The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. the removal of Admiral Henry Smith, C. 8., from the active list of Admirals. VALETTA, Dec. 7.--This morning Sir Henry Stork, received most unexpectedly, by telegraph, instruc tions from the Secretary of State requiring his pre sence in England, and he left this afternoon in her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche for Marseilles. Lieut. Baring, R.A., one of his Excellency's aides de-camp, accompanies him. Since his residence in Malta his Excellency has been indefatigable in mak ing himself acquainted with the wants of its inhabi tants and the best means of improving their condi tion; and his anxious care and wise measures during the late visitation of the cholera have caused him to be looked upon with the highest esteem and respect. A trial of the engines of the Agincourt, 26, of 6,621 tons, was made at Plymouth on the 12th Oct., when a speed of nearly 14 knots was attained. Her draught on that occasion was 23ft. 4in. forward, and 25ft. 2in. aft. She was tried again on Monday, when her draught was 2in. less by the bow. Between the two trials some alterations have also been made in her machinery. The sea on Monday was what is termed rather " nobbly," but comparatively smooth; force of wind from 3to 6. Four trials under full boiler power at the measured mile gave the follow ing results:—A mean speed of 15.483 miles ; revo lutions, 611 ; mean pressure on boilers, 251 b.; va cuum, forward, 251 b.; aft, 25i1b. The Agincourt, which was built at Birkenhead, went through the water without any swell at her bows. Letters received at Plymouth state that the screw steam frigate Orlando, 46, Capt. John B. Dickson, arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th and left for England on the sth inst. She will bring 42 invalids from Gib raltar, where she also shipped some ordnance stores. The Prussian frigate Venita left Plymouth on Sunday for Rio de Janeiro The screw steam frigate Liffey, 39, recently re turned from the West Indies, is now in Keyham Steamyard for the purpose of being advanced to the first division of the Steam Reserve. It is feared that he will be appointed to a moreim- portant post. The quarantine restrictions at Tri poli (Barbary) on arrivals from Malta have been removed, and vessels are now admitted there in free pratique, provided they have a clean bill of health, and have left Malta 10 days after the occur rence of the last case of cholera. This new regulation to last as long as this island enforces quarantine on vessels arriving from infected countries. The iron clad frigate Caledonia, 31, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8., with the Resistance, 16, and the Enterprise, 4, iron ships, arrived on the afternoon of the 2d inst. from Syracuse, under steam. The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. G. J. Napier, left port on the evening of the 2d for Corfu, taking with her Sub-Lieut. Barnard and other super numeraries for the Phcebe and the Meeanee. The Pelican, 17, Commander R. P. Cator, which left Malta a few days ago for Bengazi, to attend on the telegraph steamer Hawk, returned on the morning of the 3d inst., having called at Tripoli to commu nicate with the British Consul-General. At 10 a.m. on the 3d inst. signal was made from the flagship to the fleet to dip their ensigns half-mast, on account of the death of the flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral H. Kellett, C. 8., Lieut. H. F. Campbell, who ex pired at the Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, at mii night on Saturday. Lieut. Campbell had been suffer ing for some time past from a pulmonary complaint. The Hydra, surveying steamer, Commander A. L. Mansell, arrived on the 4th inst. from Patras. The Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote, arrived on the 6th inst., from Corfu, having been relieved there on the 29th ult. by the Phcebe, 35, which was placed in 11 days' quarantine. The latter vessel was to proceed to Athens, and send the Meeanee, 81, to Malta. The Surprise, 4, arrived at Corfu on the 23d. The Gibraltar brings no news whatever. The Cossack, 20, Capt. R. D. White, arrived at Athens on the 2d inst., and was to leave immediately for Boudroum. The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, will come out of dock on the 9th inst., when the Tyrian, gunboat, and Caradoc, despatch vessel, will be admitted. The Italian ironclads Castelfidardo and San Martino, 26- gun frigates, will afterwards be successively taken in. The Racoon, 22, Capt. Count Gleichen, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th ult., with his Royal High ness on board, on her way, it is said, to Madeira. The racer, 11, screw corvette, Commander L. Brine, left the Grand Harbour under steam at about seven o'clock on the morning of the Ist of December, and proceeded to the back of the island to exercise firing The experimental trial of a portable fire extin guisher, a French invention, was made on Monday at Portsmouth, in the presence of Rear-Admiral Su perintendent G. G. Wellesley and the chief officials of the dockyard. On a piece of unoccupied ground outside the dockyard walls was erected for the pur pose of testing the extinguisher a wooden hut, about 15ft. square and 30ft, in height to the apex of the roof. The inner walls were hung with shavings from the carpenters' shop, sprinkled with naphtha and coal tar, and a heap of shavings, an empty tar-barrel, and pieces of wood sprinkled with naphtha and tar were placed in the middle of the floor. The hut was closed at all points except one, and here the ab sence of planking from the framework of one of its sides to a height of about sft. from the ground gave a means of egress to the operator with the fire-ex tinguisher, and the only means of egress to the fire and smoke until the walls or roof of the building should be burnt through. On another part of the ground was a wooden tank, about sft. broad and 30ft. long, in which was a quantity of tar covered with shavings and sprinkled with naphtha, while close by was a tar-barrel covered with headings and staves of a similar barrel broken up, and shavings. A fire-engine, manned by the dockyard police fire brigade, was placed in position near the hut to ren der assistance if required, and to afford a means of comparison by its fire-extinguishing powers. The extinguishing apparatus to be tried consisted of a metal cylindrical vessel, of a size rendering it easy of transport when slung by canvas straps on the back of the operator. At the bottom of the vessel is a tap, to which is attached a flexible tube, having a nozzle with a small aperture for the discharne of the contents of the cylinder in attacking the fire. The cylinder was stated to be charged with a com pressed carbonaceous gas and water. On the arrival of Admiral Wellesley and his officers on the ground two persons representing the patentee slung each a cylinder on his back, and took up positions close to the hut, which was selected as the first test and fired. Dense smoke, with flames, issued from the open space in the wall of the hut, at which the two cylinder-bearers squirted their jets of gas-charged water. After a minute or so the flames roared and cracked louder than ever, and, leaping out of the hut through the black smoke, drove operators and spectators to a safe distance, while the fire fed upon and consumed all the light materials inside the hut, and at length ignited the damp wooden slabs which formed its walls, when the patent fire-extinguishers gave in, and the building was handed over to the police fire brigade, who quickly deluged it inside and out with water, and saved it for further experiments on another day. The tar-barrel was afterwards set fire to, the shavingsbeing first removed from it, and the fire was effectually extinguished by the gaseous water from the cylinders. The tank was next fired, and here again the fire was subdued. In both these linstances, however, the fire had obtained no hold, the flame no sooner making its appearance than it was at once attacked and literally " damped" out. The trial is to be repeated, subject to certain modifi cations in the arrangement of the inflammable sub stances, when the new cylinder fire extinguisher may possibly meet with better success. at Filfla ; 22 rounds were fired of shot and shell from •three 32-pounders (smooth-bore), two 20-pounders (Armstrong), and one 40-pounder (Armstrong), ma'zing good practice, the best shot being from a smooth-bore. She returned into the Marsamuscetto Harbour at half-past 3 the same afternoon. The Assurance, 4, Commander 11. B. Woollcombe, went out of the Grand Harbour on the sth inst. for target practice, and returned into the Marsamuscetto llar bour in the evening. The flags throughout Woolwich and Portsmouth garrison were hoisted during Monday and yesterday at half-mast, in sign of mourning for the death of the King of the Belgians. The troops in garrison at Woolwich yesterday marched out and continued a series of instructive parades, commenced a few days ago at Chiselworth, which are intended to be repeated at intervals dur ng the available portion of the present season. Yesterday they assembled on Bostol-heath at 11 a.m. The sth Brigade Royal Artillery, accompaoed by two batteries of the 4th Brigade, marched over Plumstead-counon, and took up a position on the heath, facing Bexley and Crayford. The sth Brigade formed in quarter-distance column, right in front, with a battery of the 4th Brigade on each flank. The Royal Marines marched by the lower road, through Plumstead, and were accom panied by two batteries of the Depot Brigade. They took up a position on their arrival on the heath in quarter-distance column, right in front facing Bel videre and Erith, with a battery also on each flank. The battery of the B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, escorted by a party of the Riding Troop, marched by Shooter's-hill to Crayford, and on their arrival they were disposed in such a manner as to watch the country to the south-east, and to announce, by sig nals prepared for that purpose, the advance of a hostile army presumed to be approaching in that direction. The C Brigade Royal Artillery, escorted by a party of the Riding Troop, marched by the lower road from Plumstead Church to Abbey-wood, and were posted there, in a most effective position, to watch and check the enemy supposed to be ad vancing from the east and north-east. The main body were thus protected on each flank by horse artillery and cavalry, represented by the Riding Troop. Each of the battery guns was supplied with 15 rounds of blank ammunition, and the infantry with 10 rounds per man. On the arrival of Major Gen. Warde, commanding the district, who was ac companied by the full garrison staff, the force threw out skirmishers and divisions of artillery, supported by companies of infantry, and proceeded cautiously, reconnoitring the country towards Erith and Bexley. On hearing the guns of the horse artillery, who had commenced an engagement with the enemy, they re tired, and took up positions in succession, which were pointed out to the officers in command of columns by Capt. Nangle, Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster.-Gen. A final stand was then made on the brink of the westernmost ravine on Plumstead-common, after which Gen. Warde addressed the officers command ing, and desired them to convey his statements to the men. He said his object in these exercises was to put into active practice a course of drills which the soldier could not fail to feel interest in. He congratulated them on the efficiency of the day's proceedings, and added that he had the greatest satisfaction in telling them that their performances had completely verified his anticipations. The troops then marched back to quarters, where they arrived at 2 o'clock, their dinners awaiting their return. The Minotaur, iron frigate, Capt. A. Herbert, pro tem., is ordered by the Admiralty to remain at Portsmouth until a change in the weather off ers a fitting opportunity for a satisfactory trial of the 12-ton broadside gun -carriages she has on, board. At present the barometer is steady at an unusual height, with the wind at N.E., and perfectly smooth water along the English land in the Channel. Under such circumstances there can be no prospect of the Minotaur meeting with weather sufficiently rough for the requisite trials in the Channel, and to trust her out of its limits would not be prudent in her present condition. In the meantime, therefore, unless fresh orders are given, the frigate will watch for the desired Channel gale from her moorings in Portsmouth harbour. The Mem.a, screw troopship, Commander M. Dunn, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Mediterranean, with dates from Malta, Nov. 27, and Gibraltar, Dec. 5. The Orlando, screw frigate, Capt. J. B. Dickson, sailed from Gibraltar on the same d a y as the e Megmra, and parted company off Cape St. Vincent. She is bound for Ply mouth. Fine weather has been experienced by the Meggera during her p assage home. Ilea passenger list comprises Lieutenant Hut c hi ns, R.N., from her Majesty's ship Orlando; Mr. Su F tt r o e n e: Free man, 4th Regiment, from her Majesty's ship Terrible; Li eut. i n military charge of t roops on board, and Dr. Donaldson, in medical charge ; 132 invalided and time-expired soldiers from various regiments in the Mediterranean, with 29 women and 7 children, and 7 seamen and marines from the Mediterranean squadron. The Meggera will g ° into Portsmouth harbour this morning to disembark the troops, and then sail for Woolwich. A vacancy will be made among the naval aides de-camp to her Majesty by the promotion of Capt. James C. Caffin, C. 8., who obtains flag rank by - The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt. M. Dc Courcy to the Royal Adelaide, additional, for service in the Topaze ; Commander F. G. Suttie, to be re-appointed to the Salamis when that vessel is re-commissioned ; Com mander L. F. Jones to be inspecting commander in the Coastguard Service, vice Helby, resigned ; E. Monrilyan, master, to the Irresistible, for service in the Coastguard ; and John J. P. Hitchfield, master, to the Cumberland, for service in the Pallas. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1865. world upon the subject of reform. The Liberal party had been returned to Parliament in a decided majo rity; it was bound to bring in, and it could carry, a measure of reform. (Hear.) Its character depended upon the attempt. Its immediate future depended on the success of that attempt. He did not believe it would fail, but he thought that the Government would bring in and carry a reform bill. The time had come. If he entertained any doubt about the reform policy of the present Administration, it would be his duty to say to his constituents that, in his in dividual opinion, the Government of a liberal party could not live, could not continue as the Government of a united party, save on the terms of grappling with, and attempting to solve, and standing or falling upon the solution of, the question of reform. (Ap plause). Look at the composition of the Ministry. Did it not give the Liberal party some confidence that the Ministry would not shrink from that task? Who was our Prime Minister ? A man whose name stood among the most illustrious in the history of this country in connection with the progress of con stitutional liberty. In his own person that Minister had been associated with the great, though partial, measure of reform of 1832, with all our legislative progress, and with all the measures—legislative, ad ministrative, social, and political—which since that day had done so much to raise the condition of the people of this country, and to prepare them for the extension of the franchise. (Applause.) Lord Russell had said that, in his opinion, the time had come. He had said, too, that come weal, come woe, he would be true to the principles which he had always professed. It was impossible to conceive that a man of historic name, like Lord Russell, and of his known character, could be otherwise than alive to the noble ambition of graving his name still deeper in the hearts and memories of his country men and on the tablets of his country's history. (Hear.) Because of these considerations, because it was the only right, because it was the only hon ourable and straightforward course, he believed that Lord Russell would bring in a Reform Bill. (Ap plause.) And if he (Mr. Stansfeld) wanted to make doubly sure, he should turn his eyes to the house of which he was a member, when he should recollect that the new leader of that house and of the Liberal party was a man who, added to the greatest and most universally-acknowledged genius in debate and in administration—and especially in that financial ad ministration upon which so much of the fortunes of modern Ministers depended—the powers of a mind more versatile, and full of more varied and of wider sympathies, and which had so far progressed more decidedly than the mind of any other living states man. (Hear, hear.) A Ministry led by two such men as Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone could not disappoint the Liberal party on this question. They would fairly grapple with it, and they would pro pound upon it some measure, not his (Mr. Stans feld'a) measure, or the measure of his constituents at Halifax ; but a measure which, to begin with, would be bona fide, and which should be something like a fair representation of the condition of opinion of Liberal politicians in the country. He believed they would bring in such a measure, and that they would take their stand upon the verdict of the house, or, if need be, of the country. (Hear.) That meeting seemed to have agreed to discuss rather the necessity of introducing a reform bill than its terms —and yet there was something he would say about the terms of a reform bill—(hear) —for he thought he could venture to prophesy he would not say its extent, but some of its essentials. There were many admirable things which a reform bill might do. It might remedy and redress some of those great in equalities in the representation of various consti tuencies which required remedy. It might, by the addition of certain franchises, include within the pale of the franchise many individuals of classes already represented, who were now unnecessarily, if not injuriously, excluded. For counties the bill might, and he hoped it would, do something to ad mit the crowd of intelligent and independent men who at present had no votes, because they were not freeholders, and did not occupy to the extent of £5O a year. But beyond all doubt, above and be yon l all those questions, lay another which was the necessary essence of any new reform bill. It was this--that it should do something for the first time, in a deliberate manner and intentionally, to admit to some degree the working classes of this country —the industrious, prosperous, progressive artisan population of our towns and cities—to share in the rights and duties of political life. (Applause.) Some persons feared this kind of franchise extension. That was human nature. Some dangers accom panied all progress and all change ; but there were people who did not seem to know that, if the law of the life in which they lived was progress, and if everything around them was moving onwards, the most dangerous thing was to standstill. (Laughter.) Some people feared this progress, and he would try to give them a name. Should he call them Conser vative Lib erals—(a laugh)—or should he name them, if they feared the people, liberal Conservatives. (Laughter.) He said frankly that to such men he had not one shade of antagonisti r He would meet them, and would desire to satisfy, to persuade, and convince them, because be had a theoretical faith in progress, but one founded upon some little study of his country's history, and of the characteristics of his countrymen. To another class he would not give a name, but they did not sit only one side of the house when they got there. They were persons who did not so much fear, or did not only fear but they disliked, the progress of the people. They talked about the working classes being kept in their proper places— (laughter)—by which they meant not in the same boat with themselves—(laughter)— and not at the same table with themselves ; or if at the same table, then decidedly below the salt. (Re newed laughter.) He would haveno terms whatever with such men. They yielded only to force. He could conceive of nothing which would be more cer tain to insure a comprehensive measure of reform than a defeat of a Ministerial bill, and an appeal to the country. (Hear.) But that, he thought, would not be the policy of such a party, who were more likely to endeavour to defeat reform by emasculat ing the measure. They had got a trick of finessing— a very dangerous trick in statesmanship. After some further observations, Mr. Stansfe]d resumed his seat, and the motion was carried. Several gentlemen, including Sir F. Crossley, M.P., subsequently addressed the meeting. THE IRISH IN THE FEDERAL ARMY.—The follow- I ing letter from the United States Consul in Dublin appears in the Dublin Evening Mail :—" The Irish press would con fer a great benefit on many of its readers, and especially on the humbler classes, who may have claims on the United States Government for pensions, arrears of pay, county prize money, &c., as parents, widows, or next of kin of its deceased soldiers and sailors, by the publication of this letter, informing such persons that their claims will be pre pared and presented by me to the proper department of my Government on receiving the necessary instructions and information ; and that documents executed in this country to be used as evidence in America are worthless without the seal and signature of a United States Consul. lam constantly receiving claims and other papers that have been returned from the United States as defective, being without such seal and signature, thereby causing much un necessary delay and expense ; and, inasmuch as numbers of poor people travel long distances (one poor aged woman having lately walked from Galway) to give their personal attendance at this Consulate, it would save much hardship and expense to many poor creatures were it known that nearly all consular business may bo done by correspondence, and that letters seeking information on any subject what ever connected with America, if directed United States Consul, Dublin,' will come safely to hand and receive a prompt reply. I would respectfully call the attention of clergymen, justices of the peace, landlords, and solicitors, whose advice is usually sought by those having such claims, to the foregoing information; and I am also anxious to give publicity to the fact that to the poor in particular I am always ready to render every service in my power. In conclusion, permit me to state that I have reason to know that there are many thousands of pounds in the Trea sury of my Government awaiting claims from the next of kin of those slain in battle, &c., and that there are hundreds of such claimants in Ireland suffering from poverty who are totally ignorant of there being any money due to them, Or of the means of obtaining it, which I am ready and willing to procure, and the Government is most de sirens to pay." _ _ . 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The rich mines of useful (and perhapsprecious) metals in Missouri have often been referred to in general terms, yet in a very indefinite manner, and for this reason, not one tenth of the richest mines are yet known, or even disco vered, and to-day there are thousands of acres of good mineral lands offered for sale at a merely nominal price, in which will be found rich mines enough to make large fortunes, yet neither the seller nor buyer know anything of these facts. Added to her vast mineral and agricultural wealth, mild climate, noble rivers, and central position, all most inviting to the industrious immigrant, we ha vo good reason to believe that large paying wells of petroleum will be found in Missouri. Before anything was known of this rich source of national wealth, we travelled from Warsaw to Oseola, Missouri, and were there strongly and forcibly impressed with the strangely irregular hills along our border, they from their great irregularity having the appearance of being formed by some great convulsion of nature. Since the discovery of oil a recollection of them was brought back by articles in Forney's Press, describing the oil regions of West Virginia. The description then given was precisely similar to the country along the Osage and in St. Louis county. Hence it is fair to infer that oil will be found there, and in paying quantities. Though some good indications of oil have been dis covered in North Missouri, in our mind the largest and best wells will be found south of the Missouri River. Little of practical scientific information has been pub lished touching the origin or formation of this new and necessary source of wealth ; only this much is certainly known, that when petroleum is found, three essential ele ments to its formation or production have previously xisted there—namely, coal, salt, and lime. How these ombine in the deep laboratory of nature to form this neces sary and valuable oil is not explained in any article we have read or heard of, and, if known, the explanation is most i carefully kept secret. Hence science has done absolutely nothing in the direction of locating those deposits and ex plaining their origin. de The yield yield of oil a t thi s ti me i s no t l ess th an 12,000 barrels daily, and yet ae advancesth h o e ow p d r i i s c o e overyof oil a ra n th o e w r than lessens. With discove re d f use is also isee r it, until it is now used for many and various foreign and home iposes other than light. The rapidly increasing. For demandthese he for s7 and consumption of it is reasons the duty of the State authorities it is, in our opinion, b a nd legitimate means, to institute, prosecute, and en courage such explorations and inquiries, as to lead to the discovery of this rich and valuable &c., source wealth. Any sum which the State m a y exnd of State en courage such discoveries will soon bo repaid ab by totax arising from the greatly. incr e a sed value of the lands. es Again, the counties to whom was given (most unwisely and improperly) large tracts of so-called swamp lands should be required, as some small return for said gift or grant, to have carefnlly prepared topographical and geological surveys of their respective counties made, and by some practical man, not, as heretofore, by a theorist, dealing in splendid generalities and carefully avoiding definite practical information. Missouri has suffered much too long, and it is full time every effort was made to place and keep her in that posi tion for which nature intended her, and of which slavery and compromise so very long deprived her. There is ono other article essential to the prosperity of St. Louis, that is anthracite coal ; it is b3lievedit can and will be found in what is known as the Ozark Ridge, or Mountains. Its early discovery ought to be encouraged; its ore would greatly lesson tho cost of iron castings. Finally, we trust the coming Legislature will so far for get political squabbles as to give some time to the true \interests of Mi ssour i an d h er great l y nee d e d material p ros perity.—Missouri Democrat. A frightful attack of neuralgia in the face and mouth cured by a few doses of MORISON'S PILLS, the vege table universal medicine of the British College of Health, Euston-road, London, alter other means had failed. Sold by the hygeian agents and all medicine venders. Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., on Reform. A town's meeting, on parliamentary! reform, was held at Halifax, in the Oddfellows' Hall, last even ing ; the Mayor (Dr. Wightman) in the chair. The meeting, which was an enthusiastic one, had been convened " for the purpose of urging the Govern ment to bring forward a Reform Bill at the ap proaching session of Parliament." Mr. J. D. Hutchinson moved the first resolution, which was as follows :—That this meeting believes the present time to be particularly favourable for the introduction of a Reform Bill, and trusts that, during the ensuing session of Parlia ment, her Majesty Government will bring for- ward a measure to amend those defects in the re- presentation which are admitted on all hands, and which successive Ministries had declared themselves anxious to remove." Mr. Akroyd, M.P., in se conding the motion, said opinions differed upon re form as on all other subjects on which men thought earnestly and deeply,and this difference was a sign of a healthy state of public opinion. Hitherto at least there had been no predominant opinion on the part of the working classes to force any particular measure upon Government. Moreover, we had arrived at a period peculiarly favourable to legislation. If any measure could be introduced by the Government which would call forth a general approval of the working and middle classes, he should be ready to give up any pre-conceived notions he might have on the subject of reform. (Applause.) He would have that measure so framed that, whilst it placed the franchise on a broader and more solid founda tion, and gave the working classes their due share of electoral power, it should at the same time afford a full and fair representation of all classes without giving any one class undue predominance. (Ap plause.) The resolution was passed. Mr. J. Snow den, a working man, moved :—" That this meeting, believing the existing electoral system almost totally excludes the working classes from the franchise, and considering such exclusion an injustice, is of opinion that the principal object of any reform bill which may be brought forward should be to give the work ing classes their fair share in the representation." (Hear.) _ _ Mr. J. STAxsFELD, M.P., on rising to second the motion, was received with much warmth. He said his townsmen had met once again upon that great old question of reform—(hear)—that question which was to most of us like an old battle-cry, and an old affection. The inhabitants of Halifax had met to act upon that question in some dif ferent cue, with some better hopes and clearer views than those which they could venture to enter tain at any time during the last six years, in fact since the period when he was first entrusted with a share of speaking for his constituents in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Upon the causes which had hitherto kept reform in abeyance, and the causes which led reformers to think and hope that at last a measure of reform might be car ried through Parliament, he should like to say a few words, because he had to take his share, as an individual, of the responsibility—an un willing responsibility—of the inaction of the late Parliament. The administration of the late Lord Palmerston was undoubtedly an interregnum upon this question of reform. (" Painfully so.") He had often felt it "painfully so." (A. laugh.) But it would be a great mistake, and a mistake pregnant with evil consequences to a liberal policy at the present time, were he to suppose that during that adminis tration, with that exception, liberal policy had no sway, and liberal ideas gained no victories, and made no progress. He knew full well the great things that had been accomplished. There was no doubt that reform, the wing of our army—if he might use the expression—had rested, and even piled its arms (which was not quite the thing to do in the face of an enemy) ; butit moved on with its otherforces, which gained new positions, and held them, to the ad vantage of the country. (Hear.) lie would show all this iu one moment. Look at the brilliant and the pre-eminently successful financial policy of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. (Applause.) Did not that add immensely to the wealth and prosperity of the country (hear, hear) and did it not indirectly, but still palpably and sensibly, lighten the burden of taxation upon the people ? Were there not some direct and positive economies accomplished ? Did not the late Parliament gain that great and inestimable boon for the people, and for the cause of all liberal progress—a cheap and untaxed press? (Bear, hear.) Did they not pass the bill which was necessary to follow up that French treaty, the work of that first and greatest of the apostles of free trade, the loss of whom the coun try so lately mourned? Though he said this last, it was not the least of its merits—did not the Government succeed in preserving this country in conditions of neutrality and peace with the people of the United States, when there might have been the, danger of being dragged into a war, and on the side of the slaveholder—(applause)—against men who were our brethren ; men. who had shown their capacity for using gigantic efforts, and making gigantic sacrifices to preserve, as they had preserved, the integrity of a re-united country, and who had shown, in the hour of their victory, a clemency such as the world had never before wit nessed. (Cheers.) That people had shown an example to all the monarchies of the old world—a capacity of returning to all the conditions of peace by the disbanding of their naval and military forces, retrenching their expenditure, and admitting the rights even of those they conquered. This no other nation in the world had as yet approached in its history. (Applause.) So much for the general liberal policy under the late Administration. It was nevertheless true that as far as reform was con cerned, it rested entirely in abeyance ; the Ministry did not fulfil its pledges ; the Parliament did not grapple with the question upon which, and for the solution of which, it was returned by the country. (Hear.) Those were the facts. Some of their Conservative friends had a theory about those facts. It was a theory, a kind of fiction which it was not easy to understand, but it possessed natural attrac tions to those who had been out of office and power for some time, and who did not quite see their easy return. He was not quite sure whether the Con servatives had not lost a little faith in that theory of late. This was the theory—though the Liberal party was in office, ',yet the Conservative party dic tated the policy of the Liberal Government. He (Mr.Stansfeld) would direct attention to those mea sures which he had enumerated, and which consti tuted, as it were, the title deeds, for the gratitude of the country, of the administration jof the late Lord Palmerston. Was not every one of those achievements, and the whole of that policy, opposed by the Conservative party ? (Hear, hear.) The Conservatives opposed the brilliant financial policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and did their best to keep from the people free trade, the in estimable boon of a cheap press, and the French treaty—(hear)—and it was no fault of that party that the country was not dragged into a war with the United States. (Applause.) But, how about the question of reform ? He did not know why he should quarrel with the Conservative party, if it claimed the credit of having prevented reform. (A laugh.) But he could not help thinking that, on the eve of a new era, it was well not even to take those little advantages in argument which he might, but to endeavour to look at them full in the face, and re cognise the t ru th. Th ere fo r e he was at that meeting scarcely Nere to say th a t th e C onserva ti ve par t y h a d no t even th e m a oc i c li u e r r r i e t d any —f proecvceasnitoinngonrewfohirmch. There e r i that subject came before Parliament that he did not take some part in its discussion. He had never en deavoured to throw the exclusive burden of the pre vention of reform upon the Conservative ranks. He had never, on the other hand, joined in the cry of ministerial treason, as if the whole Liberal party had been eager for the fray, but betrayed by those to whom they had confided the power of leading them. In the Liberal party of the late House of Commons there was not that unanimous determination, essen tial to secure success. It must also be admitted that, when that became evident the country permitted the postponement of reform. What was the moral he wished to draw from this? Reform was in abeyance because the Liberal party and the country were not ready to come to conclusions upon it. But all that was now changed, and we seemed to be in a new SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The object and limits of Sir Henry Storks' mission to Jamaica are clearly stated in the special order of appointment, which we republish from the Gazette of last night. It is there premised that in the Commission of Governor Eyre, which was doubtless framed in the usual form, due provi sion had been made for the government of the island in the event of his " death, incapacity, or absence," but not for the delegation of any other person to conduct the government " during his presence therein." The order goes on to recite " that it is alleged that great disaffection has prevailed in our said island, and that sundry evil-disposed persons have concerted the destruction of other our subjects resident therein," and, further, that " grievous dis turbances have broken out in our said island, and have been suppressed, and the said disturbances and suppression have been attended with great loss of life, and it is alleged that excessive and unlawful severity has been used in such suppression." It then recognises in ample terms the necessity of a full and impartial inquiry into the origin, nature, and circumstances of the disturbances, as well as into the measures adopted for their suppression, the expediency of Mr. Eyre being on the spot during the inquiry, and the impropriety of his continuing to exercise the functions of a Governor in the mean time. Upon these grounds it proceeds to revoke Mr. Eyre's Commission from and after the time when this order shallibe duly notified in the island, " and thenceforth until we shall think fit to determine these presents," constituting Sir H. Storks Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief in Mr. Eyre's room and investing him for the time being with all the authority belonging to that office. The effect of this temporary Commission will be that Sir H. Storks, who sails for Jamaica on Monday next, will, immediately upon his arrival, assume the whole government of Jamaica, and that Mr. Eyre will be in the position of a Governor on leave. He will be superseded, but not displaced, by Sir H. Storks, who, in fact, does not cease to be Governor of Malta, and whose administration of Jamaica will be essentially provisional. We presume, however, that a General of high standing despatched on an errand so exceptional will be armed with one important power beyond those of a civil Governor. By the rules of the Colonial Service, a civilian, a naval officer, or a military officer of inferior rank to that of Colonel, who may be appointed to a Colonial Government, is not invested with the command of her Majesty's forces, though he is empowered to issue general instructions for the distribution of troops. On the other hand, a military officer of Colonel's rank or upwards holding the office of Go vernor may be, and sometimes is, appointed by her Majesty to the chief command of the forces within the colony. In the present instance there are mani fest reasons why this arrangement should be made. The existing state of Jamaica is far too critical to be exposed to the slightest risk of divided counsels, such as those which have prolonged and aggravated the war in New Zealand. How far Governor Eyre and General O'Connor may have agreed or differed as to the measures to be taken against the Jamaica insurgents we have no means of knowing, but it would be highly impolitic to pre judice the success of Sir H. Storks' mission by allow ing any restriction or encroachment on his responsi bility. Being temporary Governor of Jamaica and President of the Commission of Inquiry, he ought also to be Commander of the Forces, nor can any one of these three duties be severed with safety from the others. No one but the acting Governor could duly proseute the inquiry ; no one could be intrusted with the supreme military command but the person commissioned by her Majesty to inquire into the alleged abuse of it by another General officer, and this person, as we have seen, must also be the Ga vernor. By combining these three capacities, and in no other way, we may hope that Sir H. Storks will be able to pacify Jamaica and to reconcile the de mands of equity with the interests of public order. A more arduous and delicate task has seldom been confided to a servant of the Crown, and it is due to Sir H. Storks no less than to those who have selected him, to express the conviction that it could not have been confided to one more worthy of confidence. There are few officers of the same age who have seen more active and various service than Sir H. Storks; there are none, perhaps, who have had equal oppor tunities of showing that which is the better part of valour in so many trying emergencies. Again and again Sir H. Storks has been called in to solvesome difficulty which was not of his own creation. A great part of his life has been spent in special services. He was on special service at the Cape of Good Hope in 1846, and was Assistant-Adjutant-General for the two following years in the Caffre War ; he was afterwards Military Secretary at the Mauritius, and also acted for some time as the Private Secretary of the Governor ; he commanded a motley and not very docile foreign contingent at Smyrna and Scu tari during the Crimean War ; having managed to organise them effectively, he managed to disband them peaceably when the war was over ; he filled the difficult post of Secretary for Military Corre spondence when the new relations between the War Office and Horse Guards were first established; he kept the lonian Islands in good order, if not in good humour, after the publication of Sir J. Young's despatch had disclosed our half-informed intention of evacuatingthem, and he withdrew from a situation which it was a feat to have held at all amid the grateful applause of the whole population. Ile has now been transferred for a time from the government of Malta to that of a colony which at this moment engrosses the whole attention of the Colonial-office, and is . distracted by troubles that have caused violent agitation in this country: \ To this great trust he was only summoned by a tele graphic message to Malta on Wednesday night, and it deserves to be recorded as an act of prompt de votion to the ,call of duty that Sir H. Storks waS on his way in the course of the next day, and actually reached London from Malta in three days and a half. To Governor Eyre himself such an appointment is the least unfair or humiliating that could have been made, while it ought to be satis factory even to his accusers. With a Bill of In demnity passing, if it has net already passed, through the Colonial Parliament, it would have been necessary to institute some independent in quiry, even had no suspicious facts come to light. It would be idle to deny, however, that facts of this, kind have come to light—facts which are probably capable of modification, which are possibly capable of explanation, but which, if left unmodified and unexplained, ivculd reflect deep disgrace on our Colonial Government. For their own sake Go- vernor F,,yre and his subordinates must be virtually placed on their trial ; they cannot be examined here, for all the evidence against them is in the West Indies ; nor can the Governor be so exa mined there so long as he is clothed with the high prerogatives of his office. It is not easy to see what else could have been done than what has been done, and, if it was to be done, it could hardly have been done with less harshness or more judg ment. Pending the result of the investigation, Sir H. Storks is still Governor and Military Com mandant at Malta ; his Commission, therefore, bears an ad interim character on the face of it, and may be terminated at any moment. No one but those who feel a cruel pleasure in the dishonour of their countrymen can fail to wish that his Report may clear Governor Eyre from the worst charges that have been made against him. No one but those who are blinded by a false patriotism to the dic tates of humanity and justice can desire that any particle of the truth should be sacrificed to motives of policy. POST.—With the new year will be inaugurated a scheme for the better management and disposition of fire-engines throughout the metropolis. The establishment hitherto known as the London Fire Brigade will cease to exist, only to spring, phoenix like, from the ashes of its dissolution into an organi sation more imposing and effective. Foreigners have never been tired of expatiating on British anomalies, and amongst these the organisation of our metropolitan fire department has puzzled them not in the least degree. With an accumulation of perishable wealth that has no equal, for an equal area, in any other city of the world, London has hitherto put up with a fire organisation the construc tive basis of which is so defective that it does vio lence to the quality an Englishman is supposed to plume himself upon in the highest degree—sound common sense. Whilst in Paris the fire depart ment is military in its rank and organisation, go vernmental in its origin ; whilst its corps are trained to regard fire broken out beyond limits as a common enemy, that of this city—the London Fire Brigade as it has been called since the late Mr. Braidwood took the metropolitan engines in hand—regarded fires from a personal point of view. The London Brigade engines, we need hardly state, were sup ported by the various assurance offices ; the revenue from that source being supplemented by fines re coverable from the owners of chimneys on fire. From this statement we of course exclude the small parochial engines, never of much avail, and becom ing less and less useful each succeeding year, owing to the increased elevation of new metro politan buildings. It is almost unnecessary to discuss the tendency of the above organisation. The principle of it is wholly vicious, and whenever this happens-the tendency will evolve itself to con clusions in practice. True policy dictates that fire beyond bounds—a conflagration—should be looked upon as a common enemy ; but the tendency of influences to which the London Fire Brigade is subject is to invest conflagrations with a greater or a lesser importance according as the premises on fire may be insured or uninsured. The case might frequently happen when the Metropolitan Fire Brigade might find itself called upon to decide be , tween public interests and private influences,--we might even say private duties. In any such case it is easy to predict in what way the decision would given. The late Mr. Braidwood—than whom a more conscientious man never breathed—was driven to admit, when pressed on a certain occasion, that he should consider it his duty to attend to insured premises chiefly, in any case when the services of the brigade might be invoked where both insured and uninsured property was involved. Thus, then, it practically happened that owners of uninsured premises had the fear held in terrorem over them, that, because of their non-insurance, their premises might, in case of fire, not receive the full benefits of the Fire Brigade. The impolicy of such an organisation as this is obvious. Insurance against fire is doubtless a very proper precaution to take, and when not taken the individual primarily suffer ing would justly bar, through his negligence, much sympathy. If he could, by the nature of circum stances, remain the only sufferer, the organisation of the Fire Brigade, though still not devoid of cruelty, would not perhaps be impolitic. But the fact is that when once a conflagration has broken out, nobody knows when or where it may end. It should be attacked on all quarters as a common enemy, irre spective of private considerations. We adverted to the inefficiency of the parochial engines ; those mere squirts, which, devoid of organisation, and sometimes of equipments, are seen shambling along the streets, drawn by hired horses, the first that come to hand after the lapse of a convenient time from the first appearance of conflagration. The general ineffi ciency of these parochial engines may be inferred from a statement of the fact that, although there are at this time 500 of them in the metropolis, not more than 20 are considered efficient enough to be accepted in the new force. The new organisation will be entitled the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and will be under the management of the Board of Works. The present force of the London Fire Brigade will be incorporated with it, constituting about half the ultimate strength. The plan of organisation is that decided on by Capt. Shaw, who has been appointed chief superintendent. Besides chiefs, the force will consist of 350 officers and men. There will be four steam floating engines ; the same number of large land steamers ; and 37 large hand wrought engines. The distribution of these is to be amongst 89 stations, the whole protecting an area of 117 square miles. In respect to funds, the ob jectionable system hitherto adopted will be aban doned. The entire cost of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade is calculated not to exceed £50,000 per annum. Of this, the various insurance companies supply £lO,OOO, and the Government another . £lO,OOO ; the deficit being made up from the pro ceeds of a rate of a halfpenny in the pound. The act for establishing the Metropolitan Fire Brigade does away with rewards hitherto given to firemen and others for the extinction of chimneys on fire. The total proceeds from this source during the year 1864 amounted to more than £3,000. That year, however, seems to have been of exceptional character in respect to the amount of these rewards. The grounds upon which this altera tion was based do not seem obvious. The system of rewards would seem calculated to bring emulation to bear, under circumstances of difficulty and danger, when that quality would be desirable. A very important provision in respect to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade is that which relates to the conditions of its employment beyond the me tropolitan limits. Hitherto, when need has occurred for the services of metropolitan engines, difficulties have sometimes arisen in the matter of payment. The occasion is one when action must necessarily take effect without preliminary conditions ; hence, on the day of settlement, troubles incidental to this state of things have usually sprung up. All future trouble on this score is obviated by special provi sions. By the 30th section of the act it is decreed that wheh the new Fire Brigade is employed beyond bounds, the owners of the property jeopardised are liable for all expenses, to be recovered, in case of refusal, by the summary adjudication of two jus . tices. In yet other particulars the act confers addi tional powers on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. . j Thus, firemen are now invested with discretionary power to break into, and take possession of, any premises they may deem needful to the general con summation. Should the occasion seem to demand, the occupied premises may be pulled down so as to narrow the spread of the conflagration. Altogether the new fire regime is one that commends itself fav ourably to those most interested. Public and pri vate ends are made co- ordinate. Henceforth Lon don may be said to possess a fire establishment commensurate with its immense area and enormous wealth. Mazzini on the Negro Question in America (From the Boston Comntonwealth ) " OCT. 30, 1835. "Dear Conway,—You ask my opinion about the coloured-men suffrage question. Can you doubt it ? "You have abolished slavery. You have as a crowning to your glorious struggle, as a religious consecration to battles which otherwise would have only been deplorable events, decreed that the sun of the republic shines on all, that he who breathes the air of the Republic is free, that as God is one, so, on the blessed soil where liberty is not a mere hap-and-hazard fact, but a faith and a gospel, the stamp of mankind is one. Can you mutilate this great principle ? Can you cut it down to the monarchical half freedom standard? proclaim the existence of the half-man? enthrone a dogma of half-responsibility ? constitute on the Republican American land a middle-ages class of political serfs ? Is there liberty without the vote ? Is not political liberty the sanctum, the guarantee of civil liberty ? Is not the vote the stamp of self-asserting human nature through the moral world, as the right of labor and property is its self-asserting stamp through the physical world ? Will you turn, by denying that, your democracy to an incipient aristocracy ? Will you decree that color is moral subal ternity ? Ignorance is, indeed ; but you did not choose educated intellect as a test for the electoral right. Had you done so, objections might arise on a different ground, but you could not be accused of betraying the very prin ciple you have been proclaiming, of applying a different rule to two sections of God's children ; of saying—' Those colored men will be called on to be the armed apostles of national union, and to give their life for it, but their life will not be represented in the councils of the nation.' And after all, is not the vote the first initiating step to educa tion ? Does not the very consciousness of a function to perform prompt the man to progress ? Is not the raising of the national being in his own estimation the best educa tional beginning both for the child and for the ignorant man ? And what do you fear ? Blunders ? Have your whites never blundered? Is it not invariably through blundering that we reach truth 1' Give the vote and edu cation with it; shorten for them the blundering period ; but do not put on a level the good you will achieve for all mankind by proclaiming the sacredness of a great prin ciple and the little evil which may come from the few transient blunders of a minority. One thing is practically sure ; these colored men will undoubtedly vote for 'those who have called them into political existence, while, if dis inherited of it, they will bo a tool of extra-legal agitation in the hands of any man who will promise it. These things have been, will be, said to you far more forcibly than by mine, by American voices. But there is one which is not, as far as I know, touched upon by your countrymen, and still is, it seems to me, of a prominent vital importance to us all and to yourselves. "It is that your task has changed, that you have a sacred duty to fulfil, and that you shall not, until you have manfifily fronted and solved the difficulty before which you appear now to hesitate, be able to fulfil it. _ "There are, for every great nation, two stages of life. The first may be devoted to self-constitution, to inward organisation, to the fitting-up, so to say, of the implements and activities through which a nation can undertake the work appointed, and proceed to fulfil the task which has been ordained for her by God for the good of all mankind. For a nation is a living task; her life is not her own, but a force and a function in the universal providential scheme. " The second begins when, after having secured and asserted her own self, after having collected and shown to all the strength and the capability which breathes in her for the task, the nation enters the lists of humanity and links herself, by noble deeds, with the general aim. You have triumphantly gone through the first stage ; you are on the threshold of the second one, and you must either betray your national duty or step beyond. " Through the almost fabulous amount of energies, un known to our old rotten monarchies, which you have dis played ; the constant devotedness of your men and women ; the all-enduring courage of your improvised soldiers ; and mainly—do not forget it —the cancelling of the only black spot, slavery, which was sullying your glorious Republican flag ; you have struck deep in the heart of Europe a con viction that there is in you a strong, almost incalculable power to be reckoned with in the onward march of man kind. All the numerous and ever-increasing Republican elements in Europe have discovered in yoi their represen tative. You have become a leading nation. You must act as such. In the great battle which is fought throughout the world between right and wrong, justice and arbitrary rule, equality and privilege, duty and egotism, republic and monarchy, truth and lies, God and idols, your part is marked ; you must accept it. Workers of humanity, you must feel that to stand aloof would be a sin ; that indiffer ence, when the cry of God's greation is claiming you, would be atheism. You must first sweep off the American continent the enemy who has availed himself of your troubles and dangers to skulk into your frontier and estab lish there an outpost of Ciasarism ; then help, mainly, morally, materially, if needed, your republican brothers wherever the sacred battle is fought, and you can usefully encourage and strengthen those who toil and bleed for truth and justice. There lies your mission —there your glory and safety—there your future. The fathers of your Republic would now speak the same language. They taught the child, not the giant. " But to fulfil that duty, to accomplish that mission, you must have no threatening agitation at home ; and this suffrage question, unsettled just now, will be to you a source of a perennial agitation. A sacred programme not to lie deserted, to those amongst you who stand by religion and logic—a weapon to your enemies =a Damocles' sword in the hands of the four millions of political serfs, it will unavoidably absorb you, weaken you, keep you powerless and inert abroad, until it is solved. "Think of it, dear Conway, and speak of it. You may, of course, make any use of what I write ; but such thoughts as these will be more listened to if coming from an Ame rican. A foreigner is always suspected of pleading his own cause, which God knows I am not.—Ever faithfully yours, " JOSEPH MAZZINI." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE: ILLINOIS CENTRAL—The financial statement for the month of October showed that in the land department the company had sold 9,135 acres for $109,916, and that the cash collected during the month had been $209,625. in the railway department the traffic receipts amounted for the month of October to $621,849, against $661,391 in the same month of 1861, shoWing a decrease of $39,512. SUCCESS OF TIIE PACIFIC RAILWAY. We are grati fied to learn that the business of the Pacific Railroad, since its completion to Kansas City, has surpassed all expectations. The earnings for October were over $205,000, and for November will be still larger. The rolling stock of the road is not sufficient for the enormous business which has been thrown upon it. Ono of the directors, Mr. Wm. M. M'Pherson, is now in the East with authority to make contracts for new engines and cars to the amount of $600,000, which, it is hoped, will enable the company to satisfy its patrons who are now complain ing of the want of sufficient facilities for forwatding freight and passengers. We learn in addition that several first-class coaches will be added to the road during the present winter, which will lessen the crowding which is now experienced upon every trip. Several fine sleeping coaches designed for this road are now in course of con struction at Dayton, Ohio. In the spring it is the in tention of the company to run two through express trains daily between St. Louis and Kansas City, enabling pas sengers to take their choice, to travel by daylight, or leave hero in the afternoon and wake up at daylight in Kansas City. This additional express train we believe will prove a decided success and add immensely to the profits of the road.—Missouri Democrat. The half-yearly interest of the seven per cent. loans of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railway and those of the Matamoras and Sabinella Railroad will be paid December 15, at the counting-house of Messrs. P. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street. The projected railroad between the city of Mexico and Vera Cruz is 262 miles long. It was laid out by colonet A. Talcott, an American engineer, and is being constructed under his supervision with English capital. The Baltimore Sun says of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that there are now over 7,000 persons em ployed in the various departments. All the double track on the main stem from Monocacy to North Mountain, and on the western end of the road that had been destroyed during the war, is now replaced, and much more double track and sidelings have been added between Ellicott's Mills and Martinsburgh. Large workshops at Martins burgh, Harper's Ferry, and other points, are in rapid course of construction. The average amount of coal brought to that city by the company reaches the extra ordinary figure of 70,000 tons per month. The freight trains from the West number seven or eight every twenty four hours, and these are filled with all the products of the West and Sooth-west. The first sod of the European and North American Railway, connecting Maine and New-Brunsvvick , was turned on the 9th of November. The road will place all the railway communications of the United States end Canada in connection with Halifax bY a shorter, easier, and more populated, and, in respect to climate, in a much better line than any which has yet been surveyed. The occasion was graced by the presence of the Ex-Premier and of the present Premier of New Brunswick. The con tract has been awarded to the Maine Company, who have undertaken the construction of the railroad in the Stato of Maine. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company have just executed a deed of trust for $30,000,000 to John R. Pent, of the city of Now York. Under the Internal Revenue laws this deed requires $30,000 worth of revenue stamps. The company endeavoured to have the deed made valid by affixing $l,OOO worth of stamps, but the Revenue Commissioner has decided that nothing less than the full amount will answer. An important suit to foreign bondholders has just been decided 'at Baltimore. A Mr. Jackson, a British subject resident in Ireland, holds bonds of the Northern Central Railroad, running between Balti more and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The company Paid him the interest, less 5 per cent., deducted to pay tb ° income tax levied by the United States. Mr. Jackson brought a suit in the United States Circuit Court at Balti more to recover the 5 per cent., and did recover it Chief Justice Chase, who presided, decided that American tax laws imposed no income tax on foreign bondholders This decision is of great interest to all foreign holders of American securities. The receipts of the Union Pacific Railway, E.D.,sverag e $l,OOO a day. On several occasions they have ran UP to $1,700 a day. When it is remembered that the.-egion be tween Kansas City and Lawrence is bit recently settled, and comparatively sparsely populated some idea of tho futuro business of a road, a forty-mile division Of which earns $l,OOO a day, may be formed. This road is now graded toTopolca, and will in a fow months be in ope ration to that point. In less than a year if will reach Fort COUNTRY MARKETS BRISTOL—TuEsrmr. At our market to-day there was about the usual attend ance, and a fair business done in - wheat at the extrema prices of last week. Barley quiet. Oats very scarce and rather dearer. Beans and peas firm. LEEDS-TUESDAY. The dulness of the morning almost suspends business; buyers dare not risk under the circumstances. A sloe market for wheat, and barley at Friday's prices. The average prices for the week ending Dec. 11 were Wheat, 47s 9id per qr. ; barley, 37s 4id ; and oats , 28s 21d. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. We had a fair supply of new wheat at our market to-a* and a limited show of old. The demand for barley Wa! moderato at last week's prices. There was a good dem and for oats, which realised extreme prices. Beans healthy at remunerative prices. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....l7s 6d to 19s Od White do do —.it's 6d 215 Od New red do do ....16s td 170 61 New white do do .... 8s 6(1 19s 6d Beans do do ....178 Od 195 Od Peas, per qr Grinding ba ley, per qr 3 us Od 325 O d Malting barley, ~o s2s Od 358 Od Oats, do 26s Od 29s ud F10ur....1s 9d to 2s 2d per 141 b. L IVERP 0 OL-T UESDAY. At our market to-day there was a good attendance. Th e demand for wheat was limited, and to effect sales a decline of ld to 2d per cental had to be accepted. Flour declined 6d per sack. Indian corn 6d to is per qr. lower. Oatmeal 6d per load easier. Oats id per bushel lower. Barley an peas the turn cheaper. Beans is dearer. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. A fair trade in wheat at the extreme currencies of t lio previous week. Barley not materially changed in vai ll , e ,; Oats not plentiful, and last week's prices realised. B ea" commanded high prices. White wheat, 47s to 57s ; red, 41s t o 52s per 36 stone' Barley for malting, 34s to 37s per qr ; feed, 29s to 318 Pc 30 stone. Oats 19s to 30s. Beans, old, 40s to 525; 38s to 44s per qr. NEWCAS TLE-lINDER-LYNE—MONDAY. Arrivals continue good. The finest English wheat Ou r ; tains full rates of Saturday. Foreign in limited 030 310 Spring corn unaltered. Flour supports former value. Some of the principal New York hotels talk ° I raising the price of board to $6 per day. Thine are fait lies in the Fifth Avenue (and it is possible they mV able to afford it) who give $5OO or $6OO a week for the ~ mere lodging and boarding privilege, while thoir "extra s will reach $3OO or $4OO more. Births. BIRLEY.—On tho 11th . inst.,_at Wrea-green, Lancashire' the wife of Hutton Birley,'Esq., of a son. th, of LANGTON.—OU the 11th inst., at Maidenhead , the ` v " - Philip Sidney Langton, of a datighter. th° LIND.—On the 11th inst., at the Greet Western Ilotel,i,:0 wife of J. B. Lind, Esq., Captain and Bt.-Major 1 1 .' 46th Hegt., of a daughter. of - ',he 10th i - 1., tilt if , If Geo , Whi te, WHITE.—On the . !th insl., Je wife o, Gorge 70, Fussell-squaw, and Epsom, Surrey, of a son. Marriages. oS ' S , MARCH —WILKINS.—On the 12th inst., at St. .1 0 - 1 1 - tho Piccadilly, Major-General March, to Mary, widow (9' late Wilkins, Esq., R.N. RAWLINS BUTLER.—On the 16th ult., at Christ CP" — Windsor, Nova Scotia, Francis Ironside Rawlins, Captain 11.3.1.'s 15th Regiment, to Eliza Ma* el of daughter of Colonel Edward Kent Strathearn Butler, Martock House, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Deaths. EASTHOPE.—On the 11th inst., at Firgrove Lodge, 111.6- bridge, Sir John thope,., aged 81. .11iAT FAINT.— On the 10th Ea inst., at ßart m ' Peekha Surrey,y, Faint, Esq., late of Fir Hill House,Sydenhani, aged 60. cOti fi ' KING.—On the 24th Oct. last, at Windsor, Nova -.hoe Harry King, Esq., D.C.L., b arr i s t er -at-law,an d " ag es of the Court of Probate for the county of Hants, Mouvrox.—On the 10th inst., at 2 3 , Ernest-street, 13°1" mondsey, Wm. Moulton. on TRAvEns.—On the Gth inst., at Anglesey , Gosport , the S. Travers, Esq., late Rifle Brigade, you n g est set late Rear-Admiral Sir E. S. Travers, K. 11., age d 3 , C1 ; . . t 0t TREZEVANT.—On the 26th Oct., at Carrolton_, .1-031.11sZea, Dr. Octavius Trezevant, of Charleston, 60. 08,.1.%ter son of the late Peter Trezevant, Esq., of 31, Co c " terrace, Regent's-park, aged 55. - - '°`" VW5' London: Printed and Published by %V IL LIAM 02, of No. 112, Strand, Punter, at Tuzz SUN Ogioe, ~. of Strand, in the Precinct of the Ss.vo. in the Ceara4 1111.dleser.--Wedneeday, December 13 y , 1665. ftt thi ilis me uta , Tmj !al! Nvhi per] pass J PT J. N c Is 'I J, ,T, ,r, pI, J, PT, 10 a, 1R vr,ty Vi ce 118 h Pen( It Mdi Sesti ,000 L uen c !pnt the Co L`rm Druz 'tic' narc bey C)