The Express. — London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

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This day, price 2d., is published, with a short Preface, the Second Edition of Mr. W. Ey fiame's Pamphlet, T " M L T TA X. Mann Nephews, CiornhilL Pries la 6d. or b. 6d., "VVERYBODY'S BUSINESS." .A.A Ask your bookseller for "Everybody's fluidness." • London : filsopkin, Marshall, and Co. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. MOTU% TILEGIUMB. RUSSIA AND POLAND. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 1. Aocording to an imperial ukase promulgated to day all individuals of Polish descent are henceforth prohibited from acquiring landed property in the nine western governments otherwise than by in heritance. Polish proprietors ut estates, however, who have not been in any way implicated in the late insurrection, are not compelled to sell their landed property. This ukase is not applicable to the kingdom of Poland. GREAT FIRE IN ST. KATHERINITS DOCK. Yesterday forenoon another senors fire broke out in Si. Katherine's Dock. making the third that has maimed there within the last few years. It raged with terrible fury during the whole day and last night, consum ing part of two hooded warehouses and destroying pro perty to a wry large extent. The warehouses formed part of the letter H stack of warehouses, occupying one half of the north aide of the docks next to East Smithfield. The stack contained some eight or ten buildings in number, each four or six floors in height, all communicating oo every floor by means of double iron folding. doom. The import Nein of the dock, with its shipping, flanked the south side of it. The principal goods stored in them are spirits, tallow, palm oil, cotton, flax, jute, and other merchandise, to the extent of upwards of two millions value. The cir cumstances connected with the outbreak ere somewhat singular. The warehonme had been open some hours, labourers were on every floor receiving goods raised from the quays by the hydraulic lifts, and were wheeling the pro perty through theentirelength of the stack for storing, when people came running into the lick from the adjacent streets and waterside with intelligence that one of the warehouses was on fire, and that they had seen the flames coming out of the root. The police at the entrap°e gates looked upon the informant with surprise, for to them there was no appearance even than of say danger, but a few minutes sufficed to show that a serious fire had broken out in the fifth story of warehouse letter F, yet on some of the dock officials rushing up into it, they found men at work in the floors below, quite unconscious of the fire's existence. The dock managers, with the superintendents, dock masters, and polies officials, were immediately summoned to the scene, and several gangs of labourers who were in the docks were set to work with buckets to extinguish the flames. The class of goods stored oo the floor in question was chiefly fibre and bales of jute. There was an immense stock of it on the floor, piled and stacked up to the ceiling. It was evidently all on fire, sending forth a fearful blinding and suffocating smoke, compelling the men to beat a speedy retreat. The dock officers, finding it was imme- Bible to extinguish the fire, commenced securing all the iron doors, so as to shut off com munication with the rest of the warehouses ; this they effected, except one connecting the fifth floor of F warehouse with that of the same floor, lettered H. It was wide open, but owing to the overpowering influence of the smoke the men could not reach the door. Daring this time the flames were spreading fast throughout the two uppermost floors of F warehouse, while the clouds of smoke which poised forth completely darkened the neighbour hood. The dock fire engines were brought out the instant the alarm was given, and the company's engineer put full pressure of water on the hydrants throughout the dock, so that when the pipes were affixed to them very powerful jets of water were brought to bear upon the fire. Captain Shaw, the Chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (which force came into operation under the act of parlia ment for the first time yesterday) heard of the outbreak of the fire about 11.40, and instantly summoned, by telegraph, nearly the whole of the engines and men to the spot, and proceeded et once to the dock with a steam fire•engine from W►tling•etreek In less than 20 minutes he was followed by seven other steamers. Four of these were taken to the north-east angle of the import basin, and were got to work directly from the basin ; the hose being hoisted on to the roof of D stack, which is very high —from 80 to 100 feet. The steam floating seems from Southwark-bridge was got into the basin about the same time, and was soon at work. The otter engines brought up in Fest Smithfield, where plenty of water was to be bad from the mains. The excitement was then becoming very great. Four floors of F warehouse, with the roof, were completely in flames, and the llama bad penetrated into the fifth floor of H warehouse, and by 2 o'clock the whole of the upper part of this building presented a similar aspect. Great fears were entertained that the fire would descend to the remaining floors, wherein were stored large quantities of palm oil and tallow. Gangs of labourers were set to work to bank up with clay ►ll the doors leading to these floors, in order to prevent the water from escaping, and thus to flood the floors in jeopardy. For hours the engines and firemen laboured incessantly to get the fire under. With regard to the extent of the property destroyed, some reports state that it will exceed 100,0001., and that almost every insurance office in London will suffer. The origin of the fire is a perfect mystery, and no doubt the Dock Company will institute a most searching investigation as to the cause. Happily no lives were lost. In the coarse of the evening it was thought that the firemen had obtained a mastery over the flames, but towards 10 o'clock it was apparent that the fire had pene trated the floors of the third division of warehouses, and in a comparatively short period the whole of the upper floor was in a general blaze. The roof speedily fell in, and it became evident that the whole range of D warehouse extending to the eastward was doomed. Toe brigademen struggled manfully against the large body of flame, but it was clear that their efforts were of no avail in checking their program, and the fire extenied and at length reached the extreme eastern end of the range of the D warehouse opposite the entrance of the London Dock. The oldest officers admit that they never met with a more disastrous conflagration, for the fire seemed to defy every movement to check its progress. The flames gradually penetrated into the warehouse at the extreme end of the range of the buildings wherein was stowed evidently a large amount of inflammable material. An immense body of fire shot up from the roof, lighting up the whole district. NEW PENALTY ON FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.— Yesterday the Now Metropolitan Fire Brigade came into force. All the fire engine' and "plant" are now under the management of the Metropolitan Board with MI efficient force. The following new provision respecting " chimneys on fire," will affect the public generally. 'lf the chimney of any house or other building within the metropolis is on fire, the occupier of such house or building shall be liable to • penalty not exceeding 20e. but if such occupier proves that he has incurred such penalty by reason of the neglect or wilful default of any other persor, he may recover sum marily from such pe!son the whole or any part of the penalty he may have incurred as occupier." THE MURDER AT DEVONPORT.—Thomas Lynch, the private in the ath Regiment remanded from last Friday on a charge of wilfully murdering John Thomas Johnston, • private in the same regiment, was again brought apes Setarday before the Devonport magistrates, aod was formally committed for trial at the 8•111160 for wilful murder. He wee removed to Exeter on Saturday wean. ,r ;" • 41_ ir t -Ne LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1866. do the efforts of the wicked mischief-makers who fitted out those ships meet with curses instead of blessings. He concluded by asking the meeting to go and senerade " Phil Sheridan, the beau sabreur of the American army," who, he assured them, was heart and soul with them in their movement. So they marched to his house, sent in their compliments, and played Irish airs before his doors. But Phil had more sense, and declined to have anything to do with them. Thus ended the meeting in a great failure, as I thought, though I must do the crowd the justice to say that I never saw one more orderly. But New Orleans, under Federal rule, has become a quiet and well behaved place. And under the sanitary improve ments which have been introduced, the yellow fever, so much dreaded of old, has almost entirely disappeared. [STAMPED, ld. ADDITIONAL] MB. CARDWELL, V.P., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The members of Lodge 59 of the Ancient Order of Druids dined together last evening in the Town.hill, Orford, under the presidency of Brother DUDLEY. Amongst the guests were the Bight Hon. E. Cardwell, LP., Mr. Neate, M.P., Mr. J. C. Cavell (the mayor),AidermenHogtsee, Thompson, Spiers, Carr, and Ward, Captain Pane, Yr. Sheriff CartleakEr. J. Round, the Rev. J. C. Halms (the city rector), Mr. Justice Towle, Captain Hellen, &c. The toast of " The Queen and the Druids," was followed by "Prosperity to Lodge 59," "The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." Captain Farm, in responding to the toast, said that the last year was the first since the organisation of the volunteer movement in which any portion of that force bad been called into active service. Everyone present was aware of the disastrous and dreadful outbreak in Jamaica, and it was in that island that the volunteers had been called into active service. He had heard it stated, and had seen it in print, that the suspension of Governor Eyre was a alight upon that omoer, and that the government had seat oat the commission to inquire into the cause of the outbreak. He should like to ask the right hoe. member for the city (Kr. CsrdweU) this question, whether the suspension of Governor Eyre did carry any stigma with it or not, or whether it was simply a matter of form that the inquiry emald not take place without that suspension. He believed that to be the case, and heartily hoped that it would prove to be the came. (Cheers.) He had as doubt that hie right ' boa friend would bs able to answer the question, and to show that the government bad not been coerced by that party which by flaming advertisement, and by ranting speeches worked upon the morbid feelings of an Exeter-h►ll andienoe until they gained a few faint ahem, which they multiplied and magnified in their organs into the voice of public opinion. (Cheers.) These would-be philanthropists were the mod dangerous party in England. The very existence of the peace party in England was a thing which ought to be care fully watched, and for this reason—they were always pro posing the Tannins of armaments. It was true that we were now living in a time of pesos, but the beet way to preserve peace was to be prepared for war. The volunteer service might suffer at the hands of that party, for they might discourage the volunteer feeling by saying that in time of peace such a form was useless. (Cheers.) Captain Idaurri also responded. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the City members. The toast was received with load and prolonged cheers. Mr. CARDWEL4 who on rising was greeted with loud cheers, said—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to receive the mention of my name. I assure you that if sometimes public duties are onerous and laborious there is nothing which gives to the discharge of them so much pleasure and so much enoouragement asthe knowledge which we possess that when we return to meet our constituents and friends in Oxford, we are sum to meet from you the most gratifying proofs of your generous confidence and of your kind and cordial support. (Cheers.) When, six months, ago my friend Mr. Nuts and I stood before you u candidates, to render an account of our stewardship ion former parliament, and to ask you for • continuance of the trust which you had reposed in us, we hoped, and you hoped, that the new parliament would be opened, and its earlier deliberations guided by that great minister whose yoke was a power in Europe—(cheers)--and who enjoyed in so un usual • degree the confidence and affection of all his fellow subjects. (Continued cheering.) Gentlemen, that hope has not been realised. We have laid him in the tomb. His name has been added to the long and honoured roll of those who have died in the discharge of their duty. (Hear, bear.) But his memory still lives in the grateful recol lection of the people whom he served. (Cheers.) The new parliament which our gracious sovereign is about to epen will, I have no doubt, yield to none of its predecessors in its efforts for the public good, and will, I have no doubt, when it comes to He termination, bequeath to the nation measures calculated to increase the prosperity of our country, and contribute to the welfare and happiness of the people. Amongst thou measures one of the most important that will engage its consideration will be, I have no doubt, the question ofjparliamentary reform. (Loud cheering). We all know the difficulties of the subject, since it has been pro posed by so many successive governments and has been dealt with so unsuccessfally by so many successive par liaments. (Hew, bear.) I speak not as • member of the administration ; I speak only as a member for the city of Oxford addressing his friends and constituents ; but this I will say, that so far as I have seen in the returns which have been made to the present parliament, it does appear to me that there never was a parliament better calculated in its composition to give to that great subject a fair and comprehensive hearing. (Cheers.) And I, for my part, shall be glad if we are able to bring it to a great and satisfactory solution. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I observed in the papers today that a very eminent member of parliament said to his constituents a few evenings ago that in which I mat cheerfully express my coocurrence—that there was • period in our history when we were so singularly prosperous, and when all chimes of the community were bound so closely together in the common ties of brother hood. (Hear, bear.) I remember the time—although my life has not been long protracted—when very much the reverse was the cue, and when in the centres of industry is which my lot was cast distress and discontent were almost as remarkable as prosperity, and content, ar.d cheerful ness are now. If you ask me to what I attribute the happy difference, I say I attribute it mainly to that course of temperate and progressive improvement in the institutions of the country which followed on the enactment of the great Reform Bill. (Cheers.) I know no portion of our institutions—ecelesiestmal, municipal, mili tary, above all, commercial—whichhas not shared in this course of great, and temperate, and progressive improve ment. (Cheers.) Is this country discussion prepares the way for legislation. At first there are differences of opinion, but by degrees, by parliamentary debates, by com parison of opinions in public feeling, but, above and beyond all, by the constant action of a free press examining into the rubject—(cheers)—ideas that were at first captivating bloom only for a short time, and being unable to stand the test of criticism, fall for ever into well deserved oblivion ; whilst thou on which opinions appear irreooncileable are by degrees brought down to points on which, although every one canoot be pleased, yet there does at last come that harmorty of opinion through the entire community that enables us to come to con clusioos with the general concurrence of the voice of the whole people. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, if there be one cause more than another to which I attribute this happy change, I should say it is the entire absence of legislation for cheese, and the determined liberty to view every measure that is brought forward with a single regard to its bearing on the 1 welfare and happiness of the whole people, that hay print& 1 pally been the cause of the prosperity and the content which now exists. (Cheery.) Why is it that, am you sae in the financial returns of this morning, when taxes are re moved, and you imagine a certain loss will be entailed on the exchequer, it almost always happens that the stream of national industry. continually increaring, is not checked by such events as the American wiar and the loss of a great portion of the staple of our manufactures ; that when the year comes round the loss is smaller than we expected, arid the growth of our prosperity has much to replace it. I say why is it, except that all these changes are calculated for the good of the whole community, and the appeal is made to the consuming power of the commu nity for the return that is made. (Cheers.) Aod, gentle men, is is not ooly the effect upon our own country, but it is the effect of the example upon other countries, which tends ivery much to produce the result. I remember that the year 1848, when the revolution in Frame brought to this country a peat many of the tinguished mu of that country, we bad then for two years finished our greet free trade conflict. I remem ber saying to one of the most eminent French statenner, " My opinion is that you will sot be long before you in France follow our example." Hie reply was "No ; we in Femme are protectionists.' But I was convinced that our example could not Whist upon an intelligent and flourishing people, and accordingly we have lived to see France follow our example, and enter with us into that race of commercial progress which is destined to benefit her, to benefit our selves, and by a new link bind the amity between the two countries. (Cheers.) I hope it will sot be long before the example spreads over the whole of Europe, and that the great regions watered by the Danube will enjoy • share of the blessings of • free commerce. ( Cheers.) Thus it is that the nations of Europe will be more and more united together year by year in the modal partnership of commerce. (Cheery.) Gentlemen, it we cast our eyes *cross the Atlantic, and look at that great nation which speaks the same language, 1 and draws the law from the same sources as ourselves, is it • NAVAL AND JLELITARY. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 1. APPOINTMENTS. - Staff Somme C. T. S. Novara. to Devosport Dockyard, vice Dr. Frazer, retired. Master W. P. Bramid, to the Irresistitde, vim %Distal, whose period of sereios hes stipind. the Du Engin mas ( additionaleers J. Hill, H. O. ), for Josue, sad Frederick Lewis. to disposal. Fart Clam Audits** bathe Aaclerso D. A. Campbell. sad T. J. WooMaK Darius! ( for disposal. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1. The Scorpion, 4, iron screw turret-ship, Captain J. E. Commerell, was paid out of oommilaion today. The Wyvern„ 4, iron screw turret.ship, Captain Hugh Burgoyne, will soul for Plymouth on Wednesday. The Minotanr F. Herbert (pro tern.), got up steam this morning to proceed into the Channel for experimental trial of her heavy broadside gars, but just as she was ready to start, and part of her mooring-chains had been unloosened, it was found that the cep of one of her cylinders was split, and her departure was, thereforejpeatposed. The Orestes. 22, screw corvette, has been docked for repairs and to be brought forward for sea service. The remains of Lieutmant.Oolonel Murray, lately com manding the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, were interred in Portsmouth Cemetery on Saturday last with military honours. The deceased officer who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colmel in November, 1855, died at his residence in London, and his remains were brought to Portsmouth by railway. The cork* was termed at the railway station, and was headed by the 87th Regiment, with arms reversed, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilsoo. Thou followed the bands of the 52nd and 87th regiments, which played funeral marches alternately along the whole line of the route to the cemetery. The body came next, carried upon a gnu carriage, the accou trements of the deceased officer being placed upon the lid of the coffin. The pall•bsarer were staff-officers of the rank of colonel ; a mourning carriage followed, containing relatives of the dammed ; end the procession was also cam. posed of a large number of officers belonging to the various . regiments in the garrison, naval offloen belonging to ships in port, and several private carriages, in which, amongst others, were the naval and military commanders-in-chief of the port and garrison and Sir J. Pennefather, of the Alderahott command. The funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. St. John, chaplain to the forces, and the military ceremonial was of the usual kind. The deceased officer served in the 18th Regiment in the China expedition (for which he received a medal), and was present at several actions at Amoy, Chosen, Michas, Ningpo, Seven, Mapco (where he was wounded), Skanghae, Woesung, and Chin- KiMg.Foo. CHATHAM, JAL 1. An order was leaned this morning directing the depot companies of the 65th Regiment to proceed from this garrison, at an early hour to-morrow morning, to Plymouth, there to join the service companies of the regiment on their arrival from New Zealand. The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, will commence at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before the Vioe-Prasident and the members of the Council of Military Education. The examination will not terminate till the 19th inst. The death on the 27th ult. is announced of Vice-Admiral William Allan Herringbam, at the age of 75 years. Re was one of the few surviving officers who took part in the battle of Trafalgar, having been at the time only two years in the navy. MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION IN THE ARMY. The Inspector-General of Musketry's (Major- General I, Charles Hay) annual report of the progress of musketry instruction in the army at home and abroad for 1864-5, prepared for the information of his Royal High nese the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chiet, which re cords the extent to which the several eons and battalion s armed with the rifle have been exercised during the year, has been published. Major-G=6nd Hay, in forwarding the elaborate document to the Adjutant-Osumi to the Foreme, in a short introductory letter, brings under the notice of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge the following particulars : Seven thousand nine hundred men of the several regi manta of cavalry, armed with the rifle carbine, have been exercised out'of a strength per annual returns rendered— exclusive of recruits ' and not including the household cavalry—of 10,160. The " figure of merit" of the shoot ing of the cavalry to 300 yards is nearly 26 points, and the percentage of men in the Ist and 3rd classes in judging distances is 42 of the former and eight of the latter. 96,001 men of the infantry, including the Royal Engineers, have been exercised out of a strength per annual returns rendered, exclusive of recruits, of 111,882. Of the number instructed nearly one-fourth passed into the first class in shooting under the higher test, and one-eight actually fired in the let class, and 79 per cent, passed into the let class in judging diatince, leaving only two per cents in the 3rd class. The con-exercise men, after deducting all cases that are satisfactorily accounted for, are numerous, being egual,to nearly 12 per cent. of the strength of the infantry. The runt.% of the rapid file-firing are bad, and thou of the skirmishing practice are only moderate. The " figure of merit" of the infantry is enly 49.35 points. Major-General Hay concludes by saying In regard to these particulars I would remark, that if I have not been able to report improvement in the shooting ' of the army generally, I feel perfectly satisfied that the cause is solely attributable to the fact that the men are not habituated to the p Jpar position in handling their rifles. Having closely watched the men at practice, 1 am nut sur prised that the shooting is not better, but that it is so good. The man who is not trained to the proper position in the first instance as a recruit, and confirmed in and habituated to it, during the ordinary weekly drills and parades (and a very little time will suffice, it often repeated), cannot possibly fire in the same position twice running, particu larly when shooting on the knee, an essential position for effective volley firing, and for long range shooting. The best shooting company in the army during the yes is the lets flank company of the 2nd battalion of Scots Fusilier Guarde, its "figure of merit " being 147.78. The best shots in the army in the yearly course of practice for 1864-5 are Private Amos Wolfere, 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade, who scored 106 points with the Whitworth rifle in the lst and 2nd classes ; and Cciour-Sergeast John !('Dowell, 2nd Battalion 16th Foot, who sowed 90 points with the Enfield rifle in the let and 2nd classes. The beet judge of distance is Private E. Ellie, depot, 53rd Foot, who obtained 26 points in the let clam. In the 32nd Com pany Royal Engineers, Ist Battalion Ist Foot, 56th Foot, and 4th Battalion 60th Rifles, there are men who have obtained a higher score than Private Ellis ; but as such men did so by being exercised within the distances pre scribed for the third clue, when executing the third period, oftener than the regulations authorised (for by no other WORDS could they obtain the scores recorded spinet their names in the annual returns), the position of best judge of distance is assigned to Private Ellis. The rifles with which the annual course of practice was executed by the different branches of the service are as fol lows, vix. : The Cavalry—Westley Richards, Sharp's and Terry's breech-loading rifle carbines, and the East India pattern Enfield and interchangeable rouszle-lceding rifle carbines. The Royal Engineers—Lancaster's elliptical bore rifle. Rifle Battalions—Whitworth, short Enfield pattern 1856, and naval pattern 1858, rifles. Battalions of Guards and Liae—LoogMnfield rifle pattern 1853. THE COMION LAW Comm.—Yesterday the sittings papers of the Common Ism Courts were ismusd. Is the Quota's Beech the first sitting in term is for the 15th instant in fdiddlesex,.. end otter tam Ist Feb. la the Common Pleas, the Bret sitting in Middlesex is the 12th instant, sad after term let Feb. The sittings in the Ex chequer, are the slime u in the QEStlie Beads THE SOUTHERN STATES. (FBOY ♦ conorommt.) NEW ORLEANS, 1110. 4. From Charleston, whence my previous letter was dated, I proceeded by way of Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery, and Mobile, to this place. A portion, about sixty miles, of the railway between Charles_ ton and Augusta, destroyed by Sherman's 'army, has not yet been restored, and I shall not soon forget the stage journey between the two interme diate points, which occupied the whole of a night and the greater part of a day, jolting at the rate of rather more than three miles an hour over some of the worst roads that can be imagined. We came in some places upon the line of the track which had been destroyed, and certainly most effectually had Sherman done his work—each length of rail being not only torn up, but bent completely double so as to snake it impossible to re-lay it. This was accom plished by making the rail red hot in the middle and then bending it round a tree till the two ends met. With this exception the line along the whole of the above route was in working order, though the speed was of the sl owest and the travelling of the roughest—the passenger cars beingwitatno thing more theft goods trucks fitted up ' deal seats. Atlanta itself, so completely laid in ruins, is rising most rapidly from its ashes, houses and warehouses springing up on all sides, for At lanta is too valuable a centre of commerce to remain long in a state of devastation. It may be taken as a sign of the times that on a railway oar, in the centre of Georgia, I bought a copy of the New York Tribune, and, although I paid 16 cents for that which sells in New York for 4, I have no reason to think that the extra 11 cents was laid on as a tax upon abolitionism, seeing that I paid 35 cents, about la. 11, for a number of Punch in Augusta the day before. The fact is, that with the destruction of slavery disappears the aecessity for the old restrictions on the free circulation of Northern literature. The South is wiser than the proverb—the steed is gone, and it no longer cares to lock the stable door. I mentioned in my last that many of the planters, acting upon a precipitate conclusion that the free labour of negroes is not to be relied on, are turning their attention to the introduction of white labour, chiefly that of foreign immigrants. I noticed at Montgomery the advertisements of a house offering to provide white labour at the rate of 150 dollars per annum for men, 100 for women, and 50 for children of 12 to 14, the labourers engaging to live in the huts and upon the fare of the negroes, to clothe them. selves, and to pay their own doctors' bills, it being further undertaken that one out of every six. of 'Germans should speak English. These rates ap peared so exceedingly low that I at once came to the conclusion that the thing could only be done by entrapping unwary emigrants on their arrival, and since then I perceive that the German residents in Alabama, looking upon it in the same light, have taken the matter up and applied to the Freedmen's Bureau to put a stop to it. The price offered for white labour in Louisiana is 50 dole. (about 71. 10s.) per month with board, which is an exceptionally high rate, as far as my experience goes. The introduction of white labour is one of the features which mark a new era in the South. So long as slavery existed honest toil was considered a disgrace. "But," says the Rich mond Republic, " the time has gone by when labour was the peculiar badge of the servile class. If labour was not respectable formerly, it is neces sary to make it so now." It might be expected that the people of the South, fully realising the fact, as I think they do, that slavery is a thing of the past, and at the same time looking upon the present generation of negroes as in the mass incorrigibly indolent, dishonest, and untrustworthy, would welcome the instruction afforded in such a thorough and effecti:e manner by the Freedmen's Aid Commission to the coloured children as a means of rendering the future gene ration of workers more moral, more intelligent, and more industrious. lam sorry to say that this is not the case ; but, on the contrary, these schools everywhere meet with bitter opposition. The only rooms that can be obtained for the purpose are those occupied as coloured churches ; and in some cases attempts have been made to burn down the buildings in consequence of the schools established in them. The teachers, mostly young women from the North, find the utmost difficulty in getting any one to take them in. A hard life it is for these poor girls in some of the country places, shut off from all sympathy with their neighbours, and with nothing but their native spirit and a sense of use fulness to support them in their work. Mr. Fiske, the superintendent of the schools of North Caro lina, where there are about 5,000 children under instruction, looking forward to a time when the protection of the United States government would be withdrawn, made an earnest attempt to secure their permanence by enlisting the religious element of the State in their favour, but without success. It is to be feared that on the withdrawal of the United States autho rity most of the schools in the smaller country towns will have to be abandoned, and this is a result which—having visited many of these schools and witnessed the progress which has been made, and the discipline which has been accomplished—l feel is very much to be deplored. The day after my arrival at New Orleans, finding that a "Grand Fenian Mass Meeting" was to be held, in order to inaugurate the movement in that town, I repaired at the appointed hour to the place. Seeing only a band of music in a balcony, and a crowd about equal to that which you may See any day in Cheapside to watch Mr. Bennett's clock strike, I began to think that I had come to the wrong place. But presently the band striking up " Sprig of Shillelab" and a small green flag being produced, I knew that I was all right. The meeting being further advertised by the discharge of rockets in the street, the crowd increased to about 400 or 500, mostly Irish of the labouring class, and the proceedings commenced. The principal speaker was the Attorney-General of Louisiana, Mr. Lynch, whose connection with the movement had already, it seems, been commented on by the London Times a great thing for him, as it gave him an opportunity to stand there, and "defy the Times." Re gave a long and wearisome historical ditquisition, tracing the his tory of Ireland from the earliest period, and enu merating in detail all the old wrongs inflicted on her by her Saxon oppressors. But when he came to the present day, what do you think was the charge he had to make ? Nothing but the sending out of the Alabama and her sister pirate ships to sweep American commerce from the seas. And the audience cheered his I remarks—thus, in the chief city of the Confederacy NEWSPAPER i i 2 I SA. -A.A.1../ TWOPENCE not cause of the:Minimal. not only to them, bat to us, that the great calamity which afflicted them has mow ceased for seer ? Do we not cordially rejoice that, purged from the silt and stain of slavery, the great North American country is about to eater on a career of prosperity and greatness, and to take a foremost place in the community of nations? (Own.) We desire to see the provinces of British North America emaciated together in • link of the &meet union, strong in their own resources, powerful for their own government sad for their own defences. and remaining, as they loyally desire to remain, united nada. the crown and under the name of Enema, (Chews.) In oar colonial administrs• Hon we have parted with much of the power which foumerly belonged to this country. Many of our onuntrymm are settled in distant parte of the globe. What we retain we desire only to use for the increase of their power, of their welfare, and of their growing greatness, and we desire to see them forming communities under the British crown indeed, but is a great degree self-depeo dent, and owing their strength, and refooroesh and industry, and power, to themselves; and we feel that when we concede to them the power of telf-goveru ment we throw upon them the burden of providing far their own support. (Cheers.) These are the prin ciples on which we think Eustis/armee, wherever theg are, ought to be governed, by which they desire to be &mama and we feel that they are principles which teed to strengthen the same and power of &Weed, among here at home, but in every portion of th e globe where their industry and desire for progress and prosperity shall lead them to settle. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, 1 will now my • word respecting another colony very differently circumstanced. You are well aware of the anxiety whir the great colony of Jamaica has caused to her Majesty's government damn the last few months. I shell sot follow Captain Fans into that portion of his address in which he touched upon party politics. I shall confine myself entk i l to tops..wwhichare free from any reforisce of that k and thall eely pay that which I think it right you should know and width you expect to bear from rum Gentlemen, you are perfectly aware that in th e middle of the math of October onions disturbances took place at Morant Bay, on the south onset of the Island of Jamaica, and continued for some days—that they spread to a place on the east of the island, end , nearly to Port Antonio on the north of it. Now, mond all the controversies on the subject, one thing has never been dis puted, and that is, that by great promptitude on the part of the authorities, and by the skilful disposition of the troops, comparative safety was speedily restored to all m ama, of whatever race or colour, who desired to live in peace and orderly submission to the law. (Cheers.) But serious questions have arisen as to the measures which were taken in the course of that rept-swim and after that coon parative safety had been effected. Now the plain truth is that we are not in pommies of sof& Meet information to enable us to arrive at a re liable and just conclusion on this subject on which questions have berm raised. (Hear, hear.) That being so, we have felt it to be our bounden duty to institute ea in quiry into the matter, and we thought that inquiry could only be complete end satisfactory if it was instituted in the island itself. (Cheers.) Accordingly we have obtained the services of that distinguished man Sir Henry Storks, who left the seat of his government at Malta and bas proceeded for a time to take the government of J and to m ade over the inquiry there to be conducted. ptain Fans ban taken the opportunity of proposing a question to me, and it is a question which I have not the least objection to answer to him and to you. (Cheers.) He asks me whether the temporary interruption of Governue Byre's command was intended as a stigma upon Governor Eyre, or whether it was a necessary concomitant of the institution of the inquiry in the island. I have great pleasure in telling my fried that it was not intended se • stigma upon Governor Eyre. (Loud cheers.) I hold it to be the duty of every man who has the (airmen of in Englishman in his heart—and I am quite aura it is the duty of her Majeety's government, and more particularly of the individual who now addressees you—when be insti tutes an inquiry, to avoid all prejudgment of the result of that inquiry —(sheen)—and I can oily say that when the whole business comes to be laid before the imperial parliament, that I trust it will be seen that to the best of our ability, end se far as the circumstances of the OW have reedited it possible, we have done all in oar power to obteiu a fair and full inquiry, and to avoid in any degree prejudging the result of that inquiry with regard to those who, be it observed, were compelled by their duty to act under the circumstances in which they were placed. (Cheers.) I trust I have satisfactorily answered the question of Captain Pane. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we thought that for the good of thmcolony, and for the oompleteoesa and effectiveness of the inquiry. it was moat important that all the powers of the crown, civil ea well se military, should during the conduct of the inquiry be vested in a single hand, and as soon as we had determined upon the inquiry we communicated with Sir Henry Storks, and as soon as he reached this country he received the commindoe from the crown, and is at this moment approaching the shored of Jamaica, and about to enter upon his duties. We have also been able to moue the services of two other meet distin guished men to imist Sir Henry Storks, and to-morrow they will leave this country for Jamaica. I think, therefore, we have done that which it was our duty to do, and I trust that we are free from all imputation of having in any degree prejudged the case. (Loud cheering.) Mr. NZATE, M.P.. also responded to the toast, and famed to the Jamaica question, observing that whatever exaggeration there might have been on the part of those who were called pseudo-philanthropiate, they did express, perhaps with some exaggeration, what he believed to be the real feeling of the educated and humsneople of this country. (Cries of "No, no,"and hear, bear. He begged every one not to commit ,himself premat u rely to any ex pression of abrobation of what he in common with the country at large might, upon obtaining greater knowledge. hive to denounce, reprobate, and condemn as mamma of excessive severity. (Hear, bear.) Several other toasts were afterwards given and re sponded to. THE "TIMES" AND THE CONFEDERATE LOAN. The following correspondence is published in the Ne,o York Tribune : No. 32 e ffeacle.strset, Now Yea, Sept. 22, 1865. Mr. J. T. elano, Editor of the Fir/A(4.—Si; —re. United States government have obtaloed and given cur rency to a list of British holders of the so-called Confederate States hoods. Your name appears thereto as the bolder of said bonds to the nominal value of 10,0001. In common with a number of my coantrymeo, British citizens of New York, I consider that, in view of the extreme hostility dia. played by the Times toward the United States throughout the late rebellion, and its persistent advocacy of the incur sesta, seine explanation is due to the public on both shim of the Atlantic, with reference to this pecuniary interest of the editors in the success of the rebellion. While admitting your unrestricted right, as a private individual, to invest in the promises to pay of any insurgent community, I protest against the principle (or utter lack of principle rather) that leaders of public opinion is your position may sow broadcast ideas, criticisms, and prognostics, presumed to be unbiased and disinterested by the great maws of English readers, when, io reality, the writers were secretly identified by the closest of all sympathies with the issue they so strenuously advocate. Independent journalism you surely cannot claim as a feature of the Tuna. I beg leave to inquire whether these bonds were purchased by you, and for what consideration? If you decline to 'newer these questions copies of this correspondence will be furnished to the press of ail city for publication, and in that ease the unfortunate impassion now prevalent will require no fur ther confirmatioo, that those bonds were either presented to their recipients or obtained by them at a merely nominal price.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, JAB. C. JOHYsTON. li k illarney•house. Killarney, Oct. 23, 186.1. Sir,—At this remote corner of Ireland at which your letter of the 6th ult. has reached me, I cannot find a copy of a letter to the editor of the Morning Star contradicting the calumnies adopted by that paper, and to which you say the United States government has given currency, to the effect that I held a large amount of stock in the so-called Confederate Loan. I therefore &newer your letter directly ; and declining to avail myself of the excuse which you suggest might justify me as a private individual In waking such an investment, I admit at once that 1 should, as a jour nalist, have proved myself unworthy of all public coofi deuce had I bought either Federal or Confederate stock during the late civil war. I deny, however, most explicitly, that I ever applied for, ever had allotted to me, ever pur chased, or ever possessed, in my own name or io any other, any Federal or Confederate stock, or had any personal or pecuniary interest whatever in the result of the late con test If thee, as you say, the United States government bas made this charge, 1 submit that it is bound in honour either to prove or retract it, and I am sure I shall not appeal in vain to the desire to ascertain and publish the truth which has promptedlyori to seek this explaoation from your obedieot garnet. Jiro. T. DUANE. J. C. Johnston, Esq. BLACRWALL AND GREAT EASTERN RAILWAYS. - Yesterday the Black wall Bkilway came into possession of the Great Eastern Railway Company, under the terms of the lease which has already been submitted to the share holders of the respective companies. Nearly the whole of the servants of the Blackwell Company have been retained, and it is understood that Mr. Louth, the mansgeM continue to have sharp of the working of this now new district of the Great &uteri scheme. It is stated that the transfer of the Blackwell line will led to greater facilities being afforded the public, and that the Great Eiders Rail way Company having now obtained tennis= In the heart of the City, some of the through train , will even tually be run to and from Feadrircb•eirest, for the =cow oxidation of Ipersons frequenting Marii.lane and the neigh bouring markets sad docks. fhl ra '~~ -- th. 11. ilhi 44 4 oft re ga. he t hp. ow. & 310 . r~