSEY-1101ttillY—Ou the 28th ult., at Acton, near ,n- , wich, Francis E. Massey, Esq., of Alvaston a nd ro c, l Hall, Cheshire, to Caroline Louis 3, young.st daughter Win. IL Hornby, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn. Deaths. °lid - CoorEn-On the 27th ult., William H. Cooper, Escl-i 5 " tor, Shrewsbury, aged 54. CHUTE-On the 27th ult., at The Vyne, • ut. Charles T. Chute, R.N., aged 25. PEWTRESS-On the 26 h Btf d Mr.J. rewtres°l t ult., at ren or , . aged 86. the MILLETT-On the 27th lift, at Lyng Rectory, Norfolk, Hampshire, Lle Rev. Wm. Millett, aged . 60. Master Of SHORT-On the 27th ult., Mr. John T. Short, the Salisbury and Andover Scho9ls of Art. TABYLingOtlotn-,OnhotinheaslTsta)i,niesrt:,.uasqt 1.: -aged a r er2o.nt-terracei °lll London : Printed and Published by W IL LLAII Ag•JitSW.l32l at No. 112, Strand, Printer at THE SUN OtEoe: NO; li n i Strand, in the PTCCI:Iat of the Savoy, in the Convi Bliddlesox.--aturday, )larch 2, 1567. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2 1867.