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

BUNIIILL-FIELDS BURIAL-GROUND.
The Lease to the Corporation of London of this
Burial Ground will expire at the close of the present year,
1867. The Corporation have been in treaty with the Ec-
clesiastical Commissioners with the view of preserving the
place from desecration by building, and have offered to be
at the expense of preserving the tombs, and repairing,
watching, maintaining, and keeping the ground as an or-
namental open space for the use of the public for ever.
The Commissioners have refused the offer of the Corpora-
tion ; negotiations have been broken off, and at the end of
the year the Commissioners claim the right to take pos-
session of the ground as the freeholders.
The Committee of the Deputies of the Three Denomi-
nations of Protestant Dissoeters have memorialised both
the Corporation and the Commissioners, urging that steps
should be taken immediately to allay the anxiety of those
persons who have relations buried in the ground by the
dedication of the place in perpetuity as an open space, but
at present this has not been done.
The Committee invite the co-operation of all persons
who feel interested in the preservation of the ground from
desecration.
Communications to be addressed to the undersigned.
C. SIIEPHEAIID, Secretary to the Deputies of
the Three Denominations of Protestant Dis-

the foundation of a great State, perhaps greater
than that of England ; but come what may, we
should rejoice that we are neither jealous of the
aspirations of those colonies, nor yet indifferent to
their desires, and that we have fostered their growth,
recognising in their growth the pillars of our own
greatness.

senters, 78, Coleman-street, London.
16th February, 1867.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY. —Morning, 3h. Om.—Afternoon, 311. 221 n.
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LONDON, TVEDIVESDAY, FEB. 20, 1867.

The Government has certainly begun the session
with the determination to work in earnest, and no
one can say that any time has teen lost. Last
night in the House of Lords the British North

American Bill was read a second time, and the Ear]

of CARNARVON introduced it to the notice of the
house in an excellent speech, which seemed to meet

the approval it deserved. The noble lord truly
said at the commencement of his discourse that this
was one of the most important and wisest measures

that for many years had been brought into Parlia-
ment by a Colonial Minister. There is this satis-
factory reflection concerning the step referred to,

namely, that from both sides of the house approva'

of the main objects of the measure was entertained.
While we fully concur in the favourable opinion

expressed by the noble lord of the doings of Mr.
CARDWELL, we think that such an expression re-
flects great credit upon him, and shows that he is
animated by no mean jealousy. It must, we feel
assured, be a source of great satisfaction to Mr.

CARDWELL himself that the pains he took in this

matter will not be thrown away, but that the good

work will be brought to a triumphant termi-
nation under the auspices of his successors.
As Lord CARNARVON said, the question of
Confederation in one shape or other has
been before the House for the last forty years, and

hence most people are tolerably familiar with the
subject. Sir E. HEAD, when Governor-General of
Canada, in 1858, announced this grand principle

to the Canadian Parliament, but it was to no avail,
for difficulties interposed ; and, with one
delay and another, nothing definite was
done until the last year, when delegates came
from the various provinces to hold communica-
tions with her MAJSTY'S Government on the subject.
The noble lord assured the House that they must

look upon the Bill he introduced to their notice not
only in the light of an agreement between parties,
but in the nature of a compact, as it embodied the

resolutions on which the scheme was based, as well
as the results of the deliberation with the delegates.
The details of the measure seem, upon considera-
tion, to be all that can be desired. The appoint-

merit of the Governor-General is almost the only
direct tie that connects the Confederation with the

mother country. This office will be one of great
dignity, and the salary will not be lees than
ten thousand pounds, which sum is to be payable
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of
Canada. The Lieutenant-Governors are to be ap-
pointed by the Governor-General, and to hold
office for five years, not being removable except for
causes shown ; a General or Central Parliament ;
and next a local Legislature iu each province. This
Central Parliament will consist of two Chambers.
The Upper House is to be called the Senate, and
the other, "in affectionate remembrance of pas-
sages in English history, is to be called the House
of Commons." As might naturally be supposed,
the local matters will be dealt with by the

Provincial Legislatures, while those questions
which are common to the Confederated
Provinces would be settled by the Central
Parliament. It is found very advisable to have
two Houses to legislate, or else all important matters
would be left to the decision of one,which might be
rash, hasty, or ill-advised. The name of Canada
is to be given to this new Confederation at the sug-
gestion of the delegates themselves. We fully
•
agree with Lord CARNARVON in the approval of
the plan of the delegates, in taking for their plan
of formation the " monarchical principle under
which they have lived so long, and which they desire
to transmit to theirdesceudants." We also hope with
him that in time Prince Edward's Island, British
Columbia, Newfoundland, and Vancouver's Island,
will join the Confederation, as was at first contem-
plated, but has unfortunately not been realised as
yet. It has been desired by many that a legislative
union could have been adopted by all the Provinces,
but as yet such a thing has been found quite im-
practicable. The noble lord entered into some expla-
nations respecting Canada having set up a Protec-
tionist policy against the Free Trade policy of the other
provinces, in which he stated that already Free Trade
has made a considerable advance in Canada, and that
the very circumstance of entering into this confe-
deration would naturally increase the development
of that principle.
Lord CARNARVON believes, and we think with
justice, that the carrying out of this great reform
will tend to remove in a great measure the differ-
ences that have existed between Upper and Lower
Canada ; and as for the objections raised in some
quarters, of a portion of the community of Nova
Scotia being adverse to this union, he speedily dis-
posed of them by saying that it was only a small
minority that represented this view of the case.
The representation of these provinces is to be based
upon the principle of population, which entirely re-
moves the objection that while Upper Canada has
the largest population, it has only an equal voice in
the representation. In concluding his excellent
speech the noble lord declared that the future pro-
spects of the confederated provinces were bright
and happy ones, and that with care and caution the
best results may follow from the plans here laid
down in the bill. In cases of emergency
such a scheme appeared the best security for
defence, and although all would look with
alarm upon a war between them and the
United States, still it is mceisary in the
framing of this measure to take all possible con-
tingencies into consideration. Filially, there was
great truth in the observations of the noble lord as
to the qualifications possessed by those provinces
for forming a successful confederation. Of the
four fcderaticns that have been made two have
passed away, while two still remain. One is Switzer-
land, one of the smallest States in the family of
Europe ; the other, the United States, one of the
greatest of the great nations of the world.
federation which is about to be formed will, we
hope mith the noble lord, be worthy to take its
place by the side of the United States of America."
We are now, as he elegantly expr.f.sed it, laying

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

A lengthened discussion on the administration of
our Admiralty last evening, though it produced no
direct result, was nevertheless not without a useful
purpose. The more light that is thrown upon the
management of our naval affairs the better ; and
although particular statements may be withdrawn,
disproved, or contradicted, there is generally enough
foundation left for the impression which prevails of
unnecessary expenditure and laxity of manage-
The war of words and figures waged be-
mem Mr. SEELY and the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty began, it will be remembered, last Session, and
was kept up on the part of the member for Lincoln at
least during the recess. Last evening Mr. SEELY
directed his attack not so much against any parti-
cular officers or any special instances of extrava-
gance, as against the whole constitution of the
Board. His motion ran as follows :—" That, in
the opinion of this house, the control and manage-
ment of the dockyards is inefficient, and that the
inefficiency may be attributable to the following
causes : —First, the constitution of the Board of
Admiralty ; second, the defective organisation of
subordinate departments ; third, the want of clear and
well-defined responsibility." Mr. SEELY proceeded
to argue from these premises, and went back to the
evidence given before the committee of 1861 by the
several Lords of the Admiralty who were examined
by it. Mr. SEELY especially referred to the
opinions expressed by Sir JOHN PARINGTON, which
were characterised by the right hon. baronet's usual
straightforwardness and sound judgment. His
opinions, as will be remembered, were directly
adverse to the existing arrangements, and he said
that " he did not consider he had the knowledge, the
control, or the responsibility, that a Minister at the
head of such a department ought to have." He
also expressed his opinion that when several gentle-
men sat round a table to decide such matters as
came before the Board of Admiralty there was an
absence of that full sense of responsibility which
a Minister ought to feel not only in the First Lord,
but in the junior lords. Sir J. PAKINGTON is not
the man to shrink from his words, nor to modify his
views because he is in office. "I do not," ho said,
in answer to Mr. SEELY, "in the least degree re-
cede from any opinion which I then expressed. I
do still think that for the administration of a great
department a board is a clumsy machine. I still
think that from the constitution of that board there
is an absence of that direct responsibility which
ought to exist in a great department ; and I can-
not but say that I cannot think the working
of that machine is satisfactory, or well adapted
to the discharge of the difficult and important
duties which devolve upon the authority which
may be entrusted with the administration of the
navy in this house." Sir JOHN PAKINGTON in
former days questioned the efficiency of a board in
matters of national administration. When first in
office, under Lord DERBY in 1852, he filled the
post of Colonial Secretary, with which was then
associated the Secretaryship for War. This was
naturally a very inconvenient arrangement, and it
seems now only wonderful that it should so long
have been tolerated. Certainly the dependencies of
England are neither so few nor so insignificant
that they should fail to engross the whole
time and thoughts of a Minister, while, though we
are happily not often engaged in war, still the
supervision of the military arrangements of a great
nation even in time of peace cannot be lightly or
superficially done. The Crimean war soon showed
the evils of such a heterogeneous combination, yet
so great is the difficulty attending an administra-
tive alteration that, in spite of the speedy creation
of a new office, it is only recently that the
change has been thoroughly effected. Sir
JOIIN PAKINGTON does not hesitate to ex-
press his conviction that a decided change in
the whole system of our naval administration is
much needed, and should he retain his office he
contemplates proposing an alteration. Hitherto his
colleagues have been engrossed by the Reform ques-
tion, but should that absorbing topic be cleared out
of the way we may hope, it is evident, for some
decided change for the better. Already some alte-
rationsintehkeyamrdorse,
wdiitrhecat
vsiuepwerte-
visiena
ehvda e
controlbeen madeef
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h
securing the whole time and attention of an efficient
conttirteolmaonf
management
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and
another
having one rate expen-
diture, so that the system justly complained of by
Adlere.k
dockyard,
SEELY, a ofn d h
in
a ffoefreenht dargeocikny aordne,
which Sir J. PAKINGTON admitsto e" b incompatible
with perfect efficiency and economy," may be put
an end to. The First Lord confesses that
gin
in-
vestigating the management o f the dockyards he
has arrived at the conclusion that
there is a certain
laxity in the whole system—a laxity attributable to
the fact of vast establishments being carried on for
the most part by persons with no direct pecuniary
interest involved. It is with the view of
avoiding
the evils in some measure inseparable from such a
state of things that the appointment of new super-
intendents is contemplated. Still we agree with
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON that it would be highly indis-
creet and undesirable to rely entirely upon private
establishments, however useful their aid might be to
supplement the efforts of the Government in time of
war or pressure. It must uot, beside; be forgotten,
in reckoning up the salaries and wages as burdens
on the nation, that a large number of the population
obtain their living through these establishments,with
all the advantages of schools and pensions and
allowances which public institutions offer to the
industrious and deserving.
Sir J. PAKINGTON, in referring to several of the
charges brought by the member for Lincoln against
the naval administration, was forced to admit that
some of them proved upon inquiry to be too well
founded, though others were hasty or inaccurate.
Among those confirmed by examination was the
statement made concerning " SEELY'S pigs," whose
value proves to have been by no means exaggerated.
Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON confessed that when Mr.
SEELY and the members for Oldham and Stockport
came to his room, and offered to repave the dock-
yards with anything he liked, and give him £lOO,OOO
as well for this ballast, he thought they were
" chaffing " him. But it actually appears that if
the First Lord had accepted this extraordinary offer
the purchasers would have bad an excellent bargain!
Happily, iu this case, the gain is on the side of the
national exchequer, and we are glad to find that
the iron is to be disposed of profitably, and the
money so gained to go towards strengthening the
navy.

Mr. SEELY'S motion was withdrawn after an
interesting debate, which elicited some valuable
information, and gives the public reason to hope
that between official reformers and non-official
critics something practical may be done for the
improvement of our naval administration.

STRIKE OF ITALIAN SILK IVEAvEtts.—The work-
men employed in the silk factories of Lecco, Lombardy,
have struck for au increase of wages.

(FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) •
PARJS, Tuesday Evening.
The Emperor presided yesterday at the Tuileries
over the Council of State, which had a general
meeting to examine the project of law for the re-
organisation of the army.
A private despatch from Cairo announces that
the ship Primo, of 80 tons, from Trieste, arrived
on the 17th in the Red Sea, having traversed
Egypt by the Suez Canal.
It is stated from Rome that the Consistory,
which has been announced, wilt assemble on the
22d inst. A short time afterwards another Con-
sistory will be convoked, at which the nominations
of the bishops to the dioceses of the kingdom of
Italy will take place.
Some of the papers contain speculations relative
to the tenour of the new law upon the press, to
which, perhaps, it is not necessary to pay much
attention, particularly as the project of law will
very shortly be laid before the Chamber. The
France gives a version of the law, from which it
would appear that the regulations will still be very
stringent. I have reason to believe that there is
exaggeration in the description. However, accord-
ing to the France, imprisonment will be replaced by
fines, except in the case of " crimes." A con-
demnation for crime will entail the suppres-
sion of a journal. Two condemnations for an
offence of the press will enable the Tribunal to pro-
nounce the suspension of a paper, and a subsequent
condemnation may lead to its suppression. The
law, it is said, provides that the author of articles
criminated or prosecuted, if a deputy, may be de-
prived of his legislatorial functions, and may be
prosecuted without a previous authority from the
Chamber. It will also enact (says the France) that
condemnations for press offences will entail the de-
privation of an elector's right to vote during five
years. Literary journals, if published more than
three times a week, will be subjected to a stamp
duty of half the amount of the stamp duty imposed
upon political newspapers. Another paper gives a
sort of confirmation of this description of the pro-
posed new law, and adds that the amount of fines
which may be imposed will range from 4,000 f. to
40,000 f.
The Siecle, arguing upon these supposed previ-
sions of the law, and upon the power which will be
conferred upon the Tribunals to suspend or suppress
a journal, says that in such a case the discretionary
regulation of the press will only have changed in
form. It also considers the amount of the flues to
be enormous. I repeat, however, that I believe the
journals have exaggerated the penal provisions of
the law.
The 14th annual banquet of the Paris United
Sailing and Rowing Club took place on Saturday
evening at the Grand Hotel. M. Gabriel Benoit
Champy presided, and about 150 gentlemen as-
sembled to do honour to the triumphs of the sail
and oar. Among those present was the curate of
Bongival, who is happily the almoner of the Parisian
fleet, and to him the place of honour was assigned.
The other guests included M. Hamilton Morton,
secretary of the New York Yacht Club ; Mr. 11.
Kirsch, secretary of the Belgian Club, the Sport
Nautique de la Meuse ; M. Cheysson, engineer of
bridges and highways, and chief of the service at
the International Exhibition. Great cordiality and
harmony prevailed, and at this happy meeting all
forgot their former rivalry and struggles afloat.
Toasts to the Emperor and Alinisters and other
illustrious individuals were received very enthusias-
tically. The toast of the evening in honour of the
international matches past and to come, to the Am-
erican yatchsmen and the nautical societies of Bel-
gium,were received and responded to most cordially.
It was stated that the club looked anxiously to the
period of the Exhibition, during which several
matches would take place, at which the Paris
boatmen expected to display their prowess
and skill. M. Fleuret, president of the Row-
ing Club, thanked the press for its assistance
to the society. When the health of the curate of
Bongival was given by M. Champy, he used words
which deserve to be cited. M. Champy said to the
curate—" Your presence amongst us is an honour,
and gives increased influence to boating. It proves
that our regenerated spirit has become moral and
useful. Families will no longer be afraid of send-
lve invitedpans. to
some the banquet,
days
a go
b
send-
ing their children to our matches when they know
that you accepted the place of honour at our ban-
quet."
but he wa
t
compelled Bennett
to was
leave
for Brest, on his return to America. Before his
en
departure the captain of the Henrietta received a
deputation from the club, who presented him with
a medal commemorative of his victory.
oxes which had
been sent to England with the meat of the cattle
catltlheepAlaigituwee,rpsa j;snctilinaatthei of the
empty
v 17th
b, speaking of the
slaughtered at Hasselt were seized by the police
immediately on being landed, and, as a precau-
tionary measure, were immediately burnt. It thus
appears that there was truth in the statement that
the diseased meat was sent over the water to add to
the stock of " the roast beef of old England." A
Smyrna paper states that the cattle plague has re-
appeared in some of the districts of Anatolia. Vari-
ous remedies have been tried, but nothing can stop
the progress of the disease. The animals die in a
few hours in frightful convulsions.
Among the statements in the blue book, relative
to the situation of the Empire, is the fact of in-
creased activity in the postal relations. In spite of
political circumstances the augmentation in the
receipts of the Post Office in 1866 will exceed the
constant increase of preceding years, the total
amounting to 3,240,000 f. The improvements
effected in former years in postal arrangements have
been followed out with persevering activity. During
the course of the year 100 new Post Office esta-
blishments were created, and 100 offices were
opened, with a view to effect a more speedy distri-
bution of letters. The happy termination of nego-
tiations has increased international correspondence.
Three postal conventions were concluded between
the French Government and the Governments of
Portugal, the Holy See, and the kingdom of Greece.
The weather is still very unsettled, but in Paris
to-day, for the moat part, it was fine, and there was
sunshine during the greater part of the day. Last
night, however, and early this- morning there was
heavy rain. During the day there were heavy,
ominous clouds. It is stated from Mende, in the
department of Lozone, that tlke weather has been
frightful. The wind in the mountains was very
violent, and abundance of rain fell in the plains. It
rained for 36 hours, and the river Lot inundated the
town of Mende, and forced the inhabitants to leave
their houses. On the 15th, at Toulouse there was
a terrific storm, which did much damage to the roofs
of the houses. Several persons were injured by the
tiles which were blown into the streets. Some
strange anomalies in the weather arc mentioned
from more distant quarters. At Alexandria on the
30th of January there was a' heavy hail storm for a
quarter of an hour.
An art treasure has been.cliscovered in the Church
of Caelvoet, Belgium. The tower of the church has
been under repair, and among many articles stowed
away in it a portrait of St. Cecilia, by Van Dyk,
has been found in excellent condition. It is the
undoubted production of the great master ; and
some amateurs, believing it to be his best, have
already offered large sums for it ; but the curate
says he will not sell it at any price, but will preserve
it for the benefit of the church. Persons may now
inspect it in the church for a small sum, and the
amount then raised will be given to the poor.
Mr. J. B. Maire, retired Colonel of the Staff, has
just died in Paris in his 90th year. He entered the
army as a volunteer at 16, and won all his promo-
tions on the field of battle.
At the opening races at Porchefontaine on Sun-
day the Course des Hales was won by Said, carry-
ing the heaviest weight (63 kilog.) and beating
Luynes (63 kilog.) The Duke of Hamilton's
Collet Monte and 14 other horses ran. Seven
horses ran in each of the steeplechases (a handicap
and a prix a recl«rer.) In the first the celebrated
Valentino could only reach second place, Pine Apple
being second, and beaten in its turn by the Duke of
Hamilton's Ironsides. The second was won by
Heidelberg, followed by Doge. A race for a private
bet between Themes and Zora was won by the

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAM.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (Evening.)

The House of Representatives has rejected the
Bill passed by the Senate as a substitute for the
Military Bill.

former. Two riders were thrown in the course of at 495 f. Railway shares are tolerably firm, and
the day, but happily only received a trifling injury. maintain yesterday's closing prices.
The races at La Marche will take place on Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :
Sunday. ill per Cents 99 50 •
The Government has just ordered the manufac- Do. end month —
3per Cents. G9 721
ture of 500,000 Chassepot guns. Three hundred Do. end month 69 60
thousand will be manufactured in the military arse- Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
nals, and the remaining 200,000 by gunsmith trade; Credit Foncier —
300,000 are to be ready by the Ist of January next, Do. end month 1531 75
and the remainder in the succeeding month of April.
A statue of the llindoo god Wichnou has arrived
at Bordeaux in the Guipazcons, for Pondicherry. It IN orthorn
was discovered in the French village of Tiripouvane, Lyons and
and is nearly two metres and a half high. The god
has the insignia peculiar to it, the tiara, the cordon
of Brahma, the four arms, two hands of which carry
the flower of the lotus. The llindoo Trinity is c )m-
-posed of Brahma, the God Creator; Siva, the God
Destructor; and Wichnou, the Conservative God.
A learned German writer thus classes the Indian
Divinities :—Brahma—The Sun, Creator, Power.
Siva—Fire, Destruction, Justice. Wichnou—
Water, Preservation, Wisdom. This statue will
probably be at the Exhibition.

Bank Shares 3565
Italian Loan 53 30
Do. end mouth 53 371,
Mexican Loan 2O
Do. Bonds 135
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
rAys.

For Account.
Orleans
Northorn l2lB 75
Lyons and Mediterranean.... 931 25
Southern 578 75

Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard.
North of Spain
SaragosEa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman..

585 -
552 50

408 75
408 75

131 25

WAR IN PARAGUAY.

(From a Correspondent.)

We have received filee of the Buenos Ayrean

Standard up to the 13th of January last, and from
which we take the following extracts from the
Standard's able correspondent at the seat of war :
" A Paraguayan, of the 7th Cavalry Regiment
deserted to the lines, and stated that his name was

Juez Martinez, of Villa Rica, sent out to catch some
deserters, and deserted himself. He was sent to
General Mitre's tent, and when 1 was there they
were taking down his declarations, which I believe
arc all pure inventions. These Paraguayans are far
too wide awake for the Allies. They come over as
deserters with uplifted hands, swear they are dying
of starvation, and when they get all they want, in
the way of information, they are gone. The only
way to stop this is to send all these deserters
to Corrientes and lock them up; but then, if this is
done, there will be no more deserters; there is the
rub. Meanwhile Lopez knows everything that is
going on in the Allied camp as well as the Com-
_

mander-in-Chief, and this is proved by the fact
that whenever the Allies attempt to move in the
morning the bugle sounds in the enemy's camp
an hour earlier than usual.
" The Paraguayans are ceaseless in their hos-
tility, and are as active to-day as when President
Mitre landed first in Paraguay with his sword,
cloak, and his fortune. I can compare them to
nothing else save the ants, for they are everywhere ;
click, click, on every side. These eternal
' guerillas,' they amount to nothing you think in
Buenos Ayres, but believe me that it is not so ; and
more men have perished in these guerilla' fights
than in pitched battles. This I have from a
Brazilian officer who knows what is going
on. Then, again, the lightning in this
country is fearful, and scarcely a storm
passes that there are not one or more stricken
down. A soldier of the ith of the Line, Brazi-

lian, was reduced to ashes, and his wife terribly
burnt also, the other day. Even the very elements
seem to conspire in favour of Lopez, for the last
floods have been a feather iu his cap ; but I leave
others to tell that story.
" When up at the camp I learned that the most
ferocious and daring of Lopez's troops are some
regiments of slaves recently brought down from
the interior ; and I am given to understand that a
very large force of these slaves is being concen-
trated at an estancia of the Patria, a few leagues
from Humaita. These men fight in the true sense
of the word for their liberty, for their names are

enrolled ; and on the conclusion of the war Lopez
not only agrees to give them their freedom, but
also a farm of land each in the new Paraguayan pro-
vince of Matto Grosso.

" The expedition through the Gran Chaco has
been abandoned, and the story about the mutiny in
Lopez's troops proves to be, after all, a mere
canard,' an invention of some Paraguayan spies to
find favour with the allies.

" The men and boats sent up the Parana by the
Marquis Caxias have been ordered to stop the con-
traband trade going on, and not to look after the
Paraguayan rebels. how long the present rule and
system of Government may last in Paraguay it is
difficult to say, but the English public of Buenos
Ayres should not swallow the ' rot' and nonsense I
see published in the native papers. The people of
Paraguay stand by Lopez with an adhesion, which
is the most convincing proof of the vitality of the
Paraguayan people and the innocence of the masses.
Corruption has as yet made little headway in Para-
guay, and the dream of politicians to subjugate a
people who hold true to themselves is a political
error which can with difficulty be excused or exte-
nuated. I cannot now dilate on this topic (heat
113 Fah. in the shade), but if the Allies are ever to
effect anything in Paraguay, it must be by means
of their own strength and power, and not by the
defection or debility of the enemy.
,4 In March, they say here, the war will be all
over. This is believed both in Argentine and Bra-
zilian head-quarters. I can give you no reason or
motive for this, but it is the belief here."
From the interior provinces of the Argentine Con-
federation the news is very unsatisfactory. The re-
volution against the Central Government, daily
gaining strength in the provinces of San Juan,
lb Mendoza, and Cordoba, and Chili, and Bolivia,
are assisting them in all ways they can, thereby
assisting Paraguay.
In the provinces of the Empire they were pressing
all and every one in the ranks to swell the army ;
married men, "1 and children, from 10 to 14 years of
age, were also forced to take arms ; and no one as
yet sees an end to this prolonged and disastrous
war. Seven hundred and ninety-three criminals,
from Fernando Norouho, had also been sent to join
the army, being pardoned by the Emperor, if not
killed by the Paraguayans. Senor Octaviano had
handed in his resignation, which was not accepted
by the Emperor.

MARKETS.—This day.

MARK-LANE.

Barley was in moderate request, and prices ruled firm
The supply was moderate.

In malt sales progressed slowly, at about previous cur.

rencies.

SNIP ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour
English and Scotch _ 860 880 2,060 40 1,920
Irish
Foreign 3,580 2,510

From Essex and Kent very little wheat was received
fresh up, to-day, coastwise as well as by rail, and the
quality of the supply was by no means satisfactory. Both
red and white parcels were puchased cautiously, and the
prices realised were barely eqnal to Monday.

_
Millers restricted their transactions in foreign wheat as
much as possible, and refused to operate beyond their
immediate wants. Late rates wore with difficulty sup-
ported. The show of foreign wheat was moderate.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late
rates.

Oats commanded rather more attention, at full prices.
The quantity offered was rather limited.
Beans and peas changed hands to a moderato extent, on
former terms.
Flour was firm, at stationary prices.

850 960 sacks
610 brls.

COMPARATITE QUANTITIES AND TRICES OF GRAIN.
For the week ending Feb.' For tho corresponding week
16, 1867. last year.
Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Ayer.
Wheat 42,727-59s 10d Wheat 61,055-45s 9d
Barley 42,015-435 9d Barley ....63,364-33s
Oats 8,718-235 Gd Oats