The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, No one can venture, says the Times, confidently to pre dict the result of the present state of affairs in America. There are advanced Reformers in the Union who advocate the abolition of the office of President since Mr. Johnson has proved how great are its powers. The disregard of law and political principle which precedes every Presiden tial election might furnish them with an additional argu ment for their purpose. The proposed impeachment and the contempt of the Constitution in the case of Alabama may be traced to this cause. The spread of repudiation in the West—a policcy as distinctly shortsighted as it is dishonest—has been promoted by the coming con test. One party adopted it, and their opponents have done the same, for the sake of keeping their followers together. At this moment the secu rities of Massachusetts are 20 per cent. in value above those of the Union, because investors believe in the honesty of Massachusetts, and are not so fully persuaded cf the Federal honor ; yet contending parties would still fi;l . ther imperil the credit of the nation to secure their irur.ecli ate end;. If patriotic Americans, revolving these things, think the abolition of the Presidency would be a,ivantageous, they may be excused, although it is mani fc:st that as long as party contests survive in their present f"rm the abolition of that for the Presidency could do no more than mitigate the evil. The safety of the Union must be sought elsewhere. We look for it primarily in the steadfastness of what Mr. Disraeli well called the " territorial democracy," which has on former occasions rescued the nation from the profligacy of parties ; while we may hope ultimately for such a reform of its institutions as shall make the national Legislature a repre sentation of the real national character rather than an example of its least admirable elements. In the duel which Mr. Johnson has forced on Congress he has at last, the Daily News observes, exposed an unguarded point, and the watchfulness of his antagonists has enabled them to strike a decisive blow. The impeachment movement bad previously failed, not because the majority of the Republican party were reluctant to use the weapon which the Constitution put into their hands, but because they wished to have a clearly legitimate opportunity of using it. Such an oppor- Vinity Mr. Johnson had been skilful enough to deny them. But the very failure of the proposal of impeachment seems to have given Mr. Johnson courage. Either under the idea that Congress had begun to fear him, or goaded by the taunt that he had asked General Grant to do what he was himself afraid to do, he made the false move for which his opponents had been waiting. In the attempt to remove Mr. Stanton and to pass over General Grant in defiance of the Tenure of Office Act, he had committed a misdemeanour under the Act, and exposed himself to its penalties. It was just the one thing needed for the legal justification of a step which had been morally justi fied long ago. It gave his wary and skilful opponents exactly the opportunity they needed. He lead long de served removal—now he could be legally and constitu tionally removed. Hence, therefore, the sudden change of tactics by the leaders of the House of Representatives, and the passing of the impeachment resolution by the whole vote of the united Republican party. Mr. Johnson, in his impetuous assault on Congress, exposed a vital part, and his enemies saw their opportunity and drove their weapon borne. The occurrences which have recently taken place in tne Corps L6gislatif in Paris are not calculated, in the opinion of the Post, to induce in the minds of the French people a very extravagant degree of 'respect for their representa tives, or an overweening confidence in the existing system of parliamentary government. " Scenes" may take place occasionally in even the best regulated deliberative assem blies, and the traditional dull decorum which pervades St. Stephen's Hall is sometimes, though rarely, somewhat rudely disturbed. Men do not cease to be men when they rise to the dignity of senators, and human passions will sometimes burst the barriers raised by usage and etiquette. Distinctions, however, must be drawn between the indis cretions of individuals and premeditated and cold-blooded outrages on decency by a body of men perfectly conscious of the offence which they are committing, and trusting for impunity to their own strength. The Herald cannot agree with " Historicus" in thinking that it would be well, at this stage, to withdraw from the prosecution of "Colonel" Nagle, because questions of some nicety are likely to be involved, and because the precise effect of quasi-traitorous acts done within the three-mile coast line may give rise to moot points the discussion of which will occasion some trouble. On the contrary, we regard these as reasons for continuing the proceedings. Fenianism is, as we know only too well, a plant of foreign origin. It was brought to us by Americans and Irish Americans who had tasted blood in the great civil war, and who have since found themselves with their occupa tion gone, unless the perpetual getting up of filibustering expeditions shall keep them employed. If there is no way of preventing this—if we must perforce submit to the pre sence of such cruisers as the Erin's Hope, without being able to punish any but our own subjects who may be found on board, it is as well that we should know it. Possibly such a decision might stimulate our desire for a convention to settle anew the bases of allegiance and rationality, while a contrary result might, in equal degree, induce a similar feeling on the part of others. The Telegraph tells the story of a Portsmouth jury who once sat upon the body of a sailor shot in the act of destr tion. Making a little mistake in the directions which the coroner gave them, they delivered as their verdict that " lle just died with a hole in his side." A naval court martial on hoard her Majesty's ship Aboukir has come to much the same sort of decision about a seaman of the Favourite, who was lately put to death with nobody to blame. It seems that the unlucky man-o'-war's man was ordered to be gagged ; and in the process of gagging him the administrators of that penalty wereunfortunate enough to strangle him outright. On the court-martial, however, everybody was " honourably acquitted "—no ; we beg par don ! the first lieutenant was honourably acquitted, and the master-at-arms was merely acquitted. It seems such an intolerable thing that an English sailor should be strangled with a gag, that we must ask how it could have happened without the shadow of b'.ame resting on any one. While we are about it we would also ask " My Lords" how long gagging has been prescribed by the Admiralty regula tions, and for what offences a sailor can be gagged, with a chance of strangulation? At present the details of the trifling misfortune on board the Favourite arc not made public ; but since the court-martial has advised for the future medical attendance and a special sentry, as appurtenances of the gag, there must be something inte resting in the punishment apart from such a passing triviality as the life of an Englishman. It would be well if a member of Parliament would move for information on the matter. The Volunteers are to have their great annual field-day this year at Portsmouth. The Standard is glad of it, for many reasons, without in the least disparaging the merits of Brighton an Dover. There have been splendid marches and manoeuvres of riflemen on the bright Sussex Downs ; and nothing but what is good can be said of Dover, with its castle and cliffs, its chalky heights and windy spaces ; yet Portsmouth, with its fortified harbour and battlemented hills, its garrison, its grand variety of surface, and its distinct naval and military aspect, deserved a turn of favour, and offered advantages which could not be denied. It was well, therefore, that the review for 1868 should take place in a neighbourhood so Tich in heroic memories. The Volunteers are to muster on the glacis between Portsea and its parent town, and march past the commanding officer on Southsea Common. The foe will have safely landed, and taken up a formidable position ; he intends to creep round, over and behind those swelling ridges, to the level of Hilsea. At this point he is to encounter " the cheap defence of nations." They are to assault him, traversing a brancli of water by means of pontoons, and sustained by the fire of gunboats. Then is to be the battle, and for this tug of war a field has been selected full of those difficulties which will practically test the readiness and endurance of the Volunteers, who, of course, are to triumph, and rescue our Royal harbour from the menaces of the invader. The Times recently asserted in its leading colnmrs that "it would be impossible to name a country which has improved so rapidly in all, material re spects" as Ireland. Little as the Star may think of the wisdom of the present Government, it - cannot for a moment believe that there is any member of the Cabinet who - would not regard such preaching as that of the Times with infinite contempt. This theory of popula tions dwindling because they are so well off and rebelling because they are so admirably governed, has long indeed been the favourite of blockheads, the pet resource of ad ministrators too lazy to govern, and the curse of the very systems it was invented to support. But we refuse to be lieve that it has now any hold upon the English mind ; and it must at least be the business of the Opposition to take good care that it is not made the basis of the Govern ment's policy. THE ATTACK ON BARON DE DUDI3ERO. baron de Mcycndorfr, who made an attack on Enron de BudixTg„ the Russian Ambassador, at Verviers, has been judicially examined, and afterwards set at liberty, sufficient grounds not le'n; found for prosecliting 'him. _ _ TILE BISHOP OF LABITAN. —The living of God manchester has been offered by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to the Right Rev. Dr. M`Dougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, and we believe it has been accepted by his lordship. Its annual value is £323. The health of the bishop makes it exceedingly doubtful whether he will be able to return for permanent active labour to his diocese. The bishopric of Labuan is supported by grants of £360 from the Colonial Bishopric Council, and £3OO from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. A STRANGE STORY. A correspondent of the Daily Express re fates the fol lowing almost incredible story :--" The island of Boffin lies off the west coast of Galway, but belongs to the county of Mayo. In it there has been resident for some time an Eng lishman of tie name of Paynter, who settled there as dis pensary doctor, and having such an interest in the place that he has taken a lease of the mineral resources, and put men to work in developing them. Within the last four mouths a new Roman Catholic priest came to the island, who considered himself in duty bound to have a procession in memory of the Manch*ster martyrs.' To this the doctor objected, and incurred the hostility of the priest, who, it is said, ordered that none of the inhabitants should have any dealings with him, or take him over to the mainland in their boats. The poor natives have such a dread of the rev. gentleman's powers, that on one occasion when the doctor had induced some of them to take him in their boat, the priest came on the shore and shouted out for thein to come back or he would sink the boat, and they, believing his power, obeyed him. By these means the doctor and his wife were nearly starved, subsisting on food smuggled in to them during the night by friendly natives, one of whom (a poor woman) was caught by her Christian pastor and flog;ed so severely that it is said if she recovers she will be a cripple for life. The state of the island came to the knowledge of Mr. A. T. Horne, the chief of police at Clifden, the nearest town, who at the beginning of last week went out with a guard of police and blue jackets, and brought away the doctor and his wife. A few days since the doctor and his wife returned to the island with a supply of provisions and a guard of police, and your correspondent is informed by an eye-witness that even the doctor's miners were afraid to carry one of his things from the boat to his house. Neither could lodgings be procured for the police, as the people of the island said they could not let in a lodger, `no, not for a guinea an hour, without leave from the priest.' This seems strange, as one man on the island has not only a pub lican's license, but also receives public money as postmaster. The police have been located in the doctor's house, waiting instructions from the authorities. Your correspondent has just heard that a gentleman holding a Government ap pointment has returned from an unsuccessful visit to the island, where his business necessitated a short stay, as he could procure no lodging or food without first obtain ing a pass from the priest. He says he was accompanied by a crowd of natives in his unsuccessful search for quar ters, who now and then gave him the friendly advice to leave while he had life ; and that, when his boat was pushed off, they ran along the shore yelling and hooting, and pelting stones at the boat." LAW AND POLICE. A QUESTION AS TO COSTS. —ln the case of Caton V. Caton an important question as to costs was raised on Wednesday before the Lord Chancellor. The matter in dispute was whether the dismissal of a bill with costs in cluded the costs of the defendant's appeal. Vice-Chan cellor Stuart had made a decree giving the plaintiff the relief asked, but upon appeal to Lord Chancellor Oran worth it was held that the plaintiff had failed in making out any case : and the decree ordered " that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor be reversed, and the plaintiff's bill stand dismissed out of this court, with costs to be taxed by the taxing-master, and paid to the defendant, and the deposit to be returned to the appellant." It was submitted that the dismissal of a bill with costs should carry all the costs in the suit, otherwise a successful defendant would be put to great and unnecessary expense in consequence of an error of the judge of the court below. The Lord Chan cellor said it had been the practice of the court for cen turies that where a bill was dismissed on appeal the decree did not carry the costs of the appeal, unless those costs were specially ordered to he paid. THE MURDER OF AN OLD LADY IN BIRMINGHAM, The prisoners Thomas Marlow, William Beesley, and Louis Bce, whose trial and acquittal at the Warwick Assizes on the charge of murdering Miss Millbourne, at her house in Heneage-street, on the 21st of January last, were reported yesterday, were subsequently charged at the same assizes, in connection with Jane Smith and Joseph Beesley, with having stolen, on the 21st of January, the sum of £B, the property of Miss Millbourne. To this charge the prisoner Marlow pleaded guilty ; the others not guilty. Marlow made a statement fully avowing his own share in the robbery, but declaring that the other prisoners had never been in the house—only himself, the informer Mack, and the absent man. Marlow was sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude. The other prisoners were acquitted. SIGNING BY DEPUTY.— At the Winchester Assizes, Thomas Sillence has been indicted for forging a promissory note for £lOO, with intent to defraud the Hants Banking Company. Another count charged an uttering. The prisoner had deposited with the bank a promissory note purporting to be jointly signed by himself and a farmer named Hampton, but on the bank applying to Hampton for payment he denied that the signature was his. It was stated that the daughter of Hampton had, at the request of the prisoner, signed her father's name to the paper, she not knowing that it was anything of importance. Hampton could not read or write, and his wife and daughter were in the habit of signing his name when necessary. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner honestly thought that the name so signed bound Hampton. The judge told the jury that if the prisoner honestly believed so, the in- tention to defraud was not made out. ',The jury retired, and at length returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence, 15 months' imprisonment with hard labcur. A BAD WIFE AIM A PROVOKED HUSBAND.—At the same Assizes, Richard Warwick was indicted for shooting at Elizabeth Warwick, his wife,with divers intents, on the 31st August, at Ringwood. The woman had been out drinking, and on returning towards home at midnight in company with a young man, the prisoner discharged a gun at her and wounded her with about fifty small shots on the arm and shoulder-blade. In his defence the prisoner said that he was very sorry for it, and should not have done it but that his wife behaved so badly. He bad been ill for six months. She used to give him a bit of breakfast ; she then went out, and did not return till the middle of the night, and she would then pull him out of bed. He should have died had it not been for the neighbours. He did not mean to hurt her. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but under great provocation. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. SINGULAR POINT IN L.W.-At the Warwick Assizes, Samuel Charles Hatch, broker, of Birmingham, was in dicted for having fraudulently converted to his own use a sum of £133 7s. Gd., which had been entrusted to him. Mr. Corbett, a miller, sent a cheque for the amount in pay ment of twenty-shares in the Binning Lam Bank (Limited), which the prisoner advised him to invest in. Some time afterwards the prisoner told him that he had been deceived in the matter, as the scrip was in pawn, but as he did not wish the deception upon him to come out he handed him a bill at sight for the amount of the £133 7s. 6d. On being presented, however, the bill was dishonoured, and other inquiries led to the discovery that the shares had never been applied for, and that there had been other misrepresentations on the part of the rrisoner. A technical objection was raised for the defence, viz., that the ptisoner had not violated the Act, inasmuch as he was in the position of a direct vendor of the shares, and not an agent acting for the plaintiff and under his direction. His lordship ruled in favour of the prisoner, and directed the jury to acquit him. NIGHT POACHING.-At the Chelmsford Assizes, three men, named Arthur and Samuel Monk and James Carr, were indicted for, and found guilty of, night poaching. There was a scuffle between the prisoners and the keepers, which Mr. Brown, Q.C. (who tried several criminal cases in the absence, through illness, of the Lord Chief Justice) said might have ended in manslaughter. He therefore Sentenced two of the prisoners, Carr and Samuel Monk, to nine months, and Arthur Monk four months' imprison ment. WILFUL MURDER.— Two men, named Partridge ana Deadman, have been committed for trial for the murder of Maria Jackson, whose body was found in a well in the neighbourhood of Bromley at the beginning of last month. As the magistrate observed, the case was unusually per plexing, owing to the absence of motive. It appears that 1...te on Saturday night, the 18th of January last, the woman was turned out of a public-house kept by Partridge, in which she lodged, by Deadman, a friend of Partridge's. She was tipsy at the time. Deadman and Partridge followed, and had words with her until she entered another public - house, when they were lost sight of. Here she remained till the house closed, when she was obliged to leave in an awful storm of wind and rain. She went to a private house to ask for a lodging, which was refused. This was the last time she was seen alive by any of the witnesses. A little later her screams were heard, but no one took any notice of them. Her body was afterwards found in an unfenced well at the back of the last public-house she entered. It is not known that she had any valuable pro -17,t y about he r . Th ere were scarcely any marks of vio..ence on h er p erson , an d th e surgeon sa id s h e mi g ht easily have fallen into the well ; but as the prisoners were seen quarrelling with her shortly before her disappearance, they were sent for trial. PLAYING WITH FIREARMS.—A shocking occur rence has taken place at Pendlebury. A boy, 9 years of age, named Morton, and a girl of 14, named Mary Fiides, both employed at Pendlebury Mills, were at breakfast in the lodge-house of the mill, kept by Morton's father, when the boy took up a pigeon gun belonging to Morton senior. Tire gun was loaded with small shot, and the ramrod was in the barrel. The piece went off, and the ramrod struck the girl in the forehead, scattering her braini about the room Of 92urse, de_a_t4 ar tentadleQus. T.HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN THE REFORM BILL 01 4 1867 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is an old saying, and a very true one, viz., that " Facts are stubborn things," and very oftentimes very sad and painful things likewise. Nearly a month ago I wrote you a letter, wherein I compared Lord Derby's Reform Bill of 1867 to a beautiful sunset after a stormy day; assuming his 23 years of Tory ism to have been a mistake and a delusion on his part. I said he began well (alluding to his great efforts in carrying the old Reform Bill in 1832,when he was quite a young man), and that he had ended well in having carried the Bill of 1867 in his old age. Alas ! 1 fear I was too true a pro- phet in saying that the great Act which, ere this ;iine next year, will have become the law of the and, will be the last great act of his political life. [t would be idle, and worse than idle, to disguise 'rom ourselves the sad and melancholy fact that our learned, talented, and beloved Premier is most dan- gerously ill ; nevertheless, while there is life there is always more or less hope. I hope, as I said in my last letter, which appeared in your columns on the 30th ult., that the life of our excellent chief may be spared to us for many years to come ; still, should it please Almighty God to terminate his well- spent and valuable life, there will be one great consolation, that a man of such really gigantic in tellect, a gentleman, a scholar, a statesman—in every sense of the word—a man of a most amiable and benevolent disposition, an individual so well fitted to adorn the exalted position in which Providence had placed him, I say it will be a consolation that such a human being should have died in the field of political battle ; and never, since the death of the great Lord Chatham, nearly 100 years ago, will any statesman have died so completely in the actual service of his country. We move in cycles, as I have in the course of my correspondence often re marked to you. It is by no means an unremarkable fact that the year 1869, the year in which our new Reform Act is to come into operation, is the cente nary of a very remarkable year in the last century. In 1769 were born those two great and illustrious men and warriors, the Duke of Wellington and the great Napoleon. Another very remarkable event in the said above-named year was the publication of that great and highly-talented, but unknown, individual, " Junius." I have no hesitation in asserting that our noble Premier is a far more faithful descendant of this great unknown writer than any of our soi disant Liberals. Should Lord Derby be taken from us before the first day of next year his death may be easily compared to that of the death of a fond mother who departs in childbirth without ever living to behold her beloved offspring ; albeit I trust Lord Derby may recover. lie is, undoubtedly, as I have said before, dangerously and seriously ill ; and at no time is it a more proper season to do justice to a great and good man than during the season of sickness or death. I therefore now pro ceed to the main question of my letter, which is to prove that there was no dishonesty in Lord Derby and our present Ministry carrying the large and substantial measure of Reform which they did in 1867, albeit they so strenuously opposed the bill brought in by their predecessors in 1866. Now the whole affair was in this position. First and foremost, it is not Ministries, in one sense of the word at any rate, that carry any particular measure, but the country at large. Peel, Wellington, Grey, Wilberforce, and Derby were great and powerful instruments in having carried Catholic Emancipa tion, granting free trade, passing the great Reform Act of 1832 (now on its death-bed), and having abolished the slave trade in 1807 ; and, later still, I cannot forbear alluding to the brilliant speech made by Mr. Secretary Stanley in 1834, when slavery itself was expunged from the face of the earth ; nevertheless they were merely the instruments in bringing to pass these reforms ; albeit they were most talented and effective instruments. Nevertheless the time had arrived, and it was wholly impossible any longer to arrest or check the flowing current of the day. Whatever Ministry had been in office must have done the same thing ;',if unable to do so, must have given place to those who were able to do it. In 1830 the late great Duke of Wellington said no Reform was necessary, and asked " How was the King's Government to be carried on?" Others saw not only that it could be carried on, but that it might be carried on very much better than it had been for many long ages past. The Duke of Wellington had immediately to surrender, and;was:most ignominiously defeated; and had Wel lington been as thoroughly beaten in 1815 at Waterloo as he was at old St. Stephen's in 1830, very, very different would have been the condition of England at the present time. Again the Liberals brought in in 1866 a measure of Reform which was unacceptable and unpalatable to the nation ; example in this respect being more forcible than precept. Alluding to the opposition of the Liberals to the Tory Reform Act of 1859—they (the country at large) said the measure of Reform brought in by Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone did not go far enough, using the very identical words that the Whigs had used against Lord Derby's Bill of 1859 ; consequently the Russell Government of 1865 and 1866 was ignominiously defeated, as the Wellington Ministry had been in 1830. The Whigs were, in fact, paid out in their own coin. Now, however, to the main part of my letter, which is to prove thatr there was no dishonesty on the part of Lord Derby in having carried his bill in 1867. It was something like a man or woman having a tumour or other swelling in their inside, and which is necessary to be removed. The question that presents itself is, Who is to do it ? That sur geon who possesses the greatest skill and who has the sharpest instrument ; and so it was with Lord Derby as regards the Reform Bill of last year ; also was it with the late Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel in carrying Catholic emancipation in 1829, and granting Free-trade in 1846. In all transactions of life success is nine points of the compass ; and to quote another old proverb, " Let those laugh that win." In conclusion, I cannot refrain from remarking one substantial thing, and that is, if the Whigs consider the present Government dishonest in having carried a Reform Bill in 1867, simply because they opposed their own Reform Bill the year previously, what do they say to their own conduct in turning out Lord Derby in 1859 on the Reform Bill brought in by his Ministry because it was not sufficiently Democratic and revolutionary, and then directly they became possessed of the sweets of office were only too glad to send Parliamentary Reform to the winds for seven long years, no small period of any more especially in its ascent or desce n t? excuse I have ever heard offered fo r th em n h e e ' s is that Lord Palmerston was a thorn in their side. Then they were clearly dishonest in holding office with an individual whose principles they disap proved ; their best and warmest friend therefore could only call it a case of pot and kettle. I remain, Sir, your faithful servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. 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Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached ln tins at ls. ltd.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. ; 2 lbs., 45. Gd,; 5 lbs. lls • 1211 m, 2'25.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY DU BettaY and Co., N 0.77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 298, Oztord-street 350 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's troopship Serapis, Captain Soady, with troops on board, from India, via Alexandria, went into Portsmouth harbour early yesterday morning, and berthed alongside the dockyard to disembark her freight. Her troop and passenger list comprises :-42d Highlanders—Colonel E. R. Priestly, Lieut.-Col. and Major J. C. M'Leod, Mrs. M' Leod, and three children, Major D. Macpherson and Mrs. Macpherson, Surgeon J. E. Clutterbuck. Captains—J. Wilson, W. Green and wife, M. Macleod, wife, and four children, T. Farquharson, V.C., and wife, G. W. Cockburn, R. K. Bayley, and W. Underwood. Quartermaster J. Simpson, V.C., and wife, Assist.-Surg. 11. W. Troup. Lieu tenants—A. W. Creagh, R. P. Hicks, R. C. Cove nay, A. W. Warrand, 11. R. S. Foley, J. B. M. Cumberland, R. H. S. Brickenden, and C. J. Eden. Ensigns N. W. P. Brophy, A. K. Macpherson, W. K. Suther, and A. H. J. Douglas ; 430 men, 19 women, 31 children, and three female servants. Time-expired soldiers from various corps in India to join their regimental depots in England, 307 non commissioned officers and privates, with 10 women and 22 children. Invalided soldiers from various corps for the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, 173 non-commissioned officers and men, with 29 women and 58 children. Wives of officers of various corps, the latter serving with the Abys sinian field force :—Mesdames Blackney, Cook, and four children ; Butler, Goodfellow, Holt and three children, and Langbey. Officers belonging to various corps on sick and other leave :-77th Regi ment, Capt. J. Wordsw•orih ; 105th Regiment, Capt. G. C. Therry ; 109th Regiment, Capt. C. P. Forbes and wife ; Staff Assist.-Surg. R. Lindsay; 7th Dragoon Guards, Veterinary Surgeon C. H. Reiley, wife, and child ; 3d Battalion Rifle Brigade, Lieut. J. 0. Vandeleur ; 88th Regiment, Lieut. T. Hall ; three naval supernumeraries. The Serapis sailed on her outward voyage for Alexandria from Queenstown, Ireland, on Jan. 26 last, and called in at Malta on Feb. 2. She left there on the follow ing day, and arrived at Alexandria on the 13th. Having disembarked there the troops she had on board for India, and received the 42d Royal High landers (the Black Watch), and the detachments of time-expired men and invalids from other corps serving in India, she sailed again on her return to England on the 18th of February, at 11 20 a.m. For two days after leaving Alexandria strong head winds were experienced, and on the 22d the ship arrived in Malta harbour. On the follow day, at 6 p.m., the Serapis sailed again from Malta for Spithead direct, passing her Majesty's steam fri gate (paddle) Terrible, Captain J. Commerell, V.C., C. 8., steaming for the grand harbour. On the 27th, at 4 p.m., the Rock of Gibraltar was passed, and the Serapis made her number to the guardship and garrison. On the 28th, at 2.30 p.m., colours were exchanged with the English merchant steamship Calypso. On the 29th, at 2 a.m., passed Lisbon. On the Ist instant, colours were exchanged with the English ship Cordelia. On the 2d instant, at 8.30, observed Ushant Light on the bow, and at 11.50 a.m., on the following day, had the Bill of Portland under the ship's lee. She anchored at Spithead at sunset. All the troops were disembarked from the Scrapis yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard, and at 5 p.m. her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Captain S. H. Henderson, sailed for Leith with the 42d Highlanders on board. Yesterday morning the Ist Battalion Coldstream Guards left the Tower of London for Windsor. The right wing of the regiment, commanded by Colonel Goodlake, V.C., with Capt. Eyre, Lieut. Lord G. Hamilton, Lieuts. Wood and Campbell, &c., and consisting of seven officers and 250 men, marched to the Moorgate-street station of the Me tropolitan Railway, whence the troops were de r spatched to Windsor by special train, at 10 o'clock. The left wing of the battalion, under the command of Colonel Campbell, with Capt. and Adjutant the Hon. F. A. Wellesley, Capt. Carter, and Lieut. Bruce, &c., consisted of the same number of troops. This portion of the battalion left Moorgate-street station at 10.30 a.m., and arrived at Windsor at 11.30 a.m. The troops marched to the Sheet-street Barracks, where the right wing, which reached 1% indsor at 11.12, had already taken up its qu'uters. The Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards, consisting of 12 officers and 467 inch, under the command of Colonel Ponsonby, with Capt. and Adjt. Seymour, Colonel Bramston, Colonel Stucley, Capt. Clinton, Capt. Thynne, and Lints. Allix, Reynardson, Thornton, and Cochran, left Windsor at 10 o'clock, by special train on the Great Western Railway, for Victoria station, Pimlico, en route for Wellington Barracks. STATE OF TRADE. M March 4.—ln our b r i e f re p or t of the yarn C market it was me n ti one d that rt, yarn dm cloth business opened flatly at a further reduction of id. to id. per lb. on the prices of last week, but that later on, owing to telegrams from Liverpool, buyers had shown a desire to close with offers which they had at first declined to give. It may be further mentioned that towards the close of the day this movement became more general, and developed into a general inquiry, and led to large offers being made, especially for India fabrics, at prices which could not be obtained even on Friday last. In some cases considerable orders were accepted under these circumstances, but the anticipation of a still higher prices for cotton caused manufacturers to reject a larger business than that which was accomplished. Great excitement in the Liverpool cotton market to-day, with a rise in prices, is producing a similar result here, but it is checking business. Manufac turers have greatly advanced their quotations or entirely withdrawn their goods, and this is restrict ing business. At the same time buyers are freely offering an advance of 3d. per piece on the rates ob tainable yesterday. There is a feeling, however, that the activity and excitement here, as well as that at Liverpool, is of a speculative character, and that but little of it arises from a bona fide demand for any description of goods. Messrs. Ellison and Heywood, of Liverpool, in their monthly circular of Monday, animadvert with a good deal of justice on the conduct of spinners and manufacturers, which led to the great speculation and rise in cotton some three weeks ago, and which is now being re newed :—" To a great extent spinners have only themselves to blame for the late inflation in values —for speculators did not enter the field until the major part of the advance had taken place. Some advance upon the low rates current at the beginning of the year was quite justified by the statistical posi tion of the staple ; but if spinners had only displayed that caution and circumspection which guided their dealings during the previous year, we should neither have witnessed the intense excitement, nor the ex traordinary advance, of the past month. The mis take made by the trade was in accepting large orders for forward delivery—orders which in the majority of cases absorbed by anticipation the pro ducts of three or four months' work at full time, and which necessitated correspondingly extensive pur chases in this market to cover, especially when it became apparent that prices were tending upwards. No doubt, after a long period of comparatively dull trade, during which they had almost in vain begged and prayed for orders, the temptation to accept them when offered was too great to be withstood, especially as they were offered at a time when the current opinion on both sides of the Atlantic was that the American crop would be nearer three than 2} million bales. Three mouths ago (the 30th of November), foreseeing the danger which threatened the trade, we observed In view of the compara tively small supplies available for consumption for the next two months, spinners trill act wisely if they reduce their operations within as narrow limits as possible both here and in Manchester. Prices have fallen to so low a point that the acceptance of contracts of any magnitude, based upon the antici pation of a further considerable decline in the value of the raw material, would be far more hazardous than discreet.' Nor were we alone in our admoni tions ; similar advice was heard on all sides, and, strange to say, spinners and manufacturers were themselves among the loudest of the monitors. It is to be hoped, however, that they will henceforth profit by the lesson which they have -received. Most ING, MARCH 5, 1868, i v pro ducers will often be compelled to take orders for two or three weeks' production ; but they need not Jointnit themselves to the extent of three, four, five, and even six months, which many did in December and January last." Messrs. Ellison and Heywood think it still premature to withdraw their estimate (avd that of some other eminent houses in the cot ton trade) of a crop of 2,600,000 bales of cotton. In fact, it is possible the quantity may be yet gre: Lter, and they see the advantage in the rise of pri( TS that it will prOmpt planters both in America and ! India to hurry forward their crops as fast as possible to the seaboard, while it will stimulate pro due tion all over the world, and cause the supplies for 1869 to be much larger than they otherwise would be. BELFAST, 3d.—Flax.--During the past week the markets were moderately supplied ; attendance of purchasers numerous. All flax changed hands at prices in some instances at an advance of 6d. per stone. Yarns.—Although a considerable business was done, still transactions did not reach so large an amount as did those of the week preceding. Orders to a considerable extent from the Continent have appeared, but at prices in many cases insuf ficient to admit of acceptance. Stocks have become further reduced. Prices firm. Linens, Brown Handloom.—Some improvement in demand exists for linen handkerchiefs and drills. Diapers and damasks are not in active request. A fair business continues to be done in light linen for bleaching, and cloth for dyeing, and hollands. Pos erloom.— Business transacted in light linens for bleaching, cloth for dyeing, and hollands, roughs, and cambric handkerchiefs has been to a fair extent. Stocks of all these descriptions have become reduced, and prices generally have an upward tendency. Bleached and Finished Linens, Home Trade.—The improve ment as lately announced continues to exist, and a fair amount of business has been done. For some descriptions of goods large orders have been placed. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES 7 GREAT WESTERN. The Committee of Consultation appointed on the 29th of March, 1867, state in their concluding re port that they are now able to resign their office, and to state what has been effected since the gene ral meeting of proprietors in August last. The re construction of the board appears to work satisfac torily, and they are strongly of opinion that the present constitution of the board should not be dis turbed. Much has devolved upon the new board in the difficult and important duty of reorganising the working arrangements of the company, in which the committee have learnt with satisfaction that they have been cordially assisted by the chiefs of the several departments. The duties of each officer and department have been defined ; more indepen dent action, attended with greater personal respon sibility, has been vested in the heads of depart ments, and a system has been established which the committee believe will secure to the company the best exertion of its officers. The board and the departments are working harmoniously, and a feel-1 ing of stability has been created which has long been wanting in the internal econcmy of the Great Western Railway Company. Beneficial results in the conduct of the company's business may reason ably be expected from an efficient organisation inch as is now satisfactorily accomplished. The position of the temporary loan account,had been still further improved. On July 31, 1866, the amount due was £1,286,837 ; on January 1867, the amount due was £859,323 ; on July 31, 1867, the amount due was £367,530; and on January 31, 1868, the amount due was £173,530. The renewal of debentures has been effected upon as favourable terms as the com mittee could have anticipated. During the half year a considerable sum has been obtained at 41 per cent., but looking at the large amount falling due each year, the committee do not hesitate to say that until confidence in 'such securities is fully restored the renewal of debentures will be likely to prove the most difficult part of the financial business of the Great Western Company, and they strongly urge that every* effort should be made by the directors and shareholders, as speedily as possible, to con vert the terminable debentures into a permanent debenture stock. They unreservedly repeat their conviction that the debentures and the debenture stock of the company are a perfectly safe invest ment. The committee express their great regret at the proceedings in Chancery which were insti tuted against the company to restrain them from issuing certain stocks in discharge of dividend, and at the adverse decision in which those proceedings have terminated, so contrary to the opinion at first expressed by Vice-Chancellor Malius. They re main firmly of opinion that the course adopted by the company was the best that could be devised for the interests of the Vale of Neath proprietors, in common with all other sections of the amalgamated company. The committee feel assured that the railway is now governed by prudent counsels, and that firmness and caution preside over its adminis tration. They have urged strongly upon the board the necessity of imposing a strict restraint upon capital outlay, and they find the board equally hit pressed with the necessity of avoiding this kind of expenditure, and of encouraging friendly relations with neighbouring companies. Time is required to allow the establishment to settle down to its work after a long period of distracting influences. By abstaining from schemes of extension and further guarantee obligations, and by attending to the cul tivation and the economical accommodation of traffic, the committee believe that the way will be found to a steady increase of dividend ; but it would be unwise to expect a sudden recovery from evils so deep seated as those which oppress the Great IN estern Company. In conclusion, the com mittee cannot refrain from expressing their opinion that Parliament is largely responsible for the vicious system of railway extensions, which has brought disaster and discredit upon undertakings of so much national importance. While Parliamentary Com mittees were ready to sanction every scheme of rail way extension under the assumption of giving in creased public accommodation, however recklessly promoted, or however aggressive the character of those schemes might be, it was scarcely possible for any single company to avoid becoming entangled in this ruinous warfare, and the responsibility must lie where the controlling power alone resided—viz., in the Legislature. The committee consists of Messrs. Edward Smith (chairman), Thos. Brassey, Richard W. Giles, Robert Rankin, and Samuel H. Thompson. BELFAST, HOLYHEAD, AND BANGOR. The report of thedirectorsstated that the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last showed an increase over the corresponding period of 1866 of more than £1,000; and that, too, during a period of great commercial depression, and when the mills had been worked short time. The working expenses were now about 45 per cent. of the gross receipts. The receiver appointed by the Court of Chancery had a large stun of money in hand, and an application was about beiLg heard by the Master with reference to its division. The income of the company from gross traffic amounted in 1866 to £14,111, and in 1867 to £16,000. The expenses in 1866 amounted to £8,171, and in 1867 to £7,874 showing a balance on the working in favour of 1866 of £5,940, and in favour of 1867 of £8,126. The population was gradually increasing and to a con siderable extent settling along the line. From 400 to 500 acres of laud were already appropriated for building purposes, and new roads awl esplanades constructed to the extent of two or three miles. The facilities afforded, as well as the low:tariff of charges, hal established the line as a desirable one for suburban residences. Within the last two years there had been an increase in building houses at Sydenham of 112 per cent., at Holy wood of 2l p.er cent., and at Bangor of 10 per cent. The capital account to 31st December showed that £284,521 had been expended, leaving a balance of £33,480 against the company. RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE. The annual meeting of this company was hell yesterday, at the offices, Cornhill ; Mr. J. Clay, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that during the past year up wards of 9,000 new policies had been issued against accidents of all kinds, and for which the new pre- I miums amounted to £24,942. The total receipts' from all sources were £107,903 in 1867, as com pared with £94,091 in 1866. The claims for fatal accidents in 1867 were 28, and the amount £17,900 ; the claims for personal injury were £2,867, and the amount paid £42,257 ; total, 2,895 claims, and £60,157 paid for compensation, being 57.67 per cent. of the premiums received in 1867. The rate of compensation in 1866 was 54.18 per cent. of the receipts. The available balance amounted to £52,180, and after setting aside a reserve on current policies and other charges the residue would admit of a bonus at the rate of 12s. per share, of which Gs. would be added to the amount paid up on each share, and 6s. would be paid in cash, together with interest for the half-year at the rate of 3 per cent., making, with that already paid for the June half, 6 per cent. for the year. The total reserve invested and in hand amounted to £75,000. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the financial position of the company and on the annually increasing income. The increase in the premiums of 1867 was 131 per cent. over those of 1866, while the increase of 1863 over 1855 was about 81 per cent. The falling off in the number of journey tickets was made up by the increase in the persons preferring to insure as well against acci dents of all kinds. While the increase of premiums received amounted to £14,000, the increase in dom pensation paid was £10,500, which was the measure of benefit to the public. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and declaring the dividend and bonus therein recom mended, re-electing the retiring directors and auditors, and voting thanks to the chairman and directors, and to Mr. Vian, the secretary, and the staff generally, for their efficient services. CANADIAN LAND AND EMIGRATION. The annual general meeting was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. H. Montgomerie in the chair. The report stated that the directors had adhered very closely to the estimated expenditure for the year. The amount at the debit of road making was decreased, claims to a much larger amount than the expenditure for the year having been allowed by the Crown Lands Department. Although the sales of land during the past six months had been somewhat less than that for the first half of the year, the directors trusted that, as the settlers were thriving and found markets for their produce at remunerative rates, the coming season would at tract purchasers to the company's land. The sale of timber in Guildford produced an amount con siderably above the estimate of its value. The re ceipts from sale of land and timber, &c., in 1867, amounted to £2,350, and the expenditure to £1,858, the balance being carried forward. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the sale of the land owned by the com pany had not been so great as they could wish. The settlers on the estate were doing well, and when the advantages of the locality became better known settlers would be attracted to it, and the land would then realise a good profit. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. ERIE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of January amounted to $1,031,320, and for the same month of 1867 to $918,556, showing an increase of $112,764. PLAY BILLS OF THE PAST. "Come like shadows, so depart."—MACBETH. The old man comes over us as we review the ' Play Bills of the Past," already published in this journal, and taken at random, as they have been, from a most extensive collection of some thousands courteously put at our disposal by a distinguished amateur. These bills possess an interest far more deep than the mere cas t o f c h ara ct er s at a ce r t a i n date, which might be derived from many of the old and even modern acting editions of the British Ileatre, as they show the exact state of the matters theatrical, and how things were done in the days to which they refer ; bat to come to the subject, and dive " in medias res." In the year 1785 —two years before the birth of Edmund Kean, whose worthy son we have lately lost—we find " Douglas" played at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, the first (or one of the first) play his said son appea.rel in in London, in 1828, at the age of 17, now 40 years since, making an 83 years' interval; so that it is probable no man living can remember the night the bill held in our hand was sold at the Liverpool pit door by the orange woman or other invariable attendant at such portal. To the theatrical amateur all these reflections and a thousand others will occur. Of Mr. Whitfield, who played the principal character, Young Norval, we have nothing to say, because we know nothing—though no doubt he must have been a man of some eminence in his profession to satisfy the tastes of a Liverpool audience, who have since sent us such men as Charles Young, Rae, Vanden hoff, Stuart, Barry Sullivan, all of whom served their apprenticeships there--to say nothing of John Cooper, G. V. Brooke, James Wallack, and others, who may be said to have come from the same practice-ground. We see by this bill that even in those remote days men would leap (by means, we suppose, of a rope) from balcony to balcony, ascend in " tremendous showers of fire," and could produce the Chinese shades, with skeleton scenes, we imagine, after the manner of the chamber of petri faction, believed to have been invented by old ' Astley, reminding us that there is nothing new under the sun. But depart we to metal more at tractive. We find by the next bill published, that on the 23d August, 178 G, "King Henry the Eighth" was produced at the said Theatre Royal, Liver pool, written, as we are told, by Shakespear— we give the spelling of the great dramatist's name as we find it,—Cardinal Wolsey by Mr. Kemble, then in his 2)th year, with all the vigour and nobleness of one formed to grace the stage. This is 82 years since, and yet how fresh come on our minds the names who assisted the great actor in this one of his greatest parts—viz., Barrymore, Quick, Jones, Mrs. Crouch (with a song), Mrs. Mattocks, &c. ; but this freshness is the recollection of these great names tw en ty y ears a fter the evening in question, when they were fixtures on the boards of the patent theatres in London. Pass we now to the year 1814, memorable for the introduction of Edmund Kean and Miss O'Neill to the London stage; a year during which, perhaps, a greater number of fine actors were employed at the various metropolitan theatres than ever before or since. Our bill of this date presents us with the opera of " Artaxerxes," thus supported at the " Theatre Royal, Covent-garden :" 'Artaxerxes, Miss Rennell ; Artabanes, Mr. Incledon ; Arbaces, Mr. Sinclair ; Rimenes, Mr. Treby ; Mandane, Miss Stephens ; Semira, Miss Carew. We question if what may be called an English opera has been at any other time so strongly cast—certainly not by artistes all " native here and to the manner born," as were the whole of the above, and most certainly not for finer voices. Who does not remember (be he or she old enough) the manly notes, round, resonant, and mellow from the chest of Incledon? Wile the delicate timbre and sweet wire-drawn falsetto of Sinclair? Who the un exceptionable voice—a pure soprano—and faultless execution ' of Kitty Stephens, as she was en dearingly called by her enthusiastic admirers ? ‘Ve may truly say " We shall not bok upon their like again." We have heard one Titan in the vocal world remark of Incledon, "that he was blessed with as fine a voice as ever mortal in'aerite 1." Yet this artiste him self certainly possess one of greater compass and power, an I his name was John Braham ! Truly, •‘ there were giants in those days." .1.3.1 t we cannot linger with oar musical frienis above aim el, as we have to chronicle from the same bill, this—the first season of " The :Adler and Men," with BiJi.)p's " When the Wind Blows," a round that the great Rossini sang the motive out of compliment to our countryman on his introduction to him in Paris, —showing at once that he knew the English composer's music, and be lieved in it. Our old heavy friend Farley played Grindoff ; Vining, the Count ; Liston, Karl ; Miss Booth, Claudine. Nothing could be better, we but still we may not dwell on these names, for have as great in their vocations to follow on the same evening, viz., those of our old favourites Gri maldi, Bologna, and Ellar, in the pantomime. Here is an evening's entertainment to ruminate over, and ask Managers who talk now of powerful casts to look "on their picture and on this ;" whilst it must further be remembered that John Kemble, Emery, Fawcett, and others were re tained in the Covent Garden company this season. Next in our list comes a bill of the Exeter Theatre, 26th December, 1811, when was presented the celebrated play (so described) of " The Curfew," but of which—though we believe our knowle Iv of dramatic literature ranks high—we must confess we cannot call to min 1 either the author or a line of his drama. One thing, however, we do know, which is, that Edmund Kean—the great Kean--- then 24 years of age, played in it a character called " Fitzharding, Leader of the B mnditti ;" and after the melodrama—for such we sup pose it was—the same great actor,—great in all he did, a genius in everything,—played Harlequin in a pantomime e th el" The ,Judgement of Paris." Wo had heard of Kean's having done such things, but never witnessed them ; nor did we ever see a bill, until the one we uow discourse of, in which his name appearel as Harlequin. We know also he had ridden at a circus, but this too we had not seen, and we can imagine, when he worked thus his hardest, he would have but an uncertain salary of about £3 per week. Think of this you " great" music hall drudges of the present day, who earn your £2O per week and chatnpagne, a beverage the majority of you certainly never would have known the taste of had you been on any other boards ! Well, " eat, drink, and be merry," we do notblame you, however worthless ; it is no fault of yours you are not pro perly appreciated, but that of the public, whom it seems to us you in some measure lead by the nose and are permitted to educate. But we digress for no worthy object. Vividly can we picture to our ' selves Kean playing the romantic part of the leader of the Banditti, young, full of fire—extravagant if you will—but terribly in earnest in all he did. Unrestrained by the chill of a critical London au dience, the performance of such a character as this by Ehnund Kean must have been a wonderful, chivalric, dashing piece of business, that no words can pourtray. Kean, then an enthusiast in hispro fession, emulative, active, and untiring —a thorough master of his sword, both in stage play and earn est, could and did arrange such combats as were never before or since seen on the boards. They might in truth be called terrific. Who does not remember the fights in " Tekeli," Richard III.," and "Macbeth," all diametrically different and clic.- racteristic of their epochs, but all equally great, and apparently savagely real,—his attitudes., every one in the succession of lightning, being a study,— his deaths, each a picture. We need only in stance Richard striking, and almost biting, at Richmond to the last gasp, the serpent-like crawl of Macbeth towards Macduff, to re mind • those who have seen and raise the envy of those who have not seen these startling displays. " There's a language that's mute ;" and this was the language of Edmund Kean's great death scenes. It was not written, but portrayed ; and his author, could he have seen Kean work out his stage direction, "dies," would have, like our selves, acknowledged the effect we have very weakly endeavoured to describe. Poor Kean ! " We could write on this theme, Until our eyeballs would no longer wag." But this is not now our vocation. We are called to the wing for the " Fifth Act," a pleasing though melancholy one, which is that of chronicling the last appearance but one of Mrs. Jordan on the Liverpool stage in 1810, where she was an especial favourite. Of course, it may be said, " Where was she not ?" Well, we will pass over the cause of the leave-taking, and merely remark this particular night's perform ance, having been asked about it by a correspondent, and fortunately able to print the bill—a very interesting one. " The Child of Nature," as we shall ever remember Mrs. Jordan, on the evening in question played Belinda in Murphy's " All in the Wrong," and the never to be tired of, never to be forgotten "Nell" in " The Devil to Pay." The beautiful beaming face, the ringing silvery laugh, the impulsive passionate acting of Mrs. Jordan, will ever be remembered La these and other parts she made her own. Her choral lips com pressed, her bewitching glance, her hands placed t )gether by the tips of the fingers (her favourite attitude for an exit), her figure of unre strained grace, which could not take an unbecoming bend, all combined to make her the natural —not goddess? not queen? but —child of comedy. We have seen more imposingly , beautiful women on the stage. We have seen, for instance, Miss Foot, Miss Mellon, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Chester, Mrs. Nisbett, and Mrs. Stirling ; " And could not flatter if we would, A face se fair, a heart so good." We have seen Vestris, Honey, Muri.ay, and all the stage beauties of half a century. Yet we say (re fraining for obvious reasons from particularizing those who at present grace the boards), without fear of contradiction, the unadorned, spon taneous—so to speak—fascination of Mrs. Jordan —" was an alarum to love," possessed by no other actress—and so consoling ourselves with a glance at her sweet dimpled face in a likeness " rarissi mus," we close the notice of this our fifth " Play bill of the Past."—Racing Times and Amateur Dra matic Chronicle. Foreign Mail racket List. MAILS DUE. nustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton March 25. Ditto, via Marseilles March 2 2 ' Ditto, via Panama . March 3 ) . Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video March 5. Ditto, by French packet .•••• March 2?.. Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .. ... _ March 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 2 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton March 5. Ditto, via Marseilles .. . \larch 1 5 ' Falkland Islands ... March 5• Gibraltar, via Southampton March 4 Ind', via Southampton Ditto, via Marseiles Malta, Egypt, ao. March i. Ditto, Marseilles.. March 9. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton nar,2ll2t. Ditto, Marseilles March 1 5 . Newfoundland .. March li. Portugal .... March 5. Ditto, by prtv 1 is ship to Oporto ... Ditto ciao to Lisbon United States, ( anada, California, &0., by British packet March 9 Ditto, by I_ Lited 6tates packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditto Ntw York) Ditto dia. (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe March 1 5 ' West Indies and Pa.Atic (except Mexico and Baha mas) March 1 6 ' Cub I and Mexico March 3 °' Bahamas, via New Y - NI arch 26 * Bermuda, via Halifax Births. COOPER—On the 3d inst ,at Marlborough, the wife of Horace Cooper, Esq., of a son. LAMBERT—On the Ist inst., at Great Malvern, Lady L3ll/# bert, of a daughter. WILLIAMSON—On the 3d inst., at Oak Wood, Croft-1 1 1'c Tees, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Williamson, of a datig ter. Marriages. BEAMISII—LEWIN —On the 3d inst., at St. George's, o n „q, over-square, Edward S. Beamish, Captain Royal Ar t y lery, to Diana,Speacer, second daughter of Frederie li, ` Lewin, Esq. HOCKLEY—THOROLD GLI the 3d inst., at St. 11131.3.) Bryaustone-square, Charles Cromwell Hockley, the Midile Temple, to Constance C. M. Thorold, ol' o f surviving daughter of the late Charles Thorold, 1% 4 ' Dztcre House, Lee, Kent. Deaths. 0 .6 1 BYRON— On the 2d inst., the Right lion. Lord Byr)p, 79. CoLBonNE On the 3d inst., at Cliippenbatn, C°l- birue, Esq., aged 83. i t s ' OSBORN —On the 13th inst., at 3, Wilton •-place, N nig bridge, Mary Osborn, widow, aged 99. PILOBY—Ou the 3d inst., at Stratfoi - d St. Mary, Su' - Miss Mary Proby, aged 92. ROSEBERRY—On the 4th inst., at 139, Piccadilly, Arc John, Earl of Roseberry, aged 84. 0 9, SWANN—On the 2d inst., at Ashiield,York, Georg e SsYt Esq., aged 68. WEB B—On the 2d inst., at Milford House, Gedaluiß4' Lieut.-Col. Robert Swith Webb, aged London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM A:SID 02, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan SUN 0310, N el , t y 'Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Col- MiattleM,--Thupiday, March 5, 1868. A FrE After I After I After 1 , After After S_ After 1, After After I London Sir LUNCH nip,ll-0 ; Ge. Priv; CEN'T Orr ' On aril an. to 01: This eqic the ( Agfin: Prizn It i, Soil. in 8. (I 01 ). , ;cn•ve t harfB LL V VV . 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