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GREAT EASTERN.

The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr.
Charles 11. Turner, the chairman, presided.
Mr. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice
convening the meeting, the report, a copy of which
appeared in The Sun, was taken as read.

The CtraramAN, in moving the adoption of the
report and statement of the accounts, said he was
exceedingly glad to see so large an attendance of
proprietors, as it showed they felt an interest in the
affairs of the company. He had to thank the pro-
prietors, both present and absent, for their expres-
sions of confidence, sympathy, and support. The
shareholders bad also responded by sending their
proxies, but at the same time he hoped the day
was far distant in that undertaking when proxies
would be used. He regretted that the issue of the
report had been delayed, but they hoped to have
been enabled to announce the final arrangements
for carrying out a measure that would benefit
them. He might say that the report constituted
the chief part of his speech on that occasion. They
had suffered in their district from plague, pestilence,
and famine. The cattle plague had caused great
loss to their customers, and injuriously affected
their cattle traffic. The cholera had affected the
pleasure traffic, and the late storm had stopped
their goods traffic for three days, and the
passenger
traffic had also been blocked up far a short-time by
the snow. They had suffered not only from the
cattle plague, but from the money plague. (Hear.)
While he had warned theta of difficulties in the
hour of danger, he could now tell them they might
look forward to satisfactory results. They had
saved in the past half-year £50,000 in working ex-
penses, as compared with the corresponding period.
It was not a saving on necessary expenses, but a
saving of wasteful and extravagant expenditure.
He hoped the shareholders would not consider that
as the ultimate result of their saving, but accept it as
an instalment of what they would do. Their thanks
were due to those who so far reduced the expendi-
ture; and they looked forward hopefully to further
reductions when they could be made. If the company's
securities could have been placed at a moderate rate
of interest, it would have made up the £30,000 de-
ficient in paying interest on the preference stock.
To give them some idea of what the ordinary
shareholders might look forward to in the shape of
dividend, he mentioned that in the past half year
they had £30,000, which;under other circumstances,
would have been available for ordinary dividend, to
which should be added £15,000, the extra high rates
of interest for floating capital they had paid ; and
there was also/5,000 for compensation belonging to
previous half years, but only then come into account,
so that there was something like £50,000, which,
under ordinary circumstances, would be available
for dividend to the Great Eastern ordinary share-
holders. With regard to the Whitechapel coal de-
pot,
he was happy to say they had money enough
to complete it by July 1 next, when they would have
a large coal trade from the north, via Spalding and
March. Six trains a day would bring a quantity of
coal to that depot that would raise their traffic re-
ceipts £2,000 a week, which would give them a
considerable surplus --say, of 11 per cent. on the old
stock. Then, again, on the import of cattle being
resumed, they would have an addition from that
source, so that they might look hopefully to the
future. The steamboat traffic had also suffered, and
they were anxious to utilise those boats and make
them pay, by running to other ports when necessary.
With regard to the metropolitan lines, they had
done all they could under the circtunstances ; those
extensions would add 11 miles to their system, and,
on going into an analysis and comparison with other
metropolitan lines, he found that those lines, when
completed, would be amply remunerative: The com-
pany's metropolitan lines would not only develope
the local traffic, but increase the traffic on the whole
of the company's system. In the locomotive depart-
ment they found the contract system existing, by
which many men got an addition of £9 a month to
their wages, but this had been abolished. Another
matter was the stores' department, in which it was
usual to keep £250,000 worth of stores. The direc-
tors found, by the assistance of Mr. Swartrick, the
general manager, that £lOO,OOO or £150,000 worth
of stores would be ample for everything, and thus
save the interest on the difference, which would be
about £lO,OOO a-year. 13y not creosoting all the

sleepers they would save another £lO,OOO a-year,
and a further large sum would be saved in the sup-
ply of gas. Something had been done in respect of
rating, which would also reduce their Expenses. The
accounts as now made out would not compare with
the corresponding period, but they formed the basis
of future ac-counts. The true policy of the Great
Eastern would he to get some of the traffic over their
lines from Yorkshire and the north to London. Be-
fore the board committed the company to any of
those new arrangements, they would be submitted to
the shareholders for their approval. If they could
carry out the negotiations now
pending, the result
would be very advantageous to the shareholders in
the company. Ile hoped soon to be able to congra-
tulate the company on their trains being in York-
shire. He then adverted to the proposal made to Mr
Laing to join their board for the purpose of con-
ducting the financial matters of the company, and
placing them in a sound and safe position. They
had to raise £4,000,000 on the best terms they could.
Although the £5,000 might seem large as compen-
sation he preferred to pay that openly than to com-
pensate Mr. Laing in any other way. The direct
saving of £30,000 a year of the extra interest nowpaid
in respect of the floating debt would of. itself be a
great advantage to the compauy. He hoped the
proprietors would give the board and Mr. Laing
their cordial support, and all the assistance in their
power to bring the company out of its difficulties.
He thanked his-colleagues forth° assistance they had
given him, and said they were doing everything to
the best of their knowledge and ability to benefitthe
company. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. SMITH seconded the motion for the adop-
tion of the report.
Mr. C. LEGG thought the saving in the report
argued well for the future of the new Board. He
was not so well pleased with the new form cf ac-
counts, and alluded to the enormous cost forinterest
on the temporary loans, amounting for the half-year,
on £731,000, to £40,000 for interest and £3,000 for
commission. They had spent on new works of 1861
£631,000, and upon the metropoaan lines £400,000
—then they had to pay large amounts on leased
lines. When he saw dividends on the old shares he
would befteve in the saving on working expenses.
Ile was a :andidate for a seat at the Board, but
would ver willingly withdraw to serve the company.
They propo dto get the assistance of Mr. Laing,
and he believed he would be the right man in the
right place.

Ir. Sergeant SPINKS said that a vast amount of
their stock was held by his friends. It was impos-
sible to make a comparison of the present with for-
mer accounts of working expenses ; but it appeared
to him that £35,000 of the saving on working
expenses had come oat of the permanent way.
He contended that nothing would tend more to
the establishment of confidence than enabling the
public to see the affairs of the company were ad-
ministered with economy. They should shut up
useless stations, run no unnecessary trains, and
reduce the very high salaries. He believed that
great advantagesfWculd arise to them on the com-
pletion of the metropolitan lines of the company.
They would have an excellent station in the city of
London, the suburban and main line traffic would
e greatly increased, the blocks to traffic would be
removed, and they would have a shorter and better
line to the north. He wished every success to the
pending negotiations, and hoped they would be
brought to a satisfactory issue. The capital cost of
the steamboats was £lBO.OOO, and they had already
lost by them £31,000. They would require a profit
on the working of the steamloats of £22,500 a year
to pay interest on capital and 7} irr cent. for de-
preciation to save the company from loss. He moved
an amendment to the effect that a committee of
three shareholders be appointed to investigate the
steamboat accounts, with full powers, and to report
the result to a meeting of shareholders on March 12
next.

Mr. AUSTEN sail it would be very desirable to
pay off the floating debt as soon as possible. With
every respect for the great ability of Mr. Laing in
financial matters, he thought £5,000 too large a sum
to pay at once.

Mr. RomNsoN seconded the meeting.
• Mr. LEGG, of Leeds, said that, although the di-
rectors had reduced the working expenses by 51 per
cent. during the past half-year, they were now more
than the average of railways in the United King-
dom. Considering the state of the money market,
he was not surprised that the directors had 11-1 per
cent. to pay for the £700,000 temporary loans. He
thought it would be very cheap indeed to have the
valuable services of Mr. Laing to raise the necessary
capital to construct the metropolitan lines and sta-
tion, and to bring the whole of the property into a
sound and paying condition. He hoped the share-
holders would assist the directors and Mr. Laing in
their efforts to redeem the property and place their
affairs in a good position. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN replied to the various observa-
tions, which resulted in Mr. Sergeant Spinks with-
drawing his amendment, and Mr. Cyrus Legg with-
drawing his name rs a candidate for a seat at the
Board in favour of the election of Mr. Laing.
The report and statement of accounts were then
unanimously adopted.
On the motion of Mr. Cyrus Legg, seconded by
Mr. Sergeant Spinks, Mr. S. Laing was unani-
mously elected a director of the company, and it
'was agreed that £5,000 should be paid to him for
special services mentioned.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman ; and it was intimated that imme-
diately after the general meeting Mr. S. Laing was
elected deputy chairman of company.

In the report upon the case of the steamboat
Commodore, of the Stonington line, lost on the Long
Island coast on the night of December 27, the in-
spector made the startling remarks " that the boat
was a rotten old tub, unfit for navigation, lacking
necessary equipments, worked by an incompetent
crew, sailed by a reckless and incompetent captain,
and taken to sea without a license, in violation of
law and regulations, and in au unseaworthy con-
dition. The president of the company to which she
belonged testified that ho knew of the dangerous
con
board. The New York herald
allow to crowd her decks
of
fed
Lis
of the boat, and hesitated in trusting
is eon
on
the company over
which he presides,
fi justlydin g re i
n m a
ther ks__" Yet innocent passengers,
reputationcon-
fiding
were
and cabins as freely as they pleased. Men, women,
and children were enticed by agents and advertise-
ments to take passage by her, with the knowledge
on the part of the captain and the company that
they stood a better chance of going to the bottom
than of arriving safely at their destination. Is it
not about time that crimes such as these men have
been guilty of should be punished ? Are those who
thus wickedly and wilfully jeopardise human life to
go wholly free? Recommendations for more strin-
gent laws are all very well, but if such a case as
that of the Commodore is to be passed over with
a report, and a few indignant comments by the press,
all the laws that can be enacted will not make a
traveller's life worth an hour's purchase."

A few brief particulars are given respecting the
new comet discovered at Marseilles in the constella-
tion of the ram. It is nearly round and has a brilliant
nucleus, which almost neutralises the light of the tail.
It could not be seen on the night of the 25th in
consequence of the bad weather. On the nights
of the 26th and 28th of January regular observa-
tions were made at Marseilles, when the comet
appeared to be increasing in brilliancy. At Paris
the state of the atmosphere has hitherto prevented
any observation, but there was a slight view of it
on the night of the 31st.

Colonel Marechal, Baron of the Empire, has just
died at Chalons-sur-Saone at the age of 103 years.
He gained all his ranks upon the field of battle, and
was engaged on
_several daring and gallant enter-
prises.

At an adjourned meeting of the Corporation yes:
terday Sir John Gray made a statement on the pre-
sant condition of the Vartry Waterworks. There
is a substantial leak, but in what part of the em-
bankment they do not know. Probably there is a
flaw in some portion of the work in immediate con-
nection with the culvert that passes from the reser-
voir towards the filter beds: The valve house passes
backward through the centre of the embankment
under a puddled trench, and there are 20ft. of solid
brickwork and cement through which the pipes
pass. An arch from that extends perhaps 150 feet
towards the valve house. The leakage is through
the top of that arch, where there are several spit-
tings of water, some as large as a quarter inch
pipe, and some taking the shape of a fan. There is
a subsidence of about 4ft. in diameter at the front
of the embankment over the tunnel, and about 40ft.
behind where the water is oozing out. The probabi-
lity is that some of the water has got under the
middle of the arch, and that the extent and good-
ness of the material used-40 or 50 feet of puddle
and solid material over the arch—kept it down, and
forced it out through the chinks of the arch. So far
as the engineers could estimate they thought that
all the • water that came in got out, and that no
damage whatever was at present being done to the
back of the embankment. The back of the embank-
ment was the portion on which the strength, soli-
dity, and security of the whole structure depended.
Sir John Gray further explained that a sluicing
valve, which had been specially provided for such
contingencies had, unfortunately, got out of order.
An accident occurred to it in this way :—The gear
for opening the valve was found to work stiffly, and
it was determined to take it out and send to Glasgow
for other gear. The gear was taken out and the
valve was, as was thought, secured ; but in opening
the back valve to let off some water the other
almost broke the pipe and flooded the whole
place. In order to stop the flow of water
through the pipe, at the suggestion of Mr.
Simpson, a ball was floated down to the aper-
ture in the pipe. This ball had been. got into
the pipe, and now the object was to get it out. Its
diameter was 7in. greater than that of the pipe, and
it was kept to it by a water pressure of 251 b. to the
square inch, equivalent to about 18 tons. They had
been deprived of the means which this valve afforded
of regulating the escape of water from the reservoir.
They had also been obliged to get leave for the mak-
ing of fresh castings, which were required in con-
nexion 'with the valves from the assignee of the con-
tractor who had supplied their pipes, and who was
in the Bankrupt Court. From a conversation that
followed it appeared that over £l,OOO will be re-
quired to cover the cost of the necessary alterations.
Sir John Gray's statement gave satisfaction, and it
was felt that he and the committee had done all in
their power in the matter.
The Pally Express is happy to be enabled to an-
nounce that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
resolved to allocate £12,000 for the purpose of in-
creasing the incomes derived from small benefices.
This resolution is an evidence of the careful manage-
ment of the fund intrusted to the Commissioners.

The writ for the election of the county of Cork
arrived on Saturday. The nomination of candidates
is fixed for the 21st inst. Mr. Smith Barry has ad-
dressed the electors on Liberal and independent
principles. An address from Cel. Luke White, son
of Lord Annaly, was also expected, but had not
arrived yesterday. Mr. Vincent Scully seems deter-
mined to go to the poll. The Cork Examiner thinks
Mr. Pope Hennessy will not come forward.
At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy yester-
day a report of the Committee of Council was read,
stating that the existing grant was totally insuffi-
cient for carrying on the work of the Academy.
At present the provision for the custody of the col-
lection of articles in the museum—stated by the
Parliamentary Committee to be " the richest and
most important in Europe in Celtic antiquities"—
was so unsatisfactory that the public could not
safely be admitted to inspect it. In the library and
MSS. department the whole of the £2OO granted
was absorbed in transcribing, translating, and cata-
loguing, so that nothing remained for printing and
giving to the world the most important of the mate-
rials contained in the Academy's collection of Irish
MSS., while at this moment there was such an
urgent demand by philologists in every part of the
world for the publication of such materials. The
Committee of Council, therefore, thought that a
special sum, to be spread over a certain number
of years, ought to be added to the grant of £2OO
already allocated for work on Irish manuscripts.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Com-
pany was held at the company's offices, Belfast,
yesterday. The report of the directors, which was
of a very favourable character, showing an increase
of upwards of £l,BOO in the traffic, compared with
the corresponding period of 1865, was adopted. A
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was
declared.

Mr. Peter Tait, Mayor of Limerick, has accepted
an invitation to a public banquet to be given on the
21st inst., "as some acknowledgment of the respect
and regard entertained for him, and in recognition
of his exertions as Mayor for the welfare of the city,
the many benefits he has conferred on it and the
people, his munificient gifts of charity, and un-
bounded and graceful hospitality." The requisi-
tion is signed by nearly all the leading men of the
city and county, without distinction of party. The
banquet is to be given in the Theatre Royal, the
boxes of which will be reserved for ladies.

In consequence of telegraphic communications
received by the Government 67 men were arrested
this morning at the North Wall, on board the
Holyhead and Liverpool steamer as soon as she
arrived. It is supposed that they threw their
arms and ammunition overboard on seeing the
police. The river is to be dragged for revolvers.
Three were found concealed on deck. The prisoners
have been lodged in. Richmond Bridewell. They
were shabbily dressed, and looked reckless and des-
perate.
True bills have been found by the grand jury
against Stephen Meany for treason-felony ; also
against Denis Downey and others, for having arms
in a proclaimed district.
The Solicitor-General was unanimously elected
to-thy for Dublin University ;he was proposed by
Rev. Dr. Carson and seconded by the Hon. and Rev.
C. Plunket.
The Attorney-General was this day re-elected for
the borough of Galway without opposition.

The Grand Council of Berne, in Switzerland, has
voted 7,000,000 francs for the Jura Railway.
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The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,567. It was the sixth week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,527. The
deaths in the present return exceed the estimated
number by 40.

Under the influence of a milder temperature the
mortality has decreased ; but the effects of the recent
severe cold are still perceptible in the returns. Do
deaths from bronchitis in the last three weeks were
399, 271, and 204 ; from -pneumonia, in the same
periods, 95, 92, and. 87 respectively. The deaths of
36 nonagenarians have been registered in London
during the last three weeks. 47 deaths from small-
pox, 22 from scarlatina, 68 front whooping-cough,
and 42 from typhus were registered last.week. llol-
born —Saffron•hill—ln the Casual Ward of the
West London Union, Charterhouse-lane, on Jan.
20, the son of a porter, aged two years, " inflam-
mation of lungs, caused by exposure to the weather
and want of proper nourishment ; post mortem, ;
inquest. Whitechapel—North--At 1?, Commer-
cial place onFeb.4, son of a tailor, aged six months,
"insufficient nourishment and exposure to cold ;"
post mortem ; inquest. St. Olave, Southwark—St.
John—At 14, Parish-street on the 4th of February,
the widow of a shoemaker, aged 73 years, " inflam-
mation of lungs,accelerated by want of medical assist-
ance and suitable nourishment ;" post rnortem ;
inquest. Stepney—Limehouse.—At 10,' Gun-
square, on the sth of February, the daughter of a
cab-driver, aged five years, " disease of lungs,
accelerated by unhealthy condition of house and
neighbourhood ;" post mortem ; inquest. Green-
wich—East.—At the Union 'Workhouse, ou the
24th cf January, a female, aged about 39 years,
" disease of the lungs, accelerated by exposure to
the weather ; post mortem ; inquest.
The following is a list of 40 persons who were '
drowned in the deep waters of Regent's Park on
Tuesday, January 15, in consequence of the ice
breaking :—Sot of a colonial broker, aged 16 years ;
son of an esquire, 15 ; a medicol student, 22 ; a
warehouseman, 24; son of a lieut.-colonel, 16 ; sou
of a printer, 13 ; a clerk, 29 ; a gentleman, 29 ; a
bedst.cad maker, 17 ; a butler, 30 ; son of an un-
dertaker, 14 ;,.son of a harness-maker, 10; a coster-
monger, 28; an organ metal pipe maker, 18; a
costermonger, 22 ; an upholsterer, 18 : a gasfitter,
20 ; son of a carpenter, 9 ; a house decorator, 21 ;
son of a coachman, 13 ; a silk merchant, 26 ; son of
a bricklayer, ,11 ; a student of arts, 17 ; son of a
butcher, 14 ; a dentist, 23 ; a house painter, 35 ;
a wood turner, 20 ; son of a tailor, 14 ; a house
painter, 20 ; an orphan toy, 16 ; a law student,
20 ; a clerk, 23 ; a commercial traveller, 25 ; a
corn seller, 21 ; son of an emigrant, 14 ; a solicitor,
26; an organ builder, 26 ; a railway porter, 23 ; a
coach joiner, 22.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 27
per 1,000 in London, 30 in Edinburgh, and 37 in
Dublin, 23 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 32 ,in
Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 27 in SAlford, 26 in
Sheffield, 21 in Leeds, 29 in Hull, 44 in Newcastle-
up m-Tyue, and 32 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna
was 31 per 1,000 during the week ending the 2d
inst., when the mean temperature was 3.9 deg.
Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London,
where the'rate was 28.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.452 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 30-36 in.
on Sunday to 28.65 on Wednesday. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 43.4 deg.,
which is 4.9 deg. above the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The highest day* temperature was 54.8
deg. on Saturday. The lowest night temperature
was 32.9 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of
temperature in the week was, therefore, 21.9 deg.
The mean of the highest temperatures of the water
of the Thames was 43.0 deg. ; that of the lowest
was 39.8 deg. The difference between the mean
dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.2
deg. Tht mean degree of humidity of the air was
82, complete saturation being represented by 100.
Rain fell to the amount of 0.48iu. The general
direction of the wind was S.IV. Violent gales
of wind occurred en Wednesday and Fri lay. On
Wednesday the greatest pressure of the wind on
the square foot was 331 b., and on Friday 411 b.
According to a return furnished by the engineer
of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average
daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river
Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Cross-
ness, was 44,866,199 gallons, or 203,817 cubic
metres, equivalent to about as many tons by weight.

The committee has been formed, and is about to
commence its investigation into the affairs of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway, which will
now be fully and fairly brought out for the infor-
mation of the public. The run against the railway
was so strong that the only alternative open to the
representative of the company in England was to
suppress the attacks by actions for libel, or to obtain
the aid of an independent committee. It amounted
simply to this, whether the company was to be at
',tie expense and risk of establishing its position by a
Aaies a trials in a court of justice, or by the less
expensive and more effective mode of submitting all
its operations to the searching test of an investiga-
tion by a body of c)mpetent men of business. If
the agent felt that there was any weakness in his
case, and had been actuated by vindictive motives,
he would have chosen the legal process, but the bond-
holders, and those interested, may themselves see
that the course taken by Mr. ANlenry is in itself
a ground of confidence. It is not improbable that
the legal action will follow the Report of the Com-
mittee, but whatever may beMr.M,llenry's intention,
of which we have no knowledge, we are strongly of
opinion that it is time that a severe check shoulwdhboe
administeredfor the
last
yearto the
have conspirators and assassins
engaged in plotting
against and stabbing all property open to an attack.
We are in hopes that we may obtain early and re-
liable information on the affairs of this railway, so
that the questions causing so much anxiety may
speedily and for ever be set at rest.
We have lately heard a great deal of the effects
of the ill-advised strikes in England, ruining our
iron and other trades, while they fostered those of
our continental competitors. Cheap and steady
work was represented as drawing orders to Belgium
which could not be undertaken in England at the
price offered, owing to the increased cost of labour,
and to the uncertainty which attends its control.
The contented workmen of Belgium were said to be
building up an enormous trade, attracting capital,
and turning their country into a huge workshop.
Late accounts, however, prove that these statements
shown about the same amount of truth as are
contained in the glowing pictures of the Golden
Age. Formidable riots have broken out at Mar-
chienuer . thirty miners have been arrested, and
Order, alter much trouble, has been restored,
again to break out with increased violence. The
fact is, that in the continually increasing cost of the
necessaries of life, there is a difficulty in adjusting
wages, and the struggle is pretty sure to be felt on
the continent as well as in England till the price of
food becoraee more permanently fixed,

Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, K.C.8., port admiral
and commauder-in-chief at Portsmouth, accom-
panied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent G. G. Wel-
lesley, C. 8., went on board the paddle yacht Fire
Queen yesterday, and paid a visit to the ironclad
frigate I ord Clyde, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., at
Spithead anchorage.

The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, 1,296 tons,
250-horse power, Capt. R. D.White, has arrived at
Sheerness from Spithead, and has commenced un-
loading her stores. In a few days she will be
brought into the basin and paid off, after having
been nearly four years in commission on the Medi-
terranean station.

The Eclipse, 4, screw gun vessel, 700 tons, 200-
horse power, Commander F. R. Fremantle, from
the Australian station, bas been paid out of commis-
sion in Sheerness dockyard by Capt. S. S. L Crofton,
of the Naval Barracks. The crew were granted the
usual Admiralty leave. The ship has been dismantled
and placed in the third division of the steam reserve.
The Rodney, 78, screw ship, 2,770 tons, 500_
horse power, Capt. A. C. F. Ileneage, flagship for
the China station, has been undoeked and placed in.
Sheerness harbour, where she will renaa.sn till her
crew are completed and she is ready for sea.

Yesterday Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, com-
manding the forces in the Chatham district, made an
inspection of the Ist division of the Depot Brigade,
Royal Artillery, at the head-quarters of the divi-
sion. The Major-Gen., who was accompanied by
Capt. F. S. Herries, aide-de-camp, and Brigade-
Major W. W. Lynch, was received by Col. S. 11.
Crofton, in command of the Royal Artillery, Col.
S. Westmacott, commanding Royal Engineers, and
other officers connected with the staff at head-quar-
tera, and at once proceeded to make an inspection of
the four brigades, together with the Coast Brigade,
the officers and men composing which were drawn
up on the parade-ground within the fortifications.
At the close of this portion of the inspection Gen.
Murray visited the barrack quarters, gymnasiums,
schools, recreation rooms, library, and hospital, and
also inspected the Royal Engineer works in progress,
quitting the garrison and returning to bead-quar-
ters in the afternoon. On the previous day Gen.
Murray inspected the troops of the line and other
forces quartered at Milton Barracks, Gravesend,
together with the forts and batteries in that dis-
trict. The troops were drawn up in front of their
quarters, under command of Col. W. L. Stewart, at
Milton Barracks. There the non-commissioned
officers and men were inspected by corps by Gen.
Murray, who subsequently crossed the Thames and
inspected the troops quartered at Tilbury Fort, as
well as the outworks and other parts of the fortifi-
cations at that station. Before closing his inspection
Gen. Murray visited New Tavern Fort, in which a
few troops are quartered, and late iu the afternoon
he returned to headquarters, Chatham. The whole
of the c•-aps under the command of Major-General
Murray have now been inspected, with results which
are understood to be highly satisfactory.
An order has been received at Chatham garrison
directing Ensign Bell and Ensign "Malony, 4th West
India Regiment, to join the service companies of
corps at Cape Coast Castle.
—The Rev 7 S. lifeal has been appointed acting
chaplain at Chatham, and has commenced his duties
at that.garrison.

Lieut. G. G. Peterkin, attached to the depot of
the 45th company at Chatham garrison, has been
ordered to join the service companies of that regi-
ment in India.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. St. V. Jenkings to the
Niobe ; Lieut. R. C. Jolliffe to the Racoon ; Sub-
Lieut. Alfred C. Loveridge to the Research ; G. H.
Moore, midshipman, to the Hector, as supernu-
merary; W. Harvey, midshipman, to the Charybdis,
as supernumerary ; Walter F. C. Bartlett, surgeon,
to the Zebra; G. W. Jones, paymaster, to the
Niobe; H. H. P. Shanks, paymaster, to the Zebra ;
Edward Parsons, chief engineer, to the Niobe ; J.
Jessop, engineer, to the Royal Alfred ; G. Lynch,
engineer, to the Niobe ; H. Parry, engineer, to the
Zebra ; John T. Comerford, assistant surgeon, to
the Lion ; C. L. Itidout, assistant surgeon, to the
Zebra ; W. H. Keats, first-class assistant engineer,
to the Niobe ; John W. Nelson, first class assistant
engineer, to the Zebra ; Daniel C. Stephens, clerk,
to the Niobe ; and J. Taylor, clerk, to the Zebra.

TILE NEW INDIAN HOSTILITIES.—The Nation
gives au article on the late horrible massacre
near Fort Philip Kearney. The Indians in
the United States territories are computed to
number between 300,000 and 350,000, and for this
great class no fixed governmental policy has been
laid down, and in a pending suit at law it is still
a question, whether hostile Indians are foreign
enemies or domestic rebels. The Cheyennes are
a tribe among whom Colonel Chivington and his
command, according to the Committee on the con-
duct of the war, committed hideous barbarities two
years ago. The Sioux are a powerful tribe, who
have been in open hostility ever since the out-
break of the civil war. Expeditions against them
have cost millions of dollars, without accomplishing
any good result. If the Cheyennes, or rather the
friendly bands of the Cheyennes, have been wronged
by too harsh treatment, the Sioux have been injured
by too much leniency. The Sioux of the Upper
Missouri number about 15,000, and were re-enforced
some years ago by the Sioux of the Mississippi to
the amount of 5,000. These were expelled for their
savagery from Minnesota, adnd2dhacva evalervyershaionn
threatened our outposts. The
forte massacre
p;t ner,
among onrgegatlrideedlStahs infantry and anleague
and not an indication of a grand combination
of Indians for a war of races. The Nation blames
which in order to afford safe
the present system,
routes for travellers induces the Indians to exchange
tracts of desirable land for annuities—paid half-
yearly—in money and merchandise, at which time
the Indian is surrounded by "land-sharks" and
gamblers, who scheme to rob him as they would a
soldier or a sailor. Unable to wait till his income
is again due he takes to marauding and massacre,
and falls upon the unprotected emigrant and soldier
wherever he can. But besides this object of imme-
diate gain, he may have begun hostilities in the
present case to extract a formal treaty of peace,
accompanied with more goods and greenbacks.
The remedy proposed is to transfer the Indian
Bureau from the Department of the Interior to the
War-office. This has been urgently recommended
by General Grant, based on the report of General
Sherman, was apne.d
ayreeatrsurnagto: tb.
ll
transferred to the Interior. By this e Itw "w
o uld proposed
simply two
be
be responsible for tbe
previous arrangement, as the War-office
ihneeldanist
the
military authorities would
every calamity to
and military elle!! ascribe
good conduct of the Indians, whereas now the civi-
liansthe prior action of the other. It is believed that
the troops e )uld corral the Indians; keep them
away e
te fromfn n
-iraer o; urteesn ;0
remove
establish m
t e ap t healthyati
on
a to
plunder, by forcing the Indians from prescribed
state of
o emigrant
rc roaunrstregions ; and thus effectually police the "short
route" to Moutauas and the Pacific.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1867.

Notwithstanding some uneasy anticipations re-
garding the possible results of Monday's demonstra-
tion, the general belief, which has been happily
verified by the facts, was that all would pass off
quietly. So long as the professional " roughs"
could be kept out of the line of march there was
little reason to fear that the actual members of the
League would disgrace themselves by any unseemly
conduct, and large mixed bodies of Englishmen can
always be trusted to preserve public order and to
keep within bounds. So far then as showing
us that English working men can be trusted
to walk through the streets without special
supervision the Reform League have only
demonstrated what we knew before, and what has
been exemplified half a dozen times in the last 20
years—on the occasion, in fact, of every grand
public spectacle, whether it be the arrival of a

Princess, the funeral of a hero, or the reception of
a distinguished visitor. No one thinks of following
the Continental plan of lining the streets with gens
d'armes, or of setting certain gentlemen to mingle
with the crowd and discover the prevailing topic of
conversation. So far, then, as the physical demon-
stration is concerned, we are not surprised that the
Reform League has been able to carry out its de-
signs without let or hindrance either from the inter-
ference of the authorities or from the misbehaviour of
the people. But we must confess to a little surprise
at the absolute intolerance and manifest prejudice
which these gentlemen thought fit to manifest, and
which is certainly not in accordance with the general
views of English working men. " Fair play" is
their favourite watchword ; " It's not fair," their
conclusive argument against any thing great or
small. What then must they think of condemning
a cause unheard ? We are sorry to confess
that the conduct of the League on Monday
looks very much as if they began to feel that
a successful and satisfactory Reform Bill would
be the death-warrant of their Association ; that
with a reformed Parliament and a largely
enfranchised people " OTHELLO'S occupation" would
be gone, and the pleasant excitement of denouncing
the Tories and parading through the streets of
London—in short of talking and being talked about
—would be over. How else are we to explain the
awkward fact that, some hours before Mr. DISRAELI
got up in the House of Commons to explain the
Ministerial intentions, the last resolution proposed
at the Agricultural Hall was printed with a blank
as follows :—" That in the opinion of this meeting
the proposition made in the House of Com-
mons this evening * * * * is eminently
unsatisfactory, and completes the proof of the
present Government being unworthy of the
confidence of the country." Mr. DISRAELI may
have the satisfaction of knowing that he perplexed
these prophets not a little. A Bill it would have
been so easy to denounce, the main features of a
particular measure could have been so quickly
caught up and criticised, but what as to general
principles and wholesale resolutions which the
whole House and the public might amend or
add to ? What could be said in regard to
those? The M.P.'s who left that insignificant as-
sembly at St. Stephen's, which was so absurdly in-
sensible of its loss, to adorn the far more important
and appreciative gathering at Islington, were really
puzzled what to say. The O'D ON OGHUE indeed was
able to produce an effect by telling the meeting
that Mr. DISRAELI had not introduced a Reform
Bill, and he further assured his hearers that the
millions of Irish people were with the English
people, and "would go forward with their English
brethren in this cause until the pople of these
kingdoms were in possession of their political
rights." We presume it is the first detachment of
our Hibernian allies that has just arrived at
Chester.

Of course, gentlemen who possess so largely the
gift of second sight need not hesitate to discover
the thoughts and intentions of other men, and
accordingly Mr. POTTER, M.P., was able to affirm
that the House had been obliged to listen for two
hours and a quarter to a gentleman speaking upon
a subject he had no desire to see carried out. We ,
fear the House of Commons is not the only scene
for such oratorical displays. The Leaguers seem
to forget they are paying their fellow-countrymen
a very poor compliment by their constant denuncia-
tions of the House of Commons ; because, setting
aside the nominees of peers, landlords, or any other
influential class, and even eliminating the regular
Tory county members, there remains a goodly
show of representatives of our great cities and large
boroughs. Are we to believe that there is
no such thing as a bona fide representative in
the House of Commons? The real subject for
complaint is not that the House of Commons does
not, on the whole, fairly represent the views and
feelings common among all classes, but that so large
a number are excluded from giving a vote, and con-
tributing to the representation. The legislation of
Parliament is, generally speaking, before rather than
behind the public, and every strong public feeling is
certain to ;find expression. For instance, in the
treatment of the sick poor it was quite as much the
indifference of the people as the incapacity of offi-
cials that so long delayed any improved legislation.
No sooner is the public conviction deeply moved
than a really excellent measure is brought
forward in the Commons with every prospect of
success. In America, which is to be, according to
THE O'DONOMIUE, the :model representative go-
vernment, legislation is going backwards. The
new tariff there is beyond anything the wildest
English Protectionists ever dreamed of, yet it is
unchecked through passing a Congress elected by
manhood suffrage. It is this free assembly in this
free nation which sat the other day for 20 conse-
cutive hours because the majority would not allow
the minority so much as one hour's de-
bate on an important measure, and the
minority resisted the tyranny by a
series of frivolous motions. We may wonder that
any intelligent man should seriously prefer such a
system to the grave and temperate discussions of
our own Commons ; but we cannot doubt that such
is really the goal at which the Reform League
aims, because their practice supports their prin-
ciples, and they show themselves mercilessly in-
tolerant of the smallest opposition, and absolutely
sceptical of the possibility of honest difference of
opinion. On Monday night a solitary dissentient
to the first resolution was threatened with
condign punishment. At yesterday's meeting 'a
resolution which Mr. TROUP had the honesty to
propose, to the effect that any opinion on the Go-
vernment measures should be delayed until the
actual terms were placed before Parliament, was lost
by a large majority. Yesterday's meeting brought
up another point—the direct representation of
labour—which tends, of course, to paid representa-
tion—the source of half the political evils of America.
There is io fear of the working men of England
being unrepresented, but there is great fear of their
being misrepresented, as they are at present by too
many loud professors.
Ikis no more than we expected to find Mr. BRIGHT
telegraphing to Birmingham that " The proposals
of Government are only calculated to disappoint,
to insult, and to irritate those who ask for an
honest reform in the representation." There are
occasions in which success is blame as well as mis-
fortune, and a genuine measure of Reform carried
by any hands but his own must, we fear, come under
that category in the opinion of JOHN BRIGHT.

As if there was not already enough to occupy all
parties in the political world just now the new
attempt at Fenianism had last night to be consi-
dered, and inquiries on the subject were made in
both Houses. Mr. WALPOLE, in reply to Colonel
FRENCH, stated that he had received information on
the subject, and had despatched a messenger to
Liverpool on Sunday. He heard from the Mayor
of Chester on Monday to the effect that a large
body of strangers were in the town and neighbour-
hood of Chester, and it was supposed that they
were Fenians. The notion prevalent in that
place was that they wished to attack the
Castle of Chester for the purpos,?, of taking
poss,:ssion of the arms and ammunition. Upon re-
ceipt of this intelligence Mr. WALroLE directed

that a company of soldiers should be sent from Man-
chester to Chester. As for the person who went
down to Liverpool he reported that a meeting of
Fenians had been held there, and that it had been
resolved by them that the town of Chester should
be attacked on Monday morning. So far these
accounts tallied ; and, as the Home Secretary re-
marked, a serious aspect was imparted to the affair
in consequence of the preconcerted nature of the
movement. During the course of the day Mr.
WALPOLE received two more telegrams : a general
one, relating how they should act ; and another with
reference to calling out the Volunteers in the event of
the troops in the Castle requiring additional sup-
port. Mr. WALPOLE very prudently decided that
the Volunteers should not be called out in a military
capacity, but that they should render all the assist-
ance in their power to preserve the public peace,
and "in case of emergency they would be justified
in using their arms, but not in a military capacity."
The right hon. gentleman also decided that a com-
munication should be established between the Mayor
and General GORDON, who commands the troops in
tke North of England.

Until Monday evening nothing more transpired,
but while in his place in the House Mr. WALPOLE
received a telegram to the effect that the town of
Chester was in a state of great excitement, and that
four hundred more had arrived, making in all about
one thousand two hundred. An intimation was also
given that more troops were required. No one can say
that Mr. WALPOLE was too precipitate in the mat-
ter of sending troops, for he again communicated
to the effect that it was necessary to know if the
strangers were armed. Upon receiving a commu-
nication from the Mayor to the effect that he should
desire more assistance, Mr. WALPOLE wisely deter-
mined not to withdraw more troops from Man-
chester, because the step might prove a mistake,
in case of disturbances arising there ; but he
sent down 500 Guards, trusting that a great effect
might thus be produced upon the inhabitants, re-
assuring the doubtful and also intimidating the
suspicious characters. Lord ELCUO informed the
House that he had heard from Lord GROS-
VENOR to the effect that the matter had
been so serious, but that timely informa-
tion had saved the town, and all was then
right. We do not think that, under the circum-
stances, Mr. WALPOLE could could have managed
better, and we hope that the effect of the decided
measures he adopted will conduce, as he thinks they
will, to show those who wish to renew in England
the outbreaks that have been prevailing in Ireland
that " they will be sure to be expelled without pro-
moting the mischief they intend." It will certainly
never do to allow such suspicious goings-on as
those which took place in Chester to pass unnoticed,
or dangerous consequences to the peace and pros-
perity of the inhabitants might ensue there and
elsewhere.

Had any doubts been entertained al to the mean-
ing of the affair in Chester, they are, in a manner,
dispelled by the receipt of the latest intelligence
from Dublin. It appears that yesterday morning
sixty-seven men, supposed to be Fenians, were
arrested on board the steamers from Liverpool and
Holyhead. It is supposed that they are part of the
body of men who entered Chester on Monday. They
belong for the most part to the working classes, but
they cannot give a satisfactory account of them-
selves. It is thought that the object of their
voyage was to create a disturbance in the court
where the Fenian prisoners were to be examined
yesterday. In consequence of intelligence re-
ceived from Liverpool active preparations wore made
last night in Dublin, and several hundred police
well armed were in readiness to await the arrival of
the steamers. True bills were found against
STEPHEN MEANT, Dr. POWER, and other Fenian
prisoners in the Commission Court yesterday. It
seems a strange thing that so much disaffection
should continue to exist, notwithstanding all that
has been done to suppress these riotous exhibitions
in all directions. No censure can be too strong
again st the conduct of those who persist in keeping
up the excitement, and use whatever influence
they may unfortunately possess for the purpose of
deluding the ignorant and misguided into acts that
are against the law, and are sure to bring them into
trouble. At any rate, it is satisfactory that, so far
at least, none of these suspicious and uncertain
characters have found the authorities off their
guard ; and hence it may be concluded that timely
osuerrverutnonaivrtegrt
twhheatrisdkangsietrhstrherine may
s
withoutntryowr iil
ni
Ireland of having any very serious
'vigilancebcou
e
' result take place. The only way to prevent the
matter from assuming a serious aspect will
be to put
down all unwarrantable attempts and unexplained
proceedings at once and in a decided manner.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PALM, Tuesday Evening.
The Moniteur announces that the Emperor will
open in person on Thursday, in the grande salle du
Louvre, the Legislative Session of 1867, and will
receive the oaths of the members of the Senate and
of the Legislative Body, who have not yet fulfilled
that formality. The places for the members are
assigned. The only change I see is that Marshal
MacMahon will occupy the seat of the late Marquis
de Boissy, who so distinguished himself as the
enemy of perfidious Albion.

The Belgian Moniteur received in Paris to-day
states that the Kingof Prussia has given his consent
to the marriage of the Count de Flandre with the
Princess Marie Louise de Hohenzollern Sigmaringen.
After having solicited her band at Berlin the Prince
returned to Dusseldorff, and the betrothal was to
take place yesterday. The Princess Marie Louise,
21 years of age, is the fifth child of Prince C harles
Antoine de Hohenzollern. The marriage, which is
to take place in the latter part of May, will be cele-
brated at Berlin.

The Pontifical. Government has just given its
cpoanrsi
ae notn ttoh
et h2e3d monetary
December, c o n 1 vBe6nst, i obne t
wc oene
nc uEdreadn
caet,
Italy, Switzerland, and Belgium. By virtue of this
convention the monetary system will be uniform be-
tween the States of the Church and the kingdom of
Italy. According to the last accounts from Rome, the
situation of the Pontifical States continues to be
very satisfactory as regards the maintenance of
public tranquillity. The army, composed of 11,000
men, is capable of preserving tranquillity in the
interior and in the provinces. The Italian troops
exercise great vigilance in preventing adventurers
and agitators from entering the States of the
Church. An Imperial decree recentlypromulgated
nominates to the high position of Primate of the
Kingdom of Hungary, Monseigneur Simor, Bishop
of Rtab. In the Church of the West the title of
Primate is given to Bishops or Archbishops in-
vested in regard to a certain number of
neighbouring seats, with a jurisdictional au-
thority similar to that of the patriarchs of the
East. In a political point of view the Primate of
Hungary occupies a very high position in the or-
ganisation of the kingdom.
According to the information of the best informed
German papers, at the approaching meeting of the
Parliament at Berlin, eighty deputies of the an-
nexed provinces will take their seats in the Chamber
of Representatives and in the Upper Chamber, the
chief of the aristocracy of the provinces. Besides
this, Northern Germany will probably be constituted
into a Confederation, according to the plans of the
Cabinet of Berlin. 'Then the important functions
of the Prussian Parliament will be transferred
to the Federal l'arliaraent, and should there

be an equal division of political feeling,
the Chambers of Berlin will no longer have their
former prerogative influence upon local legis-
lation. Upon this account the Constitutionnel
says :—" Iu the opinion of many persons on the
other side of the Rhine, this change in the Berlin
Chambers will diminish the danger of fresh conflicts
with the Government. According to other views
there will only be a change in the place where danger
exists."

Meteorological calm again prerails in Paris. The
tempest is stilled. The temperature was warm this
afternoon, although there was a slight frost during
the night, and the Seine is rapidly descending, so
that one great source of alarm is passing away.

Real news is scarce to-day, as the fabrication of
sensation reports are somewhat cautious of promul-
gating inventive speculations, which would meet
with suchspeedy contradiction at the meeting of the
Chambers.
The cattle disease seems to be of a more virulent
character than was supposed, and increased alarm
prevails in Belgium respecting it, because the con-
tagion affects individuals. A butcher who went
to Hessault from Liege to kill cattle received a
scratch in the arm during the operation. A swelling
took place like that from contact with a poisonous
serpent, and he was dead in a few hours.
The exact days for the races during the present
year have not yet been fixed, but I understand that
the first meeting will take place at Porchefontaine,
near Versailles, on Sunday next, the 17th instant.
It is, I believe, also settled that the race for the
Grand Prix de Paris for 100,000 f. will take place
at Longchamps in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday,
June 2.

The Journal des Debats says that a Constantinople
journal promises an (agreeable surprise upon the
Eastern question, which has created so much anxiety
in Europe. That surprise consists of the fact that
Turkey has assured the Russian Government that
she will herself cut the Gordian knot of Oriental
complication by conceding all the claims and de-
mands of the Christians, and establishing the best
relations between the Mussulman population.
" God forbid," adds the Journal des Debats, "that
we should discourage those good intentions of the
Porte if they really exist. It is evident, however,
that such a desirable consummation must one day be
accomplished."