The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-09 00:00:00

MITERIAL PAU HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EvENTNa. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at 5 o'clock. RAILWAY PROCEEDINGS. Lord REDESDALE made some explanations personal to himself, in reply to a pamphlet published by Mr. France, in reference to railway proceedings before select commit tees"-of Parliament, and declared there was not a single word of truth in the pamphlet. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH intimated that he had presented the Address of the House of Lords to her Ma jesty, and he begged to read her Majesty's gracious reply thereto, and to move that it be entered on the records of the house. The resolution was agreed to. TIIE NAVY. The Duke of SOMERSET moved for a return of the number of ships added to the Royal Navy (stating the tonnage of such vessels) from 1860 to 1865 inclusive. He referred to the impressions conveyed by published state ments that the navy was left by the late Government in a very inefficient state, and said ho believed the returns would show that during the last six years they had as many ships constructed as was usual and consistent with circumstances. There were during the last six years 140 vessels constructed. He explained that the advances in science, and the change in the mode of constructing ships, had perhaps induced the late Board of Admiralty not to build more ships than was absolutely necessary. When he came into office there was not a single ironclad. It was quite clear, then, they were getting to larger guns, and the vessels had to be built, in considetation of what guns they could carry. He remarked that, having regard to the improvements which were so rapidly taking place in the construction of iron-plated ships, his object had been to avoid rushing prematurely into a vast expenditure, which the experience of a very short time might prove to be use less, whilst he maintained the service in such a state of efficiency as to be ready for unforeseen emergencies. He contended that he had left the navy in a condition to meet any exigency that was likely to arise, and declared himself ready to submit this administration to the most searching inquiry. The Earl of DERBY was not surprised at the noble duke taking the earliest opportunity of vindicating his conduct at the Admiralty from charges in which he (Lord Derby), for one, had never concurred. On the contrary, ho was ready to bear strong testimony to the energy and ability of the noble duke whilst he presided over the department. Earl GREY censured the policy of the Admiralty with respect to building new ships, which he attributed, how ever, rather to the unreflective pressure of the House of Commons than to the fault of the Government. THE PROPOSED REFORM DEMONSTRATION. Earl of DUDLEY, in rising to ask what were the in tentions of the Government with respect to the proposed trade procession on Monday next, said he was fully aware of the delicacy of the subject to which he was about to ad dress himself. He was at same time so sensible of the evils of such an assemblage taking possession of the streets of the metropolis that he deemed it to be his duty to bring the matter under the notice of the house. He had no doubt the majority of their lordships would feel with him that it was very much to be regretted any member should feel called upon to take such a course, and he must confess that after the announcement which had been made by her Majesty's Ministers on the first day of the session, he had hoped that those who took the most active part in pro moting the intended demonstration would have come to the conclusion that there was no necessity for making it, fora most distinct promise had then been given on the part of the Government that they would lose no time in deal ing with the great question of Reform. He was, under these circumstances, greatly grieved to find that the leaders of the movement should, instead of waiting to learn what course Ministers might take on the question, deem it-neces sary to speak out beforehand with respect to it. He was, - however, unwilling to say a single word which could lead to anything like irritation, seeing that the public mind was at the present moment sufficiently excited without hearing a word uttered in either House of Parliament to inflame the popular feeling. He was one of the last to deny to the people the most perfect right to meet whenever they chose to discuss any subject which they pleased, but then that was quite a different thing from the procession with which we were threatened on Monday next, which, in order to assemble in the Agricultural-hall in Islington, it was deemed desirable should proceed from a central point by a circuitous route through the most populous parts of the town, as it were for the purpose of intimidation. (Hear, hear.) It was not,in his opinion, required for any object of free discussion that persons should come from the north, east, or west of London to meet in one central square and march to the place in which the meeting was to be held, as was proposed. He felt bound at the same time to add that he had no doubt the intentions of the promoters of the demonstration were peaceable. A certain number of those who were to form the procession were, it appeared, to be sworn iu as special constables, to the extent of six out of every 100 ; but such a procession must nevertheless cause very con siderable inconvenience, and it was quite evident that the line of march had been arranged with the view of propuc ing a certain effect on the clubs and the west-end of the town. He was, under those circumstances, he thought, justified in looking on the demonstration in the light of an evil, which, having once been admitted as a precedent, it would on future occasions become more difficult to deal with. He trusted, therefore, that the Government, who had been in more direct communication—he would not say unwisely —with the leaders of the demonstration than any previous Ministry, would be able to inform their lordships that they had come to some understanding with them on the point, so that the inconvenience to which he referred might be obviated. After all, if the proposed procession were per mitted now, and even though it should have peaceable re sults, thii evil would at last become so enormous that it would be necessary to stop it. He therefore hoped that their lordships might hear from the Government some thing which would at all events encourage them to trust that the proposed procession would not be carried out. He should be the last person to raise any question which would at all embarrass the Government. The course they had announced their intention to adopt was, ho felt, the only one which they could pursue; and he was far from wishing it to be thought that he doubted that they were fully sensible of the responsibility which rested upon them. But as they were now within a comparatively few hours of the assembling of the contemplated procession he was convinced that the Government must have made up their minds on the subject ; and he, therefore, believed there could be no objection to his putting the question of which he had given notice. The Earl of DEBBY—My lords, I can assure the noble earl that no apology was required from him for asking the question which he has just put to me. There can be no doubt that this question is one of very serious importance ; and I can assure him, also, that he cannot regret more deeply than Ido that those who have the conduct of the vast organisation which has been put in action with so much pains and care for several months past should not have taken a more correct and a sounder view of the duty they owe to the public and the interests of the country generally than to persist in holding arprocession which, although I am bound to say it is strictly within the law, yet is certainly liable to produce, .and must produce, vary great incon venience, and, perhaps, also, acts of illegality. (Hear, hear.) But the noble earl does her Majesty's Government too mach honour in supposing that their powers of persua sion are such as to induce these gentlemen to forego the advantage of being allowed• to display in the streets an im mense organisation,with marshals and sub-marshals, with stars, scarves, banners,and an exhibition of the most perfect military discipline. We certainly cannot pretend to•such influence with the leaders of this movement as to have persuaded them, in deference to any opinions of ours, or to any measures which we are likely to introduce on the sub ject of Reform, to desist from the course on which they have determined. I entirely believe that these gentlemen desire, as far as they can, that the procession may be per fectly peaceable and orderly ; but the noble earl will allow me to say that he is in error when he supposes that a cer tain number of each of these bodies are to be sworn in as special constables. It is not within the lafr that they can be sworn in as special constables; for no man can be so sworn in except upon sworn information to the effect that the person who swears such information believes that a breach of the peace is imminent, and that in order to guard against such breach of the peace he tenders his services to preserve the peace. Now, it is quite clear that these gentlemen, coming forward and saying, I believe most sincerely that they are acting with the most peaceable in tentions, could not be expected to swear that the assem blage of delegates and of various other bodies which they are organizing will be such an assemblage as endangers the public peace. But when in the heart of a crowded metropolis processions of, it may be, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000, or 70,000 men gather and occupy busy thoroughfares for a considerable portion of the day, it, is impossible that the idle and vagabond class on such occasions should not cause much inconvenience and some danger. (Hear, hear.) And I would have the gentlemen who undertake the conduct of these vast processions to recollect that although the pro cession itself may not be illegal, yet it may become illegal through the circumstances attending it. (Cheers.) And in that case those who so recklessly expose the metropolis to danger cannot escape from the responsibility they thus incur. (ricer.) They must and they will be heldpersonally liable for any loss to property or person which may result from their acts. There can he no doubt that the proposed meeting will cause very considerable obstruction of the ordinary traffic, and great inconvenience, and also great loss to the operatives themselves, who will lose a day's wages, and also to the shopkeepers; and all for what ? For the purpose, as they state, of making a demonstration in favour of Reform. But her Majesty's Government, as the nobld earl says, are quite prepared to deal with that ques tion, and bring it forward for the consideration of Paths rnent. And hare I must remark that demonstrations of this kind little conduce to promote that calmness with which so grave a question ought to be submitted to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Moreover, if we are to believe the asser tions of the leaders of the vast multitudes who are about to assemble in this way, the object they have in view is One MER V to w hich I will not say tho present Government, but to which no Government, and no statesman who can ever be called upon to conduct the affairs of this country, would ever consent ; because we are told that that which alone will satisfy these vast assemblages and their leaders is the adoption of manhood suffrage and vote by ballot, which, combined, would absolutely and entirely destroy the Con stitution of this country. (Cheers.) Well, what encou ragement has Parliament for entering upon the course of deliberating and considering how far it should extend the franchise and increase the liberties of the people if it is told, "All you do is nothing, is of no use whatever. Here we bring together a demonstration of our phi sical strength and our numbers, to show you, the Parliament, that unless you do that which we know it is impossible you can ever consent to do, all your labours will go for nothing—they will produce no gratitude, but will only lead to fresh de monstrations and exhibitions of force, until we obtain that which would be a practical revolution in this country ?" (Cheers.) My lords, I have not so poor an opinion of the House of Commons as to believe for a single moment that any demonstration of this sort will intimidate them or lead them to consent to extreme move ments. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, I only hope it may not have the opposite effect of deterring them from fairiy and candidly considering the merits of the case, and that they may not be induced to refrain from giving that which may safely, reasonably, and justly be given, owing to exhibitions of physical force and of numbers on behalf of that which is whollyalien to the Constitution and the spirit of the country. (Hear.) In regard to the noble earl's inquiry as to what the Government are going to do in respect to the proposed procession,it is only necessary to say that they will confine themselves within the limits of the law. We have carefully considered what measures it might be in our power to take to put a stop to this demon stration and interfere with its progress; and we are in formed that this procession, however mischievous, inju rious, and liable to produce loss of property and of life, is not in itself illegal, and that we should not be justified in interfering with it so long as it conducts itself peacably, and only passes quietly through the streets. There are two Acts of Parliament which bear on this subject. One of them, passed in the reign of Charles 11., prohibits any per sons, under a penalty, from attempting to present petitions to Parliament in greater numbers than ten together. There is another Act of the time of Geo. 111., to which, I suppose, the noble earl referred, in respect to assemblages within a mile of Parliament. It provides that if any persons shall assemble within a mile of Parliament for the purpose of either passing resolutions, petitions, or remonstrances with regard to matters concerning the State, in that case the assembly shall be an illegal assembly, with all the penal consequences attaching to it as such. But thera is nothing in the statute to say that persons shall net meet within a mile of Parliament for the purpose of there forming a pro cession, not to come down to Parliament with a view of intimidating it, but, as it said to be intended in this in stance, with a view of proceeding exactly in an opposite direction—to Islington, there to hold a meeting in the great Agricultural Hall. There is nothing absolutely illegal in that. The duty of the Government, therefore, must in this case be confined to taking care to have an ample amount 'of force ready to interfere, if necessary, for the preservation of the public peace, or for its restora tion, if that peace is disturbed. Further than that it is not within our legal competence to interpose. But the noble earl said, and it is a point very well worth considera tion, that the constant repetition of these processions and demonstrations might render it necessary to make some alteration in the law. (Hoar, hear.) I trust that nothing of the kind will be required, because we know that such an alteration of the law, however just or necessary, would meet with very great resistance, and might be thought an undue interference with the liberty of the people —an in terference which could not be justified except by a general feeling on the part of the country that these demonstra tions had become quite intolerable, and a source of evil and mischief so grave as to render the interposition of Parlia ment imperatively requisite. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I can only say that, while deprecating the holding of this procession, we cannot stop it legally except to prevent a disturbance of the peace. We much regret the course about to be pursued by its promoters, and we think it one which is liable to lead to the most unfavourable conse quences, and likely to create a feeling of bitterness between the different classes of the community, and we therefore deem it to be the duty of every good citizen to use his in fluence, if possible, to stop it. (Cheers.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—I speak in the pre sence of noble and learned lords who aro able to correct me, but the impression on my mind from what has taken place in Parliament and elsewhere, and from the decisions of the Judges, is that any great assemblage of people held under circumstances producing fear—reasonable fear—on the minds of firm mon, becomes of itself illegal, whether actual violence be.committed or not. The LORD CHANCELLOR—My noble friend has not exactly stated the proposition correctly. it is true, it has been frequently decided by the Judges of the land that largo assemblages of persons, in terrorent populi, would con stitute an unlawful assembly, but no mere assemblage of numbers would make it illegal. There must be a fear of violence or disturbance of the public peace in order to con stitute an unlawful assembly. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—But this is not a mere assemblage of persons, but an assemblage sufficiently drilled to carry a column of 40,000 or 50,000 mon in military array through the streets of London. That is net an ordinary meeting of men. The LORD CHANCELLOR—As I understand it, they are sufficiently drilled to be able to proceed peaceably in procession through the streets. The subject then dropped. Their lordships rose at ten minutes to seven o'clock. ;- ..k1 HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a new writ was ordered to issue for Colchester hi the room of Mr. Taverner Miller. THE ADDRESS. The Comptroller of her Majesty's Household brought up her Majesty's answer to the address of the house on the opening of Parliament. Her Majesty thanked the house for their address, and said that the house might rely upon her co-operation in all matters to strengthen the free in stitutions and to promote the welfare and prosperity of her subjects. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for India if he had any objection to lay upon the table of the house a copy of tho minutes of the Chief Commissioner of Oudh and of the Governor-General on the report of Davies, the financial commissioner, on the rights of the ryots, and of any orders passed by the Home Government of India on Sir John Lawrence's decision ; and also, whether the Homo Government, as stated in the Indian journals, had called for a report on the late famine in Bengal ; and whether attention had been directed to the following points :-Ist. The extent of country affected, and the mortality caused; 2d. The causes of the famine, and how far avoidable in future by works of irrigation ; 3d. The amount of warning of its approach, and how far the existing machinery of revenue administration was adapted to give the needed warning; 4th. The measures of precaution adopted by the local Government of Bengal on receipt of such warning? Viscount CRANBORNE said no orders had been passed on the decision of Sir J. Lawrence. A despatch would be written, a copy of which would be laid on the table of the house. With respect to the second question the Home Government had ordered a commission to be issued to in quire into the causes of the famine and the mortality oc casioned thereby. The report might be looked for very speedily. The instructions given by the commission were very large, and embraced nearly all the points men tioned by the hon. gentleman. Mr. BRIGHT asked whether the commission was corn posed of members of the Indian Government, or of inde pendent members. Viscount CHANBOURN said the commission would be composed of persons possessing the confidence of the Indian community. The president was Judge Campbell, in whom the most implicit reliance was reposed. CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. DENT asked the Vice-Presid;ntof the Committee of Council if ho could give the house any information as to the cause and extent of the recent outbreak of cattle plague in the metropolis. Mr. CORRY said a most searching inquiry had been made into the matter. Tho number of animals slaugh tered had been 46, and since then no fresh case had been reported. INDIAN PRIZE MONEY. Mr. H. LEWIS asked the Secretary of State for India, when the distribution of the Central India prize money (Lord Strathnairn's captures) would take place, and what was the reason of the delay in distributing the same ? Viscount CRANBORNE said the delay had arisen in consequence of the litigation that had taken place on the subject, but after this was concluied the sign manual was issued and sent to India, with the direction that the dis tribution of the money should take place as speedily as possible. UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. Mr. VANCE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the vacancy in the professorship of the University of Dublin had been filled up. Mr. WALPOLE said the vacancy still remained open. No person had been yet appointed. THE LATE PANIC. Mr. WATKIN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when—referring to the pledge of the President of theßoard of Trade last session that the Government would in the recess look into the causes of the commercial panic and into the operation of our monetary laws, "with the earnest de sire, if possible, to legislate on the subject, or to invite the attention of the house to the subject," at the earliest period —he proposed to put the house in possession of any evi dence taken, and of the views and intentions of the Government. Mr. DISRAELI said it was not intended to place any evidence before the house or to legislate on the monetary panic. When the hen. gentleman rose to move for the committee he proposed he should, thinking that was the most convenient moment, state the views of the Govern.. ment on the matter. THE SUN, LON tiON, SATURDAY EVELNIAG, FEBRUARY 9, 1867. GORTSCHAKOFF'S DESPATCH. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he would lay upon the table of the House the circular despatch of Prince Gortschakoff to the Russian representatives abroad relative to the break ing off of the relations between the Holy See and the Imperial Government, and to the abrogation of the Con cordat of 1847, together with the documents annexed, extracts from which had appeared in the newspapers of this country. Lord STANLEY said the papers had been published by the Russian Government, and had been printed in many of the newspapers, both English and foreign ; and as to a despatch relative to matters with which the British Go vernment had nothing whatever to do, he thought it would be a waste of money to reproduce them, unless it was for the convenience of the house that the paper was required. For private purposes there would be every fa cility given to members wishing to look over the papers. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Feb. 8. The death of Mr. Dargan, yesterday evening, had been expected hourly for several days. He died at his residence, 2, Fitzwilliam-square, in this city. Mount Anville, his country residence, one of the most beautiful and commodious about Dublin, he sold lately for a nunnery. Some alarm was created in Dublin yesterday by a report of a leakage in the vast reservoir of the Vartry Waterworks, at Roundwood ; but the fol lowing official communication will reassure the public mind on the subject : " Although there has been a slight leakage developed in these works, the opinion, after careful examination, is that the bank is essentially sound and secure, and that when the precise cause of the leakage shall have been dis covered, effective remedies can be adopted without in any way impairing the efficiency of the works or the permanence of the structure. There are, there fore, no grounds for uneasiness or alarm. Anxiety, of course, there must be ; but in a few days it is expected that tests will be employed which will show the prudence and wisdom of the tentative sys tem adopted throughout in connection with these works. The works are yet in the hands of the contractors, who are bound to deliver up to the Corporation a sound and water-tight reservoir, and to maintain it in a condition of perfect soundness for 12 months after its being taken up as perfect' by the Municipal Council. Mr. Duncan, C.E., of Liverpool, arrived on the works yesterday morning at one o'clock, a ccompanied by Si r J. G ray , an d was joined by Mr. Neville and the local engineers. They spent the greater part of the night—or rather morning—in examining into all the details." The Cork Examiner understands that the atten tion of the House of Commons will at the earliest opportunity be called to the case of the 16 persons recently committed at Dungarvan for a riot at Cappagh, in connection with the Waterford election. The extraordinary decision of the magistrates re garding eight of the accused, who had been punished by a former bench for the very offence for which they have now been committed will probably form the subject of inquiry in the Court of Queen's Bench. The writ for the election of a member for the Dublin University, in the room of Mr. Walsh, the present Master of the Rolls, has arrived at the Crown and Hanaper-orlice ; also the writ for the election for the town of Galway, in the room of Mr. Morris, the Attorney-General. There is no sign of opposition in either case. Mr. Chatterton, the new Solicitor-General, is the only candidate for the University. The election is fixed for the 12th inst. Mr. Morris will probably be re-elected with accla mation at Galway. This will be his third election in a short time. Mr. J. Kelly, owner of extensive gardens and orchards at Ruthmullen, county of Meath, has died, in consequence of being ridden over accidentally while looking at a hunt near his own house, by P. Dalton, the whipper-in of the Louth Hounds. Literary and Theatrical. --a The first number has appeared of a new quarterly journal, entitled the Southern Review, published at Baltimore, edited by Albert Taylor Bledsoe and William Hand Browne, of Baltimore. We regret to announce the death of Nathaniel Parker Willis, which occurred on Sunday evening, Jan. 20, at Idlewild, his residence on the Hudson. Mr. Willis was born Jan. 20, 1807, so that he had just completed his 60th year. Even at College be gained a reputation for his "Scripture Sketches," and after graduation he was employed to edit The Le gendary and the Token. In 1828 he established the American Monthly Magazine, which two and a half years after was merged into the New York Ilieekly Mirror. Dr. Willis's " Pencillings by the Way," sent from abroad to the Mirror, remain as some of his best efforts. In 1835 he married, in England, a daughter of General Stace, and about this time had a hostile meeting with Captain blarryatt on account of some rather free criticisms of Marryatt's novels. In 1839 he became one of the editors of the Corsair, and the next year pub lished in England his "Lettersfrom under a Bridge," " Loiterings of Travel," and " Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil." In 1840 he became co-partner with Mr. Morris in the Home Journal. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Religious Poems" will be published during this spring. Mr. James Parton's North American _Review essays are to be collected into a volume, entitled " Famous Americans of Recent Times." Th e Rev. Mr. Robb, a Presbyterian missionary to Africa, has added to the translation of the New Testament, by Mr. Golding, one of the Old Testa ment into the Efik dialect, which is intelligible throughout Central Africa. rather see- e h-tee, speli ceaty ; see-eh- In a review on " Primary Phonics" the R oun d 2 able refers amusingly to Dr. Herman, in B u l wer ' s •' Caxtons" when he asks, " How can th ese soun d s which run t? thus to thenotear, compose the word c 111 ) How can a system of education flo ur i s h t h at word begins by so monstrous a falsehood, which th e sense Do they of hearing suffices to contradict ?" Senator Cornell has presented, the town of Ithaca with an imposing building, containing $4,000 worth of books, the nucleus of a public lib rary. Besides the building, which cost upwards of $60,000, from portions of which —rented as a post office, national bank, and other purposes —a consi derable income is derived, Mr. Cornell intends to g ive annually $l,OOO worth of books until h e s h a ll have given $15,000 worth. The Rev. Dr. Robert Lowell, brother of Professor J. R. Lowell, and author of the " New Priest," has been elected to the professorship of English Litera ture, in Racine College, Wiscon s i n . Mr. E. G. Squier is to deliver in Boston a course of lectures upon the " Inca Empire, and the Ancient Monuments of Peru." Mr. Frank Moore is finishing his " Rebellion Record," which is to be concluded in six months. • Mdme. Ristori has signified her intention of re maining twelve months longer in the United States, and, at the end of that time, of retiring from the stage. Handel's favourite cantata, " Acis and Galatea," and Locke's " Macbeth" music, will be performed, by the National Choral Society at Exeter Hall on Wednesday, the 13th. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Lucy Franklein, Mr. Kerr Gedge, Mr. Leigh Wil son, and Mr. Weiss, are the artistes engaged. The band and chorus will number nearly 700 performers. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. THE "VARIETIES THEATRE," LIVERPOOL.—This elegant little theatre will reopen on Monday next as a Music-hall, under the management of Mr. E. English, who has gained for himself a wide-spread popularity during his career as acting manager of the Prince of Wales Theatre in that town, and whose name alone is a guarantee for the excellence of the • entertainment which will be provided. It will be conducted on the same principle and worked in conjunction with the leadingmetropolitan music halls, and will supply a want long felt in Liver pool. A very attractive programme has been issued, including the names of many artistes, Occupy ing a high position on the London boards and which promises an entertainment superior to anything hitherto attempted in the provinces. We feel assured that the success of Mr. English's new venture will be a source of gratification to his many friend s an d a d m i rers b ot h i n E ng l a nd and America. Mr. BAR RY S ULLIVAN. --This gre at tragedian is announced to appear at the prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, at au ea rly date. Apart from M r . Sullivan's rare talents as an actor,• and the brilliant position he has attained in his profession, old associations make him an ever-welcome visitor to the Liverpool public, with whom he has always been an especial favou .rite, and hi s appearance at Mr. H en d er son's theatre —which is ad m itt e dl y the most elegant in the kingdom—will be hailed with delight by his very large circle of admirers. MRS. STIRLING.—This celebrated actress is ful filling a brilliant engagement at the Royal Amphi theatre, Liverpool, and is nightly delighting large and fashionable audiences by her charming render ing of her great impersonation, Peg Wotlington in the comedy of " Masks and Faces." This engage inent is another evidence of Mr. Byron's deter mination to leave nothing undone which will tend to obtain for the Amphitheatre a high place in the ranks of provincial theatres. On the evening of 25th January, l'Establisse ment des Bains de Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, opened its saloons for the first fete of the carnival of this year. A fancy ball is like a challenge thrown to the ladies—who will be the most beautiful ?—who will select costumes of the greatest elegance and taste ? And our ladies have responded ! Very bold would be the Paris who could decide upon whom to bestow the apple of beauty—if he offered it. to the Polonaise, the Swiss Laitiere (Mdllc. Jessie Den net) would say, "And am not I equally beautiful?" If he decided for the Grande Dame of the Reigne of Louis XV. (Mdlle. Rosie Dennet) a pretty Flower Girl would perplex him. " How to choose midst this parterre, decide if you can ? and choose if you dare," murmured a piquant Greek. It %yes remarked the drama of Faust was perfect ; Mar guerite, Faust, Valentine, Mephistopheles, and Siebel attracted great attention ; in fact, the soiree was most brilliant, and ushered in the series of fetes to follow in the most happy manner L'lmpartial de Boulogne-sur-Mer. OATHS AND DECLARATIONS. Mr. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report of the Royal Commis sioners on oaths and declarations on taking offics would be laid before the house. Mr. WALPOLE could not sly when it was likely the report would be presented, but he would inquire and com municate with the hon. gentleman. REFORM-THE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. Mr. GLADSTONE asked the right hon. gentleman the course ho intended to take with respect to the public busi ness on Monday next. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said on the reading of the first order of the day, and the paragraph in her Majesty's Speech relating to the representation of the people, he should then enter fully and freely into the in tentions of the Government on the subject. LAW OF FORFEITURE. On the motion that the house, at its rising, do adjourn until Monday. Mr. FOSTER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was his intention to intro duce a measure for the abolition of the Law of Forfeiture on convictions of felony, founded on the provisions of the bill which obtained the assent of that.house in tho last session ? Mr. WALPOLE could give no positive promise in the matter, but it was possible a bill might be submitted to the house. METROPOLITAN POOR. Mr. HARDY then rose to move for leave to bring in a bill for the establishment in the metropolis of asylums for the sick, insane, and other classes of the poor, and of dis pensaries; and for the distribution over the metropolis of portions of the charge for poor relief ; and for other purposes relating to poor relief in the metropolis. The right hon. gentleman went at great length into the present system in practice in the different workhouses . in the metropolis. Ho said it was highly desirous that legislation should take place on the subject, and with that view he proposed submitting for the approval of Parliament a bill which he thought would in a great measure meet the evils complained of. In this bill he proposed that imbeciles should be kept in separate establishments, and not as now kept in the same establishment as the sane. The bill also provided for children going to separate schools, but its main object was to classify the inmates generally found in workhouses. Buildings were also to be erected solely for the reception of lunatics and imbecile poor, because under the present state of things lunatics were just kept long enough in workhouses to prevent their recovery from the fearful malady under which they laboured. Fever and small-pox patients would also come under the provisions of the bill, and they would have to be removed to other and more convenient places than the workhouse infirmaries. Sick inspectors would also have to be appointed, and a system would be esta blished which would result in a very short time in establishing a greal number of • trained nurses whose services would be productive of the greatest com fort to those placed• under their care. He thought that pauperism begari with sickness— (hear, bear)—and hav ing, from inquiries which ho had caused to be made, be come satisfied with th 3 medical system in Ireland, the bill proposed that dispensaries should be established in diffe rent parts of the metropolis, and that the medical men ap pointed to them should give a prescription to every person who became an attendant at either one of them. He had been asked whether he was prepared to equalise the rates throughout the metropolis. That ho could not consent to do ; but, on the other hand, he was quite willing to distribute several of the charges to be created under his bill over the whole metropolitan area, and to place the maintenance of lunatics, the cost of medicines and dispen saries, registration and vaccination, fever and small-pox hospitals, and the separate schools for the children above two years of age, upon a common fund. These would involve in theCityof London an expenditure of 3id. in th e pound, but the saving in the poorer and more densely populated districts would be considerable ; as, for example, the union of St. George's, Southwark, where it would save as much as is. in the pound. Adding all the charges to gether, he put them at something under £60,000 a year, which would be met by a rate of one penny. And he pro posed that this should be raised upon the warrant of the Poor-law Board, and paid into the hands of the receiver of the Bank of England. The new buildings required were estimated to. cost £400,000, which would have to be paid off at the rate of £40,000 a year, a sum equivalent to two thirds of a penny rate spread over the metropolis. And the last provision of the measure was that the Poor-law Board should have the power of appointing proper officers for carrying out the details, in case the Poor-law guardians or managers failed to do so. (On concluding his exposition of the scheme the right hon. gentlemen resumed his seat amid loud and universal cheering.) A short discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. Ayrton, Lord Enfield, Dr. Brady, Mr. Locke, and Mr. Alderman Lusk united in an earnest expression of their thanks to Mr. Hardy for the humane spirit in which the bill was conceived, and the promptitude with which he had grappled with a question which all admitted was as difficult as pressing. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Mr. WALPOLE, in asking leave to introduce a bill to facilitate in certain cases the proceedings of the commis sioners appointed to make inquiry respecting trades unions and other associations of employers or workmen, explained the circumstances which had induced the Government to issue the commission, and that the compulspry powers re quired would apply only to the recent trade outrages, par ticularly at Sheffield, and not to the general question. One of the most important duties of the commission, however, would be to ascertain whether some tribunal might not be created in which both parties would have equal confidence for the purpose of adjusting their differences and disagree ments, before they arrived at a point not only fatal to themselves but to the best interests of the country, and so to direct their inquiries as that the law should no longer be left uncertain. The scope of the commission embraced an inquiry into the organisation and rules of trades unions and other associations, whether of workmen or employers, the effect produced by such societies on workmen and em ployers respectively, and on therelation between them and the trade and industry of the country, regard being had to recent acts of intimidation or outrage, encouraged or con nived at by such associations, with power to suggest any improvements to be made in the law with respect to the above matters, and the relations between workmen and employers. The members of the commission had been selected with the utmost care and regard to impartiality, and they would be presided over by that eminent lawyer Sir W. Erle, late Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Sir G. GREY admitted that thegranting of compulsory powers to the commission to inquire into acts of a crimi nal nature was desirable, and said that no better choice of a president could have been made than that of Sir W. Erlo. Mr. HUGHES rejoiced at the proposal to institute an inquiry, and hoped the result would be to place the law upon a better and surer footing than at present. In the face of the late decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, pronouncing trades unions illegal, he urged upon the Go vernment the desirability of adopting some measure which would have the effect, pending the inquiry, of preventing dishonest persons from appropriating the money of these institutions. Mr. GOSCHEN, whilst approving of inquiry, objected to mixing up an investigation of the effects of those as so ciations on the trade and industry of the country with that into especial outrages like the one at 'Sheffield. After remarks from Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Neate, Si r F. Crossley, as a large employer of labour, advocated the right of the workmen to sell his labour in the best market. His labour was, in fact, all he had to sell, and so long as he did not interfere with the rights of others, he ought not to be interfered with himself. The firm with which ho was connected employed upwards of 5,000 person; and they had not a strike for five and twenty ye ars . The discussion was continued by Mr. Ayrton, the Attor ney-General, Mr. Barrow (who observed that so tired were the workmen in his neighbourhood of the tyranny o f the trades unions that thsy were forming themselves into "yree Labour Associations "), Mr. Kinnaird, and Mr. Whalley ; and the motion for leave was agreed to. ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY obtained leave to bring i n a bill to remove some defects in the administration of the criminal law. Leave was also given to Mr. Lawson to in troduce a bill to open the professorships of anatomy and surgery, chemistry and botany, in the University of Dublin to all persons irrespective of their religious careed ; and to Sir C. O'Loghlen leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of libel, and thereby to secure more effectuallx the liberty of the press. The other business on the paper was-also i 'disposed of, and the house adjoured at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock. t . A DTEUTISEMENT.] —lron o wa.y 's Ointment and Pills.— Few ailments aro more disheartening and none more ominous than ulcerations on the surface of the body. Wherever they are situated, it is difficult fo r cure them, unless treated judiciously with some cooling, healing, in vigorating application like this never-failing ointment. It has worked wonders in making bad legs sound and strong, even when the power of the blood=vessels had nearly been destroyed, and almost entire stagnation of the circulation had rendered every other curative means abor tive. No sore, wound, or ulcer can withstand its healing influence, which can be most beneficially exerted when winter is giving place to spring, and the circulation be coming more active and more readily controllable by proper, purifying, soothing, and strengthening agents. Th 3 Freedmen. On the sth January a well-selected colony - of '6OO freedmen sailed from Charleston for New Smyrna, Florida, in charge of Brigadier-General Ely, to settle on lands apportioned to them under the Homestead Act. Their number is to be increased to 3,000. A similar exodus of labourers is reported from Columbia and Sumter. Their transport is paid by Government, with the promise of six months' rations after arrival. The Nation mentions that there is a wide-spread unwillingness on the part of the freedmen to con tract for the current year. In the lower counties of Texas they try to stipulate for one-third the crop, which is generally denied them. In North Carolina $l5 a month and rations are rejected, and the wish is to work by combinations amongst themselves. In Lancaster District no trouble prevails, and new en gagements are already formed. At Columbus, Capt. Moseback, Bureau agent, announces that the regulations of the Bureau are still in force, and that no contracts will be enforced except those which it has approved. In the pine -barren country south of Mobile a company of Northern men, " The New York and Mobile Turpentine Manufacturing Com pany," have tried the experiment of free labour, with very gratifying success. They have employed 40 hands, all coloured men, during the past year, of whom one receives $5O, one po, two $25, twenty one $2O, and twelve $l5 a month. Rations and medical attendance are free, the work is performed in a satisfactory manner, and the result profitable to the employers. In Texas General Kiddoo has ordered the " Labour Law " to be disregarded, and contracts made in accordance to be 4isre garded by assistant-commissioners. Governor Throgmorton has requested General Sturges to send cavalry to Caldwell County to repress out rages on freedmen and others. The inspector has reported on the schools in Wrest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. There is one at Parkersburg, two at Martinsburg, four at Win chester. The city pays $3O a month towards the support of the school at Parkersburg. The citizens of Harrisburg have applied for a freedman's school, to which they promise support. In Northern and - Western Virginia many who a year ago opposed the establishment of the schools now come forward and support them. Mormon Tithing System. It is astonishing to see what people will freely give for the privilege of being humbugged, and how little they 'will pay, in order to " buy the truth." Let those who, with inecniteS from five hundred to five thousand dollars a year, think it very expensive to pay from ten to a hundred dollars a year towards the expense of public worship, consider the follow ing, quoted by the Boston Journal, from tho Salt Lake Union Vedette. When a man joins the Mormon Church, as it exists in Utah, he is required, as a proof of his sin cerity, to donate to the tithing office one-tenth of all his possessions —no matter what they are, or how extensive they may be. A man with $160,000 in money must, upon his entry into fellowship, give the tithing office $lO,OOO of it. This is the first grand principle of Utah Mormonism. If the man during the' year makes $40,000 by a judicious investment of his remaining $90,000, he must give the tithing office $4,000 of the amount. This is the second grand principle of Utah Mor monism. And upon these two principles hang all the law and the profits. If a man has no money or other property he is required to give one-tenth of his labour to the tithing office ; thus he labours nine days for himself, and the tenth day he gives to the church in such manner as he may be directed. In this manner the church claims one-tenth of every labouring man's time—one-tenth of every trade represented in the territory —one-tenth of a man's life, talent, and industry. If a man engages in farming and raises wheat, cattle, horses, sheep, &c., he must calculate what he has raised, say one hundred bushels of wheat at twenty days' labour— the tithing office demands ten bushels of that grain. Should be be idle thirty days, the tithing office claims three days from him on the ground that he may do as he pleases with twenty-seven days, but has no right to idle away three days belonging to the Lord. If he has one hundred sheep he must give away one-tenth of them; he must give one tenth of the increase. If he has a cow, and the cow gives ten quarts of milk each day, the church claims one-tenth. In fact, the church-tithing system penetrates the most abject abode of poverty in the territory, and extracts from it the one tenth if it only amounts to one hen's egg. The tithing system is a source of large revenue. It is reduced to a science. Those who have the administration of the system, manage to live well, own the finest farms, the best stocks, and have the greatest number of women about their premises. It grinds down the people by its very oppres sive nature, and serves to build up the favoured f e w who have the satisfaction of handling the funds.—Springficld Weekly Republican. Sporting in America. IVe extract the following from Wilkes's Spirit of the 7 lines :—" Taken altogether, the year 1866 has been more remarkable for good racing, great gatherings, and extraordinary interest than any other that we remember. The games began in May, at Nashville. NASHVILLE SPRING MEETING.—The first day at Nashville brought out 11Inggins, by Jack Malone, out of Fanny 111Mllister. He won the three year• old stake, beating Liverpool and Duke of Orleans. Harry of the West was successful at mile heats, for all ages. The grey colt by Light ning, out of Edith, by Sovereign, since called Slonewall Jackson, won the Cumberland Stake, No. 2, for three year olds, mile heats, beating Copper, Caledonia, and Ida. WOODLAWN SPRING MEETlNG.—Lancaster, own brother to Lightning, Thunder, and Loadstone, won the stake for three ydar olds, beating the colt by _Mickey Free and Alice Farris. Ansel beat Easter and Saratoga, three mile heats. The other races amounted to nothing. Asteroid walked over for the Challenge Vase. DEER IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-011 Saturday, 24th November, Mr. William Ross brought down two does, right and left; and again on Saturday, Ist inst., killed a fine stag, with four points, i❑ fine condition, weighing, gross, nearly two hundred pounds. The same day Mr. John Ross killed a buck of two points. This occurred in York district, near Cherokee Ford. The party consisted of Messrs. John, William, and Jacob Ross, Mr. John Moore, Captain F. G. Latham, Mr. Moss ; Messrs. J. Moss and Childers driving. The shooting was done with double barrels at sixty and seventy yards with buck shot. A GOOD COUNTRY FOR GAME.—The Santa Cruz (N.Y.) Sentinel says that on Tuesday last a party of gentlemen went out on a hunting excursion, and so fortunate were they, that one day's shooting sufficed to load their vehicle with game, and satisfy them and astonish their friends with their extraordinary skill. They brought back 1 deer, 15 dozen quail, 5 dozen rabbits, and any quantity of woodchucks and other small fry, and several dozen empty bottles. By the last accounts from America, we hear that on the lludson and some other rivers ice-boating is at present the most exciting sport. The boats rush at the rate of a mile a minute over clumps and hummocks of ice, snowdrifts, and cracks down the St. Lawrence. To keep your seat under these circumstances is more difficult than when riding a steeplechase. The finest fleet of ice boats in the United States are to be found at Ploughkeepsie, on the Hudson. The best are the Snoujiake, Haze, Fly ing Clowl, Restless, Dixie, Icicle, Una, Mimic hahct, Vesper, and Arctic. Each of these has achieved the speed of one mile a minute. The Snow flake a year ago passed ever a course nine miles long in eight minutes. A twenty mile race for a service of silver is soon to take place. All the boats of the Ploughkeepsie Association will com pete. The apparatus and machinery of the Pittsburg Gymnastic Association are among the finest and most complete in the State, affording every de visable kind of athletic exercise and sport. One of the most pleasing, as well as the most useful fixtures in the institution, are the pull ing or rowing machines, constructed under the direction of Mr. James Hamill, champion oars man of America. Hamill and his brother John are active and energetic members of the association, and by their enterprise and energy have materially as sisted it in its successful career. At Brooklyn base-ball was being played on the icc. The American Strugg'e. The Telegraph believes that a more unfortunate mistake at a turning point in a nation's history was never committed than when the American Congress shut its doors against the re-entry of 13 States into the bosom of the Union. If any proof were needed to show the almost irreparable character of the fault—the fault worse than a crime—of which th e majority were then guilty, no stronger evidence could be given than the contrast between the feeling now manifested among the people of both sections and that which prevailed a year ago. Unfortu nately some of the men who had risen into power as the heads of the war party began to fear lest the restoration of harmony and the work of reconstruc tion should proceed too rapidly. They asked them selves whether, in the event of a readmission for the Southern States, it was certain they could retain the power whose sweets they had tasted. Great manufacturing interests had grown up, and a high protective tariff had enabled the Eastern States to gather enormous profits from a system to which the Southern people had always been opposed. me Pennsylvania iron and coal owners, the Western woolgrowers, the New England cotton and wool manufacturers, were each in turn alarmed at the idea that a return to free trade doctrines would be advocated, as of old, by those who would now come in as representa tives of districts almost exclusively agricultural. In addition to such monopolists was a body of sin cere but impracticable men, who were not content with their triumph in the great cause of emancipa tion for which they bad fought so long and so gal lantly. They insisted that the slave of yesterday should be, not only the freeman, but the legislator of to-day. Without a moment's intervention, without preparation of any sort, they insisted on a transition instant and complete. In the meantime the glow of national triumph, the disposition to magnanimity that springs from the first flush of complete and decisive victory, had become weakened and had given place to more selfish motives. First came a desire to delay, then greatly to postpone, and at last finally to refuse admission, to the very States which had by force been prevented from withdrawing. In both sections of the country pas sions have been excited, more malignant than ever, because they find no vent in open and honourable war. The North is in a ferment of fury against the South, which responds with dark and lowering aspect, and would to-morrow, if it had the power, again tear itself away from a connection which it regards with renewed abhorrence. The President is menaced with impeachment, and his organs threaten, in their turn, to appeal to the sword. All is confusion, disorder, and discord ; and, to aggra vate the unfavourable symptoms, we see indications of the coming of that financial crisis which has been so long delayed. In all this the calm observer can discern the legitimate and necessary fruits of the departure in 1866 from the policy of harmony and conciliation commenced under such happy auspices in 1865. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The report of the Great Eastern Rail way Company for the last half-year comes oppor tunely in illustration of the discussions which the singular and unexpected position of railway pro perty is now suggesting. IVe certainly cannot call this line au insolvent line, for it pays all its expenses with a handsome surplus. Nor must we even class it with the " unsound" concerns now freely spoken of, for its directors take upon themselves to affirm conscientiously that the undertaking, " apart from its exceptional financial state," was never in " a more sound or healthy condition" than at this mo ment. Still, not to mention the importance of the reservation thus made, the Great Eastern is cer tainly a non-paying line as regards its own proprie tors. Not one sixpence of dividend is even now forthcoming for the shareholders o f one o f t h e great trunk lines of the kingdom. Their business is enor mous, their revenue princely ; but the profits of the undertaking are not for them. The case can be stated with the greatest ease ; in fact, we owe it to the directors to say that a report could hardly be put in a more compendious or in telligible form than has been here adopted. Between midsummer and Christmas last, notwith standing the cattle plague, th e c h o l era, and the fin ancial panic, the Gre a t E astern actually earne d a ll but a million of money. The gross sum taken for business done during these six months was not less than £996,293195. 6d., and as only £512,616 4s. 2d. was spent in earning it, it follows that a net profit of £483,677 15s. 4d. was realised upon the work of the half year. If the property of the company were unencumbered, this would afford a dividend of 10 per cent. to the shareholders ; but, unfortunately, the state of affairs is very different. The com pany upon coming into possession of this hand some surplus has first to provide a sum of no less than £273,146 15s. 11d. for rents to other .com panies, interest on mortgages and debentures, and charges for temporary loans. Even this tremendous sweep, .however, would still leave £214,249 11s. Bd. available for payment of dividends ; but, unfortu nately, again, this item must be widely expanded, for there are numerous preferential shareholders who are entitled to satisfaction before the ordinary pro prietary. These claimants intercept a further sum of £214,246 4s. 9d., so that after the final subtrac tion a net balance of £3 7s. 2d. is all that can be " brought down" out of the half million of surplus with which the account began. There is the history of a great railway undertaking legibly written. The business is good, the earnings are large, and the pro fits are handsome ; but the concern is so burdened with debts and encumbrances that its owners get nothing. The question for the proprietors—and, indeed, for the public, for the public also is inte rested in the prosperity of these vast undertakings is, what is to be done ? What are the prospects of the Great Eastern for the future ? Well, as things go, we may say they are tolerably good. It is to be observed that the company is not only doing far more than certain other companies, but is really making, on the present occasion, quite an excep tional effort in the way of liquidation. After pay ment of all charges on mortgages and debentures, and all claims of preferential shareholders, there would still, at this moment, be a dividend, though a very small one, for the original proprietors, were it not that some preference dividends remain in arrear. The satisfaction of these arrears absorbs the little balance of £30,000, which would otherwise have afforded a fractional dividend on the original stock, so that the company is now paying hot only all preferential charges for the half-year, but some arrears of these charges into the bargain. If, therefore, the Great Eastern is still a non - paying line, it bids fair to escape from that category before long. Unless, however, the revenue can be materially increased, or the working expenses diminished, the balance of the account can hardly be expected to promise much for the shareholders. It seems that both these improvements are actually being effected, though, of course, only to a limited extent, and the unhesitating conclusion of the directors upon the point is curiously illustrative of the state of affairs. They see no remedy but an escape from their proper sphere. Besides being a Great Eastern Company, they must be Northern and Western, too. Their own proper district would have sufficed for their capital, but it does not suffice for their encumbrances. They have got to clear off debts as well as earn a livelihood, and to do this they must emerge from the Eastern Counties into the more promising pas stures of their neighbours. But this looks very much like invasion, or encroachment, or whatever it may be called, and such policy has never yet been suc cessful. We may take it for granted that if reck lessly pursued it would cost more than it would bring. The directors, however, seem prudently bent on negotiation rather than conquest. Treaties, they tell us, have been pending for some time, and a satis factory- conclusion is thought to be in view. It will not have escaped the realer's notice that the direc tors, while speaking with complacency of the "sound and healthy condition" of their undertaking, talk in the same breath o f it s " except i ona l financial state." The truth is, these remarks are directed to an ex ceedingly grave and ominous question, which has already occupied the notice of Parliament in the first week of its session. By the soundness and health of the concern under their charge the direc tom mean that in a fair and h ones t b a l ance - s h e et provision is made for every liability, and that even a dividend on share capital, though not forthcoming at present, may be reasonably anticipated from a net balance in process of gradual enlargement. In speaking of the exceptional state of their finances they allude to a condition of the money-market which precludes even the legitimate operations of railway managers in that quarter. They have got their debentures to deal with, and they want addi tional capital besides. They tried to raise it by an offer of G per cent.—not bad terms from a line which is, at least, paying all its creditors ; but they could not get it. So small was the sum tendered in reply to the invitation that the directors offered the subscribers their money back again, and they now bitterlycomplain that theirsecurities are disparaged, apart from all reference to the income or prospects of the undertaking. There is no doubt about the fact, and as even the financial abilities of Mr. Laing, whose aid has been invited, can only im prove these prospects and receipts,the difficulty still looms in the future. It arises, as is now understood, from the deep distrust which a financial ruin has occasioned, and which has been aggravated by dis coveries affecting the credit, if not the actual value, of railway securities. As regards this matter, no chairman, however able, can do the Great Eastern any good. What he can do is to confirm and im prove the financial position of the concern, so as to render its credit advantageously available at the first revival of public confidence. That revival must some day come. I% ith a market already abounding in money, and swelled incessantly by fresh floods of accumulating capital, property like railway pro perty can never remain long out of favour. It is depreciated now, but railway managers, who must well know the reason why, can be in no doubt as to the nature of the reformation required. COUNTRY MARKETS. "WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. "Wheat trade steady, and prices the same as last Friday. Barley, beans, and oats dull at late rates. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. To-day there was a tolerable supply of wheat, for which recent prices wore obtained. Barley a heavy trade, at ra ther lower rates than last week. A moderate show of oats, and sold at late quotations. New white wheat, 608 to 70s ; new red, 59s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 49s to Ms per qr ; grinding, 26s to 3Gs per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 31s. Beans, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. DERBY-FRIDAY. Our corn market to-day was moderately supplied with wheat. Trade steady, and the last week's prices realised. Not much passing in oats, and no material change in late rates. A fair show of barley ; but the demand ruled slow. Beans were a heavy trade. New white wheat 60s to 68s ; old red, 65s to 68s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 44s to 48s per qr. ; grinding, 37s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 295; old, 20s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, Hs to 52s ; new, 46s to 503 per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. We had a moderate attendance at our market to-day, and wheat met with a middling sale at Tuesday's prices. Flour in moderate demand at late rates. Indian corn was in fair demand, at 40s per cwt. Oats and oatmeal were unaltered. Beans at about is per gr. decline. RIPON-FRiDAY. White wheat, 8s 6d;to 9s 3d per bushel ; red, es 6d to 7g 9d ; beans, 7s 3d to 7s 9d ; oats, 25s to 33s per qr ; barley 35s to 44s Od. S T AMF ORD-FRIDAY. With a middlingsupply of wheat the demand ruled slow• The best qualities of wheat fetched last week's prices, but the inquiry was inactive. Barley came sparingly to hand, and sold slowly at easier prices. Oats and beaus unchanged. New white wheat, 64s to 68s ; red do., 58s to 62 s per 8 6 stone. Barley, malting, 44s to 50s ; grinding, 27s to aas per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 32s per 24 stonc• Beans, 52s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The market has been firm during the week, at high rates. Refiued less active. Rum steady. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 'd. s. d. F. Bates' West Hartl e y.. 16 0 Th orn l ey West Hartley Original Hartlepool... 19 0 Kelloe Hetton Lyons ........ 16 6 Hartlepool Davison's W. Hartley 17 0 Walls End Hetton Buddle'sWestlfartley 17 0 South Wylam Nelson 9 17 0 North Hartlepool l4 Tees Framwellgate ._. Ships at market, 66—sold. 25. Foreign Mail Fileliet List. -s--- MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 1 9 . Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Capc Verde, by British packet........„Mar. t. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 27 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Feb 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Fab 13 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton F‘b 13 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 13 Ditto, via Marseilles ... . Feb 7., Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 1 3 . Ditto, via Marseilles Feb 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto. via MarseiLes. Feb. 13 Newfoundland • I Feb. 13 . Portuga) • Mar. 0 . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet. ... ....Feb. 21. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton • • Ditto, via Cork . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry .. Feb. 8 Went Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) •••••• Feb. 13. 8aham . ....4, via New Y ork. Agar. 7. Cuba and Mexico Bermuda. via Halifax West Coact of Africa, Madeira, and Tencriffe Mar. 6 The impeachers have come to the conclusion that they can bring no evidence upon which the Senat e will convict the President of "high crimes and mis demeanors," and it is now reported that they ha/ e another plan ; they will try to get a bill th r ough, i suspending the President while on trial, and if " goes they will prolong the trial till March, 186 9 , and meanwhile run the machine to suit themselves . The scheme will fail at the first step. Congress wil l pass no such bill. Births. HERVEY— On the 7th inst., at 17, Chester-square, Mrs. IL Hervey, of a son. SCHWEDER—On the 7th inst., at 19, Aberdeen-park, J. E. Schwedor, of a son. VENABLES—On the 6th inst., at Tenby, the wife of W rra. Vonables, Esq., of a son. Wrims—On the 7th inst., at Tho Limes, West Moles le l p Surrey, Mrs. Wm. P. Willis, o f a son. Marriages. CLIFTON—AGNEW-011 the 7th hist., at St. George's, 11 1, 13 over-square, Thomas H. Clifton, Esq., only son of , and Mrs. Clifton, of Lytham, to Madeline, eldest dang"a ter of Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lochnaw, Bart., MS., au Lady Louisa Agnew. TIIESIGER—HEATII—On the Ist ult., at Kuirachee, Se lo t o Colonel the lion. Frederic Thesiger, 95111 Regimen t, , t , .Adria Fanny, eldest daughter of Major-General ' commanding Scindo Division of the Bombay Army Deaths. coREFTT— On the 4th inst., a t W a l wor th, Louisa, r e lic t o f - the late Will. Corbett, Esq., formerly of Lloyd'" • l i o GRATTAN—On the 2d inst.. a t G rove H ous e, Portooe .-- ' Dublin, Mrs. Grattan, widow of the late Henry Grattan, Esq. OWEN—On the 6th inst., at St. John's Parsonage; field, Col. Robert Owen, late 72d Highlanders, age d SALTER— On the 6th inst., at Hopetoun Lodge, Lealorsim°- ton, Major G. Salter, late of the age d 6 j. SMITH—On the 4th inst, at Thorn Bank, Leami n g ton ' Smith, Esq., aged 61. urcht WINSER—On the sth inst., at The Limes, Nortbeh ss. Berkharnpsted, Herts, Charles Winter, Esq., aVd • ---- ti, London : Printed and Published by W ILLIAM AN 1 . ) ,.," 1 12, of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter at Tna SUN Oir, of Strand, in the Freda:A of the Savoy, in theoo C 0115" Middlesex.—Saturday, February 9,1807.