The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. V AUTTA, Feb. 23.—There is as yet no satis factory news to report of the Malta and Alexan dria telegraph, which, in all probability, will con tinue out of working order for some time. The Fanny Lambert returnedon the morning of the 18th inst., from Benghazi, for the perpose of refitting and recoaling, after having experienced, with little in termission since the 10th January, perhaps the most stormy weather that has been felt on the coast of Barbary for nearly 30 years. Benghazi has suffered much from the storm, the sea having washed down several buildings. The Pasha's palace has been so undermined that he has been obliged to remove his harem to the convent, the ladies inhabiting one end and the brothers the other. Notwithstanding the ut most exertions used by therepairing staff, few oppor tunities were afforded for touching the cable, which was found to be very weak near the fault, that is, about 30 miles to the eastward of Benghazi. One of the ends was attached to a buoy, but it has since been broken away by the high waves. The Fanny Lam bert, having been made ready for sea, will again leave as soon as the weather moderates, in order to repair a slight interruption near Tripoli, on the Benghazi aide. The only section now remaining perfect is that between Tripoli and Malta. If successful she will resume operations on the Benghazi and Alexandria section ; but new cable will be required from England to re-establish telegraphic communication with • Alexandria. Her Majesty's steam corvette Pelican has been ordered back to Malta, but has not yet ap peared, doubtless owing to a heavy contrary gale which has prevailed for several days. She communi cated with Benghazi on the 16th inst., which is the latest news that has been received of her. The fol lowing are the movements of the ships of war on this station during this week :—The Hydra, 1, pad dlewheel surveying ship, Capt. A. L. Mansell, left Malta Harbour on the 16th inst. for Cephalonia. The Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Commander R. M. Gib son, left port the same day for Constantinople and the Danube. The Caradoc, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkinson, left on Saturday for Alexandria to be placed at the disposal of Sir Henry Bulwer. The iron-cased frigate, Royal Oak, 35, Capt. F. C. Campbell, the iron frigate Resistance, 16, Capt. W. Chamberlain, and the iron-cased ship, Enterprise, 4, Cammander Rowley, left port this morning for general exercise. The Enterprise re-entered port this afternoon. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland (on leave), is at present in Malta Harbour, being fitted with Orde's apparatus for raising the screw. The Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote, is undergoing a general refit. There are also in port the Victoria, 101 (flagship of the Commander-in-Chief), Captain J. G. Good enough ; the Hibernia, receiving ship (flagship of Rear-Admiral Kellett, C. 8.), Commander Harvey ; the Racer, 11, Commander J. N. T. Saulez, leaves for Tunis to-morrow ; the Firefly, 5, surveying ship, Commander G. R. Wilkinson ; the Psyche, 2, pad dlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-Com. Sterne ; the Wizard, 2, gun vessel ; and tug Hearty. The Swe dish corvette Gaffe, 8, Capt. R. Pettersen, put into this port on the 18th inst. On her voyagefrom Gib raltar to Smyrna she, in the vicinity of Galita, fell in with the Venezuelan schooner Jupiter, C. H. Ramm, master, which had been dismasted and dis abled during the late gales, and towed her into Malta harbour for safety. After performing this act of humanity the corvette resumed her voyage on the following. A court martial was held on Tuesday last on board H.M.S. Hibernia, to try Mr. Thos. Stead, assist.-engineer second class, of H.M.S. Victoria, for drunkenness. Capt. R. Coote, commanding the Gib raltar, presided, and Mr. F. J. Fegen, R.N., secre tary to Vice-Admiral Smart, officiated as judge-ad vocate. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to forfeit all seniority, and to be severely reprimanded. Mr. James, master's-assistant of the Cossack, has been appointed to the Caradoc. A private telegram from Gibraltar announces the ar rival there of the Liffey, 35, screw frigate, Capt. G. Parker, on her way to the West Indies. Two ma rines belonging to this ship were accidentally drowned at the Mole on the night of the 14th inst. Mr. Gray, second master and assist.-surveyor of H.M.S. Fire fly, has been appointed acting master, vice Mr. Christian, who has been superseded at his own re quest. We are shortly expecting Prince Arthur here on his Mediterranean tour. • His Royal Highness, attended by Major Elphinstone, will embark at Marseilles on board the Enchantress, royal yacht, and is expected to arrive at Naples about the 7th inst. The Revenge, 74, bearing the flag of hear- Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., has received orders to come up from Baia, to her old moorings at St. Lucia, to be in readiness to receive the Prince. The Supply, 2, screw iron storeship, Staff Com mander C. Bawden, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday morning from the Mediterranean, with condemned and returned naval ordnance stores, and a few super numeraries and passengers from Malta and Gibral tar. She sailed from Malta on Feb. 9, and from Gibraltar on the 21st. Between Malta and Gibraltar very heavy weather was experienced, the Supply having to be kept partially hove to from the 9th to the 12th Feb. From Gibraltar to the Channel strong head winds prevailed. The Liffey, screw frigate, Capt. G. Parker, was at Gibraltar at the time the Supply left undergoing repairs. Soon after the Sup ply's arrival at Spithead yesterday, sbe received orders to proceed to Woolwich, and sailed at 2 p.m. An Admiralty order was received at Woolwich to hold the Vivid in readiness to sail for Dover yester day, to embark Prince Arthur and suite for Calais. The departure of the Vivid was ultimately postponed. The Prince will proceed through the Continent, and jojn the Enchantress, now at Marseilles, for the pur pose of cruising along the coasts of the Mediterra nean. He intends prosecuting his favourite amuse ment of rowing, as opportunity may occur, during his tour, and takes with him a little skiff built for his use last summer at Cowes, with which he has been in the habit of practising on the river at Wool wich. The skiff is on board the Enchantress. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scout, 21 guns, 1,462 tons, 400-horse power, Master in charge A. J. Burniston, which was removed from the large basin in Sheerness dockyard to moorings in the har bour on Friday last, after having been thoroughly repaired, both in machinery and hull, and fitted with a new forcastle and poop, has been since taken to the measured mile off Maplin Sands to test her speed and steaming qualities. During the trial the vessel was in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, gnardship of the steam reserve at Sheerness, the machinery being un der the supervision of Mr. J. Urquhart, senior chief engineer at Sheerness. The Scout made six runs at full boiler power, and full speed on the measured mile, with the following results : Average speed, 10.568 knots per hour ; revolutions of en gines, 58 ; pressure of steam, 201 b. Two runs were made at half-boiler power with an average speed of 7.804 knots per hour. The vessel was also tested on the circle at full and half power — at full speed, with helm 261 deg. to port ; time of turning the circle, 4 min. 50 sec. ; at half power, with helm 28 deg. to starboard, time smin. 18 secs. She is fitted with Smith's propeller, with the leading corners cut off. Diameter, 16ft ; pitch, 23ft 6in. The ventilation is very good, and the distilling apparatus, which was also oi tried, worked most satisfactorily. Full pressure steam could not be maintained during the whole of the trial, i n consequence of the boilers priming. Not withstanding this, the trial was considered satisfactory, for sea. and ship has been r e p or t e d as ready The screw steamship Ajax, 6p, has been removed uk u to from her moorings in }lame% Keyham-basin, for the purpose of being brokeen She will pro bably be followed by the llog ue ,% . The depot 17th Lancers arrived at C olchester yes.: terday from Maidstone. The depot is t o qn : e.i th e nth srtered in the new cavalry barracks at Colchest er; exception of about 40 married and single will be accommodated in the lines of the 9th men, Wh o battalion. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Staff Commander P. Loney, to command the Isis, vice Leethem, superseded at his own request ; Lieut.. George T. Morrell, to the Meander ; Lieu t. Basil E. Cochrane to the Torch ; Valentine F. Johnson, master, to the Hydra ; John T. Gowlland, master, to the Curacoa for surveying duties ; Henry P. Ward to the Cumberland for the Arethusa ; Sub-Lieut. Reginald C. Townshend, to the Research ; F. C. Dundas, midshipman, to the Defence; J. D. Maycock, midshipman, to the Hydra; Rev. J. J. Harrison, chaplain and naval instructor to the Victory, vice Lugg, whose period of home ser vice has expired ; the Rev. T. R. Holme, chaplain and naval instructor to the Wellesley, vice Lang, whose period of home service has expired ; the Rev. J. H. Knapp, chaplain and naval instructor to the St. Vincent, vice Whitmarsh, whose period of home service has expired ; the Rev. R. N. Jackson, chaplain and naval instructor to the' Impregnable, vice Williams, whose period of service has expired ; the Rev. J. Lugg, chaplain and naval instructor to the Revenge, vice Knapp ; the Rev. E. A. Williams, chaplain and naval instruc tor to the Cadmus, complementincomplete; Richard Godden, second master to the Torch; Commander Hon. W. C. Talbot to the Fawn, vice Wrey, pro moted; Commander J. E. Erskine to the Speedwell, vice G. M. Cottam, invalided ; Lieut. J. G. G. Milardy to command the Investigator, vice Knowles, invalided ; Lieut. C. T. Williamson to the Royal George ; F. W. Fisher nominated to a naval cadetship ; Henry Macdonald, assist.-surg., addi tional, to the Fisgard ; Mr. W. Goldson, assist.- paymaster, to the Victory ; Henry M. Bernard, assist.-paymaster, to the Duke of Wellington ; W. Glasspole, chief engineer, to the Warrior, F. Bush, engineer, to the Torch ; W. Crosbie, engineer, to the Blenheim, for the Julia ; John T. Goff, assist.- engineer, to the Niger ; A. Forrester, and. E. Barrett, assist.-engineer, to the Torch. Captain Edward Codd was yesterday appointed Captain Superintendent of the Royal William Victualling Yard and the Plymouth Hospital, vice Capt. Douglas Curry, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. State of Feeling in the South. At a vast meeting held at the African Church at Richmond, Virginia, on the 9th of February, to consider the state of the country and the duties of the hour, Mr. HUGH W. SHEFFRY, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, made the following character istic speech. He said—God, in my opinion, never made a race of which Stonewall Jackson is a type and President Davis the representative man—(great cheering)—and from which sprung that great and good old chieftain, Robert E. Lee—(prolonged cheering)—to be destroyed, though it were thrown into the lion's den or into a furnace seven times heated. It cannot be done. Th e y talked about subjugating the South ; they who believe that the mind and heart can be subjugated are base, sensual natures. It cannot be done, sir ; even from the hand of a true conqueror the manhood of South would pluck power, and in a short time the van quished would rule the conqueror. Mr. Chairman, do not you feel (if you do not, I do), stronger and braver than ten days ago? Do not you feel that the tide is on the turn ? You spoke of the auguries of he ancients and of the signs of the times. I know that these signs will be revealed in favour of our country. I know that the tide of patriotism is run_ ning through the length of the Confederacy, and that that message from Hampton Roads, when it reached our telegraphic lines, went like a shock from the centre to the circumference, and every man sprung to his feet, vowing to do or die rather than submit. (Cheers.) The fires of 1861 I feel burning brightly in my heart. The fires of aroused patriotism will consume a good deal of rubbish which has gathered since the commencement of the war, and it will be a jolly bonfire. It will not consume the doubters, but the doubts—not the croakers, but the croaking—not the money cormorants, but the greed for lucre ; and from the crackling of the flames all will come out purer and brighter. Where is the reconstructionist now ? low does he take the issue? A week or ten days ago we heard many whispering, sometimes with bated breath and sometimes louder, about " reconstruction," " peace, precious peace.' Peace was so much yearned after that men forgot there was anything better than peace. They forgot the precious blood that had been shed. They for got the desolated fields, scorched by the red flame of war. They forgot the orphan's wail and the widow's cry, and were ahnost persuaded to go back to the Union, if they could carry their heads on their shoulders. Some were willing to run some risk with their heads, if they might only carry with them their notes and bonds and title-deeds under their arms. 'Laughter.) Some were hitching up carts to carry heir Confederate notes in, and some were arranging ,heir woolly heads in line to take them with them ,nto the Union—all under the glorious aegis of the Union as it was and the constitution as it ought to be. They urged the Government to resort to the masterly arts of statesmanship, and were quite sure that the President ought to send commissioners to Washing ton. Separate State action and a convention of all the States were talked over, and some few thought perhaps it would require the energy of the House of Representatives to get through with this big job. In the meantime, north of the Potomac, the drama was approaching the fifth act. There they said the Union must be preserved, but slavery must be abolished. The rascally Democrats in the United States House of Representatives were refractory and would not give their votes to make the two-thirds necessary to amend the constitution so as to abolish it. The Republicans pressed them on all sides. Horace Greeley was seen hobbling to and fro in Con gress performing his mysterious role. After a while the venerable Blair appeared, with wings on his shoulders. Cox and Brooks, anti-war Democrats, asked for time to see if the rebels would not submit to terms. The House at last consented to give time. Instantly Blair, the superannuated Mercury, spread his wings, and lo ! here he is in the Confederate capital. Courtesies are extended tohim, and at length our President consented to send three of our most eminent men in a steamer, as they thought [to the chairman, "Did not you?"] to Washington. (Great laughter.) We had already heard on the streets of the fine dinners Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell were getting in Washington, when, lo and behold 1 it turned out that they had stuck in Hampton Roads. As they were on their way the whole Yankee nation rose to meet them. They sent their King from his throne, and their Prime Minister from his closet. The King came to meet his friend (turning to the chairman, Mr. Hunter), whom I suppose he had heard tell of before. The Prime Minister came to repress any imprudence en the part of his mast er an d cur b hi s -" l i ttle j okes. " Was not this a climax worthy of the Yankee nation ? At last the curtain was raised, and no duck nor dinner appeared. (Laughter.) There stands Lincoln, with inch an d behindsendinghim, greeting bowing to otuhte ni Se i eSurouterto wssaiordnearsn, surrender or perish, with the Yankee nation in the background—laughing over this.suecessful trick to catch the Democratic votes. On the 30th the conference took place, and on the 31st seven Demo cratic votes went over, and the amendment was adopted. And now we have the offer, what shall we do ? In reply to this question I will ask another. Is the gallant Captain Semmes in this crowd ? u he is, give him another Alabama—(cheers)—a n d with the proud flag of his country flying, let him again meet the Kearsage. What would he say to the demand of the commander of the Kearsage to surrender or perish ? What but to clear the decks and give them a broadside, and if he again sunk he would leave us a proud example to follow. Also, my countrymen, let us clear the decks,us, and uranodifNv e sink, at least the world will applaud n chil dren will not be ashamed of us ;an relics fordfromthe wreck of the ship of State will be gathered futureeck worship. I say I have an abiding faith in our suc cess, because I believe our men are true and high-toned and devoted to the principles involved in this contest ; because our women are virtuous and would scorn the wretch who, with sackcloth on his loins and ashes on his head, would ask mercy from A eol b uo r du a ea h r a ot m rhaa Lincoln ; because I have faith in a power t'T an e d ate b r ec t a h us ah e Abraham Lincoln, whose thunders are us by the tinkling of the silver - boil of Seward, the Almighty, whether by a pillar of duties of the pillar of fire has always guided and di rectedoomvroiedential hand. Now what are the patriotism w ill liB b hP ec r itself, patriotic a y ur d unless we follow it up with for it does seem give thattime, life en uty i sn t oot esNa,celnifinmey,OeToohle now burning spirit of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1865. would be equivalent to 51 per cent. per annum, but the shareholders would have all the information possessed by the directors placed before them about eight days prior to the 21st of March, on which day it was intended to hold a meeting for the full consideration of this important sub ject. He believed the arrangement would be a good one for the company, and he hoped it would be sanctioned by the shareholders. He was satisfied that the bargain now offered was one which he could not but recommend to the pro- prietors. Mr. HERAPATH inquired if it was intended to merge the Vale of Neath in the Great Western, or merely to lease the line to that company. _ - - . The CHAIRMAN replied that it was intended to be an ab solute amalgamation. The meeting was then adjourned to the 21st of March. LLYNVI VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington ; Mr. Macgregor in the chair.: The Secretary read the report, which stated that the re ceipts this year were £10,716, against £9,459 for the corre sponding six months. The litigation carried on by the freighters for a reduction of rates had been concluded. A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. to the ordinary share holders was recommended. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. BURDON moved as an amendment that 5 per cent. dividend should be paid, the extra sum to come out of the reserve fund. Mr. Wooicorr showed that the directors were acting very wisely in keeping a reserve fund. The amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion carried. A dividend of 5 per cent. per annum on the first and second preference shares was then declared, and a resolu tion empowering the directors to raise £30,000 additional share capital for the improvement of the Porthcawl harbour having been agreed to, the proceedings terminated. love money—Confederate money even at 45 for one —better than life itself. We must sustain our Govern ment. To the President we should turn with con fidence and trust, not as a man infallible—that wonder which has never been seen in the history of the world—but as a man who has been chosen by ourselves, endowed by the Almighty with some sterling qualities at least, as a man whom we have chosen as helmsman while the tempest is rolling high, and when a single mistake may clash us to pieces. Woe to the crew which rises at such a perilous hour to do what they think ought to be done in the very crisis of fate. To Congress I would say, tax heavily, and feed and clothe the soldiers who stand between us and subjugation, though the teeth of the people chatter with starvation. This answer of Lincoln has freed us from submissionists. There are some who have weak knees or enervated spinal columns, but this-answer is a specific for their diseases. There in not a member of Congress who cannot now go back and say to his people, " I took some of your horses, and negroes, and provisions, in fact I took half you had, but I took it to keep Lincoln from getting the whole of it." The people not in the army have their sacred duty. They should be cheerful, hopeful, and cease complain ing. One would think from their complaints that they had been in the trenches eating corn bread, and sometimes without that, instead of taking their soup and fish at home. Railway and other Companies. STAINES, WOSENGHAM, AND WOKING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the offices, Broad, Sanctuary, Westminster ; Mr. J. Garrard in the chair. Mr. Walford, the secretary, read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said they had been fortunate in renewing their debentures during a period of pecuniary difficulty. There had been an increase in the teaffic, but not so great as could be wished. When the line was first projected he thought it would have been a through line, but the South-Eastern and Great Western appeared to have come to a good understanding with the South- Western that it was not to be so. The traffic at present was principally local, but when the South-Western went to Ludgate-hill and brought the traffic on to the Staines and Wokingham, they would then have a through traffic, as well as from the traffic to be derived from the Sunning dale and Cambridgetown and Chertsey lines. Their pro spects, though not brilliant, were improving. Mr. DAVIS seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. _ _ A dividend of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference shares, and 1 per cent. on the ordinary shares was then declared. Mr. R. Davis and Mr. C. Wilkin were re-elected direc tors, and Mr. J. George auditor. Mr. OXENFLAitt inquired whether any treaty was going on with the South-Western. The CHAIRMAN said a proposition by letter, emanating from some of the larger shareholders, had been made to the South-Western, who, in their reply, would not admit they had not worked the line well, but stated that they were open to an overture. The proposition was 75 per cent. of South-Western stock for 100 per cent. of Staines and Woking, op3-} per cent. Mr. S. GARRARD was of opinion that, looking at future prospects, less than this should not be taken. No offer had emanated from the South-Western. Thanks were then given to the chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Exeter on Tuesday—Mr. T. Woolcome in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. Mr. J. Dam protested, at the opening of the meeting, against the register of sharesbeing sealed without the con currence of the meeting. He also demanded to look at the transfer book, asserting that certain transfers had lately been made for the purpose of concocting votes. The CHAIRMAN replied that sealing the register was merely a ministerial act, and that in refusing to allow the transfer book to be inspected he was acting under the advice of Mr. J. H. Lloyd, who had advised him that a shareholder had no right to ask for these transfers. Mr. H. S. Elias, who was a candidate for the office of director in opposition to the retiring director, Mr. J. Brown, complained that he had not been allowed to make copies or extracts of the holdings of shareholders. The CHAIRMAN replied that all the directors were bound to give was the shareholders' address list. He then gave a history of the company for the last 14 years, and contended that the directors during that time had been actuated by but one object and desire—viz., to obtain the largest possible dividend for the proprietors. This he thought was borne out by the fact that, while at that date they were almost in a state of bankruptcy, they were now in a position to de clare a dividend at the rate of 3 1 per cent. per annum. He defended the board against the charges of mismanagement made by the Exeter committee, and observed that the no mination of Mr. Ellis as director in the room of Mr. Brown, at a time when it was so desirable that the utmost unani mity should prevail at the board, was, in his opinion, a step taken with the view of passing a vote of want of confidence in the South Devon Board. Mr. BROWN, seconded the adoption of the report, and stated that the £300,000 raised for the purchase of locomo tives and for other works had been expended. If the oppo sition to him had been of a personal character he should have withdrawn ; but he had been told by so many gentle men that it was not personal to him in the least, but directed against the management of the directorate generally, that he felt bound to accept the contest on the issue raised. Mr. J. DAW contended that the directors had spent vast sums of money, and thought it very strange that they should claim credit for having brought the company out of the Slough of Despond after having placed it there. He urged on the meeting the importance of introducing new blood into the direction, especially as important negotiations were now in progress. The report was adopted by a large majority, and the di vidend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum was declared. The re-election of Mr. Brown was moved by Dr. Cook- WORTHY, and seconded by Mr. C. TROTTER. Mr. CHAPLIN proposed, and Mr. WEscoMB seconded the election of Mr. Ellis. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Brown, and a poll was demanded on Mr. Ellis's behalf. At 9 o'clock the result of the poll was announced by the CHAIRSIA:N as follows :—Mr. Brown, personal and proxies, 7,173 ; Mr. Ellis, ditto, s,so7—majority for Mr. Brown, 1,666. Mr. Brown was, therefore, declared re-elected ; Mr. Hen derson and Mr. Millman were elected auditors ; and the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. HAMMERSMITH AND CITY. The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday at the offices, Bedford-street, Strand. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that it was intended to call another meeting for the purpose of authorizing the transfer of the line to the Great Western and Metropolitan Companies, who guaranteed the shareholders a dividend which would eventually reach per cent. per annum, commencing at 5 per cent. The report was adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution empowering the directors to treat with the Great Western Company. Mr. SURGEY seconded the motion, which was carried. The retiring directors, Mr. Ogilvy and Mr. Williams, and the retiring auditor were re-elected. METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHN'S-WOOD. The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday at the offices, Duke-street, Westminister—Mr. Austin presidin. The Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions, said the wholo of the shares had not yet been subscribed for. VALE OF NEATH. The CKAIRMAN said as the prospectus of the company had been so recently issued, the directors had no report, but they trusted at their next meeting to announce that they had made considerable progress with the line. Arrangements had been made with the Metropolitan for working the line at 50 per cent. of the receipts. Some fault had been found with the arrangement, but it must be borne in mind that the Metropolitan would have to work the traffic on a single line, and with gradients worse than their own, as well as to find the working stock and the interest on the capital for it, and all this would be a considerable drawback to the 50 per cent. they were to receive. It had been objected that they had only a single line and a tunnel only wide enough for it, but if it was not sufficient for the traffic it could be increased. When they considered the great population of the district of St. John's-wood, together with the neighbourhoods of Hampstead, Kilburn, and Edgware, which would all contri bute, they would then form an idea of the prospects of the traffic. The directors were in treaty with the Metropolitan Railway relative to further arrangements. Mr. LUCAS then moved that the chairman be re-elected a director, and that a. sum of £BOO a year bo voted to the directors, the chairman to receive .f.. 300, and the other directors £125 each. Considerable discussion ensued, and ultimately the vote was passed. The half-yearly meeting of this company Was held on Tuesday at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington ; Mr. N. E. Vaughan in the chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that the proprietors were doubtless aware of the provisional arrangements which had been entered into with the Great Western Company, and which were intended to conclude in an amalgamation. He believed the amount which would be guaranteed to tho shareholders FOREST OF DEAN. The half-yearly meeting was held on Monday, at the office, Victoria-street, Westminster; Mr. A. B. Barlow in ;he chair. The report stated that the agreement for leasing the line to the Great Western Company had been approved ; but it became necessary to modify the terms with the Great Western Company, so as to insure the completion of the railway and its opening for traffic. The agreement thus modified will be submitted for their approval. The report was adopted, and the retiring Directors and auditor were re-elected. Mr. BAXTER, the solicitor, then read the agreement with the Great Western Company, by which it appeared that the company agreed to complete the line, and work it at a charge of 50 per cent. After a long discussion, it was resolved that the agree ment be approved, subject to certain conditions relative to the completion of the line by the contractor. WEST YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting was held on Monday at Brad ford ; Mr. W. Frith in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, showed that since the year 1858, when the working of the line commenced, there had been a progressive in crease in the receipts from £13,273 in 1858, to £31,805 in 1864, and it was his conviction that the line would still continue to give increased earnings yearly. Tho dividend of the Great Northern being only 71 per cent. the dividend payable to the proprietors of West Yorkshire stock would be under the agreement of £9 19s. 6d. per cent., instead of (as was expected at the time of agreement) £lO 10s. per cent. Mr. WALKER seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A dividend of £7 per cent. was then declared, payable on the -6th of March, and the retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION- The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the Victoria Station, Westminster, Sir C. Roney in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the works on the line and at the stations were in so forward a state that there was every reason to believe it would be com pleted and opened for traffic on the Ist of July to the new high level station at the Crystal Palace, and the Brighton Company would complete by the same date their portion of the South London that gave access from the Victoria and Ludgate stations to the Crystal Palace and South London. Sir C. H. limn seconded the adoption of the report and it was carried unanimously. Mr. E. W. Edwards and Mr. T. Holroyd were re-elected directors, and Mr. Weise auditor. an agreement with the South-Western Company, who were now promoting a Bill in Parliament to carry out that ar rangement. The accounts showed a dividend of £2lls. 3d. to the preference shareholders for the half-year ending De cember 31, making £4 55..11d. on the entire year. The report was adopted and the retiring directors were re-elected. WIIITEHAVEN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at Whitehawn, Mr. W. Lumb in the chair. The CILAIRUAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts (an abstract of which has ap peared in The Sun), congratulated the shareholders upon the fact that they were paying the highest dividend of any railway in the kingdom, and that dividend, moreover, had been honestly and legitimately earned. Although they could not expct to maintain their dividend at 18 per cent., he augured well of their prospects. Mr. MooRE seconded the motion. Mr. IL COOK, the secretary, in answer to the question, stated that it was not . true that the high rate of dividend was the result of exorbitant charges. On the contrary, their rates were lower than those of any line in the kingdom for similar distances. e a Lginal shares. The motion was carried unanimously, and a dividend of 3 being equal to 18 per cent., was 6 The proceedings concluded with tha n ks to th e c h a ir man payable in le c o o n m t e i; t a nd directors. s perd e cl. share,r e i p less WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting was held .at Whitehaven on Monday, Mr. W. Miller in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report (an ab stract of which appeared in the The Sun). He congratu lated the shareholders upon the continued increase of the dividend. The lowering of the rates on the Cleator traffic had not diminished their dividend this half-year, which was the largest they had ever paid. With regard to the lines of railway projected across the Duddon estuary, the directors believed that theirs would be the safest, cheapest, and best, and felt confident in their success before Parliament. A temporary depression in the iron ore market had caused a temporary falling off in the receipts, but this would be transient. Mr. COLLINS seconded the motion. Mr. PARKER asked what the directors thought upon the question of amalgamation with neighbouring lines ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the moment they could see their Pon fair and equ it a bl e terms thedil acytotrso awnloaullgdabomatpiren upon to carry it out. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. The proceedings ended with a vote of thanks to - Hu) chairman. WHITEHAVEN, CLEATOR, AND EGREMONT. The half-yearly meeting was held at Whitehaven on Monday—Mr. A. B. Steward in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the dividend was 12 per cent., instead of 13, which they paid last half-year, but this decrease he attributed to an abatement of 10 per cent. in the tolls for the carriage of iron ore, and to the fact that they were now paying a dividend upon £37,500 expended upon the Marron Extension, and which was unproductive. The directors felt it desirable to make a little branch to' Hill's Pet, whence all the ore was at present carted through Whitehaven streets. Mr. Dxss seconded the adoption of the report. He ob jected to amalgamation or lease at present, because they did not know the value of their property till they got their ex tension and branches completed. The report was unanimously agreed to, and a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum (less income-tax) was declared. A vote of thanks to the directors and chairman closed he proceedings. COLNE VALLEY AND HALSTEAD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at Halstead —Mr. J. Brewster in the chair. The report stated that the receipts on reveue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December were £4,994, while the expenditure was £3,353, leaving a balance of £1,641. The expenditure on capital account to the 31st of December was £262,330. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted. Mr. J. CARDINALL moved a resolution to the effect that the directors should take into their serious consideration the question•of the liability of the Great Eastern for the damage sustained by the company by the non-fulfilment by the Great Eastern of its pledge to complete and open its line from Haverhill to Cambridge by August 6, 1864, as directed by the Act of August 6, 1861. Mr. F. C. Finn seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. Payne and Mr. Gamble, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and Mr. Wilson, the retiring auditor, was re appointed. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Watt, the traffic manage; and also to the chairman. DEVON AND SOMERSET. The half-yearly meeting was held at Southmolton on Tuesday, Lord Poltimore in the chair. . _ It was unanimously agreed to accept the recommendation of the directors that the Bill for the extension to meet the North Devon Railway at Barnstaple should be abandoned, and Mr. J. Jerwood and Mr. J. Robinson, of London, wore appointed auditors. EXETER AND EXMOUTH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at Exeter; Major Brent presided. Thp report stated that since the last half-yearly meeting terms of amalgamation with the London and South-Western Railway had been submitted to the shareholders, who had agreed thereto. The directors had accordingly concluded DARTMOUTH AND TORBAY. The half-yearly meeting was held at Paignton on Satur day, Mr. C. S. Hayne in the chair. The report stated that although the railway was not com pleted to Kingswear until nearly the close of last summer, the net receipts of the company had amounted to £2,300, which almost doubled the return of the previous year. The report was adopted. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday at the Euston station ; Mr. J. Chapman in the chair. The report states that the net balance available for divi dend was £4,019, out of which the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum on the pre ference capital, and of 52 per cent. per annum on the ordi nary stock, leaving £lBl to be carried forward. On the motion of the Chairman, the report was adopted, and the dividends therein recommended were declared. AYLESBURY AND BUCKINGHAM. The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday at the office, Queen-square, Westminster ; Sir H. Verney, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that considerable progress had been made in the works. The contractor was now at work at the Bicester-road,within three miles of the Aylesbury Junc tion station. The directors intended to apply tc Parliament for the power toraise additional capital to complete the line. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chair man concluded the proceedings. MERTHYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABERGAVENNY. The half-yearly meeting was held at the offices, Aber gavenny, on Tuesday ; Capt. Hill in the chair. The report stated that the London and North-Western Company (the lessees of the line) had duly paid the deben ture interest, rent charges, &c., for the half year ending December 31 last, and a dividend was recommended at the rate. of five per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital, leaving a balance of £273 to be carried forward to the next half-year's account. The capital account showed that £261,515 had been expended. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (less income-tax) was declared. WEST CORK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the offices, Gracechurch-street; Sir C. Roney in the chair. Mr. H. W. WOOD, the secretary, read the report, which stated that with the exception of one length of nearly half a mile in the town of Bandon the railway thence to Dun manway was now completed to the station there. The directors would therefore soon be enabled to make a trial trip in a train over the line from Bandon to Dunmanway, a length of 17 miles. The station buildings along the line were approaching completion, and the rolling stock was being delivered. Of the remainder of the line from Dun manway to Skibbereen, 154 miles in length, four miles had been constructed, and an application to Parliament was being proceeded with for power to raise further capital to complete the line to Skibbereen. When the line from Ban don to Dunmanway was ready for traffic the Cork and Bandon Railway Company would have to pay over to the company their subscription of £20,000 towards the under taking. Since the last meeting the Board had obtained much satisfactory information as to the desirability of establishing Crookhaven as a port of call for Trans-Atlantic steamers and of extending the West Cork Railway to that port. This route, when completed, would have the effect of shortening the sea voyage many hours. The directors would give their earnest support to the independent com pany which had been provisionally formed• for carrying out that object. The capital account showed that £285,857 had been expended to the 31st of December last, leaving a balance of £967. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the rails and fencing for the remainder of the line were now delivered, and the works had been well and solidly constructed by the contractors, Messrs. W. Kirk and Co. The line was now so far completed that a locomotive engine might be run over the whole distance from Bandon to Dun manway. If the additional capital were available, the whole of the works to Skibbereen could be completed in six or seven months, which would be a most desirable matter. The line to Dunmanway would probably be opened in May, ready for the tourist traffic to Bantry, Glengariff, and Killarney. The report was adopted, the retiring directors (Mr. Corry and Mr. Sedgwick) were re-elected, and also Mr. Banks, the retiring auditor. NEWRY AND WARRENPOINT. The shareholders held their annual meeting at Liverpool on Tuesday. The report stated that there was a satisfactory increase in the traffic receipts, but the opening of the direct line to Armagh had not led to the expected results. No dividend was declared. ItAitIVAY PASSENGERS' AS SURACE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was heldyester.. Ly at the offices, Cornhill ; Mr. J. Clay, M.P., in the chair. Vian, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the premiums of assurance against railway and general accidents for the half.year ending December 31 last, amounted to 4'36,440, against £30,193 in the corresponding halt of 1863. The total income of the company for pre miums in the year 1864 was £74,428, against £61,850 in 1863, being an increase of £12,578, or '20.33 per cent. A further amount of £1,314 was received for interest on in vestments, &c., making the total income from all sources £75,741. The working expenses, including the cost of the Company's Act last Session, were at the rate of 29.76 per cent. on the premiums, against 31.11 per cent. in the pre vious year. The balance to the credit of revenue was £27,930 From this sum the directors proposed declaring a bonus at, the rate of 2s. per share, of which one-half would be paid in cash, and the other half added to the shares. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital would be paid as usual. The amount of compensation paid in the year 1864 was, for 26 fatal cases, £13,669 ; and for 2,285 non-fatal claims, £30,389; total, £44,058, or 59.19 per cent. of the premiums received, all of which were satisfactorily settled, without dispute or recourse to law. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, the bonus declared, and the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the referees reassembled in committee-room No. 11—Mr. Dodson, Chairman of Ways and Means, pro- siding. Tho case of the Havant, Hambledon, and Droxford Rai way was called on, Mr. Johnson appearing as counsel for the promoters, who apply to be empowered to make rail ways of seven miles, from a junction with the Brighton Railway, near the Havant Station, to Hambledon, and an other of four miles from the latter place to the Peters&ld and Bishops-Waltham Railway at Droxford ; to raise £150,000 in shares and £50,000 by loans; with running powers over neighbouring railways. Reversing the order of proceeding in all previous Sessions the Chairman called on the opponents of the Bill, who, together with the promoters, are restricted to the employment of one counsel, to state the grounds of their objection. Mr. Clarke was about to address the committee on behalf of the London and South Western against the bill, but the committee decided that they had no locus standi. The other opponents of the Bill were the Petersfield and Bishops-Waltham Railway, represented by Mr. Mere wether, Q.C., on the ground of insufficient engineering, the junction proposed to be effected being at a gradient of 1 in 80 for a mile and a half, and by Mr. Cripps, for the Hon. 3/Ir. Dutton, Lady Napier, Mr. Thistlethwaite and others, on the ground of residential damage. Mr. Collister, C.E., was ex amined at considerable length against, and Mr. Ashdown, C.E., in favour of the engineering features of the under taking, and the case, which occupied three hours and a half, closed, and the referees adjourned. In the cases heard before Mr. Frere, the bill of the Peter borough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway for extensions to Upwell and Crowland, was declared to have complied with tha standing orders, and the bill of the Waterford and Passage not to have so complied, It is stated in a letter from Bremen of the 24th, that in consequence of a rescript of the Hanoverian Go vernment, Prussian notes will no longer be received at the telegraphic office in Hanover. This measure has no doubt been taken by way of retaliation for the establishment of branch Prussian banks abroad. The King of the Belgians has just decreed the erection of a statute to David Tethers, the painter, on one of the public squares at Antwerp. The State will contribute a sum of 18,000 fr. towards the cost. M. Ducaju, a sculptor of Antwerp, is charged with the execution of the work. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—HOMO 3 Tathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doe trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country there were to be obt feed no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied to the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, tlomceopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to turn hls attention to this subject, and at leni,th succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes thro :gh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, gi ateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli clods aroma. Dr. Hassa , l, in his work, "Food and its Adulteratio 5," says —"Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every ingrediP,it necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured is tin-lined ilb., fib., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemists.—[ADVT.] I, r SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—The news from China is that every part of the vast Empire is more or less distracted by insurrection, brigandage, and discontent. Even the distant western provinces, far away from its and chid' traffic, have each their little rebellion ; and the rich Sz'chuen, where every Chinaman is said to be well fed and well dressed, has an immigration of the old Taeping locusts feeding on its fatness. It is the normal condition of an overpeopled country, with a chain of Government rotten and rusted in every link. The only matter which greatly interests its practically is to know how near these people are to our commercial ports, and what effect they are likely to have upon our interests. We heard some time ago that seven provinces had been proclaimed in the Pekin Gazette that a great number of cities had been just taken and sacked, and that a seaport which was about to be opened to our trade had been attacked and destroyed. But when we are now told that the disorganised bands of the Taepings are in consider able force in Fohkien, and hold a large portion of Chekiang, and have had hard fighting in Kiangsi, the ordinary reader derives about as much informa tion from these tidings as if he had been given to understand that they had taken possession of that hemisphere of the moon which is hidden from human observation. It may be useful therefore to those who may desire to retain some general knowledge of the progress of events in the extreme East to state that these two provinces of Kiangsi and Fohkien occupy that part of the empire which extends from about 150 miles south of our treaty port of Ningpo to a point about 100 miles north of Canton, and that this region includes the habitations of nearly 40 millions of inhabitants and the larger portion of the. coast line between Canton and Shanghai. Fohkien is a maritime province, and contains our two treaty ports of Foochow and Amoy, and Kiangsi is the province - which lies immediately behind it, inland ; and extends lip to the Yangtie river. Its name indeed is said to mean " the Pro- vince West of the River." From the statement o: our correspondent—who now appears to think that Canton itself is again in danger—it would appear that the operations of the insurgents are not con fined to these provinces, and it may be generally assumed that the disturbances include all the coast countries which lie between Ningpo and Canton, and also the mountains and vast tea districts which lie inland from this coast. It would be scarcely worth while to offer this explanation, except to point out that, although the marauders have been driven away from the celebrated 3Q miles radius round Shanghai, the countries they still infest are districts in Which we ha - Ve a special interest. We have a great although not quite a regular trade at Swatow; and Amoy and Foochow are two treaty ports, whence we export its mense quantities of tea. From the districts lying behind these ports all that tea is brought down. The new rebel chief who, with an army of 50,000 well appointed troops, has established himself at a city called Chang-chow, within easy distance of Amoy, seems inclined to cultivate the good graces of our merchants, and hopes to be allowed to .occupy the treaty Dort of Foochow. It is evident, indeed, that these caiefs are capturing large cities in the imme= diate neighbourhood of Swatow, Amoy, and Foo chow, and it seems unavoidable that we must again be brought into contact with them, at places where it is by no means so easy to deal with them as it was at Shanghai. At Amoy there is no separate Euro pean settlement as there is at Shanghai, and Foochow is situate some miles up a narrow river of difficult navigation. In both these ports the Chinese and the European merchants are mixed up together in their habitations, and there would be great disaster if these places were sacked or burnt. We do not mean to suggest that there is any great danger of such an occurrence, but it is as well to be aware of the posi tion. It will account for the intelligence that the Janus, the Flamer, the Dove, and the Swallow are all now lying at Amoy. It seems very hard that we never can be allowed to trade in peace with this strange people, and that a Government so intract able to foreigners and so absolute in many respects over their own subjects cannot or will not keep their own cities in a state of defence against mere bri gands. So, however, it is, and there seems to be no help for it. We may congratulate ourselves, however, that there is no longer a costly China eXpedition engaged in this far East, and as we must employ a large navy somewhere or other, and as the China trade is very profitable and very necessary to us, perhaps we ought not to repine at having to keep a ship or two and a few gunboats cm the coast of China, where they see more service and are not more costly than they would be while expending their stores in the Channel or sunning themselves in the Mediterranean, This is the pleasantest way of looking at the. affair but, after all, we cannot help thinking that we ought not to have to do this work, and that the time may come when we may not be able to spare the men and ships to do it. Our prin cipal object, however, in calling attention at this moment to the Chinese news is to deprecate what seems to be a very imminent danger of European and American vagabonds being branded together to oppose Asiatic vagabonds. The remedy for the de sultory rebellion, which seems to find favour with the public of Shanghai, is that the Chinese officers shall, each in his city, district, or province, employ any European or American leader of mercenaries who may happen to be at hand. Wild adventure and rapid fortune are said to offer themselves as the certain prizes of this occupation. D'Aiguebelle, the leader of a Franco-Chinese contingent, is reported to have returned to France with immense wealth accumulated during 15 months' service. There are thousands of martial adventurers in France who have been strongly excited by so seductive a success. Not only France, but Belgium, Spain, Italy, and Eng land herself, might in a few days show a large number of daring freebooters all ready to cut slices with their swords out of this great China pudding. It is quite certain, however, that the security of English merchants would be greatly increased, even at Swatow, or Amoy, or Foochow, if we had several bands of these chivalrous hire lings in our immediate neighbourhood ? For our part, we would rather trust to force or negotia tion to make terms with an army of Teapings than try conclusions with a civilised bully who had a crew of half-disciplined cosmopolitan ragamuffinS at his back. About ten years ago the Portu guese of Macao were in the habit of fitting out convoy fleets, which undertook for a certain hire to protect the fishermen of the coast from the Chinese pirates. This lasted for some time, and was very profitable to the Portuguese ; but the exac tions, cruelties, and robberies of these "protectors" became at last so unendurable that the Chinese fishermen and villagers, aided perhaps by somerival convoymen, watched an opportunity and burnt the convoy fleet and massacred all the Portuguese officers and sailors, shooting them down in the very suburbs of Ningpo. Of course some inquiry was made in Eu rope, and Lisbon was in a ferment ; but after the cir cumstances had been investigated the conduct of these men was found to have been so atrocious that it was thought better to let the whole matter slide into oblivion. This was but the natural end of any merely mercenary force. What happened on the sea ten years ago would happen in multiplied instances on the land now ; and whether the leaders were Eng lish, French, or American, they and their followers would soon become greater pests than even the Taepings themselves. We submit that instead of encouraging these hireling bands the policy of Eu rope ought to be to unite and put them down. The time seems to be now come when our policy towards China should be to keep just force enough to protect our trade, and to leave the rest to the Chinese Go vernment. We have arrived at the position which was anticipated by the late Lord Elgin in his address to the merchants of Shanghai. The moment seems opportune to remind them of the wise advice then given. "lam of opinion," said Lord Elgin, " that when force and diplomacy shall have done all that they can legitimately effect, the work which has to be accomplished in China will be but at its com mencement." The work thus designated by Lord Elgin was pointed out byhim to be of a mixed moral and physical character,—the first, and by far the most difficult, "to win a way for Christian civiliza tion among a sceptical and ingenious people." But " at the same time," said Lord Elgin, the machine facturing West will be in presence of a population the most universally and laboriously manufacturing of any on the earth. It can achieve victories in the contest in which it will have to engage only by proving that physical knowledge and mechanical skill applied to the arts of production are more than a match for the most persevering efforts of unscien tific industry." This prediction is now performed. Force and diplomacy have gained all their reason able conquests, and ought only to be used to pre serve what has been won. It is in the spirit of Lord Elgin's counsels that we desire to keep these rowdy bands out of China. POST.—The prospect of a visit from the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the opening, this sum mer, of the Dublin Exhibition, will, we are sure, be hailed with lively satisfaction by the people of Ire land. The sister isle has in truth some reason to complain of the indifference manifested by the long line of Sovereigns which, for the past seven cen turies, have ruled her to make themselves personally acquainted with the country over which they asserted dominion, and the people whose allegiance they claimed. In 1172 Henry 11. crossed the Chan nel on a mission of conquest ' • and it is on record that John, Richard U., and Henry V. visited that small portion of Ireland known as the Pale with intentions similar to those of their predecessor. Centuries rolled on and Ireland again was visited by royalty, by James 11., to fight out on Irish soil those final battles which decided the fate of the, Stuart dynasty, and simultaneously by William 111., to vindicate successfully at the point of the sword the position assigned to him by the English o p e pl hi c From this time until 1821, when, shortly after Ir i a h sub accession, George IV. paid a visit to h is jects, no English monarch thought it w orth his for her while to cross the Irish Channel ; an d then, lor the first time since the conquest of Ireland did her Sovereign land on her shores on a mission of peace' The fact that during six centuries and a half, Irei land, notwithstanding her contiguity to Eng land never d never once saw the monarch to whom she owe allegiance, and who, by virtue of kingly, office, w as the parent of his people, except in th e garb of h a Warrior, and with blood on his sword, is one is without a parallel in history, and which furint:t evidence of a system of government which in"' a con n have been rotten to the core. Ireland w as quered country it was true, her people were turb -0 ric e lent, and her kings were willing to delega te rays the duties which they found it incon venie t ; ere undesirable to discharge. But within the Pale t t he lived, until the complete conquest of Ireland in reign of James I. had swept away its boundaries, men not only of English but of Irish extra eti°ll ' who were willing to support the supremacy of 1; land, and who might fairly claim to see occasig ll 7 the Sovereign who called them subjects. 0 f was not till two centuries after the plantation _ Ulster and the final subjugation of the chieftains, that it occurred to the King of fre, lail i a that he would be only fulfilling a graceful du h uY he visiting the metropolis of the country - wh ie- ,„ be governed, and allowing himself for a few day w er e seen by those whom he had no reason to do }bent to loyal subjects. Accordingly, George IV. o Dublin, and was received with that warm. enth usi %- which no people in the world can so effectivelY!„Aa hibit as the Irish. Twenty-eight years aftero;" her present Majesty visited Ireland, and he r reeerthe was equally enthusiastic. Four years after t he visit was repeated; and now, sixteen years lat e , r 'd is heir to the throne of Great Britain and Irei 3la rgo u about to follow his mother's example, and in More fat to. to receive the homage of those who, at sonie day (and may it be far distant) will be his respect resP try Considering the facilities which now exist in to means of communication between this ecniri blY and Ireland, the Irish people have unquestinnhan so a right to expect that henceforth they will ne t t completely ignored by their sovereigns as l a i r aj ay times. The Irish metropolis has not perhaPs e l ose attractions to offer, but it is not in search of attractions which captivate a stranger that a ii r i l e e ts visit is made, To see and to be seen by his sti„,'aer -to lend his countenance to great national takings- to make his people feel that he is Per s L interested in that which interests them, and 11,. are individually shares in their joys and sorrow' s" and duties which will never be evaded by a wr y ield politic prince. It is notorious that no Peole„' th e more readily to the arts of conciliation deny Irish, and no statesman or historian will cl af elli n tio the English Government created for itself all difficulties which have constantly beset it in„ .. l t' i lly to Ireland, by the contempt which it lat'7 o ‘ o o' manifested for every person and every th'";-, e lici netted with the country. That mistaken r a nd has been long since changed for a sounder cl ue ,; e ity, not only Cabinet Ministers in their official but the occupant of the Throne, and the .I " e ",,,aa from which that occupant is supplied, ha ve p' s• to view the sister country with different th° certain class of the Irish people, and espeei,,,:t tb tradesmen of Dublin, have protested aga'nner abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant, sure which is urged on the ground that under country, ing circumstances—the tranquillity of the u , the and the ready means of communication W 1 t be seat of Government—the post of Viceroy"o".otYo sinecure. But the Irish, with some Plalls,l retort that if not only morally and constitut'i' but physically, the two countries are uniteu:dogs, consequently, a vice-regal government is an, the purely regal government should be niane,,,i" r o f oa manifestin both. "If we are to be dep rive Vice-King, let us, at all events, occasiona4,.aon of King," Such is the language of a large 1: 43 , - r ese" the Irish people, and the desire which is e'r e , u ickli, is not unreasonable. Nothing would wer e ?CO" reconcile the Irish to the loss of that we e- 0 0' which is at present held at Dublin Castle. thax i to Ire sional glimpses of a real one. If royal "'lsle° t 11 ,, e land were more frequent —if in the prese ll ",,lrk e ", intervals which separate them are no longer tha' by quarters of a century—we have little (1 0 ;r h ipg more would be effected towards acconiP"son complete union between the two coup 1s dozen such acts as that passed in the Ye ar i a jes l Circumstances have prevented her present 3 t an from frequently visiting her Irish subie c 00 ' coo' during the past three years a grief hitherto eotire trollable has compelled her to deny to her, 5 0 people these opportunities which they per gladly hail of seeing her amongst them. The „ of Wales has already in this country taken e" 'Afir sely many of those ceremonial duties which herojoil jest is still unable to discharge, and on the °Gc trti til of his approaching visit to Dublin, he will plc be the representative of his august ilin th Tud, 134 Great Dublin Exhibition will, ws under6+hva" sale ° opened by the Prince of Wales, and with ea hcr„ ceremonial which would have been observe-40e' Majesty had not been prevented by circu ill ' from inaugurating it in person. COUNTRY MARKET be e/1 HULL.—TuEsDA.V. 4.,d bas 1 Since our last the demand in the whea t '' - „ (3 1 0 at bg r „et late quotations—red, 35s ad to 37s ; rather limited. English wheat meets a heali P -- to 4P 'ell 5021 b. Foreign relatively dearer than Bug s 'bo,, , b , ree n ' e ta neglected by millers. On the spot mixed - 1 - )411- h Ay -0, per 480 1 k;; I , s vlie, 4 40s ; high mixed, 46s ; choice old, 47s market to-day there was a limited supply of EDP 6 vorel o a which met a limited demand at reduced prices, oPr•oo are well pos iti ,„. neglected. Most of the Hull crushers with linseed, and consequently showed but little ' to purchase. white .40s and ra, a 1 4 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.—VO9- 00'3,4 attv. The weather continues to be extremely low" iv oter every prospect of the farmers being soon activeiyclal, in the fields. The attendance at our naark e "f o rsie r lo 6l l very limited. The supply of wheat from the, Vie small, and from the coast and abroad about nh• as, rie , :',lo ruled slow and dull for wheat, barley, bea ns ' tut P rice° A flour. Oats were a little more inquired for - t , afl not advance. Other articles were unchallgeid•Norfoh•os; Northumberland wheat sold from 328 to Os , 21s '- Suffolk, 39s to 45s • Dantsic, 398 to 4 6 s ; to 3s; barley, 26s to 318 ; 'beans, 36s to 40s; 11 0 , 2 1 8 to 51s to 62s per qr. ; flour, 26s to 28s per sack' --- ~ LYNN.—TUESDAY. , ibl e : Der° Since Saturday the weather has b ec ome 61 1311 v e r'ke". t to 0 a higher range of temperature. At to-day' s il i rot 9 111 1 . 0 te, was a fair show of wheat, the condition W . , 38 , t litt e i ,jiti e s good as last week, and the trade was clu le 'aing 41- (1‘ °3.° Good malting barley was fully as dear ; gr i v ii , a , s 333 , 4 ,p met a slow sale at last Tuesday's prices. .i•—• n 13 - ' a 1 P f dull, but not cheaper. ° l 4 . to 395 ; g le t j ol v 4 New wheat, 43s to 44s ; new red, 3 715 41s to 42s ; old red, 38s to 39s per 36 stoo e :..y 2_ 4 66 0 , 5 ' malting, 32s to 34s ; secondary, 30$ ; ordi 0 7.„s;1 0 " i : per qr. Oats, 20s to 22s per 24 stone. /30°4 6," , 8 2 ° to 348 ; small, 348 to 36s per 38 stone. let' The averages were—wheat, 37s 6d; oats, 21s 7d ; and befalls, 31s per quarter. , s pet", MARKET HARBOROUGII.---1-1/--Pt 4 05 4 ;A: New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; new red, 3 4 . 0 .° 3 14 , i re., stone. Barley, fine, 348 ; other kinds, 26° 13e ° ' 1 .. Oats, new, 20s to 24s ; old, 25s to 2 8 s pe r 4 408 to 425; now, 34s to 38s per qr. foil! Aiso d 4 ° ' SALISBURY.—TuEstaY• t re, o e io j; The following are present prices :- 141.1 1gs ; e ,cl, 3Gs to 420 ; barley, 23s to 34s ; oats, 19s B est Ve to 46s ; and peas, 34s to 48s per qr• household ditto, 9d per 81b. loaf. lo t athe - ng Ar' The Paris Savings Bank received citi r t i fr ai)o fortnight deposits amounting to 674, 24 : t ;c C co 3 l I imbursed 883,804 fr. The sums pa id ill : 0 00P e des Retraites for the Aged, during the amounted to 123,002 fr. ----____________---- i:ill 00s1' Births. ~,, t , o rto mirll' 0 CURRY.—On the 27th ult., at the Rorl . o . iris ' 0 Plymouth, the wife of Rear-Admiral Dlv 0013 will' a daughter. , the A GLYN.—On the 28th ult., at Ewell, Surr ° -", t uter' I Pi ll ; Rev. Sir George L. Glyn, Bart., of a ( 1 % 061/, ° HOPWOOD.—On the 28th ult , at the Bri t v i ,,i , P"` burgh, the wife of J. T. Hopwood, )--; daughter of , Marriage& IA 'do ~,,, i•io 'Il t ie GRIFFIS--COSENS.—On the 27th alt., at (-1.' 6- 1, 1 0 f 4 1 0 walde T op . w G r.o niffis, late 14th Light Dragoons, ' GI u ° o st,e. A rt '. o F n . e C s, o f s o e rm ns, er E l7 sq o ., f tahnedizino. u;serrfito.orrlcolo:l4oiiti: JEFFERY—BARBER.-0 11 the 21st ult.,„ e gv . , fscl. , ir i a o `` . :l' Stamford-hill, George Augustus JelierForia, t;-ni° House, Eastbourne, Sussex, to Henrietta ) o f 't. daughter of Alfred Kinsford Barber, A" hill, Middlesex. BORMER. 7 6 1 Deaths. et, 'o' -sire ea ' dilly,On the 28th ult. at 12, Bolton. ... if dulms Boiclier, Esq., of The Giovo” oo LEWIS. CALD Surrey. 11 911 q WECLLIa.—On the 28th ult., Davi ~,ed go• 0,!!),, 'd CaldNvo ~ , , ~ of.ll, ce-terrace, Regent's-park, `4l, joriegieo, IlAnucx. son House, Stratford, e Samuel Hasluck, - , -- -1/ 4 ,4 1 11 / t.eht.e2lBstthinusti.t,„atatSniasrliensbgvrto:onl: of 00, 0 aged 32. Sal l ' he A If the n O n t the fie Esq., aged 83. ,„ O f ' OumE.—n ‘- , n the ,_ Devo,,,, .4 26th ult., at Instow, Noe l ' ~., Instow, Esq., P aged STIRLING 0 Jo hn n the 28th ult., at Edinburel , fet Stirlin . g, Esq., of Duchray and A-road, ti, We.. 5i7 SPEER.—On the 28th ult., at 25, Queelle:rdaBl. gent's-park, Wm. Henry Speer, B s q" ti'''' - 45' - s9 o° l ol London : Printed and Published by WILT-.1-°flce, of No. 112, Strand, Piinter, at Tog Svs Colo to Strand, in the Precin ct of the S a o'', 111 Middlesex.—Thorsday, March 2,10 b. 8