The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1855, Page 7

NO. 60. - THE LATE HON. H. P, EDWARDS, the Bar. rn Avery large pumber ef the members of the legal pro- fesrtom assembled yesterday im the General Term room of the Supreme Court, to express their deep sorrow at the Joss of the lamented Henry Pierrepoint Eéwards, the vesiding Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Gew York. ~Amongst the members of the judiciary present we no- yed Hon, Judges Mitch sll, Morris, Roosevelt, Clerke, “upreme Court,) Ingraham, Daly, (Common Pleas,) Akley, Campbell, Bosworth, Slosson, (Superior Court, ) {-Judges Keat, Edmonds, Ulshoder, Mason, Emmett tnd Beebe, and ex-Recorder Tillou. Some of the most a uished members of the bar were present, though but few tonk active part as speakers. Mr Bwwett cailed the meeting to order, and moved, seonded by Mr. Joseph Blunt, that the Hon, Willam fitebell, Presiding Judge of the Supreme Court, do take be chair. The motion was unanimously accepted. Op motion of Mr. Kink.ann, Judges Roosevelt, Morri- won, and Clenke, of the Supreme Court, also the Judges of the Superior and United States Courts, and Court of Conmon Pleas, were nominated Vice Presidents. Mr. J. Buoxr moved that Messrs, Silliman, Dodge, ‘Titus and Cramer be appointed Seoretaries, which nomi- nations were also accepted, Ex Judge Kent was the firet speaker. He raid—I hold in my hand certain resolutions in reference to the late Iwmented Judge Edwards, and I sincerely wish that the duty of moving their adoption devolved upon another, It is now twenty five years since my acquaintance with him commenced. He was then a student at law in this has been ua- ‘spterrupted, Our irieadship increased with years, nor was it tarnished by one passing estrangement. ‘As I speak my heart is convulsed with grief, and I must Jenve it to other tongues to pronounce the-praises of the deceased, ro lar as the public is concerned his life haw been divided into his professional and judicial duties. In doth capacities be haw evinced the highest qualities ich cap adorn human nature. Bred at New Haven, be came to New York at an early age, and continued here Jong before his talents were known, While passing this ordeal—one which so many of the profession huve to go through—he promised to become one of the most promi- nent members of the profession. Of his judicial life it Goes not become me tospeak: I listened yesterday to an eulogium on him pronounced by one of his associates, and heard mention truly made of his prudence, hia judgment, his candor, and his love of truth. If there was ons thing more remarkable about him than another, it was his love of truth. He kept steadily in view that t polar star, with an unswerving observation. As far as the bar cerned, be was to them a standard of judicial ex No one could opproach him without feeling the genius of his presence. I have thus touched briefly the principal rie of his character, and it has occurred to me that he Inst interview I had with him is not unworthy of being mentioued here. It is now some four or five weeks since I tast saw him to speak with. 1 spent several hours in couversation with him, and we little thought ef bis death. In one of these fallacious ii city, and from that period our intercourt ‘The conversation ultimately turned u ture, and my attention was turned to his small but very select library. I found it full of curious treatises of Mterature, and recollect his Ngan ed & work et titled Killing no Murder, by Titus—a work which, it is said, disturbed the Jast hours of Oliver Cromwell. The memory of that interview will never leave me. When I think that the hand I then grasped is now cold—that the heart which then beat is now insensible—it seems to me that the world will be les: eh a to me in future, and that my path will be melaueholy and lone. With ‘these few remarks, I beg leave to present the following resolu- ne :— Resolved, That the dieiary end bar York it sorrow, in’ ‘evry Pierrepoint Edwar: of the Supreme Court of thi he o offering prospects of long years of useful or: of He rabli evolved, That, daily observers of the professional life of Mr, Justice Edwards, wo have recognized and admired th courteous and dlignitied wanners, the graceful eloquen prompt and patient porformance of of ema penetrating judzment, th: u opinions, and the hich anu i int whieh bi his reer as a xentleman, a law: ‘That we bow in submission before this inscruta- tion of Divine Providence, while we feel that he id to have diet untimely, who, in the brief yet youthful life, has well ‘performed the hie an honorable plac the res P Resolved, That copies of th cated by the svcretaries of thi to Mr. Justice Edwards, with expression of our thy with ir grief, Mr! Writaw C, Novas seconded the resolations. He —My own mind has been wandering »ack more than tury while reflecting on the death of the distin. od Judge, whose loss we have to deplore. A centu Ty wud & third ege there was a young divine in this city, bo became pastor of a village church, where he wrote wy of bis best works; subvequentiy he was a mission. ary to ntribe of Indians, the President of a college, and Jastly the minister of a New Haven church. A bundred jearsafter this event, a grandson of that man came and ived wmong us. A hundred and twenty yeara alter- wards another descendant came among us, and he is the distinguished Judge whom we are assembled now to honor, Mr. Justice Edwards came to parative stranger, but achieved for him’ the distinction to which he was en- titled, Atanearly age he was elected tothe judicial seat which in now vacant. | do not pro to speak om our personal relations. I shall only present a few facts connected with judicial characteristics. ‘There was great nobili:y in his composition. He was tu- capable doing an ungentiemanly action, and no one {impute to him deceit or indirection. in all bis in- and as your ‘tion for him re The impression of his perfect probity and real merit increased with each y. He brought to the judicial office exeel- kent scholarship, and, for his years, much and varied learning. To these were united considerable expe- at the Bar, all of which had been improved far beyond the immediate necessities of the particular occasions which demanded the exercise of his talents He bad’ not the vain and wicked hope that these duties could be discharged by any kind of epon- taniety; he never substituted assumption for know- kedge, ‘aud he was therefore solicitous to draw learning from the proper sources and thus to to his prior attainments and to his official capabili- ‘ties. The adoption of this rule of judicial li to “great and marked improvements, so that he was daily y ciel more learned and competent, Had his lite ¢, have added he would, witn inereasing le brought also 4 been additional lustre to his judicial career. manly conrage to bis work. His manner aing alone gave token of this, and these indications were more than verified by the fearlessness with which he discharged the important trusts confided to him. He adwinistered impartial justice against the mightiest and the highest ll as the meanes' d the most haa ble suitor as well as the most abject criminal was assure of right at his hands as the richest or the mort exalted. There were some instances of this in his administration of criminal justice, which it would be Ieasant avd profitable to dwell upon, if time permitted. Fie robe which he wore was spotless. No suggestion of his want of perfect integrity ever passed humin arose in apy human breast. He was rigidly impartial. To the parties and those who represented them, he a! ‘ways gave a patient andattentive hearing. The meanest suitor the greatest in his estimation; and the dis- tinguiebed advocate like the most obscure,’ for the pur- poses of justice, anc he wom his cause (if he wonit at all) upon its merits, and not upon his own. He acted | upon the principle, so well developed by Sir Thomas More, who’ said''“that when justice an uity were called for at my hands, then, although it were my father, whom I’ re dearly, tood on one side, and the devil, whom | hate exe ther side, his cause being ja ould bave his right.” He regarded j and its adm‘nistration to be condu Giscreetly. He added, therefore, to gre: personal dignity the grav.ty of judicial wisdom and judi- eiai station. He had not “that affectation of deapated which turneth to delay at length in the hearing of canses.’’ He feared lest undue haste should canse omis rion of matters teo important to be overlooked, or if ned too ly, not likely to make their due impres rien ard, therefore, with attention, and decided with care and ieliberation: not deferring bis ent till the srguments had faded from hie mind, but when they were present, and were sure of raving their proper weight’ in the judicial scales ommitted to his keeping. Many of bis judgments will remain on our books, the monuments of his dili- , ability and learning. Thus constituted and thas jucting, be was worthy of his name and ori ad exercised the judicial function in the Supreme Court six years, and for the last year in the Court of Ap- , with universal acceptance. His associates at the ar and on the bench koow that they have lost a rure rend, a wise counsellor and a just jadge and ‘though sll memorials to departed werth are pecessarily Meeting, | yet, from duty as well as from affection, | add my feeble Tnvate to hin memory. . D. LORD was the next speaker He said—It seems to me that there is no necessity to address the bar on gueh an occasion as this. kvery one present knows the enaracter of the man we have lost. Mr. Ed. was e great ju: t is notoften that men coming tion like himself will exert vigorously h God baw Perhaps it may | to the dignity of the gentleman taken He was in the highest and the pest He performed his duty as a of justice, resolutely and fearlessly. 1 cannot forvens calliag to mind thet when the ber bed the privilege of honoring the memory of « late departed Sots, it war Mr. Edwards who spoke that loqucat eu | passed u Chef Justice Jones. It seems to it we should do justice tothe high qualities of Mr Edwards. His loss is to me very severe; bot bis lows to the public is one upon which we can only grieve—we canrot caeasure it, | Mr. Bexsasrw F, Burien then rose and said: — Mr. Presideut—I have permission to adi a few words to those which bave fallen from the speakers who b: preceded me. The coeeh ot an able, accomplished, np. right and independent Judge in a great loss to \ewal profession, even where it happens at or after the allot ted term of buman life. Much more so, when it occurs, asin the «ad inatance which bas called us together, ia the prime of life, when the intellectual powers full of vigor are rapidly advancing to the of ripened wisdom. and & long career neve and honor stewed yet within the bounds of « Tensopable hope. Suel a bereavement haw been sus talaed end such hopes bove Leen crusted in the uaox from an easy po the powers wh | month pasted by within the last year that id pected removal of our departed brother from the duties of the bench and the a/lectiona of the bar. Great, how: ever, a8 le the lore tous, it is far greater to the ublic; for justice ia not only the foundation of the tate, but its brightest, ith most preamng, its eternal interest. Mr. President, the generous but discrimi- nating tributes already paid to his judicial character and services leave me at libercy to add only a few words. It was recorded @f Lord Hobart, byone of his cotempo- rarivs, that “be had always equity before his eyes, whieh, said the writer,) 1+ most valuable quality judge, Sarsiitiniee ery often is laid down in general terms; for it i infinite, and it is impossible for it to take i those things which are yet to come, and which a sibly happen.” I quote the words, not of a republic: or @ reformer, but of that stout old royalist David Jen- kins, in the preface to his “Centuries”? If, im hin day and in Sieionpeenty there wus so great a demand in the for this quality, how much gre: cemand for it now and with where so many w things anc institutions have into being—where the courts of juity, courts of separate jurisdiction, bave been abolished, and where we have sut ome form of civil actions. Under such & system, the want of tkis enlarged and compre- hensive spirit of equity in the Judge will often make the law the instrument of fojustice, set it at variance with ‘the common sense of mankiod, avd rov it of the affec tons and reverence of the people. With propriety. therefore, may this quality, so eminent in Judge Ed wares, and by him so wisely blended with a trae reapoct for the reason of the jaw, and a discriminating but not slavish regard to precedent, be commended to these who may sueceed him in the judicial office, Ia another re- npect, too, the jadicial character of Judge Edwards may well be hela up asa model, I allude tu his invariable courtesy. Thia point, so marhed and attractive in his character, has been adverted to, in the language of commendation, by every ove whe bas written or ayoren ofhis career, Yet it will bear further remark. * Chi vulry,’? said oneof the greatest orators avd philosophers of the last century, ‘ix the cheap defence of nations.’ With equal and greater truth may it be ssid, cour. tray in the Judges, uncer a popular goveroment, is the cheap defence of the judiciary—and expecially of aa elective judiciary, In Judge Kdwards this quality was exhibited in # true politeness of manners springing from hin own self-respect and his kindness and respect for others, and slways united with » dignity whieh pre- served intact the reverence d The election of Judge Edward: vindicated the capacity of the people, when left to their own strong and ted instincts, t> choose their Diagistrittes as well as their other p»blic servants, In his case, the ermine wan well bestowed. It came to him ’ unsolicited, It was worn by him without a stain. Had be lived to reach the end of his official term, he would have aurrended it without « sigh, or received it again, had the people willed it, pot as a favor or a boon, but us a sacred call to severe and honor able duty. For in him, if in any man, was fully realized the brilliant eulogy of the Roman Poet: — Virtun, repulsae nescia sordidue Intaminatis fulget honoribus; Nec sumit, aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis auras. Mr. President—It is nad to think that magistrate adorned with, such qualities should be so early lost to us, and to the community of whom we are apart Lat us hope that, ircited by hit example, many others may strive to prepare themselves likewise for the duties of the forum and the bench, In this case he will not have lived, nor we have mourned, in vain, Mr. Hiram Ketcuum was the next speaker. Ho said— With our recent sad experience, I rejoice that our lament- ther was permitted to die on the land, and that We are permitted to follow his remains to their last rest- ing place. I desire to ssy briefly, that he whom we ‘8 fearless and ould not bave s' e whole community. He brought to well balanced mind—a mind imbued ‘of legal principles, and con & gentloman—s man of cour ity. 1 was forcibly struck with his appearence when the bar met to mourn the loss of the late Chief Justice Jones. Judge Edwards consented to address the meeting on that occasion, and no man who heard that address ean ever forget It. If I, as his friend, desired his statue, it would be the statae of his raon as he delivered that addreas—noble, placid and ignited. It is useful to the community to dwell upon the character of Judges—if they were industrious men, that we should speak of their industry—if they were upright, to speak of their uprightness. It is useful that we should commend the tp ht Judge. It has beeo said that Mr. Edwards would have been re-elected, and I believe it. I beheve that the Judge who, fearless of popular prejudice, does his duty, that when the dey of retribution comes round he will be the popular Judge. Having bad the opportunity of expressing my feelings on this occasion, | leave the floor to others. Mr. Josrrn Bont said he had been requested to read the following resolutions Resolved, That the judiciary and the bar do attend the funeral of the Jate Judge Edwards, and do wear the usual badge of mourning for thirt ” ‘That the Supreme Court of the District be requested b secretaries of the meeting, to enter these resolu- t the next meeting of the ge- pee Judge. In rom the path ously adopted, and the meeting afterwards adjourned The body of the deceased was taken from his late resi- dence, attended by a large number of the members of the bar, to Calvary Church. where the funeral services were perfomed by the Rev. Dr. Hawks. The body wili be talen thia (Friday) morning, to the family vaul', at New Haven, Ct. ofthe Revolution, 4 DAY'S WORK AT THE MAYOR'S OF FIOR Among the it’ms of business transacted yesterday at the Mayor's office were the following:— One hundred and sixty five dollars recovered from two Pawnbrokers, in the shape of articles which had been ledged and which they endeavored to detain fraudu- ntiy from the owners. A girl about filteen years of of prostitution and sent to the Jalen Asylum of Mra, Richmond, corner of Eighth avenue and Jauncey lane. The keeper of « junk shop arrested for buying goods from a young lad, The goods were supposed to have been stolen. The Mayor desires us to inform the public that all complaints against the keepers of junk shops, pawn- brokers, intelligence offices, dealers in second hand ar- m, omnibus drivers, city expressmen, drivers of express wagons, and all persons whose busi- ness in licensed by the city, will be attended to, and every imposition or frand promptly punished. About two thourand dollars has already been recovered from different parties and restored to the owners, who could not have procured it by due process of law. In fact, there is no law to reach many classes of offencen—such as frauds upon shirt sewers—but the Mayor, determined to do justice, exercises ail the power vested in him, and sometimes exceeds the limita prescribed by the techni cal provisions of the law. His obiect in to render jus- tice to all parties, and the better to accomplish this promptly he never allows lawyers to practice in his Court, ), rescued froma house MORE LOTTERY FRAUDS DETROTED. ‘Tee ingenious manner in which the policy and lottery rs conduct their business bas for a long time baf- fled the endeavors of the authorities. We recently made ce an exposure of the whole system, as pursued im tois city, but it is still carried oa so secretly that it 1s al most impossible to detect the parties engaged in it, Every inducement is held out Mond dealers to persons My all over the country, to invest their money and try their ce 4, athough there is a law in this St against lot'eries, they are extensively and most success- fully carried on. A plan bas been devised, but it has fortunately been mace known to the Mayor, and every means will be taken to put a stop to it, and to’ discover the parties engaged in the business. A paper calles the American Monthly Ledger bas been started by some of thes dewers, ia con nection with their lotteries. In & *supplement’’ they make the following proposition to postmasters throughout the country, as ao inducement to assiet them in their frauds. “Our paper, The American Monthly Ledger, which we rend you, postage paid, without doubt now has the largest circulation of any paper in America: but beim desirous atill to increase that circulation, as a means promoting our own interest, we have thought proper to ask you to tavor us with afew more names from your town of persons who, in your estimation, would like to read our paper. We wish you to understand that we in all cases pay the postage, and make no charge whatever for our paper.’’ ‘This certainly is generous—a monthly paper free of charge; but the proprietors do not pledge themselves to send it for any length of time. inereass of our paper,’ they say, to quiet the consciences of the post masters, ‘ie bendficial to the Post Office Department, and you have the right to forward us the names of such a8 would be likely to become ius patrons. You bare the further right to forward us money tor any persons who Tequest you to do #0, and we have the right to allow you a commission on all money* you may rom time to time forward to wa, ana you a perfect right to take the same. In all this there is no infringe- ment or violation of the rules of the Pos! Office Depart. ment committed by you, Therefore, on all mooeys which may be placed ip your hands to send us, we give you the right to take out twenty. five per cent and remi: us the balance. To make this pertectiy plein, let us soppose a to band you $20, which he wishe forwarded to us fore package of tickets at 61 You forward us $15, keeping $5 yourself, and our letter wi go back to the person receipted for the $20. Nota 1 rich! pay seme of our friends for their little kin nesses to a in the remittance of money. Many a Postmaster an! assistant can testify to the truth of this, and b thir year passes away we hope to see many more greatly benefited through ui ‘The address parties, J. H. Hall & Go., No. 92 Wall street,’’ is entirely Setitious, as there is no person of name doing business at the piece specifies. A copy of the sapplemen to has been sent to the Mayor by D. F. Merrill, Postmaster at North Bergen, Genesee county, N. Y The following letwers, which were written by parties subseribing to the paper aad ing the tickets, found their way into the wrong nd were taken to the Mayor by the owner of it yerterday — S. F, Bowrns—Please send me one ticket in class ty nehanna Canal, to be drawn Wednesday, March 7, 1855. Tenclore my ticket to you, and the balance tn money, being $58 in cash, CHAS. HOBSON, What Buxtow, York Co, Mo, Feb 26, 1865, ‘There was po meney found in the foregoing letter, but the two dollars which were enclosed in folle the orders of the Mayor, sent to Ji 4 President of the Society for Improving the Condition o/ the Poor, for the benefit of the Society — Ma. &. F. Bowens—Sir: Please send one ticket in Patapeco Institute, to be drawn Pridey, Mari: | enclose two dollars to your addrens. Pies ye forward the teket. Yours, reapectfulty, * JEREMIAH & HOOSUN, Wr Bextox, York Co., Me., Feb. 26, 1856, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1855. THE SIXTH AVENUE RAILROAD COMPANY—LETTER FROM THE TREASUKEX TO MAYOR WOOD. Mayor Wood received, yesterday morning, a lengthy communication from T. Bailey Myers, Trousurer of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company. On reference to the letter, we find that the Board of Directors of the road approve of the ordinance sent by the Mayor to the Com- mon Council, last month, relative to the safety of pas sengers travelling on their cars, and arrangements have already been made in reference thereto, and gates ordered to be placed omfthe platforms, in anticipation of its adoption. It calls the attention of the Mayor to com deing made on account of the stopping of curs and omnibuses to take up and discharge passengers opposite crores streets; that collisious take place in con- sequence, and that the streets are blocked up, to the great annoyance of foot passengers, &e.; that the com- pany have directed their cars to stop, in going up, ab the street crossing, and in going down, below, and ha! posted notices in the cars to that effect, It compisimy ‘that thia rule is not enforced against all cars ant omnibuses, and that the latter, being sudject to no such ‘rule, cut in and take away railroad passengers, They aleo ask that an ordinance: aased to make rule general; and that the directors are dis posed to abandon it, if this is notdone, The raport of the company is submitted, showing that at present the road is not profitable, paying a dividend of only 33¢ per cent in thirteen months. The company oppose a reluction of fair and increase of tax, stating that they would be uns- ble to run their care if such were the case; that they paid into the city treasury last year, asa tax, $8 0j9 04, They are also opposed to having the track extented to Forty-tourth street. That the "number of passeagers getting ip and out above Thirty-fourth street, ix leas, on aD aver than twotoacar. That the books ant ac- counte of the company are open to the inspection of the Mayor; and they ask the prrtection of the city govern- ment, Fo far as is reasonable and just. MAYOR'S COMPLAINT BOOK. Mr. White, of 361 West Thirty sixth street, complains that the contractor (Mr. McDeblin), building a sewer in Thirty-sixth street, between Tenth and Eleventh ave nues, does not cover up the trench while blastiog, and the lives of persona in the vicinity are endangered, and that on speaking to said contractor complainent received nothing but insults, Referred to Capt. Hanne; ‘bat Stone street. from Whitehall to Broad, i# always encumbered with carts, and that bales of cotton are rolied carelessly out of stores Nos 1 and Stone strest, endangering the lives of passers by. Referred to Captain ap) That gange of boys,in the Bowery, between Spring and Houston streets, annoy the neighbors and passers by. Referred to Capt. Norris ‘That the vacant lots in Thirty-sixth street, between Broadway and Seventh avenues, are a nuisance, being a depeait for all kinds of filth and rubbish, Referred to Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies. ‘That the deep cellar en the vacant lot, corner of Thir- y-sixth street and Seventh avenue, has no protection in front, and that it is extremely dangerous. Captain of Twentieth ward notified. That Smith street, from Hamersley to King street, is ina bad condition, being encumbered with now and ice, Referred to Comminsioner of Streets and Lamps. ‘That a lerge stone lies on the sidewalk ia front of the Nasaau Bank, corner of Beekman ard Nassau streets, and that the complainant, John Thompson, of 61 Gr: street, fell over it and injured himself weverely. Re red to Capt. Leonard. That meat is exposed for sale at the northwest corner of Broome and Norfolk streets, the same being withia beg hundred yards of the market, which is contrary to FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Tuvrspay, March 1—6 P. M. The stock market this morning was exceedingly dull and heavy. It is seldom in the height of the het weather that we ree so little doing. Reading was the only stock on the list in which there was apy activity, and that was in demand, and improved from the opening. The total amount of traase ticns at the board to-dsy was smaller than we hi known for months. The brokers appear to be getting tired cf bolstering the fancies, and it looks aa thouga they were about letting them take their own cours. Having failed to attract outside speculators, it t+ useless to keep prices up by inside operations. The fancy railroad stocks on the market are too much dead weight to carry without any help, andas those who have heretofore heen of so much service in inflating prices keep aloof from tne market, ths hops of any further advance has been abandoned. I’ these stocks should find their true level, we should fee some great changes in quotations as the voard Some of the railroad stocks would change places, The first would be last, and the last first. At toe first board to-day Nicaragua T ansit fell off 4 per cent; Cumberland Coal, 4; Michigan Central Rul road, 2; Hudson River Railroad, }. Reading Railroad advanced 3, and Cleveland and Toledo 4. Wito an sbundance of money in the street greater than has been known for years--with an accumulation of specie in our banks greater than ever before known—with arrivala of gold equal to nearly one million per week, and a limiced export, ‘We see DO disposition outside of Wall street te touch: fancy stocks at any price. This is the result of the enormous losses realized in these securities daring the past year, and it will bea lopg time before con fidence wili be sufficiently reinstated to indace any one bat brokers to take hold of such uncertain values, After the adjournment of the board, the following sales of ttocks and bonds were made at au tion, by A. H. Nicolay: $1,000 Chicago Water Lor Int. added 65 5,000 Pekin (IIL. ) City 8 cass 8,000 New York and Harlem IR ist mort. do 10,(00 Galena und Chicago Union RR. do. 10,000 Great Western Ri. (1i1.) do. 6,000 Columbus, Piqua and lod. RR. do. 2,000 Hudson River RR, 3d mor 5,000 Tennessee Coupon 6's, 1800..... 42 shares Third Avenue Railroud. o do, Cumberland Coal Company 125 do. Hudson River Railroad. 50 do, Ohio and Missinsippi Kai €0 do, United States Mail Steamship 20 do. Paeifis Mail Ste ip Company 50 do, North River Bank . 20 do, St. Nich Bank e° + 89 10 do, Equitable Fire Insurance Company. 17 10 do. Excelsior Fire Insurance Co “ 10 do. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Expres a4 At the second board there was @ little more ac tivity in Cumberland, and one or two other fancies, but the market was not at all ia a satisiactory con- dition. ,Considerabie discussion is going on among stockholders and others relative to the poli sy of the Comberland Coal Company declaring a divideod out of ita asvets. A great difference of opiai and the qoestion is undecided. It is an importact matter to the company and to the sick holders, and one which should not be hastily deter- mined. The company have assets enough to pay & very bandsome per cent; bus it is not entirely clear of debt, and what it owes matures at no distaat day. Railroad bonds were a shade higher this aiternoon. The transactions at the Assistant Treasurer's Office to-Zay were as follows:— ices the Treasury from lands...... For the War Department ............... For repaying io the War Department For the Navy Department .. For the Interior Department ‘The total value of mercrandise ani specie exoort Febraary, e4 from this port during the month of 1855, was . During me mouth last year... Iner ia the month this year ae Of the exports in Febrowy tois yeur $3.1 cline in prices being reported. A very limited de- mand existed. From the manufactaring districts there is nothing encouraging. The London Times of the 13th ssys :— The accounts of the state of trade in the manufac- surtey, vor for the past week #bow an incr@ase of de- psessi but not to an extent beyond what wae to be anticipated from the prolonged coldness of the season, ‘The fact of the weather having thus checked the home trade at a time when the revalilos consequent u, the speculative shipments of last year to India, rick and Australia is at its height, is sufficient to account for nearly all the gloom experienced ; and there {# stil! reason to believe that the war, in checking the reckles*ness w.th which goo» and capital were being sent abroad, haa, thus far, ona balaucé been rather productive of slvan: tage than of evil to the financial world. At Manchester, duripg the last {i market would be lersening of ‘The remedy, how production by @ resort to ape in stilt deferred, in the hope of w revival of demand from low prices. The Birmingham report describes cootinusd steadiness in the iron trade, but in many departments of business there ax been great heaviness, folowel by a proportic pauperiam " A xtatemont, tarosly m: fairs ot Mr. John Attwood, who failed for £600,000, in 1853, haw created great surprise, since, instead of a large surplus being realized, as was confidently predicted, it appears doubttul if the unse cured creditors, whore claims amount to £112,000, will rece 6d. 1n the pound At Not!ipgham there bas been a slight tendency to im provement, both im the lace and hosiery branches, aad, although, owing to the contraction of driers, some suf fering Lae prevailed among the e@peratives, the labor market i* pot much overstocked, anu wages remain with out material reduction, In the woollen districts there has been ve al'eration, and contidence i fairly maintain ed, The Jrish linen inarkets have exhibited unprece dented dullness: but, as abort time wll commence next week in all the factories, and their full protuctive power will consequently be redueed one-third, reliaace ia felt that there will be no further decline in prices, The London Times repo:ta the stoppage of Menara. Kirk & Furniss, general merchanta, who have been brought down by the previous suspension of other houses. Their t:ade was chiefly with Nova Scotia, and their liabilities are presumed to be rather con- siderable. The state of the Bank of France, for 1854, is thus given in the Moniteure:— The total of the operations amounted to 3,888,000,00f., to 3,964,000,000f. in 1653, and 2,641,000,000f. in 1X52— being @ diminution ot 76,000,000f- aw compared with 159: The discount accommodation im Paris and the branch banks, smounted to 2,442,000,000f, in 1854, but reached the eum of 2,944,000,000f/ in 1864, being tion of 102,000,008 im favor of the latter count current of the treasury, which nad fallen to 24, 0C0 C00f. on November 6, 1854, bad risen to 222,000, 0008, on the 17th oi Jomuary, 1865, and wan 184.000,000f, on the 24th of January, This augmentation was the natu ral consequence of the subscription to the late national loan, The metallic reserve of the bank amounted, oo January 1, 1454, to 299,000,000f of which amount 109, 000,000f, were in silver, and 190,000,000f. in gold. Oa the Int of January, 1856, the amount was 364,000,000f,, of which 183,300,000f, were in nilver, and 160,70,000f in gold. The reserve in gold has consequently increased during the year by a sum of 71,700,000f., while that in silver bas diminished 7,300, 000f, The annual report of the New York (Chambers treet) Bavings Bank, presented to the Legislatare yesterday, makes the following exhibit of ita con. dition:— 1, Funded debt of the U. 8. at ita par value, $684,550 00 2. Bouls and mortgagen on improved real tate in New York 3; Stocks of New other State stocks, at their par value 2,882,433 10 3,892,456 09 4. Real estate, so. | 99,700 00 5. Cash uninvested, in the Manhattan Com: papy and Bank of Commerce. 287,846 93 Tot teeeee teverescccvererees ‘The bane has been in operation thirty five years, during which time it has opened 170,568 accounts, and rece. ved altogther from deponitors...... - $42,813,083 59 To which add interest up to 5,085,679 40 efdgrslavesschekscisss bea ot ++ $47,898, 763 19 Cloned during same period 144,426 accoun' Leaving 44,138 aceounts, entitled to thu balance . 2,769 86 z cas ae $7,236,003 93 Which averages about $164 ant, It appears by this that there is a surplus on hand of $610,782 79, equal to about eight per cent on the amount dne depositors, Thie surplus is on hand af ter estimating the etock securities of the bank at their par value. The Legislature should dispose of thisrurplusiin somte way. The trustees should be compelied to divide it among devositors, gradually, #0 as to distribute it over as long a period as pomible. We believe the Legislature have had this matter urder consideration for some time. Statement of business at the United Siates Assay Office at New York for the month ending Feb. 23, 1855:— Deponita of gold — $1,630,674 Foreign coins . 4,000 Foreign buili tas 9,740 United Staten bullion (including $150,000 of Calivornia Branch Mint bars) ++ 1,026,034 Deporite of niiver:— 14,226 coins .. 165 Fervign bullion... .........0. 1,091 United States bullion (contained GME sce cccsssecssceceoees “T1170 — 91,653,000 Total deposite—payable in bar “ col 1,603,478 1,029,131 It will be seen by this statement that part of the gold received fiom Ca.ifornia daring the month of February at the port of New York did not pass through the Asay Office. Mock Exchange. Tuwkepay, March 1, 1855. $2,000 Ind State ba. 80% 100 abe Brie RK..bO0 464 60 do. vee 100 do 00 455 1,600 Virginia 6s... 95%, 100 Harlem RR..b30 32 106 do... 96), 200 do bH0 3214 40 060 Missouri 6e a 13 Harlem Preferred 77 5.000 Erie bonds '75 83 12 Mich Cent RK... THI (00 HR Sd M bd, 74 20 heading RR. .#10 761 12,609 I Cem RR bde 73% 100 40 ......03 105 4,006 do........ Tt 400 OONYCen RRbde 8756 100 . MON Y Cent's, 99% 100 . 50 whe Contin’) Bk. . 1013 100 do. 45 Mechanicn’ Bank 115% 100 do... ‘Hroadway Bank. 110 400 do. 200 do. 180 do 60 Cleve & Tol Rit o4 do tea ON H & Hartfa &. 60 radeon River HR BOARD. $11000 Virginia 6« 100 abs Nic Tr Co.n0 Loe do... b30 60 do 00 5000 Erle bam '6 200 do blo 20000 CRE ba b10 7414 100 Canton Co 00 do... 100 1! Cont RK, 2000 N ¥ ORR $60 Camb Coal ( LOOONY Cen 7 we do 20000 Minsourt 6 wm to 4060 Sod ed 1060 Tenn pon M 100 Hh wr CITY TRADE REPORT. Tuveapay, March 1-6 P, M Avicse were unchaoged. To apererms —Flour moderately active at full | rates, rales having been made of 6,600 bble, Ktate ant Wertern. 1,200 bois. Canadian, and 1,600 bbls. Hou thorn at former Nothing new o-curred in wheat was in domertic merchand’se ; $594,001 {a forvign | dutiable merehandine ; $4 goods, and $2,123,708 io specie. By the arrival of the steamship St. Loals at this port, from Havre, and the steamship Canads at Halifax, from Liverpool, we bave seven days later intelligence from all parts of Europe. There ia no thing interesting or important in a political pyint of view ; nothing calculated to give brighter hover of peace ; nothing to remove the impression waich bas been pradaally setiling upon the public mind, that a protracted, expenmve and disastrous war \« firmly fastened apon the p:incipal Earopesn Pow ert, Preparations for the renewal of negotiations for peace bad been made, and the momentary effect Dpon the funds, both in London and Paris, wae of favorable character. Financially and com verclally the sdvices do not vary materially fro oe pre viously received. Qnotstivns for omeis were o fraction, ray an eigh'h to a quarter, ower. Beal stuffs and co'ton were dull, without say sctus! de 6 im foreign free Jes comprised 100 packages Java, at 0. Marncaibo, at 10%, and 400 Hie, at 190. 8 have been made of 1.200 bales, at rmer prices, the news baving had uo eilect upon the roarket Frncwm—Rates were steady To Liverpool, 1,000 hairs of cotton were engaged, compresaed at ) 11: 100 bole flour. at Ie. Gd. 21,000 bushels of corn, im «ivp's bags, at £4. 100 bbls, lard, at 17*. 64. ; nad 40 bones and 4 «bacon at Iie, 64, ‘To Bremen, 2) bhds tobacco were engaged at ITs. €4.. 0nd 69 canee do at lie There was ootbing new to London or Havre, To Califoral ‘eee varied from She. to é%e. foot meseurement. Hay.—tales of (00 bales River transpired at Ge for | shipment, and $2 06% @ 112% for local ue, per li pounds Hewr —The salen of American hemp ¢ uring Febreary reacheo (4% bales antreered at $1404 814" ant tresvet at 190 6 O210, leaving of 1.482 bales wedressed Lemp *paringly purchase Se per Wb, and there is now & Klock o ) bales bere lnow —Abowt 180 tone Beotch pig brought 6 s 871 } per ton lon of 100 bia, New Orieaas were effect 8 Tie. per gallon Navel Sronme —Rosin amd tar were umchange! trade of 690 bbls. crate turpentine, at $2 othe. ond some late of spirte do, at 41s. s die n hotbiey lee new cam be poticed in this line Perk was 00 the decline, the sales, i cluding | 000 bhle., ot 615 574) « 613 06 for old mow sed ob! prices for other Binds Cat mente were irmer, the sales amounting to 400 ages, at OF 758 89 | or Dams, and 9 3754 © 04 16 for ehoul/ere Males were reports 4 of 200 Vble 04 280 bbla beef &! previons quotations, 100 Dble. beef hame were taken at 91% per be! roses — There were $00 bhde New Orlesns soll a! se ert ri ~Some %0 bbhla Ohio sod prison brought De wh2)Ge per gallon, SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LOUIS AND CANADA, AFFAIRS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL UNCHANGED, | oops ALL RUSSIA CALLED TO THE FIELD. | Three Hundred Thousand Russians Going to the Crimea. Offer to Raise Twenty-five Thousand French Troops for the British. LORD JOHN RUSSELL DESPATCHED TO VIENNA, Naples Joins the Western Powers. IMPORTANT FROM INDIA AND CHINA, THE DEMOCRATIZING OF ENGLAND. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GENOA, ARRIVAL OF MR, PIERRE SOULE COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION IN ENGLAND. Censols 90 3-4ths a 90 7-Sths, &., &e., ho. The U. #. mail ateamabip St. Louis, Capt. J. A. Wot ton, arrived early yesterday morning @ brings Eng lish papers to the 14th ult., inclusive Mr. Souls in m passenger from kngland by the St, Louis, He arrived at Londen from Paris, and embarked in the Cowes roads. He considera the scheme for the purchase of Cuba by America as entirely knocked in the he The United States mail ste: bip Hermann arrived at Southampton on the Lith ult., after a protracted voy- ge caused by easterly gales, The Hermann was at Southampton coaling when the St. Louis left, and it was not decided whether she should proceed to Bremen. Parliament having prorogued until the 18ta ultimo, there in nothing to report from either the houses of Lords or Common Lord John Kussell has accented the duties of British plenipotentiary in the conferences and negotiations about to take place at Vienna, His lordship will pro ceed in a very fow days to hin destination, accompanied by Mr. Hammond, Under Secretary of State for Forsign Affairs Derpatches from Lord Raglan, bearing date Jan. 27, have been received from Sebastopol. Hix lordship re ports that the weather continued fine. There were severe frosts at night. Every exertion was being made in got ting the huts up, but great difficultion attended it. Later news bas been received from the Crimea the 31st January the “special correspondent’s!’ letter reports the weather as becoming miller. There were no signs of the arrival of the view "? A telegraphic despatch, dated Constantinople, Feb. 1, states that two thirds of the Turkish army have disew barked at Kupatoria. The & © encamped partly in the villages of Alma and Belbeek, aud partly at Simpheropol and the environs Gen. Ulrich, with the Guards, set off for the Crimea on the 30th January, Tho | ye Fgyptian reinforcements arrived from Alexandria im the Tagus. During the wight the artillery of Sebaste poy tly: fires ince The allies reply duriag the day by the trailleurs, who kill a number of the Russian artillery. | men, A telegraphic message from Varna, dated February 4, | paye that 30,000 Ottoman troops had landed at Eupa toria. Othere were on their march for thet port, and would be embarked for Eupatoria as soon as they ar rived. Nem nt had occurred hefery Behaatopol. The French government has received news from Varna tothe 6th inst. Omer Pacha had left for Bourgas to in pect the cavalry and magazines. After that inspection be will embark definitively for Eupatoria. The Journal de St. Petersburg, dated Feb. 0, comtaine an addrers by the Czar to the Hetman of the Don Com sacks, expressing his confidence that they will fight couregeourly for the church, the throne and the coun try The report of # mutiny among the Zouaves (n the Ori wea created @ painful sensation in Paria. The story, there in little wreatly exagge ; but itis not thought altogether withoat foundation The notion of four hnndred men being sent ia irons to Toulon is scouted as abeard ‘The first detachment of the British troops from India bad arrived at Suez According to « telegraphic despatch dates Vienna, Feb. 14, the Crear has issued a manifesto, unter da Petersburg, Feb. 12, in which he calle the eatire male population underarm), Ao a fitional force of 300,000 men will be despatched to the Crimea, A French company has offered to raise in Fri legion cenalsting of fromten thousand to twenty five thousand men, for the service of the English govern ment. The company engages to supply the number de cided upon within the shortest porsible time—baif to be ready in Ofteen days at the utmost. In order to effect the undertaking, it requires that it aball be per mitud to reeruit in France sll who, according to the recent law of emigration nthe free eujeyment of the right to quit France for America or any o.ber part of the world they pleane. It ix «tated that the English government is disposed to entertain the propositions of the company ALondom firm in the provisioning trade has mate proporals, through the Zimes newspaper, which will, if accepted by the government, prove of the greateat benefit to the half-starved, ill-couditione! Rnglish army in the Crimes, It pre pply the whole o* that army With food, consisting of three meals a day, for dy. Ol. per head per diem, and for three pence additional to provide ore! tents, This they are prepared to bind them telves im the heaviest penalties tw do, and fur to be responsible, sot merely for the perfor: contract im general but for the punctual every meal to the soldiers. They ask no the English govermment for the performance of the task except their forbearance ani gon interference At a rough calculation at this rate an army of 00,0 men might be fed and snvum A telegraphic despatch iy states that an ineurrection had brokem eut at Cabool At Candabar the rebels ba! acknowledged th: of Per 12,600 men © tg Ben murderous conflict bat taken place, by continued thelr resistance A telegraphic derpateh im anticipation of the omen te wer offer Itered fur about £1,816,000 per ated iombay, January Indie and € mails brings Gates trom Hong K 10, #hanghas Dee. 6, Calcutta Jan 10, M and Bombay Jan, 17. The Burmese « manded the restitution of Pegu, which had been peremptorily refused. The Khan of Ke het been permitted Ww borrow native officers to Ari bis troops sgeicet the Kusmane There been some fighting im the Persian Gal/ andthe Persians At Bombay meoey the Import market overstocked Kachange at Centon, de #4 A telegraphie 4 brings the melancholy Untelliy pateh fr iated Ved 11, jon ot the death of the pecial Inepectors appointed tw inquire watances attending the low of the steam. biahae Leen lait before Parliament t. Laiteh wad the officers 41) blaine, 064 recommend the erection chthoure on Cape Kase as likely to promote the 7 of trans AUantic voyages to the United Btates The Viceroy of Kgypt hae abolished eustoms dutivs except at fuer The Landon News of Uth ultimo publishes the ( loving from #witeeriand — The American Vbillipe, who wae mistebe hee of Maske for Figoe Maren, sod arrest, bas obtaimel from the feder thovwand fr rome oer * Wherty let police officer af mniahed to use more diseretion« ” At © special meeting of the can Company, held on © Liven to the directors t tome at Calters, ow The seowants of masufectoriog whip City ot F hie | of the whip f ote ler on ie On | 479 caused chiefly by the very sovere weather which has se® ip, and which has put a almost entire check upon the home trade, At Birmingham ® coatinued steadiness is reported a@ existing in the iron trade; but in many departments of at there hae been a great heaviness, foilowea by w proportionate increase of peuperism. At Nottingham there was a slight tendeacy to improve- ment, both in the lace and hosiery branches, The labor market was not much overstocked, and wages remain’ | without any material reduetion, Im the | confidence oollen districta there waa no alteration, as fairly maintained, | The railway market waa dull, and prices closeds | slight decline. Operations generally were unimportam” ; Decline of Artstocratic teute tn Ki Th Popular Move Towards selfGovernment. — [From the Love Feb. 14) Ip the bie of rtain period ny, to re~ he is straining, and, 1 nelf complacency. vod throughs 6. mereet a in the pursuit of materia] wealth, proud of the extension which our nob! Privelvle kave to our commerce, and happy in the relief frow pauyeriam and the increased fa- city of fodig, employment, we have been only too well content with things as they were, and too little disposed to inquire what they should be, The revolutions of 1844, and the crimes, miseries, and sbsurdition to which they gave rae. had produced a re-acton againats Liberal sympathies and opt and a ta submit SHibent lnquieg to whatever authorities might: be placed over us The election of 1462 wane atrugsie for » principle virtually condemued already, amd practi- cally obsolete. anc the pation only sought to ree atrengthes: the bands of thore in whose adbesion trade th felt entire conf ‘They had conducted our business for many t apy salmeontlvary, minnie or misfor~ ave them the field of of snug and comfortable the last few om the aup ik and clothe: area! office are poasensed of Inculties equal to the direction of our affairs whenever there in more than an oriinary strain on the yeusa! of the State. Our eyes are opea, and we behold thatweare naked We ask for ent eufficient to conduct great affairs to successful conclu wlons, and Instead of talent are offered tithes and pedigrees, We ask for meri’, and we are oferedia ox change bigh connexions, or, at beat, seniority, The cold sbade of aristocracy im over us all, aod nothing can ow hepeath itexcept the offshoots of the tree Itaelf. 6 to the middle o1 November t ountry beliéved it- relf to bave armies, generals, statwmen, departments, all equal to their several duties, all of the ve world could alford, at i b, if 4 incredible; a, Co teste officigt has yeu week's interregnum, govern~ ment has beep reconstituted and atrengtbned only oy | the omisnion of three of ite leading members, amd the promotion of one who in at leart as guilty as any of e omitted ‘The people of England remained quiet under alt these things. They have fell—as how should they not ferl—the mortality which has brought mourning to every | hearth, They have note }—as how should they net note? | the incredible and inexpheable contusion and atapldity ich have presided over every department, givi reality to absurdities, such aa the moat cut evagant imagination could never have painted, and occasioning | miseries as the gloomlent prophet could never have | toreboded. Why the people have been ro sient hae been to most reflecting mena matter of and as They fre! most acutely, but they have re- hitherto passive spectators of the method im their beat bopes dearest in‘erents have been | tonisbinent | ma been conuent to read their riot im the columns of the of their allenes, the cause | exinte no longer, ana w of public opinion f other, whieh will the patence the necessity vm which our Byeoative frat, nt, Paramount. | The etown «f lerhy hasled the way 4 the remaining of Kogland will jot be slow to | Dow. The cry is for practical #\atermanehip, for open- ing s free career to talent, for placing our tesoarces im hands equal to the emergeocy The Derby petitioners hold wo extravagant or exaggerated language—they de clare their confidence im the justice of the wat, they ex pres their humiliation and regret at the disasters which | have occurred, they prey for # searching mnqwiry inte thelr causes, and suggest remedies atequate to the emer peney which we meet Whie miniaters are ie pating bow to Gil up the most Important uffliees leant competent persons. and cousdering the el Tank, of family, and of conwerion—of everything ex sept merit ap cepacity—while the frends of “rising young siting prople | | statesmen’ of the true hreed are indefatigably thelr acvancement from offer to the ¥ are gravely ir serious consideration, but litle favorable to matter into to conely live in our own country, # ‘ excluded (rom the working of ovr owe institutions, t it wan only on condition that var national prise nteresia aod postion ip waremain inviomte Thie our 76 failed 10 secure to us, amd fherefore tha people of England will, we hope demand, in wo spirit ef wild and theoretical levelling, in no spirit of hatred or y to any portion of the community, bul in the practical reform of an urgent amd intolerable grivvance, that the system which excludes plebian talent from high office shall henerforth be dacintinued, and that in the army, at the detk amd im the cownctl those men shall be railed to the public service who are best able to serve the pull. We wah alls this move Tt one been it a an more nearly than others and obiain more ample inform whch this war bas been 10 #3 prees the opinion that without t ote *tm, & substitution of ray for age and decrepitude—onl a be hit apom by Shieh merit mba be th nin the fillag up of evvil amd nl y yond aang tnd are about to inflict upon ourselves OMetal Intrigue in Kingland, Vre the London News, Few, 14) og the members of \eduee them to f Lard Deroy—that some of his jority Ws damage Minaters, approved of inquiry will have prepered us the puble will not be eatiated with forgiog practvee which votes owe thing and ner. ‘The public beard with joy that Mr veh s motion for & commition of imjuity wae car Fed, rom @ conviction that nothing ebort of os expos nie of part mismanagement, and ite causes, Con ensure better manag: of the war for the future, The pat ¢ will be odigusnt if the only reeult of & slemn vote of inquiry, by am overwhelmeng majority, shall led to £0 other ‘reguite than & game of “chauge seste, the hing's coming’ —the two parties to the game wh fail to get seats being ob'ged tH wana out. If the Howse of lrg 09 de the necerary con ¢ we affair bas beww & mere party move e rouge ot netr—by which the bent inte tenn parilled ely to tof the couatry “- veh ap it F “ age vr tet, sytem BE Be ee 1 imgary of the Crimes to # to anvell hg ill ere wmbeage ta ti owing bine om militar sa perty, By no mweme It fe 1 ont own army —and ~that le to te leq Freee or Vrenchmen jet Mon faliarion by which mem are sought spre to deve 'v + guilt of These @ hee to vate it, amd thetr alter inability to get (0 Howes of Commona svete on Mr Roebuck sotlog them betore «oo Mere 8 © dangerous wpirit th whet cleee of sactety you may +t by & vamos nod simloee memes * All new feel bitterly thet the war © eure CeO, me on why 004 EmeRCr weit f om the 7 + . en eee and Aagrece +7 Yeoe mt one