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been fatal. This prisoner was watched for
a week. It is curious that this should have
occurred at the time when the public are so continu-
ally startled by the outrages of Fenians. Mr.
POLAND very truly said that the constables who
apprehended CLANCY acted with great courage and
determination in pursuing a man who kept firing at
them, and no doubt a stop will be put to those law-
less practices NNhich have unhappily so much ob-
tained of late among desperate characters, when it
is seen that the officers on duty do not hesitate
to act, notwithstanding all danger and
difficulty. A boy was called to give
evidence, who gave some interesting accounts.
It appears that BURKE and CASEY were in the
habit of visiting his master, MULLANY, one of the
prisoners. MuLLAtiv was a tailor, and this youth,
Morris, his apprentice. Some of the details which
he gave tended to throw light on this complicated
affair, and particularly to incriminate BARRATT
and one of the DESMONDS. A man came to
MULLANY'S hou,e on the day of the explosion, who
had been injured; but he does not seem to have
been taken as yet, but no doubt the greatest care
will be employed to take him. The prisoners are
remanded until this day week, when, in all proba-
bility, fresh revelations of a curious nature will take
place. The prisoner BARRATT made some very
flippant observations, and seemed to adopt a more
braggadocio style than the others. On the whole,
great success has attended the efforts of
those engaged in procuring the evidence, but
the nature of the offence enabled many to speak
positively, as it occurred in daylight in a public
thoroughfare. Three men have been arrested at
Deptford on the charge of being mixed up with the
Fenian conspiracy. The circumstances connected with
their capture are somewhat concise, but the police
have obtained information which induced them
to arrest four, but the remaining one contrived
to escape, evidently being more prudent
than his accomplices. At first some frivo-
lous charge was made in connection with
this case, but subsequently the matter turned out
to be more serious than had been anticipated.
Each day's intelligence seems to bring some facts
to the notice of the public. But it is satisfactory
so far to know that so much vigilance is being
employed, and by dint of strenuous exertions we
may expect that good progress will be shortly made
in this arduous attempt to put down Fenianism at
once and fur ever. This mischievous cause has
been too long permitted to flourish among
us, and what with its insidious nature
and the wide-spread character ~,of its machi-
nations, it has been very awkward to cope
with it. Now, however, that it has assumed such
formidable dimensions more active agencies have
naturally been employed, and thus there is no reason
to doubt that it will speedily meet with the fate it
deserves, and the capture of so many of the leaders
of the movement affords encouragement in this
direction.

The receipts of cotton in the United States con-
tinue to give painful evidence of the comparative
failure of the crops southwards. The amount re-
ceived during last week was 80,000 bales, being a
decrease of 4.000 bales as compared with the previ-
ous week. The exports, however, continue to bo
large, as the following returns for the same week
prove • • To Great' Britain 49,000 bales, to Havre
9,000, to other continental ports 16,000. The
total amount of stock at the American ports is
35,000 bales. Great Britain is still by far the
largest consumer of American cotton, and the mer-
chants and traders of the Union would find the dif-
ference if they could no longer rely on the demand in
her markets. Happily we are no longer so exclu-
sively dependent upon one source of supply, and it
is to be hoped that the lesson so severely taught us
during the Cotton Famine will not be lightly for-
gotten by our manufacturers. The event has I roved
how prudent were those who persisted in fostering
to the utmost the exertions of cotton cultivators in
other parts of the world, since the mismanagement of
the Radicals has prevented the Southern States from
recovering the shock of the war with as much ra-
pidity as might have been expected. The absence
of capital, the uncertainty of tenure, the difficulties
regarding labour, all put obstacles in the way of
the Southern planters. The serious condition of
affairs in some of the states has forced itself upon
the notice of the less fanatical of Northern poli-
ticians. The Senate, which is usually more temperate
and less extreme than the House of Representatives,
has lately passed a bill exempting the cotton crop
of this year from taxation. Upon this bill coining
down to the House of Representatives, however,
the members refused to pass it, and the utmost con-
cession they have made is to refer it to the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means. In the present state
of the planters, unable to pay their labourers,
scarcely able to feed their own families, without
credit or capital, without security for their pro-
perty or hope for immediate improvement, it seems
absurd to talk about extorting a heavy tax. In
some parts of the South the crops are much better
than others, but in the spirit in which the House of
Representatives are legislating there is not much
hope of obtaining any recognition of such distinc-
tions. A very different course must be adopted
in Congress before the trade and commerce of the
Union can regain its former prosperity. It might
have been imagined that the direct interest which
the traders of the North have in Southern pro-
sperity would have dictated from the outset
a different policy, but unhappily the virtual Govern-
ment of the States has been, since the close of the
war, in the hands of a body of men who have no
thought or object beyond their own political ag-
grandisement.

A new candidate for the Presidency has recently
been put forward by some of the Democratic Con-
ventions in the person of Mr. PENDLETON. The
West Virginia Convention has not only adopted
resolutions in his favour, but has expressed its
approval of his scheme for the redemption of the
national debt. The Ohio and Indiana Democratic
State Conventions have also passed resolutions in
his support, and have endorsed the reconstruction
policy of Mr. JOHNSON. The same Conventions
have declared the concurrence of Democracy in
the abolition of slavery, while opposing negro
suffrage. The Georgia Convention has issued au
address protesting against the reconstruction policy
of Congress, and urging the people to unite in op-
posing negro suffrage. We are sorry to find that
negro outrages are still reported from South Caro-
lina, and it will probably need considerable vigour
and watchfulness on the part of the authorities to
repress them and guard against more united and
more dangerous outbreaks. The South Caro-
lina Convention, which was to meet on January
14, is not likely to help matters much, seeing
that it is composed of 55 whites and 69
negroes. Conventions will soon, however, cease to
Le popular amusements with either white or black,
since their members cannot get paid ! The Loui-
siana Convention already thinks of giving up its
meetings, while in Tennessee matters are so bad
that five million dollars' worth of Nashville City
Bonds were lately sold in New York at 58 per cent.
When things are at the worst they mend, accord-
ing to the old adage, and on this ground we may
look for a change. The trade reports of New

York for 1867 show, as far as they have yet
been made up, a marked diminution. All kinds
of goods for importation have fallen off as
compared with the preceding year. We have
said that the stock of cotton in the ports now
amounts to about 350,000 bales, while at the close
of 1866 it was nearly 550,000. The exports of
cotton during the last four months of the year just
over were 440,045 bales against 282,708 in the cor-
responding period of 'Gti, which accounts
for the difference. The dry goods importa-
tion returns for 1867 are $86,263,643 as
against $126,222,855 for the preceding year and
$91,965,138 for 1865. The city debts of Boston
and New York show a large increase, while all
through the states wages had been reduced at the
beginning of the year. Employment is so slack
that trades' unions are powerless, and the labourers
have been forced to submit. A commercial con-
vention has been called to meet at Boston by the
Board of Trade of that city at the beginning of
February. It is to consider the commercial interests
of the country, and delegates from the leading
cities are being chosen to represent them. The
shipping interest will, it is thought be one of the
prominent subjects of consideration. The ship-
ping trade is in a very bad state both in the States
and in Quebec. The shipbuilders of Maine have
recently issued an address declaring thier business
to be in an alarming condition, and blaming
Congress for it. They complain that they are so
heavily fettered that they cannot keep up with other
natiotis, and they demand that the burdens im-
posed by their own Government should be removed.
A. demand is also made in this address that men
shall be sent to Congress who better understand
the real wants of the country. If the Boston Con-
vention can succeed in effecting so desirable a
change, it will indeed have done good service.

LATEST INTELL MENGE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

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ARRIVAL OF THE SIDON.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 21.

The Cunard steamship Sidon arrived here at
12.40 a.m. to-day with 71 passengers and $160,000
in specie for England. She landed 13 passengers
and despatches, and proceeded for Liverpool at one
a.m. All well.

TIIE ITALIAN FINANCES.
FLORENCE, Jan. 21.
Signor Cambray Digny concluded his financial
statement yesterday as follows :
The total accumulated deficit at the end of
1868 should be 630 million lire instead of 820
millions in 1867. To cover these 630 millions
there are three resources :—The current account
at the Bank, which, however, is not 308 millions
as had been stated, an issue of Treasury Bonds to
the amount of 250 millions, and an advance of 100
millions from the Bank upon the security of eccle-
siastical property.

The State is also entitled to a loan of
30 millions from the Bank. These resources
are, however, partly exhausted, so that their
will remain a deficit of 162 millions, and this
can only be removed by a fresh issue of bonds upon
the ecclesiastical property, which the Government
cannot undertake according to law at a lower rate
than 80 until after June next.

To remove the forced currency would require 540
millions in gold. At present it is necessary to find
the means of
paying 378 millions due to the Bank ;
the removal of the forced currency would follow.

The Ministry proposes a gradual removal of the
deficit, 78 millions of which would be covered in
18G9, and the remainder in a total period of 12

years.

The entire expense to the State occasioned by the
Garibaldian movement in October is estimated at
18,000,000 lire.
The ecclesiastical property at present sold has
realised4o,B49,ooo million lire.

The Treasury has at present available the sum
of 294 millions, of which about 118 millions are to
be drawn from the Bank, and 66 millions in Trea-
sury Bonds to be placed in circulation.
The receipts of the Treasury on the Ist January
were 1,177,570,064, and the expenditure
988,354,537 ; cash and bonds in hand, 189,215,527
lire.

Signor de Filippo, the Minister of Justice, has
been re-elected deputy for Isernia.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL.

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 19.
The Syria left at 7 a.m. yesterday, and the Ban-
galore at 10 a.m. to-day.

The former maybe expected at Marseilles on the
24th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the

Ist February.

SUEZ, Jan. 19.
The Mooltan, with the outward mails of the 4th
of January, left at 9 p.m. to-day for Calcutta.

FRANCE.
BOurtsE, JAN. 20, Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cont.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 574
Credit Mobilier 173
End of month l6B 75
Credit Fancier 1365
Ead of mouth 1363

Bank Shares 3270
Itrd'an Loan
End of month._ 43 15
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

=i

RAILWAY

Account
875

Orleans .....................................
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 5381

Western
Eastern ............ .. 533i
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 33Bi
North of Spain - 62
Saragossa.
Roman 4B

DEATH OF MR. FREDERICK SLIGHT. —Mr. Fredk.
Slight, who till recently was secretary of the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway, died at his residence
in Ampthill-squaro yesterday. He entered the service of
the company about 20 years ago, and was but 43 years of
ago when he died. His activity and capacity for work
were remarkable. A few months since he broke down
mentally and physically, it is believed in consequence of
the anxieties attending his official duties, and he never
rallied from the premature decay of his powers which
resulted.

LIAVANNAIL—A letter from a business firm at
Havannah, dated the 4th inst., received by our
Southampton correspondent, says :—" We have to inform
you that no cigars will go forward this month. The
Spanish Government refuses to despatch the West India
mail steamer duo on the 6th inst., with a clean bill of
health, owing to the cholera
prevailing in our city, in
consequence of which the company's agent here decided
upon not taking any cargo at all. This arrangement
has caused much vexation, as all the goods ready for
the January boat have to be stored until next month,
and, being paid for, will niako shippers lose the inte-
rest out of their pockets. Therefore the cigars which
ought to have gone forward will not be sent till next
month."

lion. G. A. Tulin, Ex-Cousul General of Sweden and
Norway, and of Prussia, in Genoa, writes Dcc. 16, 1865, to
lion. Amos Perry, United States Consul-General, Tunis :
" Dear Sir,— Accopt my thanks for this third supply of
D.,vis' Pain Killer. It has often relieved me of serious in-
disposition, and I would not, on any account, be without it,
both for myself and my family. 1 have recommended it to
my late colleagues and friends in Tunis and Genoa, and at
my request one of the largest druggists in this city has
sent an order to New York to meet the demand for it here."
—Beware of fraudulent imitations. None genuine without
Perry Davis and Son's trade mark, PAIN KILLER, on the
Government stamp. Sold by all chemists. Principal depot,
J 7, Southampton-row, 1191 born (y,c.)--(ADYL)

(703RIAPONDENOE PROM PARII

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY, Jan. 20.

There seems to be no doubt that Austria and Prussia
are becoming more friendly. Austria has no present cause
for quarrel with the North German Confederation, and
the best educated part of the subjects of the Kaiser, being
Germans, prefer German alliances. Moreover, Prussia, it
is said, is waiting for Baden to demand admission to the
Confederation, and then, with Austria's consent, she will be
ready to throw aside the Treaty of Prague without asking
the opinion of France. Whether Austria would give ber
consent to Prussia to cross the Maine is not clear. There
are Frenchmen who say that the Maine will be Prussia's
Rubicon.

Meanwhile, M. Bismarck is trying to pander appearances
at least agreeable to France. The official press at Berlin
is writing in a strain to suggest that Prussia has given up
an idea of a Russian alliance and has thrown in her lot
with France, Austria, and Italy on the Eastern question.
The only drawback to this good understanding which the
official press pretend exists between the two Powers is,
that it is supported by a million bayonets on each side.
The Liberte has just announced that the Minister of
War has addressed 1171 important circular to the heads of
the army corps. It is to the effect that' armed force should
never be brought. to the assistance of the police until an
order has been received, written and signed by an officer of
the peace. This document is to be kept in the barracks of
the corps as a justification, if necessary, of the action of
the military. With reference to the action of the police,
there have been many complaints of excess of zeal leading
to great rudeness in the execution of arrests. On this
point the Advocate-General Genreau has just given
great satisfaction by a judgment in the Imperial Court.
He there decided that the agent of police is not protected
by the responsibility of his chief in such a way as to allow
him to use violence ; and that " it is permitted and easy to
obtain justice against excesses committed even in the act of
arrest."

Count Goltz is said to have completely recovered from
the effects of the painful operation he had to undergo.
I learn by letters from Madrid that the reports of
an alliance between France and Spain, offensive and de-
fensive (with respect to the affairs of Italy), gain in con-
sistency. Hence the soreness on this point of the Italian
journals.
M. P. JonciZ;res, a writer generally in Governmental
journals, has published a brochure, in which he proposes
two amendments in the press law. One is to suppress the
obligation for appending the signatures of the writer to
every article, and the other is to bring press offences under
the jurisdiction of juries.
Distressing accounts continue to be received from
Algeria. A letter from Muscara states that from 25 to
30 Arabs are found dead from want in the streets and
about the mosques day after day. Animals are perishing
as well as men, and it is even more difficult to relieve them.
When the famine is over the loss of draught animals will
be felt by agriculturists with great severity.
January 1868 has been so far a sad time in Paris. Anna
so much real poverty our fetes seem to hang fire, our
parties lack festivity. There could he no more convincing
proof of the dullness of the times than this—the theatres
do not pay. This in January is a fact almost without pre.
cedent. The literary world is as dull as the commercial.
Sardou, Dumas fils, Barri'ere are out of the way, or work-
ing in quiet. Ponson du Terrail is drawing out the " MisZTes
de Londrcs " for the Petite Prcsse, in the interests of
Fenianism ; but the whole thing is such a complete mis-
representation of everything English as to be simply
despicable. Edmond About is gone to Egypt, at the
request of the Viceroy, on some mission connected with
agriculture. His impressions of Egypt will no doubt forik
matter for an interesting volume. On his return he is tes
write as art-critic for the Revue des Deux-Mondes. Therq,
is room enough for our young men of letters, but where
are they ?
Mathieu's Almanac has made a lucky weather predice-
clon—" Squalls are to be looked for on the 19th." Whether
looked for or not, they came. Chimney-stacks, flag-staffs,
and window shutters suffered from the gusts which
blew the greater parl, of the day. The disturbance seenil
to have prevailed over Great Britain, Norway, and Russia,
as well as France, while from Italy and Spain fine weather
is reported. According to the _Bulletin de l'Observatoire,.
the centre of the storm was in the north-west of Ireland,
France and the Low Countries being in the outer circle.
In a former letter I referred to the international bridge
which is, some of our sanguine engineers believe, one day
to unite Calais and Dover. The plan of constructior
avoids the necessity of driving piles, the veritable founda-
tions of the bridge being the two starting points. Ido not
profess to understand or explain it, but those who do,
pretend that in the construction of all large bridges and
viaducts it will effect a considerable saving of time and
money. The French company which has taken this mode
Df bridge-making inhand has already, it is said, been charged
with the construction of several bridges in France. But it
seems the first experiment on a large scale is to be made
in England. It is stated that English agents are in Paris
to treat with the company for the erection of a grand
bridge 3,700 metres in length—the equivalent of 4,042
yards English —at a cost of fA„000,000 sterling. From
these dimensions I suspect that the bridge across the
Humber is intended.
One of the events of the day is the sale of Khalil Bey's
pictures, one of the finest collections in Paris. The amount
realised in three days was over £25,000, but there was an
evident depreciation,through the dullness of the times and
the general want of money of which everybody is corn-
plaining.