The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's 13-gun screw corvette Archer, Capt. F. Marten, at Woolwich, from the West Coast of Africa, has commenced stripping in preparation for being paid out of commission, which is ordered to take place on Tuesday, the 30th inst. Mr. Martin, of the mercantile navy, has succeeded in bringing before the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty a new self-canting anchor, which sus tained a very severe proof on Saturday under the hydraulic testing gear in Woolwich dockyard. It possesses considerable holding power and strength, combined with diminished weight, and it can neither foul nor become fouled. Nor can the vessel's bot tom be injured by it, as no part of it projects above the ground. The anchor tested on Saturday is in tended for her Majesty's iron gunboat Vixen, now fitting in the basin at that yard for service. Two other anchors on the same principle—bower and sheet anchors, one weighing 55cwt.—are now lying at Woolwich for the ironcased corvette Favorite and the double screw gunboat Viper, in course of con struction at Poplar. The anchor is exceedingly short in the shank, viz., 79in., and is of malleable iron, without welding. The weight of the anchor is 21cwt. 3qrs.l4lb. It was made at the Gateshead Ironworks under the immediate superintendence of the patentee. Having borne the full Admiralty test-21 tons 13cwt. Iqr., without the slightest permanent deflection, Mr. Martin, who was present, suggested an increase of 50 per cent. The strain was applied in double position to each arm, working up to 32 tons 15 cwt. The deflection was then 5-16ths of an inch. The strain having been released, the anchor returned to its former state, leaving no deflection. The process of testing the anchor was carefully per formed in the presence of Commander H. Dunlop, C.B , superintendent of the yard ; Capt. A. Wilms burst, of the ironcased turret-ship Prince Albert ; Capt. Biddlecombe, master-attendant ; Mr. Geo. Turner and Mr. Henwood, master-shipwrights; Mr. Trickett, chief engineer and inspector of machinery; Mr. Saxby and Mr. Wilkinson, master smiths. The hydraulic pumps, which have hitherto been worked by manual labour, are about to be supplied with steam machinery, a donkey engine having been manufactured in the yard for that purpose. As announced by telegraph in The Sun of Satur day, the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 21, Com modore A. P. Eardley-Wilmot, C. 8., from Sierra Leone on Dec. 24, arrived in Plymouth Sound on. Friday evening. In consequence of sickness among her crew, she left her station on the West Coast of Africa prior to the arrival of her relief, the screw steam frigate Bristol, 39, Commodore G. T. P. Ilornby. The squadron was disposed as follows : —The only ship at Sierra Leone was the coal depot Isis, 2, Staff Commander P. Loney ; all other ships of war had been ordered to leave Sierra Leone in consequence of the prevalence of fever there. The screw steam sloop Greyhound, 17, Capt. C. Stirling, left on Dec. 4 for Ascension. She was to visit the Bights of Benin, communicate with Lagos, and go on the Southern Division. The steam gun vessel Sparrow, 5, from Ascension, was expected at Sierra Leone about the middle of January. Of the Right Division, the screw steam gun vessel Espoir, 5, Com mander M. S, L. Peile, senior officer, has just gone to visit the islands in the Bight of Biafra ; the steam gun vessel Landrail, 5, Commander H. L. A. L. Maitland; the steam gun vessel Torch, 5, Commander G. A. Douglas; the steam gunvessel Snipe, 5, Com mander H. A. Trollope ; the steam gunvessel Lee, 5 (tender to Bristol) ; and the storeship Vindictive, 2, Master Commanding H. W. C. Wise, were in the Bight Division. The steam gunvessel Pandora, 5, Commander E. A. T. Stubbs, had left the Southern Division for a trip to St. Helena and Ascension ; the steam gunvessel Jaseur, 5, Commander W. T. H. Grubbe ; the steam gunvessel Ranger, 5, Comman der C. G. Nelson ; and the paddlewheel vessel Pio neer, 1, Lieut. 0. H. Parker, were in the Southern Division. The blockade of the Bight Division had been so effective that not even a steam slaver had been, able to make passage. The Bight squadron had been very healthy, but the deficiency of medical officers was felt most severely; there are three vessels without surgeons, and the Sparrow had been obliged to take one from Ascension. Lieut. C. E. Foot, of the Rattlesnake, had been appointed Acting Com mander of the Sparrow, but was obliged through sickness to return to England. This officer has been a long time on the West Coast station. Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding the Aldershot division, has just issued an order, in which he calls attention to the following extract from the report of the District Inspector of Musketry, expressing his concurrence in the opinion of the inspector, and requesting that the instruction in extra position drills may be carried out in strict accordance with the regulations : " I beg to call attention to the way in which the extra position drills appear to be executed in the division generally—viz., by the entire battalion— and to remark that these drills, on which the shoot ing of the battalion so much depends, would be much more effective were they executed in the manner indicated in page 38, paragraph 6, of the Musketry Regulations—namely, by companies broken up into squads of 10 men each. Unless the extra position drills are carried on under the most careful supervision, so that the slightest error may be detected at once and corrected by the instructors, the positions of some of the men are likely to be in jured rather than improved, as a man becomes as easily habitnated to a bad position as a good one, and must therefore be at all times carefully watched, and I am of opinion that the same amount of care ful attention cannot be paid to the positions of the men when the whole battalion is under instruction as when one or two companies are instructed daily, whereby every soldier in the battalion might have the benefit of really valuable drill at least four times a month." On Friday a parade of the three brigades of in fantry stationed at Aldershott took place. The re giments formed up on the Queen's-parade, North Camp, in line of contiguous columns. Shortly after 12 o'clock they were inspected by Major-Gen. Russell, C. 8., in temporary command of the divi sion. The Major-General was accompanied by Gen. Morris, of the American army, and attended by the divisional Staff. After inspection the troops marched past in open column of grand divisions in quick time ; re-formed companies, countermarched by ranks, and marched past from the reverse flank, left in front, in quarter-distance column ; they then passed again by brigade. A few field move ments afterwards took place, the troops returning. to quarters shortly after one o'clock. The artil lery, cavalry, the . Royal Engineers, and the mili tary train were ordered out for inspection on the same day, and about half-past one o'clock formed up on Burn's Plain, but the heavy rain coming on shortly afterwards they proceeded by the nearest route to regain their quarters. On their way they met Major-Gen. Russell and Gen. Morris, and the rain by this time having abated, a halt took place, and the troops marched past. This concluded tile day's proceedings. The following non-commissioned officers from the camp at Aldershot will proceed this morning by special train on the South-Eastern Railway to Westenhanger-station for the Bythe School of Musketry :—Two sergeants, 28th Regiment ; two sergeants, 31st Regiment ; two sergeants, 63d Regiment ; two, sergeants, 69th Regiment ; two ser geants, 74th Regiment ; two sergeants, 92d Regi ment. On Wednesday a deputation of the inhabitants of Aldershot waited upon the Secretary of State for War, at the War-office, to represent the injurious effects of the new canteen system as carri e d out at Aldershot. The deputation was introduced by M r . Beach, M.P., and Mr . S. Booth, M I'. After hear ing the objections wh ich were ur g ed against the system, the chief of which consisted in the obliga tion that officers and civilians were allowed to pur chase at canteens, contrary to the recognised prin ciple of trade and competition, his lordship said that the question of officers dealing at canteens was an important one, which required some consideration ; but they were allowed to do so under the "Queen's Regulations" in the old system. It was no doubt contrary to regulations for civilians to purchase at canteens, and if the deputation could furnish him with any - particular case he would take steps to pre vent its repetition. His lordship also stated he had abundance of proof that the new system was bene ficial to the soldier, and was working well. The left wing of the 28th Regiment, consisting of about 11 officers, 227 men, two horses, 24 women and 20 children, arrived at Aldershot camp on Fri day evening from Devonport. Mr. 0. A. Pease, military store staff, Woolwich, is under orders to proceed to Hongkong to carry out the duties of Mr. H. P. Moors, invalided home. The cadets of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich are ordered to reassemble on Friday, 2d February, and will resume their studies on the fol lowing day for the forthcoming half-year. Colonel Yorke, R.E., inspector and second commandant, whose term of service at the academy will expire in June, will, it is stated, then retire, and will be suc ceeded by Lieut.-Col. Field, lately acting governor of the General Hospital at Woolwich. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty : C. Wolton, master and pilot, to the Star, commissioned ; S. Robinson, paymaster, additional, to the Victory, for service in the Simoom; John Bruce (b), chief engineer, to the Star, com missioned ; James W. J. O'Malley, surg., to the Star ; John H. Brettell, engineer, to the Star, com missioned; Thomas S. Nunn, engineer, additional, to the Cumberland, for service in the Recruit; Ed ward B. Broster, assist-surg., additional to the Boscawen, for service in the Ferret ; William F. Ryall, assist.-surg., to the Achilles ; Archibald T. V. Forster. first-class assist.-engineer, to the Star, commissioned; William F. Woods, assist.-paymaster to the Flora; William F. Crosthwaite, assist.-pay master, to the Implacable ; and James A. Bell, assist.-clerk, to the Hector. The Cattle Plague. The following despatch has been received at the Foreign-office, from her Majesty's Consul-General at Odessa : " Odessa, Jan. 8, 1866. " My Lord,—The following important informa tion respecting the cattle plague has been kindly supplied to me in answer to a series of questions I addressed to Prince Manoukbey, and the principal landowners and cattle breeders of Bessarabia. As it differs materially from the information trans mitted to your lordship from the province of Kher son in my despatch dated November 24, 1865, and as I can depend on the facts stated being in every particular the result of actual experience, I lose no time in submitting themto:your lordship's attention. " 1. The Bessarabian cattle owners and breeders state that the plague during the last few years has been permanent in Russia. It exists sometimes in one district, sometimes in another, of that vast country. Up to the present nothing is known with certainty either of the true cause of the disease, or of the proper means of treatment for its cure. On one point only there exists no doubt--it is certainly contagious. "2: No remedies which have been yet tried, neither fumigation, friction, bleeding, nor medi cine, have met with enough success to warrant their recommendation. From time to time a few beasts recover, and each person attributes their cure to the remedy he has employed, but general experience has not confirmed such assertions in any case. " 3. One opinion only appears to merit serious attention, and is now under anxious consideration. That opinion is in favour of vaccination, which the Imperial Government has undertaken to introduce throughout the infected districts by competent ve terinary surgeons employed for that purpose. Time only can decide whether vaccination will afford a sure protection from the disease—but at present it seems to promise more satisfactorily than anything else which bas been tried. " 4. Effective means may be taken to restrain the plague from spreading. For this purpose it is advisable, as soon as it is found to exist in any dis trict, that all communication with other places should be strictly prohibited. "5. Dead animals should be buried as soon as possible, and in no case should it be allowed to skin them previously for their hides. They should be buried in the state they die. " 6. Great care should be taken not to suffer dis eased beasts to drink out of the same troughs as healthy ones. "7. - Healthy cattle should be separated at once from the diseased, and immediately any beast falls sick among them, the healthy cattle should be taken away, and transferred to other pasturage. By these means large herds have been entirely saved. "8. These facts are indisputable. But there is still to be mentioned a probable theory as to the origin of the malady. 9. It is to be observed that the disease rages more violently in the south of Russia than in the north ; that it generally breaks out in autumn, and not during the great frosts. Therefore it seems clear that cold is not only far from being the first cause of it, but has not even any influence over it. It is well remembered that before the year 1846 (when free trade in corn began with England), and when Odessa exported much less grain to foreign countries than now, this disease was very rare, but it appeared always after every campaign in the wars with Turkey. Now, these wars occasioned a great deal of cartage for the commissariat of the army. The waggons used by the commissariat were drawn by bullocks, who were thus forced to make long journeys during the great heats of summer across arid steppes, where no pas ture or wholesome water could be found, theplague soon siezed them, and they rotted and died in great numbers. " The same cause will continue to operate in a greater or less degree, till establishment of railways puts at end to the transport of merchandise for long distances by oxen. Until then it is more than pro bable Russia will be always devastated by this ter rible malady. " Oxen are principally employed on the hardest service during three or four weeks of the hottest part of the year, during which they have no other fobd than the withered herbs they can crop by the road side. " Every year more than a million waggons, each drawn by two oxen, coming from different parts of the country, arrive from Odessa alone. As they draw nearer and nearer to their journey's end their food grows more and more scanty and worse in quality, so that they are reduced for several days following to feed upon the meagre roots of grass, which they swallow mixed with dust, and quench their thirst with the muddy liquid which remains of the stagnant water left in ponds and puddles by the roadside. " 10. This seems to be really the sole cause of their terrible disease, and the waggons returning to their several homes spread it throughoutthe country. "11. on examining an ox attacked by the plague, it will be found that it first becomes dull and spirit less ; it ceases to ruminate, its eats with difficulty, and its sufferings manifest themselves by a violent diarrhea. This is a proof that the disease lies in the digestive organs, and probably springs from im proper nourishment. " The opinions of French doctors that this sick ness may be caught by men from diseased cattle is not warranted by experienced in Bessarabia,,no case having been ever known to have occurred there. " The plague does not appear either to be caught by sheep who have a disease of their own also con tagious, but which differs very much from the cattle plague among oxen, and it may be remarked that these 'two diseases very seldom exist at the same time and place.—l have, &c., " E. C. GRENVILLE MURRAY. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G." • GENERAL STATISTICS. A return published on Saturday, and reaching to the 13th instant, shows that the counties in Eng land, exclusive of the metropolitan police district, two counties remain free from the disease, 17 counties slim an increase of 1,137 cases during the week, and 18 counties show a decrease of 1,138 cases during the' week ; showing a total decrease during the week in the counties of England of 51 cases. The metropolitan police dis trict shows a decrease during the week of 29 cases. Of the counties in Wales, ten counties remain free from the disease, two counties show an increase of 342 cases during the week ; showing a total increase during the week in the counties of Wales of 342 cases. Of the counties in Scotland, 11 counties re main free from the disease, six counties show an increase of 494 cases during the week, and 11 coun ties show a decrease of 633 cases during the week ; allowing a total decrease during the week in the counties of Scotland of 139 cases. Of the counties in England and Wales, and Scotland, 23 counties remain free from the disease, 25 counties show an increase of 1,973 cases, and 29 counties and the metropolitan police district show a decrease of 1,850 cases ; showing a total increase during the week ending Jan. 13, i n E ng l and, Wales, and Scotland, of 123 cases, as compared with the week ending January G. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE ISLE OF ELY. The number of beasts reported to have died in the Chatham district during the past week is 31, and 21 others are affected. The disease still continues its work of destruction at Wicken. Mr. Treen has lost 16 beasts out of 18 at his off-hand farm and Mr. L. Slack has lost 14 head of cow stock. At Milton Mr. T. Gunnell, of the rectory farm, has lost nine THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1866. beasts. Near Ely Mr. W. Pate has lost upwards of 200 head, and the expense for digging holes for the reception of the carcases only has been £5O. In the villages of Sutton and Downham the disease has been very virulent. At Sutton the number of deaths has now been carried to upwards of 140. At March, during the last two months, 256 beasts have died from the disease, of which Mr. J. Tibbett alone lost 63. county to any other place within the county, ex cept from lands to adjoining lands in the same oc cupation. This in effect is a total prohibition of the removal of live cattle under any circumstances, where a public highway has to be crossed, till the Ist of March next, but from a correspondence which has taken place between Sir Baldwin Leigh ton, as Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and the Home-office, it appears that the magistrates have misapprehended, in an important particular, the power vested in them by the Order in Council. Sir George Grey informs Sir Baldwin Leightonthat cattle may be driven to railway stations for the purpose of being conveyed out of the county, which will, to a great extent, nullify the regulations of the magistrates. At the adjourned Quarter Sessions, held at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury, on Saturday, Sir Baldwin Leighton in the chair, a long discussion took place on the subject of relaxing the regulations. Mr. C. V. Childe Pemberton pointed out their hardship and inconsistency, and proposed that they should be relaxed, in districts free from the plague, so as to permit the removal of cattle from place to place any distance not exceeding a quarter of a mile, and for breeding purposes not exceeding a mile. Lord Hill, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, said that as the existing regulations would only con tinue in force till the Ist of March, the inconvenience would be trifling in comparison with the importance of getting rid of the cattle plague. The Chair man said he was opposed to the frequent altera tion of regulations adopted by the court, but if the magistrates generally were of opinion that some modification was desirable, he would suggest that the details be referred for consideration to a com mittee. Mr. Childe Pemberton withdrew his motion in deference to the suggestion thrown out by the chairman, and a proposition by Lord Hill against any alteration being made in the existing regula tions was put and rejected by a majority of 15 to 12. Mr. Childe Pemberton then proposed " That a com mittee be appointed to consider any alterations that it may seem desirable to make in the present order of the Court relative to the cattle plague, and report to the Court next Saturday." This proposition, having been seconded by Mr. Butler Lloyd, was carried by a majority of 19 to 11, and the Court adjourned for a week. The county magistrates were occupied a con siderable time at Shrewsbury, on Saturday after noon, investigation a charge against the London and North-Western Railway Company for having, on the 27th of December, conveyed certain cattle from Newtown, Montgomeryshire, to Yockleton, in the Hundred of Ford, Shropshire, in contra vention of an order of the magistrates, dated the 16th of December. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, of London, represented the company. It appeared that the cattle were consigned to Mr. Jones, of Yockleton, to Mr. Edward Edwards, of Yockleton, and that they were conveyed by the defendantsin the usual way, in pursuance of the traffic management between the London and North-Western and Cam brian Railway Companies, the truck and engbie used belonging to the former. Mr. Roberts, for the defence, submitted that railways were not included in the scope of the order under which the informa tion was laid ; that there was no evidence to show that the cattle were sent to Yockleton for exhibi tion or sale, as mentioned in the Order ; and that, if any offence had been committed, the consignee was the proper party to summon and not the rail way company. The magistrate held that railways are included within the scope of the Order, and that the other points raised by Mr. Roberts were not worth consideration. They consequently convicted the company, and imposed a penalty of £2O and costs. Mr. Roberts applied for a case to be sub mitted to the Court above, but the magistrates. re fused the application. Mr. Cobden Abroad. After a brief stay at Bordeaux, where likewise he was entertained in public by the leading merchants and bankers of the City of the Vine, he crossed into Spain. At Madrid another festival in his honour awaited him, at which several of the leading politi cians of the Chamber of Representatives took part. While in the Spanish capital he witnessed a bull fight for the first time. The spectacle pained him deeply. "So long," he wrote, "as this continues to be the popular sport of high and low, so long will the people be indifferent to human life, and have their civil contests marked with displays of cruelty which make other nations shudder." Narvaez struck him as the man of "most practical sense and know ledge" of the politicians he met with at Madrid ; for he admitted many of the evils of the prohibitive system, and owned that one-fourth of the popula tion of Andalusia were more or less engaged in con traband trade ; but he argued that none but a very strong Government could reform the tariff in Spain, and that, if one Administration fell in the attempt, no other could be formed for many years that would touch it. The aspect of the Peninsula and its people, in the eyes of the Manchester manu facturer, was not encouraging :—" The Spaniards of the last two centuries seem literally to have done nothing but glorify themselves for the deeds of their ancestors, or 101 l in the shades of their olives and vines, and leave to nature the task of feeding and clothing them." Entertainments awaited him at Cadiz and Malaga, and by the end of the year he had completed his tour in Southern Spain. * * At Turin he spent many pleasant and instructive days. Among the first who called on him were Scialoja and Charles Cavour, " a young man," 'as he ob served, " with a sound, practical head." The inci pient statesman clutched eagerly at the opportunity of learning all he could from lips so ready to impart information. He had recently visited England, and studied her industrial and political institutions ; and although as yet he did not pretend any more than the rest of his class to see his way to national inde pendence, he already believed in the possibility of working up to constitutionalism, and to agricultural and commercial freedom in Piedmont. The Admi nistration was still indeed in the hands of the ultra partisans of resistance; and the King, who had never recovered his early disenchantment with popular efforts, was too weak and wavering to originate any measure of importance in the direction of pro gress. Cavour spent most of his time with Mr. Cob den or his family during their stay, and frequently accompanied them in their walks and drives into the country ; and with his uncle, the Marquis Cavour, with whom he then lived, and MM. Balho, Collobiano, Polloni, Battista, Biguon, the future minister attended the banquet on the 24th May, to do honour to the Apostle of Free Trade. A like celebration followed in the ensuing week at Milan, and also at Venice. At Venice he was treated with every mark of distinction by Prince Metternich, as at St. Petersburg, by Count Nesselrode. At Berlin, Humboldt, Ranke, Eichhorn, Bodelschwing, and most of the eminent men engaged in the Adminis tration, were prompt in paying their respects ; and he was entertained at dinner by the King. His long tour ended with a visit to Hamburg ; and by the middle of October, 1847, he found himself once more at home.—British Quarterly Review. CORNWALL. The past week showed a most satisfactory dimi nution of the virulence of the cattle plague in the county of Cornwall, and the number of cases now under treatment is comparatively small. At Truro nine deaths occurred in the week ; at St. Erme, three ; atTrewarrack, one ; at Treverlyn, one ; at Trelank, four ; at Penmain, two ; at Trefesa, one ; at Lostwithiel, one ; at St. Colomb, two. In the parish of Ludgvan 12 animals were on Thurs day reported to be progressing favourably under the muriatic acid treatment. An order issued by the Court of Quarter Seststions for the county came into operation on Tuesday. The order enacts that no cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, or swine shall be brought into any market or fair for sale or exhibition between the 16th instant and the Ist March next. At the annual meeting of the Truro Agricultural Exchange on Thursday, Mr. 11. S. Leverton, surgeon, stated that a fortnight ago he had been employed by Lord Falmouth to vaccinate about 100 head of cattle at Tregothnan ; he obtained sufficient lympth from children to vac cinate 17 animals, and the result had been most satisfactory, for 11 of the cows had taken very well, and from these he had on the previous day vacci nated 23 others. He considered that by this experi ment a great principle had been established—viz., that vaccination could be done from the child to the cow as well as from one cow to another. The pro cess which was adopted was to put three points of ivory charged with vaccine matter inside the left ear, again on the shoulder, and also on the soft skin near the vulva, close to the tail. He thought the in side of the ear was decidedly the best place for vac cination. CUMBERLAND. The cattle plague continues its ravages in Cum berland with unabated virulence. Radiating from Carlisle, the disease has spread into the district on the north of the city. The whole of the infected farms in Cumberland come within the district of two inspectors, whose latest returns are as follows : —Cumberland Ward : Original number of herds in which the disease has appeared, 1,856 ; of which died, 293 ; 'condemned and destroyed, 212 ; passed as healthy and slaughtered for market, 246 ; now affected, 131 ; recovered, 71, leaving 898 now unaffected out of the original number of herds. In the Wigton district the returns are these :—Original number of herds in which the disease appeared, 527 ; died, 159 ; condemned, and destroyed, 19; passed as sound and slaughtered for market, 29 ; now affected, 51; recovered, 53 ; leaving 216 unaffected at present. From these re turns •it appears that 683 beasts have fallen victims to the disease, and 129 recoveries are reported. The vaccination theory has created great interest in Cum berland; in many parts of the county cattle are being vaccinated, but considerable difficulty has been ex perienced in obtaining a sufficient supply of lymph. It is proposed by some farmers to send a few of the vaccinated cattle into an infected district, with a view to testing the efficacy of vaccination as a pre ventive measure. At the adjourned meeting of the Cumberland Quarter Sessions on Saturday some modifications of the general rules laid down for the restriction of the movement of cattle were adopted. The movement of cattle from within a radius of two miles of any place where the plague exists was ab solutely interdicted. It was resolved to request the Master of the Cumberland Foxhounds to suspend hunting for the remainder of the season, complaints having been made of the dogs ranging about the country. HAMPSHIRE. A discussion in reference to the cattle plague and the common rights in the New Forest took place at the adjourned County Sessions at Winchester, when the recommendations of Lord Carnarvon's commit tee were brought before the magistrates. The dis cussion occurred upon the first of the recommenda tions, which was proposed as a resolution by Sir W. Heathcote, M.P. Its object was to prevent the re moval of cattle from lan. 22 until March 1 next from any place within the jurisdiction of the court into the unenclosed lands of the New Forest, and from place to place within such unenclosed land or common, whether on a highway or otherwise, it be ing lawful to remove any such animal as aforesaid under the written license of an inspector along any highway through such forest or other unenclosed lands to or from any enclosed lands surrounded by the same or lying beyond the boundary thereof. To this resolution objections were urged by Mr. Esdaile and Mr. W. Smith upon these grounds :—There were now in the forest, which embraced 90,000 acres, very large quantities of stock, the whole of which were healthy in the extreme ; in fact, although it had been stated in some of the newspapers that there was now disease in the forest, the contrary was the fact, and the district was perfectly free from infec tion or disease. The forest ought to be cleared in winter, as there were no rights of common then, but this had been disregarded by the Crown and its offi cers. If the resolution became an order of the court, the owners of stock must in many cases sell them or bring them home to indifferent housing, where they would be half starved. This was a hardship that would fall on no other part of the county. Mr. Cumberbatch had expressed an opinion that the con fining of these cattle was likely to generate disease. If this resolution was topass, there should be a longer time given. There being no disease in the forest, a cordon drawn round excluding cattle from entering and preventing others from leaving it would answer every purpose. Such a course must be carried out by-and-by to prevent the owners of forest rights in Dorest and Wilts from entering the unenclosed land from those counties. Unless the recommendations of the committee were modified, many of the fami lies in the forest would be half ruined at this season of the year when keep was scarce, and when driving the stock into different homesteads might tend to generate disease. Sir W. Heathcote had hoped that the negligence of the forest officers in not clear ing the forest during the winter would receive the attention of the Crown. He had no objection to amend the resolution about the notice required, also about the term highways. Mr. Gale, Lord Evers ley, and Mr. Stanley took part in the discussion, and said that the verderers of the forest were, un less the Crown aided them, without any power. At a recent court of verderers he understood that an order was given to clear the forest till the 4th May next, but he had since found that things remained as before, the order itself not having been put in force. It had been said, " Let the Crown do it." Now the Crown did not like to put such a course into operation, as such a course would be unpopular. There were persons in the forest who would do a great deal of damage to the valuable plantations if they were offended. It was necessary that the verderers should consent, in order that the unpopularity should fall on several shoulders. It now seemed inexpedientto carry out the order, and the Court of Sessions would only be doing their.duty, in the interest not only of individuals, but of the entire community, by clear ing the forest. They might, in doing so, give a fort night's grace in their notice, and thus allow all par ties an opportunity for making arrangements for the removal and housing of their cattle. The resolution was amended, by altering the date of notice from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, and a rider was added to it— viz., " but such licence, if given for more than one removal, shall apply to animals which have been marked by such inspector." The amended resolution was then agreed to, and the keepers of the forest walks were appointed "inspectors." SHROPSHIRE. Very great uncertainty and dissatisfaction prevail in this county respecting the regulations made by the Court of Quarter Sessions in pursuance of the Order in Council of the 13th of December. These re gulations, which only came into operation on the 15th inst., as stated In The Sun of that day, are to the effect that no cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf shall be removed from any place within the STAFFORDSHIRE (NORTH.) A large number of deaths from the plague has occurred during the past week in this part of the country. In the parish of Audley, on five farms, seven head of cattle have died, and a considerable number are ill. At Batterley, on two farms, the deaths have been eight, in addition to a heavy fata lity previously. At Betley 26 cows have died on four farms, the heaviest losses being those of Mr. Birchall (11), and Mr. Moreton (13.) In Madeley 9 fresh deaths, Mr. Hughes being the loser of eight out of nine. At Wrinehill Mr. Buckley's loss has reached 25 head of :cattle, and Mr. Hammond, Bar-hill, has lost 23 altogether. The plague has entered a fine herd of cattle numbering 70 head, on the farm of Mr. Hardern, Siddiway Hall, and killed 25 beasts. It has also appeared in the parish of Trentham. A further loss of 11 cows during the past week at Standon Hall (Mr. Woolf) is reported, with 21 more attacked. Mr. Key, Weston Hall, has had nine more deaths, and 11 other beasts taken ill. Mr. Salt, Standon, has lost four more. The disease is extending near the Derby shire border county. A good number of cows attacked by the plague have been slaughtered by order of the cattle inspectors, in the neighbourhood of Leek and Cheadle, in addition to several deaths. SUFFOLK. The disease is considered to be spreading in the neighbourhood of Stowmarket. Up to Thursday night Mr. Baker, of Combs-lane, had lost eight cows and heifers. Mr. A. Noble has lost a valuable cow, and Mr. Cuthbert, of Stowapland, has been obliged to sacrifice a fine bull, which the local inspector found suffering from disease in its third stage. A letter from Mr. J. Tollemache, M.P., read at a meet ing of the Helmingham District Assurance Society, stated that in Cheshire vaccination was found to be the best means of dealing with the disease. At an adjourned meeting of the magistrates of the eastern division of the county, held at Ipswich, on the sub ject of the orders made in relation to the disease, Mr. Brooke said he believed it was still open to doubt whether the magistrates had power to make orders for regulating the removal of sheep, goats, and swine within a union. The clerk of the peace was instructed to get an answer on the subjectfrom the Privy Coun cil. Mr. Bence said there was great danger of the disease being spread by means of the dogs of travelling tinkers and higglers ; such dogs had been seen to scratch up pieces of diseased cattle and offal; it was resolved to call the attention of the Privy Council to this subject also. At the last sitting of the Stamford magistrates it was announced that Mr. Partridge, of Stratford, had lost six beasts, and Mr. IL Waters, of the same place, a cow. The police were directed not to go on different premises near cattle without changing their clothes. At the last Hartismere Petty Sessions 25 applications were made to the bench for licences to remove 1,700 head of stock. A considerable number of applications for licences have also been made in other parts of the county. WORCESTERSHIRE. This county continues to be comparatively free from the pest which is ravaging some of the neigh bouring districts. The authorities of the county are showing their determination to enforce with strictness the orders recently issued by the Court of Quarter Sessions. The magistrates in two dis tinct parts of the county pronounced three convic tions on Thursday,on parties who have infringed these orders. At Kidderminster, Mr. S. Ford, a wholesale butcher, was fined £2l on two charges of removing fat stock from the neighbourhood of the town to his establiShment without a licence. The defence was ignorance of the new orders. At Upton on-severn, on the same day, Mr. Jones, farmer, of Eastnor, was £5 10s. and costs, for removing 11 beasts from the parish of Eastnor to Castlemorton, an adjoining parish. There was a second case at the same petty sessions, in which a nominal fine only was imposed, the defendant having been deceived by an illegal certificate. The recent appeals made to the charitable for aid to General Lee have had a good effect. The ladies of Baltimore recently purchased a suite of furniture for General Lee's residence at Lexington, Virginia, and sent it to him. LADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills are the most gentle yet most effective aperients ' an d therefore better calculated for a family medici ne than any other drug. They always set the stomach right, rouse the liver, stimulate the kid neys, and thoroughly dense the whole system. Holloway's pills are most useful in chronic weakness of the stomach, induced by luxurious living, sedentary habits, or other causes. They have restored the emaciated to health after every othez means had failed. While they are purifying they aro strengthening ; while regulating they are increas ing nervous and muscular power. Those pills do not ex cite any violent action in the body, hence they are spe cially suited to the young and feeble whose constitutions may ho irretrievably injured by more powerful medicines. Confederate Congressmen. We cannot well imagine a more unenviable role than the one now being played by those ex-Confederates who are seeking seats in the Federal Congress. As traitors to their Government and enemies of the flag under which they were born, their conduct was bad enough, but this, had little of the meanness exhibited by these men in seeking to hold office under the Government which they have just been trying to destroy. Apart from the want of chivalry manifested in such actions, it bears upon its face evidence of the very highest impertinence. We know of nothing to compare it to, unless we might imagine a man caught in an attempt to pick your pockets asking to be taken into your confidence and employment. In view of the recent conduct of many of the men who have been elected to Congress from the Southern States, and who are now claiming seats in that body—a majority of them, probably, having been in arms against the Government —we are constrained to ask what has become of that high sense of honor for which the Southern people have been famed, or of the possession of which they have at least boasted. We can conceive of nothing more ludicrous, to say nothing of the indelicacy and dis reputableness of the exhibition, than for men, who have just been talking themselves hoarse about "dying in the last ditch" before they would ever again acknowledge the Federal supremacy, to be found knocking, at the doors of Congress for the privilege of entering and accepting fat offices under the Federal flag. Surely the friends of the late Confederacy in foreign countries, who have been lavishing such extravagent eulogies upon the courage and endurance of the rebel chiefs, will stand aghast at the part which they now see so many of them performing. Of course there can be nothing out of place in a Union man seeking a heat in Congress from a State which had been in rebellion ; nor would there be so much seeming impropriety in rebels coming before Congress as penitents petitioning to be forgiven, and desiring the privileges of being represented by good men in the National Councils. Then should Congress see fit to treat some of them as returned prodigal sons, and admit them to the fatted calf none need object. But the majority of men elected to Congress from the rebel States, after feeding upon the husks of the Confederacy for four or five years, demand to be admitted to the feast of good things spread at their much abused Government's expense, as a matter of right, and that without expressing the least contrition for their past disobedience. If these men, rebels though they may be themselves, represented loyal or repentant constituencies, there would be some show of reason in their claims ; but the fact is that such men have been elected is probably the best evi dence that their• constituencies are still disloyal, and do not deserve a representation in Congress. To judge them by their Congressional fruits, we should be forced to form anything but a favourable conclusion of a great many Southern districts. There are of course honorable exceptions. Some of the Congressmen elect from the rebel States have pro bably been good Union men all the time, and it is to be regretted that, owing to the very bad company in which they are found, they aro likely to suffer the fate of " poor Tray." Then, again, there are doubtless very many high minded Southerners who, having been active rebels, would scorn to occupy the position of applicants for Federal patronage. In fact several parties solicited to run for Congress in Southern districts declined being candi dates on this ground. A presumption, therefore, might arise that many of the rebels who have been elected to Congress from the disloyal States are really the scape graces of Southern society, and not a fair representation of the people whom they have left behind. This, how ever, would be but a poor argument in favor of their ad mission to the places they are seeking. The duty of Congress, in view of the antecedents of the majority of the representatives chosen from the rebel States, seems plain enough. . Whenever those States send loyal men, and only loyal men, to represent them, Congress ought to admit their members. When disloyal men are chosen, they ought not to be admitted, and this rule should hold good for all time. To determine this point, Congress, in our judgment, should establish the policy of allowing no man to occupy a seat among its members who has ever been in arms or in responsible position against his Govern ment. The nation has suffered far too much discomfort and disgrace - from Southern traitors in Congress, in the years preceding the rebellion, to permit any such similar inflic tion from that quarter. The adoption of such a rule would come, probably, as near proving a preventive to further evil as anything which could be devised. 'No man who has been in rebellion against his Government, and whose life has really been forfeited, and can only be enjoyed by the sufferance of his Government, can say aught against the justice of such a rule.—Missouri Democrat. THE AMERICAN MikisTEß.—A report has been current for some time past in American political circles that Mr. Adams would shortly resign, and that Mr. E. M. Stanton, the American Secretary of War, would retire from the Cabinet and succeed him as Minister to the Court of St. James. This rumour has obtained wide currency in this country, through the American cor respondents of the London press. We have reason to believe that, while Mr. Adams would not be indisposed to resign and return home, the United States Government are most desirous that he should remain here. It is felt that, although' his presence as a member of the Cabinet would be a tower of strength to the Administra tion, there is no other man in America possessing, in so eminent a degree, the special qualifications necessary for the post of Minister to England. Mr. Adams has re presented his country at a period of great difficulty and under circumstances 'of great delicacy, in such a manner as not only to win the respect of the British Govern ment, but the admiration and affection of his own countrymen. We believe we are giving utterance to the sentiments of his Government when we express our sincere wish that Mr. Adams may long continue in that position, the delicate and responsible duties of which he has discharged so faithfully and so well.—Anglo-American Times. Twelve hundred Kentucky ladies have forwarded to the Kentucky Congressional delegation a petition to the President asking for the pardon of Jefferson Davis. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE "EXAMINER" ON MR. PEABODY'S GIFT.— The value of Mr. Peabody's gift of £150,000 for the good of the poor of London is well shown by the fact that only half the money is yet spent, and al ready homes for 200 are occupied at Spitalfields, homes for 600 are almost ready at Islington, land has been bought and building has been begun at Shadwell, and two other pieces of land have been bought and paid for at Chelsea and Bermondsey. Eight hundred have been housed with half the money, and two pieces of building land for the erec tions yet to come have also been paid out of it. Before all is done in the investment of the original capital there will probably have been planted in six different parts of London six groups of buildings; designed, as nearly as different circumstances will permit, after the manner of the Workman's Home of M. Godmin-Lemaire ; providing homes for more than 1,600 of the poor, and showing house owners how it is possible, without sacrifice of their own interests, to lodge pleasantly and wholesomely those who are unable to lodge otherwise than very cheaply. The houses built by the trustees of the Peabody Fund are not almshouses. Not a penny has been irretrievably sunk. Every penny of the money is productive—of suggestion and evidence to the land lords; of health, comfort, self-respect to the poor tenants ; and of yearly income that accumulates until there is enough to spend in setting up another and another and another group of cheap and whole some dwelling places for the working poor of Lon don. Now that the railways are demolishing by thousands the lodgings of the London poor, and driving the ejected lodgers back on their poor neigh bours, whose unhealthy homes, already more than full, they make yet sicklier by further overcrowd ing, the question of dwelling places for the London poor is vitally urgent. The trustees of Mr. Pea body's gift rightly judged that they should rather aggravate than help to solve the difficulty by a mere building of almshouses. What they are doing, therefore, is this : they place within reach of a cer tain number of the well-conducted, independent poor, houses of one, two, and three rooms, that do not cost more than the most wretched lodgings they can hire. A miserable and unwhole some room is not to be had, even among the worst wretchedness of Bethnal-green, for less than half a-crown a week. Two rooms cost at least five shillings a week ; three rooms not less than six and sixpence. In the Peabody-buildings the charges are half-a-crown for one room, four shillings for two, five shillings for three. But the rent pays for light, air, and, at night, gas; plenty of water sup ply, with the allied necessaries ; convenient fittings in the way of oven and boiler, cupboards, shelving, and so forth ; besides a clear space of common playground for the children, where they may get air and exercise within sight of their parents as they work in their own rooms, and clear of all street traffic. Not the least gain is absolute security of property. As poor lodgers with poor houSe-tenants who let rooms and often fail to pay the house-rent, they were liable to have their furniture swept off for no fault or shortcoming of their own. In the Peabody-buildings, after they have proved their right to benefit by the conditions of the trust, they are entirely independent and entirely-safe. Hitherto, also, there has been among them only one case of a failure to pay rent: This rent would be considered by the ordinary house-owner a fair return for his outlay of capital, and it is a part of the business of the managers of the Peabody fund to show that it can be made so. Since the first buildings were opened in February, 1864, there have been deaths in them only of one man 'who died of a chronic complaint), and of four children, one under five anU two of them under two years old. El-health is said also to be rare. The poor tenant gets, therefore, a comparatively uninterrupted earning power, and of very many a poor man with wife and children at his fireside, it may be fairly said that the money value of the good health in his family will pay the rent of the home that has assured it to him. Meanwhile the return made for such use of capital goes in this case not to the remu neration of the capitalist, but to the continual extension of the benefit conferred. The Peabody fund becomes in this way perpetually living and productive, with a rate of production steadily increasing, as by geometrical progression. The income from the first five or six London colo nies will found within a certain time a couple more. The increased income from the seven or eight will within less time yield another couple ; and then there will be the ampler produce of nine or ten colo nies of well-housed poor with which to quicken the rate of incessant growth. Thus the question is not of five or six groups of fit homes for some 1,600 of the poor,—much as that means,—but of the estab lishment of an unfailing system. Mr. Peabody's gift is the source of a beneficent stream, broad, in deed, at the outset, but that is to widen and deepen as it flows. THE " LAW TIMES" ON LEGAL RUMOURS OF THE WEEK.—We understand that a strong remon strance against the recent selection of Silks has been addressed to the Attorney-General by members of the Co.nmon Law Bar,who feel themselves aggrieved by the preference given to others having inferior claims. We ventured last week to offer an expla nation of a choice which at the first glance appeared to be strange and unaccountable. But to this ex planation it is answered that three of the gentlemen selected have refused to pledge themselves to con fine their practice to Parliament, or to refrain from appearing on circuit in precedence of those above whom they have been exalted. Such a pledge might be refused, but, having received their silk gowns purposely to give them position:on the committee rooms and not on circuit, it is not probable that they will use them for any other purpose than that for which they were given. We regret much to learn that criminal informations are filed or in pre paration against the Hon. R. Bethell and Mr. Welch, based upon the evidence given in the Leeds Bankruptcy Inquiry. The affair might well have been at rest. If the offence was great, the punish ment has been greater. If Mr. Bethell has feel ings, they must have been already sufficiently racked by the sight of his father hurled from his high place—not for any sin of his own, but for the sin of his son. Lord Wesbury's gravest fault—and his many enemies can find no greater one in him—was that of listening too kindly to domestic importunities, in entire ignorance that those requests were stimulated by corruption. It is a fault, certainly, in a public man to suffer himself to be importuned by those he loves ; but it is a fault so nearly allied to virtue that it may b e readily forgiven. Lord Westbury's too great kind ness of heart has already been more than amply punished. He has, with becoming dignity, with drawn from the place he could not continue to hold while that cloud was over him. The cloud is pass ing—has passed—the weakness has been condoned, and he may now be restored to the place of honour from which he properly retired :for a time. Total oblivion is the best fate that could befall his un happy son, and Mr. Welch has been 4illy paid for his error in anxiety and pecuniary loss. No advan tage„`public or private, can arise from stirring again the muck that has been buried and is for gotten. The rumour of the contemplated retire ment of Dr. Lushington is revived. It is said that he will do so on the conclusion of the great case of the Banda andKirwee Prize-money. Such a rumour has been sent about before, and, if repeated often enough, it is sure to be right at last. The probabi lity of truth is greater than before, for the vener able judge was born so long ago as 1775, and has presided in the Admiralty since 1838. He is the oldest of our judges. Mr. M. D. Hill has resigned the Recordership of Birmingham, to which he had given almost an European reputation by his charges to the grand juries at the quarter sessions, in which he promulgated both his reflections and his expe rience on crime and criminals, reformation and punishment: These compositions were lectures, and being delivered from the judgment -seat they commanded a degree of attention not usually bestowed upon essays, whether spoken or written ; and the periodical impulse so given materially assisted in securing public attention to a subject previously limited to a few thoughtful minds. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES ON MR. MASON JONES AT COVENTRY.—Three years ago Mr. Mason Jones—then known in England only as an orator of considerable power, and a young politician of rather extreme views— went to the United States, and began a lecturing tour in that country. He made his first appearance, un heralded and unknown, at the little Irving Hall in New York. His audiences were at first meagre enough, but gradually the feeling became prevalent among New Yorkers that the new comer was a man of genius, and that ho had something to tell them which they desired to hear. On all occasions when the opportunity presented itself, he de fended the cause of the negro, and denounced the sin of slavery in unmeasured terms ; and, ere he was aware of it, he had raised a storm about his ears which would have dismayed a less courageous man. At ono of his meetings, on uttering a more than usually earnest denunciation of the great crime of which the United States stood convicted before humanity, in keeping one-tenth of its people in a state of bondage, he was assailed on the platform by somo of the pro-slavery "roughs" of New York, and something like a riot ensued, in which he showed himself capable of dealing other blows than those of more argument. The result of that cowardly attempt to "put him down" was a fortunate one for Mr. Jones. Ho immediately en gaged the Academy of Music, the largest public building in New York, and commenced a series of lectures, which were attended by the elite of the city by thousands, and which were admitted to bo the most brilliant efforts of the kind ever delivered in New York. Thenceforth his tour through the States was one continued triumph. Everywhere, at Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, crowds docked to hear him. He was feted and honored in every city he visited, and at Washington received invitations to visit the President and other dis tinguished officials, from all of whom he received assurances of regard and gratitude. We think we aro safe in saying that no foreigner, not even Mr. Thackeray, had suc ceeded in so completely gaining the ear of the American people, and in carrying away the good-will and personal regard of so many of the foremost citizens of the Re public. Since Mr. Jones's return to England the Americans have, therefore, watched his career with much interest. They know and feel how nobly he espoused their cause in this country, encountering prejudice and often calumny in their defence. Their principles are now triumphant. Their liberties are achieved, and they now find him battling for freedom in England as ho battled for freedom in America. His late visit to Coventry, and the reception he met with at the hands of his friends and supporters in that ancient borough, cannot fail to be read by Americans with much satisfaction. An immense public meeting was held at the Corn Exchange, for the purpose of presenting him with a suitable testimonial, as a recognition of his valuable services in the Liberal cause during the recent general election. The building was densely crowded in every part, and it is estimated that there were upwards of six thousand persons present. Mr. and lirS' Jones, on making their appearance on the- plat form, were loudly cheered. The present to dr . Jones consisted of a valuable gold watch, made in ever"' part by his own constituents, who had voted for his return to Parliament, and a massive Albert chain, valued at about £BO. The presentation to Mrs. Jones comprised a costly silver tea service, with an illuminated address, setting forth the untiring energy and ability her husband bad displayed throughout the late contest. It is not our intention to repeat Mr. Jones's speech on the occasion, which has already appeared in the London papers, but we can assure our readers and his friends in America that it was just what they would expect of him. He declared that the great doctrine of manhood suffrage -- that doctrine which had prevailed and been such a glorious success in free America—had never been sufficiently preached in England. He honored and respected intellect rather than property; and he would give the suffrage to the man, not because he liVed in a £lO house, but because he had a rational and immortal principle within him which would live when time shall be no more. This was the burden and text of his speech— " The rank is but the guinea stamp ; "The man's the man for a' that." And the fact that his remarks were received with enthu siastic delight and approbation by the- thousands who heard him is a proof, if proof were required, that his doc trine is becoming more and more popular, and will even tually carry everything before it, even in aristocratic England. COUNTRY MARKETS NORWICH-SATURDAY. At this market to-day the supply of wheat was fair, and fully maintained last week's prices. The supply of bar/ 0 9 was fair, and prices for the best malting descriptions were supported; other sorts also met a tolerably ready sale on late terms. White wheat (weighing 631 b to 641 b), 50s to 54s ; red ditto (weighing 631 b to 651 b), 48s to 50s ; best malting barley (weighing 551 b t o 561 b), 34s to 36s ; runs ditto (weighing 541 b to 551 b), 28s to 30s ; distilling ditto (weigh"ing 521 b to 531 b), 25s to 27s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 87s to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr ; flour, 33s to -- 0 Od per sack. Averages :—Wheat, 2,199 qrs., 44s 3d ; barley, 5,6 59 qrs., 32s 7d; oats, qrs., —s Od. YORK-SATURDAY. We had a seasonable show of wheat at our corn market to-day. Buyers purchased steadily at is per qr. advance on recent terms. Barley supported late rates. Oats nu altered. Beans had an upward tendency. Rye about the same. New white wheat, 49s to 54s ; new red, 45s to 48s por 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 34s to 38s per qr ; grindi n b r, 30s to 32s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, 40s to 42s per 40 stone. Malt, 62s ; rye, 30s pe t qr. Flour, 36s to 88s per sack of 2801 b. NO T TINGHAM-SATURDAY. The supply of wheat was moderate for the time of year' In tha neighbourhood the young wheat plant is generally looking well. Demand firm, and is per qr. advance mad' There was a tolerable supply of barley, and best qualities made rather more money. Oats at fully late rates. Ira" proved demand for beans, at rather over late rates. Pea s at former prices. Old white wheat, 56s to 60s ; old red, 50s to 54s ; new white, 53s to 58s ; new red, 49s to 53s per 36 stone. Ba r " ley, old malting, 32s to 40s per qr ; old grinding, 26s to 28s ; new, -- s to —s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 27s to 30s ; new, 20s to 25s ; old foreign, 22s to 27s per stone. Be'an' old, 48s to 52s ; new, 40s to 43s per 38 stone. Super flour, 37s to 39s ; fine, 34s to 36s per 20 stone. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. We had not a large supply of wheat at market to-dal. Barley small supply, and business healthy, at a small ad-, vance for choice sorts. Oats sold steadily at fully WI week. Beans in request at remunerative prices. Old white wheat, 55s to 56s ; old red, 50s to 52s ; nev i white, 50s to 53s ; new red, 42s to 45s per 36 stone. Bar„,; ley, malting, 34s to 39s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s per a v steno. Oats, old, 28s to 32s ; new, 20s to 25s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 51s ; new, 42s to 46s per 38 stone. CORK-FRIDAY. The following were the quotations this morning :—Bo, d wheat, 9s Gd to lOs 2d ; white, 9s 7d to lls ld ; barley, s 4d to 8s ' • oats, 7s 9d to 8s 4d ; black oats, 7s 2d to 7 s 8 ,1 ; bore, 6s Od to 6s 6d. DUBLIN.—FRIDAY. There was a good attendance, but the market for horne grain was dull. Wheat unaltered. Barley and oats 6 c! lower. Foreign wheat; a fair quantity changed hands at . the full rates of this day week. Indian corn dull. Flota difficult to sell. Oatmeal dull. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. . Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet Feb. 4 . Ditto, by French packet • Jan. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2 1 . China. Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 1 11 . Ditto, via Marseilles J a n. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . Jan. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 1 8. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 2 6 . Ditto, via Marseilles . Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 7. Newfoundland 4 4 Feb. 14 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton • • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, in . Canadian packet, via Londonderry Jan. 1 0 * West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. West Indies and Pacific (exceptßahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Jan. Cub a and Mexico Jan . 229. Bahamas, via New York. Feb. 8 * Feb. Bermuda, ditto it THE AMERICAN SQUADRON IN EUROPE.—The 0 41 American squadron which is visiting the different ports ` 9f Europe has left the roadstead of Villafranc,a for Lisbon. T he Colorado and the Frolic still remain, under Admiral GoL- 1 1 BOROUGH. The Admiral, accompanied by Consul-Gen era- LAWRENCE, recently made a cruise in the Mediterrane an :, with the view of selecting some port suitable for a Uni ted States naval depot, in conformity with the desire o f 01 0 Naval Department at Washington. TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES. —The exports fr° sl Zurich to the United States, for the quarter ending D e : 31st, 1865, was 7,819,413 francs. The value of the sil k exported from Zurich to the United States was 4,824,fr0 francs, and woollen goods 1,910,143 francs. The expo for the corresponding quarter of 1864 only amounted t° 656,089 francs. The exports to the United States fool Aix-la-Chapelle for the quarter ending Dec. 31st, amoun t° to 2,848,243 thalers, against 2,234,802 thalers in the sal ° quarter of 1864. The principal shipment from Aii -ltr Chapelle was woollen goods. Births. JAMES.—On the 18th inst., at Winkfield Spa Cotton Windsor Forest, the wife of Major-General naught ° James, of a daughter. LIDDELL.—On the 15th inst., at St. David's-hill, Blot/f t tho wife of Commander W. H. Liddell, R.N., of a clang" - ter. lq r• WEBBER.—On the 19th inst., at East Dulwich, Mrs. • Webber, of a son. Marriages. BATES—CARNAC.—On the 18th inst., at Milford C,,, r t Hants, Henry Stratton Bates, Esq., Captain Bth ( 8 - )l3 a b , Royal Irish) Hussars, to Francis Henrietta, eldest s o f viving daughter of Sir John Rivett Carnac, Bart., Hordre Cliff Hants. O'NEILL—LITTLE.—On the 18th inst., at East Toignra°, , r i Devon, Edward O'Neill, Captain 28th Rogt., to 3 e tio , Mackenzie, youngest daughter of the late S. G. L i ' Esq., of Clifton. Deaths ne t BENNETT.—On the 16th inst., at Oatlands Park, Marl, rDiid of Q. Leigh Bennett, formerly rector of Littleton, dlesex, aged 93. MoouE.—At Brooke Farm, Cobham, Surrey, Captaiußlin Moore, RN., C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen. MORTON.—On the 19th inst., Joseph Morton, of 31 3 7 (3l ford-street. PODMOR.E.—On the 19th inst., at the house of his 01911-I.l°' law, G. A. Sieveking, Esq., Upper Clapton, R. rod l3l° Esq., aged 81. dal BUXTON. —On the 19th i ns t., Mary, at Bath, Ma wife 0 1 BTAYLORuxto .— n, of On the Raha l7th instnna, Arde, at e, Ire porSouthland. Tay lor, t, T. T. Esq., aged 76. rve glorl TAYLOR.—On the 19th inst., at Edinburgh, o'n Esq., Scotston Park, South Q ueens f err y, agec—••••••1 London Printed and Published by WILLIAM AND II ,,PO2. of No. 112, Strand, Punter, at TH3 SUN (Ake, '°„. ut ty Strand, in the. Precinct of the Ssvoy. in the CO Aliddleser.—Mondsy, Jauuary_22, 1866, Or _ 1 r