The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-22 00:00:00

Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Sunday Morning. Yesterday afternoon Leopold 11. brought his hospitalities towards the foreign riflemen to a con clusion with a banquet at which over 1,400 guests were assembled, and which for regal magnificence has not been equalled within the memory of the present generation. From the first it was his Majesty's desire not only to do honour to his visi tors as a body, but to make every individual rifle man feel that he was an object of especial regard on the part of himself and his people. Accordingly, not content with giving a succession of dinners at Lacken to the officers of the English, French, and Dutch corps, and with visiting the Tir, reviewing the troops, and attending the opera, even though afflicted at heart and depressed in spirits by reason of the illness of his sister, he resolved that all the foreign guests of his city of Brussels should be assembled round his own table and there partake of his hospitality, in company with Ministers of State, distinguished orators, men of letters, and the faith ful Garde Civique of his capital. There was no room in his permanent Palace large enough for such an assembly ; but the King did not suffer this diffi culty to stand in the way of his princely intentions. He actually had a palace and a banquet-hall im provised for the occasion ; and, startling as the as sertion may appear to any one who did not see the result, it is no exaggeration to say that the Thousand and One Tales of the " Arabian Nights" must have been the source in which M. Goffart, the architect, sought for his designs and embellish ments. From the entrance porch to the extreme of the great dining-room—vestibule, entrance-hall, antechambers, all were marvellous in scenic gran deur ; and not one of the vast company seemed capable of suggesting anything by way of improve ment on the elegance and beauty of every arrange ment. After their ten days in Belgium it was not easy to surprise the Volunteers by anything in the way of feting or decoration ; but they were posi tively amazed at what the King bad provided for them yesterday ; and it was no wonder that, carried away by their admiration and gratitude, every man of them sprang upon his seat when his Majesty's health was proposed, waved their handkerchiefs with enthusiasm, and poured forth fur fully five minutes a volley of cheers which drowned the salvos of a park of artillery. The place selected for this extraordinary banquet was the pavilion du Rivage, a large building used as a sort of bonding store on the canal which forms the port of Brussels. Outside it looks like an orna mental copy of the goods stores of one of our great railways, and on ordinary occasions it is plain and cold inside. Yesterday the interior was a combina tion of the martial splendour of a baronial castle with the mild loveliness of a fragant and enchant ing garden, having innumerable fairy bowers, all verdant in green foliage and bright in the tints of choice flowers, and amid which fountains shot forth sprays of exquisite beauty. As the company arrived at the Pavilion they were received under an awning whence they passed directly into the vestibule. Here every one involuntarily came to a stand, as well he might, for the sight that met him upon all sides was one the like of which he had never seen before. The apartment is about 100 feet long by 50 wide. Half way down on the left hand was a flight of steps leading to the hall, whence you passetlinto a dining rootn. From the groined ceiling, for two-thirds of - its length, hung draperies composed of flags that had seen service. Where those draperies ended, at the further end, was an impromptu garden, to which choice Oriental plants had been conveyed in such luxuriant abundance as to make labyrinths of the artificial paths constructed among trees and flower beds. There were two fountains, one with many jets, which played upon exotics arranged in basins. beneath, the other throwing up a stream which, rising above a profusion of wide foliage, descended in a conopy of water so airy and transparent that it had the appearance of a dewy veil. As you ap proached this sylvan retreat you saw the figures of livir g grenadiers half concealed in the winding paths, and standing arms in hand as motionless as statues. Half way down the hall on the right appeared a war trophy, which for picturesque effect was a perfect masterpiece of art. On the wall, and reaching from some 4 feet above the floor to the roof, was a star of enormous proportions, formed of arms and accoutrements of every sort and description. The outer radii were guns with their bayonets fixed and bristling ; within these were bright swords, next came pistols, then bayonets, then helmets and shields and breastplates, and in the centre a bust of Leopold 11. On a platform beneath were two heavy field pieces on their carriages, with a little conical hill of cannon balls behind each. By the mouth of one gun, sponge rod in hand, stood an artilleryman ; by the bther, one of the Civic Guard l armed and on the watch. T wo ot h er men of other I branches of the service were in the immediate rear of the guns. All four stood motionless and rigid as if they were fixed to the spot. Ranged round the platform were scabbards and lances, and at either a sheaf of flags. The implements, banners, and living soldiers, which formed this trop h y was a sur prising effect of artistic skill, and drew forth the warmest expressions of ad miration. Opposite to it , and forming the boundary of the steps leading to the hall, were baskets and pots of flowers and fresh ever g reens, and aen booted and spurred and armed to the teeth, s t oo d keeping guard on either side of the door, The hall was another marvel. On one side was a door-lead ing to the room fitted up for the reception of the King—one of the most elegant little rooms a king ever put his foot into. Over the doors were hung crimson velvet curtains; the chairs were upholstered in crimson and gold ; the toilette fable was elabo rately carved and richly gilt, and on the walls were • some fine Flemish paintings. Tire King's way from the reception-room was by the hall, and on the side opposite his door was such a garden as one sees out ' side the drawing-room.of some of the palaces in Flo rence and Genoa. The wall was lined with mirrors, so that the flower-beds and trees and fountains were all doubled by reflection. This accompaniment proved extremely effective. Passing from the ball you en tered the banqueting-room. Had each of the guests been a sovereign prince, the King of the Belgians • might still have felt proud of his place of entertain ment. Covers were laid for between 1,400 and 1,500. The King's table was placed longitudinally, and in such a position that his Majesty had his back to the entrance-hall when he tooknbis-seat. All the other tables were placed in a transverse direction, as regarded the position of his. All were covered with appointments of the most elegant description ; gilt candelabra of six branches, all holding wax candles, were placed at intervals of a few feet along every table ; and the show of plate was a picture in itself. But that there was a roof overhead and the pillars which supported it the guests might easily have imagined that they were assembled in a garden. Not only , were there plants and flowers everywhere around, but here and there artificial groves met the eye, and on all sides there was the faint sound of distant jets descending on loaves and plants, and causing them to rustle in a way that conveyed to the mind the impressio n of a delightful v freshness reign-. ing everywhere around. rom the ceiling hung the standards of Belgium,andFrance,in escutcheons England, Hol land, and Switzlerland ; o :scutcheons on the pillars were the arms of each eo . f those , nation alities. On the wall, over the K the arms of the city of Bru sse l s ; nogns chair, we re the opposite side were those of Belgium. It was just, a few minutes past 1 o'clock when the firing of guns announced that the King had set out from the palace. By this time the company had taken their seats, and the Ministers, Foreign Am_ bassadors, and Generals quartered in Brussels were waiting in the hall to receive his Majesty. Our A m b ass ador was a bsent, owing to indisposition ; but his lordship was represented by Mr. French, who is acting as principal secretary to the Legation, and Mr. Egerton, one of the attaches, was also present. The Lord Mayor of London, in the uni form of a Deputy-Lieutenant, and his son were there ; and all the King's aides-de-camp were pre sent in uniform. On his Majesty's arrival he was shown into the reception-room, whence he at once passecrinto the hall and on to the banquet-room. Another salute of artillery was fired as he entered to take his seat ; the company rose ; every one shouted " Vice le Rol !" every one clapped his hands, and the enthusiasm displayed at the review and in the theatre was renewed by Belgians and foreigners. When, after having repeatedly acknowledged the salutations of the company, the King had at length taken his seat, the open space behind his chair was closed by two crimson velvet curtains, which, de scending in graceful folds, added to the already gorgeous appearance of the apartment. On the right of the King were the French Ambassador and the Lord Mayor of London, M. Rogier, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sir Paul Hunter, and a number of other gentlemen, all in uniform. On his Majesty's left were Col. Loyd Lindsay, M. Dherpe, Chef de Battaillon of the French National Guards; Major Mcder, Commandant of the Dutch Riflemen ; the Minister of the Interior, &e. His Majesty 1 - Tore the uniform of a lieutenant-general of the Belgian army, with the cordon and star of the Order of the Golden Fleece. It is scarcely necessary to say that the banquet was sumptuous ; but, as proving the King's desire that it should be of that character, I may mention that it was supplied at a charge of 40 f r ancs a bead, and actually cost 40,000 francs. This, of course, was exclusive of the enormous ex pense of putting up and decorating the pavilion. MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. I. —A despatch from Vic says :—" A meeting was held toria, V. 1., to-day, here last night to take into consideration the state of the colony, and devise means for repealing cer tain laws. The proceedings were disorderly. Mr. M'Clure, M.P., denounced the course of the Govern ment, and introduced a resolution that a petition be presented to the Home Government asking that the colony of Vancouver's Island be granted a re sponsible Government and reciprocity with the United States, and in case that failed that her Ma jesty would make arrangements for the annexation of the colony to the United States. Other speakers condemned these propositions. _ _ The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes from that city on Ist October as follows :—" Matters are looking very bright just now with Mr. Stephens. Subscriptions of money, arms, and ammunition are being daily sent to head quarters. The improved condition of the organisa tion is mainly attributable to the favourable state ments which have been made by the officers who have recently arrived from Ireland. The selection of green cloth for uniforms, and the large quantity of arms on hand, ,betoken something more than talk, and favours the idea that the revolution will commence, perhaps, when least expected. Mr. Stephens will start for New Orleans at an early day. His intended visit to the Crescent City, it is supposed, will have a favourable result. The Fenian Brotherhood is very strong there, and the members of circles indorse Mr. Stephens' policy without reservation. The same journal terms Santa Anna's movements 3 A Story of Filibustering," and condemns them in ,hese words :—" The New York herald has a story to the effect that Santa Anna has sent out an expe dition, comprising about twenty-six hundred Spanish Cuban and American soldiers, to make a descent on the Mexican coast in the Gulf, and raise the banner of liberation. Another expedition is soon to set sail, composed, it is said, of five thou sand men. The overthrow of the Mexican empire is therefore considered as certain. That Santa Anna would do something for himself, if he could, we be lieve, but that he possesses the influence to raise any considerable force of men in the Island of Cuba we do not. We suppose it likely that he might get together in the United States several hundred vaga bonds, who are willing to go wherever there is a chance of plunder, but we doubt whether he has the means. If he has not, we question whether any body having money would have so little wit as to intrust it to that adventurer. Santa Anna has been too often tried, and too often found unfaithful, to be capable of attracting capital to be invested in his schemes. And without funds the invasion of a country, even as distracted as Mexico, would be a shameful failure. ST. Louts, Oct. I.—The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company met here to-day, and organised the company by the election of General John C. Fremont as President, Mr. D. R. Garretson, of St. Louis, as Vice-President, and Mr. Charles 11. How land, of St. Louis, as secretary. There was a large attendance, committees and representatives from twelve States and territories being present. The proceedings of the meeting were entirely harmoni ous. The capital of St. Louis and the West was strongly represented, and much zeal was manifested in regard to this great enterprise, which its projec tors and friends aver will be the first constructed railway to the Pacific coast. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (From Glenn and Co.'s Circular.) LONDON, Oct., 1866, Given a nation of ample resources, inhabited by a thrifty, growing, and industrious population, and the Bonds of that nation, which aro a first mortgage on its entire wealth , have ever been regarded by Englishmen as a most desirable investment. On the principle that the whole is greater than any of its parts, Government Bonds are usually pre ferred by capitalists to Railway Shares, Bank Shares, or Financial companies of any sort, the best of which repre sent but a small portion of the wealth of a country. Besides, a Government that keeps faith with its creditors, neither accident nor any disastrous event can impair its obligations. For these reasons English Consols stand so deservedly high with prudent people, and are so largely held by the solid men of this country. But the high and constantly advancing price of living renders it necessary for persons who are not possessed of largo fortunes to seek investments which yield a larger income than the 3 per Cents. After the severe lessons taught by the recent panic, which carried ruin and misery into so many homes, all over the land, cautious people naturally are no longer tempted by the glitter of speculative companies. We believe, in offering you an American Guaranteed Bond which pays just double the interest that Consols do thisawtlaief possible,ei any e i ne c u s e yi t ar r l ef y: aec b a l l o r that nv,t c vee e re n ar ea t t lit iv t l r ne e g t s h e s ewg clan;things eleideeodni6tode p t r i e v v e e d ftrhoem comparativethe same t speculate,m nt, but if cheapness of these Bonds, we have only to state that the ehfinfne Raderlriyclewhaddaoyyusbplweu s ctdh h iave a ni r da e 6ed s eaiptdieaernseede cent. several IsßiteEnoglnnlia p'slia:ofleydoiannvioveit want long felt and for en, ot.e st and e t 105 respectively. Democraticrhtchihceahs purchasers price, eao, the same t But will not America some dlimyidpeople. Werens repudiat e her debts? i s a question sometimes asked by d e cidedly No, and for the followi ng Ame rica owes nine-tenths of her debt to herso : —First, o n o nation in history has ever repudiatedpeople, and under lly such cir cumstances. Property is so much more equally divided in America than in most other countries , that from the hi g hest to the lowest in the social scale there is scarcely a m an who is not in some wa y a creditor of his Government. And conside rin g that "the entire currenc y of the country,etas well as every b ank in the United States (undert he new law), is based on Government Securf ties, repudiation would be madness on the part of a people who would suffer so greatly by it. And here it is important to observe, that the late seceding States have recently, both in State and National Conventions, unanimously and enthusiastically pledged their honour and - property to the support of the Federal Government, and to the payment of all its finan cial obligations. S econ dl y —T axa tion in America, though at present heavy, is not complained of nor considered extremely burdensome by thirty-three million people, possessed of almost immeasurable resources. Besides the present Con gress has recently reduced the taxation considerably on many articles, and yet the revenue constantly increases; as in this country the revenue has iot been diminished by the repeal of heavy duties on many leading articles. It is expected that from this time forward tariffs and inland duties will gradually be reduced, and as emigrants from Europe are now pouring into New York at the rate of ono thousand per clay, and wealth is so rapidly increasing in all parts a very large ofthecoaune revenue.try,that i Tin a few years light taxes wil l p i Thirdly—The American Republic, though it has been engaged In three expensive wars, has never repudiated a single shilling of indebtedness in the ninety years of its existence.deht, In the late war, which lasted four years, her .£500,( l a w p s or dz t a i n o yt n rona o so f dd t time, increased at the rate of foreign obligations o in bl o i yet not one penny of her home or due. And euvrenlifsehtoimuledisAmemfeariilestosgameinetdrwifhteionttohaeyeibveilcawmaer like t e unlikely) does any one sup pose it would be anything as expensive or of as Tong duration as the last ? or that the Government and the credit of the Government would not be maintained ? If any one does so suppose, he knows littleoof the pat r i o ti sm and rule America, men of ule financial integrity of the mere wh the same blood and race as tho se w h richest and most powerful nation in the m w ad o e rlc7l.ngland the (ow, one word about State repudiation, which is so often THE SON, LONI ON, MONOAY E v ENING, OCTOBER 22, 1866. dwelt upon, but is so little understood. Many years ago Mississippi, one of the poorest and most insignificant of the Thirty-six States, contracted a debt in Europe which has never been paid; but none of the older States have ever repudiated, much less the Central Government, com posed of all the States. Many people, probably, still be lieve that Pennsylvania, ono of the wealthiest of American States, once repudiated. It is an error ; to prove which we hereby give notice that we are prepared to purchase at a geed price any Bonds ever issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.* America repudiate her debt ? Why, what necessity could she have for doing it, when her valuable Govern ment lands if sold for eight shillings per acre would pay off her debt twice over; and one coal mine near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, if exhausted and sold at two shillings a ton, would pay off the National Debt twenty-seven times. Yet this is but one-of a thousand coal fields in that coun- try. Coal is admitted to be the foundation of England's I greatness and power as a commercial nation ; yet the coal deposits iu America arc more than forty times the size of those in England. Is America prosperous ? Lot facts speak for themselves. At least one-half of the gold and silver annually produced in the world is now taken from American mines. During the late panic, when millions of gold were leaving England for the Continent at the very time it was most needed at home, there is no estimating the awful consequences that would have followed had not the United States promptly checked the run on the London Banks by sending them, within three weeks' time, specie to the unprecedented amount of eight million pounds. The States and Terri tories immediately west and north of California, which seven years ago did not produce an ounce of gold or silver, yielded in 1865 above £6,000,000 of the precious metals. Tho Western States, of which Illinois is the centre, last year produced one thousand million bushels of corn, and have capacity to grow enough for the wants of all Europe. The magnificent cluster of Southern Districts which flank the Middle and Western States on the South, and which under a new system of labour will soon be more produc tive than ever, are too well-known for their cotton to need any comment. While the flocks and herds, the petroleum, and iron, the commerce and manufacturing industry of the Middle and New England States, are great facts pregnant with untold wealth. The United States, as a whole, larger than all Europe, with every variety of climate and soil ; her teeming cities and towns knit together by a net work of railways 35,000 miles in ; her groat prairies and rich valleys, and feitile hill-sides opened up to good markets by navigable rivers, which penetrated thousands of miles into the interior; her commerce now quickened and immensely benefited by that greatest achievement of modern science, the Atlantic Telegraph ; and her Govern ment the most economical of the first-class powers—present a picture of unexampled prosperity. . _ _ _ From her geographical position, as well as from her traditional policy, America can never be involved in any European war; and, consequently, her securities will de preciate less than any on this side of the Atlantic, in the event of such a war occurring. This is an important fact for investors to consider, especially as the future peace of Europe seems far from being an established fact. Aad as America has no neighbour who would ever think of en- gaging in a war with her, it is difficult to see how her future is anything else but one unbroken and profound peace with all the world. There may be occasional insur rections in a free country where politics are so exciting, but the Federal Government is now so strong—as was shown by the late war—that no insurrection, however formidable, can possibly succeed against it. For these reasons, and from an abundance of sound, solid, snd substantial data, officially furnished us, we do not hesitate to declare that, next to Consols, American Go vernment Securities are the safest investment now offered to the public. Moreover, we believe that every American Bond purchased in England will prove a bond of friend ship between the two countries, which, according to Lord Stanley, "are a little more than kin." And is not the friendship of America of more importance to us now than all the European alliances we could possibly make ? American Securities are now the most popular of any in Germany, where largo fortunes have been made in them since the collapse of the late Southern Confederacy. And now the French, who are proverbially cautious in their investments, have commenced buying them, not only on account of the high rate of interest that they pay, but because there is likely to be a large advance in the price of the Bonds during the next year, as American paper money gravitates towards a specie basis. in conclusion, we submit, have not Englishmen lost quite enough by insolvent finance companies,• with their train of ruinous calls, and by the depreciation in Securities, such as those of Spain, Greece, Turkey, Venezuela, and Mexico,f for them now to seek new and more promising investments ? and what more inviting or better paying security can bo offered than the guaranteed Bonds of Eng land's great offspring—the Republic of the West ? * The interest on sonic Pennsylvania Bonds was once deferred on aceouut of an irregularity, but both principal and interest have since been honoured. t Lord Pahnerstou two years ago said that this country bad invested, within fifty years, 150 million pounds in the Bonds of old worn-out States, and little struggling repub lics, all of which, both principal and interest, had been lost. since ; and I should like to ask any unprejudiced reader what conclusion he can draw as to whom the credit is due for the conception and organisation of the scheme. But as it is as well to settle definitely and finally the presumptive claims to merit for the imperishable glory which surro - unds all who were concerned in this triumph of science, I trust I shall not be trespassing on too much of your space if continue the history of the various companies which ul timately resulted in the formation of one which was to carry it to a successful issue. The Memorandum of Association of the Atlantic Tele graph Company (Limited) was ,drawn up and signed on the 20th day of October, 1856, and the nominal capital of the company was to be £300,000, divided into 3. 0 shares of £l,OOO each. The two largest subscribers are John Watkins Brett, of London, and Cyrus W. Field, of New York. On the formation of the company in London the directors issued a prospectus, in which they use the fol lowing language :—" The favourable nature of the sound ings of the Atlantic, which have been so liberally made for this object by the United States Government, at the instance of Mr. Cyrus W. Field." '- Surely here is proof enough of Mr. Field's zeal and usefulness in promoting the enterprise, and of his influence also. The reader will next perceive the confidence which he and his co-labourers manifested, for the directors say— "ln order that the capital subscribed may be wholy applied to the immediate object of the undertaking, the projectors, Messrs. Brett and Field, in conjunction with Messrs. Whitehouse and Bright, propose that their compen . _ sation for the privileges which they assign, and for past and future services, shall entirely depend on the successful result of the enterprise." To testify still further their confidence in the undertak ing, the promoters and their friends have subscribed up wards of £lOO,OOO of the capital required. Mr. Field, before ho embarked for Europe, had been elected Vice-President of the Atlantic Company. In con sequence of the glowing picture which he presented to those in power, the British and United States Governments contributed, by a grant of 4 per cent. each on the capital of £350,000, making £28,000 per annum. They also nobly aided it by a giant of their finest vessels. In 1857 we find William Brown, M.P., chairman, and Samuel Gurney, M.P., vice-chairman of the Atlantic Tele graph Company, while Cyrus W. Field was general manager. We all know the result of the trials of 1858 ; the terrific storms which met the ships which were engaged in laying the cable, and which were so graphically described by Mr.N.F. Wood, the special correspondent of the Times. We all know the continued failures that met them in mid ocean, and how finally they conquered, and a message was despatched on the sth of August in 1858 ; and we know that at the end of that month it had ceased to act. For eight long years no message ever passed between the shores of Europe and America, and disheartened were those who had entered into the project as a speculation, that it was long ore the public would listen to any renewed attempts being made to join the two countries by an electric cord. I can personally testify that Cyrus W. Field from the first hour that he became a projector and promoter never faltered or wavered in his determination to conquer. Despite of the ridicule which was too often aimed at him, even in the columns of the press of his own country, de spite the monetary losses which he and his friends sustained, despite of the lukewarmness of those whose aid ho believed necessary, he continued active and buoyant in spirits. Winter and summer he crossed and recrossed the ocean ; his special business was neglected, his home desertekand all his efforts were given to the ultimate accomplishment of that which had become the aim of his life. With his subscription, book in hand, and his earnest pleading, he sought the co-operation' and support of every eminent banker and merchant in both countries. Do we not all re member how last year, when the cable broke, Mr. Russell, in describing the catastrophe, said that Mr. Cyrus W. Field seemed to have as much faith and confidence in suc cess as ever. In the letter from Lord Derby, and which was read by Lord Stanley at the Liverpool Banquet, there is no evidence of a desire to derogate from the honour due to Mr. Field, although there is none conferred direct. But I believe that, as honours have been lavished upon the promoters, manufacturers, and engineers on this side of the Atlantic, America will confer through Congress some dis tinguishing mark on her countryman. It is true that most of the capital for the last undertaking was subscribed by English capitalists, and it may not be unreasonable to state the money was subscribed in the belief of the stock being good-paying security. It is true the cable was miinufactured here, and it evinced the confidence the manufacturers had in the suc cessful insulation of their cable, and the quality of the work which they could turn out. It is true that the ship which conveyed the cable on its route was built here, and nobly did the Great Eastern per form her part. But it is equally true that some creditis due to Professor Samuel F. Morse, the inventor of American telegraphy. To the United States Government for their deep-sea soundings which they so liberally made. To Professors Morse and Wheatstone for the conclusive experiment they made on a length of over 2,000 miles of subterranean wire, establishing beyond doubt the practi cability of laying the cable and of working efficiently through it when submerged. To Professor Wheatstone, the electrician, who has so ably and devotedly aided the enterprise from first to last. To Captain Moriarty, R.N., and all those who accom panied him on the numerous arduous voyages they so cheerfully undertook. I do not for one moment desire to detract from the credit given to those whom it has been thought fit to single out for special honours. But I do say that there are others equally entitled to praise and to distinguishing marks of a nation's gratitude and admira tion, and I cannot see why Mr. Cyrus W. Field, in con sideration of his manifold labours, might not have been permitted to accept or decline any mark of honour which the Queen might desire to bestow upon him; and I am sure that it redounds little to the credit of any man who may at tempt to undervalue his efforts or refuse to credit the United States with her share of the glory of this splendid triumph of a civilised age. The American Telegraph is a triumph of peace, and all associations connected with it should be in harmony with that sentiment. I believe, when the reader takes a calm survey of the history of this under taking, he will agree with me that it was carried out by a company of noble anon, and that amid that company there was not one more worthy of a people's grati tude than Cyrus W. Field, the American citizen. If credit is duo to those who were the first projectors, then Cyrus W. Field stands first. If it is due to the promoters his name stands equally prominent. If it is due to those who provided that all-important element, the money, we find Cyrus W. Field the first largest subscriber; and by his individual efforts it may be safely said that one-half of the capital was obtained. If the assistance of Government has been of any service, then I say that Cyrus W. Field again is foremost. The indisputable activity, the tireless enthu siasm which carried him forward, have been the wonder of his friends. Speaking in Liverpool, in London, in Now York, in Washington, and back again to address a meeting at Manchester; writing communications to the press, answering letters from thousands of correspondents, and without a moment's w d at e c la h y. ; as a sentinel,Braving thepe a r n il d s o n f u th tt e r d dn e e ep t a hundred times, in lover, through weary night and day, he has wit nessed in company with a brave few what seemed endless failures, and at last is it to be wondered at that when his pet project proved a complete success, round as a priceless pearl, he should have telegraphed to the Pre sident a little of the Ego. lam sure, for my part, I can sympathise with the almost boyish enthusiasm which ho is said to have indulged in. The hope, the labour of his life is accomplished, and so long as the electric spark flashes intelligence and language he may rest satisfied his name will not be forgotten. There have been no - honours given or bestowed on Professor Morse or on Wheatstone. Surely if science is to be rewarded, they, and in this instance, especially Professor Wheatstone, deserves some mark of his coun try'l approbation. Then how unjust is the treatment of Captain Moriarty and the navy, whose services have been so generously recognised by captain Anderson in a letter to the Times. There has evidently been somo haste in the awarding of the prizes, and I trust it is not too late to confer " honour where honour is due," and to meet out im partially praise to the citizens of both countries. The inhabitants of these British isles have so increased and multiplied that their home has long been too narrow for them. They have gone forth to replenish the earth and subdue it. They have spread over the greater part of the New World. Over the northern breadth of that continent the British tongue and the British race are predominant. The bond of instantaneous communication annihilating time and space between brethren of the same blood, speech, and religion, ought surely to be the means of perpetuating peace and goodwill, and banishing all sel fishness and jealousy. Gresham House, Oct. 19. T. RAWLINGS. On Wednesday next the Lord Mayor of Dublin will give a banquet in the Mansion -house to the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin, and will have at the civic board to meet him seven Roman Catholic judges, and a host of Ca tholic nobility and gentry. A reunion of a different kind will take place on the 21st of next menth..On that day the Lord Mayor will give a banquet to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to which will be invited the heroes of the Atlantic Telegraph who have received honours from the Queen, and other gentlemen who have distinguished themselves in the cause of scientific and social progress. - - - - . - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.--This purifying and regulating Medicine should occasionally be had re course to during foggy, cold, and wet weather. These pills are the best preventives of hoarseness, sore throats, diptheria, pleurisy, and asthma, and are remedies for con gestion, bronchitis, and inflammation. A moderate atten tion to the directions folded round each box, will enable every invalid to take the pills in 'the most advantageous manner ; they will there be taught the proper doses, and the circumstances und er w hi c h they must be increased or diminished. Holloway's Pills act as alterat i v es, a p erients, and tonics. Wh enever t h ese p ills have been taken as the last resource the re su lt h as a l wa ys been gratifying, even when they fail to cure they always assuage the severity of symptoms, and diminish danger. Railways in Australia‘ By the last mail from Australia we learn that the means of railway communication in Queensland, the youngest province of the colony, are being rapidly extended. The object being to open up the interior of the country by providing easy access to the sea board, and that at a cost which, while making the roads as efficient and durable as possible, and will not saddle the colony with a heavy or unprofitable expenditure, the Government, acting on the advice of Sir Charles Fox and Sons, and availing itself of the services of Mr. A. Fitzgibbon, C.E., a resident engineer, de termined some time ago on constructing a 3ft. Gin. gauge single line of railway with the necessary passing places, so as to make it capable of accom modating the traffic which might be expected in future years. Only a couple of years have elapsed since the plan was decided upon, and already a rail way has been opened from Ipswich to llelidon, distance of 50 miles, while another extension of 130 miles in a western direction towards Toorroomba is now under construction. From this the line runs off to Dably in one direction and to Warwick in the other, and the greater portiod of these several lines, forming a total length of about 180 miles, it is pro posed to open about the autumn of next year. While this has been going on in the south the northern dis trict has also been moving in the same direction, Mr. Plews, the engineer-in -chief, having under construc tion a line having its terminus at Rockhampton, running also towards the west as far as Westwood. It is anticipated that this will be open to the public in May, 1867. By the 'August mail we heard that Mr. Flews had just completed the survey for a fur ther extension of some 200 miles. As the gauge of the railway at first glance appears so dispropor tionately narrow to those who travel on our lines, a few remarks as to the general character of the rolling stock will not be out of place. The carriages, which are of the very description, the framework being of iron and the bodies of wood, were built in this country, and are of the ordinary design. They are 30ft. long and Eft. 3in. wide inside to enable them to pass round curves, of which there are many of small radii. They are fitted with Adams's radial axle-boxes, which permit of their passage round these curves with perfect ease and safety. The engines are also built by the best English firms, and weigh only 15 tons each ; but, notwithstanding their lightness, they are fully equal to the work required, taking, as they do, a load of 60 tons up gradients of one in 40 at the rate of 15 miles an hour, and on a level at double that speed. The stock being light admits of the permanent way being propor- tionately so, the railsused weighing but 401 b. to the lineal yard. The way consists of a flat-bottomed section laid on timber sleepers of a transverse sec tion secured by dog spikes, and at the joints by fish and 'fang bolts. The country traversed by the railway from Ipswich to Toorroomba presents many serious obstacles to cheap railway construction, as there are two ranges of hills to be surmounted of 700 ft. and 1,400 ft. respectively above the level of the country at their bases. The sides of these ranges are cut up by numerous deep ravines, and their slopes are likewise very steep. This has involved the con struction of a very large number of viaducts, bridges, and culverts. The spurs between them, in some instances, have been tunnelled through, there being as many as 11 tunnels, one of which is over three-quarters of a mile in length. Nor was this the end of the difficulties which had to be over come by the Government engineer, as the low lying country at the bases of these two mountain ranges is intersected by innumerable streams and watercourses, which in the wet seasons become heavy torrents, overflowing their banks, and thus necessitating an amount of bridging and waterways greater, perhaps, than what appears on any 75 miles of railway yet made in any country. Not withstanding these exceedingly heavy and costly works, this part of the line has been constructed at an average cost of about £15,000 per mile, while a mile of that section of the line, presenting but ordi nary difficulties, is being made at a cost of about £6,000. The bridges, and also the stations and workshops' buildings, are chiefly of iron, and have been constructed under the superintendence of Sir Charles Fox and Son, the agents of the Govern ment. It is gratifying to hear that the spirited policy of the Queensland Government has been so far successful that that part of. the line now opened is paying, after the payment of all the working ex penses, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The Atlantic Telegraph. The fcllowing letter has been addressed to a contem. porary : Perhaps some of your readers may deem me somewhat presumptive in expressing so often my views upon Ameri can subjects, or matters that "concern American interests. My excuse is, simply, that baying spent a great portion of my life in the United States, and being a citizen of the Republic, though of English birth, I claim the right, as far as my knowledge will permit, of placing before your readers in an impartial light the various international questions which demand attention. I believe that much service may be rendered America on this side of the Atlan tic by explaining the misconceptions under which many labour in reference to certain important subjects, and by correcting in a kindly and courteous manner the errors which a want of familiarity with the question has led many of our public speakers and writers to indulge in. The Atlantic Telegraph, and the amount of credit due to certain of the projectors, promoters, and scientific ope rators connected with it, bas called forth numerous leaders in the columns of the daily papers, and a multitude of com munications on the subject. Mr. John Bright, in one of his orations lately delivered, in alluding to the Atlantic cable, said that his friend Cyrus Field was a modern Co lumbus,,Altd that lie was entitled to great credit for the partlie had enacted in connection with its successful com pletion. I cannot give the exact words, but this is at least the meaning of the sentence to which he gave utterance. A writer in a provincial paper immediately seizes upon this allusion to Mr. Field, and announces that he, too, knows Mr. Field, and that all he ever did to further the Cable project was to come over hero and get English capital and bother the engineers and directors with all sorts of chi merical proposals; in fact, he conveys the idea that Mr. Field was a sort of Yankee adventurer, and a bore to all concerned. Now, if this communication had been confined to the columns of the paper in which it had originally appeared, it night have passed unnoticed, but when I see the leading papers of England copying it, I cannot refrain from pro testing in the strongest terms against such ungenerous conduct. It is such a contemptible paragraph as this that embitters the public mind on both sides of the Atlantic, and though the statement may be erroneous in every par ticular, there are certain organs ready to give it publicity, and rob a man of hard-earned honours, while being in a foreign land he is, of course, incapable of defending him self, or of supporting his just claims. I purpose showing that tho honours which have been distributed so freely have not been in accordance with the true merit which is due to those engaged or connected with this the greatest success of thts age. Let us examine the case of Cyrus W. Field, and I think I shall be able to show that if it had not been for the un tiring energy, the heroic, Self-sacrificing spirit, the libera lity, and the dauntless confidence which Cyrus W. Field displayed there would have been no telegraph transmitting messages from one continent to the other at the moment I write. On the 22d day of January, A.D. 1855, an agreement was entered into between the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, and the Association called the Transatlantic Submarine Company, for the purpose of lay ing a cable botween some part of Europe to some part of America, connecting with the lines of the parties of the first port at or near St. John's, Newfoundland. Mr. John Watkins Brett represented the Transatlantic. Early in 1855 Mr. Field had crossed the Atlantic, having obtained the concession on the American side, and being empowered by his colleagues, we find the following arrangement en tered into. E Feb. 22, 1. "Received from J o h n Watkins Bre Londo tt, Esq., ten thou Bss sand dollars, which makes him equally interested with Messrs. Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Cyrus W. Field, Marshall O'Roberts, Chancellor White, D. D. Field, Samuel T. B. Morse, all of New York, U.S., this original subscription to the stock of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company. " CYRUS W. FIELD." "New York, April 4, 1855. "The undersigned agree, each for himself, to take the number of bonds set opposite to his name, and pay for the same at the times and on the terms above stated : (Signed) " PETER COOPER. " CYRUS W. FIELD " MOSES TAYLOR "MARSHALL O'ROBERTS "DAVID D. FIELD One Bond. "JOHN W. BRETT Three Bonds, "London, Feb. 22, 1835. "Received from John Watkins Brett, Esq., his note at four months, for three thousand pounds sterling, which when paid will be in full for three bonds of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company for one thousand pounds sterling each, dated Juno Ist, 1854, pay able in twenty years, and the interest on which, at four per cent., is guaranteed by the colony of Newfoundland. The interest on these three bonds to June Ist, 1855, has this day been paid. " CERLTS W. FIELD." This, the, qader will remember, was over eleven years ,:~:- - - .~_~~ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES.—An article in the Times of Saturday last, regarding the present position of parties in America, may be taken as a fair sample of moderate opinion in this country under the influence of Democratic mis representation. Yet the imputation conveyed is most unjust to the Northern people. Between them and the South President Johnson is described as:having stood with a nobility and courage which will bring him honour when his failings are forgotten. The North is represented as thirsting for blood and plunder; blood, to satiate a craving for revenge— confiscation, to enrich the Northern po litician at the expense of the Southern planter. It is by such misrepresentation the sympathies of this country are enlisted in favour of the suffering South. We freely confess that a colouring of truth is given to the imputation by the exaggerated language habitual with the extreme politicians of the Union. Talk goes further than acts in influencing the mass of mankind. Were the talkers silenced, and nothing but acts recorded, the Democratic party would not be able to deceive European judgment so success fully as they have hitherto done. The history of the breach between the North and South is a record on the one part of the most unjustifiable and persistent attempt to dismember the Republic, and a still more persistent effort on the part of the other to maintain the integrity of the nation. The sole object of the Northern people has been to reunite the severed Union on a permanent basis of equal rights. They have no other object whatever, and those who attribute to them other motives speak without regard to truth. There may be differences of opinion as to the best manner of accomplishing the object, but there is none as to t he ob ject itself . ' No nation has ever yet, after suppressing so disas trous a rebellion, acted with such conciliation and generous forbearance towards the rebels. Thi s i s not due to Mr. Johnson or any other man. It is due solely to the distinct expression of national feeling. It is most unjust to the Northern people to represent the President as standing between them and revenge on the South. He acted simply in accordance with the wishes of the people, which no President—in this matter—would have dared to outrage. But how has the South received the for bearance and magnanimity of their Northern con querors?—by the massacres of Memphis and New Orleans—by a terrible prescription of the freedmen, and perils to the lives of the white loyal inhabitants —by the fiercest denunciations of the Press—and by the inauguration of a political campaign, aided by their Democratic allies, which threaten all the principles for which the nation so long and ardently contended. Suppose Ireland were to raise the standard of revolt, and fight for four years a san guinary war with Great Britainsuppose the re bellion to be then totally crushed, with the National Debt of England doubled, and a quarter of a million of her sons buried under the green sod of the Emerald Isle—suppose the first step taken by the rebels, after the suppression of the revolt, was the murder of the Prime Minister under whose auspices the war had been successfully closed--would the vengeance of England have been satisfied by the judicial execution of one man, after a fair trial, which proved him to have been the guilty instru ment of the death of thousands of British soldiers when confined as prisoners of war in Irish dun n geons? We hung Indian princes without mercy, ad wi.h scarcely a shadow of a trial during and after the Indian mutiny. We suppressed a paltry revolt in Jamaica by shooting and hanging, without regard to law or guilt. Yet we can moralise about the vengeance of the North on the South after this most treacherous revolt. If Ireland, after being defeated in her appeal to arms, recommenced the battle in the political arena, demanding her fair share of re presentation, and insisting upon returning for seats in the Imperial Parliament t hose who ha led in the war against us, how would England meet such a demand? To complete the parallel fully, we must have the wilder parts of that island in such a state that it was dangerous to express sentiments of loyalty. We must have a massacre of the loyal inhabitants by a Cork mob, led by the Mayor, and aided by the police. We must have a proscription of a portion of the inhabitants for whom England had demanded equal rights, and a portion of the newspaper press full of sentiments of uncompro mising hostility. How would England meet such a position? By handing over the Imperial Parlia ment to the very men guilty of having before so grievously betrayed their trust--by relinquishing all the principles for which they had fought at so fearful a sacrifice of blood and treasure? The idea is pre posterous, and would never be acted on by sane and wise men. All that the North requires is a security for the future—a guarantee that the objects gained by the war shall not be nullified within the walls of Congress. And from this position the people will not and cannot be driven, however skilfully the true points involved may be obscured and clouded by those whose object is to defeat the national wish. Nothing is more easy than for people to falsify the bearings of foreign national questions. No country has suffered more from misrepresentation than Eng land herself. The Irish at this moment are sup posed to be the most down-trodden people in Europe. Many believe that English rule iu India is a selfish and sanguinary hold of a feeble people, by the most usurping and tyrannical race in Chris tendom. We know all this to be untrue. But the English cannot complain for being themselves mis represented, while they are so ready to misrepre sent the actions and motives of other peoples. The indiscretion with which the President has avowed his policy of hostility to Congress has inflamed the leaders of the party who support the legislative body. The President uses the power confided to him by the nation unscrupulously to defeat the national wish. Yet the English are called upon to condemn the extreme measures threatened by Con gress in support of the policy they hold to be so essential to national interests. If the President takes advantage of the adjournment of Congress to " kick out " all the office holders who oppose him, it is most unfair to represent the threat of Congress to impeach him as the violent and unscrupulous design of a " rump" Parliament. To both the Constitution delegates certain powers. If the Executive stretches its authority to an extreme verge in support of its own opinion, surely the Legislature has an equal right to counteract such an exercise of authority by the full stretch of its own power. To denounce the action of Congress when following the e xam p le set them by the President, and yet to uphold the measures of the latter, is to take a biassed and one sided view of the subject. Both branches profess to be mere servants of the people, engaged in carry ing out their wishes for the benefit of the nation. To Congress is given the supremepower, as Congress is supposed more directly to represent the national sentiment than the President. Congress has as clear a right to impeach or depose the President as he has to "kick out" any office holder, and it would become him as little to resist that Constitu tional power as it would any office holder to refuse to be " kicked out " by the President. The plea that Congress only represents 26 States—the repre sentatives of the others having voluntarily withdrawn, and having engaged in open rebellion against its authority—would be similar to a plea of the Irish members, after such a-revolt as we have supposed, declaring the acts passed in the Imperial Parliament without their sanction to be illegal. We can see TIMES.—The Reform Question is just now re ceiving some very apt illustrations from the other side of the Atlantic. Without passion or prejudice, and with evident impartiality, our American Cor respondent describes the actual operation of the very system to which England is now hounded on by the chief agitator of the day. We also can safely say of ourselves that we are without passion or pre judice in the matter, and that as to political impar tiality we have not the slightest doubt that Whigs and Tories, Liberals and Conservatives, Church and Dissent, will always use the directest and most efficient means to power. Our Correspondent ob serves that the American Conservatives are now only doing for the support of President- Johnson what the Radicals did for his election to the second office in the Union, and that at this moment there is nothing to choose between the tactics of the two sides. The President and his friends are doing what all their predecessors have done before, and what is now sanctioned by the prescription of an entire political history. They give all their employe's, from the highest to the lowest, to understand that their continuance in office depends on their vote. Every postman, every tidewaiter, every Government shipwright or dockyard labourer knows that he must vote for his present masters or be sent to tharight about. Six vessels have been ordered to Philadelphia for repairs, and 4,000 carpenters are kept in tow by the job. On the other hand, the municipalities in the Radical interest are employing legions of men in the streets, taking up the roads, watering, laying gas and water pipes. The manufacturers lay their commands on their operatives and dependents, and under one screw or another the entire population suffers an equal pressure. It is hard to say who there is that can call his soul his own—so far, at least, as regards a question believed to be of the highest moral and political importance. All this, of course, we can understand in this country, where personal influence and even intimidation have prevailed time out of mind, and where they have been met with con stitutional guarantees and the much more important practice of bribery. The disposition to abuse power is universal, and so far there is nothing to boast in the comparison between the new and the old country. But here comes the difficulty which somebody is called on to explain. In this country all this takes place—at least, we will admit for the present that it does—under a system of open voting, and among electors who may consider the franchise a privilege to be turned to account. In the United States it takes place—but that it might raise a needless con troversy we would say i that it is far surpassed—under the ballot and manhood suffrage. But while ntimi - dation and influence are features common to the two countries—very accountable here, but very unac countable in the United States—the new country has a few things peculiar to itself, as new as its own institutions, and, except in a few isolated and extra ordinary cases, unknown in this country. The elec toral districts are there very small, which is a great convenience for the electors, and still more for the bold and clever men who conduct the election for them. In every district there is a committee—of course there is; so there is at home. But the Ameri can committee has a much larger field of enterprise, and far more choice of weapons, than the little body of respectable humdrums or fiery partisans that meet at the Blue Boar in one of our country towns to fur ther Mr. So and So's election. In American Uto p ia, it seems, the - election committee has to conduct a system of " colonisation," and to supply itself for that purpose with a store of army clothing. Be sides the 500 or GOO real and legitimate voters whom it has to organise and train, it has also to create and manoeuvre another force, who, by rapi dity of movement and some decency of disguise, are to vote several times over, by presenting them selves at so many polling-booths. As bot h p arties do the same, the election thus far is reduced to a trial of courage and skill—no slight elements in all political struggles. Just now the best disguise for a " colonist," or, as we should call him , a "p ersonator," is a worn-out uniform, as people don't like to ques tion the honesty—that is, the identity—of a man in that garb. There are plenty of old uniforms to be got, and it is evident that whole armies of impostors will march up to the ballot-box, proving nothing but the superior audacity and cunning of the party which brings most to the field of battle. Whatever the constitutional securities for the proof of identity, they are found much more ineffective than our own against bribery; and as to the provisions for secret ✓ voting, they are clearly a myth altogether; The the full force of this absurdity when we bring it Americans either do not wish to conceal their votes, home to ourselves. Nor does this ridiculous asser or are not able, for they are whipped up to the poll, tion end here. Mr. Johnson succeeded to the and made to do their employers' bidding as effec- Presidency as President of the. Senate on the murder tually as if My Lord's steward had sent them a cir- of Mr. Lincoln. If the Senate was no Senate, but cular, or as if their names were to appear in a House an illegal body, then Mr. Joh n son is no President, of Commons' division list. The Anglo-Saxon race but an usurper. There are no other means known has carried with it to the New World its old open- to the law of ascertaining the result of an election air court for the final adjudication of political ques_ of President or Vice-President than through the tions, and the petty trickeries of constitution- Senate, on whom devolved the duty of receiving, c mongers have not been able to wall it in and roof it counting the votes, and declaring the names of those over. Whether the doing be good or bad, it is done duly and legally elected. If Mr. Johnson, there before the suu. It is impossible not to ask whether fore, insists on the illegality of Congress as at pre our own people would, or would not, do the like sent constituted, we cannot see how he can maintain h * under the same electoral system. If they would his own position to be in conformity with law. S not, that could only arise from their being trained Such questions, once broached, will lead to endless under a better system, and under a higher sense of absurdities, and we .can only hope with our con social honour and public duty. But we have to temporary that Mr. Johnson will accept the recent consider that very large parts of our population elections as the verdict of the people and bow to 3 were but recently com p ose d o f materials very simi- force which he cannot oppose, but which he may in lar to those, we will say, of New York and l'hila- a large measure control. delphia, and that nobody here would like to be an swerable for their behaviour under temptation. Nay, truth compels us to go even further. The story of corruption disclosed not only by recent or pending commissions, but by many a former disclosure, proves the fatal rapidity with which masses of men, whether large or comparatively small, will yield to that influence, or that corruption, which is sure to present itself on every adequate occasion. Power is a prize which is always and everywhere appreciated; and.in this country the prize is further associated with great and unique social advantages, as well as the opportunity of furthering political views. There are, and always will be, plenty of men in this country both ready and able to employ for the acquisition of a seat in Parliament any means that are tolerably safe, and that are tolerated by opinion or custom. It is vain to allege that there still exists a high and honourable class of English gentlemen who would not connive at the practices described by our correspondent, even for the sake of a seat in Parliament. There are plenty of others who would ; and wherever they presented themselves they would find ready instruments and accommodating elec tors. But that would only begin a struggle in which the challenged and the challenger would use the same weapons. The good men, as they might think themselves, would not allow the power and the government of the country to' fall into bad hands, and they would have no other way to avert that fate and arrest that ruin than in the old corrupt fashion --doing evil that good may come. * The same States that elected the Congress elected Lim as Vice-President, and if their action, without the South ern States, was illegal in forming the Congress, it was equally illegal in filling the Vice President's post. COUNTRY MARKETS. NOTTINGETAM—S ATURDAY. The supply of wheat was tolerably geed. Most of the samples were of this year's growth, and the quality and condition of the grain varied. The finest qualities were held at full rates ; inferior a heavy sale. The demand for barley was by no moans brisk. There was a fair de mand for oats, and the extreme rates of last week were realised. Beans were in small supply, and sold at prices against the buyer. Old white wheat, 58s to 645; old red, 55s to 60s; new' white, 50s to 58s ; new red, 48s to 54s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s to 355; new, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 54s to 56s ; new, 50s to 52s per 38s stone. Fine flour, 40$ to 42s per sack. NORWICH- SATURDAY. There was a fair supply ofwheat at market to-dall which met with buyers, at about the rates of this day se'nnight for all goof dry descriptions. The supply of barley was liberal, and for the finest malting qualities ex treme rates were given ; secondary and inferior qualities ruled about the same as of• late. Little doing in other articles. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 56s to 58s • old red aitto weighing 631 b), 47s to 548 ; new red, ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), Ms to 528 ; best malting barley (weighing 521 b to 531 b), 42s to 46s • runs ditto (weighing 511 b t o 521 b), ' 42s to 46s • distilling ditto (weighing bOlb to 521 b), 3 48 t o 36s ; oats, 24s to 268 ; beans, &7s to 39s ; peas (maple), 36$ to 38s per qr. Flour, 38s Od per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. We had a fair quantity of wheat, and samples came to hand in rather better condition. Business was firm, and good qualities as deaf as last week. The show of barley was tolerable, and prices were rather lower than last woe for all but the finest samples. For oats there was a la ir demand, at rather more money than heretofore. Beal:3 met a steady demand at remunerative rates. New whito wheat, 50s to 56s ; new red, 46s to 54s • old, white, 54s to 60s ; old red, 50s to 58s per 36 stone. Ba ley, for malting, 40s to 45s per qr.; grinding, 32s to 3 50 per 30 stone. .Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 53s to 55s ; new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 41s ; seconds, 38s to 42s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a moderate supply of wheat at our market to-day, samples being mostly of the new crop. Of barley there was a pretty fair show, and prices advanced about 15 per qr. for inferior sorts; selected lots quite as dear. Oats came to hand sparingly, and sold readily, at a slight im provement on former rates. There were few samples of beans on offer, for which the demand was firm at prices ill favour of the sellers. New white wheat, 50s to 60s ; new red, 44s to 52s per 8 6 stone. Barley, for malting, 38s to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 31s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone, Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Malt, 70s to 725• Flour, 38s to 42s per sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. dustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 20. . . - Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 1 3 . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet ...... Nov. 5• Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct 20. Ditto, via lid:arsenics Oct. 38. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 20. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oat. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles . ........ ........Oct. 2 8 India (a.lnabay), via Southampton Oct. 29. Ditto, via slarseilles Oct. 23 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles.. Oct. 23. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil:e 3 • Nov. 1 3 gewioundland . Oct. 2i. Portugal . ... .. ..........Nov. 5 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... nited states and British North America, by Bri tish packet ... Oct. 2s. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, ria Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry _Oct. 19. Tut Coast of Africa, 514deira, and Teneriffe ....Nov, 10. Nest Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) ............. ........ ....Oct. 29. Cuba and Mexico Oat. 29. Bermuda. vta Halifax Oct. 24 • Bahamas, via Newt ork. Nov. 15 The half-yearly inspection of the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards took place on Saturday morn" ing at the Tower. The regiment, consisting °f eight companies, of about 500 men of all ranks, as" sembled on the parade-ground punctually a t 10 o'clock, under the command of Col. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the other officers present being Capts. Crichton, Gaussen, Stanley, and Pennant, Col. Keppel, Lieuts. Grosvenor, Garratt, Mont gomery, and Lord C. Hamilton ; Capt. and Adjat• Johnstone, Cols. Bruce, Seymour, and Wydham (retired), were also present, with Capts. Smith and W est (aide-de-camps), and Col. Bathurst. 0° inspecting officer, on his arrival, assisted by Col. Seymour and his aides-de-camp, walked round the ranks and closely inspected the arms and accoutre' ments of the :men. The inspection of compan y having terminated, th e reg i men t marc h e d past 11:1 slow and quick time, th e l a tt er t o th e t un e of to ° British Grenadier, and subsequently went throug h a variety of movements, including the bayonet 0" ercise, the whole of which was admirably executed: At the conclusion Lord Paulet addressed the reg" ment in highly congratulatory terms, and after wards brought his inspection to a close by visiting the barrack-rooms. The band, under the leader-. ship of Mr. Godfrey, was present, to the number. of 54 men, and performed a favourite selection of al ll : LORD JUSTICE KNIGHT BRUCE.—The retireme nt of Lord Justice Knight Bruce has been often rumoured • it is now determined. His resignation is in the hands of t b° Government. The p ro f ess ion will grieve to learn tb . . / o . t severe illness is the immediate cause of that step be Mo taken which he has long contemplated, and Sir Janes Knight Bruce will take with him into his retirement the respect and esteem of the lawyers. On the bench, as at the bar, he was remark a ble f or th e c l e a r ness and quickness W ith which ho discerned, and th e fi rm gr asp with which he hel d to, the points at issue in tho cases submitted to and the rapidity with which, out of a maze of facts, I)e could extract such as bore upon the question to be decided, and so marshal them that the dullest could per ceive their bearings upon it. He prided himself, not Wi t ' f. out reason, on terse, epigrammatic sentences, often witty,. and usually wise. These were thrown in among the uses .. I imperfections of extempore speech, as if they were the 111 spirations of the moment ; but` they were for the most Pm, too neatly turned, and too much in contrast with th at which preceded and followed, to be other than well pre pared mots. As a lawyer, he was sharp rather than pr o _ O U found, with a tendency to construe equity as lax. law._ rather than as a distinct branch of the law, and his I nation to do right sometimes led him to forget that be W B et a dministering not justice, but law. Many of his judgments will go down to posterity as leading case s ' Law Times. Births. DUFF —On the 17th inst., at Drummir Castle, Banffs,-- the wife of Capt. Gordon Duff, of a daughter. oth HARTOFP—On the 18th inst., at 22, Wilton,-crescent , wife of Captain Hartopp, R. H. Guards, of a daughter' MORGAN —On the 19th inst., at Gisborough Parsonage' Yorkshire, Mrs. P. H. Morgan, of a daughter. ht T it oMsos—On the - 19th inst., a t Di nan C o tt age , South- 1 ,4 the wife of Commander F. T. Thomson, 11.31.'s S ac Victoria and Albert, of a daughter. Marriages. BOURNE— ORIN'S —On the 17th inst., FiV, at S. Gabriel's , lico, J. C. Bourne, Esq., of The Poplars, Twicketlisci., t) Catherine, second daughter of Richard Crippel of Charleswood-street, Pimlico. pa STILWELL —MOREL-0 n the 18th inst., at St. Mich ael 3of All Angels, Paddington, George J. Stilwell, 31•P" t o Moorcroff, Uxbridge, to Emily, elder daughter of late T. Morel, Esq., of Notting-hill. Dts. BODDY—On the 17th inst., a ea h t 48, Tollington-road, 110110' way, E. J. Boddy, aged 77. BROWNING—On the 18th inst., at Jersey, Jas. Bowl!' Esq., formerly of The Poplars, Leyton, Essex, :IV' HUXLEY—On the 18th inst., at 20, Camden-road, Huxley, Esq., of the Middle Temple, solicitor, age' A f r o. HEDGES —On the 18th inst., at Haverstock-hill, --,..,.., Hedges, aged 78. OA R OXBURG H—On the 17th inst., at Kilmaurs, Torquay' Rev. Adam Roxburgh, formerly of Greenwich. I st. WOODHAMS - On the 18th inst, at Bromley, Middlesesl. Josiah Woodhams, aged 63. -.....° 0 0, London : Printed and Published by WILLIABI AN of No. 112, Strand, Pallier, et Triz SuN °Woe, 9 Strand, in the Precinct of the Shyly, in the C 0 ritid(ltere Monday, October 22, 1850. I 1 Ii