The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-28 00:00:00

1867.

The following is the House List of Governors and
Directors of the Bank of England for the ensuing year :--
For Governors.
Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq., Governor.
Robert Wigram, Crawford, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
For Directors.
Henry Wollaston Blake, John Gellibrand Hubbard,
Esq. Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, En*
John William Birch, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq.
Travers Buxton, Esq. George Lynn, Esq.
Mark Wilks Collet., Esq. Thomas Mastertnan, Esq•
James Pattiscn Currie, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq.
Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq James Morris, Esq.
James Alex. Guthrie, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.'
Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Albert George Sandemant
Esq. Esq.
Henry Lancelot Holland,Esq *Christopher Weguelin, Esq•
N.B.—The gentleman against whose name au asterisk
is placed is a new candidate for the direction.
Tho election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be
held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 9th of April, and for
Directors on Wednesday, the lOth April, from eleven
in the forenoon till four in the afternoon.

TELEGRAPH CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND
RusslA.—The 2lfoniteur publishes the acceptance by France
of the convention with Russia for fixing the tariff of the
telegraph through Siberia. The total charge for a dispatch
from the western frontier of Russia to the meridian of
Tomsk is 13f., and to that of Verkhne-Oudinsk, 21f.
REFORM MEETING AT LEEDS.—A meeting was
held at Leeds on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr.
Alderman Tatham, to express some opinion upon the
Government Reform Bill. One of the resolutions stated
that, whilst the meeting was in favour of manhood
suffrage, it was pleased to find a Conservative Govern-
ment recognising household suffrage as a principle
That part of the bill which would exclude compound
householders was objected to, as was also the innova-
tion of dual votes. Mr. Alderman Carter moved a
resolution which expressed regret at Mr. Gladstone's
speech on Monday night, in which ho said that he re-
garded a ~03 rental franchise as a reasonable and perma-
nent settlement of the Reform question. It was said that
Yorkshire would not be satisfied with any such a nig-
gardly extension. Alderman Carter said he would rather
have Mr. Disraeli's bill, with all its objections, than the
miserable compromise suggested by Mr. Gladstone. The
resolutions were adopted.

SPRING GARDENS, Charing-cross, existed alreadY
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; the Mulberry Gardens,
St. James's-park, wore formed by her successor, James
Both those gardens were iu great vogue for many years,
and were only done away with in the reign of Charles
II ; but owing to their distance they vi ere more espe-
cially frequented by the Court gallants ; the citizens could
only show off their finery there on Sundays. Moorffelds
was formed into walks in 1606 ; it was laid out in four
large square grass-plots, surrounded with shady eluls,
which formed very pleasant avenues and walks, at the
end of which was the open country, even as late as 1663.
All about the place there were music-houses, in which the,
men and maid-servants and the City apprentices generally
spent their holidays.—Once a Week.