The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD C/LiNCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord LIFFORD laid a petition on the table from the Presbyterian minister of the congregation of Conroy, in Donegal, and also a petition from the see of Waterford. ADDRESS OF CONGRATULATION. The Earl of DERBY, in moving an address of congratu lation, said that all those wbo had the pleasure of know ing her Majesty knew the deep interest which her Ma jesty took in every member of her family, and also the deep interest which the whole of the people of her Majesty's dominions felt in any event affecting the Royalefamily. Her Majesty, during the many years which she Lad been Sovereign overthis realm, had exacted from every one the greatest admiration for her private virtues, and her public discharge of the duties of her exalted position. In the present instance the subject of congratulation to her Majesty was peculiarly interesting. it was the confinement of the Princess of Wales, and the birth of an infant princess. (Hear, hear.) The Princess of Wales, over since she set foot upon the shores of England, liad commanded the sympathy and affection of the entire nation. (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, his most pleasing duty to move "An humble address of congratulation to her Ma jesty on the birth of an infant Princess." (Hear, hear.) Lord RUSSELL entirely coincided with the expres sions of sympathy that had just fallen from the noble earl. _ _ Tho address of congratulation was then carried nem. THE TENURE OF LAND IN IRELAND. con. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of a bill relative to the tenure of land in Ireland. He said that, in spite of the agitation that was going on there, and the rumours of further violence that might be apprehended, that the landlords and tenants of Ireland had always been on friendly terms. The tenure of land as it now stood was most unjust, and it was not to be wondered at that, while such ab surd theories existed in that country, there should be rebellions and outbreaks. There was, be (the noble marquis) was convinced, not a single landlord in Ireland who would not be pleased to see the settle ment of this question. Ile had read a letter in which it had been stated that if it were not for the British soldiery the holders of land in Ireland would be utterly exterminated. A calumny more utterly untrue, more basely unfounded, he had never read. It was not the British soldiers that protected the landlords, nor, if they were determined to do so, it would not be the British who would prevent them. It appeared, from the suggestions that had been made by many learned and eminent men, that they rather wished •to go back to the feudal system than to take advantage of the benefits conferred by the in crease of capital. It had been stated that the tenant had neglected his land and ruined his landlord's farm. He had never heard any landlord, great or small, express any opinion adverse to the tenant having compensation for any improvement which he might have made to his farm during his occupation of it. The bad tenants in Ire land would be the very persons who would be allowed to hold no farm there if they were recognised to be bad, and were the class that would be equally rejected in England. This bill would tend to sim plify and to settle the question of land in Ire land. It was not original, but had been drawn up upon the provisions of a bill which had been proposed during the Government of the noble lord sitting above him, and during that former Government of the noble earl some of the most useful bills had been passed.rhere was the Fra nchise Bill and several others. On that occasion he brought in the bill that was now under discussion, and now he en treated their lordships to leave a free dealing between man and man on the question of the tenure of land in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Lord ATHLUMNEY said that in all its attempts to deal with the subject Parliament had committed the great mis take of departing from the sound principle of leaving land lords and tenants to make their own contracts. Referring especially to the scheme of the late Government, he con demned it as based upon principles which their lordships never would have sanctioned, and contended that if it had become law it would have inflicted an injury upon tho very class it was intended to benefit. The Earl of KIMBERLEY defended the bill of the late Ministry,and urged that the plan now propounded byLord Clauricarde would by no means meet the necessity of the case or the aspirations of tho people of Ireland. Lord DUNSANY feared it was impossible by any legis lation to satisfy the wishes of the Irish people, for what they wanted was in reality confiscation of the rights of the owners. Earl GREY observed that the speech of Lord Kimber ley amounted to an admission that the agitation in Ireland could only be settled by the bill of last year, which sought to transfer the rights of ownership to the tenant. After some remarks from the Duke of ARGYLL and Lord Lirrouu, the bill was read a first time. On the order for committing the Confederation of North American Provinces Bill, The Earl of S HAFT ESBURY presented a petition from English Protestants in Lower Canada, complaining that their interests were Wing swamped in the arrangements under the measure, and The Earl of CABNARVON promised that the case of the petitioners should bo inquired into. The bill was then passed through committee. The Earl of DERBY intimated that he would have to ask their lordships to meet this day for the purpose of reading the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act Continuance (Ireland) Bill a first time, with the view of passing it through its remaining stages on Monday. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member, in the room of the Hon. W. Duncombe, elevated to the House of Peers. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Mr. W. FORSTER asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to bring in a bill for placing the telegraph lines in the kingdom under the superintendence of the State. Mr. HUNT said the matter was now under considera tion, but he could not state that any determination had yet been arrived at. THE POSTAL SERVICE. Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he would lay before the house the recent correspon dence between the Postmasters-General of Great Britain and the United States, with reference to the postal service between the two countries ; and whether in making the new arrangements consequent on the ter mination of the Cunard contract care would be taken to give the public the benefit of the great competition now existing between the various steamship companies havi vessels on the North Atlantic. Mr. HUNT said there would be no objection to the pro duction of the correspondence, and with respect to the latter part of the question care had been taken that the public should have the benefit of open competition. THE POOR AT HOLYHEAD. Mr. OWEN STANLEY asked the President of the Poor Law Board if he had taken into his consideration the petition from the parish of Holyhead, lately presented to the House, together with any special report from the Poor Law inspector of the district, Mr. Doyle, urging the necessity of immediate legislative inter ference, to enforce upon the Guardians of the Holyhead Union the building a workhouse and hospital for the sick poor, and giving means for instruction to orphan and pauper children in the union ; and if he would be prepared to bring in a bill to enforce the same; and, if he would lay upon the table of the home any report or papers relating to the subject. Mr. HARDY said soon after he went to the Poor Law Board his attention had been called to the dreadful and disgusting matters which had taken place at Holyhead and he had, determined that it should be the fault of Parliament and not his if the evil was not remedied. He recommended hon. members to read the petition, which disclosed a state of affairs of the most horrible description. He proposed to bring in a bill without the least delay. At present the poor law board had power to call for the alterations of workhouses, but there was no power to compel the guardians to build a workhouse. Ho should have great pleasure in laying Mr. Douglas's report on the table. STERItING AND SAILING RULES. Mr. HOLLAND asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the attention of the Government had been called to the existing steering and sailing rules, and whether it was intended to cause any inquiry to be made as to their efficiency with a view to prevent disasters arising from collisions at sea. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the subject was one of great interest, but ho thought it might be that many of the acci dents might be attributed to the neglect of existing rules rather than to any defects in them, lie, however, intended to propose to the Board of Trade and the Trinity House to see if it was not possible to render the existing rules more simple THE SUGAR DUTIES. hear. Mr. CRUM EWING asked the Secretary to the Trea sury if he would state at what date the new r egulations as to the amount of drawback on sugar, to be allowed by France, Holland, and Belgium respectively, as provided for by the recent Convention, ware to come into opera tion. Mr. HUNT said as soon as the resolutions were passed by the house the three Powers interested were at once made aware of the fact, and requested to fix a date for the reduced duties to come into operation. Onlyßelgium had yet replied fixing the Ist of March, and in the event of the other two Powers not signifying their intention beforo the day fixed in the English bill, a short act would be introduced, as it was most desirable that the action of all the Governments should be simultaneous. BIRTH OF A PRINCESS—ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY. The CHANCELLOR of the KaCHEQUER said he rose to move an address to her Majesty on the happy event which had taken place in the royal family—namely, the birth of a Princess in the direct line. The royal family lived so much in the eye and the heart of the country that any event that added to their happiness was a subject of joy to the whole of her Majesty's subjects, and he felt _ _ ;hat the house would with all sincerity offer its congra- tulations to her Majesty, and therefore he moved an address of congratulation to her Majesty on the Princess of Wales having happily given birth to a princess. (Hear, Mr. GLADSTONE seconded the motion, and said that the indisposition that her Royal Highness was suffering under previous to the happy event was a subject of deep regret. That Providence would, in addition to blessings already enjoyed, grant her uninterrupted good health was the desire of tho wholo country. (Hear, hear.) The motion was agreed to. T LIE NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE. Mr. BENTINCK called the attention of the House to arrangements that were being made with respect to the erection of the new courts of justice. He thought the best mode to be adopted in the selecting and carrying out the work was most objectionable. He thought that a motion of such magnitude should be in the hands of persons responsible to Parliament. The manner in which the designs had been prepared was very far from satisfactory, and the cost that was attached to some of them was enormous. He thought the whole of the evil arose from the fact that there was an irresponsible body acting behind the scenes, who pulled the wires without caring one straw for the public, and where the funds wero to come from was a matter of the greatest indifference to them. He thought the whole matter should be taken out of the hands of the irresponsible body with which it now rested, and placed under the control of a responsible body amenable to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The sum originally spoken of as required for the erection of those courts was £70,000, yet in some of the estimates at tached to the plans they amounted to two millions. The suet at present disposable was £150,000, to which Government proposed to add £lOO,OOO by way of loan, - - , - - and if one of these expensive plans was decided upon he should like to know where the funds wore to come from. He moved the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this house it is expedient that all arrangements re- specting the building of the new courts of justice should be effected under the sole responsibility of her Majesty's Government." Mr. B. HOPE defended the architects from the charges of extravagance. Sir R. PALMER defended the constitution of the Com mission. They had taken pains to arrive at a satisfactory result, and it appeared to him quite impossible to fix upon a certain sum as the unalterable cost of buildings of such an extent as the new courts of justice. There was one _ _ _ thing,however,that was quite open to be pursued, and tbai was that the commission could reject the whole of the de. signs sent in. Mr. CARNEGIE and Mr. DILWYN supported the motion. Mr. COWPER said when the sum of £750,000 was voted as sufficient, the buildings then required were not of so extensive a character as had been found requisite. If the _ accommodation was required to be enlarged, the expense of course must, as a natural consequence, increase. After a short discussion, Mr. BENTINCK withdrew his motion. MYSORE. Sir H. RAWLINSON asked the Secretary for India whether the Government of India had come to any deci- sion on the recent appeal of the Maharajah of Mysore with regard to the succession of his adopted son ; and, if so, whether he was prepared to lay upon the table of the house any correspondence that might have passed on the sub ject. The hon. gentleman made a strong appeal to the Government to recognise the succession, contending that a geaerous and confiding policy was that which would tend to the pacification of the country and the security of our rule in India. After some observations from Sir E. COLEBROOKE in support of the claim, Lord CRANBORNE said the Government coincided with that of their predecessors in office in his opinion that the rights conferred upon the Maharajah of Mysore would terminate with his life. It was not, however, their inten tion at the prince's death to annex his territory, or to hand it over to a native prince without check or control. When the son of the Maharajah obtained majority it might become the duty of whoever administered the government of India to consider whether he was a person who ought to be admitted to rule over all or part of his father's territory. Meantime care would be taken to give him the advantages of a European education and to supply him with an esta blishment suitable to his rank. With regard to the papers asked, the Government had no objection to produce them. DEFECTS OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. Sir R. PALMER called attention to the unsatisfactory state of the different appellate jurisdictions in this coun try, as exercised in the House of Lords, the Privy Coun cil, the Court of Exchequer Chamber, and the Court of Appeal in Chancery, and other defects in our judicial sys tem by which the administration of justice in the superior courts of law is now impeded. The hon. and learned gen tleman, in a speech of singular power and lucidity, pointed out the various defects and shortcomings of our judicial sys tem, and offered prncti,,l suggestions for their amend ment. Having commented upon the inconvenience and injustice arising from the arrear of business in the common law courts, and indicated the means by which, under a new arrangement of the business, greater despatch might be secured, he recommended that the special jurisdiction of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer should be done away with, and the three common law courts become branches of one great court; that the attendance of judges at Chambers should be discontinued, and the business bo transferred to the masters and chief clerks; that the pre sent waste of judicial power should be utilised; that the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords should be transferred to a court of appeal ; and finally, that the legal functions now performed by the hereditary branch of the Legislature should cease and determine so soon as a more effectual tribunal should be established in its stead. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, having expressed his amazement that so earnest a law reformer as the late Attorney-General seemed to be should have been so long in office and yet have done nothing to give effect to his views, denied that the suggestions which he had offered would economise the judicial power of the country or pro mote the better administration of the law. The House of Lords had existed for ages as the final court of appeal, and no case had been made out for withdrawing its jurisdiction. Sir R. COLLIER was prepared, in common with Sir R Palmer, to extinguish the exclusive jurisdiction of the com mon law courts, and establish one court of appeal, but the matter which pressed with greatest urgency was the state of business in the courts of common law, whore there were nearly 500 remanets. Mr. SANDFORD thought that the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords was in a most unsatisfactory condi tion, as it was practically limited to Lord Chelmsford and the new Scotch peer, who might have to reverse the deci sions of Lord Justice Cairns and Lord Justice Turner. Sir G. BowYER and Mr. E. JAMES supported the views of Sir R. Palmer, which were opposed by the Solicitor- General in a brief speech. Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH next endeavoured to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to depart from his atti tude of reticence in reference to reform, by asking him whether he meant to invite the House to come to a conclu sion in favour of the reduction of the qualification for the elective franchise without at the same time affording a clear indication of what that reduction was intended to be. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined to gratify the curiosity of the hon. member for Devizes, but assured him that he had taken a note of his question, as well as of many others, and that he would answer them all in the fulaess of time—namely, on Monday evening. Mr. BROMLEY made an elaborate complaint as to the condition of the streets in the vicinity of the Houses of Parliament, which he described as perfectly disgraceful. The hon. gentleman was followed by Mr. OSBORNE, who demanded further explanation of the sums required for particular items connected with the approaching Ex hibition at Paris. He understood that a house (making up 40 beds) had been taken in the Champs Elysees for the secretaries to the commission, of whom there were 47, and he asked what remuneration these gentlemen were to get, and what portion of the vote of £116,000 was to find its way into the pockets of "our trusty and well-beloved Henry Cole, C. 8." He also asked how it was that im plements of war were to bo forwarded at enormous cost to an exhibition intended to be confined to objects of "indus try, agriculture, and the fine arts." Mr. H. BRUCE, having been vice-president of the Edu cation Board of the Privy Council, when the greater por tion of the expenditure was incurred, replied to Mr. Os borne, and stated that the requirements of the authorities of the Exhibition were such as to make a very large out lay absolutely necessary. Mr. BERESFORD-HOPE, as one of the commissioners, disclaimed all responsibility, and suggested the appoint ment of a select committee to get at the facts. Mr. HUNT (Secretary to the Treasury) promised that full details of the expenditure should appear when the civil service estimates were laid upon the table, and Mr. OSBORNE expressed a hope that the munitions of war would not be sent to Paris. In reply to Mr. DILLWYN, Mr. CURRY stated they had not yet been forwarded. The Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Act Amend ment Bill passed through committee with verbal amend ments; and, the standing orders having been suspended, the bill was reported and read a third time and passed. The remaining business was disposed of, and the house adjourned at half past one o'clock. Frank Leslie says :—The last effusion of the re nowned Artemus Ward we have not yet seen in print. It is said that A. W., being at one of the New York churches, lately edified the audience by his unexpected reply to the preacher's text, which was as follows : "How are the mighty fallen ? How are the mighty fallen ?" After a short pause, Artemus looked up inquir ingly, and said, meekly, " I give it up." RAILWAY IN TELLIGENCE. WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the 'Aare holders in this railway was held yesterday at the offices of the company, 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, under the presidency of Mr. Parsons. The report has already appeared in our columns. The CHAIRMAN said the company was in need of £30,000 more capital to complete the works, and the result of an appeal to the shareholders was that only £9,000 had been raised. He at the same time expressed his conviction that if the company could succeed in getting its tube laid down there could be no doubt of its being ultimately successful, and becoming one of the best paying lines in the metro polis. As the required capital was not obtained, of course there was no alternative but for the works to be stopped. Looking at the circumstances, he deemed it advisable to confer with the contractors as to the best means to be adopted to get the tube laid. A discussion ensued, in which several shareholders expressed their entire concurrence in the views of the chairman, and their confidence in the board, as well as their conviction that within a short period the company's affairs would be in a more satisfac tory condition. At the conclusion of the discussion, the following resolution, moved by the CHAIRMAN, and seconded by Mr. SUTTON, was unanimously adopted : " That the report of the result of the application to the shareholders and season ticket holders of the South-Western Railway Company now made to the meeting be received and adopted and entered on the minutes." A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston Station—Mr. R. Moon in the chair. The report (which has already ap peared) was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and half-yearly statement of accounts, said it was with disappointment and regret that the di- rectors came before them to recommend a diminu• tion of the dividend as compared with last year But they were bound, like everybody else, to bow to circumstances. They knew what a collapse there had been in the trade of the country, and that their expenses of all kinds had increased. He regretted to state that the result of the half year's working showed that the expenses had increased 10. per train mile as compared with 1865, and as much as 2d. per train mile as compared with 1864, while the earnings had remained about the same. The board hoped that as the trade of the country returned, the arrangements they had made, anticipating the con tinuance and growth of that trade, would become remunerative to the company. It would be in the recollection of any proprietor who had been present 12 months ago, and to any one who read what passed on that occasion, that he then pointed _ _ . out that the half year they were considering might be taken as almost an exceptional one ; and though he did receive from a gentleman a note to say that he had bought his shares on the faith of progressive dividends, he did not think it necessary to answer him by saying more than that the board were also bound up with the prosperity of the company. On that occasion he was anxious they should retain in hand the 4 per cent. they paid additional, and if they had done so the dividends would have been equalised. Of course it made no difference to the proprietors if they retained their shares, but he thought they ought to have a surplus sum in hand so as to secure at all times an equal divi dend. The result would not be in the dividend itself, because in either case the proprietors would put it in their pockets sooner or later, but it would have the effect of making the value of the shares more uni form. Several proprietors, however, strongly ob jected to this course, and in deference to their opi- nions the board gave way. During the past year there had been exceptional circumstances which for a moment depressed their dividend, but he hoped when the prosperity of the country returned they would be able to do something better. lie did not know that anything more could be done than had been done during the past year. They had watched the expenditure very carefully, and were continuing to do so ; but it would be a great mistake on their part if, because of the temporary panic in the trade of the country, they supposed it was corning to a dead stand, and were to make a diminution in the number of trains, which they might afterwards re gret. The board recommended them to bear the re duced dividend as patiently as they could, in hope of better times hereafter. Then coming to the ac counts of the company, he said, with reference to the capital account, that it was very accurately recorded and carefully got up, showing so clearly as it did all their liabilities in reference thereto. The total capita' of the company and its leased and guaranteed lines was about £70,000,000, the loans being about £19,000,000. They were paying dividend this half year on nearly £2,000,000 of capital which was al most unproductive. Only a few lines had been opened during the half-year which had not yet come into play. With regard to the revenue expenditure, the maintenance of way had been very exceptional ; but they had every reason to b e li eve th e y h a d reac hed the culminating point of their expenditure; in fact, it so happened that, not quite the last year, but nearly the last year, of the Lancaster and Carlisle, and the Chester and Holyhead fell with the first Year of the St. Helen's Canal renewal ; and when this company took these lines their permanent ways were in a miserable condition. Another thing was that the heavy engines of the Sheffield Company running over the Stockport and Warrington had compelled them to relay that line sooner than they should have done. There was also £4,000 for steel rails put into the account. In the last half year they had relaid 37 miles of double line ; and they had now forty lines of double line laid with steel rails. With reference to the locomotive account, if they took off a great m any exceptional charges, the extra price of coal for instance, thetotal extra cost in this departinentwould be about£l7,ooo or £lB,OOO for the extra miles run, but there wa s no real addition to the cost per train mile. They had put for stock nearly £22,000 of steel—that was to say, beyond what the tyres, axles, &c., would have cost in iron. Then there were a few exceptional things, which the fluctuations of a half year would sometimes give, accounting to a considerable extent for the difference in the cc st. They had reached such a point of economy that they did not see their way to make any material reduction of expenditure ; on the contrary, wages, materials—everything had been growing against them during the half year. If they went further down the accounts they would find an item for compensation for accidents. They had been very unfortunate during the year. The total amount they had paid for compensation in 1866 from the 15th Jan. was about £llB,OOO, but that included compensation for loss of goods and delay to markets, bad debts, and so on. The total amount paid for personal injury and what might b e called " fright" was about £54,000. He did not know what more could be done. People said they should have more signals and flags, but there was a strong impression on the minds of the board that the company was rather over-signalled, and the diffi culty was to hit the happy medium. The more signals they had the more they confused their drivers and staff. Therefore the matter was to be left to the discretion of the directors to do the best they could. They must expect accidents. If they took the whole sum for injury to passengers during 1866, they would find it was not a half per cent. of the receipte for the past half-year. The law expenses were, he believed, nearly cleared off. During the last five arrears which y h e a a d rs be t e h n ey al l l i o a w d e l d iad to t a o c l e v u i and an immense sum for maintenance of per manent p m e ti o la ff te m in a t n he law expenses, many way and other things ; so that they might look for ward to a better state of things in these respects in the future. If they looked to steamboat expenses, he might say that after buying new steamers and replacing their boilers, and doing everything to keep them in order, they were still £lB,OOO in hand. With regard to rates, the cattle plague rate was about £l,OOO against them in the half year, and the parish rates and assessments generally were increas ing in the country. This was a thing over which they had no control. Questions had been asked the THE SUN, LONDON, SATUROA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1867. directors with regard to fires, and though they did not appear to cost a large sum of money, yet if they took the case of the Liverpool-road station it put them to an immense inconvenience to carry on the traffic at all. After providing for all fire losses, they would have about £50,000 to the credit of the fire insurance fund. Another thing against them in the half year was the interest of money, which was a rather serious matter, as the increased rate made a difference of about £22,000 for money borrowed. He was sure that, from the report sent out at the request of the audit committee, they would be satis fied their accounts were thoroughly honest and true They were very gratified to think their two auditors —and especially Mr. Crossfield, who had been their auditor for 17 years—had so got the accounts into shape that they could sleep comfortably, and not dream of mistakes. It was his belief that the audi torship of a company was the most important in connection with it. Auditors should be not merely strongminded men, not easily cajoled, but they ought to be supported by the proprietors. When a man put his money into a public company he looked on it as a sort of vested interest, about which he need take no further trouble, whereas he really became a partner in a commercial enterprise, and ran the risk of failure the same as in any private part nership. One of the auditors of a public com pany told him that on one occasion, when the auditors differed from the directors as to whether a certain sum should be divided or not, it was agreed to refer it to the proprietors ; and when it came be fore them, instead of supporting their auditors, they were so tempted with the immediate dividend, that they supported the directors. (Laughter.) He be lieved that if the shareholders of this company were to do that, the auditors would not stay with them. He hoped the proprietors would be with the board, and if they would not permit the accumulation of a surplus fund, that they would try to make their property permanently prosperous. In regard to parliamentary proceedings, there were 317 private bills, against 633 last year. Private bill legislation was a gigantic evil, but no oue seemed to attempt to alter it, and it was allowed to take its own course. He then moved the adoption of the report and ac- counts. Mr. BROWN-WESTHEAD, the deputy-chairman, seconded the motion,which, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously. A dividend at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum was declared. Upon the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by the DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, it was resolved that the proposal to execute the works stated in the report of the directors be approved, and that the meeting sanction the addition to the capital of the company of the sum of £227,389 for such purpose, and that the charge to capital account of £5,345, certified by the auditors to have been expended in the half - year ending Dec. 31, 1866, in the improvement of the permanent way, be also approved of. The retiring directors having been re-elected, Mr. J. Bickersteth and Mr. H. C. Tunnicliffe were elected directors to fill up vacancies. Mr. Crossfield was re-elected an auditor of the company. At a special meeting of the shareholders held un der the new regulations of Parliament, the directors were empowered to exercise the borrowing powers of the company to the extent authorised by the company's acts. The con: iteration of the agreeme nt which wa s to be brought before the meeting was postponed to the 16th of March next. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. Representative Government. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Anglo-American Times : SIR,—In theory the Southern States were blessed with representative Gpvernments, but practically they were ruled by the iron will of a slaveholding oligarchy. The members of the Slave State Legislatures and the Southern members of Congress represented the slaveholding interest, and no other. Who for thirty years before the war were governors of the respective Slave States ? Slaveholders I Who were Senators and Representatives in the Slave State Legislatures? Slaveholders! Who, in both Houses of Congress, represented the South ? Slaveholders! And the one object which they steadily kept in view was to strengthen, extend, and perpetuate slavery—witness their legislation. The four millions of slaves, from the beginning to the end of slavery, were never represented. If some Douglass, or Martin, could have been elected to a State Legislattue by their fellow-slaves, and in the present slaveholders could ha v e d e picted slave-life, slavery would Slaveholders would have t n h o e t h m a i v s e e r b y e e a n n e d o n a t g i o n n u y e d o . f trembled in the presence of such advocates, and an enlightened and aroused community would have demanded ,the abolition of slavery. ground-work of the t t he ltat the people are reprepresentative s principle, Ito right to vote, but that the source of power , and contended that the In the whole history c h o e lo h l a ir d ed no m r a i n gh h t ad to no p t et o it n i l o y n. of American slavery whoever heard of a petition from slavfere as much property as the lowing ox and neighing horse ; they could not petition. lvoei In law they the But what of the six millions of poor white non slaveholders in the Slave States ? Were they repre sented ? Certainly not. Their interests were op posed to the interests of the slaveholders ; but they spoke and voted under the reign of terrorism. Instead of regarding a representative Government ttoheselcivuerse e t f he the rights and protect the ee o rs f itgy G na o el('l v d ernment was a slaveholding oligarchy, mipdr idea a p d people, their highest such as prevailed throughout the South. They had lost their own rights, and knew it not. Nay, they deemed it an honour to go forth in hordes at the beck of the slaveholders, and at the peril of their lives extend to other countries the same absolute despotism which ruled the South. To attempt to promote their own interests as non-slaveholders, had they been so far enlightened, would have . been to incur political and pecuniary ruin, and in many cases death itself. As illustra tive of the power wielded by slaveholders, and of the helplessness of non-slaveholders, I will refer to the treatment received at the hands of the former by Mr. Clay, Dr. Malcolm, and Mr. Helper. By a law of Kentucky, slaves could not be in troduced into that State for sale. The slave traders made a determined attempt to repeal this law. Mr. Clay, the American Ambassador to Russia, was then a member of the Kentucky Legisl ature, and had not emancipated his slaves. But he successfully resisted the attempt to repeal the above law on the ground of the immorality of the slave trade. For this, by the management of the slaveholders, he was thrown out at the succeeding election, and a slave-trader returned in his stead. From that day Mr. Clay was never returned to the Kentucky Legislature. The following, in regard to Dr. Malcolm, from the Kentucky Georgetown Herald, of August 15, 1849, speaks for itself :—" The Rev. Dr. Malcolm, who has presided over Georgetown College for the last nine or ten years with such distinguished ability and general satisfaction, felt it his duty to vote for the emancipation candidate at our election. The storm of disapprobation was so violent that it was plain he could no longer be of use to the college, and he resigned his office. The office has not yet been filled, and we fear that the trustee of the College will find it difficult to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of an officer so faith ful and so devoted to the interests of the College as President Malcolm has been." By birth and marriage Mr. Clay was connected with the first families in Kentucky, and Dr. Mal colm was distinguished as a scholar and a preacher ; yet both were stricken down at the command of the slaveholding oligarchy. From this may be in ferred the extent of their despotism over the poor white working classes. The crime of Mr. H. R. Helper differed from that of Mr. Clay and Dr. Malcolm. He belonged to the poorer middle classes in North Carolina, and having visited the Free States, so far sinned against the slaveholding oligarchy as to write a book en lightening the non-slaveholdets of the South as to their servile condition, and urging them to attempt to remove slavery by the use of the same means they were using to prevent intemperance. Several members of the United States Senate had recom mended this work. The slaveholding members of the Senate resolved that to recommend Mr. Helper's book was a disqualification for the office of Speaker. So while Congress assembled at Washington, December 5, 1859, they attempted to carry out this resolution ; and parties were so balanced that this book during eight weeks blocked the business of the Senate, as every attempt to elect a Speaker f ailed. If the slaveholders would do this when face to face with the representatives of the Free States, what would they not do in the Slave States? The civil war in Kansas revealed the demoralised condition of the non-slaveholders in the South. Missouri represented the other Slave States in its constituent elements. It was certain that Kansas, governed by a majority of its citizens, would be come a Free State. But the non-slaveholding Missourians, led by slaveholders, entered Kansas, and by terror, fraud, forgery, and murder, at tempted to extend to that territory the reign of the slaveholding oligarchy. As clay in the hands of the potter, so were the non-slaveholders in the South moulded by slave holders. The former joined the latter in seven ex peditions within two years after the Pro-Slavery President Pierce had entered upon his office—one to make Sonora, against her will, an independent republic ; one to rescue Tamaulipas from the control of her own inhabitants ; one to aid imaginary revo lutionists in Cuba ; one to give undesired succour to Ireland ; one to occupy a grant of land in Costa Rica, which Costa Rica denied ever having made ; one to help foreigners to overthrow the national Government of Nicaragua ; and one to perform the same office to Lower California. All of these paraded the American flag, and declared them selves missionaries of freedom, and every one of them was made up mainly, if not wholly, of the defenders and extenders of slavery. I close with a short extract from a speech made in Congress, Feb. 4, 1833, by John Quincy Adams. He said :—" Not three days since, Mr. Clayton, of Georgia, called that species of population (viz., slaves) the machinery of the South. Now that machinery had twenty odd representatives in that hall, not elicited by the machinery, but by those •who owned it. And if he should go back to the history of this Government from its founda tion, it would be easy to prove that its deci sions had been affected in general by less majorities than that. Nay, he might go further, and insist that that very representation had ever been the ruling power of this Govern ment." How terribly has the South been cor rupted—how deep has been its degradation ! But the darkness is passing away ; slowly but surely it is being regenerated ; and it will yet leap for joy, because slavery and its evils, which rested like an incubus on all its energies, have been removed no more to return.- - Yours very truly, Bristol, Feb. 19, 1867. EDWARD MATHEWS. Antipodial Aquatics. Americans in China have shown their country• men at home a better kind of international compe tition than sailing yachts across the Atlantic. To have surpassed Britannia in any kind of maritime ex ploit is, of course, highly satisfactory. It was very gratifying when Mr. Stevens, in the America, dis tanced the English yacht fleet and revolutionised yacht-models—still more so when Mr. Ericsson, with the Monitor, answered Punch's taunt that it behooved Jonathan, having shown John how to build a yacht, to instruct him in building a man-of war ; and, from the estimate placed by English yachtsmen themselves upon our last achievement, it apparently only remains for the Henrietta or the Vesta or the Fleetwing, or all of them, to outsail a fleet of European competitors in order that our cup of maritime exultation may overflow. But victo rious yachting is, after all, a mechanical sort of triumph, creditable chiefly to ship-builders and sailing -masters, requiring a kind of pluck which the heavy pursed alone can display ; while, above all, the fact that only dwellers near the seaboard can engage in it prevents its ever becoming among us a national amusement even for those whose other circumstances permit. The handful of Americans at Shanghai have worsted their Eng lish opponents in a contest which should win them infinitely more KVBOS than attends the yacht race. Pre-eminence in rowing has always been held to be an inalienable British glory, and when to their pre scriptive, prowess were added the considerations that the English oarsmen in Shanghai exceed the Ameri can by the rate of six to one, and that the match was pulled in the eight-oared shells with coxswains instead of our six-oar with bowsman steering, it was hardly surprising that the English residents filled the papers in advance with letters patronisingly eulogistic of the " hopeless pluck of the Yankees " Their exultation may have been based upon the previous defeat of American by British men-of-war's boats, which we can readily conceive, since the achievements of a naval crew, the build of their boats, their oars, time, drill, speed, are all of an order calculated to excite the derision of a Harvard or Yale freshman. In the race, however, the Ameri cans—who, by the way, were all from New York and Massachusetts, and among whom were two Harvard race-crew men—took the lead from the start, and at a pace which carried them over the mile and a half in eight minutes and a half soon left their rivals so far behind, that the English cap tain relinquished the idea of pulling over the course. In the minor races on the same day, the American oarsmen won such laurels and so overturned popular preconceptions that, as we learn from the letter of a Yale boating man present on the oc casion, the American population of Shanghai were nearly a week after " still chuckling" over the event. What the fortuitous representation of Americans at Shanghai was able to accomplish as matched against an assemblage of our English cousins, which afforded much larger field for selec tion, it is not unreasonable to hope our college clubs knight do in an international university boat race. The prestige of Oxford and Cambridge oars men is as well established as it is long-lived, while it is only within a very few years that Yale and Harvard have had any really first-rate rowing in which to glory. Moreover, the miserable multipl cation of our colleges so reduces the number of me❑ from whom a college crew can be picked that the English would have as great an advantage over the American boats as their countrymen in the an tipodes had over ours. The odds would certainly be in favour of Oxford and Cambridge; but, on the one hand, by its victory in an international university race, Yale or Harvard would gain such glory as neither has opportunity to win at home ; and, on the other, there could be no ignominy in defeat at the hands of such doughty antagonists. We write without special knowledge of the con dition of next season's crews either at Yale or llarvard. The commodores, however, by this time probably know pretty well what material they have to work with for the fall races, and if, on comparing notes, each finds that he can do credit to his Alma Mater, they cannot do better than proceed to challenge the English university crews to two matches, to be pulled on either side of the water, during the next and the following summer vacations. It is unfortu nate that the commencements and class meetings are held too late in the season to permit any steps being taken in them, but the navies are prosperous both at Yale and Harvard, and there can be little doubt that the alumni of the two colleges, at least the boating-men among them, would willingly relieve the commodores of as much of the expense of the expedition as should be necessary. The challenge has long been talked about in a vague way, especially at the time of the Worcester regattas, for several years past ; and there is no reason why it should not at last be made, since, we presume, the faculties would interpose no difficulties. Defeat is, of course, among the possibilities, but if Harvard is capable of such pulling as last year's, and Yale as that of the year before, it is not likely. At all events they would have less discouragements to face than those over which our countrymen in China passed triumphantly ; and we hope our col lege oarsmen will " make a note on" the demonstra- tion upon the other side of the world that Ameri can pluck and gallantry can be more creditably vindicated than by heavy betting, fast horses, or yachts from the best builders and sailed by the most skilful masters and crews that money can pro cure. A French and English international regatta is being arranged to be held at Paris this summer, and, although at the season when it is likely to take place undergraduates will be in the middle of their term, there is no reason why some of the crews which in past time have won laurels for their colleges should not reassemble and be sent as a much more sensible American deputation than was proposed by the admirers of the New York Seventh Regiment.—The Round Table. Miscellaneous American News. Senator Wilson's bill to increase the pay of army officers adds one-third to the pay of all officers b. - low the rank of major-general, and the pay of all field and other mounted officers shall hereafter be the same as is now provided by law for cavalry officers of like grade. The act to increase the pay of soldiers, approved June 29, 18G4, is continued in full force for three years from the 20th August, 1866. The bill has a rider authorising the sale of the Government property at Harper's Ferry. GAMBLING MANIA.—The Springfield Republican has anarticle on the lottery mania which has seized the people of New York and other cities of the Union. The success of the Crosby Opera House scheme to Crosby ! has and will lead to hundreds of worse swindles. Crosby netted half a million of dollars by the operation, and has got the Opera House back, free of encumbrance, for $200,000, which cost him $600,000 to build. Mr. Lee is richer by $200,000, a few won pictures and statuary of un certain value, and the 200,000 individuals who got nothing, have the satisfaction of knowing that they enriched the others at no great personal sacri fice. Put it in the light of a voluntary contribu tion to those they know nothing of, and care not a straw about, it is an amiable transaction. But many angrily declare themselves swindled, which is very green in them, for they ought to know that the prizes are rated at double their value, and the managers do not take up the business from philanthropic motives. A lottery was drawn at Washington—as it was said—for some Orphans' Home, another at New York for the benefit of a Union House, both conducted by ladies, assisted by gentlemen of standing and responsibility. All classes have been seized _ with the mania, and good people who would refuse t o p l ay a game of whist at their own fire-side carry lottery tickets in their pockets. The managers of gift enterprises, barefaced swindles, are lending their services to benevolent societies, and pocketing portions of the plunder. The police, who made a raid on Heenan's private gambling establishment one evening, assisted next day in keeping order while the lottery for the Union House was was being drawn. Though the Massa chusetts laws forbid lotteries, many of the best citizens held chances in the Crosby scheme, and though they do not consider themselves criminals, they begin to suspect themselves to be fools ! This mania is exceptional, and grows out of the un healthy state of trade and finance. Business now resolves itself into gambling, and moral soundness can only be restored by re-establishing trade and finance in their normal condition. The Watchman and Reflector, writing of Liberia, says :—" Only half a century ago the primary founders of this African nationality were gathered in a prayer meeting at Princeton, New Jersey, to commend its fortunes to the care of Heaven ; and, surely the prophetic prayers of that day have been amply fulfilled. What was then a mere conception is now a fact of history, a living power. On the first day of November, 1848, a treaty was signed in London between Great Britain and Liberia, placing both of the contracting parties in relation to each other on the footing of the most favoured nation. On the 25th day of November, 1854, a treaty recognis ing the principles of perfect equality was ratified by the Emperor Napoleon. For more than a quarter of a century the slave power ruling at Washington had solemnly sworn that this new nationality should never be recognised by our Government ; but just as soon as that slave-power was crushed, this Black Republic was recognised by a treaty with the United States of America, signed October 21, 1862 (the ratifications were exchanged in London, February 10,1863) taking the most perfect equality and reciprocity as the basis of this agreement,' and guaranteeing to the citizens of Liberia, in the United States, full protection for their persons and property, with the enjoyment of ' all other rights and privileges which are or may be granted to any other foreigners, subjects, or citizens of the most favoured nation.'" THE MUTILATED SHERIDAN DESPATCIIES.—The New Orleans investigating committee has been try ing to find out who furnished the garbled despatches of General Sheridan to the press. They cannot trace them home, but the dishonourable work was done at the White House, though the President seems to be cleared by the readiness with which he furnished the entire correspondence to the press on being informed of the mutilation committed. It appears that the mutilated despatch of Sheridan was printed at New Orleans the same day as in New York, and on his writing indignantly to General Grant on the subject the latter sent copies of all the correspondence in full to Secretary Stanton, asking to have them pub lished, and saying:—" Already a garbled version of one of these despatches, and an incomplete copy of another, have appeared in the public prints. These publications put General Sheridan in the position of taking a partisan view of the whole question ; and, what is still worse, of being one day on one side of the question and another day on the other side. His despatches in full show that he takes no partisan view, but reports what he believes to be the facts, without regard to who is hit. lam just in receipt of a telegram from him showing displeasure at his despatches getting into print in a mutilated and incomplete form." LITTLE SCENE IN TIIE HOUSE.—When Mr. Stevens introduced his Military Government Bill, Mr. Le Blond, of Ohio, Democrat, asked whether it was right or proper to put such an important bill on its passage without even half an hour's debate upon it—a bill establishing military jurisdiction over all the Southern States ? Mr. Stevens re marked that he would allow the gentleman (Mr. Le Blond) half an hour for debate. Mr. Le Blond said he did not ask it for himself, but if he had the power he would demand it as a right on behalf of the American people. Mr. Stevens suggested that he would hold the matter in consideration till to-mor row, and if he then thought the American people wished a prolongation of the debate he would accede to that ; in the meantime the House might as well adjourn. Mr. Le Blond declared for the American people that they wanted to be governed by the constitution and the laws, and not by a military despotism. ADDITIONAL MAILS TO THE UNITED STATES.—The United States' Government have just concluded a contrast with the North German Lloyd's for a separate mail, to be carried exclusively by the steamers of that company. At present only two mails per week are despatched between the two countries—viz., one by the Cunard line (Saturdays from Liverpool, and Wednesdays from New York), on the part of the English Post office ; and one on the part of the Washington Department (Saturdays from New York, and Wednesdays from Southampton, Liverpool, or Fal mouth), who for this purpose avail themselves alter nately of the vessels of the North German Lloyd, the Ilamburg-American Company, the Inman Com pany, and the Arago and Fulton line. By the new contract the North German Lloyd steamers are to sail from Southampton on Tuesdays instead of Wed nesdays, and from New York on Thursday instead of Saturdays, and mails will be despatched by them every week on those days throughout the year. There will thus be three mails per week despatched in future between the two countries, and the addi tional mail day is likely to prove of great benefit to the merchants interested in American commerce, particularly so as the steamers of the North German Lloyd have shown themselves to be some of the faded in the trade. The fleet consists of eight full- powered screw steamers built on the Clyde, viz., the New York, Bremen, Hansa, America, Hermann, Deutschland, Union, and Weser. The new con tract will come into force at the end of next month. THE PROFITS OF SILVER MINING.—The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press of December 22 gives a return of several Nevada silver mining companies with a list of monthly dividends declared for November, from which we gather that six of the companies, working a total of 5,000 feet, paid in dividends $330,000 for the month, or at the rate of $3,960,000 per annum. The returns show that these mines were paying an average of 51 per cent. per month, or 66 per cent. per annum upon the market price of the shares, while three of them-- I the Yellow Jacket, the Savage, and the Imperial— the only ones of which we know the capital em ployed, paid at the rate of 30, 76, and 65 per cent. respectively, for the month, or 360, 912, and 780 per cent. per annum upon the subscribed capital. COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. Wheat trade dal', and prices is cheaper. Barley also rather lower. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. Trade inactive, and all but fine parcels were is per qr lower. A healthy demand for barley, and best qualities supported last week's prices. Oats were not plentiful, and prices stationary. Beans sold at former quotations. Peas a dull trade. New white wheat, 65s to 68s ; new red, 59s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 49s to 54s per qr ; grinding , 32s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 365. Beans, 43s to 50s per 38 stone. DERBY-FRIDAY. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with wheat, but the demand was dull, at rather less money. A middling supply of barley, which met with a firm inquiry, at last week's prices. Oats and beans were sold at previous currencies. Now white wheat, 65s to 68s ; old red, 60s to 65s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 52s per qr. ; grinding, 33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 298; old, 298 to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 58s to 60s; new, 41s to 518 per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. At our market to-day there was a full attendance, and only a limited amount of business was done in wheat at about previous rates. Flour dull and rather easier. Indian corn extremely quiet, at is decline since Tuesday. Beans 6d per qr. lower. Oats and oatmeal met with a slow sale, and prices were nominal. RIPON-FRIDAY. White wheat, 8s 6d to 9s 3d per bushel ; red, Gs 6d to is 9d; beans, 7s 3d to 7s 9d ; oats, 25s to 33s per qr ; barley 35s to 44s Od. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. We had a good supply of wheat, with a heavy sale, and rates tended downwards. Barley in fair request, and best sorts maintained their value. Oats were a scanty show, and sold at late rates. Beans a heavy trade at last week's prices. New white wheat, 64s to 67s ; red do., 58s to 63s per 86 stone. Barley, malting, 50s to 535; grinding, 27s to 3 55 per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28 s ; old, 28s to 32s per 21 stone. Beans, 52s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. Tho raw and refined markets continue very dull, and prices have further declined 6d to is per cwt., with very little doing. Rum sells steadily at late rates. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. a. Lambert's W.Hartley 16 0 Walls End Hetton 19 0 Holywell Main l6 6 Hetton Lyons 16 3 Brancepeth Cannel ships at market, 32—sold, 26. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--Last Evening• Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 161 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 1 11 181 11 181 11 181. Rotterdam Antwerp 25 35 25 40 Brussels Hamburg — 13 8/ 13 9 Paris Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 32/ 25 37/ Marseilles - 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on the Maine 120 120/ Vi enna — 12 95 13 6 Trieste — 12 95 13 5 Petersburgti Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn - Milan - Genoa — 26 90 27 --- Naples — 26 90 27 -- Palermo - _ Messina Lisbon • • Oporto - 26 90 27 51Z- 52k - 52 52k Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Sonthamptoa.....Mar. 22. -------- Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ..... Mtr. 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Feb. 27. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. -Mar. 6. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Fcb 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 22 Ditto, via Marseilles . . Feb. 22 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 28. . _ Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 2Z. Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 2 2 . Ditto. via Marseilles Mar. 16 Newfoundland Portugal! Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. .. United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. Feb. 2 7 . Ditto. by United States packet, via South:lmp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry „Feb. 2 1 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) •••• ....Feb. 28. Bahaim.i, via New York. Mar 7. Cuba /lad Mexico Feb. 28 Bermuda, via Halifax West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teucriffe Mar. 6 Queer thing is an insurance policy. If I can sell it, I can-eel it, and if I can-eel it, I can't sen it. Two students meeting on the road with a hostler they fell to bantering him, and told the fellow they would prove him to be a horse or an ass. 66 Well , said the hostler, " I can prove your saddle to be 5 mule." " A mule !" cried one of them, 4 , how c 6 ' 3 that be ?" "Because," said the hostler, "i t LI something between an ass and a horse !" " Are these pure canaries ?" asked a gentleman of a bird-dealer. " Yes, sir," said the man, coo' ' ' fidently. " I raised them 'ere birds from canal seed !" LADVERTISEMENT.i—IroIIoway's Pills and Ointrnen t c e Colds, Coughs, Shortness of Breath.—These carreet. l eb , remedies are infallible for these pectoral complaints, i','h!op. neglected, often end in asthma, bronchitis, or cons-an:4AI e , ~, The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest and back Pe ° s trating the skin is carried directly to the lungs, whence expels all impurities. All the blood in the body constapcls passes through the lungs, and there all noxious Partisna tending to produce disease can be quickly, thoroughlY , te d p er manently neutralised, rendered harmless, or .elecrer from the system. Holloway's Ointment and Pills ,00d fectly accomplish this purification, and through the 1 :1 ;0 ,.. thus cleansed the influence of these wonderful 11 104 ;„(1 ments reaches the remotest parts of the human bodY , thus cures all diseased actions whether internal or " ternal. Births. ARDAGH —On the 21st inst., at Taunton, the wife of 0. Col. R. D. Ardagh, of the Madras Staff Corps, of a 1 0 1.. COLTILLE —On the 22d inst., at 42, Eaton-place, Lady villa, of a son. CRUIKsHANK —On the 22d inst., at 21, Cl a rendon - rt i t: Notting-hill, the wife of A. W. Cruikshank, °- daughter. _.„ 1 413, PoLLocic—On the 21st inst., at The Limes, Wan ds " - the wife of David G. 11. Pollock, Esq., of a son. Marriages.tg HARWOOD FARLEY—On the 21st inst . Al 1 S v tou— Church, Paddington, Edward, eldest son of E. liar jo ie, Esq., of Woodhouse, Gloucestershire, to Elvir a lOr youngest daughter of the late George Farley', -r.'" raster - at-law, \Vorcester. JAY—PAIN - SON—On the 21st inst., at St. Paurs,,,-1 s' Hendon, Thomas Simpson, son of Captain Jal , n eat Cavendish-square, to Elizabeth Ann Ellerton, Yetoieot daughter of John P. Pawson, Esq., of Littl _ Deaths. ~ Va ir KERR—On the 20th inst., at 27, Rutland-Klua: ' burgh, Col. A. B. Kerr, late of the Madras ArrilY'r $ t 0+ MORRIS—On the 21st inst., William Morris, M S ''' . ~ Tudor-road, tipper Norwo,tvfor V POOLE—On the 2lst inst• , M od r. John Poole, o f IN 8- common, aged 61. s 0 4 SYER—On the 18th inst., at Kedington Recto* -11 Captain D. R. Syer, R.N., aged 79 . dOnt hit' SLADE—On the 20th inst., at Sumner-road, croy William Slde, aged 67. CO ljet# THomas—On a the 21st inst., at 1, Grove - v illas' , j 60. well, Wm. Thomas, Esq., of Somerset House, ag" $4l TowEtt—On the 19th inst., Christopher T. To of Weald Hall, Essex, aged 92. _---- _ _---- "0 , ________----- . 410 11 " q Loudon : Printed end Published by IV if, L lAA/ ll-, No. nt of No. 11 2 . 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