The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOITTILEASTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to re commend the proprietors, at the general meeting on the 28th inst., to declare a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The report of the directors states that the revenue account for the half-year ending Dec. 31 shows au available balance of £47,979, out of which a divi dend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum was re commended, payable on sth M arch, leaving £2,474 to be carried to next account. The total traffic re ceipts for the half year amounted to £195,252, as against £191,451, showing an increase of £3,801, including the recipts of the increased mileage of the Chard Branch (124 miles) from Sept. 11. The working expenses amounted to £101.436, or 51 . 95 per cent., as against £96,057, or 50.19 per cent., for the half-year ending Dec., 1865, showing an in crease of £5,379. The total receipts from all sources on revenue account for the half-year amounted to £206,316, as against £201,951, showing an increase of £4,365, and the balance, of £l,lOO, brought from the previous half-year, made a total of £207,417, as against £204,029, showing on the total revenue receipts an increase of £3,388. The total expendi ture of all kinds (except debenture and preference interest) amounted to £108,380 (as against £101,640), leaving a profit of £99,037, out of which had been charged for debenture and preference interest £51,058, leaving the balance of £47,979 available for dividend. The capital account showed an increase of £206,255. The expenditure of capital charged in the half-year amounted to £106,829, and the total capital expenditure (including investments), to Dec. 31, was £4,345,881, leaving a balance of £171,843. The average rate of interest on the de bentures outstanding at the close of the half-year was £4 ss. 9d. per cent., as against £4 3s. ld. per cent. in June last. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION. The directors state in their report that the traffic receipts in the past half-year amounted to £6,384, against £5,633 for the same half of 1865, showing an increase of £731. The expenses showed an increase of £669, including £5OO placed to the credit of renewal account. After pay ment of interest on debentures there was a net ba lance of £2,735, out of which the directors recom mended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £35. The inconveni ence to which railway companies were liable in ob taining the renewal of debentures under any pres sure in the money market had induced the directors to recommend that additional ordinary share capital be created to the extent of £28,600, for the purpose of extinguishing the existing debenture debt of the company. The capital accountshowed that £113,300 had been expended. LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S WOOD. Übe half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Old Palace-yard, Westininster ; Mr. W. Austin in the chair. Mr. HENCHMAN, the secretary, read the report, which stated that considerable progress had been made in the execution of the works since the last meeting, but in consequence of the limited extent to which the preference shares were taken up by the proprietors, it was deemed prudent to slacken the progress of the works during the winter months. It having been found after a careful investigation that £150,000 in addition to the balance of borrow ing powers, would be sufficient to complete and open the line and stations as far as the Swiss Cottage, the Metropolitan Railway Company resolved to recom mend their shareholders to subscribe for £lOO,OOO of preference shares of the St. John's-wood Company, provided that arrangements could be made for rais ing the remaining £50,000 required. Those arrange ments having been made the directors hoped to be in a position very speedily to enable the con tractors to urge on the works with renewed vigour, and to complete and open the line early in the en suing autumn. The capital account showed that £358,533 had been expended. The report of the engineer stated that four-fifths of the railway in length were not completed, and that arrangements for completing the remainder of the railway works and stations, and for working the traffic on satis factory terms, had been concluded. He trusted that in the early autumn of this year the line would be open, and through trains to and from the city running over it. The CHAIRNIAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on having succeeded in making considerable progress with the works, but the progress would have been much greater were it not for the unreasonable discredit that had been thrown on railway debentures, which had always been considered excellent security. They had purchased the land for a double line of railway throughout, and they would have a large quantity of surplus land to dispose of, which would improve their position considerably. The traffic on the line would no doubt be very considerable. Trains would run east and west from their junction with the Metropolitan Railway, and also over the Metropoli tan District Railway when open for traffic. They had no doubt whatever that it would be a profitable undertaking. Mr. LEE, M.P., seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, and it was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, Mr. D. Nicoll and Mr. A C. Sherriff, M.P., were re-elected, and also Mr. Bellamy, the retiring auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. WEST NORFOLK JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lynn on Saturday, Mr. L. Simpson in the chair. Th=3 report stated that the total outlay on capital account had been £103,500, for which 181 miles of railway had been constructed. The estimates had thus been exceeded to the extent of £3,500, which bad been raised by a temporary loan, to be dis charged out of revenue. The traffic receipts from Aug. 17 to Dec. 31, 1866, had been £1,355, of which 30 per cent. was paid to the Great Eastern Company for working expenses. Of the £677 balance, £602 was absorbed in interest on deben tures and £35 in general expenses, leaving £4O, which was carried forward to the next account. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was adopted. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Durraut were re elected directors, and Mr. Ilolditch was re-appointed auditor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lynn on Saturday—Mr. L. Simpson in the chair. The report showed a balance of £2,175 applicable to dividend, which was recommended at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £75 to be carried to the next half-year. The traffic receipts of the past half-year were £5,648, as compared with £5,422 in the corresponding six months of 1865, £5,408 in the corresponding period of 18G4, and £4,212 in the same half of 1863. The steady pro gress iu the revenue was attributed to the gradual development of Hunstanston as a sea bathing place, and to the traffic brought on the line by the West Norfolk Junction Railway, which was opened in August. The capital account showed that £80,419 bad been received, and £80,690 expended, leaving a balance of 1271. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that the best opinions formed as to the value of this line would be realised. The report was adopted and the dividend declared. Major Hare And Mr. Durrant were re-elected direc tors, and Mr. Plews was re-elected auditor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. CORN WALL. The report of the directors states that during the half-pear ending Dec. 31 last £8,245 of the 44 per cent. guaranteed perpetual preference stock had been issued, and a similar amount of the 6 per cent. pre ference shares had been redeemed, and debentures to the amount of £71,774 had been issued. The inte rest on the debenture debt during the year 1866 amounted to £19,952. The net revenue of the COM- pany amounted to £45,429, leaving a surplus of £25,477. The claim of £66,000 [made by Mr. Ritson in respect of works executed by him for the company had been settled by the payment, under award, of £6,041. The traffic receipts for the past half-year had been £47,332, as against £50,160 in the corresponding half of 1865. The falling off had been entirely in the passenger traffic. The decrease in the working expenses was £4,408. The capital account showed that £1,819,476 had been expended. The revenue account for the half year showed that £47,332 had been received, and £21,320 expended in working, leaving a balance of £26,012. RITYMNEY. The report of the directors states that the expen diture on capital account during the half-year was £1.3,712. The total receipts on revenue account amounted to £31,360, against £31,363 in the same half of 1865, showing a decrease of £2,997. The balance at the credit of the revenue account was £3,001, out of which the directors recommended a dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £145. The total expenditure on capital account amounted to £557,810. The revenue account showed that £34,360 had been received, and £14,738 expended in working, leaving a balance of 1.19,622. lIANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways and canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c., from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10, 1867, amounted to £58,953, as against £58,668 for the corresponding period of 1866. The proportion of the South Junction receipts accruing to this company from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10 amounted to £4,042, as against £4,550 for the corresponding period of 1866, and the expenses to £2,296, as against £2,642. MONT CENIS (LIMITED). The second half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the office, Victoria street, Westminster—Mr. A. Brogden in the chair. The report stated that nothing had occurred to alter the opinion of the directors as to the very en couraging prospects of the undertaking. The da mages to the road by the late floods were limited to the section between San Michel and Modane, and would not interfere with the opening of the line be tween Mondane and Susa by May next, as previously stated, thus leaving only ten miles to ,complete the total distance, which they trusted would be finished in July next. The damaged portions of the road be tween San Michel and Modane were about to be repaired in a very substantial manner, at the ex pense of the French Government, and the railway would thus be protected from a recurrence of such disasters for the future. With regard to the por tion of the damages which would fall upon the company, a special decree had lately been signed by the Emperor, according to which two-thirds of the actual losses incurred would be allowed to the com pany. The rails on the Italian side were all deli vered on the mountain, and also the greater portion on the French side; and the permanent way, ,with the exception of the central rail, was laid over the whole length from Susa to Lanslebourg. The con struction of the locomotives had been intrusted to Messrs. Gouin and Co., of Paris, and the railway carriages and other stock to Messrs. Chevalier Cheilus, and Co., of Paris, who entertained no doubt of being able to deliver a sufficient number in time for the opening of the line. The Board had reason to believe that the total cost of construction would be considerably within the amount named in the prospectus ; while theadditional investigations made by Mr. Fell on the Mont Cenis. showed that the traffic would exceed the calculations previously made. The amount expended on the works, and in payment of interest and other charges, was £137,155, and deposited as caution money with the French and Italian Governments £8,186, leaving a balance of £10,790 at the bankers and in hand. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the pro gress which had been made in the works, notwith standing the late unprecedented floods and the winter season. He was glad to assure them that the greatest portion of thp lino wonlil hp ( T on for traffic. in May next. That was still further confirmed by a letter he had received that morning from Mr. Fell. He informed them that some experiments lately made on the Mont Cenis, to test an im provement introduced in the locomotive with the object of dispensing with the centre rail over a considerable length of time, had proved successful. The improvement in the traffic was so rapid that the number of horses and mules em ployed on the common road for the service of the through traffic had increased 25 per cent. since the beginning of last year. He believed that the pro spects originally held out would be far exceeded. The time had now arrived when the bonds of the company would have to be issued to provide means for the completion of the line, and he invited the shareholders to cordially co-operate with the direc tors in accomplishing this object. Mr. W. BELL seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Cannan was elected auditor, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The Fenian Raid on Chester. (From the Anglo:.American Times.) The greatest Fenian feat has been the capture of the ancient city of Chester and the general scare of the English public. An attempt has been made to make light of this little episode in the history of Chester, which is neither warranted by the facts nor wise iu the face of such an extraordinary and audacious enterprise. The first message which reached London reported that a body of Fenians, numbering hundreds of men, from the manufactur ing towns in the vicinity, had assembled at Chester and attacked the Castle, containing several thou sand stand of arms. Although the hostile move ment did not proceed so far, there was great danger when the message was despatched that the attack would immediately be made. In the vicinity of the House, and at the clubs, the fact was known on Monday evening, but it was not till the following morning that London awoke to the news which the daily papers spread far and wide to a startled and almost incredulous public. In the middle of the night a battalion of the Guards were roused from their beds, and in an hour were rattling along the North-Western in a special train to the scene of action. A company of the 54th had been despatched at once from Manchester, and to the timely arrival of this company is attributed the salvation of the town. The Fenian desperadoes appear to have laid their plans well, counting most falsely, we be lieve, on the disaffection of a company of the 54th, by whom the Castle was garrisoned. It is a fatal mistake for these people to make if they act on the supposition that any reliance can be placed on the assurances of a few drunken privates. Whatever may be the feel ings even of these individual soldiers they are mere cyphers in the ranks, and are compelled for self preservation when the moment of action arrives to turn all their energies into the effort to defeat their foe. When men are engaged in a life-and-death struggle they cannot play " fast and loose." Their annihilation will probably follow their defeat, and the men who knocked them on the head neither know nor care whether they ever professed Fenian sympathy. Even the instinct of fighting when bullets begin to fly, and blood to flow, swamps all principles, and man becomes the savage animal he in reality is. The training of the British soldier is opposed to the exercise of individual action. When he is ordered to load,—load he must, and load he does ; and even if his first shot be wide of the mark, when he warms up, and his comrades begin to fall, his subsequent bullets are more truly directed. - It will be found in the day of action—and on this we do not hesitate to express the strongest opinion I —that the dfficulty will be in restraining the Bri tish soldier, no t i n i n du c i ng hi m t o ac t. The Fenian scheme was one of positive madness, but even the more dangerous from its very desperation. Had they sacked and burnt Chester, which might have been accomplished at a terrible expenditure of blood and outrage, they would have been hunted down and shot like dogs ; and we repeat that in the hour of trial there will bi found an element of ferocity in the English character which only re quires such scenes to be roused into action, A THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1867. great many more officers would soon have qualified themselves for places in the dock beside Colonel NELSON and Lieutenant BRAND ; and if they had not, Chester is not the only town which would have been pillaged and destroyed. England has enjoyed so great an immunity from such scenes, that the people cannot understand the absolute necessity of meeting brutal outrage, with ferocious violence. The impunity extended to conspirators has led to this demonstration, and will perhaps lead to some horrible disaster. We regret most deeply that a generous forbearance in such cases should he a false policy ; but facts are showing unmistakeably that it is so. If the peace of this country cannot be insured until some Fenian leaders are hanged, the sooner that event occurs the better. It is the first duty of Government to protect the persons and property of the governed from outrage ; and the laws of the country must be defective, if bands, whose known object it is to attack a city, can arrive in that city in organised companies, their leaders assemble in a house, and direct the proceedings of the men in their pre paration for the attack for twenty-four hours, and leave that city unmolested, because the inhabitants and the authorities by energetic action, have frus trated their chance of success. Though we acknowledge the principle that prevention is better than cure, our laws invite attack; while those who know the English character are aware that if the conflagration broke out, it would be ferociously extinguished in an ocean of blood. There is some thing positively absurd in the facility and impunity with which this demonstration was made, and in the fact that a few reckless Fenians from New York could with such ease throw this great country into a state of consternation, and hold for a day an important city in a state of absolute terror. system can never tend to the true interests of a nation. Yet it follows surely on laws framed wholly to exclude foreign produce. When a country is erected into a gigantic protection fort ress, its inhabitants learn to regard revenue officers as their natural enemies. Instead of being con- sidered a crime, smuggling on a small scale becomes a pleasant and profitable pastime ; and on a large scale the organised business of clever and energetic citizens, who might but for these false laws of economy be more creditably employed. The higher the duties are raised, whether internal or import, the greater will be the profit, and therefore the greater the inducement to take up smuggling as a business, and no effort the Government can make will be sufficient to defeat the contrabandists. When this stage is arrived at the question passes beyond the region of policy, and becomes one of possibility. It may be advisable for the United States to exclude everything grown or manufactured abroad, but it is impossible to do so, and such attempts are therefore but pernicious follies. In the Senate, Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, spoke strongly against the Tariff Bill, and although his audacity surprised the house, he was supported by a large section of the press. Mr. GRIMES charged the manufacturing interest with a . determination, at any cost to the country, to put money into their own pockets, not satisfied with the enormous profits made during the last six years. He denounced the old cry of " Protection to American labour," de claring that with more truth it could be called " Robbing American labour and agriculture." In stead of increasing revenue, the bill would decrease the revenue and destroy the commerce of the country. He argued that even the interest it was intended to protect would be injuriously affected by the passage of such a bill. If we are to judge from the present state of the ship-building and house-building trades, it must be allowed that the lowa Senator had good grounds for his prediction. Ship-building has almost ceased, and house-building is at a stand-still on account of the enormous cost of timber. Vast as are the resources of the United States, which are constantly retrieving the blunders of statesmen and financiers, yet it is impossible that the State-horse can continue easily to carry a load adjusted so clumsily. When it becomes galled, and its fettered limbs are strained and stiffened, the animal may begin to kick, and however patient this particular animal may be, under the soothing as surance that it is for its good, when it finds after its hard work it gets chaff instead of oats, we feel confident that the deluded boast will kick. The horse has to carry a load, and will carry the load, but let it in the name of common sense be fairly adjusted.—•Anglo-American Times. Naval and ,elligence. The spring change of quarters of the Brigade of Guards will be made on the Ist proximo. The Grenadier Guards, Ist Battalion, remove from Chelsea barracks to the Tower of London and St. John's-wood barracks; the 2d Battalion from Wel lington Barracks to Chelsea barracks ; and the 3d Battalion from the Tower and St. John's-wood barracks to the new wing of the Wellington bar racks. The head-quarters of the Ist Battalion of the Coldstream Guards remove from Dublin to St. George's barracks, the remainder of the battalion to Chelsea barracks ; the 23 Battalion from the Wellington barracks (old wing), Kensington, and Buckingham Palace barracks to Dublin. The Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards remove from St. George's and Chelsea barracks to Windsor ; 2d Battalion from Windsor to Wellington barracks (uld wing), Kensington, and Buckingham Palace bar- racks. A detachment from the 13th Depot Battalion, comprising three officers and 59 men, has left Pem broke Dock for Bristol, where they are to be sta- tioned for some time. It is believed that the recent Fenian disturbances have induced the authorities to take this step, and stationed a small force at Bristol. The Curagoa, 23, screw frigate, 350-horse power, Commodore Sir W. E. Wiseman, C. 8., was paid out of commission yesterday at Portsmouth, after being dismantled on return to England, from service on the Australian station. W. Wakeley, ship's steward, J. James, gunner's mate, and J. Valiance, ropemaker, were recommended to the Lords of the Admiralty for medals and gratuities for long ser- vice and good conduct. The Himalaya, screw iron troopship, 3,453 tons, 700-horse power, had her commission pennant hoisted yesterday at Portsmouth by Capt. S. Piers. The following promotions and appointments in the corps of Royal Marines were yesterday amiounced at Woolwich—namely, Lieut.-Gen. J. T. Brown to be Gen., vice Coryton, deceased; Major-Gen. T. Lemon, C. 8., to be Lieut.-Gen., vice Brown ; Col. Com mandant Hayes Marriott to be Major-Gen., vice Lemon ; Col. Second Commandant W. S. Aslett to be Col.-Commandant, vice Marriott, at the Ports mouth division ; Lieut.-Col. R. K. davell to be Col. Second Commandant at the Chatham divi sion, vice Aslett; Capt. and Brev. Lieut.-Col. It. Boyle, instructor of musketry, to be Lieut.-Col. at the Chatham division, vice Clavell ; First. Lieut. and Adjt. J. G. Shanks to be Capt. vice Boyle, and to be appointed to a diyision to be hereafter named ; Second Lieut. Herbert St. George Scomberg to be First Lieut., and appointed to a division to be here after named. The sailing yacht Chatham, tender to the Wel lesley, 72, having been surveyed by the officials since she has been in dock at Chatham, an order has been received from the Admiralty directing that she is not to be repaired, as she will be broken up or sold out of the service. The yacht is believed to be the oldest vessel in the navy, the dockyard records showing that she was built upwards of 150 years ago, since which she has un dergone every variety of alteration and repair. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieuts. It. B. Lambert and G. F. Purdon to the Himalaya; Lieut. A. M'Kechine to the Zebra ; Lieut. E. C. Hall to the Asia ; Dr. T. B. Parches, surgeon, to the Himalaya ; S. 'Willis, surgeon, additional, to the Excellent ; and B. H. M'Curdy, assist.-surg., to the Himalaya. Overend, Gurney, and Company. Messrs. Kingscote and Urissell have issued the following circular : " To THE SHAREHOLDERS IN OVEREND, GURNEY', AND CO. (LIMITED.) "Gentlemen,—At the present moment, when the law has spoken, and when a judgment has been delivered which from the first was predicted by those who looked dispassionately upon these unfor tunate affairs, it is possible that a calmer considera tion may be given by the shareholders to their actual position. " Statements have been recently laid before the public which, though in some cases based upon truth, have nevertheless given an exaggerated and incorrect account of the real fact, and we fear have added to anxieties already sufficiently grave. We hope that we may be able somewhat to allay these feelings. " It is satisfactory to know, and it is due to the liquidators to state, that the liabilities of the limited company have been greatly reduced, and do not now amount to one-sixth of the sum at which they stood on the 10th of May last. These liabilities are daily running off, and the assets are being realised, though not very rapidly, yet gradually, and with as much speed as is consistent with prudence. Money is accruing for a further dividend, and should no further obstacles be interposed by the ' Defence Committee,' as it is termed, the liquidators would at an early day be in a position to declare a further dividend. " At present the results obtained by the labours of the Defence Committee are to add on the one hand to the grievous burdens of the shareholders a large amount of law expenses, a great accu mulation of interest, to imperil, by deferring, the recovery of doubtful calls ; and, on the other hand, by delay to irritate the great body of creditors, from whom, nevertheless, concessions are to be sought. " Is not the time come when those shareholders may wisely accept their responsibility, and can they, now all the facts are known, entertain any well-grounded expectation of releasing themselves from liability 1 " We believe, though day by day the difficulty increases, that if they would terminate the proceed ings so disastrous to their fellow-shareholders and t 1 ,0”,..1v.., th. er.ditnr. a/n.114 OM net with con sideration towards them. We believe if this struggle is prolonged all hope of anch a result may be abandoned. " Any suggestion for an arrangement between debtor and creditor must be based on a more accu rate knowledge of the actual position of the estate than the shareholders at present possess, and until this is furnished we refrain from putting forward any scheme. " A statement is now in course of preparation by the liquidators and will soon be in the hands of both shareholders and creditors ; we have reason to think it will be considered satisfactory to both. " Were these embarrassing proceedings at an end we are convinced that a basis exists for an arrange ment which the creditors might accept, while it would relieve the shareholders from much of the further inconvenience with which they are threat ened.—We are, your obedient servants, " HENRY KINGSCOTE. " HENRY GRISSELL. " 65, Lombard-street, Feb. 19." Prohibitory Duties a Mistake. It is not easy to satisfy manufacturers when once they have taken up the cry of Protection, and find it pays. The natural tendency is to run into extremes, and to centre all the broad national interests into the narrow gauge of the political economy which suits their own book. To such extremes does success carry them, that in the end they invariably defeat the very object they have in view. The returns of the manufacturing concerns of some of the Eastern States lately published show surprising profits. The dividends range from 20 up to 70 per cent. In deed, in the case of a paper mill, 100 per cent. was divided; yet the cry is for more, and it is more than probable that the Tariff Bill now before the Senate, adding largely to the import duties, will be- come law, and pass into operation on the Ist April next. However sound may be the principle upon which protection to American manufacturing indus try is founded, there is danger of carrying it to an extreme, and thereby injuring the cause its sup- porters profess to forward. The object aimed at is to encourage the immigration of artisans and skilled workmen of Europe, and to foster into activity and strength the young and struggling manufacturers of the country. The intention may be good, and the policy a sound one, as applied to the present condition of the United States. Up to a certain point that policy may be practicable, and even judicious, but when carried beyond that point the tendency is to destroy the industry intended to he fostered. Mr. WELLS'S report gives an instance of the effect of pushing the principle of protection Ito an extreme. The annual consumption of domes ' tic spirits is 40 millions of gallons, on which a tax ought to have been levied of 80 millions of dollars, at the rate fixed by law of two dollars per gallon. Of this sum only 20 millions was received by the Treasury, the distillers having evaded the impost of the other 60 millions ; a fraud, even at the depre ciated currency, of some nine millions sterling. So heavy are the duties on imported spirits, that brandy, rum, and gin have ceased to be generally consumed by the people, and have given place to the home distilled whisky. The first effect is to force on the consumers an inferior article, which in the course of time has a prejudicial influence on their tastes. Such was .the influence in Great Britain when the wines of France were prohibited by an excessive duty in favour of those of Spain and Portugal. The next effect is to encourage dis honesty, by holding out great inducements to de fraud the revenue, which inevitably leads to bribery, corruption, and untruth. In this game the victims are the honest distillers, who cannot compete with those who succeed in passing their spirits into the market free of duty. The third effect is to en courage the pernicious habit of smuggling, which invariably exercises an evil influence on the morals of the people. The sea-board requires to be blockaded by revenue cruisers, and the frontiers to be lined with Custom-house officials. Without the guarded circle are those whose brains are at work to pass their goods within, and within that circle are those ready to extend every aid and i encouragement to the smugglers outside. Such a THE BOMBAY MAIL. By the arrival of the above mail we have advices 'rom Bombay to January 29, and from Calcutta to January 23. The Times of India says with regard to the famine : " Sir Cecil Beadon, the Lieutenant -Governor of Bengal, has unnecessarily managed to place himself, though only momentarily, in a very invi di o u s light befere the public. It now turns out that the mis conception has arisen from his having just taken a step which, if adopted 14 months ago—as with the information then in his office it should have been— would have staved off the direct severity of the famine, and saved Sir Cecil's name from the re proach which must uow cling to it. The very week before the commissioners who are appointed to re port on the famine of 1866 left Calcutta , Sir Cecil despatched to Cuttack one of the ablest m e mb e r s of the Board of Revenue, Mr. Schlach, and the Cal cutta public jumped to the conclusion that this trusty servant of Sir Cecil had, as a precautionary measure, been sent in the van of the Famine Inquiry Commission, in order to hide the death's heads and cross bones which may probably figure in the report of that body. Mr. Schlach's mission was, however, quite a different one, and with a more praiseworthy object. He was sent to verify a report previously called for and received from Mr. Ravenshaw, the Commissioner of Cuttack, from which it was made manifest, even to the Government of Bengal, that great exceptional exertions will yet have to be made a—O....sr 41.—i. renewed famine and probable starvation. Mr. d g i i a sl l atmiv measures asu C r o es un w c h il ich made are re a state Schlach has confirmed these grave apprehensions, and Sir C. Beadon on the 19th inst., at a sitting of f en t t of Bengalthe e the rem Lee impera tively required during the next six or nine months o ( f o f public 82 l b until the crops of next August are reaped. Of these the primary one is the importation of rice by Govern ment into the province, to the extent of 12 lakhs (1,200,000) together with the vigorous prosecution ?Orks. Mr. Schlach's report evidently i ndicates a sta te of extreme social m un d s and industrial disorganisation ; but he expresses warm approval both of the value of the work done by the Irrigation Canal Company in Cuttack, and the zeal shown by the agents of the company in carrying out relief measures. Sir Cecil Beadon in timated that appeals might fairly be made to the public towards the support of some thousands of orphans now maintained by missionaries and other voluntary agencies ; but for all other purposes the public revenue will be depended on. He mentioned that the Government of India, which had already expended 24 lakhs (1240,000), would lose heavily in remissions of revenue, and was providing funds for the public relief works. This incidental disclo sure renders the public more anxious in awaiting the report of the Famine Inquiry Commission, whose actual investigations must be nearly com pleted ; and the course now followed by Sir Cecil Beadon, it is clearly seen by every one, was still more imperatively called for at this time last year, when warning was given by the press, which might easily have been verified and confirmed by the cor respondence of the Board of Revenue itself. In the discussion in the Bengal Legislature, one non-offi cial member, Mr. Peterson, urged that migration from Orissa to places where demand for labour existed should be encouraged, and that the land holders should be placed under a system of highway and poor rates in order to provide local roads, and for the relief of pauperism ; but this gentleman ap peared to speak without sufficient knowledge of Orissa, where the landlords themselves are impo verished, and there is far more land available for cultivation than hands to till it. Sir C. Beadon admitted that in Cuttack the population is reduced by one-half to one-third." The Calcutta Englishman mentions the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief at the Presidency, and the rumour from an up -country paper that his camp is to be broken up. No one seems to know, it says, the object of Sir W. Mansfield's return to the Presidency, though it is surmised it has some con nection with the last phase of the celebrated Simla case. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, in consequence of the intensity of the cattle plague in Belgium, has issued a decree extending the previous prohibitions against the entrance of animals into France to the whole line of the French frontier from Dunkerque to the Rhine near Lanterbourg. Similar interdictions have been issued by the Belgian Go vernment. Some sensation has been created among the Paris papers by a circular from the post-Office authorising the opening of letters supposed to contain a letter to General St. Priert from the Count de Chambord. The explanations given upon the subject by the Government in an official communication to the newspapers is perfectly satisfactory. The letter, we may add, contained treason against the present Dynasty, and all Governments claim the right to suppress treasonable correspondence. When the late Sir James Graham was in office, he contwded openly in the House of Commons for the right. The Russian Correspondence of St. Petersburg states that the Imperial Mineralogical Society has just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. After aTe Deum bad been celebrated, Prince Nicholas de Leuchtenberg, the President, stated that he had been honoured with a rescript from the Emperor, in which his Majesty thanked the society for its activity and useful labours. His Imperial Highness afterwards announced the recompenses awarded by the Emperor to the members, both Russian and foreign. TlMES.—Dockyard debates are almost as myst, fYing as dockyard accounts, but it may, perhaps, simplify the present controversy if we explain and discriminate between the complaints of the public, the apologies of officials, and the promised measures of reform. On the first point there is very little uncertainty, for even the stanchest defenders of the existing system have no difficulty in discerning and The expressing the opinions prevailing around them. The general idea, says the Duke of Somerset, is that " an enormous sum of money is annually expended on the navy, and that the country does not receive an equivalent return—does not, in fact, get the money's worth." The notion floating about, says Mr. Stansfeld, is that " dockyards, if not nests of jobbery, are at least scenes of waste which, in its • -L a uo acs aV lA6. IN V Vv..."•-• • these are correct representations of the popular be lief. Mr. Seely himself could not have stated the case against the Admiralty more plainly, and such, indeed, is the reputation of the board that, as Mr. Stansfeld frankly added, " somehow or other, Idon't know why, everybody seem s inclined to b e li eve every thing that is said against it, and nobody seems r e ady to believe anything that is said for it." The ques tion therefore is whether, and to what extent, this universal opinion is erroneous. It will be in the r eader's recollection that the Duke of Somerset, who is now credited with the authorship of th e p am phlet ou Naval Expenditure to which we recently re f er red, d esc ribed the Admiralty as the victim of a prejudice created by resentment on the part of disappointed officers and impatience on the part of taxpayers, but w e shall find quite eno u g h in Tu esday's debate to give another colour to the conclusions of the coun try. Mr. Stansfeld 's apology for the Department was based upon the improvements which had been effected since its condemnation by the Report of a Committee seven years ago. The language then em ployed in speaking of the Admiralty was not, he said, applicable to it at present. Yet he agreed directly afterwards with Mr. Seely himself, and admitted, in the very terms of the proposition before the House, that there actually was" a want of efficiency iu the control and management of the dockyards." All he contended for was that the defect was due, not to the constitution of the Board, but to the bad organi sation of the subordinate departments, and the ab sence of due responsibility ; so that he acknow ledged the evil, but disputed the remedy. At the same time, he seemed desirous, as did other speakers, of mitigating or qualifying the imputa tions attaching to the department, and on this point, therefore, we had better at once appeal to the authority of the First Lord himself, who spoke on the occasion with remarkable plainness and candour. 46 I pledged myself last year," said he, " that I would endeavour to ascertain what were the real errors in our dockyard system, and what remedies could be found. I have tried to redeem that pledge, sparing no pains in making inquiries both in the dockyards and elsewhere, and the conclusion I have arrived at is this—that the worst thing we have to complain of is a certain laxity which characterises the whole system ; that laxity I attribute mainly.to the fact, which you cannot disguise, that these are vast establishments carried on for the most part by persons who have no direct pecuniary interest in economy." We can only observe that if this is the " worst thing," it is quite bad enough, and that it is amply sufficient to account for the expenditure of money without the production of money's worth. But, now it must be asked how far this laxity of system is inevitable, or to what extent it may admit of correction, and we shall soon find that the in quiry will lead us to the very pith and marrow of the controversy. The Duke of Somerset, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Stansfeld, and Mr. Childers all concur in impressing upon us that we cannot reasonably expect the economy of a private esta blishment in a public dockyard. It is not merely that we miss the close and energetic supervision given to affairs " where every shilling tells on the profits of those who manage them," but that the national establishments are, in point of fact, required to do much more than is done in the yards of private shipbuilders. The dockyards are not merely places in which ships can be built at lei sure. They are, and they must be, establishments equal to the support, maintenance, and repair of the fleet in times of emergency. Their resources must not only be at any time in apparent excess, perhaps, of actual needs, but capable of sudden expansion. The cost, therefore, of the work performed in them cannot justly be measured by that of work done in a yard where nothing is required except to build a particular ship as economically as possible. That, in in a few words, is the standing defence of the Ad miralty whenever it is said that a ship which could be built for £150,000 by contract costs £200,000 at Portsmouth ; and to a certain extent the justifica tion is complete. But the complaint of the public is, not that there should be an excess of charge arising from this inevitable obligation, but that nobody can tell whether the excess is reasonable, or, indeed, what it actually amounts to. And when it is asked how this mystery comes about we are referred to the system of " dockyard accounts" as being at once imperfect and unintelligible. To this point Sir J. Pakington fearlessly went. There is an officer called the Controller of the Navy—at this moment, by common consent, a most efficient man. With him Sir John took counsel, remarking that in theory, and according to presumption, he was " the head of the dockyards," and " really controlled and managed" them. So, " I asked him," says Sir John, " ' Can you do it ?' He said ' I cannot do it.' " Here, there fore, by the description and confession of the First Lord of the Admiralty, WO have " vast establish ments" in which no person is under any inducement to practise economy, and which are practically .be pond the control of the officer reputed to be their controller. Is it any wonder that for the " enor mous sums of money annually expended on the navy" the country should " receive no equivalent return ?" Is it necessary to imagine a popular prejudice in explanation of the public discon tent ? Is there not rather an antecedent pro bability in favour of all that is said by Mr. Seely and his supporters? What, however, is the remedy ? Sir John Pakington consistently looks for it in an accurate, comprehensive, and intelligible system of accounts, and to obtain this he naturally looks for a qualified accountant. Accordingly, he proposes the appointment of a Superintendent of Dockyard Accounts, who is " to give his whole time, with such reasonable assistance as he may require, to the con stant control and management and superintendence of the great financial expenditure which the Dock yards incur." By this method it is hoped that we shall get plain facts and figures to go by, and, if the expectation is fulfilled, we shall then be able to see whether the outlay on our Fleet expresses extrava gant waste or only unavoidable costliness. But we should be understating the question if we repre sentedit as financial only. It turns mainly upon money, no doubt, but still there would probably be little debate about our naval " expenditure" if the country were satisfied with its Navy. Mr. Seely, however, justly observed that the Admiralty could not " challenge us on the results." The Fleet pro duced by all this outlay is not a good Fleet. We do not mean to disparage our present fighting ships, but simply to say that the Navy is never acknow ledged by naval men to be at any given moment such a Navy as it ought to be. Just now we are perhaps less in arrear of the age than usual, but the First Lord of the Admiralty, however he may qualify his words, has said enough to show that our position is not satisfactory. We complain, there fore, not only of expenditure, but mismanagement; and, indeed, it is mainly for the purposes of ad ministrative reform that a verification of expendi ture will be useful. This verification, as the first step to improvement, we hope soon to see, but in the meantime we must protest against the charges of exaggeration and credulity which some very young officials brought against the press and the public. Enough was said in the debate, enough has been quoted in these remarks, to justify all the discon tent expressed out of doors. We have no doubt that the Dockyards contain, as Sir John Pakington plaintively alleged, " gentlemen of as high honour and as sensitive feeling" as Mr. Seely himself ; but when it is admitted that they are all working with out the least motive for economy, and pith a laxity characterising the whole system, it is surely reasonable in those who must pay the bill to find some fault in the proceedings, and to require some effectual reform. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. —There is often a close connection between the domestic and the foreign policy of sovereignty. A monarch that shows little regard for the rights of his subjects, little regard for the feelings and the interests of the several orders of the State, will not be very scrupulous in the observance of treaties, or very equitab le in his dealings with neighbouring nations. Thus, to give but one example, the flagitious partition of Poland by the Governments of Russia, Prussia, and Austria in the last century, was but a too faithful symptom of their violent assaults on the civil liberties of their people, the rights of the Church, and the doctrines of Christianity. And as the Constituent Assembly of 1789 develoyed i the re volutionary maxims of despotic sovereigns n regard to the Church and the people, so that Assembly and its successors failed not t o carry out the lessons of international law which they had learned from the same august authorities. The foreign policy of the present Emperor of the French has been determined by his internal system of go vernment. I attempted to show on the last occa sion the course which he migh t have pursued, and which would have redounded to the happiness of France, and might, I think, have eventually proved beneficial to his family. And I did not conceal the fact that even with the best intentions the re vival of the Imperial rule was beset with the most formidable difficulties. These difficulties, how ever, which from the state of parties in 1850, and by reason of the failure of issue on the part of the Duke de Bordeaux, and on account of the unpopu larity of the House of Orleans with the Catho lics of France, were not so great as they might at first appear—might by honesty and wisdom have been overcome. Imperialism, founded on popular election, possesses not the same stability as Royalty, based on hereditary succession ; and when, moreover, it has by its policy alienated from itself the clergy, the nobility, and the wealthy and intellectual classes, it must seek its support sometimes in the disorganised masses, devoid as they are in France of all corporate rights ; some times in the military force, making the one or the al nr ;TA s+riirno . n+. of ;fa a Tni an Im perialism, the heir of so much martial dory, and withal of so much civil tyranny and disorder, was, perforce, driven into a policy of aggression to wards other States. It was cradled and nurtured in war, and by war it must live and flourish. When in November, 1799, the illustrious Gorres, then a young man, had, with others, been deputed by his Rhenish countrymen to lay a complaint before the First Consul, Bonaparte, he wrote to a friend, after an interview, that Bonaparte's staring eye and restless gait made him augur ill for the future peace of Europe. And though I must say that in 1850 I was one of those who put faith in the promises of Napoleon 111., yet when he declared after his election to the Imperial throne, that he had prayed by his uncle's tomb, and there sought inspiration for his futury policy, I began to have serious misgivings for the happiness of France and the peace of Europe. Napoleon I. was a sort of saint in whose patronage, I must confess, I had little trust. The first war into which the Emperor of the French dragged Europe, was one provoked by the imprudence of the Russian Government — I mean the Crimean war. Its object was specious, and deceived many well-thinking men. It was desigiied, as was alleged, to check the ambitious aims of Russia in the East, to protect the com merce of the other nations in the Mediterranean, and to rescue from destruction the Catholic mis sions in the Levant. These objects were laud able ; and the victory of the Allies in the,Crimea insured a temporary success to their policy. But the same results, as I shall show, could have been obtained by other means. Instead of a wise and definitive settlement of the Eastern question, to be brought about by a happy concert among the Christian Powers of Europe, what were the imme diate results of the Crimean war? The decrepit empire of Turkey, destined (as Napoleon 111. well foresaw) to be the source of fresh contests and fresh complications, was artificially upheld in Eu rope ;—Greece, with an unnatural distribution of territory, was left in a false, embarrassed posi tion ;—Austria and Russia were henceforth bit terly divided ;—Prussia was enabled to pursue more easily her cherished scheme of ascendancy in .aprmany ; the revolutionary Government of Piedmont was introduced to the fl a ttering notice of Europe; England, partly by her fatal patron age of revolutionary principles, partly by the loss of the Austrian alliance, was more and more shunned, more and more isolated from the coun cils of the Continent ; and lastly, France was rendered for a time the arbitress of Europe. The French Emperor had succeeded in his object. The European alliance, weakened by the disastrous events of 1830, was now utterly destroyed: That alliance, if it had committed some faults, had, on the whole, preserved the independence of States, and crushedout the embers of the anti-Christian and anti-social revolution. Its destruction left the revolutionary field open to the game of politics, and to schemes of aggressive ambition. Viewed now by the light of subsequent events, the Cri mean war appears an immense mistake. The happy solution of the Eastern question would have been, I think, first, the expulsion from Europe of those Tartars, " encamped, as M. de Bonald once happily said, on the soil of Greece," and which after four centuries they have not settled, nor even tilled ; next, a redistribution of the territory of the kingdom of Greece, including those portions of Europe still under Turkish dominion ; again, an open trade to all the Western States. After the termination of the war in the Crimea there was a temporary lull in Europe. The French Emperor cast about his falcon eyes to see what kingdom would next be his prey. The fears of innocent people were quieted by the famous declaration at Bordeaux, " L'Empire c'est la paix." But, as the same authority has more than once, like the ancient ora cles, indulged in dark, enigmatic sayings, are not these words susceptible of two interpretations ? They may mean, as is commonly supposed, that the Second Empire, different from the First, shall be pacific. But may they not also signify that Peace is the Empire, or is Imperial—that is to say, that peace can be secured only by a compact or well-extended empire that shall have swallowed up neighbouring States, or at least reduced them to extreme weakness? The like ambiguities are certainly found in the sibilline oracles, and later events would seem to authorise the second interpretation of the famous words I have cited. Certainly, the Pax Imperil of the Romans was the result of universal conquest. There were some hints in theyrench press to show that the idea of an invasion of England was not quite foreign to the French Emperor's mind. A vague suspicion of such a scheme certainly flashed across the popular mind of England. But the noble rising of her people—the prompt arming of the different corps of Volunteers—one of the most honourable as well as memorable events of our recent history—checked, .doubtless, the first bud dings of Imperial ambition. ;But to render herself perfectly secure against all similar attempts, Eng land must give completeness to this military organ isation, and, moreover, furnish her army and navy with all the appliances of modern science. Far more must she do ; she must satisfy the just de mands of the generous, warm-hearted, long-suffer ing people of the sister isle, and give them security for their homesteads and freedom for every grade of education—a freedom -without which that of the altar is illusive. She has still more to do ; she i must firmly discountenance revolutionary doctrines and revolutionary projects at home and abroad. COUNTRY MARKETS• GAINSBOROUGII-TUESDAY. Wheat came moderately to hand, and prices were fully as high as last week. Sales ready. Littlo demand fur barley, which sold at last week's prices. Other kinds of grain were a moderate show, at late rates. HULL.-TUESDAY. - --- The supply of wheat at to-day's market was fair, and we had a tolerable attendance of the trade. Business was rather active, and last week's prices were realised. A very moderate supply of barley, and the demand was firm at about last week's prices. Oats a steady trade, and late rates were supported. Beans a slow sale, and without much change in price. English white wheat, 66s to 70s; red, 63s to 66s ; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 67s to 72s ; Baltic red, 62s to 66s ; Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s to 58s. Barley, English, 36s to 50s; grinding, Mediterranean, 34s to 355,6 d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Russian, 2Gs to 275. Beans, old English, 58s to 60s; foreign, 43s to 445. Peas, English blue, 42. to 445 Od ; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. S ALISBTIRY.—TuEsDAY. We had a good attendance at our market to-day, and a fair supply of corn. The inquiry was only limited, and vices unaltered. Barley met a quiet demand at late prices. Oats steady. Beans dull. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 55s to 65s ; barley, 37s to 538; oats, 24s to 30s ; beaus, 463 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 4s 6d to 5- 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 15d ; household ditto, 14d per 81b loaf. Flour, 45s to 495 per sack. MON3IOUT IiSHIRE—TUESDAY. The markets have been tolerably well supplied with wheat, which was in middling condition. A fair business was done in home grown sorts at about late rates. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per bushel ; white, is 9d to 8s Od ; inferior, 6s Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 46s to 52s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 31s to 34s Od; beans, 44s to 508 ; white oats, 27s to 28s ; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. BRIST OL—T UESDAY. At our market there was a thin attendance. Some busi ness was done in wheat to-day, but operations were checked by the expectation of large arrivals. A limited supply of barley, which sold at late rates. Oats wore in inactive demand, at previous prices. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Lambert's W.Hartley 16 0 Walls End Haswell... Holywell Main l6 6 W y lam l6 6 Thornley Trimdon Thornley 617 Walls End Hetton ... 19 0 Neagh Hall l7 6 Ships at market, 25—sold, 15. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton. ... —Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles liar. i 6. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ..... M ir. 6. Ditto, by French packet Feb. 22 Cape of Good Elope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 27 China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Mar. 6 . Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Ft b 19. Ditto, via Marseilles - Feb. 22 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via Marseilles .. .. Feb 49 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 28. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb 22. M a uritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mar 16 Newfoundland P• ....Mar. 6 . Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, vii Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, Dy Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb 2 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Feb 28. Baham'...i, via New York. Mar 7 Cuba and Mexico F.i. 28 Bermuda. via Halifax ....., . . Mar. 13. ITelit Coat Of Africa, Mwieira, and Tcacr life ....Mar. 6 The use of horse-flesh as food is becoming more and more geumal, says a Paris paper. The Observateur d'Avesne says that the horse butchery of Ilautn3ont becomes daily of greater extension. Three horses are killed there weekly, a fact which has cheapened the price of meat. The horse-flesh for food is sold so cheap as from 2d. to 3d. English per pound, ac cording to quality and cut. INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE DEATH-RATE . —ln his report for 1863, just published, the Registrar- General for Scotland says :—" in the seventh and eighth detailed reports attention was directed to the influence of marriage on the death-rate of the female, and tables were published showing the death-rates which prevailed at each quinquennial period of life among the women wh ° were married and those who were unmarried. These tables proved that the influence of marriage on female life Wa s quite appreciable. They showed that the married wome n died at a slightly higher ratio than the unmarried during the three quinquennial periods of life extending from 15 to 30 years of age ; but that during the latter half of the child-bearing periods of life, viz., from 30 to 40 years, the married women died at a lower rate than the unmarried. At the time when the usual change of life oecurs iu the female—viz., from 40 to 50 years of age, the mortality of the married female was found slightly te exceed that of the unmarried ; but from 45 to 75 yea 5 of age the married women died in a lower proper , tion than the unmarried. Desiring to complete the inquiry, the influence of marriage on the death rate of the male sex has been examined into for 1863, _and the results are so startling that they merit the greatest MAO', tion. Table 18 (which is app ended) shows the number o' married and unmarried men in Scotland at each cfniu quennial age, the deaths at the same ages, and the pro portion of deaths to the living at each age. By thg t table it appears that at every age from 20 to years, the death-rate of the married mon is very Inu c ": smaller than that of the unmarried ; in fac t, it p rofe' that the influence of marriage on the male set is much more potent than it is on the fe male —potent to an extent never previously imagined' Thus, reading the table without the decima ls, 50 PI to make it more easily intelligible, and rec koning th°" 100,000 persons of each class were livingat each quin ( l °°P i nial age, it is seen that, while between 20 and 25 yea r lft age, 1,174 unmarried men died during the year in number, only 597 married men, or h alf the numbs', die the same age. In other words , b etween the a g es of 20 le 25 years, the death rate of the b achelors was exactly do° that of the married men! A nt! LADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointni-- ,„0 None except the uucommouly hardy can hope to . s ',. c ' o t i t continued unsettled and unusually wet weather wit,':' r ee some bodily discomfort or actual disease. IlolloweY ja medies have won a name and fame previously unkuoW%g medical science for their ability of successfully conto,tio. with colds, coughs, quinseys, rheumatism, and n eure i g s ig This formidable list of dangerous and painful affeetio.l4o; completely under the controlof these inestimable speel.°ooo, which, used according to their accompanying directn;i.oor will soon mitigate the torture s, su pp ress all inflarnitted tendencies, and secure the sound est health. The alieo m oderate price charged for these never -failing. re? as, places them within the reach of the most humble erintf w hose ill-health, by producing pover t y , exa g gerates personal pangs. Births. FORBES— On the 14th Dec. at Nelson, New Zealanc_lL.4tl3.l3°, Lady of Sir Wm. S. Forbes, of Pitsligo and Fettervo Bart., of a daughter. . ' • ^t fa HAWES—On the 17th inst., at Woolwich-common, the ^ -1 of Captain Arthur B. Hawes, of a son. iii nel LIGHTFOOT—On the 6th inst., at Malta, the wife of Cc).- Lightfoot, C. 8., 84th Regiment, of a daughter. y o Ig - WOMBWELL —On the 19th inst., at Newburgh part, ''. pr shire, the Lady Julia Wombwell, of a son. Marriages. r hiocl:11 MORRIS—WEIGHT— On the 19th inst , at St. Mails ' .l- tb t ° Bridport, Mr. W. Morris, of The Avenue, Blackber3,-,IIOS Sarah, second daughter of Mr. IL Weight, of -51° ' -' bury. ( M UNR O —CUNCLIFFE —On the 19 th inst., atMilvertoe , . o ria, II A. Munro, .M.'s Bengal Staff Corps, to Janet Vitit33l4.l daughter of the late Gen. Sir Ro bert U. Gunliffe' C. 8., of Acton Park, Denbighshire. Deaths. a 74 ' BATES—On the 19th inst. , at 129, Whitecbapel -4°3 ' W. D. Bates. n t I " 3‘ ° CAMPBELL—On the 18th inst., at St. Peter's, T ll3- ' Campbell, Esq., aged 79 . vfo soef Husox On the 20th inst., at Blackheath,Miss IlerY aged 79. JONES—On the 16th inst. , Fr ancis Jones, Esq., 0f Ise3derif ' hall-buildings, Gracechurch-street, aged 54 0 f 28' . s o w- MILLs—On the 18th inst. , Mr. Walter Mills, gate-street, aged 87 . 0 0' ne ar WEBSTER—On the 19 th inst., at Rose-hill, ge ter, John Webster , Esq., aged 64. 0 413 ' London : Printed and Published by W ILL DIU A— '- so. it: , of Na 112. Strand. Pi 3 nter at THE SIM 0110,,,ti Ot Strand, In the PreCind of the SaYoy, in the CO" IdichilefieJr.,,—Thursday, FeDruary 21, WO, 4