The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

The Outbreak in Jamaica. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) KINGSTON, Jan. 9. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tyne, Capt. Hole, arrived here on the evening of the 6th, bring ing Sir Henry Storks, G.C.8., with his Aide-de- Camp, Capt. Baring, R.A., and the Secretary of the Commission, Mr. C. S. Roundell. The appointment of his Excellency was already known throughout the island, the news having come by way of New York. But no one anticipated that Sir Henry would reach here so soon after his appointment as interim Governor. There were groups of eager spectators on the wharf when the steamer drew alongside. The negroes shook hands and' looked triumphant. " Now we shall have justice," some were heard to say, and they raised a cheer as his Excellency drove off. The whites who were present seemed anxious and depressed. They did not conceal their regret at what they regarded as the " humiliation" of Mr. Eyre, and their fear at the effect which the inter position of the Home Government might have upon the excitable black population. This feeling is still uppermost with many, but all welcome inquiry, and agree that the experience and discretion of Sir H. Storks, his military promptitude and known admi nistrative ability, furnish the best guarantees for good government and good order so long as he re mains in the island. On another point the whites with whom I have conversed are singularly unani mous. No one of them entertains the least doubt that Mr. Eyre will be triumphantly " acquitted." The doubts and denunciations at home find no echo here ; and this nearly universal agreement—for such it seems to be —upon a subject which in Eng land has produced such wide disagreement is one of the first things nated by a new-comer. Even those Jamaica politicians who had been deter mined opponents of Mr. Eyre's administration, and who at another time would have rejoiced at his removal from the (colony, now rally round him, express their gratitude for his efficient measures in suppressing the rebellion, and protest against the injustice to which they declare he has been treated in turn by the Imperial Government. One of the principal newspapers at Kingston, the Colonial Standard, which repeatedly urged Mr. Eyre's recall before the outbreak, now supports him warmly, and says that the blind sympathy of certain philan thropists in England, and the imprudent interfer ence of the British Government, will lead the igno rant negro in the West Indies to think that he may perpetrate any outrage with impunity. In conversa tion I have ventured to suggest that, perhaps, if the negro can be convinced he will have justice from England, such a conviction may form the best secu rity against future outrage by him. But generally the feeling here is that the mass of the negroes will misapprehend any reproof given from England to the head of the colony, and will view it as giving them licence to do just as they like, and to lord it over the white man. It must be confessed that the negro does not seem able to enjoy his triumph quietly or discreetly; and I am not surprised that their exul tation and exaggerated talk should have irritated the whites, used to command, and ill able to brook what they regard as a mortification inflicted on the superior race. Yesterday the black men were saying loudly that Governor Eyre was to be hanged, and that the chief authorities hero would be sent to the Penitentiary. A negro called out to an officer who was passing, " You won't oppress the blacks any longer—new Governor come ;" and similar expres :ions flung at the whites have not tended to allay their exasperation. Here, in Kingston at least, many of the negroes seem intelligent. They read their newspapers in the streets, when perhaps they should be at work; and I believe the articles in the English papers favourable to their cause are regularly repro duced here and eagerly looked for. In some cases they are read and commented on in the native chapels. The dangerous effects of this literature upon the impressionable and ignorant blacks is strenuously insisted on here. On the day after his arrival Sir Henry Storks was waited on by Mr. Eyre, by the Commander of the Forces, Major-General O'Connor, C. 8., and the heads' of departments ; and every facility being offered by Mr. Eyre, his Excellency was sworn in yesterday. The ceremony took place in Spanish Town, at the King's House, the official residence of the Governor, and was made as impressive as such a ceremony could be. The members of the Privy Council met at 1 o'clock. A guard of honour, sup plied by the Ist West India Regiment and the Volunteers lined the approaches to the Audience hall, and through the avenue thus formed his Ex cellency and Mr. Eyre passed together, followed by Major-General O'Connor, the heads of departments, and the Privy Council, to a room leading from the Audience-hall. There the Commission was read and acknowledged, after which the procession re turned into the hall, where the public were admitted, the Clerk of the Council again read the Commis sion, and the oaths were administered to Sir Henry Storks by the Chief Justice of Jamaica, Sir Bryan Edwards. The usual salute was then fired by the Volunteer Artillery in the square, and some amuse ment was afforded by the fact that, the guns being planted too close to the house, nearly all the win dows were broken. A few spectators, among whom were some black and coloured people, witnessed the ceremony in the Audience-hall, and appeared to take interest in the inauguration of the new Governor. Sir 11. Storks has taken up his residence at the King's House. Mr. Eyre has been staying for some time in the hills at Flamstead, about 13 miles from Kingston. I regret to say his Excellency looks ill and haggard ; he is suffering greatly in health from his long residence in a tropical climate, and probably still more from the cares and anxieties of the last four months. I believe it had been his wish, when order was completely restored through out the island, to be rslieved from his duties here and to enjoy some rest at home. This was, of course, before he knew of the strong feel ing excited in England, and the steps taken by her Majesty's Government ; but he will now, of course, remain here during the inquiry. One source of permanent anxiety both to the present and the late Governor is removed. The last packet will have taken to England the news that the Jamaica Legis lature has committed political suicide, and has thrown upon the Ministry and Parliament at home the responsibility of declaring what shall be the future government of the colony. On this point, again, you do not hear a dissentient voice. By the jobbery of some of its members, and the perversity and bitterness of others, the House of Assembly had made itself an unmitigated nuisance to every man of education and position in Jamaica. No one says a good word for it ; there was no confidence in its measures, or in the prosperity of the island, so long as it existed to wrangle through the session, and bar the road against sound and comprehensive legislation. Among its members were some able and public-spirited men, but they could rarely hold their own against the office-seekers and the unscru pulous partisans to whom public spirit was a thing unknown. Much stronger language than any I care to repeat is used without reserve by men of position here, when speaking of this body, and all agree that it never passed an act so beneficial to the colony as that by which it accomplished self-destruction. "If that be the only result, the victims of the Morant Bay outbreak will not have perished in vain." Such expressions are common here, but great things are also hoped from the labours of the Royaleommis sion, and the atte ntion which th e affairs of the island are now attracting in England. An impartial inquiry into the state of the colony and the relations of the different races here seeing to be looked to con fidently by all, the whitepeople believing that their motives and acts will be thereby appreciated an d freed from suspicion at home, and blacks that their just grievances will be reine.lied. This is one of most hopeful symptoms that one can trace, and amid so much that is gloomy and that suggests decay in things material as well in things political, it is agreeable to note any hopeful symptom. Meanwhile the course which will be taken in Eng land with regard to the future Constitution of the island is awaited with some anxiety. The Imperial Government may propose to Parliament, as Lord Melbourne proposed upon the dead-lock in 1839, a suspension of the Jamaica Constitution for a term of years, during which the affairs of the island may be administered provisionally, and political parties may reach a higher standard of feeling, and at the end of it—both electors and elected—deserve to en joy the full privileges of freedom. I have not heard this course suggested here, and consensus comrnunis, so far as one can ascertain it, certainly points to the entire revocation of the Constitution of Jamaica, and the creation of the island into a Crown colony. Less attention is bestowed here upon the case of Mr. Gordon than might be expected from the pro minence assigned to it in England. Particular stress is laid, however, upon the statement made in his last letter that he knew nothing of Paul Bogle—a statement which is declared to be notoriously un true. The two men were in frequent communica tion, and knew each other perfectly. Gordon died very much in debt ; and one of the documents fotmd among his papers was a list of signatures, over 150 in number, headed by Paul Bogle himself. Several other black men, accused of complicity in the rebellion and executed as rebel leaders, figure in the same list. No writing is annexed to it, and the list may have been a harmless one, in connection with some legitimate political organisation ; but the fact is pointed to as a suspicious one. I have been shown a Bible, which was found in Paul Bogle's chapel, at Stoney-gut, on its capture by the troops after the rising ; and the inscription in Gordon's handwriting, partly rubbed out, but still to be read is this :—" Presented by George W. Gordon to Mr. Paul Bogle, with wishes." The date is No vember 2, 1862, and there is a reference to Isaiah chap. xxx. verse 18. The gift was not a costly one. It was a Bible printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and bears a stamp, "Sold under cost price—tenpence" upon the cover. The writing, if genuine, clearly shows that Gordon knew Paul Bogle perfectly well. It is only fair, however, to give an explanation which is offered by Gordon's friends here. They say that the statement in the letter was an inadvertence excusable in a man who was to die in an hour or two, and that what Gordon must have meant to say was not that he knew nothing of Paul Bogle, but that he knew nothing of Bogle's com plicity in any outbreak or rebellion. This is a point on which Englishmen are as competent to offer an opinion as any one on the spot. A gentleman who has seen the original letter assures me that there is no hiatus, and that, whatever their meaning, the words are clear. Setting aside the first presumption that a man just about to die would tell the truth, it appears unlikely that Gordon should at that mo ment invent a clumsy lie which hundreds of wit nesses could disprove. But another statement has reached me which, if accurate, as I believe it to be, proves conclusively that Gordon could not have meant what his written words express. During the court-martial he admitted, I believe, that Bogle was a political friend of his ; and it is not likely that he would have denied in his letter what he had admitted verbally. As yet the evidence upon which Gordon was hung has been kept back here ; but some notes taken at the trial by oue of the local reporters have been sent to England, and may very likely have been published there. It is necessary, therefore, to mention that, as a record of the evidence upon which the conviction was founded by the Court and approved by Brigadier-General Nelson, such a re port must be quite incomplete, because it does not comprise documents which were chiefly relied on for the prosecution. This caution is the more neces sary, because the publication of the notes taken by the reporter will be a violation of the pledge given to the military authorities, and under which alone they allowed reporters to be present. With reference both to Gordon's case and the general measures taken in suppressing the outbreak, white people here complain loudly that in England too little allowance has been made for the position of difficulty in which Mr. Eyre and the military autho rities wereplaced, and the danger both the white and coloured population were hourly exposed to. This is a point on which, so soon after my arrival in the colony and pending inquiry, I offer no opinion, and simply reflect the very strong views of those around me. lam assured that the blacks in this place did not conceal their exultation when the news arrived of the massacre at Morant Bay, and that theirlooks and words were such as to inspire the greatest dis trust of what they would do if the rebellion were allowed to gain ground. " Hurrah for Gordon ;" ono negro was hoard to say, ,4 ho .shave off old Ketelholdt's head !" There is something in the re tort which an Englishman hears on all sides :—" It is very well for people at home to talk of panic I fears ; but suppose they had been out here—a mere handful of whites in the midst of a disaffected and inflammable race, with barbarous murders enacted close by—how soon to be repeated in our midst no one could tell." Speeches made by Gordon in the Legislative Assembly are quoted to show that he fa voured revolt. Some of those delivered in 1861 are now before me in the authorized reports. A few of the passages relied on will suffice. "Per se," as the lion. member for St. Catherine said, " the people would be quite right to break out into open rebellion. If an illegality is permitted in the Governor, an illegality may be permitted on the part of the people. . . . I have neverseen an animal more voracious for cruelty and power than the present Governor of Jamaica lf we are to be governed by such a Governor much longer the people will have to fly to arms and become self governing." In England one would not incline to attach over much importance to such passages thus separated from their contexts, and Gordon always based this speaking upon the assumption that the Governor or his Council were themselves violating the law. But upon ignorant negroes—it is urged--this inflammatory language might have a dangerous effect, and they would care little for the constitutional principle which Gordon professed to keep in view as a justification for his harangues. Gordon spoke for two hours in defending himself before the court-martial ; and he admitted, I am told, that the circumstantial evidence against him was very strong, though he added that he could not help that. Men of position who have seen the whole evidence say that it is strong and conclusive. Upon this point I can only repeat what is told me. While the colonists complain that sufficient allowance is not made for their position at the time of the outbreak, they equally complain of the ex aggerated stories upon which they say the public feeling in Exeter-hall and elsewhere was founded. So far as I have been able to investigate them, many of these stories had their origin in the colony itself, but do not deserve any greater credit on that account. Even at this interval one has to be most cautious in believing what one hears ; close inquiry often discloses but a small residuum of truth in statements which at first look very formidable and very authentic. But, leaving all these points to be dealt with fully by the Royal Commission, it seems only fair to single out one or two on which, if people here who ought to know are right, many people at home are sadly misinformed. In the first place, every Englishman will be pleased to learn that the number of negroes who have been put to death has been grossly exaggerated in England, principally on the strength—it is only just to repeat—of unrelia ble and excited letters written, and often printed, in Jamaica. 1. am assured that, taking into ac count those who were hanged, shot, or slain by soldiers and Maroons in the bush, the number of negroes who have lost their lives has not been more than 400, and that 500 is an outside esti mate. Lamentable enough was even this loss of life, but when mention is made of " miles of dead bodies," and " the slain are counted by thousands," it is right that no time should be lost in declaring these statements to be due only to a fertile imagina tion. Much has been said in England about the case of " Paul Bogle's valet," and the impression is that he was a youth of tender age, who denounced anybody and everybody, while in mortal terror for his own neck. The fact is, that he was more than 22 years old, is married, and has two children. lle was called " a boy " as even old men here are when in service. Bogle gave him a gun, which, according to his own account, he threw down a gully, and after being taken by our troops Colonel Hobbs allowed him to go free. lle then .volunteered to accompany the detachment, and, as he knew Bogle and the other ringleaders well, his services were ac cepted ; but he was warned —in all probability, roughly warned—that, if he attempted to mislead the detachment or to run away or to lie, he would be shot. All the men whom he pointed out as The Assistant-Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIR3IAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he would first call their attention to the capital account, which showed an increase of £550,000 in the amount of capital chargeable to revenue for interest. This would go on gradually increasing as they opened their new lines for traffic. He was glad to say that as the works in hand progressed the in crease of interest charge would begradual. The first item of charge would be for their South London line, which formed a semi-circular route from the Lon don-bridge station through a most populous district to their Victoria station, and there could be no doubt that the receipts from that line would not only con tribute to the revenue of their establishment, but be a feeder to their whole system. He was also glad to tell them that the board had obtained loans at mo derate rates of interest; they had received during the half-year £B,OOO on their perpetual 4 per cent. debenture stock, £13,000 on debentures at 4 per cent., £BO,OOO at 41 per cent., and £60,000 at 4f per cent., which was the highest rate, and if the pro prietors considered the state of the money market he believed they would admit that those rates were low and would compare favourably with those of any other company in the country. He thought there need be no apin chczmitni that as the additivnai capi tal became chargeable against revenue it would be provided for by the additional revenue. The revenue account for the year 1865 showed an increase in the gross receipts of £67,269 in excess of those for the year 1861; and it was satisfactory that their trallic receipts still continued to increase at the same rate as compared with the high traffic receipts of 1865. The state of the weather had been very unfavour able this month, and he did not recollect so stormy and wet a season as they had recently experienced. The receipts for the past four weeks on their system showed an increase of £7,439 against the corres ponding four weeks in January, 1865 ; and when it was considered that the increase in the latter men tioned four weeks over those in January, 1864, was £7,412, the result must be considered very satisfac tory. They had been favoured last year by the prevalence of very fine weather, and, as he had an ticipated, the traffic at every one of their 117 sta tions showed a proportionate increase ; and if that state of things continued, every additional outlay on capital account would be provided for out of in creased revenue as the new lines came into operation. They had only promoted lines that were necessary for the public accommodation, and likely to be ad vantageous to the shareholders. Many of their branches had been constructed at small cost. The Horsham and Guildford line, 17} miles in length, was constructed at moderate cost, and would be useful in accommodating traffic from the west of England in connexion with the Sout-Western Rail way. He would not go into the question of delays complained of in the public papers, which seemed to be eagerly caught up ; but as he resided at Brighton six months of the year, and often travelled over the line to and from London, he could state that the working of the traffic on it would bear com parison with that of any railway in the country or in the whole world. The fact was that their trains had been delayed by trains before them on the road belonging to the South-Eastern Company. They had kept an account of these delays, and could show that the cause of them was not their fault, but that of another company. He believed that in the course of the next two years the portion of the line where delays took place would be relieved of its traffic by the new line of the South-Eastern from Lewisham to Tunbridge, which would cut off the angle and 13 miles of that company's present route to Tun bridge and Dover. The whole of the South- Eastern traffic, except that to Reigate, would thus be taken off the Brighton line. The Brighton Company's Hastings traffic would also be taken off the Brighton lines by means of the Surrey and Sus sex line from near Croydon to near Tunbridge when completed. Besides this there would be finished in three months a second line to Brighton ; but for this delay the contractors were to blame. They would shortly have the old direct line pro jected by Stephenson, from Sutton to Epsom, Lea therhead, Dorking, llorsham, and Shoreham to Brighton. The company had now 18 trains daily between Brighton and London, and from London to Brighton. He did not know of any town that had the same accommodation. They must also give the best accommodation to the other watering-places on their South Coast line. They would have 26 daily trains from London to Brighton, and vice versa, and he hoped thct they would be remunerative to the company. The blue line on the map would give them a third line to Eastbourne and Hastings. They had 90 miles of coast line from Portsmouth to Hast ings, 6,nd in case of war they could take down any number of troops over their lines. Last Easter Monday they carried 130,000 persons over the ex isting line to Brighton without' any difficulty, and the volunteers were perfectly satisfied with the ac commodation afforded. There could, therefore, be no necessity whatever for another line to Brighton as proposed, via Beckenham and Lewes, by the South-Eastern and Chatham Companies. The esti mated cost of line was £3,000,000, but they knew it would cost at least £4,500,000 before it was done. The whole of the traffic between London and Brighton was only £228,800 a year ; there were five or six express trains each way daily, running the distance in 62 minutes. They had 18 trains daily to THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JAMTARY 30, 1866, rebels were duly tried by court-martial, and those executed were found guilty upon what was believed to be sufficient evidence. lam told that, so far from denouncing people by wholesale, he actually saved many persons whose lives might otherwise have been in jeopardy. We shall hear and see more of him hereafter; and I offer no opinion as to the value of his statements, or the extent to which they were corroborated. I believe he said that he saw hundreds of negroes take the oath. In point of fact, two oaths seem to have been administered—one of them pledging to secrecy ; the other binding to some plan of action ; but, though many of the negroes admitted before execution that they had taken these oaths, none would disclose their terms. The following address to Mr. Eyre, dated Decem ber, 1865, is being largely signed throughout the colony, and is only one of many to the same effect : " To His EXCELLENCY EDWARD JOHN EYRE, ESQ., GOVEP.NOR OF JAMAICA. " Sir,—We, the undersigned, inhabitants of Ja maica, hasten to express our deep indignation at the misrepresentations which have been made by some public writers in England in condemnation of your Excellency's conduct during the recent rebel lion. We cordially agree in the sentiments ex pressed in the addresses of the Legislative Council and the Assembly, to the effect that to your Excel lency's measures in the suppression of the rebellion in St. Thomas's-in-the-East is due the present (ap parent) safety of other parishes of the island, and the gratitude of the colonists. We do not doubt that those measureswhich, under God's providence, crushed out that rebellion in one parish arrested its extension to other parishes, wherein the seeds of disaffection had been widely spread among the lower orders of the population. We cannot avoid the expression of our deep regret that there could be found in England men capable of commiserating the deaths of murderers and traitors, while they can in their public speeches and writings find no single word to utter in sympathy for any of those who have been wounded, or for life disabled, or brutally massacred in the public service, or for the widows and orphans of those who have so nobly fallen in defence of Queen and country. Your Excellency may rest assured that, if there can be found inEng land men who, for the sake of political purposes, will not hesitate to make capital out of rebellion and murder, the vast majority not only of English men in her most gracious Majesty's widespread do minions, but also of the rest of the civilised world, will heartily join with us, the colonists of Jamaica, in deep sympathy with her most gracious Repre sentative in this colony, and her Majesty's Mili tary, Naval, Volunteer, and Civil Authorities dur ing this momentous crisis ; and in utter detestation and abhorrence of the recent atrocities and mas sacres committed by the lower orders, at the insti gation of demagogues and fanatics, while in the full enjoyment of all the blessings and freedom of the British rule.—We have the honour to be, your obedient servants." Railway and other Companies. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The half-yearly meeting - of this company was held yesterday at the International Hotel, London-bridge —Mr. L. Schuster in the chair. and from Brighton worked at a cost of 55 per cent. of the receipts, leaving about £114,000 net for the traffic between London and Brighton. On the pro posed new line from Beckenham there would be 13,000 yards, or 6k miles, of tunnels, with gradients of 1 in 120 against those on the existing line of 1 in 264. They would have to stop at four or fiveplaces on the new line, and if they could take away from them one-fourth of the existing net traffic, or £20,000 a year, it would be a very small return for an outlay of £4,500,000. The Brighton Company had been asked why they did not take advantage of the faci lities of the Cannon-street and Charing-cross stations of the South-Eastern ; the answer was that there was no means of getting in and out of them unless they were widened by other lines of rails being added. When the Victoria station at Pimlico was first made there were only two lines of rails avail able, but they had since found it necessary to in crease the number to six lines of rails. It was there fore impossible for them to use the Cannon-street station until it was widened. He was sorry their neighbours intended to lay out so much capital un profitably. There were 600 proprietors in the Brighton Company who had also shares in the South- Eastern Company, so they would be in the position of fighting the left hand pocket with money taken from the right hand pocket. He contended that the Surrey and Sussex line was in the Brighton Com pany's district, and that they had a perfect right to make it for the protection of their Hastings traffic. He thought, on the whole, the Brighton Company would run no great risk of losing traffic even if the new Brighton scheme should be sanctioned. But as it had been rejected in the sessions of 1863, 1864, and 1865 by Parliament, he thought it would also be rejected in the ensuing session. He then alluded to the bills promoted by the company, none of which would injure their neighbours. One was for a line from Croydon to the Banstead and Epsom line at Banstead; another was for making an independent station at Hastings ; and another for a high-level line to the Crystal Palace, and station there, about five miles in length. He could assure the proprietors they were quite ready to shake hands with all their neighbours, as it was their wish that the shareholders in every railway company should have a proper re turn for their outlay. Mr. J. SCOTT, deputy- chairman, seconded the mo tion for the adoption of the report Mr. WYATT stated that the proposed Worthing Direct line from Reigate to Worthing did not go near a single town, and would never pay anything. The magistrates and inhabitants were against the South- Eastern and Chatham scheme to Brighton ; but, if carried out, he suggested that the Brighton Com pany should extend their line to Folkestone harbour. Mr. LEVY thought the Brighton scheme would be rejected by Parliament. He should be glad if some arrangement could be come to, so as to put an end to the present unseemly contest between the two companies. Mr. MOORE complained that the company's pro posed extension to Kemp-town, Brighton, had not yet been commenced, although it had been sanc tioned by Parliament in 1864. After some observations from• Mr.. Wilson, Mr. White, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Langdale; Mr. COHEN said the consumption of fuel on their line was 401 b. per mile, while on the Great Northern and other lines it did not exceed 271 b. per mile. He proposed that the company should publish a list of shareholders annually. Mr. LEVY seconded the motion ; the list should be sold for a sum not exceeding 2s. 6d. per copy. Mr. WILSON thought the proposed line to Brighton was a mere bugbear to frighten timid shareholders. It would do: the Brighton Company no harm, but might benefit them. The CHAIRMAN said he considered the Worthing a mad scheme, and must prove ruinous. to the pro moters. The Steyning line would be doubled to Worthing, and when the new junction line was opened the Worthing people need not come to Brighton as at present. The scheme from Becken ham to Brighton had been rejected in three succes sive sessions by Parliament, and he had no doubt that Parliament would also reject it in the session of 1866. The cost of the proposed line from Croy don to Banstead would be £150,000. They had paid £13,000 for the land Gu Kunp-tern , aa.itl had agreed for the purchase of nearly the whole of it. The con tract had been let to a respectable contractor, who would commence operations so soon as the weather permitted, and the line would be ready by the end of next year. The company had reduced its fares and rates 20 per cent, over the whole of their lines to take away all claim for an opposition line to Brigh ton, and the consequence had been to reduce their dividend, which they were now endeavouring to re cover by the increased accommodation to the public. The greater consumption of fuel arose chiefly from using coal instead of coke. They had run 239,000 train miles more than in th e correspon di ng per i o d of 1864, and there had been a reduction in the cost of fuel per mile. As to printing annually a list of shareholders, it would be very little use, as they were constantly changing, as shown by 3,200 transfers in the year. He mentioned that only five applications for lists of shareholders had been made in the course of six years. There were 7,000 share holders. The report was then received and adopted ; the proposition for printing a list of the shareholders annually was rejected by 47 against 28; and a divi dend of 31 per cent. for the half-year on the ordi nary shares and stock of the company was declared. Formal resolutions were then unanimously passed, confirming the forfeiture of six £5 ordinary shares, for converting the 4k per cent. paid-up preferential shares into 41 per cent. preferential stock ; the paid up 5 per cent. preferential shares into 5 per cent. perferential stock ; re-electing Col. Barttelot, M.P., Mr. W. Coningham, and Mr. P. N. Laurie, the re tiring directors ; and also Mr. J. Pitcher, the retiring auditor. On the motion of Mr. AIicHELL, the remunera tion of the two auditors was increased from £2OO to £3OO per annum. The meeting was then made special, and the di rectors were authorised to raise under various acts £337,000 by the issue of 5 per cent. preference shares, or by the issue of ordinary shares or both, at the option of the proprietors ; giving the holders of the new 5 per cent. preference shares the option at the end of four years of changing the preference shares for ordinary shares ; and also authorising the directors to exercise the borrowing powers in respect to the additional share capital. Another special meeting was then held, and the agreement with the liorsham and Guildford Company was confirmed. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. DUTCH RHENISH. The receipts for the fortnight ending January 15 amounted to £10,660, and for the corresponding period of last year to £9,016, showing an increase of £1,644. The receipts since the commencement of the present book year, on May 1, 1865, including the above, amounted to £222,908, showing an in crease, as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year, of £25,650. The working expenses incurred for the fortnight amounted to £5,097, or 47.81 per cent., and for the correspond ing period of last year to £4,171, or 47.33 per cent., showing an increase of £926. The working ex penses from May 1,1865, to Jan.ls, 1866, amounted to £83,957, or 37.21 per cent., and during the same period of the year 1864-65 to 37.13 per cent. of the receipts. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, before Mr. Smith, at Westminster, the following railway bills complied with the stand ing orders :—South Devon, Launceston and South Devon, Upavon and Andover, Ogmore Valley (new works, No. 1), Chester and West Cheshire Junction (Extension), Cannock-chase and Wolverhampton (Midland Extension), Cannock-chase and Wolver hampton (Hednesford Extension), and the Maccles field, Knutsford, and Warrington. The Birken head and Liverpool did not comply with the stand ing orders. The Vale of Crickhowell, Salisbury, and Dorset Junction, Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction (Northern Lines), and South-Eastern were adjourned to this day, and the Bridgwater until Wednesday. In Mr. Frere's Court the fol lowing bills complied with the standing orders : Great Northern (Potter's Bar, Barnet, and Hendon), TimES.—The present aspect of Fenianism in Ireland may appear, perhaps, somewhat perplexing to those who have taken only a limited or partial survey of the subject. There is, unhappily, nothing new in an Irish conspiracy, but it is certainly a novelty to find a conspiracy surviving when the whole plot has been exploded and the ringleaders are in gaol. Yet this part of the story is perfectly in telligible. It is simply a feature of the plot as ori ginally designed. When Stephens, the " Head Centre," was informed of the seizure of the Irish People, he observed that it was only what he had been expecting, but that the work would go on all the same. It has gone on, after its fashion, aided, perhaps, by the continued agency of Stephens him self, but there is every reason to suppose that the plotters would still have persevered in their folly for a time even if the "head Centre" had been more effectually detained. To understand this anomaly the reader must remember that Fenianism has had at least three years to take root and grow, and that, besides being planted in Ireland, it was carefully cultivated in America at the same time. It is always hard to approximate to actual figures in cases like these ; indeed, even in the United States, where Fenianism is organised without disguise or conceal ment, nobody can say whether the members of the " Brotherhood" are 300,000 or 200,000. But if we suppose that. even 100,000 Irish lads of the shop boy and apprentice class had been enrolled in the " Brotherhood" before last September, it will be evident that such a conspiracy, in a country where secret societies flourish naturally, could not be expected to expire in a moment. The plot, too, if such it may be called, was kept up all the more easily from its loose and unsubstantial nature. In the cases brought out in evidence it appeared that the manufacture of a Fenian was the work of a minute. A young shopboy was asked if he would be sworn in ' • he said he would ; lie men tooK a b lur b ouch, and the thing was done. When drilling was going on, the recruit, perhaps, joined some awkward squad for a night or two, but now a man may take the oath and hear nothing more about the matter. This does not amount to much, except as a sign of disaffection in a particu lar class ; but, on th other hand, it is a thing very easily kept up. But the explanation of the story is mainly to be found in the American half of the de vice. Fenianism was hatched and organized in the United States among a section of the population who were Irish by nature and Americans by habit. This branch of. the conspiracy was inaccessible to the Government against which it was directed, so that a moiety of the " Brotherhood" was beyond reach of disturbance. The American Fenians can easily answer for the nominal existence of Fenianism in Ireland. A few fanatical missionaries, a few crafty agents, and a few thousands of pounds can always keep a political plot going, especially where the plotters are not called upon to do anything. In the United States there is a pretentious system of machinery by which considerable sums of money are raised, and there must needs be something to show for the receipts. That product is sought in the professed maintenance of the design, in the purchase of a few cases of arms, and in the prolonged agita tion to which Ireland is subjected. The Irish Go vernment, in dealing with Fenianism under these conditions, fares like the Italian Government in dealing with brigandage. The brigands come from over the border ; their incursions are made from an asylum, and though the invaders cannot gain a footing, they can create disturbance enough to prevent progress and retard peace. There is, however, as we feel, one thing more to be men tioned in the estimate of this worthless but troublesome plot. We believe we have suffered from that presumption of our public policy which of late has been more than once advanced. There has been an impression in many quarters that England would do no more fighting. It was thought that, come what would, we should never accept the ultimate appeal again, and that even with the integrity of the Empire at stake we should, when it came to actual extremities decide for peace. This view of the case was c l ear ly stated in a private letter by one of the best educated of the conspirators. O'Keefe argued that the Fenians had only to persist obstinately in their agitation, and England would be glad to let them go " as she did the lonian Islands." It is rather hard that our political prudence should bear such unpleasant fruit, but so it is. We have withdrawn so discreetly from Continental quarrels, and we have talked with such philosophical indifference about colonies and depen dencies, that the world has thought us too calculat ing, if not too timorous, to strike a blow for any thing, and the Fenians have drawn encouragement from the general delusiOn. Even the great lesson of the American war failed to correct their views. They had an opportunity of witnessing in America exactly such an insurrection as they designed to create in Ireland, and they saw what came of it. They saw the demands of six millions of people for independence fiercely rejected. They saw the in surgent country beaten down and trampled under foot, and they heard war proclaimed to the " bitter end"—that is, to the extermination, if necessary, of every patriot fighting for a nationality of his own. Of this, however, they took little heed, and though they now see it declared in America that treason is the most heinous of crimes, they go on as before. If, then, we reflect that Ireland has had its secret societies in some shape or other for many genera tions ; that it has now been introduced to a society promising more and asking less than any of its pre decessors; that a branch of this society, safely esta blished in a foreign land, provides encouragement by example, and support by pecuniary contribu tions ; and that all this machinery has been at work for these three years, we shall cease to feel much astonishment at the apparent vitality of even so incredible a folly as Fenianism. The "Brother hood" does not resemble one of the old secret societies magnified by circumstances. Even in the most striking incidents of the affair there has been nothing extraordinary. Stephens, it is true, walked quietly out of prison, as if no locks or gates were proof against his power, and he now defies, as is believed, from his new place of con cealment, all the efforts of the Government to dis cover or apprehend him. At first sight it is natural to read in such events the evidence of sin gular influence and extensive organisation, but the inferences vanish if we look at things a little more attentively. So far was the escape of Stephens from indicating any extraordinary ability or authority on his part that the wonder is rather that any prisoner was kept in custody than that one escaped. The Judge from the bench disposed of all these fancies when he observed that one good warder in the pro per place would have been quite sufficient to baffle any device attributed to the Head Centre. Nor need the impunity and protection now enjoyed by Stephens HERALD.—The Royal Academy is much to be pitied. The country is about to turn it out of doors, and about the same time Sir Edwin Landseer re fuses to be its President. Events, happens as they may, have at least been foreseen. The influence on the Government of the country of the Royal Aca demy—that is to say, of 50 academicians and 20 associates—is not all powerful, and there are Eng lish painters in their midst who are above being at its head. The world is moving, after all, and has certainly moved a great deal, since the days when cliques reigned supreme, and tuft hunting was so possible to even a man of genius, that a Chatham could fall on his knees when admitted to the pre sence of Royalty. Will anybody tell us after this that the Nelson Monument will not be finished, or that England will never win that conquest over the arts which she has at one time or another achieved over everything else ? For ourselves, though we should have felt it necessary to have thanked Sir Edwin Landseer for accepting the position, we thank him much more for refusing it. The penalty of greatness for a painter in this country is the necessity of being an academician. It is a distinc tion which comes on him, just as he has arrived be yond the need of it—which he cannot escape when it is of no further use to bim, and which tends more than anything else to undo all the qualities by which he achieved it. It places him under a new law of circumstances the most likely to prejudice his judgment, restrict his freedom, and fritter away his time. In the degree that he acquires the clever ness which makes him an efficient corporator in that degree is he likely to lose the exquisite sense of art which raised him into a painter. But if this be so with the mere academician, how much more with the president ? Where would the divine Cor reggio have been had good fortune condemned him to. the bustle, and business, and beadledom of academical greatness ? How with Raphael, whose love of art, when turned into a martyrdom by the additional cares of court, killed him at thirty-seven ? To be really great in painting a man must not only be born for it, but live for nothing else ; and if he be not above the importance of official position, and the gratification afforded by the associations connected with it, he ought at all events to be beside them. On our side we know of no advantage in having Sir Edwin Landseer at the head of the academy which would repay us the loss of one good picture a year, did it cost us no more. We would really sooner give up the Royal Academy altogether than lose one good painter through it. The academy, in our opinion, is of little service to art, except by the facilities it gives for the study of living models, and by its manage ment of our annual display of artistic works ; and we are not sure that there may not be periods when these advantages are more than counterpoised by its influence in forming the student to the second nature of the lay figure, and setting up as a standard for him the bad taste and worse mannerisms of the reigning authority. Even if we put the profit at the highest, there is no reason why we should buy it at the price of turning our best painter into a corporate office-bearer, and withdraw for common place matters a time, which, given to art, is in valuable. Of all vocations the most jealous is that of the painter. It permits no more of divided duty than that of mediocrity. It is its infirmity that it has to reproduce by imperfect media the workman ship of a perfect artist. Its furthest reach will always leave a great deal to be desired, and we are not sure that we should not look upon the most graceful of all our painters as a social apostate, abandoning the fidelity which has helped him to so high a reach of art, if he consented to lower his fancies and systematically misapply his time by giving up to coteries what was meant for mankind. There :is unquestionably a great deal to be done for art in England, and some of it, too, to be done through the Academy, but it by no means follows that we should un-Pegasus our Landseer for the work. The man of genius, sodden with the poetry of his calling,‘ may be exactly the man who knows best about the organisation which might best guard it from decay or most assure its prosperity. The priesthood of art is especially the priesthood of "the great mother," Nature—and is apt for business and the associations of the profanum vulgus but in the proportion in which it is untrue to itself. Mr. Maclise, we are told, is so much of this opinion that he has been giving the most unhesitating assurances that he will not accept the position of President of the Royal Academy if it be offered to him. He de sires—it is added—to give all his life and energies to painting, and we are left with the consolitory conviction that he shares the sentiment of his nu merous admirers "in grudging every hour that might be diverted from the execution of such works as the " Nelson and Wellington pictures at West minster." The new phase of opinion that is thus so decidedly expressed for us by this abnegation on the part of two of the most distinguished members of the Academy is of g oo d augury , an d it i s per mitted us to hope that the downfal of the spirit of academical intrigue and cliqueism which it certifies for us, like that of the Borgian system at Rome, will prove the signal for Great Britain of a more than De Medici development of taste and art. The 35 Academicians who dispersed on Wednesday last under the flattering hope that they might induce Sir Edwin to recall his refusal, and accept the honour they had placed at his disposition, are re ceiving a lesson they cannot place too much at heart ; and when they :meet to-morrow they can not, perhaps, do better than address themselves to the question how far they can unite their suffrages on one of those practical administrators whose vocation for the service of Melpomene has not been so prone/Ide/ If there were no spirit of caste which made it necessary that the head officer of that institution should always be an Academician—in other words, that there should always be a painter in the pillory—the predilection of our judgment would be for a man who, like either of the late Messrs. Vernon and Sheepshanks, had at once the judgment to appre ciate art, and the leisure to live for its guidance. The violent ejectment from the rooms of the Na tional Gallery forces the Academy into the throes of its second birth, and there never was a moment, when it was more important that its President should be able to devote all his time to its assistance. He ought not only to be a man of business, fond of the strepitus fumumque urbis, but capable of giving him self exclusively to the administration of its affairs. There is a new home to be provided ; an accumu lated fund of about £150,000, with an income of about £5,000 a year, to be dealt with, and if there were no such things additionally in question as one of the most important teaching establishments in the kingdom, and an annual exhibition of British art, the duties of the next two or three years might reasonably enough be expected to ask every moment of the time of the new president. To con fiscate our Landseers in such a service recalls Gold smith's image of cutting blocks with a razor. Pos terity, if defrauded of only half a dozen pictures by the arrangement, would never forgive us such a sacrifice of genius on the altar of official snobbism. A less man would serve us a great deal better, and we should be plus our four lions a great deal sooner, to say nothing of another gallery of immortal paintings. A memorial, said to have originated in New England, asking, for the impeachment of President John son, is circulating in Tennessee. Tho courso taken by the President in the reconstruction movement is the ground on which the absurd document is based. Ex-President Millard Fillmore and wife, Dr. Jas. P. White and wife, and Miss Anna Dobins, of Buffalo, have arrived at Brest from New York. Mr. Fillmore in 'tends to remain abroad for six or eight months, and Dr. Willie a year at least. c si AnvisicrisEmEsT. J—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— W en the weather is wet, the winds chilling, and the tem perature changeable, these excellent remedies should al ways be at hand ; by their moans any defective action can be at once rectified, any irregular function can be corrected without delay. The ointment, well rubbed upon the chest and throat, will remove hoarseness, sore throat, diphtheria, relaxed uvula, and enlarged tonsils, and without pain or inconvenience will check incipient inflammation in the air passages, and prevent the,large accumulation of phlegm, alike distressing to the patient and bystanders. The in fluenza, so fatal to the aged when it ravages the town and devastates the country, is safely and certainly relieved by the persevering inunctien of this cooling and purifying ointment. AMERICAN STATISTICS.—During the war thl United States Government had at its cowman" 40,000 miles of railroad, 15,000 miles of tele graph were abandoned, torn down, and recoil; strutted. The Etowah bridge, 625 feet long and 75 feet high, was built in six days, and the Chattf hoochee bridge, 740 feet long and 90 feet hig h ' was built in four days. There were 214,102 horses and 58,818 mules in Grant's army, their cost for keep being $1,000,000 monthly. During the Isa_ r i the horses and mules of the army eo nsunleu e 23,000,000 bushels of corn, 79,000,000 b us hels 01 oats, 1,500,000 tons of hay, and 21,000 tons c ' f . straw, which cost $155,000,000. h ir i ng the las t year of the war $105,019,406 were pld for cloth ing and equipage, including 400,00) jackett 3,000,000 pairs of drawers, trousers, mi. flann e l shirts, and 1,746,034 woollen blankets, 1,100, 000 canteens, 6,000,000 pairs of socks, 2,000,000 war sacks, 10,000 flags, and 1,400 fifes, 4,000 bugos, and 16,000 drums. 'Olt LIVES LOST BY THE REBELLION. The_ Department computes the number of deaths in tho tin i % armies since the commencem en t o f th e war a t 250,000, of the Southern soldiers at least 225,000, making Ft l ea ca ßP 525,000 lives that have been lost, a part of the costly P 1 ... paid for the defence of the nation' s lif e . At Gettysb 1 !* 23,000 Union soldiers were killed, wounded, or taken I ll ; r soners—our greatest loss during one campaign. Ge ner a l Grant's losses, from the time he crossed the Rapidan 1111 - Lee's surrender, were about 90,000. a . (ADVERTISEMENT.] - Dyspepsia ( indi;estlon), CO- n ° t , tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stogy and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggraysted,, a , accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arab le. Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been e on. sidered hopeless, such as-cough, asthma, also diarr: os , has raerrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervouth' ld o, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs , rug influenza, noises in the h ea d and ears, rheumatism, 0 11 1 e parities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, ele e lati, ness, acidity, palpit a ti on . h eart b urn , headache, demnrer dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea an d s i c k ness , e ven in r- f nancy or at sea, s i n ki ng fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightne'eo o b; the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and b e tween; e s shoulders, .3;c. We quote a few :—C ure N o . 46,276. gri li or e Roberts, timber mer c h a nt, of F r i m l e y, S urre y, of 3 0 1 ` • diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, Wil e y tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs , ° 50 d treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low slr it , l ol l nervous fancies. -Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Deck - % o g. Heat. of Waterford, of man y y ears ' dyspepsia.-I4o' h ' e ss, 1;00 Fifty years' indescrib a bl e agon y f rom d yspeps i a , nervon Bs o 4 asthma, cough, constipation, flatul enc y, spasms, B'4o° vomiting—Maria Joly.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indi g estion and torP i ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical t r oatal Bll 24 l o In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. ed ; 51b., lie . ; 121 b., 220 ' . dos' 408.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent - street , DelLoo also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, lung William-street; at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, BishOlowid ; street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Str' g s, 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-roa d !„, 0 0 Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; "st, Brothers, 65, High-strut; and Stubbs, Queen's-terra e r . be . John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers 11 . 11 C mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. VitSt' BACON. —On the 27th inst., at Montpellier House, -,,t0 bourne, the wife of Captain Kenrick Voralam B acon, ' 29th Regt., of a daughter. w ish MILLAR.—On the 26th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs . Millar, of a son. _„ t et, SOMERSET.—On the 25th inst., in Upper Mou nt- W .l Dublin, the wife of Colonel Edward Somerset, Quartermaster-General, of a son. Marriages. ro wel SEYMOUR—STAPLETON.—On the 27th inst., at Church, Frederick Seymour, Esq , Governor 01 f th e Columbia, to Florence Maria, second daughter &art, Hon. and Rev. Sir Francis Stapleton, Bart., GreYs - Oxfordshire. t ThentOt, WARBURTON—PALMER.—On the 27th inst., at tl• - :t Marylebone, the Rev. Acton Warburton, eldel bent of Iffley, Oxfordshire, to Emily Alicia, tile jor 0 daughter of the Rev. Sir William P a lmer, Bart., Whitechurch Canonicorurn, Dorsetshire.. Deaths. BAKER.—On the 26th inst., at Holkham, Norfolkl Baker, aged 76. r COOKE.—On the 25th inst., at Camerton Hall , nes ington, Wm. Cooke, Esq., aged 43. ge lid EvANs.— On the 28th inst., at St. Alban's, Evans, Esq., surgeon, aged 53. _ s tre et ' EKE.—On the 27th inst., at Well-court, Qu ee ,i ll '9, Cheapside, deeply regretted, Joseph Sons f or faithful clerk of Messrs. Berger and Sons for c a or FOSTER.—On the 28th inst., at Anstey Sall/ nears bridge, Charles F. Foster, Esq., aged 61 , Vi c k GinsoN.—On the 27th inst., at Rome, John C 4l ' ed pu tt' a 76. GRIFFITIL g —On the 25th inst., at Adelaide-re-v(3,0,1P! Hampstead, Richard James Griffith, Esq, ` w. aged 79. __________ ....................-- • ,„/✓ ,a 0 ,5 London : Printed and Pubhahed by WILLIA• I6 ± — ;, 7) No• 1 ",,1 of No. 112, Strand, P r i n te r , at Tnz Sys Ow l 'L, A UDI) - Strand, in the Precinct of ' the SairoY • il l the -4' Dliddleacx.—Tuesday, January 30, 1864. North-Eastern (Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering Branch), North-Eastern (Leeds and Wetherby Branch), North-Eastern (Yorkshire, new lines and works), North-Eastern (Durham, new lines, &c.), and the Dublin Trunk Connecting (City Exten sion). The South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton), the Crystal Palace and South London Junction, and the Bre con and Merthyr Tydfil Junction (Southern lines) did not comply with the standing orders. The London and Worthing Direct, Skipton and Wharfdale, and Halesowen andßromsgrove Branch were adjourned to this day. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA (LIMITED). The directors of this company state in their report that the lessees of the Egyptian line had duly paid £1,250 for the half-year ending 31st Dec. last, out of which the directors recommended that a dividend be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum free of income tax. They expressed their hope and expec tation that the important object for which the company was formed—viz., to secure an indepen dent and alternative line between Great Britain and India might be accomplished at an early period. They were informed that the receipts of the Persian Gulf line, with all its imperfections in the transmission of messages through the several intervening States of Europe, yielded upon the expenditure of £400,000 a percentage far exceeding the most sanguine expec tations. They were confident that the experience obtained might now be made use of, so as to render the laying and maintenance of a properly constructed cable a matter of certainty, and that it was only a question of time. The directors had always urged upon the Government the imperative necessity for alternative lines, to provide against those contin gencies which could not be avoided, and they re garded the Red Sea line as offering advantages in all respects superior to any other, from its sectional short length, and the commercial importance and returns of the line when opened. They still looked forward to the time when, by the united efforts of all parties interested, arrangements might be made for completing the great work of establishing direct communication between Great Britain and India by the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, under which the shareholders in the Telegraph to India Company might be secured the option of proceeding with the undertaking or of receiving compensation for their original outlay. The capital account showed that £56,674 had been expended, leaving a balance of £2,495. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. be regarded as any proof of extraordinary influence. We have seen exactly the same thing in the cases of the vilest criminals. Over and again the most cowardly murders have successfully defied the pur suit of the police. Stephens is only sheltered, as hundreds of others have been sheltered, in spite of similar search and greater o ff ers of reward. The instincts of Irishmen have for years been running almost indiscriminately against the law, and the Head Centre gets the benefit of a common advan tage. Although, however, Fenianism is thus tena cious of life, its lease can aardly be a long one, for the Irish Fenians must understand the hopelessness of their designs, and the American Fenians are sub jected to a trial too severe for ordinary patience. To keep agitation alive they must not only conspire but subscribe, and the subscriptions must be liberal enough to leave a sufficient margin above the claims of the " Administration" in America. Mr. Mahony and his colleagues take care, in the first place, of themselves ; it is only a balance of income which finds its way to Ireland. These remittances may go on for some time, and as long as they go on Irish men at home will be looking for an armada of iron clads, and calculating on the arrival of an army from abroad. It is the interest of so many people to maintain these delusions that we cannot expect them to disappear in a day, but time must ulti mately place the folly in its proper light, and mean while we have only to take care that law and order are maintained by the necessary measures of pre caution and control. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON-JAN. 27. -- - The supply of wheat was fair for the season, an d sam ples were steadily disposed of at full prices. Rather more doing in barley at 1s per qr. advance for superior sorts. New white wheat, 43s to 48s • new rod, 40s to 46s ; old white, 48s to 51s ; old red, 45s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 87s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 375 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ' • new, 20s to 28a per 24 s tone, Beans, old, 46s to 50s ; ne w , 36s to 40s per 38 stone. rem 34s to 39s per 36 stone. COL °HES T ER--.thr. 27. The supply of wheat was not great ; the trade was I at last week's prices. Barleys of all d escr iptions mainta la their value. Beans and peas rather:higher. .2 Wheat. white 40s 54s Beans. 384 40 , red 2 3 % 4 4 8 0 es Peas, Barley ..... Oati ...... ..... ...20s 25s grey ... dwdlheitaend CHELMSFORD—JAN. 26. The wheat trade was steady at this market at about for mer rates. Barley was a short supply at barely previous prices. Wheat, old white.... 458 528 new .438 500 old red. 39s 43s new. :358 39s Barley.... 24s 31s Chevalier 274 M; Grinding . as 68 Malt sBs COs Chevalier 6's Ws Oats •• • 2os 268 Pena, Partridge ...... 370 42 White , .300 3 95 :... If! Dun—, ditto, new.... --1 —1 Beans, Tick, old .....,311 375 new.... --s 8 Harrow Ticks.3ss - --5 new.. • .--a Mazagan. ..... 3,21 ;R. GRANTHAM—JAN. 27. To-day there was a tolerable show of wheat, which will disposed of at full prices. Oats were a small show, go sold at former prices. Old white wheat, 55s to 595; old red, 48s to 520; 01 ' whits, 52s to 57s ; new red, 44s to 47s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s Pof 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 30s ; new, 20s to 26s per 2* stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50s; now, 40s to 443 per 3 8 ato ne. Peas, 35s to 39s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—JAN. 26. There was a fair attendance at our market to-den al l a fair business done at late rates. White wheat 40s Od to 46s Od Red wheat 38s Od to 45s Od Potato oats 23s Od to 24s Od . Common oats 22s Od to 22s 6d Bore 2Bs Sd to 29s Od' Barley 29s Od to Ns Od Oatmeal 17s 6d to 18s Od Flour, line 37s Od to 38s Od G2/b 11 bushel. 40/15 i 1 bushel. 53Th 133 bushel. IR boll of 1401 b. V sack of 280Ib. KIRKCALDY—JAN. 27. Good supplies of wheat, barley, and oats, with a go es trade. Wheat and oats 6d cheaper. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 45a 0d ; 318 Od .238 Od I Becond 468 Od 32a Od •,4s 6d Tuird 4Ba Od 33s 6d 258 6d COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. 6 * s. d. Hetton ... lk 6 Holywell Main ......... 17 ! N.S taffordshire 17 0 West Hartley ........ 1 6 'i Shaw's Hartley lB 6 Tanfield Moor Buies 15 16 9 Davison's W. Hartley 16 3 Eden Main Caradoc lB 0 Tunstall Cowpen Hartley l6 3 Walls End Haswell... 18, 6 Ellison Steam 15 6 C asso p .... P . , . 0 Wylam lB 0 Pelaw Main ...... .vt Ships at market, 130; sold, 80. Foreign Mail Packet List . MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton_ _Feb. 10. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Feb. 4. Ditto, by French packet .. Feb. 22 ' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena:... Feb. 22 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton..reb. 2- Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 33 Falkland Islands _ Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 2 . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..., Feb. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles w • • Feb. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 1 ,1 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 1• Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marsdl.e 3 Feb. 7 . Newfoundland . Feb. 14. Portugal . OOOOO .•••• Feb 4 . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet O . Jan. 31 . Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton •••• 00000 Ditto, via Ccrk Ditto,'by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb. 2. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. ii. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico •.•••••• J a n, 2% Cuba a►nd Mexico . . Jan. 29. Bahamas, via New It ork.. Feb. b• Feb. 14 Bermuda, ditto I I