The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES, CAITHNESS. The first ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the Westminster Palace Hotel ; the Earl of Caithness in the chair. The notice convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting was held in compliance with the requirements of the Act of Parliament. In fact, the state of the money market had rendered it impossible to proceed with the works as had been desired ; but he trusted that be fore long, not only would the Caithness line be ac tively proceeded with, but that they would have through railway communication by means of the Sutherland and other lines from John o'Groat's house to the Lands-end. With respect to the advantage of the line to the town of Wick he had received a letter from the editor of a paper there stating that steamers were then not able to get into that port, and that upwards of 500 tons of fish were lying at Wick, the greater portion of which would be spoilt for want of convenient transport. So that, in fact, the Caithness people must put their hands in their pockets and endeavour to carry out this very im portant undertaking. He need not say any more on that occasion, as all they had now to do was to elect a board of directors, and he thought they could not do better than elect those named in the Act of Incorporation. Mr. N.. Giles was appointed hon. secretary to the company, and the directors named in the act were elected directors of the Caithness Railway Company. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding, and for the great inte rest he had exerted in favour of the undertaking. LONDON AND ST. KATIIERINE DOCKS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at the Dock-house, Tower-hill—Mr. Manning in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. T. Chandler, read the report, which stated that the earnings for the six months ending Dec. 31 had been 1480,971, the expenditure £320,251, leaving a profit of £160,720. The balance of profit, after paying the interest on debentures and preferential stock, was £97,800. The directors recommended a dividend for the half-year of 11 per cent., making up for the year a dividend of 31 per cent., leaving £12,640. There had been a falling off in the business, the laden shipping having decreased 17,834 tons, the landing of goods 24,845 tons, and the stock 10,996 tons. The directors regarded with great concern the injurious effects on dock interests of the unequal competition to which the docks were more than ever exposed from " private" warehouses, the owners of which had free access by water to the docks, the cost of constructing which formed so con siderable a proportion of the company's outlay, and entailed a heavy annual expenditure for mainte nance, rates, taxes, &c. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, regretted that the statements they conveyed to the proprietors were not more favourable. lie said the company had to pay £5,000 increase of rates on the half-year in consequence of the cholera. They never, he said, paid their labourers less than half-a crown a day, and it was impossible to raise the wages for the addition of a shilling a week would cost the company £12,000 a year. The company never acted oppressively to those they employed, and provision to the extent of about £3,000 a year was made for those who bad served the company, instead of turn ing them upon the parochial rates. The directors had also established a soup-kitchen for the labourers and their families. In proposing the 11 per cent. the directors thought it prudent to propose a safe divi dend, for the company had dangerous competitors in the wharves, and were about to make arrange ments to meet that competition. A Proprietor thought the staff might be reduced. Another Proprietor suggested, amid loud cheers, that a committee of three or four proprietors should be appointed to confer with as many directors with respect to the management of the property. The CHAIRMAN said, without consulting his brother directors, they would be glad to have any number of the proprietors as a committee of investi gation, and the directors would not take the pro- posal as showing any want of confidence in them. (Cheers.) He then explained the disadvantages which the company laboured under as compared with the wharf owners. One of these disadvantages was that the company was bound to leave certain space, by order of the Legislature, between its ware houses, and private warehouses were differently placed. Then, the company was compelled to give admittance to the barges of these wharf-owners, which was somewhat costly to the company. Mr. TATLER considered that the dock companies should be asked to combine, so as to compete with their dangerous rivals. Mr. CATOR seconded the adoption of the report, including dividend, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors terminated the proceedings. WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL (LIMITED). The half yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Hotel, Victoria-street, Westminster,—Sir C. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the gross receipts for the half year ending Dec. 31 last amounted to £15,971, and the expenditure to £11,356, leaving as net pro fits £4,615, which, after deducting £744 interest on mortgage, and charging £942 for the respective re serve funds, would, with £1,691, the amount car ried over after paying the last dividend, leave to the credit of profit and loss £4,620. Out of this amount the Board recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, clear of income-tax, leaving for next half year £720. . The tenancy of the Indian Board would expire in August next, and steps had been taken to relet that portion of the building. Several applications for offices, shops, &c., were under consideration. The Board had reason to hope that the whole of the premises would, without any_.considerable loss of time, be profitably relet, although they feared the entire rental of £6,000 per annum might not be secured in the first 6 or 12 months. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £150,969, leaving a balance of £6,531. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the con tinued success which had attended their undertak ing, notwithstanding the monetary crisis of the past year, which had injuriously affected other compa nies and trade in general. He explained the course which was being adopted by the Board with a view to the conversion of the hotel or a portion of it into shops and offices, and thus to make the property as productive as possible. Mr. FRANKLYN thought that the India Board would not be ready to leave at the time mentioned, that the company should go on in the same success ful way as they bad done with the hotel, and let the other portion of the building, as proposed by the directors. Mr. A. ITATCHARD said they should not he in a hurry to dispose of their property, as it would Im prove in value. Mr. CROUCH, one of the auditors, explained that the company had realised dividends during the whole time averaging 64, per cent. per annum on the capital ; that, with the exception of the Great Western and the Charing-cross Hotels, they had been more successful than any other hotel company. He considered that the directors had managed their affairs well, and ware taking the right course. The report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared, payable on Feb. 15 next. The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceed ings. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the examiners held sittings at the House of Commons. Before Mr. Frere the follow ing unopposed Bills were passed :—Tendering Hun dred ; Hull Docks ; Idle and Shipley ; Lancashire and Yorkshire (North Lancashire Loop Line) ; Car narvonshire (Deviations, &c.) The opposed Bill of the Glasgow (city) Uniou was postponed till to-day. Before Mr. Palgrave, the unopposed Bill of the Car narvonshire and Nantle (Amalgamation) did not comply with th e s t an di ng or d ers. The Newry and Greenore, and the London, Chatham, and Dover complied with the standing orders. The Cheadle made no appearance ; and the following Bills corn plied:—The Barnoldswick ; the Devon and Corn wall ; the Swansea Vale (lease) and the Neath and Brecon (additional powers). There was no appear ance in the case of the Midland and South-Western Junction. Naval and Military Intelligence• VALETTA, Jan. 24.—Lord Clarence Paget left at 4 o'clock this morning in her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche for Alexandria, to invest the Viceroy of Egypt as Grand Cross of the Bath. His Lordship embarked with Lady Clarence Paget and family on the previous evening. Capt. Inglefield, command ing the Prince Consort ; Capt. Stanhope, command ing the Ocean ; the Rev. Dr. Stothert, chaplain of the Victoria ; Mr. Mackenzie, midshipman ; and Mr. Row, R.N., and Mr. Cannon, R.N., from the Commander-in-Chief's office, also proceeded in the Psyche. A number of naval and military officers left the previous day in the Caradoc, to be present at the ceremony, which is to take place at Cairo. They are Col. Robertson, 2d Battalion Bth Regt. ; Lieut.-Col. Chandler, R.A. ; Capt. Bowden, Aide de-Camp ; Lieut. Wallace, 60th Rifles ; Lieut. Markham, R.N., Lieut. Eden, R.N., and the Hon. Mr. Willoughby, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Vic toria Her Majesty's ships Arethnsa, 35, Endy mion, 21, and Racer, 11, are at Alexandria, await ing the arrival of the Naval Commander-in-Chief. The Maltese yacht Melita, of 24 tons, which left this island on New Year's Day with four naval officers on a shooting excursion in Greece, has been lost on the passage from Corfu to the Gulf of Arta. A telegram from one of the party, dated Prevesa, January 23, received this morning, in making the announcement, states that all on board were saved, but gives no further particulars. Among the passengers to-day from Alexandria by the Tan jore are a number of Japanese from Yokohama, who are going to King's College to be educated. The ages of the boys are from 10 to 18, but there is one young man of about 30. More are expected by the next Calcutta steamer. There are also on board some nine Japanese jugglers, as they are called, from Hongkong, among whom are two women—the first, I am told, that ever left their country. They have some children with them, two of whom are girls. Capt. Hoseason, superintendent of the ports, arrived by the Tanjore on return from leave. The quarantine on arrivals from Sa lonica with clean bills of health has been abolished. Her Majesty's screw steamer Eclipse, 4, 200 horse power, Commander E. R. Fremantle, arrived at the N ore yesterday morning from Australia, after being in commission three years and a half. She afterwards steamed into the Medway and took up moorings in the harbour to wait inspection by Vice- Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Commander in - C hief. The screw corvette Charybdis, 17, 400-horse power (nominal), Capt. A. M. Lyons, having com pleted the shipment of the whole of her naval and war department stores. and had her compasses ad justed, wag yesterday appointed to sail from the Nore this morning, for the Australian station. On Monday she was taken to the Maplin Sands to make her final official trial of speed at her deep-load draught, when the result was found to be satisfac tory, and the certificate to that effect given by the officials connected with the steam reserve. The Charybdis is a wooden vessel and entirely unar moured; her value, either for combative or defensive purposes, may, therefore, be set down as nil. She is, however, well adapted for the particular duties on which she is to be employed at the station to which she proceeds. The Barrosa, 21, 400-horse power, Capt. IL Boys, from China, will be put out of commission, and her officers and crew paid off to-day, after which she will be placed in the Chatham steam reserve until again required for commission. Her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, Captain Sullivan, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for Ireland and the Mediterranean, with a military detachment and naval supernumeraries. The hired sailing transport Norwood, 785 tons, Commander Frank Bristow, belonging to Messrs. J. 11. Luscombe and Co., of London, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from Auckland, New Zealand, after a splendid ran of 70 days. She has brought back the I Battery of Royal Artillery, with a number of time-expired and invalided soldiers, accompanied by the following officers :—Major Bostock, R.A. (and wife), in command ; Capt. Marshall, R.A., wife, and child ; Lieut. Marshall, R.A. ; Lieut. Robson, R.A., and wife ; Lieut. Cos tobadie ; Mr. De Burgh Adams, purveyor's depart ment, wife, and children ; Mr. Diaper, deputy assist.-commissary-gen., and two children ; Dr. Aplin, in medical charge ; Mr. Blake, veterinary surgeon, R.A. The Jaseur, 5, screw gun-vessel, 340 tons, 150- horse power, Commander W. J. H. Grubbe, arrived at Spithead last evening, on her return home from her term of service on the West Coast of Africa. She remains at Spithead waiting orders for dis mantling and paying out of commission. The whoie of the models of vessels of war belong ing to the British navy, prepared by the artisans of Deptford dockyard for the Paris Exhibition having been completed, they were yesterday forwarded to their destination. orkmen are now engaged at Deptford dockyard in laying down the timbers for two of the new de scription of gunboats to be constructed from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor to the Navy. Last week Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, K. C .B. Commander-in-Chief on the China station, arrived at Sheerness for the purpose of hoisting bis flag, on taking up his appointment. At sunset on the same day Sir Henry Keppel struck his flag, and proceeded on Admiralty leave. The Rodney, 78, screw steam ship, 2,770 tons, 500-horse power, which has for some time past been fitting in Sheerness dockyard, was at the same time commissioned as the gallant Admiral's flagship for China, by Capt. Algernon C. F. Heneage. The following officers have been appointed, and taken up their commission! :—Com mander Edward White, Lieute. W. R. C. Cookson, M‘Hardy (for gunnery duties), A. H. Turner, T. P. Gordon, C. 0. Woodroffe, and W. L. Bamber Master W. H. Harris, Staff-Surg., Dr. C. Forbes, Surg., additional, Dr. H. Fagan, Paymaster George Grant, Chief Engineer J. Coade, Sub-Lieut. H. M. Tyler, Second Master C. H. P. Douglas, Assist.- Surg. B. Gregory, Assist.-Paymasters J. T. Hugo and T. A. Irwin ; Midshipmen J. V. Fawcett, H. Horner, G. H. Moore, C. Hantingford, T. F. Ham- C. H. Whish, W. S. Taylor, S. A. Holt, W. M. Atkinson, A. E. C. Kennedy, and Henry C. A. Morshead ; Naval Cadets H. Ponsonby, G. Ellis, F ( . C. M. Noel, S. IL Abell, H. R. L. Phillips, S. R. Paltulo, and C. C. Woodland ; Clerk F. T. Lobb ; Assist.-Clerks R. H. Clark, J. Hyde, and J. H. Potter ; Engineers W. Collier and 11. W. White ; First-class Assist.-Engineers F. Hallett and Wm. Mqslaught. Capt. W. G. Hale, First-Lieutenant F. Baldwin, four non-commissioned officers, two drummers, and 102 privates of the Chatham divi sion of Royal Marines Light Infantry were yester day placed under orders to embark on board the Rodney. Yesterday Major-General F. Murray made his first inspection of the troops at Chatham since his appointment to the command at that station. The corps inspected consisted of the depot companies comprising the Ist Depot Battalion of Infantry, including the Ist and 2d battalion of the Ist Royals, Ist and 2d battalions of the 15th Regiment, the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, and the 109th Bombay Infantry, the whole under the command of Col. J. W. S. Smith, C.B. The various regiments were formed on the general parade-ground in front of their respective quarters at 11 a.m., the dampness of the ground preventing their assembling on the lines. The inspection of the remaining depot bat talions and corps in the garrison will be continued during the present week. Commander George Child Johnson died at his re sidence, 11, Carlton-square, New-cross, on the 25th inst., in his 93d year. He entered the Navy June 28, 1798, on board the Northumberland, 74, and witnessed the capture, Feb. 18, 1800, of the French ship Le Genereux, 74, and served at the blockade and surrender of Malta, and attended the expedition of 1801 to Egypt. Major John George Richard son died at Crowhurst-road, Brixton, on the 25th inst., aged 80. He entered the corps of Royal Marines as Second-Lieut. on the 18th of September, 1805, and served in the Channel Fleet under Lords Gardiner and St. Vincent, and with the Belleisle squadron under Sir Richard Keats, and at the cap ture of La Rhin by the Mars, 74. He obtained rank as Major November 28, 1854. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Joseph B. Doyle, master, to the Vestal ; Silas H. Liddell, master, additional, to the Indus for the Vixen ; Sub.-Lieut. Nathaniel Cotton to the Vestal ; Alban M. Jephson, midshipman, to the Vestal ; Dr. Michael Walling, surgeon, to the Cambridge ; C. F. A. Courtney, surgeon, to the Donegal ; George W. J. Sutherland, surgeon, to the Vestal ; William Noble, paymaster, to the Vestal ; Dr. Belgrave Ninnis, assist.-surg., to Greenwich Hospital ; Dr. Adam Robertson, assist.-surg., addi- tional, to the Wellesley ; Dr. John Horrocks, assist.- Burg., additional, to the Cumberland ; Alfred Smith, assist.-paymaster, to the Flora ; John Sear, chief engineer, to the Galatea ; George Lucas and George Booth, engineers, to the Galatea ; and James Nel son, William T. Bray, and William T. Ray, first class, assist.-engineers, to the Galatea. The following promotions have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieutenants.— Richard John Roe, Cuthbert Vaux, Henry Harris, William Henry Smith, and Edward Johnson. Bacon's Descriptive Hand-book of America. (From the Anglo-American Times.) This book is something more than a Murray's guide. It treats of every subject of great general interest relating to America, and is so well con densed that the whole is embraced in some 400 pages. 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Still, so powerful is the Cunard, so high is its prestige, so widely spread the belief in its efficiency and careful management, that it maintains its proud position of being the foremost of ocean steam lines. Not only have the finest steamers afloat been constructed for this fleet, but they have been commanded by those so carefully trained, and by officers under a supervision so strict, that the most tempestuous ocean route has been navigated with such safety and regularity that scarcely an accident has occurred, or even alarm been excited by undue delay. That many people owe their lives to the excellence of the system is shown from the experience of other old-established companies. Contrast the safety of the steamers of thid fleet with the fate of many of the vessels of the Canadian line. Shipwreck with that company has succeeded shipwreck with startling frequency and appalling results. The New York Tribune, writing with great asperity about the Cunard vessels, has only been able to make out the following list of accidents : "This line has for the most part avoided acci dents, or has had great success in keeping its mis haps out of the newspapers, but those may judge between skill and luck who remember the Europa collision ; who remember how near a certain ship once came to Cape Race ; who remember the Arabia pushing her way into a field of ice till it became not quite certain whether she would suc ceed in backing out of it ; who remember the Persia on her first voyage racing against the Pacific; and coming into port with her bows stove in by a collision with an iceberg ; and who happen to have heard that the Scotia this last summer nar rowly escaped being sunk in the harbour of Queens town by a collision invited by the obstinacy of Cap tain Judkins on a matter of marine etiquette. We have a great respect for marine etiquette, but we doubt whether the 250 passengers on the deck of the Scotia at that moment cared whether the Scotia or the England put its helm a-starboard, when both seemed likely to go to the bottom." It would be impossible for the Tribune to have said anything more strongly in praise of the Cunard vessels than these sentences, written as they are with an animus. Here is a list of catastrophes, for the oldest established Ocean Line, in which an enemy writing to expose their shortcomings is only able to allege that one ran too near Cape Race—another had to back out of a field of ice, and a third was near coming into collision with another vessel. Those who wish to write down the Cunard Line had better confine themselves to the inferiority of the accom modation—the short supply of sheets and towels, the bad food—and such items, which may be easy to assert and difficult to disprove. The Tribune ought therefore to enlarge more than it does on the shortcomings of the casino management, and carefully avoid a topic on which the Cunard is absolutely unassailable. That steamers may be built with better accommodation, that more comforts and conveniences may yet be supplied, we do not doubt. We have seldom, however, heard one word but in praise of the general comfort and even luxury found on board these vessels. The French Line between Havre and New York are magnificent ships, fitted up and appointed in the handsomest style, and so also are the vessels from Hamburg, as well as the National Steam Navigation Company, and those of that most liberal of companies, the Inman. Still, in public estima tion, the Cunard maintains the lead. This is not ac complished by keeping its mishaps out of the news papers—an absurd idea, impossible to carry out, but by guarding on all sides against mishaps. The Tribune commences this article by the following statement : " Since the war ended, there have been two, and only two, American passenger steamers plying regu larly between New York and any European port. Those two were the Arago and Fulton, and they were sold at auction on the 22d. As these vessels were put up at auction for the avowed reason that the line did not pay, we presume they are not likely to be again started for Havre. With their sale the American flag, so far as it covered any passenger traffic between Europe and America, disappears from the ocean. A nation which claims to be almost the first in its mercantile marine seems about to with draw from all competition for the very large and profitable business which steamers under other flags are doing between the two Continents." The Arago and the Fulton have not been sold, and the line has not been discontinued, as was inti mated by the agents, Messrs. Starr and Co., in our last number. From this error, the Tribune travels into a general condemnation of the Transatlantic Lines established, and the Canard in particular. Whether these fleets be up to the mark or not, .one thing is certain, that they are the best Ocean Lines afloat. There may be room for improvement in them ; but if so, other Ocean Companies are a very long way, indeed, behind the times. If the best be bad, then the world has not reached at the point of progress we had imagined ; but we are at a loss to know what the standard is, by which the Tribune has arrived at its judgment. —Anglo-American Times. The Case of L. P. Mil igan. On the sth Oct., 1864, Mr. Milligan, a citizen of Indiana, where he had resided for 20 years, was arrested, by order of General HOVEY, tried by a military court on the' 21st of the same month, and sentenced to be hanged. The prisoner was arrested by virtue of an Act of Congress giving the PRESI DENT power to suspend Habeas Corpus wherever the public safety required. During the period that MILLIGAN was imprisoned the Courts of the State had met, performed their functions without any bill of indictment being found against him, and ad journed. The prisoner, after applying to the Cir cuit Court in Indiana, referred the case to the Supreme Court. Congress had deputed to the PRESIDENT by the Act March 3, 1863, the power of suspending the Habeas' Corpus wherever he deemed it necessary. But that power gave no right to try a citizen, arrested by military authority, by a court-martial. The questions submitted to the Supreme Court were as follows : " First. On the facts stated in the petition and exhibits, ought a writ of habeas corpus to be issued? Second. On the facts stated in said petition and exhibits, ought the said Lamdin P. Milli gan t o b e prayed g ? e d T Third. from Whether nus to dy p as o n i t n h e saidfacts petition stated in said petition and exhibits , th e m m a i n li n ta er ry an co d m f m or i m ssio as n men tioned therein had jurisdiction legally to try i a n n d said sentence p eatriteiot s n h aeiadnMilligan exhibits is stated." These in Constitutional provisions affecting the case : " Article 111., section 3.—The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the State where the 46 Amendments—Article s. —_No person shall be said crimes shall have been committed. . . . held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war, or public danger. Artic lesha ll6.—ln all criminal prosecutions, the accused enjoy the right to a speedy and pub lic trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previouslyascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favour ; and to have the assistance of ceunsel for his defence." The nine Judges composing the Court unani mously held that trials of civilians by military courts, whore the civil tribunals were open and un obstructed, is unconstitutional, Not only was the opinion unanimous, but it was expressed in the strongest language. The Judges said— " The constitution of the United States is law for rulers and people equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences were ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great emergencies of Govern men t. S uc h a doctrine leads directly to anarchy and despotism ; but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false, for the Government within the constitution has all the powers granted to it whi c h are n ecessary to preserve its existence, as has been happily proved result of the great effort to th r ow offits just authority." by .the There was no difference of opinion whatever among these nine leading lawyers of the United States on the main questions at issue. But a dif ference did arise on a supplemental question inci dentally thrown out by the majority of the Court, that Congress cannot constitutionally authorise the trial of civilia ns b y m i l i tary cour t s where the civil courts are open. A ga i nst t hi s opinion Chief Jus tice CHAsit dissented both on his own be h a lf and and that o f J ust i ces WAYNE , SWAYNE, and MILLER. All agree d t h a t where Civil Courts • are actually closed, and cannot administer justice by reason of foreign invasion or civil war, until the laws have again free course, military power can lawfully be exercised over civil cases. The minority, however, contended that Congress may authorise trial of civilians by a military com mission, in case of conspiracy or civil war ; and that, had it authorised the trial of MILLIGAN in Indiana, that trial would have been legal. But Congress had not authorised such trial in Indiana, and therefore MILLIGAN'S case was illegal. The Supreme Court could put no other construction on the Constitution of the United States than it has in this case, and their decision has been dictated by the simplest rules of legality and common sense. The decision, however, has excited the deepest in terest throughout the United States, as it is con sidered to be a check on the course taken by Con gress. Mr. TIIADDEUS STEVENS made an ill-advised speech in Congress, denouncing the Supreme Court. Although Mr. STEVENS may have had good grounds for the fears he expressed, that the result of this decision in the South would be to unsheath the dagger of the assassin against the loyal Union men, yet the law and Constitution of the United States, must be applied at all hazards and through all trials. The Constitution of the country cannot be cut and patched to suit the temporary exigencies of any party, or it will quickly be rent to shreds. It may be very incon venient for the Constitution to stand in the way of the designs of any party, however dominant may be their principles in the minds of the people. Where the Constitution, however, clearly bars the way, another path must be sought. The principles of the Constitution which have guided the Judges of the Supreme Court in their decision are founded in everlasting justice and expediency, while the plans they baulk are but the exigencies of the day. A law-loving nation bows to the law ful decision, whether it chimes in or not with their own cherished hopes and aspirations. We have little doubt—though the diflicHlties of governing the South may be increased for the time, by this ruling of the Supreme Court—that the nation will accept it with little demur, and shape its policy in accordance.—Anglo-Amtrican Timm Game Laws in the United States. -0- - The Farmer has published extracts from the report of the Minister of Agriculture in the United States, with reference to the game laws which prevail in different parts of the Republic. The admirers of American institutions and denouncers of the English game laws as badges of feudal servitude will be interested in observing how they manage these* things in a democratic country. In most, if not all, of the States the rights of property are fully respected in regard to game, and fines are imposed for killing game on any land without the permiSsion of the owner. Pre serving is so far from being regarded as a crime that special enactments are made for its encourage ment. In regard to the different kinds of birds to which protection is extended the American laws are much more comprehensive than our own. The small birds, such as sparrows, thrushes, larks, lin nets, curlews, &c., down to robins and wrens; which have been almost utterly exterminated in France, as the farmers are now discovering to their cost since a plague of insects has set in, and on which, in our own country, "sparrow" and other clubs wage such cruel war, are all protected in the States, some during part and others during the whole year. The following passages from the official report will give an idea of the nature and scope of the Ameri can regulations : " The penalties for the violation of the Massa chusetts Bird and Game Laws are as follow : —Two dollars each for killing at any time robins, thrushes, linnets, sparrows, bluebirds, bob-o'-links, yellow birds, woodpeckers, or warblers; the same for kill ing birds on salt marshes, the owner excepted ; five dollars for killing partridges or quail between March 1. and September 1, and woodcock between March 1 and July 4; five dollars for trapping or snaring birds at any time, save partridg.s ; twenty dollars for killing grouse or heath-hen at any time, and ten dollars *to the owner of the grounds, and a search warrant authorised for any one suspected of the offence ; and twenty dollars for hunting deer with hounds or dogs in Plymouth or Barnstaple counties. There is a fine of one dollar for killing between sun set and one hour before sunrising any plover; cur lew, dough-bird, or chicken-bird. Any city or town may vote to suspend, within its limits, any of the provisions of this law. " In Connecticut a fine of three dollars is imposed for killing, selling, or possessing, or destroying a nest of eggs of woodcocks between the first day of February and the first day of July ; pheasants, par tridges, or ruffed grouse, between the first day of February and the first day of September ; quails of any species, between the first of February and the first of October ; wood duck, widgeon, black, grey, broad-bill, canvas-back, or teal duck. The fine is one dullar for killing, or trapping, a nightingale, bluebird, Baltimore oriole, finch, thrush, lark, spar row, catbird, wren, martin, swallow, or wood pecker, at any time, or ;a robin or bob-o'-link, be tween the first - of February and the first of Sep tember. The taking of brook or lake trout between the first of September and the first of January is fined, one dollar. -It is also forbidden, under a penalty of ten doliars, to take pheasants, partridges, ier quails, on the land of any other per son. " The laws of New York, both local and general, relative to birds, and other game, are numerous, and frequently modified OP suspended. By the re cent law, insectivorous and other birds are protected between February 1 and October. The fine is placed at five dollars for each woodcock, between January 1 and July 4 ; ruffed grouse, between January 1 and September 1 ; quail, between January 1 and October 20 ; wood, black, grey, and teal duck, between February 1 and August 1 (ex cept upon the shores of Long Island). It is for bidden to catch quail or ruffed grouse with a snare at any time ; and it is unlawful to take prairie fowl within ten years, under penalty of ten dollars for each one killed or taken. Five dollars each is the penalty for taking trout between September 1 and March 1. Deer are prohibited game from February 15 to August 1 in all counties except Clinton, Frank lin, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, Essex, Warren, Fulton, and Saratoga, where the prohibition is taken off only in October ; and in King's, Queen's, and Suffolk, where Novem ber is the only month for their pursuit. The fine in the last-mentioned counties is 25 dollars each. For fishing, except with a hook or line, in certain inte rior lakes, the fine is 25 dollars. A similar penalty attaches to trespass in fishing after public notice has been given." In Pennsylvania, in addition to the protection afforded to pheasants, woodcock, and partridge, there is a penalty of five dollars for each rabbit killed during the breeding season, or from February 1 to October 1; and in Delaware the laws are strict and the penalties heavy, amounting in some in stances to 100 dollars. In Ohio " exposing for sale or having in possession incurs the same penalties" as for killing certain specified birds and animals, including hares and rabbits, " and the costs of pro secution are in all cases to be paid by the offen der."—Pall-Illall Gazette. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 26, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,430 ; the deaths re gistered, 4,141. The annual rate of mortality was 35 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,160 boys and 1,077 girls, in all 2,237 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,153. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,880. It was the fourth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,641. The deaths in the present return exceed the estimated number by 239. _ . The deaths registered in the last three weeks end ing Jan. 26 amounted to 5,485, while the deaths of the three preceding weeks ending Jan. 5 amounted to 4,250; and the difference is 1,235. Now the mean temperature of the three cold weeks ending Jan. 19 was 30.2 deg. ; of the three mild weeks ending Dec. 29, 42.9 deg. ; leaving a difference of 12.7 deg. So every degree of depression over three weeks corresponded nearly to 100 deaths in London. The excessive number of deaths is thus distributed over five ages : 164 at ages under 20 ; 123 at 20-- 40 ; 312 at 40-60 ; 531 at 60-80 ; and 105 at the age of SO and upwards. When the deaths are com pared with the numbers living at the corresponding ages, these results are obtained : to 100,000 persons living at each of the five ages, the deaths were 12 at 0-20, 12 at 20-40, 56 at 40-60, 297 at 60-80, and 888 at the age of 80 and upwards. As age advances after childhood, the power fails of produc ing the internal warmth by which life is upheld. So while youth and vigour enjoy the frost age and feebleness perish. The mortality was raised by the severe weather in all the large towns. The annual rate of mortality last week was 32 per 1,000 in London, '32 in Edinburgh, and 43 in Dublin ; 35 in Bristol, 28 in Birmingham, 41 in Liverpool, 48 in Manchester, 40 in Salford, 31 in Sheffield, 29 in Leeds, 30 in Hull, 43 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 42 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 30 per 1,000 during the week ending the 19th inst., when the temperature was 61 deg. Fahren heit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 29 per 1,000. Nine water companies state that they supplied London on a daily average with 91,054,159 gallons equal to 427,331 cubic metres, or about as many tons by weight. This was nearly a ton of water, or a cubic metre to a house. Dr. Franklin's careful and impartial analysis shows that the solid matter in 100,000 parts of the waters ranged from 3F34 (Chelsea) to 39.40 (Kent) ; the organic matter from 0.69 (New River) to 2.64 -(East London). The waters, except those of the New River, were turbid when drawn from the mains. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.652 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.31 in. on Thursday to 29 . 97 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 37.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 54.5 deg. on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 22.0 deg., on Tuesday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 32.5 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 32.8 deg. ; that of the lowest was 30.8 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. The direction of the wind was variable. Rain fell to the amount of 0.35 in. On Tuesday, at 730 p.m., the tempera ture then being 23 deg., a remarkable shower of rain commenced to fall, and the drops as they were deposited on the surface were instantly frozen. The temperature then began to increase ; by 9 p.m. it was 25 deg., by 10 p.m. 30 deg., and by midnight 33 deg. Throughout the whole of this time occasional showers were noticed, and the surfaces on which the rain fell became thickly coated with ice- After midnight a very rapid thaw began. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metro politan Board of Works the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the River Thames at the southern outfall works, Crossness, was 57,865,359 gallons, or 262,000 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight. The Registrar-General has to acknowledge the courtesy of the London Water Companies, who have furnished him with the average daily supply of water supplied for the month of December, 1866: thus, according to their account, 427,331 . cubic metres of water, equal to about as many tuns by measure, tons by weight, were supplied daily, or 975 litres, rather less than a ton by weight,were supplied daily, or 975 litres, rather less than a ton by weight, to each house, and 139 litres (equal to 30.7 gallons) to each person. The Reorganisation of the Spanish Army. -f MADRID, Jan. 25. The text of the Royal decree for the reorganisa tion of the Spanish army is as follows : " In conformity with the recommendation of the Minister of War, in concert with my council of Ministers, " I decree the following : " Art. 1. The strength of the army of the Penin sula will be in future 200,000 men, divided in the following manner : " 1. The permanent army. " 2. The first or active reserve. " 3. The second reserve. " Art. 2. The permanent army will consist of the force which, in accordance with Art. 79 of the Con stitution, may be annually designated by the Cortes upon my proposal. The first or active reserve will be composed of all persons belonging to the army of the Peninsula who, without reckoning four years of active service, shall have exceeded the number of years fixed by law for the permanent force. The position of these persons will be that of soldiers upon six months' furlough without pay. The second re serve will consist of all those belonging to the army of the:Peninsula - who, proceeding from the recruits, shall have had four years' effective service, only excepting those who at their own request or for the convenience of the service may be allowed to remain on the active list. Nevertheless, until the n ew plan shall have commenced to come into effect, and in order to observe the proper proportion be tween the active army and the reserve, my Govern ment may anticipate the period of passing into the second reserve, even before the completion of the four years of active service, in the case of that number who, between the permanent army and the first reserve may exceed 100,000 men. 6 , Art. 3. Upon the entry of individuals into the second reserve their respective corps will remain de finitively reduced. They will return to their homes upon unlimited furlough, and will be permitted to change their residence, as may be required by their trade or business upon making representation to that effect, and obtaining written permission from the chief of the provincial commission. tt Art. 5. The permanent army will perform their military service in the form prescribed by my Go vernment. The active reserve may only be called out wholly or partially when my Government may entertain apprehensions based upon events abroad, which may render it expedient to establish an army of observation, or when public order may be seri ously disturbed in the interior. The Government will subsequently render account' of such measures to the Cortes. The second reserve cannot be called out or placed under arms, without the Goverment being authorised by a special law. In any case all persons belonging to either reserve who may not present themselves for service in compliance with the legal summons will be tried by the military laws. " Art. 6. The permanent army and the reserve having completed the eight years of service conjointly obligatory upon them, will be entitled to absolute discharge. " Art. 8. The existing cadres of the provincial militia are abolished, and the commands of half bri gades in the militia of the Canaries are suppressed. " Art. 9. The posts of fiscal commandants of bat talions and captain secretaries of colonies are also abolished. " Art. 10. Third battalions are created in the pre sent 40 regiments of infantry, consisting in time of peace solely of the generals and officers in the num ber and proportion that may be determined. These cadres will form an effective part of those regiments, will perform the duty assigned to their rank, and replace the officers indefinitely or temporarily absent. " Art. 11. Permanent commissions, consisting of a major, captain, and lieutenant, will be established in the capitals of the civil provinces. (The remain ing eight articles of the decree refer to various mat ters of detail connected with the execution of the above measures.) " Given at the Palace, 24th January, 1867. " Signed by the Royal hand. " The Minster of War, Ramon Maria Narvaez. The Ministerial preamble to the decree, after adverting to the general tendency towards the creation of large reserves which has prevailed in Europe since the last great war in Germany, says— " Although Spain has based her policy upon her position as a continental power with great provinces in Asia, Africa, and America—a policy which .con sists In maintaining peace and amity with all na tions and in which she will certainly never fail of her own will—yet she can neither separate herself from this preventive movement now extending throughout Europe nor abandon to chance the main tenance of her policy by which she can alone ad vance her legitimate interests. It is certain that our geographical position in the extreme west of Europe and the topographical conditions of our soil, very irregular in its surface and naturally defended, re moves from us in great measure the probabilities of war, and also relieves us from great expense in the event of having to defend it. . . If our financial circumstances did not counsel the reduction of the permanent army to a point which would hardly have sufficed to meet peremptory military neces sities, it would be sufficient to double it by a reserve of equal strength ; narrow, but reduced to such limits so small a reserve would not meeet the pre partitions required at the present, and which are rendered incumbent upon us by the great armaments of other nations. The Consultative Junta of War and the military (authorities consulted by the Go vernment agree that the total strength of the per manent army and the reserve, cannot be fixed below 200,000 men in time of peace, considering the military condition of Spain and the state of Europe. The opinion is shared by the Government and has formed the basis of its calculations." The Minister proceeds to state thot 100,000 men will be adopted as the extreme limit of the standing army, and that this effective may be reduced accord ing to circumstances by the annual vote of the Cortes upon the force of the standing army for the year. " Drawing by lot will be adopted for all the services ; that is to say, the standing army, the re serves, the civil guard, the marines, the naval ser vices, and the colonial armies. It has been shown that the annual recruitment cannot be fixed below" 43,000 men. If this should appear excessive and onerous, it must not on the other hand be forgotten that instead of being eight years under arms as 0 present, he will only serve four years ordinarily in future, while the second reserve will only be called under arms when no available citizen would oz could exempt himself from service." COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At this market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, but little disposition to do business. Wheat and flour may be quoted 3d per 100 lb. and is per sack and barrel lower, with little doing at the decline. In oats a decline of id per 451 b., and in oatmeal of is per load may be noted, and sales very limited. Barley, beans, and peas were each rather lower, and neglected. Mixed American Indian corn, with more offering, was obtain able at 41s 6d per 4901 b., but fine white white brought 42s 6d per 4801 b. LEEDS-TUESDAY. The attendance this week is not large. The wheat trade is exceedingly flat to-day, and very few sales have taken place, at a decline of 2s per qr. Barley, unless fine, is to 2s per qr. cheaper. Beans and oats 2s per qr. lower. Average prices : Wheat, 61s lid; barley, 40s 9-td; oats, —sod. SHEFFIELD—WEDNESDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat on offer by sample, for which there was a good demand at the full prices of last week. A steady trade in beaus and oats at late quotations. Barley somewhat scarce, and selling at extreme figures- No change in dour and.other articles. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....23s Od to 21s 0,1 White do do ....258 Od 278 Od New red do do ....21s Od 23s Od New white do do —.Hs Od 26s Od Beans do do ....208 Od 228 0.1 Peas, per qr -s 6d 19s tid Grinding ba ley, per qr 358 Od 388 Od Malting barley, co 4OB Oct 488 Od Oats, do 278 Od 328 Od F10ur....1s 10d to 2s bd per 14114 MARKET HARBOROUGH.—MONDAY. Old white wheat, 60s to 738 ; new red, 50s to 68s per 3 6 stone. Barley, fine, 52s ; other kinds, 23s to 36s per 30 et. Oats, new, 22s to 238; old, 30s to 34s per qr. Beans, old, 50s to 555; new, 46s to 48s per qr. • BRISTOL—TUESDAY. Slight rain falling. Market dull, and but littlo doing• Wheat moved slowly, at is decline. Barley, fair trao7 prices unaltered. Black oats, 3d decline. .Maize, peas, and beans unaltered. MELTON MOWBRAY.-T UESDAY. White wheat, 66s to 748 ; red, 50s to 66s per 36 stone• Barley for malting, 40s to 52s per qr; feed, 32s to 38s Pe r 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 35s ; new, 22s to 29s per 240 t. Beans, old, 528 to Ms; new, 46s to 50s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.......Feb. Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet, 4 . Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 27. China. Penang. and SingBpure, via Southampton—Feb 2 . Ditto, via Marseilles j a m 21 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ' J a n. 28 • india (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 28 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan 28 Ditto, via Marseilles ... Jan. 27 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 2 4 . Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 2 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseillei ..Feb. '3 Newfoundland .... Feb. 13. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United btatei and British North America, by Bri tish packet. ... Jut 30, ..Feb. 4 Ditto, by United 'States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Ci.,ric Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan • West Coat , t of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .... Feb. 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Jan 28 Bahama, via New York. Feb 7 ' Cuba and Mexic0..,....-. Jan. 28 Bermuda, via Halifax DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A few days ago a young man named Reed, son of a farmer near Bonito,,' Devon, was o u t wa lki ng w i t h hi s f at h er i n t h e fi e lds. Sud denly the gu n , w hi c h h e carr i e d i n hi s poc k e t , went off, and wounded him so dreadfully that in a few hours aft er wards he expired. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SHIPS. The Till s asks how the f ac t i s t o b e exp l a i ne d th a t, Wil lie the American ships are managed so much bett er than our own, we are nevertheless appropli 3t i ing the t ra d e , an d d r i v i ng the Amer i cans o ut the market. The result must depend upon a gen era balance of advanta ges . Th e carry i ng trade will belong to those who perform it best for the leas t money. Cheapness, as working-men of all trades should remember, is what brings custom, and cheap' ness in the merchant service means cheap ships a 5 well as cheap seamen. C erta i n rates o f freigh t If will only afford certain rates of wages, and freights we re ra i se d b eyon d a certa i n point, th e , trade might be lost. The A mer i cans ar e compelled by the value of labour in America to give more t han we do in the form of s a ilo rs ' wages ; but that th e y always did, and yet, until now, they could c ony pete with us on very fair terms. The truth is, th e / are now made to pay too much for their ships. The heavy taxation and the protective duties levied In America, together with the high wages of the ship' wr i g hts, have made ships exc ess i ve l y d ear , and the con sequence is the sacrifi ce —fi rst, of the shir e building trade, and then of th e carry i ng trade. Americans treat their seamen so much better 01 we do that they have the pick of our market, an, can take off our best hands. Nor do we doubt that in this respect the outlay would repay itself, a ll d, prove a good investment ; but, on the other /In a our wiser commercial policy enables us to bn i ships more cheaply than the Americans ; and til11 1:0 by the aid of our c h eap s hi ps , we carr y away t trade from them, notwithstanding our m istakes the treatment of our seamen. B u t there are t 0 classes who should take a lesson from this st ory o Our shipwrights should observe that wages 313° ; a certain standard may cost them all their tr ade and our shipowners should feel that it is unsafe to allow other nations a permanent superiority in the important element of seamen. Births. 010 ATTLER—On the 28th inst., at Rose Mill, Dorkf v g , wifo of John Attler, of a daughter. wife 12i BROWN—On the 27th inst., at 26, Wilton-place, the - Major Francis Brown, of a son, INNES—On the 26th inst., at Southsea, the wife of -v i ";;,lS, W. Innes, C. 8., Deputy Inspector-General of 11 08 P" of a daughter. rt WESTMACOTT—On the 29th inst., at 29, Hertford -8 Mayfair, the wife of A. F. Westmacott, of a son. Marriages. 00 0° THOMSON —BIRDWOOD—On the 26th inst. at AlarY"icl ol ,„. Church, Captain David Thomson, R.A.,t o Emily „.-` s 11:0 eldest daughter of Brigadier-Gen. Birilwood, of Indian Army. WERE—WILsoN—On the 26th inst. at at St. James' s or e ' Notting-hill, Charles W e r e , E sq ., late of Norlanc l-64 1!;s0 to Ann Rossiter, widow of the late Thos. Wilsov, Grecian Villa, Cockermouth. Deaths. C: ls° CASTLEMAINE —On the 27th inst., at Moydrut° Athlone, the Lady CaStlentaine. G . OWER —On the 28th inst., at Nova Scotia House, Charles P. Gower, Esq., aged 59. va teir ILusEs— On the 28th inst., at Wilton Hous e, square, Mr. George Haines, agod 69. r • HunLocK—On the 27th inst., at Lansdowne-pla ce, ton, F. Cranstouu llurlock, Esq., aged 27. JERSEY—On the 26th hist at 38, Berkeley - sq"' il Countess Dowager of Jersey. T. F. METCALF—On the 26th inst.. the wifo of Char --le ° Metcalf, Esq., of Cannington, near Bridgwater. t tra cer MIDDLETON—On the 29th inst., at 14, Ches ter ;, e d Regent's-park, Capt. John D. Middleton, ILN , the 28th inst., at Dalston, Mr. Tho nvo of Mincing-lane, aged 88. t , ett PETERS —On the 27th inst., at Wouldham Hall, Peters, Esq., aged 74. 1) WARN—On the 25th inst., at 17, D aw son-stra4 after a short illness, Mr. Richard Warn, aged London : Printed and Published by 'VII, L 1,131 A-,-I VO . - - of No. 112. Strand, Painter at Taw SON 01"c' :01 Strand. in the Preciact of the Savoy, in t he ° Middlesex.—Wednekulay, January 30,1867. `•Y .~ `►+.