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

81IDDEN 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. No 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 ho 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. fir. 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, 18G9. THE COST OF A GENERAL ELECTION. The Daily News estimates the cost of the last general election. It is, of course, impossible to give anything like an estimate of the real expenses of that appeal, for 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 kir boroughs in Wales ; one county in Scotland ; and thirteen counties and three boroughs in Ireland. There was another serious omission, for in many cases the elected member,s 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 £360,108 0 71 Towns... 304,069 19 8 £604,178 0 31 Ireland —Counties 44,768 8 5 ~ Towns... 24,603 16 31 — Scotland—Counties ::',2,244 12 1 Towns... 17,743 4 7 Wales Counties 12,095 5 4 PI Towns... 4,211 18 11 69,372 4 8:1, 49,987 16 S 16,307 4 3 Total £739,845 5 101 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 147 county seats in England ; so that the average would be about £2,041. 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 £1,07 5, and of borough seats £l7O. 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 seat 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 lefeated candidates who declined to comply with the )rder of the House of Commons, the cost of each seat :s raised to £1,288. Even this figure is merely an approximate one, for the disclosures before the Bribery :!ommissions sheaved incontestably that many candidates ;pent ten times as much as the sums given in the off:c:al returns. There were some remarkable contrasts in the listribution of the immense expenditure at the last elec tion. Mr. Milbank, who came in at the head of the poll for the North hiding 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 £7,208 in contesting the city of Dublin, while the member for Downpatrick got into Parliament for the modest ex penditure of £1 10s. It may be hoped that the new Bribery Act will be effectual in lessening 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 Abergeld ie. His Royal Highness and suite breakfasted in the railway refreshment room4t, and left by the 9.15 a.m. train. JEWISH CONVERTS IN RusslA.—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 Paulett's carriage, and one of them came round collecting. One 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. F. 4 )IIRUB.— 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 ,:.abin 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 rum, 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 mixture 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 foi the shore. When next year Captain revisited that harbour, not a drop would the chief touch. He was the first and only member of the first temperance society eAI:gidagRICATI 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 passing 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 public, 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 cf the Pharmaceutical Society by the 31st of December next, certificates as set forth in the schedule that he 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 he 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, 1368." MURDER OF AN ENTIRE FAMILY. Four Arabs, named Dahman-Ould Ali-Moussa, Larbi- Ould-Larad, Larbi-Ould-Cada, 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-Gernals 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-Germes 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-Germes always had in readiness quite an arsenal of defensive weapons. Notwithstanding these precautions, the whole family were discovered, on the morn ing of the 29th 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-Germs and his wife had evidently struggled hard with their murderers, who must have consisted of several persons. The house had 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 feur prisoners. The chief criminal appears to have hen Dahman-Ould Ali-Moussa, a notorious thief, and who had frequently Lad relations with Saint G einfes 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-Cada, 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. THE SHEFFIELD TRADE UNIONIST CASE.—At Leeds Assizes Justice Lush sentenced the three mcn, Armstrong, Hinclicliffe, and Sanderson, to four months' imprison ment. PROSECUTION OF AN UNQUALIFIED MEDICAL PRAC TITIONER.—At the Hales Owen Petty Sessions, Thomas Holland, of Oldbury, was charged, under the 27th, 36th, 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 fiiendly 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 fur 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 ever 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, is 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 prisoner 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 qurirter of Mr. Clements's premises. The jury convicted the accused, and the Lord Chief Justice sentenced him to twenty years' penal servitude. 3ERIOUS CASE OF GAROTTING. -- At the Southwark rolice-court, Thomas Condon was charged with assaulting Miss Mary Curling, the daughter of the chaplain an,: rector of St. Saviour's Church, Soutliwark, and robbing her of a portion of a gold chain, worth .E 5, in Union street, Borough. The prosecutrix was passing raviours- Alley, Union-street, about noon, when the prisoner rushed up against her, seized her by the throat with one hand and snatched her gold guard chain with the other. He 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 more of them, and the prisoner escaped. When apprehended the prisoner made a state ment to the effect that hunger had driven him to the com mission of the offence laid to Lis charge. The magistrate committed the case for trial. MONSTER CONTRIBUTION TO TIIE POOR RATE.-- The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board is about to make 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 had been signed in favour of the parish, and would be handed over as soon as certain preliminary wypirepents in the Poor-law Board had bceu settled. HOLBORN VALLEY VIADUCT. The Holborn Valley Viaduct and improvements form 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 the 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. In 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 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 once 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 toile 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 Bourne," 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 whole 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 couprehensive. 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. Haywood's plans, iu fact, CJll template the formation of what may be called a new district, with three new streets independent of the Viaduct itself. When all is completed, these new thoroughfares and their approaches will be a boon to the metropolis second to none in the way of street improvemen t. 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, oect.pying 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 stool on the south side of Holborn-hill, the greater portion of the of l 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 Jou ] )le system of arches. Those which support the roadway 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 mencement 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 bezo.nes 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 cilars, 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 111- 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 that 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 had 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 ne.trly 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 uudanged, 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 , turbed, emitted so obnoxious an effluvium that the most powerful disinfectants had to be used. At the corner of Ilatton-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 vLry rusty, but firmly riveted ou 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 MINIINNINiIMM/NOP some interesting relics of bygone times might have been brought to light. One of the prettiest features of the whole Viaduct is the bridge which will cross Farringdon- street. It is to be in three spans, and its total length will be 117 feet and its width 80 feet. It is what is called askew bridge—that is to say it crosses the road diagonally, the angle being 52 degrees from the straight line. The three spans are formed thus-66 feetspan is given to the arch over the Farringdon-street roadway, and the two side spans are formed by the arches over the footways, each of which is to be a little more than the width of the present spacious pavement. The bridge will consist of six cast-iron orna mental ribs, the two outer ones, which will be seen from either side, being of a most elaborate Gothic character. Where the spans over the footway meet the great centre arch, the six ribs are to be sup ported on hexagon granite columns, six, of course, at each side. The iron ribs have not been fixed, but the granite columns look more stately. They are five feet in diameter, and are formed at the lowest face of grey granite, then a moulding of black granite, polished, then the hexagon column of red granite, also polished and surmounted with a polished capital of black granite. The granites are from Aberdeen, Devon, Guernsey, and the Ross of Mull. At the four corners of the abutments me four demi-columns of polished granite of the same kind, but beyond this the interior columns o f the abutments on the sideway from the kerb are of richly-carved Portland-stone. The effect of the whole when com pleted will be strikingly beautiful—indeed, there will be no viaduct of its kind like it in all Eng land. Between the 12 main columns which carry the centre arch are powerful cross-bracing frames of cast-iron. Little now remains to be done before the six main ribs are laid, and the bridge in all its great architectural and engineering features will be finished before the close of the year. The pierced iron balustrade which is to bound the footway on eacb side is of most elaborate design, and so also aro the lamps with which the bridge will be lighted. The four outer capitals of the granite columns which support the side spans are to be surmounted with bronze statues. Cer tainly the city authorities are sparing no expense to make this bridge —as it well deserves to be —the great ornamental feature of the whole Viaduct. At each corner of this bridge four flights of steps, each about 11 feet wide, will give access from Farringdon-street to the higher level of the Viaduct. Each of these stairways is to be en closed in stone structures, ample light and ventila tion being given to them. There will he four land ings on each flight of steps, which are to be formed of single slabs of Park Spring stone, of such a size that special trucks must be constructed to bring them up by rail. The buildings at the four corners of the Viaduct will rise several stories above its level. The space beneath the steps will be ap propriated for shops or warehouses, and above the steps the floors are to be utilized as offices and for general commercial purposes. The structures which are to adorn the four cor ners of this beautiful bridge the City Improve ment Committee have most \I 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 uew Smithfield Market; and the third will lead up to the Viaduct from 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 PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION R.:MI[ 7 A 3'. 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, tghe withdrawal of the its adoption, remarked thaTtheheCidiAe lellp3lfyAlcregrettedin i n. 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 d i ffi cu l t i es. Th e same measure might be introduced next session, but as to that he could not say. At th e same t i me th e principle of the clause he had allud e d t o h av i ng b een agreed to by all the companies, an d b y w hi c h the whcle of the circumstances of the case would have been referred t. arbitration, he did not conceive _ ----..- that there could be much difficulty in coming to au 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 doing what was right ; and, although the present entanglements had caused great inconvenience to the shareholders and debenture -holders it might after all be productive of advantage to both here afOr. 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 tem 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 cd 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 coul I assure them that when the pro perty of the company became hopeless, the directors would tell them and advise them respecting it. He consilered that it was not so at the present time, but that they were justified in going on and making the most of it. He concluded by moving the adop tion of the report. Mr. EDWIN HUMBY 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 small loop, little over a mile, would joim them to that line, and let them through the Thames Tunlel to the east end of London, which would yield them a very large traffic. He believed their agreement with the Dover Company was not binding, and he therefore saw no reason why they should not get clear of them. Mr. MAYNARD, the solicitor to the company, stated as to the agreement referred to that no doubt the capital of the company was raised under a pros pectus wherein it was stated that an arrangement had been made with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company for working the line on certain advantageous terms. While, however, that ar rangement was represented as an accomplished fact, the formalities required to render it legally binding were never completed, and it was therefore invalid. When, however, the line was opened, an arrange ment was entered into between the contractors and the Dover Company whereby the latter agreed to work the line at cost price, and that arrangement was said to have received the tacit assent of the then directors, as to which he knew nothing, as the pre sent board was not then in existence. They, 113w ever, did work the line under that arrangement with the contractors, who failed before the first year of the working of it had expired; and when the coin pany was before the Vice-Chancellor on a recent oc casion he held that the directors had complied with the arrangement by allowing it to go on. Under these circumstances the Dover Company still retained possession of the line, but a suit had just been insti tuted by a debenture-holder, with the full concur rence of the board, which would determine the occu pation, and decide what payment the company should receive for the use of their line. Mr. BuaKE, Q.C., as a debenture-holder rather than as a shareholder of the company, also repudiated the manner in which the line was worked by the Dover Company, who evidently reaped all the ad vantages of it. lie would have the directors nego tiate with that company, and if they could not come to a better understanding with them, let them join some of the other southern lines. Mr. MAYNARD —We have had interview after interview with the directors of that company, but we could never get them to commit themselves to anything. The CHAIRMAN—And I have told them over and over again that we would listen to no arrangement which would not enable us to pay our debenture holders. Mr. BURKE said, under these circumstances, they ought to bring in a bill themselves, which would enable them to form an alliance with some of the other companies. The CHAIRIIIN stated that he had himself com municated with the directors of the East London R tilway on the subject of an amalgamation, but as £65,000 was required to connect the two lines be fore that could be effected he was afraid it was hopeless. This company had not the money, neither, he believed, had the East London. The report was then adopted unanimously. The other business have been gone through, a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors ter minated the proceedings. 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 lie should have voted with the Conservative party. He had, however, always voted independent of any party. PENRHYN AND FALMOUTH.—On 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 imperfections, 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 confidence in their ability to return Sir John Murray. There was a meeting on Tuesday, 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 addressed a meeting there, and was thanked for his past services, and voted a fit and proper person to represent Stirlingshire in the next Parliament. —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.— Scotsman. SOUTHAMPTON. -On Wednesday night Mr. George Moffatt, the present Liberal member, and Captain Maxse, R.N., who comes forward as his colleague, addressed the electors at the Victoria I0oins„ The meeting was very crowded, and of apt ,enthusiastic character. Mr. Moffatt made a lengthened speech upon the chief political topics of -the flay, 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. SroKE-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 unsucc,:ssful. 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 (E Lrl 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 Goldsin id, at pre sent member for lioniton, 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 goo d an d ev il 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 for 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 their children ; aud, should other means fail, an approach at least to the compulsory system will be absolutely required. And, 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." TO En HAMLETS.—Mr. E. Bales 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 paE:sed. WORCESTER (CITY).---At last the address of the Conservative candidate is out. Mr. Laslett, who unsuccessfully contested East Worcestershire with the Hon. G. C. Lyttelton only a few weeks ago, offers- himself. His present principles are well known. Ile strongly opposes th 3 diseudowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church ; but in oth€r 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. Padmore, one of the present Liberal members, retires ; 11Ir. Siierriff, the other (Liberal) member, offers himself for re-elec tion ; and Sir Francis Lycett and Alderman llill are the other Liberal candidates. A working man named Airey also offers himself. WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST).-I\ll'. F. Vernon has ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. BARNSTAPLE. —Several 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 Stucky, the present Conservative MX., ; 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. CnELSEA..—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 upon as certain. Sir Henry is a staunch supporter of Mr. Gladstone. CORNWALL (EAST).—Sir John Trela %ray and Mr. Brydgos Williams attended a large meeting at Cal liugton, on, Wednesday afternoon. A resolution declaring that they were fit and proper persons to represent the constituency was passed unani mously. DEVON (NORTH). —The Hon. 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. GATESILEAD.—Sir 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. Gladst )ne 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." GLAMORGANSIIIRE.—From a report published just before the general election in 1865 it appeared that the strength of the Liberals at that time is 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 iu 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. I❑ 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. R. M. Talbot and Mr. 11. 11. Vivian. 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 El ward Cave, Esq., was carried unanimously : " That this meeting, having heard 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 Mr. Charles Reed will attend. NOTTINGIIA3I.—A meeting of the supporters of Sir Robert J. Clifton was held at the Maypole issued au address to the electors, in which he states that he will not again seek to represent the division in Parliament. WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST).—The two present me►nbers for this division, Mr. P. Winn Knight and Mr. Dowdeswell (both Conservativs), offer them selves for re-election, and yesterday issued their addresses. TIIE BETTING LIST QUESHON. 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 bating with persons resorting to the Wolverhampton races. Their names are—William Morton, of Pearson street ; Simeon Collier, Plough Inn, John's-lane ; and William Hicklin, King's Head Inn, Wolver hampton ; and Joseph Oneley, Manchester ; John Ilibbert, Nottingham ; John Adamson, Bilston ; E. F. Pritchard, of London ; and John Stirk, of London. Oneley's case only was gone into. It 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 d9wn 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, £lO to the Smth 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 Artil:ery at Shoeburyness, Colonel R.A., being promoted to the rank of •ajar-General, consequent on the demise of Gen. Scott, IRA., will vacate the appointment of Colonel- Commandant of the School of Gunnery ; Colonel is er , 8.A., Chief instru.tor of the School of .- unnery, whose period of staff service shortly ex ires, will also leave; and Lieut.-Colonel Curtis, R.A., will soon follow, his period of staff service being up at the beginning of next year. This officer gained great popularity with the Artillery iolunteers at the annual meeting under the Volun teer Artillery Association, which has just terminated with such signal success. Yesterday the division at Aldershott had a field day and sham fight, when instructive and interest ing manoeuvres were execute]. The troops formed op at 10 o'clock, under the command of Major- General H. Renny, and took up a position under cover of Miles'-hill and Eelmoor-ridges, facing the 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 oppose an enemy supposed to be on the march from Farn borough to Farnham, and to have intrenched him self on the plateau in front of the Queen's Hotel. [he enemy was represente] by a battery of Royal Horse Artillery, the 2d Battalion 6th Regiment, and the mounted provosts, under the command of Col. Elkington, of the 6th Regiment. A half bat- Nry 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 Provost- Nlarshal Trout, were further in advance, in splendid line. the 6th Regt., covered by skirmishers, was in rear, under cover of the trench intersecting Cove cornmon. The cavalry division was under the command of Brigadier-General White, C. 8., the artillery division under Colonel &ay th, C.B. The int antry was formed iota two divisions—the first commanded by Major-General Carey, C. 8., and the second by Colonel Kirkland, 2d battalion sth Fusiliers. Major Goodenough, brigade najor, Royal Artillery, and Major Wood, V.O , brigade-major of General Horsford'a bri gade, acted as . assistant adjutant-generals. lu fantry regiments were furnished with 15 rounds of blank ammunition per man ; the mounted corps were without valises, and the infantry without knapsacks. At half-past 10 o'clock General Renny ordered the division to advance, and immediately a strong line of skirmishers doubled forward to the banks of the canal. The crests of Miles's a nd Pyestock hills were occupied by batteries of ar tillery, and these commenced a heavy fire, which was quickly responded to by the artillery of the enemy. The skirmishers passed over the bridges without delay and delivered their fire, those on the right lying down, while those on the left brought their left shoulders forward and fought their way through Pyestock-wood. At the same time the sth Dragoon Guards passed over Eelmoor stone,,bride - „e and charged the eneiny'd cavalry, which fell back upon the main body. Ultimately the whole force of the enemy retired to its intrenchments, and recommenced a heavy fire upon the advancing masses of the division, which formed line at about 800 yards from the base of the hill occupied by the enemy, and fired iude pendently. From the commencement of the action the artillery had maintained a cross fire from both flanks, besides answering the enemy's batteries. The cavalry also made threatening demonstrations from both flanks. The enemy, however, was not idle, but brought forward the 6th Regiment to the crest of the plateau, and opened fire by sections at the now approaching divisions, while the cavalry commander, observing the leading battalion of the division in an exposed position, made a furious charge upon it--General Carey and the staff of the Ist division being figuratively captured. This brought the movements to a close, the en gagement having been by no means decisive, owing to the excellent strategy exhibited on both sides. The troops then formed up on the plateau and marched past, the artillery and cavalry in open ea" iumn of batteries and squadrons at a walk, and the infantry in open column of grand divisions in quick time. After marching past the troops diverged across the plain, and afterwards returned to their quarters. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Frederick R. Carr an d Lieut. Thomas de Houghton to the Bristol ; SO" Lieut. George M'llwaine to the Pal:as. Births. CLARKE—On the 11th inst., the wife of Lieut.-Colonel WY' C. Clarke, Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter. FERGUSON On the 13th inst., at 1, Greville-road, mond, the wife of R. S. Ferguson, of Lincolu's - in"' barrister-at-law, of a son. MAcLEAv—Ou the 11th inst., at 19, Gloucester-squa re ' Hyde-park, the wife of A. C a ld c l eug h M ac l eay, - „ a daughter. Marriages. j: CATTERNS —PRATT—On th e 12 t h i ns t ., at St. paa Greenwich, Richard C a tt erns, j un., E sq ., s olicitor, 36 Mark-lane, London, to Nellie, second daughter of $ 3112 Pratt, Esq., of Greenwich. FENWICK - - MARTIN —On the 12th inst., at St. Afatth i l '4 Cilure'd, Chapel Merton, Thomas Fcuwick, Esq, of Allertou Hill, to Elizabeth H ea th, eldest clang - liter - S. D. Martin, Esq., of Chapel Allertou near Leeds. Dea tbs. DuctrEsNE On the 12th inst., at Saffron Walden, 3,1.5. Dueliesne, aged 71. HAY— On the 11th inst., at 127, Sloane-street, of apoPit' ls '' George Guu Hay, Esq. MILLINGTON—Oa the 10th inst., at Dryntirion, ncar BO gor, John Millington, Esq., aged 84. PAIN—On the 9th inst., at Folkestone, John Pain, FA" aged 65. PococK—On the 11th inst., at 1, York-street, Portman square, Sir G e or ge B ar th o lomew Pocock, aged 90 ' „, RIMINGTON-0, 1 th e B t h i ns t. , at Weston - sup eA r Alex. Millington, Esq., formerly of Bombay, — --- London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDIdW", of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tits SUN 0,11 e), No 1 ; Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the C3u.ity Illidellosex.—Friday, August 14, UM THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1868.