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chsap O. is "a y bsAsr demanded for 10Th Hsssch
and American Rosius nrm At previous quotstions
0ILcAks was lower Sales l21 tons Westers oss, q
Or ~l.osssd n m sms,r suppy and tas m,rs.s nrn,
and arm; y 4 = = 10 !. e s. .sh sm.a s?ssa Crude
cidsd change any kiad. Though hodsrs
were generally little nrmer in their views, stu bid
for coed large lots would have boug ne OIL al yeser
the nominal prices $40 assc iof Grade 74c 7Sc
for rehned iu bond and CSC q 0bc. for ,reo.
Provisions Receipts t20 bbs pork 2l2 packages osef
COS do cut meats Ard As do lard There Was less sctvy
.' s o. PIX %
$50 Srx $40 rs FOR 1864 moss cs~n andreguxr way
closing at 500 SIX cash SAL SO $s2 Tor new mess sao
S4i thin ers also for future delivery 5000 bbs
mess, buyer and 80 ers option all January s42 o0
1864 mess, for January, at $l2 IS; 500 bbs prime
"a s., e. q. s..:.s =. - .: :.s:.
active and the market nrm, with sales Of 200 bbs at
SIC sal for new psip msss and s2l so 81 tor extra
asa cst meats were In fair request and w,,hout
change; sales $50 packages, atlIkc 1870 for sheu
Demand the sales saohins 400 boxes CumOsraod caat
2okc or January delivery, and $50 boxes short ribbed
rood demand At isxc iIkc Tor western. and II 80
IKE for S rd xas ,ows, wish sales o. SooO % DO'm. oU
s az x No. ss .sd os oSoss
Butter quiot q sec sos for wcsssru and A6c. soc
for State. :
SsrD&-Covsr was selling st 2so 3csss Linsesd was
10 hotter demand With sales of SEQ bsgs Calcutta.
slightly damaesd supposed = a. s, and 1000 bags %
at - 07k, gold. e-'-s ~
SUGAR-Tho comparative steadiusss In the gold mar.
ket to-day prevented sny material change u quotations,
but the demand continues moderate. The sales com.
prsed ATS hhds Cuba muscovado at 1885, 2oc. so do.
clarified New Orleans At 26Hc. and l8 hhds. meado on
private terms Refined was quiet At 2!c csc Ior so!t
yellow 26Xc 27Ac for soft white and 200 icr powder
Cd crushed aud granuated.
TAILow.-Sass OF 81, 900 lbs. at ike. - $780, and
1000 lbs grease at 100. 1870. n
WHsKEy.-Ihe market was irregular and unsettled.
Holders we're asking tho most extravsgaut prces: but
finally settled 10 yesterdays figures Sales OF 600 bbs
at 81 rs . 81 80, closing at s. 2S for Western.
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The usual return OF the Bank Of France for the week
ending December shows the following results compared
With the lass aocount:-lncreaseCash In hand 10 mil
lions; notes. Is millions; treasury balance, SIS mil
lions; current accounts ~ mIllions Dscrease-Com.
rnercal bills, 7 I6 millions; advances, million.
The rebel cotton loan was quoted in London on tho I'd
instant, at 50 to Ga falling Of or two per cent.
The proposed issue In Lopdon OF certificates Of deben
ture BY the Atlantic and Great western Railroad Com.
pany, to which before referred. has been received
with much favor and considerable transactions had taken
place In them the stoox Exchange the fact OF both
principal and interest bcpg payable 10 sterling appeared
commend them TO large class Of Investors who
certain nxed income not subject TO the fluctuations Of
change
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Arrivals ana Departures.

HAvASA-stsamship colunbis-J MAria Lanhms.5
Gummerneld. Qun, Mrs A OHara and daughter, me-
tsaragsr, j N Parers, Gare,a MichsiesAy hachss
Mrs Johnston, Edward Latnbrano Ersaie Lanprs1o
Il Bosssnsau N hssss j " Hcorssh. N BeriIna.
LvKRrooL--stesm smshp St Dayd. - ror.rd-Ar basssy
Ko.s Rev q, Biaisdsl John wash, Thos hagse an~
Lvraroor searsbip Canada from Boston Cap Mrss9
apacr.nn n ssco. nessrs q ID BROOKS W lism NuueY
seIsman John Barnes Harison % pcieys crdan smamoa.
pns.rt french Sutherland And Mas Fraser, %
won,rssl: xiex Krkland Of Londor, y w M hasnmovp
spsnss' oi californla; A joy, Of south Hmsrres;
Svu,s shaup 3 Tertell Thomas stroud ana MI snomhl
ouims Of Kngiand q Heron Of qia.gow; n.Isra ns %
~ a.tss ana Palmer. OF Boston MIs Q Wet of
Nev YORK, Thomas 0ane, of Chicago, " ArcscrAd OF
nomaio Mrs Card OF Windsor. IL Foster, OF kiuG.
sssS 0W L'euss Inns a.d Armsiosr o. Br,tIh srmyI
nurse; ! Ross, Hun, MRS Wilson and Aaiss Emms
Bentley. Of Haifsri hurph.. OF havsnrk wyesh %
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CITY ooMmHRcIAL REPORT.

THURsDAY, Dec. 92-6P. n.
AsHnL-Recsipts, 80 bbs. Market dull aad prices
nominal.
BRnApsruns-Recepts,S S,45l bbls -four, 500 bbb. and
$40 bags meal 800 bushels 600 do OATS 7es
do. malt The -four market opened quiet aud steady
wards The close there slight visd,ns 10 prices
with buyers At outside quotations. The demsnd
very moderate throughout ssss 1000 bss. siste
and Western, $50 Southern and Aso Canada Rys aoav
steady with sales Of 100 bbs choice % 40. Corn
meal In good demand, with sales Of $50 bbis. al
81 80 for Jersey IS % for Brandywss arrive asd Gil
for choice white Atlantic mills. We quots:--
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~ thssw ecsrs of the Gsvsrsasas. an snas ~ ui
tmste matter win unaass,ioosby be that
they equality With The reasury notes issued
ssder The aot ot Dsosmbssles, 1857.
The following table shows the number Of backs which
have sesn organ,zed under tho Natoosl currscy
the principal cities, with the aggregate amount o. capital
largo majority OF thoe In Bostou aud Philadelphia
eoovernsous frorn tbe old Stsfe Ina stutions.-
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Surrogats's Once.
Before Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate.
ruR IARaunnR I'LL nAaR.

The Lawrence will oase, which has been before ~
Surrogate for year. s now evidently drawing "
close. The examination Of Dr. Norton the son-n Isv
Of Abraham r. Lawrence. bas besa ccscladed after
almost examination and csoss.sxsmiuaiisa.
There are two sessions o the court daily aud the surre
gate seems never 20 weary 10 his anxiety 70 fully ana
fairly dispose q this case The counsel for tbs props
nente ars sxJudge Dean, William Fullerton others
and thoss for the contestants X. smith and b. "
iank
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Fire at Augusta, NE.

AUGUSTA, Ne. Dec. "a, 1854.
The and passenger depot ,h,s CITY Of the fossUd
and Ksnnebec Railroad CompaSy. totally deslsoysd
by nre early hour this morning, together with
eral passenger and freight and large quantity of
merchandise. Loss probably $4,000, which 10 injured
for half lhal amount
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-Ibo Whcat market was quiet and closed nomsaly &C.
. 30 lower spring. Sales "a, 900 bushels at " 5s
for amber Michigan, and 81 SO for wiuter red Western
The mArke. dull heavy, with u Is 900
bushels Al 81 sek for INFERIOR Western mixed Ia etois
and 81 VI do for geod do afoat; aso smaH tarce
white southern at 81 0e and Jersey yellow IN lots rs
81 40. OF barley 500 bushels Canada East brought
81 CO. Oats were steady ranging from gc. 20 81 o.
latter price Tor prime Western NItniny lone In rye
CoFrpH--There has been rather more doing Today
prices being steady. We note sscs OF 5000 bags Rio
per Cstbnrne Scott on terms mot 20 be made public
Co1rps The market opened, ffmer, With a good Do
aud pross advanced about lc pound closed
dull and heavy saes COO bales. We quote-
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Tho gross earnings Of tho Philadsphia, Germantown
and Norrstcwn Railroad during the year ending with
September, 1864. amounted to So sos,l9S.
The Piqua and Columbus Railroad Company has been
consolidated with the indiana Central Railroad Company
under the name Of Columbus and indianapolis Central
Railroad Company making direct line between Colum
bus and Indianapolis Of one hundred and eghysx miles
The funded debt and the capital stock amount oononty
70 s., 500 900.
The returns Of the Bank Of England for tho week end
ing November 80 compare with the Of pre-
viona waek foowa.-
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began hes been sd esi Treasury and baok notes
worth to-day, allowing the gold premium TO DO 1885, forty
four osats osy The dollar and yet neither the Trea
suy Department Congress has proposed remedies for
The evils which have sd this condition Of shpgs, and
which SELL the increase. The incompetsocy Of
head q The Treasury, together with the supinepes Of
Congress % tbh important subject are not only 70 be
greatly regretted bat call for speedy correction.
Mr.. Chsss And Congress sst ous with mistaken ideas,
both with regard the probable duration Of the
aad the asca necessary 70 enable the Treasury
tbs fssds Asrsy the enormously Increased
public sxpsodsures. They thought that the struggle
would b 10 few meoths aud adopted temporary
srpsAu Tor rasias money and. BY the suspension Of
spsess payments passage Of ssa tsuder act
sAsy iusginsa tbey had laced abundant within
ooa, soisst reach Of the Treasury and that nothing
shsr sssdful 70 be done They believed taxation 10
be rspsgsaat 70 the ideas Of the American people, and
therefore. Tor pepasrys sake. taxes author.
ssd ne Consequence that, the expenditures
of government largely IN Of Its receipts and the
var increasing iostssd a Diminishing in It's dimensions
With ths lapss of Ssps, gold sooa rose TO premium
which IN Juiy last temporarily reduced the currency
dollar 70 . ossa value OF only sh,rty-nvs cents
II, the other hand policy Of the had
been les short sighted tsxason calcraed TO pro-
duoe onsbsf u estimated sxpepdIures had been
once levied. the puohc credit would have remained
strong, while, n uoe sbssn,s Of the authority 70 sus
pend specie payments, bank and Treasury notee would
have rsmsised at par Tor long time aod would have
only dspsoaied with the decline of con 1dsncs 10 ths
public credit searwhie u could have borrowed on sir
per cent bonds rcocemabs the pleasure Of the govern
mont after ave years, BY selling these In The open
market 20 The highest odders. There would have been
20 neccss'ty for relying currency issuss bsyous
pesssps, reserve Of my millions Of Treasury notes,
authorized for the purpose s.s5tf
There the time Of the suspension ss least two
hundred and eighty millions Of dollars 10 money crcu.
isslns In the States which had seeded about one
hundred ana forty cs which In notes and the
rsmsiassr IN ssc ssd tnis found ample for s the
parp"sesd csn@sros. A,sr the outbreak Of ,bs wss
Wore wss 90 sssd ef amount OF circulation than
e~sre Tor the active dish Irsem ents OF the govern
meas eesid have been easily made with
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The Canada Outward Bound.
Bosros, Dec. ~, 1884
The steamship Canada, for Liverpool via Halifax sass
q seven O'Clock this morning.
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FRsicus quiet, and rates moro OF less nominal
engagements TO Liverpool neutral 100 tierces beef
s zs 3D. 900 hhds stsves Dos and per seamer, 200
Soxes bacon 20s 25s aud chess and butter. 30s To
London s05 tons wood 1bs and per neutral 80 bhds
tobacco, 27a 3d., and $50 beef "a Cd. neutral
SIS, gold. HNgf a'A7
MoLAsszs wss N fair demand and 6rm with sales OF
720 bbds Porto Rico n ssc 10 DO Cubs muscovado ~
1oc. aye, and 20 bbs New Orleans ~ II 10sS 60
the latter price for crop.
NAVAL stoKns -SpirA tur psntlue Without decided
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The earnings Of the Atlantic and Great western Rail
road for the neoth Of November we're ~ foilows-
Passengers, malls, &o... .el0T ell
t0oi oiV
The following y the traic Of the Great Western Rail
way Of Caaada for the week ending December o. 1904
Passengers s22 ITO
freight and Hive steel. 81 900
Mails and sundrios ........................ I431
Total ......................... $50 olS
Corresponding week Of last year r........... 0S2o
m ~
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torogn exchange 10 In little request and bankors bills
at sixty days offered lo0X aud at three days a.
Ilok. Owins 10 the ex being largely excess Of
The imports just GOV, the supply 10 In sxcsss of the o.
masd.
Thssaiso( snd Subscriptions the tsntbs
loan made N tho First National Bang to-day amounted TO
t13o So Ths sams bank paid 81 900 900 In Treasury
Incsassqssacs q the hsss price OF coal many Of the
oocm tives the Eastern roads being altered back
% - - bsrl wood instead OF coal
The Psunsyvania Northern Central Railroad Company
has declared dividend OF Two cent clear OF national
STATE taxes for the qua ending December 81 pay
able the stockholders tue Goth Of January 1865.
The Boston and Providence Railroad Company de-
oarsd dividsod Of nve per cent, free OF govsrnmen;
tax payable January 20 holders OF stock december 81
The western Raiiroi ID Company has declared dividend
ot ss per shsre free government tax payable January
O. 10 holdsn OF ock December 20. The Connecticut
River Railroad Com olny has declared dividend Of 81
per SHARE free or government tax, January
holders the 20th inst. The Second National
Bank OF Newark N j., has declared semi annual dvi
dend Of nvs per cent free OF governments tax payable
January 3, after reserviug surplus Of equal smouni
As the coming Cnrismls and New Years day both fall
Sunday the Monday following each wal be observed
a. the holiday accordance statute State
OF New York. All OF draft maturing either Sat
urd,y or Monday must BE- paid saturday save pro-
test
the condition OF the INKS OF the three principal
meroI cities or the Union exhibited in the following
table wbcu shows aggregates OF their last weekly
statements q compared with the returns tho pre-.
~ Lo1~s Sp,~is. Cremnfu. Depo@ifs.
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duties and laid By authority Of the United States
all public lands sold by said authority and Of all dsbss 70
the United Staten Of character whatever which may
be payable as the time when said Treasury
may offered In payment thereof and upon every suoh
pay credit shs be given for the amount o principal
interest the received In pay
on the day when the same shall have been received By
such on'cer"
The notes issued under this fell due June 30 1861
Although al that time the difference between parsr
mosey aud had become very great, the necessity
apparent 70 provide largely for the public expesd
tures, and the act Of July H. 1884, authorized loan cf
two hundred and 6nv mil ions, partly In twenty year
skies partly in demand notes aud partly In and
three tentns three OF this act provides
that the treasury notes issued under "may be OK
changed for Treasury notss issued under &C, OF peosmber
70. 1897, aud falling due June 80 1851" Section ten
provides tbst al the provisions OF tho act entitled sn
act 40 approved December % 1857, far the
can or may beapped 20 the provisions Of this act and
not Inconsistent herewith, are hereby revived
enacted
Was evidently the intention OF this Law that the notes
issued under the act OF Juy IL 1851 should bo upon
equality with those nsied under the act OF Deosmbsr 49,
1857 antbe Increased interest authorized offer
inducemeDt Tor the conversion the latter into the
former which then uc and rcdeemabe coin The
effort. OF the Secretary or the Treasury TO compel holders
OF these notes 10 convert thsm 1881 bonds are
Intended 10 reduce much a. possible the
outstanding He hss, however, no power 70 change the
character or condit,op OF these ntes remains only
for the ccers OF the 70 decide the psod
ing quss bens rsdeemsbie IN coin and 70
ceivsbie deb sof any character whatever" due 70
the United states Il understood that the payment cf
these notes has already been The subject OF coSsdsss
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-08
CITY RAILROADS.

There are several projects before one or the
other branch of our Legislature, looking to the
construction of Horse Railroads through yari-
ous streets Of our City. Some Of these are more
plausible than others: For instance, the Harlem
Railroad proposes (or seems TO propose) to pay
one.tenth of its receipts from the new (Broad-
way track into the City TreaSury-to keep
the street in good repair from curb-stone to
curb-stone, and proferS some other conditions
which are not all devised for the special benefit
Of the grantees or stockholders. Such proflers
inpcl the queston-If one railroad can pay
thus, why not Others alsoi Why should such
productive routes az those up the Third and
Eighth Avenues pay nothing to the City but o
paltry tax on each ear, if such conditions may
be exacted from-nay, are freely proiIered by
rival road
We have not one impulse Of ill-will toward
one Of the many clever fellows who fondly hope
TO make their fortunes out Of the railway grants
they are now soliciting at Albany. We have
no objection, per Sc, ~ a railroad in Broadway
or in any other street. On tho contrary, We
nave always DtDcFtu JnaI TAlIOdu III DIoeu-
way, accompanied by thorough and absolute
removal from that street Of all the omnibuses
(Which the Harlem bill proposes), would DO q
good thing for that great thoroughfarc-for
those who own or trade upon as well as 90
those who traverse it. The one point - WIN"
We seem to differ irreconcilahI rom INC seek
ers Of railway grants p.l concessions Is uilS:
We insist that ALL .re bensft HoeruiHg from 'neh
ehartering Of ,oads should be secured TO The en'irs
community; ,otae they seem 10 rant an undue
shsre for themselves. That is the whole case.
II, now, the advocates Of any Of these grants
will insert in their bill clause that, when the
proper surveys and examinations shall have
been made, the stock of The railway they pro-
pose shall be duly advertised for sale by auction,
and shall be fairly soil in moderate lots or par
GELS to the highest ,idder-all the premium or
bonus to 20 diectly into the City Treasury
We will withJdw our opposition and favor the
passage Of neir bill.
Why !, not that fair and equal'
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CONGRESS-.

SgNAry-Niarch Mr.. Morgan presented q memo
rial from the American Geographical AID Statistical
Society in favor Of Surgeon McCOwans proposed com.
nercial industrial and scientific mission TO Eastern
Asia. Mr. Foote presented petition from III mayer
rraying the passage Of lew eoEfseating tho lands Of
The Rebels and distributing them among Freedmen.
Mr. Comes introduced d In 20 amend tie act to aid
n TIE construction Of railroad from the Missouri
River 70 he Pacific Ocean, passed Juy J. lo62. The
Dill repsa.og Al acts for the rendition Of tic Fugitive
Slaves VIZ made The special order fOr wednesday
NJ Sherman Offered TIE following; That The quorum
- the Seuuie consists O. majority OF the Senator
duly chosen ard quseed thai if a majority II the
Presidential Hector duly appointed and qualified
vote ior ons person. he Is the President; that if the
sssetlol II PTcsGeE. d.yoYes u.on The House Of
Represent lliyes and tie votes Of majority OF tie
States represented IN the House be cas-, for person
he Is the President" Tie bin authorizing the PTe,i.
dent 70 negotiate treaty with certain Iudan tribes Of
Oregon was passed. The bill granting lands TO aid in
the oustfucon Of railroad from st. Paul 70 the head
of Lake Superior in Minnesota was discussed and pos,
poned until TL1rsday. After Executive 81 tou. tie
Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-I was voted by sixteen majority ~ pint
100 copies OF Lanman's Dictionary o. Congress &f
Cox wanted the President 20 send In oh p9sb.t nior
nation about exchange o. prisoner. Oisected N.
bill was reported requiring oil sailing and steam vessels
between the United States and iofe.0n cO1ntIss Dl
carry tire mails for s1ch Reasonable compensation ~
may be deemed proper Authorizing to TOsiinast'f
General to contract for four !esn eI ~ n ite mall
matter other than cttrs b e Pacile coat by ch &c.
The bill passed. The remainder q Tie session vai
used up in political Epecchcs on ite toaceocy pui
Adinurued
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NEWS FROM EUROPE.

By the arrival Of the City Of New-York at
this port, we have four days later news from Europe
In the English Parliament, on February -,
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald moved for papers relative To
the seizure of the steamrins in the Mcrsey The mo-
ton was opposed by the Government. and rejected D,
l75 votes against US.
In reply to Lord Campbell, Earl DE Grey and
Rpon said The Government did not intend sending
regular commission TO observe the military operations
in America They had sent "a engineer officer and an
artillery officer 10 the North but they did not think 1t
necessary to send any officers to the South.
A Reform Conference was held ut Leeds on
Feb % Resolutions dcnunciatcry Of the conduct OF
the Government in respect to reform. advocating Mr.
Balnes's and Mr.. Locke Kings bills as part Of the
reform due and in favor of the formation Of National
Reform League were passed.
An enga cement between the Prussians and
Danes took place at Dfrpel on Feb %. According to
the account given by The London Tines the Prussians
occupied the village but were aferward dslodged with
great loss According 20 the Prussian account they
Only made q reconnaissance, at which they met with
loss Of 3 killed and 90 wounded.
The Conference proposed by England has
been accepted by Austria and Prussia but hosltles
in the mean while, will not be discontinued.
A Conference Of the minor German States has
been held at WGrzbure. 1t resolved not to yield
TO the demands Of the two Great Powers not TO sane
ton any Convention affecting the rights of the DuchicS
and 10 insist on the exclusive right of the Federal Diet
10 decide on the succession question.
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TIL. HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE
REBEL STEAM RAMS.

Tho measures adopted by the English Gov
ernmont for arregting tho Rebel rams in the
Mersey, have now been so often and so thorough
ly discussed by prominent men Of all political
parties in England, that it has become exceed
ingly difficult for English speakers to say any
thing new On the subject. The hostility Of the
Tories against the United States, in particular,
has exhausted itself. In the debates which
took place in the House Of Commons on the 23d
of February, on a motion of Mr.. Seymour Titz-
gerald for the papers relative to the seizure of
the Rebel rams, there is hardly single
new thought TO be found. The dispute turned
chiefly upon the question whether or not tho
English Government had yielded TO the men
acing language OF the American Government.
The change in the conduct of tho English Cab
met from the time when Mr.. Adams received al
instruction to point TO tho warlike consequences
which might follow q continued violation OF
British neutrality, was too obvious to be denied.
But whether the change in the tone OF the
British Government was accidentally simulta-
neous, or was influenced by the attitude which
the Government of Washington was known to
assume, remains 10 be decided
Practically, the determination to which the
English Government at present adheres is Of
great Importance to us with regard to its future
policy. The Attorney General stated very EN-
phatically that what took place in the case OF
the Alabama Unjust not be repeated, and that
these ships should not leave the Mersey and
join those of a belligerent power until tho In
quiries which were in progress had been 80 far
brought to o conclusion as to enable tho Gov
eminent to judge whether the ships were IN
tended for innocent purposes or not"
The Government, we believe. u at present
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determined to use its influence TO prevent the
sailing from English ports Of any more vessels
intended for the Rebel Servce and the House
of Commons, by its vote on Mr.. FitSgeraidS
motion, declared its adhesion to tho ministerial
policy. The motion was rejected, and tho Min
istry sustained by 178 votes against 1853, ma
jorty Of IS, which undoubtedly will be in
creased whenever the Government may choose
to make the vote Cabinet question.
Every new debate in the English Parliament
on American affairs strengthens our belief that
during the administration of the present Minis.
try no new complications are likely to arise,
provided always that we meet with no sudden
and important reverses in the field. The re-
iterated rumors of joint recognition OF the
Southern Confcdcracy are, at least as far IA
England is concerned, too absurd to need any
special contradiction.