The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

1 4,a 1745 11- SZT:V OFFICE, Seven, oTlock. TATTERSALL I S.—(This Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 agst Minos 12 to 1 agt Hoptless Star 12 to 1 agst Omer Pasba 16 to 1 agst Weathercock 20 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne 25 to 1 agst Escape NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mamas. METROPOLITAN STAKES. 6to 1 agat British Remedy 10 to 1 agst Madame Rachel 10 to 1 agst Lady Malcolm TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Layola Bto 1 apt Vedette Bto 1 agst Lambourn CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agat Leamington 25 to 1 agst Claret 30 to 1 agat Yellow Jack 30 to 1 agat Rogerthorpe 66 to 1 agst Cotswold 66 to 1 agst Swyndel Dbygga DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Blink Bonny 20 to 1 agst M.D. 30 to 1 agst Kent 30 to 1 agst Saunterer 40 to 1 agst Ack worth 40 to 1 agst Lambourn 45 to 1 agst Messenger SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCI-I.— ',This Day.) OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE CORPS. (BY B.RITISIT AND SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) This day the Session of the Legislative Corps was opened by the Emperor in person. After some general remarks, the Emperor said that the conflict between the King of Prussia and the Confederation, having lot all belligerent character, it might be hoped would soon receive a favourable solution. That the agreement between the Three Powers rendered the continued occupation of Greaca unnecessary. That the unfortunate differences with Naples had their origin in the desire entertained by England and France to promote the interests of humanity and civilisation. The Emperor then enlarged on the commercial activity of the c i►nntry, and the nature of credit, which, while producing marvellous re sults, caused, he said, by an increase of specula tion too frequently individual losi. Thence arose the necessity of watching its progress, stimulating some, moderating others, and of enlightening and directing the public mind. In regard t 3 the Budget, his Majesty said that the cost of the war would be entirely defrayed by past loans, and that no additional loan would be required for the current expenditure. After announcing five millions proposed to be allotted for the increase of SIDE.It (flit:ha salaries, he said twat from January 1, 1858, the war tax imposed nn the " Droits d'enregistrement," new producing 23 million?, would be abolished, and the deficiency met by a tix on persoml property. The Cayenne criminal e:t tblishment is to be.trans ferred to Algeria, for sanitary reason?. His Majesty concluded by saying, " I see for our country a future full of hope. France, without injuring the rights of any one, has t ikon iu the world that rank which belongs t.. 1 her ; and can safely devot3 herself to everything which. is conformable to the genius of peace. May God never cease to protaet France, and very soon may we be able to say of our epoch that which an illustrious statesman of our country has written of the CAl sulate, "La satisfaction etoit partout ; et qui qticonque n'avait pas dans le ca?ur les rnauvaises passions, etoit heureux du bonheur publique." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord FAVERSHAII presented a petition from the proprietors of the York Gazette, praying for an immediate Llteration of the law of libel, in consequence of the cicci bion htely given in the case of Davidson v. Duncan. Lord BROUGHAM also presented a petition from 'the Mftsrs. Baines, proprietors of the Leeds Me cury, complaining of the difficulty in which they were placed in consequence of the recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench, by which it appeared that the Ite, af forded no sound protection for publisher; either of newspapers or of books, or of the speeches or proceedings at ordinary ptiQ.c meetings, however regularly constituted in case of any Lbellous matter being reported. SEE OF LONDON. Viscount DUNGANNON said, on Thursday next he shoal(' ask a question of the Lord Privy Seal, whether there was aoy intention to brinf , in a bill this sesiion to divider the See of London, and alio whether there is any intention on the pert of the Government to introduce a bilt to provide retiring allowances to bishopS. JUDICIAL STATISTICS. Lard BROUGIiA brought in a bill which ha had placed upon the fatal last session, to facilitate the col lection of judicial sta.tistics. After a few words from the LARD CHANCELLOR the bill was read a first time. The Earl of CLARENDON PERSIA. said Olaf-, seeing the noble earl (Albemarle) bad a motion on the paptr fur this evening, be ventured to appeal to him, because at this moment negotiations were going on at Paris in re hpect to our rclationa with Persht. This morning be bad received a communication from Paris, statin g th at satis factory progress was being 'made, and under such cir cumstances, be thought that any diecu.9eion at the present moment would greatly endanger the bucoess of t 'lose negotiations. The Earl of ALBEMARLE said, under such circums stances, he would withdraw the motion that stood in hi name this evening. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. PRIVATE BILLS. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the noble lord the chairman of the committee on private bill s to the latest period fixed for the introduction of pr i va te h which ho believed was March 23. The noble and learned lltd, after alluding to two particular case s which died =ended th e spec i a l attent i on o f t h e i r lo rd shi p s , that such an or d er as h e b a d re f erre d to would said th atoccasion great injustice. Lord REDESDALE admitted the special character of the eases referred to, and said he should not offer the Tightest obstacle to the bills passing through the house. MR. S HEEPSHANKS' PICTURES. Lord AIONTEA.QLE moved for a copy of any cor respondence betweea her Majesty's Government and Mr tures Sheepto the natioshanks respn. ecting th e g if t o f his collection of pic- Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was impos sible to speak too highly of Mr. Sheepshanks, w h o h a d exercised great tast e , and expended a l arge sum of money In making the collection. (LNXT Bruzilia.) HOUSE Cr COMINOII3--(Thi s Evenino. ) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'cl oc k . • NEW MEMBERS. Mr. CLAY took the oaths and his seat for Tfull. Mr. CLIVX took the oaths and his seat for Hereford. PRIVATE BUSTNE,S. The following bills were read a second time, and or - Allintic Telegraph Corn dared t o b o . committed : pang ; Australian Agricultural PO ID pany ; Bedale and Leyburn Railway ; Briton Ferry Docks ; Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Company ; Cannock Mineralßailw a y (No. 1) ; Cardigan Ma rkets and Improvements ;Cork Gas ; Elie Har bour ; Guildford G as ' ; Ihslingden and Tod morde n Roads ; Herne R ay and Faversham Rail way ; Kidagrove Market Town Hall , &c.; Landport and South sea' lmprovement • Langoort, Sorerton, and Caitleoary Roads ; Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks ; Lowestoft Wate, Gas, and Market ;;Manchester, Sheffie'd, and Liu coinshiro R a il wa y (Buxton and Cleethorpek) ; Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Romiley, &c.); Marlton% and Ilagen's Sufferance Wharves ; Midland - Great Western Railway of Ireland (Sligo Extension) ; Midland Great Western Rail way of Ireland (Tullamore Lint) ; Milford Improvement; Mordon Cairs Drainage ; New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Cora . tintkr ; Ilewcastll-under-Lyme and Leek Roads ; Nor- , ~-~'-i :..~„ wich and Spalding Railway ' • North-Eastern and Hartle pool Dock and Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Prestwich, Bury, and Radcliffe Roads ; St. Helen's Canal and Railway ; Stlby and Market Weighton Road ; Shrewsbury Gas ; South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Junction t Dartford, &c.) ; &uth-Eastern Railway (Reading, &o.) ; South Shields Gas ; South Stafford shire Water ; Sunken Vessels Recovery Company ; West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway and North- Eastern Railway Companies Amalgamation; Westmin ster Terminus Railway Extension (Clapham to Nor wool Abandonment) ;• West of Fife Mineral]Railway ; and Wiliennall (Wolverhampton) Gas. MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN. Lord CA STLEROSSE, comptroller of the houseboll, ap peared at the bar of the house with her Majesty's reply to an address to her, on the motion of Mr. Napier, for the ap pointment of an officer of public justice. Her Majesty's greet) is reply stated that Her Majesty had received the address for the forMatiOn of a department of public justice, and that Her Majesty had given di rections that th e su bj ec t s h ou ld rece i ve th a t attentive consideration which it demanded. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYT 7gR a new writ was ordered for the borough of Colchester, in the room of Lord John Manners, who bas accepted the office of Steward of the Hundred of Hempenhdme. CEYLON: Mr. - BYNG asked the Secretary of State for the Colo nies when it was his intention to lay before the house the last annual report of the Governor of Ceylon on the state of that colony; and whether he would, at the same time, furnish a copy of the letter of Viscount Torrington to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the same subject, under date Jan. 17, 1857? Mr. L A.BOIJC EIERE said that the report alluded to, which formed the ordinary bluebook, would be placed on the table at the usual time, about March, and that he should have no objection to produce Viscount Tor rington's letter, if moved for. VACCINATION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Vice-President of the Board of Health when the Committee on Vaccination agreed to by the Gavernment during the last session was to be appointed. Mr. COWPER, said he proposed to bring in this ses sion a bill similar to that of last year, and then refer it to a stlect committee, with the understanding that the committee should report on it. He hoped to bring in the bill in a few days. Mr. BRADY said the answer was so satisfactory that he withdrew his question of a similar nature. ECCLESIASTICAL CO tdMISSION. Lord ROBERT CECIL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to bring in any bill for'the purpose of giving effect to recommendations of the Committee aihich eat last ses sion on the Ecclesiastical Commission. Sir G. GREY said that a bill was proposed for the above purpose. He would give notice of its introduc tion on an early day. ADNIINIgTRATION OF JUSTICE. Mr. M‘MARON asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he had any reasonito expect that the commission for inquiring into the administration of justice would make a report in time to found a measure thereon this session ? Sir G. GREY said the commission was now sitting, but that as he was not a member of the commission, he could not state when the committee would be in a pusi twa to report. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Lord R. CECIL asked the Chief Commissioner of Works whether the judges of the approaching competi tion, with reference to the new Government Offices, would be appointed before the day on which the plans were sent in ; also, whether he intended, in appointing the judges, to confine his selection to those who were uneutangled by any personal connection with the pro fession, or whether he intended to include among them practising architects. Sir B. MALL said ;.bat he proposed to appoint as judges gentlemen unconnected with the pro fession of engineers or architects, and who were in no way connected with gentlemen competing. EXPULSION OF JAMES SADLEIR. The ATTORNEY-3ENER.A.L for Irelam: proposed the foil 'wing resolution :—"That James Sadleir, Esq., a member of this house, having been charged with divers frauds and fraudulent practices, and bills of indict ment for certain misdemeanours having been found against him, aryl arrants issued for his apprehension, and the said Ja,ees Sadkir having failed to obey an order of this house that he should attend in his place on Thursday the 24th day of July last, and having fled from justice, that the said Jan. Sadleir be expt-11-td this house." In doing so he thought the time had now arrived when be shonld ask the house to accede to the above resolu tion, axd remarked that the house in former times had exercised a similar authority on technical and legal grottoes, anti also where none existed, but where the bons, considered their dignity had been com promise R -kr gt ) the records of Parliament he fu .d that in 1580 Mr. Hell was fined, imprisoned, and t xpel led the house for having published a book reflecting on some Of its members ; iu 1606 the then member for Buckinghamshire was expelled for having used words of " obloquy and scandal" ;—(laughter)—in 1620 Mr. Sheppard was expelled for using profane language ; in 1628 Sir E. Sawytr was expelled for inforulieg a wittle,,a the. as his evidence would not be taken before a committee on oath, he need not tell anything that had passed between them. The right honourable gentleman then referred to precedents of 1612, 1667, 1668, 1715, 1720, 1722, 1732, 1810, 1812, tv'd 1814, when many wembe-s were txpelled for contempt of the house. Hr then ca ltd attention to the circumstances of Mr. Sadleir's case, referring to the facts in order of date, and the diffe rence of position Mr. Sadleir now stood in to that he did in July last. Everything bad been done by the consta• buliry of Ireland to apprehend Mr. Sadielr, but without effect, and there cool! to no doubt but that he had left the country. In August last he took measures of 'outlawry against Mr. Sadleir, .that individual having omitted en two occasions the aseizss —to ap pear, and, by answering to the indictment, clear ha character. On Friday lest he received a letter from a gentleman, signing his name jams); Scully, and dated from Per's, in which the writer said that on Wednesday he met Mr. Sadleir in a restaurant in the Palais Repel, where Le understood from the keeper that he dined every day. His countenance was much altered, that he had loseflesh, and that his appearance was disguised with a erioustache of a forioidahls character. Mr. Scully was unknown to him (Mr. Fitzgerald) Lut he believed be was a gentleman respectably connec'ed, and formerly reeided in Tipperary with an aciple ~rtune, but owing to tSe fa lure of the Tipperary Bank, had been ruined and i'rawn from his country. No doubt the question woul I be asked why the Government bad not arre-ted Mr. Sadleir in Paris, and he would anticipate the question by answerinf that the Government could not do it, because bis c ise did not come within the treaty between the two countries signed in London on the 13th Feb., 1843, and made liw under 6 and 7 Viet., c. 73. The ca es that came within that treaty were mur der, attempted murder, forgery, and fraudulent bank ' u .t cy, so that the Government had no legal right either ; o arrest him in France, or, if arrested there, to demand from the Goverreneet of France his extradition Iron. thatcoUntry. In that respect the Government of this country was powerless, and het ad replied to Mr. Scully accordingly, and that, unless he learned from hint to the cootiaty, he should make known the contents of his letter to the House of Coreteong, and as be had not heard from him to the contrary he made them known. He (Mr. Fitzgerald) believed that Mr. Sa, lair bad by his own conduct imposed on himself voluntary exile, which would be a heavier punishment than what the law would have inflicted on him, and he concluded by cal'ing on the hou.e to vindicate its honour by ex pelling Mr. Sadleir. The motion having been seconded, Sir F. T.IIEStGER,said he thought there wool I be no difference of opinion on that occasion as to the ex pulsion of Mr. Sadlier, but it was necessary to know before they added another to the list of disagreeable precedents—(boar, hear)---on what grounds they were proceeding, and he asked what additional infor mation they bad now to go on that the house was not in possession of in July last ? (Hear.) He did not think it discreet in the Government that, knowing where Mr. Sadler was to be found, they should inform him of through the press, with the addition that he was per fectly safe, because his case was without the treaty of ex radition. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK clmplAined cf the conduct of the Government in giving Mr. Sadleir time to run away, and that the Government had not interfered earlier. All that the Attorney-General for Ireland had stated to-night he (14 July r. Roebuck) i n f orme d t h e house in last. He said that the time w as come when they ought to look riund and see who amon gs t th em was open to such a charge. (Hear, hear.) It was necessary to the honour of the house that they should Exp el every member who did not on theoutburst of such charges rush to meet them. Such men were unworthy the nonour of being represen tatives ; and sympathy for such persons did not redound to the credit of the house, nor of those who defended them, w hether openly or secretly. (Cheers.) l'h. SOLICITOR-GENERA L defended the conduct of the Government, and said that they had gained everything by the delay. It was at his request that time was given in July last. The delay bad not got rid ' of this denunciation. Tile Government had not com• mitted itself by stating that the treaty with Paris did not meet this case. It was not a "secret treaty —(la.tighter)--but one tbat such men as Mr. Sadlier were no doubt well acquainted with its details, and Paris was the most pleasant capifal a man could, under such circueistancea, reside in. Mr. WHITESIDE addressed the house, contending that they ought to have expelled Mr. Sadleir in July last. They had obtained no new facts since. After some fir ther disscussion, the motion was agreed t ). [LEFT BITTING.] AiISS CHATTRIITON, daughter of M. Frederick Chat terton, (har p i s t to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucest er ), gave a harp recital at the Town-hall, Ox ford, on th e 11th instant. The room was crowded some time before the performance commenced. A platform was raised in the centre of the hall, both platforms at each end being filled by the audience. Miss Chatterton being the daughter of a ce l e b rated harp player and niece of anot ber, much was expected, and the audience were not di s appointed. She has a fine, bold, clear tone, and, we may say, peculiar,. for her ,most delicate. passages were heard in. every_ part of this inowmasenseen c h ote l. d, also "March o f the Men of Inkermann" Mr. Frederick Chattertoa's Highland ballad, " Glenkin sung in a most charming manner by distinctly on. Mr. Frank Mori's song, "The to become po u' r . "is l ikel y very p a . Th e Rustic Gate, Aldernianradler, chair was taken by die,"M rs Ellawh which h il w e n a d s e r a Shr.j raid ItAiLwATs, Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Basta. June....... Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Janet...... , Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 414 - 43 100 100 all 100 all 100 8 - 9 RAiLliets. 68 - 70 8-94 • - Bristol & Caledonian Chester 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Ds. A Do. B 8 1 i 100 all 4 100 Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vt. E.Lin. g. 6 ps E. Un. H. Sh. Gins. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New. Leming I 'omp2nieg 1 Ln. &N. W. I Caladon E. U &E. C Gt. Northn E. Count Caldonian. 4i i Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon. &Greenw Do.Preferenee Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.sp4 N. &Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fized sp. c Prest. &Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.dalit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVaLg6P° 94 - 96 63 -63 i 36 - 37 95 64 31 I 100 5.1 Dublin&Belfast Juno. Dun. P. &Aber.Junc east Anglian Closing Prices this day. 96 - 99 98 - 102 11. - 13 [34 - 137 3 - at.Westn.l Y. & N.M Do Do Liiii - iii S. Eastern Do Pot° &Co Do 10 - if 19 - 20 91 - 10 40 - 44 28 - 30 Eastern Confities..... 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It is fully believed in Berlin that the Kiri? of Prussia, now he has got his partisans out of the bear's grip, has not the smallest intention of keep ing his part of the implied bargain. He has not, so it is said, the most distant idea of giving up that airy nothing—his right over the canton of Neucha tel in return for the prisoners. The whole story is so absurd that it can scarcely be discussed with. becoming gravity. All Europe has been set in commotion about the King of Prussia's honour, and now he refuses to keep his honourable under standing. " Only let the Neuchatelois give up the prisoners," said the ingenuous monarch, "aud then Europe shall see, and the descendants of Tell Alan see, what I am capable of in the way of gene rosity." Has not tars declaration pervaded the political atmosphere of Europa f)r the last four months ? Have not the diplomatists of France and England been running backwards and forwards for we know not how long, like the two foolish old Generals at the military clubs, who when a duel is impending write memoranda to each other every five minutes, and endeavour to persuade the bellige rents not to stand so stiffly upon the point of honour —not to thirst so madly for gore ? We cannot say bow far our French friends have committed them selves, but the English Pramier, it appears, knew his man too well. He declined to give any guaran tee to the Swiss, or to make himself responsible in any way for the conduct of the Prussian Sovereign on any given contingency. The event has proved the soundness of the decision. The King has got his partisans back, and now he refuses the quid pro quo, under the pretence, doubtless, that no docu ment under his hand and seal can be produced against him. All that was done was to' disse minate throughout Europe the belief that if the prisoners were given up the claims would be re signed. Every act of the Prussian Court, every phrase of Prussian diplomacy, has been directed to this end. It-was in consequence of this that the public opinion of Europe at length took a turn, which, if not actually unfavourable to the Swiss, was at least in favour of their making the required concession. Everybody knows that the canton of Neuchatel is and has been for many years past as essentially Swiss as Sussex is English, or Normandy French. We are not ignorant, moreover, that the misguided men who rose against the public autho rities in the chief town of that canton—or at least their leaders were in close intimacy with the Prussian Court. The revolt broke out in Neu chatel, but the strings were pulled from Berlin. It has also been asserted throughout—although the point is, of course, beyond our knowledge—that if the prisoners had been brought to trial revelations of the most unpleasant kind as to their connection with Prussian statesmen would have been made in open court. It was very intelligible that the King of Prussia should wish to put a stop to all this mis chief, and to do so with as little loss of dignity as possible. He succeeded. The Swiss were jostled and hustled, and coaxed and worried into acquies cence. In seems one of their agents understood a phrase in a sense too favourable to his own views. The French Emperor again threw the great weight of his power and position into the adverse scale at a most critical moment, but he appears to have done so on the understanding Oa the point in dispute really was the point of honour. In common with the rest of the world he was mistaken. Honour and the King of Plu - sia throughout all this affair have been a thousand miles apart. The whimsical thine. about the whole affair is, _ . that if nothing more is done the Kingof - lr;s ' is no more ruler of Neuchatel than he was twelve months back. Supposing from this moment for ward the Swiss Cantons refuse to take the smallest notice of himself or his agents, what can the King of Prussia do ? True, he may try another " li lisatton, and endeavour to recover his rights real or supposed by force of arms. But this time he must carry his threats into effect, or he will make the Prussian name the laughing stock of Europe. Now, is he prepared to face the consequences of such an act—the results of such a policy ? With the whole public opinion of Europe against him:—with Austrian statesmen smiling b-hind his back at the complaisance with which he exhausted the strength of his people and resigned the leadership of Ger many into their hands—would the Prussian Sove reign really go and knock his head against the Swiss mountains ? We doulet it. The result, then, is, if nothing is done, that his sovereignty in Neuchatel remains a mere nullity—a zero -- a Twelfth-night toy. There cannot that we know be the smallest objection raised to the fact that the titular Prince of Neuchatel should continue to bear the name in his place of exile at Berlin. It might, perhaps, be wiser and in be ter taste to adhere to the incognito of the King of Prussia ; but if the Prince of Neu chatel, within his own four walls, chooses to call himself by this name, we know not who is to pre vent him. He might in the same way trench on the dignities of the King of Sardinia, and style himself King of Cyprus and Jerusalem,—either course is open to him, and with perfect impunity. Our own Sovereigns were silly enough to retain the title of Kings'ot France until the. Peace of Amiens, but we have never read that either they, or the people they' governed, were much 'benefited by the assumption. It was, however, something to call one's-self King of France. If it was an im posture it was a gigantic one, atid might be taken as evidence of an inspit ing _mind. But, had the Kirigs of England insisted upon bearing the title of some beggarly district in Prussian Poland, to which they could not in case of need hive de spatched a corporal's guard without the certainty of bringing ou a general war, we should have said the ambition was but a paltry one. This is p!'etty much the case of the Prussian Sovereign with the little insignificant canton of Neuchatel. It is divided Dom his real dominions by the territories of two or three independent Sovereigns. It brings to the Prussian exchequer no revenue. The King never pretends even to gevern it as a province or depen dency of the Prussian Crown. His connection with it always has been in tmes ,past, and must ever' continue to be a source of mortification to him. The people don't want him. If the Eurpf-yor Louis Napoleon • is by the people's choice Sovereign of France, then the King of Prussia, by the peo ple's choice also, is not Prince of Neuchatel. Had he been simply Prince of Neuchatel he would, pro bably, have been residing for some years in the New-road, or at St. John's-wood in a genteel cot tage residence.. Be happens, however, at the same time to be King of Prussia, and, if not warlike him self, at least the chief of a powerful and well organised army. The Kin°. of Prussia has a fancy in short to be Prince of Neuchatel.. If the desire ever attain larger proportions than those of a wan dering fancy the Prussian people must find the blood and pay the bill. _ _ It may be that those philosophers are in the right who talk of the equal distribution of happiness among, human beings. Here now is the case of a monarch who stands fifth in power in Europe, with a people under his hand largely susceptible of drill and lectures and decorations, and rare with the paternal staff. He has three or four palaces to live in, which, if not exactly delightful to the English eye, at least please him. Re can tin ker at creeds and rate his Chamber as he pleases —so patient are his theologians, so much en during is his Parliament. Surely, 'such a posi tion would appear to possess certain latent elements of felicity; but not a bit of it. There is a spectre behind the bed-curtain—a Mordecai - at the gate. The King can't have a Swiss toy which he covets, so he assumes the attitude of Job, and apes his discomforts, - without the patience which rendered the position of the Patriarch just endurable. It is the same story in private life. Go and stop with a rich proprietor in the country, who owns more land within a ring fence than the eye can take in even from a good point of view, and you will find that the burden of life pressesibeavily on your friend on account of some squabble with another rural thane, or because he is at war with the parson, or because somebody nine years ago shot his favourite bull when that interesting animal was making a clean sweep of the turnpike road ; but somehow justice was never done in the case.. These thoughts and recollections burp like fire in the human brain, just as his Neuchatel grievance vexes the King of Prussia to death. How cool and comfortable would that Royal personage feel in the morning when he awakes if he would just make up his mind to throw off the burden altogether. TILE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 14. —The European and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamship Columbian, Captain Pender, which left this port on the 14th nit , arrived off the island of St. Vin cent at 2 a.m. on the 23d, thus making the passage from the Needles in 8 days and 7 hours. Her average speed throughout was 12 knots per hour, and on three consecutive dayi the runs were 315, 310, and 300 nau tical miles. The weather at Porto-Grande was very un favourable ; strong winds and dark cloudy weather with rain. Rollers had set in with a violence wlsich had only been experienced once before during the last 20 years. On this account great difficulty was experienced in coal ing, and the Columbian was detained four days. She sailed thence for Au , tralia on the 27th. The pas sengers were all well, and expressed themselves highly satisfied with the ship and all the arrangements on board. The ship on leaving had a total stock of 1,400 lobs' of fuel on board, and it .was intended that she ehou!d proceed'direct to'lTabourne, without balling any more on the way thither. The mails of the present month silt be conveyed ii, the Etna steamer, of 2,215 tons and 500 horee-power, which is to leave Southampton on the 24th inst., and procee4 to Alexandria, whence they will be carried overland to Suez ; after this the mails by this route will leave Southampton on the 12th of each month. TIIE PARKS AS THEY WILL BE. The dismal appearance which St. James's Park has put on for the last - four months is b.-ginning to improve, and the scene gives come token of what may -he expected when the exten.ive works in ope ration shall be brought to a conclusion. Nearly the whole of the bed of the lake is now dra;ned and levelled, and in the course of five or six weeks, when the preent artificial bottom has well settled, the whole will be covered with concrete, which is anticipated will effectually prevant the growth of vegetable matter, and will give- an easy means of cleansing the whole. Were it not for the new bridge across the lake the works would soon be brought to a conclusion ; but on digging the feunda- tion for the abutments such a mass - of springs has been tapped that it has been nece , sary to keep three steam engines cent'nfially at work in order to form anything like a bottom. This influx of water has necessitated the keeping open the cutting which runs on the north side of the lake, and which cannot be filled in until the foundations of the bridges are completely settled. The erection of a suspension-bridge is of a more difficult character than the generality of persons imagine. People see the abutments of the bridge, and chains passing over them, which support the roadway, but they are not aware of the difficulty of finding means of keeping there chains firmly and securely attached. The modus operandi to the uninitiated may thus succinctly be described :—At some distance beyond the extreme end of the bridge a deep excavation is trade, below even the foundation of the abutments of the bridge. At the bottom of this excavation an invet•ted arch, of the strongest material, is constructed, the interior and exterior of which are filled and surrounded with Portland cement. This forms thelable on which the principal stone rests, to which are attached the chains. Three blocks of granite are then placed above this stone in such a manner that, without disturbing the whole, it is impossible to move the keystone in the slightest degree. Above and around these blocks of stone are some 700 or 800 tons of the strongest blue lies concrete that can'be made. This, in fact, forms one solid mass of stone - , so that it is physically impossible the keystone can be started. The chains thus fixed pass through a small tunnel, celled the chain tunnel, and thence over the abutment of the bridge to the other side, where they are similarly attached. This seems easy enough on paper, but it requires a good deal of en gineering skill to carry it out properly. With respect to the bridge in question a rather curious circumstance occurred. In digging the foundation the excavators came upon a solid bed of peat some 10 feet in thickness, and at the bottom was found a layer of green moss, in which was imbedded, in a capital state of preservation, the antlers of a fine buck, which have Leen carefully preserved as a curiosity. As regards the bed of peat, the same thing was discovered on digging for the Victoria Tower some three or four years ago. The entire works in St. James's Park are expected to be com pleted by the beginning of May, and, as the gar dens at Kew are made now to produce a large number of half-hardy plants, such as geraniums, &c., and as also the enclosure has been thoroughly, for the first time, drained, the frequenters of the park may confidently anticipate a vast improve ment in its general aspect. While, however, so much has been done in St. James's Park, a large amount of money has also been expended in Hyde Park, and to a good purpose. But little has been said on the subject, and very few persons have been aware of what has been going on for the last few months, except that they have seen a number of workmen employed, and a good deal of dirt and muck. The improve ment in question will be sure to meet with general approval when it is completed, which will be early in May. A new road, or rather path, planted on each side with shrubs, is being made fr om the marb'e arch to Victoria-gate. It will be, when completed, more than three-quarters of a mile in length, and will be the finest walk which the metropolis will be able to boast of. While making this new road one of the workmen disco ' vered a mass of valuable gold coins—so valuable, indeed, that he has not been seen since. The new L illuminated clock at Hyde Park-corner has been set up, in order to judge of the effect previous to its i principle being adopted in the monster clock in the • Palace at Westrn.iuster. The dials of illumivated. . clocks have hitherto been of ground or opaque glass, ; with gilt numbers and gilt hands. A new material F is now used, which appears to answer admirably. l The glass, instead of being ground, is coated with white enamel, with dark blue numbers, the hands ; being of the same colour. In the daytime the dial s presents a solid appearance, like that of an ordi- L nary watch, and at, night, with a light behind it, the dial presents a much more even and clear ap pearance than ground glass. Those who are desir . ous to know what the future appearance of the great cock will be can satisfy their curiosity by examining that at Grosvenor-gate. The great clock is expected to be in motion, with its concomitant bells, before the session closes.—Observer. MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN SURREY. On Saturday afternoon information was received at the Metropolitan Police-station in Scotland-yard of a murder, accompanied by robbery, on the high way between the villages of Nutfield and Warwick town, in Surrey, a draper named Ovenden having been shot with a pistol on his return from Godstone and robbed of between 41. and 51. The circum stance has occasioned a good deal of alarm not only in Nuffield, near which village the murder took place, but throughout the whole of the district. The following, as far as we have been able to ob tain them, are the particulars of this shocking affair :--Mr Ovenden had been to the village of Godstone on a business visit, and was returning in his light cart to Warwick-town. About a quarter to 5 o'clock, while proceeding on the road to Nut field, ho was accosted by a pedestrian, whom he overtook on the road, and who asked him for a andmar. labourer a lift in his cart, stating that h e was goitre-to Red hill. appearance The man of- bin was caressed s n o d aea labnrdouh,athd every Ovenden complied with la's request.h e was accordingly taken up into the cart, and they passed th Nuffield on their way to Redhill. They had not, however, gone a very great distance from the former village when they arrived at a very dull and lonely part of the road, and Mr. Overrien, from whom the information has been obtained, was "surprised by the man, who was a tall, wrongly built fellow, suddenlk turning towards him and de tnanding his money or his life. At first Mr. Oven den thought that he was joking, but he was soon fatally undeceived by the man taking out a pocket pistol and pointing it towards his breast. Still Mr. Ovenden did not apprehend anyserious danger, and not wishing to part with hiamoney endeavoured to make it appear that he thought the whole affair was a joke. The man, however, assumed a deter mined aspect and persisted in his demand, and, on Mr. Ovenden, who was now seriously alarmed, re fusing to comply, the villain at once fired theiustol, the bullet of which was lodged in the left breast of his victim, a little be'ow the shoulder. Mr. Oven den, still having the reins in his hand, fell to the bottom of the cart, the jerk pulling the horse up. Thejcowardly ruffian then proceeded in the most deliberate manner to rifle the pockets of the un fortunate man, taking from them 41. in gold and about 10s. in silver, with which he made off across the country, leaving Mr. Ovenden in a senseless state at the bottom of the cart. This occurrence took place about 5 o'clock in the afternoon in broad daylight. About a quarter:past 5 o'clock Mr. Oven den, who had b3en stunned and partly paralysed by the effect of the shot, came to himself, and found that he was . bleeding from the w oun d . i n hi s shoulder. He managed to stanch the bl ee di ng with a pocket-handkerchief, and, although much weakened by the loss of blood, contrived to reach his home at Warwick-town, where he at once gave information to the police of the attack which bad been made upon him, and at the same time lodged in the hands of the police a very accu rate description of the fellow who committed the assault He of course received every medical and surgical assistance, but on examination it was found that the wound was of a much more serious charac ter than had at first been imagined. On reaching home he was in a inost depressed condition, and, in fact, almost fainting. He was immediately put to bed, but notwithstanding every attention informa tion reached yeSterday the Metropolitan police-sta tion that he expired on Saturday morn , ng. Mr. Norman Wilkinson, a magistrate for the county of Surrey, on hearing of the condition in which the unfortunate man was, took his dying deposition, in which he gave a very complete description of his assailant. The intelligence receiveik, at Scotland-yard by electric telegraph of the death of Mr. Ovenden was accompanied by a hand-bill offering 1001. reward for the apprehension of the person who committed this atrocious act, and who, from the evidence already obtained by the police, was seen by a party of labourers at a later pe r i o d of the day asking his way to the village of God stone. 'rho following is t he descri p tion of the man talten from ,the dep osition of Mr. Ovenden " About six feet in height, light figure, but b a yi ng eery sallow complexion, high cheek hollow in the cheeks ne ar th e large bones, bones, d e mouth' • an • dressed in a close box cap, fitting tight to the head, and a short navigator's smOckfrock much embroidered." The pistol with- which the murder was committed was found lying in the bottom of the cart_covered with_ Wood, It was an orqina4 B IR T H'S. OP • BON. On the 14th inst., at ielawad, Essex, the wife of W. Palmer, Esq. Qn the 13th inst., at 20, Hereford-street, Park-lanes Mrs. Cyiil Randolph. BRITISH Pi Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Blroda, and • Con.lnd,guar. sp. c. Do. Buffalo dt Lake Hur. Gaff. , Brut. & Godeb. G p. c. bds., 1 Aug. , '72 Do, do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim.) Ceylon A shares all Demerara all 104 100 100 28 gcl 10s (Eastern Bengal east Indian Do. C Shares.. all all all all D 0.4) p e.Buds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong (II Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Ord. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p c. Deben... Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore. Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. d0.,76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option . Madras, guar. 4. p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. 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Australasian Nrth.of Europe Steam Oriental Gas . .... , Do. New Shares... Peen*. Ld. 6r Minrl. Peninsular di Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Dp. New S. Ans. Gov. 6 p. c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Tru.t.St Ln. Co. U Gan Van Diemen's Land V. Go. 6p.cJan. & July. 4 , 41 4° small pocket-pistol. Since the commission of thi murder the police have been unceasing in thpir exertions to apprehend the .fellow, but up to the pre:etit mom.-nt have been unsuccessful, although it is thought tha', from the very full description given of him he cannot long e.selpe detection. ~;~: s;.: Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MA.RIKET—Frn. 13. WIINAT. I BARLEY OATS. I READ S. First 67s 01 453 Od 37s Od i 503 Od Second 4os 31 I 371 ld ; 263 8d ) 37s 9,1 Third 2Bs Od I 243 Od I 20a 01 I 31s 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 1091 qrs., 978 sold barley „ 376 qrs., 220 sold oats .3 530 qrs., 431 snit] Of beans 3, 206 qrs., 193 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERTAL QtrAIITER. Wheat, 2/. 0 3 3.l2ths 1 Barley, —V. 17 1 s.l2tbs Oats, ... li. 6 8 3-12tha 1 Beaus, 11. 17 9 2-12t1s VIP V DALKEITII GRAIN MARKET-FEB 12. Qrs. Best. Current. Infet for 822 Wheat 65s Od 358 3id 26s Od 1436 Oats 348 Od. 22s ..... 16s Od 524 Barley 44s Od 3ss 01 50 Peas & beans 38s Od 34s nd. 33s 6d . ABERDEENLYED. 13. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 Cos h 0 0 d d to to 2 2 0 2 8 s 6 0d d 1 Bore q 35 Oct t o 36 s Oct c An wvlbs per bushel Barley 32a Oct to 36s Oct 531bs 1 Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 38s Od „ white 303 Oct to 45s Oct 1 621bs " Oatmeal 178 6d to 18s 61 per boll. Flour 49s Od to 50s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 8d Mutton, per lb 5d to 8d Lamb, do., Os Od to 0:4 0 1 Veal, per lb .- 8d to Os 9d Pork, per 1b...03 5d to Os 6d Salmon, per lb ......Os to Os Grouse, per brace Os to Os Tallow, p stone, Os to 12s 61 Butter, p lb. 1s 01 to Is 2d Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 9d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6d IChickens, do. 2s Od to 2:: 6d Ducks, do., 2s Od to 24 61 Ducklings,do Os Od tuO. 0.1 Turkeys, each 4s Od to 54 01 Potatoes, pr peck, 9d to 1041 9d to 101. nt cure) per cwt. 104 e to ICBe izen PRICES. . _ - Rabbits, Butter for exportation (preset Eggs, wholesale price, per do; RETAIL Flow,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 10t1 Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d Bereineal ....Os Od to 2s Od Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Cheese, per imperial at 4-Ib. 10af...8d. iiiiieiflonr,l4lb.oo to 2s 44 ~ dust, , -per lb 2d to 2d 6d me, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 2-lb. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, FEE.I3. White wheat, 31s 61 to 343 6d ; red ditto, 31s Od to 321 6d; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; grind ing, 153 to 203 6d ; oats, old, lls t o 13s ; ditto, new , —ll Od - to 153 Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Od; bere, new, 16s to 18s Od ; rapes, d, 303 Od to 32s 01 per brl ; bakers' flour, 19s 6d to 26s Od per cwt; 'tic:Liao corn, 31s 01 to 37s Od per 480 11x. LOCAL SHARI? MARKRTB. LIVERPOOL. FM 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market continues steady to. , day, at about the same as yesterday's rates. The follow ing were the sales :—Blackbem, 8 15-16 9—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99A—Eastern Counties, IC—Caledonian, 32 i—Dutch Rhenish, h)—Midlands, 83 A—London and North Western, 107? f—North - Union A., 228—North Eastern, Berwick, 21A—South Eastern, 228—Grand Trunk of Canada, 121—Great Western of Can a d a , 25#—Ditto, new, 2 1 pm.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36-- Lancashire and Cheshire, 68 9—Lancaster and Presto°, (i share; issued at 4/. 145.), 20i1. LEEDS, FEB. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—An average business done to-day. Midland, 83/—North Eastern, (Leeds capital stock), 19— Ditto Yorks, 31) i—North Western, 7 13.16—Manches• ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 14 STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a considerable business, mostly at rather improved prices, and tho market dosed firm. London and North Western, 1074 831 834—Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 76 764-- Shropshire Bank, 3 4. MANCHESTER, FEB. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was much brisker to: day, and prices closed rather fizmer. London and North Western, 107:1 Great Western, 4 per cents., 84—Leeds Manchester, Sheffield, a nd Li nco l n , 351 6—Midl an d s , Elt —Dover, 22 13-16. Dwouct: AND TESTAMENTARY Jtreispwrioli.—Tbe Lord Chancellor's bill. on wills and divorce cases hard. been printed. Their purport will h a v e b een gathers-a, from a perusal of the r e c en t d e b a t e in th e H ou se of Lords. The testamentary jurisdiction of the Ecclesias• tical Court (the Prerogative Court) is abolished, and the Court of Probate" established to exercise the juriS• diction instead, to have the same powers throughout England as the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. One of the Vice-Chancellors will be made judge of the new court, and any other of the equity judges may supply his place in case of absence. An appeal will lie to the Court of Appeal in Chancery, and thence (or Immo* diately, without so appealing) to the House of Lords, from all orders or decrees of the Court of Probate. Is the Court. of Probate the rules of evidence in comma law courts are to be observed, and issues may be directed to common law courts. The. second - measure, the "Di* vorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, abolishes the exist% ing jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and - ester blishes a " Court of Marriage and Divorce," so called. The judges of this court will include the Lord Chancellor, the Chief Judges of the three ComitonLaw Courts, and the Dean of the Arches, three to be a quorum. Thi Dean of the Arches (who must be always present) will be called the "Judge Ordinary" of the Court, and have full authority to bear and determine all matters, exceo petitions for dissolving a marriage. The new Court , ill required to act on the "principles" of the old Eccles'. astical Courts. A wife whose husband has deserted her for the space of two years may obtain a divorce a raensei et thoro, and in such cases alimony will be awarded to the bereft lady. Husbands and wives who cannot agree upon other matters may "agree" thus far—viz., to live ,separately, as if sole and unmarried, and they may also by deed make any arrangement concerning their pro• perty. The wife thus divorced will be considered, ai to property, a • feme sole. Of course the parties may hereafter cohabit, but no suit may • be referred for restitution of conjugal right.. If the wife commit adultery, or the husband commit incest, bigamy, or adultery, with cruelty, a petition for dissolving the union may be presented to the Court, and the Court, if satisfied, may dissolve the marriage'; but in this case also alimony may be ordered for the wife at the Eds• cietion of the Court. When the time allowed for appeal expires the parties will be free to marry again, as if the prior marriage had been dissolved by death. An appeal will lie to the House of Lords from the decision of the new Court. tADvaivrisemErr.}—We are happy to quote the followin interesting information from Du Barry's Report on cures of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Ner vous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food :-- Eight years' dyspep• sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant, had consulted the advice of many, W. snhakllvEbtet,hßiapdipyinWg. answer AraA ra have b i Arabica F o o d a e n n y e f ec i t n u a inquiries. a 1 yv ve ry Reovv.e shor t d on byN time. Du Barry's Revalenta ton Rectory, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.—Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland. 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability, o f man y y ears ' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerful'" ? answered. Cure No. 1,609. -- Three years excessive nervousness with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable. has Wen radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food. ALEXAND' RR STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. Sepported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey : Dr, Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle. stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable f a t i e .s r a i l l e other o Du Barry's b il n r e res f rs ur to ar th re e er a re p b f ai er y - r t i i e t e d 'u a l advertisement in another part of this paper, impneegrsoatnhisnsso,ifwnLareoseuabhhieadifotfailhodehEr OF A DAUGHTER. On the lith inst., at 13, Dean's -yard, Westminster, Mrs Cureton. On the 13th inst., at 32, Oxford-square, the will 0 Lionel B. Cohen, Esq. • MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Allerthorpe, John George Bowe,' Thoroton, youngest son of the late Colonel-Hildyard of Flintham Hall, Nott s , and Wenestead Hall, Yorks hire, to Caroline, eldest da ug ht er of Ro b ert Denison, Esq.. o f Waplinton Manor, Yorkshire. On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Rupert, son of Henry Rains, Esq., of the Cresomit,"Bridge-etzeet, Blackfriars, to Eliza Mary Ann, daughter of E. T. Clarks Esq., of the Coburg-road, Camberwell. DIED. On the 12th inst., at Think, the Rev. Ewd. Seljeantsoos rector of Kirby Knowle. On the 13th inst., Hamilton, the eldest son of William Woodgate, Esq., of Swaylands, Penshurst, and Lincoln's inn -fields, aged 21. On the 12th inst., at Gosport, Georgina Eliza, wife of Captain P o t ter, agd 63. On the 11th inst., at 21. Rutland-square, Dublin, Geo. O'Kelly, Esq. of Barrett's-town, co. Kildare secon d sou of George B ou rke O'Kelly, Es q ., of Acton , Middlesex. On the 11th inst. at Chenies Rector, Alfred John , son of Lord an d L a dy W r i o th es l e y Russe ll, aged 2: 4 .- On the 11th inst., at Clapham-common, Mr. William Blandon, aged 72. On tho 7th inst., at Dundas Castle, James Ad!tm, infant son of Adam Dundas, Esq., R.N. LONDON : Printed and Published by IMMO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °thee. No• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coup of Middlesex Monday, February 16, 1857. 21 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 213 223 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 155 165 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 160 480 4:1 14s Great South Tolgus lsi 164 10131 G rt.W. Alfrd.(Philk.) 101 114 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Hclstn.) 5 61 - 6 Bs6d Lady Bertha 7 N. Frances (Mogan) 18 2U N.W.B issec (Illogan) 343 353 351 6115 North Wheal Crofty 64 7 11 Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 233 24 24 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 9 1 0 - 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 1 11 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 340 350 2 IS. Cam Brea (Ilion.) 7i 84 19 S.W. Franees(lllogn.) 340 350 41 Tam. S. kL. Min. CA , 1 9 Tin Croft 4 44 44 1 40 l lTu.Mines (Gwenn'-1210 250 1256 V. of Towey (Carnal . . 14 IW. Basset (11'03.-n) 353 —36 A 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 155 165 51 'Wh. Basset (Illogan.) 295 3 , 5 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth. 270 290 51 Wh. Edward(Calstk. 4 43 44 3 11 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Ilnt.) 19 8 IWh.Ma.Ann(Menht. ) IWh. Trelawney (Lis.) 19 21 201 20/ 100 100 20 17i 20 St. 20 100 100