The Sun. — London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

- 111ISCEL LANLOUS NEWS. The .john Bull states that the ruling spirits of the Cabinet have determined against any compromise on the Irish Church. Our contemporary rejoices at this decision, since it will enable the Opposition to declare War to the knife ; but " the culpable neglect of duty by the Church in Ireland, and the furibund Protes tantism of her members, make the battle, difficult in itself, more than embarrassing." IRISH RAILWAYS. Two correspondents of the Times express some irritation at the tone of Lord Clanricarde's letter on Irish railways. One of them, Mr. Lawson, reminds the public that, according to Irish statistics, only £12,000,000 of the whole amount expended on Irish railways was raised in Ireland, the bulk of the money spent coming from England. Moreover, those lines which do pay have borrowed largely from the English Government. In 1861 £2,000,000 remained unpaid, with £lO,OOO arrears of interest, and yet at the same time Lord Naas, now Earl of Mayo, obtained from the House of Commons the sum of 1:4';00,000 to assist the Irish railway companies. " A Railway Shareholder," taking much the same view, a& s in which of our colonies the British Government has subsidised the railways. The Government has merely treated Ireland as an integral part of the United kingdom, allowing railways to be promoted there by private enterprise, as in England. It is only bec use the speculators in them have been unsuccessful that they raise a cry for the purch-.se of railways by the state. If this be justice to Ireland, argues the " Railway Shareholder," a similar measure must, in justice to England, be adopted in this country. Perhaps so ; but then a good many persons are perfectly willing to accept this reductio ad absurdum,as the Times con siders it. THE TWO SERVICES. There are many rumours of coming changes in the two departments of the army and the navy, but the journals which represent those interests are rather shy about vouching for any of the reports. There seems, however, to be little doubt that an important change will be made in the coastguard department. The separate establishment in Spring-gardens is to be broken up, the chief offices abolished, a large number of clerks dismissed, and henceforth the coast guard ships will be placed under the command of the various admirals at the different outports. The new Director-General of the Medical Department of the Admiralty will have to submit to a reduction of £;300 a year. Still more important, it is believed that the Admiralty will not fill up the appointment of the Admiral of the Fleet, vacant by the death of Sir Lucius Curtis. As already stated, the post of Governor of Greenwich Hospital will not be filled up, and it is contemplated transferring the infirm pensioners to the hospital at Netley, and convert ing the hospital to military purposes. More important still is the final determination, already announced, to close both Deptford and Woolwich Dockyards. The navigating cadets now in course of instruction on board the St. George will be absorbed by the Britannia, and a useless distinction abolished. The Dady Telegraph announces that there will be a reduction of £500,000 in the army estimates on the cost of war materiel alone. The Pall Mall Gazette says it has been positively announced at Chatham that with the new financial year the whole of the separate depots of those regiments which have two battalions will be abolished, an arrangement affecting twenty-five regiments. Finally, it is believed that Government will favour shorter terms of enlistment by keeping a certain number of infantry battalions always at home and a certain number localised in India. We learn it has been decided at the War Office that henceforth officers in the army wishing to give up active service shall have the option of selling their commissions to the department as an alternative to going on half-pay. A ROYAL ROAD. There is a good deal of grumbling in naval circles just now because a young German prince, a relation by marriage of the Princess Alice, has been appointed a naval cadet, and sent out to the Ariadne at once. without the fifteen months' training on board the Britannia at Dartmouth, which every other lad who 'oins the navy must go through. It seems that there is a royal road to learning, so far as naval know ledge is concerned. THE BRIBERY ACT. The Solicitors' Journal points out that the late proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas on the Hull election petition, afford another and a very notable instance of the unfortunate manner in which our laws are framed.. Here is an enactment made only last year which has fairly puzzled the Bench and the Bar, both of whom admitted the hopelessness of endeavouring to fathom the ambiguous words of the statute ; and for the decision ultimately given there could be found no guide save the desire, as a matter of expediency, not to invali date several pending petitions. As Mr. Mellish re marked, it would take another Act of Parliament to make the Act intelligible. As Chief Justice Bovill remarked, amendments are introduced into a bill, sometimes at a moment's notice, which materially affect the construction of the Act without the effect being seen. The remedy for this, say we, is that long ago suggested by the present Attorney-General, the appointment of a Minister of Justice, among whose duties should be that of revising bills before they are brought into Parliament, and watching their progress through it. The Law Times, is titing to the same Act, says tnat, as it at present stands, a great injustice is in flicted on the sitting member. " The petitioner may be, and usually is, a pauper, and he is required to give security for 21,000 only, so that if the respon dent's costs should amount to more than that sum, he will lose the excess ; while, being himself usually a man of substance, he will pay the entire of the peti tioner's costs, without limit of amount. He thus fights at a disadvantage, which, combined with the stringency of the law that makes him responsible for the acts of every man who is employed at an election—even for such as may be done against his positive orders—will have the certain effect of preventing respectable and responsible men from taking part in political life, thus throwing the Legislature here, as it is in America and in our colonies, into the hands o f political adventurers who make it a trade, and who, having neither cash nor credit to , lose, with many things to gain, can afford to hazard that which, as the law is now administered, must be looked upon as a risk which a prudent man, having no object to gain but the discharge of a public duty,will sedulously shun." This very long sentence fairly takes away our breath. TWO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS. " Consolation presentations " are lugubrious affairs enough, and the Tory papers are glad to be able to relieve them occasionally with accounts of "triumphant celebrations." To their manifest delight two such meetings have very recently taken place. Lord George Hamilton has just returned thanks for his election for Middlesex ; Mr. Stewart Hardy, the sae of the late Home Secretary, • has made speeches to his supporters at Rye. Lord George seems to have been rather surprised at his election, and he puts it forward as a precedent for contesting even the most hopeless seats. That principle, however, can be carried out on both sides, and will doubtless prove as efficacious in one case as the other. Both his lordship and the member for Rye thought some thing might be made from a Conservative point of view out of the discordant elements of which Mr. Gladstone's majority is composed. They were gentlemen, said Lord Hamilton, of every religion and no religion; of moderation and extremes—Mr Bright and Mr. Lowe. Mr. Hardy addressed a " series " of dinner meet ings, and replied to his health at each. One point in his addresses should be noticed. He attacked very strongly the economical policy of the Government. " They begin," said he, a by diminishing obr dock yards, by turning hundreds and thousands of indus trious workmen out of employment in the winter months, thereby increasing the rates and taxation of the country. They propose to do all this to save, perhaps, a penny income tax, or something of that sort. I cannot approve of such a rough-and-ready economy as this, so hard-hearted and so cruel to those who have no other means than their labour of gaining a living; I think some other means might be found, and I would prefer paying an additional income tax rather than that thousands of my fellow countrymen should be left without work in our large dockyards." EARL RUSSELL AND DR. SANDWITH. ------- --- A correspondence has taken place between Lord Russell and Dr. Sandwith on the subject of a letter witten by the latter gentleman in the Star. In this Dr. Sandwith declared that " we acted, if reports be true, a very scandalous part in aiding the Turks against the Montenegrins in 1863.' Further on he said that "Earl Russell had employed British men-of-war to cruise in the Adriatic with orders to seek any Garibaldian sympathisers who might cross," Sze. The noble earl declares that he has made inquiries at the Foreign Office, and has found that no orders were given on the subject referred to in 1663, but that in 1862 he heard it reported that a Ciaribaldian expedition was likely to invade the territories of 'turkey, Austria, or (Treece. nu viicrc fore caused instructions to be given that the Com nialier-in-Chief in the Mediterranean should send any information of this kind to the authorities of those countries which were in peril from the attack. Later on in the same year he expressed an opinion that if any of her Majesty's cruisers should fall in with Garibaldi's squadron information should be communicated to the British authorities according to the direction in which that squadron was steering. To this 1)r. Sandwith replies that he disclaims the slightest intention of being personal in his attack, but that he adheres to his opinion, which every Eng lishman has a right to publish, that" we " as a nation have acted in a " scandalously" partial manner in behalf of the Turks, - • ' ' THE BALLOTING AT MANCHESTER. The supporters of the Ballot and those whose opinions about it have been unsettled by the recent elections, are loo! , .ing with interest at the proceedings at Manchester. For two days the balloting has been quietly carried on, to decide the question of whether Mr. Jones or Mr. Gibson shall be the Liberal candi date. The modus operandi is as follows :—Each polling booth is divided into compartments, very much, like those in telegraphing offices. Each of these compart ments is set apart for a ward. The voter having been identified there obtains his card ; said card contains the names of the two candidates in different coloured inlis, and is wrapped in an envelope. This is taken to a distant desk, and the name of the objectionable canqZidate is scratched out. The card is returned to the envelope, and is put into the balloting box ; when the box is opened no one will be able to say to whom the card belonged. nITUALIS3I. The John Mill reveals the fact that serious dis agreement has taken place among the Ritual Com missioners. Earl Stanhope made a motion to the effect that the reading of the Athanasian Creed should be rendered optional—a remarkable proposal from so Conservative a nobleman. The resolution was defeated after a very small majority, and not until one of the commissioners had threatened to resign if any attempt were made to touch the Creeds. Mr. Venn is about to propose a series of changes which will tend to explain away those por tions of the Prayer-book which the Low Church party dislike. The new Primate is said to be unfavourable to any alterations of the Prayer book. The Record asserts that the statement of the Church Times to the effect that the Church Associa tion had resolved to surrender its right to recover its costs from Mr. Mackonochie is " preposterous." The statement that the vestments question will be tried at once is also incorrect. "We (Record) have authority to state that nothing is yet settled." Mr. Mackonochie writes to the Daily . Telegraph a short letter, asserting that he never intended to refer to Dr. Rowland Williams in his letter to the daily papers which appeared on the 10th, as Dr. Williams supposes in his letter to the Daily Telegraph of the 22nd. Archdeacon Denison has written a final reply to Mr. Lowder. He points out, in reply to the charge of inconsistency for not wearing the eucharistic vest ments, that Mr. .Lowder confounds between the de cree of the judgment and the reasons of that decree. The decree rules absolutely, the reasons by implica tion only, as is carefully distinguished in the memo rial. In all particulars exicept the two specified in the decree, a decree is wanting to make law. The Arch deacon adds that his action has been paralysed by Mr. Lowder and his friends, and he deeply grieves he can no longer act with them in the matter. Thus the schism in the Ritualist party is complete. THE S. P. C. K. " A Herefordshire Rector " writes to the Times that the Ritualist party in the S. P. C. K., having been defeated in their late attempt at granting £2,000 for use in the diocese of Natal independent of the bishop, are now endeavouring to alter the consti tution of the Standing Committee, so as to ensure that grant being made hereafter. Six members retire by rotation on February 2, but offer them selves for re-election. One is the Rev. M. W. Mayow, a Ritualist, and the Rev. R. T. West proposes three gentlemen of his own way of thinking, two of whom are seconded by the Rev. C. Gutch, a former colleague of Mr. West's at All Saints', Margaret-street. BISHOP JACKSON'S FAREWELL. Bishop Jackson, who has been elected Bishop of i.Jondon, took farewell of his old diocese, Lincoln, on Friday. There was a celebration in the Cathedral, which was attended by about 400 clergy and laity. The Bishop preached from Acts xxi., 5. In his sermon he spoke very highly of his successor, Dr. Wordsworth. Referring to the two antagonistic schools of thought —one which doubted the authenticity of some of the books of the Bible and the historical accuracy of others, and obj ected to the supernatural and the miracu ions as impossibilities ; the other demurring to the advantages of the Reformation, and desiring a prm- Reformation ritual—the Bishop said that both schools included " able, good, and praying men." After the service an address was presented to the Bishop, expressing regret at his departure, and he made a suitable reply, which is published in the John Bull. ROMANISM IN SCOTLAND. Is Romanism increasing in Presbyterian Scotland ? A few days ago we mentioned the secession of Mr. Robertson, formerly an elder of the Established Kirk at Dundee. Previously to this the Marquis of Bute had seceded. Now we learn that " the Catholics at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, have purchased a hand some cruciform church from the Anglicans for £600." Anglicanism must have been in a bad way to let a "handsome cruciform church" go for such a sum as that. RIVAL SOCIETIES. The Broad Arrow, usually a sensible paper, has been seized with Jesuit-phobia. In a leading article expressing congratulation at the initiation of the Prince of Wales into the " craft," our contemporary goes on to denounce the attacks which have recently been made upon Masonry in various periodicals. "It is undeniable that the writers for the press who have been educated for that calling by the Society of Jesus are among the most talented and able of the fraternity," and that these are attempting to "sap" Masonry. What nonsense all this mystery is. The T suits are simply a religious body, which, like a .hers, is desirous of making proselytes; only, instead of going about it inthe bungling, awkward way that some of our very well-meaning but very indiscreet missionaries go, they adopt the Pauline principle of being all things to all men, in order to win some. To the ignorant, whose imagination is easily touched, they send men capable of exciting that imagination ; for men of intellect and logical acute ness they provide similar men. The instrument is carefully selected for his work—that is the whole mystery and history of Jesuitism. We might study it with advantage : if we had studied it we should scarcely have sent out a student bishop to the unlettered Zulus, nor a Riktalist bishop to the all but Republican colonists of New Zealand. FATHER IGNATIUS ON DISSENTERS. Father Ignatius on monasticism was alarming. Father Ignatius rebuking the sins of the City men was edifying. Father Ignatius on Christian unity is comforting. In his latter capacity we find that, after all that has been said, the Rev. F. Lyne has not given up the " traditions of his father; " for, though he " practises" ritualism, and was thought to be of all "Iligh " men one of the highest, he now comes forth with preaching which the " broadest " would hardly cavil at. The keynote of a lecture on Dissenters, given a day or two back, was that everyone was Christian who believed in the divinity of Our Lord. All beyond that was matter of opinion ; on that doc trine High Church, Low Church, Wesleyan, Bap tists, Congregationalists could meet. THE TICHBORNE BARONETCY. It was recently announced that the claim made by a returned Australian colonist to the Tichborne baronetcy- had collapsed, that the claimant had tacitly acknowledged an attempt to swindle by going abroad, and that the real baronet was prepared to prosecute him as soon as he returned. The Star now contra dicts this report, repeats that the " claim will shortly be investigated by a court of law," and declares that the gentleman in question " has gone abroad on the advice of his counsel, solely for the purpose of collecting additional evidence in support of his case." THE WOMEN'S CLUB. Another retirement from the proposed Women's Club is announced. The Hon. Auberon Herbert, M.P., has withdrawn because he does not care to take the responsibility of the proposed innovation—the admission of male visitors, against which the Countess of Portsmouth was the first to protest. FIRE-ESCAPES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. We recently noticed a case in whi c h a l a dy l os t her life through the breaking down of a fire-escape. The inquiry which was generally demanded has taken place before the coroner's jury. The evidence given shewed that the first story was not altogether correct. The escape was not found to be broken as stated, when an attempt was made to raise the fly ladder. It was broken in that attempt. The crowd around acted as firemen got hold of the ropes, and the immense jerk which was given to them broke the machinery. Now, doubtless, per sons in a crowd may often on such occasions be useful, but they should be under command, and any indiscriminate zeal should as much as possible be checked. Especially should the management of such a machine as the fire-escape be superintended by experience. More haste may probably be made by one man pulling the cords while the fireman is adjusting the ladder, but, as in this case, the haste may be useless. While half a minute was hardly likely to have caused the death of this unfortunate lady, the means taken to save it caused her death. The jury in their verdict expressed the opinion that there had been mismanagement in bringing the escape into action. THE END OF THE CAB STRIKE. London is likely to be safe from any more cab strikes, for a few months at any rate. The result of the battle with the railways has been to break up the two unions. Street Cabby did not care to starve while work was so plentiful, so he turned out and did his own work while his brother of the railway station stayed at home. The owners of cabs were unable to compete with the large numbers who were their own masters, and so the matter has ended in complete failure, both the master's society and that of the men falling to pieces. It is said that a new society is about to be formed. The death of John blinor Botts is 04111101111CeCi. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1869. 7 ROCETDINGS AGALATT TU&' DIRECTOPS OF OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. The cri urinal suit against the directors of Overend, Gur ney, and Co. (Limited) was resumed in the Court of Queen's Bench, at the London Guildhall, on Saturday, before the Lord Mayor and Sir Thomas Gabriel. The court was crowded as before. Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the case on behalf Dr. Adam Thom, the prosecuting shareholder, and the six defendants (who occupied seats below the counsel) were represented as follows :—For Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. E. H. Gurney, and Mr. R. Birkbeck—Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. J. C. Mathew appeared ; Mr. Barclay was represented by Serjeant Parry and Mr. Montagu Williams ; Mr. Gordon by Mr. Serjeant Sleigh and Mr. Ledgard ; and Mr. Rennie by Mr. Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., Mr. Poland, and Mr. Gardyne. The proceedings commenced with the re-examination of Mr. Edwin Watkin Edwards, the official assignee of the bankruptcy, whose connection with Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. -was the subject of some amusement in ;ourt. Mr. Lewis then went over a few of the transactions in which witness had been acting for Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. Witness received £5OO a year from Xenos, who was the agent for the Greek and Oriental Company, and this was known to Messrs. Overend, Gurney and Co. Mr. Lewis : In your difference with Mr. Birkbeck you said he used coarse language about you being the cause of certain losses. What was the language used? Witness : Mr. Birkbeck said, "You have been connected with all the losses." The Lord Mayor : I suppose there was something put in •otto voce before the " losses." (Laughter.) A letter from Mr. H. E. Gurney was received on the following day, in which they gave him a release from further services, on the ground that the business he had been previously connected with was about to close. The Lord Mayor : That is a testimonial. Mr. Lewis : And you had £20,000 placed to your credit n 1864?—Yes. Mr. Lewis : You knew all the secrets of the heavy losses of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.; and I sup. pose it was that for which you received the money? Witness : I did not know the secrets. Sir Thomas Gabriel : You have told us that you received C 5.000 a year, and how do you account for receiving the C 20.000? Witness hesitated, and then Mr. Serjeant Ballantine explained that it was in respect of the agreement up to tat January, 1868. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : Are you still an official zssignee?—Yes. And you are a partner with Mr. O'Beirne in the City?— Yes. Examination continued : First became acquainted with Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. in 1859, through Mr. D. W. Chapman, to whom witness gave advances. Did 'not it seem odd to you that a member of the old Srm should want money ?—N9. Thought Mr Chapman. might not want the firm to know. The first money advance to Mr. Chapman was after he received the first salary from Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. Are you prepared to say that you had no transactions or advances with Mr. Chapman eighteen months previous to that? Witness : No ; not before I advanced him my £5,000 salary from the old firm. Chapman never paid it back again. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine then handed to witness a letter 'vim Mr. Birkbeck, who accused witness of being the cause of all the heavy losses of the firm ; that witness had 'one everything that was injurious to the firm ; and that they would dispense with his services. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : And you received a testi monial from Messrs. Gurney shortly afterwards. You went from the rude hands of Mr. Birkbeck to the open arms of mild Mr. Gurney. Witness was then pressed hardly about the payment of £20,000. He said, in answer to Sir Thomas Gabriel, that it was in consequence of an appli• cation made to the firm that he received a letter (which in the course of the examination was spoken of as a " testimonial") giving him the notice that Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.'s connection with witness ceased. Sir Thomas Gabriel : Did any of the companies that you were connected with for Messrs. Overend, Gurney, snd Co. pass through your hands as official assignee ?—No. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine : Did not Mr. John Henry Gurney come from Norwich in 1861 to investigate the losses of the firm caused by you ?—I utterly deny that I was the cause of the losses. Mr. Serjeant 13allantine : I know you would deny any. thing. Witness : May I add with regard to the Atlantic Com oany, the debts increased monthly when the ships were m the stocks ; but had they turned out equal to their work, instead of a loss of £BOO,OOO there would have been a dividend. Sir Thomas Gabriel : Messrs. Palmer and Co. and Messrs. Samuelson had the building of them. Did you receive anything by way of commission with reference to these transactions? * Witness : No ; not a shilling. Dr. Adam Thom, of Bedford-square, London, the nomi nal prosecutor, was recalled by Mr. Lewis. Were you aware of the existence of any second deed before taking shares?—l was not. Took the shares because of my opinion of the honour and veracity of the narties connected with it. Mr. Lewis then intimated that this was all the evidence on which he relied for the committal of the defendants for trial on the charge of conspiracy, set out in the informa tion for which this summons was issued. The court then adjourned, and on re-assembling, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine began to address the court. He said he felt it impossible to allow the matter to pass by, as there had been a great deal of public comment, without referring to the manner in which it had been conducted. lie did not corn-plain of its having been instituted, nor lid he complain of the expression of the public in court, because it was only natural that in the case of a great failure it was to be expected, when people expected large gains they must think of the risk; and he lard down this proposition rather in connection with the feeling in the affair than as regarded the particular case under discussion. He was sorry to see such persons as the defendants before them, who were to be subject to comments. He appeared for the old members of the firm, and be did not follow his learned friend Mr. Lewis with regard to the other defendants ; but he was empowered to say that the old members had no longer the know ledge that would be necessary to implicate them. They had no connection wi h these speculations ; they were carried on by Mr. Chapman, who was no longer connected with them. He was almost staggered at the nature of the transactions between Mr. Edwards and Mr. Chapman. Going into the history of the Gurneys' connection with the old firm, he said John Henry Gurney lived at Norwich, on a large estate, quite ignorant of the par ticulars of the business, as lie had 1,600 shares in the con cern, and it was not till 1858 that Mr. Gurney learnt that the firm was embarking on a hazardous enterprise. The defendants heard there velations of Mr. Edwards to-day, and they were surprised at it. The failure of the concern had brought the defendants to a position of penury, whilst Mr. Edwards was rolling in wealth. He would not defend the Messrs. Gurney in not having stopped the business when they found that the losses were increasing ; they ought to have stopped it. But there was a weakness in the nature of the Messrs. Gurney, and they did not wish to abandon the enterprise when they were being held by. The charge was that the defendants had conspired to defraud ; there was no evidence that they were aware of the existence of the loss. He therefore thought the case was not ripe to go before another tribunal. He bad looked at the case, and he admitted they had been guilty of great carelessness, but not of that which was charged against them. Mr. Edwards was mixed up with all their losses, and he dished up charm ing companies, and, probably through the medium of Mr. Chapman, told the Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. that the parties with whom they were dealing were likely to come round. When they find out what had been going on they began by dismissing Mr. Edwards, and they wished to return to their own legiti mate business as bill-brokers. They thought if they could get fresh capital theywould likely come round ; and under those circumstances the public must have known that when fresh capital was wanted, there was something the matter. The Messrs. Gurney had lost everything ; end he thought the court ought to take that into tonsideration in dealing with this criminal charge, There was no criminal intent.- The Messrs. Gurney had their private estates of £1,500,000, so that when they were going to throw that in, the risk that they were turning over would be reduced to £1,500,000. They did not. think then that the new company would be a failure ; they did not think that the change of name would affct public confidence, and bring down a great immediate demand. The public suspected that something was wrong, and accordingly business was diminished. It turned out that the estates had only realised £700,000, and that was a mistake of calculation. He asked whether the judgment the defendants formed of their circumstances showed a 'riminal intent. The Lord Mayor : Yon are not quite accurate. In dealing with the figures you ought to be correct. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said he was dealing with the matter generally on the question of criminality, and the defendants might fairly, without any criminality, estimate their affairs in the way he had suggested. The Norwich !state had been expected to realise £2,300,000. The Lord Mayor : I never heard of that. Mr. Lewis (interrupting): All the matters of which you have been speaking there has been no knowledge of, and it is contrary to what has been done. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said he was dealing particu larly with Messrs. Gurney, and he had only mentioned the fact of Mr. John Henry Gurney not having been aware until 1861 or 1862 of the losses. Mr. Birkbeck and Messrs. Gurney attempted to come to an understanding to do away with the hazardous part of the business, and they expected to clear themselves, and that everything afterwards would be plain and successful sailing. The learned counsel then spoke of the issue of the prospectus. He contended that there was nothing like fraud in it. These men never dreamt of fraud, they never thought of such a thing ; and he hoped the court would say that these gentlemen, however careless they might have been, had no criminal intent. The learned counsel sat down, after hoping that his clients would not be committed. (Applause and hisses ) Mr. Serjeant Parry (who appeared for Mr. Barclay) submitted that his client had not been guilty of anything +hat would send him before a jury. Addresses were also delivered on behalf of other defen d4lo,llollo e9l l ll adi9ilr4e4 Until Wednesday. FOREIGN NOTES. TERKEY AND GREECE. The Paris correspondent of the Times repeats his state ment that Turkey made no reservation in authorising her Ambassador to sign the declaration of the Con ference. The adhesion of the Porte was given unre servedly. The only question mooted was as to the manner in which diplomatic relations should be resumed between Turkey and Greece ; but the principal point being the adhesion of Greece to the decision of the Conference, the mode of resuming relations will not be more than a matter of form. An equally good authority—the Independance Beige—gives a different account. It says the Turkish Ambassador did not sign the collective declaration, but a separate document. He will not add his signature to those of his colleagues until the answer of Greece arrives. The Belgian paper confirms the statement of the Times that a question was raised about the resumption of diplomatic relations. It is added that M. Walewski takes with him, in addition to the declaration, a letter from the French Foreign Minister to M. Delyannis, strongly representing the advisability of Greece giving way, not to Turkey, but to Europe. Such a letter would, perhaps, be more acceptable from another quarter. Throughout the diplo matic negotiations which preceded the Conference, France was the most energetic supporter of Turkey. The mixed commission appointed to settle the affairs of the Enosis is still sitting at the Piraeus, on board the French corvette Forbin. The Liberti thinks the case is not likely to go in favour of Turkey, since it was in Greek waters that Hobart Pasha sought to compel the Enosis to chew its flag. Should a verdict to this effect be given, it will prove to the Creeks that Europe does not side with Turkey in this quarrel further than the interests of law and justice demand. War preparations still go on. There cannot be the least doubt that both parties are preparing for the worst, albeit the chance of peace has considerably increased since the surrender of Petropoulaki. The arsenal at Constanti nople is ceaselessly active, every day increasing the muni tions of war. At the command of the Porte a consider able supply has been sent off in an ironclad frigate for the use of the army, now distributed over the Greek frontier. From Greece come deplorable accounts—too numerous to be questioned— of the distress caused by the military and naval preparations of the Government. A levy of sailors has been made, and the Ministry is making every effort, legal or arbitrary, for the purchase of two ironclads, in addition to the two already possessed. The country is overwhelmed with an inconvertible paper currency, and confidence is seriously weakened by the unanswerable demand of the Government for a loan from the leading banks. War or peace, this waste of re sources and abuse of power are alike discreditable. The President of the Cretan Provisional Government, who is now i i Paris, announces his intention of seeking a loan in America. Has he nothing to sell Mr. Seward ? merged powder. Among those killed was Captain W. L. Churchill, U.S. Navy, long favourably known in connection with science. I regret to add that the highly educated wife of this gentleman, a cripple, without friends or money, is at the Bel mont Hotel, Fulton-street, and the public will, I trust and believe, at least furnish the funds to enable her to reach her home in Georgia. The City made its appearance last Saturday, the price three cents, other weeklies are projected, and two are to be fused into one. The Press, an evening journal, was launched last week. Mr. Charles Sweetser runs the City, and Mr. Paul Nichol son the Press. The New "World is to be devoted to romance, travel, discovery, hygiene, the farm and kitchen, art, poetry, and humour. Each number is to have a bill of fare for each day of the week, with directions for its preparation. The Hearth and Rome, an illustrated weekly, pub lished in New York, which has now reache 1 four numbers, is making some stir, and has done a " deal" of advertising. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is in charge of one department, but the editor. in-chief is Mr. Donald G. Mitchell, known as " lk. Marvel." There are some good illustrations and some excellent papers, and the periodical is well adapted for the country and the class among whom it circulates. The Mother at Home is a new monthly magazine, by Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher; indeed we are being overrun with good thing, for which some of the caterers, I suspect, will have to pay. "Running a newspaper" is fascinating work for an American, for which we all consider ourselves particularly qualified by nature, and many of us find out that we are awakenel to a disagreeable reality, when we have to pay for our whistle. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, has reported a bill from the Appropriation Committee, proposing con siderable reductions in the navy. A million of dollars is stricken from the pay of petty officers and seamen, and another for the preservation of vessels, &c. The navy yards of Norfolk and Pensacola each loses $20,000, while the naval station at Mound City is pulled down from $27,000 to $5,000 The Marine Corps is to be limited to 1,500, with one colonel arid one lieutenant-colonel, two majors, one adjutant and inspi , ctor, one paymaster, ore quarter master, one assistant quartermaster, twelve cap tains, eighteen first lieutenants, eighteen second lieutenants, the sergeants and corporals being re duced two-fifths, the persons discharged being de cided by lot. The total appropriation i 5515,273,672, being a reduction on last year of $2,091,578. We extract the followiing from the letter of a friend in Washington, under date 6th inst., whose communications we frequently publish : • " The Union League, headed by the Mayor of Washington, has secured the Rotunda of the Capi tol and the Hall of the Representatives fora grand Hall on the 4th Al arch, Mr. Covode, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, having reported the resolution conferring this privilege. So the new Administration will be ushered in with feasting, and dancing, and music, and the capitol itself will be grandly illuminated. May the scene on the 4th March, 1873, be as joy ous ! In my last—and you must allow lam some thing more than " An occasional correspondent"— I alluded to the Census, in the hope of getting the figures before mailing my letter. lam enabled now to report, according to the Bureau of Statistics, that there are in . the United States 32,109,827 whites, and 4,633,371 negroes, a total of 36,743,198. Since the Census of 1860 there has been an increase of 5,134,282 whites and 163,866 negroes ; a total increase in the population of the United States of 5,298,118. This is an increase of 19 per cent. among the whites, and 3 2-3da per cent. among the negroes. The regular Census, as you know, is not taken till 1870, when some are sanguine enough to believe it will show a population of 40,000,000. The Grand Jury dismissed the case against Surratt on the ground that the President's Amnesty Pro clamation absolved him of all past treasonable offences against the Government." The State Council of the Union League of Ame rica for the State of New York was in session at Albany, on the 6th inst. Charles W. Godard of Kings was elected President ; Wm. V. Alexander of New York and Lyman R. Bass of Erie, Vice-Presidents; Charles E. Pinckney of New York, Tmasurer; and Thomas G. Baker and Na thaniel Appleton, both of New York, Secretaries. Among the members of the Executive Committee elected are J.M. Schertnerhorn of Die, li. C. Fisk of Allegany, C. H. Thompson of Steuben, Jas. Terwilliger of Onondaga, E. M. Madden of Orange, J. H. elkreg of Tompkins, Joseph Reeve Df Kings, and Benjamin Do Vue of Broome. MONEY lAD BUSINESS. (From the AC2O Toth Tribune.) NEW YORK, Wednesday, Jan. G. Gold opened at 131 L sold at 1351, closing 135. The Bearings at the Gold Exchange Bank were $58,837,000, and the balances $2,702,018 43. The Cunard steamer Russia took out $60,000 in specie to-day. Governments opened strong and active with a heavy demand both for investment and speculation, The ad vance was fully one per cent. on the new bonds from the lowest price of yesterday, and the ea.ier tone of the money market stimulated largo purchases of all classes. State bonds were more buoyant with an increased de mand for all classes. Tennessee 6's soldat 661 ; New Bonds, 66 ; orth Carolina New Bonds, 624; Old Bonds, 621 ; Mis souri 6 per cents., 88; Louisiana 6 per cents., 68; Louisiana Levee Bonds, 621 to 63. The State has paid her January interest at New Orleans, and the Governor in his Message is very hopeful as to the future financial prosperity of the State. He says :—The entire bonded debt, exclusive of bonds owned and held by the State, is $6,750,000, and the floating debt is nearly $62,000,000, which latter can be can celled by the special tax already levied, and the surplus of half a million left. Miscellaneous shares were dull and neglected. Pacific Mail sold at 1181 to 1191, closing 1198 Railway shares opened with a firm tone on the improved condition of the money market, and the dealings were marked with great firmness throughout the day. New York Central opened at 15G-1, closing 1568 156. The trans actions were moderate and without special interest. Hud son, Harlem, and Erie were dull. Reading was strong, opening at 924, advancing to 948. Michigan Southern was the most buoyant, advancing 51 per cent. on rumours that the dividends would he advanced to 10 per cent. per annum. Cleveland and Pittsburg was active. Fort Wayne, also, was higher on a sharp demand from the shorts. The North Western shares continued firm at the opening rates. Rock Island sold at 119, 1198, 1194. St. Paul stocks were strong at an advance of 1 per cont. from the opening price. Ohio and Mississippi, common, sold up to 331, and was steady. The feeling prevailed that the most of the money stringency has passed, and that no further attempt to force high rates would be made. The current has now changed from the West to this point, and funds will now commence to accumulate here. At the close the market was a fraction lower than the highest prices, but closed steady at quotations. Governments close str ng, after a heavy day's business. The investment demand was very large, and all bonds were in brisk demand. The out-of-town orders were heavy. The following were the bi Stocks:— New York AT:inhattan Union America Phenix lO3 Seventh Ward ds for New York City Bank IBank of North America 108 Shoe and Leather l2O Commonwealth Importers and Traders' 123 Park 145 Central National Fourth National lOl Ninth National Chatham Ot RAILROAD MORTGAGES. Chi. Sr N. W. Ist M Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex 93 Gt. Wester❑ 2d M '93 76 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M & Chic. Ext 100 Gal. & Chic. 2d M 95 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 98 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 93 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund... 89 N. J. Central Ist M — N J. Central 2d M Pitts. Ft.W.,!&Ch. Ist M 99i Pitts. Ft. W , & Ch.2d M 95 Pitts. Ft. W. &Ch. 3d M 93 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d M 1 1 Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc Chic. & Alton, S.F. lstM 9Bl Mil. & St. P.m! Ist M 103 Mil. & St. Paul 2d M B3 Marietta & 'in. Ist M — Morris & Essex Ist M 96i Morris & Essex 2d M 92 Joilet & Chic. Ist _ Chi. & Gt. Easen Ist M '74 N. Y. & N. H 6s Dubuque &S.City,lst M - Peninsula Ist M 'Ohio & Miss. Ist M 9l Ohio & Miss. Con B5 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D — Atlantic & G. W. Ist M 76 Commerce America❑ Exchange ll3l, Bank of the Republic l2O CLOSING QUOTATIONS Fl N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 901 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 90 N. Y. Central 6s, It Est 86 N. Y. Central 6s, Sulfa 86 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 100 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 — N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 Erie Ist Mort, Ex 101 i Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 98 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 93 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 86 Erio 7s, sth Mort, 1888 86 Long bock Bonds Buff.N.Y. &E. lst,M, 77 B2 R.'is, Ist M, '69.-100 ILId. R. 7s, 3d M, '75 — Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 99 Mich. 0. Ist M, 69'72-1191 Mich. now Ist M 85,'82 110± Mich: 40., 7 p. c. 2d . M -- N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.e. 96 111. Cen. 7 p. e, '7O 114-i Alton & T. H. lrt M 89 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd B3 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc Han.& .LnndGrants 105 Ilan.StSt. J. Con Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 111 i Sc N. West, S. F 96 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony. Chi. & N. W. Ex'n 8.... Money increased in ease to-day, the highest rate being 1-16 commission on currency irterest, and at the close loans wore made at legal rates, the average rate, however, was about 1-32 over legal interest. This sudden let-up is due mcro to the fact that lenders were fearful of being pro secuted for usury than to any sudden increase of loanable funds offering. The Chicago Journal of the sth says : " The banks wore greatly relieved on Saturday by a large iulltut 91 Currency from the luteri9r. At thin Tfritiug some of the banks report as large receipts to-day as Sa turday at the same hcur, while others do not. "Exchange was exceedingly firm on Saturday, and it is still firmer to-day. It commands 10 per cent. premium over the counter, and 50 cents between banks. Tho rate of interest remains at 10 per cent. per annum." The following is the statement of the Public Debt of the United States on the Ist of January, 1869: ITALY. in is announced that the disturbances produced by the meal tax have resulted in the deaths of thirty people and the wounding of sixty ; but the correspondent of the Standard estimates that not less than 200 have been placed hors de c - rnbat. A Rome correspondent of the Weekly Register gives a very serious account of the discon tent in several provinces. The situation in Naples, says this writer, is very uncertain, because the increase in the price of bread, consequent upon the new tax, is simply a great addition to privations which were already severe. But the climax of disaffection is reached in the Marches and Umbria, the Papal districts which were annexed in 1860-61. " Although the resistance has been small in com parison to the revolt that is preparing, it has been more than enough to indicate the bitter hatred of the population to the rulers it was foolish enough to prefer to the Pope eight years ago. All is now changed, and at Ceuto especially the bust of Pius IX. was carried in triumph round the town to the cry of ' Viva it Pontifice.' " The Democrats are another element of discord and danger. The writer believes that a second Garibaldian invasion will be followed by the occupation of Umbria and the Marches on the part of the French troops. It may be added that this estimate of the results of the meal tax is the estimate of a Papal supporter, and is much in excess of that given in other quarters. PORTUGAL. The struggle in Portugal between the Executive and the Legislature has terminated for a time in the defeat of the latter. The Chambers passed a vote which left the Ministry no alternative but to resign. The country was at once plunged into a Ministerial crisis of unusual uncer tainty and peril. It did not appear that the Legislature possessed the confidence of the people, for a deputation of the commercial men of Lisbon took the extraordinary course of waiting upon the King and requesting the rein stating of the Cabinet and the dissolution of the Chambers. The sovereign has at length taken this advice. The Ministers have returned to power, and the Chambers, it may be presumed, will be dissolved. AUSTRIA. An election speech by Count Andrassy contains some assurances which give it all the importance of a manifesto. The Hungarian Minister scatters to the winds the ru mours which had been so generally received respecting violent hostility between him and Count Beust. Further, he exhorts Hungarians to be satisfied with the constitu tional victory they have won. The only argument against the arrangement with Austria—that Hungary have no voice in foreign affairs—is a fallacy. By the system of parliamentary delegations, the Diet enjoys a powerful influence in the direction of the foreign policy of the em pire. The electors seem to have believed Count Andrassy, for they have given his party a majority of 130. AMERICA. It is affirmed that the number of free traders in America is rapidly on the increase, and that day by day the hitherto safe status of protection becomes more and more d ,ngerous. The people of the United States are not so blind but that the evils of the present system force them selves upon a national intelligence, which, superior on most questions, has been very obstinate on this. It is found that protection takes away far more than it gives. This is, indeed, the old story ; but, happily, the number of those whose interest lies in ignoring this truth does not grow in proportion to the increase of those who are against protection. The last report of Mr. Wells, the great financier, is, perhaps, the most powerful argument in favour of free trade ever pub lished in the United States. Mr. Wells has been in Europe, and chews conclusively that the great want of America—skilled workmen —can never be adequately supplied under the present system. It is true that protection increases wages by 58 per cent., but then it well -nigh doubles the cost of living. Hence skilled workmen who have gone out from Europe with the view of seeking wealth in the land of high wages have found themselves worse off than before. Authorities who have sought American opinion at first hand say that the truth of these conclusions is being more widely admitted. The new I egislature numbers more freetraders. The change may be long in coming, but it will come at last. Its advantages to England are obvious enough. THE CONFEDERATE LOAN. A curious feature marked the business of Friday on the London Stock Exchange. There was a revived demand for the Confederate Loan, which was quoted at £9 10s. The is -a that some recognition of these bonds may be given by the Anglo-American Commission has brought about this renewed speculation. The chance would be adequately paid for by a much smf.ller sum. (From the Anglo-American Timm.) ASTOR HOUSE, NEW YORK, Jan. 7. I have for some time been contemplating a letter to you, and as know your correspqndent is now having his holiday, I take on myself for this week to supply his place. We have had very severe and inclement weather. During New Year's-day "it snowed and blowe 1" in a way very discouraging to the visitors, and suggestive of much refreshment wherever they did make good their entry. Since then we have had fogs, and all manner of disagree able varieties. _ _ The New York b3r entertained Senator Casserly last Saturday. The city has been unusually gay. On Thursday, August Daley, the dramatist, mar ried a daughter of Mr. Duff, manager of the Olympic, at the church of St. Xavier, and many other marriages are on the tapis. Capt. James Funck, once very popular in the passenger trade, as for forty years he commanded a packet ship between this port and Havre, died on Wednes day last, at his residence in East Twenty -seventh street. Mr. Grattan, assas , inated ht Louisville, Kentucky, is the brother of John W. Grattan, a well. known New York lawyer, who telegraphed a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer. William Wood committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself through the head. For several days before hi 3 death he had been drinking to excesg, and he had been annoyed at a vessel be ing robbed over which he had been placed as night watchman. Brook and Orme, who con fessed the murder of Mr. Brodhead, pleading self defence, hive been sentenced to death. A box, con taining $56,000 in United States bonds and other securities, was stolen from the office of Rierwith and Rocholl, in New York, on Saturday afternoon. Four men were blown up on Sunday by the igni tion of the gunpowder used for removing the wreck of the Scotland off Sandy Hook. They had placed 371 b. in the wreck, but in the boat in which they were rowing away from the explosion about to take place there was a wire connecting with the aub- DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. 5 per Cent. Bonds 5221,589,300 00 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1881 283.677,400 00 6 per Cent. 5-20 Bonds 1,602,568,650 00 Total 52,107,835,350 00 DEB 1' BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Certificates at 3 per cent. Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 00 Total 569,865,00 00 MATURED DEBT NOT PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. Three-year Seven-thirty Notes, due Aug. 15, 1867. June and July, 1868 $2,174,900 00 Compound Interest. Notes !natured Juno 10, July 15, Aug. 15, Oct. 15, and Dec. 10, 1867, and May 15, and Aug. 1, Sept. 1 and 15, and Oct. 1, 16, 1868 3,878,290 00 Bonds of Texas Indemnity ... Treasury Notes, Acts July 17, 1861, and prior thereto Bonds of April 15, 1842, Jan. 28, 1817, and March 31, 1848 Treasury Notes, Mar h 3, 1863 Temporary Loan --- Certificates of Indebtedness 13,000 00 Tot• Ll.. $7,463,503 64 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Unitel States Notes 5356,021,073 00 Fractional Currency Gold Certificates of Deposit Six per cent. lawful money, bonds issued Pacific Railroad Companies.. 50,097,000 00 Total ~ Total debt $467,369,808 64 $2,65243,662 28 AMOUNT IN TREASURY Coin Currency $98,763,368 91 13,063 7 092 12 Total in Treasury 5111,826,461 03 Amount of debt, less cash in Trea5ury...62,540,707,201 25 The forgoing is a correct statement of the public debt as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the Department on the Ist of January, 1869. HUGH M'CuLLoctr, Secretary of the Treasury. The Wall-street Journal gives the fluctuations in gold from the beginning of January, 1862, to the end of De cember, 1868: 1862. 1863. Pate Low. High. Low. High. Jan. par 105 131 1601 Feb 1021 1044 153 1721 March lOll 1021 139 1714 April lOll 102* 146 159 May 1 0 .4 1044 1431 155 Junt. lO3l 1091 1401 1481 July lO9 1201 1234 145 August _ll2l 1164 1 . :21 1294 Sept. ll6l 124 127 1434 October 122 137 1401 1561 Nov. 129 1334 143 154 Dec. 13.) 134 147 1524 1865. Date. Low. High. January February 1961 2181 March 1484 201 April May 1284 1454 June 1351 147/ July l3B 146-} August September 1421 145 Octobn. November December 1867. Date. Low. High. January February - 1401 March April May Juue 1361 1384 July l3B 1401 August September October November December DECEMBER, 1868. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Ist 135/ 1354 135 2d 135 135 f 135 3d 1354 1354 135/ 4th sth 7th Bth 9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 15th 16th ... 17th 18th 19th 21st 223 1351 1351 1344 23,1 24th - 135 131-i -26 t h 28th 29th 30th 31st 1864. Low. High. 1511 160 1571 161 159 1691 166 f 187 168 190 189 251 222 285 2311 262 185 255 189 229 209 260 211 244 1866. Low. High. 1361 1441 1351 1401 125 1361 125 1291- 1251 142. 1371 1671 147 1511 1161 152 f 143 f 1471 1451 1541 1371 1481 131+ 1411 1868. Low. High. 1331 142* 1394 144 137* 1411 137 4 140* 139* 140* 139 i 1414 1401 145* 1431 146 1411 145 1?84 140* 1321 137 134* 136; (From the l'u'dic Ledger.) PHILADELPIE A, Tuesday, Jan 5. There was rather more activity in the stuck market 3esterday than on Saturday, at about the prizes then quoted. Iu Government loans there was an advance of in the registered 1864'5, and a decline of in the coupon 1865'5, and in the registered 10-40's. At New York there is reported more activity in bonds, in the absorptio❑ of the millions which have just come on the market in the payment of interest and dividends. Money continues to work very close, with little if any abatement in demand or rates. The banks appear to have prepared for their quarterly statement, and there is conse quently less excitement among borrowers. The banks report a few applications, which is due perhaps to the f act that borrowers knew it was useless to ask them for loans until after the statement was made up. From the course that Western exchanges are taking, it appears probable that, early in this month, funds will begin to flow in this direction, to rest here until the spring movement of pm duce sets in. Drexel and Co., Bankers, No. 34, South Third-street, quote—U.S. 6's, 1881, 1101, 111 ; Old U.S. 5-20's, 1862, 111, 1111 ; New U.S. 5-20's, 1864, 1071, 1074 ; New U.S. 5-20's, 1865, May and Nov., 108, 1081; New U.S. 5-20's, 1865, July and Jan., 1061, 107 ; New U.S. 5-20's, 1867, July and Jan., 107, 1071; New U.S. 5-20's, 1868, July and Jan., 1071, 1071; Ten-forty Bonds, 1051, 1051 ; Gold, 135, 1351; Sterling Exchange, 1171, 148 ; Paris Exchange, 381, 379. _ _ . New York, January 20.—According to Messrs. Neill Brothers' report the receipts at all ports for the past four days have been 41,000 bales, against 37,000 bales same time last week. Exports to Great Britain, 17,000 bales, against 14,000 bales same time last week. Exports to Continent none, against 1,000 bales last week. Total exports for the four days to all European ports, 17,000 bales, against 22,000 same time last week. New Orleans, Jan. 19.—Market id lower. Middling, 12d ; laid down. All Southern markets dull, with downward tendency. Messrs. Stokes, M'Haffie, and Co. have received the fol lowing telegrams from their New York correspondents : "New York, Jan. 2O.—Four days' receipts of cotton at al ports, 37,000 bales; approximate estimate of receipts for the week, 70,000 bales ; same week last year, 88,000 bales. New Orleans, Jan. 20.--Middling osts, laid down in Li verpool, per sailing vessel, 12kd per lb. Savannah, Jan. 20.—The price of middling from this port, laid down in Liverpool by sail, is 12}i per lb. Galveston, Jan. 19. Good ordinary from this port costs llad, laid down i❑ Liverpool by sail. Market strong." The above quota tions include all charges, and an allowance of 6 per cent. for loss in weight. Messrs. Satterthwaite and Co. state —" Our New York advices per Russia reach to ttie 6th instant ; they report a little less stringency in the money market, but still rates demanded were high, 7 per cent. being exacted on first rate collaterals, and some cases a commission in addition ; for mercantile paper the rate ranged from 8 to 10 per cent. Notwithstanding this, the stock market presented a firm aspect; in Government Bonds the chief feature being the steady demand of small investors. The railroad stock market was buoyant on the whole. The leading operatcrs and controllers of the principal roads appear to have suspended their hostile movements, and are now di recting their energies to combinations with Western lines, to secure a through route, in anticipation of the com pletion of the Union and Central Pacific lines. New York Central had fluctuated violently, almost daily —the latest quotation was about 155. Railroad mortgages were dull, gold at 135 higher." The following is from the circular of that firm of Jan. 20 : —Tue firm market noticed in our lust as ruling in London for American Securities has been fully maintained during the past week with a decided tendency to improvement; there has been a continuous buying of United States Bonds for investment, both of 5-20, 18 .2's, and of 1865'5, and of 10-40's; the ad vance on the week being about half per cent. Illinois shares have been in good demand, at 93, ex divi dend. There has been more disposition to buy Erie, and the price has improved to 264; the tendency to ad vance in them seems kept in check by large supplies from New York. Considerable transactions have taken place in Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, which have touched 461; they close rather easier, about 46. Divisional Bonds are without change, and De bentures al e steady at 42. There is an active demand for Virginia Six per Cent. and Sterling Five per Cent. Bonds, but the supply is very short. Pennsylvania General Mortgage Sterling Bonds have brought 85, and Illinois Six per Cent. Sterling 100. Central Pacifies and Union Pacifies have given way slightly. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville, and Co., Belfast; or 4, Boaufort-buildings, Strand, London W,Q.--EAd itrtiOQUlOnt.j ME _INDIAN WAR. General Sherida n reac h, d F or t Cobb on the 9th December with his column of about 1,500 me n ' He moved in his late raid in a southerly direc tion, crossing the Canadian till he struck the Washita, eight miles south of Custar's battle-field' and 113 miles from Fort Cobb. A search was t hen made for the bodies of Major Elliot and 16 soldiers killed in pursuing too far the flying Indians, w il , e were surrounded by the warriors of Little Rav en ! band, by whom they an d their were killed, bodies horribly mutilated. Mrs. Blinn and b er child were found in a camp six miles & le t ! the river—the former had been shot throor the head, and the latter swung round and its brains dash e d ou t aga i nst a tree. Th e Indian were encamped at a p o i n t th ree m il e s below the battle ground, extending a distance of about miles, but they aban lone I their camps and tle lll the greatest consternation on learning the Proll - of Sheridan's troopers, leaving everything he,- hind ; as mu c h o f w hi c h was d estroye d, a s dol e , a lowed. The trail was then followed for sixten miles towards Fort Cobb, where the cimp of tie Kiowas was struck. Late in the evening the 111. ' I dians became aware of Sh er i lan's proximity, an hastened to Fort Cobb. Sheridan hesitated to att 3e them as they pr e s en t e d a l et t er f rom G en eral tla zeo declaring them friendly, but he ordered them to Prn r ceed at once to Fo r t C o bb. H ere t h ey tr i e d one of ° e xi t artful dodges, but they had too old a soldier to d e with in Sheridan. The warriors joined and aeec ir lie 3 y hied the column i n t en di ng th us t o d ece i ve , while t i l v a rapidly hurried th e i r f am ili es towar d s the Wa' 3 "; mountains. \\Then they thought that they had fair start one by one they began slipping n i ; 7 ,T:l but the General a r r e sted th e c hi e f s Lone 1 " and Satanta. On arriving at Fort Cobb tin t 3 Kiowa had conic in, when Lone Wolf and Sa tanw4, c i were coolly informed, and in that calm determine,' way which their instinct told them meant the fli t import of the words, that they would be hung riel at morning if their families were not b r ought in th- ti a day. The Cheyennes an d A ra p a h oe s, one ban of Comanches, and fifty lodges of the are at the Western base of the Washita !O u t , tains. The Kiowas, to save L on e Wolf and Satanbie began to come in just after Sheridan had e]os ed i ek despatch, and he had deter m i n ed to send 13 ` 3 0 Kettle's sister to see the Cheyennes and Arapaho in the morning. Her brother was one of the en' voys they sent in to ask for peace. Sheridan e learly intimated that peace would be conceded only a fter if severe punishment, to be meted also to the Kic iwe ' s ' r e they came in, and if n ot L one W o lf an d Satanta /1- 0 to be hanged. They had been working toget ner e a this war on the se ttl ers an d t ra di ng in eaP tur o stock, and they h a d b een b row -b eat i ng Gen. g ai re the Indian agent ; b u t, says Sh er id an , I will to b some of the starch out of them before I get tbr° tl h g as with them. The Indian loss in Custar's figh t ,40 been underrated, as it exceeded 140 killed. ' b Comnanches, the General says, are under his thilt n e ' s the Kiowas soon will be, and he hopes the CheY ela n l3 o , and Arapahoes may shortly be in the same pos it , i ; e p The ground in his trip over the table-land was 'ln. with snow, and the cold in crossing the river s ex , tense. The surface was in the highest degree tr o ut cherous with canyons, hummocks, and scoope d a basins. Still there was scarcely any sickne ss ss ' few horses were lost, but in the beautiful g ra te d valley in which he was then encamped he exP ee ia , to have the command soon in good trim. T he , r is dians have learned for the fi r st time that wi n t ee not necessarily on the part o f th e United troops a time of truce. In Uruguay there i s sa id t o b e a kitchen O ler it, ing a half acre. Th e y make "extract of meat , disposingca of 80 head ofcattle per hour, and 40 0 head 11 ° - r • when trade is brisk. New York ladies copy with far 'greater " t oll and with far greater servility the fashions of Paris sad sed do the ladies of London. They out-Herod Ileroussapt make themselves conspicuous even on the Boulevardsii their the Tuileries, while on the Broadway they have it 6 tiele own way. The Round Table thus commences an d on on the Grecian Beud : "We have come to the C°°°looo that the women of New York a r e the most beautiful 0 . 0 , in the world, for there is no civilized place within our ledge where the women go to so much trouble and esPe • ' to make themselves hideous, and with so little succes S ; die s We walk down Broadway, and th ere we see the ' s it assuming a form uhicli they seek to refine by 0,11 1 bend," and it conveys the idea of ugliness, de f°l c i:stf , depravity of art, and recklessness o f character for ITI ° f t he good sense, and purity. We turn into the studio °l,reo sculptor, we wands in spirit through the art trei_ne:sti, which for centuries have stool pre-eminent in P.....0165' and there we see the same form—the genuine bend, orn di e tratiug and typifying the highest virtues which nu t i,is. sex. Wherefore then, the difference ? ° uV ipun tj the one figure the Broadway pedestrian o r io 9 r , herself in padding and gewgaws and gay and the other figure—the Athenian reodel' s a ge' How violent the antithesis ; Immodestly a d; Ar and modesty naked. Immod es t b ecau se a° enr modest because thus naked. There is, then, bu t °"cier t ie elusion : that the Grecian Bend, to be acceptable uti d itiosl ethics of true art, must b e accompan i e d w ith the c °ll ..k l3 " under which it was originally made familiar to ti s i ' b it ti e ladies who persist i n a d op ti ng i t mast e ither esbaloationA6 natural contour of th e i r persons, or b e t h e exem Pli'bie bad of questionabl e mora li ty and very unque stiopi' taste." In the face of this very severe and perh9l3:o liable criticism, we d es i re t o remar k t h a t a lthough t ota i tat ion is grotesqu e it i s an i m it at i on o f mo desty an' irb ell ,, and as such, having at least that redeeming m erit. e, 40 0 1 ', the men and w omen o f a di sso l u t e F renc h Court 0 1 1. 1 0 0 9 regime took to personating shepherds and sheP l3e t y, ° cr . they got up a gro t esque i m it a ti on o f ru ral sitte''; o god desty, and virtue ; yet it showed a dissatisfaction o ' ili g fo r minds with their artificial mode of life, and S. Ye ar something more natural. d 1111 4 1.P 0 LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment . °ben B d ie- Healing not Harmful.--Persons striving to live r oe 00 e and to pay their way, have these never -failing,,,disp a 9 within reach, which, used as directed, successfu"2ooo of a serious illness at trifling expense. No apPl ic : a rinV met with the same universal approbation for s r eel re d external ailments as that which this unguent bas blist,el,6l Skin sores, deep ulcers, fetid discharges, burn- , s oo t surfaces, and many similar affections, are at o °,, , jietn i da and put on the road to soundness by HollowaY 79 'of With his Ointment and his Pills the wealth,' ip its themselves much suffering, and the poor may il . e o eab' e selves to health, since these medicines are r es ' tlo n d price, and can be purchased in every hamlet. cos til i s on e , [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Dyspepsia (Indigestion) , to rttic o ,, l o Debility, Consumption, and all nervons, biliotts , e el old Iv v i liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravat e ur able,el rated by drugs of every description, but perfectly e prO' c it Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabic& Food, eT o s, thousands of cases which had bean considered 11 °P e coOP —cough. asthma, also diarrhoea, hEemorrhoids, liver *. flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, ria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head an t ogilkel t matism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, nea r _ i l es,o bility, .leeplessne, s, acidity, palpitation, heartburTss, elier'd debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sialc o 7 9 , , dB: 0 tli f pregnancy or at sea, sinking tits, bronchitis, scra n i ; e tive o ca. of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and re cto shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—The Pope's health 18 6 Ddo Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413—" itome, alno J;,„ health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially pl 9 sore throaci7o,o4o,o lug all other remedies, he has confined himself e a los LP 0 Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which ne cons be Celle ful at every meal. It has produced a surprisinti, ef C effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Midi," , 6 • 1 40 1 it food too highly.—From the " Gazette du Midi,' Julyof P W i t No. 46,270 Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant.f 1,10 0 a0 1 1,, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting I ) . __Der',ep° o , derangement, and partial deafness. Cure N 0.1 ,71 dY%eP, B de Decies, Lord-Lieut. of Waterford, of many y ea „ 0 , No. 49,832—" Fifty years' indescribable agony 'T o d, ; t iot o o nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, lia tu ,.,,t sickness, and vomiting.—Maria July." ImPar"py al t o , " Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy v 1 I qe to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name , ciously attached. l b CO f In tins, at is. lid.; 1 lb. 2s. 9d. ; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 4 , ,. - .4 63 . 0., 0 ,. f0,, - 225. ;24 lbs., 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REYALENTA.'" ko/o,lols LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 1 2 ca 1 1 5'3'3,10 cups at 3s. lid., for 48 cups at Cs., for 288 cups at " 30s. s l leost u co lr 555.—being about one penny per cu p. .4-4• e t of are sent free of carriage in England on reas i P eu t..sti v naler.—BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Reg don; and all Grocers and Chemists. 81 I) 9 ' Births. _stre et ' KENLIS —On the 22d inst. , at 34 , G r osveno r fSI Alice Kenlis, of a daughter. OrcEovErt -On the 23d inst., at 9 Chester t, • of fair, the Hon. Mrs. Okeover, of a daughter' OE , Wife SHEPPARD —0 n the 17th inst., at So uthsel4 Capt. H. Sheppard, 67th Regt., of a son. be r. Marriages. go 4 ,13 alb a t “' e` BLA ISE —MOGER -On the 20th inst.,oy Dan Blane, Esq., of Kilburn, London, t° v, Frat.ces, only daughter of George M o g e " ''of4" ' Bd. Areas ? 0 MAXWELL—HAY On the 19th inst., at j, „yais lbn n , 13e 1 00 ' Maxwell, Esq., of Gribton, to Adelaide ojt „. , et ter of the late Rear-Admiral James East Lothian. oiv° la Deaths. Joh° FLETCHER—On the 18th inst., at Ve ntne 10 1311 Fletcher, Esq. Lee• d , LuNn- On the 19th inst., at Mano r Park ' e- Lund, Esq., of 41, Cornhill, aged 62. - terracla NEWTON - On the 22d inst., at 6, Cambridge_ninter park, Sir William J. Newton, tuiniature e m ijroor nary to her Majesty, aged 84. ro ad, SEWELL -On the 20th inst., at 25, 0115012- ton, W. B. Sewell, Esq., aged 75. s q 9 k glo t' o. London : Printed and Published by Wl 00 , 2 tl of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan ST! the Strand, in the Precinct of the sa voy, 1114cUelexe.-4194day January 25, 1809. 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