The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1806.

MARKETS.--This Day.

The trade for linseed cakes ruled firm, at full prices. Cot-
tonseed cakes, however, changed hands slowly.

WOOL.
The public sales of colonial wool will be commenced on
Thursday next, the Ist pros. The arrivals since last sales
amount to 75,892 bales, comprising 4,283 bales from Syd-
ney, 40,113 Port Philip, 128 Van Diemen's Land, 7,205
Adelaide, 425 New Zealand, 813 Swan River, and 22,925
bales from the Cape of Good Hope. The trade for all
kinds of wool rules quiet ; nevertheless previous quota-
tions are supported.

Current pricos of English wool per lb.

•sd s d
Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 91
Half-bred do lll 2 0
Kent fleeces
South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing
Combing

Central Criminal Court.---This Day.

The February session of the Central Criminal Court
commenced this morning, and although there are 90 priso-
ners for trial, there is no charge of wilful murder in the
calendar, but there are several aggravated cases of wound-
ing with intent to commit that offence. There is a case of
a singular character, in which Mr. Sothern, the cele-
brated representative of" Lord Dundreary," is the pro-
secutor, and the defendants—three in number—are,
respectively, members of a highly respectable publish-
ing firm in Paternoster-row, the proprietor of a local
newspaper published in Afarylebone, and the Editor of a
publication called the Spiritual Magazine. Tho greater
part of the remaining cases in the calendar are of the ordi-
nary character ; but it is a remarkable fact that there are a
much larger number of prisoners charged with uttering
counterfeit coin than usual there being no less than twenty
to be tried for that offence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DISTURBANCE AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—J. Mitchell
letter-carrier, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being
drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Sergeant Wart, 14 A, and
damaging his coat, in tho Princess's Theatre.

Sergeant Wart said he was on, duty on Saturday night
in the theatre, and bad repeatedly to speak to the defen-
dant (who was in the gallery) in consequence of his hal-
boring and causing a great disturbance. The defendant
continued his noise, till at last the secretary and prompter
came and insisted on his ejecting him. He attempted to do
so, when the defendant throw himself on his back on tho
seat, and called on the persons round him to assist him,
and tried to seize him by tho legs, bu he prevented him.
The defendant then said that, if ho would let go of him, ho
would go away, but, instead of doing so, he placed himself
in a fighting attitude, and swore he would not leave. With
the assistance of another constable ho got the defendant
to the first door, when he said that he would take his
stripes off his arm," and kept his word by tearing a portion
of them off.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the defendant was drunk ?
The Sergeant said ho had been drinking enough to make
him annoying and violent.

The defendant said he had no questions to ask. He had
taken some drink before he went into the theatre, and it
got over him, and ho did not afterwards know what
happened.

The Sergeant said the performances were delayed some
minutes through the disturbance.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said that if the defendant had gone away
quietly when requested that was all that was wanted. He
would have to pay a fine of 10s., and ls. the amount of
damage to the sergeant's coat.

Mn. COSSHAII ON AMERICA.—At a public meeting
in Bristol the following remarks were made by Mr.
11. COSsIIA3I :—"I feel that, after visiting America,
and having had opportunities of investigation and
inspection that are rarely enjoyed by travellers, I
am able to give information that may be useful, and
I freely admit that you are entitled to receive all
the facts that I have been able to obtain, and to
know all I can tell you, as to the present position
and future prospects of America. One thing, at
any rate the war has done : it has obliged the people
of this country and Europe to look at America.
We now know more of the Great Western Republic
than we did up to the commencement of the war,
and manifestly during its progress there was in
this country a guilty ignorance as to the strength,
resources, patriotism, and power of the New
World. I feel bound in all honesty to say that I did
not find in America the same ignorance as to this
country. They understand England better than we
understand America. One reason of this is that
they travel more here than we do there. I was in-
formed, on what I believe to be good authority,
that there are usually at least 50,000 Americans
travelling in Europe, whereas I do not think that
there are more than one-fourth of that number of
Englishmen travelling in America. I take this
opportunity of most earnestly counselling the public
and commercial men of this country to make a tour
to America, and if the aristocratic section of our coun-
try, the landed interest, would also take the trouble
to cross the Atlantic, it would marvellously tend to
open their eyes and brush away the dust of aristo-
cratic prejudices and ancient traditions. I venture
to say that in the future America will play so im-
portant a part in the history of the world that no
man will be fit to take a position as a statesman
and a public political teacher who does not keep
himself informed as to the policy and progress of
America. It is important, too, that America should
be visited by the right kind of men. They do not
want the kid-gloved and mere drawing-room men,
who believe in nothing but scented handkerchiefs
and themselves. America does not want ' snobs'
to visit her; she wants men who can look beyond
their noses, and see without prejudice the growth
of a country that in 75 years has sprung from
three millions of people to 30, and that in wealth,
intelligence, respect for law, patriotism, and religious
feeling is the equal, to say the least, of any of the
nations of Europe, not excepting our own. lam
bound to say that in returning from America I am
a little proud to be able to say that the opinions I
had formed of that country, and especially those
which during the last four years I had ventured to
express as to the causes and probable results of the
terrible war, now happily at an end, have been
snore than confirmed."—Anglo-American Times.
TIIE PENNYSLVANIA
COAL TRADE. The an-
thracite gold product of Eastern Pennyslvania for the year
1865 foots up an aggregate of 9,488,396 tons, against
9,998,016 tons in 1861—showing a decrease of 509,656
tons. Of this production, 3,835,916 tons were from the
Schuylkill region, of which 2,813,176 tons came to market
by the Reading Railroad, and 1,022,740 tons by the
Schuylkill Canal. From the Lehigh region the production
was 2,291,017 tons, of which 1,402,277 tons came to mar-
ket over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and 888,740 tons
on the Lehigh Canal. The Pinegrove production is
157,8-10 tons, and that of the Shamokin 457,162 tons. Of
the several regions named, the Schuylkill showed an in-
increase
year's production of 72,042 tons, and
Lehigh 2 on
7 last.l
--- tons, and the Shamokin 123,684 tons.
The Pinegrove production was less than the previous
3,5 i
year by 127,160 tons. The Wyoming and Lackawanna
region produced in the aggregate 3,341,158 tons, against
4,083,503 in 1864, being a loss of 742,315 tons. Of this
production 812,093 tons -came to market through the
year's shipment of 35,982 tons
Canal, being a loss on the last
the Pennyslvania Coal
Delaware and Hudson
a loss of 182,962 tons ;
329,506 tons, a loss, as com-
ptChaoerme
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of
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shipped7o,64: 85 2tons,
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; and the Delaware and
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1,007,074 tons, a de-
creaseof production in the Wyoming and
Lackwanna region was
shared
by
ya 511, 3tBh3e tons.
c a nThus
y
g companies,but most largely by
the Wyoming and the Delaware and Lackawanna and
Western Railroad, while the increase from the more
southern anthracite regions was shared by all the carrying
carrying it Will be seen that the loss
companies but one, the Pinegrove. The praises of cotton,
as a civiliser, have been much and deservedly vaunted,
but in substantial and lasting value a half dozen of the
richest cotton States in the Union might be irretrievably
be scarcely felt in con-
sequences wept int ot theo
t h
e Mexican
other States, Gulf,
in comparison to the n"
suffer-
ing and loss to the country from the closing of the coal
mines and iron factories of Pennsylvania for a single
year. In 1820, the annual co al trade was but 365 tons—
one ton a day. Now, one single company, the Reading,
has brought to market its hundred thousand tons in a
single week. And but for the want of cars during the
past year the entire production of anthracite coal in
Eastern Pennsylvania would have considerably exceeded
ten millions of tons. Should the present prosperous con-
dition of the country continue, the trade, stimulated by
the present high prices of fuel and iron, may, and pro-
bably will, reach eleven millions of tons.

GREAT FALL OF SNOW IN TIIE WEST OF SCOTLAND.
—Along the west coast the fall of snow has been very great.
Between West Kilbride and Fairlio, in some parts of the
road the snow lay ton feet deep ; and the large mail gig,
which should have been at Greenock at 4 30 on Thursday
afternoon, got stuck about West Kilbride. The gig had to
bo loft behind, and the driver pushed on with the mail
bags, riding the rest of the way, but hu did not arrive till
_ _

ten o'clock, being five and a half hours behind time. v
The proprietors of the New York hotels had a
meeting lately, and adopted resolutions to exclude
hereafter all " deadheads " from their respective establish-
ments. Said deadheads, it is intimated, were connected
chiefly with the railroad and Steamboat interests.

CITY OF LON:

:OhT—T his Day.

The election of a member for the City- of London
to the Commons' House of Parliament took place
in the Guildhall this day. The election became
necessary in consequence of the acceptance of the
office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by
George Joachim Goschen, one of the gentlemen re-
turned for the City of London at the last election.
The writ having been read,
Mr. K. HODSON, M.P., came forward to nomi-

nate the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen. He said he
had frequently had the happiness to appear before
the Livery, but as it bad always been on the winning
side he had no cause to regret his appearance before
his fellow-citizens. (Hear, hear.) When they first
selected Mr. Goschen to represent them in Parliament
they were accused of selecting a boy and foreigner
to represent them, but he thought they would be of
opinion that their boy had turned out a very re-
markable man, and a thorough Englishman. (Hear,
hear). He would not occupy their time, but simply
propose George Joachim Goschen, Esq., as a fit
and proper person to represent them in Parliament.
Mr. GASSCOTT seconded the motion. It was

the third time he had had the pleasure of taking
part in the election of Mr. Goschen, and the opinion
that was entertained of the ability of that gentleman
in Parliament was evident by the position to which
he had been advanced. Mr. Goschen had neither
in nor out of Parliament violated the pledges he
had given when he first made his appearance before
the citizens of London. The citizens were quite
convinced that Reform would have to be considered
this session, and it was a great satisfaction to know
that Earl Russell and his Government would stand
or fall by the bill they intended to introduce.
Mr. GOSCHEN then came forward and was received
with loud cheers. He said that that was the third
time he had stood before them to ask them to grant
him the privilege of being their representative in
Parliament. The ancient law required that any
member of Parliament who accepted office should
vacate his seat. By this important rule the consti-
tuencies were taken, as it were, into the councils of the
administration. (Hear, hear.) It now rested with
the electors to determine whether his acceptance
of office was in harmony with the duty he owed his
constituents. He had taken office because his views
were in accord with those of the men who composed
her Majesty's present Government, and for whom
he had the highest regard. He was prepared, once

for all, to accept a political career ; and he was
quite convinced that those who entered on political
life need not confine themselves to any par.ticular
department. A man in the House of Commons

might easily find employment for 24 hours every

day of his life.

The duties of Chancellor

of the Duchy of Lancaster were not onerous,

but he did not speculate on the pleasure of
being a sinecurist. He knew that there
were duties to be performed, and he never could

believe that Earl Russell had given him a seat in
the Government without he intended to get some

work out of him. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The
hon. gentleman, after referring to the various

topics of the day, thanked the electors for the

honour they had conferred on him by again return-
ing him to Parliament as their representative, and
that he should exert himself to the utmost to further
the interests and prosperity of the city of London.
No other candidate having been named, the
sheriffs declared Mr. Goschen duly elected.
An ELECTOR trusted that before Mr. Goschen
quitted the hall he would answer one question.
Mr. GoscHEN----What is it ?
An ELECTOR—Do you approve and will you
vote for a lodger franchise being in the new Reform
Bill ?

Mr. GOSCHEN said it was no doubt a very
proper question to put, but he thought the meeting
would agree with him that it was a very improper
one for him to answer.

A vote of thanks was awarded the Sheriffs, and
;he proceedings terminated.

RESOURCES OF AMERICA.—When a loyal Ameri-
can speaks truly and earnestly of the actual re-
sources of his country there is a tendency in
Europe at once to accuse him of " spread-
eagleism." If he is not told, in what is curtly
called " plain English," that his statements are
not believed, it is pointedly hinted to him that
they are greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless the
truth remains. The extent of the territory of the
United States, the mineral wealth of the country,
its lakes and rivers, its prairies, its varied climates
and productions, still stand, and must remain for
all time. We have only room in the present number
to refer to the silver treasures of one part of the
American Union—the State of Nevada. These are
among the vast stores of wealth in America to
which President LINCOLN referred, in almost his
last words, addressed to the Honourable SCHUYLER
COLFAX, the present speaker of the United States
House of Representatives. On parting with Mr.
COLFAX, just before his own tragical death, as the
great and good statesman-martyr of American
liberty, Mr. LINCOLN expressed his firm conviction
that the mines of her Western territory would
make America the treasury of the world. Subse-
quent events are fully justifying the opinions of this
distinguished man. Letters just received from the
interior of Nevada infoim us that the average of the
silver ore now being taken from the mines is
equal to £2O per ton, of two thousand pounds
weight. This single State of Nevada is now adding
three tons of pure silver per day to the wealth of the
world. This great addition of wealth is continuous.
Coal-fields may be exhausted, the oil wells may
give out, even the placers of gold may be emptied,
but the silver-bearing quartz mountains of Nevada,
and other States of the American Union, are capable
of being productively worked for centuries to come.
With capital and industry, therefore, and the con-
tinuance of peace, the resources of America will
pay off all her national debt in 20 years.--Anglo-
American Times.

FREE LABOUR IN MISSISSIPPI.--Mr. B. C.
Truman writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to the New rork
Times, dated January 20 :—" I do not see much indolence
in this section at any rate. The fact is, prices for labour
are advancing, and the negroes are holding back. The
negroes on many of the plantations aro getting very high
wages. Thousands have made contracts for $l5 a month,
and lodged, clothed, and fed, and the owners of the planta-
tions all around here are offering $2O and cannot get
takers. I went out about two miles to a plantation this
morning, and saw about thirty negroes ploughing up the
ground for cotton in good earnest;. The proprietor, Mr.
Taylor, is most sanguine of the success of the free-labour
question, and remarked to me that the negroes would
work well enough if they were only paid for it. Mr.
Taylor pays his hands $l6 a month, gives them a suit of
clothes, and gives them all they want to eat and has it
booked for them. He agrees to pay them 10 dollars each
every month, and reserve the balance, to be paid at the end
of the year. He has also hired two strong white men, one
to plough and the other to hoe. Ho pays the white mon
well to work hard, and tells the negroes that all ho wants
of them is to work when the white men do, and he also
tells them that they may rest as long and as much as the
white men do. Now this is a very good plan, and I know
enough about the negroes to know that they will plough
as much and hoe as much as the white man will. These
plantation negroes have never seen a white man work it
must be remembered. Their only incentive to work has
been the lash. Heretofore they, like the white man, could
not see the dignity of labour, and only worked when
whipped. Dignify labour, as Mr. Taylor proposes to do,
and the blackman will do as much work as the white.

There are several plantations being run by the negroes
themselves, the proprietors agreeing to give them one-
half over and above all expenses. Help is so scarce, many
of them who thought to make as much out of the negro as
in days gone by are now often getting discouraged in
their grinding way of doing business, in the market
having precisely such terms as the above. Many of the

first plantations in the country are being worked by part
white and part black men. In fact, everybody wants to
make cotton, and all methods of free labour are being
tried. The negroes are wanted more in this State than in
any other, partially on account of its being the greatest
cotton-growing State in the Union. The negroes are
being paid higher wages than in any other State, and the
people themselves aro treating them with more conside-
ration and liberality. It is hoped by all classes that the

Legislature at its next session may declare by law that the
negroes shall be put on the same footing as the whites.
They must be allowed to sue and be sued in all the

courts of justice, and to testify therein ; they must be
allowed to buy out, run, and hold property like other

citizens ; all their loyal obligations as regards contracts,
&c., must be as generous and binding as on the whites.

And this service will elevate every section of the country
which they inhabit."