The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

Trades' Unions. Last night a meeting was held in the large room of Exetkr Hall, which was convened by the Society of Amalgamated Engineers for the purpose of taking into consideration, in conjunction with the members of trades' associations generally, the recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench; the Royal Commis sion for inquiry into the conduct of trades' unions ; and Mr. Neate's Bill, now before Parliament, for giving protection to their funds. Mr. W. NEWTON presided, and the ball was filled by a very numerous audience, consisting princi pally of working men. In opening the proceedings the chairman said that the subjects on which the meeting was called to deliberate were of the most Taal importance. Ile would try to show that the Trades' Unions were justified in maintaining the priucipit - -,s upon which they had been established. During the decision of the Friendly Societies' Act in the House of Commons in 1851 and 1855 some of the representatives of the Trades' Unions put them selves into communication with the late Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Lord Goderich, and other members of Parliament, with a view to secure as much as pos sible the contributions of working men against the defalcations of those who were intrusted with the management of their associations and funds. A special committee of the House of Commons consi dered the whole question, and in 1854 reported that they were of opinion that, inasmuch as the state in which numbers of unregistered societies found them selves from being unable to remedy by law if they should be defrauded by the officers of these societies was most unsatisfactory, what was formerly a pri vilege ought rather to be extended as a matter of policy and justice. They therefore recom mended that a clause should be introduced giving power to the members of all Friendly So cieties, unregistered as well as registered, to sue and to be sued as among themselves and their own offi cers. The bill of 1855 was then prepared and in troduced on this recommendation, the 44th section of which was specially framed to carry out the ex- pressed opinion of the committee. The speaker then read a portion of the judgment of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and continued to say that in 1851 Sir Alex. Cockburn, at that time Attorney- General, gave it as his opinion that it was legal for men to combine to resist reduction of wages, in creased hours of labour, or other encroachments on their interests, and to persuade others to act with them, provided that neither violence to persons orpro perty, threats, intimi lation, or molestationwereused or intended; and further that, though certain rules might have been framed with greater certainty, he was of opinion that they were not objectionable in point of law; and the members of the society would not incur any penalties in conforming to them, re gard being always had to the law as pointed out in the answer to the first query. The same authority, therefore, who had supported the principles upon which the trade societies were established and admi nistered in 1851 had pronounced their condemnation in 1867. The working men of England deprecated as much as any class in the country outrages like those which had been perpetrated in Sheffield. They were not afraid of the results of the Royal Commis sion which had been appointed, for they knew well that they would be favourable to those whom it most intituately concerned. But he could not see why a commission should not be issued, or the operations of the present commission extended, for the purpose of ascertaining the constitution and transactions of those combinations of masters by which wages were lowered, and the state of the working man so much deteriorated. Reports had recently appeared in The Sun, in which it was stated that the Thames Iron works Company had lost a contract because the ship wrights in its employ were not satisfied with 6d. a day less than what they demanded. But they should remember that, since there were only 60 men con cerned, the total sum which had induced so consi derable a loss would amount to nothing more than the inconsiderable sum of £450. The speaker then spoke of the effects of trades' unions in their influ ence on the exportation of capital, and concluded by saying that they were calculated to raise the character and to raise the social status of the working man. Mr. APPLEGARTII, of the Amalgamated Engineers, proposed the first resolution, which was to the fol lowing effect :—" That in the opinion of this meet ing the recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of Hornby v. Close' virtually destroys the protection which trade societies have enjoyed since the passing of the Friendly Societies Act, and takes from them the privileges the Legislature in tended to give in the passing of that measure. It therefore calls on all trade societies to support the following requisition to the Home Secretary in favour of Mr. Neate's Bill." The requisition alluded to in the resolution set forth the considerations urged in the chairman's address, and prayed that the Home Secretary would grant his concurrence to the bill introduced by Mr. Neate, which would be temporarily efficacious, and that at the same time he would undertake the intro duction of a permanent measure such as would in sure to Trade Societies the protection which for the last 12 years they thought they possessed, and thus do an act of justice to thousands of industrious and deserving workmen. The proposition was seconded by Mr. CriTILE, an ironfounder, who, in the course of a lengthy and discursive speech, eulogized the principles and con stitution of Trades' Unions, and vehemently endea voured to prove the superiority of artisans over every other class in the community. The first resolution having been put and carried, Mr. ODGERS, London Trade Council, rose to pro pose the second, which ran thus :—" That in the opinion of this meeting no commission of inquiry into the doings of Trade Societies can give satis faction to the working classes unless they be repre sented on the commission by members of their own order ; and that, as the Royal Commission ap pointed to inquire into the organisation and trans actions of Trades' Unions contains no such direct representation, we feel bound to express our disap pointment and regret that the commission has not been more equitably composed." It was seconded by Mr. MArrz, a compositor, and having been carried unanimously, the proceed ings closed with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman. Silver Mines in Nevada. The San Francisco Times, of November 29th, says: -- " Quite a crowd of people were collected in front of the Bank of California yesterday, watching the struggles of a powerful team of horses in their at tempts to move a waggon load of silver bricks. The load was so heavy that the wheels sunk into the cobble stones nearly to the hubs. After a long struggle, and the assistance of several of the by standers, the team started the load, which consisted of about one hundred large silver bricks from the State of Nevada." Silver bricks from Nevada, and gold bars from California, will soon work out the problem so diffi cult in the eyes of European financiers—how the United States are to return to specie currency, and at the Same time pay off the large national debt. It is becoming widely known that the slopes to the west of the Rocky Mountains arc rich to a wonder ful degree in argentiferous ores. Nevada literally possesses mountains of silver, mixed with quick silver, lead, and antimony. In 1865 the population of Virginia city, situated in the centre of Washoe mining region, was estimated at 15,000. This city is stated to have exported daily an average sum of i 3,000 in bullion. The yield of the Washoe dis trict was said to be fur the year 1864 $24,000,000 in silver, and the total exportation for the same year was thirty millions of dollars,* or six millions sterling. The surface of the State is mountainous, even its valleys stand at the average elevation of about 5,000 feet. The peaks of the Humboldt ranges attain an elevation of 6,000 feet above these valleys, or 11,000 from the sea level. In the vicinity of the mountains the valleys are fertile, containing extensive grassy tracts suited for pas ture. The land of the State is generally barren, but capable of cultivation if artificially irrigated. Though the level of the Territory is so high -the winters are neither severe nor of long duration. The climate ii healthy, having a period when some *Nevada is also Territory, rain falls, and about six or eight months of dry weather. Though there is a deficiency of water in the State there are several extensive lakes, and some deposits in the desert of pure salt, which is of incalculable value to the miners in roasting the silver ore. A canal has just been completed through the Humbolt country to supply water to the mines, and for the purposes of irrigation. The railway, which is to connect San Francisco with the Salt Lake City, passes through this State, and is being pushed forward with the greatest vigour. The Great Ocean line of steamers now plying between San Francisco and China will make available the enor mous amount of surplus labour with which China is stored. So rich are the deposits of silver on the one side of the Sierras, and the deposits of gold on the other side; so extensive are the regions over which this wealth of ore is spread ; so great are the advantages in the proximity to the greatest labour market in the world, and in the construction of a railway which, passing through these mining dis tricts, will connect the Atlantic with the Pacific, that the effects must soon be felt over the world. All now required for the development of these won derful resources is capital. Bodies of hard-working diggers combine to open mines and to penetrate with great labour through masses of rock to the veins they strive to reach. But their efforts are marred at every turn, and their labour wasted, for want of the necessary implements and machinery. The process of extracting the metal is so rude that not only is there much waste both in time and material, but the advantages given by nature are in a manner neutralised. This class, as a whole, are opposed to capital, and desire above all things to secure the opportunities for themselves. But they are beaten by these cir cumstances, and compelled to appeal to San Francisco, to New York, and to London, for the means of developing their chief mining concessions. IN , here such companies have been formed, and the necessary capital been forthcoming, the success that has attended the operations is astonishing. We have before us a list of the dividends divided by the shareholders of these mining companies during the past year. They count their returns by the month, and the average of the whole number is 51 per cent., or at the rate of 6G per cent. per annum. The re sult of combined capital and labour, applied to such astonishing natural productiveness and artificial advantages, cannot fail to have an effect on our metallic currency. If, in its present rude condition, the returns of Nevada are so large,what are they likely to be when some of the capital now lying idle and unproductive sets in motion scientific machi nery and appliances, and the State is brought into direct communication with Europe, by the comple tion of the Union Pacific Railway—the unfinished link of the new highway of the world ? It is to be hoped if the tide of speculation sets in this direction that the lessons of the past will not be forgotten. There are always those ready to foist on the public concerns that have no intrinsic worth, or indeed other existence than in fraudulent prospectuses and reports, and there will never be wanting allies in the commercial emporiums to aid in floating such bubbles. It is the invariable habit of the Anglo- Saxon race to run into the wildest extremes, and to bring into discredit the soundest and most profitable undertakings by the encouragement they give to those who seize these opportunities, as means to plunder. New Zealand Investments. Investments in our youngest and most distant colony have stood the test of the panic better than those of any other land. The fact is strange, but the reason is simple : New Zealand is the soundest and most prosperous of our colonies. It is not suffi cient that an undertaking should be based on correct principles, and honestly managed to insure success. The first step an investor should take in laying out his money in a distant dependency is to see that the country has a bright and hopeful future. The best-laid schemes are blighted and withered if there be no progress in the land, no energy, no enter prise in the people. New Zealand has passed its infancy of weakness and danger. For a quarter of a century the changing pictures of its historical panorama have quickly followed from cannibal feasts, whalers' outrages, Maori contests—to colonis ing theories, military mismanagement, extensive sheep-walks, and busy goldfields, ever moving towards the point whence it was to start fairly in the race of prosperity, a sound and settled colony. The first great industrial institution, founded in the colony by the colonists, was the Bank of New Zealand in 1861. The career of the young financial giant has been a singular instance of extraordinary pros perity, unchecked by reverse. From the first it secured the unbounded confidence of the entire people, where men are most timid and cautious. It was enabled to grasp at once the whole country, and root itself in ramifications over the land. It sprang into existence as the colony emerged from its babyhood, and established itself in the pride of the colonists as the great national bank of their country, henceforth to be associated with New Zealand finance. The following table is worthy of an insertion, the notes of the bank in the hands of the public and the sums held on deposit giving an idea o: dence of the colonists in the insti TABLE SHOWING THE CAPITAL, LIABIL . EXTRACTED FROM THE BALAN tution .ITIES, I CB SHEI the confi- LOFITS, ETC., Capital Circula- Deposits, Rate paid. Lion. Bills, &c. Profits. Reserve. Div. p.c. P.a. 1862 £ Mar. 108,785 62,914 378,183 6,097 3,000 2.370 6 Sep. 179,468 138,453 668,073 13,971 6,000 7,803 10 1863 Mar. 239,592 227,779 779,021 35,910 24,000 11,136 10 Sep. 249,373 303,266 1,327,513 39,524 27 , 000 12,468 10 Mar. 113,842 321,444 1,413,215 49,590 35,000 14,054 10 Sep. 392,614 333,467 1,663,347 32,296 5,000 '27,348 15 1865 Mar. 485,094 297,969 1,630.174 50,669 15,000 33,685 15 Sep. 408,899 286,392 1,718,227 60,838 18,000 42,500 17 1866 Mar. 199,983 350,967 2,150,715 53,229 10,000 42,500 17 Sep. 500,000 311,471 2,435,997 53,307 7,000 42,500 17 £395,431 £140,000 £236,364 150,000 Provident Fund £3,000. Balance undivided £6,067 9,067 £395,431 A success so astonishing led to imitations, and two banks were promoted in London for business in New Zealand, quoting this instance, for the en couragement of investors, though without one point in common, save the common field of enter prise. One failed disastrously, and the other at the expense of some bitter experience is becoming a use ful and paying concern. Though difficult in Eng land it is even more difficult in a young and vigorous colony to mark the precise spot where legiti mate banking ends, and what is now termed "financ ing" begins. Applications from the best Customers are numerous for aid to carry to a success legitimate and profitable undertakings. The bank is 'compelled to refuse business of a most lucrative character, because that business is inconsistent with the true principles of banking. hence the necessity for such an institution as " The Loan and Mer cantile Agency." The experience of the managers of the Bank of New Zealand proved that such a company was required in the colony, to take up offers of a most paying nature which could not be entertained by them. This company was founded simultaneously in London and in the colony, in 1865. The principle on which it works is simple and profitable in the highest degree. It professes to obtain money in the cheap and over-stocked markets of England, and to employ that money in the vigorous and rising colony, where the demand is large and the rates high. It proposes to act as an agent for the benefit of both classes of its con stituents. In the first place, it accepts on deben • ture the money, difficult with safety to employ at such high rates here, and thus benefits the home capitalist ; and, in the second place, it transfers that money to New Zealand to aid enterprising colonists to develope the vast resources of the country, in which virgin field an interest can with security be obtained that yields a handsome profit over the cost of borrowing, remunerating alike the lender in England, the company as agent, and the colonial borrower. It is difficult to con ceive a more legitimate medium of investment, and one more calculated to confer great and lasting good. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Com pany is an undertaking of a somewhat similar character, a n d was founded earlier, under the auspices of the Union Bank of Australia. It is not, however, so broad in its basis, or so comprehensive in its object as the Loan and Mercantile Agency, nor has it the advantage of being associated with the great National Bank of the country. The cha racter of these loan institutions is not yet fully understood by the British public. They propose to do securely and effectively what people often attempt, blunderinglyand through dishonest agents, to do for themselves. Few who have any corre spondents in New Zealand are ignorant of the fact that tempting rates are there offered for money on undeniable security. The difficulty is how to remit the sum, to investigate the security, and to insure the due transfer back of the interest. This is exactly what the organised agency does ; giving the investor a double or a triple security, in con sideration of his foregoing a portion of the profits. Capital is accu mulati ng in London, and the public are at their wits' end to know how to invest their money with security. At the same moment the most lucra tive undertakings are starved for want of means of development in our most rising and prosperous colony. While this extraordinary state of affairs is in operation here, and at the Antipodes, the ma chinery is perfect for receiving in London, and placing out in New Zealand, a portion of the capi tal lying idle. Such facts do not speak well for the commercial intelligence and sound knowledge of home investors. It is true that the public have cause for alarm, if they mix up in confusion the futile efforts of financial institutions to extract enormous gains from undertakings in an old and fully developed land like England, with the legitimate and largely productive enterprises, of a young and undeveloped country. The financial undertakings failed to perform what was in truth an impossibility, but the slightest exercise of reason will show that what could not be done in England is easy of accomplishment in New Zealand. The great necessity is to understand the nature of the operations, the field, and practicability of the work. The knowledge of New Zealand as a field for M- I vestors will not long be confined to a few. The ex traordinary rapidity of its progress, in common with those of the great mining States of the Pacific side of the Union, will shortly be better known and generally appreciated. The success of the Panama line, the marvellous yield of the gold-fields, the more frequent communication, together with the necessity of seeking safe outlets for capital, all tend towards a more intimate acquaintance with the in dustrial and commercial capabilities of these new countries.—Anglo-American Times. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1867. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The sixty-first half-yearly report of this com pany states that the gross receipts for the half-year ending 31st January amounted to £704,212, being a diminution as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £6,858. The ordinary work ing expenses amounted to £297,090; the rates, taxes, tolls, and Government duty to £46,084 ; and the expenditure on the steam packet service to £15,347, making a total of £358,521, or an increase of £17,620. The balance available for dividend on the ordinary stock, after making provision for all fixed charges, was £116,374. This would pay a divi dend of £3 per cent. per annum, and leave a balance of £1,827. The directors recommend a dividend at this rate payable on the 15th March. The number of passengers conveyed in the half-year was £8,628,715, against£B,262,B6B in the corresponding half of last year, showing an increase of £365,847. The total receipts for passengers amounted to £442,974, against £448,373, showing a decrease of 15,399. The Continental war, the cholera both at home and abroad, the severe winter, and the excep tional state of financial affairs in this country, toge ther with the deficient crop of hops and other pro duce, had all combined in an eminent degree to deprive the company of an increase of traffic, which, under ordinary circumstances, they were jus tified in anticipating. In adverting to the loss of traffic by the unprecedented storms, and the block ing up of many parts of the line by snow in the month of January, the directors added that not only was the running of the trains on some portions of the railway almost suspended, but very heavy ex pense was incurred in restoring the line to an effi cient state of working. The expenditure incurred in working the line showed a comparative increase of £16,384. Of this sum £lO,OOO arose in the loco motive department, and was attributable to larger renewals in order to be ready for the Exhibition traffic, to the increased train mileage and higher rate of wages, and in part to the embarrassments above alluded to. Substantial repairs to the steam ships, so as to render them in all respects equal to the important service which would be required of them in the coming summer, had involved the ad ditional outlay, as compared with the corresponding half-year, of £2,145. The heavy charges for poor and other parochial rates, under which head appeared the large increase of £7,246, was ascribable to the heavy assessments in the metropolitan districts ; but the directors hoped by vigorous measures to lessen in future years those undue demands upon the earnings of the company. The directors, in the capital account of the last half-year, had charged to revenue the dividend and interest on the whole of the capital raised for the purposes of the Charing-cross and City Terminus lines, notwithstanding the still unde veloped state of the traffic. - Interest bad likewise been charged to revenue on the outlay for construct ing the portion of the line from Lewisham to Dart ford. On the Dartford capital the full interest had been charged as from the Ist of Semptember, and OR the Cannon-street capital as from the Ist of Oc tober last. The report stated that the following heads of agreement had received the sanction of both boards :—" Heads of agreement between the London, Brighton, and South Coast and the South- Eastern Railway Companies, for the division of traffic at competing points on the respective lines. 1. The two companies agree not to prosecute any further competing scheme the one against the other. 2. The two companies agree to divide the traffic of all places at which they now compete, and to co operate in developing the traffic of such places by complete facilities at remunerative rates, and by an economical re-arrangement of trains. 3. The propor tion of the traffic due to each company shall be settled between the parties, or, in case of non-agree ment as to any place, by arbitration. 4. The allowance for terminal accommodation and services, and for working expenses duo to the company which may carry the excess for the time being, shall also be settled as above." The capital account showed that £17,924,672 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £391,461. Deputation to the Postmaster-General. Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the Asso ciated Chambers of Commerce waited upon the Duke of Montrose and upon Mr. Hunt, the Secre tary to the Treasury, at the offices of the Treasury, Whitehall, on the following subjects----viz., West Indian and Brazilian mails, telegraphic communica tion, ocean postage, loans to Harbour Boards, and the collection of income and assessed taxes. The deputation included Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. Baines, M.P., Sir F. Crossley, ALP., Col. Akroyd, M.P., Mr. Norwood, M.P., Mr. Lloyd, President of the Associated Chamber of Commerce, and other gen tlemen. The deputation having been introduced by Mr. Forster, ➢I.P., Mr. LLOYD drew the attention of his grace and that of Mr. Hunt to the heavy charge placed on pos tage to the United States and other countries, and referred to the inconvenience which he said was ex perienced at present by merchants and traders owing to the irregularities and delay which occurred in the delivery of the mails at Southampton. He said that great loss resulted from the fact that merchants and others were prevented by the lateness of the time at which mails were often delivered from replying to their letters by the next outward mail steamer. His GRACE said he understood the question as to the convenience to the public in the debarkation of the mails lay between Falmouth and Plymouth. Mr. lit:Yr said that was so, and added that it was a question whether it was more advantageous for those towns that the outward steamers should take the mails at the moat westerly port, or that the homeward mail should touch at either of them. Mr. WurrwELL, of Kendal, in introducing the subject of ocean postage, said a reduction in the charge was essentially necessary, especially as re garded the United States, and submitted that any additional outlay on the part of the Government would be more than compensated for by the increased facilities which would follow the reduction. His GRACE said that when the contract with the Cunard Company for the carriage of the mails was agreed to it was very probable that a great reduc tion in the rate of postage with the United States would take place. Mr. LLOYD next called attention to the advantage of placing telegraphic communication under the con trol of the Post- office. He said that at present the loss of thousands of pounds was occasioned by the misinterpretation and delay of messages by pri vate companies. He was aware that telegraphic messages sent from Birmingham, where he resided, to London, often occupied four hours in their transmission, whereas they would not have taken more than ten minutes if anything like regu larity existed. He thought that if the Post-office undertook the control of telegraphic communication one office might be made to work efficiently in towns where there were two or three offices now. Colonel AKROYD, M.P., concurred in the asser tion that telegraphic communication could be worked more efficiently under the control of the Post-office authorities than on the present system. Mr. HUNT said this question WtIS occupying the serious attention of the Government. They had, as yet, come to no positive decision, but he had no doubt that in the course of a short time they would be able to announce their views. His GRACE said he feared that delays would oc cur during the control of the Post-office over tele graphic communication as well as at present. Mr. FORSTER, M.P., said that in case of complaint it would be easier to get at the Post-office authori ties in the House of Commons. (Laughter.) He entirely indorsed the statements made as to the irregularities which attended the transmission of telegraphic messages at present, and said that mem bers of the House of Commons had often cause of much complaint in consequence. _ _ Mr. Hurry said that in the event of the telegraphic communication being committed to the charge of the Government, if all the complaints of individual members of that house on this subject were attended to, he feared the attention of Parliament would be often occupied respecting it. (Laughter.) Mr. LLOYD then referred to the question of grant ing loans to Harbour Boards, and referred to the disadvantages under which some of those bodies laboured at present in borrowing money. He said the object of the deputation was to have the loans granted to Harbour Boards, on the Board of Trade being satisfied with the justice of the arguments used in favour of the grant. Mr. WILSON, of Middlesborough, said that an Act was passed in 1861 authorising the advance of money on the security of tolls, and the dep u t a ti on wished to have the operations of that Act extended to the discharge of existing debts. Mr. HUNT said the Act referred to took the place of a former system of grants. The grants under this system were at 31 per cent., and repayable by an annuity of 50 years, and were intended to enable certain works to be done. The money sought by the grants which they required was not for the exe cution of works, but for the discharge of liabilities that had been incurred in respect to finished works. The question was a large one, and he promised it should have consideration. Mr. LLOYD then referred to the advisability of having income and assessed taxes collected through the Inland Revenue. He said that at present the Inland Revenue received a portion of the taxes, but a large share of them was collected in a way which was considered vexatious and unsatisfactory. Mr. HUNT understood the proposition of the de. putation to be in favour of a bill formerly intro ducod on the subject by Mr. Gladstone, and pro. raised it should have consideration. The deputation then thanked his Grace and Mr, Hunt for their courtesy, and withdrew. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 109 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the Importation of gold from the United States. CAMBRIAN. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at the London Hotel ; Lord Vane in the chair. The report stated that the e mbarrassments bro Ight on by the suspension of the lessee and contractor had been greatly increased by the difficulties en countered by the directors in their negotiations and transactions with the gentlemen representing his estate. The report went at very considerable length into questions in dispute between the directors and their ex-lessee. In conclusion the directors stated that, owing to several of the debenture debts on the inland portion of the undertaking having be come payable, and remaining unpaid, they were advised that until they were paid or arrangements made with the holders, it would not be safe to de clare any dividends, and therefore the necessity of giving effect to the provisions of the two amalga mation acts had not yet arisen. By the Act of 1864, sections 20 and 21, the Llanidloes and Machynlleth preference capital was a first charge after paymentof the debenture interest on the gross receipts ascertained by an equal mileage division from those lines. And by the Act of 1865, section 10, subject to the rights of creditors, 45 per cent. of the receipts from the coast railways was to be applied in payment to the general fund for the cost of working, and the remaining 55 per cent. was to be applied for coast purposes. The holders of the Llanidloes and Maclaynlleth preference contended that the provisions of the Act of 1864 overrode those of 1865. On the CHAIRMAN moving the adoption of the re port, Mr. JOHNS, the deputy-chairman, said that the report did not contain altogether accurate state ments, and that it was the report of a section only of the board, adopted at a meeting hastily convened and which he could not possibly attend. He com plained that the legal adviser of the company had not brought before the notice of the board a bill in troduced into Parliament by a section of the share holders, with the object of empowering the pre ference shareholders to vote at a meeting of the company. As an amendment to the motion for the adoption of the report it was moved that a committee be ap pointed to inquire and report as to the conduct of the solicitor. Ultimately the original motion was carried. A long and stormy discussion then ensued upon the question of electing directors in the place of Mr. D. Smith and Mr. S. 11. Boult, who retired by ro tation. One portion of the meeting was for re electing them, as representing distinct and recog nised interests at the board, £200,000 having been raised on the distinct understanding that Mr. Smith and Mr. Boult should have seats at the Board. Mr. Bancroft was proposed as a director in the place of Mr. Boult. Mr. FRANCE said that Mr. Bancroft was a direc tor of the London and North-Western Company, who were the lessees of the Shrew sbur y and Here ford Railway, a line which was t hrou g hout a com peting one with the Cambrian sy stem. Capt. JOHNS said that the London and North- Western had on more than one occasion acted against the Cambrian Company. A vote taken upon the questions showed 41 for Mr. Smith and 25 against. Amid some uproar a vote was taken-25 for and 21 against, and a poll was then demanded. It was also proposed that Mr. David Davis, of Llandinan, should be elected in the place of Mr. Boult. After another angry discussion Mr. Davis was alio elected, and a poll was demanded for Mr. Boult. Mr. Young, the re tiring auditor, was re-elected without opposition. A vote of thanks having been unanimously ac corded to the Chairman, in acknowledging the vote he exhibited a large bundle of proxies which the directors had to support the poll on their side. The poll was withdrawn, and the proceedings terminated. KETTERING, TIIRAPSTON, AND HUNTINGDON. The report of the directors stated that an account of the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last (rendered by the Midland Company who were working the line), showed that the gross receipts from coaching amounted to £1,933; from goods (less cartage) to 1.2,553, from cattle to £79, from minerals to £so3—total, £5,068, which was equal to a gross earning of £7 10s. per mile per week, reckoning the line at 26 miles in length. De ducting 40 per cent. for expenses the net receipts due to the company was £3,041; adding transfer fees the total was £3,042. From this must be deducted the balance against revenue from previous half year, £336 ; rents, rates, and taxes, and miscellaneous expenses, £180; interest on debenture debt, £1,890 —total, £2,406 ; leaving a balance of £636 to the credit of the current half year. The directors re gretted that the receipts were not at present suffi ciently large to admit of a dividend. The disap pointment was mainly owing to the fact that the coal traffic for the e..tstern counties still Went by way of Peterborough, although the company's railway ~ ffered the shortest route for a large portion of such traffic. The communication with the Great North ern lt,,ilway at Huntingdon had now been corn. pleted, and negotiations were in progress for the interchange of traffic at Huntingdon which, when carried out, would be advantageous to the company. The ‘Voodford iron mines were now being exten sively worked. The capital account to Ist Dec. last showed that £305,600 had been expended. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Exeter yesterday—Mr. T. Woolcornbe in the chair. The report, an abstract of which we have already given, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed satisfaction at the position of the company. There was a small comparative decrease in the revenue, but this was owing to the bad weather and the depression of trade. The working expenses bad been reduced from 50.75 to 42.51 per cent. of the receipts, which he considered very gra tifying. The amalgamation for locomotive purposes with the Cornish lines had worked satisfactorily, the result being a saving in the locomotive depart ment. The Moretonhampstead line had been opened and successfully worked. It was found necessary to issue £200,000, of the perpetual 5 per cent. prefer ence shares, the principal part of which would be devoted to payment for the engines, carriages, and waggon stock and other liabilities. This issue would throw little, if any, additional burden on the revenue. He expressed his approval of the proposed agree ment between the London and South-Western and the Associated Companies for giving increased faci lities in traffic in connexion with the several lines, and fur rendering the several systems of greater pub lic and mutual advantage. A bill had been intro duced in the present session of Parliament to ratify the proposed arrangements, and make them obliga tory upon the companies. The principal object was to secure an unrestricted interchange of traffic, and through booking and invoicing at equal fares and rates. This, it was hoped, would in a measure put a stop to the costly Parliamentary litigation, and establish pacific relations between the companies. Sir MASSEY LOPES seconded the motion. The report, which recommenced the payment of a dividend at the rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £836 to be carried forward, was adopted. Mr. Woollcombe was re-elected a director, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. TAFF VALE. The directors, in their 62d report, state that the Pcnarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway undertaking afforded great additional facilities for the outlet of the traffic over the Taff Vale Railway. The balance of account enabled the directors, after placing £750 to the credit of the depreciation fund, to declare a dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum upon the ordinary stock and C shares, payable on the 6th March next, and on the preference stock No. 1 on the Bth April, leaving a balance of £1,648. The traffic was progressing favourably on the Dare Val ley line, opened on the Ist July last. The revenu3 for the last year, after deducting all working ex penses and all preference charges, left a sum more than seven times the amount of the interest payable on the debentures. The capital account to the 31st Dec. showed that £1,708,301 had been expended. The revenue account for the past half-year showed that £169,107 had been received and £81,691 ex pended, leaving a balance of £87,416. MARY PORT AND CARLISLE. Ilic half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at Maryport, on Wednesday—Mr. J. P. Senhouse in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was sorry that their traffic had fallen off in regard to iron ore. Although the coal traffic had been something less than in the previous year, there had been an increase in goods and coke traffic far beyond the expectations of the directors. The falling off in the iron ore traffic he attributed to the great depression of the iron trade. lie thought, however, that they might fairly look forward to a further increase of receipts when the Derwent branch was opened. An engine had been over the whole of the line, which the directors hoped would be opened for goods and mineral traffic in the spring and for passenger traffic in the summer. Only a small amount had been carried over to the contin gency fund ; but the directors anticipated that their expenses during the ensuing year would be light, and therefore they felt confident in recommending a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum. Dr. J. COWAN seconded the motion. In answer to a question, the secretary stated that nearly all the decrease in coal was in that from the local collieries, there being very little difference in the coal from Newcastle. Mr. TYSON said that as the price of coal had risen the railway company ought to raise their rates. The motion was then carried, and a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum was declared ou the ordinary shares. Mr. Lainton was appointed auditor in lieu of Mr. Richardson, resigned ; and Dr. J. Cowan having been elected a director in place of the late Mr. Dykes, the proceedings terminated. SOLWAY JUNCTION. The directors state in their report that during the unprecedented financial depression of the past half year, they had considered it prudent to limit the expenditure chiefly to works connected with the crossing over the Solway; and fair progress had been made both with them and the other works, although they had not been pushed forward with the seine vigour as previously. Notwithstanding the extreme severity of the storms and high tides of December last the works at the Solway had not sustained the slightest injury. Since the last meet ing the company had been enabled to exercise its borrowing powers, and the directors trusted the shareholders would assist them in placing the re maining debentures and thus put them in a position to open the line during the present year. The capital account showed that £198,512 bad been expended, leaving a balance of £1,954. MAURITIUS. The traffic receipts on the Mauritius Government Railways for the four weeks ending the 13th of January, on 66 miles of railway, amounted to £6,509, and for the corresponding four weeks of the preceding year to £5,253, showing an increase of £1,256, or about 23.9 per cent. The receipts averaged £24 13s. per mile per week against £l9lBs. per mile per week iu the preceding year. A letter from Menton, near Nice, announces the death of the Archduke Stephen, ancient Palatine of Hungary. The IVurtemberg Moniteur announces that- the deliberations which have taken place at Stuttgardt, under the presidency of Bavaria, between the repre sentatives of the States of Southern Germany, have resulted in a perfect understanding between the Governments of Bavaria, IVurtemberg, Baden, and Hesse Darmstadt respecting the subject of military union and organisation. 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Such is the case with Mr. Hardy's Metropolitan Poor Bill, which came on for second reading last night. Every one has been shocked at the revelations of workhouse mismanagement, and there are few well-to-do people in London who would not make some sacrifice in order that such things might not recur. 'We may, indeed, see - .vith our own eyes, and without penetrating into the homes of misery, how incomplete is the provision for the distress and suffering that prevail. Old and feeble and sickly persons who are evidently incapa ble of providing for themselves, or who require pro per treatment in order to give them health and strength to work, may be seen any day wandering through the streets, trusting themselves to the chance benevolence of passers-by rather than to the legalised el i fferen cc or cruelty of a workhouse ward. Although too, in this respect parishes have their various cha racters, and the destitute are said to know where they are likely to meet with a slightly larger modi cum of tenderness; though an individual Guardian may be able to impress his character on all the do ' ings of a Board, yet we may fairly conclude that the heavier the burdens on a parish in proportion to the means of the ratepayers, the stronger will be the impulse to screw down expenditure to the lowest point at the cost of what the Guardians would call strictness and the rest of the world cruelty. To give some relief to the overburdened parishes is, there fore, the best means of p romo ti ng a more humane treatment of the London poor. This duty has been recognised by all classes in the richer parishes with that readiness which English society always displays when it is called upon to do justice. The result has been the bill of Mr. Hardy, which deals with the question on principles which are generally admitted to be sound. It is precisely because we think this particular measure wise and statesmanlike that we cannot agree with those who like Lord Enfield would urge upon the Government the policy of " going further," and forming the whole metropolis into a single union. We must confess that the " bugbears" of " waste, bad management, and want of responsibility" which Lord Enfield despises, have a terror for us. We believe that it is for the inte rest of the ratepayer, and consequently for the in terest of the metropolis as a whole, that the main tenance of the general poor should be managed by Guardians, representing the ratepayers, and not by a great Poor-law official, as would be the case if the whole of London were to be administered from a central office. We are convinced that due humanity can be combined with economy on the system now existing in every part of the country--a system by which local areas of moderate extent and population and with a certain unity of character relieve their own poor out of their own funds. But, on the ground of justice also, the West-end parishes may claim to be free from supporting the poor of the port of Lon don and of the manufacturing suburbs of the East and South. Undoubtedly, if the principle of a na tional rating for the national poor be admitted, there is an end of our case. St. George's, Hanover-square . , and Paddington would be bound to pay for Liver pool and Glasgow as well as for Southwark or Pop lar. If a proposition for charging all poor relief on the Consolidated Fund were brought forward, it would be necessary to meet it with other arguments than those which are called for now. As long, how ever, as the principle of our law is that the support of the poor is a local duty, it is fair to urge that the , inhabitants of one end of London have no such in timate local connection or unity with those of the other as should oblige them to take an equal share in the support of their poor. Mr. Hardy's bill is, it will be said, a compromise ' • but in this country it is compromises which succeed, and give the best hope of a permanent settlement. Experience usually de cides against those impatient thinkers who arrogate to themselves the title of logical because they ride their theory straight onward, disregarding not only inconvenient fac!s and opposing sentiments, but also other theories quite as worthy of respect and consideration. Mr. Hardy said, in bis reply to his critics, that he knew a bill for a general rating would raise such opposition that it would be im possible to carry it. This would be in itself suffi cient to justify a practical Minister in refusing to introduce it; but it is also a strong proof that such a scheme would not have justice to recommend it. If we look at the general acceptance which the present measure has met with, though it is one which will lay additional burdens on a large part of Loudon, and tax the most powerful classes in so ciety, it will be recognised that there is no shrinking on their part from contributing to help their neigh bours. If, then, a bill for equalising the rating would meet with obstinate resistance, we may as sume that it would be felt as a wrong by those whose assent to a more moderate measure has been so readily given. A wrong we, indeed, believe it would be. Rates are a tax upon property, for in a parish where rates are high rents are low ; the in coming tenant always considering the two together as the yearly cost of his house, so that such a mea sure would be, to a great extent, a taxing of the landlords of the West for the benefit of the land lords of the East. For years, however, it would press with undue severity on householders who have taken leases at a high. rent on the understanding that the rates were moderate, and who would find the cost of their houses considerably enhanced. Mr. llardy's bill will give a substantial relief without unduly burdening the residential parishes. It is, of course, difficult to draw the line with logical accuracy between various classes of expenditure, but there is sufficient reason and principle in the distinctions made in the bill between what shall be done by the metropolis and what shall be done by the union. The charge of lunatics the treat ment of persons sick of con t ag i ous diseases, and requiring to be kept a p ar t, th e p a y men t of officers and medical men, the cost of medicines, and the education of poor children are matters which may reasonably be managed and paid for by the metro polis, since they either concern the community. at large, or can be better administered by a Central Board than the mere relief of the poor. It was asked in the course of the debate why all the sick were not placed on the general fund ; it may be answered that this would be a temptation to the parishes to get rid of the infirm inmates of work houses by sending them to the public hospitals. On the other hand, lunacy and smallpox are de finite maladies which cannot be counterfeited. So of medical attendance and medicines. No one is likely to take too much of them, even when furnished at the cost of the Metropolis. As to education, it has already been recognised as a national concern for which money is annually granted by Parliament, and consequently no new principle is introduced when the instruction of those who would grow up in igno rance and crime to prey upon the Metropolis at large is undertaken by a general Board. These considerations have so far prevailed that all parties are willing to accept the Government Bill. Those who are theoretically in favour of a uniform rating for all purposes are content to keep their demands in abeyance until the working of the present measure is ascertained. This is all we can desire. We believe that the Bill will give satisfaction, and that it combines in an efficient manner the relief of time poor parishes with the maintenance of that local taxation and management which are the best guarantees of economy. The people of London are indebted to the House of Commons for the readi ness with which it has accepted the Bill, and their thanks are especially due to the late President of the Poor Law Board, who, though desirous of carrying its provisions further, has acknowledged its efficacy, and promises his co-peration in passing it. POST.—The recent disturbances in Ireland left no choice to the Government in respect to the further suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. If so repres sive a measure was deemed necessary a twelvemonth since, when no breach of the peace had actually occurred, and if its continued adoption was con sidered expedient six months later, when the gaols were empty and every one believed the Fenian con spiracy had been completely crushed, no diversity of opinion could exist in regard to the advisability of arming the Executive with exceptional powers at a time when an outbreak has actually taken place, when arrests are daily made, and when large numbers of individuals are in custody, of whose complicity in the conspiracy no pos sible doubt can exist. The reception with which the motion of the Irish Secretary, for leave to bring in a bill to continue the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, was met on Wednesday, prepared every one for the unopposed reading of that measure a second time last night. If any cir cumstances could justify the Legislature in practi cally abrogating the constitution for a time in a por tion of the United Kingdom, they are certainly now supplied. It is not a question whether it is in the power of Parliament to legislate in such a manner as will reconcile the Irish nation in its entirety to English rule, but whether for the moment it is not indispensable that the Government should have their hands strengthened, in order to prevent a misguided minority working a great amount of evil to the re mainder of their countrymen and to the State. And if anything could further reconcile Parliament to the continuance of this exceptional legislation, it is the consciousness that the arbitrary powers which it is asked to confer upon the Government will not be abused. Except for the evil disposed, it may with truth be said that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act is entirely inoperative. The returns which have been submitted to Parliament of the arrests made by the Irish Executive by virtue of the Suspension Acts of last year, as well as the in formation given respecting the treatment to which the persons so arrested were subjected, prove that the Government have invariably exercised their ex traordinary powers with humanity, forbearance, and circumspection. It is but seldom it bas oc curred that the innocent have been arrested, and it is the invariable practice of the authorities to release all who are able to furnish reasonable evidence of their being unconnected with the Fenian Brotherhood. In Ireland, as here, the Exe cutive can have no motive for making unjustifiable or vexatious arrests, and it is necessary to say that if they felt inclined to do so the mere suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act would not afford them immunity for tyrannical acts. The Habeas Corpus Act furnishes a ready means of trying in all cases the legality of an imprisonment ; but even if it were abrogated to-morrow, the Go vernment would still continue to be responsib'e to Parliament and to the people for any unjustifiable attacks on the liberty of the subject. It is commonly supposed, as the Habeas Corpus Act was passed ill the reign of Charles 11., that it was then for the first time the English people succeeded in protecting themselves against arbitrary imprisonment. This, however, is an error. The principle of that cele brated statute was distinctly enunciated in one of the clauses of Magna Charta, by which it was de clared that no one should be deprived of his liberty save in accordance with the laws of the land. The only effect of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act is to enable the authorities to imprison individuals without assigning cause or bringing them to trial ; but the Government continue accountable for the manner in which they avail themselves of the powers with which they are entrusted, and must be pre pared to show that they have not exercised them in a tyrannical or capricious manner. But although the political privileges of the Irish people will be practi cally unaffected by the continued suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act during the next three months, it is undeniable that the adoption of so extreme a measure is to a great extent an opprobrium to the Imperial Government and the Imperial Parliament. Sir George Grey was right last evening when he said that the passing of the measure then before the House of Commons was a matter not only of regret but of humiliation. It is prima facie evidence of something wrong in a system of government, if, though nominally constitutional, it needs such sud den and such frequent wrenches as those to whish the constitution in Ireland has recently been sub mitted. It is an accepted principle of political go vernment that contentment in a people presupposes a good system of government, and discontent a bad one. Measured by this test, it would be impos sible to avoid the conclusion that Ireland is badly governed ; and if some demur to that conclusion, they cannot, at all events, deny that such an impression is apt to be created, and, as a matter of fact, is created in the minds of foreigners. If there is any one thing more than another on which the people of this kingdom pride themselves, it is the sanctity of their personal liberty. We boast of being the freest nation in the world, and have an irradicable idea that we are the best governed. It is, however, a very sad comment o n our boastings that three different times in the course of a single twelvemonth Parliament has deemed it necessary to arm the Government with arbitrary powers in a considerable portion of the United Kingdom. What is the value of your con stitution, strangers will be inclined to ask, if you are compelled to suspend it whenever the domestic horizon is overcast ? It is only fair to say that such a taunt would be much more easily answered on the present occasion than it would have been some years ago. It is a curious fact, but nevertheless 3 true one, that it is not against the Irish people that the exceptional measure now passing through Par liament is directed. The Irish people are for the most part loyal, the educated and better classes being so without exception. But men rightly de scribed by Lord Naas as filibusters have come amongst them ; men who have made sedition 3 trade, and who, relying on the ignorance and ere" dulity of the peasantry, have sought to excite there to rebel against the established Government. it is in order to enable the authorities to deal with these men that Parliament is again asked to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act. And no one who takes to heart the interest of the unfortunate beings who have been made the dupes of the Yankee rowdies can for a moment doubt that the proposed Pleasure is just and humane. For these men none can have any sympathy. They are simply robbers under the assumed guise of patriots. The lesson that is now being taught them will, it is hoped, not be without beneficial results. The English and the Irish people, through their representatives in Parliamen t, have declared their determination to drive them out of the kingdom, and nothing remains for them but to submit with what grace they may to the fina l decision of the British nation. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—TiturtsDAy. During the week the trade has ruled exceeding quiet for all articles. Our market this morning was fairly attended , and both wheat and flour met a very slow sale, at the cur rencies of this day se'nnight. Oats steady. Oatmeal wag the turn cheaper. Egyptian beans advanced is per clr' Indian corn 6(1 per qr. lower. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At this day's market there was only a moderato supp l l of wheat, but to effect sales is per per qr. less had to 1 0 taken. Foreign unsaleable. Barley, beans, and peas &lull held. Oats tending downwards. BURY ST. EDMUNDS-WEDNESDAY. A moderate show of wheat here to-day, and prices re mained the same as last week. There was no inclinatio n on the part of maltsters to buy barley, which was almost unsaleable. BRIS TOL—THURSDAY. Wo have small supplies of English wheat, values c' f which are maintained, but foreign is freely pressed at ; 6 per qr. decline on the prices of this day se'nnight. Malt ing barley is per qr. lower. Arrivals of foreign grindin g are now dropping in, and buyers can supply themselves o is to 2s per qr. under the extreme rates lately prevailiag• Black oats have recovered 6d per qr. Bealas and inaiz? 14 per qr. cheaper. • EDINBMIGH—WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, Os Gd up average, Os lld dewy . Barley on the top, Os 3d up... average, is Id doW°' Oats on the top, Os 9d up average, Os 2d up. Beans on the top, 2s Od up ...average, 2s Od doW°• Total supply and sales. Wheat 1544 qrs sold 657 Barley 1863 qrs sold 73. 4 ., Oats 9 759 qrs sold 1251 Beaus 391 qrs sold 221 Average prices. Wheat, 56slicl 1 Oats, 3os 3d - Barley, 3Bs 8d j Beans ...43s 8d Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 55s Od; 0% 0 superfine, 53s Od ; superfine, 51s Od ; fine, 49s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was as usually attended, but with slow inquiry. Wheat has to be written about 6d. lowe r per 2401 b. ; flour in proportion. Barley nominally 11 101- tered. Fine beans and oats in fair demand. Peas and Bl dian corn 6d. per 2801 b. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton....„Mar. 22 • Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Mar. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. ` 2l • China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 6 - Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27 Faikland Islands _ Gibraltar, via Southampton F,113. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Ft b 1 9 . Ditto, via Marseilles . . ....Feb. 2 2 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 2 2 Ditto, via Marseilles . Feb. 22 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 2 8 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 2 2 ' Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 10 Newfoundland ... , Mar. 13. Portugal .. . Mar. 6. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet. Births. FRYER—On the 12th inst., at Whitchurch, Hants, the Nvi i f of Captain Fryer, Gth Dragoon Guards (Car'abinielli' of a daughter. MILBANK —On the 20th inst., at Ashfield, the Lady S 0 Milbank. of a son. STURT—On the 20th inst., at Surbiton, the wife of EdW 4l4 Slue, of a son. YOUNG—On the 21st inst., the wife of 11. T. Young, of Cumberland-street, Hyde-park, of a daughter. Marriages. 1 ,0 4 HEAD CLEAVE —On the 20th inst , at St. Breock, Ric — to L. B. Head, Esq., surgeon, Royal Navy, son of the Captain Head, Royal Navy, to Lissie, daughter of 11-D Cleave, Esq., of Trevanicn, Cornwall. KINGSMILL—W ALFORD— On the 21st inst., at St. tu,l'i°;:i Chelsea, Henry Kingsmill, Esq., harris•.er-at-law. ottbe son of Henry Kingsmill, Esq., of Sidmonton, in ~ o f county of Wicklow, to Eleanor Mary, elder daug ht " the late A. Walford, Esq., of Lowudos-square. Deaths. ,• (t ort ADDISON—On the 19th inst., at 3, Litfield-place, 01' Gloucestershire, Elizabeth, relict of the late Georg,' Addison, Esq., aged 90. dl;i lr BOSSATT—On the 20th inst., at 18, Holles-street, Ca vell square, Loudon, Madame De Bossatt, aged 9 1 . 0 1 BILOWNLOW—On the 20th inst., at Mentone, the 13rownlow, aged 24. ELLIOT-- On the 19th inst., at Bonjedward, near Jedli Walter Charles, infant son of Vice-Admiral C. - aged 10 weks and 3 days. 0 GREEN — e On the 19th inst., at Hanover Lodge, Dri t hill, Thomas Green, Esq., aged 74. 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