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* Zr E R 4 1 1 4: ,1 , . / ., 1 ; 11111 4 : L i t . ‘:; 1 • ' - •. ANINNIMOOBO %may TM What " Happy► Lana" can I see ynu after the Opera? I only know of One HAPPY LAND, EVANS', COVENT-GARDEN, my dear fellow! RLNAH N'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. T his celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Deliclogs, and very Wholesom e. aSold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by t e Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale NING, MARCH 31, 1864. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. N°. 22,391. THE SUN, LONDON, 1111U1t.,,DAY EV 8, GREAT WINDMILL-ST RE FIT, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 4`Rinahan's LL Whisky." To THE BONDHOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS. PAYABLE IN LONDON. ~821,01'0 dollars (XlBO,OOO, New York Division — Due in 1881 . " o ' oo ,ooo dollars (X 245,030) Pennsylvania Division—Due in th S e ecured 1882. by a Registered Mortgage, constituting a lien on income and all corporate rights. privileges, lands, titan `dlißes, plant and p roper t y o f th e Pennsylvania and New York visions of the Railway. The Bonds are redeemable in New York or in London at se. Gd. per dollar, and are transferable without stamp or en earl""nent ; 4 per cent. of the gross amount will be drawn yin July, commencing in 1865, to be pa'd off at par in a g i dm ; Interest Coupons are attached to the'Bonds, my -44, e se mi - annually, at the Consolidated rank in London, at the fixed rate of 4s. to the dollar. _The onds will b issed at 70. viz. : Bonds B 01 100 dole. at Xl5 u lss., with interest from April, 1, 1861. 500 £78155., „ It l ' °°° it £157105., ~ ~ , ,t9e Coupons represent £l4 per annum on each bond of a ".1 . 1 0 dollps (£225) or subscribing per cent. 01TAhe privilege of will remain open until the 6th MI for the:present bondhOlders, either directly or through th_eir brokers .The terms ' of issue are as follows : 10 1 ) er cent. on application, being £ll 5 0 per Bond of LOCO dol. is 5, al otment „ 22 1 0 0 ~ 20 ~ 2d May 33 15 0 ~ ,s 2 0 3, 16th May „ 45 0 0 Ist June 45 0 0 i p 2, £157 10 0 .., S ubsCribets have the option of paying the instalments in. 7„!_anee, and will be allowed a discount of 6 per cent. per an ; such pre-payments. ...alter allotment Scrip Certifi ^ates will be issued to "bearer." --Lop.ese Certificates will be exchanged for Bonds to " bearer' , Oh of the final instalment. e early completion of the works of this great Railway itses the Company in making this additional issue of of ads, the the financial policy adopted at the outset, ... li ming securities to the public only after the actual pro b'esa of the Railway has secured the necessary income for i; a,,, hltg the interest. There will remain only the Second `"try r ey t 6 11 of the Ohio division, to be disposed of hereafter, `the total-of the Itooded , Debt-will- be-only £6:000 per a t i.)6ll lR of appl'cation may be obtained of the Bankers ; or the Offices of the Company. Offices of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, March 23, 2, 84 Old Broad-street, London, IC.C. 18. THE ALBION BANK (Limited). Capital £l,COO,cOO, in 20,C00 shares of .£5O each. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on application, and XI per share on allotment. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per share. No call will be made for three months alter allot reent. Three months' interval at least will elapse between two calls, and no call will ex - eed £5 per share. tlncorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1862, I ['whereby each shareholder's, liability is limited to the arneunt of his shares. DIRECTORS. Thomas Cave Esq., Sheriff of London and Midd'esex. „, • Pritchett, Es. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, . Th !en church - street. P- Masters, Esq. (firm of W. F. Masters and Sons), Tvgate arket. 4)e.Piamin Baugh, Esq., Bradford-street, and Balsall-heath, 7,1 d rmingharn. Thomas Aggs, Esq. (firm of Thomas Aggs and CO, 155, _tchurch-street. E.C. * 4 F. Potter Es (firm of R. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate street. The With power to add to their number. Provisional arrangement for merging the old-established priv ate bank of Me ssrs . Challis and Son with the Albion B ank (Limited) has been confirmed, snd the active partner Wlll be the general manager of the Bank. GENERAL MANAGER Thomas M. Challis, Esq. Nre s BANKERS. 'l's. Challis and Son, 16, West Smithfield. London, Threadneedle-street. 11e and Northern Bank, 2, Bank-building's, London and NeWeustle, Leeds, and Huddersfield BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mar'. SOLICITOR. W. Cuming Dean, Esq., 27, New Broad-street. Wlilia AUDITORS. ? t r -I n Cooper, Esq, Publio Accountant, 13, George - street rsi'ml Rouse. q Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele. a " Company. SECRETARY, PRO TEM. Mr. H. L. Price. Temp)rary Offices-2, Bank-buildings. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Although the system of joint-stock banking has been esta- Wi s h tr.a th l to meet the requirements of most departments of cu re, it has not been introduced for the business of the ag,ri tural and cattle markets of the metropolis ; and though s e 'e „PoPulation has dOubled within the last 25 years, and. eon bial„ntlY, the necessary quantity of supplies, yet the whole the hand amounting to 15 to 21 millions per annum, is left in „„ ands of a few private firms. ti e 'ne Albion Bank is introduced to prod 'e increased f acili as !for this tnide by establishing an office in the City, as well g i o: t Smithfield and the Metropolitan Cattle Market ; and in t rluently, should it be bound desrable, by opening branches T he agricultural districts. bow Metropolitan Meat or Poultry Market in in Smithfield, A lin course of erection, is destined, by the terms of the k„ e , of Parliament, to combine and supersede all other mar for meat in the metropolis. To this market will be con ronutirated all transactions for the supply of butchers' meat, !L.. try, and other produce to the inhabitants of the metro- VTl.s o and a circle of 14 miles round it. 1 .2 n uld no allotment take place, the eposit will be re- rned in full. Should a less number of d shar,s s be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available to wards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, Zeturned to the a. plicant. A nplicatlon for shares may be addresqed to the bankers, !?.rokers, or directors of the Company, and to the secretary at the offices of the Company. HE ALBION BANK (Limited). The Directors have to announce that the PROVI `')NAL AGREEMENT for the PURCHASE of the Old eastab'ished BANKING BUSINESS of Messrs. CHALLIS 1.; 114 SON, together with their Bank Premises, No. 16, West i i t nithfield, and Bank Buildings, Metropolitan Cattle M rket, t n CONFIRMED; and that Mr. Thomas M. Challis, the active partner in the firm, will be the General Manager of Albion Bank (Limited). II HE ALBION BANK (Limited ) this FURTER APPLICATINS for SHARE in .61prili.aNnkO Will:be H RECEIVED after O S TUESDAY, the sth SPECTACLES. The Patent Newly-invented 1 1 . 0 ,., ru Tinted Sp ec t ac l es are p a tronised by the majority of the o rd tY, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra nary reiief to weak, din, and detective and B 'uLanov Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, vision.—S. Piccadilly. THE ORIGINAL ItOVAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Game &c. urep ar ed only by the proprietors, Mos. Bucx and Co., 10, ". 11 -plice, Dais; on, London, N.E. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any nlliOne troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or T h "Mesa, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. cir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. ‘'t all medicine vendors at is. lid. ond 2s. 9d. ; or free by in^toet for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist MESSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the ;, 4 r. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and estminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well.park. --- Address—Borr and .TAcxsorT, "Man of the World" Wine Cores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. BY PELIX M. MILL ER, Professor of Sonlpture, Govern /pent School of Art, published under the special sanction of ,Ele National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente '4/3' Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. %les will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub cribers only, and are executed in— French eA -ood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One Guinea. Bronze 8 11 It Three Guineas Subscribers' names received by the agents in London and chief provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), Or by the publishers, HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &a, I3y appointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess 01 Wales, 5,7, and 9, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap blication. RI Z E MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) t e The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. tifte s to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuskers' manufacture. Ti, c listiguised Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis u r "Ler and Co., on the subject of AX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, London, says : p dit i q have found them fully equal to the recommendation l end You gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn,.,l corn- Luera to the clergy for the use of the altar." Cora?„ Bt qUality, with r tatted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2 d. per lb. arY quality .„ Is. Od. per lb. -V EGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. 3 quality .. is. sd. per lb. • • Thi r " • • • • quality • • • • " • • . 3d. per lb. Ca age d "alit ls ld per lb. paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. 8, FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. south Alolton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— T he l Kensington (Established 1730). largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. tc BED •ROOlll CANDLES. r RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop sold t qrease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles , ca rrie n re boxes is. and 3s. each, are recommendei as the best sol d " EXTRA. H AR D 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," W 11044 ld ,b of 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those Ni not burn thin. b " SliEnivoop ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," 111 1 - ei:;" e u ts Of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use ken t - c h e apness is a great object, will be found an improve s ° , l the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. ted,,D,ecial candle ticks to fit thin candles. is. and 2s. ed. each ; ' 4411 g sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. sheTwood TOIL ET SO &PS. Frown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. ea,,-taelniont Glycerine Soap, contains Price B Glycerine. tntilior and .I,74.erty_cE G ia lge E ri . ne Soap, for tender skins in winter. SHERWOODOLE gloves and removes had l ee 's vlyeerine" may be Cleans and other st eins, eaas u i r 7 l any Chemist, in grease Itri c , e ; i bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsu ed bot- P\pa s Patent " from 6d ties, 6d. and ls. each. 11 rus " InlInI;e Glycerine . I as Ine bee ut R iOd on the state- I jilat t is ' , equal to Wh. oi ersk , Retail through any GroCet / ) 7 Price'a Patent Caudle C 91 010 17 ablitecl: rr f3IIIISONS SEEKING LANDED SATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY — To RE CIAO GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. 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WoilirThrl.r4.lstright ainsboroncrh minster, Wellington. C on. Cambridge, _ Margate. Kidder tames, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester. swich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, SCIND E RAILWAY (INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA, PUNJAUB, and DELHI RAILWAYS) COMPANY. At the NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above Cempany, held at the London Tavern. Bishops2ate street, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th March, 18M—W. P. ANDREW, Esq., Chairman of the Com pany, presiding—the folowing Resolutions were carried unanimously : 1. That this meeting receive and adopt the report and ac counts of the Directors. 2. That W. P. Andrew, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 3. That Colonel Sir Frederick L. Arthur, Bart., be re elected a Director of this Company. 4. That George Gordon M4cpherson, Esq., be re-elected Auditor of this Company. 5. That the cordial thanks of this meeting are tendered to W. P. Andrew, Esq., for his courteous conduct in the chair this day. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. S. H. R. PARRY, Acting Secretary. Gresham House. Old Broad-street, London, March 30, 186 i. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND. — In order to give some idea of the spiritual , restitution in London, and also of the nature of the information which has been obtained reearding almost every parish in the diocese, it has been thought desirable to publish the following detail , respecting four parishes, chosen out of four different postal dis riots : Perish A.—The total population of this parish is nearly 2;,800. About two-thirds are of the labouring classes, and one-third are shopkeepers, mercantile clerks, warehousemen, &c. There is only one church, with accommodation for 2,"01, and no mission , room or other place for Divine service. There are six Dissenting chapels, accommodating about 2,80 1 . There are three clergymen, two Scripture readers, and one City missionary ; three Church schools, which accommodate 840; three Dissenting schools, with accommodation for 1,500 ; one ragged school for 200. It appears that for this ponula +ion of 25,000 the Church and Dissenters together pro vide 4,0 - 0 sittine s, which would not be sufficient for a popu lation of 10,000 rersons. There are, therefore, nearly, 15,000 in this parish for whom r o provision is made in any pla^e of religious worship. Again, for these 25101 peop'e there are only three clergymen of the Church of England. With re spect to the ministers of other religious communitie , it must be borne in mind that, however active they may be in visiting the members of their own congregations, theycannot be con sidered as responsible for any more extended or sy tematic visit ation. Supposing, then, that their chapels in thP parish were all full, the congregations would number less than 3. 080 , and would probably represent a population less than B,eoo. There would still remain 17,008 wordy for whose pastoral care the Church of England is responsible, and for whom only three clergymen are prov'ded. But these AVOII dbe fully employed in ministering to 6.00 1 , that is, 2,0'0 to each. There wi I still, therefore, remain more than le,roo people in this one parish for the personal visitation of whom by ministers of religion no provision is made, either by the Church of England or by Dissenters. Parish B.—Population (in 1861) 21,010, increased even since then by 4,010 more, making 28,000, Ground is also laid rut for building immediately 1,700 houses, and ultimately 2.'00 more, representirg together an expected increase of 22.000 to the prey nt pooulation. s large portion are mechanics, and the remainder dty labourers. costermontrers, &c. There is one parish church. with accommodation for 880, a school church, containing 600 or 700 ; ard a small chapel or east-, con taining abort t 100. There are four Dissenting chapAs, all small, containing probably altogether about 1,201. The total accommodation of alkkinds is 2,800. There are three three parochial clergy, two Scripture readers, and one City missionary. There are five Church sehools, accommodating WV - Tether 1.000 children ; ore Dissenting school, with less than 200 children. In this c , re there w uld aprear to he at this moment nearly 20,000 people more than can be reached by the ministrations of the clergy, and about the same nip , - tier who are wi bout atria provision for public worship. This is an instance of the rapid growth of a suburban parish, the population having increased from 6,600 in 1841, to 24,000 in 1861 ; and if any considerable part of the building proiect now proposed be carried out, the population will, before 1871, be upwards of 50,000. Parish C —The total population of this parish is 30,000. Of these about 20,000 are of the labouring, classes and poor. A large proportion of the remainder are small tradesmen, clerks. and persons with life incomes, while very few are in easy circumstances, The parish church and a pronrietary chapel together contain ac - ernmodation for about 3,700 There is also an iron school church used for Divine service which will contain 200. There is no parsonage. There is on 9 small Dissenting chapel. There are six clergymen of the Church of Enniatd, one of whom is a missionary curate; no Scripture reader, and five City missionaries. There are five Church schools, accommodating 900 children. In this parish there appears to be 20,000 people who have no accommodation at all for public worship, and 18,010 beyond the number who can be efficiently ministered to by the present parochial clergy. Parish D.—Po 7:ulatim 34,000 of the wnrking classes, mostly very port*, with a few shopkeepers. There is one church, with 2,000 sittings, and two mission rooms, one containin 2 0 and the other 70. There are nine Dissenting chapels, accommodating probably about 5,000. There are five paro chial clergy, three of them being missionary curates, one Scripture reader, and four City missionaries. There are three Church schools, wi h accommodation for 610; and nine Dis senting schools, accommodating probably about 1,000; one ragg , d school for about 30. There anpear in this parish to be 21,001 p , rsons 'eft unprovided with pastoral supervis'on, and about 11,000 who have no provision for attending public worship. These four cases, taken from dill 'rent districts of London, are given because they present a view of the splritual cond'- Von of the ropnlation in a great number of parishes in the metropolis, and not with the intention of making any son cial appeal on their behalf. It is evident that in parishes like these there is needed a large increase not only of clergy. but of lay agents of various kinds, and also of s c hools and mission rooms in which they may carry on their work. In the case of populous parishes, where the existing churches are not filled, the necessity of an increase of 1 ving ,gents is all the more urgent, in order to awaken the ma as of the people to a greater sense of their duty and value of public worship. Office, 70, Pall-mall, By order of the Committee. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND. — The Committee of th , s Fund, having obtained detailed statistical information as to the means of Divine worship and of religious instruction supplied by the Church of Eng land and by other Christian communities throughout the metropolis, are anxious to b . ' enabled to apply immedi , te remedies to the most pressing wants which their inquiries have disclosed. With the funds a'ready placed at their disposal they have supplied the necessary maintenance for 28 missionary clergy and curates, 21 Scripture readers, and four mission women. They have granted £2,00' towards the purchase or erection of six mission stations or school churches, and 47,0!5 in aid of the completion of 13 permanent churches in poor d stricts, for some of which endowments have been obtained from other quarters. Many pressing applications for similar objects are under consideration. For the amount of work which they have already been enabl , d to assist and set in action they are indebted to those who have promptly and liberally responded to the appeal made by the Bishop of this Dircese ; but, in order to prose cute effectually the great work which lies befo!e them, they most rely on the general co-operation of the great body of proprietors, inhabitants, and itors of this vast and wealthy metropolis. The sma 1 offerings of the poor will be not less thankfully received than the munificent donations of the rich. Of the mi lion for which the Bishop asks, £1e4,001 has been premised. But this amount, it must be remembered, is dis tributed aver the next ten years. Large as are the donations which have been given by the 70r) subscribers who already contrihuted to the Fund, it is hoped that there have will be a response from the general public adequate to the emer gencv. Office, 7 9, Pall-mall, March 21, 1864. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND— STATISTICS as to the RELIGIOUS CONDITION of LONDON, ascertained by inquiries in connexion with this Fund. are published by Messrs. Rivingtons, Waterloo-place, price 2d., and may be had of all Bookse lers.—Office, 79, Pall mall. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND.-- Subscriptions to the Fir d may be paid to Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co , No. 16, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Barnett and Co., 62, Lombard-street ; Messrs.!Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Mt Bars. 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Be particular. and ask engraved 911 the star*. for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and addreap ae. ,OROUGH PO THE ELECTORS OF THE OF FINSBURY. GENTLEMEN, When you did me the honour to elect me as your Repre sentative I pledged myself that, if I found the task more than my health and strength were equal to, I would resign. I feel it due to you to say that„ after the most anxious delibera reswenitth m Parliament, not to present myself Y physician, I have determined. delibera tion and eel o c s o e n o s f u l t t h a e t i p on for re-election. I need hardly assure you that I have arrived at this determination with great reluctance. My relations with the borough have been from the first so perfectly cordial and satisfactory, that it is impossible to think of leaving it without sincere regret. I have one reason—and one only — for resigning Finsbury. The duties connected with the Re presentati ;n of a Metropolitan Borough are not only of sn extremely numerous, but of a very pressing and responsible kind. Hardly a measure comes before Parliament, which does not affe t some section of the Electors. This naturally leads to a very extended correspondence ; and I find this, in addition to my own sffairs, more than I can continue to per form with satisfaction to myself, and that due regard to my health which my duty to my family requires. If I again re-enter Parliament, it must be to represent some Constituency where attention only to national ques tions is required at my hands, and where I should be compa ratively free fir political work. Be assured I shall ever cherish a warm recollection of your kindne.s and friendship. You have throughout given me your confidence, and I have endeavoured to repay that confi dence by devoting myself to your service. Amid the diversity of political sentiments prevailing in so very large a Constituency. I cannot expect my course in Par liament to have satisfied all the Electors; but I venture to hope that, in the main, I have faithfully represented your political convictions and your social interests. I am, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully. S. MORTON PETO. Kensington Palace Gardens. March 31, 1864, The Supposed Foundering of the Re Galant uomo, The New York papers to hand contain accounts of the supposed loss of the Re Galentuomo. The Star of the West had arrived at New York from Liverpool, and — fa hbr • log - wvre, the4ollowing_ entries : On March 7, latitude 40.40, longitude 64.20, at 4 p.m., saw a large man-of-war with maintopmast gone, and colours at the masthead, as if she wished to speak with us. At 5 p.ra. tacked, steering south-west by the wind, until 6 p.m., the man-of-war firing guns—hove to about 4 miles to the leeward of her. At half-past 6 p.m. she tried to speak us, but could not be heard—filled the ship and tacked. At 7 p.m. passed close under her stern and asked what she wanted, and the reply was that she was an Italian man •of war, and in a sinking condition, wished us to lie by her all night, and accompany her to the nearest land. Asked how many people there were on board. Reply —over 400. We promised t 6 remain by her through the night ; shortened sails to lower topsails and foretopmast stay sail, and kept by the wind, At eight p.m. fired a rocket, which was answered by another from the man of war. Steered towards her and hove to about two miles to windward. At 9 p.m. fired a bluelight, which was answered by one from the vessel, the two ships being in about the same position. At 10 p.m. fired a rocket; no reply. At 11 p.m. fired a rocket and bluelight; no reply. Wore ship and ran to the eastward about three miles ; hove to on the other tack, and lay until daylight. At 5 a.m. made sail and ran to the eastward, a lookout at the masthead, but could see nothing ; at 6 a.m. hauled by the wind, supposing she had kept away before the wind. Shortly after 9 p.m. strong breeze sprang up from west ward ; weather moderately clear. Saw several vessels steering east during the day. March 11, lat 40, long 68, passed Austrian brig Memento, bopnd to Boston; 13th inst., lat 40 30, long 70, passed ship Anewan, from Callao. The New York Herald says : The Italian frigate Re Galantuomo sailed from New York on the 3d inst., and the Re d'ltalia on the 9th. From the date of the supposed disaster therefore it is surmised that the vessel in distress must have been the Re Galantuomo, though it is not generally supposed here that she had such a large number of passengers on board. When the news reached New York the first impression was that the Re d'ltalia had suffered another accident; but it is unnecessary to state that such millet have been the case, as she did not leave the Narrows until the 9th inst., two days after the supposed disaster. If any disaster has occurred to an Italian frigate it must have been the Re Galantuomo, which left on the 3d inst. The above statement of Captain Perry is, however, by no means incompatible with the safety of the frigate. She may have gone in a different direction from that pursued by the Star of the West on the morning of the Bth. The Italian Consul General J. Anfora di Licignano, in company with B. W. Peycock, Esq., and Signor Secchi di Cassali, editor of the Eco d' Italia, visited the ship Star of the West, Captain Pert y commanding, yesterday afternoon, in order to ascertain the fullest and most reliable particulars relative to the supposed loss of the Italian man-of-war, which vessel had been spoken on March 7. The following facts were elicited : When in latitude 40.40, longitude 64 20, at the hour of 4 p.m. on the afternoon of March 7, the look-out on the Star of the West saw a large man-of .war. She had her colours at the masthead and maintopmast gone. These facts proved that they wished to speak, and those on board the Star of the West made the n ecessar y movement to comply with request.the P At did r7pmpassed under her stern and spoke her. Captain not ' speak through a trumpet, as they had none on board the Star of the West. The question was then asked— " What do you want "We are an Italian man-of-war, and in a sinking condi tion. We wish you to lie near us all night and accompany us to the nearest land." " How many have you got on board ?" " Over four hundred." The Star of the West then st eered a short way from the s i n ki n g vessel and fired signals up to 9 o'clock, which were all responded to. Th ere was a rocket fired at 10 o'clock, but 1 no'clocko'clock o response o n a tii rocket e wa s morningar n e e d e ov l fue received. h. e light Thu sBth the matterse r e sta sent r holding last abo u t t h ree m i les from w h ere a lay. It b e i ng d ay li ght at this t i me u n rot hef o p met ; r ha e l b ei p tn u l av veylt Italian u a a ns s n tn v d b ts et e l s f l s t s o l e r i every eye was turned in the direction where the distressed vessel was last seen but no trace of her could be dis covered. At the time of these occurrences both vessels were equi-distant between Bermuda and Sable Islands, about 700 miles from New York. No person could see the name on the stern of the Italian vessel, as it was quite dark when the Star of the West rounded her. The person who hailed from the decks of the Italian vessel spo k e excellent English. Captain Perry did not think it possible that the vessel could have foundered without their knowledge. There were no vestiges of a wreck or anything eplseerryongtihveessuitrfaasceho isftheopinion pin w io a n ter xtthnaetnmo v or e n ss in el g, of an s d o C la a r p g ta e in a size as the Italian, with such a number of souls on board, could possibly have foundered within three miles of assist. a ante without some evidence of their terrible end appearing on the morning after the calamit h y. my observatio ns of the Italian li ne - C a pt a in Perry was th en aske d to give a written opinion, w hich he did as follo ws : 4, On board s hi p Star of the West, March 15. "Having answered a h 7, of the Italian Con sas per my report, I hereby once to send a steam er, with such means as w o u ld aid her, distress the in inquiriesMro o u f . l- b G a t Con sul-General n l e e r e a shipe l r respectingitf Icertify sa wthat ini n my opinion it w ou ld b e expe di en t a t to the place from whence I last saw her continuing her course, for the search in the Western Islands, After wait• ing two hours, and neither seeing her nor any portions of the wreck, I feel she must have, up to that time, remained safe. tt HAMILTO N PERRY, Master. "Witness—B. M. Peycock." In consquence of the extreme . darkness of the night it is impossible for Captain Perry minutely to describe the dis tressed vessel; but from the particulars which he did give there seems to be little doubt in the minds of the Italian Consul and his friends that the vessel in question is none other than the Italian frigate Re Galantuomo, which sailed from this port on March 3. They also feel sanguine of her safety. It is understood that a steamer will be at once sent to her succour, should she need any, and will sail in the direction of Bermuda Island. The Re Galantuomo wa s a large frigate, of much greater size than the Re d'ltalia, which at first was supposed to be the vessel which had suffered a disaster. She was formerly a sailing vessel, and was constructed at the Royal Navy Yard, near Naples. A few years ago she was converted into a steam vessel by the introduction of an additional engine, which, under ordinary circumstances, could propel her at the rate of about nine knots an hour. At the time of the improvement no change was made in the hull of the vessel, as is usual; for generally w h en sailing ships are altered into steamers they are lengthened. Con sequently this ship had a chunky aPPearince quite in con trast with the beautiful models of the Russian ships which were at anchor in our harbour a short time ago. The object of her visit to this country was to bring out the officers and a crew of 350 men for the Re d'ltalia. She left this port on the 3d of March, homeward bound. Very little is known here respecting the Re Galantuomo, but from the fact that she did not bring out to this country her full complement of guns, in order to ease her and fit her bet ter for so long a voyage, it is considered that she was not a first-class vessel, though one of considerable size. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The fate of the Italian iron-clad frigate Re Galantuomo grows more hopeless by every arrival from New York. The Cunard steamer Sidon, which arrived here to-day, reports that on the 13th March, when in lat. 40 45, lon, 61 52, she was boarded by H.M.S. Styx, then in search of the missing frigate, The captain of the Sidon was asked if he had fallen in with the Re Galantuomo, but on replying in the negative, the boarding crew left. Garibaldi during his stay in England, it is re ported, will probably pay a visit to Bristol, with a view to have the benefit of the salubrious air of Clifton. Ministerial Indiscretions, The season for Ministerial indiscretions has set in rather early this year. It usually comes a little later, with the nightingales and the green peas. What is the cause of the unusual forwardness of this interesting crop is a question upon which a variety of hypotheses may be sustained. If Mr. Gladstone only were concerned, we might suppose that he felt it his duty to bcw to the order of the ecclesiastical year. He would no doubt instinctively feel, as a dutiful sou of the Church, that as all the other fes tivals were falling early, it was his business to take care that the feast of personal explanations—a feast observed with much devotion by the House of Commons—should fall early, too. But as Mr. Stans feld cannot be accused of any ecclesiastical lean ings, this hypothesis must be laid aside. Still it must not be forgotten that there is a wide dis tinction between the two performers who have ad ministered so much aid and comfort to the Oppo sition during the last fortnight. Mr. Gladstone was a deliberate felo de se of his reputation ; Mr. Stansfeld only presented a singularly awkward and blundering case of accidental death. His suicide is only comparable to that of a deaf old woman who is suddenly aroused from her meditations by shouts from an approaching 'bus, and in her agonised efforts to save herself runs shrieking straight under the wheels; while Mr. Gladstone resembles more the scientific suicide who lays down his neck before the advancing train exactly on the place where the flange of the engine-wheel will cut it off. Both '- Ministers of the. Crown have unquestionably found their way into the mud. MF. — into it backwards, while he was medita- ting, not over the regeneration of Italy, but only over the regeneration of the dockyards ; and it was only in consequence of his clumsy efforts to pull himself out he ultimately get soused all over. Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand, finding himself on fine dry ground, with no dirt anywhere near, deliberately dug a pit before his own footsteps, carted a vast quantity of mud from a distance to put into it, and then, having made these preparations, calmly executed a plunge into the middle. Another view which may be plausibly maintained is that exhibitions of this kind are a species of homage which the various membess of the Adminis tration, taking the duty by turns, pay to their distin guished chief ; and that they hurried the observance of this ceremony forward on this occasion, because from the appearance of the political horizon, there were obvious reasons for doubting whether he would be in a position to receive it at a later period. This view is unquestionably borne out by the fact that, during the course of Lord Palmerston's tenure of office, the duty of tumbling into the mire in order that he might have the credit of picking them cut again has been shared very equally by the various members of the Government. Few of them have appeared twice upon the stage. Lord Clarence Paget and his runaway Admiral have exhibited but once for the public amusement. Mr. William Cowper has never been discovered a second time clandestinely egging on influential writers to bully a Committee of which he was chairman. Neither Mr. Gladstone nor Mr. Stansfeld have taken a pro minent part in a personal explanation, since they held their present offices, till a fortnight ago. Their duty is done when they have once given their chief the op portunity of coming forward to help them out, and of uttering that mysterious assurance that " he is ready to take all responsibility upon himself"— which, as it means nothing in particular, has a marvellous virtue in tranquillising the House of Commons. The only exception to this rule cppears to be Mr. Lowe, who has been in a mess ever since he has been in office. But then he must be looked upon as a devotee in this kind of cults—a sort of St. Simeon Stylites, who is willing to live a life of perpetnal mortification in order that Palmerston may be glorified. It can hardly be said, however, that the indiE•cre tions of the present year, like those of former years, have contributed much to the credit of the Prime Minister, or have tended to increase the stability of his Government. They did not show him off to advantage. In helping Mr. Gladstone out, he dis played, at least by the help of such a foil, some thing of his ancient tact; but his speech in defence of Mr. Stansfeld was one of the worst he ever made. It was the wild hitting of a man who knew that he was expected to do something effective, but did not feel in himself the force to do it. The effect of the two indiscretions in themselves has also been very different. Mr. Gladstone's error has simply re suited in making him one deadly enemy the more; but that will hardly be an appreciable addition to a band which already is sufficiently large. He has also given occasion to every one to repeat once more the trite remark that " Mr. Gladstone can never "lead the House of Commons." But that observa tion has been made so frequently that it fails to produce any impression on those who hear it. Already his incapacity for leading is becoming so commonplace a topic that it is beginning to provoke the resistance of that considerable class of men who are born dissenters—who cannot hear of anything that is generally received without racking their brains to detect a flaw in it. The people, on the other hand, are coming to acquiesce so completely in the fact of Mr Gladstone's want of tact, that if by accident he diverges into courtesy, or on any occa sion contrives to avoid giving offence where it was possible for him to do so, it is looked upon as a mar vellous exhibition of good-humour and self-control. It is always a great advantage to a man to have got to the bottom of his character. Mr. Gladstone's repu tation for the power of leading a party hassunk so low that it cannot possibly sink lower, and therefore, as nothing ever remains stationary, it must of neces sity mend. The other indiscretion has been a good deal more serious in its results. It has brought out very strongly the fact that the chasm which separates the Whigs from the Radicals is no accident or pre judice, and cannot be bridged over by a judicious division of offices. The admission of Mr. Stansfeld to the Treasury Bench was, as it were, the seal and symbol of their supposed perfect union. He is the and sincere Radical that sits upon on ly thorough that bench. The very first difficult question that has arisen shows, in his person, the flimsiness of the bond that ties the two together. The Radicals sympathised heartily with Mr. Stansfeld. They saw nothing strange in his position, and could not comprehend the necessity of an apology. The proofs that were advanced to show that Mazzini at no distant period believed in the lawfulness of tyrannicide fell without effect on them. They could not understand why a statesman should hesitate to associate with a re fugee, or to become an instrument for helping in the execution of his plots, because that refugee had incited others to commit political assassinations. It is very proba ble that this want of sympathy with the current morality of his age disabled Mr. Stans feld himself from seeing the drift of the questions that were addressed to him, and caused him to make answers that to other minds seemed not very unlike intentional prevarications. The Whig members, on the other hand, as represented by Lord Harry Vane, felt as most educated Englishmen feel upon the subject. They looked upon Maz zini and his plots with unfeigned horror, and thought that for a servant of the Crown to undertake blindly to transmit the correspondence that might pass between Mazzini and the band of desperadoes he employs was derogatory to the honour of the nation. The difference which sepa rates the two sets of , opinions has shown itself in this, the first serious matter that has arisen, to be far too deep to be permanently concealed by any fictitious community of political appellations. Re volutionary and moderate opinions can no more be mingled than water can be mixed with oil ; and no amount of external pressure will effect ft genuine combination. —Saturday Zeta-vet, THE (From the times Special Correspondent with the . Danish Army.) DANISH HEADQUARTERS, SONDERBORG, March 25. The Prussians fired about 1,000 shots and shells against the Dybbol position on Wednesday, when the Danes had actually not one single casualty to deplore. Yesterday the fire began at a later hour than usual, after 11 o'clock, and was over by 1; but it displayed while it lasted a somewhat more than ordinary briskness. The efforts of the enemy had hitherto mainly, if not exclusively, been directed against Bastion No. 2, which seems to be the point most exposed to their cannon on their only line of attack from the shore of Broagerland. Yesterday, however, their fire ranged freely over the whole ex tent of the Danish batteries, from No. 1 to No. 10, and evinced a particular inclination to flirt with No. 6, where a few men were wounded. Last night they kept us awake by the occasional roar of their thun der, with what result I have not as yet taken the trouble to ascertain. At this present moment, 8 a.m., all is quiet. Altogether, after eight days' attack, the Dybbol position remains absolutely as safe and intact as it was. As soon as a cannonade and bombardment cease to strike terror, they afford an inexhaustible fund of amusement. Not only has Sonderborg recovered the panic into which the first shower of shells had thrown it, but it has learned to slumber sweetly to the music of the Prussian guns. A few of the smaller fishing craft have come back to their moorings, and I saw on 'Wednesday a steamer making straight for the harbour, with her Danuebrog waiving defian the batteries, which could have sunk her in a seconds from the shore of the liremmind bund. A number of English amateurs arc daily flocking upon us, all of them bent upon evincing their sove reign contempt of what are called the perils of war. Sentries are posted at the end of the bridges on the Sonderborg side to prevent civilians crossing over to Dybbol unless provided with a pass from head. quarters. The officers of the Staff are, however, liberal to a fault, and they hardly ever dream of refusing a card to any person, especially to an Eng lishman, applying for it. Armed with that talis man, our fun-loving tourists walk up to the wind mill, rummage about from fort to fort, jump upon parapets, crouch under block-houses, stand on the glacis, seeking the most advantageous position to view the exchange of iron projectiles—as eager for the sport as if it were a game of cricket or football. The recklessness of their daring and the oddity of their travelling costume puzzle the officers, and afford unspeakable amusement to the men. One of these strangers, a youth of noble blood and mein, fresh from Oxford, clad in a sort of buff leather cap-i -pie, has been nicknamed Robinson Crusoe, and his indivisible companion, a stalwart fellow, " up to anything," goes, of course, by the name of his man Friday. The officers at headquarters, men of sterling bravery, though too ready to oblige Eng land and the English to deny these gentlemen the gratification of getting themselves knocked on the head, if they are so minded, are at a loss to under stand the foolhardiness which makes the sons of Albion court danger merely for danger's sake. They never themselves (the Danes) shrink from any trial of their mettle when it comes to them in the way o f business; but when not on duty they find no pecu liar delight in watching and dodging 241 b.-balls. Life has sufficient charm for them without en hancing its zest by unnecessarily staking it on the mere cast of a die. Indeed, did they hold it at its full value, they would deem it a less worthy sacrifice to be laid down whenever duty to their flag and love of their country demanded it. The pleasure derivable from the chances of breaking one's neck in a steeplechase or in the ascent of a snow peak is peculiarly English. Foreign nations may envy, and can easily understand it; for the display of strength and skill in horsemanship, and nerve and endurance in mountain climbing, has something in it to flatter the conscious pride of the possessor of similar gifts ; but the mere ducking under a shell for the satis faction of being able to say that one has been under fire, or perhaps of exhibiting the skirt of one's coat or the knee of one's nether garment which a fragment of one of such missiles has bespattered with mud baffles these noble Danes' comprehension, and gives them no very exalted idea of English sense, whatever estimate they may form of English heroism. There was a mere boy of 17 the other day who had perched himself on the very top of the Dybbol windmill to "see the fan," and no entreaty or expostulation could induce him to alight from his elevated station, the sight was so exciting. Next to the joy of encountering danger must be man's innate desire to have a hand in, or at least a peep at, the work of destruction. I was awakened yesterday at daybreak by the noise of the house next to the one I live in being pulled down to the ground. The Engineer Corps have decreed the downfall of about a score of tenements lying in the way of the new transversal street which is to open to a broad avenue from the main street of the town, near the Raadhuus or Town-hall, down to the sea in the im mediate neighbourhood of the bridges.. The neces sity of providing every means for the movements of the troops in the event of a rapid advance or retreat no doubt justified this measure, and Sender borg, like Paris, will at some future day have reason to thank the absolute will which comes to throw daylight through the maze of its narrow, crooked, poky thoroughfares. The breaking up of homes, however homely, is always a melancholy sight,' nevertheless, especially if the fiat of demolition comes suddenly upon those whose dwellings are doomed. The hustling together of dear, however mean, furniture ; the tottering steps of old people spirited away from those walls which had probably witnessed their birth, and in which they had reck oned to draw their last breath undisturbed ; the wandering forth of women and infants, uncertain where to lay their heads for the night ; the tearing open of the sanctum sanctorum of domestic privacy, the laying bare of the " skeleton closet" of the household, those crumbling walls, those tattered hangings, those riven chimneys and desecrated hearthsall that miserable wreck of gutted human habitations has something unnaturally painful and heartrending in it, to which even the magnificent prospects of a Rue Rivoli or of a Boulevard Sebas topol cannot easily reconcile a feeling being. Yet for those not immediately concerned this work of demolition seems to have a savage pleasure of some sort. The Danish soldiers, the best-natured men in the world, when plying their crowbars and pickaxes under the direction of the Engineer Corps, go to work with a will, a glee, and an earnestness which they hardly ever exhibit in the making of those trenches which aro to screen their breasts from the enemy's bullets, or even in the construction of those wooden huts which aro to temper the rigour of their winter nights when camping out ; and the popular tion of the neighbourhood, happy to see the havoc which strikes down their neighbours and spares themselves, gather round in crowds, the men smok ing their pipes in grim delight, the women gapi ng and giggling, the urchins clapping their hands and harrahing, as roof follows rcof, and floor falls upon floor, occasionally commenting on the tawdry fiuery or the abject misery that the ys in l s f p a a w ri a n y g hand from of the spoiler bring s to li g ht. r meAlVanheehnoelvyerscle:leisooosfe t t h o is te n a : myself I have only y to take a short walk or ride to find myself among people whose whsle tenour of life is best calculated to afford the most thorough and immediate relief. Certainly the scourge of war never struck a popula tion more clearly and justly entitled to exemption from its horrors than when it came to afflict these good rural districts of Alsea and of the adjoin ing mainland. There is hardly a house from the loftiest mansion to the lowliest cabin, the door of which is not hospitably open to the passerby, and there is hardly an open door into which I have any hesitation to enter without the least feces Of intra- i...: 7 40 r _ , , ~ i. aY 4 sion, I am especially fond of coming do .1 , , - x 7,... tt 4 parsons. It has become as natural for t. ' _ „ ' 4 ' 2z -;`'9 rend gentlemen to see me step upon the'er e A -.--: :. -I '-'7 ... 3/ 1 hold and sit down at their tables as if I had been a s inmate of their house for years. Nor is their hos pitable welcome limited to my person alone, but my English friends, whom I often bring wire no, are received with the satin., . _. - - .._ .4if they really came on any plausible errand, or had any other business there besides the gratification of an idle curiosity. Not a shade of surprise is ever ex hibited at any number of visitors, at any unseason ableness of the hour; no inquisitiveness as to the possible object of the call. To come all the way from Pall-mall cr Cornhill to lunch with a Denish " Prediger" seems to the spreader of the feast the most natural thing in the world. Tnere is a splendid fellow of that cloth, the clergyman of a thriving vil lage about an English mile to the north-east of this place, upon whom I popped about a month ago,wire, the free and easy manner of a knight-errant mistr.k ing an inn for a castle, or a castle for an inn, and 'with whom I have been on terms of the most hearty friend ship ever since.. Gracious ! what a load of earthly blessings has Providence heaped upon that worthy Minister of the Gospel! What a suit of snug, warm, com f orta bly-f u rnished, and elegantly decorated apartments hide behind that long row of small and low, but cheerfully sunny windows under that high and heavy thatched roof ! What a nice choice of well bound books, what a complete litter of newspapers, what a luxury of crackling fire, what a genial, pure, fragrant atmosphere in that delaghta ful library ! What a maze cf shady walks in that park, what a wilderness of flowers in those beds, what a glorious look-out from that summer-louse upon the mirror-like surface of the Augusteoburg Fiord ! What a larder and kitchen, what melodious lowing from that steaming caw• house, vhat neatness and freshness in that dairy, what superb colts trotted out for my edification out of that rvell filled stable ! What earthly paradise is there fo be compared to a Danish Prestegaard ? What wealth of soil can compete with the glebe' of the worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard ? At the sane time what man, be he either clerk or lay man, better deserves Heaven's favours than .his same excellent Pastor Mayer? Wealthy as he is now, men recall the time when he was far richer, and brought himself to the brink of ruin by his deeds of charity and hospitality performed in the service of men and officers at the time when the Danish army was quartered in this SEIMe district of Dybbol and Alse confronting the forces of the Germans during the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1849. The parsons throughout North and Middle Schleswig have at all times shown themselves loyal and patriotic even to heroism, and have been roughly handled by the anti-Danish party accordingly. However heavily Herr Mayer may have suffered at that juncture, he seems not a bit the worse for it at the present mo ment. He may be 50 or any number of years old, but there is no trace of decline in that massive square face, in that sturdy frame, in that loud joyous humour, in that deep stentorian voice. He may have to dine alone with his wife and sister—the whole of his household ; but he always sits at a table large enough and always laid out for a score of guests. Come 10 or 20 strangers at the very pinch of a minute, and they are as readily cared for as if they been expected for a week. The parson brings forth no choice wlues, no costly viands—all is plain with him— frugal, yet plentiful. If you do not disdain his home-cured " speck," his peasoup, and rye pudding, you can nowhere fare better than here ; luxury or ostentation you must seek elsewhere ; and if what you look for in a fellow-being is sterling worth, you will depart after a few hours spent at the Ulkebol Parsonage in better humour with yourself and with the whole of your species. Nor will you be less delighted if you try your luck with any of his parishioners, whether your chance brings you fo the comforts and refinement of Farmer Rosen's grange at Ronhave, or to the mere hut of Bauer Hansen at Kizer Westermark. Fear of any lack of communication by the means of a common language need hardly deter you. By hook or by crook, every Dane seems always to have picked up some scrap of foreign tongue to be used for your benefit. After Hansen has put en a blank lock at all the German you endeavour to flourish in his face, he surprises you by stammering out a few words of very uncouth but unmistakable French. His wife and children may not be equally ready with their tongue, bat they are pleased to see you, and smile their welcome. The only bane of their otherwise too happy life is loneliness. Break through it, and you stand before them in the light of a benefactor. Your appearance is an event, and your look, your dress, and address, the words they un derstand and those they do not, will be food for their mind and a topic for their talk for weeks. Drop them your card, or write your name in their books, and your pasteboard or handwriting will be a relic for the house so long as it stands. Benevolence to the whole human race seems to be the instinct of these unsophisticated people. No one seems capable of doing or receiving harm, I have not seen a weapon in any of the hundred houses I have entered, not a rusty old firelock hanging as a trophy on the chimneypiece, not a sporting gun even in any of the kitchen corners. The dog tied on the straw in the stable-yard is no less a friend than his master. Tramps and beggars he never sees, and knows not how to bark. lie rolls and writhes, whining in his litter, wagging his tail, and inviting your caress by every unmistakeable expression of his dumb lan.. guage. It is upon such a people that about 18,000 of their country's soldiers are now billeted; it is upon them that, unless God help Denmark, as many or more foreign invaders may at no distant time be quartered. Heaven save them ! March 25, Evening. We have been assured here that the Austrians have raised the siege of Fredericia, and left Jutland altogether. _.~-^~ Death of Mr, 3, It, E, Wemyss, MP, We have to announce the demise of Mr. James Hay Erskine Wemyss, M.P. for Fifeshire. The hon. member expired on Tuesday last at his house at Buckingham-gate. The deceased gentleman, who was eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral James Erskine Wemyss and Lady Emma, sixth daughter of William, sixteenth Earl of Erroll , was born Au g . 27, 1829, so that he was only in h i s 35th y ear. H e married 17th April, 1855, Millicent Anne Mary, posthumous daughter of the late Hon. John Ken nedy Erskine and Lady Augusta Fitzclarenee (daughter of his late Majesty William IV.), subse quently remarried to Lord Frederick Gordon Hally. burton. At the general election in 1859 he was first elected for Fifeshire, being opposed by his relative Lord Loughborough, the late member polling 1,087 votes, his cousin 850. During the few years he had been in Parliament be supported the Whig party, was favourable to a measure of Parliamen principle to Lord Russell's tary Reform similar in proposition. On national education in Scotland he took a more , generous vi ew than many Scotti s h members in the House of Commons, for he promised his support to any well-considered measure based upon liberal and " unsectarian" principles. The family of the late member possess great political influence in the county of Fife. As a collateral branch of the Earls of Wemyss, having descended from the Hon. James Wenaysq, son of James, fifth Earl of Wemyss, the late member's family inherited large estates in the county, including Wemyss Castle and Torrid House. The deceased gentleman's father, Rear Admiral Wemyss, represented the county in Parliament from 1820 up to 1847, with the exception of a slight interval in 1831, but re gained his seat in the House of Commons at the general election in 1832. The bon. member, whce death in the prime of life we now record, was re cently appointed Lord Lieutenant of Fifeshire, in the room of the late Earl of Elgin, K.T., and was Major Commandant of the Fife Artillery Volunteers. MISS EMILY FAITIIFULL is stated to have handA. the publishing interests of the rietoria Magazine over to the hands of Messrs. Ward and Lock after the present month. MR. THACKERAY'S ErousE was Bold within the last few days, we believe, to Mr. Huth, th e r i c h City mer chant, whose intention is, according to report, to ad another story to the building, thereby of co u r s e quite de. stroymg its previous antique character.