The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-02 00:00:00

Inflammatory appeals, which intend, or tend, to make this
Union less perfect, or to jeopard or disturb its domestic
tranquillity, or to mar the spirit of harmony, compromise,
and concession upon which the Union was formed by our
fathers, whose records we have cited, and whose legacies
we have in these compacts, laws, and administrations.
(Cheers, and cries of Good?) That we regard the recent
outrage at Harper's Ferry as a crime, not only against the
State of Virginia, but against the Union—(renewed cheers)
—itself ; and we approve the firmness by which the treason
has been duly punished. (' Three cheers for old Virginia.')
That, in our opinion, the subject of slavery has been too
long mingled with party politics—(' That's so')—and as the
result has been the creation of sectional parties, contrary to
the advice, letter, and spirit of the farewell address of the
father of cur common country—that, therefore, it is the
duty of planters, farmers, manufactuers, merchants, me-
chanics, and of every citizen, north and south, east and
west, to discountenance all parties and organisations that
thus violate the spirit of the Constitution and the advice of
Washington. That in the present crisis' the true way
to meet it' is for the friends of the Constitution and
the Union throughout all the land to convene Union
meetings, and to form Union organisations, in the
spirit and tone that called this meeting and that
have inspired its proceedings. Resolved, that the
Committee of Arrangements be authorised to correspond
with such Union organizations as may be formed, and to
take such measures as they may deem proper for the pro-
mulgation and maintenance of the principles of this meet-
ing. The time has come when every American citizen
Must declare whether he intends to ' keep step to the music
of the Union,' or lend his voice to swell the dismal chorus
of sectional discord and defiance. (Cheers.")
Letters of apology for absence, but of sympathy
with the object of the meeting, were read from
Mr. D. S. Dickinson, Mr. Van Buren, Millard
/Illinore, Franklin Pierce, George Briggs, and D.
D. Barnard.
A despatch from New Orleans of the 20th con-
tains smote important intelligence respecting the
United States' treaty with Mexico:—
'The United States' steamer Brooklyn has arrived here,
b •
ringlng Air. McLane, our Minister to Mexico, and his
family,

" Mr. McLsme's Secretary of Legation has also arrived,
bearing with him the treaty with the Juarez Government.
It was ratified on the 14th inst., and provides for a perpe-
tual right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec from
Rio Grande to Mazatlan, and from Guayamas to Arizona,
With warehouses at the termini of each transit. All goods
between the Atlantic and Pacific States are to pass free of
duty. Goods shipped from transit warehouses to foreign
countries are also to be free of duty.
"Our troops, military stores, and munitions of war are
to pass through Tehuantepec and Sonora the same as Mexi-
can. The neutrality of the transit is to be guarded by both
Governments united. With or without the consent of
Mexico, we are to possess the right to protect the transit
and property by force. There is to be perfect religious free-
d°lll. No forced loans on our citizens are to be permitted.
"A supplemental convention permits intervention in
Mexico to protect our citizens and enforce the treaty stipu-
lations.
"In compensation for the release of duties on passing
transits the United States is to pay 4,000,000 dols., two of
which are to be received in payment of claims.
The treaty was despatched to Washington this evening.
The above is derived from authentic sources."
A despatch, dated New Orleans, Dec. 17, " says—
Brownsville. Texas, dates of the 14th inst. are received.
"Brownsville was defended by 300 men. Cortinas had
been reinforced, but no fight had yet taken place.
" Degollado had lost half his army and all his artillery in
a battle with Miramon, near Queretaro. Being pursued by
the Church forces, he retreated to Monterey, but was also
forced to abandon that point.
"The road to Tampico is now open to the Church forces.
" Miramon had left Guadalajara to attack Mazatlan.
lie had suspended Marquez, who took the 3,000,000 dols.
in specie."

In the Kentucky Legislature on the 13th, Mr.
Grover introduced a iesolution instructing the re-
presentatives and senators from the State, in Con-
gress, to urge upon the treaty-making power of the
Illbvernment the necessity of inserting in the treaty
of 1842 a provision making the condition of fugi-
tives from labour equally binding upon Great Bri-
tain with that of those from justice. The resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted.

PAVINGS BANKS.

On Saturday, the last day of the old year, was
Published a return from each Savings Bank in
England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, contain-
in g the names of the officers, their respective sala-
ries, and other allowances, if any ; the amount of
security each ives ; the number of accounts re-
it:4llllg °Pen ;g the total amount owing to deposi-
sto.rsene;rtshfeortotal amount invested with the Commis-
the Reduction of the National Debt ;
ohus raate of interest paid to depositors on the vari-
,re of
of
in-
separate deposit, and the average rate of t° st on all accounts ; and the total amount of the
Surplus Fund, on the 20th Nov., 1858,
.I!4_,e-, on the motion of Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P.
roni a recapitulation of the details, pre-
pared by the compilers of the return, it appears
that in the whole of the United Kingdom
(including the isles in British seas) the number
of banks was 606 ; the number of unpaid officers,
621, and of paid officers, 1,256 ; the amount of secu-
rity given by the unpaid officers, £381,820, and by
the paid, £356,530; the salaries and allowances of
the officers, £88,184; the annual expenses of the
Management for the year ended 20th November,
1858, £121,125 ; the number of accounts remaining
°Pen on the 20th November, 1858, £1,398,886 ; the
total amount owed to depositors on that day,
£35,947,340; the total amount invested with the
Commissioners of the National Debt (including
surplus fund), £35,757,455 ; the balance in the
handset' the treasurers on the 20th November, 1858,
£302,901 ; the average rate of interest paid to de-
positors only £2 18s. 10d. per cent. The total num-
ber of annuities granted from the " commencement,"
11,244, and the amount thereof £188,918 ; the rate
Per cent. per annum on the capital of banks for ex-
Pensesof management, 6s. 9d. (average); the annual
number of receipts from depositors for the year
858 (up to Nov. 20), 1,598,250 ; the annual num-
ber of payments to depositors, 825,129 ; the aver-
age amount of receipts from depositors for the year
already so often mentioned, £4 18s. 9d. and the
average amount of payments to such depositors
during the same period, £9 10s. A list of officers
and their salaries is appended. Taking some of
the metropolitan districts, we find that in Stepney,
One of the lowest and most pauper-stricken, the
secretary, Mr. F. Cook, receives £lOO as salary,
Zitil a house; the actuary also receives £lOO, and
Mr. aCcountant £6O. In St. James's Piccadilly,
• R; B. Lee, who. does double duty as secre-
vary and
actuary, receives a salary
o(ta nef
ao
et ne a
xllsy) , of £lOO
and the porter (the only other paid
ayear. In " St. Martin's-place, Middle-
kr where I.)rummond and Co. are treasurers,
E. Bodle, controller and secretary, has
nearly £BOO a-year, and his brother, A. W. Boodle
cashier, £232. Two auditors receive £357
each; the chief cashier, Mr. T. N. Scallon, has
£312; two sub-cashiers, £192 and £182; and se-
v.preal clerks from £lO2 to £162. The whole of
nthuats'alari" figure for £3,618, exclusive of superan-
ion allowances. In St Mar lebone, where Sir
Claude Scott, Bart., is trea.surerYand is obliged to
give security for £5,000, the secretary and actuary,
Mr. D. Finney, receives £640 a-year ; with the
privilege of residence in the bank ; the chief clerk,
£9n
r 0; the second and third, £l7O and £ll5 ; and
veral others salaries ranging from the ridiculously
Julv stun of £3 (paid to a Mr. G. Lloyd) to £26
ha At. Clem3nt Danes, where Mr.
Twining is treasurer, the actuary, Mr. T. P.
IScrivener, receives £l5O. The clerk, Mr. F. Cocker,
qonly £lOO, while the messenger receives £6O.
" Islington Mr. A. P. Oldershaw, described as
secretary and agent," receives £l5O a-year. In
t•Nhce Ilackney (north-east) district the secretary,
ir. r* W. Heailicote, receives £7O a-year ; the actuary,
--o
j• Clennell, £5O, and one clerk, Mr. J.
;:seye rde
4.2y0. At Ha.gg erstone the work is done by
Gre
alone, with
the low salary of £2O. At
e
Zr-nwieh the actuary, Mr. Langley, receives £2OO
£lO for coals. At Kensington the secretary,
IZ?uben Green, has £l2O a-year, and at Ham-
a relnith the secretary has £7O. In Lambeth the
iieltilarY has £l5O, and the secretary £100; and in
ree
,anie locality (St. John's district) the secretary
ce'ves £llO a-year, there being no actuary.

regret 4.211 RIVERSDALE GLYN.—It is with sincere
dalE,il'iat we have to record the death of Major Rivers-
IndieCun, of the Rifle Brigade, on his way home from
eery „' ,-rte was not only a favourite with his brother offi-
tlr"lio the men of the battalion, but he was esteemed and
,arcld
by ovary one of the British army, with whom,
contact Young, his varied sei•vice had thrown him largely in
-ue'• Kindly, generous, frank, full of good feeling and
hiethY, courao-eous, and cheerful, he possessed in the
galiatt degree the characteristics of a good friend and of a
"i soldier. During the war in the Crimea he was at one
ego "''44 subaltern in the Bth Hussars, on duty with the
of
zi Lord Raglan, and never missed a turn of duty.
dut;" the Rifle Brigade were engaged in the most arduous
fares'e of the siege h exchanged from the cavalry into that
As battalion, in which he saw much arduous service.
fr tho siege was over he enjoyed a very brief respite
set duty till ho was sent with his battalion to
afralsirt Where he was present at some of the most serious
plav under Lord Clyde, in every ono of which ho J,ed the same qualities which had gained for him the re-
up‘4 and respect of his brother officers. All through Oude,
pat to the
r.erai, through the summer and winter cam-
illls.through the subsequent marches, he went on foot
1-1 his men till the dispersion of the rebels brought to
aelela ed- his brigade a short rest, which only developed the
e_ sof the disease planted by exposure. The voyage home
ixee too late. He is one more of the soldiers who have died
'ter the battle was won of wounds gained in the struggle,