The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

Mr. Horsman, M.P., on Public Affairs. The annual dinner of the Stroud Rifle Corps toak place on Monday evening at the subseription rooms. Captain Dickinson presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. E. Horsman, MP., and several leading gentlemen. Mr. HORSJIAN responded to the toast of " The Do nors of Prizes." The hon. member, who was enthusi astically received, reviewed the political situation in a speech of considerable length. More important changes had been crowded into the past 12 months than had taken place since the First Napoleon closed his campaign. No one could have foreseen at that time that old empires would have crumbled and young nations have started into fresh life ; that Prussia, hitherto ranked as a second-rate Power, _ _ would in a fortnight have shattered the most exten- sive empire of the Continent, and placed itself at the head of Europe as a military Power, and as a coun terpoise to the military power of France. There was a feeling among the Governments of Europe that a state of peace was not altogether solidly es- tablished, and every Continental State was arming for its protection. These circumstances compelled us to look at home, and make whatever force we possess as efficient as possible. The Volunteer movement commenced at a period which had been termed one of national panic ; but it said a good deal for the patriotism and sincerity of those by whom it was organised that it had not become a mere matter of pastime, but that the reality of its character had been confirmed. With regard, how- _ . ever, to the regular army, there was a different story to be told. He referred to the recent report _ _ of the commission on recruiting, and referred to the difficultyexperienced at the present time in recruit- ing the army. One difficulty in the way of Volun teer enlistment was the fact that our army is not raised for home service alone, but is liable to all the hardships of foreign service. Two new difficulties had been raised in the way of recruiting. One was that Ireland, which was formerly our great recruit ing ground by the redundancy and starvation of its population, was no longer so by reason of the famine and emigration ; another was the great increase of wages, which by contrast made the soldier's pay wholly inadequate. He recommended the increase of pay, the division of the service into home and foreign, shorter service, and the abolition of _ _ the lash. This question of the army would have to come before Parliament, and he hoped it would be dealt with in a generous spirit. Re ferring next to the state of Ireland, the right hon. gentleman said there had been many causes of misery and discontent. The legislation applied to Ireland for some centuries was an unjust and cruel legislation ; but it was a great mistake to sup pose those difficulties had mainly a political c,use. The causes of disaffection were attributed to the Irish Church and to the land laws. He should not discuss those matters here; but his opinion was that the real difficulty of Ireland was that a large popu lation was dependent for their subsistence entirely upon agriculture, and that there was an absence o manufacture to find permanent employment. If coal fields could be discovered and manufactures started up, 99 hundredths of the existing discontent would instantly disappear. So long as Ireland had to subsist upon agriculture alone she would continue to be a difficulty. Emigration he regarded as an unmixed blessing, as it had benefited those who went to a land of plenty in America, and diminished the labour market at home. Although the Ameri can Government had acted loyally in respect of Canada, yet there was no doubt they had virtually encouraged Fenisnism, in consequence of a feeling of soreness arising out of the Alabama claims. He approved the appointment of a commission to deal with those claims,lwhich could be considered calmly now that excitement had passed away. In domes tic affairs we had had the Habeas Corpus Act sus pended in Ireland, the cattle plague at home, and the greatest financial panic within their memory. By the blessing of God these had all been success fully encountered, and there was nothing but what vas - hopeful and promising in the year just com mencing. Although there always would and must be political differences among us, yet, in compari son with every other country, there must be a Lel ing of satisfaction and congratulations at the free dom we enjoy under British institutions. (Cheers.) Ile contrasted our right of meeting, our persona; freedom, and the liberty of the press, with the state of things in France, and glanced at the late reform meetings as evidences of our unfettered liberty. Even in America newspapers had been sup pressed when they contained anytiring unfavour able to the Government. The fact was, that in England the long enjoyment of liberty had made us safe. 'We knew that our people under stood the principles of liberty too well to deprive our population of real advantages for fear of imagi nary dangers that may result from them. We saw on the Continent that in all the States rising into new national life they were adopting our principles —liberalising their institutions, and enlarging their freedom. Such being the position of affairs at home and abroad, he thought there was reason on the whole for congratulation ; and for the year that was approaching he had great pleasure iu wishing them the compliments of the season. (\lr. Horsman sat down amidst loud cheers.) Sir J. Fergusson, M.P., at Kilmarnock On Monday Sir James Fergusson, M.P. for Ayr shire, presided at the opening of a museum and bazaar in the Corn Exchange Hall, Kilmarnock, organised by the Abstainers' Union of the place, for the recreation of working men at this holiday season, and as a means of raising funds for a new Temper ance Hall. Among these on the platform were the provost and magistrates and other influential gen tlemen belonging to the town and neighbourhood. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of his opening re marks, said this exhibition, in common with the many others that had taken place—from those held in the great capitals of the world, 'down to those held in the seats of manufacturing industry—all proved the great success that had attended the efforts of those benevolent persons interested in the diffusion of the arts and sciences among the people, and the elevation of the popular taste. He could not but advert to the fact that the chief promoter of such schemes had been the Prince Consort. Only fifteen years had elapsed since that lamented Prince had called together that great assembly of the productions of the world—the Exhibition of 1851. Many would recollect how &nail were the anti cipations of success which bad at first been enter tained regarding that enterprise, and how little ad vantage had been expected to arise from it. Many would recall the lamentable deficiencies shown by the British exhibitors, proud as they had been of their great reputation. A comparison of the British productions with those of other coun tries, if it proved that our people were foremost in those ruder arts which ministered to the progress of a nation and foremost in the development of the re sources of their country—still that Exhibition had manifested a great want of taste running through every department of British manufacture, ugliness being the predominant feature. All would allow that the Exhibition of 1862 showed a most remark able improvement in the beautifying of our manu factures. He appealed to those best capable of judging if within the last 15 years wonderful pro gress bad not been made in beauty of production and fertility of invention. This most gratifying advancement had sprung in a great measure from the exhibitions that had taken place. There could be no doubt that the exhibition of the products of the arta and sciences had a most important effect in promoting the elevation of the people. The hum blest artisan felt a pride in having his worlananship recognised and admired by those best capable of judging, and was stimulated to raise himself in the social scale by theappreciation of the works in w he was engaged. The speaker then proceeded to refer to the objects of the exhibition, and the aus pices under which it was held. He was not con nected with any such society as that which had pre pared this museum, and he felt bound to say that he was not one of those who approved of legislative enactments to 'make the people sober. He believed that the efforts of the societies towards the promo tion of self-denial would be attended with far better results. Still, he was bound to recognise tho benc- ficial services of those who had done so much to limit and reduce what had been rightly called a great national evil. In his own short experience he could not not fail to remark how great had been the reduction of intemperance among the masses. There had been progress in the decency and respectability of the working classes of the country. This was mainly owing to the reduction of intemperance, which had been greatly promoted by the numerous voluntary engagements entered into qy working men. The object of the ex hibition—to raise money for a new hall and working man's institute—was worthy of cor dial support. It was common to preach and delaim against the intemperance of the working classes, and implore them to seek more healthful scenes of recrea tion than the publicbouse. But how could they ex pect men engaged in engrossing and labour occupa tions to betake themselves to healthful enjoyments unless they provided the means ? It would do no good to tell working men to spend their leisure time more profitably unless opportunities were at the same time held out for them to spend it better. He con cluded' by expressing a hearty wish for the success of an enterprise so eminently calculated to promote the welfare 01 the people. Abolition of Tolls in England. The Epiphany sessions for the county of Warwick were opened on Tuesday at the Shire-hall Warwick. Mr. W. Dickins, chairman, presided ; and among the magistrates present were—Mr. T. C. S. Kyn nersley (deputy chairman), Lord Leigh, Viscount Duncan, Sir G. Chetwynd, Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. H. C. Wise, M.P., Mr. W. Martin, M.P., the Roy. H. Mills, &c. The Chairman introduced the subject of the abolition of tolls by reading a memo rial adopted by the Gloucestershire magistrates at their quarter sessions at Michaelmas, praying for the abolition of the turnpike tolls. The CHAIRMAN explained the past legislation on ;he subject of turnpike trusts. There wos a time—• before railways came into operation—when travel _ _ lers made long journeys by road, but now these long ourneys were unnecessary and were never taken The consequence was that the turnpike roads were all supported by persons living in the district, and what he wanted was that they should send a memo rial, similar to that sent by the Gloucestershire ma gistrates, asking them to extinguish the tolls alto gether, and suggest a scheme to provide for the maintenance of turnpike roads. The question for this oourt was whether they were disposed to co-operate in urging upon Government to adops that step which the Gloucestershire magistrates had already asked them to adopt. The memorial he would submit was as follcAv :—" We, the justices of the county of War wick, in quarter sessions assembled, beg to call the attention of the Government to the present state of .urnpike trusts in England. Many trusts have, ol late years, by successive acts of Parliament, been extinguished, and the remainder are for the most part continued only from year to year by a sessional act passed for the purpose. In this unsettled state of turnpike trusts, and looking to the change of traffic by the establishment of railways, we would respectfully urge upon the Government the expedi ency of submitting to Parliament some comprehen sive scheme whereby turnpike tolls may altogether be abolished and the maintenance of roads provided for by such an equalisation of the expenditure as may protect individual parishes from any undue burden being thrown unpon them." Lord LEIGH, in seconding the motion, said he believed they could not take a wiser step than fol low what had been done in Gloucestershire, leaving Government to deal with the whole question. Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., said that Parliament had previously had its attention called to the subject, and he had attended several deputations to the home Office with respect to the conditions under which the trusts which were about to be extinguished should close their accounts. He went when the late Go vernment was in office, and afterwards an under standing was given by the Home Secretary that where a trust was to be wound up which was in a solvent state, the trustees should have the power of compensating their officers who had served them more than 15 years, particularly in the case of sur veyors. After the resignation of the late Govern ment the question was necessarily renewed. On his motion, a clause to that effect was inserted in a bill bill before Parliament, and which was in fact a bill to terminate a great number of trusts, but the bill was late in reaching the house of Lords, and the clause was consequently rejected. It would be unjust were not that clause inserted in any future bill, and he said that with some knowledge, being one of the commissioners for the metropolitan trusts, and when they decided to abolish a trust, provisihn was made for the old servants who had been in the service fifteen, twenty, thirty, or forty years The commissioners felt they would not be acting properly by turning those men adrift, especially where there was a surplus remaining in the hands of the trust, which was a proof of their success. The subject alto gether was a most important one. He thought that Parliament was verging towards the point when it would bring the present system to a close. But he was rejoiced that the Court had thought fit to call the attention of Parliament to the great injustice that might be done by the mere extinction of the of the present organisation. Mr. BOLTON KING supported the proposal. Ile thought those gentlemen who were in favour of turnpikes did not quite consider the whole case. Many people fancied that the money paid at the toll-gates went towards the repair of the road, and so they put up with the inconveniences of the toll-gate, in that belief. But they would find that the large propor tion did not go to the repair of the roads. In W_ cestershire the salaries, law expenses, &c., swallowed up nearly one-half of the sum taken at the gates. Mr. T. COLMOIiE, while supporting the motion, said it would be iniquitous that the repairs of the turnpike roads should be thrown on the several pa rishes, whose rates would be thereby doubled. The Rev. 11. MILLS admitted that there were cer tain objections to paying tolls, but of all the known systems of repairing roads in use, the turnpike system, with all its faults, was the grand desideratum for maintaining the roads. Mr. P. WI - KELLAM MARTIN, M.P., said he was a member of that committee in the House of Commons, to which was referred the insolvent trusts, and the general course adopted was to reduce the rate of in terest on liabilities; and prolong the trust for a period of 30 years. Ile thought that the Court, iu asking Government to deal with the question, ought to give them some clue as to whether they were pre pared to buy up that 30 years' interest. Mr. Newdegate observed that if parliament de cided that turnpike tolls should be abolished, then it should make provision for the discharge of such debts as were in good faith due to the public. For his own part, he would not like, as the representa tive of North Warwickshire, to pledge himself to any system of abolition until he knew what tho sub stitute was. He thought it would be more prudent to contemplate the abolition of tolls as a probable thing to be done by parliament, and to suggest to Government and Parliament that if they intended to proceed in that course they must propose some system to provide for the revenue which they will destroy, and substitute some Government arrange ment in liu of that which would be abolished. Mr. ADAMS thought the answer of Parliament would be that the revenue which was before derived from the tolls would now have to be paid out of the highway rates; and if that was to be the answer, he thought a good many gentlemen who had sup ported the memorial would regret. The CHAIRMAN observed that one of the objects of the memorial was to prevent the adoption of the Highway Act. They wanted to make it a general charge. 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Yesterday there was a severe fall of snow in the metropolis, unlike any storm of the kind for years past in the suddenness with which it came on and the depth to which it fell in a few hours. The pre vious day had been extremely cold, and the change in that respect was the more felt from the weather n London during the Christmas week having been unusually mild. The intense cold of Tuesday con- tinued throughout the following night, accompanied by drifting showers occasionally of thin snow, which scarcely coloured the ground, and it was not until about 5 o'clock yesterday morning that the snow began to fall heavily. It continued to do so for some six hours in succession, accompanied by a piercing north wind, which caused it to drift, and by noon it lay on the ground all over London and the suburbs at an average depth of from six to eight inches. The ordinary traffic of all kinds was seri- ously interrupted in consequence, and the trains upon the various metropolitan railways were more or less delayed throughout the dly. It was rare to see an ordinary cab, and such as were visible were mostly drawn by two horses abreast or in tandem style, with a postilion improvised for the emergency. The omnibus traffic was also to a great extent sus- Fended, and the river steamers were laid by. Busi- ness of all kinds to a considerable extent was in terrupted, especially in the City ; nobody appeared to come into town who could possibly help it, and many of those who attempted were delayed for hours beyond the ordinary time. The trains from the Victoria station to London-bridge, via Syden- ham, in particular, were out of time throughout the day. In some cases as many as five hours were occupied in the journey. Altogether it was a re markable day, and will not soon be forgotten. The cold was not so great as on the previous day, the fall of snow having tempered the air. The fall of snow has beenvery heavy in Berks and Bucks. At daybreak the streets of Windsor and Eton were covered deeply with snow, while the roofs of the Castle towers and town buildings were loaded, About 8 o'clock an easterly wind drove the yet fall ing snow into ridges, which, in some of the tho• roughfares, were from 18 inches to 2ft. in depth Few passengers ventured into the streets, locomo tion being impeded by the masses of snow on the pavement and roads, while the transit of carriages was stopped. For several hours business seemed suspended, while railway travellers experienced great inconvenience. The Great Western Railway, between Windsor and Slough, and the South West ern line were covered deeply, the trains having much difficulty in making their way along the rails, which with the wheels of the carriages be came clogged with snow. The engine-drivers and guards of the various trains suffered greatly from the cold and exposure to the blinding snowstorm. The down goods train, which leaves Nine Elms about 5 o'clock in the morning, did not reach Wind sor till about 10 o'clock, while the 8 o'clock passen ger train from Waterloo did not arrive at Windsor till 25 minutes past 10 o'clock, having been nearly two hours and a half iu accomplishing the distance. The up train, which left Windsor at 8 55, was about 10 o'clock reported to have been stopped near Wraysbury, about four miles from the Windsor ter minus. Between 9 and 10 o'clock the down Read ing goods train was stopped by the snow in the Egham district, but after a time was extricated. On the Great Western things appeared to be a little better, though here again the snowstorm caused some delay. In West Surrey the change of weather has been no less sudden. Sunday was mild and genial. This was the termination of a seasoa so remarkable for its mildness that under its influence vegetation had assumed a most unnatural growth. On Monday night the temperature became colder, and a slight quantity of snow fell. During the whole of Tuesday the mercury in the barometer stood at a very low figure, and frost set in sharply. About two o'clock yesterday morning the wind shifted to the east, and a violent snowstorm succeeded. This continued without intermisssion until two o'clock in the after noon, while the severity of the frost remained un abated. So keen was the frost that on the roofs where the snow was melted by the heat of fires un derneath, the water was congealed in its progress, and hung i❑ icicles from the water spouts. Many of the country roads are quite impassable owing to the snow, which, in some places, has drifted to a depth of from Bft. to 10ft., and in several of the back streets of the town is over 2ft. deep. All the railway trains have been greatly delayed. The 7 a.m. train from London per South-Western was two hours behind time, and this was the case with nearly all the down trains throughout the day. The delivery of letters per midday post was thrown back from 12 o'clock till 2, and the same delay occurred with the evening post. The South-Eastern trains from London were all from three to four hours in arrear, while from Reading they were even more behind. The 7.40 up from Portsmouth, which ought to reach Guildford at 9 18, was blocked for more than hour, and did not arrive until nearly 11. Similar delay was experienced on the 'Winchester line, a formidable barrier of snow being presented in some of the deep cuttings. At Salisbury the fall of snow has been unusually heavy. On Monday and the day following there was rather a severe frost, but towards midnight on Tuesday it was succeeded by snow, which has con tinued to fall in large flakes without intermission up to yesterday at noon. Locomotion was to a great extent stopped, the snow being several feet deep. In places where it has been drifted by the strong wind which is blowing from the north it is very deep indeed, and the roads quite impassable. or- meeting buyers at easier rates, to prevent any accu- ululation of stocks. BELFAST, Ist.—The supplies in the various mar kets of the province during the past week were not large. This result is attributable to the Christmas holidays and to the severity of the weather ; very little change took place in prices. Yarns.—Busi- ness was active. Amount of transactions not so Large as on preceding week. A steady local trade was accomplished. Continental orders numerous. A fair amount of business was transacted with Eng land and Scotland. Stocks are reduced ; fine num- bers of linens scarce. Prices firm. Some descrip- tions advanced at least 11d. per bundle. Linens brown.—Handloom.—Demand generally not active, although fine sets of light 4.4 wides, handkerchiefs, printing lawns, and drills have changed hands with considerable freedom. Power-loom.—Light linens, fine sets, have been in good request. A fair demand appeared for printing lawns. Country Markets.— Supplies in Armagh and Ballymena not large. In both markets an advance on certain descriptions was realised. LEEDS, 2d.—The following is the trade reportof the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of December :—" At the close of November the woollen trade was labouring under a considerable depression. In this month there has been a slight reaction, and though the trade still continues to be dull, even for this season, yet December has been a decided improvement upon the previous month. A good many parcels have been sold in the warehouses, and a rather better feeling generally prevails. There has been a moderate amount taken for shipment. The manufacturers continue generally to be well employed, and have received a fair quantity of orders for spring goods. The woollen captrade has been very quiet. Since the conclusion of the Lon don sales the home demand for wool has continued steady, though not brisk. There is no alteration to note in prices. Little business has been done in flaxes during this month. Good flaxes of all kinds with colour and quality have maintained their value; inferior sorts have been a turn in favour of the buyers. The same remarks applyto tows. Hemps are dull of sale, and rather cheaper. There has been rather more demand for yarns, but the trade is by no means brisk and prices, though rather firmer, are not higher. Stocks are not heavy, Threads are without material change, and the demand is steady. The iron trade generally has been dull, and orders are scarce. This is always more or less the case at this season, but it is much more so than usual this year. There is no improvement to report iu the machine trade, and most of the makers are short of work. The engineers' tool makers are generally keeping the hands pretty well employed, but it is to some extent to stock. Locomotive makers continue as before. The demand for cut nails is dull. We have to report a firm market for both rapeseed and linseed during the month, and the stock of linseed is smaller than it was at the same time last year. Rape oil is in fair demand, and prices are well main tained, with a good prospect for the new year. Lin seed oil has been more inquired for this month, and prices are higher. Cakes for feeding are in good demand, at high rates. Olive oils are much the same as last month. There is little change to report in the leather market. The demand generally has been very languid as usual before Christmas. The tanners are not so busy as before. The wholesale shoe trade partakes of the general dulness, and but little has been done in it this month. The sanitary tubes and fire bricks trade continues in a satisfactory state, though the demand is not so very great as it has been for the past few months. There has not been so much done in paper, but as much as is usually the case towards the close of the year. The tobacco trade is without change. There has been a very full supply of cattle, and prices have been lower. The corn market has been pretty well supplied, but wheat generally has not been in good condition, and pric es have been rather lower. Barley and oats are without much change. NOTTINGHAM, 2 d.—Protracted holidays, a con sequent indisposition for business, and the interfer ence of stock-taking combine to make trade dull. The lime department in hosiery is therefore quiet, but there is greater activity in foreign orders. Yarns are firm in price, with a tendency to advance ; but as there have been holidays for two days of this week at the principal seats of the cotton trade, scarcely any business has been done. In the lace trade an improvement has taken place during the past week. The home trade has revived, and orders from India and Canada have increased. 5 dressed and orderly persons had assembled in Daw son-street, and along the line of route a number of the householders had made arrangements for the con venience of spectators. There were large detach ments of the Metropolitan Police under the command of Chief Superintendent Campbell, stationed uear the Mansion-house, but their services were never called into requisition. Shortly before the time ap pointed for the cortege to proceed to the City-hall, the splendid bands of the Scots Greys and 9th Lan cers were drawn up in line in Dawson-street. The respective members of the Corporation arrived be tween 11 and 12 o'clock in their carriages,which were afterwards formed into a line on the north side of Stephen's-green. The Lord Mayor elect and his secretary, Mr. Angelo Hayes, received the aldermen and town councillors, not as heretofore in the ante chamber, but in the Sheriff's room, and the usual conventionalities of the season were performed. In the evening the Lord Mayor entertained the numerous company at a banquet in the Oak-room of the Mansion-house. Some excellent speeches were delivered during the evening. A telegram was received by the Lord Mayor from the Mayor and Corporation of Kilkenny, who were similarly occupied at the same time, and responded to at once. These telegrams were read from the chair. WEDNESDAY EVENING. Intelligence has reached town to-day of the death of Captain Belly, who was stabbed by a Lancer at Dungarvan. Inspector Devin, in command of a body of police, arrested six men, all arrivals from America, at the North Wall, immediately after the coming in of the steamer Iron Duke, from Liverpool. None of them had arms or any articles or property save the garments they wore. They were all conveyed to Sackville-lane station-house, where they remain pending inquiry. Naval and Military Intelligence. -f - The following Admiralty order has been issued in Deptford dockyard by the Captain Superintendent on the subject of workmen's pensions and iallow- ances : "The Lords of the Admiralty having had under their consideration the question as to the date on which pensions awarded to persons employed in the Deptford Dock and Victualling Yards shall com mence, and also the subject of awarding gratuities to widows of such men who die before they have been granted pensions, the following regulations are to be observed :—ln all cases of pensions awarded to persons who have been on the sick-list without pay such pensions are to commence from the date of their ceasing to be paid, but in the case of men placed on the Hurt List, with half wages only from the date of the receipt of the pension order as at present. The widows of men on the Sick List who die before they are awarded the pension or gratuity to which they would have been entitled are to be allowed the gratuity equal to the full wages of their late husbands, between the time of their pay ceasing and the date of death. Widows of men on the Hurt List who have been in receipt of half wages, and who die before they are pensioned, are to be allowed gratuities equal to the difference between their late husbands' halfpay and full wages for the periods be tween their being placed on the Hurt List and the date of death." Lieut. Orange, of the 16th Regiment, has been appointed by the Commander-in-Chief assistant instructor of musketry to the 4th Depot Battalion at Colchester, vice Lieut. Raper, 98th Regiment, whose term of appointment had expired. Lieut. Orange is under orders to proceed to Landguard Fort, Harwich, to assume the duties of his appoint ment. Staff Assist.-burg. Jay has assumed the medical charge of the 4th Depot Battalion at Col chester, vice Staff-Surg. Morphew, who has pro ceeded on leave of absence. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 2.—The telegrams from Liverpool announce a heavier business, and this has led to sellers of cloth asking higher prices. There has been a good deal of inquiry, but the advanced quotations check business, and there have been but few transactions. The yarn-market has been affected much in the same way, and it is very strong; but there have been very few manufacturers on the Exchange to-day, and consequently but few buyers. In our report of last Friday it was stated a second telegram had been received, stating that 10,000 bales more of cotton had come to light, making the total excess of actual over estimated stock 100,000 bales. It turns out that this second telegram was not from any authentic source. The exact figures are " actual stock in Liverpool of all descriptions of cotton, 516,770 bales, being 90,310 bales more than had been returned as the estimated stock." The Cotton-spinners' Association are going to make another effort to prevent the mischief arising from these false returns. They pro pose to obtain returns from the port of Liver pool of all cotton imported and exported, and from the railway and canal companies of all cotton forwarded to the trade for consump tion. If this should be found practicable, these will furnish data by which the present daily list of sales may be corrected to a great extent. No doubt a comparatively large quantity of what is at present returned as sold finds its way back into the Liver pool market for resale. The railway and canal re turns must include the quantities taken back to Liverpool, as well as that forwarded, to make them reliable. Buyers frequently send large quantities of cotton to the carriers ; and then order it back from the carriers' warehouses into stock again. In addition to this a good deal of cotton actually sent forward to spinners for consumption is sent back to Liverpool for resale, so any returns which do not include these lots will be inadequate. Messrs. Du Fay and Co„ in their monthly circular dated yes terday, give a list of exports for the 11 months (Jan. to Nov. inclusive), by which it appears there was a total increase to all countries over the corres ponding months of the previous year of 31,996,633 pounds of yarn, and of 490,932,715 yards of :cloth. The figures are : Export of yarns to. Nov. 30, 1865, 94,183,8161 b. ; ditto to Nov. 30, 1866, 126,180,449 pounds. Exports of cotton cloths in 1865, 1,850,814,998 yards ; in 1866, 2,341,747,713 yards. In speaking above of the great firmness of cloth, there are some exceptions to the rule. Some ma nufacturers who have a credit for shrewdness think the market is taking the same course as last year, and will lead to similar loss and diluter, and are EXTRAORDINARY DEATH. Yesterday Dr. Edwin Lankester held an inquest at the Bank of England Tavern, Pathlington, rela tive to the death of John Wort-All, 20 years of age, who was cohabiting with a woman, and died from Lhe effects of a knife wound inflicted under myste rious circumstances on Christmas eve. The first witness examined was Emma Western, of 54, Great Carlisle-street, Lisson-grove, who said she was living with the deceased as his wife. The deceased was a great drunkard. He came home at a little after twelve on Christmas-eve, and was very intoxicated. Witness was in bed when he came in, and was aroused from her sleep by his getting a light from the matches. He used very bad language, and, having been fighting; he swore he would have revenge upon somebody. Witness had been picking a goose for the Christmas dinner, and some knives were on the table. He suddenly took up a knife and came to witness's bedside, when she thought he was going to murder her. She pushed his hand away, holding the knife, and he fell down. He then said, " Emma, Emma, dear; lam bloody." She found he was bleeding from the left breast, when she called for the assistance of the landlady and the police. He was taken to the hospital, and died there on Saturday. Thomas Worrall, father of the deceased, said he did not hear of the death of his son till Saturday evening. He believed that great blame was attached to the woman Western, with whom he was cohabit ing. _ _ A brother of the deceased, and a young ma n named Everett, were next sworn ; the effect of their evidence being, that deceased told them in the hos pital that Emma Western had stabbed him, but nothing was to be said about it, or the detectives would take her into custody. Police-constable Malt, 12 D, deposed to being called to 54, Great Carlisle-street, at a quarter-past one on Christmas morning, where he found the de ceased lying on the floor near the bed. The wife was staunching the blood with a wet towel, which was flowing from the left breast of deceased. The wife said her husband was dying, and begged of him to send for a doctor. He sent a brother con stable. There were two knives on the table, both being stained with blood. The knives (table knives) were here produced, the one stated to be that with which thp wound was inflicted being very sharp and pointed. Witness, in answer to the coroner, said he had twice seen the deceased in the hospital, where he said that he was going to stab his wife, and he fell down on the bed and wounded himself. Mr. John Land, house surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital, deposed that between one and two o'clock in the morning of Christmas-day the deceased was brought in quite unconscious from loss of blood, and apparently from drink. He had a wound under the nipple of the left breast. He was at first unconscious, but when he recovered he told witness that he had inflicted the wound himself. Witness found from the situation of the wound that he could not inflict it either by the right hand or the left. A fall with the knife in his hand might have produced the mortal wound. By the Coroner—Witness had made a post mor tem examination, and externally found a wound under the nipple of the left breast, an inch and a half in length, horizontally with the skin. It then dipped downward between the fifth and sixth ribs, pene trating the pericardium and right ventricle of the heart. It was not a valvular wound, and it was sur prising and a rare case that he should have lived so long. The pericardium was filled with blood and in a high state of inflammation, the external hemor rhage being small. The cause of death • was the wound of the heart, the shock to the system, and combining causes. After some comments by the Coroner upon the law of the case, The jury ultimately returned a verdict—That the deceased died from the effects of the wound to the heart, but how this wound was inflicted there was not sufficient evidence to show. MEMORIAL TO LORD DERBY.—The Provost, bailies, and council, and principal inhabitants of Paisley have memorialised Earl Derby, First Loi d of the Treasury, for an augmentation of the grant from the Royal bounty, awarded on the death of her husband, "in recognition of her father's services," to Mary, second daughter of the late John Wilson, professor of Moral Philosophy in tho University of Edinburgh, and relict of John Thomson Gordon, Sheriff of. Mid-Lothian. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 2. The police made some important arrests on Mon day night at the house of a man named Michael Ilan lon. Shortly after two o'clock Constables Canty, Thompson, Clingen, and Acting-Constable En right,. of the detective force, with a numerous body of the regular force, all armed, proceeded to Han lon's house, where they found two barrels contain ing ball cartridges, a third containing loose gun-. powder, a number of rifles and swords, and some bayonet-swords. In the course of their search, the police also found on the premises a number of bottles filled with Greek fire. The whole of the articles have been conveyed to the police-office. E ar li er i n ' all enga ge d i n making rifle the night they went to 34, Harrild-stre e t, an d ar rbeusltlee. d tssevTeiht The police, being refused a d m i ss i on, broke open the door, and while doing so one of them was struck on the head with a pair of tongs. On the police bursting iu the back door, some of them, who remained in the kitchen while the others pursued the prisoners, discovered a pan of lead boiling on the fire. Close to the fire was a bullet-mould, and on the floor was a tin conta i ning six dozens and six bullets, which were evidently only just cast from the mould ; they were quite hot. Acting-Constable Enright, of the detective force, on making further search in the kitchen, discovered another bullet-mould, quite new, and of the same pattern as the other. It also appeared to have been recently in use. He also found upwards of a hun dredweight of broken lead in a coarse nail-bag lying in the corner of the kitchen. Michael Hanlon, one of the prisoners, is said to be a person of some note in the " Fenian army." It is stated that he holds the rank of colonel. He has been for some time back employed as a gardener to a gentleman residing near Belfast. Owing to the information which has been for some time in the possession of the authorities, his movements were narrowly watched up till the hour of his arrest last night. Of the other persons, one is a sweep and the rest are labourers. The following letter has been received by Captain Bailey, High Sheriff of the county of Fermanagh in reply to one enclosing A copy of the series of reso lutions passed at the recent meeting of the inhabi tants of that county, held at Enniskillen : " Dublin Castle, Dec. 28, 1866. "Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., enclosing a copy of a series of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the county of Fermanagh, held at Enniskillen on the 19th inst. "I am to state that his Excellency has received these im portant resolutions with great gratification. He learns with satisfaction that the measures which have been taken by the Government for the preservation of the public peace have received the approval of su influential a meeting as that which assembled at Enniskillen. His Excellency feels confident that no attempt at disturbance will now be made, and hopes that the feeling of alarin which has lately pre vailed will soon pass away. "I am further to state that his Excellency fully agrees with the opinion expressed in one of the resolutions as to the good feeling which exists in th.t, country, and considers it to be a matter of congratulation that the events of the last few weeks have shown that a great majority of the people of Ireland, comprising all classes and creeds, have manifested a firm determination to assist the Government in its efforts to discountenance and to repress all treason able practices, and to secure for the country the blessings of peace.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " NAAS." The Fenians no doubt expected Stephens, after dining in the Castle on Christmas -day, to ride through the city in triumph on the first day of the new year. Instead of that we have had our time honoured procession by the Lord Mayor and the Town Council, the people thronging the streets as numerously and cheering as loyally as ever, though the snow was falling fast and the cold was anything but pleasant. A considerable time before the procession was an nounced to leave the Mansion-house crowds of well- SPIRI r OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Americans are gradually discovering hat Free Trade cannot be sacrificed to Protection without a loss in some shape or other more than pro portioned to the gain. At this moment they have undertaken, and are, indeed, actually performing, a gigantic feat of finance. They are liquidating an enormous public debt by vast instalments out of a surplus revenue greater than has ever been raised in any other country. The taxation incidental to this achievement they are enduring without any of the impatience exhibited under such butdens in the States of the QM World. They are paying more taxes, we should imagine; than any people ever paid, and paying them easily. For all this, however, they do not escape without suffering. The incidence of taxation has been so regulated—perhaps, under the circumstances, unavoidably—as to involve high pro tective duties in almost every branch of manufacture and trade ; but this system, though it is advocated and strenuously defended by certain classes, is steadily undermining the commercial position of the nation. High duties make everything dear, and most things bad. The actual wealth of the United States in articles of raw material is incredibly great, but the value of these resources has been so impaired by a protective policy that the people are losing the commercial advantages which would otherwise be theirs. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his last Report, has been at the pains of demonstrating the fact in the hope of impressing upon Congress the necessity of timely reform, and the instance which he selects for illustration is exceedingly striking. If there was any branch of manufacture or com merce in which the United States enjoyed natural and apparently indestructible advantages, it was that of shipbuilding. Americans took to navigation as instinctively as Englishmen ; their foiesis and mines gave them inexhaustib,e supplies of material, and thir peculiar skill in design and workmanship has been so recently exemplified in the Ocean Yacht Race that we need not insist on the point any fur ther. There were, in fact, no better shipbuilders or hardier navigators in the world, and, as a neces sary result, they had a building and carrying trade inferior to none but our own, and competing hope- fully with that. Now it is simple matter of fact that half this trade has been already destroyed. The Secretary gives the exact figures, and shows that some 6,000,000 tons of American shipping have fallen during the phst five years to little more than 3,000,000, while the foreign shipping by which the trade has been appropriated counts for some 4,500,000 tons instead of 2,600,000. In other words, business to this extent has left the United States and been transferred by the irresistible law ------ --- -- - of commerce to other countries—mainly to our own, - • - The explanation of the result is not far to seek. Success in such matters is determined by cheapness, and cheapness is determined by the prices of mate. rial and labour combined with economical ingenuity In America material used to be cheap and labour dear, but the commercial ability of the people was so great that they could well hold their own and build ships successfully enough to compete with our own shipmasters. The new tariff has destroyed all this. The duties on raw materials are so heavy, and labour at the same time so dear, that the American shipbuilders can no longer compete with foreign rivals. They are taxed upon their iron, their steel, their wood, their coal, and their tools, and such is the effect of these exorbitant imposts that, though labour in this country has become gradually dearer, and one of our advantages over America has thus been impaired, we can easily un dersell the Americans. It is stated in a New York paper, which we quote elsewhere, that river steamers would be built in this country and sent over to America for use at a less cost than would be incurred by building them on the spot. Of course, too, with the building trade goes the carrying trade, for cheap ships make cheap freight, and cheap freight secures custom. As a practical result we are told that l lice basettwAeemnerNwicean steamers engaged on any great York and Europe are now for sale, the commerce of the ocean having passed into British hands. Such is an outline of the argument advanced by the Finance Minister of the United States in favour of some modification of the present duties in the direc tion of free trade. It may be true enough that such a revenue as is now raised in America could not possibly be raised without an extravagant tariff, and that, indeed, Mr. M.Culloch seems to admit when he advises that a considerable portion of the pre sent revenue should he surrendered. But, besides the vital injury to commerce which this protective system involves, it is really found unmanageable in itself. Protectionists are never satisfied with the existing protection, and all the favour which pro ducers and manufacturers now enjoy in the States is insufficient, as they declare, to keep them going. Nor is it necessary to suspect them of in sincerity in these complaints. The truth is that under such a system manufactured products dete riorate day by day, until foreign products can com pete with them even at any disadvantage, and so heavier and heavier duties are constantly called for to give " native industry" its stipulated benefit. At this moment the woollen manufacturers of America are demanding an additional protective tax of 20 per cent. on foreign imports, and that ind u l gence, if conceded, would last o n ly for a certain time. The printing and publishing trade, it was said in our latest correspondence, is in a similar or worse condition. All the Christmas books exposed for sale in New York this year were English. It is cheaper to export a manuscript to this country and re t et have efec rteio,nA:the and American e o a r a work printersdr e e -import p i o n A r t arem t the e e r i p ec r r a y i . crying printed Naturally,out book for t o h r an t p h naturally this protection would presently be found to fail them, for the system sooner or later defeats its own end. It will not do for us, however, to speak with too m uc h conf i dence or self-congratula tion on a subject like this. Recent discussions in these columns have shown that if what the Ame ricans once possessed has passed to us, what we now possess may pass as easily and as quickly to some other people. It is evidence, indeed, of the singular advantages of Free -trade over Protection that we should have been able to supersede the American shipbuilders with our own industry in a condition of such derangement. Shipbuilding has actually fallen off in our great centres of enterprise. On the Clyde there is a decrease of 78,416 tons in the construc tions of 1866 as composed with those of 1865. On the Thames the stagnation of business has produced great public suffering. The vast fleet of "iron commercial steamers plying over every sea, built so cheaply and ingeniously as to drive out all com petition," will not long be ours if masters and men cannot understand themselves better. The Ame ricans envy us now ; we may be envying some other people before long. There is no monopoly of advantage in these matters. Success depends simply upon quality and price, and it will belong infallibly to those who can offer the best article for the least money. It is of no use calling in the aid of Pro tection. The Americans are finding out the hope lessness of that expedient. They are laying extra vagant burdens on consumers, and yet they are not satisfying producers, while in the meantime national commerce and national prospects are perishing to gether. We are happily not entangled. in the em barrassments of a Protective system, but, if labour and capital cannot come to better terms with each other, we may soon find ourselves unable to main tain the position which at present gives us an abun dant revenue, while industry, as far as legislation is concerned, is left absolutely free. MORNING POST.—The winter has come upon us suddenly, as it so often does, just when the length ening of the days is becoming agreeably perceptible. Indeed, some of our severest winters have come in the spring, or, at any rate, have continued i n t o th e spring, even after the period of the vernal equinox, when more than 12 hours' sun has been inadequate to master and dissipate the frost and snow. The secret of this apparent enigma is not, perhaps, very difficult to penetrate. After the parlour fire is out the warmth of the room continues late into the night —but by the morning the atmosphere has got tho roughly changed, and it is not until long after the fire has been burning brightly that it acquires a genial heat. The like progress.on a vast scale goes on throughout our hemisphere. The surface of the earth and the aerial ocean resting upon it become thoroughly warmed during the summer, and have not, as a general rule, parted with the caloric thus acquired until about mid-winter. By this time, how ever, our zone has thoroughly cooled down, and the winter chill lasts far into the spring and summer. There are exceptional seasons when the waves of cold air from the North roll in at an unusually early date, and we have severe frosts perhaps as soon as October or November ; but, taking the average, the hardest weather generally comes after Christmas, and ushers in the New Year. In the ordinary course of the seasons the heated atmosphere of our zone tempers the aerial waves from the North which may find their way here much before the shortest day, as the water of the Gulf Stream tempers the rigour of northern seas. The chief difference is, that while the aerial currents bring large masses of hyperborean atmosphere to the heate air of our zone, the current of the Gulf Stream carries the warmer waters of the South towards the polar seas, where it raises the temperature and diminishes the ice. The severity of the frost is much increased, especially to the poor, by the suddenness with which it has set in. There has been no time to get accus tomed to it. The rich have only to increase their fires, to bring into requisition a greater number of blankets and eider-down quilts, to put on additional garments, and they can maintain their personal temperature at an equilibrium. Under such favour able conditions the bracing air, the more rapid mus cular movement, and consequently the increased circulation which it stimulates, are productive of health and pleasurable sensations rather than their opposites. But with the poor, who cannot afford more fuel—who cannot, perhaps, afford any at all— and who have no extra clothing to put on, and who are not fortified by a generous diet, the case is far • otherwise. It is for the rich not to forget their less fortunate fellow-subjects these bitter nights. But there is an evil to which poor and rich alike are ex posed; not a natural and inevitable evil, inseparable from the weather, but an artificial one, which is the result of culpable neglect on the part of those whose duty it is to obviate and provide against it. We shall offer a few remarks on both of these subjects. While it continues to freeze hard the portion of the snow that is beaten smooth becomes formed into a sort of natural slide, which is very unsafe to walk upon. But, not content with this, the street boys take care to convert it into real slides by the artid cial processes to which they are so much addicted. This is a nuisance which the police ought to prevent and put down. As to that portion of the snow which remains loose, it is used by a large class of practical jokers of all ages, not merely for the purpose of snow-balling oneanother, but for pelting the passen gers. The snow only fell on Tuesday night and early yesterday morning, andyet the mischief-makers were so soon at their sport that there were charges arising out of this dangerous nuisance actually brought before the police courts yesterday. It is yet not too late in the week for the magistrates to make a severe example or two of these mischief makers, so that the congregations going home from church next Sunday may not be pelted, as they generally are, with loaded snowballs ; that is snow balls with stones inside to give them weight and momentum to make them fly far and hit h•trd. In former snowy winters this has been a favourite Sunday pastime with a certain section of the popula tion. There would be no difficulty in suppressing this nuisance if the police did their duty efficiently, and if the magistrates would also do theirs. Another evil that must be considered equally artificial is that the snow is suffered to collect in such masses. Even where the inhabitants sweep it away in front of their houses the foot-pavement is only cleared at the ex pense of the carriage -road, where it is heaped up in banks and mounds, and continues accumulating with every additional fall. The necessary consequence is that when a thaw comes the road is literally a river of mud which sometimes even rises above its banks, its kerbs, and floods the footway. The scavengers will not do their work because this semi fluid now consists almost entirely of water in a more or less frozen state, and therefore there is little or no earthly or valuable matter in it. The more the thaw progresses the more the snow melts, and the worse becomes the state of the streets. But the soil is not removed ; it is suffered to disperse of itself by being dried up gradually by the wind, by running down the gratings of the sewers, or even rising in unwholesome vapour and exhalations into the at mosphere. The effect of the atmosphere covering so large an area as London, resting upon a surface of melted and fluid snow mixed with the refuse of the streets which was accumulated during the frost, while they have remained uncleansed and unswept, is ob viously highly injurious. The air that we breathe and that fills our houses gets thoroughly saturated and impregnated with pernicious vapour, with impure water in a volatilised form. This is a condition of things that ought not to be tolerated in a capital like London. The streets, both footway and carriage -way, ought to be cleared and cleansed of these accumulations of snow and refuse, which ought not to be permitted to form ; they ought to be got rid of in the first instance, and not suffered to await a thaw, and then to dispose of themselves as best they may by volatilisation or finding their way into the sewers. Them are evils which concern a classes of society, and from which none are exempt, although the poor—who are least fortified by artificial means against them—may suffer, rela tively, the most. But there are consequences of the severe weather which are confined to the poor alone, and these may to a great extent be relieved by the sympathy and consideration of the rich. A great deal may be done by the judicious application and distribution of various articles of household use which have been done with. All kinds of woollen and cot ton fabrics or rugs and carpets may be turned to account in this way. There is a large portion of the industrious and honest poor so very poor indeed as to be unable to procure out of their earnings any thing beyond the most scanty pittance of the barest necessaries. Even firing is almost a luxury with them except for cooking, when, indeed, their hard fare is of a nature that requires cooking. There are numbers of unskilled labourers whose work is not constant, and whose earnings are so small as hardly to keep soul and body together. There are numbers of others who earn tolerable wages, but who have been disabled .by illness or accident, and are helpless and destitute. In such cases the timely and judi cious aid of the rich may not merely relieve much present misery, but may save a family from losing their main support and being tt.rown, a widow and orphans, on the poor rate. The mode of disposition and distribution of the bounty of those who can afford to spare it must be left to themselves. Many have the opportunity of knowing cases worthy of relief, and may act personally with the best effect; others may prefer the medium of the numerous refuges and charitable organisations. But, whatever mode be adopted, the temperature we feel and the snow we see warns us that among our less fortunate fellow-subjects there is a pressing need just now for such bounty as we can spare. COUNTRY MARKETS. GAINSBOROUGH-TUESDAY, At our market to-day there was a fair show of English wheat, which met a free sale, at fully late rates. Holders of both English and foreign generally asked more money, and is some cases a slight advance was established. SALISBURY.-T ÜBSDAY. The attendance of farmers, millers, and dealers at market this morning was extremely numerous. A short supply of wheat was offered, the demand for which im proved, and some of the best qualities made ls. per qr. more money in a few instances than could be obtained a week ago. in the barley department there was a revival of activity, bright barley being much in request. There was a pretty fair show of both malting and grinding samples, and all bettermost sorts went up is per qr. Oats met with a moderate inquiry, and prices had an upward tendency. Beans and peas were likewise held for the top ping figures current at last market. For flour the require ments of the trade were rather increased, and figures firm; the retail figures being 43; 45; and 47s per sack. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 555 to 65s ; barley, 37s to 55s ; oats, 24s to gOs ; beans, 46s to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 4s to 53 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 14d ; household ditto, 133. per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE-TUESDAY. Although the attendance at all the markets has been very limited, there have been moderate supplies o f mos t descriptions of grain, and business on the whole has been rather good. For home-grown wheat there was a fair in quiry, and a little more animation was infused into trans actions,fine samples realising full q uo t a ti ons, and in some instanes is per qr. advance. Foreign wheat was also in moderate request, and prices tended in favour of sellers. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 7s Od to 7s 3d per bushel ; white, 7s 3d to 7s 9d ; inferior, 5s 9d to 6s Od ; malting barley, 46s to 50s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 33s to 36s Od; beans, 44s to 50s ; white oats, 26s to 28s ; black ditto, 23s Od to 24s Od. HULL.—T UESDAY. There was not a large supply of wheat, but buyers were numerous and eager Again, contrary to expectation, factors freely offered higher rates, and the best parcels realisei from 64s to 66s per qr. Malting barley in demand, and bust sorts Is to 2s per qr. higher. Other kinds of grain firm, at extreme rates. English' white wheat, 608 to 68s; red, 55s to 65s ; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 61s to. 66s ; Baltic red, 578 to 59s ; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s to 58s. Barley, English, 36s to 508; grinding, Mediterranean, 34s to 34s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s; Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 458 to 475. Peas, English blue, 42s to 14s Od; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. Birtns. DENT— On the 31st ult., at Ibiyhead, the wife of Capt. C. B. C. Dent, R.N., of a son. HicxsoN—On the Ist inst., the wife of Samuel Hickson, Esq., of Loudon House, Horusey-lane, Highgate, of a son. JOHNSON—On the 31st ult., at Woolwich, the wife of Major A. Johnson, Royal Artillery, of a sou. Onit —On the Ist inst., at 4, West Hoe-terrace, Plymouth, the wife of Capt. Andrew Orr, Royal Artillery, of daughter. Marriages. BUILD —CRAIG—On the Ist inst., at Meole Brace, Shrews bury, Thomas A. Burd, Esq., of Burcot, Shropshire, son of T. Burd, Esq., of Hatton House, Shrewsbury, to Agnes Wallace, third daughter of the late Rev. J. Craig, of Severn Hill House, Shrewsbury. WHITE—SMITH—On the 2d lust., at the Church of St. Mary, Loudon, Frederick M. White, Esq., of 4, Sussex place, Regent's-park, Fellow of Magdalen College, Ox ford, and of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Alice Mary, eldest daughter of the late It. Smith, Esq., of 57, Guildford-street, Russell-square. Deaths. Bairn—On the 22d ult., at Florence, Henry Brind, Esq. ' , aged 60. CHAPMAN —On the Ist inst., at 11, Campbell-road, BOW, Mr. Henry Chapman, aged 80. Catinn—On the 31st ult., Mr. Jas. H. Cbubb, of 1, Queen street, Cheapside, and L ee , K en t, aged 32 . LOGAN—On the Ist inst., at York Lodge, Kennington-park, Wm. T. Logan, Esq., aged 57. MARCH-O n the 29th ult., at Geneva, Wm. March, Esq., aged 77. PAGE- On the 15th ult., at Stratford House, Stony Strat ford, Buck; Lieut.-Col. Page, late of Royal Engineers. London : Printed Lad Published by WIL LIAM AN 5R MIS of No. 112, strand, Printer at Ttiz SUN Offloo, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinat of the Sav3y, in the County of hilattleaex.—Thursday, January 3, Ism I thl rel N(