The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-07 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Dec. 31,.—Several ships of the squa dron are now under sailing orders. The Caradoc despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkin son, is to leave to-morrow for Naples to bring back Capt. Clarke, Director of Admiralty Works, who is about to pay a visit of inspection to the naval works in course of progress here. The Endymion, 21, screw frigate, Capt. C. Wake, is to leave on the fol- lowing day for Beyrout and await their further in- structions. She went out of port on the 27th inst., and returned on the 29th. The Resistance, 16, iron screw ship, Capt. 11. S. Ilillyar, C. 8., is under orders to leave on the 3d Januiry, or thereabouts, for the Piraeus, to relieve the Arethusa, 35, screw frigate, Capt. Macdonald, and send her to Malta. The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Capt. R. D. White, having been three years and a half in commission, is to sail on the 4th January for Spithead, to be, paid off. The Ocean, 21, screw ironclad, Capt. C. Stan- hope, which lately arrived from England to join the squadron, is in port completin g for service. Royal Oak, 35, screw ironclad, Capt. the Hon. G. _ _ D. Keane, came out of dock on the 29th inst. The Hydra, 1, paddlewheel surveying sloop, Captain P. F. Shortland, which arrived on the 15th inst. from Agosta, is still in quarantine. Orders were issued for her to be admitted to pratique on the morn ing of the 20th instant, the quarantine on arrivals from Sicily having been on the 27th reduced to seven days, but these orders were at the last moment countermanded, and it has been deter mined that she should run out the whole period of 21 days. The United States screw corvette Ca- nandaigua, 9 guns, Capt. 11. Upshur (her former captain having been invalided), returned here on the 28th inst., three days from Civita Vecchia I need scarcely say it was wholly unconnected with the Surratt affair, and was really nothing more than a visit of courtesy. Admiral Goldsborough and the officers of the Canandaigua were, I am in formed, so pleased with the reception and hospita lity the latter met with on their previo . us visit, which was merely a call on their way to another port, that they have come to pay a regular visit to the British naval port, and are, it is said, making arrangements to entertain the messes of ships and regiments, in return for the attentions received on that occasion. Admiral Goldsborough's squadron is now, I be- Hove, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Nice. The United States sloop Swatara is not ex pected to call at Malta on her return from Alex andria. The Canandaigua is to await orders here. The Prussian screw corvette Gazelle, 28, will leave to-morrow for Naples ; and the Prussian screw gunboat Blitz, 9, will leave on the same day for the Pincus and Constantinople. The English screw-steamer Hawk, which lately returned here, on completing the repair of the Malta and Alexan dria Submarine Telegraph, has, during the week, filled up with fuel, and shipped some new cable, and on the 30th inst. started again for Tripoli and Alex andria. From this it must be inferred that some new interruption of telegraphic communication along the line is anticipated. The following is a list of the ships of war, British and foreign, now in Malta harbour :—The Victoria, 102 (bearing the flag of Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief) ; the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry Kellett, C. 8.) ; the Ocean, 24 ; the Prince Con sort, 30 ; Resistance, 16 ; and the Royal Oak, iron clads ; the Cossack, 20 ; the Cruiser, 5 ; the Assu rance, 4 ; the Cockatrice, 2 ; the Tyrian, 2 ; the Hydra, 1, surveying steamer ; the Caradoc, 2 ; and Psyche, 2, despatch vessels. Prussian.--The Gazelle, 28, screw corvette ; and the Blitz, 4, screw gunboat, awaiting orders ; the United States screw sloop Canandaigua, 9. The iron and wood double screw gunboat Vixen, 4, armour-plated, Commander Spencer P. Brett, left Devonport on Monday last for Ireland. She ex perienced a snow-storm, and put back, disabled, to Falmouth. On Thursday the paddlewheel steam vessel Medusa, Staff Commander Thomas Potter, Mt Plymouth Sound for the purpose of towing the Vixen back to Devonport, but both were detained at Fahnouth on Friday and Saturday in copse quene.,2 of the severity of the weather. The screw steam frigate Phcebe, 33, was removed on Monday from No. 1 dock at Keyham steamyard, in which the screw steam frigate Galatea was placed on Tuesday. She vacated the dock on Wednesday, and was succeeded by the Bristol, 31. On board this frigate 4ince the late fire an additional guard of marines has been on duty. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 31, is mow in the basin of Keyham steamyard fitting for the first divi sion of the steam reserve in Hamoaze. The screw steamship Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote, recently returned from the Mediterranean, and now in Hamoaze, is returning stores to the Devonport dockyard. She will be put out of commission, all standing, about Saturday, the 12th inst. Capt. Gregory, 98th Regiment, is performing the duty of Brigade Major at Colchester, during the temporary absence of Capt. Legget. Au order has been received from the Horse Guards at Colchester directing that a draught of the depot of the 84th Re giment, consisting of Capt. Wilson, Ensign Crockett, 1 sergeant, and 39 rank and file should be held in rea diness to proceed to join the service companies of the regiment at Malta on receipt of a route from the Quartermaster-Gen. The Field-Marshal-Com manding-in-Chief has appointed Capt. Black, of the 2d battalion 6th Regiment, to be Major of Brigade in Nova Scotia. His Royal Highness has also approved the following arrangements : Lieut, Gore and Ensign Sir E. A. Walker to join the depot of the 84th Regiment, and Lieut. Buller to join the 94th depot. In consequence of the extreme severity of the weather during the past week, and on the recom mendation of the principal medical officer, the Colonel commanding the eastern district ordered all sentries at Colchester to be relieved every hour ; and, in order to allow eaeh sentry three hours off to one hour on, the guards were increased one addi tional man to each post. One-third additional allowance of fuel to the troops in camp was also sanctioned. _ _ The name of Capt. W. Maden, 49th Regiment, was misprinted Madam in the General Order relating to the Staff College which appeared in the papers of Friday. General Searlett and the Volunteerp, The third administrative battalion of the Lanca shire Rifle Volunteers had a shooting competition at Altcar in September last, and the prizes won on that occasion were distributed to the successful rifle men a few days since at Burnley by Lieutenant- General the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.B. Sir JAMES, who was received with enthusiasm, said the presenting of the prizes gave him great pleasure for one or two reasons. As honorary colo nel of the corps he took a deep interest in its wel fare, and though the position which he held was merely a complimentary one—a sinecure—giving him no privilege to interfere with the internal dis cipline or with the drill of the regiment, still it did not diminish the interest he took in the corps itself. (Applause.) The pleasure of seeing the regiment in the field last August gave him additional reason fur being desirous to present these prizes. He was particularly struck by the efficiency of the corps, which at the time l►e attributed mainly to the fact that the men were in the habit of leaving their homes for a short time and assembling at Lytham He imagined that this encamping at Lytham was one of the principal reasons why the corps was so efficient at present. (Applause.) He hoped therefore that this custom of assembling together in large num bers would prevail for many years, and that Colo nel Hargreaves would have the satisfaction of see ing his corps increase from day to day in efficiency, and that it would become one of the most efficient in the service. (Applause.) In the volunteer movement he took the greatest possible in terest; and he was sure that everybody must now take some interest, because it would be observed that all foreign nations were turning their thoughts to the reorganisation of their armies. It was known that in foreign nations every man was in some degree compelled to be a soldier. The con scription, with very few exceptions, included all individuals, who had either to pay a large sum for a substitute, or shoulder the musket. We had seen what the Prussians had done. Some people called them an army of raw recruits, and said that it was an army of raw recruits which overcame some of the most veteran soldiers among the Austrians. This was scarcely correct, because the Prussians were drilled for at least three years, and all in the army had a certain amount of drill together. Any soldier who had been regimented, who had been in battalion, and who was accustomed to act with others, became in the course of a year a very fair soldier, and a thoroughly complete soldier after a very little more actual service. He must, there fore, say that the Prussians were not entirely raw troops. Moreover, they would have much more drill than our volunteers would have in the same time. Our fighting army, as it was well known, consisted of men who adopted the military life as a profession, and no tie prevented their entire devotion to that profession. In consequence, it was not at all surprising if they did their duty, as he hoped the British army did on every occasion whenever it was called upon. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) We had another force, and a very excel lent force indeed it was. The militia—(cheers) — was, at present, also a volunteer service, inasmuch as the power the Government had of balloting for men was not put into execution, and perhaps very rightly so, for the exercise of that power would take in a vast number of men who had other occupations, and to whom it might be most inconvenient to leave their homes, trades, and other pursuits of life. If foreign war were to last for any length of time, or a very great effort were to be made by England, he supposed this ballot must be enforced, because it was quite evident that the merely volunteer service became exhausted after a time. The militia were a most excellent reserve and nursery They had always been so ; for the regular army. but if the ballot were enforced, its exercise might tend to heighten the zeal of the militia. He ima gined that the volunteers and yeomanry would be exempted on the condition that they attended a cer tain number of drills, which would in an emergency render them efficient soldiers. That would fill the ranks of the volunteers, and bring about a proper state of things. (Applause.) Every man was bound to defend his own home, for patriotism was nothing more than the desire all Englishmen had to defend hearth and home. (Applause.) Every man in this country had that feeling. England wished for no aggrandisement. She did not wish to extend her dominions. It might happen sometimes that the best defence was made by taking the initiative, and attacking. Of course, in that point of view, our regular army would come in, and would be well sup ported by the militia and volunteers. In such a case he did not see the need of any new organisation in England. (Applause.) Looking at the prize list, he said that while it must be admitted that all merit had a right to notice, he felt great pleasure as a Burnley man in observing that the first prize was due to the second company, which was composed of Burnley men. (Applause.) In conclusion, he must add that the shooting appeared to have been ex tremely good, and he must congratulate the corps upon the increase of its numbers, and upon the general prosperous state of the whole regiment. (Cheers.) Thanks to the gallant General for his presence and address were voted, on the motion of the Rev. Canon Parker, hon. chaplain of the 17th L.R.V., and seconded by Mr. Robinson. The compliment having been gracefully acknowledged, thanks were also passed to Captain Handsley and Lieut.-Colonel Hargreaves for their valuable command of the bat talion. The band then played " God save the Queen," and the assembly left the institute. Miscellaneous American News. On the 13th December, Mr. Morgan, New York, introduced a bill to amend section nine of the act entitled an act to amend the act entitled an act further to provide for the safety of the lives of passengers on vessels propelled by steam, to regu late salaries of steamboat inspectors, and for other purposes, approved July 25, 1866, so that all vessels navigating the bays, inlets, rivers, harbours, and other waters of the United States, except vessels subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign power and engaged in foreign trade, and not owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, shall be subject to the navigation laws of the United States ; and all vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating as ;}foresail, shall also be subject to all rules and regulations consistent there with, established for the government of vessels in passing, as provided in the 29th section of an act relating to steam vessels, approved the 30th day of August, 1852, and every sea-going steam vessel now subject, or hereby made sub ject, to the navigation laws of the United States, and to the rules and regulations aforesaid, shall, when under way, except on the high sgas, be under', the control and direction of pilots licensed by the inspectors of steam vessels, vessels of other coun tries and public vessels of the United States only excepted. Provided, however, that nothing in this act, or in the act of which it is amendatory, shall be construed to annul or affect any regulations esta blished by the existing law of any State requiring vessels entering or leaving a port in such State to be in charge of a pilot duly licensed or authorised by the laws of such State, or of a State situate upon the waters of the same port. Referred to the Com mittee on Commerce. Among the most important items in the new Tariff Bill is that of railroad iron, which is put down at the old rate of $l3 per ton, while iron masters want $2O, but would be willing to compro mise on $l7. Bituminous coal and ship timber are placed on the free list. The American Government has disapproved a settlement by compromise made by the American Consul in London with Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm, and Co., in the suit for Confederate property alleged to be held by them, and the cases will be continued. Efforts are being made in Chicago to establish a Union club house, after the models of those in New York and Philadelphia. One hundred and seven teen signatures have already been obtained to the subscription list, and negotiations are in progress for the lease of a house where the club will be for mally organised. Mr. Kasson (Iowa) has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives to authorise the purchase or construction of a military or postal telegraph, under the direction of the Post-office department. (Referred to the Post-office Committee, and ordered to be printed.) The bill authorises the construction of a line of telegraph from Washington to Boston via Baltimore, Philadelpha, New York, New Haven, and Springfield, with necessary intermediate stations. The second section provides for advertising for pro posals for materials and construction, and prescribes thatall shall be of the first-clas3 and quality. Bids to be received and opened as contracts for mails' let tings now at the Post Office. The third provides receiving also proposals from existing lines for the sale of the same to the United States, at a reduc tion of not less than per cent. on the best pro posals for the construction of new lines. Fourth. In case such a proposal of sale shall not be accepted, then a new line to be put under contract and com pleted in six months after notice to contractors. The fifth provides for its use by the public at rates to be greatly reduced on the present tariff, and makes the system part of the postal manage ment, using post-offices and their employes. Mr. Washburnc (Illinois) introduced a bill for the construction of a Government telegraph from Wash ington to New York city. Also referred to the Post Office Committee, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Washburne's bill is as follows:—" Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Postmaster is hereby authorised and directed to construct a telegraph line from the city of Washing ton to the city of New York, and the said telegraph line is hereby declared to be a mail route, subject to all existing laws in relation to mail routes in the United States, so far as the same may be applicable, and the said Postmaster-General shall have power and authority to establish the necessary offices for the use of said line, and shall have authority and power to procure all necessary room for offices, and to procure a, sufficient number of agents and operators to operate said line of telegraph. Section 2. That no message shall be sent over the said line unless it shall be stamped with a three cent postage stamp, and there shall be a uniform rate for the transmission of mes- sages, without regard to distance, of one-half a cent for each word, except for the odd word of any mes- sage there shall be no charge ; but no message shall be sent for a sum less than ten cents, and there shall be charged two cents for the delivery of each and every message, provided that the Government shall be entitled to send and receive all its messages over said line free of charge, and shall have priority in sending all messages. Section 3. That the sum of $50,000 is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act." According to intelligence from Vera Cruz, the Emperor Maximilian issued a proclamation, dated Orizaba, Dec. 1, announcing that the National Mexican Congress was about to be convoked to decide whether the Empire was to continue, and if so, to frame laws. The recent Union Pacific Railway excursion from Philadelphia to Fort Riley, Kansas, and back, was accomplished in a single car, by means of broad flange wheels, covering the different gauges which occur on the intermediate roads. The distance is nearly 1,500 miles each way. President Johnson has transmitted to Congress a letter from the Czar, expressing his Majesty's thanks for the Congressional congratulations addressed to him upon his escape from assassination. The Czar hopes that cordial relations will continue to subsist between America and Russia, who have no injuries to remember, and that America will grow in strength and prosperity. From New Orleans a contemporary writes as fol lows :—" The report that many Senators and Repre sentatives propose to spend the holidays in New Orleans and other Southern cities is received with much satisfaction, and it is hoped they will mingle with men of all classes of opinion, and look and listen without prejudice. The bill introduced by Representative Donnelly, of Minnesota, on Dec. 13, to reorganise the Agri cultural Department, provides that the chief execu tive officer, to be called the Commissioner, shall he appointed for four years, unless sooner removed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and so also of the Assistant Com missioner. The former is to receive $3,000 and the latter $2,500 per annum. One-third of the seed cuttings and roots purchased are to be sent to agri cultural and pomological societies of the United States. The jurisdiction of the Department is to be extended so as to embrace a mining bureau. Nearly all the gold mining companies up the Potomac river are reported as doing well. One company has a tract of 500 acres adjoining the great falls, on the Maryland side, from which fine specimens of gold-bearing quartz have lately been sent to Washington. Some of them, on assay, yielded $2,400 to the ton. Several of the companies are erecting machinery, while others are in full operation. The Niagara Ship Canal Convention at Chicago was attended by delegates from Detroit, Oswego, Toledo, Cleveland, and Milwaukee. It met Dec. 12, and elected George F. Bagley, of Detroit, Pre sident, and J. F. Beatty, of Chicago, as Secretary. A committee, consisting of General.T. J. Cram, of Detroit ; J. 11. Clarke, of Cleveland ; A. J. Hall, Milwaukee ; W. F. Walker, of Toledo, and Charles Randolph, of Chicago, were appointed to proceed to Washington, and urge the passage of the bill before Cungress. On the 13th December the Convention adopted the resolutions reported by General Cram, approving of the bill passed by the house last ses sion, and now pending in the Senate, and recom mending its early passage. Tho Convention then adjourned. The New York Tribune says :—" A persistent effort is making to commit the house against the policy of contraction, thus far without success. On the 17th of December a resolution for a bill to pre vent the further withdrawal of legal-tender currency was laid on the table— that is, killed—by 88 to 58. Will the pork-speculators and gold-gamblers take notice ? The emigration of coloured people has been en couraged by various persons desirous of making money by a system of exportation as bad, perhaps, as the Coolie traffic. Mr. Sumner yesterday intro duced a bill in the Senate to prevent this mischief, providing a penalty for frauds on emigrants. If the intelligence from Mexico, received by way of Cincinnati, is to be credited, the mission of Mr. Campbell and General Sherman is likely to be at tended with no small difficulty and much unplea santness. Maximilian's determination to remain in Mexico seems to have inspired the Imperialists with fresh hopes. The Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a direc tion of the Senate, has furnished a letter from the Controller of the Currency, to the effect that the National Banks comply strictly with the law requir ing them to make quarterly exhibits of their condi tion. The Controller suggests that the managers of the Clearing-Houses should be required to report weekly all banks that are deficient in their reserve of lawful money, and that the returns should be made monthly instead of quarterly. We believe that the change would be a benefit. The qua!ity of the Lake Superior iron is conceded to be superior to any iron in the world, as is shown by the following analysis giving the strength per pound :—Ladsbury, Connecticut, iron, 58,000; Swedish (best), 58,134 ; English, cable, 59,105 ; Centre Co., Pennsylvania, 50,400 ; Essex Co., New York, 59,960 ; Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, 76,969 ; Common English and American, 50,000 ; Lake Superior, 80,582. A lot of 150 of the new revolving battery guns is now being made at Hartford for the Government. The weapon discharges balls at the rate of 200 per minute, and as there is no recoil thousands of shots can be made without re-adjustment. Two sizes of the gun are made, one of which weighs 225 pounds, and with a bore 58-100 of an inch in diameter, and another about twice the size and weight of metal thrown. The smaller one has the range of a mile, and the latter one of two miles. The accepted plan for the new Yale college chapel contemplates the erection of a building of Gothic architecture, at an expense of $150,000, of which $40,000 is already raised. It will probably be situated on College-street, midway between Chapel and Elm. The edifice will have a double transept, and the front one, the larger of the two, will constitute the memorial hall to the Yale stu dents who fell in the war. Wonderful as has been the progress and develop ment of the northern boundary of the United States, says the Erie Gazette, the commerce of the great lakes is not the least important item. Sixty years ago there was scarcely a craft on these waters larger than an Indian canoe. Now the tonnage of side wheel steamers alone is 100,000 tons. In 1821 the gross amount of the lake trade, independent of the pro perty constantly changing hands, cost of vessels and profits of passenger trade, amounted to $65,000,000. In 1851 it had increased to $300,000,000, and in 1861 to $500,000,000. At the present rate of in crease the lake commerce of 1871 will amount to the enormous sum of $1,000,000,000. In 1859 the north-western lakes were navigated by 1,600 ves sels, whose aggregate burthen was 400,000 tons. They were manned by over 13,000 seamen, navi gating over 5,000 miles of lake and river coast, and transporting over $600,000,000 of exports and imports. A correspondent of the Pillsbury Mining Journal writing from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, says:—" We have quarries of both white and coloured marble, susceptible of a high degree of polish, and inexhaust ible mines of iron, lead, copper, coal, with hills of chalk and large deposits of kaolin, from which much beautiful porcelain ware may be made. All these lie within two days' riding on horseback of our most beautiful city, Cape Girardeau, or, more pro perly, Marble City." _ . _ A company ha 3 been organised in Milwaukee, with a capital of $lOO,OOO, for the purpose of start ing a cotton mill. Several Massachusetts capitalists are interested in the enterprise. A monster woollen factory is also contemplated there. From Connecticut we hear that the Colt Patent Fire-arms Manufacturing Company, of Hartford, received an order from the Russian Government for 100,000 of the Laidley breech-loading guns. The Plants Manufacturing Company's buildings, at New Haven, were destroyed by fire on the 7th ult. Seventy hands thrown out of employment. Loss, $200,000 ; insurance, $lOO,OOO. Origin of the fire accidental. Colorado is not to be famous alone for its gold mines, as both salt and coal have been discovered in the Territory. Both those articles are quite as valuable to the people of Colorado as their gold. The assistant superintendency of the Western railroad, lately made vacant by the promotion of Charles 0. Russell, has been filled by the appoint ment of Mr. J. B. Chapin, the veteran conductor, to the position. A new steamer of twenty-five tons, the " Aaron Kimball," has just been completed at Brookfield, to ply on the upper Chicopee river between the mills near the depot and the pond at the south part of the town, for the transportation of wood and lumber. She made her trial trip, of about twelve miles, to the satisfaction of a party of a hundred or more passengers. The engine, of seven horse power, worked better than a good many larger ones, and the enterprise commences very auspiciously. The project of a steamer for this purpose was originated by Aaron Kimball, whose name the boat bears, and since his death has been resumed and carried for ward to completion by Messrs. Hyde, Brewster, and Twichell. Charles P. Bosson, who died suddenly at New York on Sunday, December 9, of heart disease, was the president of the Boston Reporters' Association, and for many years connected with the press of that city, first on the Herald, and more recently with the Evening Commercial. Ile had travelled extensively in Europe, and writing from his obser and experience at hom e , h a d con vations abroad, tributed extensively to agricultural papers. For three years past he had been engaged in the pre paration of a statistical volume relative to the United States, which was nearly ready for publica tion. He was about fifty years of age. Charles Minot, the former superintendent of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and later of the New York and Erie, who died December 10, at his resi dence at Somerville, left a fortune of half a million as the result of his diligence and energy in business. He was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1828, and leaves no family. The Bartlett, James, and Ocean mills at New buryport arc to have new machinery from England, as it can be imported cheaper than it can be made in America. The people of Fall River are moving to secure a public library and reading room, and have $16,000 already subscribed. They took half a million of manufacturing stock in that city in a couple of days some time since. Gilmore and Co. of Boston have just completed a $5OO silvercornet, with gold keys and mouth-piece, which is intended as a present for A. D. Harlow, leader of the Bangor (Maine) band. Col. John Prescott of Candia, New Hampshire, committed suicide December 10, by a dose of strychnine. He was 50 years old, and one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of the town, having filled several official positions of public trust and responsibility. A. and P. Coburn of Skowhegan (Maine) own four townships of woodland, comprising 400,000 acres on the Kennebec river, in which they will employ this winter 860 men, and intend to cut 25,000,000 feet of lumber. Miss Ida Lewis, whose father keeps the Lime Rock Lighthouse at Newport, rescued three men in her lifeboat on Tuesday, December 11, from a peril ous position during a high sea, in which they would have certainly gone down . had it not been for the brave girl who saved them. Henry Betts of Norwalk (Connecticut) in 1810 proposed the railroad across the continent, and was thought mad. He lives to see his idea fast being realised and the great work of the century. Lieut. Governor Winchester, one of the United States commissioners to the Paris Exposition, left Dec. 11 for Europe. He will go first to Switzer land to close a contract for furnishing the Swiss army with the new Winchester rifle. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD.--President Johnson's household is thus organised under a law passed by Congress in its last Session :—Private Secretary, Robert Johnson ; Assistant-Secretary, Robert Morrow ; Secretary to Sign Land Patents, Edward D. Neill ; Aide-de-camps, Colonel W. G. Moore, Lieutenant-Colonel Wright Rives, Colonel Andrew K. Long. A generation has not passed away since the first bale of cotton was sent from America to England. A mining company in Louisiana has struck a solid block of pure lead, estimated to weigh thirty three tons. Washington is just now thrown into a condition of violent excitement by the dismissal of all the female employes of the Department of the Interior, and the rumour, doubtless correct, is that the Trea sury Department contemplates a similar move. About half of the employes in the Treasury are women. It is stated that the despatche s sen t across the Mexico a n d S uratt have cost Government $20,000. EXPLODE ?—Pur e petroleum theA t l l a vl n vl t La i L e s hp c h o El n t c ti to e on : E i G n uo g 3 vi will not. Crude may. The explosive quality in petroleum is benzole. In some o f th e l i ghter quali ties it reaches 25 per cent. of th e crude bulk, and ng. exists Tinhaellrgermaovvitail of esofbcenruzodiee is the first ac t i n theoil' except lubricat i refining process. The best refineries do not retain it in any quantity in their oils. They consider it too dangerous to be tampered with. Unscrupulous refiners, however, do retain it. Its presence can be ascertained by applying a lighted match to a portion of the oil. Pure oil will extinguish it as quickly as water, and such oil only sho u ld b e sold. If it does or manufacturers rapacitynot, t he oil should unscrupulous dealers should not be allowed to en d anger the lives and property of others.—Pittsburg Mining Journal. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEw YORE, Dec. 18, 1866. There is a slight improvement, but little real improve ment is looked for till the new year has fairly opened ; and some think that there will not be a permanent revival in trade till the spring. Freights are, however, more active. Gold has been stronger. Yesterday it opened at 1.87/, and closed at 1381. Ido not think the price can be held up against the Government sales, although many consider that by stated sales, fixing by law both the time and the quantity, the ring may control the issue. Government Bonds have fractionally improved both in demand and in price, and the Railway Share list has been favourably influenced under the Bank Statement which shows a large increase of legal tenders. An im provement has taken place in all departments, except specie, in which there is a decline of $590,850. All Rail way Shares were in active demand. Michigan Southern, the North. Western Share; and Fort Wayne were most heavily dealt in, but there was an improvement in the whole list of to 1 per cent. There was also quite large purchases of Erie, and the stock closed quite firm at quo tations. After the three o'clock call there was a reaction in the market of to f per cent., but at the close prices wore steady at quotations. New York Central Railroad, 111 k to 112 ; Erie, Michigan Southe rn, 82i to 821; Cleveland and Pitts burgh, 91. to 911 ; R ack Island, 105 to MI ; North- Western, 54} t o 55 ; Preferred, 701 to 791; Fort Wayne, 106/ to 107. 73 1 to 73f ; Reading, 1 11 f to 111 i ; Foreign exchange is firm. Bills at GO days on London are quoted at 1081 to 1091 for commercial ; 109; to 109 for bankers', do, at short sight, 1101 to 110 - ; Paris at 60 days,- 5.171 to 5.134 ; do. at short sight, 5.131 to 5.11 k ; Antwerp, 5.18 k to 5.15 ; Swiss, 5.171 to 5.15; Hamburg, 3GI to HI ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41k ; Frankfort, 41 k to 41 1 Bremen, 784 t o 791 ; Prussian thalers, 72 to 7 2k. Money is quite easy, and at 6 per cont. first-class bor rowers are suppli e d , with some business done at 5 per cent. on Gove rnments, but a largo business is done at 7 per cent. by houses in poorer credit. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, January 2.) By the Asi a we have advicos from New York to the 18th ult. The St oc k Markets generally had been dull and inactive up to th a t d ate, but the weekly return o f the N ow York banks showing a large increase in the amount of legal tenders on hand brought forward some buyers, and both Government and Railroad Stocks showed a slight ad vance on the lowest quotations of the week, with a tend ency to further improvement. Money was certainly easier, and gold steady. During the past week there has been a fair amount of business in the London Market for American securities, with a steadily rising tendency for Goverment securities ; 5.20's of 1862 issue closing 72k to 731, and the 1865 issue 71i to 72f. Illinois Central Shares bave also been in request, and show an advance of more than threeper cent., being last quoted 82 to I. Eries have been neglected and dull, and show little alteration from last week. The dis position to invest in Mortgage Bonds of first-class Ameri can railways continues, and all offering are readily taken. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds and Certificates of Debenture have been more offered, and close at lower rates. The annual report of the New York Central Railroad Company for 1866 shows the continuous prosperous course of this great railroad—its doings as a commercial under taking showing very different results from our English railways. Taking a period of the last ton years, it appears not only that the line has been worked with a closed capital ac count, but that large additions have boen made from re venue to the permanent way, and equipment of the road, besides providing and applying the sinking fund, paying the interest on its debt, and handsome dividends to its stockholders. The capital and funded debt now is $38,896,804 against $38,946,297 in 1856, thus showing a diminu tion of $49,493 in the ten years, Whilst during the same period the surplus or undivided income has in creased from $1,301,036 to $4,407,928, an addition of $3,106,892. The amount paid in dividends during the time has been $16,968,256, being an average of seven per cent. These few and simple figures speak volumes, and need no comment; they may be accepted as an evidence of the system on which American railroads are managed. In building railroads in America the primary business is to complete the communication between one point and another as speedily as possible, leaving substantial addi tions to be afterwards made, and while not straining divi dends on the stock to the point they readily might be, yet punctually to provide the interest on the debt, and make large appropriations out of revenue to permanent improve ments in the property. Surely as regards actual security for money invested, the bonds of this company are beyond any doubt whatever. The latest quotations from New York give the Six•per Cent. Bonds at 95, and the Seven per Cent. Bonds at 105, the ordinary stock commanding 112. The UNITED STATES DEBT. The following is a statement of the Public Debt of th• United States on the Ist of Dec., 1866; Debt bearing Coin Interest. Five per cent. Bonds $198,091,350.00 Six per cent bonds of 1867-68 Six per cont. bonds of 1881 283,740,000.00 Six per cent 5-20 Bonds 861,649,300.00 Navy Pension Fund 11,750,000.00 Total Debt bearing Currency Interest. Six per cent. Bonds 510,302,000.00 Three-year compound interest notes Three-year 7-30 notes 699,93;750.00 Total $857,622,890.00 Matured debt not presented for payment 22,605,794.71 D bearing No United States notes ebt 5385,441,849.00 Interest. Fractional Currency Gold certi fi cates of de posit Total 433,698,598.93 Total Debt 52,684,995,875.44 Amount in Treasury Coin Currency Total Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury on Dec. 1, 1866 52,549,631,238.22 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the department on the Ist of December, 1866. Dunn M'CuLLocit, Secretary of the Treasury. Public Debt, November Ist, 1866 Do. December do. Decrease in month . Do. since A ugus t 1, 1865 27,622,037 SPIRI r OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlM ES.—Within a month of the French Revolu tion of 1848 the agitation for a radical Reform of th e House of Com mons on the basis of universal suffrage took a form which was considered dangerous to the public peace. Then,the supremacy Ireland was unsettled, traitors threatened of the Crown, and made preparations for a popularrising. Their dele gates or chiefs repaired to Paris, and solicited the aid of the new Governors of c the French nation. In England Mr. FeargushnuO; hadonnor and his associates announced that thecome for enforcing on a hostile Legislature the nights of the people. They argued in the assembly l which . they brought toge ther, and for which theyc aimed the name of a na tional Parliament, that the t House of Commons had hitherto treated with contempt the Constitutional of the people, and that e l l e ' e o m rd l i resource of petition would be useless, y unless it were shown in some unmistakable manner that the peti tioners were Tesolved that their ' requests should be granted. R eams of paper and thousands of signa tures would, according to these agitators, be useless to convince the house that the petitioners were in earnest, or, if in earnest, were strong enough to make theirconvictions prevail, unless the signers and those who agreed with them displayed their num bers by an imposing procession to the doors of Par liament. This notion took the fancy of the Chartists, and it was soon proclaimed that the monster peti tion of the unenfranchised classes, consisting of we know not how many hundredweights of paper, would be taken to Westminster by an army of work ing men, and there received and presented to the House of Commons by Feargus O'Connor himself. The immense multitude was to assemble on Ken nington-common, to be harangued by the leaders of the agitation, and then to march over Westmin ster-bridge to the seat of the Legislature. This menace led to the demonstration of the 10th April —A memorable political incident, which is still fresh in the memory of all but our younger readers. The Chartists did, indeed, meet on Kenington-common in large numbers ; but, on the other hand, a far more imposing force, numbering 150,000 preservers of the peace, was ranged on the other side. For a fortnight the London magistrates were eng a ged all day swearing in special constables—men of all classes and conditions, and of every variety of political opinion, except the one opinion that it is lawful to attempt to sway the deliberations of the British Parliament by a demonstration of phy sical force. Every respectable man in this great capital gave his support to the Government, which determined that the Chartist army should not be permitted to approach the spot where the House of Commons assembles. Lord John Russell's Cabinet communicated this resolve to the leaders of the agi tation, and military preparations were quietly but efficiently made to enforce it. The Chartists were told they should not pass the bridges, and that if they attempted to do so they would have to take the consequences. They were wise in time, and the 10th of April passed off quietly. But the event re mains as a constitutional precedent, and decides that when Parliament has reason to believe that any body of men desires to coerce its action, even under the guise of the right of petition, it will call upon Government to use all necessary powers in its de fence, and that Government will be supported by the nation in giving protection. We trust the les son of that memorable day will never need to be repeated. Since that time the evils that spring from tumultuous gatherings have been sufficiently proved in those continental countries which the Chartists Of 1848 then looked upon with admiration. The spirit and the achievements of the Parisians in the cause of freedom were then held up as examples to the more sluggish and submissive people of these islands, and yet within a twelvemonth of the fall of Louis Philippe a future Emperor was installed in power by the vote of millions n ho dreaded or re sented the turbulence of the capital, and France was virtually subjected to the government of the army, a rule which it has never since shaken off. It is needless to speak of the other States in whose capi tals popular movements were made after the fashion of Paris. It is sufficient to say that to the excesses of that time Germany has owed years of political misfortune, which it' is only now beginning to sur mount. A generation of agitators seems, however, to have arisen in this country which remembers not these things. Disregarding the fact that the revo lutionary turbulence of the old Chartists andof their Irish brethren, the followers of Smith O'Brien and Mitchell, was among the chief causes of that Con servative reaction which set in then, and has pre vailed more or less ever since, the chiefs of the Re form League and the self-constituted leaders of the working men seem disposed to revive the old mis givings and the old animosities by means of the old follies. Even with proofs of their incapacity af forded by the recent Beau fort-house Demonstration we were unwilling to believe that they meditated a reproduction of Feargus O'Connor's sorry exploit. But some notices just published show that on the opening of Parliament we must prepare, if the Re form League is to hare its way, for just such another unconstitutional and illegal proceeding as was reproved by the loyalty of the metropolis nine teen years ago. Fror n a notice, issued by the Reform League, we I Ind it has been resolved that individuals in favour of the programme of the League should be advised', to prepare separate peti tions to the House of Co . 7 nmons, and to deliver them personally in Westmins'xr-hall upon the day after the Demonstration, Ir. John Bright, Mr. John Stuart Mill, Mr. Be' d;er A. Taylor, Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, and 0 4 ,13 er " advanced Liberal mem bers," being invited 'co receive them, at a fixed hour, for presentation to tb e House of Commons. " The petitioners, if as to merous as expected, would by this means make a n effective and constitutional Demonstration." From the programme it would seem that at sew a o'clock, and consequently at a time when the, Louse of Commons has ceased to receive petitions, those people are to leave their place of assembling, in parties of tens, under the directions of a marshal, and to walk from the Strand to Westminster-hall. On reaching the entrance they are to form in files according to the number of members who may be present to receive the petitions, and then to march through the Hall to the steps, where these gentlemen are to be in waiting. They are to present their petitions, and then Co proceed along the west side of the Hall to the entrance, at which they are to pass out. We believe such a gathering at the doors of the Legislature and thronging all the ways to it to be illegal. There can be no moral doubt that the pur pose of such Demonstrations is to intimidate the House of Commons, and even if this were not the case, the assembling of a great multitude is inevi tably a menace. We trust the Reform League will, in the month which is yet to elapse before the meet ing of Parliament. see reason to abandon its pur pose ; if not, it will be for the House of Commons to take such steps as may be necessary to maintain its independence and dignity. The Spectator observes that whether the negroes in the United States are competent to be free or not, so long as they are no t f ree, th e w hi tes f orm a privileged class necessarily powerful from their wealth, necessarily hostile to American civilisation, necessarily inconsistent with its natural develop ment. It would be essential to male tho negro free, even if freedom were not his right, and the North, enlightened by the danger arising from:this reflex action of oppression ; has at last perceived that it is, that the " Cause" which they admit to cover all whites covers the coloured man also. Every objection to his freedom is an objection to the freedom of every class in every State, except the wise, and the good, and the strong—to the free dom, that is, of the majority in every nation. Mr. Sumner, the most logical of all the American Radi cals, does not ask for any privileges for the negro, but only for the abolition of privileges which tell against him. In the district of Columbia white men have voted simply in right of manhood and residence ; and consequently in granting to negroes the same concession Congress granted universal suffrage; but that is accidental. They are perfectly ready to accept a property qualification, provided it is imposed alike upon all, and only object to an educational franchise because they think it would make it the interest of the white majority to keep the coloured minority uneducated. It is not in fact " the negro " for which they are fight ing, but liberty; the right which we English hold almost sacred, the right of each man to do the very most it is in him to do without obstacles artificially raised by a caste-made law. Most abolitionists would agree that if the grant of the suffrage could be postponed for 30 years it would be much more beneficial to the negroes, but it accidentally happens that the suffrage in America is the only guarantee on which the coloured men can rely. Therefor e , an d only therefore, these " fanatics" of freedom, these American Russells, art fighting for that, are grant ing that, will secure that, whatever the Constitu tional obstacles in the way. The Daily News seeks to reassure those who con ceive that the American Constitution is in any danger of being revolutionised. The assumption made by Mr. Johnson, and repeated by his ad mirers here, that he represents the popular will more completely than Congress, is most hostile to the fundamental principles on which the Republic rests. It was an attempt to introduce modern de mocratic Ca3sarism into the Federal system. Mr. Johnson, by virtue of his election by the people, sought to grasp some portion of legislative power. Although in his mouth the argument was singularly out of place, he claimed that he represented the will of the people as a whole, while Congress only represented the will of an aggregate of sections of the people. Fortunately for the welfare of the Republic the people did not feel that the absurdity of this claim deprived it of its danger. They saw that it would introduce a new principle into the in terpretation, and a new power into the balance of the Constitution, and would confuse the functions of the legislative and the executive departments of the Government. But in repelling this dangerous assumption they have not introduced any other hostile principle. The President is the elected executive of the nation, and he has been sternly forbidden to encroach on the functions of the elected Legislature, while that Legislature, equally with the President, the representative of the popular will, has been empowered to take the place and The the prerogatives the Constitution gives it. rhe Constitution most distinctly subordinates th e President to the Congress, and Mr. Johnson's at tempt to reverse the constitutional or d er an d subordinate the Congress to the Presidency was but the sion s o n culminationthe parto of a f o th n e g series executive, which have gres tended, for y ears past, to a dangerous exaltation of the Presidential office. THE AMERICAN PRESS. The bill which Mr. -Stevens has introduced into the House of Representatives in relation to the re organisation of the Government of North Caro lina is to be taken only as the expression of his own opinion of the proper means to be adopted in the restoration of the Southern States. It is thoroughly Radical, inasmuch as it proposes to cut up the present Government by the roots, and totally obliterate its authority. Mr. Stevens is progressive and earnest, and, although an old man, he has more energy about him than the majority of the younger members of the House. When he takes hold of a subject he rarely gives it up, and his perseverance is such that he carries measures by the force of his character. What will be the fate of his bill in reference to North Carolina may not now be pre dicted. That he will press it with all the energy of his character may be expected. This bill proceeds upon the theory that the relations with the Govern ment, which were sev ere d b y North Carolina on the 20th of May, 1861, have never been restored. The Government set up by the President was provisional, and needed the approval of Congress. That approval has never been given. Consequently all that followed was immaterial and of no avail. The present State Government is not a legal one, having been constituted under recommendation of the Provisional Government, 'Which had no autho rity. It therefore exists upon sufferance, and may be abolished whenever Congress chooses to exercise its authority. Upon this theory all that follows is plain enough. Mr. Stevens would deal with the subject as he would have done in April, 1865, and he treats the present condition of affairs as if it was not different from what it was at that time. He therefore proposes that things shall commence de novo in the old North State; de novo - as to the means of reconstruction, and very much de novo in regard to the plan of setting the Government in motion. He proposes' to enfranchise 'all classes of the male population, without respect to colour. All can vote for delegates to a sovereign convention. In this election returned Rebels as well as Union men can vote. But they can only vote for delegates who can take oath that, ou the 4th of March, 1864, and at all times thereafter, they were opposed to the continuance of the Rebellion, and were _personally willing to have complied with President Lincoln's proclamation of December 8, 1863, which offered amnesty to citizens of the States in rebellion, with the exception of certain classes who would take the oath of allegiance to the United States. Dele gates must be able to swear that they were willing, a year before the collapse of the Re bellion, to return to their allegiance, or they are not eligible. To the Convention thus formed is to be granted auth or ity to draft a Constitutio n for the State of North Car o lina. But the instru ment cannot become valid until submitted to Con gress and ratified by that body. These are the prin cipal features of Mr. Stevens's bill, and they are of the greatest importance as indicative of a policy which Congress may adopt, not only with North Carolina, but other States. All this might have been avoided by the adoption of the Constitutional Amendments, but there are some people who, sooner than get out of a difficulty by the right road, would prefer a circuitous route, encumbered with pitfalls, rocks, and tangled briers.—Philadelphia In quirer. _ _ _ In the district of Columbia the first experiment of the abolition of slavery was made. It was sup posed to be an exceptional act when resolved upon, and it was predicted that such a measure could not be effected in any other part of the country, yet the people since that time have beheld the grand expe riment of universal emancipation, and no man now believes that it is not permanent. According to the action of the United States Senate it is probable that another great political experiment is to be made in the same district. The bill granting suf frage to male citizens, without distinction of colour, will go through the House without doubt. It will be vetoed by the President, and passed over his veto, and become a law. Will the measure thus resolved upon be the pioneer of similar changes elsewhere? It may be assumed to be doubtful now, but just as doubtful was the total overthrow of slavery when it was annulled in the District of Co lumbia. Look at this measure as we will, from the point of expediency, we must admit that it is thoroughly Democratic in the ancient sense of that word, and not according to the present party per version. It may not be wise, it may prove harmful, but it is just, if we admit that all men are created equal. It is, we think, the forerunner of like changes elsewhere, not only in the South, but at the North also. Great reforms seldom stop with single victories. They have the of progress with them, and will go on despite every obstacle. We now think that unrestricted negro suffrage is strange, but the novelty will soon depart, and then, without prejudice or passion, we will be able to judge by actual experience whether the measure was wise or harmful—Philadelphia Inquirer. We continue to receive evidences of the imperilled condition of the woollen manufacture . of our entire country. In a letter from Franklin, Essex County, New Jersey, dated Dec. 4, the writer says :—" I am quite largely engaged in manufacturing woollen goods in this State and in the State of New York, and well know the condition of the woollen interest of our country'this day. It is extremely precarious. I tell you that unless Congress relieves us imme diately there will be untold suffering. Manufac turers will be ruined, and operatives have to beg for bread. What we want is help—help now. Sixty days from this time it may be too late to do us any good. The Tariff Bill now pending should become a law, and when it becomes a law I want to see its provisions honestly enforced. We are now cheated out of the little incidental protection the e2oisting tariff should afford us, by fraudulent invoices and under valuation. I only yesterday heard of a case of heavy, fine Austrian cloths invoiced at $1 50c. a yard, sold in New York by the importers at $6 a yard ! The importations are really more than double, yes, more than treble, what the Treasury statements indicate." The Secretary of the Trea suvy confesses in his Annual Report that, on account of" a systematic under valuation of foreign mer chandise imported into the United States," &e., "twenty per =it. at least should be added to the imports, which would make the balance for the past year against the United States nearly $100,000,000. From the evidence we last week published this then is the case :—The woollen manufacturers of this country with aggregated capitals amounting to ss9,ooo,ooo—giving employment to 80,000 male and female operatives—sustaining with wages directly and indirectly 400,000 persons—doubling and treb ling the value of agricultural land and of farm products in circles of from 20 to 50 miles diameter around each and all of them—furnishing freight to railroads, canals, and steam vessels—giving infinite business to machine shops, foundries, mechanics, merchants, and agents this immense industrial interest is in immediate danger of being destroyed by foreign importations. Whether this destruction of a most important element of national life shall be permitted is a question which it should be deemed a crime to raise. To permit it would be a wicked ness and a reckless madness that could only find a parallel in the deliberate cutting of the dykes of L Holland, and letting the sea whelm in, and sweep away the culture and wealth which centuries of pro tected labour have slowly built up. The concurrent statement of the American woollen manufacturers is that their business must inevitably and speedily perish if the House Tariff Bill, or a bill like it in principle and equivalent to it in protection, is not taken up by the Senate and made the law of the land. The political reconstruction of the country has consumed the time and occupied the passions of Congress and the people for 18 months continu ously. .Will not Congress give 18 days to the sal vation of one of the country's most important ma terial interests.—New York Tribune. COUNTRY MARKETS NORWICH- SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat at this market to-day, which met a good demand, at is to 2s per qr. advance upon the prices of last week. A firm trade in barley, at the extreme prices of last week ; secondary and grinding sorts were taken on late terms. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 68s to 70s ; old red aitto, (weighing 631 b), 58s to 63s ; new red ditto 3 weighing 601 b to 631 b), —s to —s ; best malting barley weighing 521 b to 531 b), 50s to 52s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 to 521 b), 46s to 48s ' - distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 36s to 40s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 57s to 39s ; peas (maple), 363 to 38s per qr. Flour, 44s Od por sack. NOT TINGRAM-SATURDAY. The show of wheat was moderate, and the condition of the grain was decidedly improved. The demand was brisk, and prices is to 2s per qr. higher than last week. The supply of barley was about an average, and the de mand healthy, the best qualities being about is per qr. dearer. A middling show of oats, for which there was a steady demand, at previous rates. Beans in fair supply, and late rates were barely supported. Peas brought late prices. Old white wheat, 68s to 74s ; old red, 60s to 67s ; nevi white, 64s to 72s ; new red, 56s to 62s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s to 37s ; new, 24s to 33s pe r 24 stone. Beans, old, 56s to 60s ; new, 15s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 486, to 530 per sack. LEICESTER-SATURDAY, We had a rather limited supply of wheat, but the con dition of the grain was much better than last week. The• inquiry for barley was healthy, at is per qr. advance. The oats trade was firm, quality fair. A moderate busi— ness doing in bean; at late rates. New white wheat, 68s to 70s ; new red, 60s to 68s ; old, white, 70s to 765; old red, 66s to 70s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 40s to 50s per qr.; grinding, 32s to 345 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 31s to 06s ; new, 28s to 33s per 24 stone. Bean; old, 55s to 58s ; new, 45s to 52s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 49s ; seconds, 45s to 47, per 20 stone. Y ORK- S IT UltD AY. There was an average show of wheat to-day, and sales were steady at is to 2s per qr. more money. A moderato demand for barley, and all good qualities were is per qr. dearer ; for secondary lots prices were firm. There was seasonable show of oats, which were taken off at previous rates. The demand for beans proved far from brisk, but best qualities maintained their value. New white wheat, 56s to 62s ; new red, 50s to 58s per 6 3 stone. Barley, for making, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding/ 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 54s to 56s per 38 cme. Malt, 68s to 70s. Flour, 45s to 47s per sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. ------,:--- MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southauipton.., Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Feb. 4. Ditto, by French paoket Jan. 24 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Deo. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton—Jan .19. Ditto, via Marseilles. Jan 1; Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton._ Jan 3. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles .. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via AlarseiLei... Jan. '9, Newfoundland .„, , Jan. 16. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri- . _ tish packet . . Ditto. by United States paok,:t, via Southamp ton • Jan. 16. Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Jan 11 West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ....Feb. 3. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) _ Jan. 14 Bahama. via New York. Jan Cuba atd blexioo Bermuda, via Halifax The Universal German Gazette thus describes the meeting of the King of Prussia and the King Of Saxony at. Grossbeeren :—" The Royal train stopped at the right side of a platform arranged for the occasion. King William walked quickly forward to meet King John, and said, ' Welcome, brother in-law I' The latter, holding his plumed hat in oue hand, and with the other straight down by his side in quite a military attitude, said, with a serious; and deeply moved air, to the King, ' Your Majesty , l'—King William did not allow him to finish, but taking him by both hands, drew him near, exclaim' ing, 'No ceremony, brother-in-law !' and kissed him on both cheeks. They afterwards entered the Royal carriage arm-in -arm, followed by the Prince Royal, Albert, who, with a profound bow, kissed the hand of the King of Prussia." Births. ALEXANDER—On the Bth ult., at Quebec, a the wife o f Major B. F. Alexander, Rifle Brigade, of daughter. Ecci.Es--On the 4th inst., at 105, Eaton-square, the Wif ° of Captain Eccles, late Rifle Brigade, of a son. MACLEOD—On the 4th inst., Mrs. "Macleod, of Ben Biqa' ding, of a sou. SYMONDSON—On the 4th inst., at Duppa's-hill, Croydon' the wife of Wm. Symondson, jun., Esq., of a son. Marriages. ELGEE—HOGARTH—On the 3d inst., at Fintray riot 1 0: Aberdeenshire, Lieut.-Colonel Elgee, Royal Artillery' to Margaret, youngest daughter of W. Hogarth, Esq. HART—RITCHIE—On the 3d inst., at the district church °.; St. Mary Magdalene, Peckh am , F re d e rick, seventh s°' of the late Wm. Hart, F.A., of Peckham, to Mary Auul youngest daughter of the lath Win. Ritchie, Esq., Great Winchester-street, London, merchant. Deaths. BAKER—On the 2d inst., at Longford House, Cheltenha lm Anthony K. Baker, Esq., aged 56. C ARR —On the 31st ult., at Headfort House, county Meat!: Mrs. Jane Carr, eldest sister of the Marchioness of 1:10 v fort. GRIFFIN—On the 3d inst., at Has°lor, Warwickshire, tli° Rev. Cornelius Griffin, vicar of Haselor, aged 74. GitomusEN—On the 2d inst., at Dresden, Anna, Barone'''' de Grothusen (nee Mitchell). TOTTENHAM —On the 21st ult., at Bray, county Wicklosl", Lady Robert Tottenham, aged 81. WYBAULT—On the 4th inst., at 12, Lansdown-crescoq P. R. Wybault, Esq., Assistant-Commissary-Gelle r " aged 76. - - London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AN /: of No. 112, Strand, Punter at Tnn SUN oinoc, No. v o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cunt' Middlesex.—Monday, January 7, 1867. 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