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

AMERICA, LIVERPOOL, Feb. 19. The royal mail steam-ship Cuba arrived in the Mersey this afternoon. All attempts to board her have been frustrated by the tempestuous state of the river, and it is not likely that this will be effected before to-morrow morning. NEW YORK, FEB. 7 (Morning). The New York Times gives the following par ticulars of the peace conference at Fort Monroe, which are supposed to be derived from official sources : After President Lincoln and Mr. Seward returned to Washington a Cabinet meeting was summoned, and the following leading points of the conference submitted. Mr. Seward, on his arrival at Fort Monroe, in vited the commissioners to an interview. The com missioners informed Mr. Seward, in reply, of their desire to proceed to Washington to discuss the question of peace with the President. Mr. Seward said that the President desired that the interview should take place at Fort Monroe, and was coming there for that purpose. The commissioners pressed for leave to visit Washington, alleging that the Confederate Government only consented to send them in consequence of Mr. Blair's assurance that they could have a personal interview with President Lincoln. Lincoln's arrival was after wards announced ; whereupon he and Mr. Seward had an interview with the commissioners on board a Federal vessel. The interview was friendly and tempered throughout. Linnolnprin• (tally conducted the conversation on the Federal side, and Mr. Hun ter on the Confederate, Mr. Stephens occasionally taking part in it. The commissioners spoke solely and exclusively on the part of the Confederate Go vernment, and declared at the outset, and through out the conference, their entire lack of authority to make, receive, or consider any proposition looking to an end of the war except on the basis of the recognition of the independence of the Confederates as a preliminary condition. Lincoln presented the shbject to them in every conceivable form, sug gesting the liberal and considerate modification of whatever in the existing legislation or action of the Federal Government might be regarded as specially hostile to the rights and interests, or wounding to the pride of the Southern people ; but in no single particular could he induce them to swerve for a moment from their demand for recog nition. They did not present this constitutionally, as resting on their own convictions and wishes, but as a condition which their Government had made absolutely indispensable to any negotiations or dis cussions concerning peace. President Lincoln in formed them at every point that such recognition was utterly and totally out of the question. The United States could stop the war and arrest the movement of the armies, even temporarily, upon the condition precedent that the national authority be recognised and obeyed over the whole United States territory. This point conceded, he assured them that upon every other matter of difference they would be treated with the utmost liberality, but without the recognition of that authority the war must con tinue. All the conversation came back and turned upon this irreconcileable difficulty. Neither side could be swerved a hair's breadth from its position, and the attempt at negotiation was therefore an utter failure. Upon separating it was distinctly understood, and explicitly stated, that the action and attitude of each Government was to be precisely what it would have been if this interview had never taken place. The Cabinet received these explana tion as satisfactory and complete. The feeling was unanimous that the country must now arouse itself to renewed efforts, and prepare to make fresh sacri fices in defence of the integrity of the Union. The New York Herald. does not consider the conference as an entire failure. It will open the door to further negotiation, after the commissioners have communicated the result of their interview at Richmond, and the conference will probably be held again. The Daily News says a way has been opened for future conferences that may prove more fruitful of happy consequences. It still asserts that the commissioners came armed with the certainty of French recognition. The ques tion now is, whether the South will achieve inde pendence by their armies forcing intervention, or by voluntary recognition. The Times thinks that it is the inability of the North to acknowledge independence, and the ina bility of the South to abandon independence, that renders negotiation so difficult, and is likely to ren der it so fruitless. The New York Tribune says the result of the con ference is a frightful disappointment. A vigorous prosecution of the war, with full ranks and a full Treasury, and 60 days will suffice to kill the rebel lion. The Washington Intelligencer states that the com missioners declared that civil war would result in the South if a reconstruction proposition was sub-. witted to the people. Mr. Sumner has called for information in Con grew relative to President Lincoln's peace mission. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, a peace democrat, has offered a resolution in the House of Representatives declar ing that the President was entitled to the gratitude of the country for endeavouring to ascertain the disposition of the insurgents, with a view to nego tiations for peace and the restoration of the Union. The President is requested to omit no honourable exertion hereafter which may lead to peace and union. A motion to table the resolution was defeated. Mr. Fernando Wood's resolution, declaring it to be the duty of the President to maintain the Union, has passed the House of Representatives. The article in the Richmond Sentinel on Monday last, universally copied into our newspapers as a semi-official announcement of the nature and object of their mission, was careful to state, in language sufficiently explicit, that it was a mere mission of inquiry without :powers to negotiate. We repro duce the following statement from the article in the Sentinel : On Mr. Blair's second visit to Richmond he brought the consent of Mr. Lincoln to receive and confer with any agents informally sent, with a view to the restoration of peace. The three gen tlemen who left yesterday were thereupon selected by President Davis, and they have gone without formal credentials, and merely as informal agents, to see whether it be pos sible to place a conference for peace on any basis which may serve for attain ing so desirable a result. As informal agents with out powers, seeking information, but possessing no authority to act, they could have taken no other ground in their interview with the President than that on which they are reported to have stood with such rooted persistency. As agents of the Confede rate Government they could not make any conces sions that would overstep their powers; and, hav ing no powers at all, they could of course concede nothing. It would have been a breach of trust to compromise the authority or lower the pretensions of the Government that sent them." A dvice , from NEW YORK, Feb. 8. that on the raorri* Gen. Grant's headquarters state of the sth inst. th e fifth corps, preceded by Gregg'sin cavalry, moved towards Ream's station, encountering on the road, who re treated before the Ideaervilvradvance. reached Rowanty Creek, n w ia hich they constructed At noon they a/bridge. The 3d Pennsylvear Cavalry were t h en sent out to make a conn ect i on two divisions of which had gone out with on second corps, cn the V aughan Road as far as Hatcher's Run, t o that direction. demon s t rate in On reaching the Run, the first brigad e of the 2d the e Corps charged and took the line of rifle pits on h west side, but with slight loss. They advanced mile across the Run, driving the Confederate pickets before them. Here the Federals erected a strong line of breastworks, making their position perfectly secure, and the connection between both corps was afterwards formed. The 2d division of the 2d Corps, before reaching Hatcher's Run, turned to the right, and, advancing in a north-westerly direction, found the enemy in a strong position in the vicinity. The Federals having thrown up a line of breast- works, the Confederates made several charges, and attempted to break through them, but were re pulsed. The Federals captured a large commissariat train. Their loss was about 100 men. A general battle was expected the next day. • President Lincoln has prepared a lett( r giving de tails of the peace conference. It is understood to contain letters from Davis to Lincoln and from Lin coln to Blair. Senator Foote has arrived at Baltimore, it is sup posed en route for Fort Monroe. The Senate has adopted a resolution to the effect that the action of the Secretary of the Senate in presenting the constitutional amendment for Presi dent Lincoln's approval shall not be taken as a pre cedent for the future. The President has designated Fernandini, Flo rida, as a place for the purchase of the products of the rebellious States on Government account. Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Maine have ratified the constitutional amendment. Sherman is moving in two columns, demonstrat ing against Charleston and Branchville. His left wing, which he moved up the Savannah River for 53 miles, had struck off in a northerly direction. He crossed Whippley Swamp on Wednesday, and secured one of the bridges over the Salkehatchie River, 30 miles from Branchville, whither the left wing was moving. Another column is operating easterly towards Charleston. A portion of troops appeared in transports in the vicinity of Young's Island, 20 miles south-east of Charleston, after wards retiring. Three steamers were off Whalespont threatening a landing. A body of Federal cavalry had appeared on the road leading to Augusta. The last advices report the left wing under Slo cum to have arrived and established its base of ope rations, on the 30th, at Sister's Ferry. The right wing, under Howard, is encamped at the extreme junction of the Salkehatchie River and the old Union Road, Howard's advance extending to Combahee River, where Hardie opposes him in force. The Richmond papers report that Sherman is burning goods and houses along his line of march. Detachments of his forces have burnt Macpherson ville, Gillensville, and the:old estate of J. C. Calhoun at Braddock's Point. Beuregard has assumed the command at Augusta. A large force from Thomas has reinforced Grant. Terry's forces are reported to have left the Cape Fear River to reinforce Sherman. Fifteen thousand troops are fitting out at Pascagoula, their ultimate destination being Mobile. The New Orleans Times asserts that refugees from Mobile report that the evacuation of the city commenced on the 15th. The guns and ordnance stores were going to Selma by rail and water. There was a general impression that the city would not be defended. The garrison was small, and composed of militia under Maury. The bulk of Thomas's infantry is reported to have been sent down the Tennessee River to engage in active operations at another point. A doubtful report is current that a cavalry expe dition, 40,000 strong, will be sent to destroy the remnant of Hood's army, open the Alabama River, and seize Selma, Montgomery, and Mobile. Sheridan's cavalry have defeated a detachment of Confederate cavalry at Moorfield, Virginia, captur ing 20 prisoners, including Major Harry Gilmer. The departments of Missouri, Kansas, and Ar kansas have been consolidated in one division, under General Pope, who has established his headquarters at St. Louis. The Federal expedition up the Chowan River has been abandoned. The World asserts that the South is about to change its military policy, evacuate Richmond, and abandon Charleston. Lee will then withdraw the Confederate forces from the coast, and, discarding the defensive positions on the coast, will continue the contest in the open field, whether attacked or prosecuting an aggressive campaign. President Davis has appointed Lee commander in -chief, and the Senate has confirmed the appoint ment. Southern journals announce an improved and more cheerful feeling among the people and army. A resolution has been introduced in the Confe derate House of Representatives to put in the field 100,000 slaves—the Government to purchase them and give one as property to each white soldier, in order to render the slaves effective and interest the soldiers in the institution. General Grover, commanding at Savannah, has ordered the abandoned property to be disposed of by the Treasury agent. He has also ordered that the retailers at Savannah shall not be allowed to charge more than 50 per cent. over New York prices. Ten cotton vessels will shortly leave Port Royal for New York, convoyed by Government revenue cutters. The blockade runner Coquette has been captured off Charleston. The Confederate Senate has passed a vote of thanks to Mr. John Lancaster, the owner of the Deerhound, for rescuing Captain Semmes and his officers from the Alabama. The New York Times declares that Mr. Sumner's resolutions regarding the ratification of the consti- - tutional amendment will, if adopted, recognise the complete dissolution of the Union. The Times reports that rumours are current that Juarez had obtained a great victory in Southern Mexico, and had captured an important city. A diplomatic correspondence has been published. Mr. Seward writes to Mr. Adams in April, 1864, that the insurgents manifestly have a bold, vigorous, and effective party in both Houses of Parliament and in the British press, who are confessedly influen tial in the administration of public affairs. The United States have no advocates or defenders except the persons who, however great their ability and worth, are excluded from the conduct of public affairs. He mentions the forbearance of the United States to England, whose subjects, since the com mencement of the civil war, have committed so many provocations and injuries, and the exacting and unyielding disposition of England towards the United States. Referring to the inference of Mr. Adams, that the Government must triumphantly and speedily conclude the war, or it may expect to have a conflict with England and her allies, 1111 7 . Seward says that if the war were vigorously con ducted none would be heard counselling submission to foreign aggression. He attributes the favour shown by the European Powers to the subversion of the Mexican Republic to the jealousy of the United States. The steamer Eclipse blew up in the Tennessee River, near Johnsonville, on the 27th ult. The casualties exceeded 100-10 men being killed, 26 missing, and 69 seriously injured. Most of the un fortunate men were United States troops. General Lee has issued the following appeal t o the Southern people calling for arms, saddles, and cavalry equipments : I , Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, January 25. "To arm and equip an additional force of cavalry ; there is need of carbines, revolvers, pi s t o l s, saddles, and other accoutrements of mounted m en . Arms and equipments of the kind desired are be lieved to be held by citizens in sufficient numbers to supply our wants. Many keep them as trophies, and some with the expectation of using them in their own defence. But it should be remembered that arms are now required for use, and that they cannot be made so effectual for the defence of the country in any way as in the hands of organised troops. They are needed to enable our cavalry to cope with the well-armed and equipped cavalry of the enemy, not only in the general service but in resisting those predatory expeditions which have inflicted so much I m 3 upon the people of the interior. To the patriotic I nee . d make no other appeal than the wants of the ability service ; but I beg to remind those who are reluc tant to port with the arms and equipments in their possession that by keeping them they diminish the therefore of the themselves receivingarmarmy to defend their property, without ur ge some pe o r f son s not in the service to deliver all any benefit from them. I such arms and eanipnithe officers designated below Promptly t o for cavalry) as Y have, and to entg (especially those suitable those officers the th n e a Y ma y to surrender those i.:111 such persons asreport to who prevents a carbine heir possession. Every neglect or Pistol from: citizen remaining un- ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEMNG, FEBRUARY 20, 1865. used can render no service to his country. Those who think to retain arms for their own defence should remember that if the army cannot protect them the arms will be of little use. While no valid title can be acquired to public arms and equipments except from the Government, it is reported that many persons have ignorantly purchased them from private parties. A fair compensation will therefore be made to all who deliver such arms and equipments to any ordnance officers, officer commanding at a post, officers and agents of the quartermaster and commissary departments at any station, or officers in the enrolling service or connected with the Nitre and Mining Bureau. All these officers are requested and those connected with this army are directed to receive and receipt for all arms and equipments whatever their condition, and forward the same with a duplicate receipt, to the Ordnance Depart ment at Richmond, and report their proceedings to these head-quarters. The person holding the receipt will be compensated upon presenting it to the ord nance bureau. While it is hoped that no one will disregard this appeal, all officers connected with the army are requested to take possession of any public arms and equipments they may find in the hands of persons unwilling to surrender them to the service of the country, and to give receipts therefor. A rea sonable allowance for their expenses will be made to such patriotic citizens as will collect and deliver to any of the officers above designated such arms and equipments as they may find in the hands of persons not in the service, or who will report the same to those officers. A prompt compliance with this call will greatly promote the efficiency and strength of the army, particularly of the cavalry, and render it better able to protect the homes and property of the people from outrage. (Signed) " R. E. LEE, General." In the Confederate House of Representatives, on Feb. 2, the Senate bill "to provide for the em ployment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and perform other labours connected with the defence of the country," with certain amendments proposed by the House of Represen tatives, was taken up. An amendment was adopted providing that the age of negroes liable to impressment should be from 19 to 40 years, and that all free male negroes of that age shall be liable to duty. The second amendment, striking out the limitation of the number so held liable, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, was in favour of the amendment. He favoured the arming of the negroes, not to perpetuate slavery, but to secure the liberty of the white man. Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, was not in favour of put ting negroes in the army. President Davis had stated that two-thirds of the army were absent from duty. If these men were returned to their posts there would be no need of negro soldiers. Mr. Brown—How will you get them back ? Mr. Wigfall—How? By placing that great cap tain, Joseph Johnston, in command of the army of Georgia. Do that, and these men will require no invitation to come back. lam for fighting for slavery and for nothing else. The patent of nobility is in the colour of the skin. I want to live in no country in which the man who blacks my boots and curries my horse is my equal. Give negroes mus kets, make them soldiers, and the next subject in troduced for discussion will be miscegenation. The negro wench will be placed upon an equality with our wives, mothers, and sisters. There are white men enough on our'muster-rolls to win this fight ; and I thank God we have now in command of our armies an officer who will so direct matters as to insure success. Mr. Hill, of North Carolina, thought that white men could win the fight. He thought the situation of the South more hopeful at this hour than at any other during the past two years. The South could win the right of self-government by means of its white men alone. The house adjourned without voting. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 8. Money easy. Gold, 2104. Exchange on Lon ann, Dc...•tra, 0.17 Lo fI.IE • Prioelio advancing. New York Centrals, 1114. Illinois, 118. Erie, 748. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1081. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 85c. Flour dull. Wheat and corn slightly firmer. Pro visions steady. Coffee very firm. Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum inactive. Crude, 50c. Refined, 69c. Railway and other Companies. -•- GREAT NORTHERN. The directors of this company state in their report that the capital account was increased by £572,704 received for new ordinary stock, including the premium of 25 per cent. thereon, and by the capital of the Boston and Sleaford, and Bourn and Essendine undertakings. The disbursements on capital account included the cost of the Boston and Sleaford and Bourn and Essendine lines, and the payments on ac -count of subscriptions to other undertakings, including the advance of £300,000 to the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, aid of the construction of their line between Blackfriars and the Metropolitan Railway. The capital ac count showed that the receipts Amounted to £13,971,805, and the expenditure to £13,792,067, showing a balance of £179,739 to meet the demand for additional rolling stock for the new lines in course of construction, and to provide necessary accommodation at stations, the directors had en tered into contracts for the supply of engines, waggons, and had also ordered other works. The construction of the Spalding and March, Doncaster and Gainsborough, and Lincoln and Honington Railways, was being actively pro ceeded with, and those lines would be opened at the earliest practicable period. The revenue accounts for the half-year showed that £970,578 had been received, and £478,345 paid for expenditure, leaving a net profit of £492,233. To the balance of £492,233 was added £1,421 from the previous half-year, and £12,504, amount due from the Great Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies, making the balance of revenue £506,158; from this was deducted fixed charges including mortgages and debenture stock interest, and preference dividends £280,833, leaving a net balance available for dividend on • the original stock and shares £225,325, against £210,071 for the corresponding half of 1863. That would enable dividend to be declared on the original stock at the rate of £8 15s. per cent. per annum, giving for the half-year, £4 7s. 6d. to the original stock, £3 to the B stock, and £5 16s. to the A stock, and on the proportion of new ordinary stock entitled to dividend at the same rate per cent. per annum as the original stock, leaving a balance of £745. The dividend for the whole year would, therefore, be £7 2s. 6d. per cent. on the original stock, £6 per cent. on the B stock, and £8 ss. per cent. on the A stock. The gross increase of revenue forthe half-year was £98,000, including the whole of the receipts derived from the Boston and Sleaford and Bourn and Essendine lines, which were not included in the accounts for 1863. The half-year's re ceipts were charged with dividend on more than £600,000 of capital expended on lines in course of construction and subscribed to other undertakings yet incomplete or unde veloped. The partial opening of the coal trade to the south of the Thames had materially increased the receipts from that source, and afforded abundant evidence that when the London, Chatham, and Dover line between Blackfriars bridge and the Metropolitan Railway was completed, and a through route established to the south of England, a valu able accession of traffic might be anticipated. The direc tors regretted that the claims for compensation had re quired payments to the amount of £B,lOO in excess of those for the corresponding period. The directors again find themselves to incur serious expenses in Parliament in op posing an application by the Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire companies for a railway from Long Stanton to Astern. The directors proposed to the Eastern Counties Company in October last, that they should exercise run ning powers for coal traffic, on rates to be agreed or settled by arbitration, over the Great Northern lines from March to Doncaster, which, having very favourable gradients, were admir a bly a d apted for the transit of heavy loads. Those er a efoolingntproposalsou l that d t were , n h o e w y hado h n ol only exhausteds v submit t d t e h c e l e i iv n r ee caser y d , a fairna g d a the imn e t oa dir n s e o c s t r t t s Par liament, with the confident hope that former decisions of committees of both houses would be maintained and con firmed. The directors, with deep regret, announced the retirement of Mr. Denison, who for nearly 18 years ably presided over the affairs of the company. NORTH LONDON. The report of the directors states that the traffic receipts for the past half year amounted to £93,832, as comp ar d with £90,453 for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing an increase of £3,379. The working expenses for the same period were £51,331, as compared with £49,084. The principal causes of increase in expenditure were repairs and renewal of engines, carriages, and other rolling stock, which amounted in all to £13,703, against £10,626 in 1863. The interest on debentures, issued in respect of the City , Extension, formed an additional charge of £3,062 on re venue, while the capital upon which dividend Itad to be calculated was increased by the sum of £104,021; called up during the past half year. The net balance to the credit of revenue, after providing for debenture interest, was s r ix eco p mm er w en n d t ed pe t r he an d n e utu cla : r a a t 5 i 0 ,4 no 0 8 f fa r o dividend which a t t h tehedirraetcetoorfs leaving a balance of £2,155. The works of the City Ex tension line were now rapidly approaching completion. An agreement had been entered into with the London and North-Western Company, under which the control of the Hampstead Junction was transferred to the North London Company. The sanction of the proprietors would be re quired to the raising of the additional capital, £300,000, authorised by the City Extension Act, 1861, which it was proposed to effect by the issue of ordinary shares. Mr. W. BAKER, the engineer, stated in his report that he was using every exertion for the completion of the works, and the opening of the railway in the ensuing summer. The capital account showed that £2,368,660 had been expended. NORTH DEVON. The report of the directors states that the provisions of the Act passed in the last session authorising the amalga mation of the company with the London and South West ern Railway Company 'came into operation on the Ist of January last; accordingly notices have been sent to the registered shareholders for the conversion of their shares into ordinary consolidated stock of the South-Western Com pany in the following proportions:—For every £lOO North Devon ordinary stock, £49 of the South-Western ordinary stock ; for every £lOO North Devon A stock, £l9 12s of the South-Western ordinary stock ; and for every £lOO North Devon B stock, £9B of the. south-Western ordinary stock. The directors had been engaged in winding up the com pany's affairs, and there were now only a few outstanding matters which would be settled as early as practicable, when the company would cease to exist. The balance on revenue account was £2,751, out of which provision must be made for the necessary current expenses, and the re mainder would be distributed as final dividend to the pro prietors. A dividend at the rate of 13s. per cent. would absorb £2,004, and leave £747 to meet various expenses. The capital account showed that £503,995 had been ex pended, leaving a balance of £347 to meet costs relating to land purchases. LEEDS, NORTH YORKSHIRE, AND DURHAM. A large and important meeting was held at Helmsley on Tuesday, and a still larger meeting was held at Kirby- Moorside on Wednesday, to further the views of the pro moters of this undertaking. At the Helmsley meeting Mr. M'Laughlin (agent to Lord Feversham) presided, and at the Kirby meeting the chair was taken by Mr. Jos. Smith. Messrs. Featherstone, ,Phillips, Hall, and other speakers dwelt upon the several advantages this line possesses over the North-Eastern loop scheme, and resolutions were una nimously carried to the effect that every exertion should be used to promote the formation of this line. Peg - anus to Parliament were adopted in both cases, and signed by most of the gentlemen present. It was also resolved that simi lar petitions should be laid for signature at all the towns and villages on the route. WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Wakefield; Mr. R. Winn in the chair. The report stated that the directors expected that this would be the last meeting of shareholders that would be held before the line was opened for public traffic. The works for the Westgate station would shortly be let and temporary station accommodation in the first instance would be provided. The directors proposed to issue shares to the extent of £57,500 towards the construction of the Westgate . station. The capital account showed that £282,023 had been expended. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the works had been done in a satisfactory and substantial manner. Under the contract the contractors were liable to a penalty of £l,OOO ty month for every month that exceeded 21 months. This time had expired about the end of last year, and it would be for the directors to consi der what should be done to protect the interests of the shareholdeis. The board had deposited a bill in Parlia ment for a new line from Althorpe to Lincoln, with a view to secure the ironstone traffic. The Sheffield Company had granted them running powers to Keadby, where the new line was to commence. The line proposed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Eastern was the one most seriously affecting them. The board had thought after what took place between them and the Great Eastern last year that the latter ought not to have brought any new scheme forward without consulting them in the matter. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. E. TEw seconded the motion, and it was carried. Mr. E. A. Leatham, Mr. B. B. Mackie, and Mr. Alderman Kelsall, the retiring directors, were then re--elected, as was also Mr. Blingworth, one of the auditors. The meeting was then made special, and the issue of £57,000 of new shares for the station at Wakefield was au thorised. LISKEARD AND CARADON. The annual meeting of this company was held at Liskeard Wednesday ; Mr. Chymo presided. The CHAIRMAN stated that the balance in the hands of the treasurer was £1,857, out of which was to be paid a dividend of 5 per cent. This showed a decrease on last year's balance of £915. which was in a great measure ac counted for by an unusually large outlay for the renewal of stock. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. declared. Messrs. Elliot and Geach, the retiring directors, were re elected. TAFF VALE, The report states that the disposable balance for the half year ended Dec. 31 was £53,688. Of this amount the usual sum of £750 was placed to the credit of the depreciation fund, and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum declared on the ordinary stock and C shares payable on 6th March, and on the preference stock No. 1 payable on Bth April. A balance of £1,458 was carried to the current half year. The sum of £127,620 had been borrowed up on de bentures under the act of 1857. It was expected that the Penarth dock would be opened for traffic during the cur rent half year. The Oowbridge Railway being ready for goods and mineral traffic, the directors had consented to work it at cost price for 12 months, in connection with the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction. Railway, as a guide to more permanent arrangements should such be considered desirable. The• capital account showed a total receipt of £1,540,775, and an expenditure of £1,557,206, leaving a balance of £16,431 against capital. The receipts from all sources on revenue account for the half-year were £146,854, and the expenditure £71,874, or 45.39 per cent., leaving a balance of £74,980. After payment of various charges for interest, &c.; out of this sum, a balance of £52,096 was - ried to the general revenue account, which, with a sum of £1,592 brought forward from the former account, left £53,688 applicable to dividend. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting was held at Edinburgh on Fri day—Mr. Hamilton in the chair. The report complained of the mode hi which the lessees (Edinburgh and Glasgow) kept the accounts of the traffic, being neither on the mileage principle nor on the clearing house principle, on either of which the directors believed the accounts should have shown that this company was entitled to participate in surplus profits. The mode adopted had the effect not only of abstracting a large portion of the receipts before division, but also of withholding revenue to whicb this company was entitled. If the lessees persisted in this course, it would be necessary to have recourse to arbitra tion. Negotiations were opened with the lessees in view of the amalgamation and extension bills to come before Par liament, to get a percentage that would supersede all ex isting questions, but the Edinburgh and Glasgow refused to offer more than 4 per cent. in perpetuity, without a rise to 41 which the directors asked. The directors had taken steps to protect the interests of the,company in the measures coming before Parliament. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to after some conversation, in which the share holders expressed approval of the steps the directors had taken, and especially of the refusal of 4 per cent. in per petuity. The retiring directors and auditors were reappointed. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. • The directors' report states that the receipts for the half year ending the 31st of December amounted to £42,529, and for the corresponding half of 1863 to £38,072, showing an increase of £4,457. The expenditure for the past half-year amounted to £17,176, against £14,854, showing an increase of £2,322. The balance for the half year, after carrying £5O to the contingency account, was £22,582, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, and on the pre ference shares according to their respective guarantees. The works on the Bolton and Wigton Branches had made satisfactory progress. The bill for the proposed branch from the Bullgill station to join the several railways in the valley of the Derwent had passed the examiners on Stand ing Orders. During some months past the directors had made overtures to the Boards of the neighbouring railways for a union of interests on a .broad and comprehensive principle, by which the property of shareholders would be rendered more secure, and the extension of a liberal policy towards other railw a y s and to the public generally would be initiated. The expenditure on ma i n li ne ca pit a l acco u nt amounted to £555,000, and on new branch account to £33,716. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The report of the directors states that the gross receipts for the half-year ending the 31st December last amounted to £125,991, for the corresponding half of 1863 to £116,564, and for the same half of 1862 to £115,334. The net earnings for the past half year eliminated to £69,060, against £63,341 for the corresponding half of -1863, and £63,575 for same half of 1862, exceeding those for the corresponding half of 1863 by £5,719. The working expenses amounted to 45.2 per cent. of the gross receipts, being lower than any pre vious half year. The rolling stock and permanent way had been maintained in efficient repair ; the relaying of the per manent way had been proceeded with where necessary. The net revenue had exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1862 by £5,485, which latter was the most productive year since the opening of the railway. This was the more important as it had been attained in the face of an unavoid able reduction of the tariffs forthe transport of goods. Steps were being taken to insure the opening of the portion of the Ourthe line o ending from the present main line at Diarloie to Melreux (9 miles) in May next. The remaining part from Melreux to Liege, would, it was believed, be completed at the end of the present year. The net earnings of the canal had amounted to £2Ol, being £B4 in excess of the earnings of the corresponding half of 1863. After deduction of the amount required to meet the interest and reimbursements of obligations (V 5,608) there remained £33,558: The Board proposed to declare a dividend of 6s. 6d. per share, leaving a balance of £BOO to the credit of the reserve fund, carry ing forward £258. The original Board of Directors was appointed in the year 1846, and eontinued nine years in office, in the course of which they received on shares £1,010,501, and on obligations £338,034; total, £1,348,535 ; the engagements then existing and repaid by advances from bankers were £60,000, mating together £1,408,535. There were nine miles of railway opened for traffic, some rolling stock and other material being very imperfect. The works between Brussels and Namur had been par tially constructed, and scarcely anything had been done between Namur and Arlon. At the date of the acces sion to office of the present Board there had been ex pended the whole of the £1,408,535, for which they pos sessed nine miles of railway ; and since that period they had by the expenditure of £1,325,560, become the proprietors of a further length of 132 miles of railway, with a rolling stock sufficient for the present working of the same, and they had also more than 17 miles of canal. In 1860 the pre sent Board was re-elected for a second period of five years, which was about to terminate. The directors, therefore, desired to call the attention of the proprietors to the progress of the company, and to the more important acts of their administration during this second term of office. The traffic receipts, which in 1859 amounted to £112,951, had gradually increased, and for the year 1864 had attained the sual of £232,240, and the shares had nearly doubled their price since the year 1859. In 1861 the branch railway towards Longwy, if miles in length, was completed at a cost of £60,514, or less than £B,OOO a mile. The Ourthe Valleyline, in course of construction, would be about 40 miles in length, and by means of it the distance from the coal basin of Liege to the Grand Duchy and to the manufacturing districts of the Moselle (France) would be reduced nearly 30 miles. The directors concluded their report by stating that if during their first five years of office they saved the company from impending ruin, they had during their second term of office been able so far further to ameliorate the affairs of the company as that, in spite of the faults and frauds committed from 1845 to 1855, a fair return for the capital embarked in the undertaking was now placed beyond all reasonable doubt. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE DISSOLUTION. —There are few subjects which have a more legiti mate interest for a condemned criminal than the question of the day which is to be fixed for his exe cution ; and criminals have rarely been so philoso phical as to pass the subject altogether by. The present Parliament is not only mortal, like all things human, but is able to boast, with the old Highland chieftain, that none of its ancestors have died a natural death. The time is fast approaching when it too must be sentenced to a p rema t ure and violent end. It is natural that gloomy calculations should now be becoming an habitual subject of the victim's thoughts. In fact, the question as to the latest day to which the fatal blow can possibly be deferred is the only one that can be said really to occupy the Parliamentary mind at this moment. Compulsory silence upon this all-absorbing topic is a cruel ag gravation of suffering at such a crisis ; but consti tutional decorum is imperative. That which is up permost in the minds of all must be upon n o one's lips. But in the shortness of every sitting, the dulness of every debate, and the pettiness of every subject of legislation may be traced the operation of the care which is engrossing every mind. The question upon which members seem to be delibe rating so silently and so sorrowfully is not without interest even to those who have not before their minds the vision of an agreeable future filled up with laborious canvassing days, heavy election bills, and tiresome bribery inquiries. In any case this Parlia ment will have approached nearer to its legal term than the majority of its predecessors, and it may possibly live to furnish a unique example of lon gevity. It is natural, therefore, that speculations as to the probable time of its dissolution should be rife. The only basis, however on which they can be rested is to be sought in the inherent probabilities of the case. Many rumours are current concerning the information which the Prime Minister is supposed to have vouchsafed upon the subject to intimate, but apparently indiscreet friends. But these ora cular utterances are not satisfactory guides, be cause the Premier, in the observance of a rigid neutrality between contending opinions, appears to have given a different version of his inten tions to each successive querist. The selection of the best moment for a dissolution is a critical point in party manoeuvre, and it is safe to predict that he will make it with his accustomed tact. But several considerations must press upon his mind, of dif ferent kinds, and it is not easy to foresee which will gain the mastery. The great issue lies between the autumn of this year and the spring of next year. There are some very potent arguments for delaying the painful ceremony till next year. The past regis tration has not been as satisfactory to the Govern ment as could have been wished. The change it has made in the lists is probably not quite so great as the Conservative organs represent it to have been ; but, upon the whole, there is little doubt that the Government have lost decidedly, and there is still less that they expected to gain largely. Under these circumstances, it i s v e r y tempting to try the chances of another ye ar . Perhaps it is more a tempting than sagacious policy. It is not likelythat the stream will c h ange i ts di rec ti on i n so brief a space of time. Th ere i s apt to b e a run o f luck in politics, as in other games of chance, and it is not safe, when it has set in, to play double or quits. Still the proverbially sanguine temperament of elec tioneers will probably represent matters more fa vourably. If, as leaders of the Liberals, Lord Pal merston is exposed to the temptation to run out this present Parliament, it is much stronger when viewed from his own personal position. When he parts from this Parliament, he must feel that he can never have another so exactly to his mind. It represents his own peculiar political position with a fidelity which can never be equalled. Neither Premier nor Parliament have finally broken with democracy, nor is either inclined to yield to it. Their attitude is rather that of a suspension of arms than of either hostility or peace. The next Parliament can scarcely return from the hustings in the same pro visional character. It must move decidedly in one direction or the other; and with that change the feeling which chiefly inspires, the present blind at tachment to Lord Palmerston will be gone. It can hardly be doubted that, if he were left to his own inclination, he would not shorten by a single week the existence of so complaisant a body. But the ob jections upon the other side are so serious that per haps the majority of p&ple have made up their minds that there must be a dissolution at the end of the present session. It is nearly a century and a half since the Parliament which passed the Septennial Act was dissolved, and never once during the whole of that period has the Parliament been allowed to survive till within three months of its legal termina tion. Precedent is strong upon all those questions which are included within the scope of the mysterious word " constitutional," and in point of precedent such a proceeding would be absolutely without defence. But the practical evils of it would be more formidable still. The discussions of the House of Commons are not under the control of the Govern ment, nor even of the House itself. There is no constitutional machinary by which inconvenient elo quence can be checked. Coughs, yells, scrapings may be potent as against the sensitive and the fasti dious ; but in the case of members not afflicted with either of these two disqualifications, they are abso lutely powerless. Now bores are usually only a n annoyance ; but if the Prime Minister should resolve upon continuing the Parliament till next spring, they will become a constitutional power of the first mag nitude. It will be in their discretion to disband the army and navy, and to leave the Treasu r y w ith out a farthing to pay the Civil Service of the country. Should the present Parliament meet again in' Feb ruary next, it will have, within little more than three months, to pass the Mut in y Bill s, to go through the votes in supply, and to pass the W ays and Means Bills necessary for raising the ta xes out of which the expendituresanctioned is to be d e f rayed. But it is an old constitutional right that, before any stage of these proceedings for the granti ng o f money, any member may claim to be he ar d upon any grievance —that is to say, upon any subject on which it may please any member to talk. It requ i res no great effort of imagination to foresee that bores may be found who will see th e i r opportunity and use it mercilessly. They mu s t b e li stened to. Remon strances, objections, indignant p ro t es t s w ill b e o f 'Theyavail. For th e moment, they are the masters. They will enjoy the unwonted sensation of being secure against a count-out, for a count-out would only aggravate the delay they are causing. For the first ti me i n t h e history of Parliament, they will be in a condition to insist upon a hearing. It may be conjectured that, before they have been exhausted, the spring will be well advanced. The fatal 30th of May, on which Parliament will dis solve of itself, will be close at hand. No English member, with the fear of his constituents before his eyes, would venture upo n so i n d ecen t a p rocee di ng as talking the Parliament out, but Irish constitu encies would probably look upon such a freak with more sympathising eyes. Mr. Vincent Scully would perhaps not suffer severely in the opinion of the people of Cork if he were to seize that opportunity for explai n i ng t h e wrongs o f I re l and ; and the in dignation displayed. by the base Saxon at such a pro ceeding would make his return at th e i mpen di ng election absolutely secure. If Lord Palmerston will only try th e experiment of deferring the di sso l ut i on till the spring of next year, this generation will have the chance of seeing a dramatic Parliamentary scene such as has seldom been witnessed before. Scene— the House 'of Commons ; time—half past 11 o'clock p.m. on the 30th of May, 1866. Principal figure— Mr. Vincent Scully eloquently insisting upon the wrongs of Ireland. Below him, the Ministers pro foundly uncomfortable at the reflection that neither Appropriation Bill nor Tax Bills have been passed, and that the public service can only be carried on by illegal proceedings for which a new and possibly hostile Parliament may refuse an indemnity. On the benches round about, the bloody and brutal Saxon trying to put down Mr. Vincent Scully by mere howling ; the din, however, only inspiring him with fresh ardour, by recalling to his mind plea sant memories of his native land. For half an hour the grand spectacle of the impassioned patriot gesti culating in dumb show, and vainly struggling to make his eloquence heard above the chorus of 500 infuriated Saxon yells. At the end of that time the clock strikes 12, the Irish patriot's task is done ; the Speaker, no longer a speaker, descends humbly from his chair ; the House of Commons is suddenly re solved into a very shabby-looking and uproarious public meeting ; and the Ministers go off reflecting upon the perplexing predicament into which the exigency of party tactics has conducted them. It would be a pity to lose such a scene. Perhaps, for the transitory interests of the public service, it would be better that the elections should take place next autumn ; but for the more permanent objects of the sensational historian, it is earnestly to be hoped that the dissolution may be postponed. THE " SPECTATOR ON MR. GLADSTONE AND RAILWAY REFOR3l.—There are only two modes of carrying a great innovation in a constitutional country. One is to bring forward with great éclat a measure so large and as it were so dramatic that it touches the popular imagination, and is accepted by irresistible acclaim. The storm of public ap plause cows the " interest," and scatters obstacles as a physical storm scatters sand dunes. Free trade in corn was really carried in that way, the nation having made up its mind to the cheap loaf months before the governing classes had fairly reasoned themselves out of their pecuniary timidity. The other, and perhaps less dangerous way, is to invite discussion, to issue commission, and form com mittees, to let facts and theories and considerations and plans filter slowly down into the national mind, till when the time for action arrives it is found that there are no obstacles to remove, that even the " interests " are willing the experiment should be tried. That was the way in which the Poor-Law reformers secured what at one time seemed impos sible—a tolerant hearing for their immense and un popular innovation. Mr. Gladstone has in the matter of Railway legislation adopted the second and perhaps wiser alternative. Mr. Roebuck forced from him on Tuesday night, not perhaps altogether unwillingly, a statement not indeed of his policy, but of his immediate action. He does not intend to suggest at once any vast scheme for the purchase of the railways throughout Great Britain, or any one system of railways, or even of any one railway. Still less does he propose to renew the Railway Act without discussion or concession secured to the public, or guarantee that the more pressing evils of the monopoly shall in some way be softened. With a studious precision of words he announced that he intended to guano the public mind, to issue, in other words, a Royal Commission, which should inquire into the working of the Railway system, the cost of conveyance of goods, the charges made for passengers, the degree in which Railway companies, having obtained a monopoly of the carrying trade of the Empire, satisfy the needs of the nation, to " bring all the facts and information bearing upon the subject into a state in which it may be thoroughly available for members of Parlia ment and likewise for the public at large." The Commission is not to discuss the policy of any mea sure whatever, for if it decided against innovation the Government would be embarrassed, and if for it the public would not have previously been conci liated. It is to be bar, not tribunal—to collect the evidence, not to decide in what direction the bulk of that evidence plainly tends. The report of this commission will, it is hinted, be ready before the new Parliament has assembled, and it will then be laid before a body fresh from contact with its consti tuents, and with time before it to consider any pro posal, however extensive. Mr. Walpole tried hard to induce Mr. Gladstone to ask the House for a preliminary vote in the shape of an address praying the Crown to grant the commission suggested, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not inclined to be entrapped. He had made up his mind that to do anything great he must have the support of the nation, that to gain such support he must instruct the nation, and that to move before the instruction had been afforded would be fatal to all his plans. He fell back therefore with a pride which we wish other Ministers would display a little more frequently upon his responsibility, telling the member for Cambridge University that the first act belonged to the Ministry, who, and not the House are respon sible for their advice to the Crown. The public, accustomed to believe that a commission is a subter fuge used to gain time, may be inclined to imagine that Mr. Gladstone has abandoned the wider ideas he is said to have entertained. If he had he would have done the weakest act of his whole political life, but there is no trace in his proposal of any such design. People who jump to that conclusion either wish it, as the Times avowedly does, or fail to perceive the extent of the field which any inno vation, and therefore any inquiry, must of neces sity cover. The railway companies have not yet completed their task, but they begin to see land, and they have accomplished immense results. Within the 25 years of their existence they have practically obtained a monopoly of the whole internal carrying trade. They have killed the coaches, superannuated the barges, outstripped the steamers, and abolished the posting houses. The coasting trade has put itself en rapport with them, and there are routes along which feeble tugs or still feebler horses slowly drag cumbrous barges with loads the value of which will scarcely bear the expense of speed. In the out-of the-way districts stage coaches may still be found, and there are whole counties, notably in the north of Scotland, where to the discredit of their proprie tary and the delight of innkeepers the traveller is still reduced to posting. But for all practical pur poses as to goods, and for all purposes as to passen gers, the railways have completely won the day. If they stopped our civilisation would stop too. It it were possible to imagine the system suspended in toto England would be ruined, for the trade of to day created by the diffusi on o f ra il ways could not b e carried on by the ancient means. Communication would seem to be suspended, trade would be paralysed, half the population of England would be comparatively imprison e d, an d no sma ll sect i on o f the remainder would be compelled to strike their tents and close in o n th e great c i t i es as t h e pr i ce o f their daily bread. To take a single illustration of the effects railway s h ave exercised upon our civilisa tion, their suspension would be equivalent to that of the newspaper pre ss . Th e carried over the E mp i re at the prices now demanded, could not, we journals could not be strongly suspect, be carried in bulk at a all. The companies have the control of a supply which is to civilisation almost as valuable as air to the human body, and it becomes to the last degree important to inq u i re i n t o th e spirit in which they are disposed to employ their power. They are the national carriers—a re they trying to carry the nation or only a very limited class, to convey all goods or only goods which can bear heavy expense of carriage ? Nobody doubts, we presume, that there is a point of demand for passenger fares at which the railways would become an unmitigated nuisance, would give to a few individuals a mono poly of locomotion as completely as the Legislature could do. Parliament certainly will not deny it, for it legislated to meet that very contingency. Nor will any wise person doubt that if conveyance could be made perfectly costless the activity, and conse quently the prosperity, of the Empire would be inde finitely increased. There must be a point between those two extremes, which is the one best for all par ties, which secures at the least sacrifice of pecuniary productiveness to the railways the largest possibility of traffic to the nation. The object of Mr. Gladstone's inquiry is to ascertain whether the railways have by their rule of thumb happened to ascertain that point, whether, for example, it is a national good that while the Great Northern dividend last year was £7 10s. per cent., it defeated a project which would have lowered the price of coal to five millions at least 3s. a ton. The nation suspects that it is not, that the . railways are carryi ng sma ll numbers of men and limited quantities of goods at high rates in preference to large numbers of men and unlimited quantities of goods at low rates, that they are sacri ficing the public not to their own profits, but to the ease of directors, the comf or t o f contractors, and the timidity of a vast body o f littl e s h areholders. The companies, for example, carry third-class pas sengers at Bs. 4d. per 100 miles. That is cheaper than any other conveyance, but the Belgians carry the same class at 3s. per 100 miles, which is actually cheaper than walking barefoot, for a strong man would take three days to walk it, lose Is. 6d. a day as wages for unskilled labou r , an d mus t p a y f or hi s keep besides. Transpo r t a t th a t ra t e wou ld equa lize wages all over England, and enable surplus la bour to flow t o it s proper mar k e t as wa t er fl ows to its level. In addition to these heavy charges the companies charge third-class fare only at the most inconvenient hours. If the inquiry simply ended in adding a third-class division to every train, and regulating charge by speed as well as distance, it would be worth all the trouble it will involve, but it will effect much more than that. It will, we be lieve, show that whole branches of trade are cut off by the charges invented to obtain great pr o fit f or little work ; that entire districts grow less than they might if chalk and manure could be carried cheaplyi that whole populations are starved with cold, a nd great industries arrested by the fictitious price posed upon coal ; that the natural movement population, ' which is the very systole and dias„t°,,, of modern civilisation, is arrested by tariffs will% while they injure the people, do not secure returf to the proprietors ; that in short the tendencY , u 0 railway management as at present carried on is therte stereotype the pace of the national pulse, and fore the rate at which the national energy call applied. THE " EXAMINER" ON THE TRALEE ELECTILI —What has taken place this week in the borough of Tralee may well awaken doubts in the in si .int her Conservatives on - the subject of the Ballot -D 1 e' of the candidates contesting the representation P we fessed to belong to the party whose interests the uphold. We are, therefore, en titled to disc uss iity matter without incurring the suspicion of P attie either on personal or political grounds. We re ' a bt the result, because it has been unmistakably brondcwo about by the most scandalous intimidation; an w ith regard the example thus offered as one frangitt w e infinite mischief to the community at large. - especially desire to mark the event as a signatv stance of the want of security for liberty o f v° l o ur and to recommend its careful consideration bY e is Tory friends. Tralee, as most people are awa r a little seaport town in the south of Irela nd ', c no t taming but a few thousand inhabitants and tes. many electors. Of these about a fourth are Pre to . tants, and, as is usually the case in small Irish & y ip try towns, Conservatives. Of the rem ainder roth ; are Catholics, the wealthiest and most numerate have for a long time professed innuedray opinions, and have resisted any attempt to it them into sanctioning wild or seditious view s 'dys is generally understood that up to within a fet te r of the late election, they had signified th eir d dition tion to vote for Mr. McKenna who had t he promises of support from the Tory minornY tea A iro borough. These latter kept their word, anu. had for him as man who by honourable enterpri.sefor acquired opulence, and who as an B an g their tial director of the National Ba n ', t heir identified with the industrial prosperity 01 town and country. Many of the Catholics r," a de, persisted in redeeming the promises they ha d 3O, but a number, variously stated at from 20 to 30, themselves unable to resist th e violence OP °- matically organised by the partisans of the , i p e tea noghue. No mob which could have been COrboo within the purlieus of the town itself conk' produced such an effect. It was necessary t 0 : 3 this w the aid of the surrounding peasantry ; an d day s done so unscrupulously, that for a week or te n es sea preceding the election the candidate who Pr of o a loyalty to the throne as opposed to revolutionlieoce respect for law and order as opposed to til rb in t the and anarchy, was not suffered to apPer4l: Pa"iO streets or to address a public meeting. 'ILI ° “or' priest who had originally invited him to coincoo, ward, and who had gone the length of taking 1 4 . 4 sel with him how the opposition of a RePe aler efo l ' be averted, became at an early stage of tlies,e at may ous proceedings a conspicuous object a 31 3 1 be truly designated as agrarian interferene-jiatea after a feeble attempt to withstand it, reP a 01 0 his acts and words and declared tha t h?as t go with the stream. There is no se cre V the the means employed. The customers d ° t heir small traders compelled them to len, they aid in working upon the fears n'elitholia reverend preceptor.. Others of the 0 0 c )/1 clergy were in like manner induced to co -op us ivts the occasion ; and when the work of barbar°, dose' midation was thought to have been sufficien to rei the fanatical favourite of the hour was adw e de r tba_, sign his seat for a neighbouring county in ° r o gh he might be returned for the insianificant bor ve nco Tralee. A more wicked abuse of popula r ill if the at elections is not to be found on record. _ . nre fer constituen.cy had really been stupid enough w o hooe a hair-brained and inexperienced youneall 10 311 habits in political talk and political a ction W. g the of tried ability and worth, capable of rend el d •tio lo . • ad 1 we locality efficient service and of bringing len t, parlian o weight to the Irishrepresentation in , he err r ; might regret the circumstance and pitY mound in t but we should not have to complain of a vir again flicted on freedom of election or an outrage is too , constitutioual rule. But the case of Va le° e 01 ' d flagrant to be passed over in silence : an ios ecl 1 that party in the State which has hitherto e_ .. l o f tbe ears to all argument and reason in fav ciul _ er ions i l Ballot, whether it does not behove town Li / 00: to consider,—in the interests of their ~a. to put it on no higher ground,—lvne' to s' method should not be adopted to p ut an en en o' possible use of terrorism in the c hoicc ul o ci f %%P y re : fl ew tives ? Certainly vote by b a llot Wo tralized the ruffianism of Tralee. COUNTRY MARKE TS NORWICH—SATURDAY. the „ilia g The wheat trade to-day may be reported as — iv . be,., 111 , - a same in price as on this day se'nnight, the stIPPI, 1-, ; ''" rather more liberal and the demand tolerably P o lls ( fill, supply of barley was still fair, and all goudaaal_d gr ill i ties met with buyers on late terms ; secri!isios, its' to Q iwar ing sorts commanded only a dull sale• Oats, beans' red peas supported former rates. 459 ; . 0 , ditto (weighing 631 b to 641b),j9t best w — litto 3 6 s tu tu - 3 ;$ . White wheat (weighing 631 b to 6410 , : 48 3 , runS wet b' barley (weighing 551 b to 561 b), 3°a, ;l h - n g clitto C•v e. 'slo mg 521 b to 531 b), 24s to 268 ; oats, 2 ' '- (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; ar — to 268 ; be ans ' 250 to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr ; flour, 2 6 $ to rs. Arley, 0 76 C I ' 6d. Average—wheat, 2,197 qrs, 38s ld ; '"'" 29s 10d ; oats, 51 qrs, 26s sd. _ . New white wheat, malt to 44835 s ° YORK—SATuuDAY . , a gs to ; no st°d . w Iva/ u" .-rilice -36 stone. Bt o 2s Peh • arley, forng, 28s to 30s per c l r '..i4 st ° 26s to 27s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 2 0 $ Beans, 38s to —s per 38 stone. ~ air, there bei N n - g O a T s T p l ri N n G kl H in A g ll of -- w S hi A l Tt e : d AY : ed s ue w tsb u e e ft i ,. oo sf; f . At this corn exchange to-day the supPlY °L i ' c riP l y Jr. The weather has been very severe during nosy; de Around here the fields areuite covered WO Thel tit' was o l d slow, wh f teen wheat, sales the wheat plant will be protected from the frost. ie of 4 w 2 e s re to m 4 a 6 d s e to 4 e. 13 to white, 40s to 45s ; new red, 30s to Ils per 36 ct_ 10; ley, new malting, 28s to 34s per q ; old gri n trte"4s , 27s ; now, 25s to 27s per 30 stone. r 'Oats, old, ''' 3e naw, 22s to 25s ; old foreign, 24s to 26s per stole. old, 40s to 43s ; new, 37s to 39s per 38 stone• 0 1 LEICESTER--SATIMDAY. ~, 410 i $u - Old ila.er Old White wheat, 43s to 46s ; old red, 3Ss to -, Y,50 white, 40s to 44s ; new red, 37s to 41s per 36 atop pe'd. ley, malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; grinding, 260 ter,24 sto' stone. Oats, old, 24s to 26s ; new, 21s to 230P, nn e Beans, old, 39s to 41s ; new, 36s to 38s per 38 s" one• _ . 0" DUBLIN.—FRIDAY. a ye No life in the trade. Every one afraid to r -- ci r froPor cept for immediate wants, and p r ices not alte r 6d pel for day week, except in barl e y, w hi c h was quotedu,i;.ed• rel lower. Distillers an d b rewers a re getting e tc r l s aler wheat and maize no busi ness . Flour, a larg e c " , clo4 demand ; no change in price. 6d ; Currencies :—White wheat, 22s 6d to 2 0 od; 13s 1g 20s 6d to 22s Od ; grinding barley, 12s Od ing do., 13s to 14s 6d ; white oats, lls to 1-4 s; 10s Od to lls Od. Foreign "ail Packet Lis t ' v., S• -4e•-• .F eb ' • Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton **** .f.c.n. , 6, Ditto, via Marseilles ....................... • • .I‘l o • Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pae.et ........ •• lUD. .6, Dit, o, by British packet ......... • • . r 15, Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena' • ...Fel ) .. china, Penang, and Sing.ipure, via Sow haraPt°ll . Feb. Ditto, via Marseilles .................... • ..... „. /. Faikland Islands ........... • • 'yet, 0 , Gibraltar, via Southampton. ...... " yeD ~ India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southamp ton Fe b ' ii. Ditto, via Marseilles ........ . • • '.. f en. 0 India (II AnbaY), via Southampton.. ....... •• • "• • • .Feb* 14 , Ditto, via viarseilles .' • .11 0 5. . .... • • sat' 1 6. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via MarseiLe 3... . . ................... . • . Fe l) . il• ..... Newf oun d land Portugal . - Births. 01' 11111 CRAVEN. On the 15th inst., atViThilt on Lode, isT or WI 7 tonshire, Mrs. Craven, of a son. ,1 n g rS " EDEN.—On the 6th inst., at Cantley, the J. O--. 3 0 0, of a son. . Cr° l , N RENDELL.—On the 17th inst at the Old P 313c a ' ka Mrs. Rendell, of a son. 9 TREMAYNE.—On the 15th inst., at Exmouth, t il° if° Henry Tremayne, Esq., of a daughter. , i3 O ; Marriages_ it i, i ts , ,, o' HUMRRRY—LEE.—On the 14th inst., at All if l-7 , o 3p ll "itt O don, Albert Alfred, fifth son of Richard " o f 0. 03 ,„ Chichester, to Elizabeth, the fourth daug. ~,,bte ro . - $ 1 11e„ :gr James and Sarah Lee, of Knapp-hill, NO K-u ts, ,Al e ,go o TULLOCH—HEELIS.—On the 16th inst., at eci`secolrfrinolr• der Bruce Tulloch, Esq., Captain 96th Iteo„"dov'tVeol ° ' of Lieut.-Colonel Jams D. G. Tulloch , 'bell '''. Kent, to Arabella, younger daughter of SteP Esq., of Manchester. 11 0 Deaths. DAsnwoon.—On the 16th inst, at B o ccles,..S liff°ll‘' Clift i o 4 Dashwood, Esq., aged 91. 1: , D.O EDWARDS.—On the 15th inst at 241, ale, g a ida - v %, Es °e a Edwards, Esq., aged 94. .' g a g, A ge GREENS.—On the 14th inst., at Lawforcl Gr eeiA Mary, widow of the Rev. Edward Henry g io l 97. ii JO e MACKENZIE.—On the 16th inst., at Ediu btirg- ' Mackenzie, Esq., W.S., aged 55. din iftli tli° if .A. MU RRAY. — On the 17th inst., at The Alba ll •'' 1•0 Hon. Henry A. Murray • TWIST.—On the 11th inst the Rev JcaoP h Wildi li .i t el:°l' M.A., formerly incumbent of Ch . rist (W eb ' ~...‘ and of St. Michael's, Kingston, Jaraaica. ---.--....- jr ifif°' ......____ —.....—...,--........- y A lf A1 413 ,,7' - 0 1 0 ; Lot.don : Prin.td and Published by SVIL I, .-- -- , , Ac e, ~- of of No. 11.?, Strand, hinter, at 'rue Surz uc e c oati Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy' , in t • Middlesex.—Monday, February 2 0 , 1865'