The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16. The Royal mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, arrived this morning with the New York mails of the sth, and 407,189 dols. on freight. Among the passengers are Lord and Lady Bury. The America, hence, arrived at Halifax on the 2d, and the Fulton, from Southampton, at New York on the ,4th. Much uneasiness existed respecting the Bremen steamship Weser, which, according to the New York papers, sailed for that port on the 4th ult. with 63 passengers. She was 31 days out. Referring to the case of the slave yacht Wanderer, the Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer says : The allegation that the negroes of the Wan derer were imported to test the constitutionality of the laws prohibiting the slave trade is entitled to no credit, and is disproved by the mode in which the Africans have been disposed of. It is true that Mr. Lamar, a merchant of Savannah, some months since notified the Secretary of the Treasury that he would re-open the slave trade with foreign countries despite the laws of the United States. if the design of the persons engaged in the affair of the Wan derer had been.to contest the validity of the laws referred to the introduction. of half-a-dozen Afri cans would have effected the purpose. In that im ported openly, too, the n egroes wou ld h ave been openly, and kept together in such custody that they would have been amenable to the process of Fede ral law. Exactly the opposite course has been pur sued. The cargo was smuggled in to Georgia and landed clandestinely upon an uninhabited island. They were surreptitiously conveyed in small parties into the interior, and hastily distributed into districts remote from the place o f disem barkation. The parties importing them have not avowed themselves and cannot be found. They foist upon the people of the South, through the press, doubtful and hesitating apologies for their conduct, but take the — utmost care to avoid legal responsibility. The object of the adven ture was not to test the constitutionality of any United States statute, but rather to sound the tem per of the South relative to this business. The success of the experiment thus far has been such as to drive the Government journal into the mournful admission that Federal laws against the slave trade cannot be enforced, and that in consequence, our Republican institutions are a failure.' But, though American institutions have failed, and some success has attended an effort to revive the barbarism of the 16th century, we should not be so unnerved and stupified by the cccurrence as to be unable to ex amine with calmness its probable results. If the Federal authorities so far fail in the execution of the laws as to permit cargoes of Africans, claimed to be held as slaves, to be landed within the juris diction of any of the Southern States, it is evidert that a grave question of law arises as to their con dition. Are they slaves or free African aliens, en titled to the protection of the Constitution and the Union ? Suppose, for example, the 400 negroes composing the Wanderer's cargo, had been openly, though illegally, brought into Savannah and sold to planters and others requiring their services, could they have been taken from their private owners by United States au th or it y an d sent back to Africa ? Would it not be contended, with sone plausibility, that the laws of Georgia had attached to them and made s l aves an d property of them without regard to their origin or the mode of their introduction into the Stale ?" The Governor of the State of New York in his first annual message shows that the funded debt to Sept. 30, 1858, is 30,913,258 dols. 77c. To defray the interest on this amount, the surplus revenue of the canal and 712,710 dols. 74c. will be required. 1,700,000 dols. have been drawn by the Canal Board to the present time beyond the ability of the Trea sury to pay, making above four million dollars aue by the State for the canals alone. A proposal is to be submitted to deepen the whole of the chan nel of the Erie Canal to the depth of seven feet, and leave the portion not yet completed at a width of 45 feet. Another proposition will be to secure six feet of water on the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals, and proceed with the permanent work through Cayuga Marsh during the coming winter. He regards the Erie Canal as in comparable with any other means of transportation through the State, especially when steam shall be successfully applied in its navigation. The receipts on account of the general fund during the past year exceeded the payments by £393,241 dols. 94c. The railroad companies of the State possess a capital of 74,289,488 dols. 98c., divided among 38 companies. Of this amount 68,198,758 dols. 15c. have been paid in. 69,198,758 dols. 25c. is the amount of their funded debts, and their floating debts 4,548,806 dols. 69c., making an outlay in their construction of 136,681,690 dols. 34c. Four teen companies alone declared dividends. School expenditure amounts to 3,792,948 dols. 79c. ; 2,372,113 dols. 86c. being for teachers' salaries, and the balance for libraries, apparatus, school-houses, &c. Foreign immigration is only 41 per cent. of what it was last year. The militia contain 367,613 officers and men -17,613 constituting the organized portion. The number of victims of the catastrophe on the Columbus and Macon railway was about 19 ; the cars fell 30 feet, and into a stream. Winter had set in at New York with heavy falls of snow. The advices from Utah received at Washington are said to be of a very unsatisfactory nature. It was probable the army would have to occupy Salt Lake City. According to the New York Times,— " Lord Napier has complained of the address published by Mr. Nugent just before leaving Vic .toria ; but, as the special agent's commission ex pired at the meeting of Congress, he could not well be officially rebuked for his course." The persons arrested on suspicion of being con cerned in landing slaves at Savannah had been committed for trial. The Montgomery Daily Ad vertiser is informed that subpcenaes have been served upon several planters in Georgia suspected of hav ing purchased portions of the cargo of Africans lately introduced into that State, with a view to employ them as witnesses in the legal proceedings now pending in reference to that importation. On a recent occasion Mr. Jefferson Davis coun selled the State of Mississippi to prepare for war. The Vicksburg Whig gives the following inventory of the arms belonging to the State : " 4 flint lock muskets, all rusty, and no breeches to at least 2 ; 1 cannon ; 7 b ayonets, rusty, w i t h no points; a pile of belts and scabbards, but no swords; 50 cartridge boxes. We have now 5 major-generals, 10 brigadier-generals, and 60 colonels, 60 lieutenant colonels, 60 majors, and will soon have 600 captains, 1,200 lieutenants, 4,800 sergeants, and 4,800 corpo rals. We are happy to inform them, however, that we have no privates, the Legislature having dis pensed with that useless portion of the army." On the Morning of the 2d inst. the following telegram was published in the New York papers : "NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 1. " A sloop arrived here from Ruatan reports that the schooner Susan landed her passengers at Puerto Cabello, Honduras, and that they forthwith pre pared to cross the country to Leon, Nicaragua. The arms had been abstracted from the arsenal at Leon, and are now in possession of-the Democrats at Chinandega and Subtiaba, who are awaiting the advent of the Americans to , declare agai ns t Marti nez. ("halves, a relative of CAen. Valle, was at Ock local, on the confines of Niagara. All Honduras was ready, as were a large number of democrat s i n Nicaragua, to unite with the Americans. Col. Natz mer had been sent forward by Col. Anderson in order to complete the political arrangements with the Leon ese." A later telegram from the same place gave a very different account of the result of the expedition. "NEW ORLEANS, J.N. 1. "The British war steamer Basilisk arrived in Mobile-bay this morning from Belize, Honduras, with 100 shipwrecked passengers of the schooner Susan ; who were taken aboard on the 26th ult. by order of the Governor of Belize, and treated in a gentlemanly manner by the British officers. " The passengers have since ar r ived at M o bil e . On landing a procession was formed, and the Nica raguan Hag hoisted. Captain Maury was called out and made a speech to the crowd. There is much excitement. The correspondent of the Associated Press sends the following : " BELIZE, HONDURAS, DEC. 20. " The schooner Susan was -wrecked on the Glo vers,:a coral reef, 60 miles from Belize, on the morn ing of the 16th. The passengers were saved, but the vessel is a total loss. Captain Maury endea voured to charter another vessel to carry his pas sengers on. Governor Seymour tendered the British steamer Basilisk to convey the passengers to any southern port of the United States. An American captain circulated prejudicial reports,. but the G ov ernor chose to regard them as shipwrecked citizens of a friendly nation, and offered every as sistance. The passengers will return to Mobile.' " Aclvices by the overland mail from California to the 10th ult. report that a rich quartz vein had been discovered in the suburbs of San Francisco. The last steamer from Victoria brought down 200,000 dols. in ingots. The overland passage was evidently not free from danger, as the Camanches were lurk ing around the mail stations in a threatening man ner, and had already shot at some of the mail com pany's men while hauling water. The Apaches were friendly. About 400 of them were encamped at Apache Pass. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York money-market on the 4th inst. exhibited no change. On demand large amounts were obtainable on first-class State and other stocks at 3 to 31 per cent. ; dis counts at from 4 to 5 per cent. for the best grades of en dorsed paper, and sto 6 per cent. for single names. In ex change a fair business was done for the Asia in English and French Bills, but continental transactions were light. The rates were 9} to 9/ per cent. premium on London; sf. 23/c. to sf. 161 c. on Paris ; sf. 15c. to sf. 16fc. on Antwerp : 36/ to 361 on Hamburg. The Bank statement for the week was as follows :- Dec. 25. Jan. 1. Increase. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Loans Specie 26,378,272 .. 27,129,725 .. 861,453 Circulation .... 7,704,343 .. 7,8.54,090 .. 149,642 Net Deposits 88,679,095 90,684,191 2,005,115 The stock market, which had been tolerably active, closed with a firmer feeling at the annexed rates :- Virginia Sixes, 963 ; Missouri Sixes, 87/ ; New York Cen tral shares, 8n ; New York and Erie shares 161 ; Reading Railway shares, 53/ ; Mi c hi gan Central shares, el 4 ; Michi gan Southern shares, 201 ; Cleveland and Toledo shares, 31f ; Panama Railroad shares, 117 x. d. ; Illinois Central shares, 67 ; Chicago and Rock Islgnd shares, 58f ; Galena and Chicago, 70/ ; Pennsylvania Coal, 82 ; Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 914. The cotton market, influenced by more favourable ad vices from Liverpool, with a fair demand for home use and in transit, and much firmness on the part of holders, was more buoyant, and prices of most grades were advanced lc. to ic. per lb. Sales of low middling New Orleans, on the basis of 11 1 c., with freights at 9-14 d. ; 111 c. for strict middling Mobile,llc. for fully good ordinary Mobile ; and 111 e. for good middling Savannah, with freight at 13-32. For State and Western flour a more active de mand had prevailed, especially for extra brands, which were firmly held at an advance which had been established on the 3d of 5 cents. The unpropitious weather had, however, affected the market most unfavour ably, and materially checked the demand at the Corn Exchange, the transactions being only in small lots, and confined to the pressing wants of the trad e . Round hoop Ohio was in ac ti v e inquiry, and, being scarce, was held at an advance of 5 cents. over the previous week's quotations. The stock on hand, which was ample, showed an increase over last year of 118,404 barrels. The quota tions were 5 dols. 45c. to 5 dols. 55c. for shipping brands round hoops Ohio ; 4 dols. 50c. for superfine State ; 5 dols. to 5 dols. 2.5 c. for extra State; and 3 dols. 75c. to 4 dols. 20c. for unsound. Canada flour was in moderate inquiry and prices unchanged, ranging from 5 dols. 35c. to 6 dols. 50c. according to quality. Southern flour was in moderately active request until the 3d, when the demand abated, and the market became unsteady. It was mainly for the fancy brands at about previous prices. The receipts were heavy and the stock accumulating. Middling to good, 4 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 40c. • fancy and extra, 5 dols. 50c. to 7 dols. 50c. ; and choice extra brands, 8 dols. to 8 dols. 50c. Corn meal was quiet and steady at 3 dols. 40c. to 3 dols. 50c. for Jersey; 4 dols. for brandywine ; and 19 dols. for puncheons. In wheat there was nothing doing, the storm having put an effectual stop to trade. The stock was large, but holders were not pressing sales, and only seemed at all anxious to dispose of their supplies at full prices. The mar ket closed quiet at 1 dol. 10c. to 1 dol. 15c. for red southern; 1 dol. 20c. red Illinois ; 1 del. 30c. white Michigan ; and 1 dol. 45c. to 1 dol. 55c. for white Kentucky. Corn was in active request, mainly for the local trade, and transactions were to a fair extent at improved prices ;-Mixed western, 78c. to 80c., the latter price for deliveries in store ; 75c. for new southern and Jersey yellow; and 75c. to 76f c. for new southern white, at which prices the m ar k e t c l ose d firm. Barley dull and the market heavy. Barley malt quiet. Oats in more active request, but business moderate, at 51c. to 54c. for State ; 57c. to 58c. for Westerns, and 57c. to 59c. for Canada. Pork was depressed, and prices rather favoured purchasers. The receipts, owing to the advanced stage of the packing business in the West, were unusually heavy, and exhibited on the Ist inst. 66,8201 b. against 10,5581 b. at the same period 1858. Sales of old mess at 17 dols. ; new, 17 dols. 65c. ; new thin mess, deliverable in February, seller's option, 17 dols. 76c. Beef was in only limited inquiry, and the sales were small. Country mess, 7 dols. 75c. to 9 dols. Prime mess, 6 dols. 50cto 7 dols.; and repacked Chicago mess, 8 dols. 50c. to 10 dols. 50c. Beef hams quiet and nominal at 14 to 15 dols. Prime mess quiet and unchanged. Cut meats in moderate inquiry, and sales to a fair extent. Pork hams sold at 9/c. • shoulders, 6tp. to 61c. Bacon in steady demand, with sales for short middles at 10c. Lard in good demand and holders firm, and the marked closed buoyantly at 11c. to 111 c. Sugar was in good demand for home use, and as stocks were moderate, receipts light, and holders firm an advance of fc. to per lb. had been established on allf descriptions, and all parties are looking forward to an active and prosperous season. Sales of Cuba at RC. to 6/c. ; Porto Rico, 6c., both in bond for export ; New Orleans, 61c. to 7}c. ; common do., Sic. ; Cuba, four months, 6fc. to 7c. Foreign mol asses no t much inquired for, but New Orleans wanted, and with moderate receipts, prices hadadvanced, and the market remained firnf at 37c. Sales-Porto Rico, 30c. ; Cuba muscovado, 25c. ; Brazil coffee firm, and business restricted by the low figure to which the stock was reduced. For otherikinds the demand was moderate and steady. Maracaibo 111 c., and extra Java 17c. Tobacco is very limited in request. Crude turpentine was quiet, and held at 3 dols. 75c. per 2801 b. ; stock in the market about 7,200 barrels. Spirits of turpentine, with a good demand on two previous days, had advanced to 49c., at which free sales were made and subsequently 49f c. was paid for a lot to arrive, and 50C. for 125 on the spot in ship ping order, the market closing firmly. Stock, 7,500 barrels. Common rosin continued firm, with an upward tendency. Stock, 19,000 barrels ; common, 1 dol. 2.5 c. per barrel, in yard ; 1 dol. 50c. per 310 lb. afloat ; 1 del. 55c. to arrive, and 1 dol. 571 c. to 1 dol. 60c. per 310 lb. delivered. All grades above common generally quiet; stock, 42,000 barrels. Tar scarce and in good request for consumption, and for new Berne more was asked. Sales of that description, as it runs, at 2 dols. 311 c., in order in yard. Ashes of 1859 not on the market. Old steady at previous rates, say, 5 dols. 50c. for pot, and 5 dol. 75c. for pearl. The stock of pig iron was quite low, and what was selling b roug ht 25 dols. to 26 dols., six months. In bars there was nothing doing, but the stock in first hands being small also holders ' were quite firm. Sheet was without change. Freights were quiet, and the transacti ons sma ll. T o L on d on -B ee f, , ' ss. 3d. ; navy ditto ss. 9d, and 4s. 3d. ; ch eese , 40 s . ; clo verseed, 255. To Liverpool, rosin, 2s. 3d. ; tobacco, 2s. 6d.; pork, 2s. 6d. ; beef, 38.6 d. MOBILE, JAN. 3. The publication of the America's advices hese caused an advance in the prices of cotton of ic. The sales to-day add up 2,400 bales at Ilic. for middling, the market closing firm, arid with a tendency to a further advance. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Tallulah, from Lancaster, at New Orleans. The steamer Cleator, from Kingston, Jamaica, for Liver pool, and Washington, hence, at New York. The Avon, from Liverpool, at New Orleans. The Joseph Howe, from Liverpool, off Charleston. The Elizabeth, from Queenstown, at New Orleans, saw a ship ashore 20 miles east of Cape Antonio ; also a ship on the Cape, about 20 miles north of the lighthouse. Both wrecks were apparently bad ones. QUICKSILVER IN INDIA. Some excitement has been created in the Madras Presidency by a report that quicksilver has been found at Cannanore, within the precincts of the fort. At first the most contradictory rumours were circulated in favour of the discovery and against it, some going the length of asserting that there was only the quicksilver from a broken barometer. The Madras Government, however, directed enquiries to be made, and on Oct. 18 an o ffi c i a l report was re ceived fromßrigadier Fitzgerald, commanding Mala bar and Canara. The subject was considered of such interest that communications took place between the authorities by telegraph. The discovery was made accidentally towards the the end of September, and. on Sept. 23 directions were given by the Govern ment that the necessary exploration should be made. There was, however, great difficulty in obtaining stone-cutters, or quarrymen, and it was not till the beginning of October that excavations were begun. The top soil was cleared away to get at the main rock, which is laterite ; and the cutting of the rock itself was so troublesome, that at the latest date but little progress had been made. The laterite is ferruginous, and of the very hardest formation, arranged in irregular blocks. In this the quicksilver is found disseminated in small cells, in a native state, but in some partsincor porated, as it were, with the laterite. The researches, however, have been sufficient to dispose of the no tion that the quicksilver could have been intro duced extraneously, for it was found enclosed in the middle of what appeared externally sound blocks of laterite. • Two small samples had been sent in to the Go vernment—one showing a cavity which had filled with native quicksilver, and another a specimen of its incorporation with the laterite. According to the opinion of Indian authorities, the discovery is of scientific interest, as no instance has been known in that country of the discovery of any metal in the laterite formation. M. Hayes, late French Governor . of Mahe, a gentleman of local reputation, considers this discovery as the more remarkable because the quick silver is pure. As to the commercial value, it is difficult to form an opinion as yet, but most com monly native quicksilver formations are not so pro ductive as cinnabar and the mineralised formations. The matter will, however, be ascertained, as Briga dier Fitzgerald has left C o l onel Lucas in charge of the operations, with direction s to cut up the whole portion of the bed of laterite uncovered, and to give a complete report at as early a period as possible. India has many indications of quicksilv er , an d i t i s very desirable that discoveries made should be prosecuted, as any increase of the supplies is re quisite for local commercial purposes.—/Ifining Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment—. llealth—Air.--The mildness of the present weather, though a boon to the very poor and destitute, who, grievous to relate, often want food and raiment, is weakening and enervating to the body ; hence fever, diphtheria, chest com plaints, and gout have been so prevalent, and in some loca lities an epidemic diphtheria has prevailed, as at Salisbury and Windsor; in both places Holloway's preparations checked that and its kindred febrile complaints with uner ring certainty, and the pills, taken as preventives, saved hundreds from receiving the infection or disorder. Hol loway's medicines correct the depressing effects of this mild, damp weather ; they purify the blo o d and restore tone to every organ in the body, more especially to the brain and nerveo, THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) HEAD-QUARTERS, CAMP ON THE GOOMTEE, LUCKNOW, DEC. 3. The Commander-in-Chid is again collecting a column for the purpose of reducing Buraech, and if needs be, Khyraghur, the two districts of Oude which lie between the foot of the Himalayan range and the river Gogra, to complete submission. The . elements of rebellion between the Gogra and the Ganges have been dissipated or controlled, though in some isolated places, where the action of our [ troops has not been experienced, bands of Sepoys 1 and matchlockmen still hold together, led by men who despair of pardon. It will have been observed • that the force with which the Commander-in-Chief took the field and the concentration of troops before Amethie and Shunkerpore have been broken up as he gained possession of the various strong places and won our way through the country. When Lord Clyde arrived at Lucknow he had nothing left but a few of the 6th Madras Light Cavalry, a squad ron of Carabineers, four guns and one weak regiment of European infantry. The other regiments of horse and foot dropped off from time to time as we occu pied the military posts, or were despatched to strengthen columns destined to operate on the Gogra. The process of occupation is easily explained. When a fort becomes ours by evacuation, surrender, or conquest, it is either selected as the shelter for the force intended to keep the district in order— should it be suitable for the purpose—or it is doomed to such demolition as the means at our dis posal will permit us to effect. In the former case a party of Europeans—a couple of guns —some Sikhs, or other native troops, are placed in the fort, should it be an important position liable to attack; in some instances, where the position is of smaller consequence, the services of British soldiers are dispensed with, and the fort is 11,31 d by Sikhs, or Oude police, with a small parry of cavalry for patrol and outlying picket and vedette duty. After a time, when the country around the principal posts has been cleared of enemies by the operations of our columns in the field, the Europeans are with drawn, the guns are sent to their batteries, the scattered companies join their wings, or regiments, and the defence is left to native troops and police alone. Thus the forces, which it was necessary to break up into many fragmen ts, are re-united as order is restored, and the preservation of peace and tranquillity, as well as the suppression of rebellion and the collection of revenue, become matters of police. Independently of military posts, there arc the 'posts established as tehseels for the collection of revenue and thannahs for purposes of police by the civil power. Whenever it is desirable to strengthen those establishments by detachments of infantry it is done, if the military authorities can spare the men, but the Commissioner is averse to multiplicity of demands of that nature. Indeed Lord Clyde is much perplexed to meet the applica tions from all quarters for the services of regular soldiers, and is often unable to comply with them. Under these circumstances Major Barrow is obliged to take such measures as he can to garrison his little stations with police, and, when there are no police to be had, with the matchlockmen of friendly and submitted zemindars, talookdars, or other in fluential natives. Under any circumstances, how ever, the demand for troops is so great that the first effect of successful operations is to diminish or annihilate the effective strength of our moveable columns, and to render it necessary to halt for a time, till by the establishment of police suited to the wants of the district the soldiers can be liberated and new columns organised. Such forts as are not required for military or police purposes are to be destroyed, or they have been actually dismantled. The chiefs who have made their submission are dis tinctly held responsible for the immediate destruc tion of their own strongholds and the surrender of their guns. But it will require time, money, labour, and gunpowder before the work is thoroughly done. Meantime, not only is the destruction of the Oude forts but the disarmament of the people suspended, because we want some of the former, and we are obliged to use the matchlockmen to aid us in keeping down rebellion. It is lamentable but inevitable; the evil, however, is of limited extent and transient nature. The zemindars are plainly told that all their followers will be disarmed the moment that circumstances permit us to dispense with their ser vices. In no case will they be permitted to keep cannon or arms, materiel of war, or materials for powder. Hurdeo Bux, the powerful Hindoo zemin dar who saved European officers and women in his houses on the opposite side of the Ganges below Futteghur, may be cited as an exception —as far as I know—solitary in Oude, to that rule. He pleaded hard for permission to retain some guns in his fort, as the most honourable and valuable part of the reward bestowed upon him for his many material services, his fidelity and honesty, but his request was rejected. He has received the title of Rajah, a jagheer, or fee simple estate of 20,000 r., or £2,000 per annum, and permission to retain 50 armed men about his person, as a special mark of favour and honour. But all others are ordered to bring in their arms, on pain of fine, imprisonment, and flogging for noncompliance. I much object to the last punishment of the three ; it is impolitic to threaten these people with a degradation which in their eyes is in the last degree infamous, but we labour under great difficulties in carrying out any system of punishment except the facile process of execution by howitzer or rope—now rapidly falling into disrepute. Our prisons in India, with some few exceptions in certain provinces, are, I am told, not adequate in management or dimensions to the object for which they were intended. Imprison. ment is an expensive punishment; and at this time our prisons are full to repletion, and worse. In Oude especially, our latest acquisition, the prisons are of course of a very inferior description. Hence there is, no doubt, great difficulty in punishing offences not deserving of death, and , yet deserving severe chastisement. Transport to the Andamans, the mors altera of the sepoy and of great political criminals, is very expensive ; for the mere transport of the prisoner from the interior to the port is tedious and costly, even though the man marches on foot with his guard. So far, there are reasons for anxiety on the part of the authorities to reduce the number of convicts and prisoners to the greatest possible extent. I was once told in Russia that the people liked flogging better than imprisonment, whereupon I said, " Then you ought to try impri sonment instead of flogging if you wish to deter the people from the commission of crime." With the utmost respect for the ability, singular administrative and judicial powers of Mr. Mont gomery, and with the conviction that he is at once one of the most firm and most clement of officers, I doubt the propriety of his proclaiming to the people of Oude, that they will be " flogged" as well as fined and imprisoned, in case they arc found with arms, or conceal their arms after the data of pro clamation. The mode of disarming such a strange, proud, barbarous, and hostile population as that of Oude ought to be well considered and carefully carried out, or the attempt will be a new source of dislike. A subordinate officer actually ordered it to be made known in his district that every Sepoy who came into the authorities should bring in his arms with him, "or pay a fine of 20 rupees." Major Barrow at once cancelled the order, properly re solving that the great object to be gained was to get the Sepoys in—with arms or without arms—to send them to their villages, keeping a strict registry of their names, so that the guilty ringleaders and murderers may be secured and tried at our leisure by the regular Courts, which, if but for that object alone, I hope we may soon see established in lieu of the Commissioners under the Five Acts. To call on a Sepoy who had lost or dest ro y e d hi s arms to produce 20 rupees, when he was most likely all but destitute, was to force him to remain in the open. One of the causes prominently assigned for the bitter hostility of Bainic Madhoo is as follows :—A kinsman and great friend of his resided at the time of the outbreak on his estates between Allahabad and Futtchpore. The Commissioner Chester, aware of his character, wrote to him to say that he was to remain in his house, and give us such aid as he could render. lie did so—he provided Coolies, trans port, and stores for our troops. Some Sikhs quarrelled with his villagers, and in the fight it is said a few men, lost their lives. The zemindar was THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1859. called in to Futtehpore, and he and his elder son were hanged. The second son fled to Bainie Madhoo for protection, and was assured that he would never be abandoned. Out of 223 villages on Bainie Madhoo's estates 119 were taken from him on the second revision, after annexation ; but, as he was assured that any complaints of unjust treatment in former days would be considered in the event of his submission, it must be supposed he had some strong personal feeling at work for the extraordinary animosity he has displayed against us. It will be seen that the Begum, of whose remarkable counter-proclamation I send a copy further on, with much unction expatiates on our known character for unrelenting revenge and vin dictiveness, and with great art enlarges on the reasons for doubting the possibility of amnesty or pardon. Let us, then, see what the Queen of Oude, as she is tailed, has to say to the Queen of England. Here is her Majesty's counter-proclamation, translated indeed very cleverly, I hear, but still deficient in the subtlety and elegant diction of the original. And be it observed here that if our proclamation was couched in a phraseology but little understood by the people, the Begum's manifesto is open to the objection in a far greater degree, inasmuch as it is written in the finest Court Persian. The document is headed by a fine regal seal, and is in all respects a regular Oriental State paper. It will be remarked that its production affords significant proof that the Queen's Proclamation had reached Buraech, and that it was producing an effect which the Begum's party found it essential to neutralise or destroy. TRANSLATION. (By order.) "At this time certain weak-minded, foolish people have spread a report that the English have forgiven the faults and crimes of the people of Hindostan. This appears very astonishing, for it is the unvarying custom of the English never to forgive a fault, be it great or small, so much so that if a small offence be committed through ignorance or negligence they never forgive it. " The Proclamation of the Ist of November, 1858, which has come before us is perfectly clear ; and as some foolish people, not understanding the real object of the Proclama tion, have been carried away, therefore we, the ever abiding government parents of the people of Oude, with great con sideration, put forth the present Proclamation in order that the real object of the chief points may be exposed and our subjects be placed on their guard. " 1. It is written in the Proclamation that the country of Hindostan, which was held in trust by the Company, has been resumed by the Queen, and that for the future the Queen's laws shall be obeyed. This is not to be trusted by our religious subjects, for the laws of the Company, the settlement of the Company, the English servants of the Company, the Governor-General, and the judicial adminis tration of the Company, are all unchanged. What, then, is there new which can benefit the people, or on which they can rely? "2. In the Proclamation it is written that all contracts and agreements entered into by the Company will be ac cepted by the Queen. Let the people carefully observe this artifice. The Company has seized on the whole of Hindos tan, and, if this arrangement be accepted, what is there new in it? The Company professed to treat the Chief of Bhuq pore as a son, and then took his territory ; the Chief of La hore was carried off to London, and it has not fallen to his lot to return; the Nawab Shumshoodeen Khan on one side they hanged, and on the other side they took of their hats and salaamed to him; the Peishwah they expelled from Poonah Sitra, and imprisoned for life in Bithoor ; their breach of faith with Sultan Tippoo is well known ; the Ra jah of Benares they imprisoned in Agra. Under pretence of administering the country of the Chief of Gwalior, they in troduced English customs; they have left no name or traces of the Chiefs of Behar, Orissa, and Bengal; they gave the Raes of Furruckabad a small monthly allowance, and took his territory, ShA.hjehanpore, Bareilly, Azimghur, Jounpore, Goruckpore, Etawah, Allahabad, Futtehpore, &c. Our ancient possessiens they took from us on pretence of distributing pay ; and in the 7th article of the treaty they wrote on oath that they would take no more fromus. If then the arrangements made by the Company are to be accepted, what is the difference be tween the former and the present state of things ? These are old affairs; but recently, in defiance of treaties and oaths, and notwithstanding that they owed us millions of rupees, without reason and on pretence of the misgovern ment and discontent of our people, they took our country and property, worth millions of rupees. If our people were discontented with our Royal predecessor, Wajid Ally Shah, how comes it they are content with us ? And no ruler ever experienced such loyalty and devotion of life and goods as we have done. What, then, is wanting that they do not restore our coritry? " Further, it is written in the Proclamation, that they want no increase of territory, but yet they cannot refrain from annexation. If the Queen has assumed the Govern ment, why does her Majesty not restore our country to us when our people wish it? It is well known that no King or Queen ever punished a whole army and people for rebel lion ; all were forgiven, and the wise cannot approve of punishing the whole army and people of Hindostan, for, so long as the word punishment' remains, the disturbances will not be suppressed. There is a well-known proverb— ' A dying man is desperate ' (Murta kya ne kurte). It is impossible that a thousand should attack a million, and the thousand escape. " 3. In the Proclamation it is written, that the Christian religion is true, but no other creed will suffer oppression, and that the laws will be observed towards all. What has the administration of justice to do with the truth or false hood of a religion? That religion is true which acknow ledges one God and knows no other. Where there are three Gods in a religion neither Mussulmen nor Hindoos— nay, not even Jews, Sun-worshippers, or Fire-worshippers can believe it true. T o ea t pi gs an d drink wine, to bite greased cartridges and to mix pig's fat with flour and sweetmeats, to destroy Hindoo and Mussulman temples on pretence of mak ing roads, 1.3 build churches, to send clergymen into the streets and alleys to preach the Christian religion, to insti tute English schools, and pay people a monthly stipend for learninr , the English sciences, while the places of worship of Hindoos and Mussulmans are to this day entirely neglected —with all this, how can the people believe that religion will not be interfered with ? Tho rebellion began with religion, and for it millions of men have been killed. Let not our subjects be deceived; thousands were deprived of their religion in 'the North-West, and thousands were hanged rather than abandon their religion. "4. It is written in the Proclamation that they who har boured rebels, or who were leaders of rebels, or who caused men to rebel, shall have their lives, but that punishment shall be awarded after deliberation, and that murderers and abettors of murderers shall have no mercy shown them, while all others shall be forgiven. Any foolish person can see that under this Proclamation no one, be he guilty or innocent, can escape. Everything is written, and yet nothing is written, but they have clearly written that they will not let off any one implicated ; and in whatever village or estate the army may have halted, the inhabitants of that place cannot escape. We are deeply concerned for the con dition of our people, on reading this Proclamation, which palpably teems with enmity. We now issue a distinct order, and one that may be trusted—that all subjects who may have foolishly presented themselves as heads of villages to the English, shall, before the Ist of January next, present themselves in our camp. Without doubt their faults shall be forgiven them, and they shall be treated according to their merits. To believe in this Proclamation, it is only necessary to remember that Hindostani rulers are altogether kind and merciful. Thousands have seen this, millions have heard it. No one has ever seen in a dream that the English forgave an offence. "5. In this Proclamation it is written that when peace is restored, public works, such as roads and canals, will be made in order to improve the condition of the people. It is worthy of a little reflection, that they have promised no better employment for Hindostanees than making roads and digging canals. If people cannot see clearly what this means, there is no help for them. Let no subject be de• ceived by the Proclamation. (A. true translation.) " Secretary to tho Chief Commissioner of Oude." It will be for statesmen, the press, and public opinion to weigh the nature of this remarkable paper. The Begum does not pretend to go over the old ground of the causes of the revolt and mutiny. She is content to rest the quarrel on our habits of aggression and our annexation, in charges of perfidy and vindictiveness, and on the nullity of the pre tended change in our rule, with other matters patent in the document itself. The insinuation that we intend to doom the natives of Hindostan to slave labour on roads and canals, in the last para graph, is particularly clever. But the natives, with all their insouciance, are a remarkably practical race in ascertaining the " but" of any State paper ; and when they ask themselves what is the end of the Begum's proclamation, and find that it is simply a summons to appear in her camp on the Ist of January, they will, in all probability, treat her Majesty's wishes w ith i n diff erence; f or th ey are beginning to feel that the cause is hopeless. PUTTING TILE SADDLE ON TILE RIGHT HORSE.-. The post of baggage master on a railroad is not an enviable one. There is often a wide distinction between the com pany's regulations and the passengers' opinion of what arti cles, and what amount of them, properly come under the de nomination of baggage, and this difference of opinion fre quently subjects the unlucky official of the trunk and band box department to animated discussions with a certain class of the travelling public. We have lately heard an anec dote of " George," the baggage master on Captain Cobb's train on the Virginian and Tennessee roa d, w hi c h i s altogeth er t oo good to be lost :—A passenger presented himself at a way s; - at i on on t h e rot with two trunks and a saddle, for which he requested cheques. The baggage master promptly checked the trunks, but demanded the extra charge of 2,5 cents for the saddle. To this the passenger demurred, and, losing his temper, peremptorily asked,—" Will you cheek my baggage, Sir ?" "Are you a horse ?" quietly inquired our logical friend George. "What do you mean, Sir ?" exclaimed the now irate traveller. " You claim to have this saddle checked as baggage ?" "Certainly, it is baggage," positively returned the passenger. "Well," said the imperturbable George, " by the company's regulations nothing but wearing apparel is admitted to be baggage, and if this saddle is your wear ing apparel o f course you must b e .a horse. Now, sir, allow me to strap it on your back, and you shall go to the end of the road without any extra charge whatever I" The :traveller paid his quota.—Boston Courier. • [AnvvarrisEmliNT.]-Itarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food improves the stamina, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill-conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourish ment than its cost of 11d. per feed supplies in corn or hay; hence ensures an actual saving. In a short time it improves the appearance and value of horses and cattle by 20 to 30 per cent. Rarey and Co., sole importers, 77, Pic cadilly, Quadrant, London. Packed in tins of about 42 feeds, 6s. ; of about 90 feeds; 11s. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about 1 1 4 d. per feed. Goods forwarded on receipt of Post-office Orders. Important Caution —Beware of spurious imitations offered by the ignorant and unscrupulous. All imitators will be proceeded against, MINERAL . WEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, (From the Colonial Mining Journal of Australia, Nor. 4) VICTORIA.—SeveraI specimens of iron ore have been handed to us, which have been obtained from different spots on the Avoca River ; they have been assayed, and have yielded from 40 to 57 per cent. of pure iron. There cannot be any doubt that when gold-mining operations are conducted on a larger scale the large quantity of machinery required will create a necessity for manufacturing our own iron ; and perhaps this would have already taken place under the large demand of the present iron trade in this colony had those necessary fluxes required in the manufacture of this article also been found. Nature has so arranged it, generally, that where iron ore has been found, there also the required fluxes for its reduction have likewise been at hand ; we have no doubt that now iron in the ore has been found, and in conjunction the requisite fluxes, the manufacture of iron will prove profitable even in this colony, provided the place of manufacture is easily accessible and convenient for such operations. We have been informed of localities where iron ore has been found contiguous to the sea, yet it ap pears that its value has not been sufficiently appre ciated to have led to any systematic exploration of the localities in question ; we have also heard from a reliable source that alluvial tin, as well as tin ore, have been found in the valley of the Avoca, but we have not received detailed particulars ; all we learn is, that the district where the ore was found is granite, and that the alluvial tin is similar to that found on the Ovens, being intermixed with auriferous deposits. This is the first instance which has come under our observation in this colony of the discovery of tin ore in its matrix. The alluvial tin procured at the Ovens, usually called black sand, is generally of a very fine quality, and has realised as much as £BO to £9O per ton in England; still the search for alluvial tin has received no at tention except what has been obtained from gold washings. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The late rise in the copper standard in England, and on the continent of Europe, has given a great impetus to copper min ing in this colony. The success attending the sale of the shares of the North Rhine Copper Mining Company on the London Stock Exchange has led many persons to prosper for new copper lodes, and we have no doubt that in the course of time other " Burras Burras" will be found in this colony, already so famous for its copper mines. The North Rhine Copper Company had a parcel of 100 tons of ore, the result of four.men's labour, sent to London to be tested, and the average percentage was found to be 32 per cent. of fine copper. Owing to the rise of the copper standard, less productive copper ores are being worked and smelted on the mine. The North Rhine Copper Mine is said to be favourably situated, and equally rich, if not richer, than the Burra Mine, and is likely to prove a powerful rival to the latter. A gentleman who has been a resi dent of South Australia for many years, during which time he explored that colony in various direc tions, informs us that it is also rich in other mine rals, and he expresses no doubt that the eastern portion of that country, where it joins Victoria, contains auriferous deposits and quartz veins. We are promised further particulars. The marble quarries are likely to prove a source of wealth. Several orders for marble from Victoria are now being completed, and there is no doubt that a great demand for this article will take place in England when once the qualities of this splendid building stone are properly known. NEW SOUTH WALES.—We learn the important fact that the new mining regulations, giving fixity of tenure of considerable areas of auriferous lands, and for long periods, is already manifesting a salu tary influence in the revival of the mining interests of tliis colony. Although the late Port Curtis rush has considerably interfered with the progress of mining industry, still it is gratifying to know that most of the miners are now returning, and, as a necessary consequence of their dearly-bought expe rience, will most likely become steady occupiers of the mining districts of this province, with every prospect of obtaining good and permanent employ ment in connection with the many mining compa nies now in process of formation ; or, if their means will admit, they may obtain fixity of tenure for themselves of more than one likely patch of auri ferous ground, with the cheering prospect of work ing the same profitably and undisturbed for a consi derable time. In Sydney many capitalists are now ready to invest in mining speculations ; and there is a general impression current that capitalists in Great Britain, once assured of the safe and profit able investments which New South Wales now offers to the world, there will be no lack of money forthcoming. TASMANIA.—This beautiful island, which has so justly been styled the " Garden of Australia," is now anxiously engaged in the search for a workable gold field, which we have no doubt, sooner or later, will be found, as the geological stratum is but a continuation of that of the Australian continent. We are told that a large tract of the western por tion of Tasmania belongs to the schistose and quartzose formation, and would in all probability, if properly explored, be found auriferous. Since Victoria has turned attention more to agriculture, the demand for Tasmania produce has somewhat declined, and disappointed the sanguine expecta tions of those who at one time almost exclusively supplied us with agricultural produce. This may be assigned as the chief reason why Tasmania is now applying her energies in the search for mineral wealth, and we have no doubt she will be rewarded ere long, not only with the discovery of a p e rmanent gold field, but also with deposits of other profitable minerals. We propose dwelling more minutely on the geological characteristics of Tasmania. THE RIOT 01 COLLIERS ON STRIKE AT WIGAN. In consequence of the strike amongst the colliers of the Wigan district for an advance of 2d. in the shilling, Wigan is at present in a very unsatisfac tory and unsettled state. The nightly meetings during the past week have been looked upon by the- authorities with no small degree of alarm, as several of the men at work, termed " knobsticks," have been severely beaten at such hours and locali ties as to render it almost impossible that a proper identification of their assailants can be effected. On Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, attempts were made to stop the colliers who were 'going to work, and these attempts in some instances were successful, though in others the parties at tacked have been victorious. Nothing, however, of importance occurred until Thursday morning, when a large mob assembled near St. Patrick's Chapel, Hardybutts, and, after extinguishing the gas lamps in the neighbourhood, brutally attacked two men, assistants at the Ince-hall Colliery, kick ing them severely about the head and shoulders. On Thursday a meeting of the men was held at Hindley, when about 3,000 assembled, .and meeting was also held th e same d a y a t the Horse and Jockey, Scholes, At the conclusion of these assemblages a procession was formed, which pro ceeded through the , principal streets of the town, with a band of music at their head, finally directing their steps towards the Scholes. The number of this procession was between 1,000 and 1,500. After marching through Scholes and Ince this mob, whose numbers were swelled to 2,000, about 12 o'clock took possession of the Bri tannia-bridge, over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and on the road to the works of the Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Company, over which the men there employed—in number. about 500, and who, after remaining on strike for a few days determined to return to work, thus incurring the obnoxious appel lation of knobsticks,"--Lmust pass on their way to work. Mr. Peters, the police inspector of th e dis trict, having received information of this assembly, marshalled his men, 23 in number, and proceeded in the direction of the bridge, halting at a distance of 40 or 50 yards from the mob, and near a cartroad leading to the pits of the Ince Hall Coal Company, which are here situated between the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The inspector, leaving his men at this spot, boldly marched forward, confronted the turn outs, and -asked what they intended to do. A re presentative of the colliers was soon found, who stepped forward to the front, bearing in his hand a large bludgeon. Addressing the inspector, he said —" So thou'rt Peters, th' sergeant " (the inspector had been recently promoted from the rank of a ser geant) ; "if thou're not off wi' thee, I'll split thy skull in two." " Why, lam not going to do any thing," said the inspector ; and was advancing, when the fellow menaced him with the bludgeon, shouting, " Stand back, or down the goes." So, finding it impossible to make any impression upon the colliers, he called to his force to advance, on which one of the turnouts said, " If you do, we'll certainly fire upon you." The inspector retired, and had no sooner joined the other officers, than a heavy shower of stones was discharged at the little body. The inspector was struck on his arm and back, and several of the force also received heavy blows. They; however, stood their ground for some time, but were, of course, utterly unable to cope with the immense concourse, who completely achieved the object for which they assembled, viz., the preven tion of the colliers going to work, as scarcely half a dozen out of the 600 employed reached the works that morning. The police force then retired to the pits of the company, while various bodies of turn outs guarded the different approaches to the town. In this state affairs continued until morning—the turnouts remaining in complete possession of the bridge till near five o'clock, at which hour they dispersed. During_this time their shouts were plainly heard in Wigan, but th e pollee were so completely hemmed in that they could not com municate with the authorities. About two o'clock in the morning information was received at the Wigan borough police-office of the disordered state of Ince, when Mr. Simm, the chief constable, immediately summoned to his aid Mr. Henry Woodcock, mayor, Mr. Thomas Cook, and Mr. Joseph Ingram, deputy mayor. The whole of the borough police force were immediatelycalled together and placed under arms, put through their exercises, and made ready for immediate action, if necessary ; but as there was no outbreak in the borough— Britannia-bridge being just beyond the boundary —it was deemed advisable, as there had been no previous arrangement, not to take the men to the spot to act upon the offensive, as the place was out of their jurisdiction. The three magis tiates above mentioned remained at the police office until five o'clock, when Mr. Part, the clerk to the magistrates arrived, and in his charge the force was left until nine o'clock. A special meeting of the magistrates—borough and county—was held at nine o'clock in the Town hall, when evidence of the unsettled and unsatis factory state of the town having been brought foward, it was resolved, about half-past 10 o'clock, to telegraph to Manchester for a company of sol diers, who would be prepared for any emergency that might arise. A message was accordingly sent to Col. Wilbraham, the assistant adjutant-general, and a few minutes after one o'clock a special train arrived on the London and North-Western Railway, bringing a company numbering 100 of the 22d Regiment, who are now stationed in the town. No actual violence was then being committed by the colliers ; and to allay any excitement which might be produced by the appearance of the military, they were at once marched to the Grammar School, where they were to hold themselves in readiness should there be any further disturbance. We learn that a number of the workmen of Messrs. Case and Morris, who were proceeding to the pits on Friday morning, under the escort of Mr. Bryham, the manager, and Police-constable Wilson, of Ince, were attacked by a body of the turn-outs ; but they were completely repulsed by the exertions of the men, with little or no injury to themselves. This being the state of things in the district, it may be supposed that the feeling of security of the inhabitants of the town was in no wise strengthened by the assemblage, about nine o'clock, of several hundreds of colliers at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Station, to wel come Mr. W. P. Roberts, solicitor, Manchester, who had been engaged to defend 14 colliers, sum moned for leaving work without notice by Messrs. Pearson, Knowles, and Co. He arrived soon after half-past nine, and was accompanied through the streets by a large number of colliers. At 11 o'clock, the hour at which the court opens, a dense mob surrounded the Moot-hall, rendering it extremely difficult for pedestrians or vehicles to pass in the street below, and as soon as the doors were thrown open to the public every available spot was occupied. So great was the excitement that it was a very general impression that had a conviction taken place a riot would have ensued. Mr. Mayhew, however, the solicitor for the prose cutors, having consulted with Mr. Roberts, applied for an adjournment for a fortnight. Mr. Acton said it was exceedingly satisfactory for them to perceive the course which had been taken. Even had an adjournment not been asked for, it was their inten tion not to go into the cases for a fortnight. On Mr. Roberts leaving the court he was loudly cheered by the dense crowd which filled the court and its approaches. He was escorted down to the Clarence Hotel, on his entering which he was again cheered. The crowd waited outside the hotel until his departure by rail to Man c h es t er , w h en th e col liers lined the walls of the station—the train departing amidst the waving of caps and loud acclamation. Manchester Guardian. THE NEW _REFORM BILL. (From the Daily Hews.) After vainly waiting for Many months, we have at length a voice from the late Administration on the impending question of Parliamentary Reform. The tone is low but sufficiently clear; the tenor of its utterance, cold, niggardly, and doctrinaire ; but its drift, like its authorship, admits of no question, and it is at least satisfactory to know what we should have got had the late Ministers ever brought forward a bill, and what manner of a bill they are now ready to oppose. The horn pane through which this light is now shed on the country's poli tical path is an article in the latest number of the Edinburgh. Review, professing to give the history and prospects of Reform in Parliament. With an elaborate show of particularity as to dates and successive proposals on the subject, a nar rative is presented of bald and colourless facts, calculated only to discourage and mislead all earnest constitutional progress. Many interesting and im portant facts are studiously omitted ; in not a few instances grave mis-statements are made ; and throughout the design is palpably revealed of try ing to persuade us that all Lord Chatham, Mr. Fox, and the men of their time, valued in Reform was its tendency to curb the jobbing power of the Crown ; and that the only motive which impelled Lord John Russell, Mr. Lambton, and Earl Grey to advocate electoral change from 1819 to 1831, was the desire of breaking up the close borough system, which prevented the passing of salutary measures. This desire we are told was accomplished by the Bill of 1832, under which Parliament has become a faithful and adequate representation of the wants and feelings of the nation ; nearly everything has been done which ought to be done, and hardly anything done which ought not to be done. " That the existing House of Commons has reflected with fidelity the predominant opinions of the great body of the community we hold to be a matter of fact established by the evidence of general notoriety. We defy any person to produce an instance where the House of Commons since 1832 has shown an undue disregard of public opinion." If this asser tion be good for anything, it is good for resistance to any measure of essential change. It is a clumsy and prolix reproduction of the old stock argument of anti-reformers during the reigns of George 111. and George IV.—never mind anomalies, the system works well. The ex-Ministerial reviewer does not venture to make such an induction in terms ; but he avows plainly enough that he and his frier ds consider the Act of 1832 final and conclusive against all fur' her claim of popular power. What ever revision of minor details may have become necessary through lapse of time and the heat in which the Act of 1832 was passed, a .t measure, we are gravely assured "has become a great con stitutional landmark, and has finally settled ques tions as to the boundaries of aristocratic and demo- cratic power which were previously in a fluctuating state." Here then we have it at last. There is no longer any room for mistake or denial. Anti-Real-Reform is the standard unfurled from Cambridge House ; and beneath it are ostentatiously piled all the rusty weapons of attack and defence which the Eldons and Castlereaghs, Cannings and Peels, made use of in their day. \ From the historic narrative of the question every hearty or generous, states manlike or patriotic thought is jealously eliminat e d. Of the burning words of Chatham or Pitt, Fox or Grey, Brougham or Plunket, Durham, Stanley, Macaulay, or O'Connell, not a fragment is recalled. Believe the , organ of Sir Cornewall Lewis, and reform of Parliament was at first but a war cry between the landed oligarchy and the Court, and subsequently between the Whigs and the Tories ; and the Court and the Tories being no longer for midable, the Whigs are coolly reminded that they have no longer a motive for wishing any material change in the present mechanism of rule. As for the contentment of intelligent and industrious mil lions now in, olently excluded from every pretence of a share in political rights, the oligarchic reviewer does not even condescend to allude to the vulgar theme. That matter was " finally settler in 1832 when the Court was compelled to take back Earl Grey and his colleagues, and the Duke of Welling ton was obliged to strike the colours of Toryism in the House of Lords. A parenthetical exception is made, indeed, in favour of what may be called the claims of the commercial magnates. We are in formed that there are not a sufficient number of great monied men in the House of Commons—that a few more millowners, bankers, and brewers might be an improvement ; they are declared to be a per fectly safe and docile element, and some provision ought to be made for increasing their strength in Parliament. But as for conceding anything what ever to mere intellect or mere industry, working loyalty or moral worth, the notion is not even hinted at in the manifesto of the Clarendon-Clanri carde faction. If the measure about to be produced by Lord Derby is in accordance with the mending and darning principles of strict finality thus avowed, it may as well be allowed to pass. But if it attempts to go in the least beyond these prin• ciples, it ought by all means to be rejected. The article concludes with these words :—" The question has been already three times postponed with the approbation of Parliament ; and a further delay would be preferable to a tame acquiescence in an im perfect and unnsatisfactory measure, which would only lay the foundation for a renewed agitation of the subject at an early period." Slam the door in the people's faces, and bolt it; such is the "Edin burgh" order of the day. We have not space to enter at any length into an exposure of the multiplied misrepresentations which the article referred to contains. To make out a case in favour of the adequacy of the present constitution of Parliament, and of the inefficiency of that which preceded• it, a blank schedule is pre sented of legislation for the first thirty years of the Century ; while raiSCCII4IIOOU.B Cittgoglie of VA bad, and indifferent measures, all labelled " benefits," are set down to the account of the su b ` quent period What class of readers this sor t historical caricature is meant to deceive ive ar somewhat at a loss to imagine; but most peq t now-a-days are aware that, bad as the old borothil mongering Parliament was, it abolished the 5 1 , 5 Trade—it repealed the Test and Corporation . 2 ' c —it commenced the great series of tentative ll' sures of Free Trade ; it passt'd Catholic emancii } tion —it consolidated and purified the Crinill3 Law and it sanctioned the establishment. National Education in Ireland mpon neutral pi:, ciples. As against these great measures it 1 : 0 vain to set up an invidious comparison byuj' enumeration of those that have since been enact; yet they are all coolly omitted by the candid ~,' viewer. Why d o we recur t o th em ? Assam not to prove that nomination boroughs were al tageous or benefi c i a l ; b u t s i m ply t o illustrate t hollowness of the argument as to the sufficienci the existing representative system, which sought to found upon various useful things v have been accomplished by means of it. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEET DUDLEY, SATURDAY EVENIN G '; The final meeting of the ironmasters of this trict for the current quarter was held in this t° l( as usual, this evening. This assembly was ale important one than it usually is, in consequel the large quantity of iron which has been the two preceding meetings, and even p quarter-day. The principal consumers had W fested so completely their confidence in the first of the present trade prices that few of them held or refrained from entering into contracts 11 0 . the concluding meeting, so that to-night very much of a formal character, and the attent of the trade was not so large as it usually is. discussion which took place and the business t 1 7 , acted were, however, fully confirmatory of the I, ceedings at the meetings held at Wolverhare and Birmingham. There has been a larger (i; tity of finished iron sold at this quarter-day on similar occasions for two or three years at 1 7 ' and the nature of the business has been such 1 1 show that it has been of a bona fide characttlt' fact, to supply the current requirements of sumers. The feeling of all present at the nic e this evening was that the trade is rapidly reg: , ing a healthy condition; the makers of best ck ties of manufactured iron are all full of or der' at least two months' make ; and the good effO i this upon the trade has been evinced by the provement which has been brought about in„. price of the inferior make of iron, the marg'j? prices being limited between it and the best qn There were more trans ac tions in pig iron sti meeting than at either of the previous ones; al l t ) the demand for it is increasing, it is probabl° . there will be additional furnaces blown in course of the quarter, but at present the price more than moderately to the producer. The:, been an additional furnace or two put in bl Shropshire ; and the cold blast iron of that al" is in good demand in South Staffordshire. The coal trade in this district is getting bj" and the colliers are all fully employed. 3 The general trade of this district is also in o i l l o proving and satisfactory condition ; the gr eat in the neighbourhood are in active operation'' the number of persons out of employment is The series of meetings terminating here tel, has passed off satisfactorily ; accounts have well paid, and the prevailing feeling to-nigh t o that the prospects of trade in this district an encouraging character. COUNTRY MAR R•WTN YORK—JAN. 15. There was a tolerable supply of grain at market., f generally were slow, and prices at a decline of ls Y' Barley inquired for, and is above last market dal. r about the same as last week. 239 V Wheat ...40s to 44s Oats.... White .44s to 48s I Beans ... 40 3 0 , Barley .32 s t o 34 s P eas .. ... 5 ,9 Flour, 30s to —s ed per sad-. STAMFORD—JAN. 15. There was a fair supply of wheat from the &Ol e day, and transactions in the m ar k e t w er e about the IP , with very little change in prices. Wheat 3Bs to 42s Oats.. White do I 46s to —s Beans, new, . Barley ... 30s to 34s I Ditto, old .......• NEWCASTLE—JAN. 15. At the market this morning there was a moderoli ply of English wheat, for which the trade was ell last week's currencies ruled. Oats rather dearer. and peas held more freely than formerly. OXFORD—JAN. 15. The wheat trade is very dull to-day, but for g° 4 l , last week' s p r i ces are i n some cases excee d e d by - material change in other articles. CHELMSFORD—JAN. 14.+ There was a mod era t e su pply, an d generally It 0 1 market for wheat, but the prices remained withou t change. Barley and oa t s i n d u ll d eman d. JO , Wheat, white 40s to 46s Peas, Partridge .• 444 ti, red 38s to Cs While 4 1 ' se Barley 34s to 4:6 Boiling . 42g p Grinding i Chevalier 37s to 45s Dun 27s to 33s Bean s , Ti c k .. :.itgieti Malt 70s to 73s H arrow Ti c k s 38$ ..,... Chevalier 72s to 73s Oats 25s to 35s Mazagan NORWICH—JAN. IA With a fair supply o f wheat from the growers, t he f was steady, at about the rates of last week, with an ' 4, 1 tendency, in the valu e o f the best samples. Wheat, wtite ....44s to 478 Beans, Mazagan 325 0 1 I red ...... 38 s to 43s Middle & small 335 40 Barley .......... 36 s t o 40s White peas 40 s Oats ............23 s to 28s I Grey.. S Averages for the week : Wheat 3,170 qrs., at 40s id 8ar1ey......... 6,457 i ~ .. ..... 32s 10a Od Rye ---. 0d Beans .- 3 Beans --- tf Peas DUBLIN-JAN. 14. At this day's market there was rather a fair 0, 1 ; 1 wheat, and sales were e ff ec t e d a t th e qu ot a tions oft li re f week. Barl e y i n reques t, an d fi ne qua liti es f u lly 1 0 ,, j higher. Oats steady, a n d i n s o m e i n stances they Pjf a trifle more money. Indian corn is held for high' Foreign wheat in demand. t s. d. s. d. 8. a. 0 Wheat, white 22 6to 25 0 Do., new ..... 11 6 t li r d Do., red 2l 6to 23 0 Bere . ll 6 t , ' / Do., new Barley . ll otol7 0 Oatmeal l2 6t° in 0 7 ,1 Oats Do., black ll otol2 0 Indian corn .. 26 ot° LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 15. The market was quiet most of the morning, but 0 4 about 1 per cent, at the c l ose :---Leeds Norther/ 3 1 4 —North British, 60 I—Yo r k an d N or th Midl an d, 1 1 ;4 E as t e rn Counties, 121 9-16 Midland, 101 2 and Holyheads, 481 1--Caledonians, 87 71 —Lso„ e d and Yorkshire, 971—London and North-We s t er ns. East Lancashire, 951 6—Dutch Rhenish, AA. 41, 6 1,r Grand Trunk of Canada, 8) 81—Great Westertl,4l° ' Great Western of Canada, 161 161 1 —Boyers, 221 Berwicks, 931 94. MANCHESTER —JAN. 15. A steady and improving market, with a moderal ness doing. Kendal and Wi n d ermere, 98—Mane Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381—Lancashire and VT, 97# North-Westerns, 961 Midlands, 102 Eastern, 221—Illinois Central, 33d. BIRMINGHAM—JAN. 15. l 4 The transactions to-day were limited, and the prices were : South Staffords, 10A—Birminglr, Perbys, 76— Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 8 r mingham Canals, 96. LEEDS—JAN. 15. North British, 64—Midland, 1021—Leeds, 97. BIRTHS. BARROW.—On the 11th inst., at Ash Villa, Shirley, the lady of Captain Arthur Barrow, of a son. s yr BosciwEN.—On the 11th inst., the Hon. Mrs. J. TOO Boscawen, pf . a son. DEWAR.—On the 14th inst., at 26, Rutland-street, burgh, the wife De of Lieut.-Col. war, of a son. V ELitSLIE.—On the 14th inst., at 67, Gloucestc i l l i ," Hyde-park - gardens, the vas of Jas. Augustus - 6 Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ,„ CP‘ i . CHEYNE -- MonPwr.—On the 6th inst., at Killarno.y o rr Cheyne, Em., to Harri e t M ar i a , d aug h ter o f J. I‘'''' . • EKI., late 3d Buffs. d, HAATRFIELD—MARTIN.—On the 13th inst., at g e Sussex, William Heathfield, E sq ., o f LincoloV fields, to Agnes, daughter of th o l ate M r. Henry 3 i of North-stre e t, B r i g ht on. --' . 4 0'.' DEATHS. 0/Frio BROOKE.—On the 11th inst ,at the Chateau de, ~,°n near Tours, France, Charles ' Augustus Brooke, %T . tre ; Captain 6th Regt., youngest son of the late Lion'' Sir J. Brooke, Bart. 0 0 BEVAN.—On the 11th inst., at Clifton, Catharine S wife of the R ev . D . Beva, aged 32. ifil ° Donna. --On the 6th inst at Derby Lucy Anne? Captain Dobbie, R.N. FERGUSON.—On the 14thinst., at Copied', Aberde e John Ferguson, Esq. 1 if" GARDNER.—On the 13th inst., at Shortmead, Bigg" " ll W. W. Gard ner , E sq ., age d 85. HAwKiNs.—On the 12th inst., at I s li ng t on , T. S itc o lie e Hawkins, Esq., aged 78. • .... LA WFORD.—On the 3d ult., at Madras, Diana Louie" of 4 Lieut.-Col. , Enneers. eig lit" WOODMAN.—On the Lawford 12th ins gi t., at Linslade, L Buzzard, J. Woodman, Esq;, aged 75 LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO 11 .1 of No. Strand, Printer, a t Th e S un Office, 0 -. 41 Strand, in the Preci nc t o f th e S avoy, i n the °ol—, Afiddleeez, MoAday, Imply 17, 1849. - a-1; art ter Ni tere cent tour of 11 186,lane( un( 24% Th per Deco the rt i Pri Line( Nunc Roth Mess Lond Sale. Co: r KNi 1 1Elt inst., With plyin at nj Use of Cepta A f of the May Beret r_r( vie. Corre Ph i( s for- atom Dr. heals medi 66 q cure. aci the plain and ( Sent( Fo lledi liar( of 1 IsT IN-ee Er Dy time rood on tl buts the the