The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE DEAN OF RIPON. The Very Rev. Dr. Goode, Dean of Ripon, was found dead in his bed at the Deanery, on Thursday morning. 'o signs of illness had previously been shewn, the Dean having attended a public meeting of the Society for 'the Propagation of the Gospel on Monday, a meeting of the Ripon Cathedral Restoration Committee on Tuesday, and Divine service in the Cathedral on Wednesday morn ing. Mrs. Goode, on Thursday morning, left him in bed, AS she thought, sleeping ; an hour and a half after she got up a servant went into his bedroom and found that he was dead in bed. The deceased was appointed Dean of Ripon in 1860, at which time he was rector of St. Mar garet's, Lothbury, London. He succeeded the Very Rev. Dr. Gamier, at Ripon, on that rev. gentleman being ap pointed to the Deanery of Lincoln. The deceased was 68 years old. The cause of the death of the deceased is believed to be disease of the heart. F SOCIETY OF ARTS' PRIZES. The council, at the suggestion of the Food Committee, offer the following prizes for improved railway meat vans, milk vans, and milk cans : -1. For an improved method of conveying meat by rail, the society's silver medal and £lO. The object in view is to reduce to a minimum the deterioration which meat now suffers in its transit by rail. The principal evils to be avoided are—excessive changes of temperature and injuries by pressure, by handling, exposure to dust, insects, &c. This prize may be awarded for an improved railway meat van or for a travelling meat larder suitable for railways. Model on a scale of half an inch to a foot to be sent in. 2. For an im proved method of conveying milk cans by rail, the society's silver medal and £lO. The object in view is to reduce to a minimum the deterioration which milk now suffers in its transit by rail in the ordinary open trucks. The prin cipal evils to be avoided are--the heating and shaking of the milk cans. Model of an improved railway milk van, on a scale of half an inch to the foot to be sent in. 3. For an improved railway milk can, the society's silver medal and £lO. The object in view is to reduce to a minimum the deterioration which milk now suffers in its transit by rail in the ordinary milk cans, or churns. The prin cipal evils to be avoided are—the heating of the milk, and all motion within the can which may cause the buttery particles to separate. A specimen of the improved rail way milk can to be sent in. The models and specimens for competition must be forwarded to the secretary of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, London, before Feb. 1, 1860. THE COST OF A GENERAL ELECTION. The DaiT/I Itieu,l estimates the cost of the last general election. It is, of course, impossible to give anyAling like an estimate of the real expenses of that appeal, fJr in very many instances the figures in the official returns bear no proportion to the actual expenditure. It has been roughly stated at two millions sterling, but the published returns, as presented to Parliament in the session of 1866 gave it at rather over one-third of that sum. These however, were very defective. They did not include the expenses of three counties and eleven boroughs in England ; one county and four boroughs in Wales ; one onunty in . Scotland ; and thirteen counties and three boroughs in Ireland. There was another serious emission, for in many cases the elected members only published their accounts, and the unsuccessful candidates left the public in utter ignorance as to what they spent. Still we may form some idea of the amount expended by giving the totals for each kingdom, as set forth in the official documents. They were as follows : England—Counties £300,108 • 0 7,} Towns... 304,069 19 8 £604,178 0 3i Ireland —Counties 44,768 8 5. , . Towns... 24,603 16 3i-- 69,372 4 8i Scotland—Counties 32,244 12 1 Towns... 17,743 4 7 ~ • Wales. Counties 12,095 5 4 49,987 16 8 Towns... 4,211 18 11 -- 16,307 4 3 Total £739,845 510/ Distinguishing the aggregate cost of the counties from that of the towns, the following is the result : Counties Towns From these figures it is seen that more than £300,000 was spent to obtain the 1 , 17 county seats in England ; so that the average would be about 22,041. The average cost of the 320 English borough seats was £950. So many of the Irish counties furnished no returns that the estimated cost must be necessarily wide of the mark ; but the official statements give an average of £7OO for the counties, and of £630 for the borough. The average of county seats in Scotland was 21,075, and of borough seats £770. The average expenditure on a county seat in Wales was £BOO, and a borough seat £3OO. Taking the' whole of the United Kingdom, and deducting the members for the universities, every scat in the present Parliament, according to the figures sup plied by hon. members themselves, costs its occu pant £1,135. Allowing at least £lOO,OOO for the un published returns of 64 seats, and for the expenses of those ideated candidates who declined to comply with the artier of the House of Commons, the cost of each seat Ls raised to £1,288. Even this figure is merely an approximate one, for the disclosures before the Bribery :.!ommissions shewed incontestably that many candidates Tent ten times as mtcb as the sums given in the ofi:c:al returns. There were some remarkable contrasts in the aistribution of the immense expenditure at the last elec tion. Mr. Milbank, who came in at the head of the poll For the North Riding of Y( rkshire, certified his expenses at more than £13,000. Yet the two members for the county of Down were returned for twenty-five shillings each, and this was for the erection of the hustings. Two extremes in borough constituencies were equally striking. The late Sir B. Guinness spent £7,203 in contesting the city of Dublin, while the member for Downpatrick got into Parliament for the modest ex penditure of £1 103. It may be hoped that the new Bribery Act will be effectual in Imening the enormous cost of elections, and that when the new House of Com mons assembles, the seats will not have cost on an average more than £1,200. Nevertheless, there are experienced persons who predict that this will be the most expensive election ever known. Prince Arthur, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Elphinstone and Lieutenant Pickard, arrived in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning, on his way to Abergeidie. His Royal Highness and suito breAkfasted in the railway refreshment room, and left by the 9.15 a.m. train. JEWISH CONVERTS IN RUSSIA.—A singular pro cession was noticed the other day passing through the Morskaj-street, in St. Peterburg. Twenty Jews, with a white cross chalked on their backs, were carried along under strong military escort. It appears that these wretched beings had been condemned to deportation to Siberia, but had prayed to be converted to the Orthodox Church, in order that the usual pardon might be granted them. Instead of being obliged to work in the mines they are allowed to " settle " in Siberia as a reward for embracing the faith. THE LATE MR. JOHN DOUGLAS COOK.—It is understood that the remains of this gentleman, whose death took place, as we have already announced, on Mon day last, after a protracted and painfull illness, will be interred, in accordance with his own wish, at Tintagel, in Cornwall, at which place he had a residence, where he had latterly spent a portion of every year. Mr. Cook had for many months been in a state of health which per mitted little exertion, though he continued to occupy himself, so far as his failing strength allowed, with the business of the journal which he so ably conducted. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.-At Brighton races a party of niggers were singing and playing in front of Lord raulett's carriage, and one of them came round collecting. o n e of Lord Paulett's party—Mr. Hiram Crawshaw— gave him what he supposed to be a sovereign, telling him that he had no change, and that he wanted 19s. out of it. The man moved away, but came back and said, " It's a Frenchman," and on looking at the coin Mr. Crawshaw saw that he had given the man a napoleon in mistake for a sovereign. Mr. Crawshaw then gave the man a sove reign, and instead of giving the change the man made off. He was on Friday, however, recognised by Lady Paulett with the same party at Lewes races, and was given into custody. The Brighton magistrates sent him to prison for six weeks with hard labour. TAKING- SYRUP OF SENNA FOR RUM SHRUB.— Captain C-, who has been round the world twelve times formed the first temperance society in Madagascar. The natives are hard drinkers, and will imbibe anything which has alcohol in it. A chief was one day shown into the cabin just as the captain was taking a little medicine which was flavoured with spirits, a pint bottle of which Stood on the table. Thinking it nun, the chief eagerly asked for some, and would not believe the captain's assertion that it was medicine. Knowing his man, Captain C-, leaving the bottle, went to another part of the cabin. The temptation was not to be resisted by the chief, and, seizing the bottle, he drained a pint of the ture at one draught. The captain returning, resumed the conversation, pretending not to notice the chief, who turned as pale as his tawny complexion would admit, and kept rubbing his abdominal regions. He twisted and turned in his seat a few moments, and then, giving a yell, rushed out of the cabin, jumped overboard, and swam for ,the shore. When next year Captain 0- revisited that harbour, not a drop would the chief touch. He was the I.l6litk an gPdA onl y member oiaLtrB t:Rapepaice today LL. , ' WGDZ' THE SALE OF POISONS. Among the statutes which received the Royal Assent on the day of the prorogation was one to regulate the sale of poisons, and to alter and extend the Pharmacy Act, 1852. From and after the 31st December next persons selling or compounding poisons, or assuming the title of chemists and druggists, must be registered unless they are pharma ceutical chemists, and must conform to such regulations as to the keeping, dispensing, and selling of such poisons as may from time to time be prescribed by the Pharma ceutical Society, with the consent of the Privy Council. Certain articles mentioned in a schedule annexed to the Act are stated to be poisons, and other articles may be declared to be within the category. Chemists and drug gists within the meaning of the Act to consist of all persons who at any time before its passing had carried on in Great Britain the business of a chemist and druggist, in the keeping of open shop ; and also of all assistants and associates who, before the I wising of the Act, were registered under the Pharmacy Act, and also all persons as may be registered under the present Act. With the view of protecting the puLlic, it is now provided that any person who at the time of the passing of the Act was of full age, and can produce to the registrar of the Pharmaceutical Society by the 31st of December next, certificates as set forth in the schedule that lie had been for a period of not less than three years actually engaged and employed in the dispensing and compounding of prescriptions as an assistant to a pharmaceutical chemist, or to a chemist or druggist as defined by the Act, is, on passing such a modified examination as the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society, with the consent of the Privy Council, may declare to be sufficient evidence of his skill and competency to conduct the busi ness of a chemist and druggist, to be registered as a chemist and druggist under this Act. Those entitled to be regis tered at the passing of the Act are to be registered with out the payment of a fee. The examiners under the Pharmacy Act are to be the examiners under the present one, and the registrar under the Pharmacy Act to act under this statute. The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society are to make orders for regulating the register to be kept. Every registrar of deaths in Great Britain is required to give notice of the death of a chemist. The evidence of qualification of persons to be registered is to be given to the registrar, and any appeal from his decision to be to the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society. An annual register is to be kept. Restrictions as to the sale of poisons to be subject to penalties. No poisons are to be sold either by wholesale or retail unless labelled, and poisons are not to be sold to any person unknown to the seller unless introduced by some person known to him, and before the delivery an entry is to be made in a book, and the signature of the purchaser attached, under a penalty of £5 for the first offence. Persons registered under " The Medical Act" are not to be registered under this Act. The Adul teration of Food Act is to extend to medicines. From the passing of the Act all powers vested in the Secretary of State by the Pharmacy Act are to vest in the Privy Coun cil, and power is given to the Privy Council to erase the names of persons from the register. The statute, which is not to extend to Ireland, is to be cited as " The Pharmacy Act, 1868." MURDER OF AN ENTIRE FAMILY. Four Arabs, named Dahman-Ould Ali-Moussa, Larbi- Ould-Larad, Larbi-Ould-Carla, and Bouzian-ben Chaurak have just been tried at Tlemcen, in Algeria, for the murder of an entire French family, consisting of Saint Germes, a cattle-dealer, his wife, and their two grand children. Saint-Germs occupied a house in the environs of Tlemcen, which town is not far from the frontier of Morocco. He was in easy circumstances, and sometimes thoughtlessly boasted of the sums of money which he occasionally received from his sons, one of whom was settled in America. He appears to have been not over scrupulous in his business relations, and frequently bought stolen cattle from the natives ; those transactions brought him in connection with some of the Arabs of the lowest grade, and enabled these latter to become ac quainted with the position of his premises. Saint-Germbs had no great confidence in his neighbours, and his resi dence resembled a small fortress, being protected against any nocturnal attack from without by doors stoutly barri caded, while a grated loophole enabled him to reconnoitre his visitors before granting admission ; access was only obtained to the upper part of the house by a trap-door over a stable ; and Saint-Germs always had in readiness quite an arsenal of defensive weapons. Notwithstanding these precautions, the whole family were discovered, on the morn ing of the 20th March last, horribly butchered. An entry had been made by breaking a hole in the wall separating the stable from a shed usually left open at night to receive any chance cattle brought to him for sale, and afterwards by means of the trap-door giving access to the inhabited part of the house. Saint-GermZ:s andhis wife had evidently struggled hard with their murderers, who must have consisted of several persons. The house Lad been afterwards plundered and a cow carried off. A few days later information was given by a native that the crime had been committed by four men of the Beni or Ournid tribe, occupying the military territory. A perquisition was made, and a quantity of stolen property discovered. Further information led to the arrest of the four prisoners. The chief criminal appears to have been Dahman-Ould Ali-Moussa, notorious thief, and who had frequently had relations with Saint Germs in disposing of cattle the produce of his incursions on the neighbouring territory. The evidence being quite conclusive against the accused, three were condemned to death, and the fourth, Larbi-Ould-Carla, to hard labour for life. The sentence was received by the prisoners with loud lamentations, taken up and repeated by the whole tribe of the Beni-Ournids, who had been encamped during the trial on the open space before the court-house.—Galignani. LAW AND POLICE. HOLBORN VALLEY VIADUCT. The Holborn Valley Viaduct and improvements 'orm one of the three great changes of modern London, and well deserve to rank side by side with the other two—the Thames Embankment and the vast Main Drainage scheme. The latter two have been executed by the Metropolitan Board of Works ; the credit of the former is due entirely to ,he exertions of the City Improvements Committee, who certainly have planned their work well, and, above all, have shown most commendable alacrity in executing it when once the plans were decided _ _. •:' _ on. I❑ this respect their example is well worthy imitation by those intrusted with the completion of the Embankment. How the Holborn Valley was ever allowed to exist so long is a sort of Cor- THE SHEFFIELD TRADE UNIONIST CASE.-At Leeds Assizes Justice Lush sentenced the three men, Armstrong, Hinchcliffe, and Sanderson, to four months' imprison ment. poration mystery. When it is done away with, people will wonder how it was ever endured when its inconveniences were patent to all who saw it. In Paris it would not have been allowed to exist a single year after it had ouce become a thoroughfare. That it has been au all-important thoroughfare from the earliest times we know. A return of the annual amount of traffic passing up and down the hill just 30 years ago shows that it was used by 20,000,000 pedestrians, nearly 900,000 horsemen, 157,000 hackney coaches, 370,000 carts, 78,000 stage coaches, 82,000 carriages, 135,000 omnibuses, 460,000 chaises and taxed carts, and 354,000 cabs. Probably within the last 30 years the traffic has actually doubled, except in the matter of stage coaches; and all this has been dragged up and hustled down one of the great main avenues to the city at an incline of one foot in 15. It really seems incredible. That there have been almost endless propositions to improve, or at least alleviate, this public nuisance is, of course, well known. Long ago Alderman Skinner, who built Skinner-street, proposed to build a bridge from Snow-hill across the valley to Holborn ; and one of the late Mr. Charles Pearson's improvements was to raise the valley 17 feet. Nothing, however, was attempted beyond complaining, and the usual protest that " something must be done." So Holborn remained very much as it was w hen the " old 11)urne," or river, from which Holborn takes its modern name, ran through its valley, and underwent little material improvement from the days when Henry V. paved it at his own ex pense, because " it was so deep and miry that many perils and hazards were thereby occasioned as well to the King's carriages passing that way as to his subjects." There are, in fact, few thoroughfares about the metropolis of greater antiquity than Hol born. All its associations and antiquities, how ever, could not save Holborn from the march of modern improvement. The long threatening of years came true at last. Designs were called for to construct a viaduct and improve the whale neigh bourhood. Most of those sent in were very good, but the committee decided to choose that of Mr. William Haywood, not as the cheapest, but as in their opinion the best and most comprehensive. Since then Mr. Haywood has pushed on the works with most creditable activity and success. To speak of it, however, only as the Holborn Viaduct would be to mislead the public. The Viaduct is an im portant portion, but still only a portion, of a great work. Mr. Hay-wood's plans, in fact, con _ template the formation of what may be called a new district, with three new streets independent of the Viaduct itself. IVhen all is completed, these new thoroughfares and their approaches will ba a boon to the metropolis second to none in the way of street improvement. The Holborn Viaduct itself will be 1,400 feet long from end to end, and a little over 80 feet wide. Of this space 50 feet is given to a roadway throughout, and 15 feet on each side of the foot ways. The Via duct forms a gentle curve from the western end of Newgate-street, and then is continued in a straight line to the western aide of Farringdon-street, occupying near the whole of the space which recently formed Skinner-street and a small portion of the churchyard of St. Sepulchre. From Farringdon street westward it is carried by a gentle curve to the end of Hatton-garden, occupying the sites of the houses which formerly stood on the south side of llolborn-hill, the greater portion of the old roadway, and a large part of the churchyard of St. Andrew's, Holborn. For all purposes of traffic the road may be called a level, only sufficient inclination being given to insure the surface drainage running off. The Via duct is built on a kind of doable system of arches. Those which support the ro rdway are plain solid double archways of 24 feet span, and built of the same strength as ordinary railway arches. The foot ways, however, are supported by a system of, so to speak, cellular arches. These are 10 feet diameter, and rise from one tier to three tiers. At the com me❑cement of the incline, where the dip down is slight, there is only one tier or ground floor of these footway arches ; but as the descent goes on increas ing with the slope of the hill, it becomes necessary to add another tier of arches above the first in order to keep the surface of the Viaduct at its proper level. Thus, at one, the deepest, part at the foot of the hill there are three tiers of these cellular arches, one above another. All these arches are lofty, clean, and well ventilated, and will be used as cellars to the warehouses, which will be built up by the side of the Viaduct. In front of the cellars, and between them and beneath the main road on either side, runs a subway along the whole length of the Viaduct. This sub way is llf feet high and seven feet wide. It has three rows of cast-iron brackets along its sides —one for gas-pipes, one for water, and one for telegraph wires. Thus these at any moment can be reached and repaired without in any way in terfering with the footway above. The sewage is provided for along the centre roadway in a similar manner. All the brickwork of these portions of the structure is most massive. In some parts the rings of the arches are as much as eight bricks thick, an ample guarantee of their strength when it is remembered tiaat the Board of Trade only exact five rings of brickwork for a railway arch. In every case the foundations for the masonry have been taken down to the London clay, and bedded in four feet of solid concrete. In some cases the clay was easily reached; in others more than 30 ft. had to be excavated before it was got at. This was mostly where the bed of the Old Bourne river and Fleet Ditch bad left its deposits, and made the whole soil soft and spongy. About 20 ft. below the present surface of Farringdon-street the top of a strong abutment wall was reached. This was, no doubt, one of the abutment walls of the Old Bourne bridge, and the supposition seems to be almost esta blished by the fact of a quantity of piles and old strut timbers which had apparently once formed part of a bridge being found close by it. These pine logs, though they must now have lain some centuries in the earth, were as sound and good as on the day they were cut. Passing the corner of St. Sepulchre's churchyard a few bones had to be removed, but at St. Andrew's Churchyard the soil was absolutely thick with them, so thick, indeed, that it is estimated that the remains of nearly 2,000 persons were exhumed and sent away for re-inter ment at Ilford Cemetery. In the great mass of cases these were mere bones, but there were fre quent instances where the bodies were perfect and unchanged, though the coffins had decayed. In one case, that of a man, the clothes were quite perfect ; in another, that of a lady who had been buried considerably over a century, the lace on the grave clothes was perfect and only slightly changed in colour. In both these, as in many other cases, the bodies were absolutely perfect in every feature, and were simply dry and like tanned leather. The soil, however, as it was di turned, emitted so obnoxious an effluvium that the most powerful disinfectants had to be used. At the corner of Hatton-garden, and only about five feet below the pavement, was found the skeleton of a very tall man, who was buried in massive link iron fetters like those which hang over the doors of Newgate. These were wry rusty, but firmly riveted on to the skele ton. It was most probably the skeleton of some murderer, who, according to ancient custom, was hanged and buried in chains on the spot where his crime was committed. These are all the discoveries which have been made, though it was expected that PROSECUTION OF AN UNQUALIFIED MEDICAL PRAC TITIONEIL-At the Hales Owen Petty Sessions, Thomas Holland, of Oldbury, was charged, under the 2.7 th, 38th, and 40th sections of the Medical Act of 1858, with having wilfully and falsely pretended to be, and with having taken and used the name and title of a surgeon, implying that he was registered under the Act ; and also with having acted as surgeon to a filendly society for affording mutual relief in sickness, contrary to the said Act. It appeared that Holland had practised in Oldbury for many years without any interference from the medical men of the place, but having lately placed himself in an antagonistic position to them in the club question they felt it their duty to take the present proceedings to protect their professional interests. Two cases were proved, and fines of £5 in each case were inflicted. FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.—At the Leeds Assizes John France, a mungo merchant, was indicted for conceal. ing property within sixty days of his bankruptcy. The accused, after being adjudicated bankrupt, was examined before the registrar, but gave such evasive answers that the commissioner had to be sent for to make him divulge. On a subsequent occasion he acknow ledged that the accounts he had furnished to the court were false, and it seemed that the accused had made over property with a clear intention of defrauding his creditors. Having been convicted, the learned judge sentenced him to fifteen months' imprisonment. HEAVY SENTENCE FOR ARSON.-At the Ipswich Assizes, a man named Isaac George Tatum was indicted for setting fire to some farm premises in the occupation of Mr. Clements, at Lavenham. Early on the morning of the 4th of July the prosecutor was awakened by the noise of fire, and on getting up discovered that all his buildings were in flames. Nine horses, twenty pigs, and a large number of fowls were burnt to death, and a number of stacks destroyed. The prisrner had been dis charged from Mr. Clements's service, and had been refused when he asked for a re-engagement. He had been heard to express a wish that his late master's place would be burnt, and on the night of the fire was seen within a mile and a quarter of Mr. Clements's premises. The jury convicted the accused, and the Lord Chief Justice sentenced him to twenty years' penal servitude. SERIOUS CASE OF GAROTTING. —At the Southwark i'olice-court, Thomas Condon was charged with assaulting Miss Mary Curling, the daughter of the chaplain and rector of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, and robbing her of a portion of a gold chain, worth 25, in Union street, Borough. The prosccutrix was passing Paviours- Alley, Union•street, about coon, when the prisoner rushed up against her, seized her by the throat with one hand and snatched 'lei-gold guard chain wish the other, lie at last broke the chain and ran away. She was rather frightened at the time, and seeing two young men near she called to them to pursue the prisoner. They appeared to do so, but she saw nothing inure of them, and the prisoner escaped. When apprehernled the prisoner made a state ment to the effect that hunger had driven him to the com mission of the offence laid to hi 3 charge. The magistrate committed the case for trial. MONSTER CONTRIBUTION TO THE POOR RATE. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board is about to snake its first contribution for the relief of the poor of the parish of Liverpool. At the meeting of the select vestry, Mr. Bairstow, the chairman of the Finance Committee, stated that a communication had been received from the chair man of the Dock Board, intimating that a cheque for £105,000 bad been signed in favour of the parish, and would be handed over a-9 soon as certain preliminary x-14w some interesting relics of bygone times might have joim ti tern to that line, and let them through the ► been brought to light. Wham es Tunnel to the east end of London, which One of the prettiest features of the whole Viaduct woul.' I yield them a very large traffic. lle believed is the bridge which will crossFarringdon-street. It is their agreement with the Dover Company was not to be in three spans, and its total length will be 117 bind ing, and he therefore saw no reason why they feet and its width 80 feet. It is what is called askew shoul 'd not get clear of them. bridge—that is to say it crosses the road diagonally, Mr . MAYNARD, the solicitor to the company, the angle being 52 degrees from the straight line. stated as to the agreement referred to that no doubt Thethree spans are formed thus-66 feetspan is given the ca, pital of the company was raised under a pros to the arch over the Farringdon-street roadway, and peaus wherein it was stated that an arrangement the two side spans are formed by the arches over hadi been made with the London, Chath a m, and the footways, each of which is to be a little more DON 'er 'Company for working the line on certain than the width of the present spacious pavement. adva uta geous terms. While, however, that ar- The bridge will consist of six cast-iron orna- range rat .nt was represented as an accomplished fact, mental ribs, the two outer ones, which will be seen the fornoalities re q uired to render it le g all y bindin g from either side, being of a most elaborate Gothic were n ?Ner completed, and it was therefore invalid. character. Where the spans over the footway meet When, lhowever, the line was ope n ed, an arrange the great centre arch, the six ribs are to be sup - ment w .as entered into between the contractors and ported on hexagon granite columns, six, of course, the Do .ver Company whereby the latter agreed to at each side. The iron ribs have not been fixed, work t. ae line at cost p rice, and that arran g ement was but the granite columns look more stately. They said to have received the tacit assent of the then are five feet in diameter, and are formed at the direct( ifs, as to which he knew nothi ng , a s the pre lowest face of grey granite, then a moulding of sent I)oard was not then in exi s te nce . Th e y, how black granite, polished, then the hexagon column ever, did work the line under that arr ang e men t w ith of red granite, also polished and surmounted with a I the con tractors, who failed before the first year of the wovking of it had expired ; and when the com mas before the Vice-Chancellor on a recent oc polished capital of black granite. The granites arc from Aberdeen, Devon, Guernsey, and the Ross of P an t Mull. At the four corners of the abutments ate four castor Ihe held that the directors had complied with demi-columns of polished granite of the same kind, the at rangement by allowing it to go on. Under but beyond this the interior columns of the abutments i these circumstances the Dover Company still retained on the sideway from the kerb are of richly-carved possession of the line, but a suit had just been insti- Portland-stone. The effect of the whole when com- tuted by a debenture-holder, with the full concur pleted will be strikingly beautiful—indeed, there rence of the board, which would determine the occu will be no viaduct of its kind like it in all Eng- 'Dation, and decide what payment the company land. Between the 12 main columns which carry should receive for the use of their line. the centre arch are powerful cross-bracing frames Mr. BURKE, Q.C., as a debenture-holder rather of cast-iron. Little now remains to be done before than as a shareholder of the company, also repudiated the six main ribs are laid, and the bridge in all its the manner in which the line was worked by the great architectural and engineering features will Dover Company, who evidently reaped all the ad be finished before the close of the year. Th e vantages of it. Ile would have the directors nego tiate -with that company, and if they could not come pierced iron balustrade which is to bound the to a better understanding with them, let them join footway on each side is of most elaborate design, . INARD —We have had interview after and so also are the lamps with which the ; some of the other southern lines. interview with the directors of th a t co m p an y, b u t bridge will be lighted. The four outer capitals Mr. I k of the granite columns which support the side spans ! are to be surmounted with bronze statues. Cer - Iwe could never get them to commit th em s e l ves t o anything. The CIIAIRMAN—AUd I have told them over and tainly the city authorities are sparing no expense to make this bridge--as it well deserves to be—the which would not enable us to pay our debenture great ornamental feature of the whole Viaduct. At over again that we would listen to no arrangement each corner of this bridge four flights of steps, each about 11 feet wide, will give access from holders. Farringdon-street to the higher level of the Mr. BURKE said, under these circumstances, they Viaduct. Each of these stairways is to be en- ought to bring in a bill themselves, which wo u ld closed in stone structures, ample light and ventila- enable them to form an alliance with some of the tion being given to them. There will be four land- other companies. tugs on each flight of steps, which are to be formed The CHAIRMAN stated that he had himself corn of single slabs of Park Spring stone, of such a municated with the directors of the East London size that special trucks must be constructed to Railway on the subject of an amalgamation, b u t as bring them up by rail. The buildings at the four 1 £65,000 was required to connect the two lines be corners of the Viaduct will rise several stories above fire that could be effected he was af r aid it wa s its level. The space beneath the steps will be ap- hopeless. This company had not the money, propriated for shops or warehouses, and above the neither, he believed 3, had the East London. steps the floors are to be utilized as offices and for The report was then adopted unanimously. general commercial purposes. The other business have been g one thro ugh , a . The structures which are to adorn the four cor- vote of thanks to the chairman and directors ter ners of this beautiful bridge the City Improve- urinated the proceedings. ment Committee have most ai isely kept in their own hands to secure beauty of elevation and uni formity of design. They will all be very stately looking stone edifices, which will vie in beauty and loftiness of elevation with any of the best specimens of street architecture in Paris or New York. For the rest of the line along each side of the Viaduct, builders are not confined to any particular design, beyond the very proper restriction that no design can be adopted without first being submitted for the approval of the City Improvement Committee. This is to insure that no small or inadequate structures shall be erected on what will be soon one of the handsomest thorough fares into the city. Uniformity, of course, will not be insisted on, but fine buildings will; so that the very essence of the beauty of street architecture —stateliness and diversity—will be thus combined. No less than three new streets are to be made in connection with the Viaduct. One is to lead from the circus at the west end of the Viaduct to the corner of Farringdon-street, near Ludgate -hill. Another, front the same starting-point, will give access to the new Smithfield Market; and the third will lead up to the Viaduct front the south side. The widening of Shoe-lane and of Newgate-street is also intended ; and altogether, as we have said at the commencement of this notice, it is contemplated to construct a new district. These improvements, however, are in some cases only just begun, and are far too important to be disposed of in a few lines at the end of a long article. THE CRYSTAL P.4.LAcE AND SOUTH LONDON . JUNCTION RAILWAY. BARNSTAPLE.—SeveraI changes have taken place in reference to election matters at Barnstaple. Sir Charles Williams, of Pilton House, has declined to become a candidate for the Conservatives, and Sir George Stucley, the present Conservative M.P., has determined not to seek re-election. At this moment, therefore, there is only one Conservative in the field, Sir William Frazer, Bart., but a second candidate will very shortly be introduced to the electors. The Liberal party are still divided as to Mr. Cave's colleague between Mr. Evans and Mr. Thomas, the friends of the latter having been ac tively canvassing for written promises for him, as he will not issue his address until he is sure that he will stand a fair chance of being returned. CHELSEA.—Sir H. A. Hoare, Bart., is vigorously organising local committees and canvassing the borough. The general committee, including most of the members of the late Liberal Government, now numbers nearly one thousand, and his success is looked,3lpon as certain. Sir Henry is a staunch supporter , of Mr. Gladstone. CORNWALL (EAST).—Sir John Trelawny and Mr. Brydgcs Williams attended a large meeting at Cal liu,gton, on Wednesday afternoon. A resolution declaring that they were fit and proper persons to represent the constituency was passed unani mously. DEVON (NoRT11). —The lion. Mark Rolle, Mr. Moore Stevens, and Sir G. S. Stucley, who retires from the representation of Barnstaple, are talked of as candidates for the Northern Division of the county of Devon. William Hutt has just pub lished an address to the electors, in which he says : "Two national exigencies are prominently before us—Effectual Incorporation of the Irish People with the British Community, and a Master-hand to re gulate our Financial Affairs. Perpetual civil war with our fellow-subjects in Ireland is equally in compatible with our honour, our prosperity, and our safety. 'Taxation maintained merely for the maintenance of lax and ill-regulated expendi ture is repugnant to every notion of political morality, and a reproach to our national intelli gence. Yet both of these evils will oppress us so long as the present Ministers are in office. It is not—as Mr. Disraeli intimated—that they want public support. The men want wisdom, and hold opinions inconsistent with the welfare of their c,untry. We have now to choose between Ministers like these and Mr. Gladstone. Here we have a leader of those lofty aspirations, powers of initia tion, and happy resources under difficulties, which are among the highest prerogatives of genius. Mr. Gladstone was one of the first to perceive, and clearly and fearlessly to explain, the only true solu tion of our Irish complications. When Chancellor of the Exchequer, he not seldom obtained for us a larger national income by taking taxes off than other Ministers had realised by laying them on ; and no one, perhaps, ever more clearly understood the rich contribution open to the public Treasury from a firm and intelligent economy. Under such a leader we may confront great emergencies, both financial and political, and hope to see order and beauty emerge from darkness and confusion. I shall, therefore, give Mr. Gladstone loyal co operation and support." GLAMORGANSHIRE.—From a report published just before the general election in 1865 it appeared that the strength of the Liberals at that time 'in—the county was 4,184 out of 6,778 electors, and the clear majority of the Liberals was estimated at 2,279. A report has just been issued showing that the num ber of voters now on the register who voted in 1857 is 1,728 ; the number of new Liberal claims added to the register from 1857 to 1867, 2,298 ; total number of Liberals now on the register, 4,026. In addition to the above, the Liberals expect to add 4,000 to the register under the new Reform Act. With these facts in view it is believed the Conser vatives will make no attempt to disturb the present Liberal members, Mr. C. IL M. Talbot and Mr. H. H. Vivian. The twelfth half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the offices of the company, No. 2, Great Winches ter-buildings. Mr. J. E. Leveson Gower, the chair man of the board of directors, presided. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, remarked that he deeply regretted the withdrawal of the Working Union Bill of the Southern Railways in the House of Lords, as a clause had been introduced into it with the consent of the different companies, which had it been passed into law would have gone far to get them out of all their difficulties. The same measure might be introduced next session, but as to that he could not say. At the same time the principle of the clause he had alluded to having been agreed to by all the companies, and by which the whcle of the circumstances of the case would have been referred to arbitration, he did not conceive that there could be much difficulty in coming to an arrangement on the matter. The London, Chat ham, and Dover Company, who at present worked the line, were, no doubt, in difficulties, but he be lieved the directors of that company were desirous of tn d a o n i g n l g em what nts w bad and, although the present caused great inconvenience to entanglements right the shareholders and debenture-holders it might after all be productive of advantage to both here after. Although the circumstances under which the traffic of the line was involved remained unaltered, he had much satisfaction in stating, on the part of the directors, that the weekly returns prepared by the London, Chatham, and Dover Company indi cated a very considerable growth in the receipts. It had been said that this increase was merely tern porary, having been caused by the warm weather and the Handel festival ; but that was not so, for the mileage proportion of the receipts attributed to this company for the twenty-six weeks ending 28th June last was £6,506 against £4,880 for the cor responding period of last year, and showing an in crease of 33 per cent. It would, therefore, be seen that the increase in the receipts commenced in the winter, and not in the summer; and although the directors did not admit the correctness of the re turns, or of the principle on which they were cal culated, they showed at least that their property was increasing in value. He trusted, therefore, that better times were in store for them. For two years they had been struggling against bad times, and he was afraid he must also say bad usage. (Hear, hear.) But still they felt that their pro perty was a valuable one, and they were deter mined to stick to it. (Hear, hear.) For two years they had struggled against many difficulties, but they were prepared to struggle for two years more, in the hope that these would be ultimately over come, and that their property would become remu nerative. The report the directors had submitted might not be deemed satisfactory by the share holders, but he could assure them that when the pro perty of the company became hopeless, the directors would tell them and advise them respecting it. He considered that it was not so at the present time, but that they were justified in going on and making the most of it. Ile concluded by moving the adop tion of the report. Mr. EDWIN Holm - having seconded the motion, Mr. STANDRING repudiated the connection which existed between this company, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. In fact, that company fed their own line at the expense of this one, and he would have the directors cut the con nection with them altogether. In place of the London, Chatham, and Dover, he would recom mend an alliance with the East London Railway Company. A mall loop, little over Pi mile, would HACKNEY.—On Monday evening a meeting of the electors was held in Southgate-road, Mr. W. Ward in the chair. Mr. Charles Reed attended, and addressed the meeting on several important topics, avowing himself in favour of reduced taxa tion, retrenchment, education, equalisation of the poor-rate, the ballot, and the disestablishment of the Irish Church, when the following resolution, moved by Thomas Brain, Esq., and seconded by Edward Cave, Esq., was carried unanimously That this meeting, having beard from C. Reed, Esq., a clear and lengthened statement of his views and purposes with regard to the great public questions which will in all probability oc cupy the attention of the new Parliament, are of opinion that he is well qualified to represent the borough of Hackney, and pledge ourselves to give him our earnest and energetic support." It was de, termined to hold another public meeting in the school-room of the Southgate-road Chapel on Tues day evening, August 25, when ➢ir. Charles Reed will attend. NOTTINGIIANI.—A meeting of the supporters of Six Robert J, Clifton was held at the Maypole Hotel, Nottingham, on Wednesday night. The hon. baronet urged upon the inhabitants of the town to register, but said he should be sorry for any voter to pledge himself to him, or to Mr. Osborne, or to Mr. Marten, or anybody else, as he thought that_ before the election took place a great many, if they did pledge their votes, would repent having done so. He was confident that a great change must take place in the political feelings of England. A great fight would occur on Mr. Gladstone's mo tion, but he thought it would be wrong on his part to express any opinion thereon at such a distance from the election. He (the hon. baronet) should ask for no party favour or concession on the part of any man. He should abide by his opinions in spite of friends or foes, and if returned for Nottingham he should carry out what he thought best for the Queen and his country. The following resolution was passed :—" That Sir Robert Clifton be requested by the Independent Society to offer himself as a candidate for the borough, and it pledges itself to endeavour to secure his return." The resolution having been carried, Sir Robert said he would go to the House of Commons, if elected, as he always had done —free and independent. He had learned from his youth that Radicalism meant retrenchment and reform. He should have voted for the Reform Bill if he had been in the House of Commons, in which case he should have voted with the Conservative party. He had, however, always voted independent of any party. PENRIIYN AND FALIIOUTII.-0 a Wednesday even ing Mr. Jervoise Smith, M.P., and Mr. Hodgson, Liberal candidates for the representation of Pen rhyn and Falmouth, addressed in the Newsroom, Flushing, a crowded meeting of the future electors of that . suburb, .newly added to the borough by the Boundary Act. The chief subjects treated by the candidates were the Irish Church and its disendow ment, the Reform Act and its imperLctions, the necessity for the extension of popular education, and the value of civil and religious freedom as pro mised by the programme of the Liberal party. The candidates were cordially and unanimously adopted. SCOTLAND.-Sir Norman Macd)nald Lockhart addressed a meeting at Lesmahagow on Wednes day as Conservative candidate for South Lanark shire. A resolution in his favour was carried after his speech.—A. Conservative candidate has ap peared for Berwick in the person of Major George Wallace Carpeuter.—The committee for securing Mr. Crum-Ewing's re-election for Paisley report most favourably of his prospects.—The Liberals in Selkirk and Peebles shires have couddence in their ability to return Sir John Murray. There was a meeting on Tues lay, at West Linton, at which a committee was formed for securing his election. Admiral Erskine had a thoroughly hearty recep tion at Milngavie on Wednesday. He addresse I . a meeting there, and was thanked for his past services, and voted a fit and proper person to represent Stirlingshire in the next Parli tment. —Mr. Orr-Ewing spoke at three places in Dum bartonshire on Wednesday, and received approving , votes.—Mr. Jardine presented himself at a meet ing at Dumfries on Wednesday night. The friends of Mr. Noel had mustered in great strength, and there . was much interruption of the proceedings.-- ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. Scotsman. SOUTHAMPTON. -On Wednesday night -Air. George Moffatt, the present Liberal member, and Captain Maxse, R.N., who comes forward as his colleague, addressed the electors at the Victoria Rooms. The meeting was very crowded, and of an enthusiastic character. Mr. Moffatt made a lengthened speech upon the chief poiitical topics of the day, especially referring to his exertions to amend the law of bankruptcy, which, he pointed out, have only been partially rewarded. Captain Maxse, who was well received, made a speech en dorsing the principles expressed in his address. Re solutions in favour of 'the two Liberal candidates were unanimously adopted. The Conservatives appear to be doing nothing as yet, and various rumours are afloat as to the probabilities of a con test, but nothing of a definite character is an nounced. STAFFORDSHIRE (EAST).—Viscount Sandon, on behalf of the Central Conservative Association, is inviting the electors of East Staffordshire to pledge themselves to Mr. Meynel Ingrain and Mr. Smith Child. STOKE-UPON-TRENT. —The Conservative leaders in the Potteries have announced their intention to contest this borough at the approaching election, but hitherto all their efforts to obtain a candidate have been unsuccessful. Up to the present time the Liberals have remained united on Mr. Melly, the present member, and Mr. W. S. Roden, a deputy lieutenant of the county, mayor of Hanley, and managing partner of the Shelton Bar Iron Com pany's Works (Eirl Granville's). Ai the constitu ency by the new Reform Act has been increased from 3,500 to upwards of 15,000, an overwhelming majority of whom are thorough-going Liberals, there is not the remotest possibility of a Conserva tive candidate being returned unless there be dis , card in the Liberal camp. SURREY (MID).—M. Julian Goldsrnid, at pre sent member for Honiton, has issued an address to the electors of Mid-S irrey, in which he offers himself as a candidate for that divi sion. He says :—" Many and important are the questions which the new Parliament will have to approach ; but, first, it will have to decide whether those who, when in office, have sacrificed long cherished principles, or those who have manfully maintained their opinions through good and evil re ports, are to guide the destinies of this great country. I doubt not what the answer of the people will be, and I offer myself to you in order that you and I may contribute our quota and assist Mr. Gladstone in the work that is before him. Under his able guidance the Liberal party will have to apply itself to the reduction of our national expenditure, which, in the hands of the Conservative Government, has far exceeded all former limits. The abortive attempts At reorganising the War-office made by the pre sent Administration have simply ended in in creased outlay ; whereas I am convinced that there is room fox' far greater economy, combined with, and resulting in, greater efficiency, in all the chief public departments, and especially in those of War and Marine. The new Parliament will have much to accomplish in the amendment of the law. It will have to devise the means to place the relations between employers and employed on a more satisfactory footing. It must endeavour to ameliorate the sanitary arrangements in the great centres of population, to improve the dwellings of the working classes, and to purify and increase our water supply. It will have to apply itself earnestly to increasing the facilities offered to the people, both for the general and the technical education of tbeir children ; and, should other means fail, an approach at least to the compulsory system will be absolutely required. Aud, most important of all, it will have to give its verdict on the subject of the Irish Church. That verdict, I believe, will be a confir mation of the policy approved by the majority of the present House of Commons, a policy to which I have given a willing support." TOWER HAMLETS.—Mr. E. Beales addressed a meeting at the White Swan, Mile-end-road, last night. Mr. W. Newton also addressed a meeting of the electors last night. In each case a resolu tion pledging the meeting to support the candidate was passed. WORCESTER (CITY).—At last the address of the Conservative candidate is out. Mr. Laslett, who unsuccessfully contested East Worcestershire with the lion. G. C. Lytteltou only a few weeks ago, offers himself. His present principles are well known. Ile strongly opposes the disendowment and disestablishmeut of the Irish Church ; but iu other respects he will not be acceptable to the Con servative body generally, although he is popular in Worcester (his native city) on account of his chari table and public gifts to Worcester. Mr. Laslett sat for Worcester some years ago as a Liberal, but resigned his seat in consequence of some disagree ment with that party. Mr. Padinore, one of the present Liberal members, retires ; Mr. S'aerriff, the other (Liberal) member, offers himself for re-elec tiou ; and Sir Francis Lycett and Alderman Hill are the other Liberal candidates. A working man named Airey also offers himself. WQRCUTERSIIIRE (EAST).—Mr. F, Veracoa has THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, At TGUST 14, 1868. issued an address to th e e l ec t ors, in which he states that he will not again seek to represent the division in Parliament. WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST).—The two present members for this division, Mr. F. Winn Knight and Mr. Dowdeswell (both Conservatives), offer them selves for re-election, and yesterday issued their addresses. THE BET7ING LIST QUESTION. The vexed question of list betting came before the Wolverhampton magistrates yesterday at the police-court. Nine men were summoned for open ing an "office or place" for the purpose of betting with persons resorting to the Wolverhampton races. Their mines are—William Morton, of Pearson street ; Simeon Collier, Plough Inn, John's-lane ; and William Ilicklin, King's Head Inn, Wolver hampton ; and Joseph Oncley, Manchester ; John Hibbert, Nottingham ; John Adamson, Bil s t o n ; . . _ E. F. Pritchard, of London ; and John Stirk, of London. Oneley's case only was gone into. ft was shown that he took bets in front of a brick booth on the race-course, and a clerk inside taking the number . of the cards. The facts, however, were not dis puted, but it was contended by the solicitor for the defence that the 16th and 17th Viet., chap. 119, under which the proceedings were taken, was not intended to put down betting-booths on the race-course, but houses kept continually open in London and other places for betting, where bets could be always made. The magistrates, after retiring to consider the case, convicted the defendant, and imposed a fine of 10s. and costs. The other defendants pleaded guilty, and were fined a similar sum. A representative of the Race Committee present said that they should pay the fines and all costs, having let the booths to the defendants and re ceived tolls. As the parties were leaving the court, the de fendants between them paid, through the magis trates' clerk, to the SJuth Staffordshire Hos pital. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Capt. Thornhill's battery of the 11th Brigade, Field Artillery, arrived in the garrison at Wool wich yesterday from Aldershott. Great changes will shortly occur among the staff of the Royal Attil'ery at Shoeburyness, Colonel Wilmot, RA., being promotel to the rank of Alajor-General, consequent on the demise of Gen• Scott,R...k., will vacate the appointment of Colonel- Commandant of the School of Gunnery ; Colonel 'Asher, 8.A., Chief instructor of the School of qunnery, whose period of staff service shortly el- ires, will also leave; and Lieut.-Colonel Curtis, R.A., will soon follow; his period of staff servico being up at the beginning of next year. This officer gained great popularity with the ArtillerY iolunteers at the annual meeting under the Voluir teer Artillery Association, which has just terminate d with such signal success. Yesterday the division at Aldershott had a field" day and sham fight, when instructive and interest ing manoeuvres were executed. The troops formed up at 10 o'clock, under the command of Major" General IL Renny, and took up a position unde r cover of Miles'-hill and Eelmoor-ridges, facing thn canal, over which two pontoon bridges had been laid by a detachment of the B troop Royal Engi neer Train. The division was thus arranged to oppos e an enemy supposed to be on the march from Far borough to Farnham, and to have intrenched hint' self on the plateau in front of the Queen's Hotel. che enemy was represente I by a battery of Royal horse Artillery, the 2d Battalion 6th Regimen t ' and the mounted provosts, under th e c o m mand o.c Col. Elkington, of the 6th Regiment. A half bat tery of the enemy was in position on Bridge-hill' close to the canal, and a half battery on the right , near the reservoir. His cavalry, under Provos t- Marshal Trout, were further in advance, in splendid line. The 6th Regt., covered by skirmishers, was lll rear, under cover of the trench intersecting Cove' common. The cavalry division was under th e command of Brigadier-General White, C. 8., th e Artillery division under Colonel Smyth, C.B. 111° infantry was formed int) two divisions—the .ar s c i commanded by Major-General Carey, C. 8., the second by Colonel Kirkland, 21 battalion sth Fusiliers. Major Goodenough, brigad e.. najor, Royal Artillery, and Major Wo o d ' V.O , brigade-major of General Horsford's wade, acted as assistant adjutant-generals. in fantry 4 regiments were furnished w ith 15 round of blank ammunition per man ; the ra o3llt corps were without valises, and the inf a nt r y with° ,i ` -t c , knapsacks. At half-past 10 o'clock General iten% ordered the division to advance, and immediately strong line of skirmishers doubled forward to tbe ,i banks of the canal. The crests of Allies's 3 1]. Pyestock hills were occupie I by batteries of ! f t : •and these commenced a heavy fire, vi ble ile was quickly responded to by the artillery of t enemy. The skirmishers passed over the bridg e without delay and delivered their fire, til e on the right lying down, while those on v left brought their left shoulders forward a ft fought their way thro ug h Py es t oc k- wo od• the same time the sth Dragoo n G uar ds 0 55- ' 4 over Eelmoor stone bridge and charged the enel i , cavalry, which fell back upo n th e ma in 1 / 0 : 4 c l Ultimately the whole force of the enemy ret are d to its intrenchments, and recommenced a 11e3 , fire upon the advancing masses of the divi sijo o , which formed line at about 800 yards from the • de' of the hill occupied by the enemy, and fired 0 . 00 pendently. From the commencement of the n etl o the artillery had maintained a cross fire from bc3 . o , flanks, besides answering the enemy's batters ~o The cavalry also made threatening deinonstratiovet from both flanks. The enemy, however, wa s ,b 0 idle, but brought forward the 6th Regiment to i'ot crest of the plateau, and opened fire by section S o the now approaching divisions, while the 0 0 o f commander, Observing the leading battalio n 0 the division in an exposed position, ma d : t he furious charge upon it—General Carey an' fe cl. staff of the Ist division being fig'iratively eaP tll ' ef r This brought the movements to a close, the . ive , gagement having been by no means dee9botli owing to the excellent strategy exhibited 03 0 3 sides. The troops then formed up on the plateau 0 cc' marched past, the artillery and cavalry in o P e d t he lutnn of batteries and squadrons at a walk, an i infantry in open column of grand divisions n c l re cl time. After marching past the troops d ive t beir across the plain, and afterwards returned to quarters. ter cW A The following appointments were made Yes at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. C art 0' Lieut. Thomas de Houghton to the Bristol I Lieut. George M'llwaine to the Pallas. Births. C o lo n si llf. CLARKE- On the 11th inst., the wife of Liout. - , C. Clarke, Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter. „ fijcV FERGUSON On the 13th inst at 1 Greville-ro,t',s-ilis' mond, the wife of R. S. Ferguson, of Liac c4- barrister-at-law, of a son. MACLEAY—On the 11th inst., Hyde-park, the wife of A. C ld 1 ' h 31 - • letl' a c eug ..tc a daughter. Marriages. s l'Au l'4 at 19 GloucesterTw CATTERNS—PRATT—On the 12th inst., at - t ' •ror, 33' Greenwich, Richard Catterns, 'nu , Esq. soliel'i sag ' Mark-lane, London, to Nellie, secondj' dauibte r 0 '4 Pratt, Esq., of Greenwich. FENWICK—MARTIN—On the 12th inst., at St. "- tt o ,- ,4 Church, Chapel Allerton, Thomas Fenwick, 1- 164 Ater of Allerton Bill, to Elizabeth Heath, eldest 4fLu7is, S. D. 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