The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-22 00:00:00

The Anti-Liquor Traffic Movement. On Wednesday evening a public banquet, at tended by gentlemen from many of the principal towns in the kingdom, took place in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, intended as " a demonstration to the country, in view of the coming general election, that the supporters of Mr. Lawson's bill, outside the House of Commons, are united and enthusiastic, and that those members who voted with him are not discouraged." The meeting was organised by the executive committee of the United Kingdom Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic. Nearly 1,000 gentlemen sat down to the repast, which was more costly and substantial than might be supposed from the remembrance of some former "banquets" in the same place, held in connection with other agitations. Ladies were admitted to the galleries only, and were supplied with dessert ; and as a large number of gentlemen availed themselves of the same accommodation, the upper portions of the room were well filled. The beautiful hall was extremely well decorated with banners, &c., for the occasion. A good band was also in attendance. Among the gentlemen present were Sir W. C. Tre velyan (in the chair), Sir Wilfred Lawson, Sir Robert Brisco, Mr. Wilfred Lawson, M.P.; Mr. Joseph Crook, Bolton ; the Rev. Professor Kirk, Edinburgh ; Dr. F. R. Lees, Leeds ; Mr. W. Law son, of Brayton, Carlisle ; Mr. Arthur Brisco ; Mr. W. Gilbert, London ; Mr. S. Pope ; the Rev. W. N. Molesworth, Rochdale ; Dr. Munroe, Hull ; the Rev. Canon Jenkins ; the Rev. Dr. Gale, rector of Treborough ; the Rev. W. Mackenzie, of Douglas, Isle of Man ; the Rev. T. Dean, rural dean, Warton Vicarage, Lancaster ; the Rev. Canon Toole (Roman Catholic) ; Mr. Thomas Clegg, Man chester ; and Mr. John Robert Taylor, London. Letters of apology for non-attendance had been received from a large number of members of Par liament and others, including the Dean of Carlisle and the Recorder of Birmingham, who were pre vented by ill-health ; and General T. P. Thompson, who " recorded his adhesion to the objects of the Alliance," and had consented to be one of its vice presidents. The following letter was received from the Rev. W. Darby :-- "Ashmore, Ludwell, Salisbury, April 12. "My dear Sir,—Perhaps I may be permitted to mention that Ashmore is an instance, on -a small scale, of the ad vantages arising from what may be called the practical application of the Permissive Bill. Mr. Howard, the squire, will not allow any public-house or beershop to be built here. He has given the people distinctly to under stand that he shall regard the attempt to have anything of the kind as an act of personal hostility to himself. Besides, be successfully resisted a skilful manoeuvre on the part of a neighbouring brewer to purchase, for £BOO, an almost valueless piece of ground, clearly for the purpose of erect ing a. public-house on what would then have been his own freehold. The result of the squire's plan has been confes sedly beneficial to the parish. Liquor, I am sorry to add, is illicitly sold in one or two houses. Even so the absence of a licensed place of sale for intoxicating drinks is a great boon. The defrauders of the revenue carry on their lu crative but unlawful calling at their own peril. On the whole, however, I feel that the good outweighs the harm. Ashmore is in Dorsetshire, but on the borders of Wiltshire. The population is about 370. With sincere wishes for the success of your good cause, I am, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM DARBY." The Rev. W. N. MOLESWORTII, of Rochdale, moved the first resolution : " That this meeting, contemplating the great and crying evils inseparable from the common sale of intoxicating liquors, calls upon Parliament speedily to enact an effective remedial measure." He said he felt the greater interest on the occasion, because he had just witnessed a contested election at Rochdale, during which he could not walk 20 steps without meeting a drunken man. The circumstances attending our elections were a national disgrace, and they were one of the greatest difficulties to con tend with in this matter. _ How was it possible a man elected under such circumstances could lend a favourable ear to the remedy proposed ? Nothing was easier than to object to a proposal ; nothing more difficult than to devise a remedy. Among the speakers in the House of Commons on the Permis sive Bill was Mr. Bright—(cheers)—who was fully acquainted with the subject, and he did propose a remedy, but with so much hesitation that he evi dently doubted its efficacy. No other proposal but that of the Affiance was before the public---it was that or nothing. Nothing could be better than the way in which the Permissive Bill was introduced las Session by Mr. Lawson—(cheers)—but as the dis. cussion advanced, the want of speaking power be- came evident ; and the Alliance could devote itself to no work more important than that of placing Mr. Pope—(cheers)—face to face with Mr. Roebuck— (laughter)—on the floor of the House. Let Mr. Pope be the O'Connell of this movement. (Cheers.) Mr. JOSEPH THORP, of Halifax, seconded the re solution. Mr. LAWSON, M.P., was received with much cheer ing as he rose to support the motion. He said it seemed to him that thequestion as to what the future legislation of this country should be with regard to the liquor traffic might now be called the irrepress- ible question of British politics. (Applause.) He looked with the greatest satisfaction upon this meet- ing. They had boasted some time back that the working classes were with them, and that fact was at once the justification and strength of the move ment. But the working classes of this country were not yet, although he hoped they soon would be, intrusted with political power. (Applause.) There were now, however, present representatives of the middle and upper classes, proving that they were taking the matter up, and that the convic tion was pressing home upon their minds that un- just and unequal laws must not only be resisted by one class of the community, but that when one class suffered all suffered. (Applause.) Never let it be forgotten what was the object with which the United Kingdom Alliance was formed. It was to create and concentrate public opinion to such a pitch that it should compel the House of Commons to carry out the suggestion which was made to it on this question 30 years ago, by a select committee appointed to in quire closely into the subject. That committee, composed of the ablest men of the day, reported that it was desirable for the Government to bring in some general, comprehensive measure for the pro gressive diminution and ultimate suppression of all existing means and facilities for intemperance. That was the object of the United Kingdom Alliance, (Loud applause.) The measure they introduced was a general one, which would have been applicable in all parts of the country where public opinion was prepared for its coming into operation. The system of prohibition, which they proposed to put into the power of localities to adopt, had always answered where it had been already adopted. But the House of Commons had refused to allow the people of this country in their separate localities to make that trial, and it now behoved the friends of that measure to see what ought to be their policy. There was, how - ever, no reason to despair. He had great faith in the power of reason and common sense when brought into play in a free country. There had lately entered into the arena of contest upon the Permissive Bill question a veryfierce antagonist. He referred to Mr. Leatham. Mr. Leatham first said he objected to all permissive measures. This objection was merely an opinion of Mr. Leatham's, and they had nothing to do but to set their opinion against it, and say that permissive Acts had been efficient. Our towns were governed by corporations and local boards, which worked very well, and which dealt with the very delicate matter of taxation. But if Mr. Leatham objected so totally to permissive Acts, that was a fatal objection to the present system of licensing public-houses. (Applause.) Then Mr. Leatham was very much alarmed because he thought there would be fierce struggles in every parish. He (Mr. Lawson) wondered what men were born for except to struggle. We lived in a world of sin, wrong, and injustice, and if we were not to struggle the sooner we were out of the world the better. (Loud applause.) If Mr. Leatham objected so much to struggles, why did he go and disturb the equanimity of the town of Huddersfield ? (Ap plause.) If he (Mr. Lawson) was not very much mistaken, next July there would be a greater row in Huddersfield—(loud cheers) —than there "would be in twenty parishes together under the Permissive Bill. (Renewed cheering.) He was the other day reading a work recently republished, written by Earl Russell before he degenerated into a peer— (great laughter) —in which his lordship said, "Mock philosophers are always lamenting over - political dissension and contested elections ; men of noble minds know that they are the very workshops of national liberty and national prosperity." (Ap plause.) Surely such an authority as that was an answer to Mr. Leatham's fears. The third objec tion raised by Mr. Leatham was that he denied the right of any Government " to lay an embargo upon any great and valuable article of human food." (Loud laughter.) What Mr. Leatham meant to say, although he did not express it very clearly, was that he denied the right of any Government to lay an embargo upon what he considered to be a great and valuable article. He (Mr. Lawson) should not dispute that point, which did not affect the argument in the least. All that he would say was, that the accursed sale of this drink caused un numbered evils in this country, and that people ought to be entitled to the power of suppressing it. Then Mr. Leatham went on to say he was perfectly satisfied with the state of the country. He was delighted to see the effect of what he called "spon taneous and irrepressible development." (Laughter.) He (Mr. Lawson) began to think over this, and found it was not exactly " spontaneous." In 1863 there was upwards of a million of children attend ing the primary schools subsidised by Government. Government had spent during the last six years up wards of seven and a half millions sterling upon education. In 1851 there were two and a half mil lions of Sunday scholars ; there was an Established Church with an income of five millions a year ; and there were 22,000 clergymen all striving to make people religious by Act of Parliament. (Cheers and " Oh, oh.") He was not using this in an offensive sense, but was merely quoting an expression from the opponents of the Permissive Bill respecting makingpeople sober by Act of Parliament. (Cheers.) There were already 41,000 places of worship in this country, and an immense number of police also. These were all things which had been done to en courage this " spontaneous development." (Cheers and laughter.) What were the results ? The total commitments to prison in 1863 exceeded those of 1862 by 2,700, and there was an increase of 591 in criminal offenders. The commitments for drunken ness in 1861 were 82,000, in 1862 they were 94,000 and in 1863 the same number within 150. In 1863 the verdicts of death through excessive drinking were 53 per cent. over the year before. On the Ist of January, 1864, there were 981,000 paupers in re ceipt of relief. This was what Mr.Leatham was satis fied with. The fact was they could not but come to the conclusion that it was the power of the drink traffic which neutralised all their good efforts, and the course to be adopted was to return men to the House of Commons who would give people the power to suppress such a neutralising influence (Cheers.) They (the Alliance) proposed to " fight it out on this line " —(cheers)---and he hoped the result would be the same as the result of that general (General Grant) whose success was telegraphed to this country last Saturday, the news of which sent an electric thrill of gladness through the heart of every friend of free dom. (Great cheering.) He did not say that they should make the Permissive Bill the cardinal point in the political action, whatever might arise subse quently. He could conceive some question of pressing interest of peace or war which would swal low up the Permissive Bill question for the moment, but if the mere question was as to whether Lord Palmerston or Lord Derby should go into office,, a measure to prevent the drunkenness of the country was of far more importance than the returning to power of either of those estimable nobleman. (Loud applause.) Why were they blamed for making the Permissive Bill a political question ? Their oppo nents had taken the same course. Lately there had sprung up an agitation for the repeal of the malt tax, and they were told if beer could be got at a halfpenny per quart cheaper incalculable benefit would arise to the country : the farmer would be richer, the poor would be happier, and the reign of virtue and order would commence. (Loud laughter.) The promoters of the Permissive Bill did not see that. The people concerned in the anti-malt tax movement made theirs a strong political question, and the publicans did the same. He was addressing the most influential gathering of the friends of the Alliance which had, perhaps, ever been held, and he would remind them that they stood very much in the position in which the members of the Anti- Corn-Law League stood 25 years ago. The friends of the Alliance were despised by the great and powerful, hated by those whose interests were as- sailed, and the press covered them t o a grea t exten with ridicule and invective. But the Anti-Corn Law League triumphed. So would the Alliance triumph. (Applause.) There were two courses open before them. One was now, in this the eleventh year of the agitation, to say it was too hard to go on, and to decline to avail themselves of that political power already in their possession, and which was daily increasing. They might take this course and write themselves down the greatest political impos tors of the day, and amply justify every term of opprobrium and reproach used by their enemies ; or they might adopt another course, and take deter mined political action upon the question, and then ultimate success was certain. (Loud applause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The second resolution—one of thanks to the members of Parliament who had supported the In toxicating Liquors Bill--was moved by Sir R. BRISCO, seconded by Mr. ISAACS, of Liskeard, and passed. Mr. S. POPE moved the third resolution:-- " That trade and commerce would be immeasurably de veloped by the removal of the principal cause of intemper ance, and the consequently increased sobriety, industry, and economy of the producing classes, by whom upwards of £50,000,000 are annually expended in strong drinks, and on whom the chief burdens and evils of the liquor traffic fall." _ _ _ He said the fact that so large a number of repre sentative men from all parts of the country had been gathered together to express their determination at the next general election to make an impression on the next House of Commons was a fact of enormous political significance. This was not an ordinary Manchester Free-trade Hall meeting, but it was a representation of the working, middle, and higher classes from all parts of the country. There were present representatives of 100 different societies, from 100 different Parliamentary boroughs, and they were united with the common purpose to work until they influenced their Parliamentary represen tatives. Their purpose was not discussion ; they were satisfied with the Permissive Bill, and they intended to make it a topic at the next general election—(cheers)—not for mis chievous or party purposes, but because the inte- rests sought to be affected by that measure were so vast and important that the questionmust be settled by political action, and could be settled in no other way. It appeared from recent letters about Liver- pool, the writer of which was present---(cheers)-- and had his sincere thanks, that it had been ascer tained that out of 770 men working in one esta blishment, 271 were sober and industrious, and 499 were more or less habitually intemperate. Suppose the latter spent a third of their earnings in drink, that would be £230 a week, or £12,000 a year— almost enough to establish another concern. A tem- perance society's committee in Manchester had ascertained that the average of their former spend ings in drink had been Bs. a week, which repre sented £457.a year now flowing into the common labour fund. An Irish magistrate present had in formed him of a district in Ireland, of 47i square miles, containing a population of 9,500, including Dungannon and two other towns, in which the land owners had passed a Perniissive Bill—there was no crime—perhaps they would be told that was became there was no police—(laughter and cheers)—and the poor rate, which had been 16s. in the pound, was Gd., while that of the surrounding district was is. (Loud cheers.) Why should not the United Kingdom be like this district ? With these facts before them, men must be blind indeed who would refuse attention to a suggestion which sought to confer similar benefits upon their beloved land. (Loud cheers.) Mr. W. R. LEE, Mayor of Wakefield, seconded the resolution, which was carried. The Rev. Professor KIRK, of Edinburgh, moved the fourth resolution :-- " That it is the duty of all social and moral reformers to organise for the purpose of being efficiently represented by candidates who win support a measure enabling the people in each district, by the removal of places licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors, to protect themselves from a grievous and intolerable nuisance." Dr. F. R. LEES, who was much applauded .on rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 186 g. rising, seconded the resolution. He said, with re spect to the grievous nature of.the nuisance against which they were contending, he might quote the words of one of the greatest orators of America, Mr. Wendell Phillips. In a speech delivered a few weeks ago, in the city of Boston, he made a state ment containing a contrast expressly in point. It was the law of the State of Massachusetts that the sale of liqour was illegal ; but, owing to the Demo cratic population of Boston, the law was not there executed ; while in the country districts, sustained in their government by the respectable native citi zens, it was executed generally. Upon this fact the contrast was based. "In ten years," said Mr. Phillips, "45 men out of every 100 on this penin hula of Boston are arrested for crime. Now, go with me to Berkshire county, in this State, where the law against liquor traffic is enforced, and less than two men out of 100 are subject to imprison ment there." (Applause.) Mr. J. H. RAPER, who spoke in support of the resolution, adverted to the influence which the Alliance would be ableta exercise upon the approach ing elections. He remarked that from the Bth to the 15th of this month one of the ablest members of the bar stood before the constituency of Rochdale, declaring his hostility to the Permissive Bill, and asking to be elected as their representative. He (Mr. Raper) was present when the working men of Rochdale laughed at the idea of Mr. Brett's hosti lity; and when the show of hands was taken before the hustings, there were three to one against him. Mr. Brett returned to London before the poll was over, convinced that the "ticket" against the Per missive Bill was not a winning one. (Applause.) The resolution was passed unanimously. The chair having been taken by Mr. Priestman, of Bradford, a vote thanks to Sir W. Trevelyan for having presided was moved by Mr. J. W. K. Tener, of Dungannon, seconded by Mr. W. Gilbert, and passed. The proceedings ended with " God save the Queen" from the band. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH LONDON. A special general meeting of this company was held yes. terday at the Euston station, M r . J. B ancro ft i n th e c h a i r. __ _ _ Mr. MoNSEL, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting to consider the two bills in compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament. The first was a bill to grant various additional powers to the North London Railway Company to enable them to raise £lOO,OOO on shares, and to borrow £33,300; giving the London and North-Western 'Company power to sub scribe their proportion of the new capital. The chief object of the bill was to enable the company to widen a portion of their line between Bow and Poplar, to accommodate the in creasing traffic; to make a new entrance from the Thames to the company's dock at Limehouse, and a new street in substitution for Grange-road, which would be required for the railway. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a formal resolution ap proving the bill was carried unanimously. The next was a bill for authorising the North London, Highgate, and Alexandra-park Company to make a railway from the North London Railway to the Alexandra-park, and forming a junction with the Edgeware, Highgate, and Lon don Railway; power to make agreements with the North London, Great Northern, and London and North-Western Railway Companies for working the line, the supply of roll ing stock, and other matters. A formal resolution approving the bill was carried unani. mously, and the proceedings terminated. NORTH BRITISH. A special meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Wednesday, to consider the terms of the proposed amal gamation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company ; Mr. R. Hodgson, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved the approval of the terms of amal gamation with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com pany. He congratulated the company on the defeat of the Caledonian Penicuick Bill, which he trusted would tend to check that company's aggressive policy. He concluded by expressing his conviction that the proposed amalgamation would be beneficial to both companies concerned. The motion was seconded by Mr. SPROTT, and unani mously carried. WEST FLANDERS. The report of the directors states that the receipts on the Bruges and Courtrai line amounted for the past half-year, ending Dec. 31, to £18,749, against £17,058 for the corre sponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £1,691. The receipts on the guaranteed lines amounted to £12,779, against £11,665 for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £1,114. The total receipts on both lines amounted to £31,528, against £28,723, showing an increase of £2,805. The expenditure amounted to £21,860, against £17,921, the excess being principally for the renewal of the permanent way and the repairs of rolling stock. The result from the six months' working to Dec. 31 last, added to the balance of £609 from the previous half-year's account, and after providing for the fixed charges, &c., on the railway, left £6,457 available for dividend, out of which the direc tors proposed to distribute 4s. 9d. per share, payable on May 15 next, leaving £lO2. Definitive shares in lieu of the provisional certificates had been exchanged for 26,272 original shares and 13,980 preference shares, leaving but a small number outstanding. Surveys, plans, and estimates had been proceeded with, but were not sufficiently ad vanced to fix the capital required for the construction of the two new lines, from Roulers to Ypres and from Poper inghe to the French frontier,which was being settled be tween the Societe d'Exploitation de Chemins de For and the West Flanders Railway Company. The whole working of the line was now in the hands of the Societe d'Exploita tion, and was proceeding most satisfactorily. The report of Mr. A. W. Chantrell, the general manager, showed that there had been a gradual increase in the traffic on the new and old lines during the last five years of about 30 per cent. The cost of the renewals of permanent way during the year 1864 amounted to £4,580, agst £2,416 in 1863, and £2,589 in 1862. The capital account showed that £599,077 had been expended on construction account to 31st Dec. last. OKEHAMPTON. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Poets'-corner, Westminster, Mr. Lankester in the chair. Three bills were submitted and approved—namely, a bill for authorising the company to make an extension of their line to Bude, in Cornwall ; a bill for authorising the Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Railway Company to make extensions to Ruthern-bridge and to Truro; and a bill authorising the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company to improve their railway and to make arrange ments with other companies. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. A special general meeting of this company was held at Glasgow on Wednesday, to consider an agreement for amalgamation with the North British Company ; Mr. P. Blackburn, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that a printed circular had been sent to the shareholders, and they had had an opportunity of considering the terms of the amalgamation, and making up their minds on the subject. He believed it was a fair and equitable arrangement, and would be mutually beneficial to both companies. The directors had received proxies from the proprietors representing £BOO,OOO of the com pany's stock in favour of the amalgamation, and he believed only one proxy, representing £25, against it. He concluded by moving a formal resolution approving the terms of amalgamation, and authorising the directors to take the necessary steps for obtaining Parliamentary sanction to the measure. Mr. H. DUNLOP seconded the motion. A long discussion ensued, which, after the withdrawal of an amendment, ended in the adoption of the resolution approving the terms of amalgamation, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN). A special general meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern; Sir Macdonald Stephenson in the chair. Mr. Cooke, the secretary, having read the notice con vening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that after the general meeting on the 31st ult. several shareholders, who held a considerable amount of the capital, intimated to him their hope and ex pectation that whatever proposal the Board contemplated for disposing of the remaining unissued shares might be fully and frankly discussed with the shareholders, in the •assurance that the directors would be supported by them, and that their co-operation would be given to the fullest ' extent in their power to any measure which would expedite the completion of the line and the realisation of its com mercial prospects. Ho trusted that the course pursued would receive their cordial approval and support. The entire capital of the company was fixed at £1,784,000, of which £892,000 were in debentures and £892,000 in shares. Of this share capital there remained only 3,175 shares unissued, and the Board, after mature deliberation, had decided, if it met the sanction and approval of the shareholders, to appropriate those shares rateably among the proprietors. The proportion would, therefore, be about one £2O share for every £lOO of capital now held, and it was proposed to issue those shares at a price to be fixed and communicated by circular to the proprietors, payment being made by instalments extending over some months. The rate of issue of those shares should be fixed, less with reference to the market value of Turkish stock than with a view to insure the whole of the shares being at once taken up, .as the advantage they offered over the ordinary stock of the country would be readily recognised, the rail way shares combining both the security of the Govern ment guarantee and the profits of the railway. The £2O shares obtained at a considerable discount would tend to reduce the average cost, and the arrangement would enable 'he contractor, by the increased means thus provided, to push on the works with renewed energy, and by the early completion of the line to secure to the shareholders the full Government guarantee of £112,000 a year, as well as the working of the then heavy traffic at a good profit. With reference to a question as to the interest on the shares pay able on the Ist of July next, it would be paid as usual. He then moved the following resolution : "That the council of administration be, and they are hereby, invested with power to dispose of the unissued 13,175 shares in the company at such price and on such terms as they may determine, provided that such shares shall be offered, in the first instance, to the shareholders rateably in proportion to the number of their shares." Mr. A. DEVAUX seconded the motion. In reply to a question, it was stated that a traffic of from £3O to £4O a mile a week would render the company inde pendent of the Turkish guarantee. The contractor was using every exertion to forward the works so as to open the line throughout before next February. The motion was carried unanimously, and the proceed ings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1865. 1864. 1865 1864. ! Belfast and, N. Counties 136 Belfast and County Down 49 Blyth and Tyne . 28 Bristol and Exeter l2l Caledonian 2Bl Cambrian Cook ermouth K & Penrlth Cookermonth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l Cornwall 631 Deeside < 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Ea.stern,Nrfk.,&E.Union - 663 Great Northern 404 Great North of Scotland 99 Ut. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l r it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 Great Western 1268 Hull & Hornsea Inverness &Aberdeen Juno ll7l Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 Kent Coast 27 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and 'Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 261 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 267/ London, Chatham, & Dover 721 Do. Metropolitan Extension 11/ Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man..Sheffteld. & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan 3l Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6631 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 262 Monkland 7ll Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 10t9 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Rhymney l9l Scottish Central ll3 Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB Taff Vale 57 Ulster lO5l Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&ll4ll 521 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt i s 10 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 33,394 27,663 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 393 355 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 5,:05 3,501 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 5,911 4,114 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ 1( 81 6,838 4,874 Eastern of France Eastern Bengal llO 110 2,724 1687 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 28.701 23,664 Great Central of Belgium 295 272 6,311 4,886 Great Indian Peninsula 590 533* 12,426 14,250 Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,861 4,329 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 345 10,748 14,3:2 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant (81 650 19,1437 21,156 Northern of Canada Northern of France 728 723 57,827 54,6 9 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1781 125,0%0 123,733 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 71, 83 72.629 Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 771 1,375 1,192 Scinde lO5 105 2,081. 2,177 Do. Punjab, &c 32 32 231 293 South Austrian, &o .. 1651 1527 47,515 47,359 Southern of France e23 770 .6,031 23,")36 Victoria 138 2,084 1.732 49 9 4 730 28 2,074 2,0 3 1214 6,585 6,3 9 262} 18.911 17,683 84 1,868 1,316 245 9 333 349 20 356 345 6} 191 177 651 1,921 1.618 17 349 310 63 1,427 1.323 75 1,664 1.673 23 240 207 91 2,607 2,445 50 2,692 3.176 198 9,499 8,896 663 34,499 31,270 365 33,995 31,294 99 2,801 2,616 711 397 596 873} 7,984 10.417 1225 63,793 65,527 226 1,292 1,152 1,504 1,490 1,896 1,821 1,520 740 40,360 36,707 172 123 102 103 755 726 384 365 1(9,250 103,313 1,996 1,807 27,410 21.399 24,886 18,545 6,272 4,923 2,800 1,3(0 1, 40 1,465 18,588 18,011 1,763 1,343 1,54; 1,660 2,802 2,t 47 48,6.34 42,875 4,045 4.674 1,688 1,664 3,063 2,811 117 f 1191 145 24 20 461 20k 126141 5831 1095 25t 191 113 134 66 75i 306 1051 10 21,751 20,163 60,399 57,463 3,172 3,14! 7,868 8.753 985 909 5,683 6,454 L 5,300 5,095 953 649 4.183 3,7: 8 25,701 19.515 5,189 5,7 i 4 2,951 2.604 180 167 513 448 1,139 9 6 856 877 4.20 u 4.416 635 802 885 1,19 i 806 1,060 Welland West 46 N-Wn. of France IRELAND, DUBLIN, April 21. Punchestown has been called the Irish Epsom, and the first day of the races " the Irish Derby." Perhaps the resemblance was never so strong as yesterday, whether we regard the public excitement, the numbers that drove out of Dublin to witness the sport, or the intense interest with which the various races were regarded. Punchestown is said to be the finest steeplechase course in the world, the natural conformation of the ground being such as to test in the severest manner the power, the speed, and the endurance of the competing horses. Racing had been declining in Ireland, and with it the breed of horses but, thanks to the ex cellent management of the Kildare Hunt Club, under whose auspices the races are held, Punches town has become an institution of the country and one of the most flourishing. It is cer tainly the most popular,and has the greatest powers to fill the hearts of just men of all creeds and classes with common sentiments, interests, and pleasures. But the interest is not confined to Ire land. Some of the best horses in England and Scotland were entered to compete for the prizes, and the number of sporting men who came from your side of the Channel to witness the events was im mense. Partly from this cause and on account of the Cattle Show every hotel in Dublin has been during the week full to overflowing. The weather is generally favourable for Punchestown, and on this occasion it is remarkably so. For three days and nights it had been raining,and so foggy that the sun was never able once to show his face, nor was a star to be seen, but soon after daybreak yesterday morning the sky cleared up,the sun broke forth and the weather was bright and genial, and spring was in vested with charms such as she seldom wears out of this green isle. Hence a sort of delirious joy seemed to pervade the enormous multitude congregated about the racecourse. During the day Dublin looked comparatively deserted, and throughout the surrounding districts business was suspended. The old Naas-road was thronged the whole way with vehicles of all sorts from an early hour, from the stylish drag, well stored with materials for dinner, down to the outside car (which earned £2 by the trip), and even the country cart, the list of convey ances comprising every sort of vehicle that modern ingenuity has invented. Another route is by the Great Southern Railway to Sallins, from which cabs and cars conveyed passengers to the - course, a distance of four or five miles, through a country which Lon doners would call very wild. Special trains began to run at 9 o'clock, and continued at short intervals till 11 o'clock to bring crowds to the ground, which at noon was covered with a dense mass of spectators. From the Grand Stand the scene was one which none who beheld it can soon forget. Those who have been at Epsom on the Derby day can best imagine the pic ture of crowding carriages, the intense excitement of the multitudes, and the relaxation that succeeded, the feasting and the merriment in the intervals of the races, the tents and stands of all sorts, picturesque mingling of groups the most heterogeneous, thebeau tiful motion of the horses with riders in beautiful colours flying across the place, and rising and dipping like birds as they crossed the fences—the wild thrill of delight when the winner came to the post, and the sudden rush of the spectators from the positions they had occupied, and the loud burst of conversation that followed the strain upon their attention. The great race of the day was won by Mr. George Knox, of the Curragh, who rode his Hard Times and carried off the Champion Stakes, value £4OO. The Union Plate, £2OO, was won by Mr. T. Fitzpatrick's Cuckoo. The Conyngham Cup, £3OO, by Mr. J. Lanigan's General Elliotson. The Kildare Hunt Cup by Mr. Aylmer's Blood Royal. The Hunt Plate, £lOO, by Mr. Evan's Goldfinder. The Irish horses, as usual, proved their superiority as steeple chasers by carrying off all the prizes of the day. The Lord-Lieutenant and Lady Wodehouse honoured the Kildare Hunt Club by tlitir presence at the races, having been conveyed to Sallins by special train. The attendance at the Cattle Show yesterday was not at all so numerous as mighthave been expected, or as it would have been but for very powerful com petitions in other directions. It may be said almost without exaggeration that all the gentlemen went to Funchestown races, and all the ladies went to the Horticultural Society's Flower Show. There certainly were comparatively few of either at the Cattle Show. Those who did attend it seemed intent only on buying or selling, and I believe ex tensive sales of stock have been effected. The show will be open to-day again, when the artisans and the humbler classes will have their turn. Mr. John Rea, solicitor, member of the Belfast Town Council, and related in the celebrated Chan cery suit, has been found guilty of uttering a libel against Mr. Lyttle, Mayor of Belfast, and was brought up for judgment in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday. He put in an affidavit stating grounds for mitigation of punishment, in which he called Mr. Lyttle a perjurer ; he argued that he ought to have a new trial, that the Attorney- General should prosecute his antagonist, and that he should himself be discharged, and digressed into a variety of topics, which the Court declared to be irrelevant. At length the Court brought the un profitable discussion to an end, and stated that sentence would be given on Saturday. It is said that Mr. Rea intends to bring the matter before the House of Lords. Notwithstanding the Royal Dublin Society's cattle show, the Punchestown races, and the inclement state of the weather for the previous few days, the show of the Royal Horticultural Society, in the Rotunda gardens, was quite a success. The day was warm and bright, and the attendance fashionable and nu merous. The plants, flowers, &c., were not inferior to those exhibited on previous occasions by the society. The azaleas were a peculiarly attractive feature of the exhibition, and in the fruits and vegetables the strawberries and rhubarb were objects of admira tion. Among those who obtained prizes were the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary. The execution of Michael Lynch for the murder of his father took place yesterday morning at Cork, in front of the county gaol. As nearly ten years had elapsed since the last execution in that city, and in that case the victim, was not a Cork man, an im mense crowd, estimated at 10,000 people, was at- ; tracted to the scene, partly, no doubt, from curiosity to witness the novel spectacle, and partly from the circumstances attending the crime, which was a domestic tragedy of the sensational class—the deliberate murder of a father on a lonely highway at midnight by a young man of 23, who wished to avenge his mother's wrongs. There was also a good deal of sympathy in favour of the convict, arising from the fact that he was found guilty mainly on his own confession. Since his conviction great efforts were made to obtain a commutation of the sentence ; but the Lord-Lieutenant felt constrained to decide that the law must take its course. The wretched convict himself seemed to take but little interest in those efforts, his demeanour in prison having been characterised by stolid indiffer ence, which showed a defect in his moral sense, if not some derangement in his intellect. He ascended the scaffold with a firm step, made a full confession of his guilt, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence. His appearance excited a low murmur from the vast asssembly, and when the bolt was drawn there was a deep silence while the body fell. There was a convulsive struggle for two or three seconds, and all was over. After hanging the usual time the body was taken down and buried in one of the yards of the prison. Earl De Grey on the Volunteer Movement. On Thursday a meeting of the friends and sup porters of the Yorkshire Rifle Association was held at Leeds. The chair was occupied by Earl De Grey. The noble chairman said the present gathering had been convened for the purpose of considering what measures should be adopted to place the Yorkshire Rifle Association in the position which such an in stitution ought to occupy in that great county. The fact of the limited attendance that day showed that the objects and requirements of the association were not generally known, rather than that the service which it rendered to the public was not duly appre ciated—(hear, hear)—for he could not believe that Yorkshiremen less appreciated the Asso ciation than was the case with respect to similar societies in other countries. From the establishment of the volunteer force to its present organisation, rifle associations began to spring into existence, an d _ _ every county had found out the practical value of such institutions. The parent society—the National Rifle Association—commenced with small begin nings, but had gradually so extended its sphere of usefulness that it now occupied tilt highest position in the country. He attached great value to such county societies, principally in consideration of the fact that they, in their annual shooting competi tions, provoked a healthy spirit of emulation. At a meeting like the present it was not for him to dilate at all upon the importance of this great na tional movement, which had given us during the last few years so great and important an addition to our means of national defence. That movement sprung from the spontaneous feeling on the part of the people of England that those means of defence ought to be extended. (Hear, hear.) That move ment, so originated, had, he was proud to think, been supported and encouraged by successive Go- i vernments ; it commenced under the Administration of Lord Derby, and it had been fostered under that of Lord Palmerston. (Hear, hear.) But, though the movement had had this encouragement from Government and from Parliament, he believed that no single circumstance had had a greater influ ence upon its extension and development than the existence of rifle associations.. (Hear, hear.) Whenever he had had an opportu tunity, he had always expressed the opinion that it was unwise to neglect drill for rifle shooting; but, at the same time, it could not be expected that volun teers would be able to beat the regular troops of the country with respect to drill, whilst, on the other hand, they might be able to excel t hem in rifle shooting. (Hear, hear.) Such being his idea on the subject, he regretted to say that the Yorkshire Rifle Association was not in the position it ought to be. The Council of the Society had done its duty ; and, with regard to the amount of money spent by them in prizes, he believed only two counties in England spent more. But unfortunately the efforts of those gentlemen who had the manage ment of the Association had not been supported by the county at large ; though he could not help hoping that this would no longer be the case when the object and wants of the Society were more generally known. (Hear, hear.) They could not all become volunteers, but they could all show their readiness to assist and encourage the move ment by coming forward with their subscriptions. The Lancashire Association received no less a sum than £l,OOO from subscribers alone; whilst here, in Yorkshire, only about £3OO from this source would be available during the present year. His Lordship concluded with an earnest appeal in favour of the association. Lord LONDESBOROUGH moved—" That this meet ing is of opinion that the volunteer force of this country was much strengthened and encouraged by the maintenance of this and similar institutions."— Major Harrison (Harrogate), seconded the proposi tion, which was adopted.—Lord Wenlock gave a statement of the affairs of the society, and moved a resolution declaring it to be desirable that more prizes should be offered at the annual competitions, and that an effort should be made to secure further donations and annual subscriptions.—Mr. Leonard Thompson seconded the proposition, which was also adopted. —By other resolutions adopted by Colonel Akroyd, of Halifax ; Major Morrison, M.P ; Col. Hayworth, of Hull ; Colonel Hirst, of Bradford ; and other gentlemen, it was agreed to invoke the assistance and influence of the lords lieutenant, the deputy lieutenants, and the press of the country. A RARE BIRD.—On Saturday last, a large and beautiful Icelandic falcon perched on the poorhouse, Elgin, and was so feeble that it allowed itself to be captured by some workmen. This, we believe, is the second bird of the kind seen in the north of Scotland for 30 years. The bird is as large, if not larger, than the common eagle, and white in plumage. ADVERTISEMEIa.)—HoIIoway's Pills are decidedly the best remedy for all diseases of the stomach and bowels, the liver and kidneys. They act with so decided an effect, and yet so gently, that people of the most delicate consti tutions may take them with the most perfect confidence. They do not contain a single grain of mercury or other noxious substance, being composed exclusively of rare bal sams. They are, therefor; equally safe and efficacious, and as a family medicine nothing yet invented or dis covered can be compared with them for a moment. With these inestimable pills at hand, together with the printed directions affixed to each box, no other medical advice or assistance can be needed in any ordinary case of sickness. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Amid the discontent and suspicion of the Germans Prussia moves unswervingly in the path which its dominant politician has marked out for it. Denmark is now the only neighbouring State which is not looking with anxiety at the schemes that each succeeding month developes. With his armies crushed and his kingdom dismembered, the Danish Sovereign can stand aside and look calmly on the disputes of the spoilers over their booty, knowing that the worst has come upon him, and that the most inveterate of his enemies are now suffering in their turn. The patience of Bavaria and her fellows among the minor States has long been exhausted. They have shown the bitterness of their anger and its impotence by their late proceedings in the Diet, and would perhaps be readyto give back the Duchies on conditions to the Danish King, if it were pos sible, rather than see them fall to the share of an ambitious and self-aggrandising ally. The ill humour of Austria is equally notorious, though the prudence of that Power and a sort of carelessness as to changes in North Germany may restrain the Em peror from interfering except by cautions and re monstrances. As for the Schleswig-Holsteiners themselves, they must be a slow-witted people if they are now ignorant of what their fate is to be. Foreign nations who have judged more correctly of .the game through seeing it from a distance have never doubted, and now conviction must be forced on the most sanguine believer in the supremacy of the Diet, the indefeasible claims of the Augusten burg blood, or the sacred rights of a German people. Directly or indirectly, the territory which has been wrested from the Danish Monarch will be trans ferred to Prussia, and the work of annexa ti on i s now so far complete that plans based upon it may be actually published to the world and submitted to the decision of the Prussian Legislature. The great advantages of the harbour of Kiel are well known. It is large, commodious, unfrozen in winter, excel lently situated to guard the p asses i n t o the Baltic, and to give the mastery in those waters to the Power that possesses it. It has consequently long been the object of cupidity to naval or would-be naval Powers. The hope of possessing or controlling it was said to have animated the late Russian Czar at one time, and to have made him unwilling to re linquish any family rights he might have to the con terminous Duchies. Its merits were so well proved by the British fleet in the Russian War that ever since the Germans have been more anxious than ever to obtain possession of the one harbour which would enable them to become with speed and cer tainty a naval Power. The long cherished scheme is now to be carried out, but not by the Fatherland as a whole. The noble dream of so many patriots is not to be realised. A magnificent fleet, obeying the behests of a majority of the Frankfort Diet, with Prussian, Austrian, even Bavarian and Saxon ad mirals and captains, all taking their due rank under the Federal commission, is, it appears not to be the form in which the fleet of the future will be realised. Prussia told the world six years ago that she had rights and duties as one of the great Powers as well as one of the members of the German Confedera tion, and it is in her capacity as a great Power that she will now construct a fleet. It is to be a fleet of her own. Prussian votes are to authorise it, Prus sian money is to furnish it, Prussian sailors, to gether with those which Schleswig-Holstein may eventually add to the Monarchy, are to man it. It may take charge of German interests, but this will be merely of grace, and not of duty. To defend the trade of Germany and its coasts and harbours in the North Sea and the Baltic will be one of the chief occupations of the fleet, but this is only because it becomes Prussia to be the leader and champion of the whole nation ; it is not because the nation will have any right to question or to command at Berlin. In short, the King and Government, not content with increasing the military force of Prussia beyond the limits of the usual peace establishment, are intent on creating a navy which will allow the kingdom to rank with any but the first-rate naval Powers of the world. To a secondary rank the Go vernment modestly limits its aspirations, but even in the paragraphs which disclaim thenotion of attempt ing the dominion of the seas there is enough to show that a more than respectable rank is hoped for, and that it is expected that a Prussian fleet may play a distinguished part in any future war. These matters are so exclusively of German interest that we can scarcely suppose. the Prussian Navy Bill will excite much attention in any other part of Europe. The question whether Kiel Bay is to be Prussian or Fe deral, or merely Ducal, concerns now no one but the people who have won it in such an unequal encoun ter. All foreigners, we presume, will be glade to see either Prussia or the Bund make use of this fine harbour for the purpose of protecting its trade or maintaining its own safety or honour. But when we look to the objects proposed and compare them with the estimated cost, we think there are signs that Prussia, too, is entering into that ra ce o f extrava gance which is likely to burden for so long the chief continental nations. Forts, arsenals, batteries,heavy guns, iron-clad frigates, cast-steel ordnance, are the toys on which the sober and learned Prussian is about to throw away his not too numerous thalers, just as his neighbours have been wasting their sub stance. We Englishmen ought certainly not to preach on the subject; but then, after all, we can afford to have a great nav y, an d really require it. Put Prussia in this matter is only following the reckless example which other less essentially mari time nations have set. France has spent millions ; Austrian frigates roam about the smooth Mediter ranean with no other result than to weaken the State they are presumed to defend ; of Italian finance the less that is said the better • and even the Sultan of Turkey thinks it necessary to construct a squadron of ironclads to defend his dominions against some imaginary enemy. The Prussian disbursements during the next few years will rank with almost any of these if the Navy Bill pass and its provisions be carried out. The sum to be expended on Kiel Bay will amount to 6,150,000 thalers, for the place will be fortified so as to be capable of defence both by sea and land, and the construction of the works will last for five or six years. There will be 8,285,000 thalers for the harbour and fortification of the Bay of Jande, 4,180,000 for building two ironclad fri gates, and 1,000,000 for ordnance—in a 11,19,615,000 thalers. But this would be but the beginning ; for the new Prussian navy would eventually consist of 10 ironclad frigates of 3,800 tons each, 10 ironclad ships of 1,230 tons each, besides corvettes and de spatch boats, the total cost of ships being 34,593,500 thalers. Such sums Prussia may indeed be able to find, but they are vast in proportion to her slender finances, which are already strained by the increase of the army and the expenses of the late war. , No enemy of the Berlin Government could wish it worse than that it should burden itself with the full carry ing out of such a scheme. If its design be to gain influence in Germany by realising what has been so long the desire of the nation, it may no doubt suc ceed, but it will be at a cost very disproportioned to the real utility of the sentiment produced. But, whatever may be the ultimate result, it is plain that Kiel is to be indefinitely occupied, and it may be fairly presumed that the long disputes of the Con federation over the Duchies will be solved by the simple declaration of the Prussian Government that it will hold what it has taken. HERALD. —The people of the Confederate States of America may be supposed to be far better quali fied than any persons at a distance to judge of their duty in their present emergency and time of sore trial. It is somewhat premature to be talking of their submission to the North at a time when no symptom of their readiness to yield can be dis- Covered in their military dispositions or their poli tical attitude. It is evident that their generals in tend to continue the fight, that their Government has no intention at present of abdicating its func tions. The Capital of the Confederacy is now at Augusta, in Georgia, to which place all the archives and machinery of state have been removed. The President and his Ministers are there ; the Confede rate Congress will assemble there. The first Con gress of the United States was a locomotive body, chased about from one place to another by the British armies. There was a time, too, when the resistance of the colonies seemed almost at an end ; when state after state having sent in its submission to the Crown, General Washington hid himself in the recesses of the Alleghanies with a handful of men " who had not bowed the knee to Baal." The cause of the Confederates is not yet so desperate as this, and will not be, we trust, for a long tiem to come. Why is it, we ma y as k, th a t th e majority of people in England seem suddenly to have made up their minds as to the hopelessness of further resist ance on the part of the South? It cannot be be cause Richmond is evacuated. This evacuation has been long resolved upon, and for some time in pro gress, the comparative weakness of the Southern armies having made it necessary for them to restrict the area of their operations for the present. The evacuation of the capital of Virginia was talked of as a probable event in America and in England as long as a year ago ; no one at that time v►ould have regarded it as a symptom of despair, while there were some who commended it as a highly politic measure. It cannot be assumed that it is all over with the South, because Lee, in retreat ing, not only kept his enemy at bay, but drove him back in three desperate battles on the Ap pomattox, in which the losses of the Federals appear to have been as heavy, and were probably heavier, than his own. Nor is the report of the battle fought with Sheridan near Burkesville of such gravity as • to induce us to believe that the army of Lee is either destroyed or demoralised. It was accompanied, it is true, with a lamentable loss in general officers, of some who have done great ser vice to the cause, and whom the Confederacy, at this moment, can ill spare. But it appears that it was fought with the rear-guard of Lee's army, with that portion of th e t roops w hi c h was th e l as t to leave. Richmond, having b een en t rus t e d w ith the duty of destroying the rail roa d b r id ges, t h e arsen als, and such military stores as could not be carried away. These troops, commanded by Ewell, were the last on the road ; they seem to have been overtaken, borne down by numbers, and far' rounded. General Hancock, marching from the, ' north, may have bee n i n ti me t o i nterpose Innis L e i u between Lee's army a n d Ly nc hb urg , b u t if tu at i had been the case we sh ou ld p ro b a bly h a ve heard of it by the mail which brought us the news °f. the battle of Burkesville. If Lee is is still in the field and in safety, as we suppose him to be' the speculations as to th e b rea k- up o f th e Code"?' racy fall at once to the ground. It is a mist4e. to talk of Johnstone's army as the only remaintoo Confederate force in the field. There is a large army under Ki r by S m ith across t h e 11Essissipro There is the army of Magruder in Texas. Ther e is the army which is defending Mobile, apparel lt e l l with success, as the Monitor fleet has been disabled' and General Canby repulsed in his attack on th e forts. There a r e num b er l ess ot h er b an d s sca ttered over the count r y. W e t rus t th at t h e C on f e derates will still be able to carry on the fight according t j e t the recognised principl es o f regu l ar war f a re. is argued that if Sherman was permitted t° march unopposed across th e C entra l S tates before Richmond was evacuated, the interior must be utterly defenceless now that the city has fallen. This argument is unsound and inconsequential c° 2 the face of it. The reason why the generals of the South were compelled to abandon the defence of f ‘ vast portion of the interior was, that they We re obliged to keep the bulk of their army together for the protection of 4 a frontier post. That necesslti existing no longer, the forces of the ConfederacyaV now disposable for the defence of the interior. affairs come to such a pass as that a regularW should be no longer po ss ibl e , th en an irregular .811_,1 fitful system of resist ance , th a t w hi c h i s s ti g matised as a guerilla or partisan w ar fa re , th e lasfresouree a patriotic people in extremity, and one which has been known in histo r y t o ti re - ou t th e oppresso r, a nd forging hope with the engine of despair, evolve orde.r out of anarchy, after a long season of, darkness, l e still left to the Southern populations, if they are de' termined to be free. It isfor them to resolve w hether or not they will persevere in a course which will i e,r e tail so many sacrifi ces an d so muc h su ff er i ng . " f do not question thei r r i g ht t o a d op t any me thod 0 .. resistance to which they may be d r i v e n by the l,l e placable obstinacy of their oppo nen t s . A n d now tf, North, we are told, is satisfied with its achievemT; and disposed to be conciliatory and forgiving. ready to let bygones be bygones, and welcome bac k its erring brethren with open arms. The South' wearied of the l ong s t r if e , an d will be eager to eso er , from the linge r i ng d ea th w hi c h it h as b een dyinit: It will be ready to enter again into the Union i °' equal terms. We shall be glad, as any one can to welcome the end of this disastrous strife, vit a has convulsed both worlds. But we cannot concei v e that under any circumstances the restoration of : 1 '„ Union is possible. Supposing the Southern rests,', ante to be put down, and what was left of the SO; to acquiesce languidly in the Union, one of t' s , courses would have to be adopted by th e Norther, Government. One plan would be to retain its ga r P risons in the S ou th, an d t o con ti nue to gove,'u one-half of the Union by military instead of e i l l o law. We nee d no t i ns i s t on t h e f ac t til ia such a sy s t em o f reun i on wou ld pro ve intolerable and most grievous burden on 0 , Southern people, such as would goad them to ,c ° , 46 stant resistance, passive if not active, and to efforts to revolt at every convenient opportunity. T° ge North it would imply the maintenance of an innem army, which in a short time would precipitate 4: bankruptcy which has long been impending. ' th e alternative would be to restore in their entirety' tic ' previously existing constitutio ns o f th e States, ftg, give the Southe rners th e same privileges andireeao government as their Northe rn ne i g hb ours . Nv e told some w h a t con fid ent l y t h at the Nort h is readyui to do this. Th e resu lt o f t h e proceeding N't°, probably be that the pe o pl e o f th e S ou th ern Stav: , left once more to their own uncontrolled impll' o f would . seize on the first convenient opportunity le seceding again. We have no faith in the aa le '„ p .. feeling with which the Northern people is fle posed to be inspired just now ; we are sure these c. South has small love for the North. The two aid tions, divorced by their four years of bitterness 1, strife, can never be one again as long as the Nr°' lasts— " For never can true reconcilement grow, n When wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep• COUNTRY MARKETS L IVERP 0 0 L.---FRIDAY. At to-day's market there was a fair attendance, and i t improved demand wa s ex p er i enced for wheat, b ot h f or sumption and shipment to Ireland, at fully ld per cen t over the rates of Tuesday. Flou r w ith out c h ange , a nd 'id sale slow. Oats and oatmeal dearer. I n di an corn wash e* for an advance of 9d per qr., which checked sale, on l l4 limited business having been done in Danubi a n, at 2 90 " per 4801 b. co a for We have experie A I nced a faiconsumptive dew° ,ded wheat to-day at an advance of i s p er qr . on last tine prices, the shortness of supplies having more influen ce L the trade than the fine genial weath er . B ar l ey f u lly is r qr. cheaper. Beans and oats rather dearer. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. 36 New white wheat, 39s to 43 s ; new re d, 36 s t o 39s Per ;,,- stone. Barley for malti ng , 31 s t o 33 s per qr ; 26s to 28s per 30 stone. Oat; 20s to 25; Beans, ou" 38s per qr. DERBY—FRIDAY. 3 6 New white wheat, 40s to 43s ; new red, 36s to 40s Pef a , stone. Barley for malting, 28 s , t o 32 s p er qr . ; ru o c s i s to 26s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 18s to 25s ; 0 26s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 41s to 445; new, 35s to per qr. STANFORD.-FRIDAY. Pe New whit4wheat, 41s to .455; new red, 38s to 41sPe - a 00 36 stone. Barley, malting, 31s to 335; grinding, 28s to stem' qr. Oats, new, 22s to 265 ; o ld, — s to —s pe r Beans, 36s to 408 per 38 stone. Pea s as h er etofore. 24 BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. allyDemeraras market has op ene d w i th a better feeling, and a ll ne . Demeraras on offer have been cleared at good prices. finers are supplyi ng themselves from cargoes boug ht aur e 'il of which several are on hand. They have also contra ct pretty liberally for Cubas and Mauritius to arrive, ilP t s. terms the precise particulars of which have not beel l oo d lowed to tran s pi re . M anu f acture d goods comman d a g o . sale at the late currencies. Clyde-made crushed are i v glected, but there is b us i ness d oing to some extent in ' t s mouth makes. Foreign loaf dull. There is still b,. 11 ., e a limited inquiry for rums, and the sales have been coup' to 100 puncheons Demerara, at 1s sid per proof 01°116 Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 1 ,, Ditto, via Marseilles May I'l' 4 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pac ke t May - 2. Ditto, by French packet .......... . App. " Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, a n d St . Helena AP-- A 21 1 China, Penang, and Singap ore, v i a S outhampton. • May 2 6 Ditto, via Marseille s April 2 ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via South am pt on April 26. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton., MaY, Z 2 6, Ditto, via Marseilles 26 . India (Bombay), via Southampton. APel 0. Ditto, via Haredlles APr il i . , l Mauritius, via Southampton MAY '- 6. Ditto, via Marseille 3, May Newfoundland May 10. Portugal Mai 1, .... .. .......... ... . ..... ..... Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ...... . , ... • United States and British North America, by Bri- 2 6 tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry..APr- 01 , West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Apr! West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, 0, and Mexico April Bahamas, via New York. 11s1 Bermuda, ditto MAY 2; Cuba and Mexico April Births. of EWART.—On the 20th inst., at Stoke, Devon, the T"; o re e le Colonel J. A. Ewart, C. 8., l a t e command i ng 78th .°'"" landers, of a son. So uth , FOWLER.—On the 19th i ns t ., at Netley-hill, near S° ampton, the lady of John Fowler, Esq., of a daUgi ll ' e d e r f MAUNDER.—On the 20th inst. the the wife of C. F. 319 : 1 ;. 11 F.R.C.S., 29, Nair Broad-street, E.C., of a daughl e ; c ' e of 10th PERRINEL—On theinst., at Southampton, the ir" Frederick Perkins; Esq., J.P., of a son. Marriages. U cp CUNLIFFE—VIDAL.—On the 19th inst., at GrOSfOrat ; i rk Mary, third sister of Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, to the Rev. F. Furse Vidal, Clewer, Windsor. 19 11 , 11 WHITEHOUSE—COOK.—On the 19th inst., at BA O - - n a Chapel, John Julius Whitehouse,lEsq, of Co li 'i 1 1 " n street, Piccadilly, to Chri s ti a na, o nly daughter - Cook, Esq., Coventry-street. Deaths. ,„„ 10 9 ACTON.—On the 16th inst., at Rarnsgato, Henry lo" of the 4th Madras Cavalry. hO O4 DEAN.—On the 22d March, at Montreal, Canada, rr toll" Dean, fifth son of William Dean, Esq of 40, square. # art , c 6 GRAHAM.—On the 20th inst., at 76, Westbourne l TAidi James Graham, Esq., of New Barnes, West Kent, aged 77. • 0 0 4 JOHNSTON.—On the 16th inst., Charles Johnsto n, formerly of Cheshunt, Herts, aged 63. # MAsoN.—On the 16th inst., at 15, P ar k-crescent well, William Mason. ..................................."." 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