The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

AMERICA. The following despatch reports the official visit to President Johnson of Sir Frederick Bruce the new Minister from England, and other members of the Diplomatic Corps : " Washington, April 20. " The members of the Diplomatic Corps called upon President Johnson, at his rooms in the Trea sury building, this afternoon. Sir Frederick Bruce, the new Minister from England, with his Attaches, called a few minutes before the balance arrived, and presented his credentials. He was to have been presented to Mr. Lincoln at the White-house on Saturday last, but the untimely and tragical death of Mr. Lincoln on Friday night prevented his meet ing him as had been arranged, and he was this morning introduced to President Johnson. They had a cordial interview for a few moments before the other ambassadors arrived. It was exceedingly cordial and pleasant on both sides. Sir Frederick made the following remarks upon the occasion : g‘ Mr. President—lt is with deep and sincere concern that I have to accompany my first official act with expressions of condolence. Last Saturday the ceremony that takes place to-day was to have been performed, but the gracious intentions of the late lamented President were frustrated by events which have plunged this country into consternation and affliction, and which will call forth in Great Britain feelings of horror as well as profound sym pathy for the victims. It becomes, therefore, my painful duty, Sir, to present the letter from my Sovereign, of which I am bearer, to you as President of the United States, and it is with pleasure that I convey the assurances of regard and goodwill which her Majesty entertains towards you, Sir, as Pre sident of the United States. I am further directed to express her Majesty's friendly dis position towards the great nation of which you are the Chief Magistrate, her hearty good wishes for its peace, prosperity, and welfare. Her Majesty has nothing more at heart than to cultivate those relations of amity and good understanding which have so long and so happily existed between the two kindred nations of the United States and Great Britain ; and it is in this spirit that I am directed to perform the duties of the im portant and honourablepost confided to me. Permit me, sir, to say that it shall be the object of my ear nest endeavours to carry out my instructions faith fully in that respect, and I express the hope, sir, that you will favourably consider my attempt to meet your approbation, and to give effect to the friendly intentions of the Queen and her Majesty's Government. I have the honour, sir, to place in your hands the letter of credence confided to me by her Majesty.' " To which the President replied as follows : " Sir Frederick A. W. Bruce,—The cordial and friendly sentiments which you have expressed on the part of her Britannic Majesty give me great plea sure. Great Britain and the United States by the extended and varied forms of commerce between them, the contiguityof portions of their possessions, and the similarity of their language and laws, are drawn into contrast and intimate intercourse at the same time. They are from the same causes exposed to frequent occasions of misunderstandinn, only to be averted by mutual forbearance. So eagerly are the people of the two countries engaged throughout almost thewhole world in the pursuit of similar com mercial enterprises, accompaniedby natural rivalries and jealousies, that at first sight it would almost seem that the two Governments must be enemies, or, at best, cold and cal culating friends. So devoted are the two nations throughout all their domain, and even in their most remote territorial and colonial posses sions, to the principles of civil rights and constitu tional liberty, that, on the other hand, the superficial observer might erroneously count upon a continual concert of action and sympathy, amounting to an al liance between them. Each is charged with the de velopment of the progress and liberty of a consider able portion of the American race. Each, in its sphere, is subject to difficulties and trials not participated in by the other. The interests of civilisation and of hu manity require that the two should be friends. I have always known and accepted it as a fact hon ourable to both countries that the Queen of Eng land is a sincere and honest wellwisher to the United States. I have been equally frank and explicit in the opinion that the friendship of the United States towards Great Britain is enjoined by all the con siderations of interest and of sentiment affecting the character of both. You will, therefore, be accepted as a Minister friendly and well disposed to the main tenance of peace and the honour of both countries. You will find myself and my associates acting in ac cordance with the same enlightened policy and con sistent sentiments ; and so I am sure that it will not occur in your case that either yourself or this Go vernment will ever have cause to regret that such an important relationship existed at such a crisis. Both President Johnson and Sir Frederick Bruce expressed themselves well pleased with the consulta tion. Soon after the other representatives of the foreign nations made their appearance, and marched through the long halls leading from the State De partment, thence across the building through the hall leading from the middle entrance on the east side of the building to the Secretary of the Treasury's room, now occupied by the President. They were escorted by Mr. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State, he walking arm-in-arm with Baron von Gerolt, Minister from Prussia. The following Ambassadors were also present :—M. Edward de Stoeckl, Minister from Russia ; Senor Don Tassara, Minister from Spain ; Senor Luis Molina, Minister from Costa Rica ; Colonel W. R. Raaslft, Minister from Denmark ; Colonel Bertinatti, of Italy ; Senor Matias Romero, of Mexico ; General Eustorgio Sul gar, of Columbia; Baron de IV ittersedt, of Sweden; Baron Wyddenbruek, of Austria ; T. G. Asta Burnaga, of Chile ; M. L. de Geofroy, Charge d'Affaires, from France ; Senhor Barboyada, Charge d'Affaires from Brazil ; Mr. Rosing, Charge d'Affaires, from the Hanseatic Republic ; M. Alfred Berghmans, of Belgium ; and M. Sarcio, of Peru. They were mostly attended by their secretaries and other Attaches, all arrayed in full Court dress, most of them wearing the badge of mourning on their left arm. The Minister from Portugal and M. von Limburg, of the Netherlands, were not present. Probably they did not receive notice of the intended visit." " President Johnson was called upon yesterday," says the New York Herald of the 21st, " By many delegations of citizens., -representing various States and associations, for the p se of pledging to him the support: of themselves and those on whose behalf they appeared. A large number of naval officers a ~so called in a body, as likewise did the DiP l .C)matic Corps, and paid their respects to the new Ter . esident. To each delegation Mr. John son made a suitable address, and all were pleased with their visits and the cordial reception they met. Additional indication of what will be the policy of rresidMt Johnson in his treatment of the leading rebels may be gathered fr6m some of his remarks n wle yesterday. ' If, he says, the murderer of a sin gle individual must suffer_the penalty of death, what should be inflicted upon him who tries to as aaasiests a nation?" The time has come for us to understand that all crimes are submerged in treason, and that he who has committed treason has com mitted all crim es; 11 On the 21st several additional bodies of citizens, including delegations from the States of Maine, Ohio, and Indiana, waited upon President Johnson, addresses and replies being made in each case. A despatch of the 21st, from Washington, gives some particulars relati ve to the new President and his Cabinet : ‘• It is now considered that, as uncertainty exists as to when Secretary Seward will be able to resume the duties of the State Department, it will become n ecessary for President Johnson t o appoint a Secretary of State, either temporary or otherwise. The public need, therefore, not be surprised to hear of the appointment of Preston King either as Acting-Secretary of State or Secretary de facto within a few days. An effort is made to get up considerable gossip in regard to changes by the retirement of other members, but of that there is no prospect for some time to come. It is hardly pro bable that Senator Harlan will assume the duties of the Interior Department now that Mr. Lincoln is dead. He having two years left of his term in the Senate, he will prefer to remain there. This will make it necessary for a new appointment for that position on May 1. As to Secretary Stanton, he can undoubtedly remain as long as he desires to. It is understood, however, that soon after thesurrender of General Lee, considering that the rebellion was in effect over, he sent in his resignation ; but Mr. Lincoln requested him to withdraw it, which he did for the present. Now that Lee and Johnston have both surrendered, and the real work of the War Department is over, he may, as soon as the country recovers from the severe blow in the loss of Mr. Lincoln, renew his resignation ; but not for some time yet. Mrs. Lincoln continues quite feeble. She has been confined to her bed ever since Satur day morning, the shock having completely prostrated her. President Johnson has kindly requested that she will remain at the White House until she has sufficiently recovered to decide as to her future movements." The Montreal Witness says : " Our danger will be imminent if any of the scoundrels implicated in this assassination (of Pre sident Lincoln) make their escape to Lower Canada. They would undoubtedly meet with plenty of in fluential friends. There would be found here judges and juries to decide that they had used only a belli gerent right. Indeed, it will argue a strange incon sistency if those papers which have been foremost in screening the raiders, and have excused as a belli gerent right the assassination of an innocent civilian at St. Albans, find fault now with those concerned in the murder of the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal armies." The following despatch supplies some interesting particulars relative to the late army of General Lee : " Head-quarters, sth Army Corps, near Appo mattox Court house, April 14. "The last of the surrendered army left yesterday. Most of them went away in straggling squads. General Anderson's brigade, however, remained till the last, and went away in a body. And thus has disappeared the proud army of Northern Virginia. The official report of the number of men paroled, and cannon, &c., surrendered, has just been made out, and is as follows :—The Paroled prisoners, 26,115 ; small arms, 15,918 ; cannon, 159 ; colours, 71; waggons, caissons, &c., about 1,100 ; horses and mules, 4,000. No official report of the two latter items has yet been made, but I give the figures they are most generally placed at. As to the paroled prisoners, from first to last, there have been most astonishing variances as to the number. At first it was reported we got but 12,000 prisoners. This report was given me by the commissioners ap pointed to carry out the stipulations of the surren der. Then the number hopped up to 35,000. As the case stands, several thousand have gone away with out being paroled. It was starvation with many to remain, and they were accordingly allowed to go. Our army was short of rations, and although all the rations that could be spared were given them there was not enough for all. LETTER OP J. WILKES BOOTH, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) If any evidence were wanting that J. Wilkes Booth had long contemplated the foul deedfor com mitting which his name has been made infamous, the following letter furnishes indisputable proof. It was doubtless written some time in the month of January last, and carefully sealed up in an en velope, directed thus—" J. Wilkes Booth." This package Booth left with his brother-in-law, Mr. J. S. Clarke, a resident of Philadelphia, asking Mr. Clarke to take good care of it, as it contained valu able oil stocks and bonds. The envelope has remained since January with Mr. Clarke, unopened until the fearful tragedy had occurred in Washington. The brother-in-law of Booth then opened the package, in which he found some United States bonds, oil stocks, and this letter. Mr. Clarke gave the letter to United States Marshal I%lillward, who furnished a copy to the Philadelphia press. It is as follows: "1864. "My dear Sir, -You may use this as you think best. But as some may wish to know when, who, and why, and RBI know not how to direct, I give it (in the words of your 3laster)-- " ' To whom it may concern :'— " Right or wrong, God judge me, not man. For be my motive good or bad, of one thing I am sure, the lasting condemnation of the North. " I love peace more than life. Have loved the Union be yond expression. For four years have I waited, hopod, and prayed for the dark clouds to break, and for a restoration of our former sunshine. To wait longer would be a crime. All hope for peace is dead. My prayers have proved as idle as my hopes. God's will be done. I go to see and sharp the bitter end. " I have ever hold the South wore right. The very nomi nation of Abraham Lincoln, four years ago, spoke plainly war—war onSouthern rights and institutions. His election proved it. Await an overt act!' Yes, till you are bound and plundered. What folly! The South wore wise. Who thinks of argument or patience when the finger of his enemy presses on the trigger ? In a foreign war I, too, could say, " Country, right wrong.' But in a struggle such as ours (where the brother tries to pierce the brother's heart), for God's sake choose the right. When a country like this spurns justice from her side she forfeits the allegiance of every honest freeman, and should leave him untrammelled by any fealty soover, to act as his conscience may approve. " People of the North, to hate tyranny, to love liberty and justice, to strike at wrong and oppression, was the teachings of our fathers. The study of our early history will not let me forgot it, and may it never. " This country was formed for the white, not for the black man. And looking upon African slavery from the same standpoint held by the noble framers of our constitu tion, I, for one, have ever considered it one of the greatest blessings (both for themselves and us) that God ever be stowed upon a favoured nation. Witness heretofore our wealth and power ; witness their elevation and enlighten ment above their race elsewhere. I have lived among it most of my life, and I have seen less harsh taoatment from master to man than I have beheld in the North from father to son. Yet, Heaven knows, no one would be willing to do more for the negro race than I, could I but see a way to still better their condition. "But Lincoln's policy is only preparing the way for their total annihilation. The South are not, nor have they been, fighting for the continuance of slavery. The first battle of Bull Run did away with that idea. Their causes since for war have been as noble and greater far than those that urged our fathers on. Even should we allow that they were wrong at the beginning of this contest, cruelty and injusticeha.ve made the wrong become right, and they stand now (before the wonder and admiration of the world) as a noble band of patriotic heroes. Hereafter., reading of their deeds, Thermopylm will be forgotten. "When 1 aidfA i n the Brown capture and execution of John (wlio was a murderer on our western border, and wiv l, by the way, has since been made a god), I was proud Of my share in the transaction, for I deemed it my duty, and that I was helping my common country to perform an act of justice. But what was a crime in poor John Brown is now considered (by themselves)as the greatest and only virtue of the whole Republican party. Strange transmigra tion ! Vice to become a virtue simply because more in dulged in. "I thought then, as now, that the abolitionists were the only traitors in the land, and that the entire party de served the same fate as poor old Brown, not because they wish to abolish slavery, but on account of the means they have ever endeavoured to use to effect that abolition. If Brown were living I doubt whether he himself would set slavery against the Union. Most, or many in the North do, and openly, curse the Union, if the South are to return and retain a single right guaranteed to them by every tie which we once revered as sacred. The South can make no choice. It is either extermination or slavery for them selves (worse than death) to draw from. I know my choice. " I have also studied hard to discover upon what ground the right of a State to secede has been denied, when our very name, United States, and the Declaration of Indepen dence, both provide for secession. But there is no time for words. I write in haste. I know how foolish I shall be deemed for undertaking such a step as this, where, on the one side I have many friends, and everything to make me happy, where my profession alone has gained me an income of more than $20,000 a year, and whero my groat personal ambition in my profession has such a field for labour. On the other hand, the South have never bestowed upon me ono kind word ; a place now whore I have no friends, ex cept beneath the sod ; a place now where I must either be come a private soldier or a beggar. To give up all the former for the latter, besides my mother and sisters whom I love so dearly (although they so widely differ from me in opinion), seems insane ; but God is my judge. I love justice more than I do a country that disowns it ; more than fame and wealth ; more (Heaven pardon me if wrung) than a happy home. I have never been upon a battle-field —but oh ! my countrymen, could you all see the reality or effects of this horrid war as I have seen them (in every State, save Virginia), I know you would think like me and pray. the Almighty t o crea t e i n th e N ort h ern m i n d a sense of right and justice (even should it possess no seasoning or mercy), and that He would dry up this sea of blood be tween us, which is daily growing wider. Alas! poor country, is she to meet her threatened doom ? Four years ago I would have g i ven a thousand lives to see her remain (as I had always known her) powerful and unbroken. And oven now I would hold my life as naught to seo her what she was. Oh ! my friends, if the fearful scenes of the past four years had never been en acted, or if what has been had been but a frightful dream, from which we could now awake, with what overflowing hearts could we bless our God and pray for his continued favour. How I have loved the old flag can never now be known. A few years since and the entire world could boast of none so pure and spotless. But I have of late been see ing and hearing of bloody deeds of which she has been made the emblem,:and would shudder to think how changed she has grown. Oh ! how I have longed to see her break from the mist of blood and death that circles round her folds, spoiling her beauty and tarnishing her honour. But no, day by day has she been dragged deeper and deeper into cruelty and oppression, till now (in my eyes) her once bright red stripes look like bloody gashes on the face of heaven. I look now upon my early admiration of her glories as a dream. My love (as things stand to-day) is for the Sonth alone. Nor do I deem it a dishonour in at tempting to make for her a prisoner of this man to whom she owes so much misery. If success attend me I go penni less to her side. They say she has found that ' last ditch' in which the North has so long derided and been endea vouring to force her in, forgetting they are our brothers, and that it is impolitic to goad an enemy to madness. Should I reach her in safety,and find it true, I will proudly beg permission to triumph or die in that same ditch' by her side. "A Confederate doing duty upon his own responsibility. "J. WILKES BOOTH." The Suicide of Admiral Fitzroy. Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, one of the coroners for the county of Sumy, resumed the inquest which had been formally opened on Monday evening on the body of Ad miral Fitzroy, who died by his own hand on the morning of Sunday last at Lyndhurst-house, Upper Norwood, un der circumstances which were partly narrated in The Sun of Tuesday. The inquest was held at the White Hart Tavern, in the neighbourhood of the deceased gentleman's residence, before a highly respectable jury, summoned from among the principal inhabitants, and of whom the Hon. Plantagenet Pierrepont Cary was elected foreman. The sad event has cast a profound gloom over the whole neighbourhood, where the deceased Admiral was held in high esteem, alike by rich and poor, as well for his genial and amiable qualities as a man as for his great repute in the branch of science to which he had especially devoted him self, and which had made his name a household word to the whole seafaring population of the country. Only a few weeks ago he attended an evening meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, of which he was a valued member, at Burlington House, and took part in the discussion which arose on the projected expedition to the North Pole. He appeared then in high health, and the whole audience lis tened to what he said on the subject with evident interest and pleasure. He was a man of fine presence, with a hand some countenance, and although just turned 60 years of age, he looked 10 years younger. At the inquest yesterday Mr. Farrel-, solicitor, was pre sent to watch the proceedings on the part of the family of the deceased gentleman. The principal witness called was Mr. Frederick Iletley, M.D., and Fellow of the College of Surgeons, residing at Norwood. He said :—On Sunday morning last, at half past 9, I was called to Lyndhurst-house, the residence of the deceased gentleman. Entering a dressing-room, I saw him lying on his back, with his head close to the sponge bath on the floor in a corner of the room. I noticed that he had received an injury in the throat. He was alive. He appeared to recognise me, but he did not speak. I attended to him, and did all that was necessary. The nature of the injury was an incised wound, extending from the left side of the neck to the right ear. From the nature of the wound the instrument appeared to have been used more than once, although there was only one principal wound. I saw a razor in the bath, in which was also a quantity of blood— three pints at least. The razor produced might have caused such a wound. The wound was in such a position that he could have inflicted it himself. The windpipe was somuch severed that he could not speak. I saw nothing indicating that any person had caused the injury but himself. I an ticipated his death. He survived an hour and three quar ters. I had a knowledge of the deceased professionally from the 18th of April. On that day he consulted me with regard to his health. I was with him on that occasion about an hour and a half, and my deduction was that he was suffering from failing health in consequence of over mental fatigue, which had brought on great depression of mind, and consequent wasting of the body. I was acquainted with his position and vocation. These were likely to induce great mental and bodily depression. I also formed the opinion that he had a weak condition of the right side of the heart, and of that I informed him. On that occasion he asked me how far he might continue his work with safety to his health and a view to his recovery, he observing that he had consulted me principally on that point. I gave him to understand that he should suspend his work tem porarily. Ile begged me to allow him to answer several letters that ho had received. I told him that he had not power at that time—meaning not mental power. There was apparently no acute disturbance of the mind at that time, but he was in a state that insanity might nriso I prescribed for him in regard to his bodily health, and did all that was necessary in regard to his mind. On the 21st I saw him again. On that day I was sent for to go and see him immediately. He was then seriously-ill, and I found him in a drowsy condition, resulting from a dose of opium he had taken to produce rest, in consequence of a sleepless night ho had had, following a most exciting day. I saw him frequently in the course of that day (the 21st), and on the following day he was relieved of the effect of the opiate. I saw him &Lily from the 22d of April up to Thursday last. I am not aware that he did anything at all in that interval. In fact, I should have considered him at that time incapable of .following his profession. I had a long walk with him on Thursday, but his mind was not iu a fit state to bear excitement. He had called at my house on Thursday, and on his return from a walk I met him. We then spoke about his condition, and he asked me to give him a point blank opinion about it. I felt it advisable to giva him an answer. Tha opinion asked was whether he should give up his work or not. That was always the question he put to me. My reply was, that ho was quite incapable of carrying it on, and that if ho attempted serious consequences would result. The Coroner—What did you mean by serious conse quences ? Witness—That is exactly the question the Admiral put to me, and I replied that the result would be a condition of the brain that might lead to paralysis. Ho said ho was grateful indeed to me for telling him so, for it might save his life. When I saw him on Thursday he was better than he had been a few days before. He was, how ever, in his usual depressed condition, which was always the character of his malady. From the conversations I had with him the idea of his committing suicide did not enter into my mind. There was no distinct reason for my appre hending it. The Coroner—You did not think it necessary to place him under any restraint, or to give any special orders ? Witness—No. The Coroner—Looking at the act itself, and the charac ter and position of the wound, is there any doubt on your mind that ho has taken his own life ? Witness—None at all. My opinion is that he was led to the commission of the act by a power over which he had certainly at tho time no control, and that he was not then of sound mind. (To the jury.) I did not see him on Fri day or on Saturday. He was in town during the whole of Saturday. If sufficient excitement follow on fatigue of au overworked brain paralysis may occur at once. The Coroner—Would it induce sudden delirium ? Witness—Not unless there was also a fatigued condition of body. Delirium would occur under those circumstances; but ordinarily fever is not an adjunct a a state of mind and body like that of the deceased. The Coroner—But you are quite sure the act was don• when the mind was not in a condition to render him re sponsible ? Witness—Decidedly so. Elizabeth Whyman, a domestic servant of the deceased gentleman and his family, was recalled. She said she saw her master alive at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening. He was then in the dining-room, and all the family wore with him, consisting of his wife and two daughters. Witness took a light into the room before putting out the gas. The Admiral had been from home that day. He left at half past 3in the afternoon and returned at 7. Between his return and 10 she saw him just before ho dressed for dinner, again at dinner, and afterwards at tea. She heard him say he had seen Captain Maury. His conduct seemed strange and witness remarked upon it to a fellow servant. He answered in opposition to what was said to him. He had seemed strange for some time past. She had heard him say he was tired ; she understood from the fatigue of the day. The Rev. Francis William Tremlett volunteered to give evidence, and he was heard. He said—l am a clergyman of the Church of England, and reside at Belsize-park, Hampstead. I knew the deceased very well. 1 first heard of his death on Monday. I had been with him on Saturday. Ho was at my house on that day, and also on the Wednesday or Thursday previously. Ho remained an hour and a half. He often came to see me. He came also to take leave of Captain Maury, who was about to proceed to the West Indies, and who had been a personal friend of the deceased for many years. Both Captain Maury and I had a conversation with him about the state of his health. Maury said, "Fitzroy, you want dynamic force," alluding to his nervous state, and meaning by that expression nervous power. The Admiral turned to me and said ho wanted to have my opinion. I replied that I quite agreed with Maury. The Admiral asked on what ground I had formed such an opinion. I replied, " You know you cannot make up your mind upon any sub ject. He said, "It's quite true; I cannot." I said, " Your nervous system is unstrung ; I see it by the twitching of your hands, and I judge from what you yourself have told me." He said he was affected with noises in the ears, and was generally unable to sleep at nights. I replied that those were alarming symptoms in his condition. I urged him to resign at once his post as meteorological officer of the Board of Trade. I had had many conversations with him before upon that subject. I had also many oppor tunities of judging the nature of his avocations, and I know they were most laborious. Ho left my house before Captain THE WWII, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1865 , Maury left, and after he had gone I remarked to Maury upon the Admiral being in a bad way. I added, alluding to Maury going away from the country, " My opinion is that you will never see him in his senses again." I had often thought he would become deranged. The Coroner—Wore you surprised to hear of his death? Witness—l was surprised to hear of it occurring so sud denly, but not at all at the act itself. The Coroner—l seriously put this question. From your knowledge of the deceased, and from what you had noticed in his conduct, do you think he was of sound mind when he committed this act ? Witness—l think not. He was always very much de pressed. I 'The Coroner put it to the jury to say whether, after all that they had heard, it was necessary to carry the examina tion further into the deceased's responsibility. The jury, through their foreman, replied emphatically that it was not. The Coroner said that being so, he had left to them to say—first, whether the deceased killed himself, and if so, secondly, whether he was at the time responsible for the consequences which the law imposed on self-destruction— in other words, whether ho was in such a state of mind as to render him responsible. Inspector Bond, in reply to the court,said he had searched the room in which the deecased was found, but without dis covering any paper to throw any light on the subject. Dr. Hetley said it was right, perhaps, to state that on Friday when the deceased had recovered from the effects of the opiate he expressed his horror at the risk of death he had run in taking it. TheForeman—My opinion is that the deceased destroyed himself by his own hand, and that he was in an unsound state of mind at the time he did so. The rest of the jury said they were all of the same opinion, and a verdict to that effect having been recorded to the Coroner, the inquiry terminated. The late Admiral Fitzroy was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical, the Astronomical, the Ethnological, and the Meteorological Societies. Also a member of the Institute of Paris. 'Besides a son and two daughters of the first marriage, he leaves one little girl by his second wife, also his cousin. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. METROPOLITAN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday ) , at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Par son in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ad verted to the serious loss they had sustained by the death of Mr. Wilkinson, the chairman of the com pany, and stated that the directors would take time to consider as to how they should fill the vacancy. Mr. Burchell, the solicitor, read the heads of a bill to confer further powers upon the Metropolitan Railway Company, with reference to certain works and lands and the regulation of their undertaking ; and to authorise the lease or transfer of the under taking of the Hammersmith and Cityßailway Com pany, and arrangements with other companies or parties. The CHAIRMAN said the objects of the bill were various. It authorised the company to make a devia tion in the construction of the western extension from Chapel-street to Notting-hill, by passing under the houses on the south side of Praed-street, instead of under the street. They found that practically the more economical mode of passing along a narrow street was to go on one side of it rather than in the centre, in which case they would have to compensate the owners on both sides, but in the other case only those on one side of the street, and they would also obtain the property. Another object was to obtain additional land and property in the City, the White cross-street Prison, and property for a junction with the main line at Aldersgate-street ; also power to obtain the vacant ground on the west side of Far ringdon-road for warehouses, to accommodate the companies using the railway. They had also to pro vide station accommodation at Finsbury for the Great Western Company, who would pay them a rent of 6 per cent. on its cost. He concluded by moving a formal resolution approving the bill. Mr. PARKER seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The solicitor read the heads of a bill to authorise the Hammersmith and City Railway Company to alter some of the works connected with their railway, and to purchase additional lands, and to lease or transfer their undertaking to the Great Western and Metropolitan Railway Companies. A formal resolution approving the bill was adopted. The Solicitor said the next bill on the list was for conferring further powers on the Great Western Railway Company, and contained similar clauses to the preceding bill respecting the transfer of the Hammersmith and City Railway, but the bill was not ready. He then read the heads of a bill to con fer further powers on the Metropolitan District Rail way Company. It authorised working arrange ments with the Metropolitan Railway, and agree ments for the supply of rolling stock. The bill was approved. The next was a bill to authorise the Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway Company to extend their railway to Hampstead. The additional share capital authorised by the bill was £200,000 in shares, and £66,000 on loans. There was a permissive clause in it to enable the Metropolitan Company to subscribe £lOO,OOO towards the undertaking. The CHAIRMAN said the Metropolitan Company had no intention of asking the shareholders for power to raise the latter sum, as the whole of the capital had been subscribed. It was probable that the St. John's-wood line would eventually become an integral part of the Metropolitan Railway.: A formal resolution approving the bill was adopted. It was then agreed to adjourn the meeting to the 24th inst., at the offices, Duke -street, Westminster, for the consideration of the Great Western bill. On the motion of Mr. PARKER, a resolution ex pressing deep regret at the loss of their late excel lent chairman was unanimously adopted. In reply to questions, it was stated that the junc tion of the London, Chatham, and Dover line with the Metropolitan line was expected to be com pleted in July next. The works on the extension to Finsbury were being pushed forward, and it was believed by Mr. Fowler, the engineer, that trains might be run through to Finsbury in August next. They were widening the line to King's-cross for the accommodation of the Midland, the Great Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Com panies. The latter company would also bring in the South-Westernod n Company. did not know what omm required, but they could a c ati o run double the present number of trains over the uld Metropolitan Railway, which would also double wobe They their receipts. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER. eerr dt general aaiynabtist h em nowGe ertoi before ve g fe on o ro f er -r t h h is Parliament--Lord icla,ommreipnmat Pimlico, , w ord as to considerheldspecial Harris in the chair. The first bill submitted was a bill to authorise the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company to make a short connecting railway at Beckenham, and to abandon certain authorised lines ; to make provi sions as to the working of their traffic and that of the South-Eastern Railway Company ; to confer further powers with reference to the Kent Coast Railway Company, and exemptions from dues and privileges at Broadstairs, Ramsgate, and Margate. A discussion ensued, in the course of which it was contended by two or three shareholders that the company should cease from making any further ex tensions, spend no more money than they could possibly avoid, and complete what they had in hand as soon as possible. The CHAIRMAN said th'at was the policy the di rectors were endeavouring to carry out. They were asking Parliament for powers to abandon some of the authorised lines not now required, and to transfer the powers for making the Dover and Deal line to a local company formed for the purpose of carrying it out. The only new lines they proposed to make were short junctions to facilitate the running:of the fast from one line to the other with out delay or obstructing the local traffic, and, above all, to prevent accidents, which, if they occurred, would cost a great deal more than the necessary works they sought power to construct for those improvements. With the increse of traffic they would be compelled to provide more siding and other accommodation. The Board were most anxious to pursue the policy B ,.`Ated in their last half yearly re port, and ho believed policy would be firmly - adhered to with a view to th... nefit the company and develope its resources. bill was then A formal resolution approving the adopted. The CHAIRMAN said the next bill lie had to :u1)- mit was promoted by a company to carry out works that their company were bound to construct. It was the Deal and Dover Railway Bill, to authorise the construction of railways to connect Deal and Wal mer and Dover, in the county of Kent. All they expected to have to do with it was the working of the line when made. A formal resolution approving the bill was then adopted. The CHAIRMAN said there were three other bills on the list, but they were not ready, and therefore he proposed the adjournment of the meeting to that day week, at the same place and hour, which was agreed to. In reply to a question it was stated that they hoped their junction with the Metropolitan Railway would be completed by the end of July next ; and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. KENT COAST. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Victoria Station, Pimlico—Mr. Hil ton in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the only bill he had to sub mit for their approval was the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2) Bill, being a bill to au thorise that company to make a connecting railway at Beckenham, and to abandon certain authorised lines ; to mate provisions as to working their traffic and that of the South-Eastern Railway Company ; to confer further powers with reference to the Kent Coast Railway Company, and exemptions from dues and privileges at Broadstairs, Ramsgate, and Mar gate, and for other purposes. A formal resolution approving the bill so far as it concerned the Kent Coast Company, was adopted, and the proceedings terminated. BRISTOL AND EXETER. A special meeting of this company was held yester dty at Bristol, the Earl of Devon in (the chair, for the purpose of considering certain bills now before Parliament. Tha CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ex pressed the great regret felt by the . death of Mr. Buller, M.P., theirlate able and excellent chairman. lie then explained the objects of the following bills : —The first, to transfer to the Bristol and Exeter Company the power of constructing the Cheddar Valley and Yatton Railway, and to extend the time for its construction ; the second, to erect a joint station at Bristol for the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and Midland Railways ; the third, to confirm an agreement between the Bristol and Exeter and Devon and Somerset Rail way Com panies; the fourth, for making a railway from Tiverton to Morebath ; the fifth, for authorising the acquisition by the London and South-Western and Devon ;and Somerset Railway Companies of the Ulfracombe Railway; the sixth, to authorise the West Cornwall Company to enter into working ar rangements with other companies , and to lease or sell their railway ; the seventh, for making a railway to connect Brean Down Harbour to existing rail ways in the county of Somerset ; and, the eighth to authorise the construction of a railway from Watchet to Minehead. Formal resolutions approving these bills were adopted. BLYTH AND TYNE. A special meeting of this company was held in Newcastle on Monday, Mr. J. Laycock in the chair, to consider a bill for incorporating the South Northumberland Railway Company. The CHAIRMAN said that the proposed company intended that the new line should form a junction with the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and that the latter company should have running powers over the new line, or to make it, if they thought proper. A formal resolution approving the bill was adopted, and the meeting adjourned to that day fortnight to consider another bill. WANSBECK VALLEY. This portion of the company's railway, which has been open some time from Morpeth to Scots Gap, a distance of 15 miles, has just been completed and opened for traffic to Reedswater, a further distance of 11 miles, where it joins the Border Counties Rail way, and thus opens out a new route between the eastern and western parts of Northumberland and Scotland. RAILWAY BILLS. In group 8 the West Hartlepool, the Cleveland, and North-Eastern Amalgamation Bill was opened, and evidence taken on behalf of the promoters. In group 10 the Burton-upon-Trent and Nottingham and Burton-upon-Trent Connexion Bills were pro ceeded with, and Mr. Bass was examined. In group 11 the Connah's Quay and the Dee and Mersey Junction Bills were proceeded with. In group 12 the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Bill was pro ceeded with. In group 14 evidence on behalf of the promoters of the Wiltshire Bill was taken. In group 21 the case of the Inverness and Perth Junction and Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Amalgamation Bill was opened; the preamble of the North British (additional powers) Bill was proved. In Court A, Room No. 1, the referees considered the cases of the South Wales and Great Western Direct and the Severn Junction Bills; the evidence of engineers and seamen was taken as to the tides and currents in the Severn, and as to the difficulty of steaming or sail ing under the proposed bridge in certain cases, and also the necessity for lowering the topmasts before approaching the bridge, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The course of discussion yesterday after noon on the Borough Franchise Bill of Mr. Baines must have satisfied unprejudiced observers that the House of Commons regards an unqualified reduction of the franchise as a step in the wrong direction. Every circumstance was in favour of the reception of the bill. The general election is at hand, and an expression of popular sympathy is generally reck oned a recommendation to re-election. The parti cular proposal brought forward by Mr. Baines had formed part of an elaborate measure introduced by a Liberal Government, and had received the sanc tion of some eminent members on the Opposition benches least given to change. In itself the proposal would produce so little effect that it is not easy to entertain the feelings of those who believe the Constitution would be endangered by its success. In the metropolitan and larger borough consti tuencies, whose houses below a rental of £lO scarcely exist, the voters added to the register would be com paratively so few that they could exercise no appre ciable influence on elections • and in the smaller boroughs they would belong to the class most inti- ' mate with " the Man in the Moon," and ready to vote for Whig or Tory for a sufficient reason. But in spite of all these considerations the temper of the House of Commons was decidedly adverse to the proposal. It was felt that a reduction of the franchise to a rental could not stand alone. The arguments by which Mr. Leatham recommended it pointed directly to universal suffrage. The pro fessional agitators of the day have avowed their intention of being satisfied with no less, and they are right in their generation, for the reasoning of their more pr u d en t f r i en d s in the House of Commons is based on principles which justify the conclusion. The noisy platform orator who denounced the member for Bradford as unfit to sit in the house was only a consistent advocate of de mocracy. The mass of members were not prepared for a consummation which would lodge all power in the hands of one class, and they yesterday showed their aversion from a measure which could only be regarded as the first step to its realisation. That the mere enfranchisement of numbers must lead to the preponderance of the lowest and most numerous class is a consequence evident to all men. The con sciousness of this is at once the explanation and jus tification of the reluctance which the Legislature feels in reading the Borough Franchise Bill. This consideration puts aside altogether, as nothing to the purpose, the arguments advanced by Mr. Baines. There can be no doubt that the education and con dition of the unenfranchised classes have greatly improved since the era of the Reform Bill. Thanks to the wise measures which have been passed by the Reformed Parliament the education of the work man is cared for, his earnings are greater and are spent to the best advantage. It would probably be impossible to get up now such a petition as Mr. Lowe tells us was presented by Mr. Duncombe from the non-electors of Finsbury. But the preponderance of any one class is an evil, and if the workmen of this generation be better than those of the past their best friends cannot call them perfect. They are certainly not superior to their countrymen in Australia, and there is too much reason to fear that their notions of political economy and of Government would he found to be those which are popular at the Anti podes. Reactionary measures of trade and of legislation would recommend themselves to their support. After much vain dallying with the ques tion members in all parts of the house are awake to these dangers. Mr. Leatham and Mr. B. Osborn were loud yesterday in their denunciation of the conduct of the Government on the Reform question ; but it is evident that the Administration have done no more than recognise the change of feeling of the Legislature. To accuse the Treasury Bench of tergiversation is always easy, and in a =MUM successful. The accusation is sure to be received with applause by the Opposition, and by the ad vanced Liberals who plume themselves on their superior virtue. In fact, however, the undertaking of the Government to proceed with a measure must be limited by what is possible in every case, and all that can be required of them is to submit to the proper penalties if they are unable to perform their compact. The House of Commons has never exacted any penalty for the failure to carry a Reform Bill, and its acquiescence in the conduct of the Ministry is a confession that the majority have arrived at sounder views on the way to amend our representa tive system. There was very little said yesterday afternoon on the abstract claims of non-electors to be admitted, to the franchise, and after the ex haustive refutation by Mr. Lowe of the theory that to vote for a member of Parliament is one of the inherent rights of man we shall probably hear very little more of such arguments. We may at once dismiss the notion that as a matter of justice every one has a right to vote. It is not, however, necessary to prove the optimism of Mr. Lowe in contemplating the actual state of our electoral machinery. A mere /6 franchise is unworthy of approbation, for it is an advance trifling in itself, but significant in its promise of progress towards a pure Democracy. But we cannot suppose that the at tempts which have been so often made to effect some improvement of our representative system were no more than the desires of failing Administrations. Mr. Lowe seems to be content, provided the actual legislation of a country be the best possible under the circumstances of its existence. It can easily be shown that this is not sufficient to insure the freedom of a people. It is probable that the legislation of France is better now than it has ever been before, but it is an invincible objection to the French Constitution that under it new laws ema nate from the Emperor, and not from the people. A free people, freely adopting Protection, is in a bet ter condition than a people deprived of political rights and receiving Free Trade from an autocratic ruler. It is not sufficient that the laws which are promul gated should be good; it is necessary that the best ability and intelligence of the country should be brought into action in devising them. Every power in the community capable of being usefully employed should form part of the electoral machine. It will scarcely be contended that this is strictly the case at present. There are many persons, some living in lodgings in Parliamentary boroughs, others living in towns not represented in Parliament, and want ing the county qualification, who might fitly be ad mitted to the franchise. How to strengthen the na tion by the introduction of such persons into the electoral system is a question which if not'so urgent as to press for instant solution is worthy of the at tention of all who aspire to be statesmen. The " fancy franchises" which have been included in two Reform Bills are with much reason advocated by Lord Elcho as means of enfranchising all who prove themselves worthy of the privilege. The men who are excluded have hitherto borne their exclu sion with patience, because they have seen no plan brought forward for conferring on them the franchise which does not render the boon worse than worthless, through the numbers unfit for the privilege who are proposed to be associated with them. But, however the question of admitting such claimants may be settled, it is clear that it cannot be satifactorily done by the bill of Mr. Baines. The elaboration of representative Government is the greatest achievement of the English nation, but it is not sufficiently recognised that its success has been dependent on the anomalies which are the great stumbling-blocks of theoretical reformers. The strange parcelling out of seats, in many cases the result of mere accident, has secured the represen tation of every class and of every interest, and the mixed character of our constituencies has been re flected in the character of the House of Commons. Other nations which have adopted representative institutions at a bound have failed to introduce the contrivances of compensation which we have the good fortune to possess, and their deliberative assem blies have been almost exclusively filled by the domi nant majority of the nation. To adopt Mr. Baines's bill would be deliberately to throw aside the balance of power actually existing among us, and the House of Commons did well in hesitating before taking such an irretrievable step. HERALD.—A somewhat refined calculation tells us that the condition of the journeymen bakers has improved- " twenty-five per cent." during the last five years. We believe this -estimate relates more immediately to the metropolis, where as many as 14,000 of these operatives are said to be found. We wish the same report could be made of certain other classes. We very much doubt whether any thing like this could be averred of the poor over worked dressmaking girls, including those who toil at the behest of fashion in the region of aristocratic modistes. Another session is passing away—Parlia ment itself is about to dissolve—and yet nothing appears to be attempted for the benefit of a class which has received even more pity than the jour neymen bakers, and on whose behalf innumerable appeals have been made by journalists, orators, and preachers. It is now the third session since Mary Ann Walkley died. We have had harangues in Parliament and a blue-book from the Children's Employment Commission, and the question stands just where it did—excepti that Lord Shaftesbury appears at the head of a dressmaking company, formed on the limited liability principle. We have legislated for the tramp lodging-houses, and for the chimney-sweeps ; we have put the bakehouses under inspection ; we have forbidden a journeyman baker to sleep near an oven, and have prohibited the em ployment of youths under 16 years of age in bake houses between the hours of nine at night and six in the morning. But milliners' apprentices may still be stowed _ away in little cribs which in summer time are as hot and stifling as any bakehouse. Girls may still be worked all night long, and on the average of 18 hours out of the 24 through the season. The bakehouse is to be vigilantly in spected, but not so the dressmaker& work-room, where young women, with the hectic flush of incipient consumption gathering on their cheeks, are sewing and stitching side by side, with their work upon their knees, and with barely room to move their arms. The beggar, the baker, and the sweep, are better cared for by the law than the de licate creature who rarely breathes the sweet air of heaven ; who, in many instances, is a virtual priso ner as well as a practical slave. Ruined health, in jured eyesight, occasional insanity, early death— these calamities still affect the occupants of the milliners' and dressmakers' work-room, and society seems to have willed that it shall continue so. The next time the tragedy of Mary Ann Walkley is re peated, if the world is allowed to know anything of it, we may as well refrain from expressing any par ticular concern, or, if compunction of some sort is inevitable, we may as well not pretend that we are going to make matters better for the future. Turn ing, therefore, from the unremedied evils which afflict the unfortunate dressmaker, let us contem plate the philanthropy of the law as it affects the bakehouse. There can be no doubt that the public, as well as the journeyman baker, are interested in this question. It was very horrifying to know that the man of dough had to work at almost all hours of the four-and-twenty, that he was wont to sleep in a hot place, or to steal a nap on the boards, that he breathed sulphur and inhaled flour-dust, never went to church or chapel, knew nothing beyond his trade, and commonly died at 40. But, in addition to these items of human misery, it was exceedingly disagreeable to read what Mr. Tremenheere had to say about the filthy state of the places where bread was made, and the objectionable mode in which the dough was often prepared. Influenced by such re velations, people were disposed to quarrel liter ally with their bread and butter, and it was felt that if society were to eat its bread with satisfaction the bakehouses must be well looked after. In 1863 came the Bakehouses Regulation Act, which, if it offered no defence against, the overwork of the men, at least promised them some increased measure of comfort, and protected the public against most of the abomi nations which have been dragged to light under the investigations of the Home Office. It was well for the public that the men were discon tented. The agitation set on foot by the journey men drew attention to the filthy state of the bake houses, and wherever the act is faithfully carried out, not only does the operative perform his work under better conditions, but the public have the ad vantage of purer bread. Thus, in the application of the act, a stop was put to the practice which pre vailed in one bakehouse of drying dyed hair and bakingbread alternately in the same oven, a pleasant freak which was perpetrated in Bermondsey. In a vast number of cases there were nuisances or defects of one sort or another to be remedied, even after the employers had received notice that the " local autho rity" intended to inspect the premises according to the terms of the act. Speaking of an official return relating to the metropolis, Mr. Tremenheere says— " It will be seen from the kind of defects enume rated, and which were removed, that they were all of a nature either to affect the health of the persons employed or the purity of the bread made in such places, and in many cases both." Thus, in the Hol born district, one bakehouse had its floor " more than one foot deep in rotten refuse," and another had a " waterless offensive closet" in its very centre. In Poplar rabbits were kept in a bakehouse, while in Southwark one such place contained an uncovered dust-heap. Some had open cesspools in very di°7 agreeable contiguity to the spot where the bread was made, many had the ceilings festooned with cobwebs, and defective ventilation was common. But the law stepped in, and in the great majority of cases such evils were remedied, at least for the time. It is some what remarkable that the journeymen bakers them selves—who were so well acquainted with the origi nal abuses—have shown great incredulity or igno" ranee as to the imnrovements effected under the ac e. In the latter part of lasi ear they approached Home-office with a complaint that i'bf. new nr,, as n lithe r a was " permitted to remain in abeyance." .. other statements we find the following—" We , r ur memorialists, are likewise prepared to show that in hundreds of bakehouses in the metropolis youth° under 18 years of age are still employed by nig ht ; and that in all parts of London and its environ s sleeping in thebakehouse is still commonly practised; and that a vast number of bakehouses are a 01. n that filthy condition as to be totally unfit places 1 0 which to manufacture the staple food of the publicest Apparently the Home Office required some distinct case particulars in support of these charges, for in Decen; ber we find the secretary of the " Operative Baker', Vigilance Association" sending in " a short list bakehouses where the act of Parliament is violated.' The memorial and the list were then placed in the hands of Mr. Tremenheere, and on inquiry It Was found that in almost every instance the complaint were unfounded. In several cases the contradiction was most explicit and complete. There seems, ." n ° ,„. reason to doubt that the memorialists believed to charges to be true ; and yet, if they had sat doll and invented them, they could scarcely have g °o 9o wider off the mark. This singular ignorance h as shown itself in several ways. Thus, on the 24th, of October last, a deputation from " The Amalgarnat Union of Operative Bakers" waited on Mr. Tremen heere, and stated that to the best of their knowledge, and belief the Bakehouses Regulation Act had n°; been put in force anywhere in London elcoef., in Islington, and that Islington was the oo parish in which any special report on the ba ke ' houses had been made, or in which the defects din covered were ordered to be remedied. In an swer to this Mr. Tremenheere showed them a tabula ted return which he had drawn up four months pr e j viously, giving the substance of reports obta u r; from nearly all the metropolitan districts, setting forth hundreds of instances in which the act P' 9 been put in operation. Equal unconsciousness Bev% to have been shown by the " Vigilance Commi t which claims to represent many thousands o f j : A men " totally unconnected with the Amalganian" Union." In these instances it can scarcely be sat that " ignorance is bliss." Mr. Tremenheere thi that the sanitary reports of the me dical officer°,7, not made sufficiently public. The fact is, w e La lieve, that these unfortunate operatives are crainL g in the range of their thoughts by the engrob — to nature of their toil. They scarcely know ho w ar e approach a public question, even where the)" the themselves concerned, and are likely to fall into ee o most singular errors by the unhappy circumw:i f . of their social position. These poor fellows are ing to elevate themselves, but have scarce 4 L, o chance to do it. They are said to be founan'to reading-room ; but Heaven knows when they 04 :, a . enter it, except when they are out of work. r vto class they are much to be commiserated, an„u, e i r trust the " local authorities" will no t abate If, to vigilance.in carrying out the provisions of the a n which we have thus alluded, and which, so far Z e t goes, tends to benefit the employed and to pro the public. COUNTRY MARKETS ...... lIIILL.—T UESDA.Y. Since our last a fair amount of business has bee il 17, - it e a the corn trade. At our market to-day th e re was a l i " av ce supply of English wheat, which sold freely at anau„ 47a of per qr._ Reds realised 39s _to 42s white,_ 44 s `.:410 per 5041 b. Foreign held very firmly, but an aavan. cm „ d ing, not obtainable. Barley, both for malting and gl.l ill was in fair request at 25s to 28s per 4481 b. Oats to 15. dear, and dry hard beans, being scarce, advanced 64 Peas 6d per qr. dearer. SALISBY.—TUESDAY. a o t The general attendance Uß at this market to-day wit s - ii or a o as numerous as last week. For wheat 2s per ci r ' tl3 money was asked - which checked business. Oats firm'` a ,oci• advance. Beans also higher. Peas the usual doe Flour continues steady at 265, 295, and 32s per stlekti frol 3l ' The following are present prices :—Wheat 403 86s to 42s ; barley, 23s to 29s ; oats, 19s to 28s ; bear ni 8 3 to 46s ; and peas, 34s to 48s per qr. Winter tares , J r ,°, 9a tolls per bushel ; Best bread, 10d ; household cut"' per 81b loaf. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.—TUESDAY• At to-day's market there was a small supply of vi h both from the country and the coast, an a not Ton e & of crease from abroad. The trade very firm at an advs° l ol.ll is on both English and foreign. Barley unchange d : l MO firm ; beans and peas dearer • oats 6d higher ; an moved off slowly at 8d to is er sack advance. .0 401 1 ' 9114 . Northumberland wheat sold from 32s to 445, °- 2 65 ' Suffolk, 39s to 458 ; Dantsic, 39s to 46s ; oats, 3 65 ni alti barley, 26s to 31s ; beans, 36s to 40s; rye, 27s to ; 51s to 62s per qr. ; flour, 26s to 28s per sack. LYNN.—T UESDAY. nth The weather since this day week has been nn e ; i iitieS sharp frosts at nights Thi wheat plant in some .-arp iroo— .dights. _ne wheat pi -tr bad 3 is reported to be attacked with wire-worm. A , s 5 114 derate show of wheat at to-day's market, all fres (1 0 ; samples must be noted fully is per qr. dearer ; other ude" scriptions 6d to is per qr. higher. Spring corn coraina the full rates of this day week. bits , ld I V— t New wheat, 44s to 46s ; new red, 37s to 3 8 s • o i , lo 41s to 42s ; old red, 38s to 39s per 36 stone. ' I !, a , r : e t ' 7 o 2 9 malting, 33s to 35s ; secondary, 30s ; ordinary, 265 e, 30 per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, l arp ' to 365; . small, 37s to 40s per 38 stone. 0 5 51 a; The averages were—wheat, 38s lid; barley, oats, 22s 34.1 ; and beans, 38s 514 per quarter. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—Tuzsrair• r 36 New white wheat, 44s to 46s • new red, 37s to 3 80 Li gr. stone. Barley, fine, 33s ; other kinds, 26s to 2 80 Oats, new, 18s to 23s ; old, 25s to 28s per qr. Detidn'' 40s to 425; new, 34s to 38s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. * it' Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..• • •ihry •""' 15. Ditto, via Marseilles .......................... MAY g . Brazil and Cape Verde, by British t ....... June paw .... arwr gx• Ditto, by French packet .......... .i. , I , cia , 2 6 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. •• d ay -. i • 0. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. • 113 . 51 13. Gibraltar,Falkland vilslandsa Ditto, via Marseilles. Southampton...... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton•••• 3l° 15. .. g a l o Ditto, via Marseilles .., 10 . 1.0 India (Bombay), via Southampton. ............. 3i 20. lifs , Ditto, via Marseilles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via MarseiLe 3. l o' • .. P I 6. Newfoundland ......... _ .., 0 Portugal ....... : 31 31 : 1 1 ' 6. .... : ... .. ..................... DlBiaaly 1 1 : • .. ......... Jtw Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ............. United States and British North America , by Br ' i 1 0 , a , tish packet ........ • • ''' Ditto, by United States packet, via Southatnr ton • • Ditto, via Cork ' ... . „II 6 Ditto, by Canadian'packet, via LondonderrY• •.,,, 1 3 * West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe /11,1 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba , , 15. and Mexico . . ... .. 31" .... ............ June 1. Bahamas, via New York. .......................... :00 io. Bermuda, ditto . ...................... . ........... •;,„), Cuba and Mexico .................................. 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