The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-15 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. Capt. Rodger, R.N., has been informed by noti fication from the Board of Admiralty that his anchors are now to be adopted in general use throughout the service. He was yesterday invited by special request from their Lordships to be in at tendance at Woolwich to witness the testing of one of the old Admiralty anchors, weighing 111 cwt., which was contrasted with one of his own patent indented small-palmed anchors, weighing 74 cwt. 2 qrs. 181 b. His anchor was tested on the 18th Sent. The Admiralty proof, 55 tons 9-32, with 55 9-32, deflected half an inch each arm; with 82 59-64 deflected ; permanent set, nil. 'I he Admi ralty anchor tested yesterday was put to a similar strain—viz., 71i tons deflected 1 3-16 ; 73, 1 5-16; 75 tons, l ; 77 tons, li ; 80 tons 41-64, 1 9-10; 82 tons 59-64 deflected lf ; permanent set, of an inch. Thus it will be seen that Capt. Rodger's patent anchor, weighing 74 tons 2-18, with a strain of 82 59-64 tons, deflected of an inch ; permanent set, nil; while the Admiralty established old anchor, weighing 111 cwt., or exceeding by one-half the weight of the Rodger anchor, deflected double the amount, viz., 1 inch more, and the permanent set was registered at a perceptible of an inch. Capt. Rodger, according to an Admiralty order received at Woolwich, has been directed to provide 1 2 of his patent iron stocks to be applied to an equal number of 62 cwt. anchors, to be delivered as follows —three at Portsmouth, and nine at Devonport. One of the number is to be deposited at Woolwich in advance, to undergo Capt. Rodger's inspection as a sample, preparatory to their being issued for service. They are intended to supersede the old wooden stock so well known in the service, and now about to be abo lished. The manufacturing contraztor is to supply the whole of the stock, a part of the shank on which it is to be fitted; also the stock-key and key guide, anchor shackle, and bending shackle. One of Capt. Rodger's anchors, on the principle of the patent in dented small palm, has been used on board her Ma jesty's steam storeship Fox, Com. Moriarty, now in basin at Woolwich, during the last twelve months, and havingundergone the most severe test, as ordered by the Admiralty, was yesterday reported to have done the work of the old Admiralty anchor weighing 49 cwt., the Rodger anchor weighing only 301 cwt. Her Majesty's ship Spiteful, commissioned at Woolwich for the coast of Brazil, according to rumour yesterday, may probably be despatched to ] Jamaica, to assist in quelling the insurrection. The screw frigate Arethusa, 35, 3,041 tons, 500- horse power, Capt. R. J. J. G. Macdonald, lately attached to the experimental steam squadron, has been placed in dock, where she is undergoing a thorough examination and overhaul at the hands of the mechanics and engineers. The chief defects, however, appear to be in her machinery and engines, and as these are stated to be of such a character as to require her detention in dock for some time, it is announced at Chatham that her officers and crew will in all probability be turned over to one of the frigates now attached to the Steam Reserve, which will be at once brought forward for commission. The Arethusa was fitted out for her special service with the experimental steam squadron, at very great expense, only a few months ago, and, unless the defects are found to be very serious, and such as cannot be easily remedied, it would be very un desirable to dismantle and put her out of commis sion. The Arethusa was the last of the wooden sailing frigates converted at Chatham Dockyard to screw steamers, and the present is the first time she has been commissioned since her alterations. The Ariadne, 26, 3,214 tons, 800-horse power, attached to the third division of the Steam Reserve, has been brought up to Chatham Dockyard, for the purpose of being placed in one of the available docks and brought forward for commission. She will require some extensive repairs, extending over a period of some time. She is fitted with engines of 800-horse power, manufactured by Maudslay, Son, and Field. The screw frigate Bristol, 30, Captain Somerset, flagship of Commodore G. T. P. Hornby, is ordered to make a trial of her machinery and speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, to morrow, the recent trial off the Maplin Sands being considered not altogether satisfactory. Should the weather permit of the trial being made according to these arrangements, and the trial itself prove satis factory, the frigate will sail on the next or the fol low•ing day for her station, the west coast of Africa. The Malacca, screw corvette, 1,034 tons, 200 horse power, has been commissioned at Portsmouth by Captain Oldfield, for service on the south-east coast of America, and has received her full comple- went of officers and men. if er armament is but light, and her measured mile speed will not exceed nine knots. She will, however, doubtless prove a useful vessel for general service on her appointed station. Portsmouth Dockyard now presents, with two exceptions, but little of general public interest worthy of remark. The two exceptions alluded to are the Royal Alfred iron-cased ship converting in No. 3 dock, and the Simoom screw troopship fitting out for service in the steam basin. In the docks. the Warrior iron frigate in No. 11 is refitting for commission, her greatest delay being at the hands of the dilatory shipwrights' department. In No. 9 the Bacchante wooden frigate is lying, having been brought d own f rom h ar b our moor i ngs to exam i ne and repair the copper on her bottom. In No. 5 dock is the Rinaldo, wooden corvette, screw, stripped of her planking, &c., above the water line, and in fact being about to have her hull rebuilt. Her ma chinery is in the hands of the steam factory depart ment. In No. 3 dock is, as stated, the iron-cased frigate Royal Alfred. The interest attached to this vessel is due to the peculiar arrangement of the ship's armour and the weight of her armament, to which we shall refer on a future occasion, and to the great pains taken with the work by all engaged upon it, from the supervising assistant master shipwrights downwards. This latter, indeed, is astonishing. No ship in the world was ever yet turned out in such style as the Royal Alfred will be. No piece of marble was ever yet tooled and polished more care fully by a sculptor. The cost of all this need not be considered, for the shipwright department of the yard has had but little, else to do since the last amount was voted to it in the Naval Estimates for 1864-5. There have been no ships building and but very few under repairs, and so advantage of the opportunity has been taken to teach the worker in wood equal proficiency in the workin g of iron. The time at present fixed for floating the Royal Alfred out of dock, on the completion of her armour-plat ing, is the 19th proximo. In the steam b as i n li es the Simoom screw frigate, one of the two vessels referred to, on board of which an unusual degree of activity is shown by the mechanics, under the vigi lant supervision of her future captain. She has now approached that period in her outfit when, with a little extra pressure by the master shipwright, she might be ready for service in a month, and her ser vices are just now urgently required by the Admiralty sad Horse Guards. Astern of the Simoom are berthed th e woo d en fr i gate Mersey, w i t h h er 1 , 000 horse Power (nominal) engines, her rigging com plete, and the ship otherwise well forward in her equipment for re-commission but with the final co mpletion of th e work being done in the custo mary style. The Enchantress, Admiralty yacht, refitting, and the Nimrod, screw gun-vessel landing i her machine r y, and intended for breaking up in her hull, co m pl ete the list of the steam basin. Alongside the jetties vessels se in n -ard lie the Geyser, paddle sloop, condemned to be broken up the Malacca and now landing her to ; commissioned by Capt. Oldfield; the Minpoteariutur,ein.rtolin' f r igate, taking in monster guns for ex trials ; the Helicon, paddle despatch boat, refitti ng and awaiting orders as to her future mo vements ; th e Tamar, screw troopship, refitting and ordered to b e docked on the 17th inst. ; and thefamous turret ships, or rather sloops, Wivern and Scorpion, the officers and crew of which are engaged in preparing gene_ In the old ship basin of rally for Ad m i ra lty or ders. the yard there is nothing beyond a tiny gunboat, the Biter, a coal hulk, and a washing hulk for the use of the crew s o f ships alongside the dockyard. Off in the stream lies the paddle despatch vessel Salamis, like her rival the Helicon generally refitting and awaiting Admiralty orders, , the stationary flag, and the royal yachts, with of the guard, and training ships port in commission. There only remain the five large building slips to notice, and these have been purposely reserved to the last, owing to the fact that with the exception of the partly set up frame of the Dance, a vessel of only 1,000 tons, this magnificent row of workshops, erected at great cost, and since enlarged and fitted with machinery, regardless of ex pezise, are now lying utterly unoccupied, and there fore unproductive, in return for the large sums of money laid out upon them. Surely, with the splendid steam factory, smithery, and foundries of Portsmouth Dockyard, iron vessels of moderate tonnage might be as readily built there as elsewhere, and its vacant ships thus turned to some useful account. Lieut.-Col. E. Wray, Royal Artillery, has been appointed a member of the Ordnance_ Select Com mittee. The brigade field-days on Chatham Lines having terminated for the season, the troops belonging to that garrison have commenced their daily march out into the open country during the winter months, when the weather will permit. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge these marches are to be utilised as much as possible to both soldiers and officers, the former of whom will occasionally be halted to perform such movements as can be effected, while the officers will be required to frame reports of the particular districts traversed by the troops, and the advantages or disadvantages they present for carrying on military operations. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. B. Oldfield, to the Malacca, commissioned ; Percy V. James, master, to the Malacca ; Thos. Webster, master, additional, to the Asia for the Cruiser; Sub-Lieut. Robt. H. Eyre, to the Bristol ; Sub-Lieut. Sam. A. Johnson and Sub-Lieut. Geo. A. G. Grey, to the Spiteful ; Hem7A. Dyke, midshipman, to the Spiteful ; Richd. J. Lucas, nominated to a naval cadetship ; Wm. H. Cruice, surg., to the Malacca ; Josh. May, assist.- surg., to the Spiteful ; Dr. G. B. Beale, assist.-surg., to the Excellent ; Fredrick Lima, paymaster, to the Malacca ; G. J. Sparks, assist.-paymaster, to the Malacca ; Geo. M. Jackson, clerk, to the Malacca ; Gilbert T. Carter, assist.-clerk, to the Malacca. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MADRAS. The report of the directors states that the progress of the works and traffic had continued satisfactory. On the Ist of September the section of the North west line between Reddipally and Cuddapa, 40 miles in length, was opened for traffic, completing the communication from Madras to that important station. The company had, therefore, 611 miles of railway open, of which the South-West line and Bangalore branch formed 492 miles, and the North-West line 119 miles. A further section of the latter beyond Cuddapa was expected to be ready for opening in July next, The aggregate mileage worked over during the half-year was 571 miles, against 448 in the corresponding half of last year. The aggregate number of passengers carried was 861,467, against 707,884, and the goods 131,487 tons against 112,298 tons in the same half of last year. The traffic receipts had been £179,893 against £142,932, and the net earnings £87,952 against £72,690 for the corresponding six months of 1864. The permanent way and rolling stock had been well maintained and the traffic had been carried on as heretofore, without the occurrence of any injury to passengers. The works and surveys of the remain- ing portions of the North-West line and Beilary branch were in active progress, and the necessary steps had been taken to provide for the completion of the line to Raichore, the point of junction with the Bombay line, simultaneously with its comple tion by the Great Indian Peninsula Company from their side. The permanent way materials for the line as far as Gooty had been provided, and nearly all sent out. With regard to the South-West line and Bangalore branch, the way and works were in good order, and had been maintained with economy, but the cost of the main line was still kept up by the progressive replacement of wooden by iron sleepers. The cost per mile of the Bangalore branch, which was entirely laid with iron sleepers, was at the rate of £9B Bs. per annum only. The passenger traffic amounted for the year half-year to £62,463, agains‘ £46,468 ending the 006 1 4 Juno, 1861, °bow ing an increase of £15,994. The total number of passengers conveyed was 745,198, of which 688,297 were third class, and the receipts £50,105, against £38,556 for the corresponding half of last year, showing an increase of £11,549. The goods traffic amounted to £83,657 against £70,111, showing an increase of £13,513. The total receipts for the half year ending the 30th of June last amounted to £165,005, and the expenses to £85,334, or 51.72 per cent., showing an increase of £79,671. The receipts per train mile amounted to ss. 7id. against ss. 94d., and the expenses to 2s. 11d. per train mile against 2s. 10d. The gross receipts had exceeded those of the same period last year by £29,238, or nearly 22 per cent., and the net earnings by £10,675, or 15i per cent. The present mileage open of the North-West line was 119 miles, but of those only 79 were worked over during the past half year. It was entirely laid with iron sleepers, and the cost of maintaining it was only at the rate of £63 Gs. Bd. per mile per annum for the past half year. The result of the six months' working on the North-West line showed that £14,888 had been received against £7,166 in the corresponding half of 1864, and the working expenses amounted to £5,217, against £2,595. The net receipts amounted to £8,281, against £3,694, showing an increase of £4,587. The receipts per train mile were ss. 31d., against ss. lid., and the expenses 2s. 41d., against 2s. Gd. per train mile. The number of passengers carried was 116,269, against 88,073 in the corresponding half of last year. The mileage open was 79 miles, against 41 miles of last year, being equal to nearly 93 per cent. increase ; the gross earnings were nearly 108 per cent., and the net earnings 124 per cent. increase. The directors intended to call up the remaining portion of the fifth extended capital, of which the deposit only of £2 per share had been paid by the holders. ROSS AND MONMOUTH. The first half-yearly meeting was held at Mon mouth on Saturday, Col. Vaughan in the chair. It was determined that it would not be advisable to commence the works on the line until the result of an intended application to Parliament next ses sion for an Act to construct a railway from Ross to Tewkesbury be known. NORTH METROPOLITAN, Application is to be madeto Parliament next ses sion to incorporate a company to construct a line Commencing near the Southall station of the Great Western, and terminating at Gal Hon's Reach, on the north bank of the Thames. It is proposed to form the junctions from the main line with the Lon don and North-Western, the Great Western, the Midland, the London and South-Western, the Great Eastern, and the London, Tilbury, and Southend railways. have given noticee of intended ap plicationn ERN. This company N°ItTII to Parliament i n the abandon the Barnet Branch, an d instillingu session to make a railway from the main line near Bar station, to Monken Hadley, Barnet, and Hen don, terminating at the latter place by a junction with the Edgware, Highgate, and London lt a il wY now in course of construction. They also in another' notice propose to abandon a short branch in the parish of Digswell, and to extend the Hornscy and Hertford branch, authorised last session, from Hert ford to the Great Northern main line at Stevenage, and thus to convert it into a loop line. MISTLEY, THORPE, AND WALTON. • Application is to be made to Parliament next session to authorise this company to carry out a line from the Manningtree station of the Great Eas tern to the Stour Valley branch, and for the sale or lease of the undertaking to the Great Eastern. MANS CHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (EXTENSION TO LIVERPOOL). It is intended to apply in the ensuing session for powers to enable the Great Northern and Midland Railway Companies, jointly and equally with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, to exercise and enjoy all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred on the latter com pany by the " Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln- DUTCH-ItHENISII. The receipts for the fortnight ending October 31 amounted to £14,150, and for the corresponding period of last year to £11,504, showing an increase of £2,646. The receipts since the commencement of the present book year on the Ist of May last, in cluding the above, amounted to £164,932, showing an increase, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of £19,677. The working ex penses for the fortnight amounted to £5,448, or 38.49 per cent, of the receipts, and for the corres ponding period of last year to £4,533, or 39.57 per cent., showing an increase of £915. The working expenses from the Ist of May to the 31st of _October amounted to £58,996, or 35.76 per cent. of the receipts, and for the year 1864-1865 to 34.82 per cent. Important Statement of President Johnson's Views. Mr. George L. Stearns, of Massachusetts, lately had a long conversation with Mr. Johnson, in which the President spoke very freely of his views regarding recon struction, the Democratic party, negro suffrage, the politi cal status of the returned rebels, etc. Tho following is Mr. Stearns' published account of what the President said, endorsed by Mr. Johnson himself. It will be seen that the President is not at all reticent, but speaks frankly and intelligibly regarding all those questions which agitate the American people : " Washington, Oct. 3, 1865. "I have just returned from an interview with President Johnson, in which he talked for an hour on the process of reconstruction of the rebel States. His manner was as cordial and his conversation as free as in 1863, when I met him daily in Nashville. His countenance is healthy, even more so than when I first know him. I remarked that the people of the North were anxious that the process of reconstruc tion should be thorough, and they wished to support him in the arduous work, but their ideas were so confused by the conflicting reports constantly circulated, and especially by the present position of the Democratic party. It is in dustriously circulated in the Democratic clubs that he was going over to them. He laughingly replied—' Major, have you never known a man who for many years has differed from your views, because you were in advance of him, claim them as his own when he came up to your stand point ?' I replied, ' I have, often.' He said, ' So have I,' and went on : ' The Democratic party finds its position unten able, and is coming to ours. If it has come up to our position lam glad of it. You and I need no preparation for this conversation ; we can freely talk on this subject, for the thoughts are familiar to us ; we can be perfectly frank with each other.' He then commenced with saying that the States are in the Union, which is whole and indivisible. Individuals tried to carry them out, but did not succeed, as a man may try to cut his throat and may be prevented by the bystanders, and you cannot say he cut his throat because he tried to do it. Individuals may commit treason and be punished, and a large number of indi viduals may constitute a rebellion and be punished as traitors. Some States tried to get out of the Union, and we opposed it, honestly, because we believed it to be wrong ; and we have succeeded in putting down the rebel lion. The power of those persons who made the attempt has been crushed, and now we want to reconstruct the State Governments, and have , the power to do it. State institutions are prostrated, laid out on the ground, and they must be taken up and adapted to the progress of events. This cannot be done in a moment. We are making very rapid progress ; so rapid I sometimes cannot realise it ; it appears like a dream. We must not be in too much of a hurry ; it is better to let them reconstruct them selves than to force them to it, for if they go wrong the power is in our hands, and we can check them at any stage to the end, and oblige them to correct their errors; we must be patient with them. I did not expect to keep out all who were excluded from the amnesty, or even a large number of them, but I intended they should sue for par don, and so realise the enormity of the crime they had committed. You could not have broached the subject of equal suffrage at the North seven years ago ; and we must remember that the changes of the South have been more rapid, and they have been obliged to accept more unpalat able truths, than the North has. We must give them time to digest a part, for we cannot expect such large affairs will be comprehended and digested at once. We must give them time to understand their new position. I have nothing to conceal in these matters, and have no desire or willingness to take indirect courses to obtain what we want. Our Government is a grand and lofty structure ; in searching for its foundation we find it rests on the broad basis of popular rights. The elective franchise is not a n.,tarat right, but a right. T nrn opposed to giving the States too much power, and also to a great consolidation tolfiepvmovtoeriinnttihieerceebnetl States, to t Government. c vote, I might do the same thing f or m y own purposes in Pennsylvania. Our only saf e ty li es i n a ll ow i ng each State it a tothat f I interfered the negro with shall to control the right of voting by its own laws, and we have the power to control the rebel States if they go wrong. If they rebel we have the army, and can control them by it, and, if necessary, by legislation also. If the general Go vernment controls the right to vote in the States, it may establish such rules as will restrict the vote to a small number of persons, and thus create central despotism. My position here is different from what it would be if I was in Tennessee. There I should try to introduce negro suffrage gradually first those who had served in the army; those who could read and write, and perhaps a property qualification for others, say $2OO or $250. Ic will not do to let the negroes have universal suffrage now. It would breed a war of races. There was a time in the Southern States when the slaves of large owners looked down upon non-slaveowners because they did not own slaves. The larger the number of slaves their masters owned the prouder they were, and this has produced hos stility between the mass of the whites and the nogroes. The outrages are mostly from non-slaveholding whites against the negro, and from the negro upon the non-slave holding whites. The negro will vote with tho late master, whom ho does not hate, rather than with the non-slave holding white, whom be does hate. Universal suffrage would create another war, not against us, but a war of races. Another thing, this Government is the freest and best on earth, and I feel sure is destined to last ; but to secure this, we must elevate and purify the ballot. I for many years contended at the South that slavery was a political weakness, but others said it was political strength they thought we gained three-fifths representation by it. I contended that we lost two-fifths. If we had no slaves we should have had twelve representatives more, accord ing to the then ratio of representation. Congress apportions representation by States, not districts, and the State apportions by districts. Many years ago I moved in the Legislature that the apportionment of representatives to Congress in Tennessee should be qualified by voters. The apportionment is now fixed until 1872; before that time might change the basis of representation from population to qualified voters. North as well as South, and in due course of time the States, without regard to colour, might extend the elective franchise to all who possess certain mental, moral, or such other qualifications as might bo determined by an enlightened public judgment.'" RITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES.—The half-yearly meeting and election of this charity was held yester day at the London Tavern—Mr. C. Hood in the chair. The chairman said ho had much pleasure in being able to an nounce the continued prosperity of this charity. Since its foundation 92 patients in all stages of disease had been re cipients of the benefits of the institution, and at the present time there were 40 residents in the home supplied with every comfort and all the necessary appliances suited to their various diseases. In addition to the handsome dona tion of £l,OOO from the Marquis of Westminster, and.£l,ooo from Mr. Stewart, previously announced, the committee had just received another donation of £l,OOO from the Marquis Townshend, as a memorial fund in memory of his late father, who took so great an interest in the charity. This donation would keep one patient in perpetuity on the foundations. Mr. Banting spoke as to the satisfactory man ner in which tho home was conducted from frequent visits ho had paid to it. Scrutineers having been appointed, the election of patients was then proceeded with. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —That the fearful annual mortality of 60,000 young chi!dren and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no o.her tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparti n g ne w and pure blood, upon which the harmonio u s d eve l o p men t o f th e w hole fr a me depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and Infants' Food, the Itevalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mu:11 easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for children it Children—the publicationt thi phys i cia n es best o a u to authority i e ht s ei t i Food,ossubstitute;siintayla.says—Amongst _ int aAbnume hi :1 1 noomgar hospital itt l t i t ate u ir m set human rei nglvmei vegetable sb k ale . edn m andDi rr. sub stances, th it which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there by ;wasting away of the b o d y), and marked debt fry, , fore, Etat under its influence m any children affected with I . v recovered. I have gi ven i t with the greatest haveatrop noes ; and so f ar as I may judge from my complete. advantage in such . own experience, Prac*ice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its c omposition, led us to an ticipate.— , ‘id ;bib., lie.; 121 b , 225. ; 241 b. In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 411.. Bishopsgate , i. 77, Regent-street, London; 10s. —Barry Du Barry and C 0 ,47 4• . William-street ; likewi,e also Phillips, tea dealers, S, King 330, Strand; sattr e6el; h a ol-court-road ; fig, 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Totten No: tang-hill ; Close Harvey, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; eV's-terrace, St. Que within Grace e h ; u r 63 , 1 - s s o t , r e andet ; 2 4, 9s , C o h x e f a o l,: d s I . de; street 49, ; D i e g rocers and che- John's -wcod, London ; and all respects Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, miste.—Beware 01 Spurious imitations. IHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, lEEE, shire (Extension to Liverpool) Act, 1865 ;" and to enable the Great Northern and Midland Railway Companies to contribute each one-third towards the cost of obtaining the Act, and of executing the powers thereby conferred, and to raise additional capital for the purpose. STATE OF TRADE. -....----_ MANCHESTER, Nov. 11.—The market for shipping yarns is again quieter, and to make sales lower prices would have to be taken. This market closes tamely, with little disposition for business. In home trade yarns the report is a very dull and flat market, with irregular prices. Quotations at a decline on Friday; in some cases at nearly Id. per lb. below the rates of Friday. An impression appears to be gaining ground among manufacturers and other buyers of yarn that the rate at which cotton is coming for ward on the southern seaboard of the United States of America must ultimately force down the value of cotton here, and hence their reticence in buying yarns at present high rates. They are disposed gene rally to operate with much caution, and are only purchasing for the most pressing wants of the hour. It must be confessed that they have been slow in arriving at this conclusion, otherwise the recent suc cessful speculative movements in cotton at Liverpool would not have forced the raw material up to the prices which have been attained within the last six or eight weeks. For cloth buyers have not come forward with any greater freedom since Tuesday last. Indian merchants especially havebeen holding aloof from the market. Therehasreally been no:new feature to notice since that day, and the amount of business has been but small. Sellers and holders of cloth, as a rule, haveshown greatwillingness to meet any demand there was, but we have no quotable change in prices. We can hardly report them really lower in tone. To-day there has been a decidedly flat feeling, and we close with a very limited busi ness indeed. LEEDS, 14th.—There is nothing of importance to note in the woollen cloth trade since Saturday. There has been a moderate attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning, and a fair selection of ' goods was made, including a sprinkling of heavy fabrics, with ordinary broadcloths, and a fair amount of tweeds and meltons. Good all-wool black cloths keep their places, and the supply of such goodsis not much, if at all, in advance of the demand. In black unions there is scarcely so much doing as there was a month ago, nor in low goods generally, the export trade being less active than we lately had to report. The country clothiers and manufacturers keep well employed, many being engaged on orders for spring fabrics, and others preparing their own stocks for that season. The wool and cloth markets are alike steady as to price. NOTTINGHAM, 14th.—There was a very small at tendance on 'Change to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was quiet. Prices without material change. In hosiery yarns and silks there was not so much alteration. In brown nets, there was' , hardly anything done, and prices were stationary. ROCHDALE, 13 th.—A moderately good attendance at to-day's market has not resulted in so favourable a manner to the manufacturers and holders of heavy stocks as was hoped for. The fact of the demand for this market's goods being so feeble at this, which is customarily a brisk time of the year, is only to be accounted for by the extraordinary high prices ' asked in all branches. During the week, however, some of the warehouses have had a fair run of busi ness both in plain and fancy goods. Manufacturers are not so busy as they could wish. It is antici pated that when severer weather becomes constant a much stronger demand will arise, but the great drawback will be the export trade, which has really been insignificant at a time when it ought to have been flourishing. The sale of Yorkshire goods is improved a little, but the business doing is by no means to an average extent. Only a limited inquiry for wool, but prices have undergone no alteration. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIO JOURNALS. • - TIMES.—It is stated that Mr. Seward has pre pared, and submitted to his colleagues, a reply to Lord Russell's despatch of August 30, on the sub ject of the Alabam a c l a i ms . N ow , it h a pp ens by a curious coincidence, illustrating the difficulty of conducting a controversy across the Atlantic, that just when Mr. Seward was inditing this despatch to enlighten Lord Russell, Lord Russell was inditing another " to clear up some misconceptions" of Mr. Adams. The former appears to have been read to the Cabinet at Washington on the 2d of this month ; the latter is dated on the 3d of this month, and appear,,l riAntims last Monday. It is a supplement to the correspondence already published, and although it raises no fresh issue, it certainly adds materially to the strength of our own case. Of the two main grievances alleged by Mr. Adams, the premature recognition of the South and the futility , of the means employed by our Government to pre vent illegal equipments, the former had been effec tually negatived in the previous discussion. There was no escape from the argument that a declaration of blockade is an assertion of belligerent rights at sea, and entitles the party blockaded to the character of a naval belligerent. On the second point, however, Lord Russell's advantage was by no means so deci sive, and there were several telling retorts in Mr. Adams's last letter, of September 18. To these Lord Russell naturally addresses himself in the re joinder now before us, to which is appended a valuable memorandum, showing, in detail, how each supposed infraction of the Foreign Enlistment Act was dealt with by her Majesty's Government. The only precedent of any great value adduced on either side was that of the famous Portuguese c l a i ms on the United States. The conduct of France during the War of Independence cannot really th row muc h light on the question, being in some respects far more hostile to Great Britain than was cons i s t en t with neutrality; while in others it perh a p s f e ll s h ort of justice to America. The Portuguese claims, on the contrary, besides being more r ecen t , are a l so precisely analogous in their essential conditions to those which Mr. Adams makes on behalf of his Government. This, in fact, is admitted on both sides, but Mr. Adams contends, we think vainly, that what America now demands is equivalent to what she then conceded. His position seems to be this :—That . the United St a t es " at once recognised the . validity of the remo ns t rances o f Portugal," by first enforcing its ex i s ti ng l aws, an d next increasing their stringency. He allows that the laws, thus amended, failed to check wrongful outfits, and that further remonstrances were met by a disavowal of all respon s ibilit y on t h e part o f the Executive, but he does not perceive the damag ing effect of these admissions. Lord Russell hence takes occasion to press hom e th e para ll e l s till more closely. He points out that the principle which the Portuguese Minister so ug ht t o es t a bli s h was identical with that which Mr. Adams sought to establish, viz., the responsibility of a neutral Power 'for the acts of its subj ec t s comm itt e d ou t o f it s jurisdiction and beyond its control. This principle was most explicitly and strenuously repudiated by the United States, so that it must be modified or varied in some way to justify the present claims of the United States. But can it be modified or varied ? Only by limiting the allegation of respon sibility to acts committed within the jurisdiction and control of the neutral State. To this extent it was accepted by the United States, and is accepted by ourselves; and with the very same reservation. We hold, as they held, that our national liability is discharged when our Legislature has enacted proper laws against illegal enlistments and equipments, and our Government has used due diligence in prosecut ing offenders under them. 'lf, by reason of delay in procuring evidence, or its inadequacy to warrant a conviction, the efforts of the Government should prove unavailing, we deny that an indemnity can be claimed from the nation, and so did the United States under the like circumstances. It is quite true that, after the first representations of the Portuguese Minister, they introduced n new clauses into their Forei gn E n listment Act, but . it is equally true that the new clauses proved whollymefficacions, and that the complaints of Portugal, instead of diminishing, increased in frequency. We have only to examine these clauses, as they are quoted by Lord Russell, to show how useless they would have been in the case of the Alabama. One of them re quires bonds to be given by the owner " of every armed ship or vessel sailing out of the ports of the United States, belonging wholly or in part to ci▪ ti zens thereof," to cruise against any Power in ami▪ ty with the United States. Assuming that proof of this last fact could have been given, was the Alabama " an armed ship" as she lay in the Mersey, and could it have been shown that she belonged wholly or in part to British subjects—at least if there had been any motive for effecting a transfer to foreigners ? . Another section inserted by Congress 1818 enables the collectors of customs to detain " any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes . of which the cargo shall principally consist of arms and munitions of war, when circumstances shall render it p ro b a bl e that it is designed for warlike purposes, until the President's decision shall be t a k en or b on d s g i ven by the owners. Here, again, the very ele men t of uncertainty which made it impossible t o o bt a i n the condemnation of the Alexand ra i s mani festly built," k —c-7 while the provision with re spect to the cargo a f fords a fres h l oop h o l e t o evas i on . Moreover, no imported by the words " power beyond that of extractingbonds is Conferred on the Executive Government, and this power can only avail where funds are not forth coming. Lord Russell, therefore, has a fair right to challenge the assumption that an assimilation of our Foreign Enlistment Act to the American would have prevented the damintin which actually ensued to the United States. Yet if it would not, there was no injuria by the confession of Mr. Adams himself, for this is literally the only exception that he can take to Lord Russell's adoption of the American doctrine. If we descend from principles to facts, remembering how numerous and active were the Confederate agents in this country, we shall rather wonder that such repeated attempts were so rarely successful. We often speak of the Alabama and her consorts, but we must not forget that in one essential particular the Alabama stands alone. She was probably the only vessel ultimately con verted into a Confederate cruiser which it would have been possible to detain under our own or under the American Foreign Enlistment Act. The memorandum, to which we have referred, gives a complete list of all the vessels in respect of which Mr. Adams lodged complaints. They arc 19 in all, and among them are several names of which few of our own readers will have heard before. Out of these 19, only five ever hoisted the Confederate ensign at all—viz., the Florida, the Alabama, the Georgia, the Rappahannock, and the Shenandoah. The Florida, though she escaped from British waters, was seized at Nassau, and after a formal trial ac quitted, nor did she issue forth as a commissioned cruiser till she had received her armament at Mobile, whence she ran the blockade through the negligence of a Federal officer, commanding the Oneida. The Georgia " sailed before any informa tion of her character had reached her Majesty's Government, and was, in fact, taking in her arma- ment in French waters on the very day on which Mr. Adams's representation was dated." The Rappa hannock had reached Calais two days before Mr. Adams's note was received, having put to sea in an unfinished state, and never became available for ser vice. The Shenandoah, being a regular merchant vessel in the East India trade, never fell under sus picion till she was reported by our Con sul at Teneriffe to have shipped her arma ment off Madeira. The circumstances attending the outfit of the Alabama are well known, and in this instance, if in any, lathes might be imputed to our Governmen - t . ; yet even In this, notwithstanding Sir J. Harding's untimely illness, but five days elapsed before the opinion of the law officers was obtained, and the vessel, after all, was manned and equipped off the Azores, and first re cognised as a ship of war in a French port at Mar tinique. An embargo was laid on the Alexandra, the two steam rams, and the Canton, and the three latter were thosewrested from the hands of the Con federates. The Alexandra escaped condemnation in our Courts, but was detained under seizure by those of Nassau until the end of the war. All the rest either proved to be mere blockade-runners, or otherwise cleared themselves of the charge against them. In the meantime, steps were taken more than once by our Government to guard beforehand against possible breaches of our neutrality, as, for example, by anticipating the sale of Captain Osborn's vessels on their return from China. It is right that these should be stated, although not strictly relevant tithe *question in' dispute between England and America, because they reduce the whole subject of that dispute to its true propor tions. At the same time, we • observe with much pleasure the prospect of an amicable agreement on one point at least opened by the latter part of Lord Russell's letter. It is no doubt " worth consideration" whether a more effectual Foreign' Enlistment Act might not be framed by the two Governments in concert, and whether a joint Commission, if it should be appointed, should not be empowered to propose one. It is satisfactory, more over, to know that Lord Russell's suggestion of such a Commission has been understood at Washington to exclude the Alabama claims. Of course, any thing that Mr. Cushing may have to urge on this behalf will be received with due respect, but we are disposed to put more confidence in the effects of time than in the influence of his mission. The truth is that neither people has any wish to quarrel with the other. We have reason to believe that public senti ment in America is as pacific as it is in this country, and to hope that no unworthy distrust of each other's motives will embitter a difference between two great nations about a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence. POST.—The outrage committed in one of the most crowded thoroughfares of the city of Dublin seems to show that the Fenian Brotherhood are not ashamed to employ assassination as a means to forward their 'views. The attempt to shoot two police inspectors who have done no more than their simple duty in arresting the redoubtable leader of the Fenian movement was as cowardly, base, and unprovoked an act as can possibly be imagined. The intent of the assassins was most deadly, for both shots took effect, and the com paratively accidental circumstance of the force of the bullets being bpeutG prevented tho crime being completely successful. The last outrage alone was wanting to bring Fenianism and its promoters into abhorrence as well as contempt. Until now we might have laughed at its absurdity, and, for the credit of human nature, have disbelieved the report that the proposed insurrection was to be inaugu rated with indiscriminate carnage and bloodshed. But the conviction is now forced upon our minds that the strange stories told by the informers are not without foundation. No wonder is it that we seek in vain in the ranks of the conspirators for men of education and intelligence or social position. It is now clear why the mania seized upon- none but the least educated, the most reckless, and consequently the least formidable members of the Irish commu- nity. If journeymen tailors, shop boys, and profes sional agitators are the ringleaders of the conspiracy which is to sever Ireland from the United Kingdom, to what class, one is involuntarily driven to inquire, must belong the quarter of a million of men who, we are assured, are ready at a moment's warning to spring to arms and effect the desired revolution ? But not the least singular feature of the present seditious ' movement in Ireland is, that up to the present the authorities have failed to discover any arms. The un happy members of the Fenian Brotherhood who are now awaiting their trial for high treason know to their cost that the Government have for some time past been kept well informed as to their designs and movements ; and they would hardly preteni to say that if any depots of arms or ammunition existed in the United Kingdom the Government do not pos sess the necessary clue to their discovery. Assum ing, therefore, for the sake of argument, that the disaffected Irish are as numerous as is alleged, even the most sanguine of Ireland's pretended liberators must unwillingly confess that the physical means which are generally regarded as indispensable for the overthrow of an established Government are in the present instance wanting. Without arms, and with out the means of procuring them, it is certainly diffi cult to imagine that a people, even as credulous and enthusiastic as the Irish proverbially are, could seri ously meditate an attack upon the Government of one of the first naval and military Powers in the world ; and, to do them common justice, the Irish people meditate nothing of the kind. The con spiracy, now that its ramifications have been traced, is found to begin and (for all practical purposes at least) to end with a particular section of Irish-bred Yankees. It has been suggested that at the height of the civil war, and when the secession of the South-Western States from that portion of the Republic which still claimed to represent the Union seemed only too probable, Fenianism was broached by the acute Northerners with the view of divert ing the growing discontent of the Irish section of the community into a different channel. Whether, however, this was so or not, there are always to be found in every community men too idle to earn their bread by honest means, and the restlessness of whose disposition naturally prompts them to attack that social order which presents an invincible barrier to the exercise of personal qualities which only find in anarchy a congenial field for their operation, and these men became the eager proselytes of the new doctrine—that Ireland, which withered under a monarchy, would flourish under a republic. But beyond the circle of these men the contagion does not seem to have spread, or, if it has spread, it has net produced any ill effects which will not disappear under judicious treatment. If the " centres" of Fenianism are as numerous as is asserted, and if the peasantry in any large numbers have been led to be lieve that their deliverance from the Saxon yoke was at hand, and that, by the aid of an American fleet, Ireland would for the first time in the history of the world become an independent State, and her people a united nation, the events of the past few weeks must have gone far to disabuse them of their error. The Irish are credulous and sanguine, but folly has never been reckoned one of their short- comings. There are occasions on w hi c h na ti ons act in obedience to the wild impulse of despair, when the promptings of reason are disregarded, and, when driven to bay by their oppressors, their only thought is to overwhelm their foes together with themselves in one common ruin. When Poland rose in insurrection, two years and a half ago, it was in the highest degree improbable that her attempt to shake off the Russian yoke would be crowned with success ; but the rashness of the act was justified by the provocation which gave rise to it. But the Irish would have no such excuse for rebellion to the English Crown. However glowing may be the colours in which the apostles of Fenianism may paint the future republic, the picture must submit to a comparison with that presented by the actual state of things in Ireland. The Irish know that poli tically their status is the same as that of their so-called oppressors, and at each returning Par liamentary election they are reminded, in the most striking manner, that they poesy an equal voice with their English fellow-countrymen in the government of the United Kingdom. If the chances of revolt seemed reasonable, some pretext for rebellion might probably be found in the un favourable contrast which Ireland presents to Eng land in respect to commercial prosperity ; but when insurrection is hopeless, only a nation of maniacs could be found to light up a civil war with the view of contributing thereby to the material prosperity of their country. Amongst the good effects which have flowed from the energetic action of the Govern ment must be accounted the opportunity which has been afforded to the Irish of judging of the true sentiments of those who represent the American Government and the American people. This, the latest fiasco of Irish sedition, has been received by. the American nation with the most supreme indif ference. The vast absurdity of a nation still reel ing under the shock of a most disastrous civil war sending its fleets and armies across the Atlantic, with no other object than that of making Ireland an independent republic, is too gross and transparent to call for demonstration ; and yet it is on the as sumption that America would, contrary to her tra ditionary policy, intermeddle in European affairs, and constitute herself the champion of oppressed nationalities in the eastern hemisphere, that the entire superstructure of a successful insurrection in Ireland is founded. If alarmists told us that Canada was to be invaded by the United States, or that an American army was on the point of crossing the Rio Grande with the intention of subverting the recently established empire of Mexico, they would at least be able to assign motives for the movements which they apprehended. And it must be admitted that apprehensions, whether well or ill founded, are now entertained by the Canadians of a descent on their frontier by a Fenian army. But we may be pardoned for doubting whether the Fenian Brother hood across the Atlantic will ever be in a position to proceed to such extremities, whilst we feel confident that the American Government will use every means to prevent their territory being made the basis of operations of an army of filibusters. American Travellers and American Artists in Europe. According to all reports, the continent of Europe is just now flooded with American tourists. As a general rule, the American visits the continent to got rid of his money ; the Englishman to save it. It is quite certain at least, that the former, on his European travels, is recog nized as a man who has money to spend ; and, firmly convinced of the essential truthfulness of this notion, wo propose to draw from our own observation and experience while "abroad," a suggestion to our countrymen in behalf of that noble land of ladies and gentlemen who, under more or less of pecuniary difficulties, are always to bo found engaged in the study and practice of art in the schools and galleries of the Old World. It is one of the constitutional necessities of most Americans to carry into their very pleasures the " high pressure" progressiveness which crowns their business enterprises with such wonderful success. Your genuine Yankee not only works by steam, but ho plays like light ning, and rests with forty-horse power. Consequently— ravelling though he may be with wife, an indefinite _ _ _ number of children, nurse and baby, a Saratoga allotment of baggage, and a courier—it is his highest pride to make " the grand tour" in three months ; his only anxiety lest somebody, on his return, may allude to something he has omitted to see. The rushing from object to object, with out pausing upon any long enough to bring back with him a more definite remembrance than one might have of the monumental designs of a cemetery which he has passed on the railway, he is little inclined to push his researches beyond the prescribed track of the conventional sight seer. Rather say, he seldom thinks of doing so ; and it is because the travelling American is proverbially not stingy, but generous to a fault ; because he grapples to his own countrymen with hooks of steel ; and because he needs only a hint to send him with swift foot and open hand, and sympathetic heart, to the side of American genius struggling on distant shores, that we write this article. We ask him to find out in Paris, in Munich, in Florence, in Rome, the studios of our artists, and visit them. If he is able to give them orders, never could his superfluity be so well and so safely bestowed ; it will cer tainly fall on worthy objects, certainly yield a satisfactory return. If, like so many of the best lovers of art, he can only enjoy with fruitless longing, let him carry, then, that generous but discriminating appreciation, which to the true artist, notwithstanding his clamorous necessities, is often more grateful than the ostentatious patronage of the tasteless millionaire. Nor is the intelligent traveller of limited means entirely powerless to extend material aid to the young artist. Wealthy men, desirous of decorating their dwellings with pictures and statues, frequently have re course to the judgment of those whose very devotion to the unremunerative paths of study has at once fitted them to enjoy, and forbidden them to possess these works of art. Lot such a man see the beautiful productions of American talent with which these foreign ateliers abound, then talk them up ; take his rich friend by the arm and point them out to him; explain to him their beauties, and persuade him to invest some of the loose cash which is rspidly (BR appearing for French laces, Genoese filagree and Neapoli tan coral, in what will not only feed his soul and the souls of all his friends, but alleviate the trials of toiling talent, and reflect a future glory on his native land. In Florence, for instance, the most superficial tourist will not need to be urged to find our glorious countryman Hiram Powers, because ho is one of the established cele brities of that city of the arts, whom the travellers of all nations seek out, and whom ono might as well pass over the Duomo and the Campanile as omit to see. And truly, apart from the world-renowned creations of his plastic hand, an interview with the veteran sculptor cannot fail to refresh the lover of American institutions and American customs, like a cup of water administered to a thirsty soul in a weary land. Mr. Powers has now been absent from Iris native country nearly thirty years, bu the affections of his heart, the sentiments of his brain, the language of his lips, aro all as freshly American as though he had issued but yesterday from the green hills of Vermont; and the flashing of his beautiful eye from under his grey brows, as with the good old dialect of New England he denounced the insidious Northern betrayer of Republican principles, is a sight to see. Then there is Hart, another veteran, the only man who her rendered Henry Clay into breathing stone—himself a Kentuckian, but sound on every question pertaining to human liberty. The old gentleman will prattle to you with the innocence of a child and the wisdom of a sage on all that belongs to the art which he so thoroughly un derstands, and upon many things besides. In his atelier you will find an unfinished statue of " Triumph of Beauty over Love," consisting of a nude female, who holds high above her head the last arrow (which had fallen innocuous at her feet) of a Cupid, who pleads earnestly at her side for its restoration. The exquisite lines of the principal figure, and the lofty virtue which blends with the seraphic sweetness of her face, combined to form a work of the highest type of art, ideal beauty, and moral truth united. The only wonder is that a man who could model such a figure should have postponed the execution of it to so late a period in life ; but the truth is, we have here the culmi nation of the labor and study of a life. Among those not so well known to fame is Jackson, a sculptor whom Boston originated and New York adopted ; a man "chock-full" of genius, and who needs only to get his works before the public eye to rise at once to reputa tion and fortune. At his rooms may be seen his exquisite statuette of the Culprit Fay, and a plaster cast of a sort of typical pieta Eve, with the body of the newly murdered Abel laying across her lap. The mingled wonder and despair of the First Mother at seeing the power of the mysterious enemy of her race thus suddenly developed in the lifeless form of her beloved son is finely depicted. Somebody ought to commission Mr. Jackson to put this noble design into marble. There is in existence, some where, a speaking bust of Dr. Lyman Beecher, by this artist, which has been purchased by some liberal gentle men of Now York, to be presented to the eloquent Brook lyn representative of the name. Mr. Jackson was sent to Italy by the Kane Monument Association, for the purpose of executing a statue of the celebrated navigator ; but the subsequent dissolution of that society at tho commence ment of the war must have subjected him to considerable embarrassment. Young Mead, the Vermont sculptor, unites artistic ability with a knack at "getting on," which belongs to the Yankee rather than to the artist, will show you his exquisite figure of Echo, the group of the Soldier's Story of tho Battle to the little girl upon his knee, and many other beautiful things. He is now busy upon a magnifi cent work, commemorative of tho War of the Union. Among the painters at Florence, our young countrymen, Gould, Gipnor and Craig, take unquestioned rank as thoroughly instructed, and every way accomplished work men ; capable of furnishing original pictures, or conscien tious copies of the master-pieces of the Florentine gal leries, to the thorough satisfaction of the most fastidious amateur. In Rom, Story's studio will challenge the attention of the tourist--and Miss llosmer's—for these have acquired a European, especially an English reputation. Tho colossal statuo of Saul, with the evil spirit upon him, which is tho most recent considerable work of the former, seemed, in our eyes, almost worthy to rank with the David of Michael Angelo. Tho Cleopatra on which his fame is founded was to us but a fine animal. The Cleopatra of history— certainly the Cleopatra of Shakespeare—that rare Egyptian whom "age could not wither, nor custom stale her infinite variety"—did not appear in the marble. Miss Hosmer's last and best work is a Sleeping Fawn, whom a mischievous urchin-fawn is slyly tying to a tree. Mosher's collection furnishes a rare feast to the lover of sculpture. His " Prodigal Son" is a theme for tears to any ono who has been a father or a son, and that includes al most everybody. The "Wept of Wish -ton-Wish," the "Jophtha's Daughter," and the "Pocahontas," are well known ; and tho artist is now engaged upon an " II Pen serosa," which promises to surpass all that have gone before. The last work of Rogers (the artist of the bronze door of the Capitol) is certainly his master-piece. It is a figure of Iwo upon tho sacrificial pile. The memont selected is when the interfering angel calls to Abraham: "Lay not thy hand upon the lad," and the lovely expression of mingled joy and confidence (born, not of previous despair, but of sweet resignation) which beams from the upturned face of the beautiful boy, is somewhat akin to that of the "Praying Samuel," which has long been enshrined in the popular heart, but it is more pregnant with thought and with pathos than that. The accessories, too, are admirably wrought. The wood on which the figure kneels—an ex pert might estimate its value by the cord. Among the female sculptors who will most remind the traveller of the antique, in simple beauty of conception and correctness of modelling, is Miss Stebbins, whose Columbus is a noble figure. To these add Miss Foley, whose cameos and medallions are admirable even in Italy; and Miss Freeman, a young lady of exquisite taste and rare promise every way. All these, and not a few others, are protégés in some sort of that excellent lady, Charlotte Cushman, who always has a wide place in house or heart for the young aspirant of her own sex, who essays with trembling foot the thorny paths of incipient effort. Among the painters of Rome, Terry is familiar to Americans, both for the attractions of his easel and the elegant hospitalities of his refined home. One of his latest works is a subject from the Revelations—the " One like unto the Son of Man, sitting among the Seven Golden Candlesticks." In it he has displayed an accuracy of drawing and a management of light which reminds us of the best of the German school, added to the warmth and glow of color which characterises the Italian.—New Tork. Times. New Zealand's Accounts with the Home Government. We have been favoured with a copy of a memorandum issued by the New Zealand Ministers on 12th August last and signed by Mr. Weld. It is issued as an answer to a paragraph that occurs in Gen. Cameron's memorandum of July 26, in which he observes —" That the colony appears to have experienced no difficulty in raising funds to remov the seat of Government from Auckland to Wellington ; to purchase Government houses, residences for Ministers ; in creasing the number of Ministers, and augmenting their salaries; paying large sums as compensation to Taranaki settlers ; and entering into a costly new postal service to England, in addition to the existing one." These remarks being made in connection with Q, claim 0 the Imperial Commissariat upon the Colonial Government, the Ministry have adopted the remarks as personal charges, and in this memorandum state 1. That the removal of the seat of Government had been determined upon before their advent fo office, and that all charges for same wore not of their incurring. 2. That the addition of another Minister was occasioned by the increase of work. 3. They deny having increased salaries. 4. The claims of the Taranaki settlers were allowed in 1862, and have been recently paid, not in cash, but in Colonial de bentures. 5. That the new postal contract was not of their making. Gen. Cameron having also expressed his opinion that the Colonial Government were indebted to the Imperial Go vernment to the extent of £lOO,OOO (over and above a re mittance sont home of half a million), a Dr. and Cr, account is appended to the memorandum, by which it appears that the Imperial Government is debited by the colony with an " admitted error" of £85,891 10s. 4d., by remittances on account of troops, £107,169 Is. id., and by proportion of transport service on the Waikato, £BO,OOO, making a total of £273,060 lls. sd. The Imperial Government is credited with a sum of £776,466 14s. 7d., which is made up of various items, the chief of which are charges for troops employed in New Zealand (amounting to £298,958 Bs. 4d.), and for rations, &c., issued to tho colonial forces (£161,122 11s. 3d.); the rest of the Imperial claim is made up of accounts delivered from May 17, 1861, to Nov. 4, 1862, including the "admitted error" of £85,891 10s. 4d. This statement leaves a balance due to the Imperial authorities of £503,40 6 3s. 2d., of which £500,000 was remitted in March last in Colonial Debentures and accepted by the Home Govern ment, so that, should the rest of the figures in the state ment be correct, the Colonial Government is only in debt to the extent of £3,406 3s. 2d. Tbis statement is of importance, as it shows to what purpose the half-million loan has been applied, and clearly demonstrates that Now Zealand, notwithstanding the great disadvantages with which she has lately had to contend, is perfectly able to discharge her liabilities, and before long will doubtless show a substantial balance on the right" side. It is also of importance, as it must assure all bond holders that their security is perfectly good, and may bo considered as a first-class investment. Every year this vast and splendid country is increasing in wealth as its re ources aro being developed.—New Zealand Examiner. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-TUESDAY. The market was thinly attended to-day, and the stock of foreign wheat of all descriptions was exceedingly small. The stock of barley is nearly exhausted. Oats aro also scarce—in fact, our warehouses will in the course of ten days or a fortnight be comparatively empty. LEEDS-TUESDAY. There has been a fair show of grain this week. We have to report a slow trade in both new and old wheats at for mer prices. Fine barleys rather lower ; other sorts is ler ulitntpor. In, other artielos no alteration. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At this day's market there was a small attendance of the town and country trade, and only a limited amount of business was done. Wheat and flour 2d per 100 lb. and 10 per sack lower for ordinary descriptions, while fine main tained their value. Oats and oatmeal in very limited re quest, though offered I.d per 451 b. and is per load decline. Barley and beans no change. Fine mixed corn maintained its value ; heated parcels obtainable on lower terms. MELTON MOWBRAY.-T UESDAY. Last week's prices were generally realised for wheat. Oats limited, and unchanged in value. Beans steady at full prices. White wheat, 528 to 56s ; rod, 418 to 52s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 37s per qr ; feed, 29s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 19s to 30s. Beau, old, 44s to 508; neW, 38s to 44s per qr. LYNN-TUESDAY. The supply of wheat to-day was rather improved ; the trade, however, was not active, and prices wero not quot ably altered. Barley was a moderate show, and steadily disposed of at recent currencies. Oats in middling supply at late rates. Beans unchanged in value. New wheat, 44s to 50s ; now red, 42e to 458; old white, 48s to 52s ; old red, 46s to 50s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 36s ; secondary, 32s ; ordinary, 2Gs to —s per qr. Oats, 18s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, large, 38s to 40s ; small, 40s to 42s per 38 stone. , SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bu5he1e....175 Od to 195 Od White do do ....ius Od 21s 0(1 New red do do —.165 i d 17s 6.1 New white do B eans do do .... Os 6d 19s 8(1 Peas, per qr.. ....... . Grinding barley, pe r qr do ... . 314E8 Od 0 Od d 34 1 22 9 : 8 00 0 c ici d Malting barley, ( o 325 Od 355 Od Oats, do 26s Od 290 Od F10ur....1s Od to 2i Od per 141 b. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov. 18 . _ Ditto, via Marseilles Deo. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet ...... Deo. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 21. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles .. Noy, 26. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Nov. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Nov. 26. Ditto, via Marseilles Nov, 20. Mauritius, via Southampton Dec 12 Ditto. via itaroeillei. Deo 6. Newfoundland Portugal ,.........Dec 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Nov. 22• Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry, .Nov. 17. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teueriffe Nov. —• West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico .;Nov. 13. Births. ANDERSON.—On the 12th inst., at 18, Upper Phillimore . place, Kensington, the wife of Francis Anderson, Esq ., of a daughter. CUMBERLAND. —On the 13th inst., at Richmond, SurreY► the wife of Richard Cumberland, Esq., of a daughter. COopE.—On the 13th inst., at Polcarne, St. Austell, the wife of John Coed°, Esq., of a son. Marriages. AUSTIN—MuLocx.—On the 14th inst., at St. Marylebon g ,f London, Alf re d A us ti n . E sq ., o f H a ll e y L o d ge , If e rtforal to Hester Jane, third daughter of Thos. Homan MulOOX , Esq., of Bollair, King s • co Ireland. WHYBROW—PEPPER.—On the 14th inst., at Saint Giles'ih Camberwell, George Whybrow, Esq., of Morden Lodge! Tho Avenue, Gipsy-hill, to Mary Ann Eliza, daughter of the late James Pepper. Deaths. ---- BYNOE.—On the 13th inst., at 440, Old Kent-road, Benjsal liS . Bynoe, Esq., M.D., aged 61. CADOGAN.—On the 12th inst., at 150, Strand, Mr. HenrY 'r ' Cadogan, aged 48. CALTHORPE.—On the 12th inst., at Elvetham-park, Han ts ' the Lady Calthorpe. DOHERTY.—On the 11th inst., at 32,Nelson-square, friars, Charles Doherty, Esq., aged 70. Of FLEMING.—On the 12th inst., Edward Fleming, Esq./ Dulwich, aged 67. FARMER.—On the 12th i n st., John Farmer, Esq Of tile' , city of Hereford, aged 88. STRAKER. —On the 13th inst., at Sunnyside, Peckhan l l, common, suddenly, Sarah Isabella, wife of S. Str 3 7 o 4 58 Esq., of Bishopsgate-stroet and Leadenhall-street, D'D London : Printed and Published by WIL LIAM A.NPIO., of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Simi 0 111 0 e• 14° ;,, - Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the (Nua" KledleseL7 - Weslne6dsy, tloyember 16, 1863.