The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-23 00:00:00

THE REFORM LEAGUE. The council of the Reform League met last even ing in their rooms, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, Mr. E. Beales, president, in the chair. The following let _ _ ter from Count Bismark was read :—" Berlin, May 17, 1867. Gentlemen,—l have the honour to ac- knowledge the receipt of a resolution passed at a meeting of metropolitan delegates from trades, friendly, and temperance and other societies, and from 100 London branches of the Reform League, congratulating the people of North Germany on the achievement of full representation and vote by ballot, and commenting very kindly on my conduct in advising and defending that reform. I am glad to think that the origin of the late Reichstag, and the proceedings of that efficient and patriotic body, should have met with so much sympathy in a coun try the history and institutions of which have al ways afforded, and will not cease to afford, a highly interesting object to the scrutiny and reflection of continental politicians. May the time be not far dis tant when all the nations of Europe will turn their attention to each other for no other purpose than that of emulating in good government and the arts of peace. You will oblige me by conveying to the members of the meeting the expression of my sincere thanks for their flattering appreciation of what I have been doing to serve the King and my country in conformity with the individual character of society and political institutions in Germany. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, BISMARIC—To Edmond Beales, Esq., and the other Executive Officers of the Reform League." Mr. Dresser Rogers read the financial report for the year ending April 20, 1867, by which it appeared that the in come of the League from all sources had been £3,043, and the expenditure amounted to £2,976. The assets and cash in hand amount to £226, and the present liabilities to £l2l 19s. 2d. On the motion of Mr. Richardson, seconded. by Dr. Per fitt, the report was received and adopted. The _ _ chairman read the • annual report of the Executive Council of the League, which was received and adopted. The chairman said he could not help congratulating the meeting on the reports, especially on the financial report. If it were true that there had been accusations thrown out that members of the League were fattening on the funds, they would be all met by the simple publication of the balance sheet just read. He wished to take the opportunity of stating in the strongest manner his high appre ciation of the active, constant, zealous, and unpaid labours of the working men. The League could not have been carried on for one month if it had not been for these unpaid labours. With respect to the Royal Packs Bill, it appeared that Mr. Gathorne Hardy had stated it would be brought on for second reading after Whitsuntide, when public feeling on the subject had subsided. He thought that feeling ought not to be allowed to subside, and that it was their duty to call as large a meeting as possible in Hyde Park to protest against the bill. The demon stration should he made as effective as possible, because it was quite clear that what the League had done produced its effect. Mr. Lucraft moved, and Mr. Odger seconded, the following resolution, which was unanimously carried :—" That the Go vernment having intimated their intention to pro ceed with the Royal Parks Bill after Whitsuntide, and then to move its second reading, this Council resolves, in case of this intention, which it much re grets, being persevered in, to summon a monster meeting of the inhabitants of the metropolis in Hyde Park for the purpose of protesting against the at tempt proposed to be made by the bill in question to deprive the public of their admitted right to meet in the park for the consideration of political and other questions—a right which has been lately exer cised with so much order and propriety, and without any perceptible interference with the use and enjoy dent of the Park by others." Mr. Odger moved the following resolution, which, being seconded by Mr. Bannister, was carried : —" That this Council meet on the night after the introduction of the pro mised Government amendments relating to the com pound householder, as upon the character of th ese amendments will depend to a great extent the future policy of the League in regard to the bill." THE DREiDNOUGII7 D 771 E ADMIRALTY. Tho Dreadnought authorities have received a communication from the Admiralty offering the quarter of Greenwich Hospital known as Queen ;Mary's for the purposes of their hospital. It is fully believed that this offer will be refused. The Seaman's 'Hospital Society and the Admiralty altogether differ as regards the comparative advantages, so far as the Dreadnought Hospital is concerned, of the two blocks of buildings known as Queen Mary's and Queen Anne's; the latter possessing a river frontage. The Admiralty, after full inquiry, have arrived at the conclusion that the former can be best adapted for the treatment of the sick. On the other hand, a special report made at the request of the committee of the Seaman's Hospital Society by Mr. Busk, the consulting surgeon of the Dreadnought, and pre sented on the 7th inst., condemn's Queen Mary's quarter. Mr. Busk has been connected with the society for a period of 30 years, and is therefore natu rally conversant with the peculiar wants of thepatients admitted into the Dreadnought, and it is expected that the committee of the society will be guided in great measure by his opinion in the matter. Mr. Busk says in his report, " Of the two I think there can be no doubt that the more eligible is Queen Anne's wing, not only from its better position, but that it might be possible to render the wards in it in some degree available for the number of beds required by the Seaman's Hospital. I say nothing abdut the want of kitchens, baths, and other conveniences, such as surgery, dispensary, receiving-room, operat ing-room, &c., because it is clear that all thos can be constructed in the officers' dwelling-houses at the north and south sides of the quadrangle, which would afford convenience for special wards also. On the whole, I think Queen Anne's wing might at conside rable expense, probably, be made available for the purposes of the hospital and for the fair accommoda tion of between 200 and 300 beds." Mr. Bask says, Ith regard to Queen Mary's wing, " I look upon it as next to impossible to find anything like proper ward accommodation in it for more than about 100 patients at most. Owing to the peculiar construc tion of the building, the greater part of the present wards, though they have served well enough for the purpose for which they were built, is wholly inappli cable to that of a hospital for sick persons, for instance the Windows on the second floor are so small, and the wards themselves, if I am not wrong, so low that they could not be used at all." Now the original report made to the Admiralty by the Director-General of the Navy, and the subsequent inspection made by De. Bristowe and Mr. Holmes are entirely opposed to that submitted to the committee of the Seaman's Hospital Society by Mr. Busk. The objections to both block of buildings have been very freely can vassed, but Mr. Busk does not seem to be aware that the disadvantages that he describes as belong ing to the Queen Mary's, have been pronounced by the Admiralty to be removable. We may recapitu late the facts of the case. The Queen Anne's quar ter, which faces the river, is a square block, enclosing a court-yard, and the part which forms e :eh side of the square forms, of course, the wards. A central, massive wall runs from top to bottom of the banding, so as to divide each ward itito two halves, with a window on one side only. Now the fact of there being au enclosed court-yard, and the partitioning of the wards, with a window on one side only, prevents a current of air laterally through the building. On the other hand, is the Queen Mary's block, which is oblong, one side of the square is formed by an open corridor. There is no partition running through thecentre of the wards, whilst there are windows on both sides, and air can be made to pin freely in all directions. Ia both quarters the wards are divided into cabins. In Queen Ann's these can be removed, but the central wall partition must remain. In Queen Mary's quarter the whole of the cabins can be knocked away, and the Admiralty ar chitect affirms that the stronger partitions can be removed se as to convert the wards that are now partitioned off in cabins, practically into large and airy ones, having the freest communication from side to side and from top to bottom. It is this fact that the Dreadnought authorities no not seem to have recognised. The expense of this change would be probably very heavy. We have examined the two blocks for ourselves, and there is plenty of accom modation in Queen Mary's quarter for 300 men, with ample cubic space. It is the view taken by Dr. Bryson, and subsequently by Mr. Holmes and Dr. Bristowe, but these gentlemen base their opinions upon the possibility of converting the present block into large wards by the demolition of the present partitioning. So far, then, aaregards ventilation and space. The Admiralty lay much stress on the supe rior cooking, washing, and laundry arrangements offered by Queen Mary's quarter, and sufficient for 800 men. The Seaman's Hospital Society consider these out of all proportion to their requirements, in deed, too extensive to be used by them. The main object sought to be obtained by the Dreadnought Hospital—that of obtaining a river frontage—has been kept in the background, though there can be no gainsaying the advantage of such a step. It becomes a question whether it would not be preferable to build a new hospital on the ground already in posses sion of the Dreadnought authorities, hard by the Greenwich Hospital, especially as the occupancy of any block in the latter would be merely that of " tenants at will ;" and should any emergency arise to necessitate the use of the now empty parts of Greenwich Hospital by the Admiralty, the Dread nought might be placed in a very awkward predica ment. The Seaman's Hospital Society would do well to consider whether the lodgment of their in stitution in a Government building might not also lead the public at large to regard it as a substantial help, and therefore to a certain extent as rendering any extra pecuniary assistance unnecessary. This would be an unfortunate occurrence, because the Seaman's Hospital is one of the most valuable of all our charities ; and considering that scurvy is possi bly on the increase, and the demands made upon its resources are daily increasing, it is to be hoped that ere long something will be done to give it a perma nent home on land and increased opportunities of doing good to our much neglected seamen. TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND, (From the Mechanics' Magazine.) There is a marked contrast between the avowed intention of the instruction of youth on the con tinent and in this country. The general consent of authority here is that the object of the school is chiefly and primarily mental discipline, and, in a secondary degree, the acquirement of rudimentary knowledge of these subjects which either form the key to other studies, or which must necessarily be studied early, if they are ever to be mastered. It is only casually that useful knowledge is admitted in our conventional notion of education. The chief work of our public schools is the classics, and these are taught more as illustrations of general grammar and of the structure of language than with a view to the mere facility of reading Latin and Greek authors. Mathematics are but little studied ; and the modern tendency is to regard them more as a peculiar example and exercise of logic than to teach them with direct reference to their immediate prac tical use. Mensuration, linear drawing, and practi- cal geometry have been dropped, and descriptive geometry never adopted in the ordinary curriculum. The presumption is that the school and the university have trained a man to learn, and that his practical education begins when he leaves the latter. We are not prepared to discuss the propriety of the system in so far as it applies to the higher and wealthier classes. We may be quite sure that they will always see their own true interests, or, if they do not, that they will soon be replaced by people who are more alert. It is sufficient to observe that it defers prac tical education to an age when the children of the middle and professional elasses ought to have begun to maintain themselves. Now, in France, Prussia, Switzerland, and the states lying between them, the instruction of the people is conducted on a totally different principle. While the classics are far less exclusively studied, a knowledge of them is much more common. 'They are taught as languages to be understood and written, while the chief applica tion of grammar is to the language of the country, whether French, German, or Dutch. Geometry is taught, not from Euclid, but in a thoroughly prat tical form, and the whole of the mathematical in- struction has direct reference to possible applica tion. The result is _that an English boy leaves school at 15 or 16 years of age with an imperfect smattering of Latin and Greek and an acquaint _ _ _ . ance with algebra and Euclid which it would be r diculous to dignify by the name of inatheinatica knowledge ; while the French or German has ac• quired a useful general training, of which he finds the immediate application in his technical school, if he is in a situation to prolong his education, or in his business, if he passes at 013C3 to a skilled handicraft. As regards the higher results of the two systems, we do not find that the best scholars of France and Germany are inferior to the great men whom our own universities have produced. At the other end of the system we find that the superior education of the artisans, and especially of the fore men and designers, have enabled them to compete with and outsell us in our best staples, notwith standing the advantage which we had in holding prior possession of the markets, and in cheap access to raw material. We have no longer the lead either as workers in iron, as engineers, or as engineering contractors. It is not many years since that these three things were among our chief sources of na : tional pride. It is a very significant thing that one of the difficulties which Mr. Merrifield said he Lad had to encounter was the want of proper English books for practical instruction. lie attributed this to the increasing logical tendency of university ma thematics. We think it quite probable he has not made sufficient allowance for the very special cha racter of the instruction which it is his duty to im part, and for the obvious difficulty of exactly suiting, out of the existing means, any unexpected require ! ment. Still, as he stated that much of what has to be taught in the School of Naval Architecture is simply pure mathematics and mechanics, it is not likely that the complaint is wholly without founda tion. Mr. Scott Russell's paper is little more than a detailed illustration of what we have advanced, a - an account of the constitution and progress of the School of Naval Arc'lit,cture at South Kensington. We have made free use . of his ideas in our argu ments, and this acknowledgment will render an epitome of his paper superfluous. We cannot too earnestly impress on our readers the importance of encouraging technical education in this coun try. There are at present but three professions which really receive it—the Royal Navy, the Royal Engineers, the Artillery, and the Staff of the Army, and the medical profession. To these we think we may now add the naval architects and 1 marine engineers, although we can harily regard their school at South Kensirigton as more than a promising experiment. The chemists and the pat tern designers, too, have done a little; and this short summary disposes of all that exists in Englind in the way of technical instruction. But there is an - increasing sense of its value, which we hope our civil engineers and metallurgists will not be the last to carry into practical effect. DROWNED WHILST ATTEMPTING TO SAVE A DOG.—A very painful case of drowning took place in the River Don, near Doncaster, on Sunday morning. A painter at the Railway-plant Works, named Wharton, 31 years of age, went with his wife for a walk in Crimpsail, by the river side. f hey took their little dog with them, and were accompanied by a friend and his . wife, who had also a dog with them. When opposite Newton deceased suggested that the dogs should be sent into the water, but his d being a very young one did not take to the river so ki. as was expected, awl Wharton asked his friend to throw , in. This was done, when the poor little animal was seen stru s glingas though it were drowning; thereupon deceased, who was a good swimmer, took off all his things, save his stockings and trousers, an I jumped into the river to the rescue of his dog. Directly he got into the water he ap peared to struggle violently, and almost immediately went down. He rose again on his side, and his friend rushed nearly up to his neck in the river and put out his hand to save him. At the same instant the poor distracted wife rushed almost into the water imploring the man to save her husband or let her die with him, and it was all he could do to prevent her jumping in after her husband. In the meantime the unfortunate man had disappeared, whilst the dog had struggled to shore. The body of deceased was recovered about two hours afterwards, and an inquest was held last evening before Mr. John Ii ter, the borough (=mar, when a verdict was returned 111 . accordance with the above facts.—Yorkshire Poe. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1867. area and population, this conference is of opinion that the most efficient legislative remedy for British intemperance would consist in enablingeverylocality to prohibit therein the common sale of alcoholic liquors." Mr. J. H. RAPER offered an explanation of the principles on which the United Kingdom Alliance was founded and conducted ; and he begged it to be understood that the object of the present conference was to advocate the cause of temperance, and not to support the doctrine of total abstinence. He observed that in furtherance of thedesire to secure a permis sive prohibitory liquor bill in this country the gene ral council of the Alliance, at i - s recent annual meet ing at the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, resolved to aid the executive in raising a guarantee fund of no less than £50,000. Towards that sum £45,000 had already been subscribed, including £3,000 from Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart., £3,000 from Mr. B. Whit worth, M.P., 12,500 from Sir W. Lawson, and £2,000 from Mr. C. Jupe. The original proposition was adopted, as was also the two succeeding ones and the business was brought to a close. In the evening a soiree and public meeting took Purpose of promot pinlagctehienntbh j e en s t am nf e th ro n o n m on , f f e o r r e n t r . T. Chambers; Q.C., M.P., presiding. Addresses were delivered by Sir G. B. Pechell, Bart., Mr. W. Saunders, Dr. F. It. Lees, and others, declaratory of the objects of the association, and pointing out the distinction be tween those objects and the purposes of teetotalism. The addresses were followed by the adoption of a resolution " extending a hearty welcome to the Hon. Neal Dow, as an American statesman ansi philan thropist who has been greatly distinguished through many years by his arduous labours for the cure and prevention of intemperance." General NEAL Dow, in responding to the com pliment (which was conveyed with enthusiastic ac clamations), repeated in substance the arguments which he used on the same subject at a recent public meeting at the Guildhall. He observed that the advocates of this movement were composed of so many earnest and distinguished men that there could be no doubt whatever that in the course of a very few years the traffic in intoxicating drinks would be abolished in this country, as it had hap pily been in the State to which he belonged. Naval and Military Intelligence. 0-- The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock, on Tuesday, the 28th inst. The Commandant of tne garrison at Colchester has authorised the isssue of one-third _additional fuel to the troops in camp on account of the • cold weather. Quartermaster Sergt. Smith has been pre sented with a good conduct medal at Colchester. Lieut. Sanders, 84th Regiment, is under orders to join the depot at Colchester on the 31st inst., and Lieut. Murray is to proceed from the depot to the service companies, after completing two years as assistant-instructor of musketry to the Bth depot battalion. Gen. Warde, C. 8., commanding, has for the past fortnight been engaged in making his half-yearly inspection of the troops at Woolwich and the dis trict of Maidstone, Purfleet, and Warley, accom panied by Major Hay, Brigade Major, Capt. Naugle, Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster -Gen., and Capt. Williams, A.D.C. On Monday Gen. Wards inspected the garrison at Maidstone, and on Tues day he inspected on Woolwich-common the batta lion of Royal Marines, thereby terminating the out door visitation of the half-year. The depots at War ley and Maidstone are at present very full of men ready for annual draughts for India, bat they will . most probably not be transferred until the autumn this year, when the new troopships will be ready for their embarkation. Three troops of the Royal Horse Artillery at head-quarters, Woolwich, the C, 11, and E, are under orders to proceed to Alder shot the fir-t week of June, to be quartered in the camp for the summer. Col. A. Huyshe will coin maud the whole brigade. The lit battery, 4th bri gade R )yal Artillery, has been placed under orders for service in Ceylon as a garrison battery. The officers of the 921 (Gordon Highlanders) dined together on Tuesday evening at the London Tavern, B:shopTate-street. Col. M'Kenzie, pre sided, Major Miller filling the vice-chair. There were present, in addition, Col. Thorold, Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, Major Stewart, Major ratnall, Capt. J. C. Hay, Capt. Carruthers, Capt. Dewar, Capt. Ormsby, Capt. Gooch, Capt. Murphy, Capt. C. Rattray, Capt. B. Hay, Lieut. G. 'l'. Grant, Lieut. A. C. Maxwell, Lieut. C. F. Dashwood, Mr. J. D. Gordon, Mr. A. Laurie, &c. Pending the promulgation of the report of the commissioners on the reorganisation of the transport service, of which Sir W. J. T. Power, K.C.8., Com missary General-in-Chief, was the chairman, the officials connected with the department of the Quar termaster-General are engaged iu giving effect to the existing arrangements for the embarkation of the reinforcements intended to be despatched to India, in the new Indian transports, during the pre sent summer. In anticipation of the large number of officers and troops destined for India who will embark at Gravesend, the Staff belonging to Chat ham garrison, under whose directions the embarka tion will be made, will require to be considerably augmented, the duties of superintending the em barkation of the Indian reliefs at present pressing with undue severity on the existing staff at Chat ham. The recent complaints in Parliament of the w i es t transports n t o s proerctesi corvette o o e ro r tyfre t ot h otth e pees l ß uloidamninapenbrhooel:a rer4 dd-, inefficient arrangements made for the removal of the 98th Regiment from Gravesend to Portsmouth would have been obviated had there been a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster - General on the spot to see that the comforts and necessaries for the men and women during the voyage from the Thames to Ports mouth were on board, and the regulations laid down by the Government for the conveyance of troops fully carried out. The Euphrates and the Malabar, the ye ser vice, first of to b t h e e re n ad e by the latter end of the ensuing month. tons, u n a na 3s o o u rheodr horse screw pow s e l r o , o ce p n 1,2 T 6 h : class of corvettes, and sister ship to the Dante, just launched at Portsmouth,is being brought f or ward f o r launching at Chatham dockyard, aid in accord ance with existing arrangements will leave the building slip in about three months from the pre sent time, immediatelyafter h . h w ic s eisto be brought forward for commission. The Minotaur arm our plated s te am ship,Capt. J. G. Goodenough, and flagship of P ear -Admiral Warden, C. 8., commanding the Channel Squadron, went out of Portsmouth harbour,yesterday and anchored at Spithead. She is expected to leave in a few days for Portland, where the squadron will assemble. The Warrior armour-plated screw ship, having undergone a thorough repair and refit, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday under the charge of Capt. W. C. Chatnb • erl am of the Steam Reserve, and proCeeded to sea for a trial of her machinery. She returned in the afternoon and anchored at Spit head. The result of the trial was satisfactory. The Tamar troopship, Capt. F. W. Sulivan, C. 8., was placed in No. 11 Dock at Portsmouth yester day for necessary • repairs, and to have her bottom examined. The Alberta Royal yacht, Staff-Commander Welch, was placed in No. 4 Dock at Portsmouth yesterday, for any necessary cleaning, &C. The Simoom troopship, Capt. F. B. Lethbridge, will be removed from the Steam Basin at Ports mouth this day, after considerable repairs. To morrow she will make a trial of machinery and speed. The May anni versar i es comm ence at New York, next week, tho se o f th e ant i- shivery soc i e ty leading off. A. Pneumatic E x p ress C om pany, with a capital of half a million o f d o ll ars, i s a b ou t to be chartered by the Massachusetts. Legislature. Es-Governor Andrew, Col lector Russell, and other prominent m9n are the incorpora tors. An organ is being constructed in salt Lake City for the Mormon Tabernacle, which will consume over 20,000 feet of lumber in its construction. The Royal Mail steamer Tasmania, which arrived at Southampton last Tuesday, brings news that the American ship Patinas was at St. Thomas, discharging guns and ammunition for the Chilian Government. She was closely watched by two Spanish war-ships. The American Consul had sent to the admiral on the Hayti= station for a inan-of-war to proteot the Patmae. THE PEACE SOCIETY, The 51st public anniversary of this society was held on Tuesday evening in Finsbury Chapel, Moor fields. Mr. J. W. Pease, M.P., son of the president of the society, occupied the chair. The Rev. B. H. Hooppell moved the following resolution :—" That this meeting rejoices in the conviction, that iu spite of recent deplorable outbreaks of the war-spirit which have dishonoured the civilisation and Chris- tianity of our age, there are encouraging symptoms of progress in the direction of peace, as evidenced by the greater reluctance and hesitation shown to rush into war, and by the frequent efforts made by governments to adjust their diff.J.ences by other means than an appeal to the sword, of which the late conference in London, which has so happily con cluded its labours, is a gratifying illustration." This was seconded by Mr. Mitt Burritt, who paid an aff,2eting tribute to the character and works of the late Air. Fry, with whom he had been associated for 25 years, and who had been so suddenly taken away in the midst of his usefulness. The Danish and Ger man wars were not without value, for they show,•d that England and France hell fast to their doctrine of non-intervention, which had now become a well established and well-recognised principle of those nations. This was one of the principles of the Peace Society, and another of its principles—indeed its foremost principle—that of referring the .deci sion of quarrels to impartial arbitration, waq tri umphant, as appeared from the events of the last few days, he might say. A third object of the society was the establishment of a common sense in ternational code of law. A ccmmittee had been ap , pointed for the purpose, on the motion of Mr. Dud ley Field, at the last meeting of the Social Science Association, and before the close of the present year this great work, which would do so much to make war impossible, it might be hoped, would be accom plished. He concluded with an eloquent tribute to the influence in favour of peace which in the Luxemburg question was exercised by Queen Vic toria; nor did he omit signalling the wide growth of French opinion against war, as shown by the petitions sent up front all parts of France to the Emperor. Besides, them was a third influence work ing in this direction, and that influence was embo died in the vast brotherhood of working men over Europe, who were engaged in organising one great strike against war ; and a great League of Peace was now in progress of being formed in Paris. Everything was at present encouraging and auspi cious for that cause. The following resolution was also adopted :—" That this meeting has observed with the deepest interest and satisfaction the popu lar movement in favour of peace that has lately sprung up on the continent of Europe, and rejoices to find that it is about to assume the form of a re gular and permanent organisation, which it is ear nestly hoped may hereafter exercise a powerful and auspicious influence on the relations of peoples and the policy of States. The meeting greets with re spectful and cordial salutations the League of Peace recently inaugurated in Paris, and de sires for it an-.ple success in its arduous but glorious undertaking." Mr. Handel Cossham moved the third resolution :—" That this meet ing approves of the efforts made by the commit tee to arrange for the holding of a Peace Congress on the continent during the present year, and hopes it may yet succeed in accomplishing this object." He had a strong conviction that the day was not far distant when some substitute for the terrible system of war would become a necessity. If they got, as they saw, household suffrage from the Conservatives, what might not they expect ? Let them continue to sow the good seed, and be confident that the nations were coming together in the bonds of peace. Mr. Henry Pease seconded the motion, which was agreed to ; and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. BLAKELY S ORDNANCE CO. (LDIFIED) Captain BLAKELY'S story of Mr. JoHN.DFNT's connection with the Ordnance Company which bears his name, although on some points contra dicted, is worthy of attention. The rise and fall, clearly and truthfully told, of some of the worst of the Companies formed under the Limited Liability Act, would be useful in acquainting the public with the system which recently prevailed, of promoting and launching them, on their short and disastrous careers. We will, therefore, take the few facts given by Captain BLAKELY, who details them ap parently unconscious of the tale they tell. Mr. JOHN DENT was the head of a princely mercantile house, whose chief office was in a stately building in Queen's-road, the street of Victoria, Hong Kong. In front, reclaimed from the sea, was a spacious wharf, near which always lay one of the costly, • _ swift, and beautiful steamers of the firm. The curious may wonder what this imposing China house had to do with the casting of BLAKELY'S Ord nance, and this is just the point on which we wish to enlighten them. In 1861 Mr. JOHN DENT returned, it was supposed for ever, to England, with an income, said in the colony to be not less than £-10,000 a year. Being a man of active busi ness habits, he appears to have occupied himself in London, among other things, in connection with Captain BLAKELY in manufacturing his cannon. According to the artillery officer's statement, the firm, consisting of himself and Mr. DENT, cast, dur ing 1864 and 1865, yearly, guns worth a quarter of a million, of which £50,000 remained as profit. The orders came in more freely from Russia, Por tugal, Italy, Sweden, and America than the works could produce, and fresh founderie3 were projected at Greenwich. The public were simple enough to believe that the proprietors of such a concern were Wil:ing to share their gains with them. Ostensibly they were, and the philanthropic offer was notified i n a widely circulated prospectus. About the time this document was published, June, 1865, the public were beginning to lose faith in the good intentions of their benefactors, and companies were promoted, by the discreditable means of throwing shares on the Stock Exchange, and buying them in at a high premium, thus giving them a purely fictitious value. The Blakely Ordqance Manufactory was offered to the public and r the usual pretext that the increased business required additional capital, and the proprietors guaranteed the profits to amount at least to a divi dend of 15 per cent. on the capital paid up for the first three years. lie would have been a shrewd guesser who could have told the real reason. The stately house in Queen's-road, Hong Kong, during Mr. DENT'S absence, had been among the heaviest losers by the fall in the price of Tea. For tuues melt like snow under a hot sun when pro duce, bought in vast quantities at a high cost, is sold in a falling market at a low price. Bankers' bilances, under such circumstances, disappear like the snowy mantle, and differences have to be made good which tax to the utmost the credit of firms ranking highest. The great house that bears Mr. DENT's name had an interest to him far beyond Captain BLAKELY and his annon, and every effort appears to have been made to prop up the shaken edifice.. Mr. DENT prevailed upon Captain BLAKELY to form the manufactory into a limited liability company, with the view of supply ing the much-required funds to the China firm. If the Captain's statement is to be accepted, although it is contralictel by Mr. CIIIMLEY, partner in DENT's house, the undertaking was launched in the usual Stock Exchange style at a high premium for speculators to traffic in, the main proviso being that the shares should , be at once placed. Mr. DENT'S portion was £115,000 in shares, bills, and bonds, which he discounted, and sailed for C hina, but Mr. CIIAMLEY denies he brought any money with him. The manner of promoting the company had resulted in placing three fourths of the shares in the hands of dummies, with large outstanding liabilities in the bills discounted by Mr. DENT. Had the China firm been able to retrieve its position, and the works been as profitable as had been represented, the difficulties might have been tided over, but the tea house was totally insolvent. When the bills became due, dum mies were found to ba unsatisfactory share holders on whom to make calls, and they were dishonoured. Mr. JOIIN DENT could not take them up, and there remained but Captain BLAKELY—whose bhoulciev, however broad, could ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIE2Y OF ENGLAND. The annual meeting of this society took place yesterday at Hanover-square Rooms—the president, Mr. Thompson, in the chair. Among those present were Lord Walsingham, Sir Henry Vavasour, Sir Walter Stirling, Sir Massey Lopes, Mr. Edward Johnson, Mr. Dent, M.P., and Mr. J. C. Morton. After the adoption of the house list to supply the vacancies in council, on the motion of Lord WAL SINGIIA3I, seconded by Sir MASSEY LorEs, the Duke of Richmond was elected president for the ensuing year. The Secretary (Mr. HALL DARE) read the follow ing report : Tile council have to report that since last De c ;mber the society has lost by deaths and resigna tions 226 governors and members, while 5 governors a id 173 members have during the same period been enrolled on its list, which is now constituted as fol lows :-77 life governors, 82 annual governors, 1,388 life members, 3,903 annual members, and 15 honorary members, making a total of 5,465. The council have elected the Right Hon. Lord Tredegar and the Right Hon. Lord Chesham to be trustees in the room of the late Sir John Shelley, Bart., and the late Lord Feversham ; the Right Hon. Earl Cathcart a vice-president, in the room of the late Marquis of Exeter, K.G. ; his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, Bart., M.P., Mr. Wm. Hassell, of Bubney, Whit church, Salop, and Mr. Jas. Webb, of Springhill, Fladbury, Pershore, Worcestershire, to be members of council in the room of Lord Tredegar and Lord Chesham, elected trustees, and Sir Edward Kerri son, Bart., and Earl Cathcart elected vice-presi dents. The Bury St. Edmunds meeting to be held in the week commencing Monday, the 15th July, postponed from 1866 in consequence of the preva lence of the cattle plague, promises to be unusually large in the display of implements. The entries of horses, sheep, pigs, and poultry will remain open as usual till the Ist of June, but the Privy Council having decided not to allow any exhibitions of store stock to take place during the ensuing summer, the council have been compelled to withdraw that portion of the prize-sheet relating to cattle. The society have therefore increased the amount offered in prizes for horses £3OO, which, with £5O added by the local committee, makes the total amount for horse prizes £1,565. The council have decided, subject to the usual conditions, to hold their coun try meeting next year at Leicester. Lectures have been delivered before the members by Professor Simonds, on diseases in sheep ; and by Professor Voelcher on the relative value of different kinds of purchased food, with especial reference to their manurial properties; and a discussion has taken place on the reclamation of land from the sea, and the formation of tidal and other banks. The im provement of the education of the agricultural classes has been the subject of much consideration by the council, and they have voted £3OO for the promotion of that object during the ensuing year, subject to the following conditions :—The candi dates for the society's honours and prizes must be between the ages of 18 and 25 years, and must pro duce satisfactory certificates and have received a good general education. They must also satisfy exa miners appointed by the council that they possess a competent knowledge of the science and practice of agriculture, of book-keeping, and of one or more of the following subjects :-1. Agricultural Chemistry. 2. Mechanics in their application to agriculture. 3. Surveying, Veterinary Science, Geology aud Botany. The council invite special attention to the number of the journal lately issued. It will be in the re collection of the members of the society that soon after decision was made not to hold a country meeting last summer, the council resolved to vote the requisite funds for a special inquiry into the results of steam cultivation in England and Wales. The committee appointed ti conduct this inquiry have lately reported that they have con cluded their labours, and that, notwithstanding the very umfavourable character of the summer and autumn of 1866, they are satisfied that the work has been well and thoroughly done. They state that the reports of the committees of inspection oc cupy 3:30 pages of the journal, and have been pre pared at a cost of £lB ). Independently of this amou'it, which may properly be classed among the journal expenses, the whole cost of inquiry has been £692. The wideness of the area over which this investigation has extended, and the magnitude of the interest involved, give to these reports an almost national character, and the numerous lessons to bo derived from their careful perusal, both in the way of encouragement and of warning, will be fully ap preciated not only by those engaged in steam culti vation, but by that much more numerous body who are anxiously endeavouring to satisfy themselves whether or no they may safely take a part in this latest and most powerful development of the re sources of British agriculture." After some discussion the report was adopted. A discussion took place with regard to the reap pearance of the cattle plague in certain places in the metropolis and the danger of its extension to other parts of the country. Several speakers complained that the Government measure introduced in the House of Lords the previous night did not appear to be sufficient to meet the evil ; and it was suggested that a deputation from the council should wait upon the Lords of the Privy Council to urge upon them the necessity of more stringent provisions. The result of the discussion was that on the motion of f S o i l r lo il w la in ss g ey r L es o o p lu es tio e n eco w n aa ded u b n y a i m r . o u p s e l y e t a , d M o p . P t t : — h e , 4 That imo t the sd i c oatuen diseasesac t i l be e t enatii r nooi qu i ntgo e s et t ah e t d to et Government g ,a iv nd e t t o heir p a p p s boiil e nl cial tona and lt u ai t mg ation to represent their views to the Lords of the Privy Council, as well as to impress upon them the importance of enforcing the slaughter of all foreign cattle at the ports of disembarkation during the prevalence of cattle disease in the countries from which they are brought." The proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to the president. nd The Maine Liquor L-:w. A free conference on the legislative remedies for intemperance was held yesterday afternoon at the Hanover-square Rooms--Mr. Alderman Harvey, of Salford, in the chair. The meeting was one of a series which are being held in London for the pur pose of enabling the lion. Neal Dow, of Maine, U.S., to express his opinions upon the effects of the Maine Liquor Law in the United States of America, with a view to the passing in this country of some legislative enactment upon the subject. Amongst the company on the platform were Mr. Alderman Thomas, ex mayor of Portland, Maine ; Sir John F. Davis, Bart., Professor Newnitn, the Ven. A rc hdeacon Sandford, the Rev. Dr. Gale, the Rev. John Deed, the Rev. John Carpenter, the Rev. Dr. Burns, the Rev. Thomas Hutton, vicar of Stilton, &c. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by con gratulating the promoters of the movement upon the success which had attended their efforts, and by pointing out the numerous evils which arose from the use of intoxicating liquors. lie especially urged upon the meeting the fact that a large pro portion of the crimes which filled our calendars were caused by drink, while it was well known that many of the inmates of lunatic asylums were brought to that condition by an indulgence in the same destructive habit. L',g I The propositions brought under discussion were— " Ist. That it has been satisfactorily proved by all experience that the common sale of intoxicating liquors cannot b3-left free from legislative control and restiiction without results inimical in the highest degree to the vital welfare and good order of society. 2d. That the nature of the drinks sold, combined with the cupidity of the trafficker and the temptations offered by the traffic, have thwarted all legislative attempts to render the com mon sale of intoxicating liquors harmless, and that, therefore, license laws, however well conceived and enforced, must ba regarded as merely temporary expedients, until the enactment of laws tending more effectually to promote national sobriety. 31 That Abundant evidence having been afforded of the mani fold benefits that have followed the exclusion_of all traffic in alcoholic liquors from districts of various not bear this weight—and so the whole concern dropped into the Bankruptcy Court. Here, then, was a manufactory represented as prospering, and which, if left undisturbed, might have continued to prosper, bringing ruin on its proprietors, and on its bona fide shareholders, from a cause totally uncon nected with the casting of guns under BLAKELY'S patent its ostensible business. What human being could have imagined that on the price of Pekoe hung the fate of Blakely's Ordnance Company (Limited) ? What wretched share holder could have thought that the worth of his shares mainly depended upon a China commer cial establishment ? Perhaps a confused idea might have arisen in his mind that he, as a Blakely Ord nance man, had some connection with the tea called gunpowiler; but bad he been told that his foundry depended on Souchong, silks, and opium, he might well have stared in incredulous wonder. had the manufactory been really good—of which we know nothing—the man who understo , most of its profitable nature would have been the most flec ived, and it is this fact that we wish to urge on public attention. Of course neither Captain BLAKELY nor Mr. DENT would tell the real causes which induced them to form the company, and in ignorance , of these, a knowledge of the manufae , tare would have been most dangerous to the in, vestor, as well as to the friends he could influence. Let no man, therefore, imagine that he fully un derstands the subject, because he is Pally informed of the nature of an undertaking, and of its profits. And as long as the present commercial standard of morality obtains, let no man feel sure of the honour and good faith of men, however high, com mercially, may be their position. Capt. BLM writes as if quite unconscious of the real nature of the transaction. It was surely his business, as Managing Direc tor, to know how the shares were placed ; and though he speaks of giving over the valuable pro perty to a bubble company, he should bear in mind that he himself was the Managing Director of this bubble Company. According to Capt. BLAKELY, Mr. JOHN DENT was the primary cause of the ruin. The difficulties of the China house was the reason of the formation of the Company, as well as of the mode in which it was launched. Mr. DENT'S object was to obtain as large an amount of ready money as possible, and, by Captain BLAKELY'S own showing, he acceded to the proposal. The ostensible reason, as announced in the Prospectus, was "to supply the adequate capital for the great increase of business." "As an evidence of their confidence in the undertaking," says this document, " the vendors have agreed to guarantee that the profits of the undertaking shall amount to a sum to pay a minimum dividend at the rate of £l5 per cent. per annum, for three years, on the paid-up capital for the time being of the present issue of shares." Considering the circumstances in which Mr. DENT was placed, it must have been pretty well known to Captain BLAKELY what the guarantee was worth. Yet he does not hesitate to state that " the creditors will join with me in the deepest sympathy for Mr. JOHN DENT, and the conviction that he, least of all, is to blame for our misfortune." We wonder if Captain BLAKELY understands the mean ing of his own letter. flow can he reconcile this paragraph with a preceding one which follows a flourishing description of affairs before the manufac tory became the property of the Limited Joint Stock Company. " All this prosperity," he says, " was sacrificed in the endeavour to save Messrs. DENT and Co. On the news of their losses reaching Mr. JOHN DENT, he persuaded me to sell our business to a limited company, and he refused to allow the highly respectable firm of CAZENOVE to bring it out, because they would not guarantee the placing of as many shares as 1.11 required, to furnish him with a large sum of ready money to take to China. We contracted with another party, and the conse quence was, that in two months three-fourths of the shares in this company were in the hands of dummies," We have told this story at greater length than our columns justify, because it contains a lesson which we should all lay to heart. We see another throng brought to ruin from precisely the same cause that involved hundreds of families in the OVEREND GURNEY swindle. The public are sacrificed in hecatombs in the attempt to save grand houses, and the people who sacrifice them appear to be quite unconscious of the iniquity of the transaction. No punishment seems to follow, or even a moral slur We should be guarded at all points—and should never forget, that the law of limited liability, as it now stands, is but a license to Rob.—Anglo-Anteri ea 72 Times. STATISTICAL SOCILTY. The seventh ordinary meeting of the present session was held on Tuesday last—Mr. Samuel Brown, vice-president, in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected fellows of the society, viz., Mr. Robert Galen, Mr. Isaac Holden, M.P., Mr. Lonsdale Bradley, and Mr. Richard Lee. A paper was then read by Mr. J. T. Hammick, barrister, on " The Judicial Statistics of England and Wales, with special reference to the recent re- turns relating to crime." After tracing the progress of the statistics of law and justice in England, and pointing out some deficiency in the Home-office re turns, Mr. Hammick stated that the question of greatest interest in connection with criminal statis tics was whether the figures afforded evidence of an increase or decrease of crime in the country; whether they showed that the criminal class was maintaining its ground in undiminished strength, or was giving way to the repressive force and other influences brought to bear against it. Such materials as the police returns of the number of persons of the crimi nal class at large, and of the houses to which they resort, of offences reported, and persons apprehended and of committals for trial, with the further returns of c@nvictions and sentences, furnished sufficient data for the solution of this important question. The strength of the police force in England had reached 23,250 in 1865 ; nearly one-third (7,433) were stationed in the metropolis, 7,325 in the pro vinci,d boroughs and the dockyards, and the residue formed the county constalmiary. The total coat of the police was £1.749,060 for 1865 ; the average cost per mail was £75 4a. 3d. According to the police returns of the criminal classes at large, there were '22,773 thieves and depredators, 3,024 receivers of stolen goods, and 29,591 suspected persons known and registerel in 1865, making, with an addition of 61,238 vagrants, tramps, and bad characters, a total of 116,626 —a decrease upon previous returns. The number of crimes reported to the police had also decreased. The committals for trial in 1865 were 19,614, against 19,506 in the previous year. Look ing at the tables of committals it was impossible to avoid being struck with the petty character of a large proportion of the offences still sent for trial at sessions and assizes. The successful operation of the sta tutes which had of late years extended the summary jurisdiction of the magistrates to cases of simple larceny under the value of 55., and above that value upon the prisoners pleading guilty, seemed to justify : further extension of that principle whereby an immense saving to the country in the cost o prosecutions would be effected, and prompt justice would be done without the necessity of a rehearing of the case, or the confinement of the prisoner in many instances for several weeks previous to his trial. More than 50 per cent. of the offences tried on indictment before juries at sessions are cases of simple larceny, or larcency from the person without violence, assaults on peace officers and common as saults. Were these offences to be determined sum marily by the justices under an extension of the powers given by the Criminal Justice Act, the ave rage cost of prosecution per case would probably be about £l, whereas the average expense of each case tried at county quarter sessions is £7 17s. 11d., and at borough sessions £6 Is. 2d., to be paid for by the country, besides the loss of time to prosecutor, wit nesses, and jury. The sum paid by the Treasury on account of criminal prosecutions in 1865 was £150,328. Having discussed the statistics of pri sons and referred to the labours of the late Sir Joshua Jebb, who, as the first chairman of the di rectors of convict prisons, exercised the chief influ ence in the organisation in the present system of prison discipline, Mr. Hammick stated the following to be tile conclusions at which he had arrived from a consideration of the whole subject :-1. That the annual publication of the English " Judicial Statis tics," although it has of late years greatly im proved, is still defective in several particulars, the defects being such as might easily be removed. 2. That while the establishment of a complete system of judicial statistics for Ireland, uniform with that of England, is a subject of congratulation, the want of such a system for Scotland is hardly credit able to the country. 3. That as regards crime in England there is no reason to believe that the cri minal classes are on the increase, notwithstanding the release at home of more than 15,000 convicts on tickets of leave since the introduction of the punish ' ment of penal servitude. 4. That there is no evi dence to show that crimes of the graver class are in creasing. 5. That there has been of late a consider able increase in the number of offences punished summarily, which may in part be attributed to the increased vigilance and efficiency of the large body of trained police' now maintained in the country. C3tJ,~l'Lt Y tsIAItI~.ET . HULL.—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small supply - of fig lish wheat, which sold steadily at last week's prices. Foreign iu middling request, and samples saleable at late rates. Malting barley quiet, at lower terms grinding de scriptions much inquired for, but none offered. vats, beaus, and peas disposed of in retail at full prices. lb ° linseed trade extremely slow. English white wheat, 60s to 655; rad, 603 to 62s ; sic and Konigsberg, 63s to 708 ; Baltic red, 625 to 6 . 45; Os. Danish and Hamburg, 62s to 6 48 ; Russian , 575 to Barley, English, 36s to 49s ; grinding, Mediterranean, 34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russi a ,, n : 26s to 275. Beaus, old English, 58s to 60 s; foreign, ?" to 445. Peas, English blue, 42- , to 44s Od ; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. LYNN—TUESDAY. New wheat, 66s to 68s ; new red, 60s to 65s ; old white —s to —s ; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 47s to 51s ; secondary, 42s to 455. .Oats, new ., 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 465. Peas/ 37s to 41s per 28 stone. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. At the local markets the business done has been remark ably small. Home-grown wheat has been in short s st till; ply during the last week, and business genera ll y is i" dull. Foreign wheat offered moderately, at about previonB rates, with a sluggish business. Barley rather easier, at previous quotations. Oats barely maintained the late sa vance. Malt was in moderate request. Beans showed 11° change. The following are the average quotations:—Whea t, 7s 6d to 8s Od per bushel ; white, 7s 9d to 8s 6d ; Gs Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 44s to 48s per qr ; Kr l ing ditto, 34s to 3.6 s Od; beans, 43s to 45s ; white oats, 263 to 27s Od ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. S ALISBURY.--T UESDAY. o de; At this market to-day the supply of wheat wa s m rate. Tho trade was inactive, and last week's figu re d declined is to 2s. Barley met with a limited deruan and no advance in price obtained. Oats, beans, and PI ruled dull, but were unaltered in value. Malt quiet, an fully as dear. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised fro' 62s to 72s ; barley, 32s to 455; oats, 24s to 30s ; beans, to to 58s ; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 53 6u 4 T 7 6d per bushel • Best bread, 15d ; household ditto, per 81b loaf. Flour, 46s to 50s per sack. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS' DUE. iLustraiia and New Zeaiand, via Southampton. —,June Ditto, via .d.arseillee Ditto, via Panama ;;Kazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video June 4 • Ditto, by French packet June - • Uapa Verde. by Brazil packet June 4. ~ape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena.— • Jun e . 21 ' 7inina, Penang, and Singiipore, via Southampton June 3 Ditto, via Marseilles ••• AIaY 28 ' ioaikiand Islands Mai 29 , ' : iibraltar, via louttiainrit , :n • • India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es ....May 29 ' ' ~,, Malta, Egypt, &J. • •• 9 Ditto, Marseilles....... May 'S Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Jtue 19 ' Sontnampton June ' 5. Ditto, via Ilarsei lea _Jun. 5 vewfounlland ......... Juo. 4 ' P irtugal Ditto, by ~riveitc shy to Ooor , o Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., •.y British acket iiitto, by United tates packet Ditto ditto , New York Ditto ditto (New York) • ........ 'Att.) ditto (Baltimore) 10 2 , 5 ; Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast at Africa Madeira, and Teuerifr • .Juke•••• Wezt lairs and Pacific ,except Mexico and Baha mas) Cub and ,exico Mai I 3 h..% nas, via New York H c Bermuda, via Halifax CHINESE CO:NIMERCE.—The returns of the trade of the Chinese ports open to foreign flags s how that the total amount of the trade of China carried on under foreigt flags amounted in the year 1865 to the estima ted value of 237,507,922 taels, equal to very nearly a third of that nu n ': bar of pounds sterling. This is an increas e of abee -28,000,000 taels over the previous year. It includes th tO e amount of the whole import and export trade, aud amount of the imported and exported treasure, less t he amount amount of the re-exports. At the port of Sha n g hai, wb is partly a depot for other ports, the import and exp ort 0 ' treasure could not be correctly ascertained, an d is rot' iln; eluded in the above amounts. The total estimated v a the imports, foreign and native coast trade, amounted 1865 to 169,950,334 taels, an increase of 27,000,000 teel over the preceding year. To these imports the i/fer e/1 c countries contributed as follows :—Great Britain and lie . possessions, 57,735,771 taels; Japan, 2,454,109 taele ineludisg United States, 482 , 593 taels ; sundry count ries, the whole of the Continent, 2 , 620 , 987 taels ; C hi ; lse ,- e i3 ports, 79,809,253 taels ; making a total of 148, 1 ° , ‘ re teals, not including treasure. The exports of 186 5 We as follows: —To Great Britain and her possess nee 50,161,697 taels ; to Japan, 270 , 743 taels ; United Sta'tet:o 5,864,823 taels ; sundry countries, 3,757,834 0016; 0 other open Chinese ports, 44,110,354 taels ; ine killg „je• total of 104,165,451 taels, in addition to treasure -se ported of the value of 29,052,096 taels, an in crea be iu the grand total of nearly 12,000,000 taels over the previous year. But the re-exports would have to be iar , ducted to arrive at the true value of the export trade. uli.l'g„ Hart, Inspector-General of Customs, repo rts to the Tese, le-Yamen that the diminished supply of cotton, in couai, quence of the American troubles, has exerc ised a preitio. cial influence ou the revenues of China, but that 6%4 crease in the import duties may now be expected. liev i°W to the supervision by Commissioners from October, 1860, iv June, 1865, five years, minus one quarter of a year , ' 6 spector-General of Customs finds that the import '-otioett have amounted to about 12,000,000 taels, and the °`;,-,d6 duties to about 18,000,000 taels. The revenue of all pt accruing to the Chinese Government on foreign tretle ,bout the treaty • orts has in the five years amo unted to abost 32,560,000 taels. The Inspector - General obseives „ i t /0 foreign merchants come to China to trade because i t ''to them to do so, and that these figures show t hat po t Chinese—merchauts, people, and Government-o°frotti without their share in the advantages springing A 0 commercial intercourse, The reve nue amouute'seri 2,531,763 taels in the first three-quarters of 8 ' 1 6 62; 6,635,917 taels in the year end i ng the 30th of Juli e ' 1 5 i6 7,859,466 taels in the third year 1862-63 ; 7,728, 74 te- „ e ttr, the fourth year, 18 63 - 61 ; 7 , 803,587 tae ls in the fifth Y . to 1864-65 ; so that the annual revenue is now I,oiLref £3,000,000 than to £2,000,000. LADvEierisEmEKT.J—Holloway's Ointment an - ,, i 11 0-6 The family medicine chest that is furnished 'etit'' tll The powerful remedies needs nothing more. In dige :tte d6 general debility, liver complaint, eruptions, soros W - " r ee; ulcers, tumours, (to. are infallibly cured hY th o - They purify the blood, and give tone and vigetv - a iv whole system. This Ointment, when well rUbb° 006 the parts affected, enters the flesh just as salt enter,9„re and if the Pills are taken as an auxiliary the,,,,.--000,; speedy, thorough, and permanent. These trtea`u; aro composed of rare balsams, without the adMil,i; e oy 11 ;0 grain of mercury, or any injurious substance. pie peculiarly mild and gentle in their action, and they aro efficacious. Births. th e S T OURTON.—On the 23d inst., at 42 , Po rtland-Place' Hon. Mrs. Stourton, of a son and heir. W oda C masLE i—On the 19th inst ,at Anuodel s, E a ci s ilie o the wife of J. Carlisle, Esq.,. late Capta in 501 " of a daughter. KEitu—On the 20th inst., at 42, Treganter-roae, Seal, Lady Frederic Kerr, of a son. of Woon —On the 20th inst. at Sandgate, the wife Colonel Wood, V.C., of ' a daughter. Marriages. -T UCKER-0 n the 21st inst., at St.,A lb3ll ol P a r ; Martyr, Brooke-street, William St. Aubyu, r -4-4 0 "f Coor,q , nival's-inn, Holborn, to Louisa, only daughteros William Tucker, Esq., 31. A., of Woodhain, soy, Surrey. Ge ofllsth CAPEL-0 WEN —On the 21st inst ., at St. t j l o t 0 over-square, Arthur Alernon Capel, late CaP e e p, Regiment, eldest son of the Hon. A. F. f' v * ea 0 ,1 Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Li Esq., of Gadlys and Llanfigael, Anglesey. Deaths. woos" BOYDELL—On the 22d inst., at 41, Queen-sqUar° f the bury, Samuel Boyden, Esq. PR ttle SCI" BRETTLE—On the 20t1i Edwar.... ...re_ , d 130 Albany, Piccadilly, 119, Wood-street, a. . i i este r. Derbyshire, aged 48. , CHICHESTER—On the 22d inst., the Countess of !J . : sa to ). Cola—On the 21st inst., at West Biluey Thomas W. Coke, Esq., aged 75 - ry Gordoo' GORDON— On the 1 7 th inst., the Lady Sel: 1 11, L on do n: Printed and Published by WILLIA.3 27.40. oS of No. 112, Strand, P r inter, at THE SUN Oth Luoce ooo ty Strand, in the Pre cinct of the Savoy, ill 11idaleges..—Thursday, May 23,1867.