The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PtITILIC JOURNALS. The Government, says the Times, has come to the House of Commons for support. They did not, indeed, ask directly for assistance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a simple statement. He explained, in moving for leave to bring in his bill for amending the law of election petitions, that an unexpected difficulty had arisen in the way of carrying into effect the decisions of the select committee of last year. The judges had remonstrated against the proposal to confer on them the duty of trying election petitions in local courts. In the face of such a remon strance the Government felt themselves constrained to depart from their original intention of adopting the amended bill of last year as it left the select com mittee. The respect due to the bench had induced them to abandon the design of referring election petitions to the common-law judges, and to create another tribunal to be charged with the special duty of trying election cases. We do not quarrel with this decision of the Ministry. It was proper to remit the question to Parliament. We are disposed to agree with Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Gladstone, that no other course was open to them. Not the less clearly, however, do we hold it to be the duty of the House of Commons to insist on the original proposal, if that proposal seems in itself good. In this divergence of opinion between the Legislature and the judicial bench Parliament is bound, in the absence of better reasons than those which we un derstand have been given by the judges, to follow its own counsel. We think it plain that the Government must be held to have come to Parliament for support, and we have little doubt that it ought to be given. The judges are very eminent public servants, and deserve the greatest respect and deference ; but they are, as Mr. Lowe said, no other than public servants, and are bound to perform the duties imposed upon them. It is instructive to note the amount of authority in favour of this transfer of jurisdiction. The select committee of last year was unani mous in recommending it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has declared that the Ministry agreed with the committee. Mr. Gladstone expressed a similar concurrence. Others who were staggered for the moment at the reported oppo sition of the judges manifested a strong opinion in favour of the original plan, and were only deterred from pressing it by the habitual respect they felt for the bench. There were, in fact, only two members of any eminence who objected to' the principle of this transfer of juris diction to /- court of law Mr. Henley and Mr. Bright, who objected on the ground that it would give the Lords a control over the election of members of the House. The Times contends that if the common-law judges are not to try election petitions, but some tribunal appointed for that purpose alone, the altera tion of the law will be for the worse instead of the better. In fact, if the plea of the judges prevail, the bill must be abandoned. It rests with the House of Commons to de , termine whether this shall happen and the suspicion of insincerity already attaching to its members shall deepen, or whether the timidity of the judges shall be overborne and a beneficial alteration of the law effected. Failing to obtain the assent of the judges to their pro posal, the Government conceived the idea of creating a special tribunal, to be composed of three gentlemen with a yearly salary of £2,000 each, and a clause was accord ingly introduced in the bill to carry this scheme into effect. Now it may, observes the Post, be said with truth that not one member was found on either side of the House to support this proposal, and we can only express our surprise that it should ever have been seriously made. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was reminded that the special committee had consented to recommend the House to part with its exclusive jurisdiction in election petitions, on the sole condiction that such jurisdic tion should be entrusted to the highest tribunal in the land. If, however, it was inexpedient to adopt the suggestion of the committee, there could then be no object in giving such jurisdiction to a special tribunal undistinguished by any particular characteristics, and whose decisions would scarcely command as much respect as those of a special committee in the House of Commons. The objection must be considered as fatal, and therefore the only issue for the House to decide is whether it will compel the judges to discharge an invidious duty, or retain the jurisdiction which from time immemorial it has exer cised. It would certainly be scarcely decent, as Mr. Bright well put it, for the English House of Commons to refer all matters respecting the validity of the election of its members to a third-class tribunal composed of three gentlemen whose sole merit might consist in being barris ters of seven years' standing. The result of the conversation in the House of Com mons on the Bribery Bill introduced by Mr. Disraeli, was not, the Daily News remarks, favourable to that measure. Every variety of opinion was expressed on the general question. On one point alone was there unanimity, and that was the unsatisfactory character of the Government Scheme. Mr. Disraeli's introductory speech made it clear that he had no belief in it himself. There is no sufficient reason for charging Mr. Disraeli with insincerity in his dealings with this question. He would probably be proud to emulate the noble brevity of the inscription which declares that in the grave of John Wilkes lies the body of a patriot, and to have it recorded that corruption lies buried—we mean no double entendre—in the tomb of the statesman who extended the franchises of his countrymen. But a Minister in a minority is not a free agent. Bold and searching measures cannot be looked for from a poli tician whose first object is to evade responsibility and disarm opposition. This proposal, the Herald complains, did not receive justice in the discussion. It was assumed that the court must necessarily be composed of men who would not com mand the same confidence as the judges ; but the assump tion is a very groundless one. The duties of the new court would occasionally be heavy, ordinarily they would he light. The salary proposed is not large, but it is quite sufficient to secure the acceptance of the new judgeship by men of the very highest character and the most marked ability. Two thousand pounds a year and an honourable position would have a considerable attraction for men of the very highest rank, who might be unwilling, from con siderations of health or from a love of leisure, to under take continuous labour, and yet would be willing enough to make occasionally a great spurt of work. Indeed, we can hardly see how, if this jurisdiction is to be parted with by the House of Commons, the necessity of establishing some such tribunal can be avided. As Sir Roundell Palmer shewed, it would be impossible to use the judges of the common-law courts for this purpose unless at least four Or five more were created, and it would be hard to know how to use them at other and ordinary seasons. THE PRINCESS OF `WALES.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Colonel Keppel, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence on Thursday evening, to witness the performance of the new comedy, ," A Wife Well Won." This was the first appearance in public of the Princess of Wales since her long and painful illness. Mr. Sheridan, M.P., has received deputations from various bodies at Dudley. The first was from a body of voters who wished to consult the hon. gentleman as to his views upon the bill introduced by ➢lr. Abel ;Smith, M.P., for the closing of public-houses on Sun days. Mr. Sheridan said he should take the bill into serious consideration, and in giving his vote should consult the wishes of the majority of his constituents. He remarked that sudden alterations, of the magnitude contemplated by Mr. Smith's bill, would always conduce to strong opposition. DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENTS.—His Excellency the ;Austrian Ambassador returned a few days ago from visit 'inn his daughter and her husband, Prince and Princess Borghese, at Rome, in order to resume his duties as .Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. His Excellency ;,he Italian Minister, the Marquis d'Azeglio, has also xeturned home after passing several months at Nice. It is not yet . definiti ve l y d ec id e d w h o succee ds his Excellency as Italian Minister at the British Court. It is understood that the Marquis d'Azeglio will relinquish his diplomatic post early in the ensuing month. MARVELLOrS ESCA.PE. —A singular incident is related in connection with the storm which lately passed over Scotland. About four o'clock in the morning the house of John Grant, Tain, Olrig, was struck by the lightning ; all the family, father, mother, son, and two daughters, being in bed and asleep at the time. The fis seems to have first struck one of the gables, through which entered, descending by the chimney vent, entirely sepa a-Ating the gable from the walls, cracking the top of the building, and separating part from the roof. Striking to shivers a clock suspended from the wall, it tore the doors entirely off from a wooden press, breaking all the. crockery, knocking off the hinges, and i:rojecting one of them through the lid of a clothe, Of two windows, one disappeared bodily chcst. _ . _ r.nd the other was smashed. • A large stone at the door, which three ordinary men could barely lift, was protected a distance of twenty-two yards, and several othcri of less size were wrenched out of Itte gable walls, and thrown even greater distances. The wo daughters sleeping together, on awaking, found a large stone lying 13(tv, , tn them, and the room a complete wreck. The bed cn which the son lay was also struck by the lightning, 1 rs-:3l:ing the top and back, and tearing away one of the feed, and finally making its exit through the floor of the house, passing under the foundation, and again coming out from below the ground in the cabbage garden. Aniid such destruction not the slightest injury was done to any of the family. That five persons, sleeping in three beds, 5n rooms where such destruction was wrought, should have escaped without a scratch or a scorch, is certainly .one of the most OltrwranAry eecape4 frown danger ever 1104'd ph . ME TROOPS IN ABYSSINIA According to tne reports which we nave received from our medical correspondents, matters are progressing very favourably. Two piers at the point of debarkation are to process of completion. Normandy's condensing apparatus have been fixed, and the American pumps at Koomaylee are working effectually in supplying water, so that we may reasonably hope this essential to man and beast, particularly in the hot lowlands, will not be the very costly matter that has been stated. The sanitary condition of the camp is good, and the field hospitals are already in fair working order. At one time the base of operations at Annesley Bay was beginning to assume, from want of proper organisation, anything but a satisfactory state, which might have been productive of serious consequences. An Oriental encampment in the hot, moist climate of the littoral in that latitude, with thousands of men and cattle, every day adding to their numbers, and a deficient water supply, will require un ceasing vigilance to maintain a good sanitary condition. Disease, if it once appear at this point, will be liable to contaminate both the land route and the shipping. The commissariat officers were working very hard, but were much hampered for want of subordinates. The transport arrangements are much complained of ; but the responsible head of the land transport has had no easy task to per form in organising the heterogeneous crowd of muleteers and camel-drivers, composed of anything but the best specimens of the races dwelling on the coasts of the Persian Gulf, the lied Sea, and the Mediterranean. We have always regarded the transport as par excellence the difficulty of the campaign ; and everything hinges on an efficient system of transport for preserving the he/Ith of the force, which has se far been excellent. Ona of our correspondents dwells on the striking oontrast which has been manifested in the liberal equipment of the hospital ships, as compared with the meagre condition of the medical stores of the Bombay army.—Lancet. THE LABOUR MARKET IIV VICTORIA. The Metbourne Argus says :—" Scarcely any alteration has occurred in the market during the month. Although harvest operations have set in, rates of labour remain sta tionary. Inquiry for all kinds of farm labour is brisk, and the demand is fairly supplied. Persons possessing a com petent knowledge of cheese-making are- sought after, and would quickly meet with profitable engagements ; this branch of daily produce is beginning to engross unusual attention. The immigrants who arrived by the Can terbury last week experienced no difficulty in obtain ing situations. Alluding to the present system adopted for the distribution of assisted immigrants, the Pastoral Times protests against the system of discharging immigrants on the large towns,' where they quickly become idle, demoralised, and even tually a burden to the country.' The same journal advocates the establishment of depots throughout the populous districts of the interior, where the class referred to would be certain to find instant employment. Quotations are as follows :—Shepherds, £3O to £4O per annum : hut keepers, £22 per do. ; shearers, 14s. to 15s. per 100, with rations ; lads who can milk, 11s. per week : general farm labourers, 13s. to 15s. do. ; three-rail fencers (stuff laid on the lige), Is. Pd. to 2s. per rail ; grubbers and splitters and fencers, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per rod ; wood•splitters, 3s. Gd. per ton ; gardeners, 20s. to 255. and 30s. (first class) per week ; bush carpenters, ISs. to 20s. per week, with ration; ; general carpenters, undertaking bush work, 30s. do. ; black and shoeing smiths, 30s. do. ; wheelwrights, 355. to £2 do. ; brickmakers, 18s. to £1 per 1,000, with rations ; married couples, without encumbrance (first class), £6O per ;annum ; do. (second class), £45 to £55 ; female servants (good) country, £26 ditto ; cooks, housemaids, £26 ditto.; laundresses, £2O to £2B ditto; nurse-girls ss. to 7s. per week. Common labour may be quoted at Os. to 7s. per day. Mr. Alfred Levi, of the Victorian Mercantile Registration Office, reports :—` We have to report an improvement in business this month, in consequence of the changes which usually occur in mercantile houses during this period of the year. Junior drapers have been in demand, country hands particularly. Commercial travellers have been inquired for, but it is difficult to get first-class men. Bookkeepers and clerks are not in good request ; a number of both classes are unemployed. Grocers and iron mongers' assistants have been demanded, and have been filled up pretty well. For boot salesmen there have been no inquiries. Applications for tutors have been meagre. Theatrical assistants are not looked for. A few stationers' assistants have been supplied for New Zealand. No altera tion has taken place in the apprentices and boys and youths' department." THE ;NNON. DUBLIN, Thursday. Patrick Lennon was tried yesterday in the Com te/ ssion Court for firing at Sergeant Kelly with int .ent to kill him. The Attorney-General, the _ _ _ Sc )licitor-General, Mr. Owen, Q.C., and Mr. Bull, QL.C., conducted the prosecution; Mr. Purcell, Q.C., and Mr. J. A. Curran defended. The facts "have been recently stated. Kelly identified the -prisoner as the man who shot him. On cross examination he stated that the night was foggy and hazy. He never had any doubt of being able to recognise the man. He had always an idea of him before his mind, but not always as good an idea as after he saw him in Kilmainham. But for the leaf he would have supposed that it was a cap which he wore on his head. He had a good view of him, and could not be mistaken about his dress. He had never seen him before. In Kilmainham he asked the prisoner to pronounce the word " stand," and from the manner in which he did so, and from his walk, he had no doubt of his identity. Mr. Purcell read the declaration made by the witness in the hospital when he was supposed to be dying, and contrasted it with his evidence. In it he said he would not know the man again, and described his dress as a cap, a short black coat, and light coloured trousers. The witness explained that when he made that statement he was in an awful state of pain. When he made that declaration he had not before his mind the smallest idea of the man who fired at him. The prisoner wore a low hat ; it was very like a cap. On the 20th of January he made an information, and he then had clearly before his mind every circumstance connected with the mat ter. Mary Donnelly deposed that she saw the pri soner fire a revolver at Kelly. She screamed " Murder !" and the prisoner turned round and looked at her. There was a gas lamp near, and she saw his face. Ann Clarke gave evidence to the effect that the prisoner passed her in Temple-bar shortly after the shots were fired. She had seen him before that night. Mr. Purcell, Q.C., ad dressed the jury for the prisoner. He complained that the Crown had tried him first for treason felony, and that he now appeared with a stigma which was calculated to prejudice the defence. Counsel contended that the evidence of identifica tion had failed. The prisoner was brought on the table in order that the jury might judge of the in accuracy of the evidence as to his height. He had been described as a low-sized man, but he stood five feet nine inches. A witness for the defence swore that he spent the evening of the occurrence in company with the prisoner in a publichouse, and at a quarter to 12 o'clock returned with him to bis lodgings, where he remained until half-past sin the morning, sleeping in the same bed. On cross-examination he said he never slept with Lennon before, but he was shut out of his own lodging that night. Other witnesses corroborated the evidence. At the close of the case Judge Fitzgerald charged the jury. He pointed out the discrepancies in the testimony of the Crown witnesses as to identifica tion. The jury, after deliberating three-quarters of an hour, acquitted the prisoner. The Attorney-General stated that he would not proceed with the indictment for murder at this Commission. THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. A letter dated Naples, Feb. 8, says—The disaster in Santa Lucia has so completely absorbed our at tention for the last fortnight, that the principal agent in causing the misfortune has excited little notice, and yet Vesuvius, in spite of Reuter's in telligence that it had fallen, has been almost as active and brilliant as at the commencement of its eruption. It has assumed different phases at in tervals, increasing and decreasing, so that the approaching termination of the spectacle has been announced more than once ; still the mountain con tinues with unwearied energy to astonish the nume rous visitors who have crowded into Naples. About the time I wrote to you last on this subject, the oracle of the Observatory declared that Vesuvius had nearly arrived at the end of its demonstrations or was entering on a new phase. The prophecy was a safe one, being equivalent to say that much might be said on either side. No detona tions were heard—no fragments of lava were ta an p d or t t h io e n u o p f pe t r he pa s r u t m o n f - i t i t he of m t o h u e n c t o a n in e l h a r d o w f a n ll e o n u — n was covered with sublimates of common salt. Three or four days elapsed, during which the lava declined in the rapidity of its course, when about the night of the 21st the roofings of the mountain were again heard most distinctly in Naples. Slight shocks of earthquake occurred on several succes sive nights, which were felt very sensibly in Naples, and the lava, which was more copious, unable any longer to enter the passage through which it had hitherto burrowed, had to commence its course over the indurated bed. For some time it continued towards the right, as seen from Naples, and shortly after descended on the left, in the direction of the Observatory. These streams were continually augmented by fresh supplies of material, but their course is comparatively short, as in intervals of re pose they become indurated, and they have to begin again from the summit. As day after day passed on, the instruments showed an increase of magnetic agitation ; the lava flowed much more copiously, until on the night of the 28th of January the intensity and extent of the eruption were greater than they had been for some time. The whole of the upper part of the mountain, from the summit to the base of the cone, was covered with red-hot lava, presenting a most stupendous spec tacle, and attracting a crowd of visitors, among whom were the Duke and Duchess of Aosta. I note this night in particular, for it was that on which the great calamity befel Santa Lucia. It corresponded with the increased action of the mountain, and though many who have been un conscious of them may be sceptical of the fre quent recurrence of earthquakes they are no less a fact, unless science has erred and the many who have felt them have been mistaken. What effect these continued oscillations must have on buildings and mountains of tufa-sand I leave you to judge. The same inconsistency which has marked the history of this eruption continued to distinguish it till the end of the month. " The instruments of the Ob servatory pass from a state of almost perfect inac tion to an activity which may be called feverish," said Palmieri on the 30th of January. On the 3d of February there was an interval of comparative re pose ; the lava ran with less vivacity, and the in struments were calmer, but ou the next day there was a considerable increase—the cone began to mutter, and the activity of the sismograph indicated that yet greater quantities of lava were to be thrown out. Between the sth and 6th there were three shocks of earthquake, and a gentleman who ascended the cone halfway up told me that the ground trembled beneath him. On these nights the visitors had the choice of two roads, for while one stream ran towards the Piano delle Ginestre, another pursued the direction of the Cro celle, to which spot the image of St. Januarius will be borne in a month or two, as is the annual cus tom. The spectacle increased in grandeur to the 6th and 7th instant. The thunders of the cane were stronger, so strong, indeed, as to shake the windows of Torre del Greco, while slight shocks of earthquake were registered by the sismograph, and so the state of the mountain continues at the pre sent moment. With the cessation of the heavy rains of the latter part of January the fumarole (smoke holes) of the lava have again been deco rated with white, yellow, and green sublimates, in which, besides common salt, copper and lead pre dominate. You may imagine, therefore, the at tractions which the mountain presents. Crowds visit it every night, for Naples is full of visitors; and the splendid weather which has set in, and the moon which shines above us almost as brilliant as your sun, make the trip to Vesuvius a most agreeable excursion. SIR W. ARMSTRONG.—Sir W. G. Armstrong has been mado a Knight Commander of the Order of San Maurizio a Lazzaro by his Majesty the King of Italy, in recognition of his services as an artillerist, and as the con sequence of the definitive adoption of his ordnance for the Italian naval service. NEGLECT OF COAL MINES. The following is a copy of a letter by Lord Kinnaird, in reply to one received by him from the Rev. T. Griffiths, Merthyr Tydvil, relative to the Ferndale explosion : Rossie Priory, N.B. Sir,—l am much obliged to you for sending me a copy of your speech delivered at a public meeting at Merthyr Tydvil on the 27th November. I am truly glad to see that one who has twenty years' intimate acquaintance with colliers agrees with me as to the urgent necessity for the appointment of a new commission to inquire into the cause of these frequent accidents and the mode of working these pits. The blame, as you say, is too often put on the poor colliers, who are said to be reckless , whereas, when the men dare to speak out, as on an inquest, the evidence proves the recklessness to rest rather with the men in charge of the pit. The jury on the Ferndale accident recommend, what I have long held to be essential, that a daily record should be kept of the state of the several workings. Thejjuryideserve the greatest credit for having fearlessly given a verdict founded on the evidence brought before them ; and, as the owners of the Ferndale pit Nvill now be liable in heavy damages.—under Lord Campbell's Act, as in the case of railways—to the relatives of the poor men who lost their lives by the negligence of their ser vants, other colliery owners may think it worth their while to pay more attention to the ventilation of their pits ; but I am quite convinced that this unnece3sary sacrifice of life must continue until some legislative enactment is passed, founded on the report of a royal commission. One well acquainted with the working of coal pits in England and Wales states—and from the informa tion I have received at different times, to the effect " that such and such a mine is miserably mismanaged, and in a very dangerous state from bad ventilation," I am sure he is correct—" that if 100 pits were selected at random, 90 per cent. would be found to be in a dangerous state," viz., bad return, airways, with accumulation of fire or black damp, roof not properly timbered, no care taken to examine ropes and chains, no safety cages and catches, no strict and proper system of examination and daily inspection of machinery : in short, nothing done with either method or system, only just what cannot possibly be left undone. There is also great neglect in regard to safety lamps. In many pits where safety lamps arc used the workpeople have to buy their own lamps ; hence, they buy a cheap and inferior article, and the owners of the colliery do not keep any men to clean the lamps. Therefore the men take them home to clean them, and, in order to get the dirt and oil from the wire gauzes, they put them in the fire till they are red hot ; hence, when this has been done a number of times, the wire becomes so brittle that it breaks like glass. This may explain how explosions take place in ill-ventilated pits from defective lamps. In well regulated pits masters provide the lamps, and keep men and boys to clean them with flint-dust and brushes. Each man gets his lamp, which is carefully examined beforehand and after it is returned. This ought to be made compulsory, with a daily report to the office. The men are no doubt to some extent careless, having little or no education, not mixing with any other class, ignorant of all scientific principles of mining, and not sufficiently alive to the danger of working in a fiery mine. Schools should be established, and boys under 14 (none under 12 being allowed to go below) should be obliged to attend school so many hours per week, as in the case of factories. Subjects connected with mining and engineer. ing might be taught in the school. But all this requires legislative enactment, and a royal commission would best suggest what is necessary. Coal proprietors oppose every inconvenience or which is likely to cau se the slightest or expense to themselves, and do not consider the preser vation of human life sufficient reason for interfering with KINNAIRD. what they call " freedom of action." I The Rev. T. Griffiths, Merthyr Tydvi l. uid of Mr. The Hampshire papers record the death John Coupland, at the age of 70 . He was until r ently the proprietor of the Hampshire Adrert t ser, the chief Con servative journal in the south of England, and which he established about fifty years since. Mr. Coupland was originally a London printer. Mr. Marcus Costello, one of the most prominent members of the old Catholic Association, and a colleague of O'Co nne ll i n the ag i tat i on w hi c h followed Catholic Emancipation, has died at his lodgings in Upper Sack ville-street, Dublin. He held for a long time the office of Attorney-General at Gibraltar, to which he was appointed during during the viceroyalty of the Earl of Mulgrave, when Lord Morpeth, afterwards Lord Carlisle, was Chief Secretary for Ireland. JEALOUSY AND REVENGE.—The Meridional gives the details of an act of vengeance concur itted at Cucuron (Vaucluse) by a young girl named Feld.° Pelicot, who had been jilted by one Gasquet. The latter had contracted a m arriage with another woman, and on the wedding-day was passing through a hall of the Maifie, after having signed the necessary papers, when Felicie, dressed in male attire, suddenly crossed his path and discharged a pistol at his head, inflicting a wound near the right ear. She was immediately arrested. The wounded man is expected to wryly°. THE SUN, LONDON, 1 RIDAY EVENINIG, FEBRUARY 14, 1868. TELLIG. ENCE. ried, pointing out that there had been a decrease owing to the great falling off in the trade with the United States of America ; but the extent to which this trade had fallen off with that country had not been fully experienced, as other markets had been found for this manufacture. He regretted that the dividend (at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum) re commended by the directors was not so large as on former occasions, and he explained that the loco motive stock was being renewed out of the revenue account, and besides a great deal had had to be paid for compensation. The company had no bills in Parliament this session, but there were some which required watching, and he considered would perhaps entail a determined opposition, especially one of the Shropshire Union Canal Company, to get rid of certain tolls. Referring to the new stock, he said the fact that this had not been taken up very decidedly proved the distrust with which rail way property was regarded, for this was a good in vestment, and he showed that this company's ratio of preferential stock to ordinary stock, even with the £250,000 which it was desired to issue, would be considerably lower than the ratio of the best paying companies. Regarding the resignation of Mr. L2ith from the Board, he said the vacancy should, he thought, be filled up, but it would be necessary to have a gentleman who could at tend to the business. As to the working agree ment with the London and North-Western, this was going on in the most satisfactory manner, and the agreement was being carried out in good faith. He said that there had been a reduction in the train mileage of 30,000 miles, and then at great length he entered into the details of a complex controversy which had been opened with some dissentient shareholders, and he concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was carried, and the dividend declared. The extraordinary meeting was then held for the purpose of sanctioning the abandonment of certain branch lines. Resolutions to that effect having been agreed to, the meeting closed with thanks to the chairman. NATIONAL STEAMSHIP. The first annual meeting of this company, in which the National Steam Navigation Company was merged, was held at Liverpool yesterday ; Mr. Rome in the chair. The CHAIRMAN announced that since August last to December inclusive the profits had amounted to £56,000, and that the position and prospects of the ;company were most satisfactory. A dividend of 6s. per share was declared, and £24,000 car ried forward. SOUTH DEVON. The directors of this company have determined to recommend the payment of a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last at the rate of £3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, carrying forward a balance of £416 to the next account. THE DISTURBANCES 1N POR7UGA.L. The following details of the disturbances at Villa Nova de Famelicao, in Portugal, have been received : " Prior to the 29th January a rumour was cur rent in Villa Nova de Famelicao that there would be on that day .some disturbance at the market there in connection with the sale of corn, and the authorities therefore had requested the commander at Braga to send overn sufficient number of soldiers to maintain order. In consequence of this request, on the 28th January a force of 20 men of the Bth Regiment under the command of a lieutenant, ar rived in the town. On the 29th ult., which was market-day, between 2 and 3 p.m., the time at which the corn-carts had to pass through the town, some of the people armed with clubs prevented the corn-carts from leaving the town. Thereupon the military were called out, but the soldiers, seeing the number of the populace assembled, were able to do nothing, the commander declaring he had not suf ficient men, and matters remained in stain quo. That night the alarm-bell was rung in the parish of Calleudario, in the neighbourhood of Villa Nova de Famelicao, and it • was said a large mob had reassembled in the street there to prevent the corn from passing. Matters remained unchanged until the Ist inst., when a fresh force of 50 soldiers of the Bth Infantry and 7th Cavalry Regiments arrived at Villa Nova. Upon this measures were taken, and the carters were advised not to take the corn that day through the town. During the night of the 2d inst. the alarm-bell was again rung in several parishes of the district nearest the town. On the morning of the 3d three carts were laden for the transport of the corn, and at 9 a.m. these started, headed by the military. When about two kilometres from the place called De Bairial a large number of men made their appearance, from the midst of whom a shot was fired, and stones were thrown at the soldiers. This compelled the military to repel force with force, which resulted in the death of three or four persons among the populace, besides the wounding of many others, some seri ously. The mob seeing matters becoming serious, at once fled, and order was speedily re-established. The rioters consisted of 200 or 300 individuals, all belonging to the lowest order. Not a single artisan or member of the better classes took part in the disturbance." their respect for the master of; the Cheshire. Mr. Corbet, we may add, is married to Miss Egerton, eldest daughter of Sir Philip Egerton, by whom he has two sons, the eldest of whom, and the hope of Troy,' bids fair to keep the mastership in the family." TURKEY. (From the Levant Herald of Feb. 5.) The rumour is current that A'ali Pasha is to pro ceed to Paris, for the double purpose of conferring with M. de Moustier as to the grant of quasi inde pendence to Crete under a Christian governor, and of conveying in person the Sultan's invitation to the Emperor to visit Stamboul. We register the fact and its reported explanation for what they are worth. It is also said that Omar Pasha will return to Crete as soon as the Grand Vizier leaves it. Fuad Pasha has had three lengthened audiences of the Sultan during the week. Yesterday the Minister of Finance also had a long interview with his Majesty. On Monday Count Brassier de St. Simon, the Prussian Minister, had an audience at the palace to present his new letters of appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary for the North German Confedera tion. His Excellency was conveyed to and from Dolmabaktche in court carriages, with the custo mary ceremonial. A new street is spoken of between Tophaneh and the main street of Pera, which will pass close by the Austrian and French embassies. The cost is esti mated at £15,000, and will, it is said, be met by the Tophaneh department. _ _ _ An extensive robbery was committed on Tuesday night last in Mr. Proins's counting-house in Zum bullu Khan, Stamboul. The thieves, it appears, effected an entrance to the office with false keys, and by the same means opened the safe and got pos session of £14,000 in Consolides and about £l,OOO in diamonds. The police are investigating the affair, and several hamals and oda-bashis have been ar rested on suspicion. The question of purchasing some 30 300-pounder Armstrongs at a cost of £2,000 a gun is now before the Admiralty. The weather, until within the last few days, has proved very severe in the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora, and there have been several heavy gales of wind and snow-storms. On Thursday, Mr. Hopper, Lloyd's agent in Constantinople, received a telegram reporting the wreck of the English bark Circassia, Captain Cooper, of North Shields, at Counibao, near Rodosta, on the night of the 29th ult. She was bound with a valuable cargo of wheat from Varna to England. No one was found on board the stranded ship, and her boats were absent, but her captain, a skilful seaman, experienced in the navigation of the Levant, had succeeded in reaching a part of the coast with the whole of his crew in safety. An agent has been despatched to the spot to look after individual interests. We also learn that the Champion, which recently went ashore near Varna, is likely to prove a total wreck. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HELSTON. No Liberal candidate being forthcoming there is very little excitement in the borough concerning the pending election. The Solicitor-General, who returned to London on Tuesday, is virtually un opposed, as Mr. Robert Lea, who seeks to be re garded as an independent Liberal, is not supported by either party, and has not the least chance of success. At the general election the Liberals in tend to bring forward again Mr. A. W. Young, who was unseated by a committee of the present Par liArnent on the ground of his having been elected by means of corrupt practices. STOKE-ON-TRENT. Mr. Beresford Hope issued his farewell address :o the constituency of this borough yesterday. lie says : " In fulfilment of the promise I male to the members of the Senate of the University of Cambridge, who tendered mo their support in 1859, I have now offered myself as a candidate for the representation of the University, in which the promotion of Lord Justice Selwyn has made a vacancy. _ . I have therefore to resign the seat to which you elected me in 1865, and I do so with great gratitude to those who then supported me, and with kindly feeling to all the in habitants of the Potteries. Though no longer your mem ber, I retain my interest in North Staffordshire, and I shall always be glad, to the utmost of my power, to promote your legitimate interests." Both candidates for Mr. Beresford Hope's seat are actively canvassing, and there is a probability of a close contest. Mr. Melly addressed a crowded meeting at Hanley on Tuesday evening, and was very warmly received. Mr. Campbell commenced his addresses to the constituency last night at Longton. A VESSEL DRIVEN FROM THE FIRTH OF FORTH To NORWAY. Considerable uneasiness prevailed at Gran ton for some days pa , t, owing to the non-arrival of the schooner Bellenden, Captain Whyte, which had left Lon don for Granton on Wednesday last. Mr. Gunn, Granton, owner of the schooner, has, however, received a telegram from the captain which has set at rest all apprehensions for the safety of the vessel and her crew. The captain in his telegram, which is dated " Christiansand, Sun- day," states that the Bellenden was entering the Firth of Forth on Friday, in ballast, when she was caught in a severe gale and driven right across the North Sea to the coast of Norway. Captain Whyte succeeded, with much difficulty, in making the harbour of Christiansand, where his vessel now lies awaiting a favourable change in he weather. SUICIDE BY A DEFAULTING SECRETARY.—Yester day an elderly man, named Thomas Farmer, a glass bottle dealer in Thomas-street, at the back of Kennington Park, committed suicide by shooting himself. For many years past the deceased had been connected with several building and other benefit societies, and from his re- spectable position had been appointed to various offices of trust and responsibility. Amongst other positions he held was that of secretary to the Loyal United Friends Gift Fund, Lodge 31, held at the Lamb and Hare Tavern, Lower Kennington-lane. For some time past there had been suspicions in the minds of the trustees of that fund about the money, and the result was that an examination of the books was made, when it was found that there were defalcations to the extent of about £7O. The trus- tees communicated with the deceased upon the subject, and he made several proposals for the refunding of the money, which he admitted he had appropriated. No ar rangement having been come to, however, the trustees determined to take proceedings against the deceased. A summons was applied for and granted, being made re turnable on Tuesday last at Lambeth Police-court. The defendant, however, did not appear, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On the officer proceeding yesterday morning to execute it, he was answered at the door by a female membor of the family, and whilst in conversation with her a loud report of firearms was heard to proceed from the rear of the house, and the deceased was found lying in a pool of blood with his head and face in a most horrible state. By his side was lying a double-barrelled gun, with which the deceased had shot himself by dis charging one of the barrels in his mouth. The second bar rel was loaded with ball, and the nipple was capped. Med i cal aid was at once called in, but death must have been in stantaneous. FANNY KEMBLE ON LADY MACBETH.—In a mo mentary absence of memory, a friend of mine once sug gested to me the idea that Lady Macbeth's exclamation in the sleeping scene—" The Thane of Fife had a wife; whore is she now ?"—was a conscience-stricken reference to herself and her own lost condition. Of course the hypothesis was immediately abandoned on the recollection that Macbeth never had been Thaue of Fife, and that it is Macduff's slaughtered mate Lady Macbeth is dreaming of—the poor dame who, with all her pretty chickens, was destroyed at one fell swoop by Lady Macbeth's murderous cruelty. The conversation that ensued led me to reflect on this mis taken suggestion of my friend, as involving a much deeper mistake—an important psychological error. Not only the fact was not as suggested, but a fact of that na ture—viz., an accusing return upon herself by Lady Macbeth—could not be. Lady Macbeth, even in her sleep, has no qualms of conscience ; her remorse takes none of the tenderer forms akin to repentance, nor the weaker ones allied to fear, from the pursuit of which the tortured soul, seeking where to hide itself, not seldom escapes into the boundless wilderness of madness A very able article, published some years ago in the " National Review," on the character of Lady Macbeth, insists much upon an opinion that she died of remorse, as some palliation of her crimes, and mitigation of our detestation of them. That she died of wickedness would be, I think, a juster verdict. Remorse is conscious ness of guilt—often, indeed, no more akin to saving con trition than the faith of devils, who tremble and believe, is to saving faith—but still consciousness of guilt ; and that, I think, Lady Macbeth never had ; though the un recognised pressure of her great guilt killed her. I think her life was destroyed by sin, as by a disease of which she was unconscious, and that she died of a broken heart, while the impenetrable resolution of her will remained unbowed. The spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak ; the body can sin but so much, and survive ; and other deadly passions besides those of violence and sensuality can wear away its fine tissues, and determine its wonder ful fabric. The woman's mortal frame succumbed to the tremendous weight of sin and suffering which her im mortal soul had power to sustain ; and, having destroyed its temporal house of earthly sojourn, that soul, unex hausted by its wickedness, went forth into its now abode of eternity.—Fanny Kemble, in Macmillan's Magazine for February. 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Important Caution.—Bew are of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously att ached -- In tins at is. 14d.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. ; 2 lbs., 4s. 6d,; 5 lbs. 118.; 12 lbs., 225. ; 24 lbs., 405.—BiaitY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. THE CHESHIRE HUNT. Bally's Magazine for the present month contains the following biography of Mr. Corbet, master of the Cheshire hounds :—"Mr. Reginald Corbet, the master of the Cheshire hounds, is the eldest son of Mr. Richard Corbet, of Adderley, and grandson of Sir Andrew Corbet, of Acton Reynald, Bart. That the subject of our memoir has claims to the master ship of the Cheshire may be inferred from the fact of his grandfather having been in partnership with Mr. J. Corbet, of Sandown. Castle, in the hounds when they hunted thatvast extent of country from Shrews bury to Warwick, at the beginning of the present century, having their headquarters at Stratford on-Avon. Mr. Corbet was educated at Harrow, from whence he went up to Oxford, where he did not let the study of the dead languages interfere with that of the manners and customs of the fox and hare, which were uppermost in his thoughts, while he had a greater admiration for Nimrod than for Julius Caesar, and gave the preference to Diana over all the other heathen deities ; for from four to five days out of the seven saw him at the covert side in the prosecution of his study of the ferx naturz of Oxfordshire. in the year 1849 Mr. Corbet established a pack of beagles, which very shortly, according to the anticipations of his father and friends, developed themselves into harriers, which, in four or five years, not only afforded him consider able amusement, but gave him a good knowledge of hunting, which is very scare among many who figure at the covert side of the present day. In 1866, on the retirement of Earl Grosvenor from the Cheshire bounds, Mr. Corbet accepted the master ship, being the first gentleman who has occupied that position who was not strictly a Cheshire man One of the first steps in Mr. Corbet's policy was to hunt another day, giving his subscribers five days a week instead of four, which, it is almost needless to say, increased his popularity ; and so far from this proving a tax upon the raw material, the foxes actually increased, and thrived upon the additional exercise that was afforded them; and during his entire tenure of office he has given perfect satisfac tion in a country where real fox hunting is so tho roughly appreciated. And this will be better under stood when we reflect he had to tread in the steps of a Barry, a .Maiuwaring, a Shakerley, a White, and a Grosvenor, whose names for generations appear in the book of the Tarporley Club., In the field Mr. Corbet is always with his hounds, ever anxious to show sport. Both master and men are well mounted, there being between forty and fifty horses in the stables in first-rate hunting condition ; and at the expiration of each seasin they are sold by auction without reserve. His country is well sup plied with foxes, as up to the end of December they had brought forty-four brace to hand, and ran L eighteen brace to ground. And we may observe with great truth that all classes, from the highest to the lowest in the county, combine with a united effort to promote sport, with a view of showing NAVAL AND Admiralty orders have been received at i Ports mouth Dockyard for the repairs and outfit o f the several armoured frigates now in hand at that port to be hurried forward as rapidly as the resourc es of the yard will permit. It is understood that the Channel Fleet, under the command of R ear- Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., will, on entering upon its summer cruise, proceed to Gibraltar, where it will join the Mediterranean Fleet, under the con i mand of Lord Clarence Paget, the united squadro . as afterwards participating in a series of important manoeuvres under steam and sail, separately and combined, under the direction and supervision of his Lordship. The Bullfinch, first-class twin screw gun-v essel, built under the shed in No. 2 Dock of Shee mess Dockyard, was floated into the basin yesterday. The ship is sister to the Magpie, launched from Portsmouth Dockyard on Wednesday, and is, one of 11 vessels of the same description now being built or refitted in the various Government dock- yards. She is built of wood, but is strengt;nened between decks with iron beams, and has been. con structed from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy. The engines of the ship will be made by Messrs. Rennie and Co., of Lon don, and will be of 160 horse power, nominal, driv. ing two propellers of the Mangin pattern. The ship was floated on Wednesday afternoon, and prepared for the ceremony yesterday. She will carry three guns—one 6f-ton, and two 40-pounder guns, all made so as to act as broadside guns. Precisely at half-past one o'clock Miss M. Hall, daughter of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., superintendent of Sheer ness dockyard, broke the usual bottle of wine and wished success to the Bullfinch. A mallet and chisel having been handed to Miss Hall, the rope detain ing the vessel was severed, and the Bullfinch, drawn by the labourers of the yard, slowly left her housing for the great basin, where she will be refitted with all possible despatch. A great number of naval and military officers and ladies were present. The band of the 13th Kent Artillery Volunteers performed before and after the ceremony. At the time of christening the ship drew forward 4ft. 8/in. and aft 6ft. 10in. of water. The following are her di mensions:—Length between perpendiculars, 170 ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 151 ft. 7 1 1 in. ; breadth extreme, 29ft. Oiin. ; breadth for tonnage,2Bft. Bin. ; breadth, moulded, 28ft. 2in. ; depth of hold, 12ft. sin. ; burden in tons, 664 11-94. The keel and framework of another vessel of the same dimen sions as the Bullfinch have been prepared, and the ship will be got on with at once. The hydraulic propelled gun-vessel Waterwitch, Commander P. Sharp, having been completed in alterations and repairs at Portsmouth, has been put through trials of her machinery and speed prior to'sailing on a competitive Channel cruise, with the twin screw gun vessel Viper. The trial of the ship's engines took place with highly satisfactory results on Saturday last off Spithead, Mr. John Dudgeon, the head of the firm who manufactured the engines for the Admiralty, being present. On Wednesday the ship made her trial of speed over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, her draught of water being lift. 2in. forward, and lift. gin. aft, or a mean draught of llft. slin. The mean of six runs over the mile with full boiler power gave the ship a speed of 8.880 knots per hour, with an indicated power by the engines of 785 horse. Four runs with half-boiler power gave the, ship a speed of seven knots per hour, with an indicated power by the en gines of 370 horse. The engines fully sustained their reputation for development of power, smooth ness of motion, and general efficiency. Any further trials of speed made with the ship should be made with experimental alterations in the blades of the turbine or water wheel, or in the trial of a dif ferent form of wheel. The engines of the shi p , as the driving power of the wheel, are perfect. The following appointments we re made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Fr ederick Walter, Lieut. John S: Brome, and Lieut. Harr y T. Gren fell, to the Bristol ; Lieut. William Dutby, to the Simoom ; Edward D. Herbert, paymaster, to the Bristol ; Charles Leigh, paymaster, to the Bristol, additional, for special service with naval cadets ; N. J. Beale, assist.-paymaster, to the Bristol, and W. H. Rae, clerk, to the Bristol. RAILWAY AND 02 HEIR COMPANIES. CALEDONIAN. An extraordinary general meeting of this com pany was held at Glasgow yesterday ; Colonel Salkeld, the chairman, presided. About 1,000 shareholders were present. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was called to re ceive the report of the committee appointed at the meeting on the 29th nit., to consider the question of dealing with the accounts of the company in future, and to propose a partial or total retirement of the directors. He regretted that the committee had ignored the most important question sub mitted to them, that of dealing with the accounts, m e a hoped and h thatHe was the sorry meet ingthat would finally settle that six directors bad that day resigned, because he would give a ple d g e a tt matter. not to use the proxies in electing new directors in room of those retiring by the recommendation of the committee. Mr. JAMES HonEn, chairman of the Share holders' Committee, moved the adoption of a reso lution recommending thatt the committee be in structed to frame a scheme for the reconstruction of the board, and that the scheme be considered at a meeting to be held on the 26th inst. ; the com mittee to have power to issue proxies. Mr. J. MILLER, of Edinburgh, moved an amend ment to the effect that the committee had not car ried out the terms of their remit, and had pursued an unwarranted, dictatorial course as to retirement and election of the directors, and therefore that their report be not approved. The motion of Mr. Hozier was carried by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN moved that the recommendation of the directors in the circular of the 6th of Feb ruary with reference to the mode of dealing with the accounts be adopted. The resolution was negatived. Several other resolutions were proposed but not put. Among them one asked the chairman to re sign, another that he should be superseded in the chair by Mr. Hozier. Colonel MullE, one of the directors who resigned on the question of using proxies, charged the chair man with breach of faith in that matter, which the chairman denied. The meeting throughout was very noisy, and much feeling was shown against and in favour of the directors. The Chairman and Mr. Miller d emanded a p ol l on their motions, which was grant ed. The res ult Mr. HOZIER against will A be pr o announced e n o t e n r ' e r d u e s b da y next. y the directors using proxies, which were alleged to have been obtained by misrepresentation. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at the London Tavern--Col. Pear • son in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it contained all that it was necessary to place before the shareholders, bet ther e were some facts to which he would allude. Theirs wa s one o f the largest mineral carrying c ompanies in the king dom as compared with the passengers c arried, and when the depression which had generally prevailed in the mineral trade was considered, the company might be congratulated on the manner in which it had held its ground. The iron trade was exceed ingly buy in 1860, while during the last half year the trade was in such a condition that one of the largest establishments had stopped work, while others were only on half work ; yet, notwith standing, the iron ore carried during the last year had exceeded by 23 per cent. that carried in the flourishing year of 1860. Then, too, the coal traffic had increased by 57 per cent., and he need not tell them that had the iron trade been in a good condition the coal carried would have greatly increased, He them referred to the pottery car - TVIIA7 THE PRESIDENT SAID. There is an extraordinary statement in the letter of the Standard's correspondent, dated Washington, Jan. 21, and several American papers allude to the same subject :—" The President said yesterday to a friend of the writer, ' I believe in the people. They may _ _ _ sometimes be deceived—it sometimes takes a bloody revolution like that through which we have j ust passed, or like that which may be before us, to set a country right upon principle: But I hope that these dis orders may be settled without bloodshed. . . . I am glad to say that there is a better feeling in the army. Thesp Radical destructives fancy that they can do what they please ; but, if they go on in this way, with their attacks upon the Supreme Court and upon the Executive—all aiming at the liberties of the people, the people may find it necessary to take the work of correction into their own hands. . . Congress abuses me worse than a pickpocket. I desire to preserve the decorum due from one de partment of the Government to another ; but 1 don't know but the time has come to handle them (the Congressmen) without gloves.' I may be pardoned for repeating the President's exact lan guage, and for adding that when Mr. Johnson speaks of correction by the people he does not allude to the peaceful remedy of the ballot. And here one may refer to an interview between the Presi dent and a correspondent of the New York World. Mr. Johnson said that, :though ' for a long time it required firmness to act up to the conviction that the demands of the Constitution are more imperative than those of Congress, and it was like breaking thick ice to break through the crust of prejudice that intervened between the perceptions of the multitude and the President's real motives,' the country had become better advised, and the Presi dent's duty much lighter. The Radicals in Con gress, he thought, were desperate. They were aware that they were losing ground in the North ; they hoped to retrieve their loss by the full conquest of the South. They were ' capable of employing any means—constitutional or unconstitutional—to get rid of the President, or shear away his powers.' Their evidence' in support of impeachment had been obtained by the person Ashley' and others, by ransacking brothels and low slums, and accepting testimony from the lips of a felon.' The President proceeded at length to denounce the revolutionary measures' of Congress : he de clared it to be his duty to defend the Constitution 'from a nd every assailant.' He considered the Executive utive Department at the present time su perior to Congress. At all times its power was equal to that of Congress. The President was elected as directly by the people as Congress, and was therefore as much a representative of the people. Representatives were chosen once in two years, to be sure ; but Senators were chosen once in six years, and the President once in four years. If the frequency of elections were an argument for superior power, the President had more power than the Senate. Mr. Johnson consi dered the Supreme Court equally independent with the Executive, of legislation by Congress. Ile was fully aware of the partisan object of the important bills now before Congress. The Pre sident then dwelt upon the effect of theßadical policy upon the country. The North was suffering great commercial depression ; in the South ' the cot ton interest had nearly died out;' the Congres sional policy was making paupers of the Southern people ; the South was able to support no part of the public burdens, the cost of collecting the re venue in the South being actually greater than the amount of revenue received. Mr. Johnson pointed to Tennessee—where 70,000 black and white voters control the destiny of 800,000 white persons repre senting the intelligence and respectability of the State—as a model' of Congressional reconstruc tion. Of Congress Mr. Johnson said, further— ' I consider the Extremists, who have violated their own express declaration of the object of the war, and who are dishonouring the Constitution every day that they proceed with this damning policy towards the South—l consider these men, I say, far more inconsistent than, and quite as treason able as, any rebel who fought in the Southern armies.' If a proper policy of moderation had been adopted, Mr. Johnson said, long ere this the South might have been set on its legs again,' and peace and prosperity restored. The President concluded his remarks by saying that a new revo lution would be far more disastrous than the late civil war ; that he would ' leave special measures for special occasions ;'; and that he believed in the young men, who would not permit a revolution to be accomplished, even though it might be neces sary for the people to take the matter into their own hands." [ArivEnnsEmErr.] -- Holloway's Pills. D ar k and cheerless indeed is the present season, when the weekly deaths aro far above the average. • The cause is probably diffused through the dense damp fogs which have been so prevalent of late. These pills purify the blood which has been contaminated by foul gases, and give tone to the nervous system, whereby typhus, typhoid, gastric, and bilious fevers are warded off. Holloway's pills are also the best known promoters of digestion, the surest regu lators of the liver, and the most valued and effective of all aperients. When health is impaired, with loss of appetite, vigour, and sleep, this medicine will be found a certain restorative, and will rarely fail to effect a cora -1 plate cure, Births. DERRIMAN—On the 12th inst., at 23, Prince's-gardens , Hyde-park, the wife of Captain Derriman, R.N., of daughter. MILLIKEN—On the 11th inst., at Derby, the wife of Ernest Milliken, Esq., of a son. SMART—On the 12th inst., at 166, Southgate-road, Mrs. John Smart, of a daughter. Marriages. BARCLAY—BUXTON— n the 12th inst., at West ED O ' Robert, eldest son of J. Gurney Barclay, Esq., Knott'v, green, Levton, to Elizabeth Ellen, second daug hter T. Fowell Buxton, Esq., of Ham House, West lion. CROITIILEY—DysoN-00 the 12th hitt., at Netherthong , near Huddersfield, William Crouchley, of Merton, Sur rey, to Ellen, daughter of the late W. Dyson, of Nether' thong. Deaths. BROWNE—On the 12th inst., at 103, Gloucester - pl ace ' Portman-square, Robert Browne, Esq., aged 75. CHASE —On the 12th inst., at 31, Nottingham-place , gent's-park, Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan Charles Chase, late Madras L.C. LEMON—On the 12th inst., atCarelew, Cornwall, Sir Cll o ' Lemon, Bart., aged 84. Trit/ MoRRIS - On the 9th inst., at Atherstone, Joseph 3-° Esq., aged 75. MourtisoN—On the sth inst at Blackrock, Dublin, CaP taill Hans Morrison, late 60th Rifles. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AND2'gfi ° s of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRH SUN WIC% No Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Coln/ Dliddlesex.--Friclay, February 14, 1868.