The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

THE C. RICA, '(From the Special Correspondent of the Tunes.) NEW YORK, Oct. 23, We have been for the whole week on the eve of momentous events, but are left at the end with mere fe ors—or hopes. The armies of the Potomac have been going through all the figures of a regular quadrille. Gen. Lee's army, or a part of it, drove Meade up to the defences of Washington, but has now fallen back towards its former base of opera tions at Lynchburg. Lee's forces are said to be be yond. the Rappahannock, probably concentrated near Culpepper. The advance of the Federals is posted at Warrenton. Gen. Meade was at Wash ington on Thursday, in consultation with the Pre sidont, by whom he was, in all probability, urged to push on vigorously on the offensive. The aim of General Lee in his forward movement is clear to no man, It was apparently not to offer battle, nor to obtain. provisions. By the mere feint of a flank attack, he rove Meade from his position, and so effected his retreat as to break up about 20 miles of the Alexandria and Grange Rail way, thus materially widening the distance between hi m and his 'Adversary. This was, perhaps, the only object he /"tad in view—to steal a march on the enemy, r.so as to have leisure to lead or to send part of his forces against Burnside, who was advancing 0 1 301 1 West Virginia, and had pushed his vanguard, it Was said, as far as Abingdon. We have no news whatever of warlike operations either at Chattanooga or Charleston. Gen. Rosen cranz is laid on the shelf; not, it would seem, with out sufficient reasons. It was whispered at Cincin nati, immediately upon the affair at Chickamauga, that Rosencraz had in that battle performed neither the duty of a commander nor of a soldier. The charge is now loudly repeated, and gains credit. I need not repeat all that is said to his disparagement. The man had to contend with political and even re• ligious antipathies. "He asked the Catholic churches at Cincinnati to say masses for the success of his army.'' There was no great harm in that, surely, though a fuss is made about it. Rosencranz is of German extraction, sprung from a Jewish f am ily who embraced Catholicism, and brought into the Church of their choice all the zeal of new converts. The General's brother is Bishopof Cincin nati, and it was natural that the layman should throw a good job in the way of his clerical relative. The General's real offence, more probably, vras dis regard of orders from Washington—either by going beyond Chattanooga against such orders, or by ad vancing more cautiously than seemed desirable to the "wisea.cres of the War Department," That the autho rities at Washington, with the P res id ent at their head, are always ready to find fault with the slow ness of their commanding officers is a fact not to be disputed. When in the killing heat of last July some one suggested that Meade's inaction was per haps owing to the exhausting influence of the season, Mr. Lincoln answered rather tartly, "If our troops are hot in Virginia, we are burning here at Washi ngton" —burning that is, with impatience. Rosencranz, and his subordinates, M'Cook and Crittenden, are not the only generals likely to fall Victims to the displeasure of the central Govern ment. Gen. Meade himself is said to have ten dered his resignation, and Generals Sedgewick and Sicletes are already boldly named as his probable successors. At Charleston, also, if we may believe public rumour, Admiral Dahlgren is about to be re moved from the command of the fleet, where, it is asserted, he will be superseded by Captain Thomas Tamer, of the Ironsides. The man wanted in that place, however, in the opinion of some persons here, is "our fire-proof salamander, Admiral Farragut." With all these changes contemplated or accom plishraY. the public are mightily pleased, and there is no limit to the splendid successes that are gene rally anticipated. The Western army, under Gen. Gre.nt, is described, with the proverbial Yankee loge of superlatives, as the " biggest host ever as sembled in one theatre of war by any one Govern. anent in modern times." It combines the forces hitherto led into the field by Grant himself, on the Mississippi, with the Chattanooga army now pass ing from the hands of Rosencranz into those of Gen. Thomas, with that of Gen. Burnside on the border between East Tennessee and West Virginia, and the flying column under Gen. Hooker, now at • Stevenson, on the south-west, on the Alabama fron , tier. All these troops, exceeding 200,000 com • batants, may at a given time be brought to bear ' upon Bragg's army on the defiles of Georgia. If iltleado or his expected successor on the one side, and Grant with all his auxiliaries on the other, do not " wind up this eventful month of October with some stunning decisive victory" the lovers of the Union ceaise will be grievously disappointed. However " stunning," it is difficult to conceive how tray battle can be decisive in this wearisome Amer ican contest. These Northern people have an overweening conceit of the resources of their coun try. " The Europeans," they say, "talk of America as' f it was only a country ; they forget that we are a continent, a world. What are the puny efforts that could be put forth even by such Powers as France and England compared with the energies of a new country, to whom the loss of half a million of men or the outlay of 2,000 million of dollars are only as a few drops of blood taken from the veins of a young giant ? The last census shows an in. crease in wealth between 1850 and 1860 of 128 per cent., the increase of population being only 35 per cent. The might of the nation, as represented by wealth, is inexhaustible, and we defy any man to s how on this, the third ye ar o f a mos t was t e f u l war , 04 4 _ 3 : symptom of decline either in the spl e ndour of cities or in the prosperity of our land." Th e Americans seems to forget, however, that the argt,rli_ ot tells both ways. If the Union is not I a into b ut not it a continent, the Confederacy is in its Their vutoeis territory, but less than half a world. barrier ag , in t . o f space presents an insurmountable Grant had an ti ve efficient c onques t. U n l ess G enera l even the most', st league boots, how cou ld h e t urn it—to any ava i l : m il :ling" victory—were he to gai n this "eventful mottzurpose ? Will the whole of whole fall of the Tear `e nabl e October"—will even the he 1 7 5.a nable him only to march ,through the lands tiaell,o.dertaken to subdue ?, Whatever may b e mabeissitudes of this year's campaign, there are not selves that it will bring us nea rer who flatter them ..rrer to the end of the war ; and if war is to b e ' uLn o n:e t d i: they are not easy as to the means of fillin g ranks of the fast -thinning army. The President ' s e , eat eiro ra rt a s ti a o r n e proel a for a levy of 300,000 men has trot wr most favourable impression. though ..„. 'light the made to give it the most cheerful we are told, " Men and m reBP.3n ae• To carry on a wa r, titka Y are required ;" but the people here had brought tt,,,,,,, s h e selves to think, not perhaps without some --- 8 m et reason, that, to a great extent, " money make and men make money." The State, they said , c h commands the means to arm a certain number of mercenaries has it also in its power to use these hired men in the impressment of new recruits; and when an army is once on foot it can be turned into an instrument equally efficient in plundering the enemy or in grinning the people. Th e strength of a nation may be indifferently gathered together by free enlistment, or by forcible conscription. It may be held, as in England, that the law has under no circumstances any control over the person of the subject, and it may be established, as in France, or more consistently in Prussia, that every citizen is vitally interested in the defence of the country — liable, therefore, to compulsory military service, w hether at regularly appoi n t e d pe r i o d s , or on any extra ordinary emergency. The governm e nt of the United States seemed to think that the two methods could be us efu lly w ised up and alternated. When the fi rst patriotism, of real vo lunteers, impelled by shop for the began to slacken they opened a huge purchase of hirelings, and when the mercenary market was also exhausted they resorted to the draught, wh i ch was only a clumsy att em pt to make money b y men as it put the screw on the citizen, and called for "his money or hi s lif e, ,, allowing to the re cru i ts the power to buy them. se lves off, of which th ey were b y no means loth to avail themselves. . The draught as it was contrived yielded from 9,000,000 dots. to 10,000,000 dole,; but not only Spas failure in it se l f, so far as they was it an mak 1 of Inca ' , was concerned, b ut it convinced g the moste a bb2rn iu the Governm ent of the utter hoplessness of such an expedient hereafter. Hence it is that the President falls back upon the old plan, and "calls on the Governors of the different States to raise and have enlisted 300,000 men." It is hardly possible to believe that the proclamation was issued in good earnest. The raising of volunteers, or to call things by their proper name, bounty men, was never discontinued since the first outbreak of the war. It was never carried on with greater alacrity than during the pangs and throes of that barren conscription ; and we know that in the State of New York, for instance, "the volunteer enrolment yielded 50 per cent. more than all the machinery of the draught!' If the tempting bait of 302 dols. for raw recruits and 402 dohs. for veterans could be of any avail towards repleting the army, surely the bills stuck up outside the shop windows in all the cities of the East and West, the huge flogs waving all across Broadway, bearing spirited pictures of charging cavalry; squadrons and thundering bat teries, and all the pomp and pageantry of war, ought at all times to have kept the supply on a par with the demand, but men are not to be had on any large scale at any of the bounty rates hitherto offered, and it is upon this conviction that the Board of Super visors of the city of New York propose an outlay of 2,000,000 dols., with a view to add 300 dols. to the Government bounty—thus raising the price of sol diers to 602'dols. and even 702 dols. per head! It may be questioned whether even this unheard of liberality will be found efficient, admitting that it may be considered expedient. The soldier's pay was fixed at 13 dole. a month at the outbreak of the war, i.e., at a time at which that sum had the real value of 13 dols. in gold, but that same sum at the present day only represents 6 dols. 50c. real value, and labour of the lowest description commands at least 30 dole. monthly wages throughout the country. Even with 700 dollars enlistment money the soldier's trade is almost the poorest business a man can betake him self to. It is dog's work for native Americans, nor is it clear to what extent it may continue to be at tractive in the eyes of foreign immigrants. The draught in Vermont only yielded 72 conscripts and 800 substitutes : all of these latter were aliens, most French Canadians. Of the foreign adven turers already acquainted with the country the most part will be as shy of the flags as the natives them selves. The hopes of the recruiting officers must needs rest on the new arrivals, and of these many thousands can hardly come in on so short a notice. To raise 300,000 men in two months, with the pre sent abundance of work and high wages, would seem hardly practicable; and on the sth of January the President's remedy will come into operation : " If any State shall fail to raise the quota assigned to it, a draught for the deficiency shall be made." A draught, however, so long as the clause of the 300 dols. redemption be maintained, will yield money, and not men ; and as to a bona fide conscription, impartial, inexorable, on the Prussian principle, it seems hardly credible that any Government would venture on such a course in a country like this. It takes no less than two generations to train even the most orderly and best disciplined people to sub mit to the hateful yoke of a compulsory levy. In Piedmont and Lombardy, where military service has been organized on the present footing since the be ginning of the century, the yearly draught takes place with all the regularity of clockwork; but in the late Roman provinces, in the Marches and Umbria, and in the island of Sicily, which were allowed exemption from military duties by the Papal and Neapolitan Governments, the introduc tion of the hated levy has met with the most formidable difficulties, and every announcement of a fresh conscription is the signal for the rising of brigand bands throughout the country. The experiment of the late draught in New York— the 44 battalions engaged in the impressment of a few hundred conscripts —ought to leave little hope for a future attempt. The scheme failed even when men had it in their power to compound with their money for their blood; but if Mr. Lincoln were to come upon them for their real " pound of flesh " it is doubtful whether any force could suffice to over awe this city—doubtful whether any army would be equal to the task of enforcing the law through out the land. All the proclamations in the world will never make this recruiting of the army any thing but an affair of money. " The war," we are informed, "has already lasted two years and six months, and in that time we have accumulated a national debt amount ing to 2,000,000,000 dols." if soldiers are to be bought at the rate of 600 to 700 dols., as the city of New York proposes, if a competition is to arise be tween the Federal Government and the municipal and State authorities as to which shall bid the higher for the purchase of food for powder, the debt at the close of another year will probably exceed our powers,of calculation. So long as there is no limit to the production of "greenbacks," and so long as " greenbaeks " represent at least half their nominal value, the hook may be so baited as to get a bite here and there. " Whoever takes my paper pockets trash," says Mr. Chase, and the army may be satis fied to rest on as trashy a foundation as society is content to be based on ; but the quality of the sol diers to be got for so high a bribe will hardly be found to correspond with the quantity. Nay, the higher the price a man sets upon his blood, the lower the moral standard that led him to bargain for it. In the meanwhile the well-tried difficulty the Government meet in their enlistment of white men urges them more and more recklessly to their scheme of the enrolment of negroes. Slaves are being bought in Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Missouri. Loyal owners on parting with their property receive 300 dole, indemnity, and the slave is assured of his freedom on the ex piration of his term of service ; the slaves of " dis loyal" masters are enlisted and emancipated at once, without ransom. The scarcity of sailors for the navy has induced Government to forward instruc tions to enlist "contrabands" for the fleet. The 'ree use of the blacks has, of course, the effect of deterring the whites from the service; but Sambo was, however innocent, the primary cause of all this contest, and it id natural, and perhaps just, that he should bear the brunt of the battle, with the hope that he may, in some unforeseen manner, reap the benefits of the victory. The phenomenon of a self-styled free State rely ing for empire, or indeed for existence, on slaves and mercenaries is by no means new in the world. It was the policy of ancient Rome, the policy of medimval Florence and of Venice. It will be a rare luck for the United States if, unlike those States of old, they learn in time that an army of hirelings, white or black, may be a useful servant, but is apt to become the most troublesome and dangerous of masters. October 24. General Meade remains in command of the Army of the Potomac. He went to Washington to tender 11_1:.resignation to the President, but the latter pre- Y th l . l , ed . on him to return to his post. The rumour pi Z e A: ra Dahlgren was to be removed from his , tarns t he o t tlt head of the fleet at Charleston also , in g the idle be unfounded. The Admiral is ex ) Noted t o a t° . re letter from General Gilmore, refut.- r h as p ahitah r r eci lve at Washington in a few days. He two commattzreorts of a di sagreement b etween these most cordial g 0 0 . 41 1 1 : zide pt r o at t a h n e d 2 lo 3 g d o e f x l i a s s te t d mo b n e t t h we t e h n e them. There is nothin g to The ments of the armies . dded as to further move and9* d h e Federalacco m p l A i s r h m e d y so o Alexandria Rail way d e struction of the Orange thoroughly that it is ex - h " be en P e °ted t the Potomac will not be ably weeks or a month to Com e , e ` ci t :_advance for three himself of this u Lee will respi te pro- Burnside or to see ( . eithe r to march a b g a a b i l n y s a t vail reinforcements to Bragg. President Lincoln has bravely with stood the 4 i p re r f e n s s s e u d re tn ri o r f e th o e v r ssee r i e abid Republicans o f M . General Schofield fr om his ' a nd mand at their request or dictation. He is not e c a ° , nl , s l fled that the Lawrence massac re can with any itkui_ tic° be ascribed to any remissness or connivance on the part of the military authorities, and cannot be lieve that Scholefield purposely withheld protecti on from loyal people, and countenanced the violence of the disloyal. Ho approves General Scholefield's exertions to proven t a counter-raid into Missouri by the Kansas boys as the only way of avoiding indiscri minate mass_cres. The President has the approval of the moderate ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Dr. SAUNDERS gave notice of a motion he in tended to bring forward at the next Court, that the attention of the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospi tal be directed to the vacant piece of land at the back of Newington Church as an olegible site for the erection of the new hospital. The Court then adjourned. The Dripping Well at Knaresborough. I entered the enclosure where the well is with a certain amount of fear, lest I myself should in a moment be con verted into stone by this modern wholesale statue maker; bat I summoned up courage and knocked at the door. It was opened by a civil Yorkshire lassie, and we saw before us this far-famed curiosity —a massive frowning rock, over which a perpetual shower of water fell incessantly into the beautiful clear pool below, with a musical and somewhat melancholy sound. About half way down, on the face of the rock, were suspen d e d a num b er of curious-look lug objects. I asked the girl to explain them. She at once began, with a true Yorkshire accent and with wonderful volubility of tongue, " There you will see a pump. kin and a stocking, a squirrel and a stock-dove, a small hotter and a fledge"; (hedge-hog), a branch and a pheasant, a man's hat and a sponge, a moss basket and a bird's nest, a weasel and a stocking." " For goodness' sake my girl, gently gently, say it over again," but she was gone; other visitors knocked at the door ; they also came down to where we were standing, and the girl began again, "a pump kin and a stocking, a small hotter and a nedgeog" down to the stocking at the end of the sentence. We then left the girl and looked about for ourselves. The fact is, that the rocks about Knaresborough are composed of magnesian limestone, and the lime becomes dissolved in spring water— so highly charged indeed is it with mineral matter that in a gallon of water there are of carbonate of lime 23 parts, sul phate of magnesia 11 parts, and sulphate of lime 132 parts, and a pint weighs 24 grains heavier than common water. The water seems willing enough to get rid of its mineral burdens, and anything, therefore, placed within its reach, so to say, it converts into stone, like the Gorgon's head on the shield of Minerva. The owners of the well have taken advantage of this fact, and hung up miscellaneous objects which are ordinarily supposed to be converted into stone. This is not, however, actually the case ; they are merely covered over with a coating of stone-like material, which, of course, takes the form of the objects which it encrusts. I have now before me a moor-hen and a " nedgeog" from the well at Knaresborough. The form of these creatures is not, as may be imagined, very well pres erved. The hedgehog reminds one much of the hedgehogs made of sponge-eake which one sees in the pastrycook's shop. I have made a section of my fossil moorhen, and found the stony coating very hard indeed, and much like in appear. ance, as indeed it is in composition, to the fur which is found inside ordinary tea.kettles. The feathers, bones, &c., of the bird have almost disappeared from decay, The cast, however, of it is accurately taken by the deposit from the.well. I have also a wig, but this is a terribly shapeless mass, and very fragile. In the showroom of the hotel by the well are many really beautifully specimens of encrustrations, particularly the birds' nests and a pheasant, where the form is accurately preserved. There is also a badger, which would form an ex cellent museum specimen, for the traces of the rough hair are distinctly perceptible, even though it is one solid mass of stone. I have also a bird's nest or two—thrushes, linnets, and other small birds—the eggs in them. Both eggs and nests are hard and solid, in fact, a perfect mass of heavy stone, and very pretty ornaments for the drawing room they are, I have broken one of these eggs, and find the egg shell bright and white inside its stone-like cover. We found just been brou amplev proofs of the wonderful medusa-like power of this a ' s e o r. A . mass of leaves, moss, sticks, &c., had evidently ctornenirewthime been blown together by the wind up in the on a marble to ere we found them. 'We could see the individual ranches, &c., as plain as though they had objects were these, ande'm leaves, moss b leaf— no ; it wallabt h there, but when I attempted to remo rt;:tteildellowaTt tombstone fir ,most as solid as a wreak A beautiful more stri kir • outstretched, and d eformed up under the well.— ve a .n carved ,up of natural 4 than the hideous, otocktng we saw hung .„!!&44, in the Queen, Tl 3 +' SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1863. men of all parties in the line of conduct he adopted between the ruthless factions now distracting Mis souri. The Radicals of that State will not be easily put down, nevertheless, and the time has perhaps come when their " Committees of Public Safety" will resort to violence and take the law into their own hands. Already Governor Gamble, the President's nominee—who, like Scholefield is charged with lukewarmness in the good cause," and worse than suspected of a leaning to rebels, Southern sympa thizers, &o.,—has called upon the central Govern ment for protection against personal violence. Mis souri is ripe for mischief, and the anarchy which reigns throughout the provinces is not unlikely soon to reach the principal city. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. TUE RAISING OF HOLBORN VALLEY. A Special Court of Common Council was held yes terday in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion-house for the purpose of receiving a report from the Im provement Committee upon the subject of the im portant metropolitan improvement of altering the present dangerous thoroughfare of Holborn-hill, by raising what is called the Holborn valley, and also to consider the propriety of taking such steps as may be deemed expedient by the Court for prose cuting a bill in the ensuing session of Parliament for effecting the improvement contemplated. The Lord Mayor presided, and there was a very full attendance of members of the Court, the ques tion being one of considerable public importance. Deputy FRY, in bringing up the report, which had been printed and circulated, said he was sure that every gentleman present felt deep anxiety on the important question that was about to be brought before them. (Hear, hear.) He said it was unne cessary to waste any time in descanting on the cry ing evil that had existed for so long a period, or in observing upon the necessity of remedying that evil. Many plans had been suggested, but the evil still existed ; and he believed they would ail agree with him that the time had come when it was absolutely necessary for the public interest that something should be done. (Hear, hear.) In consequence of the advertisements issued by the committee 84 gen tlemen sent in plans and designs for making the pro posed alteration, and he could not help expressing the high sense entertained by the committee of the very great talent exhibited by these gentlemen, and the labour and cost they had expended in prepar ing these plans and designs, and thanking them most sincerely for the trouble they had taken. (Hear, hear.) The total number of plans sent in was 105, and the committee—being of course somewhat bewildered by having so great a number of plans to take into consideration—felt it was necessary to have professional assistance, and they applied to Mr. Haywood, the engineer to the Commissioners of Sewers, to assist them. That gentleman had sent in plans of his own for effecting the alteration, but he, in the most honourable and liberal manner, withdrew these plans from their consideration, and placed himself at the service of the committee; but he thought it right to say that he in no way inter fered with the decision arrived at by the committee in reference to the plans submitted to them, or on the decision they ultimately arrived at. He then proceeded to explain that the committee, after due consideration, raduced the number of plans to 48, and this number they divided into nine classes, and they afterwards reduced this number to 4. Deputy Fry, after entering into some details, said that by the plan recommended by the committee Skinner street and Holborn-hill would be entirely removed, and a fine new street erected from Newgate-street to Hatton -garden, or higher up if necessary, upon the high level road ; and he said he believed that this proposition would meet all the difficulties that at present existed, and that the plan was one in con formity with the present intention of the act of Par iiament, and which would undoubtedly receive the sanction of the Legislature. He concluded by stating that he did not consider it necessary to go into further details; but he would simply observe that the public were anxiously watching the pro ceedings of the corporation of London in reference to this important question, and that it was neces sary this Court should agree with the recommen dation of the committee, in order that the necessary plans might be at once prepared, and the formal notices given, so that a bill might be brought before Parliament in the ensuing session. He concluded by moving that the report of the committee should be agreed to. (Hear.) The TOWN CLERK put the motion to the Court, which was at once unanimously agreed to. It may be s t a t e d as t o t h e mo d e o f making the proposed alteration as included in class 1, in which there are three candidates, namely, Mr. Frederick Marrable, Mr. T. C. S or b y , an d M r . It. Bell, it will be left for further consideration to decide which of the plan s w ill b e u l t i mately carr i ed out , an d which of the competitors are entitled to the premiums o £250 and £l5O offered by the Corporation rape tively for the two best plans submitted to them. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE, Mr. Joseph Love, one of the proprietors of the'collieries, in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" The first cause of complaint is the discharge of 12 men from Oakenshaw Colliery. These men received 14 days' notice, according to agreement, but the Union men-, in commencing the strike, ceased work without a moment's notice ; therefore they are the originators of the strike, and are answerable for all the miseries such an act may entail, It is also stated ' their conduct has been marked by the greatest order,' I will leave you to judge of this from the fol lowing circumstance :—The men first commenced to reduce their labour to 3s. per day, then to ls, 3d., after which I gave 14 days' notice to the Brandon men ; they at once commenced the strike, using intimidation to influence the men at the coke ovens to give up their work also. This was on Friday; on Saturday they went to `Millington Oakenshaw, and Brancepeth with colours and music, and succeeded in influencing both pitmen and men at the ovens to give up work, without a moment's notice, at all those collieries. One of their grievances was as to the contents of the tub in use, and their statements were entirely false ; the contents of the tub, which the owners require of the men, are the contents they pay to the landlord, with an allowance of 281 b. to the men before a tub is confiscated. This has been the custom for 20 years. They state if a tub comes to bank deficient by accident it is forfeited. This is incorrect. In such a case the tub comes to bank with a cer tain mark denoting accident. They also state that, if a tub is deficient, the landlord loses the tub as well as the men. This is untrue ; the landlord receives full pay for all deficient tubs ; hence he is a gainer and not a loser in such a case. And then it is stated that 6d, is given to the person whose duty it is to confiscate a deficient tub. Now, I dispute if there was ever such a thing Known in the coal trade; at any rate, I never knew or heard of such a thing. I would here remark that all fines levied in our collieries are devoted to charitable purposes among our own workmen, and never once has one penny gone to the pockets of the owners; therefore we have no interest in enforcing fines, except for discipline, or carrying out the regulations of the collieries. There has also been a misunderstanding as to the 281 b. allowed to the workmen before a tub is confiscated. If a tub is deficient 271 b. the man receives full pay, as though the tub was quite full, and many men have worked a num ber of years and have never lost one tub from deficient weight. A great deal of misrepresentation has been made as to the difference between weight and measure. The only reason the owners prefer measure to weight is because it is more simple, easier done, and a saving of time, as measure, once ascertained, is weight. But for the great difficulty in carrying out weight the owners would much prefer it, and if the men had applied for such a change, without advance of price, it would have been granted on application. I have now done so. The true origin of the strike is an advance of wages from 20 to 25 per cent. This the men have demanded in our col. lieries, and I state, without fear of contradiction, that a good workman, in an average place upon any of our collieries, can make ss. and upwards in eight hours'. This is the standard by which I fix the price in every colliery. I have taken the average wages of 20 men for the last six fortnights at Bran don Colliery, and find it upwards of £3 net to each man per fortnight. The advance asked would increase that average to nearly £4 a fortnight. This is a model colliery for com fortable houses and gardens, and many of those houses have coat the owne rs £BO each. The workmen are much better rewarded for their labour than the owners are for their capi tal on this colliery, and, as it is a less evil to lay the colliery in than to comply with their request, I have done so. I would also add that the men in the west district are better rewarded for their labour than the coalowners are for their capital. Any advanceis impracticable, much less the demand of 20 to 25 per cent, ; and, however long the men may be able to stand out, the masters have no alternative but to resist. I have been asked to assign my reasons for opposing the Union upon our collieries. With your permission I beg to do so, I oppose it because it interferes both with the freedom of the master and servant, and consequently leads to a system of tyranny. It denies the right of the master to choose or re move his servant, unless at the Expense of the stoppage of his works. This is ono of the fundamental articles of the Union, and is now carried out upon Inkerman colliery, near Tow Law. When the owners gave notice to two men, about a month ago, a deputation waited upon the agent to say that if these men were not continued upon the works they would lay the colliery in. The agents had to withdraw the notices in order to prevent the stoppage of the colliery. A few days afterwards, the same agent having had occasion to set on some fresh men, the deputation already alluded to again waited upon the agent, and said that if he continued to set more men on they would all stop work. Now, I would ask, is it within the range of possibility to conduct public works under such a system of dictation anc tyranny ? And yet this is the universal practice where the Union is established. When I gave notice to men upon our collieries whom I con sidered dangerous to the peaceable working of the collieries I was given to understand this—that if these men were dis missed they would all cease to work. This is the result of the working of the Union wherever it is established. The Union Committee dictates all terms, both for agents and men, and many men submit as reluctantly to their terms as the agents do, but from fear are compelled, and the agents from necessity. This is the power the delegates are deter rained to possess—viz,, the entire control of the working of the collieries, to dictate terms, prices, and the quantity of work done. Under such a state of uncertainty owners would not dare to make those prospective sales necessary for the regular working of the colliery, as they could have no cer tainty on the amount of produce. For instance, the Brandon men, at the dictation of the Union Committee, reduced their labour (and some of them were working for as much as ss. Gd. per day) without a moment's notice to the owners of their intention. After a few days at 3s. per day they made a further reduction to Is. 3d. per day, and about three days afterwards they stopped the colliery. Under such a system of uncertainty as 1 have described any person may easily see the impossibility of owners entering into large contracts, by which alone they can successfully work a coke colliery. Hundreds of men who were in our employ have been applied to by our agents to resume their work, and many of them have expressed their anxiety to do so, but were afraid of the Union men, We promised them protection; they replied that after the strike was over they threaten to drive the blacklegs out of the country. Is this a state of things for any considerate man to tolerate ? And yet there never was a Union established among pitmen without such threats and consequences, Every colliery, sir, has its own peculiarities ; but it can matter little to the workman in what was the work is dote provided he is fully remunerated for his labour. I believe no pitmen in the county have been better rewarded for their labour than those upon Straker and Love's collieries, and no collieries are safer, being free from gas. I would here state that if any of the delegates could prove to me that any colliery in the district is better paid than ours, I should make ours the same as that colliery. I am prepared to pay equal wages to any in the trade, and I fully believe I have always done so ; the fact was stated at their public meeting, and none attempted to dispute it. I have already said that a good workman can make ss. per day within eight hours. I shall be glad to be called on to prove this by facts ; if so, they cannot justly complain that they are not paid for their labour. If it be asked why the delegates have attempted to stop our collieries first, the rea sons I have heard from reports at their own meetings are that our works being so extensive, and being under large contracts to the blast furnaces, that if the men were firm they might force us up to any price or terms, as we dare not let our works stop, owing to the fear of the parties coming upon us for damages for non. fulfilment of contracts. Also, our works being large, if they could succeed in bringing us up, they could easily bring up every other colliery in the district. It is stated that I have fixed a standard that the tub cannot bring to bank. This would be extremely foolish. I have fixed the standard paid to the landlord at Brandon at a less weight than we paid last year; but, as we new propose to work by weight, the standard is a matter that can be easily ad justed. Th e p u bli c express great sympathy for the families ejected from their houses at this season of the year, and properly so if the parties ejected had no choice. But no person is ejected without the question being asked, " Will you resume your work or give up your house ?" If they consent to go to work, of course they remain in the house; if they refuse the owners have no alternative, as the houses are necessary for the working of the colliery. Other men come l ca n cannot a t e b l e e n g g o t a aw thoseit he ut the men houses remain to live t i he place. and n T n h o er e e f w a r i e l until they are removed, it is impossible to get the colliery to work. The men know this, and remain in their houses to accomplish their object. I have received a document from each colliery, stating the advance price wished, but at the close of each document it is stated " We demand the resto ration of each dismissed man before we start work." Thus they would compel the master to employ men of whom he disapproves. If the owners submit to this they must give up the control of the collieries to the men. The strike has now assumed such a magnitude that it has induced many persons to express their opinions in the cliffs- rent papers. The want of experience and knowledge of such persons in pit matters leads them to very erroneous conclu- sions, and as my name has been so freely spoken of by the public, I think it my duty to lay before them a b r i e f state _ ment of facts from the commencement of the strike. The value and extent of the works over which I have thesu;er: vision aro too extensive and important, as I have :already said, for me to hand over to the management of delegates and committees, which is, I repeat, the great object the con ductors of the union labour to acquire. They appointed a committee upon each of our collieries, and their duty was to issue orders to the men when they were to work and when not to work, how much to work, and what way to work. Upon the knowledge of such proceedings, and not being disposed to yield my powers to such committees, I gave all those men 14 days' notice. Deputations waited upon me and gave me to understand that if those men were not continued th ey would V stop the collieries ; and knowing that t o b e th e l eas t o f ev il s , I d ec li ne d t o w ithd raw the notic*s. They th e n sent in a written document from all the coil; e.„ies, advar stating the advance they demanded, which co upon our present workings would amount to about '1 . 0,000 a year. At the close of each document is placed, "We demand the restoration of every dismissed man." A deputation waited for my reply. I told them I could give no advance of price, neither could I continue those men under notice. If they were dissatisfied, all I desired was our usual notice. This they declined. They then reduced their labour, as I have before stated to 3s. per day, then to la, 31, and three days after ceased work without any notice. A large number of the men were wishful to work, but they were intimidated, and said if they could get protection they would work. We then got a large police force, and a num ber of men went to work at Oakenshaw, Brancepeth, and Willington pits. The working of these pits inflamed the worst of passions in both men and women. The annoyance and insults passed upon the men going to and front work became so brutal and vile that many of them could not pos sibly endure it, and ceased to work, for while they were at work their wives and children had to fasten themselves into their houses. The remaining men that continued their work then waited upon my agent, and said unless those families were removed they must cease to work, as they could no longer endure such persecution. Thus a choice of evils was placed before me—either to eject those families, or the col lieries must be finally stopped. Of course, I decided upon what I considered the least evil. We gave sufficient notice of our intentions to remove them to any place they might wish to go to. We also offered horses and waggons to remove their furniture; but they gave us to understand that they would not remove from the place. As this is their principle, to compel the owners to eject them, that they may secure the sympathies of the public, I was informed the committee of the union had mode arrangements for all the ejected fami lies previous to their being turned out; but they were urged upon to place themselves in the most pitiable condi tion, to cast odium upon the masters, and to create sym pathy for themselves. But for that motive they would all have been housed on or before the day of ejection. I appeal to any reasonable, disinterested person, whether it was a greater nil to eject 38 obnoxious families from Sunnybrew, or to stop a colliery in full operation, giving employment to a large number of people. The latter would have been a real calamity upon well-disposed people; the former wa self-inflicted, and could have been avoided, but for the sake of creating public sympathy, as there is accommodation for twice the number of people we turned out within a very short distance from thy spot. The same remarks apply to Oakenshaw. Everything that I could invent has been done to prevent the evils of the strike. No ejectments would have been sanctioned, but they were found necessary to pre vent greater evils, viz., the stoppage of three collieries which are now at work. Since the ejectments the work has in creased instead of being stopped. The ejectment was the evil of a day or two, but the stoppage of three collieries might have been for months. The number of those ejected is but a small portion to those who are in full and good em ployment; and to show that nothing has been done out of resentment at Brandon Colliery, where the men have shown the greatest hostility, I have allowed them to remain in their houses, as I did not see by ejecting them a sufficient prospect of getting the colliery to work. When the number of houses we have upon our collieries is considered, the number ejected bear but a small proportion to the number of union-men who live in our houses and refuse to work. Some of your contemporaries have expressed great better ness against us for using the power of ejectment; but if we do not use that power how can we gain possession of our property ? It is the only means we have, and has always been enforced. If once understood by the union men that coalowners were intimidated by the public not to use this power, we should have no end of strikes, for it is the only protection we have. The houses are as necessary for work ing a colliery as the engine, and if the union-men are al lowed to keep possession of the houses they could effectu ally stop any colliery, and as long as they chose, If there is any odium due against the firm of Messrs. Strakers and Love for the ejections, such odium must fall upon myself, as the Messrs. Strakers have nothing to do with the ma nagement of the collieries. I defy any man to prove that I am the author of any unkind action, unless done to prevent greater evils. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—On grounds of policy, no less than on grounds of justice, it was right that the doctrines laid down i 4 the Alexandra case should be recon sidered. Whether the Foreign Enlistment Act be regarded as a municipal statute, or as an applica tion of a municipal sanction to an obligation of in ternational morality, the whole nation is concerned in the construction put upon it. It is the country in its capacity of a sovereign State which is the real plaintiff; it is the country in its capacity of a coal marcial community which is the real defendant. Where such interests are at stake no uncertainty in the law, nor even the suspicion of such uncer- ,ainty, ought to be tolerated. It would have been a grievous misfortune—nay, more, it would have been a disgrace to our system of juris prudence, it a judicial statement which has been so much criticized, and a verdict which has failed to command anything like general assent, affecting as they do the public character and private rights of the British people, had not been subjected to solemn revision. It is greatly to be lamented that the Lord Chief Baton and the Attorney-General were unable to agree upon the terms of a bill of ex ceptions. Such a bill ought properly to be drawn up on the spot and before the verdict is given, while the points to which objection is taken are still fresh in the memory of judge and counsel. It is but fair to say that this course was proposed by the late Attorney-General, that it was resisted, but only for the sake of convenience, by the Lord Chief Baron, who professed himself ready to accept any bill of exceptions which the Crown might tender, and that it was not for want of repeated applications on the part of Sir W. Atherton and Sir B. Palmer that the substance of the bi!l was not settled before the Judge left the Court. It is fair, on the other hand, to point out that the Lord Chief Baron protested at the time, as he still protests, against the moaning attached to his words, and would probably have declinedthen to sign the form which has since been tendered to him. This untoward conflict of impressions having arisen, there was, of course, no alternative but to abandon the bill of exceptions, and to move simply for a new trial. Here, however, a new difficulty arose upon two questions relating to the right of appeal, in else the motion should be fruitless. Into these questions we need not enter now. It is enough to say that the rule nisi for a new trial has been granted, 'and that the whole matter will be fully discussed before the Court of Exchequer. If the Attorney-General shall succeed in satisfying the Bench either that the verdict was perverse, whether as contrary to the evidence or as unsnstained by the evidence, or that the Chief Baron's direc tion was erroneous, whether positively or by reassn of its inadequacy, the suit will be tried over again. If the decison of the Court should be ad verse to the Crown as to the alleged default of the jury, that part of the case will be at an end, but there would still be an appeal against the alleged misdirection, provided the Chief Baron acknowledges the language imputed to him, and i s supporte d b y his brethren in ratifying it. In the meantime we are not without the means of forming an independent opinion upon the controversy which has been carried on with some degree of warmth for the last three days between the Attorney-General and the Court of Ex chequer. It is the more important that we should do so because the disputed expressions go to the very root of the subject regulated by the Foreign Eolist naent Act. That statute, than which the unscholarlike subtlety of legal draughtsmen, never constructed one more elaborately slovenly, is confessedly modelled upon one passed in the preceding year by the Ameri can Congress. Without the knowledge of this fact we might despair of co ns t ru i ng t h e f amous 7th section upon any grammatical principle. As it stands, it appears to prohibit two things—the equipment of transport or store ships " with intent" that they should be employed in the service of foreign Powers, and the equipment of any ships " with intent" to cruise or commit hostilities against foreign Powers in amity with her Majesty. It would thus impli citly legalise the equipment of ships of war for the very purposes interdicted to store ships, and prevent the equipment of these last even where they might not be intended to annoy a friendly State. Such an interpretation would obviously be an ab surdity; but it is only by comparing this 7th section with the 3d of the American Act that we learn the true origin of the confusion in our own. There nothing is said of transport or store ships, and the cruising or committing hostilities is so clearly connected with the illegal fitting out for the service of a foreign Power as to leave no doubt what the object of our Legislature was in framing a parallel but somewhat more comprehensive clause. This object may be shortly expressed thus,—No one shall, within British dominions, directly or in directly, " equip, furnish, fit out, or arm" a vessel to be used as a transport ship, a store ship, or a ship of war, by one foreign belligerent against another in amity with the Queen, on pain of fine and imprisonment, as well as of forfeiture. Another branch of the same section is directed against com missioning ships with a like intention. Now, how was this applied by the Chief Baron to the case of the Alexandra? She was seized by the Government before she was completed, and therefore before any armament had been put on board of her, but not before she had assurnea proportions unsuited to a merchant ship and eminently fitted for a gunboat. There was sufficient evidence of her destination to be laid, as it was laid, before the jury. Had it been left to them with no other comment than that with which the Chief Baron concluded, embodying the very words of the statute, no exception could have been taken, Such, however, was not the fact. Be fore putting the question in this form be carefully explained that the " object of the statute" was to obviate the possibility of a hostile collision between ships built in our own dockyards for different Powers, and putting to sea at the same time. Nor was this all. He referred to Webster's Dictionary to show that equipping, furnishing, fitting-out, and arming are identical, and continued, in words . which we quote from the report of theofficiali shtobrt hand writer I cwn that my opinion is Pre s at i ' equip,' 'furnish,' fit out,' or ' arm,' all ea cisely the same thing." is true that m this pas sage was followed by a qua lification, ba vsa s a a ls l o e followed by a declaration that the 1. We cannot dt and of the Alabama was pertectis: 14y mugt ha so re -0.1 daub' that such obiter dieta,it t garded, produced tie saute i m pression on the jury which they certainly produced on the public. That impression was, that, inasmuch as the Alexandra was " in the course of building for the purpose of being delivered in pursuance of a contract," and was not actually armed, the intent of the parties engaged in the transaction, and whether they were " attempting" or not to do an unlawful act, was of no consequence in the eye of the law. While this clause is still awaiting judicial interpretation, it may be worth while to notice one important dis tinction between the Alexandra case and some of the analog es which have been suggested. The right of neutral merchants to deal, even in contra band of war, with belligerent purchasers is gene rally admitted. Even this has been disputed by eminent jurists, but the preponderance of authority is in favour of the principle laid down by the Chief Baron, that neutrals may sell or export to bellige rents munitions of war (and even armed vessels, ac cording to Story), subject to the right of seizure in transitu. The right of the neutral merchant to ex port, and of the belligercntPower to seize, have been described as conflicting rights, and the assistance given by the former to the enemy of the latter has been held no breach of international law. But it is quite the same thing when the subject of a sale, being a ship of war, is designed to be employed in hostile operation without being taken into any port of the belligerent Power on the behalf of which it is built ? May not this be what Lord Stowell calls a "proximate act of war?" Is it not manifest that by such a ruse neutral territory is made the basis and starting point of a naval expedition, and the right of the other belligerent to seize in transitu entirely defeated ? If the Tycoon of Japan, for in stance, were at war with us, and were to procure and import steamers from France, we should have no cause of complaint against the French Govern ment ; bilt should we endure without remonstrance the depredations of Japanese Alexandras issuing from French ports in the English Channel ? Con siderations of this kind are not, indeed, legal ar guments, and we do not offer them as such, but they may serve to illustrate the difference between the bona fide sale and the equipment of vessels. If the Alexandra should be condemned after all, there is no reason to fear that the legitimate business of our shipbulilders will be injured or obstructed in the slightest degree. POST.—The anticipations which, a week since, were entertained of a renewal of active hostilities in Virginia prove to be groundless. The Confede rate forces have again retired to the south of the Rappahannock, and the relative positions in which the rival armies have stood for some months past have been restored. Gen. Lee has no doubt exer cised a sound discretion in contenting himself with having inflicted a heavy loss upon the Federal army, and embarrassed its operations by the destruction of a considerable portion of the line of rail by which it has hitherto received its supplies. On the other hand, the Grand Army of the Potomac is in no position to assume the offensive. The Confederates have chosen to retire, and, in the absence of opposi tion, the Federals will quietly return to their pre vious encampments. The Southern accounts of the recent operations which have now reached us afford no indication of the motives which induced Lee to assume the offensive. The destruction of the Orange and Alexandra Railroad is, however, regarded as in itself adequately repaying the Confederate general for his advance into Northern Virginia, and at Washington it is conceded that the damage done by the Confederates will have the effect of precluding attempts during the present year to advance on Richmond by Gordonville and Culpepper. It is not improbable that the diversion may have been dictated by a desire to insure, at least for some little time, the inactivity of Gen. Meade's forces, and thus enable the Confederate Commander-in-Chief to re inforce Bragg in Tennessee. Longstreet's division did good service at the battle of Chattanooga, and returned to the Rapidan to take part in the late operations. 'I he experiment of weakening the army covering Richmond probably appeared to Gen. Lee too hazardous to be ventured on a second time, with out in the first instancestriking such a blow as would render an advance by the invading army extremely hazardous. It is reported at Washington that the Confederate general has already despatched two of the divisions of his army into Tennessee, and that with the remainder ho proposes to hold the line of the Rapidan against any forces which under exist ing disadvantages Meade may be enabled to bring against him. This, although extremely probable, is, however, mere conjecture, as the Confederates invariably arrange their plans with such secresy, and execute them with such rapidity, as to leave their opponents in ignorance of their movements until they have actually taken place. That Bragg needs reinforcements if the victory of Chattanooga is to be turned to account is tolerably evident. No attempt has been made to dislodge Rosencranz from his present position ; and, indeed, if General Long street's assistance was necessary to enable the Con federates to defeat the Federal forces in a pitched battle, similar aid would be still more essential now when attacking an army fighting behind entrench ments. However, the Confederates have at least gained this advantage that both in Tennessee and in Virginia they have compelled the Northern armies to content themselves with acting on the defensive. The tide of invasion, though not actu ally rolled back, has at least for the present been effectually stemmed. We know from experience that it is useless to address to the American nation arguments which have been often repeated and pro nounced incontrovertible by impartial observers on this side of the Atlantic. It is idle to attempt to demonstrate that the American Union can never be restored in its original integrity in the face of a blind and obstinate assertion that it can. It is useless to point to Virginia, and to the armies which for upwards of two years and a half have marched and countermarched over the narrow strip of ground which separates Richmond from Wash ington, and to ask by what means the North pro poses to acquire the absolute dominion of a terri tory whose area is measured by hundreds of thou sands of square miles. To arguments the North has always given one uniform reply : Europe knows nothing of what is going on in America; rebellion is on its last legs ; insurrection is virtually at an end ; the Federal arms are everywhere triumph ant ; the spasmodic, and (as must be confessed), in some instances, successful struggle made by the armies of the South, are but the flickering of a taper before it is quenched in darkness. Nor is it a.one in the field that the established Government has secured the smiles of fortune; never were the loy al States more prosperous, never was trade more brisk. Whilst the rebels in Richmond and Charleston are being reduced to beggary, the loyal citizens of Washington and New York are amassing fortunes. In a word, the population of the North, if the self constituted exponents of their opinions are to be trusted, were never happier or more contented than at present; never more zealous for the re-establish ment of the Union, and never possessed ampler means for effecting the realisation of their wishes. Under such circumstances America cannot help feeling amazed that Europe should entertain doubts of the re-establishment of the Union. Until there is an agreement as to the facts which furnish the premises of an argument, it is useless to attempt to dispute. We understand wealth, happiness, con tentment, and freedom in a different sense from our American kinsmen ; or, what comes to the same thing,we entertain a different opinion of what goes to constitute them. But, however wealthy or wise, however happy or contented, the population of the Northern States may be, there can be no excuse for their halting in the progress of that meritorious work in which they are at present engaged. If the Union is to be re-established, if the Northern and Southern States are, as previously, to constitute a single Republic, if, above all, some three or four millione of human beings are to be relieved from a state of bondage, surely the sooner all this is done the better. A state of war is not preferable to one of peace; and, however prosperous the loyal States may be at present, it is not pretended that their prosperity would not be enhanced on the suppres sion of the existing revolt. Why, then, does the North, with its vast wealth and boundless resources, hesitate to strike the final blow ? Why is a con clave of traitors still permitted to assemble within a hundred and fifty miles of the capital ? Why does a proclamation which gave freedom to the slaves of every disloyal citizen. still remain a dead letter ? These are questions to which, in common consistency, the Federal Government should furnish some replies. If the Northern population and the Northern resources are what Mr. Lincoln's Admini stration boldly declare them to be, then there , is in n!) excuse for not bringing the war to a speedyot wte r h . a l nation. If they are not, then let us ask I avail is it to uphold a deception which, sooner whoare o r later, must entail ruin upon all t ho parties to it. THE SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS. —This week there has been a general advance in wages at the majority South Wales Ironworks to the puddlers, ballers, and other s o a r r k e s skilled workmen. The rise at the p m lo a y j e o d r is 10 per cent. on the whole scale, while at some two or t w he or w k three of the works the advance has only been 5 and 74 per cent. The labourers and others em also to receive a rise, but the exact amount h as d e cided on by all the masters , not yet been N- LADYE ItTlSEMENT.J—Holloway' s P ills and Ointment.-- Nature'sor to-day ay disease, Monitor.—Pain i s the indicator of sone disorder o and should nev er be neglected, foe the pain of may prove the a gony of to-morrow. Holloway's medicaments stand pre- em i nently forward, and are every wheret commended, for quickly removing all maladies when the least uneasiness has discovered their seat and kind. These remedies so purify the blood and regulate its circu lation that every organ acts perfectly, and every secretion is natural, which is health, and may be secured by every invalid at a tr;ffing outlay. The purpose of Holloway's re medies is to mitigate suffering, abolish pain, and extinguish disease; and they nobly offt;ct this object, One trial will convince the roost sceptical. COUNTRY MARKETS. ____,,...-...- LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. - _ At this day's market we had a moderate attendance both of millers and dealers. There was a fair demand for all descriptions of wheat, which fully supported the prices cur rent on Tuesday last. Flour held for 6d per barrel higher, but buyers were not disposed to comply. Barley a slow sale, at late rates. Oats and oatmeal steady. Beans and peas at Gd per quarter over Tuesday's rates. Indian corn dull of sale. STAMFORD—FniDAY. White wheat, 40s to 42s ; red, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 35s to 38s; grinding, 31s to 30s per qr• Oats, 18s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to 42s per qr.; new, 34s to 365. WAKEFIELD-FRIDAY. The wheat trade is firm to-day, with a moderate show. Last Friday's rates were fully maintained. Barley a slow sale. Oats, beans, and shelling unchanged, CORK--FRIDAY. - - - The following were the quotations this morning. :—Red wheat, 7s 3d to 8s 9d; white, 7s 3d to Os 3d , barley, 5 3 Od to 8s Od ; oats, 5s Od to 6s Cd ; black do., 4s 4d to 5s 61. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. No change of any importance in the character of our corn market to-day. s. d. s. d. I Wheat, white 23 0 to 25 0 Do., red 2O 0 to 23 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s. d. 5. d. Beans.. - O Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal ll 6 to 13 0 Bakers' flour Indian. corn BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. There has been a good business doing here at prices fully is per cwt. higher than last week. Refiners' produce sells freely at is advance. COAL h Frioes of Coal per Ton al .ARKET. the close of the market. s. d. Bower's West Hartley.l6 6 Byass's Bebside West a. (I* Hartley 16 6 Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 16 3 Norton's Anthracite 22 0 Eden Main .. ... 18 0 Wylam 17 6 Cowpen Hartley 16 6 Haswell Gas l4 6 Ships at mark Walls End. Ttmstall •• •• • • l7 3 Hetton 20 0 Riddell ... .17 6 Acorn Close ..17 6 Haswell 2O 0 Trimclon Hartlepool 19 9 Heugh Hall 18 6 South Kelloe . 18 6 Braddyll's Hetton 18 9 South Hetton ...20 0 East Hartlepool 20 0 t, 62 ; sold, 52. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. -N Railways. 1863. 1862. Belfast and N, Counties . 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 1 Cork and Youghal . 321 821 Cornwall 651 Mt .... ... Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath 1863. 1862 £ £ 2,053 2,022 662 647 1,769 1,459 6,234 6,11 4 16 805 16,1 , 87 325 243 381 375 152 108 351 287 1,530 1,23 1 253 26Z 1,453 1,557 1,839 1.7 10 205 11 9 2,119 2,10 5 8,591 7.519 Dub. & Wicklow and Wexl d 5ll 48& Edinburgh and Glasgow l69} 164 Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 Furness, &c 5O 51 2,613 2,777 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 351 851 31,898 34,750 . . Great North of Scotland 6B 58 1,670 1,573 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 565 515 453 gt.Soutlin. & Westn.(irind.) 3731 329 8,111 8,09} Great Western 10564 10321 59,254 60.527 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 864 1,492 1,' , 8 5. Inverness & Perth Janction 1194 - 1,312 -„ Irish North-Western 145 145 1,588 1,04 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3954 33,668 32.8 09 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 170 210 Limerick and Foynes 264 264 146 1 54 Llanelly 461 461 567 4 3 ' London & North-Western London and Blackwall 6/ 6 1,760 1,81 2 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 241 18,184 20,52 0 London, Chatham, & Dover 7 24 724 5,140 3 917 Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 54 1,220 200 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend slan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 94 1,122 1,0 ,8 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,505 1,12 6 Metropolitan 32 - 1,828 -- Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6141 44,498 41,046 Midland Gt.Westn. of Wild 2591 1 924 4,4;0 4, 30 1 Monkland 7 14 714 1,623 1,38* Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,515 2, 379 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10771 56,393 52, 54+ , North London 9 9 3,278 3, 09 ' North Sta ff ordshire 254 252 8,600 7,9 6 8 Oswestry and Newton Rhymney 194 194 1,010 906 St. Helen's Canal &Railway 52 52 2,016 2, 04 q Scottish Central 7 e Scottish North-Eastern l3B 132 ,;°° 4 4,869 4 Somerset and Dorset 66 394 629 3 4,1 South Devon ... - ..... South-Eastern 306 306 20,762 22,317 Taff Yale 57 55 5,837 4. 3 7„; Ulster 644 51 2,102 1. 837 Vale of C1wyd......... lO 10 158 1 69 ,, Vale of Neath 324 254 2,307 1.659 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 847 361 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,799 1,728 West Cornwall 274 274 730 711 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 4B 48 4,631 3,287 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 6.3 336 Whitehaven J unction l2 12 1008 713 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 800 5 01 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. tintwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 , 1,493 1, 116 Austrian B2B 828 34,251 4!,01 5 Belgian Eastern Junction 2 264 372 339 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 1324 1,414 1,4 09 , Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1614 2,772 2, 28 ' Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 6 343 4,91 5 , Dutch Rhenish .... - lOBl 1084 4,1564 4.6 24 Eastern of France... . 1167 1081 54,876 54,5 34 East Indian ... . 609 362 11,215 On Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 19,523 19, 14 ' Great Indian Peninsula 5384 4371 6,527 5, 150 Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,439 4,4 1 2 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 13,337 13,64/ Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 490 18,077 17,6 03 Northern of Canada Northern of France 725 725 58,679 54,77 6 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1676 154,478 141,3 50 Paris and Orleans 1614 1434 69,569 63,19 3 Pernambuco 774 - 485 700 Sambre Royal Danish 69 69 710 7v; Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,538 1,5 1 4 South Austrian Southern of France ....-.... 770 680 28,440 27,25 8 Victorian 196 151 7,525 4,776 Welland West Flanders 75 75 W. and N.W. of France. 932 813 46,385 41,658 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. • instralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Nov. S. via Marseilles ..Nov. 12. drazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 30 * China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Nov. 1 8 . Falkland Island s via Marseilles ...Nov, 12. • Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Nov. 1 1 * India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov.ll. via Marseilles Nov. 5. Portugal.... ...... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nev. 11. - via Marseilles .. Nov. 6. Newfoundland ..Nov. --• Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Nov. 12' by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Nov. 7. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Nov. 1 0 ' Bahamas, via New York Nov. 19. Mexico. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California. and Briti s h C o l um bi a. 1 Nov. 13' Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by put' chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and. 45. "High Standard" at 45.4 d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. TERRIBLY SIGNIFICANT !—At the now completed matriculation of students at the Warsaw University it was found that no less than 200 of the students inscribed last term have found their death on the battle-field. Their total number is about 500. Births. KILBURN —On the sth inst.. at 3, Cannon-place, Hater; Batlt: N. 8., the wife of Henry Wa r d Kilburn, Esq., i)1 PONSFOR O .—On the sth inst., a t 3 3, Howley-place, the wife of w in , Ponsford, E sq ., of a son. SAUNDERS.--On the 6th inst., at Chobham House, Bag" shot, the wife of Hugh Ward Saunders, Esq., of a son. WEBBER.—At Dugshai, N.W. Provinces, India, the wif e of Capt. Webber, 42d Royal Highlanders, of a son. Marriages. HARRISON—DONNELL.—On the sth inst., at St. Pal 11 :1 Stayley, Willi am Henry, son of A. Harrison, E B cl',s"-. Staleybrid ge , to Mary Matilda, the second d aug ht e r 01 Donnell, Esq., of Brookfield, Staleybridge. RAXSOME—GRoss,—On th e 4th i ns t , at Alderton, Edward Ra nsoms, Esq., youngest. T rn eg son of Robert Rant some, Esq., o f I psw i ch, to Alice, youngest daughter v the late Samuel Chilton Gross, Esq., of Alderton. Deaths. GOULD.—Od the sth inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, of Bath" terrace, Newington, aged 70. GRIFFITH.—On the 4th inst., at Weston-super-Mare, the Rev. Joseph Palmer Griffith, vicar of North BavaL' Wilts, aged 57. GRIFFITHS.—On the Ist inst., at Dempsey, Charles Jol la Griffiths, Esq , formerly of the 14th Light Dragoons, aged 53. HUNT.—On the sth inst., at Montagu-square, Jackson Hunt, Esq., aged 75. RILEY.—On the 4th inst., at Forest-Lill, Windsor, Wi ll ' Felix Riley, Esq., aged 71. R.I.P. STYLES.—On the 6th inst., at Hastings, Richard Styles, Esq., aged 64. ST. JOHN.—On the 4th inst., at.Sydenham.hill, Frederic lt St John, Esq., aged 54. - 4 London : Prirized and Pub..ished by WILLIAII ANDIt of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TnE SUN Office No. 1 1 • Strand, in thy• Precinct of Ow N'tvoy. •n the CoUntY 4 Mid4leoex.—fiaturday, November 7,.1863. Inc° , the Li': nis 811; repo Per Sh, b ( Share, Month, It is Share. Thotatv the 8 Pobert the N for of Roma oni,, ,Liver I]chvarc for of Liver - "arlrey ,L 1 - 10 , 8 eph Loud, Robert the Is Liver Andrevs Liver Thoma. Co.), ] 41,,i0r N „._. Ja,,atio ertry r. Depot aurae London Ireland Manche Liverpo London Manche Liverpa Dublin . London Liverpoi SUPER FOI To the Dire t Gentleme ' 1 that b ainnb ove C t he ' n e Dolly i ~..._ n yes: i i 'vr Yon ma; ° T I When ' placed on t 1 T ---- HE 4 NOTICE ...or slum ] THIS DA3 than the 9tl Temporiu Commercial GI ST. 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