The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. A Wharndiffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the International Hotel, London-bridge; Colonel Barttelot, M.P., in the chair. The notice convening the meeting for considering certain bills having been read, The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting was merely held pro forma, to be adjourned to the 30th inst., with a view to meet the wishes of a committee of shareholders; and as Parliament would not meet till after the Easter recess it was thought they could adjourn the meeting without interfering with the progress of the bills. In the meantime a statement would be prepared for the purpose of informing the shareholders as to what the bills were promoted for. He trusted that the explanation that would be given in a short report to the shareholders would be satis factory. Advertisements had been inserted in the newspapers announcing the proposed adjournment, and those notices would have rendered it unneces sary for so large an attendance on that occasion. He concluded by moving that the meeting be ad journed to the 30th inst. at the same hour. Mr. WHISHAW, a director, seconded the motion. A PREFERENCE SHAREIIOLDER said be had come from the country that morning to attend the meet ing and to ask questions which he thought were im portant to the interests of the shareholders. Ile bad purchased the preference stock he held in 1857, at a time when it was impossible to get their 5 per cent. preference stock for less than 1181. The CHAIRMAN said they could not go into those matters now. The question before them was that the meeting be adjourned to the 30th inst. A SHAREHOLDER said the proprietors should insist on having an investigation into the circumstances by which they had been brought into their present dis agreeable position. He thought that some of the directors must be deserving of censure for what had been done. Sir CHARLES JACKSON, the chairman of the com mittee of shareholders appointed on the 9th inst. to confer with the directors on the subject of the bills now before Parliament and all other matters, said that the board had promised to send a short report to the shareholders, informing them of how matters stood with respect to those bills, prior to holding the meeting. He thought it would be more satisfactory to the shareholders, under the circumstances, to be told the facts of the case before they were asked to approve the bills in conformity with the require ments of Parliament. A HOLDER OF GUARANTEED STOCK complained that a valuable property had been shamefully squan dered in making extension lines. He wished to know whether it was true that dividends had been paid out of capital. It seemed to him that they had had plenty of reports, but very little explanation as to the necessity for and advantages of the expendi ture they had incurred. He feared that a large por tion of dividend had recently been paid out of capi tal. (Cries of " Shame.") Even the London,and North-Western were now doing away with new pro jects, and coming to amicable terms with their neighbours. He wanted to know whether the board of the Brighton Company had yet made up their minds to abandon some of the insane projects. There were lines intended to pass through fine scenery, but there was no traffic to develope in those districts. Mr. FILDER, contended that the committee could not act until its appointment had received the sanc tion of a general meeting of proprietors. He moved that no action be taken in respect of that committee until their appointment was confirmed. The CHAIRMAN said it had been suggested to Sir C. Jackson, the chairman of the committee, who represented a large amount of stock, that the meet ing should be adjourned, and in the meantime that they should consider what had best be done - for the interests of the shareholders. The directors had in consequence agreed to the proposition for the gene ral convenience of the proprietors. Mr. BILLINGS said lie would second the amend ent of Mr. Filder. He trusted that the bills would be rejected, and that sonic of the useless branches would be shut up and the materials sold. lie hoped the present Board would be replaced by commercial men, and that all unprofitable works would be stopped. The CHAIMIAN reminded the meeting that the could not deal with the general business of the com pany at a Wharneliffe meeting, but if they wished to discuss those matters the directors would call a special meeting of the company for the purpose, at which they could deal with them in a regular manner. M. LOPES said it was the first time he had attended a meeting of the company, and humbly submitted that the shareholders should be temperate in their observations, so as not to make what appeared to be a bad case worse. He had attended the present meeting in hopes that the directors would be pre pared to inform the proprietors as to the policy they intended to pursue in future. Ile thought they were greatly indebted to Sir Charles Jackson for his very excellent speech at the shareholders' meeting ou the 9th inst., and for the exertions he had made to pro mote their interests. In his opinion no one could agree with the extension policy of the Board since 1857, and it would require the most able manage ment of directors exclusively devoted to the in terests of the company to improve its position and develope its resources. Sir C. JACKSON asked the Board whether, under the circumstances, they would consent to call a new Wharncliffe meeting, as under the present arrange ment the proxies would be used that were applied for on the 2d inst. before the shareholders were acquainted with the present state of things. By call ing a new meeting the existing proxies wouldbe done away with; and after reading the statement of the directors on the subject, the shareholders would be better able to judge as to how they should vote. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had advertised the adjournment of the meeting, and it would there fore be unfair to absent shareholders either to go on with the proceedings now or to call a new meeting. Of course, if the proxies which had been lodged against the bill would be good at the adjourned meet ing, those that were lodged in favour of it would also be good for the purpose intended. Mr. COHEN remarked that hardly any of the share holders on the committee were old shareholders. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the meeting be adjourned to Tuesday, the 30th inst., and on a show of hands it was negatived by a large majority. A poll was then demanded to carry the resolution, if possible, on the ground that it would be a breach of faith to those who had stayed away from the meeting in the belief that the motion for adjourn ment would be agreed to. Sir C. JACKSON said he had seen several share holders and told them the meeting would be ad journed by the directors. His wish was that a new meeting should be called, but it would now perhaps be more convenient to adjourn it as proposed. Several proprietors expressed a wish that a new meeting should be called, and thus do away with the existing proxies. The Solicitor explained that there were standing order objections to calling a fresh meeting. The directors having expressed their willingness to call a special meeting to discuss any question that might be deemed expedient should satisfy the proprietors on that occasion. After further discussion and considerable delay a poll wa.3 taken, and the result was announced to the ffC et that there vicre 2,495 votes d proprietors pre sent in favour of the adjournment, and 1,153 votes by proxy, making together 3,653 votes. The proprie tors present agiinst, the adjournment recorded 1,460 votes, and also proxies for 636 vote;, making 2,096 votes against the adjournment. The CHAIRMAN said there was therefore a majo rity of I,uoo votes of proprietors in the room in favour of the motion, and he declared the meeting adjourned accordingly. 0 In reply ; to a question, he said the directors would be prepared to calla special meeting of proprietors to consider the general affairs of the company ; and they would even further ad journ the Wharucliffe meeting, if it should be con sidered necessary. All the works on the company's lines, as far as possible, had been stopped, and the directors were doing everything they could to economise. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD. This line having been examined and certified by Colonel Yolland, the Government inspector, will be opened for public traffic on Thursday, the 18th inst. The line is to be worked by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, attended byVice-Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres, K.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson, Controller of the Navy ; and Captain Brandreth, R.N., private secretary, arrived at Portsmouth at 2 p.m. yesterday from London, on Mr. Corry's first official visit to the port and dockyard since his accession to office at Whitehall as First Lord. A visit was first paid to the Naval Commander-in-Chief and Port Admiral, Sir Thomas Pasley, K.C.8., at the Admiralty-house, after which, accompanied by Admirals Sir Thomas Pasley and G. G. Wellesley, their Lordships, who were now joined by Lord 11. G. Lennox, M.P.. proceeded to make as brief an inspection of such of the ships and other matters in the dockyard as the time available during the remainder of the after noon permitted ; the iron frigate Minotaur, Captain James G. Goodenough, flagship of Rear- Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., second in command of the Channel Squadron, being first boarded, and here their Lordships remained some time. This grand looking, five-masted frigate will now in a few days be complete in the number of the iron carriages and slides for her 121-ton and other guns, and also in all other of her fittings and stores, and will, ac cording to existing arrangements, make her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay at deep-load draught on Monday next. If Mr. Corry and the members of his Board who accom panied him on board the Minotaur shared the opi nions of the majority of people who have seen her, the First Lord and his officers must have been highly pleased with their visit to this noble frigate. Ex tremes meet in dockyards as elsewhere, and the visit to one of the largest ships in her Majesty's navy was therefore naturally enough succeeded by a visit to one of the smallest—the screw gunboat Trinculo, just placed in commission, a very useful class of vessel for certain purposes, but being built of wood and without defensive armour utterly useless as a fighting vessel. The armoured iron screw frigate Valiant in No. 10 dock next received a short in spection. She is having her hull below the water line repayed over with protective and anti-fouling composition, and is having her deck fittings in board completed for the reception of her new armament, according to the new Admiralty scale of June, 1866. From the Valiant the course next taken was past the building-sheds, where the screw despatch vessels Danae and Sirius arc building, to Nos. 3,4, and 5 sheds, under which are building the twin screw wooden gunboat Ringdove and the composite twin screw gunboats Avon and Cracker. A look over these minor craft occupied but little time, and the walk of the Board was continued by the north ex tremity of the yard, whence an excellent view was obtained of the area of water and mudlands which is to be taken from the general harbour space for the great extension works of the dockyard, and round by the steam basin, in which lie the Prince of Wales three-decker, stripped of her machinery, the Ariadne, unarmoured screw frigate,Boo-horse power, sister vessel to the Galatea, fitting for commission, and a small gun sloop. A short pause took place on the caisson of No. 11 dock, and a few words passed relative to the Warrior, in the dock and pre paring for commission, and the course of the Board was again resumed round the steam basin for the Steam Factory, a passing glance being given to her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert in No. 7 dock undergoing her customary spring embellishment and repair. In the Steam Factory were inspected with great interest the iron carriages and slides which are being fitted there for the Minotaur's 121- ton guns, under the supervision of Mr. Andrew Murray, the chief engineer of her Majesty's naval establishments in the port.. The carriages and slides are being fitted in precisely the same manner as those of the 121-ton guns of the Royal Alfred, the same kind and dimensions of material bting used, and the same workmen employed under the same conditions of superintendence. The excellence of the work and material bestowed on the carriages and slides on board the Royal Alfred extorted the admiration of the members of the Naval Gun-car riage Committee and other officers who witnessed the late trials of the ship's guns off the Wight. The turret sloop Scorpion, undergoing alterations and re pairs in No. 3 dock, was next visited, and some time was spent on the ship's hurricane deck and forecastle by their lordships in viewing the general alterations being made in the above deck arrangements. The most important of these is the connexion of the poop and forecastle by a hurricane deck, and the raising the height of the hatchway coamings above the deck, to prevent any chance admission of water be low. 'When completed the Scorpion will be some what similar in appearance on her upper deck to the turret-ship Captain, now building for the Admiralty by Messrs. Laird on designs approved by C apt. Cowper Coles, R.N. Both vessels will have poop and fore castle standing higher from the upper deck than the roofs of the turrets, and connected by a hurricane deck extending fore and aft, and over the roofs of the turrets. There will, however, be these important differences existing in the two ships :—While the Scorpion's hatchway coamings will extend only about 3ft. 4in. above the deck level, hnd her hurricane deck in its width only about half covers the diameter of her turrets, the Captain's hatchways open on to the hurricane deck, and the width of the latter is just within the diameter of the turrets. The Scorpion, however, is but a sloop of 1,833 tons, while the Captain will be a ship of 4,272 tons. The inspection of the Scorpion concluded the afternoon's work of the Board, Mr. Corry and his colleagues afterwards going on board the Admiralty yacht Enchantress, where they dined in the evening, entertaining seve ral guests. The programme of the Board to-day may probably commence with a visit to the ironclads at Spithead and a cruise of two or three hours with the Bellerophon off the Wight, to try her 12-i-ton guns, a sojourn of the Enchantress in Cowes Roads for the night, with an Admiralty dinner on board, and the departure of the Enchantress with the First Lord and his colleagues early on Thursday morning from Cowes Roads for Portland. Mr. Corry has recently described himself as being the first Irishman who has filled the office of First Lord of the Admiralty. He is certainly the first who has entered upon the office for many years with a full knowledge of the duties of his office, and he is also, probably, the first chief of the Board who has led his colleagues through the dockyards with a thorough knowledge of all the " ways and means" which prevail within the walls of those mysterious establishments. Under Mr. Corry's administration, therefore, much of the bur lesque which has hitherto attended upon cflicial in spections of dockyards by "My Lords" will be happily got rid of; and some amount of actual good will result from such visits. His Prussian Majesty's screw steam frigate Niobe, 16, Capt. Batsch, from Havannalt for the Baltic, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday, and saluted the flag on the citadel, &c. The screw steam troopship Orontes, 2, Capt. H. Phelps, from St. Helena, arrived at Plymouth yes terday. After disembarking the 40th Regiment in the Royal William Victualling Yard, she will em bark a portion of the 17th for conveyance to Ire land. Her Majesty's ship Ocean (ironplated), Capt. Stanhope, is ordered from Malta to proceed to the China station. Her Majesty's ship Royal Alfred (ironplated), Capt. F. A. Herbert, is ordered to geoceed forth with to Halifax, Nova Scotia. M. P. A. V. Le Lubez has been in attendance each day diiring the week in Woolwich dockyard, by order of the Board of Admiralty, in testing a number of diving machines, the invention of M. Rouquayrol and M. Denayrouze, the latter a lieu tenant in the French Imperial Navy. Four of those received at Woolwich are intended to be transmitted to the dockyard at Malta for use in cleansing the bottoms of ships and other diving purposes at sea. The machines, or diving dresses, wen; applied dur ing the trials with approved Patisfaction, under the personal inspection of the Commodure-Superinten dent and the principal officers of •the yard. The peculiar construction of the regulat or enables re- ri!rades' Uni c j . spiration to take place without unnecessary exertion, the air being supplied to the lungs at exactly the same pressure as that of the surrounding medium. The diver, chosen at haphazard, on being ques tioned, stated that he inhaled, during submersion, the necessary amount of air without any uncom fortable feeling, and by the free action of the dis charge valve, which is subject to the same pressure internally and externally. He breathed almost as if in the free air, and could have remained any length of time under water. A number of the ap paratus was ordered to be supplied to each of her Majesty's dockyards forthwith. _ _ _ In the inquiry by the Royal Commission on Trades Unions, Mr. William Allan, the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, has been examined, and his evidence gives an insight into the working of a most extensive organisation, formed entirely of one of the best paid body of workmen iu the country. The witness stated that the society was formed in 1851. of a number of societies which had previously existed, and it now numbered 33,600 members, with an annual increase of 2,000 or 3,000 a year. There Her Majesty's iron steam store ship Megwra, Capt. J. Simpson, on particular service, arrived and moored off the yard at Woolwich yesterday from the Mediterranean, and commenced discharg ing stores, after which she is to ship provisions and dockyard supplies for Rio and Ascension. The screw corvette Barossa, 21, 400-horse power, attached to the third division of the Steam Reserve, is ordered to be placed in No. 4 dock at Chatham as soon as the latter is vacated by the steam dredg ing machine, under repair, to undergo some heavy repairs to Ler hull and machinery, and to be brought forward for commission. are, he said, 308 branches—namely, in England and Wales 238 branches, having 27,856 members; in Scotland, 33 branches, having 3,218 members ; and in Ireland, 11 branches, having 1,371 members. In the British Colonies there are 14 branches, having 626 members —namely, in Australia, Canada, Malta, New Zealand, and Queensland. The United States have 11 ,branches, with 498 members. In France there is only one branch, having 30 members. All these branches are governed by one code of rules, and the members of the foreign branches are principally Englishmen. Those in France are all Englishmen. Each member pays ls. a week, and the society has now a fund in different banks, in round numbers, of £140,000. The annual income in 1865 was £86,885, made up, besides subscrip tions, of entrance fees, each number having to pay an entrance-fee varying from , 15s. to £3 10s. The The dockyard and the whole of the naval estab lishments at Chatham will be closed on Monday next, by order of the Admiralty, and the workmen will receive a holiday, to enable those connected with Volunteer corps to take part in the review at Dover. Yesterday the hands commenced working extra hours, morning and afternoon, to make up for the time granted. The War Department and Ord nance establishments at the port will be closed on Saturday next, the day following Good Friday, in this case also the hands belonging to the depart ment previously working over time. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected at Devonport this evening. The Com mander-in-Chief will review the troops there to expenditure in 1865 was £49,172, the heads under which it was distributed being—Members out of employment, £14,076 ; to sick members £13,785 14s. 9cl; superannuated members (members who are " too old to gain the ordinary rate of wages at the trade"a being allowed 7s. to 9s. a week each), £5,184 17s. 4d. ; on the death of members and members' w ives, 14,887 ; and the sum of /1,800 among 18 members who met with accidents and were unable to follow the trade. Then there is a bene volent fund, made up of a compulsory levy on every member. It should be here remarked that a mem ber on ceasing, for any reason, to be a member loses all these benefits, except those who have received the injury money, and they are entitled to the bene morrow. The following promotions, dated the 10th inst., were announced on Saturday to have taken place in the Royal Marine Artillery—viz., Col. Second Com mandant George Augustus Schoenberg, C. 8., to be Col.-Commandant, vice Colonel George Gardiner Alexander, C.B. ; Lieut.-Colonel Charles London Bernard to be Col. Second Commandant, vice Schomberg ; Captain Henry Way Mawbey (In structor of Laboratory), to be Lieut.-Col., vice Barnard ; First Lieut. W. 11. Townsend Morris Dodgin to be Capt., vice Mawbey; Second Lieut. Charles 11. Hallett to be First Lieut., vice Dodgin ; Capt. Julius Bunce, Inspector of Musketry at the Woolwich division Royal Marines Light Infantry, has been appointed to go to*ltipon to take charge of the recruiting district on the 18th inst. rapt. Davies, now on that station, to return to Woolwich. Capt. Delacombe and Lieut. Beadon to take their departure for San Juan, Vancouver's Island, on the 17th. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry A. Street to the Meg:Bra, vice Lieut. Bond, superseded at his own request ; Heaver Sugden, master, to the Cumber land, for the Viper ; Sub. Lieut. C. J. Whitelock, to the Prince Consort ; Edward P. Tomkinson and Jasper E. T. Nicols, midshipmen to the Royal Alfred ; John Breakey, M.D., surg., to the Serapis; James Flanagan, surg., to the Crocodile ; James Lilburne, surg., to the Cumberland ; William Telfer, surg., to the Canopus ; Daniel Donovan, M.D., assist.-surg., additional, to the St. Vincent, for the Martin. fits on paying 6d. a week. With respect to " trade purposes" the secretary stated that the average annual payment for mem bers out of work for the 15 years the society had been in existence was £lB,OOO. On being ques tioned as to what percentage of this money had gone through strikes or disputes, he said,—"'We have only had one dispute which you may call im portant in our trade since the commencement of the society, and that was in 1852. In the first six months of that year we expended £40,000 on a lock-out ; but it was not our fault we were out of employment ; it was the fault of the employers who locked us out." He added, on another question being put to him—" We have not kept a separate account of the amount spent under this head ; but, leaving that £40,000 out, I should say it does not exceed 10 per cent. as far as any strikes with our em ployers are concerned." He then went on to de scribe the organisation and the government of the society. Each branch is managed by a committee, and there is an executive council, to which appeal is made against decisions of the branch committee. The executive is employed four evenings a week, and holds day meetings to hear these complaints. He considered from two-thirds to three-fourths of the whole trade belonged to the union. At this point the Chairman (Sir William Earle); asked—" Have the members of the association any objection to working with non-unionists ? Is there any attempt at excluding workmen who are not members of the association from employment ?" To which the wit ness replied—" There is one thing very certain, namely, that we do not assis them into employment. We do all we possibly can to get our own members into employment. If what we call a non-society man obtains a situation in a shop where our mem bers are working we do not object to his working in the same shop, certainly, so long as he is legal to the trade,' as we say ; we would not object to his working in the shop simply because he did not be long to the union." The Chairman—" Would you make it more disagreeable to him than it would be to a society man ? There are such things, for example, as not interfering with a man, but at the same time refusing to speak to him or hold inter course with him." Witness--" It will depend on circumstances ; if the party had committed himself in some way in connection with the trade, in all probability if he went into a shop we should put him ' into Coventry.' " The Chairman—" That would be for his individual demerit, but my ques that case we would no t." Si r D . tiou was pointed to this : if he had o nly the demerit of not belonging to your society would you do so?" Witness — Gooch —" There are a large numb er o f men i n every shop who a re not unionists, are th ere not ?" 'Witness—" it, depends on the locality." Mr. Merivale—" Av b at is the meanin g of y our term, In 'legal to the track . 9'" Witness—We suppose a man who has been five years at the trade, whether appren ticed or not, is capable of earning his livelihood at it and has becot.ie a competent workman." Th e Chairman—"'What has been the effect of the union upon wages and hours, in your opinion ?" Witness —" To lower the hours of labour and to maintain a proper rate, or w hat we conceive to be a proper rate, of wages." The Chairman—" Are you of opinion that there has been an increase of wages by reason of the action of the union that would not have oc curred had the union not existed ?" Wit ness .L " Decidedly 50. ,, " And, similarly, with regard to the lowering of the number of hours '?" Witness— " Decidedly so." Sir D. .Gooch—" What are the union hours now ?" Witness—" It. depends on the locality. In Loudon, for instance, it is 58 hours per week. In Manchester and that district it is 571 hours per week ; and in some parts about the north of England and some parts of Scotland it is GO hours per week." The Chairman—" Is there any prohibition as to men working over hours ?" Witness—" No, w e have no rule to prevent any member from working over hours." The Chairman —" But, adopting a phrase which was used just now, do you either deprecate it or discountenance it ?" 'Witness—" No, we would prefer that it was not done, but still we make no decided objection to it." The Chairman—" Have you any objection to piece-work ?" Witness—" Yes, we have a very decided objection to it, and endeavour to do away with it where we have the opportunity." The Chairman—" In what way do you make your ob jection known to the workman who is inclined to take piece- work ?" Witness —" That is made known to him through the committee of manage ment of his branch, which I have already re ferred to." The Chairman—" Does it lie only in words to the effect that the society object to piece work, or is the man fined? Is there anything more than persuasion ?" Witness—" We have resorted to other steps. For instance, if a member will per sist in doing so contrary to the wish of his fellow members, we sometimes expel him from the society." The Chairman—" Is there any rule in the society as to unskilled workmen being employed with ma chinery ?" Witness—" No, not in the rules." The Chairman—" And no such rule in practice ?" Wit ness—" Where we possibly can we always like to get our own members to work the machines, but we do not, as a rule, take any action against the other parties working them." Ile went on to state that the men were generally averse from strikes, and en deavoured to avoid them, thinking, " matters ought to be settled in a different way ;" and the different way was by sending deputations to the masters. On the question of piece -work, the Earl of Lichfield asked what objection there was to it, and the wit ness answered, " To be candid with you, and that is the best way of dealing with the question, we believe that it has a tendency to injure the trade ; that is to say, that by the introduction of piece-work and every one being allowed to use his own discretion in the matter, ultimately our wages would be brought down to something like the sweating system among the tailors ; and so we endeavour to destroy the sys tem wherever we possibly can." Sir D. Gooch asked, "Have you found that piece-work does reduce wages?" to which the witness replied, " Yes, cer tainly." He went on to express, in answer to the Earl of Lichfield, other objections to piece-work. " W e believe it is not altogether a proper system ; but that the work in a great measure suffers, that it is not done in so finished and good a style as if it were done 'HE SUN, LOiNDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17. 1867 by day-work. Then, too, the wages of piece-work _ _ are generally settled by an expert workman ; that is, the employers generally give a piece of new ma- chinery, or whatever they want doing, into the hands of an expert workman, so that if he gets what may be considered a fair wage, those who are not such good hands come down to almost a starvation price." In reply to Sir 1). Gooch he said he had known instances of men on piece-work having to go with less than what an ordinary day's wages would have been, and such eases had occurred at the Royal Arsenal and other Government works. Mr. Merivale asked, "Is the rate of wages really and permanently lower where piece-work prevails than - the rate of wages where piece-work does not prevail ?" To which the witness replied, "No ;iu Manchester the wages are higher than in any other part of the district, and there - piece-work exists to a very considerable extent, though not so much as formerly." And he added that the work, as a gene ral rule, was, he thought, inferior. He hesitated to affirm this, however, and on questions by Mr. Thos. Hughes and the Earl of Lichfield he said piece-work was carried out at the Woolwich Arsenal, and there could be no question, generally speaking, about the work being well done. In some cases, he said, the Government " were good employers." On the question of rules, he said there were some by-laws in addition to those printed for general cir culation, and these bylaws are read to every candi date when he is admitted. They had relation to piece-work and obtaining situations for non-society men. "If," he continued, " a member obtains a situation for a non-society man, without the con sent of the president or officer of his branch, he is liable to a fine of 55." . . " And we have a fine of 10s. and a fine of 20s. and exclusion to any member who is working piece-work and will not share the surplus money with those engaged on the work, and the phrase those 'engaged on the work ; does not apply simply to our own members, but to boys and non-society men as well." After the great strike or lock-out of 1852 the funds of the society fell to £3,000 in band, and 2,000 mem bers left out of 12,000. After that a levy of 6d. a week each man, in addition to the ordinary sub scription, was made in order to realise a fund. There had been no strike since 1852 of any importance, but if there were to be the society would call on the members to subscribe a sovereign or half-sovereign, so that there was no fear of the fund going down. Mr. Hughes asked, " It is very difficult for a strike to hapren in your society, I believe ? What mea sures have men to take, for example, before they can strike in your society ?" The witness answered. — "They have to represent their grievances to the committee of their branch. In a town where there is more than one branch there is what is called a district committee, composed of seven members from the different branches, or more in proportion to the number of the branches in the district ; and instead of the branch committee dealing with the question, the district committee deals with it, because there is a larger representation. For instance, in London we have a district committee composed of 24 members, because we have 24 branches in the district, and when any dispute arises in the district the whole of the 24 branches are represented, thereby bringing about a proper understanding in relation to the question at issue, and affording a better opportunity for arriving at a satisfactory conclusion. Mr. Hughes—" But supposing that the men who wished to go out had got the consent of their branch in , their own town, what else would they h ave to do ?' Witness—" Then they would require to get the con sent of the district committee, and the approval of the executive council." Mr. Hughes—" Therefore, unless approved in the first place by the branches of their own town, and in the second place by the central executive council, no member of your trade can strike Witness—" No, or at least they ought not to strike." Mr. Hughes—" That is to say, they would not be supported if they did ?" Witness_" I would not take upon myself exactly to say that, because a great deal would depend upon the nature of the case. If some employer, for instance, went and said to his workmen, Your wages after to-morrow night will be reduced 3s. a week,' in all probability the men would leave there and then ; in that case we would consider them en titled to the benefits of the society." Mr. Hughes —" But as the ordinary rule they would require to get first the consent of their own branch, and then that of the executive council ?" Witness—" Yes, where there was time." Mr. Hughes—" And upon the consent of the executive council being given the men would go out, and get their allowance'?" Witness—'‘Yes." The further examination of the witness ended for that occasion with some general questions on points already noticed. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The following is the weekly return of the Regis- Tar-General of Births and Deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom : General Register-office, Somerset-house, April 15. In the week that ended on Saturday, April 13, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,383 ; the deaths registered, 2,996. The annual rate of mor tality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. In Loudon the births of 1,048 boys and 1,057 gills, in all 2,105 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1857- 66, the average nuniber, corrected for increase of population, i 32,157. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,372. It W. 13 the 15th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,481. The deaths in the present return are less by 109 than the estimated number. The deaths in the metropolis have greatly de creased since the week which ended the 23d of March, when 1,731 persons died. In the three fol lowing weeks the numbers were 1,601, 1,453, 1,272. The deaths from zymotic diseases last week were 262 ; from diseases of the brain and nervous system, 182; from diseases of the respiratory organs, 248 ; from diseases of the organs of circulation, 64. Forty-five deaths from smallpox occurred last week-3 in the west, 7in the north, 6in the central, 19 in the east, and 10th in the south districts. Fifty-four persons died from typhus-12 in the west, 8 in the north, 9 in the central, 15 in the east, • and 10 in the south districts. Deaths in the Small pox and London Fever llospitals are referred to the districts from which the patients were brought. The deaths of five persons who were killed by horses or carriages were registered :—The widow of a shopkeeper, aged 70 years, run over by a cart in Pickett-street. Died on the sth of April in King's College Hospital (post mortem). (Inquest.) A warehouseman, aged 39 years, run over by a van. Died on the 6th of April, i❑ Guy's Hospital. (Inquest.) The daughter of a hawker, aged one year, run over. Died on the 4th of April, at Nel son-street, Bermondsey. (Inquest.) The son of a butcher, aged one year, run over. Died on the 4th of April, in the London Hospital. (Inquest.) A ' labourer, aged 55 years, run over. Died on the 7th of April, in the London Hospital. (Inquest.) The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per 1,000 in London, 30 in Edinburgh, 35 in Dublin, 18 in Bristol, 22 in Birmingham, 28 in Liver pool, field 2 2 3 9 in in L il e l ed an s, ch l7 es i t n er i , l 2 u 9 ll i 2 n s S i a n l f w o r e d w , e 2 a 2 s t l i e n_ u S p h o e f n Tyn,e, and 34 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 34 per 1,000 during the week ending the 6th inst., when the mean temperature was 4.9 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 25. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of_ the barometer in the week was 29.652 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.20iu. on Monday, April 8, to 30.05 in. on Friday, April 12. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46.7 deg., which is 1.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as de termined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 58.9 deg. on Sunday, April 7. The lowest night temperature was 34.5 deg. on Fri day. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 24.4 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 49.5 deg.; that of the lowest was 474. deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 6.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 79, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.46 in. The general direction of the wind was W.S.W.. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday a thunder storm occurred, during which ruin fell heavily, accompanied by very frequent flashes of brilliant lightning. The thunder followed the light ning flashes very closely. At 7.18 p.m. therain ceased and the clouds cleared off rapidly. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Crossness, was 47,420,664 gallons, or 215,454 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight. The Rev. F. K. Harford, minor canon of West minster Abbey, is appointed chaplain of the Anglo-Ameri can Church at Paris. w. -- A NEW NAME FOR AN OLD DISEASE.—WhiIe a young married lady was giving her " liege" a hearty scolding in a New York train, another lady re marked that " Mrs. was evidently suffering with a severe attack of Inflammation of the Dis position." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mr. Mapleson's prospectus, which has just been issued for the season of 1867, cannot but gratifyin the extreme the subscribers and habitue's of the old opera. Knowing as we do how faithful Mr. Mapleson is to his promises, and his great energy in sustaining the prestige of his theatre,' we con fidently predict the coming season to be one of most brilliant on record. The lovers of good music and the public generally owe the lessee of Her Majesty's a debt of gratitude difficult to re pay, for the courage and enterprise, not unattended with great risk, of reproducing within two seasons " Fidelio," "Il Flauto Magico," " l)er Freischutz," " Medea," " Iphigenia in Tauris," and "Il Seraglio." That they have been crowned with a success as glorious as it was almost unex pected, is to be attributed to the fact that English inclination to pure and beautiful music is becom ing (although with characteristic slowness) more decided, and principally, we might say altogether, to the grand personations and creations. of Mdlle. Titiens, the greatest of all living sopranos. In the list of operas this year there is one entirely new to this country, and four revivals. The new work, "La Forza del Destino," would have been presented three years ago, but that no tenor could be found capable of sustaining the principle character. This year no such difficulty exists, and the opera will be given with the " parts distributed accord ing to the choice of the composer," viz., Sign" 3 Mongini, Gassier, Bossi, Herr Rokitanski, Mr. Santley ; and Madame Trebelli and Mdlle. Titiens. The revivals are " Guillaume Tell," by Rossini ; " La Donna del Lago," by the same composer; "La Vestale," by Spontini; and "I Lombardi," by Verdi. When Spontini's opera was first performed in London, now about forty years ago, it was received very coldly, chiefly owing to the very indif ferent singing and acting of a new prima donna, Madame Biagioli. Spontini has the highest repu tation abroad as a musician ; and, as "La Vestale " will include in the cast Mdlle. Titiens, Trebelli, and Rokitanski, there is every reason for anticipat ing a great success. " I Lombardi" was first brought out at ller Majesty's more than twenty years ago, with Grisi, Corbari, and Mario. It was revived at the old opera in 1848, with Castel-, lan, Gardoni, and Colletti. "La Donna del Lago" is one of Rossini's happiest inspirations, and will be looked forward to with delight. Mdlle. Ilma de Murska is announced to sing in this opera, with Gardoni, Tasca, Gassier, and, most charming of all, Trebelli. If we mistake not, the part of ltoderick Dhu used to be one of Donzelli's triumphs ; it certainly requires a tenor of the first capability. " Guillaume Tell "is to be produced for the first time in this country, as nearly as practicable in its integrity, and the whole of the last act, including the storm scene, will be restored. This is Mr. Mapleson's boldest venture, and de serves, in addition to the certain success it will achieve, the lasting gratitude of all musicians. It is extremely fortunate that the part of Arnold is pre-eminently suited to Signor Mongini, who has repeatedly sung the music in public. We have again " Don Giovanni " with a remarkably brilliant cast, including Mdlle. Titiens, Mdlle. Christine Nillson, and Ilma de Murska, supported by Mongini, Gassier, Itokitanski, and Santley ; the " Huguenots " and the " Nozze di Figaro," which, it is to be hoped, will have all the many rehearsals it certainly requires. In speaking of the artistes, we have already—in . acknowledging Mdlle. Titiens to be the great queen of lyric tragedy, and the grandest soprano living paid all we can. Mdlle. Christina Nillson has already cre ated a furore at the Theatre Lyrique of Paris, where she made her first appearance three years ago. She is of Swedish origin. Possessing a voice of unusual compass and pleasing quality, and the charm of great personal beauty, there is but little doubt as to her ultimate success. Mdlle. Übrich, prima donna from the Grand Opera of Hanover, .will be remembered as a concert singer of decided reputation. The other first appearances are Mdlle. Amalia Giacconi, prima donna from the opera at Genoa ; Mdlle. Eracleo, prima donna contralto, from the Theatre Royal, Madrid ; Mdlle. Martelli, prima donna contralto assoluto, from the San Carlo at Lisbon ; and Signor Pandolfini, primo baritono assoluto, from the Theatre San Carlos at Naples. . The latter is announced as Guillaume in " Guillaume Tell." Amongst the tenors Signor Gardoni is one of the most accom plished artists and singers of the pure Italian school—a school which, unfortunately, has but few representatives at the present day. One of them, perhaps the most delightful, is Mdlle. Sinico, the sweet, sympathetic-voiced Sinico, who is an artist in the truest sense of the word, and who, in the first act of " Fidelio," always creates such a pleasing impression. The name of Mr. Santley speaks for itself, and Signors Tasca, Gas sier, and Herr Rokitanski are invaluable artists. Every one will welcome the reappearance of Signor Arditi, to our thinking the first conductor unques- . _ tionably in England. There is poetry in Signor Arditi's conducting, and if it is a symphony, as lately during his concerts, he tells you the whole story almost as if it were written. Moreover, he has thoroughly conquered the difficulty (and what a difficulty !) of taking an orchestra, that exceeds fifty or sixty in number, plays delicately and in subdued tone when necessary. Nothing conveys such an idea of grandeur and strength as a big orchestra playing under its breath, always suggest ing what it could do if unrestrained. Signor Arditi has made his band almost perfect if not actually so. It is rarely that one hears such a splendid performance asthe overture to " Fidelio " at Her Majesty's. The corps de ballet is under the superintendence of M. Lauri, matre de ballet ; and the names of Mdlle. Maria Gosselin and Mdlle. Lanza are announced as the principal danseuses. The scenery is under the direction of Messrs. Telbin and W. Telbin, and Mr. Jarrete is the acting manager. One of the revived operas, " I Lombardi," will be given on the opening night, Saturday, the 27th inst. RECONCILIATION. The action and re-action of the Northern and Southern States on each other, is perhaps more fully seen from Europe, than in Anierica. A violent and unscrupulous opposition begets a violent and un scrupulous determination ; strong and unconstitu tional measures of suppression, give rise to an illegal and irritated resistance. - In the North, the Legis- lature has been supported and urged to acts that would better become a despotism;•thatt a Constitit tiQnal Republic,while these acts have been grounded on, and justified, by the attitude assumed in the South. In the South, these acts have been de nounced as unconstitutional—the proceedings of a Rump Parliament—not only unjustified by law, but so opposed to the written constitution of the coun- try, that the duty of all good citizens is, •to resist. Thus the war which had ceased on the battle-field was transferred to the platform and tribune, to keep alive the most bitter feelings, and to rend the country almost as effectually in peace, as during the conflict in arms. So long as the South maintained its determination, actively to resist the measures of the North, or, with a still more embarrassing, sullen, and impassive defiance, there was little hope of any effectual reconstruction of the Union. The very attitude of the South gave to its bitterest opponents their strength and vitality, while these bitter opponents gave to the South its reason and excuse for the attitude assumed. Thus the one reacted on the other ; the Southerner of extreme views, playing into the hands of the ultra-Radical, and the ultra- Radical playing into the hands of the strong rebel sympathiser. Thus, too, all advocates of moderate measures were confounded, and their efforts neu tralised. In this game, as usual, the weakest went to the wall ; and the South have to thank the ill advised violence of its extreme partisans, for the legislative power of the country falling so entirely into the grasp of its enemies. A marked change is now taking place in the feeling of the South. It tried arms, and fought the battle out, to its las' man and musket. When conquered in the field, ii renewed the fight in the Senate and in the Cabine —a battle, even more hopeless. The war gave the ascendancy to the Republicans; the political con test which followed, secured that ascendancy. Now the South is about to change its tactics ; to try the effect of frankly accepting the conditions of defeat, an d yielding to the terms proposed. This has been the policy of the most distinguished Southern leaders from the close of the civil war—those who were the first, freely to risk life, limb, and property in the cause, who were the last to surrender, have been the foremost and the frankest to accept the con ditions of defeat. The reputation of General LEE is almost unequalled. His is a name that can gild any page of history, no matter how crushing the defeat it records. His opinions ar e we ll k n own, and w ere openly enunciated, immediately on the close of the war. Had the South, followed his counsel, as it followed him in the field, the question of Recon struction would, ere this, have been settled. Among his most distinguished lieutenants was General LONGSTREET, the successor of a soldier whose memory is everywhere held in veneration. "We made," said the General, " an honest, and 1 hope I may say a creditable, fight, but we lost. Let us come for ward, then, and accept the ends involved in the struggle. Let us accept the terms, as we are in duty bound to do, and if there is a lack of good faith, let it be upon others." This is the counsel given to the South by the men recognised from D IXIE'S line to the Gulf States as its true and well-tried cham pions. The effect, of the South accepting this ad vice, is seen most curiously in the North. A large section of the Northern people are at once satisfied, and return immediately to a critical examination of the measures of which the South complains :-- " Two years ago," says the Round Table, should scarcely ourselves have believed that the pre sent time would have found us occupying so un generous an attitude towards our subjugated brethren. We would not have believed that, fight ing as we avowed for liberty, sacrificing our child ren in hecatombs for the sublime cause of human enfranchisement and equal rights, we should find ourselves to-day proceeding to rule a gallant and half-ruined people, by a system, which, if not a posi tively unmitigated despotism, requires the acutest sophistry of its apologists to prove it otherwise." The Round Table belongs to no party ; and in speaking out a well-considered view of any subject it handles, enunciates opinions, which, though they may be little heard, are very widely felt. So long as the South, backed by the PRESIDENT and the Democratic party, presented a for midable opposition, the North rallied to the support of the extreme Republican party. But when the South shows a disposition to accept the terms on which the Northern mind is fixed, the indications of its victory—the props, which had kept up the Radical ascendancy, are cut away, and that party will soon swing down to its proper level, which' is, and ought to be, one of a fair balance, in the scale of the nation. The extreme Republicans will have done good ser vice in bringing the South to a just sense of its position. The Southern oligarchy had been so accustomed to domineer, that it.could not refrain, even after a defeat, that would 'llse crushed to the earth any other people. It is to be hoped that this second lesson will prove sufficient ;—that the change in Northern sentiment will be received as the evidence of a kindly and brotherly feeling ;—that the concessions will be accepted as concessions, and the feeling reciprocated. Then, indeed, the Union can be reconstructed without the aid of bayonets ! and its greatest danger, which might become chronic so long as the wound remained open and unhealed, will disappear in peace and reconciliation.—Anglo American Times. " we Letters from Italy state that Garibaldi is con fined to his bed at Calanlo with the gout. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JODRNALS. - - 41. TIMES.—If M. Rattazzi has not yet made us ac quainted with the views and purposes of his new Cabinet, it is not because he has wanted good op portunities for explanation. He introduced his col leagues to the House of Deputies on Thursday last, on which occasion he delivered a speech intended as a Ministerial programme. Three days later he had to unfold his policy in answer to a question put by the Milanese Deputy, Giuseppe Ferrari, and ingeni ous but eccentric member of the Extreme Left, who must not be confounded with Francesco Ferrara, a Sicilian, the new Minister of Finance, or with the Piedmontese Ferraris, a gentleman belonging to that municipal faction which has lately contracted an unnatural alliance with the so-called Party of Action. Ferrari asked first of the late, then of the present Premier, some information respecting th e ' causes which had led to the late Ministerial changes . Baron Ricasoli drily answered that "he had no account to give." M. Battazzi more courteously but no less firmly refused to enter into any expla nation. All this seems to be perfectly consistent with constitutional usage in Italy, where five years ago we had the precedent of another non - Parliamentary crisis, also terminating in a sub stitution of the same Rattazzi for the same Ricasoli. On that occasion also the parties con cerned intrenched themselves behind a barrier of impenetrable mystery, upon which, as was natural, the worst construction was put. A sufficient majo rity, however, rallied in that instance round the Rattazzi Ministry to enable it to carry on the Government, till it broke down in consequence of the affair of Aspromonte. The analogy between the crisis of 1862 and that of 1867 could not fail at this moment to give rise to sinister surmises, and, independently of the underhand manceuvres to which Rattazzi is always supposed to owe his rise, the present change, like the former, is ascribed to Ricasoli's stubborn resistance, and Rattazzi's ready obsequiousness, to the will of the Tuileries. The ; " thunderbolt from a clear sky," which struck Ricasoli, was, it is stated, determined by a shift in the King's policy from Berlin to Paris ; and it portended a resolution to make common cause with France against Germany in any outbreak of hostilities. On that point, we are happy to see, M. Rattazzi deemed it expedient to undeceive the country and the world. "We are," he said, " without any engagement whatever towards foreign countries. Nothing can withdraw our attention from the exigencies of our internal situation." He further stated that the men of the present Administration were bound to the same general political principles as his predecessors. Evidently the new Premier will lie on no bed of roses. He is a man of rare tact and dexterity ; he has a long experience of public business ; he has ready wit, a happy versatility, a well-assumed vehemence in debate. He is easy and winning, open-hearted and open-handed in private inter course. His friends are few but stanch ; foremost among them is the King. In the same Cabinet with Ricasoli, Rattazzi would have been a godsend to Italy in her present straits. Alone, this will be the third time that he takes the jlestinies of the country in his hands. Let us hope that present success may efface all recollection of past feilures. THE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE " ON PEACE AND WAR.—This week has been crowded with news 01 the gravest character. It shows us that we are living in times when it is quite possible for Europe to lie down at night in peace and to wake up in the morning and find war. This unfixity of tenure which peace has now in Europe is the result of the abandonment of the principles of national law hi favour of the passions and the dictates of the Re' volution. The war of interests, which Napoleon now seems ready to provoke, may be followe d by a - War of principles incited by the revolu tionary party throughout Europe. The vanity of France, wounded to the • quick by th e military predominance of Prussia, has seized the opportunity which the pecuniary necessities of the King of Holland offered, of endeavouring, by the purchase of Luxemburg, to indemnify bile" self for the aggrandizement of Prussia. It can hardly be possible for Napoleon, at any rate, with,' out risking his hold upon France, to put forwar d such a pretension, and to shrink from the conso quences, which he cannot but have foreseen, of Prussia's refusal to consent to an inc h of German soil being alienated from Ger many. Diplomatic discomfiture or a war with Germany, united to man in defence of German territory against such overweening pretension s / is no pleasant alternative for Napoleon. But, as it is inconceivable that he could have coult e another diplomatic defeat at the hands of Prussil without some motive, we must suppose th e : France is either more prepared for immediate war than is generally supposed, or else th 3 Napoleon wishes to make Prussia appear so ne" reasonable and unconciliatory in its conduct 1 1' regard to France as to exc it e th e coun t r y to so° a pitch of indignation as t o ma k e war at no dis tant period unavoidable. The break up of th e i Italian Ministry and the substitution of Ratazi for the unpliable Ricasoli, seems to favour the OP: position that in case of war with Germany, Franc' may count on Italy as an ally. Austria, howeve r ' is said to be in favour of peace; as a possible mean; of reconciling the conflicting claims of France aer Prussia as to the possession of Luxemburg k . , von Beust suggests the razing of that formida bw o fortress. The idea of consulting the Powers wh signed the Treaty of 1839, as to the dispositioicl of Luxemburg, is an expedient to gain time, an_ c time, at least, may lead to a peaceful solution !-'1; this awkward question. Our demand upon SPa. h to make amends for its illegal seizure of Eng hs vessels, and the reported ',answer of the SPitn ish Minister that he will cause the Spanish tribe; nals to be respected, add to the troubled asP ec of European affairs. The vigilant attitude f Russia, the disturbed state of Turkey and I t , Christian provinces bid fair, in case of an o ' l , break of war, to precipitate the long-peach" Eastern question. All these complicated relations, and the 1111 ; 0 settled state of the principles on which Europei.i, governed, cast a shadow which no Universal Es-P..0. bition at Paris, no sham debates in the ChambelLe: no speculations in the Bourse can clissipa..„' France with its revolutionary ideas, its wars of r terests, and its wars of principles—always so dgi to gerous to the peace of Europe—and now with of wounded vanity, with its growing jealousY tte f Prussia what is France brooding over ? A - the Exhibition is over, after the Chassepot Ae4 are prepared, what will France give to Europe Peace, or War ? COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—UESDAY. The transactions in wheat to-day are to a fair "nt and an advance of is to 2s per qr. has been establisho the sales made. Barley quite as dear. All other gr id° favour of the seller. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. At this market there was a large attendance, and c „ t sl siderable business in wheat at an advance of 4d per COm tte lt on white, and 2d to 3d on red. Flour, is 6d per, s et dearer, with a moderate inquiry. Oats and oatmeal I °,r,et bushel and is per load more money. Beans and peas ra, o 3 higher. Indian corn advanced is per qr., prime old 1 1 1' ne t 43s 6d to 43s 9d, new yellow, 435, and white, 433 6 c l F 4801 b. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. Thero was a small show of wheat at market to-dan yeas a slow trade, and, an advance of 2s por qr. being ° s od a merely retail trade was effected. A quiet trade in bs and oats at extreme prices. 01 Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....2la Od to 2 ,4 0 01 White do do ....21s Od Go New red do do .:: .cos Od !,, O. New white do do .... 23 s 6d 0 „:‘", Oa Beans do do ....19s Od .. n , o d Peas, per qr.. i„v Q " 4 a, Grinding barley, per qr 353 Od ',',3 oi; Malting barley, co . ‘3B Oci "0 0 ~0 Oats, do 27s Od 0 - F10ur....2s 2d to 2$ 8d per 141 b, THE LIBRARIANSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF C t))f oi MONS.—It is reported that this post, vacant by the clO t* oo Mr. Vardon, will be given by the Speaker , who 11 016 %4 nomination, to his brother, Mr. Alfred Denison, vill °- 00 for some time been his secretary. The salary is . Xll°` year, with a residence in the Palace. Births. Bo ' l l CUMMING —On the 16th inst., at Ileathflold House , t or., dere, S.E., tho wife of W. A. Gumming, of a dallgloePi. LYON—On the 15th inst., at Hampstead, the Nv ifo °f A. Lyon, of a daughter. o f v‘ LAWTON—On the 16th inst., at Canonbury, the wife S. Lawton, of a son. Marriages. , t e 1 ril fal( ) e ef BOYD—CLIFFORD—On the 16th inst., at 18, u. l - , i 1 : 1- e square, Edinburgh, James Boyd, Esq., 4, 310 0 Y - { tl i Edinburgh, to Cecilia Clifford, fourth d au ghter - ', H O Aon. Lord Ardmillan. SIiAItRATT—MEAD On the 6th inst., at Chiswic It•,: " Church, Henry Sharratt, Esq., of Windsor , . lea Susannah, the youngest daughter of the late W. Deaths. , Ode s M'NEILL —On the 13th inst., at Bournemouth, 11-e%a Of M'Neill, Esq., of Bordlands, late of Java. , _ .p, V 541 MACKENZIE •• On the 14th inst., Harry Macxenm-7 17, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, aged 81. , 0 10t ° ROOTS —On the 14th inst., at 21, Keppel-street, 0' ° Anna Roots, aged 86. f f ' l4l TEIVART— On the 14th inst., Robert Tewart, Esq'' ton Villa, Maids-vale. 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