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eLty z 2 - .Z0(-ezz , eItONDON mast have a G en tl eman ' s S UPP E R and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN ' S " a ft er Alfred lon'a Conoerts. msg. iought take a . . . . . .. , P j4l gl a 1 7 , 4 I . 4 ), • , -- CT ' , :' , .. , ?. 1 1 E 2. ? . . t \ c ''- - ~- 0.13-1. At ~.; • ' ' ')/ . i' i ‘( 4 , fr,,, , 5...,, _ 14. 1 : ~ ' )**4s4 k '-....- - ii.. 4 .... .4)--. .-l AI S--.. - - ‘ /- 6 - lik . ---'''''' . - • - *' ' ,-, - f ke: ' i i *. 4...„).' , ..,,"- " 1 ,0 4,1111111111k 1i z i ,---: ' (it. '-'l ' '-'0 4.. c " "' blill&-- N ' '' 4 : 443 ',--.:-• '' / - c:4l ''w.4-- ~. , v* , 4 '.. ---- Th/ \ N.. .• I _ ' -- , 1 _OO4. -- '...-- '‘O rt ).-_: - ~ D IE '' • lir ''''' .' ' ' " .6llo4 —" - 1/47;-7;1;14‘; 1 ,4-- -fr e .--4- ' 4 a ll' ' - DRO T. ° ' ''N-..,, a,'Z#l INARAN'S LL WHISKY y., COGNAC . ' T ots ocle :mat e d Old IBRAN DY ltis If WHISKY rivals the finest . FRENCH BRANDY, It it .Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. tis aold in Bottles, 3s. sd., at the Retail Houses in London; by apt 4 8 . V n ta in the principal towns in England ;or wholesale .' 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREICT, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded Ifinahan's LL 'whisky." , ON EVENI V. R.--T SALE OF STORES.--] 14 . TARY of STA rE for W \T will S.ll by Public Aucti nt the 26th Reotetnber. 1865, Freeilely,ithe following Stares Saltpetre Bags. Covers. Waterproof, Blinket. Tent& Canteens, Wood. Accoutrements. Old Copper. May be viewed at the Tower, y maYS PrerlO office the da Pal at the War-, Pall-Mall ; t Woolwich. 1 0WER, r i,i. IMPERT4L MERnANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited.. Capital subscribed. 45,000,000. Paid up, 4500,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN --JOHN CHAPMAN. Earl. X.,enaPho EWA, Esq. 1 Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. ..,_•.• J. Colenvol, Esq: i G. G. Macphers ni, Esq. Mr. Alderman Darin. W. Soho!ask], Esq., M.P. ~.eines Dickso E. • Sir S. D. Scott, ' •art. t'• D. Hatlow, Fi e q. q I H. D. Seymour, Esq.. 51. P. ‘ 1 ,. ; 0. Hanson. lsq. ' I Joseph Thornton, Esq. "- P. Holrnycl, Esq. I Alfred Wilson, Esq. J.G. G. Hombre, E sq. * i M. Zarifi, Esq. MAGUAS Henry J. B ar k er , Esq., an d T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOL/a/TORS. Messrs. Ashnrst, Morris, and Co., and Messrs. Edwards and Co. This AssociAtion makes ADVANCES on APPROVED SE CURITIES. etaI ,N EGOTIATES LOANS, and u n d er t a k es General Finan- Busines.. :t DEPOSITS received for periods of One, Year and upwards, a fixed ra t e o f interest and for shorter perio,l a , or su bj ect a sim &fled Notice of withdrawal, on terms regulated by ;he fluctuations of the general Money Market. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. 27, Lombard-street, B.C. TIAY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). 41 111 of £400,000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in London. AGENTS. In London—Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. . 1 Havana—The Bank of Commerce, Francis Fraser, Esq., Manager. This Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces 13iu the same year, and in 1861 the main road was coin ted from R eg l a , i n th e B ay of Havana, to Matanzas, a Mstance of 54 miles. Since then branch lines of considerable value have been co nstructed. As The cost of con s t ruc ti on t o t hi s date is £ 1,056,000; of This sum £148,000 was raised upon shares subscribed in the island. £250,000 was raised in London, in 1861. by a first tnort- No loan, bearing 7 per cent. i n t eres t , an d repayable by re operation of a sinking of £25,000 per annum, cora glancing 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO,OOO was similarly raised in 1863 for the construction tcf two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the a d , and gu aran t ee d b y t h e Bank of Commerce, repayable 3' the operation of a sinking fund of £4OOO per annum, ccre mencing in 1873. , h considemble portion of te remainder out of the capital aa been supplied from time totim of the earnings of t h,9 7 ,road. to - uhe results of th e un d er t a ki ng have been very satisfac -47, and show the following returns :- 186 9 Gross receipts £100,700 1863 77 17 1864 And 1 865 gross receiptsfrom'hnuary to June ooo £93,000 ' l gainst same period, 1864 82,000 L . The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company now effected the purchase of the Coli seo R a il roa d, fi nning from Matanzas to Bemba, a distance of 35 miles, a "3 , valuable road, and of immense importance to the Bay c.;! Havana and Matanzas Compa as it is in direct junction with that road atMatanzas , traversing a district rich in sugar produce; and being connected at •Th'enaba with the C ar d enas an d J ucaro Railroad, becomes a n'3ection of the central road of the island, which will very ° 11, 13 , reach Villa Clara by the completion of the Car t yThe and Jucaro Railroad. , he returns of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad are as .01 10 WS 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1869 u 77 1864 i * / ncl the returns of 1865, from Jan. to 20th May. £49,000 '' - gainst 1864, same time 45,000 flr ir ° Complete this purchase, the Bay of Havana and 4 Company Company desire to raise a loan in London of Z,1,00,000, bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum, pay "'Lue half-yearly in London. As security for this loan, the Bay of Havana and Matan t e as Railroad Company will effect a fir s t mor t gage on th e iB e o Railroad, its rolling stock, appurten ances , an d all ioperties ; and also a mortgage on the Bay of Havana and atanzas Railroad and its branches, subject only to the !°aisting mortgages of £350,000, of which the first mort ag,,,,e of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the -4.ojetion of the sinking fund which commences in 1867. ,he property thus mortgaged is as follows :- 4 ne Colisedßailroad to be purchased out of the proceeds ( 4 this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. b,,Tne Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its 1 8 7 1 4 nhas, casting £1,056 . ,000, producing a gross revenue in h , of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned - ` e ,rtgages). Plt will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana ond Matanzas, as we ll as that of the Coliseo Railroad, has r some years been steadily i ncreas i ng a t t h e rate of 20 per cen. per thenam, a roads, s beyond a doubt that the amalga kation of two by a natural increase of traffic and large saving of expenditure in the administration, will produce a far larger revenue, and may be fairly estimated for net the revenue coming year at £250 , 0 00 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO . For the repayment of this loan a sinking fund is ar tanc,ed for, whereby £20,000 i s to be paid off annually', either by the purchase of bonds or public drawing, its ope tation to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort tage loan of £250,000 will be entirely redeemed. The Bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO, and bear in the coupons, payable 10th June and 10th December, at " c ounting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. .ow a The subscripti on pr i ce i s 90 per cent., payable as fol -4'5 ............... on applicati o n. 25 ............... on allotment. 80 ..on 10th November. Lesso Os. 014 s. interest at 7 per cent. per annum upon previous instalments. 1 29 6s ........... on 10th December. p,' l lterest at . 5 per cent. per annum will be allow- 1 for 314 ent of any o f th e i ns t a lments. pre 4PPlication for an allotment to 1- , - 0 ma d e to Mes srs.J. HE N SCHRODER and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street ; 131. to the Broker- Messrs. LAURENCE, SON, and PEARCE. No. 7, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. 145 Lieaclenhall-street, London, Sept. 7, 1865. ex SC IENTIFIC AND ORNAMENT AL PRESENTS. k,PRNA.MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, 1. 4 ...."1 Dining-room, eonsistin g of a new and e.egant assort kit. VASES, Figures, Groups, C an dl est i cks, Obelisks, Ink kize. •eautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, atc., in Italian, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar. dzo, tale )l ted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine _ idet to her Itaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. It 4„,Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS , t„'RAT.R. and yosSILS, to illustrate the new edition De Elements of Geology ; th ey will greatly noilitate Interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY , t,, c an be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50. to 500 guineas each. s,` OGY INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and NlNE oven by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Struld. -.....................• FURS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, CornhilL PATRON —The QUEEN. 1 %4 .. TRUSTEES. s s: 4 th e iron. Francis Maude, 1 The Rev. Canon rharappyg 1 Thomas Baring, Esq , M.P. R, P Es q TREASURERS. ,1 , 11,, ,-'• L. Bevan, I Robert Hanbury. Esti. Zabi.' ; i nstitution is designed to sup .ly a great national Me 0 , 2., an asylum for the orpha , daughters of sailors in !trt - Ival Navy and Merchants -lervice and of Marines, r vi eiothos, maintains, and educates them for domestic .`asg e f . e and provides a home free .4 ex .ense for former Lttl„'es While out of situations, thus shielding them from. the :tTrtations they ight otherwise be exposed to. 1 4 0"or nmittee m earneitly APPEAL for CoNTßlßU 'este to meet the in reasi g applications through the tt , e l , - storms and loss f life at sea. and t o enable them , 11 , t eee R , t il ev to obtain premises more conamensurat. , with the i lailo t . - Wges of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 who „I annually by casu titles alone, without including t.,ose hilb g ., 4l ' per sh by war ..arei%olntions th Co., recety by the bankerP, ‘ressrs ry, n r , Reran and Co., Lombird-street, and by the Secre ''' t he Ofif'ces, No. 77, Cornbili. R. ‘zWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sea. , r - 1 „ ----------- ddanother „-!,-1, RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to a , l oan 4 - 4rhe to :h. 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer h' l 'ant r,'",.'„la.or, friendless , youm.,r females were rejected have ,I•i, i n. s - e ` ii ii ti a. N DS and room , making a total of 3,057 . , who Here arc brief details of a few p;' 1 0 t r , o , t 'vaY in fire y,ars. ~ , recent cases: ' lr . A' ;geet 14, ft lien, mother dead, (1 , sertedby her father. k s il• '''., aged 3, homeles , , both parents dead. 1) ' a :rM 7, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. •C,'. A" a tZed 15, fallen, mother dead. 1A ii . a Zed 15, fallen, mother dead, 1 N' a ed 16, fallen both parents dead. at . Te . aZed 14, hemeless , deserted by her parents, fT..1 1 • a ged 17, fallen, both parents dead A ' ri : ' s ' 9 ' erl 17 , failen, both I.arents dead. 1 , :. I, : . aged IR, farm father dead. • ( I , , aged IR, fallen, both parents 'sad, Rte A. 4 ed 17, r lien, both par nts dead. • I)• • atZed 17, faden both parents dead. 111„•' kred 5, fallen, both parents de 3,0,,in, 14,Ar hOtne the 4 : nrn '. a e r . *sh to form would be for liztvp'4e'llris• net chit dr rn e from l , tt ls, who , • eh led astr N't °Nribut• v from the path f virtue. wi the acre of , to 17. b P. i ) 4 ,, ,... 'P r im will be received .rratefully by tl_e Seere!a ... '41•014," ,! ' ,por, ,5, Quee n 6 Erect, cheapside; or by litssrti • , +. l d to . Loittard•treet. 1111TUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 1 (Inp or ated by Act of Parliament, 1850) 14, RUSSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, .t/CNnS MONEY on Personal and other Security , in sums or tZ.O to Z 5 0 ,), to be repaid by instalments extending over Vllne, two. or three years. 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Works —LONDON and BI It MING HAM STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO IL R. IL. TILE PRINCESS OP WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold b. all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. I_IOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast years o and Destit age to Boys, .and t h ose verging on crime, unde 10 f . President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., 3.1. P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. HenryN.P.Bart.,Samuel Norio', E Gurney. Escl • sq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P, COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. Maxwell Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred s hort Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George 31.0-e. I Mr. E• J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. it, T• Turnbull. Treasurer—W. t• Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, P.ll-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Paves ,e. 6, Svc , /11,, ~..,s, and Smiths, 1, Lombard ,...stselon to the House is twofold, ...ection of the subscribers. 13 )ys thus admitted ....eceived free, beaded, clothed, educated, and taught ill they are 11 yeats o age. ST ith the view o secure the election of the most deserving eases, the Commitre have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most e , igible for free admission. This El , me was opened in April, 1881. Tt was designed to take , 14 the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify the fo r th e Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Rrfuges. Such are th se who. f rom neglect, are already on the roar to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief. and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly lsr, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves and, referring to the cir cumstan,,es of some w h o h are been already admitted, they ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for life because one of them (the naughty boy of the tam ly) rung wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not h 1p her to put one of them i n t o a H ome. b ut that the, must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the b=it we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others ss we would they should do unto , s that when these little ones have unnatural parents wh,) turn them into the streets, or force them by ill.treatment to "t un away." none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th-m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, otaing by on the other side, or el se exclaiming " Am I my brother's k" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statis toe, which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 3tl boys under 0 years of acre, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrAes with a rebuke, as being too young to punish. though n o t too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hard, there are numbers who, but for the timely helo afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all iciees of self-reli ance and sell-help, be permanent burdens to the State Vhe Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to reseue the little one., to save them fro m th e pr i son oa the one hand, and the workhouse on tee other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Ins iturion present. all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to scho 1 work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction. with occasional lessons in o:jects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once tarNlit ha.bits of industry. So the at ter noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and whiter apex bags for tradesna , n, and door mats and servants' kneelers tor any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &c, Some a•site. the master in the garden, 614-ging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping,' while the elder ones r lean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life, 7td. Alt By pi paymnt of ss. a wee k , made quarterly in advance. e!)iren rnuq bo under 10 y ars of ag • at the time of admiss-on. Those received on payment are admitted at any tan. as soon as approved by t e r committee, Elections of chi dren to be ad.aitted free will take place as frequenti as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, til. the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi cally Forms of application for the admission of children nlay be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Seoret4ry, The mode of aA— • let. liv "' are " GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone. Dull Caro," every evening at & A Day Performance, Saturda T, at 3. " The most va r i e d en t erta i nment in the metropolis. ' —Vide the Press. Admission, ls. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.— Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, do., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," " Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, a s . ; a t Mr. Austin's office, St. James's hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIKKO, Acting Manager. H E 0 X FORD. 6, OXFORD STREET. W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmealey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Belle', Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TE2SY and SARA. GUNNISS. NO ricE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated. Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of reso r t i n th e k ingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which Miss TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear ance THIS EVENING. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, le.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVE R.r EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatio_Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by 3lrq. and Hr. Randall, Me-esra. Durtah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur Lloyd. Director, Mr. F. Jongmane. All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to the above establishment mADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.._ Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker -street. NEW ADDITION.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition ha. been entirely re-e nix llished. The whole or the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures. have been renewed. Modern 4 ourt Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from Ii a.m. tllllO p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street Piccadil. RE-PEN the eason on . DAY, Sept. 9. 1 y will The above Rooms have S tire been enIy SATUR re. decorated by Herr Rubardt and assistants. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager, Mons. GRENET. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to V o'clock. THE 'UNITED STATES. (Prom the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Aug. 25. It would be incorrect to state that the probable destiny of the African race in this country is the sub ject of discussion here, for it is a remarkable fact that no subject ever is discussed, unless a prominent thread of personalty is woven in with it. If one topic more than another vitally concerns the public welfare, it is the National Debt, and yet it is very rare to see anything written or hear anything said about it better than vague generalities, and peremp tory contradictions of English papers which take up the question as involving a financial problem of the deepest interest. It would, perhaps, be a hasty in ference to draw that no party in the country under stands thoroughly any involved question of political economy, or is able to discuss with advantage even the provisions which ought to be made for the pay ment of the debt. Yet that is the impression created in the mind of any observer who finds that the debt is less a theme of remark than the last murder in the streets, and that even the best informed men in the country are content to say, " The finances will keep as they are for the present. We have no time to think of them now." This same unwillingness or inability to probe far down into the difficulties before the country, this tendency to leave events to shift for themselves, is alio shown whenever any, doubt is expressed as to the condition of the freedman. The success so suddenly gained in the late w ar h as exaggerated the confidence of the people in their power to overcome any possible embarrassment that may present itself. "We shall pay our debt, and provide for the negro," say some, and when they are asked how they propose to do it they fall back upon the old generalities, and speak of the latent resources of the country and the industry of the people. They can scarcely overestimate either of these advantages, but it would be more satisfactory to see that they-depended on something besides the drift of events, and were proceeding upon principles which were at least well defined to themselves. Although the war ended so fortunately for the Federal arms, it ought not to be forgotton that all kinds of mistakes were made in its management—that armies were enlisted for only three months' service, . enormous bounties paid, and the military commanders weak ened by incessant interference on the part of the Government, If similar errors are committed in the attempt to consolidate the peace so hardly won, the fortunate accident of a Grant or a Sherman may not fall into the lap of the Government to rescue it from the consequences of its want of foresight, and, according to the present plan of groping in the dark for some door of escape from financial and other difficulties, false steps might easily be made which would render the victory gained by the Northern arms a mere sound. There is an endeavour, such as it is, to "settlapthe negro question," to use the concise terms invented by the politicians of America. A series of experi ments is now in course of trial which so far as I can understand them, will, if they succeed, make it de sirable for the white man to find a home somewhere else than in the Southern States, and if they fail will "settle the question" thoroughly by practically ex terminating the negro. People who yield unquestion ing belief to all that Mr. Greeley, Mr. Sumner, and Mr. Chase urge, look forward with confidence to the plan of investing the negro with the full rights of citizenship, and a general intermingling of race to follow.' "Deal with the negro," they say, "as with any other citizen. Let him alone." Well, they have let him alone for four months, and one result is that over 40,000, according to trustworthy estimates, have perished of hunger, or diseases induced by exposure and want of food. It is av , aiaonable, therefore, to assume that this scheme of " letting the .ogro alone" is susceptible of some improvement, and that on the ground of humanity the (4overnment which has set him free must now provide for him. There is no evading this responsibility; All the Southern papers are full of stories of famishing freedmen, and even the Abolitionists show their appreciation of the magnitude of the danger by preserving au intense, and perhaps a judicious, silence respecting it. The more moderate section of politicians do not scruple to express profound regret that emancipation was not gradually attempted ; but in order to achieve that the South must have consented, and it never would yield a single point: The irrevocable step having been taken, it remains to be seen how the Govern ment will deal with their black fellow-citizens, and how also they propose to readjust the labour market in the South. The public in England are already acquainted with the germ of the Government policy in relation to the freedman. There is a special department for dealing with all questions relating to negroes, under the superintendence of Gen. Howard. Other officers are appointed to make tours of inspection through the different states in which slave labour has hitherto been employed, If the negroes have any complaint to make against their masters they must make it to this departMent, or " bureau." What has been done down to the present time is very insignificant. Chiefly, Gen. Howard has made long speeches, in which he announces great intentions for the future. In an address recently delivered by him in Maine he indicated the foll ow i ng as the means by which he thought the whole difficulty might be most conve niently disposed of. I quote his own words, although in an abridged form :—" Get more of the spirit of Christ. That will substitute love for hate. The Christian churches and benevolent societies should come forward to aid the bureau. We should love our neighbours as ourselves, and obey the Govern ment in all but things."egro e s The ethics are not t o b e con demned, cannot live upon ethics, an d n what they are asking for is food. Gen. Howard, however, is no doubt anxious to prove himself something more than a moral teacher. He and his subordinates are trying to organise a system of free labour—that is, they propose to any planter who wants servants, " Make a contract with a cer tain number of negroes, and we will see that it is fulfilled on both sides. The negro shall not run away o from, under the circu ms t ances this is the b that could be mad e ; at any rate, it is neefit , Perhaps proposal you, and you shall not b eat or sell the g r hard to devise a better; but affairs are not yet in a train for it to be tried with advantage. There is this obstacle to be met—all negroes are not willing to leave their masters ; and this furth er di ff i culty, that very few negroes. The other day a plante r sa id t o an o ld negro, 4c Ji m , d o you know y ou are free now ?" masters are now able to find f oo d f or th e i r " Yes, I hear," said the man doggedly, " but what good is it to me ? I don't want another master— you're good enough for me. Will the Government find me a better ?" Yet this man and all his compa nions had to be made to understand that they must leave the plantation whether they would or not, and the parting scenes between slaves and masters have not been always of that character which current no tions on the subject of slavery would lead one to expect. To pursue a little further into detail the law which Gen. Howard has projected, with the sanction, ap parently, of the Government. In South Carolina some of the deserted plantations have been handed over to the blacks. " This plan," Gen. Howard told the people of Maine, " has succeeded, and has been followed elsewhere. Near Norfolk, near Richmond, and opposite Washington, abandoned houses, as well as lands, are rented by coloured people, or by the employers of such." This is essentially a scheme for colonising the South with blacks, and I do not think it is regarded with approbation by any class, except the Abolitionists, who would scarcely be sa tisfied if New York and all that it contains were given to the blacks and their heirs for ever. There are, besides these old plantations, farms belonging to the Government which are given to the freedmen. General Howard states that he is iei3Olv . ed to or ganise some plan for educating the children of negroes, and that ho is determined the black shall be placed on an equality with the white in courts of justice. In this last measure he has succeeded thus far, several cases having occurred in which the evidence of negroes was refused by the judge, or ob jected to by counsel, and in each instance the freed man triumphed. All cases of this kind are now carried to provost-courts, so that it is not possible to avoid taking the evidence of any negro who may be competent to give it. A deputation of coloured persons recently, waited Hupon General Pahner, at Lexington, Kentucky. In the course of his remarks to them he said, " I have already expressed my apprehension that but little more than nominal liberty is possible to a majority of the coloured people." This is a recognition of the fact that the negroes are not and cannot be fit to enter the State armed with all the privileges and power of a citizen. Their ignorance is, of course, dense beyond description ; to this hour many of them don't know what it means to be "free." General Palmer told the negroes that they " would not, in any considerable numbers, be welcome anywhere in this country." This •is so true that no one in the United States would think of even questioning the statement, and the Chase party continue to harp on the old string—" Give the negro a vote, and make a man of him." It seems a burlesque of the question. The very men who would scarcely give the benefit of clergy to any one who defended the cause of the South are the first to 'laugh at theories of benevolence towards the negro. We did not-want to touch slavery as it 'exiated," say they on all occasions ; "we wanted to keep it out of the Territories. As to the negro, he has been the curse of our country, and is likely to remain so, and we are sot going to quarrel among each other for the honour of keeping him." If volumes were written to the contrary, the fact would be patent to every one who had lived in a Northern city a week that the feeling of the people is against the negro. Yet those who thought him worth going to war about can scarcely deny that be is worth a vote. A new social code of law for the negroes has been issued by the department referred to above. It provides that all marriages in existence at the time when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued shall be valid and binding ; no persons will be allowed to live together until their marriage has been duly solemnized. Another condition I quote as it stands in this curious code : "_lf a man living without a wife find two wives restored to him by freedom, the ono having children by him and the other not, he shall take , the mother of his children as his lawful wife, unless he show cause as provided in section 111., rule 4, first. The clause referred to relates to the production of proper certificates of marriage before either party can lay claim to husband or wife. Here is another set of rules : "A husband living with a wife, having no children by her, may be permitted to take a previous wife, provided,- 1. He have children by such wife who are still minors. 2. That such wife have no other husband known to be living. 3. That his present wife assent to such change of their mar riage relations." How far these new regulations will tend to make the negroes a moral people no one but Chief Justice Chase could venture to foretel. You will have seen that General Hitchcock has made public an important statement with reference to the alleged refusal of the Federal Government to exchange prisoners during the war. His answer is precise, and is supported by documents now in the possession of the Government. He affirms that "at an early period of the rebellion a regular cartel for the exchange of prisoners was agreed upon, based upon a full recognition of belligerent rights in the South, the agreement signed by Gen. Dix and Gen. Hill for the respective Powers at war, being duly announced in public orders by authority." That so long as this cartel was respected in the South it was fitithfully observed by the Federal Government; that it was violated by the South " wider circumstance-s -of great aggravation," a message being sent by Jef ferson Davis to the Confederate Congress stating that Union officers who were captured in command of coloured troops would not be exchanged, but de livered over to the State authorities for punishment. Then citizen prisoners were taken by the Confede rates and held as hostages that the Federal Govern ment would not arrest any one on account of his opinions. Perhaps those who believe that the South ern leaders never could effect an exchange of pri soners will read this passage : "It must be understood that the rebels might at any time have resumed the system of exchange agreed upon in the cartel by receding from the assumed right of bringing before their State authorities Union officers captured while serving with coloured troops themselves ; but, although they never exercised or put in force the threat against offi cers, they would never agree to acknowledge the right of coloured troops to treatment due to prisoners of war; and as the Government of the United States had exorcised the right of employing coloured troops as part of the force against the rebels, their claim to such protection as the Government could give was one which did not admit o discussion." With reference to the charges against the Con federates of starving their prisoners, my epitome of the evidence on the subject having been disputed, it may be that Gen. Hitchcock's statement will have greater weight :- 46 In the meantime the sympathies of friends in the North naturally became awakened, and large quantities of supplies of all kinds were sent to Fortress Monroe, whence they were forwarded for the relief of the prisoners at Rich mond : but the moment they passed beyond the control of our agents they fell into the hands of the most unprincipled and shameless scoundrels that ever disgraced humanity. It is in proof that large quantities of supplies furnished by the benevolence of the North for the relief of suffering humanity in Southern prisons were piled up in sight of the objects for whose relief those supplies were sent, but beyond the line of the prison guards ; and while the pri soners were thus in sight of their own boxes, they were not only forbidden to touch them, but compelled to witness depredations upon them by the guards themselves, who feasted upon their contents, leaving the victims of war a prey to that merciless barbarism which will make one of the darkest pages in the history of a rebellion which will itself remain an astonishment to all posterity for its almost cause.; less existence." It has been alleged that the Federals retaliated upon Confederate prisoners. How is it that if they did there is not one word of evidence extant in proof of it ? How is it that not a complaint was ever made by a Confederate prisoner of his treatment ? With reference to the assertion that ,6 Confederates lay rotting on Johnson's Island," it may be sufficient to say that not one particle of proof is offered in support of the statement, and that Lieutenant- General Hooker, who was in charge of the depart ment in which Johnson's Island was, assures me that he personally saw that the prisoners were well housed, well fed, and well clothed, and he challenges any one to produce an atom of evidence to the con trary. Assertion against assertion, the word of the officer in command must be as weighty, one would suppose, as that of an officer who spoke from hearsay, and who never visited Johnson's Island. As to the proof, it is all on one side in this affair. PLYMOUTH, Friday. —The schooner Sc ou t, belong.. ing to Messrs. Hunt and Henley, of Dartmouth, from Lab rador, with the first cargo of this season's fish, arrived in the Sound this morning. The City of Ottawa and the Jessie Boyle, with timber, being the first ships from Quebec on the second voyage this year, also arrived this morning. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE. —The Arno, paddle, built and engineered by Messrs. Caird and Co., for the West India Royal Mail Company, has gone into service. Messrs. Caird and Co. have closed a contract with the Norddeutscher Lloyd, of Bremen, for two sister steamers to the Hermann ; the first to be completed at the end of next year, and the second in the spring of 1867. The steamers will be each about 2,100 tons burden. The Cisne, launched by Messrs. Aitken and Mansel. The vessel has a twin screw, of 330 tons, builders' measurement, has been built by the order of Captain A. Santos for trading on the River Plate, and will be fitted with engines of 60-horse power by Messrs. James Aitken and Co., Cranstonhill. The Limena, paddle, built and 'engined by Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., with engines on the double cylinder prin ciple, for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, has made a run between St. Vincent and Montevideo, a distance of 3,686 nautical miles, in 11 days 20 hours, thus attaining an average speed of 12i knots per hour, on a consumption of 24;wt. of coal per hour. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. LIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curia Ladies or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app.ied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. RE Y HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London._... ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair trom 7s. 6d.; Gentlemen's from ss. 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It aft,rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in ‘ddition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute sick has for a condderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of co tainiag several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; G'..yn and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Presoott, Grote, and Co.;Smith, Payne, and Co. ; M Barclay and Co. ; W atas, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; L Barned and Liverpool and at the }Twits). from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH, Secretary. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton... "Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. 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The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury yesterday ; the Earl of Powis in the chair. A dividend at the rate of £3 per cent. was de clared for the half-year ending June 30, and a re solution was passed declaring forfeited all the shares in the company which remain in arrear of calls. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN. A few days ago reference was made in The Sun to the financial position of this company. From what has since transpired it appears that of the £970,000 capital represented to have been expended £200,000 has been issued in Lloyd's bonds, for which no value has been received, and a promise has been made to return them, and if this promise is carried out the capital will be reduced to £770,000. The railway is now virtually in the hands of the Court of Chancery, but there is every probability that the undertaking will ultimately be either leased or sold to the Manchester and Milford Railway Company. GLASGOW AND S OUTH-WES TERN. The report of the directors states that E 5,145,629 had been expended to the 31st of July last on capital account, including £284,0.16 in shares of other Conn- panes. The sum of £15 , ,219 empended. the renewal of permanent way during the half year, and £lO,OOO had been charged against revenue Five Ac of Parliament had been obtained by the company Miring the last Session, and the works would when executed add very considerably to the value of the undertaking. The first Act authorized the amalgamation of divers railway companies with this company ; the second Act enabled the company to make new railways between Kilmarnock and Glasgow ; the third Act authorized the company to make and maintain certain railways in the county of Ayr ; the fourth Act to construct new railways in• connexion with the company's railways and Kirk cudbright and Bridge of Weir railway ; and the fifth to contribute funds towards the City of Glas gow Union Railway. The amalgamation with the Castle Douglas and Dumfries, Maybole and Gir van, Kirkcudbright and Bridge of Weir railways took effect on the Ist of August, the length of line now open being thus increased to 249 miles. The working plans for the Kilmarnock direct Railway were in course of preparation. A portion only of the railway to Larges included in Act No. 4 was obtained. The remaining works authorised by it would effect considerable improvements at various parts of the line at a small cost. The Act promoted by independent parties, with the support of this company, for the construction of the Greenock and Ayrshire Railway, was obtained after a severe con test, and no time would be lost in carrying out the undertaking, which it was thought must form a very valuable feeder to the railway. The total traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of July last amounted to £248,193, against £238,073 for the corresponding half last year, showing an in crease of £10,120. The total expenditure amounted to £109,885, against £106,941, showing an increase of £2,944. The net receipts amounted to £138,308, against £131,132, for the corresponding half of 1864, showing an increase of £7,176. The balance available for dividend on preference and ordinary stocks amounted to £119,711, against £109,781, showing an increase of £9,922. The dividend on the 5 per cent. perpetual gdaranteed stocks ab sorbed £14,461, leaving a balance of £105,251, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per taintun on the preference and ordinary stocks, leaving £4,094 for the next account. IiEqkNT 7 S - CANAL, A special meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the office, City-road Bar 3111; Mr. Parker in the chair. The CHAIRMAN' said they had met to take the first step in carrying out their new Act empowering the company to make an enlarged entrance and new ship dock at Limehouse. The amount of capital required would be £lBO,OOO, and it was proposed to create and issue 9,000 new shares of £2O each, to be called up in sums of not more than £2 per share every three months. Ho then moved a formal re solution to that effect. Mr. WARToN seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings ter minated. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1865 1864 £ L Belfast and N, Counties 931 90! 2,360 1.818 pelfast and Comity Down 49 49 744 605 Blyth and Tyne 23 28 2,638 2,189 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1215 7,912 7,654 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 27.682 26,771 Cambrian Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 - 448 - Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 373 331 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 455 358 COrk, Blackrock, &Passage 65 65 277 107 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 665 655 2,146 2.064 Deeside l7 17 511 519 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,313 1.517 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,221 1.713 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld lO6 911 5,035 4,137 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5,) 3,686 3.355 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik~&E.Union Great Northern 404 365 37,972 36,011 Great North of Scotland 99 99 8, 23 3.153 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7lt 711 785 671 g-t.Southn. & Westn. (l rind.) 3871 11871 10,017 8 437 Great Western l2BO 1236 78,175 76,770 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 146 145 2,115 1,548 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 44.988 43.387 Limerick and Ennis... l'7 187 214 21, Limerick and Foynes 261 261 103 95 46i 749 735 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western - 12 2 2 :2 4 3 3 2 2 11 2 7 :1 25 15 1 London and Blackwall 4 London & South-Western 27,938 Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 2 26,264 14,563 12,620 London, & Dover; f 134 12 127 67 -1 111 5 2 8: 9 0 700 0 2_415 all Metropolitan Extension t Do. Kent Coast 421 421 2,508 2 440 Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,SheffielcL&Lincolnsh Manch. &Jan.& Altrincham 2 1 . 1,:98 1,449 (d N 'ar . . ll w Bl e e t t e r n ), 6721 611 55,012 52,147 28 1,691 1.6 4 Si 31 2,705 2,120 Metropolitan s ll ll a dan d r t (i and n oi . Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2604 ear,' . 1 -- 6.203 6,904 b fonmou thsh. Rail. & Canal ft 41 3,101 2,991 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. at Darl ll9ll North London 9 North Staffordshire Pembroke and Tenby Rhyne y 194 Scottish North-Eastern s S o o u m t e h ro p e e t v an on d l 3 oorset ... :.... .. South-Easter n ........... 308 Taff Vale ........ 61 Ulster . t .... . .............. 1054 Vale of Clwyd .............. • ... Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Lim er i c k 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt to Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 261 Bombay, Baroda, & c en. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie 181) Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France 1176 _ _ _ 1865. 1864. 6564 27,968 27.038 11601 74,219 71,249 9 3,562 3,373 258 8,084 8.378 11{ 180 132 191 1,117 1.031 138 6,285 6,054 66 1,100 962 794 5.115 4,787 306 33,658 31.6 2 61 6,729 6,027 1051 2,896 2.444 10 2 5 255 81 398 449 77 1,4:6 1,358 10 736 712 13 1,036 :1.053 35 911 997 828 41,849 39,074 761 346 327 26i 320 M 6 185 i 5,535 2,954 189 7.341 5,664 1(.81 8,076 7,282 1428 87,183 75,006 110 2,214 1.588 1065 22,80: 20,918 1335 23 997 22,432 261 7,2 1 6,258 553 10,833 6,304 134 5,816 4.903 Eastern Bengal ..... llO East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1:177 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of tudia Great Western of Canada 345 Madras 571 Madrid, Saragossa &Micant 689 Northern of Canaaa .. 94 Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Medlterrn 1967 Paris and Orleans 1616 Recife and San Francisco, &c. 774 79 680 505 3;5 13,326 11,35 f 498 7,111 5,70 650 17,2;9 17,566 94 1,3 ;5 1,733 724 67,751 61,71 41 1,325 1.185 481 44:3 395 1 1 6 78 1 : 14 7 5 8 ,.2 4 0 9 2 6 1475117862'3) 77.4 717 59'i 105 1,6:34 1,098 22 1.212 3F9 1527 81.164 54,512 770 33,2 c 0 33,050 196 9,383 8.128 25 1,494 414 959 ;,78,355 71,611 Sande ltg Do. Punjab, (Sze 253 South Austrian, (te .. . 2'07 Southern of France E23 __. Victoria — 251. Welland 25 West & N-Wn. of France A journal published at Alost (BelgiuM) Rays that the cattle plague has made its appeara nce in the neighbourhood of that town. Six oxen att ac k e d wi t h the di se ase were immediately killed and buried, and twelve' more, which had been grazing in an adjacent field, were also killed by order of the goveriuneitt. Ma nstea ttl e h ave also died within the last, few days at. Sattoilet, where, great numbers of pigs have been carried of by this fatal distemper. . - d , NEW P.AP S h: /. '44:i4i:.. (, , :: , -v,;-• iits s , :, 't - ,..:-.k . g. m,.-'**N-i:.'ll .. _kfr , 4. ,, 7 bri 1 l The Cattle DAreriikc-41'4*/-4./ , ,,,i!,," 4,; :i fe -- t 4- ii , --, 4 1 Z. ...4.4 kt , ....„, ;VIEETING OF TFIE METROPOLItetp C •.. PLAGUE CO 3 IMITTET— . 1 Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Metropolitan Cattle Plague Committee was held in the Council -chamber of the Guildhall, at which Mr. Gibbins (Chairman of the Markets Committee) presided, in the absence of the Lord Mayor. Among others present were—Messrs. Haines, Han, Taylor, Helps, Straker, Rudkin, Burkett, Hoppe, and other mem bers of the committee ; also Dr. Tripe, Mr. A. J. Lord, Dr. Griffith; Professor Gamgee, Dr. Kiend, Dr. Hilliers, Dr. Burges, Dr. Ansell, Dr. Iliff, Dr. Barclay, Dr. Ellison ; Dr. Puckle, Dr. Baker, Messrs. Games, Giblett, Guerrier, Brewster, and others. The minutes of We former meeting having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN described the object for which they had met, and the anxious desire of the committee that the medi cal gentlemen present, whom they had wished to be present, would aid them in their deliberations. He had received several letters of some importance to the committee, to two of which ho begged to draw special attention—the first from Mrs. Nicholls, of Laycock's Dairy, Islington, and the other from Dr. Bourgu ign on, of which the following are abstracts— Mrs. Nicholls, addressing the Lord Mayor, says—" Being informed that you will graciously preside at a committee of gentlemen who meet for the purpose of raising a fund to re imburse the metropolitan cowkeepers for their heavy losses, I take the liberty of laying before you a case that has already met with some public notice. Towards the latter end of June the cattle plague first appeared in my sheds. The little time that the virulent nature of the disease allowed for medical treatment was unceasingly employed in admi nistering physic prescribed by Mr. Priestman. Your lord ship is, however, aware that no treatment has yet proved efficacious in arresting the progress of this fearful malady, and being ignorant at first to what cause to attribute such fatal results, the greater part of my stock were suffered to die or be slaughtered on the premises. In less than a fort night 85 cows were sacrificed, at a loss of £2,042 10s. 11d." Dr. Bourguignon, also addressing the Lord Mayor, says : " The works upon comparative pathology which I have published, and the bonds of friendship which at prevent unite England and Franco will not allow me to remain an indif ferent spectator of the epizootic malady which at present extends its ravages over tiro: faces of Gr ea t Britain. It.' ii:' nearly 0, month Side that, -, C.cing no-Important work upon this disease among cattle had appeared, I determined to take up my pen; and writing a pamphlet which I trust will be of actual service in this matter. I had not intended publishing anything before finishing my work, but the unsatisfactory articles which appeared in the daily papers induced me to break silence. This epizootic is not so little known, or so incurable as people would appear to believe. A century ago your countrymen described it with remark.. able talent, and what is more, proposed a mode of preser vation or prophylactic treatment, viz., inoculation so effi cacious that at the present time it is used with the most complete success in some parts of Russia. To cure a disease is without doubt a noble mission for men of science, but it is to its prevention that all their efforts should tend ; and as we possess the precious means for this end, it only re mains for us to apply it. We can no more cure typhus in cattle than we can cure typhoid fever and smallpox in man. When these diseases are developed we assist nature in her curative process. As regards typhus in horned cattle we do the same, and thus diminish the number of victims; but the true remedy is inoculation, practised ac cording to a rational and scientific method, by transmitting to animals inheal th the virus which is the result of a second or of a third generation of this virus." The CHAIRMAN said that one great object of this meeting was to discuss the propriety of establishing sanatoriums for the reception of diseased cattle ; a motion that was spoken for and against by several gentlemen present. Ultimately, however, a series of resolutions were adopted, of which the following is an epitome 1. That one or more sheds or sanatoriums be provided, in such places as may be approved of by the medical officer of health for the district, for the reception of animals affected with the cattle plague; and that no animals be received into such sheds except under a certificate from the inspector of the district. 2. That a committee be formed for the regulation and management of the sanatoriums. 3. That a compensation committee be appointed, for the purpose of investigating the reports of the inspectors, and settling the amount to be paid to the owtirt*of cattle handed over to the committee, and that such committee be autho rised to draw cheques for the payment of the amount to be agreed upon. 4. That inspectors be appointed by the compensation committee to visit the premises of such persons as may give notice of tho outbreak of the disease, and that such inspec tors report to the committee forthwith the circumstances of each case, and their opinion as to the value of each animal affected. 5. That the committees be empowered to obtain the ex clusive use of so many carts as may be found necessary for the conveyance of diseased animals to such places as may be considered advisable. 6. That application be made to all the bankers, merchants, brewers, salesmen, and others in the metropolitan district for contributions towards the fund. 7. That circulars be sent to all the proprietors of horned cattle in the metropolitan district, informing them of the objects of the committee, and inviting their co-operation. 8. That a record of the reports of the inspectors, and of all particulars and statistic forwarded to the committee, be kept by the secretary. The meeting then adjourned. It is understood that the future gatherings u. mittee will be held at the Mansion-house: the coni- STATE OF TRADEL ANCHESTER, Sept. B.—ln shipping yarns the amount of business to-day has again been consider able, and it is reported that some fair sales have been made for China, a market which has not taken any for some weeks past. Full prices have been paid for any business done to-day, in consequence of the scarcity of yarns and the deep engagements under which spinners already find themselves. A telegram received in the morning and posted on the Exchange, purporting to be from the Times' correspondent at New Orleans, stated that the quantity of cotton on hand there was 2,700,000 bales, and that 740,000 bales perweek were coming to hand, had a bad effect on the market for a time ; but it was afterwar4 discovered that the Telegraph Company had given the figures incorrectly, and that the stock on hand was only 270 bales, and the receipts 40,000 per week. But for this mistake it is believed the busi ness e in g yarns would have been larger to.. daythan s pre fer red o i any previous day for month s past, but by waiting in some cases for fart ur shi ppi n g i n further advices from America after seeing this statement. In home trade yarns the market has been strong, but usThinesesfuollffeprrinicge.s oflnthcaltothdaythaerreedheasmanbcelened there has not been quite s o muc h business as on for Tuesday. the l a good steady demand since Tuesday, and a fair business has been done at well-maintained prices, and in many cases at an advance. To-day our market is very steady, and the inquiry is pretty brisk, but the requirements of buyer' having been to a great extent already supplied, the amount of business has been rather smaller than on the preced ing days of the week. Prices are very firm, butthere are no symptoms of a further advance. There have been some inquiries for cloth suited to China, and the Greeks have also been operating pretty freely. India goods are not so much in rivirteqt. BRADFORD, 7th.—A good deal of wool has b een sold e se eekn and at rather i m p rove d a d deep-grown woo l s are prn e p amasat week, to the co m p arat i ve neglect rates ti l d i p m y g in the Bright-haired d of the higher sorts. Hogs are particularly in re quest, and wethers are somewhat more in demand than they were. The tendency of prices is still up wards. In some classes of wool there has been an advance of id. per lb. during the past week. Lin coln hogs will command fully 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per lb, and wethers about 2s. lid. The accounts from Bristol fair are indicative of a similar state of things there. A brisk business was reported both yester day and to-day, and at prices better than had been expected. The demand for yarns for home use is very active. Manufacturers are at present requir ing There is also a , export. Spinners sese.ekThhiegrheeirs a considerable quantity of yarn to cover the large orders recently received. respon o d w a e v w e r i 1 , ji n o g f higher rates bei n g rates, t t e t s e , r bdupetmr prospect, en d eot f t, o fi r i in demand. Th e p i ece b ranch con cyhieiekfileyd. 28's and 30's si ng l e an d two-fold 3s a p6e, g se o da o irl d ey tinues exceedingly brisk. The American merchants with large orders engage all the avenues to supply, to the exclusion almost of the home and foreign, whose offers are comparatively small. Prices are hardening. NormouAm, -Bth.—The demand for lace yarns was firm, and coarse numbers were ld., and medium ditto 3d. per lb. dearer than on Tuesday. For hosiery yarns prices tended upwards. Silks of all kinds very dear. Coarse qualities of brown nets were a better sale, and prices were rather higher ; medium and fine sorts command extreme prices. Baron de Beust has shortened his stay at Gastein. He arrived on Monday evening at Munich, where hA is to have a fresh interview with Baron von der Pfordten. U. de Nostitz, representative for Sony at the Diet o Frankfort, has also arrived at the Bavarian capital, and will take part in those nego tiations. ~~ new to 8 3 ()due - Oats firm• sack. I, 395 ding, s per nevr Tered ,fait ; last e%" idea. r qr., rook• 1 un: how, con , but )ralt 01 911 The 7 rlelt qri k ola )1 1 : 1 ' rwu• Wu, sir* 0.1 1 4 OP tea per 01' alla the' 0 0 Ina erg 0 0 to Lt' ,