The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-29 00:00:00

Conservative Demonstration in Essex. The Malden Conservative Club celebrated its anniversary dinner on Tuesday night, under the presidency of Mr. C. Du Cane, M.P., one of the junior Lords of the Admiralty. On the right and left of the chairman sat Mr. G. M. W. Sandford, M.P., and Mr. R. A. Earle, MX., and there was also present Lord Eustace Cecil, M.P. for South Essex. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Army, Navy, Militia, and Volunteers." (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman mid there never was a time in the history of this country when the maintenance of an efficient army_ and navy was of such vital import ance to its internal prosperity, and when a deeper responsibility rested upon those who presided over our military and naval administration. As far as the army was concerned, he thought that the name of General Peel was one which inspired confidence throughout the country ; and speaking for the Boa rd of Admiralty, of which he (Mr. Du Cane) had the honour to be a humble member, he could only say that that board was deeply impressed with a sense of the responsibility which devolved upon it. (Hear, hear.) Capt. ISHERWOOD responded for the army, and Lieutenant HUMPHREYS for the volunteers. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the " Conservative Members for Maldon, Mr. Sandford and Mr. Earle," said that although the political future was shrouded to a certain extent in uncertainty he could not help thinking that the events of last session, and the lan guage held on certain platforms during the past au tumn, had done much to strengthen that dislike for organic constitutional changes which had mainly led to the instalment of the Conservatives in office. (If ear, hear.) Mr. SANDFORD, M.P., in responding, said he did not know what course her Majesty's Government might pursue upon the question of reform, although there were two oracles present from whom some thing might perhaps be extracted—(laughter)—but he could not help pointing out that in all previous reform bills some injustice had been meted out to Maldon. Maldon, with its 900 electors, was placed in schedule D as if it were a town with a population of some 6,000 or 7,000 persons ; but one-half the electors of Maldon were derived from 42 square miles of country round the town, and surely some allow ance ought to be made for the population of these 42 square miles. If that population were taken into account the borough of Maldon would figure with between 11,000 and 12,000 attached to it ; at all events, it would be in such a position that it would certainly not be touched by any reform bill. (Hear.) He did not wish now to go into any subject of grouping. He retained his original objection to any grouping, because lie was sufficiently selfish not to wish to have any further trouble or expense en tailed upon him—(laughter)—but in the interests of his constituents he was not sure whether a fair system of grouping would not have at least one ad vantage. If the electors of Maldon were grouped with some other place so as to make up a constitu ency of at least 10,000 or 15,000, instead of being shut out on any future reform bill, they would be placed in a position to last certainly as long as the British constitution. When he spoke of the principle of grouping he limited himself to existing constituen cies, because then, at all events, it was known who your bedfellows were to be—(laughter)— and respect was shown to prescriptive rights and traditional interests. There was another system of grouping which found favour with cer tain parties, and which consisted in tacking on to Maldon places like Coggeshall and Braintree. Such a system might suit the parties to whom he had re ferred, but he did not think it would suit those pre sent—and if such a system were proposed he should give it, from whatever quarter it might come, the most determined opposition. (Hear.) He had a word to add upon the subject of our foreign rela tions. We possessed no official information upon the subject, but what he had read in the public journals as to the',tone of a recent despatch from Mr. Seward had given him pain. He found that, refer ring to certain Fenians condemned in Canada, and taken red-handed in as piratical an invasion of a peaceful country as history ever recorded, Mr . Seward, in language of menace and defiance, de manded a commutation of their sentence, and he was sorry toadd that rumour said that her Majesty's Government were inclined to comply with the re quest. Far be it from him (Mr. Sandford) to dis pute the possession by her Majesty of the attributes of clemency and mercy, whcli were amongst the highest as they were amongst the most sacred of the prerogatives of Majesty ; but they were prerogatives which should be exercised by our sovereign of her own free will, and net at the dictation of the Minister of a foreign power. (Hear, hear.) He sincerely trusted that her Majesty's responsible advisers had given no such counsel to her Majesty as rumour attributed to them upon the present occasion. He thought he might venture to add that the presence in the Cabinet of one whom above all he respected—he meant Lord Cranborne—was a pledge and a guarantee of a contrary policy ; and he confidently hoped and • relied that when the papers relating to the subject were placed upon the table of the house a very different complexion would be given to the whole transaction. If, on the o ther hand, it should appear th a t th e honour of Eng land had been tarnished, and that humiliating con cessions had been made at the dictation of a minister of a foreign state, then so far as his humble vote was concerne d, if he was called upon to choose between sd o u would the cries of party a nd the cries o f patriotism,he ne i t her hesitate nor palter in his choice, nor he a ll o w even his desire to retain aeouse rvative Government in office to weigh for a single insta n t in the balance against the honour and dignity o f hi s country. (Cheers.) Mr EARLE, M.P., a lso replied. When he h eard . the question of Parliamentary reform discussed h e owned that he felt much more anxious to ascertain what would be the probable effects of Parliamentary reform, than inquisitive as to the particular year in which a reform bill might be carried. It appeared to him that in all the discussions which arose upon that subject there was, sometimes upon one side and sometimes upon the other, a certain amount of ex aggeration. In the case of a reformed Parliament, he believed the direction given to its first efforts would mainly depend upon the individual influences to which it might be subjected, just as in the case of a ship its course depended upon the man at the helm. In discussing the question of reform he had no doubt that the members of the club would endeavour, while seeking perhaps for greater vigour, still to preserve the stability which they now enjoyed. If they discussed the question with that view, he thought they would agree with him that it must ' considered in a very different spirit from that in which it had been treated on certain platforms since the prorogation of Parliament. He hoped that in dealing with this great question we should combine vigour with stability, and that we should not be in duced to take a ticket in the lottery of revolution unless we saw our way clearly to drawing a prize. (Cheers.) Mr. W. M. TUFFNELL proposed the " Conserva tive Members present." Lord E. CECIL, M.P., acknowledged the cornpli- meat, and, in speaking of the reform question, I said, although there had been enough of abuse and vituperation in the deliberations of the Re form League, he was afraid that there had been very little common sense or wisdom in their councils. Al thel vials of the great agi..a tor's wrath hadbeen ti:i e Conservative ol o f ured out upon the de voted heads, not only t_e rke the seer party, but . of every respectable person in The great Birmingham L i prophet had, ,o \vn; of old, been taken by the Refor u ; from mountain to mou n tain , but from town agtoue t not but instead of cursing his enemi es h e (Lord E. Cecil) ventured to say that in the opinion of every unprejudiced person he had seven times blessed them. (Laughter.) A little incident took place inthe House of Commons last year which excited some attention at the time. The hon. member for North Warwick called Mr. -Whalley a Jesuit in disguise, for the manner in which he advocated Protestant interests in Parliament. (Laughter.) Well, when he (Lord E. Cecil) remembered the speeches of a certain other great personage he wondered that some rather suspicious member of the Reform League did not get up and call him a Conservative in disguise, for the manner in which he advocated the Reform question. But, apart from the strong language con tained in the celebrated but unhappy speeches of Mr. Bright, it seemed to him (Lord E. Cecil) that there were one or two fallacies underlying the hon. gen tleman's fervid declamation. The first of these fal lacies was that the artisans of the large towns, how ever much we might wish to see them admitted to the franchise, constituted the people of England; and the second was that everything good came from the large towns, and everything bad and corrupt from the small boroughs and the counties. On every occasion, too, the great agricultural interest was per sistently vilified, and was constantly held lip as being numerically inferior and politically of less importance. Now, gentlemen who talked in this way entirely for got that the population of the counties comprised 11,000,000, and that of the boroughs 9,000,000, and yet the counties only returned something-like 160 members, while the boroughs returned over 330 members. Notwithstanding these facts and figures, the cry was constantly raised that the representation of the agricultural interest was too great in the pre sent parliament. As to nothing good coming from small boroughs, he thought he had only to point in reply to the excellent speeches which they had been favoured by two borough members that evening. As to large constituencies being a safeguard against bri bery, without saying whether bribery or the revela tions which we had lately had at Totnes, Yarmouth, and Lancaster, he would call attention to a few de ductions which he had made from a parliamentary re turn just issued with reference to the expenses of candidates at the last general election. According to the published return—and he only dealt with legi timate and published expenditure—(a laugh)—it was stated that at Bristol the average expenditure of each candidate was £2,037 ; at Manchester, £1,656 ; at Glasgow, £2,817 ; at Dublin, £4,567 ; in the City of London, £2,489 ; in Marylebone, £2,031 ; and at Westminster—which was always held up as the blue riband of representation, though hethought there was a good deal of gold tinsel mixed up with the blue riband—£4,oll. Now, at Maldon, which he did not suppose was the least expensive of the boroughs of England, the average expenditure of each candidate at the last general election was only £643, or just one-fourth of the expenditure of each candidate at Glasgow, and one-sixth of the average expenditure incurred by each candidate at Westminster. These facts showed that the tendency of large constituencies was rather to increase than to diminish the expenditure of candidates, and that before any bill passed which would represent all classes, there were many other points to be consi dered besides a lowering of the franchise. Looking into the political horizon, it seemed to him there were several questions quite as important as reform which demanded an attentive and close considera tion. There was the state of Ireland—(hear, hear) —there was the reorganisation of the army and navy, there was the administration of the Poor-law, there was the insecurity of the holders of railway property—(laughter)--besides various other ques tions affecting the Church and education. Whether the Government of Lord Derby were allowed or not to deal with these questions, the Conservatives must not shut their eyes to the fact that they were in a considerable minority in the House of Commons ; at the same time there had never been the same amount of difference in their ranks as existed in the ranks of the opposite party, while they would also receive support from a large amount of the educated public opinion of the country. To that large class who, without taking any very active part in politics, still loved and revered the constitution, he would confidently appeal ; and to Conservatives he would say, adopting nearly the same language as was used at a great meeting at Birmingham net long since, " Remember the object for which we strive ; care not for calumnies or for lies ; our object is to uphold the British Constitution, with all its freedom, for the British people." (Cheers.) The CIIAIMIAN proposed " Prosperity to the Mal don Conservative Club," and after some humorous observations at the expense of thelocal Liberal party who, he said., at a recent meeting appeared to show extraordinary despondency as regards the past, and considerable apprehension as regards the future, the hon. gentleman added that there was nothing in Conservative principles, or in the past policy of the Conservative party, to prevent them dealing with the whole question of reform in a comprehensive spirit, or to prevent them bringing in a Reform Bill at once moregenuiiiely liberalin its details and more in accordance with the ancient lines of the C3usti tution than the bill of last session. That was all his friends or his opponents would get from him on the subject of reform. (Laughter.) His esteemed colleague (Sir T. Western), at a meeting at Maldon last week, had remarked that he (Mr. Du Cane) had indicated with very considerable significance at Castle Iledin-gham what might be expected in the matter of the malt tax from his friends now in power. Well, what he did expect from his friends now in power was that in allmatters of taxation the claims of the agricultural interest to share fairly in the re ductions made should be fairly considered ; and if he had thought that—provided the finances of the country allowed 4—the present Government were not prepared to deal fairly with the agricultural in terest in the matter of the malt tax, he should not have felt Limself at liberty to accept office. With a considerable doubt hanging over them as to whether there would be sufficient surplus to enable them to deal satisfactorily with the malt tax, and with alarge majo rity hostile at this moment to any proposal for the reduction of that tax, it would not be wise for her Majesty's Government to embarrass their position and court certain defeat ; to do so would be fatal not merely to the existence of the present Adminis tration, but also in the long run to the cause of malt tax repeal. His friend Mr. Sandford had alluded to certain matters connected with our naval expendi ture. He would undertake to deliver Mr. Sandford's message word for word to Sir J. Pakington, and he ad no doubt that Sir John would answer that mes ,!ap.mrgaoetptoiensrisnthghee way that Mr. Sandford would most like nun to a nswer it, viz., in his place in Parliament, in thefifind d a t v h y a et the e mates for 1867. In other Saud ford would (Mr. D u C ane ) truste d t h at M r. Saud due regard fo r the honour present andt G h e t: o v o e d r Government of fad the a e country over which it presided. (Hear, hear.) Several other toasts followed. PHILIP AUGUSTUS' FORTRESS DISCOVERED.--In Court the course of recent excavatio ns ma d e in the C L ou vre, the workmen came upon the foundations rt of the of the oca fortress built by Phili p A ugustus. This sovereigntre D on Dame s iderably enlarged Paris. In hi s reign ( 1 180) N was commenced, and the cit y s urrounded with a wall, hav ingm on it 500 towers, with 130 gates. It is stated that the exact site and plan of the fortress in the court-yard of the Louvre were known from various historical documents preserved in the Imperial Library ; the portions discovered consist of one of the principal entrances and two flanking towers. DEATH OF GAVARNI.— -The arts have just sus tained a very serious loss. Gavarni, the well-known hu moristic draughtsman, whose pencil had seized different types of contemporaneous society with so much truth and versatility, expired at Paris on Friday night. He was born at Paris in 1801, and was originally a n engine-maker. It was only at 34 that he obtained an engagement o t sketch the fashions of the day for a weekly journal. He speedily acquired a considerable reputation, and undertook the management of the Journal des Gens du Monde. From that time his position was assured, and ho began a series of lithographic sketches exhibiting cleverness and philosophy, and which at a later period he continued in the Charivari. He received the Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1852. To him we owe the illustrations in " Juif Errant" of Eu gene Sue, in the "Diable it Paris," and in the works of Balzac. Ho also produced a great number of water-colour drawings of great merit. Among his compositions may be , mentioned the " Lorettes," the " Artistes," the "Coulisses,' the " Debardeurs," the "Dais Masques," the " Chicards," the "Balivernes de Paris," the "Enfants Terribles," the "Impressions des Voyages," the "Maris Venges," &c. It is related of him that in 1819 he intended to come to live in London, but that his spirits all at once gave way to the spectacle of the terrible misery ho witnessed. The fre quenters of taverns, thieves, street-sweepers, the beggars of St. Giles and Whitechapel, became the subjects of his pencil, but even rags themselves acquired a kind of dig nitydel under his touch. It was in Paris, however, that he afat i ell g t_ h y te a d Parisure that a remained , m c a h in ie e fl d y , a r n e d fle i e t te i d s P in ari hi s s l l i i f g e h i t n an it d s as e compositions. He took the name of Gavarni a sketch by him of the Circus of Gavarni, out of the most beautiful situations in the Pyrenees , which appeared origi nally in the "Muses des Families." Of late years Gavarni gave much attention to the study of aerostation. It may be as,well to state that his real name was Paul Chevalier. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 28. The Fenian uniforms and arms seized yesterday at Liverpool are probably the first fruits of a large harvest to be gathered in transitu from America to Ireland. There are some ladies in Dublin so alarmed they are afraid to go to bed at night, especially since they heard that Gen. Sir Thomas Larcom had re solved to sleep in the Castle with a strong guard, and that other extraordinary precautions are being used by the:authorities. The news that Stephens has left America and is on his way to this country will, of course, increase the fears of the timid ; but those who reflect do not apprehend any invasion. They expect that the Fenian armada will be disposed of by our gunboats before it reaches Ban try Bay or any other harbour. Since the laying of the Atlantic telegraph the Fenians should have given up in despair. They would have done so pro bably, but for two causes—first, the pleasure of re ceiving large sums of money and exercising power and patronage employed by the leaders, and next the pleasure of annoying and tormenting England. This is, perhaps, considered by many of the party as a sufficient reward in itself for their labours and dan gers. The extentto which this stinging and goading process succeeds, though carried on by venomous creatures so weak, and so easily crushed if they could only be caught, should teach the Legislature the wisdom of removing, if possible, the matter in which they are engendered ; for this plague is like the cholera or the rinderpest—it can be stamped out effectually only by destroying the sources whence it emanates and the bad sanitary conditions by which it is attracted. In the meantime the pesti lence seems to be spreading over the country. What occurred at Boyle on Monday is probably only a sample of what happens in most towns in Ireland wherever there is a fair or any assembly which serves as a pretext for the appearance of strangers. There a great number of strangers thronged the various lodging-houses, many of them suspicious-looking characters. The wealthy graziers could not have contemplated the visitors with much comfort when they heard that the police had been paying domiciliary visits, taking dowv names and making other inquiries. People feel now the truth of what you state—that this new trouble arises in a great measure from the looseness and leniency experienced 1•y the Fenian conspirators last year. But the lesson will not be lost if pirates, robbers, and ruffians caught in the act of making war upon society are treated as they deserve, and as they have a right to expect to be treated. The arguments in the case of Denis D. Mulcahy were resumed yesterday morning, with the same forms as on previous days. The Lord Chief Justice again betrayed his unaccountable impatience to have a full argument on the right of the Crown to reply, and his desire to give judgment upon it. Why he should wish the public time to be wasted on a discussion about a right which the prisoner's coun sel did not dispute is a mystery. The following dialogue, which occurred at the opening of the court yesterday morning, is curious : The Chief Justice said, before Mr. Lawson proceeded with his argument, he wished to state that the question as to the right of the Crown to reply was not decided in the present case, and whenever the question would again arise, the Court were prepared to hear it fully argued and decide on it. The Solicitor-General stated that, according to Irish prac tice, the right of the Crown to reply was fully established. Tho Chief Justice said the Court would require to hear something more than Irish practice before they would decide the point. The Solicitor-General—As the case does not arise now I Will say nothing more about it, but I am quite prepared to argue the point whenever it may arise. The Attorney-General observed that it was impossible to argue a question that was not before the Court, and it was likely that those who felt interested in the question would argue it. The,Chief Justice—l am aware of that, but I think it right to intimate that if it is raised I shall requite it to bo fully argued. Mr. Lawson then proceeded to reply on the part of the Crown. In the course of his argument be in troduced some new cases, to which Mr. Butt briefly replied. This closed the arguments. The Chief Justice then said that the case should stand over for judgment till the second day of next Term, which will be the 12th of January. The prisoner was then formally committed to Mountjoy Prison, and conveyed thither strongly guarded. The Master of the Rolls was to have disposed yesterday of the motion, fully argued before him last week, about the Supplemental Charter, but he stated that he could not then do so, but would go fully into the facts of the case next Monday. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN ING, NOVEMBER 29, 1866. Upper and Lower Canada. Although Mc ,ntreal, Quebec, and Kingstown might defy the efl 'orts of an invader, there would be no means of de fending the open country. If the inhabitants rose ; against the invaders they would but insure their own de struction, and lead to useless waste of property and life. It is in vain to attempt to organise a defence of a country so situated, and nothing could be more ill-advised than by false inducements to lead the inhabitants into so fatal a mistake. A British force landed in North America would but find their way into American prisons in the event of a war, and only lead to a waste of England's strength, and a bitter humiliation to her arms. We consider, then, that the true position should be recognised, and no thought entertained of launching Canada into war with the United States, even in the event of a rupture between England and America. 3.loney expended to fortify the colony against the neigh bouring nation is money thrown away. The cir cumstances are as well known to American states men and generals as they can be to any other class of men. The position is ditagreeable, but, like many other disagreeable positions in life, people get used to it and adapt themselves to the circumstances. The impossibility of successfully defending Canada is England's weak point in her connection with America. That connection is, in our opinion, a mistake. Canada would be more secure as au inde pendent country, either Federated with her sister provinces into a single nation, or as sole mistress of her own destiny erected into an independent terri tory, or amalgamated into the Union on such terms as might be agreed upon. We believe the latter course to be the true policy, and the one which will eventually be adopted. As the case now stands, Canada is menaced by a ceaseless danger. As the case would then stand, Canada would be among the most secure countries on this earth. It is worth fighting for security and independence when fight ing can attain these ends ; but it would be wicked folly to spill one drop of blood when these ends can be attained without a musket discharged or a sabre drawn.—Anglo-American Times. THE DEFENCE OF CANADA. A few weeks ago General Sir JOHN MICHEL, Commander of the Forces in Canada, spoke at a dinner given to Attorney-General EAST by his friends at Montreal. Sir JOHN said—" That there " were three things absolutely required in Canada " to make them not care for the frown of any " neighbouring nation, not that he meant to say " that a neighbouring nation did frown, but that it " was right the people of this country should be in "such a position that they would not care though "they did frown. The first was confederation and " a general armament of the nation by means of " volunteers and militia; the second was fortifica " tions ; the third, a great commercial route that " would open Montreal with the sea-board." As an imperial officer in a high place what the General said was not only proper, but true. He is in Canada to defend the country. It is his business to advise the Government as to the capabilities of the country for defence, and not only to show the Government what the means at his disposal are, but to see that those means are used to the greatest advantage. We have the pleasure of knowing Sir JOHN MICHEL, and we are aware that a more gallant and daring officer does not exist in her MAJESTY'S Army. In spite, however, of the General's confident tone, he must know in his heart that no means are open to him of defending Canada in case the neighbouring nation really raised its arm to strike. There is no wisdom in stepping into a fool's Paradise, and there hugging ourselves in fancied security. As well adopt the resource of the hunted ostrich and put our head into a hole. It may at once be accepted as an undoubted fact that Canada is defenceless in a military point of view against the United States. It is impossible to conceive a country at once more open to hostile aggression and more closed to friendly succour. The rich block of land lying between the great inland lakes is the territory which contains Canada's main resources. That territory is connected with the Atlantic sea-board by the Se,. Lawrence and by the Grand Trunk Railway. Along the banks of the river and by the iron road a continuous line of settlement has been established. This long, thin straggling belt of civil sation is bordered by some of the most powerful S etia t o a n tes of the Unio n ; a t an y p o i n t th e U n it e d St a t es n b e tw penetrate ee n thethe line e eastern and st ern a nd intercept w e western t h e e r n p c o mrmo provinces. Fortifications would but isolate a few spots, leaving all the colony open to invading armies. Every single advantage of position on which the South relied in her great war would be wanting in defending this portion of the British Provinces. The South possessed a vast compact mass of territory offering immense difficulties to an invading army. The most powerful and the most determined of the Northern States were those placed at the greatest distance from the region to be invaded. The fur ther the Northern armies penetrated into the South, the further they were removed from their base of operations, the more difficult became the roads, the worse their means of communication, and their power of procuring supplies. Not only Ead the North to fight a most gallant enemy, but they had to fight natural difficulties of an almost insurmountable nature. In Canada these circum stances are totally changed. The means by which the United States could bri n g their forces to bear on any point of their Northern frontier are as great as are to be found in any nation. All along this line the country produces supplies in abundance. The base of their operations could be brought within a stone's throw of the enemy's territory. Once across the river, with the Grand Trunk Rail road intercepted, the invading force might turn on , either side. All communication would cease between Naval and Military Intelligence. The 39th Regiment of Foot, now stationed at Fleetwood, \Veedon, and Manchester, has received orders to embark on Monday morning at Liverpool, for Belfast, on board the Government transport screw steamer Orontes. The Orontes will take the 39th on board from the Prince's landing-stage. The Tamar, troopship, Capt. Sullivan, left Ports mouth yesterday at 4 p.m. for Kingstown with the 28th Regiment, from Aldershott, under the com mand of Major C. R. B. Calcot, and comprising 21 officers, 780 rank and file, 3 officers' wives, 79 sol diers' wives, and 83 children. The greater portion of the regimental baggage was left in the dockyard for conveyance in some other ship, not having arrived in time for embarcation, a source of much inconvenience to officers and men, and arising en tirely from some mismanagement, as it left Alder shott on Tuesday in time to have arrived and to have been shipped yesterday morning before the arrival of the troops. After disembarking the 28th at Kingstown the Tamar will return to Ply mouth and embark another regiment for Portsmouth. In accordance with an order received at Chatham from the Horse Guards, a detachment of gunners from the Ist division of the Depot Brigade Royal Artillery has proceeded from head-quarters to Ports mouth to augment the artillery forces at that dis trict. A detachment of Royal Artillery from the Depot Brigade, Maley, has arrived at the head quarters of the Ist division, relieving the force de spatched to Portsmouth. The season for operations on the fieldworks by the Royal Engineers at Chatham having terminated, working parties of officers, non-commissioned offi cers, and sappers, selected from the depot and other companies at head-quarters, are busily engaged in levelling the earthworks constructed during the summer, destroying the batteries and magazines, filling the trenches and parallels, and restoring the fieldworks at the lower lines to their former condi tion. The portion of the Royal Engineer establish ment known as the south gunshed battery atßromp ton barracks has been converted into a practising ground for the officers and men under instruction, and fitted up with the requisite appliances for instructing the Royal Engineers in the erection of model batteries, magazines, and other field-works in sand. The officers and men of the mounted A troop of the Royal Engineer train, who recently ar rived at headquarters from Aldershot, are quartered in the North-square, Brompton Barracks, recently vacated by the battery of Royal Artillery. Capt. Lascelles' battery and a detachment of No. 7 battery sth brigade Garrison Artillery, consisting of three officers and 68 non-commissioned officers and men, proceeded from Woolwich yesterday to Shoeburyness for the purpose of completing their annual gun practice. Major-General Maxwell, promoted from com mandant of the Woolwich division of Royal Ma rines, yesterday returned from leave of absence, and gave over the command to his successor, Col. R. G. Connolly, Second Commandant, from the Plymouth division. General Maxwell has been in command only 18 months, and by the singular routine of the service he will now retire from active life, notwithstanding that his age and constitution befit him for the performance, in all probability, of many years' arduous and active duties. He will leave the garrison with the regret of every officer and man belonging to the corps, who were described by General Warde at his late inspection of the gar rison as " one of the happiest and best conducted corps in her Majesty's service." Letters were received yesterday in Woolwich n t rtohoepsllip Walmer 12th Sept. last, with troops Castle, which IproceededGarrison f r t o o in s e t a h o e of the sth brigade garrison Artillery, bound for Madras. The Walmer Castle, on delivering letters to the Cape mail, dated the 2Gth October, was in lat. 8.40 N., long. 20.29 W., off Cape Verd Islands, and was expected to cross the line in the course of four or five days. The ship had experienced some very severe weather, but the voyage on the whole, it is stated, bad been ordinarily satisfactory. There had been three births and one death. This is the only intelligence received at Woolwich of the troops since their departure from the Channel. The Reindeer, screw sloop, Commander E. Nares, arrived at Spithead yesterday, en route to the Pacific. After receiving a few supernumeraries she will proceed on her voyage, calling at Plymouth. - The hector, ironclad, Capt. Luard, is ordered to be completed on Saturday, the Ist pros., and is ex pected to leave on the 3d for Ireland. The Helicon, despatch vessel, Commander Field, will leave Portsmouth this morning for Queenstown. A high-pressure surface condenser steam engine, manufactured by Messrs. John Penn and Sons, of Greenwich, for one of several large steam launches ordered by the Admiralty to be built at Chatham dockyard, has arrived at that establishment. A simi lar engine has also been manufactured by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. for another of thesteam launches. The engines are constructed for driving the double four-bladed screw, each with its independent set of shafting. Some very powerful machinery has arrived at the factory in Chatham dockyard from the establish ment of Messrs. Smith, Peacock, and Tennant, Vic toria Ironworks, Leeds. The machinery, which is the largest of its kind ever manufactured, is for use in planing, drilling, and otherwise preparing the 9-inch and 8-inch slabs of rollediron armour-plates for en casing the sides of the iron-clad frigate Hercules, and the other ships to be built at Chatham. It is Mated that designs are in preparation at the Admi ralty for vessels of a far more powerful character than any now afloat, the armour-plating of which will be 10 inches, and even 12 inches, in thickness. Among the other machines re cently erected in Chatham dockyard is a large 40-ton steam-hammer, one of the largest of the kind in use in this country. This hammer was used for the first time in forging the sternpost for the Hercules, but, notwithstanding its size, broke under the operation. The works connected with the forg ing have consequently been delayed for nearly a fortnight. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Lieut. B. W. Box, to the Sharp shooter, as Lieut. in Command, vice the Hon. Richard Hare, who has been superseded at his own request ; William H. Harris, master, additional, to the Cumberland, for service in the Rodney ; Charles B. Willcocks, assist.-paymaster, to the Ocean ; and A. Smith, assist.-paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary. The " Standard's" Estimate of the Leaders of the Reform League. Our contemporary, the Standard, lacking argu ment, yesterday indulges in sneers against the leaders of the Reform movement. "It has always been a matter of contemptuous surprise that a movement like that of the Reform League, con templating, as it does nothing else, than the uproot ing of our political system, and the destruction of the largest and most united party existing within it, should be engineered by a nobody like Mr. BEALES (M.A.), assisted by a posse of professional agitators of the LucRAFT and ODGERS type." Per haps the Standard gives the prominence it now ac cords to these nobodies in its columns from a noble sense of fair play. The idea of such people, assisted by the long list of obscure agitators it further on enumerates, entering the lists against the largest and must united party, besides its contemptuous pity, must excite its compassion, otherwise it surely would not aid in bringing them prominently into notice. To the contemptuous surprise must no doubt be added a pleasing sense of security on the part " of the largest and most united party." We were under the delusion that the party led.by the " nobody" Mr. BEALES was numerically larger than any other, but then if its leader is nobody it is not likely that his followers are somebodies. Nobody is an unfortu nate word for the Standard to have used. It em braces the very essence of the whole question. The people led by Mr. BEALES are, politically, nobodies, and both they and their leaders naturally wish to be somebodies. The English Constitution recognises them as individuals, and what they assert 'is, that " the largest and most united party" have succeeded in depriving them of the rights which the Constitution of this country accords them. If these rights be conceded, the Standard declares that then a Parliament will be formed in which poverty and uninstructed numbers will give law to rank, wealth, and intelligence. For a lengthened period rank, wealth, and intelligence have given law to poverty and uninstructed numbers. The more confined the oligarchy of rank, wealth, and intelligence became, the worse, and the more oppressive was the law they gave. The broader the constituencies have been made, the more has equity entered into the framework of the laws given. The " nobodies' argue that they have been deprived of their ancient " rights" by the usurpation of rank and wealth. The narrower the constituencies became under the influence of this rank and wealth the more corrupt they grew—the lesser became the nobodies, and the greater the somebodies It may be very un reasonable on the part of the vast* mass of this nation to desire to have a . voice in their Govern ment, but somehow or other the people have become penetrated with this wish, and are not likely to rest till they have tried their strength with " the largest and most united party." It is not their desire to uproot any English institution, or unduly to weigh against any class. They wish simply to recover the rights of which their forefathers have been deprived ; and to secure a system of legislation which will fairly represent the 49-50ths of the people who have now no voice in the Government. It is a fact that most of the great reforms carried out in this world have been inaugurated and engineered by nobodies, for the very simple reason that it is not the privileged classes that lead movements directed against their own privileges. If the people of this country waited till the Duke should be born to lead them, they would have to wait for some time before they re cover their rights, and they prefer taking the best leaders they can get, and engineering the movement with material to their hands. It may be a matter of congratulation to the Standard that their leaders should besuch obscure agitators, and their means of engineering so poor ; but if the Standard, and other organs of Tory opinion, continue to write so much about these obscure persons, they will at any rate soon cease to be unknown to one Englishman out of a hundred, and this reproach will cease to be urged against them. The League is much obliged t 6 the Standard, which is a very widely cir culated penny paper, for giving such prominence to its requirements. Fifty thousand pounds are wanted to carry on the organisation of the League, and our influential contemporary gives to this more than the publicity of an advertisement. We were not aware of this till informed by the Standard, but now that we know it we wish all our readers to know it also. Were money really required in Eng land to strengthen a movement which excites such general sympathy throughout America the sum would be quickly forthcoming ; but the English people are well able to meet the small wants of the Reform League.: Should the battle become very hot, and an arpeal be made to the friends of the movement in America, it would then be time for us to announce the fact. At present there is no such necessity. In proof of this we may state that a few days ago the Standard gave some statistics, showing the sum which would be lost to the opera tives of London if they obierved the •holyday an nounced by the League for the 3d December next. That sum amounted to hundreds of thousands, and if they could afford to sacrifice so much money on a mere holyday, they can afford to keep the movement alive, which is their only means of attaining to a political existence against the opposition of the " largest and most united party" in the kingdom. In conclusion, we must remind the Standard that it is a Tory measure, and not the standard by which the Reformers can be estimated fairly. It is a very good and in diligent standard when measuring its own giants, but a standard which has an unfortunate habit of expanding when taking the measure of those op posed to its politics. People, that our eyes and our intellects tell us are great men dwindle down to the dimensions of Tom THUMB when this standard is brought to bear in estimating their bulk. Mr. BEALES and the other obscure agitators are not, therefore, likely to be much affected by the an nouncement of their relative importance, though some of them might naturally be surprised.—Anglo , American Times. Death of Simeon Draper, Esq. We learn by our American exchanges that SIMEON DRAPER, Esq., for many years known as a merchant and public man in New York, died in that city on the 6th inst. Mr. DRAPER took a deep interest in politics. He was for many years a personal and political friend of Governor SEWARD, and repeatedly held a place on the Whig State Central Committee. In later years these relations appear to have been sundered, and after the formation of the Republican party Mr. DRAPER became knbwn as a leader of the anti-Seward interest. In 1864 he was the Chair man of the Union Central Committee of the State. He held many public positions. Upon the creation of the Board of Governors of the Almshouse he was chosen to the Presidency, which he held to the time of the abolition of the Board by the Legislature of 1860. He was then appointed a Commissioner of Public Charities and Corrections, and sustained that post until superseded 'by Comptroller Bren nan, in 1861. Ills administration was generally praised. In 1862 he was appointed Provost Marshal for the city, but took little active part in the duties of the position. President LINCOLN appointed him Collector of the port in 1864, but he resigned that place in 1865, in order to give Mr. JOHNSON oppor tunity to appoint PRESTON KING. Mr. DRAPER was also the Cotton Agent for the Government, and had charge of all the cotton arriving at this port. He was generally esteemed, and had a great influence in the circles in which he moved. He had a thorough knowledge 9f political finesse and per sonal ambition, and a great fondness for public life. At one time he was prominently named for Governor of the State. A LUCKY BANKER. —M. Kaulla, banker, at Stuttgard, has gained the lot of 300,000 florins at the last lottery in Austria, being another exemplification of the proverb " L'eau va toujours a la riviere." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TRIES.—The result of the interview between the Home Secretary and the Deputation from the " Demonstration Committee" of the Friendly So cieties must be considered highly satisfactory. Apart from the objection that special constables can only be appointed upon sworn information that, tumult, riot, or felony is apprehended, it is far better that order should be kept by the police than by persons actively concerned in promoting the monster Re form Meeting. The application to Mr. Walpole seems, indeed, to have been founded on a miscon ception of Sir Richard Mayne's answer to a former Deputation. The Chief Commissioner of Police had been requested to facilitate the progress of the procession by keeping one side of the streets clear, and to this request he replied that he had no legal power to do so, whence it was inferred that he dis claimed all intention of taking measures for the maintenance of the peace. Now; although there appears to be some doubt as to the precise jurisdic tion of the police over metropolitan thoroughfares, it is well known that a large discretion is practically exercised by them, with the full concurrence of the public. Not only on Lord Mayor's Day, but on such occasions as the entry of the Princess of Wales into London, the ordinary traffic is stopped by an authority which no one thinks of questioning. We are by no means sure, therefore, that Sir Richard Mayne need have felt any scruple in undertaking expressly.to make arrangements for the unimpeded passage of the procession ; but while he declined to give any pledge of this kind, he did not, as was alleged, altogether refuse to " assist the Commit tee." On the contrary, he desired to be informed of the route to be taken, and distinctly stated that he should consider it his duty to prevent any disturb ante or disorder, so far as lay in his power. Mr. Walpole did little more than adopt this language on behalf of the Government. He pointed out to the Deputation that in order to justify " swearing in 1,000 special constables, composed of the artisans of London," it must be deposed by a credible witness before two magistrates that a serious breach of the peace has taken place or is anticipated on reasonable grounds; and he might have added that special constables, even though gentlemen of high position, could'have no possible right to remove ob structions in the streets. He promised, however, that Sir R. Mayne should be instructed to enforce order during the transit of the procession as well as during the meeting, and reminded the delegates he should rely upon them to support the police in case of need. The spirit in which these negotiations—if they may be so called—have been conducted reflects credit alike on the Government and the representa tives of the Trade Societies. The latter, to do them justice, do not shrink from the responsibility which devolves on them, nor do they claim any rights which can fairly be disputed. They admitted with out reserve, in the course of the conference with Mr. Walpole, that a mass meeting on the scale contem plated involves no little risk of disorder, in which their constituents might and would take no part, but of -which their cause must inevitably bear the dis grace. They professed their anxiety to make the demonstration such as would do honour to the work ing men of London, who, though quite able to de fend themselves, might be unable to defend others against the roughs, who are sure to be attracted by the hope of a row. All they asked was that due pre cautions should be taken to protect the peaceable in habitants of the metropolis from the' possible vio lence of this last class, and to secure the meeting against interruption. With equal good sense they emphatically disowned, in their interview with Lord John Manners, any plea of right to the use of Hyde park or the Green-park, and urged the Govern ment to grant the one or the other as an act of grace and favour only. Had a like moderation been ob served by the leaders of the Reform League in July last, we should have been spared a scene which the most zealous reformers have most reason to regret. That scene, however, might perhaps have been still averted, had the Home Secretary then shown as much tact and judgment as he has in the present instance. There are cases in which a cautious and patient. disposition like that of Mr. Walpole is preferable to the quick intelligence and prompt decision of Sir George Grey. The latter would probably have detected and exposed the flaws in Mr. G. Potter's reasoning most effectively offhand, but might have failed to elicit from the Deputation those assurances without which he could scarcely have yielded to their requisition with pro priety. At first sight it was a somewhat startling idea that the police, against whom the working men were supposed to harbour a grudge for their inter ference with the meeting in Hyde Park, should be directed, as it were, to aid and abet another similar demonstration. But Mr. Walpole very wisely took time to consider it, and in coupling the concession with an appeal to the self-respect of the Trade So cieties, he took at once the most conciliatory and the most politic course. That every possible effort will be made to insure good order next Monday we entertain not the slightest doubt. Those who will participate in the proposed demonstration are well aware that they are on their good behaviour, nor can they altogether clear themselves of liability for the conduct of the roughs who may accompany them. These nondescript persons may belong to no Trade SoCiety, Friendly Society, or Temperance Society, and may not be members of the Odd Fel lows or the Foresters, but it must not be forgotten that for them, no less than for real artisans, the Reform League demands the franchise. Manhood suffrage would place a large share of political power in the hands of those who broke down palings and tore up trees last summer out of pure mischief, and the public may well find it difficult to draw a marked line between them and the Trades' Union ists. Nothing has damaged the prospects of Reform more than an impression, which cannot be called groundless, that a tyrannical impatience of all op position to the will of the majority and a readiness to employ physical coercion in thelast resort prevail widely among the working classes. Let it once be shown that a tolerant respect for the rights of minori ties, a hatred of violence in every shape, and a reluct ance,so characteristic of English politics, to push even sound principles to extremes, are shared by them with the upper and middle classes, and half the ob jections to their enfranchisement fall to the ground. We are by no means prepared to condemn all popular demonstrations in favour of an extended suffrage, however much waste of time and inconvenience they may involve. They are a legitimate response to the charge of general indifference to Reform. On the other hand, unless conducted with a degree of deco rum which it is not easy to secure at a mass meeting, they can only defeat their own object. We sincerely trust that nothing will occur on Monday to make us doubt the wisdom of Mr. Walpole in meeting the Trades' Committee half-way. These gentlemen acknowledge the courtesy with which they were treated by a Conservative Home Secretary and a Tory Commissioner of Public Works. Lord John Manners, after consulting his colleagues, felt him self unable to grant the use of Hyde Park or the Green Park, but solely on the ground that such places of public recreation ought not to be engrossed for purposes of political agitation, and he offered Primrose-hill as a substitute. For reasons which it is not difficult to conjecture the Committee ob jected to that particular site, and they are now indebted to a Conservative nobleman for one which all seem to approve. Lord Ranelagh has thrown open his grounds of Beaufort House to the meeting, and thereby furnished the promoters with an addi tional motive for controlling properly the character of its proceedings. , TELE -4 ‘ ANGLO:AMERICAN" ON DR.MARY WALKER. --The subject of Dr. MARY WALKER'S address must be one of deep interest to women. All innovations on the conventionalities of society are received with suspicion and determined opposition. Dr. MARY proposes two—and has, in her own person, carried both into effect. The one arises, as a natural se quence from the other, and on both this American lady takes her stand as the firm champion. The first proposition she lays down is simply this, " that women should be educated to the practice of "medicine for the treatment of their own sex"—the second, arising from the first, " that women who " devote themselves to such a profession should be " dressed in a manner to enable them to carry out " with facility the studies and practice of the pur " suit." Although these propositions are suscep tible of a much broader basis, and would, in effect, lead to extensive innovations, we will confine our remarks to the proposals as we here lay them down. The first sounds to us a most reasonable proposition. If women be capable of attaining to an equal de gree in scientific knowledge as men, to qualify them for the license to practice medicine, there are many reasons why they would be better adapted for attending on women than men. These reasons are so apparent that it is almost needless to explain them here. Custom has sanctioned the treatment of female maladies by,male practitioners, but,the in convenience of the practice can never be overcome, as it rests in the nature of women. There is but one solution, and that the general adoption of Dr. MARY WALKER'S proposition. The question is, Are women capable, generally, of acquiring the neces sary science? Although few women have reached the highest point in any branch of art to which genius has attained, it should not be forgotten that they have never started fair in the race. They are not educated and thrown into the world in its pro fessions, and the opportunity, therefore, is denied them of competing on equal terms with men. Nor would it be desirable for society to withdraw women from their true avocations to do the work of men. The proposition we discuss, however, is a clea r exception to this - general rule. There are few women who would not prefer to call in a female physician, provided they had equal faith in the ••••••••••••••••••••-. ability of the lady to treat them as well as the m ale practitioner. Nothing can be more obvious than that the lady doctor would possess au immense ad' vantage—in the unreserved communication of her patient —over the gentleman. A woman's percer tion is more quick and keen. In watching th e , diagnosis of complaints, and in her knowledge ° t ; the working, of the female mind, and of the ailments natural to the sex, she would possess an undoub teu advantage. They are more tender nurses, more enduring with a querulous sufferer, and • more in'' hued with compassion. Their place is natura l by the sick bed, and their soothing influence tbere would be greater. The advantage of educatiego women for the treatment of diseases of w° ll3e e b would, we believe, be recognis e d at once, but w e have no machinery by which such education can a given. There are few young ladies with the our% and determination necessary to carry them Wey r , the ordeal which Dr. MARY WALKER bas Sti ff mounted in attaining her professional knowledge. c , , however, society recognised the utility of women P r %,• titioners there would be no necessity for underg °l ,: this ordeal. A College for the education of wome n Medicine and Surgery would at once remove the difficulties. At present the objection consists mixing young women with men as students i 0 to branch of knowledge. In such a p os ition the V lls are clearly in the wrong place, but the difficult vanishes when the College is devoted exclusiveV . t their own sex. Women have attained to gr e eminence as nurses, and have introduced into ()at " „ hospitals, in spite of medical opposition, many BP."; tary reforms. In proof of this we have only to ci d the history of FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. Y a i r these nurses been educated scientifically for tw e e work, there is no reason why they should not 1 1 ,.. 0 carried their utility to a far higher point. 11l cussing the second proposition we must acu`K,, the experience of Dr. MARY WALKER as strong e l ', dente on the subject. The inconvenience of 10138 dresses was very fully dwelt on by her, as hampe r i ing every movement, and forcing her to a const an t ,. change of garments in wet and muddy weat h , e ,. e . She went beyond this in condemnation of the att:" l " It was a fact," she said, " admitting of no dem o ''' that long dresses were killing w omen. The fa ct were known to doctors, but as long as stays a n flowing costume were worn in thei r own househol ds they could not advise their patients to abandon them' Those ladies who favoured the Bloomer movenle ° , were for the most part incapable of apprecian and explaining the physiological, hygienic, and ree' bearings of the question, and therefore the mo v e; ment died out. The question, not long ago, W i ' e very fully considered in America, and ended by' t t `' sex adhering to their present costume. It ina9 e , be that this determination was arrived at from causes given by Dr. MARY WALKER, but, we i n: `!; gine, that the love of dress ingrained in the sex w. a much more conclusive reason. The last thil women seem to consider, in attiring themselves , convenience. It is impossible, had convenience b e . o , consulted, that women could have appeared like 1 d verted balloons, as they lately did in our streets ante drawing-rooms. Happily a more rational c ostal 0 is coming into vogue, and men may now freclae,i, assemblies without being entangled in folds of 001 and muslin, and the inexpressible ann oyance, . 0 putting their feet through delicate fabrics. la tu% days a woman was a fortress which a 133- te had to approach cautiously. It was a Mica operation, requiring nice tact to walk 0001 the female figure, or to penetrate through a lin e If fashionably dressed ladies. Dr. WALKER'S °, /j e d r chance of success lies in her making a convert tio,P rt theory of the Empress o f th e F RENCH . Let .r.,; Majesty appear in public, a l a Bl oomer , and ".„„"' MARY WALKER may take up the cry of victeri no for the battle would be gained, and ru i n descendB, the manufacturers of silks, ribbons, and mils'l e L These manufacturers, however, have little ea r , for alarm, for the innovation is not likely to be tile ried out in general, though if a college for ' ta , education of female medical students were e a , , h blished they might find it necessary to adopt 11 attire this lady has found essential. We are ba„,P l o to add, in conclusion, that the labours of Dr. EDMUNDS, at 4, Fitzroy-square, are tending fav ° " o f ably in this direction. He already has a classics young ladies attending lectures on medical sc ie at his house. COUNTRY MARKETS. GAINSBOROUGH—TUESDAY. A small show of wheat, and trade was not so actill; s . last week—old, 62s to 68s ; new, 55s to 60s per 36 6t o a tS Barley in fair demand, and sold at previous prices. _ g o were in good request, with little alteration in price. sold at top rates. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. 5 A moderate show of wheat; the inquiry, however, is . T e 9 hesvy, and late prices were barely realised. Other antic muW hitch the same as last week. ae• e wheat, GOs to 70s ; red, 54s to 64s per 36 F t° Barley for malting, 40s to 525: per qr ; feed, 82s to 8 8 ' 30 stone. Oats old, 30s to 355; new, 22s to 29s per 2 " Beans, old, 52s to 545 . ; new, 46s to 50s per qr. S ALISB URY.—TUESDAY. There was a large supply of wheat at this market I,°e: day, and the attendance was again numerous. Buyers 4,e, ciined to do business except at a reduction of is to 2 51 ,0 qr, and therefore transactions were limited. Barley 8 ; 10 moderately well supplied, but trade was dull at abo ut prices of last week. Oats a small supply, and dull um` Beans and peas ruled at the last market rates. f The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised -r46; 56s to 68s •, barley, 37s to 55s ; oats, 24s to 30s ; beans , b 8 to 58s; and peas, 40s to 52s per qr. Tares, from 4s 3 j. 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 14d ; household ditto, 1 per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. of ;') Business at the various markets of the county is n t he active as it has been of late. In the wheat trado, holders of both home-grown and foreign refuse to 5 0 '01 less at a further rise of 2s per. qr. Barley rather ileP r° o sf. in tone— malting qualities is 6d, grinding is more I cl f ed, The following are the average quotations:—Whea t ' 7s Od to 7s 3d per bush e l ; w hit e , 7 s 3d t o 7s 6d ; 5s 9d to 6s ed ; malting barley, 46s to 50s per qr ; o g' 1263 ing ditto, 33s to 36s Od; beans, 44 s t o 50 s ; w hite 01 to 28s ; black ditto, 23s Od to 24s Od. HULL.—T UESDAY. At our market to-day there was a good show of ' - ' l3 llllB wheat, and trade not q u it e so b r i s k as l as t wee k. I,lBl e rd barley met with a moderate demand. Other articles ll' un English white wheat, 60s to 655; red, 50s to 60s 9 6 °, 2 13 ;6 sic and Konigsberg, 63s to 70s ; Baltic red, 58s to 50. Danish and Hamburg, 58s to 60s ; Russian, 55s t 0 o n; Barley, English, —s to —s; grinding, Mediterra D io, 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s • 13115.5 45$ 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51S; foreigil m 7.o, to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s .0d ; foreign svh 38s to 40s ; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. j s. d. 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