The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-28 00:00:00

The Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., wa s yesterday moved from her berth alongside the shear jetty of Portsmouth dockyard, and placed in the steam basin, where her repairs will be carried on until she goes in dock. When she is placed in dock for a thorough survey a better judgment can be formed of her actual condition as regards her hull. Her copper sheathing is entirely covered with long tuft grass, weeds, and barnacles. Her masts have been landed, and are being surveyed. They were originally made for the Royal Frederick, but were turned overlto the Marlborough. They do not seem to be in so bad a condition as has been reported. The Glocester, 50, is in the hands of shipwrights at Chatham, fitting for harbour service at that port in the room of the Hussar, receiving hulk, which has been converted into a target ship to be experi mented upon with the Whitworth and Armstrong guns at Shoeburyness. The Orpheus, 22, screw corvette, 400-horse power, fitting at Chatham for the steam ordinary, is ordered to be attached to the second-class steam reserve, under the command of Captain C. F. Schoenb erg. The Rattlesnake, 2 2 , screw corvette, building on the first slip at Chatham, is so far advanced that her launching wa ys have been placed under h er , preparatory to her being reported for launching. She has a considerable number of shipwrights and caulkers employed on her, in order that she may be brought forward for launching with all despatch. The line-of-battle ship Bombay, 90, and the Are thusa, 51, in dock at Chatham, converting from sail ing ships to screw steamers, are to have the portion of their hulls below the water mark covered with Muntz's patent metal, which is to be used for those vessels instead of copper sheathing. Upwards of 100 cases of the new metal have arrived at the dockyard from London, and have been taken into store. The Bombay and Arethusa will, when com plete in their alterations and fitted with their ma chinery, be attached to the second division of the steam reserve at Chatham. The Rochester, Admiralty transport, Mr. Dyer, master commander, unshippedyesterday at Chatham dockyard one of Trotman's patent anchors, together with a large quantity of chain cable belonging to her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne, which that vessel lost in the Downs during the late severe weather. The anchor and cable were recovered by the Deal boatmen, who will be awarded salvage by the Admiralty. The anchor and cable of the Ad miralty transport Duck, also lost in the Downs, was recovered at the same time, and landed at Chatham yesterday. Yesterday one of the new patent portable steam lifts, complete, was shipped from Chatham dock yard on board the Isis, 44, Capt. F. L. Barnard, for conveyance to Ascension, for use at that island. Some complete sets of diving apparatus have also been received at the dockyard to be put on board the Isis, and landed at Ascension. The steam lift is to be fixed on the deck of the vessel, where a temporary covering has been made for it. The Aid naval transport, Mr. Grundy master commanding, has hauled alongside the dockyard at Chatham, and commenced landing her stores, brought from the Western port. As soon as she has discharged her cargo she will have the defects made good which she sustained during the late gales, the full fury of which she encountered in the Channel. The Dart, 5, screw despatch vessel, at Chatham, is ready for being commissioned. The launch of the Glasgow, 51-gun frigate, will take place at Portsmouth shortly before noon to day. The ceremony of christening the vessel is expected to be performed by Mrs. Alexander, the daughter of the ?Admiral Commanding-in-Chief. The Glasgow was laid down the same month the Shannon was launched, and on the same slipway. The frigate to be launched to-day is, however, a much finer frigate than the Shannon, being 15 feet longer than that vessel, and carrying a much finer bow and run. The following are her principal dimensions :—Length between perpendiculars, 250 feet 1 inch ; length of keel for tonnage, 214 feet 7 . -Z inches ; breadth, extreme, 52 feet 1 inch ; breadth for tonnage, 51 feet 7 inches ; breadth moulded, 50 feet 9 inches ; depth in hold (to throats of floors), 19 feet 2 inches ; bur den in tons, 3,027 49-94. Immediately on being launched she will be taken hold of by tug steamers, and conveyed round to the steam basin, to be docked, coppered, and fitted with her machinery. The construction of th e R oya l Al fred, 91, screw liner, in No. 5 building -shed of Portsmouth dock yard, is being rapidly proceeded with. The Victoria and Marlborough, three deckers, were both con structed under this shed. The Osborne paddle -yacht, Master-Commander G. K. Bower, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday and tested her machinery. At the con clusion she returned to moorings in the harbour to adjust her compasses. The Sjvelland, 38, Danish screw frigate, Captain Ipsen, filled up coal at Spithead yesterday, and was expected to sail for Copenhagen at daylight this morning. The weather yesterday evening was thick, with the wind at S.E., and rain. The Octavia, 51-gun frigate, is nearly complete in her coppering in No. 9 dock at Portsmouth, where she has been converted from a sailing frigate to a screw. When complete she will be floated out of dock and placed in the steam basin for fitment of machinery, &c. The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent gun nery ship, at Portsmouth, practised with her 8-inch guns outside the Warner yesterday. The Cockatrice, 4, screw gunboat, Lieut.-Com mander It. M. Gillson , was swung yesterday in Ports mouth harbour for the adjustment of her compasses. The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon, V.C., will be removed from the ship basin at Ports mouth, and placed in No. 1 dock, on the removal of Leveret gunboat. Commander F. D. Lanzur. died at his residence, Trafalgar-house, Stoke, Plymouth, on the 24th inst. The deceased was at the battle of Trafalgar, where he acted as Aide to the Earl of Northesk, and he was in the Norge, 74, Captain Ranier, when she assisted at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna. The steam-sloop Buzzard, 6, recently returned from South America, having been inspected by Capt. Jerningham, went on Tuesday from Plymouth Sound into liamosze, where she will be dismantled and then paced in the third division of the steam reserve. The screw steam corvette Jason, 21, at Plymouth, is to be stored and provisioned for service abroad. The screw steamship Princess Royal, 91, Capt. C. Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., in dock at Keyham, was stored up aft on _ _ Tuesday. There is a serious defect in the shaft for the reception of her screw, which is said to be an inch out of a straight line. It is here that she leaks so much. The screw steam gunboats Porpoise, Hyena, and Nightingale were removed yesterday morning from No. 1 dock in Keyham steam yard to the basin, where s t eam was got up on b oard the Porpoise and Hyena for the purpose of trying their machinery. The screw screw steamship Albion, at Devonport, is alm ready for coppering—the artisans of the yard are very busy in bringing her forward. The followiday at the Admiralty ng app o i n t men t s were ma d e yester day ; na iralty : —Li eut. T . H . B . F e ll owes, to the Merge Joshua C. R o bi nson , c hi e f eng i neer, to the Indus charg e of the mac hi nery o f th e 'Phcebe ; Ch for li Charles Barber, chief en g i neer , t o A the ia iN , l f p o j r es c t h ic a ; rg 13e. of the" chief eng i neer , to th e of the Tribune ; T. L. Walker, chief engineer, r t ' o t t o h the Hogue ; Innies Parker, acting assist. surg., ; Edward F. Isis Miles, assist. surg., to the Proc:' s ;j. E. Barber, master's assist., to the Princess' R oya l . a Flward R. Connor, master's assist., to the c 0 , ;,. Dearsley, mister's assist. , to the Aboukir ; 'N • I V L . M. H Stephens, master's assist., to the Jason; Fr e d er i ck . Hire, master's assist., to the Impregnable, for the _NautilusTW. H. Fox, master's assist., to thel7 a : pregnable ; J. W. Gorman, master's assist., to the Sanspareil ; H. C. Trenaayne, M. Merrett, and P. H. Whitelock, masters' assists., to the Arrogant, as supernumeraries; C. H. S. Douglas, master's assist., to the Victory, for the Rolla; T. G. Fenn, master's THE ARMY. The newly-founded Professorship of Tropical Medicine at the Army Medical School, Fort Pitt, Chatham, has been conferred on Deputy-Inspector- General W. Campbell Maclean, of the Madras army, who has joined at Fort Pitt and commenced his duties. Advantage was yesterday taken by Major-Gen. Eyre of the exceedingly fine weather to hold a brigade field day review of the entire force of Chat ham garrison on the Lines, which are just now in the best possible condition for the manceuvring of troops on a large scale. Capt. Godfrey Russell, Captain of the Shropshire Militia, formerly of the Royal Navy, wishes us to state, in reference to the paragraph in The Sun of Saturday, that although he has brought before the Board at Fort Pitt several inventions calculated to improve the condition of the soldier, he had nothing to do with the improved ambulance waggon to which allusion was made in the paragraph in ques tion. THE STRIKE. At a time of almost unexampled depression in the building trade and labour market generally, though just at a juncture when brighter prospects seemed opening up, the trades unions have thought fit to recommence the old struggle against the mas ters in favour of the nine hours' movement. At pre sent only the men at Messrs. Lucas's, Messrs. Kelk's, Sir M. Peto's, and Messrs. Smith's are out. But if in the course of another week or so the delegates from the trades unions are still obstinate in refus ing to listen to the liberal terms now offered them, all the great contractors will close their yards again as in 1859, and some 45,000 men will at once be out of employment. There is literally no other course but this extreme step left the masters. All the men now in their employ are supporting those on strike at the four firms we have named. If they quietly look on until these arecoerced into submission, four other firms, with large contracts on hand, will im mediatey be chosen, the labourers of which will in turn go out, and so on, till all are broken in detail. It is necessary, therefore, if the masters intend to act effectually, as self .preservation compels them to do, to act at once with firmness and in concert. The question at issue now is, whether or not the men will take increased pay, the payment being by the hour, with liberty to make those hours nine or ten at their own option ; or whether the masters will yield and give ten hours' wages for nine hours' work. It is difficult to believe that the labourers and artisans of London, who, taken as a body, are the best workmen in the world, can be so far misled as to enter into a contest on this question in opposition to the entire voice of public opinion and to the utter destruction of their own interests. If in the present instance the strike be come general, there is no disguising the fact that it will be the ruin, not only for the time, but for ever, of the present rate of bricklayers and masons in the metropolis. During the last strike it is computed that on contracts and in other ways the masters lost nearly £300,000 sterling. Against such a gigantic waste of capital as this they are now determined to guard at once and for ever, and we believe arrangements axe being made, if the strike becomes general, to introduce Belgian work men, who are equally skilled with the English, and who will gladly work at 25 per cent. less than the wages paid here. This is an extreme step, but the masters cannot allow themselves to be ruined by the perpetual recurrence of these combinations among their men. At the same time the men themselves were never in a worse condition for going on strike than they are at present. The strike of 1859 and the extreme severity of the winter has compelled most of them to part with whatever little store of clothes or furniture they possessed. The coffers of the Trades Unions are at their lowest ebb, and it is not too much to say that in a fortnight or three weeks after the closing of the yards half the men with their families would be dependent on the parish for relief. The great body of the men themselves are not acquainted with these facts, or that preparations are being made for importing workmen from Belgium. Their trade union dele gates, however, are well aware of them, and, being equally well aware that the men would not persist in their demands in the face of such fatal risks, are careful to keep them from their knowledge. The first symptom of the strike was conveyed to the firms for which the men have ceased working in the following letter Gentlemen —We, the operative stonemasons, once more respectfully solicit you to concede to us the privilege of working nine hours a day instead of ten. This question has been so fully laid before you, and is so well comprehended by both employers and em ployad, that it is unnecessary to enter into it at any length on this occasion. The reduction of the hours of labour is so deeply rooted in the minds of the working classes of the community that they will never discontinue the agitation thereof until the object be attained. Believing as we do that it is the only effectual way of improving our position, and giving us opportunities of obtaining those advan tages of mental improvement so extensively offered by the numerous and increasing institutions now in existence—and,gentlemen, you are doubtless aware that the employers in many of our provincial towns have already granted the nine hours per day to their workmen—we therefore trust that you, the em ployers in this the first metropolis in the world, will no longer withhold from us that which wehave been so long striving to obtain—viz., the reduction of labour from ten to nine hours per day, thereby pro. moting that good feeling which should subsist between employers and employed ; and that in 28 days from the date hereof we may receive an answer in the affirmative,--I am, &c., R. W. GREY. On behalf of the Operative Stonemasons. March 7. It will be seen that the claim for the nine hours is cleverly based on the plea for mental im provement, while the last sentence clearly threatens a strike if the demand is not complied with. With this document came an almost similar one from the bricklayers and one from the painters, while the interminable George Potter, on * behalf of the carpenters and joiners of London, wrote as follows : MR. SPURGEON'S METROPOLITAN lAB.ERNACLE. On Tuesday ev en i ng l as t a meet i ng o f the con tributors to the Metropolitan Tabetnacle Building Fund was held at th e c h ape l , to present the result of their " last effort" during the past two months. The chair was occupied by Sir Henry Havelock. Some time before the meeting commenced a vast concourse of persons had assembled, and the appear ance of the building inside, now that it is complete, was truly imposing. The chief colours being white and gold contrasted greatly with the sombre ap pearance of the multitude, many of whom bore marks of respect for the memory of the Duchess of Kent. The chairman said he felt quite unequal to the task of addressing such an audience, as he made no pretensions to oratory ; but he trusted to the indulgence of the meeting while he offered a few words by way of sympathy with Mr. Spurgeon, and the truly magnificent structure he had by his indomitable perseverance been enabled to raise. He hoped before he left the chair he should see that the remaining sum of £3,000, which was required to finish the chapel at the be ginning of this year, was all collected, and that Mr. Spurgeon would be able to enter upon his ministerial labours at once within those walls free of debt. Mr. Spurgeon then addressed the meet ing, expressing his gratitude to the many kind friends who had assisted him. He said that, with out reading the long list of subscriptions he held in his hand, he was delighted to say that the aggregate amount was £3,700 ; and he did not know how better to express the joy they all must feel at that announcement than calling upon them to stand up and sing to the tune of the Old Hundredth the doxology, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," whi c h was heartily done twice. In thanking Sr H. H ave l oc k for taking the chair, he availed bravest himself i easysi e sn t of g o of England's opportunityh o e nglathnde, sh v ge aadr ro : of o r f st_h ea invoking smona nofw t ho h no e se eDonfi name themin ee will be held in reverence and esteem as long as time lasts, and whose Christian v i r t ues were now hon oured by an imperishable crown. The late Sir H. Havelock had left his earthly laurels—bravely won —and had gone to his everl as ti ng rest. With re gard to his own position, he rej o i ce d to say that he had fulfilled his pledge, which was that he would not preach in that edifice on a Sabbath while there was any debt. He must state, however, that beyond the £30,000 which had been required for its erec tion, there would be about £1,200 more needed to render the approaches complete, and to f urn i sh ac commodation for Lis pupils, and fitting up the schools, &c , so that even now he wanted between £4OO and £390, which he had no doubt•ot getting by the time the opening services were concluded. The meeting was addressed by several ministers and gentlemen, and after a vote of thanks to the chair man it separated. Mr. Spurgeon and his church will remove from New Park-street, and permanently commence their religious services next Sunday evening. H e w ill p reac h a t E xe t er Hall in the morning of that day. Gentlemen,—ln the spring of last year we ap proached you respectfully, in the hope that you ' would favour with assent our request that our hours of labour should be reduced without decreasinc , our daily earnings. We would submit to you that the manner in which this was present e d s h ould not have n d less than have favourably recommended it toyour oe no tice, inasmuch as it m i g ht have demonstrated you that our desire was en ti re l y i n accord with the ° efforts of the wise and good who are seeking by every legitimate means to bring the working classes under the influence of educational enlightenment, for which it must be admitted that the time we seek for that purpose is an inevitable condition. You, gentlemen, however, considered our request as only a demand for an increase of 10 per cent. in our wages. Taking this view, we consider it quite unnecessary that any apology should be offered in our character of sellers for endeavouring to enhance the value of the article we have to offer, finding as we do one justificaticn in the first principles of political economy. Upon the occasion referred to you did not deem it consistent with your interests to accede to our pro• position, and we were ultimately obliged to accept your own terms for our labour. The time has now arrived at which we feel it necessary to renew the request then made for nine hours as a day's work, and we desire to do so no less respectfully than before, assuring you that in our belief by acceding to our wishes the health and intelligence of the workmen will be improved, and a more friendly feeling between employers and employed will be established. An answer to this memorial by the sth of April, 1861, is solicited.—Yours very respectfully, The Carpenters and Joiners of London, March 7, 18th. GEO. POTTER, Secretary. On the receipt of these documents Messrs. Kelk, of Pimlico, and Lucas Brothers, at once met to consider the question, and they determined to put an end for ever to the dispute by of wage s and paying raising the rat e by the hour, leaving the men to work nin e or ten hours, as suited their wishes or assist., to the Neptune ;J. Stocker, master's assist., their wants. Thep accordingly posted the follow to the Mars; R. E. Acklom, master's assist., to the ing notice in their yards : Emerald ;J. H. Veitch, master's assist., to the Han- T O o nd an TH E WORKM EN IN MarchNyTlllSEStThAnßL2l3Sdli,MitEiNsTp.rn. for the Lizard; nibal ; S. Smith, master's assist., to the Formidable, a ft er a posed to make the following alte ra ti ons i n th e rate of wages paid to skilled mech an i cs an d l a b ourers. Blenheim. T. M. Ramage, paymaster, to the The present rate of wages in London for a skilled mechanic is 335. per week of 581 hours, or about std. per hour; and for a labourer 20s. per week of 581 hours, or about 4d. per hour. We now propose 1 paying skillled mec h an i cs i n London 7d. per hour being an increase of wages at the rate of ls. 11d., per week, and labourers 41d. per hour, being an increase of wages at the rate of 81d. per week. This arrangement of payment by the hour will enable every man employed by us to work any number of hours he may think proper, being paid for the time he actually works in accordance with the above increased rates. It is hoped that this arrangement will secure that hearty co-operation and good feeling we have at all times been desirous to establish between ourselves and those engaged with us. March 15. LUCAS BROTHERS. To the general public unacquainted with the loss on contracts by a rise in the price of wages the above may not appear to be a very great increase, yet, on the contracts which Messrs. Lucas and Kelk have now on hand it entails a loss of nearly £14,000. The terms, in fact, were at first opposed by some masters as being more than they can afford. Ultimately, however, thinking that by se doing they would amply satisfy their men and put an end to all further . differences, they consented, The notice was accordingly issued, and if the matter had been in the hands of the men there is no doubt the terms would have been closed with gladly. Unfortunately, however, it was the delegates the firms had to deal with, and they at once rejected the offers, insisted on the ten hours' pay and nine hours' work, and on its refusal, the men were ordered out on strike. There is no doubt but that knowing Messrs. Kelk and Lucas had the contract for the Exhibition building in 1862 the delegates made sure that they would easily compel them to submit to any terms they might offer. They were not aware that since the last strike every contractor has introduced into the terms of his contract a " strike clause," by which he is not bound for any delay in completion caused by the men turning out. Such a clause actually exists in the present contract for the in tended building. It is needless to say, however, that the progress of the building will not be delayed on account of the turn-out, and if the men will not take the terms offered arrangements are making to provide others who will.' The demands of the men are so utterly unreason able that it is difficult to believe they really intend turning out on them generally. Most of the wives of these men work from 12 to 14 and 16 hours daily, at washing or as charwomen, and the children, as errand boys or in factories, work from 10 to 12 hours ; yet the delegates claim for the men them selves the right to leave off after nine hours' labour, having ten hours' pay. They now leave off work at half-past 5; they claim to be allowed to leave at half-past 4. In the summer months, when all the building is going on, the day is still in its prime at 4 o'clock, and the idea of stopping all work, stop ping all machinery, and putting back horses in the stables at that hour—at what may almost be called the middle of the day—seems monstrous. It was stated during the last strike that had the men struck for a Saturday half-holyday there would have been many of the public on their side. Under the terms now proposed, the men working, as now, ten hours a day, can actually leave off work at 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and take the rest of the day to themselves, receiving the same amount of weekly wages as heretofore. What ether workpeople have a Saturday half-holyday without paying for it; or what class of tradesmen or workpeople can finish their day's labour by half-past four in the afternoon ? Omnibus drivers are only paid 355. a-week for 16 hours' work every day, gundays in cluded. If the masters could meet the men and tell them these facts there would soon be an end of the turn-out. But now the masters can only see the delegates, who, perhaps not unnaturally, tell the workmen only their own side of the question, and garble over whatever is stated by the employers. It is confidently be!ieved thnt gladly join the works to-morrow, if allowed, but, of course, the Unions resort to every means in their power to prevent this. Round the works of Messrs. Lucas and Messrs. Kelk also, pickets of men are posted, who intercept, prevail, cajole, or intimidate every one willing to return. If a poor man should persist in earning his bread, his name, address, and occupation are put down in the black list, which is sent round to all the Trades Unions in the country, and after the strike is over the men are ordered to refuse to work at any yard where these poor fellows are employed. They are thus driven from town to town, and either compelled to seek a new occupa •. tion altogether or to compound for the forgiveness of the Union by the payment of a heavy fine and enrolling themselves as members. There is no doubt but that the present struggle will be a sharp and serious one, for as the system of payment by the hour will put an end to the mischievous in fluence of the Union at once they are likely tofight to the last against it. They must, however, beware of prolonging the contest, for, as we have said, the masters are determined to put an end to the present state of things by organising a regular system for the introduction of workmen from abroad. It is just to state in conclusion that the masters bind themselves to keep open their works for the 10 hours if only half a dozen men choose to work that time, and they pledge themselves not to allow overtime-work unless a majority of the men wish for it. In fact, the masters have gone out of their way to make concessions and to, anticipate every reasonable cause of complaint. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1861. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. S CINDE The directors of this company state in their report that all the materials and appliances necessary for the construction and working of the line had now arrived at Kurrachee. The cuttings and embank ments were in such a state of forwardness that they might probably be already completed throughout the entire length between Kurrachee and Kotree, leaving to be finished only the side trenches, water drains, and slope trimming, the progress of which would not interfere with the traffic of the line. On the 26th of Jan. the permanent way was laid over the Bahrun Viaduct, and an engine with train of materials passed over it. This viaduct consisted of 30 arches. It was built of hard white durable stone foundon the spot, and which had a very handsome appearance when dressed. The Bahrun was 1,782 feet long, and, with the exception of the Mulleer, the longest viaduct on the line. In the month of October, 1859, several hundred persons were con veyed by the railway to witness the ceremony of laying, by the Commissioners in Scinde, the foun dation stone of the Mulleer Viaduct, the most extensive engineering work on the line. This viaduct was composed of Warren's iron girders, of 80 feet span, resting on stone piers, and is 1,860 feet in length. The ballasting of the line was all but completed, and was of excellent quality, and the outlay for maintenance promised to be exceed ingly moderate, Telegraphic communication had been established for several months between Kur rachee and Kotree and the intermediate stations of the railway. The locomotive repairing shops were completed, and the smiths' shops and foundry had been at work fur nearly five months. Engines, car riages, and trucks were ready in sufficient number for the expected opening this month. Although the terminal and other stations would not be finished for the opening of the line, sufficient temporary accommodation would be afforded for both passen gers and goods. The harbour improvement works, so important to the railway, were being energeti cally carried on by Government. The external and internal trade of Scinde continued to increase in the most satisfactory manner. Since the last report a further sum of £83,000, raised by debentures, had been paid to the credit of the Se cretary of State for India in Council, making, with £250,000 previously raised, in all £333,000, being to the extent of the present borrowing powers of the company for the purposes of the Scinde Rail way. The financial statement showed that from the commencement the sum of £1,329,000 had been received, and that the sum of £1,164,000 had been expended, leaving a balance of £160,000. PUNJAB. The report of the directors states that since Sep tember last 12,000 tons of permanent way material and a large quantity of rolling stock had been despatched to Kurrachee, and the ironwork of every description necessary for the construction and working of the railway was either contracted for or in course of delivery for shipment to India. The earthwork on the section between Lahore and Umritsir was of excellent quality, and only two bridges on this section were in a forward state. By a prompt fulfilment of their engagements by the native contractors for the supply of ballast and sleepers this most important section would be speedily completed, and opened for the accommo dation of the public. The whole of the ironwork had been for some time on the spot, and the plate layers despatched from this country to put it toge ther had arrived. The Umritsir station designs had received the sanction of Government, and the Mean Meer and Atarree stations were all but com pleted. The works at the Great Central station at Lahore had been greatly advanced the past half year. The earthworks to be completed between Lahore and Mooltan were inconsiderable, and beyond Mooltan to Shere Shah they were so far advanced as to be within a short distance of the Cheenab river, at which spot the interchange of traffic coming from Kurrachee for the north, and vice versa, would be effected. Last month a call of X 5 per share was made payable on the capital of this railway, which was well responded to. No other call would be made on the proprietors during the current year. A considerable proportion of the shares were now fully paid up, and payments would continue for the present to be redeived in anticipation. The capital account showed that £903,531 had been received, and £676,923 expended, leaving a balance of £226,608. CAPE TOWN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. H. Watson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders and directors upon do i..su “Ltenaunce or proprietors on that occasion. It showed that they felt a due regard for their vested interests, and that they were prepared to extend their confidence to the directors and to give them their support. As recommended at last meeting, the statement of accounts had been modi fied. The works were now progressing satisfac torily, and with greater expedition than formerly. Mr. L. BROWNE, the managing director, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. He entered into several details with a view to explain the matters referred to in the report. The exten sion of the line into the centre of Cape Town had been sanctioned by the Government, which would add about two miles of double line to the length of their railway. A temporary station was to be erected at Cape Town, at the suggestion of Sir G. Grey. The iron and zinc work had been executed since the order was given in November last, and the materials for the station had been shipped, so that there was nothing to prevent the completion of the station at Cape Town by June next. The Govern ment had agreed to extend the guarantee of 6 per cent. on an additional sum of £20,000 for the cost of the proposed extension and station, provided the contractor was not bound to execute it under his contract. The authorized capital was £500,000, and, if it should be found necessary to exceed that amount, the sanction of the local Legislature would be required to extend the guarantee to the additional capital. The directors would never ask the proprietors to raise capital beyond the amount authorised without a similar guaran tee on the new capital. Station-masters had been selected from the Great Northern Rail way and sent out two months ago. Before the end of 1860 the iron rails for 34 miles of line had been sent out, and 38 miles of sleepers. Since then 11 miles of rails had been shipped and 18 miles of sleepers. There were 10 miles of rails ready to ship, and they had only 10 miles mote of rails and about four miles of sleepers to ship. They would have no delay in respect of the permanent way materials, and so soon as the earthworks were ready the line could be laid down. They had 6,400 shares in the company, which were paid up in full, and £47,000 had been paid in advance of calls. The works were in a forward state between Cape Town and Stellenbosch, and a few miles of line had already been laid. Since the supplemental contract had been signed the works had been carried on in a more satisfactory manner, the payments to the contractor now averaged between £B,OOO and £9,000 per month, whereas formerly they did not exceed £3,000 or £4,000 per month. Mr. J. BARRY, who had resided 43 years in the colony, said the prejudice against the railway was at present very strong, but he thought, when it was opened for traffic and its great advantages became known, that a great change would take place, and they would then be anxious to extend railway communication into the interior of the country. The Government was most anxious to extend those work and to give the enterprise all the assistance they could. After a short discussion on items of account, the report was adopted, and Mr. Alderman llakin was elected an auditor. GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. The annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. F. J. Law in the c h a i r . Th e report havingbeen taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the unseasonable character of the weather during the year 1860 had materially influenced their business by increasing the cost of all articles of consumption, while it also seriously damaged the revenue. Other companies had suffered from the same cause. He might adduce as an instance of the effect upon their receipts of unfavourable weather that in June, 1859, they received £52,172, while during the same period of 1860 they only received £49,277. As an instance of the effect of bad weather on the Sunday traffic, in 1860 the gross receipts on June 17th, which was a very wet day, were £978. while on June 24th (the following Sunday), which was very fine, they amounted to £1,702. The directors were not in a po. sition to meet them in the way they would wish, and they felt, therefore, much disappointed; but, as the causes which had led to this position of affairs were purely temporary, there was no reason for discou ragement. The actual loss they had experienced amounted to only £2,907, a sum which a few days of fine weather would readily produce. They had had to contend with the introduction of low fares in consequence of opposition from other parties, the competition they met with rendering that reduction absolutely necessary. Mr. MACNAMARA, a d irector, seconded the motion. Mr. PEEL then moved that a committee of 25 shareholders be appointed to investigate the affairs of the company. The motion having been seconded, was put and negatived by 52 to 30. The report was then adopted. A proposition from the French shareholders that £15,000 out of £24,000 made last year should be set aside for a dividend was referred to the consi deration of the directors. The retiring directors having been re-elected, a resolution providing that the next meeting (a half yearly one) should be held in September was carried, and the proceedings terminated. ATLANTIC ROYAL MAIL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY. The ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Mulcomson in the chair. The report stated that the present directors, who had come into office in September last, had since been doing everything in their power to improve the financial position and prospects of the com pany. To carry on the company it was necessary to raise £600,000 additional capital by the issue of preference shares, and to regard all the losses hitherto sustained as so much capital invested. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and said, although they had not sucbeeded in converting difficulties into success, he trusted they had laid the foundation of a prosperous future for the company. He trusted that when on the 9th of next month they recommenced the postal service they would be able to afford so much satisfaction both to the Government and the publiolthat they would secure such an accession of traffic as would enable them, after the payment of working ex penses, to keep the subsidy clear to pay not only the interest on the tra ns f erence capital, but also within a short time to pay a good dividend to the original shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. S. STIRLI NG seconded the motion, and it was carried. The CHAIRMAN moved the creation of £600,000 additional capital by £lO shares, with a preference of 6 per cent. Mr. ROBINSON having seconded the motion, Mr. STIRLING moved, as an amendment, that the preference interest be 7 per cent., which was se conded, and unanimously agreed to, and the pro ceedings terminated. POLICE lATELLIGENCE.—Mareh 27. MANSION-HOUSE,—Edward Holland, 22, de scribed as a letter-carrier, and dressed in the extreme of fashion, was brought before the Lord Mayor in custody of Haydon and Russell, detective officers, and charged with uttering at the bank of Messrs. Glyn and Co., in Lombard-street, a cheque for £690 7s. 3d., bearing a forged endorsement. The accusation was preferred by Mr. Peacock, the solicitor to the Post-office. The prisoner was undefended. The circumstances are remarkable.---On the 25th of Jan. last Mr. George Souter, the cashier in Edin burgh of the Religious Tract Society, forwarded by post, enclosed in a letter, a draught for £690 7s. 3d. to Mr. Richard Jones, the "depositary" of the so ciety, as that gentleman called himself, at their head quarters in Paternoster-row. The check Was drawn by the National Bank of Scotland on Messrs. Glyn and Co., and made payable on demand to the order of Mr. Jones. It was endorsed on the back with the name of Mr. Jones, which he proved to be a forgery. The letter, with its enclosure, ought t o have arrived in London next morning by ordinary course of post, but it never reached its destination. On Monday, the 28th of January, between 1 and 2 o'clock in the day, the draught was presented for payment at the bank of Messrs. Glyn by a man who received in exchange for it 12 £5O-notes of the Bank of England, £9O in gold, and 7s. 3d. in silver. The notes were all dated the 20th of November, 1860, and bore numbers, which were regularly re gistered in the books of the bank. Mr. Campbell Hardy, the cashier, who paid the money, had not now any recollection of the man who presented the draught, but a clerk in the bank named Thomson, who saw the money handed across the counter, took particular notice of the recipient, thinking it was a large sum for a person of his appearance to receive on his own account. The prisoner, to the best of his belief, was the man. I n l ess than half-an-hour afterwards the prisoner presented three of the £5O notes at the Bank of England, asking to have them exchanged for gold. Mr. W. S. Dean, one of the pay-clerks in attendance, noticed that the notes were endorsed on the back " Richard Jones, 40, Pre bend-street, Islington," and his suspicion being ex cited by the prisoner desiring to have the whole of the £l5O in gold, he turned his back for a moment to look at a directory which lay in a little room par titioned off from the counter, with a view of verify- • ing the address, and on his return the prisoner had disappeared, leaving the three £5O-notes be- , hind him, and w ith ou t h av i ng obtained the money. Mr. Dean immediately went to see if the prisoner had left the place, and learnt that a man of his appearance had gone out by a back way which was unknown to strangers. In a day or two afterwards the Religious Tract Society, becoming aware of the robbery, offered a reward of £5O for the apprehen sion of the p r i soner . Th e pol i ce authorities, how ever, lost all trace of him until Monday last. On that day the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Campbell, a jeweller in 'Tottenham-court -road, and asked to look at a diamond ring which was in the window. Before leaving he selected a watch and chain, the price of which together was £33. Taking out a pocket book, he said he had not sufficient change, and ordering the articles to be sent home, giving an address in Euston-square, he went away. Frank Perry, the shopman, suspecting the prisoner, went to Scotland-yard and mentioned the transac tion to the police authorities before delivering the goods. From there he took the watch and chain to the house in question in Euston-square, where he saw the prisoner, who offered him a £5O note in payment. This Perry declined to take, prisoner being a stranger to him, but offered to go and pro cure change for it. The prisoner, who on that suggestion appeared rather confused, handed the note to Perry for that purpose, who left, taking his goods with him, and went directly to the Bank of England, where the note, being one of the 12, the payment of +which had by that time been stopped, was detained. On Tuesday afternoon Russell and Haydon, the detective officers, went to a house in Clarence-row, Kentish -town, where they found the prisoner. In reply to a question he said his name was Holland, but at first disowned and then admitted that on the previous day he had bought a watch and chain at a shop in Tottenham -court-road, and offered a £5O note in payment. Telling him they were detectives, they charged him with uttering the stolen draught for £690 odd, and forging the endorsement on it. They then tried to coax him to give up the rest of the notes, upon which, hesitating for a few moments, he drew from a pocket of his trousers a purse, from which he took seven £5O notes of the Bank of England, which were afterwards identified as part of those he received at the bank of Messrs. Glyn. Russell said there was still another £5O note missing, and demanded to know where it was. The prisoner replied he had left it with the landlady in Euston square, as a deposit on taking her apartments on the previous day. Russell told him the landlady had denied that he gave her any money. The prisoner insisted that he had, adding that he left it with her because he had no small change. He also stated that he was a letter-carrier, and did not wish to be made the subject of a Post-office prose eution that he had found the notes, but did noi say where. The prisoner with some bravado cross-examined the witness Thomson, from Messrs. Glyn's, as to how it was possible he could swear to him, seeing, as the witness admitted he did, some 500 people at the bank in a day. Thomson repeated his belief that he was the man who presented the draught there for payment, and the witness Dean, from the Bank of England, spoke positively to the identity of the prisoner. On the application of Mr. Peacock, who com mended the witness Perry for the great discretion he had shown in the transaction, the Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner until Monday. GUILDHALL. —Thomas Spencer, described as a fishmonger and higgler, of Back-street, Hitchen, Hertfordshire, was charged at the instance of the Commissioners of Sewers, with unlawfully sending to Newgate-market the carcase of a cow which was in such a diseased and unsound condition as to be totally unfit for human food. Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, said this was a proceeding against the d e f en d ant f or sen di ng to a public market in this city a quantity of diseased meat to be sold for human food, and he was:happy to say that the salesman to whom it was consigned called the inspector's attention to it as soon as it arrived, and the consequence was that it was immediately seized and condemned by order of the magistrate at this court. The practice, however, of sending meat iu such an unwhole some state to the London markets had become so dangerous that the Commissioners of Sewers were now determined to prosecute in every case, and so put an end to a practice which Dr. Letheby had reported was not only prejudicial to health, but dangerous also to the lives of the poorer classes who, providing that they bought their meat at a cheap rate, were not particular about the quality or condition of it. Mr. Walter Greatres, a salesman in that part of Newgate market called Tvlor's market, said, on the 16th of February last a hamper, containing four quarters of beef, was delivered at his shop by the Great Northern Railway Company, and on opening the_ hamper he found the meat so bad that he called the inspector's attention to it. A. label, now pro duced, was attached to the hamper. Inspector Fisher said when he seized the four quarters of beef, the flesh was very wet, and so badly diseased that the men would not handle it to weigh it. The weight was about 3001 b. Some time after BOW - STREET.—Mr. Joseph Jopling, a clerk in the Adjutant-General's-office at the Horse Guards, was charged with annoying the inhabitants of Adam -street and John-street, Adelphi, by whistling in those streets between 12 and 1 o'clock on Wed nesday morning. Mr. Henry said it ill became a gentleman of defendant's position to misconduct himself in the manner described. The prisoner must pay 205., or be imprisoned for 21 days. • The prisoner paid the fine. THAMES.----George Cohen, a Jew, about 40 years of age, reputed to be a man of considerable wealth, who has for many years carried on the busi ness of a clothier, outfitter, and marine store dealer at two establishments in Rosemary-lane, otherwise Royal Mint-str ee t, Whit ec h ape l , was brought up on remand, charged with passing a forged .£lO Bank of England note, and two other forged notes for £5 each, he well knowing them to be forged, and with having three other forged notes in his possession. Three cases . of passing forged notes were clearly made out against the prisoner, who had obtained gold for them of three of his neighbours, of whom he had frequently obtained change for genuine notes, and who of course entertained no suspicions against him until the police were in communication with biro. Mr. Selfe--I believe something has transpired at the Mansion-house relating to forged notes of the same numbers and dates as these being in circu lation. Mr. Murfill, of the Bank—l am sorry to. state that a great many are in circulation at the present time. After a long investigation, Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial, and refused bail. TILE GREAT SILK ROBBERI. •At the Derby Police -court yesterday (Wednes day), before the Mayor and other magistrates, the two prisoners Debock and Barker were brought up on remand from the previous Wednesday, on a charge of stealing ten bales of silk, value £l,OOO, the property of Baron Rothschild ; and John New ton, an extensive silk manufacturer of Derby, was charged with receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Hilton, head constable, said the prisoners Debock and Barker were in custody on a charge of stealing a great quantity of silk from St. Katha rine's Docks, and which had been found at a silk manufactory in Derby. Mr. Mumford, the supe rintendent of police at St. Katharine's Docks, had arrived in Derby on :the previous day (Monday), and after he (Mr. Hilton), had laid the whole of the facts before him, he advised the apprehension of Mr. Newton on a charge of receiving the silk knowing it to have been stolen. The value of the silk was about £9OO. He would now, ask for a re mand until Tuesday, in order that all the , three prisoners might be conveyed to London on Mon day, and they would be brought up at the Thames Police-court on Tuesday at noon. Mr. Leech, solicitor, said he appeared for Mr. Newton, and, with all due respect to Mr. Hilton, he would say that some prima facie case against his client must be made out before he could be longer detained in custody. He must give some reason why he asked for a remand. The Mayor—l don't think this is the place to go into details, Mr. Leech—l say Mr. Newton has not committed any offence. and even if he had we are bound tohave a reason why he should be remanded. Mr. Hilton---I have no obj action to state some of the reasons. We shall prove that Mr. Newton was in London when the silk was stolen ; that he came from London with the prisonersDebock and Barker; that he was in their company drinking ; that he paid them £3OO in notes, and also gave them a check for £220, making £520 ; that although he only paid them £520 he took a receipt from them for £700; that Newton said he never saw the silk until it was delivered on the Tuesday, when we have evidence to prove that he consigned it himself in London on Monday, and came down with it, accom panied by Debock and Barker; that the silk was stolen on the 14th of March, and Newton had a re ceipt for the purchase of it on the 15th of March ; and that afterwards he said he never saw the silk until Tuesday, the 19th of March. The silk was found upon Newton's premises, and the marks of identification had been taken away from the bales. I don't accuse Mr. Newton of anything, but as the robbery is a very serious one I think we are justi fied in asking for Mr. Newton to be remanded as well as Debock and Barker. Mr. Leech--I admit that Mr. Newton bought the silk in Derby, and that he gaye its fullest value. At the proper time I shall be able to prove his innocence, and I have now only to ask the bench to take bail for his appearance in London, as he is very unwell, to which his medical attendant, Mr. Gisborne, can testify. I have no doubt that it is within the knowledge of the bench that Mr. New ton is a man of property and of means, and not like one of those men who are here to-day and gone to morrow. I may also say that I have gone through his books, and I don't believe there is the slightest probability of his being convicted. I hope therefore the bench will allow him to be bailed out. Mr. Mumford is here no doubt to do his duty, but after hearing what I have stated I hope he won't object to bail. John Passmore Mumford--1 am superintendent of police at St. Katherine's Docks, London. A large robbery has been committed, and some of the parties implicated in it are still at large, and it might frustrate the ends of justice if bail was taken for any of the accused. I certainly object to bail, and as it is a question of health with Newton he will have medical attendance. Mr. Hilton—As Mr. Leech has alluded to Mr. Newton being a man of property and means, I may remark that there are persons implicated in this robbery who are in a large way of business as silk dealers in London and are moneyed men. They have absconded and no doubt are gone on to the Continent. Mr. Mumford_Mr. Leech can renew his appli cation for bail in . London on Monday. Mr. Hilton—The two men Agg and Hunter, who have absconded, said they sold the silk to Messrs. Newton. Mr. Leech —That is true ; and I shall prove Mr. Newton has traded with them for years. I will re new the application for bail in London. I have only now to ask the bench to allow me to have an inter view with Newton this afternoon, in the presence of Mr. Hilton, on other business entirely of a different character, and unconnected with this charge. Mr. Hilton—l shall object to Mr Leech having any conversation on this charge, but I have no ob jection to his seeing him in my presence on any other business matters. The Bench said that might be done; and the three prisoners were formally remanded until Tues day next., when they w i ll b e b rought up at the Thames Police-court. The court was crowded with silk manufacturers, and the proceedings excited the greatest interest. A considerable portion of the front of the Hotel Chabrol, at Riom (Puy de D ome ) , fell three days ago into the street with a fearful crash. It was known to be in a dangerous state, and had been propped up, but insuffici ently. A young man who was passing at the moment re ceived a contusion on the arm. 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Holloway's preparations restore order, ease, strength, and happiness, the meat was ordered by Colonel Wilson to be de stroyed witness went to Hitchin, and there saw the defendant, who admitted having sent the body of a cow on the 15t% of February to Mr. Greatrex, and at the same time he'said he was employed to slaughter the cow and dress and send it to Newgate-market by Peter Peak, a licensed victualler, of Waldsworth, near Hitchin. Inspector Newman said the beef in question was totally unfit for human food. He was afraid to touch it, and the men refused to take it out of the hamper until it was covered with cloths, and then they were afraid to touch it without having gloves on. The railway porters were then examined, and their evidence went to show that the defendant consigned the meat at the Hitchin Station in his own name, and that that hamper was the only one delivered by the Great Northern Railway Company on that morning. Alderman Phillips said there could be no doubt that the salesmen of Newgate-market were a highly respectable body of men, and the pursuit that the defendant appeared to have been engaged in was one that could not for a moment be tolerated. This prosecution was, therefore, a very proper one, and, without making any remarks to prejudice the de fendant, he thought it was his duty to commit the case to the sessions for trial. The defendant was then committed to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court, his friend Peter Peak becoming bail for his appearance. THE CASE 07 B.AIOIV ZYCHLINVIL NOTTINGHAM, TUESDAY. This morning Baron Zychlinski was brought up on re mand on the charge of obtaining £4OO, under false pretences, before the mayor and magistrates, at the Police-court. The room was densely crowded, the greatest interest being attached to the proceedings. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Counsellor Yeatmauv and Mr. Counsellor Mereweather for the prosecution. The Baron was accommodated with a seat at the table next to his counsel. Mr. Mereweather said that since the prisoner's last exa mination great diligence had been used to bring evidence from Berlin, as to the prisoner being the person he stated himself to be. The proecutor's attorney (Mr. Campbell) had an interview with Lord John Russell, and by hie lordship's advice and assistance, Lord Loftus, our Ambas sador at Berlin, had been communicated with, and the prosecution was now prepared with a witness who was a soldier in the regiment from which the prisoner was a de serter. This witness was also provided with a letter of identity from Colonel Goltz, the commanding officer of the regiment, of which prisoner had stated he was a captain, and he would refute his statements. Mr. Campbell gave evidence, bearing out Mr. Mere weather's remark®. Carl August &liarlock said he was trumpeter in the 7th (Prussian) Hussars ; Count Goltz was the commanding officer, and it was by his orders that witness was here. Had been six years in the regiment. " Knew the prisoner, who was called Von Zychlinski. Thetaron joined the regiment in 1859, as a volunteer private Hussar. He represented himself as a baron. After five months' service prisoner obtained a furlough, and witness afterwards heard that be had deserted. Volunteers are frequently noblemen, and mess with the officers. Prisoner did so. At this point of the proceedings the magistrates retired to consult, and, after a lengthened deliberation, remanded the prisoner for a week. COUNTRY MARKETS. SHEFFIELD—MARCH 26. A fair supply of English wheat to-day, which sold at 6d to is per load advance on the extreme prices of last week. Oats in demand, at fully former prices. Flour and other articles unchanged. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od White 77 » ...25s Od to 28s Od New red ~ 9) ...20s Od to 22s Od New white „ 77 ...228 Od to 26s Od 79 Beans 77 ... 16s Od to 22s 6d Peas ' per qr s4s Od to 65 s 04 Grinding barley, per qr , 33s Od to 3550 d Malting ditto, „ ), Oats 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL-MARCH 27. - A moderate supply of wheat to-day, which was in brisk demand, and prices is per qr higher. Barley quiet, with a fair show. Barley, beans, oats and peas unaltered. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 6ss Od to 68s Od Old red ;) New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 63s Od to 68s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red ... 60s Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 44s Od Grinding 32s Od to 36s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish ...... Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 140 Friesland and Dutch osl4ld to oslsd Swedish and Danish osl4d to osl4ld Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 44s Od to 458 Od New tick. 438 Od to 44s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ... Spring. — s Od t o — s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign 9 5 oto 10 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones 515 oto 6 0 0 NEWARK-MARCH 27. The trade in wheat was active, and late rates advanced le to 2s per qr. A limited supply:at market. The attendance was tolerable. Not much doing in barley, but unchanged in value. Oats realised previous rates, with a fair demand. Beans a small show, but a ready sale. White wheat, new, 65s to 70s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 326 Red do. 6 os t o 78 s O a t s , o ld, .. 3 os to 3 4 g Old white 6ss to 70s New do 26s to 30e Red do. 50s to 60s Beans. 40s t o 44e Barley, malting.... 38s to 44s Beans, new 383 to 450 Peas, ....44s to 555. 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Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery un d er a pena lt y o f £5 , 000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevin has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du -Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted 'in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lie. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order 'ray Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re• gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and. 451, Strand; 49 and 60, Bishopagate. , street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co. tea-dealers ; Petty, Wood, and ing William-street, City ; at 127 High, Holborn ; and C0., :i1l grocers, BIRTHS. DEANE.—On the 216th inst., at Highfield LOdge, Bishop' stoke, the wife of George Onslow Deane, Esq., of a son. GRANT.—On the 12th ult., at Malabar Hill, Bombay, the wife of Sir A. Grant, Bart., of a son and heir. THELLUSSON.—On the 27th inst., at 11, Connaught .place Hyde-park, the wife of Major Thellusson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BuLLocH—CLousroN.—On the 26th inst., at GlasgoW? Matthew Bulloch, Esq., m erc h an t, to Maria, daughter of the Hon. P e t er Cl ous t on , L or d P rovost of the city 0f Glasgow. DAWSON--GRII FINIIOOPE. On the 20th inst., at Leghorn , F. D. Massy Dawrion, of Lincoln's-inn, and the Middle Temple, to Harriet, only daughter of the late Rev. Tho o . Sparkes, Griffinhomfe, of Arkedon, Essex. DEATHS. CLARKSON.—On the 24th inst., at 53, Cleveland-square , Hyde-park, Frederic Clarkson, Esq., of Doctors'••com^ mons, aged GI-. - • NELSON.—On the 23d inst., at Abden House, Prestonfieldr Edinburgh, Thomas Nelson, sen., Esq., publisher, aged 81. PEDDEN.—On the 21st inst., suddenly, at his residence , Ashton-park, Preston, Edward Pcdden, Esq., D.L., and J.P. for Vie county o iLancaster, aged 50. SMITIL—On the 26th inst , at Royal.hill, Greenwich, Mr. Wm. Smith, aged 71. STOKES —On the 26th inst., at Stratford Lodge, South - sea, Edmund Stokes, Esq., aged 72. WrLsoN.—On the 18th inst., Robert Wilson, Esq., of 20, Devonshire-street, Portland-place, aged 6t3. 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