The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

tHE SUN, LON otiN, THURSnA V VENIN G, DECEMBER 25 1856

UNITED STATES D EPA 1 ENTAL
REPO ZITS.

As is usual at the opening of the United States
Congress the several heads of departments have
presented their annual reports. Those of the
rPostmaster-General, Secretary of the Interior, and
Secretary of the Navy have been published. We
give below a digest of as much of their contents as
is interesting to the English reader :
POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT.
Since the last manna report, the post-offices
have been increased 1,155, and numbered on 30th
of June last 25,565. On the 30th of June last
there were in operation 7,972 mail routes. The
length of these routes is estimated at 239,642 miles,
divided as follows, viz. :-20,323 miles of railroad;
14,951 miles of steam-boat; 50,453 miles of coach;
153,915 miles of inferior grades. The total annual
transportation of mails was 71,307,897 miles, cost-
ing 6,035,474 dole., and divided as follows
:-
21,809,296 miles by railroad at 2,316,389 dole.—
about ten cents and six mills a mile. 4,240,170
miles by steam-boat, at 860,755 dols.—about
twenty cents. and three mills a mile. 19,11.4,991
miles by coach at 1,329,356 dols.—about seven
cents a mile. 26,143,440 miles by modes not spe-
cified at 1,534,974 dols.-54- cents per mile. Com-
pared with the service of June 30,1855, there is au
addition of 11,734 miles to the length of mail routes;
3,906,731 miles to the total annual transporta-
tion--being about 5 8-10 per cent., and of 690,236
dole. to the cost, or 12 4-10 per cent. The aggre-
gate length of railroad routes has been increased
1,990 miles, and the annual transportation thereon
2,606,827 Miles—about 131 per cent., at a cost of
237,300 dols., or 11 4-10 per cent.
The Postmaster-General renews his complaint
of the large amount paid to the Panama Railroad,
amounting for the last fiscal year to 141,308 dols
and for the first quarter of the current fiscal year
to 44,308 dollars. He recommends an act limit-
ing the amount to be paid for that service to
50,000 dole., and an appropriation of 200,000 dole.
towards a semi-monthly mail, via Nicaragua and
Tehuantepec, giving, with the Panama route, a
weekly mail to California.
The total expense of the department for the last
fiscal tyear was 10,405,286 dole. The entire re-
venue, including the annual amount of 700,000
dole, for mail service rendered the government, was
7,620,821 dols., showing a deficit of 2,787,046 dols.,
which considerably exceeds the average of the pre
ceding three years.
The expenditure for the current year is estimated
at 10,658,678 dole. ; the revenue at 9,991,794 dole.
The abolition of the franking privilege is urged,
or else that the department be allowed to charge
the government the ordinary rates on franked
matter ; also the abolition of the 50 per cent.
deduction on the postage of periodicals paid in
advance. With these changes, and the relief of
the'departtnent from the burden of the ocean mail
service, the Postmaster-General thinks that his
department would support itself.
In reference to postal communication with Great
Britain and Canada the Postmaster-General says :
—" A proposition has been received from the
British Pest-office for a reduction of the pcstage
between the United States and Great Britain, from
24 to 12 cents the single letter. In answer, this
department has indicated a willingness to accede
to this proposal, provided the transit charge on
mails passing through England from and to the
United States is reduced to 121 cents an ounce,
the price paid by that Government for the con-
veyance of the British and Canada mails through
the United States. This department has been for
years endeavouring to hate an abatement made in
this transit charge, which is considered excessive,
and in the present instance the condition was ren-
dered ''necessary, inasmuch as a reduction on the
United States and British correspondence will in-
volve also a reduction of the sea postage on the
United States and continental closed mails, the
effect of which would he greatly to reduce the
receipts from the United States mail steamship line.,
unless there is a corresponding reduction in the Bri-
tish transit tax; so that by lower rates correspon-
dence would be increased sufficiently to prevent loss.
So far as Great Britain is concerned, in the event of
reduction simply in the Atlantic postage, it is not
likely that she would suffer any serious diminution
of her postal revenues, since she would doubtless
be compensated for any loss on that account by the
increased amount of transit postage she would rea-
lise under such an arrangement. This condition
was, however, coupled with an offer on the part of
this department to have the transit price for ail
closed mails in both countries fixed at the uniform
rate of 12 cents an ounce—a concession which
would secure to the British and California and West
India closed mails the right of transit in some cases
at one half, and in others at only one quarter the
price now charged under the treaty. I was the
more ready to make this concession, first, because
I regard it of the highest importance that the cor-
respondence between this country and Europe
should be relieved from the onerous tax to which

it is now subjected, in order that the people ou
both sides of the Atlantic, in their social and busi-
ness intercourse, may be as little trammelled as
possible ; and, second, because it is likewise very
desirable, as well in foreign as in domestic postal
arrangements, that simplicity and uniformity should
be observed.

" Arrangements have been made between this
depiirtment and the postal authorities of Great
Britain and C.tnada, providing for the registration
of valuable letters transmitted between those coun-
tries and the Uni;ed S • a.tes. The United States
registration fee is five cents, the same as on re-
gistered letters destined to any place in this
country."
The aggregate amount of postage, foreign and
domestic, oi: mails transported by the United States
mail steam ship lines was $1,035,740 33c., which is
a decrease of $24,890 40c. from the previous year.
The decrease of postages by the Collins line was
$13,117 86c. ; by the Havre line, $503 41c. ; and
by the Charleston and Havannali line, $545 61. c.
By the Bremen line the postages were increased
$12,593 77c. ; by the New York and California
lines, $5,370 92e. ' • and by the New Orleans and
Vera Cruz line, $311893.
The total amount of letter postages on British
mails during the year was $897,648 70e., being a
decrease from last year of $92,048 74c. Of this
amount, $601,031400. were collected in the United
States and $296,617 30c. in Great Britain, showing
an excess of $304,41410e. collected in this country.
The unpaid received from G-,-eat Britain exceeded
the paid received $154,454 94c. and the paid sent
from the United States exceeded the unpaid sent
$148,95916e. _ _ _

The amount of foreign correspondence has not
only fallen off very codsiderably, but the revenue
derived therefrom to the United States Post-office
has likewise been materially lessened by the largely
increased collections made in this country, as com-
pared with any previous year. During the year
ending 30th June, 1855, the excise of British pos-
tages collected by the United States over the total
amount of the United States postages collected by
Great Britain, was 64,820 tlols. 64e. This excess
during the last fiscal year was increased to b 4,530
dols. 83c., notwithstanding the diminished amount
of correspondence.

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S REPORT.
The Secretary of the Interior states that, not-
withstanding the Indian difficulties and other dis-
turbances in several of the territories, the surveys
of the public lands have progressed rapidly. The
quantity of land surveyed, exclusive of school
sections, since last report, and up to the 30th of
September last, was 16,873,699 acres, much of
which is now ready for market. The grants made
by Congress, at its last session, for railroad pur-
poses, have had the effect of withdrawing from
market a large body of the public lands, which,
notwithstanding every exertion that can be made,
cannot be restored in less than nine months, and
perhaps not then, as it depends in a great degree
upon the action of the states to which the grants
were made, and in many cases the legislation of
those states.
The quantity of land sold for cash, during
the last fiscal year was „ A ores,
247 8 -8
Received therefor §8,821,414 53c, • •98
Located with military scrip and land war-
rant 5............ .........................
Swamp lands approved to the states ..... 8,382,480.00
Selected underidonations for railroads ...
6,036,874.39
and granted for railroad pur-) ' c.,
oses (esti-
mated)

""•••••••• 15,680,875 00

Making a total of ..... ~.. 39,328,108'37
The land system, under the legislative enact-
ments of the last fcur years, and by the active
measures taken to meet demands for settlement,
has been extended, with entire
cedented rapidity, along the whole Pacific slope,
embracing the State of success and unpre-
of Oregon and California, the Territories
tories of Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and
organised into six newbsurveying
Utah. This immense (yeecTaphical surface has been
Washinolori, and into the Terri-
departments, and
the public surveys are in rapid extension over it.
Surveying
operations in the new and the old dis-
tricts have i, 1-1 the same period, been extended over
an area of nearly 60,000,000
.acres, in which the
lines have been run and established.
During this period, also, there have been

Acres.
Sold for cash 30,935,174
(For which there have been received
27,940,151 dols.)
Located for military bounties 15,806,260
Approved under swamp land grants 30,199,056
Granted for railroads

' the aggregate
' "Ars received at the office
kn.. ..,, —1 and the number
The number of 1tn...-
r 1,...;,,,, 4.1," ~...L. .. ___ _ • ..,...

SECRETARY OF WAR'S REPORT.
The following abstract from the report of the
Secretary of War is from the Hew York Herald.
We have not seen the document in, extenso :
" The aatlioriseel strength of the army is now
15,894 men. Tee actual strength at the date of
the returns, July 1, 1836, was 15,562. The num-
ber of enlistments made daring the twelve months
ending September 30, 1853, was 4,140. The num-
ber of offers refused on account of minority and
unfitness for service was 5,594. Tile number of
casualties .during the same time was 6,696, of
whom 3,223 wore by desertion.
"All the Indian troubles in the West have
ceased, except with the Cheyennes.
"The disposition of the troops is given in detail.
" It is recommended to extinguish the possessory
rights of the Hudson Bay Company, as they owe no
alegiance to our Government, and they would bo
disposed to exercise a powerful influence among
the Indians against our people if occasion required.
" A vigorous campaign has been projected against
the Florida Indians, General Harney commanding
the military posts.
"Much space is devoted to the consideration of
the present system of military posts on the western
frontiers, and a complete revolution of the whole
system is urged. The expenses at present are
enormous, without any corresponding benefit to
the country or frontier.
" The great number of resignations in the army
show the necessity., for an increase of pay. It evi-
dences a policy injurious to professional pride,
while the hard service and frontier stations of the
officers require of them sacrifices which no other
officers of the Government are called upon to make.
nfitifntyues) years
to
The expense of living has been greatly augmented,
and the pay is about the same as itwcaos
ago. It is bad economy (the report
drive the active and intelligent from the service
which they adorn."

ATT.:lff BY GAROTTERS AND SUCCESSFUL
I?I:SISTANCE.

get the
efforts in re-
f the Vine Hotel, Tom-
hear of so
swi
soTtrashntec
eogfaa garotters rAhsa
vaf:n
wdh
ntru,cuolraigittleahlrsys,saaurnceidi hsweaetiis.liig
In
ot
to
1 naubychthplaetagseunre.
rs, on Tuesday
aoifiyhisinthe
many of these dastardly attacks. We harie,ed
the robbers a "taste of
Tom-
cross-land, nirveoeis: recordingis,ai.innagninou,psso,
She
achl
Wield,
time
ral
.(ni,C;aah,t,y.tiaai !aeksssubte‘yoevel I,Bg, i
srgifdvhtlelwol
yayrerjpbe:
afternoon Mr. Ward
tl"twEo
theirwent obyw ii
train quality.lv i
purpose of taking thorn to the ho children to Masbro,' for the
bro,' to spend the Christmas holidays of his sister at Greas-
they all walked to Greasbro,' whereays there. From Masbro'
and Mr. Ward prepared t, return they arrived in safety,
Ward's sister warned him th about 5 o'clock. Mi.
stopped by robbers on the at several persons had been
Masbro., Mr. Ward, road between Greasbro' and.
for the
cepted a stout walkinc, ; Purpose of ailf-defence, ac-
walk back to llahto 7 st'e4, and, thus armed, set out to
6 o'clock train to sb: Whence he intended to return by the
near the farm which in'jd.
At a lonely spot on the road,
the footpath, t,, adjoins Barbot Hall, he met a man on
whom I, " Good night." Receiving
no reply Air. Ward'ssaid suspicions were aroused, and he
had gone a oio y, keeping a sharp look out. After he
towards hi rt distance he saw another man advancing
Ua fro • side of the road. He kept
on his wa_ m the opposite .
.Y, andsomething
the feliow approached, saying ,
about its t • '
's •" a tieing a fine night. Mr. Ward replied Yes, it
1 , nd the mall immediately asked, " Have you got any
money?" "yes I have " coolly replied Mr. Ward, "do
You want it 7,, ' 'must give it me," said the fel-
low. . ~ yes, you
i d Mr. Ward, who carrie I his stick close up against his
side, so that in the dark the man could not see it) at once,
With great presence of mind, resolved upon the course to
Pursue. He said to the robber, " Suppose I give you the
money, will you not hurt me " No," replied the fellow,
" give me all you have got, and I will not hurt you."
While this was 'masking, Mr. hard, in order to throw the
fellow off his guard, pretended to be unbuttoning his coat
to take out his money; but suddenly, going back a step or
two, he raised the handle end of his stick, and dealt the
robber a tremendous blow on the side of the head,
which precipitated him to the ground. Immediately,
the man whom Mr. Ward had first met, and Nvho
no doubt had been lurking close by to assist his Cora`
pnion' came up and attacked Mr. Ward. He seized Mr.
Ward before he could strike with his stick, a struggle en-
sued, and they fell together. Mr. Ward, however, who is
a powerful, muscular man, got Ihe best of the conflict. He
beat the robber at his own game. Seizing the ruffian by
the throat, he favoured him with such a squeeze as would
give him a practical notion of the pleasures of being
got-ga-
rotted ; and then, when the man relaxed his hold, he
up, took to his heels, and made the best of his way to
Has-
bro', which he reached time enough to start b
o'clock train. The other fellow had no doubt y thesix
ren-
dered insensible by the blow on the head, f been
stirred while Mr. Ward remained on the
and much exhau r
Ward
or he never
was covered with dirt spot. Mr; • •
injury he received was a bruise on the back. but the only
In the ex-
cessive darkness of the night Mr. Ward did not very dis-
tinctly see the features of his assailants,
whether ho will be able to identifyand it is • doubtful
them.

A painful accident is stated by the Brussels journals
to have befallen M. No;homb, the Belgium Minister of
Justice. A few nights ago Madame Nothomb having
occasion to use a flask of ether some of the liquid was
spilt, took fire, and burnt her face severely, as well as
her infant whom she bad in her arcns• M. Nothomb,
in attempting to extinguish the flames, was also much
burnt.

In the Second Chamber of the Prussian Diet on the
10:h some imp Charles I. ortant communications from the govern-
ment were expected, but none were made. The Cham-
ber, on rising, adjourned for the Christmas holidays to
the sth January.
The monument t 2 the memory of the daughter o
which the Queen commissioned Baron Maro-
chetti to execute, has just been erected in St. Thomas's
church, Newport, Isle of Wight, where the Princess
who died in captivity at Carisbrook Castle, lies buried.

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TII E SUN, LONDON ..,... , THUTISDAY I?, YE i':-' I N 615 DECEMBER 25, 18 6 6..
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lIUDSOA'S 174 Y TRUITORY. went of this continent which they occupied would soon REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS SENT i INSTITUTION OP CIVIL 8:i,76-IINEERS. (This Day.) 1 LINES LEASED eT FIXED RENTALS.
..4.-.. be both too narrow and too snort for thern-eao 1 VIA PRANCE. 1 ----,e--- SHARE MARKETS-
ii..., Closing Prices Business
ACTION BY THE BOARD OF TRA.DE. wean a field en which to exercise and develops their new- 1 ese. At the annual general meeting of the institution of R ell_W• , Ye. she. raid. ItarewAys. , ()mean- yesterday. ! yesardae
barn energies, It was the most notable, work for the ! On the Ist January, 1357, and thenceforward, the civil eneineers-G. B. Bidder, Esq., in the chair-the -
(Front tl!e Toronto Globe, Dec. 4,)
We' are I,a7e-ey e , aenoutice teao the lrana suggesteu ,' ' •
, Can4Oiars of the present day to undertake,a .t.sohrino• i
following reduced rates of postage for letters forwarded report of the council for the past session, which was read, - ----• -.-. .....,3110.....M....
for opening up tee norteavest toatitory to Ceoadian fe the
:tiii.e, the pale of civilisation the larger
tit; itir:
~.oShr. leaf
stated, that since the corresponding period of the last d i.,,,n,w,". eiesine. Prices tinniness done 50 ~ii Red rord and re-noon a
yesterday. yesterd Ly
vor.tu American continent, a country con 3:ni „
..e from the United Kingdom in the mails to France,Bletehley ... ,N. We.it•
enterprise were sterted cc sterda y evening, with con- year, though political tranquillity had been restored, -,_.....-.----- ---
'et, 1110 Buelerehamsh. IL.StN. W. 97 - e 9
siderable spirit, at a ineeeing of the Beard of Trade. We millions of acres..A little while ago it was the prevailing ;' whether by packet or by private ship, will be substituted
" the monetary crisis consequently upon the large public t.2e' 9E taahg. Nottug. Boat
Sr 1.10 Clydesdale ! . 'Caledon... 98 - 102
idea the the territory was only fit for the rearing of the for those now levied :- and itestn. Jeinot. 4e - 45
25 all Col. Stour Vy. K. J &E.O 11 - 13
shall refer to the subject at lenelea is a day or two, and , ' e exnditure occasioned by a state of warfare loal re-
meantime be,, to can attention to the proceedings cf the fur-beanng animals for the sole benefit of the Hudson's 1. France and Algeria-not exceeding ,1- oz., 43. ; tarded the resumption of works of public and private 50 kii leifahlt SI. BallYMlna •••• -.. 8t.11.00 Z. Lin. g. 6 pe. !Gt. N rte n. 133 -13 i 134 5
meeting. Bay Company. At the cost of much labour, research, , d .i.
~,, i 83 iMal i fErming. Welverh. : 5 ! all E. Um, 11. Se. E. Count. 4 ... 4i
A mestine of tee Beare rif Trade was held last evening, and painstaking., Assiniboine, Hurc.n, and others bad above 4 OZ. an not exceeethe .2 oz., . ; aboye .32 oz. enterprise.
S3lllO few of the foreign works in progress were then . ,„ Stone Vallee. .... : si 9 St, 1100 I Gles. Barr. ;tit PAildonites.
done. much to remove this impression. But Can;d• and not exceeding e oz., ls. ; above 1-: oz. and not ex- A all Faris euhd. Lanese. - I !
specially with the view cf affordieg an opportunity tonoticed ; mentioning particularly the successful opening I Nails. Direct i
certain ere .-1 -1 • ' otof tee Ttludson's .B3v
en. ernee, Go; re,lud.. S . would not fuel realise the impertancF of the sebjeciatnisf ceeding loz , ls. 43.. Letters for the plaeas ©foremen- the extension of the East India Railway, under elr. Bt. 1100 Do. New...... Do
' t tt‘ev res'ed satisfied with merely knowing that there was tinned may be prepaid to their destination. 1. Places 274 al Do. Mall. &131.1.1., 171 - 181 25 ' all elletr.te Da Fr Gt. Kestu ... - ...
terrinry, to cell ettention to the advantages of opening "" - ' "Rendel, the late distinguished past-president of the
a all Doe d 0.... ......... „, 131 -14 t
Th had a duty - e in Tnrke S ria and E tat which France maincains
so vast an area in existence. .ey b . to per.orm
0,
all
111 sables ennet . 19i - 20.,
DO all Hrtlpl. Dk e Yk.. New.
a direct, cornmersial in arc aurae with teat extansive fielci institution. In connection with this subject, it was
stated that the honour of knighthood had been confer- 25 all
Blackburn -
cf enterer:ee. A considerable number of our leading in regard to it, and in fact it might e said that they only post-offices, dße rout Tripoli
tta Mersin© 'Rhodes,
red upon Mr. Macdonald Stephenson, Assoc. Inst. C.E , itlytil re, Tyne or Kira' ..
50 all Hull Se Selby Y. &NM, li.:s - 109
required to go up to possess it If th!y remained inactive in Syria, . Latakia,
citizsna -vero present, showine that the schject is one in sees (Laid. at XII:. .. - 25 all Do. h Shares. Do ......... ... - --
that territory would assp out of their hands, which they Smyrna, Mitylene, Dardanelles, G'allipoli, and Constan-
who originally proposed, and had carried out the first 3t- 1-00 Bristol and Exetof.. 93 - 95
rel,i--• a very general interest i.,; felt. 12! •all Do. 4. Shares. Do ...... .. ... -- ...
W. P. flowLaND, Eae ,in the absence of the Prer..i- might regard as almost theirs. Capt. Kennedy proeseded tinople, including Scutari-not exceeding 1. oz., 63. ; portions of the vast network of railways which was et. 100 efaledoulan. 6:I • 63i 631
ni all L0n..4 Greens,/ 9 Maste, r 121 - 13
to speak of the tyranny exercised. by ' - - ' •above 1 oz, and not exceeding loz , ls• ; above i. oz
toe company in , , . , St. 100 •Jleester 41 Holyhead 37 - 39 381 71 I 221 -23
dent of the Board, Waq celled to that chaer, and briefly g , t I destined to work such a revolution in the Indian 2O all Do.Preferear e• Da
the territory, and the inefficient administration of justice and not exceeding i oz., ls. 6a. ; above I oz. and not St 400 Lon.,Til., ks. Pete &Co ll2 - 114
explained the oeject of the rnee.tine. A similar distinction was, at the same timeempire,
, conferred
' under their management. Hs alluded also to the at- exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 1. The rates just giveu are for 20 all Oork, Black et Pass ... - ... • 10 31 Do. Bark. Sh. Do .. . i 1 p
B,?, fore this; haver was entered upon, another mattermaking • 'd I but letters for F A' •
prepaid letters, France or igeria posted , , upon Dr. O'Shaughnessy, the energetic projector and
tempt they were now to obtain from the Cana- P2O all co-e Wall '
50 all
••• - •••
Of some importance to the trading coinrnunity was dis- constructor of a system of electric telegraphs it. 100 Lowestoft g:.
&an Government as much cf the beat lands he unpaid will be charged with double the rates specified, lO all Do. A 4 per cent Norfote.... ,„ ~.
posed of, by a report being adopted, fixing the standard
land
Superior along t extending over nearly 4,000 miles, through dense
ungle, or over the vast plains, rivers, and mountains en 45
10 8
and letters for the Frenchoffices in Turkey, Syria, or
shores of Huron
for the four leading qiiaiities of flour. The four samples • , pos e
instead
g a rata cf j
tt m t - . - Et t d eel will be char feeble with'Cork Bandon.. ... - ...
Dublineaelfastento ... - ...i.
of India. The Indian Peninsular Railway, construct- 15 all Dun. P. es Aber. enc. 01 ,-- lee all Manch. 11xtn. LA N. Yr
cued© a similaraote p a few years ago to monopolise OP
fixed upon the standard were ordered to be sealed upand Matloek tz Midld. 2i - 2i
the lumber trade Canada, as well as the fur trade, by .n.. ing by Mr. James Berkley, M. Inst., C.E., St. 100 gest Anglian lBi -19 s 19/
and placed in the hands of the Secretary. It wile stated ber lic 93:_per• 1 oz., instead of 63.
and E t (the lnces at which Fran 5) all Middlesbre' k Stekton&
taking out timber encss for vast sections of country on
.ayria. a gyp p) . ,
France
Ina,l under the direction of Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., presi- ?0 .all Eastern Counties 9l 91 9i i
that the standards now fixed upon was is accordance withßecle.g 6 p.e. Darlingt. ... -
the Lawrence and the Ottawa. They only attempted talus post-offices excepted not exceeding I oz., 61 ; 40 93
thee established at Moctreal, t' dent, had now about 100 miles open, and the great work St. 100 Elute rrninu. A. Ste 38
of extension up to Sholapoor, and through the Bbore t 3!. si Beg B. L.
to lumber on. the Ottawa but in the end were oblieed above e oz. and not exceeding i ez., ls. ; above e oz. I°C B Stock 26 -28
..e.e. MACDONELL, Mae, being then called upon to
to relinquish the trade to the original owners, band and not exceeding I oz., ls. 6d. ; above -4a oz, and not hut was now progressing; whilst the execution of eu 6/ 51 Newmarket
address the cues ingi said he was happy to do so, a. 3 one . Bury E. G.spe En. Conn. p I pm
to submit, moreover t a invasion '
o n of their territory exceeding 1 oz. 2s. These letters can only be prepaid G a '
life. At. - - ..i
- 5 SO all N.6rEat.sp.e. E. Count. ge - 58
of those who had been principally instrumental in bring- which they had sothl'ong eTstectel by holding up an to the port of disembarkation. the north-eastern extension, across the Thull Ghaut to-
ii. 100 EP": L:nneeshire .VO - 92 91 -- ~
ing the position of affeirs with respect to the Hudson's
extinct charter Letters resd leglility of which. might well Letters for the series of states next mentioned may be wards Na pore and Jubbulpore, and the Berar cotton- en i
- a.- East Suffolk
60 all Do. Fixeds pc D 0.,,...,.. ... - ..
Bey Company prominently before tee pnblic. That cone- have been questioned. Te 3 aid to their destination : -Luxembourg• Baden. 2. fields, would soon be commenced. The Madras, the 10 4 Do. - ..5 all Prest. Se V, yr L. &N.W. ... - ..•
parry now occupied an immense reeion of country, from ,ait: explained the two titles
under which the Hudson's Bay Company held the The) Netherlands. 2. Rhenish Prussia (3). Bavaria. Bombay and Baroda, and the Scinde Railways were being
vigorously prosecuted, and several other lines were pro- t 24 all Do. 6 Shre. ADo ...... ... ... -
which hithcrte wa had been shut out. 1t was a matter country, one •
portion being chartered territory, and the Wurtemberg. 2. German States viz Hohenzollern, sik l'a°ll - ... 3t. 12J0 Roystu•St Hit GtNorthe 132 135
in which every Cenedien was interested. Some migat
other lic'ensed territory, the latter under a lease for 21 d H Homburg,•
Birkenfel , ease, LippeDetmold, Schwartz-
' e jected, among which was that from Seleucia, on the St. 100 Edin•Prth &Dun& 36 -36 36i 15 18i Shetßotienri Le.neashSt
be disposed to lock at it chiefly from a commercial paint . . . y, .
b R dltdt It N S C G
urg uo s a , Reuss Nassau axe oburg Gotha • •
Mediterranean, to Jabr Castle, on the Euphrates, which 10 all Worth & Clyde Jun.... ~ -
F.Erallinhbou.
er,ghbel
Goole sp• Yorksh. .. - ...
. years,.exoiring in 1859 The last time the lease was
of view, but every inhabitant of the country had an in-
Budd •.• h - S Me ineen Hi oboe •li II El 1
pire, t e compan three or four years bef rehand axe in 0 , . ur , ausen, ease ectora - river it was proposed to navigate by means of steam St- 100 Furness. ............ ..• 10 all Shrews.kHer T.Brassey ... - •••
. . ' • • . was not now
terest in it in its nitticniti aspect. Canada - and " ° 'll Darmstadt, Saxe eir • ' vessels of shallow draught of water. This recent project St. 100 Glasgow &S. Westin 94 -96 L 2 10e S. Staflordsh. K.MClean 8i 91
651)(424131g; 51
- 55
Hesse Weimar Eisenach Frankfort-
lay threw it up the Imperial Government, notlo all Great N. of Seotlnd. 7 .... 71
what she was a few years aeo-a petty province. Herhad been entrusted to Sir J. Macneill, M. Inst. C. E. . 50 all WearValloygr Stoat. it
knowing well what do •thus
on-the Maine, Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck. Sar- lt 100 Northern BO -89 s 81 81 9
hands
a and
with. to vast a territory i Since the kingdom of Oude had become a part of the e 6 per cent.. Dar:ingt. ... ..
present extraerdinare enterprise, and her extending com-
thrown on eicl• ' Switzerland,S 1 • T • ' d ' • ma, a onica, anus an Tangiers-not • • "St: 100 Great Northern
Stool: . 75 - 77 76 .33 14
elad- benne without an sort of
r . . y, ~..5 all D 0..... ......... Do
martial relations everywhere painted to the future time,British possessions, arrangements had been made for
government to provide for it, were lad to renew the exceeding 1 oz., 6d. ; above / oz. and not exceeding eoz , 3t. 100 D.:: B. Stock ....... .• L2O 125 St 100 Wiltek;erarst GtWestn.t 89 91
not, perhaps, very far distant, when she must exert no
lea The Canadian Government' g
se. e ought to see that they e
10. •; above i oz. and not excel lip ioz Ist 6i. •'above afferding Lit the benefit of participation in the railway iit. no a t..rith. 4West.(lre.) ilO 112 •
inconsiderable intlaence on the continent of North Am-g •• • , system, whi-h would be commenced by the cmstruction St. 100 Great Weetern 69/ , 69i 69/ § i
were not forestalled by a similar manoeuvre at the pre- landi d•
oz. not excee ing 1 oz., 2s. 2. Letters for the • PREFERENCE SHARES.
rice. The peculiar facilities we had for: internal comma .of a line of 51 miles in length, between Cawnpore and at. 100 Do. Stour Val. Bat
••- l Netherlands, Rhenish Prussia, and the German States, ---------
rication, and our vast resources for building up a nation. sent time. Capt Kennedy then gave some additional Lucknow, whence branches would extend to the most Gus. Stk 6O 65 25 all BlythandTyne !Opel
information to that communicated by Mr. Macdone ,in intended to be sent via Francs,'' must be so directed. 3
silty, were such as perhaps no other nation under heaven important districts, and be connected with the East 12 all Irish South-Eastern . - c. pref. (ised. et,501 ... •..
-soon id induce every Canadian to give.to
possessed, and . Tee following are some of •• 1 •Ph ' h
regard to the resources and capabilities of the country. , g
.the.pnncipa towns in t erns Indian Railway. Other lines were also proposed for 50 an Lancaster lz Carlisle 70 -74 St. 100 Bris. 4 Ex. 4p. c. si. ... ...
• . belt consideration. Mr. elacdonell
thie eubject his . On the coast of the portion of the territory where he has Prassia,and a complete list will be given in the next num- .
e • • • , Leorruckpore, Tirhoot, and Purneah, all contributing to lee 1.4 Do. Thirds se -64 Pm 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Share.e ... .. •
lived for eightyears,whales or rather porpoises, were so bar of the British Pastel Guide,' which will be pub- 161 12 Do. New Thirds se 64 17i Rt. 10i! !ealedn. XlO 41 p.c. 95 - 100
thee pointed to a map, belonging to the Hudson's Bay I
e.ete:ei• th. minPriq. tr.rd, .g Hudson
abundant that they could be caugat by thousands. ie . anuary , e ix- a- s.pel e, one,St I'JO
' Laneash.en or s .
dY k h 97 , 97t 97 61 St. 100
,Clhes.&iTo•Gu. 51 IA ••• - -
The Pernambuco the prosecution ofwhich • i
railway, in
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went of this continent which they occupied would soon
he both too narrow and too short for thern—too
stnall a field on which to exercise and develops their new-
born energies, It was the most notable work for the
Canadians of the present day to undertake, to bring
enthin the pale of civilisation the larger half of the
North American continent, a country containing 270
millions of acres. A little while ago it was the prevailing
idea that the territory was only fit for the rearing of the
I,lr-bearing animals for the sole benefit of the Hudson's
Bay Company. At the cost of much labour, research,
and painstaking, Assiniboine, Huron, and others, had
done much to remove this impression. But Canadians
would not fully realise the importance of the subject if
they rested satisfied with mer&y knowing that there was
so vast an area in existence. They bad a duty to perform
in regard to it, and in fact it might be said that they only,
required to go up to possess it. If they remained inactive
that territory would pass out of their hands, which they
might regard as almost theirs. Capt. Kennedy proceeded
to speak of the tyranny exercised by the company in
the territory, and the inefficient administration of justice
under their management. Hs alluded also to the at-
tempt they were now making to obtain from the Cana-
dian Government as much cf the best lands along the
shores of Huron and Superior as they could. They had
made a similar attempt a few years ago to monopolise
the lumber trade of Canada, as well as the fur trade, by
taking out timber licencos for vast sections of country on
the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa. They only attempted
to lumber on. the Ottawa, but in the end were obliged
to relinquish the trade to the original owners, and
to submit, moreover, to an invasion of their territory
which they had so long protected by holding up an
extinct charter, the legality of which might well
have been questioned. He explained the two titles
under which the Hudson's Bay Company held the
country, one portion being chartered territory, and the
other licensed territory, the latter under a lease for 21
yearseexpiring
in 1859. The last time the lease was
to expire, the company, three or four years beforehand,
suddenly threw it up, and the Imperial Government, not
knowing well what to do with to vast a territory thus
thrown on their hands, and"being without any sort of
government to provide for it, were glad to renew the
lease. The Canadian Government ought to see that they
were not forestalled by a similar manoeuvre at the pre-
sent time. Capt Kennedy then gave some additional
information to that communicated by Mr. Macdonell, in
regard to the resources and capabilities of the country.
On the coast of the portion of the territory where he has
lived for eight years, whales, or rather porpoises, were so
abundant that they could be caught by thousands.
Smaller whaies were also to be captured, and sealskins
and other furs could be got in abundance. Coal and
plumbago abounded in Hogarth's Inlet, so much so that
they could be picked up on the sea shore. So numerous
were the reindeer that time familiar with the narrative
of Dr. Rae would remember how he and his party were
able to sustain themselves with their guns without hay-
ing recourse to the assistance of the natives. He (Capt.
K.) had himself, with a party of 12 men, kil!ed 216
reindeer in two hours. He had seen as many as 10,000

wl,iea a very general interestis felt.
W. P. flowLatsm, E q , in the absence of the Presi-
dent of the Board, was called to the chair, and briefly
explained the otject of the se -
Before this, however, v. upon, another matter
of some importance to the trading community was dis-
posed of, by a report being adopted,, fixing the standard
for the four leading qnaiities of flour. The four samples
fixed upon the standard were ordered to be sealed up
and placed in the hands of the Secretary. It was stated
that the standard now fixed upon was ire accordance with
that established at Mot-Areal.
AL. :MACDONELL, Esq., being then called upon to
address the rneeing, said he was happy to do so, a 3 one
of those who had been principally instrumental in bring-
ing the position of affairs with respect to the Hudson's
Bay Company prominently before the public. That com-
pany now occupied an immense region of country, from
which hitherto we had been shut out. it was a matter
in which every Canadian was interested. Some might
be disposed to look at it chiefly from a commercial point
of view, but every inhabitant of the country had an in-
terest in it in its national aspect. Canada was not now
what she was a few years ago—a petty province. Her
present extraerdinary enterprise, and her extending com-
mercial relations everywhere painted to the future time,
not, perhaps, vary far distant, when she must exert no
inconsiderable intlaence on the continent of North Ame-
rica. The peculiar facilities we had for internal commit..
rication, and our vast resources for building up a nation.
ality, were such as perhaps no other nation under heaven
possessed,,and shoald induce every Canadian to give.to
this subject his beat consideration. Mr. Hacclonell
then pointed to a map, belonging to the Hudson's Bay
Company, showing the immense tract of country they
pa-seeeed extending from the Gust of St. Lawrence to
the Pacific. On this asap Canada filled but a small
space, containing 350,000 square miles. The Hudson's
Bay teiritories comprised 4,000,000 of square miles, in-
cluding several vast regions, as large as Canada in extent,
and not inferior to her in soil, and -in all the requisites
for forming a nation. He contended that the whole of that.
tract of country was properly Canada. It originally was
New France or Canada, and was still Canada, having
been conveyed as such to England by treaty in 1763.
Bat the Hudson's Bay Company now exclusively occu-
pied it, prohibiting immigration and agriculture, and
every attempt to improve it. .ft was a country, the
products of which ought naturally to pass through our
hands. At 003 time its products passed through Canada,

or 12,000 of them at one view. But the fur trade
was a secondary consideration. The entire country, ex.
tending 400 miles from the boundary line to the north,
was capable of cultivatibn of the same kind as was car-
ried on in Canada. Particularly flux, tallow, and hides,
which it was now necessary to procure from Russia,
could just as easily be raised on those prairies. The
country was as fertile as it could possibly be. The Red
River settlers were now opening up a communication
with St. Paul's, and occasionally resorted to that city in
a caravan of as many as 600 carts—taking their produce
there and getting American produce in exchange, as
they found that more advantageous than trading with
the Hudson's Bay Company, who had done everything
in their power, resorting to a variety ,of epedients, to
obstruct the progress of the settlement. Toe whole ter-
ritory was larger than Europe, and as fertile, and it pos-
sessed as many facilities for commerce, both in the west
and the em.t. Gold in great quantities was found on Van
couver's Island. He had in his possession a specimen ofgold
quartz from GoveraorDouglas' garden. He had one also
' from Queen Charlotte's Island ; and it was reported that
the company had bribed a man to silence who had found
the same metal on the Red River, knowing that so soon
as the tide of emigration should set into that region their
trade and power was gone. In the Red River set-
tlement the season commenced to be severe about the Ist
Nev. Farming operations began about the lst May. He
believed meteorological tables would show that the cli-
mate at Red. River was not severer than at Toronto,
taking the mean temperature of the whole year. Suow
only lay in the wooded valleys. In the prairies it was
so thin that the buffaloes did not migrate south, but
grazed on them the whole winter.
Ili reply to questions from Mr. Brnnskill, Mr. Jas.
Browne, jun., Mr. Rice Lewis, Mr. Maclear, and other
gontlemen,

ber of the " British Pastal Guide,'' which will be pub-
lished on the Ist of January ; Bone,
Cleve, Coblentz, Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld,
Emmerich, Eupen, Furth, Munster, Mulheiro, Neuss,
Neuwied, Padderborn, Pyrmont, Remscheid, Sarlouis,
and Trier or Trews.

Letters for Spain and Portugal may be'prepaid througn
France at the following rates for both countries—not
exceeding oz., Bd. ; above oz. andnot exceeding oz.;
lld. ; above oz. and not exceeding nz , ls. 7d. ; above
oz., and not exceeding loz , ls. 10d. 4. Letters fi r
Cadiz and Vigo are forwarded by peninsular packet, un-
less specially addressed via France. 5. Letters from Por-
tugal intended to be sent via France must be so directed.
6. Letters for Prussia (the Rhenish provinces ex-
_ _

the late Mr. M. A. Thrth-viiek, M. Inst. C.E., lost his
life, bad been placed in the charge of Mr. W. M. Penis-
ton, M. Inst. C.E,, and was making satisfactery pro-
gress.
The Dom Pedro, the second railway, starting from
Rio de Janeiro, and passing up the " Serra," into the val-
ley of the Parahiba, and through the principal coffee-
producing di-tricts, would be about 200 miles in length.
The first section of 40 miles was commenced in 1855,

cepted), Hanover, Saxony, Mecklenburg Schwerin,
Mecklenburg Strelitz, Brunswick, Oldedburg (the prin-
cipality of Birkenteld excepted), and Anhalt, may be
prepaid to their destination-not exceeding i oz., Bd. ;
above oz. and not exceeding oz., ls. 4d. ; above oz.
and not exceeding a oz., 2s. ; above 4 oz. and not ex-
ceeding 1 oz., 2s. 81. G. Letters for any of these places
intended to be sent via France must be so directed.
Letters for Tuscany, 7. Austrian dominions, 8, Servia,
8. Denmark, and Parma aad Modena, may be prepaid
to their destination-not exceeding 4 oz., 9d. ; above
4 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz., is. 6d, ; above oz. and
not exceeding 4 oz., 2s. 31. ; above oz. and nut ex-
ceeding 1 oz., 3s. 7. Letters for Venetian Lombardy
are forwardd through France, unless otherwise aa-
dreased, but letters for any other part of the Austrian
dominions intended to be sent via France must be
so directed. 8. Letters for Servia or Denmark intended
to be sent via France must be so directed.
9. Letters for the lonian Islands via Austria may be
prepaid to Trieste--not exceeding 4 oz., 9d. ; above
cz. and not exceeding 4 oz , ls. 6d. ; above 4 oz. and
not exceeding 4 oz., 2s. 3d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceed-
hog 1 oz., 3s. 9. Letters for the lonian Islands in-
tended to be sent via France mast be so direc:ed.
Letters for the Papal States, the Two Sicilies, and
Greece may be prepaid to their destination-not exceed-
ing 4 oz., 11d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz , ls.
10d. ; above d oz. and not exceeding oz., 2s. 9d. ;
above 4 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 3s. Bd.
10. Letters for Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Ea-
rope (the places at which France maintains post offices
excepted) via Austria, Sweden, Norway, Poland, and
Russia may be prepaid to their destination-not ex-
ceeding 4 cz, ls. 3d. ; above 4 oz., and not exceeding
oz., 2s. 6d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz , 3s.
9d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding loz ss. 10.
Letters for these places intended to be sent via France
must be so directed.
11. Letters to any foreign country beyond sea, to
which letters may be despatched from a port in France
by private ship may be prepaid to the port of disem-
barkation-not exceeding 4 oz., 10d. ; above 4 oz. and
not exceeding A oz., Is. 3d. ; above A oz. and not
exceeding 4 oz., 2s. Id. ; above 4 oz , and not exceeding
1 oz., 2s. Gd. 11. Letters intended to be sent by private
ship from a port in France must be so addressed.
The postage upon letters for Spain, Portugal, Syria,
and Egypt (the places at which France maintains post
offices excepted), Salonica, Tunis, and Tangiers, or for
foreign countries beyond sea, and upon letters intended
to he sent via Austria to the lonian Islands must be
paid in advance. Letters for the other countries speci-
fied may either be paid in advance or for warded unpaid
at the option of the sender. If unpaid, however, letters
for France or Algeria, or for the places in Turkey, Syria,
or Egypt, at which France maintains post-offices, will
be charged with a higher rate as already stated.
Registered Letters.-Letters addressed to all those
countries and places to which, according to the foregoing,
the entire postage to destination can be paid in advance,
may be registered at the desire of the senders, and in
such case the postage must be so prepaid, and at double
the rates of postage chargeable for ordinary letters.
By command of the Postmaster• General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec. 20.

and would be completed by about the middle of next
year. The survey was made amidst a dense primeval
forest, and in many places through water 5 or 6 feet
deep, and great difficulty was encountered in executing
the earthworks with slave labour and inadequate tools.
By degrees, however, European methods were intro-
duced by Mr. E. Price, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the contras
for ; and under the superintendence of Mr. C. B.
Lane, M. Inst. C. E., engineer-in-chief to the Home De-
partment of the Brazilian Government, the railway pro-
mised to become a fine enterprise. Mr. Charles Neate,
Assoc. Inst. C.E., was also engaged under the Brazilian
Government, in constructing important hydraulic works
at Rio de Janeiro. They consisted of quay-walls along
the sea front of the city, with piers and jetties, formed of
granite masonry, set in has mortar, for which the lime-
stone was sent from England.
In Canada the railway undertaken by Messrs. Peto,
Brassey, Betts, and Jackson might be said to be
complete, with the exception of the link to be formed
by the Victoria Tubular bridge, across the river St.
Lawrence, which was now in progress.
On the continent gradual extensions of all the main
lines were being made. The Lombardo-Venetian sys-
tem had been transferred to a powerful company, now
preparing to act with great energy in the prosecution
of their plans. Tho " Victor Emmanuel " line, under
the direction of Mr. Bartlett, M. Inst. C. E., acting for
Mr. Brassey, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the contractor, was
approaching the chain of the Alps, for the traversing of
which preparations were being made, and experiments
upon the machinery for the work of tunnelling on a
large scale were being tried. That portion of the line
from Aix-les-Bains, passing through Chambery to Ss.
Jean de Maurienne, upwards of .55 miles in length,
was opened for public traffic last October. The works
were originally laid out by, and to a great extent exe-
cuted under, the direction of Mr. Nieumann, who was
succeeded, last year, by Mr. Ricceo, under whose super-
vision they were now carried on.
In Turkey, and in Russia, extensive projects both for
railways and steam navigation were being agitated ;
whilst in Egypt, H. H., the energetic SaiePacha, was
completing the railway communication between Cairo
and Suez, spanning the Nile by a vast iron bridge at
Kafire Azzayat, and bad confided to Mougel Bey the
construction of the preliminary works for the canal
across the Isthmus of Suez, advocated by M. Ferdi-
nand de Lessepe ; whilst he had authorised the estab-
lishment, upon the Nile and Matimoudieh Canal, of a
complete system of steam towing vessels and barges,
now in course of construction in this country.
One of the most important, as well as most int-rest-
ing, projects of the period was the submarine electric
telegraph cable proposed to be laid from Valentia, on
the west coast of Ireland, to St. John's, Newfoundland,
a distance of 1,600 miles, along the bank, or plateau,
discovered by Lieutenant Maury, over which the greatest
depth of the ocean did not exceed 2,070 fathoms. By a
new method of enclosing the insulated conducting wires
within a covering of ropes, composed of small wires laid
in an opposite direction to that of the general " lay" of
the cable, a light and flexible cable was formed, which
was stated to be capable of bearing the strain of deposit.
ing in extreme depths, and having no tendency to
twist or " kink " during the process. This ingenious
modification of the usual construction of cable was ad-
vised by Mr. Brunel, V.P., whose cu-operation was
sought by Mr. Cyrus Field and Mr. J. W. Brett, the
projectors, under the advice of Professor Morse. The
successful result of this daring project for connecting the
old with the new world would be more effectual than
any efforts of diplomacy, in cementing that intimate
union, so desirable for the true interests of the two
countries.
The vital questions of the metropolitan sewerage, the
new streets, and the bridges, remained as undecided as
at the period of the last report.
The principal papers read during the session were then
noticed, mention being perticularly made of the oral
addresses by Mr. Bidder, Y. P. Inst. C.E., "On Men-
tal Calculation," the object of which was to demonstrate
that the system could be taught to children, and be
acquired with less irksomeness and greater facility than
ordinary arithmetic. Special notice was also taken of
the paper by Mr. John Murray, M. Inst. C. E., on
the " Sunderland Docks," which, as an example of
dock engineering, stood almost unrivalled in this
country.
The members were strongly urged to continue to pre-
sent copies of scientific and professional works to the
library, without which its utility for reference and con-
sultation could not be maintained.
The deceases of the members during the year were
announced to have been :—The Rev. Dr. Buckland,
honorary member ; Messrs. M. A. Borihwick, J. Brem-
ner, J. Chisholm, S. Clegg, jun., C. Rimmed, J. M.
Bendel, T. H. Statham, F. Whishaw, and T. J. Wood-
house, members ; and Lieut.-Gen. D. M`Leod, Messrs.
J. Beatty, T. Cubitt, D. M'lntosh, J. F. Miller, and
R. Wilkins, associates. The memoirs of these gentle-
men were given in the appendix to the report. The
resignations of one member and two associates were an-
nounced, and it was stated that the effective increase
(after deducting the deceases and resignations) during
the year amounted to 14, whilst the total number on
the books was 802 members of all classes.
The statement of the receipts and expenditure showed
that there was a
,balance of upwards of 700 f. in the hands
of the treasurer; and that the financial position was very
satisfactory, so that not ohly would the current expenses
be easily met, but a balance would remain to bring, up
any arrears of publication, or to provide for contingen-
cies.

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and enriched Montreal. This was in the time of
the North-West Company, but on the union of the two
cowponies the trade was again diverted, and all the
products were made to pass by way of Hudson's Bay to
England. The very furs we purchased here in Toronto
were got perhaps only 90 miles hence at Penetangui-
sheue, whence they were sent to Lake Huron, and thence
to Hudson's Bay, and so to England, Canadian merchants

purchasi❑g them in London, and bringing them back to
Toronto. (blear, hear.) The etockholdera in the com-

piny were amassing a great deal of wealth from the
monopoly they usurped. Their trade sales in Londcn, in
March last, amounted to 450,0001. What their sales
were elsewhere it was impossible to say, as they were not
in_ the haidt of communicating much information about
their .affairs to the public. The history of the fur trate
was coeval with the hlstery of Canada, and it only re-
quired an acquaintance with it to be satisfied that the
cornnany had no title to the exclusive rights and privi-
leges they EON claimed. While the country was under
the dominion of France, a French trading company had
certain privileges in the territory which continued till
1763. Charles 11., in 1670, had granted to the Hud-
son's Bay Company the exclusive right to all those lands
within the entrance of Hudson's Bay. That certainly
could not include lands situated 1,500 miles to the
westward. (Hear, hear.) In 1690, knowing that their
title was good for nothing, they petitioned the Imperial
Parliament for a confirmation of their charter. Par-
liament passed an act confirming it for seven years, but
no longer. This act had only been published within
the last few years, and it appeared by that, in point of
fact, the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company expired
in 1697. They had, in fact, no charter whatever at
this moment, and yet they were monopolising the
whole country. (Hear, hear.) The facilities for
opening uo a trade by the St. Lawrence from that
territory were great, and Toronto was perhaps more in•
-oal in the matter than any other locality, because
to trade would pass' threugh Toronto, which would
the mart ;of the fur trade, instead of London.
With our unproved facilities of communication it would
be much easier to carry on the trade than it was in the
time of the North-West Company. A steamer might
be loaded in Montreal and sent. to the head of Lake
Superior. Taenee :there mere some portages between
Lake Superior and Lacrde Pluia. And then there was
into the Assiniboine country.
nor to Canada, and would yet
tt a country as ours. It was

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- Capt. KENNEDY said the country itself was favourable
for the construction of railroads. Toe distance between
Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg, in a direct line, was
200 miles, and the country, generally speaking, was level.
The navigation was not so difficult—many of the rapids
could be easily improved by blasting a few of the rocks.
There were such a number of portages on Lake Superior
and Rainy Lake that the use of boats would involve a loss
of time—canoes would be the thing to use. The number
of white inhabitants in the Red River settlement was
very small. The population was a mingled one, and hal
been variously estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000. The
people were not very industrious, but this could not be a
matter of surprise to anyone acquainted with the manner
in which their energies were cramped. Not only were
they isolated, but every effort which they put forth to
better their condition, and render them independent, was
thwarted by the Hudson's Bay Company. The policy
adoptel by the company, whenever any body of men en
tered the territory for the purpose of engaging in traffic,
was to provoke that body to the shedding of blood.
They were then enabled to say that, so long as they were
left alone, the country continued in peace. There was an
abundance of coal along the banks of the Mackenzie and
other rivers. It, indeed, fairly cropped the hanks ; and
mineral tar was to be obtained there in such quantities
that the company never made use of any other than this
for their b eats. Copper was also abundant, and in such
a pure state that it might be chiselled out rather than
mined from the beds. The entire sea coast abounds
with marine animals, and probably ere long the disco.
very would be made by the people of San Francisco, who
would send out expeditions to gather them. Tue new
Siberian country abounds with fossil as well as natural
ivory. He (Capt. Kennedy) had a brother residing on
the Red River, and he had requested him to convene a
meeting of the inhabitants of the settlement to express
their views and opinions as to the country under
whose jurisdiction they would like to be. If he had
net misunderstood him, the people were very desirous
of Lein under some other jurisdiction than that of
the Hudson's Bay C nnpany, and seemed to prefer
that of Canada. It was very likely that• the views of
the people would be embodied in a petition, which would
be sent down to the Legislature of this country in
the next session. We should then have an oppor.
tunity of'knowicg whether the Provincial Government
would be more attentive to the wants of their fellow.
sutj sets than the Imperial Government. At this season
of the year it would take from 20 to 25 days to go to the
Rid River. In summer the distance might be accnn.
p'ishcd in less time, but not much less than 20 days.
The administration of the law was entirely under the
control of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Govern-
ment professed to appoint a civil governor of the colony,
but the magistrates were appointed exclusively by the
c)mpany. Under the governor was an offilial who acted
jointly as a recorder and a judge. Formerly there was
a sort of militia, and over them was a person called the
warden of the, plaine, generally a half breed, who pos-
sessed extensive influence over the settlers of the country,
and probably over thetribes of Indians in that immedi•
ate neighbourhood. The last warden was an energetic,
bold, and enterprising man named Grant, to whom the
company thought it necessary to pay a high salary with
a view to secure his interest in case of emergency.
There was no garrison. But a few years ago—in all
likelihood at the time when the rebellion took place in
Canada—a number of pensioners were introduced, under
the pretence of being prepared to defecd the country iu
:he event of an invasion by the Americans, but it was
more than suspected with a view to protect the company
from the settlers. They did not, however, remain long
in the country; they took a dislike to it and returned.
Tee settlers were at present on the most friendly terms
with the Indians. There was a time when the Indians
were in the habit of attacking parties as they went from
the Red River settlement to the City of St. Paul's ; but
the American Government had garrisons which had
proved sufficiently powerful to quell them. There was
no newspaper at present in the settlement.
Mr. WEST, C.E. and P.L.S., Prescott, also made a
statement descriptive of the interesting country now
monopolised by the Hudson's Bay Company, and of the
various sources of traffic connected therewith, with the
view of corroborating what had fallen from Mr. Mac-
donell and Capt. Kennedy. It was made up chiefly of
extracts of a letter which he had addressed to Lord
Elgin in the year 1847.
Mr. rt. Lzwee then submitted a resolution. It was
to the effect that the thanks of the meeting were dile
and were tendered to A. Macdonell, Esq., and W. Ken-
nedy, Esq., for the full and interesting ac :counts which
they had given of the Hudson's Bay territory—a country
which, at no distant day, in the opinion of the meeting,
would be thrown open to commercial enterprise.
Mr. T. BRUNSKALL seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. F. H. HEWARD then proposed "That the claim
of the Hudson's Bay Company to exclusive right of trade
over a large portion of British North America is injuri-
ous to the interests of the country so monopolised, and
in contravention of the rigbts of the people of the British
North American Province."
Seconded by Mr. W. J. MACDONELL, and unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. J. BROWN, jun., proposed "That a petition from
the Board of Trade be preparedand presented to the three
branches of the Canadian Legislature, praying that steps
be taken to ascertain what are the legal rights of the Hud-
son's Bay Company to the territory and exclusive trade
claimed by that company in the northern part of this
continent, and to pray them to adopt such measures as
may be necessary to protect the rights of this province.
Mr. G. A. Pve,Fx seconded the motion, which, like
the former, was unanimously agreed to.
The meeting then broke up.

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;ay in the heart of

:tattle men of Canada to take up
thocpe:ttipa heartily, indepetidently altoaether Cif theme
purely patriotic., views which might lead many to ens
bark in it. He hal mei:tinned already that the last
trade sale of the Hutlsoa's Bay Cetnearty, at Lemon,
fetched fur skins the suns of 450000/. ; aad these were
ad fruin the region east of the Rocky Mountains. tie
satv a statement the other day that $1,400;000 worth
had been solel at New York, caming frem United States
and. Russian territories. Thi4, if a direct cerneouniee,
tian were evicts opened up, would also pass through
Canada. (Hear, hear.) He believed they would find
the whole country ready ta combine with any new
company against the Hudson's Bay Company. He
would mention an instance which occurred only in
March last. An Indian chief came to Fort Garrie
with aome 300 carts of fuss. An emissary, from Pem-
bina on the Amerie in side, met him and said, " Yoe
lead better come to us." "No," he said, "I veil go to
the Fort." There the Hielsen'e Bay agents disputed with
.;him about a matter of 10 d Akira and, as usual, treated
ratighly, net knowing he had another market. He
took his furs to P.einbina, and the Undeon's Bay Com-
pany had lost that man and hundreds of others, while
the Americans were picking up the trade which the
Canadians ought to possess. The people there were be-
ginning to understand that the rights of the company
were nut such as they were clahned to be, and that he
•ad no absolute right to compel them to trade here or
there as it pleased ;' and it they found others willing to
take their furs, they would ge) and trade with them. It
would not be long with the Hudson's Bay Company a,
formerly, when they gave deeds of land, with conditions
attached to which no free man should ever have sub
ascribed, and when they put in farce the most arbitrary
rules against othsra trading in the territory. If any
man was found trading his furs were taken from him,
and sometimes the articles ha possessed, which he
meant to trade off for furs. Ali that was now done away
with, and means were provided to these men to trade
with the Americans. Ai he had said, the company had
no charter, and could not prevent any one going iu and
trading. When the North-West Company there, the
Hudson's Bay Company did not venture to enter a court
'of law to try the validity of their charter, but bribed the
alther company by offering them a share of the plunder.
3Efe would not detain the meeting longer, as Captain
:Kennedy, a native of the country (and who had recently
returned from the search for Sir .John Franklin), was
now to speak, and would be able to give a great deal of
information about the territory and its capabilities.
(Applause.)

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Captain KENNEDY said he had been for 25 yea a in
the territory in question, 12 of them during his infa icy,
and the remainder in the service of the Hudson's Bay
CompaJy. The first five years he was in their service
%as spent on the Ottawa ; subsequently be was on the
Labrador coast, as far as Hudson's Bay, and during the
whole of that period he had correspondence from the
various sections of the country as far as Vancouver's
Island and Itackenzio's Rivf r, and that he had become
familiar with every part of the territory, independently
of what be had seen himself, and from what he had
heard ; and SO far as his own observation went, he was
well assured that what Mr. Macdonell had stated was
perfectly correct. Some eight or nine years ago he bad
ventured on Oa then unappreciated subject of the End-
sono°m VIDY'B territories,
Bay by publishing several
letters in the newspapers of this country, and particu-
larly 111.%1 addressed two letters to the Governor-General,
Lord Elgin, wishing to direct the attention of Canadians
to the propriety of their asserting their right to the vast
section of this continent occupied by the company. The
movement then appeared to be premature a large sec-
tion of the Canadian press having been artfury inveigled
into supporting the other side. But' great progress,
has been made sir.ce then in railways and public
works and another aspect was given to the subject.
Canadians now say that the comparatively small tin-

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE UPON LETTERS
FORWARDED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN,
THE EAST INDIES, AND CHINA, VIA MAR-
SEILLES.
On the let of January, 1857, and thenceforward, a
:eduction will take pace in the amount of the French
transit rate chargeable upon letters forwarded by British
packet to the Mediterranean, the East Indies, and China,
in the closed mails, via Marseilles, and such letters will
be liable to the following combined rates, viz :
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The following scale of charges will apply to letters
sent to Malta, Egypt, the possessions of the Els: India
Company ; Java, Thrneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluc-
cas, the Philippine Islands (when specially addressed
via ; Ceylon, Mauritius, Bourbon (Reunion),
Hong-Kong and China.
Letters forwarded to Malta by the French Mediter
ranean packets will also be liable to the same rates,
Upon letters addressed to the lonian Islands, via
Marseilles, the following combined rates wilt be charge-
able :
Not exceeding I oz.
Above oz., and not exceeding 6Oz
Above oz., and not exceeding oz
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1.
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The postage on letters for any place in Egypt (except
Alexandria), or for any place in China (except Hong
Kong), for the lonian Islands, or for Java, B)urboe,
Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluccas, or the Philip-
pine Islands must be paid in advance.
Letters for the other places specified above may either
be paid in advance or posted unpaid, at the option of the
sender. By command of the Postmrster•General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Dec. 20.

LETTERS FOR DIEPPE MAY BE FORWARDED
VIA NEWHAVEN.
On the Ist of January next, and thenceforward, letters,
as v‘,ll as newspapers or other printed papers, addressed
to Dieppe, may be forwarded by the private steamer 3
c., not Calais
sailing from Newhaven, provided they are specially di-
rected "via Newhaven ;" but letters, &rected, will continue to be forwarded by way
and Paris.
The postage chargeable upon these letters, newspapers,
and printed papers, will be the same by whichever route
t so
they are transmitted.
By command of the Postmaster General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretrry.
General Post-office, Dec. 20.

During the year the second parts of volumes 11, 12,
and 14 of the Minutes of Proceedings had been pub-
lished and issued, and the whole of volume 15. There
now only remained to complete the series of li volumes,
extending over 20 years, the second parts of volumes 7,
8, and 10, and the wbple of volume 13.
After the reading of the report, Telford medals were
presented to Messrs. J. Murray, J. M. Heppe!, H.
Robinson, C. R. Drysdale, and F. M. Kelley ;'and
council premiums of books to Messrs J. Murray, G.
Herbert, Evan Hopkins, J. W. Heinke, J. Baillie, and
W. K. Hall.
The thanks of the institution were unanimously voted
to the president, for his attention to the duties of his
office ; to the vice-presidents and other members and
associates of council, for their co-operation with the
president, and constant attendance at the meetings ; as
also to the auditors of the accounts and the scrutineers
of the ballot, for their services. Special votes cf thanks
were accorded to Mr. Bidder for his addresses on " Men-
tal Calculation," and to Mr. C. Manby, secretary, for
the manner in which he had performed the duties of his
office, and his constant attention to the individual wishes
of the members.
The following gentlemen were elected to fill the seee.
ral offices on the Council for the ensuing year :—Robt.
Stephenson, M.P., President ; G. P. Bidder, I. K. Bru-
nel, J. Hawkehaw, and J. Locke, M.P., Vice-Presi-
dents ; W. G. Armstrong, J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington,
J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, T. Hawksley, J. R.
leClean, J. S. Russell, J. Whitworth, and N. Wood,
members ; and R. W. Kennard and Sir M. Stephenson,
associates.
The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, Jan.
13, 1857, when it was announced that the monthly
ballot for members would take place, and the following
paper would be read, "On Submarine Electric Tele-
graphs," by Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C. E.

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nesday.—The largest meeting of the trade which has cc.
curred for some years took place at the Swan Hotel to-
day. Mr. P. Williams, the Chairman of the Ironmas•
ters' Association presided. After much discussion it
was resolved to maintain the prices of the last quarter,
and to declare no alteration in the wages of their col.
Hem We believe that the decision in both instances
was all but unanimous, and there is no doubt that it
will be firmly supported during the ensuing quarterly
meetings.

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that the Emperor's civil list was burdened with debt,
and that he had even dipped int') the public treasury
to provide for hi 3 liberalities. The Pays insists that
according to well-established rules for k,eping LLe
public accounts, it is quite impossible that any nialver-
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St 100 Do. Birm. (Ina. Stl,. 73 - 7 5 73
24 all Do. Chee. Qua. Sh. 19* - 20
l'i,-* all Do. do. do ......... .- 9i - 10.1
20 all Do. do. do ... -.. 141 - 154,
16 6 Lan. &York. F. ;20 ... -
t, lthi Do. 6p. a. Stock ;37 139
St. ,100 L0n.&8.G.5pa.N0.1 - - -
St. 100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 -
St. 100 Do. New Gnar.6 U. 139 142
St. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 117 - 119 117
St. 100 Lon. &N. W., Cos. es:
quneaton 5 p. ct. ....„
St. 100 fem.& 0. W. 7 per ct
late 3d Shares ... 157 - 159
1.2* all L ;ndy.& Color. oh 1
- • • - •••
12* ‘ll Londy. & Ennis. sl. ... - ...
St. 10( M.,5., &L. 6 p. Cent ... - ... 120
6 lq Do. do. do. £6 .. 'fl - it
St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 6o - 70
c..; all Warypt .& Carl. ap a ... -
12 1 all Du. 44, per cent....... ..
1 12,1 10! Do. do.
• - •••
it. 1100 'Aid. Consol.6 p.c. it. -
At. 100 00. Con•Br.:tir• r;gr It 7 - 139
St. 1.00 Do. 4* p. c. Pref. > t 98 - 100
St. 100 Ditto L. &11• Pref. st 89 - 1 90
I New., Aber. , &c., pr. i
10 all f
sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. f ••• - •••
10 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct.
with optn. till '66 1 - ii
10 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh ... -
St. 100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St •
St. 100 Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 ... - ~
St. 100 D(4. s*perc.pf ,1847 ... - ••
St. 100 Do. Wv. V.f;p3.,1847 -
St. 100 North /lrit;sl.
7 Si Do 71. Preference ... ... - g
it. 10+1 N. E. Pe rw, 4 p.c. r 92 -04
17 8f Do. do. do li - i d d
20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c .No., ~, -
12} 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... t --
25 10 Do.Yorkfl•& g. eTtr, id - p
20 all North Staffordshire.
St. 100 Ox,Wo, 'cc,W., A pc._ 107 - 108
St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ... - ...
$ k all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre f ... -
St. 100 Sc.N.E. Abor.g 6pe 114 - 116
5 all Do. d0.,7 P. c. pf. et. 105 - 110
St. ! ,100 Do.do„3*p.c. pf. st. ... - ...
25 lall South Devon l7 - 18
10 I all Do. fixed ,4* per cow ... • ...
1.0.6, all 3, Eastern (Besdina
Ann.) of £1 Os. °id. 23 - 24
St. 100 Do. 4i por cent lO2 - 105
10 all Do. Fixed 4i pa eh lok -- 10$
St. 100 3 Wales Gna.4 p. c ... - -
101
St. 100 D.-,, do, 4i p. a-- . ... - •••
20 all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. ... -
281
25 all Stock.& Der., sg. c. 273/4 -
25 15 Do. do. do_ 2 3 P
1.2* all Stock. & Ilartl. g. o
p. c. till July I,'5k 1 ,•• 3
: x d
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British Iron
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at £5 pm.)
Do. Cocaos Air Cuiab
Do. St. John Delßec
Clarendon Cone. Yin
Co. of Jamaica
Cobra Copper .....
Colonial Gold
Copper gin. of Br,.
Do. Pref. 7 p. cent
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Nouveau Monde
Pontgi. & Le.
IPort Philip
r..narts Etock .........
ithymney Iron .....
Do. New
Santiago de Cuba
Sort. Cons. Min. Co.
South Australian
Do. Scrip
Do. 10 per coot Pret
Tam. S. & L. Min. Co,
Fin Croft ........
United Mexican
Waller ...............
West Mariposa.....,
Worthing Mining o
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Country Markets.

EDINBUR(ALE BAY AND STRAW MARKET--

DEC. 2;%
Supplies of all kinds thus° last six days large.
Oat straw, from lOs 6d to 13s Od I;er kemple of 16 stones.,
trot); wheat do., Ps Od to 12s Od; barley do., S% Oil. to
Od. Hay from 12d to ls. 2d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 23.
There were in the market to day 27 sacks oatrnerl, -each-
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and —s.

DALKEITH MEAL

RKET-DEC. 22.

There were in the market to-day 11 bags ofoatmeal, oor
barloymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Thil,d.
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto -s Oct —s Od '—3 OIL
Peasemeal, per ditto
Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Oct '-'3 (a'
Pot-barley, new, per ditto l—sOd—s Od --a CA