The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-15 00:00:00

,WAY INTELLIGENCE. - . a_- NORTH BRITISH. The special meeting of this company was held in the Music Hall on Wednesday to receive the report of the Committee of Investigation, &c., to confirm, alter, or rescind the resolution of the directors, and nominate a new board. Mr. Balfour, in the absence of Mr. Hodgson, was called to the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Hodgson, dated Ret ford, Nov. 13, regretting his inability to attend. He had for two days been in bed from a painful at tack in the head. He left London onTuesdaymorn ing, but was obliged to give up the attempt to be present. He had already, in his published addresses, referred to his views on most of the subjects to be discussed, but much regretted not having the oppor tunity of thanking the shareholders for the uniform kindness he had received. Mr. WHITE, chairman of the Investigation Com mittee, spoke for two hours in moving the approval of the report. He stated that the committee and the directors supporting them had in round Lumbers £5,000,000 worth of proxies, while Mr. Hodg son and his friends had £1,500,000. He vin dicated the committee's report on points on which it had been challenged, and maintained that the in tervention of the committee had saved the credit of the company. He read excerpts from the proof just printed of the evidence which the committee had taken, and which he said showed that Mr. Hodgson was the real offender, and under him the manager and accountant who did his bidding. He acquitted the directors of all share in those transactions, but thought they were to blame for want of diligence. As to remedies, the first thing was to get rid of the present chairman and to appoint a new board. The committee proposed that four of the former directors be retained, and they had to propose also four of their own number and three shareholders they had selected, leaving these 11 to elect the remaining four. The committee thought the resignation of the audi tors should, under the circumstances, be accepted. Two amendments were proposed —one by Mr. Garbett, that the committee's censure should include the whole of the directors, and another by Mr. Stitt, of Liverpool, for the consideration of the revenue account, on the ground that the com mittee had transferred some items to it properly chargeable to capital. Both amendments were lost i by a large majority. Mr. CRAVEN complained of the evidence taken by the committee being withheld till this moment, and only so much given as would convict Mr. Hodgson. Mr. WHITE said one reason for withholding it from Mr. Craven was that he was an ally of Mr. Hodgson's, and a traitor to the company. _ _ The CHAIRMAN moved that the resolution of the 28th Sept. last, declaring dividends on the prefer ence stock, be cancelled, and he moved a resolution in terms of the committee's report. lie said the di rectors thought the committee had dealt rather hardly with the revenue account, but they did not wish to cavil with the company's proceedings. Mr. CLOUSTON moved--" That Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Ronald, Mr. Orr Ewing, and Mr. Muir be re elected directors ; that Mr. Harrison, Mr. Robert son, Dr. Matthew, and Mr. Young be . selected from the committee as directors ; and that Mr. Harvey, Mr. F. Maxwell, and Mr. R. 0. Campbell be selected from the shareholders as directors." Complaint was made of the large Glasgow ele ment in the Board, but the Chairman said that the vacancies might be filled up by English shareholders. Mr. GA I:I3ETT objected to any of the former finance committee being included, but his motion, which applied to Messrs. Beaumont, Ronald, and Muir, was lost. Mr. APGAvIN moved—" That it be remitted to the directors to consider as to how they should raise the necessary funds to meet the company's liabili ties."—Carried. Thanks were given to Mr. White, the chairman, and the other members of the Investigation Com mittee, and a vote of thanks to Mr. Balfour for pre siding closed the proceedings. DUTCII-ILHENISIL The receipts for the • fortnight ending Oct. 31 amounted to £13,843, and for corresponding period of last year to £14,428, showing a decrease of £585. The receipts since the commencement of the present book year, May 1, including the above, amounted to £136,997, showing a decrease as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £29,613. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,851, or 35.04 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to £5,448, or 38.49 per cent., showing a decrease of £596. The working expenses from May 1 last to October 31 amounted to £54,049, or 39.46 per cent. of the re ceipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to 35.76 per cent. Naval and Military Intellit;ence. The War Department steamship Earl de Grey and Ripon returned to Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning from Devonport and Bull's Point, laden with old army stores. She experienced some very severe weather in the Channel, but suffered no damage. Mr. Moore, the master in charge, reports a schooner-,rigged vessel sunk off the Nore, with her masts only visible. Extra men are placed or the repairs of the screw steam corvette Racoon, 22, at Devonport, to pre pare her for sea. Her Majesty's naval storekeeper in Woolwich Dockyard, Mr. 0. B. Piers, having terminated the six months' leave of absence granted him by the Board of Admiralty with a view to recruit his im paired health, has obtained an additional week's leave to arrange his affains• before retiring from the service on superannuation. Mr. Piers will be suc ceeded by Mr. Walter Scott, senior clerk, now doing the storekeeper's duties in Mr. Piers' absence. Lieut. C. F. La Coste, two sergeanta„ one corporal, one drummer, and 27 privates belongi ng to the Royal Marines Light Infantry, have left Woolwich for Devonport, for service on board her Majesty's 22- gun screw corvette Racoon, 1,467 tons, and 400.. horse power, to be commissioned in all probability by Capt. the Duke of Edinburgh. A court-martial assembled on Tuesday on board the Royal Adelaide, in Hamoaze, to try Mr. Fredk. Wheeler, engineer, borne on the books of the Indus, on a charge of drunkenness on Oct. 20. The Court consisted of Capt. Preedy, president, and Capts. Napier, Seccombe, Stanhope, Somerset, and Daw kins. After a lengthened inquiry, the Court con sidered the charge proved, and, as the prisoner bad been previously charged with a similar offence, he was sentenced to be dismissed from the service. The troops in garrison at Woolwich yesterday began to practise the route marching ordered to be carried out during the winter, in the place of field drills. They commenced marching out at nine a.m. in separate brigades and divisions, taking various directions along the high roads, over Blackheath, Lewisham, Eltham, Welling, and sur rounding villages, according to the selection of the respective commanding officers, an officer of each division taking sketches of the march. The weather was most favourable, and the troops, who returned to quarters shortly e before the dinner hour at o n e to have benefited by the exercise, which 18 or dere d to take pl ace wee kly, wea th er per mitting, with football exercise at intervals. The proceeding and finding of the district court martial which recentlypresaipresidency en assembled at Chatham garri son, under the of Lieut.-Col. Fitzroy M. H. Somerset, Royal Engineers, for the trial of Ser geant Thomas Harris, have e lir ) -roorn clerk, 106th Bombay Light Infantry, the troops. The prisoner deserted at promulgated to , at Colchester on 1 re-enlisted -:thelOth of May, 1865, and subsequently at Chatham in the 109th Bombtr e l n i t f ly receiving the name of William II VII ry Bien y ki, : . antry, under the additional bounty. lie was speedily promoted and again made orderly - room clerk, wiilo Irinii Nagtoted di scove red that he was a deserter from the 106th Regiment. The Court sentenced him to 8-1 days , hard labour in the military prison, Fort Clarence, Rochester, and ordered him to be placed under stoppages until the bounty money of which he had defrauded the Government was made good. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO A SPORTSMAN.—Captain Fox, of the Grenadier Guards, who was thrown from his horse, after attending the meet of tho Bramharn-moor fox hounds, and received serious injury, is progressing satis factorily. The latest reports are of a favourable cha mfer. Opening of the Belgian Chambers. BRUSSELS, ov. 13. The Belgian Chambers were opened to-day by the King in person. His Majesty read a speech from the throne, the full text of which is as follows : " Gentlemen,—l have been desirous of finding myself again in the midst of the national representa tives, where I encountered so sympathising a recep tion hardly a year ago. In each of our patriotic provinces the entire people associated themselves with these touching demonstrations ; they clung to the memory of the venerated monarch whose bene ficent reign will :leave imperishable traces in the existence of Belgium. (Cheers.) It is with great satisfaction that I state the excellent condition of our international relations. In the midst of the grave events that have troubled a large portion of Europe, Belgium has remained calm, confident, and penetrated with the rights and the duties of a neu trality she will maintain in the future as in the past, with sincerity., loyalty, and strength. (Loud cheers.) Yet, although the public secnrity has not been shaken, although our position at home has remained comparatively satisfactory, the coun try has, however, not been free from the fatal malady that has desolated other shores. Thanks to the devotion of the local authorities and of all classes of the population, the effects of the scourge—which has now almost entirely dis appeared—have been fortunately alleviated. Let us have words of pity for those who have suffered, words of gratitude for those who have shown devo tion. We must not forget that these disasters have especially affected our working classes. It is the duty of us all to continue to occupy ourselves with everything that may advance the material and moral improvement of the labouring population. (Loud cheers.) Among the preventive measures which science and practice point out as the most efficacious, figures, in the first rank, the rendering insalubrious places healthy. This duty justly occupies both the Government and the communes. The same solici tude is due to the instruction of the working classes. The assistance of the Chambers will never fail the Government in attaining this useful and noble ob ject, towards which every people jealous of its liberty and desirous of remaining worthy of it ought incessantly to strive. (Cheers.) The result of the harvest has not entirely responded to the hopes of our cultivators. Agriculture, nevertheless, has not receded in the path of progress along which it ad vances with rapid strides. The energetic measures taken by my Government have contributed to cir cumscribe and paraly se the effects of the cattle plague, which has raged elsewhere with great intensity. Inde pendently of tasks whose accomplishment the cham bers have still to pursue, various bills will be sub mitted to their deliberation. The revision Of the law of 1858 upon expropriations, suppression of imprisonment for debt, improvement of the laws upon preventive detention and extradition, aboli tion of article 1,781 of the civil code, revision of the military penal code, freedom to manufactured articles of gold and silver, river fishery, cadastal readjustment with the object of a more just redis tribution of the land tax ; these are the subjects which will be successively brought forward in the course of this Session, and which I recommend to the enlightened examination of Parliament. My Government has concluded a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation with Japan, which, con jointly with our late convention with China, is de stined to open to Belgium new relations towards the countries of the extreme East, by securing to our commerce the international guarantee of which it has hitherto been devoid. The civic guard and the army continue to fulfill their labours with the zeal and the patriotism that have always distinguished those two great institutions. (Cheers.) The Tir National has furnished our citizen militia with an opportunity of fraternising with the militia of neighbouring countries. Belgium will be happy to see renewed upon her hospitable soil those peace ful contests in which relations of mutual friendship and esteem are formed, which the future can but extend and forty. (Loud cheers.) Our artists, as the recent Exhibition has proved, brilliantly associate the labours which constitute its glory with the ma terial works that form the fortune of the country. I hope that all Belgian workers will redouble their efforts to occupy an honourable rank in the universal contest a friendly great Power will soon open to all nations. That Belgium may continue to signalise herself by an energetic and fecund activity, by her respect for order, and by the wise practice of her liberties, that the elements of prosperity she con tains may develope themselves day by day under the aegis of our liberal laws —these are my dearest wishes, this is the object of our common desires. (Cheers.) To accomplish the task incumbent upon it, my Government, gentlemen, has need of your loyal and hearty support, and at the commencement of this new reign may all hearts remain united in the love of our country and its institutions." His Majesty was received with loud demonstra tions of satisfaction, amidst which he left the chamber. England's Action on the Al-tbaraa Claims. 1 The Press of both England and America have returned to the discussion of the claims of the United States against Great Britain for the depre dations of the Confederate cruisers. We are happy in having led the way in reopening this discussion in a spirit of conciliation, and, we believe, not a moment too soon. England will have taken a step in the right direction by anticipating the action of America. Those who wish to complicate the rela tions will by this move have the ground on which they mainly relied cut from under them. We re gret the position which some of the American news papers appear inclined to take up on this subject. Elsewhere we give an article from the Watchnzan and Reflector, a Boston religious journal of high standing, but which in the instance before us scarcely argues in keeping with its Christian tone. " It is a grave question whether we ought to take " any step towards the protection of British corn " merce from the fate of war when it comes. Such " a measure as this i s n ot to our taste ; she has I " taken her stand—let her hold it." These are nottrue Christian p r i nc i p l es, an d th e W atc h man an d Refle c t or will not contradict us when we maintain that it of c it is on broad Governments rist principles Christian d sbe t u h l at the policy be grounded. We freely confess that England made a mistake in giving a more general sympathy to the South than to the North in the great struggle be tween Slavery and Freedom. We allow that the case of the Alabama admits of no justification. But it is also true that America as a whole sym pathised with Russia against England iu the struggle of the Western Powers to curb the domineering aggrandisement of the Muscovite ruler —that America sent forth cruisers against Portu guese commerce, and refused that nation redress_ that when invited to join as one of the great mari time Powers at the Congress at Paris, to suppress privateering, she declined to give the International Law the sanction of her authority. The nations d a r o e w n n o a w all code a o t f p l e a a w c s e , w a h n i c d h n will w i l l i p s r t o h t e e c t t i m c o e m t m o e l r a c y e against such wanton acts of spoliation as tahnadttshuaft fered by Portugal in the war with Brazil, suffered by the United States in the War of the Rebellion. If America is to treasure up a wrong done herself, and to establish it as a precedent to retaliate on other nations, wrong will beget wrong, till International Law becomes a dead letter. It matters not what the object of England is, whether she sees in the future a grievous injury to herself, if such precedents as that of the Alabama are to be made a rule. The question for America is, she has sustained a grievous injury, the nation which has been made the means of inflicting this injury, is, we hope and believe, prepared to make reparation—is America to refuse this reparation, having herself been instrumental in establishing the rule und er w hi c h s h e su ff ere d , b ecause s h e h as hopes of red ress i ng t h ese wrongs b y i n fli ct i ng on thestraotaentseamrtion at whose h an d s s h e su ff ere d th em a s till g eins-)iouljth% Union It is . incumbent on the people and of truth. to T consider he the Civil l, question ar o n its broadest b as i s in flicted on England a terrible injury. It was commenced on the part of the South with a settled conviction that the destruction of England's manu factures would be so great that she could not main- THE SUN, LON I: ON, THURS OA Y EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1866. ' thin, in the face of a starving population, an atti tude of neutrality. This conviction haunted the minds of the Northern statesmen. Yet England, enduring the greatest suffering, did maintain, in spite of all inducements to the contrary, a neutral position. America should reverse the position, and see what her own attitude would be under similar circumstances. If the great staple of her manufac tures was supplied by Ireland, and if Ireland erected herself into a Sovereign State by the unanimous decision of the people, and commenced a war of re bellion against England, how would the feelings of the citizens of the Great Republic induce them to act ? Could England count on anything but the most determined opposition on the part of the Ame ricans to the reconquest of that island ? If Ame rican sympathy was enlisted against England in favour of Russia, when engaged in a war of aggran disement, England could hope for little but denun ciation and active interference if she were engaged against the Irish in a war of independence. It is a lamentable thing to think that these kindred nations should always be opposed to each other, and in favour of each other's enemies, however alien to each these enemies might be, and it is a sad proof of the perversity of mankind that the two most free nations on earth and the leaders of freedom should always be snarling at each other, and ready with or without provocation to bite. The newspapers have been followed in this matter by many of the monthly and quarterly periodicals, all taking the same tone of conciliation. We feel persuaded that America will accept the hand stretched out—and that this irritating question will receive a solution that will tend greatly to the future benefit, not only to their own mutual interests, but to those of all maritime nations. It is the highest effort of wisdom to extract good out of evil, for it can only be accomplished by subduing feelings of irritation, and in the manner so beautifully laid down in a sermon by the Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER, when taking for his text the words of the Apostle PAUL—" Overcome evil with good." The opinion which weighs most forcibly in America is the opinion of New England—because there religion, education, and civilisation have attained to their highest development. Had England been more guided by the sentiments expressed by the people of those States she would not have gone so far wrong in her judgment of American questions. This truth is becoming strongly impressed on the nation, and the change we believe will not be without its weight in influencing opinion not only in the New England States, but throughout America.—Anglo-American Times. crush him, knocked him back into his place of power and command over the nation. Such a result is by no means improbable.— Anglo-American Times. Terrific Gale at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The gales which have passed over Liverpool since Saturday were exceeded last evening and to-day by one more furious than any that preceded it. Unlike the gales of the previous days, which generally blew in heavy squalls, that of last night was continuous from the N. W., and was accompanied by blinding showers of rain and hail —the latter being of an unprecedented size. In the neigh bourhood of Bootle, Seaforth, and Waterloo, the hailstones made sad havoc amongst the windows and glass-houses of many of the more exposed and detached residences. in the river fortunately the presence of a largo number of steam tugs prevented many of the vessels from dragging their anchors ; but one ship, more unfortunate than the rest, has come to grief. The British Lion, Capt. Mann, a splendid North American built ship, which had only reached the Mersey on Tuesday from Quebec, went to her anchorage in the Sloyne. In the height of the gale the ship dragged her anchors, and before any assistance could be rendered the storm and the heavy sea carried her on to the Devil's Bank, near Grassendalo, at the scuth end of the town. The schooner Mineral, from Greenhithe to Runcorn, is reported a total wreck in, the Victoria Channel. Nothing has been heard of the crew. The Alberti, hence for Genoa, has been compelled to run into Holyhead for shelter, havingsuffered in the storm. Tho well-known Glasgow trader Gipsy Queen is reported on shore near Garlock Head. The barque Ocean Spray, hence to Galveston, has been compelled to put back to the Mersey in a damaged state. The Christian, from Shoreham for Swansea, has gone ashore, and remains in a very critical position near Llanelly. The ship Ellen Stuart, which sailed a few days since for Melbourne, after attempting to bear up for Holyhead, has succeeded in reaching this port rather leaky. A foreign barque, name unknown, laden with fish, has been reported a wreck in the neighbourhood of Belfast. The British Lion, mentioned as having gone on the Devil's Bank, still remained there up to the despatch of this parcel, and fears are entertained that she will break up if the stormy weather continues. A steamer is reported to be lost, with many lives, on Blackwater Bank. The Great Storm at Nassau. Governor Rawson has addressed a despatch, dated October 17, to Lord Carnarvon, giving a long account of the great storm which recently caused so much damage at Nassau and the neighbouring islands. The destruction of property on land and at sea (says the despatch) has been very great throughout all the islands, and especially in New Providence. Happily, the loss of life has been comparatively small. On this island only three deaths have been reported. On some of the out islands it has been greater. Considering the number of vessels, colonial and foreign, which have been wrecked throughout the Archipelago, it is surprising how few of the crews have been lost. I estimate the number, includ ing five crews, two of colonial and three of foreign vessels, aE between GO and 70 persons. Of the two steam-tugs, one had foundered in the har bour; the other, the General Clinch, respecting which I have had occasion to write, as the last of the three vessels which the government of the United States claimed as the property of the late Confederate Government, had been dashed into countless pieces against the public wharf, after having crushed and inflicted a similar fate upon a colonial schooner. Fortunately, the number of foreign vessels in the harbour was at the time small. But of colonial vessels and boats the number was great. Of the craft in the har bour 92 have been totally destroyed, 97 have been badly injured, and 43 have been slightly injured. Upon these vessels a considerable portion of the population depended for their income derived from fishing, sponging, and wreck ing, and for the daily supplies of fish and of market pro duce brought from the out islands. On shore the city exhibited a scene scarcely less distress ing. It would hardly have suffered so much from a bom bardment. The streets were chocked with the debris of fallen and unroofed houses, and with prostrate trees. I enclose an abstract of the information obtained by the police as to the extent of injury done to house property throughout the island. It is necessarily imperfect to seine extent, and it does not include the injuries done - to out houses, fences, orchards, gardens, Sac., which add consider ably to the losses of the population. But your lordship will be able to form from it some idea of the calamity which has befallen this island, containing perhaps 12,000 to 13,000 inhabitants, of whom the greater portion reside in the city and its suburbs : 617 houses destroyed, 609 houses in jured, 17 warehouses destroyed, 18 warehouses injured, 12 shops destroyed, 17 shops injured, 5 schoolhouses de stroyed, 2 schoolhouses injured, 5 churches and chapels de stroyed, 3 churches and chapels injured, 1 theatre de stroyed-1,031 persons made houseless. The accounts from the out islands are, as yet, hurried and incomplete, but we know that every one, without ex ception, was visited by the storm, and that on all greater or less injury has been inflicted. I regret to say that almost all have been severely injured. I annex such further information as I have been able to collect with respect to the ravages of the storm:—" 1. Au abstract of the injuries done to the public buildings in New Providence, with the civil engineer's estimate of the cost of repairs, amounting with the injuries dune to roads and streets not included in the estimate, to about £9,000. 2. Au abstract of the injuries done at the several light house stations. 3. An abstract of the injuries done to the several public-houses as far as is known. An abstract of the injuries done to buildings belonging to the Church of England (exclusive of those belonging to the Colonial Government) in the several islands, estimated by the bishop of the diocese at £5,000. An abstract and detailed return of wrecks and casualties to foreign going vessels as far as known. Captain Chat field, R.N., commanding her Majesty's ship Nimble, is preparing a chart of the course of the hurricane, of which, and of his report thereon, I hope to bo able to for ward a copy by the next mail. At present I will only state that it passed over or near the Turks Islands, fol lowed the edge of the Great Bahama Bank, sweeping all the inhabited islands in that direction; continued its north-westerly course after crossing New Providence ; was felt at Key West, and in Chesapeake Bay, on the coast of the United States; curved to the northward and eastward with the Gulf Stream, and was felt in its full force half way between Cape Hatteras and Bermuda—the usual course of hurricanes in these seas." After stating what measures had been adopted to meet the emergency, Governor Raws on says : —"I ant i c i pate being under the necessity of raising a l oan o f mo d era t e amount, hilt I hope to avoid recourse to the English mar ket. I may perhaps be able to avail myself of the opportu nity of obtaining a moderate circulation of Government notes, which will be a great convenience to the public, under arrangements which I trust will be found unobjec tionable, and will be submitted for approval before adop tion." in the week was 48.4 deg., which is 3.2 deg. above the aver age of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 59.6 cbg. on Monday ; the lowest night temperature was 30.6 deg. on Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 29.0 deg. The mean of the highest temper ature of the water of the Thames was 50.4 deg., that of the lowest was 48.0 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.9 dog. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.32 in., of which 0.31 in. fell on Thursday. Ac cording to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metro politan Board of Works the average daily quantity of sew age pumped into the River Thames at the southern outfall works, Crossness, was 192,379 metric tons. The Fire and Loss of Life in Hampstead- Road. Yesterday Dr. Lankester and the jury previously em panelled resumed the inquiry respecting:the cheumstances attending the death of Emanuel Lazarus, aged 10 years ; Marian Lazarus, aged nine years ; and Sophia Lazarus, aged eight years— the three children who were suffocated at a fire that occurred at the residence of their father, a clothier, at 44, Hampstead-road. The inquiry excited greater interest than on the former occasion, as it was stated that had the police on duty at the time used proper precautions, and not have prevented those who had previously saved two lives, the other three might have been rescued without danger. The evidence of the porter was to the effect that when he closed the shop he forget to turn off the gas at the main. A fireman named Radford, in charge of Well-street fire station, said that be was first at the fire, when he found it confined to the shop. In three minutes he got water and poured it upon the fire, and it was got out in about a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes. One of the firemen turned off the gas after he got there. The gas was on when he arrived at the fire. By Mr. Solomon—Two escapemen were there when he arrived, and another came directly afterwards. The street door was shut when he arrived. The police were employed in keeping the crowd back, but they were not able to stand at the street door on account of the heat. If he had known that the children had been in the first floor he could have taken them out, but it was 20 minutes before they were got out. John Hutchings, a fire-escape conductor, said that he ar rived with his escape, and pitched it in front of the build ing, when he was told that there were three children in the second floor. He went up three times, but found no one therein. He was afterwards told that the children were in the third floor. He searched that floor, but whilst in the front-room the smoke extinguished his lamp, and he had to search the back-room in the dark. After that he beard that two children had been taken out, but that others had been left behind. He went on the roof, and there saw a man who told him there were other two children at the trap-door. He asked him the way to the trap, and he showed him, but he was unable to get down on account of the smoke. Ann Wardle, recalled, said that when the first escapeman arrived she said there were children in the first floor. This was contradicted by the escapeman. He could not recognise the female who had given evidence. Mr. Solomon said that he had no fault to find with the conductor, who had behaved most courageously. William Puckett, foreman of the London Salvage Coq); said that he found two of the children on a bed. He could not say whether they •were alive, but he thought not. He took one child away in a cab to the hospital, butit wasdead. Thos. Comber, police-constable, 54 S, said that he was on duty on the night in question, and saw a large crowd running along the Hampstead-road. He followed, and found Mr. Lazarus's house on fire. He was told that there were some children in the fist floor. lie went up the stairs to that part of the building, but could get no further. Some five or six persons then made an attempt to get to that floor, but they were unable. He called to the escapeman, and told him that there were children in the second floor, and to make haste, as they could only be saved by the escape. Police -constable 218 S said that he found the door of the house open, and several persons attempt2d to get up stairs, but were unable, and as others made attempts to go up, he told them to get clear of the doors to enable others to get out. His instructions were to keep the doors at fires. He should not think of keeping the door if he knew there were any persons in the house. He heard that two childrenhad been brought down, but he did not hear that there were other children in the place until the fire escape arrived. Mr. James Laxton, superintendent of the S division, said that he was sent for on the night of the fire, and when he arrived he found the fire out. In every man's instruction book it is laid down that, on the alarm of fire, he is to hasten to the spot, arouse the inmates, and send some ono else for the engines and escapes, and to keep the - doors closed after the inmates bad escaped until the arrival of the brigade, and then to hand the premises over to the firemen. He had examined the circumstances, and he could not at tach the least blame to constables 54, 216, and 50. By Mr. Solomon—The first constable ran off for the en gine instead of stopping at the fire. Mr. Sampson Lowe said that the first intimation ought in all cases to be given to the fire escape conductors. Mr. Laxton said that no orders to that effect had ever been issued by Sir Richard Mayne. The constables were instructed to use their own discretion on such occasions. Other witnesses who were examined stated their belief that there was ample time to save the children. One por son said that he saw Ann Wardle, the servant, trying to got to the door, but that she was pulled back. The inquiry, after lasting four hours, was adjourned till Monday next. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ,r/p- TIMES.—In the night between Tuesday and yes terday they who chose to watch, and were not dis couraged by the doubts of astronomers, were re warded with a spectacle which cannot be imagined or forgotten. The sky was unusually clear, and, till about an hour before midnight, it made no sign, and the eye turned in vain to the east, as men look at a fortress that will not give the challenge. But when the irregular circle of stars that had been in dicated by former observers had well cleared the horizon, and moved some points to the south, first one meteor theu another shot across th e s ky i n , various regions and with various directions, but I plainly from that one quarter. The spectator had soon counted half-a-dozen ; then he felt sure he had seen thirty ; then six or seven in a minute ; then they appeared faster than we could count them. Then there came two or three together; then not less than a dozen of all kinds. Some shot across the heavens, leaving long, bright, an d li nger i ng t r ains, the star itself seeming to explode, and instantly dis appear. Some darted as quickly and as bright, but without trains. Some struck the sight, like sparks from a forge, everywhere at once. Some seemed to fall, over trees or houses, bright to the last, but with the ruddy hues of lower atmosphere. Look where we would it was the same ; in the far west, and throughout the entire north, there was either the bright glancing speck of light, or the long train, or what seemed an actual ball of light, that illumi nated the country, and was slow to die away. 4.s the night advanced these meteors chased one another across the sky, following in one another's track, or running side by side. The heavens seemed alive with this unwonted host. There were times when it seemed as if a mighty wind had caught the old stars, loosed them from their holdings, and swept them across the firmament. The Olympian himself might have been supposed on his throne launching his bolts against an offending or forgetful world. There he was all but visible, for at that one place there were meteors that appeared, only as spots to disappear, or to traverse only just as much space as would show motion. That, in fact, was the very pathway of all this artillery, which was thus foreshortened, like a column of soldiers, as seen by those that have to bear the brunt. In the course of two or three hours there must have been many thousands of these visitors, usually so rare. Even when the sky be came partially overcast, they still showed themselves at every opening, and shone through the veil of clouds. Few, indeed, who saw it had ever seen the like, or could expect ever to see it. As to the sounds commonly heard on these occasions—the explosions, the hissing,s, and the rumblings—we cannot speak, for the wind was high, and it must be remembered that the stillness ascribed by poets tb the night has utterly left this isle, for hardly is there a spot where it is not possible any hour of the night to hear several mail or luggage trains. As it seems to us, people have been a good deal taken by surprise. The apparition has been far out of the common range of ideas. In old chronicles one reads of such things, exaggerated doubtless, and told without science oraccuracy ; and travellers bring home every now, and then tales of heavenly appear ances likely to make a great impression upon men at sea, or in solitudes, or among savages, or where , , Th everything else is strange and inconceivable. e heavens display their glory and unfold their mar vellous treasures much more within the tropics or under the poles than in this temperate zone, where earth seems to rob even heaven of its brightness. For aught we know there is no real reason why the wonders that have been should not be again, why time should not have other novelties in store, like those by which cities have been suddenly buried or continents submerged. A cloudy sky hid the last visit of these mysterious strangers. They were heard of from other countries, and from our own provinces, but an inveterate prejudice localises all such infor mation, and what is out of sight is soon out of mind. Then we are told this is a matter of degree, and that there are other periodic returns of meteors, besides occasional appearances, familiar to everybody out much of a night. Further, it is little more than a century since the principles of modern astronomical science were brought to bear on this subject. All this may naturally account for the little expectation or little thought given to what really is a most start ling and most awful phenomenon. There will, how ever, be no more of this ignorance or indifference, for nobody who saw well what was to be seen the other night will forget his impressions should he live to the next return. It is the spectacle we are speak ing of, and its suggestive character. The most mar venous fact in the history and inquiry is the actual harmlessness of these portentous appearances, and the extremely little palpable result of any kind. A few collections in a few small rooms contain all the harvest of the heavens. Aerolites are so few that temples were formerly built for their reception, and religions founded on them. Industry has collected the authenticated instances, and in no case does it appear that the least damage has been done to life or property. In the old saying, the throes of the mountain end in one of the smallest of living things ; but here Heaven shows itself in its sublimest mood, armed with the most terrible weapons, and the only results ever known have been here and there a stone or lump of metal buried in the ground. But science, which dispels so many terrors, and proves so many appearances illusions and nothing more, does not do so in this instance. Once in a human generation, and thrice in a century—for in this matter man and the material universe seem strangely in accord—this earth has to en counter an immense cloud of stones revolving round the sun, in an orbit of the same size as its own, but in a contrary direction. This cloud of stones is be lieved to constitute a sort of ring, diffused over the whole orbit, like a greathighway of rolling or flying stones, though not in uniform density. However, there is no escaping them, whatever they are, for the breadth of this highway or stream is compared to the moon's orbit, and it takes two or three suc cessive years, or, we should say, successive Novem bers, for the earth to enter and clear it. These stones enter our atmosphere with a velocity of forty miles a second, and destroy themselves, as it were, by their own violence, for, when once arrested by our grosser air, they are instantly melted and dissi pated in the air. That process, however, is only possible with very small stones, estimated by grains, for an aerolite of only a few pounds could only have its surface affected by such a momentary operation. Is it quite impossible that some day the earth may have to encounter more bulky metal, more compar able to our mundane artillery ? Showers of stones there have been ; and there evidently is no limit to their size either in history or in science, for the laws which govern the movement of every body in our solar system apply equally to all sizes and all sub stances, from this earth to a grain of dust, from a mass of metal to a vapour. Here is a shower of missiles of unknown weight, and inconceivable velo city, always in motion from some unknown battery, and every human generation has to run the gauntlet. Will this atmosphere of ours always prove an abso lute protection, and turn off these bolts, as merit is said to do the shafts of envy and detraction? That is a question at least to be thought of. HERALD.—True to their vindictive purpose, the Jamaica Committee, as at present resolved, will indict ex-Governor Eyre at the next Old Bailey Sessions, about the middle of the current month. Should the grand jury find a true bill, which we think impossible, the indictment, it is said, will be removed into the Court of Queen's Bench, and the trial thus further delayed. Delay in legal prOCeed ings is generally pernicious ; in this instance, how ever, it is salutary, as tending to allay passions and soften prejudices. But we agree with our able con temporary, the Law Times, in thinking that th e ex hibition about to be made is disgraceful to our juris prudence. Here is a public servant prosecuted by private individuals upon a charge of the highest felony for official misdeeds. Where is the Govern ment that should arraign him if he be guilty ? Where is the Government that should undertake his defence if it deems him innocent? No fault, however, can be found with the executive, which must be ruled by the acts of Parliament as they . stand. Still, we would call attention to a circum stance, illustrating the same principle, whi c h oc curred some years ago. A deputation, professedly interested in a question of diplomacy, waited upon a foreign Sovereign as representative of English political views. Immediately a bill was laid before the House of. Commons, declaring such meddlings with the ordinary and proper functions of the state illegal. And why not in a matter of justice ? If, says the Law Times, there were a public proseeutor, the humiliating scene of rival advertisements and partisan appeals on a question of life and death would have been spared us. But this is not a full statement of the case. We leave these processes to be conducted by the caprice and intrigue of per sonal hate. Ought any man to be put u p on hi s deliverance to answer a capital impeachment at the instance of a cabal calling itself a committee, with out being previously examined before a magis trate ? The commonest scoundrel in a rural dis trict, accused of murder, is never committed for trial until a prima facie case of guilt has been made out .against him in presence of the local justices. Yet, where the persons are wealthy, or can extort subscriptions from the credu lous, and the individual persecuted seems of im portance, the formalities of preliminary examina tions can be dispensed with, and an indictment laid before the supreme courts upon mere affidavits. Nov, the principal argument for the abolition of grand juries has always been that the committing magistrate is a grand jury in himself, as being legally and personally qualified to determine whether the charge against a subject of the Crown has been so far sustained that he should be exposed to the ignominy of a trial in the felon's dock. Suppose the grand jury abolished. Any one might be forced into the Central Criminal Court, and put to all the costs of an elaborate defence, whether his witnesses had to come from Abyssinia or the Himalayas, and a verdict of acquittal would simply imply that he had escaped at the expense of a few hundreds or thousands in money, and an incalculable amount of mental suffering. We hold all this to be wrong. When a state wrong is done the state is insulted, and the state should vindicate its own honour. Here, however, after the Government have instituted a. solemn, elaborate, and exhausting investigation, Mr. Eyre is exonerated from all blame beyond that of a partial error of judgment—one of those errors, perhaps, by which nations and empires have occa sionally been saved ; but a little coterie, of one opinion in politics, interferes, pushes the state aside, takes possession of the law, and insists upon putting a man, lately the responsible administrator of affairs in an important British colony, in peril of his life. It is monstrous and shameful. Virtually, in this case the Jamaica committee prosecutes, nomi nally the Crown does so. Is there no discretion vested in the Crown, as represented by its law officers, to refuse ? If not, it may be hop e d th at so serious a defect in the law will not long b e perm i tte d to deface and scandalise the statute book of the realm. That this is a gross partisan p rosecu ti on we have from the beginning affirmed. It is opp ose d t o every maxim of English justice. The law of Eng land, the equity of English men, h ave usually as sumed a man to be innocent until he is proved guilty. But what are the persecutors of Mr. Eyre doing ? They have condemned him a hundred times already; they have hanged and b urne d hi m i n e ff igy, an d declared their eagerness to hang and burn him in the flesh ; they have denied him the fair play which is not refused to the most vulgar malefactor ; they have endeavoured to pack, out of public opinion, a jury for his conviction beforehand. But when such malicious artifice is employed, the process defeats its own object. The case is taken out of the ordinary category. We feel no compunction, for example, in expressing our hope that a body of English gen tlemen composing an English grand jury will in dignantly dismiss the indictment, and prevent the Jamaica Committee from displaying its factious rancour, and blackening the witness-box of a solemn court of justice with a flood of negro perjury specially imported from Jamaica. The petty jury, should the trial ever take place, will, of course, be locked up while it drags its slow length along ; but who doubts that the Jamaica Committee would influence it if they could ?—for what else are they attempting to do now—what but to prejudge the charge against this man, whose blood they despair of taking, yet whose life they expect to ruin ? The latest mani festation, anticipatory of the great sensation scene they fondly yearn for at the Old Bailey, is a docu ment issued by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society --a body which has no legitimate claim to a voice in the matter at all. There are no slaves in Jamaica, and there is no " anti-slavery," however much there may be of " pro-negro" as against " anti-English" principle in the prosecution of Mr. Eyre. But the society assumes that besides emancipating slaves its duty is to protect those who have been emancipated al ready. Was G. W. Gordon ever " emancipated" ? The committee say so, but the commission never ascertained the fact. Of course, they reject the evidence concerning him as false and calumniatory. Because, however, a particular association, animated by one idea, moved by one interest, discarding national sympathy, despising all ideas of govern ment, believing in no human good out of Africa, and pledged to execute vengeance upon a public servant for having rescued an European community from a negro terror, devotes itself to the endeavour, ori ginated by a self-elected body, styling itself a Jamaica Committee, ought the machinery of the law to be placed at its disposal, to be worked at its pleasure? It will have been observed that the people of the anti-slavery clique altogether suppress the undoubted testimony which, produced too late for the Royal commissioners to consider, demon strated the existence of a deeply-laid conspiracy of which Gordon was the head, contriver, and centre. These have been the tactics of the ultra-negrophi lists from the commencement. How did they treat the unchallengeable statement made on behalf of the Eyre Defence and Aid Fund ? Mr. Bright's organ did not notice it for a week. It then garbled two quotations from speeches on colonial policy by Lord Russell and Earl Grey. It next repeated bag of the facts to which Lieut. Edenborough is ready to swear, leaving out all me n tio n of the main point, which was that Gordon, after buying the guns, ammunition, and military stores, was, while Pre: tending to embark them for Hayti, to hang obeli" the coast, and ultimately land them in Jamaica at point near St. Thomas itself. It then entirely omitted any reference to the letters, memoranda, and speechesin which Gordon distinctly planned, prophesied, and summoned the rebellion. The Committee of the . Anti-Slavery Society, which we regret to see lend ing itself to these discreditable manoeuvres, do like: w wise. They ignore, in the first place, the fact that it is disproved that Mr. Gordon, when arrested; was not resident within the district proclainied under martial law. His house was in the declared territory, and he was only arrested beyond it be cause he had fled to escape the penalties of treason. This was not made sufficiently clear to the commissioners. Indeed while rendering full jtAti e° to their impartiality and desire to elicit the trail , we are bound to remark upon a point which seed hitherto to have escaped observation. Of the thou sand witnesses examined nine-tenths had been prompted by the Jamaica Committee. There was a corresponding body agitating, organising, col letting and disbursing money, keeping an ofd ee open, advertising for evidence, paying the expenseg for every black man, woman, or child willing W sworn. On the other hand, there were generan/ the educated and independent residents, the clergy' the magistrates, the merchants, and planters, of the island, with a few negroes who stood in fear of their seditious compatriots. But all this the two gym" mittees—one in aim and spirit—leave out of vieW. [hey call upon the Government to assume the in itiative in the criminal prosecution of ex-Governor Eyre. The Government, of course, declines to be . come an accomplice of their prejudice and slate' Nevertheless, it appears that the dignity of a Crown prosecution, with or without executive sanction, Can be stamped upon the indictment. Whether this be true or not—and the state of the law upon the sub- . ject is confessedly dubious—we once more repeal that the spectacle of this trial, if it takes place, an; whatever the issue, will be scandalous, and should suggest an immediate chan ge i n our s ystem of ju risprudence so far as the rights of individuals to in stitute prosecutions for public and state offences are concerned. Impeachment. The Chicago Tribune cites the impeachment of WEST 11. HUMPHREYS, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of the State of Tennessee, as a precedent for the guidance of an impeachment of ANDREW JOHNSON.. The House of Representatives at the Session commencing 1861 adopted a series of articles, impeaching Judge HUMPHREYS, which were tried by the Senate in May, 1862. The first of the articles, seven in number, was to the effect—" That " regardless of his duties as a citizen of the United " States, and unmindful of the duties of his said office, " and in violation of the sacred obligation of his " official oath, * * the said WEST H. Humm- '• REYS, on the 29th day of December, A.D. 1860, in "the city of Nashville, in said State, the said WEST " 11. IiUMPIIREYS then being a citizen of the United "States, and owing allegiance thereto, and then " and there being judge, &c., at a public meeting "pa the day and year last aforesaid, held in said "city of Nashville, and in the hearing of divers per '• sons there present, did endeavour by public speech " to incite revolt and rebellion within said State " against the Constitution and Government of the "United States, and did then and there publicly "declare that it was the right of the people of said "State, by an ordinance of secession, to absolve " themselves from all allegiance to the Government " of the United States, the Constitution and the " laws thereof." ANDREW JOHNSON was Governor of the State, and through his instrumentality Judge HummuuYs was impeached. He was impeached by a House of Representatives, from which ten States were ex cluded, in which he bad no representative, and where only a small portion of the people of Tennessee could be heard. He was impeached by a " Rump" Congress, "by a body hanging on the verge of Go- " vernment," and " calling itself the Congress of the " United States." He was tried by a Senate, in which 11. States had no members, though entitled to 22 votes, which, had they not been excluded, would have rendered it impossible to convict him. But what makes this case a strong:..‘r precedent at the present time is that the first article of the impeach- anent is for a speech, the sentiments of which were in contravention of his official duty. Upon this article the vote was unanimously " Guilty." Upon most of the charges there were some votes of not guilty, and upon one or more he was acquitted, but upon this charge of having made that speech he was convicted by an unanimous vote. The Con stitution provides that " The PRESIDENT, VICE • " PRESIDENT, and all civil officers of the United " States, shall be removed from office for and con " viction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes " and misdemeanours." The Senate decided that a speech inciting a people to revolt, or rebellion, against the Consti tutional Government, by an officer sworn to fidelity to both, was sufficient offence to sustain an im. peachment, therefore Judge HUMPHREYS was amen able to no law but that to which the PRESIDENT and all other civil officers are amenable. The same Constitution protected him that covers ANDREW JOHNSON. The House that was competent to im peach him is as competent to impeach the PRESI DENT, or any other officer. The Senate that was competent to try and convict him is as compe tent to try and convict any other civil officer. There is no escaping the precedent of this HUMPHREYS' case, for which the country is indebted to ANDREW JOHNSON. The plea of Mr. JOHNSON'S followers is that speeches—no matter how revolutionary and rebel lious—cannot furnish legal ground for impeach ment. The Senate, however, upon thiscase, brought before them by Mr. JOHNSON, unanimously decided that such a speech by a Government officer, sworn to support and execute the laws, was sufficient to warrant, upon proof, not only the impeachment, but also the conviction and deposition of the guilty official. The Chicago ribune overlooks the fact that Judge HUMPHREYS, an officer of the United States, openly incited the people to rebellion in aid of a great and dangerous revolution at that time in actual existence. There is a wide difference be tween this case and that of a speech in time of peace, when a President of the United states de scended from bis dignity to the grade of a " Stump" hi with .phri w e c s h i d t e h n e t m j a so j H o N r i s t o y x o w f orator, and revil e d th e S enate i n t h e same h ear t y termsv l e m me then m g b u e u r t s y re- d of aS its th a great indiscretion, for which he has paid a heavy penalty ; but neither the case of HUMPHREYS, nor any other, can furnish a sufficient precedent for the impeachment of ANDREW JOHNSON. There are curious turns in the lives of American statesmen, and ,President JOHNSON'S gives an example. But a few weeks ago he was the triumphant dictator of the United States. The Philadelphia Convention had been a brilliant success, and promised for his policy a sure victory. The very means he adopted doubly to secure this result caused the down fall of his popularity. He then gave him self credit for not, under tempting circumstances, erecting himself into a CAESAR. Ile now, on taking up any American newspaper, finds the subject of his own impeachment freely discussed. He has been struck down by one blow, and, strange to say, that blow was delivered by himself. Another blow might knock him back, and place him again firmly in his seat. If that blow is given it will be struck by his bitterest enemies. The effect of an impeachment against President JOHNSON will per haps restore him to national popularity, and undo the work he has himself done. It would be a curious result, and one history might dwell on hereafter with interest, if the PRESIDENT knocked himself out of his place as leader of the nation while blindly striking at his enemies ; and if those enemies, rush ing to take advantage of his error fully to THE PUBLIC HEALTH.. (From the Registrar - General's Return.) In the week that ended on Saturday, Nov. 10, the births registered in London and 12 other largo towns of the United Kingdom were 4,427; the deaths registered 3,006. The annual rate :of mortality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,132 boys and 1,080 girls, in all 2,212 children, were registered in the week. In the corre sponding weeks of 10 years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,015. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,361. It was the 45th week of the year; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,378. The deaths in the present return are less by 17 than the estimated number. Sixty-seven deaths frcm cholera and 33 from dia'rrhoea, were registered in the week. The deaths from the two forms of disease in the last five weeks were 254, 199, 111, 101, and 100. Seven deaths from cholera occurred last week in Whitechapol, and 13 in Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich. In reference to the statement that cases of cholera had occurred in Charlton without any premonitory diarrhea.), Dr. Macloughlin has addressed a letter to the Registrar- General, upholding the doctrine which he advocated so forcibly in 1854, to the effect that cholera is invariably preceded by premonitory diarrhoea• Great credit is due to him for the labour which he bestowed in inquiring into the cases of 1853, and contributing to establish the doctrine now prevalent. Eight persons were killed during the week by vehicles in the street. . . . A carpenter, aged 58, died in the Westminster Hospital on Nov. 1 from hydrophobia. A female hawker, aged 21, died Oct. 31 in St. Giles's workhouse from pneumonia, accelerated by want and neglect. The annual rate of mortality last week was 23 per 1000 in London, 37 in Edinburgh, and 35 iu Dublin ; 22 in Bristol, 23 in Birmingham, 29 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 24 in Salford, 23 in Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 37 in New castle-upon-Tyne, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 41 per 1,000 during the week ending the 27th ult., when the temperature was 12.0 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 24 per 1,000. Cholera, although slowly declining in those of our large towns it has visited, has y et far from disappvared. The deaths referred l as t week to this disease in the following town; independently of the 67 cases in London, were, re spectively, Dublin 82, Edinburgh 36, and Liverpool 14. In Newcastle, however, the threatened outbreak of cholera appears to have been checked, and the fatal cases reported in the other large towns furnishing weekly returns are but few. In Vienna during the week ending the 27th ult. of the 439 deaths 135 were referred to cholera ; the numbers in the previous four weeks having been 672, 453, 521, and 304. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.837 in. The barome trical reading increased from 29.27 in. on Thursday to 30.06 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air National Civilities of Editors. We spoke recently of the official document sent from the Press Club, of Philadelphia, United State , to the Newspaper Press Fund of London. It affords us pleasure to be able to add that the commulliea" tion referred to (a copy of which was published in the Anglo-American Times of week before last) ha e been presented by Rev. C. W. DENISON, its bearer' to the gentlemen of the London Newspaper Press Fund Committee. Lord HOUGHTON, we under" stand, occupied the chair on the occasion. Th e meeting was a full one, and represented many of th i e leading journals of the metropolis. After the rea d " ing of the letter of the Philadelphia Press Club, hi e lordship extended to Mr. DENISON a welcome to the circle of editors represented, and expressed a heart , ' wish that such international courtesies might be is creased among gentlemen of the editorial professial' The Vice-Chairman of the committee, on th e subsequent withdrawal of Lord HOUGHTON, star . plemented the kind wishes of every membe r present. He alluded to the importance of friendly relations between England and America ; and said he indulged the hope that the authors of the two countries would come to enjoy a greater protection of their right of property in their books by means of an international copy right law. The letter fro m Philadelphia was then officially referred to a futu r e meeting, with a view to its'being formally e d ' at which meeting Mr. DENISON is again to be present. his The reverend gentleman, in reply, expressed _.... pleasure at being a participant in such agreeable proceedings. He had discharged his duty to t he Philadelphia Press Club, of which he had the honour to be a member, in presenting their friend l y letter to the Press Fund of London. Ik was happy to meet so cordial a reception ; and shou l d avail himself of the earliest opportunity to 00 04 the information of it to the gentlemen with who° he had been so pleasantly associated in America. The interview then closed.—Anglo - Americao Times. COUNTRY MARKETS. S AL ISB 1, At This market was moderately well supplied with lv-, e . t to-day, and the attendance rather more numerous than ,11 " week. Holders asked an advance of 2s per qr. in coulgeZ queue° of the improved tone at Mark-lane ; but altho u g' this was not submitted to, excepting in a few instaue os !l good trade was done at is per qr. more money as cotill )3 . l i ' es with last market. Barley small supply; malting quallt short, but supported late prices; grinding a trifle casi e Beans and peas unaltered. The following aro the quotations :—Wheat realised frol6o 56s to 678; barley, 37s to 548; oats, 24s to 30s ; beans, 4 , 3 . to 58s; and peas, 40s t 6 50s per qr. Tares, from 4s to 1: 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 14d ; household ditto, la per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. MONMOUTIISIIIRE--TUESDAY. , n et Business at the various markets of the county Is,„, quite so brisk as it has been of• late, buyers only purcu'" ing to supply immediate wants. red , The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, 6s 9d to 7s Od per bushel ; white, 7s Od to 7s 3d ; infer d. 4s 6d to 5s 9d ; malting barley, 44s to 50s per qr ; 8160 ing ditto, 32s to 36s Od ; b eans , 44 s t o 50 s ; w hite oats, to 28s ; black ditto, 24s 9d to 26s 6d. HULL.—TUESDAY. la* II At our market to-day there was a small show of Eng wheat, which sold at fully last week's prices. Malting ley in brisk dem an d, a t hi g h pr i ces. B eans an d oa ts W e '" firm. English white wheat, 60s to 65s ; red, 50s to 605,• D a a n l3 s t ; sic and Konigsberg, 62s to 6tss ; Baltic red, 57s to 7 00 , Danish and Hamburg, 54s to 58s ; Russian, 48s to ".. v , Barley, English, —s to —s . ; grinding, Mediterrsn ( :,; o , 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s; RU ssl ibs 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreig l3 l. 4 to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s Od ; foreign 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 378 Od per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 58s to 69s ; red, 52s to 65s per 36 stone; Barley for malting, 44s to 50s per qr ; feed, 33s to 3 88 4, 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 345; new, 24s to 29s per 2 Beans, old, 52s to 58s ;: new, 45s to 50s per qr. GAINSBOROUGH—TuEsDAY. per A liberal show of wheat, and prices were about 1 $ last week—old, 60s to 63s ; new, 54s to 58s per 36 °t n ° Barley in heavy demand, and sold at former prices. ‘- -- 1 ,0 were in good request, with little alteration in price. D es sold at extreme rates. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. o. s. d. 0. 0 Lambert's W.Hartley 17 3 Walls End Hetton V, 7 0 Retton•Lyons . 20 0 Holywell Main. •• -1 ' 0 _ .1.,y0- _ ... riolyw.— ......... „,, East Hartlepool Russell's Hetton 2O 6 Bradyell's Hetton .... 21 i 3 Thoinley 2O 3 Hartlepool ............ ' 9 Tunstall - 19 ...... 0 „o 0 0 earway and Duffryn Pensher Primrose ... ' 2 Malting 23 6 Harton Ships at market, 33—sold, 28: PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—The reformers +he Stirling and its vicinity assembled on Tuesday night 10 Union Hall in that town to help on the agitation by P lOP' ing themselves to support the Scottish National R ef . League in its efforts to obtain "registered manhood frage" and the " protection of the ballot." Births. f , Of HAND—On the 18th inst., at Southsea, Hants, the w" - ov Lieut. Henry Hand, R.N., Commanding H.M.S. Ober of a daughter. f LAscErzEsAon the 11th inst., at Surbiton, the wife a- Lasc,elles, Esq., of a daughter. SPENCER—On the 13th inst., at Wheatfield Recto* /3°l Mrs. Spencer, of a son. WAKE —On the 12th inst., at 22, York-place, Scarbor oter, the wife of Commander B. A. Wake, RN., of a &WO° Marriages. OA" BESTWICK—KELLY—On the 13th inst., at St. Pew' gr. tholic Church, Scarborough, Thomas, e ld es t son of . ar . Wm. Bestwick, Manchester, to Agnes, daughter of John Kelly, Scarborough. p e ter, PAGET—SURTEES—On the 13th inst., at Art S. - Hertfordshire, Richard H. Paget, Esq., M.P., o f ';er more Hall, Somerset, to Caroline Isabel, second daug of 1.1. E. Surtees, Esq., M.P. of Dane End, Herts. Deaths. COOPER—On the 13th inst., in the London-roa.d, Maidstone' Robert Cooper, Esq., aged 77. n ortl EDYE—On the 12th inst., at 9, Penlee, Stoke, Devour *7O l Joseph Edye, Esq., F.R.S., Paymaster-in-hief Navy, and late Secretary. ~a 3 Ja PEARSON - On the 13th inst , at Wimbledon, Adelals7.o- third daughter of Sir Edwin and the Hon. Lady T"- son, aged 14. SHELLEY—On the 11th last., at Avington, near Wine ' tor, John Shelley, Esq., aed 60. Lin WALKER —On' Blythe the 10th inst., Henry F. Walker, x-iin" Blythe Hall, Herts, J.P. of the county, aged 59. _ ce, WHITECHURCH—On the 10th inst., at Ro bertson- Hastings, terr. George Whitechurch, Esq., aged 32. Jo , WINN—On the 13th inst., at 27, Highbury New-Park' G. Winn, of 11, Hart-street, Mark-lane. _ - London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AN al l J o, of No. 112, strand, ranter at Tun SUN 00e• 14 ve of Strand, in the Preoinst of the Savly, in 0 thc CM' , iliddiesex.—Thursday, November 15, 15E6. -'