The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBUI 13, IEC=. AMERICA. (From the Times Corresporulent.) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29. Had there not been an excitement in England about the Fenians, which reflected to this side of the Atlantic, there would not have been developed in any part of America the least active sympathy on the part of the 200,000 Irishmen said to be in the American branch of the order with the move ments in Ireland. Heretofore the order has been passive, limiting its revolutionary tendencies to a few meetings, at which Irish oratory reigned in all its florid rhetoric, or a funeral of gaudy equipages when some " Mac" or "0" happened to die. The ex citement in England has caused an excitement here, but nothing is to be at all feared by any English garrison in Ireland. One fierce meeting in New York, at which crowds attended, cheered, hissed, and howled with all the fervour of the Emerald Isle, but at which no American of any prominence ventured to be present, and nothing was done that could in any way help Ireland, is the sum total of all the Fenian movements in America, since it was announced that the English Government seriously feared an out break in Ireland. It has now been three weeks since the news of arrests and martial law in various parts of Ireland reached us, and every steamer has been adding fuel to the flame one would suppose ought to consume the hearts and enrage the minds of an excitable people like the Fenians. But they have done nothing, either openly or secretly. Be yond the meeting at New York, which resulted merely in an expression of barren sympathy, not in a resolve to give active aid, there has not been a declaration of feeling from a single Fenian in the land. The whole thing seems to have fizzled out as soon as the first call for active operations was made. The order is said to be preparing to help Ireland, and to have opened a recruiting office in New York and another office where bonds of the loan of " The Republic of Ireland" are printed and sold ; but the most diligent search can find neither place, and if it could, I am sure, from the feeling of the American Government, it would result in the suppression by military force of every movement calculated to em broil America in a foreign war. If there are 200,000 Fenians in America willing and anxious to invade and capture Ireland, they keep very quiet about it, much more quiet than Irishmen are wont to do when bent on matters of less moment, and the excessive quietness of the whole order leads me to think that nothing is contemplated by either leaders or followers beyond the abuse of England or the expression of a little harmless sympathy for the revolutionists in Ire land. England need not fear the American Fenians, for abuse sent 2,000 miles across the At lantic cannot have much venom in it. The truth is that Fenianism meets with no sym pathy in America outside the pure Irish population. The Americans do not like the Irish, for the hun dreds of thousands who have come to us are all of the lower classes— at the best of times very bad specimens of the Celtic race. If the Americans did -nothing to help Juarez to drive Maximilian from Mexico they can do no more to help the Fenians to conquer Ireland. Of themselves the Irish compos ing the Fenian order in America are perfectly harm less. Nearly all are very poor, many came to Ame rica by the charity of friends, and not one in a hundred could be induced even by patriotism to return again to Ireland. They get no sympathy from us, for our people are sick and tired of endless proposals to revolutionise Ireland. The Catholic Church is opposed to them, and the pronunciamentos of its bishops and clergy forbidding all good Catho lics from joining the order have almost paralyzed it. The Government watches the Fenians closely, and the first attempt at violating international law will be suppressed with a strong hand. The head centres may talk as loud as they please, and belabour Eng land to their hearts' content, but they must go no further ; and so well do the Fenians know this that I do not believe any of the circles are even cal culating the amount of military preparation neces sary before an invasion of Ireland would be at all practicable.„ If sympathy from American Fenians will do the Irish any good they can have any amount of it, but they need lock for nothing else. They will have to fight their own battles if they do fight, for their sympathisers have very little money, and still less of anything else calculated to fit out an expedition to send across the seas. The Irish in America are by no means united in their support of the order, ft, many of them distrust it, others do not wish to break the peace, and a vast multitude who have been member of Fenian circles, finding that year after year there was an endless drain on their pockets with no tan gible result, have withdrawn from the order, and refuse any longer to take part in Fenianism. A few master spirits make all the noise that is heard from America ; the great majo rity of the 200,000—if there be that many Fenians in the United States—are merely silent and passive spectators of the antics of the few. It is the settled opinion in America that the branch of the Fenians here will do little or nothing to aid the branch in Ireland, and that if the revolutionists place any de pendence on the promises of the Irish Americans they will be most wofully deceived. There are even grave doubts if the Fenians do possess the strength of 200,000 men they boast of, for their circles are all small, and if they have a very large membership the rank and file do not attend very closely to the duties of the order. An estimate generally thought reliable places the numberof active Fenians in Ame rica at 10,300, divided thus :—Chicago, 500 ; St. Louis, 500; New York, 2,500 ; Cincinnati, 500 ; Baltimore, 500 ; Cleveland, 400 ; Detroit, 400 ; Boston,. 300 ; Hartford, 250 ; Newhaven, 250 ; Springfield, 100; Albany, 200 ; Philadelphia, 1,000; Pittsburg, 400 ; other places, 2,000. This is a very small estimate, but, so far as any evidence is given of activity in America, it must include all who can be relied upon to take part in any revolutionary de signs, for 10,300 Irishmen bent on any other object certainly would do more to attract attention than the Fenians do. An invasion of Ireland by so small a body certainly cannot be feared in England. The Americans place no more dependence on the prospects of the Fenians than they do upon the hopes of !Juarez and his Liberal Government in Mexico. We would rather ten times over have Juarez possess Mexico than have the Fenians con quer Ireland ; but both are hopeless. If any one has any doubt that the Liberal Government in Mexico is gone beyond the power of redemption, events should by this time convince him that Maxi milian's Empire is a success. Of late the friends of Juarez have been sending us rose-coloured accounts of his fortunes, but each mail as it came from Mexico dissipated them. Even the letters written by Juarez and Senor Romero, prophesying ultimate succeo, were falsehoods. Advices which cannot be qu7- tioned represent Juarez's - influence in Mexico as of no moment whatever, and say the only spot he can claim for his dominions is El Paso del Norte, on the Rio Grande. The mercantile population of Mexico were always in favour of Maximilian, because the establishment of his government promised peace and security, and the restoration of commerce to a firmer basis than it had known for years. Senor Ortega has been in Washington recently, casting about to learn the prospects for having a loan taken to sus tain the dying Liberal cause ; but so badly was the proposition received that he now denies that he ever thought of Proposing such a loan to the American people. President Johnson has lately shown unmis takable signs of withdrawing all countenance from Juarez. Ile has always maintained a strict neu trality, but now he gives evidence that if it is found that the majority of the Mexican acquiesce in Maximilian's government his_Ambassador will be received and his government recognised. The Libe rals can hope for no aid from the United States. It was generally believed at Vera Cruz and Matamoras at the date of our last advices from there that an expedition to assist the Liberals was being fitted out at New York under the auspices of General Orte ga , bid there are no more signs of a Liberal expedition fitting out at New York than there are of a Fenian foray preparing there to invade li'eland. The agents both of Maximilian and Juarez in New York deny thatanything of the kind is contemplated. That the various guerilla bands into which the Liberals have broken up their 'armies will annoy Maximilian for some time to come cannot be de nied, for the guerilla war that has cursed Mexico for years will not cease until the character of the people is changed. But the Liberals never can hope to overthrow the Empire. The truth seems to be that along the Rio Grande frontier, contiguous to the United States, the Liberals can manage to hold their own and defy Maximilian, but everywhere else the Empire is and will be supreme. Acapulco, the last Liberal post on the Pacific coast, was captured recently by French men-of-war, and all vestiges of Liberal tendencies in that region have disappeared. The population acquiesce willingly in the new order of things, no doubt glad to see a prospect of perma nent peace. Want of money paralyses the Liberals and makes all their movements inefficient. Along the Rio Grande they have gathered their troops to gether—scarcely more than 3,000 in ail—and laid siege to Matamoras. On Sept. 10 the Liberals were before the city, but the garrison of 1,500 Im perialists successfully held it. The Liberals hope to capture it, but in all their prophecies want of means is the stumbling-block. If they only had a little more ammunition, they say, they could drive Mejia out, but they do not know where to get it, and will keep up a desultory siege of the town until Impe rialist reinforcements come up the * Rio Grande, when they will dissolve into predatory bands and disappear no one knows whither. From the great mass of falsehood that usually conceals the real state of affairs in Mexico it is hard to extract the truth, but there is no longer a doubt that Juarez's cause is gone, and the end of his Presidential term, which comes some time in November, will see the end of the Liberal Government. The political contests in America are so exces sively dull that the only exciting one, a fight for the spoils in New York city, overtops all the others in interest. This battle does not depend upon the re sult of an election, but upon an investigation which is now being made of the most gigantic frauds ever perpetrated in America. As every one knows, the municipal taxes in New York are enormous, and, as the city is always bankrupt, there has not been for years the slightest doubt that the Treasury was robbed wholesale. So the " Outs" have devised a new mode of attacking the " Ins." For the last seven years the same party has controlled New York, always holding power, no matter what changes were made in the political connections of the national and State Administrations. A certain set of people have held all the offices and divided all the spoils, and those who cannot get in are now hard at work trying to oust them by process of law. The honest New Yorkers—those who do not wish to pay such heavy taxes—have united for the time being with the " Outs," and the battery brought against the office holders is extremely heavy. By the constitution the Governor of the State has the right to remove from office all persons guilty of peculation. Charges in volving frauds to the enormous amount of 30 mil lion dollars have been brought against the office holders, and those who bring the charges say they can substantiate them all. They embrace stealings for a period of seven years, and to answer them the mayor and various other officials of New York city were summoned last week before Governor Fenton, at the State capital, and after a partial investigation the examination was adjourned to New York, where it is now progressing. The Governor says he has the power to get back the 30 million dollars stolen from them ? Out of or in office it is still the same, the people have been robbed, and though the punish ment of the thieves may be a slight gratification, it will be no protection against future robberies. Still the case is important, and both sides are using every possible means to influence it. I doubt very much if the corporation of any other city in the world has stolen 30 million dollars in the last seven years. The recent meeting in London of the Confederate bondholders has directed the attention of American financiers to the subject of the Confederate debt. there is not the slightest hope of any of the Southern debt being paid, unless it might be such State debts as were in existence before the war, the amount of these debts will no doubt be of interest. On January 1, 1864, the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury made the following statement of the Confederate debt at that time, with estimates of expenses until January 1, 1865. To these I have added the State debts, and an estimate of the ex pense of the war until General Lee's surrender : Funded debt 8297,871,000 Non-interest notes 766,447,000 Interest-bearing note , : 102,000,000 Call certificates 89,000,000 Unpaid interest 181,000,000 Estimated expenses for 1864 1,427,488,000 Expenses until Lee's surrender in 1865 500,000,000 State debts 87,000,000 Total $3,450,766,000 Paper was so much depreciated in the Confede racy that the debt increased with astonishing rapi dity, and when this enormous sum of nearly $3,500,000,000 was suddenly swept away no one could be astonished that it beggared the entire sec tion. The President, without yet declaring a general amnesty, has adopted a system of pardoning which very closely approaches it. He now grants pardons to the Southern people at the rate of 300 or 400 a day, and though he has not yet pardoned any of the military officers, he has given orders that no one unpardoncd is to be unmolested. Alit(' siinileof his signature has been engraved, and is affixed to the pardon blanks by clerks. Very little examina tion is now made into the character of the applicant, and the mere presentation of an humble petition seems sufficient to secure a pardon. The pardon car ries with it immunity from confiscations. All estates are restored to their owners upon the exhibition of the pardon, and in Richmond, where nearly every man's property has been seized, the rejoicing at the President's sudden and most agreeable change of demeanour is very great. The Richmond courts are now kept busy in restoring confiscated property to the owners. Petitions for the pardon of Jefferson Davis are sent to the President from all parts of the South. Every Southern Convention bas asked that cle mency be extended towards him. In some places, however, the military authorities are not pleased at these exhibitions of friendliness for the great captive, and at Lynchburg, Virginia, the commanding officer recently dispersed a meeting that had assembled to petition for his release. The expressions of feeling all over the South shgw the sincerest sorrow for Mr. Davis's misfortunes. The Wirtz trial drags its slow length along, ex citing very little interest. The defence has been opened, but thus far has been characterised by little else than squabbles among the lawyers. Wirtz is slowly dying, and will not live to be punished by any earthly court. It is said that Howell Cobb, of Georgia, is to be arrested for having ordered some of the cruelties alleged to have been inflicted by Wirtz. Robert Ould, the Confederate Commissioner of Exchange, will be witness in Wirtz's defence. General Lee has quietly begun his duties as Pre sident of Washington College at Lexington, Vir ginia, although he will not be formally installed until October. next. It is astonishing to see the facility with which the Southern people work their way into the affections of the North. In Washington City returned Con federates get all the choice positions, and in New York they can command any business connexion they wish. Prominent Confederate officers am , now en gaged in mercantile pursuits in New York, and, if anything, are received more cordially for having been Confederates. The transition is wonderful from the hard words and harder blows of a year ago. In the South the people are reconstructing the State Governments in their own way. Both the South Carolina and the Alabama Conventions have given a death-blow to negro suffrage in their re spective States by enacting that the basis of repre sentation shall be the white population ; and in South Carolina the establishment of a militia sys tem similar to that of Mississippi has been ordered by the Convention, and the military have been told to le. the people have their own way. Gradually the people of the South are recovering the reins of government from the military authorities, and as one support after another falls fram the power of the soldiers the people gain confidence and do things they would not have dared to think of a short time ago. In Kentucky Generals Palmer and Brisbin have been Edieted for violating the slave laws of the States in running off negroes, and thus far neither has attempted to use the military power to annul the indictment. The only act of lawlessness committed by the soldiers this week has been the arrest of the editors of the Clarksville (Tennessee) Chronicle for too plain an expression of opinion with - regard to Governor Brownlow. In Kentucky and Tennessee—whether it be caused by the leniency of the military is not known--the guerillas have again appeared, and in Robertson county, Tennessee, a gang of 40 have lately engaged 4 ,n indiscriminate murder and robbery. These out rages have been diabolical, and troops hal , e been sent to capture them. In Kentucky the operations of the guerillas have not been so bloody, but still are such as to imperil the peace of the neighbourhood in which they act.. They do not steal or murder, but they arrest every man who brings suit against re turned Confederates, and compel its withdrawal. Their head-quarters are in Morgan county, and their latest prank has been the seizure of the col lectors of the United State's Internalßevenue, whom they compelled to desist from collecting taxes. A force of troops endeavoured without success to drive the guerillas away, and now an entire regiment has been sent after them. Much litigation is feared in South Carolina, owing to the destruction of all the State and most of the district records during the war. In many of the county seats the court offices,containing title papers, deeds, wills, &c., were burnt, and endless law suits must result. It seems the miseries entailed by the war are never to cease. A new political element has appeared in America in the effort made by the working-men to establish eight hours as a lawful day's work. They are hold ing mass conventions in all parts of the country, and in many places have announced that they will vote for no candiates for office who do Rot faithfully labour for the eight-hour system. Their determina tion will have an important influence upon our elections. For the encouragement of applicants for office in America, it is announced that 10,000 applicants for such vacancies as may occur in the 2,700 places in the Treasury Department at Washington have already been received and filed away carefully for future reference. As no office-holders resign and few die, there is very little chance for the army of aspirants. The English delegation of capitalists will return to New York to-night, when they will separate, some going to Canada, others to England,' and a few remaining at New York to complete business arrangements. They have spent nearly four weeks in examining the railroads of America, and no doubt express great pleasure at the cordiality of their reception in all parts of the country. The captain of the emigrant ship Villafranca, charged with cruelty to his passengers, has been held in $5,000 bail to answer the charge at court. The. Grand Jury of New York have indicted for manslaughter the owners of the steamboat Arrow, which blew up recently, killing some passengers. Their trial will be the first in the United States in which men are arraigned for causing the disasters so common throughout the country. The standstill race of the two gunboats, the Algonquin and the Winooski, tied to the dock inNew York, has ended, and the judges have decided the performance of the two boats to be equal. The Algonquin is high pressure, and the Winooski low pressure, and to decide the merits of the two classes of steam engines the novel trial was ordered. They will soon race with each other on Long Island Sound. In the first week of October the cargo of 700 y oung ladies sent by Governor Andrews of Massachusetts to furnish wives and housekeepers to the people of Washington Territory, on the Pacific coast, will sail from New York. As I close the intelligence reaches me that the President has decided on removing General Palmer from command in Kentucky, and that he will also soon issue a proclamation declaring the State relieved from martial law, and restoring the civil authority. The President has also received a despatch from Governor Parsons of Alabama, announcing that the State Convention, by a vote of 60 yeas to 19 nays, has repudiated all war debts both of the State and of the Confederacy, and has forbidden the State Legislature making any provision for their payment. The United States steamers Saranac and St. La wrence, of heavy armament and great speed, sailed from San Francisco on Sept. 14 and 20 in pursuit of the Shenandoah. A letter from Capt. Hall, in the Arctic regions, has been received in New York, announcing the probable safety of three of the men who were with Sir John Franklin. They are said to be residing among the Innuits. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Alderman Dakin in the chair. Mr. B. Baker (the Secretary) having read the notice convening the meeting, the report (an ab stract of which has appeared in The Sun) was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he thought their prospects had consider ably improved, .and from the progress recently made he thought the time was not far distant when the shareholders would be again recompensed for their outlay. The accounts were made out on one uni form plan, so that they could easily compare the various items of one half year with another as far back as the accounts extended. The capital ac count showed an increase in the expenditure of £27,180 during the past half-year, and they had paid off £72,700 of bonds, which had reduced the amount of capital to that extent. The expenditure of the £27,180 had been wisely laid out. The balance of net revenue at the end of the half year amounted to £152,078, and as compared with £174,751 in the corresponding half year of 1864 showed a decrease of 122,672. This decrease was caused by a falling off in the freight and live stock earnings during the first two months of the half year of £44,903, which was reduced by an increase in the passenger traffic of £14,528, leaving £30,374 decrease. From this was deducted £7,701, the re duction in the working expenses leaving the net de crease £22,672. The decrease of traffic in the two first months of the half year was owing to excep tional circumstances. The cost of converting the American currency had also diminished their net profits. In the corresponding half of 1864 the average of exhanges was 1741, for the half year ending the 31st of January, 1865, 2051, and in the past half year the average price of Con version was 1531. The exchange was now pretty steady, at 1431 ; the loss would therefore dimi nish as compared with corresponding periods. Since January, 1862, the loss on exchanges amounted to £370,671, which was a very large amount, They had in fact earned a 5 per cent. dividend through out, but had lost the difference in exchanges, owing to the war. The rates for local and through freight had been raised since the corresponding period of 1864, by about 30 per cent., and thepassenger rates by about 22 per cent. He thought with the in creased receipts, diminished cost of converting Ame rican currency, and reduction of working expenses, they might fairly expect a little sunshine after the darkness that had prevailed. The renewal account had been very heavy during the past four or five years. Their engineer had told them in one of his reports that the railway would require £331,279 expended to put it in good order, by renewing the way. Each half year had been since charged with sums varying from £25,000 to £35,000 for that purpose, and in the last account £26,317 had been charged, but it was satisfactory to know they had expended £283,720 in renewal of the way, and there now remained only £47,558 to be expended to com plete the system and to perfect the renewals. The cost was estimated five years ago, they were now assured that the estimate was quite sufficient for the purpose, and they proposed to spread the expendi ture of the £47,558 for renewals over the next two half years, when there would be an end of that ex penditure. Another matter was their postal ar rangement with the Canadian Government. They were much indebted to the exertions of Mr. Swin yard, their general manager, who had conducted the matter for them with zeal, energy, and tact. The Government had only allowed $7O per mile for the mail service, which was totally inadequate. They raised the allowance to - $lOO per mile up to the 31st of August last, and since then further negotiations were entered into for additional services ?aid the allowance was fixed at $124 per mile of railway per annum, which would give the company an increase of about $20,087 per annum for that particular ser vice. They would perceive in the account they had got £8,295 for postal service on the Sarnia branch, which charge had not been brought before into ac count. The company had made arrangements with the Montreal Telegraph Company for 20 years, by which the railway company were to have the use of the wires, and their own men work the telegraph on the line. The importance of having the telegraph entirely under their control was apparent, and it would also be more economical for the com pany. The Commercial Bank case had been decided in favour of the Great Western Company. The company's agent at Bothwell informed them how much that place on their line had increased in value since the discovery of oil springs over a space of four miles in length by three miles in breadth. A very large quantity of land had been bought within eight miles of Bothwell, and the price of land there had risen from $2O to $5O per acre, and since to $2OO to $3OO per acre. The line into this district would become an important feeder to the railway. There was now a sum of £36,810 available, out of which the directors proposed to declare a dividend of 2 percent. per annum, leaving a balance of £3,205 for the next account ; but as the auditors had re ported that there would be a loss of £4,670 in con verting $77,504 of American currency, there would be some deficiency, and that a less dividend should be declared. It was therefore for the shareholders to decide whether they would have a dividend of 1i per cent., or one of 2 per cent. as proposed. He thought they might safely trust to the increase of traffic in the current half-year to cover, the small deficiency. He then adverted to the importance of laying down a third rail on a portion of their rail way to suit the gauge of the American lines, so as to allow American trains to run over their line. This would prevent three breaks of gauge between Chicago and New York, and it was expected that the whole cost of the third rail would be repaid from tolls in between five and eight years. It was estimated that the loss by break of gauge was now £17,000 a year, which would be saved by laying the third rail. With regard to the Detroit and Milwaukee line, the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last amounted to £147,870, against £119,576 for the corresponding half of 1864, show ing an increase of £28,294. The net receipts on that line in the first half of 1865 were $245,242, and the interest on bonds $203,073, leaving a surplus of $42,169. It could not pay its bonded debt a few years ago, but now it left a surplus. There was no capital account to go to, and the Milwaukee Com pany had to spend its surplus revenue to provide additional cars to convey the increased traffic. The third rail would help the traffic considerably on the Detroit and Milwaukee line, and so indirectly benefit the Great Western Company. There had been an abundant harvest in Canada, and on the whole he thought the prospects of the company were good. The safe and punctual working of the rail way reflected much credit on the management of the line and the officers of the company. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, and that a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum be declared, payable on the Ist of November. Mr. HOYES, a director, seconded the motion. Mr. FILDES, M.P., strongly recommended a traffic arrangement, and the adoption of the one purse system between this company and the Grand Trunk Company. Mr. HARTRIDGE would be very glad to see friendly relations established with the Grand Trunk Railway Cotnpany. He was not surprised to hear there were some differences between the two com panies, but he thought there should be friendly relations between them respecting traffic from Detroit to Toronto. Beyond Toronto he failed to see what connexion there could bebetween the two companies. The CHAIRMAN stated that at the request of his colleagues, when Mr. Brydges, the general manager of the Grand Trunk, was last in England, he (the chairman) proposed to Mr. Brydges that a friendly arrangement should be come to with respect to the traffic between Toronto and Detroit, but Mr. Brydges declined to entertain that question, and they parted good friends. Ile (the Chairman) was sure if the shareholders knew the condition of their line and that of the Grand Trunk they would not be so very anxious for a joint working. If they and the Granfi Trunk were united on that question it would then be only two companies out of seven, and it would probably induce the other five companies to compete more fiercely with them for the through traffic. Mr. HAIITRIDGE was not satisfied that the one purse system would answer in their case. Colonel EVELYN thought they should not allow any pressure in favour of the Grand Trunk interests at their meeting. _ _ The report was then adopted, and the dividend of 2 per cent. per annum was declared, free of income tax, payable on the Ist of November. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. HOYES, a resolution was unanimously passed, approving the agreement bearing date the 19th of September, between the Great Western Railway of the first part, the Atlantic and Great Western Rail way (Buffalo Extension) of the second part, and the Niagara Railway Company of the third part, whereby the Great Western would work the Erie and Niagara Railway for one year, and secure the right of working its traffic over the Erie and Nia gara Railway for years, on terms to be agreed upon. Mr. S. HERAPATII said as the board undoubtedly deserved the confidence of the shareholders, he would move from that side of the table that the present board of directors be re-elected. Mr. HARTRIDGE seconded the motion, and hoped it would be carried unanimously. It appeared that Mr. Harris, of Darlington, was a candidate for a seat at the board, but after an ex planation that he would be outvoted, Mr. Fildes, who proposed him, withdrew his amendment, and the motion was carried unanimously. The retiring auditors, Mr. J. Young and Mr. Smith, were re-elected. On the motion of Mr. lIARTRIDGE, a vote of thanks to the ehairman and directors for their valu able services was carried unanimously. Colonel EVELYN then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Swinyard, the general manager, for his atten tion to the interests of the company, and the pro ceedings terminated. had called the attention of the Government to the question of providing diverging roads to the railway stations, and that obligation had been admitted on the part of the Government. To induce the rapid construction of those roads the directors had re duced the tariff on the line, but they held in reserve the power, should they deem it expedient, of re turning to the higher scale of tariff charges. They were on good terms with the Government. He then explained that Mr. Gainsford and Mr. 'Wickham had been selected from a list of associated share holders to increase the number of directors from five to seven, but some objection had been raised to the selection of Mr. Wickham, on the ground that he had seceded from that body. All he (the Chair man) could say was that the directors had received no notice to that effect. There could be no doubt Mr. Wickham would make from his railway know ledge a valuable member of the Board, having also a large stake in the company. In nominating those gentlemen the Board had only one object in view, that of a good and harmonious working of the rail way. (Hear, hear.) That Association ought long since to have been dissolved, but if there were any real objections to the proper time to exercise them would be on the retirement of directors in Apri next, when they could vote on the question. Mr. J. MoRGAN, a director, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Gosset, Mr. Ireland, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Jones; Mr. Goez, and other shareholders, took par',, in the course of which it was asserted that Mr. Wickham had seceded from the Shareholders Association, and was, there fore, according to arrangements at last meeting, not eligible for election. Mr. WICKHAM contended that he had not seceded from the association.; but he believed his view in re spect of the management of the undertaking con curred with that of the directors, and he would do his duty if elected. An amendment by Mr. Gossett, approving the re port with the exception of the paragraph relating to the selection of Mr. Wickham, was on a show of hands rejected, and the report of the directors was adopted. A dividend of 12s. per share, or 3 per cent. for the half-year, was declared. The meeting was then made special, to repeal and alter some of the articles of association. Mr. Peachey, the solicitor of the company, ex plained the effect of the proposed alterations. After a long discussion, and the rejection of amendments, the proposed alterations with some modifications were adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. NORTH LONDON (CITY BRANCH). Yesterday an inspection of this new railway, its terminus in Liverpool-street, city, and the stations upon the route, showed that the permanent way and general works were in such an advanced state as to allow of an early opening of the line. At the city terminus a large body of workmen are busily em ployed in finishing the booking-offices, platforms, roof, and other portions of the station. The main building has a handsome facade, clock tower in the centre, on each .side of which are the offices of the North-Western and North London Railways, those of the North-Western being on the west and North London on the east. There are five arrival and departure platforms. The roof of the station is con structed of ornamental iron, and wood, and glass, the two divisions being supported by cast-iron pil lars. In the terminus rails have been laid, and in a few days the points and signals at the Sun-street junction where the line enters the station, will be completed. The rails from the City to Kingsland are all laid. There is a station at the corner of Old-street-road. Passengers will be enabled to pro ceed from the city station in Liverpool-street either to Kingsland, Hackney, Bow, Stratford, Islington, Camden-town, Euston-square, and all stations upon the London and North-Western system. The new line is about 21 miles in length, to its junction with the North London Railway. The railway, it is un derstood, will be inspected in the course of a few days by Colonel Yolland. BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. T. M. Weguelin, M.P., in the chair. _ Mr. W. Clay, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that when he addressed them at the last meeting he ventured to say they had touched the bottom. It was satisfactory that statement had been so far borne out by an increase in the receipts, and they had made considerable reductions in working charges. He had grounded that statement on infor mation received from their superintendent abroad, and on the fact that railways sooner or later created their own traffic. He was sorry the improvement in the traffic was not greater ; they had difficulties to contend with, the severity of the tropical winter, damage to their works by storms and floods, which had in the past half-year amounted . to £2,000, and which was provided for in the revenue accounts. Since the date of the report the increase in the traffic receipts in two mouths amounted to £3BO, while there had been a diminution in the expenses of £l,OOO in one month, so there was a probability of their proceeding on the line of improvement. The shareholders would recollect at the last meeting that there had been a good deal of discussion in respect of accrued interest, amounting to £11,568, which in the opinion of one eminent lawyer belonged to revenue, and in the opinion of another eminent lawyer to capital. The inexorable facts of the case decided the question, as they now wanted money for pro viding necessary stores. They required about £12,000 to keep up a supply of stores in Bahia, and without them they could not work the line economi cally or profitably. He appealed to the share holders to leave that money in the hands of the directors as working capital. (Hear, hear.) They DEMERARA. The report of the directors states that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last had been £12,251, against £9,710 for the corresponding half of 1864. The net balance of £5,332, added to the balance of £598 from the previous half-year, made an available sum of £5,930, out of which the directors recommended the payment of the usual dividend on the 7 per cent. preference shares, and on the original stock at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £216. The capital account, to the 30th of June last, showed that £251,371 had been expended, including £1,936 on the new wharf at Georgetown. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -+- TIMES.—The Fenian Conspiracy is a seasonable. treat to many of the good friends of England. It elevates them to the position of serene spectators, or magnanimous neutrals, and enables them to preach return-sermons on national duties and poli tical rights. Russia thinks that the Fenian move ment is the exact counterpart of the insurrection in Poland, with the fortunate exception for us that foreign Powers are not assuming to meddle in our affairs. The Americans regard the movement as precisely similar to the rebellion of the Southern States, and a New York journal observes that if America were but to give the Fenians the same support as was given to the Confederates by Eng land the British Empire would, be shaken to its foundations. Of course this was only what we had to expect, and, truth to say, we can well afford to take it all in good part. In fact, we don't mind confessing that we look out for these reflections with a kind of malicious complacency. We think we make a pretty good show compared with either America or Russia, and that we are getting over our little difficulty a great deal 'easier than either one or the other. of those two countries. But our friends in America are a little precipitate in striking a balance between our "neutrality" and theirs. The cases are really not parallel, and we should have g reater reason for complaint than they had if we chose to, be angry or inconsiderate. No American ever pretended, or could pretend, that England or Englishmen had the slightest share in. the origina tion of the Southern rebellion. It was an American scheme from beginning to end, conceived in Ame rica and confined to America. In the great four years' war which ensued we quietly recognised what could not be dissembled, and we gave free scope to our private sympathies. But beyond this we were absolutely neutral, and it was, indeed, this simple and genuine neutrality which gave the Federals so much offence. They thought " neutrality 2 ' an un becoming attitude,,considering that they represented a Sovereign Power in amity with this country, while on the other side there were none but insur gents in arms, representing no legitimate Govern ment whatever. That was the sum total of our na tional offending, for none know better than the Americans themselves how impossible it is for the government of a free country to control the private adventures of all its citizens. Both sides bought arms of us according to the' uniform practice in such cases, but whereas one side commenced the contest with a firm reliance on our ultimate intervention, that confidence was utterly disappointed. We kept ourselves as free and as far from the strife as we possibly could, nor do the Americans now charge us with any offence beyond misplaced sympathies and perverted opinions. Compare with this the part taken by . Americans in the pre sent movement in Ireland. The Fenian Con spiracy was a plot for subverting the dominion of the Queen in Ireland, wresting that island from and transforming it into the British Empire , an independent State under a republican government. This plot was hatched in America by A mer i can citizens. The conspirators may have been mostly of Irish extraction, but they were actually citizens of the United States. The " Constitution " of the 4-‘ Brotherhood," as defined and described at the last Fenian Congress held at Cincinnati in January, makes open proclamation of this fact. The league, it says, " is composed, in the first place, of citizens in the United States of America of Irish birth and lineage," and " its head-quarters are, and shall be, within the limits of the United States of America." This is plain speaking, and the acts of the con spirators have been in conformity with their words. Americans have furnished for the last two years the whole of the funds required for the furtherance of the plot in Ireland. They have promised to provide the raw companies of harebrained shopboys with trained officers and materials of war. Instalments of these succours have actually arrived ; and the ex amination of the prisoners has conclusively proved that the entire " organisation if so it may be called, in Ireland drew its shape, strength, vitality, and importance from the original organisation in America. It was in evidence on Tuesday last that Stephens, the " captain of all the Fenians " in Ire land, was allowed, while in America last year, to pass along the lines of the Federal army in Tennessee for the purpose of enlisting soldiers for the Irish re bellion. We are not going to found any complaint on these facts, but facts they are, and we submit that they amount to a great deal more than the neutrality which we maintained during the Ameri can war. It is true, and we acknowledge it with great satisfaction, that the American Government has behaved with all honourable loyalty in the matter, and that it is not to be suspected of even indirectly countenancing these extravagant proceedings. We believe that it would willingly see them stopped, and we can understand the considerations by which its action in that direction may be restrained. But that does not affect the actual cDntrast between the two cases. Whatever mischief there may be in Fenianism—and fortunately there is not much—can be directly ascribed to the organised and systematic proceedings of citizens of the United States. The whole scheme is nothing but a filibustering plot for seizing one of the British Islands by a military force organized and supported from America, and plant ing American institutions in the captured country. No sane American could contend that the proceed ings of Englishmen during the Civil War bore any resemblance to these. We should have a perfect right to say, if we chose to do so, that the Fenian movement owed its origin to America exclusively, but as we recognize the good faith of the United States' Government, and ag we can happily well afford to be indifferent on the point, we advance no such charge. Fenianism is not a product that any people would be proud of, and if the Irish in America must needs bring their delusions to the test of experiment, they could hardly have done so with less harm to us or more discomfiture to them selves. Perhaps it was hardly necessary to assure us that no native-born Americans are answerable for the devices of the scheme. They betray the genuine Irish mind throughout. The notion that a hundred thousand American Fenians could come over here in parties of five, with arms for two hun dred thousand more in their portmanteaus, could tumble into their places in an army never previously mustered, and could conduct this force to a success ful encounter with orre of the most powerful Govern ments in the world, is purely Irish.in its extrava gance. It could never have commended itself to the practical acuteness of Yankee brains. We fully believe the Americans when they tell us who are the Fenians. We recognize the Irish hand even in the New York journals, and weneed not, we are certain, assure any native-born citizen of the States that the British Empire is not going to be " rocked to its foundations" by anything the Chicago " Brother hood" can do or devise. It is so easy for us to be good-tempered under the circumstances that we take no great credit for our forbearance ; but still the conspiracy was an abominable one in its design, and it cannot consist with international usages that such a plot should be openly matured against one country on the soil and by the citi zens of another. Ridiculous and abortive as the seheme has proved, the damage to Ireland is never theless very serious. Though public order has been undisturbed, public confidence has been undermined, and the tranquillity which had been recently pre vailing, and which is indispensable to Irish pros perity, may be banished for too long a time. We trust, however, that the ignominious collapse of the conspiracy and the proved hopelessness of the device may teach wisdom and prudence even to Irishmen in America, and divert them in future from designs which can end in nothing better than discomfiture. POST.—The issue raised in the voluminous cone sponden ce between Mr. Adams and the Foreign Secre tary, which has just appeared in the Gazette, is a very simple one, and diplomatists alone, perhaps, would be enabled to explain the necessity for wrap ping iu such a cloud of verbiage what in fact lies within the compass of a very small nutshell. During the' progress of the late civil war the mer chant shipping of the Federal States suffered no little damage at the hands of vessels which were built in English ports, equipped on the high seas, and which were commanded by natives of the Con- federate States duly commissioned by the Confede rate Government. For the damage so occasioned the American 'Minister, in the name of his Go vernment, seeks to make this country responsible, and the Foreign Secretary, on his side, as repre senting the English Government, disavows the liability sought to be cast upon it. The simple question, therefore, is to determine on which side justice lies, and, as the subject appears to have been thoroughly exhausted by the two disputants in the correspondence before us, we shall proceed to con sider the arguments respectively adduced by each in order to assist us in coming to a decision. The case on the part of the American Government may be briefly stated thus. The English Government acted with precipitation in acknowledging the Confederates as belligerents before they had a single vessel afloat, and by so doing gave them a status which enabled them to create in English ports . that naval force which was subsequently employed with so much success against American merchant shipping. The only vessels used by the Confederate Government in a, b elli germ] t capacity were constructed and equipped in British ports. The English Government, though expressing the greatest desire to prevent their ports being made - points of departure of vessels intended to be employed against a friendly Power, failed to carry their intentions into effect through the ineffi ciency of the law, and declined to apply to the Le gislature for more complete powers. That, in con quence of the premises, a large number of vessels and a vast amount of property belonging to Ame rican citizens were destroyed, and many American vessels were tranSferred to British owners in order to enjoy the privileges and immunities of sailing under a neutral flag. Fnder these circumstances, then, the American Minister contends that the in juries received " are of so grave a nature as in rea son and justice to constitute a valid claim for repa ration and indemnification." On the other side, the English Government contend that their recognition of the Confederates was not only not precipitate, but was forced upon them by the action of the Go vernment at Washing ton —th a t their right to apply the Foreign Enlistment Act by interfering with the construction of vessels in their ports could only arise on the assumption of 1 their being intended for the service of a " Power" at war with a friendly State, and that consequently the recognition of bellige rency must have preceded the application of that act ; that they did everything in their power to apply with effect the existing laws, and that incrder to charge them with negligence dt is not sufficient to show that the laws might have been changed, with out showing that the proposed amendments would have been efficient, or would have been such as would have been consistent with the laws of a free country; and, finally, that having honestly done their utmost to acquit themselves of their obliga tions towards a friendly Power, they cannot admit any liability for losses sustained by that Power through no fault o f theirs. The arguments by which these several views were respectively supported by Mr. Adams and Earl Russell, the evidence referred to, and the precedents cited, are too numerous and voluminous to be more than glanced at in an article like the present. Whether the English Government did all m ight have done to prevent vessels which subsequently converted into Con wtheerey federate ships of war leaving our ports is a ma tt e r on which Americans and Englishmen will probably never be agreed. But whether the English Ministry were too hasty in recognising the belligerent status of the Confederates, and whether according to the laws of nations they are bound to compensate American citizens for the damage done by vessels sailing under the Confederate flag, are questions which admit of comparatively easy solu tion. The recognition of the belligerent character of the South, Mr. Adams urges, was precipitate and unprecedented, because at the time the Confederates had not a single vessel afloat ; on the other hand, the Foreign Secretary contends that it was indis pensable, because at the time it was accorded the American President had declared a blockade of the Southern ports. What are the facts ? On April 19, 1861, Mr. Lincoln proclaimed the blockade of seven of the States of the Union, and thereby acknow ledged those States as b e lli g erents, since, unless they were so, the American Government could not have acquired the right incidental to blockade, namely, that of capturing neutral vessels which attempted to trade with the blockaded ports. On May 13, and consequently subsequent to the reception of the no tice of such blockade in this country, Earl Russell announced in the House of Commons that the Go vernment had recognised the Confederate States as a belligerent Power. But, if this course of ,action on the part of the English Government was preci pitate, what, let us ask Mr. Adams, would he have had them to do ? The only alternative given to her Majesty's Government was either to disregard the President's proclamation, and insist on the right of English subjects to trade with the Southern States, or to acknowledge the blockade; in other words, to recognise a state of war and proclaim a strict neu trality. The latter course was adopted, as Lord Russell points out in his despatch of May 4, as be ing " the most just and most friendly to the United States." Whether the Government of this coun try should be held bound to indemnify those American citizens whose vessels or property were seized or destroyed by Confederate cruisers which left these shores notwithstanding the vigilance of the authorities, also admits of an easy re ply. In international as in civil law precedents are in doubtful cases constantly referred to as guides, and it so happens that within the past half century events happened bearing a close re semblance to those under consideration, and a de mand was made upon a neutral power for reparation for damage done by vessels which had been equipped and armed in its ports, and officered and manned by its citizens. The complainants were Spain and Por- tugal, the neutral power was the United States ; and although it was shown that privateers had been equipped in American ports, and, under the com mand of American citizens, had captured or de stroyed both Spanish and Portuguese shipping, the demands for compensation advanced by the Spanish and Portuguese Governments were never acknow ledged by the Government of the United States. The then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Ame rica was John Quincy Adams, afterwards President, and father of the present Minister at the English Court, and in his reply to the note of reclamation presented to the Portuguese Ambassador, after stat ing that his Government had done all in their power to prevent vessels being fitted out in their ports to be employed against a friendly State, disclaimed all liability to indemnify individual foreigners for losses by capture over which the United States had neither control nor jurisdiction. " For such events," he wrote, "no nation can in principle, nor does in practice, hold itself responsible." To this precedent, so appropriately cited by Earl Russell, the Ameri can Minister can find no better response than that the wrong-doing of one party cannot be cited in justification of a repetition of the act by the other. We cannot assume, however, that the American Go vernment were wrong-doers in refusing the indem nity demanded by the Portuguese Government. So long ago as October, 1863, the Government of the United States declared their willingness to refer the matter in dispute to arbitration, and the Foreign Se cretary has now, on the part of the English Govern ment, declined to adopt this course. The only ques tions which, as Earl Russell points out, could arise for decision, would be whether the English Government .acted with honesty and good faith ; and secondly, whether they rightly interpreted the powers conferred on them by the Fo reign Enlistment Act. Neither of these ques tions, however, could be submitted to an arbitrator, as her Majesty's Government are the sole guardians of their own honour, and must be presumed to understand their own laws better than any foreign Power. But the Government are willing to consent to the appointment of a Commission to which should be referred all claims arising during the late war which the two - Powers shall agree to refer to the Commissioners. This proposal is, however, as Mr. Adams states in the despatch which concludes the correspondence, similar to that which was made by the Portuguese Government to the United States in 1818, and rejected by the latter, and the Minister almost insinuates that the British Govern ment have advanced a proposal which they know* will be rejected. Pending the receipt of instruction from his Government, Mr. Adams can, however, give no definite answer to the suggestion of the English Cabinet, and the net result of the corre- spondence thus far is that the demand made by the American Government for compensation for the damage done by the Alabama and her sister cruisers has been rejected ; that a reference to arbitration has been refused ; and that a proposal made by the English Government to refer certain matters, to be agreed upon by both Powers, to a Commission, will most probably be declined. COUNTRY MARKETS BRIS T OL-T HURSDAY. On our market to-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat, which sold freely at the full rates of this day sen'night. For foreign scarcely any inquiry, and pre vious values were barely supported. Malting barley more inquired for, and the turn dearer. The market continues quite overdone with inferior qualities of grinding, which sold slowly at irregular prices. Oats very slow, and, not withstanding moderate arrivals, last week's values were barely maintained. Indian corn and beans each the turn cheaper. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. During the present week the trade has been of a retail character, but all articles have realised fully previous rates. At this day's market there was a less supply from the farmers, and the turn in price was in favour of the seller, but we make no alteration in our quotations. More doing in barley. Oats unaltered. Beans and peas rather lower. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s ; red, 39s to 48s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 35s ; grinding, 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to3Opse;f 40s rish to 42s ,21sto pe 2 r 4 cir. sper 30 stone. Beans, 42 s to 45s ; and peas, MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. No material uharge has occurred in the state of the trade since our last report, the demand for all articles having been confined to the supply of present necessities merely, at the price previously current. Our market this morning, was well attend e d, and a moderate demand was experience d for wheat, both English and foreign, at the currency of this day sen'night. Flour met a slow sale, without mate rial alterati on i n value. Oats and oatmeal' were the turn dearer. Beans ruled very firm. Indian corn was slightly inferior. . BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. There was a good supply of wheat at this market to-day which fully maintained last week's prices. There was s fair quantity of barley offering, and it was quite as dear. Oats, beans, and peas without alteration in value. Talavera wheat, 45s to 50s; red ditto, 38s to 425; barley, 30s to 325; secondary ditto, 27s to , 29s per qr. averages :—Wheat, 1,1441 qrs, 378 2FI; barley, 528 qrs., 28s 100 ; oats, qrs, —s Od. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. At to-day's market the supplies of grain were small, and sold at about last week's prices. Average prices. Wheat, 445 . 5d I Oats, 26s Od Barley, 29s 5d j Beans 43s 5d Wheat on the top, 2s Od up werago, 2s Od up. Barley on the top, is 6d down average, Os 1d up. Oats on the top, is Od up average, Os 8d up. Beans on the top, is Od up average, is 4d up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 565 qrs sold 493 Barley: 1406 qrs sold 1364 Oats 1252 qrs sold 981 Beans l5O qrs sold 65 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 39s 6d; superfine, 37s 6d ; superfine, 35s 6d ; fine, 338 6d. GLASGOW-WEDNESDAY. The trade bas undergone no particular change, wheat and flour maintaining their value. This day's marketwaS well attended. Wheat and flour, although qu'.et, were held at previous rates ; barley 3d higher per 3201 b; oats and oatmeal firm ; new beans slightly cheaper ; other articles; unaltered. Foreign Mail Packet List. ~s - MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles. Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pao.et Nov. 5. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. lielena Oct. 22 China, Penang, and Singdpore. via Soa.hampton Oct. 13. Ditto, via Mars,"lies Oot. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 13. Ditto, via Hanellies India (Ii mbay), via Southampton. Oct. , 1. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. —. Mauritius, via Southampton Oct. 11. Ditto, via Slarseil e 3 Oct. 5. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet • Oct. 14. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Curk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry —Oct. 13. best Ccast of Africa. Madeira, and 'retied& West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Oct. 14. Bahamas, via New 1' ork. Oct. 19 Bermuda, ditto Oct. 25. Cuba and Mexico Oct. 20. 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