The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-14 00:00:00

7HE SHEFFIELD MISSION. TRADES' UNION COM SEVENTH DAY—TsuRsDAY. The Commissioners resumed their sitting this morning. The first witness was George, or " Putty," Shaw, who committed gross perjury on Saturday last by swearing that he had not seen the secretary of his trade (Mr. Broadhead, of the Sawgrinders') that morning, when it was afterwards proved that he bad an interview with Broadhead. Mr. Overend now told him that, after consulting with his colleagues, and taking advice in London as to what should be done with him (Shaw), he had decided to give him another chance, but that in making a full and clear disclosure of all the circum stances within his knowleige connected with this inquiry lay hii only hope of escaping a prosecution fer the very serious crime be had committed. Shaw 0 0ed assent, and seemed relieved from anxiety. He then stated that he joined the Sawgrinders' Union when be was 20 years old, having been ap prenticed to a man named Linley, who was after wards shot. Linley was an " outlaw"--i.e., a non unionist. Witness was now 28 years old. Several joined the union about the same time as witness ; among others a man named Dennis Clark, also called Tucker. About a fortnight after this, witness being in Broadhead's house, Clark came to him and asked him if he would do a " job"—blow up "Topsy" (a man named Hellewell, a non-unionist), who worked at the Tower Wheel. Witness said he would do it, and Clark, after telling witness they should have £3 for it, went upstairs and came again with three pint cans full of gunpowder. Clark said he was going up to see " Old Smeeton" (a nickname of Broadhead), and when he came dawn he said Smeeton bad given him the powder. Witness put the three cans under his smock, and took them to his mother's house, and hid them between his bed and the mattress. He and Clark after wards sold two cans and a half of the powder to a man named Simmonite, of Cricket-road, a pigeon shooter at Hyde-park, for several shillings, and spent the money in drink at various public-houses. Witness had already strewed the other half can of powder in Hellewell's trough, mixing it with the emery, Clark standing by. The emery would con ceal the powder. Hellewell would have to stand by the side of the trough glazing, and as he glazed sparks would fly off into the trough. Two or three men—Joey Yellott and Thomas Allan—the witness remembered, saw him and Clark together. While the powder was hidden in witness's bed his mother found it and asked him what he was going to do with it ; he replied that he was going to harm no body. After he and Clark had put the powder into Hellewell's trough they went to a public-house. The next morning, Hellewell being at work, the powder exploded, and the witness spoke of the in jury to Hellewell as being simply a blackening of his face, but he admitted having heard that Helle well was kept from his work two or three weeks in consequence. On the day of the explosion witness went to Broadhead's, and saw Clark there " draw ing his scale." At this point Mr. Overend asked Mr. Broadhead if he had the scale-book for that year (1852). Mr. Broadhead said he was afraid that book was destroyed. Mr. Overend desired Mr. Broadhead to send for his books, and Mr. Broad head at once professed his readiness to do so ; but Mr. Sugg, who represented the interests of the Trades' Unions, objected that this would be mak ing use of the trade books in a serious charge against Mr. Broadhead, and that they should not be pro duced till the "proper time." A sharp interchange of words took place between Mr. Overend and Mr. Sugg upon the subject, Mr. Overend persist ing in having the books sent for, saying that the Court were the judges of what was the proper time. The books were sent for. The witness then went on to say that the week after the explosion he saw Clark, who told him that he had got " three quid" (.£3) from old Smeeton, and gave him 30s. About eight weeks ago witness saw Clark in a pub lichouse, and Clark said to witness, " If you'll give the word I can 'lag (transport) old Smeeton." Wit ness told Clark to " shut up." Crapper, Woodhead, and Hallam were present and heard this. On the Saturday night of that week witness told this to Broadhead, at Broadhead's house door, and Broad head said " You have done perfectly right." Wit ness had heard of Clark boasting, and a week last Thursday Yellott and Green called him out from his work and told him it was " hot" for him, for Clark had got 20 crowns from the commissioners to give evidence against him and Broadhead. Just before last Sheffield fair, witness, being on the box, went to Broadhead's for his scale, and a mannamed Martin objected to his having the scale, upon which a fight took place between them in the committee room, Martin trying to gouge witness's eye out. Broadhead afterwards told witness that if he would come quiet and sober he would no doubt get his scale, and at the same time Broadhead put into his hands a paper, which he and others signed, and which was as follows : " Sawgrinders' Committee-room, Royal George, Carver-street, Nov. 27. " George Shaw being present, William Broad head states he has heard a report that George Shaw has been circulating, to the effect that he, Broad head, had several years ago -employed and paid Shaw to force his way through the cog-wheel race at the Castle (or Tower) wheel, Blonk-street, to commit an outrage with gunpowder upon a person named Joseph Hellewell. Broadhead, in the pre sence of the committee, interrogates Shaw upon it, on which Shaw declares he has never been employed for any such purpose. He therefore willingly signs the following statement :—I hereby declare that I never at any time was either employed or paid by William Broadhead to commit any such outrage as has been described, nor did Broadhead ever make such an offer to me. " JOSEPII SIIAW. " (Witnesses) James Coldwell, Samuel Baxter, Matthew Frith, Henry Garfitt, Alexander Ellis (his mark), W. Broadhead." The witness said this paper referred to the affair that he and Clark were concerned in. He had never said that Broadhead employed him, but he had said that Clark employed him. He had heard Clark say that he would have both him and Broad head " run in" (taken to the Town-hall) and " lagged." He had told Broadhead several times what Clark was saying, and also the part he (wit ness) had taken with Clark, and that he was in a " mess " through it. Broadhead told him that he bad nothing to fear, but made no remark about Clark, nor did he take. any steps with respect to Clark's statements. The witness would not swear that he did not say to Hellewell, a few days before the explosion, in the presence of Mr. Joseph Wil son, " If you don't join the union you will have your head knocked off." He did not know that Hellewell was fearfully burnt, or that the windows of the place were blown out. He persistently denied that when the engine-tenter at the Castle wheel pointed out to Mr. 'Wilson, in witness's presence, how the person who had done the deed had got into the place, he (witness) shook his fist in the engine tenter's face and fought with him, and Mr. Wilson parted them. The reason why he signed the docu ment above given was that " they stopped his scale." He confessed that in substance he told a lie in order to get his scale. He had no other reason for signing the paper. Ile believed Broadhead in stigated Clark, and Broadhead had a letter, if he would produce it, which witness wrote to him after the occurrence, and which Broadhead read in a trade meeting. Mr. Overend—Where is that letter, Mr. Broad head? Mr. Broadhead—l leave my case in the hands of legal advistr, Sir. Mr. Overend—Do you produce that letter, Mr, Sugg? Mr. Sung —I do not, Sir. Mr. Overend—Swear Mr. Broadhead. Mr. Broadhead was sworn, and he stated, in reply to Mr. Overend, that he had the letter to which the witness referred, that it was at his house, and that it would be necessary for him to go himself to fetch it. Ile was accordingly sent, in company with a policeman, to fetch the letter, and the Court ad journed till his return. In a alart time Zr. Bioadhea.d returned with the letter, which was openly read, And wa,s as follows :- Sir, Mr. Broadhead,--I signed your document, but I have you, because I have the man who bought three parts of the powder you thought we blew him: up with. We sold it for 55., and I have another witness that saw, and saw me put it under my bed' and went with me to sell it, and no one that has to do with you. Now, Mr. Broadhead, I have found you a traitor, and I should like to be one too, so the public at large will know the honest secretary. Remember, Mr. 8., that if ever my strings disap- rear I shall buy a set of tools and I shall be on your track, if I do not let the public know before that man that evidence can be (sic) that employs men. You understand. I shall have to give information about it, Mr. B. I shall fetch a summons for Mar tin to-morrow, and go into business at once, for pouncing upon me when I came for my bit of a scale. We will see what we can do with the Royal George. I will make ' Royal' like me, ' poor George,' for sticking to my trade. " P. S. Mr. Broadhead, I signed your - be cause I thought I was in danger of having my life taken if I did not sign it on Saturday when I came for my scale. I went to the Town-hall and told them what I received on Saturday week. We did not blow him up as you thought. Remember what an informer can do. " Long Henry-street, Sheffield-park." This letter was not signed with any name, but Broadhead knew - where witness lived. The witness was examined upon the letter, and he said that though he had not stated before that he signed the letter through fear, he was intending to do so when he said he signed it in order to get his scale. He signed it for both reasons. It was false that he went and gave information at the Town-hall ; he and Crapper went towards the Town-hall, but really did not go there. Martin was now gone to America. He had threatened witness that he would take his life, and the witness gave a long account of bow he was tracked at night by Martin and others, and how he evaded their pursuit. Mr. Overend reminded the witness that were it not for the protection that the Statute gave him he had placed himself in very great peril indeed. The Court had not heard what the other side had to say. It might be that witness had said what was entirely false ; it might be his evidence was perfectly true. Witness was then again asked whether he had not told James Thomas that he knew a man who was ready to blow Hague's place up for £5, and he re peatedly denied having said so. The name of Hallam was mentioned as the man whom he had said was ready to do it, but he persisted in his statement that he had not mentioned such a thing to any one. He was out of work and had no money when he blew Hellewell's house up. He had to pay £5 to enter the trade. Mr. Overend here suggested that Mr. Sugg might wish to cross-examine the witness upon this very serious charge against Mr. Broadhead, and that in any course he might propose to adopt the Court would render him every possible assistance. Mr. Sugg proposed that the witness should be re called on Monday morning, and the Court acquiesced. James Hallam, saw-grinder, was next called, and proved a most unwilling witness. It was with the utmost difficulty that replies to questions could be obtained from him. He said Broadhead had never applied to him "to do any jobs." He had asked Broadhead if he had any work for him to do, and Broadhead had replied " No." Witness next spoke of a case of rattening. His father, Samuel Hallam, and Matthew Broadhead, who worked with Joseph Taylor's tools, were in arrears, and witness and another man rattened them. For this business he received as his share 255. He knew the name of the man who assisted him, but he positively refused to mention it, or to say from whom the money he received came. Witness next admitted rattening a man named Darns, who worked at Marsden's, in Bridge-street, and for which they received ss. Witness was not certain whether he had ever said that he showed the property rattened to Broadhead, and that Broadhead gave the ss. Examined as to the blowing up of Wheatmau and Smith's premises, where there was a machine which interfered with the trade, he denied having ever bought 281 b or any quantity of gunpowder to blow up their place. He had never received £l5 for doing "business" at Messrs. Whcatman's premises. He had never placed a quantity of gunpowder at the bottom of their engine chimney, neither had he placed a quantity of powder to which was attached a lighted fuse, and gone and stood on a neighbour ing bridge to see it explode. He had never secreted a quantity of powder in a quarry at Ball-hill, Crookes. Witness was next asked if he had not made some most important admissions in the presence of Mr. Futson, solicitor, and Mr. Jackson, the chief-constable. Witness admitted that he had, but his statement, he said, was wholly false, except the portion referring to the cases of rattening. Mr. Overend read the statement, questioning the witness respecting its truthfulness as he proceeded, and which was to the following effect. A man named John Hellewell, who worked at Messrs. Firth's, rendered himself obnoxious to the Union, and witness and another man, about whom he would give no further information more than that his name was Sam, were engaged " to look after him." While doing so something occurred in connection with the works of Messrs. Wheatman, which Broad head told witness and Sam required their urgent attention. As they had several times failed to get into Firth's works they directed their attention to Messrs. W heatman's, and decided on blowing them up. Broadhead gave them each a sovereign with which to purchase gunpowder, and implements with which to defend themselves in the event of their being attacked. Witness purchased at different shops 281 b. of gunpowder, a strong milk can in which to put it, and a clothes line with which to cord it. They secreted it in a quarry at Ball-hill, Crookes. Sam at this time fell ill, and the carrying out of the " business" devolved solely upon witness. He visited Messrs. Wheatman's premises several nights, but the men were working, and he was un able to carry out his purpose. One night he reached, unobserved, the engine stack, with the intention of depositing the powder in the bottom and blowing it down, but the place was too hot, and he with drew. He then discovered a drain running from the river under the premises, and in this he de posited the can of powder, lighted the fuse, and retired to a neighbouring bridge to witness the explosion. He was disappointed the next morn ing to find that the explosion had caused very little damage. Broadhead agreed to give them 15 sovereigns for the job, and after executing it he went to Broadhead and received the money. Wit ness now most positively swore that the whole story was a fabrication. Once during the reading of it he made a most important admission. Mr. Overend was reading, " It was a very cold bitter night, and I had to run up and down to keep my feet warm." Witness exclaimed, "Ali! it wur, and all." Mr. Overend—Oh, you were there then, were you? Witness (confusedly)—l did not say I was there. Mr. Overend—Then, how do you know it was a cold night ? Witness evaded the questions. Ile was further interrogated respecting the statement he had made to Mr. Fretson and Mr. Jackson, and he repeated that there was no truth in it, and why lie made it he did not know. Mr. Overend—ls it from fear of personal injury that you do not tell the truth ? Witness—l would rather not, and cannot answer your question. Mr. Overend—You must. Witness—l shall not. Mr. Overeud—Will you now give the name you refused to give me before ? Witness—l will not tell you. I will not implicate any one. Mr. Overend—lf you do not we will at once commit you to prison. Witness—l would rather go to prison than an swer the question. Mr. Overend pointed out to the witness that he was liable not only to be indicted for perjury, but, on his own confession, for the blowing up of Messrs. Wheatman's premises. The Court entreated him to save himself from such serious consequences ; but he positively refused to give the information.sought, And he was ordered to be imprisoned for six weeks in the Hone of Correction at Wakefield for con , tempt of court. Ur. 0 verend told him in the mean- time the court would consider what course to pur -1 see with him in regard to the wilful perjury be had carimitted, and for the part he had taken in the blowing up case. The witness was then removed in custody. Mrs. Sarah Shaw, mother of the witness Shaw, w. as then called, and proved finding under the bed in her son's room a can of gunpowder. She asked hin i what he was going to do with it, and he said Broadhead had given him and another man £5 to blow up Hellewell's premises. She entreated him to have nothing to do with such work, and he said he' would not. He afterwards told her that he had sold the powder. John Shnmonite, in his evidence, denied having ever purchased powder of Shaw. Other evidence having been given, the Court ad journel until this morning. IRELAND. DUBLIN, June 13. At the Limerick Special Commission yesterday the trial of Walshe, Bradley, and Riordon was resumed. Evidence was given as to the attack on the police-barrack at Kilmallock. Michael Connor, sub-constable, deposed that, having been sent with despatches to Mr. Franks, stipendiary magistrate, on the night of the sth of March, he was return ing when he met a party of men, who seized the bridle of his horse, pulled him off, took the de spatches from him, and carried him prisoner into a wood. They next brought him to Kilmallock, and told him if be did not take a pike they would shoot him like a rat. Their commander, Colonel O'Leary, gave the word " Quick march," and then marched up to the barrack and attacked it. The first shot fired was by the prisoner Walshe, whom witness saw throw some stuff up at the windows from a tin can. Witness fired a pistol at Walshe, after which he ran round, threw himself down, and hid. Ulti mately he got off, and hired a car for £1 to take him to Limerick. Patrick Walshe deposed that on the night in question he met a play of 20 men who gave him a pike, threatening to shoot him if he did not take it, and go with them of his own free will. He saw Walshe, the prisoner, give Dunne the despatches taken from the postman, and read them by the light of a lamp. He also saw Dunne take the mail bags. He saw Bradley near the barrack with a revolver in his hand, and also the prisoner Riordon standing beside Dunne when the firing was going on. He saw a man named Carroll speaking to Dunne. He came back and told Dunne if he went there again the police would shoot him. All this time the firing was going on at the barrack. Bradley went up to the men, and said that Dunne had told him to direct the men to keep firing at the barrack until they drilled a hole in the back wall. John Neill, the postman, deposed that he met a party of 100 men, who took the mail bags from him, and then marched four deep in the direction of the barrack, taking witness with them. .As far as he knew no money was taken from the bags. Henry and Daniel Holmes, brothers, gave corrobo rative evidence. James Hely, examined by Sir Colman O'Loghlen, deposed to having been asked by the prisoner Brad ley to join the Fenian conspiracy, and to a number of conversations held with several of the conspira tors, among others the prisoner Walahe. He saw the three prisoners there that night. Riordon said to Dunne, " Shoot that fellow; he is the cause of my master's arrest." He said this of Carroll. Mr. Bourne, the manager of the Union Bank, who was shot by Captain Dunne, Mrs. Bourne, and other witnesses were examined, and identified the prisoners as being present at the attack on Kil mallock police-station. The evidence on behalf of the Crown was not concluded at the rising of the Court. Bills have been found against 22 other persons for treason-felony. The General Assembly brought its sittings to a close yesterday, and adjourned to the 14th o August, at Belfast. DUBLIN, Thursday Evening. The trial of Walsh°, Bradley, and Riordon was resumed this morning at Limerick. Mr. Coffey spoke for the defence ; the Solicitor-General re plied. Judge Keogh charged the jury at three o'clock, and, after five minutes' deliberation, they brought in a verdict of guilty of treason-felony. They were sentenced respectively to 15, 10, and 7 years' penal servitude. Daniel Hennessy and John Sheehan were indicted for a similar offence, and pleaded not guilty. THE SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. Yesterday a meeting of licensed victuallers, con vened by the chairman and committee of the Pro tection Society connected with the trade, was held at the London Tavern, to consider the provisions of the bill of Mr. John Abel Smith now before Parlia ment, which proposes, as set forth in the circular summoning the meeting, " to prohibit drinking on the premises of the licensed victualler during the whole of Sunday, excepting where meat, confec tionery, or other victuals are sold." Mr. Jones, chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association, presided, and there was a considerable attendance of persons interested in the subject to be considered. The CIIAIR3IiN having briefly stated the reasons which had induced the executive of the Protection Society to call the meeting, Mr. HORNER proposed the first resolution, which ran as follows :—" That Mr. John Abel Smith's bill now before Parliament, for interdicting the sale of beer, wine, and spirits, to be drunk in publichouses on Sunday, be opposed on the ground of its injus tice, inexpediency, and impracticability, and its in terference with the comforts, ordinary social usages, and privileges of the people." The speaker said that it was incumbent on those whom he had the honour to address to use every exertion to obstruct the passing of Mr. Smith's Sunday Closing Bill. On the 11th of April a meeting of delegates had been held at Radley's Hotel, and it was then unanimously resolved that the bill he had mentioned should be opposed, as well as another which had been brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Graves. The latter had been withdrawn, and he was not afraid to say that that had been caused by the instrumentality of the Licensed Victuallers of England. Wednes day, sth of June, had been appointed for the second reading of the bill, but it had been postponed until the 26th inst. A. bill relating to Ireland having a similar object had, however, passed a second read ing, although Lord Naas, the Chief Secretary, had expressed his antagonism to the principle of the measure. lle said that there was great doubt that the object proposed to be attained by the bill would be accomplished by its becoming law. The weight of authority was against its adoption in Dublin, and a good deal of official.knowledge supported a similar opinion. The only measure of a kind with those which they were now called upon to discuss which had been passed within the last 20 years was Wilson Patten's Act, and that was repealed in the session immediately after that in which it paced into law. It behoved them to rouse themselves and to put forth every exertion to prevent the carrying of a measure so materially affecting their interest. The resolution having been seconded by Mr. WARD, was put to the meeting and carried unani mously. Mr. WTINTERBOTHAM proposed the second resolu tion, which was to the following effect : " That this meeting is of opinion that as large influences have been exercised to induce members of the House of Commons to support the proposed bill, which would entail such vexatious difficulties in the conduct of the business of the licensed vic tualler, and would so much infringe upon the liber ties of the public, it is of great importance that peti tions from the trade should be presented against the second reading of the bill, and that opportunities should be given to the public in the same way to express their strong disapproval of the proposed law." In the course of his observations on the proposition contained in the resolution he said that it appeared from a return kindly forwarded from the office of • Sir It. Mayne that only 2,000 caws arising from the opening of public : louses had been brought under the notice of the police during the year 1666) THE SUN, LONDO.N, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 14 1867 although there were 10,000 public and beer houses open on Sundays in the metropolis. The resolution, having been seconded by Mr. GABB, was carried unanimously. The following petition was read by the secretary, proposed for adoption, and unanimously received : "To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia ment assembled. " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabi tants of this metropolis and its environs sboweth, " That yourpetitioners have seen with great regret the bill now before your honourable House, entitled A bill for further regulating the sale of fermented and distilled liquors on Standay in England and Wales.' " That your petitioners rzpeetfully call attention to the fact that the question of closing publichouses on Sundays has already been the subject of much discussion in Parliament and of many decisions, and further, that previous attempts of the same kind were the cause of great public excitement and dis order. " That the provisions in the last clause of the pro posed bill, as to the partial opening of the houses in question, appear to your petitioners to be eminently calculated to produce disputes, and moreover to be subversive of the evasion of the law to an extent which would probably render it utterly inoperative. " That, without going into the general question of the inexpediency of such a bill, your petitioners would respectfully call attention to the admitted fact that there is a considerable decrease of drunkenness both in town and country. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your honourable House will be pleased to reject the said bill. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &e." The proceedings then terminated with the cus tomary vote of thanks to the chairman. STATE OF TRADE. BRADFORD, June 13.---There is a steady demand for wool for immediate consumption. There is, however, an entire absence of speculation, there being no confidence that present rates can be main tained. Many sorts of. wool are more plentiful, though those of the bright-haired class are still very limited. The brilliant weather and the better supply of wool in the market tend to give a slight advan tage to the buyer. The holydays have had the re sult of curtailing business in other departments. Foreign merchants have received no advices from abroad, and are doing nothing in worsted yarns. Transactions have been on a most limited scale. There is rather more doing in genappe and some numbers of lustre yarns. Prices are rather firmer. The piece trade is slightly improved. The beauti ful weather awakens the lethargy of country dealers, and this gives a very slight stimulus to the move ments of home merchants. Shipping merchants have also placed a few orders. Prices are without change. RAILWAY IN a LLIGEN CE. SOUTH-EASTERN. An adjourned meeting of the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway was held yesterday, at the Terminus, London-bridge ; Mr. Watkins, M.P., presiding. The usuil pr2limintrics having been gone through, The CNAIRMAN explained that the meeting was held for the purpose of considering the matters left over from the meeting held on the 16th of May, viz., the propriety of dividing the stock of the company into two classes, namely, a preferred and a deferred stock, the preferred bearing a certain rate of inte rest of 5 or 6 per cent. per annum, and the de ferred whatever profits remained. The capital stock of the company was now ab3ut £7,000,000, and they bad power to increase it to £8,000,000, and tile question for consideration was this : " Is it desir able to divide that £8,000,000 into two classes, namely, a preferred and a deferred stock ?" The object of the board that day was to have some con versation with the shareholders sous to elicit their opinious rather than to put any resolution. For himself, however, he must say he should have pre ferred settling the question that day, but seeing the paucity of attendance, he proposed that the whole matter should be left over to the half-yearly meet ing, when they a lways had a la rge a tt en d ance o f s h are holders. He believed the measure to be a sound one, as by it they would prevent those fluc tuations in the price of the stock and those specula tive and fictitious sales of which they had all had very great reason to complain. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the settlement of the question of dividing the stock into two classes should be deferred to the hall-yearly meeting. The lion. Mr. BYNG briefly seconded the motion. S ome co nversation ensued, in which Mr. Adams, Mr. Thomas, and o thers too k part. Th o f the stock w ou ld b e purely op tional on the part o f the p ro prietors, and would be converting C e li r A ti l n it : the onv AN ' in reply t o quest i ons, said that a matter of conven ience to v e r y many. One very large shareholder w as most an xious for the change, and £30, 0 00 deferred to hi s son . motiontNA,. was then put a n d carr i ed. as he proposed gi vin g £50,000 preferred stock to his TThheec daughter, iiA , mx said that th e p os i t i on of the ques tion with the Brighton was this—that certain heads were agreed to as the basis of an agreement between the two companies. Since then Eb ver a 1 meetings had been held by the gentlemen representing both companies to fill in the details. Some progress had been made. The next meeting was to be held that afternoon, and he had very strong hopes that the agreement would shortly be completed in a work manlike manner, and that it would be laid before the shareholders at the next meeting. They had been agreement met in a very cord ial and fri endly spirit by the t T w h o e com was not an pames ; both wou ld rema i n amalgama tion s gen tlemen representi n g the Bri g ht on interests, and on both sides there was a desir e for a fair and equitable ad di s tinct, and both h ave c h arge of t h e i r o as at present. It was f or a di v i s i on o f traffic ande d orking expenses an d pro fi t, b y w hi c h t re i ull separate capital, e and t then . v N all ruinous competition would be done away with, the requirements of the public fully met, and the running of needless trains put an end to. A vote of thanks - to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. — The arrangements for the forthcoming show of this society at Bury St. Edmund's next month are so far com pleted that, notwithstanding the wise decision of the Privy Council not to allow cattle to be exhibited, the long lines of canvas shedding to which the visi tors to these s h ows have b een accu , tomed will not be curtailed, nor will the large area enclosed be at all diminished. Th e i nternal s i nce the last show at Plymouth, in 1865, appears to have b ee n well employed by the exhibitors of implements in increased endeavours to wring from the stubborn soil and the parched ear every ro.,t and grain that nourish man or beast, and in perfecting the means employed to bring these to market in the cheapest and best manner. The display on this occasion will be so extensive that half the yard originally destined for cattle has been added to the ordinary dimensions of the implement yard. The show of horses will be very large, and the attrac tions of this depa r t ment w ill b e enhanced by the jumping of those in the h un t er c l asses eac h day of the show. The amateur of sheep or pigs will find the u sual extensive choice open to hi m, w hil e th e p o ultry will be in excess of any former year. T o a ll th e se inducements to visitors must be added the Royal Horticultural Society's exhibi tion, and the various objects of local interest to be found in the town itself, which will put on her gayest colours to welcome the societies. THE TAILORS' ST R IKE. —The committee of the London masters have been sitting almost daily for the last week preparing a new time log, which the masters generally throughout the country, at a meeting held last night at the Langham Hotel, have pledged themselves to accept. A printed copy of this now log has come into the possession of the central committee of the operatives, and has been at once declared by them to be such as no operative, either in town or country, could accept. They, however, ex press their willingness to take this new log of the mas ters and their own amalgamated time -log as the basis of a negotiation for the settlement of the dispute, if the masters will meet them in good faith. and agree to refer all disputed points to arbitration. A meeting of delegates from the masters in connexion with the association through out the kingdom was held yesterday afternoon at Birming ham. The London masters were represented by Mr. Ben nett, of Conduit-street; Mr. Thompson, of Conduit : street, , and Mr. Landon, the honorary secretary. T he a g en t of the men in that town telegraphed last night to the central comn:ittee in liulnina that the meeting was held with closed doors, reporters for the press big xrictlp ezcluded. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The introduction of a Redistribution Bill into Parliament in the middle of June is not the least remarkable event of an eventful Session. It hap pened last night. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer described to the House of Commons the principal provisions of the new scheme which the Ministry have devised during the Whitsun tide recess for the distribution of the 45 seats placed at their disposal. The Government have not been content to consider what should be done with the additional seats forced upon their hands by the success of Mr. Laing's amendment extending the process of partial disfrauchisement,so as to include all boroughs not possessing a population exceeding 10,000. They have commenced their work anew. The principles—the erroneous principles—embodied in their proposals have, indeed, been unhappily re tained. But the proposals themselves have been greatly altered. It is still suggested that new boroughs should be taken out of the county constituencies, and the populous counties subdivided. The boroughs to be enfranchised are, however, not the same. Some formerly selected have dropped out of the list, and others have come to supply their place. The sub division of counties, again, is to be accomplished not so much by taking the actual divisions of a county now existing and splitting each of them up into two parts as by throwing both together and trisecting the re-united county. The most important part of the Reform Bill has thus made its appearance under an entirely new form, but it must be added that the Government still submit their plan as a scheme to be considered and recast upon other principles, should the House deem such a process expedient. The Franchise Clauses which have been adopted are not bound up irrevocably with the particular form of the Redistribution scheme now introduced, and the com mittee must on Monday undertake the task of criti cising and amending these new proposals with the responsibility consequent upon perfect freedom. The modest scheme of Redistribution first pro pounded by the Government disposed of 30 seats, and gave 14 of them to boroughs (12 to as many new boroughs, and two new members to the Tower Hamlets), one to the University of London, and 15 to counties. The present plan disposes of 45 seats, and gives 19 to boroughs, one to the Universities of London and Durham, and 25 to counties. It is at once evident that the share of seats allotted to counties is increased. It was exactly one half ; it is raised to 25 out of 45. It need scarcely be added that the additional number of populous boroughs taken out of counties and en franchised will exercise a corresponding influence upon the constituencies from whWh they are taken. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, had nothing to say last night upon such topics as these. He began by declaring that the Government deemed it fitting to give four additional members to the metropolis. The Tower Hamlets was the first con stituency mentioned, and it is possible that the prompt approval of the determination of the Go vernment expressed by the ever ready Mr. Ayrton was not wholly unforeseen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he put the Tower Hamlets into such prominence. A portion of this overgrown con stituency is to be cut off, and made a borough by itself, with the classical name of Hackney. The parish of Chelsea and the parts adjacent are pro posed as another metropolitan borough, both it and Hackney returning two members apiece. Merthyr and Salford are the only other boroughs now re presented which are to receive additional represen tatives, and each of them is to have two members instead of one. The suggestion that the University of Durham should be coupled with that of London is as amazing as it must be shortlived. It would be as reasonable to join together Maynooth and a Free Kirk College. The places outside the metro politan district which are recommended as Parlia mentary boroughs are 13 in number. Hartlepool, Darlington, Middlesborough, Burnley, St. Helen's, Barnsley, Dewsbury, Staleybridge, Wednesbury, and Gravesend, which were included in the original sche dule, are again presented for approbation. On the other hand, Croydon, which was scheduled for enfranchise ment in the Reform Bill of Lord Derby's Government in 1859, and again this Session, has for some unex plained cause disappeared, and Torquay, after hav ing expressed the liveliest gratitude for the promise of enfranchisement in a petition presented by Sir Lawrence Palk, is cruelly extinguished, absolutely slain, as it would seem, by a sarcasm of Mr. Butler- Johnstone. Three new boroughs come to supply the places of these lost stars. Stockton is one, and Stockton, if we remember rightly, has been selected in other years for the privilege of enfranchisement, Keighley is another town, possessing considerable claims, now recommended for incorporation as a Parliamentary borough. Luton and the parts ad jacent form the third, and if the reasons for propos ing to enfranchise Luton be at present obscure and difficult to fathom, we may, perhaps, have some ex planation of them on Monday. Mr. Disracli said last night that the claims of all the 13 places thus proposed as boroughs to return a member each have been considered with very great diligence, and he hoped with perfect impartiality, ;and, whatever ex ception may be taken to one or two of them, we do not imagine that any serious objection can be taken to the Government plan on the ground that the boroughs chosen have been improperly selected. If we admit the justice of the principles upon which the Government have proceeded, we cannot quarrel with the manner in which these principles have been carried out. But the propriety of the principles fol lowed is to say the least, very doubtful. All the 41 seats which are to be given away have been taken from boroughs, and out of them no more than 19 are restored to borough constituencies. Six only out of the 19 are given by way of increasing the representation of places already represented, and of these six four are given to the metropolis. The whole force of the enfranchisement of boroughs is thus directed to the aim of subtracting the influence of towns from county constituencies, while the claims of such places as Manchester and Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham, Bradford and Bristol to additional members are neglected, The effect of the scheme must become even more apparent when the subdivision of counties is con sidered. It is proposed that nine counties now dividedinto two parts shall be cut up into three divisions, and four other existing county divisions be subdivided. The county constituencies thus operated upon would be made more manageable, while others would be freed from the intrusive in fluence of populous and growing boroughs. These are ends which may be in some respects defensible and even desirable, but it is plain that they i can not be acquiesced n without inquiry and debate. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, while explaining the plan of the Government last night, showed his consciousness of its weak points. Although he expressly deprecated any discussion, he did him self plead on behalf of the scheme against the ob jections he anticipated. He acknowledged he was not sanguine to hope that the Redistribution Clauses would s escape criticism, o r even " some i m p u t a tion made in the freedom of Parliam e ntary criticism." The meaning of this is app aren t. An e l a borate exposition of the great industries carried on in the counties to be subdivided, of their agricultural, mineral, and manufacturing wealth, cannot con ceal or alter the well-known character of county representation, and must simply call attention to that . . view of the proposed changes which Mr. Dis raeli most anxious should not become the subject of minute discussion. The Ministerial scheme of Redistribution i s su b m itted as a plan for examina tion and debate, and no sooner had the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained it than Mr. Laing de clared his intention to press the adoption of that part of his o wn scheme which confers additional representation on six or seven of the largest cities of the kingdom. On Monday, accordingly, he will persevere with his amendment giving a third member to certain large towns, and the question of the cumulative vote will be raised as incident to it. We cannot conceal the opinion that the Government would act wisely were they to encourage Mr. Laing's amendment. It is impossible to look upon any distribution of representation as permanent which would leave Manchester with no more members than Barnstaple, and Ashton with the same representation as Arundel. The present scheme may be adopted, and for a time it may give increased power to the Conservative party, but it cannot give stability to our electoral institutions, or develope a truly Conservative feel ing in the country. If we would desire a Reform Bill which would be in reality as well as in promise a settlement of the question of Reform, it must in some way meet the anomalies Mr. Laing's amend ment is designed to remove, and we know no bet ter means than that he has suggested. The Conser vative spirit which induces us to hope that Mr. Laing's second amendment will prove as successful as his first inspires us with the desire that Mr. Hughes's proposal to adopt the cumulative vote in three -cornered constituencies may meet with the Parliamentary discussion it has not yet received. The arguments in favour of it have been advanced by us so often that we need not now dwell upon them, and, iu truth, they have never been met by any intelligent criticism. It is so ludicrous that it should be necessary to press them on the attention of a Conservative Administration as it would be to implore a blind man in vain not to walk over a pre cipice. The Liberal who is more devoted to the temporary triumph of party plans than to the per fection of free government may feel some indispo sition to adopi a suggestion the merits of which he has never examined, but even he would see the wis dom of the scheme on inquiry, and. he occasionis one on which the consideration of party may . reasonably be required to be subordinated to the interests of the-ktate. But, Tiliatteyer may be thought of Liberal inactivity, the fact that a Conservative Administra tion should be unwilling to adopt a method so aptly fitted to maintain the stability and energy of Parli amentary Government, and should .idly persist in hoping to preserve the equilibrium of parties by de vices as transparent as they are petty, is a pheno menon inexplicable except by a suggestion of infat uation. PosT.—The projet de loi for the reorganisation of the French army, as finally decided upon by the Commission and the Conseil d'Etat, has now been made public, and it appears to be so nearly the scheme as was originally proposed, that, judging from what has alroady happened, it may be ex pected that its introduction will not fail to give rise to an animated discussion both in the Chamber and throughout the country. The projet sets out by stating the number of men the army shall contain, and this it fixes at 800,000, comprising the armee active, and the reserve, and then goes on to state the means by which it is to be recruited. If these matters are regulated in the manner proposed, there will be very little margin left to the Corps Legis latif for the exerese of its power of voting the annual contingent, since the contingent requisite to comply with the conditions laid down must be pretty nearly invariable. It is clear that if an army of 800,000 is to be formed and maintained by a system which imposes, as this does, an average term of service of seven years upon each man form ing part of it, there will be required each year a body of recruits equal to one-seventh of the whole army, or, in other words, a con tingent of above 114,000 men must be voted every year in order to fill up the places of those who annually retire. This really involves a vote of 160,000, since allowances have to be made for the exonerated, the exempted, and the incapable; and when it is re membered that there are but 325,000 Frenchmen who yearly attain the age for military service, it will be seen that the burden imposed is no light one, being a direct call for actual military service upon no less than one-half of the whole able-bodied po pulation. The tax of blood, however, will not fall with the same weight upon all those who form part of the year's contingent, for this is to be divided into the armee active for five years and then into the reserve for four, while the second and luckier portion escapes (so far as the actual army is con cerned) with only five years in the reserve as the whole of its burden. The difference is great, and will be seen to be still greater when the nature of the two kinds of service is considered. The armee active is the standing army, as it has always been understood, eating up the whole time of the soldier, and imposing upon him every obligation and every disability of military life. The service of the reserve on the. contrary, is much lighter—it can only be called into active service by a special decree of the Emperor ; and the power of marriage—always an important consideration—is accorded more ,freely than in the armee active, so that a man whom the conscription has placed in the first part of the con tingent, and subjected to immediate entry into the army,will be able to marry at 27, or during his reserve service,while if he is in the second part of the contin gent he will be able to marry at 25, on the expiration of his term. Thus it will be seen that the army will be constantly maintained by a flow into it from the population of young conscripts, added to all those old soldiers who can be induced to re-engage by the very high bounty which, conscious of their value, the French Government has always offered to their time-expired men. The resei ve, on the other hand, will be maintained by the flow into it of trained men from the armee active, and from the second part of each year's contingent, by which means, having the conscription as its sure basis, the whole army and reserve will be easily maintained at the effective of 800,000 men, fixed by the projet de loi. Thus far as regards the actual military force which will always be at the disposal of the Executive for any purpose whatever. It has been seen that, in order to keep this up to the point fixed, it will be xeces sary to take for military service half the young men who every year attain the age of twenty. But It must not be imagined that the other half is allowed to go scot free, for there still re mains the Garde Nationale Mobile, into which are to be immediately drafted all those who, by drawing a lucky number in the conscription, have escaped the contingent, as well as a large propor tion of those who, for various reasons, have been exempted from service. This will give per year some 120,000 men, who will serve five years, and, in addition to these, there will be those who, form ing part of the second portion of the contingent, have gone into the reserve, whence, at the end of their term, they will come into the Garde Nationale for four years more. This will give another 60,000 per year, and the whole National Guard will thus amount, as soon as the system has got into full play, to 840,000 men. The duties of this second army will, however, be exceedingly light. The members of it will be liable to a few company drills in their own canton, and to brigade drills in their their own canton,tand to brigade drills in their own neighbourhood, the whole of which must not ex ceed two months and a half in five years, or 25 days in any single year, and these are to ba so arranged as to interfere as little as possible with industry, and will be dispensed with altogether in the case of those who can show that they possess " connaissance suffisante d u man i emen t des already arm a es et de l'ecole du soldat." The Garde Nationale is to be regarded as an auxiliary to the regular army, and to be used for the defence of fortified towns and frontiers, and the maintenance of internal order; but it is only to be called out by a special law to be passed by the Chambers. There is, however, a clause which provides that the battal ions composing it may be " reunis au chef-lieu ou sur un point quelconque le leer ddpartement, par un decret de l'Empereur," without any law at all, but on condition that a law should be subsequently presented, and this in effect hands the force over to the Executive as completely as the active army or the reserves. France, then, if this is carried out, will possess for all practical purposes an army 1,640,000 strong, and that without calling upon any one single man in it to give more than nine years of his life to it, or indeed give more than five, because the time spent in the reserve or in the Garde Nationale is not given at all in the sense in which the English soldier has to give his time, since the m en forming part of these bodies can employ themselves in ordinary times in industrial pur suits without let or hindrance, and actually with less liability to drill than our own militia. Of course the question of the army is relieved from much of its difficulty in France by the existence of the con scription, and the consequent unfailing supply of men ;_ but it must not b e f orgotten t h a t it i s possible to induce men here for a consideration to give that which in France they give in obedience to the law ; and if it is possible, as it is shown by actual expe rience to be, to take a large number of young men a way from civil life for a short period, it is as pos sible in England as in France ; the only difference is, that in England we should not want so large a proportion of the whole population, and that those we do want would suit us more in proportion. MURDER ON TILE HIGH SEAS.—The Board of Trade have received a despatch from the British Consul at New York, relative to the murder of the chief mate, Mr. Singley, of the English schooner Ottawa, by the master of • that vessel, Capt. William Pye. The chief mate lived several days after the ship's arrival at New York. He was taken to the hospital, where he made the following state ment to Mr. Washburn, the acting surgeon :—" I was first mate on board the schooner Ottawa. Capt. William Pye was master. We sailed from Para (South America) on 3d of March, for Now York. On Tuesday, 19th of March, about 7 p.m., I was standing by the mainmast taking the altitude of the Polar Star. The captain came along and asked me what these men were doing in the cabin, whom I supposed to be the second mate and the steward. I told him I did not know, when he fired at me. The shot took effect in the fleshy part of my thigh, causing a wound, which was not serious. I then ran round under the main boom, when he ran after me and fired again, the ball taking effect in my left side, just above the hip. I hal lood out, and the steward. who was in tho cabin came up, when the captain fired at him. I ran to the forecastle, to get out the crew, and called to them to secure the captain, which they did, as I supposed. I crawled into a berth in the forecastle. I had done my duty faithfully and I gave no cause or provocation to the captain to shoot me. The captain was excited by jealousy. I had no difficulty with the captain on the homeward passage, and on the outward passage there was a difference between us as to' the posi tion in which I was shipped, but that was settled at Para." The mate died two days after Capt. Pye was in custody of the police, but there being no law to take cognisance of the charge, the consul succeeded in getting the accused re moved into New Brunswick (Britisn colony), where he underwent an examination. The evidence of several of the crew confirmed the dying testimony of the mate. Oae of them added that when he secured the captain he made an effort to jump overboard, but was prevented. The wit • nesses spoke of the deceased as a good seaman, and never gave any cause for complaint. All the defence the priso ner made when called upon by the court was that he shot the mato without intending to kill him. He was fully committed for wilful murder. _ _ CATTLE PLAGUE I N QUlRY.—Theweekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain, pub lished by authority of the Lords of the Privy Council for the week ending Saturday, June 8, states that during the period to which it refers no fresh outbreaks have been re ported from any part of England, Wales, or Scotland. In the metropolis during the week two cases of cattle plague have occurred, being a decrease of nine on last week's re turn. Both the diseased animals were killed. There were 3d healthy cattle slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. The total number of cattle reported to have been attacked in Great Britain since the coramencar2,ent of the plague is 278,01, and 5G,833 healthy cattle have been Alaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. The Metropolitan Police Poice. An interesting document has just been issued by Mr. Holmes (the surgeon in chief) to the 'various divisional surgeons of the Metropolitan Polico Force, showing the amount of sickness and dis ablement which existed amongst the men during the latter half of 1866. After the retirement of Sir John Fisher, his successor, Mr. Holmes, believ ing that useful public information might be accumul ated by preserving a faithful record of the nature and issue of illnesses under which policemen suffer , in stituted a new method of keeping the statistic s on these points, and every divisional surgeon has or plied the required data punctually and rJgullrlY from time to time. It is the mass of information thus collected that is analysed in the circular t° which we refer. The surgeon in chief is furnished with a daily " Morning State" of the number of men sick, on sick leave, detached, and dead, and he , keeps iu the " Pension Book" the particulars 0' each case in which men are recommended to tbe Home-office for pensions or gratuities on account of medical unfitness for the service. The t 4 Morning State" indicates the number of men who are withdrawn from active service by disease, and the ," Pension Book" the nature of the chief causes which finally incapacitate the members of the force. Now, it appears that there are three chief causes that invalid the men—first, severity of season; secondly, the prevalence of epidemic disease ; and, thirdly, th e special exigencies that lead to bodily injuries 01 serious character, such as riots. During the Ye ar 1866 the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea in - 1 -4° - don incapacitated a large number, especially 111 August. In October, 1866, the monthly sick Est was increased by the recurrence of catarrh and in* fluenza,, and in December winter diseases were very prevalent. The daily percentage of sick was 5- 5,85 compared with 5.284 in the household troops in London and Windsor, but this included a numbe r of " detached" men, and if allowance be made fo r this the average sick list appears to be considerably below that of the troops. With regard to the na ture of the diseases that render the men ineffective, in 370 cases it was due to injury, and in 1 , 039 eases the services of the mea were lost to the force for a shorter or longer period by the diseases of exposure; in fact, nearly a fourth of all policemen are on the sick list from complaints that arise from exposure" Policemen are generally exempt from the dish es that immediately ensue from a dissolute life , and in this sense contrast favourably with the troop% Dyspepsia, from the hurried manner in w hich mea l : . are taken, and sore feet from the constant marcce ing, are common. Consumption is pretty I.l'. amongst the men. The deaths in the police Ore are few, inasmuch as men usually die from obrelllo complaints of internal organs, and leave the sel"g e s before these ailments kill. The deaths duri n g the months ending Dec., 1866, amounted to 19. Of the : 4 were from cholera, 10 from consumption , 1 °leo; matic fever, 1 digestive troubles, 1 concussion of f the brain, 1 rupture of an artery, and 1 disease 0 - as heart. In about three-fourths of the cases of i nli h e o f the men return to their duties within a mo t "; their being placed on the sick list. The tran s it c6l a nature of the affections by which they are a ttack ! er is due to the fact that they are of an acute charaei'ae and operate upon individuals in the prime of and of good condition as the rule. Very serious It' ; juries that maim a man for life are frequently se.el:lo in about one-third of the cases they ar e of a se rl° he nature. A table inserted in the report shov e hi t c h comparative healthiness of different divisions , vv is varies very considerably. The Thames division, consequence of the special nature of the entl 3l° l ) . ; meat of the men belonging to it, and the pee llii %a ties of the locality in which they are employed, m oo three times as many men disabled by sickness a s .,, more healthy divisions (A, S, B, X). It is gr atl ' i c e ing to observe that the causes of invaliding are t° , r i c sought for in the results of honest and hard Wu rid rather than the consequence of intemperance atio vice. Mr. Holmes, in bringing his very Sugg es . 00 report to a close, observes "that the pr actical l es.. v to be drawn from the above facts is that an y sure which will afford the men increased proteetWat from the weather is likely t o b e f o llowed by gain to the service, and it i s wor thy o f consider atto m whether some modific a ti on o f the present un if°r could not be devised which would attain ,il is object." COUNTRY MARKETS• BIRMINGIIAM—TituRsDA Y. At 's market there aain a very short ply of to-da whea y t, and quotations was were the same as last I, e The trade was firm. Barley quite as hi g h in price. -r oats scarce, and wanted, but at no advance on late rate r In beans the trade was firm. In peas a qr had to be submitted to. BURY ST. EMUUNDS —WEDNESDA.Y. A r There was a short show of wheat at t his market to s and the trade was slow at is decline u p on More doing in grinding b arle y . Outs, p eas, and beallS with a fair sale, realising f ull values. Average prices : Wheat, 65 s 3 d ; barle y , 38s ld; OatSt 22s Od. previous rateet BRISTOL—THURSDAY. A small supply of English wheat to - day, wh ich met viritcill a slow sale at is to 2s decline. Foreign very d q uiet, 8 % freely offered at is per qr decline. Barley only retail at 6d under late prices. Oats scarce , and corornal!l9 former quotations. Indian corn less inq uired for, an takeadea lower. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. a o dONO ° Wheat on the top, Os 6d down averag e, is ."-, An sca • Barley on the top, Os 6 d down av era g e, is lu Oats on the top, is Od up average, Os 4d 1 1 P• 8d 11 P• Beans on the top, Os 6d up. Total supply and -a s v al e e r s a . ge' is Wheat ld 452 879 qrs ............ so „ 2 Barley 292 qrs ............ sold -1,,., Oats 867 qrs ............ sold '”'l Beans 49 qrs ............ sold, Average prices. Wheat, 61s 9d I Oats .........33s 6d Barley, 3ss lld Beans otrA . Town-made flour sells as follows .—White, 55 Oa; superfine, 52s Od; superfine, 'As Od; f i ne, 48s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNEsnAv. d flow To-day's market was well attended. Whea t i l n r 0 01 sold slowly at is per qr and is Gd per sack chearboyt• last week. Barley was firm. Beans and peas Oats were very firm. r_______— e biP j A SEA MONSTER. —The other day, as so— t , goei 3 ,., men were hauling in their nets in Inver Bay , il ea ',red '''' charles, a large and strange-looking fish Was cliacc" rd the meshes, violently struggling for freedom. Frontri.ge extraordinary bulk it was feared it would ha" 131'3;6011 to get clear, but by the greatest patience , courage 11 ' 11 3 0 fee the monster of the deep was beached. It meas lUs , Lo r/ in length, and 17 in girth round the thickest pit,'"- donderry Journal. , Pi, ll 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —2OllOWa 'EI Ointment a-a A ~‘ - 13 11 Disease is common to the pal." and the ottag e, - i n eac„"‘ best remedies are • "' `• a available alike by the tenant s „ be ~ tamed everywhere at a moderat t, hens Pr°,ig - , 9' selves the poor man's best friend when or, worse still, when the severity of his G out,suffe- rli,e;:, the pursuance of his usual employment. ,c,7 matism, lumbago, nervous affection neuralgt o° Di v i 1 stitches in the side, and pain in the joints 9 181— , 1 0 ° M 1)— t e nf 1 way's ointment. n these two medicaments ar e , ohs,' to all that science and invention can supplyc for tu a )i c tou ' suffering humanity, and the restoration of the 4w i ease, strength, and activity. —/"' (1, octltc3ll3-13 Births. CAMPBELL—On the Ist inst., at Woodbu rn, Mrs. Campbell, of Ballochyle, of a son. / .1.13 , 1 1° FEILDEN—On the 11th inst., at Mauldslie Castle,e wife of Lieut.-Col. Feilden, 60th Rifles, of 6°1:05' tie, o n JoHN—On the 11th inst., at Stoked°ld, 11°,1110,40SISv wife of Commander H. C. St. John, 11. N., and daughter. Marriages. Gilt HARDY—RIDGWAY-011 the 12th inst , at rittl t°l'C t i l t°l.l4i° John Stewart, elder son of the Bight 1' 4 . 63 Cic e e ll Hardy, M.P., of Hemsted Park, Staplehurst,f,.dpcs.o Marguerite Wilhelmina, daughter of Jose '", s i bire• Esq., of Fairlawn, Kent, and Wallsuches,l,3l3cA—reter;" LENNOX —SINCLAIR—OII the 12th inst., at St , 1 yleg'; Eaton-square, Col. Wilbraham 0. Lennoit, 11°). ( ttug b ile neers, son of Lord G. Lennox, to Susan 111 , 3" , , Ntur' of the late Admiral Sir J. G. Sinclair, Bart., 0 ' and Stevenson. il, po g re t h ., e a s g te e r ist sru .. Deaths. vtl.t Conn—On the 12th inst ,at Brighton, Chas. Cobbli Major GGe . B -oOwnbigthgein,9lthatei solicitor, aged 81. . ter oc6 DOWBI JOHNSTON—On the 11th inst., at 80, Westbourne-,,:reoa nosft"thaets2sd road, ma ß mayasdwraatserA,rnaThyo,inagasedGs.sJ.ohnstort, M•D" Stir'. .c., oath, SEECOMBE —On the 10. h inst.. at 1, The Beacon, ..---131 Rupert C. Seecombe, Esq., 'aged 47. —On the 10th just., Christopher Travis, V 5 TRAVIS 41 Brook House, He ton Norris, Stock p ort, aged 61. London: Printed and Published by WILLIA.3 I 1•1'Sf1)!n 101 of No. 112, Stran d, Printer, e t Tar Str2l OLEN), Strand, fa tho Precinct of the Savoy, in the C° u 1" Mid,Cllosol.7rridaY, Juno 14, 1867. ) Lou( An Pre, ren, disc