The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a meeting of the Common Council was held at Guildhall for the despatch of business, the Lord Mayor occupying the chair. Mr. JOHN SY3IONDS, referring to a recent discus sion in the Court of Aldermen, give a notice of motion to the effect that, inasmuch as it was con- trary to the principle of self-government that any tax should be imposed upon the rate-payers, other wise than by their periodically elected and respons ible representatives, the Court of Common Coun cil would oppose to the utmost of its power any at- tempt to levy a county rate in the city of London by any body of men not subject to periodical elec- Deputy ELLioTr asked if it was true that an en tertaining robe, embroidered with gold, for the Lord Mayor, and of the value of 130 guineas, had been ordered by the Court of Aldermen, the same ex- pense and for the same purpose having been in curred six years ago? The LORD M AYOR replied that the Court of Aldermen had passed a resolution, authorising a new entertaining robe to be provided for the Lord Mayor ; but, instead of the same expense having been incurred six years ago, as had been stated by Deputy Elliott, the Court of Aldermen six years ago, in an economical mood, provided a robe at the cost of 80 guineas, and it was now in such a state that it was not fit to be worn. On the motion of Mr. JOHN SYMONDS, a copy of the report of the General Purposes Committee of the Court of Aldermen recommending the expendi ture of a sum not exceeding £BB3 odd in the repair of the plate and jewels at the Mansion-home, and a copy of the resolution of that Court thereupon, were requested to be laid before the Common Council. In reply to Mr. M`GEORGE, as to what arrange ments were made by the Commission of Sewers for the removal of the snow from the streets during the last great fall, The CHAIRMAN of the COMMISSION (Mr. De Jersey) [stated that the arrangements were em bodied in a report by Mr. Haywood, the engineeer, which was being printed for circulation among the members of the Common Council. He repeated the statement as to those arrangements which he had made on Tuesdey last at the meeting of the Com missioners of Sewers, and which was reported in ?he Sun of the following evening. THE NEW MEAT AND POULTRY MARKETS. The City Architect (Mr. Horace Jones) presented a report, stating that since the last meeting of the Court on Dec. 20 the works of the new meat and poultry markets had been delayed for 11 days by the Christmas holidays and by stress of weather. There had been the average number of 140 workmen and 45 two-horse carts a day engaged upon the -works in that interval and 3,320 cubic yards of earthwork removed. The delivery of the iron work had continued since their last meeting almost daily, there were about 50 workmen engaged in fixing the same, and up to yesterday four of the main girders with their columns were fixed in their places. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT GUILDHALL. On the motion for continuing the Guildhall Im. provement Committee, a strong opinion was expressed by Mr. Webber, Mr. Fricker, and Mr. Blake that the purpose forwhich it was appointed had been attained and whatever remained to be done by it might well be done by the standing committee for the manage ment of the city lands. Mr. Fricker also took occa sion to complain of the great and unnecessary ex pense to the corporafion occasioned by the work of the Common Council being intrusted to so many committees. Mr. KELDAY, the chairman of the special corn mittee, and Mr. Deputy LOTT dwelt upon the in convenience which would result from the interrup tion of the improvements in progress or in contem plation at Guildhall, and especially of pending ne gotiations for the purchase of property. Mr. BEDFORD urged that the committee had so far done the work well' and that it would be ungracious to discharge it before it had completed that work. Mr. J. E. SAUNDERS defended its continuance on the ground that it had a grand scheme in contem plation for reconstructing in a manner worthy o f the corporation of London the whole of the corpo ration offices adjacent to the Guildhall, and for erecting a sort of Hotel de Ville in that locality. Mr. Sheriff WATERLOW said the cost of carrying out such a scheme might be from £lOO,OOO to £150,000. If they had that money to spare let them expend it on public improvements rather than on works tending to their own aggrandisement and convenience as a corporation ; but if they were pre pared to entertain the grand scheme to which refe rence had been made he thought they should re-ap point the committee. Mr. ROWE said he never remembered powers so extensive as those which had been conferred on the committee in question. They had expended £O,OOO on the Guildhall, and were now about to ask for a grant of £25,000 for the erecticn of a new library and museum. Deputy ELLIoTT observed that the work of re storing the Guildhall had been well done, but he trembled to think of gigantic works being carried on in a patchwork way, and said what they wanted in carrying such undertakings was one mastermind, combining the attributes of the builder, the architect, and the poet. The discussion, in which Mr. Ridley, Deputy Bower, Mr. Lawley, Mr. M'George, Deputy Fry, Mr. Rudkin, and other members took part, was con tinued, and in the result the committee was re-ap pointed. THE FREEMEN'S ORPHAN SCHOOL. The Rev. Marcus T. Cormack, M.A., was-elected Head Master of the City of London Freemen's Or phan School. Deputy ELLIOTT, previous to the election of a Master, desired to put a question. The Court, he said, had received full evidence of the intellectual fitness of the candidates, but evidence was still want ing as to their moral fitness touching the best inte rests of the orphans under their care, and on a sub ject on which people might conscientiously differ. Some thought the searching secret teaching and ques tioning of some clergymen did tend to purify moral conduct ; others, including himself, and he would fain hope the majority of those present, believed as firmly that such teaching tended to great depravity of mind and manners. Therefore he desired, before giving his vote, that the candidates should declare if they approved or disapproved the ritualistic opinions and practices of certain Church of England clergymen. The general effect of the replies of the candidates, of whom there were three, was that they did not approve such opinions and practices. The election then proceeded with the result stated above. BuNHILL-FIELDS BURIALGROUND. The Court then, at the instance of Deputy Chas. Reed, chairman of the special committee in relation to Bunhill-fields burialground, proceeded to consider a report of that body of proceedings under a refer ence to them by the Common Council of the 7th of December, 1865, upon the letter of the Ecclesiasti cal Commissioners on the subject of the burial ground, and upon the petition of Mr. John Reming ton Mills, M.P., and others, to preserve it from de secration. The commissioners appear to have pro posed to accept, as the consideration for leaving the burialground undisturbed, five-sixths of the pur chase moneys paid for the sales of vaults, &c., in perpetuity to the corporation during the period of the current lease of 97 years. The total net pro ceeds of the burialground during the current lease amounted to £24,000, including the capital sums paid for vaults and interments, being an average for the 97 years of £247 odd a year. One-half of that sum had been applied in connexion with the prebend of Finsbury, and the other had been received by the corporation. The Corporation Committee and the Commissioners have not been able to agree upon the question of the consideration money, and the negotiations have, therefore, been suspended for the present. The latest proposal was that of the commissioners, which was to refer the whole matter to arbitration, but that the committee declined, alleging that there existed no ground whatever for any legal claim upon the corporation on the part of the commission, the latter having, in fact, advanced nothing beyond a vague intimation of a possible claim. The report, after setting out the correspondence at great length, stated in conclusion that it appeared to the committee that no useful result could be obtained by further correspondence, and they re commended the Court to re-affirm their readiness to undertake the charge of the burial-ground as trus tees for the public, defraying the cost of watching, maintaining it in a proper condition, planting trees and shrubs, keeping up the gravel walks, and pre serving the tombs ; so that it may form, within pro per hours, and under proper regulations, a decent and ornamental " open space" in the metropolis, co venanting that in the event of failure in these re spects it should revert to the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners. They further recommended that they (the committee) should be authorised to second the en deavours of any of the parties interested should they apply to Parliament, or make appeal to the public, with the view of securing the ground in perpetuity from the possible perversion to other uses than those to which it had been for centuries sacredly devoted. Mr. REED, in moving the adoption of the report and that it be referred back to the committee for execution, stated that the last offer of the Ecclesias tical Commissioners was to submit the matters in dispute to arbitration, buthe contended there was no legal issue upon which to arbitrate. He dwelt upon the circumstance that the property had been in pos session of the corporation for 500 years, and upon its interesting historical associations as a place of sepul ture for 200 years, stating, by the way, that though the consecration of the ground could not be vouched 1,000 cartloads of bodies were removed thither from St. Paul's in 1543. It was consecrated ground to all intents and purposes, and he hoped it would never be allowed to pass from the Corporation without some further investigation, and without their join ing with parties interested in preserving it from desecration in an appeal to Parliament or otherwise to avert such a result. (Cheers.) . . The spirit in which the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners are alleged to have acted in the negotiations with the Corporation was stigmatised in a discus sion which followed as pettifogging, mercenary, and disingenuous by Mr. Bedford and Deputy Burnell. The Commissioners, said Mr. Burnell, arrived at the conclusion that the ground was worth £lOO,OOO, and asked what the Corporation would give for the privilege of preserving it. It had probably, he said, never before entered into the minds of any but some of the highest personages in Church and State to evince such a spirit when the object sought to be attained, by the Corporation at least, was the pre servation from desecration of a place devoted to the holy purpose of human sepulture. He could only regard it as a proof of their being " willing to wound and yet afraid to strike," and of how grievous an offence it was in the eyes of High Churchmen to be a Nonconformist or a Dissenter. (Hear, hear.) An amendment was moved by Mr. GOVER to refer the report back to committee, with power to consent to a reference to an approved legal arbi trator of the question whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as reversioners, will, on the expira tion of the present lease, be entitled to the £24,000 odd mentioned in the report, or any, and if any,what part thereof, or to concur in stating a special case on the subject for the opinion of one of her Majesty's superior courts of law or equity. This was lost on a division, and the original motion for the adoption of the report, and for referring it back to the com mittee to be carried into effect, was passed. The court then adjourned. Conservative Demonstration at Colchester. COLCHESTER, Jan. 17 The Conservatives of Colchester entertained at dinner last evening their two selected Conservative candidates, Colonel Learmonth and Mr. E. R. Kars lake, Q.C. Between 600 and 700 sat down to din ner, and the proceedings were most enthusiastic. Mr. C. H. Hawkins occupied the chair. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The better Health of Mr. Miller, M.P.," the sifting Conservative member for the borough, whom he warmly eulogised ; and next in succession he gave the toast of the evening, " The healths of Col. Learmonth and Mr. Karslake," stating that, in the event of a single vacancy occur ring, Mr. Karslake would probably be first put for ward, with the consent of Col. Learmonth. The toast was drunk with three times three. Col. LEARMONTII, in returning thanks, said this was the first occasion on which he had the pleasura of meeting his friends at Colchester. The party appeared to be growing, and to-night they had a bumper meeting. A more brilliant or splendid assembly he had not seen in his time. It was a great surprise and a great encouragement to go on and endeavour to carry the point which all present had at heart. They were all bound to carry on to, he hoped, a successful issue the great contest which would come off soon in the borough ; and, for his own part, he was quite ready whenever he was called upon to do his best to win the day. We had now a prospect in a very few weeks of hearing the Queen's Speech, which would be delivered from the Throne by her Majesty in person, and which would be the poli tical programme of the next session. Of course any thing he could say upon the future course of poli tical matters must be naturally speculative, as no one knew, not even the Under Secretaries of State, what the programme of the Government was to be, so well, and as he thought so prudently, had they kept their secrets. Under these circumstances he would only review the conduct of the Government during the recess ; and he believed all parties— even the Radicals—admitted that the administra tive ability displayed by the Government during the recess had been very great. At the first outset a trap was skilfully laid for the new Government, and they narrowly escaped falling into it, although they showed great ability in escaping from it. He meant the trap which was laid for the Government by the Reform League and Mr. Edmond Beales. The Reform League people knew perfectly well that they had no right to hold meetings in the park; but when the Conservative Government came into office they thought there was a good opportunity to place them in direct antagonism with the people. They signally failed, however, in this, for instead of finding in Mr. Walpole a man who would shut his door in their faces, and give them 'no satis faction, they met with a most courteous gentleman, who treated them with more politeness than they deserved. It ought not to be forgotten that Sir George Grey had come forward, and in the most manly manner admitted that he should have acted in the same way that Mr. Walpole acted. An other demonstration was made by the same people in the winter, and they found a place to speak in in the park of a Conservative nobleman, so that there again they were checkmated. He thought all must admit that in other particulars the Govern ment had carried on matters in a most statesman- like manner. He referred more particularly to Ire land, which had been for many months past in a most fearful state of anarchy. Lord Abercorn had administered the affairs of Ireland with very great success and ability ; and he might say that the gravity of the Fenian conspiracy had vanished chiefly through the present Lord Lieutenant. In Scotland the Lord Advocate had gained golden opinions from both sides, and was doing wonders for the Conservative party as well ; therefore, in that country and in Ireland the Conservatives had not lost from having their friends in office. A good deal of abuse had been lavished upon the House of Com mons, and more particularly upon the Conservative members of that house, but he need scarcely allude to that ; it was too puerile, and had been well answered by those who were better able to speak on the subject than he was. To return more particu larly to the object which they had in view in Col chester, he belielred that Conservatives might lead others to their own way of thinking ; but he would wish them to do so in no other way than by argu ment and by putting things clearly before their neighbours. They ought to ask them whether they wished the country to be in a state of safety, and to preserve their old institutions (repairing of course, where there was need of repair), of whether they wished to sweep them all away. He thought, if any man reflected for five minutes, he would say that he wished to keep things as they were, as if we followed the advice of theßright party we should all be pretty well swept into the sea together. (Laughter.) He (Colonel Learmonth) thought that if Conservatives held to their opinions and explained them to members of the opposite party when they chanced to meet them, they would draw a good many to their side. No doubt the Conserva tives were strong enough to gain the contest in Col- chester without — their assistance, but still it. would be a stiffish fight when it came to the struggle for the double seats ; they might depend in any ctse upon his doing his best, with his friend ➢lr. Kars lake, to carry the day. They would make a good fight upon it, and if he had the honour at any future time to represent the borough, he should be happy to assist in every way in furthering its interests, as well as the imperial interests of the country. The amount of liberality and charity exhibited in the town during the present severe weather was surpris ing, and he should consider it his duty to support the various charitable interests of the town as much as possible. (Hear, hear.) One word more before he sat down ; as a Churchman he should support the Church of England as long as he could stand. (C heel s.) Mr. KARSLAKE, Q.C., said he could scarcely ex press the gratification with which he witnessed the present great demonstration. That gratification was two-fold—first, he could not help feeling the cor- diality of the reception with which they had grati fied his excellent colleague and himself ; and, secondly, because in meeting in numbers such as he saw around him, the Conservitive electors of Col chester showed that they were not otherwise than aware of the time in which we lived, and conscious that we had arrived at a great crisis in our political history. To borrow an illustration from his own profession, he might say there was—he would not say immediately, but before long—a great cause to be tried, the cause of "Progress v. Revolution ;" and he was happy to feel that many of those who in the last House of Commons were sitting opposite to the leader of the Conservative party were now advocating the cause of progress ; while their opponents, the advo cates of revolution, were, he believed, dwindled day by day. During the last few weeks since he had escaped from the drudgery of his profession and be come one of her Majesty's counsel, he had been en- deavouring to make himself more worthy to be a re presentativeof Colchester, as he felt certain he should one day attain to that position, and he was devoting a portion of every day to the study of the great subjects which would certainly come before Parliament dur ing the next four or five years. He had taken the opportunity to look over the revised speeches of some of our greatest orators—such as the present Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone (of whom from his great ability he should never speak otherwise than with respect), and that enormous demagogue, but great orator (for everyman should have his due) Mr. Bright. He (Mr. Karslake) did not regard the subject of reform as one of paramount importance, but rather as one which was forced upon Parliament; he believed, however, the Government approached that subject under the best possible circumstances. He had looked lately over the nine speeches which were made by Mr. Gladstone, who was one of the most eloquent and gifted men of this age, and who, as a Conservative, was ready to serve under Lord Derby not many years ago ; and really, when ha read Mr. Gladstone's orations he was obliged to re mind himself every five minutes that they were speeches uttered by a Liberal opponent, and not speeches made on the Conservative side of the House of Commons. Inthelastof Mr. Gladstone's speeches, when he moved that the orders of the day relating to the Reform Bill should be discharged, Mr. Glad stone said, almost in words which Conservatives would have uttered, that he deprecated upon prin ciple and upon an examination of precedents any sudden changes in the constituencies. Indeed, so far did he go, that after having referred to the view taken of the matter by the present Lord Chief Jus tice of the Common Pleas, then Mr. Bovill, who proposed an £8 franchise for boroughs, Mr. Glad stone said that, on the wbole, he thought that a £7 franchise, and not a £6 one, was the best; his reason being that he thought it was not desirable that any sweeping or extensive changes should be introduced into the constituencies of this great country. Well, as one hoping to go to Parliament as a supporter of Lord Derby's Government, what more could he say upon the subject than this, although he should have an opportunity at some future time of discussing with his friends at Colchester the details of the ques tion. Further, he found Mr. Gladstone saying that, putting aside all narrow and selfish considerations, it would be the duty of the Liberals, if a Ministry more fortunate than themselves were able to introduce some fair and prudent scheme for the amendment of the representation of the people, to give it a fair and determined support. This language gave him (Mr. Karslake) a most happy confidence in the posi tion of her Majesty's Government, for if a moderate measure of Reform were brought forward by the Government, then not only Mr. Gladstone, but also those Liberal:Conservatives whom the right hon. gentleman included in his speech under the term " we," were bound to support it ; and he (Mr. Kara lake) could not believe that a great man like Mr. Gladstone—a man celebrated in the present day, but also a man who would live in history—would violate the pledge which he had given. Revolution and destruction would never go down with English men in the present day ; but progress was desired by them all, and he (Mr. Karslake) believed that Liberal-Conservatives and Conservative-Liberals would work together, and enter first upon the ques tion of electoral enfranchisement, and, secondly, upon the question of the redistribution of seats. The first depended upon statistics which in the spirit of Mr. Gladstone's first speech must be collected and investigated with the greatest care ; the second was a question which it would seem that almost schoolboyscheeethingsmd eeda wn i nth,iEcc c hon o lg u cwl l ha d e enrs s de t ol . em rv, To which ot a gi l v h o eogwuai illogical lai l s nbu o Is m tethr e thea h mt o ibos w renil n o vog r ef s o w t s her huac t toge ther such a meeting as the present had two mem- b sfii e rg r s sht , tai w ltpm h h i ai l e gb he A tti n bc d ae l o al v ys e k, r he , da w dw h t i hw c a h ot hcmoe could r o d o b k be er l psme also.co a r u s e r e di At stood lfi: o usst and absurd than that Colchester, which had a popula tion of bet w ewx e e ha n ci te : yOt the ened l i ttle 2 sar , e o b o no O ur , mo s u h bg o e hru.l Well aewvl tiiw h i c h ht o hh m ee tw m we bersre- ferred o n h l a y d members returned for Andover went to Parliament merely to represent the interests of that particular borough the thing would be childish; but Andover sent to Parliament, as a general rule, two most ex cellent and respectable men, who in Parliament did their duty, not merely to the borough of Andover, but to the country at large. This was why he said that the question of electoral reform, although it was one which must be met, and which could not be blinked, was not a question which ought to be regarded by the constituencies of Eng land as one of paramount importance. At the same time, it was a question, which must be, and which would be, met by her Majesty's Ministers ; and having regard to their antecedents, he believed that it would be met in a truly liberal spirit. He had looked into these matters with some care, and he hoped to improve himself upon them. He should be happy to listen to suggestions not only from his supporters, but from his opponents, because, if he had the honour to be returned, he should consider himself not only the representative of the Conserva tives of Colchester, but also of the whole borough. Ile hoped that all personalities and acerbities would be avoided, and that an attempt would be made to gain the Liberals over by the Conservatives show ing thew that their wives were the best. Colchester not very many years ago returned two Conserva tive members, and he hoped that she would show the Liberals that, although by seine mistake which the constituency now probably - repented this was no longer the case, Colchester 'Lad now gone back to her former views, and meant .to maintain them. (Cheers.) He had invested ls. 6, 1. recently in pur chasing the speeches of Mr. Bright, and amidst the declamations of that great orator he found that he insisted upon two points—first, t hat all English householders had a right to tb.e suffrage, and secondly, if they had not, it was e:cpedient that they should have. Now, upon his (Mr . Karslake's) dis cretion as a lawyer, he could not find any reason why a householder should be entidied as a matter of course to the suffrage more than ti lat he should be entitled to keep a horse unless he co hid pay for it, or than that he should be entitled to have a coat of any particular cloth or texture. As 11 !garded the ex pediency aspect of the question, we I n Id the Ameri cans thrust upon us, but what pom ; ble analogy tion. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1867 could be drawn between Englishmen and Ameri cans? We happened, as he (Mr. Karslake) thought, most fortunately —but as Mr. Bright appeared to think most unfortunately—to have a Queen, a House of Lords divided into various ranks, and a House of Commons, and to bring arguments from America in favour of a change was just as if a man was to say to him, " I know you are fond of horses and give them hay and oats. Well, I keep cows, and give them oilcake and grain, and you would save a good deal of money if you gave up the hay and oats, and gave your horses oilcake and grain." He contended, in short, that the Ame ricans were a different kind of animal altogether. (Laughter and cheers.) He believed that there was a great difference between a community living as we did under a constitutional monarchy and a com munity enjoying, as Mr. Bright would say, or as he should say, possessing, those democratic institutions under which the Americans were governed ; and, therefore, he contended that it was impossible to rea son from one to the other. (Hear, hear.) Upon the question of Church-rates he found that a Dr. Brewer had come down and declared himself a candidate for the borough, stating that he was a churchman, but that he was for the abolition of church rates. He (Mr. Karslake) had inquired about Dr. Brewer, and had with the greatest difficulty ascertained his exist ence. (Laughter.) For a churchman to declare himself in favour of the abolition of church rates ap peared to him (Mr. Karslake) almost as absurd as for a master of hounds to bring in a bill for the wholesale extinction of foxes or for a county member who might be fond of shooting to bring in a bill ren dering the destruction of pheasants imperative. (Laughter). At the same time, he (Mr. Karslake) admitted that a compromise of this most difficult and important subject upon equitable terms was most desirable. He had said that he did not consider the question of reform of paramount importance. What he did consider of paramount importance was the protection of the Established Church, and next to that the maintenance of our Army and Navy upon such a footing that while we abstained from unne cessary interference with other nations on the Con tinent, we should be so strong that no foreign coun try could meddle with us. (Cheers.) Mr. W. R. HAVENS, who at one time contested Colchester in the Radical interest, proposed " The Conservative Members of the House of Commons," remarking that the language held of late to the working classes by that great stump orator, Mr. Bright, was flattery of the grossest kind. The work ing classes were the pride and glory of the country ; but he (Mr. Havens) mistrusted the political intel ligence sf such of them as listened with complacency to Mr. Bright's flattery. Several other toasts followed, and the proceedings were protracted till a late hour. The Staff College. The following general order has been promulgated for general information :-- of officers who m a y b e can did ates f or a d m i ss i on t o th e " The following regula ‘ t ‘ i n on o s rs r e eg G a n r a d r i d n s g , D th e e n' ex 3l a , m l i B n 6 a 6 tion Staff College in February, 1868, are published for general information. There will be vacancies for 15 officers, two of whom may belong to the Royal Artillery, provided they are among the 15 highest on the list. His Royal High ness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief having, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War decided that, in future, a previous service of not less than five years, exclusive of leave of absence,* shall be required to render an officer eligible to be examined for admission to the Staff College, the attention of officers commanding at home and abroad is called to the decision, which was embodied in the revised edition of the Staff College Regu lations, dated May 1, 1866. •The certificates, 2,3, 4, speci fied ip the Staff College Regulations, should, if possible, accompany the officer's application ; but if the) aro not received at the Horse Guards by the 31st of July, with a `satisfactory explanation of the delay, the .officer's examination will not be reported on by the Council of Military Education. Officers serving in the United Kingdom who are desirous of entering the Staff Col lege will be examined in London on the 22d of July next and the following days. Commanding officers of Royal Artillery, and of all regiments and depots of cavalry, guards, and line, on the home station will forward to the Adjutant-General, through the usual channel, for the con sideration of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the applications of such officers as wish to compete for admis sion, together with the necessary certificates. Applications should be sent in not later than the 15th June, after which date the officers approved by his Royal Highness will be instructed to place themselves in communication with the Council of Military Education, with a view to their receiving the rules for the examination. Candidates wishing to be ex amined at foreign stations must send in their applications, so that they may be received at the Horse Guards on or be fore the Ist of May. The examination papers will only be sent ont for those officers whose applicationsshall have been thus received. The exam nation will commence on the 22d of July, or as soon after that date as the examination papers shall be received from the Council of Military Education ; but no examination will be allowed to commence after the 15th of August. A board of officers will be appointed at the most convenient station of the district by the general officer in command, and will consist of three officers, one of whom to be, when practicable, a Staff officer, having the rank of field-officer, and the other two, if possible, not under the rank of captain. One of these officers will belong to one of the scientific corps, where any such officer can be obtained. The questions are to be answered in the presence of the board. The board will give to each candidate a num ber, which he will affix to each of his examination papers, instead of his name. He will retain the same number throughout the examination. The board will give to each candidate a paper of the printed examination questions on each subject at ;the time specified for the examina tion in that subject. Tho candidates will write their answers to the questions in the pres ence o f t h e b oar d , their papers, t bo he se p a r le in d te b d ef oerxeambeininag will t b n e ge t t collected at th e h our appointed, and whichwith will oom. The B oar d w ill imme diately questions,taken made furp o o n mi t ut h th e os a t: xs 7 packet,uisn a on of the examination forward the papers of the candidates to the general officer commanding, for transmission to the Council of Military Education, ac companied by a certificate that the candidates obtained no assistance from books, or help of any kind in the examina tion. The Board will at the same time forward the names c ante envelope, for transmission o b et o in f tttthhhheee examination, coarondudeni order at oi lf ao the corresponding Militaryexaminations Education. Th e f o ll ow i ng w ill " First Day—Military Drawing, three hours; Hindus tani, three hours. "Second Day—Fortifications, three hours each examine- tion. " Third Day—Mathematics, arithmetic (obligatory), three hours ; algebra (obligatory), three hours. " Fourth Day—Mathematics, Euclid (obligatory), three hours ; (voluntary) first paper, three hours. " Fifth Day—Mathematics (voluntary), second paper, three hours ; military history and geography, first paper, three hours. " Sixth Day—Military history and geography, second and third papers, three hours each examination. " Seventh Day— French and chemistry, three hours each examination. " Eighth Day—German and geology ; three hours each examination. " The examination in military history and geography will comprise, as stated in General Order, dated Horse Guards, Sept. 12, 1866 , the follow i ng p or tions of military history and ge ograp h y, viz.:-1. C am p a ign of 1812 in Russia,. with a det a il e d account o f th e p a ssage of the Bore sma. 2. Campaign of 1813 in the:Peninsula, with the battle of Vittoria in detail. N.B.—Candidates will be expected have an accurate knowledge of the geography' of the sea, of war in both campaigns, with reference more especially to military operations ; and to make a rough sketch of any portion of it that may be required, or of either of the battle fields named. There will be, in all arses, an interval of not less than one hour between the two periods of examination on each day. Th e papers w ill bo collected at the ap pointed hours by a member of the Board. Any candidate, however, who may have finished his examination paper on any subject before the hour named may deliver it into the hands of a member of the Board. Candidates will bring their writing and drawing materials, instruments, &c., and also the tables of logarithms they are in the habit of using. No other books or notes of any description will be allowed to bo used. It is scarcely necessary to observe that no com munication whatever will be allowed between the candidates at the examination. Officers commanding regiments abroad are at once to t ransm i t to the genera l officer in command, in sufficient time to allow of its reaching the Horse Guards on or before May 1, a return of the officers desi rous of competing, together with a medical certificate of good health and fitness for the active duties of the Staff. Such officers will then be ordered to juin at headquarters for examination, or at any other places which may be selected for the convenience of those at the more distant stations. General officers commanding at foreign stations will place no restrictions upon officers competing further than the exigencies of the service may absolutely require. It will be understood that the rule by which only one officer can be spared from a battalion at a time for the pur pose of studying at the Staff College does not apply to can didates from battalions which have officers now at the College, but whose course of study will terminate in De comber next. "General officers commanding at foreign stations will "* This is not to apply to the usual leave of absence annually granted to officers." select the hours for the examination which are best suited to the climate and circumstances of the country, taking care, however, to conform strictly to the number and dis tribution of the hours, as detailed in the foregoing regula tions. On the completion of the examinations General officers commanding should transmit the candidates' papers to the Vice-President of the Council of Military Education, 13, Great George-street, Westminster, with the least pos sible delay, in order to enable officers from distant stations who may be successful in the competition to join the Col lege early in the following February. They will at the same time forward to the Adjt.-General a return of the officers examined with their certificates, as required by the regulations. Officers serving abroad who may be success ful candidates will be allowed the regulation passage money home on joining the Staff College. The names and ex amination numbers of the candidates who are successful in the competition, as well as those who prove themselves qualified, and the examination numbers alone of candidates who fail, will be published immediately after the reports of the examiners hare been received by the Council of Mili tary Education, with the total number of marks gained by each candidate, and his place on the list. Candidates are recommended to obtain the report of the last examination for admission, with copies of the examination papers, pub lished by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. "By order of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding- in -Chief, "WILLIAM PAULET, Adjutant-General." The Public Health. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The following is the weekly return of the Regis trar-General of births and deaths in London and in 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom : " General Register-office, Somerset-house, Jan. 14. In the week that ended on Saturday, Jan. 12, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,519 ; the deaths registered, 3,843. The annual rate of mor tality was 32 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,229 boys and 1,153 girls, in all 2,382 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,086. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,891. It was the second week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,T20. The deaths exceeded the average by 171. The ex cess is due to the cold weather. South-west winds prevailed during the last two weeks of the year, with variable intensity, .and the temperature was unusually mild ; a calm set in, and fogs spread over the whole face of the country for three or four days ; then, on New Year's-day, the north wind sprang up after a calm, and on the fol lowing days mingled with the west, south, and east winds ; ten inches of snow fell on Wednesday, Jan 2, and intense cold brought the temperature of the air down at night within a few degrees of zero at Greenwich, and lower elsewhere at the end of the week. The slow moving temperature of the Thames fell in six days from 43 to 35 deg. in the day, and from 41 to 31 deg. at night ; so that on Jan. 5 its waters were below the freezing point, and there re mained until Jan. 7, after which they gradually rose to 36 deg. on last Saturday. The effects of the cold are now visible in the re turns, for, instead of 1,436 and 1,437 deaths, as in the two preceding weeks, there appear on the regis ters of last week 1,891 deaths. The change of tem perature has killed about 455 people London. Few were directly frozen to death ; the majority having vital force enough to struggle against the freezing cold, but not enough to prevent them from succumb ing under bronchitis and other affections. The mor tality varied with the powers of resistance, which is greatest about the age of puberty, and least in old age, when the lamp of life is flickering. Thus the deaths above those in the last week of 1866 were 48 at the ages under 20 ; and 46 at the age 20-40, 113 at 40-60, 204 at 60-80, and 44 at the age of 80 and upwards, making in all 455. In such weather to give fire, food, and clothing is to give life. The daughter of a tailor, aged 9, died on Jan. 9 at 7, Charlotte-place, Mile-end New-town, of " cholera (3 days)." The daughter of a lighterman, aged four months, died on Jan. 3 at 8, Ann-street, Ratcliff, from " suffocation from a cat lying on her face while sleeping. (Inquest.) The wife of a labourer, aged 66, died on Jan. 3 at 95, Sutton-street, St. George-in-the-East, from " exhaustion by-exposure to cold." (Inquest.) A pensioner, aged 75, died on Jan. 4 at 1, Upper Fitzroy-place, Regent's park, from " effusion of serum on brain produced by the cold." Post mort. (Inquest.) A girl, aged 10 years, died on the sth of Jan. at 43, Upper Rath bone-place, Oxford-street, from " congestion of lungs caused by the cold." Post mort. (Inquest.) The widow of a baker, aged 70 years, died on the 4th of Jan., at 1, William-street, Mile end Old town, from " disease of heart, accelerated by the intense cold." (Inquest.) The widow of a mariner, aged 90 years, died on the 2d of January, at 30, William-street, Mile-end Old-town, from " bron chitis, accelerated by the intense cold." (inquest.) The widow of a mate in the navy, aged 87 years, died on the sth of January, at 77, New-street, Mile-end Old-town, from " exposure to cold." (In quest.) An assistant to a cattle dealer, aged 40 years, died on the 6th of Jan. in the casual ward of the East London Union, from " exposure to cold, accellerated by intoxication." Post mort. (Inquest.) A female, aged 37 years, died on the 7th of Jan., at Old-street (St. Luke's) police-station, "from disease of lungs, accelerated by exposure and want." Post mort. (Inquest.) The annual rate of mortality last week was 32 per 1,000 in London and 33 in Edinburgh ; 25 in Bristol, 25 in Birmingham, 36 in Liverpool, 38 in Manchester, 39 in Salford, 32 in Sheffield, 31 in Leeds, 29 in Hull, 42 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 73 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week ending the 29th ult., when the mean temperature was 17.4 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 24 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.144 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 29.63 in. at the beginning of the week to 28.54 on Tues day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 39.3 deg., which is 3.4 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was 54.4 deg., on Monday. The lowest night temperature was 22.5 deg. on Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 31 . 9 deg. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 36.6 deg. ; that of the lowest was 33.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of I.2Ein. Snow fell on Saturday. The general direction of the wind was S.S.W. and N.W. to SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.-Mr Goldwin Smith possesses a very con siderable knowledge of English history, and a style which is peculiarly adapted to attract and retain the attention of a large audience. He has apparently come to the conclusion that these good gifts are wasted on an unsympathising audience of Oxford undergraduates ; so he has resigned his Professor ship, and betaken himself to the instruction of the masses by means of political lectures. He selects a period of English history which preceded a great Revolution, and a character which was at one time the foremost in English Parliamentary annals. Such an undertaking would seem, at first sight, to be of a nature calling for notice rather in the part of this journal devoted to literary than to political discus sions. But those who think so undervalue the origi nality of Mr. Smith's idea. To use a well-known German proverb, " He strikes the sack, but he means the ass." The lecture is resorted to and will be valued, not for the light it throws on the time of Charles 1., but for its pungent allusions to the reign of Queen Victoria. It does not pretend to impar tiality. It is not written to enlighten us as to the past, but as to the present and the future. It assumes an audience bent on democratic change, and it supplies them with arguments and illustra tions, forced often, and one-sided, but often also telling and ingenious. The chair was taken by Dr. Temple, the advocate, if we remember rightly, in our columns of something very closely resembling Universal Suffrage, and the lecture was quite in keeping with the opinions of the chairman. Mr. Smith is no friend to revolution—that is, as we understand him, to change effected by violence—. but he seems willing to entertain the idea of any amount of change, and even to welcome it as good, troduced into the military system has been done so long as it can be wrought out by constitutional with the concurrence of the Diet. " This right," agency. He tells us that if Pym were to come among the Address continues, "is a vital condition of our us now he would be thought " too clever for us," constitution, and generally of all constitutionalism , and asks, "Is it that wealth too much accum- ; which the country can never give up. The Imperial mulated and too little diffused has placed the decree with respect to the defensive system recently leadership of the nation in less worthy issued is a new positive denial of this indisputable hands ?" We confess to some amount of seep- ' right." In this paragraph is comprised the entire ticism as to the extraordinary oratorical merits of case of the Diet against the Sovereign ; and as the Pym, who was probably as inferior to Mirabeau correctness of the views therein expressed cannot be in the art of swaying a popular ass embly as he contested, the Emperor is left no choice between re: was superior to him in the higher qualities of states- scinding his Patent and declaring that the so-called manship and moral worth. His speeches are ' constitution which is to be given to Hungary is to be pedantic, heavy, and tedious to a degree which subject to conditions which will deprive it of all rea l . would be intolerable in the less patient times in worth. However excellent a numerous army may which we live, and it requires all our gratitude for j be, the Emperor is told that neither numbers no' the great services which he undoubtedly rendered ' valour constitute the true elements of its strength. the country to reconcile us to a perusal of such relics " Were the defensive system to remain as it is, the of him as remain. But, waving this literary ques- strength and enduring determination of the army tion, why does Mr. Smith contrast our times with would be mainly elevated when backed up by the those of the Long Parliament, as regards the ac- enthusiastic will of the people. But we can only cumulation and distribution of wealth ? Does he reckon upon this enthusiastic will if the system really think that wealth was more even ly distributed under which the citizen is bound to defend the State at a time when England was s till i n the fetters of meets the confidence of the nation." Hence it fol the feudal system, when the middle class was only lows that the method of reorganisation adopted by just emerging into notice, and when we had ceased the Emperor is as injudicious as it is unconstitu to be a great military power, without having become tional ; and in the interests of the empire and of the a considerable commercial State ? And even if it kingdom, for whose security he is anxious to pro were so, is it any reproach to modern English vide, he is sought to retrace the dangerous step society, in which the acquisition of wealth is so free which he has just taken. It may with truth be and open to all, that those who have once obtained s a id that th ere i s no t a wor d i n th e Add r ess voted it have been prudent enough to keep it, that the by the Hungarian Diet to which any one but an security of our laws and the mildness of our Govern- enemy to the Emperor could take exception. it ment have saved the rich f rom pl un d er , and that no places in a clear light the actual position of affairs, compulsory law of subdivision steps in to break up and frankly discloses the dangers to which the em our great families, depreciate the value of our lands, pire is exposed by the fast and loose policy which and reduce the prizes of industry ? " Oxford," Mr. the Imperial Government are now pursuing. Either Smith tells us, " which formerly ga ve u s patriots Hungary is to have a constitutional Government or and statesmen like Pym, now seems by her political she is not ; but if the former, then it must be a con bearing to dishonour learning, and, by an ignoble stitutional Government, in the fullest sense of the choice, did a wrong to the nati on w hi c h Lancashire term, or o th erw i se none of the objects with which was called on to redress." We are to infer from it is established can be realised. H Francis Joseph this that Pym is to be ranked among the champions finds it expedient to maintain a despotism through of Democracy, and, further, that -the question novi at out his dominions, then let him do so by all means , issue is similar in some respects to that which but if he thinks it safer to make those concessions brought on the great Civil War in the reign which he has promised, they must be made freely of Charles I. We believe th a t hi s t or y might and without reserve. As we have always under be searched iu vain for a more inappropriate stood the matter, the Emperor resolved on making parallel. The struggle in the reign of the first Hungary autonomous, because by so doing he Charles was between the Crown and the Church would conciliate the nation, and be able to reckon on the one side, and the people and Dissent on the on its loyalty and fidelity in the hour of danger and other. The question was, not whether there should of need. Expelled from Germany and Italy, the be a Church, but whether the Church should Kaiser was compelled to attempt the consolidation inflict cruel and sanguinary penalties on Noncon- of such dominions as were left to him, and this end , formists in the Courts of High Commission and as w e s u pp ose d, he thought would be best secured Star Chamber, carried on on principles of " Crimi- by removing all cause for disaffection in the King nal Equity" unknown to the law of England ; dom of Hungary. But, judging from the publics whether the Crown could levy taxes by its preroga- tion of the Imperial Patent, it would seem that h e tine ; and whether that Pa rliament which we are has been actuated by no such motives, or has singly' now directed to consider as the greatest of our at all. There is no idea now laxly misunderstood the sentiments of the Hungaria n grievances was to meet people. If the proposed new military system be . 3 . _ over any one for reli g i ous good one, there can be no objection to submitting It , o b f el e ie x f e , r j e u is s i t n ic g ei tyranny sadministered in regular course, taxes for the sanction of the Diet since its excellenc e are imposed by Parliament alone, and that very Par- would most probably secure for it the necessary liament whose existence was then at stake has been sanction. The fact, however, seems to be that for nearly two centuries the ruling body of the State. Francis Joseph cannot divest himself of the attri- The abuses a g a i n st which Pym and the Long Parlia_ b utes o f a d espot i c pr i nce. H e, perhaps, b e li e ves ment protested' and ultimately took arms were plain, that a country can alone be w ell governe d by an gross, and palpable. They had e ate n into the very absolute monarch. If such be his sentiments, he heart of the nation ; they w ere felt round every would do well to ponder on th e a d v i ce con t a ined m hearthstone ; they were the talk of every market- the concluding paragraph of the Address :—" W c place. The momentous issue w as not hing less than are convinced that it is only by constitutionalism,as whether England should be a land of law, of individual well in Hungary as in your Majesty's other domi nions, being fully and po s itively b r ought into exist' freedom, of settled Government ,— whether it should continue Protestant, progressive, and Parliament- ence, that the object laid down by the Pragmati c ary,—or whether it should become the mere toy of Sanction will be able to b e a tt a i ne d." a despot and his minions, blown about by every breeze of Court caprice, with an enslaved populace, a degraded middle class, and a servile aristocracy. " Seldom," says Mr. Goldwin Smith, " has there been more need of unveiling the statue of Pym than now." We ask, why now ? Which of the causes of which Pym was the champion is in peril ? What danger threatens us from without ; what tyranny from within ? Is there any one who pretends in these days that the Crown has too much power, that justice is not impartially administered, that Nonconformists are subject to persecution, that Parliament has not full control over the national expenditure ? The cries that set men's blood on fire in the days of the Long Parliament have no echoes now; the grievances they complained of have long since been redressed, and the very memory of them has been obliterated as a thing that had never been. Were a Cromwell to come now, his greatest service would be, now as then, to put down Democracy with a high hand. The cry for Reform at present springs from speculative rather than practical grievances. The complaint is of inequality, not of injustice ; that power is not given to all, not that those in whose hands it is vested misuse it. There is not the slightest colour for supposing that Eliot, Pym, or Hampden, if they came to life at the pre sent day, would feel the slightest sympathy with those who are trying to reduce the Government of England to a Democracy. Mr. Smith asks tri umphantly, " Where are the 4,000 freeholders of Buckinghamshire now ?" as if there were some sin chargeable to the nation for their disappearance. We answer, Gone with the irrevocable past ; gone with many things, some good, some evil, which cannot exist together with a highly developed state of commercial and manufacturing prosperity, which makes the possession of the land the luxury of the rich instead of the resource of the poor. Mr. Smith is very indignant with those who tell us that martial law is the suspension of all law ; and yet this is un doubtedly true, and never was better expressed than by Col. Pride, when he said that he purged Parliament by no law at all, but only by the power of the sword. If Mr. Smith were to announce a lecture on Parliamentary Reform, or any kindred topic, he would be bound to prove the positions which he lays down—a task which we have suffi ciently shown he would find extremely difficult. But by selecting a subject more than 220 years old he relieves himself from this necessity, and is able to introduce, by way of illustration, assumptions with regard to present times which he would find it difficult to support by arguments. Dr. Temple may call this " uniting an appreciation of all that is re fined and cultivated with a perfect recognition of the rights of a free people." To us it appears a rhetorical artifice, singularly favourable to uncandid innuendo and unjust insinuation. POST.—The patent issued by the Emperor of Austria for the reorganisation of the army has eli cited, as might have been expected, a strong remons trance energetically has Whatever been r e m adg a ua y ei en b ds e t es t h l v i ee e r h c y o a n ms di a s t e i v o ue n rr e t e e o e ma s w ae n h d a i c tt 1 ( 1 )- from the represe n t a ti ves o f t h e Hungarian nation.Hungaryproest ing from the Imperial Government which hasignored the constitutional rights of her people, and now at a time when strong h o p es are held out' that she will again be entrusted with the privilege of self-govern ment, and when a ft er a l ong protracted period of servitude she has become conscious of the possession of a strength which her royal master dares not despise, it was not likely that she would submit in silence to a decree as sweeping and as arbitrary in its nature as a Russian ukase. Into the merits of the scheme for the reorganisation of the Imperial army it is needless to enter. They are entirely beside the question which is now in issue between the King of Hungary and his subjects. We will assume, for the sake of argument, that the proposal of his Majesty is substantially a sound one, and that the interests of the empire demand its acceptance. The results of the late war doubtless satisfied Francis Joseph that, notwithstanding its boasted excellence and efficiency, his army was by no means so well organised as that of his German foe ; and as it is lawful to learn of one's enemy, the Emperor has come to the conclusion that he could not do better than remodel his army after the fashion of that by which it was defeated. Whatever faults may be attributed to the Prussian Government, it cannot justly be said that their military system is defective, and we may therefore assume that the Emperor of Austria has exercised a sound discretion in resolving to adopt it. But a good thing may be done in a bad way, and this is just the mistake which the Emperor has committed. Forgetting that he had just promised to Hungary the re-establish ment of her political rights and an autonomy as complete as was consistent with the interests of the empire, he by a mere stroke of his pen altered the laws governing conscription and imposed upon his Hungarian subjects greater military burdens than those which they have hitherto borne. It was just as if the English Government, having come to the conclusion that our standing army was insufficient in numbers, or that the term of service needed extension, increased the number of troops or extended the period of their liability to service without consulting Parlia ment. If Hungary is to have a Diet, and if her Government is to be carried on by a responsible Ministry iu the name of the King, it is not unrea sonable to expect that on a matter of such vital im portance as that involved in the reorganisation of the existing military system, the opinion and sanction of the Diet would in the first instance be asked and obtained. That he acted not as a consti tutional Sovereign, butas a despot, is the gravamen of the charge advanced against the Emperor of Aus tria by the Hungarian Parliament. The Address which, at the instance of M. Beak, has been adopted by the Lower House of the Diet, very respectfully, but very firmly, points out to the Emperor the gravity of the mistake which he has committed. Dismissing entirely the merits of the proposed change in the organisation of the army, it simply contrasts the course of action pursued by the Go vernment in issuing the Patent with the promises so recently made to Hungary, and the hopes which those promises served to inspire. Reviewing almost unnecessarily the basis on which the executive and legislative power resides in llungary, the Emperor is reminded that eyery change, however slight, in- COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER--TxuRsDAY. Our market this morning was averagely atteaded. Bot h , ' English and foreign wh ea t were h e ld fi rm l y a t the flu currency of this day se'ennight, but there was little dis position to buy. Oats were steady, without change 11/ price, but oatmeal was the turn dearer. Beans, both Eng; lish and foreign, sold r a th er b e tt er. Fl our so ld s l o wly, at last week's rates. Indian corn advanced 6d per qr. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. At this day's market there was a large supply of whe.i 3 ,/, for which higher prices were demanded, and in some In' stances obtained. Foreign firm on the sales made. Barlei maintained its value. Oats held for previous rates. Bet and peas tending downwards. BURY ST. EDMUND S WEDNESDAY. The show of wheat here to-day was small, and the / 01 / samples that changed hands were at an advance of is to 25 per qr. on last Wednesday's prices. There was a ve l y . . moderate supply of barley ; and all qualities fully Ina' l2 „ tain previous currencies. Oats, beans, and peas wer e - dull trade. EDINBITRGII—WEDNzsDAY. Wheat on the top, is Gd up average, Os Icl 11 1:" Barley on the top, is 9d up average,l is 2d UP. Oats on the top, Os 9d up average, Os 8d UP' Beans on the top, Os Gd up average, 2s Od UP' Total supply and sales. Wheat 736 qrs Barley 1703 qrs Oats 1657 qrs sold sold 1 5 1. 0 5 sold 1249 Beans 147 qrs sold 144 Average prices. Wheat, 61s1ld 1 Oats, 29s 6d Barley, 4os Od 1 Beans 44s 5d Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 55s Od; el° 3 superfine, 53s Od; superfine, ols Od; fine, 49s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDA.T. Thu wheat trade was firm to day, but quiet. Flour tur . altered. Barley was 6d and inaize'3d to 6d dearer. 1 3 ° 813* peas, and oats were without change. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, v i a S outhampto n...••• Tan• 1g•, Ditto, via Marseilles F e b. i' Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet, Feb. 4 * Ditto, by French packet Jan. 2 . , 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, anti St. Helena Deo. '''' China, Penang, and Singapore. via Bout hampton Jan 19 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jail- 19 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan 19 . • Ditto, via Marseilles ..• Jan- 22 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via "Ilarseilles ... . Malta, Egypt, and Ad en , v i a S ou th a mpton Jan. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles . Jan. 22 ; Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilie3... Jan. 19 gewtounelland . •••.••• Feb. 13' Feb, 4 Portugal , • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, Via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . ~... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ..„. Feb. 3 * West Indies and ruffle (except Bahamas and Honduras) Jan. 14 ' Bahanr...i, via New Y ork. Jan 1' Cuba !rid Mexico . Bermuda, via Halifax . Feb. 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Births. 101 - HAYWOOD —On the 12th just., at Doveleys, Lodi - wood, of a son. ife Of ROGERS—On the 16th inst., at Woodford-green, the W James Rogers, of a son. k ler RAWLINSON On the 17th inst., at 1, Hill-street, Ber,, ° ool square, the wife of Major-General Si r H enr y Raw''' M.P., of a son. r the STANLEY— OD the 17th inst., at 20, Lownd e s-square' Lady Constance Stanley, of a son. Marriages. V 644 MOAT—DAIS—On the 17th inst, Francis Moat, vet Grenoble, France, to Muria Frances, youngest Oat,' of the late Henry Davis, Esq., Mecklenburg/ 144 PRI L CE—TAYLOR AYLOR—On the 17th inst., at Christ Lancaster-gate, Alfred Adams Price, Esq., 6 7 th co o ment, third son of Ralph C. Price, of Hill House , o f halton, Esq., to Eliza Lockett, eldest daughter Taylor, Esq., of 8, Leinster-terrace. Deaths. W l ' BIDDLE— On the 15th inst., at St. Germ A ains, St. - Herts, oseph Biddle, Esq. BRINTON J — On the 17th inst., at 24, Brook-street, Gros/e Dor square, Wm. Brinton, F.R.S., aged 45. • CO' CLARK—On the 17th inst., at Perry-rise, Forest -luu ' F. Clark, Esq., aged 30. CHATTERLEY—OR the 16th inst., at 16, liontag%;o B " Clapham-road, John Chatterley Esq., late a 14, - place North, Clapham-road, aged 82. DO r EXETER—On the 16th inst., at Burghley House, the quis of Exeter, K.G., aged 72. WILLIAMSON—On the 16th inst., at 371, City-roa d ' Williamson, Esq., aged 65. • 9/1 0 London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ,4 "To. 4 ' p o i of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter at Tni Surf Utz' g ot/ Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cy Middlesex.—Friday, January 18, 1807.