The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times is very severe on the Ministry for having 'severed the Redistribution Clauses from the Irish Reform Bill. The most malignant demon, it says, could not have devised a greater humiliation than that which this unfortunate Ministry have voluntarily taken upon themselves. They fought with the greatest vehemence and with perfect justice against the Franchise Bill of Lord Russell's Administration, because it was impossible that Parliament could assent to a measure which dealt with only one-half, and that the less important half, of the pro blem of Reform. They were successful. They brought in a bill of their own. It was framed with strict regard to constitutional principles. It was such a measure as a constitutional party could approve, and none but a constitutional party could frame. Its. leading features which might have been care lessly forgotten by a nation not sufficiently alive to the strictly scientific and historical character of its construc tion, were pointed out with . great care by Mr. Disraeli at Edinburgh last autumn, and reproduced with impru dent emphasis by the same great statesman at the com mencement of this session. Alas for his foresight ! Mr. Disraeli must have known, when he penned his first letter correcting Lord Russell; that every principle upon which he dwelt with so much satisfaction would be violated at his own instance before the session was over, yet he rushed into print as if his sole object were to impress on the nation the ease with which he could abandon his principles. The Scotch and Irish Reform Bills have scattered to the winds all the maxims he professed to hold as essential. Last night saw the last pretence of constitu tional consistency flung aside. "The franchise must be based on rating ;" the Scotch county franchise has, without a division, been settled on another basis. "No centre of representation should be abolished ;" seven English boroughs have entirely disappeared, and it was proposed that some five or six Irish boroughs should be similarly suppressed. " There must be a real Boundary Commis sion;" the elaborate recommendations of the Boundary Commissioners have been rejected, and in the . case of all the boroughs where the rectification of boundaries was material no alteration whatever has been sanctioned. But the settlement of the Irish Reform Bill has conclusively disposed not only of these glorious principles, but of much more, It was declared to be essential that the county representation should be considerably increased; no alteration in the county representation of Ireland has been adopted. The first and greatest principle of all upon which the educators of the Constitutional party insisted was that the measure of Reform sanctioned by Parliament must be complete. This was the gist of Lord Stanley's " unanswerable " speech. This was the secret of the accession of the present Government to power. Last night—on the anniversary of its success—it was c,.ntemptuously set aside. The Irish Reform Bill is now confessedly incomplete. The redistribution clause is postponed to a more fitting oppor tunity. The Government which obtained office because it had a just sense of the necessity of completeness in legis lation, the Government whose chief boasted on Wednesday that it had achieved the science of Reform much as the Abbe Sieyes had achieved la science e'e la politique, has formally confessed its inability to overcome so small a diffi culty as the redistribution of the Irish seats, and has withdrawn its redistribution proposals because they were so inadequate that they gave satisfaction to nobody. The Irish Reform Bill is settled. The Scotch Reform Bill was last night read a third time. The Boundary Bill is 'settled. Nothing remains but the Corrupt Practices Bill to complete the work of Parlia mentary Reform so far as the present Parliament will ever complete it. The Conservative Ministry, having aban doned every part of their cargo piecemeal, and at last cut away their masts, are getting. into harbour, where their crazy vessel may be broken up. Everything has been lost, not excepting honour. It is impossible not to feel some relief that the end is so near. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer declared the other day that the position of the occupants of the Trea sury Bench was not pleasant to themselves, and as this has been acknowledged, we may ask to whom is it pleasant? Has any Ministry ever held a similar position? The most charitable observer can discover no bond of union between them, except that they entered office at the same time and are content to draw their salaries together. This is a spectacle of unity which is instructive, but it is purchased at a very high price. It is an "awful dispen sation" that the Constitutional party should be repre sented by a body of gentlemen who build up principles only to abandon them, and who repudiate with unruffled composure any professions, however loudly advanced, which may happen to become inconvenient. The Daily News asserts that a more singular revelation than was made to the House last night has seldom amused our languid legislators in the weariness of a summer debate. There did not appear to Ministers, Mr. Disraeli confessed, when the question of Irish Reform came before them, to be any urgent need for an alteration in the distri butien of political power in Ireland. But it was considered, to say the least of it, uncivil to neglect Ireland when redistribution favours were in fashion. Ministers perhaps were afraid that if no attention was paid to Ireland they should have another Irish grievance on their hands ; and accordingly Ireland was honoured with a redis tribution scheme so unjust, so unreasonable, so radically bad, that on neither side of the House, not even on the Treasury bench, was there to be found a single member to say a word in its favour. The Standard notes that the changes the Government proposed would disfranchise some half-dozen boroughs, which, certainly, was applying the principle adopted with regard to English boroughs to be disfranchised ; but then their extinction as centres of representation, and the transfer of the seats to the counties, which alone, upon this same principle of numbers, could claim them, would have reduced the already comparatively small proportion of the Irish boroughs to the county representation, and created an active dissatisfaction not compensated for by any enthusiasm for the change. Certainly the Irish borough representation is not, as the right honourable gentleman said, of a robust character, and it seems a pity to allow a village . like Portar lington to return a member to Parliament whilst the transfer of seats proposed by the Government would have given an increase of power to districts which, from their population, intelligence, and wealth were entitled to it. But then there was this patent difficulty—the reform was, indeed, a good one ; but nobody in Ireland, or, indeed, out of that country, cared for it ; whilst for different rea sons it encountered a good deal of opposition. No doubt this repugnance of the House of Commons for its work cannot be justified, but it may certainly be excused. The member most anxious to do his duty may well have desired to be relieved from the temptation to shirk atten dance When that attendance implied sitting in this glorious weather in a hot, drafty, ill-ventilated room—no fault of Dr. Percy's—whilst floods of Irish eloquence sweep over him, and Irish disputes deny the ordinary refuge of sleep. There was evidently a great sense of relief through the House when Mr. Disraeli thus confirmed the hopes of honourable members. Mr. Disraeli, the Telegraph says, has removed the chief difficulty which stood in the way of the Irish Reform Bill, by giving notice that he would strike out the clauses respecting the distribution of seats. When the measure came before the House on Monday night, that part met with emphatic condemnation from both sides of the House. Mr. Sandford, speaking as a Conservative, advised the Government in peremptory terms to have done with it ; the advice was echoed on the Liberal side ; and the Prime Minister has announced that he had listened to his counsellors. That intimation might have been expected to close the mouths of the dissentients ; but it did not. Mr. Pim and other Irish members had speeches in their pockets. They were determined to pour forth declamations on the " wrongs of Ireland ;" and they tried hard to do it. Mr. Pim wished to disfran chise the borough of Portarlington ; to take from Down patrick, Dinigamto t, M a ll ow, K insale, and Bandon their present privilege of each returning a member; and to make those towns part of a group of boroughs. Mr. Pim knew that his amendment would not be carried ; nay, after hear ing Mr. Disraeli's announcement, he said that he would withdraw it ; yet be persisted in wasting time with what was meant to be a long and elaborate speech. Of course nobody listened. The cries of "Divide " were incessant. Every one of Mr. Pim's " points" was greeted, not with applause, but with derision. Nevertheless, he persisted in the futile task of talking in the air. Fortunately, few members followed his pernicious example, and the Irish Reform Bill was allowed to proceed through committee. Thui the House of Commons has nearly finished_ the work which had to be done before an appeal could be male to the new constituencies. With the Registration Bill and the Bribery Bill the House has still to grapphs. When. these measures shall be got out of hand the wort; of the Commons will be done. That of the Lords is only begin ning ; but, so far as the Reform Bills are concerned, it cannot last long. The Pal?, coin:milting upon the excessive drought, raises tie question %• 11:_t1 .:r a system of irrigation might not Le devised which co dd secure us against the effects of at Last too fine a s,:ison. Practically regarded, the whole question is merely a question of money. Would not the irrigation works suggested cost less, in mere cash, in the long run, than the loss of the crops which they would obviate—not to mention the human sufferings and priva tions which would he averted, and which cannot be measured in mere money at all? The means of bringing water in case of need from the nearest river, or canal, or well, through suitable channels hnd aqueducts (not to mention sinking wells and making canals where they are wanting, would be e xcee di ng l y simp l e an d reasona b ly cheap, and when once the works were complete they would be of a nature to endure for an indefinite length of time; their cost, therefore, would be a vanishing quantity, con tinually growing "small by degrees and beautifully less," while the loss incidental to the failure of the harvest through drought is a fixed quantity, the average varying hardly at a'.l betwe,-n-oue decade and another. THE I OOIt 2/14-Pa MEAT. In an article on the proposed establishment of a Metro politan Foreign Cattle Market, the Daily News furnishes tome particulars of the animal food consumed' by the poorer classes of the metropolis. The quantity of butcher's meat consumed by the humbler classes of London is, according to our contemporary, considerably greater than is usually supposed. It must not, however, be hastily assumed that this meat is eaten in the shape of beef, pork, or mutton ; on the contrary, large numbers el the poor have been flesh-eaters for years, without once enjoying, unless at raro intervals, the luxury of a bit of beef or mutton. The meat used by them is procured wholly from what is technically termed the " offal " of slaughtered animals, and which forme a most important feature of the metropolitan dead - meat trade, its sale generally constituting the principal source from whence the profits of the whole sale butcher are derived. The offal consists of the head, tail, kidneys, heart, tongue, liver, skirt, and similar per dons of the animal ; the feet generally going with the skin or hide. The estimated value of the offal per animal is about 50s. for a bullock, and from 10s. to 13s. for a sheep. The offal, when fresh, generally forms in poor neighbourhoods the most saleable portion of the animal. In Whitechapel a pair of milts can be purchased for a penny. As the two milts together weigh nearly a pound, this forms the cheapest kind of animal food within the reach of the poor, and as such is eagerly sought after. The oxtails are generally disposed of, at prices varying from ls. 4d. to 25., to hotel and dining-roorn proprietors, as are many of the kidneys, which *bring about Is. 4d. Sheep kidneys are sold with the portions of the animal to which they are attached. The tripes of bullocks are purchased wholesale by the tripe-dressers, who, after properly preparing them, either retail the same themselves or else dispose of them among the tripe-shops in Clare-market and other poor neighbourhoods. The same class of dealers also purchase from the bide and sheepskin tradesmen the feet of sheep and oxen, which, after being duly cleansed and dressed, are retailed under the desig nation of " trotters" and " cowheels," the latter being much in favour among the poor for making stew and soup. The feet of swine, similarly prepared, are sold principally by hawkers, who find their trade most brisk towards evening in the various public-houses—a pint of beer and a pig's foot or trotter often constituting the evening meal of many of the poorer class of labourers. The price of a sheep's foot or pig's foot thus dressed ranges from a halfpenny to three halfpence, one penny being the medium charge. A considerable portion of the livers and skirts are purchased wholesale by retail dealers in low neighbourhoods. The general price of these is Is. Bd. In Whitechapel some of the Petticoat-lane Jews are good customers, the liver being retailed by them in the same manner as fish, namely, in a cooked state direct from the frying-pan, the purchasers generally being the poorest of the poor, who seldom have the means of procuring a fire. The hearts of oxen and sheep, in the majority of instances, constitute the Sunday dinner of the purchasers, who are generally working people. Stuffed with a pennyworth of herbs, and baked with a few potatoes, they afford a cheap substitute for the rib of beef or shoulder of mutton which the poor so often find themselves, from want of means, unable to purchase. A bullock's heart sells for about Is. 6d. Certain portions of the entrails of animals are also used as food. Calves beads and sheep's heads are bought largely by a certain class of dealers, who retail the same readily in a bribed state. '1 hey aho find a quick sale among individual purchaqers, especially among Scottish artisans, who are thus enabled to procure their favourite luxury at a lower rate than in Edinburgh or Glasgow, where the great demand, exceeding the supply, naturally leads to enhanced prices. The ox-beads are largely used in the making of soups, and form another staple article of food among the poor. They are bought wholesale by the tripe-dressers. An ox's tripe and head are valued at lls. Sheep's brains are retailed almost solely to the dealers in baked sheep's heads. The tongue, both of the ox and the sheep, is generally sold by the tripe-dresser to the curer, and forms, with the ox-tail, the dearest portions of the offal. Other parts of the offal, such as the tripes of sheep, are disposed of as food for cats and dogs. It is, however, a well-known fact that sheep's tripe is largely used as an article of food among the poor—necessity overcoming their natural dis taste. No part of the animal is lost. Even the blood is valuable, being used first for calico-printing, and then for manure. Other portions of animal matter find their way into the hands of bone-boilers and people of a similar class. When it is remembered that in 1868 no less than 265,754 head of oxen and 1,272,000 sheep, forming a total of 1,737,754 animals exclusive of calves and swine, were disposed of in the metropolitan market, some adequate idea may be formed cf the magnitude which the trade in animal offal has attained, and the important position occupied by it in the domestic economy of the poor. EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS. - The experiments, so far as the Plymouth Breakwater Fort target and the 151 n. iron plates are cmccrned, closed on Thursday afternoon, and on Tuesday next others not a whit less important will be made. The firing commenced with the Woolwich 12in. gun, from which a shell was fired With a 761 b. pellet charge on the portion of the target where the extra sin. plate was fixed. It struck fairly, penetrated more than sixteen inches, and, aided no doubt by the effect of shots fired on Wednesday, created a series of cracks, extending altogether to a length of sine feet. Towards the edge the plates were much fractured—indeed, but for a firm nine inches at the top of the enormous piece of plate, would have been scaled completely off. Inside a bolt was driven in 3 inches, the large horizontal bar (16iin. by oin.), close to the roof, was broken completely through, and the angle iron was much bent. The Rodman gun, still at a 200 yards range, was engaged with a full charge of 84711 b. The 4501 h. ball hit the top of a bolt in the upper plate, driving it in at least 7 inches, and crack ing the plate itself slightly. The indentation was but N inches, and within very little damage was perceptible. Another shell was next discharged from the 12-inch gun with tremendous effect. Striking the curved plate that crowns the shield, it shattered it generally, and, detaching a fragment that would weigh a ton, whirled it round upon an obstinate bolt that acted as a pivot, and lodged it upon the top. The charge was ordered so as to make the actual range 1,000 yards. Viewed from the exterior this was one of the n:iost telling shots fired, and from within the point of the shell could be seen amongst the wreck, while the daylight which it had let through revealed also a broken bolt. Keeping to the long range, a shell war now fired from the 10-inch gun. It caught the corner of one of the plates on the curve, and smashed off a piece about a foot square, besides dislocating some iron washers at the back, and giving the arch over the porthole a serious shaking. The same missile was then fired at the 280 yards range, but instead of striking the plate at which it war aimed, it cannoned against thegranite-work at the bottom, and glanced upon the ironwork only to star it. The shell was once more fired, but at 1,000 yards range, full at the target, and the force loosened some joints and did considerable damage otherwise. Leaving the Plymouth target, the committee proceeded to test the granite baseulent upon which the costly fort is to be reared. The American gun faced it at 200 yards, and with full charge sent the ball into it where the test was good. The height of this granite work is 4 feet, its thick tress is 14 feet, and behind that there is a bed of concrete 22 feet through. The shot sent the granite flying in all directions, pulverising heaps of it as fine flour, and it pence trated the granite and forced the concrete out into the inte rior. The Plymouth target, which has an area about as spacious as the side of the house, presented a melancholy appearance now. It was marked with eighteen missiles, two of which had gone through ; others had wrought deep saucer-like indentations ; others had shivered the five-inch plates, and strewn the heath far and near with the frag ments, and the white powder from the destroyed granite base, to conclude the picture, had whitened the surface, as if for the express purpose of showing how ghastly were the cracks that radiated around several of the apertures. That laminated armour plating will not stand battering as the solid rolled slab does is evident, but whether solid armour will efficiently check missiles like the deadly shot and shell of the Woolwich gun can only be determined by experimentalising upon a target similar to that whose con demnation will assuredly be asked for. The trials yet to be male include an experimental structure faced with iron of different thicknesses, and a peculiar gun shield, [from which much is expected, manufactured by Mr. Hughes, of the Millwall Iron Company's works. A dot EL WAur. n.-- few eren:ngs a:Jo a numLer of gen litnen a: the Ship Hotel, Greenwich, st: watching from the windows tl.e :,a'nbols of siome boys, who dived into the river in sLarch of coppers which the gentlemen threw into the water, when a wager was made between two of them for £5O and dinner for the lot that one of them, dressed as he was in tight-fitting-coat, could not swim to a certain point and back. The gentleman who undertook to perform the feat descended the stairs leading to the water's edge, and placing his gold watch, which was the only D,I title he was permitted to divest him self of, in the hands of a friend, he deliberately walked into the water and swam to the point stipulated and back amid the plaudits of hundreds of persons, who quickly con gregated to witness so novel a spectacle. The wager W2lB won, and the AO paid. When the dinner will come tif has not been nacertained. TilE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. (Front the Times' Special Correspondent.) SENAFE, May 27. Sir Robert Napier with the rear guard of the force arrived here on the 24th inst., and will pro bably leave on the 29th. It is expected that he will remain about a week at Zoulla, but his plans are not yet, I believe, positively settled, and will pro bably be regulated by the e ,ndition in which he finds the arrangements at Annesley Bay for the embarkation of troops and stores, So far these arrangements have succeeded admirably. Before Magdala was taken—indeed, if I re member rightly, before the force ha 1 come within sight of it—the Commander-in-Chief, con sidering the rainy season a more formidable foe than Theodore, had commencel provisional preparations for the speedy return of the troops, and his instructions were so well carried out by the Assistant Quartermaster-General that the pro gramme Lid down for their re-embarcation has been adhered to without a singe miscarriage or the loss of a day. In my last letter I told you what troops had embarked up to the 21st instant. Since that date the following troops have left Annesley Bay :—The 10th Bengal Cavalry embarked on the 23d, the 2d Scinde Horse on the 24th, the 23d Pun jab Pioneers on the 24th and 25th, the 12th Bengal Cavalry and 21st Punjab Infantry on the 25th, the G 14, Armstrongs, and 5-25, mortars, with the ele phants, on the 26th ; the 3d Light Cavalry and the Head-quarter Wing 10th Native Infantry are to embark to.day. The last of the troops not wanted for baggage-guard or to assist in the embarcation of stores will leave Annesley Bay on the Ist or 2d of June. Sir Charles S aveley will probably leave with them. The 3d Native Infantry and 25th Na tive Infantry, with the Madras and Bombay Sappers and Miners, are to be the last to quite the country, Brigadier-General Schneider remain ing with them in command. As regards the desti nation of the troops after leaving Abyssinia, the 3d Dragoon Guards, the 33d (Duke of Welling ton's), the 4th (King's Own), the 10th Company Royal Engineers, the A 31 and B 21 Batteries pro ceed to England ; the 45th (Sherwood Foresters), to Madras ; the 26th (Cameronians), to Calcutta ; G. 14 and 5-25 Batteries to Bombay. The Bombay, Bengal, and Madras native troops return respec tively to their own Presidencies. The G 14, having only a year or thereabouts left to complete their tour of foreign service, had fully counted on going to England ; brif, much to their disappointment, a telegram came out from home ordering them back to India. The floods in the Senafe Pass have been very fre quent since I last wrote. Almost every other day a telegram is received at head quarters announcing the destruction of this or that part of the road. With the exception, however, of one lamentable accident, in which seven native followers were su Idenly over taken by the torrent, and swept helplessly away, nothing but the road has as yet suffered, and even the d virago done to this is never gra ater than a few hours' hard work can repair—l mean s) far as is necessary to make the road passable for men and baggage animals. The carts now at Senafe will pro bably, if the rains continue, either have to be abandoned as useless or else taken to pieces and carried on mules over those portions of the pass which have siffered most. The floods, though very violent while they last (in one case the water rose, it is said, to the height of 20 feet), are of very short duration, and usually affect but a comparatively small portion of the pass. They generally cccur at about the same hour of the day, late in the afternoon, and give timely warning of their approach. It is not known how the unfortu nate natives whose fate I have mentioned could have failed to make good their escape. Hence little or no uneasiness is felt about the safety of the troops or stores that have still to be taken down the pass. Unless there shoull be a considerable change for the worse in the present state of the weather, the task will not be dangerous or even difficult. It is not expected that the troops will be detained, or that anything worse will happen than the loss of labour involved in repairing the damage done to the read by these constantly recurring floods. A visit from Kassa, the Tigre chief, to Sir Robert Napier, has been, p3rhaps, the principal event of the week. Kassa's proceedings, however, not un naturally attract considerably less interest now than when his alliance and friendly aid in procuring supplies were of vital importance to the fore!, and the Durbar held in his honour yesterday, though graced with the usual display of handsome uniforms and expenditure of gunpowder, was rather a tame affair. It consisted almost entirely in the presenta tion of complimentary gifts—such a rifles, pistols, cloths, &c., to the Tigre Chief and a few of his principal followers. More substantial gifts were at the same time promised, and Kassa will indeed have every reason to congratulate himself upon the cour tesy and good faith with which he has throughout treated his English allies. It is said that before the last Durbar at Adabaga, when Kassa was to all ap pearance hesitating whether he should meet Sir Robert Napier, some of his councillors toll him that these strangers coul I no doubt be pleasant and smooth-spoken enough when they were coming into Abyssinia and wanted his assistance, but that if he accepted their friendship and let them pass peace ably through his country, he would find them very different men when they were coming out of it. Happily, he himself thought otherwise, or at least resolved to act as if he thought otherwise (for it is not easy to believe that, as an Abyssinian diploma tist, he really put faith in the fair promises of a stranger), and he has had his reward. He has been treated more generously now that his alliance is of no use to us than when we were most anxious to secure it. He has been given alreadrtwo mountain guns, about 850 muskets, about 400,000 rounds of am munition, and a large quantity of powder. If he comes to Zoulla, which he talks of doing, and would doubtless like to do if he were sure that the Sho hoes would ever let him come back, he will not im probably receive in addition two mortars and some more muskets and ammunition. A telegram has also been sent to Bombay for, I believe, six moun tain guns, so that he is likely to have, for Abys sinia, very formidable means of attack and defence. In yesterday's Durbar he tried in the usual Abyssi nian fashion to commit Sir Robert Napier to a pro mise that England would protect him against his enemies the Egyptians, but was toll that with all these newly-acquired arms he might fairly be ex pected to hold his own. A review was held here in honour of her Ma jesty's birthday on the 25th (the 24th falling on a Sunday), and three hearty cheers, which must have rather astonished the Abyssinian lookers-on, were given for " the Queen," whose welcome message of congratulation is still fresh in the memory of the troops. Military discipline alone forbade a similar and no less hearty tribute being paid to the Commander-in-Chief, who, alWays popular with his soldiers,—not more from their confidence in his generalship than from his un ceasing thoughtfulness and considerate regard for their ;interests,--is just now, of course, their idol. A few forcible words, in which, not with out emotion, he thanked them for the way in which they had done their duty under him through out this campaign, and their cheerful soldier like endurance of the hardships which it had entailed upon them, went home to every heart. It is not often that pride is so keenly and so justly felt by a General in his soldiers, or by soldiers in their General, as was felt on this o?.casion, and for the moment, I believe, the troops actually forgot and forg ave even t h e terr i' ile want of a " butcher ' s bill"—th e y h ave, b y the way, been miterially con soled for this want by finding, from the unanimous expression of delight and applause on the part of the English Press, that the country could scarcely have thought more highly of what they have done if they had been woundel by hundreds and killed by scores. " What will they Lay in England," has been, I believe, the one pre dominant thought is the brews: of every officer and solder since Mltgda!i fell; and it seems DOW to be considered that England has said pretty nearly as much as she coul.l say. " What will they do in England ?" is, perhaps, the prevailing thought now. By one of those mysterious arcaugethents , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, RINE 19, 1868. which our Abyssinian post-office, in its inscru table wisdom, vouchsafes, and to which experience has taught us its weak creatures meekly to bow, no English newspapers have been delivered by the last mail. The second great question, therefore, has had no light publicly thrown upon it. • Bat privately letters have been re ceived of a very reassuring tone, and whereas the debate in camp used to turn upon whether there would be any Abyssinian medal and extra pay, it now turns upon whether the medal will be of a becoming pattern, and whether the extra pay is to be for six months or a year. The latter pro blem receives, as a rule, the more favourable solu tion, greater confidence being felt in the generosity of the country than in its good taste. Various de vices have, hoWever, already been sent home, and it is hoped that for once there will not be the usual unnatural divorce between beauty and the emblem of valour. Theo lore himself recently created a very becoming order, from which (if it be considered scarcely dignified to copy altogether an Abyssinian device) at least a hint might be made, or St. George, as the patron saint both of England and of Abys sinia, might be made to do appropriate service with his dragon. Apropos of the notice taken of the Abyssinian campaign by the English press, I may mention that the cartoon in Punch representing Sir R. Napier's introduction to the Duke of Cambridge and un gracious reception, however cleverly it may hit off the relations ordinarily existing between the Horse Guards and the Indian service, is out here consi dered by no means fair or applicable in this parti cular instance. Sir Robert Napier has not, indeed, bun so fortunate as to escape all opposition, although, as you point out in your leading article of the 28th ult., he has been less fettered than the majority of distinguished English Generals. Intone or two influential quarters he has met with an op position which might have seriously hampered the plans of a less determined man. But it is only common justice to make it known that from the Duke of Cambridge Sir Robert, so far from being thwarted or cold-shouldered, has invariably re ceived in all his suggestions throughout this cam paig❑ the warmest encouragement and support. RAILWAY INIELLIGEYCE. GRAND TRUNii. OF CANADA. A meeting of stock and bond holders in this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern— Mr. A. Creak in the chair. There was a large at tendance of proprietors. • The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by reading the notice convening the meeting, which was held in consequence of the directors having re fused to furnish a list of the registered proprietors to Messrs. Marshall, Paine, and Co. ; and also for the purpose of considering the position of- the com pany, and as to whether they should ask for the re signation of the present Board. The advertisement was signed by Mr. Hartridge and himself. He had no wish to enter into the turmoils of publi3 life, but having proposed a resolution at the last meet ing for the purpose of bring:ng about a ch Inge in the management of their affairs, he had been requested by several gentlemen who bad sup ported his views at the half-yearly meeting to continue his exertions. Having incurred a certain amount of responsibility in proposing that resolu tion, and Mr. Hartridge having seconded it, they had now to stand the brunt of a very disagreeable affair. It was with a view to improve the position of the company and to bring about a more satisfac tory state of things in respect of their mismanaged property that he was induced to act in this matter. Much dissatisfaction had been expressed by the pro prietors at what they considered the mismanage ment of their affairs. At the last meeting several proprietors not only desired a change in the manage ment in Canada, but also in London. It was very hard that they had not received any satisfactory explanation of the matters cotnplainA of. The conduct of the gentleman in the chair, on the occa sion referred to with regard to the voting, was very unsatisfactory, although it was considered by some very clever for the chairman to declare that the proposition moved by him and seconded by Mr. Hartridge was not carried. Several share holders had expressed great dissatisfaction at the state of affairs, and Mr. Hitter felt that the time had come when they should be informsd as to who their partners were. Mr. Paine and others were desirous of having a list of the stockholders and a change iu the management. He then referred to a cireular letter that had been sent to Mr Hartridge and himself in consequence of their advertisement calling the present meeting. The letter informed them that if it should be the pleasure of the share holders at the next general meeting to instruct the Board to apply for further power in respect of grant ing a list of the bond and stock holders, such power would forthwith be applied for. They were asked to point out, specifically, any thi ngs , either as regarded the present or the future, which were considered wrong or undesirable in the management of the undertaking. It stated that this practical request the Board felt bound to urge, in the interest of the bond and stock holders generally ; and that the Board felt themselves personally entitled to insist upon this point, because of their stake in the undertaking, the actual hold ing of themselves and their firms being at this mo ment represented by £1,170,000 of ordinary and preference stocks (entirely irrespective of leased lines, equipment bonds, and postal bonds), which the board thought must incline them to seek for the means of promoting the wellbeing of the under taking. In justice to the board, he felt bound to read the letter, in which was enclosed a pamphlet by Mr. Brydges, their managing director in Canada, explaining how it was that the Great Western of Canada could obtain their wood fuel on better terms than the Grand Trunk could, and some other matters as to the general expenditure, but it was too long to read, and he thought it was not a satisfactory explanation. lie had three resolutions to submit to the meeting. The first resolution was " That this meeting entirely disapproves the reso lution of the board not to supply the requisition ists with a list of the bond and stock holders." There was nothing whatever in the Com pany's Acts to prevent the directors giv ing a list, if they felt so inclined. lie found that Mr. Watkin, at the . Manchester Association meeting had advocated the issue of a printed list of shareholders in every English railway company, to be sold at 2s. 6d. each copy ; and therefore he could not understand how Mr. Watkin could refuse the proprietors a list of the stockholders, &c., in this case. He would•call upon Mr. Handyside to se cond the motion, as he held £lOO,OOO stock in the company, and was greatly interested in the success of the concern. Mr. FILLIES, M.P., contended that Mr. Brydges' letter should have been read to the meeting. (Cries of " No, no.") Mr. H. R. PRICE considered that it was the duty of the directors to give the proprietors the list of the bond and stockholders. He believed, if they per severed, the list would be granted. Mr. C. LEGG regretted that the directors should have refused the list of stockholders. He thought it a bad precedent; and it looked like a desire to put off the evil daj as long as possible. Mr. CONEYBEAItE hoped the proprietors would carry the resolution unanimously. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. The CIIAIMIAN said the second resolution he had to submit was to the effect, that in the opinion of the meeting the time had arrived when the interests of the Co npany would be best served .by the retire ] lent of the present board. Ile meant the London Board. Ile then at considerable length argued that the retirement of those gentlemen would be bene ficial to the undertaking. Most of the gentlemen on the board were of high standing, great ability, and were constantly engaged in most important affairs fur the .nselves and others. Their business was so vast tb at it was impossible for them to attend sufficiently to the details of the Grand Trunk Rail way so as to make it a successful and remunerative undertaking. On comparing the traffic receipts of 1867 with those of 1835 he found they were £16,000 less and expenses 185,000 more than in 1865, includ ing an increase ix] the train mileage of 357,000 miles. On comparing this result with the Great Western of Canada he found that the latter had an increase in their receipts for 1867 of £95,000, and an increase in the working expenses of £55,000, as compared with 1865, showing a profit on that increased traffic of £40,000. The reports of the company appeared to him to have been drawn up so as to suit each occasion, and to tide over, as it were, each half yearly meeting, without apparently carrying out any general plan of operation. They were told in December, 1863, that £70,000 a year would be sufficient to renew the permanent way in five years and extinguish it out of revenue, but before that time expired their principal officer told them, at the end of 1366, that they would require to expend for the next three years £125,000 a year on those re newals. They were told that 783 miles had been renewed, leaving about 600 miles to renew. But, unfortunately, that was not all ; they were told by Captain Tyler that 200 miles of rails so renewed would have to be taken up and renewed with bet ter rails. 'The expenditure on the renewal of the permanent way up to the end of last year had been £259 ; 000 in four years, instead of £350,000 esti mated in 1863 for five years, lie then referred to the accurate manner in which the estimate by the engineer of ;the Great Western of Canada had been carried out. In 1861 he estimated that £361,000 would be required for renewals of the Great Western line in the course of the following 5I years. The chairman then went into several de tails respecting the management of the company's affairs, showing how inconsistent they appeared to him, and concluded by trusting that the affairs of the company would be placed in the hands of as honourable gentlemen as they now had on the board, who could afford to devote exclusively their time and attention to the interests of that great company. (Cheers.) Mr. RITTER seconded the motion, and in doing so entered into 'many points connected with the management of which he did not approve. Ile had attended their meetings for llyears without taking any part in the proceedings until it was proposed to level the priorities of the first and second pre ferences with the third and fourth preference, which was what he and others could not consent to, and he thought it ever since his duty to keep a strict look out for his property. An amendment, to the effect that the resolution be not entertained until after the next half-yearly meeting of the company, was negatived, there being one hand in favour of it. The motion was then carried by the meeting, - xhich was a very large one, there being only one dissentient. On the motion of Mr. lIARTRIDGE, seconded by Mr. ELLIS, a resolution was unanimously carried to the effect that a committee be appointed (with power to add to their numbar) to communicate the resolutions of the meeting to the existing board; and to tak.3 such other steps as they might deem necemary to protect and promote the interests of the company ; an 1 that such committee consist of Mr. A. Creak, Mr. Ihrtrilge, Mr. Ritter, Mr. handy side, Mr. Staples, Mr. R. Haig, and Mr. L. P.. i n e. Mr. ADAMS recommended the committee to get the best and m'st influential men in the company they could to assist them. The prouedingi concluied with a vote of thanks to the chairman. PROGRESS IN MEAT PRESERVATION. -0-- (From the Melbourne Argus). The loud complaints arising from the over-supply of meat in the eastern and southern parts of in habited Australia, and the under-supply of meat in the Halted Kingdom and the more thickly popu lated portions of the continent of Europe, have now fairly turned the general attention to the subject here, and hence we have to include a fresh item of news in our budget for home. We have to com municate, therefore, the following intelligence : The first general meeting of the Melbourne Meat.. preserving Company has been held, and judging from the report of the proceedings there seems a likelihood of our surplus stock of meat being, by the agency of this association, turned to profitable account. As we have already informed our English readers, the b Isis of this company is Mr. 'S. S. Ritchie's process, which has been successfully sub jected to numerous stringent trials. It is not quite a new one, having been known and tested for at least twenty years, and not the least experiment attempted is its keeping for two years, and then being found deliciously fresh on opening. The present enterprise is on an apparently thoroughly sound basis, and the capital required for the start has been freely subscribed. The company is for tunate in having secured the services of Mr. Ritchie, who, with Mr. M'Call, was formerly proprietor of a meat-preserving establishment in Great Britain, and has had much experience in the business. There have been unnumbered processes of meat preserving designed, but the advantage of Mr. Ritchie's is, that it is thoroughly practicable. The Contemporary Review for February, in an article on " The Food of the People," speaks highly of it, and quotes the opinion of the committee of the So ciety of Arts that it is " the only plan by which they have as yet found that unsalted meat in a healthy, edible condition has been generally im ported." The process is no longer experimental, therefore, but as an absolute commercial fact com mends itself to business men. The British public may feel assured that they will have a fair oppor tunity of ascertaining the merits of the article which it is proposed to produce. At the monthly meeting of the Rcyal Society, a paper written by Mr. Postle was read by Mr. Ellery "On the Preservation of Meat by Freezing." The system proposed by Mr. Postle differs materially from others now in operation, and notably from that of Mort. Instead of using ammonia or ether, he pro poses by the extraction of the heated air to reduce the atmosphere below freezing point, and to main tain it in this condition by supplying a stream of cold air. A good deal of discussion took place on the subject, and the opinion of the scientific gentle men present seemed generally to be that Mr. Postle's theory was accurate. Mr. Napier, a mem ber of the well-known ship-building firm on the i Clyde, stated that Sir W. Thompson had adopted the same principle for a reverse purpose, namely, to create artificial heat in a cold room. Professor M'Coy seemed to think that the system would be more expensive than the freezing process by am monia or ether ; but Mr. Postle himself believed that it would be less costly. There appears to be no doubt that the matter is worthy of further in vestigation and experiment. A new system of meat preservation has been in troduced to the public by a Mr. Sayce, who, when carrying on the business of a druggist in Mel bourne, occasionally distinguished himself by his local manufactures in his own line. A few days since several gentlemen met at the stores of Mr. W. B. Jones, Collins-street, west, for the purpose of testing the merit of the new plan. The process was found to consist in the injection of a fluid not hitherto used for the purpose, and it is said that joints can'be cured this way as expeditiously and as cheaply as by the common mode of salting. A cask of mutton, killed in the hot weather two months ago, and subjected to Mr. Sayce's process, was opened on this occasion. The meat was found to be perfectly sweet, and portions _which had been cooked were fresh and juicy ; but it remains to be proved whether meat so cured will pass successfully through the ordeal of long sea voyages. However, the plan has been sufficiently successful to warrant the carrying out of experiments on a larger scale. From Sydney we learn that the project for ship ping a trial cargo to Eegland of meat preserved by Mort's freezing process is likely to be carried out in a short time. The committee appointed report that the amount promised for the purpose approximates to the sum of £5,000, a considerable proportion of which is from Queensland. Mr. Mort considers that the meat should be purchased so as to be in course of delivery during the months of July and August, and he entertains hapes of being able to 1 send the ship from the colony with the meat during the month of September. EXCLUSIVE, VEILY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the propertie3 of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the NTs:m.4 headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant, alatable, and invilorating. Sold by all Chemists.—[Advl.] LAW AND POLICE. BREACH OF PROMISE AND ASSAULT.—In the Bail Court Caroline Hall, by her next friend, brought an action for damages against a young man, named Ruthven, for breach of promise to marry, and assault. As an objection was made and sustained that the two counts could not be joined, the counsel for the plaintiff elected to proceed with the assault. The parties lived in Pimlico, and the girl's father was a decorator, while the defendant was a pastry-cook. The plaintiff in her evidence stated that she had been acquainted with the defendant for a long time. On the evening of Sunday, 29th September, she was coming out of church in company with two young ladies when she saw the defendant walking with a girl. After he had passed witness he left the girl and came back. On approaching witness he began singing " Not for Joseph." (Laughter.) Witness asked what was the cause of his aggravating her in that manner. He thereupon made use of bad language, and struck her on the bosom with his fist. He said he had got a proper girl now, and snapped his fingers in witness's face. After that he followed and again struck her. The defendant's version was that Miss Hall threw her arms round his neck, and asked him to kiss her, if only for the last time. He released himself from her embrace and went away. The evidence was exceedingly conflicting, and one point that told against the plaintiff was that her mother wrote to the defendant a few days after the alleged assault and upbraided him for his cruelty; but in this missive not one word was mentioned of the assault. The jury found for the defendant. ACTION FOR LIBEL AGAINST A CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —ln the Court of Exchequer the case of Parker v. Prescott and others was heard. This was an action of libel brought against the chairman and vice-chairman, &c., of the Marylebone Board of Guardians in respect of some proceedings of the guardians which appeared in two newspapers, called respectively the Marylebone Mercury and the Paddington Times. It appeared that the plaintiff's daughter applied for relief at the Union House, and had been received as an inmate under circumstances which, when they were mentioned to the board of guardians, called forth some strong remarl q, and a summary of the remarks appeared in the papers above mentioned, in the course of which remarks each of the defendants had expressed an opinion that the facts were of such a character that the press ought to nttice them, and the reporters were called as witnesses to speak to the expres sions used by each defendant. It was admitted that the proceedings of the guardians were privileged, but it was contended on the part of the plaintiff that the expressions of the defendants rendered them responsible for the pub lication which afterwards appeared in the newspapers. Mr. Baron Martin was of opinion that the defendants were not responsible for the report, and directed a verdict to be returned to that effect. CHARGE AGAINST THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF WEST MINSTER ABBEY.- At the Westminster Police -court, Messrs. Poole and Mason appeared to receive judgment in a summons taken out by Mr. James Solly, the district surveyor of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster. The defendants were really the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey. There were two summonses taken out by the surveyor, complaining that the defendants, respectively the builders engaged in doing certain work in Westminbter Abbey, had neglected to gi ve the complainant, two days before such work was commenced, due notice in writing, stating the situation, &c., of the building, &c., and the particulars of such proposed works, &c. These summonses were taken out under the 38th and 41st sections of the Metropolitan Building Act, which make it impera tive on a builder to give such a notice and impose a penalty not exceeding £2O for neglecting to do so. The question was, whether that building came within the operation of the Metropolitan Building Act. The defendants contended that the Abbey was, by the 6th section of the Act, exempt from its operation, as being either one of her Majesty's royal palaces or a building employed for her Majesty's use or service. In a long and elaborate judgment, Mr. Arnold was of opinion that the argument for the defence did not justify Lim in dismissing the case; but, under the circumstances, all that was required was a nominal fine, which would be ls., and costs. Notice• of appeal was given. Rain is much wanted in the South of England for almost everything but wheat. The crop of field peas will totally fail for want of rain. The green aphis have taken possession of and will destroy the crop, unless they are soon washed away by copious showers. THE SHOCKING CASE OF MATRICIDE IN -S.lisSEx. —The evidence adduced at the coroner's inquest on the body of Sarah Backshall, who had been murdered by her son, substantially bore out the outline of the facts already given in these columns. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against George Backshall, and he was committed to Lewes prison, to await his trial at the Summer Assizes. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. —A large crowd of persons assembled in the Southampton Docks on Thursday afternoon, when the mail steamer Massilia arrived, in the expectation that the Abyssinian captives were on board. The Massilia, however, left Alexandria before the captives bad arrived there from Suez. It was conjectured that the Egyptian quarantine regulations detained them at Suez, and that they would leave Alexandria for England in a Government transport, or in the steamer that will be due at Southampton next week, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail. ILLEGAL DnILLINa.—At the Capel-street (Dublin) Police-court, Patrick Butterly, Edward Fitzpatrick, and Francis Hatton were charged with being engaged with others illegally drilling on the Glasnevin-road, between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of the 17th June. Police-sergeant Broderick, 5 D, deposed that he heard military terms used: for instance, " Fall in—two deep— single file—quick march." There were about fourteen persons. He succeeded in arresting the prisoners, who said it was only a joke. They were remanded in custody. The Journal des Dibats gives us some novel and original anecdotes " sur Lord Stamford, le propri4taire de Vale Royal." From one of them we learn that the late lord, in leaving his son an immense fortune, imposed upon him the condition that ho should every year invest £lO,OOO sterling in the purchase of silver plate. When the young lord had doubled and tripled his dinner and toilette sets, he caused a magnificent staircase in solid silver to be manufactured. At last, his powers of inven• tion being exhausted, he sought the aid of the law, and by the payment of £20,000 down he obtained a judicial re lease from the necessity of further compliance with the onerous conditions of his legacy. GREAT FIRE AT THE DERBY RAILWAY STATION. —About half-past eight o'clock on Thursday night a most destructive fire broke out in the extensive cheese ware houses adjoining the Derby railway station, and which were occupied by Messrs. Smith, Cox, and Co., and Mr. Edward Etches. It commenced in the top storey, which is used by the Midland Company to store their lost lug gage. It spread with remarkable rapidity, and by eleven o'clock the pile of buildings was completely gutted. The telegraph was set to work, and the engines from Not tingham ani other towns arrived during the evening. After the fire had raged for about three hours the flames were subdued, but the loss is very great. FUNERAL or Sin JAMES BROOKE, K. C. B. —The mortal remains of Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., Rajah of Sarawak, were interred on Wednesday in the churchyard of the retired village of Sheepstor, Devon, in the spot chosen by himself. His choice could not have fallen upon a more beautiful and appropriate spot, and certainly that secluded churchyard never before received • the remains of a man better entitled to the veneration of his country. men, or who will be more lamented now and honoured hereafter. He was followed to the grave not only by relatives and a numerous circle of friends from a distance, but also by the entire population of the neighbourhood, all vieing in the desire to show that respect ANitli which the Rajah had inspired them. The operations of the hay harvest were entirely suspended for the day. The service was most impressively - performed by the Rev. W. Daykin, assisted by Archdeacon Sinclair, who attended as the representative of Miss Burdett Couttn, for many years an attached friend of the Rajah. We have authority to mention that the sovereignty of Sarawak has been given by the late Rajah to his nephew, Mr. Charles Johnson Brooke.— Wastern Morning 11ews. • A NEW EXPLOSIVE AGENT.—Dynamite is the name of a new explosive agent, consisting of porous silica, saturated with nitro-glycerine, which is just now attracting the attention of those who are interested in quarrying and mining operations. A series of experiments which took place the other day in Lanarkshire is said to have proved that the force of exploding dynamite is about three times greater than that of gun-cotton, or some twelve times greater than that of gunpowder. A co.tple of tablespoonfuls laid quite louse on a thick beam proved sufficient, when fired, to break the timber right across, and project one of the fragments to a considerable distance. A charge of six pounds ex ploded in a horizontal bore brought down about 4,000 cubic feet of whinstone rock. In another experiment a block of wrought-iron, measuring nine inches by eight, was placed vertically in the ground, and a quantity of dynamite, covered only with loose rubbish, exploded on its upper surface. The result was to convert what had been a convex surface into a concave one, the mass of iron being at the same time split in several places. Although dynamite contains 76 per. cent. of nitro-glyce rine, it is said to be as safe as gunpowder against exple ~. -- Di=n by c 411014911. AMERICA AND THE CHINESE. The Chinese Embassy, which had arrived at New York on its mission to the Pt,wers of Christenda u t were entertained before leaving San Francisco at 4 grand banquet by the Governor and leading 0° of California on Tuesday, April 28, in the din ball of the Lick House. The Hon. Anson Bali °. game and Chih Tajen, of the Embassy, spoke. IV ° are not informed what the Chinaman said, but N r : Burlingame announced that though be could net give at length the objects of the mission, he ,vottiJ say, "It means progress. It means that China sires to cane into warmer and more intimate rel3' lions with the West. It means that she desires to come under the obligations of international laW, to the end that she may enjoy the advantages of t h3t law. It means that China, conscious of own integrity, wishes to have her quent i°ll ! stated—that she is willing to submit her (In e ; tions to the general judgment of mankind. I means that she intends to come into the brother' hood of nations. It means commerce ;it MO ° peace; it means a unification in its own interests of the whole human race." The Chinese hav e ! ! sympathy with America, and appreciate very highl the American character. Of course every year ttj r , intimacy increases, but we speak of a date California was but little known in the Celesti s Empire, and the Chinese formed their notions f Americans by the energy and enterprise of th eir traders, and the individuals who found their waY to the shores of Cathay. It was remarkable even 01 to note, although British influence was paramount', English and French soldiers garrisoning some of t h ' ports, and the fleets of both navies cruising a loof; the coast, the admiration given to Amerieal l ' though withheld from French and English. )11. ' Burlingame spoke of the co-operation PO among the treaty Powers, and respect for Chia° rights as having borne rich fruits, which he ilv stanced by the increase in the foreign trade °f China, having risen from 82 million dollars to 300 million dollars in a short period. " Steamboa ts,. . he said, " have been multiplied; arsenals have be et : built ; lighthouses have been erected, hundreds n' foreigners have been taken into the civil service' under the leadership of one of the ablest men in the world. This flag which is above us (the lire, rial flag of China) has b3en adopte 1 as the first 0 ; tional flag of China. Wheaton's International L 4s has become and is taken as a text-book for that g reet empire. The influence of Christ'a a missions 11° been advanced from tLe Yellow Sea even to th e great plains of Mongolia." The feeling to which Iti, have alluded is shown in the selection, by he Chinese, of Mr. Burlingame for the head of tw • embassy. It is not now surprising that Atneries° influence should be growing dominant in the CI; lestial Empire when the vast increase in trade Wit California is considered. The Pacific Mail 5te 3 . 133 00 . ship Company commenced their monthly ser vi c o between San Francisco and Hongkong on th e . " June. It is proved how efficient and well en'; a e : Wished the line is by au accident to the cireall`, public, which left San Francisco on th 3 4th ga rc but became partially disabled when about '27° , b ) miles from Yokohama. Under sail, and aide d re one wheel, she made her way to Japan, 'v h er , she found the Company's steamer New P l. a which completed the voyage to Hongkong , 3 ` l o returned to San Francisco, arriving in the Amer ic.l , port only two days behind contract time. A °l3' 3 , mouse amount of silver is now shipped direct Woe the mines of the Pacific States to China, and At number of passengers is so great that, large t hat* . the steamers be, the difficulty is rather to find A:, commodation than to fill them. This main the East is now in full working order, and Will /,, crease in utility to Europe and the Atlantic se; board of North America in proportion to th e r t gress of the Union Pacific Railroads. It is now by far the best route to Japan and Sha n g li , °oli Indeed, a man bound from London to Yok o, would show a singular ignorance of the trave lll4l ' facilities developed on the Pacific side of Atne rlo a , who sought to reach Japan by travelling E33„iri; stead - of West. The Embassy reached New lers, May 22, and the baggage amused the bystau de The New York Expresi thus describes the party " Chih Tagen is sixty years of age, has served : I , f country in various responsible capacities, is of ° to stature, and wear 3 a pair of spectacles as large of frying pans. Sun Tagen is forty-five age, burly build, and very Milesian cast of tures. The students attached to the bassy are quite intelligent. Two of thew, r :it joicing in the names of Funck and Shan, ell English with considerable fluency. The (I° B o o of all are exceedingly long, trailing quite to ground. When they were descending the 0 ,10 way from the steamer those in the rear stePP e t be the queues of the preceding ones, causing for moment quite a commotion. An indigili t Y the beard of a noble Roman would s car a 9 have occasioned more commotion, and all 05r. chattered away in a manner not unlike si ) o f rows. Neither of the mandarins nor an l l , o o their attendants wore swords; the reason is that they are on a civil mission. J. Browne, the first Secretary of the Legation, the Irishman—he has served seven years Wit h t he British Legation in China. When leaving pier for the hotel the two mandarins rode h i foo r open carriage. The attaches followed ill , ap ti close carriages. The servants and nine th ons 'a pounds of luggage followed in large eoeV' The dress of all is similar in cut, but very hey similar in colour ; the majority affect blue. ',At all wear black skull caps, a loose over-all of h ti s' o r material descending to the knees. Their I° lo , extremities are encased in top boots. The its darins wear beautiful stilettos, ivory hilteT r of their boots. As a body these Chinese aa h ; d ie very favourably with the specimens of their g i be, bours, the Japanese. The heads are shaved . 0 0 0 the general garb is the same, but the Ch i tt et wear no swords, and the excruciating elf made by the Japanese in walking is also 1191) . 0 'gle absent. Both mandarins and inferiors inter.„ 111 . 0 • 1 1 and converse with great freedom and farni'dje o , There is less of hauteur and reserve between is discernible in the relations of our em ploYer . ., ay employed. The members of the mission a.,% - $ O , of the Tartar-Chinese family. All of the 7 the armed with umbrellas, hideous in make, °j o ie worst quality and of the most violent c`: magenta and crimson predominating. Attest past two o'clock the Orientals arrived at th e co ) : vir minster,_ where a considerable crowd 101 .,,A .gregated to receive them. Some over hasty I : ri g ?; duals rushed forward to embrace the mandarirrilei' they thought, but subsequently ascertained, t° 0 1;, disgust, that they had been embracing the °uv fine venerable old fellow of 66 summers, ti? e r , cc' man of the lot who has a beard. The legatlooer: cupies thirty rooms on the second floor, nobles and servants all domicile. No Chines t" accompany the party. They had left Newl„, (7 o . pay their respects to the officials at Washief:2 Births. 114 BROWN—On the 16th inst., at The Firs, Alburgh, Sorf°,• ere the wife of G. Brown, Esq., of 42, Lansdov irc Kensington-park, W., of a son and daughter. CoonE—On the 14th inst., at St. Andrew's-tea l ' '' l V imuth, the wife of Cal tain Trevenen P. Code' o f H.M.S. Terrible, of a son. wiPi# LETTs—On the 17th inst., at Upper Clapton, the o ) 0 1 Captain A. B. Betts, late 3d Regiment (the ' D ° daughter. Marriages. ( 10 ARBUTHNOT —VAUGHAN-0 a the 17th inst , latot church of Harpenden, Iferts, the Bey. 11.. Bcurate .A., of Kimptou, third son of ' l , - bt e. o' K. Arbuthnot, Bart., to Mary Agnes, eldest alfittrr the Rev. Edward T. Vaughan, ALA rector of p i den and rural dean. ch tl i pP WRIGHT —HAYNES-0 n the 17th inst., at thepar' 6 "TePVl Wandsworth, Henry NV. Wright, of the Aliddl ° jJsf Esq., to Caroline Thirza, second daughter of Esq., of Wandsworth, in the county of Surrei• Deaths. et, r BROWNE—en the 15th inst., at Boulogne - stir' i C Browne, aged GO. o °' CORBETT—On the 15th inst., at Old Windsor, --L lf Kett, Esq., aged Gd. -9 1 ' PEAnsoN—On the 17th inst., at Upper Bonsburi A lf N., John Pearson, Esq., aged Si. 9q4 e- RUTIIEB.FORD—On the 17th inst., at 23, Devon s hirf)., 14.., t ' Portland-place, George S. Rutherford, Esq. , '. illii aged 82. i• 19 SMITH—On the 24th inst., at Southsea, Mai ° Royal Marines, aged 83. • 1 ,„17 - London : Printed and Published by WILLT•k;‘' 1 0 ./ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tim SuN 031 c. 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