The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-20 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. An adjourned s p e cial general meeting of this company was held on Saturday at the Eustion sta tion; Mr. Moon in the chair. Mr. C. E. Stewart, the Secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, and for the considera tion of an agreement with the North-Western and Charing-cross Railway Company, The CHAIRMAN explained that their attention had been called some time ago to the traffic facili ties that would be afforded by the construction of the -North-Western and Charing-cross line. It was intended to form a junction with the company's line at Hampstead-road, and to proceed underground in nearly a direct line to a junction with the South- Eastern Company's line at Charing-cross. They bad met a deputation from the South-Eastern Board on the subject of hav:ng a more direct communica tion between the two systems, and after consider able negotiation they were now enabled to lay be f orethe proprietors an agreement which they eIV re pre pared to recommend for adoption, and under which the two companies undertook to guarantee a cer tain sum. The new line, when constructed, wou'Al enable them to pass with facility the through traffic from one system to the other, and in conside ration of that the directors had agreed to guarantee £25,000 a year to the new company. He had no doubt that, by working the two systems harmo niously, there would be a very large traffic to in terchange between the two companies. The Solicitor then read the heads of agreement between the London and North-Western and South- Eastern Railway Companies on the one part, and the North-Western and Charing-cross Railway Company on the other. The tolls were to be fixed and the traffic worked by the two companies, out of the traffic receipts of the new line the interest on the debenture debt, and interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the share capital o f the North-Western and Charing-crozs Railway Company, were to be deducted ; but if the receipts should not be sufficient for this purpose, the two companies wou'd provide the deficiency to an amount not exceeding in the whole £45,000 per annum, of which the South-Western guaranteed £20,000, and the London and North- Western £25,000. On the mo'don of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. BROWN-IVESTHEAD, M.P., a formal resolution approving and sanedoning the agreement, subject to such alterations as the &rectors m;ght deem re qu'site, was carried unanitnously, and the proceed ings tern-4.nated. MIDLAND AND SOUTH WALES. The Parliamentary notices just issued show that the Midland Railway Company are endeavouring to obtain access to the important iron and coal districts of South Wales. Application ;s to be made in the coming session for powers to construct a rue from Ross to Tewkesbury; the Ross and Monmouth was sanctioned last year, as was &so the Newport and Usk, and it is expected that runn'ng powers will be obtained over the Great Western from Usk to Mon mouth, and thus Newport w:l' be reached by the Midland. From Newport to Cardiff no less than three narrow gauge schemes are promoted, and one of them it is understood is supported by the Midland. Two or three other smaller projects are in contem plation, all in the same 'nterest, and when the Se vern Junction bridge is completed the Midland will compete with the London and North-Western and Great Western, not only for the South Wales traffic to the midland counties, but a'io for the coal traffic which is looked forward to from South Wales to the metropolitan markets. INDIAN BRANCH. The half-yearly meetfug of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern—Mr. W. Dent in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped they had all read with con siderable satisfaction the report of the prin cipal engineer, Mr. Lambert; and from that he thought they might fairly expect that the Cawnpore and Lucknow ti ne would be opined for traffic by the middle of next year. This would be the first portion o f the great system of lines they proposed to comtruct in ()tide and Roh"cund. The line commenced with a jenction with the East In d;an Railway at Cawnpore, about 21- inles from the river Ganges, which was crossed at that point ! by a bridge of boats, and thus made a kind of break in their line from Cawnpore to Lucknow. The were, however, in hopes the Government would see the great importance of connecting by a substantial bridge that part of India with the kingdom of Oude RS soon as possible. From the left bank of the river Ganges to Lucknow was 421 miles, the works on which were nearly finished. The steepat gradient on the line was 1 in 300, which might be taken as a fair specimen of the gradients of the intended sys tem of 800 miles in length. The least radius of the curves on the line was one mile, which was practi cally as good for working as a straight line. The facilities on the spot for the construction of those , lines were considerable ; the materials for making lime, bricks, and ballast were avalable all o, , er the I country, and labour was cheap and abunant. When the funds were available for the construction of those lines there woeld be no d'fficulty in carrying out the whole of their system of railways in a compara tively short period. They did not intend at present to make any further call Dn the shares until the Cawnpore and Lucknow Ene was completed. They had obtained correct returns of the goods and pas senger traffic that now passed between Cawnpore and Lucknow, and there could be no doubt that the expectations hitherto held outto the shareholders of a large traffic would be realised. There could be no doubt from the moderate cost of the line, £4,500 per mile, that the returns would be highly satisfactory and remunerative. With regard to theN ulhatee line, 27 miles in length, it had yielded £5OO per month, as against £430 per month in the corresponding po nied of last year, showing an increase of £7O. The passenger traffic had not disappDinted them, but the goods traffic, instead of being double that for passen gers, as on other Indian railways, was not above 25 per cent. of it. They had been told that goods brought by the Nulhatee line to the station of the East Indian Railway had been carted away by the merchants on account of the delay in forwarding them by that railway to Calcutta; but if the goods traffic had been what it ought to have been the re turns would have been very satisfactory. Th e com pany had a subsidy from Government of 1,100 per per annum for 20 years, bein g . mile of open line about equal to 2 per cent. on their outlay, whichhe considered was more valuable to them than the 5 per cent. guaranteed to other Indian lines, which had cost three or four times more per mile than their company's lines would cost. Mr. R. W. KENNARD, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. SHEWARD said he entertained a very different oplif.on from that expressed by the chairman as to the prospects of the company. He did not believe the Government would make the bridge over the Ganges, and he feared the company could not afford to make it. The Nulhatee line was to have paid them 10 per cent., but had not yielded anything like that sum . He thought under the circumstances that the directors should give them a distinct pledge that no other work than the Lucknow line should be undertaken until they had ascertained the result of the working of that line. Mr. POWELL and other shareholders also ex pressed a desire that no new works should be com menced until the money they im already expended on. those lines had proved a success. The CIIA IRMAN said the East India Railway Com pany had ordere d 230 new engines, to enabl e th em to carry on the traffic, which they were now u na bl e to carry, and the probability was that when those engines were at work the goods traffic on the N I A_ hatee line would be greatly increased. The traffic was there if they had the means of forwarding it to Calcutta. Mr. KENNARD, M.P., a director, said he had been greatly disa Nulhatee line , and ppom e in respect of the traffic on the ' t d ' anycould to the construc tionofou:er . not agrce linesuntil they knew what the line to Luckno w w The c nAp _ould yield . on the outlay. " AN having stated that the desire ex pressed by the shareholders should have its full weight with the Board, the report was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings terminated. SAN PAULO (BRAZILIAN). A general meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed at a general meet ing of the company on Oct. 31 last, for carrying out an arrangement provisionally made by the directors with the authorised representative and agent in Eng land of the Government of the Emperor of Brazil. Mr. R. A. Heath, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN said, as the resolutions had been fully discussed at the last meeting, it was unneces sary to discuss them further. He then moved a for mal resolution confirming the resolutions passed on Oct. 31, for accepting the offer of the Government to provide the adclitional capital required by the company for paying the 7 per cent. interest on the share capital already raised during the construction of the line, and in consideration of which the Go vernment were to participate in all surplus profits over 7 per cent. instead of 8 per cent. as originally fixed, and the term for the duration of the guaran tee of 7 per cent. was reduced to 50 years. Mr. CHURCH seconded the motion confirming the resolutions, which was agreed to unanimously. Another special meeting was then held. The CHAIRMAN said the object of this meeting was to provide that, in case there should be any difficulty in receiving the money from the Government or the order for it, which Capt. Medeiros promised them should be available immeiiately after the confirma tion of the resolutions just agreed to, they were to have the power of raising money on debentures as they might deem expedient. He then moved formal resolu tions authorising the directors toborrow from time to time on debentures, with or without the guarantee of the Government, any sums the board might think fit. Mr. CHURCH seconded the resolutions, and they were:carried unanimously. _ In reply to questions it was stated that the next mail would ari.:se about the middle of December, and that there was eYery probability of some Southern people forming a cotton colony near the railway. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. DEMERARA. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the fortnight ending the 14th of October amounted to $4,835, and for the corresponding fortnight last yenr to $4,673, showing an increase of $162. CAPE TOWN. The traffic receipts on this line (63 miles in length) for the month of September last amounted to £3,272, including £2,083 for 25,634 passengers, and £1,189 for 2,169 tons of goods. PANAMA, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL. The report of the directors states that the revival in commerce was, until with'n the last few months, only partial, but owing to the success of the recently discovered gonfields in the province of Canterbury, and the prespcct of an immediate termination of the war in New Zealand, the busily: of the colony had resumed its former activity, and the returns on many of the company's lines showed a large increase. The receipts for the six months ended the 30th of June last amounted for freight and passage money to £60,430, and for Government subsidies to £20,534 ; total, £80,064. The disbursements, exclusive of charges to repair and renewal account, were £35,156, leaving £15,808. The surplus would have been larger but for the further loss sustained in working the new line between Melbourne and the northern provinces of New Zealand. This line had been discontinued, e.nd no further charges on this account would occur. The directors were in a posi'ion to recommend a dividend for the six months ending June on the old and new shares at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, clear of income tax, Th:s woted absorb £7,3J0, and leave £8,508 available for repairs and depre ciation. Until the Panama line was in operation, a vast amount of capital must remain unproductive. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Nov. 13.—The Commander-in-Chief, 1 Vice-Admiral Sir R. Suart, K.C.8., K. 11., returned to Malta for the winter on the 6th inst., on board! the Victoria, 102, screw line-of-battle ship (Capt. T. G. Goodenough), having sailed from Naples on the 30th u.lt., as br:elly announced by the Ic.st mail. The squadron left this island on the Ist July, and has visited Barcelona, llosas, Genoa, Spezz;a, Leg horn, Castellamare, awl Naples, remaining a short time at each of these places. The cruise has been made almost enCrely under sal. During the whole summer steam has only been employed in the Vic toria for about 36 hours. The officers of the squa dron appear to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and have had an opportunity given them of v:siting various noted spots. Under the new Admiralty re gulations also, respecting " special and privilege leave" (which were brought about throngleithe re preaentations of Sir R. Smart), many of the best behaved petty officers aid men have been allowed leave on shore at every port. Not a single case of cholera has occurred on board any of the large ships. The ironclads Caledonia, 31 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelver'..on, C. 8.), Resistance, 16, and Enterprise, 4, are at Syracuse, awaiting in structions. The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, is here. She is to be docked, so as to be cleaned and to have additional scuttles pierced in her sides for the pur pose of improving the ventlation. From some cause unexplained she has been more unhealthy than any or wooden ship of the squadron. The preva lent sickness has been diarrhoea and typhus fever. Two or three Italian ironclads are shortly ex pected here from Greece to be docked, the Italian Government not at present possess ing the necessary accommodation. The Chanti cleer, 17, Commander W. H. Fenwick, leaves to-day (13th) for the lonian Islands, and the Magi cienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, will leave for Eng land, after the arrival of the Marseilles mail, to be paid off. The Orlando, 46, Capt. J. B. Dickson, will nit proceed home for the present. It is thought she will go to Gibraltar after the termination of the Court of Inquiry which has been appointed to sit relative to the conduct of the Rev. Loftus Graham, chaplain of that ship, towards the captain. The Phcebe, 35, Capt. W. R. Rolland, will leave shortly for the coast of Syria. A Court-martial was held on the 11th inst., on board the Hibernia, to try Dr. W. J. Baird, surgeon, o the Cossack, for drunken ness. Capt. Dickson, of the Orlando, presided, and Mr. F. J. Fegen, officiated as judge-advocate. The prisoner pleaded guilty. In consequence of very high testimonials, especially for war services in the Crimea and in China, from Dr. Deas, Inspector- General of Hospitals (now at Haslar), and Colonel Lemon, commanding the Royal Naval Brigade, he was sentenced to be dismissed his ship, and forfeit Prince Consort , two ye arcs , so ad F dition to the Hector and ironclad frigates , under orders for the Mediterrane an, is also to be sent to a time. theln n • 10, ironclad cor vette,tvansttea,tion. On the 9th Prin ce of W a l es ) a dejeiiner inst. (birthday of th e daiian t was ig a te given per by esv the t,a ptain and officers of the Russian i n e return for th e hospitali sfre tics received here. The entertainment passed off very pleasantly. The Peresvet left on th e 11th for Athens. Mr. E. B. Boyle, acti ng Sub-Lie u t. o f the Cossack, has been appointed to the Orlando, and Mr R. C. Leader, midshipman of the Orlando, to the Cossack, in exc han g e. The Caradoc, 2, pa a d n d d l e e rw heWilkinson, despatchhas a i v . reisyseei at Naples with Si r henry Lieutenant-Com m Henry Bulwer, on board, on her wa y to Marseilles. The Psyche, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.- Commander A. R. Blane, has received orders to hold herself in readiness for immediate service. It is reported that these orders have reference to the tour of Prince Alfred, who has left England in the Racoon. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Firefly, 5, Commander G. R. Wilkinson, returned on the 9th inst. from the coast of Tunis. She left Malta on the 22d September. After calling at Tra pani to perform quarantine, she arrived at Sousa on the 12th of October, and found there a Tunisian s quadron of five steamers, which were collecting conscripts for the Tunisian army. Thence she pro ceeds to Ras-Salaktah, and resumed surveying from , this point, where she left off last year. Soundings were taken round the dangerous bank off the Kar kenahs, which ex t end about ten miles to the north ward of the spot indicated in the existing charts. The vessel arrived at Sfax on the 22d October, and remained there till the 26th, and she continued her work as far south as the Nathor Tower, in the Gulf of Kabes. Want of coal obliged her to return to Malta., looking in at Sfax, where she communicated with the new Vice-Consul, Mr. Edward Carleton, who - now occupies the post of his deceased brother. On b.er passage back to Malta the Firefly continued her 'examination of the southern edge of the Kar kenah-bank which it is important should be well known to navigators, as in some parts of it, out of sight of land, there is but 15ft. of water. As itshoals gradually, there is, however, but little danger, if ap proached with caution, using the lead. The Firefly leaves some time this week to complete her work in the neighbourhood of Sfax. Her Majesty's ship Terrible, 21, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. G. J. Na pier, arrived on the 10th inst., 20 daye from Ply mouth, and the Megrera, 4, screw storeship, Capt. M.D. Dunn, came in on the same night, 13 days from the same port of departure, after very boisterous passages. Mr. R. Munday, secretary to Rear-Ad miral Kellett, and Mrs. Munday, arrived by the latter ship. The Tyrian, 2, screw gunboat, Lieut.- Com. W. G. D. Selby, arrived on the 11th inst., 12 days from Naples. The Meeanee, 60, and the Gib raltar, 81, are in Greece, the former at the Pincus and the latter at Corfu. The Racer, 11, arrived yesterday from Corfu, and Zante. In Greece fresh disturbances are apprehended. The launch of the screw steam frigate Endymion took place on Saturday at Deptford, under the super intendence of Mr. Ladd, master shipwright of the establishment. Ample arrangements had previously been made in anticipation of a large number of visi tors, of whom it was calculated there were 1,000 present. At 18 minutes before 2 o'clock, when the tide was about to turn, the dog shores fell, and without any pressure or artificial appliance, the fri gate slid down the greased way, and took her place in the river amid the cheers of the spectators. The ceremony of christening her was performed byMiss Ffrench, daughter of Major Ffrench, late of the 74th Foot. The new vessel, with a number of per sons on her deck, floated a short distance up the river, and was brought about by the Widgeon, Monkey, and Bustler, steamtug vessels, belonging to the Deptford and Woolwich yards, when her fine lines were seen to great advantage. She was sub sequently made fast to one of the buoys of the dock yard, where she is under orders to remain until to morrow, preparatory to being despatched to Sheer ness, as previously announced. The Endymion is one of the old class of frigates destined to carry 36 guns. She was laid down on Oct. 20, 1860, and was under construction until Feb. 1, 1862, when the work was suspended. She was again taken in hand on Feb. 7,1864, and a number of shipwrights, ranging from 150 to 200, were kept on until she was complete. The principal dimensions are as fol low:—Length between perpendiculars, 240 ft; length of keel for tonnage, 207 ft 11-fn ; breadth extreme, 47ft 10in ; do. for tonnage, 47ft 4in ; do. moulded, 46:t Bin ; depth in hold, 17ft 3in ; tonnage, 2,478 30.94 tons. The engines, which are supplied by the firm of Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow (formerly stated in error to be that of Messrs. Maudslay), are of 500 nominal horse power. The length of her engine room and boiler space are 64ft 9in. Her armament will consist of four 100-pounder Arm strong rifled muzzle loading guns, weighing 125 cwt each, and 14 8-inch guns, weighing 65 cwt each on the maindeck, and 9 110-lb breech-loaders, weighing 82 cwt each on the upper deck, as swivel and pivot guns. Her complement of officers, men, and boys will be as underneath :—One captain, one commander, five lieutenants, one master, one sub-lieutenant, and one midshipman, one second master, one gunner, one boatswain, one car penter, two master's assistants, and four naval cadets; One chaplain, one surgeon, one paymaster, one naval instructor, one assistant Faymayster, one clerk's assistant, and six engineers ; 433 seamen and toys, , making a total of 465 of all ranks. At Deptford-green dockyard—which has become a branch of the Millwall Ironworks—Mr. Charles Lungley launched one of the last ships built on his own account on the 18th inst. The vessel was the iron cased twin screw gunboat Vixen, for her Ma jesty's navy. She is an interesting experiment of the combination of wood awl iron principle. Her 41- inch armour plates arc sheathei with wood, so that she can be coppered, and thus not have her speed ret;rded by the fou!ncss to which iron ships are liable, while she is quite their equal in strength. The Vixen is 160 ft. in length, 321 in breadth, 131 in c.epth, and her builders' measurement is 740 tons. Her tw'n screw engines are 160 nominal Norse power. She is to be arme.: with two3oo-pounder shunt guns and two 21-pounder howitzers. her complement of men will be:80, and she will carry 97 tons of coals, sufficient for six days' consumption at full power, or 12 days' ordinary steaming; 10 tons of water for four weeks' use ; and 10 tons of provisions for 12 weeks. Her total displacement, when fully equipped, will be about 1,121 tons. The Bristol, 35, screw frigate, Capt. L. E. 11. Somerset, flagship of Commodore G. P. Hornby, the succe:;sor of Commodore E. Wilmot, C. 8., the present senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, sailed from Spithead yesterday at 10 a.m. for Ascen sion and the West Coast, taking out with her a large number of supernumerary officers and seamen for ships on the station. The Bristol left Spithead by the Eastern Channel. The wind was fresh from the S.W., accompanied with rain in occasional squalls. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Captain A. Herbert, on Saturday completed a very satisfactory course of experimental firing from the two guns in her forward turret in testing the new winch purchases fitted to the gans, under the super intendence o 2 Captain C. P. Coles. The Royal Sovereign is expected to return into Portsmouth harbour to-day, unless renewed trials are ordered, and will most probably afterwards remain there for the winter. The Arethusa, 35, screw frigate, Capt. Reginald J. J.G. Maclonald, anchored at Spithead onFriday, from tha eastward, and sailed again on Saturday for the Mediterranean. The Thunderer target ship is being prepared at Portsmouth for her first trial of experimental and sample armour plates. In all previous trials of ar mour plates at Portsmouth, whether for ships or forts, the conditions have been a distance of 200 yards from the muzzle of the gun to the armour plate, with the latter bolted on to the side of some old wooden frigate moored for the purpose in the upper waters of Portsmouth harbour, and the gun mounted on the deck of a gunboat. With the Thun derer the conditions are entirely altered, both gun and plate being mounted on board the ship at only 25ft. distance from each other. To attain this ob ject the Thunderer has been cut down to her lower deck overhead beams, and 25ft. space of the lower deck converted into an iron-lined roofless room or proof house, one end of the room being formed by a timber-built bulkhead of immense strength, on which is bolted the armour plates under trial, and the other end by an armour plated bulkhead with portholes for four guns. The guns are first laid at any particular part of the armour plate required, and are afterwards fired by means of a voltaic battery from below. Of the plates now ordered for trial one is for the iron-cased hydraulic vessel Waterwitch, a vessel building for the Admiralty by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuild ing Company, at their yard, Blackwall. This vessel is remarkable as having been designed on a plan expected a p ect etudbr toturbine iile sucking lh‘, in e supersede el all other steam-vessels, screw or paddle, by p rov i ng t h e pract i ca bili ty o f prope lli ng vessels arrangement r c a o n l g u e m n or rope"through o u g h of a bottom, and squirting it again out of the ship through her sides. It i s f eared that, whatever results may be obtained, they illb o eir u e e n t i d o e n r . e d l u i n e im pl p a o t rt e f a o n r t th b i y s excessive cost of their pr ship's armour, sent up as a sample from Messrs. J. 4, Brown and Co., of the A.tlasWorks, Sheffield, is 1 inches thick, and under the d r illi ng machine in Portsmouth Dockyard Steam Factory gave indica tions of being a very superior piece of metal. The other armour-plate being drilled in the same work shop for trial in the Thunderer has a new form. It has a ridge and furrow outer surface on a peculiar and patented design. Extraordinary results are expected from the trial of this plate which will be watched with considerable interest. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. F. H. Shortt, which arrived in Plymouth Sound from Ireland on Friday, discharged her powder on Saturday, and was taken up Hamoaze to repair de fects caused by collision with a merchant vessel in the Channel. The Spanish frigate Gerona, 50, Capt. B. Escalera, was appointed to leave Plymouth yesterday morn ing at daylight, with the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier. Should the weather prove unfavour able, their royal highnesses will land at Ferrol ; otherwise the frigate will proceed to Cadiz, near which the duke has a residence whichhe will visit. The Turkish yacht, the Sultan Mahmoud, went down the river last week on a trial of speed and ma chinery. She is an iron frigate, ironclad with siin. plates, and is upwards of 4,000 tons burden. She is engined by Messrs. Ravenhill, Hodgson, and Co. The ship was built by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company. She was tried and commenced her offi cial run at the Maplin on the 15th inst., and after wards proceeded on her voyage to Constantinople calling at Plymouth. The Turkish officer in charge was Capt. Hassan Bey. The speed of the ship was over 12 knots per hour, the engines making 55 re volutions per minute. The engines are of excellent workmanship, and showed no signs of hotbearings, nor the slightest indications to induce a delay of her voyage home. The boilers furnished steam abun dantly. The British Government authorities were represented on board by Mr. Trickett, chief engi neer of her Majesty's dockyard at Woolwich ; the shipbuilding company by Capt. Ingledew, late su perintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's fleet at Southampton, manager of the com pany ; and the engine-makers by Mr. Hodgson, one of the firm. The ship was launched about a year ago, and has not been docked since, consequently her bottom is exceedingly foul. She and the Turkish frigate Abdul Aziz, Capt. Huessein Bey, from Greenock, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. While in the Sound they will, it is said, embark 1,600 tons of coal, and will not therefore be under the neces sity of taking in any Awl between Plymouth and their port of destination—Constantinople. It is re ported that on her passage down Channel the Sul tan Mahmoud ran into and damaged a merchant schooner or brig. HIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, HE E. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " SATURDAY REVIEW" ON SIR CHARLES WOOD TO THE LORDS !—Should Mr. Bright ever succeed in putting down the House of Lords he will come to feel the want of it when he is summoned by the voice of Salisbury Plain to be Prime Minis ter. Since Mr. Pitt struck out the idea of making peerages do the work of all his abolished political sinecures, the House of Lords has been to the House of Commons a sort of blessed Elysian fields—a purpureal region in which it is understood that the shades of extinct ?louse of Commons heroes live and are happy. Under the presidency of some de parted Chancery Minos, Greeks and Trojans move about in those calm abodes either in generous friend ship cr at least in g entlemanly enmity, and converse thinly and in disembodied whispers across a deserted floor. It surely is not ungrateful to wish to see others added to that serene retreat, where the Premier himself,with much magnanimity, has gone before. The boat that has ferried across not only Lord Russell, but minor ghosts, such as Lord Llanover and Lord Lyveden, appears to be stopping the way assain, and silently askinglor more Whig passeagera. We do not know what Sir George Grey feels, but we can imag ine that " b ro th er s pi r it s " seem a l m ost urging on Sir Charles Wood to " come away." The murderers of the United Kingdom would sadly , miss Sir George, but who is there that would re gret Sir Charles Wood ? The loss of his Halifax seat is, at all events, an omen. It is both natural and laudable that he should still hold on to the lower existence of the House of Commons, for the sake of India. Accepting a coronet would, in his eyes, be equivalent to trifling with the fate of half a hemi sphere. It must, on the other hand, be recollected that Providence, when one great man is taken, pro vides another in his place. Sir Charles Wood has long succeeded to the honours, if not to the reputa tion, of Mr. Vernon Smith ; and India, which has survived the political disease of the latter, might in time learn to acquiesce is the apotheosis of Sir Charles. As far as debating power goes the Trea t sury Benches, of course, would miss something, and it is easy to calculate what they would miss. They would lose one annual speech upon India, which would be effective and interesting if Heaven had not conferred on Sir Charles an almost super human capacity for being inaudible, and if it were not apparently the inscrutable will of destiny that on each annual return of his one speech-day he should be afflicted with an annual cold in the head. The Home of Lords is the very place for a statesman who is beset with this myste rious dispensation. It is thoroughly well-aired, and no one minds whether a speaker is audible or not. Perhaps it is even more graceful and more becoming to be inaudible. Even Mr. Grant Duff will not be unfeeling enough to object to Sir Charles's indis tinctness in debate, if Sir Charles has once migrated to join the glorious comrany of glorified Whig peers. While Lord Lyveden and Lord Llanover are occupied in pouring out nectar for the new comer, Lord Russell will be able to dispose of any posts which may be thus vacated, with advantage to the public service and to his own Ministry. More than one scat in the Cabinet alight easily be filled from among available and unattached politicians in the House of Commons. Lord Stanley's re fusal to occupy a place, which lie might ac cept without inconsistency or indecorum, would be understood, though it would be regretted, by the general public. But if Lord Russell has the courage to neglect the traditions of clique, and to take good men where he can find them, he can hardly be at a loss where to turn for able auxiliaries in debate. Mr. Lowe and Mr. Horsman have, as independent members, pledged themselves to a somewhat Conservative line of action and of thought ; and Mr. Horst - nap has once in his life committed the clumsy sin of personal in gratitude to the brother of the Duke of Bedford. As subordinates of a Liberal eremier, both might be willing to make their peace with the party which they have offended if not deserted ; and it may not be impossible to frame a many-sided Reform Bill to which the opponents of Mr. Baines' naked measure might not on principle object. Mr. Goschen's commercial position as first member for the City, his acknowledged genius in finance, and the aptitude he has shown for Parlia mentary debate, raise him above the usual level of young members, and would render him a valuable accession of strength to the new Ministry. Anything less than a seat in the Cabi net it would probably be idle to offer him, while his nomination to an office of real po wer would be ac ceptable both to commercial circles and to the Libe ral party. Mr. Forster enjoys the advantage, or disadvantage, of being connected with the section of advanced Liberals whom it is scarcely expedient that Lord Russell should altogether neglect. It is, moreover, desirable that the gulf of personal preju dice which the late Premier was not unwilling to see between the two Liberal sectionsshould be narrowed, and not widened ; and perhaps a more respectable bridge could not be found than in the person of the member for Bradford. Of Mr. Stansfeld's claims it is needless to speak. Rusticated, so to speak, for a term from office, he has by this time expiated suffi ciently the serious but not unpardonable crime of a gross personal indiscretion. These names occur imme diately to every one who casts his eyes on the Liberal host ; and there are doubtless others. While such men are outside the Cabinet, we are justified in asking who and what manner of men are in it ; and whether nothing can be done, by the means of a stray peerage or two, to clear the way. At the pre sent moment it is not so much the Liberal party that is on its trial as Lord Russl). His failure to con struct a powerlul Cabinet may or may not be visited upon his party, but it will be certainly visited on his own head. He has an opportunity, and it re mains to be seen how he will use it. Mere party considerations will always occupy the first place in the minds of enthusiasts or partisans ; but, apart from questions of party, it is obviously desirable that Prime Ministers should be taught to build their Cabinets, whatever the shape and colour, of the best bricks within their reach. So experienced a Cabinet maker as Lord Russell is perfectly aware that better bricks than some that lie has g ot at present are in the market. If Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Grey, and others stop the path, all that we can say is, To the House of Lords with the obstructives. THE " SPECTATOR" ON THE JAMAICA INSURREC TION AND ITS SCPPRESSION.—The rebellion in Jamaica, and its bloody suppression, at the cost of 200, or as some reports say, near 400 lives, some of them women's, taken with no further security for justice than court-martial trials—which practically mean of course. trials without any defence for the criminal—must at least produce that thorough in vestigation of our system of government in Jamaica o d t io s tt v oh h lee ic r h aote would u have been deferred for years but for such an outbreak. Had the Fenian outbreak really occurred in Ireland, England would scarcely have nr t e h ah e k usnduimlrameddasrybeegif prisoners n u ti n ictiono f capital tho upunish ment Conviction before a criminal tribunal, even if F s eni w an ere with atrocities such a con t s h p r i e r a a t to en rs e , d er in ene t h he as l h e a tt v e e rs app o a f ren t t h ly e been inflicted on some of the upper classes of Jamaica. In the present state of our know ledge of what has actually occurred, it would almost seem that there have been ten times as many execu tions of rebels as crimes of personal violence com mitted by them. That of course may be a false inference, due to the insufficiency of our news, and there may be excuses for violent measures of re pression, which in Ireland we should not have, in the small force at the disposal of the Governor when the outbreak first occurred. But whatever the truth may be, a rebellion which has provoked—and still more, if it were possible to speak of it as a rebellion, which has justified—the summary execution of hun dreds of her Majesty's subjects, in an island whose whole population is not larger than that of a first class manufacturing town, and this when the rebel lion did not to all appearance even touch more than a tenth part of the population, cannot, after its sup pression, be passed by without searching inquiry into causes and remedies. What has happened in Jamaica is probably equivalent to the reckless shooting or hanging by court-martial of upwards of 200, perhaps nearly 400, persons for insurrection in a population not larger than that of Derby,—for it is pretty clear that the rebellion had not extended to the west of Kingston, and has not affected any thing like the whole population to the east of it. Some of the despatches of the officers charged with the suppression of the rebellion have, too, been written in a tone of vindictive and vulgar triumph over their bloody measures. Colonel J. Francis Hobb, of the 6th Royals, writes in a style which, if it had been adopted by a Northern General in the late war, would have been held up to pudic loathing. Thus :—" I have Paul Bogle's valet for my guide, a little fellow of extraordinary intelligence. A light rope tied to the stirrups, and a revolver now and then to his head, cause us thoroughly to understand each other ; and he knows every single rebel in the island by name and face, and has just been selecting the captains, colonels, and secretaries out of an immense gang of prisoners just come in here, whom I shall have shot to-mor row morning." Now either these bloody measures were due to a comparatively legitimate panic in which case the danger must have been fearful, and the rebellion therefore one exciting universal enthu siasm among the black population, and then, we thick, it will be pretty clear that the system of government must be both improved and strength ened ; or, as is pretty clear, they were beyond what the circumstances justified, and taken in the violent passion of caste-hatred and revenge for the outrages committed by the negroes, and in that case there can be little doubt that justice demands a tho rough investigation. THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON CAPTAIN WADDELL'S WORK IN THE PACIFIC.—In the let ter of Captain WADDELL tO Earl RUSSELL he states that he received for the first time the news of the series of reverses which had befallen the Confederate Government on the 2d August last, on communicating at sea with the British barque Barracouta, of Liverpool, 14 days from San Francisco. He invites Earl RUSSELL to " imagine his surprise " at the receipt of such intelligence, and says that he then immediately ceased from further acts of war, and determined to suspend further action until he had communicated with an English port to learn if the intelligence was true. Now we learn from San Francisco that the whale ship Ontario had arrived at that port from the Arc tic Ocean, with dates from the whaling fleet up to September 28th. The captain and officers of the Ontario state that Captain WADDELL was met on the 28th June and informed that the war was closed, and several captains showed him newspapers con taining the particulars of LEE'S surrender and the downfall of the Confederacy. And yet, from WADDELL'S own admission in his letter to Earl RUSSELL, he only ceased from acts of war on Au gust 2nd, more than five weeks after the date on which he read in the newspapers of the collapse of the rebellion. What was he during this interval, if not a pirate ? We learn from the New Bedford Standard that the loss to New Bedford by the depredations of the Shenandoah is very large. If no other vessels were destroyed except those already reported, the premiums paid by the New Bedford owners to New York and Boston insurance offices amount to more than the losses. We have no desire to criticise the action of the British Government in ordering the release of Cap tain WADDELL and the crew of the Shenandoah. It is more than probable that communications passed between the Government and Mr. ADAMS before that step was taken, for it is incredible that Earl RUSSELL would have permitted these pirates to escape without communicating with the Ameri can Minister. 'The fact of Captain WADDELL'S discharge should not by any means be construed into an endorsement of, or even an excuse for, his piratical work. The truth is, there is no disposition on the part of the United States Government to pursue the late rebels with rigour, however unques ti'mable the7r acts of rebellion. The work of the United States is now a work of conciliation and peace ; and however much we may condemn the illegal and high-handed outrages perpetrated by Captain WADDELL, he is entirely too small game to merit the attention of Americans. If the Federal Government, having vindicated its authority and re-established peace, can afford to throw the mantle of obliv:on over the acts of such an arch-rebel as DAvis, which is now extremely probable, it would be inconsistent with its dignity and power to pursue a miserable outcast like WADDELL, who has no home and no country, and whose acts of war against the American Government were as con temptible as they were criminal. LADY GAMBLERS IN NEW YORK.—In one of my recent letters I Spoke of . gambling as ono of the vices of our fashionable women, and I have, since learned that it is practised in certain modish quarters far more than I had supposed. In Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth and Twenty-third-streets there are often parties of ladies from which the opposite sex are sternly excluded, whore the fair gamesters play until daylight for' large stakes ; and it not unfrequently happens that when their purses are depleted, they put up their bracelets, necklaces, and watches as wagers. Some of the feminine gamesters lose heavily, and their desperate shifts—no allusion to their wardrobe— to which they are put to conceal their losses and replace them, must be fearfully demoralizing. A young woman, the daughter of one of our most opulent citizens, was pointed out to mo in the Park, as a notorious gambler, by one of her own sex, who informed me that she bad parted with nearly $lOO,OOO since she went to Saratoga, in July, and made her doting papa believe she had ex pended the sum in dress and charity. The young woman in question is very pretty, not more than twenty ; and no one regarding her pale, spirituelle face, her soft blue eyes, and gentle and reserved manner, would imagine she had fallen a victim to one of the most dangerous of vices.— New York Correspondent of Cincianati Gazette. RICHMOND.--This city, which suffered so severely by fire at the time of its evacuation by the Confederate troops, seems, like the Phoenix, to be rising from its ashes brighter and more splendid than before; at least such is the inference whi_ch we draw from the following article cut from the Richmond Times :—" The extraordinary activity, animation, and industry now visible in every part of the ' burnt district' is most gratifying to contemplate. When the disconsolate citizens of Richmond first gazed upon that wide expanse of tottering walls, smoking ruins, and gaunt ghostly chimneys, their hearts sunk within them, and they said, 'Richmond can never be rebuilt.' When a few enter prising real estate owners, two weeks after the great fire, plucked up a little courage and went to work erecting rude huts and shanties of wood and canvass for the sutlers, the opinion was prevalent that in twenty years Richmond would arise from the debris and ashes of the great confla gration, but after a most grotesque and hideous fashion. A few months afterward, when a considerable number of plain brick buildings were commenced, men became more hopeful, and only a decade was regarded as necessary for the work of architectural reconstruction. Fear of confis cation, uncertainty as to the President's policy, dread of the Radicals, and the intense heat of last summer also interfered materially with the work of improvement in the burnt district. Within the last two weeks the work has commenced with a vengeance. No city after a disastrous fire ever gave signs of greater enterprise than Richmond does to-day. We hear the opinion everywhere expressed that the whole of Main-street will be rebuilt in loss than twelve monthq. There now seems to be scarcely a lot where workmen are not swarming like bees, digging new cellars, cleaning bricks, removing rubbish, laying founda tions, running up walks, doing the wood work, and roofing, lathing, plastering, and completing the work of the more advanced buildings. Many 01 the new buildings, it is now evident, will be larger than any which were destroyed by fire. .Iron, brownstone, marble and granite will enter largely in the adornment of many of these palatial stores and warehouses. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. —llomocopthic practaionvs, and the mediae prof estion generany, recommend cocoa as be ng t!.e meat healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introduce I into this country, there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac tive to the taste or accepta le to the stomach ; the nut was either eup2lied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manu factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn hit attention to this subje.t, and at length suo:ceded, with the a. sistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to proluce an article pure in its composition, aid so refined by the pert et trituration it le:elves in the process it passei through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate ftomach. For general use Ens' cocoa is distlirtnished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma Dr. Hassan in his work. "Food and its Adulteraticns," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc tions : —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast clip, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined Fib , and lib. labelled packets, and sold at is. 6d. per lb. by grocers, confectioners, and chemists. Official Statement of the American National Debt. Secretary M'Culloch has promulgated the state ment of the public debt as it appears from the books of the treasurer's return and requisitions of the department on the 31st of October, 1865. Tho recapitulation shows the following :—Debt bearing interest in coin, $1,161,137,691 80c. ; debt bearing interest inlawful money, $1,191,819,787 46c. ; debt on which interest has ceased, $1,373,920 09c. ; debt bearing no interest, $386,523,359 51c. ; total amount outstanding, $2,;10,854,158 86c. ; total interest is $138,931,078 59c., of which $167,670,340 50c. is coin and $71,267,738 90c. is in lawful money. The legal tender notes in circulation are as follows : One and Two Years Five per Cents., $32,536,901 ; United States notes (old issue), $427,768,469 ; Compound Interest notes, $173,012,141. Total, $633,709,581. The following is the amount in the Treasury :—ln coin, $34,554,987 15c.; in currency, $33,800,591 54c.—total, $68,355,578 69c. Fractional currency in hand, $260,574 69c. A contrast of the October satement, compared with that for September, shows a reduction of the public debt of $4,100,000, also a reduction of legal tenders of over $4,400,000. In the October statement there is also a new feature— namely, the amount outstanding in Five-Twenty Bonds exchanges under the Act of March 3, 1865, nearly $4,500,000. These are payable after five and redeelnable in twenty years from November 1, 1865, at 6 per cent. in terest in coin. The temporary loan, at 4 per cent., is $612,728; at 5 per cent., $31,309,710; and at 6 par cent., $67,185,306; certificates of indebtedness, bearing 6 per cent. interest, $55,905,000. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS. The receipts from internal revenue, on the 30th October, amounted to $1,500,000. The total receipt of in ternal revenue for the quarter ending September 30 is re - tured at $748,117,000. It is estimated at the Treasury D epartment that if the War Department succeeds in placing its estimates proportionately low with those of the Navy Department for the next fiscal year, the er.tire expanse of the Govern ment for 1866 will be about $100,000,000, exclusive of in terest on tho public debt, which is now $165,000,000. It is asserted that the internal revenue will meet the total sum of expenditure, to say nothing of the revenue to be derived from Customs. A Washington telegram to the Boston Journal says that the next monthly statement of the public debt will show a reduction of the principal. The deliveries of gold from California at New York, since January 1, are :7_ January 52,047.347 f Juno 5750,465 February 896,082 1 July 1,082,804 March 1,673,444 August 1,681,2e6 April 2,307,024 September 2,027,144 May 1,257,631 October 2,478,087 Total to date $16,209,284 Against deliveries to date, 1864 9,861,010 Increase since January 1 $6,348,224 The following are the Customs received in gold, and gold interest paid out at the New York Office of the United States Treasury, since Jan. 1, 1865 : _ _ _ Customs Received. January 54,276,399 February 4,823,2 14 March Apr:l May June 7,887,554 Gold Interest Paid January 52,449,290 February 913,429 March April ,163,187 May 10,292,800 June 1 066 274 . , July 9,908,190 August 13,190,400 September 13,037,062 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 1,991,739 Oct. 21 2,591,580 Oct. 28 1,933,672 Total $83,390,517 July 5,714,367 August 454,575 September Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 • 2,478,838 Total $31,473,604 The Exports of Specie from New York since Jan. 1 are :—January, $3,184,853 ; February, $1,023,201 ; March, $381,913 ; April, 961,026 ; May, $7,255,071; June, $5,109,172 ; July, $723,986 ; August, $1,554,398 ; Sept. 9, $512,335; Sept. IG, $358,356; Sept. 23,5616,012; Sept. 30, $917,971 ; Oct. 7, $316,092 ; Oct. 14, $812,120 ; Oct. 21, $119,229 ; Oct. 28, 8630,914 ; total to date, $25,196,919 ; against same time, 1864, $37,174,094 ; Decrease since Jan. 1, $11,977,145. The Import entries of Foreign Merchandise at New York since the Ist of January aro officially (to Ist September) and semi-officially (since) reported, as fol lows—the small entries of Foreign Specie being omitted : January $10,557,849 Sept. 9 $4,138,006 February March April 13,937,972 Sept. 30 May 12,699,024 Oct. 7 Juno July August 24,293,538 Oct. 28 5,023,370 Total to (Lee Against same time 1361 1••• 5168,599,177 2j1,793,861 Decrease since Jan. 1— 533,251,387 The Exports of Domestic Produce and Miscel laneous Goods, including Foreign articles re-exported since Jan. 1, are:— January 51(,581,598 • February March Apr:l 7,711,618 May June - Jo!) , August Sept. 6 5 9 ,323,860 Sept. 13 Sopt. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 4,160,090 Oct. 18 3,402,121 Oct. 23 5,023,370 Totul to date 5126,362,880 Against sAne time 1861 Decrease since Jan 1 560,623,933 AMERICAN NATIONAL CURRENCY. During the week ending Saturday, October 28, $2,954,575 in national currency was issued by the Treasury Department of the United States. The total issue up to that date was $203,877,355. Value of American Securities. --.-....--_..- A correspondent of the Anglo-American Times writes : —I am no stock-jobber, but I am fond of comparing the relative values of the stocks dealt in on the London Stock Exchange. I desire in this article to give a few facts and figurei concerning the three American securities now dealt in here, viz., United States 5-20 Bonds, Elie and Illinois Central Railways. The 5-20 Bonds are now quoted at 64, or 36 per cent. discount. These bonds pay six per cent. interest on their par value in gold. They were issued in 1862, and are payable at the option of the Government in five or twenty years from date. And as the United States have commenced to pay off their debt already, from the large revenue receipts—which according to the Times correspondent will exceed the expenses of the Government $250,000,000 the present fiscal year—it is reasonable to suppose that a portion of the bonds at least (there are but $600,000,000 5.20 Bonds in all) will bo paid in 1867. So that at the present price they pay 84 per cent. interest, and will pay to the holder 36 per cent. premium besides, when they ars paid off at par, as in my judgmatt many of them will be in less than two years from this time. The 5-20 Bonds, compared with English Consols, are selling for 25 per cent. less than Consols, while they pay double the interest. And are they less safe than Consols? Sir M. Peto, who has just returned from America, says, "Any man who doubts the ability of America to pay all her obligations deserves contempt for his ignorance." Indeed, the national debt is but two thirds as large as England, while the revenue receipts at the present time are quite double those of this country. But how stands these securities compared with those of other countries ? Australian Victoria, though her Legis lature is at a dead-lock, and has been for months, and her imports and exports actually decreasing, still sells her 6 per Cent. Bonds in London for 108, or 44 per cent. higher than the 5-205.; and Canada, whose finances are in a bad way, sells her 5 per Cent. Bonds for 20 per cent. more than the United States 6 per Cents. Brazil, now at war with two other nations, gets 774 per cent. on her 5 per Cent. Bonds —arid Russian 3 per Cents. are nearly as high as the United States 6 per Cents. But it is useless to continue the com parison. What puzzles me—being an outsider—is this— Why do the keen London capitalists invest in the bonds of those nations which every year have to contract new loans to save them from bankruptcy, instead of buying the securities which are so much lower, and which repre sent the credit of a nation whose financial position is the admiration of all Europe at the present time ? The Erie Railway, with all its branches, is nearly 800 miles in length. Its earnings are about double what they were three years ago. For the month of October this year they ,were about $1,900,000, showing an increase of $700,000 over the same month last year. The road from its position cannot fail to bo the great leading railway of the United States. Leading out of Now York it is the most direct line to the great West. The only difficulty is that the Erie has not the capacity to do the business offered. Their depilts are often blocked up for weeks with freight they are unable to convey. The Erie has paid 3 per cent. dividends regularly for the last three years ; and though the earnings have increased greatly within that time (they are nearly $2,000,000 this year in excess of last), the directors have wisely devoted all the surplus to improving the road, building new carriages, engines, freight-houses, &c. The Erie is earning at the present time about the same amount of money per week as the London and North Western; yet the last-named cost just fi ve times as much as the Erie. Pr ice of Erie Stock, 54 ; London and North-Western, 124. Comment is unneccs- nary. The Illinois Central is well known in Eagland. It is the back-bone of the young but vigorous State of Illinois, running from Chicago right through the centre of the State to Cairo, on the Mississippi. It has over one million acres of land yet unsold, besides real estate in nearly every village through which it passes. Its mortgages on land sold, and partially paid for, exceed $9,000,000. The road originally cost $33,000,000. I estimate that the land un sold, together with the mortgages, will balance the cost of the line, leaving the road without a dollar in debt, and its present value, as a railroad, clear net profit to the share holders. Tho Central irtys dividends of ten per cent. per annum regularly, in paper, which is about 7 per cent. in gold; last year it paid an extra dividend of 10 per cent. in stock ; present price in London 82. Railroads, in my judgment, are yet in their infancy in the United States. Their future value will depend ent!rely on their capacity to carry the passengers and freight. The country is filling up and growing so rapidly that new roads will most likely have to be built soon to ac commodate the people. Emigration is flowing into New York at the average rate of 1,000 per day at the present time ; they are immediately_ sent off South and West, and soon we shall hear from them in the increased quantities of cotton and grain that will be sent over the roads leading to the great sea-board cities. In view of the facts I have stated, I do not doubt that capital invested in the three securities I have mentioned will be highly remunerative, and that they w:11 increase in value, "growing with the growth and strengthening with the sirength" of that great country "over the sea." Very respectfully, London, Nov. 15, 1863. UNION. Opening of National Museums, &c , on Sundays• DEPUTATION TO EARL GRANVILLE. On Saturday a joint deputation of delegates of the Trades Association of London, also a deputation ap pointed at a public meetinn held on Tue3day last at Cambridge Hall, waited upon Earl Granville, by appointment, at his private residence, to present a memorial from the representatives of the working men of London, respectfully protesting against the removal of the cartoons of Raphael from Hampton Court (where they were visible to the public on Sundays) to South Kensington Museum, where they are not to be seen by working men on the only day when they can examine them by daylight. Mr. Morrell and Mr. J. B. Langley introduced the deputation, and explained its object. In the course of conversation, Mr. J. B. Langley adverted to the fact that many publicans had found it to their advantage to establish museums on their premises, which were densely crowded on Sunday evening. By some statistics published in the Nonconformist, it would appear that there was only accommodation in the churches and chapels of the metropolis for 75 per cent. of those who might reasonably be supposed to go to them. With only one or two exceptions the churches and chapels were not crowded, and hence it was a fair inference that only one• half of the adult popu lation went to any place of worship. Mr. Morrell instanced the Botanical Gardens in Dublin, which, he said, were open on Sundays, and thus rendered the question one of mere local im portance instead of a national one. Earl Granville said that arose from the fact that public opinion was more generally and definitely expressed in Dublin upon the question than in London. After some further observations by Mr. MicheEon and others, Earl Granville entered into a conversation, dur ing which he said that whilst his own views coin cided with those expressed by the deputation upon the general questions, it was impossible for the Go vernment to act without considering the wishes of the House of Commons, and he would like to take a few days before giving any definite reply. His lordship also expressed his pleasure that the deputa tion had waited upon him. Mr. Morrell then thanked his lordship for his courtesy and the attention with which he had listened to the arguments of the deputation for up wards of an hour ; and his lordship having replied, the deputation withdrew. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Our corn market to-day was sparingly supplied with wheat, and rates were in favour of the buyer. Barley was by no means brisk, and a slight decline for secondary sorts. Oats active at rather more money. Beans unaltered. Old white wheat, 53s to 57s ; old red, 48s to 52s ; now white, 52s to 55s ; new red, 44s to 49s per 36 stone. Bar ley, malting, 31s to 35s per qr. ; grinding, 26s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 30s ; new, 20s to 24s per 21 stone. Beans, old, 483 to 50s ; new, 40s to 42s per 38 stone. NOT TINGIIAM--SATURDAY. At our corn market to-day there was a fair supply of wheat, and most of the samples were o f th e new crop. The demand was dull at as decline of about is per qr. on secon dary sorts. Eno dry lots maintained late rates. Superior barley at late rates ; inferior.about is per qr. lower. Oats not large, and trade healthy at rather over recent rates. Beans no change. Old white wheat, 50a to 56s ; old red, 49s to 535; new white, 50s to 56s ; new red, 48s to 50s per 36 stone. Bar ley, new malting, 27s to 35s per qr ; old grinding, 265 , to 288 ; new, -s to —8 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 27s to 30s ; new, 20s to 25e ; old foreign, 22s to 27s per stone. Beans, old, 48 , to 52s ; new, 40s to 43s per 38 stone. Super flour, 37s to 39s ; line, 35s to 36s per 20 stone. NORIVICII—SATunnAr. There was a limited supply of new wheat on off3r to day, but a fair quantity of old was brought forwa:d. As regards the former prices were dull, but as regards the let ter the rates of this day so'nuight wero maintained. There was an increased supply of a barley, but there being a good demand for the best malting description; they were taken off at a decline of about Gd to is per qr. White wheat (weighing 631bt0 441 b), 50s to 51s ; red ditto (weighing 631 b to 651 b), 50s to 52s ; best mal ting barley (weighing 551 b to 561 b), 30s to 33s ; runs ditto (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; distilling ditto (weigh ing 52ib to 531 b), 24s to 265; oats, 24s to 265; beans, 37s to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr; flour, 31s to —5 Od per sack. YORK-SATURDAY. At our corn market to-day the attendance of farmers and factors, and the supply of wheat good. Dry samples un altered, damp is per qr. lower. Barley about the same; coarse kinds is per qr. easier. Oats a tendency upwards. Beaus slow at recent currencies. New white wheat, 50s to 56s ; new red, 48s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 34s to 38s per qr ; grinding, 23s to 27s por 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, 40s to 42s per 40 stone. Malt, 58s ; rye, 28s per qr. Flour, 33s to 34s per sack of 2801 b. CORK-FRIDAY. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, lOs 2cl to 10s 4d ; white, lOs 4d to lls 4d ; barley, 78 6d to —s ; oats, 8s Od to Bs 6cl; black oats, 7s 3ci to 73 7d ; bore, 6s Oct to 6s 6d. DUBLIN.-FIuDAY. There was a quiet market for all grain. Home supplies moderate. Wheat, oats, and barley the turn lower. Foreign wheat met a slow sale, several French cargoes ar rived, and were offered at low prices. Corn steady. Flour unchanged, and supplies small. Oatmeal unaltered. 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