The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-20 00:00:00

THE FENIAN RAID IN KERItY. (Flom the Times' Special Correspondent.) KILLARNEY, Monday Evening. The detachment of the 14th Regiment, which was yesterday pushed on to Killorglin and Cahirciveen, will be permanently stationed for the present at the latter place. The Railway Hotel, however, is still full of troops, while others are billeted in the town. Tourists who may have stayed here during the sea son would hardly recognise the quiet house once sacred to holiday folk, but now much more like a barrack than an inn. There is a guard at the en- trance night and day ; the passages and hall are full of soldiers, the troops arc mustered in front of the hotel when detached formountain service, and bugle calls are sounded at frequent intervals for other purposes than to awake the echoes of Killarney. The hotel, a strong stone building, is situated in its grounds, which are walled, except on the side nearest to the railway station. It was here that the families of many of the neighbouring magistrates and gentry took refuge in the first days of the outbreak, when the plans and the numbers of the insurgents were equally mysterious. At the same time all the powder and arms were removed hither from the shops in the town ; and the money in the National Bank, which has a branch at Killarney, and a considerable quan tity of plate, were also deposited in the strong roam of the hotel. The house is so well calculated for de fence, and in the short time which elapsed after the first alarm was given bad been so carefully prepared with that object, that even the handful of constabu lary and the other defenders hastily told off for that purpose might probably have held it for some time in case of attack on Tuesday night. Happily, the prompt arrival of the troops from Cork, who came into Killarney by special train at half-past two on Wednesday morning, put an end to all anxiety on this point. The telegraph lines between Killarney and Va lentia were repeatedly cut during the first four days of the outbreak. They were always promptly re paired during the day, though on one or two occa sions the men employed on that duty were threatened; bat after dark the wires were again cut. Friday night was the last occasion on which the telegraph was thus thrown out of working order, but it has not been disturbed since its repair ou Saturday. While the wires were cut messages Arriving here were sent on three times a day by special car to Valentia.. This involved a delay of several hours, for there is no railway between here and Valentia. It' is hoped that the two companies of the 14th Re giment who proceeded yesterday to Killorglin and Cahirciveen will be able, with the help of the troop of Lancers, to protect the telegraph. It is obviously impossible that the troops can guard, day and night, a line of wires extending over 47 miles between here and Valentia, if mischievous or designing men are determined to destroy the communication. But the moral effect produced by the presence of the troops will be likely to deter Fenian sympathisers from any such attempts. According to some of the accounts which have come in, there are two or three separate parties of armed men in the mountains. But the information is of doubtful authority, for the peasantry have a lively imagination, and it is not safe to trust implicitly statements made by them. There is better, though not certain, authority for the statement telegraphed to you yesterday—that some 15 or 16 strangers, supposed to be Irish-Americans, and ar►ned with rifles and revolvers, are trying to find their way over the mountains to Cahirciveen. Why they should go back to the place where the outbreak originated, after its utter failure, it is hard to tell, except upon the assumption that they disembarked on the coast there, and may have some hope of escaping in the same way. It is doubtful whether these men, or any other members -- - of the Fenian force, were in uniform. Some are said to have been in green, and others in grey ; but it is not at all certain that any uniform was worn. In fact, any fugitives, hurried as they have been day and night by the troops, must now be in a deplorable condition,both for food and clothes. At first the Fenian strangers paid the country people liberally for provisions, but when they werelast heard of their money had gone, so that their visits are not in the least welcome to the peasantry. Very few, if any, of what may be called the local contingent are now supposed to be left in arms. They have melted away, and in Cahirciveen and the district the con stabulary have arrested 13 men who were recognised in the Fenian ranks last week. This return by local sympathisers to their ordinary occupations shows pretty conclusively that the Fenian game is thought to be up, at any rate, for the present. In his sermo❑ at the cathedral yesterday the Ro man Catholic bishop here (Dr. Moriarty) strongly denounced the Fenian leaders, and warned his flock of the mischievous and dangerous character of the whole movement. Dr. Moriarty expressed his opinion that there were few, if any, Fenian sympathisers in the county of Kerry. But lam afraid that this opti mist view of the state of feeling hereabouts is quite opposed to the facts. KILLARNEY, Tuesday. All is quiet here. The troops at Kenmare have seen and heard of no Fenians. I lez.ve for Cahirci veen immediately. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Feb. 19. There is no sign of a Fenian rising anywhere in Ireland now. What has occurred in Kerry will im press the minds of the conspirators with certain facts almost as effectually as if there bad been fighting. The first is that they cannot count ou the rising of the peasantry, for they have made the experiment where there was the best chance of suc cess, and where they had long been paving the way. The second is that they cannot count on the dis loyalty or the cowardice of a single constable, though he may belong to the same race and creed as the Fenians, and though his duty to his Queen must be performed at the imminent risk of his life. The third fact of which they must 'be convinced is that the Queen's troops can be quickly concentrated at any point iu overwhelming numbers ; and the last is that in any case they are certain to he betrayed by some of their own party. Indeed, all these results were so likely to occur that one is almost persuaded to believe that the move ments at Chester and in Kerry are in pursuit of a system adopted for the double purpose of annoying the Government here and keeping up the contribu tions in the United States, and that part of that system is giving information to the authorities when matters reach the point where it is necessary that something should be done and some real danger in curred, the tactics being that then the " insurgents" should vanish. The police in Dublin arrested four Irish-Ameri cans, named Jas. J. Kirwan, John H. Rogers, Jas. E. Fox, and Jas. Smith, yesterday, in their lodg ings, 27, Summer-hill. The prisoners are supposed to have belonged to the American army, and have but recently returned to this country, on, it is sus pected, Fenian business. No weapons or documents of importance were found in their possession. They were conveyed to Mountjoy Prison. Five prisoners, who were arrested at Drogheda on board a Liverpool steamer, were discharged yester day by the magistrates, who gave them " passes" which they might show at the police stations if taken into custody on their way home. At the Commission Court yesterday the most im portant of the Fenian prisoners, Denis Downey, a merchant tailor, was acquitted. Six revolvers, two g uns, and 1 cwt. of gunpowder and 1 cwt. of b u llets were found concealed behind the panel of his draw ing-room window in Trinity-street. Evidence for the defence was given to. prove that the drawing room had been inhabited in 1865 by a commercial traveller named O'Flanagan, who had a mechanical turn, and kept carpenter's tools. He often had large parcels going in and out, of the contents of which it was alleged the prisoner knew nothing, nor was he aware that the arms were concealed on his pre mises. Mr. Heron, Q.C., defended the prisoner. TILE DUBLIN WATERWORKS. At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation yester day, Sir John Gray gave a reassuring account of the condition of the Vestry Waterworks. In any case of imminent danger the water might be let off , at an enormous rate through a sluicing valve, but he did not think the slightest necessity for resorting to that means would arise. The leakage was under perfect control, and the volume of water being gradually lessened, so that the pressure was rendered proportionably less. The Town-clerk read an agree ment mutually decided upon by the Waterworks Committee and contractors, referring all matters in relation to the leakage, repairs, &c., to the arbitra ment of Mr. Bateman, C.E. An agrarian outrage has been committed at Tyrrell's Pass, county Westmeath. A man engaged in ploughing land, from which sortie persons were evicted, was shot. He is not dead, but his recovery is doubtful. Three shots were fired at him—one when he was lying on the ground. TUESDAY NIGHT. The Lord Mayor gave his inaugural banquet in the Mansion-house this evening. About 500 ladies and gentlemen were present to meet the Lord- Lieutenant and Lady Abercorn, who were received with great enthusiasm. His Excellency, in return ing thanks for his health, spoke at length on the state of the country, and strongly denounced the moral pestilence ;of Fenianism. Cardinal Cullen was present, and conducted one of the ladies to the dais. His health was most warmly received, and he responded in a conciliatory spirit. He also repro bated Fenianism. Eighteen persons were arrested this morning on board the Liverpool and Holyhead steamers under the Habeas Corpds Suspension Act. Nine of the Fenian prisoners convicted at the Commission, including those who pleaded guilty, were sentenced—two (Dr. Power and Devoy) to 15 years, five to 14, and two to seven years' penal ser vitude. Naval and Military Intelligence. - - VALETTA, Feb. 15.—Her Majesty's ships Psyche and Caradoc have returned to the island. They left Alexandria on the afternoon of the Gth inst. The Psyche left for Port Said, having on board Vice. Admiral Lord C. Paget, family, and suite, and M de Lesseps ; and the Caradoc for Malta, with a num ber of naval and military officers who had been pre sent at the investiture of the Viceroy. The Psyche arrived at Port Said on the morning of the 7th, and after Lord Clarence and party had visited the Canal works left for Malta on the morning of the Bth. A strong contrary gale sprung up on the night of the 9th, which lasted about 48 hours, and somewhat re tarded her passage. She arrived at 8 o'clock p.m. of the 12th. The Caradoc entered port one hour before her, but was altogether 36 hours longer on the passage. The rest of the squadron, which had been assembled at Alexandria to do honour to the Viceroy, have also taken their departure. The Racer, 11, left that port on the afternoon of the 6th for Malta, with orders to call at Suda Bay. The Arethusa, 35, followed on the Bth, for Malta direct. The Endymion, 21, left on the morning .of the 13th for Beyrout, and was to visit several ports in the Levant before returning to Malta. The Cruizer, 5, had left Beyrout to visit the northern ports of Syria. Private letters from Smyrna of the 30th ult. say that disturbances were feared there, and all the Christian inhabitants were arming them selves in expectation of an attack from the Turks. The presence of a British man-of-war was much desirecWor the protection of life and property, and, no doubt, the Arethusa has received orders to call in there in the course of her cruize. By later ad vices I am informed that much - of the alarm had •---- - _ subsided, but I am yet without particulars as to the cause of the apprehended outbreak. The quarantine at Malta on arrivals from Ireland furnished with clean bills of health has been removed. Her Ma- jesty's ship Royal Oak left here on Tuesday last with a large quantity of biscuit, flour, and other provisions for the distressed families in Cephalonia, who are suffering from want of food in consequence of the late fearful earthquake. It is proposed also to raise subscriptions in Malta for their relief. Great praise is due to Admiral Kellett for so promptly sending the Royal Oak to the assistance of the starving people. The friends of Commander Hop kins and Mr. Browne, of this vessel, and of Lieut. Kennedy, Flag Lieut. to the Commander-in-Chief, will be glad to learn of their safe arrival at Malta in the English screw steamer Hellenis on Tuesday last from Patras. Commander Fairfax, who also formed one of the party wrecked in the yacht Melita, pro ceeded from Patras to rejoin his ship, the Resistance, at the Piraeus. Two Dutch vessels of war, the Adof Hertog, 50 guns, screw frigate, and the Von Speyk, 22 guns, corvette, arrived here a few days ago from Naples and Messina, and are still in port. A Prussian frigate has just entered port from the north-east. Letters received from her Majesty's screw troop ship Simoom, Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, dated from Demerara on Jan. 24, state that she arrived at Bar badoes from the West Coast of Africa on Jan. 17, with the right wing of the 4th West India Regi ment on board. Major Long and three companies were landed there, and she coaled ; afterwards cm• barking Capt. Williams and two other officers of the 4th West India Regiment, with a company o the 3d West India Regiment, for conveyance to Demerara. The detachment of the 2d battalion of the 16th Regiment, which had been recently quar tered at Demerara, had been removed to Barbadoes, previous to the arrival of the Simoom, yellow fever having broken out among the troops in barracks at the former place. The fever had since then disap peared from the barracks, but had appeared in a much milder form in the town itself. The Simoom would proceed to Jamaica from Demerara, and on arrival there it was expected that orders would be awaiting her to proceed to England. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, had her steam got up yesterday morning, and proceeded from Plymouth Sound out side the breakwater to try her speed on the mea sured mile, after which she would return and have her compasses adjusted. Port-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Admiral Stewart were on board. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. B. Piers to the Himalaya, commissioned ; Lieut. C. A. G. Bridge to the Ex cellent, for study ; Lieut. A. Tupman to the Hima laya ; F. Piper, master, to the Himalaya ; W. Horni man, paymaster, to the Himalaya ; R. Madge, chief engineer, to the Zebra; J. Aylen, second master, to the Victory, as supernumerary ; G. Curtis, assist.- surgeon, additional, to the Cumberland ; G. T. T. Cheyney, assist.-paymaster, to the Himalaya ; F. Pittman, assist.-paymaster, to the Formidable ; G. Liddell and Cr. Small, assist.-paymasters, to Royal Adelaide, as supernumeraries; F. J. Pulm an, assist.- paymaster, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; A. Gain, acting second master, additional, to the Vic tory ; G. Pigott, master's assist., to the Himalaya ; J. G. Barrow, engineer, to the Dauntless, for ten ders ; W. J. Fowkes, first class assist.-engineer, to the Dauntless ; R. Macaulay, first class assist.-en gineer, to the Niobc ; J. Jenkins, first class assist.- engineer, to the Asia for the Mersey ; J. Pincher,. second class assist.-engineer, to the Zebra; E. Rad ford, clerk, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; W. Nash, clerk, to the Himalaya ; W. J. A. Preston, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Rodney ; and F. Roope, nominated a naval cadet. The excitement respecting the cattle plague still continues at llasselt. Some veterinary surgeons having given their opinion that some meat was diseased it was buried with great precaution, as well as the clothes of the men who had slaughtered the animals. Straw was burned over the spot, which was also covered with quick-lime. One account from Hasselt says that the cattle disease prevails to a " terrible extent." All the markets are held out side the town, and clothes are not allowed to be sold in the streets for fear of infection. One regulation of a police ordinance is, that " children are not allowed to circulate in the streets." In short, the sanitary regulations are of such a stringent and extraordinary character that it has been necessary to send for additional troops to enforce them. The printer of the Nation Suisse has been sen tenced at Geneva to pay 2,500 f. as compensation to M. Aigu, a French novelist, for republishing one of his novels, in contravention of the literary treaty between France and Switzerland. The prosecution was conducted by M. Paul Feval, as the representa tive of the French Soci6W des Gens de Lettres. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1867 Railway and other Companies. NORTH-EASTERN. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held in York ; Mr. li. L. Thompson, the chair man, presided. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said, in moving the adoption of the report, that they had had an increase in the gross receipts of £48,462 ; but that, on the other hand, the balances available for dividend were less by £42,427. Taking the half -year's working of the London and North-Western, the largest company iu the country, there had been au increase in the receipts of £104,000, and they had paid 1 per cent. less divi dend. On the Midland line there was an increase of £72,000, and they had paid fl per cent. less dividend. On the London and South-Western there was an increase of £20,000, and they had paid 1 per cent. less dividend ; on the London and Brighton there was au increase of £40,900, and they had paid 1i per cent. less dividend. The Manchester and Shef field had an increase of £46,000, and they paid f per cent. less dividend. The Great Northern had an increase of £46,000, and they paid per cent. less dividend. The North-Eastern Company, with an increase of £48,000, paid a less dividend, amount ing to f per cent. on the Berwick, per cent. on the York section, and I 2s. 6d. on the Leeds section. Their increase was 21 per cent., and there was only one company which was an exception to the rule— viz, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, which, with an increase of £97,000, had paid an additional 1 per cent. The Lancashire and Yorkshire had an increase of 81 per cent., and out of all proportion to that of the North-Eastern Company, which amounted to 2i per cent. He then discussed the question how it had occurred that with larger receipts they were unable to pay the same rate of dividend. One reason was the increase in the working expenses of £54,614, and the other was the increase of the interest of £40,066. The Chairman then adverted to the increase under the several heads of expenditure, including coke, rates and taxes, increase in wages, &c. They had had a large amount of money to raise when money was dear, but which they were obliged to raise at that time. He thought the proprietors would agree with the directors that it was very sa tisfactory that they were not obliged to apply to Parliament for any additional powers to make, lines this year. They considered the right policy now was to go on steadily with those works on which a large amount of capital had already been spent, so as to bring them shortly into a productive state, but to postpone as long as they could other lines they had power to make, and which he hoped would be fairly considered by the residents in these districts. With regard to the claim on Mr. Hudson, if decided that the Lord Chancellor's view was correct, Mr. Hudson would have to pay the company £62,100; but ac cording to Chief Justice Tuiner Mr. Hudson would have to pay £107,000. Mr. G. LEE3IAN, ALP., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which, after a long dis cussion, was carried. The CHAIRMAN moved the payment of the divi dends on the Bth inst.—viz., Berwick, at the rate of 6 per cent. ; York, 51 per cent. ; Leeds, 3i ; Thir - sk and Mallon, 2; Carlisle, 7i; and Darlington, per cent.—all per annum, which was carried. The retiring directors were re-elected, as were also the auditors (Messrs. Bywater and Wylie), to whom a vote of thanks was passed for their very efficient services ; and a vote of thanks to the chair man and directors concluded the proceedings. BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH• The annual meeting was held at Liverpool yes terday—Mr. W. Langton in the chair. It was re ported that the company's business had made satis factory progress. They were able to declare a dividend of 6 per cent., and to increase the reserve fund to £17,658. It was also stated that the lay ing of the Atlantic Cable had had a beneficial effect on the company's business. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday Mr. Frere only held a sitting at the House of Commons to examine private bills. There were only two before hiniz—namely, the opposed Iloylake Railway, which was adjourned until next Monday, and the Seabrook Harbour and Docks, which was found not to have complied with the standing _orders. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Co Y un es c t i e l r c da h y a Co urt f u ildhall f e o n r was h d e e l s d ra in t e t h h e o i f r , business. The court was numerous l y attended at ambe its meeting, and when the Lord Mayor took the chair, M. Alderman and Sheriff WATERLOW presented the sheriff's report of the state of the City gaols, from which it appeared that in Newgate there were 106 prisoners, of whom three were in the infirmary; in the debtors prison, Whitecross-street, there were 104 prisoners, of whom six were in the infirmaries; and in the City prison, Holloway, 328 prisoners, of whom nine were in the infirmary. The surgeons of the several prisons reported the general state of the health of the prisoners as satisfactory. The CITY REMEMBRANCER presented to the Court three bills which, since the last court, had been pre sented to Parliament, the first having relation to the regulation of the traffic of the city of London and the suburbs, the next to an alteration in the laws relating to the offence of murder, and the third having reference to capital punishments being car ried out within the precincts of the prison. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, M.P., drew attention to the provisions of the City Traffic Bill, the effect of which he contended would be to close the busi ness of the City, including its docks, wharves, and warehouses, which would be interfered with after ten o'clock in the morning, as though the streets of the City were on the same footing as the suburban roads. lle protested against the bill, and expressed a hope that its provisions would receive the careful consideration of the General Purposes Committee s to which he moved that the bill be referred, and that copies of the same be forwarded to every member of the Court. After a desultory conversation, in which Alder man Wilson, Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Alderman Copeland, Alderman Sidney, and Alder man Lusk, M.P., took part, the motion was agreed to, and the bills referred to the General Purposes Committee. Ur. Alderman WILSON presented a petition from Mr. Thos. llolmes Gore, the assistant clerk to the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, praying for au increase to his salary, which was, after some con versation, referred to the General Purposes Com mittee. The Court having disposed of some business of a routine character, the chamber was cleared of strangers, on the motion of Mr. Alderman COPE LAND, on the ground that he had an important com munication to make to his brethren which at pre sent ought not to go forth to the public. After a short interval the court was re-opened to strangers. THE CITY COUNTY-RATE QUESTION. Mr. Alderman FINN'S then moved, pursuant to his notice, which had stood over from the last court, " That previous to the justices applying to the Court for any further grant of money frum the Chamber for the purposes of the lunatic asylum, they be re quested to consider the propriety of making a county rate." The alderman, after thanking his brethren for kindly postponing the motion during his unavoid able absence at a former court, said that in his judg ment the time had arrived when it became the Cor poration to take some steps with a view to increase their resources under the circumstances which now prevailed. It could not be lost sight of that the Corporation were about to be deprived of the Fins bury estate, involving a loss of £-18,000 per annum. In addition to this the Metropolitan Board of Works had introduced into Parliament a measure for the imposition of an improvement rate for the . general purposes of that board, and in like manner the Corporation had introduced a bill also for an improvement rate, and those respective bills were opposed by the different bodies by whom they had been submitted to the consideration of the Legisla- I ture. This would entail a cost of not less than £lO,OOO in law and Parliamentary expenses, and without any certainty as to which of these measures should succeed and receive Parliamentary sanction. The City was already suffering for want of proper means of transit of merchandise by the rivalry of Glasgow, Liverpool, and elsewhere, and hence his proposition was directed to amend that state of things by the action which would be given by the course he suggested. He would not enter upon details, be cause he would add to the terms of his original motion that the question be referred to the General Purposes Committee to consider the matter and have a conference with the Court of Common Council on the subject. Mr. Alderman COPELAND said that with great pleasure he seconded the motion, as with the addenda to that which appeared on the notice paper of the day, it pledged the Court to nothing beyond an inquiry. It was quite true that something should be done when the Metropolitan Board of Works were attempt ing to assert their right to the taxation of the City. Mr. Alderman BESLEY said that he had given notice, which appeared on the paper of the day, of an amendment that it was not desirable at the pre sent moment to raise the question of a county rate ; but after the addition which had been made to the original motion, be should, with the permission of the Court, withdraw his amendment. Mr. Alderman STONE said he should take up the amendment which Mr. Alderman Besley had retired from, but he considered that the action in the mat ter ought to be taken by the Court of Common Council, and not by this Court, which was a body elected for life, whereas the Common Council were elected annually, and were consequently the repre sentatives of the body of citizens upon whom this proposed county rate was to be imposed, and on this ground he moved the adoption of the amendment of which his friend, Mr. Alderman Besley, had given notice and withdrawn from. Mr. Alderman LUSK, M.P., at some length, seconded the amendment. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Alder man ROSE contended that a conference with the Court of Common Council was most desirable. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow invited the Court to adopt the amended resolution, which was supported by Mr. Alderman Sidney and Mr. Alder man Lawrence, M.P., who expressed a hope that the motion would be withdrawn. A division was called for, when there appeared, for the amendment, 4 ; against it, 9. The original motion was then put and carried, and at an unusually late hour the court adjourned. Miscellaneous French News. (From the Correspondent of the Anglo American Times.) PARIS, Feb. 14, 1867. News from Paris is generally looked forward to with interest ; but di sa pp o intment is often-felt that the items of gossip, scandal, and rumours do not fulfil " our great expectations" from the gay city. But what to write about is the question, in order to satisfy the varied tastes of the readers of a journal. We must hint that the weather as a topic of con versation is fading away, for all discussions on the subject have failed to change its disagreeable fea tures ; that " the very latest news" is the ball given by Mrs. (what is her name ?) ; the heroic be haviour of Mr. —; th e e xtraordinary beauty of Miss (what a pity that she flirts!) ; and the handsome looks and winning manners of Mr. (what a pity that he drinks !). Music must be touched upon, and the charming voice of Adelina Patti mentioned, that each of her admirers may think— "0 would I were a bird, That 1 might fly to thee." Speaking of Patti reminds me that another Ameri. can songstress, Miss Laura Harris, of New York will shortly appear before a Paris audience. She is to make her debut at the Theatre des Italiens next Saturday night. It i s sa id that a new drama by Victor Hugo will soon make its appearance. The curiosity to see Cora Pearl in " Orphde aux Enfers" continues unabated, She still draws crowded houses every night. The Theatre de la Gaitd also is thronged to witness Adah Menken's daring feat as Mazeppa, which has attracted notices both in American and European journals. The receptions at the residence of General Dix every. Saturday night have grown to the propor tions of balls. Upwards of 450 persons were pre sent on the 9th, forming one of the largest gather ings ever held of Americans in Paris. General Dix at egrand r is daily becoming more popular here, and it i 3 gra tif)ing to observe the cordiality with which he is received b y are beingpoliticians d of e both t o ve eclat parties. to Great the pre parationsandby ball on the 22d February, in honour of General Washington's birthday. The first Bal Masque at the Chatelet took place last week, and is said to haie been superior to that at the Opera. The music was magnificent, and to testify their appreciation the conductor of the orchestra was carried in triumph round the room by many of the dancers. The new quadrille was performed, and is now en vogue. It is called 44 ot' done ton pied d'lh." Baron and Baroness Haussman are to give a ball on the 21st. Seventeen hundred tickets have already been issued for the Exposition, and applications are now daily becoming more numerous. American families are arriving in great numbers. Some pass through and go on to Italy, but others are establishing themselves in comfortable quarters, determined to spend many 'months of amusement in Paris. The numerous friends of Colonel W. W. Clarke, of New York, will be happy to hear that he has given up for the present his proposed continental tour, and has de cided to remain in Paris for some months. Some weeks since I alluded to the various notices appear ing in Paris, intended for the eyes of English and A mer i c an visitors. One of the " latest novelties" appears on a certain restaurant, where a sign in forms all . had within ; and that English is spoken — a leetle." u w ek who Buckwheat cakes"read English a that— nd"Pumpkin pies" are to be I must not forget to tell you that among the other curiosities to be displayed in the Champ de Mad are the two bind feet of the horse Comus, which the Prince of Wales used to ride at Oxford, and subsequently presented to Charles Davis. Two of the feet of this noble animal are to be shod with gold for his Royal Highness ; the other two are destined to illustrate the improved system of shoe ing hunters introduced into the " shires" by Mr. Dollar. M. Beide has been appointed a member of the Imperial Commission of the Paris Exhibition. Last Saturday night a large ball was given by Madame and Mademoiselle Macomb, at which many of the //lie of Paris were present. General Dix, accompanied by his wife and daughter, were among the guests. Mr. James Gordon Bennett left Paris on Thurs day for Havre, en route for New York. Another ball took place at the Tuileries on Wednesday ; another will be given in a fortnight, which will be the last before Lent. The names of the Americans who had the honour of presentation to their Majesties by his Excellency General Dix were : Mdme. Newell, M. Moseley,.Mdlle. Gould, Mane. Bradish, New York ; Mdme. Way, Mdlle. Beal, Boston ; M. and Mdme. John M‘Ginness, junior, Chicago ; Mdme. and Mdlle. Gilbert, New York ; Mdme. Belle Ruy Hewitt, Major-General B. S. Roberts, Washington ; Mdme. and Mdlle. Corttau, Baltimore ; Mdme. Mebzar Clark, New York ; M. Kingsland, Mdme. Lawrence, Mdlle. Motley, Boston ; Mdme. Morse, New York ; Colonel Norton, Paris ; Mdlle. Goodrich, M. and Mdme. Smith Barker, Mdlle. Wolfe, New York ; M. and Mdlle. Hollins, Baltimore. The following minute of proceedings was passed at a recent meeting of the committee to provide temporary church accommodation for the English and American visitors here during the approaching exhibition : " The following resolution was proposed by the secre tary, and unanimously adopted :—" Resolved, That this committee desire to express to Baron Ilaussmann, Senator, their profound and grateful sense of the Christian courtesy and liberal spirit with which ho has responded to their request for the gratuitous use, during the period of the Universal Exhibition, of a portion of ground belonging to the city whereon to erect a temporary church for the use of English and American visitors to Paris at that time. The ready sympathy thus evinced with the Christian endeavour of the committee will be learnt with the liveliest satisfaction by the two nations interested in the movement, and - will be accepted as .another proof of a sincere desire to promote the most friendly international relations, and also as an evidence of the public regard for Christian institutions as the true basis and support for all enterprises of peace." On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Gardiner, it was resolved, " That the chairman, the Right Rev. Bishop of Illinois (United States), be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to Baron Haussmann, signed by himself and by the secretary." " ' I am, &e., " W. 0. LAMSON, Rector of the American Episcopal Church, Sec.' " _ _ On Thursday, at one o'clock, the Emperor deli vered his address to the members of the Corps Legislatif at the Pavilion Denou in the Palace of the Louvre. It was a lovely day, and all Paris turned out to see the procession. Eit cellaneous American News. An American war vessel has been despatched 'rota Spanish waters to Candia, in order to assist in removing the Christian families from the island. Ice cutting has &ready commenced, and a large crop will be gathered in New England. This win ter has been most favourable for this kind of har- vest. Maine is becoming one of the principal ice States. Her supply is inexhaustible, and said to be as excellent as it is abundant. The snow storm on the 17th ult. was one of the ;reatest known in America for many years. The Leavy fall of snow was accompanied with a harsh gale, -which continued long after the snow had ceased. The effect was a terrible drift, which made all travelling impossible for a time, and very difficult for a much longer time. Railway travel- ling, however, on the whole, was less interrupted than on former occasions. The cold was intense. The storm was general over a wide area of country, and did much damage._ An interesting report has been made by the State Auditor of Virginia on the finances and public debt of the State. The debt amounted, at the end of last year, to $43,166,286, including $6,237,321 arrears of interest. The auditor considers that the resources of the State will be ample to meet all demands, and he proposes a simple and rational plan. He would call in all the outstanding obliga tions, and issue, in lieu of them, consolidated bonds, dollar for dollar, to date from the Ist of January, 1868, and to be redeemable in 30 or 34 years. Upon the debt thus reconstituted he would pay a graduated scale of interest as follows: For the first four years For the next four years For the next four years For the next six years For the next four years ... For the next four years For the next four years ... Making an average rate of 6 per cent. per annum, but throwing the main burden upon a period when the regular increase in the taxable property of the State may be expected to render the pressure unim portant. A disagreeable question has arisen from the formation during the Civil War of the State of Wett Virginia. It is contended that the seceding portion should assume one-third of the debt. The action likely to be taken in this matter by West Virginia is a subject of great importance, being one ... ... 3 per cent ... ... 4 7 , ... ... 5 71 ••• ••• 8 „ which cannot fail to have a material influence on the credit of all the States of the Union. If West Virginia declines to bear a portion of the public debt of the old State, the Auditor considers that the Legislature would be fully justified in scaling the debt according to the proportions indicated, that is—in repudiating one-third. We earnestly hope that the old State will not adopt this proposition, even if West Virginia should be so ill-advised as to decline to hear a fair proportion of the debt of the old State. Such a repudiation would be a terrible blow to the rising credit of the States generally. The United States cannot afford to permit such a course of action to be adopted. The American House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for information con cerning the removal of the Protestant Church attended by Americans in Rome. The bill brought before Congress by Mr. Thad deus Stevens, with its amendment by Mr. Ashley, territorialising and dividing into military districts under martial law has been defeated, much to the chagrin and disappointment of the authors. The . Bepublcan party split on the measure, and Mr. Bing ham, of Ohio, joined the Democrats with a large section of his party. The consequence was a severe check to the extreme The debate, which had continued for several days, gave rise to several able speeches and some hot and angry discussion. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, stigmatised the Democrats as traitors, whereupon Mr. Hunter, of New York, rose and said--" So far as I am concerned, you utter a base lie." The words were at once written down, and the representative reproved at the bar of the House. Mr. Hunter was afterwards defended by one of the leaders of his party, a defence ap plauded by the galleries, showing that the tide is gradually turning from the hearty support lately afforded the extreme Liberals. Two bills, one conferring suffrage on negroes in all the territories, and the other repealing the amnesty and pardon power given to the President in 1862, have become law under singular and ex ceptional circumstances. According to the Consti tution, the President is bound to take action on any bill submitted to him by the Legislature within ten days of the date in which it is placed in his hands. If he fails in this the bills become law, and, in de-, fault of his action in these cases, these two bills have become laws of the United States. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —Every day brings us fresh assurances of the sincere desire of all sections of the House of Commons to assist the Government in attempting to pass a genuine measure of Reform. The partisans of the Government may hint at factious opposition, their more violent opponents may denounce the Ad ministration as treacherous, double-minded, and in competent, but neither partisans nor passionate opponents represent the true feeling of Parliament and the nation. It is in vain for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to express a fear that the manoeuvres of 1859 may be repeated. Whatever might have been possible some time since, it is certain that they will not and cannot be repeated now. It is it: Vain for the " wire-pullers" of local associations—and we regret that the existence of such men compel us to borrow a phrase from the worst characteristics of American politics—to call upon the people to pro claim deadly warfare against the patty in power. The people will not suffer themselves to be betrayed into such injustice. The crisis is peculiar, if not unexampled. A Conservative Administration is asked to settle a long-standing difficulty ; and if Conservatism be anything more than a policy of obstruction—if the Conservative party ever aspire to any greater function than that of criticism from Opposition benches, this Administration must at tempt to settle it. The nation, however, will not forget their difficulties; and in this respect the House of Commons is in harmony with the nation. As long as there is reason to believe that the Ministry is in earnest in undertaking Reform, the House of Commons will be longsuffering. The measure of its forbearance isitsbelief that Lord Derby and his colleagues are willing to co operate with Parliament in a sincere effort to bring to a conclu sion the protracted agitation of the Reform ques tion. While this belief lasts the House of Commons will be trustful and even generous ; but, if it fails, the reaction of disappointment will be proportion ally great, the punishment of resentment will be swift and certain. If further evidence were required' of the determination of the Opposition to assist the Government as far as possible, to withstand all temptation to profit by their errors, and to take no step which shall embarrass their free action, it would be found in the postponement of the party meeting which was called for to-morrow. We un derstand that the summons addressed to the mem bers of the Opposition to meet at Carlton-house terrace has been deferred till Tuesday next, and we see in this change of proceedings fresh proofs of the moderation of the Liberal leaders. If the Chancel lor of the Exchequer surprised the House of Com mons on the day Parliament opened by his declara tion that on the following Monday he would un fold the plans of the Government, he irritated all parties in it, his followers as much as his opponents, by his needless affectation of mystery when Monday came. We do not remember any step in our time which has caused so much just discontent ; and it is the more necessary to insist on this fact because, if we understand aright the language of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer two nights since, he cherishes the impression that his treatment of the House was eminently popular and successful. The Oppo sition have, however, very properly resolved that, having entered upon a course of conciliation and co-operation, they will not abandon it at the first discouragement. They have consented to waive their scruples against the method of Resolutions, and, consistently with this determination, they will wait till the Resolutions are completely explained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer before taking action. The moderation of the House of Commons must not, however, be misunder stood ; and, indeed, if the Government be wise, they will take care not to misunderstand it. The signs of the times are unmistakeable. A straw may show the current of opinion, and when Mr. Darby Griffith gives notice of his intention to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the House of Commons is to be invited to come to a conclusion iu favour of the reduction of the franchise without being informed what that reduction is to be, it must be evident that the absurdity of such an attempt to induce—vie will not say to beguile—the house to take a leap in the dark is apparent to all men. The llouse of Commons, to use an expressive phrase, " means business" this session, and it will not sanc tion party movements, because it " means business." The object for which the house thus protects the Government makes it incumbent upon the Govern ment to be precise and businesslike in its proposals, and ought also to serve as a discouragement to all discussion which is merely theoretical. The House of Commons will not consent to waste time in talk ing about Resolutions which may mean anything or nothing; and for the same reason it ought not to be asked to entertain propositions which are wholly . impracticable. We observe that Mr. Mill gave no tice last night of his intention to move a new reso lution in committee, which is sufficient of itself to occupy as much time as the 13 resolutions of the Government put together, and yet cannot be re garded by the most sanguine political philosopher as a possible basis of present legislation. Mr. Mill pro yeses to ask the House of Commons to declare " that in order to secure to the utmost possible ex tent the real and equal representation of every elec tor, it is expedient that Is hen the electors amount to a certain number they shall have the power of voluntarily combining with one another to elect their own representative." We cannot forbear asking Mr. Mill, in all seriousness, whether lie conceives the adoption of this resolution possible. The principle of it is not easily intelligible, and the machinery necessary to carry it out is highly complex. The House of Commons is a representative body, and, whatever faults may be laid to its charge, it must be allowed that it represents with rare fidelity the aversion—we may perhaps be allowed to say the in aptness—of English people to entertain new ideas. The propositions involved in Mr. Mill's notice of motion may serve him as the text of a valuable speech on the true principles of representative go vernment, but if it were discussed for half the ses sion the result would be that, perhaps, twenty mem bers of the House of Commons would understand it. We must creep before we can walk. It is of the highest importance that the objects for which Mr. Mill now contends—the representation of every section of opinion, and the protection of minorities from being extinguished by numbers ever so little superior to their own—should be insisted upon ; but these ends must be secured by simple methods easily understood by the people. Let Mr. Mill lend the weight of his authority to secure what can be done in the time and with the means at our disposal, rather than afford an opportanity for the concealed opponents of Reform to dissipate the rest of the session in the investigation of utopian theories and in discussions which must b e fruitless. The House of Commons has one object in view, and from that object it must not swerve. Parliamen tary Reform has been a Ministerial question for 15 years, and in those 15' years five Reform Bills have been brought into the house, only to pass to the limbo of unaccomplished projects. Reform was caught up in 1852, when the Russell Ministry was perishing from sheer debility, and the Ministry, feeble before, fell.almost as soon as it had grasped the new weapon. From that time Reform has been the catchword of party. Men repeated readily enough the orthodox formulas of Liberalism, until it was seriously proposed to put their professions into practice, and then they became alarmed. To persevere in the use of phrases which mean nothing is happily no longer possible, and Parlia ment must now in self-defence carry through that revision of our electoral system which is required not only for the sake of redeeming its honour, but as a means of improving the constitution. To carry a real and effectual measure of Reform is the task of the Session. If the Ministry will help it for ward, they will be supported ; if they ,;lo not, nothing else,they may offer to do can save them. Administrative improvements, simplification of the law, schemes of social improvement, are trifling compared with it. The best chance of carrying such a measure this year is through the agency of the present Administration. If they rise to the height of the occasion, if they prove by definite proposals, by prompt action, by zealous co-operation with the House of Commons, that they are sincerely de sirous of bringing about the end which all men &sire, great will be their reward ; if they decline the chance before them, and endeavour to escape from the obligation they have assumed, the Iluu6e of Commons must vindicate its own sincerity, and free itself from the suspicion of complicity with deceit by withdrawing its support from men who will have forfeited all claim to its indulgence. THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ON THE DESIGNS OF THE NEW PALACE OF JUSTICE.—In criticising these designs we must not shut our eyes to the magni tude of the task submitted to the competitors ; the difficulties attendant on this very vastness, and all the complicated arrangements of ground plan and detail it involved; the important ques tions connected with ventilation, lighting, warm ing, &c. ; and the enormous amount of thought, experience, and labour necessary to grapple with a mass of building some acres in extent. But, without having any intention of discussing these particulars or of chronicling the undoubted merits of many of the compositions, we propose noting down their shortcomings—for they are sufficiently numerous to startle one into a conviction that in the mass the designs are a failure. That a frac tional part bears the marks of true genius, and that a larger proportion evidences talent, archi tectural knowledge, and research, is patent to all. There are fine elevations ; there is much satisfac tory grouping ; there is, comparatively, however, only a small amount of pleasurable outline ; there arc graceful columns and arches ; elegant shafts and tracery ; massive piers and elaborate mould ings —but, what is the impression with which a student of European architecture comes away from an inspection of these drawings? " I have seen so much of them before—such a tower or dome is from such a place—that arcading has a world wide fame—those windows I remember well in one building, that roof in another—and of these mem bers one is exaggerated, another distorted; one don't . fit like the original, and another is totally inappropriate." The res u lt of thi s i s a f ee ling of unsatisfactoriness with what we see before us, and a craving . for something better ; whilst at the same time lays Gothic architects open to the charge . of being mere copyists and adapters. This, then, is the first fault we have to find with these designs. Whatever may be their merits, they are not in the main the creations of true genius ; they lack its fire ,and are not penetrated by its force. - In a work of genius there is a certain inner life, a mighty soul full of creative po wer, and brilliant with• the light of original ideas and con ceptions. And, as in other arts, so in architec ture, this living soul will manifest itself unmis takably, and peer out and flash " upon you in a thousand different ways with startling impressive ness. It seizes hold of you, as it were, and satis fies you at once that the work in which it is embo died is a true creation of art, stamped by the marks and notes of genius. Now this is what we feel to be wanting in the greater portion of some of the designs, and entirely in others. They do not give you the idea of a man, who, relying on his own powers alone, shuts up every book and chases from his recollection all the choice bits and favourite examples he has collected, and then thinks and studies, and works out from his own brain a realisation of the ideas which emanate from his genius. If, in listening to a piece of music, we were constantly recognising ideas and passages from the works of various composers, however skilfully they might be appropriated or dovetailed into the new work, we should feel impatient, dis contented, and dissatisfied. There is not, perhaps, an exact analogy between the two arts ; but there is certainly a sufficient one to show how very dif ferent an effect is produced on the mind by the original creations of true genius, and the far in ferior talent of using up, no matter with what professional knowledge or tact, the choicest ex amples of the most correct architecture. This we believe to be one of the main causes of the scornful dissatisfaction with which many educated people view the generality of Gothic designs. It is not that they dislike mediaeval forms or fail to appreciate true principles, or that the pointed style is archaic and unsuitable, or gloomy and in convenient ; but that they have a natural percep tion of the presence or absence of those higher gifts and powers without which'no work of really eminent exalted merit was ever achieved. As they can judge of poetry or music, without being poets or musicians, so they can judge •of architecture without being architects ; and they will not fail to recognise the merits of a good piece of archi tecture any more than of a grand poem or musical composition. What we want in our day in this great dirty city is not a reproduction of the dome of Florence Cathedral, or of the Baptistery at Pisa—not an appropriation of arcading from Venice or windows from Rouen—not the transplanting of a tower from Avignon or a roof from Belgium:— not a ransacking of the works of Violet Le Due or Pugin (valuable as they are for purposes of study), but a real bona fide working out and appli cation of true principles to every style of architec ture, thereby reducing it to the obedience necessary for satisfying all modern wants and requirements. And this must be the work of the brain and not of the hand. This fundamental fault of which we have been speaking necessarily entails others, which are lamentably perceptible in the designs. Where compositions are made up from a collection of examples from different places, naturally there results great confusion of outline, a want of bal ance and symmetry, a disproportion of parts and a fanciful application, or even a positive distor- J. J. tion of features. Thus we have before us roofs, a mere confused mass of pointed turrets (Mr. Deane), apparently taken from a church at Prague —a long row of attic windows immediately above a row of large church-like windows with tracery— (Mr. E. Barry)—diagonal lines, instead of being subservient, forming a marked and leading feature in the building—(Mr. E. Barry)—a gable appar ently crested from an early French metal chasse— (Mr. Scott) —a tower admirable enough in the Low Countries, where there is nothing but brick— (Mr. Street) —three pointed roofs perched one on the top of the other, through which grows a tall chimney, as far as one can make out—(Mr. Seddon) —the Sainte Chapelle with an apse at each end adapted for a central hall—(Mr. Brandon)—not to mention a frightful misapplication of pinnacles, cuspings, parapets, crestings, crowns, mouldings, gables, turrets, dormer windows, vanes, panelling, sculpture, &c. How all this must destroy unity of design, and that natural growth of one part from another, which is such a charm in good architecture, it is needless to point out, especially when a man is a skilful adapter without much power of original design. His own portions of the mass are common-place and of no account, whilst his carefully-culled examples stand out with a painful prominence, and form a sad mis alliance with each other and with himself. Before noticing the designs a little in detail, let us say that considering the magnitude and importance of the works to be executed—the ample remune ration given for the drawings—and the princely advantages accruing to the successful competitor— not one of the present designs comes up to the standard of excellence we had formed for our selves, whilst the want of care, and the inartistic touch exhibited in some of the drawings, is any thing but creditable to the draughtsmen. We do not hesitate to maintain, therefore, that the judg ment in favour of any one of the designs submitted should be withheld, and a larger number of archi- teeth allowed to compete. There are many names occurring to us, belonging, most undoubtedly, to men very far in advance of a full half of the present competitors. Surely one amongst the architects of England can be found who is quite competent to produce a building, marked by the originality, vigour, and power of true genius—a building which, by its stately presence, and beauty of feature ; grand simplicity, and grace of outline; correct proportion and patent truth ; flash of expres sion, force of nature, development of sinew, power ful bearing, and perfect anatomy of all its mem bers, shall attract, charm, and convince at a glance without hesitation • and at the same time mark the age to which it belongs, instead of being a mere rechauffe of world-gathering examples, or a pile comprising cathedral, castle, town-hall, monastery, college, prison, bazaar, crypt, arcade, all in one—the reflection of a past century, not the genuine creation of the present. COUNTRY MARKET S. LEEDS—TUESDAY. To-day we.have less demand for wheat than ever, and as there are no buyers at reasonable prices, holders are not in a position to foolishly force sales at iandom figures. For other articles of the trade the inquiry is equally restricted, and prices nominally unaltered. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. We had a good attendance at our market to-day. Wheat continues in good consumptive request at the ex treme rates of Friday. Flour dull and unchanged. Beans, barley, oatmeal, and oats steady. Indian corn dull, and 6d per qr. lower. LYNN-MONDAY. New wheat, 54s to 58s ; new rod,-405 to 48s ; old white, 67s to 71s ; old red, 59s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 46s to 525; secondary, 37s to 38s. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 445. Peas, 3Gs to 40s per 28 stone. MARKET HARBOR OUGH.—T UESDAY. Old white wheat, 60s to 73s ; new red, 50s to 68s per 36 stone. Barley, fine, 52s ; other kinds, 23s to 36s per 30 st. Oats, new, 22s to 23s ; old, 30 s to 34 s per qr. Beans, old, 50s to 55s ; new, 46s to 48s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 66s to 748 ; red, 50s to 66s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 528 per qr; feed, 328 to Rgd Pe r 30 stouo. Oats old, 308 to 3'58; new 22s to z.JB per 21st. Beans, old, 52s to 51s; new, 46 s to 50s per qr. SIIEFFIELD-WEDNESDAY. ---- ----- - Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bu5he1a....238 01 to 218 01 White do do ....25s od 278 Od New red do do ....21s Od 23$ Od New white do do ....24s Od 26s Od Beans do do ....20s Od 22s 01 Peas, per qr .. l7B 6,1 19s 6 41 Grinding ba ley, per qr 35s Od 38s Od Malting barley, t o 4os Od 48s Od Oats, do 27s Od 328 ud F10ur....1a 10d to 2s bd per 111 b. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Mar. 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Feb. 27 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 6 Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Ft b 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 22 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. i 2 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 28. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 22. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 16 Newfoundland , Mar. 13. Portugal . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. . United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Bouthamp- tcn • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Feb, 22. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Feb. 28. Bahamas. via New York. Mar. 7. Cuba and Mexico Bermuda. via Halifax West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 0. Letters are now sent twice a week from St. Peters burg to Kiachta, and thence to Pekin once a week. The whole journey occupies seven weeks. 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