The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-13 00:00:00

The Military Revolt in Spain. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) MADRID, Jan. 9. The following has been handed to me as General Frim's Proclamation. It circulates secretly about Madrid, but I have no means of ascertaining its authenticity Spaniards !—We have arrived at the terrible moment in which revolution is the only resource of the nation and the main duty of honourable men. I am at the head of considerable military forces, and a great number of armed countrymen hasten on all sides to fight under my orders for the cause of free dom and our fatherland. "My banner is the last manifesto of the Pro gressists Central Committee ; with it in my hand I will fight with my, wonted valour against the Go vernment which dishonours us abroad and ruins us at home, to the point of making us a laughing-stock among foreign nations, and bringing us to the verge of a shameful bankruptcy. " Soldiers,—who have already fought under my orders,—you are aware that I have never forsaken you; and that if you stand by me in this enterprise I shall know how to lead you, first showing you the path of victory, and next remunerating your en deavours. . _ _ -7 4e110w citizens, men of honour ! aid me, you too, to bring to a happy end a political revolution, which may do away with the necessity of that social revolution with which we are threatened. , 1 Spaniards! Hurrah for liberty, for the pro gramme of the Central Progressists Committee, for the constituent Cortes ! " JUAN PRIM." For his part, Field-Marshal Concha, Marques del Duero, has addressed the following " energetic pro clamation" to the "handful of men" at whose head he has set out in pursuit of the " rebel general" : " Soldiers ! Two cavalry regiments, forsaking their chiefs, and seduced by a general who is as great a traitor as he is a coward, have gone in quest of no less mad than criminal adventures, giving the example of insubordination, and raising a confla gration in the country, which, however, only looks upon this act as a mere outbreak of wanton ambi tion. We are on ly f ew i n number, but our loyalty is sufficient to crush and humble the enemies where ever we may meet them, for we march under the in fluence of the magic cry Hurrah for Isabella ll.' " So far as it is possible to follow the movements of the hostile parties, out of garbled and conflicting accounts, it seems that General Prim, after follow ing the course of the Guadiana from Daimiel down to the immediate neighbourhood of Ciudad Real, the capital of La Mancha, turned up again towards the Sierra de Toledo, and was on Sunday night at Malagon, to the south, and yesterday, Monday, at Urda, to the north of those mountains. He is evi dently " dodging" his enemies, and is likely enough to give them a good long run. When in the neigh bourhood of Ciudad Real Prim was said to have 3,000 men, divided in two columns, one of which marched under his immediate orders ; the other was led by his lieutenant, Brigadier Milans del Bosch. The volunteers, or guerrilleros, are not easily num bered, as they spread far and wide over the country, but Prim can evidently be at no loss for partisans in a part of the country so devotedly ad dicted to his cause. A "foreign engineer" is said to be with him, and it was he, it appears, who se skill sunk the suspension bridge at Fuenti duenas on the 4th. One of General Prim's volunteers, named Leon Merino, a guerrillero of well-known determination, is said to be in possession of the narrow gorge of Despenaparos, the important pass across the Sierra Morena, that long and dreary ridge which separates the arid desert of ,La Mancha from the paradise of Andalusia. If this be so, the communication between those southern kingdoms and the capital is at the mercy of these bold adventurers. The Government organs are very eloquent in their - -description of the distress and exhaustion under which the rebel bands are labouring. They say that - Prim's horses are unshod, that their waggons are - /eftv on the road, that the soldiers have no rifle' ea -; &c. They add that, wherever they ap pear, they help themselves to such money, horses, provisions, &c., as they can lay hands on. On the other hand, travellers who are daily com ing in from the districts which have become the theatre of this singularly uneventful and bloodless war, assure us that it is the loyal, and not the rebel, army that exhibits symptoms of weakness and fa tigue. Soma of the few men whom Concha had hastily gathered together at Manzanares are said to have deserted him and gone over to Prim. The progress of Zabala, the first who left Madrid at the head of a large column on Wednesday last in pur suit of the insurgents, has been throughout deplo rably slow. Baffled by Prim at Fuenti Duenas, where the sunken bridge prevented his crossing the Tagus, Zabala had to toil a whole day from that place to Aranjeuz, where he lost 21 hours in the conveyance of his forces by rail to TeMblecine--lost 21 hours, that is to say, in getting over a distance of six leagues. Had Prim had the least suspicion of this unsoldierlike movement he could either have taken prisoners or cut to pieces the loyal detachments as they came up this line, at two hours interval one after another, 800 or 900 men at a time, packet up in a van like herrings, unable even to alight without the help of somebody that would open the doors to let them out. Prim had been at Tembleque only a few hours before the first detachment came in, in high spirits, as I am told, taking possession of the station, allowing a goods train to go past unmolested, bidding the telegraph clerk to cut the wires, and, upon the latter showing some hesitation, snatching up a hatchet, and hack ing away at the telegraph box and table, as well as the wires, always as merrily as if he were about some good piece of fun, and telling the clerk how desirous he was of exontwating him from any re sponsibility of the deed. From Tembleque Zabala, after getting all his troops, horse and artillery, from the trains, advanced upon Madridejos, where he was still on the 7th, in the morning. At the same hour of the same day Concha had reached Daimiel, pre cisely as Prim was marching out of it. Since then -we have been left in the dark as to the movements of the loyal forces, though, as I told you, the Go vernment papers take the trouble to inform us that the rebels were at Magalon on Sunday, and at Urda yesterday. There were rumours afloat yesterday that " Concha had been taken and shot by Prim," and, again, that " the brave Catalan guerrilla chief Noy de las Barraquetas (or Noy of the Barricades) had been mortally wounded ; but I could up to late in the evening trace such reports to no plausible source, and there seemed really as yet to have been no encounter whatever between the contending parties ; not a drop of blo3d shed as yet in this mock civil war. Last night, finally, Zabala telegraphed that he had fallen back to Puerto Lapiche, and that Ser rano was in command of Concha's column. What had become of Concha does not appear. Zabala, to expedite his movements, had parted with his ar tillery. His intention was to pursue the insurgents along the chain of the Toledo mountains, while Serrano, who, besides Concha's column, bad cannon and engineers with him, was to operate on the plain following the course of the Guadiana. There is no doubt in the meanwhile that the pro mise held out by O'Donnell in the Senate that " all would be quiet - within 48 hours, and he would be in a position to rai se the state of' siege," has not yet been, and is not lik e l y soon to be fulfilled. The poor clubmen of the Cassino del Principe, in the Carrera de San Geronimo, have sent up a deputation to the Prime Minister, pleading the inoffensiveness of their institution, and praying for the repeal of the decree that shut it up, but their entreaties have been un availing. There they were to b e seen yet on Sun day afternoon crowding the hall of the establish.. ment that was a home to them, and the narrow street before it, downcast and disconsolate, like so many Peris at the gate of Paradise, wondering What is to become of them, what is to open those gates, and where they are to run in for shelter should rain or frost render the open air unbearable. ----- The prolongation of the present state of s u spense and uncertainty can hardly fail to be prejudicial to the Goyernment, and Prim is likely enough to carry his point if he c an on ly ga i n ti me . His wife here in Madrid talks of his chances with great g lee, and says that " h er J uan i to can go he pleases wherever and achieve whatever he undertakes." All day yesterday we had reports of ferment in Saragossa and, Barcelona. From the former place Zapatero, the general in Command, is soliciting re inforements at every hour. 'From Barcelona we have this morning official tidings to the effect that in consequence of an aggressive demonstration which took place in the night the authorities had ordered the troops to fire on the peop!e. Several of these were killed or wounded, awl complete tranquillity has been restored." Last evening, at 11 o'clock, at the Teatro Real, where I happened to be, a great commotion was seen in some of the stalls, whence several officers hurried away, As if summoned in greet haste. The ladies in the boxes soon followed, evidently terrified by some alarming report. On leaving the house I was told that one of the regiments quartered near the Montana del Principe Pio had mutinied. This morning I learn that they have been overpowered, and order reigns in the barracks. The Government, however, does not easily allow the secrets of those huge buildings to transpire among the public. Forty of the fugitives belonging to the columns of three companies of the Almanza Regi ment, which had mutinied at Avila, under the orders of Majors Campos and Gonzalez have surrendered at Alganicea, near the Portuguese frontier of Braganza. The others are said to have crossed the line and to have been disarmed by the Portuguese authorities. Parliimentary Reform in Lambeth.. .-.-- A meeting of the electors and non-electors of the borough of Lambeth, convened under the auspices of the National Reform League, was held last night to consider the subject of Parliamentary Reform. The meeting was held in the Lam beth Baths,Westminster-bridge-road. At 8 o'clock, when the chairman, Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., took the chair, the large area used as the plunging bath dur ing the summer months was about one-third filled. A little later the audience had increased, and occu pied one half the place of meeting. Mr. Hughes, who was warmly received, was accompanied by Mr. E. Beale, Mr. E. D. Rogers, Mr. Bubb, Mr. Hart well, and other members of the Council of the League. The CHAIRMAN said that, as their representative, he was glad to assist at a Reform meeting. -It was highly desirable that such meetings should be held, not only in the metropolis, but also in every other part of the country, because he believed that the people never had a better opportunity of carrying a really good Reform Bill. (Cheers.) A new Parlia ment had just been elected. The country had sent up a larger majority of really Liberal men than in any previous Parliament, and they had ' a more Liberal Government than they ever : possessed at any previous time. It was only requisite that the people of this country should show themselves thoroughly in earnest upon this question of Parliamentary Re form in order to make it certain that a good Reform Bill would be carried. It was said in some quarters that the unenfranchised members of the community cared nothing about political and suffrage questions, that they only wanted more beef and beer, and thought of nothing but physical comforts. He be lieved that this was a libel upon the great body of his fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) No doubt when the working classes witnessed the extraordinary progress of wealth and luxury it was natural their desires should turn towards the physical comforts and the wealth so much respected and hungered after by those who were called their betters. He did not believe, however, that the great masses of the people undervalued their rights of citizenship, and he trusted that they would, by distinct manifesta tions in all parts of the country, convince Parlia ment and the Government that they were seri ously in earnest in demanding a good Reform Bill from the coming Parliament. (Loud cheers.) It was high time for England to make a move in this direction, if she was to keep her place poli tically among the nations of the earth. She had for centuries taken the lead, and for a long period stood almost alone in Europe, in insisting that the people should make their own laws. But how stood the case at present ? It was positively more difficult to obtain the full rights of citizenship in England than in any other country where representative institu tions had been set up. Even in Italy, the last couri ' try that we had welcomed among the free nations of the earth, the payment of a sum of 10f., or about Bs. a year, in direct taxes, qualified a man for the franchise. He should be glad to see such a quali fication as that in England. (Cheers.) In Sweden, Switzerland, and Belgium, not to mention the United States and our own colonies, the franchise was easier of attainment than in England. If, however, the people would heartily back up the Government during the coming Session of Parliament they would soon have their representative Government a reality, and not a sham as it was at present. No doubt, there were a good many different opinions in the bosom of the Liberal party, and it was even difficult to define what was meant by the great Liberal party of the country. For himself, he held this to be a true test of a Liberal, whether he had or had not a thorough sympathy with the people. (Hear.) If he had—if he wished from the bottom of his heart to see every man well educated, in com fortable circumstances, independent, and able not only to support his family satisfactorily, but to have proper time for recreation and the cultivation of his mind—if, in short, he wished to see his fellow-coun trymen well educated, independent, and happy, then ( such a man was a member of the Liberal party, and would wish to see his fellow-countrymgn enjoy the full rights of citizenship. It might be said that if his definition were correct every member of the Liberal party must be in favour of universal suffrage. He believed that every true member of that party was favourable to universal suffrage, not at once, but that he would be desirous to see all his fellow-sub jects fit for the suffrage. As soon as they were thus fitted every real and thorough Liberal would be ready to give them the suffrage. There were, however, many true Liberals who were far from wishing to do this at present. There were not only false Liberals, but also honest Liberals, who believed that at present a great majority of the unenfranchised classes were not fit to enjoy the rights of full citizenship. He knew many men holding this opinion to be real honest Liberals, and to possess the sympathy of which he had spoken. He believed the more such men got to know their unenfranchised countrymen, the more they would trust and the less they would fear them. He believed that all these Liberals would in time recognise the extraordinary advance in intelligence and civilisa tion that was taking place in this country, and would come to the conclusion that it was not so dangerous to admit the great bulk of the working classes to the rights of citizenship as they at present supposed. (Cheers.) They had next to deal with the great illiberal party. When he was much younger he used to doubt whether the most bigoted Tory wished to exclude men who had become educated and fit for the rights of citizenship. He was sorry to say he had come to see he was wrong in this opinion, for he knew by sad experience that there was a strong party not only of the upper, but also of the middle and working classes, who selfishly wished to keep what they had got to themselves, and who did not want any one to share it with them. That was the illiberal party which the real Liberals had to fight, and with - which they could have no political truce. His opinions on Parliamentary Reform were now pretty well known to them. He held that what was wanted was not a mere extension of the suffrage, but that every man should vote for the member he preferred, in whatever part of the country he might be a candidate. At the next election, for example, it might happen that they might not have a candi date they cared to vote for, while, across the water in Westminster, there might be a Mill, or some one they would equally wish to see returned. If they had manhood suffrage to-morrow, he did not believe the great mass of the people now unre presented would be able to carry a single man into the House of Commons by that means. (Mr. Beales—" Yes.") Perhaps they might in one or two northern boroughs. The plan pro posed by Mr. Hare had been accepted by the best political thinkers, and he believed it would do more for the working man than a system of manhood suffrage. Sooner or later a more scientific scheme of representation such as that to which he had al luded must be adopted. He advised them to ask for a Parliamentary Reform Bill that was large enough. Depend upon it they would not get any thing that would not be perfectly safe in the opi nion of the most timid fundholder. If they liked to ask for manhood suffrage, they would be doing a very wise thing. They might just as well ask for the whole loaf, and they would be more likely to get half of it than if they went for only two-thirds. Ile ME SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1866. did not know whether the Government would do more than offer a £6 franchise for boroughs and a £lO for counties, and if they carried that a good many Liberals would think they had got a great thing. For himself, he candidly owned, he should be sorry to see a bill that gave a mere extension of the suffrage. He did not believe, moreover, that a £6 house franchise would be so good a thing as an £8 lodger franchise. (Cheers.) Whatever the Go vernment bill might be, he believed it would be an honest one, and that the Ministry would try ener getically to carry it through. The Government was headed and led in the Upper House by Earl Rus sell, who was nothing unless a Reformer, and in the Lower House by Mr. Gladstone—(cheers) —the most brilliant orator and statesman of our time, whose sympathies were heartily with the people, and who had given the Liberal party that great watchword, "Trust in the people, only modified by prudence." (Cheers.) There would be a large majority in favour of the Reform Bill of the Go vernment, and it only needed that the people should put their shoulders to the wheel, and sink all minor differences. Let every man put his own hobby in the stable for the next six months—(a laugh)—and let all unite in backing up heartily a good Liberal Government in passing a good Liberal. Reform Bill. (Cheers.) Mr. MURPHY moved the first resolution— " That this meeting, feeling assured that regis tered residential manhood suffrage is the only satisfactory basis of national representation, and that the ballot is needed for the protection of the voter, urges upon the Government the introduction of such a measure of reform during the forthcoming session as shall be satisfactory to the people." Mr. POTTS seconded the resolution. I Mr. E. DRESSER ROGERS, in supporting the reso lution, expressed the pleasure which he felt as a member of the Council of the Reform League and an elector of Lambeth in remarking that the first political occasion on which the hon. chairman had met his constituents after his election was in presid ing over a meeting in favour of Parliamentary re form. (Cheers.) He was sorrow to find their chairman expressing even the smallest hesitation about the reform question. It sometimes happened that men who gave their attention to any subject and thought deeply upon it lost sight of the great, broad principles involved. That principle in the present case was that every man who paid •taxes had.a right to share in the election of representatives who imposed those taxes. " He trusted that their chairman would take his tone from that meeting, and would go to the House of Commons to say that the working classes had a right to obtain the fran chise. Among the subjects that would demand the attention of the new Parliament not one exceeded in importance the sanitary and social question con nected with the dwellings of the humbler classes of the community. Many of them knew the misery and hardship inflicted by railway companies in pulling down the houses tenanted by the working classes. (Hear.) Parliament ought to take care that when railway companies displaced working men from their houses they should provide other ac commodation for them. He felt himself justified, from what he saw in the daily exercise of his own profession, in expressing a strong opinion on this subject, and he would declare that no social ques tion was more worthy of the consideration of the Legislature. (Cheers.) " The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. CONNOLLY, mason, hoped they would hear no more of half or quarter loaves. (Hear, hear.) He was greatly in favour of asking for what they wanted, and not being content with less. If a full lcaf was their measure of justice let them have it. (Cheers.) He moved the second resolution : " That the petition to Parliament now read be adopted and signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting. That the movers and seconders of the resolutions, together with Messrs. Bowen, Burgess, Hill, Heartwell, and Liston, be a deputa tion to the Right Hon. the Earl Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Tuesday next. And that the following gentlemen be requested to act as delegates from Lambeth to the forthcoming Conference on Reform in London, on February 28th—viz., Messrs. Applegate, Booker, Bubb, Bur gess, Greenfield, Heartwell, and Whitcham." Mr. BUBB seconded the resolution, which was carried without dissent. Mr. BEALE, chairman of the Council of the League, having been voted into the chair, expressed his conviction that Mr. Hughes would prove him self in Parliament to be a firm and faithful friend to the working classes, too honest to flatter them, but never neglecting or betraying their interests. (Cheers.) Mr. WHITCHA3I then moved, and Mr. BOOKER seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Hughes for his conduct in the chair. Mr. HUGHES, who was received with three hearty cheers and " one cheer more," said (in allusion to the paucity of the meeting) he wished that the working men present bad been so far impressed with the importance of the subject as to have stayed out the proceedings. He might state that he had received a letter from Mr. Doulton, jun., stating that his father was not in England, and that his health would not permit -him to return until the assembling of Parliament.. The meeting then separated. A collection was made at the door tow fraying the expenses. sity of inserting provisions to satisfy the requirements of the mortmain law. "After some delay a trust-deed was prepared, executed, and enrolled; and at the first meeting under it, which took place on the 23rd of July, 1862, Lord Stanley was elected chairman, and another of the trustees undertook to act as secretary pro tem., thus facilitating a resolution to postpone as long as possible the appointment of any salaried officers. Hence, as will be seen by the abstract of accounts ap pended, the gross amount for the management of the fund has amounted in three years to but £517 10s. " Pursuant to the terms of the deed of trust, the main portion of the fund was invested at interest in Government stock and other negotiable securities, the balance being held in readiness for early expenditure as soon as a decision could be come to as' to the most advantageous method of employing the fund in conformity with the intentions and subject to the conditions laid down by Mr. Peabody. " And here, on the very threshold of the undertaking, a question of grave significance presented itself. By the express terms of the gift, it was directed to bo so applied as to ameliorate the condition and augment the comforts of the well-conducted poor of Loudon. Bat before deter mining how this could best be done, for the advantage of those intended to be benefited, it became essential to de termine who are the poor of London in the eye of the law. "It has heretofore been held under the authority of judi cial decisions that, in the absence of any governing or qualifying expressions, a gift or bequest to ' the poor' of any place is applicable exclusively to persons not receiving parochial support ; and this, on the principle that, to relieve those already chargeable on the parish or the union, nasmuch as it would contribute to the reduction of the rates, would virtually be conferring a benefit on the pro perty rather than on the poverty of the locality. _ _ _ "Later decisions have somewhat modified this view; the rigidity of the law would now be more or less tem pered to adapt, it to the ascertained wishes of the donor; and the mere fact of the receipt of alms would not, per haps of itself, suffice to disqualify an indigent family for receiving additional comforts from the donations or be quests of benevolent men like Mr, Peabody; but, apart from technical distinctions of this kind, - there were other considerations which constrained - the - trustees to confine their attention, in the first instance, to, that section of the laboring poor who occupy a position above the pauper. "Public attention throughout the United Kingdom having been attracted by the largeness of Mr. Peabody's bounty communications were received from numerous quarters suggesting benevolent plans for adoption. Many of these were in themselves highly desirable, but the majority involved arrangements more or less at variance with Mr. Peabody's injunctions and the provisions of the deed of trust. For example, institutions connected with religious bodies were expressly excluded; and educational establishments, as ordinarily organised, were open to tbe same objection, inasmuch as they are more or less de pendent upon denominational favour. " Hospitals, both for acute and chronic disease, pre sented strong claims ; but on one, among other • grounds, their consideration was deferred :—Mr. Peabody, in his communication to the trustees, had not specially directed that the fund should be so employed as to render it repro ductive ; but that passage in his letter in which he ex pressed his hope 'that not the present only, but future generations of the people of London' would appreciate its advantages, was felt to be entitled to the widest con struction of which it was susceptible.; and it appears to point to a mode of investment, such as, while administer ing to the; immediate enjoyments of the laboring poor of London, would also bear within itself the germ of future extension and perpetuity. This result did' not seem to be attainable in the case of hospitals, which would absorb without returning any portion of the fund. The same re mark applies to almshouses and dwellings for the reception and support of the absolutely destitute, whose subsistence would necessarily be a perpetual charge, 'without pre senting the slightest element of self-support; and atten tion was thus forcibly directed to the object dictated by Mr. Peabody himself, of erecting dwellings for the labor ing poor on such improved principles as to conduce at once to economy, salubrity, and social enjoyment. This mode of employing the fund had also the recommendation that the low rents at which this healthful accommodation could be given would annually supplement the original fund, and thus create a source whence similar advantages might continue to be derived for an almost indefinite period. "In postponing other projects, such as those above already alluded to, it is not to be supposed that the trustees ignore their value orquestion their importance ; but a con currence of circumstances at the moment combined to give pre-eminence to the one above alluded to. In the poorer districts of London the dwellings of the lower classes had been suddenly disturbed by the long pent-up invasion of metropolitan railroads, whose incursions were overthrow ing whole streets inhabited by humble and industrious laborers and artisans. This dispossessed population, un provided with adequate accommodation elsewhere, were thus driven away into alleys and courts, already incon veniently crowded by their previous inmates ; and dis comfort and disease were in many instances added to loss of employment and expense. "Even in ordinary times the class hero alluded to is one pre-eminently entitled to the friendly solicitude of those more happily circumstanced in life. It may bo truly said that the poorest section of society is not the absolute pauper, whose vary destitution constitutes his claim to a legal provision for his wants. Even the stunned feeling of knowing the worst, as ho knows it, is more endurable than the active agony of the effort made by the laboring man, a degree above hith in the social scale, to save himself from a similar downfall. It is to this class, and at Such a crisis, that the extension of a friendly hand may enable the almost exhausted struggler to main tain his ground' and preserve his sense of independence and self-respect. "Nothing is more calculated to cherish and develope those feelings than the removal of the individual and his family from the squalor and discomfort of a dilapidated and unwholesome home to a dwelling cheerful with light and air, and replete with facilities for cleanliness, health, and every domestic operation ; and all this at a cost somewhat less than he has been accustomed to pay for the filth and malaria of the fetid alleys he had left. It was under a strong conviction of the paramount import ance of this object, and more especially under the circum stances above adverted to, that the trustees came to the resolution, without precluding the consideration of other objects' hereafter, to confine their operations for the present4o the object specially recommended to their notice by 4r..l'eabody—viz., the improvement of dwellings for the poor of the metropolis.' "L l nabled by this decision to proceed promptly with the business of the trust, the next inquiries of the trus tees were directed to the system and style of buildings most conductive to the objects in view ; and to the ac quisition of sites in districts of the city most suitable for their erection ; these sites to be distributed throughout the various quarters of London, in order to diffuse the benefits of Mr. Peabody's gift over the largest possible area. " The first site chosen was in Commercial-street, Spital-fields, near the terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, where a space equal to 13,682 square feet was obtained from the Commissioner of Public Works for £3,300. For a further expenditure, something under £24,000 for buildings, accommodation was obtained for up-vvrds of 200 persons, in tenements of one, two, or three apartments each, according to the requirements of the several occupants. The latter sum included also the cost of erecting nine shops on the ground floor, the rents of which, amounting to nearly £5OO per annum, go to in crease the general fund, and thus contribute to the repro ductive character which it is the desire of the trustees to impart to it. "Before the dwellings in Spitalfields wore completed, the trustees were enabled to possess themselves of other sites in districts similarly claiming attention. At Chelsea a plot, containing 13,616 square feet, was obtained for £4,616 18s. Gd.; for another at Bermondsey, with an area of 27,880 square' foet, they gave £4,870 7s. 3d. ; a fourth at Islington, measuring 47,863 square feet, cost £8,646 6s. 5d ; and for £4,300 a fifth was acquired at Shadwell, tho extent of which is over 73,890 square feet. " While the houses in Commercial-street were still in progress, the trustees commenced, on the premises at Islington, the erection of four blocks of buildings, to com prise in all 155 tenements, with ample accommodation for upwards of 650 persons. The whole cost of these build ings, exclusive of the sum paid for the land, will amount, when the accounts shall have been closed, to £31,690. "Before the square at Islington was finished the trus tees entered into a contract for the sum of £37,953 to build on a similar scale on their property at Shadwell, and the works thero are now considerably advanced. " The principle and organisation in each of these exten sive structures is the same. Drainage and ventilation have been insured with the utmost possible care; the instant removal of dust and refuse is effected by means of shafts which descend from every corridor to cellars in the basement, whence it is carted away ; the passages are all kept clean and lighted with gas without any cost to the tenants ; water from cisterns in the roof is distributed by pipes into every tenement, and there aro baths free for all who desire to use them. Laundries, with wringing machines and drying lofts, are at the service of every in mate, who is thus relieved from the inconvenience of damp vapours in his apartments and tho consequent damage to his furniture and bedding. "Every living room or kitchen is abundantly provided with cupboards, shelving and other convenience, and each fireplace includes a boiler and an oven. But what gratifies the tenants, perhaps, more than any other part of the ar rangements, are the ample and airy spaces which serve as playgrounds for their children, where they are always under their mother's eyes, and safe from the risk of passing carriages and laden carts. " In fixing the rent for all this accommodation the trustees were influenced by two considerations. In the first place, they felt it incumbent on them, conformably with the intention of rendering the Peabody Fund repro ductive, to charge for each room a moderate percentage on the actual cost of the houses as would bring in a rea sonable income to the general fund. In the second place, they were desirous, without coming into undue competi tion with the owners of house property less favorably cir cumstanced, to demonstrate to the proprietors the practi cability of rendering the dwellings of the laboring poor healthful, cheerful, and attractive ; and at the same time securing to the landlords a fair return for their invest ments. "At the present moment, owing to the vast changes in the metropolis, by which the houses of the laboring poor have been demolished to so great an extent, the cost of accommodation for thew has been greatly increased. it of course varies in different localities ; but, on an average, the weekly charge for a single room of a very poor de scription is from 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; for two rooms, ss. to ss. 6d.; and for three, from 6s. to 7s. * "But the mere test of rent affords no adequate standard by which to contrast the squalor and discomfort of one of these apartments with the light and airy and agreeable apartments in the Peabody Buildings ; and for ono room there the charge per week is 2s. 6d.; for two rooms, 4s. ; and for three rooms, ss. "On the 29th of February, 1864, the first pile of build ings, erected in Commercial -street, Spitalfields, was thrOwn open to receive its inmates, and the number of ap plicants was and continues to bo considerably in excess of the accommodation available. "As Mr. Peabody had directed by his letter that the sole qualification to be required in a tenant was to be ' an ascertained condition of life, such as brings the individual within the description of the poor of London, combined wit moral character and good conduct as a member of society,' it became the duty of the trustees to ascertain by actual inquiry—first, that the circumstance of the person proposing himself as a tenant were such as to en title him to admission; and, secondly, that in the opinion of his employers there was nothing in his character or moral conduct to disqualify him from pertaining in the benefits of this fund. "These two conditions once established the tenant, on taking possession of his new residence, finds himself as free in action and as exempt from intrusive restraint or officious interference as if he occupied a house in one of the adjacent streets. His sense of independence is pre served by the consciousness that he pays for what he enjoys, and for this payment he provides himself with a dwelling so much superior to what he had formerly been accustomed ,to, that the approach to his house is no longer accompanied by a feeling of humiliation. t . "As the result of the above inquiries, several applica tions for admission were declined, on the grounds either of a condition of life too easy to entitle the individual to be classed with the laboring poor, or of a moral cha racter which could not bear investigation, because of habitual drunkenness or conviction before a legal tri bunal. In some instances, too, the families of persons desirous to become tenants were found to be too numerous for the accommodation available, and these, to avoid un wholesome crowding, were unavoidably excluded. "At this stage of their operations the trustees fotind necessary to appoint a secretary, on whom would de- Niolve the duty not alone of supervising the current affairs of the trust, now becoming extensive and various, but also of Conducting the preliminary inquiries above referred to ; and on the sedulous and conscientious prosecution of which the success of the undertaking is so mainly depen dent. "The number of persons who took possession of their new homes in Spitalfields was upwards of 200, including such classes as charwomen, monthly nurses, basketmakers, butchers, carpenters, firemen, laborers, porters, omnibus drivers, sempatresses, shoemakers, tailors, w aiters, ware housemen ecc • "In the buildings at Islington, which were opened in September, 1865, the inmates are of the same class, with the addition of persons employed in other trades—watch makers, turners, staymakers, smiths, sawyers, printers, painters, laundresses, letter-carriers, artificial flower makers, dressmakers, carmen, cabinetmakers, bookbinders, and others. The entire community there now consists of 674 individuals, of whom 19 are widows, the rest married persons and children. " In evidence of the improved salubrity of the buildings the superintendents report that ill-health is rare, and that the number of deaths since the first buildings were opened, in February, 1864—nearly two years ago—have been one man, aged 30, who died of a chronic complaint, and four children, one of whom was under five, and two under two years old. " The social contentment of the tenants is freely ex pressed ; no complaints have been made of any of the ar rangements provided for their comfort, and they all speak approvingly of the unaccustomed advantages they enjoy. Among these they especially particularise the security of their furniture and effects, which are no longer liable, as they formerly were, to be taken in distress should the land lord become a defaulter. "As regards the moral conduct of the tenantry, the super intendent reports that habitual drunkenness is unknown, and intoxication infrequent, and when the latter does occur to the annoyance of others it is judiciously dealt with by giving notice to the offender that, in the event of its recur rence, he must prepare to leave. There has been but one person removed for quarrelling and disturbing the peace ; and one expelled for non-payment of rent. These excep tions, out of a community consisting of 880 persons, speak strongly for the self-respect and moral principles by which they are influenced. " The trustees cannot conclude this sketch of their pro ceedings withoutexprossing their regret on discovering one obstacle to their usefulness, interposed by the large amounts levied on their buildings for poor-rate, inhabited house duty, income-tax, and general assessments for sewers and drainage. Looking to the fact that the fund they ad minister operates to the repression of the rates for the poor, in proportion to the numbers whom it saves from becoming chargeable on the public, it seems to present a reasonable ground for exemption ; but as the levy is made con formably to law they are content to hope that the Legis lature may be induced to take the subject into considera tion with a view to the early application of a remedy. " The foregoing statement has been prepared and issued under the authority of the trustees. "H. G. SOMERBY, Secretary. "December, 1865." - RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE TO DECEMBER, 1865. RECEIPTS. £ S. d. Gift of Mr. Peabody ..• 150,000 0 0 Interest ... ... 10,672 •9 4 Rents from Spitalfields, deducting expenses • 764 8 3 Ditto from Islington, deducting expenses 179 3 8 161,616 1 3 EXPENDIT URE. Paid for land at Spitalfields ... 3,300 Cost of buildings ... 23,915 11 3 27,215 11 3 Paid fog land at Islington ... 8,646 5 6 Paid on account of buildings... 26,962 14 3 - —-35,60819 9 Paid for land at Shadwell ... 4,450 310 Paid on account of buildings 7,998 5 0 ---- 12,418 8 10 Paid for land at Chelsea •., „. 4,616 18 6 Ditto, at Bermondsey ... s 870 7 3 Expenses to date for Secretary, Book keeper, Books, Stationery, &c 517 10 0 Cash at interest ... 72,000 0 0 Ditto in Bank of England 433 g 5 8 161,616 1 3 * "In London, unless steps are taken, the poor bid fair to be thrust out of house and home, and to have no place lest to dwell in. Our Street Improvement Acts and our railway demolitions are turning out the poor by thousands.' "Even in our crowded and deplorable districts, such as the streets and alleys running out of Drury-lane and in the region of the Seven Dials, apartments are not tobe had; and the rents in some neighb mrhoods have been raised 50 per cent. A res .ectable omnibus conductor in our neighbourhood, who seeks to have two looms, dingy and small, to a. commodive it 72 persons, pays 7s. per week. A wretched family, where Viz husband never bring~ to his home more than 12s. per week, and often less (where there are five child: en), pays 55. per week for two low damp kitchens."—Letter of the Rev. Jacz Runs, D.D., Dec.,, IVOS. --- - . - - t lhis cffect of raising the dignity of the workman in his own eyes, by elevating the character of his dwelling, is pointed out in a description of the Familistery, or Work man's Home, ereeted by AI Godin-Lemaire, at Guise, near St. Quentin, in the "Social Science Review" LI Oct., MD. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OF CANADA.—The first meeting of the postal and military bondholders of this company was held yesterday, at the offices of the company. Edward W. Watkin, Esq., M.P. president, in the chair. The report having been read, it was unanimously resolved that the report and statement of the postal and military service revenue account now sub mitted be, and the same are, hereby approved and adopted; and that the dividend of £6 15s. per £lOO bond, represent ing the interest due from August, 1862, to August, 1865, be now declared, the same to be payable on the 28th of February next. A vote of thanks to the president, for his successful exertions on behalf of the company generally, was proposed by Mr. Baring, M.P., seconded by Mr. Hodg son, M.P., and carried unanimously. [ArsvzaTiszmENT.] -That the fearful annual mortality of 60,000 young chi:dren and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though a;,plrently relieving the patient, have in reality no o,her tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and Infa its' Food, the Revalenta ArAblea, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush Easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, end for children it is the best substitute for human milk. Dr. Rout'), physician to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children-the best authority on such matters -in his admir able publication on Food, says —Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th .t which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, eon aining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debi have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases; and so far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins, I lb., 2s. 9d. 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lls. ; t2lb., 225. ; :4113. OlL—Barry ',Ju Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Philli tea dealers, 5, King William-street ; likewi-e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street ; .103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Nottimf-hill ; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's •wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and che mists.--Beware of spurious imitations. 144C0i Mr. Peabody's Gift to the Poor of London. - The following report has been issued : " The proceedings of the trustees, to whom Mr. Peabody committed the charge of his munificent ' Donation of £150,000 for the Benefit of the Poor of London,' and the course which they have adopted for its application, con forniably with the recorded intentions of the donor, will be best understood by recalling the terms in which his wishes were originally conveyed. "In his letter of the 12th of March, 1862, addressed to the United States' Minister, Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir J. Emerson Tennent, Mr. C. M. Lampson, and Mr. J. S. Morgan, Mr. Peabody, after alluding to the sums which he had previously bestowed in America—at Danvers, the place of his birth, and at Baltimore, the first scene of his active life—for the foundation of institutions calculated to promote the intellectual, moral, and social welfare of his fellow-countrymen, proceeds to say that, in pursuance of a long-cherished determination to attest, by a similar gift, his gratitude and attachment to the people of London, among whom he had spent the last 25 years of his life, he was then about to devote £150,000, 'to ameliorate the condition of the poor and needy.of this great metropolis, and to promote their comfort and happiness.' " This sum he hoped would be so applied by the trustees that the result would 'be appreciated, not only by the present but by future generations of the people of London.' "As regards its expenditure, Mr. Peabody had but three conditions to impose ; but these were, as he said, fundamental principles, from which it was his solemn injunction that those intrusted with the application of the fund shall never, under any, circumstances, depart.' " 'First and foremost among them is the limitation of its uses absolutely and exclusively to such purposes as may be calculated directly to ameliorate the condition and aug ment the comforts of the poor, who either by birth or esta blished residence form a recognised portion of the popula tion of London. " Secondly, it is my intention,' he said, ' that now and for all time there shall be a rigid exclusion from the management of this fund of any influences calculated to impart to it a character either sectarian as regards religion, or exclusive in relation to local or party politics. " Thirdly, it is my wish that the sole qualification for a participation in the benefits of the fund shall be an as certained and continued condition of life, such as brings the individual within the description (in the ordinary sense of the word) of the poor of London ; combined with moral character and good conduct as a member of society.' " Assuring to the trustees the utmost latitude for the exercise of their judgment in deciding on the mode of ex penditure, Mr. Peabody without, in the remotest degree, desiring to limit their discretion in the selection of the most suitable means for giving effect to his purposes, threw out one suggestion for consideration, among the many which would necessarily come under their attention—viz., whether it might not be found conducive to the realisa tion of the conditions above stated, ' to apply the fund or a portion of it in the construction of such improved dwell ings for the poor as may combine, in the utmost possible degree, the essentials of healthfulness, comfort, social en joyment, and economy.' " Thus generously endowed alike with funds, and with discretion to choose the mode of their employment, the first care of the trustees was to obtain a deed so framed as to confer legal powers on those who were to be intrusted with their administration, and to insure their undeviating application to the generous objects contemplated by the giver. But at this stage considerable difficulty was encoun tered, arising mainly from the fact that the large amount to be expended was not a bequest by will, -in which case precedents are sufficiently numerous, but a gift during the lifetime of the giver, which therefore involved the neces- SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—In the latest news from Jamaica there was but one item of importance—that the Govern ment had introduced a bill to repeal the Act just passed for the amendment of the Constitution, and to transfer the whole control of the island directly to the Queen. This measure, which, extraordinary as it is, seemed not unlikely to be accepted by the Legislature, shows the pass to which an old and once respectable community may be brought by the reckless play of political passions. The outbreak at Morant Bay seems to have brought to a crisis the malady which so long afflicted the island. The fury of the negro against the white, the fear by the white of the rebellious negro, the fierce invectives on the authorities by the Radical leaders and press, and the hasty legislation by which the Executive has in turn sought to restrain the turbulent politicians of the island, show a state of society which in days gone by might have been prralleled nearer home, but which we should have hoped was not to be found in any part of the British Empire. It comes to this—that a Constitution which was in force when the most important of our colonies were path less deserts, and when the natio n s o f th e C on ti nen t had not yet conceived the idea of freedom, is to be swept away completely, and replaced simply by such forms of administration as may be directed by her Majesty by Letters Patent or by an Order in Coun cil. The Sovereign of Great Britain is by this bill intrusted with the utmost power that has ever been claimed in what is called a " Crown colony." The Queen may create and constitute, and from time to time alter and amend, such forms of Legislature as to her may seem meet and best ; she may alter the present administrative machinery of the Executive Committee which has been established by statute, and in lieu thereof create, and from time to time vary, whatever administrative machinery to her shall seem best, " and such Letters Patent and each such Order in Council, or any instructions un der her Majesty's Royal signet and sign manual in furtherance thereof, shall have the same force and effect, and be as valid in law, as if the same had been enacted by the Governor, Legislative Coun cil, and Assembly of Jamaica, or by the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland." This is the measure the first reading of which was carried by a con siderable majority in the Assembly a month ago, and which, if it meets the approval of the Home Government, will probably pass into a law. It seems, too, to be satisfactory both to the Govern ment and its opponents. The former propose it ; the latter acquiesce on the ground that government by the Colonial-office—that is, by the British Cabinet, responsible to the British Parliament-- must be better than the rule which has hitherto prevailed in the island. After the shock which the colony has received by the Morant Bay rising, and the proof given by the late events that the animosi ties which have come into being of late years threaten the very existence of society, all parties seem to unite in the desire to get rid of a political machinery which can no longer be worked without difficulty and danger. Executive and people, planter and negro, Churchman and Dissenter, the few rich and the vast multitude of poor, would all apparently be glad to substitute the paternal despotism of the British Ministry for such liberty as Jamaica has possessed in these days. It is the old political story which has been so often told. Free institutions have failed because they have not been temperately worked, and the community de sires to take refuge under some power which will as sure its safety and quiet. We cannot see without regret this retrogression in an old and still important British dependency. There was a chance that in Jamaica the coloured race would be fitted for the enjoyment of civilisation and the exercise of political rights. Brown men and black men made up the vast ma jority of 'the population ; they had in every respect equal rights with the whites, who were too few and too weak to exercise any social oppression, and who, if even they had been able to do so, were restrained by the power of the British Crown. The negroes could live easily in a country where the earth yields its fruits so abundantly, where nature requires little animal food, and where clothing is a matter of decency or ornament, and not of protection. The composition of the Legislature appears to an inquirer at a distance to have been unobjectionable. The Council was appointed by the Crown, and is acknow ledged to consist of the most able, temperate, and trustworthy men to be found in the island. The House of Assembly has had discredit brought on it by the election from time to time of improper per sons. But, whatever its faults, it certainly had not that of being a house of planters. Out of 47 mem bers there are, or lately were, some eight or nine coloured men and several Jewish merchants or traders. Indeed, the planter element appears to have been comparatively weak in the house, and to what ever cause this be owing, it disposes of the objection that the island was governed by a dominant oligarchy. On the whole, we are inclined to think that the House of Assembly very fairly represented the island. Though the constituent body was small—a defect which seems to have arisen more from the apathy of the voters than from the excess of the qualification—yet it was open equally to men of every class, creed, and colour, and we find that it could elect an ultra-Radical in Gordon, and return a house in which the Opposition was strongly repre sented. There is no conspicuous reason why such a Constitution should fail, and yet it undoubt edly has failed. If we look into the matter a little more closely, however, we perceive that in the society of the island there were no influences strong enough to keep politicians within those bounds of moderation and generosity without which responsible Government can hardly be carried on. Successive Governors, successive Executives, may have bad their faults, but there is reason to believe that the political collapse of the island has heen chiefly due to the reckless manner in which political warfare has been carried on. The aboriginal Caribs of the island could not have tomahawked or scalped their enemies with greater ferocity than the Radicals of the present day have vituperated their opponents. Long before Mr. Eyre came to the island—which, indeed, was' only three years ago—the evil was at its height ; but it is his misfortune to be in office when it has produced the final catastrophe. Every man who came forward in a public position in Jamaica had to prepare for a flood of abuse and misrepresentation, for taunts, for insinuations, for gross personalities, not always confined to himself, but sometimes extending to his family and household. We have already seen how Governor Eyre was charged by Gordon with defrauding the island out of the price of a piano, and Baron von Ketelholdt of appropriating to his own use a charitable fund ; and numbers of similar accusations by the Radical speakers will be forthcoming if any one chooses to inquire for them. Yet we may hope that the Con stitution of the island will not be permanently abro gated, and that if the Home Government be intrusted N7vith. Alie_task of 'framing new institutions it will bear in mind that the failure of the present Con stitution has been due to certain well-understood causes, which may be removed by a short period of firm rule, and not to any inherent impossibility of free government in a community of 'nixed race. There is little news now to be expected till Sir Henry Storks arrives. Mr. Cardwell's despatch gave general satisfaction, though, of course, it was only a formal official reply to that of the Governor. The Jamaica people were, up to the last advices, perfectly satisfied with their own conduct and that of the authorities during the rebellion. The island was quiet, and business fully restored. The first part of the drama was over, the second had not yet begun. THE " ANGLO AMERICAN TIMES" ON AMERICAN LIBERALITY TO ENGLAND.--In another portion of this paper we insert the Report of the Trustees of Mr. George Peabody's gift to the poor of London ; and, without intending to comment on the report further than to say that it is in the highest degree satisfactory, we think it will not be out of place to make some allusion to Mr. Peabody himself, and to certain peculiarities of the American people, of which he is so worthy and honored a representa tive. Mr. Peabody is no more and no less than a private and unostentatious American gentleman. There are few= Americans who have the power to do good on the magnificent scale which he has done, but there is nothing whatever of merit in his charac ter which does not belong equally to thousands and thousands of his countrymen. His charity to the city of London necessarily attracted wide attention, but the gift was modestly made, and not with the intention "to be seen of men." Those who know anything of his career need not be told this ; for his charities are so extensive, and at the same time so judicious, that his name has become a " household word" in millions of homes on both sides of the Atlantic. Starting in life with no more than a very moderate competence, he has lived to the ripe age of three-score-and-ten, and by a course of strict basiness probity and honor, has realised an enormous fortune. This fortune is to him, how ever, a means and not an end. He uses it to pro mote the happiness of his fellow -creatures. It is now something like a third of a century since Mr. PEABODY, then a young and ambitious man, went out from his paternal home in Danvers, Massachu setts, to seek his fortune. Danvers is a remote and an uninteresting place, but his heart has ever been true to the spot where his early days were passed ; and, after so many years, he turns back to his native town and endows her with a gift, as a token of his affection, which cannot be called " princely ".' simply because no prince has ever shown such splendid liberality. Mr. Peabody lived for a few years in his early life in Baltimore, and Alexandria, Virginia. He has not .forgotten `those towns in the bestowal of his favors, in each of which he has endowed institutions cal culated to promote the intellectual, moral, and .~ ~ social welfare of the people. His gift to L en ' don, however, surpasses anything which has ever been known in the hi s t or y o f pr i va t e c h ar ity. 11 the Marquis of Westminster, or the Duke of Bed ford, or some other of the great territorial lords of England, had bestowed one hundred and fifty thousand pounds upon the poor of London, there would have been sufficient cause for satisfaction and congratulation. But the gift came from an American gentleman who had spent some years business here, and whose love for this metropolis 10 , not the love of a native " to the manner born , but simply the affection of a foreigner for a city which has been the scene of his early struggle° and his later triumphs. And here we bar an illustration of American character. Ill r ; Peabody, like other Americans, remembered firs" his own native place and his own country; afterwards, he could afford to be generous to the city where he has spent so many useful and prosperous years. So the Americans, who gav e their millions to the Sanitary Commission and kin dred charities during the war, did not forget, even in the midst of their own grievous troubles, the poo r operatives of Lancashire, but sent over aid to then by thousands of pounds. And so the American people are always ready and willing to show the ir , friendship for the peopl e an d th e i ns tit u tions 0 .; Great Britain. Surely, with such ambassadors 0 ' friendship and good-will as America presents to England in the person of George Peabody and his compatriots, there ought to be something more than kindly feeling—there ought to be positive affection —between the people of the two countries. THE IRON TRADE. BIRMINGHAM, Friday Evening. The second meeting of th e i ronmas t ers of thig district for the current quarter was held in t he Town-hall here this afternoon, In one respect the assembly afforded a contrast to that of Wel/ el : hampton ; the attendance was large, and the trade in other iron-producing districts was well repre sented; but as to buyers, the number was comps' ratively scanty, and beyond the ordinary contracts not much business was done. In that and other re spects it was unquestionably a quiet quarter- 4 W , but there were no indications whatever of depres sion, and the tone was rather cheerful than other wise. None but over-sanguine people, or those who have pushed their power to obtain credit to the ei" treme, and are always expecting something extra; ordinary to turn up, wo u ld ex p ec t a l arge amou nt to be done at the begi nn i ng of J anuar y, w ith money at 8 or 9 per cent. ; but those who have somethl at stake are con t en t i n ex i s ti ng c i rcumstance s with a steady tho ug h mo d era t e t ra d e ; an d a lthough there were not any speculative orders given out her e to-day or at Wolverhampton yesterday at n early all the works they have sufficient on the books t ° keep them in full operation. For bar iron the demand is dull ; the unsatisfa°' tory state of the trade in respect of sheets was d alluded to in our report from W o l ver h am pton, al l 0 no improvement was experienced to-day. As town' iron of the very best quality, the price asked was some instances 7s. 6d. per ton in advance of last quarter day. In reference to the meeting today it may also be noticed th a t th e Li verpoo l house o evinced little disposition to enter into engagemelitt The pig-ironmasters were in good spirits ega lli to-day--the prevailing quotation for all mine Staffordshire, was £4 per ton. For Shropshire iron, Lilleshall and otherwise' there was the usual steady demand. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. the We had a fair attendance at. our market to-day, an d tone was again firmer, and the business in wheat more ' (3 is tive than of late, at an advance of 2d per cental since ti' a , day week. Flour steady ; Indian corn 6d p er q r. advail t ' s ' Beans firm • peas inquired for ; barley unc hanged; e` and oatmeal unchanged. - DERBY—FRIDAY. t,Astt Our corn market to-day was fai r ly su ppli e d with vrx;, - ,, t s which sold at about late rates. Barley at top prices. same as last week. New white wheat, 52s to 56s ; old red, 49s to 5341 ) ,, e . r ng , stone. Barley for malting, 34s t o 42 s p er q r. ; 26s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 265; old, A llp 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 450 to per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. Our market to-day was tolerably attended. There ate about an average supply o f w h ea t , w hi c h sold at t h e r rat Br of last week. Barley m e t a f a i r d eman d at a b out late r3,or Oats without material alteration. The demand for 0 articles inactive, and last week's rates generally made Averages, January B—Wheat, 420 qrs, at 47$ ‘ 4 . barley, 687 at 37s 74d ; oats, 45, at 23s Bd. S TAMP ORD.—FRIDAY. ce 6 There was about the usual quan tity o f w h e at, and pi: 1 0 as before. Barley at late rates. Oats unchanged. B e a no alteration. Peas in favour o ' f the buyer. 3 6 Old white wheat, 508 to 53s • red do. 46s to 50s P er o stone. Barley, malting, 34s to 376 ; grinding, 28s 0 4 . 0 0 per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 25s to 27s per 24 01— Beans, 44s to 50s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. • LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. er 36 New white wheat, 51s to 58s ; new red, 42s to 49 $ Poo stone. Barley for maltin g , 34 s to 42s per qr ; gr l 4 3 to 31s to 33s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 325. Beans, 51s per 38 stone. BRISTOL-THURSDAY. Our market to-d a y was thi n l y a tt en d e d, o wing fp tall:fii inclemency of the weather. English wheat Was it , ,s; 6 10 supply and sold slowly at last week's prices. Fore i g n to 28 per qr. low er . M a lti ng b ar l e y s t ea dy, grinding per qr. dearer...- . Oats 6d to is per qr. Tower. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. de' The market has been flat this Week, and prices dined fully 6 pe r cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. ,i , Holywell Main lB 0 West Hartley ......... 8 , _ N.Staffordshir e 17 0 Pensher Primrose ••• ; 9 9_ Carway and Duffryn South Hartlepool ...... ..: 3 9 Malting 24 0 Tunstall ............... I s , 5 . 4haw'sHartley lB 6 Pittingt0u................ 20 Kelloe Hartlepool South Durham l9 3 South Hetton . ....... ‘ , O ! New Belmont l9 6 East Hartlepool ...... t o 5 West Lambton l9 3 Eden M a i n ............ l'i Ships at market, 72 ; sold, 65. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. „ 1S• Australia and New Zealand, via South am pton 0 0'" 1 2 Ditto, via Marseilles Jan., h 4. , Brazil and Cape - Verds. by British packet N e ' . , 0, I Jaa" '-' Ditto, by French packet ~..„, 21' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.••• o ' - ' IS. China, Petta.u,g, and Singwore, via Soil: hampton...ftT 2 7, Atto; 'via Marseilles ....... J.- Falkland Islands . Jail 21 ' Gibraltar, via Southampton .. . .... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a S ou th amp t on .... Jan. 27 • Ditto, via Marseilles jam ii. India (Bombay),via, Southampton, 2O Ditto, via Marseilles Jan Mauritius, via Southampton f• rep' Ditto, via Marseil e 3. .. )10 Jail ' 1./ . ..Newfoundland . .... ........ _ 'k. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United States and _British North America, by Bri- b O. •lIL tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Sbuthamp ton Ditto, via Cork ..... ig. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via LondonderrY• • d % West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ...... r em . West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, IS ' and Mexico Jan 29. Jan . a Cuba and MeXico reb• Bahamas, via New 'York. l/ Jan' Bermuda, ditto Births. O . i FAUX.—On the 10th inst., atßasn gs t o ke, the Nwife . Of Faux, of a son. wife Of HUDDLESTON. —On the 10th inst., at Southsea, the ~t In s Major G. Egerton Huddleston, P aymas t er 52d Lig' - fantry, of a son. PETERS.—On the 9th inst., at 37, Peters, of a daughter. Marriages. D'AETH S imoNms.—On the 11th inst , a d f ti r , A d ß - r t sci b e o rra . : fl o ce . : 7 ll:l. Rev. Wyndham C. H. Hughes D'Aeth,• younge it s t a s ,:t, to Admiral Hughes D'Aeth, of Knowlton court, Prior Mary, eldest daughter of John Simonds, lands, Berks. , i . s to o ,l JEE—KENDALL.—On the 10th inst., at 1111 1011 ,,, e ^ 1 , 0 ' Leicestershire, Thomas Wightman, only son of era, the Jee, Esq., of Peckleton Hall, to Charlotte Surorefelitire second daughter of Wm. Allen Kendall, Esq. , °'' berstone. Deaths. man' BRAND.—On the 11th inst., at 6, Up p er Lansdovrn e , " t oso" Notting-hill, Alfred A. Brand, Esq., late of Bla' - street, Southwark, aged 43. ; ill olll Ii Go oGL u oL L uE D IB . 4 - o,NR C E. n .l t . h b e ang l e l tdh th en. inst., at Peckham, Captain W ~ P i ' ll ' 11th inst , at Ravensbourro:reet, "louse, Catford-bridge, and 'of Southampton 59. Bloomsbury-square, Wm. J. liollebone, Esq, tig,eu JOHNSON.—voo- On the l h lt o h m i a n s st ie a m t Winchester 11 , 1u sci se . 7 , ti o l e der's' walk, Chelsea , Thomas hill, Finchley, aged 79. __.-...04°' 'London : Printed and Published by W1l:"."--7-1,1itla AN . *j , g l4 11 1"1 ", of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter, at Titz SUN 0 1 . 11 % ° ,' : iii ;ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the '- 111ddleies..—Saturday, January' 13, 1866, D oo i_ rt s E s : ll lAX I Theatres. PA tliatiteP let), raj ' !CNA] P T. 74 eelel It i ; ?life th 3old in 8, GRI °beer / . e IWUTE 14 (II Ittys sp F AI)Ar k.N( fe r e ee hald 0 th r Or any di2e Years 41A de ed ' Is ell 'rirar e4PeloveTl --__________ 1 1) °1-A bli4lieclGrill' pi ke, tot,i C " b :ll Th C °4 ll li t3l , „: 11 ti oa he „ al ° th All the ‘itthiO4,ll% S ~~ iti.,,,