The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-20 00:00:00

AMERICA. LrvEßrooL, Feb. 19. The royal mail steam-ship Cuba arrived in the Mersey this afternoon. All attempts to board her have been frustrated by the tempestuous state of the river, and it is not likely that this will be effected before to-morrow morning. NEW YORK, FEB. 7 (Morning). The New York Times gives the following par ticulars of the peace conference at Fort Monroe, which are supposed to be derived from official sources : After President Lincoln and Mr. Seward returned to Washington a Cabinet meeting was summoned, and the following leading points of the conference submitted. Mr. Seward, on his arrival at Fort Monroe, in vited the commissioners to an interview. The com missioners informed Mr. Seward, in reply, of their desire to proceed to Washington to discuss the question of peace with the President. Mr. Seward said that the President desired that the interview should take place at Fort Monroe, and was coming there for that purpose. The commissioners pressed for leave to visit Washington, alleging that the Confederate Government only consented to send them in consequence of Mr. Blair's assurance that they could have a personal interview with President Lincoln. Lincoln's arrival was after wards announced ; whereupon he and Mr. Seward had an interview with the commissioners on board a Federal vessel. The interview wa s f r i en dl y an d goo d tempered throughout. Lincolnprm' cipally conducted the conversation on the Federal side, and Mr. Hun ter on the Confederate, Mr. Stephens occasionally taking part in it. The commissioners spoke solely and exclusively on the part of the Confederate Go vernment, and declared at the outset, and through out the conference, their entire lack of authority to make, receive, or consider any proposition looking to an end of the war except on the basis of the recognition of the independence of the Confederates as a preliminary condition. Lincoln presented the shbject to them in every conceivable form, sug gesting the liberal and considerate modification of whatever in the existing legislation or action of the Federal Government might be regarded as specially hostile to the rights and interests, or wounding to the pride of the Southern people ; but in no single particular could he induce them to swerve for a moment from their demand for recog nition. They did not present this constitutionally, as resting on their own convictions and wishes, but as a condition which their Government had made absolutely indispensable to any negotiations or dis cussions concerning peaee. President Lincoln in formed them at every point that such recognition was utterly and totally out of the question. The United States could stop the war and arrest the movement of the armies, even temporarily, upon the condition precedent that the national authority be recognised and obeyed over the whole United States territory. This point conceded, he assured them that upon every other matter of difference they would be treated with the utmost liberality, but without the recognition of that authority the war must con tinue. All the conversation came back and turned upon this irreconcileable difficulty. Neither side could be swerved a hair's breadth from its position, and the attempt at negotiation was therefore an utter failure. Upon separating it was distinctly understood, and explicitly stated, that the action and attitude of each Government was to be precisely what it would have been if this interview had never taken place. The Cabinet received these explana- tion as satisfactory and complete. The feeling was unanimous that the country must now arouse itself to renewed efforts, and prepare to make fresh sacri fices in defence of the integrity of the Union. The New York Herald does not consider the conference as an entire failure. It will open the door to further negotiation, after the commissioners have communicated the result of their interview at Richmond, and the conference will probably be held again. The Daily News says a way has been opened for future conferences that may - prove more fruitful of happy consequences. It still asserts that the commissioners came armed with the certainty of French recognition. The ques tion now is, whether the South will achieve inde pendence by their armies forcing intervention, or by voluntary recognition. The Times thinks that it is the inability of the North to acknowledge independence, and the ina bility of the South to abandon independence, that renders negotiation so difficult, and is likely to ren der it so fruitless. The New York Tribune says the result of the con- ference is a frightful disappointment. A vigorous prosecution of the war, with full ranks and a full Treasury, and 60 days will suffice to kill the rebel lion. The Washington Intelligencer states that the com missioners declared that civil war would result in the South if a reconstruction proposition was sub mitted to the people. Mr. Sumner has called for information in Con gress relative to President Lincoln's peace mission. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, a peace democrat, has offered a resolution in the House of Representatives declar ing that the President was entitled to the gratitude of the country for endeavouring to ascertain the disposition of the insurgents, with a view to nego tiations for peace and the restoration of the Union. The President is requested to omit no honourable exertion hereafter which may lead to peace and union. A motion to table the resolution was defeated. Mr. Fernando Wood's resolution, declaring it to be the duty of the President to maintain the Union, has passed the House of Representatives. The article in the Richmond Sentinel on Monday last, universally copied into our newspapers as a semi-official announcement of the nature and object of their mission, was careful to state, in language sufficiently explicit, that it was a mere mission of inquiry without :powers to negotiate. We repro duce the following statement from the article in the Sentinel : " On Mr. Blair's second visit to Richmond he brought the consent of Mr. Lincoln to receive and confer with any agents informally sent, with a view to the restoration of peace. The three gen tlemen who left yesterday were thereupon selected by President Davis, and they have gone without formal credentials, and merely as informal agents, to see whether it be possible to place a conference for peace on any basis which may serve for attain ing so desirable a result. As informal agents with out powers, seeking information, but possessing no authority to act, they could have taken no other ground in their interview with the President than that on which they are reported t o have stood with such rooted persistency. As agents of the Confede rate Government they could not make any conces sions that would overs t e p their powers ; and , hav ing no powers at all, they could of" course concede not • lung. It would have been a breach of trust-to corn —pro u n se the , of the Governmentautn th o a n t ty sen or t lo the pretensions Advices frora G NEW YORK, Feb. 8. that on the mornin 7n. Grant's headquarters state of the sth inst. the fifth corps, preceded by Gregg'gs a,v ca valry moved towards Ream's station, encountering Federal on t h e road, who re treated before theadvance. reached At noo n th e y reached Rowanty Creek over , va n .t a bridge. The 3d Pennsylvanwiahich they constructed second corps, sent out to make a connecti on Cavalryh were then two divisions of which had gon e out the Vaugha n Road as far as Hatcher's Run, to that direction. demonstr a t e i n On reaching the Run, the first brigade of the 2d Corps charged and took the line of rifle pits on west side, but with slight loss. They advanced a the mile across the Run, driving the Confederate pickets before them. Here the Federals erected a strong line of breastworks, making their position perfectly secure, and the connection between both corps was afterwards formed. The 2d division of the 2d Corps, before reaching Hatcher's Run, turned to the right, and, advancing in a north-westerly direction, found the enemy in a strong position in the vicinity. The Federals having thrown up a line of breast works, the Confederates made several charges, and attempted to break through them, but were. re pulsed. The Federals captured a large commisFAriat train. Their loss was about 100 men. A general battle was expected the next day. President Lincoln has prepared a letter giving de tails of the peace conference. It is understood to contain letters from Davis to Lincoln and from Lin coln to Blair. Senator Foote has arrived at Baltimore, it is sup posed en route for Fort Monroe. . _ The Senate has adopted a resolution to the effect that the action of the Secretary of the Senate in presenting the constitutional amendment for Presi dent Lincoln's approval shall not be taken as a pre cedent for the future. The President has designated Fernandini, Flo rida, as a place for the purchase of the products' of the rebellious States on Government account. Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Maine have ratified he constitutional amendment. Sherman is moving in two columns, demonstrat ing against Charleston and Branchville. His left wing, which he moved up the Savannah River for 53 miles, had struck off in a northerly direction. He crossed Whippley Swamp on Wednesday, and secured one of the bridges over the Salkehatchie River, 30 miles from Branchville, whither the left wing was moving. Another column is operating easterly towards Charleston. A portion of troops appeared in transports in the vicinity of Young's Island, 20 miles south-east of Charleston, after wards retiring. Three steamers were off Whalespont threatening a landing. A body of Federal cavalry had appeared on the road leading to Augusta. • The last advices report the left wing under Slo cum to have arrived and established its base of ope rations, on the 30th, at Sister's Ferry. The right wing, under Howard, is encamped at the extreme junction of the Salkehatchie River and the old Union Road, Howard's advance extending to Combahee River, where Hardie opposes him in force. The Richmond papers report that Sherman is ' burning goods and houses along his line of march. Detachments of his forces have burnt Macpherson vine, Gillen,sville, and the:old estate of J. C. Calhoun, at Braddock's Point. Beuregard has assumed the command at Augusta, A large force from Thomas has reinforced Grant. Terry's forces are reported to have left the Cape Fear River to reinforce Sherman. Fifteen thousand troops are fitting out at Pascagoula, their ultimate destination being Mobile. The New Orleans Times asserts that refugees from Mobile report that the evacuation of the city commenced on the 15th. The guns and ordnance stores were going to Selma by rail and water. There was a general impression that the city would not be defended. The garrison was small, and composed of militia under Maury. The bulk of Thomas's infantry is reported to have been sent down the Tennessee River to engage in active operations at another point. A doubtful report is current that a cavalry expe dition, 40,000 strong, will be sent to destroy the remnant of Hood's army, open the Alabama River, and seize Selma, Montgomery, and Mobile. Sheridan's cavalry have defeated a detachment of Confederate cavalry at Moorfield, Virginia, captur ing 20 prisoners, including Major Harry Gilmer. The departments of Missouri, Kansas, and Ar kansas.have been consolidated in one division, under General Pope, who has established his headquarters at St. Louis. The Federal expedition up the Chowan River has been abandoned. The World asserts that the South is about to change its military policy, evacuate Richmond, and abandon Charleston. Lee will then withdraw the Confederate forces from the coast, and, discarding the defensive positions on the coast, will continue the contest in the open field, - whether attacked or prosecuting an aggressive campaign. President Davis has appointed Lee commander in -chief, and the Senate has confirmed the appoint ment. Southern journals announce an improved and more cheerful feeling among the people and army. A resolution has been introduced in the Confe derate House of Representatives to put in the field 100,000 slaves—the Government to purchase them and give one as property to each white soldier, in order to render the slaves effective and interest the soldiers in the institution. General Grover, commanding at Savannah, has ordered the abandoned property to be disposed of by the Treasury agent. He has also ordered that the retailers at Savannah shall not be allowed to charge more than 50 per cent. over New York prices. Ten cotton vessels will shortly leave Port Royal for New York, convoyed by Government revenue cutters. The blockade runner Coquette has been captured off Charleston. The Confederate Senate has passed a vote of thanks to Mr. John Lancaster, the owner of the Deerhound, for rescuing Captain Semmes and his officers from the Alabama. The New York Times declares that Mr. Sumner's resolutions regarding the ratification of the consti tutional amendment will, if adopted, recognise the complete dissolution of the Union. The Times reports that rumours are current that Juarez had obtained a great victory in Southern Mexico, and had captured an important city. A diplomatic correspondence has been published. Mr. Seward writes to Mr. Adams in April, 1864, that the insurgents manifestly have a bold, vigorous, and effective party in both Houses of Parliament and in the British press, who are confessedly influen tial in the administration of public affairs. The United States have no advocates or defenders except the persons who, however great their ability and worth, are excluded from the conduct of public affairs. He mentions the forbearance of the United States to England, whose subjects, since the com mencement of the civil war, have committed so many provocations and injuries, and the exacting and unyielding disposition of England towards the United States. Referring to the inference of Mr. Adams, that the Government must triumphantly and speedily conclude the war, or it may expect to have a conflict with England and her allies, Mr. Seward says that if the war were vigorously con ducted none would be heard counselling submission to foreign aggression. He attributes the favour shown by the European Powers to the subversion of the Mexican Republic to the jealousy of the United States. The steamer Eclipse menthe 27th nit. The the Tennessee cas ßiv u e a r l , blew casualties exceeded elowon up in missing, and 69 seriously being killed, 26 injured. Most of un fortunate men were U n it e d States troops,the General Lee has issued the following the Southern people calling for arms, appeal to saddles, and cavalry equipments : " Head-quarters Army of Northern V • 'rguua; January 25. " To arm and equip an additional force of cavalry ; there is need of carbines, revolvers, pi s t o l s, saddles, and other accoutrements of mounted men. Arms and equipments of the kind desired are be lieved to be held by citizens in sufficient numbers to supply our wants. Many keep them as trophies, and some with the expectation of using them in their own defence. But it should be remembered that arms are now required for use, and that they cannot be made so effectual for the defence of the country in any way as in the hands of organised troops. They are needed to enable our cavalry to cope with the well-armed and equipped cavalry of the enemy, not only in the general service but in resisting those predatory expeditions which have inflicted so much loss upon th e peo pl e o f the interior. To the patriotic I need make no other appeal than the wants of the service ; but I beg to remind those who are reluc tant to port with the arms and equipments in their Posse • ssion that by ability of keeping them they diminish the the all a th emselves nn 3T to defend thei r property, without receiving any benefit from them. I therefore urg e a promptl y to Persons not i n th e serv i ce t o deliver some of tl such arms and le officers designated below for cavalry) as equipmentsthey (especially those suitable those officers the names may have, and to report to fo surrender those in ra t e la ?f such persons as neglect who prevents a carbine en' possession. Eve • • or pistol from Every citizen remaining un used can render no service to his country. Those who think to retain arms for their own defence should remember that if the army cannot protect them the arms will be of little use. While no valid title can be acquired to public arms and equipments except from the Government, it is reported that many persons have ignorantly purchased them from private parties. A fair compensation will therefore be made to all who deliver such arms and equipments to any ordnance officers, officer commanding at a post, officers and agents of the quartermaster and in com th in e igs enZling departments at any station, or officers service or connected with the Nitre and Mining Bureau. All these officers are requested and those connected with this army are directed to receive and receipt for all arms and equipments - whatever their condition, and forward the same with a duplicate receipt, to the Ordnance Depart ment at Richmond, and report their proceedings to these head-quarters. The person holding the receipt will be compensated upon presenting it to the ord nance bureau. While it is hoped that no one will disregard this appeal, all officers connected with the army are requested to take possession of any public arms and equipments they may find in the hands of persons unwilling to surrender them to the service of the country, and to give receipts therefor. A rea sonable allowance for their expenses will be made to such patriotic citizens as will collect and deliver to any of the officers above designated such arms and equipments as they may find in the hands of persons not in the service, or who will report the same to those officers. A prompt compliance with this call will greatly promote the efficiency and strength of the a - my, particularly of the cavalry, and render it better able to protect the homes and property of the people from outrage. (Signed) "R. E. LEE, General." In the Confederate House of Representatives, on Feb. 2, the Senate bill "to provide for the em ployment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and perform other labours connected with the defence of the country," with certain amendments proposed by the House of Represen tatives, was taken up. An amendment was adopted providing that the age of negroes liable to impressment should be from 19 to 40 years, and that all free male negroes of that age shall be liable to duty. The second amendment, striking out the limitation of the number so held liable, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, was in favour of the amendment. He favoured the arming of the negroes, not to perpetuate slavery, but to secure the liberty of the white man. Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, was not in favour of put ting negroes in the army. President Davis had stated that two-thirds of the army were absent from duty. If these men were returned to their posts there would be no need of negro soldiers. Mr. Brown—How will you get them back ? Mr. Wigfall—How? By placing that great cap tain, Joseph Johnston, in command of the army of Georgia. Do that, and these men will require no invitation to come back. lam for fighting for slavery and for nothing else. The patent of nobility is in the colour of the skin. I want to live in no country in which the man who blacks my boots and curries my horse is my equal. Give negroes mus kets, make them soldiers, and the next subject in troduced for discussion will be miscegenation. The negro wench will be placed upon an equality with our wives, mothers, and sisters. There are white men enough on our muster-rolls to win this fight ; and I thank God we have now in command of our armies an officer who will so direct matters as to insure success. Mr. Hill, of North Carolina, thought that white men could win the fight. He thought the situation of the South more hopeful at this hour than at any other during the past two years. The South could win the right of self-government by means of its white men alone. The house adjourned without voting. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 8. Money easy. Gold, 2101. Exchange on Lon don, 2321 ; do. on Paris, 2.171 to 2.181. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 1114. Illinois, 118. Erie, 748. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1088. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 85c. Flour dull. Wheat and corn slightly firmer. Pro visions steady. Coffee very firm. .Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum inactive. Crude, 50c. Refined, 69c. Railway and other Companies. GREAT NORTHERN. The directors of this company state in their report that the capital account was increased by £572,704 received for new ordinary stock, including the premium of 25 per cent. thereon, and by the capital of the Boston and Sleaford, and Bourn and Essendine undertakings. The disbursements on capital account included the cost of the Boston and Sleaford and Bourn and Essendine lines, and the payments on ac count of subscriptions to other undertakings, including the advance of £300,000 to the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, in aid of the construction of their line between Blackfriars and the Metropolitan Railway. The capital ac count showed that the receipts smounted to £13,971,805, and the expenditure to £13,792,067, showing a balance of £179,739 to meet the demand for additional rolling stock for the new lines in course of construction, and to provide necessary accommodation at stations, the directors had en tered into contracts for the supply of engines, waggons, and had also ordered other works. The construction of the Spalding and March, Doncaster and Gainsborough, and Lincoln and Honington Railways, was being actively pro ceeded with, and those lines would be opened at the earliest practicable period. The revenue accounts for the half-year showed that £970,578 had been received, and £478,345 paid for expenditure, leaving a net profit of £492,233. To the balance of £492,233 was added £1,421 from the previous half-year, and £12,504, amount due from the Great Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies, making the balance of revenue £506,158 ; from this was deducted fixed charges including mortgages and debenture stock interest, and preference dividends £280,833, leaving a net balance available for dividend on the original stock and shares £225,325, against £210,071 for the corresponding half of 1863. That would enable dividend to be declared on the original stock at the rate of £8 15s. per cent. per annum, giving for the half-year, £4 7s. 6d. to the original stock, £3 to the B stock, and £5 16s. to the A stock, and on the proportion of new ordinary stock entitled to dividend at the same rate per cent. per annum as the original stock, leaving a balance of £745. The dividend for the whole year would, therefore, be £7 2s. 6d. per cent. on the 'original stock, £6 per cent. on theß stock, and £8 ss. per cent. on the A stock. The gross increase of revenue forlhe half-year was £98,000, including the whole of the receipts derived from the Boston and Sleaford and Bourn and Essendine lines, which were not included in the accounts for 1863. The half-year's re ceipts were charged with dividend on more than £600,000 of capital expended on lines in course of construction and subscribed to other undertakings yet incomplete or unde veloped. The partial opening of the coal trade to the south of the Thames had materially increased the receipts from that source, and afforded abundant evidence that when the London, Chatham, an d Dover line between Blackfriars bridge and the Metropolitan Railway was completed, and a through route established to the south of England, a valu able accession of traffic might be anticipated. The direc tors regretted that the claims for compensation had re quired payments to the amount of £B,lOO in excess of those for the corresponding period. The directors again find themselves to incur serious expenses in Parliament in op posing an application by the Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire companies for a railway from - Long Stanton to Astern. The directors proposed to the Eastern Counties Company in October last, that they should exercise run ning powers for coal traffic, on rates to be agreed or settled , by arbitration, over the Great Northern lines from March L to Doncaster, which, having very favourable gradients, were admirably adapted for the transit of heavy loads. Those proposals were, however, declined, and the direc t tors, feeling that they had exhausted every fair means of settlement, could now only submit their case again to Par liament, with the confident hope that former decisions of committees of both ho - uses would be maintained and con firmed. The directors, with deep regret, announced the retirement of Mr. Denison, who for nearly 18 years ably presided over the affairs of the company. rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1865. NORTH LONDON. The report of the directors states that the traffic receipts for the past half year amounted to £93,832, as compard with £90,453 for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing an increase of £3,379. The working expenses for the same period were £51,331, as compared with £49,084. The principal causes of increase in expenditure were repairs and renewal of engines, carriages, and other rolling stock, whieh amounted in all to £13,703, against £10,626 in 1863. The interest on debentures, issued in respect of the City Extension, formed an additional charge of £3,062 on re venue, while the capital upon which dividend had to be calculated was increased by the sum of £104,021, called up during the past half year. The net balance to the credit of revenue, after providing for debenture interest, :was £35,408, from which the directors recommended the decla ration of a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £2,155. The works of the City Ex tension line were now rapidly approaching completion. An agreement had been entered into with the London and North-Western Company, under which the control of the Hampstead Junction was transferred to the North London Company. The sanction of the proprietors would be re quired to the raising of the additional capital, £300,000, authorised by the City Extension Act, 1861, which it was proposed to effect by the issue of ordinary shares. Mr. W. BAKER, the engineer, stated in his report that he was using every exertion for the completion of the works, and the opening of the railway in the ensuing summer. The capital account showed that £2,368,660 had been expended. NORTH DEVON. The report of the directors states that the provisions of the Act passed in the last session authorising the amalga mation of the company with the London and South West ern Railway Company came into operation on the Ist of January last; accordingly notices have been sent to the registered shareholders for the conversioh of their shares into ordinary consolidated stock of the South-Western Com pany in the following proportions :—For every £lOO North Devon ordinary stock, £49 of the South-Western ordinary stock; for every £lOO North Devon A stock, £l9 12s of the South-Western ordinary stock ; and for every £lOO North Devon B stock, £9B of the South-Western ordinary stock. The directors had been engaged in winding up the com pany's affairs, and there were now only a few outstanding matters which would be settled as early as practicable, when the company would cease to exist. The balance on revenue account was £2,751, out of which provision must be made for the necessary current expenses, and the re mainder would be distributed as final dividend to the pro prietors. A dividend at the rate of 13s. per cent. would absorb £2,004, and leave £747 to meet various expenses. The capital account showed that £503,995 had been ex pended, leaving a balance of £347 to meet costs relating to land purchases. LEEDS, NORTH YORKSHIRE, AND DURHAM. A large and important meeting was held at Helmsley on Tuesday, and a still larger meeting was held at Kirby- Moorside on Wednesday, to further the views of the pro moters of this undertaking. At the Helmsley meeting Mr. M'Laughlin (agent to Lord Feversham) presided, and at the Kirby meeting the chair was taken by Mr. Jos. Smith. Messrs. Featherstone, Phillips, Hall, and other speakers dwelt upon the several advantages this line possesses over the North-Eastern loop scheme, and resolutions were una nimously carried to the effect that every exertion should be used to promote the formation of this line. Petitions to Parliament were adopted in both cases, and signed by most of the gentlemen present. It was also resolved that simi lar petitions should be laid for signature at all the towns and villages on the route. WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Wakefield; Mr. R. Winn in the chair. The report stated that the directors expected that this would be the last meeting of shareholders that would be held before the line was opened for public traffic. The works for the Westgate station would shortly be let and temporary station accommodation in the first instance would be provided. The directors proposed to issue shares to the extent of £57,500 towards the construction of the Westgate station. The capital account showed that £282,023 had been expended. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the works had been done in a satisfactory and substantial manner. Under the contract the contractors were liable to a penalty of £l,OOO a month for every month that exceeded 21 months. This time had expired about the end of last year, and it would be for the directors to consi der what should be done to protect the interests of the shareholders. The board had deposited a bill in Parlia ment for a new line from Althorpe to Lincoln, with a view to secure the ironstone traffic. The Sheffield Company had granted them running powers to Keadby, where the new line was to commence. The line proposed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Eastern was the one most seriously affecting them. The board had thought after what took place between them and the Great Eastern last year that the latter ought not to have brought any new scheme forward without consulting them in the matter. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. E. TEW seconded the motion, and it was carried. Mr. E. A. Leatham, Mr. R. B. Mackie, and Mr. Alderman Kelsall, the retiring directors, were then re-elected, as was also Mr. Illingworth, one of the auditors. The meeting was then made special, and the issue of £57,000 of new shares for the station at Wakefield was au thorised. LISKTIARD AND CARADON. The annual meeting of this company was held at Liskeard Wednesday ; Mr. Chymo presided. The CHAIRMAN stated that the balance in the hands of the treasurer was £1,857, out of which was to be paid a dividend of 5 per cent. This showed a decrease on last year's balance of £915, which was in a great measure ac counted for by an unusually large outlay for the renewal of stock. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. declared. Messrs. Elliot and Geach, the retiring directors, were re elected. TAFF VALE: The report states that the disposable balance for the half year ended Dec. 31 was £53,688. Of this amount the usual sum of £750 was placed to the credit of the depreciation fund, and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum declared on the ordinary stock and C shares payable on 6th March, and on the preference stock No. 1 payable on Bth April. A balance of £1,458 was carried to the current half your. The sum of £127,620 had been borrowed upon de bentures under the act of 1857. It was expected that the Penarth dock would be opened for traffic during the cur rent tatilorwsaybeing ready for had consented to bt m rihde onths, in co n v ec ti on w i t h t h e rgw L eo l ono a rt n dkhs t r i iaatl s a afaa n ty temn year. cost and ePr a hc f f el e traffic, f V oCr a ° l wl2 Junction Railway, as a guide to more permanent arrangements should such be considered desirable. The capital account showed a total receipt of £1,540,775, and an expenditure of £1,557,206, leaving a balance of £16,431 against capital. The receipts from all sources on revenue account for the half-year were £146,854, and the expenditure £71,874, or 45.39 per cent., leaving a balance of £74,980. After payment of various charges for interest, &c., out of this sum, a balance of £52,096 was car ried to the general revenue account, which, with a sum of £1,592 brought forward from the former account, left £53,688 applicable to dividend. _ _ EDINBITRGH AND DATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting was held at Edinburgh on Fri day—Mr. Hamilton in the chair. The report complained of the mode in which the lessees (Edinburgh and Glasgow) kept the accounts of the traffic, being neither on the mileage principle nor on the clearing house principle, on either of which the directors believed the accounts should have shown that this company was entitled to participate in surplus profits. The mode adopted had the effect not only of abstracting a large portion of the receipts before division, but also of withholding revenue to whicb this company was entitled. If the lessees persisted in this course, it would be necessary to have recourse to arbitra tion. Negotiations were _opened with the lessees in view of the amalgamation and extension bills to come before Par liament, to get a percentage that would supersede all ex isting questions, but the Edinburgh and Glasgow refused to offer more than 4 per cent. in perpetuity, without a rise to 4i- which the directors asked. The directors bad taken steps to protect the interests of the company in the measures -coming before Parliament. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to after some conversation, in which the share holders expressed approval of the steps the directors had taken, and especially of the refusal of 4 per cent. in per petuity. The retiring directors and auditors were reappointed. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. The directors' report states that the receipts for the half year ending the 31st of December amounted to £42,529, and for the corresponding h a lf o f 1863 t o £38,072, showing an increase of £4,457. Th e expenditure f or t h e pas t h a lf-y ea r amounted to £17,176 , against £14,854, showing an increase of £2,322. The b a l ance for the half year, a f ter carry i ng £5O to the contingen c y account, was £22,582, w hi c h enabledthe directors to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, and on the pre ference shares according to their respective guarantees. The works on the Bolton and Wigton Branches had made satisfactory progress. The bill for the proposed branch from the Bullgill station to join the several railways in the valley of the Derwent had passed the examiners on Stand ing Orders. During some months past the directors had made overtures to the Boards of tho neighbouring railways for a union of interests on a broad and comprehensive principle, "by which the property of shareholders would be rendered more secure, and the extension of a liberal policy towards other railways and to the public generally would be initiated. The expenditure on main line capital account amounted to £555,000, and. on new branch account to £33,716. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. for the half-year en di ng The report of the directors states that the gross receipts the 31st December last amounted to £125,991, for th e corresponding ha lf o f 1863 t o £116,564, and for the same h a lf o f 1862 to £115,334. Th e ne t earn i ngs for the past h a lf year amounted to £69,060, aga i ns t £63 , 341 for the corresponding half of 1863, and £63,575 for same half of 1862, exceeding those for the corresponding half of 1863 by £5,719. The working expenses amounted to 45.2 per cent. of the gross receipts, being lower than any pre vious half year. The rolling stock and permanent way had been maintained in efficient repair ; the relaying of the per manent way had been proceeded with where necessary. The net revenue had exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1862 by £5,485, which latter was the most productive year since the opening of the railway. This was the more important as it had been attained in the face of an unavoid able reduction of the tariffs forthe transport of goods. Steps were being taken to insure the opening of the portion of the Ourthe line o ending from the present main line at Marloie to Melreux (9 miles) in May next. The remaining part from Melreux to Liege, would, it was believed, be completed at the end of the present year. The net earnings of the canal had amounted to £2Ol, being £B4 in excess of the earnings of the corresponding half of 1863. After deduction of the amount required to meet the interest and reimbursements of obligations (a 5,6 . 08) there remained £33,558. The Board proposed to declare a dividend of 6s. 6d. per share, leaving a balance of £BOO to the credit of the resent() fund, carry ing forward £258. The original Board of Directors was appointed in the year 1846, and eontinued • nine years in office, in the course of which they received on shares £1,010,501, and on obligations £338,034; total, £1,348,535 ; the engagements then existing and repaid by advances from bankers were £60,000, making together £1,408,535. There were nine miles of railway opened for traffic, some rolling stock and other material being very imperfect. The works between Brussels and Namur had been par tially constructed, and scarcely anything had been done between Namur and Arlon. At the date of the acces sion to office of the present Board there had been ex pended the whole of the £1,408,535, for which they pos sessed nine miles of railway ; and since that period they had by the expenditure of £1,325,560, become the proprietors of a further length of 132 miles of railway, with a rolling stock sufficient for the present working of the same, and they had also more than 17 miles of canal. In 1860 the pre sent Board was re-elected for a second period of five years, which was about to terminate. The directors, therefore, desired to call the attention of the proprietors to the progress of the company, and to the more important acts of their administration during this second term of office. The traffic receipts, which in 1859 amounted to £112,951, had gradually increased, and for the year 1864 had attained the sum of £232,240, and the shares had nearly doubled their price since the year 1859. In 1861 the branch railway towards Longwy, 7f miles in length, was completed at a cost of £60,514, or less than £B,OOO a mile. The Ourthe Valley line, in course of construction, would be about 40 miles in length, and by means of it the distance from the coal basin of Liege to the Grand Duchy and to the manufacturing districts of the Moselle (France) would be reduced nearly 30 miles. The directors concluded their report by stating that if during their first five years of office they saved the company from impending ruin, they had during their second term of office been able so far further to ameliorate the affairs of the company as that, in spite of the faults and frauds committed from 1845 to 1855, a fair return for the capital embarked in the undertaking was now placed beyond all reasonable doubt. SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE DISSOLUTION. —There are few subjects which have a more legiti mate interest for a condemned criminal than the question of the day which is to be fixed for his exe cution ; and criminals have rarely been so philoso phical as to pass the subject altogether by. The present Parliament is not only mortal, like all things human, but is able to boast, with the old Highland chieftain, that none of its ancestors have died a natural death. The time is fast approaching when it too must be sentenced to a premature and violent end. It is natural that gloomy calculations should now be becoming an habitual subject of the victim's thoughts. In fact, the question as to the latest day to which the fatal blow can possibly be deferred is the only one that can be said really to occupy the Parliamentary mind at this moment. Compulsory silence upon this all-absorbing topic is a cruel ag gravation of suffering at such a crisis ; but consti tutional decorum is imperative. That which is up permost in the minds of all must be upon no one's lips. But in the shortness of every sitting, the dulness of every debate, and the pettiness of every subject of legislation may be traced the operation of the care which is engrossing every mind. The question upon which members seem to be delibe rating so silently and so sorrowfully is not without interest even to those who have not before their minds the vision of an agreeable future filled up with laborious canvassing days, heavy election bills, and tiresome bribery inquiries. In any case this Parlia ment will have approached nearer to its legal term than the majority of its predecessors, and it may possibly live to furnish a unique example of lon gevity. It is natural, therefore, that speculations as to theprobable ti me o f it s di sso lution should be rife. The only basis, however on which they can be rested is to be sought in the inherent probabilities of the case. Many rumours are current concerning the information which the Prime Minister is supposed to have vouchsafed upon the subject to intimate, but apparently indiscreet friends. But these ora cular utterances are not satisfactory guides, be cause the Premier, in the observance of a rigid neutrality between contending opinions, appears to have, given a different version of his inten tions to each successive querist. The selection of the best moment for a dissolution is a critical point in party manoeuvre, and it is safe to predict that he will make it with his accustomed tact. But several considerations must press upon his mind, of dif ferent kinds, and it is not easy to foresee which will gain the mastery. The great issue lies between the autumn of this year and the spring of next year. There are some very potent arguments for delaying the painful ceremony till next year. The past regis tration has not been as satisfactory to the Govern ment as could have been wished. The change it has made in the lists is probably not quite so great as the Conservative organs represent it to have been ; but, upon the whole, there is little doubt that the Government have lost decidedly, and there is still less that they expected to gain largely. Under these circumstances, it is very tempting to try the chances of another year. Perhaps it is more a tempting than sagacious policy. It is not likely that the stream will change its direction in so brief a space of time. There is apt to be a run of luck in politics, as in other games of chance, and it is not safe, when it has set i n, td p l ay d ou bl e or qu i ts. still the proverbially sanguine temperament of elec tioneers will probably represent matters more fa- vourably. If, as leaders of the Liberals, Lord Pal merston is exposed to the temptation to run out this present Parliament, it is much stronger when viewed from his own personal position. When he parts from this Parliament, he must feel that he can never have another so exactly to his mind. It represents his - own peculiar political position with a fidelity which can never be equalled. Neither Premier nor Parliament have finally broken with democracy, nor is either inclined to yield to it. Their attitude is rather that of a suspension of arms than of either hostility or peace. The next Parliament can scarcely return from the hustings in the same pro visional character. It must move decidedly in one direction or the other; and with that change the feeling which chiefly inspires, the present blind at tachment to Lord Palmerston will be gone. It can hardly be doubted that, if he were left to his own inclination, he would not shorten by a single week the existence of so complaisant a body. But the ob jections upon the other side are so serious that per haps the majority of people have made up their minds that there must be a dissolution at the end of the present session. It is nearly a century and a half since the Parliament which passed the Septennial Act was dissolved, and never once during the whole of that period has the Parliament been allowed to survive till within three months of its legal termina tion. Precedent is strong upon all those questions which are included within the scope of the mysterious word " constitutional," and in point of precedent such a proceeding would be absolutely without defence. But the practical evils of it would be more formidable still. The discussions of the House of Commons are not under the control of the Govern ment, nor even of the House itself. There is no constitutional machinary by which inconvenient elo quence can be checked. Coughs, yells, scrapings may be potent as against the sensitive and the fasti dious ; but in the case of members not afflicted with either of these two disqualifications, they are abso lutely-powerless. Now bores are usually only an annoyance ; but if the Prime Minister should resolve upon continuing the Parliament till next spring, they will become a constitutional power of the first mag nitude. It will be in their discretion to disband the army and navy, and to leave the Treasury without a farthing to pay the Civil Service of the country. Should the present Parliament meet again in Feb ruary next, it will have, within little more than three months, to pass the Mutinz Bills, to go through the votes in supply, and to pass the Ways and Means Bills necessary for raising the taxes out of which the expenditure sanctioned is to be defrayed. But it is an old constitutional right that, before any stage of these proceedings for the granting of money, any member may claim to be heard upon any grievance —that is to say, upon any subject on which it may please any member to talk. It requires no great effort of imagination to foresee that bores may be found who will see their opportunity and use it mercilessly. They must be listened to. Remon strances, objections, indignant protests will be of no avail. . For the moment, they are the masters. They will enjoy the unwonted sensation of being secure against a count-out, for a count-out would only aggravate the delay they are causing. For the first time in the history of Parliament, they will be in a condition to insist upon a hearing. It may be conjectured that, before they have been exhausted, the spring will be well advanced. The fatal 30th of May, on which Parliament will dis solve of itself, will be close at hand. No English member, with the fear of his constituents before his eyes, would venture upon so indecent a proceeding as talking the Parliament out, but Irish constitu encies would probably look upon such a freak with more sympathising eyes. Mr. Vincent Scully would perhaps not suffer severely in the opinion of the people of Cork if he were to seize that opportunity for explaining the wrongs of Ireland ; and th e in dignation displayed by the base Saxon at such a pro ceeding would make his return at the impending election absolutely secure. If Lord Palmerston will only try the experiment of deferring the dissolution till the spring of next year, this generation will have the chance of seeing a dramatic Parliamentary scene such as has seldom been witnessed before. Scene— the House of Commons ; time—half past 11 o'clock p.m. on the 30th of May, 1866. Principal figure— Mr. Vincent Scully eloquently insisting upon the wrongs of Ireland. Below him, the Ministers pro foundly uncomfortable at the reflection that neither Appropriation Bill nor Tax Bills have been passed, and that the public service can only be carried on. by illegal proceedings for which a new and possibly hostile Parliament may refuse an indemnity. On the benches round about, the bloody and brutal Saxon trying to put down Mr. Vincent Scully by mere howling ; the din, however, only inspiring him with fresh ardour, by 'railing to his mind plea sant memories of his native land. For half an hour the grand spectacle of the impassioned patriot gesti culating in dumb show, and vainly struggling to make his eloquence heard above the chorus of 500 infuriated Saxon yells. At the end of that time the clock strikes 12, the Irish patriot's task is done ; the Speaker, no longer a speaker, descends humbly from his chair ; the House of Commons is suddenly re solved into a very shabby-looking and uproarious public meeting ; and the Ministers go off reflecting upon the perplexing predicament into which the exigency of party tactics has conducted them. It would be a pity to lose such a scene. Perhaps, for the transitory interests of the public service, it would be better that the elections should take place next autumn; but for the more permanent objects of the sensational historian, it is earnestly to be hoped that the dissolution may be postponed. THE " SPECTATOR 77 ON MR. GLADSTONE AND RAILWAY REFORM.—There are only two modes of carrying a great innovation in a constitutional country. One is to bring forward with great eclat a measure so large and as it were so dramatic that it touches the popular imagination, and is accepted by irresistible acclaim. The storm of public ap plause cows the " interest," and scatters obstacles as a physical storm scatters sand dunes. Free trade in corn was really carried in that way, the nation having made up its mind to the cheap loaf months before the governing classes had fairly reasoned themselves out of their pecuniary timidity. The other, and perhaps less dangerous way, is to invite discussion, to issue commission, and form com mittees, to let facts and theories and considerations and plans filter slowly down into the national mind, till when the time for action arrives it is found that there are no obstacles to remove, that even the " interests " are willing the experiment should be tried. That was the way in which the Poor-Law reformers secured what at one time seemed impos sible—a tolerant hearing for their immense and un popular innovation. Mr. Gladstone has in the matter of Railway legislation adopted the second and perhaps wiser alternative: Mr. Roebuck forced from him on Tuesday night, not perhaps altogether unwillingly, a statement not indeed of his policy, but of his immediate action. He does not intend to suggest at once any vast scheme for the purchase of the railways throughout Great Britain, or any one system of railways, or even of any one railway. Still less does he propose to renew the Railway Act without discussion or concession secured to the public, or guarantee that the more pressing evils of the monopoly shall in some way be softened. With a studious precision of words he announced that he intended to guano the public mind, to issue, in other words, a Royal Commission, which should inquire into the working of the Railway system, the cost of conveyance of goods, the charges made for passengers, the degree in which Railway companies, having obtained a monopoly of the carrying trade of the Empire, satisfy the needs of the nation, to " bring all the facts and information bearing upon the subject into a state in which it may be thoroughly available for members of Parlia ment and likewise for the public at large." The Commission is not to discuss the policy of any mea sure whatever, for if it decided against innovation the Government would be embarrassed, and if for it the public would not have previously been conci= hated. It is to be bar, not tribunal—to collect the evidence, not to decide in what direction the bulk of that evidence plainly tends. The report of this commission will, it is hinted, be ready before the new Parliament has assembled, and it will then be laid before a body fresh from contact with its consti tuents, and with time before it to consider any pro posal, however extensive. Mr. Walpole tried hard to induce Mr. Gladstone to ask the House for a preliminary vote in the shape of an address praying the Crown to grant the commission suggested, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not inclined to be entrapped. He had made up his mind that to do anything great he must have the support of the nation, that to gain such support he must instruct the nation, and that to move before the instruction had been afforded would be fatal to all his plans. He fell back therefore with a pride which we wish other Ministers would display a little more frequently upon his responsibility, telling the member for Cambridge University that the first act belonged to the Ministry, who, and not the House are respon sible for their advice to the Crown. The public, accustomed to believe that a commission is a subter fuge used to gain time, may be inclined to imagine that Mr. Gladstone has abandoned the wider ideas he is said to have entertained. If he had he would have done the weakest act of his whole political life, but there is no trace in his proposal of any such design. People who jump to that conclusion either wish it, as the Times avowedly does, or fail to perceive the extent of the field which any inno vation, and therefore any inquiry, must of neces sity cover. The railway companies have not yet completed their task, but they begin to see land, and they have accomplished immense results. Within the 25 years of their existence they have practically obtained a monopoly of the whole internal carrying trade. They have killed the coaches, superannuated the barges, outstripped the steamers, and abolished the posting houses. The coasting trade has put itself en rapport with them, and there are routes along which feeble tugs or still feebler horses slowly drag cumbrous barges with loads the value of which will scarcely bear the expense of speed. In the out-of the-way districts stage coaches may still be found, and there are whole counties, notably in the north of Scotland, where to the discredit of their proprie tary and the delight of innkeepers the traveller is still reduced to posting. But for all practical pur poses as to goods, and for all purposes as to passen gers, the railways have completely won the day. If they stopped our civilisation would stop too. If it were possible to imagine the system suspended in toto England would be Pinned, for the trade of to day created by the diffusion of railways could not be carried on by the ancient means. Communication would seem to be suspended, trade would be paralysed, half the population of England would be comparatively imprisoned, and no small section of the remainder would be compelled to strike their tents and close in on the great cities as the price of their daily bread. To take a single illustration of the effects railways have exercised upon our civilisa tthioen,ntehweirspasupsepr p ens r i e o s n s. me would be equivalent to that of journals carried over the E mp i re at theprieesn;m could not b dehianded e , could not, we strongly suspect, be carried in bulk at all. The companies have the control of a supply which is to civilisation almost as valuable as air to the human body, and it becomes to the last degree important to inquire into the spirit in which they are disposed to employ their power. They are the national carriers—are they trying to carry the nation or only a very limited class, to convey all goods or only goods which can bear heavy expense of carriage? Nobody doubts, we presume, that there is a point of demand for 'passenger fares at which the railways would become an unmitigated nuisance, would give to a few individuals a mono poly of locomotion as completely as the Legislature could do. Parliament certainly will not deny it, for it legislated to meet that very contingency. Nor will any wise person doubt that if conveyance could be made perfectly costless the activity, and conse quently the prosperity; of the Empire would be inde finitely increased. There must be a point between those two-extremes, which is the one best for all par ties, which secures at the least sacrifice of pecuniary productiveness to the railways the largest possibility of traffic to the nation. The object of Mr. Gladstone's inquiry is to ascertain whether the railways have by their rule of thumb happened to ascertain that point, whether, for example, it is a national good that while the Great Northern dividend last year was £7 10s. per cent., it defeated a project which would have lowered the price of coal to five millions at least 3s. a ton. The nation suspects that it is not, that the railways are carrying small numbers of men and limited quantities of goods at high rates in preference to large numbers of men and unlimited quantities of goods at low rates, that they are sacri ficing the public not to their own profits, but to the case of directors, the comfort of contractors, and the timidity of a vast body of little shareholders. The companies, for example, carry third-class pas sengers at Bs. 4d. per 100 miles. That is cheaper than any other conveyance, but the Belgians carry the same class at 3s. per 100 miles, which is actually cheaper than walki ng barefoot, for a strong man would take three days to walk it, lose Is. 6d. a day as wages for unskilled labour, and must pay for his keep besides. Transport at that rate would equa lize wages all over England, and enable surplus la bour to flow to its proper market as water flows to its level. In addition to these heavy-charges the companies charge third-class fare only at the most inconvenient hours. If the inquiry simply ended in adding a third-class division to every train, and regulating charge by speed as well as distance, it. would be worth all the trouble it will involve, but it will effect much more than that. It will, we be lieve, show that whole branches of trade are cut off by the charges invented to obtain great profit for little work ; that entire districts grow less than they ....."-----____ _y. might if chalk and manure could be carried cheap' , that whole populations are starved with great industries arrested by the fictitious price lin; posed upon coal ; that the natural movement o,l_ population, which is the very systole and cliastoble of modern civilisation, is arrested by tariffs wh c 4 while they injure the people, do not secure of to to the proprietors ; that in short the tendency , n o railway management as at present carried on is e ' . and ther stereotype the pace of the national pulse, fore the rate at which the national energy ca n be cold, and applied. THE " EXAMINER" ON THE TRALEE ELECTroi —What has taken place this week in the boroagii of Tralee may well awaken doubts in the rn... r in d . s the r Conservatives on the subject of the Ballot. IN e l 0 .. of the candidates contesting the representation Pr_., fessed to belong to the party whose interests -tvibe uphold. We are, therefore entitled to disc il l s g lity matter without incurring the suspicion of Pa l " re t either on personal or political grounds. We, re fl ' o bt the result, because it has been unmistakably 10° 10 about by the most scandalous intimidation ; an ,i t h regard the example thus offered as one fraug n h t lo infinite mischief to the community at large• i' ll i in• especially desire to mark the event as a six tine , stance of the want of security for liberty of lr° our and to recommend its careful consideration bY e is Tory friends. Tralee, as most people are arr,o'll a little seaport town in the south of Irelao u7 A - n ot taming but a few thousand inhabitants and n ot many electors. Of these about a fourth are Kr" tin . tants, and, as is usually the case in small ° w ho der ~„s try towns, Conservatives. Of the remain are Catholics, the wealthiest and most ronerroa,re section have for a long time professed Ixo de dra yt opinions, and have resisted any attempt to It them into sanctioning wild or seditious views"days is generally understood that up to within a fe w inte r of the late election, they had signified th eir ,Gtioa tion to vote for Mr.i McKenna, who had in a' the promises of support from the Tory borough. These latter kept their word, an d l 'hacl for him as man who by honourable enterprl. I ne o.. acquired opulence, and who as an lti" as tial director of the National Bank, t heir , identified with the industrial prosperity °,,,,' „ v ise ' town and country. Many of the Catholics like vise persisted in redeeming the promises they ha d „ P. m 30, but a number, variously stated at from 2 v - , s te• found themselves unable to resist the violenclpoo matically organised by the partisans of the „ cte cl noghue. No mob which could have been CO within the purlieus of the town itself could , ii i o minority the oted produced such an effect. It was necessary t° c `. l t ors A ''' the aid of the surrounding peasantry ; an d d e ncl , Y 5 done so unscrupulously, that for a week or l os l s ed preceding the election the candidate who 13 . r° and loyalty to the throne as opposed to revoluttloce respect for law and order as opposed to ° lrbl ' 11 ti's , and anarchy, was not suffered to appea r - , 09 ,r0 streets or to address a public meeting. A-J e for priest who had originally invited him to e°'" co lor ward, and who had gone the length of taking mightsel with him how the opposition of a RePe nier fiefar r be averted, became at an early stage of th es , e - t 1 01 ous proceedings a conspicuous object of "svPae and be truly designated as agrarian interferenc„diatet: after a feeble attempt to withstand it, reps osv his acts and words and declared that 11 1 3 95 to go with the stream. There is no seer e ' i tile ai the, the means employed. The customers A the, small traders compelled them to le nt ,' tile' aid in working upon the fears °lcatiiciie reverend preceptor. Other's of the ra te on clergy were in like manner'induced to co-o Peas i t iti the occasion ; and when the work of barbar° l , done' midation was thought to have been suffiel env ,a to r e ; the fanatical favourite of the hour was aciv' s ;der t hat sign his seat for a neighbouring county in o' 01l ° he might be returned for the insignificant hnioratien,cee Tralee. A more wicked abuse of popula r If t ii at elections is not to be found on record. Lo „ re fer constituer.cy had really been stupid enoug h ' O f l ioo° a hair-brained and inexperienced young.lll3llto the habits in political talk and political action rio g O A of tried ability and worth, capable of rencl e dd ition a ; locality efficient service and of bringing,.„,a e nt, W weight to the Irishrepresentation in Pari l l: o , err s . might regret the circumstance and pitY _.' outt c1 . 111 ; but we should not have to complain of a I v 4 6 , flitted on freedom of election or an ,outragee i 6 toy , constitutional rule. But the case of Va le 0 0 1 ' that party in the State which has hitherto ar e of the flagrant to be passed over in silence : al:t a i l :01 0 ears to all argument and reason in fa y° ser ious /5r Ballot, whether it does not behove them :,,i00.40, to consider,----in the interests of their own opinion' to put it on no higher grouud method should not be adopt to put an e _ co o' possible use of terrorism in th echoice of r epres _so -1 tives? Certainly vote by ballot 'would have 'I tralizcd the ruffianism of Tralee. ,—whethnerci to itij COUNTRY MARKETS NORWICH—SATURDAY. i • lje The wheat trade to-day may be r eported as Dele same in price as on this day se'nnight, the solVd • l e , rather more liberal and the demand tolerably g°_°, supply of barley was still fair, and all good 3:010-Zeta ties met with buyers on late terms ; secondarYte"sas, ing sorts commanded only a dull sale. Oats: r ed peas supported former rates. 4 4 s to 4 55 Ititig White wheat (weighing 631 b to 64119 , bes t ma, et to ditto (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 36s to to runs di s ;tto weig h barle weighing 551 b to 561 b), 36s (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s di sti " l 26s ; WOs ing 521 b to 531 h), 24s to 265; oats , ' 24s to ou r, 25s to 0. to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per clr barley, 6,876 6d. Average—wheat, 2,197 qrs, 3 8 s ; 29s 10d; oats, 51 qrs, 26s sd. t gBS r YORK—SATURDA Y. 36s tO New white wheat, 0s to 44s ; new re'' , , grin s to p 36 stone. Barley, for 4 malting, 285 to 3 0 s Per c i r e ' r •24 ot ° 26s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 20s to 2 25 P Beans, 38s to —s per 38 stone. t I C° NOTTINGHAM—SAT-LW/Kr- , te s og , At this corn exchange to-day the supply ° ',l:scr l l ) „, ti e c eY,' fair, there being a sprinkling of white and red --- t be r 0 ,0 The weather has been very severe durii?i, s oofli o de Around here the fields are quite covered w' t " - the wheat plant will be protected from the frost 00, was slow, and sales were made at about late 01°:430i Old white wheat, 42s to 46s ; old red, 39 „ 0 6$ white, 40s to 45s ; new red, 30s to 41 s per 0 ," 04, 0; ley, new malting, 28s to 34s per qr • old gr a ' 5s t ° t olst 27s ; new, 25s to 27s per 30 stone. 'Oats, old, 2 Be s ° • naw, 22s to 25s ; old foreign, 24 s to 26s per stotte old, 40s to 43s ; new, 37s to 39s per 38 stone. oeo f LEICESTER--SATuRDAY• 415; Old w'hite wheat, 43s to 46s ; old red, 3 8 ! T0u.,x30 white, 40s to 44s ; new red, 37s to 41s per 3 " 4 . 5 , - , 28S rdell e. ley, malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; gr i n ding, 260 '"„ r 24 '- stone. Oats, old, 24s to 26s . ; new, 21$ to 2 3 ! - s to ne. Beans, old, 39s to 41s ; new, 36s to 38a per 30 DITBL bas e DIS re t No life in the trade. Every il one afraid to P ll , l /roil' h at' cept for immediate wants, prices n ot alter i e d per 'for day week, except in bartya,nwlchw as quote , - ,.1; cl• rel lower. Distillers and brewers are getting 5 t %5 ' 1 3 1 01) wheat and maize no business. Flour, a ta r e c° re d ci rt demand ; no change in price. Currencies :—White wheat, 22s 6d t° 24 1 6 0 °;t1 I°4 20s 6d to 22s Od; grinding barley, 125 Od t, Dlt) e ing 13s to 14s 6d ; white oats, 11s to 1-45 ' 10s Od to 11s Od. • Foreign Mail Packet List . ,E. 4._ - , . rel)%,. • Australia and New Zealand, via SouthaMPton'''..rell- 8, Ditto, via Marseilles .... . ............. ••• • • .iirar• ~ Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pac ,et ....... ' • .ieel ) " iil• . ......... • • , r o is ). O. Dit , o, by British packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Ileieu i ''. • ,..,V ew " china, Penang, and Singapore , via Sou hara ptoP . reD.. Ditto, via Marsvilles ..................... ' '"• , f OU , ," .... .. ' j g. raikland Islands ..... .• h " Ye' ~ Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... ~" .•. p. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via SGuthartLP,°-.fe /6. Ditto, via Mar, eines .• • • • ' . •. feD' 7,0 , India (B mbay), via Southampton ' . .............. •• " • . • • • .70 1 : 6• Ditto, via ilarseitles Mauritius, via Southampton ............ •• • '•••• 1 0r• 1 6 ' Ditto, via Marseil e ............ „..• • • • . reti• 5, Newfoundland ............... " .... .• ••• • • •••11Pr" ........ . Portugal • •• • _---------- airths 101 4 , CRAVEN.—On the 15th inst., at Whilton Lode' "II tonshire, Mrs. Craven, of a son. . 0 - , 1 Df fs ' EDEN.—On the 6th inst., at Cantley, the 1-. °- ' . ( 10 11 ' of a son. COI • , RE/S`DELL.—On the 17th inst., at the Old pa le-,+ C' 1 ., li fe Mrs. Rendell, of a son. TRYNE.—On the 15th inst., at Exmouth, t—e Henryl Trelnayne, Esq., of a daughter. , Lou{ _Marriages. lOt''' HUMPHRY—LEE.—On the ' t.. t All ttS3,,phdiat6 don, Albert Alfred, fifth son inst., lii: btuli 4 l' er li f fi tb.e el. Chichester, to Elizabeth, the fourth drirallgtibg°s'l'lool: T James and Sarah Lee, of Knapp-hill, ° . o " . " -f i 'S, ,J 4, ULLOCH—HEELIS.—On the 16th inst., atv7.,eseoc,r-1.14, der Bruce Tulloch, Esq., Captain 96th -,.etntio tiee of Lieut.-Colonel James D. G. Tulloch,llo ' Kent, to Arabella, younger daughter of Sip Esq., of Manchester. C 4 folk, O° Deaths. ciiffo, ~ DASHWOOD.—On the 16th inst, at Beccles,,,, v ow Dashwood, Esq., aged 91. p i o . .4e, EDWARDS.—On the 15th inst at 241, 310 016-v "° .Edwards, Esq.,. , SP,,ea -,.. f a ll, ato GnmEaENE.—Ontheagle4dth94inst., at Lawforcl -'oreeoe' 97. ry, widow of the Rev. Edward Hen r i ijoi h P rjje° MACKENZIE.—On the 16th inst., at 7 Edinbtirg tilo Mackenzie, Esq., W.S., aged 55. Ad ijili. MußßAy.—On the 17th inst., at The Alba n y' oti To r i, lion. Henry A.• Murray. wildiog e re ° T NT , I . ST . .. —On the 11th inst., the Rev. Joserli 1 1 , lil lr Al A , formerly incumbent of Christ Uhn rc "„." and of St. Michael's, Kingston, jantaic,a. .1 0 s r Al 4 II: 1 1 ,' London : Printed and Publibhed by tl . ' I L f,IA--A,.e, P - t y 0' of No. 112, Strand, Plinter, at Tits Svri t)—v eoll " In the Strand, in the Precinct of ' the Savoy, Middlesex.—Monday, February go, 1665, t kc